62nd United States Congress

62nd United States Congress

61st ← → 63rd United States Capitol (1906) Duration: March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 Senate President: James S. Sherman (R) (until October 30, 1912) Vacant (from October 30, 1912) Senate Pres. pro tem: Augustus O. Bacon (D) Charles Curtis (R) Jacob H. Gallinger (R) Frank B. Brandegee (R) Henry Cabot Lodge (R) House Speaker: Champ Clark Members: 96 Senators 394 Representatives 7 Non-voting members Senate Majority: Republican House Majority: Democratic Sessions 1st: April 4, 1911 – August 22, 1911 2nd: December 4, 1911 – August 26, 1912 3rd: December 2, 1912 – March 3, 1913

The Sixty-second 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, 1911 to March 4, 1913, during the third and fourth years of William H. Taft's presidency.

The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Additional House seats were assigned to the two new states of New Mexico and Arizona. The size of the House was to be 435 starting with the new Congress coming into session in 1913. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Major events

• April 27, 1911: Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
• April 30, 1911: Great Fire of 1911
• May 15, 1911: The Supreme Court declared Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and ordered the company to be dissolved.
• April 15, 1912: The RMS Titanic sank.
• June 5, 1912: U.S. Marines landed in Cuba.
• June 18, 1912: The Republican National Convention nominated incumbent President William Taft in Chicago, defeating a challenge by former President Theodore Roosevelt, whose delegates bolted the convention.
• June 25, 1912: The Democratic National Convention nominated New Jersey Gov. Woodrow Wilson in Baltimore.
• August 5, 1912: Dissident Republicans formed the Progressive or Bull Moose Party, and nominated former President Theodore Roosevelt as their presidential candidate.
• October 30, 1912: Vice President James S. Sherman died.
• November 5, 1912: U.S. presidential election, 1912: Woodrow Wilson (D) beat incumbent William Howard Taft (R) and Theodore Roosevelt (P).

Major legislation

• August 8, 1911: Public Law 62-5, Pub.L. 62–5 (set House of Representatives size at 435 members)
• August 24, 1912: Lloyd–La Follette Act, ch. 389, §6, 37 Stat. 539
• February 13, 1913: Carlin Act
• March 1, 1913: Webb–Kenyon Act
• March 1, 1913: Railway Evaluation Act
• March 3, 1913: Publicity In Taking Evidence Act
• March 3, 1913: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act
• March 3, 1913: Gould Amendment
• March 4, 1913: Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Act
• March 4, 1913: Road and Trails Fund Act
• March 4, 1913: Burnett Act
• March 4, 1913: Weeks–McLean Act
• March 4, 1913: Federal Revenue Sharing Act
• March 4, 1913: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1913
• March 4, 1913: Burnt Timber Act
• March 4, 1913: Labor Department Act, 37 Stat. 736

Constitutional amendments

• May 13, 1912: 17th Amendment passed Congress and sent to the states for ratification. It would create a popularly elected U.S. Senate instead of the original process of appointment by state legislatures.
• February 3, 1913: 16th Amendment was ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income taxes.

States admitted and territories created

• January 6, 1912: New Mexico admitted to the Union.
• February 14, 1912: Arizona admitted to the Union
• August 24, 1912: Alaska Territory created.

President of the Senate
James S. Sherman

Map showing Senate party membership at the start of the 62nd Congress. Red states are represented by two Republicans and blue by two Democrats. Purple states are represented by one senator from each party.

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	32	0	60	92	0
Begin	43	0	48	91	1
End	47			95
Final voting share	49.5%	0.0%	50.5%
Beginning of the next congress	49	1	42	92	4

House of Representatives

• Democratic (D): 230 (majority)
• Republican (R): 162
• Socialist (S): 1
• Independent (I): 1

TOTAL members: 394

Leaders

Senate

• President: James S. Sherman, until October 30, 1912; thereafter vacant
• Presidents pro tempore: William P. Frye (R), until April 27, 1911.
  • For the remainder of this Congress, the office rotated among five Senators. The Senate at that time was split between progressive Republicans, conservative Republicans, and Democrats. Each put forth a candidate, and the ballots were deadlocked until August 1911 when a compromise was reached. Democrat Augustus Bacon served for one day on August 14, 1911, and thereafter he and four Republicans rotated holding the seat for the remainder of the Congress. These Republicans were: Charles Curtis, Jacob H. Gallinger, Frank B. Brandegee, and Henry Cabot Lodge.

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Champ Clark (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Oscar Underwood
• Majority Whip: vacant

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: James R. Mann
• Minority Whip: John W. Dwight

Members

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Senate

At this time, most Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

Alabama 2. John H. Bankhead (D) 3. Joseph F. Johnston (D) Arizona 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D), from April 2, 1912[1] 3. Marcus A. Smith (D), from April 2, 1912[1] Arkansas 2. Jeff Davis (D), until January 3, 1913 John N. Heiskell (D), January 6, 1913 – January 29, 1913 William M. Kavanaugh (D), from January 29, 1913 3. James P. Clarke (D) California 1. John D. Works (R) 3. George C. Perkins (R) Colorado 2. Simon Guggenheim (R) 3. Charles S. Thomas (D), from January 15, 1913 Connecticut 1. George P. McLean (R) 3. Frank B. Brandegee (R) Delaware 1. Henry A. du Pont (R) 2. Harry A. Richardson (R) Florida 1. Nathan P. Bryan (D) 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D) Georgia 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) 3. Joseph M. Terrell (D), until July 14, 1911 Hoke Smith (D), from November 16, 1911 Idaho 2. William E. Borah (R) 3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R), until October 17, 1912 Kirtland I. Perky (D), November 18, 1912 – February 5, 1913 James H. Brady (R), from February 6, 1913 Illinois 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) 3. William Lorimer (R), until July 13, 1912 Indiana 1. John W. Kern (D) 3. Benjamin F. Shively (D) Iowa 2. Lafayette Young (R), until April 11, 1911 William S. Kenyon (R), from April 12, 1911 3. Albert B. Cummins (R) Kansas 2. Charles Curtis (R) 3. Joseph L. Bristow (R) Kentucky 2. Thomas H. Paynter (D) 3. William O. Bradley (R) Louisiana 2. Murphy J. Foster (D) 3. John Thornton (D) Maine 1. Charles F. Johnson (D) 2. William P. Frye (R), until August 8, 1911 Obadiah Gardner (D), from September 23, 1911 Maryland 1. Isidor Rayner (D), until November 25, 1912 William P. Jackson (R), from November 29, 1912 3. John W. Smith (D) Massachusetts 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) 2. Winthrop M. Crane (R) Michigan 1. Charles E. Townsend (R) 2. William Alden Smith (R) Minnesota 1. Moses E. Clapp (R) 2. Knute Nelson (R) Mississippi 1. John S. Williams (D) 2. LeRoy Percy (D) Missouri 1. James A. Reed (D) 3. William J. Stone (D) Montana 1. Henry L. Myers (D) 2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)

Nebraska 1. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D) 2. Norris Brown (R) Nevada 1. George S. Nixon (R), until June 5, 1912 William A. Massey (R), July 1, 1912 – January 29, 1913 Key Pittman (D), from January 29, 1913 3. Francis G. Newlands (D) New Hampshire 2. Henry E. Burnham (R) 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R) New Jersey 1. James E. Martine (D) 2. Frank O. Briggs (R) New Mexico 1. Thomas B. Catron (R), from April 2, 1912[1] 2. Albert B. Fall (R), from April 2, 1912[1] New York 1. James A. O'Gorman (D) 3. Elihu A. Root (R) North Carolina 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D) 3. Lee S. Overman (D) North Dakota 1. Porter J. McCumber (R) 3. Asle J. Gronna (R) Ohio 1. Atlee Pomerene (D) 3. Theodore E. Burton (R) Oklahoma 2. Robert L. Owen (D) 3. Thomas P. Gore (D) Oregon 2. Jonathan Bourne (R) 3. George E. Chamberlain (D) Pennsylvania 1. George T. Oliver (R) 3. Boies Penrose (R) Rhode Island 1. Henry F. Lippitt (R) 2. George P. Wetmore (R) South Carolina 2. Benjamin Tillman (D) 3. Ellison D. Smith (D) South Dakota 2. Robert J. Gamble (R) 3. Coe I. Crawford (R) Tennessee 1. Luke Lea (D) 2. Robert L. Taylor (D), until March 31, 1912 Newell Sanders (R), April 11, 1912 – January 24, 1913 William R. Webb (D), from January 24, 1913 Texas 1. Charles A. Culberson (D) 2. Joseph W. Bailey (D), until January 3, 1913 Rienzi M. Johnston (D), January 4, 1913 – January 29, 1913 Morris Sheppard (D), from January 29, 1913 Utah 1. George Sutherland (R) 3. Reed Smoot (R) Vermont 1. Carroll S. Page (R) 3. William P. Dillingham (R) Virginia 1. Claude A. Swanson (D) 2. Thomas S. Martin (D) Washington 1. Miles Poindexter (R) 3. Wesley L. Jones (R) West Virginia 1. William E. Chilton (D) 2. Clarence W. Watson (D) Wisconsin 1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R) 3. Isaac Stephenson (R) Wyoming 1. Clarence D. Clark (R) 2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama 1. George W. Taylor (D) 2. S. Hubert Dent, Jr. (D) 3. Henry D. Clayton (D) 4. Fred L. Blackmon (D) 5. J. Thomas Heflin (D) 6. Richmond P. Hobson (D) 7. John L. Burnett (D) 8. William N. Richardson (D) 9. Oscar W. Underwood (D) Arizona At-large. Carl Hayden (D), from February 19, 1912 Arkansas 1. Robert B. Macon (D) 2. William A. Oldfield (D) 3. John C. Floyd (D) 4. William B. Cravens (D) 5. Henderson M. Jacoway (D) 6. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D), until January 14, 1913 Samuel M. Taylor (D), from January 15, 1913 7. William S. Goodwin (D) California 1. John E. Raker (D) 2. William Kent (Prog. R) 3. Joseph R. Knowland (R) 4. Julius Kahn (R) 5. Everis A. Hayes (R) 6. James C. Needham (R) 7. William D. Stephens (R) 8. Sylvester C. Smith (R), until January 26, 1913 Colorado 1. Atterson Walden Rucker (D) 2. John A. Martin (D) At-large. Edward T. Taylor (D) Connecticut 1. E. Stevens Henry (R) 2. Thomas L. Reilly (D) 3. Edwin W. Higgins (R) 4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R) At-large. John Q. Tilson (R) Delaware At-large. William H. Heald (R) Florida 1. Stephen M. Sparkman (D) 2. Frank Clark (D) 3. Dannite H. Mays (D) Georgia 1. Charles G. Edwards (D) 2. Seaborn Roddenbery (D) 3. Dudley M. Hughes (D) 4. William C. Adamson (D) 5. William S. Howard (D) 6. Charles L. Bartlett (D) 7. Gordon Lee (congressman) (D) 8. Samuel J. Tribble (D) 9. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) 10. Thomas W. Hardwick (D) 11. William G. Brantley (D) Idaho AL. Burton L. French (R) Illinois 1. Martin B. Madden (R) 2. James R. Mann (R) 3. William W. Wilson (R) 4. James T. McDermott (D) 5. Adolph J. Sabath (D) 6. Edmund J. Stack (D) 7. Frank Buchanan (D) 8. Thomas Gallagher (D) 9. Lynden Evans (D) 10. George E. Foss (R) 11. Ira C. Copley (R) 12. Charles Eugene Fuller (R) 13. John C. McKenzie (R) 14. James McKinney (R) 15. George W. Prince (R) 16. Claude U. Stone (D) 17. John A. Sterling (R) 18. Joseph G. Cannon (R) 19. William B. McKinley (R) 20. Henry T. Rainey (D) 21. James M. Graham (D) 22. William A. Rodenberg (R) 23. Martin D. Foster (D) 24. H. Robert Fowler (D) 25. Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R) Indiana 1. John W. Boehne (D) 2. William A. Cullop (D) 3. William E. Cox (D) 4. Lincoln Dixon (D) 5. Ralph Wilbur Moss (D) 6. Finly H. Gray (D) 7. Charles A. Korbly (D) 8. John A.M. Adair (D) 9. Martin A. Morrison (D) 10. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R) 11. George W. Rauch (D) 12. Cyrus Cline (D) 13. Henry A. Barnhart (D) Iowa 1. Charles A. Kennedy (R) 2. Irvin S. Pepper (D) 3. Charles E. Pickett (R) 4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R) 5. James W. Good (R) 6. Nathan E. Kendall (R) 7. Solomon F. Prouty (R) 8. Horace M. Towner (R) 9. Walter I. Smith (R), until March 15, 1911 William R. Green (R), from June 5, 1911 10. Frank P. Woods (R) 11. Elbert H. Hubbard (R), until June 4, 1912 George Cromwell Scott (R), from November 5, 1912 Kansas 1. Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. (R) 2. Alexander C. Mitchell (R), until July 7, 1911 Joseph Taggart (D), from November 7, 1911 3. Philip P. Campbell (R) 4. Fred S. Jackson (R) 5. Rollin R. Rees (R) 6. Isaac D. Young (R) 7. Edmond H. Madison (R), until September 18, 1911 George A. Neeley (D), from January 9, 1912 8. Victor Murdock (R) Kentucky 1. Ollie M. James (D) 2. Augustus Stanley (D) 3. Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. (D) 4. Ben Johnson (D) 5. J. Swagar Sherley (D) 6. Arthur B. Rouse (D) 7. J. Campbell Cantrill (D) 8. Harvey Helm (D) 9. William Jason Fields (D) 10. John W. Langley (R) 11. Caleb Powers (R) Louisiana 1. Albert Estopinal (D) 2. Henry Garland Dupré (D) 3. Robert Foligny Broussard (D) 4. John Thomas Watkins (D) 5. Joseph Eugene Ransdell (D) 6. Robert Charles Wickliffe (D), until June 11, 1912 Lewis Lovering Morgan (D), from November 5, 1912 7. Arsène Paulin Pujó (D) Maine 1. Asher C. Hinds (R) 2. Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D) 3. Samuel W. Gould (D) 4. Frank E. Guernsey (R) Maryland 1. J. Harry Covington (D) 2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) 3. George Konig (D) 4. J. Charles Linthicum (D) 5. Thomas Parran, Sr. (R) 6. David J. Lewis (D) Massachusetts 1. George P. Lawrence (R) 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R) 3. John A. Thayer (D) 4. William H. Wilder (R) 5. Butler Ames (R) 6. Augustus P. Gardner (R) 7. Ernest W. Roberts (R) 8. Samuel W. McCall (R) 9. William F. Murray (D) 10. James Michael Curley (D) 11. Andrew J. Peters (D) 12. John W. Weeks (R) 13. William S. Greene (R) 14. Robert O. Harris (R) Michigan 1. Frank E. Doremus (D) 2. William Wedemeyer (R), until January 2, 1913 3. John M. C. Smith (R) 4. Edward L. Hamilton (R) 5. Edwin F. Sweet (D) 6. Samuel W. Smith (R) 7. Henry McMorran (R) 8. Joseph W. Fordney (R) 9. James C. McLaughlin (R) 10. George A. Loud (R) 11. Francis H. Dodds (R) 12. H. Olin Young (R) Minnesota 1. Sydney Anderson (R) 2. Winfield Scott Hammond (D) 3. Charles Russell Davis (R) 4. Frederick Stevens (R) 5. Frank Nye (R) 6. Charles August Lindbergh (R) 7. Andrew Volstead (R) 8. Clarence B. Miller (R) 9. Halvor Steenerson (R) Mississippi 1. Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. (D) 2. Hubert D. Stephens (D) 3. Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D) 4. Thomas U. Sisson (D) 5. Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (D) 6. Pat Harrison (D) 7. William A. Dickson (D) 8. James W. Collier (D) Missouri 1. James Tilghman Lloyd (D) 2. William W. Rucker (D) 3. Joshua Willis Alexander (D) 4. Charles F. Booher (D) 5. William Patterson Borland (D) 6. Clement C. Dickinson (D) 7. Courtney W. Hamlin (D) 8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) 9. James Beauchamp Clark (D) 10. Richard Bartholdt (R) 11. Theron Ephron Catlin (R), until August 12, 1912 Patrick F. Gill (D), from August 12, 1912 12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R) 13. Walter Lewis Hensley (D) 14. Joseph J. Russell (D) 15. James Alexander Daugherty (D) 16. Thomas L. Rubey (D) Montana At-large. Charles N. Pray (R) Nebraska 1. John A. Maguire (D) 2. Charles O. Lobeck (D) 3. James P. Latta (D), until September 11, 1911 Dan V. Stephens (D), from November 7, 1911 4. Charles Henry Sloan (R) 5. George W. Norris (R) 6. Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

