The 63rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the

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and the

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. It met in

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from March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1915, during the first two years of

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. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910. The Democrats had greatly increased their majority in the House, and won control of the Senate, giving them full control of Congress for the first time since the 53rd Congress in 1893. With Woodrow Wilson being sworn in as

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on March 4, 1913, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government

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- also for the first time since the 53rd Congress.

Major events

*March 4, 1913:

became President of the United States. *March 9, 1914: The Senate adopted a rule forbidding smoking on the floor of the Senate because Senator Ben Tillman, recovering from a stroke, found the smoke irritating. * July 28, 1914:

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began in Europe * August 15, 1914: The

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was inaugurated * August 19, 1914: President

declared strict U.S. neutrality * November 1914:

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and

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* November 16, 1914:

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opened

Major legislation

* May 27, 1913: Kern Resolution * July 9, 1913: Saboth Act * July 15, 1913:

Newlands Labor Act The Newlands Labor Act, was a 1913 United States federal law, sponsored by Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada and drafted by Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Charles Patrick Neill. It created the Board of Mediation and Conciliation (BM ...

* October 3, 1913: Revenue Act of 1913 (Federal Income Tax), including Underwood Tariff * October 22, 1913: Urgent Deficiencies Act * December 19, 1913: Raker Act * December 23, 1913:

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, ch. 6, , , ''et seq.'' * May 8, 1914: Smith–Lever Act, ch. 79, , * June 24, 1914: Cutter Service Act * June 30, 1914: Cooperative Funds Act * July 17, 1914: Agricultural Entry Act * July 18, 1914:

Aviation Service Act The Aviation Service Act is a U.S. law passed in 1914. It created within the Signal Corps an Aviation Section to replace the Aeronautical Division. It directed the Aviation Section to operate and supervise "''all military .S. Armyaircraft, in ...

* July 21, 1914: Borland Amendment * August 13, 1914: Smith–Hayden Act * August 15, 1914: Sponge Act * August 18, 1914: Cotton Futures Act of 1914 * August 18, 1914: Foreign Ship Registry Act * August 22, 1914: Glacier National Park Act of 1914 * September 2, 1914: War Risk Insurance Act (Rayburn Act) * September 26, 1914: Federal Trade Commission Act, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, * October 2, 1914: River and Harbors Act of 1914 * October 15, 1914:

Clayton Antitrust Act The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 (, codified at , ), is a part of United States antitrust law with the goal of adding further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime; the Clayton Act seeks to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipie ...

, ch. 323, 38 Stat. 730, , ''et seq.'' * October 22, 1914: Emergency Internal Revenue Tax Act * December 17, 1914:

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* January 28, 1915: Coast Guard Act * March 4, 1915: Merchant Marine Act of 1915 * March 4, 1915: River and Harbors Act of 1915 * March 4, 1915: Standard Barrel Act For Fruits, Vegetables, and Dry Commodities * March 4, 1915:

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* March 4, 1915: Uniform Bill of Lading Act * March 4, 1915: Occupancy Permits Act

Constitutional amendments

* April 8, 1913: Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the popular election of United States senators by the people of the states, was

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by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate leadership

Presiding

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(D) * President pro tempore:

James P. Clarke James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist. Biography Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...

(D) *

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: J. Hamilton Lewis (D) *

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 ...

: James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R) until March 4;

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) starting March 4 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: John W. Kern * Republican Conference Chairman:

Jacob Harold Gallinger Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a United States senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913. Early life and career Jacob Harold Gallinger was born in Cornwall ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Willard Saulsbury Jr. * Republican Conference Secretary:

William Squire Kenyon William Squire Kenyon (June 10, 1869 – September 9, 1933) was a United States senator from Iowa, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Education and career Born on June 10, 1869, in ...

House leadership

Presiding

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(D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

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* Democratic Caucus Chairman:

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* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Frank Ellsworth Doremus

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader: James R. Mann *

: Charles H. Burke * Republican Conference 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 ...

* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Frank P. Woods

Members

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Senate

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 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1916; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1918.

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: 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), until August 8, 1913 :: Frank White (D), from May 11, 1914

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

: 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D) : 3. Marcus A. Smith (D)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

: 2. Joseph Robinson (D) : 3.

