The 73rd 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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The composition and ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
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. It met in
Washington, D.C.
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from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935, during the first two years of
Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. Because of the newly ratified
20th Amendment, the duration of this Congress, along with the term of office of those elected to it, was shortened by days. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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was based on the
Fifteenth Census of the United States in 1930.
The
Democrats greatly increased their majority in the House, and won control of the Senate for the first time since the
65th Congress
The 65th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917, to ...
in 1917. With
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
being sworn in as
President
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on March 4, 1933, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government
trifecta
Trifecta
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, also for the first time since the 65th Congress.
Major events
*March 4, 1933:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
became
President of the United States
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*January 3, 1934: The second session of 73rd Congress convened as mandated by the
Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twentieth Amendment (Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March4 to January 3. It also h ...
, that had been
ratified
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one year earlier
* August 19, 1934:
House Speaker
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Usage
The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerfo ...
Henry Thomas Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death. He rose t ...
died of a heart attack. The House had already completed its work for this Congress and had already adjourned. No Speaker was elected until the next Congress.
Major legislation
First Session
The first session of Congress, known as the "
Hundred Days
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", took place before the regular seating and was called by President Roosevelt specifically to pass two acts:
* March 9, 1933: The
Emergency Banking Act
__NOTOC__
The Emergency Banking Act (EBA) (the official title of which was the Emergency Banking Relief Act), Public Law 73-1, 48 Stat. 1 (March 9, 1933), was an act passed by the United States Congress in March 1933 in an attempt to stabilize th ...
(ch. 1, ) was enacted within four hours of its introduction. It was prompted by the "
bank holiday
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" and was the first step in Roosevelt's "
first hundred days" of the
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Con ...
. The Act was drafted in large part by officials appointed by the
Hoover
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administration. The bill provided for the
Treasury Department to initiate
reserve requirement
Reserve requirements are central bank regulations that set the minimum amount that a commercial bank must hold in liquid assets. This minimum amount, commonly referred to as the commercial bank's reserve, is generally determined by the centra ...
s and a federal bailout to large failing institutions. It also removed the United States from the
Gold Standard
A gold standard is a Backed currency, monetary system in which the standard economics, economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold. The gold standard was the basis for the international monetary system from the 1870s to the ...
. All
bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets.
Becau ...
s had to undergo a federal inspection to deem if they were stable enough to re-open. Within a week 1/3 of the banks re-opened in the United States and faith was, in large part, restored in the banking system. The act had few opponents, only taking fire from the farthest left elements of Congress who wanted to
nationalize
Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to priv ...
banks altogether.
* March 10, 1933: The
Economy Act of 1933. Roosevelt, in sending this act to Congress, warned that if it did not pass, the country faced a billion dollar
deficit
A deficit is the amount by which a sum falls short of some reference amount.
Economics
* Balance of payments deficit, when the balance of payments is negative
* Government budget deficit
* Deficit spending, the amount by which spending exceeds ...
. The act balanced the federal budget by cutting the salaries of government employees and cutting pensions to veterans by as much as 15 percent. It intended to reassure the deficit hawks that the new president was fiscally conservative. Although the act was heavily protested by left-leaning members of congress, it passed by an overwhelming margin.
The session also passed several other major pieces of legislation:
*March 31, 1933: The
Civilian Conservation Corps Reforestation Relief Act
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part o ...
(ch. 17, ) established the
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part o ...
(CCC) as a means to combat
unemployment
Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the refer ...
and
poverty
Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income. Poverty can have diverse < ...
.
* May 12, 1933: The
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant on part o ...
(ch. 25, ) was part of a plan developed by Roosevelt's
Secretary of Agriculture
The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments.
The department includes several organ ...
,
Henry A. Wallace
Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and the 10th U.S. ...
, and was designed to protect American
farmers
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer ...
from the uncertainties of the depression through subsidies and production controls. The act laid the frame for long-term government control in the planning of the agricultural sector. In 1936 the act was ruled unconstitutional by the
United States Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point ...
because it taxed one group to pay for another.
* May 12, 1933: The
Federal Emergency Relief Act
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was a program established by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, building on the Hoover administration's Emergency Relief and Construction Act. It was replaced in 1935 by the Works Progress Admi ...
(ch. 30, ) established the
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was a program established by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, building on the Hoover administration's Emergency Relief and Construction Act. It was replaced in 1935 by the Works Progress Ad ...
(FERA) which develop public works projects to give work to the unemployed.
* May 18, 1933: The
Tennessee Valley Authority Act (ch. 32, ) created the Tennessee Valley Authority to relieve the
Tennessee Valley
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by a series of public works projects.
* June 5, 1933: The
Securities Act of 1933
The Securities Act of 1933, also known as the 1933 Act, the Securities Act, the Truth in Securities Act, the Federal Securities Act, and the '33 Act, was enacted by the United States Congress on May 27, 1933, during the Great Depression and afte ...
(ch. 38, ) established the
Securities Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The primary pu ...
(SEC) as a way for the government to prevent a repeat of the
Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It started in September and ended late in October, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange colla ...
.
* June 12, 1933: The
Glass–Steagall Act of 1933 (ch. 89, ) was a follow up to the
Glass–Steagall Act of 1932
The first "Glass–Steagall Act" was a law passed by the United States Congress on February 27, 1932, prior to the inclusion of more comprehensive measures in the Banking Act of 1933, which is now more commonly known as the Glass-Steagall Act. It ...
. Both acts sought to make banking safer and less prone to speculation. The 1933 act, however, established the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is one of two agencies that supply deposit insurance to depositors in American depository institutions, the other being the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates and insures cre ...
.
* June 16, 1933: The
National Industrial Recovery Act
The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA) was a US labor law and consumer law passed by the 73rd US Congress to authorize the president to regulate industry for fair wages and prices that would stimulate economic recovery. It also ...
("NIRA", ch. 90, ) was an anti-
deflation
In economics, deflation is a decrease in the general price level of goods and services. Deflation occurs when the inflation rate falls below 0% (a negative inflation rate). Inflation reduces the value of currency over time, but sudden deflati ...
scheme promoted by the
Chamber of Commerce
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that reversed
anti-trust
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laws and permit trade associations to cooperate in stabilizing prices within their industries while making businesses ensure that the incomes of workers would rise along with their prices. It guaranteed to workers of the right of collective bargaining and helped spur major union organizing drives in major industries. In case consumer buying power lagged behind, thereby defeating the administration's initiatives, the NIRA created the
Public Works Administration
The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Reco ...
(PWA), a major program of public works spending designed to alleviate unemployment, and moreover to transfer funds to certain beneficiaries. The NIRA established the most important, but ultimately least successful provision: a new federal agency known as the
National Recovery Administration
The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was a prime agency established by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) in 1933. The goal of the administration was to eliminate " cut throat competition" by bringing industry, labor, and governm ...
(NRA), which attempted to stabilize prices and wages through cooperative "code authorities" involving government, business, and labor. The NIRA was seen hailed as a miracle, responding to the needs of labor, business, unemployment, and the deflation crisis. The "
sick chicken case" led to the Supreme Court invalidating NIRA in 1935.
Second Session
* March 24, 1934: The
Tydings–McDuffie Act
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(, ) provided for self-government for the
Commonwealth of the Philippines
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and a pathway to independence.
* June 6, 1934: The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (also called the Exchange Act, '34 Act, or 1934 Act) (, codified at et seq.) is a law governing the secondary trading of securities (stocks, bonds, and debentures) in the United States of America. A landma ...
(ch. 404, ) grew out of the
Securities Act of 1933
The Securities Act of 1933, also known as the 1933 Act, the Securities Act, the Truth in Securities Act, the Federal Securities Act, and the '33 Act, was enacted by the United States Congress on May 27, 1933, during the Great Depression and afte ...
and regulated participation in financial markets.
* June 6, 1934: The
National Firearms Act of 1934
The National Firearms Act (NFA), 73rd Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 757, was enacted on June 26, 1934, and currently codified and amended as . The law is an Act of Congress in the United States that, in general, imposes an excise tax on the manufact ...
(ch. 757, ) regulated machine guns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns.
* June 19, 1934:
Communications Act of 1934
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(ch. 652, , )
Constitutional amendments
* December 5, 1933:
Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol. The Twenty-first Amendment was proposed b ...
, repealing the
eighteenth amendment and thus ending
prohibition in the United States, was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution
Hearings
"Merchants of Death"
*Committee:
United States Senate Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry
*Chairman: Senator
Gerald P. Nye
Gerald Prentice Nye (December 19, 1892 – July 17, 1971) was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1945. He was a Republican and supporter of World War II-era isolationism, chairing the Nye ...
