FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1899, TO MARCH 3, 1901

FIRST SESSION—December 4, 1899, to June 7, 1900 SECOND SESSION—December 3, 1900, to March 3, 1901

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —GARRET A. HOBART, 1 of New Jersey PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—WILLIAM P. FRYE, of Maine SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—WILLIAM R. COX, of North Carolina; CHARLES G. BENNETT, 2 of New York SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—RICHARD J. BRIGHT, of Indiana; DANIEL M. RANSDELL, 3 of Indiana

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—DAVID B. HENDERSON, 4 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—ALEXANDER MCDOWELL, 5 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—BENJAMIN F. RUSSELL, of Missouri; HENRY CASSON, 6 of DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—WILLIAM J. GLENN, of New York POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—J. C. MCELROY

ALABAMA Thos. C. McRae, Prescott John C. Bell, Montrose SENATORS William L. Terry, Little Rock Hugh A. Dinsmore, Fayetteville CONNECTICUT John T. Morgan, Selma S. Brundidge, Jr., Searcy Edmund W. Pettus, Selma SENATORS Orville H. Platt, Meriden REPRESENTATIVES Joseph R. Hawley, Hartford George W. Taylor, Demopolis SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Jesse F. Stallings, Greenville George C. Perkins, Oakland Henry D. Clayton, Eufaula Thomas R. Bard, 11 Hueneme E. Stevens Henry, Rockville 7 Nehemiah D. Sperry, New Haven Gaston A. Robbins, Selma REPRESENTATIVES William F. Aldrich, 8 Aldrich Charles A. Russell, Killingly John A. Barham, Santa Rosa Ebenezer J. Hill, Norwalk Willis Brewer, Hayneville Marion De Vries, 12 Stockton John H. Bankhead, Fayette Samuel D. Woods, 13 Stockton DELAWARE John L. Burnett, Gadsden Victor H. Metcalf, Oakland 9 SENATORS Joseph Wheeler, Wheeler Julius Kahn, San Francisco 10 William Richardson, Huntsville Eugene F. Loud, San Francisco Richard R. Kenney, Dover O. W. Underwood, Birmingham Russell J. Waters, Los Angeles Vacant, 14 Dover James C. Needham, Modesto REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE ARKANSAS John H. Hoffecker, 15 Smyrna SENATORS COLORADO Walter O. Hoffecker, 16 Smyrna James K. Jones, Washington SENATORS James H. Berry, Bentonville Henry M. Teller, Central City FLORIDA REPRESENTATIVES Edward O. Wolcott, Denver SENATORS Philip D. McCulloch, Marianna REPRESENTATIVES Samuel Pasco, 17 Monticello John S. Little, Greenwood John F. Shafroth, Denver James P. Taliaferro, 18 Jacksonville

1 Died November 21, 1899; Vice Presidency remained 9 Resigned April 20, 1900. 14 Vacancy in this class from March 4, 1899, to March vacant until March 4, 1901. 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Joseph 2, 1903, because of failure of legislature to elect. 2 Elected January 29, 1900. Wheeler, and took his seat December 3, 1900. 15 Died June 16, 1900. 3 Elected January 29, 1900. 11 Elected to fill vacancy in the term beginning March 16 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John H. 4 Elected December 4, 1899. 4, 1899, caused by failure of legislature to elect, and took Hoffecker, and took his seat December 3, 1900. 5 Reelected December 4, 1899. 17 6 his seat March 5, 1900; vacancy in this class from March Reappointed to fill vacancy in the term beginning Elected December 4, 1899. 4, 1899, to February 6, 1900. March 4, 1899, to serve until the next meeting of the 7 Served until March 8, 1900; succeeded by William F. 12 Resigned August 20, 1900. legislature. Aldrich who contested his election. 13 18 8 Successfully contested the election of Gaston A. Rob- Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Marion Elected to fill vacancy in the term beginning March bins, and took his seat March 8, 1900. De Vries, and took his seat December 3, 1900. 4, 1899, and took his seat December 4, 1899.

