The 60th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1907, to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
's
presidency
A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by a ...
. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the
Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
majority.
Major events
Major legislation
* May 30, 1908 —
Aldrich-Vreeland Act, ch. 229,
* 1908 — The
Federal Employers Liability Act
The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1908), is a United States federal law that protects and compensates railroaders injured on the job.
Background
In the years between 1889 and 1920, railroad use in the U.S. exp ...
(FELA),
5645 U.S.C. § 51
et seq.
States admitted
* November 16, 1907:
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
was admitted as the 46th state.
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
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President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
:
Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was an American politician who served as a senator from Indiana from 1897 to 1905 and the 26th vice president of the United States from 1905 to 1909. He was also the Republican vice presid ...
(R)
*
President pro tempore
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
:
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
(R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
*
Conference Chairman:
William B. Allison
William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in t ...
until August 1908
**
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for nin ...
from December 1908
Minority (Democratic) leadership
*
Caucus chairman:
Charles A. Culberson
*
Conference secretary:
Robert L. Owen
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a railroa ...
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** In ...
:
Joseph G. Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ...
(R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
*
Majority Leader
In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body. :
Sereno E. Payne
Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a United States representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican congressman from 1883 to 1887 and then ...
*
Majority Whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
:
James E. Watson
James Eli Watson (November 2, 1864July 29, 1948) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate (see References) gives his year of birth a ...
*
Republican Conference Chair:
William Peters Hepburn
William Peters Hepburn (November 4, 1833 – February 7, 1916) was an American Civil War officer and an eleven-term Republican congressman from Iowa's now-obsolete 8th congressional district, serving from 1881 to 1887, and from 1893 to 1909. ...
Minority (Democratic) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
John Sharp Williams
John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908 ...
until 1908
**
Champ Clark
James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919.
Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
, from 1908
*
Minority Whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
James T. Lloyd
James Tilghman Lloyd (August 28, 1857 – April 3, 1944) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1909.
Lloyd was born in Canton, Missour ...
until 1908; vacant thereafter
*
Caucus Chairman:
Henry D. Clayton
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (February 10, 1857 – December 21, 1929) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and the United States D ...
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
James M. Griggs
James Mathews Griggs (March 29, 1861 – January 5, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Lagrange, Georgia, Griggs attended the common schools and was graduated from the Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1881.
H ...
Members
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Senate
At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1908; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
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John T. Morgan (D), until June 11, 1907
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John H. Bankhead
John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.
Life and career
Bankhead was born on September 13, 1842, at Moscow, present-day Lamar County, Alabama (near ...
(D), from June 18, 1907
: 3.
Edmund Pettus
Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was a lawyer and politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. He served as a senior Officer (armed forces), officer of the Confederate States Army, ...
(D), until July 27, 1907
::
Joseph F. Johnston
Joseph Forney Johnston (March 23, 1843 – August 8, 1913) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and businessman who was the List of governors of Alabama, 30th governor of Alabama from 1896 to 1900. He later ...
(D), from August 8, 1907
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
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Jeff Davis (D)
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James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist.
Biography
Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
(D)
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
: 1.
Frank P. Flint
Frank Putnam Flint (July 15, 1862 – February 11, 1929) was a United States Senator from California from 1905 to 1911.
Early life
Frank Putnam Flint was born on July 15, 1862, in North Reading, Massachusetts, to Althea Louise (née Hewes) and ...
(R)
: 3.
George C. Perkins
George Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839February 26, 1923) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Perkins served as the 14th Governor of California from 1880 to 1883, and as United States Senator from Calif ...
(R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
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Simon Guggenheim
John Simon Guggenheim (December 30, 1867 – November 2, 1941) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist.
Life
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Jewish descent, Simon Guggenheim was the son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara ...
(R)
: 3.
Henry M. Teller
Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...
(D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
: 1.
Morgan Bulkeley
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (December 26, 1837 – November 6, 1922) was an American politician, businessman, and sports executive. A Republican, he served in the American Civil War, and became a Hartford bank president before becoming the third pre ...
(R)
: 3.
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life
Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
(R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
: 1.
Henry A. du Pont
Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the famed du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the ...
(R)
: 2.
Harry A. Richardson
Harry Alden Richardson (January 1, 1853 – June 16, 1928) was an American businessman and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, and was U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early life and family
Richar ...
(R)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
: 1.
James Taliaferro
James Piper Taliaferro (September 30, 1847October 6, 1934) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911.
Biography
Taliaferro was born in Orange, Virginia. He attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie Sc ...
(D)
: 3.
Stephen Mallory
Stephen Russell Mallory (1812 – November 9, 1873) was a Democratic senator from Florida from 1851 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Na ...
(D), until December 23, 1907
::
William J. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President ...
(D), December 27, 1907 – March 22, 1908
::
William Hall Milton
William Hall Milton (March 2, 1864January 4, 1942) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat.
Early life, education, and career
Born near Marianna, Jackson County, Florida; attended the public schools of Jackson County, Marianna ...
(D), from March 27, 1908
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
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Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly elec ...
(D)
: 3.
Alexander S. Clay
Alexander Stephens Clay (September 25, 1853November 13, 1910) was a United States senator from Georgia.
Biography
Clay was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, and graduated from Hiwassee College in Tennessee in 1875. He was admitted to the bar ...
(D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
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William E. Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often con ...
(R)
: 3.
Weldon B. Heyburn
Weldon Brinton Heyburn (May 23, 1852October 17, 1912) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1903 to 1912.
Early life
Born in southeastern Pennsylvania near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, H ...
(R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
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Shelby M. Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.
Life and ca ...
(R)
: 3.
Albert J. Hopkins
Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman and United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Biography
Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846. He was admitte ...
(R)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
: 1.
Albert J. Beveridge
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (October 6, 1862 – April 27, 1927) was an American historian and US senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Linco ...
(R)
: 3.
James A. Hemenway
James Alexander Hemenway (March 8, 1860February 10, 1923) was a United States representative and Senator from Indiana. Born in Boonville, Indiana, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in ...
(R)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
: 2.
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (February 6, 1858October 15, 1910) was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century.Thomas Richard Ross, ''Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver: A Study in Political Inte ...
(R)
: 3.
William B. Allison
William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in t ...
(R), until August 4, 1908
::
Albert B. Cummins
Albert Baird Cummins (February 15, 1850July 30, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 18th governor of Iowa, elected to three consecutive terms and U.S. senator for Iowa, serving for 18 years. Cummins was a leader of the Progr ...
(R), from November 24, 1908
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
: 2.
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Sena ...
(R)
: 3.
Chester I. Long (R)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
: 2.
Thomas H. Paynter
Thomas Hanson Paynter (December 9, 1851March 8, 1921) was a United States Senator and Representative from Kentucky.
Born on a farm near Vanceburg, Kentucky, Paynter attended the common schools, Rand's Academy, and Centre College. There he studi ...
(D)
: 3.
James B. McCreary
James Bennett McCreary (July 8, 1838 – October 8, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating ...
(D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
: 2.
Murphy J. Foster
Murphy James Foster (January 12, 1849June 12, 1921) was the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, an office he held for two terms from 1892 to 1900. Foster supported the Louisiana Constitution of 1898, which effectively disfranchised ...
(D)
: 3.
Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the List of Governors of Louisiana, 30th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a United States Senate, U.S. senator f ...
(D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
: 1.
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for nin ...
(R)
: 2.
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
: 1.
Isidor Rayner
Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to 1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and ...
(D)
: 3.
William P. Whyte (D), until March 17, 1908
::
John W. Smith (D), from March 25, 1908
: 1.
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...
(R)
: 2:
Winthrop M. Crane
Winthrop Murray Crane (commonly referred to as W. Murray Crane or simply Murray Crane; April 23, 1853October 2, 1920) was an American political figure and businessman.
In 1879, he secured his family company, paper manufacturer Crane & Co., an ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
: 1.
Julius C. Burrows
Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Early life and education
Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtabu ...
(R)
: 2.
William A. Smith (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
: 1.
Moses E. Clapp
Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician.
Biography
Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudso ...
(R)
: 2.
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
(R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
Hernando D. Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his l ...
(D)
: 2.
Anselm J. McLaurin
Anselm Joseph McLaurin (March 26, 1848December 22, 1909) was the 34th Governor of Mississippi, serving from 1896 to 1900.
Life and career
McLaurin was born on March 26, 1848, in Brandon, Mississippi, the son of Ellen Caroline (Tullus) and Lauchl ...
(D)
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
: 1.
William Warner (R)
: 3.
William J. Stone
William Joel Stone (May 7, 1848April 14, 1918) was a Democratic politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S. Senate from 1903 until his death; he also served ...
(D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
: 1.
Thomas H. Carter
Thomas Henry Carter (October 30, 1854September 17, 1911) was an American politician, who served as territorial delegate, a United States representative, and a U.S. Senator from Montana. Carter was born in Junior Furnace, Ohio, on October 30, 1 ...
(R)
: 2.
Joseph M. Dixon
Joseph Moore Dixon (July 31, 1867May 22, 1934) was an American History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Montana. He served as a U.S. House of Representatives, Representative, United States Senate, Senator, and th ...
(R)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
: 1.
Elmer J. Burkett (R)
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Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
(R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
: 1.
George S. Nixon
George Stuart Nixon (April 2, 1860 – June 5, 1912) was an American who served as a member of the United States Senate from Nevada.
Early life
He was born in Newcastle, California. He went to work for a railroad company and studied telegraphy ...
(R)
: 3.
Francis G. Newlands
Francis Griffith Newlands (August 28, 1846December 24, 1917) was a United States representative and Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party.
A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 19 ...
(D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Henry E. Burnham
Henry Eben Burnham (November 8, 1844February 8, 1917) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, he attended the public schools and Kimball Union Academy and married Hannah Elizabeth Patterson. Burnham gra ...
(R)
: 3.
Jacob H. Gallinger
Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a United States senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913.
Early life and career
Jacob Harold Gallinger was born in Cornwall, O ...
(R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
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John Kean (R)
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Frank O. Briggs
Frank Obadiah Briggs (August 12, 1851May 8, 1913) was the Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey from 1899 to 1902. He was a United States senator from New Jersey from 1907 to 1913.
Biography
He was born on August 12, 1851 in Concord, New Hampshire to ...
(R)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
: 1.
Chauncey M. Depew
Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834April 5, 1928) was an American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician. He is best remembered for his two terms as United States Senator from New York and for his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt, as ...
(R)
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Thomas C. Platt
Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt (R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
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Furnifold M. Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and Unite ...
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Lee S. Overman
Lee Slater Overman (January 3, 1854December 12, 1930) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1903 and 1930. He was the first US Senator to be elected by popular vote in the state, as the legislature had appointed ...
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
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Porter J. McCumber (R)
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Henry C. Hansbrough
Henry Clay Hansbrough (January 30, 1848November 16, 1933) was a United States politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota.
Biography
Henry Clay Hansbrough was born ...
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Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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Charles W. F. Dick
Charles William Frederick Dick (November 3, 1858 – March 13, 1945) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
Early life
Born in Akron, Ohio, his parents were Gottlieb Di ...
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Joseph B. Foraker
Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 37th governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890 and as a United States senator from Ohio from 1897 until 1909.
Foraker was ...
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
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Robert L. Owen
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a railroa ...
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Thomas P. Gore
Thomas Pryor Gore (December 10, 1870March 16, 1949) was an American politician who served as one of the first two United States senators from Oklahoma, from 1907 to 1921 and again from 1931 to 1937. He first entered politics as an activist for ...
(D), from December 11, 1907
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
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Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R)
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Charles W. Fulton (R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
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Philander C. Knox
Philander Chase Knox (May 6, 1853October 12, 1921) was an American lawyer, bank director and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Knox served in the Cabinet of three different presidents and represented Pennsylvania in the United States ...
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Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
After serving in both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature, he represented Pennsylvania in the United ...
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
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Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
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George P. Wetmore
George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of, and a Senator from, Rhode Island.
Early life
George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parents ...
(R), from January 22, 1908
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
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Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who served as List of governors of South Carolina, governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, an ...
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Asbury C. Latimer (D), until February 20, 1908
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Frank B. Gary
Frank Boyd Gary (March 9, 1860December 7, 1922) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born in Cokesbury, South Carolina, he attended the Cokesbury Conference School and Union College (Schenectady, New York). He studied law, was admi ...
(D), from March 6, 1908
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
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Robert J. Gamble
Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakota's prominent Gamble family. ...
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Alfred B. Kittredge
Alfred Beard Kittredge (March 28, 1861May 4, 1911) was a United States senator from South Dakota.
Early life and education
Kittredge was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, the son of Russell H. Kittredge, a physician, and Laura Frances (Holmes) Ki ...
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Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
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James B. Frazier
James Beriah Frazier (October 18, 1856 – March 28, 1937) was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Tennessee from 1903 to 1905, and subsequently as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1905 to 1911. As governor, ...
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Robert L. Taylor (D)
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
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Charles A. Culberson (D)
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Joseph W. Bailey
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
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Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
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George Sutherland
George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862July 18, 1942) was an English-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also repre ...
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Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). First elected by the Utah State Legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1902, he served ...
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Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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Redfield Proctor
Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 18 ...
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John W. Stewart (R), March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908
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Carroll S. Page
Carroll Smalley Page (January 10, 1843December 3, 1925) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the 43rd governor of Vermont and a United States senator.
A native of Westfield, Vermont, Page was the son of a successful farme ...
(R), from October 21, 1908
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William P. Dillingham
William Paul Dillingham (December 12, 1843July 12, 1923) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Vermont. A United States Republican Party, Republican and the son of Congressman and Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingha ...
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
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John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
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Thomas S. Martin (D)
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...
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Samuel H. Piles
Samuel Henry Piles (December 28, 1858March 11, 1940) was an American politician, attorney, and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Washington.
Early life
Piles was born near Smithland, Kentucky, the son of Samuel Henry Piles (d. ...
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Levi Ankeny
Levi Ankeny (August 1, 1844March 29, 1921) was a Republican United States Senator from the state of Washington.
