The 63rd 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 ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together the ...
. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1915, during the first two 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 P ...
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910.
The Democrats had greatly increased their majority in the House, and won control of the Senate, giving them full control of Congress for the first time since the 53rd Congress in 1893. With Woodrow Wilson being sworn in as President on March 4, 1913, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta - also for the first time since the 53rd Congress.
Major events
*March 4, 1913:
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 P ...
became President of the United States.
*March 9, 1914: The Senate adopted a rule forbidding smoking on the floor of the Senate because Senator Ben Tillman, recovering from a stroke, found the smoke irritating.
* July 28, 1914:
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
began in Europe
* August 15, 1914: The
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal ( es, Canal de Panamá, link=no) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a Channel ( ...
was inaugurated
* August 19, 1914: President
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 P ...
Kern Resolution
The Kern Resolution, sponsored by Sen. John W. Kern (D) of Indiana and adopted on May 27, 1913, called for an investigation into the then ongoing Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912 in West Virginia.
The resolution would "''seek to determi ...
* July 9, 1913:
Saboth Act
The Sabath Act was a Federal law that established an immigrant protection network.
Provisions
It was sponsored by Rep. Adolph J. Sabath (D) of Illinois. The act (passed in July, 1913) established Federal Bureaus at railroad junctures and statio ...
Underwood Tariff
The Revenue Act of 1913, also known as the Underwood Tariff or the Underwood-Simmons Act (ch. 16, ), re-established a federal income tax in the United States and substantially lowered tariff rates. The act was sponsored by Representative Oscar Un ...
* October 22, 1913:
Urgent Deficiencies Act
The Urgent Deficiencies Act of 1913 authorized the elimination of many nonessential government publications.
Legislation
As part of the legislation, all information relating to the U.S. Postal Service, including the statement of allowances to ma ...
* December 19, 1913:
Raker Act The Raker Act was an act of the United States Congress that permitted building of the O'Shaughnessy Dam and flooding of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is named for John E. Raker, its chief sponsor. The Act, passed ...
* December 23, 1913:
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act was passed by the 63rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on December 23, 1913. The law created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.
The Pani ...
, ch. 6, , , ''et seq.''
* May 8, 1914: Smith–Lever Act, ch. 79, ,
* June 24, 1914:
Cutter Service Act
The United States federal Cutter Service Act of 1914 emphasized providing otherwise-unobtainable medical services for men on board American fishing fleets. It authorized the Commandant of the Revenue Cutter Service to "''detail for duty on revenu ...
* June 30, 1914:
Cooperative Funds Act The Cooperative Funds Act is a United States law, or series of laws, which authorized the United States Forest Service (FS) to collect donations from private partners to perform FS work. Contributions had to be voluntary, and by cash, check, or mo ...
* July 17, 1914:
Agricultural Entry Act
The Agricultural Entry Act allowed Federal lands containing minerals, petroleum, nitrate, phosphate, potash, oil, gas, and asphalt to be leased to private developers, as long as such deposits in specially zoned lands were left alone. The Fed ...
Borland Amendment
William Patterson Borland (October 14, 1867 – February 20, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Early life
William Patterson Borland was born on October 14, 1867, in Leavenworth, Kansas. Borland attended public school. He graduated ...
* August 13, 1914: Smith–Hayden Act
* August 15, 1914:
Cotton Futures Act of 1914
The Cotton Futures Act of 1914 authorized the United States Department of Agriculture to establish physical standards as a means of determining color grade, staple length and strength, and other qualities and properties for cotton. It was inten ...
* August 18, 1914:
Foreign Ship Registry Act
The Foreign Ship Registry Act was a federal legislation that provided for the admission of foreign-built ships to the American registry.
Legal Repercussions
It provided admission of foreign-built ships to the American registry for foreign trade, m ...
* August 22, 1914:
Glacier National Park Act of 1914
Glacier National Park is an American national park located in northwestern Montana, on the Canada–United States border, adjacent to the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. The park encompasses more than and includes parts o ...
Emergency Internal Revenue Tax Act
The Emergency Internal Revenue Tax Act of 1914 was a United States temporary tax in response to President Wilson calling for $100 million in additional Federal revenue in the event of war. The taxes instituted under this Act were initially set t ...
Coast Guard Act
The Coast Guard Act of 1915 was passed by Congress on January 20, 1915, and signed into law by then-American president Woodrow Wilson on the twenty-eighth day of the same month. The act created the United States Coast Guard as a new service outwar ...
River and Harbors Act of 1915
The River and Harbors Act of 1915 is an American law passed by the United States Congress in 1915. It provided federal funds for Anchorage (maritime), anchorage grounds to be built in various rivers and harbors around the country. Many projects ...
* March 4, 1915:
Standard Barrel Act For Fruits, Vegetables, and Dry Commodities
The Standard Barrel Act For Fruits, Vegetables, and Dry Commodities is United States legislation that specified the standard barrel size and measurements for fruits and vegetables, establishing grading standards and inspections for each produce ty ...
* March 4, 1915:
Federal Boiler Inspection Act
The Federal Boiler Inspection Act, also called the Railroad Inspection Act, expanded the Boiler Inspection Act of 1911 to include federal interstate commerce clause regulation not just of train engine boilers, but of the entire train as well as c ...
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and2 of the Constitution, under w ...
, establishing the popular election of United States senators by the people of the states, was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution
J. Hamilton Lewis
James Hamilton Lewis (May 18, 1863 – April 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician. Sometimes referred to as J. Ham Lewis or Ham Lewis, he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives, and Illinois in the Unite ...
James W. Wadsworth Jr.
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the grandson of Union General James S. Wadsworth.
Ear ...
John W. Kern
John Worth Kern (December 20, 1849 – August 17, 1917) was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate majority leader (and in turn, the first Senate Democratic Lead ...
Republican Conference Secretary
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
:
William Squire Kenyon
William Squire Kenyon (June 10, 1869 – September 9, 1933) was a United States senator from Iowa, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Education and career
Born on June 10, 1869, ...
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.
Thomas M. Bell Thomas Bell may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Thomas Bell (born 1985), known professionally as Toddla T, English DJ and producer
*Thomas Bell (antiquarian) (1785–1860), English book collector
*Thomas Bell (novelist) (1903–1961), American ...
Frank Ellsworth Doremus
Frank Ellsworth Doremus (August 31, 1865 – September 4, 1947) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Early life
Doremus was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania, on August 31, 1865, the son of Sylvester and Sarah Peake Doremus. Th ...
Most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1916; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1918.
John H. Bankhead
John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.
Life and career
Bankhead was born on September 13, 1842, at Moscow, present-day Lamar County, Alabama (near ...
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ...
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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 ...
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Marcus A. Smith
Marcus Aurelius "Mark" Smith (January 24, 1851 – April 7, 1924) was an American attorney and politician who served eight terms as Arizona Territorial Delegate to Congress and as one of the first two Senators from Arizona. As a Delegate, he ...
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
George C. Perkins
George Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839February 26, 1923) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Perkins served as the 14th Governor of California from 1880 to 1883, and as United States Senator from Calif ...
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
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John F. Shafroth
John Franklin Shafroth (June 9, 1854February 20, 1922) was an American politician who served as a representative, member of the United States Senate, and Governor of Colorado.
Early life
Born in Fayette, Missouri, he attended the common schoo ...
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 ...
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 adjacen ...
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, a ...
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 t ...
William S. West
William Stanley West (August 23, 1849December 22, 1914) was a United States Senate, United States Senator from the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. He was a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat. He is notable for being the first per ...
(D), March 2, 1914 – November 3, 1914
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Thomas W. Hardwick
Thomas William Hardwick (December 9, 1872January 31, 1944) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia who served as governor of Georgia, a United States Senator from Georgia, a member of the United States House of Representati ...
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 W ...
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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 co ...
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...
: 2.
J. Hamilton Lewis
James Hamilton Lewis (May 18, 1863 – April 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician. Sometimes referred to as J. Ham Lewis or Ham Lewis, he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives, and Illinois in the Unite ...
(D), from March 26, 1913
: 3. Lawrence Sherman (R), from March 26, 1913
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
: 1.
John W. Kern
John Worth Kern (December 20, 1849 – August 17, 1917) was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate majority leader (and in turn, the first Senate Democratic Lead ...
(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)
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
: 2.
William Squire Kenyon
William Squire Kenyon (June 10, 1869 – September 9, 1933) was a United States senator from Iowa, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Education and career
Born on June 10, 1869, ...
(R)
: 3.
Albert B. Cummins
Albert Baird Cummins (February 15, 1850July 30, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 18th governor of Iowa, elected to three consecutive terms and U.S. senator for Iowa, serving for 18 years. Cummins was a leader of the Progr ...
(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 ...
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 Virgini ...
: 2.
Ollie M. James
Ollie Murray James (July 27, 1871August 28, 1918) was an American politician. A Democrat, he represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
Biography
James was born and raised in western Kentuc ...
Johnson N. Camden Jr.
Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. (January 5, 1865 – August 16, 1942) was a United States senator from Kentucky. His father, Johnson N. Camden, had been a United States Senator from West Virginia.
Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Camden Jr. atten ...
(D), from June 16, 1914
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...
John R. Thornton
John Randolph Thornton (August 25, 1846December 28, 1917) was a United States senator from Louisiana.
Biography
Born on Notoway plantation (near White Castle, Iberville Parish), he moved with his parents to Rapides Parish in 1853. He attended ...
(D)
Maine
Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), 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; ...
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William P. Jackson
William Purnell Jackson (January 11, 1868March 7, 1939) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1912 to 1914. His father, William Humphreys Jackson, was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland.
B ...
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 ...
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
: 1.
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 ...
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 List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...
: 1.
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 ...
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. Mis ...
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 ...
Montana
Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...
: 1.
Henry L. Myers
Henry Lee Myers (October 9, 1862 – November 11, 1943) was a United States senator from Montana.
Biography
Born near Boonville, Missouri, he attended Cooper Institute and Boonville Academy, both private schools. He studied law and was admitt ...
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 so ...
George W. Norris
George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913 ...
(R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
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James E. Martine
James Edgar Martine (August 25, 1850February 26, 1925) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1911 to 1917.
Early life
James Edgar Martine was born in New York City on August 25, 1 ...
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex
, Offi ...
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Thomas B. Catron
Thomas Benton Catron (October 6, 1840May 15, 1921) was an American politician and lawyer who was influential in the establishment of the U.S. state of New Mexico, and served as one of its first United States Senators.
Catron was a native of Mi ...
James A. O'Gorman
James Aloysius O'Gorman (May 5, 1860 – May 17, 1943) was an American attorney, judge, and politician from New York. A Democrat, he is most notable for his service as a United States Senator from March 31, 1911 to March 3, 1917.
A native of Ma ...
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia a ...
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Furnifold M. Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and Unite ...
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, S ...
: 1.
Porter J. McCumber
Porter James McCumber (February 3, 1858May 18, 1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations.
Early life
Born in Crete, Illinois in 1858, he moved w ...
(R)
: 3.
Asle J. Gronna
Asle Jorgenson Gronna (December 10, 1858May 4, 1922) was an American politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate from North Dakota, and one of the six to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the First W ...
(R)
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
: 1.
Atlee Pomerene
Atlee Pomerene (December 6, 1863November 12, 1937) was an American Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1911 until 1923.
Biography
Pomerene was born on December 6, 1863, in Berlin, Holmes ...
(D)
: 3.
Theodore E. Burton
Theodore Elijah Burton (December 20, 1851October 28, 1929) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the Cleveland City Council.
Early years
Burt ...
Robert L. Owen
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a railroa ...
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...
: 1.
George T. Oliver
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George Tener Oliver (January 26, 1848January 22, 1919) was an American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1917.
Ea ...
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but i ...
LeBaron B. Colt
LeBaron Bradford Colt (June 25, 1846 – August 18, 1924) was a United States senator from Rhode Island and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the ...
(R)
South Carolina
)'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = G ...
Ellison D. Smith
Ellison DuRant “Cotton Ed” Smith (August 1, 1864 – November 17, 1944) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina widely known for his virtuently racist and segregationist views ...
(D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
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Thomas Sterling
Thomas Sterling (February 21, 1851August 26, 1930) was an American lawyer, politician, and academic who served as a member of the United States Senate and the first dean of the University of South Dakota College of Law.
A Republican, he se ...
(R)
: 3.
Coe I. Crawford
Coe Isaac Crawford (January 14, 1858 – April 25, 1944) was an American attorney and politician from South Dakota. He served as the sixth Governor and as a U.S. Senator.
Biography
A native of Volney, Iowa, Crawford graduated from the Universi ...
(R)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
: 1.
Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Early life and educati ...
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...
Thomas S. Martin
Thomas Staples Martin (July 29, 1847November 12, 1919) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Albemarle County, Virginia, who founded a political organization that held power in Virginia for decades (later becoming known as t ...
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the sou ...
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Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York (state), New York. He participated in the constitutional convention (political meeting), constitutional convention for Wyoming's s ...
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Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union A ...
S. Hubert Dent Jr.
Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. (August 16, 1869 – October 6, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Eufaula, Alabama, Dent attended the common schools, and was graduated from Southern University (later known as Birmingham South ...
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Henry D. Clayton
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (February 10, 1857 – December 21, 1929) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and the United States D ...
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William Oscar Mulkey
William Oscar Mulkey (July 27, 1871 – June 30, 1943) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Brundidge, Alabama, Mulkey attended the public schools and graduated from State Normal College, Tr ...
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Fred L. Blackmon
Fred Leonard Blackmon (September 15, 1873 – February 8, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born at Lime Branch, Georgia, Blackmon moved with his parents to Calhoun County, Alabama, in 1883.
He attended the public schools in DeArm ...
William N. Richardson
William Richardson (May 8, 1839 – March 31, 1914) was an American politician and lawyer.
Born in Athens, Alabama to William Richardson and Anne Davis, Richardson served in the Civil War, fighting for the Confederacy.
Civil War
Richardson en ...
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ...
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 ...
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Thaddeus H. Caraway
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (October 17, 1871 – November 6, 1931) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician from the US state of Arkansas who represented the state first in the US House of Representatives from 1913 to ...
John C. Floyd
John Charles Floyd (April 14, 1858 – November 4, 1930) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Biography
Born in Sparta, Tennessee, Floyd was the son of John Wesley and Eliza Jane Snodgrass Floyd. He moved to Benton ...
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Otis Wingo
Otis Theodore Wingo (June 18, 1877 – October 21, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1930. He was the husband of his successor in office, Eff ...
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Henderson M. Jacoway
Henderson Madison Jacoway (November 7, 1870 – August 4, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1911 to 1923.
Early life and education
Born in Dardanelle, Arkansas to Wi ...
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Samuel M. Taylor
Samuel Mitchell Taylor (May 25, 1852 – September 13, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, father of Chester W. Taylor.
Born near Fulton, Mississippi, Taylor attended the public schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in ...
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William S. Goodwin
William Shields Goodwin (May 2, 1866 – August 9, 1937) was a United States Representative from Arkansas.
Born in Warren, Arkansas, Goodwin attended the public schools, the Farmers' Academy near Duluth, Georgia, Cooledge's Preparatory School ...
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
John E. Raker
John Edward Raker (February 22, 1863 – January 22, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic Party Congressional representative for California, serving eight terms from 1911 to 1926.
Life
He was born near Knoxv ...
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Charles F. Curry
Charles Forrest Curry (March 14, 1858 – October 10, 1930) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from California and the father of Charles F. Curry, Jr., Charles Forrest Curry, Jr.
Curry was born in Naperville, ...
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Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to:
* Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete
* Julius Kahn (congressman) (1861–1924), United States congressman
{{Hndis, Kahn, Julius ...
Joseph R. Knowland
Joseph Russell Knowland (August 5, 1873 – February 1, 1966) was an American politician and newspaper publisher. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California and was owner, editor and publisher of the ''O ...
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Denver S. Church
Denver Samuel Church (December 11, 1862 – February 21, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1913 to 1919, then a fourth term from 1933 to 1935.
Biography
Born in Fo ...
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Everis A. Hayes
Everis Anson Hayes (March 10, 1855 – June 3, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1905 to 1919.
Biography
Born in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Hayes attended the public sc ...
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Charles W. Bell
Charles Webster Bell (June 11, 1857 – April 19, 1927) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1913 to 1915.
Biography
Born in Albany, New York, Bell attended public schools. He moved to C ...
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
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Edward T. Taylor
Edward Thomas Taylor (June 19, 1858 – September 3, 1941) was an American lawyer and educator who served as a U.S. Representative from Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party, he served 17 terms in the U.S. House, from 1909 to 1941.
Early ...
Harry Hunter Seldomridge
Harry Hunter Seldomridge (October 1, 1864 – November 2, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Seldomridge attended the public schools of Philadelphia. He moved to Colorado Springs, ...
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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 ...
Jeremiah Donovan
Jeremiah Donovan (October 18, 1857 – April 22, 1935) was a saloon owner and Democratic politician in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1903 and 1904. He served in the Connecticut Senate repre ...
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 adjacen ...
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Franklin Brockson
Franklin Brockson, (August 6, 1865 – March 16, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U. S. R ...
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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, a ...
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 t ...
Frank Park
Frank Park (March 3, 1864November 20, 1925) was an American politician, educator, lawyer and jurist from the state of Georgia.
Early years and education
Park was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1864 to James Fletcher Park and Emma Augusta Pa ...
William C. Adamson
William Charles Adamson (August 13, 1854 – January 3, 1929) was a United States representative from Georgia, an Associate Justice of the United States Customs Court and a member of the Board of General Appraisers.
Early years and family
Adams ...
Charles L. Bartlett Charles Bartlett may refer to:
*Charles W. Bartlett (1860–1940), English painter and printmaker
*Charles W. Bartlett (lawyer) (1845–1916), American lawyer and politician
*Charles Lafayette Bartlett (1853–1938), U.S. Representative from Georgi ...
Samuel J. Tribble
Samuel Joelah Tribble (November 15, 1869 – December 8, 1916) was an American politician and lawyer.
Tribble was born near Carnesville, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia in Athens. He was a member of the Demosthenian Litera ...
Thomas W. Hardwick
Thomas William Hardwick (December 9, 1872January 31, 1944) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia who served as governor of Georgia, a United States Senator from Georgia, a member of the United States House of Representati ...
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 W ...
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...
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Lawrence B. Stringer
Lawrence Beaumont Stringer (February 24, 1866 – December 5, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Atlantic City, New Jersey, Stringer moved with his parents to Lincoln, Illinois, in 1876. He attended the public schools. ...
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William E. Williams
William Elza Williams (May 5, 1857 – September 13, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Detroit, Illinois, Williams attended the public schools and Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois.
He studied law.
He was admitted ...
George E. Gorman
George Edmund Gorman (April 13, 1873 – January 13, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Gorman attended the public schools of his native city. He was graduated in law from Georgetown University ...
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James T. McDermott James or Jim McDermott may refer to:
* James T. McDermott (politician) (1872–1938), American politician
* James T. McDermott (judge) (1926–1992), American judge
* Jimmy McDermott (1932–2006), English professional footballer
* Jim McD ...
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Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 1952. From ...
Frederick A. Britten
Frederick Albert Britten (November 18, 1871 – May 4, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Early life
Frederick Albert Britten was born on November 18, 1871, in Chicago, Illinois. Britten attended Heald's Business College, San Franc ...
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Charles M. Thomson
Charles Marsh Thomson (February 13, 1877 – December 30, 1943) was a lawyer, judge and U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Thomson attended public schools and the Chicago Manual Training School. He grad ...
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Ira C. Copley
Ira Clifton Copley (October 25, 1864 – November 1, 1947) was an American publisher, politician, and utility tycoon. Born in rural Knox County, Illinois, Copley's family moved to Aurora when Copley was 2 so he could be treated for scarlet fever ...
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William H. Hinebaugh
William Henry Hinebaugh (December 16, 1867 – September 22, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Marshall, Michigan, Hinebaugh attended the common schools, Litchfield High School, the Michigan State Normal School (now Eas ...
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John C. McKenzie
John Charles McKenzie (February 18, 1860 – September 17, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm near Elizabeth, Woodbine Township, Illinois to a Scottish immigrant father,
McKenzie attended the common schools, and ...
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Clyde H. Tavenner
Clyde Howard Tavenner (February 4, 1882 – February 6, 1942) was an American politician and publisher who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Illinois's 14th congressional district from 1913 to 1917. ...
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Stephen A. Hoxworth
Stephen Arnold Hoxworth (May 1, 1860 – January 25, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Maquon Township, near Maquon, Illinois, Hoxworth attended the public schools.
He moved to Blue Springs, Nebraska, in 1880.
He engaged i ...
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Claude U. Stone
Claudius Ulysses Stone (May 11, 1879 – November 13, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born on a farm in Menard County, near Greenview, Illinois, Stone attended the rural school and Western Normal College, Bushnell, ...
Frank T. O'Hair
Frank Trimble O'Hair (March 12, 1870 – August 3, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
He was born near Paris, Illinois on March 12, 1870. O'Hair attended the common schools and was graduated from the law department of D ...
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Charles M. Borchers
Charles Martin Borchers (November 18, 1869 – December 2, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Lockville, Ohio, Borchers moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Macon County in 1875. He attended the common school ...
James M. Graham
James McMahon Graham (April 14, 1852 – October 23, 1945) was a United States representative from Illinois.
Born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States and settled in Sangamon County, Illinois in 1868. H ...
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William N. Baltz
William Nicolas Baltz (February 5, 1860 – August 22, 1943) was a U.S. representative from Illinois.
Born in Millstadt, St. Clair County, Illinois, the son of German immigrants,
Baltz attended the public schools. He engaged in agricultural pu ...
Robert P. Hill
Robert Potter Hill (April 18, 1874 – October 29, 1937) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Illinois and from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born near Ewing, Illinois, Hill was the son of James B. and Rebecca Spilman Hill, and attende ...
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Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
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Charles Lieb
Charles Lieb (May 20, 1852 – September 1, 1928) was an American politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1913 to 1917.
Biography
Born in Flehingen, Germany, Lieb immigrated to the United States in 1868 and ...
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William A. Cullop
William Allen Cullop (March 28, 1853 – October 9, 1927) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician who served four terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1909 to 1917.
Biography
Born nea ...
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William E. Cox
William Elijah Cox (September 6, 1861 – March 11, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1907 to 1919.
Early life and career
Born on a farm near Birdseye, Indiana, Cox att ...
Ralph W. Moss Ralph Moss may refer to:
* Ralph W. Moss (writer)
Ralph Walter Moss (born May 6, 1943) is an American author whose writings promote complementary and alternative cancer treatments. In 1974, he earned a PhD in Classics from Stanford University. ...
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Finly H. Gray
Finly Hutchinson Gray (July 21, 1863 – May 8, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served two separate three-term stints as a U.S. Representative from Indiana in the early 20th century.
Biography
Born near Orange, Indiana, Gray at ...
John A.M. Adair
John Alfred McDowell Adair (December 22, 1864 – October 5, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1907 to 1917.
Biography
Born in Portland, Indiana, Adair attended the publi ...
John B. Peterson
John Barney Peterson (July 4, 1850 – July 16, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, cousin of Horatio Clifford Claypool and Harold Kile Claypool.
Born near Lowell, Indiana, Peterson attended public schools. He was admitted to the bar ...
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George W. Rauch
George Washington Rauch (February 22, 1876 – November 4, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1907 to 1917.
Early life and career
Born on a farm near Warren in Salamon ...
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Cyrus Cline
Cyrus Cline (July 12, 1856 – October 5, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1909 to 1917.
Career overview
Born near Mansfield, Ohio, Cline moved to Steuben County, India ...
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
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Charles A. Kennedy
Charles Augustus Kennedy (March 24, 1869 – January 10, 1951) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa.
Biography
Born in Montrose, Iowa, Kennedy completed preparatory stud ...
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Irvin S. Pepper
Irvin St. Clair Pepper (June 10, 1876December 22, 1913) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district.
Pepper was born on a farm in Davis County, Iowa."Congressman Pepper Died at Clinton," Williamsburg Journal-Trib ...
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Henry Vollmer
Henry Vollmer (July 28, 1867 – August 25, 1930) was an attorney, the mayor of Davenport, Iowa, and a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Winning a special election in 1914, he served just over one year in ...
James W. Good
James William Good (September 24, 1866 – November 18, 1929) was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Iowa, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover as Secretary of War. He w ...
Solomon F. Prouty
Solomon Francis Prouty (January 17, 1854 – July 16, 1927) was an academic, lawyer and politician, serving as a one-term state legislator, Iowa Courts, Iowa trial court judge, and a two-term Republican Party (United States), Republican United ...
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 ...
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Daniel Read Anthony Jr.
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (August 22, 1870 – August 4, 1931) was an American Republican politician and a nephew of suffragist and political leader Susan B. Anthony.
He is the son of newspaper publisher Daniel Read Anthony. He was born in L ...
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Joseph Taggart
Joseph Taggart (June 15, 1867 – December 3, 1938) was a lawyer and a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 2nd Congressional District of Kansas from November 7, 1911, to March 3, 1917.
He was born near ...
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Philip P. Campbell
Philip Pitt Campbell (April 25, 1862 – May 26, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Campbell moved with his parents to Neosho County, Kansas, in 1867.
He attended the common schoo ...
Guy T. Helvering
Guy Tresillian Helvering (January 10, 1878 – July 4, 1946) was a United States representative from Kansas, Commissioner of Internal Revenue and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
Educa ...
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John R. Connelly
John Robert Connelly (February 27, 1870 – September 9, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born near Mount Sterling, Illinois, Connelly moved to Thayer County, Nebraska, with his parents in 1883. He attended the common schools and ...
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 Virgini ...
Robert Y. Thomas Jr.
Robert Young Thomas Jr. (July 13, 1855 – September 3, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born near Russellville, Kentucky, Thomas attended the common schools, and was graduated from Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, in 1878. ...
Arthur B. Rouse
Arthur Blythe Rouse (June 20, 1874 – January 25, 1956) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Early life
Born in Burlington, Kentucky, Rouse attended the public schools, graduating from Boone County High School. He was graduated from Hanov ...
Harvey Helm
Harvey Helm (December 2, 1865 – March 3, 1919) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Danville, Kentucky. He attended the Stanford Male Academy and was graduated from the Central University of Kentucky in 1887. He stud ...
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William Jason Fields
William Jason Fields (December 29, 1874October 21, 1954) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. Known as "Honest Bill from Olive Hill", he represented Kentucky's Ninth District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 19 ...
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John W. Langley
John Wesley Langley (January 14, 1868 – January 17, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, husband of Katherine Gudger Langley.
Born in Floyd County, Kentucky, Langley attended the common schools and then taught school for three year ...
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Caleb Powers
Caleb Powers (February 1, 1869 – July 25, 1932) was a United States representative from Kentucky and the first Secretary of State of Kentucky convicted as an accessory to murder.
Early life
He was born near Williamsburg, Kentucky. He attended ...
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Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...
Henry Garland Dupré
Henry may refer to:
People
*Henry (given name)
*Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
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Robert Foligny Broussard
Robert Foligny Broussard (August 17, 1864 – April 12, 1918) was both a U.S. representative and a U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, the seat of Iberia Parish, to Jean Dorville Broussard, ...
James Walter Elder
James Walter Elder (October 5, 1882 – December 16, 1941) was a one-term United States Representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district. A native of Grand Prairie, Texas, he attended the public schools and from 1895 to 1901 Bayl ...
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Lewis Lovering Morgan
Lewis Lovering Morgan (March 2, 1876 – June 10, 1950) was an Law of the United States, American lawyer and politician from Covington, Louisiana, Covington, Louisiana.
He served in the United States House of Representatives from November 5 ...
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Ladislas Lazaro
Ladislas Lazaro (June 5, 1872 – March 30, 1927) was an American politician who served as a Democrat U.S. Representative from from 1913 to 1927.
Biography
Born near Ville Platte, Evangeline (then part of St. Landry) Parish, Louisiana, Lazaro ...
Maine
Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...
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Asher C. Hinds
Asher Crosby Hinds (February 6, 1863 – May 1, 1919) was a United States representative from Maine. He attended the public schools and Coburn Classical Institute.
Hinds graduated from Colby College in 1883, then began newspaper work in Por ...
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Daniel J. McGillicuddy
Daniel J. McGillicuddy (August 27, 1859 – July 30, 1936) was a United States representative from Maine.
Biography
McGillicuddy was born in Lewiston on August 27, 1859, to John and Ellen McGillicuddy, both Irish immigrants. He attended the com ...
Frank E. Guernsey
Frank Edward Guernsey (October 15, 1866 – January 1, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Early life
Guernsey the son of Edward Hersey Guernsey and Hannah (Thompson) Guernsey was born in Dover, Maine on October 15, 1866.
Education
Gu ...
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Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), 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; ...
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J. Harry Covington
James Harry Covington (May 3, 1870 – February 4, 1942) was a United States representative from Maryland and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. He founded the major law firm of Covington & Burling.
Education and ca ...
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Jesse D. Price
Jesse Dashiell Price (August 15, 1863 – May 14, 1939) was a Congressman for the 1st congressional district of Maryland who served two full terms and one partial term from 1914 to 1919.
Price was born in Whitehaven, Maryland, and engaged ...
Charles P. Coady
Charles Pearce Coady (February 22, 1868 – February 16, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from the third district of Maryland.
Early life
Charles Pearce Coady was born on February 22, 1868, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Mary (née Lyons) and Michae ...
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J. Charles Linthicum
John Charles Linthicum (November 26, 1867–October 5, 1932) was a U.S. Congressman from the 4th Congressional district of Maryland, serving from 1911 to 1932.
Biography
Linthicum was born on 26 November 1867 near Baltimore, Maryland, in ...
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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Allen T. Treadway
Allen Towner Treadway (September 16, 1867 – February 16, 1947) was a Massachusetts Republican politician.
Biography
Treadway was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to William Denton Treadway and Harriet (Heaton) Treadway. Treadway graduated ...
William H. Wilder
William Henry Wilder (May 14, 1855 – September 11, 1913) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Wilder was born in Belfast, Maine. He moved to Gardner, Massachusetts, in 1866. He was president of Wilder Indust ...
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Calvin D. Paige
Calvin DeWitt Paige (May 20, 1848 – April 24, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
He was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts. He was president of the Central Cotton Mills Company, the Southbridge Savings Bank and the Edwards C ...
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Samuel E. Winslow
Samuel Ellsworth Winslow (April 11, 1862 – July 11, 1940) was an American politician and Republican Congressman from Massachusetts.
Biography
Winslow was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He spent a year at the Williston Seminary in Eastha ...
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John J. Rogers
John Jacob Rogers (August 18, 1881 – March 28, 1925) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Life and career
Rogers was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard U ...
Michael F. Phelan
Michael Francis Phelan (October 22, 1875 – October 12, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Phelan attended the public schools.
He graduated from Lynn Classical High School, from Harvard College in ...
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Frederick S. Deitrick
Frederick Simpson Deitrick (April 9, 1875 – May 24, 1948) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, Deitrick attended the public schools. He graduated from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvani ...
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Ernest W. Roberts
Ernest William Roberts (November 22, 1858 – February 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in East Madison, Maine, Roberts attended the public schools in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
He was graduated from Highland Milita ...
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William F. Murray
William Francis Murray (September 7, 1881 – September 21, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and the Postmaster of Boston.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Murray attended the public schools and the Boston Latin School.
He was ...
(D), until September 28, 1914
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Andrew J. Peters
Andrew James Peters (April 3, 1872 – June 26, 1938) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and was the 42nd Mayor of Boston.
Early years
Peters was born on April 3, 1872, in Jamaica Plain, a neigh ...
Edward Gilmore
Edward Gilmore (January 4, 1867 – April 10, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools, and Massachusetts State University extension classes. He eng ...
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
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Patrick H. Kelley
Patrick Henry Kelley (October 7, 1867 – September 11, 1925) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as U.S. Representative from Michigan's 6th congressional district from 1915-1923.
Biography
Kelley was born in Silver ...
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Frank E. Doremus
Frank Ellsworth Doremus (August 31, 1865 – September 4, 1947) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Early life
Doremus was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania, on August 31, 1865, the son of Sylvester and Sarah Peake Doremus. T ...
Carl Mapes
Carl Edgar Mapes (December 26, 1874 – December 12, 1939) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Mapes was born on a farm near Kalamo, Michigan, to Selah W. and Sarah Ann (Brooks) Mapes. His father was born in New York and came with ...
Francis O. Lindquist
Francis Oscar Lindquist (September 27, 1869 – September 25, 1924) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Lindquist was born in Marinette, Wisconsin on September 27, 1869 to a Norwegian-born mother and a Swedish-born father ...
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H. Olin Young
Horace Olin Young (August 4, 1850 – August 5, 1917) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Young was born in New Albion, New York, the son of State Senator Horace C. Young (1806–1879) and Laura P. (Walker) Young (1808–1890). He ...
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William Josiah MacDonald
William Josiah MacDonald (November 17, 1873 – March 29, 1946) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
MacDonald was born in Potosi, Wisconsin. He attended the common schools and graduated from the high school at Fairmont, Minnesota ...
(Prog.), from August 26, 1913
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 List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...
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James Manahan
James Manahan (March 12, 1866 – January 8, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Manahan was born near Chatfield in Fillmore County, Minnesota to Irish immigrant parents.
He graduated from the Normal School of Winona, Minnesota in 1 ...
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Sydney Anderson
Sydney Anderson (September 18, 1881 – October 8, 1948) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Zumbrota, Minnesota.
After attending primary schools he served as a private in Company D, Fourteenth Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, ...
Charles Russell Davis
Charles Russell Davis (September 17, 1849 – July 29, 1930) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota.
He was born in Pittsfield, Illinois, but moved with his father to Le Sueur County, Minnesota, in 1854, whe ...
George Ross Smith
George Ross Smith (May 28, 1864 – November 7, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Early life and education
He was born in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota; attended the public schools and Sauk Centre (Minnesota) Academy; ...
Clarence B. Miller
Clarence Benjamin Miller (March 13, 1872 – January 10, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. He was born in Pine Island, Minnesota and attended the country school, high school, and the Minneapolis Academy; was graduated from the aca ...
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Halvor Steenerson
Halvor Steenerson (June 30, 1852 – November 22, 1926) was an American Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 9th congressional district from 1903 to 1923.
Background
Halv ...
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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. Mis ...
Hubert D. Stephens
Hubert Durrett Stephens (July 2, 1875March 14, 1946) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1923 until 1935.
Stephens was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He graduated from the Universi ...
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (May 4, 1855 – November 24, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Born near Columbus, Mississippi, Witherspoon attended the public schools. In 1872 he moved with his mother to Oxford, Mississippi ...
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Pat Harrison
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
Earl ...
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Percy E. Quin
Percy Edwards Quin (October 30, 1872 – February 4, 1932) was an American politician from Mississippi. He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1932.
Percy was best known for his stocks and bonds i ...
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James W. Collier
James William Collier (September 28, 1872 – September 28, 1933) was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi.
Born on the Glenwood Plantation near Vicksburg in 1872, he graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1894 ...
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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 ...
Joshua Willis Alexander
Joshua Willis Alexander (January 22, 1852 – February 27, 1936) was United States Secretary of Commerce from December 16, 1919, to March 4, 1921, in the administration of President Woodrow Wilson.TO SUCCEED W.C. REDFIELD.; Joshua W. Alexander ...
William Patterson Borland
William Patterson Borland (October 14, 1867 – February 20, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Early life
William Patterson Borland was born on October 14, 1867, in Leavenworth, Kansas. Borland attended public school. He graduated ...
Dorsey W. Shackleford
Dorsey William Shackleford (August 27, 1853 – July 15, 1936) was a United States Representative from Missouri.
Early life
Shackleford was born in Sweet Springs, Missouri. He attended public schools and William Jewell College, Liberty, Mi ...
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James Beauchamp 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 ...
William Leo Igoe
William Leo Igoe (October 19, 1879 – April 20, 1953) was a United States representative from Missouri.
Igoe was born in St. Louis to Irish immigrants.
He attended the public and parochial schools of St. Louis and graduated from the law schoo ...
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Leonidas C. Dyer
Leonidas Carstarphen Dyer (June 11, 1871 – December 15, 1957) was an American politician, reformer, civil rights activist, and military officer. A Republican, he served eleven terms in the U.S. Congress as a U.S. Representative from Missouri ...
(R), until June 19, 1914
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Michael Joseph Gill
Michael Joseph Gill (December 5, 1864 – November 1, 1918) was a politician and bureaucrat from Missouri.
Gill was born in Covington, Kentucky and attended the common schools and Oberlin College. He then engaged in the glass manufacturing bu ...
(D), from June 19, 1914
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Walter Lewis Hensley
Walter Lewis Hensley (September 3, 1871 – July 18, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born near Pevely, Missouri, Hensley attended the public schools and the law department of the University of Missouri.
He was admitted to the bar ...
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Joseph J. Russell
Joseph James Russell (August 23, 1854 – October 22, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Mississippi County near Charleston, Missouri, Russell attended the public schools and Charleston Academy. He was admitted ...
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Perl D. Decker
Perl D. Decker (September 10, 1875 – August 22, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born on a farm near Coolville, Ohio, Decker moved with his parents to a farm near Hollis, Kansas, in 1879.
He attended the public schools o ...
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Thomas L. Rubey
Thomas Lewis Rubey (September 27, 1862 – November 2, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, serving eight terms (two non-consecutive) from 1911 to 1921 and again from 1923 until his death in 1928.
Early career
Born in Lebanon, Misso ...
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Montana
Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...
Tom Stout
Tom Stout (May 20, 1879 – December 26, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from Montana, who represented Montana's at-large congressional district from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917.
Stout was born in New London, Missouri, in 1879, and attended ...
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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 so ...
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John A. Maguire
John Arthur Maguire (November 29, 1870 – July 1, 1939) was an American Democratic Party politician.
He was born near Elizabeth, Illinois on November 29, 1870, and moved to the Dakota Territory in 1882 with his parents settling near what is n ...
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Charles O. Lobeck
Charles Otto Lobeck (April 6, 1852 – January 30, 1920) was a Nebraska politician who served four terms as a United States representative.
Born in Andover, Illinois, he attended German Wallace College (Now Baldwin-Wallace College) in Berea, ...
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Dan V. Stephens
Dan Voorhees Stephens (November 4, 1868 – January 13, 1939) was a Nebraska Democratic politician.
Born in Bloomington, Indiana, on November 4, 1868, Dan V. Stephens attended Valparaiso College in Indiana. He settled in Fremont, Nebraska, wh ...
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Charles Henry Sloan
Charles Henry Sloan (May 2, 1863 – June 2, 1946) was an American Republican Party politician.
Biography
Born in Monticello, Iowa on May 2, 1863, he graduated from Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University) at Ames, Iowa in 18 ...
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Silas Reynolds Barton
Silas Reynolds Barton (May 21, 1872 – November 7, 1916) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Nebraska's 5th congressional district for one term in the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
Barton was born in New ...
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
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Edwin E. Roberts
Edwin Ewing Roberts (December 12, 1870 – December 11, 1933) was an American attorney and politician from Nevada. He is best known for his service as a United States representative from 1911 to 1919, and mayor of Reno, Nevada from 1923 to 193 ...
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
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Eugene Elliott Reed
Eugene Elliott Reed (April 23, 1866 –December 15, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Biography
Born in Manchester, Reed attended the public schools and received instruction from private tutors. He studied law, then engaged in ...
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
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William J. Browning
William John Browning (April 11, 1850 – March 24, 1920) was an American Republican party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district as a U.S. Representative from 1911, until his death in 1920.
Born in Camden, New Jerse ...
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J. Thompson Baker
Jacob Thompson Baker (April 13, 1847 – December 7, 1919) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district for one term from 1913 to 1915.
Earl ...
Allan B. Walsh
Allan Bartholomew Walsh (August 29, 1874 – August 5, 1953) was an American politician from New Jersey who represented the 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1915.
Walsh was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on August 29, 1874. He attende ...
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William E. Tuttle Jr.
William Edgar Tuttle Jr. (December 10, 1870 – February 11, 1923) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1911 to 1 ...
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Lewis J. Martin
Lewis J. Martin (February 22, 1844 – May 5, 1913) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who briefly represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives in 1913.
Early life a ...
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Archibald C. Hart
Archibald Chapman Hart (February 27, 1873 in Lennoxville, Quebec – July 24, 1935 in Teaneck, New Jersey) was an American lawyer, military veteran, and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the Un ...
(D), from July 22, 1913
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Robert G. Bremner
Robert Gunn Bremner (December 17, 1874 – February 5, 1914) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 t ...
