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Party affiliation - 25th Legislature

  Totals based on membership as of first day of the regular session, January 12, 1897

House of Representatives

Democrats in the House of Representatives
[116 of 128 = 91%]

Republicans in the House of Representatives
[3 of 128 = 2%]

Other parties in the House of Representatives
[9 of 128 = 7%]

Senate

Democrats in the Senate
[26 of 29 = 90%]

Republicans in the Senate
[1 of 29 = 3%]

Other parties in the Senate
[2 of 29 = 7%]

Districts represented by more than one person

Chamber & District Name Party Dates of service Notes
H District 6 William Folsom Moore Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 6 John Warren Love Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 7 Jacob Lee Carpenter Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 7 John Calvin Meade Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 8 James C. Reubell Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 8 Simpson Parker Evans Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 8 Julian Clarence Feild Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 14 Frank Edward Wilcox Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 14 Thaddeus Frank Vaughan Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 36 George W. Collier Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 36 William Washington Dies Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 37 Wesley Mastin Holland Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 37 John Thomas Browne Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 38 Benjamin Franklin Bean Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 38 Alfred William Morris Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 39 Frederic Moses Gilbough Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 39 Pryor Nance Harris Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 45 Frederick Albert Schlick Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 45 Jacob Franklin Wolters Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 50 Lafayette Decatur Hill Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 50 Robert Hamilton Ward Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 54 Ira Monroe Bennett Populist 01/12/1897 - 02/04/1897  
H District 54 Alexander Franklin Brigance Democrat 02/04/1897 - 01/10/1899   Not included in the statistics above.
H District 65 Lane Melton Benson Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 65 Daniel Edwin Patterson Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 66 Albert Sidney Bird Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 66 James Thomas Sluder Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 73 John Francis Reiger Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 73 William Cooper McKamy Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 73 Joseph Sale Strother Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 78 Benjamin Patton Ayres Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 78 Finis Ray Wallace Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 85 James Henry Edwards Republican 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 85 Francis William Seabury Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 89 Robert F. Blair Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 89 John A. O'Connor Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 96 Samuel Allison Thompson Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 96 James G. Welch Unaffiliated 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 98 Somers Valentin Pfeuffer Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  
H District 98 Basley Graves Neighbors Democrat 01/12/1897 - 01/10/1899  

Members not listed above

Chamber & District Name Party Dates of service Notes
S District 23 Edwin Augustus Atlee, Sr. Democrat 01/13/1897 - 01/08/1901   Not included in the statistics above.
S District 14 George Clapp Greer Democrat 01/18/1897 - 01/08/1901   Not included in the statistics above.

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