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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1897, TO MARCH 3, 1899

FIRST SESSION—March 15, 1897, to July 24, 1897 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1897, to July 8, 1898 THIRD SESSION—December 5, 1898, to March 3, 1899 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1897, to March 10, 1897

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —GARRET A. HOBART, of New Jersey PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—WILLIAM P. FRYE, of Maine SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—WILLIAM R. COX, of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—RICHARD J. BRIGHT, of Indiana

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—THOMAS B. REED, 1 of Maine CLERK OF THE HOUSE—ALEXANDER MCDOWELL, 2 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—BENJAMIN F. RUSSELL, of DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—WILLIAM J. GLENN, of New York POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—J. C. MCELROY

ALABAMA Thomas C. McRae, Prescott CONNECTICUT William L. Terry, Little Rock SENATORS SENATORS Hugh A. Dinsmore, Fayetteville John T. Morgan, Selma Stephen Brundidge, Searcy Orville H. Platt, Meriden Edmund W. Pettus, Selma Joseph R. Hawley, Hartford REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES George W. Taylor, Demopolis SENATORS E. Stevens Henry, Rockville Jesse F. Stallings, 3 Greenville Stephen M. White, Nehemiah D. Sperry, New Haven Henry D. Clayton, 4 Eufaula George C. Perkins, Oakland A. Russell, Killingly 5 T. S. Plowman, Talladega REPRESENTATIVES Ebenezer J. Hill, Norwalk 6 William F. Aldrich, Aldrich John A. Barham, Santa Rosa Willis Brewer, Hayneville Marion De Vries, Stockton DELAWARE John H. Bankhead, Fayette Samuel G. Hilborn, Oakland SENATORS Milford W. Howard, Fort Payne James G. Maguire, George Gray, Wilmington Joseph Wheeler, Wheeler Eugene F. Loud, San Francisco Richard R. Kenney, Dover Oscar W. Underwood, 7 C. A. Barlow, San Luis Obispo REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Birmingham C. H. Castle, Merced Levin Irving Handy, 8 Newark ARKANSAS COLORADO SENATORS SENATORS FLORIDA James K. Jones, Washington Henry M. Teller, Central City SENATORS James H. Berry, Bentonville Edward O. Wolcott, Denver Samuel Pasco, Monticello 9 REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Stephen R. Mallory, Pensacola Philip D. McCulloch, Marianna John F. Shafroth, Denver REPRESENTATIVES John S. Little, Greenwood John C. Bell, Montrose Stephen M. Sparkman, Tampa

1 Reelected March 15, 1897. 5 Served until February 9, 1898; succeeded by William 9 Elected to fill vacancy in the term beginning March 2 Reelected March 15, 1897. F. Aldrich who contested his election. 4, 1897, and took his seat May 25, 1897; John A. Hender- 3 Election unsuccessfully contested by Thomas H. Clark. 6 Successfully contested the election of T. S. Plowman, son presented credentials as a Senator-designate on March 4 Election unsuccessfully contested by George L. Comer. and took his seat February 9, 1898. 16, 1897, which were referred to the Committee on Privi- 7 Election unsuccessfully contested by Grattan B. Crowe. leges and Elections; no further action was taken. 8 Election unsuccessfully contested by Jonathan S. Wil- lis. [ 244 ] FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS 245

