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json18 files changed, 2,080 insertions(+), 42 deletions(−)Laws enacted
+24major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
3 of 9seats changed hands
Agencies
+9 −0departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$483M$2.1B → $2.6B
The presidency passed from William McKinley Jr. to Theodore Roosevelt. 67 senators and 392 representatives took seats that they did not hold before. 3 new justices joined the Supreme Court.
Executive5 files+18−9
executive/presidentThe presidency
William McKinley Jr. R
25th president
Theodore Roosevelt R
26th president · took office Sep 14, 1901
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
Theodore Roosevelt R
Charles Warren Fairbanks R
took office Mar 4, 1905
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+7−7Wikidata ↗
Secretary of State · 2 people took this office in between
John Hay R
Secretary of the Treasury · 2 people took this office in between
Secretary of War · 2 people took this office in between
Attorney General · 2 people took this office in between
Secretary of the Navy · 2 people took this office in between
Other senior officials (1 changed)
Secretary of the Navy · 2 people took this office in between
executive/ordersExecutive orders
no dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
60 → 69 tracked organizations · 8 → 9 executive departments
United States Department of Commerce and Labor department
established Feb 14, 1903 · former executive department of the United States government; split into two departments in 1913
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
established Jan 1, 1902 · FDA research center
United States Bureau of Reclamation
established Jan 1, 1902 · government agency
United States Census Bureau
established Mar 6, 1902 · U.S. agency responsible for the census and related statistics
Crop Reporting Board
established Jan 1, 1905 · Division of the USDA Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Forest Service
established Feb 1, 1905 · agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States Food and Drug Administration
established Jun 30, 1906 · agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services
Bitterroot National Forest (Agency)
established Jan 1, 1907 · agency of U.S. Forest Service
Federal Bureau of Investigation
established Jul 26, 1908 · U.S. federal law enforcement agency
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.
Military1 file±0
military/conflictsArmed conflicts
U.S. in 0 armed conflicts → 0
The U.S. was not a party to any armed conflict in this window (conflict records start in 1946).
An armed conflict here means at least 25 battle deaths in a year, with U.S. forces as a party or fighting for a government (UCDP's definition). Air strikes, raids, and advisory missions below that threshold aren't included. UN peacekeeping missions are excluded.
Legislative4 files+483−30
legislative/controlControl of Congress
57
58
59
60
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublicanOther
57th Congress → 60th Congress · 3 new Congresses elected
2 changes of chamber control along the way
House: null majority on both dates
→ 221 R · 169 D
Senate: Republican majority on both dates
37 R · 17 D → 61 R · 31 D
legislative/senateSenate
+67−30congress-legislators ↗
67 new members · 30 departed · 25 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 59 → 58
10 seats changed party
Show 6 more seat flips
Who joined and who left (67 in · 30 out)
Joseph Forney Johnston D
Alabama
John Hollis Bankhead D
Alabama
James Paul Clarke D
Arkansas
Jeff Davis D
Arkansas
Frank Putnam Flint R
California
Simon Guggenheim R
Colorado
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R
Connecticut
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R
Connecticut
Henry Algernon du Pont R
Delaware
Harry Alden Richardson R
Delaware
William Hall Milton D
Florida
