The 61st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. It met in
Washington, DC
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from March 4, 1909, to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of
William H. Taft's
presidency
A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...
. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the
Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
majority.
Major events
* March 4, 1909:
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...
became
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...
.
Major legislation
* August 5, 1909 –
Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act
The Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909 (ch. 6, 36 Stat. 11), named for Representative Sereno E. Payne (R– NY) and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich (R– RI), began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill raising certain tariffs on goo ...
, ch. 6,
* May 16, 1910:
Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910, Ch. 240,
* June 18, 1910:
Mann–Elkins Act
The Mann–Elkins Act, also called the Railway Rate Act of 1910, was a United States federal law that strengthened the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) over railroad rates. The law also expanded the ICC's jurisdiction to incl ...
, ch. 309,
* June 25, 1910:
Mann Act
The White-Slave Traffic Act, also called the Mann Act, is a United States federal law, passed June 25, 1910 (ch. 395, ; ''codified as amended at'' ). It is named after Congressman James Robert Mann of Illinois.
In its original form the act mad ...
, ch. 395,
* March 3, 1911:
Judicial Code of 1911
The Judicial Code of 1911 () abolished the United States circuit courts and transferred their trial jurisdiction to the U.S. district courts.
In 1911, the United States Congress created a single code encompassing all statutes related to the judic ...
, ch. 231,
Constitutional amendments
*July 12, 1909: Approved an amendment to the
United States Constitution allowing the Congress to levy an
income tax
An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income). Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times the taxable income. Tax ...
without
apportioning it among the states or basing it on the
United States Census, and submitted it to the
state legislatures for
ratification
Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally. Ratification defines the international act in which a state indicates its consent to be bound to a treaty if the parties inte ...
** Amendment was later ratified on February 3, 1913, becoming the
Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population. It was passed by Congress in 1909 in response to the 1895 Sup ...
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
:
James S. Sherman (R)
*
President pro tempore:
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
(R)
*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...
*
Republican Conference Secretary:
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Sena ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Hernando Money
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Robert Latham Owen
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a railroa ...
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** I ...
:
Joseph Gurney Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and many consid ...
(R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
*
Majority Leader
In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body. :
Sereno E. Payne
*
Majority Whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
:
John W. Dwight
*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Frank Dunklee Currier
Minority (Democratic) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Champ Clark
James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919.
Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
*
Minority Whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holdin ...
: vacant
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr.
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (February 10, 1857 – December 21, 1929) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Al ...
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
James Tilghman Lloyd
James Tilghman Lloyd (August 28, 1857 – April 3, 1944) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1909.
Lloyd was born in Canton, Missou ...
Members
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Senate
At this time, most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
: 2.
John H. Bankhead (D)
: 3.
Joseph F. Johnston
Joseph Forney Johnston (March 23, 1843 – August 8, 1913) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and businessman who was the List of governors of Alabama, 30th governor of Alabama from 1896 to 1900. He later ...
(D)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
: 2.
Jeff Davis (D)
: 3.
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist.
Biography
Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
(D)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
: 1.
Frank P. Flint (R)
: 3.
George C. Perkins (R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
: 2.
Simon Guggenheim
John Simon Guggenheim (December 30, 1867 – November 2, 1941) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist.
Life
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Jewish descent, Simon Guggenheim was the son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara G ...
(R)
: 3.
Charles J. Hughes Jr. (D), until January 11, 1911
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.
Morgan G. Bulkeley (R)
: 3.
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life
Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
(R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
: 1.
Henry A. du Pont (R)
: 2.
Harry A. Richardson (R)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
: 1.
James P. Taliaferro (D)
: 3.
Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly ele ...
(D)
: 3.
Alexander S. Clay (D), until November 10, 1910
::
Joseph M. Terrell (D), from November 17, 1910
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
: 2.
William E. Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often con ...
(R)
: 3.
Weldon B. Heyburn (R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
: 2.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.
Life and ca ...
(R)
: 3.
William C. Lorimer (R), from June 18, 1909
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
: 1.
Albert J. Beveridge
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (October 6, 1862 – April 27, 1927) was an American historian and US senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Linco ...
(R)
: 3.
Benjamin F. Shively (D)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
: 2.
Jonathan P. Dolliver (R), until October 15, 1910
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Lafayette Young (R), from November 12, 1910
: 3.
Albert B. Cummins (R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
: 2.
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Sena ...
(R)
: 3.
Joseph L. Bristow
Joseph Little Bristow (July 22, 1861July 14, 1944) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from the American state of Kansas. Elected in 1908, Bristow served a single term in the United States Senate where he gained recognit ...
(R)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
: 2.
Thomas H. Paynter (D)
: 3.
William O. Bradley (R)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
: 2.
Murphy J. Foster (D)
: 3.
Samuel D. McEnery (D), until June 10, 1910
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John Thornton (D), from December 10, 1910
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
: 1.
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...
(R)
: 2.
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
: 1.
Isidor Rayner (D)
: 3.
John W. Smith (D)
Massachusetts
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: 1.
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...
(R)
: 2.
Winthrop M. Crane (R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
: 1.
Julius C. Burrows (R)
: 2.
William A. Smith (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
: 1.
Moses E. Clapp (R)
: 2.
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
(R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
Hernando D. Money (D)
: 2.
Anselm J. McLaurin (D), until December 22, 1909
::
James Gordon (D), December 27, 1909 – February 22, 1910
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LeRoy Percy
LeRoy Percy (November 9, 1860December 24, 1929) was an American attorney, planter, and Democratic politician who served as a United States Senator to the state of Mississippi from 1910 to 1913.
Percy was a grandson of Charles "Don Carlos" Perc ...
(D), from February 23, 1910
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.
William Warner (R)
: 3.
William J. Stone (D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
: 1.
Thomas H. Carter (R)
: 2.
Joseph M. Dixon
Joseph Moore Dixon (July 31, 1867May 22, 1934) was an American History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Montana. He served as a U.S. House of Representatives, Representative, United States Senate, Senator, and th ...
(R)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
: 1.
Elmer J. Burkett (R)
: 2.
Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
(R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
: 1.
George S. Nixon (R)
: 3.
Francis G. Newlands (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
: 2.
Henry E. Burnham
Henry Eben Burnham (November 8, 1844February 8, 1917) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, he attended the public schools and Kimball Union Academy and married Hannah Elizabeth Patterson. Burnham gra ...
(R)
: 3.
Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
: 1.
John Kean (R)
: 2.
Frank O. Briggs (R)
New York
: 1.
Chauncey Mitchell Depew (R)
: 3.
Elihu A. Root (R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...
: 2.
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.
Martin N. Johnson (R), until October 21, 1909
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Fountain L. Thompson (D), November 10, 1909 – January 31, 1910
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William E. Purcell (D), February 1, 1910 – February 1, 1911
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Asle Gronna
Asle Jorgenson Gronna (December 10, 1858May 4, 1922) was an American politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate from North Dakota, and one of the six to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the First ...
