The 86th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and po ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. It met in
Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1961, during the last two years of the
presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower's tenure as the 34th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1953, and ended on January 20, 1961. Eisenhower, a Republican from Kansas, took office following a landslide victory o ...
.
The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
was based on the
Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950 until Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as states in 1959. Then, the membership of the House temporarily increased to 437 (seating one member from each of those newly admitted states and leaving the apportionment of the other 435 seats unchanged); it would remain at 437 until
reapportionment
Apportionment is the process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions, such as states or parties, entitled to representation. This page presents the general principles and issues related to apportionme ...
resulting from the
1960 census.
The
Democrats maintained full control of Congress, with greatly increased majorities in both chambers.
Major events
* January 7, 1959: The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 20 ...
* February 12, 1959: In commemorations of the 150th anniversary of
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...
's birth, Congress met in
joint session
A joint session or joint convention is, most broadly, when two normally separate decision-making groups meet, often in a special session or other extraordinary meeting, for a specific purpose.
Most often it refers to when both houses of a bicamer ...
to hear actor
Fredric March
Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s.Obituary '' Variety'', April 16, 1975, ...
give a dramatic reading of the
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the ...
, followed with an address by writer
Carl Sandburg
Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg ...
* February 1, 1960:
Greensboro sit-ins
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store—now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum—in Greensboro, North Carolina, which led to the F. W. Woolworth Comp ...
begin
* May 1, 1960:
U-2 incident
On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while conducting photographic aerial reconnaissance deep inside Soviet territory. The single-seat aircraft, flown by American pilot Francis Gary Power ...
* June 29, 1960:
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...
of
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress
* November 8, 1960:
1960 United States presidential election
The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. In a closely contested election, Democratic United States Senator John F. Kennedy defeated the incumbent V ...
: John F. Kennedy elected
Major legislation
* 1959:
Airport Construction Act
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfac ...
,
* September 14, 1959:
Landrum–Griffin Act
The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (also "LMRDA" or the Landrum–Griffin Act), is a US labor law that regulates labor unions' internal affairs and their officials' relationships with employers.
Background
After enactment ...
, ,
* April 22, 1960:
Narcotics Manufacturing Act of 1960
Narcotics Manufacturing Act of 1960 is a federal declaration affirming the United States commitment to international convention protocols constricting the non-medical and non-scientific manufacturing of narcotic drugs. The Act of Congress recognize ...
, ,
* May 6, 1960:
Civil Rights Act of 1960
The Civil Rights Act of 1960 () is a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote. It dealt primarily ...
, ,
* June 12, 1960:
Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960
The Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (or MUSYA) ( Public Law 86-517) is a federal law passed by the United States Congress on June 12, 1960. This law authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and administer the renew ...
, ,
* July 14, 1960:
Flood Control Act of 1960, ,
* September 13, 1960:
Social Security Amendments (Kerr-Mill aid), ,
Constitutional amendments
![23rd Amendment Pg1of1 AC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/23rd_Amendment_Pg1of1_AC.jpg)
* June 16, 1960: Approved an amendment to the
United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the natio ...
extending the right to vote in the
presidential election
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The p ...
to citizens residing in the
District of Columbia
)
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by granting the
District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...
electors in the
Electoral College, as if it were a
state
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
, and submitted it to the
state legislatures for
ratification
Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally. Ratification defines the international act in which a state indicates its consent to be bound to a treaty if the parties inten ...
** Amendment was later ratified on March 29, 1961, becoming the
Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
Treaties
![Japan US Treaty of Mutual Security and Cooperation 19 January 1960](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Japan_US_Treaty_of_Mutual_Security_and_Cooperation_19_January_1960.jpg)
* December 1, 1959:
Antarctic Treaty
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, name = Antarctic Treaty System
, image = Flag of the Antarctic Treaty.svgborder
, image_width = 180px
, caption ...
signed
* January 19, 1960:
signed
States admitted
* January 3, 1959: Alaska was admitted as the 49th state
*August 21, 1959: Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Total members: 437. The increase over the usual 435 members was due to the admission of Alaska and Hawaii, whose seats were temporary until
reapportionment
Apportionment is the process by which seats in a legislative body are distributed among administrative divisions, such as states or parties, entitled to representation. This page presents the general principles and issues related to apportionme ...
following the
1960 Census.
Leadership
Senate
*
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
:
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
(R)
*
President pro tempore
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase '' pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
:
Carl Hayden
Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader
In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body. :
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
*
Majority Whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideolog ...
:
Mike Mansfield
Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. senator (1953–1977) from Montana. He was the longest-serving Sen ...
*
Caucus Secretary:
Thomas C. Hennings Jr.
Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. (June 25, 1903September 13, 1960) was an American political figure from Missouri. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives (from 1935 until 1940) and the United States Senate (from 1951 ...
, until September 13, 1960
**
George Smathers, afterwards
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Everett Dirksen
Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 u ...
*
Minority Whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
Thomas Kuchel
*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senato ...
*
Republican Conference Secretary
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
:
Milton Young
Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in t ...
*
National Senatorial Committee Chair:
Andrew Frank Schoeppel
Andrew Frank Schoeppel (November 23, 1894 – January 21, 1962) was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was the 29th governor of Kansas from 1943 to 1947 and a U.S. Senator from 1949 until his death. He was born in 18 ...
*
Policy Committee Chairman:
Styles Bridges
Henry Styles Bridges (September 9, 1898November 26, 1961) was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as the 63rd governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four-year career in ...
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** In ...
:
Sam Rayburn
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time ...
(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader
In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body. :
John W. McCormack
John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both ...
*
Majority Whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideolog ...
:
Carl Albert
Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Melvin Price
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Leonor Sullivan
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (August 21, 1902 – September 1, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. She was a Democrat and the first woman in Congress from Missouri.
Biography
Born Leonor Kretzer in St. ...
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Michael J. Kirwan
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Charles A. Halleck
Charles Abraham Halleck (August 22, 1900 – March 3, 1986) was an American politician. He was the Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives from the second district of Indiana.
Early life and education
Halleck was born ne ...
*
Minority Whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
Leslie C. Arends
Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1935 until 1974.
A native and lifelong resident of Melvin, Illinois, Arends atten ...
*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Charles B. Hoeven
*
Policy Committee Chairman:
John W. Byrnes
John William Byrnes (June 12, 1913 – January 12, 1985) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Wisconsin.
Byrnes was the U.S. representative for from 1945 to 1973. During this time he was the chairman of the House ...
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Richard M. Simpson
Richard Murray Simpson (August 30, 1900 – January 7, 1960) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Richard Simpson was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, the son of Warren Brown and Sue Simpson. His fat ...
, until 1960
**
William E. Miller
William Edward Miller (March 22, 1914 – June 24, 1983) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from New York as a Republican. During the 1964 presidential election, he was the Republican nominee fo ...
, from 1960
Caucuses
*
House Democratic Caucus
The House Democratic Caucus is a congressional caucus composed of all Democratic Representatives in the United States House of Representatives and is responsible for nominating and electing the Democratic Party leadership in the chamber. In its ...
*
Senate Democratic Caucus
The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate, sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference, is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. For the makeup of the 117th Cong ...
Members
Senate
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1960; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1962; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1964.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
: 2.
John Sparkman (D)
: 3.
J. Lister Hill
Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress for more than forty-five years, as both a U.S. Representative (1923–1938) ...
(D)
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...
: 2.
Bob Bartlett
Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett (April 20, 1904 – December 11, 1968), was an Alaska politician and a member of the Democratic Party.
A key fighter for Alaska statehood, Bartlett served as the Secretary of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1945, ...
(D)
: 3.
Ernest Gruening (D)
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
: 1.
Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president ...
(R)
: 3.
Carl Hayden
Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
(D)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
: 2.
John L. McClellan (D)
: 3.
J. William Fulbright
James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest serving chair ...
(D)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
: 1.
Clair Engle
Clair Engle (September 21, 1911July 30, 1964) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1959 until his death in 1964. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for participating in the v ...
(D)
: 3.
Thomas Kuchel (R)
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 ...
: 2.
Gordon Allott
Gordon Llewellyn Allott (January 2, 1907January 17, 1989) was a Republican American politician.
Allott was born in Pueblo, Colorado to Bertha (née Llewellyn) and Leonard J. Allott; his maternal grandparents were Welsh and his paternal grandpa ...
(R)
: 3.
John A. Carroll
John Albert Carroll (July 30, 1901 – August 31, 1983) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from Colorado. He also served as a special assistant to President Harry Truman ...
(D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...
: 1.
Thomas J. Dodd
Thomas Joseph Dodd (May 15, 1907 – May 24, 1971) was an American attorney and diplomat who served as a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut. He is the father of former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd and Thomas J. Dodd Jr., ...
(D)
: 3.
Prescott Bush
Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker as a Wall Street executive investment banker, he represented Connecticut in the from 1952 of the Bush family, he was the father of former Vice President and Pr ...
(R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...
: 1.
John J. Williams (R)
: 2.
J. Allen Frear Jr.
Joseph Allen Frear Jr. (March 7, 1903 – January 15, 1993) was an American businessman and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Delaware from 1949 to 1961. He was defeated for a third term by Republican politician ...
(D)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
: 1.
Spessard Holland
Spessard Lindsey Holland (July 10, 1892 – November 6, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 28th Governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945, and later as a US senator for Florida from 1946 to 1971. He would be the first per ...
(D)
: 3.
