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The Fifty-sixth 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, DC 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 Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. 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. ==Major events== * June 2, 1899: The Filipino Rebellion began the Philippine–American War. * November 21, 1899: Vice President Garret Hobart died. * January 8, 1900: President McKinley placed Alaska under military rule. * January 17, 1900: Brigham H. Roberts was refused a seat in the United States House of Representatives because of his polygamy. * February 5, 1900: Britain and the United States signed a treaty for the building of a Central American shipping canal through Nicaragua. * February 16, 1900: The United States, Germany and Great Britain ratified the Tripartite Convention partitioning the Samoan Islands. * November 6, 1900: U.S. presidential election, 1900: Republican incumbent William McKinley was reelected by defeating Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「56th United States Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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