(R)
*Duration: September 4, 1934 – February 24, 1936
The Senate Munitions Committee came into existence solely for the purpose of this hearing. Although World War I had been over for sixteen years, there were revived reports that America's leading munition companies had effectively influenced the United States into that conflict, which killed 53,000 Americans, hence the companies' nickname "
Merchants of Death
Merchants of death was an epithet used in the U.S. in the 1930s to attack industries and banks that had supplied and funded World War I (then called the Great War).
Origin
The term originated in 1932 as the title of an article about an arms d ...
".
The Democratic Party, controlling the Senate for the first time since the first world war, used the hype of these reports to organize the hearing in hopes of
nationalizing
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America's munitions industry. The Democrats chose a Republican renowned for his ardent
isolationist
Isolationism is a political philosophy advocating a national foreign policy that opposes involvement in the political affairs, and especially the wars, of other countries. Thus, isolationism fundamentally advocates neutrality and opposes entangle ...
policies, Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, to head the hearing. Nye was typical of
western
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agrarian
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...
progressive
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s, and adamantly opposed America's involvement in any foreign war. Nye declared at the opening of the hearing "when the Senate investigation is over, we shall see that war and preparation for war is not a matter of national honor and national defense, but a matter of profit for the few."
Over the next eighteen months, the "
Nye Committee
The Nye Committee, officially known as the Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry, was a United States Senate committee (April 12, 1934 – February 24, 1936), chaired by U.S. Senator Gerald Nye (R-ND). The committee investig ...
" (as
newspapers
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...
called it) held ninety-three hearings, questioning more than two hundred witnesses, including
J.P. Morgan Jr.
John Pierpont Morgan Jr. (September 7, 1867 – March 13, 1943) was an American banker, finance executive, and philanthropist. He inherited the family fortune and took over the business interests including J.P. Morgan & Co. after his father J. ...
and
Pierre du Pont. Committee members found little hard evidence of an active conspiracy among arms makers, yet the panel's reports did little to weaken the popular prejudice against "greedy munitions interests."
The hearings overlapped the 73rd and
74th Congresses. They only came to an end after Chairman Nye provoked the Democratic caucus into cutting off funding. Nye, in the last hearing the Committee held in early 1936, attacked former Democratic President
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of P ...
, suggesting that Wilson had withheld essential information from Congress as it considered a
declaration of war. Democratic leaders, including
Appropriations Committee Chairman
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Trea ...
of
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...
, unleashed a furious response against Nye for "dirtdaubing the
sepulcher
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of Woodrow Wilson." Standing before cheering colleagues in a packed Senate chamber, Glass slammed his fist onto his desk in protest until blood dripped from his knuckles, effectively prompting the Democratic caucus to withhold all funding for further hearings.
Although the "Nye Committee" failed to achieve its goal of nationalizing the arms industry, it inspired three congressional neutrality acts in the mid-1930s that signaled profound American opposition to overseas involvement.
Party summary
For details, see ''
Changes in membership
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'', below.
Senate
There were 48 states with two senators per state, this gave the Senate 96 seats. Membership changed with four deaths, one resignation, and two appointees who were replaced by electees.
House of Representatives
Membership changed with twelve deaths and three resignations.
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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:
John Nance Garner
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(D)
*
President pro tempore
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:
Key Pittman
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Bio ...
(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader
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Democratic Conference Chairman:
[The Democratic Senate Majority Leader also serves as the Chairman of the Democratic Conference.] Joseph T. Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, serving ...
*
Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip):
J. Hamilton Lewis
James Hamilton Lewis (May 18, 1863 – April 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician. Sometimes referred to as J. Ham Lewis or Ham Lewis, he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives, and Illinois in the Unite ...
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Hugo Black
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. ...
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Charles L. McNary
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*
Assistant Minority Leader (Minority Whip):
Felix Hebert
Felix Hebert (December 11, 1874December 14, 1969) was a United States senator from Rhode Island. Born near St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, he came to the United States when his parents, Edouard and Catherine (Vandale) Hebert, returned in 1880 an ...
*
Republican Conference Chairman
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:
Charles L. McNary
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*
Republican Conference Secretary
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:
Frederick Hale
*
National Senatorial Committee Chair:
Daniel O. Hastings
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Early li ...
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
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:
Henry T. Rainey
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(D), until August 19, 1934 (Vacant thereafter)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader
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Joseph W. Byrns
Joseph Wellington "Jo" Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term Democratic congressman from Tennessee, and as the 41st speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Byrns was b ...
*
Majority Whip
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:
Arthur H. Greenwood
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The Baptist lawyer, farmer ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Clarence F. Lea
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Bertrand H. Snell
Bertrand Hollis Snell (December 9, 1870 – February 2, 1958) was an American politician who represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives. He was a pro-business, low-tax, isolationist conservative Republican w ...
*
Minority Whip
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:
Harry L. Englebright
Harry Lane Englebright (January 2, 1884 – May 13, 1943) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a Congressman from California's 2nd congressional district from 1926 to 1943, and as the House Minority Whip between 1933 and 1943.
Englebright w ...
*
Republican Conference Chairman
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:
Robert Luce
Robert Luce (December 2, 1862 – April 7, 1946) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Auburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, Massachusetts. He gra ...
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Chester C. Bolton
Chester Castle Bolton (September 5, 1882 – October 29, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He served four consecutive terms from 1929 to 1937. He was elected to a fifth term in 1938, but he died before completing the term.
He was the husb ...
Members
Senate
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1936; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1938.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
: 2.
John H. Bankhead II
John Hollis Bankhead II (July 8, 1872 – June 12, 1946) was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. Like his father, John H. Bankhead, he was elected three times to the Senate, and like his father, he died in office.
He served in the Senate ...
(D)
: 3.
Hugo Black
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. ...
(D)
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ...
: 1.
Henry F. Ashurst
Henry Fountain Ashurst (September 13, 1874 – May 31, 1962) was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial le ...
(D)
: 3.
Carl Hayden
Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
(D)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...
: 2.
Joseph Taylor Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, serving ...
(D)
: 3.
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. She was the first woman to pres ...
(D)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
: 1.
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866August 6, 1945) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century. He was elected in 191 ...
(R)
: 3.
William G. McAdoo (D)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
: 2.
Edward P. Costigan
Edward Prentiss Costigan (July 1, 1874January 17, 1939) was a Democratic Party politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1931 to 1937. He was a founding member of the Progressive Party in Colorado in 1912.
Early life ...
(D)
: 3.
Alva B. Adams
Alva Blanchard Adams (October 29, 1875 – December 1, 1941) was a Democratic politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1923 until 1924 and again from 1933 to 1941.
Biography
Adams was born in Del Norte, Colorado and ...
(D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
: 1.
Frederic C. Walcott
Frederic Collin Walcott (February 19, 1869April 27, 1949) was a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in New York Mills, Oneida County, New York, the son of William Stuart Walcott and Emeline Alice Welch Walcott, Walcott atten ...
(R)
: 3.
Augustine Lonergan
Augustine Lonergan (May 20, 1874October 18, 1947) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Connecticut. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as a senator from 1933 to 1939.
Biography
Lonergan was born in Thompson, Connecticut ...
(D)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacen ...
: 1.
John G. Townsend Jr.
John Gillis Townsend Jr. (May 31, 1871 – April 10, 1964) was an American businessman and politician from Selbyville in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served one term as Governor and two terms as U.S. Se ...
(R)
: 2.
Daniel O. Hastings
Daniel Oren Hastings (March 5, 1874 – May 9, 1966) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served two terms as a U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early li ...
(R)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...
: 1.
Park Trammell
Park Monroe Trammell (April 9, 1876 – May 8, 1936), was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida. Trammell represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1936. As chair of the Senate Naval Aff ...
(D)
: 3.
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville a ...
(D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to t ...
: 2.
Walter F. George
Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 4, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a longtime Democratic United States Senator from 1922 to 1957 and was President pro tempore of the United States Sena ...
(D)
: 3.
Richard B. Russell Jr.
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almos ...
(D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and W ...
: 2.
William E. Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often co ...
(R)
: 3.
James P. Pope
James Pinckney Pope (March 31, 1884January 23, 1966) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Idaho. He was mayor of Boise, Idaho, Boise for four years and a one-term United States Senate, United States Senator, serving f ...
(D)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...
: 2.
J. Hamilton Lewis
James Hamilton Lewis (May 18, 1863 – April 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician. Sometimes referred to as J. Ham Lewis or Ham Lewis, he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives, and Illinois in the Unite ...
