Membership of the 56th Congress of the United States
 
March 4, 1899 to March 3, 1901
 
First Session:  December 4, 1899 to June 7, 1900
Second Session:  December 3, 1900 to March 3, 1901
 

Vice President of the United States: 

Garret A. Hobart (New Jersey) (died November 21, 1899; Vice Presidency remained vacant until March 4, 1901)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate: 

William P. Frye (Maine)

Secretary of the Senate: 

William R. Cox (North Carolina)
Charles G. Bennett (New York), from January 29, 1900

Sergeant At Arms of the Senate: 

Richard J. Bright (Indiana)
Daniel M. Ransdell (Indiana), from January 29, 1900

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

David B. Henderson (Iowa)

Clerk of the House: 

Alexander McDowell (Pennsylvania)

Sergeant At Arms of the House: 

Benjamin F. Russell (Missouri)
Henry Casson (Wisconsin), from December 4, 1899

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: Gaston A. Robbins (succeeded March 8, 1900 by William F. Aldrich, who contested the election)
William F. Aldrich (successfully contested the election of Gaston A. Robbins; served from March 8, 1900)
District 5: Willis Brewer
District 6: John Hollis Bankhead
District 7: John L. Burnett
District 8: Joe Wheeler (resigned April 20, 1900)
William Richardson (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joe Wheeler; served from August 6, 1900)
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

 

George C. Perkins

Thomas R. Bard (elected to fill vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1899, caused by the failure of the legislature to elect; served from February 7, 1900)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John A. Barham
District 2:

Marion De Vries (resigned August 20, 1900 to become a member of the United States Customs Court at New York City)

Samuel D. Woods (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Marion De Vries; served from December 3, 1900)
District 3: Victor H. Metcalf
District 4: Julius Kahn
District 5: Eugene F. Loud
District 6: Russell J. Waters
District 7: James C. Needham
 

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

 

Richard R. Kenney

(Vacancy, caused by the failure of the legislature to elect)

 

Representative At Large

 

John H. Hoffecker (died June 16, 1900)
Walter O. Hoffecker (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, John H. Hoffecker; served from November 6, 1900)
 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Samuel Pasco (reappointed to fill vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1899; resigned April 18, 1899 when James P. Taliaferro was elected)

Stephen R. Mallory

James P. Taliaferro (elected to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1899; served from April 20, 1899)

 

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

 

Edgar Wilson
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

Shelby M. Cullom

William E. Mason

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James R. Mann
District 2: William Lorimer
District 3: George P. Foster
District 4: Thomas Cusack
District 5: Edward T. Noonan
District 6: Henry S. Boutell
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 E. Williams
District 17: Ben F. Caldwell
District 18: Thomas M. Jett
District 19: Joseph B. Crowley
District 20: James R. Williams
District 21: William A. Rodenberg
District 22: George W. Smith
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Charles W. Fairbanks

Albert J. Beveridge

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James A. Hemenway
District 2: Robert W. Miers
District 3: William T. Zenor
District 4: Francis M. Griffith
District 5: George W. Faris
District 6: James E. Watson
District 7: Jesse Overstreet
District 8: George W. Cromer
District 9: Charles B. Landis
District 10: Edgar D. Crumpacker
District 11: George W. Steele
District 12: James M. Robinson
District 13: Abraham L. Brick
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

William B. Allison

John H. Gear (died July 14, 1900)

Jonathan P. Dolliver (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Gear; served from August 22, 1900)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas Hedge
District 2: Joseph R. Lane
District 3: David B. Henderson
District 4: Gilbert N. Haugen
District 5: Robert G. Cousins
District 6: John F. Lacey
District 7: John A. T. Hull
District 8: William P. Hepburn
District 9: Smith McPherson (resigned June 6, 1900 to become United States district judge for the southern district of Iowa)
Walter I. Smith (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Smith McPherson; served from December 3, 1900)
District 10: Jonathan P. Dolliver (resigned August 22, 1900 to become Senator)
James P. Conner (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan P. Dolliver; served from December 4, 1900)
District 11: Lot Thomas
 

Kansas

 

Senators

 

Lucien Baker

William A. Harris

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles Curtis
District 2: Justin D. Bowerstock
District 3: Edwin R. Ridgely
District 4: James M. Miller
District 5: William A. Calderhead
District 6: William A. Reeder
District 7: Chester I. Long
At Large: Willis J. Bailey
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

William Lindsay

William J. Deboe

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles K. Wheeler
District 2: Henry D. Allen
District 3: John S. Rhea
District 4: David H. Smith
District 5: Oscar Turner
District 6: Albert S. Berry
District 7: Evan E. Settle (died November 16, 1899)
June W. Gayle (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Evan E. Settle; served from January 15, 1900)
District 8: George G. Gilbert
District 9: Samuel J. Pugh
District 10: Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick
District 11: Vincent Boreing
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

Donelson Caffery

Samuel D. McEnery

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Adolph Meyer
District 2: Robert C. Davey
District 3: Robert F. Broussard
District 4: Phanor Breazale
District 5: Samuel T. Baird (died April 22, 1899)
Joseph E. Ransdell (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel T. Baird; served from August 29, 1899)
District 6: Samuel M. Robertston
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