(R), from February 2, 1911
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 ...
: 1.
Charles W. F. Dick (R)
: 3.
Theodore E. Burton (R)
Oklahoma
: 2.
Robert L. Owen (D)
: 3.
Thomas P. Gore (D)
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
: 2.
Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R)
: 3.
George E. Chamberlain (D)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
: 1.
Philander C. Knox
Philander Chase Knox (May 6, 1853October 12, 1921) was an American lawyer, bank director and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Knox served in the Cabinet of three different presidents and represented Pennsylvania in the United States ...
(R), until March 4, 1909
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George T. Oliver (R), from March 17, 1909
: 3.
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 ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
(R)
: 2.
George P. Wetmore
George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of, and a Senator from, Rhode Island.
Early life
George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parents ...
(R)
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 = ...
: 2.
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 ...
(D)
: 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 ...
: 2.
Robert J. Gamble (R)
: 3.
Coe I. Crawford (R)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
: 1.
James B. Frazier
James Beriah Frazier (October 18, 1856 – March 28, 1937) was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Tennessee from 1903 to 1905, and subsequently as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1905 to 1911. As governor, ...
(D)
: 2.
Robert L. Taylor (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.
Joseph W. Bailey
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
(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 ...
: 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 ...
(R)
: 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 ...
(R)
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
: 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.
John W. Daniel (D), until June 29, 1910
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Claude A. Swanson (D), from August 1, 1910
: 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.
Samuel H. Piles (R)
: 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.
Nathan Bay Scott (R)
: 2.
Stephen B. Elkins (R), until January 4, 1911
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Davis Elkins
Davis Elkins (January 24, 1876 – January 5, 1959) was a United States senator from West Virginia.
Biography
Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the Lawrenceville School, Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and Harvard University. Dur ...
(R), January 9, 1911 – January 31, 1911
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Clarence W. Watson (D), from February 1, 1911
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
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Robert M. La Follette Sr.
Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855June 18, 1925), was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the 20th Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his ...
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Isaac Stephenson
Isaac Stephenson (June 18, 1829March 15, 1918) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin as both a United States representative and a United States senator.
He was born in the community of Yorkton, near Fr ...
(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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Clarence D. Clark (R)
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Francis E. Warren (R)
House of Representatives
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
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George W. Taylor (D)
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S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)
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Henry D. Clayton (D)
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William B. Craig (D)
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J. Thomas Heflin
James Thomas Heflin (April 9, 1869 – April 22, 1951), nicknamed "Cotton Tom", was an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States representative and United States Senate, United States senator fro ...
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Richmond P. Hobson (D)
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John L. Burnett (D)
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William N. Richardson (D)
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Oscar W. Underwood (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 ...
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Robert B. Macon
Robert Bruce Macon (July 6, 1859 – October 9, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Macon was born near Trenton, Arkansas, and was left an orphan at the age of nine. He attended the public schools and studied at home, and engaged ...
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William A. Oldfield
William Allan Oldfield (February 4, 1874 – November 19, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1909 until his death.
Early life
Born in Franklin, Arkansas, Oldfield was the son of b ...
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John C. Floyd (D)
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William B. Cravens (D)
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Charles C. Reid (D)
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Joseph Taylor Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, servin ...
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Robert M. Wallace (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 F. Englebright (R)
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Duncan E. McKinlay (R)
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Joseph R. Knowland (R)
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Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to:
*Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete
*Julius Kahn (congressman)
Julius Kahn (February 28, 1861 – December 18, 1924) was a United States Congressman who was succeeded by his wife ...
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Everis A. Hayes (R)
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James C. Needham
James Carson Needham (September 17, 1864 – July 11, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a seven-term U.S. Representative from California from 1899 to 1913.
Biography
Born in a covered wagon at Carson City, Nevada, Ja ...
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James McLachlan (R)
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Sylvester C. Smith (R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
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Edward T. Taylor (D)
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Atterson Walden Rucker (D)
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John A. Martin (D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
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John Q. Tilson (R)
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E. Stevens Henry (R)
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Nehemiah D. Sperry
Nehemiah Day Sperry (July 10, 1827 – November 13, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Sperry was the third of six children of Enoch Sperry and Mary Atlanta (nee Sperry) Sperry. His eld ...
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Edwin W. Higgins (R)
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Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
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William H. Heald (R)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
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Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
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Frank Clark (D)
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Dannite H. Mays (D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
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Charles G. Edwards
Charles Gordon Edwards (July 2, 1878 – July 13, 1931) was an American political figure from the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.
Early years and education
Edwards was born in Daisy, Georgia, Daisy, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia i ...
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James M. Griggs (D), until January 5, 1910
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Seaborn Roddenbery
Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery (January 12, 1870 - September 25, 1913) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Georgia, known for his proposal of an anti-miscegenation amendment to the United States Constit ...
(D), from February 6, 1910
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Dudley M. Hughes
Dudley Mays Hughes (October 10, 1848 – January 20, 1927) was an American politician, farmer and railroad executive.
Hughes was born in Jeffersonville, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia in Athens.
In 1882, Hughes was elected ...
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William C. Adamson (D)
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Leonidas F. Livingston
Leonidas Felix Livingston (April 3, 1832 – February 11, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Early life and political involvement
Born near Covington, Georgia, Livingston attended the common schools, and engaged in agricultur ...
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Charles L. Bartlett (D)
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Gordon Lee Gordon Lee may refer to:
*Gordon Lee (comic store owner) (1958–2013), American comic book store owner charged with distributing obscene materials
*Gordon Lee (congressman) (1859–1927), U.S. congressman from Georgia
*Gordon Lee (footballer) (193 ...
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William M. Howard (D)
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Thomas Montgomery Bell
Thomas Montgomery Bell (March 17, 1861 – March 18, 1941) was an American politician who served as House majority whip from 1913 to 1915.
Bell was born in Nacoochee Valley, near Cleveland, Georgia. He graduated from Moore's Business Univ ...
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Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
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William G. Brantley (D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
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Thomas Ray Hamer
Thomas Ray Hamer (May 4, 1864 – December 22, 1950) was a United States Representative from Idaho. Hamer served as a single term as a Republican in the House from 1909 to 1911, representing the state at-large. Hamer attended Hedding College ...
(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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Martin B. Madden
Martin Barnaby Madden (March 21, 1855 – April 27, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He belonged to the Republican Party. As of 2020, he is the last non-African American to serve as a representative for Illinois's 1st congress ...
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James R. Mann (R)
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William W. Wilson (R)
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James T. McDermott (D)
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Adolph J. Sabath (D)
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William Lorimer (R), until June 17, 1909
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William J. Moxley (R), from November 23, 1909
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Frederick Lundin
Frederick Lundin (born Fredrik Lundin Larsson; May 18, 1868 – August 20, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a Republican Party ward boss in Chicago. He played an instrumental role in the successful mayoral elections of Wil ...
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Thomas Gallagher (D)
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Henry S. Boutell
Henry Sherman Boutell (March 14, 1856 – March 11, 1926) was an American lawyer and diplomat.
Biography
Boutell was born at Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lewis Henry and Anna (Greene) Boutell. A colonial ancestry entitled him to membersh ...
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George E. Foss
George Edmund Foss (July 2, 1863 – March 15, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss.
Life and career
Foss was born on July 2, 1863, in Berkshire, Vermont. He was a brother of Eugene Noble ...
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Howard M. Snapp
Howard Malcolm Snapp (September 27, 1855 – August 14, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, son of Henry Snapp who had also been a U.S. representative from Illinois.
Born in Joliet, Illinois, Snapp attended the Eastern Avenue school ...
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Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller (March 31, 1849 – June 25, 1926) was a 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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Frank O. Lowden (R)
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James McKinney
James McKinney (April 14, 1852 – September 29, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Oquawka, Illinois, McKinney attended the public schools of Lewis County High School and was given the nickname of "Downey" fro ...
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George W. Prince (R)
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Joseph V. Graff
Joseph Verdi Graff (July 1, 1854 – November 10, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Graff was graduated from the Terre Haute High School, and attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, one yea ...
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John A. Sterling (R)
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Joseph G. Cannon (R)
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William B. McKinley (R)
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Henry T. Rainey (D)
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James M. Graham (D)
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William A. Rodenberg
William August Rodenberg (October 30, 1865 – September 10, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Chester, Illinois, the son of German immigrants,
Rodenberg attended the public schools. He graduated from Central Wesleyan ...
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Martin D. Foster (D)
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Pleasant T. Chapman (R)
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Napoleon B. Thistlewood
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood (March 30, 1837 – September 15, 1915) was a veteran of the American Civil War who served as a U.S. Representative from the state of Illinois from 1908 to 1913.
Early life and career
Napoleon Thistlewood was ...
(R)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
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John W. Boehne (D)
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William A. Cullop (D)
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William E. Cox (D)
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Lincoln Dixon (D)
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Ralph Wilbur Moss (D)
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William O. Barnard (R)
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Charles A. Korbly (D)
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John A.M. Adair (D)
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Martin A. Morrison
Martin Andrew Morrison (April 15, 1862 – July 9, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Frankfort, Indiana, Morrison attended a public school.
He graduated from Butler College, Irvington, Indiana, in June 1883 and from the la ...
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Edgar D. Crumpacker
Edgar Dean Crumpacker (May 27, 1851 – May 19, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1913. He was the father of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker and cousin of Shepard J. ...
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George W. Rauch (D)
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Cyrus Cline (D)
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Henry A. Barnhart (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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Albert F. Dawson
Albert Foster Dawson (January 26, 1872 – March 9, 1949) was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district.
Born in Spragueville, Iowa, Dawson attended the public schools and the University of Wisconsi ...
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Charles E. Pickett (R)
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Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
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James W. Good (R)
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Nathan E. Kendall (R)
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John A. T. Hull (R)
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William Darius Jamieson (D)
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Walter I. Smith
Walter Inglewood Smith (July 10, 1862 – January 27, 1922) was a United States representative from Iowa and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the ...
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Frank P. Woods (R)
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Elbert H. Hubbard (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 ...
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Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R)
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Charles Frederick Scott (R)
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Philip P. Campbell (R)
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James Monroe Miller (R)
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William A. Calderhead (R)
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William A. Reeder (R)
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Edmond H. Madison (R)
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Victor Murdock
Victor Murdock (March 18, 1871 – July 8, 1945) was an American politician and newspaper editor who served as a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Life
Victor Murdock was born March 18, 1871, in Burlingame, Kansas to Marshall Murdock, editor of ...
(R)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
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Ollie M. James (D)
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Augustus Stanley
Augustus Owsley Stanley I (May 21, 1867 – August 12, 1958) was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 38th governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Repre ...
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Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D)
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Ben Johnson Ben, Benjamin or Benny Johnson may refer to:
In sports Association football
* Ben Johnson (footballer, born 2000), English footballer
* Ben Johnson (soccer) (born 1977), American soccer player
Other codes of football
*Ben Johnson (Australian foot ...
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J. Swagar Sherley (D)
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Joseph L. Rhinock (D)
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J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
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Harvey Helm (D)
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Joseph B. Bennett (R)
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John W. Langley (R)
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Don C. Edwards
Don Calvin Edwards (July 13, 1861 – September 19, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Moulton, Iowa, Edwards moved to Erie, Kansas, with his parents in 1869.
He attended the common schools of Iowa and Kansas, and Campb ...
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Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
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Albert Estopinal (D)
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Samuel Louis Gilmore
Samuel Louis Gilmore (July 30, 1859 – July 18, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Gilmore was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was instructed by private tutors, graduating from the Central High School of New Orleans in 18 ...
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Henry Garland Dupré (D), from November 8, 1910
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Robert Foligny Broussard (D)
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John Thomas Watkins
John Thomas Watkins (January 15, 1854 – April 25, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
Early life an ...
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Joseph Eugene Ransdell
Joseph Eugene Ransdell (October 7, 1858July 27, 1954) was an attorney and politician from Louisiana. Beginning in 1899, he was elected for seven consecutive terms as United States representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He sub ...
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Robert Charles Wickliffe
Robert Charles Wickliffe (May 1, 1874 – June 11, 1912), (grandson of Charles A. Wickliffe and cousin of John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham) was a U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the ...
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Arsène Paulin Pujó (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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Amos L. Allen
Amos Lawrence Allen (March 17, 1837 – February 20, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Maine.
Born in Waterboro, Maine, Allen attended the common schools, Whitestown Seminary in Whitestown, New Y ...
(R), until February 20, 1911
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John P. Swasey (R)
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Edwin C. Burleigh
Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Maine from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to hold federal office, first in the United States House ...
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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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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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J. Harry Covington (D)
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J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
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John Kronmiller (R)
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John Gill Jr. (D)
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Sydney Emanuel Mudd I (R)
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George A. Pearre (R)
Massachusetts
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George P. Lawrence (R)
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Frederick H. Gillett (R)
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Charles G. Washburn (R)
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Charles Q. Tirrell (R), until July 31, 1910
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John Joseph Mitchell (D), from November 8, 1910
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Butler Ames
Butler Ames (August 22, 1871 – November 6, 1954) was an American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman. He was the son of Adelbert Ames and grandson of Benjamin Franklin Butler, both decorated generals in the Union Army during the Ame ...
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Augustus P. Gardner (R)
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Ernest W. Roberts (R)
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Samuel W. McCall (R)
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John A. Keliher (D)
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Joseph F. O'Connell (D)
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Andrew J. Peters (D)
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John W. Weeks (R)
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William S. Greene
William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
William S. Greene was born in Tremont, Illinois on April 28, 1841. He moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachu ...