(D)
: 3.
William H. Dieterich
William Henry Dieterich (March 31, 1876October 12, 1940) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Illinois. He was a state legislator, U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator
Biography
He was born near Cooperstown, Illinois. Aft ...
(D)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
: 1.
Arthur Raymond Robinson
Arthur Raymond Robinson (March 12, 1881March 17, 1961) was a United States senator from Indiana.
Early life
Born in Pickerington, Ohio, Robinson attended the common schools, graduated from the Ohio Northern University in 1901 ( B. Comm. Sci. ...
(R)
: 3.
Frederick Van Nuys
Frederick Van Nuys (April 16, 1874 – January 25, 1944) was a United States senator from Indiana. Born in Falmouth, he attended the public schools and graduated from Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana) in 1898 and from Indiana Law School ( ...
(D)
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
: 2.
L. J. Dickinson
Lester Jesse ("L. J." or "Dick") Dickinson (October 29, 1873June 4, 1968) was a Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. He was, in the words of ''Time'' magazine, "a big, friendly, white-thatched Iowa lawyer." (R)
: 3.
Richard L. Murphy (D)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to ...
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Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio s ...
(R)
: 3.
George McGill
George S. McGill (February 12, 1879May 14, 1963) was an American politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Kansas from 1930 to 1939. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party.
, ...
(D)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...
: 2.
Marvel M. Logan
Marvel Mills Logan (January 7, 1874October 3, 1939) was an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and the Attorney General of Kentucky.
Early life and education
Logan was born on a far ...
(D)
: 3.
Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...
(D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...
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Huey P. Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...
(D)
: 3.
John H. Overton
John Holmes Overton Sr. (September 17, 1875 – May 14, 1948), was an attorney and Democratic US Representative and US Senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th distric ...
(D)
Maine
Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...
: 1.
Frederick Hale (R)
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Wallace H. White Jr.
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representative ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; ...
: 1.
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Phillips Lee Goldsborough I (August 6, 1865October 22, 1946), was an American Republican politician and member of the United States Senate representing State of Maryland from 1929 to 1935. He was also the 47th Governor of Maryland from 1912 to ...
(R)
: 3.
Millard E. Tydings
Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890February 9, 1961) was an American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland, serving in the House from 1 ...
(D)
: 1.
David I. Walsh
David Ignatius Walsh (November 11, 1872June 11, 1947) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 46th Governor of Massachusetts before serving several terms in the Unite ...
(D)
: 2.
Marcus A. Coolidge
Marcus Allen Coolidge (October 6, 1865January 23, 1947) was a Democratic United States Senator representing Massachusetts from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1937.
Biography
Coolidge was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, son of Frederick Spauld ...
(D)
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
: 1.
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Nati ...
(R)
: 2.
James Couzens
James J. Couzens (August 26, 1872October 22, 1936) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist. He served as mayor of Detroit (1919–1922) and U.S. Senator from Michigan (1922–1936). Prior to entering politics he served as vice ...
(R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...
: 1.
Henrik Shipstead
Henrik Shipstead (January 8, 1881June 26, 1960) was an American politician. He served in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1947, from the state of Minnesota. He served first as a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party from 1923 to 1941 an ...
(FL)
: 2.
Thomas D. Schall
Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as a ...
(R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mis ...
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Hubert D. Stephens
Hubert Durrett Stephens (July 2, 1875March 14, 1946) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1923 until 1935.
Stephens was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He graduated from the Universit ...
(D)
: 2.
Pat Harrison
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
Earl ...
(D)
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
: 1.
Roscoe C. Patterson
Roscoe Conkling Patterson (September 15, 1876October 22, 1954) was an American lawyer from Missouri. He was most notable for his service as a United States representative (1921–1923) and a U.S. Senator (1929–1935).
Early life
Patterson was b ...
(R)
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Joel Bennett Clark (D)
Montana
Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...
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Burton K. Wheeler
Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882January 6, 1975) was an attorney and an American politician of the Democratic Party in Montana, which he represented as a United States senator from 1923 until 1947.
Born in Massachusetts, Wheeler began p ...
(D)
: 2.
John E. Erickson (D), March 13, 1933 – November 7, 1934
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James E. Murray
James Edward Murray (May 3, 1876March 23, 1961) was an American politician and United States Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961.
Background
Born on a fa ...
(D), from November 7, 1934
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...
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Robert B. Howell (R), until March 11, 1933
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William H. Thompson (D), May 24, 1933 – November 7, 1934
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Richard C. Hunter
Richard Charles Hunter (December 3, 1884January 23, 1941) was an American attorney and Democratic politician from Nebraska. He was most prominent for his service as a United States Senator (1934-1935) and as Nebraska's state attorney general (193 ...
(D), from November 7, 1934
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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 1913 ...
(R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
: 1.
Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
Bio ...
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Patrick A. McCarran (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
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Henry W. Keyes
Henry Wilder Keyes (; May 23, 1863June 19, 1938) was an American Republican politician from Haverhill, New Hampshire. He served as the 56th governor of New Hampshire from 1917 to 1919 and as a United States Senator.
Early life
Keyes was born in ...
(R)
: 3.
Fred Brown (D)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
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Hamilton Fish Kean
Hamilton Fish Kean (February 27, 1862December 27, 1941) was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
Early life
Kean was the son of Lucy (née Halstead) and John Kean. He was related to several prominent American politicians including his great-grandfathe ...
(R)
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William Warren Barbour
William Warren Barbour (July 31, 1888November 22, 1943) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 until his death in office in 1943. He was also a bus ...
(R)
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex
, Offi ...
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Bronson M. Cutting
Bronson Murray Cutting (June 23, 1888May 6, 1935) was a United States senator from New Mexico. A prominent progressive Republican, he had also been a newspaper publisher and military attaché.
Biography
Bronson Cutting was born in Great River, N ...
(R)
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Sam G. Bratton (D), until June 24, 1933
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Carl Hatch
Carl Atwood Hatch (November 27, 1889 – September 15, 1963) was a United States senator from New Mexico and later was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Education and career
Hat ...
(D), from October 10, 1933
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
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Royal S. Copeland
Royal Samuel Copeland (November 7, 1868June 17, 1938), a United States Senator from New York from 1923 until 1938, was an academic, homeopathic physician, and politician. He held elected offices in both Michigan (as a Republican) and New York ( ...
(D)
: 3.
Robert F. Wagner
Robert Ferdinand Wagner I (June 8, 1877May 4, 1953) was an American politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Senator from New York from 1927 to 1949.
Born in Prussia, Wagner migrated with his family to the United States in 1885. After graduating ...
(D)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia a ...
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Josiah William Bailey (D)
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Robert R. Reynolds
Robert Rice Reynolds (June 18, 1884 – February 13, 1963) was an American politician who served as a Democratic US senator from North Carolina from 1932 to 1945. Almost from the outset of his Senate career, "Our Bob," as he was known among h ...
(D)
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, S ...
: 1.
Lynn Frazier
Lynn Joseph Frazier (December 21, 1874January 11, 1947) was an American educator and politician who served as the 12th Governor of North Dakota from 1917 until being recalled in 1921 and later served as a U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 192 ...
(R-NPL)
: 3.
Gerald P. Nye
Gerald Prentice Nye (December 19, 1892 – July 17, 1971) was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1945. He was a Republican and supporter of World War II-era isolationism, chairing the Nye ...
(R)
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
: 1.
Simeon D. Fess
Simeon Davison Fess (December 11, 1861December 23, 1936) was a Republican politician and educator from Ohio, United States. He served in the United States House of Representatives (1915 to 1923) and U.S. Senate (1923 to 1935).
Early life
Born on ...
(R)
: 3.
Robert J. Bulkley
Robert Johns Bulkley (October 8, 1880July 21, 1965) was an American attorney and politician from Ohio. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives, and in the United States Senate from 1930 until 1939.
Life and caree ...
(D)
Oklahoma
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Thomas P. Gore (D)
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J. W. Elmer Thomas (D)
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...
: 2.
Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
(R)
: 3.
Frederick Steiwer
Frederick Steiwer (October 13, 1883February 3, 1939) was an American politician and lawyer in the state of Oregon.
A native of the state, he was county district attorney and member of the Oregon State Senate from eastern Oregon and a veteran ...
(R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...
: 1.
David A. Reed
David Aiken Reed (December 21, 1880February 10, 1953) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1922 to 1935. He was a co-author of the restri ...
(R)
: 3.
