Membership of the 53rd Congress of the United States
 
March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895
 
First Session:  August 7, 1893 to November 3, 1893
Second Session:  December 4, 1893 to August 28, 1894
Third Session:  December 3, 1894 to March 3, 1895
 

Vice President of the United States:

Adlai E. Stevenson (Illinois)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate:

Charles F. Manderson (Nebraska)
Isham G. Harris (Tennessee), from March 22, 1893
Matt W. Ransom (North Carolina), January 7-10, 1895

Secretary of the Senate:

Anson G. McCook (New York)
William R. Cox (North Carolina), from April 6, 1893

Sergeant At Arms of the Senate:

Edward K. Valentine (Nebraska)
Richard J. Bright (Indiana), from August 8, 1893

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives:

Charles F. Crisp (Georgia)

Clerk of the House:

James Kerr (Pennsylvania)

Sergeant At Arms of the House:

Samuel S. Yoder (Ohio)
Herman W. Snow (Illinois), from August 7, 1893

Doorkeeper of the House:

A. B. Hurd (Mississippi)

Postmaster of the House:

Lycurgus Dalton

 

Alabama

 

Senators

 

John T. Morgan

James L. Pugh

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Richard H. Clarke
District 2: Jesse F. Stallings
District 3: William C. Oates (resigned Novmeber 5, 1894 to become Governor of Alabama)

George P. Harrison (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William C. Oates; served from November 6, 1894)

District 4: Gaston A. Robbins
District 5: James E. Cobb
District 6: John Hollis Bankhead
District 7: William H. Denson
District 8: Joe Wheeler
District 9: Louis W. Turpin
 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

James K. Jones

James H. Berry

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Philip D. McCullough, Jr.
District 2: Clifton R. Breckinridge (resigned August 14, 1894 to become Minister to Russia)

John S. Little (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Clifton R. Breckinridge; served from December 3, 1894)

District 3: Thomas C. McRae
District 4: William L. Terry
District 5: Hugh A. Dinsmore
District 6: Robert Neill
 

California

 

Senators

 

Leland Stanford (died June 21, 1893)

Stephen M. White

George C. Perkins (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Leland Stanford; served from July 26, 1893)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas J. Geary
District 2: Anthony Caminetti
District 3: Samuel G. Hilborn (succeeded April 4, 1894 by Warren B. English, who contested the election)
Warren B. English (successfully contested the election of Samuel G. Hilborn; served from April 4, 1894)
District 4: James G. McGuire
District 5: Eugene F. Loud
District 6: Marion Cannon
District 7: William W. Bowers
 

Colorado

 

Senators

 

Henry M. Teller 

Edward O. Wolcott

 

Representatives

 

District 1: LaFayette Pence
District 2: John C. Bell
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Orville H. Platt

Joseph R. Hawley

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Lewis Sperry
District 2: James P. Pigott
District 3: Charles A. Russell
District 4: Robert E. DeForest
 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

George Gray

Anthony C. Higgins

 

Representative At Large

 

John W. Causey

 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Wilkinson Call

Samuel Pasco

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Stephen R. Mallory
District 2: Charles M. Cooper
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

Alfred H. Colquitt (died March 26, 1894)

John B. Gordon

Patrick Walsh (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alfred H. Colquitt; served from April 2, 1894)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Rufus E. Lester
District 2: Benjamin E. Russell
District 3: Charles F. Crisp
District 4: Charles L. Moses
District 5: Leonidas F. Livingston
District 6: Thomas B. Cabaniss
District 7: John W. Maddox
District 8: Thomas G. Lawson
District 9: Farish C. Tate
District 10: James C. C. Black
District 11: Henry G. Turner
 

Idaho

 

Senators

 

George L. Shoup

Fred T. Dubois

 

Representative At Large

 

Willis Sweet
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

Shelby M. Cullom

John M. Palmer

 

Representatives

 

District 1: J. Frank Aldrich
District 2: Lawrence E. McGann
District 3: Allan C. Durborow, Jr.
District 4: Julius Goldzier
District 5: Albert J. Hopkins
District 6: Robert R. Hitt
District 7: Thomas J. Henderson
District 8: Robert A. Childs
District 9: Hamilton K. Wheeler
District 10: Philip S. Post (died January 6, 1895)
District 11: Benjamin F. Marsh
District 12: John J. McDannold
District 13: William M. Springer
District 14: Benjamin F. Funk
District 15: Joseph G. Cannon
District 16: George W. Fithian
District 17: Edward Lane
District 18: William S. Forman
District 19: James R. Williams
District 20: George W. Smith
At Large: John C. Black (resigned January 12, 1895)
At Large: Andrew J. Hunter
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Daniel W. Voorhees

