62nd United States Congress
62nd United States Congress | |
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61st ← → 63rd | |
March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |
Members | 92 - 96 senators 392 - 394 representatives 7 non-voting delegates |
Senate majority | Republican |
Senate President | James S. Sherman (R)[a] (until October 30, 1912) Vacant (from October 30, 1912) |
House majority | Democratic |
House Speaker | Champ Clark (D) |
Sessions | |
1st: April 4, 1911 – August 22, 1911 2nd: December 4, 1911 – August 26, 1912 3rd: December 2, 1912 – March 3, 1913 |
The 62nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1900 United States census. Additional House seats were assigned to the two new states of New Mexico and Arizona. The size of the House was to be 435 starting with the new Congress coming into session in 1913. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
Major events
- April 27, 1911: Following the resignation and death of compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
- October 30, 1912: Vice President James S. Sherman died. It is the most recent time a vice president has died in office.
Major legislation
- August 8, 1911: Pub. L.62–5(set House of Representatives size at 435 members)
- August 24, 1912: Lloyd–La Follette Act, ch. 389, § 6, 37 Stat. 539
- February 13, 1913: Carlin Act
- March 1, 1913: Webb–Kenyon Act
- March 1, 1913: Railway Evaluation Act
- March 3, 1913: Publicity In Taking Evidence Act
- March 3, 1913: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act
- March 3, 1913: Gould Amendment
- March 4, 1913: Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Act
- March 4, 1913: Road and Trails Fund Act
- March 4, 1913: Burnett Act
- March 4, 1913: Weeks–McLean Act
- March 4, 1913: Federal Revenue Sharing Act
- March 4, 1913: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1913
- March 4, 1913: Burnt Timber Act
- March 4, 1913: Labor Department Act, 37 Stat. 736
Constitutional amendments
- May 13, 1912: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution establishing the popular election of United States senators by the people of the states, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
- Amendment was later ratified on April 8, 1913, becoming the seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- February 3, 1913: Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution
States admitted and territories created
- January 6, 1912: New Mexico admitted to the Union.
- February 14, 1912: Arizona admitted to the Union
- August 24, 1912: Alaska Territorycreated.
Party summary
Senate
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | |||
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Democratic (D) |
Bull Moose (Prog.) | Republican (R) |
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End of previous congress | 32 | 0 | 59 | 91 | 1 |
Begin | 40 | 0 | 50 | 90 | 2 |
End | 45 | 95 | 1 | ||
Final voting share | 47.4% | 0.0% | 52.6% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 49 | 1 | 42 | 92 | 4 |
House of Representatives
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | |||||
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Democratic (D) |
Bull Moose (Prog.) | Republican (R) | Other |
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End of previous congress | 173 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 1[b] | 384 | 7 |
Begin | 228 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 0 | 390 | 1 |
End | 225 | 156 | 382 | 12 | |||
Final voting share | 58.9% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 40.8% | 0.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 289 | 0 | 10 | 134 | 1[c] | 434 | 1 |
Leaders
Senate
- President: James S. Sherman(R), until October 30, 1912; thereafter vacant
- Presidents pro tempore: William P. Frye (R), until April 27, 1911.
- For the remainder of this Congress, the office rotated among five senators. The Senate at that time was split between progressive Republicans, conservative Republicans, and Democrats. Each put forth a candidate, and the ballots were deadlocked until August 1911 when a compromise was reached. Democrat Augustus Bacon served for one day on August 14, 1911, and thereafter he and four Republicans rotated holding the seat for the remainder of the Congress. These Republicans were: Charles Curtis, Jacob H. Gallinger, Frank B. Brandegee, and Henry Cabot Lodge.
- For the remainder of this Congress, the office rotated among five senators. The Senate at that time was split between progressive Republicans, conservative Republicans, and Democrats. Each put forth a candidate, and the ballots were deadlocked until August 1911 when a compromise was reached. Democrat
- Shelby Moore Cullom
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Thomas S. Martin
- Republican Conference Secretary: Charles Curtis
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: William E. Chilton
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Champ Clark (D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Oscar Underwood
- Majority Whip: vacant
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Albert S. Burleson
- James Tilghman Lloyd
Minority (Republican) leadership
- James R. Mann
- John W. Dwight
- Frank Dunklee Currier
Members
Senate
At this time, most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1914; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1916.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
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Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
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Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Non-voting members
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Changes in membership
Senate
There were 20 changes: 6 deaths, 2 resignations, 1 invalidated election, 6 appointees replaced by electees, 4 seats added from new states, and 1 seat vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 4-seat net gain, and no other parties had a net change.
State (class) |
Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Subsequent | Date of successor's installation |
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New York (1) |
Vacant | Legislature failed to elect. Election deadlock extends for three months until successor is chosen. | James A. O'Gorman (D) | March 31, 1911 |
Arizona (1) |
New seats | Arizona achieved statehood February 14, 1912 | Henry F. Ashurst (D) | April 2, 1912[1] |
Arizona (3) |
Marcus A. Smith (D) | |||
New Mexico (1) |
New Mexico achieved statehood January 6, 1912 | Thomas B. Catron (R) | ||
New Mexico (2) |
Albert B. Fall (R) | |||
Colorado (3) |
Vacant | Sen. Charles J. Hughes Jr. died January 11, 1911, before the end of the previous Congress. Winner was elected to finish term ending March 4, 1915. | Charles S. Thomas (D) | January 15, 1913 |
Iowa (2) |
Lafayette Young (R) | Appointment expired April 11, 1911, upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913. | William S. Kenyon (R) | April 12, 1911 |
Georgia (3) |
Joseph M. Terrell (D) | Resigned July 14, 1911, due to health reasons. Successor was elected .
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Hoke Smith (D)
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November 16, 1911 |
Maine (2) |
William P. Frye (R) | Died August 8, 1911. Successor was appointed September 23, 1911, and subsequently elected April 2, 1912.
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Obadiah Gardner (D) | September 23, 1911 |
Tennessee (2) |
Robert Love Taylor (D) | Died March 31, 1912. Successor was appointed to continue the term. |
Newell Sanders (R) | April 11, 1912 |
Nevada (1) |
George S. Nixon (R) | Died June 5, 1912. Successor was appointed to continue the term. |
William A. Massey (R) | July 1, 1912 |
Illinois (3) |
William Lorimer (R) | Senate invalidated election July 13, 1912. | Vacant until next Congress | |
Idaho (3) |
Weldon B. Heyburn (R) | Died October 17, 1912. Successor was appointed to continue the term. |
Kirtland I. Perky (D) | November 18, 1912 |
Maryland (1) |
Isidor Rayner (D) | Died November 25, 1912. Successor was appointed. |
William P. Jackson (R) | November 29, 1912 |
Arkansas (2) |
Jeff Davis (D)
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Died January 3, 1913. Successor was appointed to continue the term. |
John N. Heiskell (D) | January 6, 1913 |
Texas (2) |
Joseph W. Bailey (D)
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Resigned January 3, 1913, due to investigations brought to light suspicious income and financial ties to the oil industry. Successor was appointed to continue the therm. |
Rienzi Melville Johnston (D) | January 4, 1913 |
Tennessee (2) |
Newell Sanders (R) | Appointment expired January 24, 1913, upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913. | William R. Webb (D) | January 24, 1913 |
Nevada (1) |
William A. Massey (R) | Appointment expired January 29, 1913, upon successor's special election. | Key Pittman (D) | January 29, 1913 |
Arkansas (2) |
John N. Heiskell (D) | Appointment expired January 29, 1913, upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913. | William M. Kavanaugh (D)
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Texas (2) |
Rienzi M. Johnston (D) | Morris Sheppard (D) | ||
Idaho (3) |
Kirtland I. Perky (D) | Appointment expired February 5, 1913, upon successor's special election. | James H. Brady (R) | February 6, 1913 |
House of Representatives
House vacancies are only filled by elections. State laws regulate when (and if) there will be special elections.
District | Previous | Reason for change | Subsequent | Date of successor's installation |
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Pennsylvania 2nd | Vacant | Rep-elect Joel Cook died in office December 15, 1910. Seat filled in special election held May 23, 1911. | William S. Reyburn (R) | May 23, 1911 |
Iowa 9th | Walter I. Smith (R) | Resigned March 15, 1911, after being appointed judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. | William R. Green (R) | June 5, 1911 |
Kansas 2nd | Alexander C. Mitchell (R) | Died July 7, 1911. | Joseph Taggart (D) | November 7, 1911 |
Pennsylvania 14th | George W. Kipp (D) | Died July 24, 1911. | William D.B. Ainey (R) | November 7, 1911 |
Tennessee 10th | George W. Gordon (D)
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Died August 9, 1911. | Kenneth McKellar (D) | December 4, 1911 |
New Jersey 1st | Henry C. Loudenslager (R) | Died August 12, 1911. | William J. Browning (R) | November 7, 1911 |
Nebraska 3rd | James P. Latta (D) | Died September 11, 1911. | Dan V. Stephens (D) | November 7, 1911 |
Kansas 7th | Edmond H. Madison (R) | Died September 18, 1911. | George A. Neeley (D) | January 9, 1912 |
New Mexico Territory At-Large | William Henry Andrews (R) | New State January 6, 1912. | seat eliminated | |
At-large
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New seat | New State January 6, 1912. | Harvey B. Fergusson (D)
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January 8, 1912 |
At-large
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New seat | New State January 6, 1912. | George Curry (R) | January 8, 1912 |
Arizona Territory At-large | Ralph H. Cameron (R) | New State February 14, 1912. | seat eliminated | |
At-large
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New seat | New State February 14, 1912. | Carl Hayden (D) | February 19, 1912[2] |
Vermont 1st | David J. Foster (R) | Died March 21, 1912 | Frank L. Greene (R) | July 30, 1912 |
Pennsylvania 1st | Henry H. Bingham (R) | Died March 22, 1912. | William S. Vare (R)
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May 24, 1912 |
Iowa 11th | Elbert H. Hubbard (R) | Died June 4, 1912. | George Cromwell Scott (R) | November 5, 1912 |
Louisiana 6th | Robert Charles Wickliffe (D) | Died June 11, 1912. | Lewis Lovering Morgan (D)
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November 5, 1912 |
New York 26th | George R. Malby (R) | Died July 5, 1912. | Edwin A. Merritt (R) | November 5, 1912 |
Missouri 11th | Theron Ephron Catlin (R)
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Lost contested election August 12, 1912. | Patrick F. Gill (D) | August 12, 1912 |
New Jersey 6th | William Hughes (D)
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Resigned September 27, 1912, after being appointed to the Passaic County Court of Common Pleas. | Archibald C. Hart (D) | November 5, 1912 |
Ohio 13th | Carl C. Anderson (D) | Died October 1, 1912. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
New York 21st | Richard E. Connell (D) | Died October 30, 1912. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Rhode Island 2nd | George H. Utter (R) | Died November 3, 1912. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Pennsylvania 11th | Charles C. Bowman (R)
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Seat declared vacant December 12, 1912. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Pennsylvania 16th | John G. McHenry (D) | Died December 27, 1912. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
New York 10th | William Sulzer (D) | Resigned December 31, 1912, after being elected Governor of New York. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Michigan 2nd | William Wedemeyer (R) | Died January 2, 1913. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
North Dakota 1st | Louis B. Hanna (R)
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Resigned January 7, 1913, after being elected Governor of North Dakota | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Ohio 3rd | James M. Cox (D) | Resigned January 12, 1913, after being elected Governor of Ohio
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Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Arkansas 6th | Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
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Resigned January 14, 1913, after being elected Governor of Arkansas
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Samuel M. Taylor (D) | January 15, 1913 |
California 8th | Sylvester C. Smith (R) | Died January 26, 1913. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
South Carolina 1st | George S. Legare (D)
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Died January 31, 1913. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Texas 1st | J. Morris Sheppard (D)
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Resigned February 3, 1913, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. 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
- Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
- Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)
- Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
- Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Census (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
- Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
- Claims (Chairman: Coe I. Crawford; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
- Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Charles E. Townsend; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
- Furnifold M. Simmons)
- Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
- Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
- Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Francis G. Newlands; Ranking Member: Norris Brown)
- Furnifold M. Simmons)
- Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: James P. Clarke; Ranking Member: Henry E. Burnham)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
- William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Isidor Rayner then John H. Bankhead)
- Election of William Lorimer (Select)
- Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
- Establish a University in the United States (Select)
- Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Thomas H. Paynter; Ranking Member: Harry A. Richardson)
- Furnifold M. Simmons)
- Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor (Chairman: Miles Poindexter; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Jeff Davis)
- William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
- Asle J. Gronna; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
- William J. Stone)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: John W. Smith)
- Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
- Finance (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
- Fisheries (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
- Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
- Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Geological Survey (Chairman: Robert L. Taylor; Ranking Member: Frank O. Briggs)
- Jeff Davis)
- Impeachment of Robert H. Archibald (Select)
- William J. Stone)
- Jeff Davis; Ranking Member: Charles Curtis)
- Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Elihu Root; Ranking Member: Isidor Rayner then Lee S. Overman)
- Furnifold M. Simmons)
- Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: George S. Nixon; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
- Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
- Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Jeff Davis; Ranking Member: Norris Brown)
- National Banks (Chairman: George C. Perkins)
- Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
- Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
- Patents (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Shively)
- Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: Robert L. Taylor)
- Philippines (Chairman: Simon Guggenheim; Ranking Member: Joseph F. Johnston)
- Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)
- Printing (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: John W. Smith)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
- Privileges and Elections (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Thomas H. Paynter)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
- Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
- Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
- Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn)
- William O. Bradley)
- Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
- William E. Borah)
- Tariff Regulation(Select)
- Territories (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Robert L. Owen)
- Third Degree Ordeal
- Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Murphy J. Foster; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
- Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
- William O. Bradley)
- Whole
- Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member: George P. Wetmore)
House of Representatives
- Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member: James A. Hughes)
- Agriculture (Chairman: John Lamb; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen)
- Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Barchfeld)
- Joseph G. Cannon)
- American Sugar Refining Company (Special)
- Arsene P. Pujo; Ranking Member: Edward B. Vreeland)
- Census (Chairman: William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Edgar D. Crumpacker)
- Claims (Chairman: Edward W. Pou; Ranking Member: William H. Heald)
- Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member: William W. Griest)
- J. Frederick Cockey Talbott; Ranking Member: George D. McCreary)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn)
- Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member: James F. Burke)
- Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: William W. Rucker; Ranking Member: Marlin E. Olmsted)
- Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Timothy T. Ansberry; Ranking Member: Solomon F. Prouty)
- Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James A. Hamill; Ranking Member: John M. Nelson)
- Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Henry M. Goldfogle; Ranking Member: Henry A. Cooper)
- Ben Cravens; Ranking Member: Daniel Read Anthony)
- Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Ralph W. Moss; Ranking Member: Edwin W. Higgins)
- Bird S. McGuire)
- Franklin W. Mondell)
- Jack Beall; Ranking Member: Elbert H. Hubbard)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: William B. McKinley)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Courtney W. Hamlin; Ranking Member: Charles R. Davis)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William E. Cox; Ranking Member: Ebenezer J. Hill)
- Asher C. Hinds)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Cyrus Cline; Ranking Member: E. Stevens Henry)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: William Sulzer; Ranking Member: William B. McKinley)
- Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John L. Burnett; Ranking Member: Augustus P. Gardner)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member: Charles H. Burke)
- Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: J. Thomas Heflin; Ranking Member: William A. Rodenberg)
- Insular Affairs (Chairman: William A. Jones; Ranking Member: Marlin E. Olmsted)
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William C. Adamson; Ranking Member: Frederick C. Stevens)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: Charles H. Burke)
- Moses P. Kinkaid)
- Henry De Lamar Clayton; Ranking Member: John A. Sterling)
- Labor (Chairman: William B. Wilson; Ranking Member: John J. Gardner)
- James L. Slayden; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member: William S. Greene)
- Mileage (Chairman: Robert E. Lee; Ranking Member: Charles A. Kennedy)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hay; Ranking Member: George W. Prince)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin D. Foster; Ranking Member: Joseph Howell)
- George Edmund Foss)
- Patents (Chairman: William A. Oldfield; Ranking Member: Frank D. Currier)
- William Richardson; Ranking Member: Ira W. Wood)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member: John W. Weeks)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: David E. Finley; Ranking Member: Benjamin K. Focht)
- Franklin W. Mondell)
- Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Korbly; Ranking Member: Frederick H. Gillett)
- Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Charles A. Korbly; Ranking Member: George P. Lawrence)
- Reuben O. Moon)
- Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member: George P. Lawrence)
- Rules (Chairman: Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member: John Dalzell)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member: Richard E. Connell then William H. Draper)
- War Claims (Chairman: Thetus W. Sims; Ranking Member: Elmer A. Morse)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: Sereno E. Payne)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Conditions of Indian Tribes(Special)
- Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
- Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads
- Investigations of Conditions in Alaska (Chairman: Sen. Knute Nelson)
- Investigate the General Parcel Post
- The Library
- Printing (Chairman: Sen. Reed Smoot)
- Jonathan Bourne Jr.)
- Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service
Caucuses
- Democratic (House)
- Democratic (Senate)
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
- Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
- Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly
Senate
- Ulysses G.B. Pierce, Unitarian
- Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
- Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
- Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell, until December 10, 1912
- E. Livingston Cornelius, elected December 10, 1912
House of Representatives
- Clerk: Alexander McDowell, until March 3, 1911.
- South Trimble, from April 4, 1911.
- Universalist
- Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Charles R. Crisp
- Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
- Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R)
- Postmaster: William M. Dunbar
- Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson, until April 4, 1911.
- W. Stokes Jackson, died June 1912.
- Charles F. Riddell, elected July 18, 1912.
See also
- 1910 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1912 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
Notes
- ^ U.S. Vice President Sherman's term as President of the Senate ended on October 30, 1912 when he died in office. There were four President pro tempores rotated in each appointee, Charles Curtis, Jacob H. Gallinger, Frank B. Brandegee, and Henry Cabot Lodge, acted their duties as the President of the Senate.
- ^ Independent Democratic
- ^ Independent
- ^ a b c d e "Senate Now Numbers 96". New York Times. April 3, 1912.
- ISBN 0-8191-9399-2.
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