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The 1896 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 3, 1896, with Oregon, Maine, and Vermont holding theirs early in either June or September. They coincided with the election of President William McKinley .
The 1896 United States elections elected the 55th United States Congress. Republicans won control of the presidency and maintained control of both houses of Congress. The election marked the end of the Third Party System and the start of the Fourth Party System, as Republicans would generally dominate politics until the 1930 elections.
The 54th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1895, to March 4, 1897, during the last two years of Grover Cleveland's second presidency.
Lewis Strauss, chair of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (died 1974) February 7 – Bonner Fellers, United States Army general (died 1973) February 21 – Homa J. Porter, Texas businessman and political activist (died 1986) February 25 – John Little McClellan, U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1943 to 1977 (died 1977)
Senate composition by State, 55th Congress. The 1896–97 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures.
He was the nominee for vice president with Democrat William Jennings Bryan in 1896 on the Populist ticket. Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1890, Watson pushed through legislation mandating Rural Free Delivery, called the "biggest and most expensive endeavor" ever instituted by the U.S. Postal Service. Politically, he ...
December 7, 1896 – March 3, 1897 55th Congress: March 4, 1897 Special session March 4, 1897 – March 10, 1897 ... United States Senate – via Senate.gov.
Pages in category "1896 United States House of Representatives elections" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .