55th United States Congress - Membership Changes

The Fifty-fifth 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, DC from March 4 1897 to March 3 1899, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President William McKinley.

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.

:"See also: 55th United States Congress - political parties":"See also: 55th United States Congress - State Delegations":"See also: United States House election, 1896"

Dates of sessions

March 4 1897 - March 3 1899
*Special session of the Senate: March 4 1897 – March 10 1897
*First session: March 15 1897 – July 24 1897
*Second session: December 6 1897 - July 8 1898
*Third session: December 5 1898 - March 3 1899 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: 54th Congress
Next congress: 56th Congress

Membership changes

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

References

*cite book |title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress |last = Martis |first = Kenneth C. |authorlink = |coauthors = |year = 1989 |publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company |location = New York |id =
*cite book |title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts |last = Martis |first = Kenneth C. |authorlink = |coauthors = |year = 1982 |publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company |location = New York |id =

External links

*Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html]
*U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html]
*U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm]