56th United States Congress - Membership Changes
- 56th United States Congress - Membership Changes
The Fifty-sixth 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 1899 to March 3 1901, during the last 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 Tenth Census of the United States in 1890. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
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Dates of sessions
March 4 1899 - March 3 1901
*First session: December 4 1899 - June 7 1900
*Second session: December 3 1900 - March 3 1901 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: 55th Congress
Next congress: 57th Congress
Party changes
enate
* Democratic: 1 seat gain
* Republican: 1 seat loss
House of Representatives
* Democratic: 2 seat loss
* Republican: 2 seat gain
Membership changes
enate
*deaths: 3
*resignations: 1
*vacancy: 5
*interim appointments: 3
*Total seats with changes: 9
House of Representatives
*deaths: 15
*resignations: 8
*contested election: 4
*Total seats with changes: 25
Membership changes
enate
House of Representatives
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
*Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html]
*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/histHigh/Congressional_History/index.html]
*U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm]
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