| 55th United States Congress | |
|---|---|
54th ← → 56th | |
 United States Capitol (1906) | |
March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 | |
| Members | 90 senators 357 representatives 3 non-voting delegates |
| Senate majority | Republican (plurality) |
| Senate President | Garret Hobart (R) |
| House majority | Republican |
| House Speaker | Thomas B. Reed (R) |
| Sessions | |
| Special[a]: March 4, 1897 – March 10, 1897 1st: March 15, 1897 – July 24, 1897 2nd: December 6, 1897 – July 8, 1898 3rd: December 5, 1898 – March 3, 1899 | |
The 55th 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, 1897, to March 4, 1899, during the first two years of William McKinley's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority. There was one African-American member, George Henry White, a Republican from the state of North Carolina, and one Kaw member, Charles Curtis, a Republican from Kansas.
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