The 71st United States Congress was a meeting of the
legislature
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of the United States federal government, consisting 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
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. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1929, to March 4, 1931, during the first two years of
Herbert Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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was based on the
thirteenth decennial census of the United States in 1910.
Both the House and Senate remained under
Republican
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Political ideology
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
control, with increased majorities in each chamber. And with
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Gr ...
being sworn in as
President
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*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 ...
on March 4, 1929, the Republicans maintained an overall federal government
trifecta
file:Trifecta.svg, Trifecta
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.
The 71st Congress also featured the most
special elections
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of any Congress with 27 in all.
Major events
* March 4, 1929:
Herbert C. Hoover became President of the United States
* October 24, 1929 – October 29, 1929:
Wall Street Crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It started in September and ended late in October, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange coll ...
: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (3 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).
* October 25, 1929: Former U.S. Interior Secretary
Albert B. Fall
Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861November 30, 1944) was a United States senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal; he was the only pers ...
is convicted of bribery for his role in the
Teapot Dome
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyomi ...
scandal, becoming the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for actions in office.
Major legislation
* June 15, 1929:
Agriculture Marketing Act, ch. 24,
* June 18, 1929:
Reapportionment Act of 1929
The Reapportionment Act of 1929 (ch. 28, , ), also known as the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, is a combined census and apportionment bill enacted on June 18, 1929, that establishes a permanent method for apportioning a constant 435 seats ...
, ch. 28,
* May 14, 1930:
Federal Bureau of Prisons Act, ch. 274,
* June 17, 1930:
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, ch. 497, , (including: Title III,
Plant Patent Act
The Plant Patent Act of 1930 (enacted on 1930-06-17 as Title III of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff, ch. 497, , codified as 35 U.S.C.br>Ch. 15 is a United States federal law spurred by the work of Luther Burbank and the nursery industry. This piece of ...
, )
* July 3, 1930:
Veterans Administration Act, ch. 863,
* March 3, 1931:
Davis–Bacon Act, ch. 411,
* March 3, 1931:
An Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States of America, ch. 436,
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
:
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Sena ...
(R)
*
President pro tempore:
George H. Moses
George Higgins Moses (February 9, 1869December 20, 1944) was a U.S. diplomat and political figure. He served as a United States senator from New Hampshire and was chosen as the Senate's President pro tempore.
Biography
George H. Moses was bor ...
(R)
*
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. :
James E. Watson (R)
*
Minority leader:
Joseph T. Robinson (D)
*
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 ...
:
Simeon D. Fess (R)
*
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 ...
:
Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as "the fa ...
(D)
*
Republican Conference Secretary:
Frederick Hale
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Hugo Black
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 ...
:
Nicholas Longworth
Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a Republican. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he ini ...
(R)
*
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 Q. Tilson (R)
*
Minority leader:
John N. Garner
John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and lawyer from History of Texas, Texas who ...
(D)
*
Minority Whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holdin ...
:
Albert Henry Vestal (R)
*
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 ...
:
John McDuffie
John McDuffie (September 25, 1883 – November 1, 1950) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Education and career
Born on ...
(D)
*
Republican Conference Chair:
Willis C. Hawley
Willis Chatman Hawley (May 5, 1864 – July 24, 1941) was an American politician and educator in the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he would serve as president of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he earned his undergraduate ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
David Hayes Kincheloe
David Hayes Kincheloe (April 9, 1877 – April 16, 1950) was a United States representative from Kentucky and a judge of the United States Customs Court.
Education and early life
Born on April 9, 1877, near Sacramento, Kentucky, Kincheloe atten ...
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Joseph W. Byrns Sr.
Joseph Wellington "Jo" Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a United States, U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States House of Representatives, congressman from Tennessee, and as ...
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
William R. Wood
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
Senate
Senators were elected 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 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1932.
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.
James Thomas Heflin
James Thomas Heflin (April 9, 1869 – April 22, 1951), nicknamed "Cotton Tom", was an American politician who served as a United States representative and United States senator from Alabama.
Early life
Born in Louina, Alabama, he attended t ...
(D)
: 3.
Hugo Black (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.
Henry F. Ashurst (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.
Joseph Taylor Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, servin ...
(D)
: 3.
Thaddeus H. Caraway (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.
Samuel M. Shortridge (R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
: 2.
Lawrence C. Phipps (R)
: 3.
Charles W. Waterman (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.
Frederic C. Walcott (R)
: 3.
Hiram Bingham III
Hiram Bingham III (November 19, 1875 – June 6, 1956) was an American academic, explorer and politician. He made public the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911 with the guidance of local indigenous farmers. Later, Bingham s ...
(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.
John G. Townsend Jr. (R)
: 2.
Daniel O. Hastings (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.
Park Trammell
Park Monroe Trammell (April 9, 1876 – May 8, 1936), was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida. Trammell represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1936. As chair of the Senate Naval Aff ...
(D)
: 3.
Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
William J. Harris (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.
William Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often co ...
(R)
: 3.
John W. Thomas (R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
: 2.
Charles S. Deneen
Charles Samuel Deneen (May 4, 1863 – February 5, 1940) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Illinois, from 1905 to 1913. He was the first Illinois governor to serve two consecutive terms totalli ...
(R)
: 3.
Otis F. Glenn
Otis Ferguson Glenn (August 27, 1879March 11, 1959) was a Republican United States Senator from the State of Illinois.
He was born in Mattoon, Illinois on August 27, 1879. After graduating from law school in 1900 from the University of Illinois ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Arthur Raymond Robinson
Arthur Raymond Robinson (March 12, 1881March 17, 1961) was a United States senator from Indiana.
Early life
Born in Pickerington, Ohio, Robinson attended the common schools, graduated from the Ohio Northern University in 1901 ( B. Comm. Sci ...
(R)
: 3.
James Eli Watson
James Eli Watson (November 2, 1864July 29, 1948) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate (see References) gives his year of birth as ...
(R)
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.
Daniel F. Steck (D)
: 3.
Smith W. Brookhart (R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
: 2.
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.
Henry Justin Allen
Henry Justin Allen (September 11, 1868 – January 17, 1950) was an American politician serving as the 21st Governor of Kansas (1919–1923) and U.S. Senator from Kansas (1929–30).
Life and career
Allen was born in Warren County, Pennsylvani ...
(R), April 1, 1929 – November 30, 1930
::
George McGill (D), from December 1, 1930
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.
Frederic M. Sackett
Frederic Mosley Sackett (December 17, 1868May 18, 1941) served as a United States senator from Kentucky and ambassador to Germany during the Hoover Administration.
Early life
He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His father, also named Fr ...
(R), until January 9, 1930
::
John M. Robsion (R), January 11, 1930 – November 30, 1930
::
Ben M. Williamson
Ben Mitchell Williamson (October 16, 1864June 23, 1941) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky.
Born in Pike County, Kentucky, Williamson attended the rural schools of Kentucky and Bethany College in West Virginia. He engaged in the whol ...
(D), from December 1, 1930
: 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.
Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
: 3.
Edwin S. Broussard (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.
Frederick Hale (R)
: 2.
Arthur R. Gould
Arthur Robinson Gould (March 16, 1857July 24, 1946) was a United States senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Corinth, Maine, he attended the common schools and East Corinth Academy. He moved first to Bangor, Maine, where he opened a candy fac ...
(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.
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Phillips Lee Goldsborough I (August 6, 1865October 22, 1946), was an American Republican politician and member of the United States Senate representing State of Maryland from 1929 to 1935. He was also the 47th Governor of Maryland from 1912 to ...
(R)
: 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.
Frederick H. Gillett (R)
Michigan
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: 1.
Arthur H. 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.
James J. Couzens (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 ...
(FL)
: 2.
Thomas D. Schall (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.
Hubert D. Stephens (D)
: 2.
Pat Harrison
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
Early li ...
(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.
Roscoe C. Patterson (R)
: 3.
Harry B. Hawes (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.
Thomas J. Walsh (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.
Robert B. Howell
Robert Beecher Howell (January 21, 1864 March 11, 1933) was an American politician. He was born in Adrian, Michigan. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1885. Afterwards, he went to the Detroit School of ...
(R)
: 2.
George W. Norris
George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913 ...
(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.
Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
B ...
(D)
: 3.
Tasker Oddie
Tasker Lowndes Oddie (October 20, 1870 – February 17, 1950) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 12th Governor of Nevada and a United States Senator. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Biography
Oddie was born on O ...
(R)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
: 2.
Henry W. Keyes
Henry Wilder Keyes (; May 23, 1863June 19, 1938) was an American Republican politician from Haverhill, New Hampshire. He served as the 56th governor of New Hampshire from 1917 to 1919 and as a United States Senator.
Early life
Keyes was born in ...
(R)
: 3.
George H. Moses
George Higgins Moses (February 9, 1869December 20, 1944) was a U.S. diplomat and political figure. He served as a United States senator from New Hampshire and was chosen as the Senate's President pro tempore.
Biography
George H. Moses was bor ...
(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.
Hamilton Fish Kean (R)
: 2.
Walter Evans Edge
Walter Evans Edge (November 20, 1873October 29, 1956) was an American diplomat and Republican politician who served as the 36th governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, during both World War I and World War II. Edge ...
(R), until November 21, 1929
::
David Baird Jr.
David Baird Jr. (October 10, 1881February 28, 1955) was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
Biography
Born in Camden, New Jersey to Senator David Baird, Baird Jr. graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1899 and from Princeton University in 1903. ...
(R), November 30, 1929 – December 2, 1930
::
Dwight Morrow
Dwight Whitney Morrow (January 11, 1873October 5, 1931) was an American businessman, diplomat, and politician, best known as the U.S. ambassador who improved U.S.-Mexican relations, mediating the religious conflict in Mexico known as the Cristero ...
(R), from December 3, 1930
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.
Bronson M. Cutting
Bronson Murray Cutting (June 23, 1888May 6, 1935) was a United States senator from New Mexico. A prominent progressive Republican, he had also been a newspaper publisher and military attaché.
Biography
Bronson Cutting was born in Great River, ...
(R)
: 2.
Sam G. Bratton (D)
New York
: 1.
Royal S. Copeland (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.
Furnifold McLendel Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North ...
(D)
: 3.
Lee Slater Overman
Lee Slater Overman (January 3, 1854December 12, 1930) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1903 and 1930. He was the first US Senator to be elected by popular vote in the state, as the legislature had appointe ...
(D), until December 12, 1930
::
Cameron A. Morrison
Cameron A. Morrison (October 5, 1869August 20, 1953) was an American politician and the List of governors of North Carolina, 55th Governor of North Carolina, governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1921 to 1925.
Early life and career ...
(D), from December 13, 1930
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.
Lynn Frazier
Lynn Joseph Frazier (December 21, 1874January 11, 1947) was an American educator and politician who served as the 12th Governor of North Dakota from 1917 until being recalled in 1921 and later served as a U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 192 ...
(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 ...
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Simeon D. Fess (R)
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Theodore E. Burton (R), until October 28, 1929
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Roscoe C. McCulloch
Roscoe Conkling McCulloch (November 27, 1880March 17, 1958) was a Republican politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
Early life and career
Born in Millersburg, Ohio, McCulloch attended the ...
(R), November 5, 1929 – November 30, 1930
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Robert J. Bulkley (D), from December 1, 1930
Oklahoma
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William B. Pine (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 ...
(R)
: 3.
Frederick Steiwer (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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David A. Reed (R)
: 3. Vacant
[ William S. Vare (R-PA) had been elected to the Senate for the term starting March 4, 1927, but the Senate had refused to qualify him due to charges of corruption and fraud concerning his election. The Senate finally unseated him on December 9, 1929. See http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000071] until December 9, 1929
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Joseph R. Grundy
Joseph Ridgway Grundy (January 13, 1863March 3, 1961) was an American textile manufacturer and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician from Bristol, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.
B ...
(R), December 11, 1929 – December 1, 1930
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James J. Davis (R), from December 2, 1930
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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Felix Hebert (R)
: 2.
Jesse H. Metcalf (R)
South Carolina
)'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
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Coleman Livingston Blease
Coleman Livingston Blease (October 8, 1868 – January 19, 1942) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 89th governor of South Carolina from 1911 to 1915, and as a United States senator from 1925 to 1931. Blease w ...
(D)
: 3.
Ellison D. Smith (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...
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William H. McMaster (R)
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Peter Norbeck
Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, Norbeck was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was ...
(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 ...
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Kenneth McKellar (D)
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Lawrence Tyson
Lawrence Davis Tyson (July 4, 1861August 24, 1929) was an American general, politician and textile manufacturer, operating primarily out of Knoxville, Tennessee, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As s btigadier general, he commanded ...
(D), until August 24, 1929
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William Emerson Brock (D), from September 2, 1929
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
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Tom Connally (D)
: 2.
Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as "the fa ...
(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.
William H. King (D)
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Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). First elected by the Utah State Legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1902, he serv ...
(R)
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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Frank L. Greene (R), until December 17, 1930
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Frank C. Partridge
Frank C. Partridge (May 7, 1861March 2, 1943) was an American attorney, diplomat, and business executive from Vermont. A Republican, he served briefly in the United States Senate, appointed to fill the vacancy left by the death of Frank L. Gree ...
(R), from December 23, 1930
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Porter H. Dale (R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
: 1.
Claude A. Swanson (D)
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Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treas ...
(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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Clarence Dill
Clarence Cleveland Dill (September 21, 1884January 14, 1978) was an American politician from the state of Washington. A Democrat, he was elected to two terms each in both houses of Congress.
Early years
Dill was born in Fredericktown, Ohio, ...
(D)
: 3.
Wesley Livsey Jones
Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing the state of Washington.
Born near Bethany, Illinois days af ...
(R)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...
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Henry D. Hatfield (R)
: 2.
Guy D. Goff (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. (R)
: 3.
John J. Blaine (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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John B. Kendrick
John Benjamin Kendrick (September 6, 1857 – November 3, 1933) was an American politician and cattleman who served as a United States senator from Wyoming and as the ninth Governor of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life
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Francis E. Warren (R), until November 24, 1929
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Patrick Joseph Sullivan
Patrick Joseph Sullivan (March 17, 1864April 8, 1935) was an American politician. He was the mayor of Casper, Wyoming from 1897 to 1898 and was a Republican member of the United States Senate from Wyoming from 1929 to 1930.
Biography
Sullivan ...
(R), December 5, 1929 – November 20, 1930
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Robert D. Carey (R), from December 1, 1930
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their districts.
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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John McDuffie
John McDuffie (September 25, 1883 – November 1, 1950) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Education and career
Born on ...
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J. Lister Hill (D)
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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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Lamar Jeffers
Lamar Jeffers (April 16, 1888 – June 1, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Anniston, Alabama, Jeffers attended public schools and Alabama Presbyterian College at Anniston.
He served with the Alabama National Guard from ...
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LaFayette L. Patterson (D)
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William B. Oliver (D)
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Miles C. Allgood
Miles Clayton Allgood (February 22, 1878 – March 4, 1977) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Biography
Born in Chepultepec (now Allgood), Blount County, Alabama, Allgood was the son of William Barnett and Mar ...
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Edward B. Almon (D)
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George Huddleston
George Huddleston (November 11, 1869 – February 29, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, father of George Huddleston, Jr.
Life and career
Huddleston was born on a farm near Lebanon, Tennessee, the son of Nancy Emeline (Sherril ...
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William B. Bankhead
William Brockman Bankhead (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940) was an American politician who served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressiona ...
(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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Lewis W. Douglas (D)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
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William J. Driver (D)
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Pearl Peden Oldfield (D)
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Claude A. Fuller (D)
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Otis Wingo
Otis Theodore Wingo (June 18, 1877 – October 21, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1930. He was the husband of his successor in office, Effie ...
(D), until October 21, 1930
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Effiegene L. Wingo (D), from November 4, 1930
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Heartsill Ragon
Heartsill Ragon (; March 20, 1885 – September 15, 1940) was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Education and career
Born on ...
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David D. Glover
David Delano Glover (January 18, 1868 – April 5, 1952) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 6th congressional district.
Life and work
Born in Prattsville, Arkansas, Prattsville in Grant County, ...
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Tilman B. Parks
Tilman Bacon Parks (May 14, 1872 – February 12, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Biography
Born near Lewisville, Arkansas, Parks attended the common schools, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Virginia ...
(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 ...
(D)
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Harry L. 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 w ...
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Charles F. Curry (R), until October 10, 1930
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Florence P. Kahn
Florence Kahn (née Prag; November 9, 1866 – November 16, 1948) was an American teacher and politician who in 1925 became the first Jewish woman to serve in the United States Congress. She was only the fifth woman to serve in Congress, and ...
(R)
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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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Henry E. Barbour (R)
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Arthur M. Free
Arthur Monroe Free (January 15, 1879 – April 1, 1953) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from California from 1921 to 1933.
Biography
He was born in San Jose, California and graduated ...
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William E. Evans (R)
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Joe Crail (R)
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Philip D. Swing (R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
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William R. Eaton (R)
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Charles B. Timberlake (R)
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Guy U. Hardy (R)
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Edward T. Taylor (D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
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E. Hart Fenn
Edward Hart Fenn (September 12, 1856 – February 23, 1939) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Fenn attended private schools, Hartford High School, ...
(R)
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Richard P. Freeman (R)
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John Q. Tilson (R)
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Schuyler Merritt
Schuyler Merritt (December 16, 1853 – April 1, 1953) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 1917 to 1931 and 1933 to 1937. He is the namesake of the Merritt Park ...
