61st United States Congress

	61st United States Congress
	; United States Capitol (1906)
	Duration: March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
President of the Senate:	James S. Sherman
President pro tempore:	William P. Frye
Speaker of the House:	Joseph G. Cannon
Members:	92 Senators; 391 Representatives; 7 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican
House Majority:	Republican
Sessions
	1st: March 15, 1909 – August 5, 1909; 2nd: December 6, 1909 – June 25, 1910; 3rd: December 5, 1910 – March 3, 1911; Special: March 4, 1909 – March 6, 1909
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The Sixty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of William H. Taft's Presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

[edit] Major events

Main articles: 1909, 1910, and 1911

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

August 5, 1909 — Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, ch. 6, 36 Stat. 11
June 18, 1910 — Mann-Elkins Act, ch. 309, 36 Stat. 539
June 25, 1910 — Mann Act, ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825

[edit] Constitutional amendments

July 12, 1909 — Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed by Congress and submitted to the states for ratification.

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

Republican: 60 (majority)
Democratic: 32

TOTAL members: 92

[edit] House of Representatives

Republican: 219 (majority)
Democratic: 172

TOTAL members: 391

[edit] Leadership

President of the Senate
James S. Sherman

[edit] Senate

President - James S. Sherman

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Members

[edit] 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.

[edit] Colorado

2. Simon Guggenheim (R)
3. Charles J. Hughes, Jr. (D), died January 11, 1911, seat remained vacant

[edit] Connecticut

1. Morgan G. Bulkeley (R)
3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)

[edit] Delaware

1. Henry A. du Pont (R)
2. Harry A. Richardson (R)

[edit] Florida

2. James P. Taliaferro (D)
3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

[edit] Georgia

2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
3. Alexander S. Clay (D), died November 10, 1910

Joseph M. Terrell (D), elected to fill vacancy, November 17, 1910

[edit] Idaho

3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R)
2. William E. Borah (R)

[edit] Illinois

2. Shelby Moore Cullom (R)
3. William C. Lorimer (R)

[edit] Indiana

1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)
3. Benjamin F. Shively (D)

[edit] Iowa

2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R), died October 15, 1910

Lafayette Young (R), appointed to fill vacancy, seated November 12, 1910
3. Albert B. Cummins (R)

[edit] Kansas

2. Charles Curtis (R)
3. Joseph L. Bristow (R)

[edit] Kentucky

2. Thomas H. Paynter (D)
3. William O. Bradley (R)

[edit] Louisiana

3. Samuel D. McEnery (D), died June 10, 1910

John Thornton (D), elected to fill vacancy, seated December 10, 1910
2. Murphy J. Foster (D)

[edit] Maine

1. Eugene Hale (R)
2. William P. Frye (R)

[edit] Maryland

1. Isidor Rayner (D)
3. John W. Smith (D)

[edit] Massachusetts

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
2. Winthrop M. Crane (R)

[edit] Michigan

1. Julius C. Burrows (R)
2. William A. Smith (R)

[edit] Minnesota

2. Knute Nelson (R)
1. Moses E. Clapp (R)

[edit] Mississippi

1. Hernando D. Money (D)
2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D), died December 22, 1909

James Gordon (D), appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 27, 1909, served until February 22, 1910

LeRoy Percy (D), elected to fill vacancy, February 23, 1910

[edit] Missouri

3. William J. Stone (D)
2. William Warner (R)

[edit] Montana

1. Thomas H. Carter (R)
2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)

[edit] Nebraska

1. Elmer J. Burkett (R)
2. Norris Brown (R)

[edit] Nevada

3. Francis G. Newlands (D)
1. George S. Nixon (R)

[edit] New Hampshire

3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
2. Henry E. Burnham (R)

[edit] New Jersey

1. John Kean (R)
2. Frank O. Briggs (R)

[edit] New York

1. Chauncey Mitchell Depew (R)
3. Elihu A. Root (R)

[edit] North Carolina

2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
3. Lee S. Overman (D)

[edit] North Dakota

1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
3. Martin N. Johnson (R), died October 21, 1909

Fountain L. Thompson (D), appointed to fill vacancy, November 10, 1909; resigned January 31, 1910

William E. Purcell (D), appointed to fill vacancy, February 1, 1910

[edit] Ohio

1. Charles W. F. Dick (R)
3. Theodore E. Burton (R)

[edit] Oklahoma

3. Thomas P. Gore (D)
2. Robert L. Owen (D)

[edit] Oregon

2. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (R)
3. George E. Chamberlain (D)

[edit] Pennsylvania

3. Boies Penrose (R)
1. Philander C. Knox (R), resigned March 4, 1909

1. George T. Oliver (R), elected to fill vacancy

[edit] Rhode Island

1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
2. George P. Wetmore (R)

[edit] South Carolina

2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

[edit] South Dakota

2. Robert J. Gamble (R)
3. Coe I. Crawford (R)

[edit] Tennessee

1. James B. Frazier (D)
2. Robert L. Taylor (D)

[edit] Texas

1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
2. Joseph W. Bailey (D)

[edit] Utah

3. Reed Smoot (R)
1. George Sutherland (R)

[edit] Vermont

3. William P. Dillingham (R)
1. Carroll S. Page (R)

[edit] Virginia

1. John W. Daniel (D), died June 29, 1910

Claude A. Swanson (D), appointed to fill vacancy, seated August 1910
2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

[edit] Washington

1. Samuel H. Piles (R)
3. Wesley L. Jones (R)

[edit] West Virginia

2. Stephen B. Elkins (R), died January 4, 1911

Davis Elkins (R), appointed to fill vacancy, January 9, 1911, served until January 31, 1911

Clarence W. Watson (D), appointed to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1911
1. Nathan Bay Scott (R)