57th United States Congress

57th United States Congress

56th ← → 58th United States Capitol (1906) Duration: March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 Senate President: Theodore Roosevelt (R) (until September 14, 1901) Vacant (from September 14, 1901) Senate Pres. pro tem: William P. Frye (R) House Speaker: David B. Henderson (R) Members: 90 Senators 357 Representatives 5 Non-voting members Senate Majority: Republican House Majority: Republican Sessions Special: March 4, 1901 – March 9, 1901 1st: December 2, 1901 – July 1, 1902 2nd: December 1, 1902 – March 3, 1903

The Fifty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1901 to March 4, 1903, during the final six months of William McKinley's presidency, and the first year and a half of the first administration of his successor, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

• September 6, 1901: Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York
• September 14, 1901: President William McKinley died. Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States
• October 16, 1901: President Roosevelt invited African American leader Booker T. Washington to the White House. The American South reacted angrily to the visit, and racial violence increased in the region.
• December 3, 1901: President Roosevelt delivered a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives, asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits."
• February 22, 1902: Senators Benjamin Tillman and John L. McLaurin, both of South Carolina, have a fist fight while Congress is in session.^[1] Both Tillman and McLaurin were later censured by the Senate on February 28.
• June 2, 1902: The Anthracite Coal Strike by the United Mine Workers began, continuing until October 21, 1902.
• July 4, 1902: The Philippine–American War ended

Major legislation

• June 17, 1902: Newlands Reclamation Act
• June 28, 1902: Isthmian Canal Act (Panama Canal), Sess. 1, ch. 1302, 32 Stat. 481
• January 21, 1903: Militia Act of 1903 (Dick Act), 32 Stat. 775
• February 11, 1903: Expediting Act, Sess. 2, ch. 544, 32 Stat. 823
• February 19, 1903: Elkins Act
• March 3, 1903: Immigration Act of 1903, including §39, the Anarchist Exclusion Act

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Populist (P)	Republican (R)	Silver Republican (SR)	Silver (S)
End of the previous congress	26	5	53	3	2	89	1
Begin	28	3	53	2	0	86	4
End	29	2	56			89	1
Final voting share	32.6%	2.2%	62.9%	2.2%	0.0%
Beginning of the next congress	33	0	55	2	0	90	0

• Note: Fred T. Dubois (Idaho) was elected as a Silver Republican, but changed parties to Democratic after this Congress began.

House of Representatives

• Democratic: 151
• Republican: 200 (majority)
• Populist: 5
• Silver (Silver Republican): 1

TOTAL members: 357

Leadership

President of the Senate
Theodore Roosevelt

Senate

• President: Theodore Roosevelt (R), until September 14, 1901; vacant thereafter.
• President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones (D)
• Republican Conference Chairman: William B. Allison (R)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: David B. Henderson (R)
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James Hay (D)
• Republican Conference Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne
• Majority Whip: James A. Tawney

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: James D. Richardson
• Minority Whip: James T. Lloyd

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and Representatives are listed by district.

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Senate

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. The Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, precede the names in the list below. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1904; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1906; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1902.

Alabama 2. John T. Morgan (D) 3. Edmund W. Pettus (D) Arkansas 2. James H. Berry (D) 3. James K. Jones (D) California 1. Thomas R. Bard (R) 3. George C. Perkins (R) Colorado 2. Thomas M. Patterson (D) 3. Henry M. Teller (SR) Connecticut 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) 3. Orville H. Platt (R) Delaware 1. vacant 2. J. Frank Allee (R), from March 2, 1903 Florida 1. James P. Taliaferro (D) 3. Stephen Mallory (D) Georgia 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) 3. Alexander S. Clay (D) Idaho 2. Fred T. Dubois (D) 3. Henry Heitfeld (P) Illinois 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) 3. William E. Mason (R) Indiana 1. Albert J. Beveridge (R) 3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Iowa 2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) 3. William B. Allison (R) Kansas 2. Joseph R. Burton (R) 3. William A. Harris (P) Kentucky 2. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) 3. William J. Deboe (R) Louisiana 2. Murphy J. Foster (D) 3. Samuel D. McEnery (D) Maine 1. Eugene Hale (R) 2. William P. Frye (R) Maryland 1. Louis E. McComas (R) 3. George L. Wellington (R) Massachusetts 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) 2. George Frisbie Hoar (R) Michigan 1. Julius C. Burrows (R) 2. James McMillan (R), until August 10, 1902 Russell A. Alger (R), from September 27, 1902 Minnesota 1. Moses E. Clapp (R) 2. Knute Nelson (R) Mississippi 1. Hernando D. Money (D) 2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D) Missouri 1. Francis M. Cockrell (D) 3. George G. Vest (D) Montana 1. Paris Gibson (D), from March 7, 1901 2. William A. Clark (D)