(R)
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James P. Glynn (R), until March 6, 1930
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Edward W. Goss (R), from November 4, 1930
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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Robert G. Houston (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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Herbert J. Drane
Herbert Jackson Drane (June 20, 1863 – August 11, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.
Born in Franklin, Kentucky, Drane attended the public schools of Louisville, Kentucky, and Brevards Academy at Franklin, Kentucky.
He moved to ...
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Robert A. Green (D)
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Thomas A. Yon (D)
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Ruth Bryan Owen
Ruth Baird Leavitt Owen Rohde, also known as Ruth Bryan Owen, (née Bryan; October 2, 1885 – July 26, 1954) was an American politician and diplomat who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933 and served as ...
(D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
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Charles G. Edwards
Charles Gordon Edwards (July 2, 1878 – July 13, 1931) was an American political figure from the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.
Early years and education
Edwards was born in Daisy, Georgia, Daisy, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia i ...
(D)
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Edward E. Cox (D)
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Charles R. Crisp
Charles Robert Crisp (October 19, 1870 – February 7, 1937) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, son of Charles Frederick Crisp.
Life
Born in Ellaville, Georgia, Crisp atte ...
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William C. Wright (D)
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Leslie J. Steele (D), until July 24, 1929
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Robert C. W. Ramspeck (D), from October 2, 1929
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Samuel Rutherford (D)
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Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
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Charles H. Brand (D)
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Thomas M. Bell Thomas Bell may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Thomas Bell (born 1985), known professionally as Toddla T, English DJ and producer
*Thomas Bell (antiquarian) (1785–1860), English book collector
*Thomas Bell (novelist) (1903–1961), American n ...
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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 ...
(D)
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William C. Lankford (D)
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William W. Larsen (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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Burton L. French
Burton Lee French (August 1, 1875 – September 12, 1954) was a congressman from Idaho. French served as a Republican in the House from 1903 to 1909, 1911 to 1915 and 1917 to 1933. With a combined 26 years in office, he remains the longest-s ...
(R)
: .
Addison T. Smith
Addison Taylor Smith (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was a United States House of Representatives, congressman from Idaho. Smith served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Hou ...
(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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Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ruth McCormick (née Hanna, also known as Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms; March 27, 1880 – December 31, 1944), was an American politician, activist, and publisher. She served one term in the United States House of Representatives, winning an at-l ...
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Richard Yates (R)
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Oscar S. De Priest (R)
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Morton D. Hull
Morton Denison Hull (January 13, 1867 – August 20, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Hull attended the public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1885. He graduated from Har ...
(R)
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Elliott W. Sproul
Elliott Wilford Sproul (December 28, 1856 – June 22, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Apohaqui, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, Sproul attended the public schools. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 18 ...
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Thomas A. Doyle (D)
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Adolph J. Sabath (D)
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James T. Igoe (D)
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M. Alfred Michaelson
Magne Alfred Michaelson (September 7, 1878 – October 26, 1949) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Background
Magne Alfred Michaelson was born at Kristiansand in Vest-Agder, Norway. In October 1885, Michaelson immigrated to the United Stat ...
(R)
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Stanley H. Kunz
Stanley Henry Kunz (September 26, 1864 – April 23, 1946) was an American politician who served 6 terms a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1921 to 1933.
...
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Frederick A. Britten (R)
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Carl R. Chindblom (R)
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Frank R. Reid (R)
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John T. Buckbee (R)
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William R. Johnson (R)
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John C. Allen (R)
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Burnett M. Chiperfield
Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield (June 14, 1870 – June 24, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, father of Robert Bruce Chiperfield.
Early life and military service
Born in Dover, Illinois, Chiperfield attended the public schools of Il ...
(R), from November 4, 1930
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William E. Hull (R)
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Homer W. Hall
Homer William Hall (July 22, 1870 – September 22, 1954) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Shelbyville, Illinois, Hall moved with his parents to Bloomington, Illinois, in 1876.
He attended the public schools and Illinois Wesley ...
(R)
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William P. Holaday
William Perry Holaday (December 14, 1882 – January 29, 1946) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from the state of Illinois.
Biography
Holaday was born near Ridge Farm, Illinois. He attended the common schools an ...
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Charles Adkins (R)
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Henry T. Rainey (D)
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Frank M. Ramey (R)
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Edward M. Irwin
Edward Michael Irwin (April 14, 1869 – January 30, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Leasburg, Missouri, Irwin attended the public schools of his native city. He taught school in Leasburg, Missouri and also attended the ...
(R)
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William W. Arnold (D)
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Thomas S. Williams (R), until November 11, 1929
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Claude V. Parsons
Claude VanCleve Parsons (October 7, 1895 – May 23, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm near McCormick, Pope County, Illinois, Parsons attended the public schools.
He taught in the rural schools of Pope County, Illin ...
(D), from November 4, 1930
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Edward E. Denison (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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Harry E. Rowbottom
Harry Emerson Rowbottom (November 3, 1884 – March 22, 1934) was an American businessman and Republican politician. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Indiana in 1924 and served three terms from 1925 to 1931. He was ...
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Arthur H. Greenwood (D)
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James W. Dunbar
James Whitson Dunbar (October 17, 1860 – May 19, 1943) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana. He served a total of three terms from 1919 to 1923 and from 1929 to 1931.
Early life and career
Born in New ...
(R)
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Harry C. Canfield
Harry Clifford Canfield (November 22, 1875 – February 9, 1945) was an American educator, businessman, and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1923 to 1933.
Early life and career
Born near Moores Hill, ...
(D)
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Noble J. Johnson (R)
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Richard N. Elliott
Richard Nash Elliott (April 25, 1873 – March 21, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1931.
Early life and career
Born near Connersville, Indiana, Elliott atte ...
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Louis L. Ludlow (D)
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Albert H. Vestal (R)
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Fred S. Purnell (R)
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William R. Wood (R)
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Albert R. Hall (R)
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David Hogg
David Miles Hogg (born April 12, 2000) is an American gun control activist. He rose to prominence during the 2018 United States gun violence protests as a student survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, helping lead several hi ...
(R)
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Andrew J. Hickey (R)
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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William F. Kopp (R)
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F. Dickinson Letts (R)
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Thomas J. B. Robinson (R)
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Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
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Cyrenus Cole
Cyrenus Cole (January 13, 1863 – November 14, 1939) was a newspaper editor, newspaper columnist, columnist and historian, then a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa' ...
(R)
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C. William Ramseyer
Christian William Ramseyer (March 13, 1875 – November 1, 1943) was a nine-term Republican Party (United States), Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district.
Biography
He was bor ...
(R)
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Cassius C. Dowell
Cassius Clay Dowell (February 29, 1864 – February 4, 1940) was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to 1935, and again from 1937 until his death in 1940, with the interregnum caused by an unsuccessful campaign for re ...
(R)
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Lloyd Thurston
Lloyd Thurston (March 27, 1880 – May 7, 1970) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from southern Iowa. First elected in 1924, he served until 1938, when he unsuccessfully sought election to the U.S. Senate. By his final term, he had ...
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Charles E. Swanson (R)
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Lester J. Dickinson (R)
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Ed H. Campbell (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 S. Guyer (R)
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William H. Sproul (R)
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Homer Hoch
Homer Hoch (July 4, 1879 – January 30, 1949) was a United States Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Born in Marion, Kansas, Hoch graduated from Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, in 1902. He attended George Washington Law School, Washingt ...
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James G. Strong
James George Strong (April 23, 1870 – January 11, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Dwight, Illinois, Strong attended the public schools of Dwight, Illinois from 1876 to 1879, the Episcopal Mission of Greenwood Agency, S.D ...
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Charles I. Sparks (R)
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Clifford R. Hope (R)
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William A. Ayres (D)
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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William V. Gregory (D)
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David H. Kincheloe (D), until October 5, 1930
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John L. Dorsey Jr. (D), from November 4, 1930
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Charles W. Roark (R), until April 5, 1929
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John W. Moore (D), from June 1, 1929
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John D. Craddock (R)
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Maurice H. Thatcher (R)
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J. Lincoln Newhall (R)
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Robert E. L. Blackburn (R)
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Lewis L. Walker (R)
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Elva R. Kendall
Elva Roscoe Kendall (February 14, 1893 – January 29, 1968) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born near Carlisle, Kentucky, Kendall attended the public schools, YMCA School of Accountancy at New Yor ...
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Katherine G. Langley
Katherine Emeline Langley (née Gudger; February 14, 1888 – August 15, 1948) was an American politician. Langley was a member of United States House of Representatives from Kentucky during the 70th United States Congress, Seventieth and 71st ...
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John M. Robsion (R), until January 10, 1930
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Charles Finley (R), from February 15, 1930
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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James O'Connor (D)
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J. Zach Spearing (D)
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Whitmell P. Martin (D), until April 6, 1929
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Numa F. Montet (D), from August 6, 1929
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John N. Sandlin
John Nicholas Sandlin (February 24, 1872 – December 25, 1957) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1921 to 1937.
