56th United States Congress - political parties

The Fifty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1899 to March 3 1901, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President William McKinley.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1890. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

: Main article: 56th United States Congress; See also: 56th United States Congress - Membership Changes; See also: 56th United States Congress - State Delegations; See also: United States House election, 1898

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1899 - March 3 1901

First session: December 4 1899 - June 7 1900
Second session: December 3 1900 - March 3 1901 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 55th Congress
Next congress: 57th Congress

Party summary

Senate

Democratic: 26
Republican: 53 (majority)
Populist: 5
Silver Republican: 3
Silver: 2
vacant: 1

TOTAL members: 90

House of Representatives

Democratic: 161
Republican: 187 (majority)
Populist: 5
Silver: 1
Silver Republican: 2
Independent Populist: 1

TOTAL members: 357

Senate

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic

: A-L

Augustus O. Bacon (1839-1914), Georgia
William B. Bate (1826-1905), Tennessee
James H. Berry (1841-1913), Arkansas
Horace Chilton (1853-1932), Texas
Donelson Caffery (1835-1906), Louisiana
William A. Clark (1839-1925), Montana …resigned May 15 1900, seat remained vacant.
Alexander S. Clay (1853-1910), Georgia
Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915), Missouri
Charles A. Culberson (1855-1925), Texas
John W. Daniel (1842-1910), Virginia
James K. Jones (1839-1908), Arkansas
Richard R. Kenney (1856-1931), Delaware
William Lindsay (1835-1909), Kentucky

: M-Z

John T. Morgan (1824-1907), Alabama
Stephen R. Mallory (1848-1907), Florida
Thomas S. Martin (1847-1919), Virginia
Samuel D. McEnery (1837-1910), Louisiana
John L. McLaurin (1860-1934), South Carolina
Hernando D. Money (1839-1912), Mississippi
Samuel Pasco (1834-1917), Florida …appointed to fill vacancy, served until April 19 1899.
Edmund W. Pettus (1821-1907), Alabama
Joseph L. Rawlins (1850-1926), Utah
William V. Sullivan (1857-1918), Mississippi
James P. Taliaferro (1847-1934), Florida …elected to fill vacancy, April 19 1899.
Benjamin R. Tillman (1847-1918), South Carolina
Charles A. Towne (1858-1928), Minnesota …appointed to fill vacancy, December 5 1900.
Thomas B. Turley (1845-1910), Tennessee
George G. Vest (1830-1904), Missouri

Republican

: A-L

Nathan B. Scott (1842-1924), West Virginia
Francis E. Warren (1844-1929), Wyoming
Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915), Rhode Island
William B. Allison (1829-1908), Iowa
Lucien Baker (1846-1907), Kansas
Thomas R. Bard (1841-1915), California …elected to fill vacancy in class, February 7 1900.
Albert J. Beveridge (1862-1927), Indiana
Julius C. Burrows (1837-1915), Michigan
Thomas H. Carter (1854-1911), Montana
William E. Chandler (1835-1917), New Hampshire
Moses E. Clapp (1851-1929), Minnesota …elected to fill vacancy, January 23 1901.
Clarence D. Clark (1851-1930), Wyoming
Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Illinois
Cushman K. Davis (1838-1900), Minnesota …died November 7 1900.
William J. Deboe (1849-1927), Kentucky
Chauncey M. Depew (1834-1928), New York
William P. Dillingham (1843-1923), Vermont …elected to fill vacancy, October 18 1900.
Jonathan P. Dolliver (1858-1910), Iowa …appointed to fill vacancy, August 22 1900.
Stephen B. Elkins (1841-1911), West Virginia
Charles W. Fairbanks (1852-1918), Indiana
Joseph B. Foraker (1846-1917), Ohio
Addison G. Foster (1837-1917), Washington
William P. Frye (1830-1911), Maine
Jacob H. Gallinger (1837-1918), New Hampshire
John H. Gear (1825-1900), Iowa …died July 14 1900.
Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Maine
Marcus A. Hanna (1837-1904), Ohio
Henry C. Hansbrough (1848-1933), North Dakota
Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Connecticut
Monroe L. Hayward (1840-1899), Nebraska …elected to fill vacancy in class, March 8 1899, died December 5 1899, before qualifying.
George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Massachusetts
John Kean (1852-1914), New Jersey
Thomas Kearns (1862-1918), Utah …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 23 1901.
Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924), Massachusetts