Nebraska 1. William V. Allen (P), until March 28, 1901 Charles H. Dietrich (R), from March 28, 1901 2. Joseph H. Millard (R), from March 28, 1901 Nevada 1. William M. Stewart (R) 3. John P. Jones (R) New Hampshire 2. Henry E. Burnham (R) 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R) New Jersey 1. John Kean (R) 2. William J. Sewell (R), until December 27, 1901 John F. Dryden (R), from January 29, 1902 New York 1. Chauncey M. Depew (R) 3. Thomas C. Platt (R) North Carolina 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D) 3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R) North Dakota 1. Porter J. McCumber (R) 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R) Ohio 1. Marcus A. Hanna (R) 3. Joseph B. Foraker (R) Oregon 2. John H. Mitchell (R) 3. Joseph Simon (R) Pennsylvania 1. Matthew S. Quay (R) 3. Boies Penrose (R) Rhode Island 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) 2. George P. Wetmore (R) South Carolina 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) 3. John L. McLaurin (D) South Dakota 2. Robert J. Gamble (R) 3. James H. Kyle (R), until July 1, 1901 Alfred B. Kittredge (R), from July 11, 1901 Tennessee 1. William B. Bate (D) 2. Edward W. Carmack (D) Texas 1. Charles A. Culberson (D) 2. Joseph W. Bailey (D) Utah 1. Thomas Kearns (R) 3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D) Vermont 1. Redfield Proctor (R) 3. William P. Dillingham (R) Virginia 1. John W. Daniel (D) 2. Thomas S. Martin (D) Washington 1. Addison G. Foster (R) 3. George Turner (SR) West Virginia 1. Nathan B. Scott (R) 2. Stephen B. Elkins (R) Wisconsin 1. Joseph V. Quarles (R) 3. John C. Spooner (R) Wyoming 1. Clarence D. Clark (R) 2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