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William C. Lovering
William Croad Lovering (February 25, 1835 – February 4, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Lovering moved with his parents to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1837.
He attended the Camb ...
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Eugene Foss
Eugene Noble Foss (September 24, 1858 – September 13, 1939) was an American politician and manufacturer from Massachusetts. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and served as a three-term governor of Massachusetts.
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(D), March 22, 1910 – January 4, 1911
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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Edwin C. Denby (R)
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Charles E. Townsend (R)
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Washington Gardner (R)
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Edward L. Hamilton (R)
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Gerrit J. Diekema (R)
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Samuel W. Smith
Samuel William Smith (August 23, 1852 – June 19, 1931), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, ser ...
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Henry McMorran (R)
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Joseph W. Fordney (R)
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James C. McLaughlin (R)
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George A. Loud (R)
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Francis H. Dodds (R)
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H. Olin Young (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
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James Albertus Tawney (R)
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Winfield Scott Hammond
Winfield Scott Hammond (November 17, 1863December 30, 1915) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Biography
Hammond was born in 1863 in Southborough, Massachusetts, the son of Ellen P. (Panton) and John Washington ...
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Charles Russell Davis (R)
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Frederick Stevens (R)
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Frank Nye (R)
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Charles August Lindbergh (R)
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Andrew Volstead
Andrew John Volstead () (October 31, 1860 – January 20, 1947) was an American member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota, 1903–1923, and a member of the Republican Party. His name is closely associated with the N ...
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Clarence B. Miller (R)
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Halvor Steenerson (R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D)
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Thomas Spight
Thomas Spight (October 25, 1841 – January 5, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born near Ripley, Mississippi, Spight attended the common schools, Ripley Academy, Purdy (Tennessee) College, and the La Grange (Tennessee) Synodi ...
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Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)
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Thomas U. Sisson (D)
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Adam M. Byrd (D)
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Eaton J. Bowers (D)
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William A. Dickson (D)
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James W. Collier (D)
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
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James Tilghman Lloyd
James Tilghman Lloyd (August 28, 1857 – April 3, 1944) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1909.
Lloyd was born in Canton, Missou ...
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William W. Rucker
William Waller Rucker (February 1, 1855 – May 30, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born near Covington, Virginia, Rucker moved with his parents to western Virginia in 1861. He attended the common schools and moved to Chari ...
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Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
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Charles F. Booher (D)
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William Patterson Borland (D)
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David A. De Armond
David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 unti ...
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Clement C. Dickinson (D), from February 1, 1910
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Courtney W. Hamlin (D)
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Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
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James Beauchamp Clark
James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919.
Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
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Richard Bartholdt
Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United States in April 1872 an ...
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Patrick F. Gill (D)
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Harry M. Coudrey
Harry Marcy Coudrey (February 28, 1867 – July 5, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Early life
Born in Brunswick, Missouri, to J.N. and L.H. Coudrey, Harry moved with his parents to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1878. He attended t ...
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Politte Elvins
Politte Elvins (March 16, 1878 – January 14, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri's 13th congressional district.
Born in French Village. St. Francois County, Missouri, Elvins attended the public schools.
He graduated from Carleton ...
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Charles A. Crow (R)
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Charles Henry Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan (July 5, 1842January 4, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician from Missouri. He represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives for five terms spread across four decades. He also served as an Unit ...
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Arthur P. Murphy (R)
Montana
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Charles N. Pray
Charles Nelson Pray (April 6, 1868 – September 12, 1963) was a United States representative from Montana and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
Education and career
Born on April 6, ...
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Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
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John A. Maguire
John Arthur Maguire (November 29, 1870 – July 1, 1939) was an American Democratic Party politician.
He was born near Elizabeth, Illinois on November 29, 1870, and moved to the Dakota Territory in 1882 with his parents settling near what is ...
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Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
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James P. Latta (D)
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Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)
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George W. Norris
George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913 ...
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Moses P. Kinkaid
Moses Pierce Kinkaid (January 24, 1856 – July 6, 1922) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Nebraska. He was the sponsor of the 1904 Kinkaid Land Act, which allowed homeste ...
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Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a 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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George A. Bartlett
George Arthur Bartlett (November 30, 1869 – June 1, 1951) was a United States representative from Nevada.
Biography
He moved with his parents to Eureka, Eureka County and attended the common schools. His marriage to Pearl Bartlett resulted ...
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
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Cyrus Adams Sulloway (R)
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Frank Dunklee Currier (R)
New Jersey
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Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
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John James Gardner
John James Gardner (October 17, 1845 – February 7, 1921) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for ten terms from 1893 to 1913, a ...
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Benjamin F. Howell (R)
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Ira W. Wood (R)
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Charles N. Fowler (R)
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William Hughes (D)
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Richard W. Parker
Richard Wayne Parker (August 6, 1848 – November 28, 1923) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 6th congressional district from 1895 to 1903, the 7th district from 1903 to 1911, and the 9th distri ...
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William H. Wiley
William Halsted Wiley (July 10, 1842 in New York City – May 2, 1925 in Orange, New Jersey), was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1903 to 1907 and from 1909 to 1911, an ...
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Eugene F. Kinkead
Eugene Francis Kinkead (March 27, 1876 – September 6, 1960), was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 9th congressional district from 1909 to 1913, and the 8th district from 1913 to 1915.
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James A. Hamill (D)
New York
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William W. Cocks (R)
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George H. Lindsay
George Henry Lindsay (January 7, 1837 – May 25, 1916) was an American businessman and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1913. He was the Coroner of Kings County, New York, from 1886 to ...
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Otto G. Foelker
Otto Godfrey Foelker (December 29, 1875 – January 18, 1943) was an American politician from New York (state), New York.
Life
Foelker was born in Mainz, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1888 with his parents. They settled in Troy, ...
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Charles B. Law
Charles Blakeslee Law (February 5, 1872 – September 15, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Hannibal, New York, Law attended the public schools and graduated from Colgate Academy in Hamilton, New York in 18 ...
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Richard Young Richard Young may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Richard Young (cinematographer) (1939–2010), American cinematographer
* Richard Young (photographer) (born 1947), English society and celebrity photographer
*Richard Young (actor) (born 1955), ...
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William M. Calder (R)
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John J. Fitzgerald (D)
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Daniel J. Riordan (D)
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Henry M. Goldfogle
Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915.
Biography
Born in New York City, he attended the public sc ...
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William Sulzer
William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state.
Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
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Charles V. Fornes
Charles Vincent Fornes (January 22, 1844 – May 22, 1929) was an American educator and politician who served three terms as a United States representative from NYCongDel, New York from 1907 to 1913.
Early life and career
Born on a farm near W ...
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Michael F. Conry (D)
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Herbert Parsons (R)
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William Willett Jr. (D)
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J. Van Vechten Olcott
Jacob Van Vechten Olcott (May 17, 1856 – June 1, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in New York City, Olcott attended public schools, including the Thirteenth Street School. He also attended the College of the City of New Y ...
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Francis B. Harrison
Francis Burton Harrison (December 18, 1873 – November 21, 1957) was an American statesman who served in the United States House of Representatives and was appointed governor-general of the Philippines by President of the United States Woodrow ...
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William S. Bennet (R)
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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.
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John E. Andrus
John Emory Andrus (February 16, 1841 – December 26, 1934) was mayor of Yonkers, New York, a U.S. Congressman from New York, and founder of the SURDNA Foundation.
Biography
Born in Pleasantville, New York, Andrus was the son of Methodist Minis ...
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Thomas W. Bradley
Thomas Wilson Bradley (April 6, 1844 – May 30, 1920) was a United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Biography
Born in Yorkshire, England, Bradley immig ...
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Hamilton Fish II
Hamilton Fish II (April 17, 1849 – January 15, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the New York State Assembly and a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Fish was born in Albany, N ...
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William H. Draper (R)
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George N. Southwick
George Newell Southwick (March 7, 1863 – October 17, 1912) was an American journalist and politician from Albany, New York. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1895 to 1911.
Early life
George N. Sou ...
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George W. Fairchild
George Winthrop Fairchild (May 6, 1854 – December 31, 1924), was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from New York. Prior to joining congress, he was a businessman and investor, best known as the chairman from 1915 to 1924 of the Computi ...
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Cyrus Durey (R)
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George R. Malby
George Roland Malby (September 16, 1857 in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York – July 5, 1912 in New York City) was an American politician from New York. He was Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1894, and served three terms in C ...
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Charles S. Millington (R)
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Charles L. Knapp (R)
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Michael E. Driscoll (R)
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John W. Dwight (R)
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Sereno E. Payne (R)
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J. Sloat Fassett (R)
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James S. Simmons (R)
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Daniel A. Driscoll
Daniel Angelus Driscoll (March 6, 1875 – June 5, 1955) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1909 to 1917.
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De Alva S. Alexander (R)
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Edward B. Vreeland (R)
North Carolina
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John Humphrey Small (D)
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Claude Kitchin (D)
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Charles Randolph Thomas
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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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John M. Morehead (R)
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Hannibal L. Godwin
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin (November 3, 1873 – June 9, 1929) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1907 and 1921.
Education and career
Born near Dunn in Harnett County, North Carolina, Godwin attended common schoo ...
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Robert N. Page
Robert Newton Page (October 26, 1859 – October 3, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Mebane, North Carolina. He moved to Aber ...
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Charles H. Cowles (R)
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Edwin Y. Webb
Edwin Yates Webb (May 23, 1872 – February 7, 1955) was a Democratic United States Representative from North Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
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John G. Grant (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 ...
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Louis B. Hanna (R)
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Asle Gronna
Asle Jorgenson Gronna (December 10, 1858May 4, 1922) was an American politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate from North Dakota, and one of the six to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the First ...
(R), until February 11, 1911
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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Nicholas Longworth
Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a Republican. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he ini ...
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Herman P. Goebel (R)
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James M. Cox
James Middleton Cox (March 31, 1870 July 15, 1957) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. As the Democratic nominee for President of the United S ...
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William E. Tou Velle (D)
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Timothy T. Ansberry
Timothy Thomas Ansberry (December 24, 1871 – July 5, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Early life
Timothy T. Ansberry was born in Defiance, Ohio. He attended public schools. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend ...
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Matthew R. Denver (D)
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J. Warren Keifer (R)
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Ralph D. Cole
Ralph Dayton Cole (November 30, 1873 – October 15, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1905 to 1911. He was the brother of Raymond Clinton Cole, who also served in Congr ...
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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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Adna R. Johnson (R)
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Albert Douglas
Albert Douglas (April 25, 1852 – March 14, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1907 to 1911.
Biography
Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Douglas attended the public schools of ...
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Edward L. Taylor Jr.
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. (August 10, 1869 – March 10, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1905 to 1913.
Biography
Born in Columbus, Ohio, he was the son of Edward ...
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Carl C. Anderson (D)
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William G. Sharp
William Graves Sharp (March 14, 1859 – November 17, 1922) was an American lawyer, manufacturer, three-term congressman, and diplomat.
Biography
Sharp was born in Mount Gilead, Ohio on March 14, 1859.
He moved to Elyria, Ohio with his mot ...
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James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...
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David Hollingsworth (R)
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William A. Ashbrook (D)
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James Kennedy (R)
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W. Aubrey Thomas
William Aubrey Thomas (June 7, 1866September 8, 1951) was an American scientist and politician who served as a US Representative from Ohio from 1904 to 1911.
Biography
Born in Y Bynea, near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Thomas immigrate ...
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L. Paul Howland (R)
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James H. Cassidy (R), from April 20, 1909
Oklahoma
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Bird Segle McGuire
Bird Segle McGuire (October 13, 1865 – November 9, 1930) was an American politician, a Delegate and the last U.S. Representative from Oklahoma Territory. After statehood, he was elected as an Oklahoma member of Congress, where he served four c ...
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Dick Thompson Morgan
Dick Thompson Morgan (December 6, 1853 – July 4, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Early life and education
Born at Prairie Creek, Indiana, a few miles southwest of Terre Haute, Indiana, Morgan attended the country schools ...
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Charles E. Creager
Charles Edward Creager (April 28, 1873 – January 11, 1964) was an American newspaper publisher and editor and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born in Montgomery County, Ohio near Dayton, Creager was the son of William Otterbein ...
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Charles D. Carter (D)
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Scott Ferris
Scott Ferris (November 3, 1877 – June 8, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Early life
Ferris was born in Neosho, Missouri to Scott and Annie M. Ferris. (D)
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
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Willis C. Hawley (R)
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William R. Ellis (R)
Pennsylvania
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Henry H. Bingham
Henry Harrison Bingham (December 4, 1841 – March 22, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1879 to 1912. He w ...
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Joel Cook (R), until December 15, 1910
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J. Hampton Moore (R)
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Reuben O. Moon (R)
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William W. Foulkrod (R), until November 13, 1910
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George D. McCreary (R)
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Thomas S. Butler (R)
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Irving P. Wanger (R)
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William W. Griest (R)
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Thomas D. Nicholls
Thomas David Nicholls (September 16, 1870 – January 19, 1931) was an Independent Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Formative years
Thomas D. Nicholls was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Septemb ...
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Henry W. Palmer
Henry Wilbur Palmer (July 10, 1839 – February 15, 1913) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Henry Palmer was the father of Bradley Palmer, a Boston lawyer known for ...
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Alfred B. Garner (R)
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John H. Rothermel (D)
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Charles C. Pratt (R)
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William B. Wilson (D)
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John G. McHenry
John Geiser McHenry (April 26, 1868 – December 27, 1912) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John G. McHenry was born in Benton Township, Pennsylvania on April 26, 1868. He attended ...
