# 61st United States Congress

The 61st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1909, to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of William H. Taft's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1900 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

## Major events

* March 4, 1909: William Howard Taft became President of the United States.

## Major legislation

* August 5, 1909 – Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act, ch. 6, 36 Stat. 11
* May 16, 1910: Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910, ch. 240, 36 Stat. 369-b
* June 1, 1910: Height of Buildings Act of 1910, ch. 263, 36 Stat. 452
* June 18, 1910: Mann–Elkins Act, ch. 309, 36 Stat. 539
* June 25, 1910: Mann Act, ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825
* March 3, 1911: Judicial Code of 1911, ch. 231, 36 Stat. 1087

## Constitutional amendments

* July 12, 1909: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution allowing the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
** Amendment was later ratified on February 3, 1913, becoming the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

## Party summary
### Senate

| | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant |
| | Democratic (D) | Republican (R) | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous congress | 31 | 61 | 92 | 0 |
| Begin | 32 | 59 | 91 | 1 |
| End | 32 | 59 | 91 | 1 |
| Final voting share | 35.2% | 64.8% | | |
| Beginning of next congress | 40 | 50 | 90 | 2 |

### House of Representatives

| | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant |
| | Democratic (D) | Independent Democratic (ID) | Republican (R) | Other (O) | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous congress | 164 | 1 | 220 | 0 | 385 | 6 |
| Begin | 170 | 1 | 218 | 0 | 389 | 2 |
| End | 173 | 1 | 210 | 0 | 384 | 7 |
| Final voting share | 45.1% | 0.3% | 54.7% | 0.0% | | |
| Beginning of next congress | 228 | 0 | 160 | 2 | 390 | 1 |

## Leadership
### Senate

* President: James S. Sherman (R)
* President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)
* Republican Conference Chairman: Eugene Hale
* Republican Conference Secretary: Charles Curtis
* Democratic Caucus Chairman: Hernando Money
* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Robert Latham Owen

### House of Representatives

* Speaker: Joseph Gurney Cannon (R)

#### Majority (Republican) leadership

* Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne
* Majority Whip: John W. Dwight
* Republican Conference Chairman: Frank Dunklee Currier

#### Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader: Champ Clark
* Minority Whip: vacant
* Democratic Caucus Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr.
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James Tilghman Lloyd

## Members

    Skip to House of Representatives, below

### Senate

At this time, most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914.

### House of Representatives
## Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

### Senate

* Replacements: 13
** Democratic: 1 seat net gain
** Republican: 1 seat net loss
* Deaths: 8
* Resignations: 2
* Vacancy: 1
* Total seats with changes: 14
| State (class) | Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Subsequent | Date of successor's installation |
| Illinois (3) | Vacant | Sen. was elected at beginning of term. Served in House until resigning June 18, 1909 | William Lorimer (R) | June 18, 1909 |
| Pennsylvania (1) | Philander C. Knox (R) | Resigned March 4, 1909, after being appointed United States Secretary of State. Successor was elected. | George T. Oliver (R) | March 17, 1909 |
| North Dakota (3) | Martin N. Johnson (R) | Died October 21, 1909. Successor was appointed. | Fountain L. Thompson (D) | November 10, 1909 |
| Mississippi (2) | Anselm J. McLaurin (D) | Died December 22, 1909. Successor was appointed. | James Gordon (D) | December 27, 1909 |
| North Dakota (3) | Fountain L. Thompson (D) | Resigned January 31, 1910. Successor was appointed. | William E. Purcell (D) | February 1, 1910 |
| Mississippi (2) | James Gordon (D) | Successor was elected. | LeRoy Percy (D) | February 23, 1910 |
| Louisiana (3) | Samuel D. McEnery (D) | Died June 28, 1910. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. | John Thornton (D) | December 7, 1910 |
| Virginia (1) | John W. Daniel (D) | Died June 29, 1910. Successor was appointed. | Claude A. Swanson (D) | August 1, 1910 |
| Iowa (2) | Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) | Died October 15, 1910 | Lafayette Young (R) | November 12, 1910 |
| Georgia (3) | Alexander S. Clay (D) | Died November 13, 1910. Successor was appointed. | Joseph M. Terrell (D) | November 17, 1910 |
| West Virginia (2) | Stephen B. Elkins (R) | Died January 4, 1911. Successor was appointed. | Davis Elkins (R) | January 9, 1911 |
| Colorado (3) | Charles J. Hughes Jr. (D) | Died January 11, 1911. | Vacant until next Congress | Vacant until next Congress |
| West Virginia (2) | Davis Elkins (R) | Successor was elected. | Clarence W. Watson (D) | February 1, 1911 |
| North Dakota (3) | William E. Purcell (D) | Successor was elected. | Asle Gronna (R) | February 2, 1911 |

### House of Representatives

* Replacements: 12
** Democratic: 3 seat gain
** Republican: 3 seat loss
* Deaths: 12
* Resignations: 6
* Contested elections: 0
* Total seats with changes: 21
| District | Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
| Louisiana 2nd | Vacant | Rep. Robert C. Davey died during previous congress | Samuel L. Gilmore (D) | March 30, 1909 |
| Ohio 21st | Vacant | Rep. Theodore E. Burton resigned during previous congress | James H. Cassidy (R) | April 20, 1909 |
| Illinois 6th | William Lorimer (R) | Resigned June 17, 1909, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | William Moxley (R) | November 23, 1909 |
| Washington 2nd | Francis W. Cushman (R) | Died July 6, 1909 | William W. McCredie (R) | November 2, 1909 |
| Virginia 4th | Francis R. Lassiter (D) | Died October 31, 1909 | Robert Turnbull (D) | March 8, 1910 |
| Philippines Resident Commissioner | Pablo Ocampo | Term ended November 22, 1909 | Manuel L. Quezon (Unionist) | November 23, 1909 |
| Missouri 6th | David A. De Armond (D) | Died November 23, 1909 | Clement C. Dickinson (D) | February 1, 1910 |
| Georgia 2nd | James M. Griggs (D) | Died January 5, 1910 | Seaborn Roddenbery (D) | February 6, 1910 |
| Massachusetts 14th | William C. Lovering (R) | Died March 11, 1910 | Eugene Foss (D) | January 4, 1911 |
| New York 32nd | James B. Perkins (R) | Died February 4, 1910 | James S. Havens (D) | April 19, 1910 |
| Texas 3rd | Gordon J. Russell (D) | Resigned June 14, 1910, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Robert M. Lively (D) | July 23, 1910 |
| Tennessee 1st | Walter P. Brownlow (R) | Died July 8, 1910 | Zachary D. Massey (R) | November 8, 1910 |
| Louisiana 2nd | Samuel L. Gilmore (D) | Died July 18, 1910 | H. Garland Dupré (D) | November 8, 1910 |
| Massachusetts 4th | Charles Q. Tirrell (R) | Died July 31, 1910 | John J. Mitchell (D) | November 8, 1910 |
| Pennsylvania 5th | William W. Foulkrod (R) | Died November 13, 1910 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
| Pennsylvania 2nd | Joel Cook (R) | Died December 15, 1910 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
| Massachusetts 14th | Eugene Foss (D) | Resigned January 4, 1911, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
| Pennsylvania 24th | John K. Tener (R) | Resigned January 16, 1911, after being elected Governor of Pennsylvania | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
| Pennsylvania 19th | John M. Reynolds (R) | Resigned January 17, 1911, after being elected Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
| North Dakota 2nd | Asle Gronna (R) | Resigned February 11, 1911, after being elected to the U.S. Senate | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
| Maine 1st | Amos L. Allen (R) | Died February 20, 1911 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |

## Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

### Senate

* Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
* Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
* Appropriations (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
* Canadian Relations (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Census (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
* Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Claims (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
* Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Samuel H. Piles; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
* Coast Defenses (Chairman: George S. Nixon; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
* Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
* Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
* Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: James P. Taliaferro; Ranking Member: Norris Brown)
* Cuban Relations (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
* Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
* Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
* District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Norris Brown)
* Education and Labor (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
* Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
* Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: Simon Guggenheim)
* Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
* Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
* Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
* Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Coe I. Crawford; Ranking Member: Jeff Davis)
* Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
* Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman: William Lorimer; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
* Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* Expenditures in the Department of State (Select) (Chairman: Elihu Root; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select) (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
* Expenditures in the War Department (Select) (Chairman: Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
* Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* Fisheries (Chairman: Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
* Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp)
* Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Geological Survey (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
* Immigration (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Indian Affairs (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
* Indian Depredations (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
* Indian Contracts Investigation (Select)
* Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Frank P. Flint; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
* Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
* Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
* Military Affairs (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
* Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles Dick; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: William Warner; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
* National Banks (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Naval Affairs (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
* Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
* Patents (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
* Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
* Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Joseph F. Johnston)
* Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
* Potomac River Front (Select)
* Printing (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: John W. Smith)
* Private Land Claims (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn)
* Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John Kean)
* Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
* Public Expenditures (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member: Chauncey M. Depew)
* Public Lands (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
* Railroads (Chairman: Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Joseph W. Bailey; Ranking Member: William O. Bradley)
* Rules (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* Tariff Regulation (Select)
* Territories (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
* Third Degree Ordeal
* Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: George T. Oliver; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Wages and Prices of Commodities (Select)
* Whole
* Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Alexander S. Clay; Ranking Member: Albert J. Beveridge)

### House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
* Agriculture (Chairman: Charles Frederick Scott; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
* Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member: Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.)
* Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Leonidas F. Livingston)
* Banking and Currency (Chairman: Edward B. Vreeland; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
* Census (Chairman: Edgar D. Crumpacker; Ranking Member: James Hay)
* Claims (Chairman: George W. Prince; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
* Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Hardwick)
* Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
* District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel W. Smith; Ranking Member: Dorsey W. Shackleford)
* Education (Chairman: James F. Burke; Ranking Member: Asbury F. Lever)
* Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)
* Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Charles L. Knapp; Ranking Member: Ollie M. James)
* Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member: William E. Tou Velle)
* Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Charles C. Carlin)
* Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
* Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: William H. Graham; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
* Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: David J. Foster; Ranking Member: Arsene P. Pujo)
* Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Bird S. McGuire; Ranking Member: Robert N. Page)
* Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
* Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry S. Boutell; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
* Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Carter Glass)
* Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Don C. Edwards; Ranking Member: Courtney W. Hamlin)
* Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Ebenezer J. Hill; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
* Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: George P. Lawrence; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rhinock)
* Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: E. Stevens Henry; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
* Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James B. Perkins; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
* Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member: John L. Burnett)
* Indian Affairs (Chairman: Charles H. Burke; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
* Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: William A. Rodenberg; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
* Insular Affairs (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
* Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: James R. Mann; Ranking Member: William C. Adamson)
* Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: George H. Lindsay)
* Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William A. Reeder; Ranking Member: William R. Smith)
* Judiciary (Chairman: Richard W. Parker; Ranking Member: Henry De Lamar Clayton)
* Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
* Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Philip P. Campbell; Ranking Member: Robert B. Macon)
* Library (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
* Manufactures (Chairman: Henry McMorran; Ranking Member: Joseph T. Johnson)
* Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: William S. Greene; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
* Mileage (Chairman: Charles A. Kennedy; Ranking Member: Matthew R. Denver)
* Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
* Militia (Chairman: Halvor Steenerson; Ranking Member: John Gill Jr.)
* Mines and Mining (Chairman: George F. Huff; Ranking Member: George A. Bartlett)
* Naval Affairs (Chairman: George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
* Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)
* Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
* Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: William Richardson)
* Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
* Printing (Chairman: Allen F. Cooper; Ranking Member: David E. Finley)
* Private Land Claims (Chairman: Ernest W. Roberts; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
* Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: William G. Brantley)
* Public Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member: Adam M. Byrd)
* Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: William Hughes)
* Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: William O. Barnard)
* Revision of Laws (Chairman: Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member: John T. Watkins)
* Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: De Alva S. Alexander; Ranking Member: Stephen M. Sparkman)
* Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
* Standards of Official Conduct
* Territories (Chairman: Edward L. Hamilton; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
* Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: George D. McCreary; Ranking Member: George W. Rauch)
* War Claims (Chairman: Charles B. Law; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
* Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
* Whole

### Joint committees

* Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service
* The Library
* Printing

## Caucuses

* Democratic (House)
* Democratic (Senate)

## Employees
### Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
* Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
* Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly

### Senate

* Chaplain: Edward E. Hale (Unitarian) until June 10, 1909
** Ulysses G.B. Pierce (Unitarian) elected June 18, 1909
* Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
* Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
* Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell

### House of Representatives

* Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)
* Clerk: Alexander McDowell
* Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon
* Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
* Postmaster: Samuel Langum
* Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
* Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson