54th United States Congress

• May 27, 1896: 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The costliest and third deadliest tornado in U.S. history levels a mile wide swath of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, incurring over $10,000,000 (over $375 mil. in 2025) in damages at contemporaneous prices, killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people. • November 3, 1896: U.S. presidential election, 1896: Republican William McKinley defeats Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan. This is regarded as a realigning election, that ended the old Third Party System and started the Fourth Party System • February 19, 1897: United States Copyright Office established as a department in the Library of Congress. ==Major legislation==

• May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act, ch. 212, ( et seq.) • May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act, • May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act, • June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia), • June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act, • January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act, , ( et seq.) • March 2, 1897: Tea Importation Act, , ( et seq.) == States admitted ==

• January 4, 1896: Utah was admitted as the 45th state. ==Party summary==

This count identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section. Senate House of Representatives ==Leadership==

Senate • President: Adlai E. Stevenson (D) • President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R) Majority (Republican) leadership • Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman Minority (Democratic) leadership • Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman House of Representatives • Speaker: Thomas B. Reed (R) • Minority Leader: Charles F. Crisp (D) Majority (Republican) leadership • Republican Conference Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor • Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock Minority (Democratic) leadership • Democratic Caucus Chairman: David B. Culberson • Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Charles James Faulkner == Members==

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district. :Skip to House of Representatives, below Senate Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896. ==== Alabama ==== : 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3. James L. Pugh (D) ==== Arkansas ==== : 2. James H. Berry (D) : 3. James K. Jones (D) ==== California ==== : 1. Stephen M. White (D) : 3. George C. Perkins (R) ==== Colorado ==== : 2. Edward O. Wolcott (R) : 3. Henry M. Teller (R) ==== Connecticut ==== : 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) : 3. Orville H. Platt (R) ==== Delaware ==== : 1. George Gray (D) : 2. Richard R. Kenney (D), from January 19, 1897 ==== Florida ==== : 1. Samuel Pasco (D) : 3. Wilkinson Call (D) ==== Georgia ==== : 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) : 3. John B. Gordon (D) ==== Idaho ==== : 2. George L. Shoup (R) : 3. Fred T. Dubois (R) ==== Illinois ==== : 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3. John McAuley Palmer (D) ==== Indiana ==== : 1. David Turpie (D) : 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D) ==== Iowa ==== : 2. John H. Gear (R) : 3. William B. Allison (R) ==== Kansas ==== : 2. Lucien Baker (R) : 3. William A. Peffer (P) ==== Kentucky ==== : 2. William Lindsay (D) : 3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) ==== Louisiana ==== : 2. Donelson Caffery (D) : 3. Newton C. Blanchard (D) ==== Maine ==== : 1. Eugene Hale (R) : 2. William P. Frye (R) ==== Maryland ==== : 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) : 3. Charles H. Gibson (D) ==== Massachusetts ==== : 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) : 2. George F. Hoar (R) ==== Michigan ==== : 1. Julius C. Burrows (R) : 2. James McMillan (R) ==== Minnesota ==== : 1. Cushman K. Davis (R) : 2. Knute Nelson (R) ==== Mississippi ==== : 1. James Z. George (D) : 2. Edward C. Walthall (D) ==== Missouri ==== : 1. Francis Cockrell (D) : 3. George G. Vest (D) ==== Montana ==== : 1. Lee Mantle (R) : 2. Thomas H. Carter (R) ==== Nebraska ==== : 1. William V. Allen (P) : 2. John M. Thurston (R) ==== Nevada ==== : 1. William M. Stewart (S) : 3. John P. Jones (S) ==== New Hampshire ==== : 2. William E. Chandler (R) : 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R) ==== New Jersey ==== : 1. James Smith Jr. (D) : 2. William J. Sewell (R) ==== New York ==== : 1. Edward Murphy Jr. (D) : 3. David B. Hill (D) ==== North Carolina ==== : 2. Marion Butler (P) : 3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R) ==== North Dakota ==== : 1. William N. Roach (D) : 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R) ==== Ohio ==== : 1. John Sherman (R) : 3. Calvin S. Brice (D) ==== Oregon ==== : 2. George W. McBride (R) : 3. John H. Mitchell (R) ==== Pennsylvania ==== : 1. Matthew S. Quay (R) : 3. J. Donald Cameron (R) ==== Rhode Island ==== : 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) : 2. George P. Wetmore (R) ==== South Carolina ==== : 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) : 3. John L. M. Irby (D) ==== South Dakota ==== : 2. Richard F. Pettigrew (R) : 3. James H. Kyle (P) ==== Tennessee ==== : 1. William B. Bate (D) : 2. Isham G. Harris (D) ==== Texas ==== : 1. Roger Q. Mills (D) : 2. Horace Chilton (D) ==== Utah ==== : 1. Frank J. Cannon (R), from January 22, 1896 : 3. Arthur Brown (R), from January 22, 1896 ==== Vermont ==== : 1. Redfield Proctor (R) : 3. Justin S. Morrill (R) ==== Virginia ==== : 1. John W. Daniel (D) : 2. Thomas S. Martin (D) ==== Washington ==== : 1. John L. Wilson (R) : 3. Watson C. Squire (R) ==== West Virginia ==== : 1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D) : 2. Stephen B. Elkins (R) ==== Wisconsin ==== : 1. John L. Mitchell (D) : 3. William F. Vilas (D) ==== Wyoming ==== : 1. Clarence D. Clark (R) : 2. Francis E. Warren (R) . House of Representatives The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers. ==== Alabama ==== : . Richard H. Clarke (D) : . Jesse F. Stallings (D) : . George P. Harrison (D) : . Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 13, 1896 :: William F. Aldrich (R), from March 13, 1896 : . James E. Cobb (D), until April 21, 1896 :: Albert T. Goodwyn (P), from April 22, 1896 : . John H. Bankhead (D) : . Milford W. Howard (P) : . Joseph Wheeler (D) : . Oscar Underwood (D), until June 9, 1896 :: Truman H. Aldrich (R), from June 9, 1896 ==== Arkansas ==== : . Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D) : . John S. Little (D) : . Thomas C. McRae (D) : . William L. Terry (D) : . Hugh A. Dinsmore (D) : . Robert Neill (D) ==== California ==== : . John A. Barham (R) : . Grove L. Johnson (R) : . Samuel G. Hilborn (R) : . James G. Maguire (D) : . Eugene F. Loud (R) : . James McLachlan (R) : . William W. Bowers (R) ==== Colorado ==== : . John F. Shafroth (R) : . John C. Bell (P) ==== Connecticut ==== : . E. Stevens Henry (R) : . Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) : . Charles A. Russell (R) : . Ebenezer J. Hill (R) ==== Delaware ==== : . Jonathan S. Willis (R) ==== Florida ==== : . Stephen M. Sparkman (D) : . Charles M. Cooper (D) ==== Georgia ==== : . Rufus E. Lester (D) : . Benjamin E. Russell (D) : . Charles F. Crisp (D), until October 23, 1896 :: Charles R. Crisp (D), from December 19, 1896 : . Charles L. Moses (D) : . Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : . Charles L. Bartlett (D) : . John W. Maddox (D) : . Thomas G. Lawson (D) : . Farish C. Tate (D) : . James C. C. Black (D), until March 4, 1895 :: James C. C. Black (D), from October 2, 1895 : . Henry G. Turner (D) ==== Idaho ==== : . Edgar Wilson (R) ==== Illinois ==== : . J. Frank Aldrich (R) : . William Lorimer (R) : . Lawrence E. McGann (D), until December 27, 1895 :: Hugh R. Belknap (R), from December 27, 1895 : . Charles W. Woodman (R) : . George E. White (R) : . Edward D. Cooke (R) : . George E. Foss (R) : . Albert J. Hopkins (R) : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . George W. Prince (R), from December 2, 1895 : . Walter Reeves (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . Vespasian Warner (R) : . Joseph V. Graff (R) : . Benjamin F. Marsh (R) : . Finis E. Downing (D), until June 5, 1896 :: John I. Rinaker (R), from June 5, 1896 : . James A. Connolly (R) : . Frederick Remann (R), until July 14, 1895 :: William F. L. Hadley (R), from December 2, 1895 : . Benson Wood (R) : . Orlando Burrell (R) : . Everett J. Murphy (R) : . George Washington Smith (R) ==== Indiana ==== : . James A. Hemenway (R) : . Alexander M. Hardy (R) : . Robert J. Tracewell (R) : . James E. Watson (R) : . Jesse Overstreet (R) : . Henry U. Johnson (R) : . Charles L. Henry (R) : . George W. Faris (R) : . J. Frank Hanly (R) : . Jethro A. Hatch (R) : . George W. Steele (R) : . Jacob D. Leighty (R) : . Lemuel W. Royse (R) ==== Iowa ==== : . Samuel M. Clark (R) : . George M. Curtis (R) : . David B. Henderson (R) : . Thomas Updegraff (R) : . Robert G. Cousins (R) : . John F. Lacey (R) : . John A. T. Hull (R) : . William P. Hepburn (R) : . Alva L. Hager (R) : . Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) : . George D. Perkins (R) ==== Kansas ==== : . Case Broderick (R) : . Orrin L. Miller (R) : . Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (R) : . Charles Curtis (R) : . William A. Calderhead (R) : . William Baker (P) : . Chester I. Long (R) : . Richard W. Blue (R) ==== Kentucky ==== : . John K. Hendrick (D) : . John D. Clardy (D) : . W. Godfrey Hunter (R) : . John W. Lewis (R) : . Walter Evans (R) : . Albert S. Berry (D) : . William C. Owens (D) : . James B. McCreary (D) : . Samuel J. Pugh (R) : . Joseph M. Kendall (D), until February 18, 1897 :: Nathan T. Hopkins (R), from February 18, 1897 : . David G. Colson (R) ==== Louisiana ==== : . Adolph Meyer (D) : . Charles F. Buck (D) : . Andrew Price (D) : . Henry W. Ogden (D) : . Charles J. Boatner (D), until March 20, 1896 :: Charles J. Boatner (D), from June 10, 1896 : . Samuel M. Robertson (D) ==== Maine ==== : . Thomas B. Reed (R) : . Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) : . Seth L. Milliken (R) : . Charles A. Boutelle (R) ==== Maryland ==== : . Joshua W. Miles (D) : . William B. Baker (R) : . Henry W. Rusk (D) : . John K. Cowen (D) : . Charles E. Coffin (R) : . George L. Wellington (R) ==== Massachusetts ==== : . Ashley B. Wright (R) : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : . Joseph H. Walker (R) : . Lewis D. Apsley (R) : . William S. Knox (R) : . William Cogswell (R), until May 22, 1895 :: William H. Moody (R), from November 5, 1895 : . William E. Barrett (R) : . Samuel W. McCall (R) : . John F. Fitzgerald (D) : . Harrison H. Atwood (R) : . William F. Draper (R) : . Elijah A. Morse (R) : . John Simpkins (R) ==== Michigan ==== : . John B. Corliss (R) : . George Spalding (R) : . Alfred Milnes (R), from December 2, 1895 : . Henry F. Thomas (R) : . William Alden Smith (R) : . David D. Aitken (R) : . Horace G. Snover (R) : . William S. Linton (R) : . Roswell P. Bishop (R) : . Rousseau O. Crump (R) : . John Avery (R) : . Samuel M. Stephenson (R) ==== Minnesota ==== : . James Albertus Tawney (R) : . James T. McCleary (R) : . Joel Heatwole (R) : . Andrew R. Kiefer (R) : . Loren Fletcher (R) : . Charles A. Towne (R) : . Frank Eddy (R) ==== Mississippi ==== : . John M. Allen (D) : . John C. Kyle (D) : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Hernando D. Money (D) : . John Sharp Williams (D) : . Walter McKennon Denny (D) : . James G. Spencer (D) ==== Missouri ==== : . Charles N. Clark (R) : . Uriel S. Hall (D) : . Alexander M. Dockery (D) : . George C. Crowther (R) : . John C. Tarsney (D), until February 27, 1896 :: Robert T. Van Horn (R), from February 27, 1896 : . David A. De Armond (D) : . John P. Tracey (R) : . Joel D. Hubbard (R) : . William M. Treloar (R) : . Richard Bartholdt (R) : . Charles F. Joy (R) : . Seth W. Cobb (D) : . John H. Raney (R) : . Norman A. Mozley (R) : . Charles G. Burton (R) ==== Montana ==== : . Charles S. Hartman (R) ==== Nebraska ==== : . Jesse B. Strode (R) : . David H. Mercer (R) : . George D. Meiklejohn (R) : . Eugene J. Hainer (R) : . William E. Andrews (R) : . Omer M. Kem (P) ==== Nevada ==== : . Francis G. Newlands (S) ==== New Hampshire ==== : . Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) : . Henry M. Baker (R) ==== New Jersey ==== : . Henry C. Loudenslager (R) : . John J. Gardner (R) : . Benjamin F. Howell (R) : . Mahlon Pitney (R) : . James F. Stewart (R) : . Richard Wayne Parker (R) : . Thomas McEwan Jr. (R) : . Charles N. Fowler (R) ==== New York ==== : . Richard Cunningham McCormick (R) : . Denis M. Hurley (R) : . Francis H. Wilson (R) : . Israel F. Fischer (R) : . Charles G. Bennett (R) : . James R. Howe (R) : . Franklin Bartlett (D) : . James J. Walsh (D), until June 2, 1896 :: John M. Mitchell (R), from June 2, 1896 : . Henry C. Miner (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) from November 5, 1895 : . William Sulzer (D) : . George B. McClellan Jr. (D) : . Richard C. Shannon (R) : . Lemuel E. Quigg (R) : . Philip B. Low (R) : . Benjamin L. Fairchild (R) : . Benjamin Odell (R) : . Jacob LeFever (R) : . Frank S. Black (R), until January 7, 1897 : . George N. Southwick (R) : . David F. Wilber (R) : . Newton M. Curtis (R) : . Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R) : . Charles A. Chickering (R) : . James S. Sherman (R) : . George W. Ray (R) : . Theodore L. Poole (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . Charles W. Gillet (R) : . James W. Wadsworth (R) : . Henry C. Brewster (R) : . Rowland B. Mahany (R) : . Charles Daniels (R) : . Warren B. Hooker (R) ==== North Carolina ==== : . Harry Skinner (P) : . Frederick A. Woodard (D) : . John G. Shaw (D) : . William F. Strowd (P) : . Thomas Settle III (R) : . James A. Lockhart (D), until June 5, 1896 :: Charles H. Martin (P), from June 5, 1896 : . Alonzo C. Shuford (P) : . Romulus Z. Linney (R) : . Richmond Pearson (R) ==== North Dakota ==== : . Martin N. Johnson (R) ==== Ohio ==== : . Charles P. Taft (R) : . Jacob H. Bromwell (R) : . Paul J. Sorg (D) : . Fernando C. Layton (D) : . Francis B. De Witt (R) : . George W. Hulick (R) : . George W. Wilson (R) : . Luther M. Strong (R) : . James H. Southard (R) : . Lucien J. Fenton (R) : . Charles H. Grosvenor (R) : . David K. Watson (R) : . Stephen R. Harris (R) : . Winfield S. Kerr (R) : . Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) : . Lorenzo Danford (R) : . Addison S. McClure (R) : . Robert W. Tayler (R) : . Stephen A. Northway (R) : . Clifton B. Beach (R) : . Theodore E. Burton (R) ==== Oregon ==== : . Binger Hermann (R) : . William R. Ellis (R) ==== Pennsylvania ==== : . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Robert Adams Jr. (R) : . Frederick Halterman (R) : . John E. Reyburn (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . John B. Robinson (R) : . Irving P. Wanger (R) : . Joseph J. Hart (D) : . Constantine J. Erdman (D) : . Marriott Brosius (R) : . Joseph A. Scranton (R) : . John Leisenring (R) : . Charles N. Brumm (R) : . Ephraim M. Woomer (R) : . James H. Codding (R), from November 5, 1895 : . Fred C. Leonard (R) : . Monroe H. Kulp (R) : . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) : . James A. Stahle (R) : . Josiah D. Hicks (R) : . Daniel B. Heiner (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . William A. Stone (R) : . Ernest F. Acheson (R) : . Thomas W. Phillips (R) : . Matthew Griswold (R) : . Charles W. Stone (R) : . William C. Arnold (R) : . Galusha A. Grow (R) : . George F. Huff (R) ==== Rhode Island ==== : . Melville Bull (R) : . Warren O. Arnold (R) ==== South Carolina ==== : . William Elliott (D), until June 4, 1896 :: George W. Murray (R), from June 4, 1896 : . William J. Talbert (D) : . Asbury C. Latimer (D) : . Stanyarne Wilson (D) : . Thomas J. Strait (D) : . John L. McLaurin (D) : . J. William Stokes (D), until June 1, 1896 :: J. William Stokes (D), from November 3, 1896 ==== South Dakota ==== Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.(2 Republicans) : . Robert J. Gamble (R) : . John A. Pickler (R) ==== Tennessee ==== : . William C. Anderson (R) : . Henry R. Gibson (R) : . Foster V. Brown (R) : . Benton McMillin (D) : . James D. Richardson (D) : . Joseph E. Washington (D) : . Nicholas N. Cox (D) : . John E. McCall (R) : . James C. McDearmon (D) : . Josiah Patterson (D) ==== Texas ==== : . Joseph C. Hutcheson (D) : . Samuel B. Cooper (D) : . Charles H. Yoakum (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Joseph Abbott (D) : . George C. Pendleton (D) : . Charles K. Bell (D) : . Joseph D. Sayers (D) : . Miles Crowley (D) : . William H. Crain (D), until February 10, 1896 :: Rudolph Kleberg (D), from April 7, 1896 : . George H. Noonan (R) : . Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D) ==== Utah ==== : . Clarence E. Allen (R), from January 4, 1896 ==== Vermont ==== : . H. Henry Powers (R) : . William W. Grout (R) ==== Virginia ==== : . William A. Jones (D) : . D. Gardiner Tyler (D) : . Tazewell Ellett (D) : . William R. McKenney (D), until May 2, 1896 :: Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896 : . Claude A. Swanson (D) : . Peter J. Otey (D) : . Smith S. Turner (D) : . Elisha E. Meredith (D) : . James A. Walker (R) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D) ==== Washington ==== Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.(2 Republicans) : . William H. Doolittle (R) : . Samuel C. Hyde (R) ==== West Virginia ==== : . Blackburn B. Dovener (R) : . Alston G. Dayton (R) : . James H. Huling (R) : . Warren Miller (R) ==== Wisconsin ==== : . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Edward Sauerhering (R) : . Joseph W. Babcock (R) : . Theobald Otjen (R) : . Samuel S. Barney (R) : . Samuel A. Cook (R) : . Michael Griffin (R) : . Edward S. Minor (R) : . Alexander Stewart (R) : . John J. Jenkins (R) ==== Wyoming ==== : . Frank W. Mondell (R) Non-voting members : . Nathan O. Murphy (R) : . Thomas B. Catron (R) : . Dennis T. Flynn (R) : . Frank J. Cannon (R), until January 4, 1896 ==Changes in membership==

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress. Senate Two seats were added when Utah was admitted and one seat was filled late. House of Representatives There were 4 deaths, 2 resignations, 13 election challenges, 1 new seat, and 4 seats vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 10-seat net loss; Republicans had a 12-seat net gain; and Populists had a 2-seat net gain. ==Committees==

Senate • Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom) • Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: James Z. George) • Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) • Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) • Canadian Relations (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Edward Murphy Jr.) • Census (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: David Turpie) • Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) • Claims (Chairman: Watson C. Squire; Ranking Member: Samuel Pasco) • Coast Defenses (Chairman: Watson C. Squire; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) • Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) • Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: James K. Jones; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) • Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) • District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) • Education and Labor (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member: James Z. George) • Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Lucien Baker) • Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Donelson Caffery) • Epidemic Diseases (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger) • Establish a University in the United States (Select) • Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: James H. Kyle; Ranking