James J. Davis
James John Davis (October 27, 1873November 22, 1947) was a Welsh-born American businessman, author and Republican Party politician in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as U.S. Secretary of Labor and represented Pennsylvania in the United Sta ...
(R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but i ...
: 1.
Felix Hebert
Felix Hebert (December 11, 1874December 14, 1969) was a United States senator from Rhode Island. Born near St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, he came to the United States when his parents, Edouard and Catherine (Vandale) Hebert, returned in 1880 an ...
(R)
: 2.
Jesse H. Metcalf
Jesse Houghton Metcalf (November 16, 1860October 9, 1942) was an American politician, he served as a United States senator from Rhode Island.
Early life
Born in Providence, Metcalf was educated in private schools there, studied textile man ...
(R)
South Carolina
)'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = G ...
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James F. Byrnes
James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, ...
(D)
: 3.
Ellison D. Smith
Ellison DuRant “Cotton Ed” Smith (August 1, 1864 – November 17, 1944) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina widely known for his virtuently racist and segregationist views ...
(D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
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William J. Bulow
William John Bulow (January 13, 1869February 26, 1960) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the first Democratic Governor of South Dakota, serving from 1927 to 1931. He received the highest number of votes of any Democratic candidate for ...
(D)
: 3.
Peter Norbeck
Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, Norbeck was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was ...
(R)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
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Kenneth D. McKellar
Kenneth Douglas McKellar (January 29, 1869October 25, 1957) was an American politician from Tennessee who served as a United States Representative from 1911 until 1917 and as a United States Senator from 1917 until 1953. A Democrat, he served l ...
(D)
: 2.
Nathan Lynn Bachman
Nathan Lynn Bachman (August 2, 1878April 23, 1937) was a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1933 until his death. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Biography
Bachman was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His father was Dr. Jonath ...
(D)
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
: 1.
Thomas T. Connally (D)
: 2.
Morris Sheppard (D)
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
: 1.
William H. King
William Henry King (June 3, 1863November 27, 1949) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Salt Lake City, Utah. As a Democrat, King represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1917 until 1941.
Life
King was born in Fillmore, ...
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Elbert D. Thomas
Elbert Duncan Thomas (June 17, 1883February 11, 1953) was a Democratic Party politician from Utah. He represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1951. He served as the Chair of the Senate Education Committee.
Biography
Thomas w ...
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Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...
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Warren R. Austin
Warren Robinson Austin (November 12, 1877 – December 25, 1962) was an American politician and diplomat who served as United States Senator from Vermont and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
A native of Highgate Center, Vermont, Austin was ...
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: 3.
Porter H. Dale
Porter Hinman Dale (March 1, 1867October 6, 1933) was a member of both the United States House of Representatives and later the United States Senate from Vermont.
Early life and career
The son of Lieutenant Governor George N. Dale and Helen (Hi ...
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Ernest W. Gibson (R), from November 21, 1933
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...
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Harry F. Byrd
Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for four decades as head of a political faction that became known as the Byrd Organization. ...
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Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Trea ...
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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Clarence C. Dill
Clarence Cleveland Dill (September 21, 1884January 14, 1978) was an American politician from the state of Washington. A Democrat, he was elected to two terms each in both houses of Congress.
Early years
Dill was born in Fredericktown, Ohio, a ...
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: 3.
Homer T. Bone (D)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...
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Henry D. Hatfield
Henry Drury Hatfield (September 15, 1875 – October 23, 1962) was an American Republican politician from Logan County, West Virginia. He served a term as the 14th Governor of the state, in addition to one term in the United States Senate. Hatf ...
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: 2.
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 Governor of West Virginia. He ...
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
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Robert M. La Follette Jr.
Robert Marion "Young Bob" La Follette Jr. (February 6, 1895 – February 24, 1953) was an American politician serving as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947. A member of the La Follette family, he was a son of U.S. Representative, U ...
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: 3.
F. Ryan Duffy
Francis Ryan Duffy (June 23, 1888 – August 16, 1979) was a United States senator from Wisconsin, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a United States district judge of the United State ...
(D)
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the sou ...
: 1.
John B. Kendrick
John Benjamin Kendrick (September 6, 1857 – November 3, 1933) was an American politician and cattleman who served as a United States senator from Wyoming and as the ninth Governor of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party.
Early life
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Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (November 5, 1884December 1, 1962) was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician. A Democrat, he served four complete terms as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming on two occasions, first from 1934-1953 and then again fro ...
(D), from December 18, 1933
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Robert D. Carey (R)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
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John McDuffie
John McDuffie (September 25, 1883 – November 1, 1950) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Education and career
Born on S ...
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J. Lister Hill
Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress for more than forty-five years, as both a U.S. Representative (1923–1938) a ...
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Henry B. Steagall
Henry Bascom Steagall (May 19, 1873 – November 22, 1943) was a United States representative from Alabama. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency and in 1933, he co-sponsored the Glass–Steagall Act with Carter Glass, an ac ...
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Lamar Jeffers
Lamar Jeffers (April 16, 1888 – June 1, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Anniston, Alabama, Jeffers attended public schools and Alabama Presbyterian College at Anniston.
He served with the Alabama National Guard from ...
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Miles C. Allgood
Miles Clayton Allgood (February 22, 1878 – March 4, 1977) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Biography
Born in Chepultepec (now Allgood), Blount County, Alabama, Allgood was the son of William Barnett and Mary ...
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William B. Oliver
William Bacon Oliver (May 23, 1867 – May 27, 1948) was a Congressman from Alabama.
He was born in Eutaw, Alabama, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1887 and from the law department in 1889. After additional courses at the Univers ...
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William B. Bankhead
William Brockman Bankhead (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940) was an American politician who served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressiona ...
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Edward B. Almon
Edward Berton Almon (April 18, 1860 – June 22, 1933) was an American, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives who represented northwest Alabama's 8th congressional district.
Early life
Almon was born near Moulto ...
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Archibald Hill Carmichael
Archibald Hill Carmichael (June 17, 1864 – July 15, 1947) was an American Democratic politician who represented Alabama's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from November 1933 to January 1937.
Early lif ...
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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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Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ...
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Isabella Selmes Greenway
Isabella Dinsmore Greenway (née Selmes; born March 22, 1886 – December 18, 1953) was an American politician who was the first congresswoman in Arizona history, and as the founder of the Arizona Inn of Tucson. During her life she was also note ...
(D), from October 3, 1933
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...
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William J. Driver
William Joshua Driver (March 2, 1873 – October 1, 1948) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Biography
Born near Osceola, Arkansas, Driver was the son of John B. and Margaret Ann Bowen Driver and attended the pub ...
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John E. Miller (D)
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Claude A. Fuller
Claude Albert Fuller (January 20, 1876 – January 8, 1968) — was an American, a lawyer, farmer, member of Arkansas State House of Representatives from 1903–05, and of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 3rd District of Arkansas from ...
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William B. Cravens
William Ben Cravens (January 17, 1872 – January 13, 1939) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, father of William Fadjo Cravens and cousin of Jordan Edgar Cravens.
Biography
Cravens was born in Fort Smith, Arkans ...
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Heartsill Ragon
Heartsill Ragon (; March 20, 1885 – September 15, 1940) was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Education and career
Born on ...
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David D. Terry
David Dickson Terry (January 31, 1881 – October 6, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1933 to 1943. He was the son of William Le ...
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David Delano Glover
David Delano Glover (January 18, 1868 – April 5, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 6th congressional district.
Life and work
Born in Prattsville in Grant County, Glover attended the public schools of Prattsville and Sherid ...
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Tilman B. Parks
Tilman Bacon Parks (May 14, 1872 – February 12, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Biography
Born near Lewisville, Arkansas, Parks attended the common schools, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Virginia a ...
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
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Clarence F. Lea (D)
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Harry L. Englebright
Harry Lane Englebright (January 2, 1884 – May 13, 1943) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a Congressman from California's 2nd congressional district from 1926 to 1943, and as the House Minority Whip between 1933 and 1943.
Englebright w ...
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Frank H. Buck
Frank Henry Buck (September 23, 1887 – September 17, 1942) was an American heir, businessman and politician. He served as U.S. Representative from California from 1933 to 1942.
Biography
Early life
Frank Buck was born on a ranch near Vac ...
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Florence P. Kahn
Florence Kahn (née Prag; November 9, 1866 – November 16, 1948) was an American teacher and politician who in 1925 became the first Jewish woman to serve in the United States Congress. She was only the fifth woman to serve in Congress, ...
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Richard J. Welch (R)
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Albert E. Carter
Albert Edward Carter (July 5, 1881 – August 8, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician who served ten terms as a Republican United States Representative from California from 1925 to 1945.