He was born in Buchanan County, Missouri near St. Joseph, but crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850 with his parents and settled in Po ...
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
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Nathan B. Scott
Nathan Bay Scott (December 18, 1842January 2, 1924) was a United States senator from West Virginia.
Biography
Born near Quaker City, Ohio, he attended the common schools and engaged in mining near Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1859 to 1862. ...
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Stephen B. Elkins
Stephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841January 4, 1911) was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893. He served in the United States Congress as a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexi ...
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
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Robert M. La Follette Sr.
Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855June 18, 1925), was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the 20th Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his ...
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John C. Spooner
John Coit Spooner (January 6, 1843June 11, 1919) was a politician and lawyer from Wisconsin. He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907. A Republican, by the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans ...
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Isaac Stephenson
Isaac Stephenson (June 18, 1829March 15, 1918) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin as both a United States representative and a United States senator.
He was born in the community of Yorkton, near Fred ...
(R), from May 17, 1907
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
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Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as ...
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Francis E. Warren (R)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the
general ticket
The general ticket, also known as party block voting (PBV) or ticket voting, is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party, or a team's set list of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner. Unless specifically ...
or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
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George W. Taylor (D)
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Ariosto A. Wiley
Ariosto Appling Wiley (November 6, 1848 – June 17, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, brother of Oliver Cicero Wiley.
Early life
Born in Clayton, Alabama, Wiley moved with his parents to Troy, Alabama. He attended the common ...
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Oliver C. Wiley
Oliver Cicero Wiley (January 30, 1851 – October 18, 1917) was an American businessman, academic administrator, and politician who served briefly as a U.S. Representative from Alabama from 1908 to 1908.
He was the brother of Ariosto Appling ...
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Henry D. Clayton
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (February 10, 1857 – December 21, 1929) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and the United States D ...
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William B. Craig
William Benjamin Craig (November 2, 1877 – November 27, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Selma, Alabama, Craig attended the public and high schools of Selma and was graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland ...
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J. Thomas Heflin
James Thomas Heflin (April 9, 1869 – April 22, 1951), nicknamed "Cotton Tom", was an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States representative and United States Senate, United States senator fro ...
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Richmond P. Hobson
Richmond Pearson Hobson (August 17, 1870 – March 16, 1937) was a United States Navy rear admiral who served from 1907–1915 as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama. A veteran of the Spanish–American Wa ...
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John L. Burnett
John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 – May 13, 1919) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Life
Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, C ...
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William N. Richardson
William Richardson (May 8, 1839 – March 31, 1914) was an American politician and lawyer.
Born in Athens, Alabama to William Richardson and Anne Davis, Richardson served in the Civil War, fighting for the Confederacy.
Civil War
Richardson en ...
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Oscar W. Underwood
Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designated floor leader in the Unit ...
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
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Robert B. Macon
Robert Bruce Macon (July 6, 1859 – October 9, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Macon was born near Trenton, Arkansas, and was left an orphan at the age of nine. He attended the public schools and studied at home, and engaged ...
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Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D)
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John C. Floyd
John Charles Floyd (April 14, 1858 – November 4, 1930) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Biography
Born in Sparta, Tennessee, Floyd was the son of John Wesley and Eliza Jane Snodgrass Floyd. He moved to Benton ...
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William B. Cravens
William Ben Cravens (January 17, 1872 – January 13, 1939) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, father of William Fadjo Cravens and cousin of Jordan Edgar Cravens.
Biography
Cravens was born in Fort Smith, Arkans ...
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Charles C. Reid
Charles Chester Reid (June 15, 1868 – May 20, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1901 to 1911.
Early life and career
Born i ...
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Joseph Taylor Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, serving ...
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Robert M. Wallace
Robert Minor Wallace (August 6, 1856 – November 9, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Born in New London, Arkansas, Wallace attended the common schools, and was graduated from Arizona Seminary, Arizona, Louisiana, in 1876.
He s ...
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California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
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William F. Englebright (R)
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Duncan E. McKinlay (R)
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Joseph R. Knowland (R)
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Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to:
*Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete
*Julius Kahn (congressman)
Julius Kahn (February 28, 1861 – December 18, 1924) was a United States Congressman who was succeeded by his wife ...
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Everis A. Hayes
Everis Anson Hayes (March 10, 1855 – June 3, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1905 to 1919.
Biography
Born in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Hayes attended the public sc ...
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James C. Needham
James Carson Needham (September 17, 1864 – July 11, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a seven-term U.S. Representative from California from 1899 to 1913.
Biography
Born in a covered wagon at Carson City, Nevada, Jam ...
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James McLachlan (R)
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Sylvester C. Smith (R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
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George W. Cook
George Washington Cook (November 10, 1851 – December 18, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado. At eleven years of age, he ran away from home to serve during the Civil War. He was a drummer boy and then a chief regimental clerk. After ...
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Robert W. Bonynge
Robert William Bonynge (September 8, 1863 – September 22, 1939) was a lawyer in Denver and New York City. He was a U.S. Representative from Colorado, member of the National Monetary Commission, and the Tripartite Claims Commission. He was chi ...
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Warren A. Haggott
Warren Armstrong Haggott (May 18, 1864 – April 29, 1958) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.
Born near Sidney, Ohio, Haggott attended the common schools, Sidney Grammar School, and Xenia (Ohio) College.
He was graduated from Valparai ...
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Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
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George L. Lilley
George Leavens Lilley (August 3, 1859 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician serving as a United States representative and the 63rd governor of Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Oxford, Massachusetts Lilley was the son of John Leavens Lill ...
(R), until January 5, 1909
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E. Stevens Henry
Edward Stevens Henry (February 10, 1836 – October 10, 1921) was an American businessman and politician from Connecticut who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representative for Connecticut's 1st congressional distric ...
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Nehemiah D. Sperry
Nehemiah Day Sperry (July 10, 1827 – November 13, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Sperry was the third of six children of Enoch Sperry and Ma ...
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Edwin W. Higgins
Edwin Werter Higgins (July 2, 1874 – September 24, 1954) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1905 to 1912.
Biography
Born in Clinton, Connecticut, Higgins attended Norwich Free Aca ...
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Ebenezer J. Hill
Ebenezer J. Hill (August 4, 1845 – September 27, 1917) was an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 18 ...
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Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
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Hiram R. Burton
Hiram Rodney Burton (November 13, 1841 – June 17, 1927) was an American physician and politician from Lewes, in Sussex County, Delaware. A member of the Republican Party, Burton served two terms as Delaware's at-large U.S. Representative fr ...
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
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Stephen M. Sparkman
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman (July 29, 1849 – September 26, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.
Biography
Stephen M. Sparkman was born on a farm in Hernando County, Florida, on July 29, 1849. He attended the common schools.
He taugh ...
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Frank Clark (D)
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William B. Lamar (D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
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Charles G. Edwards
Charles Gordon Edwards (July 2, 1878 – July 13, 1931) was an American political figure from the state of Georgia.
Early years and education
Edwards was born in Daisy, Georgia in 1878 and attended the Gordon Institute in Barnesville, G ...
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James M. Griggs
James Mathews Griggs (March 29, 1861 – January 5, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Lagrange, Georgia, Griggs attended the common schools and was graduated from the Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1881.
H ...
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Elijah B. Lewis
Elijah Banks Lewis (March 27, 1854 – December 10, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Coney, Crisp County, Georgia, Lewis attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Georgia, ...
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William C. Adamson (D)
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Leonidas F. Livingston
Leonidas Felix Livingston (April 3, 1832 – February 11, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Early life and political involvement
Born near Covington, Georgia, Livingston attended the common schools, and engaged in agricultura ...
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Charles L. Bartlett (D)
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Gordon Lee Gordon Lee may refer to:
*Gordon Lee (comic store owner) (1958–2013), American comic book store owner charged with distributing obscene materials
*Gordon Lee (congressman) (1859–1927), U.S. congressman from Georgia
*Gordon Lee (footballer) (193 ...
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William M. Howard
William Marcellus Howard (December 6, 1857 – July 5, 1932) was a noted jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia.
Life
Howard was born in Berwick, Louisiana and moved to Georgia with his family while in his youth. He attend ...
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Thomas Montgomery Bell
Thomas Montgomery Bell (March 17, 1861 – March 18, 1941) was an American politician who served as House majority whip from 1913 to 1915.
Bell was born in Nacoochee Valley, near Cleveland, Georgia. He graduated from Moore's Business Unive ...
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Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
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William G. Brantley
William Gordon Brantley (September 18, 1860 – September 11, 1934) was an American politician and lawyer.
Brantley was born in Blackshear, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, gained admission to the state bar ...
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Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
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Burton L. French
Burton Lee French (August 1, 1875 – September 12, 1954) was a congressman from Idaho. French served as a Republican in the House from 1903 to 1909, 1911 to 1915 and 1917 to 1933. With a combined 26 years in office, he remains the longest-s ...
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Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
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Martin B. Madden
Martin Barnaby Madden (March 21, 1855 – April 27, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He belonged to the Republican Party. As of 2020, he is the last non-African American to serve as a representative for Illinois's 1st congress ...
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James R. Mann (R)
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William W. Wilson (R)
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James T. McDermott (D)
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Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 1952. From 19 ...
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William Lorimer (R)
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Philip Knopf
Philip Knopf (November 18, 1847 – August 14, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born near Long Grove, Illinois, Knopf attended public schools. During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company I, 147th Illinois Volunt ...
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Charles McGavin
Charles McGavin (January 10, 1874 – December 17, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Riverton, Illinois, McGavin attended the common schools in Springfield and the high school in Mount Olive, Illinois. He studied law. He w ...
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Henry S. Boutell
Henry Sherman Boutell (March 14, 1856 – March 11, 1926) was an American lawyer and diplomat.
Biography
Boutell was born at Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lewis Henry and Anna (Greene) Boutell. A colonial ancestry entitled him to membersh ...
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George E. Foss
George Edmund Foss (July 2, 1863 – March 15, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss.
Life and career
Foss was born on July 2, 1863, in Berkshire, Vermont. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Fos ...
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Howard M. Snapp
Howard Malcolm Snapp (September 27, 1855 – August 14, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, son of Henry Snapp who had also been a U.S. representative from Illinois.
Born in Joliet, Illinois, Snapp attended the Eastern Avenue school ...
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Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller (March 31, 1849 – June 25, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Belvidere, Illinois, Fuller attended the common schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice ...
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Frank O. Lowden
Frank Orren Lowden (January 26, 1861 – March 20, 1943) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Representative from Illinois. He was also a candidate for the Republican pres ...
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James McKinney
James McKinney (April 14, 1852 – September 29, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Oquawka, Illinois, McKinney attended the public schools of Lewis County High School and was given the nickname of "Downey" from ...
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George W. Prince
George Washington Prince (March 4, 1854 – September 26, 1939) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Kn ...
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Joseph V. Graff
Joseph Verdi Graff (July 1, 1854 – November 10, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Graff was graduated from the Terre Haute High School, and attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, one year ...
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John A. Sterling
John Allen Sterling (February 1, 1857 – October 17, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, and brother of Thomas Sterling.
Early life and education
Born to Charles Sterling (1821-1905) and Anna Kessler (1827-1908) near Le Roy in ...
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Joseph G. Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ...
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William B. McKinley
William Brown McKinley (September 5, 1856December 7, 1926) was a U.S. Representative (1905–1913, 1915–1921) and United States Senator (1921–1926) from the State of Illinois. A member of the Republican Party, he was born near Petersburg, I ...
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Henry T. Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and f ...
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Ben F. Caldwell
Ben Franklin Caldwell (August 2, 1848 – December 29, 1924) was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois in from 1899 to 1905 and from 1907 to 19 ...
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William A. Rodenberg
William August Rodenberg (October 30, 1865 – September 10, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Chester, Illinois, the son of German immigrants,
Rodenberg attended the public schools. He graduated from Central Wesleyan ...
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Martin D. Foster
Martin David Foster (September 3, 1861 – October 20, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near West Salem, Illinois, Foster attended the public schools and Eureka College (Illinois). He was graduated from the Eclectic Medical ...
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Pleasant T. Chapman (R)
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George W. Smith (R), until November 30, 1907
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Napoleon B. Thistlewood
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood (March 30, 1837 – September 15, 1915) was a veteran of the American Civil War who served as a U.S. Representative from the state of Illinois from 1908 to 1913.
Early life and career
Napoleon Thistlewood was ...
(R), from February 15, 1908
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
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John H. Foster
John Hopkins Foster (January 31, 1862 – September 5, 1917) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1905 to 1909.
Early life and career
Born in Evansville, Indiana, Foster attend ...
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John C. Chaney
John Crawford Chaney (February 1, 1853 – April 26, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1905 to 1909.
Early life and career
Chaney was born near Lisbon, Ohio in 1854, and ...
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William E. Cox
William Elijah Cox (September 6, 1861 – March 11, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1907 to 1919.
Early life and career
Born on a farm near Birdseye, Indiana, Cox att ...
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Lincoln Dixon
Lincoln Dixon (February 9, 1860 – September 16, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1905 to 1919.
Biography
Born in Vernon, Indiana, Dixon attended Vernon Academy, and ...
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Elias S. Holliday
Elias Selah Holliday (March 5, 1842 – March 13, 1936) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1901 to 1909.
Early life and career
Born in Aurora, Indian ...
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James E. Watson
James Eli Watson (November 2, 1864July 29, 1948) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate (see References) gives his year of birth a ...
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Jesse Overstreet
Jesse E. Overstreet (December 14, 1859 – May 27, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1909. In 1900, Overstreet introduced the legislation that was ultimatel ...
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John A.M. Adair
John Alfred McDowell Adair (December 22, 1864 – October 5, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1907 to 1917.
Biography
Born in Portland, Indiana, Adair attended the publi ...
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Charles B. Landis
Charles Beary Landis (July 9, 1858 – April 24, 1922) was an American newspaperman and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1909.
Early life and career
He was a brother of both Congressman Frederic ...
