52nd United States Congress
| 52nd United States Congress | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Fifty-second 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, 1891 to March 4, 1893, during the third and fourth years of Benjamin Harrison's 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.
Major events
Major legislation
- May 5, 1892: Geary Act
- February 13, 1893: Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea), ch. 105, 27 Stat. 445
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic (D) |
Populist (P) | Republican (R) | Other | |||
| End of the previous congress | 35 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 86 | 2 |
| Begin | 36 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 84 | 4 |
| End | 39 | 47 | 88 | 0 | ||
| Final voting share | 44.3% | 2.3% | 53.4% | 0.0% | ||
| Beginning of the next congress | 44 | 3 | 37 |
1 (Silver) |
85 | 3 |
House of Representatives
- Democratic: 238 (majority)
- Republican: 86
- Populist: 8
TOTAL members: 332
Leadership
President of the Senate
Levi P. Morton
Levi P. Morton
Senate
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Charles F. Crisp (D)
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and Representatives are listed by district.
Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Senators are listed by Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1892; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896.
House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
Senate
- replacements: 7
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
- Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
- deaths: 4
- resignations: 5
- interim appointments: 1
- Total seats with changes: 10
| State (class) |
Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (1) |
Vacant | George Hearst died during previous congress. Successor was elected. |
Charles N. Felton (R) | March 19, 1891 |
| Maryland (3) |
Vacant | Ephraim K. Wilson died during previous congress. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (January 21, 1892). |
Charles H. Gibson (D) | November 19, 1891 |
| New York (3) |
Vacant | Chose to finish his term as Governor of New York before being installed as U.S. Senator. | David B. Hill (D) | January 17, 1892 |
| Florida (3) |
Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. Incumbent was elected late. |
Wilkinson Call (D) | May 26, 1891 |
| Texas (1) |
John H. Reagan (D) | Resigned June 10, 1891. Successor was appointed. |
Horace Chilton (D) | June 10, 1891 |
| Vermont (1) |
George F. Edmunds (R) | Resigned November 1, 1891. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (October 19, 1892). |
Redfield Proctor (R) | November 2, 1891 |
| Kansas (2) |
Preston B. Plumb (R) | Died December 20, 1891. Successor was appointed. |
Bishop W. Perkins (R) | January 1, 1892 |
| Texas (1) |
Horace Chilton (D) | Successor was elected March 22, 1892. | Roger Q. Mills (D) | March 23, 1892 |
| Virginia (2) |
John S. Barbour Jr. (D) | Died May 14, 1892. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (December 20, 1893). |
Eppa Hunton (D) | June 10, 1891 |
| Louisiana (2) |
Randall L. Gibson (D) | Died December 15, 1892. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (May 23, 1894). |
Donelson Caffery (D) | December 31, 1892 |
| West Virginia (2) |
John E. Kenna (D) | Died January 11, 1893. Successor was elected. |
Johnson N. Camden (D) | January 25, 1893 |
| Kentucky (2) |
John G. Carlisle (D) | Resigned February 4, 1893 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury. Successor was elected. |
William Lindsay (D) | February 15, 1893 |
House of Representatives
- replacements: 15
- Democratic: 1-seat net loss
- Republican: 1-seat net gain
- deaths: 10
- resignations: 8
- contested election: 1
- Total seats with changes: 18
| District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor seated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York 10th | Francis B. Spinola (D) | Died April 14, 1891 | W. Bourke Cockran (D) | November 3, 1891 |
| Michigan 5th | Melbourne H. Ford (D) | Died April 20, 1891 | Charles E. Belknap (R) | November 3, 1891 |
| Tennessee 2nd | Leonidas C. Houk (R) | Died May 25, 1891 | John C. Houk (R) | December 7, 1891 |
| South Dakota At-large | John R. Gamble (R) | Died August 14, 1891 | John L. Jolley (R) | December 7, 1891 |
| New York 22nd | Leslie W. Russell (R) | Resigned September 11, 1891 after being elected judge for the New York Supreme Court | Newton M. Curtis (R) | November 3, 1891 |
| New York 12th | Roswell P. Flower (D) | Resigned September 16, 1891 to run for Governor of New York | Joseph J. Little (D) | November 3, 1891 |
| New York 2nd | David A. Boody (D) | Resigned October 13, 1891 to run for Mayor of Brooklyn, New York | Alfred C. Chapin (D) | November 3, 1891 |
| Virginia 8th | William H. F. Lee (D) | Died October 15, 1891 | Elisha E. Meredith (D) | December 9, 1891 |
| Pennsylvania 24th | Andrew Stewart (R) | Election was successfully challenged February 26, 1892 | Alexander K. Craig (D) | February 26, 1892 |
| Kentucky 10th | John W. Kendall (D) | Died March 7, 1892 | Joseph M. Kendall (D) | April 21, 1892 |
| California 3rd | Joseph McKenna (R) | Resigned March 28, 1892 | Samuel G. Hilborn (R) | December 5, 1892 |
| Texas 9th | Roger Q. Mills (D) | Resigned March 28, 1892 after being elected to the U.S. Senate | Edwin Le Roy Antony (D) | June 14, 1892 |
| South Carolina 6th | Eli T. Stackhouse (D) | Died June 14, 1892 | John L. McLaurin (D) | December 5, 1892 |
| Pennsylvania 24th | Alexander K. Craig (D) | Died July 29, 1892 | William A. Sipe (D) | December 5, 1892 |
| Ohio 16th | John G. Warwick (D) | Died August 14, 1892 | Lewis P. Ohliger (D) | December 5, 1892 |
| Maryland 1st | Henry Page (D) | Resigned September 3, 1892 to become judge for the Maryland Court of Appeals | John B. Brown (D) | November 8, 1892 |
| New Jersey 7th | Edward F. McDonald (D) | Died November 5, 1892 | Vacant until next Congress | |
| New York 2nd | Alfred C. Chapin (D) | Resigned November 16, 1892 | Vacant until next Congress | |
| Massachusetts 6th | Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | Resigned March 3, 1893 after being elected to the U.S. Senate | Vacant until next Congress | |
| Wisconsin 4th | John L. Mitchell (D) | Resigned March 3, 1893 after being elected to the U.S. Senate | Vacant until next Congress | |
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
|
|
|
House of Representatives
- Accounts
- Agriculture
- Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select)
- Appropriations
- Banking and Currency
- Claims
- Coinage, Weights and Measures
- Commerce
- Disposition of Executive Papers
- District of Columbia
- Education
- Elections
- Enrolled Bills
- Expenditures in the Agriculture Department
- 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
Employees
- Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
- Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
- Public Printer of the United States: Frank W. Palmer
Senate
- Chaplain: John G. Butler (Lutheran)
- Secretary: Anson G. McCook
- Sergeant at Arms: Edward K. Valentine
House of Representatives
- Clerk: James Kerr
- Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Charles R. Crisp
- Chaplain: William H. Milburn (Methodist)
- Doorkeeper: Charles H. Turner
- Postmaster: James W. Hathaway
- Sergeant at Arms: Samuel S. Yoder
See also
- United States elections, 1890 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States elections, 1892 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- 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 52nd Congress, 1st Session.
- Official Congressional Directory for the 52nd Congress, 1st Session (Revision).
- Official Congressional Directory for the 52nd Congress, 2nd Session.
- Official Congressional Directory for the 52nd Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.