George Smathers (D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
Richard Russell Jr.
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almos ...
(D)
: 3.
Herman Talmadge
Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002) was an American politician who served as governor of Georgia in 1947 and from 1948 to 1955 and as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1957 to 1981. Talmadge, a Democrat, served during a t ...
(D)
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
: 1.
Hiram Fong
Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a sugar plantation Cantonese immigrant worker, Fong became the first Chinese-American and firs ...
(R), from August 21, 1959 (newly admitted state)
: 3.
Oren E. Long
Oren Ethelbirt Long (March 4, 1889 – May 6, 1965) was an American politician who served as the tenth Territorial Governor of Hawaii from 1951 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Long was appointed to the office after the term o ...
(D), from August 21, 1959 (newly admitted state)
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 ...
: 2.
Henry Dworshak (R)
: 3.
Frank Church
Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Idaho from 1957 until his defeat in 1981. As of 2022, he is the longes ...
(D)
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 ...
: 2.
Paul Douglas
Paul Howard Douglas (March 26, 1892 – September 24, 1976) was an American politician and Georgist economist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967. During his Senat ...
(D)
: 3.
Everett Dirksen
Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 u ...
(R)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
: 1.
Vance Hartke
Rupert Vance Hartke (May 31, 1919July 27, 2003) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. Hartke won election to the Senate after serving as the mayor of Evansville, Indiana. I ...
(D)
: 3.
Homer E. Capehart
Homer Earl Capehart (June 6, 1897 – September 3, 1979) was an American businessman and politician from Indiana. After serving in the United States Army during World War I, he became involved in the manufacture of record players and other pro ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Thomas E. Martin (R)
: 3.
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper (July 21, 1896 – September 4, 1971), was an American politician and member of the Republican Party, first elected to statewide office in Iowa as lieutenant governor, serving from 1939 to 1943 and then as the 29 ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Andrew Frank Schoeppel
Andrew Frank Schoeppel (November 23, 1894 – January 21, 1962) was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was the 29th governor of Kansas from 1943 to 1947 and a U.S. Senator from 1949 until his death. He was born in 18 ...
(R)
: 3.
Frank Carlson
Frank Carlson (January 23, 1893May 30, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to ...
(R)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
: 2.
John Sherman Cooper
John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elect ...
(R)
: 3.
Thruston Ballard Morton
Thruston Ballard Morton (August 19, 1907 – August 14, 1982) was an American politician. A Republican, Morton represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Early life
Morton was born on August 19, 1907 ...
(R)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
: 2.
Allen J. Ellender (D)
: 3.
Russell B. Long
Russell Billiu Long (November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987. Because of his seniority, he advanced to chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, servin ...
(D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...
: 1.
Edmund Muskie
Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter, a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 6 ...
(D)
: 2.
Margaret Chase Smith (R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...
: 1.
James Glenn Beall
James Glenn Beall (June 5, 1894 – January 14, 1971) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. Senator (1953–1965) from Maryland.
Early ...
(R)
: 3.
John Marshall Butler
John Marshall Butler (July 21, 1897March 14, 1978) was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1951 to 1963.
Early life and career
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to John Harvey and ...
(R)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...
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John F. Kennedy (D), until December 22, 1960
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Benjamin A. Smith II
Benjamin Atwood Smith II (March 26, 1916 – September 26, 1991) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States Senate from December 1960 until November 1962.
Early life and education
Smith, who was named for his grandfat ...
(D), from December 27, 1960
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Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senato ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...
: 1.
Philip Hart (D)
: 2.
Patrick V. McNamara
Patrick Vincent McNamara (October 4, 1894 – April 30, 1966) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1955 until his death from a stroke in Bethesda, Maryland in 1966.
Early life and ...
(D)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...
: 1.
Eugene McCarthy
Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. ...
(DFL)
: 2.
Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing ...
(DFL)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
John C. Stennis (D)
: 2.
James Eastland
James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 February 19, 1986) was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation on De ...
(D)
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
: 1.
Stuart Symington
William Stuart Symington III (; June 26, 1901 – December 14, 1988) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Missouri. He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a United States Senator from ...
(D)
: 3.
Thomas C. Hennings Jr.
Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. (June 25, 1903September 13, 1960) was an American political figure from Missouri. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives (from 1935 until 1940) and the United States Senate (from 1951 ...
(D), until September 13, 1960
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Edward V. Long (D), from September 23, 1960
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
: 1.
Mike Mansfield
Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. senator (1953–1977) from Montana. He was the longest-serving Sen ...
(D)
: 2.
James E. Murray
James Edward Murray (May 3, 1876March 23, 1961) was an American politician and United States Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961.
Background
Born on a fa ...
(D)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
: 1.
Roman Hruska
Roman Lee Hruska () (August 16, 1904April 25, 1999) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican U.S. senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the Senate during the 19 ...
(R)
: 2.
Carl Curtis
Carl Thomas Curtis (March 15, 1905 – January 24, 2000) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives (1939–1954) and later the United States ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Howard Cannon
Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. Elected to the first of four consecutive terms in 1958, he served in the United States Senate from 1959 to 1983. He was a member of the Democrati ...
(D)
: 3.
Alan Bible
Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Styles Bridges
Henry Styles Bridges (September 9, 1898November 26, 1961) was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as the 63rd governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four-year career in ...
(R)
: 3.
Norris Cotton
Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator.
Early life
Cotton was ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Harrison A. Williams (D)
: 2.
Clifford P. Case
Clifford Philip Case Jr. (April 16, 1904March 5, 1982), was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1945–1953) and a U.S. Senator (1955–1979) from New Jersey. He is currently ...
(R)
New Mexico
)
, 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 ...
: 1.
Dennis Chávez
Dionisio "Dennis" Chávez (April 8, 1888November 18, 1962) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1935, and in the United States Senate from 1935 to 1962. He was the first Hispanic to be ...
(D)
: 2.
Clinton Anderson
Clinton Presba Anderson (October 23, 1895 – November 11, 1975) was an American politician who represented New Mexico in the United States Senate from 1949 until 1973. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as United States ...
(D)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
: 1.
Kenneth Keating (R)
: 3.
Jacob Javits
Jacob Koppel Javits ( ; May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician. During his time in politics, he represented the state of New York in both houses of the United States Congress. A member of the Republican Party, he al ...
(R)
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 ...
: 2.
B. Everett Jordan (D)
: 3.
Sam Ervin
Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often ...
(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.
William Langer
William "Wild Bill" Langer (September 30, 1886November 8, 1959) was a prominent American lawyer and politician from North Dakota, where he was an infamous character, bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor's office and ...
(R-NPL), until November 8, 1959
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Norman Brunsdale
Clarence Norman Brunsdale (July 9, 1891January 27, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 24th Governor of North Dakota and a United States senator from the state of North Dakota.
Biography
Clarence Norman Brunsdale was born in Sh ...
(R), November 19, 1959 – August 7, 1960
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Quentin Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
(D-NPL), from August 8, 1960
: 3.
Milton Young
Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in t ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Stephen M. Young
Stephen Marvin Young (May 4, 1889December 1, 1984) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. A member
of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Ohio from 1959 until 1971.
Life and career
Young was born o ...
(D)
: 3.
Frank Lausche
Frank John Lausche (; November 14, 1895 – April 21, 1990) was an American Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th mayor of Cleveland and the 55th and 57th governor of Ohio, and also served as a United States Senator from Ohio ...
(D)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...
: 2.
Robert S. Kerr (D)
: 3.
Mike Monroney
Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney (March 2, 1902February 13, 1980) was an American politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Oklahoma from 1951 to 1969, and previously as the United States House of Representatives, ...
(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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Richard L. Neuberger (D), until March 9, 1960
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Hall S. Lusk (D), March 16, 1960 – November 8, 1960
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Maurine Neuberger
Maurine Neuberger-Solomon, best known as Maurine Neuberger (née Brown; January 9, 1907February 22, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator for the State of Oregon from November 1960 to January 1967. She was the fou ...
(D), from November 9, 1960
: 3.
Wayne Morse
Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon. Morse is well known for opposing his party's leadership and for his opposition to the Vietnam War on constitutional grounds.
...
(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.
Hugh Scott
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate, from 195 ...
(R)
: 3.
Joseph S. Clark Jr.
Joseph Sill Clark Jr. (October 21, 1901January 12, 1990) was an American writer, lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 90th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956 and as a United States Senator from Pennsylvani ...
(D)
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 ...
: 1.
John Pastore (D)
: 2.
Theodore F. Green
Theodore Francis Green (October 2, 1867May 19, 1966) was an American politician from Rhode Island. A Democrat, Green served as the 57th Governor of Rhode Island (1933–1937) and in the United States Senate (1937–1961). He was a wealthy ar ...
(D)
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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Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Car ...
(D)
: 3.
Olin D. Johnston
Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (November 18, 1896April 18, 1965) was an American politician from the US state of South Carolina. He served as the 98th governor of South Carolina, 1935–1939 and 1943–1945, and represented the state in the Unite ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Karl E. Mundt
Karl Earl Mundt (June 3, 1900August 16, 1974) was an American educator and a Republican member of the United States Congress, representing South Dakota in the United States House of Representatives (1939–48) and in the United States Senate (1 ...
(R)
: 3.
Francis H. Case (R)
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 ...
: 1.
Albert Gore Sr.
Albert Arnold Gore (December 26, 1907 – December 5, 1998) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. Representative f ...
(D)
: 2.
