51st United States Congress
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox United States Congress The 51st United States Congress, referred to by some critics as the Billion Dollar 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, 1889, to March 4, 1891, during the first two years of Benjamin Harrison's presidency.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1880 United States census.
The Republicans maintained their majority in the Senate, and won the majority in the House. With Benjamin Harrison being sworn in as president on March 4, 1889, this gave the Republicans an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 43rd Congress in 1873–1875.
Major events
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- March 4, 1889: Benjamin Harrison became President of the United States
- December 29, 1890: Wounded Knee Massacre
Major legislation
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} It was responsible for a number of pieces of landmark legislation, many of which asserted the authority of the federal government.
Emboldened by their success in the elections of 1888, the Republicans enacted virtually their entire platform during their first 303-day session, including a measure that provided American Civil War veterans with generous pensions and expanded the list of eligible recipients to include noncombatants and the children of veterans. Grover Cleveland had vetoed a similar bill in 1887. It was criticized as the "Billion Dollar Congress'" for its lavish spending and, for this reason it incited drastic reversals in public support that led to Cleveland's reelection in 1892.
Other important legislation passed into law by the Congress included the McKinley tariff, authored by Representative, and future President, William McKinley; the Sherman Antitrust Act, which prohibited business combinations that restricted trade; and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, which required the U.S. government to mint silver. The last two were concessions to Western farmer interests in exchange for support of the tariff and would become central tenets of the Populist Party later in the decade. They were authored by Senator John Sherman.
The Fifty-first Congress was also responsible for passing the Land Revision Act of 1891, which created the national forests. Harrison authorized America's first forest reserve in Yellowstone, Wyoming, the same year.
Other bills were discussed but failed to pass, including two significant pieces of legislation focused on ensuring African Americans the right to vote. Henry Cabot Lodge sponsored a so-called Lodge Bill that would have established federal supervision of Congressional elections so as to prevent the disfranchisement of southern blacks. Henry W. Blair sponsored the Blair Education Bill, which advocated the use of federal aid for education in order to frustrate southern whites employing literacy tests to prevent blacks from registering to vote.
- June 27, 1890: Dependent Pension Act
- July 2, 1890: Sherman Antitrust Act, ch. 647, Template:USStat
- July 14, 1890: Sherman Silver Purchase Act, ch. 708, Template:USStat
- August 30, 1890: Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act
- October 1, 1890: McKinley Tariff, ch. 1244, Template:USStat
- March 3, 1891: Forest Reserve Act of 1891
- March 3, 1891: Land Revision Act of 1891
- March 3, 1891: Immigration Act of 1891
- March 3, 1891: Merchant Marine Act of 1891
- March 3, 1891: International Copyright Act (The Chace Act)
States admitted and territories organized
- November 2, 1889: North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted as the 39th and 40th states.
- November 8, 1889: Montana was admitted as the 41st state.
- November 11, 1889: Washington was admitted as the 42nd state.
- May 2, 1890: Oklahoma Territory was organized.
- July 3, 1890: Idaho was admitted as the 43rd state.
- July 10, 1890: Wyoming was admitted as the 44th state.
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of this Congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Six new states were admitted during this Congress, and their senators and representatives were elected throughout the Congress.
Senate
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House of Representatives
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Leadership
Levi P. Morton
Senate
- President: Levi P. Morton (R)
- President pro tempore: John J. Ingalls (R), elected March 7, 1889
- Charles F. Manderson (R), elected March 2, 1891
- Republican Conference Chairman: George F. Edmunds
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: James B. Beck, until May 3, 1890
- Arthur P. Gorman, afterwards
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Thomas B. Reed (R)
- Republican Conference Chairman: Thomas J. Henderson
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: William S. Holman
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James T. Jones
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
Senate
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} 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 reelection in 1892; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1890. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break
- Template:Party stripe1. George Hearst (D), until February 28, 1891
- Template:Party stripe3. Leland Stanford (R)
- Template:Party stripe2. George L. Shoup (R), from December 18, 1890
- Template:Party stripe3. William J. McConnell (R), from December 18, 1890
- Template:Party stripe2. James B. Beck (D), until May 3, 1890
- Template:Party stripeJohn G. Carlisle (D), from May 26, 1890
- Template:Party stripe3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
- Template:Party stripe1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D)
- Template:Party stripe3. Ephraim K. Wilson II (D), until February 24, 1891
- Template:Party stripe1. Wilbur F. Sanders (R), from January 1, 1890
- Template:Party stripe2. Thomas C. Power (R), from January 2, 1890
- Template:Party stripe2. Gilman Marston (R), until June 18, 1889
- Template:Party stripeWilliam E. Chandler (R), from June 18, 1889
- Template:Party stripe3. Henry W. Blair (R)
- Template:Party stripe1. Lyman R. Casey (R), from November 25, 1889
- Template:Party stripe3. Gilbert A. Pierce (R), from November 25, 1889
- Template:Party stripe1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
- Template:Party stripe2. Jonathan Chace (R), until April 9, 1889
- Template:Party stripeNathan F. Dixon III (R), from April 10, 1889
- Template:Party stripe2. Richard F. Pettigrew (R), from November 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripe3. Gideon C. Moody (R), from November 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripe1. John B. Allen (R), from November 20, 1889
- Template:Party stripe3. Watson C. Squire (R), from November 20, 1889
- Template:Party stripe1. Francis E. Warren (R), from November 24, 1890
- Template:Party stripe2. Joseph M. Carey (R), from November 15, 1890
House of Representatives
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-break
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard H. Clarke (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hilary A. Herbert (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William C. Oates (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Louis W. Turpin (D), until June 4, 1890
- Template:Party stripeJohn V. McDuffie (R), from June 4, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James E. Cobb (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Bankhead (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Forney (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Wheeler (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Cate (D), until March 5, 1890
- Template:Party stripeLewis P. Featherstone (L), from March 5, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Clifton R. Breckinridge (D), until September 5, 1890
- Template:Party stripeClifton R. Breckinridge (D), from November 4, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas C. McRae (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Rogers (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel W. Peel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John J. De Haven (R), until October 1, 1890
- Template:Party stripeThomas J. Geary (D), from December 9, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marion Biggs (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph McKenna (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Morrow (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas J. Clunie (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Vandever (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William E. Simonds (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Washington F. Willcox (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles A. Russell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederick Miles (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert H. M. Davidson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Bullock (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Rufus E. Lester (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry G. Turner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles F. Crisp (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas W. Grimes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John D. Stewart (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James H. Blount (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Judson C. Clements (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry H. Carlton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Allen D. Candler (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George T. Barnes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Willis Sweet (R), from October 1, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abner Taylor (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank Lawler (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William E. Mason (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George E. Adams (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert J. Hopkins (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert R. Hitt (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas J. Henderson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles A. Hill (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis E. Payson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Philip S. Post (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Gest (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Scott Wike (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William M. Springer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan H. Rowell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Fithian (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Lane (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Forman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard W. Townshend (D), until March 9, 1889
- Template:Party stripeJames R. Williams (D), from December 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Washington Smith (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William F. Parrett (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. O'Neall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jason B. Brown (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Holman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Cooper (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas M. Browne (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William D. Bynum (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elijah V. Brookshire (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph B. Cheadle (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William D. Owen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Augustus N. Martin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles A. O. McClellan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin F. Shively (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Gear (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Walter I. Hayes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David B. Henderson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph H. Sweney (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Kerr (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John F. Lacey (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edwin H. Conger (R), until October 3, 1890
- Template:Party stripeEdward R. Hays (R), from November 4, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James P. Flick (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph R. Reed (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac S. Struble (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edmund N. Morrill (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward H. Funston (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bishop W. Perkins (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Ryan (R), until April 4, 1889
