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The Sixty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC

from March 4, 1911 to March 4, 1913, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President William H. Taft.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. (Apparently, additional House seats were assigned to the two new states of New Mexico and Arizona. The size of the House was to be 435 starting with the new Congress coming into session in 1913.) The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Major events

April 15, 1912: The RMS Titanic sank in the Atlantic .
October 30, 1912: Vice President James S. Sherman died.

Major legislation

August 8, 1911: Public Law 62-5, (set House of Representatives size at 435 members)
August 24, 1912: Lloyd-La Follette Act, ch. 389, §6,
February 13, 1913: Carlin Act
March 1, 1913: Webb-Kenyon Act
March 1, 1913: Railway Evaluation Act
March 3, 1913: Publicity In Taking Evidence Act
March 3, 1913: Virus-Sirum-Toxin Act
March 3, 1913: Gould Amendment
March 4, 1913: Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Act
March 4, 1913: Road and Trails Fund Act
March 4, 1913: Burnett Act
March 4, 1913: Weeks-McLean Act
March 4, 1913: Federal Revenue Sharing Act
March 4, 1913: River and Harbors Act
March 4, 1913: Burnt Timber Act
March 4, 1913: Labor Department Act

States admitted and territories created

January 6, 1912: New Mexico admitted to the Union.
February 14, 1912: Arizona admitted to the Union
August 24, 1912: Alaska Territory created.

Party summary

Senate

Republican : 52 (majority)
Democratic : 44

TOTAL members: 96

House of Representatives

Democratic : 230 (majority)
Republican : 162
Socialist : 1
Independent : 1

TOTAL members: 394

Leaders

Senate

President: James S. Sherman, died October 30, 1912; thereafter vacant
Presidents pro tempore - See Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1911-1913

House of Representatives

Speaker - Champ Clark

Members

Senate

Map showing Senate party membership at the start of the 62nd Congress.

Red states are represented by two Republicans and blue by two Democrats.

Purple states are represented by one senator from each party.

At this time, most Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

Alabama

2. John H. Bankhead (D)
3. Joseph F. Johnston (D)

Arizona

1. Henry F. Ashurst (D) ...newly admitted state, seated March 27, 1912
3. Marcus A. Smith (D) ...newly admitted state, seated March 27, 1912

Arkansas

3. James P. Clarke (D)
2. Jeff Davis (D) ...died January 3, 1913
: John N. Heiskell (D) ...appointed to fil vacancy, January 6, 1913, served until January 29, 1913
: William M. Kavanaugh (D) ...elected to fill vacancy, January 29, 1913

California

3. George C. Perkins (R)
1. John D. Works (R)

Colorado

2. Simon Guggenheim (R)
3. Charles S. Thomas (D) ...elected to fill vacancy, January 15, 1913

Connecticut

3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)
1. George P. McLean (R)

Delaware

1. Henry A. du Pont (R)
2. Harry A. Richardson (R)

Florida

3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
2. Nathan P. Bryan (D)

Georgia

2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
3. Joseph M. Terrell (D) ...resigned July 14, 1911
: Hoke Smith (D) ... elected to fill vacancy, November 16, 1911

Idaho

3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R) ...died October 17, 1912
: Kirtland I. Perky (D) ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 18, 1912, served until February 5, 1913
: James H. Brady (R) ...elected to fil vacancy, seated February 6, 1913
2. William E. Borah (R)

Illinois

2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
3. William Lorimer (R)

Indiana

3. Benjamin F. Shively (D)
1. John W. Kern (D)

Iowa

3. Albert B. Cummins (R)
2. Lafayette Young (R) ...resigned April 11, 1911
: William S. Kenyon (R) ...elected to fill vacancy, April 12, 1911

Kansas

2. Charles Curtis (R)
3. Joseph L. Bristow (R)

Kentucky

2. Thomas H. Paynter (D)
3. William O. Bradley (R)

Louisiana

2. Murphy J. Foster (D)
3. John R. Thornton (D)

Maine

2. William P. Frye (R) ...died August 8, 1911
: Obadiah Gardner (D) ...elected to fill vacancy, September 23, 1911
1. Charles F. Johnson (D)

Maryland

1. Isidor Rayner (D) ...died November 25, 1912
: William P. Jackson (R) ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 29, 1912, served until January 28, 1914
3. John W. Smith (D)

Massachusetts

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
2. Winthrop M. Crane (R)

Michigan

2. William Alden Smith (R)
1. Charles E. Townsend (R)

Minnesota

2. Knute Nelson (R)
1. Moses E. Clapp (R)

Mississippi

2. LeRoy Percy (D)
1. John S. Williams (D)

Missouri

3. William J. Stone (D)
2. James A. Reed (D)

Montana

2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)
1. Henry L. Myers (D)

Nebraska

2. Norris Brown (R)
1. Gilber M. Hitchcock (D)

Nevada

3. Francis G. Newlands (D)
1. George S. Nixon (R) ...died June 5, 1912
: William A. Massey (R) ...appointed to fill vacancy, July 1, 1912, served until January 29, 1913
: Key Pittman (D) ...elected to fill vacancy, January 29, 1913

New Hampshire

3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
2. Henry E. Burnham (R)

New Jersey

2. Frank O. Briggs (R)
1. James E. Martine (D)

New Mexico

1. Thomas B. Catron (R) ...newly admitted state, seated March 27, 1912
2. Albert B. Fall (R) ...newly admitted state, seated March 27, 1912

New York

3. Elihu A. Root (R)
1. James A. O'Gorman (D)

North Carolina

2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
3. Lee S. Overman (D)

North Dakota

1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
3. Asle J. Gronna (R)

Ohio

3. Theodore E. Burton (R), Ohio
1. Atlee Pomerene (D)

Oklahoma

3. Thomas P. Gore (D)
2. Robert L. Owen (D)

Oregon

2. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (R)
3. George E. Chamberlain (D)

Pennsylvania

3. Boies Penrose (R)
1. George T. Oliver (R)

Rhode Island

2. George P. Wetmore (R)
1. Henry F. Lippitt (R)

South Carolina

2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

South Dakota

2. Robert J. Gamble (R)
3. Coe I. Crawford (R)

Tennessee

2. Robert L. Taylor (D) ...died March 31, 1912
: Newell Sanders (R) ...appointed to fill vacancy, April 11, 1912, served until January 24, 1913
: William R. Webb (D) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 24, 1913
1. Luke Lea (D)

Texas

1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
2. Joseph W. Bailey (D) ...resigned January 3, 1913
: Rienzi M. Johnston (D) ...appointed to fill vacancy, January 4, 1913, served until January 29, 1913
: Morris Sheppard (D) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 29, 1913

Utah

3. Reed Smoot (R)
1. George Sutherland (R)

Vermont

3. William P. Dillingham (R)
1. Carroll S. Page (R)

Virginia

2. Thomas S. Martin (D)
1. Claude A. Swanson (D)

Washington

3. Wesley L. Jones (R)
1. Miles Poindexter (R)

West Virginia

2. Clarence W. Watson (D)
1. William E. Chilton (D)

Wisconsin

1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
3. Isaac Stephenson (R)

Wyoming

1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Alabama