Progressive Era

A Harvard-trained historian and close friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Lodge served in the House from 1887 to 1893 and the Senate fro...

After reforming Wisconsin's government as governor from 1901 to 1906 with direct primaries, railroad regulation, and expert commis...

Cannon represented Illinois from 1873 to 1923 and held the speakership from 1903 to 1911, combining the chair, the Rules Committee...

A Republican district judge, Norris entered the House in 1903 and wrote the 1910 resolution that removed the Speaker from the Rule...

Elected at 36 in 1899, Beveridge made his name with the March of the Flag speech celebrating American expansion, and as imperialis...

Newlands represented Nevada in the House from 1885 to 1903 and the Senate from 1903 to 1917. His Reclamation Act of 1902, passed w...

Dolliver came to the House in 1889 at 31, gaining fame as a spellbinding orator in the McKinley cause, and was promoted to the Sen...

Owen, an attorney of Cherokee descent who ran the Indian school system, was one of Oklahoma's first two senators in 1907 alongside...

James Beauchamp Clark served in the House for more than a quarter century, becoming Democratic leader in 1907 and Speaker when his...

Borah entered the Senate in 1907 and served until his death in 1940, earning the nickname the Lion of Idaho for his oratory. A pro...