Early life and career
John Sandlin was born near M ...
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Riley J. Wilson (D)
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Bolivar E. Kemp
Bolivar Edwards Kemp Sr. (December 28, 1871, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana – June 19, 1933, Amite, Louisiana), was an attorney and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district.
In 1897, ...
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René L. De Rouen
René Louis De Rouen (January 7, 1874 – March 27, 1942) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Born on a farm near Ville Platte, Louisiana, Ville Platte, then in St. Landry Parish (since the seat of go ...
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James B. Aswell (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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Carroll L. Beedy (R)
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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 ...
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John E. Nelson (R)
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Donald F. Snow (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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T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
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Linwood L. Clark (R)
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Vincent L. Palmisano (D)
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J. Charles Linthicum (D)
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Stephen W. Gambrill (D)
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Frederick N. Zihlman (R)
Massachusetts
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Allen T. Treadway (R)
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William Kirk Kaynor (R), until December 20, 1929
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William J. Granfield (D), from February 11, 1930
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Frank H. Foss
Frank Herbert Foss (b. Augusta, Maine, September 20, 1865 – d. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, February 15, 1947) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.
He attended public schools in Augusta, Maine and graduated from Kent Hill (M ...
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George R. Stobbs (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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A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R)
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William P. Connery Jr.
William Patrick Connery Jr. (August 24, 1888 – June 15, 1937) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Lynn on August 24, 1888, the son of William P. Connery Sr. and brother of Lawrence Joseph Connery.
He attend ...
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Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
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Charles L. Underhill
Charles Lee Underhill (July 20, 1867 – January 28, 1946) was a United States representative and Anti-suffragism, anti-suffrage activist from Massachusetts. He was born in Richmond, Virginia on July 20, 1867. He moved to Massachusetts in 1872 wi ...
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John J. Douglass (D)
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George Holden Tinkham (R)
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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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Robert Luce
Robert Luce (December 2, 1862 – April 7, 1946) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Auburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, Massachusetts. He gra ...
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Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
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Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
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Charles L. Gifford (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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Robert H. Clancy (R)
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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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Joseph L. Hooper
Joseph Lawrence Hooper (December 22, 1877 – February 22, 1934) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Hooper was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 22, 1877 and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Battle Creek, Mich ...
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John C. Ketcham (R)
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Carl E. Mapes
Carl Edgar Mapes (December 26, 1874 – December 12, 1939) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Mapes was born on a farm near Kalamo, Michigan, to Selah W. and Sarah Ann (Brooks) Mapes. His father was born in New York (state), New Y ...
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Grant M. Hudson (R)
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Louis C. Cramton
Louis Convers Cramton (December 2, 1875 – June 23, 1966) was a politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Cramton was born in Hadley Township, Michigan and attended the common schools of Lapeer County. He graduated from Lapeer ...
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Bird J. Vincent (R)
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James C. McLaughlin (R)
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Roy O. Woodruff (R)
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Frank P. Bohn
Frank Probasco Bohn (July 14, 1866 – June 1, 1944) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1927 to 1933
Early life and education
Bohn was born in Charlottesvi ...
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W. Frank James
William Francis James (May 23, 1873 – November 17, 1945) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
James was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and moved with his parents to Hancock, Michigan, in 1876, where he atten ...
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Clarence J. McLeod (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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Victor L. A. Christgau (R)
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Frank Clague (R)
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August H. Andresen (R)
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Melvin J. Maas (R)
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Walter H. Newton (R), until June 30, 1929
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William I. Nolan (R), from July 17, 1929
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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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Ole J. Kvale (FL), until September 11, 1929
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Paul J. Kvale (FL), from October 16, 1929
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William A. Pittenger (R)
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Conrad G. Selvig (R)
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Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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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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Wall Doxey
Wall Doxey (August 8, 1892March 2, 1962) was an American politician from Holly Springs, Mississippi. He served as a Democrat from Mississippi's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1941. After ...
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William M. Whittington (D)
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T. Jefferson Busby (D)
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Ross A. Collins (D)
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Robert S. Hall (D)
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Percy E. Quin (D)
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James W. Collier (D)
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
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Milton A. Romjue (D)
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Ralph F. Lozier (D)
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Jacob L. Milligan (D)
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David W. Hopkins (R)
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Edgar C. Ellis (R)
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Thomas J. Halsey (R)
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John W. Palmer (R)
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William L. Nelson (D)
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Clarence A. Cannon (D)
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Henry F. Niedringhaus (R)
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John J. Cochran (D)
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Leonidas C. Dyer
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer (June 11, 1871 – December 15, 1957) was an American politician, reformer, civil rights activist, and military officer. A Republican, he served eleven terms in the U.S. Congress as a U.S. Representative from Missouri ...
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Charles E. Kiefner (R)
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Dewey J. Short (R)
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Joe J. Manlove (R)
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Rowland L. Johnston (R)
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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John M. Evans
John Morgan Evans (January 7, 1863 – March 12, 1946) was an American Democratic politician.
Biography
He was born in Sedalia, Missouri. Evans went to the United States Military Academy and then graduated from University of Missouri. He studi ...
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Scott Leavitt
Scott Leavitt (June 16, 1879 – October 19, 1966) was a U.S. Representative from Montana. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs.
Early life
Scott Leavitt was born in Elk Rapids, Michigan in 1879 to Roswell Leavitt, a ...
(R)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
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John H. Morehead (D)
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Willis G. Sears (R)
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Edgar Howard
Edgar Howard (September 16, 1858 – July 19, 1951) was a Nebraska editor and Democratic politician. He was the 15th lieutenant governor of Nebraska and served six terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Early life and education ...
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Charles H. Sloan (R)
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Fred G. Johnson (R)
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Robert G. Simmons (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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Samuel S. Arentz (R)
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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Fletcher Hale
Fletcher Hale (January 22, 1883 – October 22, 1931) was an American politician and a United States representative from New Hampshire.
Early life
Born in Portland, Maine, on January 22, 1883, Hale was the son of Frederick Fletcher Hale and Ade ...
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Edward H. Wason (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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Isaac Bacharach
Isaac Bacharach (January 5, 1870 – September 5, 1956) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1937.
Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Bacharach ...
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Harold G. Hoffman (R)
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Charles A. Eaton (R)
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Ernest R. Ackerman
Ernest Robinson Ackerman (17 June 1863 – 18 October 1931) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1931.
Early years
Ackerm ...
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Randolph Perkins
Randolph Perkins (November 30, 1871 – May 25, 1936) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1936.
Early life and caree ...
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George N. Seger
George Nicholas Seger (January 4, 1866 – August 26, 1940) was an American politician. Seger, a Republican, represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives for eighteen years, from 1923 until his death on August 26, 1940 ...
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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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Franklin W. Fort (R)
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Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
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Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D)
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Mary T. Norton (D)
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
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Albert Gallatin Simms
Albert Gallatin Simms (October 8, 1882 – December 29, 1964) was a United States representative from New Mexico. He was the husband of Ruth Hanna McCormick, who served as a United States Representative from Illinois. He was born in Washington, ...
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New York
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Robert L. Bacon (R)
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William F. Brunner
William Frank Brunner (September 15, 1887 – April 23, 1965) was an American businessman and politician who four terms served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York from 1929 to 1935.
Early life
Born in Woodhaven, Que ...
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George W. Lindsay (D)
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Thomas H. Cullen (D)
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Loring M. Black Jr. (D)
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Andrew L. Somers (D)
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John F. Quayle (D), until November 27, 1930
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Patrick J. Carley
Patrick J. Carley (February 2, 1866 – February 25, 1936) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1927 to 1935.
Life and career
P. J. Carley was born in County Roscommon, ...
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David J. O'Connell (D), until December 29, 1930
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Stephen A. Rudd (D), from February 17, 1931
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Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888 – January 15, 1981) was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He served as the dean of the United States H ...
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Anning S. Prall (D)
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Samuel Dickstein
Samuel Dickstein (February 5, 1885 – April 22, 1954) was a Democratic Congressional Representative from New York (22-year tenure), a New York State Supreme Court Justice, and a Soviet spy. He played a key role in establishing the committee th ...
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Christopher D. Sullivan
Christopher Daniel Sullivan (July 14, 1870 – August 3, 1942) was an American politician from New York who served twelve terms as a United States Congressman from 1917 to 1941.
Life
Born in New York City, he attended the public schools, St. Jam ...
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William I. Sirovich (D)
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John J. Boylan (D)
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John J. O'Connor (D)
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Ruth Baker Pratt (R)
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John F. Carew (D), until December 28, 1929
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Martin J. Kennedy (D), from April 11, 1930
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Sol Bloom
Sol Bloom (March 9, 1870March 7, 1949) was an American song-writer and politician from New York City who began his career as an entertainment impresario and sheet music publisher in Chicago. He served fourteen terms in the United States House of ...