Estes Kefauver
Carey Estes Kefauver (;
July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1939 to 1949 and in the Senate from 1949 until his ...
(D)
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
: 1.
Ralph Yarborough
Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing of his p ...
(D)
: 2.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Frank Moss
Frank Edward "Ted" Moss (September 23, 1911 – January 29, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1959 to 1977.
Early life and education
Frank Moss was born in Holla ...
(D)
: 3.
Wallace F. Bennett
Wallace Foster Bennett (November 13, 1898 – December 19, 1993) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a US Senator from Utah from 1951 to 1974. He was the father of Bob Bennett, who late ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Winston L. Prouty
Winston Lewis Prouty (September 1, 1906September 10, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Vermont from 1959 until his death. He was previously a member of the United State ...
(R)
: 3.
George Aiken
George David Aiken (August 20, 1892November 19, 1984) was an American politician and horticulturist. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 64th governor of Vermont (1937–1941) before serving in the United States Senate for 34 years, ...
(R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...
: 1.
Harry F. Byrd
Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for four decades as head of a political faction that became known as the Byrd Organization. ...
(D)
: 2.
Absalom Willis Robertson (D)
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
: 1.
Henry M. Jackson
Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and anti ...
(D)
: 3.
Warren Magnuson
Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson (April 12, 1905May 20, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Washington in Congress for 44 years, first as a Representative from 1937 to 1944, and then as a senator from 1944 to 1 ...
(D)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...
: 1.
Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
(D)
: 2.
Jennings Randolph
Jennings Randolph (March 8, 1902May 8, 1998) was an American politician from West Virginia. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1947 and the United States Senate from 1958 to ...
(D)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
: 1.
William Proxmire
Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. He holds the record for being the longest-serv ...
(D)
: 3.
Alexander Wiley
Alexander Wiley (May 26, 1884 – October 26, 1967) was an American politician who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member.
...
(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 ...
: 1.
Gale W. McGee (D)
: 2.
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (November 5, 1884December 1, 1962) was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician. A Democrat, he served four complete terms as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming on two occasions, first from 1934-1953 and then again f ...
(D)
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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Frank W. Boykin
Frank William Boykin Sr. (February 21, 1885 – March 12, 1969) served as a Democratic Congressman in Alabama's 1st congressional district from 1935-1963. The son of sharecroppers, Boykin became the wealthiest man in Mobile, although his entrep ...
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George M. Grant (D)
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George W. Andrews (D)
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Kenneth A. Roberts
Kenneth Allison Roberts (November 1, 1912 – May 9, 1989) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Biography
Born in Piedmont, Alabama, Roberts attended the public schools and Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama. He was graduated from the Un ...
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: .
Albert Rains
Albert McKinley Rains (March 11, 1902 – March 22, 1991) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Grove Oak, Alabama, Rains attended the public schools, Snead Seminary, Boaz, Alabama, State Teachers College (now Jacksonville State ...
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: .
Armistead I. Selden Jr.
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. (February 20, 1921 – November 14, 1985) was a segregationist U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Early life and military service
Born in Greensboro, Alabama, Selden attended the public schools. He graduated from G ...
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Carl Elliott
Carl Atwood Elliott (December 20, 1913 – January 9, 1999) was a U.S. representative from the U.S. state of Alabama. He was elected to eight consecutive terms, having served from 1949 to 1965.
Background
Elliott was born in rural Frankl ...
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: .
Robert E. Jones Jr.
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. (June 12, 1912 – June 4, 1997) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the 8th district of Alabama. He was the last to represent that district before it was removed as a result of the 1970 Unite ...
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: .
George Huddleston Jr.
George Huddleston Jr. (March 19, 1920 – September 14, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama.
Early life and education
Huddleston was born in Birming ...
(D)
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...
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Ralph Julian Rivers
Ralph Julian Rivers (May 23, 1903 – August 14, 1976) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the first United States Representative from Alaska, serving from statehood in 1959 to his resignation in 1966 following his def ...
(D)
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
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John Jacob Rhodes
John Jacob Rhodes Jr. (September 18, 1916 – August 24, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Rhodes was elected as a U.S. Representative from Arizona. He was the Minority Leader in the House 1973– ...
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Stewart Udall
Stewart Lee Udall (January 31, 1920 – March 20, 2010) was an American politician and later, a federal government official. After serving three terms as a congressman from Arizona, he served as Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969, und ...
(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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Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
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Wilbur Mills
Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909 – May 2, 1992) was an American Democratic politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from ...
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James William Trimble
James William Trimble (February 3, 1894 – March 10, 1972) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas, having served from 1945 to 1967. He was the first Democrat in Arkansas since Reconstruction to los ...
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Oren Harris
Oren Harris (December 20, 1903 – February 5, 1997) was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court ...
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Dale Alford
Thomas Dale Alford, Sr. (January 28, 1916 – January 25, 2000) was an American ophthalmologist and politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas who served as a conservative Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from Little Rock fro ...
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William F. Norrell
William Frank Norrell (August 29, 1896 – February 15, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas' former 6th congressional district. Upon his death, he was succeeded in Congress by his widow, Catherine Dorris Norrell.
Born in Milo in As ...
(D)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
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Clement Woodnutt Miller
Clement Woodnutt Miller (October 28, 1916 – October 7, 1962) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1959 to 1962. He was killed in a plane crash during his second term in office.
Early life a ...
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Harold T. Johnson
Harold Terry "Bizz" Johnson (December 2, 1907 – March 16, 1988) was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Congressman from California from 1959 to 1981. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Biography
Born ...
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John E. Moss
John Emerson Moss (April 13, 1915 – December 5, 1997) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, noted for his championing of the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) through multiple sessions of the United States House of Repre ...
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William S. Mailliard
William Somers Mailliard (June 10, 1917 – June 10, 1992) was an American banker and World War II veteran who was member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California from 1953 to 1974.
Early life
William S. Mailliard was born on June ...
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John F. Shelley
John Francis Shelley (September 3, 1905 – September 1, 1974) was a U.S. politician. He served as the 35th mayor of San Francisco, from 1964 to 1968, the first Democrat elected to the office in 50 years, and the first in an unbroken lin ...
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John F. Baldwin Jr.
John Finley Baldwin Jr. (June 28, 1915 – March 9, 1966) was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California from 1955 to 1966.
Early life
Born in Oakland, California, in 1915 to John F ...
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Jeffery Cohelan
Jeffery Cohelan (June 24, 1914 – February 15, 1999) was an American politician who served six terms as a United States representative from California from 1959 to 1971.
Biography
He was born in San Francisco, California and attended the public ...
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George P. Miller
George Paul Miller (January 15, 1891 – December 29, 1982) was an American veteran of World War I who served 14 terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1945 to 1973.
Early life
George Paul Miller was born in San Francisco, Cali ...
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J. Arthur Younger
Jesse Arthur Younger (April 11, 1893 – June 20, 1967) was a United States representative from California. A member of the Republican Party, he was the first Representative from San Mateo County, California, serving seven terms from 1953 to 19 ...
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Charles Gubser
Charles Samuel Gubser (February 1, 1916 – August 20, 2011) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1953 to 1974.
Early life and education
Born in Gilroy, California ...
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John J. McFall
John Joseph McFall (February 20, 1918 – March 7, 2006) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the state of California, rising to the position of House Majority Whip.
Early life and career
McFall was ...
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B. F. Sisk
Bernice Frederic Sisk (December 14, 1910 – October 25, 1995) was an American politician who served as a Congressman from California from 1955 to 1979. He was a Democrat.
Life and career
Sisk was born in 1910 in Montague, Texas, the so ...
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Charles M. Teague
Charles McKevett Teague (September 18, 1909 – January 1, 1974) was a congressman in the United States House of Representatives from Ventura County, California, from 1955 to 1974.
Early life and family
Teague was born in Santa Paula, Californi ...
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Harlan Hagen
Harlan Francis Hagen (October 8, 1914 – November 25, 1990) was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served as a United States representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Rep ...
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Gordon L. McDonough
Gordon Leo McDonough (January 2, 1895 – June 25, 1968) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Californiafrom 1945 to 1963.
Early life and career
Born in Buffalo, New York, McDonough moved with his parents to Emp ...
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Donald L. Jackson
Donald Lester Jackson (January 23, 1910 – May 27, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from California from 1947 to 1961.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds County, South Dakota, Jackson attended the public schools of South Dakota and California.
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Cecil R. King (D)
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Craig Hosmer
Chester Craig Hosmer (May 6, 1915 – October 11, 1982) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from California from 1953 to 1974.
Early life and career
Hosmer was born in Brea, California, in Orange ...
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Chester E. Holifield
Chester Earl "Chet" Holifield (December 3, 1903 – February 6, 1995) was a businessman and politician, a United States representative from California's 19th congressional district. He was known for his work on issues of atomic energy.
He was ...
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H. Allen Smith (R)
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Edgar W. Hiestand (R)
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Joseph F. Holt
Joseph Franklin Holt III (July 6, 1924 – July 14, 1997) was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from California from 1953 to 1961.
Life and career
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Holt moved to Los Angeles, California, wi ...
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Clyde Doyle
Clyde Gilman Doyle (July 11, 1887 – March 14, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from California in the mid-20th century.
Biography
Clyde Doyle was born in Oakland, Alameda County, Cal ...
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Glenard P. Lipscomb
Glenard Paul (Glen) Lipscomb (August 19, 1915 – February 1, 1970) was a United States Congressman from the state of California from 1953 to 1970.
Biography
Born in Jackson County, Michigan, Lipscomb moved to California with his parents in 192 ...
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George A. Kasem (D)
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James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secret ...
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Harry R. Sheppard
Harry Richard Sheppard (January 10, 1885 – April 28, 1969) was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1937 to 1965,
Biography
Born in Mobile, Alabama, Sheppard attended the public sch ...
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James B. Utt
James Boyd Utt (March 11, 1899 – March 1, 1970) was a conservative Republican U.S. representative from Orange County, California, from 1953 until his death from a heart attack in 1970.
Biography
Utt was born in Tustin in Orange County. ...
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Dalip Singh Saund (D)
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Bob Wilson (R)
Colorado
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Byron G. Rogers
Byron Giles Rogers (August 1, 1900 – December 31, 1983) was an American politician from Colorado.
Early life
Rogers was the son of Peter and Minnie May Rogers. Born in Greenville, Texas, he moved with his parents to Oklahoma in April 1902. He ...
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Byron L. Johnson (D)
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John Chenoweth (R)
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Wayne N. Aspinall (D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...
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Emilio Q. Daddario (D)
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Chester Bowles
Chester Bliss Bowles (April 5, 1901 – May 25, 1986) was an American diplomat and ambassador, governor of Connecticut, congressman and co-founder of a major advertising agency, Benton & Bowles, now part of Publicis Groupe. Bowles is best known f ...
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Robert Giaimo (D)
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Donald J. Irwin
Donald Jay Irwin (September 7, 1926 – July 7, 2013) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th district, Connecticut State Treasurer and mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut.
Early life and family
He was b ...
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John S. Monagan
John Stephen Monagan (December 23, 1911 – October 23, 2005) was a Connecticut politician, lawyer, and author.
Monagan graduated from Dartmouth College in 1933, where he majored in French literature and was the editor of the ''Dartmouth Jack-O ...
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Frank Kowalski
Frank Kowalski (October 18, 1907 – October 11, 1974) was a career officer in the United States Army, and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. After retiring as a colonel, Kowalski went on to serve as a United States representati ...
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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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Harris McDowell (D)
Florida
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William C. Cramer
William Cato Cramer Sr. (August 4, 1922 – October 18, 2003), was an American attorney and politician, elected in 1954 as a member of the United States House of Representatives from St. Petersburg, Florida. He was the first Florida Republican ...
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Charles E. Bennett (D)
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Bob Sikes
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (June 3, 1906September 28, 1994) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented the Florida Panhandle in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1979, with a brief break in 1944 and 1945 ...
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Dante Fascell
Dante Bruno Fascell (March 9, 1917 – November 28, 1998) was an American politician who represented Florida as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1993. He served as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee ...
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Syd Herlong (D)
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Paul Rogers (D)
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James A. Haley
James Andrew Haley (January 4, 1899 – August 6, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.
Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the University of Alabama. During World War I, Haley enlisted in the Unit ...
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Donald Ray Matthews
Donald Ray "Billy" Matthews (October 3, 1907 – October 26, 1997) was a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1953 to 1967.
Life and career
Born in Micanopy, Florida, Matthews attended the public schools of Hawthorne, Florida.
He graduate ...
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Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
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Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
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Prince Hulon Preston Jr.
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (July 5, 1908 – February 8, 1961) was an American politician, educator and lawyer.
Life
Preston was born in Monroe, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens and was admitt ...
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J. L. Pilcher
John Leonard Pilcher (August 27, 1898 – August 20, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born on a farm near Meigs, Georgia, Pilcher attended public schools in the area.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits for thirty-five years and ope ...
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Tic Forrester
Elijah Lewis "Tic" Forrester (August 16, 1896 – March 19, 1970) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 3rd district of Georgia of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Born on a farm near Lees ...
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John Flynt (D)
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James C. Davis
James Curran Davis (May 17, 1895 – December 18, 1981) was an American politician from the state of Georgia serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1963. Davis unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination at the 1956 Demo ...
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Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democratic ...
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Harlan Erwin Mitchell
Harlan Erwin Mitchell, Sr. (August 17, 1924 – September 13, 2011) was a United States representative from Georgia.
Early years, education, and military service
Mitchell was born August 17, 1924, in Dalton, Georgia, the second son of Douglas ...
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Iris Faircloth Blitch
Iris Faircloth Blitch (April 25, 1912 – August 19, 1993) was a United States representative from Georgia. She was the fourth woman to represent Georgia in the Congress, and the first to win a regularly scheduled general election. Blitch was ...
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Phillip M. Landrum
Phillip Mitchell Landrum (September 10, 1907 – November 19, 1990) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Martin, Georgia, Landrum attended the public schools and Mercer University, in Macon, Georgia.
He graduated from Pied ...
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Paul Brown
Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 – August 5, 1991) was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). Brown was both the co-founder and first coach of the Clevela ...
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Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
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Daniel Inouye
Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative ...
(D), from August 21, 1959 (newly admitted state)
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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Gracie Pfost
Gracie Bowers Pfost (March 12, 1906 – August 11, 1965) was the first woman to represent Idaho in the United States Congress, serving five terms as a Democrat in the House of Representatives. Pfost represented the state's 1st district from 195 ...
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Hamer H. Budge
Hamer Harold Budge (November 21, 1910 – July 22, 2003) was an American attorney politician. He was a five-term congressman from Idaho and later chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Early life and education
Born in Pocatello, Id ...
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Illinois
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William L. Dawson (D)
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Barratt O'Hara
Barratt O'Hara (April 28, 1882 – August 11, 1969) of Chicago was an American Democratic politician serving as a U.S. Congressman from Illinois and lieutenant governor of Illinois. He was the last Spanish–American War veteran to serve ...
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William T. Murphy (D)
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Ed Derwinski
Edward Joseph Derwinski (September 15, 1926 – January 15, 2012) was an American politician who served as the first Cabinet-level United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving under President George H. W. Bush from March 15, 1989 to Septe ...
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John C. Kluczynski (D)
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Thomas J. O'Brien (D)
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Roland V. Libonati (D)
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Dan Rostenkowski
Daniel David Rostenkowski (January 2, 1928 – August 11, 2010) was a United States Representative from Chicago, serving for 36 years, from 1959 to 1995. He became one of the most powerful legislators in Congress, especially in matters of ta ...
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Sidney R. Yates
Sidney Richard Yates (August 27, 1909 – October 5, 2000) was an American politician from the state of Illinois. A native of Chicago, he graduated from Lake View High School in 1928. He received bachelor's (1931) and law (1933) degrees fro ...
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Harold R. Collier (R)
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Roman Pucinski (D)
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Charles A. Boyle
Charles Augustus Boyle (August 13, 1907 – November 4, 1959) was a US Representative from Chicago's north side who represented Illinois's 12th congressional district from 1955 to his death in a car accident.
Boyle was born in Spring Lake, Mi ...
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Marguerite S. Church
Marguerite Stitt Church (September 13, 1892 – May 26, 1990) was an American psychologist and politician who represented Illinois' 13th congressional district as a Republican from 1951 to 1963.
Early life and education
Church born in 1892 t ...
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Elmer J. Hoffman (R)
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Noah M. Mason
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Noah Morgan Mason (July 19, 1882 – March 29, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. A conservative Republican, he served 13 terms representing first the state's 12th congressional district and then, after a redrawing of bou ...
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Leo E. Allen
Leo Elwood Allen (October 5, 1898 – January 19, 1973) was an American politician from Illinois.
Born in Elizabeth, Illinois, Allen's maternal grandparents were German immigrants and his paternal grandfather was from England. He attended publi ...
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Leslie C. Arends
Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1935 until 1974.
A native and lifelong resident of Melvin, Illinois, Arends atten ...
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Robert H. Michel
Robert Henry Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional distric ...
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Robert B. Chiperfield
Robert Bruce Chiperfield (November 20, 1899 - April 9, 1971), son of United States Congressman Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield, was an Illinois lawyer and 12-term U.S. Representative from Illinois. He served as chairman of the House Committee on F ...
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Edna O. Simpson (R)
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Peter F. Mack Jr. (D)
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William L. Springer (R)
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George E. Shipley (D)
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Melvin Price (D)
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Kenneth J. Gray (D)
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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Ray Madden
Ray John Madden (February 25, 1892 – September 28, 1987) was an American lawyer and World War I veteran who served 17 terms as a United States representative from Indiana from 1943 to 1977.
Biography
He was born in Waseca, Minnesota. He att ...
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Charles A. Halleck
Charles Abraham Halleck (August 22, 1900 – March 3, 1986) was an American politician. He was the Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives from the second district of Indiana.
Early life and education
Halleck was born ne ...
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John Brademas (D)
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E. Ross Adair
Edwin Ross Adair (December 14, 1907 – May 5, 1983) was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served ten terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1951 to 1971.
Early life
Born in Albion, Indiana, Adair attended grade and hig ...
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J. Edward Roush (D)
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Fred Wampler (D)
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William G. Bray
William Gilmer Bray (June 17, 1903 – June 4, 1979) was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served twelve terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana from 1951 to 1975.
Early life an ...
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Winfield K. Denton (D)
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Earl Hogan (D)
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Randall S. Harmon (D)
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Joseph W. Barr
Joseph Walker Barr (January 17, 1918 – February 23, 1996) was an American businessman and politician from Indiana. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives. He was also the United States Secretary of the Treasury fro ...
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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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Fred Schwengel
Frederick Delbert Schwengel (May 28, 1906April 1, 1993) was a Republican U.S. Representative from southeastern Iowa.
Personal background
Born on a farm near Sheffield, Iowa, to German immigrants, Schwengel attended the rural schools in West For ...
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Leonard G. Wolf
Leonard George Wolf (October 29, 1925 – March 28, 1970) was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. He was elected in 1958 and defeated in 1960 when seeking re-election.
Born on a farm in Dane County, ...
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H. R. Gross (R)
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Steven V. Carter
Steven V. Carter (October 8, 1915 – November 4, 1959) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from south central Iowa in 1959.
Born in Carterville, Utah, at age fourteen Carter moved with his parents to Lamoni, Iowa, and graduated from Lamoni H ...
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John Henry Kyl
John Henry Kyl (May 9, 1919 – December 23, 2002) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 4th congressional district from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973. ...
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Neal Edward Smith (D)
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Merwin Coad
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Ben F. Jensen
Benton Franklin Jensen (December 16, 1892 – February 5, 1970) served thirteen consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district in the southwestern corner of the state. While on the floor of the U.S. House on Mar ...
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Charles B. Hoeven (R)
Kansas
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William H. Avery (R)
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Newell A. George (D)
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Denver David Hargis
Denver David Hargis (July 22, 1921 – March 16, 1989) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1959 to 1961.
Born in Key West, Florida, his maternal grandfather and grandmother were each from Spain and England. In 1922, when Hargis was one y ...
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Edward Herbert Rees (R)
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James Floyd Breeding (D)
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Wint Smith
Wint Smith (October 7, 1892 – April 27, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1947 to 1961.
Biography
Born in Mankato, Kansas, Smith attended a public school and graduated from Mankato High School. During the First World War he se ...
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Kentucky
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Frank Stubblefield
Frank Albert Stubblefield (April 5, 1907 – October 14, 1977), a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives.
Stubblefield was born and schooled in Kentucky and attended the University of Arizona for one yea ...
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William Natcher
William Huston Natcher (September 11, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was a Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 until his death from heart failure in Bethesda, Maryland in 1994. He is the second lo ...
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Frank W. Burke (D)
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Frank Chelf (D)
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Brent Spence (D)
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John C. Watts
John Clarence Watts (July 9, 1902 – September 24, 1971) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Watts attended the public schools.
He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1925 and from its law sch ...
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Carl D. Perkins
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Eugene Siler (R)
Louisiana
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F. Edward Hébert (D)
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Hale Boggs
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House ma ...
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Edwin E. Willis
Edwin Edward Willis (October 2, 1904 – October 24, 1972) was an American politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Louisiana who was affiliated with the Long political faction. A Democrat, he served in the Louisiana State Senate ...
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Overton Brooks
Thomas Overton Brooks (December 21, 1897 – September 16, 1961) was a Democratic U.S. representative from the Shreveport-based Fourth Congressional District of northwestern Louisiana, having served for a quarter century beginning on Janu ...
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Otto Passman
Otto Ernest Passman (June 27, 1900 – August 13, 1988) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district from 1947 until 1977. As a congressman, Passman chaired the Hous ...
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James H. Morrison
James Hobson Morrison (December 8, 1908 - July 20, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served twelve terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana from 1943 to 1967.
Early life and caree ...
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T. Ashton Thompson (D)
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Harold B. McSween (D)
Maine
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James C. Oliver
James Churchill Oliver (August 6, 1895 – December 25, 1986) was a U.S. Representative from Maine. He served three consecutive congressional terms as a Republican from 1937 to 1943, then later served a fourth term as a Democrat from 1959 to ...
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Frank M. Coffin (D)
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Clifford McIntire
Clifford Guy McIntire (May 4, 1908 – October 1, 1974) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Maine. He was born in Perham, Maine on May 4, 1908. After attending public schools, he was graduated from the University of Maine's Co ...
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Maryland
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Thomas F. Johnson (D)
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Daniel Brewster
Daniel Baugh Brewster Jr. (November 23, 1923 – August 19, 2007) was an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1963 until 1969. He was also a member of the Marylan ...
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Edward Garmatz
Edward Alexander Garmatz (February 7, 1903 – July 22, 1986), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 3rd congressional district of Maryland from 1947 to 1973.
Early life and career
Born in Baltimore, Maryland; his father and ...
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George Hyde Fallon (D)
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Richard Lankford
Richard Estep Lankford (July 22, 1914 – September 22, 2003) represented the fifth district of the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives for five terms from 1955 to 1965.
Lankford was born in Wilmington, Delaware, ...
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John R. Foley (D)
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Samuel Friedel
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel (April 18, 1898 – March 21, 1979), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 7th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1971.
Born in Washington, D.C., to Russian-Jewish ...
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Massachusetts
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Silvio O. Conte
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Edward Boland
Edward Patrick Boland (October 1, 1911 – November 4, 2001) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district.
Early life and education
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Philip J. Philbin
Philip Joseph Philbin (May 29, 1898 – June 14, 1972) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, where he attended the public and high schools. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World War ...
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Harold Donohue
Harold Daniel Donohue (June 18, 1901 – November 4, 1984) was an American politician. He represented the third district and fourth district of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1974.
Donohue was born in ...
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Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Rogers (née Nourse; March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who served in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Until 2 ...
(R), until September 10, 1960
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William H. Bates
William Henry Bates (April 26, 1917 – June 22, 1969) was a member of the United States House of Representatives notable for his staunch support of the United States Navy.
Life and career
Bates was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Nora ...
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Thomas J. Lane
Thomas Joseph Lane (July 6, 1898 – June 14, 1994) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1941 to 1963, notable for having been re-elected after serving time in federal prison.
Lane was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on July 6, 1898 ...
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Torbert Macdonald
Torbert Hart Macdonald (June 6, 1917 – May 21, 1976) was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts. He represented the northern suburbs of Boston, including his home town of Malden, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 u ...
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Hastings Keith (R)
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Laurence Curtis
Laurence Curtis (September 3, 1893 – July 11, 1989) was an American attorney and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts.
Early life, military service, and education
Laurence Curtis was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 3, 1 ...
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Tip O'Neill
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, representing northern Boston, Massachusetts, as ...
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John W. McCormack
John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both ...
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James A. Burke (D)
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Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American Republican politician who served as the 44th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955. He represented a House district ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...
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Thaddeus M. Machrowicz
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz (August 21, 1899 – February 17, 1970) was a United States representative from Michigan and later was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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George Meader
George Meader (September 13, 1907 – October 15, 1994) was a Republican politician from the US state of Michigan.
Early life
Meader was born on September 13, 1907, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and attended the public schools of various cities i ...
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August E. Johansen (R)
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Clare Hoffman
Clare Eugene Hoffman (September 10, 1875 – November 3, 1967) was a United States representative from Michigan's 4th congressional district.
Background
Hoffman was born in Vicksburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public s ...
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Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
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Charles E. Chamberlain (R)
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James G. O'Hara
James Grant O'Hara (November 8, 1925 – March 13, 1989) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1977.
Early life
O'Hara was born in Washington, D.C. He moved with his parents to ...
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Alvin Morell Bentley (R)
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Robert P. Griffin
Robert Paul Griffin (November 6, 1923 – April 16, 2015) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the ...
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Elford Albin Cederberg (R)
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Victor A. Knox
Victor Alfred Knox (January 13, 1899 – December 13, 1976) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1965.
Early life and education
Knox was born on a farm i ...
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John B. Bennett
John Bonifas Bennett (January 10, 1904 – August 9, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1964.
Early life and education
Bennett was bo ...
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Charles Diggs
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (December 2, 1922 – August 24, 1998) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served in the state senate and U.S. House of Representatives. He was the first African American elected to Congress ...
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Louis C. Rabaut
Louis Charles Rabaut (December 5, 1886 – November 12, 1961) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was a Democratic congressman representing Michigan's 14th congressional district from 1935 to 1947, and from ...
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John Dingell
John David Dingell Jr. (July 8, 1926 – February 7, 2019) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 until 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he holds the record for longes ...
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John Lesinski Jr. (D)
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Martha Griffiths
Martha Wright Griffiths (January 29, 1912 – April 22, 2003) was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954. Griffiths was the first woman to serve on the House Committee on Ways and M ...
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William Broomfield (R)
Minnesota
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Al Quie
Albert Harold Quie ( ; born September 18, 1923) is an American politician and farmer. Quie, who served as member of the United States House of Representatives and Governor of Minnesota, is regarded as a moderate Republican. Quie was strongly c ...
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Ancher Nelsen
Ancher Nelsen (October 11, 1904 – November 30, 1992), was an American politician who served as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Minnesota and an eight-term congressman.
Biography
Nelsen was born October 11, 1904, near Buffalo Lake ...
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Roy Wier
Roy William Wier (February 25, 1888 – June 27, 1963) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Wier was born in Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, February 25, 1888. He moved with his parents in 1896 to Minneapolis, Hennepin County, ...
(DFL)
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Joseph Karth
Joseph Edward Karth (August 26, 1922 – May 29, 2005) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in New Brighton, Ramsey County, Minnesota; all four of his grandparents were German immigrants.
He ...
(DFL)
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Walter Judd (R)
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Fred Marshall Fred, Frederick or Frederic Marshall may refer to:
*Fred Marshall (American politician) (1906–1985), U.S. politician
*Fred Marshall (British politician)
Fred Marshall (10 March 1883 – 1 November 1962) was a British politician.
Born in Sout ...
(DFL)
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Herman Carl Andersen
Herman Carl Andersen (January 27, 1897 – July 26, 1978) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Background
Herman Carl Andersen was born in Newcastle, Washington. He was the son of Charles Carl Andersen (1858-1940?) and Lorena Nielson (1 ...
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John Blatnik
John Anton Blatnik (August 17, 1911 – December 17, 1991) was a United States Congressman from Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), which is affiliated with the Democratic Party.
Early life
Bla ...
(DFL)
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Odin Langen (R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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Thomas Abernethy (D)
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Jamie Whitten
Jamie Lloyd Whitten (April 18, 1910September 9, 1995) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented the Deep South state of Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1995. He was at the ...
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Frank Ellis Smith
Frank Ellis Smith (February 21, 1918 – August 2, 1997) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born in Sidon, Mississippi, Smith attended the public schools of Sidon and Greenwood, Mississippi. He graduated from Sunflower Junior Colleg ...
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John Bell Williams
John Bell Williams (December 4, 1918 – March 25, 1983) was an American Democratic politician who represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1968 and served as Governor of Mississippi from 1968 to 1972.
He was f ...
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W. Arthur Winstead
William Arthur Winstead (January 6, 1904 – March 14, 1995) was a farmer and politician, elected as U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 4th congressional district, serving from 1943 to 1965. He surprisingly lost the 1964 election by a su ...
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William M. Colmer (D)
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
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Frank M. Karsten (D)
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Thomas B. Curtis (R)
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Leonor Sullivan
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (August 21, 1902 – September 1, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. She was a Democrat and the first woman in Congress from Missouri.
Biography
Born Leonor Kretzer in St. ...
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George H. Christopher (D), until January 23, 1959
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William J. Randall (D), from March 3, 1959
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Richard Walker Bolling
Richard Walker Bolling (May 17, 1916 – April 21, 1991) was a prominent American Democratic Congressman from Kansas City, Missouri, and Missouri's 5th congressional district from 1949 to 1983. He retired after serving for four years as the cha ...
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William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D)
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Charles Harrison Brown
Charles Harrison Brown (October 22, 1920 – June 10, 2003) was a two-term U.S. representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district from 1957–61, and is the most recent Democrat to serve from that district.
Brown was born in Coweta, ...
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A. S. J. Carnahan
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan (January 9, 1897 – March 24, 1968) was an American diplomat and politician from Southeast Missouri. He began his career as a teacher and school administrator. He then served as a member of the United States House ...
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Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon (April 11, 1879 – May 12, 1964) was a Democratic Congressman from Missouri serving from 1923 until his death in Washington, D.C. in 1964. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropri ...
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Paul C. Jones
Paul Caruthers Jones (March 12, 1901 – February 10, 1981) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Kennett, Missouri, Jones attended the Kennett public schools. He was graduated from th ...
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Morgan M. Moulder
Morgan Moore Moulder (August 31, 1904 – November 12, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Background
Born in Linn Creek, Missouri, Moulder attended the public schools of Linn Creek and Lebanon, Missouri, and the University of Missour ...
(D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
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Lee Metcalf
Lee Warren Metcalf (January 28, 1911 – January 12, 1978) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1953–1961) and a U.S. Senator (1961–1978) from Montana. He was th ...
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LeRoy H. Anderson (D)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
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Phillip Hart Weaver (R)
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Glenn Cunningham Glenn Cunningham may refer to:
* Glenn Cunningham (athlete) (1909–1988), American runner, Olympic Games medalist
*Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska politician) (1912–2003), American politician, mayor of Omaha, and congressman for Nebraska
*Glenn Cunni ...
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Lawrence Brock
Lawrence Brock (August 16, 1906 – August 28, 1968) was a Nebraska Democratic politician.
Brock was born near Columbus, Nebraska. He graduated from Leigh High School and then the College of Pharmacy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln i ...
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Donald McGinley (D)
Nevada
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Walter S. Baring Jr.
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. (September 9, 1911 – July 13, 1975) was a United States representative from Nevada.
Biography
Baring was born in Goldfield, Nevada, to Emily L. and Walter Stephan Baring, his paternal grandparents were born in Germany ...
(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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Chester Earl Merrow (R)
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Perkins Bass
Perkins Bass (October 6, 1912 – October 25, 2011) was an American elected official from the state of New Hampshire, including four terms as a U.S. representative from 1955 to 1963.
Biography
Bass was born on October 6, 1912, in East Walpole, ...
(R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
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William T. Cahill
William Thomas Cahill (June 25, 1912July 1, 1996) was an American politician, lawyer, and academic who served as the 46th governor of New Jersey from 1970 to 1974. A Republican, Cahill previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives, repr ...
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Milton W. Glenn (R)
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James C. Auchincloss (R)
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Frank Thompson (D)
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Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R)
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Florence P. Dwyer (R)
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William B. Widnall (R)
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Gordon Canfield
Gordon Canfield (April 15, 1898 in Salamanca, New York – June 20, 1972 in Hawthorne, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and Politics of the United States, politician. Canfield, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, was first a sec ...
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Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R)
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Peter W. Rodino (D)
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Hugh Joseph Addonizio
Hugh Joseph Addonizio (January 31, 1914 – February 2, 1981) was an American Democratic Party politician who was sentenced to prison for corruption. He was the 33rd Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, from 1962 to 1970, and a U.S. Congressman from ...
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George M. Wallhauser (R)
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Cornelius Gallagher Cornelius Gallagher may refer to:
* Cornelius Gallagher (American politician) (1921–2018), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
* Cornelius Gallagher (Canadian politician)
Cornelius Gallagher (December 31, 1854 – October 27, 1932) was a ...
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Dominick V. Daniels (D)
New Mexico
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Thomas G. Morris (D)
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Joseph Montoya
Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957 ...
(D)
New York
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Stuyvesant Wainwright (R)
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Steven Derounian
Steven Boghos Derounian (April 6, 1918 – April 17, 2007) was a Republican Congressman of Armenian-American descent. He represented Long Island, New York for six terms from 1953 to 1965.
Early life and education
Derounian was born in Sofia in ...
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Frank J. Becker (R)
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Seymour Halpern
Seymour Halpern (November 19, 1913 – January 10, 1997) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was born in New York City. He graduated from Richmond Hill High School and attended Seth Low College of Columbia University from 1932 to ...
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Albert H. Bosch (R), until December 31, 1960
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Lester Holtzman (D)
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James J. Delaney (D)
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Victor Anfuso
Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso (March 10, 1905 – December 28, 1966) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and politician who served five terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1951 to 19 ...
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Eugene James Keogh (D)
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Edna F. Kelly (D)
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Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888 – January 15, 1981) was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He served as the dean of the United States H ...
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Francis E. Dorn
Francis Edwin Dorn (April 18, 1911 – September 17, 1987) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was the last Republican to represent the district.
Life
He was born on April 18, 1911, in Brooklyn. He ...
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Abraham J. Multer
Abraham Jacob Multer (December 24, 1900 – November 4, 1986) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served ten terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1947 to 1967.
Biography ...
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John J. Rooney (D)
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John H. Ray (R)
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He was t ...
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John Lindsay
John Vliet Lindsay (; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, mayor of New York City, and candidate for U.S. president. He was also a regular ...
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Alfred E. Santangelo
Alfred Edward Santangelo (June 4, 1912 – March 30, 1978) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1957 to 1963, he served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Life
Santangelo was born on June 4, 1912, in New York ...
(D)
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Leonard Farbstein
Leonard Farbstein (October 12, 1902 – November 9, 1993) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1957 to 1971.
Early life and career
Farbstein was born on October 12, 1902, in N ...
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Ludwig Teller (D)
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Herbert Zelenko
Herbert Zelenko (March 16, 1906 – February 23, 1979) was a United States representative from New York (state), New York. He was born in New York City of Poland, Polish origin. He attended public schools and graduated from Columbia University in ...
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James C. Healey
James Christopher Healey (December 24, 1909 – December 16, 1981) was a lawyer and Democratic Party political figure in New York. He was most notable for his nine years as a Congressman from a district based in the Bronx during the mid-20th ce ...
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Isidore Dollinger
Isidore Dollinger (November 13, 1903 – January 30, 2000) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York from 1949 to 1959.
Life
Dollinger was born on November 1 ...
(D), until December 31, 1959
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Jacob H. Gilbert (D), from March 8, 1960
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Charles A. Buckley (D)
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Paul A. Fino (R)
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Edwin B. Dooley
Edwin Benedict Dooley (April 13, 1905 – January 25, 1982) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state), New York.
Early life
Edwin B. "Eddie" Dooley was born in B ...
(R)
: . Robert R. Barry (R)
: . Katharine St. George (R)
: . J. Ernest Wharton (R)
: . Leo W. O'Brien (D)
: . Dean P. Taylor (R)
: . Samuel S. Stratton (D)
: . Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
: . Alexander Pirnie (R)
: . R. Walter Riehlman (R)
: . John Taber (R)
: . Howard W. Robison (R)
: . Jessica M. Weis (R)
: . Harold C. Ostertag (R)
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William E. Miller
William Edward Miller (March 22, 1914 – June 24, 1983) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from New York as a Republican. During the 1964 presidential election, he was the Republican nominee fo ...
(R)
: . Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)
: . John R. Pillion (R)
: . Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R), until February 19, 1959
:: Charles Goodell (R), from May 26, 1959
List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina
: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D)
: . Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
: . Graham Arthur Barden (D)
: . Harold D. Cooley (D)
: . Ralph James Scott (D)
: . Carl T. Durham (D)
: . Alton Lennon (D)
: . Alvin Paul Kitchin (D)
: . Hugh Quincy Alexander (D)
: . Charles R. Jonas (R)
: . Basil Lee Whitener (D)
: . David McKee Hall (D), until January 29, 1960
:: Roy A. Taylor (D), from June 25, 1960
List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota
: .
Quentin Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
(D-NPL), until August 8, 1960
: . Don L. Short (R)
List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio
: . Gordon H. Scherer (R)
: . William E. Hess (R)
: . Paul F. Schenck (R)
: . William Moore McCulloch (R)
: . Del Latta (R)
: . James G. Polk (D), until April 28, 1959
:: Ward Miller (R), from November 8, 1960
: . Clarence J. Brown (R)
: . Jackson Edward Betts (R)
: . Thomas L. Ashley (D)
: . Walter H. Moeller (D)
: . Robert E. Cook (D)
: . Samuel L. Devine (R)
: . Albert David Baumhart Jr. (R)
: . William Hanes Ayres (R)
: . John E. Henderson (R)
: . Frank T. Bow (R)
: . Robert W. Levering (D)
: . Wayne Hays (D)
: .
Michael J. Kirwan (D)
: . Michael A. Feighan (D)
: . Charles Vanik (D)
: . Frances P. Bolton (R)
: . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R)
List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma
: . Page Belcher (R)
: . Ed Edmondson (politician), Ed Edmondson (D)
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Carl Albert
Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a ...
(D)
: . Tom Steed (D)
: . John Jarman (D)
: . Toby Morris (politician), Toby Morris (D)
List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon
: . A. Walter Norblad (R)
: . Al Ullman (D)
: . Edith Green (D)
: . Charles O. Porter (D)
List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
: . William A. Barrett (D)
: . Kathryn E. Granahan (D)
: . James A. Byrne (D)
: . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D)
: . William J. Green Jr. (D)
: . Herman Toll (D)
: . William H. Milliken Jr. (R)
: . Willard S. Curtin (R)
: . Paul B. Dague (R)
: . Stanley A. Prokop (D)
: . Dan Flood (D)
: . Ivor D. Fenton (R)
: . John A. Lafore Jr. (R)
: . George M. Rhodes (D)
: . Francis E. Walter (D)
: . Walter M. Mumma (R)
: . Alvin Bush (R), until November 5, 1959
:: Herman T. Schneebeli (R), from April 26, 1960
: .
Richard M. Simpson
Richard Murray Simpson (August 30, 1900 – January 7, 1960) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Richard Simpson was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, the son of Warren Brown and Sue Simpson. His fat ...
(R), until January 7, 1960
:: Douglas Hemphill Elliott (R), April 26, 1960 – June 19, 1960
:: J. Irving Whalley (R), from November 8, 1960
: . James M. Quigley (D)
: . James E. Van Zandt (R)
: . John Herman Dent (D)
: . John P. Saylor (R)
: . Leon H. Gavin (R)
: . Carroll D. Kearns (R)
: . Frank M. Clark (D)
: . Thomas E. Morgan (D)
: . James G. Fulton (R)
: . William S. Moorhead (D)
: . Robert J. Corbett (R)
: . Elmer J. Holland (D)
List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
: . Aime Forand (D)
: . John E. Fogarty (D)
List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina
: . L. Mendel Rivers (D)
: . John J. Riley (D)
: . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D)
: . Robert T. Ashmore (D)
: . Robert W. Hemphill (D)
: . John L. McMillan (D)
List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota
: . George McGovern (D)
: . Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)
List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee
: . B. Carroll Reece (R)
: . Howard Baker Sr. (R)
: . James B. Frazier Jr. (D)
: . Joe L. Evins (D)
: . Joseph Carlton Loser (D)
: . Ross Bass (D)
: . Tom J. Murray (D)
: . Fats Everett (D)
: . Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D)
List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas
: . Wright Patman (D)
: . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D)
: . Lindley Beckworth (D)
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Sam Rayburn
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time ...
(D)
: . Bruce Alger (R)
: . Olin E. Teague (D)
: . John Dowdy (D)
: . Albert Thomas (American politician), Albert Thomas (D)
: . Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D)
: . Homer Thornberry (D)
: . William R. Poage (D)
: . Jim Wright (D)
: . Frank N. Ikard (D)
: . John Andrew Young (D)
: . Joe M. Kilgore (D)
: . J. T. Rutherford (D)
: . Omar Burleson (D)
: . Walter E. Rogers (D)
: . George H. Mahon (D)
: . Paul J. Kilday (D)
: . O. C. Fisher (D)
: . Robert R. Casey (D)
List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah
: . Henry Aldous Dixon (R)
: . David S. King (D)
List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont
: . William H. Meyer (D)
List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia
: . Thomas N. Downing (D)
: . Porter Hardy Jr. (D)
: . J. Vaughan Gary (D)
: . Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)
: . William M. Tuck (D)
: . Richard Harding Poff (R)
: . Burr P. Harrison (D)
: . Howard W. Smith (D)
: . W. Pat Jennings (D)
: . Joel Broyhill (R)
List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington
: . Thomas Pelly (R)
: . Jack Westland (R)
: . Russell V. Mack (R), until March 28, 1960
:: Julia Butler Hansen (D), from November 8, 1960
: . Catherine Dean May (R)
: . Walt Horan (R)
: . Thor C. Tollefson (R)
: . Donald H. Magnuson (D)
List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia
: . Arch A. Moore Jr. (R)
: . Harley Orrin Staggers (D)
: . Cleveland M. Bailey (D)
: . Ken Hechler (D)
: . Elizabeth Kee (D)
: . John M. Slack Jr. (D)
List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Gerald T. Flynn (D)
: . Robert Kastenmeier (D)
: . Gardner R. Withrow (R)
: . Clement J. Zablocki (D)
: . Henry S. Reuss (D)
: . William Van Pelt (R)
: . Melvin Laird (R)
: .
John W. Byrnes
John William Byrnes (June 12, 1913 – January 12, 1985) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Wisconsin.
Byrnes was the U.S. representative for from 1945 to 1973. During this time he was the chairman of the House ...
(R)
: . Lester Johnson (politician), Lester Johnson (D)
: . Alvin O'Konski (R)
List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming
: . Edwin Keith Thomson (R), until December 9, 1960
Non-voting members
: . John A. Burns (D), until August 21, 1959
: . Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)
Changes in membership
Senate
, -
,
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
(1)
, rowspan=2 , New seats
, rowspan=2 , Hawaii achieved statehood August 21, 1959.
, nowrap ,
Hiram Fong
Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a sugar plantation Cantonese immigrant worker, Fong became the first Chinese-American and firs ...
(R)
, rowspan=2 , August 21, 1959
, -
,
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Oren E. Long
Oren Ethelbirt Long (March 4, 1889 – May 6, 1965) was an American politician who served as the tenth Territorial Governor of Hawaii from 1951 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Long was appointed to the office after the term o ...
(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)
, nowrap ,
William Langer
William "Wild Bill" Langer (September 30, 1886November 8, 1959) was a prominent American lawyer and politician from North Dakota, where he was an infamous character, bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor's office and ...
(R)
, Died November 8, 1959.
, nowrap ,
Norman Brunsdale
Clarence Norman Brunsdale (July 9, 1891January 27, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 24th Governor of North Dakota and a United States senator from the state of North Dakota.
Biography
Clarence Norman Brunsdale was born in Sh ...
(R)
, November 19, 1959
, -
,
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 ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Richard L. Neuberger (D)
, Died March 9, 1960
, nowrap ,
Hall S. Lusk (D)
, March 16, 1960
, -
,
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)
, nowrap ,
Norman Brunsdale
Clarence Norman Brunsdale (July 9, 1891January 27, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 24th Governor of North Dakota and a United States senator from the state of North Dakota.
Biography
Clarence Norman Brunsdale was born in Sh ...
(R)
, Successor elected June 28, 1960.
Successor qualified August 8, 1960.
, nowrap ,
Quentin Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
(D)
, August 8, 1960
, -
,
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Thomas C. Hennings Jr.
Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. (June 25, 1903September 13, 1960) was an American political figure from Missouri. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives (from 1935 until 1940) and the United States Senate (from 1951 ...
(D)
, Died September 13, 1960
, nowrap ,
Edward V. Long (D)
, September 23, 1960
, -
,
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 ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Hall S. Lusk (D)
, Successor elected November 8, 1960
, nowrap ,
Maurine Neuberger
Maurine Neuberger-Solomon, best known as Maurine Neuberger (née Brown; January 9, 1907February 22, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator for the State of Oregon from November 1960 to January 1967. She was the fou ...
(D)
, November 9, 1960
, -
,
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
John F. Kennedy (D)
, Resigned December 22, 1960, after being elected President of the United States
, nowrap ,
Benjamin A. Smith II
Benjamin Atwood Smith II (March 26, 1916 – September 26, 1991) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States Senate from December 1960 until November 1962.
Early life and education
Smith, who was named for his grandfat ...
(D)
, December 27, 1960
House of Representatives
, -
,
, nowrap,
George H. Christopher (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died January 23, 1959
, nowrap ,
William J. Randall (D)
, March 3, 1959
, -
,
, nowrap, Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died February 19, 1959
, nowrap , Charles Goodell (R)
, May 26, 1959
, -
,
, nowrap, James G. Polk (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died April 28, 1959
, nowrap , Ward Miller (R)
, November 8, 1960
, -
,
, nowrap, John A. Burns (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Hawaii achieved statehood.
, colspan=2 , Seat eliminated August 21, 1959
, -
,
, New seat
, style="font-size:80%" , Hawaii achieved statehood August 21, 1959
, nowrap ,
Daniel Inouye
Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative ...
(D)
, August 21, 1959
, -
,
, nowrap,
Charles A. Boyle
Charles Augustus Boyle (August 13, 1907 – November 4, 1959) was a US Representative from Chicago's north side who represented Illinois's 12th congressional district from 1955 to his death in a car accident.
Boyle was born in Spring Lake, Mi ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died November 4, 1959
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, nowrap,
Steven V. Carter
Steven V. Carter (October 8, 1915 – November 4, 1959) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from south central Iowa in 1959.
Born in Carterville, Utah, at age fourteen Carter moved with his parents to Lamoni, Iowa, and graduated from Lamoni H ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died November 4, 1959
, nowrap ,
John Henry Kyl
John Henry Kyl (May 9, 1919 – December 23, 2002) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 4th congressional district from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973. ...
(R)
, December 15, 1959
, -
,
, nowrap, Alvin Bush (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died November 5, 1959
, nowrap , Herman T. Schneebeli (R)
, April 26, 1960
, -
,
, nowrap,
Isidore Dollinger
Isidore Dollinger (November 13, 1903 – January 30, 2000) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York from 1949 to 1959.
Life
Dollinger was born on November 1 ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1959
, nowrap ,
Jacob H. Gilbert (D)
, March 8, 1960
, -
,
, nowrap,
Richard M. Simpson
Richard Murray Simpson (August 30, 1900 – January 7, 1960) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Richard Simpson was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, the son of Warren Brown and Sue Simpson. His fat ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died January 7, 1960
, nowrap , Douglas Hemphill Elliott (R)
, April 26, 1960
, -
,
, nowrap, David McKee Hall (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died January 29, 1960
, nowrap , Roy A. Taylor (D)
, June 25, 1960
, -
,
, nowrap, Russell V. Mack (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died March 28, 1960
, nowrap , Julia Butler Hansen (D)
, November 8, 1960
, -
,
, nowrap, Douglas Hemphill Elliott (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died June 19, 1960
, nowrap , J. Irving Whalley (R)
, November 8, 1960
, -
,
, nowrap,
Quentin Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned August 8, 1960, after becoming U.S. Senator
, rowspan=4 , Vacant
, rowspan=4 , Not filled this term
, -
,
, nowrap,
Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Rogers (née Nourse; March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who served in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Until 2 ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died September 10, 1960
, -
,
, nowrap, Edwin Keith Thomson (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died December 9, 1960
, -
,
, nowrap,
Albert H. Bosch (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1960, after being elected judge of Court of Queens County, New York, Queens County
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chairman:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
; Ranking Member:
Styles Bridges
Henry Styles Bridges (September 9, 1898November 26, 1961) was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as the 63rd governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four-year career in ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Carl Hayden
Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
; Ranking Member:
Styles Bridges
Henry Styles Bridges (September 9, 1898November 26, 1961) was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as the 63rd governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four-year career in ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member:
Leverett Saltonstall
Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senato ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson; Ranking Member: Homer Capehart)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Alan Bible
Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General ...
; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman:
Harry F. Byrd
Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for four decades as head of a political faction that became known as the Byrd Organization. ...
; Ranking Member:
John J. Williams)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman:
J. William Fulbright
James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest serving chair ...
; Ranking Member:
Alexander Wiley
Alexander Wiley (May 26, 1884 – October 26, 1967) was an American politician who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member.
...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member:
Karl E. Mundt
Karl Earl Mundt (June 3, 1900August 16, 1974) was an American educator and a Republican member of the United States Congress, representing South Dakota in the United States House of Representatives (1939–48) and in the United States Senate (1 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman:
James E. Murray
James Edward Murray (May 3, 1876March 23, 1961) was an American politician and United States Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961.
Background
Born on a fa ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry Dworshak)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: Andrew F. Schoeppel)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member:
Alexander Wiley
Alexander Wiley (May 26, 1884 – October 26, 1967) was an American politician who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member.
...
)
* Labor-Management Relations (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: ; Ranking Member: )
* United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman:
J. Lister Hill
Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress for more than forty-five years, as both a U.S. Representative (1923–1938) ...
; Ranking Member:
Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president ...
)
* National Water Resources (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
* Preserve Historical Records of the Senate (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman:
Olin D. Johnston
Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (November 18, 1896April 18, 1965) was an American politician from the US state of South Carolina. He served as the 98th governor of South Carolina, 1935–1939 and 1943–1945, and represented the state in the Unite ...
; Ranking Member:
Frank Carlson
Frank Carlson (January 23, 1893May 30, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Francis Case)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chairman: Thomas C. Hennings; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman)
* Space and Aeronautics (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
* Unemployment Problems (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
* Committee of the whole, Whole
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member:
Charles B. Hoeven)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon (April 11, 1879 – May 12, 1964) was a Democratic Congressman from Missouri serving from 1923 until his death in Washington, D.C. in 1964. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropri ...
; Ranking Member: John Taber)
* United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman:
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democratic ...
; Ranking Member:
Leslie C. Arends
Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1935 until 1974.
A native and lifelong resident of Melvin, Illinois, Arends atten ...
)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Kilburn)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member:
James C. Auchincloss)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; Ranking Member: Carroll D. Kearns)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member:
Robert B. Chiperfield
Robert Bruce Chiperfield (November 20, 1899 - April 9, 1971), son of United States Congressman Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield, was an Illinois lawyer and 12-term U.S. Representative from Illinois. He served as chairman of the House Committee on F ...
)
* United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman:
William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)
* United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Paul F. Schenck)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman:
Wayne N. Aspinall; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
Oren Harris
Oren Harris (December 20, 1903 – February 5, 1997) was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court ...
; Ranking Member:
John B. Bennett
John Bonifas Bennett (January 10, 1904 – August 9, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1964.
Early life and education
Bennett was bo ...
)
**House Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight, Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888 – January 15, 1981) was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He served as the dean of the United States H ...
; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Herbert C. Bonner; Ranking Member: Thor C. Tollefson)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rees)
* United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman:
Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member:
James C. Auchincloss)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Howard W. Smith; Ranking Member:
Leo E. Allen
Leo Elwood Allen (October 5, 1898 – January 19, 1973) was an American politician from Illinois.
Born in Elizabeth, Illinois, Allen's maternal grandparents were German immigrants and his paternal grandfather was from England. He attended publi ...
)
* United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Science and Astronautics (Chairman:
Overton Brooks
Thomas Overton Brooks (December 21, 1897 – September 16, 1961) was a Democratic U.S. representative from the Shreveport-based Fourth Congressional District of northwestern Louisiana, having served for a quarter century beginning on Janu ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American Republican politician who served as the 44th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955. He represented a House district ...
)
* United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Un-American Activities, Un-American Activities (Chairman: Francis E. Walter; Ranking Member:
Donald L. Jackson
Donald Lester Jackson (January 23, 1910 – May 27, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from California from 1947 to 1961.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds County, South Dakota, Jackson attended the public schools of South Dakota and California.
Bi ...
)
* United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member:
Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Rogers (née Nourse; March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who served in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Until 2 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member:
Richard M. Simpson
Richard Murray Simpson (August 30, 1900 – January 7, 1960) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Richard Simpson was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, the son of Warren Brown and Sue Simpson. His fat ...
)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chairman: Sen. Clinton P. Anderson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Carl T. Durham)
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian
* Defense Production (Chairman: Rep.
Paul Brown
Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 – August 5, 1991) was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). Brown was both the co-founder and first coach of the Clevela ...
; Vice Chairman: Sen. Homer Capehart)
* Disposition of Executive Papers
* Joint Economic Committee, Economic
* Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Vacant)
* Legislative Budget
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen. Theodore Francis Green, Theodore F. Green; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson)
* Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen.
Carl Hayden
Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen.
Harry F. Byrd
Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for four decades as head of a political faction that became known as the Byrd Organization. ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep.
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon (April 11, 1879 – May 12, 1964) was a Democratic Congressman from Missouri serving from 1923 until his death in Washington, D.C. in 1964. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropri ...
)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chairman: Sen.
Harry F. Byrd
Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for four decades as head of a political faction that became known as the Byrd Organization. ...
)
* Washington (DC) Metropolitan Problems
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart
* Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
* Comptroller General of the United States: Joseph Campbell (accountant), Joseph Campbell
* Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
* Public Printer of the United States: Raymond Blattenberger
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris, Methodism, Methodist
* Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins (Senate Parliamentarian), Charles Watkins
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Richard D. Hupman
* Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Robert G. Baker
* Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke
House of Representatives
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts (politician), Ralph R. Roberts
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: H. H. Morris
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Joe Bartlett (R)
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp - Presbyterian
See also
* 1958 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1958 United States Senate elections
** 1958 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1960 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
**
1960 United States presidential election
The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. In a closely contested election, Democratic United States Senator John F. Kennedy defeated the incumbent V ...
** 1960 United States Senate elections
** 1960 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
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