- Template:Party stripeHarrison Kelley (R), from December 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John A. Anderson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Erastus J. Turner (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel R. Peters (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William J. Stone (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William T. Ellis (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac H. Goodnight (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander B. Montgomery (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Asher G. Caruth (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Carlisle (D), until May 26, 1890
- Template:Party stripeWilliam W. Dickerson (D), from June 21, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William C. P. Breckinridge (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James B. McCreary (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas H. Paynter (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Wilson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hugh F. Finley (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Theodore S. Wilkinson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hamilton D. Coleman (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward J. Gay (D), until May 30, 1889
- Template:Party stripeAndrew Price (D), from December 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Newton C. Blanchard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles J. Boatner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel M. Robertson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas B. Reed (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Seth L. Milliken (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles A. Boutelle (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles H. Gibson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Herman Stump (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry W. Rusk (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry J. Stockbridge Jr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barnes Compton (D), until March 20, 1890
- Template:Party stripeSydney E. Mudd (R), from March 20, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Louis E. McComas (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles S. Randall (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elijah A. Morse (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John F. Andrew (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph H. O'Neil (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathaniel P. Banks (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Cogswell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederic T. Greenhalge (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Candler (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph H. Walker (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Rodney Wallace (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis W. Rockwell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. Logan Chipman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward P. Allen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James O'Donnell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Julius C. Burrows (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles E. Belknap (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mark S. Brewer (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Justin R. Whiting (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Aaron T. Bliss (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Byron M. Cutcheon (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank W. Wheeler (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel M. Stephenson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mark H. Dunnell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Lind (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Darwin S. Hall (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel P. Snider (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Solomon G. Comstock (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John M. Allen (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James B. Morgan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas C. Catchings (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Clarke Lewis (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chapman L. Anderson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas R. Stockdale (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles E. Hooker (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Hatch (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles H. Mansur (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alexander M. Dockery (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert P. C. Wilson (D), from December 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John C. Tarsney (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John T. Heard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard H. Norton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederick G. Niedringhaus (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nathan Frank (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William M. Kinsey (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard P. Bland (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William J. Stone (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Wade (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James P. Walker (D), until July 19, 1890
- Template:Party stripeRobert H. Whitelaw (D), from November 4, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas H. Carter (R), from November 8, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William J. Connell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Laird (R), until August 17, 1889
- Template:Party stripeGilbert L. Laws (R), from December 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. E. Dorsey (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alonzo Nute (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Orren C. Moore (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Christopher A. Bergen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Buchanan (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob A. Geissenhainer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Fowler (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles D. Beckwith (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Herman Lehlbach (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William McAdoo (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James W. Covert (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Felix Campbell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William C. Wallace (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John M. Clancy (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas F. Magner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank T. Fitzgerald (D), until November 4, 1889
- Template:Party stripeCharles H. Turner (D), from December 9, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward J. Dunphy (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. McCarthy (D), until January 14, 1891, vacant thereafter
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel S. Cox (D), until September 10, 1889
- Template:Party stripeAmos J. Cummings (D), from November 5, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Francis B. Spinola (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Quinn (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Roswell P. Flower (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ashbel P. Fitch (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William G. Stahlnecker (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Moses D. Stivers (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Ketcham (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles J. Knapp (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John A. Quackenbush (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Tracey (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Sanford (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Moffitt (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frederick Lansing (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James S. Sherman (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Wilber (R), until April 1, 1890
- Template:Party stripeJohn S. Pindar (D), from November 4, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James J. Belden (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Milton De Lano (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Newton W. Nutting (R), until October 15, 1889
- Template:Party stripeSereno E. Payne (R), from December 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas S. Flood (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Raines (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles S. Baker (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Sawyer (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John M. Farquhar (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John McClure Wiley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William G. Laidlaw (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas G. Skinner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry P. Cheatham (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles W. McClammy (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin H. Bunn (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John M. Brower (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred Rowland (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John S. Henderson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. H. Cowles (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hamilton G. Ewart (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry C. Hansbrough (R), from November 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Butterworth (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John A. Caldwell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elihu S. Williams (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel S. Yoder (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George E. Seney (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Melvin M. Boothman (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry L. Morey (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert P. Kennedy (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William C. Cooper (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William E. Haynes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert C. Thompson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jacob J. Pugsley (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph H. Outhwaite (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles P. Wickham (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles H. Grosvenor (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James W. Owens (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph D. Taylor (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William McKinley (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ezra B. Taylor (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Martin L. Smyser (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Theodore E. Burton (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry H. Bingham (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles O'Neill (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel J. Randall (D), until April 13, 1890
- Template:Party stripeRichard Vaux (D), from May 20, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William D. Kelley (R), until January 9, 1890
- Template:Party stripeJohn E. Reyburn (R), from February 18, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred C. Harmer (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Smedley Darlington (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert M. Yardley (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Mutchler (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David B. Brunner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marriott Brosius (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph A. Scranton (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edwin S. Osborne (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James B. Reilly (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Rife (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Myron B. Wright (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry C. McCormick (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles R. Buckalew (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Louis E. Atkinson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Levi Maish (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Scull (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel A. Craig (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Dalzell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas M. Bayne (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph W. Ray (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles C. Townsend (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William C. Culbertson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lewis F. Watson (R), until August 25, 1890
- Template:Party stripeCharles W. Stone (R), from November 4, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Kerr (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry J. Spooner (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Warren O. Arnold (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel Dibble (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George D. Tillman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James S. Cothran (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Perry (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John J. Hemphill (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George W. Dargan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Elliott (D), until September 23, 1890
- Template:Party stripeThomas E. Miller (R), from September 24, 1890
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(2 Republicans)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Oscar S. Gifford (R), from November 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John A. Pickler (R), from November 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alfred A. Taylor (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Leonidas C. Houk (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Clay Evans (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benton McMillin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James D. Richardson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph E. Washington (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin A. Enloe (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Rice A. Pierce (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Phelan Jr. (D), until January 30, 1891, vacant thereafter
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Stewart (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Martin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Constantine B. Kilgore (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David B. Culberson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Silas Hare (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Abbott (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. Crain (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Littleton W. Moore (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Roger Q. Mills (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph D. Sayers (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Stewart (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William W. Grout (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas H. B. Browne (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George E. Bowden (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George D. Wise (D), until April 10, 1890
- Template:Party stripeEdmund Waddill Jr. (R), from April 12, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward C. Venable (D), until September 23, 1890
- Template:Party stripeJohn M. Langston (R), from September 23, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Posey G. Lester (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Paul C. Edmunds (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles T. O'Ferrall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William H. F. Lee (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John A. Buchanan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry St. George Tucker III (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John L. Wilson (R), from November 20, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John O. Pendleton (D), until February 26, 1890
- Template:Party stripeGeorge W. Atkinson (R), from February 26, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William L. Wilson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John D. Alderson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James M. Jackson (D), until February 3, 1890
- Template:Party stripeCharles B. Smith (R), from February 3, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lucien B. Caswell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Barwig (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Isaac W. Van Schaick (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George H. Brickner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles B. Clark (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ormsby B. Thomas (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nils P. Haugen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Myron H. McCord (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Clarence D. Clark (R), from December 1, 1890
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- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George A. Mathews (R), until November 2, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Fred Dubois (R), until July 3, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas H. Carter (R), until November 7, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Antonio Joseph (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David A. Harvey (R), from November 4, 1890
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John T. Caine (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John B. Allen (R), until November 11, 1889
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph M. Carey (R), until July 10, 1890
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 3
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
- Liberal Republican: 1-seat net loss
- Deaths: 3
- Resignations: 2
- Interim appointments: 1
- Seats of newly admitted states: 12
- Total seats with changes: 17
| State (class) |
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| Rhode Island (2) |
Template:Party shading/Republican | Jonathan Chace (R) | Resigned April 9, 1889. Successor was elected. |
Template:Party shading/Republican | Nathan F. Dixon III (R) | April 10, 1889 | ||
| New Hampshire (2) |
Template:Party shading/Republican | Gilman Marston (R) | Successor was elected June 18, 1889. | Template:Party shading/Republican | William E. Chandler (R) | June 18, 1889 | ||
| South Dakota (2) |
New seats | South Dakota achieved statehood November 2, 1889. First senators were elected October 16, 1889.<ref>Journal of the House of Representatives..., p. 21</ref> |
nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Richard F. Pettigrew (R) | November 2, 1889 | ||
| South Dakota (3) |
nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Gideon C. Moody (R) | |||||
| Montana (1) |
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nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Wilbur F. Sanders (R) | April 16, 1890 |
| Montana (2) |
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nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Thomas C. Power (R) | April 16, 1890 | |||
| Washington (1) |
New seats | Washington achieved statehood November 11, 1889. | nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | John B. Allen (R) | November 20, 1889 | ||
| Washington (3) |
nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Watson C. Squire (R) | |||||
| Kentucky (2) |
Template:Party shading/Democratic | James B. Beck (D) | Died May 3, 1890. Successor was elected. |
Template:Party shading/Democratic | John G. Carlisle (D) | May 26, 1890 | ||
| North Dakota (3) |
New seats | North Dakota achieved statehood November 2, 1889. First senators were elected November 25, 1889. |
nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Gilbert A. Pierce (R) | November 21, 1889 | ||
| North Dakota (1) |
nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Lyman R. Casey (R) | November 25, 1889 | ||||
| Idaho (2) |
New seats | Idaho achieved statehood July 3, 1890. | nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | George L. Shoup (R) | December 18, 1890 | ||
| Idaho (3) |
nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | William J. McConnell (R) | |||||
| Wyoming (2) |
New seats | Wyoming achieved statehood July 10, 1890. New Senator was elected November 15, 1890. |
nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Joseph M. Carey (R) | November 15, 1890 | ||
| Wyoming (1) |
Wyoming achieved statehood July 10, 1890. New Senator was elected November 18, 1890. |
nowrap Template:Party shading/Republican | Francis E. Warren (R) | November 24, 1890 | |||
| Maryland (3) |
Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Ephraim K. Wilson (D) | Died February 24, 1891, having already been re-elected to the next term. | Vacant until next Congress | |||
| California (1) |
Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | George Hearst (D) | Died February 28, 1891. | Vacant until next Congress | |||
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 16
- Democratic: 2-seat net gain
- Republican: 2-seat net loss
- Deaths: 11
- Resignations: 6
- Contested election:8
- Seats of newly admitted states: 7
- Total seats with changes: 33
Committees
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Senate
- Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: William M. Evarts)
- Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; 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: Zebulon B. Vance)
- Canadian Relations (Select) (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
- Census (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: James H. Berry)
- Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall)
- Claims (Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
- Coast Defenses (Chairman: Joseph N. Dolph; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
- Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
- Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
- Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Charles B. Farwell; Ranking Member: Wilbur F. Sanders)
- Epidemic Diseases (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
- Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
- Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Anthony Higgins; Ranking Member: George Gray)
- Executive Departments Methods (Select)
- Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
- Fisheries (Chairman: Francis B. Stockbridge; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III)
- Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
- Immigration (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
- Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
- Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Select) (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall)
- Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
- Library (Chairman: William M. Evarts; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
- Manufactures (Chairman: James McMillan; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
- Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: William D. Washburn; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
- Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
- Organization, Conduct and Expeditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Frank Hiscock; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
- Patents (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: George Gray)
- Pensions (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: Gilbert A. Pierce)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: Nathan F. Dixon)
- Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: John R. McPherson; Ranking Member: Charles F. Manderson)
- Printing (Chairman: Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: William M. Stewart)
- Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Leland Stanford; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: Richard F. Pettigrew)
- Quadrocentennial (Select) (Chairman: Frank Hiscock; Ranking Member: James B. Eustis)
- Railroads (Chairman: John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph E. Brown)
- Revision of the Laws (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: Ephraim K. Wilson)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Richard Coke; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill)
- Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
- Senate Administrative Services (Select)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Territories (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Gilbert A. Pierce)
- Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Randall L. Gibson)
- Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: Randall L. Gibson)
- Whole
- Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Zebulon B. Vance; Ranking Member: Charles B. Farwell)
House of Representatives
- Accounts (Chairman: Henry J. Spooner; Ranking Member: Solomon G. Comstock)
- Agriculture (Chairman: Edward H. Funston; Ranking Member: William H. Hatch)
- Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select)
- Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Samuel J. Randall)
- Banking and Currency (Chairman: George W.E. Dorsey; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Reed)
- Claims (Chairman: William G. Laidlaw; Ranking Member: George W. Dargan)
- Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles P. Wickham; Ranking Member: Richard P. Bland)
- Commerce (Chairman: Charles S. Baker; Ranking Member: Henry Stockbridge Jr.)