(D)

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

: 1. John D. Works (R) : 3. George C. Perkins (R)

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

: 2. John F. Shafroth (D) : 3. Charles S. Thomas (D)

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

: 1.

George P. McLean George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut. Biography McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...

(R) : 3.

Frank B. Brandegee Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut. Early life Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...

(R)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

: 1. Henry A. du Pont (R) : 2. Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D)

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

: 1.

Nathan P. Bryan Nathan Philemon Bryan (April 23, 1872 – August 8, 1935) was a United States senator from Florida and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Education and career Born on April 23, 1872, in Fo ...

(D) : 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

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: 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), until February 14, 1914 :: William S. West (D), March 2, 1914 – November 3, 1914 :: Thomas W. Hardwick (D), from November 4, 1914 : 3. Hoke Smith (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 ...

: 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. James H. Brady (R)

List of United States senators from Illinois, Illinois

: 2. J. Hamilton Lewis (D), from March 26, 1913 : 3. Lawrence Yates Sherman, Lawrence Sherman (R), from March 26, 1913

List of United States senators from Indiana, Indiana

: 1. John W. Kern (D) : 3. Benjamin F. Shively (D)

List of United States senators from Iowa, Iowa

: 2.

(R) : 3. Albert B. Cummins (R)

List of United States senators from Kansas, Kansas

: 2. William Howard Thompson, William H. Thompson (D) : 3. Joseph L. Bristow (R)

List of United States senators from Kentucky, Kentucky

: 2. Ollie M. James (D) : 3. William O. Bradley (R), until May 23, 1914 :: Johnson N. Camden Jr. (D), from June 16, 1914

List of United States senators from Louisiana, Louisiana

: 2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D) : 3. John R. Thornton (D)

List of United States senators from Maine, Maine

: 1. Charles Fletcher Johnson (D) : 2. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)

List of United States senators from Maryland, Maryland

: 1. William P. Jackson (R), until January 28, 1914 :: Blair Lee I, Blair Lee (D), from January 28, 1914 : 3. John Walter Smith (D)

List of United States senators from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) : 2. John W. Weeks (R)

List of United States senators from Michigan, Michigan

: 1. Charles E. Townsend (R) : 2. William Alden Smith (R)

List of United States senators from Minnesota, Minnesota

: 1. Moses E. Clapp (R) : 2. Knute Nelson (R)

List of United States senators from Mississippi, Mississippi

: 1. John Sharp Williams (D) : 2. James K. Vardaman (D)

List of United States senators from Missouri, Missouri

: 1. James A. Reed (politician), James A. Reed (D) : 3. William J. Stone (D)

List of United States senators from Montana, Montana

: 1. Henry L. Myers (D) : 2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)

List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska

: 1. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D) : 2. George W. Norris (R)

List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada

: 1. Key Pittman (D) : 3. Francis G. Newlands (D)

List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: 2. Henry F. Hollis (D), from March 13, 1913 : 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey

: 1. James E. Martine (D) : 2. William Hughes (Senator), William Hughes (D)

List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico

: 1. Thomas B. Catron (R) : 2. Albert B. Fall (R)

List of United States senators from New York, New York

: 1. James A. O'Gorman (D) : 3. Elihu Root (R)

List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D) : 3. Lee S. Overman (D)

List of United States senators from North Dakota, North Dakota

: 1. Porter J. McCumber (R) : 3. Asle J. Gronna (R)

List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio

: 1. Atlee Pomerene (D) : 3. Theodore E. Burton (R)

List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: 2. Robert L. Owen (D) : 3. Thomas P. Gore (D)

List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon

: 2. Harry Lane (D) : 3. George E. Chamberlain (D)

List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: 1. George T. Oliver (R) : 3. Boies Penrose (R)

List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. Henry F. Lippitt (R) : 2. LeBaron B. Colt (R)

List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina

: 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) : 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota

: 2. Thomas Sterling (R) : 3. Coe I. Crawford (R)

List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Luke Lea (1879–1945), Luke Lea (D) : 2. John K. Shields (D)

List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Charles A. Culberson (D) : 2. Morris Sheppard (D)

List of United States senators from Utah, Utah

: 1. George Sutherland (R) : 3. Reed Smoot (U. S. Senator), Reed Smoot (R)