: M-Z

William E. Mason (1850-1921), Illinois
George W. McBride (1854-1911), Oregon
Louis E. McComas (1846-1907), Maryland
Porter J. McCumber (1858-1933), North Dakota
James McMillan (1838-1902), Michigan
Knute Nelson (1843-1923), Minnesota
Boies Penrose (1860-1921), Pennsylvania
George C. Perkins (1839-1923), California
Orville H. Platt (1827-1905), Connecticut
Thomas C. Platt (1833-1910), New York
Jeter C. Pritchard (1857-1921), North Carolina
Redfield Proctor (1831-1908), Vermont
Joseph V. Quarles (1843-1911), Wisconsin
Matthew S. Quay (1833-1904), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy in class, January 16 1901.
Jonathan Ross (1826-1905), Vermont …appointed to fill vacancy, served until October 18 1900.
William J. Sewell (1835-1901), New Jersey
George L. Shoup (1836-1904), Idaho
Joseph Simon (1851-1935), Oregon
John C. Spooner (1843-1919), Wisconsin
John M. Thurston (1847-1916), Nebraska
George L. Wellington (1852-1927), Maryland
George P. Wetmore (1846-1921), Rhode Island
Edward O. Wolcott (1848-1905), Colorado

Populist

William V. Allen (1847-1924), Nebraska …appointed to fill vacancy, December 13 1899.
Marion Butler (1863-1938), North Carolina
William A. Harris (1841-1909), Kansas
Henry Heitfeld (1859-1938), Idaho
James H. Kyle (1854-1901), South Dakota

Silver Republican

Richard F. Pettigrew (1848-1926), South Dakota
Henry M. Teller (1830-1914), Colorado
George Turner (1850-1932), Washington

Silver

John P. Jones (1829-1912), Nevada
William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Nevada

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

: A-B-C

William H. Fleming (1856-1944), Georgia
Townsend Scudder (1865-1960), New York
Willard D. Vandiver (1854-1932), Missouri
William C. Adamson (1854-1929), Georgia
Henry D. Allen (1854-1924), Kentucky
John M. Allen (1846-1917), Mississippi
Joseph W. Bailey (1862-1929), Texas
Samuel T. Baird (1861-1899), Louisiana …died April 22 1899, before Congress assembled.
Thomas H. Ball (1859-1944), Texas
John H. Bankhead (1842-1920), Alabama
Laird H. Barber (1848-1928), Pennsylvania
Charles L. Bartlett (1853-1938), Georgia
John D. Bellamy (1854-1942), North Carolina
Maecenas E. Benton (1848-1924), Missouri
Albert S. Berry (1836-1908), Kentucky
Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Missouri …died June 15 1899.
Thomas J. Bradley (1870-1901), New York
William G. Brantley (1860-1934), Georgia
Phanor Breazeale (1858-1934), Louisiana
John L. Brenner (1832-1906), Ohio
Willis Brewer (1844-1912), Alabama
Robert F. Broussard (1864-1918), Louisiana
Stephen Brundidge, Jr. (1857-1938), Arkansas
Robert E. Burke (1847-1901), Texas
Albert S. Burleson (1863-1937), Texas
John L. Burnett (1854-1919), Alabama
Ben F. Caldwell (1848-1924), Illinois
Albert J. Campbell (1857-1907), Montana
Edward W. Carmack (1858-1908), Tennessee
Thomas C. Catchings (1847-1927), Mississippi
William Astor Chanler (1867-1934), New York
James Beauchamp Clark (1850-1921), Missouri
Bertram T. Clayton (1862-1918), New York
Henry D. Clayton (1857-1929), Alabama
Charles F. Cochran (1846-1906), Missouri
James Cooney (1848-1904), Missouri
Samuel B. Cooper (1850-1918), Texas
William S. Cowherd (1860-1915), Missouri
Nicholas N. Cox (1837-1912), Tennessee
William T. Crawford (1856-1913), North Carolina …contested election, served until May 10 1900.
Joseph B. Crowley (1858-1931), Illinois
Amos J. Cummings (1841-1902), New York
Thomas Cusack (1858-1926), Illinois

: D-E-F

William D. Daly (1851-1900), New Jersey …died July 31 1900.
Stanley W. Davenport (1861-1921), Pennsylvania
Robert C. Davey (1853-1908), Louisiana
Robert W. Davis (1849-1929), Florida
David A. De Armond (1844-1909), Missouri
Reese C. De Graffenreid (1859-1902), Texas
Marion De Vries (1865-1939), California …resigned August 20 1900.
James W. Denny (1838-1923), Maryland
Hugh A. Dinsmore (1850-1930), Arkansas
John Dougherty (1857-1905), Missouri
Edmund H. Driggs (1865-1946), New York
William Elliott (1838-1907), South Carolina
Sydney P. Epes (1865-1900), Virginia …died March 3 1900.
Daniel Ermentrout (1837-1899), Pennsylvania …died September 17 1899.
David E. Finley (1861-1917), South Carolina
John F. Fitzgerald (1863-1950), Massachusetts
John J. Fitzgerald (1872-1952), New York
Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick (1850-1906), Kentucky
George P. Foster (1858-1928), Illinois
Andrew F. Fox (1849-1926), Mississippi

: G-H-I

Robert B. Gordon (1855-1923), Ohio
John W. Gaines (1860-1926), Tennessee
Athelston Gaston (1838-1907), Pennsylvania
June W. Gayle (1865-1942), Kentucky …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 15 1900.
George G. Gilbert (1849-1909), Kentucky
Martin H. Glynn (1871-1924), New York
Henry D. Green (1857-1929), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1899.
Francis M. Griffith (1849-1927), Indiana
James M. Griggs (1861-1910), Georgia
James K.P. Hall (1844-1915), Pennsylvania
James Hay (1856-1931), Virginia
Patrick Henry (1843-1930), Mississippi
Robert L. Henry (1864-1931), Texas
William M. Howard (1857-1932), Georgia

: J-K-L

David E. Johnston (1845-1917), West Virginia
Thomas M. Jett (1862-1939), Illinois
William A. Jones (1849-1918), Virginia
William H. King (1863-1949), Utah …contested election, seated April 25 1900.
William W. Kitchin (1866-1924), North Carolina
Theodore F. Kluttz (1848-1918), North Carolina
Rudolph Kleberg (1847-1924), Texas
John Lamb (1840-1924), Virginia
Samuel W.T. Lanham (1846-1908), Texas
Francis R. Lassiter (1866-1909), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated April 28 1900.
Asbury C. Latimer (1851-1908), South Carolina
John J. Lentz (1856-1931), Ohio
Rufus E. Lester (1837-1906), Georgia
Jefferson M. Levy (1852-1924), New York
Elijah B. Lewis (1854-1920), Georgia
John S. Little (1853-1916), Arkansas
Leonidas F. Livingston (1832-1912), Georgia
James T. Lloyd (1857-1944), Missouri

