60th United States Congress explained

Imagedate:	1906
Number:	60th
Start:	March 4, 1907
End:	March 4, 1909
Vp:	Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
Pro Tem:	William P. Frye (R)
Speaker:	Joseph G. Cannon (R)
Senators:	90 - 92
Reps:	386 - 391
Delegates:	6
S-Majority:	Republican
H-Majority:	Republican
Sessionnumber1:	1st
Sessionstart1:	December 2, 1907
Sessionend1:	May 30, 1908
Sessionnumber2:	2nd
Sessionstart2:	December 7, 1908
Sessionend2:	March 3, 1909
Previous:	59th
Next:	61st

The 60th 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, 1907, to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of Theodore Roosevelt'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.

Major events

See main article: 1907 in the United States, 1908 in the United States and 1909 in the United States.

Major legislation

May 30, 1908 — Aldrich-Vreeland Act, ch. 229,
1908 — The Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), 5645 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.^[1]

States admitted

November 16, 1907: Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.

Party summary

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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

Majority (Republican) leadership

Conference Chairman: William B. Allison until August 1908
- Eugene Hale from December 1908

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Caucus chairman: Charles A. Culberson
Conference secretary: Robert L. Owen

House of Representatives

Speaker

Joseph G. Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Majority Leader

Sereno E. Payne

Majority Whip

James E. Watson

Republican Conference Chair: William Peters Hepburn

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Minority Leader

John Sharp Williams until 1908

- Champ Clark, from 1908
Minority Whip

James T. Lloyd until 1908; vacant thereafter

Caucus Chairman: Henry D. Clayton
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James M. Griggs

Members

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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. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1908; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912.

Alabama

2. John T. Morgan (D), until June 11, 1907

John H. Bankhead (D), from June 18, 1907

3. Edmund Pettus (D), until July 27, 1907

Joseph F. Johnston (D), from August 8, 1907

3. Stephen Mallory (D), until December 23, 1907

William J. Bryan (D), December 27, 1907 – March 22, 1908

William Hall Milton (D), from March 27, 1908

Georgia

2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)

3. Alexander S. Clay (D)

Idaho

2. William E. Borah (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

2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)

3. William B. Allison (R), until August 4, 1908

Albert B. Cummins (R), from November 24, 1908

Kansas

2. Charles Curtis (R)

3. Chester I. Long (R)

Kentucky

2. Thomas H. Paynter (D)

3. James B. McCreary (D)

Louisiana

2. Murphy J. Foster (D)

3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)

Maine

1. Eugene Hale (R)

2. William P. Frye (R)

Maryland

1. Isidor Rayner (D)

3. William Pinkney Whyte (D), until March 17, 1908

John W. Smith (D), from March 25, 1908

Massachusetts

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)

2: Winthrop M. Crane (R)

Michigan

1. Julius C. Burrows (R)

2. William Alden Smith (R)

Minnesota

1. Moses E. Clapp (R)

2. Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

1. Hernando D. Money (D)

2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D)

Missouri

1. William Warner (R)

3. William J. Stone (D)

Montana

1. Thomas H. Carter (R)

2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)

Nebraska

1. Elmer J. Burkett (R)

2. Norris Brown (R)

Nevada

1. George S. Nixon (R)

3. Francis G. Newlands (D)

New Hampshire

2. Henry E. Burnham (R)

3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

New Jersey

1. John Kean Jr. (R)

2. Frank O. Briggs (R)

New York

1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)

3. Thomas C. Platt (R)

North Carolina

2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)

3. Lee S. Overman (D)

North Dakota

1. Porter J. McCumber (R)

3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)

Ohio

1: Charles W. F. Dick (R)

3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)

Oklahoma

2. Robert L. Owen (D), from December 11, 1907

3. Thomas P. Gore (D), from December 11, 1907

Oregon

2. Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R)

3. Charles W. Fulton (R)

Pennsylvania

1. Philander C. Knox (R)

3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)

2. George P. Wetmore (R), from January 22, 1908

South Carolina

2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)

3. Asbury C. Latimer (D), until February 20, 1908

Frank B. Gary (D), from March 6, 1908

South Dakota

2. Robert J. Gamble (R)

3. Alfred B. Kittredge (R)

Tennessee

1. James B. Frazier (D)

2. Robert L. Taylor (D)

Texas

1. Charles A. Culberson (D)

2. Joseph W. Bailey (D)

Utah

1. George Sutherland (R)

3. Reed Smoot (R)

Vermont

1. Redfield Proctor (R), until March 4, 1908

John W. Stewart (R), March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908

Carroll S. Page (R), from October 21, 1908

3. William P. Dillingham (R)

Virginia

1. John W. Daniel (D)

2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington

1. Samuel H. Piles (R)

3. Levi Ankeny (R)

West Virginia

1. Nathan B. Scott (R)

2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)

Wisconsin

1. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R)

3. John C. Spooner (R), until April 30, 1907

Isaac Stephenson (R), from May 17, 1907

Wyoming

1. Clarence D. Clark (R)

2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

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.

Alabama

. George W. Taylor (D)

. Ariosto A. Wiley (D), until June 17, 1908

Oliver C. Wiley (D), from November 3, 1908

. Henry D. Clayton (D)

. William B. Craig (D)

. J. Thomas Heflin (D)

. Richmond P. Hobson (D)

. John L. Burnett (D)

. William N. Richardson (D)

. Oscar Underwood (D)

Arkansas

. Robert B. Macon (D)

. Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D)

. John C. Floyd (D)

. William B. Cravens (D)

. Charles C. Reid (D)

. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)

. Robert M. Wallace (D)

California

. William F. Englebright (R)

. Duncan E. McKinlay (R)

. Joseph R. Knowland (R)

. Julius Kahn (R)

. Everis A. Hayes (R)

. James C. Needham (R)

. James McLachlan (R)

. Sylvester C. Smith (R)

Colorado

. Robert W. Bonynge (R)

. Warren A. Haggott (R)

. George W. Cook (R)

Connecticut

. E. Stevens Henry (R)

. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)

. Edwin W. Higgins (R)

. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)

. George L. Lilley (R), until January 5, 1909

Delaware

. Hiram R. Burton (R)

Florida

. Stephen M. Sparkman (D)

. Frank Clark (D)

. William B. Lamar (D)

Georgia

. Charles G. Edwards (D)

. James M. Griggs (D)

. Elijah B. Lewis (D)

. William C. Adamson (D)

. Leonidas F. Livingston (D)

. Charles L. Bartlett (D)

. Gordon Lee (D)

. William M. Howard (D)

. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)

. Thomas W. Hardwick (D)

. William G. Brantley (D)

Idaho

. Burton L. French (R)

Illinois

. Martin B. Madden (R)

. James R. Mann (R)

. William W. Wilson (R)

. James T. McDermott (D)

. Adolph J. Sabath (D)

. William Lorimer (R)

. Philip Knopf (R)

. Charles McGavin (R)

. Henry S. Boutell (R)

. George E. Foss (R)

. Howard M. Snapp (R)

. Charles Eugene Fuller (R)

. Frank O. Lowden (R)

. James McKinney (R)

. George W. Prince (R)

. Joseph V. Graff (R)

. John A. Sterling (R)

. Joseph G. Cannon (R)

. William B. McKinley (R)

. Henry T. Rainey (D)

. Ben F. Caldwell (D)

. William A. Rodenberg (R)

. Martin D. Foster (D)

. Pleasant T. Chapman (R)

. George Washington Smith (R), until November 30, 1907

Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R), from February 15, 1908

Indiana

. John H. Foster (R)

. John C. Chaney (R)

. William E. Cox (D)

. Lincoln Dixon (D)

. Elias S. Holliday (R)

. James E. Watson (R)

. Jesse Overstreet (R)

. John A.M. Adair (D)

. Charles B. Landis (R)

. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)

. George W. Rauch (D)

. Clarence C. Gilhams (R)

. Abraham L. Brick (R), until April 7, 1908

Henry A. Barnhart (D), from November 3, 1908

Iowa

. Charles A. Kennedy (R)

. Albert F. Dawson (R)

. Benjamin P. Birdsall (R)

. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)

. Robert G. Cousins (R)

. Daniel W. Hamilton (D)

. John A. T. Hull (R)

. William P. Hepburn (R)

. Walter I. Smith (R)

. James P. Conner (R)

. Elbert H. Hubbard (R)

Kansas

. Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R), from May 23, 1907

. Charles Frederick Scott (R)

. Philip P. Campbell (R)

. James Monroe Miller (R)

. William A. Calderhead (R)

. William A. Reeder (R)

. Edmond H. Madison (R)

. Victor Murdock (R)

Kentucky

. Ollie M. James (D)

. Augustus Stanley (D)

. Addison James (R)

. Ben Johnson (D)

. J. Swagar Sherley (D)

. Joseph L. Rhinock (D)

. William P. Kimball (D)

. Harvey Helm (D)

. Joseph B. Bennett (R)

. John W. Langley (R)

. Don C. Edwards (R)

Louisiana

. Adolph Meyer (D), until March 8, 1908

Albert Estopinal (D), from November 3, 1908

. Robert C. Davey (D), until December 26, 1908

. Robert F. Broussard (D)

. John Thomas Watkins (D)

. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)

. George K. Favrot (D)

. Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)

Maine

. Amos L. Allen (R)

. Charles E. Littlefield (R), until September 30, 1908

John P. Swasey (R), from November 3, 1908

. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)

. Llewellyn Powers (R), until July 28, 1908

Frank E. Guernsey (R), from November 3, 1908

Maryland

. William Humphreys Jackson (R)

. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)

. Harry B. Wolf (D)

. John Gill Jr. (D)

. Sydney E. Mudd (R)

. George A. Pearre (R)

Massachusetts

. George P. Lawrence (R)

. Frederick H. Gillett (R)

. Charles G. Washburn (R)

. Charles Q. Tirrell (R)

. Butler Ames (R)

. Augustus P. Gardner (R)

. Ernest W. Roberts (R)

. Samuel W. McCall (R)

. John A. Keliher (D)

. Joseph F. O'Connell (D)

. Andrew J. Peters (D)

. John W. Weeks (R)

. William S. Greene (R)

. William C. Lovering (R)

Michigan

. Edwin C. Denby (R)

. Charles E. Townsend (R)

. Washington Gardner (R)

. Edward L. Hamilton (R)

. Gerrit J. Diekema (R), from March 17, 1908

. Samuel W. Smith (R)

. Henry McMorran (R)

. Joseph W. Fordney (R)

. James C. McLaughlin (R)

. George A. Loud (R)

. Archibald B. Darragh (R)

. H. Olin Young (R)

Minnesota

. James Albertus Tawney (R)

. Winfield Scott Hammond (D)

. Charles Russell Davis (R)

. Frederick C. Stevens (R)

. Frank Nye (R)

. Charles August Lindbergh (R)

. Andrew Volstead (R)

. James Bede (R)

. Halvor Steenerson (R)

Mississippi

. Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D)

. Thomas Spight (D)

. Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)

. Wilson S. Hill (D)

. Adam M. Byrd (D)

. Eaton J. Bowers (D)

. Frank A. McLain (D)

. John Sharp Williams (D)

Missouri

. James T. Lloyd (D)

. William W. Rucker (D)

. Joshua Willis Alexander (D)

. Charles F. Booher (D)

. Edgar C. Ellis (R)

. David A. De Armond (D)

. Courtney W. Hamlin (D)

. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)

. James Beauchamp Clark (D)

. Richard Bartholdt (R)

. Henry S. Caulfield (R)

. Harry M. Coudrey (R)

. Madison R. Smith (D)

. Joseph J. Russell (D)

. Thomas Hackney (D)

. J. Robert Lamar (D)

Montana

. Charles N. Pray (R)

Nebraska

. Ernest M. Pollard (R)

. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)

. John Frank Boyd (R)

. Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)

. George W. Norris (R)

. Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

. Benjamin F. Howell (R)

. Ira W. Wood (R)

. Charles N. Fowler (R)

. William Hughes (D)

. Richard Wayne Parker (R)

. Le Gage Pratt (D)

. Eugene W. Leake (D)

. James A. Hamill (D)

New York

. William W. Cocks (R)

. George H. Lindsay (D)