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Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)
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Joseph A. Gavagan (D), from November 5, 1929
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Anthony J. Griffin
Anthony Jerome Griffin (April 1, 1866 – January 13, 1935) was an American lawyer, war veteran, and politician from New York. He served ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1918 to 1935.
Life
He attended City College, Cooper Un ...
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Frank Oliver (D)
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James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
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J. Mayhew Wainwright (R)
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Hamilton Fish III
Hamilton Fish III (born Hamilton Stuyvesant Fish and also known as Hamilton Fish Jr.; December 7, 1888 – January 18, 1991) was an American soldier and politician from New York State. Born into a family long active in the state, he served in t ...
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Harcourt J. Pratt (R)
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Parker Corning (D)
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James S. Parker
James Southworth Parker (June 3, 1867 – December 19, 1933) was a United States Representative from New York.
Life
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools and was graduated from Cornell Univ ...
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Frank Crowther
Frank Crowther (July 10, 1870 – July 20, 1955) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Liverpool, England, he emigrated to the United States in 1872 with his parents, who settled in Canton, Massachusetts. He attended the ...
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Bertrand H. Snell
Bertrand Hollis Snell (December 9, 1870 – February 2, 1958) was an American politician who represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives. He was a pro-business, low-tax, isolationist conservative Republican who ...
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Francis D. Culkin (R)
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Frederick M. Davenport (R)
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John D. Clarke (R)
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Clarence E. Hancock
Clarence Eugene Hancock (February 13, 1885 – January 3, 1948) was an American attorney and politician from New York. He was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1927 to 1947.
A native of Syracuse, New York, Hancock grad ...
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John Taber (R)
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Gale H. Stalker (R)
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James L. Whitley (R)
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Archie D. Sanders
Archie Dovell Sanders (June 17, 1857 – July 15, 1941) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Life
Sanders was born in Stafford, New York in 1857. He was a member of the New York State Assembly ...
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S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
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Edmund F. Cooke (R)
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James M. Mead (D)
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Daniel A. Reed (R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...
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Lindsay C. Warren (D)
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John H. Kerr (D)
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Charles L. Abernethy (D)
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Edward W. Pou
Edward William Pou (; September 9, 1863 – April 1, 1934), was an American politician, serving in the United States Congress as a representative from 1901 until his death in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 1934. From March 1933 to April 1934, he w ...
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Charles M. Stedman (D), until September 23, 1930
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Franklin W. Hancock Jr. (D), from November 4, 1930
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J. Bayard Clark
Jerome Bayard Clark (April 5, 1882 – August 26, 1959) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Early life
Born on Phoebus Plantation near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, Clark attended Davidson College, where he was a member of the Pi Kap ...
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William C. Hammer (D), until September 26, 1930
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Hinton James Hinton James is the name of:
* the first student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* Hinton James (representative)
''Note: This article is about the U.S. Congressman from Laurinburg, not the first student at the University of N ...
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Robert L. Doughton (D)
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Charles A. Jonas
Charles Andrew Jonas (August 14, 1876 – May 25, 1955) was an American attorney and politician, serving one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from western North Carolina from 1929 to 1931. A Republican, he was ...
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George M. Pritchard (R)
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...
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Olger B. Burtness (R)
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Thomas Hall (R)
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James H. Sinclair
James Herbert Sinclair (October 9, 1871 – September 5, 1943) was a U.S. Republican politician.
He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after th ...
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Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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Nicholas Longworth
Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a Republican. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he ini ...
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William E. Hess (R)
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Roy G. Fitzgerald
Roy Gerald Fitzgerald (August 25, 1875 – November 16, 1962) was an attorney, soldier, preservationist, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.
Birth and early life
He was born in Watertown, New York and move ...
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John L. Cable (R)
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Charles J. Thompson
Charles James Thompson (January 24, 1862 – March 27, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1919 to 1931.
Biography
Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Thompson attended the public schools and the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.
Learn ...
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Charles C. Kearns (R)
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Charles Brand (R)
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Grant E. Mouser Jr.
Grant Earl Mouser Jr. (February 20, 1895 – December 21, 1943) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1929 to 1933.
He was the son of Grant E. Mouser, who also served as a United States c ...
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William W. Chalmers
William Wallace Chalmers (November 1, 1861 – October 1, 1944) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, Chalmers moved with his parents to Kent County, near Grand Rapids, M ...
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Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
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Mell G. Underwood (D)
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John C. Speaks (R)
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Joseph E. Baird (R)
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Francis Seiberling
Francis Seiberling (September 20, 1870 – February 1, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1929 to 1933. He was a cousin of John F. Seiberling.
Biography
Born in Des Moines, I ...
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C. Ellis Moore (R)
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Charles B. McClintock (R)
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William M. Morgan (R)
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B. Frank Murphy
Benjamin Franklin Murphy (December 24, 1867 – March 6, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1919 to 1933.
Biography
Born in Steubenville, Ohio to Charles F. Murphy and Mary E. (née Beasley) Murphy, he attended the public school ...
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John G. Cooper (R)
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Charles A. Mooney
Charles Anthony Mooney (January 5, 1879 – May 29, 1931) was a five-term U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Biography
Born in St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, Mooney attended public and Jesuit schools. He was graduated from St. Marys High Sch ...
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Robert Crosser
Robert Crosser (June 7, 1874 – June 3, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served 19 terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He remains the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of ...
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Chester C. Bolton
Chester Castle Bolton (September 5, 1882 – October 29, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He served four consecutive terms from 1929 to 1937. He was elected to a fifth term in 1938, but he died before completing the term.
He was the hus ...
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Oklahoma
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Charles O'Connor (R)
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William W. Hastings (D)
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Wilburn Cartwright
Wilburn Cartwright (January 12, 1892 – March 14, 1979) was a lawyer, educator, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, and United States Army officer in World War II. The town of Cartwright, Oklahoma is named after him.
Early life
Born on a fa ...
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Thomas D. McKeown (D)
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Ulysses S. Stone
Ulysses Stevens Stone (December 17, 1878 – December 8, 1962) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born on a farm near Weldon, DeWitt Township, Illinois, Stone was the son of David C. and Sarah J. ...
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Jed J. Johnson (D)
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James V. McClintic (D)
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Milton C. Garber (R)
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
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Willis C. Hawley
Willis Chatman Hawley (May 5, 1864 – July 24, 1941) was an American politician and educator in the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he would serve as president of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he earned his undergraduate ...
(R)
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Robert R. Butler
Robert Reyburn Butler (September 24, 1881 – January 7, 1933) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Oregon from 1928 to 1933.. He also served in the Oregon ...
(R)
: .
Franklin F. Korell (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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James M. Beck (R)
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George S. Graham (R)
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Harry C. Ransley (R)
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Benjamin M. Golder (R)
: .
James J. Connolly (R)
: .
George A. Welsh
George Austin Welsh (August 9, 1878 – October 22, 1970) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Education and career ...
(R)
: .
George P. Darrow
George Potter Darrow (February 4, 1859 – June 7, 1943) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George Darrow was born in Waterford, Connecticut. He graduated from Alfred University in Alfred, New ...
(R)
: .
James Wolfenden (R)
: .
Henry W. Watson (R)
: .
William W. Griest (R), until December 5, 1929
::
J. Roland Kinzer (R), from January 28, 1930
: .
Laurence H. Watres
Laurence Hawley Watres (July 18, 1882 – February 6, 1964) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Laurence H. Watres was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Louis Arthur Watres ...
(R)
: .
John J. Casey (D), until May 5, 1929
::
C. Murray Turpin (R), from June 4, 1929
: .
George F. Brumm (R)
: .
Charles J. Esterly
Charles Joseph Esterly (February 8, 1888 – September 3, 1940) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Charles J. Esterly was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was employed with an electric co ...
(R)
: .
Louis T. McFadden
Louis Thomas McFadden (July 25, 1876 – October 1, 1936) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving from 1915 to 1935. A banker by trade, he was the chief sponsor of the 1927 McFadden Act ...
(R)
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Edgar R. Kiess (R), until July 20, 1930
::
Robert F. Rich (R), from November 4, 1930
: .
Frederick W. Magrady (R)
: .
Edward M. Beers
Edward McMath Beers (May 27, 1877 – April 21, 1932) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Edward M. Beers was born in Nossville, Tell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania on May 27, 1877. In 1895, ...
(R)
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Isaac H. Doutrich (R)
: .
J. Russell Leech (R)
: .
J. Banks Kurtz (R)
: .
Franklin Menges
Franklin Menges (October 26, 1858 – May 12, 1956) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Franklin Menges was born at Menges Mills, York County, Pennsylvania. He att ...
(R)
: .