Nevada At-large. Edwin E. Roberts (R) New Hampshire 1. Cyrus Adams Sulloway (R) 2. Frank Dunklee Currier (R) New Jersey 1. Henry C. Loudenslager (R), until August 12, 1911 William J. Browning (R), from November 7, 1911 2. John James Gardner (R) 3. Thomas J. Scully (D) 4. Ira W. Wood (R) 5. William E. Tuttle, Jr. (D) 6. William Hughes (D), until September 27, 1912 Archibald C. Hart (D), from November 5, 1912 7. Edward W. Townsend (D) 8. Walter I. McCoy (D) 9. Eugene F. Kinkead (D) 10. James A. Hamill (D) New Mexico At-large. Harvey B. Fergusson (D), from January 8, 1912 At-large. George Curry (R), from January 8, 1912 New York 1. Martin W. Littleton (D) 2. George H. Lindsay (D) 3. James P. Maher (D) 4. Frank E. Wilson (D) 5. William C. Redfield (D) 6. William M. Calder (R) 7. John J. Fitzgerald (D) 8. Daniel J. Riordan (D) 9. Henry M. Goldfogle (D) 10. William Sulzer (D), until December 31, 1912 11. Charles V. Fornes (D) 12. Michael F. Conry (D) 13. Jefferson M. Levy (D) 14. John J. Kindred (D) 15. Thomas G. Patten (D) 16. Francis B. Harrison (D) 17. Henry George, Jr. (D) 18. Stephen B. Ayres (D) 19. John E. Andrus (R) 20. Thomas W. Bradley (R) 21. Richard E. Connell (D), until October 30, 1912 22. William H. Draper (R) 23. Henry S. De Forest (R) 24. George W. Fairchild (R) 25. Theron Akin (D) 26. George R. Malby (R), until July 5, 1912 Edwin A. Merritt (R), from November 5, 1912 27. Charles A. Talcott (D) 28. Luther W. Mott (R) 29. Michael E. Driscoll (R) 30. John W. Dwight (R) 31. Sereno E. Payne (R) 32. Henry G. Danforth (R) 33. Edwin S. Underhill (D) 34. James S. Simmons (R) 35. Daniel A. Driscoll (D) 36. Charles B. Smith (D) 37. Edward B. Vreeland (R) North Carolina 1. John Humphrey Small (D) 2. Claude Kitchin (D) 3. John M. Faison (D) 4. Edward W. Pou (D) 5. Charles M. Stedman (D) 6. Hannibal L. Godwin (D) 7. Robert N. Page (D) 8. Robert L. Doughton (D) 9. Edwin Y. Webb (D) 10. James M. Gudger, Jr. (D) North Dakota 1. Louis B. Hanna (R), until January 7, 1913 2. Henry Thomas Helgesen (R) Ohio 1. Nicholas Longworth (R) 2. Alfred G. Allen (D) 3. James M. Cox (D), until January 12, 1913 4. J. Henry Goeke (D) 5. Timothy T. Ansberry (D) 6. Matthew R. Denver (D) 7. James D. Post (D) 8. Frank B. Willis (R) 9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D) 10. Robert M. Switzer (R) 11. Horatio C. Claypool (D) 12. Edward L. Taylor, Jr. (R) 13. Carl C. Anderson (D), until October 1, 1912 14. William G. Sharp (D) 15. George White (D) 16. William B. Francis (D) 17. William A. Ashbrook (D) 18. John J. Whitacre (D) 19. Elsworth R. Bathrick (D) 20. L. Paul Howland (R) 21. Robert J. Bulkley (D) Oklahoma 1. Bird Segle McGuire (R) 2. Dick Thompson Morgan (R) 3. James S. Davenport (D) 4. Charles D. Carter (D) 5. Scott Ferris (D) Oregon 1. Willis C. Hawley (R) 2. Walter Lafferty (R) Pennsylvania 1. Henry H. Bingham (R), until March 22, 1912 William S. Vare (R), from May 24, 1912 2. William S. Reyburn (R), from May 23, 1911 3. J. Hampton Moore (R) 4. Reuben O. Moon (R) 5. Michael Donohoe (D) 6. George D. McCreary (R) 7. Thomas S. Butler (R) 8. Robert E. Difenderfer (D) 9. William W. Griest (R) 10. John R. Farr (R) 11. Charles C. Bowman (R), until December 12, 1912 12. Robert Emmett Lee (D) 13. John H. Rothermel (D) 14. George W. Kipp (D), until July 24, 1911 William D.B. Ainey (R), from November 7, 1911 15. William B. Wilson (D) 16. John G. McHenry (D), until December 27, 1912 17. Benjamin K. Focht(R) 18. Marlin E. Olmsted (R) 19. Jesse L. Hartman (R) 20. Daniel F. Lafean (R) 21. Charles E. Patton (R) 22. Curtis H. Gregg (D) 23. Thomas S. Crago (R) 24. Charles Matthews (R) 25. Arthur L. Bates (R) 26. A. Mitchell Palmer (D) 27. J. N. Langham (R) 28. Peter M. Speer (Rep.) 29. Stephen G. Porter (R) 30. John Dalzell (R) 31. James F. Burke (R) 32. Andrew J. Barchfeld (R) Rhode Island 1. George Francis O'Shaunessy (D) 2. George H. Utter (R), until November 3, 1912 South Carolina 1. George S. Legare (D), until January 31, 1913 2. James F. Byrnes (D) 3. Wyatt Aiken (D) 4. Joseph T. Johnson (D) 5. David E. Finley (D) 6. J. Edwin Ellerbe (D) 7. Asbury F. Lever (D) South Dakota At-large. Charles H. Burke (R) At-large. Eben Martin (R) Tennessee 1. Sam R. Sells (R) 2. Richard W. Austin (R) 3. John Austin Moon (D) 4. Cordell Hull (D) 5. William C. Houston (D) 6. Joseph W. Byrns (D) 7. Lemuel Phillips Padgett (D) 8. Thetus Willrette Sims (D) 9. Finis J. Garrett (D) 10. George W. Gordon (D), until August 9, 1911 Kenneth McKellar (D), from December 4, 1911 Texas 1. John Morris Sheppard (D), until February 3, 1913 2. Martin Dies (D) 3. James Young (D) 4. Choice Boswell Randell (D) 5. James Andrew Beall (D) 6. Rufus Hardy (D) 7. Alexander W. Gregg (D) 8. John M. Moore (D) 9. George Farmer Burgess (D) 10. Albert Sidney Burleson (D) 11. Robert L. Henry (D) 12. Oscar Callaway(D) 13. John Hall Stephens (D) 14. James L. Slayden (D) 15. John Nance Garner (D) 16. William R. Smith (D) Utah At-large. Joseph Howell (R) Vermont 1. David J. Foster (R), until March 21, 1912 Frank L. Greene (R), from July 30, 1912 2. Frank Plumley (R) Virginia 1. William Atkinson Jones (D) 2. Edward Everett Holland (D) 3. John Lamb (D) 4. Robert Turnbull (D) 5. Edward W. Saunders (D) 6. Carter Glass (D) 7. James Hay (D) 8. Charles Creighton Carlin (D) 9. C. Bascom Slemp (R) 10. Henry De Flood (D) Washington 1. William E. Humphrey (R) 2. Stanton Warburton (R) 3. William Leroy La Follette (R) West Virginia 1. John W. Davis (D) 2. William Gay Brown, Jr. (D) 3. Adam B. Littlepage (D) 4. John M. Hamilton (D) 5. James Anthony Hughes (R) Wisconsin 1. Henry Allen Cooper (R) 2. John M. Nelson (R) 3. Arthur W. Kopp (R) 4. William J. Cary (R) 5. Victor L. Berger (Soc.) 6. Michael Edmund Burke (D) 7. John Jacob Esch (R) 8. James Henry Davidson (R) 9. Thomas Frank Konop (D) 10. Elmer A. Morse (R) 11. Irvine L. Lenroot (R) Wyoming At-large. Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R) Non-voting members Alaska Territory. James Wickersham, (R) Arizona Territory. Ralph H. Cameron, (R) until February 14, 1912 Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, (R) New Mexico Territory. William Henry Andrews, (R) until January 6, 1912 Philippines seat A. Benito Legarda y Tuason (Resident Commissioner) Philippines seat B. Manuel L. Quezon (Resident Commissioner) Puerto Rico. Luis Muñoz Rivera (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist)

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

Changes in membership

Senate

There were 20 changes: 6 deaths, 2 resignations, 1 invalidated election, 6 appointees replaced by electees, 4 seats added from new states, and 1 seat vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 4-seat net gain, and no other parties had a net change.

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for vacancy	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Colorado (3)	Vacant	Sen. Charles J. Hughes, Jr. died January 11, 1911, before the end of the previous Congress. Winner was elected to finish term ending March 4, 1915.	Charles S. Thomas (D)	January 15, 1913
Arizona (1)	New seats	Arizona achieved statehood February 14, 1912	Henry F. Ashurst (D)	April 2, 1912[1]
Arizona (3)			Marcus A. Smith (D)
New Mexico (1)		New Mexico achieved statehood January 6, 1912	Thomas B. Catron (R)
New Mexico (2)			Albert B. Fall (R)
Iowa (2)	Lafayette Young (R)	Appointment expired April 11, 1911 upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.	William S. Kenyon (R)	April 12, 1911
Georgia (3)	Joseph M. Terrell (D)	Resigned July 14, 1911, due to health reasons. Successor was elected in a special election.	Hoke Smith (D)	November 16, 1911
Maine (2)	William P. Frye (R)	Died August 8, 1911. Successor was elected in a special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.	Obadiah Gardner (D)	September 23, 1911
Tennessee (2)	Robert Love Taylor (D)	Died March 31, 1912. Successor was appointed until a special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.	Newell Sanders (R)	April 11, 1912
Nevada (1)	George S. Nixon (R)	Died June 5, 1912. Successor was appointed until a special election.	William A. Massey (R)	July 1, 1912
Illinois (3)	William Lorimer (R)	Senate invalidated election July 13, 1912.	Vacant until next Congress
Idaho (3)	Weldon B. Heyburn (R)	Died October 17, 1912. Successor was appointed until a special election.	Kirtland I. Perky (D)	November 18, 1912
Maryland (1)	Isidor Rayner (D)	Died November 25, 1912. Successor was appointed.	William P. Jackson (R)	November 29, 1912
Arkansas (2)	Jeff Davis (D)	Died January 3, 1913. Successor was appointed until a special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.	John N. Heiskell (D)	January 6, 1913
Texas (2)	Joseph W. Bailey (D)	Resigned January 3, 1913 due to investigations brought to light suspicious income and financial ties to the oil industry. Successor was appointed until a special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.	Rienzi Melville Johnston (D)	January 29, 1913
Tennessee (2)	Newell Sanders (R)	Appointment expired January 24, 1913 upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.	William R. Webb (D)	January 24, 1913
Nevada (1)	William A. Massey (R)	Appointment expired January 29, 1913 upon successor's special election.	Key Pittman (D)	January 29, 1913
Arkansas (2)	John N. Heiskell (D)	Appointment expired January 29, 1913 upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.	William M. Kavanaugh (D)
Texas (2)	Rienzi M. Johnston (D)		Morris Sheppard (D)
Idaho (3)	Kirtland I. Perky (D)	Appointment expired February 5, 1913 upon successor's special election.	James H. Brady (R)	February 6, 1913

House of Representatives

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

House vacancies are only filled by elections. State laws regulate when (and if) there will be special elections.

