59th United States Congress

59th United States Congress


58th ←	→ 60th
United States Capitol (1906)
Duration: March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907

Senate President:	Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
Senate Pres. pro tem:	William P. Frye (R)
House Speaker:	Joseph G. Cannon (R)
Members:	90 Senators 386 Representatives 6 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican
House Majority:	Republican

Sessions
Special: March 4, 1905 – March 18, 1905 1st: December 4, 1905 – June 30, 1906 2nd: December 3, 1906 – March 3, 1907

The Fifty-ninth 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, 1905 to March 4, 1907, during the fifth and sixth years of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

Main articles: 1905 in the United States, 1906 in the United States, and 1907 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

June 8, 1906: Antiquities Act
June 29, 1906: Hepburn Act
June 30, 1906: Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 (Wiley Act), ch. 3915, 34 Stat. 768
June 30, 1906: Meat Inspection Act (Beveridge Act)
1906: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching chartered.^[1]
March 2, 1907: Expatriation Act of 1907, 34 Stat. 1228

Senate composition by party at the start of the 59th Congress

Party summary

Senate

Republican (R): 59 (majority)
Democratic (D): 31

TOTAL: 90

House of Representatives

Republican (R): 251 (majority)
Democratic (D): 135

TOTAL: 386

President of the Senate
Charles W. Fairbanks

Leaders

Senate

President: Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)

House of Representatives

Speaker: Joseph G. Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

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. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

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Connecticut

3. Orville H. Platt (R), until April 21, 1905
Frank B. Brandegee (R), from May 10, 1905
1. Morgan G. Bulkeley (R)

Delaware

2. J. Frank Allee (R)
1. Henry A. du Pont, (R), from June 13, 1906

Florida

3. Stephen Mallory (D)
2. James P. Taliaferro (D)

Georgia

2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
3. Alexander S. Clay (D)

Idaho

2. Fred T. Dubois (R)
3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R)

Illinois

2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
3. Albert J. Hopkins (R)

Indiana

1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)
3. James A. Hemenway (R)

Iowa

3. William B. Allison (R)
2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)

Kansas

2. Joseph R. Burton (R), until June 4, 1906
Alfred W. Benson (R), June 11, 1906 - January 23, 1907

Charles Curtis (R), from January 29, 1907
3. Chester I. Long (R)

Kentucky

2. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
3. James B. McCreary (D)

Louisiana

3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)
2. Murphy J. Foster (D)

Maine

1. Eugene Hale (R)
2. William P. Frye (R)

Maryland

3. Arthur P. Gorman (D), until June 4, 1906
William P. Whyte (D), from June 8, 1906
1. Isidor Rayner (D)

Massachusetts

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
2: Winthrop M. Crane (R)

Michigan

1. Julius C. Burrows (R)
2. Russell A. Alger (R), until January 24, 1907
William A. Smith (R), from February 6, 1907

Minnesota

2. Knute Nelson (R)
1. Moses E. Clapp (R)

Mississippi

1. Hernando D. Money (D)
2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D)

Missouri

3. William J. Stone (D)
1. William Warner (R), from March 18, 1905

Montana

2. William A. Clark (D)
1. Thomas H. Carter (R)

Nebraska

2. Joseph H. Millard (R)
1. Elmer J. Burkett (R)

Nevada

3. Francis G. Newlands (D)
1. George S. Nixon (R)

New Hampshire

3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
2. Henry E. Burnham (R)

New Jersey

1. John Kean (R)
2. John F. Dryden (R)

New York

3. Thomas C. Platt (R)
1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)

North Carolina

2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
3. Lee S. Overman (D)

North Dakota

3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)
1. Porter J. McCumber (R)

Ohio

3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)
1: Charles W. F. Dick (R)

Oregon

2. John H. Mitchell (R), until December 8, 1905
John M. Gearin (D), December 13, 1905 - January 23, 1907

Frederick W. Mulkey (R), from January 23, 1907
3. Charles W. Fulton (R)

Pennsylvania

3. Boies Penrose (R)
1. Philander C. Knox (R)

Rhode Island

1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
2. George P. Wetmore (R)

South Carolina

2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
3. Asbury C. Latimer (D)

South Dakota

2. Robert J. Gamble (R)
3. Alfred B. Kittredge (R)

Tennessee

1. William B. Bate (D), until March 9, 1905
James B. Frazier (D), from March 21, 1905
2. Edward W. Carmack (D)

Texas

1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
2. Joseph W. Bailey (D)

Utah

3. Reed Smoot (R)
1. George Sutherland (R)

Vermont

1. Redfield Proctor (R)
3. William P. Dillingham (R)

Virginia

1. John W. Daniel (D)
2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington

3. Levi Ankeny (R)
1. Samuel H. Piles (R)

West Virginia

2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)
1. Nathan B. Scott (R)

Wisconsin

3. John C. Spooner (R)
1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R) from January 2, 1906^[2]

Wyoming

1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

Alabama

(9 Democrats)

Arkansas

(7 Democrats)

1. Robert B. Macon (D)
2. Stephen Brundidge, Jr. (D)
3. John C. Floyd (D)
4. John S. Little (D), until January 14, 1907
5. Charles C. Reid (D)
6. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
7. Robert M. Wallace (D)

California

(8 Republicans)

1. James N. Gillett (R), until November 4, 1906
- William F. Englebright (R), from November 6, 1906
2. Duncan E. McKinlay (R)
3. Joseph R. Knowland (R)
4. Julius Kahn (R)
5. Everis A. Hayes (R)
6. James C. Needham (R)
7. James McLachlan (R)
8. Sylvester C. Smith (R)

Colorado

(3 Republicans)

Connecticut

(5 Republicans)

1. E. Stevens Henry (R)
2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
3. Frank B. Brandegee (R), until May 10, 1905
- Edwin W. Higgins (R), from October 2, 1905
4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
At-large. George L. Lilley (R)

Delaware

(1 Republican)

At-large. Hiram R. Burton (R)

Florida

(3 Democrats)

Georgia

(11 Democrats)

1. Rufus E. Lester (D), until June 16, 1906
- James W. Overstreet (D), from October 3, 1906
2. James M. Griggs (D)
3. Elijah B. Lewis (D)
4. William C. Adamson (D)
5. Leonidas F. Livingston (D)
6. Charles L. Bartlett (D)
7. Gordon Lee (congressman) (D)
8. William M. Howard (D)
9. Thomas M. Bell (D)
10. Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
11. William G. Brantley (D)

Idaho

(1 Republican)

At-large. Burton L. French (R)

Illinois

(24-1 Republican)

1. Martin B. Madden (R)
2. James R. Mann (R)
3. William W. Wilson (R)
4. Charles S. Wharton (R)
5. Anthony Michalek (R)
6. William Lorimer (R)
7. Philip Knopf (R)
8. Charles McGavin (R)
9. Henry S. Boutell (R)
10. George E. Foss (R)
11. Howard M. Snapp (R)
12. Charles Eugene Fuller (R)
13. Robert R. Hitt (R), until September 20, 1906
- Frank O. Lowden (R), from November 6, 1906
14. Benjamin F. Marsh (R), until June 2, 1905
- James McKinney (R), from November 7, 1905
15. George W. Prince (R)
16. Joseph V. Graff (R)
17. John A. Sterling (R)
18. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
19. William B. McKinley (R)
20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
21. Zeno J. Rives (R)
22. William A. Rodenberg (R)
23. Frank S. Dickson (R)
24. Pleasant T. Chapman (R)
25. George W. Smith (R)

Indiana

(11-2 Republican)

1. John H. Foster (R), from May 16, 1905
2. John C. Chaney (R)
3. William T. Zenor (D)
4. Lincoln Dixon (D)
5. Elias S. Holliday (R)
6. James E. Watson (R)
7. Jesse Overstreet (R)
8. George W. Cromer (R)
9. Charles B. Landis (R)
10. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
11. Frederick Landis (R)
12. Newton W. Gilbert (R), until November 6, 1906
- Clarence C. Gilhams (R), from November 6, 1906
13. Abraham L. Brick (R)

Iowa

(11 Republicans)

Kansas

(8 Republicans)

1. Charles Curtis (R), until January 28, 1907
2. Justin De Witt Bowersock (R)
3. Philip P. Campbell (R)
4. James Monroe Miller (R)
5. William A. Calderhead (R)
6. William A. Reeder (R)
7. Victor Murdock (R)
At-large. Charles Frederick Scott (R)

Kentucky

(9-2 Democratic)