Early life and career
Carter was born in Lem ...
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Ralph R. Eltse (R)
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John J. McGrath
John Joseph McGrath (July 23, 1872 – August 25, 1951) was a U.S. Representative from California for three terms from 1933 to 1939.
Biography
Born in Limerick, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States at the age of seventeen, living init ...
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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 F ...
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Henry E. Stubbs
Henry Elbert Stubbs (March 4, 1881 – February 28, 1937) was an American clergyman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1933 to 1937.
Biography
Born in Nampa, Coleman County, Texas, Stubbs attend ...
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William E. Evans (R)
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John H. Hoeppel
John Henry Hoeppel (February 10, 1881 – September 21, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from California. He served two terms, from 1933 through 1937, but was expelled from Congress for trying to profit from his appointment of a student to a mili ...
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Charles Kramer (D)
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Thomas F. Ford
Thomas Francis Ford (February 18, 1873 – December 26, 1958) was an American politician, journalist, and editor who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California from 1933 to 1945. He was previously a member of the L ...
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William I. Traeger (R)
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John F. Dockweiler
John Francis Dockweiler (September 19, 1895 – January 31, 1943) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1933 to 1939. He also served as the District Attorney of Los Ange ...
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Charles J. Colden (D)
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John H. Burke (D)
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Sam L. Collins
Samuel LaFort Collins (August 6, 1895 – June 26, 1965) was an American lawyer, World War I veteran, and Republican politician who served in various offices from California in the early 20th century.
Early life and education
Collins was bor ...
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George Burnham
George Burnham (December 28, 1868 – June 28, 1939) was a banker and Republican politician from San Diego, California. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1937.
Biography
Burnham was born 1868 in Lo ...
(R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
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Lawrence Lewis (D)
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Fred N. Cummings
Fred Nelson Cummings (September 18, 1864 – November 10, 1952) was an American farmer and rancher who served as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Colorado for four terms from 1933 to 1941.
Early life and education
Frederick Nelson Cumming ...
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John A. Martin (D)
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Edward T. Taylor
Edward Thomas Taylor (June 19, 1858 – September 3, 1941) was an American lawyer and educator who served as a U.S. Representative from Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party, he served 17 terms in the U.S. House, from 1909 to 1941.
Ear ...
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Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
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Charles M. Bakewell (R)
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Herman P. Kopplemann (D)
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William L. Higgins (R)
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Francis T. Maloney
Francis Thomas Maloney (March 31, 1894January 16, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1933 to 1935 and a U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1935 to 1945. He was a Democrat.
Early life
Maloney was born in Meriden, New Haven ...
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Schuyler Merritt
Schuyler Merritt (December 16, 1853 – April 1, 1953) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 1917 to 1931 and 1933 to 1937. He is the namesake of the Merritt Par ...
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Edward W. Goss
Edward Wheeler Goss (April 27, 1893 – December 27, 1972) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Goss attended the public schools and was graduated from Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He entered t ...
(R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacen ...
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Wilbur L. Adams
Wilbur Louis Adams (October 23, 1884 – December 4, 1937) 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. Representative from Delaware.
Early ...
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...
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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 paren ...
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J. Hardin Peterson
James Hardin Peterson (February 11, 1894 – March 28, 1978) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.
Early life and career
Peterson was born in Batesburg, South Carolina. His family moved to Lakeland, Florida, in 1903, and he attended the p ...
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Robert A. Green
Robert Alexis (Lex) Green (February 10, 1892 – February 9, 1973) was an American educator, lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1925 to 1944.
Early life and career
Green was born near Lake Butle ...
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Millard F. Caldwell
Millard Fillmore Caldwell (February 6, 1897 – October 23, 1984) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist. He was the 29th governor of Florida (1945–1949) and served in all three branches of government at various times in his life, ...
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J. Mark Wilcox
James Mark Wilcox (May 21, 1890 – February 3, 1956) was a U.S. Representative from Florida. He is remembered as the author of the Wilcox Municipal Bankruptcy Act, which became law in 1934, a bill which initially allowed a city in his distr ...
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Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
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Homer C. Parker
Homer Cling Parker (September 25, 1885 – June 22, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Baxley, Georgia, Parker attended the public schools. He graduated from Statesboro High School, Statesboro, Georgia in 1904 and Mercer Univers ...
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Edward E. Cox
Edward Eugene "Eugene" or "Goober" Cox (April 3, 1880 – December 24, 1952) served as a U.S. representative from Georgia for nearly 28 years. A conservative Democrat who supported racial segregation and opposed President Franklin Roosevelt' ...
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Bryant T. Castellow
Bryant Thomas Castellow (July 29, 1876 – July 23, 1962) was an American politician, Congressman educator, and lawyer Judge
Early life, family and education
Castellow was born near Georgetown, Quitman County, Georgia. He attended h ...
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Emmett M. Owen (D)
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Robert Ramspeck
Robert C. Word Ramspeck (September 5, 1890 – September 10, 1972) was an American politician and businessman.
Ramspeck was born in Decatur, Georgia. As a young man he was a federal police officer. He was admitted to the bar in 1920. He would ...
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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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Malcolm C. Tarver
Malcolm Connor Tarver (September 25, 1885 – March 5, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Rural Vale, Georgia, Tarver attended the public schools.
He was graduated from the law department of Mercer University
M ...
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Braswell Deen
Braswell Drue Deen (June 28, 1893 – November 28, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Life
Born on a farm near Baxley, Georgia, Deen attended public and high schools and South Georgia College, McRae, Georgia.
Deen was elect ...
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John S. Wood (D)
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Charles H. Brand
Charles Hillyer Brand (April 20, 1861 – May 17, 1933) was an American politician, businessman, jurist and lawyer.
Biography
Brand was born in Loganville, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1881. He was admitted ...
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Paul Brown
Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 – August 5, 1991) was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). Brown was both the co-founder and first coach of the Clevela ...
(D), from July 5, 1933
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and W ...
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Compton I. White (D)
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Thomas C. Coffin
Thomas Chalkley Coffin (October 25, 1887 – June 8, 1934) was a congressman from Idaho, a Democrat in the U.S. House from 1933 to 1934.
Born in Caldwell, Idaho Territory, Coffin moved with his family to nearby Boise in 1898. He attended Boise H ...
(D), until June 8, 1934
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...
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Martin A. Brennan (D)
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Walter Nesbit
Walter Nesbit (May 1, 1878 – December 6, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, Nesbit attended the grade and night schools. He was employed as a coal miner from 1892 to 1912. He held va ...
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Oscar De Priest
Oscar Stanton De Priest (March 9, 1871 – May 12, 1951) was an American politician and civil rights advocate from Chicago. A member of the Illinois Republican Party, he was the first African American to be elected to Congress in the 20th ce ...
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P. H. Moynihan (R)
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Edward A. Kelly (D)
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Harry P. Beam
Harry Peter Beam (November 23, 1892 – December 31, 1967) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1931 to 1942.
Early life and career
Born in Peoria, Illinois, Beam moved with his parents to Chicago, ...
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Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 1952. From ...
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Thomas J. O’Brien (D)
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Leonard W. Schuetz
Leonard William Schuetz (November 16, 1887 – February 13, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Schuetz was born in Posen, Germany (later Poland), November 16, 1887. In 1888 he immigrated to the United States with his father, who set ...
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Leo Kocialkowski
Leo Paul Kocialkowski (August 16, 1882 – September 27, 1958) was an American politician who served 5 terms as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1933 to 1943.
Biography
Kocialkowski was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of ...
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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 Franci ...
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James Simpson Jr.
James C. Simpson Jr. (January 7, 1905 – February 29, 1960) was an American politician who served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935, representing Illinois.
Early life and career
Simpson was born in Chica ...
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Frank R. Reid
Frank R. Reid (April 18, 1879 – January 25, 1945) was an American politician and U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was christened without a middle name and chose the letter "R" for an initial.Waller, Douglas C. (2004). ''A Question of Lo ...
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John T. Buckbee
John Theodore Buckbee (August 1, 1871 – April 23, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm near Rockford, Illinois, Buckbee attended the public schools of Rockford.
He studied agriculture and horticulture in Austria, F ...
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Leo E. Allen
Leo Elwood Allen (October 5, 1898 – January 19, 1973) was an American politician from Illinois.
Born in Elizabeth, Illinois, Allen's maternal grandparents were German immigrants and his paternal grandfather was from England. He attended public ...
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Chester C. Thompson
Chester Charles Thompson (September 19, 1893 – January 30, 1971) was an Illinois politician who represented Illinois's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1939. Before serving in Congress he ...