. Charles T. Dunwell (R), until June 12, 1908

Otto G. Foelker (R), from November 3, 1908

. Charles B. Law (R)

. George E. Waldo (R)

. William M. Calder (R)

. John J. Fitzgerald (D)

. Daniel J. Riordan (D)

. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)

. William Sulzer (D)

. Charles V. Fornes (D)

. W. Bourke Cockran (D)

. Herbert Parsons (R)

. William Willett Jr. (D)

. J. Van Vechten Olcott (R)

. Francis B. Harrison (D)

. William S. Bennet (R)

. Joseph A. Goulden (D)

. John E. Andrus (R)

. Thomas W. Bradley (R)

. Samuel McMillan (R)

. William H. Draper (R)

. George N. Southwick (R)

. George W. Fairchild (R)

. Cyrus Durey (R)

. George R. Malby (R)

. James S. Sherman (R)

. Charles L. Knapp (R)

. Michael E. Driscoll (R)

. John W. Dwight (R)

. Sereno E. Payne (R)

. James B. Perkins (R)

. J. Sloat Fassett (R)

. Peter A. Porter (R)

. William H. Ryan (D)

. De Alva S. Alexander (R)

. Edward B. Vreeland (R)

North Carolina

. John Humphrey Small (D)

. Claude Kitchin (D)

. Charles R. Thomas (D)

. Edward W. Pou (D)

. William W. Kitchin (D), until January 11, 1909

. Hannibal L. Godwin (D)

. Robert N. Page (D)

. Richard N. Hackett (D)

. Edwin Y. Webb (D)

. William T. Crawford (D)

North Dakota

. Thomas Frank Marshall (R)

. Asle Gronna (R)

Ohio

. Nicholas Longworth (R)

. Herman P. Goebel (R)

. J. Eugene Harding (R)

. William E. Tou Velle (D)

. Timothy T. Ansberry (D)

. Matthew R. Denver (D)

. J. Warren Keifer (R)

. Ralph D. Cole (R)

. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)

. Henry T. Bannon (R)

. Albert Douglas (R)

. Edward L. Taylor Jr. (R)

. Grant E. Mouser (R)

. J. Ford Laning (R)

. Beman G. Dawes (R)

. Capell L. Weems (R)

. William A. Ashbrook (D)

. James Kennedy (R)

. W. Aubrey Thomas (R)

. L. Paul Howland (R)

. Theodore E. Burton (R), until March 3, 1909

Oklahoma

. Bird Segle McGuire (R), from November 16, 1907

. Elmer L. Fulton (D), from November 16, 1907

. James S. Davenport (D), from November 16, 1907

. Charles D. Carter (D), from November 16, 1907

. Scott Ferris (D), from November 16, 1907

Oregon

. Willis C. Hawley (R)

. William R. Ellis (R)

Pennsylvania

. Henry H. Bingham (R)

. John E. Reyburn (R), until March 31, 1907

Joel Cook (R), from November 5, 1907

. J. Hampton Moore (R)

. Reuben O. Moon (R)

. William W. Foulkrod (R)

. George D. McCreary (R)

. Thomas S. Butler (R)

. Irving P. Wanger (R)

. Henry B. Cassel (R)

. Thomas D. Nicholls (ID)

. John T. Lenahan (D)

. Charles N. Brumm (R), until January 4, 1909

. John H. Rothermel (D)

. George W. Kipp (D)

. William B. Wilson (D)

. John G. McHenry (D)

. Benjamin K. Focht (R)

. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)

. John M. Reynolds (R)

. Daniel F. Lafean (R)

. Charles F. Barclay (R)

. George F. Huff (R)

. Allen F. Cooper (R)

. Ernest F. Acheson (R)

. Arthur L. Bates (R)

. J. Davis Brodhead (D)

. Joseph G. Beale (R)

. Nelson P. Wheeler (R)

. William H. Graham (R)

. John Dalzell (R)

. James F. Burke (R)

. Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)

Rhode Island

. Daniel L. D. Granger (D), until February 14, 1909

. Adin B. Capron (R)

South Carolina

. George S. Legare (D)

. James O. Patterson (D)

. Wyatt Aiken (D)

. Joseph T. Johnson (D)

. David E. Finley (D)