: M-N-O

John W. Maddox (1848-1922), Georgia
Mitchell May (1870-1961), New York
William McAleer (1838-1912), Pennsylvania
George B. McClellan (1865-1940), New York
Philip D. McCulloch, Jr. (1851-1928), Arkansas
Allan L. McDermott (1854-1908), New Jersey …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1900.
John A. McDowell (1853-1927), Ohio
Frank A. McLain (1852-1920), Mississippi
Thomas C. McRae (1851-1929), Arkansas
David Meekison (1849-1915), Ohio
Adolph Meyer (1842-1908), Louisiana
Robert W. Miers (1848-1930), Indiana
John A. Moon (1855-1921), Tennessee
Nicholas Muller (1836-1917), New York
James Norton (1843-1920), South Carolina
James A. Norton (1843-1912), Ohio
Henry F. Naphen (1852-1905), Massachusetts

Edward T. Noonan (1861-1923), Illinois
Peter J. Otey (1840-1902), Virginia

: P-Q-R

Rice A. Pierce (1848-1936), Tennessee
Rufus K. Polk (1866-1902), Pennsylvania
Julian M. Quarles (1848-1929), Virginia
Joseph E. Ransdell (1858-1954), Louisiana …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1899.
John S. Rhea (1855-1924), Kentucky
William F. Rhea (1858-1931), Virginia
Daniel J. Riordan (1870-1923), New York
James D. Richardson (1843-1914), Tennessee
William N. Richardson (1839-1914), Alabama …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1900.
John F. Rixey (1854-1907), Virginia
Edward Robb (1857-1934), Missouri
Gaston A. Robbins (1858-1902), Alabama …contested election, served until March 8 1900.
Samuel M. Robertson (1852-1911), Louisiana
James M. Robinson (1861-1942), Indiana
John S. Robinson (1856-1903), Nebraska
William W. Rucker (1855-1936), Missouri
Jacob Ruppert, Jr. (1867-1939), New York
James W. Ryan (1858-1907), Pennsylvania
William H. Ryan (1860-1939), New York

: S-T-U-V

Claude A. Swanson (1862-1939), Virginia
Joshua S. Salmon (1846-1902), New Jersey
Evan E. Settle (1848-1899), Kentucky …died November 16 1899, before Congress assembled.
Dorsey W. Shackleford (1853-1936), Missouri …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1899.
John L. Sheppard (1852-1902), Texas
Joseph C. Sibley (1850-1926), Pennsylvania
Thetus W. Sims (1852-1939), Tennessee
James L. Slayden (1853-1924), Texas
John H. Small (1858-1946), North Carolina
David H. Smith (1854-1928), Kentucky
John W. Smith (1845-1925), Maryland …resigned January 12 1900.
Charles E. Snodgrass (1866-1936), Tennessee
Stephen M. Sparkman (1849-1929), Florida
Thomas Spight (1841-1924), Mississippi
Jesse F. Stallings (1856-1928), Alabama
John H. Stephens (1847-1924), Texas
J. William Stokes (1853-1901), South Carolina
William Sulzer (1863-1941), New York
W. Jasper Talbert (1846-1931), South Carolina
Farish C. Tate (1856-1922), Georgia
George W. Taylor (1849-1932), Alabama
William L. Terry (1850-1917), Arkansas
John R. Thayer (1845-1916), Massachusetts
Charles R. Thomas (1861-1931), North Carolina
Oscar Turner (1867-1902), Kentucky
John Q. Underhall (1848-1907), New York
Oscar W. Underwood (1862-1929), Alabama

: W-X-Y-Z

Charles K. Wheeler (1863-1933), Kentucky
Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906), Alabama …resigned April 20 1900.
James R. Williams (1850-1923), Illinois
John Sharp Williams (1854-1932), Mississippi
William E. Williams (1857-1921), Illinois
Frank E. Wilson (1857-1935), New York
Stanyarne Wilson (1860-1928), South Carolina
Richard A. Wise (1843-1900), Virginia …contested election, seated March 12 1900, died December 21 1900.
William A. Young (1860-1928), Virginia …contested election, served until March 12 1900.
William T. Zenor (1846-1916), Indiana
Edward D. Ziegler (1844-1931), Pennsylvania