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Edgar D. Crumpacker
Edgar Dean Crumpacker (May 27, 1851 – May 19, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1913. He was the father of Maurice Edgar ...
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George W. Rauch
George Washington Rauch (February 22, 1876 – November 4, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1907 to 1917.
Early life and career
Born on a farm near Warren in Salamon ...
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Clarence C. Gilhams
Clarence Chauncey Gilhams (April 11, 1860 – June 5, 1912) was an American educator and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1906 to 1909.
Biography
Born in Brighton, Indiana, Gilhams attended the common loc ...
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Abraham L. Brick
Abraham Lincoln Brick (May 27, 1860 – April 7, 1908) was an American attorney and politician. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 until his death in 1908.
Early life and education
Abraham Lincoln Brick ...
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Henry A. Barnhart
Henry A. Barnhart (September 11, 1858 – March 26, 1934) was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1908 to 1919.
Biography
Born near Twelve Mile, Indiana, Barnhart attended the common sch ...
(D), from November 3, 1908
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
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Charles A. Kennedy
Charles Augustus Kennedy (March 24, 1869 – January 10, 1951) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa.
Biography
Born in Montrose, Iowa, Kennedy completed preparatory stud ...
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Albert F. Dawson
Albert Foster Dawson (January 26, 1872 – March 9, 1949) was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district.
Born in Spragueville, Iowa, Dawson attended the public schools and the University of Wisconsin ...
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Benjamin P. Birdsall
Benjamin Pixley Birdsall (October 26, 1858 – May 16, 1916) was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district during the first decade of the 20th century.
Biography
Born in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, Birdsall at ...
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Gilbert N. Haugen
Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21, 1859 – July 18, 1933) was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member o ...
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Robert G. Cousins
Robert Gordon Cousins (January 31, 1859 – June 20, 1933) was an eight-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district. He represented the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, area for the last eight years of the 19th century and the ...
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Daniel W. Hamilton (D)
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John A. T. Hull
John Albert Tiffin Hull (May 1, 1841 – September 26, 1928) was a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district. He had earlier served two terms as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and three terms as Iowa Secretar ...
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William P. Hepburn
William Peters Hepburn (November 4, 1833 – February 7, 1916) was an American Civil War officer and an eleven-term Republican Party (United States), Republican Member of Congress, congressman from Iowa's now-obsolete Iowa's 8th congressional d ...
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Walter I. Smith
Walter Inglewood Smith (July 10, 1862 – January 27, 1922) was a United States representative from Iowa and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the ...
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James P. Conner
James Perry Conner (January 27, 1851 – March 19, 1924) was a Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district from 1900 to 1909.
Background
Born in Delaware County, Indiana, Conner ...
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Elbert H. Hubbard
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard (August 19, 1849 – June 4, 1912), a second-generation congressman, was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from the now-obsolete 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa.
Born in Rushville, Indiana to ...
(R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
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Daniel Read Anthony Jr.
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (August 22, 1870 – August 4, 1931) was an American Republican politician and a nephew of suffragist and political leader Susan B. Anthony.
He is the son of newspaper publisher Daniel Read Anthony. He was born in L ...
(R), from May 23, 1907
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Charles Frederick Scott
Charles Frederick Scott (September 7, 1860 – September 18, 1938) was a United States House of Representatives from Kansas.
Biography
Born near Iola, Kansas, Scott attended the common schools. He was graduated from the University of K ...
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Philip P. Campbell (R)
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James Monroe Miller
James Monroe Miller (May 6, 1852 – January 20, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Three Springs, Pennsylvania, Miller attended the district school and graduated from Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1875.
...
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William A. Calderhead
William Alexander Calderhead (September 26, 1844 – December 18, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Born on a farm near New Lexington in Perry County, Ohio, Calderhead received private schooling and also attended the commo ...
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William A. Reeder
William Augustus Reeder (August 28, 1849 – November 7, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Reeder moved with his parents to Ipava, Illinois, in 1853, attended the public schools, and taught schoo ...
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Edmond H. Madison (R)
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Victor Murdock
Victor Murdock (March 18, 1871 – July 8, 1945) was an American politician and newspaper editor who served as a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Life
Victor Murdock was born March 18, 1871, in Burlingame, Kansas to Marshall Murdock, editor of ...
(R)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
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Ollie M. James (D)
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Augustus Stanley
Augustus Owsley Stanley I (May 21, 1867 – August 12, 1958) was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the List of Governors of Kentucky, 38th governor of Kentucky ...
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Addison James
Addison Davis James (February 27, 1849 – June 7, 1910) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born near Morgantown, Kentucky. He attended the public schools and began the study of medicine in 1870. He graduated from the Univ ...
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Ben Johnson Ben, Benjamin or Benny Johnson may refer to:
In sports Association football
*Ben Johnson (footballer, born 2000), English footballer
* Ben Johnson (soccer) (born 1977), American soccer player
Other codes of football
*Ben Johnson (Australian footb ...
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J. Swagar Sherley
Joseph Swagar Sherley (November 28, 1871 – February 13, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Biography
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Sherley attended public schools, graduating from the Louisville High School in 1889 and from the la ...
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Joseph L. Rhinock (D)
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William P. Kimball (D)
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Harvey Helm
Harvey Helm (December 2, 1865 – March 3, 1919) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Danville, Kentucky. He attended the Stanford Male Academy and was graduated from the Central University of Kentucky in 1887. He stud ...
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Joseph B. Bennett (R)
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John W. Langley (R)
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Don C. Edwards
Don Calvin Edwards (July 13, 1861 – September 19, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Moulton, Iowa, Edwards moved to Erie, Kansas, with his parents in 1869.
He attended the common schools of Iowa and Kansas, and Campbe ...
(R)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
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Adolph Meyer
Adolph Meyer (October 19, 1842 – March 8, 1908) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908.
Biography
Meyer was born ...
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Albert Estopinal
Albert Estopinal (January 30, 1845 – April 28, 1919) was an American Civil War veteran who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1908 to 1919.
Biography
Albert Estopinal was born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, o ...
(D), from November 3, 1908
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Robert Charles Davey (D), until December 26, 1908
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Robert Foligny Broussard
Robert Foligny Broussard (August 17, 1864 – April 12, 1918) was both a U.S. representative and a U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, the seat of Iberia Parish, to Jean Dorville Broussard, ...
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John Thomas Watkins
John Thomas Watkins (January 15, 1854 – April 25, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
Early life and education
John Thomas Watkins was the ...
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Joseph Eugene Ransdell
Joseph Eugene Ransdell (October 7, 1858July 27, 1954) was an attorney and politician from Louisiana. Beginning in 1899, he was elected for seven consecutive terms as United States representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He sub ...
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George Kent Favrot
George Kent Favrot (November 26, 1868 – December 26, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Favrot attended the public schools and was graduated from Louisiana State Univer ...
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Arsène Paulin Pujó
Arsène is a masculine French given name. It is derived from the Latin name ''Arsenius'', the Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀρσἐνιος (''Arsenios''), which means "male, virile". It has also been used as a surname. It may refer to:
Gi ...
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Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
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Amos L. Allen
Amos Lawrence Allen (March 17, 1837 – February 20, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Maine.
Born in Waterboro, Maine, Allen attended the common schools, Whitestown Seminary in Whitestown, New Y ...
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Charles E. Littlefield
Charles Edgar Littlefield (June 21, 1851 – May 2, 1915) was a United States representative from Maine.
Biography
Littlefield was born in Lebanon, Maine on June 21, 1851. He attended the common schools and Foxcroft Academy. He studied law, wa ...
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John P. Swasey
John Philip Swasey (September 4, 1839 – May 27, 1928) was U.S. Representative from Maine from 1908 to 1911.
Biography
Swasey was born in Canton, Maine on September 4, 1839, and attended the Canton public schools, Dearborn Academy, Hebron Acad ...
(R), from November 3, 1908
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Edwin C. Burleigh
Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Maine from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to hold federal office, first in the United States House ...
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Llewellyn Powers
Llewellyn Powers (October 14, 1836July 28, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Maine and the 44th Governor of Maine.
Biography
Born in Pittsfield, Maine, Powers attended the common schools of Pittsfield and St. Albans Academy. He graduated ...
(R), until July 28, 1908
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Frank E. Guernsey
Frank Edward Guernsey (October 15, 1866 – January 1, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Early life
Guernsey the son of Edward Hersey Guernsey and Hannah (Thompson) Guernsey was born in Dover, Maine on October 15, 1866.
Education
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(R), from November 3, 1908
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
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William Humphreys Jackson
William Humphreys Jackson (October 15, 1839 – April 3, 1915) represented Maryland's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1901 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1909. His son, William P. Jackson, was a U.S. ...
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J. Frederick C. Talbott
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (July 29, 1843 – October 5, 1918) was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second Congressional district of Maryland.
Biography
He was born near Lutherville, Maryland on July 29, 1843. He began to study law ...
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Harry B. Wolf
Harry Benjamin Wolf (June 16, 1880 – February 17, 1944) was an American politician and United States House of Representatives, Congressman from Maryland.
Formation
Born in Baltimore, Maryland from Jacob Wolf and Mollie Furstenberg Wolf, h ...
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John Gill Jr. (D)
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Sydney Emanuel Mudd I
Sydney Emanuel Mudd I (February 12, 1858 – October 21, 1911) was a politician, elected as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates (1896) and as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives (1890–1891; 1897–1911), at a ...
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George A. Pearre (R)
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George P. Lawrence
George Pelton Lawrence (May 19, 1859 – November 21, 1917) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Early life and education
Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Lawrence was the son of Dr. George C. Lawrence an ...
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Frederick H. Gillett
Frederick Huntington Gillett (; October 16, 1851 – July 31, 1935) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts state government and both houses of the U.S. Congress between 1879 and 1931, including six years as Speaker of the Hous ...
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Charles G. Washburn
Charles Grenfill Washburn (January 28, 1857 – May 25, 1928) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Biography
He was born in Worcester on January 28, 1857. Washburn graduated from Worcester Polytechnic ...
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Charles Q. Tirrell (R)
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Butler Ames
Butler Ames (August 22, 1871 – November 6, 1954) was an American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman. He was the son of Adelbert Ames and grandson of Benjamin Butler (politician), Benjamin Franklin Butler, both decorated generals in ...
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Augustus P. Gardner
Augustus Peabody Gardner (November 5, 1865 – January 14, 1918) was an American military officer and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the North Shore region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of Re ...
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Ernest W. Roberts
Ernest William Roberts (November 22, 1858 – February 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in East Madison, Maine, Roberts attended the public schools in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
He was graduated from Highland Milita ...
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Samuel W. McCall
Samuel Walker McCall (February 28, 1851 – November 4, 1923) was a Republican lawyer, politician, and writer from Massachusetts. He was for twenty years (1893–1913) a member of the United States House of Representatives, and the 47th Governo ...
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John A. Keliher (D)
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Joseph F. O'Connell
Joseph Francis O'Connell (December 7, 1872 – December 10, 1942) was an American lawyer, academic, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Boston, Massachusetts from 1907 to 1911.
Early life and education
Born in Boston, Mas ...
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Andrew J. Peters
Andrew James Peters (April 3, 1872 – June 26, 1938) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and was the 42nd Mayor of Boston.
Early years
Peters was born on April 3, 1872, in Jamaica Plain, a neigh ...
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John W. Weeks
John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860July 12, 1926) was an American banker and politician from Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as Mayor of Newton from 1902 to 1903, a United States representative from 1905 to 1913, United States Senator fr ...
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William S. Greene
William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
William S. Greene was born in Tremont, Illinois on April 28, 1841. He moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachu ...
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William C. Lovering
William Croad Lovering (February 25, 1835 – February 4, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Lovering moved with his parents to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1837.
He attended the Cambr ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
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Edwin C. Denby
Edwin Denby (February 18, 1870 – February 8, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of the Navy in the administrations of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge from 1921 to 1924. He also played a notable role in th ...
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Charles E. Townsend
Charles Elroy Townsend (August 15, 1856August 3, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as both a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the U.S. state, state of Michigan. He served in the United States Congress from 1903 to 1923.
Early lif ...
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Washington Gardner
Washington Gardner (February 16, 1845 – March 31, 1928) was a lawyer, minister, politician and Civil War veteran from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
Gardner was born in Morrow County, Ohio. He entered the Union Army and served in Com ...
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Edward L. Hamilton
Edward La Rue Hamilton (December 9, 1857 – November 2, 1923) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Hamilton was born in Niles Township, Michigan, where he attended grade school and graduated from the Niles High School in 1876. He ...
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Gerrit J. Diekema (R), from March 17, 1908
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Samuel W. Smith
Samuel William Smith (August 23, 1852 – June 19, 1931), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, serv ...
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Henry McMorran
Henry Gordon McMorran (June 11, 1844 – July 19, 1929) was an American Republican politician and businessman.
He served five terms in the U.S. Congress as a U.S. Representative from Michigan's 7th congressional district from March 4, 190 ...
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Joseph W. Fordney
Joseph Warren Fordney (November 5, 1853 – January 8, 1932) was an American Republican politician from Saginaw, Michigan. He represented Saginaw County and the surrounding area of Central Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-f ...
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James C. McLaughlin
James Campbell McLaughlin (January 26, 1858 – November 29, 1932) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
McLaughlin was born in Beardstown, Illinois. His parents, David and Isabella (Campbell) McLaughlin, had come from Edinburgh, Sco ...
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George A. Loud
Colonel George Alvin Loud (June 18, 1852 – November 13, 1925) was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Loud was born in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio, and moved with his parents ( Henry M. Loud and Vilitta K ...
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Archibald B. Darragh
Archibald Bard Darragh (December 23, 1840 – February 21, 1927) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Life and politics
Bard was born in La Salle Township, Michigan, and attended the common schools and a private academy in Monro ...
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H. Olin Young
Horace Olin Young (August 4, 1850 – August 5, 1917) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Young was born in New Albion, New York, the son of State Senator Horace C. Young (1806–1879) and Laura P. (Walker) Young (1808–1890). He ...
