58th United States Congress

58th United States Congress
57th   59th

United States Capitol (1906)

Duration: March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905

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

Sessions
Special: March 5, 1903 – March 19, 1903
1st: November 9, 1903 – December 7, 1903
2nd: December 7, 1903 – April 28, 1904
3rd: December 5, 1904 – March 3, 1905

The Fifty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1903 to March 4, 1905, during the third and fourth 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

Major Legislation

Party summary

Senate

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Populist
(P)
Republican
(R)
Silver
Republican

(SR)
End of the previous congress 29 2 56 2 89 1
Begin 33 0 55 2 90 0
End 54 891
Final voting share 37.1% 0.0% 60.7% 2.2%
Beginning of the next congress 31 0 59 0 90 0

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 386

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

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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Alabama

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Joseph G. Cannon

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Alabama

(9 Democrats)

Arkansas

(7 Democrats)

California

(5-3 Republican)

Colorado

(2-1 Republican)

Connecticut

(5 Republicans)

Delaware

(1 Democrat)

Florida

(3 Democrats)

Georgia

(11 Democrats)

Idaho

(1 Republican)

Illinois

(17-8 Republican)

Indiana

(9-4 Republican)

Iowa

(10-1 Democratic)

Kansas

(8 Republicans)

Kentucky

(10-1 Republican)

Louisiana

(7 Democrats)

Maine

(4 Republicans)

Maryland

(4-2 Republican)

Massachusetts

(10-4 Republican)

Michigan

(11-1 Republican)

Minnesota

(8-1 Republican)

Mississippi

(8 Democrats)

Missouri

(15-1 Republican)

Montana

(1 Republican)

Nebraska

(6 Republicans)

Nevada

(1 Democrat)

New Hampshire

(2 Republicans)

New Jersey

(7-3 Republican)

New York

(20-17 Republican)

North Carolina

(10 Democrats)

North Dakota

(2 Republicans)

Ohio

(17-4 Republican)

Oregon

(2 Republicans)

Pennsylvania

(28-4 Republican)

Rhode Island

(1-1 split)

South Carolina

(7 Democrats)

South Dakota

(2 Republicans)

Tennessee

(8-2 Democratic)

Texas

(16 Democrats)

Utah

(1 Republican)

Vermont

(2 Republicans)

Virginia

(9-1 Democratic)

Washington

(3 Republicans)

West Virginia

(5 Republicans)

Wisconsin

(10-1 Republican)

Wyoming

(1 Republican)

Non-voting members

(3-1 Republican)

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

Changes in membership

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

Senate

State
(class)
Vacator Reason for vacancy Subsequent Date of successor's installation
Ohio
(1)
Mark Hanna (R) Died February 15, 1904. Successor was elected. Charles W. F. Dick (R) March 2, 1904
Pennsylvania
(1)
Matthew Quay (R) Died May 28, 1904. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. Philander C. Knox (R) June 10, 1904
Massachusetts
(2)
George Frisbie Hoar (R) Died September 30, 1904. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. Winthrop M. Crane (R) October 12, 1904
Indiana
(3)
Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Resigned March 3, 1905 after being elected Vice-president of the United States Vacant until next Congress

House of Representatives

District Previous Reason for change Subsequent Date of successor's installation
Kansas 7th Vacant Rep. Chester I. Long resigned during previous congress Victor Murdock (R) May 26, 1903
Oregon 1st Vacant Rep. Thomas H. Tongue died during previous congress Binger Hermann (R) June 1, 1903
Pennsylvania 4th Robert H. Foerderer (R) Died July 26, 1903 Reuben Moon (R) November 3, 1903
Kentucky 11th Vincent Boreing (R) Died September 16, 1903 W. Godfrey Hunter (R) November 10, 1903
Ohio 16th Joseph J. Gill (R) Resigned October 31, 1903 Capell L. Weems (R) November 3, 1903
Texas 8th Thomas Henry Ball (D) Resigned November 16, 1903 John M. Pinckney (D) November 17, 1903
Pennsylvania 3rd Henry Burk (R) Died December 5, 1903 George A. Castor (R) February 16, 1904
New York 12th George B. McClellan Jr. (D) Resigned December 21, 1903 after being elected Mayor of New York William B. Cockran (D) February 23, 1904
Ohio 14th William W. Skiles (R) Died January 9, 1904 Amos R. Webber (R) November 8, 1904
Pennsylvania 10th George Howell (D) Lost contested election February 10, 1904 William Connell (R) February 10, 1904
Colorado 1st John F. Shafroth (D) Resigned February 15, 1904 after believing he was elected due to election irregularities Robert W. Bonynge (R) February 16, 1904
South Carolina 2nd George W. Croft (D) Died March 10, 1904 Theodore G. Croft (D) May 17, 1904
Ohio 19th Charles W. F. Dick (R) Resigned March 23, 1904 after being elected to the U.S. Senate W. Aubrey Thomas (R) November 8, 1904
Alabama 5th Charles W. Thompson (D) Died March 20, 1904 J. Thomas Heflin (D) May 19, 1904
New Jersey 4th William M. Lanning (R) Resigned June 6, 1904 after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Ira W. Wood (R) November 8, 1904
California 3rd Victor H. Metcalf (R) Resigned July 1, 1904 after being appointed United States Department of Commerce and Labor Joseph R. Knowland (R) November 8, 1904
Illinois 8th William F. Mahoney (D) Died December 27, 1904 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 19th Norton P. Otis (R) Died February 20, 1905 Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

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