53rd United States Congress
State ( class ) Vacator Reason for Vacancy Subsequent Date of successor 's installation
Montana ( 1 ) Vacant Legislature had failed to elect . Successor elected January 16 , 1895 Lee Mantle ( R ) January 16 , 1895
Wyoming ( 1 ) Vacant Legislature had failed to elect . Successor was elected January 23 , 1895 Clarence D. Clark ( R ) January 23 , 1895
Washington ( 1 ) Vacant Legislature had failed to elect . John Allen was appointed to serve until March 20 , 1893 , but the Senate rejected his credentials . Successor elected February 1 , 1895 John L. Wilson ( R ) February 19 , 1895
California ( 3 ) Leland Stanford ( R ) Died June 21 , 1893 . Successor was appointed July 26 , 1893 , and elected January 23 , 1895 George C. Perkins ( R ) July 26 , 1893
Mississippi ( 2 ) Edward C. Walthall ( D ) Resigned January 24 , 1894 , due to ill health . Successor was elected Anselm J. McLaurin ( D ) February 27 , 1894
Louisiana ( 3 ) Edward D. White ( D ) Resigned March 12 , 1894 , to become Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court . Successor was appointed March 12 , 1894 , and subsequently elected May 23 , 1894 Newton C. Blanchard ( D ) March 12 , 1894
Georgia ( 2 ) Alfred H. Colquitt ( D ) Died March 26 , 1894 . Successor was appointed April 2 , 1894 , and subsequently elected November 7 , 1894 Patrick Walsh ( D ) April 2 , 1894
North Carolina ( 3 ) Zebulon B. Vance ( D ) Died April 14 , 1894 . Successor was appointed Thomas J. Jarvis ( D ) April 19 , 1894
Michigan ( 1 ) Francis B. Stockbridge ( R ) Died April 30 , 1894 . Successor was appointed John Patton Jr. ( R ) May 5 , 1894
Michigan ( 1 ) John Patton Jr. ( R ) Successor was elected January 14 , 1895 Julius C. Burrows ( R ) January 24 , 1895
North Carolina ( 3 ) Thomas J. Jarvis ( D ) Successor was elected January 23 , 1895 Jeter C. Pritchard ( R ) January 23 , 1895
Changes in membership -- Senate
replacements : 6 Democratic : no net change Republican : no net change Liberal Republican : 1 seat net loss deaths : 4 resignations : 8 interim appointments : 2 Total seats with changes : 12
The Fifty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1895, during the first two years of Grover Cleveland's second presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.