List of United States senators from Vermont, Vermont

: 1. Carroll S. Page (R) : 3. William P. Dillingham (R)

List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. Claude A. Swanson (D) : 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

List of United States senators from Washington, Washington

: 1. Miles Poindexter (Prog.) : 3. Wesley L. Jones (R)

List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. William E. Chilton (D) : 2. Nathan Goff (R), from April 1, 1913

List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: 1. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R) : 3. Isaac Stephenson (R)

List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming

: 1. Clarence D. Clark (R) : 2. Francis E. Warren (R) 63rd United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: : John Abercrombie (Congressman), John Abercrombie (D) : . George W. Taylor (Alabama politician), George W. Taylor (D) : . S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D) : . Henry D. Clayton (D), until May 25, 1914 :: William Oscar Mulkey (D), from June 29, 1914 : . Fred L. Blackmon (D) : . J. Thomas Heflin (D) : . Richmond P. Hobson (D) : . John L. Burnett (D) : . William N. Richardson (D), until March 31, 1914 :: Christopher Columbus Harris (D), from May 11, 1914 : . Oscar W. Underwood (D)

List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona

: : Carl Hayden (D)

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Thaddeus H. Caraway (D) : . William A. Oldfield (D) : . John C. Floyd (D) : . Otis Wingo (D) : . Henderson M. Jacoway (D) : . Samuel M. Taylor (D) : . William S. Goodwin (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . William Kent (U.S. Congressman), William Kent (I) : . John E. Raker (D) : . Charles F. Curry (R) : . Julius Kahn (congressman), Julius Kahn (R) : . John I. Nolan (R) : . Joseph R. Knowland (R) : . Denver S. Church (D) : . Everis A. Hayes (R) : . Charles W. Bell (Prog.) : . William Stephens (American politician), William Stephens (Prog.) : . William Kettner (D)

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: : Edward T. Taylor (D) : : Edward Keating (D) : . George John Kindel (D) : . Harry Hunter Seldomridge (D)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . Augustine Lonergan (D) : . Bryan F. Mahan (D) : . Thomas L. Reilly (D) : . Jeremiah Donovan (D) : . William Kennedy (Connecticut), William Kennedy (D)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: : Franklin Brockson (D)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: : Claude L'Engle (D) : . Stephen M. Sparkman (D) : . Frank Clark (politician), Frank Clark (D) : . Emmett Wilson (D)

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Charles G. Edwards (D) : . Seaborn Roddenbery (D), until September 25, 1913 :: Frank Park (D), from November 4, 1913 : . Charles R. Crisp (D) : . William C. Adamson (D) : . William S. Howard (D) : . Charles Lafayette Bartlett, Charles L. Bartlett (D) : . Gordon Lee (congressman), Gordon Lee (D) : . Samuel J. Tribble (D) : . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) : . Thomas W. Hardwick (D), until November 2, 1914 :: Carl Vinson (D), from November 3, 1914 : . John R. Walker (D) : . Dudley M. Hughes (D)