Augustus Octavius Bacon D
Georgia
Albert Baird Cummins R
Iowa
Weldon Brinton Heyburn R
Idaho
William Edgar Borah R
Idaho
Albert Jarvis Hopkins R
Illinois
Shelby Moore Cullom R
Illinois
James Alexander Hemenway R
Indiana
Chester Isaiah Long R
Kansas
Charles Curtis R
Kansas
James Bennett McCreary D
Kentucky
Thomas Hanson Paynter D
Kentucky
Murphy James Foster D
Louisiana
Winthrop Murray Crane R
Massachusetts
Isidor Rayner D
Maryland
John Walter Smith D
Maryland
William Pierce Frye R
Maine
William Alden Smith R
Michigan
Moses Edwin Clapp R
Minnesota
Knute Nelson R
Minnesota
William Joel Stone D
Missouri
William Warner R
Missouri
Anselm Joseph McLaurin D
Mississippi
Thomas Henry Carter R
Montana
Joseph Moore Dixon R
Montana
Lee Slater Overman D
North Carolina
Furnifold McLendel Simmons D
North Carolina
Elmer Jacob Burkett R
Nebraska
Norris Brown R
Nebraska
Henry Eben Burnham R
New Hampshire
Frank Obadiah Briggs R
New Jersey
Francis Griffith Newlands D
Nevada
George Stuart Nixon R
Nevada
Thomas Pryor Gore D
Oklahoma
Robert Latham Owen D
Oklahoma
Charles William Fulton R
Oregon
Jonathan Bourne Jr. R
Oregon
Philander Chase Knox R
Pennsylvania
George Peabody Wetmore R
Rhode Island
Benjamin Ryan Tillman D
South Carolina
Frank Boyd Gary D
South Carolina
Alfred Beard Kittredge R
South Dakota
Robert Jackson Gamble R
South Dakota
James Beriah Frazier D
Tennessee
Robert Love Taylor D
Tennessee
Joseph Weldon Bailey D
Texas
Reed Smoot R
Utah
George Sutherland R
Utah
Thomas Staples Martin D
Virginia
Carroll Smalley Page R
Vermont
Levi Ankeny R
Washington
Samuel Henry Piles R
Washington
Robert Marion La Follette R
Wisconsin
Isaac Stephenson R
Wisconsin
Stephen Benton Elkins R
West Virginia
Francis Emroy Warren R
Wyoming
Edmund Winston Pettus D
Alabama
James Kimbrough Jones D
Arkansas
Thomas Robert Bard R
California
Orville Hitchcock Platt R
Connecticut
Joseph Roswell Hawley R
Connecticut
Stephen Russell Mallory D
Florida
William Boyd Allison R
Iowa
Henry Heitfeld D
Idaho
William Ernest Mason R
Illinois
Charles Warren Fairbanks R
Indiana
William Alexander Harris P
Kansas
William Joseph Deboe R
Kentucky
George Louis Wellington R
Maryland
Louis Emory McComas R
Maryland
George Graham Vest D
Missouri
Francis Marion Cockrell D
Missouri
Jeter Connelly Pritchard R
North Carolina
John Percival Jones R
Nevada
William Morris Stewart R
Nevada
Marcus Alonzo Hanna R
Ohio
Joseph Simon R
Oregon
Matthew Stanley Quay R
Pennsylvania
John Lowndes McLaurin D
South Carolina
William Brimage Bate D
Tennessee
Joseph Lafayette Rawlins D
Utah
Redfield Proctor R
Vermont
George Turner D
Washington
Addison Gardner Foster R
Washington
John Coit Spooner R
Wisconsin
Joseph Very Quarles R
Wisconsin
legislative/houseHouse
No data
392 new members · 0 departed · 0 served on both dates · women 0 → 0
50 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
Alaska 0 D · 0 R
Alaska 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Alabama 0 D · 0 R
Alabama 9 D · 0 R
Arkansas 0 D · 0 R
Arkansas 7 D · 0 R
Arizona 0 D · 0 R
Arizona 1 D · 0 R
California 0 D · 0 R
California 0 D · 8 R
Colorado 0 D · 0 R
Colorado 0 D · 3 R
Connecticut 0 D · 0 R
Connecticut 0 D · 5 R
Delaware 0 D · 0 R
Delaware 0 D · 1 R
Florida 0 D · 0 R
Florida 3 D · 0 R
Georgia 0 D · 0 R
Georgia 11 D · 0 R
Hawaii 0 D · 0 R
Hawaii 0 D · 1 R
Iowa 0 D · 0 R
Iowa 1 D · 10 R
Idaho 0 D · 0 R
Idaho 0 D · 1 R
Illinois 0 D · 0 R
Illinois 5 D · 20 R
Indiana 0 D · 0 R
Indiana 4 D · 9 R
Kansas 0 D · 0 R
Kansas 0 D · 8 R
Kentucky 0 D · 0 R
Kentucky 7 D · 4 R
Louisiana 0 D · 0 R
Louisiana 7 D · 0 R
Massachusetts 0 D · 0 R
Massachusetts 3 D · 11 R
Maryland 0 D · 0 R
Maryland 3 D · 3 R
Maine 0 D · 0 R
Maine 0 D · 4 R
Michigan 0 D · 0 R
Michigan 0 D · 12 R
Minnesota 0 D · 0 R
Minnesota 1 D · 8 R
Missouri 0 D · 0 R
Missouri 12 D · 4 R
Mississippi 0 D · 0 R
Mississippi 8 D · 0 R
Montana 0 D · 0 R
Montana 0 D · 1 R
North Carolina 0 D · 0 R
North Carolina 10 D · 0 R