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Benjamin K. Focht (R)
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Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
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John M. Reynolds (R), until January 17, 1911
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Daniel F. Lafean
Daniel Franklin Lafean (February 7, 1861 – April 18, 1922) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Lafean was born in York, Pennsylvania to Germans, German i ...
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Charles F. Barclay (R)
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George F. Huff
George Franklin Huff (July 16, 1842 – April 18, 1912) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
George F. Huff was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He atte ...
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Allen F. Cooper (R)
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John K. Tener (R), until January 16, 1911
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Arthur L. Bates (R)
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A. Mitchell Palmer
Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 – May 11, 1936), was an American attorney and politician who served as the 50th United States attorney general from 1919 to 1921. He is best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare ...
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J. N. Langham
Jonathan Nicholas Langham (August 4, 1861 – May 21, 1945) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Langham was born near Hillsdale, Pennsylvania. He taught school, and graduated from the ...
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Nelson P. Wheeler (R)
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William H. Graham (R)
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John Dalzell
John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887–1913. During the presidency of The ...
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James F. Burke (R)
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Andrew J. Barchfeld
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (May 18, 1863 – January 28, 1922) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Barchfeld was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to German immigrants from Prussia.
He attend ...
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
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William P. Sheffield (R)
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Adin B. Capron (R)
South Carolina
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George S. Legare
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People
* George (given name)
* George (surname)
* George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George
* George Washington, First President of the United States
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James O'H. Patterson (D)
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Wyatt Aiken (D)
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Joseph T. Johnson (D)
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David E. Finley (D)
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J. Edwin Ellerbe (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. Burke (R)
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Eben Martin
Eben Wever Martin (April 12, 1855 – May 22, 1932) was an American attorney and politician in South Dakota. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life and education
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Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
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Walter P. Brownlow (R), until July 8, 1910
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Zachary D. Massey
Zachary David Massey (November 14, 1864 – July 13, 1923) was an American politician and physician who represented Tennessee's 1st congressional district in 1910 and 1911.
Early life
Massey was born on November 14, 1864 in Marshall, North Caro ...
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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 (D)
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Thetus Willrette Sims (D)
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Finis J. Garrett (D)
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George W. Gordon (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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Martin Dies (D)
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Choice Boswell Randell (D)
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James Andrew Beall
James Andrew "Jack" Beall (October 25, 1866 – February 11, 1929) was an American politician. He represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1915.
Early years
Beall was born on a farm near Midlothian, Texas to R ...
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Rufus Hardy (D)
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Alexander W. Gregg
Alexander White Gregg (January 31, 1855 – April 30, 1919) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives between 1903 and 1919.
Gregg was born in Centerville, Texas on January 31, 1855 ...
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John M. Moore
John Matthew Moore (November 18, 1862 – February 3, 1940) was an American rancher and statesman from Texas who served in the United States House of Representatives from United States House of Representatives, Texas District 8, District 8 fro ...
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George Farmer Burgess
George Farmer Burgess (September 21, 1861 – December 31, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Biography
Born in Wharton, Texas, Burgess attended the common schools.
He moved with his mother to Fayette County in 1880 and engaged in agr ...
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Albert Sidney Burleson (D)
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Robert L. Henry (D)
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Oscar W. Gillespie (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 ...
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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 ...
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Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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David J. Foster
David Johnson Foster (June 27, 1857 – March 21, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Biography
Foster was born in Barnet, Vermont, a son of Jacob Prentiss Foster and Matilda (Cahoon) F ...
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Frank Plumley
Frank Plumley (December 17, 1844 – April 30, 1924) was an American politician and lawyer from Vermont. He served as United States district attorney and U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Early life and career
Plumley was born in Eden, V ...
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
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William Atkinson Jones
William Atkinson Jones (March 21, 1849 – April 17, 1918) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1918 from the first district of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Early life
Jones was born in Warsaw, Virginia on March 21 ...
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Harry Lee Maynard (D)
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John Fletcher Lamb (D)
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Francis R. Lassiter (D), until October 31, 1909
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Edward W. Saunders (D)
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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 ...
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James Hay James Hay may refer to:
*James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop
* James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble
* James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612–1660), British noble
* James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (172 ...
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Charles Creighton Carlin (D)
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C. Bascom Slemp (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)
: .
Francis W. Cushman (R), until July 6, 1909
::
William W. McCredie (R), from November 2, 1909
: .
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 ...
(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 ...
: .
William P. Hubbard
William Pallister Hubbard (December 24, 1843 – December 5, 1921) was an American Republican politician from Wheeling, West Virginia who served as a United States representative. The son of Congressman Chester D. Hubbard, he served as a memb ...
(R)
: .
George Cookman Sturgiss
George Cookman Sturgiss (August 16, 1842 – February 26, 1925) was a lawyer and Republican politician who served as United States Representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. He was a member of the 60th and 61st United States ...
(R)
: .
Joseph Holt Gaines
Joseph Holt 'Jodie' Gaines (September 3, 1864 – April 12, 1951) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from West Virginia.
Born in Washington, D.C., Gaines moved with his parents to Fayette County, West Vir ...
(R)
: .
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)
: .
James Anthony Hughes (R)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
: .
Henry Allen Cooper (R)
: .
John M. Nelson (R)
: .
Arthur W. Kopp
Arthur William Kopp (February 28, 1874 – June 2, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Bigpatch, Wisconsin, Kopp attended the common schools of Grant County, Wisconsin. He graduated from the State normal school, now the U ...
(R)
: .
William J. Cary (R)
: .
William H. Stafford
William Henry Stafford (October 12, 1869 – April 22, 1957) was a United States, U.S. Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Wisconsin.
He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stafford received his bachelors degrees from ...
(R)
: .
Charles H. Weisse (D)
: .
John Jacob Esch
John Jacob Esch (March 20, 1861 – April 27, 1941) was an American attorney and member of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1921 serving as a Republican. Born near Norwalk, Wisconsin, he graduated from the University ...
(R)
: .
James Henry Davidson
James Henry Davidson (June 18, 1858 – August 6, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Colchester, New York, Davidson attended the public schools and Walton (New York) Academy. He taught school in Delaware and Sullivan Co ...
(R)
: .
Gustav Küstermann (R)
: .
Elmer A. Morse (R)
: .
Irvine L. Lenroot (R)
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the s ...
: .
Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)
Non-voting members
: .
James Wickersham
James Wickersham (August 24, 1857 – October 24, 1939) was a district judge for Alaska, appointed by U.S. President William McKinley to the Third Judicial District in 1900. He resigned his post in 1908 and was subsequently elected as Alaska ...
(R)
: .
Ralph Henry Cameron
Ralph Henry Cameron (October 21, 1863 – February 12, 1953) was an American businessman, prospector and politician who served as both Arizona Territory's Delegate to Congress and as an Arizona United States Senator. As a Territorial delegate, h ...
(R)
: .
Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R)
: .
William Henry Andrews
William Henry "Bull" Andrews (January 14, 1846 – January 16, 1919) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and as a delegate from the New Mexico Territory.
Andrews was born ...
(R)
: .
Benito Legarda
Benito Cosme Legarda y Tuason (September 27, 1853 – August 27, 1915) was a Filipino legislator who was a member of the Philippine Commission of the American colonial Insular Government, the government's legislature, and later a Resident Comm ...
(
Fed., R)
: .
Pablo Ocampo
Pablo de Leon Ocampo (born Pablo Ocampo y de León; January 25, 1853 – February 5, 1925) was a Filipino lawyer, nationalist, a member of the Malolos Congress, inaugural holder of the office of Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Island ...
, until November 22, 1909 (D)
::
Manuel 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 d ...
, (Unionist), from November 23, 1909
: .
Tulio Larrínaga
Tulio Larrínaga (January 15, 1847 – April 28, 1917) was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.
Biography
Born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, Larrínaga attended the Seminario Consiliar of San Ildefonso at San Juan, Puerto Rico. He studied c ...
(Resident Commissioner), (Unionist)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 13
**
Democratic: 1 seat net gain
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: 1 seat net loss
* Deaths: 8
* Resignations: 2
* Vacancy: 1
* Total seats with changes: 14
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 12
**
Democratic: 3 seat gain
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: 3 seat loss
* Deaths: 12
* Resignations: 6
* Contested elections: 0
* Total seats with changes: 21
Committees
Senate
*
Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:
Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member:
Shelby M. Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.
Life and ca ...
)
*
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money)
*
Appropriations (Chairman:
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
*
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
John Kean; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money)
*
Canadian Relations (Chairman:
William A. Smith; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
*
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
(Chairman:
Robert M. La Follette
Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855June 18, 1925), was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the 20th Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery)
*
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Claims
Claim may refer to:
* Claim (legal)
* Claim of Right Act 1689
* Claims-based identity
* Claim (philosophy)
* Land claim
* A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law
* Patent claim
* The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton
* A righ ...
(Chairman:
Henry E. Burnham
Henry Eben Burnham (November 8, 1844February 8, 1917) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, he attended the public schools and Kimball Union Academy and married Hannah Elizabeth Patterson. Burnham gra ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman:
Samuel H. Piles; Ranking Member:
Alexander S. Clay)
*
Coast Defenses (Chairman:
George S. Nixon; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro)
*
Commerce
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...
(Chairman:
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Conservation of National Resources (Chairman:
Joseph M. Dixon
Joseph Moore Dixon (July 31, 1867May 22, 1934) was an American History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Montana. He served as a U.S. House of Representatives, Representative, United States Senate, Senator, and th ...
; Ranking Member:
Francis G. Newlands)
*
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman:
James P. Taliaferro; Ranking Member:
Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
)
*
Cuban Relations (Chairman:
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:
Jacob H. Gallinger)
*
Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman:
Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member:
Jacob H. Gallinger)
*
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
*
District of Columbia
)
, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
(Chairman:
Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member:
Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
)
*
Education and Labor (Chairman:
William E. Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often con ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel)
*
Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly ele ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...
)
*
Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member:
Murphy James Foster Jr.)
*
Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman:
Simon Guggenheim
John Simon Guggenheim (December 30, 1867 – November 2, 1941) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist.
Life
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Jewish descent, Simon Guggenheim was the son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara G ...
)
*
Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
*
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Isaac Stephenson
Isaac Stephenson (June 18, 1829March 15, 1918) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin as both a United States representative and a United States senator.
He was born in the community of Yorkton, near Fr ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson)
*
Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman:
Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons)
*
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
Coe I. Crawford; Ranking Member:
Jeff Davis)
*
Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman:
William O. Bradley; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Bailey
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman:
William Lorimer; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Joseph L. Bristow
Joseph Little Bristow (July 22, 1861July 14, 1944) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from the American state of Kansas. Elected in 1908, Bristow served a single term in the United States Senate where he gained recognit ...
; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly ele ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Department of State (Select) (Chairman:
Elihu Root; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select) (Chairman:
Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member:
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist.
Biography
Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
)
*
Expenditures in the War Department (Select) (Chairman:
Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money)
*
Finance (Chairman:
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel)
*
Fisheries (Chairman:
Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery)
*
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
; Ranking Member:
Moses E. Clapp)
*
Foreign Relations
A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through m ...
(Chairman:
Shelby M. Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.
Life and ca ...
; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly ele ...
)
*
Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman:
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life
Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
*
Geological Survey
A geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model. Geological surveying employs techniques from the traditional walk-over survey, studying outc ...
(Chairman:
Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money)
*
Immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...
(Chairman:
William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and Al ...
(Chairman:
Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member:
William J. Stone)
*
Indian Depredations (Chairman:
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Sena ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Indian Contracts Investigation (Select)
*
Industrial Expositions (Chairman:
Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel)
*
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman:
Frank P. Flint; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro)
*
Interstate Commerce
The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution ( Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and amo ...
(Chairman:
Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
*
Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Bailey
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
)
*
Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...
(Chairman:
Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly ele ...
)
*
Library
A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...
(Chairman:
George P. Wetmore
George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of, and a Senator from, Rhode Island.
Early life
George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parents ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel)
*
Manufactures
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a rang ...
(Chairman:
Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member:
Alexander S. Clay)
*
Military Affairs
''The Journal of Military History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the military history of all times and places. It is the official journal of the Society for Military History. The journal was established in 1937 and the ed ...
(Chairman:
Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro)
*
Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Charles Dick; 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 ...
)
*
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
William Warner; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery)
*
National Banks
In banking, the term national bank carries several meanings:
* a bank owned by the state
* an ordinary private bank which operates nationally (as opposed to regionally or locally or even internationally)
* in the United States, an ordinary p ...
(Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Naval Affairs (Chairman:
George C. Perkins; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
)
*
Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman:
Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member:
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist.
Biography
Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
)
*
Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro)
*
Patents (Chairman:
Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
; Ranking Member:
Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
*
Pensions (Chairman:
Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro)
*
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
(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:
Joseph F. Johnston
Joseph Forney Johnston (March 23, 1843 – August 8, 1913) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and businessman who was the List of governors of Alabama, 30th governor of Alabama from 1896 to 1900. He later ...
)
*
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
After serving in both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature, he represented Pennsylvania in the United ...
; Ranking Member:
Alexander S. Clay)
*
Potomac River Front (Select)
*
Printing
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(Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Smith)
*
Private Land Claims (Chairman:
John W. Daniel; Ranking Member:
Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to:
*Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete
*Julius Kahn (congressman)
Julius Kahn (February 28, 1861 – December 18, 1924) was a United States Congressman who was succeeded by his wife ...
)
*
Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member:
John Kean)
*
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Nathan B. Scott
Nathan Bay Scott (December 18, 1842January 2, 1924) was a United States senator from West Virginia.
Biography
Born near Quaker City, Ohio, he attended the common schools and engaged in mining near Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1859 to 1862. ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson)
*
Public Expenditures (Chairman:
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman:
Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member:
Chauncey M. Depew)
*
Public Lands
In all modern states, a portion of land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land, state land, or Crown land (Australia, and Canada). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countrie ...
(Chairman:
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery)
*
Railroads
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
(Chairman:
Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly ele ...
)
*
Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
Joseph W. Bailey
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
; Ranking Member:
William O. Bradley)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly ele ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman:
Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly ele ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Albert J. Beveridge
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (October 6, 1862 – April 27, 1927) was an American historian and US senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Linco ...
; Ranking Member:
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist.
Biography
Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Third Degree Ordeal, Third Degree Ordeal
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
George T. Oliver; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Wages and Prices of Commodities, Wages and Prices of Commodities (Select)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman:
Alexander S. Clay; Ranking Member:
Albert J. Beveridge
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House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Bartlett)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
Charles Frederick Scott; Ranking Member: John Lamb (congressman), John Lamb)
* United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:
Nehemiah D. Sperry
Nehemiah Day Sperry (July 10, 1827 – November 13, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Sperry was the third of six children of Enoch Sperry and Mary Atlanta (nee Sperry) Sperry. His eld ...
; Ranking Member:
Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member:
Leonidas F. Livingston
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Early life and political involvement
Born near Covington, Georgia, Livingston attended the common schools, and engaged in agricultur ...
)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Edward B. Vreeland; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
Edgar D. Crumpacker
Edgar Dean Crumpacker (May 27, 1851 – May 19, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1913. He was the father of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker and cousin of Shepard J. ...
; Ranking Member:
James Hay James Hay may refer to:
*James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop
* James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble
* James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612–1660), British noble
* James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (172 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
George W. Prince; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Goldfogle
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Biography
Born in New York City, he attended the public sc ...
)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
William B. McKinley; Ranking Member:
Thomas W. Hardwick)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman:
Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Samuel W. Smith
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He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, ser ...
; Ranking Member:
Dorsey W. Shackleford)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
James F. Burke; Ranking Member:
Asbury F. Lever)
* United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress, Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member:
William W. Rucker
William Waller Rucker (February 1, 1855 – May 30, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born near Covington, Virginia, Rucker moved with his parents to western Virginia in 1861. He attended the common schools and moved to Chari ...
)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman:
Charles L. Knapp; Ranking Member:
Ollie M. James)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member:
William E. Tou Velle)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman:
Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Charles C. Carlin)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman:
William H. Graham; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman:
David J. Foster
David Johnson Foster (June 27, 1857 – March 21, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Biography
Foster was born in Barnet, Vermont, a son of Jacob Prentiss Foster and Matilda (Cahoon) F ...
; Ranking Member: Arsene P. Pujo)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Bird S. McGuire; Ranking Member:
Robert N. Page
Robert Newton Page (October 26, 1859 – October 3, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Mebane, North Carolina. He moved to Aber ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Sydney Emanuel Mudd I, Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Goldfogle
Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915.
Biography
Born in New York City, he attended the public sc ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Henry S. Boutell
Henry Sherman Boutell (March 14, 1856 – March 11, 1926) was an American lawyer and diplomat.
Biography
Boutell was born at Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lewis Henry and Anna (Greene) Boutell. A colonial ancestry entitled him to membersh ...
; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member:
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treas ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Don C. Edwards
Don Calvin Edwards (July 13, 1861 – September 19, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Moulton, Iowa, Edwards moved to Erie, Kansas, with his parents in 1869.
He attended the common schools of Iowa and Kansas, and Campb ...
; Ranking Member:
Courtney W. Hamlin)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Ebenezer J. Hill; Ranking Member: John Lamb (congressman), John Lamb)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
George P. Lawrence; Ranking Member:
Joseph L. Rhinock)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
E. Stevens Henry; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James Breck Perkins, James B. Perkins; Ranking Member:
William M. Howard)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman:
Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member:
John L. Burnett)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
Charles H. Burke; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
* United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman:
Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
James R. Mann; Ranking Member:
William C. Adamson)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member:
George H. Lindsay
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)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
William A. Reeder; Ranking Member:
William R. Smith)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr., Henry De Lamar Clayton)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
* United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman:
Philip P. Campbell; Ranking Member:
Robert B. Macon
Robert Bruce Macon (July 6, 1859 – October 9, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Macon was born near Trenton, Arkansas, and was left an orphan at the age of nine. He attended the public schools and studied at home, and engaged ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member:
William M. Howard)
* United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
Henry McMorran; Ranking Member:
Joseph T. Johnson)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman:
William S. Greene
William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
William S. Greene was born in Tremont, Illinois on April 28, 1841. He moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachu ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas Spight
Thomas Spight (October 25, 1841 – January 5, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born near Ripley, Mississippi, Spight attended the common schools, Ripley Academy, Purdy (Tennessee) College, and the La Grange (Tennessee) Synodi ...
)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:
Charles A. Kennedy; Ranking Member:
Matthew R. Denver)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member:
William Sulzer
William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state.
Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman:
Halvor Steenerson; Ranking Member:
John Gill Jr.)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
George F. Huff
George Franklin Huff (July 16, 1842 – April 18, 1912) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
George F. Huff was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He atte ...
; Ranking Member:
George A. Bartlett
George Arthur Bartlett (November 30, 1869 – June 1, 1951) was a United States representative from Nevada.
Biography
He moved with his parents to Eureka, Eureka County and attended the common schools. His marriage to Pearl Bartlett resulted ...
)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: George Edmund Foss, George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
* United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member:
James L. Slayden
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)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member:
William Sulzer
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Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: William N. Richardson, William Richardson)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Allen F. Cooper; Ranking Member:
David E. Finley)
* United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Ernest W. Roberts; Ranking Member: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Richard Bartholdt
Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United States in April 1872 an ...
; Ranking Member:
William G. Brantley)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member:
Adam M. Byrd)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: William Hughes (U.S. senator), William Hughes)
* United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member:
William O. Barnard)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman:
Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member: John T. Watkins)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
De Alva S. Alexander; Ranking Member:
Stephen M. Sparkman)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
John Dalzell
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; Ranking Member:
Champ Clark
James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919.
Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Edward L. Hamilton; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
* United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman:
George D. McCreary; Ranking Member:
George W. Rauch)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman:
Charles B. Law
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Biography
Born in Hannibal, New York, Law attended the public schools and graduated from Colgate Academy in Hamilton, New York in 18 ...
; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:
Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member:
Champ Clark
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Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service, Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House)
* Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
* Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
* Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward E. Hale (Unitarianism, Unitarian) until June 10, 1909
** Ulysses G.B. Pierce (Unitarianism, Unitarian) elected June 18, 1909
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell
House of Representatives
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Alexander McDowell
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Samuel Langum
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
See also
* United States elections, 1908 (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1908 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1908
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1908
* United States elections, 1910 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1910
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1910
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