62nd United States Congress

62nd United States Congress
	61st ← → 63rd
	United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913
Members	96 senators; 394 representatives; 7 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
Senate President	James S. Sherman (R) ; (until October 30, 1912); Vacant ; (from October 30, 1912)
House Majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Champ Clark (D)
Sessions
	1st: April 4, 1911 – August 22, 1911; 2nd: December 4, 1911 – August 26, 1912; 3rd: December 2, 1912 – March 3, 1913

The 62nd 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, 1911, to March 4, 1913, during the third and fourth 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. Additional House seats were assigned to the two new states of New Mexico and Arizona. The size of the House was to be 435 starting with the new Congress coming into session in 1913. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Major events

April 27, 1911: Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
October 30, 1912: Vice President James S. Sherman died.

Major legislation

August 8, 1911: Public Law 62-5, Pub.L. 62–5 (set House of Representatives size at 435 members)
August 24, 1912: Lloyd–La Follette Act, ch. 389, § 6, 37 Stat. 539
February 13, 1913: Carlin Act
March 1, 1913: Webb–Kenyon Act
March 1, 1913: Railway Evaluation Act
March 3, 1913: Publicity In Taking Evidence Act
March 3, 1913: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act
March 3, 1913: Gould Amendment
March 4, 1913: Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Act
March 4, 1913: Road and Trails Fund Act
March 4, 1913: Burnett Act
March 4, 1913: Weeks–McLean Act
March 4, 1913: Federal Revenue Sharing Act
March 4, 1913: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1913
March 4, 1913: Burnt Timber Act
March 4, 1913: Labor Department Act, 37 Stat. 736

Constitutional amendments

May 13, 1912: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution establishing the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
- Amendment was later ratified on April 8, 1913, becoming the seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
February 3, 1913: Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution

States admitted and territories created

January 6, 1912: New Mexico admitted to the Union.
February 14, 1912: Arizona admitted to the Union
August 24, 1912: Alaska Territory created.

Map showing Senate party membership at the start of the 62nd Congress. Red states are represented by two Republicans, blue by two Democrats, and purple by one of each.

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	32	0	59	91	1

Begin	40	0	50	90	2
End	45	0	50	95	1
Final voting share	47.4%	0.0%	52.6%

Beginning of next congress	49	1	42	92	4

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Socialist (S)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)	Other (O)
End of previous congress	173	0	0	210	1[lower-alpha 1]	384	7

Begin	228	1	0	161	0	390	1
End	225	1	0	156	0	382	12
Final voting share	58.9%	0.3%	0.0%	40.8%	0.0%

Beginning of next congress	289	0	10	134	1[lower-alpha 2]	434	1

Leaders

Senate

President of the Senate
James S. Sherman

President: James S. Sherman (R), until October 30, 1912; thereafter vacant
Presidents pro tempore: William P. Frye (R), until April 27, 1911.
- For the remainder of this Congress, the office rotated among five Senators. The Senate at that time was split between progressive Republicans, conservative Republicans, and Democrats. Each put forth a candidate, and the ballots were deadlocked until August 1911 when a compromise was reached. Democrat Augustus Bacon served for one day on August 14, 1911, and thereafter he and four Republicans rotated holding the seat for the remainder of the Congress. These Republicans were: Charles Curtis, Jacob H. Gallinger, Frank B. Brandegee, and Henry Cabot Lodge.
Republican Conference Chairman: Shelby Moore Cullom
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Thomas S. Martin
Republican Conference Secretary: Charles Curtis
Democratic Caucus Secretary: William E. Chilton

Members

Skip to House of Representatives, below

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 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1914; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1916.

