The 66th United States Congress was a meeting of the
legislative branch
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of the United States federal government, comprising the
United States Senate
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and the
United States House of Representatives
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. It met in
Washington, DC
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from March 4, 1919, to March 4, 1921, during the last two years of
Woodrow Wilson
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's
presidency
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. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives was based on the
Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910.
The
Republicans won majorities in both the House and the Senate, thus taking control of both chambers.
This is the last congress to have no female members of congress in the House of Representatives, and thus the last time there was an all-male congress (several subsequent congresses, up to the 96th congress, would have periods with no women in the Senate but several in the House).
Major legislation
* June 30, 1919: Navy Appropriations Act of 1919
* June 30, 1919: Hastings Amendment
* July 11, 1919: Anti-Lobbying Act of 1919
* July 11, 1919: Army Appropriations Act of 1919
* July 19, 1919: Sundry Civil Expenses Appropriations Act
* October 18, 1919:
National Prohibition Act (Volstead Act), ch. 85,
* October 22, 1919:
Underground Water Act of 1919
* October 29, 1919:
National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (Dyer Act)
* November 4, 1919:
Deficiency Act of 1919
* November 6, 1919:
Indian Soldier Act of 1919
* December 24, 1919:
Edge Act of 1919
* February 25, 1920:
Oil Leasing Act of 1920
* February 25, 1920:
Mineral Leasing Act of 1920
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(Smoot-Sinnot Act), ch. 85,
* February 25, 1920:
Pipeline Rights-of-Way Act
* February 25, 1920:
Sale of Water For Miscellaneous Purposes Act
* February 28, 1920:
Esch-Cummins Act, ,
* March 9, 1920:
Suits in Admiralty Act of 1920
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* March 15, 1920:
Military Surplus Act of 1920 (Kahn-Wadsworth Act)
* March 30, 1920:
Death on the High Seas Act of 1920
* April 13, 1920:
Phelan Act of 1920
* May 1, 1920: Fuller Act of 1920
* May 10, 1920: Deportation Act of 1920
* May 18, 1920: Kinkaid Act of 1920
* May 20, 1920: Sale of Surplus Improved Public Lands Act
* May 22, 1920: Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920
* May 29, 1920: Independent Treasury Act of 1920
* June 2, 1920: Industry Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920 (Smith-Bankhead Act)
* June 2, 1920: Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920 (Smith-Fess Act)
* June 2, 1920: National Park Criminal Jurisdiction Act
* June 4, 1920:
National Defense Act of 1920 (Kahn Act)
* June 5, 1920: Sills Act of 1920
* June 5, 1920:
Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act)
* June 5, 1920: Women's Bureau Act of 1920
* June 5, 1920: Ship Mortgage Act of 1920
* June 5, 1920: River and Harbors Act of 1920
* June 5, 1920:
Federal Water Power Act of 1920 (Esch Act)
* January 4, 1921: War Finance Corporation Act of 1921
* March 3, 1921: Patent Act of 1921 (Nolan Act)
* March 3, 1921: Federal Water Power Act Amendment (Jones-Esch Act)
Major events
A brief special session was called by
President Wilson
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in March 1919, because of a
filibuster that had successfully blocked
appropriations bills needed to fund day-to-day government operations.
* April 30, 1919: First wave of the
1919 United States anarchist bombings.
* June 2, 1919: The home of Attorney General
Palmer was bombed in the second wave of
anarchist bombings.
* June 15, 1919:
Pancho Villa attacked
Ciudad Juárez
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. When the bullets begin to fly to the U.S. side of the border, 2 units of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment crossed the border and
repulse Villa's forces.
* July 19–23, 1919: Race riot in
Washington, D.C.
* August 31, 1919:
American Communist Party was established
* September 9, 1919:
Boston Police Strike
* September 22, 1919:
Steel strike of 1919
* October 2, 1919: President
Woodrow Wilson
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suffered a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed
* November 1, 1919:
Coal Strike of 1919
* November 7, 1919: First of the
Palmer Raids during the
First Red Scare
* January 2, 1920: Second of the
Palmer Raids during the
First Red Scare
* January 16, 1920:
Prohibition
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, went into effect in the United States
* March 1, 1920:
United States Railroad Administration returned control of American railroads to its constituent railroad companies
* May 7–8, 1920:
Louis Freeland Post
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appeared before the House Committee on Rules, effectively ending Attorney General
Palmer's presidential aspirations.
* November 2, 1920:
Warren G. Harding defeated
James M. Cox
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in the
U.S. presidential election, 1920
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Constitutional amendments
* January 16, 1919:
Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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, declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol (though not the consumption or private possession)
illegal, was
ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution
**Amendment later repealed on December 5, 1933, by the
Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
* June 4, 1919: Approved an amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting the states and the federal government from denying the
right to vote
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to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
* August 18, 1920: The
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution
Treaties
* March 19, 1920: Senate refused to ratify
Treaty of Versailles
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Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate leadership
Presiding
*
President
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:
Thomas R. Marshall (D)
*
President pro tempore:
Albert B. Cummins (R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
*
Majority Leader
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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*
Majority Whip
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:
Charles Curtis
*
Republican Conference Secretary
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Political ideology
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:
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
*
National Senatorial Committee Chair:
Miles Poindexter
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Minority (Democratic) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Oscar Underwood
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*
Minority Whip
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:
Peter G. Gerry
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*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
William H. King
House leadership
Presiding
*
Speaker
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:
Frederick H. Gillett (R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
*
Majority Leader
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Franklin Mondell
Frank Wheeler Mondell (November 6, 1860August 6, 1939) was a United States representative of Wyoming.
Biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was educated in the public schools. For many years he was engaged in farming, stock-raising, and rai ...
*
Majority Whip
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:
Harold Knutson
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*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Horace Mann Towner
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Simeon D. Fess
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Minority (Democratic) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Champ Clark
*
Minority Whip
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: vacant
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Arthur Granville Dewalt
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Scott Ferris
Members
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Alabama
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John H. Bankhead (D), until March 1, 1920
::
Braxton B. Comer (D), from March 5, 1920 - November 2, 1920
::
J. Thomas Heflin
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Early life
Born in Louina, Alabama, he attended ...
(D), from November 3, 1920
: 3.
Oscar W. Underwood (D)
Arizona
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: 1.
Henry F. Ashurst (D)
: 3.
Marcus A. Smith (D)
Arkansas
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: 2.
Joseph T. Robinson
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(D)
: 3.
William F. Kirby (D)
California
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: 1.
Hiram W. Johnson (R)
: 3.
James D. Phelan (D)
Colorado
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: 2.
Lawrence C. Phipps
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(R)
: 3.
Charles S. Thomas
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Thomas g ...
(D)
Connecticut
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: 1.
George P. McLean
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(R)
: 3.
Frank B. Brandegee
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(R)
Delaware
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: 1.
Josiah O. Wolcott
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(D)
: 2.
L. Heisler Ball
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(R)
Florida
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: 1.
Park Trammell (D)
: 3.
Duncan U. Fletcher
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(D)
Georgia
: 2.
William J. Harris
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(D)
: 3.
Hoke Smith
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(D)
Idaho
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: 2.
William E. Borah
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(R)
: 3.
John F. Nugent
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(D), until January 14, 1921
::
Frank R. Gooding
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Born in the c ...
(R), from January 15, 1921
Illinois
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: 2.
Joseph M. McCormick
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(R)
: 3.
Lawrence Y. Sherman
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(R)
Indiana
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: 1.
Harry S. New (R)
: 3.
James E. Watson
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(R)
Iowa
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: 2.
William S. Kenyon (R)
: 3.
Albert B. Cummins (R)
Kansas
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: 2.
Arthur Capper
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(R)
: 3.
Charles Curtis (R)
Kentucky
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: 2.
Augustus O. Stanley
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(D)
[Senator ]Augustus O. Stanley
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(D-Kentucky) was elected but chose not to take his seat until May 19, 1919, preferring to continue his term as Governor of Kentucky
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. However, Stanley was duly elected and qualified and was therefore a Senator despite not taking his seat for two months.
: 3.
John C. W. Beckham (D)
Louisiana
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: 2.
Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
: 3.
Edward J. Gay (D)
Maine
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: 1.
Frederick Hale (R)
: 2.
Bert M. Fernald (R)
Maryland
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: 1.
Joseph I. France
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: 3.
John Walter Smith (D)
Massachusetts
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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(R)
: 2.
David I. Walsh (D)
Michigan
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: 1.
Charles E. Townsend
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: 2.
Truman H. Newberry
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Minnesota
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: 1.
Frank B. Kellogg
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(R)
: 2.
Knute Nelson (R)
Mississippi
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: 1.
John Sharp Williams
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(D)
: 2.
Pat Harrison
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(D)
Missouri
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: 1.
James A. Reed (D)
: 3.
Selden P. Spencer
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Montana
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: 1.
Henry L. Myers
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(D)
: 2.
Thomas J. Walsh
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(D)
Nebraska
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: 1.
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (September 18, 1859February 3, 1934) was an American congressman and U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and the founder of the ''Omaha World-Herald'' newspaper.
Life and career
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Hitchcock was the son o ...
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: 2.
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 ...
(R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
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Key Pittman (D)
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Charles B. Henderson (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Henry W. Keyes (R)
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George H. Moses
George Higgins Moses (February 9, 1869December 20, 1944) was a U.S. diplomat and political figure. He served as a United States senator from New Hampshire and was chosen as the Senate's President pro tempore.
Biography
George H. Moses was born ...
(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 Delawa ...
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Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Sr. (March 12, 1869 – February 8, 1948) represented New Jersey as a U.S. Republican Party, Republican in the United States Senate from 1917 to 1923.
Early life and family
He was born in Raritan, New Jersey, on M ...
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Walter E. Edge (R)
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex
, Offi ...
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Andrieus A. Jones
Andrieus Aristieus Jones (May 16, 1862December 20, 1927) was an American politician from New Mexico who represented the state in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1927.
Early life and education
Jones was born in Obion County, ...
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: 2.
Albert B. Fall (R)
New York
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William M. Calder
William Musgrave Calder I (March 3, 1869March 3, 1945) was an American politician and architect who served as a member of both chambers of the United States Congress from New York.
Early life and education
He was born in Brooklyn on March 3, 1869 ...
(R)
: 3.
James W. Wadsworth Jr.
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the grandson of Union General James S. Wadsworth.
Ear ...
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North Carolina
North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...
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Furnifold M. Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North ...
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: 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, ...
: 1.
Porter J. McCumber
Porter James McCumber (February 3, 1858May 18, 1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations.
Early life
Born in Crete, Illinois in 1858, he moved with ...
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: 3.
Asle J. Gronna (R)
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
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Atlee Pomerene (D)
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Warren G. Harding (R), until January 13, 1921
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Frank B. Willis
Frank Bartlett Willis (December 28, 1871March 30, 1928) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Republican from Ohio. He served as the 47th governor of Ohio from 1915 to 1917, then served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio from 1921 until his ...
(R), from January 14, 1921
Oklahoma
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Robert L. Owen
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a railr ...
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: 3.
Thomas P. Gore (D)
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
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Charles L. McNary (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 (R)
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Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
After serving in both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature, he represented Pennsylvania in the Un ...
(R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
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Peter G. Gerry
Peter Goelet Gerry (September 18, 1879 – October 31, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and later, as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. He is the only U.S. Senator in American h ...
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: 2.
LeBaron B. Colt
LeBaron Bradford Colt (June 25, 1846 – August 18, 1924) was a United States senator from Rhode Island and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for th ...
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South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
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Nathaniel B. Dial
Nathaniel Barksdale Dial (April 24, 1862December 11, 1940) was a United States senator from South Carolina from 1919 to 1925.
Biography
Born near Laurens, he attended the common schools, Richmond College (Virginia) and Vanderbilt University. ...
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: 3.
Ellison D. Smith (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...
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Thomas Sterling
Thomas Sterling (February 21, 1851August 26, 1930) was an American lawyer, politician, and academic who served as a member of the United States Senate and the first dean of the University of South Dakota College of Law.
A Republican, he ser ...
(R)
: 3.
Edwin S. Johnson (D)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...
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Kenneth D. McKellar
Kenneth Douglas McKellar (January 29, 1869October 25, 1957) was an American politician from Tennessee who served as a United States Representative from 1911 until 1917 and as a United States Senator from 1917 until 1953. A Democrat, he serve ...
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John K. Shields
John Knight Shields (August 15, 1858September 30, 1934) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1913 to 1925. He also served as an associate justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Biography
Shields was born at his family's es ...
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Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
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Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Early life and educat ...
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: 2.
Morris Sheppard (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 its ...
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William H. King (D)
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Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). First elected by the Utah State Legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1902, he serv ...
(R)
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, 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 (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...
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Carroll S. Page
Carroll Smalley Page (January 10, 1843December 3, 1925) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the 43rd governor of Vermont and a United States senator.
A native of Westfield, Vermont, Page was the son of a successful farme ...
(R)
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William P. Dillingham
William Paul Dillingham (December 12, 1843July 12, 1923) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican and the son of Congressman and Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingham served as governor from 1888 ...
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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 are ...
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Claude A. Swanson (D)
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Thomas S. Martin (D), until November 12, 1919
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Carter Glass (D), from February 2, 1920
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican and briefly a Progressive, he served one term as a United States representative from 1909 to 1911, and two terms as a United States senat ...
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Wesley L. Jones
Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing the state of Washington.
Born near Bethany, Illinois days af ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Howard Sutherland (R)
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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. Duri ...
(R)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
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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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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 t ...
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John B. Kendrick
John Benjamin Kendrick (September 6, 1857 – November 3, 1933) was an American politician and cattleman who served as a United States senator from Wyoming and as the ninth Governor of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life
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Francis E. Warren (R)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
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John McDuffie (D)
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S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)
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Henry B. Steagall (D)
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Fred L. Blackmon
Fred Leonard Blackmon (September 15, 1873 – February 8, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born at Lime Branch, Georgia, Blackmon moved with his parents to Calhoun County, Alabama, in 1883.
He attended the public schools in DeArm ...
(D), until February 8, 1921
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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 representative and United States senator from Alabama.
Early life
Born in Louina, Alabama, he attended ...
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William B. Bowling
William Bismarck Bowling (September 24, 1870 – December 27, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Iron City, Calhoun County, Alabama to William and Sarah Elston Bowling, William Bismarck Bowling attended the common schools, ...
(D), from December 14, 1920
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William B. Oliver (D)
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John L. Burnett
John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 – May 13, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Life
Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, Cave Spring, Georgia, and the local high ...
(D), until May 13, 1919
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Lilius Bratton Rainey
Lilius Bratton Rainey (July 27, 1876 – September 27, 1959) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Biography
He was born in Dadeville, Alabama on July 27, 1876.
Rainey attended the common schools and moved to Fort Payne, Alabama. He graduated ...
(D), from September 30, 1919
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Edward B. Almon
Edward Berton Almon (April 18, 1860 – June 22, 1933) was an American, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives who represented northwest Alabama's 8th congressional district.
Early life
Almon was born near Moult ...
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George Huddleston (D)
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William B. Bankhead
William Brockman Bankhead (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940) was an American politician who served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressiona ...
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Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
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Carl Hayden (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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Thaddeus H. Caraway
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (October 17, 1871 – November 6, 1931) was a Democratic Party politician from the US state of Arkansas who represented the state first in the US House of Representatives from 1913 to 1921 and then in the US Senate fr ...
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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 N. Tillman
John Newton Tillman (December 13, 1859 – March 9, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. In the Arkansas State Senate he proposed the Separate Coach Law of 1891, a Jim Crow law to segregate African American passengers. The bill became ...
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Otis Wingo
Otis Theodore Wingo (June 18, 1877 – October 21, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1930. He was the husband of his successor in office, Effie ...
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Henderson M. Jacoway
Henderson Madison Jacoway (November 7, 1870 – August 4, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1911 to 1923.
Early life and education
Born in Dardanelle, Arkansas to Wi ...
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Samuel M. Taylor
Samuel Mitchell Taylor (May 25, 1852 – September 13, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, father of Chester W. Taylor.
Born near Fulton, Mississippi, Taylor attended the public schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar ...
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William S. Goodwin
William Shields Goodwin (May 2, 1866 – August 9, 1937) was a United States Representative from Arkansas.
Born in Warren, Arkansas, Goodwin attended the public schools, the Farmers' Academy near Duluth, Georgia, Cooledge's Preparatory Schoo ...
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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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Clarence F. Lea
Clarence Frederick Lea (July 11, 1874 – June 20, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician who served 16 terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1917 to 1949.
Biography
Lea was born near Highland Springs, California, in southwe ...
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John E. Raker
John Edward Raker (February 22, 1863 – January 22, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic Party Congressional representative for California, serving eight terms from 1911 to 1926.
Life
He was born near Knox ...
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Charles F. Curry
Charles Forrest Curry (March 14, 1858 – October 10, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from California and the father of Charles Forrest Curry, Jr.
Curry was born in Naperville, Illinois and attended the common schools and the Episcopal Ac ...
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Julius Kahn (R)
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John I. Nolan
John Ignatius Nolan (January 14, 1874 – November 18, 1922) was an American iron molder and politician who represented a Californian district in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1922.
Background
He was born in ...
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John A. Elston
John Arthur Elston (February 10, 1874 – December 15, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from California.
Born in Woodland, California, Elston attended public schools.
He graduated from Hesperian College, Woodland, 1892.
He graduated from the Uni ...
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Henry E. Barbour
Henry Ellsworth Barbour (March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1919 to 1931.
Biography
Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, ...
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Hugh S. Hersman (D)
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Charles H. Randall (Proh.)
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Henry Z. Osborne
Henry Zenas Osborne (October 4, 1848 – February 8, 1923) was an American Republican politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1923.
Biography
He was born in New Lebanon, New York on October 4, 1848. ...
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William Kettner (D)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
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William Newell Vaile
William Newell Vaile (June 22, 1876 – July 2, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.
Born in Kokomo, Indiana, Vaile moved with his parents to Denver, Colorado, in 1881. Vaile was of English descent., p.262. He attended the public ...
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Charles Bateman Timberlake
Charles Bateman Timberlake (September 25, 1854 – May 31, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.
Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Timberlake attended the common schools and Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana from 1871 to 1874.
He taught scho ...
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Guy Urban Hardy
Guy Urban Hardy (April 4, 1872 – January 26, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado for fourteen years. He was a newspaper editor and publisher for 52 years as well as president of the National Editorial Association. Three parks were es ...
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Edward Thomas Taylor
Edward Thomas Taylor (June 19, 1858 – September 3, 1941) was an American lawyer and educator who served as a U.S. Representative from Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party, he served 17 terms in the U.S. House, from 1909 to 1941.
Early ...
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Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...
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Augustine Lonergan
Augustine Lonergan (May 20, 1874October 18, 1947) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Connecticut. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as a senator from 1933 to 1939.
Biography
Lonergan was born in Thompson, Connecticut, ...
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Richard P. Freeman
Richard Patrick Freeman (April 24, 1869 – July 8, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in New London, Connecticut, Freeman attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Bulkeley High School at New Londo ...
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John Q. Tilson
John Quillin Tilson (April 5, 1866 – August 14, 1958) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives for almost 22 years and was House Majority leader for 6 years.
Early lif ...
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Schuyler Merritt
Schuyler Merritt (December 16, 1853 – April 1, 1953) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 1917 to 1931 and 1933 to 1937. He is the namesake of the Merritt Par ...
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James P. Glynn
James Peter Glynn (November 12, 1867 – March 6, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Born in Winsted, Connecticut, the son of Irish immigrants,
Glynn attended the public schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1 ...
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Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...
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Caleb R. Layton
Caleb Rodney Layton (September 8, 1851 – November 11, 1930) was an American physician and politician, from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served two terms as U. S. Representative from Dela ...
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
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Herbert J. Drane
Herbert Jackson Drane (June 20, 1863 – August 11, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.
Born in Franklin, Kentucky, Drane attended the public schools of Louisville, Kentucky, and Brevards Academy at Franklin, Kentucky.
He moved to Ma ...
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Frank Clark (D)
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John H. Smithwick
John Harris Smithwick (July 17, 1872 – December 2, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1919 to 1927.
Biography
Smithwick was born near Orange, Georgia and attended t ...
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William J. Sears
William Joseph Sears (December 4, 1874 – March 30, 1944) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from Florida. A Democrat, he was an avowed white supremacist.
Early life and education
Born in Smithville, Georgia, Sears moved with his paren ...
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Georgia
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James W. Overstreet
James Whetstone Overstreet (August 28, 1866 – December 4, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born on a farm near Sylvania, Georgia, Overstreet attended the rural schools and Sylvania High School.
He was graduated from Mercer Uni ...
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Frank Park
Frank Park (March 3, 1864November 20, 1925) was an American politician, educator, lawyer and jurist from the state of Georgia.
Early years and education
Park was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1864 to James Fletcher Park and Emma Augusta Par ...
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Charles R. Crisp
Charles Robert Crisp (October 19, 1870 – February 7, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, son of Charles Frederick Crisp.
Life
Born in Ellaville, Georgia, Crisp attended the public schools of Americus, Georgia.
He served as cle ...
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William C. Wright
William Carter Wright (January 6, 1866 – June 11, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born on a farm in Carroll County, Georgia, Wright moved with his parents to Newnan, Georgia, in 1869.
He attended the common and high schools o ...
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William D. Upshaw
William David Upshaw (October 15, 1866 – November 21, 1952) served eight years in Congress (1919–1927), where he was such a strong proponent of the temperance movement that he became known as the "driest of the drys." In Congress, Upshaw ...
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James W. Wise (D)
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Gordon Lee (D)
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Charles H. Brand
Charles Hillyer Brand (April 20, 1861 – May 17, 1933) was an American politician, businessman, jurist and lawyer.
Biography
Brand was born in Loganville, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1881. He was admitte ...
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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 Univers ...
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Carl Vinson (D)
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William C. Lankford (D)
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William W. Larsen (D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a U.S. state, 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 Monta ...
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Burton L. French
Burton Lee French (August 1, 1875 – September 12, 1954) was a congressman from Idaho. French served as a Republican in the House from 1903 to 1909, 1911 to 1915 and 1917 to 1933. With a combined 26 years in office, he remains the longest-s ...
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Addison T. Smith
Addison Taylor Smith (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was a congressman from Idaho. Smith served as a Republican in the U.S. House for ten terms, from 1913 to 1933.
Born in Cambridge, Ohio, Smith began his political career in 1891 in Washin ...
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Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...
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Richard Yates (R)
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William E. Mason (R)
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Martin B. Madden (R)
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James R. Mann (R)
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William W. Wilson (R)
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John W. Rainey
John William Rainey (December 21, 1880 – May 4, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Rainey attended the public schools of his native city, De La Salle Institute, and the Kent College of Law ...
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Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 1952. From 19 ...
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James McAndrews
James McAndrews (October 22, 1862 – August 31, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in business, serving as buil ...
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Niels Juul
Niels Juul (April 27, 1859 – December 4, 1929) was a state senator and U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was born and raised in Denmark.
Biography
Juul was born in Randers in Midtjylland, Denmark. Juul attended the public school (realskole ...
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Thomas Gallagher (D)
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Frederick A. Britten
Frederick Albert Britten (November 18, 1871 – May 4, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Early life
Frederick Albert Britten was born on November 18, 1871, in Chicago, Illinois. Britten attended Heald's Business College, San Franc ...
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Carl R. Chindblom
Carl Richard Chindblom (December 21, 1870 – September 12, 1956) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois to Swedish immigrant parents, Chindblom attended public schools. He was graduated from Augustana ...
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Ira C. Copley (R)
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Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller (March 31, 1849 – June 25, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Belvidere, Illinois, Fuller attended the common schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practi ...
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John C. McKenzie
John Charles McKenzie (February 18, 1860 – September 17, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm near Elizabeth, Woodbine Township, Illinois to a Scottish immigrant father,
McKenzie attended the common schools, and th ...
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William J. Graham
William Johnson Graham (February 7, 1872 – November 10, 1937) was a United States representative from Illinois and Presiding Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Education and career
Born on February 7, 1872, in ...
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Edward John King
Edward John King (July 1, 1867 – February 17, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, King moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Galesburg, Knox County, in 1880. He attended the ...
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Clifford Ireland (R)
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Frank L. Smith
Frank Leslie Smith (November 24, 1867 – August 30, 1950) was an Illinois politician.
Biography
Smith was born in Dwight, Illinois, in Livingston County He served as a United States Congressman from 1919 to 1921.
