1902 United States elections elected the 58th United States Congress , and occurred in the middle of Republican President Theodore Roosevelt 's first term , during the Fourth Party System . Roosevelt had become president on September 14 , 1901 , upon the assassination of his predecessor , William McKinley . Republicans retained a majority in both chambers of Congress , while the Populist Party and Silver Republican Party disappeared from Congress
assassination
Assassination of William McKinley
1902 United States elections