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 UNITED STATES—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 Missouri 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 CALIFORNIA REPRESENTATIVES George W. Taylor, Demopolis SENATORS E. Stevens Henry, Rockville Jesse F. Stallings, 3 Greenville Stephen M. White, Los Angeles Nehemiah D. Sperry, New Haven Henry D. Clayton, 4 Eufaula George C. Perkins, Oakland Charles 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, San Francisco 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 IDAHO SENATORS SENATORS William B. Allison, Dubuque MAINE George L. Shoup, Boise John H. Gear, Burlington SENATORS Henry Heitfeld, Lewiston REPRESENTATIVES Eugene Hale, 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 ILLINOIS 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, Chicago 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 KANSAS George L. Wellington, Cumberland George E. White, Chicago SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Edward D. Cooke, 10 Chicago Lucien Baker, 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 Case Broderick, Holton Sydney E. Mudd, La Plata George W. Prince, Galesburg M. S. Peters, Kansas City John McDonald, Rockville Walter Reeves, 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 Jerry Simpson, Medicine Lodge George F. Hoar, Worcester William H. Hinrichsen, At Large–Jeremiah D. Botkin, Henry Cabot Lodge, 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 Jehu Baker, 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 MICHIGAN William S. Cowherd, Kansas City Mahlon Pitney, 32 Morristown SENATORS David A. De Armond, Butler James F. Stewart, Paterson James McMillan, Detroit 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 George Spalding, 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 MONTANA Francis H. Wilson, 34 Brooklyn Roswell P. Bishop, Ludington SENATORS Edmund H. Driggs, 35 Brooklyn Rousseau O. Crump, West Bay City Lee Mantle, 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 MINNESOTA Charles S. Hartman, Bozeman John