50th United States Congress
50th United States Congress | |
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49th ← → 51st | |
United States Capitol (1906) | |
March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | |
Senate President | Vacant |
Senate Pres. pro tem | John J. Ingalls (R) |
House Speaker | John G. Carlisle (D) |
Members | 76 senators 325 representatives 8 non-voting delegates |
Senate Majority | Republican |
House Majority | Democratic |
Sessions | |
1st: December 7, 1887 – October 20, 1888 2nd: December 3, 1888 – March 3, 1889 |
The Fiftieth 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, 1887, to March 4, 1889, during the third and fourth years of Grover Cleveland's first presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1880. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
Contents
1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Party summary
3.1 Senate
3.2 House of Representatives
4 Leadership
4.1 Senate
4.2 House of Representatives
5 Members
5.1 Senate
5.1.1 Alabama
5.1.2 Arkansas
5.1.3 California
5.1.4 Colorado
5.1.5 Connecticut
5.1.6 Delaware
5.1.7 Florida
5.1.8 Georgia
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 Nebraska
5.1.23 Nevada
5.1.24 New Hampshire
5.1.25 New Jersey
5.1.26 New York
5.1.27 North Carolina
5.1.28 Ohio
5.1.29 Oregon
5.1.30 Pennsylvania
5.1.31 Rhode Island
5.1.32 South Carolina
5.1.33 Tennessee
5.1.34 Texas
5.1.35 Vermont
5.1.36 Virginia
5.1.37 West Virginia
5.1.38 Wisconsin
5.2 House of Representatives
5.2.1 Alabama
5.2.2 Arkansas
5.2.3 California
5.2.4 Colorado
5.2.5 Connecticut
5.2.6 Delaware
5.2.7 Florida
5.2.8 Georgia
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 Nebraska
5.2.23 Nevada
5.2.24 New Hampshire
5.2.25 New Jersey
5.2.26 New York
5.2.27 North Carolina
5.2.28 Ohio
5.2.29 Oregon
5.2.30 Pennsylvania
5.2.31 Rhode Island
5.2.32 South Carolina
5.2.33 Tennessee
5.2.34 Texas
5.2.35 Vermont
5.2.36 Virginia
5.2.37 West Virginia
5.2.38 Wisconsin
5.2.39 Non-voting members
6 Changes in membership
6.1 Senate
6.2 House of Representatives
7 Committees
7.1 Senate
7.2 House of Representatives
7.3 Joint committees
8 Caucuses
9 Administrative officers
9.1 Senate
9.2 House of Representatives
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Major events
Major legislation
- October 8, 1888: Chinese Exclusion Act (Scott Act)
- January 14, 1889: Nelson Act of 1889
- February 22, 1889: Enabling Act of 1889, Sess. 2, ch. 180, 25 Stat. 676
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
Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | |||
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Democratic (D) | Readjuster (RA) | Republican (R) | |||
End of the previous congress | 34 | 2 | 40 | 76 | 0 |
Begin | 35 | 1 | 38 | 74 | 2 |
End | 37 | 76 | 0 | ||
Final voting share | 7001487000000000000♠48.7% | 7000130000000000000♠1.3% | 7001500000000000000♠50.0% | ||
Beginning of the next congress | 37 | 0 | 39 | 76 | 0 |
House of Representatives
Democratic: 167 (majority)
Republican: 152- Independent Republican: 2
- Labor: 2
National Greenback: 1- Independent: 1
TOTAL members: 325
Leadership
Senate
President: Vacant
President pro tempore: John J. Ingalls (R)
Republican Conference Chairman: George F. Edmunds
Democratic Caucus Chairman: James B. Beck
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: John E. Kenna
House of Representatives
Speaker: John G. Carlisle (D)
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Samuel S. Cox
Republican Conference Chair: Joseph Gurney Cannon
Members
- Skip to House of Representatives, below
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 1892; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
Senate
- replacements: 1
Democratic: no net change
Republican: no net change- Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
- deaths: 0
- resignations: 1
- interim appointments: 1
- Total seats with changes: 2
State (class) | Vacator | Reason for Vacancy | Subsequent | Date of successor's installation |
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West Virginia (1) | Vacant | Filled vacancy in term. | Charles J. Faulkner (D) | May 5, 1887 |
Florida (1) | Vacant | Filled vacancy in term. | Samuel Pasco (D) | May 19, 1887 |
New Hampshire (2) | Person C. Cheney (R) | Successor was elected June 14, 1887 | William E. Chandler (R) | June 14, 1887 |
House of Representatives
- replacements: 8
Democratic: no net change
Republican: no net change
- deaths: 4
- resignations: 5
- contested election: 0
- Total seats with changes: 8
District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor seated |
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New York 25th | Vacant | Rep. Frank Hiscock resigned during previous congress | James J. Belden (R) | November 8, 1887 |
Texas 2nd | John H. Reagan (D) | Resigned March 4, 1887, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | William H. Martin (D) | November 4, 1887 |
Louisiana 6th | Edward W. Robertson (D) | Died August 2, 1887 | Samuel M. Robertson (D) | December 5, 1891 |
New York 19th | Nicholas T. Kane (D) | Died September 14, 1887 | Charles Tracey (D) | November 8, 1887 |
Michigan 11th | Seth C. Moffatt (R) | Died December 22, 1887 | Henry W. Seymour (R) | February 14, 1888 |
New York 1st | Perry Belmont (D) | Resigned December 1, 1888, after being appointed Minister to Spain | Vacant until next Congress | |
Indiana 1st | Alvin P. Hovey (R) | Resigned January 17, 1889, after being elected Governor of Indiana | Francis B. Posey (R) | January 29, 1889 |
Missouri 4th | James N. Burnes (D) | Died January 23, 1889 | Charles F. Booher (D) | February 19, 1889 |
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (3 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) 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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House of Representatives
- Accounts
- Agriculture
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select)
American Ship building (Select)- Appropriations
- Banking and Currency
- Claims
- Coinage, Weights and Measures
- Commerce
- District of Columbia
- Education
- Elections
- Enrolled Bills
- Expenditures in the Interior Department
- Expenditures in the Justice Department
- Expenditures in the Navy Department
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department
- Expenditures in the State Department
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department
- Expenditures in the War Department
- Expenditures on Public Buildings
- Foreign Affairs
- Indian Affairs
- Invalid Pensions
- Labor
- Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River
- Manufactures
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries
- Mileage
- Military Affairs
- Militia
- Mines and Mining
- Naval Affairs
- Pacific Railroads
- Patents
- Pensions
- Post Office and Post Roads
- Public Buildings and Grounds
- Public Lands
- Railways and Canals
- Revision of Laws
- Rivers and Harbors
- Rules
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories
- War Claims
- Ways and Means
- Whole
Joint committees
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)- Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
- To Investigate Work on the Washington Aqueduct Tunnel
Caucuses
Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)
Administrative officers
Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict
Senate
Chaplain: John G. Butler (Lutheran)
Secretary: Anson G. McCook
Sergeant at Arms: William P. Canady
House of Representatives
Chaplain: William H. Milburn (Methodist)
Clerk: John B. Clark, Jr.
Doorkeeper: Alvin B. Hurt
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield
Postmaster: Lycurgus Dalton
Reading Clerks: [Data unknown/missing.]
Sergeant at Arms: John P. Leedom
See also
United States elections, 1886 (elections leading to this Congress)- United States Senate elections, 1886
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1886
United States elections, 1888 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)- United States presidential election, 1888
- United States Senate elections, 1888 and 1889
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1888
References
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
External links
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
Official Congressional Directory for the 50th Congress, 1st Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 50th Congress, 1st Session (Revised).
Official Congressional Directory for the 50th Congress, 2nd Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 50th Congress, 2nd Session (Revised).