The Sixtieth 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, 1907 to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
May 30, 1908 — Aldrich-Vreeland Act, ch. 229, 35 Stat. 5461908 — The Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), 5645 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.November 16, 1907: Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.Republican (R): 223 (majority)Democratic (D): 167Independent (I): 1TOTAL members: 391
President: Charles W. Fairbanks (R)President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)Conference Chairman: Eugene HaleCaucus chairman: Charles A. CulbersonConference secretary: Robert L. OwenSpeaker: Joseph G. Cannon (R)Majority Leader: Sereno E. PayneMajority Whip: James E. WatsonRepublican Conference Chair: William Peters HepburnMinority Leader: John Sharp Williams until 1908Champ Clark, from 1908Minority Whip: James T. Lloyd until 1908; vacant thereafterCaucus Chairman: Henry D. ClaytonDemocratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James M. GriggsSkip to House of Representatives, belowAt this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
replacements: 10Democratic: no net changeRepublican: no net changedeaths: 8resignations: 1vacancy: 1Total seats with changes: 11replacements: 13Democratic: 4 seat gainRepublican: 2 seat lossdeaths: 10resignations: 7contested elections: 0new seats: 7Total seats with changes: 20Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select)Agriculture and ForestryAppropriationsAudit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the SenateCanadian RelationsCensusCivil Service and RetrenchmentClaimsCoast and Insular SurveyCoast DefensesCommerceCorporations Organized in the District of ColumbiaCuban RelationsDistributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)District of ColumbiaEducation and LaborEngrossed BillsEnrolled BillsEstablish a University in the United States (Select)Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)Examine the Several Branches in the Civil ServiceExpenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Select)Expenditures in Executive DepartmentsExpenditures in the Interior Department (Select)Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select)Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select)Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select)Expenditures in the War Department (Select)FinanceFisheriesFive Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select)Foreign RelationsForest Reservations and the Protection of GameGeological SurveyImmigrationImmigration and NaturalizationIndian AffairsIndustrial ExpositionsInteroceanic CanalsInterstate CommerceIrrigation and ReclamationJudiciaryLibraryManufacturesMilitary AffairsMines and MiningMississippi River and its Tributaries (Select)National Banks (Select)Naval AffairsPacific Islands and Puerto RicoPacific RailroadsPatentsPensionsPhilippinesPost Office and Post RoadsPotomac River Front (Select)PrintingPrivate Land ClaimsPrivileges and ElectionsPublic Buildings and GroundsPublic Health and National QuarantinePublic LandsRailroadsRevision of the LawsRevolutionary ClaimsRulesStandards, Weights and Measures (Select)Tariff Regulation (Select)TerritoriesTransportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select)Transportation Routes to the SeaboardTrespassers upon Indian Lands (Select)Ventilation and Acoustics (Select)WholeWoman Suffrage (Select)AccountsAgricultureAlcoholic Liquor TrafficAppropriationsBanking and CurrencyBills and Resolutions Introduced in the House (Select)CensusClaimsCoinage, Weights and MeasuresDisposition of Executive PapersDistrict of ColumbiaEducationElection of the President, Vice President and Representatives in CongressElectionsEnrolled BillsExpenditures in the Agriculture DepartmentExpenditures in the Commerce and Labor DepartmentsExpenditures in the Interior DepartmentExpenditures in the Justice DepartmentExpenditures in the Navy DepartmentExpenditures in the Post Office DepartmentExpenditures in the State DepartmentExpenditures in the Treasury DepartmentExpenditures in the War DepartmentExpenditures on Public BuildingsForeign AffairsImmigration and NaturalizationIndian AffairsIndustrial Arts and ExpositionsInsular AffairsInterstate and Foreign CommerceInvalid PensionsIrrigation of Arid LandsLaborLevees and Improvements of the Mississippi RiverManufacturesMerchant Marine and FisheriesMileageMilitary AffairsMilitiaMines and MiningNaval AffairsPacific RailroadsPatentsPensionsPost Office and Post RoadsPublic Buildings and GroundsPublic LandsRailways and CanalsReform in the Civil ServiceRevision of LawsRivers and HarborsRulesStandards of Official ConductTerritoriesVentilation and AcousticsWar ClaimsWays and MeansWholeConditions of Indian Tribes (Special)Disposition of (Useless) Executive PapersArchitect of the Capitol: Elliott WoodsLibrarian of Congress: Herbert PutnamPublic Printer of the United States: Charles A. Stillings (until 1908), John S. Leech (1908), Samuel B. Donnelly (starting 1908)Secretary: Charles G. Bennett of New YorkSergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell of IndianaChaplain: Edward E. Hale, UnitarianClerk: Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania, elected December 2, 1907Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson of Wisconsin, elected December 2, 1907Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon of New York, elected December 2, 1907Postmaster: Samuel Langum of New York, elected December 2, 1907Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Asher C. HindsChaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected December 2, 1907 
