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1903-1905 U.S. Congress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 58th 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, DC, from March 4, 1903, to March 4, 1905, during the third and fourth years of Theodore Roosevelt'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.
58th United States Congress | |
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57th ← → 59th | |
![]() United States Capitol (1906) | |
March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |
Members | 90 senators 386 representatives 5 non-voting delegates |
Senate majority | Republican |
Senate President | Vacant |
House majority | Republican |
House Speaker | Joseph G. Cannon (R) |
Sessions | |
Special: March 5, 1903 – March 19, 1903 1st: November 9, 1903 – December 7, 1903 2nd: December 7, 1903 – April 28, 1904 3rd: December 5, 1904 – March 3, 1905 |
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||||
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Democratic (D) |
Populist (P) | Republican (R) | Silver Republican (SR) | |||
End of previous congress | 29 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 89 | 1 |
Begin | 33 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 90 | 0 |
End | 56 | 89 | 1 | |||
Final voting share | 37.1% | 0.0% | 62.9% | 0.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 31 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 88 | 2 |
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||||
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Democratic (D) |
Populist (P) | Republican (R) | Silver Republican (SR) | |||
End of previous congress | 148 | 5 | 197 | 1 | 351 | 6 |
Begin | 178 | 0 | 206 | 0 | 384 | 2 |
End | 175 | 209 | ||||
Final voting share | 45.6% | 0.0% | 54.4% | 0.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 178 | 0 | 206 | 0 | 384 | 2 |
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
At this time, 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 ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1904; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1906; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1908.
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," 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.
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
State (class) |
Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Subsequent | Date of successor's installation |
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Ohio (1) |
Mark Hanna (R) | Died February 15, 1904. Successor was elected. | Charles W. F. Dick (R) | March 2, 1904 |
Pennsylvania (1) |
Matthew Quay (R) | Died May 28, 1904. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. | Philander C. Knox (R) | June 10, 1904 |
Massachusetts (2) |
George Frisbie Hoar (R) | Died September 30, 1904. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. | Winthrop M. Crane (R) | October 12, 1904 |
Indiana (3) |
Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | Resigned March 3, 1905, after being elected Vice-president of the United States | Vacant until next Congress |
District | Previous | Reason for change | Subsequent | Date of successor's installation |
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Kansas 7th | Vacant | Rep. Chester I. Long resigned during previous congress | Victor Murdock (R) | May 26, 1903 |
Oregon 1st | Vacant | Rep. Thomas H. Tongue died during previous congress | Binger Hermann (R) | June 1, 1903 |
Pennsylvania 4th | Robert H. Foerderer (R) | Died July 26, 1903 | Reuben Moon (R) | November 3, 1903 |
Kentucky 11th | Vincent Boreing (R) | Died September 16, 1903 | W. Godfrey Hunter (R) | November 10, 1903 |
Ohio 16th | Joseph J. Gill (R) | Resigned October 31, 1903 | Capell L. Weems (R) | November 3, 1903 |
Texas 8th | Thomas Henry Ball (D) | Resigned November 16, 1903 | John M. Pinckney (D) | November 17, 1903 |
Pennsylvania 3rd | Henry Burk (R) | Died December 5, 1903 | George A. Castor (R) | February 16, 1904 |
New York 12th | George B. McClellan Jr. (D) | Resigned December 21, 1903, after being elected Mayor of New York | William B. Cockran (D) | February 23, 1904 |
Ohio 14th | William W. Skiles (R) | Died January 9, 1904 | Amos R. Webber (R) | November 8, 1904 |
Pennsylvania 10th | George Howell (D) | Lost contested election February 10, 1904 | William Connell (R) | February 10, 1904 |
Colorado 1st | John F. Shafroth (D) | Resigned February 15, 1904, after believing he was elected due to election irregularities | Robert W. Bonynge (R) | February 16, 1904 |
South Carolina 2nd | George W. Croft (D) | Died March 10, 1904 | Theodore G. Croft (D) | May 17, 1904 |
Ohio 19th | Charles W. F. Dick (R) | Resigned March 23, 1904, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | W. Aubrey Thomas (R) | November 8, 1904 |
Alabama 5th | Charles W. Thompson (D) | Died March 20, 1904 | J. Thomas Heflin (D) | May 19, 1904 |
New Jersey 4th | William M. Lanning (R) | Resigned June 6, 1904, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | Ira W. Wood (R) | November 8, 1904 |
California 3rd | Victor H. Metcalf (R) | Resigned July 1, 1904, after being appointed United States Department of Commerce and Labor | Joseph R. Knowland (R) | November 8, 1904 |
Illinois 8th | William F. Mahoney (D) | Died December 27, 1904 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
New York 19th | Norton P. Otis (R) | Died February 20, 1905 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
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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