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 | |||
Roosevelt, T. | Republican | 59th 1905-1907 | 32 | 57CP | 1 | ||||
59TH CONGRESS- SENATE The SENATE of the 59th Congress includes 1 vacancy from the State of DELAWARE, the General Assembly of the State having failed to elect someone to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1905 to 3 March 1911) from that State before the "long" session of the 59th Congress convened on 4 December 1905. James P. Taliaferro, a Democrat, was elected by the Legislature of the State of FLORIDA to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1905 to 3 March 1911) from that State before the convening of the "long" session of the 59th Congress on 4 December 1905. Senator Taliaferro, therefore, is counted among the 32 Democrats elected to the Senate of the 59th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1905] due to a failure of the legislature to elect. Governor Robert M. LaFollette, a Republican, was elected on 25 January 1905 by the Legislature of the State of WISCONSIN to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1905 to 3 March 1911) from that State; however, Governor LaFollette did not leave the governorship to take that seat until he resigned 1 January 1906- this being after the convening of the "long" session of the 59th Congress on 4 December 1905. Nevertheless, it is Senator LaFollette who clearly was the intended Senator-elect for that seat as of the start of the 59th Congress [4 March 1905] and he is, therefore, counted among the 57 Republicans elected to the Senate of that Congress. |
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