North Dakota 0 D · 0 R
North Dakota 0 D · 1 R
Nebraska 0 D · 0 R
Nebraska 1 D · 5 R
New Hampshire 0 D · 0 R
New Hampshire 0 D · 2 R
New Jersey 0 D · 0 R
New Jersey 4 D · 6 R
New Mexico 0 D · 0 R
New Mexico 0 D · 1 R
Nevada 0 D · 0 R
Nevada 1 D · 0 R
New York 0 D · 0 R
New York 11 D · 25 R · 1 other
Ohio 0 D · 0 R
Ohio 5 D · 16 R
Oklahoma 0 D · 0 R
Oklahoma 4 D · 1 R
Oregon 0 D · 0 R
Oregon 0 D · 2 R
Pennsylvania 0 D · 0 R
Pennsylvania 7 D · 25 R
Rhode Island 0 D · 0 R
Rhode Island 1 D · 1 R
South Carolina 0 D · 0 R
South Carolina 7 D · 0 R
South Dakota 0 D · 0 R
South Dakota 0 D · 1 R
Tennessee 0 D · 0 R
Tennessee 8 D · 2 R
Texas 0 D · 0 R
Texas 16 D · 0 R
Utah 0 D · 0 R
Utah 0 D · 1 R
Virginia 0 D · 0 R
Virginia 10 D · 1 R
Vermont 0 D · 0 R
Vermont 0 D · 2 R
Washington 0 D · 0 R
Washington 0 D · 1 R
Wisconsin 0 D · 0 R
Wisconsin 2 D · 9 R
West Virginia 0 D · 0 R
West Virginia 0 D · 5 R
Wyoming 0 D · 0 R
Wyoming 0 D · 1 R
Who joined and who left (392 in · 0 out)
Thomas Cale I
Alaska-AL
Ariosto Appling Wiley D
Alabama-2
William Benjamin Craig D
Alabama-4
Henry De Lamar Clayton D
Alabama-3
Richmond Pearson Hobson D
Alabama-6
William Richardson D
Alabama-8
George Washington Taylor D
Alabama-1
John Lawson Burnett D
Alabama-7
Oscar Wilder Underwood D
Alabama-9
James Thomas Heflin D
Alabama-5
Stephen Brundidge Jr. D
Arkansas-2
Charles Chester Reid D
Arkansas-5
Robert Minor Wallace D
Arkansas-7
Robert Bruce Macon D
Arkansas-1
John Charles Floyd D
Arkansas-3
Joseph Taylor Robinson D
Arkansas-6
William Ben Cravens D
Arkansas-4
Marcus Aurelius Smith D
Arizona-AL
William Fellows Englebright R
California-1
Duncan E. McKinlay R
California-2
James McLachlan R
California-7
James Carson Needham R
California-6
Sylvester Clark Smith R
California-8
Joseph Russell Knowland R
California-3
Everis Anson Hayes R
California-5
Julius Kahn R
California-4
Robert William Bonynge R
Colorado-1
George Washington Cook R
Colorado-AL
Warren Armstrong Haggott R
Colorado-2
George Leavens Lilley R
Connecticut-AL
Nehemiah Day Sperry R
Connecticut-2
Edward Stevens Henry R
Connecticut-1
Edwin Werter Higgins R
Connecticut-3
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Connecticut-4
Hiram Rodney Burton R
Delaware-AL
William Bailey Lamar D
Florida-3
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Florida-1
Frank Clark D
Florida-2
Elijah Banks Lewis D
Georgia-3
James Mathews Griggs D
Georgia-2
William Marcellus Howard D
Georgia-8
Leonidas Felix Livingston D
Georgia-5
William Gordon Brantley D
Georgia-11
Charles Lafayette Bartlett D
Georgia-6
Thomas William Hardwick D
Georgia-10
William Charles Adamson D
Georgia-4
Gordon Lee D
Georgia-7
Thomas Montgomery Bell D
Georgia-9
Charles Gordon Edwards D
Georgia-1
Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole R
Hawaii-AL
Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R
Iowa-3
James Perry Conner R
Iowa-10
Robert Gordon Cousins R
Iowa-5
Daniel Webster Hamilton D
Iowa-6
William Peters Hepburn R
Iowa-8
Albert Foster Dawson R
Iowa-2
John Albert Tiffin Hull R
Iowa-7
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R
Iowa-11
Walter Inglewood Smith R
Iowa-9
Charles Augustus Kennedy R
Iowa-1
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R
Iowa-4
Burton Lee French R
Idaho-1
Ben Franklin Caldwell D
Illinois-21
Philip Knopf R
Illinois-7
Charles McGavin R
Illinois-8
George Washington Smith R
Illinois-25
Henry Sherman Boutell R
Illinois-9
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R
Illinois-24
Joseph Verdi Graff R
Illinois-16
William Lorimer R
Illinois-6
Frank Orren Lowden R
Illinois-13
Howard Malcolm Snapp R
Illinois-11
James McKinney R
Illinois-14
George Washington Prince R
Illinois-15
James Thomas McDermott D
Illinois-4
George Edmund Foss R
Illinois-10
Martin David Foster D
Illinois-23
John Allen Sterling R
Illinois-17
William Warfield Wilson R
Illinois-3
Joseph Gurney Cannon R
Illinois-18
James Robert Mann R
Illinois-2
William Brown McKinley R
Illinois-19
William August Rodenberg R
Illinois-22
Charles Eugene Fuller R
Illinois-12
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Illinois-1
Henry Thomas Rainey D
Illinois-20
Adolph Joachim Sabath D
Illinois-5
Abraham Lincoln Brick R
Indiana-13
John Crawford Chaney R
Indiana-2
John Hopkins Foster R
Indiana-1
Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R
Indiana-12
Elias Selah Holliday R
Indiana-5
Charles Beary Landis R
Indiana-9
Jesse Overstreet R
Indiana-7
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R
Indiana-10
John Alfred McDowell Adair D
Indiana-8
George Washington Rauch D
Indiana-11
William Elijah Cox D
Indiana-3
Lincoln Dixon D
Indiana-4
James Eli Watson R
Indiana-6
William Alexander Calderhead R
Kansas-5
James Monroe Miller R
Kansas-4
William Augustus Reeder R
Kansas-6
Charles Frederick Scott R
Kansas-2
Edmond Haggard Madison R
Kansas-7
Victor Murdock R
Kansas-8
Philip Pitt Campbell R
Kansas-3
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R
Kansas-1
Addison Davis James R
Kentucky-3
William Preston Kimball D
Kentucky-7
Joseph Bentley Bennett R
Kentucky-9
Don Calvin Edwards R
Kentucky-11
Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D
Kentucky-6
Ollie Murray James D
Kentucky-1
Joseph Swagar Sherley D
Kentucky-5
Harvey Helm D
Kentucky-8
Augustus Owsley Stanley D
Kentucky-2
Ben Johnson D
Kentucky-4
John Wesley Langley R
Kentucky-10
Robert Charles Davey D
Louisiana-2
Adolph Meyer D
Louisiana-1
Arsène Paulin Pujo D
Louisiana-7
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Louisiana-3
John Thomas Watkins D
Louisiana-4
George Kent Favrot D
Louisiana-6
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Louisiana-5
John Austin Keliher D
Massachusetts-9
William Croad Lovering R
Massachusetts-14
Joseph Francis O’Connell D
Massachusetts-10
Charles Quincy Tirrell R
Massachusetts-4
Charles Grenfill Washburn R
Massachusetts-3
Butler Ames R
Massachusetts-5
George Pelton Lawrence R
Massachusetts-1
Samuel Walker McCall R
Massachusetts-8
Andrew James Peters D
Massachusetts-11
John Wingate Weeks R
Massachusetts-12
Ernest William Roberts R
Massachusetts-7
Augustus Peabody Gardner R
Massachusetts-6
William Stedman Greene R
Massachusetts-13
Frederick Huntington Gillett R
Massachusetts-2
William Humphreys Jackson R
Maryland-1
Harry Benjamin Wolf D
Maryland-3
John Gill Jr. D
Maryland-4
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R
Maryland-5
George Alexander Pearre R
Maryland-6
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D
Maryland-2
Charles Edgar Littlefield R
Maine-2
Llewellyn Powers R
Maine-4
Amos Lawrence Allen R
Maine-1
Edwin Chick Burleigh R
Maine-3
Archibald Bard Darragh R
Michigan-11
Edwin Denby R
Michigan-1
Gerrit John Diekema R
Michigan-5
Washington Gardner R
Michigan-3
Henry Gordon McMorran R
Michigan-7
Samuel William Smith R
Michigan-6
Horace Olin Young R
Michigan-12
George Alvin Loud R
Michigan-10
Charles Elroy Townsend R
Michigan-2
Edward La Rue Hamilton R
Michigan-4
Joseph Warren Fordney R
Michigan-8
James Campbell McLaughlin R
Michigan-9
James Adam Bede R
Minnesota-8
James Albertus Tawney R
Minnesota-1
Frank Mellen Nye R
Minnesota-5
Winfield Scott Hammond D
Minnesota-2
Frederick Clement Stevens R
Minnesota-4
Charles August Lindbergh R
Minnesota-6
Halvor Steenerson R
Minnesota-9
Andrew John Volstead R
Minnesota-7
Charles Russell Davis R
Minnesota-3
Henry Stewart Caulfield R
Missouri-11
Thomas Hackney D
Missouri-15
James Robert Lamar D
Missouri-16
Madison Roswell Smith D
Missouri-13
Harry Marcy Coudrey R
Missouri-12
David Albaugh De Armond D
Missouri-6
Richard Bartholdt R
Missouri-10
James Tilghman Lloyd D
Missouri-1
Courtney Walker Hamlin D
Missouri-7
Joseph James Russell D
Missouri-14
Dorsey William Shackleford D
Missouri-8
Joshua Willis Alexander D
Missouri-3
Charles Ferris Booher D
Missouri-4
James Beauchamp Clark D
Missouri-9
William Waller Rucker D
Missouri-2
Edgar Clarence Ellis R
Missouri-5
Wilson Shedric Hill D
Mississippi-4
Frank Alexander McLain D
Mississippi-7
Eaton Jackson Bowers D
Mississippi-6
Adam Monroe Byrd D
Mississippi-5
Thomas Spight D
Mississippi-2
John Sharp Williams D
Mississippi-8
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
Mississippi-1
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D
Mississippi-3
Charles Nelson Pray R
Montana-1
William Thomas Crawford D
North Carolina-10
Richard Nathaniel Hackett D
North Carolina-8
William Walton Kitchin D
North Carolina-5
Charles Randolph Thomas D
North Carolina-3
Robert Newton Page D
North Carolina-7
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D
North Carolina-6
John Humphrey Small D
North Carolina-1
Edwin Yates Webb D
North Carolina-9
Claude Kitchin D
North Carolina-2
Edward William Pou D
North Carolina-4
Thomas Frank Marshall R
North Dakota-AL
John Frank Boyd R
Nebraska-3
Ernest Mark Pollard R
Nebraska-1
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R
Nebraska-4
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D
Nebraska-2
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R
Nebraska-6
George William Norris R
Nebraska-5
Frank Dunklee Currier R
New Hampshire-2
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
New Hampshire-1
Eugene Walter Leake D
New Jersey-9
Le Gage Pratt D
New Jersey-8
Charles Newell Fowler R
New Jersey-5
Benjamin Franklin Howell R
New Jersey-3
John James Gardner R
New Jersey-2
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
New Jersey-1
Ira Wells Wood R
New Jersey-4
William Hughes D
New Jersey-6
James Alphonsus Hamill D
New Jersey-10
Richard Wayne Parker R
New Jersey-7
William Henry Andrews R
New Mexico-AL
George Arthur Bartlett D
Nevada-AL
Charles Tappan Dunwell R
New York-3
Samuel McMillan R
New York-21
Peter Augustus Porter IR
New York-34
William Henry Ryan D
New York-35
James Schoolcraft Sherman R
New York-27
George Ernest Waldo R
New York-5
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R
New York-36
William Willets Cocks R
New York-1
Cyrus Durey R
New York-25
Jacob Sloat Fassett R
New York-33
Charles Luman Knapp R
New York-28
Charles Blakeslee Law R
New York-4
Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R
New York-15
Herbert Parsons R
New York-13
James Breck Perkins R
New York-32
George Newell Southwick R
New York-23
William Forte Willett Jr. D
New York-14
John Emory Andrus R
New York-19
Thomas Wilson Bradley R
New York-20
William Henry Draper R
New York-22
Michael Edward Driscoll R
New York-29
John Wilbur Dwight R
New York-30
Charles Vincent Fornes D
New York-11
George Henry Lindsay D
New York-2
George Roland Malby R
New York-26
William Sulzer D
New York-10
Edward Butterfield Vreeland R
New York-37
Francis Burton Harrison D
New York-16
Sereno Elisha Payne R
New York-31
William Stiles Bennet R
New York-17
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D
New York-18
William Musgrave Calder R
New York-6
George Winthrop Fairchild R
New York-24
John Joseph Fitzgerald D
New York-7
Henry Mayer Goldfogle D
New York-9
William Bourke Cockran D
New York-12
Daniel Joseph Riordan D
New York-8
Henry Towne Bannon R
Ohio-10
Beman Gates Dawes R
Ohio-15
John Eugene Harding R
Ohio-3
Jay Ford Laning R
Ohio-14
Grant Earl Mouser R
Ohio-13
Capell Lane Weems R
Ohio-16
Ralph Dayton Cole R
Ohio-8
Albert Douglas R
Ohio-11
Herman Philip Goebel R
Ohio-2
Joseph Warren Keifer R
Ohio-7
James Kennedy R
Ohio-18
William Aubrey Thomas R
Ohio-19
William Ellsworth Tou Velle D
Ohio-4
Matthew Rombach Denver D
Ohio-6
Leonard Paul Howland R
Ohio-20
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R
Ohio-12
Timothy Thomas Ansberry D
Ohio-5
Isaac R. Sherwood D
Ohio-9
Theodore Elijah Burton R
Ohio-21
Nicholas Longworth R
Ohio-1
William Albert Ashbrook D
Ohio-17
Elmer Lincoln Fulton D
Oklahoma-2
Bird Segle McGuire R
Oklahoma-1
James Sanford Davenport D
Oklahoma-3
Scott Ferris D
