Boldface (with superscript C) numbers indicate the majority Party in each house. Red (with superscript P) numbers (boldface or not) indicate the Party of the President in any event.
President | Party | Congress | United States Senate | House of Representatives | |||||
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Democrat | Republican | other | vacancies | Democrat | Republican | other | |||
McKinley | Republican | 56th 1899-1901 | 28 | 54CP | 4 | 4 | |||
56TH CONGRESS- SENATE The SENATE of the 56th Congress included 4 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by their respective State Legislatures, as follows:
The SENATE of the 56th Congress included 4 vacancies, as follows:
James P. Taliaferro, a Democrat, was elected by the Legislature of the State of FLORIDA to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1899 to 3 March 1905) before the convening of the "long" session of the 56th Congress on 4 December 1899. Senator Taliaferro, therefore, is counted among the 28 Democrats elected to the Senate of the 56th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1899] due to a failure of the legislature to elect. Monroe L. Hayward, a Republican, was elected by the Legislature of the State of NEBRASKA to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1899 to 3 March 1905) on 8 March 1899, before the convening of the "long" session of the 56th Congress on 4 December 1899. Senator Hayward, therefore, is counted among the 54 Republicans elected to the Senate of the 56th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1899] due to a failure of the legislature to elect. |
Modified .