The 72nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch 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
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
. It met in
Washington, D.C.
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from March 4, 1931, to March 4, 1933, during the last two years of
Herbert Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
was based on the
thirteenth decennial census of the United States in 1910. The Senate had a
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 ...
majority. The House started with a very slim Republican majority, but by the time it first met in December 1931, the Democrats had gained a majority through special elections.
Major events
* Ongoing:
Great Depression
The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...
* January 12, 1932:
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. She was the first woman to preside ...
of Arkansas became the first woman elected to the United States Senate. (
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Rebecca Ann Felton (née Latimer; June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930) was an American writer, lecturer, feminist, suffragist, reformer, slave owner, and politician who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, although she serve ...
of Georgia had been appointed to fill a vacancy in 1922; the 87-year-old Felton served one day as a senator.) Caraway had won a special election to fill the remaining months of the term of her late husband, Senator
Thaddeus Caraway. She won re-election to a full term in 1932 and again in 1938 and served in the Senate until January 1945.
* July 28, 1932:
Bonus Army
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their servic ...
was dispersed.
* November 8, 1932:
United States elections, 1932:
**
1932 United States presidential election
The 1932 United States presidential election was the 37th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1932. The election took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression. Incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover w ...
: Incumbent Republicans
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 ...
and
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 ...
lost to Democrats
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
as President, and
John Nance 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 ...
as Vice President.
**
United States Senate elections, 1932
The 1932 United States Senate elections coincided with Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide victory over incumbent Herbert Hoover in the presidential election.
With the Hoover administration widely blamed for the Great Depression, Republi ...
: Democrats gained 12 seats for a 59–36 majority.
**
United States House of Representatives elections, 1932
The 1932 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1932 which coincided with the landslide election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The inability of Herbert Hoover to d ...
: Democrats gained 97 seats for a 313–117 majority.
Major legislation
*January 22, 1932:
Reconstruction Finance Corporation The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was a government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgag ...
Act, Sess. 1, ch. 8,
*February 27, 1932:
Glass-Steagall Act of 1932, Sess. 1, ch. 58,
*March 23, 1932:
Norris-LaGuardia Act, Sess. 1, ch. 90,
*June 6, 1932:
Revenue Act of 1932
The Revenue Act of 1932 (June 6, 1932, ch. 209, ) raised United States tax rates across the board, with the rate on top incomes rising from 25 percent to 63 percent. The estate tax was doubled and corporate taxes were raised by almost 15 percent.
...
, Sess. 1, ch. 209,
*June 22, 1932:
Federal Kidnapping Act
Following the historic Lindbergh kidnapping (the abduction and murder of Charles Lindbergh's toddler son), the United States Congress passed a federal kidnapping statute—known as the Federal Kidnapping Act, (a)(1) (popularly known as the Lindbe ...
, Sess. 1, ch. 271,
*June 30, 1932:
Economy Act of 1932
The Economy Act of 1932 is an Act of Congress that established the purchasing authority of the federal government. Title VI of this earlier act authorized heads of executive departments, establishments, bureaus, and offices to place orders with an ...
, Sess. 1, ch. 314,
*July 21, 1932:
Emergency Relief and Construction Act
The Emergency Relief and Construction Act (ch. 520, , enacted July 21, 1932), was the United States's first major-relief legislation, enabled under Herbert Hoover and later adopted and expanded by Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his New Deal.
Th ...
, Sess. 1, ch. 520,
*July 22, 1932:
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
The Federal Home Loan Bank Act, , is a United States federal law passed under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost of home ownership. It established the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to charter and supervise federal savings and loan i ...
, Sess. 1, ch. 522,
*January 17, 1933:
Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act, Sess. 2, ch. 11,
*March 3, 1933:
Buy American Act
The Buy American Act ("BAA", originally , now ) passed in 1933 by Congress and signed by President Hoover on his last full day in office (March 3, 1933), required the United States government to prefer U.S.-made products in its purchases. Other p ...
, Sess. 2, ch. 212, title III,
Constitutional amendments
* March 2, 1932: Approved an amendment to the
United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the Supremacy Clause, supreme law of the United States, United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven ar ...
moving the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3, and also establishing what is to be done when there is no
president-elect
An ''officer-elect'' is a person who has been elected to a position but has not yet been installed. Notably, a president who has been elected but not yet installed would be referred to as a ''president-elect'' (e.g. president-elect of the Unit ...
, and submitted it to the
state legislatures for
ratification
Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally. Ratification defines the international act in which a state indicates its consent to be bound to a treaty if the parties inten ...
** January 23, 1933: The
Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president from March4 to January ...
was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution.
* February 20, 1933: Approved an amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing the
Eighteenth Amendment, and submitted it to
state ratifying conventions
State ratifying conventions are one of the two methods established by Article V of the United States Constitution for '' ratifying'' proposed constitutional amendments. The only amendment that has been ratified through this method thus far is th ...
for ratification
** Amendment was later ratified on December 5, 1933, becoming the
Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol. The Twenty-first Amendment was proposed by ...
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 ful ...
:
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
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
:
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 (Republican)
*
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
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 a ...
*
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
*
Republican Conference Secretary:
Frederick Hale
*
National Senatorial Committee Chair:
Daniel O. Hastings
Minority (Democratic)
*
Minority Leader:
Joseph T. Robinson
*
Minority Whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
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 ...
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Hugo Black
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A ...
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 ...
:
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)
''Note'': Republican
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 initi ...
, the Speaker of the House in the
previous Congress, was Speaker-presumptive with his party's mere three-seat majority. However, Longworth died on April 9, 1931, and by the time the 72nd Congress convened in December 1931, Democrats had gained four seats from Republicans through special elections following deaths, thus becoming the majority party in the House. Democrat
John Garner was subsequently elected as Speaker.
Majority (Democratic)
*
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. :
Henry T. Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and f ...
*
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 ...
:
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 S ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
William W. Arnold
William Wright Arnold (October 14, 1877 – November 23, 1957) was an American politician and jurist, serving as a U.S. representative from Illinois and a judge of the United States Tax Court.
Life and career
Born in Oblong, Illinois, Arnold at ...
*
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 ...
Minority (Republican)
*
Minority Leader:
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 ...
*
Minority Whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
Carl G. Bachmann
Carl G. Bachmann (May 14, 1890 – January 22, 1980) was a United States Congressman from Wheeling, West Virginia.
Bachmann was born in Wheeling as the son of Charles F. and Sophia Bachmann; three of his grandparents were German immigrants.
In 1 ...
*
Republican Conference Chairman
The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informin ...
:
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 ...
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
William R. Wood
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, 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 the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1936; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1932.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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: 2.
John H. Bankhead II (D)
: 3.
Hugo Black
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A ...
(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 Representa ...
(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 Osage ...
: 2.
Joseph T. Robinson (D)
: 3.
Thaddeus H. Caraway (D), until November 6, 1931
::
Hattie Caraway
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an Americans, American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senate, United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. Sh ...
(D), from November 13, 1931
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
: 1.
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866August 6, 1945) was an American attorney and politician who served as the Governor of California, 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century ...
(R)
: 3.
Samuel M. Shortridge
Samuel Morgan Shortridge (August 3, 1861January 15, 1952) was a Republican Senator from California.
Early years
He was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and moved to California as a child with his family, which settled in San Jose in 1875. He pr ...
(R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
: 2.
Edward P. Costigan
Edward Prentiss Costigan (July 1, 1874January 17, 1939) was a Democratic Party politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1931 to 1937. He was a founding member of the Progressive Party in Colorado in 1912.
Early life a ...
(D)
: 3.
Charles W. Waterman
Charles Winfield Waterman (November 2, 1861August 27, 1932) was a Colorado attorney and politician. He is most notable for his service as a United States senator from Colorado.
Born in Waitsfield, Vermont, Waterman graduated from the Univers ...
(R), until August 27, 1932
::
Walter Walker (D), September 16, 1932 – December 6, 1932
::
Karl C. Schuyler
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (April 3, 1877July 31, 1933) was an American attorney and politician from Colorado. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was most notable for his service as a United States senator from 1932 to 1933.
A nativ ...
(R), from December 7, 1932
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 cap ...
: 1.
Frederic C. Walcott
Frederic Collin Walcott (February 19, 1869April 27, 1949) was a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in New York Mills, Oneida County, New York, the son of William Stuart Walcott and Emeline Alice Welch Walcott, Walcott atten ...
(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 Empire, Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911 with the guidance of local indigenous farmers. Late ...
(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
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
(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
William Julius Harris (February 3, 1868April 18, 1932) was a United States senator from the state of Georgia. He was a great-grandson of Charles Hooks, who had been a Representative from North Carolina, and son-in-law of Joseph Wheeler, Confed ...
(D), until April 18, 1932
::
John S. Cohen (D), April 25, 1932 – January 11, 1933
::
Richard Russell Jr.
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for alm ...
(D), from January 12, 1933
: 3.
Walter F. George
Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 4, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a longtime Democratic United States Senator from 1922 to 1957 and was President pro tempore of the United States Sen ...
(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 Wyom ...
: 2.
William E. Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often con ...
(R)
: 3.
John W. Thomas (R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
: 2.
J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
: 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 R. Robinson (R)
: 3.
James E. 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 a ...
(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 the ...
: 2.
Lester J. Dickinson (R)
: 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 the ...
: 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.
George McGill (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 to ...
: 2.
Marvel M. Logan (D)
: 3.
Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...
(D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
: 2.
Huey Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...
(D), from January 25, 1932
: 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 north ...
: 1.
Frederick Hale (R)
: 2.
Wallace H. White Jr.
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
: 1.
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Phillips Lee Goldsborough I (August 6, 1865October 22, 1946), was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and member of the United States Senate representing Maryland, State of Maryland from 1929 to 1935. He was also ...
(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 192 ...
(D)
: 1.
David I. Walsh (D)
: 2.
Marcus A. Coolidge
Marcus Allen Coolidge (October 6, 1865January 23, 1947) was a Democratic United States Senator representing Massachusetts from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1937.
Biography
Coolidge was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, son of Frederick Spau ...
(D)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
: 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
James J. Couzens (August 26, 1872October 22, 1936) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist. He served as mayor of Detroit (1919–1922) and U.S. Senator from Michigan (1922–1936). Prior to entering politics he served as vice ...
(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
Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as ...
(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 U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
: 1.
Roscoe C. Patterson
Roscoe Conkling Patterson (September 15, 1876October 22, 1954) was an American lawyer from Missouri. He was most notable for his service as a United States representative (1921–1923) and a U.S. Senator (1929–1935).
Early life
Patterson was b ...
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: 3.
Harry B. Hawes (D), until February 3, 1933
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Bennett Champ Clark
Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890 – July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit. He was ...
(D), from February 3, 1933
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
: 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
Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1 ...
(D), until March 2, 1933
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
: 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 U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
: 1.
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 ...
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: 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 ...
(R)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
: 2.
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 F. Kean (R)
: 2.
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), until October 5, 1931
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W. Warren Barbour (R), from December 1, 1931
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, Ker ...
: 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
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
: 1.
Royal S. Copeland
Royal Samuel Copeland (November 7, 1868June 17, 1938), a United States Senator from New York from 1923 until 1938, was an academic, homeopathic physician, and politician. He held elected offices in both Michigan (as a Republican) and New York ...
(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 So ...
: 2.
Josiah W. Bailey (D)
: 3.
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), until December 4, 1932
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Robert R. Reynolds (D), from December 5, 1932
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
: 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
Gerald Prentice Nye (December 19, 1892 – July 17, 1971) was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1945. He was a Republican and supporter of World War II-era isolationism, chairing the Ny ...
(R)
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
: 1.
Simeon D. Fess (R)
: 3.
Robert J. Bulkley
Robert Johns Bulkley (October 8, 1880July 21, 1965) was an American attorney and politician from Ohio. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives, and in the United States Senate from 1930 until 1939.
Life and career
Bu ...
(D)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
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Thomas Gore
Thomas Pryor Gore (December 10, 1870March 16, 1949) was an American politician who served as one of the first two United States senators from Oklahoma, from 1907 to 1921 and again from 1931 to 1937. He first entered politics as an activist for ...
(D)
: 3.
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 U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
: 2.
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
Frederick Steiwer (October 13, 1883February 3, 1939) was an American politician and lawyer in the state of Oregon.
A native of the state, he was county district attorney and member of the Oregon State Senate from eastern Oregon and a veteran o ...
(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, ...
: 1.
David A. Reed
David Aiken Reed (December 21, 1880February 10, 1953) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1922 to 1935. He was a co-author of the restr ...
(R)
: 3.
James J. Davis
James John Davis (October 27, 1873November 22, 1947) was a Wales, Welsh-born American businessman, author and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as United States Secre ...
(R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
: 1.
Felix Hebert
Felix Hebert (December 11, 1874December 14, 1969) was a United States senator from Rhode Island. Born near St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, he came to the United States when his parents, Edouard and Catherine (Vandale) Hebert, returned in 1880 and ...
(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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James F. Byrnes
James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, ...
(D)
: 3.
Ellison D. Smith (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
: 2.
William J. Bulow
William John Bulow (January 13, 1869February 26, 1960) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the first Democratic Governor of South Dakota, serving from 1927 to 1931. He received the highest number of votes of any Democratic candidate f ...
(D)
: 3.
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 ...
: 1.
Kenneth McKellar (D)
: 2.
Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...
(D)
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
: 1.
Tom Connally
Thomas Terry Connally (August 19, 1877October 28, 1963) was an American politician, who represented Texas in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, as a member of the Democratic Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representa ...
(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)
: 3.
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 served ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Porter H. Dale (R)
: 3.
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 ...
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Warren Austin
Warren Robinson Austin (November 12, 1877 – December 25, 1962) was an American politician and diplomat who served as United States Senator from Vermont and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
A native of Highgate Center, Vermont, Austin was ...
(R), from April 1, 1931
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
Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Virginia. He served as U.S. Representative (1893-1906), Governor of Virginia (1906-1910), and U.S. Senator from Virginia (1910-1933), befor ...
(D)
: 2.
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treasu ...
(D)
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
: 1.
Clarence Dill
Clarence Cleveland Dill (September 21, 1884January 14, 1978) was an American politician from the state of Washington (state), Washington. A United States Democratic Party, Democrat, he was elected to two terms each in both houses of United Sta ...
(D)
: 3.
Wesley L. Jones
Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing the state of Washington.
Born near Bethany, Illinois days aft ...
(R), until November 19, 1932
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Elijah S. Grammer (R), from November 22, 1932
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 Bur ...
: 1.
Henry D. Hatfield (R)
: 2.
Matthew M. Neely (D)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
: 1.
Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R)
: 3.
John J. Blaine (R)
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, 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 south ...
: 1.
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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(D)
: 2.
Robert D. Carey (R)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the
general ticket
The general ticket, also known as party block voting (PBV) or ticket voting, is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party, or a team's set list of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner. Unless specifically ...
or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
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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 S ...
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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 1 ...
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LaFayette L. Patterson (D)
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William B. Oliver
William Bacon Oliver (May 23, 1867 – May 27, 1948) was a Congressman from Alabama.
He was born in Eutaw, Alabama, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1887 and from the law department in 1889. After additional courses at the Univer ...
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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
Edward Berton Almon (April 18, 1860 – June 22, 1933) was an American, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives who represented northwest Alabama's 8th congressional district.
Early life
Almon was born near Moulto ...
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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 (Sherrill) ...
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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 Osage ...
: .
William J. Driver
William Joshua Driver (March 2, 1873 – October 1, 1948) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Biography
Born near Osceola, Arkansas, Driver was the son of John B. and Margar ...
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: .
John E. Miller
John Elvis Miller (May 15, 1888 – January 30, 1981) was a United States representative and United States Senator from Arkansas and later was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas ...
(D)
: .
Claude A. Fuller
Claude Albert Fuller (January 20, 1876 – January 8, 1968) — was an American, a lawyer, farmer, member of Arkansas State House of Representatives from 1903–05, and of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 3rd District of Arkansas from 1 ...
(D)
: .
Effiegene L. Wingo (D)
: .
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, ...
(D)
: .
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 U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
: .
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)
: .
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 Jr.
Charles Forrest Curry Jr. (August 13, 1893 – October 7, 1972) was an American lawyer and World War I veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1931 to 1933.
He was the son of Charles Forrest Curry.
Early ...
(R)
: .
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)
: .
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)
: .
Henry E. Barbour (R)
: .
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 ...
(R)
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William E. Evans (R)
: .
Joe Crail (R)
: .
Phil Swing
Philip David Swing (November 30, 1884 – August 8, 1963) was an American Republican politician from Imperial County, California. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1933.
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(R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
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William R. Eaton (R)
: .
Charles B. Timberlake (R)
: .
Guy U. Hardy
Guy Urban Hardy (April 4, 1872 – January 26, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado for fourteen years. He was a newspaper editor and publisher for 52 years as well as president of the National Editorial Association. Three parks were es ...
(R)
: .
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 cap ...
: .
Augustine Lonergan
Augustine Lonergan (May 20, 1874October 18, 1947) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Connecticut. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as a senator from 1933 to 1939.
Biography
Lonergan was born in Thompson, Connecticut, ...
(D)
: .
Richard P. Freeman
Richard Patrick Freeman (April 24, 1869 – July 8, 1944) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in New London, Connecticut, Freeman attended the public schools.
He was graduated ...
(R)
: .
John Q. Tilson (R), until December 3, 1932
: .
William L. Tierney
William Laurence Tierney (August 6, 1876 – April 13, 1958) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 1931 to 1933.
Early life
Tierney was born in Norwalk, Conn ...
(D)
: .
Edward W. Goss (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 ...
: .
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 ...
: .
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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Tom A. Yon (D)
: .
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 ...
: .
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), until July 13, 1931
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Homer C. Parker (D), from September 9, 1931
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Edward E. Cox (D)
: .
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 ...
(D), until October 7, 1932
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Bryant T. Castellow (D), from November 8, 1932
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William C. Wright
William Carter Wright (January 6, 1866 – June 11, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born on a farm in Carroll County, Georgia, Wright moved with his parents to Newnan, Georgia, in 1869.
He attended the common and high schools ...
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Robert Ramspeck (D)
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Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford (also Rutherfurd or Rutherfoord; – 29 March 1661) was a Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian who wrote widely read letters, sermons, devotional and scholastic works. As a political theorist, he is known for "L ...
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Carlton Mobley (D), from March 2, 1932
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Malcolm C. Tarver
Malcolm Connor Tarver (September 25, 1885 – March 5, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Rural Vale, Georgia, Tarver attended the public schools.
He was graduated from the law department of Mercer University, Macon, ...
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Charles H. Brand (D)
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John S. Wood (D)
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Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democratic ...
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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 Wyom ...
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Burton L. French
Burton Lee French (August 1, 1875 – September 12, 1954) was a congressman from Idaho. French served as a Republican in the House from 1903 to 1909, 1911 to 1915 and 1917 to 1933. With a combined 26 years in office, he remains the longest-s ...
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Addison T. Smith
Addison Taylor Smith (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was a 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 U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
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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 ...
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Edward A. Kelly
Edward Austin Kelly (April 3, 1892 – August 30, 1969) was a businessman and politician from Chicago, Illinois. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1943 and 1945 to 1947.
B ...
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Harry P. Beam
Harry Peter Beam (November 23, 1892 – December 31, 1967) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1931 to 1942.
Early life and career
Born in Peoria, Illinois, Beam moved with his parents to Chicago, ...
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Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 1952. From 19 ...
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James T. Igoe (D)
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Leonard W. Schuetz (D)
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Peter C. Granata (R), until April 5, 1932
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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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(D), from April 5, 1932
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Frederick A. Britten (R)
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Carl R. Chindblom (R)
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Frank R. Reid
Frank R. Reid (April 18, 1879 – January 25, 1945) was an American politician and U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was christened without a middle name and chose the letter "R" for an initial.Waller, Douglas C. (2004). ''A Question of Loya ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and f ...
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J. Earl Major (D)
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Charles A. Karch (D), until November 6, 1932
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William W. Arnold
William Wright Arnold (October 14, 1877 – November 23, 1957) was an American politician and jurist, serving as a U.S. representative from Illinois and a judge of the United States Tax Court.
Life and career
Born in Oblong, Illinois, Arnold at ...
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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 ...
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Kent E. Keller
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William H. Dieterich (D)
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Richard Yates (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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John W. Boehne Jr. (D)
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Arthur H. Greenwood (D)
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Eugene B. Crowe (D)
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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, ...
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Courtland C. Gillen
Courtland Craig Gillen (July 3, 1880 – September 1, 1954) was an American lawyer and jurist who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1931 to 1933.
Biography
Courtland Craig Gillen ...
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William H. Larrabee (D)
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Louis Ludlow
Louis Leon Ludlow (June 24, 1873 – November 28, 1950) was a Democratic Indiana congressman; he proposed a constitutional amendment early in 1938 requiring a national referendum on any U.S. declaration of war except in cases of direct atta ...
