FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1905, TO MARCH 3, 1907 FIRST SESSION—December 4, 1905, to June 30, 1906 SECOND SESSION—December 3, 1906, to March 3, 1907 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1905, to March 18, 1905 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, of Indiana PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—WILLIAM P. FRYE, of Maine SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—CHARLES G. BENNETT, of New York SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—DANIEL M. RANSDELL, of Indiana SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JOSEPH G. CANNON, 1 of Illinois CLERK OF THE HOUSE—ALEXANDER MCDOWELL, 2 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—HENRY CASSON, of Wisconsin DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—FRANK B. LYON, of New York POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—J. C. MCELROY ALABAMA Joseph T. Robinson, Lonoke Herschel M. Hogg, Telluride SENATORS R. Minor Wallace, Magnolia At Large–Franklin E. Brooks, John T. Morgan, Selma Colorado Springs Edmund W. Pettus, Selma CALIFORNIA REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS CONNECTICUT George W. Taylor, Demopolis George C. Perkins, Oakland SENATORS Ariosto A. Wiley, Montgomery Frank P. Flint, Los Angeles Orville H. Platt, 6 Meriden Henry D. Clayton, Eufaula REPRESENTATIVES Frank B. Brandegee, 7 New London Sydney J. Bowie, Anniston James N. Gillett, 4 Eureka Morgan G. Bulkeley, Hartford J. Thomas Heflin, Lafayette 5 W. F. Englebright, Nevada City REPRESENTATIVES John H. Bankhead, Fayette Duncan E. McKinlay, Santa Rosa E. Stevens Henry, Rockville John L. Burnett, Gadsden Joseph R. Knowland, Alameda Nehemiah D. Sperry, New Haven William Richardson, Huntsville Julius Kahn, San Francisco Frank B. Brandegee, 8 New London O. W. Underwood, Birmingham Everis A. Hayes, San Jose Edwin W. Higgins, 9 Norwich James C. Needham, Modesto ARKANSAS Ebenezer J. Hill, Norwalk James McLachlan, Pasadena SENATORS At Large–George L. Lilley, Waterbury Sylvester C. Smith, Bakersfield James H. Berry, Bentonville James P. Clarke, Little Rock COLORADO DELAWARE REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS SENATORS Robert B. Macon, Helena Henry M. Teller, Central City J. Frank Allee, Dover S. Brundidge, Jr., Searcy Henry A. du Pont, 10 Winterthur John C. Floyd, Yellville Thomas M. Patterson, Denver John S. Little, 3 Greenwood REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles C. Reid, Morrillton Robert W. Bonynge, Denver Hiram R. Burton, Lewes 1 Reelected December 4, 1905. 5 Elected November 6, 1906, to fill vacancy caused by 9 Elected October 2, 1905, to fill vacancy caused by res- 2 Reelected December 4, 1905. resignation of James N. Gillett, and became a member ignation of Frank B. Brandegee, and became a member 3 Resigned, to take effect January 14, 1907, having been of the House on January 3, 1907. of the House on December 4, 1905. elected governor of Arkansas. 6 Died April 21, 1905. 10 Elected to fill vacancy in the term beginning March 4 Resigned November 4, 1906, having been elected gov- 7 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Orville H. 4, 1905, caused by failure of legislature to elect, and took ernor of California. Platt, and took his seat December 5, 1905. his seat December 3, 1906; vacancy in this class from 8 Resigned May 10, 1905, before Congress assembled, March 4, 1905, to June 12, 1906. having been elected Senator. [ 264 ] FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS 265 FLORIDA Joseph V. Graff, Peoria