The 64th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
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. It met in
Washington, DC
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from March 4, 1915, to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth years of
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...
's
presidency
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. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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was based on the
Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910.
The
Democrats maintained a majority in both chambers (albeit reduced in the House), and along with
President
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Wilson also maintained an overall federal government
trifecta
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.
Major events
*June 9, 1915: (Prelude to
World War I
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):
U.S. Secretary of State
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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President ...
resigned over a disagreement regarding the nation's handling of the
RMS Lusitania sinking.
*July 24, 1915: The steamer
SS Eastland
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capsized in central Chicago, with the loss of 844 lives.
*July 28, 1915: The United States occupation of
Haiti began.
*August 5–August 23, 1915: Hurricane Two of the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season over Galveston and New Orleans left 275 dead.
*March 8–March 9, 1916:
Mexican Revolution:
Pancho Villa
Francisco "Pancho" Villa (, Orozco rebelled in March 1912, both for Madero's continuing failure to enact land reform and because he felt insufficiently rewarded for his role in bringing the new president to power. At the request of Madero's c ...
led about 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against
Columbus, New Mexico
Columbus is a village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, about north of the Mexican border. It is considered a place of historical interest, as the scene of a 1916 attack by Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa that cau ...
, killing 12 U.S. soldiers. A garrison of the U.S. 13th Cavalry Regiment fights back and drives them away.
*March 15, 1916: President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
*May 5, 1916:
United States Marines
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invaded the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...
.
*July 30, 1916: German agents caused the
Black Tom explosion
The Black Tom explosion was an act of sabotage by agents of the German Empire, to destroy U.S.-made munitions that were to be supplied to the Allies of World War I, Allies in World War I. The explosions, which occurred on July 30, 1916, in New Y ...
in
Jersey City, New Jersey, an act of sabotage destroying an ammunition depot and killing at least 7 people.
*November 7, 1916:
U.S. presidential election, 1916: Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated Republican
Charles E. Hughes.
*January 11, 1917: (Prelude to
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
): German saboteurs set off the
Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, NJ (now Lyndhurst, NJ), one of the events leading to U.S. involvement in World War I.
*February 3, 1917: (Prelude to
World War I
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):The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany
Major legislation
* May 15, 1916:
Kern Amendment
Sponsored by Sen. John W. Kern (D) of Indiana, the Kern Amendment amended the Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 by forbidding a Director, officer, or employee of any Reserve Bank having resources in excess of $5,000,000 acting in any similar capaci ...
* May 29, 1916:
Fraudulent Advertising Act of 1916
The Fraudulent Advertising Act of 1916 forbade businesses and advertisers to make deliberately misleading and fraudulent statements about the goods they were selling within the District of Columbia
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* May 31, 1916:
Tillman Act
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The Act was signed int ...
* June 3, 1916:
National Defense Act of 1916
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* June 9, 1916:
Chamberlain–Ferris Act
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* July 11, 1916:
Federal Aid Road Act of 1916
The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 (also known as the Bankhead–Shackleford Act and Good Roads Act), , , was enacted on July 11, 1916, and was the first federal highway funding legislation in the United States. The rise of the automobile at the star ...
(Bankhead–Shackleford Act, also known as Federal "Good Roads" Act)
* July 11, 1916:
Terminal Inspection Act of 1916
* July 17, 1916:
Federal Farm Loan Act (Hollis–Lever Act)
* July 27, 1916:
River and Harbors Act of 1916
* July 28, 1916:
Space Basis Act
* July 28, 1916:
Railway Mail Service Pay Act
* August 9, 1916:
Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916
* August 11, 1916:
Irrigation District Act of 1916 (Smith Act)
* August 11, 1916:
Wildlife Game Refuges Act of 1916
* August 11, 1916:
Grain Standards Act of 1916
* August 11, 1916:
Cotton Futures Act of 1916
The Cotton Futures Act of 1916 required the principal, meaning the exact type and grade of cotton, be given to the government upon sale at a cotton exchange, so that the USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal ...
* August 11, 1916:
Brush Disposal Act of 1916
* August 11, 1916:
Warehouse Act of 1916
* August 25, 1916:
National Park Service Act (Kent–Smoot Act)
* August 29, 1916:
2nd Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916
* August 29, 1916:
Jones Act (Philippines)
* August 29, 1916:
Federal Possession and Control Act of 1916
* August 29, 1916:
Army Appropriations Act of 1916
In United States federal legislation, the Army Appropriations Act of 1916 authorized money for the larger troop strength, and created the Council of National Defense (CND) which established communications and information sharing between military a ...
* August 29, 1916:
Naval Act of 1916
* August 29, 1916:
Naval Reserve Force Act
* August 31, 1916:
Federal Standard Container Act
* August 31, 1916:
* September 1, 1916:
Keating–Owen Act
The Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916, also known as Wick's Bill, was a short-lived statute enacted by the U.S. Congress which sought to reduce child labor. It did so by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factori ...
* September 3, 1916:
Adamson Act
The Adamson Act was a United States federal law passed in 1916 that established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers.
History
The terms that were embodied in the act were negotiated by ...
* September 7, 1916:
Merchant Marine Act of 1916 (Alexander Act)
* September 7, 1916:
Workingmen's Compensation Act (Kern–McGillicuddy Act)
* September 8, 1916:
Anti-Dumping Act of 1916
* September 8, 1916:
Emergency Revenue Act of 1916
* October 20, 1916:
Special Air Preparedness Act
* December 29, 1916:
Stock-Raising Homestead Act
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* February 5, 1917:
Immigration Act of 1917
The Immigration Act of 1917 (also known as the Literacy Act and less often as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act) was a United States Act that aimed to restrict immigration by imposing literacy tests on immigrants, creating new categories of inadmissib ...
* February 22, 1917:
Federal Interpleader Act of 1917
* February 23, 1917:
Smith–Hughes Act
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* February 26, 1917:
Mount McKinley National Park Act of 1917
* March 1, 1917:
Flood Control Act of 1917 (Ransdell–Humphreys Act)
* March 2, 1917:
Jones–Shafroth Act
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* March 3, 1917:
Reed Amendment
* March 3, 1917:
Sheppard Bone-Dry Act
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* March 3, 1917:
Special Preparedness Fund Act of 1917
* March 4, 1917:
Timber Export Act
Treaties
*January 17, 1917:
Treaty of the Danish West Indies
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signed by President Wilson, ceding the
Danish West Indies
The Danish West Indies ( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with ; Saint John ( da, St. Jan) with ; and Saint Croix with . The ...
to the United States after their purchase from
Denmark
)
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, and renaming them the
US Virgin Islands
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.
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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:
Thomas R. Marshall
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(D)
*
Presidents pro tempore:
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
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(D) and
Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D)
*
Majority Whip
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:
J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
*
Minority Whip
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:
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)
*
Republican Conference Chairman
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:
Jacob Harold Gallinger
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Early life and career
Jacob Harold Gallinger was born in Cornwall ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
John W. Kern
*
Republican Conference Secretary:
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
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*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Willard Saulsbury Jr., until December 14, 1916
**
Key Pittman
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B ...
, acting
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
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** I ...
:
Champ Clark
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Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader
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Claude Kitchin
*
Majority Whip
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: vacant
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Edward W. Saunders
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*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Frank Ellsworth Doremus
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
James R. Mann
*
Minority Whip
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:
Charles M. Hamilton
*
Republican Conference Chairman
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:
William S. Greene
William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
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*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Frank P. Woods
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Members
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Senate
At this time, most sitting senators had been elected by the state legislatures, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Due to the
17th Amendment, the incoming class of senators from the 1914 election were all elected directly by the residents of their state, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1916; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1918; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1920.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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: 2.
John H. Bankhead (D)
: 3.
Oscar W. Underwood (D)
Arizona
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: 1.
Henry F. Ashurst (D)
: 3.
Marcus A. Smith (D)
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.
Joseph T. Robinson (D)
: 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), until October 1, 1916
::
William F. Kirby
William Fosgate Kirby (November 16, 1867July 26, 1934) was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1916 to 1921.
Kirby was born in Miller County, Arkansas, near Texarkana, on November 16, ...
(D), from November 8, 1916
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.
James D. Phelan (D)
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.
John F. Shafroth (D)
: 3.
Charles S. Thomas (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 ...
: 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.
Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D)
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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: 2.
Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
: 3.
Hoke Smith (D)
Idaho
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: 2.
William E. Borah
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(R)
: 3.
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)
Illinois
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: 2.
James H. Lewis (D)
: 3.
Lawrence Y. Sherman (R)
Indiana
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: 1.
John W. Kern (D)
: 3.
Benjamin F. Shively (D), until March 14, 1916
::
Thomas Taggart
Thomas Taggart (November 17, 1856March 6, 1929) was an Irish-American politician who was the political boss of the Democratic Party in Indiana for the first quarter of the twentieth century and remained an influential political figure in loca ...
(D), March 20, 1916 - November 7, 1916
::
James E. Watson (R), from November 8, 1916
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.
William S. Kenyon (R)
: 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.
William H. Thompson (D)
: 3.
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)
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.
Ollie M. James (D)
: 3.
John C.W. Beckham (D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
: 2.
Joseph E. 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 ...
(D)
: 3.
Robert F. Broussard
Robert Foligny Broussard (August 17, 1864 – April 12, 1918) was both a United States Representative, U.S. representative and a United States Senate, U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, Lo ...
(D)
Maine
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: 1.
Charles Fletcher Johnson
Charles Fletcher Johnson (February 14, 1859 – February 15, 1930) was a United States senator from Maine and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Johnson was nominated by President Woodrow W ...
(D)
: 2.
Edwin C. Burleigh
Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Maine from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to hold federal office, first in the United States House ...
(R), until June 16, 1916
::
Bert M. Fernald
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(R), from September 11, 1916
Maryland
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: 1.
Blair Lee (D)
: 3.
John Walter Smith
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(D)
Massachusetts
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: 1.
Henry Cabot Lodge
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(R)
: 2.
John W. Weeks
John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860July 12, 1926) was an American banker and politician from Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as Mayor of Newton from 1902 to 1903, a United States representative from 1905 to 1913, United States Senator fr ...
(R)
Michigan
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: 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 ...
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Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
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Moses E. Clapp (R)
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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 ...
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Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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John Sharp Williams
John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Re ...
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James K. Vardaman (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 ...
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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)
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Thomas J. Walsh (D)
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)
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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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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.
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 ...
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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 ...
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Henry F. Hollis (D)
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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 ...
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James E. Martine (D)
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William Hughes (D)
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)
: 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 ...
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New York
: 1.
James A. O'Gorman (D)
: 3.
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican Party (United States), Republican from New York (state), New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the ...
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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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Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
: 3.
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 ...
: 1.
Porter J. McCumber (R)
: 3.
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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: 3.
Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. A ...
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Oklahoma
: 2.
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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Harry Lane
Harry Lane (August 28, 1855 – May 23, 1917) was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A physician by training, Lane served as the head of the Oregon State Insane Asylum before being forced out by political enemies. After a decade prac ...
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: 3.
George E. Chamberlain
George Earle Chamberlain Sr. (January 1, 1854 – July 9, 1928) was an American attorney, politician, and public official in Oregon. A native of Mississippi and member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Chamberlain's poli ...
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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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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 ...
: 1.
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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LeBaron B. Colt (R)
South Carolina
)'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
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Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party 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 ...
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: 3.
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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Thomas Sterling
Thomas Sterling (February 21, 1851August 26, 1930) was an American lawyer, politician, and academic who served as a member of the United States Senate and the first dean of the University of South Dakota College of Law.
A Republican, he serv ...
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: 3.
Edwin S. Johnson (D)
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 ...
: 1.
Luke Lea (D)
: 2.
John K. Shields (D)
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 ...
: 1.
Charles A. Culberson (D)
: 2.
Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as "the fa ...
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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 ...
: 1.
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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: 3.
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 ...
: 1.
Carroll S. Page (R)
: 3.
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 ...
: 1.
Claude A. Swanson (D)
: 2.
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 ...
: 1.
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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: 3.
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 ...
: 1.
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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: 2.
Nathan Goff
Nathan Goff Jr. (February 9, 1843 – April 23, 1920) was a United States representative from West Virginia, a Union Army officer, the 28th United States Secretary of the Navy during President Rutherford B. Hayes administration, a United States ...
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
: 1.
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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: 3.
Paul O. Husting
Paul Oscar Adolph Husting (April 25, 1866October 21, 1917) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Mayville, Wisconsin. He was the first popularly-elected United States senator from Wisconsin, serving from 1915 until his death in ...
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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
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
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John Abercrombie (D)
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Oscar Lee Gray
Oscar Lee Gray (July 2, 1865 – January 2, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Marion, Mississippi, Gray attended school in Choctaw County, Alabama. He studied law, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1885, and was ...
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S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)
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Henry B. Steagall
Henry Bascom Steagall (May 19, 1873 – November 22, 1943) was a United States representative from Alabama. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency and in 1933, he co-sponsored the Glass–Steagall Act with Carter Glass, an ac ...
