54th United States Congress - Membership Changes

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1 Dates of sessions
2 Membership changes
3 References
4 External links

The Fifty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897, during the last 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 Republican majority.

Main article: 54th United States Congress

See also: 54th United States Congress - political parties

See also: 54th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1894

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897

First session: December 2, 1895 - June 11, 1896
Second session: December 7, 1896 - March 3, 1897 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 53rd Congress
Next congress: 55th Congress

[edit] Membership changes

Senate

replacements: 0
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
- Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
deaths: 0
resignations: 1
seats from newly admitted states: 2
Total seats with changes: 3

House of Representatives

replacements: 8
- Democratic: 1 seat net gain
- Republican: 1 seat net loss
deaths: 5
resignations: 6
contested election: 12
seats from newly admitted states: 1
Total seats with changes: 23

[edit] Senate

District		Reason for Change		Date of Successor's Installation
Delaware	vacant	Contested election. Henry A. du Pont was elected by the legislature for the term beginning March 4, 1895, but on May 15, 1896 the Senate refused to seat him. Subsequently, on January 19, 1897, Richard R. Kenney was elected by the legislature and took his seat. This seat was vacant from March 4, 1895 to January 18, 1897.	Richard R. Kenney Democratic	March 13, 1896
Utah	newly admitted state	New seat. By lot Frank J. Cannon was given the seat of the senior senator with a term to expire March 3, 1899.	Frank J. Cannon Republican	January 27, 1896
Utah	newly admitted state	New seat. By lot Arthur Brown was given the seat of the junior senator with a term to expire March 3, 1897.	Arthur Brown Republican	January 27, 1896

[edit] House of Representatives

District		Reason for Change		Date of Successor's Installation
Alabama 4th	Gaston A. Robbins Democratic	Contested election. William F. Aldrich successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative Gaston A. Robbins and took his seat.	William F. Aldrich Republican	March 13, 1896
Alabama 5th	James E. Cobb Democratic	Contested election. Albert T. Goodwyn successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative James E. Cobb and took his seat.	Albert T. Goodwyn Populist	April 22, 1896
Alabama 9th	Oscar W. Underwood Democratic	Contested election. Truman H. Aldrich successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative Oscar W. Underwood and took his seat.	Truman H. Aldrich Republican	June 9, 1896
Georgia 3rd	Charles F. Crisp Democratic	Death. Representative Charles F. Crisp died on October 23, 1896 and was succeeded by his son.	Charles R. Crisp Democratic	December 19, 1896
Georgia 10th	James C.C. Black Democratic	Resignation. Representative James C.C. Black resigned on March 4, 1895, before Congress assembled. Black was subsequently elected and took his seat again.	James C.C. Black Democratic	December 2, 1895
Illinois 3rd	Lawrence E. McGann Democratic	Contested election and resignation. Representative Lawrence E. McGann resigned on December 2, 1895. Hugh R. Belknap had successfully contested the November 1894 election and took his seat.	Hugh R. Belknap Republican	December 27, 1895
Illinois 10th	Philip S. Post Republican	Death. Representative Philip S. Post died on January 6, 1895, before Congress assembled.	George W. Prince Republican	December 2, 1895
Illinois 16th	Finis E. Downing Democratic	Contested election. John I. Riniker successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative Finis E. Downing and took his seat.	John I. Riniker Republican	June 5, 1896
Illinois 18th	Frederick Remann Republican	Death. Representative Frederick Remann died on July 14, 1895, before Congress assembled .	William F. L. Hadley Republican	June 9, 1896
Kentucky 10th	Joseph M. Kendall Democratic	Contested election. Nathan T. Hopkins successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative Joseph M. Kendall and took his seat.	Nathan T. Hopkins Republican	February 18, 1897
Louisiana 5th	Charles J. Boatner Democratic	Contested election. Alexis Benoit successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative Charles J. Boatner and his seat was declared vacant on March 20, 1896. Boatner was subsequently elected and took his seat again.	Charles J. Boatner Democratic	December 10, 1896
Massachusetts 6th	William Cogswell Republican	Death. Representative William Cogswell died on May 22, 1895, before Congress assembled.	William H. Moody Republican	December 2, 1895
Michigan 3rd	Julius C. Burrows Republican	Resignation. Representative Julius C. Burrows resigned on January 23, 1895, before Congress assembled, having been elected Senator.	Alfred Milnes Republican	December 2, 1895
Missouri 5th	John C. Tarsney Democratic	Contested election. Robert T. Van Horn successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative John C. Tarsney and took his seat.	Robert T. Van Horn Republican	February 27, 1896
New York 8th	James J. Walsh Democratic	Contested election. John Murray Mitchell successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative James J. Walsh and took his seat.	John Murray Mitchell Republican	June 2, 1896
New York 10th	Andrew J. Campbell Democratic	Death. Representative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died on December 6, 1894, before Congress assembled.	Amos J. Cummings Democratic	December 2, 1895
New York 19th	Frank S. Black Republican	Resignation. Representative Frank S. Black resigned on January 7, 1897, having been elected Governor of New York.		filled in next Congress
North Carolina 6th	James A. Lockhart Democratic	Contested election. Charles H. Martin successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative James A. Lockhart and took his seat.	Charles H. Martin Populist	June 5, 1896
Pennsylvania 15th	Myron B. Wright Republican	Death. Representative Julius C. Burrows died on November 13, 1894, before Congress assembled.	James H. Codding Republican	December 2, 1895
South Carolina 1st	William Elliott Democratic	Contested election. George W. Murray successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative William Elliott and took his seat.	George W. Murray Republican	June 4, 1896
South Carolina 7th	J. William Stokes Democratic	Contested election. James B. Johnston successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative J. William Stokes and his seat was declared vacant on June 1, 1896. Stokes was subsequently elected and took his seat again.	J. William Stokes Democratic	December 7, 1896
Texas 11th	William H. Crain Democratic	Death. Representative William Cogswell died on February 10, 1896.	Rudolph Kleberg Democratic	May 5, 1896
Virginia 4th	W.R. McKenney Democratic	Contested election. Richard T. Thorp successfully contested the November 1894 election of Representative W.R. McKenney and took his seat.	Richard T. Thorp Republican	May 2, 1896

[edit] Territorial Delegates

District	Outgoing Delegate		Reason for Change	Successor		Date of Successor's Installation
Utah		Frank J. Cannon Republican	Utah was granted statehood and admitted to the Union January 4, 1896.		Representative

[edit] 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.