FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1893, TO MARCH 3, 1895 FIRST SESSION—August 7, 1893, to November 3, 1893 SECOND SESSION—December 4, 1893, to August 28, 1894 THIRD SESSION—December 3, 1894, to March 3, 1895 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—ADLAI E. STEVENSON, of Illinois PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—CHARLES F. MANDERSON, 1 of Nebraska; ISHAM G. HARRIS, 2 of Tennessee; MATT W. RANSOM, 3 of North Carolina SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ANSON G. MCCOOK, of New York; WILLIAM R. COX, 4 of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—EDWARD K. VALENTINE, of Nebraska; RICHARD J. BRIGHT, 5 of Indiana SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—CHARLES F. CRISP, 6 of Georgia CLERK OF THE HOUSE—JAMES KERR, 7 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—SAMUEL S. YODER, of Ohio; HERMAN W. SNOW, 8 of Illinois DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—A. B. HURD, of Mississippi POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—LYCURGUS DALTON ALABAMA Clifton R. Breckinridge, 12 Pine Bluff Edward O. Wolcott, Denver John S. Little, 13 Greenwood SENATORS Thomas C. McRae, Prescott REPRESENTATIVES John T. Morgan, Selma William L. Terry, Little Rock Lafe Pence, Denver James L. Pugh, Eufaula Hugh A. Dinsmore, Fayetteville John C. Bell, Montrose REPRESENTATIVES Robert Neill, Batesville CONNECTICUT Richard H. Clarke, Mobile CALIFORNIA SENATORS Jesse F. Stallings, Greenville SENATORS 9 William C. Oates, Abbeville 14 Orville H. Platt, Meriden 10 Leland Stanford, San Francisco George P. Harrison, Opelika George C. Perkins, 15 Oakland Joseph R. Hawley, Hartford Gaston A. Robbins, Selma Stephen M. White, Los Angeles 11 REPRESENTATIVES James E. Cobb, Tuskegee REPRESENTATIVES John H. Bankhead, Fayette Lewis Sperry, Hartford Thomas J. Geary, Santa Rosa William H. Denson, Gadsden James P. Pigott, New Haven Anthony Caminetti, Jackson Charles A. Russell, Killingly Joseph Wheeler, Wheeler 16 Samuel G. Hilborn, Oakland Robert E. DeForest, Bridgeport Louis W. Turpin, Newbern Warren B. English, 17 Oakland James G. Maguire, San Francisco ARKANSAS Eugene F. Loud, San Francisco DELAWARE SENATORS Marion Cannon, Ventura SENATORS William W. Bowers, San Diego James K. Jones, Washington George Gray, New Castle James H. Berry, Bentonville COLORADO Anthony Higgins, Wilmington REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Philip D. McCulloch, Jr., Marianna Henry M. Teller, Central City John W. Causey, Milford 1 Resigned as President pro tempore March 22, 1893. 8 Elected August 7, 1893. 15 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Leland 2 Elected March 22, 1893 (special session of the Senate), 9 Resigned, effective November 5, 1894. Stanford, and took his seat August 8, 1893; subsequently and January 10, 1895. 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- elected. 3 Elected January 7, 1895; resigned as President pro liam C. Oates, and took his seat December 3, 1894. 16 Served until April 4, 1894; succeeded by Warren B. tempore January 10, 1895. 11 Election unsuccessfully contested by W. W. Whatley. English who contested his election. 4 12 Elected April 6, 1893. Resigned August 14, 1894. 17 5 13 Successfully contested the election of Samuel G. Reelected August 8, 1893. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Clifton Hilborn, and took his seat April 4, 1894. 6 Reelected August 7, 1893. R. Breckinridge, and took his seat December 3, 1894. 7 Reelected August 7, 1893. 14 Died June 21, 1893. [ 234 ] FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS 235 FLORIDA Edward Lane, Hillsboro Jeremiah Simpson, Medicine Lodge SENATORS William S. Forman, Nashville At Large–William A. Harris, Linwood James R. Williams, Carmi Wilkinson Call, Jacksonville George W. Smith, Murphysboro KENTUCKY Samuel Pasco, 18 Monticello At Large–John C. Black, 23 Chicago SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES At Large–Andrew J. Hunter, Paris Joseph C. S. Blackburn, Versailles Stephen R. Mallory, Pensacola William Lindsay, Frankfort Charles M. Cooper, Jacksonville INDIANA REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS GEORGIA William J. Stone, Kuttawa Daniel W. Voorhees, Terre Haute William T. Ellis, Owensboro SENATORS David Turpie, Indianapolis Isaac H. Goodnight, Franklin 19 Alfred H. Colquitt, Atlanta REPRESENTATIVES A. B. Montgomery, Elizabethtown 20 Patrick Walsh, Augusta A. H. Taylor, Petersburg A. G. Caruth, Louisville John B. Gordon, Atlanta John L. Bretz, Jasper Albert S. Berry, Newport REPRESENTATIVES Jason B. Brown, Seymour William C. P. Breckinridge, Lexington Rufus E. Lester, Savannah William S. Holman, Aurora James B. McCreary, Richmond Benjamin E. Russell, Bainbridge George W. Cooper, Columbus Thomas H. Paynter, 27 Greenup Charles F. Crisp, Americus Henry U. Johnson, Richmond Marcus Claiborne Lisle, 28 Winchester Charles L. Moses, Turin William D. Bynum, Indianapolis