Alabama 1. George W. Taylor (D) 2. Ariosto A. Wiley (D) 3. Henry D. Clayton (D) 4. Sydney J. Bowie (D) 5. Charles Winston Thompson (D) 6. John H. Bankhead (D) 7. John L. Burnett (D) 8. William N. Richardson (D) 9. Oscar W. Underwood (D) Arkansas 1. Philip D. McCulloch, Jr. (D) 2. John S. Little (D) 3. Thomas C. McRae (D) 4. Charles C. Reid (D) 5. Hugh A. Dinsmore (D) 6. Stephen Brundidge, Jr. (D) California 1. Frank Coombs (R) 2. Samuel D. Woods (R) 3. Victor H. Metcalf (R) 4. Julius Kahn (R) 5. Eugene F. Loud (R) 6. James McLachlan (R) 7. James C. Needham (R) Colorado 1. John F. Shafroth (SR) 2. John Calhoun Bell (Populist) Connecticut 1. E. Stevens Henry (R) 2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) 3. Charles A. Russell (R), until October 23, 1902 Frank Bosworth Brandegee (R), from November 4, 1902 4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R) Delaware At-large. L. Heisler Ball (R) Florida 1. Stephen M. Sparkman (D) 2. Robert W. Davis (D) Georgia 1. Rufus E. Lester (D) 2. James M. Griggs (D) 3. Elijah B. Lewis (D) 4. William C. Adamson (D) 5. Leonidas F. Livingston (D) 6. Charles L. Bartlett (D) 7. John W. Maddox (D) 8. William M. Howard (D) 9. Farish C. Tate (D) 10. William H. Fleming (D) 11. William G. Brantley (D) Idaho At-large. Thomas L. Glenn (Populist) Illinois 1. James R. Mann (R) 2. John J. Feely (D) 3. George P. Foster (D) 4. James McAndrews (D) 5. William Frank Mahoney (D) 6. Henry S. Boutell (R) 7. George E. Foss (R) 8. Albert J. Hopkins (R) 9. Robert R. Hitt (R) 10. George W. Prince (R) 11. Walter Reeves (R) 12. Joseph G. Cannon (R) 13. Vespasian Warner (R) 14. Joseph V. Graff (R) 15. J. Ross Mickey (D) 16. Thomas J. Selby (D) 17. Ben F. Caldwell (D) 18. Thomas M. Jett (D) 19. Joseph B. Crowley (D) 20. James R. Williams (D) 21. Fred J. Kern (D) 22. George W. Smith (R) Indiana 1. James A. Hemenway (R) 2. Robert W. Miers (D) 3. William T. Zenor (D) 4. Francis M. Griffith (D) 5. Elias S. Holliday (R) 6. James E. Watson (R) 7. Jesse Overstreet (R) 8. George W. Cromer (R) 9. Charles B. Landis (R) 10. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R) 11. George W. Steele (R) 12. James M. Robinson (D) 13. Abraham L. Brick (R) Iowa 1. Thomas Hedge (R) 2. John N. W. Rumple (R), until January 31, 1903 3. David B. Henderson (R) 4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R) 5. Robert G. Cousins (R) 6. John F. Lacey (R) 7. John A. T. Hull (R) 8. William P. Hepburn (R) 9. Walter I. Smith (R) 10. James P. Conner (R) 11. Lot Thomas (R) Kansas 1. Charles Curtis (R) 2. Justin De Witt Bowersock (R) 3. Alfred Metcalf Jackson (D) 4. James Monroe Miller (R) 5. William A. Calderhead (R) 6. William A. Reeder (R) 7. Chester I. Long (R), until March 3, 1903 At-large. Charles Frederick Scott (R) Kentucky 1. Charles K. Wheeler (D) 2. Henry Dixon Allen (D) 3. John S. Rhea (D), until March 25, 1902 J. McKenzie Moss (R), from March 25, 1902 4. David Highbaugh Smith (D) 5. Harvey Samuel Irwin (R) 6. Daniel Linn Gooch (D) 7. South Trimble (D) 8. George G. Gilbert (D) 9. James Nicholas Kehoe (D) 10. James Bramford White (D) 11. Vincent Boreing (R) Louisiana 1. Adolph Meyer (D) 2. Robert C. Davey (D) 3. Robert F. Broussard (D) 4. Phanor Breazeale (D) 5. Joseph E. Ransdell (D) 6. Samuel M. Robertson (D) Maine 1. Amos L. Allen (R) 2. Charles E. Littlefield (R) 3. Edwin C. Burleigh (R) 4. Llewellyn Powers (R), from April 8, 1901 Maryland 1. William Humphreys Jackson (R) 2. Albert Blakeney (R) 3. Frank C. Wachter (R) 4. Charles R. Schirm (R) 5. Sydney E. Mudd (R) 6. George A. Pearre (R) Massachusetts 1. George P. Lawrence (R) 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R) 3. John R. Thayer (D) 4. Charles Q. Tirrell (R) 5. William S. Knox (R) 6. William H. Moody (R), until May 1, 1902 Augustus P. Gardner (R), from November 4, 1902 7. Ernest W. Roberts (R) 8. Samuel W. McCall (R) 9. Joseph A. Conry (D) 10. Henry F. Naphen (D) 11. Samuel L. Powers (R) 12. William C. Lovering (R) 13. William S. Greene (R) Michigan 1. John B. Corliss (R) 2. Henry C. Smith (R) 3. Washington Gardner (R) 4. Edward L. Hamilton (R) 5. William Alden Smith (R) 6. Samuel W. Smith (R) 7. Edgar Weeks (R) 8. Joseph W. Fordney (R) 9. Roswell P. Bishop (R) 10. Rousseau O. Crump (R), until May 1, 1901 Henry H. Alpin (R), from October 15, 1901 11. Archibald B. Darragh (R) 12. Carlos D. Shelden (R) Minnesota 1. James A. Tawney (R) 2. James T. McCleary (R) 3. Joel P. Heatwole (R) 4. Frederick C. Stevens (R) 5. Loren Fletcher (R) 6. R. Page W. Morris (R) 7. Frank M. Eddy (R) Mississippi 1. Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. (D) 2. Thomas Spight (D) 3. Patrick Stevens Henry (D) 4. Andrew F. Fox (D) 5. John Sharp Williams (D) 6. Frank A. McLain (D) 7. Charles E. Hooker (D) Missouri 1. James T. Lloyd (D) 2. William W. Rucker (D) 3. John Dougherty (D) 4. Charles F. Cochran (D) 5. William S. Cowherd (D) 6. David A. De Armond (D) 7. James Cooney (D) 8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) 9. James Beauchamp Clark (D) 10. Richard Bartholdt (R) 11. Charles F. Joy (R) 12. James Joseph Butler (D), until June 28, 1902, then November 4, 1902 – February 26, 1903 George Wagoner (R), from February 26, 1903 13. Edward Robb (D) 14. Willard D. Vandiver (D) 15. Maecenas E. Benton (D) Montana At-large. Caldwell Edwards (P) Nebraska 1. Elmer J. Burkett (R) 2. David H. Mercer (R) 3. John S. Robinson (D) 4. William L. Stark (Populist) 5. Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) 6. William Neville (Populist) Nevada At-large. Francis G. Newlands (D) New Hampshire 1. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) 2. Frank Dunklee Currier (R)

New Jersey 1. Henry C. Loudenslager (R) 2. John J. Gardner (R) 3. Benjamin F. Howell (R) 4. Joshua S. Salmon (D), until May 6, 1902 De Witt C. Flanagan (D), from June 18, 1902 5. James F. Stewart (R) 6. Richard W. Parker (R) 7. Allan L. McDermott (D) 8. Charles N. Fowler (R) New York 1. Frederic Storm (R) 2. John J. Fitzgerald (D) 3. Henry Bristow (R) 4. Harry A. Hanbury (R) 5. Frank E. Wilson (D) 6. George H. Lindsay (D) 7. Nicholas Muller (D), until December 1, 1902 Montague Lessler (R), from January 7, 1903 8. Thomas J. Creamer (D) 9. Henry M. Goldfogle (D) 10. Amos J. Cummings (D), until May 2, 1902 Edward Swann (D), from November 4, 1902 11. William Sulzer (D) 12. George B. McClellan, Jr. (D) 13. Oliver H.P. Belmont (D) 14. William H. Douglas (R) 15. Jacob Ruppert, Jr. (D) 16. Cornelius A. Pugsley (D) 17. Arthur S. Tompkins (R) 18. John H. Ketcham (R) 19. William Draper (R) 20. George N. Southwick (R) 21. John Knox Stewart (R) 22. Lucius N. Littauer (R) 23. Louis W. Emerson (R) 24. Charles L. Knapp (R), from November 5, 1901 25. James S. Sherman (R) 26. George W. Ray (R), until September 11, 1902 John W. Dwight (R), from November 4, 1902 27. Michael E. Driscoll (R) 28. Sereno E. Payne (R) 29. Charles W. Gillet (R) 30. James Wolcott Wadsworth (R) 31. James B. Perkins (R) 32. William H. Ryan (D) 33. De Alva S. Alexander (R) 34. Edward B. Vreeland (R) North Carolina 1. John Humphrey Small (D) 2. Claude Kitchin (D) 3. Charles R. Thomas (D) 4. Edward W. Pou (D) 5. William W. Kitchin (D) 6. John D. Bellamy (D) 7. Theodore F. Kluttz (D) 8. E. Spencer Blackburn (R) 9. James M. Moody (R), until February 5, 1903 North Dakota At-large. Thomas Frank Marshall (R) Ohio 1. William B. Shattuc (R) 2. Jacob H. Bromwell (R) 3. Robert M. Nevin (R) 4. Robert B. Gordon (D) 5. John S. Snook (D) 6. Charles Q. Hildebrant (R) 7. Thomas B. Kyle (R) 8. William R. Warnock (R) 9. James H. Southard (R) 10. Stephen Morgan (R) 11. Charles H. Grosvenor (R) 12. Emmett Tompkins (R) 13. James A. Norton (D) 14. William W. Skiles (R) 15. Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) 16. John J. Gill (R) 17. John W. Cassingham (D) 18. Robert W. Tayler (R) 19. Charles W. F. Dick (R) 20. Jacob A. Beidler (R) 21. Theodore E. Burton (R) Oregon 1. Thomas H. Tongue (R), until January 11, 1903 2. Malcolm A. Moody (R) Pennsylvania 1. Henry H. Bingham (R) 2. Robert Adams, Jr. (R) 3. Henry Burk (R) 4. James R. Young (R) 5. Edward D. Morrell (R) 6. Thomas S. Butler (R) 7. Irving P. Wanger (R) 8. Howard Mutchler (D) 9. Henry D. Green (D) 10. Marriott Brosius (R), until March 16, 1901 Henry Burd Cassel (R), from November 5, 1901 11. William Connell (R) 12. Henry W. Palmer (R) 13. George R. Patterson (R) 14. Marlin E. Olmsted (R) 15. Charles F. Wright (R) 16. Elias Deemer (R) 17. Rufus K. Polk (D), until March 5, 1902 Alexander Billmeyer (D), from November 4, 1902 18. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) 19. Robert Jacob Lewis (R) 20. Alvin Evans (R) 21. Summers M. Jack (R) 22. John Dalzell (R) 23. William H. Graham (R) 24. Ernest F. Acheson (R) 25. Joseph B. Showalter (R) 26. Arthur L. Bates (R) 27. Joseph C. Sibley (R) 28. James K.P. Hall (D), until November 29, 1902 At-large. Galusha A. Grow (R) At-large. Robert H. Foerderer (R) Rhode Island 1. Melville Bull (R) 2. Adin B. Capron (R) South Carolina 1. William Elliott (D) 2. W. Jasper Talbert (D) 3. Asbury C. Latimer (D) 4. Joseph T. Johnson (D) 5. David E. Finley (D) 6. Robert B. Scarborough (D) 7. J. William Stokes (D), until July 6, 1901 Asbury F. Lever (D), from November 5, 1901 South Dakota At-large. Charles H. Burke (R) At-large. Eben W. Martin (R) Tennessee 1. Walter P. Brownlow (R) 2. Henry R. Gibson (R) 3. John A. Moon (D) 4. Charles E. Snodgrass (D) 5. James D. Richardson (D) 6. John W. Gaines (D) 7. Lemuel P. Padgett (D) 8. Thetus W. Sims (D) 9. Rice A. Pierce (D) 10. Malcolm R. Patterson (D) Texas 1. Thomas H. Ball (D) 2. Samuel B. Cooper (D) 3. Reese C. De Graffenreid (D), until August 29, 1902 Gordon J. Russell (D), from November 4, 1902 4. John L. Sheppard (D), until October 11, 1902 Morris Sheppard (D), from November 15, 1902 5. Choice B. Randell (D) 6. Robert E. Burke (D), until June 5, 1901 Dudley G. Wooten (D), from July 13, 1901 7. Robert L. Henry (D) 8. Samuel W.T. Lanham (D), until January 15, 1903 9. Albert S. Burleson (D) 10. George F. Burgess (D) 11. Rudolph Kleberg (D) 12. James L. Slayden (D) 13. John H. Stephens (D) Utah At-large. George Sutherland (R) Vermont 1. David J. Foster (R) 2. Kittredge Haskins (R) Virginia 1. William A. Jones (D) 2. Harry L. Maynard (D) 3. John Lamb (D) 4. Francis R. Lassiter (D) 5. Claude A. Swanson (D) 6. Peter J. Otey (D), until May 4, 1902 Carter Glass (D), from November 4, 1902 7. James Hay (D) 8. John F. Rixey (D) 9. William F. Rhea (D) 10. Henry D. Flood (D) Washington At-large. Francis W. Cushman (R) At-large. Wesley L. Jones (R) West Virginia 1. Blackburn B. Dovener (R) 2. Alston G. Dayton (R) 3. Joseph H. Gaines (R) 4. James Anthony Hughes (R) Wisconsin 1. Henry Allen Cooper (R) 2. Herman B. Dahle (R) 3. Joseph W. Babcock (R) 4. Theobald Otjen (R) 5. Samuel S. Barney (R) 6. James H. Davidson (R) 7. John J. Esch (R) 8. Edward S. Minor (R) 9. Webster E. Brown (R) 10. John J. Jenkins (R) Wyoming At-large. Frank W. Mondell (R) Non-voting members Arizona Territory. Marcus Aurelius Smith (D) Hawaii Territory. Robert W. Wilcox (Independent) New Mexico Territory. Bernard Shandon Rodey (R) Oklahoma Territory. Dennis T. Flynn (R) Puerto Rico. Federico Degetau (Resident Commissioner) (R)