Member: George Gray) • Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) • Fisheries (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Wilkinson Call) • Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: George Gray; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt) • Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan) • Forest Reservations (Select) (Chairman: William V. Allen) • Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall) • Immigration (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: David B. Hill) • Indian Affairs (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member: William V. Allen) • Indian Depredations (Chairman: John L. Wilson; Ranking Member: William Lindsay) • International Expositions (Select) (Chairman: John M. Thurston; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) • Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) • Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Stephen M. White) • Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh) • Library (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) • Manufactures (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: Charles H. Gibson) • Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: William B. Bate) • Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: William B. Bate) • Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson) • National Banks (Select) (Chairman: Lee Mantle; Ranking Member: John L. Mitchell) • Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) • Nicaragua Canal (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: John H. Mitchell) • Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Marion Butler; Ranking Member: James Smith Jr.) • Pacific Railroads (Chairman: John H. Gear; Ranking Member: Calvin S. Brice) • Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Wilkinson Call) • Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: John M. Palmer) • Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Marion Butler) • Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: James Z. George; Ranking Member: William P. Frye) • Printing (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) • Private Land Claims (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale) • Privileges and Elections (Chairman: John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member: George Gray) • Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) • Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George S. Vest) • Public Lands (Chairman: Fred T. Dubois; Ranking Member: William V. Allen) • Railroads (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: James H. Berry) • Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel) • Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James L. Pugh; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) • Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) • Tariff Regulation (Select) • Tennessee Centennial Exposition (Select) • Territories (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: David B. Hill) • Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Joseph C.S. Blackburn; Ranking Member: George P. Wetmore) • Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: George W. McBride; Ranking Member: John L. M. Irby) • Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Lucien Baker; Ranking Member: William N. Roach) • Whole • Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Wilkinson Call; Ranking Member: Matthew S. Quay) (Select) House of Representatives • Accounts (Chairman: J. Frank Aldrich; Ranking Member: Melville Bull) • Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: Horace G. Snover) • Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Elijah A. Morse; Ranking Member: Jonathan S. Willis) • Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Joseph D. Sayers) • Banking and Currency (Chairman: Joseph H. Walker; Ranking Member: Ebenezer J. Hill) • Claims (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: David G. Colson) • Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles W. Stone; Ranking Member: Benjamin L. Fairchild) • Disposition of Executive Papers • District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member: George L. Wellington) • Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond) • Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Newton Martin Curtis; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss) • Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Charles Daniels; Ranking Member: Romulus Z. Linney) • Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Henry U. Johnson; Ranking Member: Chester I. Long) • Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: James H. Codding) • Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Alva L. Hager; Ranking Member: Benjamin E. Russell) • Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: Uriel S. Hall) • Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: William Sulzer) • Expenditures in the Justice Department(Chairman: William R. Ellis; Ranking Member: Henry G. Turner) • Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry F. Thomas; Ranking Member: Smith S. Turner) • Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham; Ranking Member: Henry W. Ogden) • Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Lemuel E. Quigg; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester) • Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: J. William Stokes) • Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William W. Grout; Ranking Member: Jeremiah V. Cockrell) • Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas Settle; Ranking Member: Oscar W. Underwood) • Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt; Ranking Member: Richmond Pearson) • Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: Rowland B. Mahany) • Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Binger Hermann; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde) • Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: George E. White) • Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss) • Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John A. Pickler; Ranking Member: William E. Andrews) • Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Henderson; Ranking Member: Foster V. Brown) • Labor (Chairman: Thomas W. Phillips; Ranking Member: Paul J. Sorg) • Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: George W. Ray; Ranking Member: W. Godfrey Hunter) • Library (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings) • Manufactures (Chairman: Lewis D. Apsley; Ranking Member: Monroe H. Kulp) • Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Edward S. Minor) • Mileage (Chairman: Ashley B. Wright; Ranking Member: George C. Pendleton) • Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: Lucien J. Fenton) • Militia (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Richard W. Parker) • Mines and Mining (Chairman: David D. Aitken; Ranking Member: Frank M. Eddy) • Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle; Ranking Member: Alston G. Dayton) • Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers; Ranking Member: George W. Faris) • Patents (Chairman: William F. Draper; Ranking Member: Winfield S. Kerr) • Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: Alexander M. Hardy) • Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud; Ranking Member: Orrin L. Miller) • Printing (Chairman: George D. Perkins; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson) • Private Land Claims (Chairman: George W. Smith; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Howell) • Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Seth L. Milliken; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde) • Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth) • Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Chickering; Ranking Member: Thomas McEwan Jr.) • Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: James McLachlan) • Revision of Laws (Chairman: William W. Bowers; Ranking Member: Theobald Otjen) • Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Warren B. Hooker; Ranking Member: Blackburn B. Dovener) • Rules (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp) • Standards of Official Conduct • Territories (Chairman: Joseph A. Scranton; Ranking Member: Philip B. Low) • Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William S. Linton; Ranking Member: Harry Skinner) • War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Samuel Pugh) • Ways and Means (Chairman: Nelson Dingley; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp) • Whole Joint committees • Alcohol in the Arts (Select) • Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) • Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers • Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia • The Library • Printing • Ford's Theater Disaster ==Caucuses==

• Democratic (House) • Democratic (Senate) == Employees ==

===Legislative branch agency directors=== • Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark • Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford • Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict Senate • Chaplain: William H. Millburn (Methodist) • Secretary: William Ruffin Cox • Librarian: Alonzo M. Church • Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright House of Representatives • Chaplain: Edward P. Bagby (Disciples of Christ), until December 2, 1895 • Henry N. Couden (Universalist), elected December 2, 1895 • Clerk: James Kerr, until December 2, 1895 • Alexander McDowell, from December 2, 1895 • Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds • Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn, elected December 2, 1895 • Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy, elected December 2, 1895 • Reading Clerks: E. L. Sampson (D) and R. S. Hatcher (R) • Sergeant at Arms: Herman W. Snow, until December 2, 1895 • Benjamin F. Russell, from December 2, 1895 == See also ==