56th Congress (1899-1901)
President: William McKinley (R-OH)
House Majority Party: Republic
House Majority Seats: 187 out of 357
House Speaker: Rep. David B. Henderson (R-IA)
Vice President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)
Senate Majority Party: Republican
Senate Majority Seats: 53 out of 90
Senate Majority Leader: (none)
Above: Senator Joseph Foraker (R-OH), author of the Foraker Act which established civil government for Puerto Rico.
Enactments:
Civil Code for Alaska
Gold Standard Act (Currency)
Puerto Rico Assistance Act
Foraker Act
Hawaiian Organic Act
Lacey Act
Enactments (cont):
Cuban Extradition Act
Naval Appropriations Act of 1900
Military Efficiency Act
Army Appropriations Act
War Revenue Act of 1901
National Bureau of Standards Created