56th United States Congress

56th United States Congress
55th ← → 57th
United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901
Members	90 senators 357 representatives 4 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Garret Hobart (R) (until November 21, 1899) Vacant (from November 21, 1899)
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	David B. Henderson (R)
Sessions
1st: December 4, 1899 – June 7, 1900 2nd: December 3, 1900 – March 3, 1901

The 56th 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, 1899, to March 4, 1901, during the third and fourth years of William McKinley's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this 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 of North Carolina, who served his second and final term as a representative in this Congress, and would be the last black member of Congress until 1928, and the last black member of Congress from the South until 1972.