53rd United States Congress
53rd United States Congress | |
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52nd ← → 54th | |
United States Capitol (1906) | |
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |
Senate President | Adlai E. Stevenson (D) |
Senate Pres. pro tem | Charles F. Manderson (R) Isham G. Harris (D) (twice) Matt W. Ransom (D) |
House Speaker | Charles F. Crisp (D) |
Members | 88 senators 356 representatives 4 non-voting delegates |
Senate Majority | Democratic |
House Majority | Democratic |
Sessions | |
1st: August 7, 1893 – November 3, 1893 2nd: December 4, 1893 – August 28, 1894 3rd: December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1895 |
The Fifty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1895, during the first two years of Grover Cleveland's second presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Contents
1 Party summary
1.1 Senate
1.2 House of Representatives
2 Leadership
2.1 Senate
2.2 House of Representatives
3 Major events
4 Major legislation
5 Members
5.1 Senate
5.1.1 Alabama
5.1.2 Arkansas
5.1.3 California
5.1.4 Colorado
5.1.5 Connecticut
5.1.6 Delaware
5.1.7 Florida
5.1.8 Georgia
5.1.9 Idaho
5.1.10 Illinois
5.1.11 Indiana
5.1.12 Iowa
5.1.13 Kansas
5.1.14 Kentucky
5.1.15 Louisiana
5.1.16 Maine
5.1.17 Maryland
5.1.18 Massachusetts
5.1.19 Michigan
5.1.20 Minnesota
5.1.21 Mississippi
5.1.22 Missouri
5.1.23 Montana
5.1.24 Nebraska
5.1.25 Nevada
5.1.26 New Hampshire
5.1.27 New Jersey
5.1.28 New York
5.1.29 North Carolina
5.1.30 North Dakota
5.1.31 Ohio
5.1.32 Oregon
5.1.33 Pennsylvania
5.1.34 Rhode Island
5.1.35 South Carolina
5.1.36 South Dakota
5.1.37 Tennessee
5.1.38 Texas
5.1.39 Vermont
5.1.40 Virginia
5.1.41 Washington
5.1.42 West Virginia
5.1.43 Wisconsin
5.1.44 Wyoming
5.2 House of Representatives
5.2.1 Alabama
5.2.2 Arkansas
5.2.3 California
5.2.4 Colorado
5.2.5 Connecticut
5.2.6 Delaware
5.2.7 Florida
5.2.8 Georgia
5.2.9 Idaho
5.2.10 Illinois
5.2.11 Indiana
5.2.12 Iowa
5.2.13 Kansas
5.2.14 Kentucky
5.2.15 Louisiana
5.2.16 Maine
5.2.17 Maryland
5.2.18 Massachusetts
5.2.19 Michigan
5.2.20 Minnesota
5.2.21 Mississippi
5.2.22 Missouri
5.2.23 Montana
5.2.24 Nebraska
5.2.25 Nevada
5.2.26 New Hampshire
5.2.27 New Jersey
5.2.28 New York
5.2.29 North Carolina
5.2.30 North Dakota
5.2.31 Ohio
5.2.32 Oregon
5.2.33 Pennsylvania
5.2.34 Rhode Island
5.2.35 South Carolina
5.2.36 South Dakota
5.2.37 Tennessee
5.2.38 Texas
5.2.39 Vermont
5.2.40 Virginia
5.2.41 Washington
5.2.42 West Virginia
5.2.43 Wisconsin
5.2.44 Wyoming
5.2.45 Delegates
6 Changes in membership
6.1 Senate
6.2 House of Representatives
7 Committees
7.1 Senate
7.2 House of Representatives
7.3 Joint committees
8 Caucuses
9 Employees
9.1 Senate
9.1.1 House of Representatives
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Party summary
The count below 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
Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | ||||
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Democratic (D) | Populist (P) | Republican (R) | Silver (S) | |||
End of the previous congress | 39 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 87 | 0 |
Begin | 44 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 85 | 3 |
End | 43 | 41 | 88 | 0 | ||
Final voting share | 7001489000000000000♠48.9% | 7000340000000000000♠3.4% | 7001466000000000000♠46.6% | 7000110000000000000♠1.1% | ||
Beginning of the next congress | 39 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 87 | 1 |
House of Representatives
Democratic: 211 (majority)
Republican: 133
Populist: 11
Independent Democratic: 1
TOTAL members: 356
Leadership
Senate
President: Adlai Stevenson (D)
President pro tempore: Charles F. Manderson (D)
Isham G. Harris (D), elected March 22, 1893
Matt Whitaker Ransom (D), elected January 7, 1895
Isham G. Harris (D), elected January 10, 1895
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman
Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman
House of Representatives
Speaker: Charles F. Crisp (D)
Democratic Caucus Chairman: William S. Holman
Republican Conference Chair: Thomas J. Henderson
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: John L. Mitchell
Major events
- March 4, 1893: Grover Cleveland became President of the United States for a second time.
- May 5, 1893: Panic of 1893: A crash on the New York Stock Exchange started a depression.
- November 7, 1893: Colorado women were granted the right to vote
- May 1, 1894: Coxey's Army, the first significant[to whom?] American protest march, arrived in Washington, D.C.
Major legislation
- July 16, 1894: Utah Enabling Act
- August 27, 1894: Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act
- February 18, 1895: Maguire Act of 1895
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, 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 this Congress, requiring reelection in 1898; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1896.
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House of Representatives
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- replacements: 6
Democratic: no net change
Republican: no net change- Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
- deaths: 4
- resignations: 8
- interim appointments: 2
- Total seats with changes: 12
State (class) | Vacator | Reason for Vacancy | Subsequent | Date of successor's installation |
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Montana (1) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. Successor elected January 16, 1895. | Lee Mantle (R) | January 16, 1895 |
Wyoming (1) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. Successor was elected January 23, 1895. | Clarence D. Clark (R) | January 23, 1895 |
Washington (1) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. John Allen was appointed to serve until March 20, 1893, but the Senate rejected his credentials. Successor elected February 1, 1895. | John L. Wilson (R) | February 19, 1895 |
California (3) | Leland Stanford (R) | Died June 21, 1893. Successor was appointed July 26, 1893, and elected January 23, 1895. | George C. Perkins (R) | July 26, 1893 |
Mississippi (2) | Edward C. Walthall (D) | Resigned January 24, 1894, due to ill health. Successor was elected. | Anselm J. McLaurin (D) | February 27, 1894 |
Louisiana (3) | Edward D. White (D) | Resigned March 12, 1894, to become Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Successor was appointed March 12, 1894, and subsequently elected May 23, 1894. | Newton C. Blanchard (D) | March 12, 1894 |
Georgia (2) | Alfred H. Colquitt (D) | Died March 26, 1894. Successor was appointed April 2, 1894, and subsequently elected November 7, 1894. | Patrick Walsh (D) | April 2, 1894 |
North Carolina (3) | Zebulon B. Vance (D) | Died April 14, 1894. Successor was appointed. | Thomas J. Jarvis (D) | April 19, 1894 |
Michigan (1) | Francis B. Stockbridge (R) | Died April 30, 1894. Successor was appointed. | John Patton Jr. (R) | May 5, 1894 |
Michigan (1) | John Patton Jr. (R) | Successor was elected January 14, 1895. | Julius C. Burrows (R) | January 24, 1895 |
North Carolina (3) | Thomas J. Jarvis (D) | Successor was elected January 23, 1895. | Jeter C. Pritchard (R) | January 23, 1895 |
House of Representatives
- replacements: 22
Democratic: 2 seat net gain
Republican: 2 seat net loss
- deaths: 11
- resignations: 13
- contested election: 3
- Total seats with changes: 30
District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor seated |
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Rhode Island 2nd | Vacant | Failure to elect. | Charles H. Page (D) | April 5, 1893 |
Massachusetts 7th | Vacant | Rep. Henry Cabot Lodge resigned during previous congress | William Everett (D) | April 25, 1893 |
Wisconsin 4th | Vacant | Elected to finish term of Rep. John L. Mitchell who resigned during previous congress | Peter J. Somers (D) | August 27, 1893 |
Pennsylvania 8th | William Mutchler (D) | Died June 23, 1893 | Howard Mutchler (D) | August 7, 1893 |
Ohio 10th | William H. Enochs (R) | Died July 13, 1893 | Hezekiah S. Bundy (R) | December 4, 1893 |
Michigan 1st | J. Logan Chipman (D) | Died August 17, 1893 | Levi T. Griffin (D) | December 4, 1893 |
Pennsylvania 2nd | Charles O'Neill (R) | Died November 25, 1893 | Robert Adams Jr. (R) | December 19, 1893 |
Pennsylvania At-large | William Lilly (R) | Died December 1, 1893 | Galusha A. Grow (R) | February 26, 1894 |
New York 15th | Ashbel P. Fitch (D) | Resigned December 26, 1893, after becoming New York City Comptroller | Isidor Straus (D) | December 30, 1894 |
Virginia 7th | Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) | Resigned December 28, 1893, after being elected Governor of Virginia | Smith S. Turner (D) | January 30, 1894 |
New York 14th | John R. Fellows (D) | Resigned December 31, 1893, after becoming District Attorney of New York City | Lemuel E. Quigg (R) | January 30, 1894 |
Ohio 3rd | George W. Houk (D) | Died February 9, 1894 | Paul J. Sorg (D) | May 21, 1894 |
South Carolina 1st | William H. Brawley (D) | Resigned February 12, 1894, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | James F. Izlar (D) | April 12, 1894 |
Louisiana 4th | Newton C. Blanchard (D) | Resigned March 12, 1894, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate | Henry W. Ogden (D) | December 3, 1894 |
Missouri 11th | Charles F. Joy (R) | Election was successfully challenged April 3, 1894 | John J. O'Neill (D) | April 3, 1894 |
California 3rd | Samuel G. Hilborn (R) | Election was successfully challenged April 4, 1894 | Warren B. English (D) | May 12, 1894 |
Ohio 2nd | John A. Caldwell (R) | Resigned April 4, 1894, after becoming Mayor of Cincinnati | Jacob H. Bromwell (R) | December 3, 1894 |
Maryland 1st | Robert F. Bratton (D) | Died May 10, 1894 | W. Laird Henry (D) | November 6, 1894 |
Maryland 5th | Barnes Compton (D) | Resigned May 15, 1894, after being appointed as a naval officer | Charles E. Coffin (R) | November 6, 1894 |
Kentucky 10th | Marcus C. Lisle (D) | Died July 7, 1894 | William M. Beckner (D) | December 3, 1894 |
Kansas 2nd | Edward H. Funston (R) | Election was successfully challenged August 2, 1894 | Horace L. Moore (D) | August 2, 1894 |
Arkansas 2nd | Clifton R. Breckinridge (D) | Resigned August 14, 1894, after being appointed Minister to Russia | John S. Little (D) | December 3, 1894 |
Wisconsin 7th | George B. Shaw (R) | Died August 27, 1894 | Michael Griffin (R) | November 5, 1894 |
Alabama 3rd | William C. Oates (D) | Resigned November 5, 1894, after being elected Governor of Alabama | George P. Harrison, Jr. (D) | November 6, 1894 |
Pennsylvania 15th | Myron B. Wright (R) | Died November 13, 1894 | Edwin J. Jorden (R) | February 23, 1895 |
New York 11th | Amos J. Cummings (D) | Resigned November 21, 1894 | Vacant until next Congress | |
Kentucky 9th | Thomas H. Paynter (D) | Resigned January 5, 1895, after being elected judge for the Kentucky Court of Appeals | Vacant until next Congress | |
Illinois 10th | Philip S. Post (R) | Died January 6, 1895 | Vacant until next Congress | |
Illinois At-large | John C. Black (D) | Resigned January 12, 1895, to become United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Vacant until next Congress | |
Michigan 3rd | Julius C. Burrows (R) | Resigned January 23, 1895, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | Vacant until next Congress |
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (6 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
Senate
Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select)- Agriculture and Forestry
- Appropriations
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
Bribery Attempts Investigation (Special)- Canadian Relations
- Census
- Civil Service and Retrenchment
- Claims
- Coast Defenses
- Commerce
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Select)
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)- District of Columbia
- Education and Labor
- Engrossed Bills
- Enrolled Bills
- Epidemic Diseases
Establish a University in the United States (Select)- Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service
- Finance
- Fisheries
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select)
Ford Theater Disaster (Select)- Foreign Relations
Forest Reservations (Select)
Geological Survey (Select)- Immigration
Immigration and Naturalization (Select)- Indian Affairs
- Interstate Commerce
- Irrigation and Reclamation
- Judiciary
- Library
- Manufactures
- Military Affairs
- Mines and Mining
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select)
National Banks (Select)- Naval Affairs
Nicaraguan Claims (Select)- Pacific Railroads
- Patents
- Pensions
- Post Office and Post Roads
Potomac River Front (Select)- Printing
- Private Land Claims
- Privileges and Elections
- Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Distress (Select)- Public Lands
Quadrocentennial (Select)- Railroads
- Revision of the Laws
- Revolutionary Claims
- Rules
Tariff Regulation (Select)- Territories
Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select)- Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
- Whole
Woman Suffrage (Select)
House of Representatives
- Accounts
- Agriculture
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select)- Appropriations
- Banking and Currency
- Claims
- Coinage, Weights and Measures
- Disposition of Executive Papers
- District of Columbia
- Education
- Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress
- Elections
- Enrolled Bills
- Expenditures in the Agriculture Department
- Expenditures in the Interior Department
- Expenditures in the Justice Department
- Expenditures in the Navy Department
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department
- Expenditures in the State Department
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department
- Expenditures in the War Department
- Expenditures on Public Buildings
- Foreign Affairs
- Immigration and Naturalization
- Irrigation of Arid Lands
- Indian Affairs
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce
- Invalid Pensions
- Labor
- Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River
- Manufactures
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries
- Mileage
- Military Affairs
- Militia
- Mines and Mining
- Naval Affairs
- Pacific Railroads
- Patents
- Pensions
- Post Office and Post Roads
- Public Buildings and Grounds
- Public Lands
- Railways and Canals
- Reform in the Civil Service
- Revision of Laws
- Rivers and Harbors
- Rules
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories
- Ventilation and Acoustics
- War Claims
- Ways and Means
- Whole
Joint committees
- Celebrate the Cenntennial of the Laying of the Capitol Cornerstone
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)- Dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
- Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
- Ford's Theater Disaster
- Naval Affairs
- Naval Personnel
Caucuses
Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)
Employees
Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Public Printer of the United States: Frank W. Palmer (until 1894), Thomas E. Benedict (starting 1894)
Senate
Chaplain of the Senate: William H. Millburn (Methodist)
Secretary of the Senate: Anson G. McCook
William Ruffin Cox, elected April 6, 1893
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Edward K. Valentine
Richard J. Bright, elected August 8, 1893
House of Representatives
Chaplain of the House
Samuel W. Haddaway (Methodist)
Edward B. Bagby (Christian), elected December 4, 1893
Clerk of the House: James Kerr
Doorkeeper of the House: Alvin B. Hurt
Postmaster of the House: Lycurgus Dalton
Reading Clerks: [Data unknown/missing.]
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Charles R. Crisp
Sergeant at Arms of the House: Herman W. Snow
See also
United States elections, 1892 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States presidential election, 1892
- United States Senate elections, 1892
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1892
United States elections, 1894 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
- United States Senate elections, 1894
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1894
References
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
External links
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, Extraordinary Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 1st Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 2nd Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision).
Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).
Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 3rd Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 3rd Session (Revision).