The 78th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. It met in
Washington, DC
)
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from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1945, during the last two years of
Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. 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
Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940.
Both chambers had a
Democratic majority - albeit greatly reduced from the
77th Congress
The 77th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1941, ...
, with the Democrats losing their
supermajority in the House and Senate. Along with
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 ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government
trifecta
file:Trifecta.svg, Trifecta
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.
Major events
*
World War II
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continued (1941–1945)
* June 6, 1944:
Battle of Normandy
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Norm ...
* November 7, 1944:
General elections
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
:
** President Roosevelt was
re-elected to a fourth term.
** Senate Democrats
kept their majority despite 1-seat net loss.
** House Democrats
increased their majority with a 20-seat net gain.
Major legislation
* December 17, 1943:
Magnuson Act
The Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943, also known as the Magnuson Act, was an immigration law proposed by U.S. Representative (later Senator) Warren G. Magnuson of Washington and signed into law on December 17, 1943, in the United States. It ...
(Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943), Sess. 1, ch. 344,
* February 3, 1944:
Mustering-out Payment Act
The Mustering-out Payment Act is a United States federal law passed in 1944. It provided money to Soldier, servicemen, returning from the Second World War, to help them restart their lives as civilians.
See also
*Demobilization
*World War II
*Fe ...
, Sess. 2, ,
* June 6, 1944:
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill), Sess. 2, ch. 268, ,
* June 27, 1944:
Veterans' Preference Act
The Veterans' Preference Act is a United States federal law passed in 1944. It required the federal government to favor returning war veterans when hiring new employees in an attempt to recognize their service, sacrifice, and skills.
Preference ...
, Sess. 2, ch. 287, ,
* July 1, 1944:
Public Health Service Act, Sess. 2, ch. 373,
* December 22, 1944:
Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act, Sess. 2, ch. 665, ,
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leaders
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 ...
:
Henry A. Wallace (D)
*
President pro tempore:
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treas ...
(D)
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. :
Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...
*
Majority Whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
:
J. Lister Hill
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Francis T. Maloney
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
, until February 25, 1944
**
Wallace H. White Jr.
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
, after February 25, 1944
*
Minority whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holdin ...
: No Republican whips were appointed from 1935 to 1944 since only 17 Republicans were in the Senate following the landslide reelection of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
in 1936. Accordingly, the minutes of the
Republican Conference for the period state: "On motion of Senator Hastings, duly seconded and carried, it was agreed that no Assistant Leader or Whip be elected but that the chairman be authorized to appoint Senators from time to time to assist him in taking charge of the interests of the minority." A note attached to the conference minutes added: "The chairman of the conference, Senator McNary, apparently appointed Senator Austin of Vermont as assistant leader in 1943 and 1944, until the conference adopted Rules of Organization."
*
Republican Conference Secretary:
Wallace H. White Jr.
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
, until February 25, 1944
**
Harold Hitz Burton
Harold Hitz Burton (June 22, 1888 – October 28, 1964) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Sta ...
(from February 25, 1944)
*
National Senatorial Committee Chair:
John G. Townsend Jr.
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** I ...
:
Sam Rayburn (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 th ...
*
Majority whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
:
Robert Ramspeck
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
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 ...
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Patrick H. Drewry
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
*
Minority whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holdin ...
:
Harry Lane Englebright
Harry Lane Englebright (January 2, 1884 – May 13, 1943) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a Congressman from California's 2nd congressional district from 1926 to 1943, and as the House Minority Whip between 1933 and 1943.
Englebright ...
, until May 13, 1943
**
Leslie C. Arends, from May 13, 1943
*
Republican Conference Chairman
The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informin ...
:
Roy O. Woodruff
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Charles A. Halleck
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 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1944; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1946; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1948.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
: 2.
John H. Bankhead II (D)
: 3.
J. Lister Hill (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.
Ernest McFarland
Ernest William McFarland (October 9, 1894 – June 8, 1984) was an American politician, jurist and, with Warren Atherton, one of the "Fathers of the G.I. Bill." He is the only Arizonan to serve in the highest office in all three branches of Ari ...
(D)
: 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
John Little McClellan (February 25, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American lawyer and a segregationist politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1935–1939) and a U.S. Senator (1943–1977) fro ...
(D)
: 3.
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. She was the first woman to preside ...
(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.
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866August 6, 1945) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century. He was elected in 191 ...
(R)
: 3.
Sheridan Downey
Sheridan Downey (March 11, 1884 – October 25, 1961) was an American lawyer and a Democratic U.S. Senator from California from 1939 to 1950.
Early life
He was born in Laramie, the seat of Albany County in western Wyoming, the son of the ...
(D)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
: 2.
Edwin C. Johnson
Edwin Carl Johnson (January 1, 1884 – May 30, 1970) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as both governor of and U.S. senator from the state of Colorado.
Background
Johnson was born in Scandia in Republic County in ...
(D)
: 3.
Eugene Millikin
Eugene Donald Millikin (February 12, 1891July 26, 1958) was a United States senator from Colorado who served as Senate Republican Conference Chairperson from 1947 to 1956.
Biography
Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Millikin graduated from the law sc ...
(R)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
: 1.
Francis T. Maloney (D)
: 3.
John A. Danaher
John Anthony Danaher (January 9, 1899 – September 22, 1990) was a United States senator from Connecticut, and a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ...
(R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
: 1.
James M. Tunnell (D)
: 2.
C. Douglass Buck (R)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
: 1.
Charles O. Andrews (D)
: 3.
Claude Pepper
Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Mi ...
(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 alm ...
(D)
: 3.
Walter F. George (D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
: 2.
John W. Thomas (R)
: 3.
David Worth Clark (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 Rockf ...
: 2.
Charles W. Brooks (R)
: 3.
Scott W. Lucas
Scott Wike Lucas (February 19, 1892 – February 22, 1968) was an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1935–1939) and the U.S. Senate (1939–1 ...
(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 s ...
: 1.
Raymond E. Willis (R)
: 3.
Frederick Van Nuys (D), until January 25, 1944
::
Samuel D. Jackson (D), January 28, 1944 – November 13, 1944
::
William E. Jenner (R), from November 14, 1944
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
: 2.
George A. Wilson
George Allison Wilson (April 1, 1884 – September 8, 1953) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a United States Senate, United States Senator and List of Governors of Iowa, 28th Governor of Iowa.
Personal background
Born on a farm near ...
(R)
: 3.
Guy Gillette
Guy Mark Gillette (February 3, 1879March 3, 1973) was an American politician serving as a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again. ...
(D)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
: 2.
Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...
(R)
: 3.
Clyde M. Reed (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.
Happy Chandler (D)
: 3.
Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...
(D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
: 2.
Allen J. Ellender (D)
: 3.
John H. Overton (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 ...
: 1.
Owen Brewster
Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22, 1888 – December 25, 1961) was an Politics of the United States, American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, served as the List of governors of Maine, 54th Governor ...
(R)
: 2.
Wallace H. White Jr.
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
: 1.
George L. P. Radcliffe (D)
: 3.
Millard Tydings
Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890February 9, 1961) was an American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland, serving in the House from 19 ...
(D)
Massachusetts
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: 1.
David I. Walsh (D)
: 2.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R), until February 3, 1944
::
Sinclair Weeks
Charles Sinclair Weeks (June 15, 1893February 7, 1972), better known as Sinclair Weeks, served as United States Senator from Massachusetts (1944) and as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1953 until 1958, during President Eisenhower's adm ...
(R), February 8, 1944 – December 19, 1944
::
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 senator ...
(R), from December 19, 1944
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
: 1.
Arthur Vandenberg
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Natio ...
(R)
: 2.
Homer S. Ferguson (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
: 1.
Henrik Shipstead
Henrik Shipstead (January 8, 1881June 26, 1960) was an American politician. He served in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1947, from the state of Minnesota. He served first as a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party from 1923 to 1941 an ...
(R)
: 2.
Joseph H. Ball (R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
Theodore G. Bilbo (D)
: 2.
James Eastland (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.
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...
(D)
: 3.
Bennett Champ Clark
Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890 – July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit. He was ...
(D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
: 1.
Burton K. Wheeler
Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882January 6, 1975) was an attorney and an American politician of the Democratic Party in Montana, which he represented as a United States senator from 1923 until 1947.
Born in Massachusetts, Wheeler began ...
(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 f ...
(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.
Hugh A. Butler
Hugh Alfred Butler (February 28, 1878July 1, 1954) was an American United States Republican Party, Republican politician from Nebraska
Life and career
Hugh Butler was born on a farm near Missouri Valley, Iowa on February 28, 1878. He graduated ...
(R)
: 2.
Kenneth S. Wherry (R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
: 1.
James G. Scrugham (D)
: 3.
Pat McCarran
Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was an American farmer, attorney, judge, and Democratic politician who represented Nevada in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1954. McCarran was born in Reno, Nevada, atte ...
(D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
: 2.
Styles Bridges (R)
: 3.
Charles W. Tobey (R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
: 1.
William Warren Barbour (R), until November 22, 1943
::
Arthur Walsh (D), November 26, 1943 – December 7, 1944
::
Howard Alexander Smith
Howard Alexander Smith (January 30, 1880October 27, 1966) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1944 to 1959. He was the uncle of Peter H. Dominick, wh ...
(R), from December 7, 1944
: 2.
Albert W. Hawkes (R)
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
: 1.
Dennis Chávez (D)
: 2.
Carl Hatch
Carl Atwood Hatch (November 27, 1889 – September 15, 1963) was a United States senator from New Mexico and later was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Education and career
Hatch w ...
(D)
New York
: 1.
James M. Mead (D)
: 3.
Robert F. Wagner (D)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...
: 2.
Josiah Bailey
Josiah William Bailey (September 14, 1873 – December 15, 1946) was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1931 to 1946.
Early life and education
Born in Warrenton, North Carolina, he grew ...
(D)
: 3.
Robert Rice Reynolds
Robert Rice Reynolds (June 18, 1884 – February 13, 1963) was an American politician who served as a Democratic US senator from North Carolina from 1932 to 1945. Almost from the outset of his Senate career, "Our Bob," as he was known among ...
(D)
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...
: 1.
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)
: 3.
Gerald Nye (R)
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
: 1.
Harold Hitz Burton
Harold Hitz Burton (June 22, 1888 – October 28, 1964) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Sta ...
(R)
: 3.
Robert A. Taft
Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was an American politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family. Taft represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate Majority Leade ...
(R)
Oklahoma
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Edward H. Moore (R)
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Elmer Thomas
John William Elmer Thomas (September 8, 1876 – September 19, 1965) was a native of Indiana who moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1901, where he practiced law in Lawton. After statehood, he was elected to the first state senate, representing the L ...
(D)
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
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Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
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Guy Cordon
Guy F. Cordon (April 24, 1890June 8, 1969) was an American author, politician and lawyer from the state of Oregon. A native of Texas, he served in the Army during World War I and later was the district attorney of Douglas County in Southern Orego ...
(R), from March 4, 1944
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Rufus C. Holman (R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
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Joseph F. Guffey (D)
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James J. Davis (R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
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Peter G. Gerry (D)
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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 ari ...
(D)
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
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Burnet R. Maybank (D)
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Ellison D. Smith (D), until November 17, 1944
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Wilton E. Hall (D), from November 20, 1944
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...
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Harlan J. Bushfield (R)
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John Chandler Gurney
John Chandler "Chan" Gurney (May 21, 1896March 9, 1985) was an American businessman and politician from South Dakota. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Senator from 1939 to 1951.
Early life
Gurney was born in Yankton, ...
(R)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
: 1.
Kenneth McKellar (D)
: 2.
Tom Stewart (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.
Tom Connally (D)
: 2.
W. Lee O'Daniel
Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel (March 11, 1890May 11, 1969) was an American Democratic Party politician from Texas, who came to prominence by hosting a popular radio program. Known for his populist appeal and support of Texas's business commun ...
(D)
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
: 1.
Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (D)
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Elbert D. Thomas
Elbert Duncan Thomas (June 17, 1883February 11, 1953) was a Democratic Party politician from Utah. He represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1951. He served as the Chair of the Senate Education Committee.
Biography
Thomas ...
(D)
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
: 1.
Warren Austin (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 ar ...
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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.
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treas ...
(D)
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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Monrad Wallgren
Monrad Charles Wallgren (April 17, 1891September 18, 1961) was an American politician who served as the 13th governor of Washington from 1945 to 1949, as well as representing that state in the United States House of Representatives and the United ...
(D)
: 3.
Homer Bone
Homer Truett Bone (January 25, 1883 – March 11, 1970) was an American attorney and politician in Washington state, where he settled in Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma as a youth with his family from Indiana. He ran as a candidate for a variety of par ...
(D), until November 13, 1944
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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), from December 14, 1944
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...
: 1.
Harley M. Kilgore (D)
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Chapman Revercomb
William Chapman Revercomb (July 20, 1895 – October 6, 1979) was an American politician and lawyer. A Republican, he served two separate terms in the United States Senate representing the state of West Virginia.
Life and career
Revercomb wa ...
(R)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
: 1.
Robert M. La Follette Jr. (P)
: 3.
Alexander Wiley (R)
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the s ...
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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 fro ...
(D)
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Edward V. Robertson
Edward Vivian Robertson (May 27, 1881April 15, 1963) was a Welsh-born American politician who served as a member of the United States Senate for Wyoming from 1943 to 1949.
Early life
Born in Cardiff, Wales, he served in the Third Battalion of ...
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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
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Frank W. Boykin (D)
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George M. Grant
George McInvale Grant (July 11, 1897 – November 4, 1982) was an American politician and Democratic Representative from Alabama.
Early life
George McInvale Grant was born in Louisville, Alabama on July 11, 1897. He attended public schools ...
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Henry B. Steagall
Henry Bascom Steagall (May 19, 1873 – November 22, 1943) was a United States representative from Alabama. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency and in 1933, he co-sponsored the Glass–Steagall Act with Carter Glass, an ac ...
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George W. Andrews
George William Andrews (December 12, 1906 – December 25, 1971) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama, and the husband of Elizabeth B. Andrews.
Andrews is known for objecting ...
(D), from March 14, 1944
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Sam Hobbs (D)
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Joe Starnes
Joe Starnes (March 31, 1895 – January 9, 1962) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Early life
Joe Starnes was born on March 31, 1895, in Guntersville, Alabama, and attended the public schools.
Career
He taught school in Marshall Cou ...
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Pete Jarman (D)
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Carter Manasco
Carter Manasco (January 3, 1902 – February 5, 1992) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Townley, Alabama, Manasco attended the public schools and Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama Sch ...
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John Sparkman
John Jackson Sparkman (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was an American jurist and politician from the state of Alabama. A Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1946 and the United St ...
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John P. Newsome (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 R. Murdock (D)
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Richard F. Harless
Richard Fielding Harless (August 6, 1905 – November 24, 1970) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arizona.
Life and career
Born in Kelsey, Texas, Harless moved to Thatcher, Arizona, in 1917 and attended the ...
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
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Ezekiel C. Gathings
Ezekiel Candler "Took" Gathings (November 10, 1903 – May 2, 1979) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, representing Arkansas' First Congressional District from 1939 to 1969. A segregationist conservative, Gathings was an ally of Strom T ...
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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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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 ...
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William Fadjo Cravens (D)
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Brooks Hays (D)
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William F. Norrell (D)
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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 ...
(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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Clarence F. Lea
Clarence Frederick Lea (July 11, 1874 – June 20, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician who served 16 terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1917 to 1949.
Biography
Lea was born near Highland Springs, California, in southwe ...
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Harry Lane Englebright
Harry Lane Englebright (January 2, 1884 – May 13, 1943) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a Congressman from California's 2nd congressional district from 1926 to 1943, and as the House Minority Whip between 1933 and 1943.
Englebright ...
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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), from August 31, 1943
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J. Leroy Johnson (R)
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Thomas Rolph
Thomas Rolph (January 17, 1885 – May 10, 1956) was a United States representative from California. He was born in San Francisco, California. His older brother was James Rolph, Jr., who would be elected as Mayor of San Francisco in 1911 and ...