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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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William B. Oliver (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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Edward B. Almon (D)
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George Huddleston
George Huddleston (November 11, 1869 – February 29, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, father of George Huddleston, Jr.
Life and career
Huddleston was born on a farm near Lebanon, Tennessee, the son of Nancy Emeline (Sherril ...
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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 ...
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
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Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)
: .
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 N. Tillman (D)
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Otis Wingo
Otis Theodore Wingo (June 18, 1877 – October 21, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1930. He was the husband of his successor in office, Effie ...
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Henderson M. Jacoway (D)
: .
Samuel M. Taylor (D)
: .
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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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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John E. Raker (D)
: .
Charles F. Curry (R)
: .
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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: .
John I. Nolan
John Ignatius Nolan (January 14, 1874 – November 18, 1922) was an American Foundry#Mold making, iron molder and politician who represented a Californian district in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1922.
Backgro ...
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John A. Elston (Prog.)
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Denver S. Church (D)
: .
Everis A. Hayes (R)
: .
Charles H. Randall (Proh.)
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William Stephens (Prog.), until July 22, 1916
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Henry S. Benedict (R), from November 7, 1916
: .
William Kettner
William "Bill" Kettner (November 20, 1864 – November 11, 1930) was a US Democratic politician from San Diego, California. He served four terms in Congress from 1913 through 1921 and is credited with bringing many U.S. Navy facilities to ...
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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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Benjamin Clark Hilliard (D)
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Charles Bateman Timberlake (R)
: .
Edward Keating
Edward Keating (July 9, 1875 – March 18, 1965) was an American newspaper editor and politician. In turns a Colorado newspaper editor, U.S. Representative (1913–1919) from Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountai ...
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Edward Thomas Taylor (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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P. Davis Oakey (R)
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Richard P. Freeman (R)
: .
John Q. Tilson (R)
: .
Ebenezer J. Hill
Ebenezer J. Hill (August 4, 1845 – September 27, 1917) was an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 18 ...
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James P. Glynn
James Peter Glynn (November 12, 1867 – March 6, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Born in Winsted, Connecticut, the son of Irish immigrants,
Glynn attended the public schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 189 ...
(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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Thomas W. Miller (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)
: .
Emmett Wilson
Emmett Wilson (September 17, 1882 – May 29, 1918) was a United States representative from Florida. He was the grandson of Augustus Emmett Maxwell. Wilson was born during the temporary residence of his parents at Belize City, British Honduras ...
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: .
William J. Sears
William Joseph Sears (December 4, 1874 – March 30, 1944) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from Florida. A Democrat, he was an avowed white supremacist.
Early life and education
Born in Smithville, Georgia, Sears moved with his paren ...
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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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Frank Park
Frank Park (March 3, 1864November 20, 1925) was an American politician, educator, lawyer and jurist from the state of Georgia.
Early years and education
Park was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1864 to James Fletcher Park and Emma Augusta Park ...
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: .
Charles R. Crisp
Charles Robert Crisp (October 19, 1870 – February 7, 1937) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, son of Charles Frederick Crisp.
Life
Born in Ellaville, Georgia, Crisp atte ...
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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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James W. Wise
James Walter Wise (March 3, 1868 – September 8, 1925) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.
Born near McDonough, Georgia, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia, Wise attended the com ...
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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 Joelah Tribble (D), until December 8, 1916
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Tinsley W. Rucker Jr. (D), from January 11, 1917
: .
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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: .
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democratic ...
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: .
John R. Walker
John Randall Walker (February 23, 1874 – July 21, 1942) was a United States, U.S. political figure from the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Walker was born near Blackshear, Georgia in 1874 and graduated from the Jasper Normal College ...
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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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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 ...
: .
Addison T. Smith
Addison Taylor Smith (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was a United States House of Representatives, congressman from Idaho. Smith served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Hou ...
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: .
Robert M. McCracken (R)
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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Burnett M. Chiperfield
Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield (June 14, 1870 – June 24, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, father of Robert Bruce Chiperfield.
Early life and military service
Born in Dover, Illinois, Chiperfield attended the public schools of Il ...
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William E. Williams (D)
: .
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)
: .
James T. McDermott (D)
: .
Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 1952. From 19 ...
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: .
James McAndrews
James McAndrews (October 22, 1862 – August 31, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in business, serving as buildi ...
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Frank Buchanan (D)
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Thomas Gallagher (D)
: .
Frederick A. Britten (R)
: .
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 (Prog.)
: .
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
John Charles McKenzie (February 18, 1860 – September 17, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm near Elizabeth, Woodbine Township, Illinois to a Scottish immigrant father,
McKenzie attended the common schools, and t ...
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Clyde H. Tavenner (D)
: .
Edward John King
Edward John King (July 1, 1867 – February 17, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, King moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Galesburg, Knox County, in 1880. He attended the ...
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Claude U. Stone (D)
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John A. Sterling
John Allen Sterling (February 1, 1857 – October 17, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, and brother of Thomas Sterling.
Early life and education
Born to Charles Sterling (1821-1905) and Anna Kessler (1827-1908) near Le Roy in ...
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Joseph G. Cannon (R)
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William B. McKinley (R)
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Henry T. Rainey (D)
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Loren E. Wheeler (R)
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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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Thomas S. Williams (R)
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Edward E. Denison
Edward Everett Denison (August 28, 1873 – June 17, 1953) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Early life
Born in Marion, Illinois, Denison attended the public schools. He was graduated from Baylor University, Waco, Texas, in 1895, f ...
(R)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
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Charles Lieb (D)
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William A. Cullop (D)
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William E. Cox (D)
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Lincoln Dixon
Lincoln Dixon (February 9, 1860 – September 16, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1905 to 1919.
Biography
Born in Vernon, Indiana, Dixon attended Vernon Academy, and ...
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Ralph Wilbur Moss (D)
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Finly H. Gray (D)
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Merrill Moores
Merrill Moores (April 21, 1856 – October 21, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1915 to 1925.
Biography
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Moores attended the public ...
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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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William Robert Wood (R)
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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 ...
(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 ...
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Charles A. Kennedy (R)
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Harry E. Hull
Harry Edward Hull (March 12, 1864 – January 16, 1938) was an American businessman and politician who served five terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1925. He also served as Commissione ...
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Burton E. Sweet (R)
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Gilbert N. Haugen
Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21, 1859 – July 18, 1933) was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member o ...
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James W. Good (R)
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C. William Ramseyer
Christian William Ramseyer (March 13, 1875 – November 1, 1943) was a nine-term Republican Party (United States), Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district.
Biography
He was bor ...