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Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
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James Albertus Tawney
James Albertus Tawney (January 3, 1855 – June 12, 1919) was an American blacksmith, machinist and U.S. politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was the first House Majority Whip, holding that pos ...
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Winfield Scott Hammond
Winfield Scott Hammond (November 17, 1863December 30, 1915) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Biography
Hammond was born in 1863 in Southborough, Massachusetts, the son of Ellen P. (Panton) and John Washington ...
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Charles Russell Davis
Charles Russell Davis (September 17, 1849 – July 29, 1930) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota.
He was born in Pittsfield, Illinois, but moved with his father to Le Sueur County, Minnesota, in 1854, whe ...
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Frederick Stevens (R)
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Frank Nye
Frank Mellen Nye (March 7, 1852 – November 29, 1935) was a Representative from Minnesota.
Early life and education
born in Shirley, Piscataquis County, Maine; moved to Wisconsin with his parents, who settled on a farm near River Falls, ...
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Charles August Lindbergh
Charles August Lindbergh (born Carl Månsson; January 20, 1859 – May 24, 1924) was a United States Congressman from Minnesota's 6th congressional district from 1907 to 1917. He opposed American entry into World War I as well as the 1913 F ...
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Andrew Volstead
Andrew John Volstead () (October 31, 1860 – January 20, 1947) was an American member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota, 1903–1923, and a member of the Republican Party. His name is closely associated with the ...
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James Bede
James Adam Bede (January 13, 1856 – April 11, 1942) was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Early life and education
Bede and his twin brother were born on a farm in Eaton Township, Lorain County, Oh ...
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Halvor Steenerson
Halvor Steenerson (June 30, 1852 – November 22, 1926) was an American Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 9th congressional district from 1903 to 1923.
Background
Halv ...
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Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. (January 18, 1862 – December 18, 1944) was a United States representative from Mississippi. He was the nephew of Milton A. Candler and cousin of Allen Daniel Candler. He was born in Belleville, Florida. Later, he mo ...
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Thomas Spight
Thomas Spight (October 25, 1841 – January 5, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born near Ripley, Mississippi, Spight attended the common schools, Ripley Academy, Purdy (Tennessee) College, and the La Grange (Tennessee) Synodic ...
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Benjamin G. Humphreys II
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys II (August 17, 1865 – October 16, 1923) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi. He was known by his constituents as "Our Ben."
Early life
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys II was bo ...
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Wilson S. Hill
Wilson Shedric Hill (January 19, 1863 – February 14, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Born near Lodi, Choctaw County (now Montgomery County, Mississippi, Montgomery County), Mississippi
Mississippi () is a s ...
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Adam M. Byrd
Adam Monroe Byrd (July 6, 1859 – June 21, 1912) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Born in Sumter County, Alabama, Byrd moved to Neshoba County, Mississippi. He attended the common sc ...
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Eaton J. Bowers
Eaton Jackson Bowers (June 17, 1865 – October 26, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born in Canton, Mississippi, Bowers attended the public schools, and Mississippi Military Institute at Pass Christian.
He studied law and gaine ...
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Frank A. McLain
Frank Alexander McLain (January 29, 1852 – October 11, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born near Gloster in Amite County, Mississippi, McLain attended the public schools, and was graduated from the University of Mississip ...
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John Sharp Williams
John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908 ...
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Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
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James Tilghman Lloyd
James Tilghman Lloyd (August 28, 1857 – April 3, 1944) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1909.
Lloyd was born in Canton, Missouri ...
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William W. Rucker
William Waller Rucker (February 1, 1855 – May 30, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born near Covington, Virginia, Rucker moved with his parents to western Virginia in 1861. He attended the common schools and moved to Charit ...
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Joshua Willis Alexander
Joshua Willis Alexander (January 22, 1852 – February 27, 1936) was United States Secretary of Commerce from December 16, 1919, to March 4, 1921, in the administration of President Woodrow Wilson.TO SUCCEED W.C. REDFIELD.; Joshua W. Alexander ...
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Charles F. Booher
Charles Ferris Booher (January 31, 1848 – January 21, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born on a farm near East Groveland, New York, Booher attended the common schools and the Geneseo Academy, Geneseo, New York.
He taught school ...
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Edgar C. Ellis (R)
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David A. De Armond
David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from Marc ...
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Courtney W. Hamlin
Courtney Walker Hamlin (October 27, 1858 – February 16, 1950) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Missouri and cousin of William Edward Barton.
Early life
Hamlin was born in Brevard, North Carolina. In 1869 m ...
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Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
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James Beauchamp Clark
James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919.
Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
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Richard Bartholdt
Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United States in April 1872 an ...
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Henry S. Caulfield
Henry Stewart Caulfield (December 9, 1873 – May 11, 1966) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1907 to 1909 and was the 37th Governor of Missouri from 1929 to ...
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Harry M. Coudrey
Harry Marcy Coudrey (February 28, 1867 – July 5, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Early life
Born in Brunswick, Missouri, to J.N. and L.H. Coudrey, Harry moved with his parents to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1878. He attended t ...
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Madison R. Smith (D)
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Joseph J. Russell
Joseph James Russell (August 23, 1854 – October 22, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Mississippi County near Charleston, Missouri, Russell attended the public schools and Charleston Academy. He was admitted ...
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Thomas Hackney
Thomas Hackney (December 11, 1861 – December 24, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born near Campbellsville, Tennessee, Hackney moved with his parents to Jackson County, Illinois, in 1864.
He attended the common schools of Jacks ...
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J. Robert Lamar (D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
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Charles N. Pray
Charles Nelson Pray (April 6, 1868 – September 12, 1963) was a United States representative from Montana and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
Education and career
Born on April 6, ...
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Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
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Ernest M. Pollard (R)
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Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (September 18, 1859February 3, 1934) was an American congressman and U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and the founder of the ''Omaha World-Herald'' newspaper.
Life and career
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Hitchcock was the son of ...
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John Frank Boyd
John Frank Boyd (August 8, 1853 – May 28, 1945) was a Nebraska Republican politician.
Born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, on August 8, 1853, he moved with his parents to Henry County, Illinois, in 1857. There he attended public schools and A ...
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Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)
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George W. Norris
George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913 ...
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Moses P. Kinkaid
Moses Pierce Kinkaid (January 24, 1856 – July 6, 1922) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Nebraska. He was the sponsor of the 1904 Kinkaid Land Act, which allowed homeste ...
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Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
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George A. Bartlett
George Arthur Bartlett (November 30, 1869 – June 1, 1951) was a United States representative from Nevada.
Biography
He moved with his parents to Eureka, Eureka County and attended the common schools. His marriage to Pearl Bartlett resulted ...
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Cyrus Adams Sulloway
Cyrus Adams Sulloway (June 8, 1839, Grafton, New Hampshire – March 11, 1917) was an attorney and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire.
Biography
Sulloway studied law and was admitted to the bar i ...
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Frank Dunklee Currier
Frank Dunklee Currier (October 30, 1853 – November 25, 1921) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Early life
Born in Canaan, New Hampshire, Currier attended the common schools, then Kimball Union Academy ...
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
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Henry C. Loudenslager
Henry Clay Loudenslager (May 22, 1852 – August 12, 1911) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 1st congressional district from 1893 to 1911.
Biography
Loudenslager was born in Mauricetown, New Jersey ...
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John James Gardner
John James Gardner (October 17, 1845 – February 7, 1921) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for ten terms from 1893 to 1913, ...
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Benjamin F. Howell
Benjamin Franklin Howell (January 27, 1844 – February 1, 1933) was an American Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911.
Early life and education
Born in Cedarville, New Jers ...
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Ira W. Wood
Ira Wells Wood (June 19, 1856 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – October 5, 1931 in Trenton, New Jersey) was an American Republican Party politician who represented from 1904 to 1913.
Walsh was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on June 19, ...
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Charles N. Fowler
Charles Newell Fowler Sr. (November 2, 1852, Lena, Illinois – May 27, 1932, Orange, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to ...
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William Hughes (D)
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Richard W. Parker
Richard Wayne Parker (August 6, 1848 – November 28, 1923) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 6th congressional district from 1895 to 1903, the 7th district from 1903 to 1911, and the 9th distri ...
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Le Gage Pratt
Le Gage Pratt (December 14, 1852 – March 9, 1911) was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey for one term from 1907 to 1909.
Early life and career
Born in Sterling, Massachusetts, Pratt was e ...
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Eugene W. Leake
Eugene Walter Leake (July 13, 1877 in Jersey City, New Jersey – August 23, 1959 in New York City) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 9th congressional district for one term from 1907 to 1909.
Earl ...
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James A. Hamill
James Alphonsus Hamill (March 30, 1877 – December 15, 1941) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician. He served as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 1907 to 1913 and 12th district ...
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
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William W. Cocks
William Willets Cocks (July 24, 1861 – May 24, 1932) was an American politician who served three terms as from New York from 1905 to 1911.
Life
Born in Old Westbury, Long Island, he attended private schools and Swarthmore College. He engaged ...
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George H. Lindsay
George Henry Lindsay (January 7, 1837 – May 25, 1916) was an American businessman and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from New York (state), New York from 1901 to 1913. He was the Coroner of Kings County, New Y ...
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Charles T. Dunwell
Charles Tappan Dunwell (February 13, 1852 – June 12, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Newark, New York, Dunwell moved with his parents to nearby Lyons in 1854. He attended the Lyons Union School. He entered Cornell Univ ...
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Otto G. Foelker
Otto Godfrey Foelker (December 29, 1875 – January 18, 1943) was an American politician from New York.
Life
Foelker was born in Mainz, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1888 with his parents. They settled in Troy, New York, where h ...
(R), from November 3, 1908
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Charles B. Law
Charles Blakeslee Law (February 5, 1872 – September 15, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Hannibal, New York, Law attended the public schools and graduated from Colgate Academy in Hamilton, New York in 1891. ...
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George E. Waldo
George Ernest Waldo (January 11, 1851 – June 16, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Waldo attended the public schools of Scotland, Connecticut, and Brooklyn, New York, Doctor Fitch's Academy, South ...
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William M. Calder
William Musgrave Calder I (March 3, 1869March 3, 1945) was an American politician and architect who served as a member of both chambers of the United States Congress from New York.
Early life and education
He was born in Brooklyn on March 3, 1869 ...
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John J. Fitzgerald
John Joseph Fitzgerald (March 10, 1872 – May 13, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served nine terms as a United States Representative from New York from 1899 to 1917.
Life and politics
Born in Brooklyn, he attended the pub ...
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Daniel J. Riordan
Daniel Joseph Riordan (July 7, 1870 – April 28, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from New York for one term from 1899 to 1901 and for eight additional terms from 1906 to 1923.
He was a Democrat and a member of Tammany Hall.
Biography
Rior ...
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Henry M. Goldfogle
Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915.
Biography
Born in New York City, he attended the public sc ...
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William Sulzer
William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state.
Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
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Charles V. Fornes
Charles Vincent Fornes (January 22, 1844 – May 22, 1929) was an American educator and politician who served three terms as a United States representative from NYCongDel, New York from 1907 to 1913.
Early life and career
Born on a farm near W ...
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W. Bourke Cockran
William Bourke Cockran (February 28, 1854March 1, 1923), commonly known as Bourke Cockran or Burke Cochran in contemporary reports, was an Irish-American politician and orator. He served as a United States representative from the East Side of Ma ...
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Herbert Parsons (R)
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William Willett Jr. (D)
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J. Van Vechten Olcott
Jacob Van Vechten Olcott (May 17, 1856 – June 1, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in New York City, Olcott attended public schools, including the Thirteenth Street School. He also attended the College of the City of New Y ...
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Francis B. Harrison
Francis Burton Harrison (December 18, 1873 – November 21, 1957) was an American statesman who served in the United States House of Representatives and was appointed governor-general of the Philippines by President of the United States Woodrow ...
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William S. Bennet
William Stiles Bennet (November 9, 1870 – December 1, 1962) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York, and father of Augustus Witschief Bennet.
Biography
Born in Port Jervis, New York, Bennet was the son of James and ...
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Joseph A. Goulden
Joseph Aloysius Goulden (August 1, 1844 – May 3, 1915) was an American educator, businessman, Civil War veteran, and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1903 to 1911, and from 1913 to 1915.
Biography ...
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John E. Andrus
John Emory Andrus (February 16, 1841 – December 26, 1934) was mayor of Yonkers, New York, a U.S. Congressman from New York, and founder of the SURDNA Foundation.
Biography
Born in Pleasantville, New York, Andrus was the son of Methodist Minis ...
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Thomas W. Bradley
Thomas Wilson Bradley (April 6, 1844 – May 30, 1920) was a United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Biography
Born in Yorkshire, England, Bradley immig ...
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Samuel McMillan
Samuel McMillan (August 6, 1850 – May 6, 1924) was a Representative from New York.
Biography
Samuel McMillan was born in Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland on August 6, 1850. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, w ...
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William H. Draper (R)
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George N. Southwick
George Newell Southwick (March 7, 1863 – October 17, 1912) was an American journalist and politician from Albany, New York. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1895 to 1911.
Early life
George N. Sou ...
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George W. Fairchild
George Winthrop Fairchild (May 6, 1854 – December 31, 1924), was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from New York. Prior to joining congress, he was a businessman and investor, best known as the chairman from 1915 to 1924 of the Computin ...
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Cyrus Durey (R)
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George R. Malby
George Roland Malby (September 16, 1857 in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York – July 5, 1912 in New York City) was an American politician from New York. He was Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1894, and served three terms in C ...
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James S. Sherman
James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was an American politician who was a United States representative from New York from 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909, and the 27th vice president of the United States under President ...
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Charles L. Knapp
Charles Luman Knapp (July 4, 1847 – January 3, 1929) was an American politician from New York.
Life
Born on a farm near Harrisburg, New York, Knapp attended the rural schools; Lowville (New York) Academy; and Irving Institute in Tarrytown, New ...