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Albert H. Vestal (R), until April 1, 1932
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Fred S. Purnell
Fred Sampson Purnell (October 25, 1882 – October 21, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1917 to 1933.
Biography
Born on a farm ...
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William R. Wood (R)
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Glenn Griswold (D)
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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 ...
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Samuel B. Pettengill (D)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
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William F. Kopp (R)
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Bernhard M. Jacobsen
Bernhard Martin Jacobsen (March 26, 1862 – June 30, 1936) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa who served nearly three full terms during the Great Depression. He was the father of William S. Jacobsen, who succeeded him in Congress fo ...
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Thomas J. B. Robinson (R)
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Gilbert N. Haugen
Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21, 1859 – July 18, 1933) was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member o ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Fred C. Gilchrist
Fred Cramer Gilchrist (June 2, 1868 – March 10, 1950) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa, from 1931 to 1945.
Born in California, Pennsylvania, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Gilchrist moved with his parents to ...
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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 the ...
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William P. Lambertson
William Purnell Lambertson (March 23, 1880 – October 26, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Fairview, Kansas, Lambertson attended the public schools, Ottawa (Kansas) University, and the law school of the University of C ...
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Ulysses S. Guyer (R)
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Harold C. McGugin (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 to ...
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William V. Gregory (D)
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Glover H. Cary (D)
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John W. Moore (D)
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Cap R. Carden (D)
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Maurice H. Thatcher (R)
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Brent Spence
Brent Spence (December 24, 1874 – September 18, 1967), a native of Newport, Kentucky, was a long time Democratic Congressman, attorney, and banker from Northern Kentucky.
Spence was born in Newport, Kentucky to Philip and Virginia (Berry) ...
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Virgil Chapman
Virgil Munday Chapman (March 15, 1895March 8, 1951) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.
Chapman, originally from Middleton, ...
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Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D)
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Fred M. Vinson (D)
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Andrew J. May
Andrew Jackson May (June 24, 1875 – September 6, 1959) was a Kentucky attorney, an influential New Deal-era politician, and chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, infamous for his rash disclosure of classified nav ...
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Charles Finley (R)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
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Joachim O. Fernández
Joachim Octave Fernández, Sr. (August 14, 1896 – August 8, 1978), was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives for Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Like all other members of his state's congressional delegation at the time o ...
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Paul H. Maloney
Paul Herbert Maloney (February 14, 1876 – March 26, 1967) was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1914 to 1916. Later, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served ...
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Numa F. Montet
Numa François Montet (September 17, 1892 – October 12, 1985) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Born in Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Montet attended the common schools and Louisiana State Normal College at Natchitoches.
He w ...
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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), until March 16, 1931
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John H. Overton
John Holmes Overton Sr. (September 17, 1875 – May 14, 1948), was an attorney and Democratic US Representative and US Senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th distri ...
(D), from May 12, 1931
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 north ...
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Carroll L. Beedy (R)
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Donald B. Partridge (R)
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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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William P. Cole Jr.
William Purington Cole Jr. (May 11, 1889 – September 22, 1957) was an American jurist and politician. From 1927 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1942, Cole was a United States representative who represented the United States House of Representatives, ...
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Vincent L. Palmisano (D)
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J. Charles Linthicum (D), until October 5, 1932
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Ambrose J. Kennedy (D), from November 8, 1932
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Stephen W. Gambrill (D)
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David J. Lewis (D)
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Allen T. Treadway (R)
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William J. Granfield (D)
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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 ...
(R)
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Pehr G. Holmes
Pehr Gustaf Holmes (April 9, 1881 – December 19, 1952) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Early life
Holmes was born in Mölnbacka in Forshaga Municipality in Värmland, Sweden. In 1886, when he was 4 years old, Holm ...
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Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Rogers (née Nourse; March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who served in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Until 2012, ...
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Abram Andrew
Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. (February 12, 1873 – June 3, 1936) was an American economist and politician who served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, the founder and director of the American Ambulance Field Service during World War I, and a m ...
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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), until October 1, 1932
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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 ...
(R)
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John J. Douglass (D)
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George H. Tinkham
George Holden Tinkham (October 29, 1870 – August 28, 1956) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Massachusetts.
Early years
Tinkham was born October 29, 1870, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Frances Ann ...
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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
Richard Bowditch "Dick" Wigglesworth (April 25, 1891 – October 22, 1960) was an American football player and coach and United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston. He graduated from Milton Academy in 1908.
He attend ...
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Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 44th speaker of the United Sta ...
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Charles L. Gifford
Charles Laceille Gifford (March 15, 1871 – August 23, 1947) was a United States representative from Massachusetts He was born in Cotuit on March 15, 1871. Through his father he was a descendant of Robert Pike, George Phillips, Richard Salt ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
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Robert H. Clancy
Robert Henry Clancy (March 14, 1882 – April 23, 1962) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Clancy was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from the literary department of the University ...
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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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Seymour H. Person (R)
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Jesse P. Wolcott
Jesse Paine Wolcott (March 3, 1893 – January 28, 1969) was a politician and soldier from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Wolcott was born to William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy (Paine) Wolcott in Gardner, Massachusetts and attended the comm ...
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Bird J. Vincent
Bird J. Vincent (March 6, 1880 – July 18, 1931) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Early life
Vincent was born in Brandon Township near Clarkston, Michigan.
Education
Vincent attended the public schools of Oakla ...
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Michael J. Hart (D), from November 3, 1931
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James C. McLaughlin
James Campbell McLaughlin (January 26, 1858 – November 29, 1932) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
McLaughlin was born in Beardstown, Illinois. His parents, David and Isabella (Campbell) McLaughlin, had come from Edinburgh, Sco ...
(R), until November 29, 1932
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Roy O. Woodruff
Roy Orchard Woodruff (March 14, 1876 – February 12, 1953) was a politician, soldier, printer, and dentist from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Woodruff was born of English and Scottish ancestry to Charles Woodruff and Electa A. (Wallace) Woodruff ...
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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
Clarence John McLeod (July 3, 1895 – May 15, 1959) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
McLeod was born in Detroit, the son of a well-to-do Scottish father who had serve ...
(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 Christgau
Victor Laurence August Christgau (September 20, 1894 – October 10, 1991) was a politician and government official from Minnesota.
Early life
Christgau was born in Dexter Township, Mower County, near Austin, Minnesota. His mother and paternal ...
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Frank Clague (R)
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August H. Andresen (R)
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Melvin Maas
Melvin Joseph Maas (May 14, 1898 – April 13, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota and decorated Major General of the United States Marine Corps Reserve during World War II.
Early years
Melvin Joseph Maas was born in Duluth, Minne ...
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William I. Nolan (R)
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Harold Knutson
Harold Knutson (October 20, 1880 – August 21, 1953) was an American politician and journalist, who represented Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1949 as a member of the Republican Party. From 1919 to 192 ...
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Paul J. Kvale (FL)
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William Pittenger
William Pittenger (January 31, 1840 Knoxville, Jefferson County, Ohio – April 24, 1904 Fallbrook, California) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He was one of the first recipients of the Medal of Honor.
Biography
The s ...
