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The 54th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives . It met in Washington, D.C. , from March 4, 1895, to March 4, 1897, during the last two years of Grover Cleveland 's second presidency . The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census . The House had a Republican majority, and the Republicans were the largest party in the Senate.
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Major events Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".
May 27, 1896: 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado : The costliest and third deadliest tornado in U.S. history levels a mile wide swath of downtown St. Louis, Missouri , incurring over $10,000,000 (over $375 mil. in 2025) in damages at contemporaneous prices, killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people.
November 3, 1896: U.S. presidential election, 1896 : Republican William McKinley defeats Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan . This is regarded as a realigning election , that ended the old Third Party System and started the Fourth Party System
February 19, 1897: United States Copyright Office established as a department in the Library of Congress . Major legislation Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".
May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act, ch. 212, 29 Stat. 127 (43 U.S.C. Template:Trim /Template:Trim § Template:Trim et seq.)
May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act, 29 Stat. 133
May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act, 29 Stat. 184
June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia), 29 Stat. 193
June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act, 29 Stat. 253
January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act, 29 Stat. 484 , (43 U.S.C. Template:Trim /Template:Trim § Template:Trim et seq.)
March 2, 1897: Tea Importation Act , 29 Stat. 604 , (21 U.S.C. Template:Trim /Template:Trim § Template:Trim et seq.) States admitted January 4, 1896: Utah was admitted as the 45th state. Party summary This count identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
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Leadership File:Adlai Stevenson I by Saroney c1892-crop.jpg President of the SenateAdlai E. Stevenson File:TBReed.jpg Speaker of the HouseThomas B. Reed Senate Majority (Republican) leadership Minority (Democratic) leadership House of Representatives Majority (Republican) leadership Minority (Democratic) leadership Members This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
Skip to House of Representatives , belowSenate Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers , which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896.
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House of Representatives The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
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Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard H. Clarke (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jesse F. Stallings (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George P. Harrison (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 13, 1896
Template:Party stripe William F. Aldrich (R), from March 13, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James E. Cobb (D), until April 21, 1896
Template:Party stripe Albert T. Goodwyn (P), from April 22, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John H. Bankhead (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Milford W. Howard (P)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph Wheeler (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Oscar Underwood (D), until June 9, 1896
Template:Party stripe Truman H. Aldrich (R), from June 9, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John S. Little (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas C. McRae (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William L. Terry (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hugh A. Dinsmore (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Neill (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John A. Barham (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Grove L. Johnson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel G. Hilborn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James G. Maguire (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Eugene F. Loud (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James McLachlan (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William W. Bowers (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John F. Shafroth (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John C. Bell (P)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . E. Stevens Henry (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles A. Russell (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ebenezer J. Hill (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jonathan S. Willis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Stephen M. Sparkman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles M. Cooper (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Rufus E. Lester (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Benjamin E. Russell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles F. Crisp (D), until October 23, 1896
Template:Party stripe Charles R. Crisp (D), from December 19, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles L. Moses (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Leonidas F. Livingston (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles L. Bartlett (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John W. Maddox (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas G. Lawson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Farish C. Tate (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James C. C. Black (D), until March 4, 1895
Template:Party stripe James C. C. Black (D), from October 2, 1895Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry G. Turner (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edgar Wilson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Frank Aldrich (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Lorimer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lawrence E. McGann (D), until December 27, 1895
Template:Party stripe Hugh R. Belknap (R), from December 27, 1895Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles W. Woodman (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George E. White (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward D. Cooke (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George E. Foss (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Albert J. Hopkins (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert R. Hitt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George W. Prince (R), from December 2, 1895Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter Reeves (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph G. Cannon (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Vespasian Warner (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph V. Graff (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Benjamin F. Marsh (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Finis E. Downing (D), until June 5, 1896
Template:Party stripe John I. Rinaker (R), from June 5, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. Connolly (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frederick Remann (R), until July 14, 1895
Template:Party stripe William F. L. Hadley (R), from December 2, 1895Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Benson Wood (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Orlando Burrell (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Everett J. Murphy (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George Washington Smith (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. Hemenway (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alexander M. Hardy (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert J. Tracewell (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James E. Watson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jesse Overstreet (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry U. Johnson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles L. Henry (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George W. Faris (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Frank Hanly (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jethro A. Hatch (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George W. Steele (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jacob D. Leighty (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lemuel W. Royse (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel M. Clark (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George M. Curtis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David B. Henderson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas Updegraff (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert G. Cousins (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John F. Lacey (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John A. T. Hull (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William P. Hepburn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alva L. Hager (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George D. Perkins (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Case Broderick (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Orrin L. Miller (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Curtis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William A. Calderhead (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Baker (P)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Chester I. Long (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard W. Blue (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John K. Hendrick (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John D. Clardy (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . W. Godfrey Hunter (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John W. Lewis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter Evans (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Albert S. Berry (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William C. Owens (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James B. McCreary (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel J. Pugh (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph M. Kendall (D), until February 18, 1897
