The Green Papers: Political Party Breakdown of the 54th Congress of the United States, 1895-1897

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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
	Democrat	Republican	other	vacancies	Democrat	Republican	other
Cleveland	Democrat	54th 1895-1897	39^P	44^C	4	1
54TH CONGRESS- IN GENERAL UTAH was admitted as the 45th State of the Union on 4 January 1896: as this was after the convening of the "long" session of the 54th Congress on 2 December 1895, Utah's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 54th Congress; neither is Utah's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress. 54TH CONGRESS- SENATE The SENATE of the 54th Congress included 4 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by their respective State Legislatures, as follows: 3 Populists- Senator William A. Peffer of KANSAS (Class 3) Senator William V. Allen of NEBRASKA (Class 1) Senator Marion Butler of NORTH CAROLINA (Class 2) 1 Independent- Senator James H. Kyle of SOUTH DAKOTA (Class 3) The SENATE of the 54th Congress also included 1 vacancy from the State of DELAWARE, the General Assembly of the State having failed to elect someone to the Class 2 seat (term: 4 March 1895 to 3 March 1901) from that State before the "long" session of the 54th Congress convened on 2 December 1895.

President

Party

Congress

United States Senate

House of Representatives

Democrat

Republican

other

vacancies

Democrat

Republican

other

Cleveland

Democrat

54th 1895-1897

39^P

44^C

54TH CONGRESS- IN GENERAL

UTAH was admitted as the 45th State of the Union on 4 January 1896: as this was after the convening of the "long" session of the 54th Congress on 2 December 1895, Utah's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 54th Congress; neither is Utah's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress.

54TH CONGRESS- SENATE

The SENATE of the 54th Congress included 4 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by their respective State Legislatures, as follows:

3 Populists-
- Senator William A. Peffer of KANSAS (Class 3)
- Senator William V. Allen of NEBRASKA (Class 1)
- Senator Marion Butler of NORTH CAROLINA (Class 2)
1 Independent-
- Senator James H. Kyle of SOUTH DAKOTA (Class 3)

The SENATE of the 54th Congress also included 1 vacancy from the State of DELAWARE, the General Assembly of the State having failed to elect someone to the Class 2 seat (term: 4 March 1895 to 3 March 1901) from that State before the "long" session of the 54th Congress convened on 2 December 1895.

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