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Michael E. Driscoll
Michael Edward Driscoll (February 9, 1851 – January 19, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Born in Syracuse, New York, Driscoll moved with his parents to the town of Camillus, Onondaga County, in 1852. He attended ...
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John W. Dwight
John Wilbur Dwight (May 24, 1859 – January 28, 1928) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1902 to 1913. He also served as House majority whip between 1909 and 1911. ...
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Sereno E. Payne
Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a United States representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican congressman from 1883 to 1887 and then ...
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James B. Perkins
James Breck Perkins (November 4, 1847 – March 11, 1910) was an Americans, American historian, a United States congressman, and a writer.
He was born in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Rochester, where he was ...
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J. Sloat Fassett
Jacob Sloat Fassett (November 13, 1853 – April 21, 1924) was a businessman, lawyer, and member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state), New York.
Early life
He was born on November 13, 1853, in Elmira, New York, th ...
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Peter A. Porter
Peter Augustus Porter (October 10, 1853 – December 15, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from New York, and grandson of Peter Buell Porter. Porter was the son of Colonel Peter A. Porter, the Civil War hero who bravely died in the bloody Ba ...
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William H. Ryan
William Henry Ryan (May 10, 1860 – November 18, 1939) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1899 to 1909.
Biography
Born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Ryan moved to B ...
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De Alva S. Alexander
De Alva Stanwood Alexander (July 17, 1846 – January 30, 1925) was an American journalist, lawyer, historian, and member of the United States House of Representatives, serving seven terms from 1897 to 1911 as a representative of New York state ...
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Edward B. Vreeland
Edward Butterfield Vreeland (December 7, 1856 – May 8, 1936) was an American banker, businessman, and Republican politician who represented southern Western New York ( Allegheny, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus counties) in the United States Hous ...
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North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
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John Humphrey Small
John Humphrey Small (August 29, 1858 – July 13, 1946) was an American attorney and politician who served eleven terms as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina from 1899 to 1921.
Early life and education
Born in Washington, North Car ...
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Claude Kitchin
Claude Kitchin (March 24, 1869 – May 31, 1923) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina from 1901 until his death in 1923. A lifelong member of the Democra ...
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Charles Randolph Thomas
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...
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Edward W. Pou
Edward William Pou (; September 9, 1863 – April 1, 1934), was an American politician, serving in the United States Congress as a representative from 1901 until his death in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 1934. From March 1933 to April 1934, he w ...
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William W. Kitchin
William Walton Kitchin (October 9, 1866 – November 9, 1924) was an American attorney and the 52nd governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1909 to 1913.
Early life and family
W.W. Kitchin was the son of William H. Kitchin and Maria ...
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Hannibal L. Godwin
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin (November 3, 1873 – June 9, 1929) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1907 and 1921.
Education and career
Born near Dunn in Harnett County, North Carolina, Godwin attended common school ...
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Robert N. Page
Robert Newton Page (October 26, 1859 – October 3, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Mebane, North Carolina. He moved to Aber ...
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Richard N. Hackett
Richard Nathaniel Hackett (December 4, 1866 – November 22, 1923) was a United States representative in Congress from North Carolina from 1907 through 1909.
Born in Wilkesboro, NC, Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina on December 4, 1866, ...
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Edwin Y. Webb
Edwin Yates Webb (May 23, 1872 – February 7, 1955) was a Democratic United States Representative from North Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
Education ...
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William T. Crawford
William Thomas Crawford (born June 1, 1856 near Waynesville, North Carolina; died November 16, 1913, Waynesville, North Carolina) was a Representative from North Carolina.
He attended the public schools and Waynesville Academy.
From 1884-1888 ...
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
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Thomas Frank Marshall
Thomas Frank Marshall (March 7, 1854 – August 20, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota.
Biography
Born in Hannibal, Missouri, Marshall attended the common schools and the State normal school at Platteville, Wisconsin.
He left sc ...
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Asle Gronna
Asle Jorgenson Gronna (December 10, 1858May 4, 1922) was an American politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate from North Dakota, and one of the six to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the First W ...
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Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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Nicholas Longworth
Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a Republican. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initi ...
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Herman P. Goebel (R)
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J. Eugene Harding
John Eugene Harding (June 27, 1877 – July 26, 1959) was a businessman and one-term member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1907 to 1909.
Early life and career
Harding was born in Excello, Ohio, the son of pape ...
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William E. Tou Velle
William Ellsworth Tou Velle (November 23, 1862 – August 14, 1951) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1907 to 1911.
Biography
Born in Celin ...
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Timothy T. Ansberry
Timothy Thomas Ansberry (December 24, 1871 – July 5, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Early life
Timothy T. Ansberry was born in Defiance, Ohio. He attended public schools. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, ...
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Matthew R. Denver
Matthew Rombach Denver (December 21, 1870 – May 13, 1954) was a three-term member of the U.S. representative from Ohio from 1907 to 1913. He was the son of James William Denver, who served as a member of Congress from California in the mid- ...
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J. Warren Keifer
Joseph Warren Keifer (January 30, 1836 – April 22, 1932) was a major general during the Spanish–American War and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1880s. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Ohio f ...
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Ralph D. Cole
Ralph Dayton Cole (November 30, 1873 – October 15, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1905 to 1911. He was the brother of Raymond Clinton Cole, who also served in Congre ...
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Isaac R. Sherwood
Isaac Ruth Sherwood (August 13, 1835 – October 15, 1925) was an Americans, American politics, politician and newspaper editor from Toledo, Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, as well as an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War, Civil Wa ...
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Henry T. Bannon
Henry Towne Bannon (June 5, 1867 – September 6, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1905 to 1909.
Life and career
Bannon was the grandson of Irish immigrants, Edward and Bridget Dervin Bannon. His father, James. W. Bann ...
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Albert Douglas
Albert Douglas (April 25, 1852 – March 14, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1907 to 1911.
Biography
Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Douglas attended the public schools of C ...
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Edward L. Taylor Jr.
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. (August 10, 1869 – March 10, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1905 to 1913.
Biography
Born in Columbus, Ohio, he was the son of Edward ( ...
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Grant E. Mouser (R)
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J. Ford Laning
Jay Ford Laning (May 15, 1853 – September 1, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a one-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1907 to 1909.
Early life and career
Born in New London, Ohio, Laning attended the public ...
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Beman G. Dawes
Beman Gates Dawes (January 14, 1870 – May 15, 1953) was a politician and oil executive who served two terms as a Republican Congressman from Ohio from 1905 to 1909.
Biography
Dawes, a descendant of American Revolution hero William Dawes a ...
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Capell L. Weems (R)
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William A. Ashbrook
William Albert Ashbrook (July 1, 1867 – January 1, 1940) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Ohio.
He was born near Johnstown, Ohio, Johnstown, Licking County, Ohi ...
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James Kennedy (R)
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W. Aubrey Thomas
William Aubrey Thomas (June 7, 1866September 8, 1951) was an American scientist and politician who served as a US Representative from Ohio from 1904 to 1911.
Biography
Born in Y Bynea, near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Thomas immigrate ...
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L. Paul Howland
Leonard Paul Howland (December 5, 1865 – December 23, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1907 to 1913.
Biography
Paul Howland was born in Jefferson, Ohio. Howland comp ...
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Theodore Elijah Burton
Theodore Elijah Burton (December 20, 1851October 28, 1929) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the Cleveland City Council.
Early years
Bur ...
(R), until March 3, 1909
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
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Bird Segle McGuire
Bird Segle McGuire (October 13, 1865 – November 9, 1930) was an American politician, a Delegate and the last U.S. Representative from Oklahoma Territory. After statehood, he was elected as an Oklahoma member of Congress, where he served four co ...
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Elmer L. Fulton
Elmer Lincoln Fulton (April 22, 1865 – October 4, 1939) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born in Magnolia, Iowa, on April 22, 1865, Fulton was son to Jacob and Eliza Ann McAllester Fulton. He mo ...
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James S. Davenport (D), from November 16, 1907
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Charles D. Carter (D), from November 16, 1907
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Scott Ferris
Scott Ferris (November 3, 1877 – June 8, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Early life
Ferris was born in Neosho, Missouri to Scott and Annie M. Ferris. (D), from November 16, 1907
Oregon
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Willis C. Hawley
Willis Chatman Hawley (May 5, 1864 – July 24, 1941) was an American politician and educator in the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he would serve as president of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he earned his undergraduate ...
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William R. Ellis
William Russell Ellis (April 23, 1850 – January 18, 1915) was an American educator, attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he grew up in Iowa before moving to Oregon where he worked as a school superintendent a ...
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Pennsylvania
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Henry H. Bingham
Henry Harrison Bingham (December 4, 1841 – March 22, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1879 to 1912. He w ...
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John E. Reyburn
John Edgar Reyburn (February 7, 1845 – January 4, 1914) was an American politician from Ohio who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1890 to 1897, Pennsylvania' ...
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Joel Cook
Joel Cook (March 20, 1842December 15, 1910) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1907 to 1910.
Biography
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J. Hampton Moore
Joseph Hampton Moore (March 8, 1864 – May 2, 1950) was the 108th and 111th
Mayor of Philadelphia and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
J. Hampton Moore was born in Woodbury, New J ...
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Reuben O. Moon
Reuben Osborne Moon (July 22, 1847 – October 26, 1919) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.
Moon was born in Jobstown, New Jersey. He graduated from the National School of Oratory, in Philadelphia, ...
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William W. Foulkrod (R)
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George D. McCreary (R)
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Thomas S. Butler
Thomas Stalker Butler (November 4, 1855 – May 26, 1928) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1897 until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times. He was the father ...
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Irving P. Wanger
Irving Price Wanger (March 5, 1852 – January 14, 1940) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Wanger was born in North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania, the son of Rebecca (Price) and George Wanger. He s ...
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Henry B. Cassel
Henry Burd Cassel (October 19, 1855 – April 28, 1926) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
History
Henry B. Cassel was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania, where he attended Columbia Classical Institute. A ...
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Thomas D. Nicholls
Thomas David Nicholls (September 16, 1870 – January 19, 1931) was an Independent Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Formative years
Thomas D. Nicholls was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Septemb ...
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John T. Lenahan
John Thomas Lenahan (November 15, 1852 – April 28, 1920) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John T. Lenahan was born in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Villanova C ...
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Charles N. Brumm
Charles Napoleon Brumm (June 9, 1838 – January 11, 1917) was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Charles N. Brumm was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He att ...
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John H. Rothermel (D)
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George W. Kipp
George Washington Kipp (March 28, 1847July 24, 1911) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Kipp was born in Greene Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. He engaged in the lumber business for th ...
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William B. Wilson
William Bauchop Wilson (April 2, 1862 – May 25, 1934) was an American labor leader and progressive politician, who immigrated as a child with his family from Lanarkshire, Scotland. After having worked as a child and adult in the coal mines of ...
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John G. McHenry
John Geiser McHenry (April 26, 1868 – December 27, 1912) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John G. McHenry was born in Benton Township, Pennsylvania on April 26, 1868. He attended t ...
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Benjamin K. Focht
Benjamin Kurtz Focht (March 12, 1863 – March 27, 1937) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Benjamin K. Focht was born in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania. He attended Bucknell University in Lew ...
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Marlin E. Olmsted
Marlin Edgar Olmsted (May 21, 1847 – July 19, 1913) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania in the 18th district.
Biography
Marlin E. Olmsted was born in Ulysses Township, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1847. ...
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John M. Reynolds (R)
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Daniel F. Lafean
Daniel Franklin Lafean (February 7, 1861 – April 18, 1922) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Lafean was born in York, Pennsylvania to Germans, German i ...
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Charles F. Barclay
Charles Frederick Barclay (May 9, 1844 – March 9, 1914) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican U.S. Representative from the U.S. state, state of Pennsylvania.
Charles F. Barclay was born in Owego (village), New York, Owego, New Yo ...
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George F. Huff
George Franklin Huff (July 16, 1842 – April 18, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
George F. Huff was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools in Middle ...
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Allen F. Cooper (R)
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Ernest F. Acheson
Ernest Francis Acheson (September 19, 1855 – May 16, 1917) was a newspaper editor and a representative to the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania on September 19, 1855, son of Alexander W. ...
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Arthur L. Bates (R)
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J. Davis Brodhead
Jefferson Davis Brodhead (January 12, 1859 – April 23, 1920), also known as J. Davis Brodhead and Joseph Davis Brodhead, was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House ...
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Joseph G. Beale
:''See Joseph Henry Beale for the law professor.''
Joseph Grant Beale (March 26, 1839 – May 21, 1915) was a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.
Biography
Joseph G. Beale was born near Freeport, Pennsylvania, in ...
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Nelson P. Wheeler
Nelson Platt Wheeler (November 4, 1841 – March 3, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.
Biography
Born in Portville, New York on November 4, 1841, Nelson P. Wheeler was the brother of William E. Wheeler. He attended ...
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William H. Graham
William Harrison Graham (August 3, 1844 – March 2, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Biography
William H. Graham was born on August 3, 1844, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylva ...
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John Dalzell
John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887–1913. During the presidency of The ...
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James F. Burke (R)
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Andrew J. Barchfeld
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (May 18, 1863 – January 28, 1922) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Barchfeld was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to German immigrants from Prussia.
He attende ...
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
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Daniel L. D. Granger
Daniel Larned Davis Granger (May 30, 1852 – February 14, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island and mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
Early and personal life
Granger was born May 30, 1852 in Providence, Rhode Island, to Dr. James N ...
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Adin B. Capron
Adin Ballou Capron (January 9, 1841 – March 17, 1911) was an American miller and politician from the U.S. state of Rhode Island. He served in the American Civil War and was a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Early li ...
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South Carolina
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George S. Legare
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* George (surname)
* George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George
* George Washington, First President of the United States
* George W. Bush, 43rd President ...
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James O'H. Patterson (D)
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Wyatt Aiken
Wyatt Aiken (December 14, 1863 – February 6, 1923) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for six terms from 1903 to 1917.
