61st_United_States_Congress

61st United States Congress

61st United States Congress

1909-1911 U.S. Congress

The 61st 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, D.C., 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 1900 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

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Major events

Main articles: 1909 in the United States, 1910 in the United States, and 1911 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

Constitutional amendments

Party summary

Senate

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House of Representatives

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Leadership

Senate president
James S. Sherman (R)
Senate president pro tempore
William P. Frye (R)

Senate

House of Representatives

House Speaker
Joseph Gurney Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

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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, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914.

House of Representatives

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Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

  • Replacements: 13
  • Deaths: 8
  • Resignations: 2
  • Vacancy: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 14
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House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 12
  • Deaths: 12
  • Resignations: 6
  • Contested elections: 0
  • Total seats with changes: 21
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Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

  1. Progressive Republican & Socialist
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    • Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
    • U.S. Congress (2005). "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress". Archived from the original on June 1, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
    • U.S. House of Representatives (2006). "Congressional History". Archived from the original on June 1, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
    • U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists". Archived from the original on June 1, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
    • Congress, United States (1909). Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress, 1st Session.
    • Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress, 2nd Session.
    • Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision).
    • Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).
    • Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress, 3rd Session.
    • Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress, 3rd Session (Revision).
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