Special: March 4, 1909 – March 6, 1909 1st: March 15, 1909 – August 5, 1909 2nd: December 6, 1909 – June 25, 1910 3rd: December 5, 1910 – March 3, 1911
At this time, most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. 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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914.
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. 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.
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The 61st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives It met in Washington D C from March 4 1909 to March 4 1911 during the first two years of William H Taft s presidency The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1900 United States census Both chambers had a Republican majority 61st United States Congress60th 62ndUnited States Capitol 1906 March 4 1909 March 4 1911Members92 senators391 representatives7 non voting delegatesSenate majorityRepublicanSenate PresidentJames S Sherman R House majorityRepublicanHouse SpeakerJoseph G Cannon R SessionsSpecial March 4 1909 March 6 19091st March 15 1909 August 5 19092nd December 6 1909 June 25 19103rd December 5 1910 March 3 1911 Contents 1 Major events 2 Major legislation 3 Constitutional amendments 4 Party summary 4 1 Senate 4 2 House of Representatives 5 Leadership 5 1 Senate 5 2 House of Representatives 5 2 1 Majority Republican leadership 5 2 2 Minority Democratic leadership 6 Members 6 1 Senate 6 1 1 Alabama 6 1 2 Arkansas 6 1 3 California 6 1 4 Colorado 6 1 5 Connecticut 6 1 6 Delaware 6 1 7 Florida 6 1 8 Georgia 6 1 9 Idaho 6 1 10 Illinois 6 1 11 Indiana 6 1 12 Iowa 6 1 13 Kansas 6 1 14 Kentucky 6 1 15 Louisiana 6 1 16 Maine 6 1 17 Maryland 6 1 18 Massachusetts 6 1 19 Michigan 6 1 20 Minnesota 6 1 21 Mississippi 6 1 22 Missouri 6 1 23 Montana 6 1 24 Nebraska 6 1 25 Nevada 6 1 26 New Hampshire 6 1 27 New Jersey 6 1 28 New York 6 1 29 North Carolina 6 1 30 North Dakota 6 1 31 Ohio 6 1 32 Oklahoma 6 1 33 Oregon 6 1 34 Pennsylvania 6 1 35 Rhode Island 6 1 36 South Carolina 6 1 37 South Dakota 6 1 38 Tennessee 6 1 39 Texas 6 1 40 Utah 6 1 41 Vermont 6 1 42 Virginia 6 1 43 Washington 6 1 44 West Virginia 6 1 45 Wisconsin 6 1 46 Wyoming 6 2 House of Representatives 6 2 1 Alabama 6 2 2 Arkansas 6 2 3 California 6 2 4 Colorado 6 2 5 Connecticut 6 2 6 Delaware 6 2 7 Florida 6 2 8 Georgia 6 2 9 Idaho 6 2 10 Illinois 6 2 11 Indiana 6 2 12 Iowa 6 2 13 Kansas 6 2 14 Kentucky 6 2 15 Louisiana 6 2 16 Maine 6 2 17 Maryland 6 2 18 Massachusetts 6 2 19 Michigan 6 2 20 Minnesota 6 2 21 Mississippi 6 2 22 Missouri 6 2 23 Montana 6 2 24 Nebraska 6 2 25 Nevada 6 2 26 New Hampshire 6 2 27 New Jersey 6 2 28 New York 6 2 29 North Carolina 6 2 30 North Dakota 6 2 31 Ohio 6 2 32 Oklahoma 6 2 33 Oregon 6 2 34 Pennsylvania 6 2 35 Rhode Island 6 2 36 South Carolina 6 2 37 South Dakota 6 2 38 Tennessee 6 2 39 Texas 6 2 40 Utah 6 2 41 Vermont 6 2 42 Virginia 6 2 43 Washington 6 2 44 West Virginia 6 2 45 Wisconsin 6 2 46 Wyoming 6 2 47 Non voting members 7 Changes in membership 7 1 Senate 7 2 House of Representatives 8 Committees 8 1 Senate 8 2 House of Representatives 8 3 Joint committees 9 Caucuses 10 Employees 10 1 Legislative branch agency directors 10 2 Senate 10 3 House of Representatives 11 See also 12 ReferencesMajor events editMain articles 1909 in the United States 1910 in the United States and 1911 in the United States March 4 1909 William Howard Taft became President of the United States Major legislation editMain article List of United States federal legislation August 5 1909 Payne Aldrich Tariff Act ch 6 36 Stat 11 May 16 1910 Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910 ch 240 36 Stat 369 b June 1 1910 Height of Buildings Act of 1910 ch 263 36 Stat 452 June 18 1910 Mann Elkins Act ch 309 36 Stat 539 June 25 1910 Mann Act ch 395 36 Stat 825 March 3 1911 Judicial Code of 1911 ch 231 36 Stat 1087Constitutional amendments editJuly 12 1909 Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution allowing the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification Amendment was later ratified on February 3 1913 becoming the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionParty summary editSenate edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R End of previous congress31 61 92 0Begin32 59 91 1EndFinal voting share35 2 64 8 Beginning of next congress40 50 90 2House of Representatives edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D IndependentDemocratic ID Republican R Other O End of previous congress164 1 220 0 385 6Begin170 1 218 0 389 2End1732103847Final voting share45 1 0 3 54 7 0 0 Beginning of next congress228 0 160 2 a 390 1Leadership editSenate president nbsp James S Sherman R Senate president pro tempore nbsp William P Frye R Senate edit President James S Sherman R President pro tempore William P Frye R Republican Conference Chairman Eugene Hale Republican Conference Secretary Charles Curtis Democratic Caucus Chairman Hernando Money Democratic Caucus Secretary Robert Latham OwenHouse of Representatives edit House Speaker nbsp Joseph Gurney Cannon R Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon R Majority Republican leadership edit Majority Leader Sereno E Payne Majority Whip John W Dwight Republican Conference Chairman Frank Dunklee CurrierMinority Democratic leadership edit Minority Leader Champ Clark Minority Whip vacant Democratic Caucus Chairman Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman James Tilghman LloydMembers editSkip to House of Representatives belowSenate edit At this time most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years with one third beginning new six year terms with each Congress A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state 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 ended with this Congress requiring reelection in 1910 Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress requiring reelection in 1912 and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress requiring reelection in 1914 Alabama edit 2 John H Bankhead D 3 Joseph F Johnston D Arkansas edit 2 Jeff Davis D 3 James P Clarke D California edit 1 Frank P Flint R 3 George C Perkins R Colorado edit 2 Simon Guggenheim R 3 Charles J Hughes Jr D until January 11 1911Connecticut edit 1 Morgan G Bulkeley R 3 Frank B Brandegee R Delaware edit 1 Henry A du Pont R 2 Harry A Richardson R Florida edit 1 James P Taliaferro D 3 Duncan U Fletcher D Georgia edit 2 Augustus O Bacon D 3 Alexander S Clay D until November 10 1910 Joseph M Terrell D from November 17 1910 dd Idaho edit 2 William E Borah R 3 Weldon B Heyburn R Illinois edit 2 Shelby Moore Cullom R 3 William Lorimer R from June 18 1909Indiana edit 1 Albert J Beveridge R 3 Benjamin F Shively D Iowa edit 2 Jonathan P Dolliver R until October 15 1910 Lafayette Young R from November 12 1910 dd 3 Albert B Cummins R Kansas edit 2 Charles Curtis R 3 Joseph L Bristow R Kentucky edit 2 Thomas H Paynter D 3 William O Bradley R Louisiana edit 2 Murphy J Foster D 3 Samuel D McEnery D until June 10 1910 John Thornton D from December 10 1910 dd Maine edit 1 Eugene Hale R 2 William P Frye R Maryland edit 1 Isidor Rayner D 3 John W Smith D Massachusetts edit 1 Henry Cabot Lodge R 2 Winthrop M Crane R Michigan edit 1 Julius C Burrows R 2 William Alden Smith R Minnesota edit 1 Moses E Clapp R 2 Knute Nelson R Mississippi edit 1 Hernando D Money D 2 Anselm J McLaurin D until December 22 1909 James Gordon D December 27 1909 February 22 1910 LeRoy Percy D from February 23 1910 dd Missouri edit 1 William Warner R 3 William J Stone D Montana edit 1 Thomas H Carter R 2 Joseph M Dixon R Nebraska edit 1 Elmer J Burkett R 2 Norris Brown R Nevada edit 1 George S Nixon R 3 Francis G Newlands D New Hampshire edit 2 Henry E Burnham R 3 Jacob H Gallinger R New Jersey edit 1 John Kean Jr R 2 Frank O Briggs R New York edit 1 Chauncey M Depew R 3 Elihu A Root R North Carolina edit 2 Furnifold M Simmons D 3 Lee S Overman D North Dakota edit 1 Porter J McCumber R 3 Martin N Johnson R until October 21 1909 Fountain L Thompson D November 10 1909 January 31 1910 William E Purcell D February 1 1910 February 1 1911 Asle Gronna R from February 2 1911 dd Ohio edit 1 Charles W F Dick R 3 Theodore E Burton R Oklahoma edit 2 Robert L Owen D 3 Thomas P Gore D Oregon edit 2 Jonathan Bourne Jr R 3 George E Chamberlain D Pennsylvania edit 1 Philander C Knox R until March 4 1909 George T Oliver R from March 17 1909 dd 3 Boies Penrose R Rhode Island edit 1 Nelson W Aldrich R 2 George P Wetmore R South Carolina edit 2 Benjamin R Tillman D 3 Ellison D Smith D South Dakota edit 2 Robert J Gamble R 3 Coe I Crawford R Tennessee edit 1 James B Frazier D 2 Robert L Taylor D Texas edit 1 Charles A Culberson D 2 Joseph W Bailey D Utah edit 1 George Sutherland R 3 Reed Smoot R Vermont edit 1 Carroll S Page R 3 William P Dillingham R Virginia edit 1 John W Daniel D until June 29 1910 Claude A Swanson D from August 1 1910 dd 2 Thomas S Martin D Washington edit 1 Samuel H Piles R 3 Wesley L Jones R West Virginia edit 1 Nathan B Scott R 2 Stephen B Elkins R until January 4 1911 Davis Elkins R January 9 1911 January 31 1911 Clarence W Watson D from February 1 1911 dd Wisconsin edit 1 Robert M La Follette Sr R 3 Isaac Stephenson R Wyoming edit 1 Clarence D Clark R 2 Francis E Warren R nbsp Senators party membership by state at the opening of the 61st Congress in March 1909 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans Territories House of Representatives edit Alabama edit 1 George W Taylor D 2 S Hubert Dent Jr D 3 Henry D Clayton D 4 William B Craig D 5 J Thomas Heflin D 6 Richmond P Hobson D 7 John L Burnett D 8 William N Richardson D 9 Oscar Underwood D Arkansas edit 1 Robert B Macon D 2 William A Oldfield D 3 John C Floyd D 4 William B Cravens D 5 Charles C Reid D 6 Joseph Taylor Robinson D 7 Robert M Wallace D California edit 1 William F Englebright R 2 Duncan E McKinlay R 3 Joseph R Knowland R 4 Julius Kahn R 5 Everis A Hayes R 6 James C Needham R 7 James McLachlan R 8 Sylvester C Smith R Colorado edit 1 Atterson Walden Rucker D 2 John A Martin D At large Edward T Taylor D Connecticut edit 1 E Stevens Henry R 2 Nehemiah D Sperry R 3 Edwin W Higgins R 4 Ebenezer J Hill R At large John Q Tilson R Delaware edit At large William H Heald R Florida edit 1 Stephen M Sparkman D 2 Frank Clark D 3 Dannite H Mays D Georgia edit 1 Charles G Edwards D 2 James M Griggs D until January 5 1910 Seaborn Roddenbery D from February 6 1910 dd 3 Dudley M Hughes D 4 William C Adamson D 5 Leonidas F Livingston D 6 Charles L Bartlett D 7 Gordon Lee D 8 William M Howard D 9 Thomas Montgomery Bell D 10 Thomas W Hardwick D 11 William G Brantley D Idaho edit At large Thomas Ray Hamer R Illinois edit 1 Martin B Madden R 2 James R Mann R 3 William W Wilson R 4 James T McDermott D 5 Adolph J Sabath D 6 William Lorimer R until June 17 1909 William J Moxley R from November 23 1909 dd 7 Frederick Lundin R 8 Thomas Gallagher D 9 Henry S Boutell R 10 George E Foss R 11 Howard M Snapp R 12 Charles Eugene Fuller R 13 Frank O Lowden R 14 James McKinney R 15 George W Prince R 16 Joseph V Graff R 17 John A Sterling R 18 Joseph G Cannon R 19 William B McKinley R 20 Henry T Rainey D 21 James M Graham D 22 William A Rodenberg R 23 Martin D Foster D 24 Pleasant T Chapman R 25 Napoleon B Thistlewood R Indiana edit 1 John W Boehne D 2 William A Cullop D 3 William E Cox D 4 Lincoln Dixon D 5 Ralph Wilbur Moss D 6 William O Barnard R 7 Charles A Korbly D 8 John A M Adair D 9 Martin A Morrison D 10 Edgar D Crumpacker R 11 George W Rauch D 12 Cyrus Cline D 13 Henry A Barnhart D Iowa edit 1 Charles A Kennedy R 2 Albert F Dawson R 3 Charles E Pickett R 4 Gilbert N Haugen R 5 James W Good R 6 Nathan E Kendall R 7 John A T Hull R 8 William Darius Jamieson D 9 Walter I Smith R 10 Frank P Woods R 11 Elbert H Hubbard R Kansas edit 1 Daniel Read Anthony Jr R 2 Charles Frederick Scott R 3 Philip P Campbell R 4 James Monroe Miller R 5 William A Calderhead R 6 William A Reeder R 7 Edmond H Madison R 8 Victor Murdock R Kentucky edit 1 Ollie M James D 2 Augustus Stanley D 3 Robert Y Thomas Jr D 4 Ben Johnson D 5 J Swagar Sherley D 6 Joseph L Rhinock D 7 J Campbell Cantrill D 8 Harvey Helm D 9 Joseph B Bennett R 10 John W Langley R 11 Don C Edwards R Louisiana edit 1 Albert Estopinal D 2 Samuel Louis Gilmore D March 30 1909 July 18 1910 Henry Garland Dupre D from November 8 1910 dd 3 Robert F Broussard D 4 John Thomas Watkins D 5 Joseph E Ransdell D 6 Robert Charles Wickliffe D 7 Arsene Paulin Pujo D Maine edit 1 Amos L Allen R until February 20 1911 2 John P Swasey R 3 Edwin C Burleigh R 4 Frank E Guernsey R Maryland edit 1 J Harry Covington D 2 J Frederick C Talbott D 3 John Kronmiller R 4 John Gill Jr D 5 Sydney E Mudd R 6 George A Pearre R Massachusetts edit 1 George P Lawrence R 2 Frederick H Gillett R 3 Charles G Washburn R 4 Charles Q Tirrell R until July 31 1910 John Joseph Mitchell D from November 8 1910 dd 5 Butler Ames R 6 Augustus P Gardner R 7 Ernest W Roberts R 8 Samuel W McCall R 9 John A Keliher D 10 Joseph F O Connell D 11 Andrew J Peters D 12 John W Weeks R 13 William S Greene R 14 William C Lovering R until February 4 1910 Eugene Foss D March 22 1910 January 4 1911 dd Michigan edit 1 Edwin C Denby R 2 Charles E Townsend R 3 Washington Gardner R 4 Edward L Hamilton R 5 Gerrit J Diekema R 6 Samuel W Smith R 7 Henry McMorran R 8 Joseph W Fordney R 9 James C McLaughlin R 10 George A Loud R 11 Francis H Dodds R 12 H Olin Young R Minnesota edit 1 James Albertus Tawney R 2 Winfield Scott Hammond D 3 Charles Russell Davis R 4 Frederick C Stevens R 5 Frank Nye R 6 Charles August Lindbergh R 7 Andrew Volstead R 8 Clarence B Miller R 9 Halvor Steenerson R Mississippi edit 1 Ezekiel S Candler Jr D 2 Thomas Spight D 3 Benjamin G Humphreys II D 4 Thomas U Sisson D 5 Adam M Byrd D 6 Eaton J Bowers D 7 William A Dickson D 8 James W Collier D Missouri edit 1 James T Lloyd D 2 William W Rucker D 3 Joshua Willis Alexander D 4 Charles F Booher D 5 William Patterson Borland D 6 David A De Armond D until November 23 1909 Clement C Dickinson D from February 1 1910 dd 7 Courtney W Hamlin D 8 Dorsey W Shackleford D 9 James Beauchamp Clark D 10 Richard Bartholdt R 11 Patrick F Gill D 12 Harry M Coudrey R 13 Politte Elvins R 14 Charles A Crow R 15 Charles H Morgan R 16 Arthur P Murphy R Montana edit At large Charles N Pray R Nebraska edit 1 John A Maguire D 2 Gilbert M Hitchcock D 3 James P Latta D 4 Edmund H Hinshaw R 5 George W Norris R 6 Moses P Kinkaid R Nevada edit At large George A Bartlett D New Hampshire edit 1 Cyrus A Sulloway R 2 Frank Dunklee Currier R New Jersey edit 1 Henry C Loudenslager R 2 John J Gardner R 3 Benjamin F Howell R 4 Ira W Wood R 5 Charles N Fowler R 6 William Hughes D 7 Richard Wayne Parker R 8 William H Wiley R 9 Eugene F Kinkead D 10 James A Hamill D New York edit 1 William W Cocks R 2 George H Lindsay D 3 Otto G Foelker R 4 Charles B Law R 5 Richard Young R 6 William M Calder R 7 John J Fitzgerald D 8 Daniel J Riordan D 9 Henry M Goldfogle D 10 William Sulzer D 11 Charles V Fornes D 12 Michael F Conry D 13 Herbert Parsons R 14 William Willett Jr D 15 J Van Vechten Olcott R 16 Francis B Harrison D 17 William S Bennet R 18 Joseph A Goulden D 19 John E Andrus R 20 Thomas W Bradley R 21 Hamilton Fish II R 22 William H Draper R 23 George N Southwick R 24 George W Fairchild R 25 Cyrus Durey R 26 George R Malby R 27 Charles S Millington R 28 Charles L Knapp R 29 Michael E Driscoll R 30 John W Dwight R 31 Sereno E Payne R 32 James B Perkins R until March 11 1910 James Smith Havens D from April 19 1910 dd 33 J Sloat Fassett R 34 James S Simmons R 35 Daniel A Driscoll D 36 De Alva S Alexander R 37 Edward B Vreeland R North Carolina edit 1 John Humphrey Small D 2 Claude Kitchin D 3 Charles R Thomas D 4 Edward W Pou D 5 John M Morehead R 6 Hannibal L Godwin D 7 Robert N Page D 8 Charles H Cowles R 9 Edwin Y Webb D 10 John G Grant R North Dakota edit 1 Louis B Hanna R 2 Asle Gronna R until February 11 1911Ohio edit 1 Nicholas Longworth R 2 Herman P Goebel R 3 James M Cox D 4 William E Tou Velle D 5 Timothy T Ansberry D 6 Matthew R Denver D 7 J Warren Keifer R 8 Ralph D Cole R 9 Isaac R Sherwood D 10 Adna R Johnson R 11 Albert Douglas R 12 Edward L Taylor Jr R 13 Carl C Anderson D 14 William G Sharp D 15 James Joyce R 16 David Hollingsworth R 17 William A Ashbrook D 18 James Kennedy R 19 W Aubrey Thomas R 20 L Paul Howland R 21 James H Cassidy R from April 20 1909Oklahoma edit 1 Bird Segle McGuire R 2 Dick Thompson Morgan R 3 Charles E Creager R 4 Charles D Carter D 5 Scott Ferris D Oregon edit 1 Willis C Hawley R 2 William R Ellis R Pennsylvania edit 1 Henry H Bingham R 2 Joel Cook R until December 15 1910 3 J Hampton Moore R 4 Reuben O Moon R 5 William W Foulkrod R until November 13 1910 6 George D McCreary R 7 Thomas S Butler R 8 Irving P Wanger R 9 William W Griest R 10 Thomas D Nicholls ID 11 Henry W Palmer R 12 Alfred B Garner R 13 John H Rothermel D 14 Charles C Pratt R 15 William B Wilson D 16 John G McHenry D 17 Benjamin K Focht R 18 Marlin E Olmsted R 19 John M Reynolds R until January 17 1911 20 Daniel F Lafean R 21 Charles F Barclay R 22 George F Huff R 23 Allen F Cooper R 24 John K Tener R until January 16 1911 25 Arthur L Bates R 26 A Mitchell Palmer D 27 J N Langham R 28 Nelson P Wheeler R 29 William H Graham R 30 John Dalzell R 31 James F Burke R 32 Andrew J Barchfeld R Rhode Island edit 1 William P Sheffield Jr R 2 Adin B Capron R South Carolina edit 1 George S Legare D 2 James O Patterson D 3 Wyatt Aiken D 4 Joseph T Johnson D 5 David E Finley D 6 J Edwin Ellerbe D 7 Asbury F Lever D South Dakota edit At large Charles H Burke R At large Eben W Martin R Tennessee edit 1 Walter P Brownlow R until July 8 1910 Zachary D Massey R from November 8 1910 dd 2 Richard W Austin R 3 John A Moon D 4 Cordell Hull D 5 William C Houston D 6 Joseph W Byrns D 7 Lemuel P Padgett D 8 Thetus W Sims D 9 Finis J Garrett D 10 George W Gordon D Texas edit 1 Morris Sheppard D 2 Martin Dies D 3 Gordon J Russell D until June 14 1910 Robert M Lively D from July 23 1910 dd 4 Choice B Randell D 5 James Andrew Beall D 6 Rufus Hardy D 7 Alexander W Gregg D 8 John M Moore D 9 George Farmer Burgess D 10 Albert S Burleson D 11 Robert L Henry D 12 Oscar W Gillespie D 13 John H Stephens D 14 James L Slayden D 15 John Nance Garner D 16 William R Smith D Utah edit At large Joseph Howell R Vermont edit 1 David J Foster R 2 Frank Plumley R Virginia edit 1 William A Jones D 2 Harry L Maynard D 3 John Lamb D 4 Francis R Lassiter D until October 31 1909 Robert Turnbull D from March 8 1910 dd 5 Edward W Saunders D 6 Carter Glass D 7 James Hay D 8 Charles Creighton Carlin D 9 C Bascom Slemp R 10 Henry D Flood D Washington edit 1 William E Humphrey R 2 Francis W Cushman R until July 6 1909 William W McCredie R from November 2 1909 dd 3 Miles Poindexter R West Virginia edit 1 William P Hubbard R 2 George Cookman Sturgiss R 3 Joseph Holt Gaines R 4 Harry C Woodyard R 5 James Anthony Hughes R Wisconsin edit 1 Henry Allen Cooper R 2 John M Nelson R 3 Arthur W Kopp R 4 William J Cary R 5 William H Stafford R 6 Charles H Weisse D 7 John J Esch R 8 James H Davidson R 9 Gustav Kustermann R 10 Elmer A Morse R 11 Irvine L Lenroot R Wyoming edit At large Frank W Mondell R Non voting members edit Alaska Territory James Wickersham R Arizona Territory Ralph Henry Cameron R Hawaii Territory Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole R New Mexico Territory William Henry Andrews R Philippines Benito Legarda Fed R Philippines Pablo Ocampo until November 22 1909 D Manuel Quezon Unionist from November 23 1909 dd Puerto Rico Tulio Larrinaga Resident Commissioner Unionist nbsp House seats by party holding plurality in state 80 Democratic 80 Republican 60 to 80 Democratic 60 to 80 Republican Up to 60 Democratic Up to 60 RepublicanChanges in membership editThe count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress Senate edit Replacements 13 Democratic 1 seat net gain Republican 1 seat net loss Deaths 8 Resignations 2 Vacancy 1 Total seats with changes 14State class Vacated by Reason for vacancy Subsequent Date of successor s installationIllinois 3 Vacant Sen was elected at beginning of term Served in House until resigning June 18 1909 William Lorimer R June 18 1909Pennsylvania 1 Philander C Knox R Resigned March 4 1909 after being appointed United States Secretary of State Successor was elected George T Oliver R March 17 1909North Dakota 3 Martin N Johnson R Died October 21 1909 Successor was appointed Fountain L Thompson D November 10 1909Mississippi 2 Anselm J McLaurin D Died December 22 1909 Successor was appointed James Gordon D December 27 1909North Dakota 3 Fountain L Thompson D Resigned January 31 1910 Successor was appointed William E Purcell D February 1 1910Mississippi 2 James Gordon D Successor was elected LeRoy Percy D February 23 1910Louisiana 3 Samuel D McEnery D Died June 28 1910 Successor was appointed and subsequently elected John Thornton D December 7 1910Virginia 1 John W Daniel D Died June 29 1910 Successor was appointed Claude A Swanson D August 1 1910Iowa 2 Jonathan P Dolliver R Died October 15 1910 Lafayette Young R November 12 1910Georgia 3 Alexander S Clay D Died November 13 1910 Successor was appointed Joseph M Terrell D November 17 1910West Virginia 2 Stephen B Elkins R Died January 4 1911 Successor was appointed Davis Elkins R January 9 1911Colorado 3 Charles J Hughes Jr D Died January 11 1911 Vacant until next CongressWest Virginia 2 Davis Elkins R Successor was elected Clarence W Watson D February 1 1911North Dakota 3 William E Purcell D Successor was elected Asle Gronna R February 2 1911House of Representatives edit Replacements 12 Democratic 3 seat gain Republican 3 seat loss Deaths 12 Resignations 6 Contested elections 0 Total seats with changes 21District Vacated by Reason for vacancy Successor Date of successor s installationLouisiana 2nd Vacant Rep Robert C Davey died during previous congress Samuel L Gilmore D March 30 1909Ohio 21st Vacant Rep Theodore E Burton resigned during previous congress James H Cassidy R April 20 1909Illinois 6th William Lorimer R Resigned June 17 1909 after being elected to the U S Senate William Moxley R November 23 1909Washington 2nd Francis W Cushman R Died July 6 1909 William W McCredie R November 2 1909Virginia 4th Francis R Lassiter D Died October 31 1909 Robert Turnbull D March 8 1910Philippines Resident Commissioner Pablo Ocampo Term ended November 22 1909 Manuel L Quezon Unionist November 23 1909Missouri 6th David A De Armond D Died November 23 1909 Clement C Dickinson D February 1 1910Georgia 2nd James M Griggs D Died January 5 1910 Seaborn Roddenbery D February 6 1910Massachusetts 14th William C Lovering R Died March 11 1910 Eugene Foss D January 4 1911New York 32nd James B Perkins R Died February 4 1910 James S Havens D April 19 1910Texas 3rd Gordon J Russell D Resigned June 14 1910 after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Robert M Lively D July 23 1910Tennessee 1st Walter P Brownlow R Died July 8 1910 Zachary D Massey R November 8 1910Louisiana 2nd Samuel L Gilmore D Died July 18 1910 H Garland Dupre D November 8 1910Massachusetts 4th Charles Q Tirrell R Died July 31 1910 John J Mitchell D November 8 1910Pennsylvania 5th William W Foulkrod R Died November 13 1910 Seat remained vacant until next CongressPennsylvania 2nd Joel Cook R Died December 15 1910 Seat remained vacant until next CongressMassachusetts 14th Eugene Foss D Resigned January 4 1911 after being elected Governor of Massachusetts Seat remained vacant until next CongressPennsylvania 24th John K Tener R Resigned January 16 1911 after being elected Governor of Pennsylvania Seat remained vacant until next CongressPennsylvania 19th John M Reynolds R Resigned January 17 1911 after being elected Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Seat remained vacant until next CongressNorth Dakota 2nd Asle Gronna R Resigned February 11 1911 after being elected to the U S Senate Seat remained vacant until next CongressMaine 1st Amos L Allen R Died February 20 1911 Seat remained vacant until next CongressCommittees editLists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate House Standing with Subcommittees Select and Special and Joint and after that House Senate committee assignments 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 edit Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress Select Chairman Charles A Culberson Ranking Member Shelby M Cullom Agriculture and Forestry Chairman Jonathan P Dolliver Ranking Member Hernando D Money Appropriations Chairman Eugene Hale Ranking Member Benjamin R Tillman Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate Chairman John Kean Ranking Member Hernando D Money Canadian Relations Chairman William A Smith Ranking Member Benjamin R Tillman Census Chairman Robert M La Follette Ranking Member Samuel D McEnery Civil Service and Retrenchment Chairman Albert B Cummins Ranking Member N A Claims Chairman Henry E Burnham Ranking Member Thomas S Martin Coast and Insular Survey Chairman Samuel H Piles Ranking Member Alexander S Clay Coast Defenses Chairman George S Nixon Ranking Member James P Taliaferro Commerce Chairman William P Frye Ranking Member Thomas S Martin Conservation of National Resources Chairman Joseph M Dixon Ranking Member Francis G Newlands Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia Chairman James P Taliaferro Ranking Member Norris Brown Cuban Relations Chairman George Sutherland Ranking Member Jacob H Gallinger Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments Chairman Furnifold M Simmons Ranking Member Jacob H Gallinger Distributing Public Revenue Among the States Select District of Columbia Chairman Jacob H Gallinger Ranking Member Norris Brown Education and Labor Chairman William E Borah Ranking Member John W Daniel Engrossed Bills Chairman Augustus O Bacon Ranking Member Henry Cabot Lodge Enrolled Bills Chairman Robert J Gamble Ranking Member Murphy James Foster Jr Establish a University in the United States Select Chairman Simon Guggenheim Examination of Disposition of Documents Select Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service Chairman Isaac Stephenson Ranking Member Charles A Culberson Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture Chairman Harry A Richardson Ranking Member Furnifold M Simmons Expenditures in the Interior Department Chairman Coe I Crawford Ranking Member Jeff Davis Expenditures in the Department of Justice Select Chairman William O Bradley Ranking Member Joseph W Bailey Expenditures in the Navy Department Select Chairman William Lorimer Ranking Member Thomas S Martin Expenditures in the Post Office Department Chairman Joseph L Bristow Ranking Member Augustus O Bacon Expenditures in the Department of State Select Chairman Elihu Root Ranking Member N A Expenditures in the Treasury Department Select Chairman Theodore E Burton Ranking Member James P Clarke Expenditures in the War Department Select Chairman Henry A du Pont Ranking Member Hernando D Money Finance Chairman Nelson W Aldrich Ranking Member John W Daniel Fisheries Chairman Jonathan Bourne Jr Ranking Member Samuel D McEnery Five Civilized Tribes of Indians Select Chairman Benjamin R Tillman Ranking Member Moses E Clapp Foreign Relations Chairman Shelby M Cullom Ranking Member Augustus O Bacon Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game Chairman Frank B Brandegee Ranking Member Benjamin R Tillman Geological Survey Chairman Frank O Briggs Ranking Member Hernando D Money Immigration Chairman William P Dillingham Ranking Member N A Indian Affairs Chairman Moses E Clapp Ranking Member William J Stone Indian Depredations Chairman Charles Curtis Ranking Member Thomas S Martin Indian Contracts Investigation Select Industrial Expositions Chairman Wesley L Jones Ranking Member John W Daniel Interoceanic Canals Chairman Frank P Flint Ranking Member James P Taliaferro Interstate Commerce Chairman Stephen B Elkins Ranking Member Benjamin R Tillman Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands Chairman Thomas H Carter Ranking Member Joseph W Bailey Judiciary Chairman Clarence D Clark Ranking Member Augustus O Bacon Library Chairman George P Wetmore Ranking Member John W Daniel Manufactures Chairman Weldon B Heyburn Ranking Member Alexander S Clay Military Affairs Chairman Francis E Warren Ranking Member James P Taliaferro Mines and Mining Chairman Charles Dick Ranking Member Benjamin R Tillman Mississippi River and its Tributaries Select Chairman William Warner Ranking Member Samuel D McEnery National Banks Chairman N A Ranking Member N A Naval Affairs Chairman George C Perkins Ranking Member Benjamin R Tillman Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico Chairman Chauncey M Depew Ranking Member James P Clarke Pacific Railroads Chairman Elmer J Burkett Ranking Member James P Taliaferro Patents Chairman Norris Brown Ranking Member Murphy J Foster Jr Pensions Chairman Porter J McCumber Ranking Member James P Taliaferro Philippines Chairman Henry Cabot Lodge Ranking Member Joseph F Johnston Post Office and Post Roads Chairman Boies Penrose Ranking Member Alexander S Clay Potomac River Front Select Printing Chairman Reed Smoot Ranking Member John W Smith Private Land Claims Chairman John W Daniel Ranking Member Julius Kahn Privileges and Elections Chairman Julius C Burrows Ranking Member John Kean Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman Nathan B Scott Ranking Member Charles A Culberson Public Expenditures Chairman Eugene Hale Ranking Member N A Public Health and National Quarantine Chairman Thomas S Martin Ranking Member Chauncey M Depew Public Lands Chairman Knute Nelson Ranking Member Samuel D McEnery Railroads Chairman Morgan G Bulkeley Ranking Member Augustus O Bacon Revision of the Laws Chairman Weldon B Heyburn Ranking Member N A Revolutionary Claims Chairman Joseph W Bailey Ranking Member William O Bradley Rules Chairman Winthrop Murray Crane Ranking Member Augustus O Bacon Standards Weights and Measures Select Chairman Carroll S Page Ranking Member Augustus O Bacon Tariff Regulation Select Territories Chairman Albert J Beveridge Ranking Member James P Clarke Third Degree Ordeal Transportation and Sale of Meat Products Select Chairman Samuel D McEnery Ranking Member John W Daniel Transportation Routes to the Seaboard Chairman George T Oliver Ranking Member John W Daniel Trespassers upon Indian Lands Select Chairman N A Ranking Member N A Wages and Prices of Commodities Select Whole Woman Suffrage Chairman Alexander S Clay Ranking Member Albert J Beveridge House of Representatives edit Accounts Chairman James A Hughes Ranking Member Charles L Bartlett Agriculture Chairman Charles Frederick Scott Ranking Member John Lamb Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Chairman Nehemiah D Sperry Ranking Member Ezekiel S Candler Jr Appropriations Chairman James A Tawney Ranking Member Leonidas F Livingston Banking and Currency Chairman Edward B Vreeland Ranking Member Arsene Pujo Census Chairman Edgar D Crumpacker Ranking Member James Hay Claims Chairman George W Prince Ranking Member Henry M Goldfogle Coinage Weights and Measures Chairman William B McKinley Ranking Member Thomas W Hardwick Disposition of Executive Papers Chairman Arthur L Bates Ranking Member Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott District of Columbia Chairman Samuel W Smith Ranking Member Dorsey W Shackleford Education Chairman James F Burke Ranking Member Asbury F Lever Election of the President Vice President and Representatives in Congress Chairman Joseph H Gaines Ranking Member William W Rucker Elections No 1 Chairman Charles L Knapp Ranking Member Ollie M James Elections No 2 Chairman James M Miller Ranking Member William E Tou Velle Elections No 3 Chairman Michael E Driscoll Ranking Member Charles C Carlin Enrolled Bills Chairman William W Wilson Ranking Member Henry Thomas Rainey Expenditures in the Agriculture Department Chairman William H Graham Ranking Member Henry D Flood Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments Chairman David J Foster Ranking Member Arsene P Pujo Expenditures in the Interior Department Chairman Bird S McGuire Ranking Member Robert N Page Expenditures in the Justice Department Chairman Sydney E Mudd Ranking Member Henry M Goldfogle Expenditures in the Navy Department Chairman Henry S Boutell Ranking Member Lemuel P Padgett Expenditures in the Post Office Department Chairman Irving P Wanger Ranking Member Carter Glass Expenditures in the State Department Chairman Don C Edwards Ranking Member Courtney W Hamlin Expenditures in the Treasury Department Chairman Ebenezer J Hill Ranking Member John Lamb Expenditures in the War Department Chairman George P Lawrence Ranking Member Joseph L Rhinock Expenditures on Public Buildings Chairman E Stevens Henry Ranking Member John H Small Foreign Affairs Chairman James B Perkins Ranking Member William M Howard Immigration and Naturalization Chairman Benjamin F Howell Ranking Member John L Burnett Indian Affairs Chairman Charles H Burke Ranking Member John H Stephens Industrial Arts and Expositions Chairman William A Rodenberg Ranking Member Harry L Maynard Insular Affairs Chairman Marlin E Olmsted Ranking Member William A Jones Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman James R Mann Ranking Member William C Adamson Invalid Pensions Chairman Cyrus A Sulloway Ranking Member George H Lindsay Irrigation of Arid Lands Chairman William A Reeder Ranking Member William R Smith Judiciary Chairman Richard W Parker Ranking Member Henry De Lamar Clayton Labor Chairman John J Gardner Ranking Member Henry Thomas Rainey Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River Chairman Philip P Campbell Ranking Member Robert B Macon Library Chairman Samuel W McCall Ranking Member William M Howard Manufactures Chairman Henry McMorran Ranking Member Joseph T Johnson Merchant Marine and Fisheries Chairman William S Greene Ranking Member Thomas Spight Mileage Chairman Charles A Kennedy Ranking Member Matthew R Denver Military Affairs Chairman John A T Hull Ranking Member William Sulzer Militia Chairman Halvor Steenerson Ranking Member John Gill Jr Mines and Mining Chairman George F Huff Ranking Member George A Bartlett Naval Affairs Chairman George E Foss Ranking Member Lemuel P Padgett Pacific Railroads Chairman Thomas S Butler Ranking Member James L Slayden Patents Chairman Frank D Currier Ranking Member William Sulzer Pensions Chairman Henry C Loudenslager Ranking Member William Richardson Post Office and Post Roads Chairman John W Weeks Ranking Member John A Moon Printing Chairman Allen F Cooper Ranking Member David E Finley Private Land Claims Chairman Ernest W Roberts Ranking Member William A Jones Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman Richard Bartholdt Ranking Member William G Brantley Public Lands Chairman Frank W Mondell Ranking Member Adam M Byrd Railways and Canals Chairman James H Davidson Ranking Member William Hughes Reform in the Civil Service Chairman Frederick H Gillett Ranking Member William O Barnard Revision of Laws Chairman Reuben O Moon Ranking Member John T Watkins Rivers and Harbors Chairman De Alva S Alexander Ranking Member Stephen M Sparkman Rules Chairman John Dalzell Ranking Member Champ Clark Standards of Official Conduct Territories Chairman Edward L Hamilton Ranking Member James T Lloyd Ventilation and Acoustics Chairman George D McCreary Ranking Member George W Rauch War Claims Chairman Charles B Law Ranking Member Thetus W Sims Ways and Means Chairman Sereno E Payne Ranking Member Champ Clark WholeJoint committees edit Conditions of Indian Tribes Special Disposition of Useless Executive Papers Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service The Library PrintingCaucuses editDemocratic House Democratic Senate Employees editLegislative branch agency directors edit Architect of the Capitol Elliott Woods Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam Public Printer of the United States Samuel B DonnellySenate edit Chaplain Edward E Hale Unitarian until June 10 1909 Ulysses G B Pierce Unitarian elected June 18 1909 Librarian Edward C Goodwin Secretary Charles G Bennett Sergeant at Arms Daniel M RansdellHouse of Representatives edit Chaplain Henry N Couden Universalist Clerk Alexander McDowell Doorkeeper Frank B Lyon Clerk at the Speaker s Table Asher C Hinds Postmaster Samuel Langum Reading Clerks E L Sampson D and Dennis E Alward R Sergeant at Arms Henry CassonSee also edit1908 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1908 United States presidential election 1908 09 United States Senate elections 1908 United States House of Representatives elections 1910 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1910 11 United States Senate elections 1910 United States House of Representatives electionsReferences edit Progressive Republican amp Socialist Gould Lewis L 2005 The Most Exclusive Club Cambridge MA Perseus Books Group ISBN 0 465 02778 4 Remini Robert V 2006 The House New York HarperCollins Publishers Inc ISBN 0 06 088434 7 U S Congress 2005 Biographical Directory of the U S Congress Archived from the original on June 1 2006 Retrieved June 1 2006 U S House of Representatives 2006 Congressional History Archived from the original on June 1 2006 Retrieved June 1 2006 U S Senate 2006 Statistics and Lists Archived from the original on June 1 2006 Retrieved June 1 2006 Congress United States 1909 Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress 1st Session Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress 2nd Session Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress 2nd Session 1st Revision 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