Oklahoma-5
Charles David Carter D
Oklahoma-4
William Russell Ellis R
Oregon-2
Willis Chatman Hawley R
Oregon-1
Ernest Francis Acheson R
Pennsylvania-24
Joseph Grant Beale R
Pennsylvania-27
Joseph Davis Brodhead D
Pennsylvania-26
Charles Napoleon Brumm R
Pennsylvania-12
Henry Burd Cassel R
Pennsylvania-9
John Thomas Lenahan D
Pennsylvania-11
John Edgar Reyburn R
Pennsylvania-2
Charles Frederick Barclay R
Pennsylvania-21
Allen Foster Cooper R
Pennsylvania-23
William Walker Foulkrod R
Pennsylvania-5
William Harrison Graham R
Pennsylvania-29
George Franklin Huff R
Pennsylvania-22
Thomas David Nicholls D
Pennsylvania-10
John Merriman Reynolds R
Pennsylvania-19
Irving Price Wanger R
Pennsylvania-8
Nelson Platt Wheeler R
Pennsylvania-28
Arthur Laban Bates R
Pennsylvania-25
Henry Harrison Bingham R
Pennsylvania-1
John Dalzell R
Pennsylvania-30
George Washington Kipp D
Pennsylvania-14
George Deardorff McCreary R
Pennsylvania-6
John Geiser McHenry D
Pennsylvania-16
Reuben Osborne Moon R
Pennsylvania-4
Marlin Edgar Olmsted R
Pennsylvania-18
William Bauchop Wilson D
Pennsylvania-15
James Francis Burke R
Pennsylvania-31
John Hoover Rothermel D
Pennsylvania-13
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R
Pennsylvania-32
Daniel Franklin Lafean R
Pennsylvania-20
Joseph Hampton Moore R
Pennsylvania-3
Thomas Stalker Butler R
Pennsylvania-7
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R
Pennsylvania-17
Daniel Larned Davis Granger D
Rhode Island-1
Adin Ballou Capron R
Rhode Island-2
James O’Hanlon Patterson D
South Carolina-2
James Edwin Ellerbe D
South Carolina-6
George Swinton Legaré D
South Carolina-1
Wyatt Aiken D
South Carolina-3
Joseph Travis Johnson D
South Carolina-4
David Edward Finley D
South Carolina-5
Asbury Francis Lever D
South Carolina-7
Philo Hall R
South Dakota-AL
John Wesley Gaines D
Tennessee-6
Nathan Wesley Hale R
Tennessee-2
Walter Preston Brownlow R
Tennessee-1
George Washington Gordon D
Tennessee-10
William Cannon Houston D
Tennessee-5
John Austin Moon D
Tennessee-3
Thetus Willrette Sims D
Tennessee-8
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D
Tennessee-7
Finis James Garrett D
Tennessee-9
Cordell Hull D
Tennessee-4
Samuel Bronson Cooper D
Texas-2
Oscar William Gillespie D
Texas-12
Gordon James Russell D
Texas-3
John Matthew Moore D
Texas-8
Choice Boswell Randell D
Texas-4
James Andrew Beall D
Texas-5
Albert Sidney Burleson D
Texas-10
George Farmer Burgess D
Texas-9
Robert Lee Henry D
Texas-11
William Robert Smith D
Texas-16
John Hall Stephens D
Texas-13
Alexander White Gregg D
Texas-7
James Luther Slayden D
Texas-14
Rufus Hardy D
Texas-6
John Nance Garner D
Texas-15
Morris Sheppard D
Texas-1
Joseph Howell R
Utah-1
John Franklin Rixey D
Virginia-AL
Campbell Slemp R
Virginia-9
Francis Rives Lassiter D
Virginia-4
Harry Lee Maynard D
Virginia-2
John Lamb D
Virginia-3
James Hay D
Virginia-7
William Atkinson Jones D
Virginia-1
Charles Creighton Carlin D
Virginia-8
Edward Watts Saunders D
Virginia-5
Henry De La Warr Flood D
Virginia-10
Carter Glass D
Virginia-6
Kittredge Haskins R
Vermont-2
David Johnson Foster R
Vermont-1
Francis Wellington Cushman R
Washington-AL
John James Jenkins R
Wisconsin-11
James William Murphy D
Wisconsin-3
Gustav Küstermann R
Wisconsin-9
Charles Herman Weisse D
Wisconsin-6
Elmer Addison Morse R
Wisconsin-10
William Joseph Cary R
Wisconsin-4
James Henry Davidson R
Wisconsin-8
John Jacob Esch R
Wisconsin-7
Henry Allen Cooper R
Wisconsin-1
John Mandt Nelson R
Wisconsin-2
William Henry Stafford R
Wisconsin-5
Joseph Holt Gaines R
West Virginia-3
William Pallister Hubbard R
West Virginia-1
George Cookman Sturgiss R
West Virginia-2
Harry Chapman Woodyard R
West Virginia-4
James Anthony Hughes R
West Virginia-5
Franklin Wheeler Mondell R
Wyoming-AL
legislative/lawsLaws enacted
Complete lists of public laws start with the 93rd Congress (Jan 3, 1973). Earlier years show notable and landmark acts only.
