57th Congress (1901-1903)
Important Enactments:
Census Bureau Creation
War Tax Repeal
Chinese Exclusion Continued
Oleomargarine Act
Newlands Reclamation Act
Spooner Act (Isthmus Canal)
Public Health Reorganization
Philippines Civil Government
Navy Appropriations of 1902
Militia Efficiency
Bankruptcy Amendments
Expedition Act
Create Departments of Commerce and Labor
Army Staff Corp Reorganization
Elkins Anti-Rebate (ICC)
Immigration Regulation (Anarchists)
Above: Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV), author of the Newlands Reclamation Act.
57th Congress (1901-1903)
President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)
House Majority Party: Republican
House Majority Seats: 200 out of 357
House Speaker: Rep. David B. Henderson (R-IA)
Vice President: (none)
Senate Majority Party: Republican
Senate Majority Seats: 56 out of 90
Senate Majority Leader: (none)