Louisiana

(7 Democrats)

Maine

(4 Republicans)

Maryland

(3-3 split)

Massachusetts

(11-3 Republican)

1. George P. Lawrence (R)
2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
3. Rockwood Hoar (R), until November 1, 1906
- Charles G. Washburn (R), from December 18, 1906
4. Charles Q. Tirrell (R)
5. Butler Ames (R)
6. Augustus P. Gardner (R)
7. Ernest W. Roberts (R)
8. Samuel W. McCall (R)
9. John A. Keliher (D)
10. William S. McNary (D)
11. John Andrew Sullivan (D)
12. John W. Weeks (R)
13. William S. Greene (R)
14. William C. Lovering (R)

Michigan

(12 Republicans)

1. Edwin C. Denby (R)
2. Charles E. Townsend (R)
3. Washington Gardner (R)
4. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
5. William Alden Smith (R), until February 9, 1907
6. Samuel W. Smith (R)
7. Henry McMorran (R)
8. Joseph W. Fordney (R)
9. Roswell P. Bishop (R)
10. George A. Loud (R)
11. Archibald B. Darragh (R)
12. H. Olin Young (R)

Minnesota

(9 Republicans)

Mississippi

(9 Republicans)

Missouri

(9-7 Republican)

1. James Tilghman Lloyd (D)
2. William W. Rucker (D)
3. Frank B. Klepper (R)
4. Frank B. Fulkerson (R)
5. Edgar C. Ellis (R)
6. David A. De Armond (D)
7. John Welborn (R)
8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
9. James Beauchamp Clark (D)
10. Richard Bartholdt (R)
11. John T. Hunt (D)
12. Ernest E. Wood (D), until June 23, 1906
- Harry M. Coudrey (R), from June 23, 1906
13. Marion E. Rhodes (R)
14. William T. Tyndall (R)
15. Cassius M. Shartel (R)
16. Arthur P. Murphy (R)

Montana

(1 Republican)

At-large. Joseph M. Dixon (R)

Nebraska

(6 Republicans)

1. Elmer Burkett (R), until March 4, 1905
- Ernest M. Pollard (R), from July 18, 1905
2. John L. Kennedy (R)
3. John J McCarthy (R)
4. Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)
5. George W. Norris (R)
6. Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

Nevada

(1 Democrat)

At-large. Clarence D. Van Duzer (D)

New Hampshire

(2 Republicans)

1. Cyrus Adams Sulloway (R)
2. Frank Dunklee Currier (R)

New Jersey

(9-1 Republican)

New York

(26-11 Republican)

1. William W. Cocks (R)
2. George H. Lindsay (D)
3. Charles T. Dunwell (R)
4. Charles B. Law (R)
5. George E. Waldo (R)
6. William M. Calder (R)
7. John J. Fitzgerald (D)
8. Timothy D. Sullivan (D), until July 27, 1906
- Daniel J. Riordan (D), from November 6, 1906
9. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
10. William Sulzer (D)
11. William Randolph Hearst (D)
12. W. Bourke Cockran (D)
13. Herbert Parsons (R)
14. Charles A. Towne (D)
15. J. Van Vechten Olcott (R)
16. Jacob Ruppert, Jr. (D)
17. William S. Bennet (R)
18. Joseph A. Goulden (D)
19. John E. Andrus (R)
20. Thomas W. Bradley (R)
21. John H. Ketcham (R), until November 4, 1906
22. William H. Draper (R)
23. George N. Southwick (R)
24. Frank J. LeFevre (R)
25. Lucius N. Littauer (R)
26. William H. Flack (R), until February 2, 1907
27. James S. Sherman (R)
28. Charles L. Knapp (R)
29. Michael E. Driscoll (R)
30. John W. Dwight (R)
31. Sereno E. Payne (R)
32. James B. Perkins (R)
33. J. Sloat Fassett (R)
34. James Wolcott Wadsworth (R)
35. William H. Ryan (D)
36. De Alva S. Alexander (R)
37. Edward B. Vreeland (R)

North Carolina

(9-1 Democrat)

North Dakota

(2 Republicans)

1. Thomas Frank Marshall (R)
2. Asle Gronna (R)

Ohio

(20-1 Republican)

Oregon

(2 Republicans)

1. Binger Hermann (R)
2. John N. Williamson (R)

Pennsylvania

(31-1 Republican)