List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: : Addison T. Smith (R) : : Burton L. French (R)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: : Lawrence B. Stringer (D) : : William E. Williams (D) : . Martin B. Madden (R) : . James R. Mann (R) : . George E. Gorman (D) : . James T. McDermott (politician), James T. McDermott (D), until July 21, 1914 : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . James McAndrews (D) : . Frank Buchanan (Illinois), Frank Buchanan (D) : . Thomas Gallagher (representative), Thomas Gallagher (D) : . Frederick A. Britten (R) : . Charles M. Thomson (Prog.) : . Ira C. Copley (R) : . William H. Hinebaugh (Prog.) : . John C. McKenzie (R) : . Clyde H. Tavenner (D) : . Stephen A. Hoxworth (D) : . Claude U. Stone (D) : . Louis Fitzhenry (D) : . Frank T. O'Hair (D) : . Charles M. Borchers (D) : . Henry T. Rainey (D) : . James M. Graham (D) : . William N. Baltz (D) : . Martin D. Foster (D) : . H. Robert Fowler (D) : . Robert P. Hill (D)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Charles Lieb (D) : . William A. Cullop (D) : . William E. Cox (D) : . Lincoln Dixon (D) : . Ralph W. Moss (U.S. Representative), Ralph W. Moss (D) : . Finly H. Gray (D) : . Charles A. Korbly (D) : . John A.M. Adair (D) : . Martin A. Morrison (D) : . John B. Peterson (D) : . George W. Rauch (D) : . Cyrus Cline (D) : . Henry A. Barnhart (D)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Charles A. Kennedy (R) : . Irvin S. Pepper (D), until December 22, 1913 :: Henry Vollmer (D), from February 10, 1914 : . Maurice Connolly (D) : . Gilbert N. Haugen (R) : . James W. Good (R) : . Sanford Kirkpatrick (D) : . Solomon F. Prouty (R) : . Horace M. Towner (R) : . William R. Green (R) : . Frank P. Woods (R) : . George Cromwell Scott (R)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R) : . Joseph Taggart (D) : . Philip P. Campbell (R) : . Dudley Doolittle (D) : . Guy T. Helvering (D) : . John R. Connelly (D) : . George A. Neeley (D) : . Victor Murdock (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Alben Barkley (D) : . Augustus Stanley (D) : . Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D) : . Ben Johnson (politician), Ben Johnson (D) : . J. Swagar Sherley (D) : . Arthur B. Rouse (D) : . J. Campbell Cantrill (D) : . Harvey Helm (D) : . William Jason Fields (D) : . John W. Langley (R) : . Caleb Powers (R)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . Albert Estopinal (D) : . Henry Garland Dupré (D) : . Robert Foligny Broussard (D) : . John Thomas Watkins (D) : . James Walter Elder (D) : . Lewis Lovering Morgan (D) : . Ladislas Lazaro (D) : . James Benjamin Aswell (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Asher C. Hinds (R) : . Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D) : . Forrest Goodwin (R), until May 28, 1913 :: John A. Peters (1864-1953), John Peters (R), from September 9, 1913 : . Frank E. Guernsey (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . J. Harry Covington (D), until September 30, 1914 :: Jesse D. Price (D), from November 3, 1914 : . J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) : . George Konig (D), until May 31, 1913 :: Charles P. Coady (D), from November 4, 1913 : . J. Charles Linthicum (D) : . Frank Owens Smith (D) : . David John Lewis, David J. Lewis (D)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . Allen T. Treadway (R) : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : . William H. Wilder (R), until September 11, 1913 :: Calvin D. Paige (R), from November 4, 1913 : . Samuel E. Winslow (R) : . John J. Rogers (R) : . Augustus P. Gardner (R) : . Michael F. Phelan (D) : . Frederick S. Deitrick (D) : . Ernest W. Roberts (R) : . William F. Murray (D), until September 28, 1914 : . Andrew J. Peters (D), until August 15, 1914 : . James M. Curley (D), until February 4, 1914 :: James A. Gallivan (D), from April 7, 1914 : . John W. Weeks (R), until March 4, 1913 :: John Joseph Mitchell, John J. Mitchell (D), from April 15, 1913 : . Edward Gilmore (D) : .

(R) : . Thomas Chandler Thacher (D)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: : Patrick H. Kelley (R) : . Frank E. Doremus (D) : . Samuel Beakes (D) : . John M. C. Smith (R) : . Edward L. Hamilton (R) : . Carl Mapes (R) : . Samuel W. Smith (R) : . Louis C. Cramton (R) : . Joseph W. Fordney (R) : . James C. McLaughlin (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (Prog.) : . Francis O. Lindquist (R) : . H. Olin Young (R), until May 16, 1913 :: William Josiah MacDonald (Prog.), from August 26, 1913