Republican

: A-B-C

Ernest F. Acheson (1855-1917), Pennsylvania
Robert Adams, Jr. (1849-1906), Pennsylvania
William F. Aldrich (1853-1925), Alabama …contested election, seated March 8 1900.
De Alva S. Alexander (1846-1925), New York
Amos L. Allen (1837-1911), Maine …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1899.
Joseph W. Babcock (1850-1909), Wisconsin
Willis J. Bailey (1854-1932), Kansas
William B. Baker (1840-1911), Maryland
John A. Barham (1843-1926), California
Samuel S. Barney (1846-1919), Wisconsin
Richard Bartholdt (1855-1932), Missouri
Henry H. Bingham (1841-1912), Pennsylvania
Roswell P. Bishop (1843-1920), Michigan
Vincent S. Boreing (1839-1903), Kentucky
Henry S. Boutell (1856-1926), Illinois
Charles A. Boutelle (1839-1901), Maine …resigned March 3 1901.
Justin D. Bowersock (1842-1922), Kansas
Abraham L. Brick (1860-1908), Indiana
Jacob H. Bromwell (1848-1924), Ohio
Marriott Brosius (1843-1901), Pennsylvania
Seth W. Brown (1841-1923), Ohio
Walter P. Brownlow (1851-1910), Tennessee
Melville Bull (1854-1909), Rhode Island
Charles H. Burke (1861-1944), South Dakota
Elmer J. Burkett (1867-1935), Nebraska
Edwin C. Burleigh (1843-1916), Maine
Theodore E. Burton (1851-1929), Ohio
Thomas S. Butler (1855-1928), Pennsylvania
William A. Calderhead (1844-1928), Kansas
Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Illinois
Adin B. Capron (1841-1911), Rhode Island
Charles A. Chickering (1843-1900), New York …died February 13 1900.
Frank G. Clarke (1850-1901), New Hampshire …died January 9 1901.
Aaron V.S. Cochrane (1858-1943), New York
William Connell (1827-1909), Pennsylvania
James P. Conner (1851-1924), Iowa …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1900.
Henry Allen Cooper (1850-1931), Wisconsin
John B. Corliss (1851-1929), Michigan
Robert G. Cousins (1859-1933), Iowa
George W. Cromer (1856-1936), Indiana
Rousseau O. Crump (1843-1901), Michigan
Edgar D. Crumpacker (1851-1920), Indiana
Charles Curtis (1860-1936), Kansas
Francis W. Cushman (1867-1909), Washington

: D-E-F

Herman B. Dahle (1855-1920), Wisconsin
John Dalzell (1845-1927), Pennsylvania
Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899), Ohio …died June 19 1899.
Samuel A. Davenport (1834-1911), Pennsylvania
James H. Davidson (1858-1918), Wisconsin
Alston G. Dayton (1857-1920), West Virginia
Charles W. F. [...] (1858-1945), Ohio
Jonathan P. Dolliver (1858-1910), Iowa …resigned August 22 1900.
Blackburn B. Dovener (1842-1914), West Virginia
Michael E. Driscoll (1851-1929), New York
Frank M. Eddy (1856-1929), Minnesota
Louis W. Emerson (1857-1924), New York
John J. Esch (1861-1941), Wisconsin
George W. Faris (1854-1914), Indiana
Loren Fletcher (1833-1919), Minnesota
Joseph W. Fordney (1853-1932), Michigan
George E. Foss (1863-1936), Illinois
Charles N. Fowler (1852-1932), New Jersey
Romeo H. Freer (1846-1913), West Virginia