Alabama

2. John H. Bankhead (D)
3. Joseph F. Johnston (D)

Arizona

1. Henry F. Ashurst (D), from April 2, 1912[1]
3. Marcus A. Smith (D), from April 2, 1912[1]

Arkansas

2. Jeff Davis (D), until January 3, 1913
- John N. Heiskell (D), January 6, 1913 – January 29, 1913
- William M. Kavanaugh (D), from January 29, 1913
3. James P. Clarke (D)

California

1. John D. Works (R)
3. George C. Perkins (R)

Colorado

2. Simon Guggenheim (R)
3. Charles S. Thomas (D), from January 15, 1913

Connecticut

1. George P. McLean (R)
3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)

Delaware

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

Florida

1. Nathan P. Bryan (D)
3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

Georgia

2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
3. Joseph M. Terrell (D), until July 14, 1911
- Hoke Smith (D), from November 16, 1911

Idaho

2. William E. Borah (R)
3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R), until October 17, 1912
- Kirtland I. Perky (D), November 18, 1912 – February 5, 1913
- James H. Brady (R), from February 6, 1913

Illinois

2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
3. William Lorimer (R), until July 13, 1912

Indiana

1. John W. Kern (D)
3. Benjamin F. Shively (D)

Iowa

2. Lafayette Young (R), until April 11, 1911
- William S. Kenyon (R), from April 12, 1911
3. Albert B. Cummins (R)

Kansas

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

2. Murphy J. Foster (D)
3. John Thornton (D)

Maine

1. Charles F. Johnson (D)
2. William P. Frye (R), until August 8, 1911
- Obadiah Gardner (D), from September 23, 1911

Maryland

1. Isidor Rayner (D), until November 25, 1912
- William P. Jackson (R), from November 29, 1912
3. John W. Smith (D)

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

1. Charles E. Townsend (R)
2. William Alden Smith (R)

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

1. John S. Williams (D)
2. LeRoy Percy (D)

Missouri

1. James A. Reed (D)
3. William J. Stone (D)

Montana

1. Henry L. Myers (D)
2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)

Nebraska

1. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
2. Norris Brown (R)

Nevada

1. George S. Nixon (R), until June 5, 1912
- William A. Massey (R), July 1, 1912 – January 29, 1913
- Key Pittman (D), from January 29, 1913
3. Francis G. Newlands (D)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

1. James E. Martine (D)
2. Frank O. Briggs (R)

New Mexico

1. Thomas B. Catron (R), from April 2, 1912[1]
2. Albert B. Fall (R), from April 2, 1912[1]

New York

1. James A. O'Gorman (D), from April 4, 1911
3. Elihu A. Root (R)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
3. Asle J. Gronna (R)

Ohio

1. Atlee Pomerene (D)
3. Theodore E. Burton (R)

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

1. George T. Oliver (R)
3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

1. Henry F. Lippitt (R)
2. George P. Wetmore (R)

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

1. Luke Lea (D)
2. Robert L. Taylor (D), until March 31, 1912
- Newell Sanders (R), April 11, 1912 – January 24, 1913
- William R. Webb (D), from January 24, 1913

Texas

1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
2. Joseph W. Bailey (D), until January 3, 1913
- Rienzi M. Johnston (D), January 4, 1913 – January 29, 1913
- Morris Sheppard (D), from February 3, 1913

Utah

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

1. Claude A. Swanson (D)
2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington

1. Miles Poindexter (R)
3. Wesley L. Jones (R)

West Virginia

1. William E. Chilton (D)
2. Clarence W. Watson (D)

Wisconsin

1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
3. Isaac Stephenson (R)

Wyoming

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

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

Arizona

At-large. Carl Hayden (D), from February 19, 1912

Arkansas

1. Robert B. Macon (D)
2. William A. Oldfield (D)
3. John C. Floyd (D)
4. William B. Cravens (D)
5. Henderson M. Jacoway (D)
6. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D), until January 14, 1913
- Samuel M. Taylor (D), from January 15, 1913
7. William S. Goodwin (D)

California

1. John E. Raker (D)
2. William Kent (Prog. R)
3. Joseph R. Knowland (R)
4. Julius Kahn (R)
5. Everis A. Hayes (R)
6. James C. Needham (R)
7. William D. Stephens (R)
8. Sylvester C. Smith (R), until January 26, 1913

