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51 unusual facts about 58th United States Congress


Allan C. Durborow, Jr.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Benjamin P. Birdsall

In 1902, Birdsall was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress, after the incumbent, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives David B. Henderson chose not to run for re-election.

Capell L. Weems

Weems was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph J. Gill.

Charles Eugene Fuller

Fuller was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1913).

Charles Reginald Schirm

Schirm was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Charles T. Dunwell

Dunwell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, until his death in Brooklyn, New York, June 12, 1908.

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).

Cornelius Amory Pugsley

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Daniel L. D. Granger

Granger was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 14, 1909.

Edgar D. Crumpacker

He served as chairman of the Committee on the Census (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses).

Edward L. Hamilton

He was chairman of the Committee on Territories in the 58th through 61st Congresses.

Eugene F. Loud

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Francis M. Griffith

He was reelected to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from December 6, 1897, to March 3, 1905.

Fred J. Kern

Kern ran for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress, but was unsuccessful, and resumed his newspaper pursuits in Belleville, Illinois.

George A. Loud

Loud was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the 58th United States Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1913.

George Shiras III

Shiras was elected as an Independent Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Gordon J. Russell

He was re-elected to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1902, to June 14, 1910, when he resigned to become a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, which office he held until his death in Kerrville, Texas, September 14, 1919.

Henry Cullen Adams

In 1902, Adams was elected to the United States House of Representatives from the 2nd District of Wisconsin to the 58th United States Congress and was reelected to the 59th Congress serving until his death (March 4, 1903 - July 9, 1906).

Henry McMorran

In 1902, McMorran was elected to the 58th U.S. Congress and was subsequently re-elected to the four succeeding Congresses.

Herman P. Goebel

Goebel was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1911).

Howard M. Snapp

He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1896 and 1908 and was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911).

J. McKenzie Moss

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the 58th Congress.

J. Swagar Sherley

Sherley was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1919).

James W. Brown

Brown was elected as an Independent Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

John Allen Sterling

Sterling was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth through Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1903–March 3, 1913).

Joseph A. Conry

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the 58th United States Congress, and resumed the practice of his profession in Boston.

Joseph Howell

Howell was elected as a Republican to House of Representatives for the Fifty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1917).

Joseph R. Burton

While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Forest Reservations and Game Protection (Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses).

Joseph V. Graff

He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Fifty-sixth through Fifty-eighth Congresses).

Michael E. Driscoll

He was Chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 3 (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses).

New Jersey's 10th congressional district

The 10th congressional district (together with the 9th) was created starting with the 58th United States Congress in 1903, based on redistricting predicated on the results of the 1900 census.

Philip Knopf

Knopf was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909).

Robert B. Macon

Macon was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1913).

Robert M. Wallace

Wallace was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911).

Robert N. Page

Page was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1917).

Robert W. Bonynge

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Contested the election to the Fifty-eighth Congress of John F. Shafroth, who in an address before the House of Representatives conceded his defeat and withdrew from the contest.

Samuel D. Woods

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Sylvester C. Smith

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Thomas B. Kyle

Kyle was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1905).

Timothy Sullivan

He was elected as a Democrat to the 58th and 59th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1903, until his resignation on July 27, 1906.

Townsend Scudder

He was elected to the 58th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1905.

Vespasian Warner

He served as chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws (Fifty-fifth through Fifty-eighth Congresses).

Vincent Boreing

Boreing was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1899, until his death in London on September 16, 1903.

William A. Calderhead

He served as chairman of the Committee of Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses).

William F. Mahoney

Mahoney was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until his death in Chicago, Illinois, December 27, 1904.

William Francis Rhea

Rhea was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress, losing to the Republican Campbell Slemp.

William Henry Fleming

He was reelected to two additional terms in that seat (56th and 57th Congresses) before losing his reelection campaign for the 58th Congress in 1902.

William S. Greene

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy for the Fifty-eighth Congress, and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses).

William S. McNary

McNary was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907).

William W. Skiles

Skiles was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until his death in Shelby, Ohio, January 9, 1904.

William Warfield Wilson

Wilson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1913).