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J. Leroy Adair (D)
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Everett M. Dirksen
Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 unt ...
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Frank Gillespie (D)
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James A. Meeks
James Andrew Meeks (March 7, 1864 – November 10, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in New Matamoras, Washington County, Ohio, Meeks moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled on a farm near Danville, Vermilion County, i ...
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Donald C. Dobbins
Donald Claude Dobbins (March 20, 1878 – February 14, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm near Dewey, Illinois, Dobbins attended public school, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dixon Business College, ...
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Henry T. Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death. He rose t ...
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J. Earl Major
James Earl Major (January 5, 1887 – January 4, 1972) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. He served as a United States representative from Illinois, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh ...
(D), until October 6, 1933
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Edwin M. Schaefer
Edwin Martin Schaefer (May 14, 1887 – November 8, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, Schaefer attended the public schools, Western Military Academy, Alton, Illinois, and the Universit ...
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William W. Arnold
William Wright Arnold (October 14, 1877 – November 23, 1957) was an American politician and jurist, serving as a U.S. representative from Illinois and a judge of the United States Tax Court.
Life and career
Born in Oblong, Illinois, Arnold a ...
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Claude V. Parsons
Claude VanCleve Parsons (October 7, 1895 – May 23, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm near McCormick, Pope County, Illinois, Parsons attended the public schools.
He taught in the rural schools of Pope County, Illin ...
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Kent E. Keller (D)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
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William T. Schulte
William Theodore Schulte (August 19, 1890 – December 7, 1966) was an American politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1933 to 1943.
Biography
Born in St. Bernard Township, Platte County, Nebraska, Schulte ...
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George R. Durgan (D)
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Samuel B. Pettengill
Samuel Barrett Pettengill (January 19, 1886 – March 20, 1974) was a U.S. representative from Indiana, representing Indiana's 3rd congressional district and nephew of William Horace Clagett.
Early life
Pettengill was born January 19, 1 ...
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James I. Farley
James Indus Farley (February 24, 1871 – June 16, 1948) was an American educator, businessman, and a three-term member of the United States Congress from Indiana from 1933 to 1939.
Biography
Born on a farm near Hamilton, Indiana, he attended ...
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Glenn Griswold (D)
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Virginia E. Jenckes
Virginia Jenckes (née Ellis; November 6, 1877 – January 9, 1975) served three terms as a U.S. Representative (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939) from Indiana's Sixth Congressional District. The Terre Haute, Indiana, native wa ...
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Arthur H. Greenwood
Arthur Herbert Greenwood (January 31, 1880 – April 26, 1963) was a United States Representative ( D) for Indiana for 2nd District from 1923–1933 and for the 7th District 1933–1939. Greenwood was defeated in 1938.
The Baptist lawyer, farmer ...
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John W. Boehne Jr.
John William Boehne Jr. (March 2, 1895 – July 5, 1973) was an American World War I veteran who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1931 to 1942
Biography
Born in Evansville, Indiana, Boehne was the grandson of German i ...
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Eugene B. Crowe
Eugene Burgess Crowe (January 5, 1878 – May 12, 1970) was an American businessman and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1931 to 1941.
Biography
Born near Jeffersonville, Indiana, Crowe attended th ...
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Finly H. Gray
Finly Hutchinson Gray (July 21, 1863 – May 8, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served two separate three-term stints as a U.S. Representative from Indiana in the early 20th century.
Biography
Born near Orange, Indiana, Gray att ...
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William H. Larrabee (D)
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Louis Ludlow
Louis Leon Ludlow (June 24, 1873 – November 28, 1950) was a Democratic Indiana congressman; he proposed a constitutional amendment early in 1938 requiring a national referendum on any U.S. declaration of war except in cases of direct attac ...
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Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
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Edward C. Eicher
Edward Clayton Eicher (December 16, 1878 – November 30, 1944) was a United States representative from Iowa, federal securities regulator and Chief Justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. He was conside ...
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Bernhard M. Jacobsen
Bernhard Martin Jacobsen (March 26, 1862 – June 30, 1936) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa who served nearly three full terms during the Great Depression. He was the father of William S. Jacobsen, who succeeded him in Congress ...
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Albert C. Willford
Albert Clinton Willford (September 21, 1877 – March 10, 1937) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district and supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal." He was elected in 1932, defeated in 1934, and failed t ...
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Fred Biermann
Frederick Elliott Biermann (March 20, 1884 – July 1, 1968) was an American politician who was a three-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district. Elected as part of the 1932 Roosevelt landslide, he was defeated wh ...
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Lloyd Thurston
Lloyd Thurston (March 27, 1880 – May 7, 1970) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from southern Iowa. First elected in 1924, he served until 1938, when he unsuccessfully sought election to the U.S. Senate. By his final term, he had s ...
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Cassius C. Dowell
Cassius Clay Dowell (February 29, 1864 – February 4, 1940) was a Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to 1935, and again from 1937 until his death in 1940, with the interregnum ca ...
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Otha D. Wearin
Otha Donner Wearin (January 10, 1903 – April 3, 1990) was a writer and politician. Elected as the youngest member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first "New Deal" Congress, his political career stalled in 1938 when he gave up his seat at Roosevelt's ...
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Fred C. Gilchrist
Fred Cramer Gilchrist (June 2, 1868 – March 10, 1950) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa, from 1931 to 1945.
Born in California, Pennsylvania, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Gilchrist moved with his parents to ...
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Guy M. Gillette
Guy Mark Gillette (February 3, 1879March 3, 1973) was an American politician serving as a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again.
...
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Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to ...
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William P. Lambertson
William Purnell Lambertson (March 23, 1880 – October 26, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Fairview, Kansas, Lambertson attended the public schools, Ottawa (Kansas) University, and the law school of the University of ...
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U. S. Guyer
Ulysses Samuel Guyer (December 13, 1868 – June 5, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born near Paw Paw, Illinois, Guyer attended the public schools, Lane University at Lecompton, Kansas, and the University of Kansas School of Law ...
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Harold Clement McGugin
Harold Clement Mcgugin (November 22, 1893 – March 7, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born on a farm near Liberty, Kansas, McGugin attended the public schools of Liberty, Kansas. He moved to Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1908. He was gra ...
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Randolph Carpenter
William Randolph Carpenter (April 24, 1894 in Marion, Kansas – July 26, 1956 in Topeka, Kansas) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas and a U.S. Army World War I veteran. He died in Topeka, Kansas, July 26, 1956 and was interred in Highlan ...
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William A. Ayres (D), until August 22, 1934
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Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy
Kathryn Ellen O'Loughlin (April 24, 1894 – January 16, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. After her election, she was married to Daniel M. McCarthy, who served in the Kansas State Senate, and thereupon served under the name of Kath ...
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Clifford R. Hope
Clifford Ragsdale Hope (June 9, 1893 – May 16, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas, and a member of the Republican Party. Born in Birmingham, Iowa, Hope attended public schools and Nebraska Wesleyan University, in Lincoln, Nebrask ...
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Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...
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John Y. Brown Sr.
John Young Brown (February 1, 1900 – June 16, 1985) was an American attorney and politician. He was a state representative for nearly three decades, serving one term as speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives and as majority floor lead ...
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Cap R. Carden
Cap Robert Carden (December 17, 1866 – June 13, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born on a farm near Munfordville, Kentucky, Carden attended the rural schools and Bowling Green (Kentucky) Business and Normal School (now Wester ...
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Glover H. Cary
Glover H. Cary (May 1, 1885 – December 5, 1936) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.
He was born in Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky in 1885. He attended public and private schools and Centre College i ...
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Virgil Chapman
Virgil Munday Chapman (March 15, 1895March 8, 1951) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.
Chapman, originally from Middleton, ...
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W. Voris Gregory (D)
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Finley Hamilton
Finley Hamilton (June 19, 1886 – January 10, 1940) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Vincent, Owsley County, Kentucky. He attended the public schools and Berea College. He studied law and was admitted to the bar i ...
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Andrew J. May
Andrew Jackson May (June 24, 1875 – September 6, 1959) was a Kentucky attorney, an influential New Deal-era politician, and chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, infamous for his rash disclosure of classified nav ...
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Brent Spence
Brent Spence (December 24, 1874 – September 18, 1967), a native of Newport, Kentucky, was a long time Democratic Congressman, attorney, and banker from Northern Kentucky.
Spence was born in Newport, Kentucky to Philip and Virginia (Berry) Sp ...
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Fred M. Vinson
Frederick "Fred" Moore Vinson (January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th chief justice of the United States from 1946 until his death in 1953. Vinson was one of the few Americans to ...