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FLORIDA—Continued James R. Williams, Carmi KENTUCKY W. A. Rodenberg, East St. Louis SENATORS—Continued SENATORS George W. Smith, Murphysboro William Lindsay, Frankfort Stephen R. Mallory, Pensacola INDIANA William J. Deboe, Marion REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Stephen M. Sparkman, Tampa SENATORS Charles K. Wheeler, Paducah Robert W. Davis, Palatka Charles W. Fairbanks, Henry D. Allen, Morganfield Indianapolis John S. Rhea, Russellville GEORGIA Albert J. Beveridge, Indianapolis D. H. Smith, Hodgensville 25 SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Oscar Turner, Louisville James A. Hemenway, Boonville Albert S. Berry, Newport Augustus O. Bacon, Macon 26 Robert W. Miers, Bloomington Evan E. Settle, Owenton Alexander S. Clay, Marietta 27 William T. Zenor, Corydon June W. Gayle, Owenton REPRESENTATIVES G. G. Gilbert, Shelbyville Francis M. Griffith, Vevay Rufus E. Lester, Savannah Samuel J. Pugh, Vanceburg George W. Faris, Terre Haute James M. Griggs, Dawson Thos. Y. Fitzpatrick, Prestonburg James E. Watson, Rushville E. B. Lewis, Montezuma Vincent Boreing, 28 London Jesse Overstreet, Indianapolis W. C. Adamson, Carrollton George W. Cromer, Muncie Leonidas F. Livingston, Kings LOUISIANA Charles B. Landis, Delphi Charles L. Bartlett, Macon SENATORS Edgar D. Crumpacker, Valparaiso John W. Maddox, Rome Donelson Caffery, Franklin George W. Steele, Marion Wm. M. Howard, Lexington Samuel D. McEnery, New Orleans James M. Robinson, Fort Wayne Farish C. Tate, Jasper REPRESENTATIVES Abraham L. Brick, South Bend Wm. H. Fleming, Augusta Adolph Meyer, New Orleans W. G. Brantley, Brunswick Robert C. Davey, New Orleans IOWA Robert F. Broussard, New Iberia IDAHO SENATORS Phanor Breazeale, Natchitoches William B. Allison, Dubuque Saml. T. Baird, 29 Bastrop SENATORS John H. Gear, 19 Burlington Joseph E. Ransdell, 30 Lake George L. Shoup, Boise Jonathan P. Dolliver, 20 Fort Dodge Providence Henry Heitfeld, Lewiston REPRESENTATIVES Saml. M. Robertson, Baton Rouge REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Thomas Hedge, Burlington MAINE Edgar Wilson, Boise Joe R. Lane, Davenport David B. Henderson, Dubuque SENATORS Gilbert N. Haugen, Northwood Eugene Hale, Ellsworth SENATORS Robert G. Cousins, Tipton William P. Frye, Lewiston Shelby M. Cullom, Springfield John F. Lacey, Oskaloosa REPRESENTATIVES William E. Mason, Chicago John A. T. Hull, Des Moines Thomas B. Reed, 31 Portland William P. Hepburn, Clarinda Amos L. Allen, 32 Alfred REPRESENTATIVES 33 Smith McPherson, 21 Red Oak Charles E. Littlefield, Rockland James R. Mann, Chicago Walter I. Smith, 22 Council Bluffs Edwin C. Burleigh, Augusta William Lorimer, Chicago 34 J. P. Dolliver, 23 Fort Dodge Charles A. Boutelle, Bangor George P. Foster, Chicago James P. Conner, 24 Denison Thomas Cusack, Chicago MARYLAND Lot Thomas, Storm Lake Edward T. Noonan, Chicago SENATORS Henry S. Boutell, Chicago KANSAS George L. Wellington, Cumberland George E. Foss, Chicago Louis E. McComas, Williamsport SENATORS Albert J. Hopkins, Aurora REPRESENTATIVES Lucien Baker, Leavenworth Robert R. Hitt, Mount Morris 35 William A. Harris, Linwood John W. Smith, Snow Hill George W. Prince, Galesburg Josiah L. Kerr, 36 Cambridge , Streator REPRESENTATIVES William B. Baker, Aberdeen Joseph G. Cannon, Danville Charles Curtis, Topeka Frank C. Wachter, Baltimore , Clinton Justin D. Bowersock, Lawrence James W. Denny, Baltimore Joseph V. Graff, Peoria Edwin R. Ridgely, Pittsburg Sydney E. Mudd, La Plata Benjamin F. Marsh, Warsaw J. M. Miller, Council Grove George A. Pearre, Cumberland Wm. E. Williams, Pittsfield W. A. Calderhead, Marysville Ben F. Caldwell, Chatham W. A. Reeder, Logan MASSACHUSETTS Thomas M. Jett, Hillsboro Chester I. Long, Medicine Lodge SENATORS Joseph B. Crowley, Robinson At Large–W. J. Bailey, Baileyville George F. Hoar, Worcester

