57th United States Congress explained

Number:57th
Imagename:United States Capitol
Imagedate:1906
Start:March 4, 1901
End:March 4, 1903
Vp:Theodore Roosevelt (R)
(until September 14, 1901)
Vacant
(from September 14, 1901)
Pro Tem:William P. Frye (R)
Speaker:David B. Henderson (R)
Senators:90
Reps:357
Delegates:5
S-Majority:Republican
H-Majority:Republican
Sessionnumber1:Special
Sessionstart1:March 4, 1901
Sessionend1:March 9, 1901
Sessionnumber2:1st
Sessionstart2:December 2, 1901
Sessionend2:July 1, 1902
Sessionnumber3:2nd
Sessionstart3:December 1, 1902
Sessionend3:March 3, 1903
Previous:56th
Next:58th

The 57th 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, 1901, to March 4, 1903, during the final six months of William McKinley's presidency, and the first year and a half of the first administration of his successor, Theodore Roosevelt. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

See main article: 1901 in the United States, 1902 in the United States and 1903 in the United States.

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate leadership

Presiding

William P. Frye (R)

William B. Allison

House leadership

Presiding

David B. Henderson (R)

Joseph W. Babcock

Majority (Republican) leadership

Sereno E. Payne

James A. Tawney

Minority (Democratic) leadership

James D. Richardson

James T. Lloyd

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

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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. The Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, precede the names in the list below. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1904; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1906; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1902.

2. John T. Morgan (D)

3. Edmund Pettus (D)

2. James H. Berry (D)

3. James K. Jones (D)

1. Thomas R. Bard (R)

3. George C. Perkins (R)

2. Thomas M. Patterson (D)

3. Henry M. Teller (SR)

1. Joseph R. Hawley (R)

3. Orville H. Platt (R)

1. L. Heisler Ball (R), from March 2, 1903

2. J. Frank Allee (R), from March 2, 1903

1. James P. Taliaferro (D)

3. Stephen Mallory (D)

2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)

3. Alexander S. Clay (D)

2. Fred T. Dubois (D)

3. Henry Heitfeld (P)

2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)

3. William E. Mason (R)

1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)

3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R)

2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)

3. William B. Allison (R)

2. Joseph R. Burton (R)

3. William A. Harris (P)

2. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

3. William J. Deboe (R)

2. Murphy J. Foster (D)

3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)

1. Eugene Hale (R)

2. William P. Frye (R)

1. Louis E. McComas (R)

3. George L. Wellington (R)

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)

2. George F. Hoar (R)

1. Julius C. Burrows (R)

2. James McMillan (R), until August 10, 1902

Russell A. Alger (R), from September 27, 1902

1. Moses E. Clapp (R)

2. Knute Nelson (R)

1. Hernando D. Money (D)

2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D)

1. Francis Cockrell (D)

3. George G. Vest (D)

1. Paris Gibson (D), from March 7, 1901

2. William A. Clark (D)

1. William V. Allen (P), until March 28, 1901

Charles H. Dietrich (R), from March 28, 1901

2. Joseph H. Millard (R), from March 28, 1901

1. William M. Stewart (R)

3. John P. Jones (R)

2. Henry E. Burnham (R)

3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

1. John Kean Jr. (R)

2. William J. Sewell (R), until December 27, 1901

John F. Dryden (R), from January 29, 1902

1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)

3. Thomas C. Platt (R)

2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)

3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R)

1. Porter J. McCumber (R)

3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)

1. Marcus A. Hanna (R)

3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)

2. John H. Mitchell (R)

3. Joseph Simon (R)

1. Matthew S. Quay (R)

3. Boies Penrose (R)

1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)

2. George P. Wetmore (R)

2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)

3. John L. McLaurin (D)

2. Robert J. Gamble (R)

3. James H. Kyle (R), until July 1, 1901

Alfred B. Kittredge (R), from July 11, 1901

1. William B. Bate (D)

2. Edward W. Carmack (D)

1. Charles A. Culberson (D)

2. Joseph W. Bailey (D)

1. Thomas Kearns (R)

3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D)

1. Redfield Proctor (R)

3. William P. Dillingham (R)

1. John W. Daniel (D)

2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

1. Addison G. Foster (R)

3. George Turner (SR)

1. Nathan B. Scott (R)

2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)

1. Joseph V. Quarles (R)

3. John C. Spooner (R)

1. Clarence D. Clark (R)

2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

. George W. Taylor (D)

. Ariosto A. Wiley (D)

. Henry D. Clayton (D)

. Sydney J. Bowie (D)

. Charles Winston Thompson (D)

. John H. Bankhead (D)

. John L. Burnett (D)

. William N. Richardson (D)

. Oscar Underwood (D)

. Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D)

. John S. Little (D)

. Thomas C. McRae (D)

. Charles C. Reid (D)

. Hugh A. Dinsmore (D)

. Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D)

. Frank Coombs (R)

. Samuel D. Woods (R)

. Victor H. Metcalf (R)

. Julius Kahn (R)

. Eugene F. Loud (R)

. James McLachlan (R)

. James C. Needham (R)

. John F. Shafroth (SR)

. John C. Bell (P)

. E. Stevens Henry (R)

. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)

. Charles A. Russell (R), until October 23, 1902

Frank B. Brandegee (R), from November 4, 1902

. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)

. L. Heisler Ball (R)

. Stephen M. Sparkman (D)

. Robert W. Davis (D)

. Rufus E. Lester (D)

. James M. Griggs (D)

. Elijah B. Lewis (D)

. William C. Adamson (D)

. Leonidas F. Livingston (D)

. Charles L. Bartlett (D)

. John W. Maddox (D)

. William M. Howard (D)

. Farish C. Tate (D)

. William H. Fleming (D)

. William G. Brantley (D)

. Thomas L. Glenn (P)

. James R. Mann (R)

. John J. Feely (D)

. George P. Foster (D)

. James McAndrews (D)

. William Frank Mahoney (D)

. Henry S. Boutell (R)

. George E. Foss (R)

. Albert J. Hopkins (R)

. Robert R. Hitt (R)

. George W. Prince (R)

. Walter Reeves (R)

. Joseph G. Cannon (R)

. Vespasian Warner (R)

. Joseph V. Graff (R)

. J. Ross Mickey (D)

. Thomas J. Selby (D)

. Ben F. Caldwell (D)

. Thomas M. Jett (D)

. Joseph B. Crowley (D)

. James R. Williams (D)

. Fred J. Kern (D)

. George Washington Smith (R)

. James A. Hemenway (R)

. Robert W. Miers (D)

. William T. Zenor (D)

. Francis M. Griffith (D)

. Elias S. Holliday (R)

. James E. Watson (R)

. Jesse Overstreet (R)

. George W. Cromer (R)

. Charles B. Landis (R)

. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)

. George W. Steele (R)

. James M. Robinson (D)

. Abraham L. Brick (R)

. Thomas Hedge (R)

. John N. W. Rumple (R), until January 31, 1903

. David B. Henderson (R)

. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)

. Robert G. Cousins (R)

. John F. Lacey (R)

. John A. T. Hull (R)

. William P. Hepburn (R)

. Walter I. Smith (R)

. James P. Conner (R)

. Lot Thomas (R)

. Charles Curtis (R)

. Justin De Witt Bowersock (R)

. Alfred Metcalf Jackson (D)

. James Monroe Miller (R)

. William A. Calderhead (R)

. William A. Reeder (R)

. Chester I. Long (R), until March 4, 1903

. Charles Frederick Scott (R)

. Charles K. Wheeler (D)

. Henry Dixon Allen (D)

. John S. Rhea (D), until March 25, 1902

J. McKenzie Moss (R), from March 25, 1902

. David Highbaugh Smith (D)