Early life and family
Wyatt Aiken was born near ...
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Joseph T. Johnson
Joseph Travis Johnson (February 28, 1858 – May 8, 1919) was a United States representative from South Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina.
Education and ca ...
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David E. Finley
David E. Finley (February 28, 1861 – January 26, 1917) was a United States representative from South Carolina. He was born in Trenton, Arkansas. He attended the public schools of Rock Hill, South Carolina, and Ebenezer, South Carolina and was ...
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J. Edwin Ellerbe
James Edwin Ellerbe (January 12, 1867October 24, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Sellers, South Carolina, Ellerbe attended Pine Hill Academy and the University of South Carolina at Columbia.
He graduated from Wo ...
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Asbury F. Lever
Asbury Francis "Frank" Lever (January 5, 1875 – April 28, 1940) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.
Early life
Frank Lever was born near Springhill, Lexington County, South Carolina on January 5 ...
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South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
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Philo Hall (R)
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Eben Martin
Eben Wever Martin (April 12, 1855 – May 22, 1932) was an American attorney and politician in South Dakota. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life and education
Ma ...
(R), from November 3, 1908
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
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Walter P. Brownlow
Walter Preston Brownlow (March 27, 1851 – July 8, 1910) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 1st district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1897 until his death in 1910. He is remembered for obtaining large feder ...
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Nathan W. Hale
Nathan Wesley Hale (February 11, 1860 – September 16, 1941) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, 2nd congressional district of Tennessee.
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John Austin Moon
John Austin Moon (April 22, 1855 – June 26, 1921) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born on April 22, 1855, near Charlottesville, V ...
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Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...
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William C. Houston
William Cannon Houston (March 17, 1852 – August 30, 1931) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born in Shelbyville, Tennessee in Bedf ...
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John Wesley Gaines
John Wesley Gaines (August 24, 1860 – July 4, 1926) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Gaines was born in Wrecoe, near Nashvill ...
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Lemuel Phillips Padgett
Lemuel Phillips Padgett (November 28, 1855 – August 2, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 7th congressional district, 7th congressional district of Tennessee.
Bio ...
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Thetus Willrette Sims
Thetus Willrette Sims (April 25, 1852 – December 17, 1939) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 8th congressional district, 8th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biogr ...
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Finis J. Garrett
Finis James Garrett (August 26, 1875 – May 25, 1956) was a United States representative from Tennessee and a Chief Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Education and career
Born on August 26, 1875, near Ore Springs, ...
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George W. Gordon (D)
Texas
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Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as "the fa ...
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Samuel B. Cooper
Samuel Bronson Cooper (May 30, 1850 – August 21, 1918) was a United States representative from Texas and a Member of the Board of General Appraisers.
Education and career
Born on May 30, 1850, near Eddyville in Caldwell County, Kentucky, C ...
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Gordon James Russell
Gordon James Russell (December 22, 1859 – September 14, 1919) was a United States representative from Texas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Russell was nominated by Pr ...
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Choice Boswell Randell (D)
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James Andrew Beall
James Andrew "Jack" Beall (October 25, 1866 – February 11, 1929) was an American politician. He represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1915.
Early years
Beall was born on a farm near Midlothian, Texas to R ...
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Rufus Hardy (D)
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Alexander W. Gregg
Alexander White Gregg (January 31, 1855 – April 30, 1919) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives between 1903 and 1919.
Gregg was born in Centerville, Texas on January 31, 1855 ...
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John M. Moore
John Matthew Moore (November 18, 1862 – February 3, 1940) was an American rancher and statesman from Texas who served in the United States House of Representatives from United States House of Representatives, Texas District 8, District 8 fro ...
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George Farmer Burgess
George Farmer Burgess (September 21, 1861 – December 31, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Biography
Born in Wharton, Texas, Burgess attended the common schools.
He moved with his mother to Fayette County in 1880 and engaged in agri ...
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Albert Sidney Burleson
Albert Sidney Burleson (June 7, 1863 – November 24, 1937) was a progressive Democrat who served as United States Postmaster General and Representative in Congress. He was a strong supporter of William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson, so Wil ...
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Robert L. Henry
Robert Lee Henry (May 12, 1864 – July 9, 1931) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1897 to 1917.
Early life
Robert Lee Henry was the great-great-great grandson of Patrick Henry and was born i ...
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Oscar W. Gillespie
Oscar William Gillespie (June 20, 1858 – August 23, 1927) was a U.S. Representative for the state of Texas.
Born near Quitman, Mississippi, Gillespie attended private schools and graduated from Mansfield College, Texas, in 1885. He stud ...
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John Hall Stephens
John Hall Stephens (November 22, 1847 – November 18, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born in Shelby County, Texas, Stephens attended the common schools in Mansfield, Texas. He graduated from Mansfield College, and from the law dep ...
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James L. Slayden
James Luther Slayden (June 1, 1853 – February 24, 1924) was an American politician, cotton merchant, and rancher. He was elected from San Antonio to United States United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives, serving eleven c ...
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John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and lawyer from History of Texas, Texas who ...
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William R. Smith (D)
Utah
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Joseph Howell
Joseph Howell (February 17, 1857 – July 18, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
Life and career
Born in Brigham City, Utah Territory, Howell moved with his parents to Wellsville, Utah, in 1863.
He attended the common schools and the ...
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Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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David J. Foster
David Johnson Foster (June 27, 1857 – March 21, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Biography
Foster was born in Barnet, Vermont, a son of Jacob Prentiss Foster and Matilda (Cahoon) ...
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Kittredge Haskins
Kittredge Haskins (April 8, 1836 – August 7, 1916) was a Vermont lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born in Dover, Vermont, Haskins attended the public schools and received instruction from a private tut ...
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
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William Atkinson Jones
William Atkinson Jones (March 21, 1849 – April 17, 1918) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1918 from the first district of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Early life
Jones was born in Warsaw, Virginia on March 21 ...
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Harry Lee Maynard
Harry Lee Maynard (June 8, 1861 – October 23, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Biography
Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Maynard attended the common schools of Norfolk County.
He was graduated from the Virginia Agricultural ...
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John Fletcher Lamb
John Lamb (June 12, 1840 – November 21, 1924) was a Virginia farmer, Confederate officer, businessman and politician who served 16 years in the United States House of Representatives.
Early and family life
Born in Sussex County, Virginia t ...
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Francis R. Lassiter
Francis Rives Lassiter (February 18, 1866 – October 31, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, great-nephew of Francis E. Rives.
Biography
Francie Rives Lassiter was born in Petersburg, Virginia on September 29, 1867, a son of Dr. D ...
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Edward W. Saunders
Edward Watts Saunders (October 20, 1860 – December 16, 1921) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and judge, who served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, U.S. Representative and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
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Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treasu ...
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James Hay James Hay may refer to:
*James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop
*James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble
*James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612–1660), British noble
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Charles Creighton Carlin
Charles Creighton Carlin (April 8, 1866 – October 14, 1938) was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and Democratic politician who served in the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia's 8th congressional district.
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Campbell Slemp
Campbell Slemp (December 2, 1839 – October 13, 1907) was a farmer and Confederate officer in southwest Virginia who became a Readjuster Democrat after Congressional Reconstruction and served in the Virginia House of Delegates. He eventually j ...
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C. Bascom Slemp
Campbell Bascom Slemp (September 4, 1870 – August 7, 1943) was an American Republican politician. He was a six-time United States congressman from Virginia's 9th congressional district from 1907 to 1923 and served as the presidential sec ...
(R), from December 17, 1907
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Henry De Flood
Henry De La Warr Flood (September 2, 1865 – December 8, 1921) was a representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, brother of U.S. Representative Joel West Flood and uncle of U.S. Senator Harry ...
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Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
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Wesley Livsey Jones
Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing the state of Washington.
Born near Bethany, Illinois days aft ...
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Francis W. Cushman (R)
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William E. Humphrey
William Ewart Humphrey (March 31, 1862 – February 14, 1934), an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1917. He represented the state of Washington at large from 1903 to 1909 and ...
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
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William P. Hubbard
William Pallister Hubbard (December 24, 1843 – December 5, 1921) was an American Republican politician from Wheeling, West Virginia who served as a United States representative. The son of Congressman Chester D. Hubbard, he served as a memb ...
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George Cookman Sturgiss
George Cookman Sturgiss (August 16, 1842 – February 26, 1925) was a lawyer and Republican politician who served as United States Representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. He was a member of the 60th and 61st United States ...
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Joseph Holt Gaines
Joseph Holt 'Jodie' Gaines (September 3, 1864 – April 12, 1951) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from West Virginia.
Born in Washington, D.C., Gaines moved with his parents to Fayette County, West Vir ...
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Harry C. Woodyard
Harry Chapman Woodyard (November 13, 1867 – June 21, 1929) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States representative. Congressman Woodyard was born in Spencer, West Virginia, in ...
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James Anthony Hughes (R)
Wisconsin
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Henry Allen Cooper
Henry Allen Cooper (September 8, 1850 – March 1, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Early life
Cooper was born in Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, son of former Free Soil Party State Representative Joel H. Cooper, a physician. In ...
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John M. Nelson
John Mandt Nelson (October 10, 1870 – January 29, 1955) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Early life
John Mandt Nelson was born on October 10, 1870, in Burke, Wisconsin. Nelson attended the public schools and graduated from the Unive ...
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James William Murphy
James William Murphy (April 17, 1858 – July 11, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Platteville, Wisconsin in 1858, Murphy graduated from the State Normal School (now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville) in 1873 ...
(D)
: .
William J. Cary
William Joseph Cary (March 22, 1865 – January 2, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Background
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cary was educated in the public schools and St. John's Cathedral High School.
He was left an orphan at ...
(R)
: .
William H. Stafford
William Henry Stafford (October 12, 1869 – April 22, 1957) was a United States, U.S. Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Wisconsin.
He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stafford received his bachelors degrees from ...
(R)
: .
Charles H. Weisse
Charles Herman Weisse (October 24, 1866 – October 8, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.'C. H. Weiss Meets Tragic Death,' Sheboygan Press, October 9, 1919, pg. 1
Born near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, Weisse attended the public scho ...
(D)
: .
John Jacob Esch
John Jacob Esch (March 20, 1861 – April 27, 1941) was an American attorney and member of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1921 serving as a Republican. Born near Norwalk, Wisconsin, he graduated from the University ...
(R)
: .
James Henry Davidson
James Henry Davidson (June 18, 1858 – August 6, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Colchester, New York, Davidson attended the public schools and Walton (New York) Academy. He taught school in Delaware and Sullivan Co ...
(R)
: .
Gustav Küstermann
Gustav Küstermann (May 24, 1850 – December 25, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Biography
Born in Detmold, Lippe-Detmold, Küstermann graduated from high school and worked at a store in Hamburg, Germany before immigrating to t ...
(R)
: .
Elmer A. Morse
Elmer Addison Morse (May 11, 1870 – October 4, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Franksville, Wisconsin, Morse attended the common schools of Racine County.
He graduated from Ripon College, Wisconsin, in 1893.
Morse was ...
(R)
: .
John J. Jenkins
John James Jenkins (August 24, 1843June 10, 1911) was an English American immigrant, lawyer, judge, and Republican politician. He served seven terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing northwest Wisconsin, a ...
(R)
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
: .
Franklin Wheeler Mondell
Frank Wheeler Mondell (November 6, 1860August 6, 1939) was a United States representative of Wyoming.
Biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was educated in the public schools. For many years he was engaged in farming, stock-raising, and rai ...
(R)
Non-voting members
: .
Thomas Cale
Thomas Cale (September 17, 1848February 3, 1941) was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the District of Alaska. He was born in Underhill, Vermont, in Chittenden County. He attended the district schools and Bell Academy ...
(I)
: .
Marcus Aurelius Smith
Marcus Aurelius "Mark" Smith (January 24, 1851 – April 7, 1924) was an American Attorney at law, attorney and politician who served eight terms as United States congressional delegations from Arizona, Arizona Territorial Delegate to Congress ...
(D)
: .
Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R)
: .
William Henry Andrews
William Henry "Bull" Andrews (January 14, 1846 – January 16, 1919) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and as a delegate from the New Mexico Territory.
Andrews was born i ...
(R)
: .
Benito Legarda y Tuason
Benito Cosme Legarda y Tuason (September 27, 1853 – August 27, 1915) was a Filipino legislator who was a member of the Philippine Commission of the American colonial Insular Government, the government's legislature, and later a Resident Comm ...
(
Fed., R), from November 22, 1907
: .
Pablo Ocampo
Pablo de Leon Ocampo (born Pablo Ocampo y de León; January 25, 1853 – February 5, 1925) was a Filipino lawyer, nationalist, a member of the Malolos Congress, inaugural holder of the office of Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands ...
(D), from November 22, 1907
: .
Tulio Larrínaga
Tulio Larrínaga (January 15, 1847 – April 28, 1917) was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.
Biography
Born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, Larrínaga attended the Seminario Consiliar of San Ildefonso at San Juan, Puerto Rico. He studied c ...
(Resident Commissioner) (Unionist)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 10
**
Democratic: no net change
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: no net change
* Deaths: 8
* Resignations: 1
* Vacancy: 1
* Total seats with changes: 11
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 13
**
Democratic: 4 seat gain
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: 2 seat loss
* Deaths: 10
* Resignations: 7
* Contested elections: 0
* New seats: 7
* Total seats with changes: 20
Committees
Senate
*
Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Redfield Proctor
Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 18 ...
; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his l ...
)
*
Appropriations (Chairman:
William B. Allison
William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in t ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Teller
Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...
)
*
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
John Kean; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his l ...
)
*
Canadian Relations (Chairman:
Winthrop Murray Crane
Winthrop Murray Crane (commonly referred to as W. Murray Crane or simply Murray Crane; April 23, 1853October 2, 1920) was an American political figure and businessman.
In 1879, he secured his family company, paper manufacturer Crane & Co., an ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who served as List of governors of South Carolina, governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, an ...
