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The 64th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...
and the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
. It met in
Washington, DC ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan ...
from March 4, 1915, to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth years of
Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...
's
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. The apportionment of seats in the
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was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910. The Democrats maintained a majority in both chambers (albeit reduced in the House), and along with
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Wilson also maintained an overall federal government
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.


Major events

*June 9, 1915: (Prelude to
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
):
U.S. Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...
William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, running ...
resigned over a disagreement regarding the nation's handling of the
RMS Lusitania RMS ''Lusitania'' (named after the Roman province in Western Europe corresponding to modern Portugal) was a British ocean liner that was launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 and that held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlanti ...
sinking. *July 24, 1915: The steamer
SS Eastland SS ''Eastland'' was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss ...
capsized in central Chicago, with the loss of 844 lives. *July 28, 1915: The United States occupation of
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
began. *August 5–August 23, 1915: Hurricane Two of the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season over Galveston and New Orleans left 275 dead. *March 8–March 9, 1916:
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
:
Pancho Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa (,"Villa"
''Collins English Dictionary''.
; ;
led about 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against
Columbus, New Mexico Columbus is a village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, about north of the Mexico–United States border, Mexican border. It is considered a place of historical interest, as the scene of Battle of Columbus (1916), a 1916 attack by Mexico, ...
, killing 12 U.S. soldiers. A garrison of the U.S. 13th Cavalry Regiment fights back and drives them away. *March 15, 1916: President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa. *May 5, 1916:
United States Marines The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through com ...
invaded the
Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
. *July 30, 1916: German agents caused the
Black Tom explosion The Black Tom explosion was an act of sabotage by agents of the German Empire, to destroy U.S.-made munitions that were to be supplied to the Allies of World War I, Allies in World War I. The explosions, which occurred on July 30, 1916, in New Y ...
in
Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.U.S. presidential election, 1916: Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated Republican Charles E. Hughes. *January 11, 1917: (Prelude to
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
): German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, NJ (now Lyndhurst, NJ), one of the events leading to U.S. involvement in World War I. *February 3, 1917: (Prelude to
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
):The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany


Major legislation

* May 15, 1916:
Kern Amendment Sponsored by Sen. John W. Kern (D) of Indiana, the Kern Amendment amended the Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 by forbidding a Director, officer, or employee of any Reserve Bank having resources in excess of $5,000,000 acting in any similar capaci ...
* May 29, 1916:
Fraudulent Advertising Act of 1916 The Fraudulent Advertising Act of 1916 forbade businesses and advertisers to make deliberately misleading and fraudulent statements about the goods they were selling within the District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , image_ ...
* May 31, 1916:
Tillman Act The Tillman Act of 1907 (34 Stat. 864) was the first campaign finance law in the United States. The Act prohibited monetary contributions to federal candidates by corporations and nationally chartered (interstate) banks. The Act was signed int ...
* June 3, 1916:
National Defense Act of 1916 The National Defense Act of 1916, , was a United States federal law that updated the Militia Act of 1903, which related to the organization of the military, particularly the National Guard. The principal change of the act was to supersede provi ...
* June 9, 1916:
Chamberlain–Ferris Act The Chamberlain–Ferris Act (39 Stat. 218) of June 9, 1916 was an Act of Congress, Act of the United States Congress that ruled that of the original granted to the Southern Pacific Company (successor to the Oregon and California Railroad) in Cal ...
* July 11, 1916:
Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 (also known as the Bankhead–Shackleford Act and Good Roads Act), , , was enacted on July 11, 1916, and was the first federal highway funding legislation in the United States. The rise of the automobile at the star ...
(Bankhead–Shackleford Act, also known as Federal "Good Roads" Act) * July 11, 1916: Terminal Inspection Act of 1916 * July 17, 1916: Federal Farm Loan Act (Hollis–Lever Act) * July 27, 1916: River and Harbors Act of 1916 * July 28, 1916: Space Basis Act * July 28, 1916: Railway Mail Service Pay Act * August 9, 1916: Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916 * August 11, 1916: Irrigation District Act of 1916 (Smith Act) * August 11, 1916: Wildlife Game Refuges Act of 1916 * August 11, 1916:
Grain Standards Act of 1916 The United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) of 1916 (P.L. 64-190), as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.), authorizes the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration to establish official marketing standards (not health and safety standar ...
* August 11, 1916:
Cotton Futures Act of 1916 The Cotton Futures Act of 1916 required the principal, meaning the exact type and grade of cotton, be given to the government upon sale at a cotton exchange, so that the USDA The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal ...
* August 11, 1916: Brush Disposal Act of 1916 * August 11, 1916: Warehouse Act of 1916 * August 25, 1916: National Park Service Act (Kent–Smoot Act) * August 29, 1916: 2nd Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916 * August 29, 1916:
Jones Act (Philippines) The Jones Law (, . 416, also known as the Jones Act, the Philippine Autonomy Act, and the Act of Congress of August 29, 1916) was an Organic Act passed by the United States Congress. The law replaced the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 an ...
* August 29, 1916: Federal Possession and Control Act of 1916 * August 29, 1916:
Army Appropriations Act of 1916 In United States federal legislation, the Army Appropriations Act of 1916 authorized money for the larger troop strength, and created the Council of National Defense (CND) which established communications and information sharing between military a ...
* August 29, 1916: Naval Act of 1916 * August 29, 1916: Naval Reserve Force Act * August 31, 1916: Federal Standard Container Act * August 31, 1916:
Standard Fruits and Vegetable Baskets and Containers Act of 1916 In United States federal agricultural legislation, the Standard Fruits and Vegetable Baskets and Containers Act of 1916 dealt with containers for small fruits and vegetables, and prescribed the exact capacity of the containers. It fixed the cubi ...
* September 1, 1916:
Keating–Owen Act The Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916, also known as Wick's Bill, was a short-lived statute enacted by the U.S. Congress which sought to reduce child labor. It did so by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factori ...
* September 3, 1916:
Adamson Act The Adamson Act was a United States federal law passed in 1916 that established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers. History The terms that were embodied in the act were negotiated by ...
* September 7, 1916: Merchant Marine Act of 1916 (Alexander Act) * September 7, 1916: Workingmen's Compensation Act (Kern–McGillicuddy Act) * September 8, 1916: Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 * September 8, 1916: Emergency Revenue Act of 1916 * October 20, 1916: Special Air Preparedness Act * December 29, 1916:
Stock-Raising Homestead Act The Stock-Raising Homestead Act of 1916 provided settlers of public land—a full section or its equivalent—for ranching purposes. Unlike the Homestead Act of 1862 or the Enlarged Homestead Act of 1909, land homesteaded under the 1916 ...
* February 5, 1917:
Immigration Act of 1917 The Immigration Act of 1917 (also known as the Literacy Act and less often as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act) was a United States Act that aimed to restrict immigration by imposing literacy tests on immigrants, creating new categories of inadmissib ...
* February 22, 1917: Federal Interpleader Act of 1917 * February 23, 1917:
Smith–Hughes Act The Smith–Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917 was an act of the United States Congress that promoted vocational education in "agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking," and provided federal funds for this purpose. As such, it ...
* February 26, 1917:
Mount McKinley National Park Denali National Park and Preserve, formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, is an American national park and preserve located in Interior Alaska, centered on Denali, the highest mountain in North America. The park and contiguous preserve e ...
Act of 1917 * March 1, 1917: Flood Control Act of 1917 (Ransdell–Humphreys Act) * March 2, 1917:
Jones–Shafroth Act The Jones–Shafroth Act () —also known as the Jones Act of Puerto Rico, Jones Law of Puerto Rico, or as the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act of 1917— was an Act of the United States Congress, signed by President Woodrow Wilson on March ...
* March 3, 1917: Reed Amendment * March 3, 1917:
Sheppard Bone-Dry Act The Sheppard Bone-Dry Act, sponsored by Sen. Morris Sheppard (D) of Texas, was passed by the US Congress in 1917. It imposed a ban on alcoholic beverages in the District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , image_caption ...
* March 3, 1917: Special Preparedness Fund Act of 1917 * March 4, 1917:
Timber Export Act The United States federal legislation called the Timber Export Act of March 4, 1917 gave the world War I Allies of the United States preference in government regulated timber exports. It made little practical difference in the end, as most timber ...


Treaties

*January 17, 1917:
Treaty of the Danish West Indies The Treaty of the Danish West Indies, officially the Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies, was a 1916 treaty transferring sovereignty of the Virgin Islands in the Danish West Indies from Denmar ...
signed by President Wilson, ceding the
Danish West Indies The Danish West Indies ( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands were a Danish colonization of the Americas, Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas ...
to the United States after their purchase from
Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...
, and renaming them the
US Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...
.


Party summary


Senate


House of Representatives


Leadership


Senate

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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 ...
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Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall (March 14, 1854 – June 1, 1925) was an American politician who served as the 28th vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 under President Woodrow Wilson. A prominent lawyer in Indiana, he became an acti ...
(D) * Presidents pro tempore:
James P. Clarke James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist. Biography Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
(D) and
Willard Saulsbury Jr. Willard Saulsbury Jr. (April 17, 1861 – February 20, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and Preside ...
(D) *
Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
: J. Hamilton Lewis (D) *
Minority Whip The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
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) *
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 ...
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Jacob Harold Gallinger Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a United States senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913. Early life and career Jacob Harold Gallinger was born in Cornwall, O ...
* Democratic Caucus Chairman: John W. Kern * Republican Conference Secretary:
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican Party (United States), Republican from New York (state), New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the ...
* Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Willard Saulsbury Jr. Willard Saulsbury Jr. (April 17, 1861 – February 20, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and Preside ...
, until December 14, 1916 **
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 ...
, acting


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 ...
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Champ Clark James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919. Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
(D)


Majority (Democratic) leadership

*
Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.
: Claude Kitchin *
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 ...
: vacant * Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Edward W. Saunders Edward Watts Saunders (October 20, 1860 – December 16, 1921) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and judge, who served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, U.S. Representative and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Biography ...
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Frank Ellsworth Doremus


Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader: James R. Mann *
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 ...
: Charles M. Hamilton *
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 ...
:
William S. Greene William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Biography William S. Greene was born in Tremont, Illinois on April 28, 1841. He moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachu ...
* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Frank P. Woods Frank Plowman Woods (December 11, 1868 – April 25, 1944) was a five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district, in north-central Iowa. He reached a House leadership position after only two terms. However, in ...


Members

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Senate

At this time, most sitting senators had been elected by the state legislatures, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Due to the 17th Amendment, the incoming class of senators from the 1914 election were all elected directly by the residents of their state, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1916; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1918; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1920.


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 ...

: 2. John H. Bankhead (D) : 3.
Oscar W. Underwood Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designated floor leader in the Unit ...
(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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Henry F. Ashurst Henry Fountain Ashurst (September 13, 1874 – May 31, 1962) was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial l ...
(D) : 3. Marcus A. Smith (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 ...

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Joseph T. Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, servin ...
(D) : 3.
James P. Clarke James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist. Biography Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
(D), until October 1, 1916 ::
William F. Kirby William Fosgate Kirby (November 16, 1867July 26, 1934) was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1916 to 1921. Kirby was born in Miller County, Arkansas, near Texarkana, on November 16, ...
(D), from November 8, 1916


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 ...

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John D. Works John Downey Works (March 29, 1847June 6, 1928) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1911 to 1917, and an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from October 2, 1888, to January 5, 1 ...
(R) : 3.
James D. Phelan James Duval Phelan (April 20, 1861 – August 7, 1930) was an American politician, civic leader, and banker. He served as nonpartisan Mayor of San Francisco from 1897 to 1902. As mayor he advocated municipally run utilities and tried to protect ...
(D)


Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

: 2. John F. Shafroth (D) : 3.
Charles S. Thomas Charles Spalding Thomas (December 6, 1849June 24, 1934) was a United States senator from Colorado. Born in Darien, Georgia, he attended private schools in Georgia and Connecticut, and served briefly in the Confederate Army. Biography Thomas gra ...
(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 ...

: 1.
George P. McLean George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut. Biography McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...
(R) : 3.
Frank B. Brandegee Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut. Early life Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
(R)


Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

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Henry A. du Pont Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the famed du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the ...
(R) : 2.
Willard Saulsbury Jr. Willard Saulsbury Jr. (April 17, 1861 – February 20, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and Preside ...
(D)


Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

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Nathan P. Bryan Nathan Philemon Bryan (April 23, 1872 – August 8, 1935) was a United States senator from Florida and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Education and career Born on April 23, 1872, in Fo ...
(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. Thomas W. Hardwick (D) : 3.
Hoke Smith Michael Hoke Smith (September 2, 1855November 27, 1931) was an American attorney, politician, and newspaper owner who served as United States secretary of the interior (1893–1896), 58th governor of Georgia (1907–1909, 1911), and a United S ...
(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.
James H. Brady James Henry Brady (June 12, 1862 – January 13, 1918) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. He served as the state's eighth governor from 1909 to 1911 and a United States Senator for nearly five years, from 1913 until his d ...
(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. James H. Lewis (D) : 3.
Lawrence Y. Sherman Lawrence Yates Sherman (November 8, 1858 – September 15, 1939) was a Republican politician from the State of Illinois. He served as United States Senator, the 28th Lieutenant Governor, and as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representativ ...
(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. John W. Kern (D) : 3.
Benjamin F. Shively Benjamin Franklin Shively (March 20, 1857 – March 14, 1916) was an United States of America, American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Representative (1884 to 1885 and 1887 to 1893) and United States Senate, Senator (190 ...
(D), until March 14, 1916 ::
Thomas Taggart Thomas Taggart (November 17, 1856March 6, 1929) was an Irish-American politician who was the political boss of the Democratic Party in Indiana for the first quarter of the twentieth century and remained an influential political figure in local ...
(D), March 20, 1916 - November 7, 1916 ::
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), from November 8, 1916


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. William S. Kenyon (R) : 3. Albert B. Cummins (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. William H. Thompson (D) : 3.
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)


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. Ollie M. James (D) : 3. John C.W. Beckham (D)


Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

: 2.
Joseph E. Ransdell Joseph Eugene Ransdell (October 7, 1858July 27, 1954) was an attorney and politician from Louisiana. Beginning in 1899, he was elected for seven consecutive terms as United States representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He sub ...
(D) : 3.
Robert F. Broussard Robert Foligny Broussard (August 17, 1864 – April 12, 1918) was both a United States Representative, U.S. representative and a United States Senate, U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, Lo ...
(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 ...

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Charles Fletcher Johnson Charles Fletcher Johnson (February 14, 1859 – February 15, 1930) was a United States senator from Maine and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Johnson was nominated by President Woodrow Wi ...
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Edwin C. Burleigh Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Maine from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to hold federal office, first in the United States House ...
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Bert M. Fernald Bert Manfred Fernald (April 3, 1858August 23, 1926) was an American farmer, businessman, and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who became the List of Governors of Maine, 47th Governor of Maine and a United States senator. ...
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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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John Walter Smith John Walter Smith (February 5, 1845April 19, 1925), was an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party in the United States, held several public offices representing the state of Maryland. From 1899 to 1900, he was a U.S. congres ...
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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

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Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...
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John W. Weeks John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860July 12, 1926) was an American banker and politician from Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as Mayor of Newton from 1902 to 1903, a United States representative from 1905 to 1913, United States Senator fr ...
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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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Charles E. Townsend Charles Elroy Townsend (August 15, 1856August 3, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as both a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the U.S. state, state of Michigan. He served in the United States Congress from 1903 to 1923. Early lif ...
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William Alden Smith William Alden Smith (May 12, 1859 – October 11, 1932) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. After the 1912 sinking of the ''Titanic'', Smith chaired the Senate hearings into the disaster. The audience ...
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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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Moses E. Clapp Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician. Biography Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudso ...
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Knute Nelson Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
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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 Sharp Williams John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908 ...
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James K. Vardaman James Kimble Vardaman (July 26, 1861 – June 25, 1930) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi and was the Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908. A Democrat, Vardaman was elected in 1912 to the United States Senate in ...
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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 ...

: 1. James A. Reed (D) : 3.
William J. Stone William Joel Stone (May 7, 1848April 14, 1918) was a Democratic politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S. Senate from 1903 until his death; he also served ...
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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. Henry L. Myers (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 ...
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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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Gilbert M. Hitchcock Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (September 18, 1859February 3, 1934) was an American congressman and U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and the founder of the ''Omaha World-Herald'' newspaper. Life and career Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Hitchcock was the son of ...
(D) : 2. George W. Norris (R)


List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada

: 1.
Key Pittman Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. B ...
(D) : 3. Francis G. Newlands (D)


List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: 2. Henry F. Hollis (D) : 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)


List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey

: 1. James E. Martine (D) : 2. William Hughes (Senator), William Hughes (D)


List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico

: 1. Thomas B. Catron (R) : 2. Albert B. Fall (R)


List of United States senators from New York, New York

: 1. James A. O'Gorman (D) : 3.
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican Party (United States), Republican from New York (state), New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the ...
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List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D) : 3. Lee S. Overman (D)


List of United States senators from North Dakota, North Dakota

: 1. Porter J. McCumber (R) : 3. Asle J. Gronna (R)


List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio

: 1. Atlee Pomerene (D) : 3. Warren G. Harding (R)


List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: 2. Robert L. Owen (D) : 3. Thomas P. Gore (D)


List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon

: 2. Harry Lane (D) : 3. George E. Chamberlain (D)


List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: 1. George T. Oliver (R) : 3. Boies Penrose (R)


List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. Henry F. Lippitt (R) : 2. LeBaron B. Colt (R)


List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina

: 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) : 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)


List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota

: 2. Thomas Sterling (R) : 3. Edwin S. Johnson (D)


List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Luke Lea (1879–1945), Luke Lea (D) : 2. John K. Shields (D)


List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Charles A. Culberson (D) : 2. Morris Sheppard (D)


List of United States senators from Utah, Utah

: 1. George Sutherland (R) : 3. Reed Smoot (U. S. Senator), Reed Smoot (R)


List of United States senators from Vermont, Vermont

: 1. Carroll S. Page (R) : 3. William P. Dillingham (R)


List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. Claude A. Swanson (D) : 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)


List of United States senators from Washington, Washington

: 1. Miles Poindexter (R) : 3. Wesley L. Jones (R)


List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. William E. Chilton (D) : 2. Nathan Goff (R)


List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: 1. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R) : 3. Paul O. Husting (D)


List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming

: 1. Clarence D. Clark (R) : 2. Francis E. Warren (R)


House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.


List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . John Abercrombie (Congressman), John Abercrombie (D) : . Oscar Lee Gray (D) : . S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D) : . Henry B. Steagall (D) : . Fred L. Blackmon (D) : . J. Thomas Heflin (D) : . William B. Oliver (D) : . John L. Burnett (D) : . Edward B. Almon (D) : . George Huddleston (D)


List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona

: . Carl Hayden (D)


List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Thaddeus H. Caraway (D) : . William A. Oldfield (D) : . John N. Tillman (D) : . Otis Wingo (D) : . Henderson M. Jacoway (D) : . Samuel M. Taylor (D) : . William S. Goodwin (D)


List of United States representatives from California, California

: . William Kent (U.S. Congressman), William Kent (I) : . John E. Raker (D) : . Charles F. Curry (R) : . Julius Kahn (congressman), Julius Kahn (R) : . John I. Nolan (R) : . John A. Elston (Prog.) : . Denver S. Church (D) : . Everis A. Hayes (R) : . Charles H. Randall (Proh.) : . William Stephens (American politician), William Stephens (Prog.), until July 22, 1916 :: Henry S. Benedict (R), from November 7, 1916 : . William Kettner (D)


List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . Benjamin Clark Hilliard (D) : . Charles Bateman Timberlake (R) : . Edward Keating (D) : . Edward Thomas Taylor (D)


List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . P. Davis Oakey (R) : . Richard P. Freeman (R) : . John Q. Tilson (R) : . Ebenezer J. Hill (R) : . James P. Glynn (R)


List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . Thomas W. Miller (R)


List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . Stephen M. Sparkman (D) : . Frank Clark (politician), Frank Clark (D) : . Emmett Wilson (D) : . William J. Sears (D)


List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Charles G. Edwards (D) : . Frank Park (D) : . Charles R. Crisp (D) : . William C. Adamson (D) : . William S. Howard (D) : . James W. Wise (D) : . Gordon Lee (congressman), Gordon Lee (D) : . Samuel Joelah Tribble (D), until December 8, 1916 :: Tinsley W. Rucker Jr. (D), from January 11, 1917 : . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . John R. Walker (D) : . Dudley M. Hughes (D)


List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: . Addison T. Smith (R) : . Robert M. McCracken (R)


List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . Burnett M. Chiperfield (R) : . William E. Williams (D) : . Martin B. Madden (R) : . James R. Mann (R) : . William Warfield Wilson, William W. Wilson (R) : . James T. McDermott (politician), James T. McDermott (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . James McAndrews (D) : . Frank Buchanan (Illinois), Frank Buchanan (D) : . Thomas Gallagher (representative), Thomas Gallagher (D) : . Frederick A. Britten (R) : . George E. Foss (R) : . Ira C. Copley (Prog.) : . Charles Eugene Fuller (R) : . John C. McKenzie (R) : . Clyde H. Tavenner (D) : . Edward John King (R) : . Claude U. Stone (D) : . John A. Sterling (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . William B. McKinley (R) : . Henry T. Rainey (D) : . Loren E. Wheeler (R) : . William A. Rodenberg (R) : . Martin D. Foster (D) : . Thomas Sutler Williams, Thomas S. Williams (R) : . Edward E. Denison (R)


List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Charles Lieb (D) : . William A. Cullop (D) : . William E. Cox (D) : . Lincoln Dixon (D) : . Ralph Wilbur Moss (D) : . Finly H. Gray (D) : . Merrill Moores (R) : . John A.M. Adair (D) : . Martin A. Morrison (D) : . William R. Wood (Indiana politician), William Robert Wood (R) : . George W. Rauch (D) : . Cyrus Cline (D) : . Henry A. Barnhart (D)


List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Charles A. Kennedy (R) : . Harry E. Hull (R) : . Burton E. Sweet (R) : . Gilbert N. Haugen (R) : . James W. Good (R) : . C. William Ramseyer (R) : . Cassius C. Dowell (R) : . Horace M. Towner (R) : . William R. Green (R) : .
Frank P. Woods Frank Plowman Woods (December 11, 1868 – April 25, 1944) was a five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district, in north-central Iowa. He reached a House leadership position after only two terms. However, in ...
(R) : . Thomas J. Steele (D)


List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R) : . Joseph Taggart (D) : . Philip P. Campbell (R) : . Dudley Doolittle (D) : . Guy T. Helvering (D) : . John R. Connelly (D) : . Jouett Shouse (D) : . William A. Ayres (D)


List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Alben Barkley (D) : . David Hayes Kincheloe (D) : . Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D) : . Ben Johnson (politician), Ben Johnson (D) : . J. Swagar Sherley (D) : . Arthur B. Rouse (D) : . J. Campbell Cantrill (D) : . Harvey Helm (D) : . William Jason Fields (D) : . John W. Langley (R) : . Caleb Powers (R)


List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . Albert Estopinal (D) : . Henry Garland Dupré (D) : . Whitmell P. Martin (Prog.) : . John Thomas Watkins (D) : . Riley Joseph Wilson (D) : . Lewis Lovering Morgan (D) : . Ladislas Lazaro (D) : . James Benjamin Aswell (D)


List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Asher C. Hinds (R) : . Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D) : . John A. Peters (1864-1953), John A. Peters (R) : . Frank E. Guernsey (R)


List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Jesse D. Price (D) : . J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) : . Charles P. Coady (D) : . J. Charles Linthicum (D) : . Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (R) : . David John Lewis, David J. Lewis (D)


List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . Allen T. Treadway (R) : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : . Calvin D. Paige (R) : . Samuel E. Winslow (R) : . John J. Rogers (R) : . Augustus P. Gardner (R) : . Michael F. Phelan (D) : . Frederick W. Dallinger (R) : . Ernest W. Roberts (R) : . Peter F. Tague (D) : . George H. Tinkham (R) : . James A. Gallivan (D) : . William Henry Carter, William H. Carter (R) : . Richard Olney II (D) : .
William S. Greene William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Biography William S. Greene was born in Tremont, Illinois on April 28, 1841. He moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachu ...
(R) : . Joseph Walsh (Massachusetts politician), Joseph Walsh (R)


List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . Frank E. Doremus (D) : . Samuel Beakes (D) : . John M. C. Smith (R) : . Edward L. Hamilton (R) : . Carl Mapes (R) : . Patrick H. Kelley (R) : . Louis C. Cramton (R) : . Joseph W. Fordney (R) : . James C. McLaughlin (R) : . George A. Loud (R) : . Frank D. Scott (R) : . W. Frank James (R) : . Charles Archibald Nichols (R)


List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . Sydney Anderson (R) : . Franklin Ellsworth (R) : . Charles Russell Davis (R) : . Carl Van Dyke (D) : . George Ross Smith (R) : . Charles August Lindbergh (R) : . Andrew Volstead (R) : . Clarence B. Miller (R) : . Halvor Steenerson (R) : . Thomas D. Schall (Prog.)


List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D) : . Hubert D. Stephens (D) : . Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D) : . Thomas U. Sisson (D) : . Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (D), until November 24, 1915 :: William Webb Venable (D), from January 4, 1916 : . Pat Harrison (D) : . Percy E. Quin (D) : . James W. Collier (D)


List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . James Tilghman Lloyd (D) : . William W. Rucker (D) : . Joshua Willis Alexander (D) : . Charles F. Booher (D) : . William Patterson Borland (D) : . Clement C. Dickinson (D) : . Courtney W. Hamlin (D) : . Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) : . James Beauchamp Clark (D) : . Jacob Edwin Meeker (R) : . William Leo Igoe (D) : . Leonidas C. Dyer (R) : . Walter Lewis Hensley (D) : . Joseph J. Russell (D) : . Perl D. Decker (D) : . Thomas L. Rubey (D)


List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . John M. Evans (D) : . Tom Stout (D)


List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . C. Frank Reavis (R) : . Charles O. Lobeck (D) : . Dan V. Stephens (D) : . Charles Henry Sloan (R) : . Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) : . Moses P. Kinkaid (R)


List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Edwin E. Roberts (R)


List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Cyrus Adams Sulloway (R) : . Edward Hills Wason (R)


List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . William J. Browning (R) : . Isaac Bacharach (R) : . Thomas J. Scully (D) : . Elijah C. Hutchinson (R) : . John H. Capstick (R) : . Archibald C. Hart (D) : . Dow H. Drukker (R) : . Edward W. Gray (R) : . Richard W. Parker (R) : . Frederick R. Lehlbach (R) : . John J. Eagan (politician), John J. Eagan (D) : . James A. Hamill (D)


List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . Benigno C. Hernández (R)


List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Frederick C. Hicks (R) from January 4, 1916 : . C. Pope Caldwell (D) : . Joseph V. Flynn (D) : . Harry H. Dale (D) : . James P. Maher (D) : . Frederick W. Rowe (R) : . John J. Fitzgerald (D) : . Daniel J. Griffin (D) : . Oscar W. Swift (R) : . Reuben L. Haskell (R) : . Daniel J. Riordan (D) : . Meyer London (Soc.) : . George W. Loft (D) : . Michael F. Farley (D) : . Michael F. Conry (D), until March 2, 1917 : . Peter J. Dooling (D) : . John F. Carew (D) : . Thomas G. Patten (D) : . Walter M. Chandler (Prog.) : . Isaac Siegel (R) : . G. Murray Hulbert (D) : . Henry Bruckner (D) : . Joseph A. Goulden (D), until May 3, 1915 :: William S. Bennet (R), from November 2, 1915 : . Woodson R. Oglesby (D) : . James W. Husted (Representative), James W. Husted (R) : . Edmund Platt (R) : . Charles B. Ward (R) : . Rollin B. Sanford (R) : . James S. Parker (R) : . William B. Charles (R) : . Bertrand H. Snell (R), from November 2, 1915 : . Luther W. Mott (R) : . Homer P. Snyder (R) : . George W. Fairchild (R) : . Walter W. Magee (R) : . Norman J. Gould (R), from November 2, 1915 : . Harry H. Pratt (R) : . Thomas B. Dunn (R) : . Henry G. Danforth (R) : . S. Wallace Dempsey (R) : . Charles Bennett Smith, Charles B. Smith (D) : . Daniel A. Driscoll (D) : . Charles M. Hamilton (R)


List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . John Humphrey Small (D) : . Claude Kitchin (D) : . George E. Hood (D) : . Edward W. Pou (D) : . Charles M. Stedman (D) : . Hannibal L. Godwin (D) : . Robert N. Page (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Edwin Y. Webb (D) : . James Jefferson Britt (R)


List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Henry Thomas Helgesen (R) : . George M. Young (R) : . Patrick Daniel Norton (R)


List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Nicholas Longworth (R) : . Alfred G. Allen (D) : . Warren Gard (D) : . J. Edward Russell (R) : . Nelson E. Matthews (R) : . Charles C. Kearns (R) : . Simeon D. Fess (R) : . John A. Key (D) : . Isaac R. Sherwood (D) : . Robert M. Switzer (R) : . Edwin D. Ricketts (R) : . Clement L. Brumbaugh (D) : . Arthur W. Overmyer (D) : . Seward H. Williams (R) : . William C. Mooney (R) : . Roscoe C. McCulloch (R) : . William A. Ashbrook (D) : . David Hollingsworth (R) : . John G. Cooper (R) : . William Gordon (1862-1942), William Gordon (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Henry I. Emerson (R)


List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . James S. Davenport (D) : . William W. Hastings (D) : . Charles D. Carter (D) : . William H. Murray (D) : . Joseph Bryan Thompson (D) : . Scott Ferris (D) : . James V. McClintic (D) : . Dick Thompson Morgan (R)


List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Willis C. Hawley (R) : . Nicholas J. Sinnott (R) : . Clifton N. McArthur (R)


List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . Thomas S. Crago (R) : . John R.K. Scott (R) : . Daniel F. Lafean (R) : . Mahlon M. Garland (R) : . William S. Vare (R) : . George S. Graham (R) : . J. Hampton Moore (R) : . George W. Edmonds (R) : . Peter E. Costello (R) : . George P. Darrow (R) : . Thomas S. Butler (R) : . Henry Winfield Watson (R) : . William W. Griest (R) : . John R. Farr (R) : . John J. Casey (D) : . Robert D. Heaton (R) : . Arthur G. Dewalt (D) : . Louis T. McFadden (R) : . Edgar R. Kiess (R) : . John V. Lesher (D) : . Benjamin K. Focht (R) : . Aaron S. Kreider (R) : . Warren W. Bailey (D) : . C. William Beales (R) : . Charles H. Rowland (R) : . Abraham L. Keister (R) : . Robert F. Hopwood (R) : . Henry W. Temple (R), from November 2, 1915 : . Michael Liebel Jr. (D) : . Henry J. Steele (D) : . Solomon T. North (R) : . Samuel H. Miller (R) : . Stephen G. Porter (R) : . William Henry Coleman (R) : . John M. Morin (R) : . Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)


List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . George Francis O'Shaunessy (D) : . Walter Russell Stiness (R) : . Ambrose Kennedy (R)


List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . Richard S. Whaley (D) : . James F. Byrnes (D) : . Wyatt Aiken (D) : . Joseph T. Johnson (D), until April 19, 1915 :: Samuel J. Nicholls (D), from September 14, 1915 : . David E. Finley (D), until January 26, 1917 :: Paul G. McCorkle (D), from February 21, 1917 : . J. Willard Ragsdale (D) : . Asbury F. Lever (D)


List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Charles H. Dillon (R) : . Royal C. Johnson (R) : . Harry L. Gandy (D)


List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Sam R. Sells (R) : . Richard W. Austin (R) : . John Austin Moon (D) : . Cordell Hull (D) : . William C. Houston (D) : . Joseph W. Byrns (D) : . Lemuel Phillips Padgett (D) : . Thetus Willrette Sims (D) : . Finis J. Garrett (D) : . Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar (D)


List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . James H. Davis (congressman), James H. Davis (D) : . A. Jeff McLemore (D) : . Eugene Black (texas politician), Eugene Black (D) : . Martin Dies Sr., Martin Dies (D) : . James Young (congressman), James Young (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Hatton W. Sumners (D) : . Rufus Hardy (representative), Rufus Hardy (D) : . Alexander W. Gregg (D) : . Joe H. Eagle (D) : . George Farmer Burgess (D) : . James P. Buchanan (D) : . Robert L. Henry (D) : . Oscar Callaway (D) : . John Hall Stephens (D) : . James L. Slayden (D) : . John Nance Garner (D) : . William Robert Smith, William R. Smith (D)


List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Joseph Howell (R) : . James Henry Mays (D)


List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Frank L. Greene (R) : . Porter H. Dale (R)


List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . William Atkinson Jones (D) : . Edward Everett Holland (D) : . Andrew Jackson Montague (D) : . Walter Allen Watson (D) : .
Edward W. Saunders Edward Watts Saunders (October 20, 1860 – December 16, 1921) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and judge, who served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, U.S. Representative and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Biography ...
(D) : . Carter Glass (D) : . James Hay (politician), James Hay (D), until October 1, 1916 :: Thomas W. Harrison (D), from November 7, 1916 : . Charles Creighton Carlin (D) : . C. Bascom Slemp (R) : . Henry De Flood (D)


List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . William E. Humphrey (R) : . Lindley H. Hadley (R) : . Albert Johnson (congressman), Albert Johnson (R) : . William Leroy La Follette (R) : . Clarence Cleveland Dill (D)


List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Howard Sutherland (R) : . Matthew M. Neely (D) : . William Gay Brown Jr. (D), until March 9, 1916 :: George M. Bowers (R), from May 9, 1916 : . Adam B. Littlepage (D) : . Hunter Holmes Moss Jr., Hunter H. Moss Jr. (R), until July 15, 1916 :: Harry C. Woodyard (R), from November 7, 1916 : . Edward Cooper (congressman), Edward Cooper (R)


List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Michael Edmund Burke (D) : . John M. Nelson (R) : . William J. Cary (R) : . William H. Stafford (R) : . Michael K. Reilly (D) : . John Jacob Esch (R) : . Edward E. Browne (R) : . Thomas Frank Konop (D) : . James A. Frear (R) : . Irvine L. Lenroot (R)


List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)


Non-voting members

: . James Wickersham, (R) : . Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, (R) : . Manuel Earnshaw (Resident Commissioner), (I) : . Manuel L. Quezon (Resident Commissioner), (Nacionalista Party, Nac.) until October 15, 1916 : . Luis Muñoz Rivera (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist), until November 15, 1916


Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.


Senate

* Replacements: 3 ** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 1 seat net loss ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 0 * Vacancy: 0 * Total seats with changes: 4


House of Representatives

* Replacements: 9 ** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 2 seat loss ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 3 seat gain ** Progressive Party (United States, 1912), Progressive: 1 seat loss * Deaths: 8 * Resignations: 12 * Contested elections: 4 * Total seats with changes: 15


Committees


Senate

* United States Senate Select Committee on the Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member:
William J. Stone William Joel Stone (May 7, 1848April 14, 1918) was a Democratic politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S. Senate from 1903 until his death; he also served ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren) * 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 Sharp Williams, John S. Williams; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member:
Knute Nelson Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Chairman: John K. Shields; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver) * United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: William E. Chilton; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Atlee Pomerene; Ranking Member: Albert B. Cummins) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Nathan P. Bryan Nathan Philemon Bryan (April 23, 1872 – August 8, 1935) was a United States senator from Florida and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Education and career Born on April 23, 1872, in Fo ...
; Ranking Member:
Edwin C. Burleigh Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Maine from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to hold federal office, first in the United States House ...
then Nathan Goff) * United States Senate Committee on Coast and Insular Survey, Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Willard Saulsbury Jr., Willard Saulsbury; Ranking Member:
Charles E. Townsend Charles Elroy Townsend (August 15, 1856August 3, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as both a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the U.S. state, state of Michigan. He served in the United States Congress from 1903 to 1923. Early lif ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman: James E. Martine; Ranking Member:
Henry A. du Pont Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the famed du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman:
James P. Clarke James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist. Biography Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
; Ranking Member:
Knute Nelson Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Conservation of National Resources, Conservation of National Resources (Chairman:
James K. Vardaman James Kimble Vardaman (July 26, 1861 – June 25, 1930) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi and was the Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908. A Democrat, Vardaman was elected in 1912 to the United States Senate in ...
; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark) * United States Senate Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member:
William J. Stone William Joel Stone (May 7, 1848April 14, 1918) was a Democratic politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S. Senate from 1903 until his death; he also served ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Cuban Relations, Cuban Relations (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow then Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith) * United States Senate Committee on Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments, Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: James E. Martine) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John Walter Smith, John W. Smith; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: Hoke Smith; Ranking Member:
William E. Borah William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often con ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons) * United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Henry F. Hollis; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee to Establish a University in the United States, Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: N/A) * United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879), Luke Lea) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Henry F. Lippitt) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce, Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor (Chairman: William H. Thompson; Ranking Member: Albert B. Fall) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Chairman: George Sutherland; 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 Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: William Hughes (Senator), William Hughes) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Blair Lee; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State, Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman: J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Joseph T. Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, servin ...
; Ranking Member:
John D. Works John Downey Works (March 29, 1847June 6, 1928) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1911 to 1917, and an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from October 2, 1888, to January 5, 1 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Miles Poindexter; Ranking Member: Harry Lane) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose) * United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: John R. Thornton; Ranking Member:
John D. Works John Downey Works (March 29, 1847June 6, 1928) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1911 to 1917, and an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from October 2, 1888, to January 5, 1 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman:
Knute Nelson Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member:
Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Harry Lane; Ranking Member:
George P. McLean George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut. Biography McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: John W. Kern) * United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member:
Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
William J. Stone William Joel Stone (May 7, 1848April 14, 1918) was a Democratic politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S. Senate from 1903 until his death; he also served ...
; Ranking Member:
Moses E. Clapp Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician. Biography Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudso ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations, Indian Depredations (Chairman:
William E. Borah William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often con ...
; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) * United States Senate Committee on Industrial Expositions, Industrial Expositions (Chairman:
Henry F. Ashurst Henry Fountain Ashurst (September 13, 1874 – May 31, 1962) was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial l ...
; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver) * United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: James A. O'Gorman; Ranking Member:
Frank B. Brandegee Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut. Early life Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Francis G. Newlands; Ranking Member:
Moses E. Clapp Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician. Biography Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudso ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Marcus A. Smith; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879), Luke Lea; Ranking Member: Albert B. Cummins) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: James A. Reed; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: George E. Chamberlain; Ranking Member:
Henry A. du Pont Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the famed du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Thomas J. Walsh Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1 ...
; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member:
John Sharp Williams John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Chairman: Charles F. Johnson; Ranking Member:
James H. Brady James Henry Brady (June 12, 1862 – January 13, 1918) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. He served as the state's eighth governor from 1909 to 1911 and a United States Senator for nearly five years, from 1913 until his d ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose) * United States Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: John F. Shafroth; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter) * United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Frank B. Brandegee Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut. Early life Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
; Ranking Member: James A. Reed) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Ollie M. James; Ranking Member:
Frank B. Brandegee Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut. Early life Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Benjamin F. Shively Benjamin Franklin Shively (March 20, 1857 – March 14, 1916) was an United States of America, American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Representative (1884 to 1885 and 1887 to 1893) and United States Senate, Senator (190 ...
; Ranking Member: Porter J. McCumber) * United States Senate Committee on the Philippines, Philippines (Chairman:
Gilbert M. Hitchcock Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (September 18, 1859February 3, 1934) was an American congressman and U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and the founder of the ''Omaha World-Herald'' newspaper. Life and career Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Hitchcock was the son of ...
; Ranking Member:
George P. McLean George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut. Biography McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Duncan U. Fletcher Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...
; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: John W. Kern; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Claude A. Swanson; Ranking Member: George Sutherland) * United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman:
Joseph E. Ransdell Joseph Eugene Ransdell (October 7, 1858July 27, 1954) was an attorney and politician from Louisiana. Beginning in 1899, he was elected for seven consecutive terms as United States representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He sub ...
; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Henry L. Myers; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot) * United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver) * United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
Joseph T. Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, servin ...
; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member:
Edwin C. Burleigh Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Maine from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to hold federal office, first in the United States House ...
then
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger) * United States Senate Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Moses E. Clapp Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician. Biography Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudso ...
; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Telepost, Telepost (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Knute Nelson Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
Henry A. du Pont Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the famed du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the ...
; Ranking Member: Henry F. Hollis) * United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard) * United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter) * Committee of the whole, Whole * United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman:
Charles S. Thomas Charles Spalding Thomas (December 6, 1849June 24, 1934) was a United States senator from Colorado. Born in Darien, Georgia, he attended private schools in Georgia and Connecticut, and served briefly in the Confederate Army. Biography Thomas gra ...
; Ranking Member: George Sutherland)


House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Miller) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen) * United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Addison T. Smith) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: John J. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Frederick H. Gillett) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Everis A. Hayes) * United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: Harvey Helm; Ranking Member: Asher C. Hinds) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Edward W. Pou; Ranking Member: George W. Edmonds) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member: Edwin E. Roberts) * United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott, J. Frederick Cockey Talbott; Ranking Member: William S. Bennet) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson (politician), Ben Johnson; Ranking Member: William J. Cary) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Dudley M. Hughes; Ranking Member: Caleb Powers) * 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: William W. Rucker; Ranking Member: Carl E. Mapes) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James D. Post; Ranking Member: Merrill Moores) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James A. Hamill; Ranking Member: John Jacob Rogers) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Lewis L. Morgan; Ranking Member: Cassius C. Dowell) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member: William R. Wood (Indiana politician), William R. Wood) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Edward J. King) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: John H. Rothermel; Ranking Member: Thomas Sutler Williams) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member: Aaron S. Kreider) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman:
Robert F. Broussard Robert Foligny Broussard (August 17, 1864 – April 12, 1918) was both a United States Representative, U.S. representative and a United States Senate, U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, Lo ...
; Ranking Member: Stephen G. Porter) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Labor Department, Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman: James P. Maher; Ranking Member: John G. Cooper) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy (representative), Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: George Edmund Foss) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Harry H. Pratt) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Courtney W. Hamlin; Ranking Member: George H. Tinkham) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles O. Lobeck; Ranking Member: Henry Wilson Temple) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: John A.M. Adair; Ranking Member: Luther W. Mott) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas F. Konop; Ranking Member: William A. Rodenberg) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member: Henry Allen Cooper) * United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John L. Burnett; Ranking Member: Everis A. Hayes) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell) * United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: Edwin S. Underhill; Ranking Member:
Frank P. Woods Frank Plowman Woods (December 11, 1868 – April 25, 1944) was a five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district, in north-central Iowa. He reached a House leadership position after only two terms. However, in ...
) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones; Ranking Member: Horace M. Towner) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William C. Adamson; Ranking Member: John J. Esch) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: John W. Langley) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William Robert Smith, William R. Smith; Ranking Member: Moses P. Kinkaid) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr., Henry De Lamar Clayton; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Volstead) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: David John Lewis, David J. Lewis; Ranking Member: John M.C. Smith) * United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: James L. Slayden; Ranking Member: William B. McKinley) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member:
William S. Greene William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Biography William S. Greene was born in Tremont, Illinois on April 28, 1841. He moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachu ...
) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: Warren W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Burnett M. Chiperfield) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hay (politician), James Hay; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn (congressman), Julius Kahn) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin D. Foster; Ranking Member: Mahlon M. Garland) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Butler) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: William A. Oldfield; Ranking Member: John I. Nolan) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: John A. Key; Ranking Member: Sam R. Sells) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member: Halvor Steenerson) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Edgar R. Kiess) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Frank Clark (politician), Frank Clark; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Scott Ferris; Ranking Member: Irvine L. Lenroot) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: Martin Dies Sr., Martin Dies; Ranking Member: William L. La Follette) * United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Hannibal L. Godwin; Ranking Member: William B. McKinley) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member: Merrill Moores) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member: William E. Humphrey) * United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman: Dorsey W. Shackleford; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Dunn) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Frank E. Guernsey, Frank Guernsey) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Alexander W. Gregg; Ranking Member: Benjamin K. Focht) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Fordney) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole


Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Armor Plant Costs, Armor Plant Costs (Special) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads, Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads * 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.
John Sharp Williams John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908 ...
) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Sen. Francis G. Newlands) * United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate the General Parcel Post, Investigate the General Parcel Post * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen.
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 Congress Joint Committee on Postage on Second-Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail, Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail (Chairman: Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr.) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Rural Credits, Rural Credits (Chairman: Rep. Carter Glass) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service, Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service


Caucuses

* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House) * Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)


Employees


List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors

*Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods *Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam *Public Printer of the United States: Cornelius Ford


Senate

*Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: F. J. Prettyman (Methodist) *Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: James Marion Baker, James M. Baker *United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin *Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Charles P. Higgins


House of Representatives

*Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden *Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble *Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Bennett C. Clark *Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott *Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R) *Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: William M. Dunbar *Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Robert B. Gordon


See also

* United States elections, 1914 (elections leading to this Congress) ** United States Senate elections, 1914 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1914 * United States elections, 1916 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1916 United States presidential election ** United States Senate elections, 1916 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1916


Notes


References

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