61st United States Congress
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 61st 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, D.C., from March 4, 1909, to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of William H. Taft's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1900 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
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Major events
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- March 4, 1909: William Howard Taft became President of the United States.
Major legislation
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- August 5, 1909 – Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act, ch. 6, 36 Stat. 11
- May 16, 1910: Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910, ch. 240, 36 Stat. 369-b
- June 1, 1910: Height of Buildings Act of 1910, ch. 263, 36 Stat. 452
- June 18, 1910: Mann–Elkins Act, ch. 309, 36 Stat. 539
- June 25, 1910: Mann Act, ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825
- March 3, 1911: Judicial Code of 1911, ch. 231, 36 Stat. 1087
Constitutional amendments
- July 12, 1909: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution allowing the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
- Amendment was later ratified on February 3, 1913, becoming the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Party summary
Senate
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House of Representatives
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Leadership
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Senate
- President: James S. Sherman (R)
- President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)
- Republican Conference Chairman: Eugene Hale
- Republican Conference Secretary: Charles Curtis
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Hernando Money
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Robert Latham Owen
House of Representatives
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Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne
- Majority Whip: John W. Dwight
- Republican Conference Chairman: Frank Dunklee Currier
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader: Champ Clark
- Minority Whip: vacant
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr.
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James Tilghman Lloyd
Members
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, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914.
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House of Representatives
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 13
- Democratic: 1 seat net gain
- Republican: 1 seat net loss
- Deaths: 8
- Resignations: 2
- Vacancy: 1
- Total seats with changes: 14
| State (class) |
Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Subsequent | Date of successor's installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois (3) |
Vacant | Sen. was elected at beginning of term. Served in House until resigning June 18, 1909 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | William Lorimer (R) | June 18, 1909 |
| Pennsylvania (1) |
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Philander C. Knox (R) | Resigned March 4, 1909, after being appointed United States Secretary of State. Successor was elected. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | George T. Oliver (R) | March 17, 1909 |
| North Dakota (3) |
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Martin N. Johnson (R) | Died October 21, 1909. Successor was appointed. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Fountain L. Thompson (D) | November 10, 1909 |
| Mississippi (2) |
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Anselm J. McLaurin (D) | Died December 22, 1909. Successor was appointed. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | James Gordon (D) | December 27, 1909 |
| North Dakota (3) |
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Fountain L. Thompson (D) | Resigned January 31, 1910. Successor was appointed. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | William E. Purcell (D) | February 1, 1910 |
| Mississippi (2) |
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | James Gordon (D) | Successor was elected. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | LeRoy Percy (D) | February 23, 1910 |
| Louisiana (3) |
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Samuel D. McEnery (D) | Died June 28, 1910. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John Thornton (D) | December 7, 1910 |
| Virginia (1) |
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John W. Daniel (D) | Died June 29, 1910. Successor was appointed. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Claude A. Swanson (D) | August 1, 1910 |
| Iowa (2) |
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) | Died October 15, 1910 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Lafayette Young (R) | November 12, 1910 |
| Georgia (3) |
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Alexander S. Clay (D) | Died November 13, 1910. Successor was appointed. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Joseph M. Terrell (D) | November 17, 1910 |
| West Virginia (2) |
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Stephen B. Elkins (R) | Died January 4, 1911. Successor was appointed. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Davis Elkins (R) | January 9, 1911 |
| Colorado (3) |
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Charles J. Hughes Jr. (D) | Died January 11, 1911. | Vacant until next Congress | |
| West Virginia (2) |
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Davis Elkins (R) | Successor was elected. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Clarence W. Watson (D) | February 1, 1911 |
| North Dakota (3) |
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | William E. Purcell (D) | Successor was elected. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Asle Gronna (R) | February 2, 1911 |
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 12
- Democratic: 3 seat gain
- Republican: 3 seat loss
- Deaths: 12
- Resignations: 6
- Contested elections: 0
- Total seats with changes: 21
| District | Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Ushr | Vacant | Rep. Robert C. Davey died during previous congress | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Samuel L. Gilmore (D) | March 30, 1909 |
| Template:Ushr | Vacant | Rep. Theodore E. Burton resigned during previous congress | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | James H. Cassidy (R) | April 20, 1909 |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Lorimer (R) | Resigned June 17, 1909, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Moxley (R) | November 23, 1909 |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Francis W. Cushman (R) | Died July 6, 1909 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William W. McCredie (R) | November 2, 1909 |
| Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Francis R. Lassiter (D) | Died October 31, 1909 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert Turnbull (D) | March 8, 1910 |
| Template:Ushr | Pablo Ocampo | Term ended November 22, 1909 | Manuel L. Quezon (Unionist) | November 23, 1909 |
| Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | David A. De Armond (D) | Died November 23, 1909 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clement C. Dickinson (D) | February 1, 1910 |
| Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James M. Griggs (D) | Died January 5, 1910 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Seaborn Roddenbery (D) | February 6, 1910 |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William C. Lovering (R) | Died March 11, 1910 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Eugene Foss (D) | January 4, 1911 |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | James B. Perkins (R) | Died February 4, 1910 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James S. Havens (D) | April 19, 1910 |
| Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Gordon J. Russell (D) | Resigned June 14, 1910, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert M. Lively (D) | July 23, 1910 |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Walter P. Brownlow (R) | Died July 8, 1910 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Zachary D. Massey (R) | November 8, 1910 |
| Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Samuel L. Gilmore (D) | Died July 18, 1910 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | H. Garland Dupré (D) | November 8, 1910 |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles Q. Tirrell (R) | Died July 31, 1910 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. Mitchell (D) | November 8, 1910 |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William W. Foulkrod (R) | Died November 13, 1910 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joel Cook (R) | Died December 15, 1910 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Eugene Foss (D) | Resigned January 4, 1911, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John K. Tener (R) | Resigned January 16, 1911, after being elected Governor of Pennsylvania | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John M. Reynolds (R) | Resigned January 17, 1911, after being elected Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Asle Gronna (R) | Resigned February 11, 1911, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Amos L. Allen (R) | Died February 20, 1911 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Committees
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Senate
- Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
- Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
- Appropriations (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
- Canadian Relations (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Census (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
- Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Claims (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
- Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Samuel H. Piles; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
- Coast Defenses (Chairman: George S. Nixon; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
- Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
- Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
- Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: James P. Taliaferro; Ranking Member: Norris Brown)
- Cuban Relations (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
- Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Norris Brown)
- Education and Labor (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
- Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
- Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: Simon Guggenheim)
- Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
- Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
- Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
- Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Coe I. Crawford; Ranking Member: Jeff Davis)
- Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman: William Lorimer; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
- Expenditures in the Department of State (Select) (Chairman: Elihu Root; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select) (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Select) (Chairman: Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
- Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
- Fisheries (Chairman: Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
- Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
- Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Geological Survey (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
- Immigration (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
- Indian Depredations (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
- Indian Contracts Investigation (Select)
- Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
- Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Frank P. Flint; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
- Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
- Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles Dick; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: William Warner; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
- National Banks (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
- Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
- Patents (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
- Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
- Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Joseph F. Johnston)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
- Potomac River Front (Select)
- Printing (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: John W. Smith)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn)
- Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John Kean)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
- Public Expenditures (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member: Chauncey M. Depew)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
- Railroads (Chairman: Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
- Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Joseph W. Bailey; Ranking Member: William O. Bradley)
- Rules (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
- Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Territories (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
- Third Degree Ordeal
- Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
- Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: George T. Oliver; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
- Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Wages and Prices of Commodities (Select)
- Whole
- Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Alexander S. Clay; Ranking Member: Albert J. Beveridge)
House of Representatives
- Accounts (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
- Agriculture (Chairman: Charles Frederick Scott; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
- Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member: Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.)
- Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Leonidas F. Livingston)
- Banking and Currency (Chairman: Edward B. Vreeland; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
- Census (Chairman: Edgar D. Crumpacker; Ranking Member: James Hay)
- Claims (Chairman: George W. Prince; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
- Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Hardwick)
- Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel W. Smith; Ranking Member: Dorsey W. Shackleford)
- Education (Chairman: James F. Burke; Ranking Member: Asbury F. Lever)
- Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)
- Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Charles L. Knapp; Ranking Member: Ollie M. James)
- Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member: William E. Tou Velle)
- Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Charles C. Carlin)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
- Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: William H. Graham; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
- Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: David J. Foster; Ranking Member: Arsene P. Pujo)
- Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Bird S. McGuire; Ranking Member: Robert N. Page)
- Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry S. Boutell; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Carter Glass)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Don C. Edwards; Ranking Member: Courtney W. Hamlin)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Ebenezer J. Hill; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: George P. Lawrence; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rhinock)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: E. Stevens Henry; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James B. Perkins; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
- Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member: John L. Burnett)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Charles H. Burke; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
- Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: William A. Rodenberg; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
- Insular Affairs (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: James R. Mann; Ranking Member: William C. Adamson)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: George H. Lindsay)
- Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William A. Reeder; Ranking Member: William R. Smith)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Richard W. Parker; Ranking Member: Henry De Lamar Clayton)
- Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
- Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Philip P. Campbell; Ranking Member: Robert B. Macon)
- Library (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Henry McMorran; Ranking Member: Joseph T. Johnson)
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: William S. Greene; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
- Mileage (Chairman: Charles A. Kennedy; Ranking Member: Matthew R. Denver)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
- Militia (Chairman: Halvor Steenerson; Ranking Member: John Gill Jr.)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: George F. Huff; Ranking Member: George A. Bartlett)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
- Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)
- Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
- Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: William Richardson)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
- Printing (Chairman: Allen F. Cooper; Ranking Member: David E. Finley)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Ernest W. Roberts; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: William G. Brantley)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member: Adam M. Byrd)
- Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: William Hughes)
- Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: William O. Barnard)
- Revision of Laws (Chairman: Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member: John T. Watkins)
- Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: De Alva S. Alexander; Ranking Member: Stephen M. Sparkman)
- Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: Edward L. Hamilton; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
- Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: George D. McCreary; Ranking Member: George W. Rauch)
- War Claims (Chairman: Charles B. Law; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
- Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
- Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service
- The Library
- Printing
Caucuses
- Democratic (House)
- Democratic (Senate)
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
- Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
- Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly
Senate
- Chaplain: Edward E. Hale (Unitarian) until June 10, 1909
- Ulysses G.B. Pierce (Unitarian) elected June 18, 1909
- Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
- Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
- Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)
- Clerk: Alexander McDowell
- Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon
- Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
- Postmaster: Samuel Langum
- Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
- Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
See also
- 1908 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1910 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
References
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- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".