The 64th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
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and the
United States House of Representatives
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. It met in
Washington, D.C.
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, from March 4, 1915, to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth years of
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to serve as president during the Prog ...
's
presidency
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. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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was based on the
1910 United States census
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.
The
Democrats maintained a majority in both chambers (albeit reduced in the House) and, along with
President
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Wilson, also maintained an overall federal government
trifecta
Trifecta
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.
Major events
*June 9, 1915 (Prelude to
World War I
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):
U.S. Secretary of State
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The secretary of state serves as the principal advisor to the p ...
William Jennings Bryan
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resigned over a disagreement regarding the nation's handling of the
RMS ''Lusitania'' sinking.
*July 24, 1915: The steamer
SS ''Eastland'' capsized in central Chicago, with the loss of 844 lives.
*July 28, 1915: The United States
occupation of
Haiti
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began.
*August 5–August 23, 1915: Hurricane Two of the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season over Galveston and New Orleans left 275 dead.
*March 8–March 9, 1916:
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...
:
Pancho Villa
Francisco "Pancho" Villa ( , , ; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the revolutionary movement that forced ...
led about 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against
Columbus, New Mexico
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, killing 12 U.S. soldiers. A garrison of the U.S. 13th Cavalry Regiment fights back and drives them away.
*March 15, 1916: President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
*May 5, 1916:
United States Marines
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invaded and started the
occupation of the
Dominican Republic
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.
*July 30, 1916: German agents caused the
Black Tom explosion
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in
, an act of sabotage destroying an ammunition depot and killing at least seven people.
*November 7, 1916:
U.S. presidential election, 1916: Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated Republican
Charles E. Hughes.
*January 11, 1917 (Prelude to
World War I
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): German saboteurs set off the
Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey (now Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to U.S. involvement in World War I.
*February 3, 1917 (Prelude to
World War I
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): The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany
Major legislation
* May 15, 1916:
Kern Amendment Sponsored by Sen. John W. Kern (D) of Indiana, the Kern Amendment amended the Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 by forbidding a Director, officer, or employee of any Reserve Bank having resources in excess of $5,000,000 acting in any similar capacity ...
* May 29, 1916:
Fraudulent Advertising Act of 1916
* May 31, 1916:
Tillman Act
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The Act was signed in ...
* June 3, 1916:
National Defense Act of 1916
The National Defense Act of 1916, , was a United States federal law that updated the Militia Act of 1903, which related to the organization of the military, particularly the National Guard. The principal change of the act was to supersede provi ...
* June 9, 1916:
Chamberlain–Ferris Act
* July 11, 1916:
Federal Aid Road Act of 1916
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(Bankhead–Shackleford Act, also known as Federal "Good Roads" Act)
* July 11, 1916:
Terminal Inspection Act of 1916
* July 17, 1916:
Federal Farm Loan Act (Hollis–Lever Act)
* July 27, 1916:
River and Harbors Act of 1916
* July 28, 1916:
Post Office Appropriation Act of 1916
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* August 9, 1916:
Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916
* August 11, 1916:
Irrigation District Act of 1916 (Smith Act)
* August 11, 1916:
Wildlife Game Refuges Act of 1916
* August 11, 1916:
Grain Standards Act of 1916
* August 11, 1916:
Cotton Futures Act of 1916
* August 11, 1916:
Brush Disposal Act of 1916
* August 11, 1916:
Warehouse Act of 1916
* August 25, 1916:
National Park Service Act (Kent–Smoot Act)
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* August 29, 1916: 2nd Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916
* August 29, 1916:
Jones Act (Philippines)
* August 29, 1916: Federal Possession and Control Act of 1916
* August 29, 1916:
Army Appropriations Act of 1916 In United States federal legislation, the Army Appropriations Act of 1916 authorized money for the larger troop strength, and created the Council of National Defense (CND) which established communications and information sharing between military and ...
* August 29, 1916:
Naval Act of 1916
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* August 29, 1916: Naval Reserve Force Act
* August 31, 1916: Federal Standard Container Act
* August 31, 1916:
Standard Fruits and Vegetable Baskets and Containers Act of 1916
* September 1, 1916:
Keating–Owen Act
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* September 3, 1916:
Adamson Act
The Adamson Act was a United States federal law passed in 1916 that established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers.
History
The terms that were embodied in the act were negotiated b ...
* September 7, 1916:
Merchant Marine Act of 1916 (Alexander Act)
* September 7, 1916:
Workingmen's Compensation Act (Kern–McGillicuddy Act)
The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), is a United States federal law, enacted on September 7, 1916. Sponsored by Sen. John W. Kern (D) of Indiana and Rep. Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D) of Maine, it established compensation to federal c ...
* September 8, 1916: Anti-Dumping Act of 1916
* September 8, 1916:
Emergency Revenue Act of 1916
* October 20, 1916: Special Air Preparedness Act
* December 29, 1916:
Stock-Raising Homestead Act
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* February 5, 1917:
Immigration Act of 1917
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* February 22, 1917:
Federal Interpleader Act of 1917
* February 23, 1917:
Smith–Hughes Act
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* February 26, 1917:
Mount McKinley National Park Act of 1917
* March 1, 1917:
Flood Control Act of 1917 (Ransdell–Humphreys Act)
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* March 2, 1917:
Jones–Shafroth Act
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* March 3, 1917:
Reed Amendment
* March 3, 1917:
Sheppard Bone-Dry Act
* March 3, 1917:
Special Preparedness Fund Act of 1917
* March 4, 1917: Timber Export Act
Treaties
*January 17, 1917:
Treaty of the Danish West Indies
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signed by President Wilson, ceding the
Danish West Indies
The Danish West Indies () or Danish Virgin Islands () or Danish Antilles were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with , Saint John () with , Saint Croix with , and Water Island.
The islands of St ...
to the United States after their purchase from
Denmark
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and renaming them the
US Virgin Islands
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.
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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:
Thomas R. Marshall
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(D)
*
Presidents pro tempore:
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician from the Arkansas Delta during the Progressive Era. He served in public office over a period of almost 30 years, rising from the Arkansas General Assemb ...
(D) and
Willard Saulsbury Jr.
Willard Saulsbury Jr. (April 17, 1861 – February 20, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and Presid ...
(D)
*
Majority Whip
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Whips a ...
:
J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
*
Minority Whip
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Whips ...
:
Charles Curtis
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(R)
*
Republican Conference Chairman
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:
Jacob Harold Gallinger
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Early life and career
Jacob Ha ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
John W. Kern
*
Republican Conference Secretary
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Political ideology
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
:
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
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...
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Willard Saulsbury Jr.
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, until December 14, 1916
**
Key Pittman
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...
, acting
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
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:
Champ Clark
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(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader:
Claude Kitchin
*
Majority Whip
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Whips a ...
: vacant
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Edward W. Saunders
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Biography
Sa ...
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Frank Ellsworth Doremus
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Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
James R. Mann
*
Minority Whip
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Whips ...
:
Charles M. Hamilton
*
Republican Conference Chairman
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:
William S. Greene
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Frank P. Woods
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Members
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Senate
Prior to the 64th Congress, per
Article 1, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution, all senators had been "chosen by the
tate
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Legislature thereof." (As a practical matter, many senators had been "elected"; however, ''technically,'' those elections were subject to affirmation by the State Legislatures.)
However, 32 senators of the 64th Congress - those of Senate Class 3 - were directly elected by popular vote in the
1914 United States Senate Elections
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as directed by the
17th Amendment. The 17th stipulated that it "...shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution." Thus, Class 1 and 2 senators were not subject to election until
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored ...
and
1918
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, respectively. (Note, however, that should a senator have perished prior to the end of his term, then their replacement would have been subject to direct election as they would not have been "chosen before" ratification. This is why Augustus Bacon was the first senator constitutionally elected on July 15, 1913.)
Alabama
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: 2.
John H. Bankhead (D)
: 3.
Oscar Underwood
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(D)
Arizona
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: 1.
Henry F. Ashurst (D)
: 3.
Marcus A. Smith
Marcus Aurelius 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 was a ...
(D)
Arkansas
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: 2.
Joseph Taylor Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937) was an American politician who served as United States Senate, United States Senator from Arkansas from 1913 to 1937, serving for four years as Party leaders of the United States Senate, ...
(D)
: 3.
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician from the Arkansas Delta during the Progressive Era. He served in public office over a period of almost 30 years, rising from the Arkansas General Assemb ...
(D), until October 1, 1916
::
William F. Kirby (D), from November 8, 1916
California
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: 1.
John D. Works
John Downey Works (March 29, 1847June 6, 1928) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1911 to 1917, and an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from October 2, 1888, to January 5, 18 ...
(R)
: 3.
James D. Phelan
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(D)
Colorado
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: 2.
John F. Shafroth (D)
: 3.
Charles S. Thomas (D)
Connecticut
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: 1.
George P. McLean
George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...
(R)
: 3.
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life and education
Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brand ...
(R)
Delaware
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: 1.
Henry A. du Pont
Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the beginn ...
(R)
: 2.
Willard Saulsbury Jr.
Willard Saulsbury Jr. (April 17, 1861 – February 20, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and Presid ...
(D)
Florida
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: 1.
Nathan P. Bryan
Nathan Philemon Bryan (April 23, 1872 – August 8, 1935) was a United States senator from Florida and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Education and career
Born on April 23, 1872, in For ...
(D)
: 3.
Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
: 2.
Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
: 3.
Hoke Smith (D)
Idaho
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: 2.
William E. Borah (R)
: 3.
James H. Brady (R)
Illinois
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: 2.
James Hamilton Lewis
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(D)
: 3.
Lawrence Y. Sherman (R)
Indiana
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: 1.
John W. Kern (D)
: 3.
Benjamin F. Shively (D), until March 14, 1916
::
Thomas Taggart
Thomas Taggart (November 17, 1856 – March 6, 1929) was an Irish-American politician who was the political boss of the Democratic Party in Indiana for the first quarter of the twentieth century and remained an influential political figure in ...
(D), March 20, 1916 - November 7, 1916
::
James E. Watson
James Eli Watson (November 2, 1864July 29, 1948) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate (see References) gives his year of birth ...
(R), from November 8, 1916
Iowa
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: 2.
William S. Kenyon (R)
: 3.
Albert B. Cummins (R)
Kansas
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: 2.
William H. Thompson (D)
: 3.
Charles Curtis
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(R)
Kentucky
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: 2.
Ollie M. James (D)
: 3.
John C. W. Beckham (D)
Louisiana
Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...
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Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
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Robert F. Broussard (D)
Maine
Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...
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Charles Fletcher Johnson
Charles Fletcher Johnson (February 14, 1859 – February 15, 1930) was a United States senator from Maine and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Johnson was nominated by President Woodrow ...
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Edwin C. Burleigh (R), until June 16, 1916
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Bert M. Fernald
Bert Manfred Fernald (April 3, 1858August 23, 1926) was an American farmer, businessman, and Republican politician who became the 47th governor of Maine and a United States senator. He was chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Publ ...
(R), from September 11, 1916
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
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Blair Lee (D)
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John W. Smith (D)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the United States ...
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John W. Weeks (R)
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
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Charles E. Townsend (R)
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William Alden Smith (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
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Moses E. Clapp (R)
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Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was a Norway, Norwegian-born United States, American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served in sta ...
(R)
Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
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John Sharp Williams
John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908 ...
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James K. Vardaman (D)
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') 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 border ...
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James A. Reed (D)
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William J. Stone (D)
Montana
Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...
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Henry L. Myers (D)
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Thomas J. Walsh (D)
Nebraska
Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...
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Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
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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 191 ...
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Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
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Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Francis G. Newlands (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Henry F. Hollis (D)
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Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
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James E. Martine
James Edgar Martine (August 25, 1850February 26, 1925) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1911 to 1917.
Early life
James Edgar Martine was bor ...
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William Hughes (D)
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
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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 has defenders but ene ...
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Albert B. Fall
Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861November 30, 1944) was a United States senator from New Mexico and United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior under President of the United States, President Warren G. Harding who becam ...
(R)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
New York may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* ...
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James A. O'Gorman
James Aloysius O'Gorman (May 5, 1860 – May 17, 1943) was an American attorney, judge, and politician from New York (state), New York. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he is most notable for his service as a United States Senator f ...
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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.
...
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North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
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Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
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Lee S. Overman (D)
North Dakota
North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...
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Porter J. McCumber (R)
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Asle 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. He was one of six senators to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the ...
(R)
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
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Atlee Pomerene
Atlee Pomerene (December 6, 1863 – November 12, 1937) was an American Democratic Party politician and lawyer from Ohio. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio for a few months in 1911 and then represented Ohio in the United States Senate from ...
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Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was one of the most ...
(R)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
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Robert L. Owen (D)
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Thomas P. Gore (D)
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
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Harry Lane
Harry Lane (August 28, 1855 – May 23, 1917) was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A physician by training, Lane served as the head of the Oregon State Hospital, Oregon State Insane Asylum before being forced out by political enemie ...
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George E. Chamberlain (D)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
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George T. Oliver (R)
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Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. He served as a member of th ...
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...
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Henry F. Lippitt (R)
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LeBaron B. Colt (R)
South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
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Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
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Ellison D. Smith (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, 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 Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...
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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 ser ...
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Edwin S. Johnson
Edwin Stockton Johnson (February 26, 1857July 19, 1933) was a United States senator from South Dakota.
Biography
Born in Owen County, Indiana near Spencer, Indiana, Spencer, he moved with his parents to Osceola, Iowa, in 1857 and attended the p ...
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Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
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Luke Lea (D)
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John K. Shields
John Knight Shields (August 15, 1858September 30, 1934) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1913 to 1925. He also served as an associate justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Biography
Shields was born at his family's es ...
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Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
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Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855 – March 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.
According to one ...
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Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as "the f ...
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Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
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George Sutherland
George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862July 18, 1942) was a British-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also repre ...
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Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A Republican who was first elected to the U.S. Senate by the Utah State Legislat ...
(R)
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...
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Carroll S. Page
Carroll Smalley Page (January 10, 1843December 3, 1925) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the 43rd governor of Vermont and a United States senator.
A native of Westfield, Vermont, Page was the son of a successful farmer ...
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William P. Dillingham (R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
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Claude A. Swanson (D)
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Thomas S. Martin (D)
Washington
Washington most commonly refers to:
* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A ...
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Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican Party (United States), Republican and briefly a Progressive Party 1912 (United States), Progressive, he served one term as a United States ...
