60th United States Congress

60th United States Congress
	59th ← → 61st
	United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909
Members	92 senators; 391 representatives; 6 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
Senate President	Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
House Majority	Republican
House Speaker	Joseph G. Cannon (R)
Sessions
	1st: December 2, 1907 – May 30, 1908; 2nd: December 7, 1908 – March 3, 1909

The 60th 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, 1907, to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of Theodore Roosevelt'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.

Major events

President of the Senate
Charles W. Fairbanks

Major legislation

May 30, 1908 — Aldrich-Vreeland Act, ch. 229, 35 Stat. 546
1908 — The Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), 5645 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.[1]

States admitted

November 16, 1907: Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.

Party summary

Map showing Senate party membership at the start of the 60th Congress. Red states are represented by two Republicans and blue by two Democrats. Purple states are represented by one senator from each party.

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	32	58	90	0

Begin	29	60	89	1
End	31	61	92	0
Final voting share	33.7%	66.3%

Beginning of next congress	32	59	91	1

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Independent Democratic (ID)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	133	0	246	379	7

Begin	161	1	221	383	3
End	164	1	220	385	6
Final voting share	42.6%	0.3%	57.1%

Beginning of next congress	170	1	218	389	2

Leadership

Senate

President: Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Conference Chairman: Eugene Hale

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1908; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912.

Alabama

2. John T. Morgan (D), until June 11, 1907
- John H. Bankhead (D), from June 18, 1907
3. Edmund Pettus (D), until July 27, 1907
- Joseph F. Johnston (D), from August 8, 1907

Arkansas

2. Jeff Davis (D)
3. James P. Clarke (D)

California

1. Frank P. Flint (R)
3. George C. Perkins (R)

Colorado

2. Simon Guggenheim (R)
3. Henry M. Teller (D)

Connecticut

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

Delaware

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

Florida

1. James Taliaferro (D)
3. Stephen Mallory (D), until December 23, 1907
- William J. Bryan (D), December 27, 1907 – March 22, 1908
- William Hall Milton (D), from March 27, 1908

Georgia

2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
3. Alexander S. Clay (D)

Idaho

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

Illinois

2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
3. Albert J. Hopkins (R)

Indiana

1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)
3. James A. Hemenway (R)

Iowa

2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)
3. William B. Allison (R), until August 4, 1908
- Albert B. Cummins (R), from November 24, 1908

Kansas

2. Charles Curtis (R)
3. Chester I. Long (R)

Kentucky

2. Thomas H. Paynter (D)
3. James B. McCreary (D)

Louisiana

2. Murphy J. Foster (D)
3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

1. Isidor Rayner (D)
3. William P. Whyte (D), until March 17, 1908
- John W. Smith (D), from March 25, 1908

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

1. Hernando D. Money (D)
2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D)

Missouri

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

Montana

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New York

1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)
3. Thomas C. Platt (R)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)

Ohio

1: Charles W. F. Dick (R)
3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)

Oklahoma

2. Robert L. Owen (D), from December 11, 1907
3. Thomas P. Gore (D), from December 11, 1907

Oregon

2. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (R)
3. Charles W. Fulton (R)

Pennsylvania

1. Philander C. Knox (R)
3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
2. George P. Wetmore (R), from January 22, 1908

South Carolina

2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
3. Asbury C. Latimer (D), until February 20, 1908
- Frank B. Gary (D), from March 6, 1908

South Dakota

2. Robert J. Gamble (R)
3. Alfred B. Kittredge (R)

Tennessee

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

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

1. Redfield Proctor (R), until March 4, 1908
- John W. Stewart (R), March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908
- Carroll S. Page (R), from October 21, 1908
3. William P. Dillingham (R)

Virginia

1. John W. Daniel (D)
2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington

1. Samuel H. Piles (R)
3. Levi Ankeny (R)

West Virginia

1. Nathan B. Scott (R)
2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)

Wisconsin

1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
3. John C. Spooner (R), until April 30, 1907
- Isaac Stephenson (R), from May 17, 1907

Wyoming

1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

1. George W. Taylor (D)
2. Ariosto A. Wiley (D), until June 17, 1908
- Oliver C. Wiley (D), from November 3, 1908
3. Henry D. Clayton (D)
4. William B. Craig (D)
5. J. Thomas Heflin (D)
6. Richmond P. Hobson (D)
7. John L. Burnett (D)
8. William N. Richardson (D)
9. Oscar W. Underwood (D)

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

At-large. George L. Lilley (R), until January 5, 1909
1. E. Stevens Henry (R)
2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
3. Edwin W. Higgins (R)
4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)