1. Henry H. Bingham (R)
2. Robert Adams, Jr. (R), until June 1, 1906
- John E. Reyburn (R), from November 6, 1906
3. George A. Castor (R), until February 19, 1906
- J. Hampton Moore (R), from November 6, 1906
4. Reuben O. Moon (R)
5. Edward de Veaux Morrell (R)
6. George D. McCreary (R)
7. Thomas S. Butler (R)
8. Irving P. Wanger (R)
9. Henry B. Cassel (R)
10. Thomas H. Dale (R)
11. Henry W. Palmer (R)
12. George R. Patterson (R), until March 21, 1906
- Charles N. Brumm (R), from November 6, 1906
13. Marcus C.L. Kline (D)
14. Mial E. Lilley (R)
15. Elias Deemer (R)
16. Edmund W. Samuel (R)
17. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
18. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
19. John M. Reynolds (R)
20. Daniel F. Lafean (R)
21. Solomon R. Dresser (R)
22. George F. Huff (R)
23. Allen F. Cooper (R)
24. Ernest F. Acheson (R)
25. Arthur L. Bates (R)
26. Gustav A. Schneebeli (R)
27. William O. Smith (R)
28. Joseph C. Sibley (R)
29. William H. Graham (R)
30. John Dalzell (R)
31. James F. Burke (R)
32. Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)

Rhode Island

(1-1 split)

1. Daniel L. D. Granger (D)
2. Adin B. Capron (R)

South Carolina

(7 Democrats)

South Dakota

(2 Republicans)

At-large. Charles Henry Burke (R)
At-large. Eben Wever Martin (R)

Tennessee

(8-2 Democratic)

1. Walter P. Brownlow (R)
2. Nathan W. Hale (R)
3. John Austin Moon (D)
4. Mounce G. Butler (D)
5. William C. Houston (D)
6. John Wesley Gaines (D)
7. Lemuel Phillips Padgett (D)
8. Thetus Willrette Sims (D)
9. Finis J. Garrett (D)
10. Malcolm R. Patterson (D), until November 5, 1906

Texas

(16 Democrats)

1. Morris Sheppard (D)
2. Moses L. Broocks (D)
3. Gordon James Russell (D)
4. Choice Boswell Randell (D)
5. James Andrew Beall (D)
6. Scott Field (D)
7. Alexander W. Gregg (D)
8. John M. Pinckney (D), until April 24, 1905
- John M. Moore (D), from June 6, 1905
9. George Farmer Burgess (D)
10. Albert Sidney Burleson (D)
11. Robert L. Henry (D)
12. Oscar W. Gillespie (D)
13. John Hall Stephens (D)
14. James L. Slayden (D)
15. John Nance Garner (D)
16. William R. Smith (D)

Utah

(1 Republican)

At-large. Joseph Howell (R)

Vermont

(2 Republicans)

1. David J. Foster (R)
2. Kittredge Haskins (R)

Virginia

(9-1 Democratic)

1. William Atkinson Jones (D)
2. Harry Lee Maynard (D)
3. John Fletcher Lamb (D)
4. Robert G. Southall (D)
5. Claude Augustus Swanson (D), until January 30, 1906
- Edward W. Saunders (D), from November 6, 1906
6. Carter Glass (D)
7. James Hay (D)
8. John Franklin Rixey (D), until February 8, 1907
9. Campbell Slemp (R)
10. Henry De Flood (D)

Washington

(3 Republicans)

West Virginia

(4-1 Re)

1. Blackburn B. Dovener (R)
2. Alston G. Dayton (R), until March 16, 1905
- Thomas B. Davis (D), from June 6, 1905
3. Joseph Holt Gaines (R)
4. Harry C. Woodyard (R)
5. James Anthony Hughes (R)

Wisconsin

(10-1 Republican)

1. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
2. Henry C. Adams (R), until July 9, 1906
- John M. Nelson (R), from September 4, 1906
3. Joseph W. Babcock (R)
4. Theobald Johnston Otjen (R)
5. William H. Stafford (R)
6. Charles H. Weisse (D)
7. John Jacob Esch (R)
8. James Henry Davidson (R)
9. Edward Sloman Minor (R)
10. Webster Everett Brown (R)
11. John J. Jenkins (R)

Wyoming

(1 Republican)

At-large. Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

(2-2 split, 1 Independent)

Alaska Territory. Frank Hinman Waskey, (D) from December 3, 1906
Arizona Territory. Marcus Aurelius Smith, (D)
Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole
New Mexico Territory. William Henry Andrews, (R)
Oklahoma Territory. Bird Segle McGuire, (R)
Puerto Rico. Tulio Larrinaga (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist)

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
80.1-100% Democratic	80.1-100% Republican
60.1-80% Democratic	60.1-80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

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Changes in membership

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

Senate

replacements: 8
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
deaths: 5
resignations: 1
vacancy: 2
Total seats with changes: 9

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for vacancy	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Missouri 1)	Vacant	Elected to fill vacancy in term.	William Warner (R)	March 18, 1905
Wisconsin 1)	Vacant	Finished term as Governor of Wisconsin	Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R)	January 2, 1906
Delaware 1)	Vacant	Elected to fill vacancy in term.	Henry A. du Pont (R)	June 13, 1906
Tennessee (1)	William B. Bate (D)	Died March 9, 1905. Successor was elected.	James B. Frazier (D)	March 21, 1905
Connecticut (3)	Orville H. Platt (R)	Died April 21, 1905. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	Frank B. Brandegee (R)	May 10, 1905
Oregon 2)	John H. Mitchell (R)	Died December 8, 1905. Successor was appointed.	John M. Gearin (D)	December 13, 1905
Kansas (2)	Joseph R. Burton (R)	Resigned June 4, 1906 due to a conviction of corruption charges. Successor was appointed.	Alfred W. Benson (R)	June 11, 1906
Maryland (2)	Arthur P. Gorman (D)	Died June 4, 1906. Successor was appointed.	William P. Whyte (D)	June 8, 1906
Oregon 2)	John M. Gearin (D)	Successor was elected.	Frederick W. Mulkey (R)	January 23, 1907
Michigan (2)	Russell A. Alger (R)	Died January 24, 1907. Successor was elected.	William A. Smith (R)	February 6, 1907
Kansas (2)	Alfred W. Benson (R)	Successor was elected.	Charles Curtis (R)	January 29, 1907

House of Representatives

replacements: 17
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
deaths: 12
resignations: 11
contested elections: 1
new seats: 1
Total seats with changes: 26