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Cassius C. Dowell
Cassius Clay Dowell (February 29, 1864 – February 4, 1940) was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to 1935, and again from 1937 until his death in 1940, with the interregnum caused by an unsuccessful campaign for re ...
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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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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 ...
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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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Thomas J. Steele
Thomas Jefferson Steele (March 19, 1853 – March 20, 1920) was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa. Steele was the first and only Democrat elected to represent the 11th distr ...
(D)
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 Read Anthony Jr. (R)
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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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Dudley Doolittle
Dudley Doolittle (June 21, 1881 – November 14, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Doolittle attended the public schools and the University of Kansas at Lawrence, being graduated from its law departm ...
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Guy T. Helvering (D)
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John R. Connelly (D)
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Jouett Shouse (D)
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William A. Ayres (D)
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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Alben Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presid ...
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David Hayes Kincheloe
David Hayes Kincheloe (April 9, 1877 – April 16, 1950) was a United States representative from Kentucky and a judge of the United States Customs Court.
Education and early life
Born on April 9, 1877, near Sacramento, Kentucky, Kincheloe atten ...
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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
Albert Estopinal (January 30, 1845 – April 28, 1919) was an American Civil War veteran who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1908 to 1919.
Biography
Albert Estopinal was born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, o ...
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Henry Garland Dupré (D)
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Whitmell P. Martin
Whitmell Pugh Martin (August 12, 1867 – April 6, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Although he later served most of his congressional career as a Democrat, Martin was first elected as a "Bull Moose" Progressive in 1914. He ...
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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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Riley Joseph Wilson
Riley Joseph Wilson (November 12, 1871 – February 23, 1946) was a Louisiana educator, attorney and legislator in the first half of the late 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. A Democrat, Wilson served in the United States ...
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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 ...
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Ladislas Lazaro (D)
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James Benjamin Aswell
James Benjamin Aswell Sr. (December 23, 1869 – March 16, 1931) was a prominent educator and a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic U.S. representative from Louisiana, who served from 1913 until his death, which occurred twelve days in ...
(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 ...
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Asher C. Hinds (R)
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Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D)
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John A. Peters (R)
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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
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
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Jesse D. Price (D)
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J. Frederick C. Talbott
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (July 29, 1843 – October 5, 1918) was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second Congressional district of Maryland.
Biography
He was born near Lutherville, Maryland on July 29, 1843. He began to study law ...
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Charles P. Coady (D)
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J. Charles Linthicum (D)
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Sydney Emanuel Mudd II
Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (June 20, 1885 – October 11, 1924) was an American attorney and politician from Maryland's 5th congressional district, elected to several terms as a US Representative in Congress, dying in office. He was a Republican ...
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David J. Lewis (D)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...
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Allen T. Treadway (R)
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Frederick H. Gillett
Frederick Huntington Gillett (; October 16, 1851 – July 31, 1935) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts state government and both houses of the U.S. Congress between 1879 and 1931, including six years as Speaker of the Hous ...
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Calvin D. Paige (R)
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Samuel E. Winslow (R)
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John J. Rogers (R)
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Augustus P. Gardner
Augustus Peabody Gardner (November 5, 1865 – January 14, 1918) was an American military officer and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the North Shore region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of Re ...
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Michael F. Phelan (D)
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Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
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Ernest W. Roberts (R)
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Peter F. Tague
Peter Francis Tague (June 4, 1871 – September 17, 1941) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Boston, Massachusetts.
Early years
Tague was a son of Peter and Mary (Shaw) Tague, immigrants from Ireland. His father was ...
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George H. Tinkham (R)
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James A. Gallivan
James Ambrose Gallivan (October 22, 1866 – April 3, 1928) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Gallivan was born in Boston on October 22, 1866. He attended the public schools, graduated from the Boston Latin School ...
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William H. Carter (R)
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Richard Olney II (D)
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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 ...
(R)
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Joseph Walsh (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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Samuel Beakes (D)
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John M. C. Smith (R)
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Edward L. Hamilton (R)
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Carl Mapes (R)
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Patrick H. Kelley (R)
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Louis C. Cramton
Louis Convers Cramton (December 2, 1875 – June 23, 1966) was a politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Cramton was born in Hadley Township, Michigan and attended the common schools of Lapeer County. He graduated from Lapeer ...
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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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Frank D. Scott (R)
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W. Frank James
William Francis James (May 23, 1873 – November 17, 1945) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
James was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and moved with his parents to Hancock, Michigan, in 1876, where he atten ...
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Charles Archibald Nichols
Charles Archibald Nichols (August 25, 1876 – April 25, 1920) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Early life and education
Nichols was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whitney Nichols in Boyne City, Michigan, and attended the public s ...
(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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Franklin Ellsworth
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth (July 10, 1879 – December 23, 1942) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in St. James, Watonwan County, Minnesota, July 10, 1879; attended the grade and high schools; enlisted as a private in Company H, Twelfth Re ...
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Charles Russell Davis (R)
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Carl Van Dyke (D)
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George Ross Smith (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)
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Thomas D. Schall (Prog.)
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), until November 24, 1915
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William Webb Venable (D), from January 4, 1916
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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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Percy E. Quin (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
Charles Ferris Booher (January 31, 1848 – January 21, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born on a farm near East Groveland, New York, Booher attended the common schools and the Geneseo Academy, Geneseo, New York.
He taught school ...
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William Patterson Borland (D)
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Clement C. Dickinson
Clement Cabell Dickinson (December 6, 1849 – January 14, 1938), also known as Clement C. Dickinson, was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, Representative representing Missouri from February 1 ...
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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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Jacob Edwin Meeker
Jacob Edwin Meeker (October 7, 1878 – October 16, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Background
Born near Attica, Indiana, Meeker attended the public schools. He graduated from Union Christian College, Merom, Indiana, in 1900, and ...
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William Leo Igoe (D)
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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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Perl D. Decker (D)
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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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John M. Evans
John Morgan Evans (January 7, 1863 – March 12, 1946) was an American Democratic politician.
Biography
He was born in Sedalia, Missouri. Evans went to the United States Military Academy and then graduated from University of Missouri. He studi ...
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Tom Stout (D)
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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C. Frank Reavis
Charles Frank Reavis (September 5, 1870 – May 26, 1932) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician.
He was born in Falls City, Nebraska on and studied law at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illino ...
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Charles O. Lobeck (D)
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Dan V. Stephens (D)
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Charles Henry Sloan (R)
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Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
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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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Edward Hills Wason
Edward Hills Wason (September 2, 1865 – February 6, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Born in New Boston, New Hampshire, Wason attended public and private schools and Francestown Academy. He was graduated from the New Ham ...
