CONGRESS. (ORGANIZATION.) 



.Tamos K. Howe. R. 

 Franklin Bart left. D. 



J;imrs .1. \\'alsll. D. 



Henry C. Miner, D. 

 William Sulzer, D. 

 A.moa .1. Cummings, D. 



George B. McClellan, D. 

 Richard C. Shannon, K. 

 Lemuel E. Quigg, R. 

 Philip K. Low, H. 

 lien I,. Fairchild, R. 

 Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., R. 



Wallace T. Fopte, Jr., R. 

 Charles A. Chickering, R. 

 James S. Sherman, R. 

 George W. Ray, R. 

 Theodore L. Poole, R. 

 Son-no E. Payne, R. 

 Charles W. Gillet, R. 

 James W. Wadsworth, R. 

 Henry C. Brewster, R. 

 Rowland B. Mahany, R. 

 Charles Daniels, R. 

 Warren B. Hooker, R. 



North Carolina. 



Harry Skinner, P. 

 Fred." A. Woodard, D. 

 John <;. Shaw, D. 

 William F. Strowd, P. 

 Thomas Settle, R. 



James A. Lockhart, D. 

 A. C. Shuford, P. 

 Romulus Z. Linney, R. 

 Richmond Pearson, R. 



North Dakota. 

 Martin N. Johnson, R. 



Charles P. Taft, R. 

 Jacob A. Bromwell, R. 

 Paul J. Sorg, D. 

 Fernando C. Layton, D. 

 Francis B. De Witt, R. 

 George W. Hulick, R. 

 George W. Wilson, R. 

 Luther M. Strong, R. 

 James Harding Southard, 

 Lucien J. Fenton, R. 

 Charles H. Grosvenor, R. 



Binger Hermann, R. 



Ohio. 



David K. Watson, R. 

 Stephen R. Harris, R. 

 Winfleld S. Kerr. R. 

 Henry C. Van Voorhis, R. 

 Lorenzo Danford, R. 

 Addison S. McClure. R. 

 Robert W. Taylor, R. 

 Stephen A. Northway, R. 

 R. Clifton B. Beach, R. 

 Theodore E. Burton, R. 



Oregon. 



William R. Ellis, R. 



Pennsylvania. 



Galusha A. Grow, At large, R. Ephraim M. Woomer, R. 

 George F. Huff, At large, R. James H. Codding, R. 



Henry H. Bingham, R. 

 Robert Adams, Jr., R. 

 Frederick Halterman, R. 

 John E. Reyburn, R. 

 Alfred C. Harmer, R. 

 John B. Robinson, R. 

 Irving P. Wanger, R. 

 Joseph J. Hart, D. 

 Constantine J. Erdman, D. 

 Marriott Brosius, R. 

 Joseph A. Scranton, R. 

 John Leisenring, R. 

 Charles N. Brumm, R. 



Frederick C. Leonard, R. 

 Monroe H. Kulp, R. 

 Thaddeus M. Mahon, R. 

 James A. Stable, R. 

 Josiah D. Hicks, R. 

 Daniel B. Heiner, R. 

 John Dalzell, R. 

 William A. Stone, R. 

 Ernest F. Acheson, R. 

 Thomas W. Phillips, R. 

 Matthew Griswold, R. 

 Charles W. Stone, R. 

 William C. Arnold, R. 



Melville Bull, R. 



Rhode Island. 



Warren O. Arnold, R. 



South Carolina. 



William Elliott, D. Thomas J. Strait, D. 



W. Jasper Talbert, D. John L. McLaurin, D. 



Asbury C. La-timer, D. J. William Stokes, D. 



J. Stanyarne Wilson, D. 



South Dakota. 

 Robert J. Gamble, R. John A. Pickler, R. 



Tennessee. 



W. C. Anderson. R. 

 Henry R. Gibson, R. 

 Foster V. Brown, R. 

 Benton McMillin, I). 

 James D. Richardson, P. 



Joseph E. Washington, D. 

 Nicholas N. Cox, D. 

 John E. McCall, R. 

 James C. McDearmon, D. 

 Josiah Patterson, D. 



Texas. 



J. C. Hutcheson, D. 

 Samuel B. Cooper, D. 

 Charles H. Y oakum, D. 

 I). B. Culberson, D. 

 Joseph W. Bailey, D. 

 Jo Abbott. |). 

 George C. Pendleton, D. 



II . Henry Powers, R. 



Charles K. Be 1, D. 

 Joseph D. Bayers, D. 

 Miles Crowley, D. 

 William H. drain, D. 

 George H. Noonan, R. 

 Jeremiah V. Cockrell, D. 



Vermont. 



William W. Grout, R. 



William A. Jones, D. 

 I Gardiner Tyler. I). 

 Ta/evvell Ellett. D. 

 William K. MoKenney, D. 

 Claude A. Swanson, b. 



Samuel C. Hyde, R. 



Weri 



Blackburn B Dovener, R 

 Alston G. Dayton R. 



irginia. 



Peter J. Otey, D. 

 Smith S. Turner. D. 

 Elishu E. .Meredith. D. 

 Jami-s A. Walker, R. 

 Henry St. G. Tucker, D. 



William H. Doolittle, R. 

 Virginia. 



James H. Huling, R. 

 Warren Miller, R. 



Wisconsin. 



Henry A. Cooper, R. Samuel A. Cook, R. 



Edward Sauerhering. R. Michael Griffin, R. 



Joseph W. Babcock, R. Edward S. Minor, R. 



Theobold Otjen, R. Alex. Stewart, R. 



Samuel S. Barney, R. John J. Jenkins, R. 



Wyoming. 

 Frank W. Mondell, R. 



The Territorial Delegates were as follow : 



Arizona Nathan O. Murphy. R. 

 New Mexico Thomas B. Catron, R. 

 Oklahoma Dennis T. Flynn, R. 

 Utah Frank J. Cannon, R. 



Of the members originally elected to the Fifty- 

 fourth Congress, Myron B. Wright (Fifteenth Penn- 

 sylvania District), Andrew J. Campbell (Tenth New 

 York), Philip S. Post (Tenth Illinois), William Cogs- 

 well (Sixth Massachusetts), F. Remann (Eighteenth 

 Illinois), died before the first session began; and 

 Julius C. Burrows, of the Third Michigan, and 

 James C. C. Black, of the Tenth Georgia, resigned ; 

 the former to become Senator, and the latter to 

 stand a second election. 



Charles L. Boatner (Louisiana), James E. Cobb 

 (Alabama), E. Finis Downing (Illinois), William 

 Elliott (South Carolina), James A. Lockhart (North 

 Carolina), Lawrence E. McGann (Illinois), William 

 R. McKenney (Virginia), Gaston A. Robbins (Ala- 

 bama), William J. Stokes (South Carolina), John 

 C. Tarsney (Missouri), O. W. Underwood (Ala- 

 bama), and James J. Walsh (New York) were un- 

 seated. 



Seats were conceded to Truman H. Aldrich (Ala- 

 bama), William F. Aldrick (Alabama). Hugh R. 

 Belknap (Illinois), Albert F. Goodwyn (Alabama), 

 Charles H. Martin (North Carolina), Mitchell J. 

 Murray (New York), George W. Murray (South 

 Carolina), John I. Rinaker (Illinois), R. T. Thorp 

 (Virginia), Robert T. Van Horn (Missouri). 



William H. Grain, of Texas, died and was suc- 

 ceeded by Rudolph Kleberg. Frank J. Cannon was 

 elected Senator. 



After the roll call the House proceeded to the 

 election of a Speaker, and Thomas B. Reed, of 

 Maine, was chosen, receiving 240 votes to 95 for 

 Mr. Crisp, of Georgia. 6 for John C. Bell, of Colo- 

 rado, and 1 for D. B. Culberson, of Texas. 



On taking the oath of office as Speaker, Mr. Reed 

 said : 



" Gentlemen of the Home of Representatives : It 

 will not be unbecoming in me, I hope, if I acknowl- 

 edge to this assembly that it is very agreeable to 

 me to stand once more in the place which I left 

 four years ago. Of the past, however, I shall not 

 speak, for the past speaks for itself in terms more 

 fitting and appropriate than any words which could 

 come from my lips. Nor shall I speak of the future, 

 for we are not now putting off the harness, but put- 

 ting it on. Yet I think I may venture to say of the 

 future, in the light of the past, that if we do some- 

 things which for the moment seem inadequate, it 

 may be that time, which has justified itself of us on 

 many occasions, may do so again. Those who have 

 acted with wisdom heretofore maybe fairly expected 

 to act with wisdom hereafter. 



"lam sorry to say that the pleasure associated 

 with the honor you have bestowed on me, an honor 

 which no American citizen can fail to appreciate, 

 and for which I give thanks, is but for the moment, 

 while the cares and responsibilities extend over 

 many days. 



"So far as the performance of my duties affects 

 the whole people of the United States, I invoke 

 their considerate judgment. So far as it affects the 

 members of this House, I ask from both sides of 

 the Chamber that cordial co-operation without 

 which I can not hope to succeed, assuring them 

 that no effort on my part will be spared to aid them 