Delaware

At-large. Hiram R. Burton (R)

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

At-large. Burton L. French (R)

Illinois

1. Martin B. Madden (R)
2. James R. Mann (R)
3. William W. Wilson (R)
4. James T. McDermott (D)
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. William Lorimer (R)
7. Philip Knopf (R)
8. Charles McGavin (R)
9. Henry S. Boutell (R)
10. George E. Foss (R)
11. Howard M. Snapp (R)
12. Charles Eugene Fuller (R)
13. Frank O. Lowden (R)
14. James McKinney (R)
15. George W. Prince (R)
16. Joseph V. Graff (R)
17. John A. Sterling (R)
18. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
19. William B. McKinley (R)
20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
21. Ben F. Caldwell (D)
22. William A. Rodenberg (R)
23. Martin D. Foster (D)
24. Pleasant T. Chapman (R)
25. George W. Smith (R), until November 30, 1907
- Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R), from February 15, 1908

Indiana

1. John H. Foster (R)
2. John C. Chaney (R)
3. William E. Cox (D)
4. Lincoln Dixon (D)
5. Elias S. Holliday (R)
6. James E. Watson (R)
7. Jesse Overstreet (R)
8. John A.M. Adair (D)
9. Charles B. Landis (R)
10. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
11. George W. Rauch (D)
12. Clarence C. Gilhams (R)
13. Abraham L. Brick (R), until April 7, 1908
- Henry A. Barnhart (D), from November 3, 1908

Iowa

Kansas

1. Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. (R), from May 23, 1907
2. Charles Frederick Scott (R)
3. Philip P. Campbell (R)
4. James Monroe Miller (R)
5. William A. Calderhead (R)
6. William A. Reeder (R)
7. Edmond H. Madison (R)
8. Victor Murdock (R)

Kentucky

Louisiana

1. Adolph Meyer (D), until March 8, 1908
- Albert Estopinal (D), from November 3, 1908
2. Robert Charles Davey (D), until December 26, 1908
3. Robert Foligny Broussard (D)
4. John Thomas Watkins (D)
5. Joseph Eugene Ransdell (D)
6. George Kent Favrot (D)
7. Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)

Maine

1. Amos L. Allen (R)
2. Charles E. Littlefield (R), until September 30, 1908
- John P. Swasey (R), from November 3, 1908
3. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
4. Llewellyn Powers (R), until July 28, 1908
- Frank E. Guernsey (R), from November 3, 1908

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

1. Edwin C. Denby (R)
2. Charles E. Townsend (R)
3. Washington Gardner (R)
4. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
5. Gerrit J. Diekema (R), from March 17, 1908
6. Samuel W. Smith (R)
7. Henry McMorran (R)
8. Joseph W. Fordney (R)
9. James C. McLaughlin (R)
10. George A. Loud (R)
11. Archibald B. Darragh (R)
12. H. Olin Young (R)

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

At-large. Charles N. Pray (R)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. George A. Bartlett (D)

New Hampshire

1. Cyrus Adams Sulloway (R)
2. Frank Dunklee Currier (R)

New Jersey

New York

1. William W. Cocks (R)
2. George H. Lindsay (D)
3. Charles T. Dunwell (R), until June 12, 1908
- Otto G. Foelker (R), from November 3, 1908
4. Charles B. Law (R)
5. George E. Waldo (R)
6. William M. Calder (R)
7. John J. Fitzgerald (D)
8. Daniel J. Riordan (D)
9. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
10. William Sulzer (D)
11. Charles V. Fornes (D)
12. W. Bourke Cockran (D)
13. Herbert Parsons (R)
14. William Willett, Jr. (D)
15. J. Van Vechten Olcott (R)
16. Francis B. Harrison (D)
17. William S. Bennet (R)
18. Joseph A. Goulden (D)
19. John E. Andrus (R)
20. Thomas W. Bradley (R)
21. Samuel McMillan (R)
22. William H. Draper (R)
23. George N. Southwick (R)
24. George W. Fairchild (R)
25. Cyrus Durey (R)
26. George R. Malby (R)
27. James S. Sherman (R)
28. Charles L. Knapp (R)
29. Michael E. Driscoll (R)
30. John W. Dwight (R)
31. Sereno E. Payne (R)
32. James B. Perkins (R)
33. J. Sloat Fassett (R)
34. Peter A. Porter (R)
35. William H. Ryan (D)
36. De Alva S. Alexander (R)
37. Edward B. Vreeland (R)

