62nd Congress (1911-1913)
President: William Howard Taft (R-OH)
House Majority Party: Democrat
House Majority Seats: 230 out of 394
House Speaker: Rep. James Beauchamp ("Champ) Clark (D-MO)
Vice President: James S. Sherman (R-NY)
Senate Majority Party: Republican
Senate Majority Seats: 52 out of 96
Senate Majority Leader: (none)
Above: Rep. William Rucker (D-MO), sponsor of the 17th Amendment.
Enactments:
Canada Reciprocity Act
Electoral Reform Act of 1911
Children's Bureau Established
Matchstick Act
Pension Act of 1912
Eight-Hour Workday for Federal Contractors
Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1912
Rename Public Health Service
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriations Act of 1912
Enactments (cont):
Sundry Appropriations Act of 1912
Alaska Organic Act
Lloyd La Follette Act (Postal Employment)
Panama-Canal Act
Webb-Kenyon Act
Physical Valuation Act
Department of Labor Established
AZ, NM Admitted
17th Amendment