James A. Hamill
James Alphonsus Hamill (March 30, 1877 – December 15, 1941) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician. He served as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 1907 to 1913 and 12th district ...
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New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex
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Harvey B. Fergusson
Harvey Butler Fergusson (September 9, 1848 – June 10, 1915) was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico and a U.S. Representative from New Mexico.
Born near Pickensville, Alabama, Fergusson attended the public schools in the state. He ...
Lathrop Brown
Lathrop Brown (February 26, 1883 – November 28, 1959) was a wealthy United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he graduated from Groton School in 1900 and from Harvard University in 1903, where he was roommates with Fran ...
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Denis O'Leary
Denis O'Leary (January 22, 1863 – September 27, 1943) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served as Queens County district attorney and for one year as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, fro ...
Harry H. Dale
Harry Howard Dale (December 3, 1868 – November 17, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1913 to 1919.
Life
Born in New York City, Dale moved with his parents to Brookl ...
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James P. Maher
James Paul Maher (November 3, 1865 – July 31, 1946) was an American labor union official, businessman, and politician. A Democrat, he is most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from New York, a position he held for five term ...
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William M. Calder
William Musgrave Calder I (March 3, 1869March 3, 1945) was an American politician and architect who served as a member of both chambers of the United States Congress from New York.
Early life and education
He was born in Brooklyn on March 3, 1869 ...
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John J. Fitzgerald
John Joseph Fitzgerald (March 10, 1872 – May 13, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served nine terms as a United States Representative from New York from 1899 to 1917.
Life and politics
Born in Brooklyn, he attended the pub ...
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Daniel J. Griffin
Daniel Joseph Griffin (March 26, 1880 – December 11, 1926) was a lawyer and Democratic politician from New York. He was a U.S. Representative from 1913 through 1917.
Biography
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, attended parochial schools the ...
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James H. O'Brien
James Henry O'Brien (July 15, 1860 – September 2, 1924 in Brooklyn) was an American politician from New York. A Democrat, he served terms in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1912, and United States House of Representatives for one term fr ...
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Herman A. Metz
Herman August Metz (October 19, 1867 – May 17, 1934) was a German-American businessman and politician who served as U.S. Representative from New York and New York City Comptroller.
Life
Metz was born October 19, 1867 in New York City,"," fr ...
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Daniel J. Riordan
Daniel Joseph Riordan (July 7, 1870 – April 28, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from New York for one term from 1899 to 1901 and for eight additional terms from 1906 to 1923.
He was a Democrat and a member of Tammany Hall.
Biography
Rior ...
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Henry M. Goldfogle
Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915.
Biography
Born in New York City, he attended the public sc ...
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Timothy D. Sullivan
Timothy Daniel Sullivan (July 23, 1862 – August 31, 1913) was a New York politician who controlled Manhattan's Bowery and Lower East Side districts as a prominent leader within Tammany Hall. He was known euphemistically as "Dry Dollar", as t ...
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George W. Loft
George William Loft (February 6, 1865 – November 6, 1943) was an American businessman, politician, real estate developer, and owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses.
Biography
He was born in New York City on February 6, 1865 to English imm ...
(D), from November 4, 1913
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Jefferson M. Levy
Jefferson Monroe Levy (April 16, 1852 – March 6, 1924) was a three-term U.S. Congressman from New York, a leader of the New York Democratic Party, and a renowned real estate and stock speculator.
In 1879 at the age of 27, he took control of ...
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Michael F. Conry
Michael Francis Conry (April 2, 1870 – March 2, 1917) was an American newspaperman, lawyer, and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1909 to 1917.
Biography
Born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Conry a ...
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Peter J. Dooling
Peter Joseph Dooling (February 15, 1857 – October 18, 1931) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1913 to 1921.
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John F. Carew
John Francis Carew (April 16, 1873 – April 10, 1951) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1913 to 1929. He was a nephew of Thomas Francis Magner.
Biography
Born in Williams ...
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Thomas G. Patten
Thomas Gedney Patten (September 12, 1861 – February 23, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1911 to 1917.
Biog ...
Jacob A. Cantor
Jacob Aaron Cantor (December 6, 1854 – July 2, 1921) was an American lawyer and politician from New York (state), New York who served as a United States representative from 1913 to 1915.
Early life and education
Cantor was born at 19 Secon ...
(D), from November 4, 1913
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Henry George Jr.
Henry George Jr. (November 3, 1862 – November 14, 1916) was an American newspaperman who served two terms as a United States representative from New York from 1911 to 1915.
He was the son of the American political economist Henry George (1839 ...
Woodson R. Oglesby
Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby (February 9, 1867 – April 30, 1955) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1913 to 1917. He was a cousin of Richard James Oglesby.
Biography
Born near ...
Luther W. Mott
Luther Wright Mott (November 30, 1874 – July 10, 1923) was a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from New York.
Born in Oswego, New York, Oswego, he attended the public schools and graduated from Harvard Univer ...
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Charles A. Talcott
Charles Andrew Talcott (June 10, 1857 – February 27, 1920) was an American politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York from 1913 to 1915.
Biography
Talcott was born in Oswego, Ne ...
John R. Clancy
John Richard Clancy (March 8, 1859 – April 21, 1932) was an inventor, businessman, and politician from New York. He is most notable for his efforts to develop and market standardized theatrical stage equipment, including rigging and fire ...
Edwin S. Underhill
Edwin Stewart Underhill (October 7, 1861 – February 7, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Bath, New York, Underhill attended the common schools of his native city and Haverling High School at Bath. He graduated from Yal ...
Henry G. Danforth
Henry Gold Danforth (June 14, 1854 – April 8, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in the town of Gates, New York (now part of Rochester), Danforth attended private schools in Rochester, New York, and Phillips Exeter Academ ...
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Robert H. Gittins
Robert Henry Gittins (December 14, 1869 – December 25, 1957) was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and politician from New York. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915.
Life
Gittins was born in Oswego, ...
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia a ...
Claude Kitchin
Claude Kitchin (March 24, 1869 – May 31, 1923) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina from 1901 until his death in 1923. A lifelong member of the Democra ...
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John M. Faison
John Miller Faison (April 17, 1862 – April 21, 1915) was a United States Representative from North Carolina.
Biography
John M. Faison was born near Faison, North Carolina on April 17, 1862. He attended Faison Male Academy, and was graduated f ...
Charles M. Stedman
Charles Manly Stedman (January 29, 1841 – September 23, 1930) was a politician and lawyer from North Carolina.
Biography
Born in Pittsboro, North Carolina, Stedman moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina with his parents in 1853 where he at ...
Robert N. Page
Robert Newton Page (October 26, 1859 – October 3, 1933) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Meb ...
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Robert L. Doughton
Robert Lee "Bob" Doughton (November 7, 1863 – October 1, 1954), of Alleghany County, North Carolina, sometimes known as "Farmer Bob", was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina for 42 consecutive years (1 ...
James M. Gudger Jr.
James M. Gudger Jr. ca. 1912
James Madison Gudger Jr. (October 22, 1855 – February 29, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina from 1903 to 1907 and again from 1911 to 19 ...
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, S ...
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
Stanley E. Bowdle
Stanley Eyre Bowdle (September 4, 1868 – April 6, 1919) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1913 to 1915.
Early life and career
Born in ...
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Alfred G. Allen
Alfred Gaither Allen (July 23, 1867 – December 9, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1911 to 1917.
Biography
Born on a farm near Wilmington, Ohio, Allen attended public sch ...
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Warren Gard
Warren Gard (July 2, 1873 – November 1, 1929) was an attorney, prosecutor, jurist and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio for four terms from 1913 to 1921.
Early life and career
Warren Gard was born in Hamilton, ...
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J. Henry Goeke
John Henry Goeke (October 28, 1869 – March 25, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1911 to 1915.
Biography
Born near Minster, Ohio, Goeke attended the common schools and was graduated from Pio Nono College in St. ...
Simeon D. Fess
Simeon Davison Fess (December 11, 1861December 23, 1936) was a Republican politician and educator from Ohio, United States. He served in the United States House of Representatives (1915 to 1923) and U.S. Senate (1923 to 1935).
Early life
Born on ...
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James D. Post
James Douglass Post (November 25, 1863 – April 1, 1921) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served for two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1911 to 1915.
Biography
Bor ...
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Frank B. Willis
Frank Bartlett Willis (December 28, 1871March 30, 1928) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Republican from Ohio. He served as the 47th governor of Ohio from 1915 to 1917, then served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio from 1921 until his d ...
Horatio C. Claypool
Horatio Clifford Claypool (February 9, 1859 – January 19, 1921) was a three term U.S. Representative from Ohio. He was the father of Harold Kile Claypool and cousin of John Barney Peterson.
Biography
Born in McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio, Cla ...
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Clement L. Brumbaugh
Clement Laird Brumbaugh (February 28, 1863 – September 28, 1921) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio for four terms from 1913 to 1921.
Early life and edu ...
William G. Sharp
William Graves Sharp (March 14, 1859 – November 17, 1922) was an American lawyer, manufacturer, three-term congressman, and diplomat.
Biography
Sharp was born in Mount Gilead, Ohio on March 14, 1859.
He moved to Elyria, Ohio with his mo ...
William B. Francis
William Bates Francis (October 25, 1860 – December 5, 1954) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1911 to 1915.
Early life and career
Born near Updegraff, Ohio, Francis attended the public schools.
He studied law, and was ...
John J. Whitacre
John Jefferson Whitacre (December 28, 1860 – December 2, 1938) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1911 to 1915.
Biography
Born in Decatur, Nebraska, Whitacre attended the p ...
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Elsworth R. Bathrick
Ellsworth Raymond Bathrick (January 6, 1863 – December 23, 1917) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Biography
Born January 6, 1863 near Pontiac, Michigan to Sumner Bathrick and Louisa Bathrick, he marri ...
William H. Murray
William Henry Davis "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (November 21, 1869 – October 15, 1956) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who became active in Oklahoma before statehood as legal adviser to Governor Douglas H. Johnston of the Chic ...
Claude Weaver
Claude Weaver (March 19, 1867 – May 19, 1954) was an American politician, judge, and U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born in Gainesville, Texas, Weaver was the son of W. T. G. and Nancy Wilkin Fletcher Weaver, and attended the publ ...
James S. Davenport
James Sanford Davenport (September 21, 1864 – January 3, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma and a member of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. He served on the Congressional committee that created the first roads and highways c ...
