056th Congress
The Fifty-sixth United States Congress 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.
![1900 Bill To Provide a Government for Porto Rico, and for Other Purposes [(S. 2264) (Senate Version of the 1900 Foraker Act)]](https://scholarscollaborative.org/PuertoRico/files/square_thumbnails/a851b8bf07f5425a7a3dcd11d579a038.jpg "1900 Bill To Provide a Government for Porto Rico, and for Other Purposes [(S. 2264) (Senate Version of the 1900 Foraker Act)]")
![1900 Bill To Regulate the Trade of Puerto Rico, and for Other Purposes and Proposed Citizenship Amendments [(H.R. 8245) (House Version of 1900 Foraker Act)]](https://scholarscollaborative.org/PuertoRico/files/square_thumbnails/4465e2a3a20b881770cc72eba24b2c17.jpg "1900 Bill To Regulate the Trade of Puerto Rico, and for Other Purposes and Proposed Citizenship Amendments [(H.R. 8245) (House Version of 1900 Foraker Act)]")
![1900 Foraker Act [31 Stat. 77 (1900)]](https://scholarscollaborative.org/PuertoRico/files/square_thumbnails/ff72bb8a573c38f250829350c3efea73.jpg "1900 Foraker Act [31 Stat. 77 (1900)]")