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . James Manahan (R) : . Sydney Anderson (R) : . Winfield Scott Hammond (D), until January 6, 1915 : . Charles Russell Davis (R) : . Frederick Stevens (American politician), Frederick Stevens (R) : . George Ross Smith (R) : . Charles August Lindbergh (R) : . Andrew Volstead (R) : . Clarence B. Miller (R) : . Halvor Steenerson (R)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D) : . Hubert D. Stephens (D) : . Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D) : . Thomas U. Sisson (D) : . Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (D) : . Pat Harrison (D) : . Percy E. Quin (D) : . James W. Collier (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . James Tilghman Lloyd (D) : . William W. Rucker (D) : . Joshua Willis Alexander (D) : . Charles F. Booher (D) : . William Patterson Borland (D) : . Clement C. Dickinson (D) : . Courtney W. Hamlin (D) : . Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) : . James Beauchamp Clark (D) : . Richard Bartholdt (R) : . William Leo Igoe (D) : . Leonidas C. Dyer (R), until June 19, 1914 :: Michael Joseph Gill (D), from June 19, 1914 : . Walter Lewis Hensley (D) : . Joseph J. Russell (D) : . Perl D. Decker (D) : . Thomas L. Rubey (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: : John M. Evans (D) : : Tom Stout (D)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . John A. Maguire (D) : . Charles O. Lobeck (D) : . Dan V. Stephens (D) : . Charles Henry Sloan (R) : . Silas Reynolds Barton (R) : . Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: : Edwin E. Roberts (R)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Eugene Elliott Reed (D) : . Raymond Bartlett Stevens (D)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . William J. Browning (R) : . J. Thompson Baker (D) : . Thomas J. Scully (D) : . Allan B. Walsh (D) : . William E. Tuttle Jr. (D) : . Lewis J. Martin (D), until May 5, 1913 :: Archibald C. Hart (D), from July 22, 1913 : . Robert G. Bremner (D), until February 5, 1914 :: Dow H. Drukker (R), from April 7, 1914 : . Eugene F. Kinkead (D), until February 4, 1915 : . Walter I. McCoy (D), until October 3, 1914 :: Richard W. Parker (R), from December 1, 1914 : . Edward W. Townsend (D) : . John J. Eagan (politician), John J. Eagan (D) : . James A. Hamill (D)

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: : Harvey B. Fergusson (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Lathrop Brown (D) : . Denis O'Leary (D), until December 31, 1914 : . Frank E. Wilson (politician), Frank E. Wilson (D) : . Harry H. Dale (D) : . James P. Maher (D) : . William M. Calder (R) : . John J. Fitzgerald (D) : . Daniel J. Griffin (D) : . James H. O'Brien (D) : . Herman A. Metz (D) : . Daniel J. Riordan (D) : . Henry M. Goldfogle (D) : . Timothy D. Sullivan (D), until August 31, 1913 :: George W. Loft (D), from November 4, 1913 : . Jefferson M. Levy (D) : . Michael F. Conry (D) : . Peter J. Dooling (D) : . John F. Carew (D) : . Thomas G. Patten (D) : . Walter M. Chandler (Prog.) : . Francis B. Harrison (D), until September 1, 1913 :: Jacob A. Cantor (D), from November 4, 1913 : . Henry George Jr. (D) : . Henry Bruckner (D) : . Joseph A. Goulden (D) : . Woodson R. Oglesby (D) : . Benjamin I. Taylor (D) : . Edmund Platt (R) : . George McClellan (New York politician), George McClellan (D) : . Peter G. Ten Eyck (D) : . James S. Parker (R) : . Samuel Wallin (R) : . Edwin Albert Merritt, Edwin A. Merritt (R), until December 4, 1914 : . Luther W. Mott (R) : . Charles A. Talcott (D) : . George W. Fairchild (R) : . John R. Clancy (D) : . Sereno E. Payne (R), until December 10, 1914 : . Edwin S. Underhill (D) : . Thomas B. Dunn (R) : . Henry G. Danforth (R) : . Robert H. Gittins (D) : . Charles Bennett Smith, Charles B. Smith (D) : . Daniel A. Driscoll (D) : . Charles Mann Hamilton, Charles M. Hamilton (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . John Humphrey Small (D) : . Claude Kitchin (D) : . John M. Faison (D) : . Edward W. Pou (D) : . Charles M. Stedman (D) : . Hannibal L. Godwin (D) : . Robert N. Page (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Edwin Y. Webb (D) : . James M. Gudger Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Henry Thomas Helgesen (R) : . George M. Young (R) : . Patrick Daniel Norton (R)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: : Robert Crosser (D) : . Stanley E. Bowdle (D) : . Alfred G. Allen (D) : . Warren Gard (D) : . J. Henry Goeke (D) : . Timothy T. Ansberry (D), until January 9, 1915 : . Simeon D. Fess (R) : . James D. Post (D) : . Frank B. Willis (R), until January 9, 1915 : . Isaac R. Sherwood (D) : . Robert M. Switzer (R) : . Horatio C. Claypool (D) : . Clement L. Brumbaugh (D) : . John A. Key (D) : . William G. Sharp (D), until July 23, 1914 : . George White (Ohio politician), George White (D) : . William B. Francis (D) : . William A. Ashbrook (D) : . John J. Whitacre (D) : . Elsworth R. Bathrick (D) : . William Gordon (1862-1942), William Gordon (D) : . Robert J. Bulkley (D)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: : William H. Murray (D) : : Joseph Bryan Thompson (D) : : Claude Weaver (D) : . Bird Segle McGuire (R) : . Dick Thompson Morgan (R) : . James S. Davenport (D) : . Charles D. Carter (D) : . Scott Ferris (D)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Willis C. Hawley (R) : . Nicholas J. Sinnott (R) : . Walter Lafferty (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: : Fred E. Lewis (R) : : John M. Morin (R) : : Anderson H. Walters (R) : : Arthur R. Rupley (R) : . William S. Vare (R) : . George S. Graham (R) : . J. Hampton Moore (R) : . George W. Edmonds (R) : . Michael Donohoe (D) : . J. Washington Logue (D) : . Thomas S. Butler (R) : . Robert E. Difenderfer (D) : . William W. Griest (R) : . John R. Farr (R) : . John J. Casey (D) : . Robert Emmett Lee (D) : . John H. Rothermel (D) : . William D.B. Ainey (R)' : . Edgar R. Kiess (R) : . John V. Lesher (D) : . Franklin L. Dershem (D) : . Aaron S. Kreider (R) : . Warren W. Bailey (D) : . Andrew R. Brodbeck (D) : . Charles E. Patton (R) : . Abraham L. Keister (R) : . Wooda N. Carr (D) : . Henry W. Temple (Prog.) : . Milton W. Shreve (R) : .