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Charles D. Carter
Charles David Carter (August 16, 1868 in Chickasaw – April 9, 1929) was a Native American politician elected as U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, serving from 1907 to 1927. During this period, he also served as Mining Trustee for Indian Terri ...
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Scott Ferris
Scott Ferris (November 3, 1877 – June 8, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Early life
Ferris was born in Neosho, Missouri to Scott and Annie M. Ferris.
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Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...
Nicholas J. Sinnott
Nicholas John Sinnott (December 6, 1870 – July 20, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from Oregon from 1913 to 1928. He was later appointed by President Calvin Coolidge to be a Judge on th ...
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...
Anderson H. Walters
Anderson Howell Walters (May 18, 1862 – December 7, 1927) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Johnstown activities
Anderson H. Walters was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public sch ...
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Arthur R. Rupley
Arthur Ringwalt Rupley (November 13, 1868 – October 23, 1920) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Arthur R. Rupley was born in West Fairview, Pennsylvania. He attended the Harrisburg Aca ...
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William S. Vare
William Scott Vare (December 24, 1867August 7, 1934) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1912 to 1927. He ...
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George S. Graham
George Scott Graham (September 13, 1850 – July 4, 1931) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Graham was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the law department of the University of Pen ...
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: .
J. Hampton Moore
Joseph Hampton Moore (March 8, 1864 – May 2, 1950) was the 108th and 111th
Mayor of Philadelphia and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
J. Hampton Moore was born in Woodbury, New J ...
Michael Donohoe
Michael Donohoe (February 22, 1864January 17, 1958) of Philadelphia was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1911 to 1915. He was an Irish Catholic Democrat.
Biography
Michael Donohoe was born in Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland. ...
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J. Washington Logue
James Washington Logue (February 22, 1863 – August 27, 1925) was an American lawyer and Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for one term from 1913 to 1915.
Biography
J. Washington Logue was b ...
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Thomas S. Butler
Thomas Stalker Butler (November 4, 1855 – May 26, 1928) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1897 until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times. He was the father ...
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Robert E. Difenderfer
Robert Edward Difenderfer (June 7, 1849 – April 25, 1923) was a politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 8th district, then composing of Bucks and Montgomery counties ...
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William W. Griest
William Walton Griest (September 22, 1858 – December 5, 1929) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
William W. Griest was born in Christiana, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Millersvi ...
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John R. Farr
John Richard Farr (July 18, 1857 – December 11, 1933) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John R. Farr was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and attended Scranton's School of the Lackawa ...
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John J. Casey
John Joseph Casey (May 26, 1875 – May 5, 1929) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Casey was born in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania. He was an early union organizer and a member of the Pen ...
John H. Rothermel
John Hoover Rothermel (March 7, 1856 – August 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1915.
Biography
John H. Rothermel was ...
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William D.B. Ainey
William David Blakeslee Ainey (April 8, 1864 – September 4, 1932) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
He was born in New Milford, Pennsylvania. He attended the State Normal School at Mans ...
John V. Lesher
John Vandling Lesher (July 27, 1866 – May 3, 1932) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Lesher was born on a farm in Blue Hill, Pennsylvania. He attended the rural schools in his native ...
Aaron S. Kreider
Aaron Shenk Kreider (June 26, 1863 – May 19, 1929) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Birth and Education
Aaron S. Kreider was born on a farm in South Annville Tow ...
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Warren W. Bailey
Warren Worth Bailey (January 8, 1855 – November 9, 1928) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a Georgist publisher. He and other Georgists led in framing the U.S. income tax law of 1916, which exe ...
Charles E. Patton
Charles Emory Patton (July 5, 1859 – December 15, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Patton and the brother of John Patton, Jr.
Patton was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania
Curwens ...
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Abraham L. Keister
Abraham Lincoln Keister (September 10, 1852 – May 26, 1917) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Abraham L. Keister was born in Upper Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Ott ...
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: .
Wooda N. Carr
Wooda Nicholas Carr (February 6, 1871 – June 28, 1953) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. His son was the mystery novelist John Dickson Carr.
Wooda N. Carr was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania ...
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Henry W. Temple
Henry Wilson Temple (March 31, 1864 – January 11, 1955) was a Progressive and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Temple was born in Belle Center, Ohio. He graduated from Geneva College in Beave ...
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Milton W. Shreve
Milton William Shreve (May 3, 1858 – December 23, 1939) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Milton W. Shreve was born in Chapmanville, Pennsylvania. He attended the Edinboro State Norma ...
J. N. Langham
Jonathan Nicholas Langham (August 4, 1861 – May 21, 1945) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Langham was born near Hillsdale, Pennsylvania. He taught school, and graduated from the S ...
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Willis J. Hulings
Willis James Hulings (July 1, 1850 – August 8, 1924) was a Progressive and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Willis J. Hulings was born in Rimersburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the Kittannin ...
(Prog.)
: .
Stephen G. Porter
Stephen Geyer Porter (May 18, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Porter was born near Salem, Ohio. In 1877, he moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who settle ...
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M. Clyde Kelly
Melville Clyde Kelly (August 4, 1883 – April 29, 1935) was an American politician and publisher who served as a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
M. Clyde Kelly was born in Bloomfield, Mu ...
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but i ...
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George Francis O'Shaunessy
George Francis O'Shaunessy (May 1, 1868November 28, 1934) was an American politician. He was born in 1868 in Galway, Ireland and immigrated to New York in 1872. After attending Columbia College Law School, he was admitted to the bar of New York ...
Ambrose Kennedy
Ambrose Patrick Kennedy (December 1, 1875 – March 10, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, Kennedy attended the Blackstone public schools and St. Hyacinthe's College, Province of Quebec, Canad ...
(R)
South Carolina
)'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = G ...
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Richard S. Whaley
Richard Smith Whaley (July 15, 1874 – November 8, 1951) was a United States representative from South Carolina and Chief Justice of the Court of Claims.
Education and career
Born on July 15, 1874, in Charleston, South Carolina, Whaley atte ...
Wyatt Aiken
Wyatt Aiken (December 14, 1863 – February 6, 1923) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for six terms from 1903 to 1917.
Early life and family
Wyatt Aiken was born near ...
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Joseph T. Johnson
Joseph Travis Johnson (February 28, 1858 – May 8, 1919) was a United States representative from South Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina.
Education and ca ...
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David E. Finley
David E. Finley (February 28, 1861 – January 26, 1917) was a United States representative from South Carolina. He was born in Trenton, Arkansas. He attended the public schools of Rock Hill, South Carolina, and Ebenezer, South Carolina and was ...
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J. Willard Ragsdale
James Willard Ragsdale (December 14, 1872 – July 23, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Timmonsville, South Carolina, Ragsdale attended the public schools.
He was employed in a railroad office at Wilmington, North Ca ...
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Asbury F. Lever
Asbury Francis "Frank" Lever (January 5, 1875 – April 28, 1940) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.
Early life
Frank Lever was born near Springhill, Lexington County, South Carolina on January 5 ...
(D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
: .
Charles H. Dillon
Charles Hall Dillon (December 18, 1853 – September 15, 1929) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota (1913–19). He later served on the South Dakota Supreme Court. He was born near Jasper, Indiana in 1853.
...
Eben W. Martin
Eben Wever Martin (April 12, 1855 – May 22, 1932) was an American attorney and politician in South Dakota. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life and education
M ...
(R)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
John Austin Moon
John Austin Moon (April 22, 1855 – June 26, 1921) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born on April 22, 1855, near Charlottesville, V ...
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Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...
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William C. Houston
William Cannon Houston (March 17, 1852 – August 30, 1931) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born in Shelbyville, Tennessee in Bedf ...
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Joseph W. Byrns
Joseph Wellington "Jo" Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term Democratic congressman from Tennessee, and as the 41st speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Byrns was ...
Finis J. Garrett
Finis James Garrett (August 26, 1875 – May 25, 1956) was a United States representative from Tennessee and a Chief Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Education and career
Born on August 26, 1875, near Ore Springs, ...
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
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Daniel E. Garrett
Daniel Edward Garrett (April 28, 1869 – December 13, 1932) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas, elected at large and later from the 8th District of Texas.
Early life and career in politics
Garrett was born near Springfield, ...
Horace Worth Vaughan
Horace Worth Vaughan (December 2, 1867November 10, 1922) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. He represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. In 1915, he received an appointment as as ...
James P. Buchanan
James Paul "Buck" Buchanan (April 30, 1867 – February 22, 1937) served as U.S. Representative from the 10th district of Texas from 1913 until his death on February 22, 1937.
Biography
Buchanan was born in Midway, Orangeburg County, South Carol ...
(D), from April 15, 1913
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Robert L. Henry
Robert Lee Henry (May 12, 1864 – July 9, 1931) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1897 to 1917.
Early life
Robert Lee Henry was the great-great-great grandson of Patrick Henry and was born i ...
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Oscar Callaway
Francis Oscar Callaway (October 2, 1872 – January 31, 1947) was a three-term U.S. Representative from Texas' twelfth district from 1911 to 1917.
Biography
Born on October 2, 1872, in Harmony Hill (Nip-and-Tuck), Rusk County, Texas, Callaway m ...
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...
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William Atkinson Jones
William Atkinson Jones (March 21, 1849 – April 17, 1918) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1918 from the first district of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Early life
Jones was born in Warsaw, Virginia on March 2 ...
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Trea ...
Henry De Flood
Henry De La Warr Flood (September 2, 1865 – December 8, 1921) was a representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, brother of U.S. Representative Joel West Flood and uncle of U.S. Senator Harry ...
James W. Bryan
James Wesley Bryan (March 11, 1874 – August 26, 1956) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Washington (U.S. state), Washington state.
Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish, Louisia ...
William E. Humphrey
William Ewart Humphrey (March 31, 1862 – February 14, 1934), an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1917. He represented the state of Washington at large from 1903 to 1909 and ...
William Leroy La Follette
William Leroy La Follette (November 30, 1860 – December 20, 1934) was a four-term member of the United States House of Representatives representing Washington. He represented the 3rd District from 1911 to 1915, and the 4th District from 1915 ...
(R)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...
Matthew M. Neely
Matthew Mansfield Neely (November 9, 1874January 18, 1958) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from West Virginia. He is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the ...
(D), from October 14, 1913
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William Gay Brown Jr.
William Gay Brown Jr. (April 7, 1856 – March 9, 1916) was a lawyer, and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States representative. Congressman Brown was born in Kingwood, West Virginia in Preston County (then in ...
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Samuel B. Avis
Samuel Brashear Avis (February 19, 1872 – June 8, 1924) was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915.
Avis was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia where he attended the pub ...
James Anthony Hughes
James Anthony Hughes (February 27, 1861March 2, 1930) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia.
Hughes was born near Corunna in the Province of Canada (in what is now Ontario). He immigrat ...
(R)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
Michael Edmund Burke
Michael Edmund Burke (October 15, 1863 – December 12, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Burke attended local public schools and graduated from the Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam in 1884. He studi ...
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John M. Nelson
John Mandt Nelson (October 10, 1870 – January 29, 1955) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Early life
John Mandt Nelson was born on October 10, 1870, in Burke, Wisconsin. Nelson attended the public schools and graduated from the Unive ...
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William J. Cary
William Joseph Cary (March 22, 1865 – January 2, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Background
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cary was educated in the public schools and St. John's Cathedral High School.
He was left an orphan at ...
Michael K. Reilly
Michael Kieran Reilly (July 15, 1869 – October 14, 1944), was a U.S. representative from Wisconsin.
Reilly was born in the town of Empire, Wisconsin in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin on July 15, 1869. He graduated from what is today, the ...
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John Jacob Esch
John Jacob Esch (March 20, 1861 – April 27, 1941) was an American attorney and member of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1921 serving as a Republican. Born near Norwalk, Wisconsin, he graduated from the University o ...
(R)
: .
Edward E. Browne
Edward Everts Browne (February 16, 1868 – November 23, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Waupaca, Wisconsin, Browne attended the public schools and Waupaca High School.
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madi ...
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Thomas Frank Konop
Thomas Frank Konop (August 17, 1879 – October 17, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Konop was born in Franklin, Wisconsin and was of Czech descent. Konop studied at Two Rivers High School, Oshkosh State Normal School (now the U ...
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James A. Frear
James Archibald Frear (October 24, 1861 – May 28, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Biography
Born in Hudson, Wisconsin, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Frear attended the public schools, and Lawrence University, Appleton, Wiscon ...
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the sou ...
: :
Franklin Wheeler Mondell
Frank Wheeler Mondell (November 6, 1860August 6, 1939) was a United States representative of Wyoming.
Biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was educated in the public schools. For many years he was engaged in farming, stock-raising, and rai ...
Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole
Jonah or Jonas, ''Yōnā'', "dove"; gr, Ἰωνᾶς ''Iōnâs''; ar, يونس ' or '; Latin: ''Ionas'' son of Amittai, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran, from Gath-hepher of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th cent ...
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 3
**
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
: 2 seat net gain
** Republican: 2 seat net loss
* Deaths: 3
* Resignations: 3
* Vacancies: 3
* Total seats with changes: 9
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 20
**
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
Progressive
Progressive may refer to:
Politics
* Progressivism, a political philosophy in support of social reform
** Progressivism in the United States, the political philosophy in the American context
* Progressive realism, an American foreign policy par ...
: 1 seat gain
* Deaths: 11
* Resignations: 19
* Contested elections: 2
* Total seats with changes: 15
Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union A ...
Thomas S. Martin
Thomas Staples Martin (July 29, 1847November 12, 1919) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Albemarle County, Virginia, who founded a political organization that held power in Virginia for decades (later becoming known as t ...
; Ranking Member:
Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union A ...
Robert L. Owen
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a railroa ...
George T. Oliver
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George Tener Oliver (January 26, 1848January 22, 1919) was an American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1917.
Ea ...
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Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
Atlee Pomerene
Atlee Pomerene (December 6, 1863November 12, 1937) was an American Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1911 until 1923.
Biography
Pomerene was born on December 6, 1863, in Berlin, Holmes ...
; Ranking Member:
Albert B. Cummins
Albert Baird Cummins (February 15, 1850July 30, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 18th governor of Iowa, elected to three consecutive terms and U.S. senator for Iowa, serving for 18 years. Cummins was a leader of the Progr ...
)
*
Claims
Claim may refer to:
* Claim (legal)
* Claim of Right Act 1689
* Claims-based identity
* Claim (philosophy)
* Land claim
* A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law
* Patent claim
* The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton
...
Coe I. Crawford
Coe Isaac Crawford (January 14, 1858 – April 25, 1944) was an American attorney and politician from South Dakota. He served as the sixth Governor and as a U.S. Senator.
Biography
A native of Volney, Iowa, Crawford graduated from the Universi ...
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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* United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman:
James E. Martine
James Edgar Martine (August 25, 1850February 26, 1925) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1911 to 1917.
Early life
James Edgar Martine was born in New York City on August 25, 1 ...
; Ranking Member: Henry A. du Pont)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: James P. Clarke; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
* United States Senate Committee on Conservation of National Resources, Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: James K. Vardaman; Ranking Member:
Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York (state), New York. He participated in the constitutional convention (political meeting), constitutional convention for Wyoming's s ...
)
* 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)
* United States Senate Committee on Cuban Relations, Cuban Relations (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow then Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: N/A)
* 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: Harry Lane)
* 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 co ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union A ...
; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and Unite ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Henry F. Hollis; Ranking Member: Isaac Stephenson)
* United States Senate Select Committee to Establish a University in the United States, Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
* 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)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: William Hughes; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Blair Lee; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Bristow)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State, Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman:
J. Hamilton Lewis
James Hamilton Lewis (May 18, 1863 – April 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician. Sometimes referred to as J. Ham Lewis or Ham Lewis, he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives, and Illinois in the Unite ...
; Ranking Member: William Purnell Jackson, William P. Jackson)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member:
Theodore E. Burton
Theodore Elijah Burton (December 20, 1851October 28, 1929) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the Cleveland City Council.
Early years
Burt ...
)
* 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
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and Unite ...
; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
* United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman:
John R. Thornton
John Randolph Thornton (August 25, 1846December 28, 1917) was a United States senator from Louisiana.
Biography
Born on Notoway plantation (near White Castle, Iberville Parish), he moved with his parents to Rapides Parish in 1853. He attended ...
; Ranking Member: John D. Works)
* United States Senate Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
* 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)
* United States Senate Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (Chairman:
Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York (state), New York. He participated in the constitutional convention (political meeting), constitutional convention for Wyoming's s ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Kern
John Worth Kern (December 20, 1849 – August 17, 1917) was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate majority leader (and in turn, the first Senate Democratic Lead ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman:
Ellison D. Smith
Ellison DuRant “Cotton Ed” Smith (August 1, 1864 – November 17, 1944) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina widely known for his virtuently racist and segregationist views ...
; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: William J. Stone; 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 co ...
; 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: Elihu Root)
* United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman:
James A. O'Gorman
James Aloysius O'Gorman (May 5, 1860 – May 17, 1943) was an American attorney, judge, and politician from New York. A Democrat, he is most notable for his service as a United States Senator from March 31, 1911 to March 3, 1917.
A native of Ma ...
; Ranking Member: Frank B. Brandegee)
* 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
Marcus Aurelius "Mark" Smith (January 24, 1851 – April 7, 1924) was an American attorney and politician who served eight terms as Arizona Territorial Delegate to Congress and as one of the first two Senators from Arizona. As a Delegate, he ...
; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Early life and educati ...
; Ranking Member:
Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York (state), New York. He participated in the constitutional convention (political meeting), constitutional convention for Wyoming's s ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879), Luke Lea; Ranking Member:
George T. Oliver
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George Tener Oliver (January 26, 1848January 22, 1919) was an American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1917.
Ea ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: James A. Reed; Ranking Member:
George T. Oliver
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George Tener Oliver (January 26, 1848January 22, 1919) was an American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1917.
Ea ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: George E. Chamberlain; Ranking Member: Henry A. du Pont)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas J. Walsh; 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
Albert Baird Cummins (February 15, 1850July 30, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 18th governor of Iowa, elected to three consecutive terms and U.S. senator for Iowa, serving for 18 years. Cummins was a leader of the Progr ...
; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams)
* United States Senate Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Chairman: Charles F. Johnson; Ranking Member: James H. Brady)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member:
George C. Perkins
George Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839February 26, 1923) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Perkins served as the 14th Governor of California from 1880 to 1883, and as United States Senator from Calif ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman:
John F. Shafroth
John Franklin Shafroth (June 9, 1854February 20, 1922) was an American politician who served as a representative, member of the United States Senate, and Governor of Colorado.
Early life
Born in Fayette, Missouri, he attended the common schoo ...
; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
Ollie M. James
Ollie Murray James (July 27, 1871August 28, 1918) was an American politician. A Democrat, he represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
Biography
James was born and raised in western Kentuc ...
; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* 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
Porter James McCumber (February 3, 1858May 18, 1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations.
Early life
Born in Crete, Illinois in 1858, he moved w ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Philippines, Philippines (Chairman: Gilbert M. Hitchcock; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Bristow)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
John H. Bankhead
John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.
Life and career
Bankhead was born on September 13, 1842, at Moscow, present-day Lamar County, Alabama (near ...
; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
John W. Kern
John Worth Kern (December 20, 1849 – August 17, 1917) was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate majority leader (and in turn, the first Senate Democratic Lead ...
; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Claude A. Swanson)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Joseph E. Ransdell; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
Henry L. Myers
Henry Lee Myers (October 9, 1862 – November 11, 1943) was a United States senator from Montana.
Biography
Born near Boonville, Missouri, he attended Cooper Institute and Boonville Academy, both private schools. He studied law and was admitt ...
; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman:
George C. Perkins
George Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839February 26, 1923) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Perkins served as the 14th Governor of California from 1880 to 1883, and as United States Senator from Calif ...
; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
* United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: George Sutherland)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member:
Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union A ...
)
* 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
John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.
Life and career
Bankhead was born on September 13, 1842, at Moscow, present-day Lamar County, Alabama (near ...
)
* 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; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
* 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; Ranking Member: Henry F. Hollis)
* United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
Porter J. McCumber
Porter James McCumber (February 3, 1858May 18, 1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations.
Early life
Born in Crete, Illinois in 1858, he moved w ...
; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: John Walter Smith, John W. Smith)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Charles S. Thomas; Ranking Member: George Sutherland)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member: James A. Hughes)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
Asbury F. Lever
Asbury Francis "Frank" Lever (January 5, 1875 – April 28, 1940) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.
Early life
Frank Lever was born near Springhill, Lexington County, South Carolina on January 5 ...
; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen)
* United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:
Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 1952. From ...
; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Barchfeld)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
John J. Fitzgerald
John Joseph Fitzgerald (March 10, 1872 – May 13, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served nine terms as a United States Representative from New York from 1899 to 1917.
Life and politics
Born in Brooklyn, he attended the pub ...
; Ranking Member: Frederick H. Gillett)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Trea ...
; Ranking Member:
Everis A. Hayes
Everis Anson Hayes (March 10, 1855 – June 3, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1905 to 1919.
Biography
Born in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Hayes attended the public sc ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
Harvey Helm
Harvey Helm (December 2, 1865 – March 3, 1919) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Danville, Kentucky. He attended the Stanford Male Academy and was graduated from the Central University of Kentucky in 1887. He stud ...
; Ranking Member:
Asher C. Hinds
Asher Crosby Hinds (February 6, 1863 – May 1, 1919) was a United States representative from Maine. He attended the public schools and Coburn Classical Institute.
Hinds graduated from Colby College in 1883, then began newspaper work in Por ...
)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Edward W. Pou; Ranking Member:
Luther W. Mott
Luther Wright Mott (November 30, 1874 – July 10, 1923) was a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from New York.
Born in Oswego, New York, Oswego, he attended the public schools and graduated from Harvard Univer ...
)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Thomas W. Hardwick
Thomas William Hardwick (December 9, 1872January 31, 1944) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia who served as governor of Georgia, a United States Senator from Georgia, a member of the United States House of Representati ...
; Ranking Member:
Luther W. Mott
Luther Wright Mott (November 30, 1874 – July 10, 1923) was a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from New York.
Born in Oswego, New York, Oswego, he attended the public schools and graduated from Harvard Univer ...
)
* 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:
Patrick H. Kelley
Patrick Henry Kelley (October 7, 1867 – September 11, 1925) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as U.S. Representative from Michigan's 6th congressional district from 1915-1923.
Biography
Kelley was born in Silver ...
)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson; Ranking Member:
William J. Cary
William Joseph Cary (March 22, 1865 – January 2, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Background
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cary was educated in the public schools and St. John's Cathedral High School.
He was left an orphan at ...
)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Dudley M. Hughes; Ranking Member: James F. Burke)
* 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: William D. B. Ainey)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman:
James D. Post
James Douglass Post (November 25, 1863 – April 1, 1921) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served for two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1911 to 1915.
Biography
Bor ...
; Ranking Member: Burton L. French)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James A. Hammil; Ranking Member: William H. Stafford)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman:
Henry M. Goldfogle
Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915.
Biography
Born in New York City, he attended the public sc ...
; Ranking Member:
John C. McKenzie
John Charles McKenzie (February 18, 1860 – September 17, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm near Elizabeth, Woodbine Township, Illinois to a Scottish immigrant father,
McKenzie attended the common schools, and ...
)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member:
Simeon D. Fess
Simeon Davison Fess (December 11, 1861December 23, 1936) was a Republican politician and educator from Ohio, United States. He served in the United States House of Representatives (1915 to 1923) and U.S. Senate (1923 to 1935).
Early life
Born on ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman:
Robert L. Doughton
Robert Lee "Bob" Doughton (November 7, 1863 – October 1, 1954), of Alleghany County, North Carolina, sometimes known as "Farmer Bob", was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina for 42 consecutive years (1 ...
; Ranking Member: Charles H. Sloan)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman:
John H. Rothermel
John Hoover Rothermel (March 7, 1856 – August 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1915.
Biography
John H. Rothermel was ...
; Ranking Member: Bird Segle McGuire)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
James M. Graham
James McMahon Graham (April 14, 1852 – October 23, 1945) was a United States representative from Illinois.
Born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States and settled in Sangamon County, Illinois in 1868. H ...
; Ranking Member: Franklin W. Mondell)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Robert F. Broussard; Ranking Member:
Stephen G. Porter
Stephen Geyer Porter (May 18, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Porter was born near Salem, Ohio. In 1877, he moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who settle ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Labor Department, Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman:
James P. Maher
James Paul Maher (November 3, 1865 – July 31, 1946) was an American labor union official, businessman, and politician. A Democrat, he is most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from New York, a position he held for five term ...
; Ranking Member:
Halvor Steenerson
Halvor Steenerson (June 30, 1852 – November 22, 1926) was an American Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 9th congressional district from 1903 to 1923.
Background
Halv ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member:
John W. Langley
John Wesley Langley (January 14, 1868 – January 17, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, husband of Katherine Gudger Langley.
Born in Floyd County, Kentucky, Langley attended the common schools and then taught school for three year ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Daniel R. Anthony Jr.)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Courtney W. Hamlin; Ranking Member: Willis C. Hawley)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Charles O. Lobeck
Charles Otto Lobeck (April 6, 1852 – January 30, 1920) was a Nebraska politician who served four terms as a United States representative.
Born in Andover, Illinois, he attended German Wallace College (Now Baldwin-Wallace College) in Berea, ...
; Ranking Member: Dick Thompson Morgan)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
John A.M. Adair
John Alfred McDowell Adair (December 22, 1864 – October 5, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1907 to 1917.
Biography
Born in Portland, Indiana, Adair attended the publi ...
; Ranking Member:
Ernest W. Roberts
Ernest William Roberts (November 22, 1858 – February 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in East Madison, Maine, Roberts attended the public schools in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
He was graduated from Highland Milita ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas F. Konop; Ranking Member: John J. Esch)
* 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: Augustus P. Gardner)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member: Charles H. Burke)
* United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman:
Edwin S. Underhill
Edwin Stewart Underhill (October 7, 1861 – February 7, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Bath, New York, Underhill attended the common schools of his native city and Haverling High School at Bath. He graduated from Yal ...
; Ranking Member: Frank P. Woods)
* 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
William Charles Adamson (August 13, 1854 – January 3, 1929) was a United States representative from Georgia, an Associate Justice of the United States Customs Court and a member of the Board of General Appraisers.
Early years and family
Adams ...
; Ranking Member: Frederick Stevens (American politician), Frederick C. Stevens)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: J.N. Langham)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: 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 J. Lewis; Ranking Member: John M. C. Smith)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: James L. Slayden; Ranking Member: Richard Bartholdt)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member: William S. Greene)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:
Warren W. Bailey
Warren Worth Bailey (January 8, 1855 – November 9, 1928) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a Georgist publisher. He and other Georgists led in framing the U.S. income tax law of 1916, which exe ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Kennedy
Charles Augustus Kennedy (March 24, 1869 – January 10, 1951) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa.
Biography
Born in Montrose, Iowa, Kennedy completed preparatory stud ...
)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hay; Ranking Member:
Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to:
* Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete
* Julius Kahn (congressman) (1861–1924), United States congressman
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)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin D. Foster; Ranking Member: Joseph Howell)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Butler
Thomas Stalker Butler (November 4, 1855 – May 26, 1928) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1897 until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times. He was the father ...
)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: William A. Oldfield; Ranking Member: Hunter H. Moss Jr.)
* 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: Samuel W. Smith)
* 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: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Frank Clark; Ranking Member: Irvine L. Lenroot)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: 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: George Cromwell Scott, George C. Scott)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member: Edwin A. Merritt)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member:
William E. Humphrey
William Ewart Humphrey (March 31, 1862 – February 14, 1934), an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1917. He represented the state of Washington at large from 1903 to 1909 and ...
)
* United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman:
Dorsey W. Shackleford
Dorsey William Shackleford (August 27, 1853 – July 15, 1936) was a United States Representative from Missouri.
Early life
Shackleford was born in Sweet Springs, Missouri. He attended public schools and William Jewell College, Liberty, Mi ...
; Ranking Member: C. Bascom Slemp)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Robert L. Henry
Robert Lee Henry (May 12, 1864 – July 9, 1931) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1897 to 1917.
Early life
Robert Lee Henry was the great-great-great grandson of Patrick Henry and was born i ...
; Ranking Member:
Philip P. Campbell
Philip Pitt Campbell (April 25, 1862 – May 26, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Campbell moved with his parents to Neosho County, Kansas, in 1867.
He attended the common schoo ...
)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
William C. Houston
William Cannon Houston (March 17, 1852 – August 30, 1931) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born in Shelbyville, Tennessee in Bedf ...
; Ranking Member:
Frank E. Guernsey
Frank Edward Guernsey (October 15, 1866 – January 1, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Early life
Guernsey the son of Edward Hersey Guernsey and Hannah (Thompson) Guernsey was born in Dover, Maine on October 15, 1866.
Education
Gu ...
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* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Alexander W. Gregg; Ranking Member: Frank Plumley)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: Sereno E. Payne)
* 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 (Chairman: Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Vice Chairman: Rep.
Dorsey W. Shackleford
Dorsey William Shackleford (August 27, 1853 – July 15, 1936) was a United States Representative from Missouri.
Early life
Shackleford was born in Sweet Springs, Missouri. He attended public schools and William Jewell College, Liberty, Mi ...
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* 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)
* 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 (Chairman: Sen. Joseph L. Bristow; Vice Chairman: Rep.
David E. Finley
David E. Finley (February 28, 1861 – January 26, 1917) was a United States representative from South Carolina. He was born in Trenton, Arkansas. He attended the public schools of Rock Hill, South Carolina, and Ebenezer, South Carolina and was ...
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* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher)
* 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
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Trea ...
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* 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
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: Samuel B. Donnelly, until 1913
** Cornelius Ford, from 1913
Senate
*Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Charles G. Bennett, until March 13, 1913.
**James Marion Baker, James M. Baker, elected March 13, 1913.
*Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: E. Livingston Cornelius, elected December 10, 1912
**Charles P. Higgins, elected March 13, 1913
*Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward Everett Hale, Unitarianism, Unitarian, until March 13, 1913
** F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected March 13, 1913.
House of Representatives
*Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble
*Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Charles F. Riddell, until April 7, 1913
** Robert B. Gordon, from April 7, 1913
*Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
*Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: William M. Dunbar
*Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Bennett C. Clark
*Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R)
*Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist
See also
* 1912 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1912 United States presidential election
** 1912 United States Senate elections
** 1912 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1914 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1914 United States Senate elections
** 1914 United States House of Representatives elections
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