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76 unusual facts about 53rd United States Congress


Adin B. Capron

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.

Albert S. Berry

Berry was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1901).

Alexander B. Montgomery

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses).

Asahel C. Beckwith

A Democrat, he was born in Mentor, Ohio, and was appointed to serve in Washington from 1893 to 1895 in the 53rd United States Congress, but his resignation due to investigation prevented him from taking office.

Charles A. Chickering

Chickering was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1893, until his accidental death from injuries received in a fall from a window of the Grand Union Hotel in New York City while on a business trip February 13, 1900.

Charles G. Bennett

Bennett was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.

Charles G. Conn

Conn was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (4 March 1893 - 3 March 1895), but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.

Charles H. Page

He was reelected to the Fifty-third Congress at a special election (no candidate receiving a majority at the regular election), and served from April 5, 1893, to March 3, 1895.

Charles Tracey

He was reelected to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses and served from November 8, 1887, to March 3, 1895.

Charles W. Gillet

Gillet was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1905).

Clarence Emir Allen

He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for election in 1892 as a Delegate to the Fifty-third Congress.

Daniel N. Lockwood

Lockwood was elected again to the 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1895.

David D. Aitken

Aitken was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 6th District of Michigan for the 53rd and 54th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1897.

Edward H. Funston

Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1893, until August 2, 1894, when he was succeeded by Horace L. Moore, who contested the election.

Edwin J. Jorden

Jorden was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Myron B. Wright and served from February 23 until March 4, 1895 (10 days).

Elisha E. Meredith

He was reelected to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses and served from December 9, 1891, to March 3, 1897.

Farish Carter Tate

After being elected as Representative in 1892 to server Georgia's 9th congressional district in the 53rd United States Congress, Tate was reelected to five additional terms in that seat until losing his bid for reelection to the 59th Congress in 1904.

Frederick S. Coolidge

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.

George Bragg Fielder

A Democrat, he won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 53rd United States Congress, representing the 7th District for a single term from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895.

George Paul Harrison, Jr.

Harrison was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William C. Oates.

Haldor Boen

In November 1892, Boen was elected as a Populist to the 53rd congress, representing the newly created 7th congressional district, March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895.

Harry Welles Rusk

In the 52nd Congress and 53rd Congress, Rusk was chairman of the Committee on Accounts.

Henry Moore Baker

He served in the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 3, 1893-March 3, 1897) but was not renominated in 1896.

Henry Wilbur Bentley

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress when Sherman defeated him and reclaimed his old seat.

Hezekiah S. Bundy

Bundy was elected to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William H. Enochs and served from December 4, 1893, to March 3, 1895.

Horace Ladd Moore

He successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Edward H. Funston to the Fifty-third Congress and served from August 2, 1894, until March 3, 1895.

Howard Mutchler

Mutchler was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, William Mutchler.

Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer

He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses where he served from March 4, 1889 until March 3, 1895.

Jacob H. Bromwell

Bromwell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John A. Caldwell.

James I. Dungan

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifty-third Congress in 1892.

James J. Belden

He was then elected for the Fifty-third Congress and served as U. S. Representative for the twenty-seventh district of New York from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895.

James W. Covert

He was elected to the 51st, 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1895.

Jesse F. Stallings

Stallings was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1901).

John A. Caldwell

Caldwell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1889, until May 4, 1894, when he resigned.

John Calhoun Bell

Elected as a Populist to the Fifty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses, Bell was United States Representative for the second district of Colorado from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1903.

John H. Gear

He returned to the U.S. House for one final term, winning the 1892 1st district election, then serving in the Fifty-third Congress, from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895.

John M. Wever

Wever was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1895.

John Mills Allen

Allen served as chairman of the Committee of Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Fifty-second Congress), and of the Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Fifty-third Congress).

John Van Voorhis

He was elected to the 53rd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1895.

John W. Maddox

Maddox was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1905).

Johnston Cornish

Cornish was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895.

Joseph B. Cheadle

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890, and for nomination to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses in 1892 and 1894.

Joseph H. Outhwaite

He served as chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fiftieth Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses).

Joseph J. Little

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.

Joseph W. Babcock

In 1892, Babcock was elected to the 53rd United States Congress from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district and was reelected to the six subsequent congresses as well serving from March 4, 1893 till March 3, 1907.

Levi T. Griffin

In November 1893, Griffin was elected a Democrat from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Logan Chipman, serving from December 4, 1893 to March 3, 1895.

Marcus C. Lisle

Lisle was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1893, until his death in Winchester, Kentucky, July 7, 1894.

Melvin Baldwin

Baldwin was elected as a Democrat to the 53rd congress, (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895), but lost his bid for reelection in 1894 to the 54th congress.

Myron Benjamin Wright

Wright was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses and served until his death before the close of the Fifty-third Congress.

Oregon's at-large congressional district

The district ceased to exist after the 1890 U.S. census apportioned another representative to Oregon beginning with the 53rd United States Congress which convened on March 3, 1893.

Philip D. McCulloch, Jr.

McCulloch was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1903), after which he declined to be a candidate for renomination.

Philip S. Post

Post was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death before the close of the Fifty-third Congress, in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 1895.

Robert G. Cousins

Cousins defeated Hamilton in the general election and thereby became a member of the Fifty-third Congress.

Rowland B. Mahany

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.

Rufus E. Lester

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses).

Samuel B. Cooper

Cooper was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1905), from the Texas's 2nd congressional district.

Samuel T. Busey

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress, losing to Cannon (who regained his seat).

Smith S. Turner

Turner was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles T. O'Ferrall.

Snyder S. Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.

Stephen A. Northway

Northway was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1893, until his death in Jefferson, Ohio, on September 8, 1898.

Sydenham Benoni Alexander

A Democrat, Alexander was elected to the U.S. House in 1890 and served in the 52nd and 53rd Congresses.

Thomas F. Magner

Magner was elected as a Democrat to the 51st, 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1895.

Thomas G. Lawson

Lawson was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses serving from March 4, 1891-March 3, 1897.

Thomas J. Geary

He was reelected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses and served from December 9, 1890, to March 3, 1895.

Timothy J. Campbell

He was elected as a Democrat to the 49th United States Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel S. Cox, was re-elected to the 50th, and was elected again to the 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, holding office from November 3, 1885, to March 3, 1889; and from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1895.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1892

John L. McLaurin, winner of the Democratic primary for both the special and regular election of the 6th congressional district, defeated Republican challenger E.J. Sawyer in the general election to win the term for the 53rd Congress.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1894

James F. Izlar defeated J. William Stokes in the special election to win the remainder of the term for the 53rd Congress.

Wilkinson Call

In the U.S. Senate, Call served as chairman of the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment during the 53rd Congress and also served on the Committee on Patents.

William A. Peffer

While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee to Examine Branches of the Civil Service (Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses).

William Everett

Everett left Adams Academy in 1893 and was elected to the Fifty-third United States Congress as a Democrat representing Massachusetts's seventh district.

William H. Brawley

He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses, and served from March 4, 1891, until February 12, 1894, when he resigned to accept a position on the bench.

William H. Crain

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during the Fifty-third Congress.

William H. Enochs

Enochs was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Ironton, Ohio, July 13, 1893.

William J. Coombs

He ran for reelection in 1892 and won a seat in the Fifty-third Congress.

William M. Beckner

Beckner was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Marcus C. Lisle and served from December 3, 1894, to March 3, 1895.

William McMahon McKaig

In 1890, McKaig was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses from the sixth district of Maryland, and served from March 4, 1891, until March 3, 1895.