Robert W. Davis, Palatka Charles W. Fairbanks, Walter Evans, Louisville Indianapolis Albert S. Berry, Newport GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVES Evan E. Settle, Owenton SENATORS James A. Hemenway, Boonville George M. Davison, Stanford Augustus O. Bacon, Macon Robert W. Miers, Bloomington Samuel J. Pugh, Vanceburg Alexander S. Clay, Marietta William T. Zenor, Corydon Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick, Prestonburg REPRESENTATIVES William S. Holman, 12 Aurora David G. Colson, Middlesboro Rufus E. Lester, Savannah Francis M. Griffith, 13 Vevay James M. Griggs, Dawson George W. Faris, Terre Haute LOUISIANA E. B. Lewis, Montezuma Henry U. Johnson, Richmond SENATORS William C. Adamson, Carrollton Jesse Overstreet, Indianapolis Donelson Caffery, Franklin Leonidas F. Livingston, Kings Charles L. Henry, Anderson Samuel D. McEnery, New Orleans Charles L. Bartlett, Macon Charles B. Landis, Delphi REPRESENTATIVES John W. Maddox, Rome E. D. Crumpacker, Valparaiso Adolph Meyer, 15 New Orleans William M. Howard, Lexington George W. Steele, Marion Robert C. Davey, New Orleans Farish Carter Tate, Jasper James M. Robinson, Fort Wayne Robert Broussard, New Iberia William H. Fleming, Augusta Lemuel W. Royse, Warsaw Henry W. Ogden, Benton William G. Brantley, Brunswick S. T. Baird, Bastrop IOWA Samuel M. Robertson, Baton Rouge SENATORS SENATORS William B. Allison, Dubuque MAINE George L. Shoup, Boise John H. Gear, Burlington SENATORS , Lewiston REPRESENTATIVES , Ellsworth REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Samuel M. Clark, Keokuk William P. Frye, Lewiston James Gunn, Boise George M. Curtis, Clinton REPRESENTATIVES David B. Henderson, Dubuque Thomas B. Reed, Portland Thomas Updegraff, McGregor Nelson Dingley, Jr., 16 Lewiston Robert G. Cousins, Tipton SENATORS Seth L. Milliken, 17 Belfast John F. Lacey, Oskaloosa Shelby M. Cullom, Springfield Edwin C. Burleigh, 18 Augusta John A. T. Hull, Des Moines William E. Mason, Charles A. Boutelle, Bangor REPRESENTATIVES William P. Hepburn, Clarinda Alva L. Hager, Greenfield MARYLAND James R. Mann, Chicago Jonathan P. Dolliver, Fort Dodge William Lorimer, Chicago George D. Perkins, Sioux City SENATORS Hugh R. Belknap, Chicago Arthur Pue Gorman, Laurel Daniel W. Mills, Chicago George L. Wellington, Cumberland George E. White, Chicago SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Edward D. Cooke, 10 Chicago , Leavenworth Isaac A. Barber, Easton Henry S. Boutell, 11 Chicago William A. Harris, Linwood William B. Baker, Aberdeen George E. Foss, Chicago REPRESENTATIVES William S. Booze, Baltimore Albert J. Hopkins, Aurora William W. McIntire, Baltimore Robert R. Hitt, Mount Morris , Holton Sydney E. Mudd, La Plata George W. Prince, Galesburg M. S. Peters, Kansas City John McDonald, Rockville , Streator E. R. Ridgely, Pittsburg Charles Curtis, Topeka Joseph G. Cannon, Danville MASSACHUSETTS Vespasian Warner, Clinton William D. Vincent, Clay Center Joseph V. Graff, Pekin N. B. McCormick, Phillipsburg SENATORS Benjamin F. Marsh, Warsaw , Medicine Lodge George F. Hoar, Worcester William H. Hinrichsen, At Large–Jeremiah D. Botkin, , Nahant Jacksonville Winfield REPRESENTATIVES James A. Connolly, Springfield 19 KENTUCKY Ashley B. Wright, North Adams Thomas M. Jett, Hillsboro George P. Lawrence, 20 North Andrew J. Hunter, Paris SENATORS Adams James R. Campbell, McLeansboro William Lindsay, Frankfort Frederick H. Gillett, Springfield , Belleville William J. Deboe, Marion Joseph H. Walker, Worcester George W. Smith, Murphysboro REPRESENTATIVES George W. Weymouth, Fitchburg Charles K. Wheeler, Paducah William S. Knox, Lawrence INDIANA John D. Clardy, Newstead William H. Moody, Haverhill SENATORS John S. Rhea, 14 Russellville William E. Barrett, Melrose David Turpie, Indianapolis David H. Smith, Hodgensville Samuel W. McCall, Winchester

10 Died June 24, 1897. 13 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William 17 Died April 18, 1897. 11 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Edward S. Holman, and took his seat December 6, 1897. 18 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Seth L. D. Cooke, and took his seat December 6, 1897. 14 Election unsuccessfully contested by W. Godfrey Milliken, and took his seat July 1, 1897. 12 Died April 22, 1897. Hunter. 19 Died August 14, 1897. 15 Election unsuccessfully contested by Joseph Gazin and 20 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Ashley B. Armand Romain. Wright, and took his seat December 6, 1897. 16 Died January 13, 1899, before the commencement of the Fifty-sixth Congress, to which he had been reelected. 246 Biographical Directory

MASSACHUSETTS—Continued MISSOURI NEW JERSEY REPRESENTATIVES—Continued SENATORS SENATORS John F. Fitzgerald, Boston Francis M. Cockrell, Warrensburg James Smith, Jr., Newark Samuel J. Barrows, Boston George G. Vest, Kansas City William J. Sewell, Camden Charles F. Sprague, Brookline REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES William C. Lovering, Taunton James T. Lloyd, 31 Shelbyville Henry C. Loudenslager, Paulsboro John Simpkins, 21 Yarmouth Robert N. Bodine, Paris John J. Gardner, Atlantic City William S. Greene, 22 Fall River Alexander M. Dockery, Gallatin Benjamin F. Howell, New Charles F. Cochran, St. Joseph Brunswick William S. Cowherd, Kansas City Mahlon Pitney, 32 Morristown SENATORS David A. De Armond, Butler James F. Stewart, Paterson James McMillan, James Cooney, Marshall Richard W. Parker, Newark Julius C. Burrows, Kalamazoo Richard P. Bland, Lebanon Thomas McEwan, Jr., Jersey City REPRESENTATIVES Champ Clark, Bowling Green Charles N. Fowler, Elizabeth John B. Corliss, Detroit Richard Bartholdt, St. Louis , Monroe Charles F. Joy, St. Louis NEW YORK Albert M. Todd, Kalamazoo Charles E. Pearce, St. Louis SENATORS Edward L. Hamilton, Niles Edward A. Robb, Perryville Edward Murphy, Jr., Troy William Alden Smith, Grand Willard D. Vandiver, Cape Thomas C. Platt, Owego Girardeau Rapids REPRESENTATIVES M. E. Benton, Neosho Samuel W. Smith, Pontiac Joseph M. Belford, Riverhead Horace G. Snover, Port Austin Denis M. Hurley, 33 Brooklyn Ferdinand D. Brucker, Saginaw Francis H. Wilson, 34 Brooklyn Roswell P. Bishop, Ludington SENATORS Edmund H. Driggs, 35 Brooklyn Rousseau O. Crump, West Bay City , Butte Israel F. Fischer, Brooklyn William S. Mesick, Mancelona Thomas H. Carter, Helena Charles G. Bennett, Brooklyn Carlos D. Shelden, Houghton REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE James R. Howe, Brooklyn Charles S. Hartman, Bozeman John H. G. Vehslage, New York SENATORS City NEBRASKA John Murray Mitchell, New York Cushman K. Davis, St. Paul SENATORS City , Alexandria Thomas J. Bradley, REPRESENTATIVES William V. Allen, Madison John M. Thurston, Omaha Amos J. Cummings, New York City James A. Tawney, Winona William Sulzer, New York City REPRESENTATIVES James T. McCleary, Mankato George B. McClellan, New York Joel P. Heatwole, Northfield Jesse B. Strode, Lincoln City Frederick C. Stevens, St. Paul David H. Mercer, Omaha Richard C. Shannon, New York , Minneapolis Samuel Maxwell, Fremont City , Duluth William L. Stark, Aurora Lemuel E. Quigg, New York City Frank M. Eddy, Glenwood Roderick D. Sutherland, Nelson Philip B. Low, New York City William L. Greene, Kearney William L. Ward, 36 Port Chester MISSISSIPPI Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., Newburgh SENATORS NEVADA John Henry Ketcham, Dover Plains James Z. George, 23 Carrollton SENATORS Aaron V. S. Cochrane, Hudson Hernando D. Money, 24 Carrollton John P. Jones, Gold Hill George N. Southwick, Albany Edward C. Walthall, 25 Grenada William M. Stewart, Carson City David F. Wilber, Oneonta 26 William V. Sullivan, Oxford REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Lucius N. Littauer, Gloversville REPRESENTATIVES Francis G. Newlands, Reno Wallace T. Foote, Jr., Port Henry John M. Allen, Tupelo Charles A. Chickering, Copenhagen Will V. Sullivan, 27 Oxford NEW HAMPSHIRE James S. Sherman, Utica Thomas Spight, 28 Ripley George W. Ray, Norwich SENATORS Thomas C. Catchings, Vicksburg James J. Belden, Syracuse A. F. Fox, West Point William E. Chandler, Concord Sereno E. Payne, Auburn John S. Williams, Yazoo City Jacob H. Gallinger, Concord Charles W. Gillet, Addison W. F. Love, 29 Gloster REPRESENTATIVES James W. Wadsworth, Geneseo Frank A. McLain, 30 Gloster Cyrus A. Sulloway, Manchester Henry C. Brewster, Rochester Patrick Henry, Brandon Frank G. Clarke, Peterboro Rowland B. Mahany, Buffalo

