53rd United States Congress

53rd United States Congress
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53rd United States Congress

United States Capitol

Duration: March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895

President of the Senate:

Adlai E. Stevenson

President pro tempore:

Charles F. Manderson
Isham G. Harris (twice)
Matt W. Ransom

Speaker of the House:

Charles F. Crisp

Members:

88 Senators
356 Representatives
4 Non-voting members

Senate Majority:

Democratic

House Majority:

Democratic

Sessions

1st: August 7, 1893 – November 3, 1893
2nd: December 4, 1893 – August 28, 1894
3rd: December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1895

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United States Capitol (1906)

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-third 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, 1893 to March 3, 1895, during the first 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. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895

First session: August 7, 1893 – November 3, 1893
Second session: December 4, 1893 - August 28, 1894
Third session: December 3, 1894 - March 3, 1895 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 52nd Congress
Next congress: 54th Congress

Party summary

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: 44 (majority)
Republican: 40
Populist: 3
Silver: 1

TOTAL members: 88

House of Representatives

Democratic: 218 (majority)
Republican: 124
Populist: 11
Silver: 1
Independent Democratic: 2

TOTAL members: 356

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:
- Charles Frederick Manderson, Republican of Nebraska, reelected March 4, 1893.
- Isham Green Harris, Democratic of Tennessee, elected March 22, 1893.
- Matt Whitaker Ransom, Democratic of North Carolina, elected January 7, 1895.
- Isham Green Harris, Democratic of Tennessee, elected January 10, 1895.

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
- Charles F. Crisp, Democratic of Georgia, reelected August 7, 1893.

Major events

Main article: Events of 1893; Events of 1894; Events of 1895

March 4, 1893 Grover Cleveland became President of the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 53rd Congress

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: 53rd United States Congress - political parties

See also: 53rd United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House elections, 1892

Senate

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 this Congress, requiring reelection in 1898; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last 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

3: Leland Stanford (R)

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

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: Anthony Higgins (R)

Florida

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

Georgia

2: Alfred H. Colquitt (D)

Patrick Walsh (D)
3: John B. Gordon (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: James F. Wilson (R)

Kansas

3: William A. Peffer (P)
2: John Martin (D)

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

3: Edward D. White (D)

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

1: Francis B. Stockbridge (R)

John Patton, Jr. (R)

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

Minnesota

1: Cushman K. Davis (R)
2: William D. Washburn (R)

Mississippi

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

Anselm J. McLaurin (D)

Missouri

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

Montana

2: Thomas C. Power (R)
1: Lee Mantle (R)

Nebraska

2: Charles F. Manderson (R)
1: William V. Allen (P)

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

2: John R. McPherson (D)
1: James Smith, Jr. (D)

New York

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

North Carolina

2: Matt W. Ransom (D)
3: Zebulon B. Vance (D)

Thomas J. Jarvis (D)

Jeter C. Pritchard (R)

North Dakota

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

Ohio

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

Oregon

2: Joseph N. Dolph (R)
3: John H. Mitchell (R)

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

1: Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
2: Nathan F. Dixon, III (R)

South Carolina

2: Matthew C. Butler (D)
3: John L. M. Irby (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

2: Richard Coke (D)
1: Roger Q. Mills (D)

Vermont

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

Virginia

1: John W. Daniel (D)
2: Eppa Hutton, II (D)

Washington

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

West Virginia

1: Charles J. Faulkner (D)
2: Johnson N. Camden (D)

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

2: Joseph M. Carey (R)
1: Clarence D. Clark (R)

President pro tempore
Charles F. Manderson

President pro tempore
Isham G. Harris

President pro tempore
Matt W. Ransom

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