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Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...
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Joachim O. Fernandez
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...
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Paul H. Maloney (D)
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Numa F. Montet
Numa François Montet (September 17, 1892 – October 12, 1985) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Born in Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Montet attended the common schools and Louisiana State Normal College at Natchitoches.
He w ...
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John N. Sandlin
John Nicholas Sandlin (February 24, 1872 – December 25, 1957) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1921 to 1937.
Early life and career
John Sandlin was born near M ...
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Riley J. Wilson
Riley Joseph Wilson (November 12, 1871 – February 23, 1946) was a Louisiana educator, attorney and legislator in the first half of the late 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. A Democrat, Wilson served in the United States ...
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Bolivar E. Kemp
Bolivar Edwards Kemp Sr. (December 28, 1871, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana – June 19, 1933, Amite, Louisiana), was an attorney and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district.
In 1897, Ke ...
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Jared Y. Sanders Jr.
Jared Young Sanders Jr. (April 20, 1892 - November 29, 1960) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1934 to 1937 and again from 1941 to 1943. He was the son of Louisiana governor Ja ...
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René L. DeRouen (D)
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Cleveland Dear
Cleveland Dear Sr. (August 22, 1888 – December 30, 1950), was a two-term U.S. representative for Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded, a district attorney, a state court judge, and a candidate in 1936 for governor of Lo ...
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Maine
Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...
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Carroll L. Beedy
Carroll Lynwood Beedy (August 3, 1880 – August 30, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Maine from 1921 to 1935.
He was born in Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, on August 3, 1880. He attended the public schools of Lewiston, Androscoggin Cou ...
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Edward C. Moran Jr.
Edward Carleton Moran Jr. (December 29, 1894 – July 12, 1967) was an American politician from Maine who served in the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
Born in Rockland, Maine, he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1917. At Bowd ...
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John G. Utterback (D)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; ...
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T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
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William P. Cole Jr. (D)
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Vincent L. Palmisano (D)
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Ambrose J. Kennedy
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy (January 6, 1893 – August 29, 1950) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Maryland.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Kennedy attended parochial schools, Calvert Hall College, and Polytechnic ...
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Stephen W. Gambrill
Stephen Warfield Gambrill (October 2, 1873 – December 19, 1938) was an American politician.
Early life
Born near Savage, Maryland, to Stephen Gambrill and Kate (Gorman) Gambrill, he attended the common schools and Maryland Agricultura ...
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David J. Lewis (D)
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Allen T. Treadway (R)
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William J. Granfield (D)
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Frank H. Foss (R)
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Pehr G. Holmes (R)
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Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Rogers (née Nourse; March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who served in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Until 2012 ...
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A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R)
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William P. Connery Jr. (D)
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Arthur D. Healey (D)
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Robert Luce
Robert Luce (December 2, 1862 – April 7, 1946) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Auburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, Massachusetts. He gra ...
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George H. Tinkham
George Holden Tinkham (October 29, 1870 – August 28, 1956) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Massachusetts.
Early years
Tinkham was born October 29, 1870, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Frances ...
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John J. Douglass
John Joseph Douglass (February 9, 1873 – April 5, 1939) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Life and career
He was born in East Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on February 9, 1873. Douglass g ...
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John W. McCormack
John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, a ...
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Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
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Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American Republican politician who served as the 44th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955. He represented a House district ...
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Charles L. Gifford
Charles Laceille Gifford (March 15, 1871 – August 23, 1947) was a United States representative from Massachusetts He was born in Cotuit on March 15, 1871. Through his father he was a descendant of Robert Pike, George Phillips, Richard Sal ...
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Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
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George G. Sadowski
George Gregory Sadowski (March 12, 1903 – October 9, 1961) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Michigan from 1933 to 1939.
Early life and education
Sa ...
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John C. Lehr
John Camillus Lehr (November 18, 1878 – February 17, 1958) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Lehr was born in Monroe, Michigan and attended St. Mary's private school and graduated from Monroe High School in 1897. He graduated ...
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Joseph L. Hooper
Joseph Lawrence Hooper (December 22, 1877 – February 22, 1934) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Hooper was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 22, 1877 and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Battle Creek, M ...
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George Ernest Foulkes
George Ernest Foulkes (December 25, 1878 – December 13, 1960) was a United States representative from Michigan.
Foulkes was born in Chicago and attended the public schools of Chicago. He graduated from the law department of Lake Forest Univ ...
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Carl E. Mapes
Carl Edgar Mapes (December 26, 1874 – December 12, 1939) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Mapes was born on a farm near Kalamo, Michigan, to Selah W. and Sarah Ann (Brooks) Mapes. His father was born in New York and came wi ...
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Claude E. Cady
Claude Ernest Cady (May 28, 1878 – November 30, 1953) was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Cady was born in Lansing, Michigan, where he attended the common schools and the high school. He engaged in the wholesale ...
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Jesse P. Wolcott
Jesse Paine Wolcott (March 3, 1893 – January 28, 1969) was a politician and soldier from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Wolcott was born to William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy (Paine) Wolcott in Gardner, Massachusetts and attended the comm ...
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Michael J. Hart
Michael James Hart (July 16, 1877 – February 14, 1951) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Hart was born in Waterloo, Quebec, Canada. He immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1880 and settled in James Township, Mi ...
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Harry W. Musselwhite
Harry Webster Musselwhite (May 23, 1868 – December 14, 1955) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Musselwhite was born on a farm near Coldwater, Michigan and attended the district school and the high school there. He apprent ...
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Roy O. Woodruff (R)
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Prentiss M. Brown
Prentiss Marsh Brown (June 18, 1889December 19, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of Michigan.
Biography
Brown was born in St. Ignace, Michigan and attended the public schools there. He attended the Univer ...
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W. Frank James
William Francis James (May 23, 1873 – November 17, 1945) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
James was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and moved with his parents to Hancock, Michigan, in 1876, where he atten ...
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Clarence J. McLeod
Clarence John McLeod (July 3, 1895 – May 15, 1959) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
McLeod was born in Detroit, the son of a well-to-do Scottish father who had serve ...
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Carl M. Weideman (D)
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John D. Dingell Sr.
John David Dingell Sr. (February 2, 1894 – September 19, 1955) was an American politician who represented Michigan's 15th congressional district from 1933 to 1955. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the father of the longest-serv ...
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John Lesinski Sr.
John Lesinski Sr. (January 3, 1885 – May 27, 1950) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was the father of John Lesinski Jr., who succeeded him in the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Lesinski was born in Erie, ...
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George A. Dondero
George Anthony Dondero (December 16, 1883 – January 29, 1968) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan.
Background
Dondero was born on a farm in Greenfield Township, Michigan, which has since become part o ...
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Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...
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Henry M. Arens
Henry Martin Arens (November 21, 1873 – October 6, 1963) was a politician who served in many offices in Minnesota, including the U.S. House of Representatives.
Arens was born as ''Heinrich Martin Arens'' in Bausenrode near Fretter in the K ...
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Ray P. Chase
Raymond Park Chase (March 12, 1880 – September 18, 1948) was a United States representative from Minnesota and a Minnesota State Auditor.
Life and career
Chase was born in Anoka County, Minnesota on March 12, 1880. He attended the public sc ...
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Theodore Christianson
Theodore Christianson (September 12, 1883December 9, 1948) was an American politician who served as the 21st Governor of Minnesota from January 6, 1925, until January 6, 1931.
Early life and education
Christianson was born in Lac qui Parle Tow ...
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Einar Hoidale
Einar Hoidale (August 17, 1870 – December 5, 1952) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor and elected official. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1930s.
Biography
Einar Hoidale was born at Tr ...
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Magnus Johnson
Magnus Johnson (September 19, 1871September 13, 1936) was an American farmer and politician. He served in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Minnesota as a member of the Farmer–Labor Party. Johnson is ...
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Harold Knutson
Harold Knutson (October 20, 1880 – August 21, 1953) was an American politician and journalist, who represented Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1949 as a member of the Republican Party. From 1919 to 192 ...
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Paul John Kvale
Paul John Kvale (; March 27, 1896 – June 14, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Early life
Kvale who was born in Orfordville, Wisconsin as the son of Ole J. Kvale. He attended the Orfordville school and the University of Illi ...
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Ernest Lundeen
Ernest Lundeen (August 4, 1878August 31, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician.
Family and education
Lundeen was born and raised on his father's homestead in Brooklyn Township of Lincoln County near Beresford in the Dakota Territory. H ...