21 Died March 27, 1898. 27 Resigned May 31, 1898, having been appointed Sen- 32 Resigned January 10, 1899. 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John ator. 33 Died February 26, 1899. Simpkins, and took his seat June 15, 1898. 28 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 34 Resigned September 30, 1897. 23 Died August 14, 1897. liam V. Sullivan, and took his seat December 5, 1898. 35 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 24 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of James 29 Died October 16, 1898. Francis H. Wilson, and took his seat December 6, 1897. 30 Z. George, and took his seat December 7, 1897; subse- Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William 36 Election unsuccessfully contested by Benjamin L. Fair- quently elected. F. Love, and took his seat December 12, 1898. child. 25 Died April 21, 1898. 31 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- 26 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Edward tive-elect Richard P. Giles (November 17, 1896, before the C. Walthall, and took his seat May 31, 1898; subsequently beginning of the congressional term), and took his seat elected. June 10, 1897. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS 247

De A. S. Alexander, Buffalo Joseph Simon, 42 Portland Joseph H. Earle, 48 Greenville Warren B. Hooker, 37 Fredonia REPRESENTATIVES John L. McLaurin, 49 Bennettsville Thomas H. Tongue, 43 Hillsboro REPRESENTATIVES NORTH CAROLINA William R. Ellis, Heppner SENATORS William Elliott, Beaufort W. Jasper Talbert, Parksville Jeter C. Pritchard, Marshall PENNSYLVANIA , Elliot Asbury C. Latimer, Belton SENATORS Stanyarne Wilson, Spartanburg REPRESENTATIVES Matthew S. Quay, Beaver Thomas J. Strait, Lancaster Harry Skinner, Greenville Boies Penrose, Philadelphia John L. McLaurin, 50 Bennettsville George H. White, Tarboro REPRESENTATIVES 51 John E. Fowler, Clinton James Norton, Mullins Henry H. Bingham, Philadelphia William F. Strowd, Pittsboro J. William Stokes, Orangeburg Robert Adams, Jr., Philadelphia William W. Kitchin, Roxboro 44 Charles H. Martin, Polkton William McAleer, Philadelphia SOUTH DAKOTA James R. Young, Philadelphia A. C. Shuford, Newton SENATORS Romulus Z. Linney, Taylorsville Alfred C. Harmer, Philadelphia Richard F. Pettigrew, Sioux Falls Richmond Pearson, Asheville Thomas S. Butler, Westchester Irving P. Wanger, Norristown James H. Kyle, Aberdeen NORTH DAKOTA Wm. S. Kirkpatrick, Easton REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Daniel Ermentrout, Reading SENATORS John E. Kelley, Flandreau Marriott Brosius, Lancaster Henry C. Hansbrough, Devils Lake Freeman Knowles, Deadwood William Connell, Scranton William N. Roach, Larimore Morgan B. Williams, Wilkes-Barre REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles N. Brumm, Minersville TENNESSEE Martin N. Johnson, Petersburg Marlin E. Olmsted, Harrisburg SENATORS James H. Codding, Towanda 52 OHIO Isham G. Harris, Memphis Horace B. Packer, Wellsboro Thomas B. Turley, 53 Memphis SENATORS Monroe H. Kulp, Shamokin William B. Bate, Nashville , 38 Mansfield Thaddeus M. Mahon, Marcus A. Hanna, 39 Cleveland Chambersburg REPRESENTATIVES Joseph B. Foraker, Cincinnati George J. Benner, Gettysburg Walter P. Brownlow, Jonesboro REPRESENTATIVES Josiah D. Hicks, Altoona Henry R. Gibson, Knoxville William B. Shattuc, Madisonville Edward E. Robbins, Greensburg John A. Moon, Chattanooga Jacob H. Bromwell, Cincinnati John Dalzell, Pittsburgh Benton McMillin, 54 Carthage John L. Brenner, Dayton William A. Stone, 45 Allegheny James D. Richardson, Murfreesboro George A. Marshall, Sidney Wm. H. Graham, 46 Allegheny John Wesley Gaines, Nashville David Meekison, Napoleon Ernest F. Acheson, Washington Nicholas N. Cox, Franklin Seth W. Brown, Lebanon Jos. B. Showalter, 47 Chicora Thetus W. Sims, Linden Walter L. Weaver, Springfield John C. Sturtevant, Conneautville Rice A. Pierce, Union City Archibald Lybrand, Delaware Charles W. Stone, Warren E. W. Carmack, 55 Memphis James H. Southard, Toledo William C. Arnold, Dubois Lucien J. Fenton, Winchester At Large–Galusha A. Grow, TEXAS Chas. H. Grosvenor, Athens Glenwood John J. Lentz, Columbus At Large–Samuel A. Davenport, SENATORS James A. Norton, Tiffin Erie Roger Q. Mills, Corsicana Winfield S. Kerr, Mansfield Horace Chilton, Tyler Henry C. Van Voorhis, Zanesville RHODE ISLAND REPRESENTATIVES Lorenzo Danford, St. Clairsville SENATORS John A. McDowell, Millersburg Thomas H. Ball, Huntsville Robert W. Tayler, Lisbon Nelson W. Aldrich, Providence Sam Bronson Cooper, Woodville Stephen A. Northway, 40 Jefferson George P. Wetmore, Newport R. C. De Graffenreid, Longview Charles Dick, 41 Akron REPRESENTATIVES John W. Cranford, 56 Sulphur Clifton B. Beach, Cleveland Melville Bull, Middletown Springs Theodore E. Burton, Cleveland Adin B. Capron, Stillwater Joseph W. Bailey, Gainesville R. E. Burke, Dallas OREGON SOUTH CAROLINA Robert L. Henry, Waco SENATORS SENATORS Samuel W. T. Lanham, George W. McBride, St. Helens Benjamin R. Tillman, Trenton Weatherford