North Carolina

1. John Humphrey Small (D)
2. Claude Kitchin (D)
3. Charles Randolph Thomas (D)
4. Edward W. Pou (D)
5. William W. Kitchin (D), until January 11, 1909
6. Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
7. Robert N. Page (D)
8. Richard N. Hackett (D)
9. Edwin Y. Webb (D)
10. William T. Crawford (D)

North Dakota

At-large. Thomas Frank Marshall (R)
At-large. Asle Gronna (R)

Ohio

1. Nicholas Longworth (R)
2. Herman P. Goebel (R)
3. J. Eugene Harding (R)
4. William E. Tou Velle (D)
5. Timothy T. Ansberry (D)
6. Matthew R. Denver (D)
7. J. Warren Keifer (R)
8. Ralph D. Cole (R)
9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
10. Henry T. Bannon (R)
11. Albert Douglas (R)
12. Edward L. Taylor, Jr. (R)
13. Grant E. Mouser (R)
14. J. Ford Laning (R)
15. Beman G. Dawes (R)
16. Capell L. Weems (R)
17. William A. Ashbrook (D)
18. James Kennedy (R)
19. W. Aubrey Thomas (R)
20. L. Paul Howland (R)
21. Theodore Elijah Burton (R), until March 3, 1909

Oklahoma

1. Bird Segle McGuire (R), from November 16, 1907
2. Elmer L. Fulton (D), from November 16, 1907
3. James S. Davenport (D), from November 16, 1907
4. Charles D. Carter (D), from November 16, 1907
5. Scott Ferris (D), from November 16, 1907

Oregon

1. Willis C. Hawley (R)
2. William R. Ellis (R)

Pennsylvania

1. Henry H. Bingham (R)
2. John E. Reyburn (R), until March 31, 1907
- Joel Cook (R), from November 5, 1907
3. J. Hampton Moore (R)
4. Reuben O. Moon (R)
5. William W. Foulkrod (R)
6. George D. McCreary (R)
7. Thomas S. Butler (R)
8. Irving P. Wanger (R)
9. Henry B. Cassel (R)
10. Thomas D. Nicholls (Independent Democrat)
11. John T. Lenahan (D)
12. Charles N. Brumm (R), until January 4, 1909
13. John H. Rothermel (D)
14. George W. Kipp (D)
15. William B. Wilson (D)
16. John G. McHenry (D)
17. Benjamin K. Focht (R)
18. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
19. John M. Reynolds (R)
20. Daniel F. Lafean (R)
21. Charles F. Barclay (R)
22. George F. Huff (R)
23. Allen F. Cooper (R)
24. Ernest F. Acheson (R)
25. Arthur L. Bates (R)
26. J. Davis Brodhead (D)
27. Joseph G. Beale (R)
28. Nelson P. Wheeler (R)
29. William H. Graham (R)
30. John Dalzell (R)
31. James F. Burke (R)
32. Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)

Rhode Island

1. Daniel L. D. Granger (D), until February 14, 1909
2. Adin B. Capron (R)

South Carolina

South Dakota

At-large. Philo Hall (R)
At-large. William H. Parker (R), until June 26, 1908
- Eben Martin (R), from November 3, 1908

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

At-large. Joseph Howell (R)

Vermont

1. David J. Foster (R)
2. Kittredge Haskins (R)

Virginia

1. William Atkinson Jones (D)
2. Harry Lee Maynard (D)
3. John Fletcher Lamb (D)
4. Francis R. Lassiter (D)
5. Edward W. Saunders (D)
6. Carter Glass (D)
7. James Hay (D)
8. Charles Creighton Carlin (D), from November 5, 1907
9. Campbell Slemp (R), until October 13, 1907
- C. Bascom Slemp (R), from December 17, 1907
10. Henry De Flood (D)

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

At-large. Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory. Thomas Cale (Independent)
Arizona Territory. Marcus Aurelius Smith (D)
Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R)
New Mexico Territory. William Henry Andrews (R)
Philippines. Benito Legarda y Tuason (Fed., R), from November 22, 1907
Philippines. Pablo Ocampo (D), from November 22, 1907
Puerto Rico. Tulio Larrínaga (Resident Commissioner) (Unionist)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Changes in membership

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

Senate

Replacements: 10
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
Deaths: 8
Resignations: 1
Vacancy: 1
Total seats with changes: 11

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for vacancy	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Rhode Island (2)	Vacant	Legislature failed to elect.	George P. Wetmore (R)	January 22, 1908
Wisconsin (3)	John C. Spooner (R)	Resigned April 30, 1907. Successor was elected.	Isaac Stephenson (R)	May 17, 1907
Alabama (2)	John Tyler Morgan (D)	Died June 11, 1907. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected	John H. Bankhead (D)	June 18, 1907
Alabama (3)	Edmund Pettus (D)	Died July 27, 1907. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected	Joseph F. Johnston (D)	August 6, 1907
Oklahoma (2)	New seats	Oklahoma achieved statehood November 16, 1907	Robert L. Owen (D)	December 11, 1907
Oklahoma (3)	New seats	Oklahoma achieved statehood November 16, 1907	Thomas Gore (D)	December 11, 1907
Florida (3)	Stephen Mallory II (D)	Died December 23, 1907. Successor was appointed.	William J. Bryan (D)	December 27, 1907
South Carolina (3)	Asbury Latimer (D)	Died February 20, 1908. Successor was appointed.	Frank B. Gary (D)	March 6, 1908
Vermont (1)	Redfield Proctor (R)	Died March 4, 1908. Successor was appointed.	John W. Stewart (R)	March 24, 1908
Maryland (3)	William P. Whyte (D)	Died March 17, 1908. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	John W. Smith (D)	March 25, 1908
Florida (3)	William J. Bryan (D)	Died March 22, 1908. Successor was appointed.	William H. Milton (D)	March 27, 1908
Iowa (3)	William B. Allison (R)	Died August 4, 1908. Successor was elected.	Albert B. Cummins (R)	November 24, 1908
Vermont (1)	John W. Stewart (R)	Successor was elected.	Carroll S. Page (R)	October 21, 1908

House of Representatives

Replacements: 13
- Democratic: 4 seat gain
- Republican: 2 seat loss
Deaths: 10
Resignations: 7
Contested elections: 0
New seats: 7
Total seats with changes: 20

District	Previous	Reason for change	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Michigan 5th	Vacant	Rep. William Alden Smith resigned during previous congress	Gerrit J. Diekema (R)	April 27, 1907
Kansas 1st	Vacant	Rep. Charles Curtis resigned during previous congress	Daniel R. Anthony Jr. (R)	May 23, 1907
Virginia 8th	Vacant	Rep. John F. Rixey died during previous congress	Charles C. Carlin (D)	November 5, 1907
Pennsylvania 2nd	John E. Reyburn (R)	Resigned March 31, 1907, after being elected Mayor of Philadelphia	Joel Cook (R)	November 5, 1907
Virginia 9th	Campbell Slemp (R)	Died October 13, 1907	C. Bascom Slemp (R)	December 17, 1907
Oklahoma 1st	New seat	New State November 16, 1907.	Bird S. McGuire (R)	November 16, 1907
Oklahoma 2nd			Elmer L. Fulton (D)
Oklahoma 3rd			James S. Davenport (D)
Oklahoma 4th			Charles D. Carter (D)
Oklahoma 5th			Scott Ferris (D)
Philippines Resident Commissioner	New seat	New territory November 22, 1907	Benito Legarda (R)	November 22, 1909
Philippines Resident Commissioner	New seat	New territory November 22, 1907	Pablo Ocampo (D)	November 22, 1909
Illinois 25th	George W. Smith (R)	Died November 30, 1907	Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R)	February 15, 1908
Louisiana 1st	Adolph Meyer (D)	Died March 8, 1908	Albert Estopinal (D)	November 3, 1908
New York 3rd	Charles T. Dunwell (R)	Died June 12, 1908	Otto G. Foelker (R)	November 3, 1908
Indiana 13th	Abraham L. Brick (R)	Died April 7, 1908	Henry A. Barnhart (D)	November 3, 1908
Alabama 2nd	Ariosto A. Wiley (D)	Died June 17, 1908	Oliver C. Wiley (D)	November 3, 1908
South Dakota At-large	William H. Parker (R)	Died June 26, 1908	Eben Martin (R)	November 3, 1908
Maine 4th	Llewellyn Powers (R)	Died July 28, 1908	Frank E. Guernsey (R)	November 3, 1908
Maine 2nd	Charles E. Littlefield (R)	Died September 30, 1908	John P. Swasey (R)	November 3, 1908
Louisiana 2nd	Robert C. Davey (D)	Died December 26, 1908	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 12th	Charles N. Brumm (R)	Resigned January 4, 1909, after becoming judge for Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Connecticut At-large	George L. Lilley (R)	Resigned January 5, 1909, after being elected Governor of Connecticut	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
North Carolina 5th	William W. Kitchin (D)	Resigned January 11, 1909, after being elected Governor of North Carolina	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Rhode Island 1st	Daniel L. D. Granger (D)	Died February 14, 1909	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 21st	Theodore E. Burton (R)	Resigned March 3, 1909, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (5 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, 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

Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin)
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
Canadian Relations (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Census (Chairman: Chester I. Long; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
Claims (Chairman: Charles W. Fulton; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Samuel H. Piles; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
Coast Defenses (Chairman: George S. Nixon; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: N/A)
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
Cuban Relations (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) (Chairman: Hernando D. Money)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Education and Labor (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Albert J. Hopkins; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: James A. Hemenway; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: Hernando D. Money; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Select) (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: James B. McCreary)
Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman: Simon Guggenheim; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin then Benjamin R. Tillman)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select) (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte then James P. Clarke)
Expenditures in the War Department (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money then Murphy J. Foster, Jr.)
Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Fisheries (Chairman: Jonathan Bourne, Jr.; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory then Samuel D. McEnery)
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Geological Survey (Chairman: Frank P. Flint; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
Immigration (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
Indian Depredations (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Industrial Expositions (Chairman: William Warner; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Alfred B. Kittredge; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Investigate the Condition of the Potomac River Front at Washington (Select) (Chairman: Joseph H. Millard; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Irrigation (Chairman: Levi Ankeny; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Library (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
Military Affairs (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles Dick; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
National Banks (Select) (Chairman: William A. Smith)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Joseph B. Foraker; Ranking Member: N/A)
Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
Patents (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: N/A)
Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
Potomac River Front (Select)
Printing (Chairman: Thomas C. Platt; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: Josiah W. Bailey)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: Chauncey M. Depew)
Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
Railroads (Chairman: Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James P. Taliaferro; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
Rules (Chairman: Philander C. Knox; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: James B. McCreary)
Tariff Regulation (Select)
Territories (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
Ventilation and Acoustics (Select)
Whole
Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Alexander S. Clay; Ranking Member: N/A)

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
Agriculture (Chairman: Charles Frederick Scott; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member: N/A)
Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Leonidas Livingston)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles N. Fowler; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
Bills and Resolutions Introduced in the House (Select)
Census (Chairman: Edgar D. Crumpacker; Ranking Member: James Hay)
Claims (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel W. Smith; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
Education (Chairman: George N. Southwick; Ranking Member: Asbury F. Lever)
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)
Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James R. Mann; Ranking Member: Ollie M. James)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: Adam M. Byrd)
Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Claude Kitchin)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles E. Littlefield; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: David J. Foster; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: Robert N. Page)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry S. Boutell; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Carter Glass)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Cooper)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Philip Knopf; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: George P. Lawrence; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rhinock)
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: E. Stevens Henry; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member: John L. Burnett)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: Augustus P. Gardner; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
Insular Affairs (Chairman: Henry Allen Cooper; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: Robert C. Davey)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: George H. Lindsay)
Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William A. Reeder; Ranking Member: William R. Smith)
Judiciary (Chairman: John J. Jenkins; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: George W. Prince; Ranking Member: Robert F. Broussard)
Library (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
Manufactures (Chairman: Henry McMorran; Ranking Member: Charles H. Weisse)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: William S. Greene; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
Mileage (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
Militia (Chairman: Halvor Steenerson; Ranking Member: Ariosto A. Wiley)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: George F. Huff; Ranking Member: Gordon Lee)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Adolph Meyer)
Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)
Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: William Richardson)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Jesse Overstreet; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
Printing (Chairman: Charles B. Landis; Ranking Member: David E. Finley)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Marshall; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: William G. Brantley)
Public Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: James O. Patterson)
Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: William P. Kimball)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member: Robert B. Macon)
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Stephen M. Sparkman)
Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: John S. Williams)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: Edward L. Hamilton; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William H. Graham; Ranking Member: N/A)
War Claims (Chairman: Kittredge Haskins; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
Whole

Joint committees

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
The Library
Printing

Caucuses

Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
Public Printer of the United States: Charles A. Stillings, until 1908
- John S. Leech, 1908
- Samuel B. Donnelly, from 1908

Senate

House of Representatives

Clerk: Alexander McDowell
Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon
Postmaster: Samuel Langum, elected December 2, 1907
Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist

References

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U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists". Archived from the original on June 1, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
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Official Congressional Directory for the 60th Congress, 1st Session (1st Revision).
Official Congressional Directory for the 60th Congress, 1st Session (2nd Revision).
Official Congressional Directory for the 60th Congress, 2nd Session.
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60th United States Congress

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