- Disposition of Executive Papers
- District of Columbia (Chairman: William W. Grout; Ranking Member: John J. Hemphill)
- Education (Chairman: James O'Donnell; Ranking Member: Henry P. Cheatham)
- Elections (Chairman: Jonathan H. Rowell; Ranking Member: Solomon G. Comstock)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Robert P. Kennedy; Ranking Member: Constantine B. Kilgore)
- Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: Edward Lane)
- Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Banks; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
- Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John C. Tarsney)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John G. Sawyer; Ranking Member: Judson C. Clements)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: John M. Brower; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Flood)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Joseph A. Scranton; Ranking Member: Marion Biggs)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Louis E. Atkinson; Ranking Member: William Cogswell)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Robert M. Yardley; Ranking Member: William C.P. Breckinridge)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas S. Flood; Ranking Member: Joseph H. O'Neil)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt; Ranking Member: Hamilton D. Coleman)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Bishop W. Perkins; Ranking Member: John L. Wilson)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Edmund N. Morrill; Ranking Member: Gilbert L. Laws)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Ezra B. Taylor; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Reed)
- Labor (Chairman: William H. Wade; Ranking Member: Aaron T. Bliss)
- Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: Charles D. Beckwith)
- Manufactures (Chairman: James Buchanan; Ranking Member: William D. Bynum)
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: John M. Farquhar; Ranking Member: Hamilton G. Ewart)
- Mileage (Chairman: John Lind; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Clunie)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Byron M. Cutcheon; Ranking Member: Samuel P. Snider)
- Militia (Chairman: David B. Henderson; Ranking Member: Harrison Kelley)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Myron H. McCord)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle; Ranking Member: Hamilton D. Coleman)
- Pacific Railroads (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: James P. Flick)
- Patents (Chairman: Benjamin Butterworth; Ranking Member: H. Clay Evans)
- Pensions (Chairman: Milton De Lano; Ranking Member: Thomas H. B. Browne)
- Printing (Chairman: Charles A. Russell; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Lucien B. Caswell; Ranking Member: Hamilton G. Ewart)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham; Ranking Member: James H. Blount)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Seth L. Milliken; Ranking Member: Oscar S. Gifford)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Lewis E. Payson; Ranking Member: William S. Holman)
- Railways and Canals (Chairman: Henry C. McCormick; Ranking Member: Gilbert L. Laws)
- Revision of Laws (Chairman: Thomas M. Browne; Ranking Member: Frederic T. Greenhalge)
- Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Thomas J. Henderson; Ranking Member: Frederick G. Niedringhaus)
- Rules (Chairman: Charles F. Crisp; Ranking Member: James H. Blount)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: Isaac S. Struble; Ranking Member: George W. Smith)
- War Claims (Chairman: Ormsby B. Thomas; Ranking Member: Jonathan P. Dolliver)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: William McKinley; Ranking Member: John G. Carlisle)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
- Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
- The Library
- Printing
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, until 1889
- Francis W. Palmer, from 1889
Senate
- Chaplain: John G. Butler (Lutheran)
- Secretary: Anson G. McCook
- Librarian: Alonzo M. Church
- Sergeant at Arms: William P. Canady, until June 30, 1890
- Edward K. Valentine, from June 30, 1890
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: William H. Milburn (Methodist)
- Clerk: John B. Clark Jr., until December 2, 1889
- Edward McPherson, from December 2, 1889
- Doorkeeper: Charles E. Adams
- Postmaster: James L. Wheat, resigned October 1, 1890
- James W. Hathaway, elected December 10, 1890
- Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield
- Reading Clerks: John A. Reeve (D) and Azro J. Maxham (R)
- Sergeant at Arms: John P. Leedom, until December 2, 1889
- Adoniram J. Holmes, from December 2, 1889
See also
- 1888 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1890 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
Notes
References
External links
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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