Philip P. Campbell, Pittsburg SENATORS John A. Sterling, Bloomington James M. Miller, Council Grove Joseph G. Cannon, Danville Stephen R. Mallory, Pensacola William A. Calderhead, Marysville 11 William B. McKinley, Champaign William A. Reeder, Logan James P. Taliaferro, Jacksonville Henry T. Rainey, Carrollton REPRESENTATIVES Victor Murdock, Wichita Zeno J. Rives, Litchfield At Large–Charles F. Scott, Iola Stephen M. Sparkman, Tampa William A. Rodenberg, East St. Louis Frank Clark, Lake City Frank S. Dickson, Ramsey KENTUCKY William B. Lamar, Monticello Pleasant T. Chapman, Vienna SENATORS George W. Smith, Murphysboro GEORGIA Joseph C. S. Blackburn, Versailles SENATORS INDIANA James B. McCreary, Richmond Augustus O. Bacon, Macon SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Alexander S. Clay, Marietta Albert J. Beveridge, Indianapolis Ollie M. James, Marion REPRESENTATIVES James A. Hemenway, 19 Boonville Augustus O. Stanley, Henderson Rufus E. Lester, 12 Savannah REPRESENTATIVES James M. Richardson, Glasgow James W. Overstreet, 13 Sylvania John H. Foster, 20 Evansville David H. Smith, Hodgensville James M. Griggs, Dawson John C. Chaney, Sullivan Swagar Sherley, Louisville Elijah B. Lewis, Montezuma William T. Zenor, Corydon Joseph L. Rhinock, Covington William C. Adamson, Carrollton Lincoln Dixon, North Vernon South Trimble, Frankfort Leonidas F. Livingston, Covington Elias S. Holliday, Brazil George G. Gilbert, Shelbyville Charles L. Bartlett, Macon James E. Watson, Rushville Joseph B. Bennett, Greenup Gordon Lee, Chickamauga Jesse Overstreet, Indianapolis Frank A. Hopkins, Prestonsburg Wm. M. Howard, Lexington George W. Cromer, Muncie Don C. Edwards, London Thomas M. Bell, Gainesville Charles B. Landis, Delphi Thos. W. Hardwick, Sandersville Edgar D. Crumpacker, Valparaiso LOUISIANA Wm. G. Brantley, Brunswick Frederick Landis, Logansport SENATORS Newton W. Gilbert, 21 Fort Wayne Samuel D. McEnery, New Orleans IDAHO Clarence C. Gilhams, 22 La Grange Murphy J. Foster, Franklin SENATORS Abraham L. Brick, South Bend Fred T. Dubois, Blackfoot REPRESENTATIVES Weldon B. Heyburn, Wallace IOWA Adolph Meyer, New Orleans REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS Robert C. Davey, New Orleans Burton L. French, Moscow William B. Allison, Dubuque Robert F. Broussard, New Iberia Jonathan P. Dolliver, Fort Dodge John T. Watkins, Minden ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVES Joseph E. Ransdell, Lake Providence SENATORS Thomas Hedge, Burlington Samuel M. Robertson, Baton Rouge Arse`ne P. Pujo, Lake Charles Shelby M. Cullom, Springfield Albert F. Dawson, Preston Benjamin P. Birdsall, Clarion Albert J. Hopkins, Aurora MAINE REPRESENTATIVES Gilbert N. Haugen, Northwood Robert G. Cousins, Tipton SENATORS Martin B. Madden, Chicago John F. Lacey, Oskaloosa James R. Mann, Chicago Eugene Hale, Ellsworth John A. T. Hull, Des Moines William W. Wilson, Chicago William P. Frye, Lewiston William P. Hepburn, Clarinda Charles S. Wharton, Chicago REPRESENTATIVES Walter I. Smith, Council Bluffs Anthony Michalek, 14 Chicago James P. Conner, Denison Amos L. Allen, Alfred William Lorimer, Chicago Elbert H. Hubbard, Sioux City Charles E. Littlefield, Rockland Philip Knopf, Chicago Edwin C. Burleigh, Augusta Charles McGavin, Chicago KANSAS Llewellyn Powers, Houlton Henry S. Boutell, Chicago George E. Foss, Chicago SENATORS MARYLAND Howard M. Snapp, Joliet Joseph R. Burton, 23 Abilene Alfred W. Benson, 24 Ottawa SENATORS Charles E. Fuller, Belvidere 27 15 Charles Curtis, 25 Topeka Arthur Pue Gorman, Laurel Robert R. Hitt, Mount Morris 28 Frank O. Lowden, 16 Oregon Chester I. Long, Medicine Lodge William Pinkney Whyte, Baltimore Benjamin F. Marsh, 17 Warsaw REPRESENTATIVES Isidor Rayner, Baltimore James McKinney, 18 Aledo Charles Curtis, 26 Topeka REPRESENTATIVES George W. Prince, Galesburg Justin D. Bowersock, Lawrence Thomas A. Smith, Ridgely 11 Reappointed to fill vacancy in the term beginning 17 Died June 2, 1905, before Congress assembled. 