David B. Turpie

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Arthur H. Taylor
District 2: John L. Bretz
District 3: Jason B. Brown
District 4: William S. Holman
District 5: George W. Cooper
District 6: Henry U. Johnson
District 7: William D. Bynum
District 8: Elijah V. Brookshire
District 9: Daniel W. Waugh
District 10: Thomas Hammond
District 11: Augustus N. Martin
District 12: William F. McNagny
District 13: Charles G. Conn
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

William B. Allison

James F. Wilson

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John H. Gear
District 2: Walter I. Hayes
District 3: David B. Henderson
District 4: Thomas Updegraff
District 5: Robert G. Cousins
District 6: John F. Lacey
District 7: John A. T. Hull
District 8: William P. Hepburn
District 9: Alva L. Hager
District 10: Jonathan P. Dolliver
District 11: George D. Perkins
 

Kansas

 

Senators

 

William A. Peffer

John Martin (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Preston Plumb in the previous Congress; served from March 4, 1893)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Case Broderick
District 2: Edward H. Funston (succeeded August 2, 1894 by Horace L. Moore, who contested the election)
Horace L. Moore (successfully contested the election of Edward H. Funston; served from August 2, 1894)
District 3: Thomas J. Hudson
District 4: Charles Curtis
District 5: John Davis
District 6: William Baker
District 7: Jeremiah Simpson
At Large: William A. Harris
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

Joseph C. S. Blackburn

William Lindsay

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William J. Stone
District 2: William T. Ellis
District 3: Isaac H. Goodnight
District 4: Alexander B. Montgomery
District 5: Asher G. Caruth
District 6: Albert S. Berry
District 7: William C. P. Breckinridge
District 8: James B. McCreary
District 9: Thomas H. Paynter (resigned January 5, 1895 to become a judge of the court of appeals of Kentucky)
District 10: Marcus C. Lisle (died July 7, 1894)
William M. Beckner (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Marcus C. Lisle; served from December 3, 1894)
District 11: Silas Adams
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

Edward D. White (resigned March 12, 1894 to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)

Donelson Caffery

Newton C. Blanchard (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward D. White; served from March 12, 1894)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Adolph Meyer
District 2: Robert C. Davey
District 3: Andrew Price
District 4: Newton C. Blanchard (resigned March 12, 1894 to become Senator)
Henry W. Ogden (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Newton C. Blanchard; served from May 12, 1894)
District 5: Charles J. Boatner
District 6: Samuel M. Robertston
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

Eugene Hale

William P. Frye

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas B. Reed
District 2: Nelson Dingley, Jr.
District 3: Seth L. Milliken
District 4: Charles A. Boutelle
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

Arthur P. Gorman

Charles H. Gibson

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Robert F. Bratton (died May 10, 1894)
Winder L. Henry (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert F. Bratton; served from November 6, 1894)
District 2: J. Frederick C. Talbot
District 3: Harry W. Rusk
District 4: Isidor Rayner
District 5: Barnes Compton (resigned May 15, 1894)
Charles E. Coffin (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Barnes Compton; served from November 6, 1894)
District 6: William M. McKaig
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

George F. Hoar

Henry Cabot Lodge

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ashley B. Wright
District 2: Frederick H. Gillett
District 3: Joseph H. Walker
District 4: Lewis D. Apsley
District 5: Moses T. Stevens
District 6: William Cogswell
District 7:

William Everett (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Cabot Lodge in the previous Congress; served from April 25, 1893)

District 8: Samuel W. McCall
District 9: Joseph H. O'Neil
District 10: Michael J. McEttrick
District 11: William F. Draper
District 12: Elijah A. Morse
District 13: Charles S. Randall
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

Francis B. Stockbridge (died April 30, 1894)

James McMillan

John Patton (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis B. Stockbridge; served from May 5, 1894 to January 14, 1895, when Julius C. Burrows was elected)

Julius C. Burrows (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis B. Stockbridge; served from January 24, 1895)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: J. Logan Chipman (died August 17, 1893)
Levi T. Griffin (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Logan Chipman; served from December 4, 1893)
District 2: James S. Gorman
District 3: Julius C. Burrows (resigned January 23, 1895 to become Senator)
District 4: Henry F. Thomas
District 5: George F. Richardson
District 6: David D. Aitken
District 7: Justin R. Whiting
District 8: William S. Linton
District 9: John W. Moon
District 10: Thomas A. E. Weadock
District 11: John Avery
District 12: Samuel M. Stephenson
 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

Cushman K. Davis

William D. Washburn

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James A. Tawney
District 2: James T. McCleary
District 3: Osee M. Hall
District 4: Andrew R. Kiefer
District 5: Loren Fletcher
District 6: Melvin R. Baldwin
District 7: Haldor E. Boen
 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

James Z. George

Edward C. Walthall (resigned January 24, 1894 due to ill health)

Anselm J. McLaurin (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward C. Walthall; served from February 7, 1894)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John M. Allen
District 2: John C. Kyle
District 3: Thomas C. Catchings
District 4: Hernando D. Money
District 5: John Sharp Williams
District 6: Thomas R. Stockdale
District 7: Charles E. Hooker
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

Francis M. Cockrell

George G. Vest

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William H. Hatch
District 2: Uriel S. Hall
District 3: Alexander M. Dockery
District 4: Daniel D. Burnes
District 5: John C. Tarsney
District 6: David A. DeArmond
District 7: John T. Heard
District 8: Richard P. Bland
District 9: Champ Clark
District 10: Richard Bartholdt
District 11: Charles F. Joy (succeeded April 3, 1894 by John J. O'Neill, who contested the election)
John J. O'Neill (successfully contested the election of Charles F. Joy; served from April 3, 1894)
District 12: Seth W. Cobb
District 13: Robert W. Fyan
District 14: Marshall Arnold
District 15: Charles H. Morgan
 

Montana

 

Senators

 

Thomas C. Power

Lee Mantle (appointed to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4, 1893, caused by the failure of the legislature to elect, but was not seated; elected to fill the vacancy; served from January 16, 1895)

 

Representative At Large

 

Charles S. Hartman
 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

Charles F. Manderson

William V. Allen

 

Representatives

 
District 1: William J. Bryan
District 2: David H. Mercer
District 3: George D. Meiklejohn
District 4: Eugene J. Hainer
District 5: William A. McKeighan
District 6: Omer M. Kern
 

 

Nevada

 

Senators

 

John P. Jones

William M. Stewart

 

Representative At Large

 

Francis G. Newlands
 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

William E. Chandler

Jacob H. Gallinger

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry W. Blair
District 2: Henry M. Baker
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

John R. McPherson

James Smith, Jr.

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry C. Loudenslager
District 2: John J. Gardner
District 3: Jacob A. Geissenhainer
District 4: Johnston Cornish
District 5: Cornelius A. Cadmus
District 6: Thomas D. English
District 7: George B. Fielder
District 8: John T. Dunn
 

New York

 

Senators

 

David B. Hill

Edward Murphy, Jr.

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James W. Covert
District 2: John M. Clancy
District 3: Joseph C. Hendrix
District 4: William J. Coombs
District 5: John H. Graham
District 6: Thomas F. Magner
District 7: Frank Bartlett
District 8: Edward J. Dunphy
District 9: Timothy J. Campbell
District 10: Daniel E. Sickles
District 11: Amos J. Cummings (resigned November 21, 1894)
District 12: W. Bourke Cockran
District 13: John D. Warner
District 14: John R. Fellows (resigned December 31, 1893 to become District Attorney of New York City)

Lemuel E. Quigg (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John R. Fellows; served from January 30, 1894)

District 15: Ashbel P. Fitch (resigned December 26, 1893 to become Comptroller of New York City)
Isidor Straus (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ashbel P. Fitch; served from January 30, 1894)
District 16: William Ryan
District 17: Francis Marvin
District 18: Jacob LeFever
District 19: Charles D. Haines
District 20: Charles Tracey
District 21: Simon J. Schermerhorn
District 22: N. Martin Curtis
District 23: John M. Wever
District 24: Charles A. Chickering
District 25: James S. Sherman
District 26: George W. Ray
District 27: James J. Belden
District 28: Sereno E. Payne
District 29: Charles W. Gillet