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. William H. Heald (R)

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

AL. Burton L. French (R)

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

1. Charles A. Kennedy (R)
2. Irvin S. Pepper (D)
3. Charles E. Pickett (R)
4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
5. James W. Good (R)
6. Nathan E. Kendall (R)
7. Solomon F. Prouty (R)
8. Horace M. Towner (R)
9. Walter I. Smith (R), until March 15, 1911
- William R. Green (R), from June 5, 1911
10. Frank P. Woods (R)
11. Elbert H. Hubbard (R), until June 4, 1912
- George Cromwell Scott (R), from November 5, 1912

Kansas

1. Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. (R)
2. Alexander C. Mitchell (R), until July 7, 1911
- Joseph Taggart (D), from November 7, 1911
3. Philip P. Campbell (R)
4. Fred S. Jackson (R)
5. Rollin R. Rees (R)
6. Isaac D. Young (R)
7. Edmond H. Madison (R), until September 18, 1911
- George A. Neeley (D), from January 9, 1912
8. Victor Murdock (R)

Kentucky

Louisiana

1. Albert Estopinal (D)
2. Henry Garland Dupré (D)
3. Robert Foligny Broussard (D)
4. John Thomas Watkins (D)
5. Joseph Eugene Ransdell (D)
6. Robert Charles Wickliffe (D), until June 11, 1912
- Lewis Lovering Morgan (D), from November 5, 1912
7. Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

1. Frank E. Doremus (D)
2. William Wedemeyer (R), until January 2, 1913
3. John M. C. Smith (R)
4. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
5. Edwin F. Sweet (D)
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. Francis H. Dodds (R)
12. H. Olin Young (R)

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

1. James Tilghman Lloyd (D)
2. William W. Rucker (D)
3. Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
4. Charles F. Booher (D)
5. William Patterson Borland (D)
6. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
7. Courtney W. Hamlin (D)
8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
9. James Beauchamp Clark (D)
10. Richard Bartholdt (R)
11. Theron Ephron Catlin (R), until August 12, 1912
- Patrick F. Gill (D), from August 12, 1912
12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
13. Walter Lewis Hensley (D)
14. Joseph J. Russell (D)
15. James Alexander Daugherty (D)
16. Thomas L. Rubey (D)

Montana

At-large. Charles N. Pray (R)

Nebraska

1. John A. Maguire (D)
2. Charles O. Lobeck (D)
3. James P. Latta (D), until September 11, 1911
- Dan V. Stephens (D), from November 7, 1911
4. Charles Henry Sloan (R)
5. George W. Norris (R)
6. Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

Nevada

At-large. Edwin E. Roberts (R)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

1. Henry C. Loudenslager (R), until August 12, 1911
- William J. Browning (R), from November 7, 1911
2. John James Gardner (R)
3. Thomas J. Scully (D)
4. Ira W. Wood (R)
5. William E. Tuttle, Jr. (D)
6. William Hughes (D), until September 27, 1912
- Archibald C. Hart (D), from November 5, 1912
7. Edward W. Townsend (D)
8. Walter I. McCoy (D)
9. Eugene F. Kinkead (D)
10. James A. Hamill (D)

New Mexico

At-large. Harvey B. Fergusson (D), from January 8, 1912
At-large. George Curry (R), from January 8, 1912

New York

1. Martin W. Littleton (D)
2. George H. Lindsay (D)
3. James P. Maher (D)
4. Frank E. Wilson (D)
5. William C. Redfield (D)
6. William M. Calder (R)
7. John J. Fitzgerald (D)
8. Daniel J. Riordan (D)
9. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
10. William Sulzer (D), until December 31, 1912
11. Charles V. Fornes (D)
12. Michael F. Conry (D)
13. Jefferson M. Levy (D)
14. John J. Kindred (D)
15. Thomas G. Patten (D)
16. Francis B. Harrison (D)
17. Henry George, Jr. (D)
18. Stephen B. Ayres (D)
19. John E. Andrus (R)
20. Thomas W. Bradley (R)
21. Richard E. Connell (D), until October 30, 1912
22. William H. Draper (R)
23. Henry S. De Forest (R)
24. George W. Fairchild (R)
25. Theron Akin (R)
26. George R. Malby (R), until July 5, 1912
- Edwin A. Merritt (R), from November 5, 1912
27. Charles A. Talcott (D)
28. Luther W. Mott (R)
29. Michael E. Driscoll (R)
30. John W. Dwight (R)
31. Sereno E. Payne (R)
32. Henry G. Danforth (R)
33. Edwin S. Underhill (D)
34. James S. Simmons (R)
35. Daniel A. Driscoll (D)
36. Charles B. Smith (D)
37. Edward B. Vreeland (R)

North Carolina

North Dakota

At-large. Louis B. Hanna (R), until January 7, 1913
At-large. Henry Thomas Helgesen (R)

Ohio

1. Nicholas Longworth (R)
2. Alfred G. Allen (D)
3. James M. Cox (D), until January 12, 1913
4. J. Henry Goeke (D)
5. Timothy T. Ansberry (D)
6. Matthew R. Denver (D)
7. James D. Post (D)
8. Frank B. Willis (R)
9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
10. Robert M. Switzer (R)
11. Horatio C. Claypool (D)
12. Edward L. Taylor, Jr. (R)
13. Carl C. Anderson (D), until October 1, 1912
14. William G. Sharp (D)
15. George White (D)
16. William B. Francis (D)
17. William A. Ashbrook (D)
18. John J. Whitacre (D)
19. Elsworth R. Bathrick (D)
20. L. Paul Howland (R)
21. Robert J. Bulkley (D)

Oklahoma

Oregon

1. Willis C. Hawley (R)
2. Walter Lafferty (R)

Pennsylvania

1. Henry H. Bingham (R), until March 22, 1912
- William S. Vare (R), from May 24, 1912
2. William S. Reyburn (R), from May 23, 1911
3. J. Hampton Moore (R)
4. Reuben O. Moon (R)
5. Michael Donohoe (D)
6. George D. McCreary (R)
7. Thomas S. Butler (R)
8. Robert E. Difenderfer (D)
9. William W. Griest (R)
10. John R. Farr (R)
11. Charles C. Bowman (R), until December 12, 1912
12. Robert Emmett Lee (D)
13. John H. Rothermel (D)
14. George W. Kipp (D), until July 24, 1911
- William D.B. Ainey (R), from November 7, 1911
15. William B. Wilson (D)
16. John G. McHenry (D), until December 27, 1912
17. Benjamin K. Focht(R)
18. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
19. Jesse L. Hartman (R)
20. Daniel F. Lafean (R)
21. Charles E. Patton (R)
22. Curtis H. Gregg (D)
23. Thomas S. Crago (R)
24. Charles Matthews (R)
25. Arthur L. Bates (R)
26. A. Mitchell Palmer (D)
27. J. N. Langham (R)
28. Peter M. Speer (Rep.)
29. Stephen G. Porter (R)
30. John Dalzell (R)
31. James F. Burke (R)
32. Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)

Rhode Island

1. George Francis O'Shaunessy (D)
2. George H. Utter (R), until November 3, 1912

South Carolina

1. George S. Legare (D), until January 31, 1913
2. James F. Byrnes (D)
3. Wyatt Aiken (D)
4. Joseph T. Johnson (D)
5. David E. Finley (D)
6. J. Edwin Ellerbe (D)
7. Asbury F. Lever (D)

South Dakota

At-large. Charles H. Burke (R)
At-large. Eben Martin (R)

Tennessee

1. Sam R. Sells (R)
2. Richard W. Austin (R)
3. John Austin Moon (D)
4. Cordell Hull (D)
5. William C. Houston (D)
6. Joseph W. Byrns (D)
7. Lemuel Phillips Padgett (D)
8. Thetus Willrette Sims (D)
9. Finis J. Garrett (D)
10. George W. Gordon (D), until August 9, 1911
- Kenneth McKellar (D), from December 4, 1911

Texas

1. John Morris Sheppard (D), until February 3, 1913
2. Martin Dies (D)
3. James Young (D)
4. Choice Boswell Randell (D)
5. James Andrew Beall (D)
6. Rufus Hardy (D)
7. Alexander W. Gregg (D)
8. John M. Moore (D)
9. George Farmer Burgess (D)
10. Albert Sidney Burleson (D)
11. Robert L. Henry (D)
12. Oscar Callaway(D)
13. John Hall Stephens (D)
14. James L. Slayden (D)
15. John Nance Garner (D)
16. William R. Smith (D)

Utah

At-large. Joseph Howell (R)

Vermont

1. David J. Foster (R), until March 21, 1912
- Frank L. Greene (R), from July 30, 1912
2. Frank Plumley (R)

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

At-large. Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory. James Wickersham, (R)
Arizona Territory. Ralph H. Cameron, (R) until February 14, 1912
Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, (R)
New Mexico Territory. William Henry Andrews, (R) until January 6, 1912
Philippines seat A. Benito Legarda y Tuason (Resident Commissioner), (Fed., R)
Philippines seat B. Manuel L. Quezon (Resident Commissioner), (Nac.)
Puerto Rico. Luis Muñoz Rivera (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

Senate

There were 20 changes: 6 deaths, 2 resignations, 1 invalidated election, 6 appointees replaced by electees, 4 seats added from new states, and 1 seat vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 4-seat net gain, and no other parties had a net change.

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for vacancy	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
New York (1)	Vacant	Legislature failed to elect. Election deadlock extends for three months until successor is chosen.	James A. O'Gorman (D)	March 31, 1911
Arizona (1)	New seats	Arizona achieved statehood February 14, 1912	Henry F. Ashurst (D)	April 2, 1912[1]
Arizona (3)		Arizona achieved statehood February 14, 1912	Marcus A. Smith (D)
New Mexico (1)		New Mexico achieved statehood January 6, 1912	Thomas B. Catron (R)
New Mexico (2)		New Mexico achieved statehood January 6, 1912	Albert B. Fall (R)
Colorado (3)	Vacant	Sen. Charles J. Hughes, Jr. died January 11, 1911, before the end of the previous Congress. Winner was elected to finish term ending March 4, 1915.	Charles S. Thomas (D)	January 15, 1913
Iowa (2)	Lafayette Young (R)	Appointment expired April 11, 1911, upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.	William S. Kenyon (R)	April 12, 1911
Georgia (3)	Joseph M. Terrell (D)	Resigned July 14, 1911, due to health reasons. Successor was elected.	Hoke Smith (D)	November 16, 1911
Maine (2)	William P. Frye (R)	Died August 8, 1911. Successor was appointed September 23, 1911, and subsequently elected April 2, 1912.	Obadiah Gardner (D)	September 23, 1911
Tennessee (2)	Robert Love Taylor (D)	Died March 31, 1912. Successor was appointed to continue the term.	Newell Sanders (R)	April 11, 1912
Nevada (1)	George S. Nixon (R)	Died June 5, 1912. Successor was appointed to continue the term.	William A. Massey (R)	July 1, 1912
Illinois (3)	William Lorimer (R)	Senate invalidated election July 13, 1912.	Vacant until next Congress
Idaho (3)	Weldon B. Heyburn (R)	Died October 17, 1912. Successor was appointed to continue the term.	Kirtland I. Perky (D)	November 18, 1912
Maryland (1)	Isidor Rayner (D)	Died November 25, 1912. Successor was appointed.	William P. Jackson (R)	November 29, 1912
Arkansas (2)	Jeff Davis (D)	Died January 3, 1913. Successor was appointed to continue the term.	John N. Heiskell (D)	January 6, 1913
Texas (2)	Joseph W. Bailey (D)	Resigned January 3, 1913, due to investigations brought to light suspicious income and financial ties to the oil industry. Successor was appointed to continue the therm.	Rienzi Melville Johnston (D)	January 4, 1913
Tennessee (2)	Newell Sanders (R)	Appointment expired January 24, 1913, upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.	William R. Webb (D)	January 24, 1913
Nevada (1)	William A. Massey (R)	Appointment expired January 29, 1913, upon successor's special election.	Key Pittman (D)	January 29, 1913
Arkansas (2)	John N. Heiskell (D)	Appointment expired January 29, 1913, upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.	William M. Kavanaugh (D)
Texas (2)	Rienzi M. Johnston (D)		Morris Sheppard (D)
Idaho (3)	Kirtland I. Perky (D)	Appointment expired February 5, 1913, upon successor's special election.	James H. Brady (R)	February 6, 1913

House of Representatives

House vacancies are only filled by elections. State laws regulate when (and if) there will be special elections.

District	Previous	Reason for change	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Pennsylvania 2nd	Vacant	Rep-elect Joel Cook died in office December 15, 1910. Seat filled in special election held May 23, 1911.	William S. Reyburn (R)	May 23, 1911
Iowa 9th	Walter I. Smith (R)	Resigned March 15, 1911, after being appointed judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.	William R. Green (R)	June 5, 1911
Kansas 2nd	Alexander C. Mitchell (R)	Died July 7, 1911.	Joseph Taggart (D)	November 7, 1911
Pennsylvania 14th	George W. Kipp (D)	Died July 24, 1911.	William D.B. Ainey (R)	November 7, 1911
Tennessee 10th	George W. Gordon (D)	Died August 9, 1911.	Kenneth McKellar (D)	December 4, 1911
New Jersey 1st	Henry C. Loudenslager (R)	Died August 12, 1911.	William J. Browning (R)	November 7, 1911
Nebraska 3rd	James P. Latta (D)	Died September 11, 1911.	Dan V. Stephens (D)	November 7, 1911
Kansas 7th	Edmond H. Madison (R)	Died September 18, 1911.	George A. Neeley (D)	January 9, 1912
New Mexico Territory At-Large	William Henry Andrews (R)	New State January 6, 1912.	seat eliminated
New Mexico At-large	New seat	New State January 6, 1912.	Harvey B. Fergusson (D)	January 8, 1912
New Mexico At-large	New seat	New State January 6, 1912.	George Curry (R)	January 8, 1912
Arizona Territory At-large	Ralph H. Cameron (R)	New State February 14, 1912.	seat eliminated
Arizona At-large	New seat	New State February 14, 1912.	Carl Hayden (D)	February 19, 1912[2]
Vermont 1st	David J. Foster (R)	Died March 21, 1912	Frank L. Greene (R)	July 30, 1912
Pennsylvania 1st	Henry H. Bingham (R)	Died March 22, 1912.	William S. Vare (R)	May 24, 1912
Iowa 11th	Elbert H. Hubbard (R)	Died June 4, 1912.	George Cromwell Scott (R)	November 5, 1912
Louisiana 6th	Robert Charles Wickliffe (D)	Died June 11, 1912.	Lewis Lovering Morgan (D)	November 5, 1912
New York 26th	George R. Malby (R)	Died July 5, 1912.	Edwin A. Merritt (R)	November 5, 1912
Missouri 11th	Theron Ephron Catlin (R)	Lost contested election August 12, 1912.	Patrick F. Gill (D)	August 12, 1912
New Jersey 6th	William Hughes (D)	Resigned September 27, 1912, after being appointed to the Passaic County Court of Common Pleas.	Archibald C. Hart (D)	November 5, 1912
Ohio 13th	Carl C. Anderson (D)	Died October 1, 1912.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 21st	Richard E. Connell (D)	Died October 30, 1912.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Rhode Island 2nd	George H. Utter (R)	Died November 3, 1912.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 11th	Charles C. Bowman (R)	Seat declared vacant December 12, 1912.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 16th	John G. McHenry (D)	Died December 27, 1912.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 10th	William Sulzer (D)	Resigned December 31, 1912, after being elected Governor of New York.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Michigan 2nd	William Wedemeyer (R)	Died January 2, 1913.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
North Dakota 1st	Louis B. Hanna (R)	Resigned January 7, 1913, after being elected Governor of North Dakota	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 3rd	James M. Cox (D)	Resigned January 12, 1913, after being elected Governor of Ohio	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Arkansas 6th	Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)	Resigned January 14, 1913, after being elected Governor of Arkansas	Samuel M. Taylor (D)	January 15, 1913
California 8th	Sylvester C. Smith (R)	Died January 26, 1913.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
South Carolina 1st	George S. Legare (D)	Died January 31, 1913.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Texas 1st	J. Morris Sheppard (D)	Resigned February 3, 1913, 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 (6 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: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)
Appropriations (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
Canadian Relations (Chairman: George T. Oliver; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Census (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
Claims (Chairman: Coe I. Crawford; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Charles E. Townsend; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Coast Defenses (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Francis G. Newlands; Ranking Member: Norris Brown)
Cuban Relations (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: James P. Clarke; Ranking Member: Henry E. Burnham)
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Education and Labor (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Isidor Rayner then John H. Bankhead)
Election of William Lorimer (Select)
Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
Establish a University in the United States (Select)
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Thomas H. Paynter; Ranking Member: Harry A. Richardson)
Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: Henry F. Lippitt; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor (Chairman: Miles Poindexter; Ranking Member: N/A)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member: Jeff Davis)
Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Asle J. Gronna; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman: William S. Kenyon; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: John W. Smith)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: John D. Works; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster, Jr.)
Finance (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
Fisheries (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: George P. McLean; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Geological Survey (Chairman: Robert L. Taylor; Ranking Member: Frank O. Briggs)
Immigration (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Jeff Davis)
Impeachment of Robert H. Archibald (Select)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
Indian Depredations (Chairman: Isidor Rayner then Jeff Davis; Ranking Member: Charles Curtis)
Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Elihu Root; Ranking Member: Isidor Rayner then Lee S. Overman)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: George S. Nixon; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Military Affairs (Chairman: Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: William Lorimer; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Jeff Davis; Ranking Member: Norris Brown)
National Banks (Chairman: George C. Perkins)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
Patents (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Shively)
Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: Robert L. Taylor)
Philippines (Chairman: Simon Guggenheim; Ranking Member: Joseph F. Johnston)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Jonathan Bourne, Jr.; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)
Printing (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: John W. Smith)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Thomas H. Paynter)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
Public Lands (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
Railroads (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn)
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William J. Stone; Ranking Member: William O. Bradley)
Rules (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
Tariff Regulation (Select)
Territories (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Robert L. Owen)
Third Degree Ordeal
Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Murphy J. Foster; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: John W. Smith; Ranking Member: William O. Bradley)
Whole
Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member: George P. Wetmore)

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member: James A. Hughes)
Agriculture (Chairman: John Lamb; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen)
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr.; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Barchfeld)
Appropriations (Chairman: John J. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Joseph G. Cannon)
American Sugar Refining Company (Special)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Arsene P. Pujo; Ranking Member: Edward B. Vreeland)
Census (Chairman: William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Edgar D. Crumpacker)
Claims (Chairman: Edward W. Pou; Ranking Member: William H. Heald)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member: William W. Griest)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: J. Frederick Cockey Talbott; Ranking Member: George D. McCreary)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn)
Education (Chairman: Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member: James F. Burke)
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: William W. Rucker; Ranking Member: Marlin E. Olmsted)
Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Timothy T. Ansberry; Ranking Member: Solomon F. Prouty)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James A. Hamill; Ranking Member: John M. Nelson)
Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Henry M. Goldfogle; Ranking Member: Henry A. Cooper)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Ben Cravens; Ranking Member: Daniel Read Anthony)
Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Ralph W. Moss; Ranking Member: Edwin W. Higgins)
Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: John H. Rothermel; Ranking Member: Bird S. McGuire)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member: Franklin W. Mondell)
Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Jack Beall; Ranking Member: Elbert H. Hubbard)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: William B. McKinley)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Courtney W. Hamlin; Ranking Member: Charles R. Davis)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William E. Cox; Ranking Member: Ebenezer J. Hill)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Harvey Helm; Ranking Member: Asher C. Hinds)
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Cyrus Cline; Ranking Member: E. Stevens Henry)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: William Sulzer; Ranking Member: William B. McKinley)
Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John L. Burnett; Ranking Member: Augustus P. Gardner)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member: Charles H. Burke)
Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: J. Thomas Heflin; Ranking Member: William A. Rodenberg)
Insular Affairs (Chairman: William A. Jones; Ranking Member: Marlin E. Olmsted)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William C. Adamson; Ranking Member: Frederick C. Stevens)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: Charles H. Burke)
Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William R. Smith; Ranking Member: Moses P. Kinkaid)
Judiciary (Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton; Ranking Member: John A. Sterling)
Labor (Chairman: William B. Wilson; Ranking Member: John J. Gardner)
Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: James L. Slayden; Ranking Member: N/A)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member: William S. Greene)
Mileage (Chairman: Robert E. Lee; Ranking Member: Charles A. Kennedy)
Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hay; Ranking Member: George W. Prince)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin D. Foster; Ranking Member: Joseph Howell)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member: George Edmund Foss)
Patents (Chairman: William A. Oldfield; Ranking Member: Frank D. Currier)
Pensions (Chairman: William Richardson; Ranking Member: Ira W. Wood)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member: John W. Weeks)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: David E. Finley; Ranking Member: Benjamin K. Focht)
Public Lands (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Franklin W. Mondell)
Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Korbly; Ranking Member: Frederick H. Gillett)
Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Charles A. Korbly; Ranking Member: George P. Lawrence)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member: Reuben O. Moon)
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member: George P. Lawrence)
Rules (Chairman: Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member: John Dalzell)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member: Richard E. Connell then William H. Draper)
War Claims (Chairman: Thetus W. Sims; Ranking Member: Elmer A. Morse)
Ways and Means (Chairman: Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: Sereno E. Payne)
Whole

Joint committees

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads
Investigations of Conditions in Alaska (Chairman: Sen. Knute Nelson)
Investigate the General Parcel Post
The Library
Printing (Chairman: Sen. Reed Smoot)
Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail (Chairman: Sen. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.)
Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service

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: Samuel B. Donnelly

Senate

Chaplain: Ulysses G.B. Pierce, Unitarian
Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell, until December 10, 1912
- E. Livingston Cornelius, elected December 10, 1912

House of Representatives

Clerk: Alexander McDowell, until March 3, 1911.
- South Trimble, from April 4, 1911.
Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist
Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Charles R. Crisp
Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R)
Postmaster: William M. Dunbar
Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson, until April 4, 1911.
- W. Stokes Jackson, died June 1912.
- Charles F. Riddell, elected July 18, 1912.

Notes

Independent Democratic
Independent

"Senate Now Numbers 96". New York Times. April 3, 1912.
Rice, Ross R (1994). Carl Hayden: Builder of the American West. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. p. 40. ISBN 0-8191-9399-2.

References

Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4.
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 1 June 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
U.S. House of Representatives (2006). "Congressional History". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 1st Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision).
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 3rd Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 3rd Session (Revision).

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[1] Independent Democratic

[2] Independent

[NYT19120403-Senate-3] "Senate Now Numbers 96". New York Times. April 3, 1912.

[4] Rice, Ross R (1994). Carl Hayden: Builder of the American West. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. p. 40. ISBN 0-8191-9399-2.

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