(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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William J. Browning (R)
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Isaac Bacharach
Isaac Bacharach (January 5, 1870 – September 5, 1956) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1937.
Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Bacharach ...
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Thomas J. Scully (D)
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Elijah C. Hutchinson (R)
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John H. Capstick (R)
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Archibald C. Hart (D)
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Dow H. Drukker (R)
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Edward W. Gray
Edward Winthrop Gray (August 18, 1870 – June 10, 1942) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1915 to 1919.
Early ...
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Richard W. Parker
Richard Wayne Parker (August 6, 1848 – November 28, 1923) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 6th congressional district from 1895 to 1903, the 7th district from 1903 to 1911, and the 9th distri ...
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Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
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John J. Eagan (D)
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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
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
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Benigno C. Hernández (R)
New York
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Frederick C. Hicks (R) from January 4, 1916
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C. Pope Caldwell (D)
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Joseph V. Flynn (D)
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Harry H. Dale (D)
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James P. Maher (D)
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Frederick W. Rowe
Frederick William Rowe (March 19, 1863 – June 20, 1946) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York.
Biography
Born in Wappingers Falls, New York, Rowe attended the common schools. He was ...
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John J. Fitzgerald (D)
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Daniel J. Griffin (D)
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Oscar W. Swift (R)
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Reuben L. Haskell (R)
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Daniel J. Riordan (D)
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Meyer London
Meyer London (December 29, 1871 – June 6, 1926) was an American politician from New York City. He represented the Lower East Side of Manhattan and was one of only two members of the Socialist Party of America elected to the United States Congre ...
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George W. Loft (D)
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Michael F. Farley (D)
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Michael F. Conry (D), until March 2, 1917
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Peter J. Dooling (D)
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John F. Carew (D)
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Thomas G. Patten (D)
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Walter M. Chandler
Walter Marion Chandler (December 8, 1867 – March 16, 1935) was a Progressive and later a Republican U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born on December 8, 1867 near Yazoo City, Mississippi, Chandler attended public schools, the U ...
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Isaac Siegel (R)
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G. Murray Hulbert (D)
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Henry Bruckner
Henry Bruckner (June 17, 1871 – April 14, 1942) was an American politician from New York who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913 to 1917.
Life
Born in New York City, he attended the common and high schools in New ...
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Joseph A. Goulden
Joseph Aloysius Goulden (August 1, 1844 – May 3, 1915) was an American educator, businessman, Civil War veteran, and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1903 to 1911, and from 1913 to 1915.
Biograph ...
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William S. Bennet (R), from November 2, 1915
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Woodson R. Oglesby (D)
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James W. Husted (R)
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Edmund Platt
Edmund Platt (February 2, 1865 – August 7, 1939) was an American politician and corporate executive who served as the 4th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 1920 to 1930. He previously served as United States Representative from New York f ...
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Charles B. Ward (R)
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Rollin B. Sanford (R)
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James S. Parker
James Southworth Parker (June 3, 1867 – December 19, 1933) was a United States Representative from New York.
Life
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools and was graduated from Cornell Univ ...
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William B. Charles (R)
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Bertrand H. Snell
Bertrand Hollis Snell (December 9, 1870 – February 2, 1958) was an American politician who represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives. He was a pro-business, low-tax, isolationist conservative Republican who ...
(R), from November 2, 1915
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Luther W. Mott (R)
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Homer P. Snyder
Homer Peter Snyder (December 6, 1863 – December 30, 1937) was an American politician and businessman from New York. Snyder began his business career in the knitting industry, moved to bicycle manufacturing. He left the company to began a politi ...
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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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Walter W. Magee (R)
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Norman J. Gould (R), from November 2, 1915
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Harry H. Pratt (R)
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Thomas B. Dunn (R)
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Henry G. Danforth (R)
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S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
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Charles B. Smith (D)
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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.
B ...
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Charles M. Hamilton (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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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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George E. Hood
George Ezekial Hood (January 25, 1875 – March 8, 1960) was a politician and former United States Representative from the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Biography
Hood was born near Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina. He attended publ ...
(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)
: .
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 ...
(D)
: .
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 ...
(D)
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Robert L. Doughton (D)
: .
Edwin Y. Webb
Edwin Yates Webb (May 23, 1872 – February 7, 1955) was a Democratic United States Representative from North Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
Education ...
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James Jefferson Britt (R)
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 ...
: .
Henry Thomas Helgesen
Henry Thomas Helgesen (June 26, 1857 – April 10, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota.
Born near Decorah, Iowa, Helgesen attended the public schools, the John Breckenridge Normal Institute, and the J.R. Slack Business College at ...
(R)
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George M. Young
George Morley Young (December 11, 1870 – May 27, 1932) was a United States representative from North Dakota and a judge of the United States Customs Court.
Early life and education
Young was born on December 11, 1870, in Lakelet, Ontario, ...
(R)
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Patrick Daniel Norton
Patrick Daniel Norton (May 17, 1876 – October 14, 1953) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1919, representing North Dakota's 3rd congressional district as a member of th ...
(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 ...
(R)
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Alfred G. Allen (D)
: .
Warren Gard
Warren Gard (July 2, 1873 – November 1, 1929) was an attorney, prosecutor, jurist and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio for four terms from 1913 to 1921.
Early life and career
Warren Gard was born in Hamilton ...
(D)
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J. Edward Russell (R)
: .
Nelson E. Matthews (R)
: .
Charles C. Kearns (R)
: .
Simeon D. Fess (R)
: .
John A. Key
John Alexander Key (December 30, 1871 – March 4, 1954) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio for three terms from 1913 to 1919.
Early life and career
Born in Marion, Ohio, Key attended the public schools. ...
(D)
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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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Edwin D. Ricketts (R)
: .
Clement L. Brumbaugh (D)
: .
Arthur W. Overmyer (D)
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Seward H. Williams (R)
: .
William C. Mooney (R)
: .
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Roscoe Conkling McCulloch (November 27, 1880March 17, 1958) was a Republican politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
Early life and career
Born in Millersburg, Ohio, McCulloch attended the ...
(R)
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William A. Ashbrook
William Albert Ashbrook (July 1, 1867 – January 1, 1940) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Ohio.
He was born near Johnstown, Ohio, Johnstown, Licking County, Ohi ...
(D)
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David Hollingsworth (R)
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John G. Cooper (R)
: .
William Gordon (D)
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Robert Crosser
Robert Crosser (June 7, 1874 – June 3, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served 19 terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He remains the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of ...
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Henry I. Emerson (R)
Oklahoma
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James S. Davenport (D)
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William W. Hastings (D)
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Charles D. Carter (D)
: .