19 Died July 14, 1900; had been reelected for the term 25 Election unsuccessfully contested by Walter Evans. 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Thom- beginning March 4, 1901. 26 Died November 16, 1899, before Congress assembled. as B. Reed, and took his seat December 4, 1899. 20 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of John 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Evan E. 33 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- H. Gear, and took his seat December 4, 1900. Settle, and took his seat January 15, 1900. tive-elect Nelson Dingley, Jr., in preceding Congress, and 21 Resigned June 6, 1900. 28 Election unsuccessfully contested by John D. White. took his seat December 4, 1899. 22 34 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Smith 29 Died April 22, 1899, before Congress assembled. Resigned March 3, 1901, before the commencement McPherson, and took his seat December 3, 1900. 30 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Saml. T. of the Fifty-seventh Congress, to which he had been re- 23 Resigned August 22, 1900, having been appointed elected. Baird, and took his seat December 4, 1899. 35 Senator. 31 Resigned January 12, 1900. 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of J. P. Resigned September 4, 1899, before Congress assem- 36 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John Dolliver, and took his seat December 4, 1900. bled. W. Smith, and took his seat December 3, 1900. FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS 251

Henry Cabot Lodge, Nahant Thomas C. Catchings, Vicksburg NEW HAMPSHIRE REPRESENTATIVES Andrew F. Fox, West Point SENATORS John S. Williams, Yazoo City George P. Lawrence, North Adams William E. Chandler, Concord Frank A. McLain, Gloster Frederick H. Gillett, Springfield Jacob H. Gallinger, Concord Patrick Henry, Brandon John R. Thayer, Worcester REPRESENTATIVES George W. Weymouth, Fitchburg Cyrus A. Sulloway, Manchester William S. Knox, Lawrence MISSOURI Frank G. Clarke, 47 Peterboro William H. Moody, Haverhill SENATORS Ernest W. Roberts, Chelsea Francis M. Cockrell, Warrensburg NEW JERSEY Samuel W. McCall, Winchester George G. Vest, Sweet Springs SENATORS John F. Fitzgerald, Boston REPRESENTATIVES Henry F. Naphen, Boston James T. Lloyd, Shelbyville William J. Sewell, Camden Charles F. Sprague, Brookline William W. Rucker, Keytesville John Kean, Ursino Wm. C. Lovering, Taunton John Dougherty, Liberty REPRESENTATIVES William S. Greene, Fall River Charles F. Cochran, St. Joseph H. C. Loudenslager, Paulsboro William S. Cowherd, Kansas City John J. Gardner, Atlantic City D. A. De Armond, Butler Benjamin F. Howell, New SENATORS James Cooney, Marshall Brunswick James McMillan, Richard P. Bland, 40 Lebanon Joshua S. Salmon, Boonton Julius C. Burrows, Kalamazoo D. W. Shackleford, 41 Jefferson City James F. Stewart, Paterson REPRESENTATIVES Champ Clark, Bowling Green Richard W. Parker, Newark William D. Daly, 48 Hoboken John B. Corliss, Detroit Richard Bartholdt, St. Louis Allan L. McDermott, 49 Jersey City Henry C. Smith, Adrian Charles F. Joy, St. Louis Charles N. Fowler, Elizabeth Washington Gardner, Albion Charles E. Pearce, St. Louis Edward Robb, Perryville Edwd. L. Hamilton, Niles NEW YORK Wm. Alden Smith, Grand Rapids W. D. Vandiver, Cape Girardeau Samuel W. Smith, Pontiac M. E. Benton, Neosho SENATORS Edgar Weeks, Mount Clemens Thomas C. Platt, Owego J. W. Fordney, Saginaw MONTANA Chauncey M. Depew, Peekskill Roswell P. Bishop, Ludington SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Rousseau O. Crump, West Bay City Thomas H. Carter, Helena Townsend Scudder, Oyster Bay William S. Mesick, Mancelona William A. Clark, 42 Butte John J. Fitzgerald, Brooklyn Carlos D. Shelden, Houghton REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Edmund H. Driggs, Brooklyn A. J. Campbell, Butte Bertram T. Clayton, Brooklyn Frank E. Wilson, Brooklyn SENATORS NEBRASKA Mitchell May, Brooklyn Cushman K. Davis, 37 St. Paul SENATORS Nicholas Muller, New Brighton Charles A. Towne, 38 Duluth John M. Thurston, Omaha Daniel J. Riordan, Moses E. Clapp, 39 St. Paul Monroe L. Hayward, 43 Nebraska Thomas J. Bradley, New York City , Alexandria City Amos J. Cummings, New York City REPRESENTATIVES William V. Allen, 44 Madison William Sulzer, New York City G. B. McClellan, New York City James A. Tawney, Winona REPRESENTATIVES Jefferson M. Levy, New York City James T. McCleary, Mankato E. J. Burkett, Lincoln Wm. Astor Chanler, New York City Joel P. Heatwole, Northfield David H. Mercer, Omaha Jacob Ruppert, Jr., New York City F. C. Stevens, St. Paul John S. Robinson, Madison John Q. Underhill, New Rochelle , Minneapolis William L. Stark, Aurora Arthur S. Tompkins, Nyack , Duluth R. D. Sutherland, Nelson John H. Ketcham, Dover Plains Frank M. Eddy, Glenwood William L. Greene, 45 Kearney A. V. S. Cochrane, Hudson William Neville, 46 North Platte MISSISSIPPI Martin H. Glynn, Albany John K. Stewart, Amsterdam SENATORS NEVADA Lucius N. Littauer, Gloversville Hernando D. Money, Carrollton SENATORS Louis W. Emerson, Warrensburg William V. Sullivan, Oxford John P. Jones, Gold Hill C. A. Chickering, 50 Copenhagen REPRESENTATIVES William M. Stewart, Carson City Albert D. Shaw, 51 Watertown John M. Allen, Tupelo REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE James S. Sherman, Utica Thomas Spight, Ripley Francis G. Newlands, Reno Geo. W. Ray, Norwich

37 Died November 27, 1900. effective May 15, 1900; appointed by the lieutenant gov- 46 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William 38 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Cushman ernor, as acting governor, to fill the vacancy caused by L. Greene, and took his seat December 4, 1899. K. Davis, and took his seat December 10, 1900. his own resignation, but did not qualify. Martin Maginnis 47 Died January 9, 1901. 39 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Cushman also presented credentials of appointment, signed by the 48 Died July 31, 1900. K. Davis, and took his seat January 28, 1901. governor, but was not permitted to qualify. Seat remained 49 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William 40 Died June 15, 1899, before Congress assembled. vacant throughout the remainder of the Congress. D. Daly, and took his seat December 3, 1900. 41 43 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Richard Elected March 8, 1899, to fill vacancy caused by fail- 50 Died February 13, 1900. P. Bland, and took his seat December 4, 1899. ure of legislature to act in the term beginning March 51 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of C. A. 42 Protests and a memorial of certain citizens of Mon- 4, 1899, but died December 5, 1899, before qualifying. tana against the validity of the election were presented 44 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Monroe Chickering, and took his seat December 3, 1900; died Feb- and referred December 4, 1899; while resolution declaring L. Hayward, and took his seat December 19, 1899. ruary 10, 1901, before the commencement of the Fifty- his election void was pending, tendered his resignation 45 Died March 11, 1899, before Congress assembled. seventh Congress, to which he had been reelected. 252 Biographical Directory

