The 62nd 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 chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. It met in
Washington, DC
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from March 4, 1911, to March 4, 1913, during the final two years of
William H. Taft'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 b ...
.
The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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was based on the
Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Additional House seats were assigned to the two new states of New Mexico and Arizona. The size of the House was to be 435 starting with the new Congress coming into session in 1913. The Senate had a
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
majority, and the House had a
Democratic majority.
Major events
* April 27, 1911: Following the resignation and death of
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 ...
, a
compromise is reached to rotate the office of
President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
* October 30, 1912: Vice President
James S. Sherman died.
Major legislation
* August 8, 1911:
Public Law 62-5
The Apportionment Act of 1911 (, ) was an apportionment bill passed by the United States Congress on August 8, 1911. The law initially set the number of members of the United States House of Representatives at 433, effective with the 63rd Congr ...
, (set House of Representatives size at 435 members)
* August 24, 1912:
Lloyd–La Follette Act The Lloyd–La Follette Act of 1912 began the process of protecting civil servants in the United States from unwarranted or abusive removal by codifying "just cause" standards previously embodied in presidential orders. It defines "just causes" as ...
, ch. 389, § 6,
* February 13, 1913:
Carlin Act
The Carlin Act of 1913, sponsored by Rep. Charles Creighton Carlin (D) of Virginia and signed into law by President William Howard Taft, was an Act of the United States Congress that made larceny from interstate carriers a felony and a federal cr ...
* March 1, 1913:
Webb–Kenyon Act
The Webb–Kenyon Act was a 1913 law of the United States that regulated the interstate transport of alcoholic beverages. It was meant to provide federal support for the prohibition efforts of individual states in the face of charges that state reg ...
* March 1, 1913:
Railway Evaluation Act
* March 3, 1913:
Publicity In Taking Evidence Act
* March 3, 1913:
Virus-Serum-Toxin Act
* March 3, 1913:
Gould Amendment
The Gould Amendment sponsored by Rep. Samuel W. Gould (D) of Maine, amended the Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, also known as Dr. Wiley's Law, was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws w ...
* March 4, 1913:
Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Act
* March 4, 1913:
Road and Trails Fund Act
* March 4, 1913:
Burnett Act
* March 4, 1913:
Weeks–McLean Act The Weeks–McLean Act was a law of the United States sponsored by Representative John W. Weeks (R) of Massachusetts and Senator George P. McLean (R) of Connecticut that prohibited the spring hunting and marketing of migratory birds and the imp ...
* March 4, 1913:
Federal Revenue Sharing Act
The Federal Revenue Sharing Act, also called the Expenditures from Receipts Act, was a bill passed in 1913 by the US Congress
The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, ...
* March 4, 1913:
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1913
In United States federal legislation, the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1913 appropriated money for various Congressional river and harbor improvement projects, the most prominent of which was Indiana Harbor, Indiana.
1913 in American law
62nd U ...
* March 4, 1913:
Burnt Timber Act
* March 4, 1913:
Labor Department Act,
Constitutional amendments
* May 13, 1912: Approved an amendment to the
United States Constitution establishing the popular election of United States senators by the people of the states, and submitted it to the
state legislatures for
ratification
Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally. Ratification defines the international act in which a state indicates its consent to be bound to a treaty if the parties inte ...
** Amendment was later ratified on April 8, 1913, becoming the
seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
* February 3, 1913:
Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population. It was passed by Congress in 1909 in response to the 1895 Sup ...
was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution
States admitted and territories created
* January 6, 1912:
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
admitted to the Union.
* February 14, 1912:
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
admitted to the Union
* August 24, 1912:
Alaska Territory
The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959. The territory was previously Russian America, 1784–1867; the ...
created.
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leaders
Senate
![James Sherman, Bain bw photo portrait facing left](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/James_Sherman%2C_Bain_bw_photo_portrait_facing_left.jpg)
*
President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
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Automobiles
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:
James S. Sherman (R), until October 30, 1912; thereafter vacant
*
Presidents pro tempore:
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), until April 27, 1911.
** For the remainder of this Congress, the office rotated among five senators. The Senate at that time was split between progressive Republicans, conservative Republicans, and Democrats. Each put forth a candidate, and the ballots were deadlocked until August 1911 when a compromise was reached. Democrat
Augustus 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 el ...
served for one day on August 14, 1911, and thereafter he and four Republicans rotated holding the seat for the remainder of the Congress. These Republicans were:
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 ...
,
Jacob H. Gallinger,
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 ...
, and
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. ...
.
*
Republican Conference Chairman
The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informin ...
:
Shelby Moore 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 ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Thomas S. Martin
*
Republican Conference Secretary:
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 ...
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
William E. Chilton
William Edwin Chilton (March 17, 1858November 7, 1939) was a United States senator from West Virginia. Born in St. Albans, West Virginia, Colesmouth, Virginia (now St. Albans, West Virginia), he attended public and private schools and graduated ...
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
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Society and politics
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** I ...
:
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 ...
(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader
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Oscar 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 ...
*
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 ...
: vacant
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Albert S. Burleson
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
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, Missou ...
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
James R. Mann
*
Minority Whip
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:
John W. Dwight
*
Republican Conference Chairman
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:
Frank Dunklee Currier
Members
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Senate
At this time, most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1914; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1916.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
: 2.
John H. Bankhead (D)
: 3.
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)
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
: 1.
Henry F. Ashurst (D), from April 2, 1912
: 3.
Marcus A. Smith (D), from April 2, 1912
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 O ...
: 2.
Jeff Davis (D), until January 3, 1913
::
John N. Heiskell (D), January 6, 1913 – January 29, 1913
::
William M. Kavanaugh
William Marmaduke Kavanaugh (March 3, 1866February 21, 1915) was a Democratic United States Senator from the State of Arkansas.
Biography
William Marmaduke Kavanaugh was born near Eutaw, Alabama on March 3, 1866. Kavanaugh attended public scho ...
(D), from January 29, 1913
: 3.
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 state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
: 1.
John D. Works (R)
: 3.
George C. Perkins (R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, 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 wes ...
: 2.
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 G ...
(R)
: 3.
Charles S. Thomas (D), from January 15, 1913
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 capita ...
: 1.
George P. McLean
George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...
(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 (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.
Nathan P. Bryan
Nathan Philemon Bryan (April 23, 1872 – August 8, 1935) was a United States senator from Florida and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Education and career
Born on April 23, 1872, in Fo ...
(D)
: 3.
Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
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 ele ...
(D)
: 3.
Joseph M. Terrell (D), until July 14, 1911
::
Hoke Smith (D), from November 16, 1911
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 Wyomi ...
: 2.
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 (R), until October 17, 1912
::
Kirtland I. Perky
Kirtland Irving Perky (February 8, 1867 – January 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Idaho.
Early life and education
Born in Smithville, Ohio, he attended the publi ...
(D), November 18, 1912 – February 5, 1913
::
James H. Brady
James Henry Brady (June 12, 1862 – January 13, 1918) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. He served as the state's eighth governor from 1909 to 1911 and a United States Senator for nearly five years, from 1913 until his d ...
(R), from February 6, 1913
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
: 2.
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.
William Lorimer (R), until July 13, 1912
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.
John W. Kern (D)
: 3.
Benjamin F. Shively (D)
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 th ...
: 2.
Lafayette Young
Lafayette "Lafe" Young (May 10, 1848November 15, 1926) was a newspaper reporter and editor, and (briefly) a Republican Senator from Iowa.
Early life and education
Young was born in Monroe County, Iowa. His early education was acquired in the ...
(R), until April 11, 1911
::
William S. Kenyon (R), from April 12, 1911
: 3.
Albert B. Cummins (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 th ...
: 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.
Joseph L. Bristow
Joseph Little Bristow (July 22, 1861July 14, 1944) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from the American state of Kansas. Elected in 1908, Bristow served a single term in the United States Senate where he gained recognit ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Thomas H. Paynter (D)
: 3.
William O. Bradley (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 ...
: 2.
Murphy J. Foster (D)
: 3.
John Thornton (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 ...
: 1.
Charles F. Johnson (D)
: 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), until August 8, 1911
::
Obadiah Gardner
Obadiah Gardner (September 13, 1852July 24, 1938) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Gardner was a businessman and member of the Democratic Party who served in several minor state executive positions before serving in the ...
(D), from September 23, 1911
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 (D), until November 25, 1912
::
William P. Jackson (R), from November 29, 1912
: 3.
John W. Smith (D)
Massachusetts
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: 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 (R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
: 1.
Charles E. Townsend (R)
: 2.
William Alden Smith
William Alden Smith (May 12, 1859 – October 11, 1932) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. After the 1912 sinking of the ''Titanic'', Smith chaired the Senate hearings into the disaster. The audience ...
(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 (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.
John S. Williams (D)
: 2.
LeRoy Percy
LeRoy Percy (November 9, 1860December 24, 1929) was an American attorney, planter, and Democratic politician who served as a United States Senator to the state of Mississippi from 1910 to 1913.
Percy was a grandson of Charles "Don Carlos" Perc ...
(D)
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
: 1.
James A. Reed (D)
: 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 Columb ...
: 1.
Henry L. Myers (D)
: 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 sout ...
: 1.
Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
: 2.
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 state in the 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. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
: 1.
George S. Nixon (R), until June 5, 1912
::
William A. Massey (R), July 1, 1912 – January 29, 1913
::
Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
B ...
(D), from January 29, 1913
: 3.
Francis G. Newlands (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a 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 to the nor ...
: 2.
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 (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 ...
: 1.
James E. Martine (D)
: 2.
Frank O. Briggs (R)
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
: 1.
Thomas B. Catron (R), from April 2, 1912
: 2.
Albert B. Fall
Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861November 30, 1944) was a United States senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal; he was the only pers ...
(R), from April 2, 1912
New York
: 1.
James A. O'Gorman (D), from April 4, 1911
: 3.
Elihu A. Root (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 ...
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Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
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Lee S. Overman (D)
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...
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Porter J. McCumber (R)
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Asle J. Gronna (R)
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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Atlee Pomerene
Atlee Pomerene (December 6, 1863November 12, 1937) was an American Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1911 until 1923.
Biography
Pomerene was born on December 6, 1863, in Berlin, Holmes C ...
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Theodore E. Burton (R)
Oklahoma
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Robert L. Owen (D)
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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 ...
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Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
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Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R)
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George E. Chamberlain (D)
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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George T. Oliver (R)
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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 state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
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Henry F. Lippitt
Henry Frederick Lippitt (October 12, 1856December 28, 1933) was a member of the prominent Lippitt family, which made its fortune in the textile business, and served as United States Senator from Rhode Island.
Biography
Born in Providence on ...
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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 ...
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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 Tillman (D)
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Ellison D. Smith (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...
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Robert J. Gamble (R)
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Coe I. Crawford (R)
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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Luke Lea (D)
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Robert L. Taylor (D), until March 31, 1912
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Newell Sanders
Newell Sanders (July 12, 1850January 26, 1939) was a Chattanooga businessman who served for a relatively brief time as a United States Senator from Tennessee.
Life and career
Sanders was born in Owen County, Indiana, the son of Miriam (Coffey) a ...
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William R. Webb (D), from January 24, 1913
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
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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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Rienzi M. Johnston (D), January 4, 1913 – January 29, 1913
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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 ...
(D), from February 3, 1913
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 serv ...
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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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Carroll S. Page (R)
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William P. Dillingham (R)
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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Claude A. Swanson (D)
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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 o ...
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Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican Party (United States), Republican and briefly a Progressive Party 1912 (United States), Progressive, he served one term as a United States ...
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Wesley L. Jones (R)
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 B ...
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William E. Chilton
William Edwin Chilton (March 17, 1858November 7, 1939) was a United States senator from West Virginia. Born in St. Albans, West Virginia, Colesmouth, Virginia (now St. Albans, West Virginia), he attended public and private schools and graduated ...
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Clarence W. Watson (D)
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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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 Fr ...
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Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the 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 southwest, and Colorado to the s ...
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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 are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
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George W. Taylor (D)
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S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)
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Henry D. Clayton (D)
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Fred L. Blackmon (D)
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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 (D)
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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 (D)
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Oscar W. Underwood (D)
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
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Carl Hayden
Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
(D), from February 19, 1912
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 O ...
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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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William A. Oldfield
William Allan Oldfield (February 4, 1874 – November 19, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1909 until his death.
Early life
Born in Franklin, Arkansas, Oldfield was the son of b ...
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John C. Floyd (D)
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William B. Cravens (D)
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Henderson M. Jacoway (D)
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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, servin ...
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Samuel M. Taylor (D), from January 15, 1913
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William S. Goodwin (D)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
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John E. Raker (D)
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William Kent
William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) was an English architect, landscape architect, painter and furniture designer of the early 18th century. He began his career as a painter, and became Principal Painter in Ordinary or court painter, bu ...
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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 (R)
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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, Ja ...
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William D. Stephens (R)
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Sylvester C. Smith (R), until January 26, 1913
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, 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 wes ...
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Edward T. Taylor (D)
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Atterson Walden Rucker (D)
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John A. Martin (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 capita ...
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John Q. Tilson (R)
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E. Stevens Henry (R)
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Thomas L. Reilly
Thomas Lawrence Reilly (September 20, 1858 – July 6, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in New Britain, Connecticut, Reilly attended the common schools and was graduated from the Connecticut State Normal Schoo ...
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Edwin W. Higgins (R)
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Ebenezer J. Hill (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 ...
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William H. Heald (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 ...
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Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
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Frank Clark (D)
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Dannite H. Mays (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 (U.S. state), Georgia.
Early years and education
Edwards was born in Daisy, Georgia, Daisy, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia i ...
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Seaborn Roddenbery
Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery (January 12, 1870 - September 25, 1913) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Georgia, known for his proposal of an anti-miscegenation amendment to the United States Constit ...
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Dudley M. Hughes
Dudley Mays Hughes (October 10, 1848 – January 20, 1927) was an American politician, farmer and railroad executive.
Hughes was born in Jeffersonville, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia in Athens.
In 1882, Hughes was elected ...
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William C. Adamson (D)
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William S. Howard
William Schley Howard (June 29, 1875 – August 1, 1953) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, and cousin of U.S. Senator Augustus O. Bacon.
Born in Kirkwood, Georgia, of entirely English descent, Howard attended Neel's Academy. At the ...
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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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Samuel J. Tribble (D)
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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 Univ ...
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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 Wyomi ...
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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 state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
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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 (D)
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Edmund J. Stack
Edmund John Stack (January 31, 1874 – April 12, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Stack attended the grammar and high schools of Chicago. He was graduated from the law department of Lake Forest (Illino ...
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Frank Buchanan (D)
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Thomas Gallagher (D)
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Lynden Evans (D)
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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 ...
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Ira C. Copley (R)
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Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller (March 31, 1849 – June 25, 1926) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Belvidere, Illinois, Fuller attended the common schools.
He studied law.
He was Admission ...
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John C. McKenzie (R)
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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" fro ...
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George W. Prince (R)
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Claude U. Stone (D)
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John A. Sterling (R)
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Joseph G. Cannon (R)
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William B. McKinley (R)
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Henry T. Rainey (D)
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James M. Graham (D)
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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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H. Robert Fowler
Hiram Robert Fowler (February 7, 1851 – January 5, 1926) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Early life and education
Born near Eddyville, Illinois, Fowler attended the public schools of his na ...
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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 ...
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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 W. Boehne (D)
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William A. Cullop (D)
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William E. Cox (D)
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Lincoln Dixon (D)
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Ralph Wilbur Moss (D)
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Finly H. Gray (D)
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Charles A. Korbly (D)
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John A.M. Adair (D)
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Martin A. Morrison
Martin Andrew Morrison (April 15, 1862 – July 9, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Frankfort, Indiana, Morrison attended a public school.
He graduated from Butler College, Irvington, Indiana, in June 1883 and from the la ...
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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 U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1913. He was the father of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker and cousin of Shepard J. ...
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George W. Rauch (D)
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Cyrus Cline (D)
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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 ...
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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 th ...
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Charles A. Kennedy (R)
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Irvin S. Pepper (D)
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Charles E. Pickett (R)
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Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
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James W. Good (R)
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Nathan E. Kendall
Nathan Edward Kendall (March 17, 1868 – November 5, 1936) was an American Republican politician. Kendall was a two-term U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district and the 23rd Governor of Iowa.
Background
Born on a farm near G ...
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Solomon F. Prouty (R)
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Horace M. Towner
Horace Mann Towner (October 23, 1855 – November 23, 1937) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa's 8th congressional district and appointed the governor of Puerto Rico. In an ...
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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 ...
(R), until March 15, 1911
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William R. Green
William Raymond Green (November 7, 1856 – June 11, 1947) was a United States representative from Iowa, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and later was a United States federal judge, judge of the United States Court of Claims, Cour ...
(R), from June 5, 1911
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Frank P. Woods
Frank Plowman Woods (December 11, 1868 – April 25, 1944) was a five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district, in north-central Iowa. He reached a House leadership position after only two terms. However, in ...
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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), until June 4, 1912
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George Cromwell Scott
George Cromwell Scott (August 8, 1864 – October 6, 1948) was a United States representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district for just over four years, and was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the No ...
(R), from November 5, 1912
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 th ...
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Daniel R. Anthony Jr. (R)
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Alexander C. Mitchell (R), until July 7, 1911
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Joseph Taggart
Joseph Taggart (June 15, 1867 – December 3, 1938) was a lawyer and a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, representing the Kansas's 2nd congressio ...
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Philip P. Campbell (R)
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Fred S. Jackson (R)
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Rollin R. Rees (R)
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Isaac D. Young (R)
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Edmond H. Madison (R), until September 18, 1911
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George A. Neeley (D), from January 9, 1912
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, he served as the 38th governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Repre ...
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Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D)
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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 foot ...
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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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Arthur B. Rouse (D)
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J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
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Harvey Helm (D)
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William Jason Fields (D)
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John W. Langley (R)
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Caleb Powers (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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Albert Estopinal (D)
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Henry Garland Dupré (D)
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Robert Foligny Broussard (D)
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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 United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
Early life an ...
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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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Robert Charles Wickliffe
Robert Charles Wickliffe (May 1, 1874 – June 11, 1912), (grandson of Charles A. Wickliffe and cousin of John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham) was a U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the ...
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Lewis Lovering Morgan
Lewis Lovering Morgan (March 2, 1876 – June 10, 1950) was an American lawyer and politician from Covington, Louisiana.
He served in the United States House of Representatives from November 5, 1912, to March 4, 1917, from Louisiana's 6th ...
(D), from November 5, 1912
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Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)
Maine
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Asher C. Hinds (R)
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Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D)
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Samuel W. Gould
Samuel Wadsworth Gould (January 1, 1852 – December 19, 1935) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Porter. He moved with his parents to Hiram, and attended the public schools and North Parsonsfield Seminary. He gr ...
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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)
Maryland
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J. Harry Covington (D)
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J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
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George Konig
George Konig (January 26, 1856 – May 31, 1913) was a United States Congressman who represented Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1911 to 1913. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Konig was born to George Konig (the 2nd) and ...
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J. Charles Linthicum (D)
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Thomas Parran Sr.
Thomas Parran (February 12, 1860 – March 29, 1955) was an American politician.
Born near St. Leonard, Maryland, Parran attended the public schools and Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates fr ...
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David J. Lewis (D)
Massachusetts
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George P. Lawrence (R)
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Frederick H. Gillett (R)
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John A. Thayer (D)
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William H. Wilder (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 Franklin Butler, both decorated generals in the Union Army during the Ame ...
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Augustus P. Gardner (R)
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Ernest W. Roberts (R)
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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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William F. Murray (D)
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James Michael Curley
James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874 – November 12, 1958) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston. He also served a single term as governor of Massachusetts, characterized ...
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Andrew J. Peters (D)
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John W. Weeks (R)
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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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Robert O. Harris
Robert Orr Harris (November 8, 1854 – June 13, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, son of Benjamin Winslow Harris.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Harris attended the common schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Ha ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
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Frank E. Doremus (D)
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William Wedemeyer (R), until January 2, 1913
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John M. C. Smith (R)
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Edward L. Hamilton (R)
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Edwin F. Sweet (D)
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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, ser ...
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Henry McMorran (R)
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Joseph W. Fordney (R)
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James C. McLaughlin (R)
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George A. Loud (R)
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Francis H. Dodds (R)
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H. Olin Young (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 ...
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Sydney Anderson (R)
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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 (R)
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Frederick Stevens (R)
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Frank Nye (R)
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Charles August Lindbergh (R)
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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 N ...
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Clarence B. Miller (R)
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Halvor Steenerson (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 ...
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Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D)
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Hubert D. Stephens (D)
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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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Thomas U. Sisson (D)
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Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (D)
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Pat Harrison
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
Early li ...
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William A. Dickson (D)
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James W. Collier (D)
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
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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, Missou ...
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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 Chari ...
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Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
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Charles F. Booher (D)
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William Patterson Borland (D)
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Clement C. Dickinson (D)
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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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Theron Ephron Catlin
Theron Ephron Catlin (May 16, 1878 – March 19, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri's 11th congressional district.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Catlin attended private schools.
He graduated from Harvard University in 1899 and from t ...