37 Resigned November 10, 1898, before the commence- he was not entitled to the seat; vacancy in this class 49 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Joseph ment of the Fifty-sixth Congress, to which he had been from March 4, 1897, to October 7, 1898. H. Earle, and took his seat June 1, 1897; subsequently reelected. 43 Election unsuccessfully contested by W. S. elected. 38 Resigned March 4, 1897, to become Secretary of State. Vanderburg. 50 Resigned May 31, 1897, having been appointed Sen- 39 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 44 Election unsuccessfully contested by Samuel E. Hud- ator. John Sherman, and took his seat March 5, 1897; subse- son. 51 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John quently elected. 45 Resigned November 9, 1898, having been elected gov- L. McLaurin, and took his seat December 6, 1897. 40 Died September 18, 1898. ernor of Pennsylvania. 52 Died July 8, 1897. 41 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Stephen 46 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 53 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Isham A. Northway, and took his seat December 5, 1898. liam A. Stone, and took his seat December 5, 1898. G. Harris, and took his seat December 6, 1897; subse- 42 Elected to fill vacancy in the term beginning March 47 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- quently elected. 4, 1897, caused by failure of legislature to elect, and took tive-elect James J. Davidson (January 2, 1897, before the 54 Resigned January 16, 1899, having been elected gov- his seat December 5, 1898. Henry W. Corbett presented beginning of the congressional term), and took his seat ernor of Tennessee. credentials as a Senator-designate March 15, 1897, but May 3, 1897. 55 Election unsuccessfully contested by Josiah Patterson. was not sworn; the Senate, on February 28, 1898, decided 48 Died May 20, 1897. 56 Died March 2, 1899. 248 Biographical Directory

TEXAS—Continued Sydney P. Epes, 62 Blackstone Edward Sauerhering, Mayville Robert T. Thorp, 63 Mecklenberg Joseph W. Babcock, Necedah REPRESENTATIVES—Continued Claude A. Swanson, Chatham Theobald Otjen, Joseph D. Sayers, 57 Bastrop Peter J. Otey, Lynchburg Samuel S. Barney, West Bend R. B. Hawley, Galveston James Hay, Madison James H. Davidson, Oshkosh Rudolph Kleberg, Cuero John F. Rixey, Brandy Michael Griffin, Eau Claire James L. Slayden, San Antonio James A. Walker, Wytheville Edward S. Minor, Sturgeon Bay John H. Stephens, Vernon Jacob Yost, Staunton Alexander Stewart, Wausau John J. Jenkins, Chippewa Falls UTAH WASHINGTON SENATORS SENATORS WYOMING Frank J. Cannon, Ogden John L. Wilson, Spokane Joseph L. Rawlins, George Turner, Spokane SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Clarence D. Clark, Evanston William H. King, Salt Lake City James Hamilton Lewis, Seattle Francis E. Warren, VERMONT William C. Jones, Spokane REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS WEST John E. Osborne, Rawlins 58 Justin S. Morrill, Strafford SENATORS Jonathan Ross, 59 St. Johnsbury TERRITORY OF ARIZONA Redfield Proctor, Proctor Charles J. Faulkner, Martinsburg Stephen B. Elkins, Elkins REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVES H. Henry Powers, Morrisville Marcus A. Smith, Tucson William W. Grout, Barton Blackburn B. Dovener, Wheeling Alston G. Dayton, Philippi TERRITORY OF NEW VIRGINIA Charles P. Dorr, Addison MEXICO SENATORS Warren Miller, Jackson John W. Daniel, Lynchburg DELEGATE Thomas S. Martin, Scottsville H. B. Fergusson, Albuquerque SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES William A. Jones, Warsaw John L. Mitchell, Milwaukee TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA William A. Young, 60 Norfolk John C. Spooner, Madison Richard A. Wise, 61 Williamsburg REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATE John Lamb, Richmond Henry A. Cooper, Racine J. Y. Callahan, Kingfisher

57 Resigned January 16, 1899, having been elected gov- 60 Served until April 26, 1898; succeeded by Richard A. 62 Served until March 23, 1898; succeeded by Robert ernor of Texas. Wise who contested his election. T. Thorp who contested his election. 58 Died December 28, 1898. 61 Successfully contested the election of William A. 63 Successfully contested the election of Sydney P. Epes, 59 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Justin Young, and took his seat April 26, 1898. and took his seat March 23, 1898. S. Morrill, and took his seat January 16, 1899.