: G-H-I

Robert J. Gamble (1851-1924), South Dakota
John J. Gardner (1845-1921), New Jersey
Washington Gardner (1845-1928), Michigan
Henry R. Gibson (1837-1938), Tennessee
Joseph J. Gill (1846-1920), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1899.
Charles W. Gillet (1840-1908), New York
Frederick H. Gillett (1851-1935), Massachusetts
Joseph V. Graff (1854-1921), Illinois
William H. Graham (1844-1923), Pennsylvania
William S. Greene (1841-1924), Massachusetts
Charles H. Grosvenor (1833-1917), Ohio
William W. Grout (1836-1902), Vermont
Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Pennsylvania
Ebenezer J. Hill (1845-1917), Connecticut
Edward L. Hamilton (1857-1923), Michigan
Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Pennsylvania …died March 6 1900.
Robert R. Hitt (1834-1906), Illinois
Gilbert N. Haugen (1859-1933), Iowa
Robert B. Hawley (1849-1921), Texas
Joel P. Heatwole (1856-1910), Minnesota
Thomas Hedge (1844-1920), Iowa
James A. Hemenway (1860-1923), Indiana
David B. Henderson (1840-1906), Iowa
E. Stephens Henry (1836-1921), Connecticut
William P. Hepburn (1833-1916), Iowa
John H. Hoffecker (1827-1900), Delaware …died June 16 1900.
Walter O. Hoffecker (1854-1934), Delaware …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1900.
Albert J. Hopkins (1846-1922), Illinois
Benjamin F. Howell (1844-1933), New Jersey
John A.T. Hull (1841-1928), Iowa

: J-K-L

Summers M. Jack (1852-1945), Pennsylvania
John J. Jenkins (1843-1911), Wisconsin
Wesley L. Jones (1863-1932), Washington
Charles F. Joy (1849-1921), Missouri
Julius Kahn (1861-1924), California
Josiah L. Kerr (1861-1920), Maryland …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1900.
Winfield S. Kerr (1852-1917), Ohio
John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), New York
William S. Knox (1843-1914), Massachusetts
John F. Lacey (1841-1913), Iowa
Charles B. Landis (1858-1922), Indiana
Joseph R. Lane (1858-1931), Iowa
George P. Lawrence (1859-1917), Massachusetts
Romulus Z. Linney (1841-1910), North Carolina
Lucius N. Littauer (1859-1944), New York
Charles E. Littlefield (1851-1915), Maine …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 4 1899.
Chester I. Long (1860-1934), Kansas
William Lorimer (1861-1934), Illinois
Eugene F. Loud (1847-1908), California
Henry C. Loudenslager (1852-1911), New Jersey
William C. Lovering (1835-1910), Massachusetts
Archibald Lybrand (1840-1910), Ohio

: M-N-O

Thaddeus M. Mahon (1840-1916), Pennsylvania
James R. Mann (1856-1922), Illinois
Benjamin F. Marsh (1839-1905), Illinois
Samuel W. McCall (1851-1923), Massachusetts
James T. McCleary (1853-1924), Minnesota
Smith McPherson (1848-1915), Iowa …resigned June 6 1900.
David H. Mercer (1857-1919), Nebraska
William S. Mesick (1856-1942), Michigan
Victor H. Metcalf (1853-1936), California
James M. Miller (1852-1926), Kansas
Edward S. Minor (1840-1924), Wisconsin
Frank W. Mondell (1860-1939), Wyoming
Malcolm A. Moody (1854-1925), Oregon
William H. Moody (1853-1917), Massachusetts
Stephen Morgan (1854-1928), Ohio
Edward D. Morrell (1863-1917), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1900.
R. Page W. Morris (1853-1924), Minnesota
Sydney E. Mudd (1858-1911), Maryland
James C. Needham (1864-1942), California
James M.E. O'Grady (1863-1928), New York
Marlin E. Olmsted (1847-1913), Pennsylvania
Theobald Otjen (1851-1924), Wisconsin
Jesse Overstreet (1859-1910), Indiana