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Patrick F. Gill (D), from August 12, 1912
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Leonidas C. Dyer
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer (June 11, 1871 – December 15, 1957) was an American politician, reformer, civil rights activist, and military officer. A Republican, he served eleven terms in the U.S. Congress as a U.S. Representative from Missouri ...
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Walter Lewis Hensley (D)
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Joseph J. Russell (D)
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James Alexander Daugherty
James Alexander Daugherty (August 30, 1847 – January 26, 1920) was an American politician who was a Democratic U.S. Representative and state judge from southwest Missouri.
Biography
Daugherty was born in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee, Au ...
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Thomas L. Rubey (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 Columb ...
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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, ...
(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 sout ...
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John A. Maguire
John Arthur Maguire (November 29, 1870 – July 1, 1939) was an American Democratic Party politician.
He was born near Elizabeth, Illinois on November 29, 1870, and moved to the Dakota Territory in 1882 with his parents settling near what is ...
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Charles O. Lobeck (D)
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James P. Latta (D), until September 11, 1911
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Dan V. Stephens (D), from November 7, 1911
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Charles Henry Sloan (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 ...
(R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the 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. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
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Edwin E. Roberts (R)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a 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 to the nor ...
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Cyrus Adams Sulloway (R)
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Frank Dunklee Currier (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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Henry C. Loudenslager (R), until August 12, 1911
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William J. Browning (R), from November 7, 1911
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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, a ...
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Thomas J. Scully (D)
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Ira W. Wood (R)
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William E. Tuttle Jr. (D)
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William Hughes (D), until September 27, 1912
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Archibald C. Hart (D), from November 5, 1912
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Edward W. Townsend (D)
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Walter I. McCoy (D)
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Eugene F. Kinkead
Eugene Francis Kinkead (March 27, 1876 – September 6, 1960), was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 9th congressional district from 1909 to 1913, and the 8th district from 1913 to 1915.
Biograph ...
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James A. Hamill (D)
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
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Harvey B. Fergusson (D), from January 8, 1912
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George Curry (R), from January 8, 1912
New York
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Martin W. Littleton (D)
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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 from 1901 to 1913. He was the Coroner of Kings County, New York, from 1886 to ...
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James P. Maher (D)
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Frank E. Wilson (D)
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William C. Redfield (D)
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William M. Calder (R)
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John J. Fitzgerald (D)
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Daniel J. Riordan (D)
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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 ...
(D), until December 31, 1912
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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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Michael F. Conry (D)
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Jefferson M. Levy
Jefferson Monroe Levy (April 16, 1852 – March 6, 1924) was a three-term U.S. Congressman from New York, a leader of the New York Democratic Party, and a renowned real estate and stock speculator.
In 1879 at the age of 27, he took control of ...
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John J. Kindred (D)
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Thomas G. Patten (D)
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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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Henry George Jr. (D)
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Stephen B. Ayres (D)
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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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Richard E. Connell (D), until October 30, 1912
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William H. Draper (R)
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Henry S. De Forest (R)
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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 Computi ...
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Theron Akin
Theron Akin (May 23, 1855 – March 26, 1933) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1911 to 1913.
Biography
Born in Johnstown, New York, on May 23, 1855 Akin was the son of Ethan and Susan (St ...
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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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Edwin A. Merritt (R), from November 5, 1912
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Charles A. Talcott (D)
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Luther W. Mott (R)
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Michael E. Driscoll (R)
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John W. Dwight (R)
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Sereno E. Payne (R)
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Henry G. Danforth (R)
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Edwin S. Underhill (D)
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James S. Simmons (R)
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Daniel A. Driscoll
Daniel Angelus Driscoll (March 6, 1875 – June 5, 1955) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1909 to 1917.
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Charles B. Smith (D)
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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 ...
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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 (D)
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John M. Faison (D)
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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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Charles M. Stedman (D)
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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 schoo ...
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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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Robert L. Doughton (D)
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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.
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James M. Gudger Jr. (D)
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...
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Louis B. Hanna (R), until January 7, 1913
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Henry Thomas Helgesen (R)
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 ini ...
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Alfred G. Allen (D)
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James M. Cox
James Middleton Cox (March 31, 1870 July 15, 1957) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. As the Democratic nominee for President of the United S ...
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J. Henry Goeke
John Henry Goeke (October 28, 1869 – March 25, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1911 to 1915.
Biography
Born near Minster, Ohio, Goeke attended the common schools and was graduated from Pio Nono College in St. ...
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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 (D)
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James D. Post (D)
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Frank B. Willis (R)
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Isaac R. Sherwood
Isaac Ruth Sherwood (August 13, 1835 – October 15, 1925) was an American politician and newspaper editor from Toledo, Ohio, as well as an officer in the Union army during the Civil War. He served nine terms in the United States Congress, ...
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Robert M. Switzer (R)
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Horatio C. Claypool (D)
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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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Carl C. Anderson (D), until October 1, 1912
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William G. Sharp
William Graves Sharp (March 14, 1859 – November 17, 1922) was an American lawyer, manufacturer, three-term congressman, and diplomat.
Biography
Sharp was born in Mount Gilead, Ohio on March 14, 1859.
He moved to Elyria, Ohio with his mot ...
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George White George White may refer to:
Politicians
* George White (died 1584) (c. 1530–1584), MP for Liverpool
* George White (Liberal politician) (1840–1912), British Liberal member of parliament, 1900–1912
* George E. White (politician) (1848–1935), ...
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William B. Francis (D)
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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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John J. Whitacre (D)
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Elsworth R. Bathrick (D)
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L. Paul Howland (R)
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Robert J. Bulkley (D)
Oklahoma
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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 c ...