)
*
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
(Chairman:
Chester I. Long; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the List of Governors of Louisiana, 30th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a United States Senate, U.S. senator f ...
)
*
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
George C. Perkins
George Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839February 26, 1923) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Perkins served as the 14th Governor of California from 1880 to 1883, and as United States Senator from Calif ...
; Ranking Member:
Anselm J. McLaurin
Anselm Joseph McLaurin (March 26, 1848December 22, 1909) was the 34th Governor of Mississippi, serving from 1896 to 1900.
Life and career
McLaurin was born on March 26, 1848, in Brandon, Mississippi, the son of Ellen Caroline (Tullus) and Lauchl ...
)
*
Claims
Claim may refer to:
* Claim (legal)
* Claim of Right Act 1689
* Claims-based identity
* Claim (philosophy)
* Land claim
* A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law
* Patent claim
* The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton
* A righ ...
(Chairman:
Charles W. Fulton; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman:
Samuel H. Piles
Samuel Henry Piles (December 28, 1858March 11, 1940) was an American politician, attorney, and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Washington.
Early life
Piles was born near Smithland, Kentucky, the son of Samuel Henry Piles (d. ...
; Ranking Member:
Alexander S. Clay
Alexander Stephens Clay (September 25, 1853November 13, 1910) was a United States senator from Georgia.
Biography
Clay was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, and graduated from Hiwassee College in Tennessee in 1875. He was admitted to the bar ...
)
*
Coast Defenses (Chairman:
George S. Nixon
George Stuart Nixon (April 2, 1860 – June 5, 1912) was an American who served as a member of the United States Senate from Nevada.
Early life
He was born in Newcastle, California. He went to work for a railroad company and studied telegraphy ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson)
*
Commerce
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...
(Chairman:
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman:
Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the List of Governors of Louisiana, 30th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a United States Senate, U.S. senator f ...
; Ranking Member:
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
)
*
Cuban Relations (Chairman:
Henry E. Burnham
Henry Eben Burnham (November 8, 1844February 8, 1917) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, he attended the public schools and Kimball Union Academy and married Hannah Elizabeth Patterson. Burnham gra ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Teller
Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...
)
*
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) (Chairman:
Hernando D. Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his l ...
)
*
District of Columbia
)
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, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
(Chairman:
Jacob H. Gallinger
Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a United States senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913.
Early life and career
Jacob Harold Gallinger was born in Cornwall, O ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Education and Labor (Chairman:
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (February 6, 1858October 15, 1910) was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century.Thomas Richard Ross, ''Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver: A Study in Political Inte ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
)
*
Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly elec ...
; Ranking Member:
Alfred B. Kittredge
Alfred Beard Kittredge (March 28, 1861May 4, 1911) was a United States senator from South Dakota.
Early life and education
Kittredge was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, the son of Russell H. Kittredge, a physician, and Laura Frances (Holmes) Ki ...
)
*
Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Albert J. Hopkins
Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman and United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Biography
Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846. He was admitte ...
; Ranking Member:
Murphy J. Foster
Murphy James Foster (January 12, 1849June 12, 1921) was the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, an office he held for two terms from 1892 to 1900. Foster supported the Louisiana Constitution of 1898, which effectively disfranchised ...
)
*
Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman:
James A. Hemenway
James Alexander Hemenway (March 8, 1860February 10, 1923) was a United States representative and Senator from Indiana. Born in Boonville, Indiana, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson)
*
Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
*
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Joseph M. Dixon
Joseph Moore Dixon (July 31, 1867May 22, 1934) was an American History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Montana. He served as a U.S. House of Representatives, Representative, United States Senate, Senator, and th ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Select) (Chairman:
Isaac Stephenson
Isaac Stephenson (June 18, 1829March 15, 1918) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin as both a United States representative and a United States senator.
He was born in the community of Yorkton, near Fred ...
; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and Unite ...
)
*
Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman:
Hernando D. Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his l ...
; Ranking Member:
Jacob H. Gallinger
Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a United States senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913.
Early life and career
Jacob Harold Gallinger was born in Cornwall, O ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Select) (Chairman:
Harry A. Richardson
Harry Alden Richardson (January 1, 1853 – June 16, 1928) was an American businessman and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, and was U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early life and family
Richar ...
; Ranking Member:
James B. McCreary
James Bennett McCreary (July 8, 1838 – October 8, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman:
Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Bailey
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman:
Simon Guggenheim
John Simon Guggenheim (December 30, 1867 – November 2, 1941) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist.
Life
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Jewish descent, Simon Guggenheim was the son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin then
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who served as List of governors of South Carolina, governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, an ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select) (Chairman:
Frank O. Briggs
Frank Obadiah Briggs (August 12, 1851May 8, 1913) was the Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey from 1899 to 1902. He was a United States senator from New Jersey from 1907 to 1913.
Biography
He was born on August 12, 1851 in Concord, New Hampshire to ...
; Ranking Member:
William Pinkney Whyte
William Pinkney Whyte (August 9, 1824March 17, 1908), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate, the State Comptroller, a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the ...
then
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist.
Biography
Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
)
*
Expenditures in the War Department (Select) (Chairman:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who served as List of governors of South Carolina, governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, an ...
; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his l ...
then
Murphy J. Foster Jr.
Murphy James Foster Jr. (July 11, 1930 – October 4, 2020) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 53rd governor of Louisiana from 1996 to 2004.
Early life and career
Murphy James Foster Jr. was born in Franklin, the se ...
)
*
Finance
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...
(Chairman:
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
)
*
Fisheries
Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...
(Chairman:
Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member:
Stephen R. Mallory
Stephen Russell Mallory (1812 – November 9, 1873) was a Democratic senator from Florida from 1851 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Na ...
then
Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the List of Governors of Louisiana, 30th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a United States Senate, U.S. senator f ...
)
*
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who served as List of governors of South Carolina, governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, an ...
; Ranking Member:
Alfred B. Kittredge
Alfred Beard Kittredge (March 28, 1861May 4, 1911) was a United States senator from South Dakota.
Early life and education
Kittredge was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, the son of Russell H. Kittredge, a physician, and Laura Frances (Holmes) Ki ...
)
*
Foreign Relations
A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through mu ...
(Chairman:
Shelby M. Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.
Life and ca ...
; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly elec ...
)
*
Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman:
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life
Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who served as List of governors of South Carolina, governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, an ...
)
*
Geological Survey
A geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model. Geological surveying employs techniques from the traditional walk-over survey, studying outc ...
(Chairman:
Frank P. Flint
Frank Putnam Flint (July 15, 1862 – February 11, 1929) was a United States Senator from California from 1905 to 1911.
Early life
Frank Putnam Flint was born on July 15, 1862, in North Reading, Massachusetts, to Althea Louise (née Hewes) and ...
; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his l ...
)
*
Immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...
(Chairman:
William P. Dillingham
William Paul Dillingham (December 12, 1843July 12, 1923) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Vermont. A United States Republican Party, Republican and the son of Congressman and Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingha ...
; Ranking Member:
Anselm J. McLaurin
Anselm Joseph McLaurin (March 26, 1848December 22, 1909) was the 34th Governor of Mississippi, serving from 1896 to 1900.
Life and career
McLaurin was born on March 26, 1848, in Brandon, Mississippi, the son of Ellen Caroline (Tullus) and Lauchl ...
)
*
Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and Al ...
(Chairman:
Moses E. Clapp
Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician.
Biography
Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudso ...
; Ranking Member:
William J. Stone
William Joel Stone (May 7, 1848April 14, 1918) was a Democratic politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S. Senate from 1903 until his death; he also served ...
)
*
Indian Depredations (Chairman:
Moses E. Clapp
Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician.
Biography
Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudso ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Industrial Expositions (Chairman:
William Warner; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
)
*
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman:
Alfred B. Kittredge
Alfred Beard Kittredge (March 28, 1861May 4, 1911) was a United States senator from South Dakota.
Early life and education
Kittredge was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, the son of Russell H. Kittredge, a physician, and Laura Frances (Holmes) Ki ...
; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro
James Piper Taliaferro (September 30, 1847October 6, 1934) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911.
Biography
Taliaferro was born in Orange, Virginia. He attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie Sc ...
)
*
Interstate Commerce
The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution ( Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among ...
(Chairman:
Stephen B. Elkins
Stephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841January 4, 1911) was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893. He served in the United States Congress as a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexi ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who served as List of governors of South Carolina, governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, an ...
)
*
Investigate the Condition of the Potomac River Front at Washington (Select) (Chairman:
Joseph H. Millard; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow Crop, crops, Landscape plant, landscape plants, and Lawn, lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,00 ...
(Chairman:
Levi Ankeny
Levi Ankeny (August 1, 1844March 29, 1921) was a Republican United States Senator from the state of Washington.
He was born in Buchanan County, Missouri near St. Joseph, but crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850 with his parents and settled in Po ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Bailey
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
)
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Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...
(Chairman:
Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as ...
; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly elec ...
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Library
A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...
(Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
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Manufactures
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a range ...
(Chairman:
Weldon B. Heyburn
Weldon Brinton Heyburn (May 23, 1852October 17, 1912) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1903 to 1912.
Early life
Born in southeastern Pennsylvania near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, H ...
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Alexander S. Clay
Alexander Stephens Clay (September 25, 1853November 13, 1910) was a United States senator from Georgia.
Biography
Clay was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, and graduated from Hiwassee College in Tennessee in 1875. He was admitted to the bar ...
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Military Affairs
''The Journal of Military History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the military history of all times and places. It is the official journal of the Society for Military History. The journal was established in 1937 and the ed ...
(Chairman:
Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro
James Piper Taliaferro (September 30, 1847October 6, 1934) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911.
Biography
Taliaferro was born in Orange, Virginia. He attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie Sc ...
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Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Charles Dick Charles Dick may refer to:
* Charles W. F. Dick, American politician from Ohio
* Charles Dick (rugby union), Scottish rugby union player
* Charles Dick (cricketer), South African cricketer
* Charlie Dick, American Linotype operator, widower of Patsy ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who served as List of governors of South Carolina, governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, an ...
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Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the List of Governors of Louisiana, 30th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a United States Senate, U.S. senator f ...
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National Banks
In banking, the term national bank carries several meanings:
* a bank owned by the state
* an ordinary private bank which operates nationally (as opposed to regionally or locally or even internationally)
* in the United States, an ordinary p ...
(Select) (Chairman:
William A. Smith)
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Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for nin ...
; Ranking Member:
Anselm J. McLaurin
Anselm Joseph McLaurin (March 26, 1848December 22, 1909) was the 34th Governor of Mississippi, serving from 1896 to 1900.
Life and career
McLaurin was born on March 26, 1848, in Brandon, Mississippi, the son of Ellen Caroline (Tullus) and Lauchl ...
)
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Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman:
Thomas H. Carter
Thomas Henry Carter (October 30, 1854September 17, 1911) was an American politician, who served as territorial delegate, a United States representative, and a U.S. Senator from Montana. Carter was born in Junior Furnace, Ohio, on October 30, 1 ...
; Ranking Member:
Anselm J. McLaurin
Anselm Joseph McLaurin (March 26, 1848December 22, 1909) was the 34th Governor of Mississippi, serving from 1896 to 1900.
Life and career
McLaurin was born on March 26, 1848, in Brandon, Mississippi, the son of Ellen Caroline (Tullus) and Lauchl ...
)
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Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman:
Joseph B. Foraker
Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 37th governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890 and as a United States senator from Ohio from 1897 until 1909.
Foraker was ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
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Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro
James Piper Taliaferro (September 30, 1847October 6, 1934) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911.
Biography
Taliaferro was born in Orange, Virginia. He attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie Sc ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro
James Piper Taliaferro (September 30, 1847October 6, 1934) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911.
Biography
Taliaferro was born in Orange, Virginia. He attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie Sc ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Philippines, Philippines (Chairman:
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
After serving in both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature, he represented Pennsylvania in the United ...
; Ranking Member:
Alexander S. Clay
Alexander Stephens Clay (September 25, 1853November 13, 1910) was a United States senator from Georgia.
Biography
Clay was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, and graduated from Hiwassee College in Tennessee in 1875. He was admitted to the bar ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Potomac River Front, Potomac River Front (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Thomas C. Platt
Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt ; Ranking Member:
William Pinkney Whyte
William Pinkney Whyte (August 9, 1824March 17, 1908), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate, the State Comptroller, a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Henry M. Teller
Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...
; Ranking Member:
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for nin ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
Julius C. Burrows
Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Early life and education
Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtabu ...
; Ranking Member: Josiah W. Bailey)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Nathan B. Scott
Nathan Bay Scott (December 18, 1842January 2, 1924) was a United States senator from West Virginia.
Biography
Born near Quaker City, Ohio, he attended the common schools and engaged in mining near Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1859 to 1862. ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
; Ranking Member: Chauncey M. Depew)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
Henry C. Hansbrough
Henry Clay Hansbrough (January 30, 1848November 16, 1933) was a United States politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota.
Biography
Henry Clay Hansbrough was born ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the List of Governors of Louisiana, 30th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a United States Senate, U.S. senator f ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly elec ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
James P. Taliaferro
James Piper Taliaferro (September 30, 1847October 6, 1934) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911.
Biography
Taliaferro was born in Orange, Virginia. He attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie Sc ...
; Ranking Member:
William A. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Philander C. Knox
Philander Chase Knox (May 6, 1853October 12, 1921) was an American lawyer, bank director and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Knox served in the Cabinet of three different presidents and represented Pennsylvania in the United States ...
; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly elec ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member:
James B. McCreary
James Bennett McCreary (July 8, 1838 – October 8, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Albert J. Beveridge
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (October 6, 1862 – April 27, 1927) was an American historian and US senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Linco ...
; Ranking Member:
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist.
Biography
Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the List of Governors of Louisiana, 30th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a United States Senate, U.S. senator f ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson)
* United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
Robert J. Gamble
Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakota's prominent Gamble family. ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman:
George Sutherland
George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862July 18, 1942) was an English-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also repre ...