District	Previous	Reason for change	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Indiana 1st	Vacant	Rep. James A. Hemenway resigned during previous congress	John H. Foster (R)	May 16, 1905
Nebraska 1st	Elmer Burkett (R)	Resigned March 4, 1905 after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Ernest M. Pollard (R)	July 18, 1905
West Virginia 2nd	Alston G. Dayton (R)	Resigned March 16, 1905 after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia	Thomas B. Davis (D)	June 6, 1905
Texas 8th	John M. Pinckney (D)	Died April 24, 1905	John M. Moore (D)	June 6, 1905
Connecticut 3rd	Frank B. Brandegee (R)	Resigned May 10, 1905 after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Edwin W. Higgins (R)	October 2, 1905
Illinois 14th	Benjamin F. Marsh (R)	Died June 2, 1905	James McKinney (R)	November 7, 1905
California 1st	James Gillett (R)	Resigned January 4, 1906 after being elected Governor of California	William F. Englebright (R)	November 6, 1906
Virginia 5th	Claude A. Swanson (D)	Resigned January 30, 1906 after being elected Governor of Virginia	Edward W. Saunders (D)	November 6, 1906
Pennsylvania 3rd	George A. Castor (R)	Died February 19, 1906	J. Hampton Moore (R)	November 6, 1906
Pennsylvania 12th	George R. Patterson (R)	Died March 21, 1906	Charles N. Brumm (R)	November 6, 1906
Pennsylvania 2nd	Robert Adams Jr. (R)	Died June 1, 1906	John E. Reyburn (R)	November 6, 1906
Georgia 1st	Rufus E. Lester (D)	Died June 16, 1906	James W. Overstreet (D)	October 3, 1906
Missouri 12th	Ernest E. Wood (D)	Lost contested election June 23, 1906	[[]Harry M. Coudrey] (R)	June 23, 1906
Wisconsin 2nd	Henry C. Adams (R)	Died July 9, 1906	John M. Nelson (R)	September 4, 1906
New York 8th	Timothy Sullivan (D)	Resigned July 27, 1906	Daniel J. Riordan (D)	November 6, 1906
Illinois 13th	Robert R. Hitt (R)	Died September 20, 1906	Frank O. Lowden (R)	November 6, 1906
Massachusetts 3rd	Rockwood Hoar (R)	Died November 1, 1906	Charles G. Washburn (R)	December 18, 1906
New York 21st	John H. Ketcham (R)	Died November 4, 1906	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Tennessee 10th	Malcolm R. Patterson (D)	Resigned November 5, 1906 after being elected Governor of Tennessee	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Indiana 12th	Newton W. Gilbert (R)	Resigned November 6, 1906 after being appointed judge of the court of first instance at Manila, Philippines	Clarence C. Gilhams (R)	November 6, 1906
District of Alaska	New seat	New delegate seat December 3, 1906	Frank H. Waskey (D)	December 3, 1906
Arkansas 4th	John S. Little (D)	Resigned January 14, 1907 after being elected Governor of Arkansas	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Kansas 1st	Charles Curtis (R)	Resigned January 28, 1907 after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 26th	William H. Flack (R)	Died February 2, 1907	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Virginia 8th	John F. Rixey (D)	Died February 8, 1907	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Michigan 5th	William Alden Smith (R)	Resigned February 9, 1907 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
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia
Cuban Relations
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
District of Columbia
Education and Labor
Engrossed Bills
Enrolled Bills
Establish a University in the United States (Select)
Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service
Expenditures in Executive Departments
Finance
Fisheries
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select)
Foreign Relations
Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game
Geological Survey
Immigration
Immigration and Naturalization
Indian Affairs
Industrial Expositions
Indian Territory (Select)
Interoceanic Canals
Interstate Commerce
Irrigation and Reclamation
Judiciary
Library
Manufactures
Military Affairs
Mines and Mining
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select)
National Banks (Select)
Naval Affairs
Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico
Pacific Railroads
Patents
Pensions
Philippines
Post Office and Post Roads
Potomac River Front (Select)
Printing
Private Land Claims
Privileges and Elections
Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Health and National Quarantine
Public Lands
Railroads
Revision of the Laws
Revolutionary Claims
Rules
Standards, Weights and Measures (Select)
Tariff Regulation (Select)
Territories
Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select)
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select)
Ventilation and Acoustics (Select)
Whole
Woman Suffrage (Select)

House of Representatives

Accounts
Agriculture
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic
Appropriations
Banking and Currency
Census
Claims
Coinage, Weights and Measures
Disposition of Executive Papers
District of Columbia
Education
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress
Elections
Enrolled Bills
Expenditures in the Agriculture Department
Expenditures in the 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
Manufactures
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Mileage
Military Affairs
Militia
Mines and Mining
Naval Affairs
Pacific Railroads
Patents
Pensions
Post Office and Post Roads
Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Lands
Railways and Canals
Reform in the Civil Service
Revision of Laws
Rivers and Harbors
Rules
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories
Ventilation and Acoustics
War Claims
Ways and Means
Whole

Joint committees

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
Revision of the Laws
Second Class Mail Matter

Employees

Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
Public Printer of the United States: Frank W. Palmer (until 1905), Charles A. Stillings (starting 1905)

Senate

Secretary of the Senate: Charles G. Bennett of New York, elected February 1, 1900.
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Daniel M. Ransdell of Indiana, elected February 1, 1900.
Chaplain of the Senate
- The Rev. Edward E. Hale, Unitarian, elected December 14, 1903.

House of Representatives

Clerk of the House: Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania, elected December 4, 1905.
Sergeant at Arms of the House: Henry Casson of Wisconsin, elected December 4, 1905.
Doorkeeper of the House: Frank B. Lyon of New York, elected December 4, 1905.
Postmaster of the House: Joseph C. McElroy of Ohio, elected December 4, 1905.
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Asher C. Hinds
Chaplain: The Rev. Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected December 4, 1905.

References

↑ "Carnegie Foundation". Carnegie Foundation. November 26, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
↑ Robert M. La Follette was elected to the 59th Congress for the term starting March 4, 1905, but he did not assume the seat until January 2, 1906, preferring to finish his term as Governor of Wisconsin.

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59th United States Congress

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leaders

Senate

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Non-voting members

Changes in membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References