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Dick Thompson Morgan
Dick Thompson Morgan (December 6, 1853 – July 4, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Early life and education
Born at Prairie Creek, Indiana, a few miles southwest of Terre Haute, Indiana, Morgan attended the country schools ...
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James S. Davenport (D)
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Charles D. Carter (D)
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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)
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
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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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Walter Lafferty
Abraham Walter Lafferty (June 10, 1875 – January 15, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Oregon. Lafferty spent the majority of his career both as a legislator and as an attorney attempting to have millions of acres of land previ ...
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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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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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William S. Vare (R), from May 24, 1912
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William S. Reyburn
William Stuart Reyburn (December 17, 1882 – July 25, 1946) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Background
Reyburn was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Margre ...
(R), from May 23, 1911
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J. Hampton Moore (R)
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Reuben O. Moon (R)
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Michael Donohoe (D)
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George D. McCreary (R)
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Thomas S. Butler (R)
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Robert E. Difenderfer (D)
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William W. Griest (R)
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John R. Farr (R)
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Charles C. Bowman (R), until December 12, 1912
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Robert Emmett Lee
Robert Emmett Lee (October 12, 1868 – November 19, 1916) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Robert E. Lee was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He was apprenticed to the blacksmith's ...
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John H. Rothermel (D)
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George W. Kipp (D), until July 24, 1911
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William D.B. Ainey (R), from November 7, 1911
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William B. Wilson (D)
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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 ...
(D), until December 27, 1912
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Benjamin K. Focht (R)
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Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
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Jesse L. Hartman (R)
: .
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 ...
(R)
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Charles E. Patton (R)
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Curtis H. Gregg (D)
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Thomas S. Crago (R)
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Charles Matthews (R)
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Arthur L. Bates (R)
: .
A. Mitchell Palmer
Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 – May 11, 1936), was an American attorney and politician who served as the 50th United States attorney general from 1919 to 1921. He is best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare ...
(D)
: .
J. N. Langham
Jonathan Nicholas Langham (August 4, 1861 – May 21, 1945) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Langham was born near Hillsdale, Pennsylvania. He taught school, and graduated from the ...
(R)
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Peter M. Speer (R)
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Stephen G. Porter (R)
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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 ...
(R)
: .
James F. Burke (R)
: .
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 attend ...
(R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
: .
George Francis O'Shaunessy (D)
: .
George H. Utter
George Herbert Utter (July 24, 1854 – November 3, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island and the 49th Governor of Rhode Island.
Biography
Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Utter moved with his parents to Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1 ...
(R), until November 3, 1912
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 = ...
: .
George S. Legare
George may refer to:
People
* George (given name)
* 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 Presiden ...
(D), until January 31, 1913
: .
James F. Byrnes
James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, ...
(D)
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Wyatt Aiken (D)
: .
Joseph T. Johnson (D)
: .
David E. Finley (D)
: .
J. Edwin Ellerbe (D)
: .
Asbury F. Lever (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...
: .
Charles H. Burke
Charles Henry Burke (April 1, 1861 – April 7, 1944) was a Republican Congressman from South Dakota and Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1920s.
Biography
He was born near Batavia, New York, in 1861, and attended the public sc ...
(R)
: .
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
M ...
(R)
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 ...
: .
Sam R. Sells (R)
: .
Richard W. Austin
Richard Wilson Austin (August 26, 1857 – April 20, 1919) was an American politician, attorney and diplomat. A Republican, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1919, representing Tennessee's 2nd district. ...
(R)
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John Austin Moon (D)
: .
Cordell Hull (D)
: .
William C. Houston (D)
: .
Joseph W. Byrns (D)
: .
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 ...
(D)
: .
Thetus Willrette Sims (D)
: .
Finis J. Garrett (D)
: .
George W. Gordon (D), until August 9, 1911
::
Kenneth McKellar (D), from December 4, 1911
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
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John Morris Sheppard (D), until February 3, 1913
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Martin Dies (D)
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James Young (D)
: .
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 ...
(D)
: .
Rufus Hardy (D)
: .
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 ...
(D)
: .
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 ...
(D)
: .
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 agr ...
(D)
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Albert Sidney Burleson (D)
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Robert L. Henry (D)
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Oscar Callaway (D)
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John Hall Stephens (D)
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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 ...
(D)
: .
John Nance Garner (D)
: .
William R. Smith (D)
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 ...
: .
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 ...
(R)
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 ...
: .
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) F ...
(R), until March 21, 1912
::
Frank L. Greene (R), from July 30, 1912
: .
Frank Plumley
Frank Plumley (December 17, 1844 – April 30, 1924) was an American politician and lawyer from Vermont. He served as United States district attorney and U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Early life and career
Plumley was born in Eden, V ...
(R)
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 ...
: .
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 ...
(D)
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Edward Everett Holland (D)
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John Lamb (D)
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Robert Turnbull (D)
: .
Edward W. Saunders (D)
: .
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 Treas ...
(D)
: .
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 (172 ...
(D)
: .
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.
Ea ...
(D)
: .
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)
: .
Henry De Flood (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 o ...
: .
William E. Humphrey (R)
: .
Stanton Warburton (R)
: .
William Leroy La Follette (R)
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 B ...
: .
John W. Davis
John William Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served under President Woodrow Wilson as the Solicitor General of the United States and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ...
(D)
: .
William Gay Brown Jr. (D)
: .
Adam B. Littlepage (D)
: .
John M. Hamilton
John M. Hamilton (March 16, 1855 – December 27, 1916) was a Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for West Virginia's 4th District; he served in the 62nd United States Congress from 1911 to 1913.
Biography
Hamilton was born ...
(D)
: .
James Anthony Hughes (R)
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 ...
: .
Henry Allen Cooper (R)
: .
John M. Nelson (R)
: .
Arthur W. Kopp
Arthur William Kopp (February 28, 1874 – June 2, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Bigpatch, Wisconsin, Kopp attended the common schools of Grant County, Wisconsin. He graduated from the State normal school, now the U ...
(R)
: .
William J. Cary (R)
: .
Victor L. Berger (S)
: .
Michael Edmund Burke (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)
: .
Thomas Frank Konop (D)
: .
Elmer A. Morse (R)
: .
Irvine L. Lenroot (R)
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the 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 southwest, and Colorado to the s ...
: .
Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)
Non-voting members
: .
James Wickersham
James Wickersham (August 24, 1857 – October 24, 1939) was a district judge for Alaska, appointed by U.S. President William McKinley to the Third Judicial District in 1900. He resigned his post in 1908 and was subsequently elected as Alaska ...
(R)
: .
Ralph H. Cameron (R), until February 14, 1912
: .
Jonah Kuhio 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 ...
(R), until January 6, 1912
: .
Benito Legarda y Tuason (Resident Commissioner), (
Fed., R)
: .
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, (; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier and politician who served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his de ...
(Resident Commissioner), (
Nac.)
: .
Luis Muñoz Rivera
Luis Muñoz Rivera (July 17, 1859 – November 15, 1916) was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician. He was a major figure in the struggle for political autonomy of Puerto Rico in union with Spain.
In 1887, Muñoz Rivera became part ...
(Resident Commissioner), (Unionist)
Changes in membership
Senate
There were 20 changes: 6 deaths, 2 resignations, 1 invalidated election, 6 appointees replaced by electees, 4 seats added from new states, and 1 seat vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 4-seat net gain, and no other parties had a net change.
House of Representatives
House vacancies are only filled by elections. State laws regulate when (and if) there will be special elections.
Committees
Senate
*
Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:
Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Agriculture and Forestry (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:
John H. Bankhead)
*
Appropriations (Chairman:
Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
*
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
Frank O. Briggs; 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 ...
)
*
Canadian Relations (Chairman:
George T. Oliver; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
*
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 in ...
(Chairman:
Robert M. La Follette
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 ...
; 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 ...
)
*
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
Albert B. Cummins; 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 ...
)
*
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:
Coe I. Crawford; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman:
Charles E. Townsend; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson)
*
Coast Defenses (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons)
*
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:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Conservation of National Resources (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:
Francis G. Newlands)
*
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman:
Francis G. Newlands; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Cuban Relations (Chairman:
Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons)
*
Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
*
District of Columbia
)
, image_skyline =
, 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; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Education and Labor (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Isidor Rayner then
John H. Bankhead)
*
Election of William Lorimer (Select)
*
Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member:
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. ...
)
*
Enrolled Bills (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 Fr ...
; Ranking Member:
Murphy J. Foster)
*
Establish a University in the United States (Select)
*
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Thomas H. Paynter; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman:
Henry F. Lippitt
Henry Frederick Lippitt (October 12, 1856December 28, 1933) was a member of the prominent Lippitt family, which made its fortune in the textile business, and served as United States Senator from Rhode Island.
Biography
Born in Providence on ...
; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons)
*
Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor (Chairman:
Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican Party (United States), Republican and briefly a Progressive Party 1912 (United States), Progressive, he served one term as a United States ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
James M. Graham; Ranking Member:
Jeff Davis)
*
Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Chairman:
William O. Bradley; 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 (Chairman:
Asle J. Gronna; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Joseph L. Bristow
Joseph Little Bristow (July 22, 1861July 14, 1944) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from the American state of Kansas. Elected in 1908, Bristow served a single term in the United States Senate where he gained recognit ...
; 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 ele ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman:
William S. Kenyon; 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 ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member:
John W. Smith)
*
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
John D. Works; Ranking Member:
Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
*
Finance (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:
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 ...
)
*
Fisheries (Chairman:
Wesley L. Jones; 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 ...
)
*
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
; Ranking Member:
Moses E. Clapp)
*
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 m ...
(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 ele ...
)
*
Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman:
George P. McLean
George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
*
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:
Robert L. Taylor; Ranking Member:
Frank O. Briggs)
*
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, a ...
(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:
Jeff Davis)
*
Impeachment of Robert H. Archibald (Select)
*
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:
Robert J. Gamble; 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:
Isidor Rayner then
Jeff Davis; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Industrial Expositions (Chairman:
Elihu Root; Ranking Member:
Isidor Rayner then
Lee S. Overman)
*
Interoceanic Canals (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:
Furnifold M. Simmons)
*
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 amo ...
(Chairman:
Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
*
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman:
George S. Nixon; 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 ...
)
*
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 ele ...
)
*
Library
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(Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Francis G. Newlands)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member:
Ellison D. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member:
Murphy J. Foster)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
William Lorimer; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
Jeff Davis; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Chairman: George C. Perkins)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (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 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 Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (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:
Benjamin F. Shively)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member:
Robert L. Taylor)
* United States Senate Committee on the Philippines, Philippines (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 G ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member:
John H. Bankhead)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member:
John W. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (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 ele ...