: P-Q-R

Horace B. Packer (1851-1940), Pennsylvania
Richard W. Parker (1848-1923), New Jersey
Sereno E. Payne (1843-1914), New York
Charles E. Pearce (1842-1902), Missouri
George A. Pearre (1860-1923), Maryland
Richmond Pearson (1852-1923), North Carolina …contested election, seated May 10 1900.
Fremont O. Phallips (1856-1936), Ohio
H. Henry Powers (1835-1913), Vermont
George W. Prince (1854-1939), Illinois
Samuel J. Pugh (1850-1922), Kentucky
George W. Ray (1844-1925), New York
Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), Maine …resigned September 4 1899, before Congress assembled.
William A. Reeder (1849-1929), Kansas
Walter Reeves (1848-1909), Illinois
Ernest W. Roberts (1858-1924), Massachusetts
William A. Rodenberg (1865-1937), Illinois
Charles A. Russell (1852-1902), Connecticut

: S-T-U-V

William B. Shattuc (1841-1911), Ohio
Albert D. Shaw (1841-1901), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1900, died February 10 1901.
Carlos D. Shelden (1840-1904), Michigan
James S. Sherman (1855-1912), New York
Joseph B. Showalter (1851-1932), Pennsylvania
George Washington Smith (1846-1907), Illinois
Henry C. Smith (1856-1911), Michigan
Samuel W. Smith (1852-1931), Michigan
Walter I. Smith (1862-1922), Iowa …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1900.
William Alden Smith (1859-1932), Michigan
James H. Southard (1851-1919), Ohio
Burleigh F. Spalding (1853-1934), North Dakota
Nehemiah D. Sperry (1827-1911), Connecticut
Charles F. Sprague (1857-1902), Massachusetts
George W. Steele (1839-1922), Indiana
Frederick C. Stevens (1861-1923), Minnesota
Alexander Stewart (1829-1912), Wisconsin
James F. Stewart (1851-1904), New Jersey
John Knox Stewart (1853-1919), New York
Cyrus A. Sulloway (1839-1917), New Hampshire
James A. Tawney (1855-1919), Minnesota
Robert W. Tayler (1852-1910), Ohio
Lot Thomas (1843-1905), Iowa
Joseph E. Thropp (1847-1927), Pennsylvania
Arthur S. Tompkins (1865-1938), New York
Thomas H. Tongue (1844-1903), Oregon
Henry C. Van Voorhis (1852-1927), Ohio
Edward B. Vreeland (1856-1936), New York …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 4 1899.

: W-X-Y-Z

Frank C. Wachter (1861-1910), Maryland
James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (1846-1926), New York
Irving P. Wanger (1852-1940), Pennsylvania
Vespasian Warner (1842-1925), Illinois
Russell J. Waters (1843-1911), California
James E. Watson (1864-1948), Indiana
Walter L. Weaver (1851-1909), Ohio
Edgar Weeks (1839-1904), Michigan
George W. Weymouth (1850-1910), Massachusetts
George H. White (1852-1918), North Carolina
Samuel D. Woods (1845-1915), California …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1900.
Charles F. Wright (1856-1925), Pennsylvania
James R. Young (1847-1924), Pennsylvania

Independent Populist

John W. Atwater (1840-1910), North Carolina

Populist

John Calhoun Bell (1851-1933), Colorado
William L. Greene (1849-1899), Nebraska …died March 11 1899, before Congress assembled.
William Neville (1843-1909), Nebraska …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1899.
Edwin R. Ridgely (1844-1927), Kansas
Roderick D. Sutherland (1862-1915), Nebraska
William L. Stark (1853-1922), Nebraska

Silver Republican

John F. Shafroth (1854-1922), Colorado
Edgar Wilson (1861-1915), Idaho

Silver

Francis G. Newlands (1848-1917), Nevada

External links

Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 1
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 2
U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History 3
U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists 4