William H. Murray (D)
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Joseph Bryan Thompson
Joseph Bryan Thompson (April 29, 1871 – September 18, 1919) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born near Sherman, Texas, Thompson attended the public schools, and was graduated from Savoy College in ...
(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)
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James V. McClintic (D)
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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 ...
(R)
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 ...
(R)
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Nicholas J. Sinnott (R)
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Clifton N. McArthur (R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
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Thomas S. Crago (R)
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John R.K. Scott (R)
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Daniel F. Lafean
Daniel Franklin Lafean (February 7, 1861 – April 18, 1922) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Lafean was born in York, Pennsylvania to Germans, German i ...
(R)
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Mahlon M. Garland (R)
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William S. Vare (R)
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George S. Graham (R)
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J. Hampton Moore (R)
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George W. Edmonds
George Washington Edmonds (February 22, 1864 – September 28, 1939) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
George W. Edmonds was born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He grad ...
(R)
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Peter E. Costello
Peter Edward Costello (June 27, 1854 – October 23, 1935) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.
Peter Costello was born in Boston. He moved to Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Phi ...
(R)
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George P. Darrow
George Potter Darrow (February 4, 1859 – June 7, 1943) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George Darrow was born in Waterford, Connecticut. He graduated from Alfred University in Alfred, New ...
(R)
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Thomas S. Butler (R)
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Henry Winfield Watson
Henry Winfield Watson (June 24, 1856 – August 27, 1933) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Henry W. Watson was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was educated in private schools, studied law, w ...
(R)
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William W. Griest (R)
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John R. Farr (R)
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John J. Casey (D)
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Robert D. Heaton (R)
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Arthur G. Dewalt (D)
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Louis T. McFadden
Louis Thomas McFadden (July 25, 1876 – October 1, 1936) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving from 1915 to 1935. A banker by trade, he was the chief sponsor of the 1927 McFadden Act ...
(R)
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Edgar R. Kiess
Edgar Raymond Kiess (August 26, 1875 – July 20, 1930) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Kiess was born in Warrensville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Lycoming County Normal School i ...
(R)
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John V. Lesher (D)
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Benjamin K. Focht (R)
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Aaron S. Kreider (R)
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Warren W. Bailey (D)
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C. William Beales (R)
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Charles H. Rowland (R)
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Abraham L. Keister (R)
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Robert F. Hopwood (R)
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Henry W. Temple (R), from November 2, 1915
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Michael Liebel Jr. (D)
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Henry J. Steele (D)
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Solomon T. North (R)
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Samuel H. Miller
Samuel Henry Miller (April 19, 1840 – September 4, 1918) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for two terms from 1881 to 1885.
Formative years
Born in Coolspring Town ...
(R)
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Stephen G. Porter (R)
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William Henry Coleman
William Henry Coleman (December 28, 1871 – June 3, 1943) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
William H. Coleman was born in North Versailles Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated fr ...
(R)
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John M. Morin
John Mary Morin (April 18, 1868 – March 3, 1942) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.
Biography
Morin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved with his parents to Pittsburgh. He began ...
(R)
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Andrew J. Barchfeld
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (May 18, 1863 – January 28, 1922) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Barchfeld was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to German immigrants from Prussia.
He 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 ...
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George Francis O'Shaunessy (D)
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Walter Russell Stiness
Walter Russell Stiness (March 13, 1854 – March 17, 1924) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Stiness attended the public schools and was a student at Brown Uni ...
(R)
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Ambrose Kennedy (R)
South Carolina
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Richard S. Whaley (D)
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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, ...
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Wyatt Aiken (D)
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Joseph T. Johnson (D), until April 19, 1915
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Samuel J. Nicholls (D), from September 14, 1915
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David E. Finley (D), until January 26, 1917
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Paul G. McCorkle (D), from February 21, 1917
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J. Willard Ragsdale (D)
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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 ...
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Charles H. Dillon (R)
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Royal C. Johnson (R)
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Harry L. Gandy (D)
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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Sam R. Sells (R)
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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. ...
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John Austin Moon (D)
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Cordell Hull (D)
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William C. Houston (D)
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Joseph W. Byrns (D)
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Lemuel Phillips Padgett
Lemuel Phillips Padgett (November 28, 1855 – August 2, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 7th congressional district, 7th congressional district of Tennessee.
Bio ...
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Thetus Willrette Sims
Thetus Willrette Sims (April 25, 1852 – December 17, 1939) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 8th congressional district, 8th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biogr ...
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Finis J. Garrett (D)
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Kenneth McKellar (D)
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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James H. Davis (D)
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A. Jeff McLemore (D)
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Eugene Black (D)
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Martin Dies (D)
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James Young (D)
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Sam Rayburn (D)
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Hatton W. Sumners
Hatton William Sumners (May 30, 1875 – April 19, 1962) was a Democratic Congressman from the Dallas, Texas area, serving from 1913 to 1947. He rose to become Chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee.
Early life and career
Hatto ...
(D)
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Rufus Hardy (D)
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Alexander W. Gregg
Alexander White Gregg (January 31, 1855 – April 30, 1919) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives between 1903 and 1919.
Gregg was born in Centerville, Texas on January 31, 1855 ...
(D)
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Joe H. Eagle
Joe Henry Eagle (January 23, 1870 – January 10, 1963) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, Eagle was graduated from the local high school in 1883 and obtained a teacher's certificate in 1884.
He was als ...
(D)
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George Farmer Burgess
George Farmer Burgess (September 21, 1861 – December 31, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Biography
Born in Wharton, Texas, Burgess attended the common schools.
He moved with his mother to Fayette County in 1880 and engaged in agr ...
(D)
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James P. Buchanan (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)
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John Nance Garner (D)
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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 ...
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Joseph Howell
Joseph Howell (February 17, 1857 – July 18, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
Life and career
Born in Brigham City, Utah Territory, Howell moved with his parents to Wellsville, Utah, in 1863.
He attended the common schools and the ...
(R)
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James Henry Mays (D)
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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Frank L. Greene (R)
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Porter H. Dale (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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Andrew Jackson Montague
Andrew Jackson Montague (October 3, 1862January 24, 1937; nickname "Jack") was a Virginia lawyer and American politician. He served as the 44th Governor of Virginia, from 1902 to 1906, and a Congressman from 1912 until his death in 1937. A Demo ...
(D)
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Walter Allen Watson
Walter Allen Watson (November 25, 1867 – December 24, 1919) was a Virginia lawyer and Democratic politician who served in the U.S. Representative and Virginia senate.
Early and family life
The first child born after the Civil War to former ...
