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79 unusual facts about 54th United States Congress


Addison S. McClure

While he was not reelected in 1882, he was elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897).

Albert J. Pearson

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress, and instead resumed the practice of his profession.

Albert Taylor Goodwyn

He successfully contested as a Populist the election of James E. Cobb to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from April 22, 1896, until March 3, 1897.

Alexander B. Montgomery

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

Alfred Milnes

Milnes was chosen from a special election in April 1895 as a Republican from Michigan's 3rd congressional district to the 54th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Julius C. Burrows.

Arthur H. Taylor

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

Charles A. Chickering

He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-sixth Congresses).

Charles L. Henry

Henry was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899), but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1898.

Charles R. Crisp

Crisp was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, Charles F. Crisp, and served from December 19, 1896, to March 3, 1897.

Charles Tracey

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

Charles W. Gillet

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-eighth Congress).

Charles Warren Stone

He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures during the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses.

Clarence Emir Allen

With the admission of Utah as a State into the Union, Allen was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from January 4, 1896, to March 3, 1897.

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.

Dennis D. Donovan

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

E. Stevens Henry

Henry was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1913).

Ebenezer J. Hill

Hill was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1913).

Edward D. Cooke

Cooke was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 24, 1897.

Edward L. Hamilton

Hamilton was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 4th congressional district to the 54th United States Congress and subsequently re-elected to the eleven succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1921.

Elijah A. Morse

He served as chairman of the Committee on Alcohol Liquor Traffic (Fifty-fourth Congress).

Elisha E. Meredith

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

Eugene F. Loud

He served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses).

Finis E. Downing

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to June 5, 1896, when he was succeeded by John I. Rinaker, who contested his election.

Francis H. Wilson

Wilson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, to September 30, 1897, when he resigned to become postmaster.

Frank Lawler

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1895 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

Frank S. Black

Black was elected as a Republican to the 54th United States Congress as the representative of New York's 19th congressional district, and served from March 4, 1895, to January 7, 1897, when he resigned.

Frederick Augustus Woodard

He rose in business to become vice-president of the First National Bank of Wilson, and was elected as a Democrat to the 54th United States Congress in 1892.

Frederick Remann

Remann was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, until his death in Vandalia, Illinois, July 14, 1895, before the convening of Congress.

Gaston A. Robbins

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to March 13, 1896, when he was succeeded by William F. Aldrich, who contested his election.

George H. Noonan

Noonan was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897), the first to be elected to federal office in Texas since the end of Reconstruction.

George M. Curtis

After defeating Hayes, he served in the 54th United States Congress, then was re-elected two years later and served in the 55th United States Congress.

George Paul Harrison, Jr.

He was reelected to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from November 6, 1894, to March 3, 1897.

Hamilton K. Wheeler

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

Harry Skinner

Skinner was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899), but in 1898 was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection to the Fifty-sixth Congress.

Henry C. Brewster

Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, Brewster was United States Representative for the thirty-first district of New York from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1899.

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 U. Johnson

He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 2 (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses).

Horace G. Snover

Snover was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 7th congressional district to the 54th and 55th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1899 in the U.S. House.

Jacob D. Leighty

He served as a member of the State house of representatives from 1886 to 1888, and later was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897).

Jacob H. Bromwell

He was reelected to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from December 3, 1894, to March 3, 1903.

James E. Cobb

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to April 21, 1896, when he was succeeded by Albert T. Goodwyn, who contested his election.

James H. Southard

Southard was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1907).

James Hodge Codding

Codding was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Myron B. Wright.

Jeremiah D. Botkin

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

John A. T. Hull

He served as chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs from the Fifty-fourth through Sixty-first Congresses.

John H. Gear

He had been chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads in the Fifty-fourth through Fifty-Sixth Congresses.

John H. Pugh

Pugh was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress.

John I. Rinaker

He successfully contested as a Republican the election of Finis E. Downing to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from June 5, 1896, to March 3, 1897.

John J. Jenkins

He served as a Representative from that district for the 54th through the 57th Congress, after which he moved to Wisconsin's newly created 11th Congressional District.

John Kissig Cowen

He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress, serving from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress.

John M. Wever

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

John Simpkins

Simpkins was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, until his death in Washington, D.C., on March 27, 1898.

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 M. Kendall

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to February 18, 1897, when he was succeeded by Nathan T. Hopkins, who contested his election.

Joseph V. Graff

Graff was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1911).

Lyman E. Barnes

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the 54th United States Congress.

Marriott Henry Brosius

He was chairman of the United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service during the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, and of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency during the Fifty-sixth Congress.

Melville Bull

Bull was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1903).

Nehemiah D. Sperry

Sperry was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1911).

Osee M. Hall

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the 54th congress.

Robert Taylor Thorp

He successfully contested as a Republican the election of William R. McKenney to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from May 2, 1896, to March 3, 1897.

Roswell P. Bishop

Bishop was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 9th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives for the 54th Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1895 until March 3, 1907.

Rudolph Kleberg

Kleberg was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William H. Crain.

Samuel Johnson Pugh

Pugh was elected as a Republican to the 54th, 55th, and 56th Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901).

Samuel M. Clark

In 1894, Clark was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 1st congressional district (in southeastern Iowa) in the Fifty-fourth Congress.

Smith S. Turner

He was reelected to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from January 30, 1894, to March 3, 1897.

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.

Stephen M. Sparkman

Sparkman was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1917).

Strother M. Stockslager

He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

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.

United States House of Representatives election in Utah, 1895

The United States House of Representatives election in Utah for the 54th Congress was held on November 5, 1895, in anticipation of statehood, which was achieved on January 4, 1896.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1894

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida were held on November 6, 1894, for two seats in the 54th Congress.

Vespasian Warner

Warner was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1905).

Walter Reeves

Reeves was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1903).

Warren B. Hooker

He served as chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses).

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 F. L. Hadley

Hadley was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frederick Remann and served from December 2, 1895, to March 3, 1897.

William M. Treloar

After serving a term in the 54th Congress, Treloar lost his 1896 bid for reelection in a rematch with Clark, this time during a year of Democratic gains.

William Samuel Booze

Booze practiced his profession in Baltimore until 1896, when he was elected to Congress, he previously unsuccessfully contested the election of Harry Welles Rusk to the Fifty-fourth Congress, as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1899).