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Wesley L. Jones (R)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
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William E. Chilton (D)
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Nathan Goff
Nathan Goff Jr. (February 9, 1843 – April 23, 1920) was a United States representative from West Virginia, a Union Army officer, the 28th United States Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Rutherford B. Hayes, a United ...
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
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Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R)
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Paul O. Husting (D)
Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
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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. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as bo ...
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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 ...
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
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Oscar Lee Gray (D)
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S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)
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Henry B. Steagall
Henry Bascom Steagall (May 19, 1873 – November 22, 1943) was a United States representative from Alabama. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency and in 1933, he co-sponsored the Glass–Steagall Act with Carter Glass, an ...
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Fred L. Blackmon (D)
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J. Thomas Heflin (D)
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William B. Oliver (D)
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John L. Burnett (D)
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Edward B. Almon (D)
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George Huddleston
George Huddleston (November 11, 1869 – February 29, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, father of George Huddleston, Jr.
Life and career
Huddleston was born on a farm near Lebanon, Tennessee, the son of Nancy Emeline (Sherrill) ...
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John Abercrombie (D)
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
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Carl Hayden
Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...
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Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)
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William A. Oldfield
William Allan Oldfield (February 4, 1874 – November 19, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1909 until his death.
Early life
Born in Franklin, Arkansas, Oldfield was the son of ...
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John N. Tillman (D)
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Otis Wingo (D)
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Henderson M. Jacoway (D)
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Samuel M. Taylor (D)
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William S. Goodwin (D)
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
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William Kent
William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) was an English architect, landscape architect, painter and furniture designer of the early 18th century. He began his career as a painter, and became Principal Painter in Ordinary or court painter, b ...
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John E. Raker (D)
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Charles F. Curry
Charles Forrest Curry (March 14, 1858 – October 10, 1930) was an American businessman and politician who served nine terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1913 until his death in 1930.
He was the father of Charles Forrest Cu ...
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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 ...
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John I. Nolan
John Ignatius Nolan (January 14, 1874 – November 18, 1922) was an American Foundry#Mold making, iron molder and politician who represented California's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for five terms ...
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John A. Elston (Prog.)
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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 Fol ...
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Everis A. Hayes (R)
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Charles H. Randall (Proh.)
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William Stephens (Prog.), until July 22, 1916
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Henry S. Benedict (R), from November 7, 1916
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William Kettner
William Kettner (November 20, 1864 – November 11, 1930) was an American Democratic politician from San Diego, California. He served four terms in Congress from 1913 through 1921 and is credited with bringing many U.S. Navy facilities to S ...
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Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
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Benjamin Clark Hilliard (D)
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Charles Bateman Timberlake (R)
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Edward Keating (D)
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Edward T. Taylor (D)
Connecticut
Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
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P. Davis Oakey (R)
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Richard P. Freeman (R)
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John Q. Tilson (R)
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Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
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James P. Glynn
James Peter Glynn (November 12, 1867 – March 6, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Born in Winsted, Connecticut, the son of Irish immigrants,
Glynn attended the public schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in ...
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Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...
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Thomas W. Miller (R)
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
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Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
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Frank Clark (D)
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Emmett Wilson (D)
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William J. Sears
William Joseph Sears (December 4, 1874 – March 30, 1944) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from Florida. A Democrat, he was an avowed white supremacist.
Early life and education
Born in Smithville, Georgia, Sears moved with his parent ...
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Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
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Charles G. Edwards (D)
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Frank Park (D)
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Charles R. Crisp
Charles Robert Crisp (October 19, 1870 – February 7, 1937) was an American politician. He served as in the United States House of Representatives from Georgia, and was the son of Charles Frederick Crisp.
Life and career
Charles Robert Cris ...
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William C. Adamson
William Charles Adamson (August 13, 1854 – January 3, 1929) was a United States representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, an United States federal judge, Associate Justice of the United States Customs Court and a member of the Board of ...
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William S. Howard (D)
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James W. Wise (D)
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Gordon Lee (D)
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Samuel J. Tribble (D), until December 8, 1916
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Tinsley W. Rucker Jr. (D), from January 11, 1917
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Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)
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Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democrati ...
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John R. Walker (D)
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Dudley M. Hughes
Dudley Mays Hughes (October 10, 1848 – January 20, 1927) was an American politician, farmer and railroad executive.
Hughes was born in Jeffersonville, Georgia, Jeffersonville, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, and attended the University of G ...
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Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...
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Addison T. Smith (R)
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Robert M. McCracken (R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
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Martin B. Madden
Martin Barnaby Madden (March 21, 1855 – April 27, 1928) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. He belonged to the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. As of 2023, he is the last non-A ...
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James R. Mann (R)
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William W. Wilson (R)
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James T. McDermott (D)
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Adolph J. Sabath (D)
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James McAndrews
James McAndrews (October 22, 1862 – August 31, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in business, serving as buildi ...
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Frank Buchanan (D)
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Thomas Gallagher (D)
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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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George E. Foss (R)
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Ira C. Copley (Prog.)
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Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller (March 31, 1849 – June 25, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Belvidere, Illinois, Fuller attended the common schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice ...
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John C. McKenzie (R)
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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 U.S. representative from Illinois's 14th congressional district from 1913 to 1917.
Early life
Tavenner was born in Cordo ...
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Edward John King (R)
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Claude U. Stone (D)
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John A. Sterling (R)
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Joseph G. Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and a leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three non ...
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William B. McKinley (R)
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Henry T. Rainey (D)
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Loren E. Wheeler (R)
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William A. Rodenberg (R)
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Martin D. Foster (D)
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Thomas S. Williams (R)
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Edward E. Denison (R)
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Burnett M. Chiperfield (R)
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William E. Williams (D)
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
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Charles Lieb (D)
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William A. Cullop (D)
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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 ...
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Lincoln Dixon (D)
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Ralph Wilbur Moss (D)
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Finly H. Gray (D)
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Merrill Moores
Merrill Moores (April 21, 1856 – October 21, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1915 to 1925.
Biography
Moores was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and received his e ...
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John A. M. Adair (D)
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Martin A. Morrison (D)
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William R. Wood (R)
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George W. Rauch (D)
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Cyrus Cline (D)
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Henry A. Barnhart (D)
Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
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Charles A. Kennedy (R)
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Harry E. Hull (R)
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Burton E. Sweet (R)
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Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
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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 ...
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C. William Ramseyer
Christian William Ramseyer (March 13, 1875 – November 1, 1943) was a nine-term Republican Party (United States), Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district.
Biography
He was ...
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Cassius C. Dowell (R)
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Horace M. Towner (R)
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William R. Green (R)
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Frank P. Woods
Frank Plowman Woods (December 11, 1868 – April 25, 1944) was a five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district, in north-central Iowa. He reached a House leadership position after only two terms. However, in ...
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Thomas J. Steele (D)
Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
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Daniel Read Anthony Jr.
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (August 22, 1870 – August 4, 1931) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and a nephew of suffragist and political leader Susan B. Anthony.
He was the son of newspaper publisher Dan ...
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Joseph Taggart (D)
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Philip P. Campbell (R)
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Dudley Doolittle (D)
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Guy T. Helvering (D)
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John R. Connelly (D)
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Jouett Shouse
Jouett Shouse (December 10, 1879 – June 2, 1968) was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher, and leading Democratic politician. A conservative, he was best known for opposing the New Deal in the 1930s.
Born in Midway, Kentucky, his family m ...
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William A. Ayres (D)
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
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Alben Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was the 35th vice president of the United States serving from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905, he was elected to local offices and in 1912 as a U.S. rep ...
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David Hayes Kincheloe (D)
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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 187 ...
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Ben Johnson (D)
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J. Swagar Sherley
Joseph Swagar Sherley (November 28, 1871 – February 13, 1941) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Biography
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Sherley attended public schools, graduating from the Louisv ...
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Arthur B. Rouse (D)
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J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
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Harvey Helm (D)
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William Jason Fields (D)
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John W. Langley (R)
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Caleb Powers (R)
Louisiana
Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...
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Albert Estopinal
Albert Estopinal (January 30, 1845 – April 28, 1919) was an American Civil War veteran who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1908 to 1919.
Biography
Albert Estopinal was born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, o ...
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Henry Garland Dupré
Henry may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters
* Henry (surname)
* Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone
Arts and entertainment ...
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Whitmell P. Martin (Prog.)
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John Thomas Watkins (D)
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Riley Joseph Wilson (D)
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Lewis Lovering Morgan (D)
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Ladislas Lazaro
Ladislas Lazaro (June 5, 1872 – March 30, 1927) was an American politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Representative from from 1913 to 1927.
Biography
Born near Ville Platte, Evangeline (then part of St. Landry) Parish, Louisiana, Laz ...
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James Benjamin Aswell
James Benjamin Aswell Sr. (December 23, 1869 – March 16, 1931) was a prominent educator and a Democratic U.S. representative from Louisiana, who served from 1913 until his death, which occurred twelve days into his tenth term.
Life and care ...
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Maine
Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...
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Asher C. Hinds (R)
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Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D)
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John A. Peters (R)
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Frank E. Guernsey (R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
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Jesse D. Price (D)
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J. Frederick C. Talbott
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (July 29, 1843 – October 5, 1918) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman who represented the United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2, second Congressional district of ...
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Charles P. Coady (D)
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J. Charles Linthicum (D)
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Sydney Emanuel Mudd II
Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (June 20, 1885 – October 11, 1924) was an American attorney and politician from Maryland's 5th congressional district, elected to several terms as a U.S. Representative in Congress, dying in office. He was a Republica ...
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David J. Lewis (D)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
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Allen T. Treadway (R)
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Frederick H. Gillett (R)
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Calvin D. Paige (R)
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Samuel E. Winslow (R)
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John J. Rogers (R)
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Augustus P. Gardner
Augustus Peabody Gardner (November 5, 1865 – January 14, 1918) was an American military officer and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the North Shore region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of R ...
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Michael F. Phelan (D)
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Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
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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 Milit ...
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Peter F. Tague
Peter Francis Tague (June 4, 1871 – September 17, 1941) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Boston, Massachusetts.
Early years
Tague was a son of Peter and Mary (Shaw) Tague, immigrants from Ireland. His father was ...
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George H. Tinkham (R)
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James A. Gallivan
James Ambrose Gallivan (October 22, 1866 – April 3, 1928) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Gallivan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston on October 22, 1866. He attended the public schools, graduated from ...
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William H. Carter (R)
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Richard Olney II (D)
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William S. Greene (R)
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Joseph Walsh (R)
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
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Frank E. Doremus
Frank Ellsworth Doremus (August 31, 1865 – September 4, 1947) was an American politician who was the 49th Mayor of Detroit and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan.
Early life
Doremus was born in Venango County, Pennsyl ...
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Samuel Beakes
Samuel Willard Beakes (January 11, 1861 – February 9, 1927) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Life and career
Beakes was born in Sullivan County, New York to parents Elizabeth Bull and George M. Beakes. He attended Wallkill Aca ...
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John M. C. Smith (R)
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Edward L. Hamilton (R)
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Carl Mapes (R)
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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 to 1923.
Biography
Kelley was born in Silve ...
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Louis C. Cramton (R)
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Joseph W. Fordney (R)
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James C. McLaughlin (R)
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George A. Loud (R)
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Frank D. Scott
Frank Douglas Scott (August 25, 1878 – February 12, 1951) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Scott was born of Scottish ancestry in Alpena, Michigan, attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of the Univ ...
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W. Frank James (R)
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Charles Archibald Nichols (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
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Sydney Anderson (R)
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Franklin Ellsworth
Franklin Fowler Ellsworth (July 10, 1879 – December 23, 1942) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in St. James, Watonwan County, Minnesota, July 10, 1879; attended the grade and high schools; enlisted as a private in Company H, Twelfth R ...
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Charles Russell Davis (R)
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Carl Van Dyke
Carl Chester Van Dyke (February 18, 1881 – May 20, 1919) was an American soldier, lawyer and politician from Minnesota.
Early life and career
Van Dyke was born in Alexandria and attended the local public schools there. He taught primary ...
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George Ross Smith (R)
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Charles August Lindbergh (R)
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Andrew Volstead
Andrew John Volstead () (October 31, 1859 – January 20, 1947) was an American member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota, 1903–1923, and a member of the Republican Party. His name is closely associated with the ...
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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 ac ...
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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
Ha ...
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Thomas D. Schall (Prog.)
Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
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Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. (January 18, 1862 – December 18, 1944) was an American politician and lawyer who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the 1st congressional district of Mississippi for two decades as a De ...
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Hubert D. Stephens (D)
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Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)
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Thomas U. Sisson (D)
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Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (D), until November 24, 1915
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William Webb Venable (D), from January 4, 1916
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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.
Early l ...
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Percy E. Quin (D)
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James W. Collier (D)
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') 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 border ...
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James T. Lloyd
James Tilghman Lloyd (August 28, 1857 – April 3, 1944) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1909.
Lloyd was born in Canton, Missouri ...
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William W. Rucker (D)
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Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
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Charles F. Booher
Charles Ferris Booher (January 31, 1848 – January 21, 1921) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born on a farm near East Groveland, New York, Booher attended the common schools and the Geneseo Academ ...
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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 ...
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Clement C. Dickinson (D)
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Courtney W. Hamlin
Courtney Walker Hamlin (October 27, 1858 – February 16, 1950) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Missouri and cousin of William Edward Barton.
Early life
Hamlin was born in Brevard, North Carolina. In 1869 mo ...
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Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
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James Beauchamp Clark (D)
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Jacob Edwin Meeker
Jacob Edwin Meeker (October 7, 1878 – October 16, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Background
Born near Attica, Indiana, Meeker attended the public schools. He graduated from Union Christian College, Merom, Indiana, in 1900, and ...
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William Leo Igoe (D)
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Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
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Walter Lewis Hensley (D)
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Joseph J. Russell (D)
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Perl D. Decker (D)
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Thomas L. Rubey (D)
Montana
Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...
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John M. Evans (D)
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Tom Stout
Tom Stout (May 20, 1879 – December 26, 1965) was an American educator and lawyer who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Montana's at-large congressional district from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917.
Biography
Stout was born in ...
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Nebraska
Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...
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C. Frank Reavis (R)
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Charles O. Lobeck (D)
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Dan V. Stephens (D)
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Charles Henry Sloan (R)
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Ashton C. Shallenberger
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger (December 23, 1862 – February 22, 1938) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and the List of governors of Nebraska, 15th Governor of Nebraska from 1909 to 1911.
Early life and ed ...
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Moses P. Kinkaid (R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
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Edwin E. Roberts (R)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Cyrus A. Sulloway
Cyrus Adams Sulloway (June 8, 1839, Grafton, New Hampshire – March 11, 1917) was an attorney and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire.
Biography
Sulloway studied law and was admitted to the bar ...
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Edward Hills Wason (R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
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William J. Browning (R)
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Isaac Bacharach
Isaac Bacharach (January 5, 1870 – September 5, 1956) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1937.
Early life and education
Born into a Jewish family in Ph ...
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Thomas J. Scully (D)
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Elijah C. Hutchinson (R)
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John H. Capstick (R)
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Archibald C. Hart (D)
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Dow H. Drukker (R)
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Edward W. Gray (R)
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Richard Wayne Parker (R)
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Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
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John J. Eagan (D)
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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 distri ...
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New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
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Benigno C. Hernández (R)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
New York may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* ...
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Frederick C. Hicks
Frederick Charles Hicks (originally Frederick Hicks Cocks; March 6, 1872 - December 14, 1925) was an American banker and politician who served as a United States representative from New York from 1916 to 1923.
Biography
He was born in Westbury ...
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C. Pope Caldwell (D)
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Joseph V. Flynn (D)
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Harry H. Dale (D)
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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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Frederick W. Rowe (R)
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John J. Fitzgerald (D)
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Daniel J. Griffin (D)
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Oscar W. Swift (R)
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Reuben L. Haskell (R)
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Daniel J. Riordan (D)
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Meyer London
Meyer London (December 29, 1871 – June 6, 1926) was a Lithuanian-born American politician from New York City. He represented the Lower East Side of Manhattan and was one of only two members of the Socialist Party of America elected to the Unit ...
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George W. Loft (D)
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Michael F. Farley (D)
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Michael F. Conry (D), until March 2, 1917
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Peter J. Dooling (D)
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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 (D)
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Walter M. Chandler (Prog.)
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Isaac Siegel (R)
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G. Murray Hulbert (D)
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Henry Bruckner
Henry Bruckner (June 17, 1871 – April 14, 1942) was an American politician from New York (state), New York who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 1913 to 1917.
Life
Born in New ...
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Joseph A. Goulden (D), until May 3, 1915
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William S. Bennet (R), from November 2, 1915
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Woodson R. Oglesby (D)
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James W. Husted (R)
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Edmund Platt (R)
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Charles B. Ward (R)
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Rollin B. Sanford (R)
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James S. Parker (R)
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William B. Charles (R)
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Bertrand H. Snell (R), from November 2, 1915
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Luther W. Mott (R)
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Homer P. Snyder
Homer Peter Snyder (December 6, 1863 – December 30, 1937) (aka H.P. Snyder) was an American politician and businessman from New York. Snyder began his business career in the knitting industry, and moved to bicycle manufacturing. He left the comp ...
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George W. Fairchild
George Winthrop Fairchild (May 6, 1854 – December 31, 1924), was a six-term Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York. Prior to joining congress, he was a businessman and investor, be ...
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Walter W. Magee (R)
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Norman J. Gould (R), from November 2, 1915
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Harry H. Pratt (R)
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Thomas B. Dunn (R)
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Henry G. Danforth (R)
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S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
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Charles B. Smith (D)
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Daniel A. Driscoll (D)
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Charles M. Hamilton (R)
North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
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John Humphrey Small (D)
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Claude Kitchin (D)
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George E. Hood
George Ezekial Hood (January 25, 1875 – March 8, 1960) was a politician and former United States Representative from the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Biography
Hood was born near Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina. He attended publ ...
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Edward W. Pou
Edward William Pou (; September 9, 1863 – April 1, 1934) was an American politician, serving in the United States Congress as a representative from 1901 until his death in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 1934. From March 1933 to April 1934, he wa ...
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Charles M. Stedman (D)
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Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
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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.
Biography
Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military Sc ...
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Robert L. Doughton (D)
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Edwin Y. Webb (D)
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James Jefferson Britt
James Jefferson Britt (March 4, 1861 – December 26, 1939) was an American educator and politician who served one term as a United States representative in Congress from North Carolina from 1915 to 1917.
Biography
James Jefferson Britt was bo ...
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North Dakota
North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...
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Henry Thomas Helgesen
Henry Thomas Helgesen (June 26, 1857 – April 10, 1917) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from North Dakota.
Born near Decorah, Iowa, Helgesen attended the public schools, the John Breckenridge Normal Institute, ...
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George M. Young (R)
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Patrick Daniel Norton (R)
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
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Nicholas Longworth
Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American lawyer and politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initiated the success ...
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Alfred G. Allen (D)
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Warren Gard (D)
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J. Edward Russell (R)
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Nelson E. Matthews (R)
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Charles C. Kearns (R)
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Simeon D. Fess (R)
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John A. Key (D)
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Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
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Robert M. Switzer (R)
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Edwin D. Ricketts (R)
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Clement L. Brumbaugh (D)
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Arthur W. Overmyer (D)
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Seward H. Williams (R)
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William C. Mooney (R)
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Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)
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William A. Ashbrook (D)
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David Hollingsworth (R)
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John G. Cooper (R)
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William Gordon (D)
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Robert Crosser
Robert Crosser (June 7, 1874 – June 3, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served 19 terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio. He remains the longest-serving member of the United States Hous ...
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Henry I. Emerson (R)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
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James S. Davenport (D)
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William W. Hastings (D)
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Charles D. Carter
Charles David Carter (August 16, 1868 – April 9, 1929) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 4th congressional district, Oklahoma's 4th and Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district, 3 ...
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William H. Murray (D)
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Joseph Bryan Thompson (D)
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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. (D)
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James V. McClintic (D)
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Dick Thompson Morgan
Dick Thompson Morgan (December 6, 1853 – July 4, 1920) was an American educator, lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma from 1909 to 1920.
Early life and education
Born at Prairie Creek, Indiana, ...
(R)
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
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Willis C. Hawley (R)
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Nicholas J. Sinnott (R)
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Clifton N. McArthur (R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
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William S. Vare (R)
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George S. Graham (R)
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J. Hampton Moore (R)
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George W. Edmonds
George Washington Edmonds (February 22, 1864 – September 28, 1939) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
George W. Edmonds was born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He gradu ...
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Peter E. Costello (R)
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George P. Darrow (R)
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Thomas S. Butler (R)
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Henry Winfield Watson
Henry Winfield Watson (June 24, 1856 – August 27, 1933) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, representing the 8th congressional district.
Early life
Henry Winfield Watson was born on June 24, 1856, ...
(R)
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William W. Griest (R)
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John R. Farr
John Richard Farr (July 18, 1857 – December 11, 1933) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John R. Farr was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and attend ...
(R)
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John J. Casey (D)
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Robert D. Heaton (R)
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Arthur G. Dewalt (D)
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Louis T. McFadden (R)
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Edgar R. Kiess (R)
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John V. Lesher (D)
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Benjamin K. Focht (R)
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Aaron S. Kreider (R)
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Warren W. Bailey (D)
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C. William Beales (R)
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Charles H. Rowland (R)
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Abraham L. Keister (R)
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Robert F. Hopwood (R)
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Henry W. Temple (R), from November 2, 1915
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Michael Liebel Jr. (D)
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Henry J. Steele (D)
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Solomon T. North (R)
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Samuel H. Miller (R)
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Stephen G. Porter (R)
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William Henry Coleman (R)
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John M. Morin (R)
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Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)
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Thomas S. Crago (R)
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John R. K. Scott (R)
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Daniel F. Lafean (R)
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Mahlon M. Garland (R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...
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George Francis O'Shaunessy (D)
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Walter Russell Stiness
Walter Russell Stiness (March 13, 1854 – March 17, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, Stiness attended the public schools and was a student at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 18 ...
(R)
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Ambrose Kennedy
Ambrose Patrick Kennedy (December 1, 1875 – March 10, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Early life
Kennedy was born in Blackstone, Massachusetts on December 1, 1875, the son of Patrick Kennedy and Mary ( McCormick) Kennedy. He ...
(R)
South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
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Richard S. Whaley (D)
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James F. Byrnes
James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch ...
(D)
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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 (D), until April 19, 1915
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Samuel J. Nicholls (D), from September 14, 1915
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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 wa ...
(D), until January 26, 1917
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Paul G. McCorkle (D), from February 21, 1917
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J. Willard Ragsdale (D)
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Asbury F. Lever (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, 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 Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...
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Charles H. Dillon (R)
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Royal C. Johnson
Royal Cleaves Johnson (October 3, 1882 – August 2, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from South Dakota and a highly decorated veteran of World War I while he was still a member of Congress. Despite voting against United States declaration of war ...
(R)
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Harry L. Gandy (D)
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
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Sam R. Sells (R)
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Richard W. Austin
Richard Wilson Austin (August 26, 1857 – April 20, 1919) was an American politician, attorney and diplomat. A Republican, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1919, representing Tennessee's 2nd district. ...
(R)
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John A. Moon (D)
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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 Roosevel ...
(D)
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William C. Houston (D)
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Joseph W. Byrns (D)
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Lemuel P. Padgett
Lemuel Phillips Padgett (November 28, 1855 – August 2, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born in Columbia, Tennessee, in ...
(D)
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Thetus W. Sims
Thetus Willrette Sims (April 25, 1852 – December 17, 1939) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 8th congressional district, 8th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biogra ...
(D)
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Finis J. Garrett (D)
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Kenneth McKellar (D)
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
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Eugene Black (D)
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Martin Dies (D)
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James Young (D)
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Sam Rayburn
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time ...
(D)
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Hatton W. Sumners (D)
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Rufus Hardy (D)
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Alexander W. Gregg (D)
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Joe H. Eagle (D)
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George Farmer Burgess (D)
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James P. Buchanan (D)
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Robert L. Henry (D)
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Oscar Callaway (D)
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John H. Stephens (D)
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James L. Slayden (D)
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John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was the 32nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A member of the ...
(D)
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William R. Smith (D)
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James H. Davis (D)
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A. Jeff McLemore (D)
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
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Joseph Howell
Joseph Howell (February 17, 1857 – July 18, 1918) was an American businessman and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Utah from 1903 to 1917.
Life and career
Born in Brigham City, Utah Territory, Howell moved wi ...
(R)
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James Henry Mays (D)
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...
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Frank L. Greene (R)
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Porter H. Dale
Porter Hinman Dale (March 1, 1867October 6, 1933) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served as a member of both the United States House of Representatives from 1915 to 1923, and the United States Senate from Vermont from 1923 to ...
(R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
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William A. Jones (D)
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Edward Everett Holland
Edward Everett Holland (February 26, 1861 – October 23, 1941) was an American lawyer, banker, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1911 to 1921.
Early life and education
Born near Suffolk, Virginia, to the fo ...
(D)
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Andrew Jackson Montague
Andrew Jackson Montague (October 3, 1862January 24, 1937; nickname "Jack") was a Virginia lawyer and American politician. He served as the 44th governor of Virginia, from 1902 to 1906, and a Congressman from 1912 until his death in 1937. A De ...
(D)
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Walter Allen Watson (D)
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Edward W. Saunders
Edward Watts Saunders (October 20, 1860 – December 16, 1921) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and judge, who served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, U.S. Representative and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Biography
Sa ...
(D)
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Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of United Stat ...
(D)
: .
James Hay James Hay may refer to:
* James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop
* James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester (1564–1609), Scottish landowner and courtier
* James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble
* James Hay, 2nd ...
(D), until October 1, 1916
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Thomas W. Harrison (D), from November 7, 1916
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Charles Creighton Carlin (D)
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C. Bascom Slemp (R)
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Henry D. Flood (D)
Washington
Washington most commonly refers to:
* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A ...
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William E. Humphrey (R)
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Lindley H. Hadley (R)
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Albert Johnson (R)
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William Leroy La Follette (R)
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Clarence Cleveland Dill (D)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
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Matthew M. Neely
Matthew Mansfield Neely (November 9, 1874January 18, 1958) was an American Democratic politician from West Virginia. He is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the 21st governor of West Virginia. H ...
(D)
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William Gay Brown Jr. (D), until March 9, 1916
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George M. Bowers (R), from May 9, 1916
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Adam B. Littlepage (D)
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Hunter H. Moss Jr.
Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. (May 26, 1874 – July 15, 1916) was a lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States representative. Moss was born in Parkersburg in Wood County, West Virginia. He was a member of the ...
(R), until July 15, 1916
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Harry C. Woodyard (R), from November 7, 1916
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Edward Cooper (R)
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Howard Sutherland
Howard Sutherland (September 8, 1865March 12, 1950) was an American politician. He was a United States Republican Party, Republican who represented West Virginia in both houses of the United States Congress.
Sutherland was born near Kirkwood, Mis ...
(R)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
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Henry Allen Cooper (R)
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Michael Edmund Burke (D)
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John M. Nelson
John Mandt Nelson (October 10, 1870 – January 29, 1955) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, serving nine terms in Congress between 1913 and 1933.
Early life
John Mandt Nelson was born on October 10, 1870, in Burke, Wisconsin. Nelson ...
(R)
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William J. Cary
William Joseph Cary (March 22, 1865 – January 2, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Elected office
Cary was elected a member of the board of aldermen of Milwaukee in 1900 and was reelected in 1902 for the term ending in 1904. He ...
(R)
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William H. Stafford (R)
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Michael K. Reilly (D)
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John J. Esch (R)
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Edward E. Browne (R)
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Thomas Frank Konop (D)
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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, Wisco ...
(R)
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Irvine L. Lenroot
Irvine Luther Lenroot (January 31, 1869 – January 26, 1949) was an American attorney, jurist, and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician from Wisconsin. He served as Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1903 to ...
(R)
Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
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Franklin W. Mondell
Frank Wheeler Mondell (November 6, 1860August 6, 1939) was a United States representative of Wyoming.
Early life
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was educated in the public schools. For many years he was engaged in farming, stock-raising, and r ...
(R)
Non-voting members
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James Wickersham
James Wickersham (August 24, 1857 – October 24, 1939) was a district judge for Alaska, appointed by U.S. President William McKinley to the Third Judicial District in 1900. He resigned his post in 1908 and was subsequently elected as Alaska ...
, (R)
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Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, (R)
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Manuel Earnshaw
Manuel Noguera Earnshaw (November 19, 1862 – February 13, 1936) was a Resident Commissioner of the Philippines from 1913 to 1917.
Early life and education
Earnshaw was born in Cavite, in then Captaincy General of the Philippines, on Novembe ...
(Resident Commissioner), (I)
: .
Manuel L. Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (, , , ; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino people, Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1 ...
(Resident Commissioner), (
Nac.) until October 15, 1916
: .
Luis Muñoz Rivera
Luis Muñoz Rivera (July 17, 1859 – November 15, 1916) was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician. He was a major figure in the struggle for political autonomy of Puerto Rico in union with Spain.
In 1887, Muñoz Rivera became part ...
(Resident Commissioner), (Unionist), until November 15, 1916
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 3
**
Democratic: 1 seat net loss
**
Republican: 1 seat net gain
* Deaths: 3
* Resignations: 0
* Vacancy: 0
* Total seats with changes: 4
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 9
**
Democratic: 2 seat loss
**
Republican: 3 seat gain
**
Progressive: 1 seat loss
* Deaths: 8
* Resignations: 12
* Contested elections: 4
* Total seats with changes: 15
Committees
Senate
*
Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. He served as a member of th ...
; Ranking Member:
William J. Stone)
*
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Thomas P. Gore; 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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Thomas S. Martin; 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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Sharp Williams, John S. Williams; Ranking Member:
William P. Dillingham)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member:
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was a Norway, Norwegian-born United States, American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served in sta ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Chairman:
John K. Shields
John Knight Shields (August 15, 1858September 30, 1934) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1913 to 1925. He also served as an associate justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Biography
Shields was born at his family's es ...
; Ranking Member:
George T. Oliver)
* United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
William E. Chilton; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
* United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
Atlee Pomerene
Atlee Pomerene (December 6, 1863 – November 12, 1937) was an American Democratic Party politician and lawyer from Ohio. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio for a few months in 1911 and then represented Ohio in the United States Senate from ...
; Ranking Member:
Albert B. Cummins)
* United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Nathan P. Bryan
Nathan Philemon Bryan (April 23, 1872 – August 8, 1935) was a United States senator from Florida and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Education and career
Born on April 23, 1872, in For ...
; Ranking Member:
Edwin C. Burleigh then
Nathan Goff
Nathan Goff Jr. (February 9, 1843 – April 23, 1920) was a United States representative from West Virginia, a Union Army officer, the 28th United States Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Rutherford B. Hayes, a United ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Coast and Insular Survey, Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Willard Saulsbury Jr., Willard Saulsbury; Ranking Member:
Charles E. Townsend)
* 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 (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1911 to 1917.
Early life
James Edgar Martine was bor ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry A. du Pont
Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the beginn ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman:
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician from the Arkansas Delta during the Progressive Era. He served in public office over a period of almost 30 years, rising from the Arkansas General Assemb ...
; Ranking Member:
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was a Norway, Norwegian-born United States, American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served in sta ...
)
* 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. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as bo ...
)
* 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
Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an United States of America, American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designa ...
; Ranking Member: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments, Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman:
Carroll S. Page
Carroll Smalley Page (January 10, 1843December 3, 1925) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the 43rd governor of Vermont and a United States senator.
A native of Westfield, Vermont, Page was the son of a successful farmer ...
; Ranking Member:
James E. Martine
James Edgar Martine (August 25, 1850February 26, 1925) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1911 to 1917.
Early life
James Edgar Martine was bor ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
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)
* 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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons)
* United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Henry F. Hollis; Ranking Member:
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under President Herbert Hoover. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1924 to 1929. An enrolled member of the Kaw Natio ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee to Establish a University in the United States, Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879), Luke Lea)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman:
Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as "the f ...
; 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
Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861November 30, 1944) was a United States senator from New Mexico and United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior under President of the United States, President Warren G. Harding who becam ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A Republican who was first elected to the U.S. Senate by the Utah State Legislat ...
; 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
George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862July 18, 1942) was a British-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also repre ...
; Ranking Member:
Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
William Hughes)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Blair Lee; Ranking Member:
Asle Gronna
Asle Jorgenson Gronna (December 10, 1858May 4, 1922) was an American politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate from North Dakota. He was one of six senators to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State, Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman:
J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member:
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. He served as a member of th ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member:
John D. Works
John Downey Works (March 29, 1847June 6, 1928) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1911 to 1917, and an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from October 2, 1888, to January 5, 18 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican Party (United States), Republican and briefly a Progressive Party 1912 (United States), Progressive, he served one term as a United States ...
; Ranking Member:
Harry Lane
Harry Lane (August 28, 1855 – May 23, 1917) was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A physician by training, Lane served as the head of the Oregon State Hospital, Oregon State Insane Asylum before being forced out by political enemie ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman:
Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member:
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. He served as a member of th ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: John R. Thornton; Ranking Member:
John D. Works
John Downey Works (March 29, 1847June 6, 1928) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1911 to 1917, and an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from October 2, 1888, to January 5, 18 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman:
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was a Norway, Norwegian-born United States, American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served in sta ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member:
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the United States ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman:
Harry Lane
Harry Lane (August 28, 1855 – May 23, 1917) was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A physician by training, Lane served as the head of the Oregon State Hospital, Oregon State Insane Asylum before being forced out by political enemie ...
; Ranking Member:
George P. McLean
George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (Chairman:
Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as bo ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Kern)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman:
Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member:
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the United States ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
William J. Stone; Ranking Member:
Moses E. Clapp)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations, Indian Depredations (Chairman:
William E. Borah; Ranking Member:
Claude A. Swanson)
* United States Senate Committee on Industrial Expositions, Industrial Expositions (Chairman:
Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member:
George T. Oliver)
* 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 (state), New York. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he is most notable for his service as a United States Senator f ...
; Ranking Member:
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life and education
Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brand ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman:
Francis G. Newlands; Ranking Member:
Moses E. Clapp)
* United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
Marcus A. Smith
Marcus Aurelius 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 was a ...
; Ranking Member:
Wesley L. Jones)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855 – March 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.
According to one ...
; Ranking Member:
Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as bo ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879), Luke Lea; Ranking Member:
Albert B. Cummins)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
James A. Reed; Ranking Member:
George T. Oliver)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
George E. Chamberlain; Ranking Member:
Henry A. du Pont
Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the beginn ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Thomas J. Walsh; Ranking Member:
Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican Party (United States), Republican and briefly a Progressive Party 1912 (United States), Progressive, he served one term as a United States ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member:
John Sharp Williams
John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Chairman: Charles F. Johnson; Ranking Member:
James H. Brady)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member:
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. He served as a member of th ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman:
John F. Shafroth; Ranking Member:
Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican Party (United States), Republican and briefly a Progressive Party 1912 (United States), Progressive, he served one term as a United States ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life and education
Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brand ...
; Ranking Member:
James A. Reed)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
Ollie M. James; Ranking Member:
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life and education
Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brand ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Benjamin F. Shively; Ranking Member:
Porter J. McCumber)
* United States Senate Committee on the Philippines, Philippines (Chairman:
Gilbert M. Hitchcock; Ranking Member:
George P. McLean
George Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June 6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of Dudley B. McLean and Mary ( ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member:
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. He served as a member of th ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member:
Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A Republican who was first elected to the U.S. Senate by the Utah State Legislat ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the United States ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
John W. Kern; Ranking Member:
William P. Dillingham)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Claude A. Swanson; Ranking Member:
George Sutherland
George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862July 18, 1942) was a British-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also repre ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman:
Joseph E. Ransdell; Ranking Member:
Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A Republican who was first elected to the U.S. Senate by the Utah State Legislat ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
Henry L. Myers; Ranking Member:
Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A Republican who was first elected to the U.S. Senate by the Utah State Legislat ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member:
George T. Oliver)
* United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member:
Edwin C. Burleigh then
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under President Herbert Hoover. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1924 to 1929. An enrolled member of the Kaw Natio ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member:
Jacob H. Gallinger)
* United States Senate Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member:
John H. Bankhead)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Telepost, Telepost (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
...
; Ranking Member:
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was a Norway, Norwegian-born United States, American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served in sta ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
Henry A. du Pont
Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the beginn ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry F. Hollis)
* United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member:
Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as "the f ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member:
Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican Party (United States), Republican and briefly a Progressive Party 1912 (United States), Progressive, he served one term as a United States ...
)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman:
Charles S. Thomas; Ranking Member:
George Sutherland
George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862July 18, 1942) was a British-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also repre ...
)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member:
Thomas W. Miller)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member:
Gilbert N. Haugen)
* United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:
Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member:
Addison T. Smith)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
John J. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member:
Frederick H. Gillett)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of United Stat ...
; Ranking Member:
Everis A. Hayes)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
Harvey Helm; Ranking Member:
Asher C. Hinds)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Edward W. Pou
Edward William Pou (; September 9, 1863 – April 1, 1934) was an American politician, serving in the United States Congress as a representative from 1901 until his death in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 1934. From March 1933 to April 1934, he wa ...
; Ranking Member:
George W. Edmonds
George Washington Edmonds (February 22, 1864 – September 28, 1939) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
George W. Edmonds was born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He gradu ...
)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member:
Edwin E. Roberts)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott, J. Frederick Cockey Talbott; Ranking Member:
William S. Bennet)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Ben Johnson; Ranking Member:
William J. Cary
William Joseph Cary (March 22, 1865 – January 2, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Elected office
Cary was elected a member of the board of aldermen of Milwaukee in 1900 and was reelected in 1902 for the term ending in 1904. He ...
)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
Dudley M. Hughes
Dudley Mays Hughes (October 10, 1848 – January 20, 1927) was an American politician, farmer and railroad executive.
Hughes was born in Jeffersonville, Georgia, Jeffersonville, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, and attended the University of G ...
; Ranking Member:
Caleb Powers)
* United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress, Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman:
William W. Rucker; Ranking Member: Carl E. Mapes)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James D. Post; Ranking Member:
Merrill Moores
Merrill Moores (April 21, 1856 – October 21, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1915 to 1925.
Biography
Moores was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and received his e ...
)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman:
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 distri ...
; Ranking Member: John Jacob Rogers)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Lewis L. Morgan; Ranking Member:
Cassius C. Dowell)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member:
William R. Wood)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman:
Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Edward J. King)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: John H. Rothermel; Ranking Member: Thomas Sutler Williams)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member:
Aaron S. Kreider)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman:
Robert F. Broussard; Ranking Member:
Stephen G. Porter)
* 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:
John G. Cooper)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: George Edmund Foss)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member:
Harry H. Pratt)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Courtney W. Hamlin
Courtney Walker Hamlin (October 27, 1858 – February 16, 1950) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Missouri and cousin of William Edward Barton.
Early life
Hamlin was born in Brevard, North Carolina. In 1869 mo ...
; Ranking Member:
George H. Tinkham)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Charles O. Lobeck; Ranking Member: Henry Wilson Temple)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: John A.M. Adair; Ranking Member:
Luther W. Mott)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas F. Konop; Ranking Member:
William A. Rodenberg)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member:
Henry Allen Cooper)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman:
John L. Burnett; Ranking Member:
Everis A. Hayes)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member:
Philip P. Campbell)
* United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: Edwin S. Underhill; Ranking Member:
Frank P. Woods
Frank Plowman Woods (December 11, 1868 – April 25, 1944) was a five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district, in north-central Iowa. He reached a House leadership position after only two terms. However, in ...
)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman:
William 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 (U.S. state), Georgia, an United States federal judge, Associate Justice of the United States Customs Court and a member of the Board of ...
; Ranking Member: John J. Esch)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member:
John W. Langley)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
William 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:
William B. McKinley)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member:
William S. Greene)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:
Warren W. Bailey; Ranking Member:
Burnett M. Chiperfield)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
James Hay James Hay may refer to:
* James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop
* James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester (1564–1609), Scottish landowner and courtier
* James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble
* James Hay, 2nd ...
; 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:
Mahlon M. Garland)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Butler)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
William A. Oldfield
William Allan Oldfield (February 4, 1874 – November 19, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1909 until his death.
Early life
Born in Franklin, Arkansas, Oldfield was the son of ...
; Ranking Member:
John I. Nolan
John Ignatius Nolan (January 14, 1874 – November 18, 1922) was an American Foundry#Mold making, iron molder and politician who represented California's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for five terms ...
)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
John A. Key; Ranking Member:
Sam R. Sells)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member:
Halvor Steenerson
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
Ha ...
)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member:
Edgar R. Kiess)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Frank Clark; Ranking Member:
Richard W. Austin
Richard Wilson Austin (August 26, 1857 – April 20, 1919) was an American politician, attorney and diplomat. A Republican, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1919, representing Tennessee's 2nd district. ...
)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
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. ; Ranking Member:
Irvine L. Lenroot
Irvine Luther Lenroot (January 31, 1869 – January 26, 1949) was an American attorney, jurist, and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician from Wisconsin. He served as Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1903 to ...
)
* 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:
William B. McKinley)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member:
Merrill Moores
Merrill Moores (April 21, 1856 – October 21, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1915 to 1925.
Biography
Moores was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and received his e ...
)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member:
William E. Humphrey)
* United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman:
Dorsey W. Shackleford; Ranking Member:
Thomas B. Dunn)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member:
Philip P. Campbell)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Frank E. Guernsey, Frank Guernsey)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman:
Alexander W. Gregg; Ranking Member:
Benjamin K. Focht)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:
Oscar Underwood
Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an United States of America, American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designa ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Fordney)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Armor Plant Costs, Armor Plant Costs (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads, Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen.
John Sharp Williams
John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908 ...
)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Sen.
Francis G. Newlands)
* United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate the General Parcel Post, Investigate the General Parcel Post
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen.
Duncan U. Fletcher)
* 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. (politician), 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 Party (United States), Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of United Stat ...
)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service, Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House)
* Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress, Legislative branch agency directors
*Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
*Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
*Public Printer of the United States: Cornelius Ford
Senate
*Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: F. J. Prettyman (Methodist)
*Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: James Marion Baker, James M. Baker
*United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
*Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Charles P. Higgins
House of Representatives
*Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden
*Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble
*Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Bennett C. Clark
*Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
*Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R)
*Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: William M. Dunbar
*Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Robert B. Gordon
See also
* 1914 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1914 United States Senate elections
** 1914 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1916 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1916 United States presidential election
** 1916 United States Senate elections
** 1916 United States House of Representatives elections
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