House seats by party holding plurality in state   80+% to 100% Democratic   80+% to 100% Republican   60+% to 80% Democratic   60+% to 80% Republican   Up to 60% Democratic   Up to 60% Republican Speaker of the House David B. Henderson

Changes in Membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

Note:Delaware's Class 1 Senate seat remained vacant for entire Congress due to the legislature's failure to elect.

• Replacements: 4
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: 3-seat gain
  • Populist: 1-seat loss
• Deaths: 3
• Resignations: 0
• Vacancy: 1
• Total seats with changes: 6

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for vacancy	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Montana (1)	Vacant	Senator William A. Clark vacated his seat during previous congress. Successor was elected March 7, 1901.	Paris Gibson (R)	March 7, 1901
Delaware (2)	Vacant	Legislature failed to elect to fill vacancy in term. Successor was elected March 2, 1903.	J. Frank Allee (R)	March 2, 1903
Nebraska (1)	William V. Allen (Pop.)	Interim appointee did not run to finish the term. Successor was elected March 28, 1901. Successor delayed taking seat until December 2, 1901 after resigning as Governor of Nebraska on May 1, 1901, but his service began on the date of his election, March 28, 1901.	Charles H. Dietrich (R)	December 2, 1901
South Dakota (3)	James H. Kyle (R)	Died July 1, 1901. Successor was appointed July 11, 1901 to continue the term and subsequently elected January 20, 1903 to finish the term.[2]	Alfred B. Kittredge (R)	July 11, 1901
New Jersey (2)	William J. Sewell (R)	Died December 27, 1901. Successor was elected.	John F. Dryden (R)	January 29, 1902
Michigan (2)	James McMillan (R)	Died August 10, 1902. Successor was appointed September 27, 1902 to continue the term and subsequently elected December 7, 1902 to finish the term..	Russell A. Alger (R)	September 27, 1902

House of Representatives

• replacements: 17
  • Democratic: 3 seat loss
  • Republican: 3 seat gain
• deaths: 14
• resignations: 5
• contested elections: 2
• Total seats with changes: 24

District	Previous	Reason for change	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Maine 4th	Vacant	Rep. Charles A. Boutelle resigned during previous congress	Llewellyn Powers (R)	April 8, 1901
New York 24th	Vacant	Rep. Albert D. Shaw died during previous congress	Charles L. Knapp (R)	November 5, 1901
Pennsylvania 10th	Marriott H. Brosius (R)	Died March 16, 1901	Henry B. Cassel (R)	November 5, 1901
Michigan 10th	Rousseau O. Crump (R)	Died May 1, 1901	Henry H. Aplin (R)	October 15, 1901
Texas 6th	Robert E. Burke (D)	Died June 5, 1901.	Morris Sheppard (D)	November 15, 1902
South Carolina 7th	J. William Stokes (D)	Died July 6, 1901.	Dudley G. Wooten (D)	July 13, 1901
Pennsylvania 17th	Rufus K. Polk (D)	Died March 5, 1902.	Alexander Billmeyer (D)	November 4, 1902
Kentucky 3rd	John S. Rhea (D)	Lost contested election March 25, 1902	J. McKenzie Moss (R)	March 25, 1902
Massachusetts 6th	William H. Moody (R)	Resigned May 1, 1902 after being appointed U.S. Secretary of the Navy	Augustus P. Gardner (R)	November 4, 1902
Missouri 12th	James J. Butler (D)	Seat declared vacant May 1, 1902. Butler elected to fill his own vacancy.	James J. Butler (D)	November 4, 1902
New York 10th	Amos J. Cummings (D)	Died May 2, 1902.	Edward Swann (D)	November 4, 1902
Virginia 6th	Peter J. Otey (D)	Died May 4, 1902.	Carter Glass (D)	November 4, 1902
New Jersey 4th	Joshua S. Salmon (D)	Died May 6, 1902.	De Witt C. Flanagan (D)	June 18, 1902
Texas 3rd	Reese C. De Graffenreid (D)	Died August 29, 1902.	Gordon J. Russell (D)	November 4, 1902
New York 26th	George W. Ray (R)	Resigned September 11, 1902 after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York	John W. Dwight (R)	November 4, 1902
Texas 4th	John L. Sheppard (D)	Died October 11, 1902.	Morris Sheppard (D)	November 15, 1902
Connecticut 3rd	Charles A. Russell (R)	Died October 23, 1902	Frank B. Brandegee (R)	November 4, 1902
Pennsylvania 28th	James K. P. Hall (D)	Died November 29, 1902	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 7th	Nicholas Muller (D)	Resigned December 1, 1902.	Montague Lessler (R)	January 7, 1903
Oregon 1st	Thomas H. Tongue (R)	Died January 11, 1903.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Texas 8th	S. W. T. Lanham (D)	Resigned January 15, 1903 after being elected Governor of Texas	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Iowa 2nd	John N. W. Rumple (R)	Died January 31, 1903	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
North Carolina 9th	James M. Moody (R)	Died February 5, 1903.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Missouri 12th	James J. Butler (D)	Lost contested election February 26, 1903.	George C. R. Wagoner (R)	February 26, 1903
Kansas 7th	Chester I. Long (R)	Resigned March 3, 1903 after becoming U.S. Senator	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select)
• Agriculture and Forestry
• Appropriations
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
• Canadian Relations
• Census
• Civil Service and Retrenchment
• Claims
• Coast and Insular Survey
• Coast Defenses
• Commerce
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia
• Cuban Relations
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
• Engrossed Bills
• Enrolled Bills
• Establish a University in the United States (Select)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service
• Expenditures in Executive Departments
• Finance
• Fisheries
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select)
• Foreign Relations
• Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game
• Geological Survey
• Immigration
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Indian Affairs
• Industrial Expositions
• Interoceanic Canals
• Interstate Commerce
• Irrigation and Reclamation
• Judiciary
• Library
• Manufactures
• Military Affairs
• Mines and Mining
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select)
• National Banks (Select)
• Naval Affairs
• Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico
• Pacific Railroads
• Patents
• Pensions
• Philippines
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Potomac River Front (Select)
• Printing
• Private Land Claims
• Privileges and Elections
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Health and National Quarantine
• Public Lands
• Railroads
• Revision of the Laws
• Revolutionary Claims
• Rules
• Standards, Weights and Measures (Select)
• Territories
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select)

House of Representatives

• Accounts
• Agriculture
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic
• Appropriations
• Banking and Currency
• Census
• Claims
• Coinage, Weights and Measures
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• District of Columbia
• Education
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress
• Elections
• Enrolled Bills
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department
• Expenditures in the Interior Department
• Expenditures in the Justice Department
• Expenditures in the Navy Department
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department
• Expenditures in the State Department
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department
• Expenditures in the War Department
• Expenditures on Public Buildings
• Foreign Affairs
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Indian Affairs
• Insular Affairs
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce
• Invalid Pensions
• Irrigation of Arid Lands
• Labor
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River
• Manufactures
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries
• Mileage
• Military Affairs
• Militia
• Mines and Mining
• Naval Affairs
• Pacific Railroads
• Patents
• Pensions
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Lands
• Railways and Canals
• Reform in the Civil Service
• Revision of Laws
• Rivers and Harbors
• Rules
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories
• Ventilation and Acoustics
• War Claims
• Ways and Means
• Whole

Joint committees

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark, died January 6, 1902.
  • Elliott Woods, appointed February 19, 1902.
• Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
• Public Printer of the United States: Frank W. Palmer

Senate

• Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
• Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell
• Chaplain: William H. Millburn, Methodist
  • F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected December 2, 1902.

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Alexander McDowell
• Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
• Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn
• Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy
• Clerk: Asher C. Hinds
• Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist

See also

• United States elections, 1900 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1900
  • United States Senate elections, 1900
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1900
• United States elections, 1902 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1902
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1902

References

1. "SENATORS FIGHT ON SENATE FLOOR; McLaurin and Tillman of South Carolina Come to Blows. BOTH ADJUDGED IN CONTEMPT They Apologize, but Committee Will Pass on the Affair. Fisticuffs Followed McLaurin's Assertion That Tillman Had Lied About Him in the Course of Philippine Debate". The New York Times. February 23, 1902.
2. Journal of the Senate of the South Dakota Legislature Commencing January 6, 1903, Eighth Session. Pierre, South Dakota. 1903. p. 296.

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• Official Congressional Directory for the 57th Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 57th Congress, 1st Session (Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 57th Congress, 2nd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 57th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).