; Ranking Member: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member:
Thomas H. Paynter)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (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:
Charles A. Culberson)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman:
Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (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:
Francis G. Newlands)
* United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman:
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 ...
; 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 Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
Weldon B. Heyburn)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
William O. Bradley)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; 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 ele ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith; Ranking Member:
Robert L. Owen)
* United States Senate Committee on Third Degree Ordeal, Third Degree Ordeal
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
Murphy J. Foster; 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 Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
Ellison D. Smith; 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 Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman:
John W. Smith; Ranking Member:
William O. Bradley)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman:
Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member: James A. Hughes)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
John Lamb; Ranking Member:
Gilbert N. Haugen)
* United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:
Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.; Ranking Member:
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 attend ...
)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
John J. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member:
Joseph G. Cannon)
* United States House Special Committee on the American Sugar Refining Company, American Sugar Refining Company (Special)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Arsene P. Pujo; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
William C. Houston; Ranking Member:
Edgar D. Crumpacker
Edgar Dean Crumpacker (May 27, 1851 – May 19, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1913. He was the father of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker and cousin of Shepard J. ...
)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
William H. Heald)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member:
William W. Griest)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott, J. Frederick Cockey Talbott; Ranking Member:
George D. McCreary)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
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 foot ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member:
James F. Burke)
* 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:
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 Chari ...
; Ranking Member:
Marlin E. Olmsted)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Solomon F. Prouty)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman:
James A. Hamill; Ranking Member:
John M. Nelson)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Henry Allen Cooper, Henry A. Cooper)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Ben Cravens; Ranking Member: Daniel Read Anthony)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Ralph W. Moss (politician), Ralph W. Moss; Ranking Member:
Edwin W. Higgins)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman:
John H. Rothermel; Ranking Member: Bird Segle McGuire, Bird S. McGuire)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
James M. Graham; Ranking Member: Franklin W. Mondell)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Jack Beall; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member:
William B. McKinley)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Richard W. Austin
Richard Wilson Austin (August 26, 1857 – April 20, 1919) was an American politician, attorney and diplomat. A Republican, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1919, representing Tennessee's 2nd district. ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Charles Russell Davis, Charles R. Davis)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
William E. Cox; Ranking Member:
Ebenezer J. Hill)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
Harvey Helm; Ranking Member:
Asher C. Hinds)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
Cyrus Cline; Ranking Member:
E. Stevens Henry)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
William B. McKinley)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Augustus P. Gardner)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member:
Charles H. Burke
Charles Henry Burke (April 1, 1861 – April 7, 1944) was a Republican Congressman from South Dakota and Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1920s.
Biography
He was born near Batavia, New York, in 1861, and attended the public sc ...
)
* United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones; Ranking Member:
Marlin E. Olmsted)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
William C. Adamson; Ranking Member: Frederick Stevens (American politician), Frederick C. Stevens)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Isaac R. Sherwood
Isaac Ruth Sherwood (August 13, 1835 – October 15, 1925) was an American politician and newspaper editor from Toledo, Ohio, as well as an officer in the Union army during the Civil War. He served nine terms in the United States Congress, ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles H. Burke
Charles Henry Burke (April 1, 1861 – April 7, 1944) was a Republican Congressman from South Dakota and Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1920s.
Biography
He was born near Batavia, New York, in 1861, and attended the public sc ...
)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
William R. Smith; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr., Henry De Lamar Clayton; Ranking Member:
John A. Sterling)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman:
William B. Wilson; Ranking Member: John J. Gardner)
* United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: Robert E. Lee; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Kennedy)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
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 (172 ...
; Ranking Member:
George W. Prince)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member: George Edmund Foss)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
William A. Oldfield
William Allan Oldfield (February 4, 1874 – November 19, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1909 until his death.
Early life
Born in Franklin, Arkansas, Oldfield was the son of b ...
; Ranking Member: Frank D. Currier)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: William N. Richardson, William Richardson; Ranking Member:
Ira W. Wood)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member:
John W. Weeks)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
David E. Finley; Ranking Member:
Benjamin K. Focht)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Franklin W. Mondell)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman:
Charles A. Korbly; Ranking Member:
Frederick H. Gillett)
* United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Charles A. Korbly; Ranking Member:
George P. Lawrence)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member:
Reuben O. Moon)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member:
George P. Lawrence)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member:
Richard E. Connell then William Henry Draper (congressman), William H. Draper)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Thetus W. Sims; Ranking Member:
Elmer A. Morse)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:
Oscar 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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Sereno E. Payne)
* 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 Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads, Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Investigations of Conditions in Alaska, Investigations of Conditions in Alaska (Chairman: Sen.
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 ...
)
* United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate the General Parcel Post, Investigate the General Parcel Post
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. Reed Smoot)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Postage on Second-Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail, Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail (Chairman: Sen.
Jonathan Bourne Jr.)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service, Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service
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: Samuel B. Donnelly
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Ulysses G.B. Pierce, Unitarianism, Unitarian
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
* Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell, until December 10, 1912
** E. Livingston Cornelius, elected December 10, 1912
House of Representatives
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Alexander McDowell, until March 3, 1911.
** South Trimble, from April 4, 1911.
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Charles R. Crisp
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R)
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: William M. Dunbar
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson, until April 4, 1911.
** W. Stokes Jackson, died June 1912.
** Charles F. Riddell, elected July 18, 1912.
See also
* United States elections, 1910 (elections leading to this Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1910 and 1911
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1910
* United States elections, 1912 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1912 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1912 and 1913
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1912
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