Membership of the 55th Congress of the United States
 
March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899
 
First Session:  March 15, 1897 to July 24, 1897
Second Session:  December 6, 1897 to July 8, 1898
Third Session:  December 5, 1898 to March 3, 1899
Special Session of the Senate:  March 4, 1897 to March 10, 1897
 

Vice President of the United States: 

Garret A. Hobart (New Jersey)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate: 

William P. Frye (Maine)

Secretary of the Senate: 

William R. Cox (North Carolina)

Sergeant At Arms of the Senate: 

Richard J. Bright (Indiana)

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

Thomas B. Reed (Maine)

Clerk of the House: 

Alexander McDowell (Pennsylvania)

Sergeant At Arms of the House: 

Benjamin F. Russell (Missouri)

Doorkeeper of the House: 

William J. Glenn (New York)

Postmaster of the House: 

J. C. McElroy

 

Alabama

 

Senators

 

John T. Morgan

Edmund W. Pettus

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George W. Taylor
District 2: Jesse F. Stallings
District 3: Henry D. Clayton
District 4: Thomas S. Plowman (succeeded February 9, 1898 by William F. Aldrich, who contested the election)
William F. Aldrich (successfully contested the election of Thomas S. Plowman; served from February 9, 1898)
District 5: Willis Brewer
District 6: John Hollis Bankhead
District 7: Milford W. Howard
District 8: Joe Wheeler
District 9: Oscar W. Underwood
 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

James K. Jones

James H. Berry

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Philip D. McCullough, Jr.
District 2: John S. Little
District 3: Thomas C. McRae
District 4: William L. Terry
District 5: Hugh A. Dinsmore
District 6: Stephen Brundidge, Jr.
 

California

 

Senators

 

Stephen M. White

George C. Perkins

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John A. Barham
District 2: Marion De Vries
District 3: Samuel G. Hilborn
District 4: James G. McGuire
District 5: Eugene F. Loud
District 6: Charles A. Barlow
District 7: Curtis H. Castle
 

Colorado

 

Senators

 

Henry M. Teller

Edward O. Wolcott

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John F. Shafroth
District 2: John C. Bell
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Orville H. Platt

Joseph R. Hawley

 

Representatives

 

District 1: E. Stevens Henry
District 2: Nehemiah D. Sperry
District 3: Charles A. Russell
District 4: Ebenezer J. Hill
 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

George Gray

Richard R. Kenney

 

Representative At Large

 

L. Irving Handy
 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Samuel Pasco

Stephen R. Mallory (served from May 15, 1897)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Stephen M. Sparkman
District 2: Robert W. Davis
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

Augustus O. Bacon

Alexander S. Clay

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Rufus E. Lester
District 2: James M. Griggs
District 3: Elijah B. Lewis
District 4: William C. Adamson
District 5: Leonidas F. Livingston
District 6: Charles L. Bartlett
District 7: John W. Maddox
District 8: William M. Howard
District 9: Farish C. Tate
District 10: William H. Fleming
District 11: William G. Brantley
 

Idaho

 

Senators

 

George L. Shoup

Henry Heitfeld

 

Representative At Large

 

James Gunn
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

Shelby M. Cullom

William E. Mason

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James R. Mann
District 2: William Lorimer
District 3: Hugh R. Belknap
District 4: Daniel W. Mills
District 5: George E. White
District 6: Edward D. Cooke (died June 24, 1897)

Henry S. Boutell (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward D. Cooke; served from November 23, 1897)

District 7: George C. Foss
District 8: Albert J. Hopkins
District 9: Robert R. Hitt
District 10: George W. Prince
District 11: Walter Reeves
District 12: Joseph G. Cannon
District 13: Vespasian Warner
District 14: Joseph V. Graff
District 15: Benjamin F. Marsh
District 16: William H. Hinrichsen
District 17: James A. Connolly
District 18: Thomas M. Jett
District 19: Andrew J. Hunter

District 20:

James R. Campbell
District 21: Jehu Baker
District 22: George W. Smith
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

David B. Turpie

Charles W. Fairbanks

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

James A. Hemenway
District 2: Robert W. Miers
District 3: William T. Zenor
District 4: William S. Holman (died April 22, 1897)
Francis M. Griffith (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William S. Holman; served from December 6, 1897)
District 5: George W. Faris
District 6: Henry U. Johnson
District 7: Jesse Overstreet
District 8: Charles L. Henry
District 9: Charles B. Landis
District 10: Edgar D. Crumpacker
District 11: George W. Steele
District 12: James M. Robinson
District 13: Lemuel W. Royse
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

William B. Allison

John H. Gear

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Samuel M. Clark
District 2: George M. Curtis
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

 

Lucien Baker

William A. Harris

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Case Broderick
District 2: Mason S. Peters
District 3: Edwin R. Ridgely
District 4: Charles Curtis
District 5: William D. Vincent
District 6: Nelson B. McCormick
District 7: Jeremiah Simpson
At Large: Jeremiah D. Botkin
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

William Lindsay

William J. Deboe

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles K. Wheeler
District 2: John D. Clardy
District 3: John S. Rhea
District 4: David H. Smith
District 5: Walter Evans
District 6: Albert S. Berry
District 7: Evan E. Settle
District 8: George M. Davison
District 9: Samuel J. Pugh
District 10: Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick
District 11: David G. Colson
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

Donelson Caffery

Samuel D. McEnery

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Adolph Meyer
District 2: Robert C. Davey
District 3: Robert F. Broussard
District 4: Henry W. Ogden
District 5: Samuel T. Baird
District 6: Samuel M. Robertston
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

Eugene Hale

William P. Frye

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas B. Reed
District 2: Nelson Dingley, Jr. (died January 13, 1899)
District 3: Seth L. Milliken (died April 18, 1897)
Edwin C. Burleigh (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Seth L. Milliken; served from June 21, 1897)
District 4: Charles A. Boutelle
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

Arthur P. Gorman

George L. Wellington

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Isaac A. Barber
District 2: William B. Baker
District 3: William S. Booze
District 4: William W. McIntire
District 5: Sydney E. Mudd
District 6: John McDonald
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

George F. Hoar

Henry Cabot Lodge

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ashley B. Wright (died August 14, 1897)
George P. Lawrence (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ashley B. Wright; served from November 2, 1897)
District 2: Frederick H. Gillett
District 3: Joseph H. Walker
District 4: George W. Weymouth
District 5: William S. Knox
District 6: William H. Moody
District 7: William E. Barrett
District 8: Samuel W. McCall
District 9: John F. Fitzgerald
District 10: Samuel J. Barrows
District 11: Charles F. Sprague
District 12: William C. Lovering
District 13: John Simpkins (died March 27, 1898)
William S. Greene (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Simpkins; served from May 31, 1898)
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

James McMillan

Julius C. Burrows

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John B. Corliss
District 2: George Spalding
District 3: Albert M. Todd
District 4: Edward L. Hamilton
District 5: William A. Smith
District 6: Samuel W. Smith
District 7: Horace G. Snover
District 8: Ferdinand Brucker
District 9: Roswell P. Bishop
District 10: Rousseau O. Crump
District 11: William S. Mesick
District 12: Carlos D. Shelden
 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

Cushman K. Davis

Knute Nelson

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

James A. Tawney

District 2:

James T. McCleary

District 3:

Joel P. Heatwole

District 4:

Frederick C. Stevens

District 5:

Loren Fletcher

District 6:

R. Page W. Morris

District 7:

Frank M. Eddy

 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

James Z. George (died August 14, 1897)

Edward C. Walthall (died April 21, 1898)

Hernando DeSoto Money (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Z. George; served from October 8, 1897)

William V. Sullivan (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward C. Walthall; served from May 31, 1898)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John M. Allen
District 2: William V. Sullivan (resigned May 31, 1898 to become Senator)
Thomas Spight (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William V. Sullivan; served from July 5, 1898)
District 3: Thomas C. Catchings
District 4: Andrew F. Fox
District 5: John Sharp Williams
District 6: William F. Love (died October 16, 1898)
Frank A. McLain (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William F. Love; served from December 12, 1898)
District 7: Patrick Henry
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

Francis M. Cockrell

George G. Vest

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James T. Lloyd (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect Richard P. Giles; served from June 1, 1897)
District 2: Robert N. Bodine
District 3: Alexander M. Dockery
District 4: Charles F. Cochran
District 5: William S. Cowherd
District 6: David A. DeArmond
District 7: James Cooney
District 8: Richard P. Bland
District 9: Champ Clark
District 10: Richard Bartholdt
District 11: Charles F. Joy
District 12: Charles E. Pearce
District 13: Edward Robb
District 14: Willard D. Vandiver
District 15: Maecenas E. Benton
 

Montana

 

Senators

 

Lee Mantle

Thomas H. Carter

 

Representative At Large

 

Charles S. Hartman
 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

William V. Allen

John M. Thurston

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Jesse B. Strode
District 2: David H. Mercer
District 3: Samuel Maxwell
District 4: William L. Stark
District 5: Roderick D. Sutherland
District 6: William L. Greene
 

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: Cyrus A. Sulloway
District 2: Frank G. Clarke
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

James Smith, Jr.

William J. Sewell

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry C. Loudenslager
District 2: John J. Gardner
District 3: Benjamin F. Howell
District 4: Mahlon Pitney (resigned January 10, 1899)
District 5: James F. Stewart
District 6: Richard W. Parker
District 7: Thomas McEwan
District 8: Charles N. Fowler
 

New York

 

Senators

 

Edward Murphy, Jr.

Thomas C. Platt

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Joseph M. Belford
District 2: Denis M. Hurley (died February 26, 1899)
District 3: Francis H. Wilson (resigned September 30, 1897 to become postmaster of Brooklyn)
Edmund H. Driggs (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis H. Wilson; served from December 6, 1897)
District 4: Israel F. Fisher
District 5: Charles G. Bennett
District 6: James R. Howe
District 7: John H. G. Vehslage
District 8: John M. Mitchell
District 9: Thomas J. Bradley
District 10: Amos J. Cummings
District 11: William Sulzer
District 12: George B. McClellan
District 13: Richard C. Shannon
District 14: Lemuel E. Quigg
District 15: Philip B. Low
District 16: William L. Ward
District 17: Benjamin B. Odell
District 18: John H. Ketcham
District 19: Aaron V. S. Cochrane
District 20: George N. Southwick
District 21: David F. Wilber
District 22: Lucius N. Littauer
District 23: Wallace T. Foote, Jr.
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
District 30: James W. Wadsworth
District 31: Henry C. Brewster
District 32: Rowland B. Mahany
District 33: De Alva S. Alexander
District 34: Warren B. Hooker (resigned November 10, 1898 to become a justice of the supreme court of New York)
 

North Carolina

 

Senators

 

Jeter C. Pritchard

Marion Butler

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Harry Skinner
District 2: George H. White
District 3: John E. Fowler
District 4: William F. Strowd
District 5: William W. Kitchin
District 6: Charles H. Martin
District 7: