58th United States Congress

58th United States Congress


57th ←	→ 59th
United States Capitol (1906)
Duration: March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905

Senate President:	Vacant
Senate Pres. pro tem:	William P. Frye
House Speaker:	Joseph G. Cannon
Members:	90 Senators 386 Representatives 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican
House Majority:	Republican

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

The Fifty-eighth 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 Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events 1
Major Legislation 2
Party summary 3
- Senate 3.1
- House of Representatives 3.2
Leadership 4
- Senate 4.1
- House of Representatives 4.2
  - Majority (Republican) leadership 4.2.1
  - Minority (Democratic) leadership 4.2.2
Members 5
- Senate 5.1
  - Alabama 5.1.1
  - Arkansas 5.1.2
  - California 5.1.3
  - Colorado 5.1.4
  - Connecticut 5.1.5
  - Delaware 5.1.6
  - Florida 5.1.7
  - Georgia 5.1.8
  - Idaho 5.1.9
  - Illinois 5.1.10
  - Indiana 5.1.11
  - Iowa 5.1.12
  - Kansas 5.1.13
  - Kentucky 5.1.14
  - Louisiana 5.1.15
  - Maine 5.1.16
  - Maryland 5.1.17
  - Massachusetts 5.1.18
  - Michigan 5.1.19
  - Minnesota 5.1.20
  - Mississippi 5.1.21
  - Missouri 5.1.22
  - Montana 5.1.23
  - Nebraska 5.1.24
  - Nevada 5.1.25
  - New Hampshire 5.1.26
  - New Jersey 5.1.27
  - New York 5.1.28
  - North Carolina 5.1.29
  - North Dakota 5.1.30
  - Ohio 5.1.31
  - Oregon 5.1.32
  - Pennsylvania 5.1.33
  - Rhode Island 5.1.34
  - South Carolina 5.1.35
  - South Dakota 5.1.36
  - Tennessee 5.1.37
  - Texas 5.1.38
  - Utah 5.1.39
  - Vermont 5.1.40
  - Virginia 5.1.41
  - Washington 5.1.42
  - West Virginia 5.1.43
  - Wisconsin 5.1.44
  - Wyoming 5.1.45
- House of Representatives 5.2
  - Alabama 5.2.1
  - Arkansas 5.2.2
  - California 5.2.3
  - Colorado 5.2.4
  - Connecticut 5.2.5
  - Delaware 5.2.6
  - Florida 5.2.7
  - Georgia 5.2.8
  - Idaho 5.2.9
  - Illinois 5.2.10
  - Indiana 5.2.11
  - Iowa 5.2.12
  - Kansas 5.2.13
  - Kentucky 5.2.14
  - Louisiana 5.2.15
  - Maine 5.2.16
  - Maryland 5.2.17
  - Massachusetts 5.2.18
  - Michigan 5.2.19
  - Minnesota 5.2.20
  - Mississippi 5.2.21
  - Missouri 5.2.22
  - Montana 5.2.23
  - Nebraska 5.2.24
  - Nevada 5.2.25
  - New Hampshire 5.2.26
  - New Jersey 5.2.27
  - New York 5.2.28
  - North Carolina 5.2.29
  - North Dakota 5.2.30
  - Ohio 5.2.31
  - Oregon 5.2.32
  - Pennsylvania 5.2.33
  - Rhode Island 5.2.34
  - South Carolina 5.2.35
  - South Dakota 5.2.36
  - Tennessee 5.2.37
  - Texas 5.2.38
  - Utah 5.2.39
  - Vermont 5.2.40
  - Virginia 5.2.41
  - Washington 5.2.42
  - West Virginia 5.2.43
  - Wisconsin 5.2.44
  - Wyoming 5.2.45
  - Non-voting members 5.2.46
Employees 6
- Senate 6.1
- House of Representatives 6.2
References 7

Major events

Major Legislation

April 28, 1904: Kinkaid Act
February 1, 1905: Transfer Act of 1905

Party summary

Senate

	Party (Shading shows control)				Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Populist (P)	Republican (R)	Silver Republican (Silver R)
End of the previous congress	28	2	56	3	89	1

Begin	33	0	55	2	90	0
End	33	0	54	2	89	1
Final voting share	700137100000000000037.1%	50000000000000000000.0%	700160700000000000060.7%	70002200000000000002.2%

Beginning of the next congress	31	0	59	0	90	0

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 386

Leadership

Senate

President: Vacant
President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman (D)
Republican Conference Chairman: William B. Allison (R)

House of Representatives

Speaker: Joseph G. Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

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

Senate

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.

Alabama

2. John T. Morgan (D)
3. Edmund W. Pettus (D)

Arkansas

2. James H. Berry (D)
3. James P. Clarke (D)

California

3. George C. Perkins (R)
1. Thomas R. Bard (R)

Indiana

3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R), Resigned March 3, 1905
1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)

Iowa

3. William B. Allison (R)
2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)

Kansas

2. Joseph R. Burton (R)
3. Chester I. Long (R)

Kentucky

2. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
3. James B. McCreary (D)

Louisiana

3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)
2. Murphy J. Foster (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

1. Louis E. McComas (R)
3. Arthur P. Gorman (D)

Massachusetts

2. George F. Hoar (R), Died September 30, 1904

2. Winthrop M. Crane (R), Appointed October 12, 1904

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)

Michigan

1. Julius C. Burrows (R)
2. Russell A. Alger (R)

Minnesota

2. Knute Nelson (R)
1. Moses E. Clapp (R)

Mississippi

1. Hernando D. Money (D)
2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D)

Missouri

1. Francis M. Cockrell (D)
3. William J. Stone (D)

Montana

2. William A. Clark (D)
1. Paris Gibson (D)

Nebraska

2. Joseph H. Millard (R)
1. Charles H. Dietrich (R)

Nevada

1. William M. Stewart (R)
3. Francis G. Newlands (D)

New Hampshire

3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
2. Henry E. Burnham (R)

New Jersey

1. John Kean (R)
2. John F. Dryden (R)

New York

3. Thomas C. Platt (R)
1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)

North Carolina

2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
3. Lee S. Overman (D)

North Dakota

3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)
1. Porter J. McCumber (R)

Ohio

3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)
1. Marcus A. Hanna (R), Died February 15, 1904

1. Charles W. F. Dick (R), elected March 2, 1904

Oregon

2. John H. Mitchell (R)
3. Charles W. Fulton (R)

Pennsylvania

3. Boies Penrose (R)
1. Matthew S. Quay (R), Died May 28, 1904

1. Philander C. Knox (R), Appointed June 10, 1904

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
3. Asbury C. Latimer (D)

South Dakota

2. Robert J. Gamble (R)
3. Alfred B. Kittredge (R)

Tennessee

1. William B. Bate (D)
2. Edward W. Carmack (D)

Texas

1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
2. Joseph W. Bailey (D)

Utah

1. Thomas Kearns (R)
3. Reed Smoot (R)

Vermont

1. Redfield Proctor (R)
3. William P. Dillingham (R)

Virginia

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

Washington

1. Addison G. Foster (Silver R)
3. Levi Ankeny (Silver R)

West Virginia

2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)
1. Nathan B. Scott (R)

Wisconsin

3. John C. Spooner (R)
1. Joseph V. Quarles (R)

Wyoming

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

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Joseph G. Cannon

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.

Alabama

George W. Taylor (D)
2. Ariosto A. Wiley (D)
3. Henry D. Clayton (D)
4. Sydney J. Bowie (D)
5. Charles Winston Thompson (D), until March 20, 1904
- J. Thomas Heflin (D), from May 19, 1904
6. John H. Bankhead (D)
7. John L. Burnett (D)
8. William N. Richardson (D)
9. Oscar W. Underwood (D)

Arkansas

California

1. James N. Gillett (R)
2. Theodore A. Bell (D)
3. Victor H. Metcalf (R), until July 1, 1904
- Joseph R. Knowland (R), from November 8, 1904
4. Edward J. Livernash (D)
5. William J. Wynn (D)
6. James C. Needham (R)
7. James McLachlan (R)
8. Milton J. Daniels (R)

Colorado

1. John F. Shafroth (Silver R)., resigned February 15, 1904
- Robert W. Bonynge (R), from February 16, 1904; successfully contested election
2. Herschel M. Hogg (R)
At-large. Franklin E. Brooks (R)

Connecticut

1. E. Stevens Henry (R)
2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)
4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
George L. Lilley (R)

Delaware

At-large. Henry A. Houston (D)

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

At-large. Burton L. French (R)

Illinois

1. Martin Emerich (D)
2. James R. Mann (R)
3. William W. Wilson (R)
George P. Foster (D)
5. James McAndrews (D)
6. William Lorimer (R)
7. Philip Knopf (R)
8. William F. Mahoney (D), until December 27, 1904, vacant thereafter
9. Henry S. Boutell (R)
George E. Foss (R)
11. Howard M. Snapp (R)
12. Charles Eugene Fuller (R)
13. Robert R. Hitt (R)
14. Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
George W. Prince (R)
16. Joseph V. Graff (R)
17. John A. Sterling (R)
18. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
19. Vespasian Warner (R)
20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
21. Ben F. Caldwell (D)
22. William A. Rodenberg (R)
23. Joseph B. Crowley (D)
24. James R. Williams (D)
George W. Smith (R)

1. Charles Curtis (R)
2. Justin De Witt Bowersock (R)
3. Philip P. Campbell (R)
4. James Monroe Miller (R)
5. William A. Calderhead (R)
6. William A. Reeder (R)
7. Victor Murdock (R), from May 26, 1903
At-large. Charles F. Scott (R)

Kentucky

1. Ollie M. James (D)
2. Augustus Stanley (D)
3. John Stockdale Rhea (D)
4. David Highbaugh Smith (D)
5. J. Swagar Sherley (D)
6. Daniel Linn Gooch (D)
7. South Trimble (D)
George G. Gilbert (D)
9. James Nicholas Kehoe (D)
10. Francis A. Hopkins (D)
11. Vincent Boreing (R), died September 16, 1903
- W. Godfrey Hunter (R), from November 10, 1903

At-large. Joseph M. Dixon (R)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Clarence D. Van Duzer (D)

New Hampshire

1. Cyrus Adams Sulloway (R)
2. Frank Dunklee Currier (R)

New Jersey

1. Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
2. John James Gardner (R)
3. Benjamin F. Howell (R)
4. William M. Lanning (R), resigned June 6, 1904
- Ira W. Wood (R), from November 8, 1904
5. Charles N. Fowler (R)
6. William Hughes (D)
7. Richard W. Parker (R)
8. William H. Wiley (R)
9. Allan Benny (D)
10. Allan L. McDermott (D)

New York

1. Townsend Scudder (D)
George H. Lindsay (D)
3. Charles T. Dunwell (R)
4. Frank E. Wilson (D)
5. Edward M. Bassett (D)
6. Robert Baker (D)
7. John J. Fitzgerald (D)
8. Timothy D. Sullivan (D)
9. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
10. William Sulzer (D)
11. William Randolph Hearst (D)
George B. McClellan, Jr. (D), resigned December 21, 1903
- W. Bourke Cockran (D), from February 23, 1904
13. Francis B. Harrison (D)
14. Ira E. Rider (D)
15. William H. Douglas (R)
16. Jacob Ruppert, Jr. (D)
17. Francis E. Shober (D)
18. Joseph A. Goulden (D)
19. Norton P. Otis (R), died February 20, 1905, vacant to end
20. Thomas W. Bradley (R)
21. John H. Ketcham (R)
22. William H. Draper (R)
George N. Southwick (R)
George J. Smith (R)
25. Lucius N. Littauer (R)
26. William H. Flack (R)
27. James S. Sherman (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)
33. Charles W. Gillet (R)
34. James Wolcott Wadsworth (R)
35. William H. Ryan (D)
36. De Alva S. Alexander (R)
37. Edward B. Vreeland (R)

North Carolina

North Dakota

1. Thomas Frank Marshall (R)
2. Burleigh F. Spalding (R)

Ohio

1. Nicholas Longworth (R)
2. Herman P. Goebel (R)
3. Robert M. Nevin (R)
4. Harvey C. Garber (D)
5. John S. Snook (D)
6. Charles Q. Hildebrant (R)
7. Thomas B. Kyle (R)
8. William R. Warnock (R)
9. James H. Southard (R)
Stephen Morgan (R)
11. Charles H. Grosvenor (R)
12. De Witt C. Badger (D)
13. Amos H. Jackson (R)
14. William W. Skiles (R), died January 9, 1904
- Amos R. Webber (R), from November 8, 1904
15. Henry C. Van Voorhis (R)
16. John J. Gill (R), resigned October 31, 1903
- Capell L. Weems (R), from November 3, 1903
17. John W. Cassingham (D)
18. James Kennedy (R)
19. Charles William Dick (R), resigned March 23, 1904
- W. Aubrey Thomas (R), from November 8, 1904
20. Jacob A. Beidler (R)
21. Theodore Elijah Burton (R)

Oregon

1. Binger Hermann (R), from June 1, 1903
2. John N. Williamson (R)

Pennsylvania

1. Henry H. Bingham (R)
2. Robert Adams, Jr. (R)
3. Henry Burk (R), died December 5, 1903
- George A. Castor (R), from February 16, 1904
4. Robert H. Foerderer (R), died July 26, 1903
- Reuben O. Moon (R), from November 3, 1903
5. Edward de Veaux Morrell (R)
George D. McCreary (R)
7. Thomas S. Butler (R)
8. Irving P. Wanger (R)
9. Henry B. Cassel (R)
George Howell (D), until February 10, 1904 (election was contested)
- William Connell (R), from February 10, 1904
11. Henry W. Palmer (R)
George R. Patterson (R)
13. Marcus C.L. Kline (D)
14. Charles F. Wright (R)
15. Elias Deemer (R)
16. Charles H. Dickerman (D)
17. Thaddeus M. Mahon(R)
18. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
19. Alvin Evans (R)
20. Daniel F. Lafean (R)
21. Solomon R. Dresser (R)
George F. Huff (R)
23. Allen F. Cooper (R)
24. Ernest F. Acheson (R)
25. Arthur L. Bates (R)
26. Joseph H. Shull (D)
27. William O. Smith (R)
28. Joseph C. Sibley (R)
George Shiras III (R)
30. John Dalzell (R)
31. Henry K. Porter (R)
32. James W. Brown (R)

Rhode Island

1. Daniel L. D. Granger (D)
2. Adin B. Capron (R)

South Carolina

George S. Legare (D)
George W. Croft (D), died March 10, 1904
- Theodore G. Croft (D), from May 17, 1904
3. Wyatt Aiken (D)
4. Joseph T. Johnson (D)
5. David E. Finley (D)
6. Robert Bethea Scarborough (D)
7. Asbury F. Lever (D)

South Dakota

At-large. Charles Henry Burke (R)
At-large. Eben Wever Martin (R)

Tennessee

Texas

1. Morris Sheppard (D)
2. Samuel Bronson Cooper (D)
3. Gordon James Russell (D)
4. Choice Boswell Randell (D)
5. James Andrew Beall (D)
6. Scott Field (D)
7. Alexander W. Gregg (D)
8. Thomas Henry Ball (D), resigned November 16, 1903
- John M. Pinckney (D), from November 17, 1903
George Farmer Burgess (D)
10. Albert Sidney Burleson (D)
11. Robert L. Henry (D)
12. Oscar W. Gillespie(D)
13. John Hall Stephens (D)
14. James L. Slayden (D)
15. John Nance Garner (D)
16. William R. Smith (D)

Utah

At-large. Joseph Howell (R)

Vermont

1. David J. Foster (R)
2. Kittredge Haskins (R)

Virginia

Washington

At-large. Wesley Livsey Jones (R)
At-large. Francis Wellington Cushman (R)
At-large. William E. Humphrey (R)

At-large. Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

Arizona Territory. John Frank Wilson (D)
Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole
New Mexico Territory. Bernard Shandon Rodey (R)
Oklahoma Territory. Bird Segle McGuire (R)
Puerto Rico. Federico Degetau, (R)

Employees

Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods, appointed February 19, 1902

Senate

Secretary: Charles G. Bennett of New York, elected February 1, 1900
Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell of Indiana, elected February 1, 1900
Chaplain:
- F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected December 2, 1902
- Edward E. Hale, Unitarian, elected December 14, 1903

House of Representatives

Clerk: Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania, elected November 9, 1903
Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson of Wisconsin, elected November 9, 1903
Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon of New York, elected November 9, 1903
Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy of Ohio, elected November 9, 1903
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Asher C. Hinds
Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected November 9, 1903

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