23 Resigned June 4, 1906. March 4, 1905, to serve until the next meeting of the 18 Elected November 7, 1905, to fill vacancy caused by 24 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Jo- legislature; subsequently reelected. death of Benjamin F. Marsh, and became a member of seph R. Burton, and took his seat June 14, 1906. 12 Died June 16, 1906. the House on December 4, 1905. 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Joseph 13 Elected October 3, 1906, to fill vacancy caused by 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of R. Burton, and took his seat January 29, 1907. death of Rufus E. Lester, and became a member of the Charles W. Fairbanks in preceding Congress, and took 26 Resigned January 28, 1907, before the commencement House on December 3, 1906. his seat March 4, 1905. of the Sixtieth Congress, to which he had been reelected, 14 Protests of certain citizens of Fifth District were filed 20 Elected May 16, 1905, to fill vacancy caused by res- against his being seated upon grounds he was not of legal ignation of Representative-elect James A. Hemenway in having been elected Senator. age and an alien; committee reported resolution declaring preceding Congress, and became a member of the House 27 Died June 4, 1906. him qualified and entitled to the seat, which was agreed on December 4, 1905. 28 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Arthur to March 6, 1906. 21 Resigned November 6, 1906, having been appointed Pue Gorman, and took his seat June 11, 1906; subse- 15 Died September 19, 1906. judge in the Philippine Islands. quently elected. 16 Elected November 6, 1906, to fill vacancy caused by 22 Elected November 6, 1906, to fill vacancy caused by death of Robert R. Hitt, and became a member of the resignation of Newton W. Gilbert, and became a member House on December 3, 1906. of the House on December 3, 1906. 266 Biographical Directory MARYLAND—Continued Loren Fletcher, Minneapolis Edmund H. Hinshaw, Fairbury Clarence B. Buckman, Little Falls George W. Norris, McCook REPRESENTATIVES—Continued Andrew J. Volstead, Granite Falls Moses P. Kinkaid, O’Neill J. Fred’k. C. Talbott, Towson J. Adam Bede, Pine City Frank C. Wachter, Baltimore Halvor Steenerson, Crookston NEVADA John Gill, Jr., Baltimore SENATORS Sydney E. Mudd, La Plata MISSISSIPPI Francis G. Newlands, Reno George A. Pearre, Cumberland SENATORS George S. Nixon, Winnemucca Hernando D. Money, Carrollton MASSACHUSETTS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Anselm J. McLaurin, Brandon Clarence D. Van Duzer, Tonopah SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Henry Cabot Lodge, Nahant Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr., Corinth NEW HAMPSHIRE W. Murray Crane, Dalton Thomas Spight, Ripley SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Benj. G. Humphreys, Greenville Jacob H. Gallinger, Concord George P. Lawrence, North Adams Wilson S. Hill, Winona Henry E. Burnham, Manchester Frederick H. Gillett, Springfield Adam M. Byrd, Philadelphia REPRESENTATIVES Rockwood Hoar, 29 Eaton J. Bowers, Bay St. Louis Worcester Cyrus A. Sulloway, Manchester 30 Frank A. McLain, Gloster Charles G.