Template:Party stripe Nathan T. Hopkins (R), from February 18, 1897Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David G. Colson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Adolph Meyer (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles F. Buck (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Andrew Price (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry W. Ogden (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles J. Boatner (D), until March 20, 1896
Template:Party stripe Charles J. Boatner (D), from June 10, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel M. Robertson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas B. Reed (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Seth L. Milliken (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles A. Boutelle (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joshua W. Miles (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William B. Baker (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry W. Rusk (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John K. Cowen (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles E. Coffin (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George L. Wellington (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ashley B. Wright (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frederick H. Gillett (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph H. Walker (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lewis D. Apsley (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William S. Knox (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Cogswell (R), until May 22, 1895
Template:Party stripe William H. Moody (R), from November 5, 1895Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William E. Barrett (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel W. McCall (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John F. Fitzgerald (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harrison H. Atwood (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William F. Draper (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Elijah A. Morse (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Simpkins (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John B. Corliss (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George Spalding (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alfred Milnes (R), from December 2, 1895Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry F. Thomas (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Alden Smith (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David D. Aitken (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Horace G. Snover (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William S. Linton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Roswell P. Bishop (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Rousseau O. Crump (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Avery (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel M. Stephenson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James Albertus Tawney (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James T. McCleary (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joel Heatwole (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Andrew R. Kiefer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Loren Fletcher (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles A. Towne (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank Eddy (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John M. Allen (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John C. Kyle (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas C. Catchings (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hernando D. Money (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Sharp Williams (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter McKennon Denny (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James G. Spencer (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles N. Clark (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Uriel S. Hall (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alexander M. Dockery (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George C. Crowther (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John C. Tarsney (D), until February 27, 1896
Template:Party stripe Robert T. Van Horn (R), from February 27, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David A. De Armond (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John P. Tracey (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joel D. Hubbard (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William M. Treloar (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Bartholdt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles F. Joy (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Seth W. Cobb (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John H. Raney (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Norman A. Mozley (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles G. Burton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles S. Hartman (R)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jesse B. Strode (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David H. Mercer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George D. Meiklejohn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Eugene J. Hainer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William E. Andrews (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Omer M. Kem (P)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Francis G. Newlands (S)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry M. Baker (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry C. Loudenslager (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John J. Gardner (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Benjamin F. Howell (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Mahlon Pitney (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James F. Stewart (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Wayne Parker (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas McEwan Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles N. Fowler (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Cunningham McCormick (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Denis M. Hurley (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Francis H. Wilson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Israel F. Fischer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles G. Bennett (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James R. Howe (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Franklin Bartlett (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James J. Walsh (D), until June 2, 1896
Template:Party stripe John M. Mitchell (R), from June 2, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry C. Miner (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Amos J. Cummings (D) from November 5, 1895Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Sulzer (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George B. McClellan Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard C. Shannon (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lemuel E. Quigg (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Philip B. Low (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Benjamin L. Fairchild (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Benjamin Odell (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jacob LeFever (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank S. Black (R), until January 7, 1897Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George N. Southwick (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David F. Wilber (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Newton M. Curtis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles A. Chickering (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James S. Sherman (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George W. Ray (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Theodore L. Poole (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sereno E. Payne (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles W. Gillet (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James W. Wadsworth (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry C. Brewster (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Rowland B. Mahany (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Daniels (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Warren B. Hooker (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harry Skinner (P)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frederick A. Woodard (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John G. Shaw (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William F. Strowd (P)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas Settle III (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. Lockhart (D), until June 5, 1896
Template:Party stripe Charles H. Martin (P), from June 5, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alonzo C. Shuford (P)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Romulus Z. Linney (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richmond Pearson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Martin N. Johnson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles P. Taft (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jacob H. Bromwell (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul J. Sorg (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Fernando C. Layton (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Francis B. De Witt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George W. Hulick (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George W. Wilson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Luther M. Strong (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James H. Southard (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lucien J. Fenton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles H. Grosvenor (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David K. Watson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Stephen R. Harris (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Winfield S. Kerr (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry C. Van Voorhis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lorenzo Danford (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Addison S. McClure (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert W. Tayler (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Stephen A. Northway (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clifton B. Beach (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Theodore E. Burton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Binger Hermann (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William R. Ellis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry H. Bingham (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Adams Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frederick Halterman (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John E. Reyburn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alfred C. Harmer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John B. Robinson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Irving P. Wanger (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph J. Hart (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Constantine J. Erdman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Marriott Brosius (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph A. Scranton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Leisenring (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles N. Brumm (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ephraim M. Woomer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James H. Codding (R), from November 5, 1895Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Fred C. Leonard (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Monroe H. Kulp (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. Stahle (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Josiah D. Hicks (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Daniel B. Heiner (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Dalzell (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William A. Stone (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ernest F. Acheson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas W. Phillips (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Matthew Griswold (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles W. Stone (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William C. Arnold (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Galusha A. Grow (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George F. Huff (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Melville Bull (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Warren O. Arnold (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Elliott (D), until June 4, 1896
Template:Party stripe George W. Murray (R), from June 4, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William J. Talbert (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Asbury C. Latimer (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Stanyarne Wilson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas J. Strait (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John L. McLaurin (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. William Stokes (D), until June 1, 1896
Template:Party stripe J. William Stokes (D), from November 3, 1896Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert J. Gamble (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John A. Pickler (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William C. Anderson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry R. Gibson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Foster V. Brown (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Benton McMillin (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James D. Richardson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph E. Washington (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Nicholas N. Cox (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John E. McCall (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James C. McDearmon (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Josiah Patterson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph C. Hutcheson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel B. Cooper (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles H. Yoakum (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David B. Culberson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph W. Bailey (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph Abbott (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George C. Pendleton (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles K. Bell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph D. Sayers (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Miles Crowley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William H. Crain (D), until February 10, 1896
Template:Party stripe Rudolph Kleberg (D), from April 7, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George H. Noonan (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clarence E. Allen (R), from January 4, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . H. Henry Powers (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William W. Grout (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William A. Jones (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . D. Gardiner Tyler (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tazewell Ellett (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William R. McKenney (D), until May 2, 1896
Template:Party stripe Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Claude A. Swanson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Peter J. Otey (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Smith S. Turner (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Elisha E. Meredith (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. Walker (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William H. Doolittle (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel C. Hyde (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Blackburn B. Dovener (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alston G. Dayton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James H. Huling (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Warren Miller (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry Allen Cooper (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward Sauerhering (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph W. Babcock (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Theobald Otjen (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel S. Barney (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel A. Cook (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Michael Griffin (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward S. Minor (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alexander Stewart (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John J. Jenkins (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank W. Mondell (R)Non-voting members Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Nathan O. Murphy (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas B. Catron (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dennis T. Flynn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank J. Cannon (R), until January 4, 1896
File:54 us house membership.png House seats by party holding plurality in state <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 80+% to 100% Democratic
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 80+% to 100% Republican
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 60+% to 80% Democratic
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 60+% to 80% Republican
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Up to 60% Democratic
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Up to 60% Republican
Changes in membership The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate Two seats were added when Utah was admitted and one seat was filled late.
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House of Representatives There were 4 deaths, 2 resignations, 13 election challenges, 1 new seat, and 4 seats vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 10-seat net loss; Republicans had a 12-seat net gain; and Populists had a 2-seat net gain.
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| Representative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before the start of Congress.elected November 5, 1895.
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| Philip S. Post (R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress.elected December 2, 1895.
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| December 2, 1895
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| Julius C. Burrows (R) was re-elected, but resigned in the previous Congress to serve in the Senate.elected December 2, 1895.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Alfred Milnes (R)
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| Rep-elect Myron B. Wright died in office. New member elected November 5, 1895.
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| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " | Frank J. Cannon (R)
| Seat eliminated January 4, 1896, upon statehood.
| colspan=2 | Seat eliminated
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| New seat
| State was admitted to the Union.elected November 5, 1895.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Clarence E. Allen (R)
| January 4, 1896
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| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | James C. C. Black (D)
| Resigned March 4, 1895.re-elected October 2, 1895.
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | James C. C. Black (D)
| October 2, 1895
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| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | William Cogswell (R)
| Died May 22, 1895.elected November 5, 1895.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | William H. Moody (R)
| November 5, 1895
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| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Frederick Remann (R)
| Died July 14, 1895.elected December 2, 1895.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | William F. L. Hadley (R)
| December 2, 1895
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| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Lawrence E. McGann (D)
| Election was successfully challenged December 27, 1895.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Hugh R. Belknap (R)
| December 27, 1895
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| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | William H. Crain (D)
| Died February 10, 1896.elected April 7, 1896.
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Rudolph Kleberg (D)
| April 7, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | John C. Tarsney (D)
| Election was successfully challenged February 27, 1896.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Robert T. Van Horn (R)
| February 27, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Gaston A. Robbins (D)
| Election was successfully challenged March 13, 1896.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | William F. Aldrich (R)
| March 13, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | William R. McKenney (D)
| Election was successfully challenged May 2, 1896.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Robert T. Thorp (R)
| May 2, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Charles J. Boatner (D)
| Election was challenged and declared vacant March 20, 1896.elected June 10, 1896.
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Charles J. Boatner (D)
| June 10, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | James E. Cobb (D)
| Election was successfully challenged April 21, 1896.
| style="background:Template:Party color " nowrap | Albert T. Goodwyn (P)
| April 22, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | J. William Stokes (D)
| Seat declared vacant June 1, 1896.elected November 3, 1896.
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | J. William Stokes (D)
| November 3, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | James J. Walsh (D)
| Election was successfully challenged June 2, 1896.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | John M. Mitchell (R)
| June 2, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | William Elliott (D)
| Election was successfully challenged June 4, 1896.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | George W. Murray (R)
| June 4, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Finis E. Downing (D)
| Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | John I. Rinaker (R)
| June 5, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | James A. Lockhart (D)
| Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896.
| style="background:Template:Party color " nowrap | Charles H. Martin (P)
| June 5, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Oscar W. Underwood (D)
| Election was successfully challenged June 9, 1896.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Truman H. Aldrich (R)
| June 9, 1896
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Charles F. Crisp (D)
| Died October 23, 1896.elected December 19, 1896.
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Charles R. Crisp (D)
| December 19, 1896
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| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " | Frank S. Black (R)
| Resigned January 7, 1897.
| colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Joseph M. Kendall (D)
| Election was successfully challenged February 18, 1897.
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Nathan T. Hopkins (R)
| February 18, 1897
|}
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House of Representatives
Joint committees Caucuses Employees Senate House of Representatives Chaplain : Edward P. Bagby (Disciples of Christ ), until December 2, 1895
Clerk : James Kerr , until December 2, 1895
Clerk at the Speaker's Table : Asher C. Hinds Doorkeeper : William J. Glenn , elected December 2, 1895Postmaster : Joseph C. McElroy , elected December 2, 1895Reading Clerks : E. L. Sampson (D) and R. S. Hatcher (R)Sergeant at Arms : Herman W. Snow , until December 2, 1895
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