J. Mitchell Chase (R)
: .
Samuel A. Kendall (R)
: .
Henry W. Temple (R)
: .
J. Howard Swick (R)
: .
Nathan L. Strong (R)
: .
Thomas C. Cochran (R)
: .
Milton W. Shreve
Milton William Shreve (May 3, 1858 – December 23, 1939) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Milton W. Shreve was born in Chapmanville, Pennsylvania. He attended the Edinboro State Normal ...
(R)
: .
William R. Coyle (R)
: .
Adam M. Wyant (R)
: .
Stephen G. Porter (R), until June 27, 1930
::
Edmund F. Erk (R), from November 4, 1930
: .
M. Clyde Kelly (R)
: .
Patrick J. Sullivan (R)
: .
Harry A. Estep (R)
: .
Guy E. Campbell (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 ...
: .
Clark Burdick (R)
: .
Richard S. Aldrich
Richard Steere Aldrich (February 29, 1884December 25, 1941) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and served in the Rhode Island State Senate and the Rhode Island House of Representatives. ...
(R)
: .
Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D), until May 9, 1930
::
Francis B. Condon (D), from November 4, 1930
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 = ...
: .
Thomas S. McMillan (D)
: .
Butler B. Hare
Butler Black Hare (November 25, 1875 – December 30, 1967) was an American politician who represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born to James and Elizabeth Hare (née Black), he was one of nine sons born t ...
(D)
: .
Frederick H. Dominick (D)
: .
John J. McSwain (D)
: .
William F. Stevenson (D)
: .
Allard H. Gasque
Allard Henry Gasque (March 8, 1873 – June 17, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1923 until his death in June 1938. Following his death, he was succeeded in office by his wife Elizabeth Hawley Gasque.
Biography
Early l ...
(D)
: .
Hampton P. Fulmer
Hampton Pitts Fulmer (June 23, 1875 – October 19, 1944) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 – October 19, 1944. After his death, his wi ...
(D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...
: .
Charles A. Christopherson (R)
: .
Royal C. Johnson (R)
: .
William Williamson (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 ...
: .
B. Carroll Reece
Brazilla Carroll Reece (December 22, 1889 – March 19, 1961) was an American Republican Party politician from Tennessee. He represented eastern Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives for all but six years from 1921 to 1961 ...
(R)
: .
J. Will Taylor (R)
: .
Sam D. McReynolds (D)
: .
Cordell Hull (D)
: .
Ewin L. Davis
Ewin Lamar Davis (February 5, 1876October 23, 1949) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Davis was born in Bedford County, Tennessee, s ...
(D)
: .
Joseph W. Byrns Sr.
Joseph Wellington "Jo" Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a United States, U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States House of Representatives, congressman from Tennessee, and as ...
(D)
: .
Edward Everett Eslick (D)
: .
Gordon Browning
Gordon Weaver Browning (November 22, 1889May 23, 1976) was an American politician who served as the 38th governor of Tennessee from 1937 to 1939, and again from 1949 to 1953. He also served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 19 ...
(D)
: .
Jere Cooper
Jere Cooper (July 20, 1893 – December 18, 1957) was a Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee.
Biography
Cooper was born on a farm near Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, son of Joseph W. and Viola May (Cooper) Cooper. He a ...
(D)
: .
Hubert Fisher (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 ...
: .
Wright Patman
John William Wright Patman (August 6, 1893 – March 7, 1976) was an American politician. First elected in 1928, Patman served 24 consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 1st congressional district from 1929 to ...
(D)
: .
John C. Box (D)
: .
Morgan G. Sanders (D)
: .
Sam Rayburn (D)
: .
Hatton W. Sumners
Hatton William Sumners (May 30, 1875 – April 19, 1962) was a Democratic Congressman from the Dallas, Texas area, serving from 1913 to 1947. He rose to become Chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee.
Early life and career
Hatto ...
(D)
: .
Luther Alexander Johnson
Luther Alexander Johnson (October 29, 1875 – June 6, 1965) was a United States Congressman from the U.S. state of Texas.
Early years
Luther was born in Corsicana, Texas, where he attended the public schools. He received his L.L.B. in 1896 fr ...
(D)
: .
Clay Stone Briggs (D)
: .
Daniel E. Garrett (D)
: .
Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
: . James P. Buchanan (D)
: . Oliver H. Cross (D)
: . Fritz G. Lanham (D)
: . Guinn Williams (Texas politician), Guinn Williams (D)
: . Augustus McCloskey (D), until February 10, 1930
:: Harry M. Wurzbach (R), from February 10, 1930
: .
John N. Garner
John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and lawyer from History of Texas, Texas who ...
(D)
: . Claude Benton Hudspeth, Claude B. Hudspeth (D)
: . Robert Quincy Lee, Robert Q. Lee (D), until April 18, 1930
:: Thomas L. Blanton (D), from May 20, 1930
: . John Marvin Jones, J. Marvin Jones (D)
List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah
: . Don B. Colton (R)
: . Elmer O. Leatherwood (R), until December 24, 1929
:: Frederick C. Loofbourow (R), from November 4, 1930
List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont
: . Elbert S. Brigham (R)
: . Ernest Willard Gibson (R)
List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia
: . S. Otis Bland (D)
: . Menalcus Lankford (R)
: . Andrew Jackson Montague, Andrew J. Montague (D)
: . Patrick H. Drewry (D)
: . Joseph Whitehead (Congressman), Joseph Whitehead (D)
: . Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
: . Jacob A. Garber (R)
: . R. Walton Moore (D)
: . Joseph Crockett Shaffer, Joseph C. Shaffer (R)
: . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)
List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington
: . John Franklin Miller (Washington representative), John F. Miller (R)
: . Lindley H. Hadley (R)
: . Albert Johnson (congressman), Albert Johnson (R)
: . John W. Summers (R)
: . Samuel B. Hill (Washington politician), Samuel B. Hill (D)
List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia
: . Carl G. Bachmann (R)
: . Frank L. Bowman (R)
: . John M. Wolverton (R)
: . James A. Hughes (R), until March 2, 1930
:: Robert Lynn Hogg, Robert L. Hogg (R), from November 4, 1930
: . Hugh Ike Shott (R)
: . Joe L. Smith (D)
List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Henry Allen Cooper, Henry A. Cooper (R), until March 1, 1931
: . Charles A. Kading (R)
: . John M. Nelson (R)
: . John C. Schafer (R)
: . William H. Stafford (R)
: . Florian Lampert (R), until July 18, 1930
:: Michael Reilly (Wisconsin politician), Michael Reilly (D), from November 4, 1930
: . Merlin Hull (R)
: . Edward E. Browne (R)
: . George J. Schneider (R)
: . James A. Frear (R)
: . Hubert H. Peavey (R)
List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming
: . Vincent Carter (R)
Non-voting members
: . Daniel Sutherland (R)
: . Victor S. K. Houston (R)
: . Pedro Guevara (Nacionalista Party, Nac.)
: . Camilo Osías (Nacionalista Party, Nac.)
: . Félix Córdova Dávila
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 15
** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 3-seat net gain
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: 1-seat net loss
* Deaths: 5
* Resignations: 3
* Interim appointments: 6
* Total seats with changes: 9
, -
,
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 ...
(3)
, Vacant
,
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Sena ...
(R) had resigned at end of previous congress to become Vice President of the United States.
Successor appointed April 1, 1929, to continue the term.
Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see below.
, nowrap , Henry Justin Allen, Henry J. Allen (R)
, April 1, 1929
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,
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, ...
(3)
, Vacant
, Sen.-elect
William S. Vare (R) was apparently elected but vote was never certified by the Governor due to election irregularities. The Senate refused to qualify him and he was formally unseated December 9, 1929.
Successor appointed December 11, 1929.
Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see below.
, nowrap ,
Joseph R. Grundy
Joseph Ridgway Grundy (January 13, 1863March 3, 1961) was an American textile manufacturer and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician from Bristol, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.
B ...
(R)
, December 11, 1929
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,
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Lawrence Tyson
Lawrence Davis Tyson (July 4, 1861August 24, 1929) was an American general, politician and textile manufacturer, operating primarily out of Knoxville, Tennessee, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As s btigadier general, he commanded ...
(D)
, Died August 24, 1929.
Successor appointed September 2, 1929, to continue the term.
Successor was also later 1930 United States Senate special election in Tennessee, elected November 4, 1930, to finish the term.
, nowrap , William Emerson Brock, William E. Brock (D)
, September 2, 1929
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,
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 ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Theodore E. Burton (R)
, Died October 28, 1929.
Successor appointed November 5, 1929, to continue the term.
Successor later lost election to finish the term, see below.
, nowrap ,
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Roscoe Conkling McCulloch (November 27, 1880March 17, 1958) was a Republican politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
Early life and career
Born in Millersburg, Ohio, McCulloch attended the ...
(R)
, November 5, 1929
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,
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 ...
(2)
, nowrap , Walter Evans Edge, Walter E. Edge (R)
, Resigned November 21, 1929, to become United States Ambassador to France, U.S. Ambassador to France.
Successor appointed November 30, 1929, to continue the term.
Successor later did not run to finish the term, see below.
, nowrap ,
David Baird Jr.
David Baird Jr. (October 10, 1881February 28, 1955) was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
Biography
Born in Camden, New Jersey to Senator David Baird, Baird Jr. graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1899 and from Princeton University in 1903. ...
(R)
, November 30, 1929
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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 ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Francis E. Warren (R)
, Died November 24, 1929.
Successor appointed December 5, 1929.
Successor later did not run to finish the term, see below.
, nowrap , Patrick Joseph Sullivan, Patrick J. Sullivan (R)
, December 5, 1929
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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)
, nowrap ,
Frederic M. Sackett
Frederic Mosley Sackett (December 17, 1868May 18, 1941) served as a United States senator from Kentucky and ambassador to Germany during the Hoover Administration.
Early life
He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His father, also named Fr ...
(R)
, Resigned January 9, 1930, to become United States Ambassador to Germany, U.S. Ambassador to Germany.
Successor appointed January 11, 1930, to continue the term.
Successor later lost election to finish the term, see below.
, nowrap ,
John M. Robsion (R)
, January 11, 1930
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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 ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Patrick Joseph Sullivan
Patrick Joseph Sullivan (March 17, 1864April 8, 1935) was an American politician. He was the mayor of Casper, Wyoming from 1897 to 1898 and was a Republican member of the United States Senate from Wyoming from 1929 to 1930.
Biography
Sullivan ...
(R)
, Interim appointee did not run to finish the term.
Successor 1930 United States Senate special election in Wyoming, elected November 4, 1930.
, nowrap ,
Robert D. Carey (R)
, December 1, 1930
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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 ...
(3)
, nowrap , Henry Justin Allen, Henry J. Allen (R)
, Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor 1930 United States Senate special election in Kansas, elected November 4, 1930.
, nowrap ,
George McGill (D)
, December 1, 1930
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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)
, nowrap ,
John M. Robsion (R)
, Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor 1930 United States Senate special election in Kentucky, elected November 4, 1930.
, nowrap ,
Ben M. Williamson
Ben Mitchell Williamson (October 16, 1864June 23, 1941) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky.
Born in Pike County, Kentucky, Williamson attended the rural schools of Kentucky and Bethany College in West Virginia. He engaged in the whol ...
(D)
, December 1, 1930
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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 ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Roscoe Conkling McCulloch (November 27, 1880March 17, 1958) was a Republican politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
Early life and career
Born in Millersburg, Ohio, McCulloch attended the ...
(R)
, Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor 1930 United States Senate special election in Ohio, elected November 4, 1930.
, nowrap ,
Robert J. Bulkley (D)
, December 1, 1930
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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, ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Joseph R. Grundy
Joseph Ridgway Grundy (January 13, 1863March 3, 1961) was an American textile manufacturer and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician from Bristol, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.
B ...
(R)
, Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.
Successor 1930 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania, elected November 4, 1930.
, nowrap ,
James J. Davis (R)
, December 2, 1930
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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 ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
David Baird Jr.
David Baird Jr. (October 10, 1881February 28, 1955) was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
Biography
Born in Camden, New Jersey to Senator David Baird, Baird Jr. graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1899 and from Princeton University in 1903. ...
(R)
, Interim appointee did not run to finish the term.
Successor 1930 United States Senate special election in New Jersey, elected November 4, 1930.
, nowrap ,
Dwight Morrow
Dwight Whitney Morrow (January 11, 1873October 5, 1931) was an American businessman, diplomat, and politician, best known as the U.S. ambassador who improved U.S.-Mexican relations, mediating the religious conflict in Mexico known as the Cristero ...
(R)
, December 3, 1930
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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 ...
(3)
, nowrap , Lee Slater Overman, Lee S. Overman (D)
, Died December 12, 1930.
Successor appointed December 13, 1930, to continue the term.
Successor later lost election to finish the term, see (72nd United States Congress).
, nowrap ,
Cameron A. Morrison
Cameron A. Morrison (October 5, 1869August 20, 1953) was an American politician and the List of governors of North Carolina, 55th Governor of North Carolina, governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1921 to 1925.
Early life and career ...
(D)
, December 13, 1930
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Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
Frank L. Greene (R)
, Died December 17, 1930.
Successor appointed December 23, 1930, to continue the term.
Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see (72nd United States Congress).
, nowrap ,
Frank C. Partridge
Frank C. Partridge (May 7, 1861March 2, 1943) was an American attorney, diplomat, and business executive from Vermont. A Republican, he served briefly in the United States Senate, appointed to fill the vacancy left by the death of Frank L. Gree ...
(R)
, December 23, 1930
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 27
** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 4 seat net gain
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: 3 seat net loss
* Deaths: 25
* Resignations: 6
* Contested election: 1
* Total seats with changes: 32
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Ellison D. Smith)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts, Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts (Special)
* United States Senate Special Select Committee on the Alaska Railroad, Alaska Railroad (Special Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Francis E. Warren then Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member:
William J. Harris)
* United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
Charles S. Deneen
Charles Samuel Deneen (May 4, 1863 – February 5, 1940) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Illinois, from 1905 to 1913. He was the first Illinois governor to serve two consecutive terms totalli ...
; Ranking Member:
Thaddeus H. Caraway)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Peter Norbeck
Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, Norbeck was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was ...
; Ranking Member:
Duncan U. Fletcher)
* United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman:
Porter H. Dale; Ranking Member:
Kenneth McKellar)
* United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Robert B. Howell
Robert Beecher Howell (January 21, 1864 March 11, 1933) was an American politician. He was born in Adrian, Michigan. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1885. Afterwards, he went to the Detroit School of ...
; Ranking Member:
Park Trammell
Park Monroe Trammell (April 9, 1876 – May 8, 1936), was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida. Trammell represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1936. As chair of the Senate Naval Aff ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Hiram W. Johnson; Ranking Member:
Duncan U. Fletcher)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Depreciation of Foreign Currencies, Depreciation of Foreign Currencies (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...
; Ranking Member:
William H. King)
* United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman:
Jesse H. Metcalf; Ranking Member:
Royal S. Copeland)
* United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Frank L. Greene; Ranking Member: Coleman L. Blease)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: Frederick M. Sackett then
Guy D. Goff; Ranking Member:
Claude A. Swanson)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman:
Reed Smoot
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; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member:
Claude A. Swanson)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman:
Arthur R. Gould
Arthur Robinson Gould (March 16, 1857July 24, 1946) was a United States senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Corinth, Maine, he attended the common schools and East Corinth Academy. He moved first to Bangor, Maine, where he opened a candy fac ...
; Ranking Member:
William H. King)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Lynn J. Frazier; Ranking Member:
Henry F. Ashurst)
* United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman:
Thomas D. Schall; Ranking Member:
Thomas J. Walsh)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: James Couzens; Ranking Member:
Ellison D. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: John W. Thomas, John Thomas; Ranking Member:
Morris Sheppard
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* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
George W. Norris
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; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman then
Henry F. Ashurst)
* United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
Simeon D. Fess; Ranking Member:
Kenneth McKellar)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
Robert M. La Follette Jr.; Ranking Member:
Ellison D. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
David A. Reed; Ranking Member:
Duncan U. Fletcher)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Roscoe C. Patterson; Ranking Member:
Thomas J. Walsh)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Mississippi Flood Control Project, Mississippi Flood Control Project (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale; Ranking Member:
Claude A. Swanson)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
Charles W. Waterman; Ranking Member:
Ellison D. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Arthur Raymond Robinson, Arthur R. Robinson; Ranking Member:
Burton K. Wheeler
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Born in Massachusetts, Wheeler began ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Post Office Leases, Post Office Leases (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Lawrence C. Phipps; Ranking Member:
Kenneth McKellar)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
George H. Moses
George Higgins Moses (February 9, 1869December 20, 1944) was a U.S. diplomat and political figure. He served as a United States senator from New Hampshire and was chosen as the Senate's President pro tempore.
Biography
George H. Moses was bor ...
; Ranking Member:
Duncan U. Fletcher)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
Samuel M. Shortridge; Ranking Member:
William H. King)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Henry W. Keyes
Henry Wilder Keyes (; May 23, 1863June 19, 1938) was an American Republican politician from Haverhill, New Hampshire. He served as the 56th governor of New Hampshire from 1917 to 1919 and as a United States Senator.
Early life
Keyes was born in ...
; Ranking Member:
Duncan U. Fletcher)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Gerald P. Nye; Ranking Member:
Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
B ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
George H. Moses
George Higgins Moses (February 9, 1869December 20, 1944) was a U.S. diplomat and political figure. He served as a United States senator from New Hampshire and was chosen as the Senate's President pro tempore.