Career
Smith first ran ...
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Joseph G. Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and many consi ...
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William B. McKinley
William Brown McKinley (September 5, 1856December 7, 1926) was a U.S. Representative (1905–1913, 1915–1921) and United States Senator (1921–1926) from the State of Illinois. A member of the Republican Party, he was born near Petersburg, Il ...
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Henry T. Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death. He rose t ...
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Loren E. Wheeler
Loren Edgar Wheeler (October 7, 1862 – January 8, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Havana, Illinois, Wheeler attended the public schools and Graylock Institute, South Williamstown, Massachusetts. He moved to Springfield ...
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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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Edwin B. Brooks
Edwin Bruce Brooks (September 20, 1868 – September 18, 1933) was a U.S. representative from Illinois. He was the cousin of Edmund H. Hinshaw.
Born in Newton, Illinois, Brooks attended the public schools, and was graduated from Valparaiso (I ...
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Thomas S. Williams (R)
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Edward E. Denison
Edward Everett Denison (August 28, 1873 – June 17, 1953) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Early life
Born in Marion, Illinois, Denison attended the public schools. He was graduated from Baylor University, Waco, Texas, in 1895, ...
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Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
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Oscar R. Luhring
Oscar Raymond Luhring (February 11, 1879 – August 18, 1944) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as a United States representative from Indiana and an Associate Justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Colu ...
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Oscar E. Bland
Oscar Edward Bland (November 21, 1877 – August 3, 1951) was a United States representative from Indiana and an associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Education and career
Born near Bloomfield, Indiana, Bl ...
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James W. Dunbar
James Whitson Dunbar (October 17, 1860 – May 19, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. He served a total of three terms from 1919 to 1923 and from 1929 to 1931.
Early life and career
Born in New Albany, Indiana, Dunbar attended the pub ...
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John S. Benham
John Samuel Benham (October 24, 1863 – December 11, 1935) was an American educator and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1919 to 1923.
Biography
Born on a farm near Benham, Indiana, Benham attended pub ...
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Everett Sanders
James Everett Sanders (March 8, 1882 – May 12, 1950) was an American political figure. He was Presidential secretary to President Calvin Coolidge and chairman of the Republican National Committee. He served four terms in the U.S House of Re ...
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Richard N. Elliott
Richard Nash Elliott (April 25, 1873 – March 21, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1931.
Early life and career
Born near Connersville, Indiana, Elliott atten ...
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Merrill Moores (R)
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Albert H. Vestal
Albert Henry Vestal (January 18, 1875 – April 1, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a Republican United States Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1932.
Biography
Born on a farm near Frankton, in Madiso ...
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Fred S. Purnell
Fred Sampson Purnell (October 25, 1882 – October 21, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1933.
Biography
Born on a farm near Veedersburg, Indiana, Purnell att ...
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William R. Wood (R)
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Milton Kraus
Milton Kraus (June 26, 1866 – November 18, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1923.
Biography
Born in Kokomo, Indiana to German-Jewish parents, Kraus attended t ...
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Louis W. Fairfield
Louis William Fairfield (October 15, 1858 – February 20, 1930) was an American educator and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1925.
Biography
Born in a log cabin near Wapakoneta, Ohio, Fairfie ...
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Andrew J. Hickey (R)
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, 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: Wiscon ...
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Charles A. Kennedy
Charles Augustus Kennedy (March 24, 1869 – January 10, 1951) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa.
Biography
Born in Montrose, Iowa, Kennedy completed preparatory stud ...
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Harry E. Hull
Harry Edward Hull (March 12, 1864 – January 16, 1938) was an American businessman and politician who served five terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1925. He also served as Commissione ...
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Burton E. Sweet
Burton Erwin Sweet (December 10, 1867 – January 3, 1957) was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district, then a wide but short chain of counties in north-central and northeastern Iowa, in the shape of ...
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Gilbert N. Haugen
Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21, 1859 – July 18, 1933) was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member o ...
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James W. Good
James William Good (September 24, 1866 – November 18, 1929) was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Iowa, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover as Secretary of War. H ...
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C. William Ramseyer (R)
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Cassius C. Dowell (R)
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Horace M. Towner (R)
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William R. Green
William Raymond Green (November 7, 1856 – June 11, 1947) was a United States representative from Iowa, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and later was a judge of the Court of Claims. His son, William R. Green Jr., served on the ...
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L. J. Dickinson (R)
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William D. Boies (R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...
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Daniel Read Anthony Jr.
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (August 22, 1870 – August 4, 1931) was an American Republican politician and a nephew of suffragist and political leader Susan B. Anthony.
He is the son of newspaper publisher Daniel Read Anthony. He was born in ...
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Edward C. Little
Edward Campbell Little (December 14, 1858 – June 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Life
Born in Newark, Ohio, Little moved to Kansas in 1866 with his parents, who settled in Olathe. He attended the public schools of Abile ...
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Philip P. Campbell
Philip Pitt Campbell (April 25, 1862 – May 26, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Campbell moved with his parents to Neosho County, Kansas, in 1867.
He attended the common sch ...
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Homer Hoch
Homer Hoch (July 4, 1879 – January 30, 1949) was a United States Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Born in Marion, Kansas, Hoch graduated from Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, in 1902. He attended George Washington Law School, Washingt ...
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James G. Strong
James George Strong (April 23, 1870 – January 11, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Dwight, Illinois, Strong attended the public schools of Dwight, Illinois from 1876 to 1879, the Episcopal Mission of Greenwood Agency, S.Da ...
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Hays B. White
Hays Baxter White (September 21, 1855 – September 29, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born near Fairfield, Iowa, White attended the rural schools of his native county. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Jewell Count ...
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: . Jasper Napoleon Tincher (R)
: . William A. Ayres (D)
List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky
: . Alben Barkley (D)
: . David Hayes Kincheloe (D)
: . Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D)
: . Ben Johnson (politician), Ben Johnson (D)
: . Charles F. Ogden (R)
: . Arthur B. Rouse (D)
: . J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
: . King Swope (R), from August 1, 1919
: . William Jason Fields (D)
: . John W. Langley (R)
: . John M. Robsion (R)
List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana
: . Albert Estopinal (D), until April 28, 1919
:: James O'Connor (Louisiana politician), James O'Connor (D), from June 5, 1919
: . Henry Garland Dupré (D)
: . Whitmell P. Martin (D)
: . John Thomas Watkins (D)
: . Riley Joseph Wilson (D)
: . Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (D)
: . Ladislas Lazaro (D)
: . James Benjamin Aswell (D)
List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine
: . Louis B. Goodall (R)
: . Wallace H. White Jr. (R)
: . John A. Peters (1864-1953), John A. Peters (R)
: . Ira G. Hersey (R)
List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland
: . William N. Andrews (R)
: . Carville D. Benson (D)
: . Charles P. Coady (D)
: . J. Charles Linthicum (D)
: . Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (R)
: . Frederick N. Zihlman (R)
List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts
: . Allen T. Treadway (R)
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Frederick H. Gillett (R)
: . Calvin D. Paige (R)
: . Samuel E. Winslow (R)
: . John J. Rogers (R)
: . Willfred W. Lufkin (R)
: . Michael F. Phelan (D)
: . Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
: . Alvan T. Fuller (R), until January 5, 1921
: . John F. Fitzgerald (D), until October 23, 1919
:: Peter Francis Tague (D), from October 23, 1919
: . George H. Tinkham (R)
: . James A. Gallivan (D)
: . Robert Luce (R)
: . Richard Olney II (D)
: . William S. Greene (R)
: . Joseph Walsh (Massachusetts politician), Joseph Walsh (R)
List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan
: . Frank E. Doremus (D)
: . Earl C. Michener (R)
: . John M. C. Smith (R)
: . Edward L. Hamilton (R)
: . Carl Mapes (R)
: . Patrick H. Kelley (R)
: . Louis C. Cramton (R)
: . Joseph W. Fordney (R)
: . James C. McLaughlin (R)
: . Gilbert A. Currie (R)
: . Frank D. Scott (R)
: . W. Frank James (R)
: . Charles Archibald Nichols (R), until April 25, 1920
:: Clarence J. McLeod (R), from November 2, 1920
List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota
: . Sydney Anderson (R)
: . Franklin Ellsworth (R)
: . Charles Russell Davis (R)
: . Carl Van Dyke (D), until May 20, 1919
:: Oscar Keller (R), from July 1, 1919
: . Walter Newton (R)
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Harold Knutson
Harold Knutson (October 20, 1880 – August 21, 1953) was an American politician and journalist, who represented Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1949 as a member of the Republican Party. From 1919 to 19 ...
