Gilded Age

Blaine served in the House from 1863 to 1876, holding the speakership from 1869 to 1875, where he rebuilt the weakened office into...

Facing minority obstruction in 1889, Reed simply directed the clerk to count Democrats who were present but refusing to answer rol...

A former wholesale grocer, Aldrich served from 1881 to 1911 and rose to chair Finance, writing or reshaping major tariff laws incl...

Brother of General William Tecumseh Sherman, John Sherman served in the House from 1855 to 1861, the Senate from 1861 to 1877 and ...

Conkling, dashing and athletic, served in the House from 1859 to 1867 and the Senate from 1867 to 1881, where he ran the New York ...

Allison served continuously from 1873 to 1908, five terms ending only with his death. He chaired the Appropriations Committee for ...

McKinley represented his Canton district from 1877 to 1891, serving as Republican leader and then chairman of Ways and Means, wher...

Hoar served in the House from 1869 to 1877 and the Senate from 1877 to his death in 1904, chairing the Judiciary Committee for lon...