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59th Congress (1905-1907)

Enactments:

 

Tillman Act

Consular Reorganization Act

Immigration Act of 1907

Legislative, Executive and Judiciary Branch Appropriations Act of 1907

Citizen and Expatriation Act

Antiquities Act of 1906

Employers' Liability Act

Statehood for OK, NM, AZ

Agriculture Appropriations of 1907

Amend the National Banking Act

Legislative, Executive and Judiciary Branch Appropriations Act of 1906

Sixteen Hour Bill

Naval Appropriations Act

Interstate Commerce Rate Act

Naturalization Act

Agriculture Appropriations of 1906

Pure Food Act

Immunity of Witnesses (Antitrust)

Above: House Speaker Joe Cannon (R-IL)

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)