. J. Edwin Ellerbe (D)

. Asbury F. Lever (D)

South Dakota

. Philo Hall (R)

. William H. Parker (R), until June 26, 1908

Eben Martin (R), from November 3, 1908

Tennessee

. Walter P. Brownlow (R)

. Nathan W. Hale (R)

. John A. Moon (D)

. Cordell Hull (D)

. William C. Houston (D)

. John W. Gaines (D)

. Lemuel P. Padgett (D)

. Thetus W. Sims (D)

. Finis J. Garrett (D)

. George W. Gordon (D)

Texas

. Morris Sheppard (D)

. Samuel B. Cooper (D)

. Gordon J. Russell (D)

. Choice B. Randell (D)

. James Andrew Beall (D)

. Rufus Hardy (D)

. Alexander W. Gregg (D)

. John M. Moore (D)

. George Farmer Burgess (D)

. Albert S. Burleson (D)

. Robert L. Henry (D)

. Oscar W. Gillespie (D)

. John H. Stephens (D)

. James L. Slayden (D)

. John Nance Garner (D)

. William R. Smith (D)

. John Lamb (D)

. Francis R. Lassiter (D)

. Edward W. Saunders (D)

. Carter Glass (D)

. James Hay (D)

. Charles Creighton Carlin (D), from November 5, 1907

. Campbell Slemp (R), until October 13, 1907

C. Bascom Slemp (R), from December 17, 1907

. Henry D. Flood (D)

Washington

. Wesley Livsey Jones (R)

. Francis W. Cushman (R)

. William E. Humphrey (R)

West Virginia

. William P. Hubbard (R)

. George Cookman Sturgiss (R)

. Joseph Holt Gaines (R)

. Harry C. Woodyard (R)

. James Anthony Hughes (R)

Wisconsin

. Henry Allen Cooper (R)

. John M. Nelson (R)

. James William Murphy (D)

. William J. Cary (R)

. William H. Stafford (R)

. Charles H. Weisse (D)

. John J. Esch (R)

. James H. Davidson (R)

. Gustav Küstermann (R)

. Elmer A. Morse (R)

. John J. Jenkins (R)

Wyoming

. Franklin W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

. Thomas Cale (I)

. Marcus Aurelius Smith (D)

. Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R)

. William Henry Andrews (R)

. Benito Legarda y Tuason (Fed., R), from November 22, 1907

. Pablo Ocampo (D), from November 22, 1907

. Tulio Larrínaga (Resident Commissioner) (Unionist)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

Replacements: 10
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
Deaths: 8
Resignations: 1
Vacancy: 1
Total seats with changes: 11

State (class)	Vacated by	Reason for vacancy	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Rhode Island (2)	Vacant	Senator Wetmore's term had expired at the end of previous Congress, having the Legislature failed to re-elect him on time. Wetmore was re-elected late.	nowrap	George P. Wetmore (R)	January 22, 1908
Wisconsin (3)	nowrap	John C. Spooner (R)	Resigned April 30, 1907. Successor was elected.	nowrap	Isaac Stephenson (R)	May 17, 1907
Alabama (2)	nowrap	John Tyler Morgan (D)	Died June 11, 1907. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected to finish the term	nowrap	John H. Bankhead (D)	June 18, 1907
Alabama (3)	nowrap	Edmund Pettus (D)	Died July 27, 1907. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected to finish the term.	nowrap	Joseph F. Johnston (D)	August 6, 1907
Oklahoma (2)	New seats	Oklahoma achieved statehood November 16, 1907. New Senators were elected to represent Oklahoma for the first time.	nowrap	Robert L. Owen (D)	December 11, 1907
Oklahoma (3)	New seats	nowrap	Thomas Gore (D)		December 11, 1907
Florida (3)	nowrap	Stephen Mallory II (D)	Died December 23, 1907. Successor was appointed and subsequently died.	nowrap	William J. Bryan (D)	December 27, 1907
South Carolina (3)	nowrap	Asbury Latimer (D)	Died February 20, 1908. Successor was appointed to finish the term.	nowrap	Frank B. Gary (D)	March 6, 1908
Vermont (1)	nowrap	Redfield Proctor (R)	Died March 4, 1908. Successor was appointed.	nowrap	John W. Stewart (R)	March 24, 1908
Maryland (3)	nowrap	William P. Whyte (D)	Died March 17, 1908. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	nowrap	John W. Smith (D)	March 25, 1908
Florida (3)	nowrap	William J. Bryan (D)	Died March 22, 1908. Successor was appointed.	nowrap	William H. Milton (D)	March 27, 1908
Iowa (3)	nowrap	William B. Allison (R)	Died August 4, 1908. Successor was elected to finish the term, as well as elected to the next term.	nowrap	Albert B. Cummins (R)	November 24, 1908
Vermont (1)	nowrap	John W. Stewart (R)	Successor was elected to finish the term.	nowrap	Carroll S. Page (R)	October 21, 1908

