59th United States Congress


The 59th 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, 1905, to March 4, 1907, during the fifth and sixth 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

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leaders

Senate

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, 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, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1906; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1908; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1910.

[List of [United States Senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

[List of [United States Representatives from Alabama|Alabama]]

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

State
VacatorReason for vacancySubsequentDate of successor's installation
Missouri
VacantElected to fill vacancy in term.William Warner March 18, 1905
Delaware
VacantElected to fill vacancy in term.Henry A. du Pont June 13, 1906
Tennessee
William B. Bate Died March 9, 1905. Successor was elected.James B. Frazier March 21, 1905
Connecticut
Orville H. Platt Died April 21, 1905. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.Frank B. Brandegee May 10, 1905
Oregon
John H. Mitchell Died December 8, 1905. Successor was appointed.John M. Gearin December 13, 1905
Kansas
Joseph R. Burton Resigned June 4, 1906, due to a conviction of corruption charges. Successor was appointed.Alfred W. Benson June 11, 1906
Maryland
Arthur P. Gorman Died June 4, 1906. Successor was appointed.William P. Whyte June 8, 1906
Oregon
John M. Gearin Successor was elected.Frederick W. Mulkey January 23, 1907
Michigan
Russell A. Alger Died January 24, 1907. Successor was elected.William A. Smith February 6, 1907
Kansas
Alfred W. Benson Successor was elected.Charles Curtis January 29, 1907

House of Representatives

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link, in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, 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

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