(D) : . J. N. Langham (R) : . Willis J. Hulings (Prog.) : . Stephen G. Porter (R) : . M. Clyde Kelly (R) : . James F. Burke (politician), James F. Burke (R) : . Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . George Francis O'Shaunessy (D) : . Peter Goelet Gerry (D) : . Ambrose Kennedy (R)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . Richard S. Whaley (D), from April 29, 1913 : . James F. Byrnes (D) : . Wyatt Aiken (D) : . Joseph T. Johnson (D) : . David E. Finley (D) : . J. Willard Ragsdale (D) : . Asbury F. Lever (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Charles H. Dillon (R) : . Charles H. Burke (R) : . Eben W. Martin (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Sam R. Sells (R) : . Richard W. Austin (R) : . John Austin Moon (D) : . Cordell Hull (D) : . William C. Houston (D) : . Joseph W. Byrns (D) : . Lemuel Phillips Padgett (D) : . Thetus Willrette Sims (D) : . Finis J. Garrett (D) : . Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: : Daniel E. Garrett (D) : : Hatton W. Sumners (D) : . Horace Worth Vaughan (D) : . Martin Dies Sr., Martin Dies (D) : . James Young (congressman), James Young (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . James Andrew Beall (Texas politician), James Andrew Beall (D) : . Rufus Hardy (representative), Rufus Hardy (D) : . Alexander W. Gregg (D) : . Joe H. Eagle (D) : . George Farmer Burgess (D) : . Albert S. Burleson (D), until March 6, 1913 :: James P. Buchanan (D), from April 15, 1913 : . Robert L. Henry (D) : . Oscar Callaway (D) : . John Hall Stephens (D) : . James L. Slayden (D) : . John Nance Garner (D) : . William Robert Smith, William R. Smith (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: : Joseph Howell (R) : : Jacob Johnson (U.S. politician), Jacob Johnson (R)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Frank L. Greene (R) : . Frank Plumley (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . William Atkinson Jones (D) : . Edward Everett Holland (D) : . Andrew Jackson Montague (D) : . Walter Allen Watson (D) : . Edward W. Saunders (D) : . Carter Glass (D) : . James Hay (politician), James Hay (D) : . Charles Creighton Carlin (D) : . C. Bascom Slemp (R) : . Henry De Flood (D)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: : James W. Bryan (Prog.) : : Jacob Falconer (Prog.) : . William E. Humphrey (R) : . Albert Johnson (congressman), Albert Johnson (R) : . William Leroy La Follette (R)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: : Howard Sutherland (R) : . John W. Davis (D), until August 29, 1913 :: Matthew M. Neely (D), from October 14, 1913 : . William Gay Brown Jr. (D) : . Samuel B. Avis (R) : . Hunter Holmes Moss Jr., Hunter H. Moss Jr. (R) : . James Anthony Hughes (R)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Michael Edmund Burke (D) : . John M. Nelson (R) : . William J. Cary (R) : . William H. Stafford (R) : . Michael K. Reilly (D) : . John Jacob Esch (R) : . Edward E. Browne (R) : . Thomas Frank Konop (D) : . James A. Frear (R) : . Irvine L. Lenroot (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: : Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