(D)
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Edward W. Saunders
Edward Watts Saunders (October 20, 1860 – December 16, 1921) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and judge, who served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, U.S. Representative and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Biography ...
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Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the 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), until October 1, 1916
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Thomas W. Harrison
Thomas Walter Harrison (August 5, 1856 – May 9, 1935) was a Virginia lawyer, judge and politician. He served in the Senate of Virginia and in the United States House of Representatives.
Early and family life
Born in Leesburg, Loudoun County, ...
(D), from November 7, 1916
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Charles Creighton Carlin
Charles Creighton Carlin (April 8, 1866 – October 14, 1938) was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and Democratic politician who served in the United States House of Representatives representing Virginia's 8th congressional district.
Ea ...
(D)
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C. Bascom Slemp
Campbell Bascom Slemp (September 4, 1870 – August 7, 1943) was an American Republican politician. He was a six-time United States congressman from Virginia's 9th congressional district from 1907 to 1923 and served as the presidential sec ...
(R)
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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 ...
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William E. Humphrey (R)
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Lindley H. Hadley (R)
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Albert Johnson (R)
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William Leroy La Follette (R)
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Clarence Cleveland Dill (D)
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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Howard Sutherland
Howard Sutherland (September 8, 1865March 12, 1950) was an American politician. He was a Republican who represented West Virginia in both houses of the United States Congress.
Sutherland was born near Kirkwood, Missouri. He lived in Missouri un ...
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Matthew M. Neely (D)
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William Gay Brown Jr. (D), until March 9, 1916
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George M. Bowers (R), from May 9, 1916
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Adam B. Littlepage (D)
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Hunter H. Moss Jr. (R), until July 15, 1916
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Harry C. Woodyard
Harry Chapman Woodyard (November 13, 1867 – June 21, 1929) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States representative. Congressman Woodyard was born in Spencer, West Virginia, in ...
(R), from November 7, 1916
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Edward Cooper (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 ...
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Henry Allen Cooper (R)
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Michael Edmund Burke (D)
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John M. Nelson (R)
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William J. Cary (R)
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William H. Stafford
William Henry Stafford (October 12, 1869 – April 22, 1957) was a United States, U.S. Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Wisconsin.
He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stafford received his bachelors degrees from ...
(R)
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Michael K. Reilly
Michael Kieran Reilly (July 15, 1869 – October 14, 1944), was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Wisconsin.
Reilly was born in the town of Empire, Wisconsin in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin on July 15, 1869. He ...
(D)
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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)
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Edward E. Browne (R)
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Thomas Frank Konop (D)
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James A. Frear (R)
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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 ...
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Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)
Non-voting members
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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)
: .
Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, (R)
: .
Manuel Earnshaw
Manuel Noguera Earnshaw (November 19, 1862 – February 13, 1936) was a Resident Commissioner of the Philippines from 1913 to 1917.
Early life and education
He was born in Cavite, in then Captaincy General of the Philippines, on November 19, 18 ...
(Resident Commissioner), (I)
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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.) until October 15, 1916
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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), until November 15, 1916
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 3
**
Democratic: 1 seat net loss
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: 1 seat net gain
* Deaths: 3
* Resignations: 0
* Vacancy: 0
* Total seats with changes: 4
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 9
**
Democratic: 2 seat loss
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: 3 seat gain
**
Progressive: 1 seat loss
* Deaths: 8
* Resignations: 12
* Contested elections: 4
* Total seats with changes: 15
Committees
Senate
*
Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (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:
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 ...
)
*
Agriculture and Forestry (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:
Francis E. Warren)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member:
Francis E. Warren)
* United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Sharp Williams, John S. Williams; Ranking Member:
William P. Dillingham)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member:
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 Senate Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Chairman:
John K. Shields; Ranking Member:
George T. Oliver)
* United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
* United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Albert B. Cummins)
* United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Edwin C. Burleigh
Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Maine from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to hold federal office, first in the United States House ...
then
Nathan Goff
Nathan Goff Jr. (February 9, 1843 – April 23, 1920) was a United States representative from West Virginia, a Union Army officer, the 28th United States Secretary of the Navy during President Rutherford B. Hayes administration, a United States ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Coast and Insular Survey, Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Willard Saulsbury Jr., Willard Saulsbury; Ranking Member:
Charles E. Townsend)
* United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman:
James E. Martine; Ranking Member:
Henry A. du Pont)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (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:
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 Senate Committee on Conservation of National Resources, Conservation of National Resources (Chairman:
James K. Vardaman; 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 Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; 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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Cuban Relations, Cuban Relations (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow then Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments, Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman:
Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member:
James E. Martine)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John Walter Smith, John W. Smith; Ranking Member:
William P. Dillingham)
* United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: Hoke Smith; 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 Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons)
* United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Henry F. Hollis; 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 ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee to Establish a University in the United States, Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879), Luke Lea)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (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:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce, Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor (Chairman:
William H. Thompson; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member:
Claude A. Swanson)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, Expenditures in the Department of Justice (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:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
William Hughes)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Blair Lee; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State, Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman:
J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member:
John D. Works)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (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:
Harry Lane
Harry Lane (August 28, 1855 – May 23, 1917) was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A physician by training, Lane served as the head of the Oregon State Insane Asylum before being forced out by political enemies. After a decade prac ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman:
Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: John R. Thornton; Ranking Member:
John D. Works)
* United States Senate Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (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:
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 Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; 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. ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman:
Harry Lane
Harry Lane (August 28, 1855 – May 23, 1917) was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A physician by training, Lane served as the head of the Oregon State Insane Asylum before being forced out by political enemies. After a decade prac ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ( ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (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:
John W. Kern)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman:
Ellison D. Smith; 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. ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (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:
Moses E. Clapp)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations, Indian Depredations (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:
Claude A. Swanson)
* United States Senate Committee on Industrial Expositions, Industrial Expositions (Chairman:
Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member:
George T. Oliver)
* United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman:
James A. O'Gorman; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman:
Francis G. Newlands; Ranking Member:
Moses E. Clapp)
* United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
Marcus A. Smith; Ranking Member:
Wesley L. Jones)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
Charles A. Culberson; 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 the Library, Library (Chairman: Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879), Luke Lea; Ranking Member:
Albert B. Cummins)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
James A. Reed; Ranking Member:
George T. Oliver)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
George E. Chamberlain
George Earle Chamberlain Sr. (January 1, 1854 – July 9, 1928) was an American attorney, politician, and public official in Oregon. A native of Mississippi and member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Chamberlain's poli ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry A. du Pont)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Thomas J. Walsh; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member:
John Sharp Williams
John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Re ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Chairman: Charles F. Johnson; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (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:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman:
John F. Shafroth; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (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:
James A. Reed)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
Ollie M. James; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Benjamin F. Shively; Ranking Member:
Porter J. McCumber)
* United States Senate Committee on the Philippines, Philippines (Chairman:
Gilbert M. Hitchcock; Ranking Member:
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 ( ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (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:
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 Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
John W. Kern; Ranking Member:
William P. Dillingham)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Claude A. Swanson; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman:
Joseph E. 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 ...
; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
Henry L. Myers; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member:
George T. Oliver)
* United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member:
Edwin C. Burleigh
Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Maine from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to hold federal office, first in the United States House ...
then
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member:
Jacob H. Gallinger)
* United States Senate Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member:
John H. Bankhead)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Telepost, Telepost (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member:
Henry F. Hollis)
* United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman:
Charles S. Thomas; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member:
Thomas W. Miller)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member:
Gilbert N. Haugen
Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21, 1859 – July 18, 1933) was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member o ...
)
* United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:
Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 1952. From 19 ...
; Ranking Member:
Addison T. Smith
Addison Taylor Smith (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was a United States House of Representatives, congressman from Idaho. Smith served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Hou ...
)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
John J. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member:
Frederick H. Gillett
Frederick Huntington Gillett (; October 16, 1851 – July 31, 1935) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts state government and both houses of the U.S. Congress between 1879 and 1931, including six years as Speaker of the Hous ...
)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Everis A. Hayes)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
Harvey Helm; Ranking Member:
Asher C. Hinds)
* 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:
George W. Edmonds
George Washington Edmonds (February 22, 1864 – September 28, 1939) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
George W. Edmonds was born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He grad ...
)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member:
Edwin E. Roberts)
* 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:
William S. Bennet)
* 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:
William J. Cary)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Caleb Powers)
* 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: Carl E. Mapes)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James D. Post; Ranking Member:
Merrill Moores
Merrill Moores (April 21, 1856 – October 21, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1915 to 1925.
Biography
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Moores attended the public ...
)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman:
James A. Hamill; Ranking Member: John Jacob Rogers)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Lewis L. Morgan; Ranking Member:
Cassius C. Dowell
Cassius Clay Dowell (February 29, 1864 – February 4, 1940) was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to 1935, and again from 1937 until his death in 1940, with the interregnum caused by an unsuccessful campaign for re ...
)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (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: William R. Wood (Indiana politician), William R. Wood)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman:
Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Edward J. King)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: John H. Rothermel; Ranking Member: Thomas Sutler Williams)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member:
Aaron S. Kreider)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman:
Robert F. Broussard
Robert Foligny Broussard (August 17, 1864 – April 12, 1918) was both a United States Representative, U.S. representative and a United States Senate, U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, Lo ...
; Ranking Member:
Stephen G. Porter)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Labor Department, Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman:
James P. Maher; Ranking Member:
John G. Cooper)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: George Edmund Foss)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member:
Harry H. Pratt)
* 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:
George H. Tinkham)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Charles O. Lobeck; Ranking Member: Henry Wilson Temple)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
John A.M. Adair; Ranking Member:
Luther W. Mott)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas F. Konop; 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 Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member:
Henry Allen Cooper)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman:
John L. Burnett
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Life
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; Ranking Member:
Everis A. Hayes)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member:
Philip P. Campbell)
* United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: Edwin S. Underhill; Ranking Member:
Frank P. Woods
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* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones; Ranking Member:
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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* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
William C. Adamson; Ranking Member: John J. Esch)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Isaac R. Sherwood
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; Ranking Member:
John W. Langley)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
William R. Smith; Ranking Member:
Moses P. Kinkaid
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* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr., Henry De Lamar Clayton; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Volstead)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman:
David J. Lewis; Ranking Member: John M.C. Smith)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
James L. Slayden
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; Ranking Member:
William B. McKinley)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member:
William S. Greene
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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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* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:
Warren W. Bailey; Ranking Member:
Burnett M. Chiperfield
Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield (June 14, 1870 – June 24, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, father of Robert Bruce Chiperfield.
Early life and military service
Born in Dover, Illinois, Chiperfield attended the public schools of Il ...
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* 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:
Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to:
*Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete
*Julius Kahn (congressman)
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* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Martin D. Foster
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Born near West Salem, Illinois, Foster attended the public schools and Eureka College (Illinois). He was graduated from the Eclectic Medical ...
; Ranking Member:
Mahlon M. Garland)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Butler)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
William A. Oldfield
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Early life
Born in Franklin, Arkansas, Oldfield was the son of b ...
; Ranking Member:
John I. Nolan
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Backgro ...
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* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
John A. Key
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Early life and career
Born in Marion, Ohio, Key attended the public schools. ...
; Ranking Member:
Sam R. Sells)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member:
Halvor Steenerson)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Henry A. Barnhart
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Biography
Born near Twelve Mile, Indiana, Barnhart attended the common sch ...
; Ranking Member:
Edgar R. Kiess
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Biography
Kiess was born in Warrensville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Lycoming County Normal School i ...
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* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Frank Clark; Ranking Member:
Richard W. Austin
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* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
Scott Ferris
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Early life
Ferris was born in Neosho, Missouri to Scott and Annie M. Ferris. ; Ranking Member:
Irvine L. Lenroot)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman:
Martin Dies; Ranking Member: William L. La Follette)
* United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Hannibal L. Godwin
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Education and career
Born near Dunn in Harnett County, North Carolina, Godwin attended common schoo ...
; Ranking Member:
William B. McKinley)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member:
Merrill Moores
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Biography
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Moores attended the public ...
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* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member:
William E. Humphrey)
* United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman:
Dorsey W. Shackleford; Ranking Member:
Thomas B. Dunn)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member:
Philip P. Campbell)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Frank E. Guernsey, Frank Guernsey)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman:
Alexander W. Gregg
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; Ranking Member:
Benjamin K. Focht)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Fordney)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Armor Plant Costs, Armor Plant Costs (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* 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 the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen.
John Sharp Williams
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* United States Congress Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Sen.
Francis G. Newlands)
* United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate the General Parcel Post, Investigate the General Parcel Post
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen.
Duncan U. Fletcher)
* 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 Rural Credits, Rural Credits (Chairman: Rep.
Carter Glass
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* 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: Cornelius Ford
Senate
*Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: F. J. Prettyman (Methodist)
*Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: James Marion Baker, James M. Baker
*United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
*Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Charles P. Higgins
House of Representatives
*Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden
*Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble
*Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Bennett C. Clark
*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: Robert B. Gordon
See also
* United States elections, 1914 (elections leading to this Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1914
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1914
* United States elections, 1916 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1916 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1916
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1916
Notes
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