. Harvey Samuel Irwin (R)

. Daniel Linn Gooch (D)

. South Trimble (D)

. George G. Gilbert (D)

. James Nicholas Kehoe (D)

. James Bramford White (D)

. Vincent Boreing (R)

. Adolph Meyer (D)

. Robert C. Davey (D)

. Robert F. Broussard (D)

. Phanor Breazeale (D)

. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)

. Samuel M. Robertson (D)

. Amos L. Allen (R)

. Charles E. Littlefield (R)

. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)

. Llewellyn Powers (R), from April 8, 1901

. William Humphreys Jackson (R)

. Albert Blakeney (R)

. Frank C. Wachter (R)

. Charles R. Schirm (R)

. Sydney E. Mudd (R)

. George A. Pearre (R)

. George P. Lawrence (R)

. Frederick H. Gillett (R)

. John R. Thayer (D)

. Charles Q. Tirrell (R)

. William S. Knox (R)

. William H. Moody (R), until May 1, 1902

Augustus P. Gardner (R), from November 4, 1902

. Ernest W. Roberts (R)

. Samuel W. McCall (R)

. Joseph A. Conry (D)

. Henry F. Naphen (D)

. Samuel L. Powers (R)

. William C. Lovering (R)

. William S. Greene (R)

. John B. Corliss (R)

. Henry C. Smith (R)

. Washington Gardner (R)

. Edward L. Hamilton (R)

. William Alden Smith (R)

. Samuel W. Smith (R)

. Edgar Weeks (R)

. Joseph W. Fordney (R)

. Roswell P. Bishop (R)

. Rousseau O. Crump (R), until May 1, 1901

Henry H. Aplin (R), from October 15, 1901

. Archibald B. Darragh (R)

. Carlos D. Shelden (R)

. James Albertus Tawney (R)

. James T. McCleary (R)

. Joel Heatwole (R)

. Frederick C. Stevens (R)

. Loren Fletcher (R)

. R. Page W. Morris (R)

. Frank Eddy (R)

. Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D)

. Thomas Spight (D)

. Patrick Stevens Henry (D)

. Andrew F. Fox (D)

. John Sharp Williams (D)

. Frank A. McLain (D)

. Charles E. Hooker (D)

. James T. Lloyd (D)

. William W. Rucker (D)

. John Dougherty (D)

. Charles F. Cochran (D)

. William S. Cowherd (D)

. David A. De Armond (D)

. James Cooney (D)

. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)

. James Beauchamp Clark (D)

. Richard Bartholdt (R)

. Charles F. Joy (R)

. James Joseph Butler (D), until June 28, 1902, then November 4, 1902 – February 26, 1903

George Wagoner (R), from February 26, 1903

. Edward Robb (D)

. Willard D. Vandiver (D)

. Maecenas E. Benton (D)

. Caldwell Edwards (P)

. Elmer J. Burkett (R)

. David H. Mercer (R)

. John S. Robinson (D)

. William L. Stark (P)

. Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)

. William Neville (P)

. Francis G. Newlands (D)

. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)

. Frank Dunklee Currier (R)

. Henry C. Loudenslager (R)

. John J. Gardner (R)

. Benjamin F. Howell (R)

. Joshua S. Salmon (D), until May 6, 1902

De Witt C. Flanagan (D), from June 18, 1902

. James F. Stewart (R)

. Richard Wayne Parker (R)

. Allan L. McDermott (D)

. Charles N. Fowler (R)

. Frederic Storm (R)

. John J. Fitzgerald (D)

. Henry Bristow (R)

. Harry A. Hanbury (R)

. Frank E. Wilson (D)

. George H. Lindsay (D)

. Nicholas Muller (D), until November 22, 1901

Montague Lessler (R), from January 7, 1902

. Thomas J. Creamer (D)

. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)