; Ranking Member:
Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Select)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman:
Alexander S. Clay
Alexander Stephens Clay (September 25, 1853November 13, 1910) was a United States senator from Georgia.
Biography
Clay was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, and graduated from Hiwassee College in Tennessee in 1875. He was admitted to the bar ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Bartlett)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
Charles Frederick Scott
Charles Frederick Scott (September 7, 1860 – September 18, 1938) was a United States House of Representatives from Kansas.
Biography
Born near Iola, Kansas, Scott attended the common schools. He was graduated from the University of K ...
; Ranking Member: John Lamb (congressman), John Lamb)
* United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:
Nehemiah D. Sperry
Nehemiah Day Sperry (July 10, 1827 – November 13, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Sperry was the third of six children of Enoch Sperry and Ma ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Leonidas Livingston)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Charles N. Fowler
Charles Newell Fowler Sr. (November 2, 1852, Lena, Illinois – May 27, 1932, Orange, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to ...
; Ranking Member:
Elijah B. Lewis
Elijah Banks Lewis (March 27, 1854 – December 10, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Coney, Crisp County, Georgia, Lewis attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Georgia, ...
)
* United States House Select Committee on the Bills and Resolutions Introduced in the House, Bills and Resolutions Introduced in the House (Select)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
Edgar D. Crumpacker
Edgar Dean Crumpacker (May 27, 1851 – May 19, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1913. He was the father of Maurice Edgar ...
; Ranking Member:
James Hay James Hay may refer to:
*James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop
*James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble
*James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612–1660), British noble
*James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (1726 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Goldfogle
Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915.
Biography
Born in New York City, he attended the public sc ...
)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
William B. McKinley
William Brown McKinley (September 5, 1856December 7, 1926) was a U.S. Representative (1905–1913, 1915–1921) and United States Senator (1921–1926) from the State of Illinois. A member of the Republican Party, he was born near Petersburg, I ...
; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman:
Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Samuel W. Smith
Samuel William Smith (August 23, 1852 – June 19, 1931), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, serv ...
; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
George N. Southwick
George Newell Southwick (March 7, 1863 – October 17, 1912) was an American journalist and politician from Albany, New York. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1895 to 1911.
Early life
George N. Sou ...
; Ranking Member:
Asbury F. Lever
Asbury Francis "Frank" Lever (January 5, 1875 – April 28, 1940) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.
Early life
Frank Lever was born near Springhill, Lexington County, South Carolina on January 5 ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress, Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member:
William W. Rucker
William Waller Rucker (February 1, 1855 – May 30, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born near Covington, Virginia, Rucker moved with his parents to western Virginia in 1861. He attended the common schools and moved to Charit ...
)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James Robert Mann (Illinois politician), James R. Mann; Ranking Member:
Ollie M. James)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman:
Marlin E. Olmsted
Marlin Edgar Olmsted (May 21, 1847 – July 19, 1913) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania in the 18th district.
Biography
Marlin E. Olmsted was born in Ulysses Township, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1847. ...
; Ranking Member:
Adam M. Byrd
Adam Monroe Byrd (July 6, 1859 – June 21, 1912) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Born in Sumter County, Alabama, Byrd moved to Neshoba County, Mississippi. He attended the common sc ...
)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman:
Michael E. Driscoll
Michael Edward Driscoll (February 9, 1851 – January 19, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Born in Syracuse, New York, Driscoll moved with his parents to the town of Camillus, Onondaga County, in 1852. He attended ...
; Ranking Member:
Claude Kitchin
Claude Kitchin (March 24, 1869 – May 31, 1923) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina from 1901 until his death in 1923. A lifelong member of the Democra ...
)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman:
Charles E. Littlefield
Charles Edgar Littlefield (June 21, 1851 – May 2, 1915) was a United States representative from Maine.
Biography
Littlefield was born in Lebanon, Maine on June 21, 1851. He attended the common schools and Foxcroft Academy. He studied law, wa ...
; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman:
David J. Foster
David Johnson Foster (June 27, 1857 – March 21, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Biography
Foster was born in Barnet, Vermont, a son of Jacob Prentiss Foster and Matilda (Cahoon) ...
; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Sydney Emanuel Mudd I, Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Goldfogle
Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915.
Biography
Born in New York City, he attended the public sc ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman:
Gilbert N. Haugen
Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21, 1859 – July 18, 1933) was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member o ...
; Ranking Member:
Robert N. Page
Robert Newton Page (October 26, 1859 – October 3, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Mebane, North Carolina. He moved to Aber ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Henry S. Boutell
Henry Sherman Boutell (March 14, 1856 – March 11, 1926) was an American lawyer and diplomat.
Biography
Boutell was born at Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lewis Henry and Anna (Greene) Boutell. A colonial ancestry entitled him to membersh ...
; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Irving P. Wanger
Irving Price Wanger (March 5, 1852 – January 14, 1940) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Wanger was born in North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania, the son of Rebecca (Price) and George Wanger. He s ...
; Ranking Member:
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treasu ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
John W. Weeks
John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860July 12, 1926) was an American banker and politician from Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as Mayor of Newton from 1902 to 1903, a United States representative from 1905 to 1913, United States Senator fr ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel B. Cooper
Samuel Bronson Cooper (May 30, 1850 – August 21, 1918) was a United States representative from Texas and a Member of the Board of General Appraisers.
Education and career
Born on May 30, 1850, near Eddyville in Caldwell County, Kentucky, C ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Philip Knopf
Philip Knopf (November 18, 1847 – August 14, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born near Long Grove, Illinois, Knopf attended public schools. During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company I, 147th Illinois Volunt ...
; Ranking Member: John Lamb (congressman), John Lamb)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
George P. Lawrence
George Pelton Lawrence (May 19, 1859 – November 21, 1917) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Early life and education
Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Lawrence was the son of Dr. George C. Lawrence an ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph L. Rhinock)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
E. Stevens Henry
Edward Stevens Henry (February 10, 1836 – October 10, 1921) was an American businessman and politician from Connecticut who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representative for Connecticut's 1st congressional distric ...
; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman:
Robert G. Cousins
Robert Gordon Cousins (January 31, 1859 – June 20, 1933) was an eight-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district. He represented the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, area for the last eight years of the 19th century and the ...
; Ranking Member:
William M. Howard
William Marcellus Howard (December 6, 1857 – July 5, 1932) was a noted jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia.
Life
Howard was born in Berwick, Louisiana and moved to Georgia with his family while in his youth. He attend ...
)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman:
Benjamin F. Howell
Benjamin Franklin Howell (January 27, 1844 – February 1, 1933) was an American Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911.
Early life and education
Born in Cedarville, New Jers ...
; Ranking Member:
John L. Burnett
John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 – May 13, 1919) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Life
Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, C ...
)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
James S. Sherman
James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was an American politician who was a United States representative from New York from 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909, and the 27th vice president of the United States under President ...
; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
* United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman:
Augustus P. Gardner
Augustus Peabody Gardner (November 5, 1865 – January 14, 1918) was an American military officer and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the North Shore region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of Re ...
; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman:
Henry Allen Cooper
Henry Allen Cooper (September 8, 1850 – March 1, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Early life
Cooper was born in Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, son of former Free Soil Party State Representative Joel H. Cooper, a physician. In ...
; Ranking Member: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
William P. Hepburn
William Peters Hepburn (November 4, 1833 – February 7, 1916) was an American Civil War officer and an eleven-term Republican Party (United States), Republican Member of Congress, congressman from Iowa's now-obsolete Iowa's 8th congressional d ...
; Ranking Member: Robert C. Davey)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member:
George H. Lindsay
George Henry Lindsay (January 7, 1837 – May 25, 1916) was an American businessman and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from New York (state), New York from 1901 to 1913. He was the Coroner of Kings County, New Y ...
)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
William A. Reeder
William Augustus Reeder (August 28, 1849 – November 7, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Reeder moved with his parents to Ipava, Illinois, in 1853, attended the public schools, and taught schoo ...
; Ranking Member:
William R. Smith)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
John J. Jenkins
John James Jenkins (August 24, 1843June 10, 1911) was an English American immigrant, lawyer, judge, and Republican politician. He served seven terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing northwest Wisconsin, a ...
; Ranking Member:
David A. De Armond
David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from Marc ...
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* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
* United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman:
George W. Prince
George Washington Prince (March 4, 1854 – September 26, 1939) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Kn ...
; Ranking Member: Robert F. Broussard)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
Samuel W. McCall
Samuel Walker McCall (February 28, 1851 – November 4, 1923) was a Republican lawyer, politician, and writer from Massachusetts. He was for twenty years (1893–1913) a member of the United States House of Representatives, and the 47th Governo ...
; Ranking Member:
William M. Howard
William Marcellus Howard (December 6, 1857 – July 5, 1932) was a noted jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia.
Life
Howard was born in Berwick, Louisiana and moved to Georgia with his family while in his youth. He attend ...
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* United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
Henry McMorran
Henry Gordon McMorran (June 11, 1844 – July 19, 1929) was an American Republican politician and businessman.
He served five terms in the U.S. Congress as a U.S. Representative from Michigan's 7th congressional district from March 4, 190 ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles H. Weisse
Charles Herman Weisse (October 24, 1866 – October 8, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.'C. H. Weiss Meets Tragic Death,' Sheboygan Press, October 9, 1919, pg. 1
Born near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, Weisse attended the public scho ...
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* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman:
William S. Greene
William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
William S. Greene was born in Tremont, Illinois on April 28, 1841. He moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachu ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas Spight
Thomas Spight (October 25, 1841 – January 5, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born near Ripley, Mississippi, Spight attended the common schools, Ripley Academy, Purdy (Tennessee) College, and the La Grange (Tennessee) Synodic ...
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* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:
Charles N. Brumm
Charles Napoleon Brumm (June 9, 1838 – January 11, 1917) was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Charles N. Brumm was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He att ...
; Ranking Member:
Elijah B. Lewis
Elijah Banks Lewis (March 27, 1854 – December 10, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Coney, Crisp County, Georgia, Lewis attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Georgia, ...
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* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member:
William Sulzer
William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state.
Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
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* United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman:
Halvor Steenerson
Halvor Steenerson (June 30, 1852 – November 22, 1926) was an American Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 9th congressional district from 1903 to 1923.
Background
Halv ...
; Ranking Member:
Ariosto A. Wiley
Ariosto Appling Wiley (November 6, 1848 – June 17, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, brother of Oliver Cicero Wiley.
Early life
Born in Clayton, Alabama, Wiley moved with his parents to Troy, Alabama. He attended the common ...
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* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
George F. Huff
George Franklin Huff (July 16, 1842 – April 18, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
George F. Huff was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools in Middle ...
; Ranking Member:
Gordon Lee Gordon Lee may refer to:
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* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: George Edmund Foss, George E. Foss; Ranking Member:
Adolph Meyer
Adolph Meyer (October 19, 1842 – March 8, 1908) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908.
Biography
Meyer was born ...
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* United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Thomas S. Butler
Thomas Stalker Butler (November 4, 1855 – May 26, 1928) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1897 until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times. He was the father ...
; Ranking Member:
James L. Slayden
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* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member:
William Sulzer
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Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
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* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Henry C. Loudenslager
Henry Clay Loudenslager (May 22, 1852 – August 12, 1911) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 1st congressional district from 1893 to 1911.
Biography
Loudenslager was born in Mauricetown, New Jersey ...
; Ranking Member: William N. Richardson, William Richardson)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Jesse Overstreet
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; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Charles B. Landis
Charles Beary Landis (July 9, 1858 – April 24, 1922) was an American newspaperman and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1909.
Early life and career
He was a brother of both Congressman Frederic ...
; Ranking Member:
David E. Finley
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* United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Marshall; Ranking Member: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Richard Bartholdt
Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United States in April 1872 an ...
; Ranking Member:
William G. Brantley
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Brantley was born in Blackshear, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, gained admission to the state bar ...
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* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: James O. Patterson)
* United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Frederick H. Gillett
Frederick Huntington Gillett (; October 16, 1851 – July 31, 1935) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts state government and both houses of the U.S. Congress between 1879 and 1931, including six years as Speaker of the Hous ...
; Ranking Member:
William P. Kimball)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman:
Reuben O. Moon
Reuben Osborne Moon (July 22, 1847 – October 26, 1919) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.
Moon was born in Jobstown, New Jersey. He graduated from the National School of Oratory, in Philadelphia, ...
; Ranking Member:
Robert B. Macon
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Macon was born near Trenton, Arkansas, and was left an orphan at the age of nine. He attended the public schools and studied at home, and engaged ...
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* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member:
Stephen M. Sparkman
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman (July 29, 1849 – September 26, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.
Biography
Stephen M. Sparkman was born on a farm in Hernando County, Florida, on July 29, 1849. He attended the common schools.
He taugh ...
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* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
John Dalzell
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; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams, John S. Williams)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Edward L. Hamilton
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Hamilton was born in Niles Township, Michigan, where he attended grade school and graduated from the Niles High School in 1876. He ...
; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
* United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman:
William H. Graham
William Harrison Graham (August 3, 1844 – March 2, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Biography
William H. Graham was born on August 3, 1844, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylva ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman:
Kittredge Haskins
Kittredge Haskins (April 8, 1836 – August 7, 1916) was a Vermont lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born in Dover, Vermont, Haskins attended the public schools and received instruction from a private tut ...
; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:
Sereno E. Payne
Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a United States representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican congressman from 1883 to 1887 and then ...
; Ranking Member:
Champ Clark
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Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
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* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House)
* Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
* Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
* Public Printer of the United States: Charles A. Stillings, until 1908
** John S. Leech, 1908
** Samuel B. Donnelly, from 1908
Senate
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward E. Hale, Unitarianism, Unitarian
House of Representatives
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Alexander McDowell
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Samuel Langum, elected December 2, 1907
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist
See also
* United States elections, 1906 (elections leading to this Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1906
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1906
* United States elections, 1908 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1908 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1908
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1908
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