24 laws recorded · 1 landmark · 23 notable
Newlands Reclamation Act
Ch. 1093, Sess. 1, 57th Cong. · Jun 17, 1902
Isthmian Canal Act (Panama Canal)
Ch. 1302, Sess. 1, 57th Cong. · Jun 28, 1902
Philippine Organic Act (the basic law of the Insular Government)
Ch. 1369, Sess. 1, 57th Cong. · Jul 1, 1902
Militia Act of 1903
Ch. 196, Sess. 2, 57th Cong. · Jan 21, 1903
Expediting Act
Ch. 544, Sess. 2, 57th Cong. · Feb 11, 1903
Department of Commerce and Labor Act
Ch. 552, Sess. 2, 57th Cong. · Feb 14, 1903
Elkins Act
Ch. 708, Sess. 2, 57th Cong. · Feb 19, 1903
Immigration Act of 1903
Ch. 1012, Sess. 2, 57th Cong. · Mar 3, 1903
Kinkaid Act
Ch. 1801, Sess. 1, 58th Cong. · Apr 28, 1904
Show 14 more notable laws
Transfer Act of 1905
Ch. 288, Sess. 3, 58th Cong. · Feb 1, 1905
Burke Act
Ch. 2348, Sess. 1, 59th Cong. · May 8, 1906
Foreign Dredge Act of 1906
May 28, 1906
Federal Employers Liability Act
Ch. 3073, Sess. 1, 59th Cong. · Jun 1, 1906
Antiquities Act (National Monument Act)
Ch. 3060, Sess. 1, 59th Cong. · Jun 8, 1906
Oklahoma Enabling Act
Ch. 3335, Sess. 1, 59th Cong. · Jun 16, 1906
Hepburn Act
Ch. 3591, Sess. 1, 59th Cong. · Jun 29, 1906
Meat Inspection Act (Beveridge Act)
Jun 30, 1906
Federal Meat Inspection Act
Ch. 3913, Sess. 1, 59th Cong. · Jun 30, 1906
Tillman Act of 1907
Ch. 420, Sess. 2, 59th Cong. · Jan 26, 1907
Immigration Act of 1907
Ch. 1134, Sess. 2, 59th Cong. · Feb 20, 1907
Expatriation Act of 1907
Ch. 2534, Sess. 2, 59th Cong. · Mar 2, 1907
Federal Employers Liability Act
Pub. L. 60-100 · Apr 22, 1908
Aldrich–Vreeland Act
Pub. L. 60-169 · May 30, 1908
Judicial3 files+1,578−3
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 6 R · 3 D → 6 R · 3 D · every justice ↗
Horace Gray R
appointed by Chester A. Arthur · 1881
Henry Billings Brown R
appointed by Benjamin Harrison · 1890
George Shiras, Jr. R
appointed by Benjamin Harrison · 1892
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. R
appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · 1902
William Rufus Day R
appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · 1903
William Henry Moody R
appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · 1906
6 justices served on both dates
John Marshall Harlan R
appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes · 1877
Melville Weston Fuller D
appointed by Grover Cleveland · 1888
David Josiah Brewer R
appointed by Benjamin Harrison · 1889
Edward Douglass White D
appointed by Grover Cleveland · 1894
Rufus Wheeler Peckham D
appointed by Grover Cleveland · 1895
Joseph McKenna R
appointed by William McKinley · 1898
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): 13 R · 8 D · 6 N( → 26 R · 3 N( · 2 D
District courts (active judges): 51 R · 21 D · 2 N( → 76 R · 12 D · 2 N(
William McKinley R appointed 5 judges
5 district
Theodore Roosevelt R appointed 98 judges
3 Supreme Court · 19 appeals · 57 district · 19 other
None (reassignment) N( appointed 1 judge
1 district
5 circuits flipped majority
Fourth Circuit 1 D · 1 R (tie majority)
Fourth Circuit 0 D · 2 R (R majority)
Sixth Circuit 1 D · 2 R (R majority)
Sixth Circuit 1 D · 1 R (tie majority)
Seventh Circuit 1 D · 1 R (tie majority)
Seventh Circuit 0 D · 4 R (R majority)
Eighth Circuit 1 D · 1 R (tie majority)
Eighth Circuit 0 D · 4 R (R majority)
District of Columbia Circuit 3 D · 0 R (D majority)
District of Columbia Circuit 0 D · 3 R (R majority)
D and R describe the party of the appointing president, not the judge. Active service ends when a judge takes senior status.
judicial/rulingsSupreme Court decisions
+1,471Supreme Court Database ↗
1,471 argued decisions · 8 landmark
James v. Bowman
190 U.S. 127 · May 4, 1903 · Decided 6–2 · Criminal Procedure · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Matter of Heff
197 U.S. 488 · Apr 10, 1905 · Decided 8–1 · Civil Rights · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Rassmussen v. United States
197 U.S. 516 · Apr 10, 1905 · Decided 9–0 · Criminal Procedure · Reversed and remanded · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Lochner v. New York
198 U.S. 45 · Apr 17, 1905 · Decided 5–4 · Economic Activity · Reversed and remanded · Struck down state law
Hodges v. United States
203 U.S. 1 · May 28, 1906 · Decided 7–2 · Civil Rights · Reversed and remanded · Declared federal law unconstitutional
The Employers' Liability Cases
207 U.S. 463 · Jan 6, 1908 · Decided 5–4 · Economic Activity · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Adair v. United States
208 U.S. 161 · Jan 27, 1908 · Decided 6–2 · Unions · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Muller v. Oregon
208 U.S. 412 · Feb 24, 1908 · Decided 9–0 · Civil Rights · Affirmed
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.
Fiscal2 files±0
fiscal/budgetThe federal budget
Fiscal year 1902 → fiscal year 1909 · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
Spending $485M
FY1902
Spending $694M
FY1909 · +43% nominal
Revenue $562M
FY1902
Revenue $604M
FY1909 · +7.5% nominal
Surplus / deficit $77M
FY1902
Surplus / deficit −$89M
FY1909 · −$166M
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding
+$483MTreasury Fiscal Data ↗
$2.1B
as of Jul 1, 1901
$2.6B
as of Jul 1, 1908
Constitution & Union1 file+1
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
15 → 15 amendments in force · 45 → 46 states
Oklahoma joins the Union
admitted Nov 16, 1907
Reverts1 file±0
revert/undoneWhat was undone
No executive orders revoked, no rules struck down by Congress, and no precedents overruled in this window (executive-order records begin in 1994).
Log1 file±0
logEverything in between
39 events
- presidentTheodore Roosevelt takes office
- lawNewlands Reclamation Act
- lawIsthmian Canal Act (Panama Canal)
- lawPhilippine Organic Act (the basic law of the Insular Government)
- justiceOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. — Associate Justice
- lawMilitia Act of 1903
- lawExpediting Act
- agency+United States Department of Commerce and Labor
- lawDepartment of Commerce and Labor Act
- lawElkins Act
- justiceWilliam Rufus Day — Associate Justice
- lawImmigration Act of 1903
- rulingJames v. Bowman
- lawKinkaid Act
- lawTransfer Act of 1905
- presidentTheodore Roosevelt takes office
- rulingMatter of Heff
- rulingRassmussen v. United States
- rulingLochner v. New York
- lawBurke Act
- lawForeign Dredge Act of 1906
- rulingHodges v. United States
- lawFederal Employers Liability Act
- lawAntiquities Act (National Monument Act)
- lawOklahoma Enabling Act
- lawHepburn Act
- lawMeat Inspection Act (Beveridge Act)
- lawFederal Meat Inspection Act
- lawPure Food and Drug Act
- justiceWilliam Henry Moody — Associate Justice
- lawTillman Act of 1907
- lawImmigration Act of 1907
- lawExpatriation Act of 1907
- stateOklahoma
- rulingThe Employers' Liability Cases
- rulingAdair v. United States
- rulingMuller v. Oregon
- lawFederal Employers Liability Act
- lawAldrich–Vreeland Act