Biography
George H. Moses was bor ...
; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman then
Pat Harrison
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
Early li ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Hiram Bingham III, Hiram Bingham; Ranking Member:
Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
B ...
)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman:
Charles L. Underhill
Charles Lee Underhill (July 20, 1867 – January 28, 1946) was a United States representative and Anti-suffragism, anti-suffrage activist from Massachusetts. He was born in Richmond, Virginia on July 20, 1867. He moved to Massachusetts in 1872 wi ...
; Ranking Member: Lindsay C. Warren)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member:
James B. Aswell)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
William R. Wood; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Byrns)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Louis T. McFadden; Ranking Member:
Otis Wingo
Otis Theodore Wingo (June 18, 1877 – October 21, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1930. He was the husband of his successor in office, Effie ...
then
John E. Rankin
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* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
E. Hart Fenn
Edward Hart Fenn (September 12, 1856 – February 23, 1939) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Fenn attended private schools, Hartford High School, ...
; Ranking Member:
John E. Rankin
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)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman:
Frederick R. Lehlbach; Ranking Member:
Lamar Jeffers
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Born in Anniston, Alabama, Jeffers attended public schools and Alabama Presbyterian College at Anniston.
He served with the Alabama National Guard from ...
)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Edward M. Irwin
Edward Michael Irwin (April 14, 1869 – January 30, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Leasburg, Missouri, Irwin attended the public schools of his native city. He taught school in Leasburg, Missouri and also attended the ...
; Ranking Member:
John C. Box)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Randolph Perkins
Randolph Perkins (November 30, 1871 – May 25, 1936) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1936.
Early life and caree ...
; Ranking Member:
Edgar Howard
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Early life and education ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Edward H. Wason; Ranking Member:
Robert A. Green)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Frederick N. Zihlman; Ranking Member:
Christopher D. Sullivan
Christopher Daniel Sullivan (July 14, 1870 – August 3, 1942) was an American politician from New York who served twelve terms as a United States Congressman from 1917 to 1941.
Life
Born in New York City, he attended the public schools, St. Jam ...
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* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
Daniel A. Reed; Ranking Member: Loring M. Black)
* 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:
Charles L. Gifford; Ranking Member:
Lamar Jeffers
Lamar Jeffers (April 16, 1888 – June 1, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Anniston, Alabama, Jeffers attended public schools and Alabama Presbyterian College at Anniston.
He served with the Alabama National Guard from ...
)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman:
Carroll L. Beedy; Ranking Member: Edward E. Eslick)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman:
Bird J. Vincent; Ranking Member:
John J. Douglass)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman:
Willis G. Sears; Ranking Member:
John H. Kerr)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Guy E. Campbell; Ranking Member:
Mell G. Underwood)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: William Williamson (American politician), William Williamson; Ranking Member:
Allard H. Gasque
Allard Henry Gasque (March 8, 1873 – June 17, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1923 until his death in June 1938. Following his death, he was succeeded in office by his wife Elizabeth Hawley Gasque.
Biography
Early l ...
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* United States House Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control (Chairman:
Frank R. Reid; Ranking Member:
Riley J. Wilson)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Stephen G. Porter; Ranking Member: J. Charles Linthicum)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Albert Johnson (congressman), Albert Johnson; Ranking Member:
John C. Box)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
Scott Leavitt
Scott Leavitt (June 16, 1879 – October 19, 1966) was a U.S. Representative from Montana. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs.
Early life
Scott Leavitt was born in Elk Rapids, Michigan in 1879 to Roswell Leavitt, a ...
; Ranking Member:
John M. Evans
John Morgan Evans (January 7, 1863 – March 12, 1946) was an American Democratic politician.
Biography
He was born in Sedalia, Missouri. Evans went to the United States Military Academy and then graduated from University of Missouri. He studi ...
)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: Edgar R. Kiess; Ranking Member:
Christopher D. Sullivan
Christopher Daniel Sullivan (July 14, 1870 – August 3, 1942) was an American politician from New York who served twelve terms as a United States Congressman from 1917 to 1941.
Life
Born in New York City, he attended the public schools, St. Jam ...
)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
James S. Parker
James Southworth Parker (June 3, 1867 – December 19, 1933) was a United States Representative from New York.
Life
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools and was graduated from Cornell Univ ...
; Ranking Member:
Sam Rayburn)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John M. Nelson; Ranking Member:
Mell G. Underwood)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman:
Addison T. Smith
Addison Taylor Smith (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was a United States House of Representatives, congressman from Idaho. Smith served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Hou ...
; Ranking Member: Claude Benton Hudspeth, C. B. Hudspeth)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: George S. Graham; Ranking Member:
Hatton W. Sumners
Hatton William Sumners (May 30, 1875 – April 19, 1962) was a Democratic Congressman from the Dallas, Texas area, serving from 1913 to 1947. He rose to become Chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee.
Early life and career
Hatto ...
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* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman:
William F. Kopp; Ranking Member:
William P. Connery Jr.
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He attend ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
Robert Luce
Robert Luce (December 2, 1862 – April 7, 1946) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Auburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, Massachusetts. He gra ...
; Ranking Member: Lindsay C. Warren)
* United States House Committee on Memorials, Memorials (Chairman:
Burton L. French
Burton Lee French (August 1, 1875 – September 12, 1954) was a congressman from Idaho. French served as a Republican in the House from 1903 to 1909, 1911 to 1915 and 1917 to 1933. With a combined 26 years in office, he remains the longest-s ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman:
Wallace H. White Jr.
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; Ranking Member:
Ewin L. Davis
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Biography
Davis was born in Bedford County, Tennessee, s ...
)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
W. Frank James
William Francis James (May 23, 1873 – November 17, 1945) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
James was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and moved with his parents to Hancock, Michigan, in 1876, where he atten ...
; Ranking Member: Percy E. Quin)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
William H. Sproul; Ranking Member:
Arthur H. Greenwood)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Frederick A. Britten; Ranking Member:
Carl Vinson
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* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Albert H. Vestal; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Harold Knutson
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; Ranking Member:
Allard H. Gasque
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Biography
Early l ...
)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Archie D. Sanders
Archie Dovell Sanders (June 17, 1857 – July 15, 1941) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Life
Sanders was born in Stafford, New York in 1857. He was a member of the New York State Assembly ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas M. Bell Thomas Bell may refer to:
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*Thomas Bell (antiquarian) (1785–1860), English book collector
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* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Edward M. Beers
Edward McMath Beers (May 27, 1877 – April 21, 1932) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Edward M. Beers was born in Nossville, Tell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania on May 27, 1877. In 1895, ...
; Ranking Member: William F. Stevenson)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Richard N. Elliott
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Early life and career
Born near Connersville, Indiana, Elliott atte ...
; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Don B. Colton; Ranking Member:
John M. Evans
John Morgan Evans (January 7, 1863 – March 12, 1946) was an American Democratic politician.
Biography
He was born in Sedalia, Missouri. Evans went to the United States Military Academy and then graduated from University of Missouri. He studi ...
)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman:
Roy G. Fitzgerald
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Birth and early life
He was born in Watertown, New York and move ...
; Ranking Member: Loring M. Black)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
S. Wallace Dempsey; Ranking Member:
Joseph J. Mansfield)
* United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman:
Cassius C. Dowell
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; Ranking Member:
Edward B. Almon)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Bertrand H. Snell; Ranking Member:
Edward W. Pou
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* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Charles F. Curry; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman:
James G. Strong
James George Strong (April 23, 1870 – January 11, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Dwight, Illinois, Strong attended the public schools of Dwight, Illinois from 1876 to 1879, the Episcopal Mission of Greenwood Agency, S.D ...
; Ranking Member:
Miles C. Allgood
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Biography
Born in Chepultepec (now Allgood), Blount County, Alabama, Allgood was the son of William Barnett and Mar ...
)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:
Willis C. Hawley
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; Ranking Member: John N. Garner)
* United States House Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman:
Royal C. Johnson; Ranking Member:
John E. Rankin
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)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen.
Simeon D. Fess)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen.
George H. Moses
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Biography
George H. Moses was bor ...
then
Duncan U. Fletcher; Vice Chairman: Rep. Edgar R. Kiess)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep.
Willis C. Hawley
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)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House)
* Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)
Officers
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: John R. McCarl
* Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
* Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter
Senate
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Edwin Pope Thayer, Edwin P. Thayer
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: ZeBarney T. Phillips (''Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopalian'')
* Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey, from 1929
* Republican Party (United States), Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler, from 1929
House of Representatives
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: William T. Page
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Frank W. Collier
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James S. Montgomery (''Methodism, Methodist'')
See also
* United States elections, 1928 (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1928 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1928
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1928
* United States elections, 1930 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1930
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1930
Notes
References
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External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress*
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