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46 unusual facts about 59th United States Congress


Alfred Lucking

Lucking was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress and resumed the practice of law in Detroit.

Amos R. Webber

He was reelected to the Fifty-ninth Congress and served from November 8, 1904, to March 3, 1907.

Ben F. Caldwell

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress.

Capell L. Weems

He was reelected to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses and served from November 3, 1903, to March 3, 1909.

Charles Q. Hildebrant

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth 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.

Clarence C. Gilhams

Gilhams was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Newton W. Gilbert.

Congress of the Philippines

Through the leadership of then Speaker Sergio Osmeña and then Floor Leader Manuel L. Quezon, the Rules of the 59th United States Congress was substantially adopted as the Rules of the Philippine Legislature.

Daniel J. Riordan

Riordan was elected to the 59th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Timothy D. Sullivan and on the same day was elected to the 60th United States 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.

Edmond Spencer Blackburn

He ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 1902, but was elected to a second non-consecutive term in 1904 in the 59th U.S. Congress.

Edward L. Taylor, Jr.

Taylor was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1913).

Everis A. Hayes

Hayes was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1919).

Expatriation Act of 1907

The Expatriation Act of 1907 (59th Congress, 2nd session, chapter 2534, enacted March 2, 1907) was an act of the 59th United States Congress concerning United States nationality law and renunciation of citizenship.

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.

J. Hampton Moore

Moore was elected as a Republican to the 59th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George A. Castor.

James H. Southard

He served as chairman of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (Fifty-sixth through Fifty-ninth Congresses).

James McKinney

McKinney was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin F. Marsh.

James Monroe Miller

He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Elections No. 2 (Sixty-first Congress).

James W. Overstreet

Overstreet was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rufus E. Lester and served from October 3, 1906, to March 4, 1907.

John Franklin Rixey

He was elected to the 55th and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 8, 1907, before the close of the 59th Congress.

John Gill, Jr.

Gill was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911), but was not a candidate for reelection in 1910.

John H. Foster

Foster was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James A. Hemenway.

John Merriman Reynolds

In November 1904, Reynolds was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives for the 59th, 60th, and 61st Congresses.

John W. Cassingham

He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress.

Joseph W. Fordney

Fordney served as the chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy in the 59th Congress; and of the Committee on Ways and Means in the 66th and 67th Congresses.

Lincoln Dixon

Dixon was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1919).

Maecenas Eason Benton

An unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1904 to the 59th Congress, he resumed his law practice in Neosho, Missouri, and served as member of the State constitutional conventions in 1922 and 1924.

Media in Missoula, Montana

In 1900, Hammond began selling stock in the Missoulian to political rival Joseph M. Dixon who would later become a US Congressman, US Congressman, and the state of Montana's seventh governor.

Missoulian

In 1900, Hammond began selling stock in the Missoulian to political rival Joseph M. Dixon who would later become a US Congressman, US Senator, and the state of Montana's seventh governor.

Philip Knopf

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

Robert G. Cousins

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury from the Fifty-fifth through Fifty-ninth Congresses, and chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Sixtieth Congress.

Robert W. Bonynge

He was reelected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses and served from February 16, 1904, until March 3, 1909.

Robert Wyche Davis

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress.

Roswell P. Bishop

He was chairman of the House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics in the 57th through 59th Congresses.

Samuel B. Cooper

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

Sylvester C. Smith

Smith was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1905, until his death in Los Angeles, California, January 26, 1913.

Thomas S. Butler

While in Congress, he was chairman of the United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses) and member of the United States House Committee on Naval Affairs (Sixty-sixth through Seventieth Congresses).

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.

Timothy T. Ansberry

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1904

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida for three seats in the 59th Congress were held November 8, 1904, alongside the election for President and the election for Governor.

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. Englebright

Englebright was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James N. Gillett.

William Henry Sowden

He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate to the Fifty-ninth Congress in 1904.

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. Cocks

Cocks was elected as a Republican to the 59th, 60th and 61st United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1905 to March 3, 1911.