Eugene Hale

William P. Frye

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas B. Reed (resigned September 4, 1899)
Amos L. Allen (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas B. Reed; served from November 6, 1899)
District 2: Charles E. Littlefield (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nelson Dingley, Jr. in the previous Congress; served from June 19, 1899)
District 3: Edwin C. Burleigh
District 4: Charles A. Boutelle (resigned March 3, 1901)
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

George L. Wellington

Louis E. McComas

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John W. Smith (resigned January 12, 1900)
Josiah L. Kerr (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John W. Smith; served from November 6, 1900)
District 2: William B. Baker
District 3: Frank C. Wachter
District 4: James W. Denny
District 5: Sydney E. Mudd
District 6: George A. Pearre
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

George F. Hoar

Henry Cabot Lodge

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

George P. Lawrence
District 2: Frederick H. Gillett
District 3: John R. Thayer
District 4: George W. Weymouth
District 5: William S. Knox
District 6: William H. Moody
District 7: Ernest W. Roberts
District 8: Samuel W. McCall
District 9: John F. Fitzgerald

District 10:

Henry F. Naphen
District 11: Charles F. Sprague
District 12: William C. Lovering
District 13: William S. Greene
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

James McMillan

Julius C. Burrows

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John B. Corliss
District 2: Henry C. Smith
District 3: Washington Gardner
District 4: Edward L. Hamilton
District 5: William A. Smith
District 6: Samuel W. Smith
District 7: Edgar Weeks
District 8: Joseph W. Fordney
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 (died November 27, 1900)

Knute Nelson

Charles A. Towne (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Cushman K. Davis; served from December 5, 1900 to January 28, 1901, when Moses E. Clapp was elected)

Moses E. Clapp (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Cushman K. Davis; served from January 23, 1901)

 

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

 

Hernando DeSoto Money

William V. Sullivan

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John M. Allen
District 2: Thomas Spight
District 3: Thomas C. Catchings
District 4: Andrew F. Fox
District 5: John Sharp Williams
District 6: Frank A. McLain
District 7: Patrick Henry
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

Francis M. Cockrell

George G. Vest

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James T. Lloyd
District 2: William W. Rucker
District 3: John Dougherty
District 4: Charles F. Cochran
District 5: William S. Cowherd
District 6: David A. DeArmond
District 7: James Cooney
District 8: Richard P. Bland (died June 15, 1899)
Dorsey W. Shackleford (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard P. Bland; served from August 29, 1899)
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

 

Thomas H. Carter

William A. Clark (elected for the term commencing March 4, 1899; served from December 4, 1899; vacated his seat on May 15, 1900, before a resolution declaring his election void because of election fraud could be adopted; appointed to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation, but did not qualify)

 

Representative At Large

 

Albert J. Campbell
 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

John M. Thurston

Monroe L. Hayward (elected to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1899, caused by failure of the legislature to elect; died December 5, 1899 before qualifying)

William V. Allen (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Monroe L. Hayward; served from December 13, 1899)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Elmer J. Burkett
District 2: David H. Mercer
District 3: John S. Robinson
District 4: William L. Stark
District 5: Roderick D. Sutherland
District 6: William L. Greene (died March 11, 1899)

William Neville (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William L. Greene; served from December 4, 1899)

 

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 (died January 9, 1901)
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

William J. Sewell

John Kean

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry C. Loudenslager
District 2: John J. Gardner
District 3: Benjamin F. Howell
District 4: Joshua S. Salmon
District 5: James F. Stewart
District 6: Richard W. Parker
District 7: William D. Daly (died July 31, 1900)
Allan L. McDermott (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William B. Daly; served from December 3, 1900)
District 8: Charles N. Fowler
 

New York

 

Senators

 

Thomas C. Platt

Chauncey M. Depew

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Townsend Scudder
District 2: John J. Fitzgerald
District 3: Edmund H. Driggs
District 4: Bertram T. Clayton
District 5: Frank E. Wilson
District 6: Mitchell May
District 7: Nicolas Muller
District 8: Daniel J. Riordan
District 9: Thomas J. Bradley
District 10: Amos J. Cummings
District 11: William Sulzer
District 12: George B. McClellan
District 13: Jefferson M. Levy
District 14: William A. Chanler
District 15: Jacob Ruppert, Jr.
District 16: John Q. Underhill
District 17: Arthur S. Tompkins
District 18: John H. Ketcham
District 19: Aaron V. S. Cochrane
District 20: Martin H. Glynn
District 21: John K. Stewart
District 22: Lucius N. Littauer
District 23: Louis W. Emerson
District 24: Charles A. Chickering (died February 13, 1900 from injuries received in a fall from a window of the Grand Union Hotel in New York City)
Albert D. Shaw (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles A. Chickering; served from November 6, 1900; died February 10, 1901)
District 25: James S. Sherman
District 26: George W. Ray
District 27: Michael E. Driscoll
District 28: Sereno E. Payne
District 29: Charles W. Gillet
District 30: James W. Wadsworth
District 31: James M. E. O'Grady
District 32: