53rd United States Congress
1893-1895 U.S. Congress / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 53rd 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, 1893, to March 4, 1895, during the first two years of Grover Cleveland's second presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census.
53rd United States Congress | |
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52nd ← → 54th | |
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |
Members | 88 senators 356 representatives 4 non-voting delegates |
Senate majority | Democratic |
Senate President | Adlai E. Stevenson (D) |
House majority | Democratic |
House Speaker | Charles F. Crisp (D) |
Sessions | |
1st: August 7, 1893 – November 3, 1893 2nd: December 4, 1893 – August 28, 1894 3rd: December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1895 |
The Democrats maintained their majority in the House (albeit reduced) and won back control of the Senate. With Grover Cleveland being sworn in on March 4, 1893, for his second stint as President, this also gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the establishment of the Republican Party in 1854.
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senate
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||||
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Democratic (D) |
Populist (P) | Republican (R) | Silver (S) | |||
End of previous congress | 39 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 88 | 0 |
Begin | 44 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 85 | 3 |
End | 43 | 41 | 88 | 0 | ||
Final voting share | 48.9% | 3.4% | 46.6% | 1.1% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 39 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 87 | 1 |
House of Representatives
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic (D) |
Independent Democratic (ID) | Populist (P) | Republican (R) | Silver (S) | |||
End of previous congress | 233 | 0 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 328 | 4 |
Begin | 213 | 1 | 11 | 127 | 1 | 353 | 3 |
End | 214 | 123 | 350 | 6 | |||
Final voting share | 61.1% | 0.3% | 3.1% | 35.1% | 0.3% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 104 | 0 | 7 | 240 | 1 | 352 | 4 |
Senate
- President: Adlai Stevenson (D)
- President pro tempore: Charles F. Manderson (D)
- Isham G. Harris (D), elected March 22, 1893
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (D), elected January 7, 1895
- Isham G. Harris (D), elected January 10, 1895
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman
- Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman
House of Representatives
- March 4, 1893: Grover Cleveland became President of the United States for a second time.
- May 5, 1893: Panic of 1893: A crash on the New York Stock Exchange started a depression.
- November 7, 1893: Colorado women were granted the right to vote
- May 1, 1894: Coxey's Army, the first significant[to whom?] American protest march, arrived in Washington, D.C.
- July 16, 1894: Utah Enabling Act
- August 27, 1894: Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act
- February 18, 1895: Maguire Act of 1895