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)
Above: Rep. Francis Newlands (D-NV), author of the Newlands Reclamation Act.
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
Enactments (cont):
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)