59th Congress (1905-1907)
President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)
House Majority Party: Republican
House Majority Seats: 251 out of 386
House Speaker: Rep. Joseph Gurney Cannon (R-IL)
Vice President: Charles Fairbanks (R-IN)
Senate Majority Party: Republican
Senate Majority Seats: 58 out of 90
Senate Majority Leader: (none)
Above: House Speaker Joe Cannon (R-IL).
Enactments:
Tillman Act
Consular Reorganization Act
Immigration Act of 1907
Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary Branch Appropriations Act of 1906
Citizen and Expatriation Act
Antiquities Act of 1906 Prompt Sheet
Employers’ Liability Act
Statehood for OK, NM, & AZ
Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1906
Enactments (cont):
Amend the National Banking Act
Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary Appropriations Act of 1907
Sixteen Hour Bill
Naval Appropriations Act
Interstate Commerce Rate Act
Naturalization Act
Agriculture Appropriations of 1907
Pure Food Act
Immunity of Witnesses (Antitrust)