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54th United States Congress

United States Capitol

Duration: March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897

President of the Senate:

Adlai E. Stevenson

President pro tempore:

William P. Frye

Speaker of the House:

Thomas B. Reed

Members:

90 Senators
357 Representatives
4 Non-voting members

Senate Majority:

Democratic

House Majority:

Democratic

Sessions

1st: December 2, 1895 – June 11, 1896
2nd: December 7, 1896 – March 3, 1897

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1 Dates of sessions
2 Party summary
3 Leadership
4 Major events
5 Major legislation
6 Members
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
  - 6.2.1 Delegates
7 Changes in membership
8 Officers
9 Notes
10 References
11 External links

The Fifty-fourth 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, 1895 to March 3, 1897, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. The House had a Republican majority, and the Republicans were the largest party in the Senate.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897

First session: December 2, 1895 - June 11, 1896
Second session: December 7, 1896 - March 3, 1897 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 53rd Congress
Next congress: 55th Congress

Party summary

Utah was newly admitted to the Union and first represented as a state in this Congress.

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

Democratic: 40
Republican: 44 (majority)
Populist: 4
Silver: 2

TOTAL members: 90

House of Representatives

Democratic: 93
Republican: 254 (majority)
Populist: 9
Silver: 1

TOTAL members: 357

Leadership

President of the Senate
Vice President
Adlai E. Stevenson

Senate

Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
- Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois
President pro tempore of the Senate:
- William Pierce Frye, Republican of Maine, elected February 7, 1896.

Democratic Caucus Chairman:
- Arthur P. Gorman, Democratic of Maryland
Republican Conference Chairman:
- John Sherman, Republican of Ohio

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
- Thomas B. Reed, Republican of Maine, elected December 2, 1895.

Democratic Caucus Chairman:
- David B. Culberson, Democratic of Texas
Republican Conference Chairman:
- Charles H. Grosvenor, Republican of Ohio

Major events

Main article: Events of 1895; Events of 1896; Events of 1897

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 54th Congress

January 4, 1896 Utah was admitted as a state into the Union.

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

See also: 54th United States Congress - political parties

See also: 54th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House elections, 1894

Senate

Senate composition, by party: Democratic Republican One Democratic, one Republican Populist Silver

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 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1896.

See also: Category:United States Senators

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

2: John T. Morgan (D)
3: James L. Pugh (D)

Arkansas

3: James K. Jones (D)
2: James H. Berry (D)

California

1: Stephen M. White (D)
3: George C. Perkins (R)

Colorado

3: Henry M. Teller (R)
2: Edward O. Wolcott (R)

Connecticut

3: Orville H. Platt (R)
1: Joseph R. Hawley (R)

Delaware

1: George Gray (D)
2: Richard R. Kenney (D)

Florida

3: Wilkinson Call (D)
1: Samuel Pasco (D)

Georgia

3: John B. Gordon (D)
2: Augustus O. Bacon (D)

Idaho

2: George L. Shoup (R)
3: Fred T. Dubois (R)

Illinois

2: Shelby M. Cullom (R)
3: John McAuley Palmer (D)

Indiana

3: Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
1: David Turpie (D)

Iowa

3: William B. Allison (R)
2: John H. Gear (R)

Kansas

3: William A. Peffer (P)
2: Lucien Baker (R)

Kentucky

3: Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
2: William Lindsay (D)

Louisiana

2: Donelson Caffery (D)
3: Newton C. Blanchard (D)

Maine

1: Eugene Hale (R)
2: William P. Frye (R)

Maryland

1: Arthur Pue Gorman (D)
3: Charles H. Gibson (D)

Massachusetts

2: George F. Hoar (R)
1: Henry Cabot Lodge (R)

Michigan

2: James McMillan (R)
1: Julius C. Burrows (R)

Minnesota

1: Cushman K. Davis (R)
2: Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

1: James Z. George (D)
2: Edward C. Walthall (D)

Missouri

1: Francis M. Cockrell (D)
3: George G. Vest (D)

Montana

1: Lee Mantle (R)
2: Thomas H. Carter (R)

Nebraska

1: William V. Allen (P)
2: John M. Thurston (R)

Nevada

3: John P. Jones (S)
1: William M. Stewart (S)

New Hampshire

2: William E. Chandler (R)
3: Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

New Jersey

1: James Smith, Jr. (D)
2: William J. Sewell (R)

New York

3: David B. Hill (D)
1: Edward Murphy, Jr. (D)

North Carolina

3: Jeter C. Pritchard (R)
2: Marion Butler (P)

North Dakota

3: Henry C. Hansbrough (R)
1: William N. Roach (D)

Ohio

1: John Sherman (R)
3: Calvin S. Brice (D)

Oregon

3: John H. Mitchell (R)
2: George W. McBride (R)

Pennsylvania

3: J. Donald Cameron (R)
1: Matthew S. Quay (R)

Rhode Island

1: Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
2: George P. Wetmore (R)

South Carolina

3: John L. M. Irby (D)
2: Benjamin R. Tillman (D)

South Dakota

2: Richard F. Pettigrew (R)
3: James H. Kyle (P)

Tennessee

2: Isham G. Harris (D)
1: William B. Bate (D)

Texas

1: Roger Q. Mills (D)
2: Horace Chilton (D)

Utah

1: Frank J. Cannon (R)
3: Arthur Brown (R)

Vermont

3: Justin S. Morrill (R)
1: Redfield Proctor (R)

Virginia

1: John W. Daniel (D)
2: Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington

3: Watson C. Squire (R)
1: John L. Wilson (R)

West Virginia

1: Charles J. Faulkner (D)
2: Stephen B. Elkins (R)

Wisconsin

3: William F. Vilas (D)
1: John L. Mitchell (D)

Wyoming

1: Clarence D. Clark (R)
2: Francis E. Warren (R)

President pro tempore
William P. Frye

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama