62nd United States Congress Totally Explained

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62nd United States Congress
United States Capitol (1906)
Session:	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913
President of the Senate:	James S. Sherman (1911-1912)
President pro tempore of the Senate:	Augustus O. Bacon Charles Curtis Jacob H. Gallinger Frank B. Brandegee Henry Cabot Lodge
Speaker of the House:	Champ Clark
Members:	394 Representatives 96 Senators
House Majority:	Democratic
Senate Majority:	Republican
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The Sixty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised 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 last two years of the administration of U.S. President William H. Taft.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1911 - March 4 1913

First session: April 4 1911 - August 22 1911
Second session: December 4 1911 - August 26 1912
Third session: December 2 1912 - March 4 1913 — a lame duck session Previous congress: 61st Congress
Next congress: 63rd Congress

Major events

1912-01-06: New Mexico admitted to the Union.

1912-02-14: Arizona admitted to the Union, the last of the 48 contiguous states.

1912-04-15: The RMS Titanic sank in the Atlantic.

1912-08-24: Alaska Territory created.

Major Legislation

1911-08-08 — Public Law 62-5, (set House of Representatives size at 435 members)

1912-08-24 — Lloyd-La Follette Act, ch. 389, §6,

Party summary

ť Senate

Democratic (D): 44

Republican (R): 52 (majority) TOTAL members: 96

ť House of Representatives

Republican (R): 162

Democratic (D): 230 (majority)

Socialist (S): 1

Independent (I): 1 TOTAL members: 394

Leaders

Senate

President of the Senate: James S. Sherman, died October 30, 1912; thereafter vacant

Presidents pro tempore - See Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1911-1913

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House - Champ Clark

Members

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.

ť Alabama

2. John H. Bankhead (Dem.)

3. Joseph F. Johnston (Dem.) ť Arizona

1. Henry F. Ashurst (Dem.) ...newly admitted state, seated March 27, 1912

3. Marcus A. Smith (Dem.) ...newly admitted state, seated March 27, 1912 ť Arkansas

3. James P. Clarke (Dem.)

2. Jeff Davis (Dem.) ...died January 3, 1913

: John N. Heiskell (Dem.) ...appointed to fil vacancy, January 6, 1913, served until January 29, 1913

: William M. Kavanaugh (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, January 29, 1913 ť California

3. George C. Perkins (Rep.)

1. John D. Works (Rep.) ť Colorado

2. Simon Guggenheim (Rep.)

3. Charles S. Thomas (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, January 15, 1913 ť Connecticut

3. Frank B. Brandegee (Rep.)

1. George P. McLean (Rep.) ť Delaware

1. Henry A. du Pont (Rep.)

2. Harry A. Richardson (Rep.) ť Florida

3. Duncan U. Fletcher (Dem.)

2. Nathan P. Bryan (Dem.) ť Georgia

2. Augustus O. Bacon (Dem.)

3. Joseph M. Terrell (Dem.) ...resigned July 14, 1911

: Hoke Smith (Dem.) ... elected to fill vacancy, November 16, 1911 ť Idaho

3. Weldon B. Heyburn (Rep.) ...died October 17, 1912

: Kirtland I. Perky (Dem.) ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 18, 1912, served until February 5, 1913

: James H. Brady (Rep.) ...elected to fil vacancy, seated February 6, 1913

2. William E. Borah (Rep.) ť Illinois

2. Shelby M. Cullom (Rep.)

3. William Lorimer (Rep.) ť Indiana

3. Benjamin F. Shively (Dem.)

1. John W. Kern (Dem.) ť Iowa

3. Albert B. Cummins (Rep.)

2. Lafayette Young (Rep.) ...resigned April 11, 1911

: William S. Kenyon (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, April 12, 1911 ť Kansas

2. Charles Curtis (Rep.)

3. Joseph L. Bristow (Rep.) ť Kentucky

2. Thomas H. Paynter (Dem.)

3. William O. Bradley (Rep.) ť Louisiana

2. Murphy J. Foster (Dem.)

3. John R. Thornton (Dem.) ť Maine

2. William P. Frye (Rep.) ...died August 8, 1911

: Obadiah Gardner (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, September 23, 1911

1. Charles F. Johnson (Dem.) ť Maryland

1. Isidor Rayner (Dem.) ...died November 25, 1912

: William P. Jackson (Rep.) ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 29, 1912, served until January 28, 1914

3. John W. Smith (Dem.) ť Massachusetts

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (Rep.)