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Richard J. Welch
Richard Joseph Welch (February 13, 1869 – September 10, 1949) was an American county clerk and politician. He sat in the United States House of Representatives for 12 terms from 1926 to 1949, serving a district in San Francisco, California. B ...
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Albert E. Carter (R)
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John H. Tolan
John Harvey Tolan (; January 15, 1877 – June 30, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1935 to 1947.
Biography
Born in St. Peter, Minnesota, Tolan attended the public ...
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Jack Z. Anderson (R)
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Bertrand W. Gearhart
Bertrand Wesley "Bud" Gearhart (May 31, 1890 – October 11, 1955) was an American lawyer and Politics of the United States, politician. Gearhart, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, served as the United States House of Representatives ...
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Alfred J. Elliott (D)
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George E. Outland (D)
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Jerry Voorhis (D)
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Norris Poulson
Charles Norris Poulson (July 23, 1895 – September 25, 1982) was an American politician who represented Southern California in public office at the local, state, and federal levels. He served as the 36th Mayor of Los Angeles, California ...
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Thomas F. Ford (D)
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John M. Costello
John Martin Costello (January 15, 1903 – August 28, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1935 to 1945.
Early life and career
Born in Los Angeles, California, the son ...
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Will Rogers Jr. (D), until May 23, 1944
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Cecil R. King
Cecil Rhodes King (January 13, 1898 – March 17, 1974) was an American businessman and politician. King, a Democrat, served as the first member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 17th congressional district fo ...
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William Ward Johnson
William Ward Johnson (March 9, 1892 – June 8, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1941 to 1945.
Biography
Born in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, Johnson atte ...
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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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John Carl Hinshaw
John Carl Hinshaw (July 28, 1894 – August 5, 1956) was a United States representative from California from 1939 to 1956.
Biography
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, son of William Wade and Anna Williams Hinshaw. He attended the public school ...
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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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John R. Phillips (R)
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Edouard Izac
Edouard Victor Michel Izac (December 18, 1891 – January 18, 1990) was a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War I, a Representative from California and a Medal of Honor recipient.
Born in Cresco, Iowa, Izac grew up in a rural se ...
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
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Lawrence Lewis (D), until December 9, 1943
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Dean M. Gillespie (R), from March 7, 1944
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William S. Hill
William Silas Hill (January 20, 1886 – August 28, 1972) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado for nine terms. His career was largely focused on agriculture. He studied at the Colorado State College of Agriculture, was a farmer, Secretary ...
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John Chenoweth (R)
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Robert F. Rockwell
Robert Fay Rockwell (February 11, 1886 – September 29, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado. He served in the Colorado Senate and House of Representatives. He was also Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. He was a cattle rancher in ...
(R)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
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B. J. Monkiewicz (R)
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William J. Miller (R)
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John D. McWilliams (R)
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Ranulf Compton
Ranulf Compton (September 16, 1878, Poe, Indiana – January 26, 1974) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He also served as commander of the 327th (345th) Tank Battalion in George S. Patton's 304th (1st Provisional) Tank Brig ...
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Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Luce ( Ann Clare Boothe; March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an American writer, politician, U.S. ambassador, and public conservative figure. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play '' The Women'', which ha ...
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Joseph E. Talbot (R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
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Earle D. Willey (R)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
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Robert A. Green (D), until November 25, 1944
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J. Hardin Peterson (D)
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Emory H. Price
Emory Hilliard Price (December 3, 1899 – February 11, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.
Biography
Born in Bostwick, Florida, Price attended the public schools of Duval County, Florida. He graduated from Jacksonville (Florida) Law ...
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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 19 ...
(D), until October 19, 1944
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Pat Cannon
Arthur Patrick Cannon (May 22, 1904 – January 23, 1966) was a four-term United States Representative from Florida, serving from 1939 to 1947.
Early life and education
Cannon was born in Powder Springs, Georgia and later moved to Laurens C ...
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Joe Hendricks (D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
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Hugh Peterson
Hugh Peterson (August 21, 1898 – October 3, 1961) was a U.S. political figure and lawyer from the state of Georgia.
Life
Peterson was born near Ailey, Georgia in 1898 and attended the Brewton–Parker Institute in Mount Vernon, Georgia ...
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Edward E. Cox (D)
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Stephen Pace (D)
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Albert Sidney Camp
Albert Sidney Camp (July 26, 1892 – July 24, 1954) was an American politician, educator and lawyer.
Biography
Camp was born in Moreland, Georgia. The Camp family was a colonial family with ancestors arriving in the American colonies during t ...
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Robert Ramspeck (D)
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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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Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
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John S. Gibson (D)
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B. Frank Whelchel (D)
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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 ...
(D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
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Compton I. White (D)
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Henry Dworshak
Henry Clarence Dworshak Jr. (August 29, 1894July 23, 1962) was a United States Senator and Congressman from Idaho. Originally from Minnesota, he was a Republican from Burley, and served over 22 years in the House and Senate.
Early years
Born in ...
(R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
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Stephen A. Day (R)
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William L. Dawson (D)
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William A. Rowan (D)
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Fred E. Busbey (R)
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Martin Gorski (D)
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Adolph J. Sabath (D)
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Thomas J. O'Brien (D)
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Leonard W. Schuetz (D), until February 13, 1944
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Thomas S. Gordon
Thomas Sylvy Gordon (December 17, 1893 – January 22, 1959) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Gordon attended the parochial schools and was graduated from St. Stanis ...
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Charles S. Dewey
Charles Schuveldt Dewey (November 10, 1880 – December 27, 1980) was a banker and politician from Illinois. The cousin of George Dewey, Charles S. Dewey entered the real estate business in Chicago, Illinois in 1905. He served in the United S ...
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Ralph E. Church
Ralph Edwin Church (May 5, 1883 – March 21, 1950) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1917 to 1932 and then represented the northern suburbs of Chicago in the United Sta ...
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Chauncey W. Reed (R)
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Noah M. Mason (R)
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Leo E. Allen (R)
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Anton J. Johnson
Anton Joseph Johnson (October 20, 1878 – April 16, 1958) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Peoria, Illinois to Sweden, Swedish immigrant parents,
Johnson attended the public schools and ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Leslie C. Arends (R)
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Jessie Sumner (R)
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William H. Wheat
William Howard Wheat (February 19, 1879 – January 16, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Kahoka, Missouri, Wheat attended the public schools of Brookfield and Chillicothe, Missouri, and Chaddock College and Gem City Busin ...
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Rolla C. McMillen (R), from June 13, 1944
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Sid Simpson (R)
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George Evan Howell
George Evan Howell (September 21, 1905 – January 18, 1980) was a United States representative from Illinois and Judge of the United States Court of Claims.
Education and career
Born in Marion, Illinois, Howell attended the public schools ...
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Calvin D. Johnson (R)
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Charles W. Vursell (R)
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James V. Heidinger (R)
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C. W. Bishop
Cecil William "C. W." Bishop (June 29, 1890 – September 21, 1971) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.
Biography
Bishop was born on a farm near West Vienna, Illinois. After attending the public schools and ...
(R)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
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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 atte ...
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Charles A. Halleck (R)
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Robert A. Grant (R)
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George W. Gillie (R)
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Forest Harness (R)
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Noble J. Johnson (R)
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Gerald W. Landis
Gerald Wayne Landis (February 23, 1895 – September 6, 1971) was an American educator and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1939 to 1949.
Biography
Born in Bloomfield, Indiana, Landis attended the pub ...
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Charles M. La Follette
Charles Marion La Follette (February 27, 1898 – June 27, 1974) was an American lawyer and politician.
His great-grandfather was William Heilman, who was in the United States House of Representatives from Indiana.
He served as a Republi ...
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Earl Wilson (R)
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Raymond S. Springer (R)
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Louis Ludlow
Louis Leon Ludlow (June 24, 1873 – November 28, 1950) was a Democratic Indiana congressman; he proposed a constitutional amendment early in 1938 requiring a national referendum on any U.S. declaration of war except in cases of direct atta ...