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: . Andrew Volstead (R)
: . William Leighton Carss (FL)
: . Halvor Steenerson (R)
: . Thomas D. Schall (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)
: . William Webb Venable (D)
: . Paul B. Johnson Sr. (D)
: . Percy E. Quin (D)
: . James W. Collier (D)
List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri
: . Milton A. Romjue (D)
: . William W. Rucker (D)
: . Joshua W. Alexander (D), until December 15, 1919
:: Jacob L. Milligan (D), from February 14, 1920
: . Charles F. Booher (D), until January 21, 1921
: . William Thomas Bland (D)
: . Clement C. Dickinson (D)
: . Samuel C. Major (D)
: . William L. Nelson (politician), William L. Nelson (D)
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Champ Clark (D), until March 2, 1921
: . Cleveland A. Newton (R)
: . William Leo Igoe (D)
: . Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
: . Marion E. Rhodes (R)
: . Edward D. Hays (R)
: . Isaac V. McPherson (R)
: . Thomas L. Rubey (D)
List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana
: . John M. Evans (D)
: . Carl W. Riddick (R)
List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska
: . C. Frank Reavis (R)
: . Albert W. Jefferis (R)
: . Robert E. Evans (R)
: . Melvin O. McLaughlin (R)
: . William E. Andrews (R)
: . Moses P. Kinkaid (R)
List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada
: . Charles R. Evans (D)
List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
: . Sherman Everett Burroughs (R)
: . Edward Hills Wason (R)
List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey
: . William J. Browning (R), until March 24, 1920
:: Francis F. Patterson Jr. (R), from November 2, 1920
: . Isaac Bacharach (R)
: . Thomas J. Scully (D)
: . Elijah C. Hutchinson (R)
: . Ernest R. Ackerman (R)
: . John R. Ramsey (R)
: . Amos H. Radcliffe (R)
: . Cornelius A. McGlennon (D)
: . Daniel F. Minahan (D)
: . Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
: . John J. Eagan (politician), John J. Eagan (D)
: . James A. Hamill (D)
List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico
: . Benigno C. Hernández (R)
List of United States representatives from New York, New York
: . Frederick C. Hicks (R)
: . C. Pope Caldwell (D)
: . John MacCrate (R), until December 30, 1920
: . Thomas H. Cullen (D)
: . John B. Johnston (D)
: . Frederick W. Rowe (R)
: . James P. Maher (D)
: . William E. Cleary (D)
: . David J. O'Connell (politician), David J. O'Connell (D)
: . Reuben L. Haskell (R), until December 31, 1919
:: Lester D. Volk (R), from November 2, 1920
: . Daniel J. Riordan (D)
: . Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
: . Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
: . Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R), until December 31, 1919
:: Nathan David Perlman (R), from November 2, 1920
: . Peter J. Dooling (D)
: . Thomas F. Smith (D)
: . Herbert C. Pell Jr. (D)
: . John F. Carew (D)
: . Joseph Rowan (D)
: . Isaac Siegel (R)
: . Jerome F. Donovan (D)
: . Anthony J. Griffin (D)
: . Richard F. McKiniry (D)
: . James V. Ganly (D)
: . James W. Husted (Representative), James W. Husted (R)
: . Edmund Platt (R), until June 7, 1920
:: Hamilton Fish III (R), from November 2, 1920
: . Charles B. Ward (R)
: . Rollin B. Sanford (R)
: . James S. Parker (R)
: . Frank Crowther (R)
: . Bertrand H. Snell (R)
: . Luther W. Mott (R)
: . Homer P. Snyder (R)
: . William Henry Hill (New York), William H. Hill (R)
: . Walter W. Magee (R)
: . Norman J. Gould (R)
: . Alanson B. Houghton (R)
: . Thomas B. Dunn (R)
: . Archie D. Sanders (R)
: . S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
: . Clarence MacGregor (R)
: . James M. Mead (D)
: . Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R)
List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina
: . John Humphrey Small (D)
: . Claude Kitchin (D)
: . Samuel M. Brinson (D)
: . Edward W. Pou (D)
: . Charles M. Stedman (D)
: . Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
: . Leonidas D. Robinson (D)
: . Robert L. Doughton (D)
: . Edwin Y. Webb (D), until November 10, 1919
:: Clyde R. Hoey (D), from December 16, 1919
: . Zebulon Weaver (D)
List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota
: . John Miller Baer (R)
: . George M. Young (R)
: . James H. Sinclair (R)
List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio
: . Nicholas Longworth (R)
: . Ambrose E.B. Stephens (R)
: . Warren Gard (D)
: . Benjamin F. Welty (D)
: . Charles J. Thompson (R)
: . Charles C. Kearns (R)
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Simeon D. Fess
Simeon Davison Fess (December 11, 1861December 23, 1936) was a Republican politician and educator from Ohio, United States. He served in the United States House of Representatives (1915 to 1923) and U.S. Senate (1923 to 1935).
Early life
Born o ...
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: . R. Clint Cole (R)
: . Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
: . Israel M. Foster (R)
: . Edwin D. Ricketts (R)
: . Clement L. Brumbaugh (D)
: . James T. Begg (R)
: . Martin L. Davey (D)
: . C. Ellis Moore (R)
: . Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)
: . William A. Ashbrook (D)
: . B. Frank Murphy (R)
: . John G. Cooper (R)
: . Charles A. Mooney (D)
: . John J. Babka (D)
: . Henry I. Emerson (R)
List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma
: . Everette B. Howard (D)
: . William W. Hastings (D)
: . Charles D. Carter (D)
: . Tom D. McKeown (D)
: . Joseph Bryan Thompson (D), until September 18, 1919
:: John W. Harreld (R), from November 8, 1919
: .
Scott Ferris (D)
: . James V. McClintic (D)
: . Dick Thompson Morgan (R), until July 4, 1920
:: Charles Swindall (R), from November 2, 1920
List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon
: . Willis C. Hawley (R)
: . Nicholas J. Sinnott (R)
: . Clifton N. McArthur (R)
List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
: . Thomas S. Crago (R)
: . William J. Burke (R)
: . Anderson H. Walters (R)
: . Mahlon M. Garland (R), until November 19, 1920
: . William S. Vare (R)
: . George S. Graham (R)
: . J. Hampton Moore (R), until January 4, 1920
:: Harry C. Ransley (R), from November 2, 1920
: . George W. Edmonds (R)
: . Peter E. Costello (R)
: . George P. Darrow (R)
: . Thomas S. Butler (R)
: . Henry Winfield Watson (R)
: . William W. Griest (R)
: . Patrick McLane (D), until February 25, 1921
:: John R. Farr (R), from February 25, 1921
: . John J. Casey (D)
: . John Reber (R)
: . Arthur G. Dewalt (D)
: . Louis T. McFadden (R)
: . Edgar R. Kiess (R)
: . John V. Lesher (D)
: . Benjamin K. Focht (R)
: . Aaron S. Kreider (R)
: . John M. Rose (R)
: . Edward S. Brooks (R)
: . Evan John Jones (politician), Evan J. Jones (R)
: . John Haden Wilson (D)
: . Samuel A. Kendall (R)
: . Henry W. Temple (R)
: . Milton W. Shreve (R)
: . Henry J. Steele (D)
: . Nathan L. Strong (R)
: . Willis J. Hulings (R)
: . Stephen G. Porter (R)
: . M. Clyde Kelly (R)
: . John M. Morin (R)
: . Guy E. Campbell (D)
List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
: . Clark Burdick (R)
: . Walter Russell Stiness (R)
: . Ambrose Kennedy (R)
List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina
: . Richard S. Whaley (D)
: . James F. Byrnes (D)
: . Fred H. Dominick (D)
: . Samuel J. Nicholls (D)
: . William Francis Stevenson, William F. Stevenson (D)
: . J. Willard Ragsdale (D), until July 23, 1919
:: Philip H. Stoll (D), from October 7, 1919
: . Asbury Francis Lever (D), until August 1, 1919
:: Edward C. Mann (D), from October 7, 1919
List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota
: . Charles A. Christopherson (R)
: . Royal C. Johnson (R)
: . Harry L. Gandy (D)
List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee
: . Sam R. Sells (R)
: . J. Will Taylor (R)
: . John Austin Moon (D)
: . Cordell Hull (D)
: . Ewin L. Davis (D)
: . Joseph W. Byrns (D)
: . Lemuel Phillips Padgett (D)
: . Thetus Willrette Sims (D)
: . Finis J. Garrett (D)
: . Hubert Fisher (D)
List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas
: . Eugene Black (texas politician), Eugene Black (D)
: . John C. Box (D)
: . James Young (congressman), James Young (D)
: . Sam Rayburn (D)
: . Hatton W. Sumners (D)
: . Rufus Hardy (representative), Rufus Hardy (D)
: . Clay Stone Briggs (D)
: . Joe H. Eagle (D)
: . Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
: . James P. Buchanan (D)
: . Tom T. Connally (D)
: . Fritz G. Lanham (D), from April 19, 1919
: . Lucian W. Parrish (D)
: . Carlos Bee (D)
: . John Nance Garner (D)
: . Claude Benton Hudspeth (D)
: . Thomas L. Blanton (D)
: . John Marvin Jones (D)
List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah
: . Milton H. Welling (D)
: . James Henry Mays (D)
List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont
: . Frank L. Greene (R)
: . Porter H. Dale (R)
List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia
: . S. Otis Bland (D)
: . Edward Everett Holland (D)
: . Andrew Jackson Montague (D)
: . Walter Allen Watson (D), until December 24, 1919
:: Patrick H. Drewry (D), from April 27, 1920
: . Edward W. Saunders (D), until February 29, 1920
:: Rorer A. James (D), from June 1, 1920
: . James P. Woods (D)
: . Thomas W. Harrison (D)
: . R. Walton Moore (D), from April 27, 1919
: . C. Bascom Slemp (R)
: . Henry De Flood (D)
List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington
: . John Franklin Miller (Washington representative), John F. Miller (R)
: . Lindley H. Hadley (R)
: . Albert Johnson (congressman), Albert Johnson (R)
: . John W. Summers (R)
: . J. Stanley Webster (R)
List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia
: . Matthew M. Neely (D)
: . George M. Bowers (R)
: . Stuart F. Reed (R)
: . Harry C. Woodyard (R)
: . Wells Goodykoontz (R)
: . Leonard S. Echols (R)
List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Clifford E. Randall (R)
: . Edward Voigt (R)
: . James G. Monahan (R)
: . John C. Kleczka (R)
: . Victor L. Berger (Soc.), until November 10, 1919
: . Florian Lampert (R)
: . John Jacob Esch (R)
: . Edward E. Browne (R)
: . David G. Classon (R)
: . James A. Frear (R)
: . Adolphus P. Nelson (R)
List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming
: . Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)
Non-voting members
: . Charles A. Sulzer (D), until April 28, 1919
:: George B. Grigsby (D), from June 3, 1920 - March 1, 1921
:: James Wickersham (R), from March 1, 1921
: . Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (R)
: . Félix Córdova Dávila (Resident Commissioner), Unionist
: . Jaime C. de Veyra (Resident Commissioner)
: . Teodoro R. Yangco (Resident Commissioner), (I) until March 3, 1920
:: Isauro Gabaldon (Resident Commissioner), (Nacionalista Party, Nac.) from March 4, 1920
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 5
** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 1 seat net loss
** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 1 seat net gain
* Deaths: 2
* Resignations: 2
* Vacancy: 0
* Total seats with changes: 4
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 23
** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 4 seat net loss
** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 4 seat net gain
* Deaths: 13
* Resignations: 10
* Contested elections: 3
* Total seats with changes: 32
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:
Furnifold M. Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North ...
; Ranking Member:
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
After serving in both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature, he represented Pennsylvania in the Un ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Asle Gronna; Ranking Member:
Thomas P. Gore)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member:
Lee S. Overman)
* United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
William M. Calder
William Musgrave Calder I (March 3, 1869March 3, 1945) was an American politician and architect who served as a member of both chambers of the United States Congress from New York.
Early life and education
He was born in Brooklyn on March 3, 1869 ...
; Ranking Member:
Andrieus A. Jones
Andrieus Aristieus Jones (May 16, 1862December 20, 1927) was an American politician from New Mexico who represented the state in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1927.
Early life and education
Jones was born in Obion County, ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
George P. McLean
George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ...
; Ranking Member:
Robert L. Owen
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a railr ...
)
* Budget (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Chairman: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale; Ranking Member:
John B. Kendrick
John Benjamin Kendrick (September 6, 1857 – November 3, 1933) was an American politician and cattleman who served as a United States senator from Wyoming and as the ninth Governor of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life
...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
Howard Sutherland; Ranking Member:
Morris Sheppard)
* United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
Thomas Sterling
Thomas Sterling (February 21, 1851August 26, 1930) was an American lawyer, politician, and academic who served as a member of the United States Senate and the first dean of the University of South Dakota College of Law.
A Republican, he ser ...
; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar)
* United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Selden P. Spencer
Selden Palmer Spencer (September 16, 1862May 16, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, he was a United States Senator from Missouri.
Early life
Selden Spencer was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Samuel Selden and Eliza Debo ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph T. Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, serving ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Coast and Insular Survey, Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Walter Evans Edge; Ranking Member: Edward James Gay (1878–1952), Edward J. Gay)
* United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman:
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen Sr. (March 12, 1869 – February 8, 1948) represented New Jersey as a U.S. Republican Party, Republican in the United States Senate from 1917 to 1923.
Early life and family
He was born in Raritan, New Jersey, on M ...
; Ranking Member: John Walter Smith, John W. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman:
Wesley L. Jones
Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing the state of Washington.
Born near Bethany, Illinois days af ...
; Ranking Member:
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville a ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Conservation of National Resources, Conservation of National Resources (Chairman:
Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member:
LeBaron B. Colt
LeBaron Bradford Colt (June 25, 1846 – August 18, 1924) was a United States senator from Rhode Island and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for th ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman:
Atlee Pomerene; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
* United States Senate Committee on Cuban Relations, Cuban Relations (Chairman:
Hiram W. Johnson; Ranking Member:
Oscar W. Underwood)
* United States Senate Committee on Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments, Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman:
Thomas J. Walsh
Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1 ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph I. France
Joseph Irwin France (October 11, 1873January 26, 1939) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1917 to 1923.
Early life
France was born in Cameron, Missouri, the son of Hanna Fletcher (née ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Lawrence Yates Sherman (November 8, 1858 – September 15, 1939) was a Republican politician from the State of Illinois. He served as United States Senator, the 28th Lieutenant Governor, and as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representati ...
; Ranking Member: John Walter Smith, John W. Smith)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the District of Columbia Public School System, District of Columbia Public School System (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: William S. Kenyon (Iowa politician), William S. Kenyon; Ranking Member: Hoke Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member:
Francis E. Warren)
* United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
L. Heisler Ball
Lewis Heisler Ball (September 21, 1861 – October 18, 1932) was an American physician and politician from Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party and served as U.S. Representative from Delaware a ...
; Ranking Member:
Nathaniel B. Dial
Nathaniel Barksdale Dial (April 24, 1862December 11, 1940) was a United States senator from South Carolina from 1919 to 1925.
Biography
Born near Laurens, he attended the common schools, Richmond College (Virginia) and Vanderbilt University. ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee to Establish a University in the United States, Establish a University in the United States (Select)
* United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
John Walter Smith; Ranking Member:
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life
Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman:
Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radi ...
; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce, Expenditures in the Department of Commerce (Chairman:
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. Duri ...
; Ranking Member:
Josiah O. Wolcott
Josiah Oliver Wolcott (October 31, 1877 – November 11, 1938) was an American lawyer, politician and judge, from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S. Senator ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Chairman:
Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member:
William E. Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often con ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor, Expenditures in the Department of Labor (Chairman: Medill McCormick; Ranking Member: J.C.W. Beckham)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Claude A. Swanson; Ranking Member:
William P. Dillingham
William Paul Dillingham (December 12, 1843July 12, 1923) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican and the son of Congressman and Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingham served as governor from 1888 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Henry W. Keyes; Ranking Member:
William H. King)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State, Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman:
Lawrence C. Phipps
Lawrence Cowle Phipps (August 30, 1862 – March 1, 1958) was a United States Senator representing Colorado from 1919 until 1931.
Biography
Lawrence Cowle Phipps was born on August 30, 1862 in Amity, Pennsylvania, the son of William Henry Phi ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry L. Myers
Henry Lee Myers (October 9, 1862 – November 11, 1943) was a United States senator from Montana.
Biography
Born near Boonville, Missouri, he attended Cooper Institute and Boonville Academy, both private schools. He studied law and was admit ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Hoke Smith; Ranking Member:
Warren G. Harding)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman:
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
After serving in both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature, he represented Pennsylvania in the Un ...
; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman:
Truman H. Newberry
Truman Handy Newberry (November 5, 1864 – October 3, 1945) was an American businessman and political figure. He served as the Secretary of Navy between 1908 and 1909. He was a Republican U.S. Senator from Michigan between 1919 and 1922.
Bio ...
; Ranking Member:
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville a ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman:
Robert L. Owen
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a railr ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (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 polic ...
; Ranking Member:
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (September 18, 1859February 3, 1934) was an American congressman and U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and the founder of the ''Omaha World-Herald'' newspaper.
Life and career
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Hitchcock was the son o ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman:
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (September 18, 1859February 3, 1934) was an American congressman and U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and the founder of the ''Omaha World-Herald'' newspaper.
Life and career
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Hitchcock was the son o ...
; Ranking Member:
George P. McLean
George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (Chairman:
Marcus A. Smith; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman:
LeBaron B. Colt
LeBaron Bradford Colt (June 25, 1846 – August 18, 1924) was a United States senator from Rhode Island and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for th ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas P. Gore)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
Charles Curtis; Ranking Member:
Henry F. Ashurst)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations, Indian Depredations (Chairman:
Henry L. Myers
Henry Lee Myers (October 9, 1862 – November 11, 1943) was a United States senator from Montana.
Biography
Born near Boonville, Missouri, he attended Cooper Institute and Boonville Academy, both private schools. He studied law and was admit ...
; Ranking Member:
Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican and briefly a Progressive, he served one term as a United States representative from 1909 to 1911, and two terms as a United States senat ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Industrial Expositions, Industrial Expositions (Chairman:
Key Pittman; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna)
* United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (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:
Thomas J. Walsh
Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman:
Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member:
Ellison D. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Investigate Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Investigate Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman:
Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member:
Wesley L. Jones
Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing the state of Washington.
Born near Bethany, Illinois days af ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
Charles L. McNary; Ranking Member:
James D. Phelan)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
Knute Nelson; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Early life and educat ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (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, ...
; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams, John S. Williams)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member:
Ellison D. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
James W. Wadsworth Jr.
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the grandson of Union General James S. Wadsworth.
Ear ...
; Ranking Member:
George E. Chamberlain)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican and briefly a Progressive, he served one term as a United States representative from 1909 to 1911, and two terms as a United States senat ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles B. Henderson)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
Joseph E. Ransdell; Ranking Member:
Albert B. Cummins)
* United States Senate Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Chairman:
Frank B. Kellogg
Frank Billings Kellogg (December 22, 1856December 21, 1937) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State. He co-authored the Kellogg–Briand Pact, for which he was awarded the N ...
; Ranking Member:
Peter G. Gerry
Peter Goelet Gerry (September 18, 1879 – October 31, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and later, as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. He is the only U.S. Senator in American h ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Carroll S. Page
Carroll Smalley Page (January 10, 1843December 3, 1925) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the 43rd governor of Vermont and a United States senator.
A native of Westfield, Vermont, Page was the son of a successful farme ...
; Ranking Member:
Claude A. Swanson)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Chairman:
Albert B. Fall; Ranking Member:
Morris Sheppard)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Charles S. Thomas
Charles Spalding Thomas (December 6, 1849June 24, 1934) was a United States senator from Colorado. Born in Darien, Georgia, he attended private schools in Georgia and Connecticut, and served briefly in the Confederate Army.
Biography
Thomas g ...
; Ranking Member:
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life
Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
William F. Kirby)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Porter J. McCumber
Porter James McCumber (February 3, 1858May 18, 1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations.
Early life
Born in Crete, Illinois in 1858, he moved with ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas J. Walsh
Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Philippines, Philippines (Chairman:
Warren G. Harding; Ranking Member:
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville a ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Charles E. Townsend
Charles Elroy Townsend (August 15, 1856August 3, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as both a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. He served in the United States Congress from 1903 to 1923.
Early life and car ...
; Ranking Member:
John H. Bankhead)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
George H. Moses
George Higgins Moses (February 9, 1869December 20, 1944) was a U.S. diplomat and political figure. He served as a United States senator from New Hampshire and was chosen as the Senate's President pro tempore.
Biography
George H. Moses was born ...
; Ranking Member:
Marcus A. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Early life and educat ...
; Ranking Member:
Knute Nelson)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
William P. Dillingham
William Paul Dillingham (December 12, 1843July 12, 1923) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican and the son of Congressman and Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingham served as governor from 1888 ...
; Ranking Member:
Atlee Pomerene)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Bert M. Fernald; Ranking Member:
James A. Reed)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman:
Joseph I. France
Joseph Irwin France (October 11, 1873January 26, 1939) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1917 to 1923.
Early life
France was born in Cameron, Missouri, the son of Hanna Fletcher (née ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph E. Ransdell)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member:
Henry L. Myers
Henry Lee Myers (October 9, 1862 – November 11, 1943) was a United States senator from Montana.
Biography
Born near Boonville, Missouri, he attended Cooper Institute and Boonville Academy, both private schools. He studied law and was admit ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman:
Irvine L. Lenroot; Ranking Member:
Peter G. Gerry
Peter Goelet Gerry (September 18, 1879 – October 31, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and later, as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. He is the only U.S. Senator in American h ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Reconstruction and Production, Reconstruction and Production (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
Morris Sheppard; 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 polic ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Philander C. Knox; Ranking Member:
Lee S. Overman)
* United States Senate Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William S. Kenyon (Iowa politician), William S. Kenyon; Ranking Member:
Warren G. Harding)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Harry S. New; Ranking Member:
Key Pittman)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville a ...
; Ranking Member:
Porter J. McCumber
Porter James McCumber (February 3, 1858May 18, 1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations.
Early life
Born in Crete, Illinois in 1858, he moved with ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville a ...
; Ranking Member:
William P. Dillingham
William Paul Dillingham (December 12, 1843July 12, 1923) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican and the son of Congressman and Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingham served as governor from 1888 ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman:
Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member:
Wesley L. Jones
Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing the state of Washington.
Born near Bethany, Illinois days af ...
)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman: James Eli Watson; Ranking Member:
Andrieus A. Jones
Andrieus Aristieus Jones (May 16, 1862December 20, 1927) was an American politician from New Mexico who represented the state in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1927.
Early life and education
Jones was born in Obion County, ...
)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman:
Clifford Ireland; Ranking Member:
Frank Park
Frank Park (March 3, 1864November 20, 1925) was an American politician, educator, lawyer and jurist from the state of Georgia.
Early years and education
Park was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1864 to James Fletcher Park and Emma Augusta Par ...
)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
Gilbert N. Haugen
Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21, 1859 – July 18, 1933) was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member o ...
; Ranking Member:
Gordon Lee)
* United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:
Addison T. Smith
Addison Taylor Smith (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was a congressman from Idaho. Smith served as a Republican in the U.S. House for ten terms, from 1913 to 1933.
Born in Cambridge, Ohio, Smith began his political career in 1891 in Washin ...
; Ranking Member:
William D. Upshaw
William David Upshaw (October 15, 1866 – November 21, 1952) served eight years in Congress (1919–1927), where he was such a strong proponent of the temperance movement that he became known as the "driest of the drys." In Congress, Upshaw ...
)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
James W. Good
James William Good (September 24, 1866 – November 18, 1929) was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Iowa, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover as Secretary of War. H ...
; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Byrns)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Edmund Platt; Ranking Member: Michael F. Phelan)
* United States House Select Committee on the Budget, Budget (Select) (Chairman:
James W. Good
James William Good (September 24, 1866 – November 18, 1929) was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Iowa, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover as Secretary of War. H ...
; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Byrns)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: Charles Archibald Nichols, Charles A. Nichols; Ranking Member: James Benjamin Aswell, James B. Aswell)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: George W. Edmonds; Ranking Member:
Henry B. Steagall)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Albert H. Vestal
Albert Henry Vestal (January 18, 1875 – April 1, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a Republican United States Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1932.
Biography
Born on a farm near Frankton, in Madiso ...
; Ranking Member: William A. Ashbrook)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman:
Merrill Moores)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Carl E. Mapes; Ranking Member: Ben Johnson (politician), Ben Johnson)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
Simeon D. Fess
Simeon Davison Fess (December 11, 1861December 23, 1936) was a Republican politician and educator from Ohio, United States. He served in the United States House of Representatives (1915 to 1923) and U.S. Senate (1923 to 1935).
Early life
Born o ...
; Ranking Member:
William J. Sears
William Joseph Sears (December 4, 1874 – March 30, 1944) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from Florida. A Democrat, he was an avowed white supremacist.
Early life and education
Born in Smithville, Georgia, Sears moved with his paren ...
)
* 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: Florian Lampert; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Frederick W. Dallinger; Ranking Member: Joe H. Eagle)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Louis B. Goodall; Ranking Member:
James W. Overstreet
James Whetstone Overstreet (August 28, 1866 – December 4, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born on a farm near Sylvania, Georgia, Overstreet attended the rural schools and Sylvania High School.
He was graduated from Mercer Uni ...
)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman:
Cassius C. Dowell; Ranking Member: Joseph Rowan)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: John R. Ramsey; Ranking Member: Ladislas Lazaro)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: John M. Baer; Ranking Member: Robert L. Doughton)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: Thomas Sutler Williams; Ranking Member: Michael F. Phelan)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Aaron S. Kreider; Ranking Member: William F. Stevenson)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Wallace H. White Jr.; Ranking Member: James P. Buchanan)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Labor Department, Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman: Anderson H. Walters; Ranking Member: John J. Casey)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Leonard S. Echols; Ranking Member: Rufus Hardy (representative), Rufus Hardy)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Frederick N. Zihlman; Ranking Member: Benjamin G. Humphreys)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Richard N. Elliott
Richard Nash Elliott (April 25, 1873 – March 21, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1931.
Early life and career
Born near Connersville, Indiana, Elliott atten ...
; Ranking Member: Clement Brumbaugh)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Porter H. Dale; Ranking Member: Charles D. Carter)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
William J. Graham
William Johnson Graham (February 7, 1872 – November 10, 1937) was a United States representative from Illinois and Presiding Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Education and career
Born on February 7, 1872, in ...
; Ranking Member: Jerome F. Donovan)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Ira G. Hersey; Ranking Member: Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.)
* United States House Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control (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: Benjamin G. Humphreys)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Stephen G. Porter; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Albert Johnson (congressman), Albert Johnson; Ranking Member:
Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 1952. From 19 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
Philip P. Campbell
Philip Pitt Campbell (April 25, 1862 – May 26, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Campbell moved with his parents to Neosho County, Kansas, in 1867.
He attended the common sch ...
; Ranking Member: Charles D. Carter)
* United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman:
Oscar E. Bland
Oscar Edward Bland (November 21, 1877 – August 3, 1951) was a United States representative from Indiana and an associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Education and career
Born near Bloomfield, Indiana, Bl ...
; Ranking Member: Isaac R. Sherwood)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman:
Horace M. Towner; Ranking Member: Finis J. Garrett)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: John J. Esch; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Charles E. Fuller; Ranking Member: Isaac R. Sherwood)
* United States House Select Committee to Investigate Contracts and Expenditures Made by the War Department during the War Department during the War, Investigate Contracts and Expenditures Made by the War Department during the War (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Moses P. Kinkaid; Ranking Member: Edward T. Taylor)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Andrew J. Volstead; Ranking Member: Robert Y. Thomas Jr.)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John M. C. Smith; Ranking Member: James P. Maher)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Norman J. Gould; Ranking Member: Ben Johnson (politician), Ben Johnson)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: William S. Greene; Ranking Member: Rufus Hardy (representative), Rufus Hardy)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:
John A. Elston
John Arthur Elston (February 10, 1874 – December 15, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from California.
Born in Woodland, California, Elston attended public schools.
He graduated from Hesperian College, Woodland, 1892.
He graduated from the Uni ...
; Ranking Member: James P. Maher)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
Julius Kahn; Ranking Member:
S. Hubert Dent Jr.)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Mahlon M. Garland; Ranking Member:
Otis Wingo
Otis Theodore Wingo (June 18, 1877 – October 21, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1930. He was the husband of his successor in office, Effie ...
)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
John I. Nolan
John Ignatius Nolan (January 14, 1874 – November 18, 1922) was an American iron molder and politician who represented a Californian district in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1922.
Background
He was born in ...
; Ranking Member: Guy E. Campbell)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Sam R. Sells; Ranking Member: James M. Mead)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Halvor Steenerson; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Edgar R. Kiess; Ranking Member: James V. McClintic)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John W. Langley; Ranking Member:
Frank Clark)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Nicholas J. Sinnott; Ranking Member:
Scott Ferris)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman:
Loren E. Wheeler
Loren Edgar Wheeler (October 7, 1862 – January 8, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Havana, Illinois, Wheeler attended the public schools and Graylock Institute, South Williamstown, Massachusetts. He moved to Springfield ...
; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Welty)
* United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick R. Lehlbach; Ranking Member: Hannibal L. Godwin)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman:
Edward C. Little
Edward Campbell Little (December 14, 1858 – June 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Life
Born in Newark, Ohio, Little moved to Kansas in 1866 with his parents, who settled in Olathe. He attended the public schools of Abile ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Watkins)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
Charles A. Kennedy
Charles Augustus Kennedy (March 24, 1869 – January 10, 1951) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa.
Biography
Born in Montrose, Iowa, Kennedy completed preparatory stud ...
; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
* United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman: Thomas B. Dunn; Ranking Member: Edward W. Saunders)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Philip P. Campbell
Philip Pitt Campbell (April 25, 1862 – May 26, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Campbell moved with his parents to Neosho County, Kansas, in 1867.
He attended the common sch ...
; Ranking Member: Edward W. Pou)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Charles F. Curry
Charles Forrest Curry (March 14, 1858 – October 10, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from California and the father of Charles Forrest Curry, Jr.
Curry was born in Naperville, Illinois and attended the common schools and the Episcopal Ac ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Watkins)
* United States House Select Committee on United States Shipping Board Operations, United States Shipping Board Operations (Select) (Chairman: Joseph Walsh (Massachusetts politician), Joseph Walsh; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Benjamin K. Focht; Ranking Member:
Frank Clark)
* United States House Special Committee on Water Power, Water Power (Special) (Chairman: John J. Esch; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Joseph W. Fordney; Ranking Member: Claude Kitchin)
* United States House Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman: James Robert Mann (Illinois politician), James Robert Mann; Ranking Member:
John E. Raker
John Edward Raker (February 22, 1863 – January 22, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic Party Congressional representative for California, serving eight terms from 1911 to 1926.
Life
He was born near Knox ...
)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee on High Cost of Living, High Cost of Living
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen.
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, ...
)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Pacific Coast Naval Bases, Pacific Coast Naval Bases
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Postal Salaries, Postal Salaries
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Postal Service, Postal Service
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. Reed Smoot)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Reclassification of Salaries, Reclassification of Salaries
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Reorganization, Reorganization
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government, Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims, Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims
* United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate the System of Shortime Rural Credits, To Investigate the System of Shortime Rural Credits
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House)
* Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
* Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
* Public Printer of the United States: Cornelius Ford
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: F.J. Prettyman (Methodist), until January 21, 1921.
** John J. Muir (Baptist), from January 21, 1921.
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: James Marion Baker, James M. Baker, until May 19, 1919.
** George A. Sanderson, from May 19, 1919.
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Charles P. Higgins, until May 19, 1919.
** David S. Barry, from May 19, 1919.
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: South Trimble, until May 19, 1919
** William T. Page, from May 19, 1919
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Clarence A. Cannon
** Lehr Fess
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Frank W. Collier
* Sergeant at Arms of the House, Sergeant at Arms: Robert B. Gordon, until May 19, 1919
** Joseph G. Rodgers, from May 19, 1919
See also
* United States elections, 1918 (elections leading to this Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1918
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1918
* United States elections, 1920 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1920 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1920
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1920
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