He traveled to Washington, D.C., where he met senators and congressmen. Indiana elects two senators and nine representatives to Congress. All of these Reconstruction era black senators and representatives were members of the Republican Party. Thirteen Republican senators, all 56 Democratic senators, and both Independent senators voted for the treaty. However, Pennsylvania has a history of electing Republican senators. Only five of the 15 more progressive Republican Senators declared support for it. Chris Dodd was one of the most powerful senators in congress. The term of office for senators and representatives is two years. The committee exists of 3 senators and 3 representatives. The other four senators refused to testify. The elections marked 100 years of direct elections of U.S. Senators. The angered senators who debated a punishment for them. The General Assembly includes 50 Senators and 203 Representatives. There were many advantages to the original method of electing senators. The president appoints the remaining seven senators.