William M. Beckner, 29 Winchester Leonidas F. Livingston, Kings Elijah V. Brookshire, Crawfordsville Silas Adams, Liberty Thomas B. Cabaniss, Forsyth Dan Waugh, Tipton John W. Maddox, Rome Thomas Hammond, Hammond LOUISIANA Thomas G. Lawson, Eatonton Augustus N. Martin, Bluffton SENATORS F. C. Tate, Jasper William F. McNagny, Columbia City Edward D. White, 30 New Orleans James C. C. Black, 21 Augusta Charles Gerard Conn, Elkhart Newton C. Blanchard, 31 Shreveport H. G. Turner, Quitman Donelson Caffery, Franklin IOWA REPRESENTATIVES IDAHO SENATORS Adolph Meyer, New Orleans SENATORS William B. Allison, Dubuque R. C. Davey, New Orleans George L. Shoup, Salmon City James F. Wilson, Fairfield Andrew Price, Thibodaux 32 Fred T. Dubois, Blackfoot REPRESENTATIVES Newton C. Blanchard, Shreveport 33 REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John H. Gear, Burlington Henry W. Ogden, Benton Willis Sweet, Moscow Walter I. Hayes, Clinton Charles J. Boatner, Monroe David B. Henderson, Dubuque Samuel M. Robertson, Baton Rouge ILLINOIS Thomas Updegraff, McGregor MAINE SENATORS Robert G. Cousins, Tipton SENATORS Shelby M. Cullom, Springfield John Fletchers Lacey, Oskaloosa Eugene Hale, Ellsworth John McAuley Palmer, Springfield John A. T. Hull, Des Moines W. P. Hepburn, Clarinda William P. Frye, Lewiston REPRESENTATIVES A. L. Hager, Greenfield REPRESENTATIVES J. Frank Aldrich, Chicago Jonathan P. Dolliver, Fort Dodge Thomas B. Reed, Portland Lawrence E. McGann, Chicago George D. Perkins, Sioux City Nelson Dingley, Jr., Lewiston Allan C. Durborow, Jr., Chicago Seth L. Milliken, Belfast Julius Goldzier, Chicago KANSAS Charles A. Boutelle, Bangor Albert J. Hopkins, Aurora SENATORS Robert R. Hitt, Mount Morris MARYLAND Thomas J. Henderson, Princeton William A. Peffer, Topeka 24 SENATORS Robert A. Childs, Hinsdale John Martin, Topeka Hamilton K. Wheeler, Kankakee REPRESENTATIVES Arthur Pue Gorman, Laurel Philip S. Post, 22 Galesburg Case Broderick, Holton Charles H. Gibson, Easton Benjamin F. Marsh, Warsaw Edward H. Funston, 25 Iola REPRESENTATIVES John J. McDannold, Mount Sterling Horace L. Moore, 26 Lawrence Robert F. Bratton, 34 Princess Anne William M. Springer, Springfield T. J. Hudson, Fredonia W. Laird Henry, 35 Cambridge Benjamin F. Funk, Bloomington Charles Curtis, Topeka J. F. C. Talbott, Towson Joseph G. Cannon, Danville John Davis, Junction City Harry Wells Rusk, Baltimore George W. Fithian, Newton William Baker, Lincoln Isidor Rayner, Baltimore 18 Reappointed to fill vacancy in the term beginning 4, 1893; election unsuccessfully contested by Joseph W. 31 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ed- March 4, 1893, and subsequently reelected. Ady. ward D. White, and took his seat March 12, 1894; subse- 19 Died March 26, 1894. 25 Served until August 2, 1894; succeeded by Horace L. quently elected. 20 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Alfred Moore who contested his election. 32 Resigned effective March 12, 1894, having been elect- H. Colquitt, and took his seat April 9, 1894; subsequently 26 Successfully contested the election of Edward H. ed Senator. elected. Funston, and took his seat August 2, 1894. 33 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of New- 21 Election unsuccessfully contested by Thomas E. Wat- 27 Resigned effective January 5, 1895. 28 ton C. Blanchard, and took his seat May 12, 1894. son. Died July 7, 1894. 34 22 Died January 6, 1895, before the commencement of 29 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Marcus Died May 10, 1894. the Fifty-fourth Congress, to which he had been reelected. Claiborne Lisle, and took his seat December 3, 1894. 35 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Robert F. 23 Resigned January 12, 1895. 30 Resigned effective March 12, 1894, having been ap- Bratton, and took his seat December 3, 1894. 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Preston pointed Associate Justice of the United States Supreme B. Plumb in preceding Congress, and took his seat March Court. 236 Biographical Directory MARYLAND—Continued Osee M. Hall, Red Wing David H. Mercer, Omaha Andrew R. Kiefer, St. Paul George D. Meiklejohn, Fullerton REPRESENTATIVES—Continued Loren Fletcher, Minneapolis Eugene J. Hainer, Aurora Barnes Compton, 36 Laurel M. R. Baldwin, Duluth William A. McKeighan, Red Cloud Charles E. Coffin, 37 Muirkirk Haldor E. Boen, Fergus Falls Omer M. Kem, Broken Bow William M. McKaig, Cumberland MISSISSIPPI NEVADA MASSACHUSETTS SENATORS SENATORS SENATORS James Z. George, Carrollton John P. Jones, Gold Hill George F. Hoar, Worcester Edward C. Walthall, 46 Grenada William M. Stewart, Carson City 47 Henry Cabot Lodge, Nahant Anselm J. McLaurin, Brandon REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Francis G. Newlands, Reno Ashley B. Wright, North Adams John M. Allen, Tupelo Frederick Huntington Gillett, John C. Kyle, Sardis NEW HAMPSHIRE Springfield Thomas C. Catchings, Vicksburg SENATORS