. Amos J. Cummings (D), until May 2, 1902

Edward Swann (D), from November 4, 1902

. William Sulzer (D)

. George B. McClellan Jr. (D)

. Oliver Belmont (D)

. William H. Douglas (R)

. Jacob Ruppert (D)

. Cornelius A. Pugsley (D)

. Arthur S. Tompkins (R)

. John H. Ketcham (R)

. William H. Draper (R)

. George N. Southwick (R)

. John Knox Stewart (R)

. Lucius N. Littauer (R)

. Louis W. Emerson (R)

. Charles L. Knapp (R), from November 5, 1901

. James S. Sherman (R)

. George W. Ray (R), until September 11, 1902

John W. Dwight (R), from November 4, 1902

. Michael E. Driscoll (R)

. Sereno E. Payne (R)

. Charles W. Gillet (R)

. James W. Wadsworth (R)

. James B. Perkins (R)

. William H. Ryan (D)

. De Alva S. Alexander (R)

. Edward B. Vreeland (R)

. John Humphrey Small (D)

. Claude Kitchin (D)

. Charles R. Thomas (D)

. Edward W. Pou (D)

. William W. Kitchin (D)

. John D. Bellamy (D)

. Theodore F. Kluttz (D)

. E. Spencer Blackburn (R)

. James M. Moody (R), until February 5, 1903

. Thomas Frank Marshall (R)

. William B. Shattuc (R)

. Jacob H. Bromwell (R)

. Robert M. Nevin (R)

. Robert B. Gordon (D)

. John S. Snook (D)

. Charles Q. Hildebrant (R)

. Thomas B. Kyle (R)

. William R. Warnock (R)

. James H. Southard (R)

. Stephen Morgan (R)

. Charles H. Grosvenor (R)

. Emmett Tompkins (R)

. James A. Norton (D)

. William W. Skiles (R)

. Henry C. Van Voorhis (R)

. John J. Gill (R)

. John W. Cassingham (D)

. Robert W. Tayler (R)

. Charles W. F. Dick (R)

. Jacob A. Beidler (R)

. Theodore E. Burton (R)

. Thomas H. Tongue (R), until January 11, 1903

. Malcolm A. Moody (R)

. Henry H. Bingham (R)

. Robert Adams Jr. (R)

. Henry Burk (R)

. James R. Young (R)

. Edward D. Morrell (R)

. Thomas S. Butler (R)

. Irving P. Wanger (R)

. Howard Mutchler (D)

. Henry D. Green (D)

. Marriott Brosius (R), until March 16, 1901

Henry B. Cassel (R), from November 5, 1901

. William Connell (R)

. Henry W. Palmer (R)

. George R. Patterson (R)

. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)

. Charles F. Wright (R)

. Elias Deemer (R)

. Rufus K. Polk (D), until March 5, 1902

Alexander Billmeyer (D), from November 4, 1902

. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)

. Robert Jacob Lewis (R)

. Alvin Evans (R)

. Summers M. Jack (R)

. John Dalzell (R)

. William H. Graham (R)

. Ernest F. Acheson (R)

. Joseph B. Showalter (R)

. Arthur L. Bates (R)

. Joseph C. Sibley (R)

. James K. P. Hall (D), until November 29, 1902

. Galusha A. Grow (R)

. Robert H. Foerderer (R)

. Melville Bull (R)

. Adin B. Capron (R)

. William Elliott (D)

. William J. Talbert (D)

. Asbury C. Latimer (D)

. Joseph T. Johnson (D)

. David E. Finley (D)

. Robert B. Scarborough (D)

. J. William Stokes (D), until July 6, 1901

Asbury F. Lever (D), from November 5, 1901

. Charles H. Burke (R)

. Eben W. Martin (R)

. Walter P. Brownlow (R)

. Henry R. Gibson (R)

. John A. Moon (D)

. Charles E. Snodgrass (D)

. James D. Richardson (D)

. John W. Gaines (D)

. Lemuel P. Padgett (D)

. Thetus W. Sims (D)

. Rice A. Pierce (D)

. Malcolm R. Patterson (D)

. Thomas H. Ball (D)

. Samuel B. Cooper (D)

. Reese C. De Graffenreid (D), until August 29, 1902

Gordon J. Russell (D), from November 4, 1902

. John L. Sheppard (D), until October 11, 1902

Morris Sheppard (D), from November 15, 1902

. Choice B. Randell (D)

. Robert E. Burke (D), until June 5, 1901

Dudley G. Wooten (D), from July 13, 1901

. Robert L. Henry (D)

. Samuel W. T. Lanham (D), until January 15, 1903

. Albert S. Burleson (D)

. George Farmer Burgess (D)

. Rudolph Kleberg (D)

. James L. Slayden (D)

. John H. Stephens (D)

. George Sutherland (R)

. David J. Foster (R)

. Kittredge Haskins (R)

. William A. Jones (D)

. Harry L. Maynard (D)

. John Lamb (D)

. Francis R. Lassiter (D)

. Claude A. Swanson (D)

. Peter J. Otey (D), until May 4, 1902

Carter Glass (D), from November 4, 1902

. James Hay (D)

. John F. Rixey (D)

. William F. Rhea (D)

. Henry D. Flood (D)

. Francis W. Cushman (R)

. Wesley L. Jones (R)

. Blackburn B. Dovener (R)

. Alston G. Dayton (R)

. Joseph Holt Gaines (R)

. James Anthony Hughes (R)

. Henry Allen Cooper (R)

. Herman B. Dahle (R)

. Joseph W. Babcock (R)

. Theobald Otjen (R)

. Samuel S. Barney (R)

. James H. Davidson (R)

. John J. Esch (R)

. Edward S. Minor (R)

. Webster E. Brown (R)

. John J. Jenkins (R)

. Frank W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

. Marcus Aurelius Smith (D)

. Robert W. Wilcox (I)

. Bernard Shandon Rodey (R)

. Dennis T. Flynn (R)

. Federico Degetau (Resident Commissioner) (R)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

Note:Delaware's Class 1 Senate seat remained vacant for entire Congress due to the legislature's failure to elect.

State
(class)
Vacated byReason for vacancySubsequentDate of successor's installation
Montana
(1)
VacantSenator William A. Clark vacated his seat during previous congress.
Successor was elected March 7, 1901.
nowrap Paris Gibson (D)March 7, 1901
Delaware
(1)
VacantSeat remained vacant as Legislature failed to elect to fill vacancy in term.
Senator was elected March 2, 1903 for the term ending March 4, 1905.
nowrap L. Heisler Ball (R)March 2, 1903
Delaware
(2)
VacantLegislature failed to elect to fill vacancy in term.
Senator was elected March 2, 1903 for the term ending March 4, 1907.
nowrap J. Frank Allee (R)March 2, 1903
Nebraska
(2)
VacantLegislature failed to elect to fill vacancy in term.
Successor was elected March 28, 1901.
nowrap Joseph Millard (R)March 28, 1901
Nebraska
(1)
nowrap William V. Allen (Pop.)Interim appointee did not run to finish the term.
Successor was elected March 28, 1901.
Successor delayed taking seat until December 2, 1901, after resigning as Governor of Nebraska on May 1, 1901, but his service began on the date of his election, March 28, 1901.
nowrap Charles H. Dietrich (R)December 2, 1901
South Dakota
(3)
nowrap James H. Kyle (R)Died July 1, 1901.
Successor was appointed July 11, 1901, to continue the term and subsequently elected January 20, 1903, to finish the term.[2]
nowrap Alfred B. Kittredge (R)July 11, 1901
New Jersey
(2)
nowrap William J. Sewell (R)Died December 27, 1901.
Successor was elected.
nowrap John F. Dryden (R)January 29, 1902
Michigan
(2)
nowrap James McMillan (R)Died August 10, 1902.
Successor was appointed September 27, 1902, to continue the term and subsequently elected December 7, 1902, to finish the term..
nowrap Russell A. Alger (R)September 27, 1902

House of Representatives

DistrictPreviousReason for changeSubsequentDate of successor's installation
VacantRep. Charles A. Boutelle resigned during previous congressLlewellyn Powers (R)April 8, 1901
VacantRep. Albert D. Shaw died during previous congressCharles L. Knapp (R)November 5, 1901
Marriott H. Brosius (R)Died March 16, 1901Henry B. Cassel (R)November 5, 1901
Rousseau O. Crump (R)Died May 1, 1901Henry H. Aplin (R)October 15, 1901
Robert E. Burke (D)Died June 5, 1901. Dudley G. Wooten (D)July 13, 1901
J. William Stokes (D)Died July 6, 1901. Asbury F. Lever (D)July 13, 1901
Nicholas Muller (D)Resigned November 22, 1901. Montague Lessler (R)January 7, 1902
Rufus K. Polk (D)Died March 5, 1902. Alexander Billmeyer (D)November 4, 1902
John S. Rhea (D)Lost contested election March 25, 1902J. McKenzie Moss (R)March 25, 1902
William H. Moody (R)Resigned May 1, 1902, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of the NavyAugustus P. Gardner (R)November 4, 1902
James J. Butler (D)Seat declared vacant May 1, 1902. Butler elected to fill his own vacancy.James J. Butler (D)November 4, 1902
Amos J. Cummings (D)Died May 2, 1902. Edward Swann (D)November 4, 1902
Peter J. Otey (D)Died May 4, 1902. Carter Glass (D)November 4, 1902
Joshua S. Salmon (D)Died May 6, 1902. De Witt C. Flanagan (D)June 18, 1902
Reese C. De Graffenreid (D)Died August 29, 1902. Gordon J. Russell (D)November 4, 1902
George W. Ray (R)Resigned September 11, 1902, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of New YorkJohn W. Dwight (R)November 4, 1902
John L. Sheppard (D)Died October 11, 1902. Morris Sheppard (D)November 15, 1902
Charles A. Russell (R)Died October 23, 1902Frank B. Brandegee (R)November 4, 1902
James K. P. Hall (D)Resigned November 29, 1902Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Thomas H. Tongue (R)Died January 11, 1903.Seat remained vacant until next Congress
S. W. T. Lanham (D)Resigned January 15, 1903, after being elected Governor of TexasSeat remained vacant until next Congress
John N. W. Rumple (R)Died January 31, 1903Seat remained vacant until next Congress
James M. Moody (R)Died February 5, 1903.Seat remained vacant until next Congress
James J. Butler (D)Lost contested election February 26, 1903.George C. R. Wagoner (R)February 26, 1903
Chester I. Long (R)Resigned March 4, 1903, after becoming U.S. SenatorSeat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Edward Clark, died January 6, 1902.

Senate

Charles G. Bennett

Daniel M. Ransdell

Cliff Warden

William H. Millburn, Methodist, until December 2, 1902.

House of Representatives

Alexander McDowell

Henry Casson

William J. Glenn, until March 12, 1902

Joseph C. McElroy

E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)

Asher C. Hinds

Henry N. Couden, Universalist

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. News: SENATORS FIGHT ON SENATE FLOOR; McLaurin and Tillman of South Carolina Come to Blows. BOTH ADJUDGED IN CONTEMPT They Apologize, but Committee Will Pass on the Affair. Fisticuffs Followed McLaurin's Assertion That Tillman Had Lied About Him in the Course of Philippine Debate . The New York Times . February 23, 1902.
  2. Book: Journal of the Senate of the South Dakota Legislature Commencing January 6, 1903, Eighth Session . . 1903 . 296 .