(D)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
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Thomas E. Martin
Thomas Ellsworth Martin (January 18, 1893June 27, 1971) was a United States representative and Senator from Iowa. Martin, a Republican, served in Congress for 22 consecutive years, from January 1939 to January 1961.
Born in Melrose, Iowa, he ...
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Henry O. Talle
Henry Oscar Talle (January 12, 1892 – March 14, 1969) was an economics professor and a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa. He served in the United States Congress for twenty years from 1939 until 1959.
Background
Born on ...
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John W. Gwynne
John Williams Gwynne (October 20, 1889 – July 5, 1972) was a seven-term Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district, and a Federal Trade Commission member and chairman during ...
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Karl M. LeCompte (R)
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Paul Cunningham (R)
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Fred C. Gilchrist
Fred Cramer Gilchrist (June 2, 1868 – March 10, 1950) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa, from 1931 to 1945.
Born in California, Pennsylvania, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Gilchrist moved with his parents to ...
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Ben F. Jensen (R)
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Charles B. Hoeven
Charles Bernard Hoeven (March 30, 1895 – November 9, 1980) was an American politician. Elected to represent districts in northern Iowa for eleven terms, from the Seventy-eighth to Eighty-eighth Congresses, in all he held elective office f ...
(R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
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William P. Lambertson (R)
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Ulysses Samuel Guyer
Ulysses Samuel Guyer (December 13, 1868 – June 5, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born near Paw Paw, Illinois, Guyer attended the public schools, Lane University at Lecompton, Kansas, and the University of Kansas School of Law ...
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Errett P. Scrivner (R), from September 14, 1943
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Thomas Daniel Winter (R)
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Edward Herbert Rees
Edward Herbert Rees (June 3, 1886 – October 25, 1969) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born on a farm near Emporia, Kansas, his father and maternal grandparents were all born in Wales. Rees attended the public schools and the Kansas S ...
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Clifford R. Hope (R)
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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 ...
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Noble Jones Gregory (D)
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Beverly M. Vincent (D)
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Emmet O'Neal
Emmet O'Neal (September 23, 1853 – September 7, 1922) was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who was the 34th Governor of Alabama from 1911 to 1915. He was a reformer in the progressive mold, and is best known for securing the ...
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Edward W. Creal (D), until October 13, 1943
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Brent Spence
Brent Spence (December 24, 1874 – September 18, 1967), a native of Newport, Kentucky, was a long time Democratic Congressman, attorney, and banker from Northern Kentucky.
Spence was born in Newport, Kentucky to Philip and Virginia (Berry) ...
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Virgil Chapman (D)
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Andrew J. May
Andrew Jackson May (June 24, 1875 – September 6, 1959) was a Kentucky attorney, an influential New Deal-era politician, and chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, infamous for his rash disclosure of classified nav ...
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Joe B. Bates
Joseph Bengal Bates (October 29, 1893 – September 10, 1965) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Republican, Kentucky, Bates attended the public schools and the Mountain Training School at Hi ...
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John M. Robsion (R)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
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F. Edward Hébert (D)
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Paul H. Maloney
Paul Herbert Maloney (February 14, 1876 – March 26, 1967) was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1914 to 1916. Later, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served ...
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James R. Domengeaux
James R. Domengeaux, known as Jimmy Domengeaux (January 6, 1907 – April 11, 1988), was a lawyer from Lafayette, Louisiana, who served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 1941 to 1949 ...
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James R. Domengeaux
James R. Domengeaux, known as Jimmy Domengeaux (January 6, 1907 – April 11, 1988), was a lawyer from Lafayette, Louisiana, who served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 1941 to 1949 ...
(D), from November 7, 1944
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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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Charles E. McKenzie (D)
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James H. Morrison (D)
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Henry D. Larcade Jr.
Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. (July 12, 1890 – March 15, 1966) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, Larcade attended the public and parochial schools, Opelousas High School, Academy Immacul ...
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A. Leonard Allen
Asa Leonard Allen (January 5, 1891 – January 5, 1969) was an educator, attorney, and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana. He served eight terms as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat from ...
(D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
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Robert Hale (R)
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Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...
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Frank Fellows (R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
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David Jenkins Ward (D)
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Harry Streett Baldwin (D)
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Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.
Thomas Ludwig John D'Alesandro Jr. (August 1, 1903 – August 23, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 39th mayor of Baltimore from 1947 to 1959. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented in the United States H ...
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Daniel Ellison
Daniel Ellison (February 14, 1886 – August 20, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.
Born in Russian Empire, Ellison was brought to the United States by his parents as an infant. He attended the public schools of Baltimore, Maryland, ...
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Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer (September 30, 1893 – November 5, 1964) represented the fifth district of the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives for seven terms from 1939 to 1953.
Sasscer was born in Upper Marlboro, ...
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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.
Earl ...
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...
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Allen T. Treadway (R)
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Charles R. Clason (R)
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Philip J. Philbin
Philip Joseph Philbin (May 29, 1898 – June 14, 1972) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States Congress, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, where he attended the public and high ...
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Pehr G. Holmes (R)
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Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Rogers (née Nourse; March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare Volunteering, volunteer and politician who served in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts ...
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George J. Bates (R)
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Thomas J. Lane (D)
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Angier Goodwin
Angier Louis Goodwin (January 30, 1881 – June 20, 1975) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.
He graduated from Colby College in 1902, and attended Harvard Law School three years later. He was admitted to the Maine bar that s ...
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Charles L. Gifford (R)
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Christian Herter
Christian Archibald Herter (March 28, 1895December 30, 1966) was an American diplomat and Republican politician who was the 59th Governor of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1957 and United States Secretary of State from 1959 to 1961. His moderate ...
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James Michael Curley
James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874 – November 12, 1958) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston. He also served a single term as governor of Massachusetts, characterized ...
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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 th ...
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Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
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Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
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George G. Sadowski (D)
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Earl C. Michener
Earl Cory Michener (November 30, 1876 – July 4, 1957) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Michener had German American, German ancestry. He was born near Attica, Ohio, Attica in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to A ...
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Paul W. Shafer
Paul Werntz Shafer (April 27, 1893 – August 17, 1954) was a politician and judge from Michigan. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1937 until his death.
Biography
Shafer was born in Elkhart, Indiana on Apr ...
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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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Bartel J. Jonkman
Bartel John Jonkman (April 28, 1884 – June 13, 1955) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Jonkman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he attended the public schools. He was of Dutch (ethnic group), Dutch descent. He graduated ...
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William W. Blackney (R)
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Jesse P. Wolcott
Jesse Paine Wolcott (March 3, 1893 – January 28, 1969) was a politician and soldier from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Wolcott was born to William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy (Paine) Wolcott in Gardner, Massachusetts and attended the comm ...
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Fred L. Crawford (R)
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Albert J. Engel (R)
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Roy O. Woodruff (R)
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Fred Bradley (R)
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John B. Bennett (R)
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George D. O'Brien (D)
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Louis C. Rabaut (D)
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John Dingell Sr. (D)
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John Lesinski Sr. (D)
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George Anthony Dondero (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
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August H. Andresen (R)
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Joseph P. O'Hara (R)
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Richard Pillsbury Gale (R)
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Melvin Maas (R)
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Walter Judd (R)
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Harold Knutson
Harold Knutson (October 20, 1880 – August 21, 1953) was an American politician and journalist, who represented Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1949 as a member of the Republican Party. From 1919 to 192 ...
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Herman Carl Andersen (R)
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William Alvin Pittenger
William Alvin Pittenger (December 29, 1885 – November 26, 1951) was a United States Representative from Minnesota's 8th congressional district. He was born on a farm near Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana and attended rural sch ...
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Harold Hagen (FL), changed to (R) on April 15, 1944
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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John E. Rankin
John Elliott Rankin (March 29, 1882 – November 26, 1960) was a Democratic politician from Mississippi who served sixteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1921 to 1953. He was co-author of the bill for the Tennessee Valley A ...
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Jamie Whitten (D)
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William Madison Whittington (D)
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Thomas Abernethy (D)
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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)
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Dan R. McGehee (D)
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
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Samuel W. Arnold (R)
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Max Schwabe
Max Schwabe (December 6, 1905 – July 31, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the brother of George Blaine Schwabe.
Schwabe was born in Columbia, Missouri and attended the University of Missouri. Prior to his career in politi ...
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William Clay Cole (R)
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C. Jasper Bell (D)
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Roger C. Slaughter (D)
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Marion T. Bennett
Marion Tinsley Bennett (June 6, 1914 – September 6, 2000) served as a member of the United States Congress, as a judge of the United States Court of Claims and as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Feder ...
(R), from January 12, 1943
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Dewey Jackson Short
Dewey Jackson Short (April 7, 1898 – November 19, 1979) was an American politician from Missouri. He was US Representative for 12 terms (1929-1931, 1935-1957). A member of the Republican Party, he was a staunch opponent of President Franklin ...
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William P. Elmer (R)
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Clarence Cannon (D)
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Orville Zimmerman (D)
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Louis E. Miller (R)
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Walter C. Ploeser (R)
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John J. Cochran (D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
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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 ...
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James F. O'Connor (D)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
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Carl Curtis (R)
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Howard Buffett
Howard Homan Buffett (August 13, 1903 – April 30, 1964) was an American businessman, investor, and politician. He was a four-term Republican United States Representative for the state of Nebraska. He was the father of Warren Buffett, the Ameri ...
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Karl Stefan
Karl Stefan (March 1, 1884 – October 2, 1951) was a Czech-American politician, newspaper editor, publisher, and radio commentator from Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Nebraska's 3rd congressional district in the U ...
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Arthur L. Miller (R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
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Maurice J. Sullivan (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
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Chester Earl Merrow (R)
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Foster Waterman Stearns (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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Charles A. Wolverton (R)
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Elmer H. Wene (D)
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James C. Auchincloss (R)
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D. Lane Powers
David Lane Powers (July 29, 1896 – March 28, 1968) was an American Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1945.
Early life and career
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Powers a ...
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (R)
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Donald H. McLean (R)
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J. Parnell Thomas
John Parnell Thomas (January 16, 1895 – November 19, 1970) was a stockbroker and politician. He was elected to seven terms as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey as a Republican. He was later a convicted criminal who served nine months in fe ...
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Gordon Canfield (R)
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Harry Lancaster Towe (R)
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Fred A. Hartley Jr.
Frederick Allan Hartley Jr. (February 22, 1902 – May 11, 1969) was an American Republican politician from New Jersey. Hartley served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives where he represented the New Jersey's 8th and New Jer ...
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Frank Sundstrom (R)
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Robert Kean (R)
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Mary Teresa Norton
Mary Teresa Norton (née Hopkins; March 7, 1875 – August 2, 1959) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented Jersey City and Bayonne in the United States House of Representatives from 1925 to 1951.
She was the first woman ...
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Edward J. Hart (D)
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
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, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
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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 United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party, he pr ...
(D)
: . Antonio M. Fernández (D)
List of United States representatives from New York, New York
: . Matthew J. Merritt (D)
: . Winifred C. Stanley (R)
: . Leonard W. Hall (R)
: . William Bernard Barry (D)
: . Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)
: . Thomas H. Cullen (D), until March 1, 1944
:: John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D), from June 6, 1944
: . James J. Heffernan (D)
: . Andrew Lawrence Somers (D)
: . John J. Delaney (D)
: . Donald Lawrence O'Toole (D)
: . Eugene James Keogh (D)
: . Emanuel Celler (D)
: . James A. O'Leary (D), until March 16, 1944
:: Ellsworth B. Buck (R), from June 6, 1944
: . Samuel Dickstein (congressman), Samuel Dickstein (D)
: . Louis Capozzoli (D)
: . Arthur George Klein (D)
: . Thomas F. Burchill (D)
: . James H. Fay (D)
: . Joseph C. Baldwin (R)
: . Martin J. Kennedy (D)
: . Sol Bloom (D)
: . Vito Marcantonio (AL)
: . Joseph A. Gavagan (D), until December 30, 1943
:: James H. Torrens (D), from February 29, 1944
: . Walter A. Lynch (D)
: . Charles A. Buckley (D)
: . James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
: . Ralph A. Gamble (R)
: . Hamilton Fish III (R)
: . Jay Le Fevre (R)
: . William T. Byrne (D)
: . Dean P. Taylor (R)
: . Bernard W. Kearney (R)
: . Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
: . Francis D. Culkin (R), until August 4, 1943
:: Hadwen C. Fuller (R), from November 2, 1943
: . Fred J. Douglas (R)
: . Edwin Arthur Hall (R)
: . Clarence E. Hancock (R)
: . John Taber (R)
: . W. Sterling Cole (R)
: . Joseph J. O'Brien (R)
: . James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R)
: . Walter G. Andrews (R)
: . Joseph Mruk (R)
: . John Cornelius Butler (R)
: . Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R)
List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina
: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D)
: . John H. Kerr (D)
: . Graham Arthur Barden (D)
: . Harold D. Cooley (D)
: . John Hamlin Folger (D)
: . Carl T. Durham (D)
: . J. Bayard Clark (D)
: . William O. Burgin (D)
: . Robert L. Doughton (D)
: . Cameron A. Morrison (D)
: . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
: . Zebulon Weaver (D)
List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota
: . William Lemke (R-NPL)
: . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)
List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio
: . George H. Bender (R)
: . Charles H. Elston (R)
: . William E. Hess (R)
: . Harry P. Jeffrey (R)
: . Robert Franklin Jones (R)
: . Cliff Clevenger (R)
: . Edward Oscar McCowen (R)
: . Clarence J. Brown (R)
: . Frederick Cleveland Smith (R)
: . Homer A. Ramey (R)
: . Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
: . Walter E. Brehm (R)
: . John Martin Vorys (R)
: . Alvin F. Weichel (R)
: . Edmund Rowe (R)
: . Percy W. Griffiths (R)
: . Henderson H. Carson (R)
: . J. Harry McGregor (R)
: . Earl Ramage Lewis (R)
: . Michael J. Kirwan (D)
: . Michael A. Feighan (D)
: . Robert Crosser (D)
: . Frances P. Bolton (R)
List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma
: . Wesley E. Disney (D)
: . John Conover Nichols (D), until July 3, 1943
:: William G. Stigler (D), from March 28, 1944
: . Paul Stewart (politician), Paul Stewart (D)
: . Lyle Boren (D)
: . Mike Monroney (D)
: . Jed Johnson (Oklahoma politician), Jed Johnson (D)
: . Victor Wickersham (D)
: . Ross Rizley (R)
List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon
: . James W. Mott (R)
: . Lowell Stockman (R)
: . Homer D. Angell (R)
: . Harris Ellsworth (R)
List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
: . William I. Troutman (R), until January 2, 1945
: . James A. Gallagher (R)
: . James P. McGranery (D), until November 17, 1943
:: Joseph Marmaduke Pratt (R), from January 18, 1944
: . Michael J. Bradley (politician), Michael J. Bradley (D)
: . John E. Sheridan (politician), John E. Sheridan (D)
: . C. Frederick Pracht (R)
: . Francis J. Myers (D)
: . Hugh Scott (R)
: . James Wolfenden (R)
: . Charles L. Gerlach (R)
: . J. Roland Kinzer (R)
: . John W. Murphy (Pennsylvania politician), John W. Murphy (D)
: . Thomas B. Miller (R)
: . Ivor D. Fenton (R)
: . Daniel K. Hoch (D)
: . Wilson D. Gillette (R)
: . Thomas E. Scanlon (D)
: . J. William Ditter (R), until November 21, 1943
: . Richard M. Simpson (R)
: . John C. Kunkel (R)
: . Leon H. Gavin (R)
: . Francis E. Walter (D)
: . Chester H. Gross (R)
: . James E. Van Zandt (R), until September 24, 1943
:: D. Emmert Brumbaugh (R), from November 2, 1943
: . J. Buell Snyder (D)
: . Grant Furlong (D)
: . Louis E. Graham (R)
: . Harve Tibbott (R)
: . Augustine B. Kelley (D)
: . Robert L. Rodgers (R)
: . Samuel A. Weiss (D)
: . Herman P. Eberharter (D)
: . James A. Wright (Pennsylvania politician), James A. Wright (D)
List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
: . Aime Forand (D)
: . John E. Fogarty (D), until December 7, 1944
List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina
: . L. Mendel Rivers (D)
: . Hampton P. Fulmer (D), until October 19, 1944
:: Willa L. Fulmer (D), from November 7, 1944
: . Butler B. Hare (D)
: . Joseph R. Bryson (D)
: . James P. Richards (D)
: . John L. McMillan (D)
List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota
: . Karl E. Mundt (R)
: . Francis H. Case (R)
List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee
: . B. Carroll Reece (R)
: . John Jennings (American politician), John Jennings (R)
: . Estes Kefauver (D)
: . Albert Gore Sr. (D), until December 4, 1944
: . Jim Nance McCord (D)
: . Percy Priest (D)
: . W. Wirt Courtney (D)
: . Tom J. Murray (D)
: . Jere Cooper (D)
: . Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D)
List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas
: . Wright Patman (D)
: . Martin Dies Jr. (D)
: . Lindley Beckworth (D)
: .
Sam Rayburn (D)
: . Hatton W. Sumners (D)
: . Luther Alexander Johnson (D)
: . Nat Patton (D)
: . Albert Thomas (American politician), Albert Thomas (D)
: . Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
: . Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
: . William R. Poage (D)
: . Fritz G. Lanham (D)
: . Ed Gossett (D)
: . Richard M. Kleberg (D)
: . Milton H. West (D)
: . R. Ewing Thomason (D)
: . Sam M. Russell (D)
: . Eugene Worley (D)
: . George H. Mahon (D)
: . Paul J. Kilday (D)
: . O. C. Fisher (D)
List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah
: . Walter K. Granger (D)
: . J. W. Robinson (D)
List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont
: . Charles Albert Plumley (R)
List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia
: . S. Otis Bland (D)
: . Winder R. Harris (D), until September 15, 1944
:: Ralph Hunter Daughton (D), from November 7, 1944
: . Dave E. Satterfield Jr. (D)
: .
Patrick H. Drewry (D)
: . Thomas G. Burch (D)
: . Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
: . Absalom Willis Robertson (D)
: . Howard W. Smith (D)
: . John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)
List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington
: .
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), until December 14, 1944
: . Henry M. Jackson (D)
: . Fred B. Norman (R)
: . Hal Holmes (R)
: . Walt Horan (R)
: . John M. Coffee (D)
List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia
: . A. C. Schiffler (R)
: . Jennings Randolph (D)
: . Edward G. Rohrbough (R)
: . Hubert S. Ellis (R)
: . John Kee (D)
: . Joe L. Smith (D)
List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Lawrence H. Smith (R)
: . Harry Sauthoff (P)
: . William H. Stevenson (R)
: . Thaddeus Wasielewski (D)
: . Howard J. McMurray (D)
: . Frank Bateman Keefe (R)
: . Reid F. Murray (R)
: . LaVern Dilweg (D)
: . Merlin Hull (P)
: . Alvin O'Konski (R)
List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming
: . Frank A. Barrett (R)
Non-voting members
: . Anthony Dimond (D)
: . Joseph Rider Farrington (R)
: . Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (I), until August 9, 1944
:: Carlos P. Romulo (Liberal Party (Philippines), Lib.), from August 10, 1944
: . Bolívar Pagán (Socialist Party (Puerto Rico), Socialist)
Changes in membership
Senate
, -
,
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
William Warren Barbour (R)
, Died November 22, 1943.
Successor was appointed until an election.
, nowrap ,
Arthur Walsh (D)
, November 26, 1943
, -
,
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Frederick Van Nuys (D)
, Died January 25, 1944.
Successor was appointed until an election.
, nowrap ,
Samuel D. Jackson (D)
, January 28, 1944
, -
,
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)
, Resigned February 3, 1944, to go on active duty in the US Army.
Success was appointed until a special election.
, nowrap ,
Sinclair Weeks
Charles Sinclair Weeks (June 15, 1893February 7, 1972), better known as Sinclair Weeks, served as United States Senator from Massachusetts (1944) and as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1953 until 1958, during President Eisenhower's adm ...
(R)
, February 8, 1944
, -
,
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
(R)
, Died February 25, 1944.
Successor was appointed and subsequently won special election
, nowrap ,
Guy Cordon
Guy F. Cordon (April 24, 1890June 8, 1969) was an American author, politician and lawyer from the state of Oregon. A native of Texas, he served in the Army during World War I and later was the district attorney of Douglas County in Southern Orego ...
(R)
, March 4, 1944
, -
,
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 ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Homer Bone
Homer Truett Bone (January 25, 1883 – March 11, 1970) was an American attorney and politician in Washington state, where he settled in Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma as a youth with his family from Indiana. He ran as a candidate for a variety of par ...
(D)
, Resigned November 13, 1944, to become Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Successor was appointed to finish the term, having just been elected to the next term.
, nowrap ,
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)
, December 14, 1944
, -
,
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Samuel D. Jackson (D)
, Appointee was not a candidate to finish the term.
Successor was elected.
, nowrap ,
William E. Jenner (R)
, November 7, 1944
, -
,
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 = ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Ellison D. Smith (D)
, Died November 17, 1944.
, nowrap ,
Wilton E. Hall (D)
, November 20, 1944
, -
,
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
Arthur Walsh (D)
, Appointee was not a candidate to finish the term.
Successor was elected.
, nowrap ,
Howard Alexander Smith
Howard Alexander Smith (January 30, 1880October 27, 1966) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1944 to 1959. He was the uncle of Peter H. Dominick, wh ...
(R)
, December 7, 1944
, -
,
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Sinclair Weeks
Charles Sinclair Weeks (June 15, 1893February 7, 1972), better known as Sinclair Weeks, served as United States Senator from Massachusetts (1944) and as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1953 until 1958, during President Eisenhower's adm ...
(R)
, Appointee was not a candidate to finish the term.
Successor was elected.
Successor chose not to take the seat until the next Congress, but was nevertheless duly elected and qualified.
,
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 senator ...
(R)
, January 4, 1945
House of Representatives
, -
,
, Vacant
, style="font-size:80%" , Rep. Philip Allen Bennett, Philip A. Bennett died in previous Congress
, ,
Marion T. Bennett
Marion Tinsley Bennett (June 6, 1914 – September 6, 2000) served as a member of the United States Congress, as a judge of the United States Court of Claims and as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Feder ...
(R)
, January 12, 1943
, -
,
, , Harry L. Englebright (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died May 13, 1943
, ,
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)
, August 31, 1943
, -
,
, , U. S. Guyer, Ulysses S. Guyer (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died June 5, 1943
, ,
Errett P. Scrivner (R)
, September 14, 1943
, -
,
, , John Conover Nichols, John C. Nichols (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 3, 1943, to become vice-president of Transcontinental and Western Air.
, , William G. Stigler (D)
, March 28, 1944
, -
,
, , Francis D. Culkin (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died August 4, 1943
, , Hadwen C. Fuller (R)
, November 2, 1943
, -
,
, , James E. Van Zandt (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 24, 1943, after being called to active duty in the US Armed Forces.
, , D. Emmert Brumbaugh (R)
, November 2, 1943
, -
,
, ,
Edward W. Creal (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died October 13, 1943
, ,
Chester O. Carrier (R)
, November 30, 1943
, -
,
, , James P. McGranery (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 17, 1943, after being appointed an Assistant Attorney General
, , Joseph Marmaduke Pratt (R)
, January 18, 1944
, -
,
, , J. William Ditter (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died November 21, 1943
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, ,
Henry B. Steagall
Henry Bascom Steagall (May 19, 1873 – November 22, 1943) was a United States representative from Alabama. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency and in 1933, he co-sponsored the Glass–Steagall Act with Carter Glass, an ac ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died November 22, 1943
, ,
George W. Andrews
George William Andrews (December 12, 1906 – December 25, 1971) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama, and the husband of Elizabeth B. Andrews.
Andrews is known for objecting ...
(D)
, March 14, 1944
, -
,
, ,
Lawrence Lewis (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died December 9, 1943
, ,
Dean M. Gillespie (R)
, March 7, 1944
, -
,
, , Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1943, after being elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court
, , James H. Torrens (D)
, February 29, 1944
, -
,
, ,
William H. Wheat
William Howard Wheat (February 19, 1879 – January 16, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Kahoka, Missouri, Wheat attended the public schools of Brookfield and Chillicothe, Missouri, and Chaddock College and Gem City Busin ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died January 16, 1944
, ,
Rolla C. McMillen (R)
, June 13, 1944
, -
,
, ,
Leonard W. Schuetz (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died February 13, 1944
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Thomas H. Cullen (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died March 1, 1944
, , John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D)
, June 6, 1944
, -
,
, , James A. O'Leary (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died March 16, 1944
, , Ellsworth B. Buck (R)
, June 6, 1944
, -
,
, , James Domengeaux (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned April 15, 1944, to join US Armed Forces
, , James Domengeaux (D)
, Re-elected to fill his own vacancy November 7, 1944
, -
,
, ,
Harold Hagen (FL)
, style="font-size:80%" , Changed parties April 15, 1944, after Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, Minnesota Farmer–Labor and Minnesota Democratic Party, Democratic parties merged to become the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL)
, , Harold Hagen (R)
, April 15, 1944
, -
,
, ,
Will Rogers Jr. (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 23, 1944, to enter the US Army
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, Joaquín Miguel Elizalde
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned August 9, 1944, to become a member of the war cabinet of President Manuel L. Quezon
, Carlos P. Romulo
, August 10, 1944
, -
,
, , Winder R. Harris (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 15, 1944
, , Ralph Hunter Daughton (D)
, November 7, 1944
, -
,
, , Robert L. F. Sikes (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 19, 1944, to enter the U.S. Army
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Hampton P. Fulmer (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died October 19, 1944
, , Willa L. Fulmer (D)
, November 7, 1944
, -
,
, ,
Robert A. Green (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 25, 1944, to enter the United States Navy
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Albert Gore Sr. (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 4, 1944, to enter the United States Army
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , John E. Fogarty (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 7, 1944, to enter the United States Navy
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, ,
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)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 14, 1944, when appointed U.S. Senator
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , William I. Troutman (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 2, 1945
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member:
Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
then
Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treas ...
; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye)
* United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
Scott W. Lucas
Scott Wike Lucas (February 19, 1892 – February 22, 1968) was an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1935–1939) and the U.S. Senate (1939–1 ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles W. Tobey)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member:
Charles W. Tobey)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures Investigation, 1944, Campaign Expenditures Investigation, 1944 (Special) (Chairman:
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 ari ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Centralization of Heavy Industry in the United States, Centralization of Heavy Industry in the United States (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman:
Sheridan Downey
Sheridan Downey (March 11, 1884 – October 25, 1961) was an American lawyer and a Democratic U.S. Senator from California from 1939 to 1950.
Early life
He was born in Laramie, the seat of Albany County in western Wyoming, the son of the ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Civil Service Laws, Civil Service Laws (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member:
Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member:
Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Pat McCarran
Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was an American farmer, attorney, judge, and Democratic politician who represented Nevada in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1954. McCarran was born in Reno, Nevada, atte ...
; Ranking Member:
Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman:
Elbert D. Thomas
Elbert Duncan Thomas (June 17, 1883February 11, 1953) was a Democratic Party politician from Utah. He represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1951. He served as the Chair of the Senate Education Committee.
Biography
Thomas ...
; Ranking Member:
Robert M. La Follette Jr.)
** United States Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee on Wartime Health and Education, Wartime Health and Education
* United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Hattie W. Caraway; Ranking Member:
Clyde M. Reed)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman:
J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member:
James J. Davis)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman:
Walter F. George; Ranking Member:
Robert M. La Follette Jr.)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman:
Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Fuel Situation in the Middle West, Fuel Situation in the Middle West (Special)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortages, Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortages (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
Elmer Thomas
John William Elmer Thomas (September 8, 1876 – September 19, 1965) was a native of Indiana who moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1901, where he practiced law in Lawton. After statehood, he was elected to the first state senate, representing the L ...
; Ranking Member:
Robert M. La Follette Jr.)
* United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman:
Bennett Champ Clark
Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890 – July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit. He was ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman:
Burton K. Wheeler
Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882January 6, 1975) was an attorney and an American politician of the Democratic Party in Montana, which he represented as a United States senator from 1923 until 1947.
Born in Massachusetts, Wheeler began ...
; Ranking Member:
Wallace H. White Jr.
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Irrigation on Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman:
John H. Bankhead II; Ranking Member:
Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
then Hiram W. Johnson)
* United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, Investigate the National Defense Program (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
Pat McCarran
Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was an American farmer, attorney, judge, and Democratic politician who represented Nevada in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1954. McCarran was born in Reno, Nevada, atte ...
; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
* United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
then
Owen Brewster
Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22, 1888 – December 25, 1961) was an Politics of the United States, American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, served as the List of governors of Maine, 54th Governor ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
John H. Overton; Ranking Member:
Robert M. La Follette Jr.)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Reynolds; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Joseph F. Guffey; Ranking Member:
James J. Davis)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
David I. Walsh; Ranking Member:
James J. Davis)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Homer T. Bone; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
James M. Tunnell; Ranking Member:
Henrik Shipstead
Henrik Shipstead (January 8, 1881June 26, 1960) was an American politician. He served in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1947, from the state of Minnesota. He served first as a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party from 1923 to 1941 an ...
)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Resources (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member:
James J. Davis)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Post-War Economic Policy and Planning, Post-War Economic Policy and Planning (Special) (Chairman:
Walter F. George)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (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:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
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 ari ...
; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Francis T. Maloney, Francis Maloney; Ranking Member: W. Warren Barbour)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Carl A. Hatch; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (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: Arthur H. Vandenberg)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Senatorial Campaign Expenditures, Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special) (Chairman: Ernest W. McFarland)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Small Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises (Special) (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 f ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Special Committee on Wildlife Resources, Wildlife Resources (Special) (Chairman:
Bennett Champ Clark
Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890 – July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit. He was ...
)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Wool Production, Wool Production (Special) (Chairman:
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 fro ...
)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman:
John J. Cochran; Ranking Member: James Wolfenden)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Hampton P. Fulmer; Ranking Member:
Clifford R. Hope)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Brent Spence
Brent Spence (December 24, 1874 – September 18, 1967), a native of Newport, Kentucky, was a long time Democratic Congressman, attorney, and banker from Northern Kentucky.
Spence was born in Newport, Kentucky to Philip and Virginia (Berry) ...
; Ranking Member:
Jesse P. Wolcott
Jesse Paine Wolcott (March 3, 1893 – January 28, 1969) was a politician and soldier from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Wolcott was born to William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy (Paine) Wolcott in Gardner, Massachusetts and attended the comm ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
A. Leonard Allen
Asa Leonard Allen (January 5, 1891 – January 5, 1969) was an educator, attorney, and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana. He served eight terms as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat from ...
; Ranking Member: J. Roland Kinzer)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman:
Robert Ramspeck; Ranking Member:
Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Rogers (née Nourse; March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare Volunteering, volunteer and politician who served in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts ...
)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Dan R. McGehee; Ranking Member:
J. Parnell Thomas
John Parnell Thomas (January 16, 1895 – November 19, 1970) was a stockbroker and politician. He was elected to seven terms as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey as a Republican. He was later a convicted criminal who served nine months in fe ...
)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Andrew Somers; Ranking Member:
Chauncey W. Reed)
* United States House Select Committee on Conservation of Wildlife Resources, Conservation of Wildlife Resources (Select) (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman:
Alfred J. Elliott; Ranking Member:
Bertrand W. Gearhart
Bertrand Wesley "Bud" Gearhart (May 31, 1890 – October 11, 1955) was an American lawyer and Politics of the United States, politician. Gearhart, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, served as the United States House of Representatives ...
)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Everett M. Dirksen)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; Ranking Member: George Anthony Dondero, George A. Dondero)
* United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress, Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Eugene Worley; Ranking Member: Ralph A. Gamble)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman:
C. Jasper Bell; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Hancock)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Ed Gossett; Ranking Member: Francis D. Culkin then
Stephen A. Day)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman:
Hugh Peterson
Hugh Peterson (August 21, 1898 – October 3, 1961) was a U.S. political figure and lawyer from the state of Georgia.
Life
Peterson was born near Ailey, Georgia in 1898 and attended the Brewton–Parker Institute in Mount Vernon, Georgia ...
; Ranking Member: Charles A. Plumley)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Arthur G. Klein; Ranking Member:
Charles Aubrey Eaton)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman:
Carter Manasco
Carter Manasco (January 3, 1902 – February 5, 1992) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Townley, Alabama, Manasco attended the public schools and Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama Sch ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Gifford)
* United States House Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control (Chairman: William M. Whittington; Ranking Member:
Harry Lane Englebright
Harry Lane Englebright (January 2, 1884 – May 13, 1943) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a Congressman from California's 2nd congressional district from 1926 to 1943, and as the House Minority Whip between 1933 and 1943.
Englebright ...
then
Charles R. Clason)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Sol Bloom; Ranking Member:
Charles Aubrey Eaton)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Samuel Dickstein (congressman), Samuel Dickstein; Ranking Member:
Noah M. Mason)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
James F. O'Connor; Ranking Member:
Fred C. Gilchrist
Fred Cramer Gilchrist (June 2, 1868 – March 10, 1950) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa, from 1931 to 1945.
Born in California, Pennsylvania, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Gilchrist moved with his parents to ...
)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman:
C. Jasper Bell; Ranking Member:
Richard J. Welch
Richard Joseph Welch (February 13, 1869 – September 10, 1949) was an American county clerk and politician. He sat in the United States House of Representatives for 12 terms from 1926 to 1949, serving a district in San Francisco, California. B ...
)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
Clarence F. Lea
Clarence Frederick Lea (July 11, 1874 – June 20, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician who served 16 terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1917 to 1949.
Biography
Lea was born near Highland Springs, California, in southwe ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Wolverton)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman:
Mary Teresa Norton
Mary Teresa Norton (née Hopkins; March 7, 1875 – August 2, 1959) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented Jersey City and Bayonne in the United States House of Representatives from 1925 to 1951.
She was the first woman ...
; Ranking Member:
Richard J. Welch
Richard Joseph Welch (February 13, 1869 – September 10, 1949) was an American county clerk and politician. He sat in the United States House of Representatives for 12 terms from 1926 to 1949, serving a district in San Francisco, California. B ...
)
* United States House Committee on Memorials, Memorials (Chairman:
John R. Murdock; Ranking Member:
Allen T. Treadway)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member:
Richard J. Welch
Richard Joseph Welch (February 13, 1869 – September 10, 1949) was an American county clerk and politician. He sat in the United States House of Representatives for 12 terms from 1926 to 1949, serving a district in San Francisco, California. B ...
)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
Andrew J. May
Andrew Jackson May (June 24, 1875 – September 6, 1959) was a Kentucky attorney, an influential New Deal-era politician, and chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, infamous for his rash disclosure of classified nav ...
; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John Lesinski Sr., John Lesinski; Ranking Member:
Robert A. Grant)
* United States House Select Committee to Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond their Scope of Authority, Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond their Scope of Authority (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
* United States House Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, Investigate the Federal Communications Commission (Select) (Chairman:
Edward E. Cox)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman:
Compton I. White; Ranking Member:
Dewey Jackson Short
Dewey Jackson Short (April 7, 1898 – November 19, 1979) was an American politician from Missouri. He was US Representative for 12 terms (1929-1931, 1935-1957). A member of the Republican Party, he was a staunch opponent of President Franklin ...
)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Hatton W. Sumners; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer then Clarence E. Hancock)fairs (Chairman:
Andrew J. May
Andrew Jackson May (June 24, 1875 – September 6, 1959) was a Kentucky attorney, an influential New Deal-era politician, and chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, infamous for his rash disclosure of classified nav ...
; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joe L. Smith; Ranking Member:
Harry Lane Englebright
Harry Lane Englebright (January 2, 1884 – May 13, 1943) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a Congressman from California's 2nd congressional district from 1926 to 1943, and as the House Minority Whip between 1933 and 1943.
Englebright ...
then
John M. Robsion)
* United States House Select Committee to Investigate the Seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company, Investigate the Seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (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: Melvin J. Maas)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
Frank W. Boykin; Ranking Member:
Fred A. Hartley Jr.
Frederick Allan Hartley Jr. (February 22, 1902 – May 11, 1969) was an American Republican politician from New Jersey. Hartley served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives where he represented the New Jersey's 8th and New Jer ...
)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member: Fred J. Douglas)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Thomas G. Burch; Ranking Member:
Fred A. Hartley Jr.
Frederick Allan Hartley Jr. (February 22, 1902 – May 11, 1969) was an American Republican politician from New Jersey. Hartley served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives where he represented the New Jersey's 8th and New Jer ...
)
* United States House Select Committee on Post-War Military Policy, Post-War Military Policy (Select) (Chairman: Clifton A. Woodrum)
* United States House Special Committee on Post-War Economic Policy and Planning, Post-War Economic Policy and Planning (Special) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Pete Jarman; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Fritz G. Lanham; Ranking Member:
Pehr G. Holmes)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
J. Hardin Peterson; Ranking Member:
Harry Lane Englebright
Harry Lane Englebright (January 2, 1884 – May 13, 1943) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a Congressman from California's 2nd congressional district from 1926 to 1943, and as the House Minority Whip between 1933 and 1943.
Englebright ...
)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: Eugene J. Keogh; Ranking Member:
Earl C. Michener
Earl Cory Michener (November 30, 1876 – July 4, 1957) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Michener had German American, German ancestry. He was born near Attica, Ohio, Attica in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to A ...
)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Joseph J. Mansfield; Ranking Member:
Albert E. Carter)
* United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman: J.W. Robinson; Ranking Member:
Jesse P. Wolcott
Jesse Paine Wolcott (March 3, 1893 – January 28, 1969) was a politician and soldier from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Wolcott was born to William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy (Paine) Wolcott in Gardner, Massachusetts and attended the comm ...
)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish III)
* United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: Usher L. Burdick)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Robert A. Green; Ranking Member: Usher L. Burdick)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman:
Edward J. Hart; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member:
Allen T. Treadway)
* United States House Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman:
John E. Rankin
John Elliott Rankin (March 29, 1882 – November 26, 1960) was a Democratic politician from Mississippi who served sixteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1921 to 1953. He was co-author of the bill for the Tennessee Valley A ...
; Ranking Member:
Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Rogers (née Nourse; March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare Volunteering, volunteer and politician who served in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts ...
)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Committee to Commemorate the Centennial of the Telegraph, Commemorate the Centennial of the Telegraph
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen.
Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...
)
* 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. Robert L. Doughton)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Organization of Congress, Organization of Congress
* 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.
Pete Jarman)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Selective Service Deferments, Selective Service Deferments
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Sen.
Walter F. George; Vice Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton)
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House)
* Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn (architect), David Lynn
* Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
* Comptroller General of the United States: Lindsay C. Warren
* Librarian of Congress: Archibald MacLeish, until 1944
* Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
* Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins (Senate Parliamentarian), Charles Watkins
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Ruskin McArdle
* Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Leslie Biffle
* Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: Carl A. Loeffler
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney, until January 31, 1943
** Wall Doxey, from February 1, 1943
House of Representatives
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott, until January 27, 1943
** Ralph R. Roberts (politician), Ralph R. Roberts, from February 5, 1943
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney
See also
* United States elections, 1942 (elections leading to this Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1942
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1942
* United States elections, 1944 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1944 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1944
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1944
Notes
References
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