Membership of the 59th Congress of the United States

 

March 4, 1905 to March 3, 1907

 

First Session:  December 4, 1905 to June 30, 1906

Second Session:  December 3, 1906 to March 3, 1907

Special Session of the Senate:  March 4, 1905 to March 18, 1905

 

Vice President of the United States: 

Charles W. Fairbanks (Indiana)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate: 

William P. Frye (Maine)

Secretary of the Senate: 

Charles G. Bennett (New York)

Sergeant At Arms of the Senate: 

Daniel M. Ransdell (Indiana)

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

Joseph G. Cannon (Illinois)

Clerk of the House: 

Alexander McDowell (Pennsylvania)

Sergeant At Arms of the House: 

Henry Casson (Wisconsin)

Doorkeeper of the House: 

Frank B. Lyon (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: Ariosto A. Wiley
District 3: Henry D. Clayton
District 4: Sydney J. Bowie
District 5: J. Thomas Heflin
District 6: John Hollis Bankhead
District 7: John L. Burnett
District 8: William Richardson
District 9: Oscar W. Underwood
 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

James H. Berry

James P. Clarke

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Robert B. Macon
District 2: Stephen Brundidge, Jr.
District 3: John C. Floyd
District 4: John S. Little (resigned January 14, 1907 to become Governor of Arkansas)
District 5: Charles C. Reid
District 6: Joseph T. Robinson
District 7: Robert M. Wallace
 

California

 

Senators

 

George C. Perkins

Frank P. Flint

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James N. Gillett (resigned November 4, 1906 to become Governor of California)

William F. Englebright (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James N. Gillett; served from November 6, 1906)

District 2: Duncan E. McKinlay
District 3: Joseph R. Knowland
District 4: Julius Kahn
District 5: Everis A. Hayes
District 6: James C. Needham
District 7: James McClachan
District 8: Sylvester C. Smith
 

Colorado

 

Senators

 

Henry M. Teller

Thomas M. Patterson

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Robert W. Bonynge

District 2: Herschel M. Hogg
At Large: Franklin E. Brooks
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Orville H. Platt (died April 21, 1905)

Morgan G. Bulkeley

Frank B. Brandegee (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orville H. Platt; served from May 10, 1905)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: E. Stevens Henry
District 2: Nehemiah D. Sperry
District 3: Frank B. Brandegee (resigned May 10, 1905 to become Senator)
Edwin W. Higgins (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank B. Brandegee; served from October 2, 1905)
District 4: Ebenezer J. Hill
At Large: George L. Lilley
 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

J. Frank Allee

Henry A. du Pont (elected to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1905, caused by the failure of the legislature to elect; served from June 13, 1906)

 

Representative At Large

 

Hiram R. Burton
 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Stephen R. Mallory

James P. Taliaferro

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Stephen M. Sparkman
District 2: Frank Clark
District 3: William B. Lamar
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

Augustus O. Bacon

Alexander S. Clay

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Rufus E. Lester (died June 16, 1906)
James W. Overstreet (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rufus E. Lester; served from October 3, 1906)
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: Gordon Lee
District 8: William M. Howard
District 9: Thomas M. Bell
District 10: Thomas W. Hardwick
District 11: William G. Brantley
 

Idaho

 

Senators

 

Fred T. Dubois

Weldon B. Heyburn

 

Representative At Large

 

Burton L. French
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

Shelby M. Cullom

Albert J. Hopkins

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Martin B. Madden
District 2: James R. Mann
District 3: William W. Wilson
District 4: Charles S. Wharton
District 5: Anthony Michalek
District 6: William Lorimer
District 7: Philip Knopf
District 8: Charles McGavin
District 9: Henry S. Boutell
District 10: George C. Foss
District 11: Howard M. Snapp
District 12: Charles E. Fuller
District 13: Robert R. Hitt (died September 20, 1906)

Frank O. Lowden (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert R. Hitt; served from November 6, 1906)

District 14: Benjamin F. Marsh (died June 2, 1905)
James McKinney (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin F. Marsh; served from November 7, 1905)
District 15: George W. Prince
District 16: Joseph V. Graff
District 17: John A. Sterling
District 18: Joseph G. Cannon
District 19: William B. McKinley
District 20: Henry T. Rainey
District 21: Zeno J. Rives
District 22: William A. Rodenberg
District 23: Frank S. Dickson
District 24: Pleasant T. Chapman
District 25: George W. Smith
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Albert J. Beveridge

James A. Hemenway (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles W. Fairbanks; served from March 4, 1905)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John H. Foster (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James A. Hemenway in the previous Congress; served from May 16, 1905)
District 2: John C. Chaney
District 3: William T. Zenor
District 4: Lincoln Dixon
District 5: Elias S. Holliday
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: Frederick Landis
District 12:

Newton W. Gilbert (resigned November 6, 1906 to become judge of the court of first instance at Manila, The Philippines)

Clarence C. Gilhams (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Newton W. Gilbert; served from November 6, 1906)
District 13: Abraham L. Brick
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

William B. Allison

Jonathan P. Dolliver

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas Hedge
District 2: Albert F. Dawson
District 3: Benjamin P. Birdsall
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: Walter I. Smith
District 10: James P. Conner
District 11: Elbert H. Hubbard
 

Kansas

 

Senators

 

Joseph R. Burton (resigned June 4, 1906 to begin serving a five-month prison sentence for illegally receiving compensation for services rendered before a federal department)

Chester I. Long

Alfred W. Benson (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph R. Burton; served from June 11, 1906 to January 23, 1907, when Charles Curtis was elected)

Charles Curtis (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph R. Burton; on the same day was elected for the full Senate term commencing March 4, 1907; served from January 29, 1907)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles Curtis (resigned January 23, 1907 to become Senator)
District 2: Justin D. Bowerstock
District 3: Philip P. Campbell
District 4: James M. Miller
District 5: William A. Calderhead
District 6: William A. Reeder
District 7: Victor Murdock
At Large: Charles F. Scott
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

Joseph C. S. Blackburn

James B. McCreary

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ollie M. James
District 2: Augustus O. Stanley
District 3: James M. Richardson
District 4: David H. Smith
District 5: J. Swagar Sherley
District 6: Joseph L. Rhinock
District 7: South Trimble
District 8: George G. Gilbert
District 9: Joseph B. Bennett
District 10: Francis A. Hopkins
District 11: Don C. Edwards
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

Samuel D. McEnery

Murphy J. Foster

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Adolph Meyer
District 2: Robert C. Davey
District 3: Robert F. Broussard
District 4: John T. Watkins
District 5: Joseph E. Ransdell
District 6: Samuel M. Robertston
District 7: Arsène P. Pujo
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

Eugene Hale

William P. Frye

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Amos L. Allen
District 2: Charles E. Littlefield
District 3: Edwin C. Burleigh
District 4: Llewellyn Powers
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

Arthur P. Gorman (died June 4, 1906)

Isidor Rayner

William Pinkney Whyte (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Arthur P. Gorman; served from June 8, 1906)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas A. Smith
District 2: J. Frederick C. Talbott
District 3: Frank C. Wachter
District 4: John Gill, Jr.
District 5: Sydney E. Mudd
District 6: George A. Pearre
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

Henry Cabot Lodge

W. Murray Crane

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George P. Lawrence
District 2: Frederick H. Gillett
District 3: Rockwood Hoar (died November 1, 1906)
Charles G. Washburn (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rockwood Hoar; served from December 18, 1906)
District 4: Charles Q. Tirrell
District 5: Butler Ames
District 6: Augustus P. Gardner
District 7: Ernest W. Roberts
District 8: Samuel W. McCall
District 9: John A. Keliher
District 10: William S. McNary
District 11: John A. Sullivan
District 12: John W. Weeks
District 13: William S. Greene
District 14: William C. Lovering
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

Julius C. Burrows

Russell A. Alger (died January 24, 1907)

William A. Smith (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Russell A. Alger; served from February 9, 1907)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Edwin Denby
District 2: Charles E. Townsend
District 3: Washington Gardner
District 4: Edward L. Hamilton
District 5: William A. Smith (resigned February 9, 1907 to become Senator)
District 6: Samuel W. Smith
District 7: Henry McMorran
District 8: Joseph W. Fordney
District 9: Roswell P. Bishop
District 10: George A. Loud
District 11: Archibald B. Darragh
District 12: H. Olin Young
 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

Knute Nelson

Moses E. Clapp

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James A. Tawney
District 2: James T. McCleary
District 3: Charles R. Davis
District 4: Frederick C. Stevens
District 5: Loren Fletcher
District 6: Clarence B. Buckman
District 7: Andrew J. Volstead
District 8: J. Adam Bede
District 9: Halvor Steenerson
 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

Hernando DeSoto Money

Anselm J. McLaurin 

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ezekiel S. Candler
District 2: Thomas Spight
District 3: Benjamin G. Humphreys
District 4: Wilson S. Hill
District 5: Adam M. Byrd
District 6: Eaton J. Bowers
District 7: Frank A. McLain
District 8: John Sharp Williams
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

William J. Stone

William Warner (served from March 18, 1905)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James T. Lloyd
District 2: William W. Rucker
District 3: Frank B. Klepper
District 4: Frank B. Fulkerson
District 5: Edgar C. Ellis
District 6: David A. DeArmond
District 7: John Welborn
District 8: Dorsey W. Shackleford
District 9: Champ Clark

District 10:

Richard Bartholdt
District 11: John T. Hunt
District 12: Ernest E. Wood (succeeded June 23, 1906 by Harry M. Coudry, who contested the election)
Harry M. Coudrey (successfully contested the election of Ernest E. Wood; served from June 23, 1906)
District 13: Marion E. Rhodes
District 14: William T. Tyndall
District 15: Cassius M. Shartel
District 16: Arthur P. Murphy
 

Montana

 

Senators

 

William A. Clark

Thomas H. Carter

 

Representative At Large

 

Joseph M. Dixon
 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

Joseph H. Millard

Elmer J. Burkett

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ernest M. Pollard (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Elmer Burkett in the previous Congress; served from July 18, 1905)
District 2: John L. Kennedy
District 3: John J. McCarthy
District 4: Edmund H. Hinshaw
District 5: George W. Norris
District 6: Moses P. Kinkaid
 

Nevada

 

Senators

 

Francis G. Newlands

George S. Nixon

 

Representative At Large

 

Clarence D. Van Duzer
 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

Jacob H. Gallinger

Henry E. Burnham

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Cyrus A. Sulloway
District 2: Frank D. Currier
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

John Kean

John F. Dryden

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry C. Loudenslager
District 2: John J. Gardner
District 3: Benjamin F. Howell
District 4: Ira W. Wood
District 5: Charles N. Fowler
District 6: Henry C. Allen
District 7: Richard W. Parker
District 8: William H. Wiley
District 9: Marshall Van Winkle
District 10: Allan L. McDermott
 

New York

 

Senators

 

Thomas C. Platt

Chauncey M. Depew

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William W. Cocks
District 2: George H. Lindsay
District 3: Charles T. Dunwell
District 4: Charles B. Law
District 5: George E. Waldo
District 6: William M. Calder
District 7: John J. Fitzgerald
District 8: Timothy D. Sullivan (resigned July 27, 1906)
Daniel J. Riordan (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Timothy D. Sullivan and on the same day was elected to the 60th Congress; served from November 6, 1906)
District 9: Henry M. Goldfogle
District 10: William Sulzer
District 11: William Randolph Hearst
District 12: W. Bourke Cockran
District 13: Herbert Parsons
District 14: Charles A. Towne
District 15: J. Van Vechten Olcott
District 16: Jacob Ruppert, Jr.
District 17: William S. Bennet
District 18: Joseph A. Goulden
District 19: John E