2. Winthrop M. Crane (Rep.) ť Michigan

2. William Alden Smith (Rep.)

1. Charles E. Townsend (Rep.) ť Minnesota

2. Knute Nelson (Rep.)

1. Moses E. Clapp (Rep.) ť Mississippi

2. LeRoy Percy (Dem.)

1. John S. Williams (Dem.) ť Missouri

3. William J. Stone (Dem.)

2. James A. Reed (Dem.) ť Montana

2. Joseph M. Dixon (Rep.)

1. Henry L. Myers (Dem.)

ť Nebraska

2. Norris Brown (Rep.)

1. Gilber M. Hitchcock (Dem.) ť Nevada

3. Francis G. Newlands (Dem.)

1. George S. Nixon (Rep.) ...died June 5, 1912

: William A. Massey (Rep.) ...appointed to fill vacancy, July 1, 1912, served until January 29, 1913

: Key Pittman (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, January 29, 1913 ť New Hampshire

3. Jacob H. Gallinger (Rep.)

2. Henry E. Burnham (Rep.) ť New Jersey

2. Frank O. Briggs (Rep.)

1. James E. Martine (Dem.) ť New Mexico

1. Thomas B. Catron (Rep.) ...newly admitted state, seated March 27, 1912

2. Albert B. Fall (Rep.) ...newly admitted state, seated March 27, 1912 ť New York

3. Elihu A. Root (Rep.)

1. James A. O'Gorman (Dem.) ť North Carolina

2. Furnifold M. Simmons (Dem.)

3. Lee S. Overman (Dem.) ť North Dakota

1. Porter J. McCumber (Rep.)

3. Asle J. Gronna (Rep.) ť Ohio

3. Theodore E. Burton (Rep.), Ohio

1. Atlee Pomerene (Dem.) ť Oklahoma

3. Thomas P. Gore (Dem.)

2. Robert L. Owen (Dem.) ť Oregon

2. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (Rep.)

3. George E. Chamberlain (Dem.) ť Pennsylvania

3. Boies Penrose (Rep.)

1. George T. Oliver (Rep.) ť Rhode Island

2. George P. Wetmore (Rep.)

1. Henry F. Lippitt (Rep.) ť South Carolina

2. Benjamin R. Tillman (Dem.)

3. Ellison D. Smith (Dem.) ť South Dakota

2. Robert J. Gamble (Rep.)

3. Coe I. Crawford (Rep.) ť Tennessee

2. Robert L. Taylor (Dem.) ...died March 31, 1912

: Newell Sanders (Rep.) ...appointed to fill vacancy, April 11, 1912, served until January 24, 1913

: William R. Webb (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 24, 1913

1. Luke Lea (Dem.) ť Texas

1. Charles A. Culberson (Dem.)

2. Joseph W. Bailey (Dem.) ...resigned January 3, 1913

: Rienzi M. Johnston (Dem.) ...appointed to fill vacancy, January 4, 1913, served until January 29, 1913

: Morris Sheppard (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 29, 1913 ť Utah

3. Reed Smoot (Rep.)

1. George Sutherland (Rep.) ť Vermont

3. William P. Dillingham (Rep.)

1. Carroll S. Page (Rep.) ť Virginia

2. Thomas S. Martin (Dem.)

1. Claude A. Swanson (Dem.) ť Washington

3. Wesley L. Jones (Rep.)

1. Miles Poindexter (Rep.) ť West Virginia

2. Clarence W. Watson (Dem.)

1. William E. Chilton (Dem.) ť Wisconsin

1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Rep.)

3. Isaac Stephenson (Rep.) ť Wyoming

1. Clarence D. Clark (Rep.)

2. Francis E. Warren (Rep.)

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 "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

ť Alabama

George W. Taylor (Dem.)

S. Hubert Dent, Jr. (Dem.)

Henry D. Clayton (Dem.)

Fred L. Blackmon (Dem.)

J. Thomas Heflin (Dem.)

Richmond P. Hobson (Dem.)

John L. Burnett (Dem.)

William N. Richardson (Dem.)

Oscar W. Underwood (Dem.) ť Arizona

: Carl Hayden (Dem.) ...newly admitted state, seated February 19, 1912 ť Arkansas

Robert B. Macon (Dem.)