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Conrad Selvig (R)
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Godfrey G. Goodwin (R), until February 16, 1933
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 th ...
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William M. Whittington
William Madison Whittington (May 4, 1878 – August 20, 1962) was an American politician from Mississippi. Whittington was a Representative to the 69th United States Congress in 1925, and the twelve succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925 – Janu ...
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T. Jeff Busby (D)
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Ross A. Collins
Ross Alexander Collins (April 25, 1880 – July 14, 1968) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born in Collinsville, Mississippi, Collins attended the public schools of Meridian, Mississippi, ...
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Robert S. Hall (D)
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Percy Quin
Percy Edwards Quin (October 30, 1872 – February 4, 1932) was an American politician from Mississippi. He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1932.
Percy was best known for his stocks and bonds i ...
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Lawrence R. Ellzey (D), from March 15, 1932
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James Collier
James William Collier (September 28, 1872 – September 28, 1933) was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi.
Born on the Glenwood Plantation near Vicksburg in 1872, he graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1894 ...
(D)
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
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Milton A. Romjue
Milton Andrew Romjue (December 5, 1874 – January 23, 1968) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Personal life and education
Congressman Romjue was born to Andrew Jackson Romjue (1840–1904) & Susan E. (Roan) Romjue (1843–1931) on Decem ...
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Ralph F. Lozier
Ralph Fulton Lozier (January 28, 1866 – May 28, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born near Hardin, Missouri, Lozier attended the public schools. He graduated from Carrollton High School in 1883 and engaged in teaching for severa ...
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Jacob L. Milligan (D)
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David W. Hopkins (R)
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Joe Shannon (D)
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Clement C. Dickinson
Clement Cabell Dickinson (December 6, 1849 – January 14, 1938), also known as Clement C. Dickinson, was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, Representative representing Missouri from February 1 ...
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Samuel C. Major (D), until July 28, 1931
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Robert D. Johnson (D), from September 29, 1931
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William L. Nelson (D)
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Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon (April 11, 1879 – May 12, 1964) was a Democratic Congressman from Missouri serving from 1923 until his death in Washington, D.C. in 1964. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropri ...
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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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Clyde Williams (D)
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James F. Fulbright (D)
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Joe J. Manlove (R)
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William E. Barton (D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
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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 southwe ...
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John H. Morehead (D)
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Howard M. Baldrige
Howard Malcolm Baldrige or H. Malcolm Baldrige (June 23, 1894 – January 19, 1985) was a Republican politician from Nebraska.
Biography Early life and ancestors
Baldrige was born on June 23, 1894 in Omaha, Nebraska,Welch 301 the son of Nebrask ...
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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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John N. Norton (D)
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Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
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Robert G. Simmons
Robert Glenmore Simmons (December 25, 1891 – December 27, 1969) was a Nebraska Republican Party (United States), Republican politician.
Simmons was born on December 25, 1891, near Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He attended Hastings College from 1909 t ...
(R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
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Samuel S. Arentz (R)
New Hampshire
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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 ...
(R), until October 22, 1931
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William N. Rogers (D), from January 5, 1932
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Edward H. Wason (R)
New Jersey
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Charles A. Wolverton
Charles Anderson Wolverton (October 24, 1880 – May 16, 1969) was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for nearly 32 years, from 1927 to 1959.
Car ...
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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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William H. Sutphin
William Halstead Sutphin (August 30, 1887 – October 14, 1972) was an American military officer, businessman, and Democratic Party politician who represented for six terms from 1931 to 1943.
Early life and career
He was born on August 30, 1 ...
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Charles A. Eaton
Charles Aubrey Eaton (March 29, 1868January 23, 1953) was a Canadian-born American clergyman and politician who led congregations at Natick, Massachusetts, 1893–1895; Bloor Street, Toronto, 1895–1901; Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 1901 ...
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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 ...
(R), until October 18, 1931
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Percy H. Stewart (D), from December 1, 1931
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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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Peter A. Cavicchia (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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Dennis Chavez
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The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is someti ...
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
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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
George Washington Lindsay (March 28, 1865 – March 15, 1938) was an American businessman and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1935. He was the son of George Henry Lindsay, who was al ...
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Thomas H. Cullen (D)
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Loring M. Black Jr.
Loring Milton Black Jr. (May 17, 1886 – May 21, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1935.
Biography
Loring was born in New York City on May 17, 1886, ...
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Andrew L. Somers (D)
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Matthew V. O'Malley (D), until May 26, 1931
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John J. Delaney (D), from November 3, 1931
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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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Stephen A. Rudd (D)
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Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888 – January 15, 1981) was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He served as the dean of the United States Ho ...
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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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Martin J. Kennedy (D)
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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
Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (; born Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia, ; December 11, 1882September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City from ...
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Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
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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 A. Oliver
Frank Oliver (October 2, 1883 – January 1, 1968) was an American lawyer and politician who served 6 terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1923 to 1934.
Early life and education
Born in New York City, Oliver attended the public ...
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James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
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Charles D. Millard
Charles Dunsmore Millard (December 1, 1873 – December 11, 1944) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Biography
Millard was born in Tarrytown, New York. He attended Phillips Academy, Brown Univer ...
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Hamilton Fish Jr. (R)
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Harcourt J. Pratt (R)
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Parker Corning
Parker Corning (January 22, 1874 – May 24, 1943) was an American businessman and politician from Albany, New York. He is most notable for his service as a United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1937.
A member of the Alb ...
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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 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
John Taber (May 5, 1880 – November 22, 1965) was an American attorney and New York politician who represented parts of the Finger Lakes and Central New York regions in the United States House of Representatives from 1923 to 1963.
Biography
T ...
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Gale H. Stalker
Gale Hamilton Stalker (November 7, 1889 – November 4, 1985) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Early life and education
Gale H. Stalker was born in Long Eddy in Sullivan County, New York on No ...
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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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Walter G. Andrews (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
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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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Franklin W. Hancock Jr. (D)
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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 Ka ...
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J. Walter Lambeth (D)
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Robert L. Doughton (D)
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Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
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Zebulon Weaver
Zebulon Weaver (May 12, 1872 – October 29, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician who served 14 terms as a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1917 and 1929 and again between 1931 and 1947.
Early years and education
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
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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 initi ...
(R), until April 9, 1931
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John B. Hollister
John Baker Hollister (November 7, 1890 – January 4, 1979) was a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1931 to 1937.
Biography
Born in Cincinnati, Hollister attended the local schools and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. ...
(R), from November 3, 1931
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William E. Hess (R)
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Byron B. Harlan
Byron Berry Harlan (October 22, 1886 – November 11, 1949) was an American attorney, prosecutor, jurist and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. He served four terms in Congress from 1931 to 1939.
Early life and e ...
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John L. Cable (R)
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Frank C. Kniffin (D)
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James G. Polk
James Gould Polk (October 6, 1896 – April 28, 1959) was a prominent U.S. politician of the Democratic Party during the middle of the 20th century.
A native of Highland County, Ohio, Polk grew up on a farm and graduated from high school ...
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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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Wilbur M. White
Wilbur McKee White (February 22, 1890 – December 31, 1973) was an American politician and World War I veteran who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1931 to 1933.
Biography
Born ...
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Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
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Mell G. Underwood (D)
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Arthur P. Lamneck (D)
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William L. Fiesinger (D)
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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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Charles F. West (D)
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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 ...
(D), until May 29, 1931
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Martin L. Sweeney
Martin Leonard Sweeney, Sr. (April 15, 1885 – May 1, 1960), was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Ohio and the father of Robert E. Sweeney.
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sweeney attended parochial and public schools in the area, ...
(D), from November 3, 1931
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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 ...
(R)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
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Wesley E. Disney (D)
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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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Tom D. McKeown
Thomas Deitz McKeown (June 4, 1878 – October 22, 1951) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born in Blackstock, South Carolina, McKeown was the son of Theodore B. and Nannie B. Robinson McKeown. He attended the common schools, ...
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Fletcher B. Swank
Fletcher B. Swank (April 24, 1875 – March 16, 1950) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born near Bloomfield, Iowa, Swank was the son of Wallace and Melinda Wells Swank. He moved with his parents to ...
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Jed Johnson (D)
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James V. McClintic (D)
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Milton C. Garber
Milton Cline Garber (November 30, 1867 – September 12, 1948) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. He also served as an associate justice of the Oklahoma Territory before Oklahoma became a state. In 1942, he was inducted into the Oklahom ...
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Oregon
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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 ...
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Robert R. Butler
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(R), until January 7, 1933
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Charles H. Martin
Charles Henry Martin (October 1, 1863September 22, 1946) was an American Army officer and later politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Illinois, he had a 40-year career in the military including serving in conflicts from the Spanish–Am ...
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Pennsylvania
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James M. Beck (R)
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George S. Graham (R), until July 4, 1931
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Edward L. Stokes
Edward Lowber Stokes (September 29, 1880 – November 8, 1964) was an American politician from Philadelphia who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1931 to 1933 and ...
(R), from November 3, 1931
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Harry C. Ransley (R)
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Benjamin M. Golder (R)
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James J. Connolly (R)
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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), until May 31, 1932
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Robert L. Davis (R), from November 8, 1932
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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 ...
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James Wolfenden
James Paine Wolfenden (July 25, 1889 – April 8, 1949) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
James Wolfenden was born in Cardington, Pennsylvania. He attended Friends' Central School and Penn Ch ...
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Henry W. Watson (R)
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J. Roland Kinzer
John Roland Kinzer (March 28, 1874 – July 25, 1955) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
J. Roland Kinzer was born on a farm near Terre Hill, Pennsylvania in East Earl Township, Lancaster ...
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Patrick J. Boland (D)
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C. Murray Turpin (R)
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George F. Brumm (R)
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Norton L. Lichtenwalner (D)
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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 ...
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Robert F. Rich (R)
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Frederick W. Magrady (R)
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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, ...
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Joseph F. Biddle (R), from November 8, 1932
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Isaac H. Doutrich (R)
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James R. Leech (R), until January 29, 1932
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Howard W. Stull (R), from April 26, 1932
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J. Banks Kurtz (R)
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Harry L. Haines (D)
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J. Mitchell Chase (R)
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Samuel A. Kendall (R), until January 8, 1933
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Henry W. Temple (R)
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J. Howard Swick (R)
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Nathan L. Strong (R)
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Thomas C. Cochran (R)
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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 ...
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William R. Coyle (R)
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Adam M. Wyant (R)
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Edmund F. Erk (R)
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M. Clyde Kelly (R)
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Patrick J. Sullivan (R)
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Harry A. Estep (R)
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Guy E. Campbell (R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
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Clark Burdick (R)
: . Richard S. Aldrich (R)
: . Francis Condon (D)
List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina
: . Thomas S. McMillan (D)
: . Butler B. Hare (D)
: . Frederick H. Dominick (D)
: . John J. McSwain (D)
: . William Francis Stevenson, William F. Stevenson (D)
: . Allard H. Gasque (D)
: . Hampton P. Fulmer (D)
List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota
: . Charles A. Christopherson (R)
: . Royal C. Johnson (R)
: . William Williamson (South Dakota), William Williamson (R)
List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee
: . Oscar Lovette (R)
: . J. Will Taylor (R)
: . Sam D. McReynolds (D)
: . John Ridley Mitchell, John R. Mitchell (D)
: . Ewin L. Davis (D)
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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 ...
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: . Edward Everett Eslick, Edward E. Eslick (D), until June 14, 1932
:: Willa McCord Blake Eslick, Willa M. B. Eslick (D), from August 14, 1932
: . Gordon Browning (D)
: . Jere Cooper (D)
: . E. H. Crump, Edward H. Crump (D)
List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas
: . Wright Patman (D)
: . Martin Dies Jr. (D)
: . Morgan G. Sanders (D)
: . Sam Rayburn (D)
: . Hatton W. Sumners (D)
: . Luther Alexander Johnson (D)
: . Clay Stone Briggs (D)
: . Daniel E. Garrett (D), until December 13, 1932
:: Joe H. Eagle (D), from January 28, 1933
: . Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
: . James P. Buchanan (D)
: . Oliver H. Cross (D)
: . Fritz G. Lanham (D)
: . Guinn Williams (Texas politician), Guinn Williams (D)
: . Harry M. Wurzbach (R), until November 6, 1931
:: Richard M. Kleberg (D), from November 24, 1931
: .
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)
: . R. Ewing Thomason (D)
: . Thomas L. Blanton (D)
: . John Marvin Jones, J. Marvin Jones (D)
List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah
: . Don B. Colton (R)
: . Frederick C. Loofbourow (R)
List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont
: . John E. Weeks (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, Patrick Henry Drewry (D)
: . Thomas G. Burch (D)
: . Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
: . John W. Fishburne (D)
: . Howard W. Smith (D)
: . John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)
: . Henry St. George Tucker III (D), until July 23, 1932
:: Joel West Flood, Joel W. Flood (D), from November 8, 1932
List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington
: . Ralph Horr (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
Carl G. Bachmann (May 14, 1890 – January 22, 1980) was a United States Congressman from Wheeling, West Virginia.
Bachmann was born in Wheeling as the son of Charles F. and Sophia Bachmann; three of his grandparents were German immigrants.
In 1 ...
(R)
: . Frank L. Bowman (R)
: . Lynn Hornor (D)
: . Robert Lynn Hogg, Robert L. Hogg (R)
: . Hugh Ike Shott (R)
: . Joe L. Smith (D)
List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Thomas Ryum Amlie, Thomas R. Amlie (R), from October 13, 1931
: . Charles A. Kading (R)
: . John M. Nelson (R)
: . John C. Schafer (R)
: . William H. Stafford (R)
: . Michael Reilly (Wisconsin politician), Michael Reilly (D)
: . Gardner R. Withrow (R)
: . Gerald J. Boileau (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
: . James Wickersham (R)
: . Victor Stewart Kaleoaloha Houston, Victor S. K. Houston (R)
: . Pedro Guevara (Nacionalista Party, Nac.)
: . Camilo Osías (Nacionalista Party, Nac.)
: . Félix Córdova Dávila, until April 11, 1932
:: José Lorenzo Pesquera (Resident Commissioner) (I), from April 15, 1932
Changes in membership
Senate
* Replacements: 11
** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 1-seat net loss
**
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 ...
: no net change
* Deaths: 6
* Resignations: 1
* Interim appointments: 5
* Total seats with changes: 8
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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)
, ,
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)
, Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.
Successor elected March 31, 1931.
, ,
Warren Austin
Warren Robinson Austin (November 12, 1877 – December 25, 1962) was an American politician and diplomat who served as United States Senator from Vermont and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
A native of Highgate Center, Vermont, Austin was ...
(R)
, April 1, 1931
, -
,
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)
, ,
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)
, Died October 5, 1931.
Successor was appointed and later elected.
, , William Warren Barbour, William W. Barbour (R)
, December 1, 1931
, -
,
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 Osage ...
(3)
, ,
Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)
, Died November 6, 1931.
Successor was appointed to finish the term.
, ,
Hattie Caraway
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an Americans, American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senate, United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. Sh ...
(D)
, November 13, 1931
, -
,
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
William Julius Harris (February 3, 1868April 18, 1932) was a United States senator from the state of Georgia. He was a great-grandson of Charles Hooks, who had been a Representative from North Carolina, and son-in-law of Joseph Wheeler, Confed ...
(D)
, Died April 18, 1932.
Successor was appointed to finish the term.
, ,
John S. Cohen (D)
, April 25, 1932
, -
,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
(3)
, ,
Charles W. Waterman
Charles Winfield Waterman (November 2, 1861August 27, 1932) was a Colorado attorney and politician. He is most notable for his service as a United States senator from Colorado.
Born in Waitsfield, Vermont, Waterman graduated from the Univers ...
(R)
, Died August 27, 1932.
Successor was appointed to finish the term.
, , Walter Walker (politician), Walter Walker (D)
, September 26, 1932
, -
,
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
(3)
, ,
Wesley L. Jones
Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing the state of Washington.
Born near Bethany, Illinois days aft ...
(R)
, Died November 19, 1932.
Successor was appointed to finish the term.
, ,
Elijah S. Grammer (R)
, November 22, 1932
, -
,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
(3)
, , Walter Walker (politician), Walter Walker (D)
, Interim appointee lost election to finish term.
Successor elected November 8, 1932.
, ,
Karl C. Schuyler
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (April 3, 1877July 31, 1933) was an American attorney and politician from Colorado. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was most notable for his service as a United States senator from 1932 to 1933.
A nativ ...
(R)
, December 7, 1932
, -
,
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 So ...
(3)
, ,
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)
, Interim appointee lost election to finish term.
Successor elected November 8, 1932.
, , Robert Rice Reynolds, Robert R Reynolds (D)
, December 5, 1932
, -
,
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)
, ,
John S. Cohen (D)
, Interim appointee lost election to finish term.
Successor elected January 12, 1933.
, ,
Richard Russell Jr.
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for alm ...
(D)
, January 12, 1933
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,
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
(3)
, ,
Harry B. Hawes (D)
, Incumbent retired and then resigned early February 3, 1933.
Successor appointed having already been elected.
, ,
Bennett Champ Clark
Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890 – July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit. He was ...
(D)
, February 3, 1933
, -
,
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
(2)
, ,
Thomas J. Walsh
Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1 ...
(D)
, Died March 2, 1933
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
, colspan=2 , Vacant
House of Representatives
*Replacements: 23
** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 6 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 ...
: 6 seat net loss
*Deaths: 24
*Resignations: 7
*Contested election: 1
*Total seats with changes: 32
, -
,
, Vacant
, Representative Henry Allen Cooper, Henry A. Cooper (R) died in previous congress.
, , Thomas Ryum Amlie, Thomas R. Amlie (R)
, October 13, 1931
, -
,
, ,
James B. Aswell (D)
, Died March 16, 1931
, ,
John H. Overton
John Holmes Overton Sr. (September 17, 1875 – May 14, 1948), was an attorney and Democratic US Representative and US Senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th distri ...
(D)
, May 12, 1931
, -
,
, ,
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 initi ...
(R)
, Died April 9, 1931
, ,
John B. Hollister
John Baker Hollister (November 7, 1890 – January 4, 1979) was a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1931 to 1937.
Biography
Born in Cincinnati, Hollister attended the local schools and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. ...
(R)
, November 3, 1931
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,
, ,
Matthew V. O'Malley (D)
, Died May 26, 1931. Because Congress was not in session at the time of his death, O'Malley never took his oath of office or exercised any of the duties of a Congressman. He was, nevertheless, serving in office from the beginning of his term on March 4, 1931.
, ,
John J. Delaney (D)
, November 3, 1931
, -
,
, ,
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 ...
(D)
, Died May 29, 1931
, ,
Martin L. Sweeney
Martin Leonard Sweeney, Sr. (April 15, 1885 – May 1, 1960), was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Ohio and the father of Robert E. Sweeney.
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sweeney attended parochial and public schools in the area, ...
(D)
, November 3, 1931
, -
,
, ,
George S. Graham (R)
, Died July 4, 1931
, ,
Edward L. Stokes
Edward Lowber Stokes (September 29, 1880 – November 8, 1964) was an American politician from Philadelphia who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1931 to 1933 and ...
(R)
, November 3, 1931
, -
,
, ,
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)
, Died July 13, 1931
, ,
Homer C. Parker (D)
, September 9, 1931
, -
,
, ,
Bird J. Vincent
Bird J. Vincent (March 6, 1880 – July 18, 1931) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Early life
Vincent was born in Brandon Township near Clarkston, Michigan.
Education
Vincent attended the public schools of Oakla ...
(R)
, Died July 18, 1931
, ,
Michael J. Hart (D)
, November 3, 1931
, -
,
, ,
Samuel C. Major (D)
, Died July 28, 1931
, ,
Robert D. Johnson (D)
, September 29, 1931
, -
,
, , Ernest Robinson Ackerman, Ernest R. Ackerman (R)
, Died October 18, 1931
, ,
Percy H. Stewart (D)
, December 1, 1931
, -
,
, ,
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 ...
(R)
, Died October 22, 1931
, ,
William N. Rogers (D)
, January 5, 1932
, -
,
, , Harry M. Wurzbach (R)
, Died November 6, 1931
, , Richard M. Kleberg (D)
, November 24, 1931
, -
,
, ,
James R. Leech (R)
, Resigned January 29, 1932, to become a member of the United States Tax Court, United States Board of Tax Appeals
, ,
Howard W. Stull (R)
, April 26, 1932
, -
,
, ,
Percy Quin
Percy Edwards Quin (October 30, 1872 – February 4, 1932) was an American politician from Mississippi. He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1932.
Percy was best known for his stocks and bonds i ...
(D)
, Died February 4, 1932
, ,
Lawrence R. Ellzey (D)
, March 15, 1932
, -
,
, ,
Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford (also Rutherfurd or Rutherfoord; – 29 March 1661) was a Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian who wrote widely read letters, sermons, devotional and scholastic works. As a political theorist, he is known for "L ...
(D)
, Died February 4, 1932
, ,
Carlton Mobley (D)
, March 2, 1932
, -
,
, ,
Albert H. Vestal (R)
, Died April 1, 1932
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
, -
,
, ,
Peter C. Granata (R)
, Lost contested election April 5, 1932
, ,
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.
...
(D)
, April 5, 1932
, -
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, Félix Córdova Dávila
, resigned April 11, 1932, to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
, José Lorenzo Pesquera
, April 15, 1932
, -
,
, ,
Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
, Resigned October 1, 1932
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
, -
,
, ,
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)
, Died April 21, 1932
, ,
Joseph F. Biddle (R)
, November 8, 1932
, -
,
, ,
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)
, Resigned May 31, 1932, to become judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
, ,
Robert L. Davis (R)
, November 8, 1932
, -
,
, , Edward Everett Eslick, Edward E. Eslick (D)
, Died June 14, 1932
, , Willa McCord Blake Eslick (D)
, August 14, 1932
, -
,
, , Henry St. George Tucker III (D)
, Died July 23, 1932
, , Joel West Flood, Joel W. Flood (D)
, November 8, 1932
, -
,
, ,
J. Charles Linthicum (D)
, Died October 5, 1932
, ,
Ambrose J. Kennedy (D)
, November 8, 1932
, -
,
, ,
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 ...
(D)
, Resigned October 7, 1932, to become a member of the United States International Trade Commission, US Tariff Commission
, ,
Bryant T. Castellow (D)
, November 8, 1932
, -
,
, ,
Charles A. Karch (D)
, Resigned November 6, 1932
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
, -
,
, ,
James C. McLaughlin
James Campbell McLaughlin (January 26, 1858 – November 29, 1932) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
McLaughlin was born in Beardstown, Illinois. His parents, David and Isabella (Campbell) McLaughlin, had come from Edinburgh, Sco ...
(R)
, Died November 29, 1932
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
, -
,
, ,
John Q. Tilson (R)
, Resigned December 3, 1932
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
, -
,
, , Daniel E. Garrett (D)
, Died December 13, 1932
, , Joe H. Eagle (D)
, January 28, 1933
, -
,
, ,
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)
, Died January 7, 1933
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
, -
,
, ,
Samuel A. Kendall (R)
, Died January 8, 1933
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
, -
,
, ,
Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)
, Died February 16, 1933
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
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: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member:
William J. Harris
William Julius Harris (February 3, 1868April 18, 1932) was a United States senator from the state of Georgia. He was a great-grandson of Charles Hooks, who had been a Representative from North Carolina, and son-in-law of Joseph Wheeler, Confed ...
)
* United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
John G. Townsend Jr.; Ranking Member:
John B. Kendrick
John Benjamin Kendrick (September 6, 1857 – November 3, 1933) was an American politician and cattleman who served as a United States senator from Wyoming and as the ninth Governor of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life
...
)
* United States Senate Committee on 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
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
)
* 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
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
)
* 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
Royal Samuel Copeland (November 7, 1868June 17, 1938), a United States Senator from New York from 1923 until 1938, was an academic, homeopathic physician, and politician. He held elected offices in both Michigan (as a Republican) and New York ...
)
* 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
Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Virginia. He served as U.S. Representative (1893-1906), Governor of Virginia (1906-1910), and U.S. Senator from Virginia (1910-1933), befor ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member:
Claude A. Swanson
Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Virginia. He served as U.S. Representative (1893-1906), Governor of Virginia (1906-1910), and U.S. Senator from Virginia (1910-1933), befor ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman: Arthur R. Gould; 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
Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas J. Walsh
Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: 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
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: George W. Norris; 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
David Aiken Reed (December 21, 1880February 10, 1953) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1922 to 1935. He was a co-author of the restr ...
; Ranking Member:
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Roscoe C. Patterson
Roscoe Conkling Patterson (September 15, 1876October 22, 1954) was an American lawyer from Missouri. He was most notable for his service as a United States representative (1921–1923) and a U.S. Senator (1929–1935).
Early life
Patterson was b ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas J. Walsh
Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1 ...
)
* United States Senate 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
Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Virginia. He served as U.S. Representative (1893-1906), Governor of Virginia (1906-1910), and U.S. Senator from Virginia (1910-1933), befor ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
Charles W. Waterman
Charles Winfield Waterman (November 2, 1861August 27, 1932) was a Colorado attorney and politician. He is most notable for his service as a United States senator from Colorado.
Born in Waitsfield, Vermont, Waterman graduated from the Univers ...
; Ranking Member:
Ellison D. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
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
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
Samuel M. Shortridge
Samuel Morgan Shortridge (August 3, 1861January 15, 1952) was a Republican Senator from California.
Early years
He was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and moved to California as a child with his family, which settled in San Jose in 1875. He pr ...
; 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
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
)
* 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
Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21, 1859 – July 18, 1933) was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member o ...
; Ranking Member:
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 then
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: E. Hart Fenn; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman:
Frederick R. Lehlbach; 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 1 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Edward M. Irwin; 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
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
...
)
* 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 ...
)
* 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
Charles Laceille Gifford (March 15, 1871 – August 23, 1947) was a United States representative from Massachusetts He was born in Cotuit on March 15, 1871. Through his father he was a descendant of Robert Pike, George Phillips, Richard Salt ...
; 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 1 ...
)
* 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
Bird J. Vincent (March 6, 1880 – July 18, 1931) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Early life
Vincent was born in Brandon Township near Clarkston, Michigan.
Education
Vincent attended the public schools of Oakla ...
; 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)
* United States House Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control (Chairman:
Frank R. Reid
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; 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)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman:
William F. Kopp; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* 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.
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Ewin L. Davis)
* 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
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 ...
)
* 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
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Allard H. Gasque)
* 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 Montgomery Bell, Thomas M. Bell)
* 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; 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; 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
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Edward B. Almon
Edward Berton Almon (April 18, 1860 – June 22, 1933) was an American, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives who represented northwest Alabama's 8th congressional district.
Early life
Almon was born near Moulto ...
)
* 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
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:
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 ...
; 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
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 ...
)
* 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
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 ...
then
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
; 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)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
*Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn (architect), David Lynn
*Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
*Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl
*Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
*Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter
Senate
*Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: ZeBarney T. Phillips (Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopalian)
*Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Edwin Pope Thayer, Edwin P. Thayer
*United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: James D. Preston
*Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry
*Democratic Party Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
*Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler
House of Representatives
*Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James S. Montgomery (Methodism, Methodist)
*Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble
*Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
*Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
*Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
*Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
*Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers, until December 7, 1931
** Kenneth Romney, from December 7, 1931
See also
* United States elections, 1930 (elections leading to this Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1930 and 1931
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1930
*
United States elections, 1932 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
**
1932 United States presidential election
The 1932 United States presidential election was the 37th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1932. The election took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression. Incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover w ...
**
United States Senate elections, 1932
The 1932 United States Senate elections coincided with Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide victory over incumbent Herbert Hoover in the presidential election.
With the Hoover administration widely blamed for the Great Depression, Republi ...
**
United States House of Representatives elections, 1932
The 1932 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1932 which coincided with the landslide election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The inability of Herbert Hoover to d ...
Notes
References
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External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress*
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