: . James Wickersham (R) : . Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (R) : . Manuel Earnshaw (Ind.) : . Manuel L. Quezon (Nacionalista Party, Nac.) : . Luis Muñoz Rivera (Unionist) 63 us house membership

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

* Replacements: 3 ** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 2 seat net gain ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 2 seat net loss * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 3 * Vacancies: 3 * Total seats with changes: 9

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 20 ** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 1 seat gain ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 2 seat loss ** Progressive Party (United States, 1912), Progressive: 1 seat gain * Deaths: 11 * Resignations: 19 * Contested elections: 2 * Total seats with changes: 15

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Select Committee on the Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: William J. Stone) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Sharp Williams, John S. Williams; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson) * United States Senate Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Chairman: John K. Shields; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver) * United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: William E. Chilton; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Atlee Pomerene; Ranking Member: Albert B. Cummins) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Coe I. Crawford) * United States Senate Committee on Coast and Insular Survey, Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Willard Saulsbury Jr., Willard Saulsbury; Ranking Member: Charles E. Townsend) * United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman: James E. Martine; Ranking Member: Henry A. du Pont) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson) * United States Senate Committee on Conservation of National Resources, Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: James K. Vardaman; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark) * United States Senate Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: William J. Stone) * United States Senate Committee on Cuban Relations, Cuban Relations (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow then

; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments, Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: Harry Lane) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John Walter Smith, John W. Smith; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: Hoke Smith; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons) * United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Henry F. Hollis; Ranking Member: Isaac Stephenson) * United States Senate Select Committee to Establish a University in the United States, Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman) * United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879), Luke Lea) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Henry F. Lippitt) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce, Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor (Chairman: William Howard Thompson, William H. Thompson; Ranking Member: Albert B. Fall) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Key Pittman) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: William Hughes (Senator), William Hughes; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Blair Lee I, Blair Lee; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Bristow) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State, Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman: J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member: William Purnell Jackson, William P. Jackson) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: Theodore E. Burton) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Miles Poindexter; Ranking Member: Harry Lane) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose) * United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: John R. Thornton; Ranking Member: John D. Works) * United States Senate Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge) * United States Senate Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Harry Lane; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: John W. Kern) * United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: William J. Stone; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations, Indian Depredations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) * United States Senate Committee on Industrial Expositions, Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member: Elihu Root) * United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: James A. O'Gorman; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Francis G. Newlands; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp) * United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Marcus A. Smith; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879), Luke Lea; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: James A. Reed (politician), James A. Reed; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: George E. Chamberlain; Ranking Member: Henry A. du Pont) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas J. Walsh; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams) * United States Senate Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Chairman: Charles F. Johnson; Ranking Member: James H. Brady) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: George C. Perkins) * United States Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: John F. Shafroth; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter) * United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Shively) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Ollie M. James; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Benjamin F. Shively; Ranking Member: Porter J. McCumber) * United States Senate Committee on the Philippines, Philippines (Chairman: Gilbert M. Hitchcock; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Bristow) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: John W. Kern; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Claude A. Swanson) * United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Joseph E. Ransdell; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Henry L. Myers; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot) * United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: George Sutherland) * United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands) * United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren) * United States Senate Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Telepost, Telepost (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Key Pittman; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member: Henry F. Hollis) * United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard) * United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: John Walter Smith, John W. Smith) * Committee of the whole, Whole * United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Charles S. Thomas; Ranking Member: George Sutherland)