NEW YORK—Continued Robert W. Tayler, Lisbon Adin B. Capron, Stillwater Charles Dick, Akron REPRESENTATIVES—Continued Fremont O. Phillips, Medina SOUTH CAROLINA Michael E. Driscoll, Syracuse Theo. E. Burton, Cleveland SENATORS Sereno E. Payne, Auburn Benjamin R. Tillman, Trenton Charles W. Gillet, Addison OREGON John L. McLaurin, Bennettsville J. W. Wadsworth, Geneseo SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Jas. M. E. O’Grady, Rochester George W. McBride, St. Helens William Elliott, Beaufort William H. Ryan, Buffalo Joseph Simon, Portland W. Jasper Talbert, Parksville De A. S. Alexander, Buffalo REPRESENTATIVES Asbury C. Latimer, Belton Edward B. Vreeland, 52 Salamanca Thomas H. Tongue, Hillsboro Stanyarne Wilson, Spartanburg David E. Finley, Yorkville Malcolm A. Moody, The Dalles NORTH CAROLINA James Norton, Mullins SENATORS PENNSYLVANIA J. Wm. Stokes, Orangeburg Marion Butler, Elliot SENATORS SOUTH DAKOTA Jeter C. Pritchard, Marshall Boies Penrose, Philadelphia SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Matthew S. Quay, 57 Beaver Richard F. Pettigrew, Sioux Falls John H. Small, Washington REPRESENTATIVES James H. Kyle, Aberdeen George H. White, Tarboro Henry H. Bingham, Philadelphia REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Charles R. Thomas, New Bern Robert Adams, Jr., Philadelphia Robert J. Gamble, Yorkton John W. Atwater, Rialto William McAleer, Philadelphia Charles H. Burke, Pierre William W. Kitchin, Roxboro James R. Young, Philadelphia John D. Bellamy, Wilmington Alfred C. Harmer, 58 Philadelphia TENNESSEE Theodore F. Kluttz, Salisbury Edward Morrell, 59 Torresdale SENATORS Romulus Z. Linney, Taylorsville Thomas S. Butler, West Chester William B. Bate, Nashville W. T. Crawford, 53 Waynesville Irving P. Wanger, Norristown Thomas B. Turley, Memphis 54 Richmond Pearson, Asheville Laird H. Barber, Mauch Chunk REPRESENTATIVES Dan’l Ermentrout, 60 Reading W. P. Brownlow, Jonesboro NORTH DAKOTA Henry D. Green, 61 Reading Henry R. Gibson, Knoxville SENATORS Marriott Brosius, Lancaster John A. Moon, Chattanooga Henry C. Hansbrough, Devils Lake William Connell, Scranton Charles E. Snodgrass, Crossville Porter J. McCumber, Wahpeton S. W. Davenport, Plymouth J. D. Richardson, Murfreesboro James W. Ryan, Pottsville John W. Gaines, Nashville REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Marlin E. Olmsted, Harrisburg N. N. Cox, Franklin Burleigh F. Spalding, Fargo Charles F. Wright, Susquehanna T. W. Sims, Linden Horace B. Packer, Wellsboro Rice A. Pierce, Union City OHIO Rufus K. Polk, Danville E. W. Carmack, Memphis SENATORS Thad. M. Mahon, Chambersburg Joseph B. Foraker, Cincinnati Edward D. Ziegler, York TEXAS Marcus A. Hanna, Cleveland Joseph E. Thropp, Everett SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Summers M. Jack, Indiana Horace Chilton, Tyler Charles A. Culberson, Dallas William B. Shattuc, Madisonville John Dalzell, Pittsburgh REPRESENTATIVES Jacob H. Bromwell, Cincinnati Wm. H. Graham, Allegheny John L. Brenner, Dayton Ernest F. Acheson, Washington Thomas H. Ball, Huntsville Sam Bronson Cooper, Beaumont Robert B. Gordon, St. Marys Jos. B. Showalter, Butler Athelston Gaston, Meadville R. C. De Graffenreid, Longview David Meekison, Napoleon John L. Sheppard, Texarkana Seth W. Brown, Lebanon Joseph C. Sibley, Franklin James K. P. Hall, Ridgway Joseph W. Bailey, Gainsville Walter L. Weaver, Springfield R. E. Burke, Dallas Archibald Lybrand, Delaware At Large–Galusha A. Grow, Glenwood R. L. Henry, Waco James H. Southard, Toledo S. W. T. Lanham, Weatherford Stephen Morgan, Oak Hill At Large–Samuel A. Davenport, Erie Albert S. Burleson, Austin Chas. H. Grosvenor, Athens R. B. Hawley, Galveston John J. Lentz, Columbus RHODE ISLAND Rudolph Kleberg, Cuero James A. Norton, Tiffin J. L. Slayden, San Antonio Winfield S. Kerr, Mansfield SENATORS John H. Stephens, Vernon H. C. Van Voorhis, Zanesville Nelson W. Aldrich, Providence Lorenzo Danford, 55 St. Clairsville George P. Wetmore, Newport UTAH Joseph J. Gill, 56 Steubenville REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS John A. McDowell, Millersburg Melville Bull, Middletown Joseph L. Rawlins, Salt Lake City

52 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- 56 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Lorenzo elected and took his seat January 17, 1901; vacancy in resentative-elect Warren B. Hooker in preceding Congress, Danford, and took his seat December 4, 1899. this class from March 4, 1899, to January 15, 1901. and took his seat December 4, 1899. 57 Appointed to fill vacancy in the term beginning March 58 Died March 6, 1900. 53 Served until May 10, 1900; succeeded by Richmond 4, 1899, the legislature having met and adjourned without 59 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of Alfred Pearson who contested his election. electing; credentials presented December 25, 1899, but not C. Harmer, and took his seat December 3, 1900. 54 Successfully contested the election of W. T. Crawford, permitted to qualify; on April 24, 1900, a resolution declar- 60 Died September 17, 1899, before Congress assembled. 61 and took his seat May 10, 1900. ing him not entitled to a seat was agreed to; subsequently Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Dan’l 55 Died June 19, 1899, before Congress assembled. Ermentrout, and took his seat December 4, 1899. FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS 253

Thomas Kearns, 62 Salt Lake City J. M. Quarles, Staunton James H. Davidson, Oshkosh REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John J. Esch, La Crosse William H. King, 63 Salt Lake City WASHINGTON Edward S. Minor, Sturgeon Bay SENATORS Alexander Stewart, Wausau VERMONT George Turner, Spokane John J. Jenkins, Chippewa Falls Addison G. Foster, Tacoma SENATORS WYOMING Redfield Proctor, Proctor REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Jonathan Ross, St. Johnsbury W. L. Jones, North Yakima SENATORS William P. Dillingham, 64 F. W. Cushman, Tacoma Clarence D. Clark, Evanston Waterbury Francis E. Warren, Cheyenne REPRESENTATIVES WEST REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE H. Henry Powers, Morrisville SENATORS Frank W. Mondell, Newcastle William W. Grout, Barton Stephen B. Elkins, Elkins Nathan B. Scott, 69 Wheeling TERRITORY OF ARIZONA VIRGINIA REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATE SENATORS B. B. Dovener, Wheeling John F. Wilson, Prescott John W. Daniel, Lynchburg Alston G. Dayton, Philippi Thomas S. Martin, Scottsville David E. Johnston, Bluefield TERRITORY OF HAWAII 70 R. H. Freer, Harrisville REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATE William A. Jones, Warsaw WISCONSIN Robert W. Wilcox, 71 Honolulu Wm. A. Young, 65 Norfolk SENATORS Richard A. Wise, 66 Williamsburg TERRITORY OF NEW John Lamb, Richmond John C. Spooner, Madison MEXICO 67 Joseph V. Quarles, Sydney P. Epes, Blackstone DELEGATE Francis R. Lassiter, 68 Petersburg REPRESENTATIVES Pedro Perea, Bernalillo Claude A. Swanson, Chatham Henry A. Cooper, Racine Peter J. Otey, Lynchburg Herman B. Dahle, Mount Horeb James Hay, Madison Joseph W. Babcock, Necedah TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA John F. Rixey, Brandy Theobald Otjen, Milwaukee DELEGATE William F. Rhea, Bristol Samuel S. Barney, West Bend Dennis T. Flynn, Guthrie

62 Elected to fill vacancy in the term beginning March 64 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Justin S. 5, 1899, appeared, qualified, and took his seat without 1, 1899, caused by failure of legislature to elect, and took Morrill in preceding Congress, and took his seat December objection; subsequently other memorials were filed and his seat February 4, 1901; vacancy in this class from 3, 1900. a resolution was introduced declaring him not entitled March 4, 1899, to January 22, 1901. 65 Served until March 12, 1900; succeeded by Richard to a seat; the Committee on Privileges and Elections was 63 Brigham H. Roberts presented credentials as a Mem- A. Wise who contested his election. directed to investigate the election, and reported, March ber-elect December 5, 1899, but was not sworn owing to 66 Successfully contested the election of William A. 20, 1900, with a resolution declaring Mr. Scott duly elect- protests against his eligibility; the House, on January 5, Young, and took his seat March 12, 1900; died December ed and entitled to retain the seat; this resolution was 1900, adopted a resolution declaring he ‘‘ought not to have 21, 1900. agreed to April 27, 1900, by a vote of 52 to 3. 67 Died March 3, 1900. 70 Formed from the territory of the Republic of Hawaii, or hold a seat, and the seat to which he was elected 68 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Sydney P. annexed to the United States by act of July 7, 1898, and is hereby declared vacant.’’ Mr. King was elected to fill Epes, and took his seat April 28, 1900. granted a Delegate in Congress by act of April 30, 1900. vacancy caused by action of the House, and took his seat 69 In the preceding Congress memorials were filed re- 71 Took his seat December 15, 1900, after the investiga- April 25, 1900. monstrating against the seating of Mr. Scott; December tion of charges preferred against him as to eligibility.