House of Representatives

Replacements: 13
- Democratic: 4 seat gain
- Republican: 2 seat loss
Deaths: 10
Resignations: 7
Contested elections: 0
New seats: 7
Total seats with changes: 20

Previous	Reason for change	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Vacant	Rep. William Alden Smith resigned during previous congress		Gerrit J. Diekema (R)	April 27, 1907
Vacant	Rep. Charles Curtis resigned during previous congress having been elected to the U.S. Senate.		Daniel R. Anthony Jr. (R)	May 23, 1907
Vacant	Rep. John F. Rixey died during previous congress		Charles C. Carlin (D)	November 5, 1907
	John E. Reyburn (R)	Resigned March 31, 1907, after being elected Mayor of Philadelphia		Joel Cook (R)	November 5, 1907
	Campbell Slemp (R)	Died October 13, 1907		C. Bascom Slemp (R)	December 17, 1907
New seat	New State November 16, 1907.	nowrap	Bird S. McGuire (R)	November 16, 1907
		nowrap	Elmer L. Fulton (D)
		nowrap	James S. Davenport (D)
		nowrap	Charles D. Carter (D)
		nowrap	Scott Ferris (D)
New seat	New territory November 22, 1907	nowrap	Benito Legarda (R)	November 22, 1909
New seat	New territory November 22, 1907	nowrap	Pablo Ocampo (D)	November 22, 1909
	George W. Smith (R)	Died November 30, 1907		Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R)	February 15, 1908
	Adolph Meyer (D)	Died March 8, 1908		Albert Estopinal (D)	November 3, 1908
	Charles T. Dunwell (R)	Died June 12, 1908		Otto G. Foelker (R)	November 3, 1908
	Abraham L. Brick (R)	Died April 7, 1908		Henry A. Barnhart (D)	November 3, 1908
	Ariosto A. Wiley (D)	Died June 17, 1908		Oliver C. Wiley (D)	November 3, 1908
	William H. Parker (R)	Died June 26, 1908		Eben Martin (R)	November 3, 1908
	Llewellyn Powers (R)	Died July 28, 1908		Frank E. Guernsey (R)	November 3, 1908
	Charles E. Littlefield (R)	Died September 30, 1908		John P. Swasey (R)	November 3, 1908
	Robert C. Davey (D)	Died December 26, 1908	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
	Charles N. Brumm (R)	Resigned January 4, 1909, after becoming judge for Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
	George L. Lilley (R)	Resigned January 5, 1909, after being elected Governor of Connecticut	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
	William W. Kitchin (D)	Resigned January 11, 1909, after being elected Governor of North Carolina	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
	Daniel L. D. Granger (D)	Died February 14, 1909, having already lost re-election.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
	Theodore E. Burton (R)	Resigned March 3, 1909, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Senate

Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin)
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
Canadian Relations (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Census (Chairman: Chester I. Long; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
Claims (Chairman: Charles W. Fulton; 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: Charles A. Culberson)
Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: N/A)
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
Cuban Relations (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) (Chairman: Hernando D. Money)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Education and Labor (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Albert J. Hopkins; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: James A. Hemenway; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: Hernando D. Money; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Select) (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: James B. McCreary)
Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman: Simon Guggenheim; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin then Benjamin R. Tillman)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select) (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte then James P. Clarke)
Expenditures in the War Department (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money then Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Fisheries (Chairman: Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory then Samuel D. McEnery)
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge)
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 P. Flint; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
Immigration (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
Indian Depredations (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Industrial Expositions (Chairman: William Warner; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Alfred B. Kittredge; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Investigate the Condition of the Potomac River Front at Washington (Select) (Chairman: Joseph H. Millard; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Irrigation (Chairman: Levi Ankeny; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Library (Chairman: N/A; 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: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
National Banks (Select) (Chairman: William A. Smith)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Joseph B. Foraker; Ranking Member: N/A)
Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
Patents (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: N/A)
Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
Potomac River Front (Select)
Printing (Chairman: Thomas C. Platt; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: Josiah W. Bailey)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: Chauncey M. Depew)
Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
Railroads (Chairman: Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James P. Taliaferro; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
Rules (Chairman: Philander C. Knox; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: James B. McCreary)
Tariff Regulation (Select)
Territories (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
Ventilation and Acoustics (Select)
Whole
Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Alexander S. Clay; Ranking Member: N/A)

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: N/A)
Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Leonidas Livingston)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles N. Fowler; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
Bills and Resolutions Introduced in the House (Select)
Census (Chairman: Edgar D. Crumpacker; Ranking Member: James Hay)
Claims (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel W. Smith; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
Education (Chairman: George N. Southwick; 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: James R. Mann; Ranking Member: Ollie M. James)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: Adam M. Byrd)
Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Claude Kitchin)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles E. Littlefield; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: David J. Foster; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: Robert N. Page)
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: John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Cooper)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Philip Knopf; 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: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member: John L. Burnett)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: Augustus P. Gardner; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
Insular Affairs (Chairman: Henry Allen Cooper; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: Robert C. Davey)
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: John J. Jenkins; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: George W. Prince; Ranking Member: Robert F. Broussard)
Library (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
Manufactures (Chairman: Henry McMorran; Ranking Member: Charles H. Weisse)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: William S. Greene; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
Mileage (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
Militia (Chairman: Halvor Steenerson; Ranking Member: Ariosto A. Wiley)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: George F. Huff; Ranking Member: Gordon Lee)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Adolph Meyer)
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: Jesse Overstreet; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
Printing (Chairman: Charles B. Landis; Ranking Member: David E. Finley)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Marshall; 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: John W. Gaines)
Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: James O. Patterson)
Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: William P. Kimball)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member: Robert B. Macon)
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Stephen M. Sparkman)
Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: John S. Williams)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: Edward L. Hamilton; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William H. Graham; Ranking Member: N/A)
War Claims (Chairman: Kittredge Haskins; 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
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: Charles A. Stillings, until 1908
- John S. Leech, 1908
- Samuel B. Donnelly, from 1908

Senate

- - Secretary: Charles G. Bennett Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
Chaplain: Edward E. Hale, Unitarian

House of Representatives

Clerk: Alexander McDowell
Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon
Postmaster: Samuel Langum, elected December 2, 1907
Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist

References

Book: Gould, Lewis L. . 2005 . The Most Exclusive Club . Perseus Books Group . Cambridge, MA . 0-465-02778-4 .
Book: Remini, Robert V. . 2006 . The House . HarperCollins Publishers, Inc . New York . 0-06-088434-7 .
Web site: U.S. Congress . 2005 . Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress . June 1, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060601025644/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html . June 1, 2006 . dead . mdy .
Web site: U.S. House of Representatives . 2006 . Congressional History . June 1, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060601013451/http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History/index.html . June 1, 2006 . dead . mdy .
Web site: U.S. Senate . 2006 . Statistics and Lists . June 1, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060601011043/http://senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm. June 1, 2006 . live.
Book: Official Congressional Directory for the 60th Congress, 1st Session .
Book: Official Congressional Directory for the 60th Congress, 1st Session (1st Revision) .
Book: Official Congressional Directory for the 60th Congress, 1st Session (2nd Revision) .
Book: Official Congressional Directory for the 60th Congress, 2nd Session .
Book: Official Congressional Directory for the 60th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision) .

Notes and References

Book: Walgren, John A.. Federal Employers' Liability Act: practitioner's manual. T.H. Flood. 1916. 9. 14 September 2009.

60th United States Congress explained

Major events

Major legislation

States admitted

Party summary

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

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

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

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