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member: James A. Hughes) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen) * United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Barchfeld) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: John J. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Frederick H. Gillett) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Everis A. Hayes) * United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: Harvey Helm; Ranking Member: Asher C. Hinds) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Edward W. Pou; Ranking Member: Luther W. Mott) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member: Luther W. Mott) * United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott, J. Frederick Cockey Talbott; Ranking Member: Patrick H. Kelley) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson (politician), Ben Johnson; Ranking Member: William J. Cary) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Dudley M. Hughes; Ranking Member: James F. Burke (politician), James F. Burke) * United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress, Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: William W. Rucker; Ranking Member: William D. B. Ainey) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James D. Post; Ranking Member: Burton L. French) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James A. Hammil; Ranking Member: William H. Stafford) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Henry M. Goldfogle; Ranking Member: John C. McKenzie) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member: Simeon D. Fess) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Charles H. Sloan) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: John H. Rothermel; Ranking Member: Bird Segle McGuire) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member: Franklin W. Mondell) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Robert F. Broussard; Ranking Member: Stephen G. Porter) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Labor Department, Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman: James P. Maher; Ranking Member: Halvor Steenerson) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy (representative), Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: John W. Langley) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Daniel R. Anthony Jr.) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Courtney W. Hamlin; Ranking Member: Willis C. Hawley) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles O. Lobeck; Ranking Member: Dick Thompson Morgan) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: John A.M. Adair; Ranking Member: Ernest W. Roberts) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas F. Konop; Ranking Member: John J. Esch) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member: Henry Allen Cooper) * United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John L. Burnett; Ranking Member: Augustus P. Gardner) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member: Charles H. Burke) * United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: Edwin S. Underhill; Ranking Member: Frank P. Woods) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones; Ranking Member: Horace M. Towner) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William C. Adamson; Ranking Member: Frederick Stevens (American politician), Frederick C. Stevens) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: J.N. Langham) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William Robert Smith, William R. Smith; Ranking Member: Moses P. Kinkaid) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr., Henry De Lamar Clayton; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Volstead) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: David John Lewis, David J. Lewis; Ranking Member: John M. C. Smith) * United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: James L. Slayden; Ranking Member: Richard Bartholdt) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: Warren W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Charles A. Kennedy) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hay (politician), James Hay; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn (congressman), Julius Kahn) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin D. Foster; Ranking Member: Joseph Howell) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Butler) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: William A. Oldfield; Ranking Member: Hunter H. Moss Jr.) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: John A. Key; Ranking Member: Sam R. Sells) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member: Samuel W. Smith) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Edgar R. Kiess) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Frank Clark (politician), Frank Clark; Ranking Member: Irvine L. Lenroot) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: Martin Dies Sr., Martin Dies; Ranking Member: William L. La Follette) * United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Hannibal L. Godwin; Ranking Member: George Cromwell Scott, George C. Scott) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member: Edwin Albert Merritt, Edwin A. Merritt) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member: William E. Humphrey) * United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman: Dorsey W. Shackleford; Ranking Member: C. Bascom Slemp) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Frank E. Guernsey) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Alexander W. Gregg; Ranking Member: Frank Plumley) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Sereno E. Payne) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Armor Plant Costs, Armor Plant Costs (Special) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads, Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads (Chairman: Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Vice Chairman: Rep. Dorsey W. Shackleford) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sharp Williams) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Sen. Francis G. Newlands) * United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate the General Parcel Post, Investigate the General Parcel Post (Chairman: Sen. Joseph L. Bristow; Vice Chairman: Rep. David E. Finley) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Postage on Second-Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail, Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail (Chairman: Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr.) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Rural Credits, Rural Credits (Chairman: Rep. Carter Glass) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service, Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service

Caucuses

* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House) * Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors

*Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods *Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam *Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly, until 1913 ** Cornelius Ford, from 1913

Senate

*Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Charles G. Bennett, until March 13, 1913. **James Marion Baker, James M. Baker, elected March 13, 1913. *Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: E. Livingston Cornelius, elected December 10, 1912 **Charles P. Higgins, elected March 13, 1913 *Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward Everett Hale, Unitarianism, Unitarian, until March 13, 1913 ** F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected March 13, 1913.

House of Representatives

*Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble *Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Charles F. Riddell, until April 7, 1913 ** Robert B. Gordon, from April 7, 1913 *Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott *Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: William M. Dunbar *Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Bennett C. Clark *Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R) *Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist

References

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