District	Previous	Reason for change	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Iowa 9th	Walter I. Smith (R)	Resigned March 15, 1911 after being appointed judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.	William R. Green (R)	June 5, 1911
Kansas 2nd	Alexander C. Mitchell (R)	Died July 7, 1911.	Joseph Taggart (D)	November 7, 1911
Pennsylvania 14th	George W. Kipp (D)	Died July 24, 1911.	William D.B. Ainey (R)	November 7, 1911
Tennessee 10th	George W. Gordon (D)	Died August 9, 1911.	Kenneth McKellar (D)	December 4, 1911
New Jersey 1st	Henry C. Loudenslager (R)	Died August 12, 1911.	William J. Browning (R)	November 7, 1911
Nebraska 3rd	James P. Latta (D)	Died September 11, 1911.	Dan V. Stephens (D)	November 7, 1911
Kansas 7th	Edmond H. Madison (R)	Died September 18, 1911.	George A. Neeley (D)	January 9, 1912
New Mexico Territory At-Large	William Henry Andrews (R)	New State January 6, 1912.	seat eliminated
New Mexico At-large	New seat	New State January 6, 1912.	Harvey B. Fergusson (D)	January 8, 1912
New Mexico At-large	New seat	New State January 6, 1912.	George Curry (R)	January 8, 1912
Arizona Territory At-large	Ralph H. Cameron (R)	New State February 14, 1912.	seat eliminated
Arizona At-large	New seat	New State February 14, 1912.	Carl Hayden (D)	February 19, 1912[2]
Vermont 1st	David J. Foster (R)	Died March 21, 1912	Frank L. Greene (R)	July 30, 1912
Pennsylvania 1st	Henry H. Bingham (R)	Died March 22, 1912.	William S. Vare (R)	May 24, 1912
Iowa 11th	Elbert H. Hubbard (R)	Died June 4, 1912.	George Cromwell Scott (R)	November 5, 1912
Louisiana 6th	Robert Charles Wickliffe (D)	Died June 11, 1912.	Lewis Lovering Morgan (D)	November 5, 1912
New York 26th	George R. Malby (R)	Died July 5, 1912.	Edwin A. Merritt (R)	November 5, 1912
Missouri 11th	Theron Ephron Catlin (R)	Lost contested election August 12, 1912.	Patrick F. Gill (D)	August 12, 1912
New Jersey 6th	William Hughes (D)	Resigned September 27, 1912 after being appointed to the Passaic County Court of Common Pleas.	Archibald C. Hart (D)	November 5, 1912
Ohio 13th	Carl C. Anderson (D)	Died October 1, 1912.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 21st	Richard E. Connell (D)	Died October 30, 1912.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Rhode Island 2nd	George H. Utter (R)	Died November 3, 1912.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 11th	Charles C. Bowman (R)	Seat declared vacant December 12, 1912.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 16th	John G. McHenry (D)	Died December 27, 1912.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 10th	William Sulzer (D)	Resigned December 31, 1912 after being elected Governor of New York.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Michigan 2nd	William Wedemeyer (R)	Died January 2, 1913.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
North Dakota 1st	Louis B. Hanna (R)	Resigned January 7, 1913 after being elected Governor of North Dakota	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 3rd	James M. Cox (D)	Resigned January 12, 1913 after being elected Governor of Ohio	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Arkansas 6th	Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)	Resigned January 14, 1913 after being elected Governor of Arkansas	Samuel M. Taylor (D)	January 15, 1913
California 8th	Sylvester C. Smith (R)	Died January 26, 1913.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
South Carolina 1st	George S. Legare (D)	Died January 31, 1913.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Texas 1st	J. Morris Sheppard (D)	Resigned February 3, 1913 after being elected to the U.S. Senate	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
• Conservation of National Resources
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia
• Cuban Relations
• Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
• Election of William Lorimer (Select)
• Engrossed Bills
• Enrolled Bills
• Establish a University in the United States (Select)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service
• Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture
• Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor
• Expenditures in the Interior Department
• Expenditures in the Department of Justice
• Expenditures in the Navy Department
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department
• Expenditures in the Department of State
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department
• Expenditures in the War Department
• Finance
• Fisheries
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
• Foreign Relations
• Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game
• Geological Survey
• Immigration
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Impeachment of Robert H. Archibald (Select)
• 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
• Naval Affairs
• Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico
• Pacific Railroads
• Patents
• Pensions
• Philippines
• Post Office and Post Roads
• 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
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories
• Third Degree Ordeal
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
• Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage

House of Representatives

• Accounts
• Agriculture
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic
• Appropriations
• American Sugar Refining Company (Special)
• 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 Commerce and Labor Departments
• 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
• Industrial Arts and Expositions
• Insular Affairs
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce
• Invalid Pensions
• Irrigation of Arid Lands
• Labor
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries
• Mileage
• Military Affairs
• Mines and Mining
• Naval Affairs
• 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
• War Claims
• Ways and Means
• Whole

Joint committees

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads
• Investigations of Conditions in Alaska
• Investigate the General Parcel Post
• Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail
• Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
• Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
• Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly

Senate

• Chaplain: Ulysses G.B. Pierce, Unitarian
• Secretary: Charles G. Bennett of New York
• Sergeant at Arms:
  • Daniel M. Ransdell of Indiana
  • E. Livingston Cornelius of Maryland, elected December 10, 1912

House of Representatives

• Clerk: South Trimble of Kentucky
• Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Charles R. Crisp
• Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott of Virginia
• Postmaster: William M. Dunbar of Georgia
• Sergeant at Arms:
  • W. Stokes Jackson of Indiana, died June 1912.
  • Charles F. Riddell of Indiana, elected July 18, 1912.

See also

• United States elections, 1910 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1910
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1910
• United States elections, 1912 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1912
  • United States Senate elections, 1912
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1912

References

1. "Senate Now Numbers 96". New York Times. April 3, 1912.
2. Rice, Ross R (1994). Carl Hayden: Builder of the American West. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. p. 40. ISBN 0-8191-9399-2.

• Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4.
• Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
• U.S. Congress (2005). "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
• U.S. House of Representatives (2006). "Congressional History". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
• U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.

• Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 3rd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 3rd Session (Revision).