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Francis Shoemaker
Francis Henry Shoemaker (April 25, 1889 – July 24, 1958) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Early life
Shoemaker was born on a farm in Flora Township, Renville County, Minnesota, and was self-educated with his mother’s assistan ...
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Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mis ...
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John E. Rankin
John Elliott Rankin (March 29, 1882 – November 26, 1960) was a Democratic politician from Mississippi who served sixteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1921 to 1953. He was co-author of the bill for the Tennessee Valley Au ...
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Wall Doxey
Wall Doxey (August 8, 1892March 2, 1962) was an American politician from Holly Springs, Mississippi. He served as a Democrat from Mississippi's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1941. After t ...
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William M. Whittington (D)
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T. Jeff Busby (D)
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Ross A. Collins
Ross Alexander Collins (April 25, 1880 – July 14, 1968) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born in Collinsville, Mississippi, Collins attended the public schools of Meridian, Mississippi, and Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan ...
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William M. Colmer
William Meyers Colmer (February 11, 1890 – September 9, 1980) was an American politician from Mississippi.
Colmer was born in Moss Point, Mississippi, and attended Millsaps College. He served in the military during World War I.
Colmer was ele ...
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Lawrence Russell Ellzey
Lawrence Russell Ellzey (March 20, 1891 – December 7, 1977) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Education
Born on a farm near Wesson, Mississippi, Ellzey attended the rural schools and was graduated from Mississippi College at Clinton ...
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Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
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Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon (April 11, 1879 – May 12, 1964) was a Democratic Congressman from Missouri serving from 1923 until his death in Washington, D.C. in 1964. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropri ...
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James Robert Claiborne
James Robert Claiborne (June 22, 1882 – February 16, 1944) was an American lawyer and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1933 until 1937.
Claiborne was born in St. Louis, attended the public schoo ...
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John J. Cochran
John Joseph Cochran (August 11, 1880 – March 6, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Cochran was born in Webster Groves, Missouri; his father and maternal grandparents were Irish immigrants. He attended the public schools in Webster ...
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Clement C. Dickinson
Clement Cabell Dickinson (December 6, 1849 – January 14, 1938), also known as Clement C. Dickinson, was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from February 1, 1910, to March 3, 1921, from March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 and from Ma ...
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Richard M. Duncan
Richard Meloan Duncan (November 10, 1889 – August 1, 1974) was a United States representative from Missouri and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States Distri ...
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Frank H. Lee
Frank Hood Lee (March 29, 1873 – November 20, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born on a farm near De Soto, Kansas, Lee moved to Missouri with his parents (Daniel Marion & Lucy owardLee, who settled near Virgil City in Vernon ...
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Ralph F. Lozier (D)
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Jacob L. Milligan
Jacob Le Roy Milligan (March 9, 1889 – March 9, 1951) was a United States Representative from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Richmond, Missouri, Milligan attended the public schools and the law department of the University of Missouri 1910-1914. ...
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Milton A. Romjue
Milton Andrew Romjue (December 5, 1874 – January 23, 1968) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Personal life and education
Congressman Romjue was born to Andrew Jackson Romjue (1840–1904) & Susan E. (Roan) Romjue (1843–1931) on Decem ...
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James Edward Ruffin
James Edward Ruffin (July 24, 1893 – April 9, 1977) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born on a farm near Covington, Tennessee, Ruffin moved to Aurora, Missouri with his parents.
He graduated from Aurora High School in 1912 and from ...
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Joseph B. Shannon
Joseph Bernard Shannon (March 17, 1867 – March 28, 1943) was a Democratic political boss in Kansas City, Missouri, who was a rival to the more dominant James Pendergast political machine in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries.
Early l ...
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Clyde Williams (D)
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Reuben T. Wood
Reuben Terrell Wood (August 7, 1884 – July 16, 1955) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1941.
Wood was born on a farm near Springfield, Missouri
Springfield i ...
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Montana
Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...
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Joseph P. Monaghan
Joseph Patrick Monaghan (March 26, 1906 – July 4, 1985) of Butte, Montana was a U.S. Representative from Montana from 1933 to 1937. He was a Democrat. In 1936 he decided not to run for reelection and instead challenged Democratic incumbent Uni ...
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Roy E. Ayers
Roy Elmer Ayers (November 9, 1882May 23, 1955) was a U.S. Democratic politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as the 11th Governor of Montana. He was the first governor of Montana to be born in what wo ...
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Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...
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John H. Morehead
John Henry Morehead (December 3, 1861May 31, 1942) was an American politician who served as the 17th governor of Nebraska from 1913 to 1917.
Early life
Born on a farm in Lucas County, Iowa, Morehead attended business college and moved to Ric ...
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Edward R. Burke
Edward Raymond Burke (November 28, 1880November 4, 1968) was an American Democratic Party politician.
Burke moved to Sparta, Wisconsin with his parents and then Beloit, Wisconsin, where he went to Beloit College. Burke graduated in 1906, mov ...
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Edgar Howard
Edgar Howard (September 16, 1858 – July 19, 1951) was a Nebraska editor and Democratic politician. He was the 15th lieutenant governor of Nebraska and served six terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Early life and education
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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.
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Terry Carpenter
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Nevada
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James G. Scrugham
James Graves Scrugham (January 19, 1880 – June 23, 1945) was an American politician. He was a Representative, a Senator, and the 14th Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Biography
Scrugham was bo ...
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
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William Nathaniel Rogers
William Nathaniel Rogers (January 10, 1892 – September 25, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Born in Sanbornville, New Hampshire, Rogers attended the public schools, Brewster Free Academy in Wolfeboro, and Dartmouth Colle ...
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Charles W. Tobey
Charles William Tobey (July 22, 1880July 24, 1953) was an American politician, who was the 62nd governor of New Hampshire from 1929 to 1931, and a United States senator.
Biography
He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of William Tobey, ...
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New Jersey
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Charles A. Wolverton (R)
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Isaac Bacharach
Isaac Bacharach (January 5, 1870 – September 5, 1956) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1937.
Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Bacharach ...
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William H. Sutphin
William Halstead Sutphin (August 30, 1887 – October 14, 1972) was an American military officer, businessman, and Democratic Party politician who represented for six terms from 1931 to 1943.
Early life and career
He was born on August 30, 1 ...
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D. Lane Powers
David Lane Powers (July 29, 1896 – March 28, 1968) was an American Republican Party
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Charles A. Eaton
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Donald H. McLean
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Randolph Perkins
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George N. Seger
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Edward A. Kenney
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Fred A. Hartley Jr.
Frederick Allan Hartley Jr. (February 22, 1902 – May 11, 1969) was an American Republican politician from New Jersey. Hartley served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives where he represented the New Jersey's 8th and New Jer ...
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Peter A. Cavicchia (R)
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Frederick R. Lehlbach
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Mary T. Norton (D)
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Oscar L. Auf der Heide
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New Mexico
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Dennis Chavez
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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John Fitzgibbons
John Fitzgibbons (July 10, 1868 in Glenmore, Oneida County, New York – August 4, 1941 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York) was an American politician from New York. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935.
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Elmer E. Studley
Elmer Ebenezer Studley (1869-1942) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1933 to 1935, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Life
Studley graduated from Cornell University in 1894, where he was a member o ...
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Robert L. Bacon
Robert Low Bacon (July 23, 1884 – September 12, 1938) was an American politician, a banker and military officer. He served as a congressman from New York from 1923 until his death in 1938. He is known as one of the authors of the Davis–Baco ...
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William F. Brunner
William Frank Brunner (September 15, 1887 – April 23, 1965) was an American businessman and politician who four terms served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York from 1929 to 1935.
Early life
Born in Woodhaven, Quee ...
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George W. Lindsay
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Thomas H. Cullen
Thomas Henry Cullen (March 29, 1868 – March 1, 1944) was an American businessman and politician from New York who served thirteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1919 to 1944.
Biography
Born in Brooklyn, Cullen attended the ...
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Loring M. Black Jr.
Loring Milton Black Jr. (May 17, 1886 – May 21, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1935.
Biography
Loring was born in New York City on May 17, 1886, a ...
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Andrew L. Somers
Andrew Lawrence Somers (March 21, 1895 – April 6, 1949) was an American businessman, World War I veteran, and Democratic politician who served 13 terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1925 until his death in 1949.
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John J. Delaney
John Joseph Delaney (August 21, 1878 – November 18, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician who served ten terms as a United States representative from New York from 1918 to 1919, and then from 1931 to 1948. He was elected to an 11th ...
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Patrick J. Carley
Patrick J. Carley (February 2, 1866 – February 25, 1936) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1927 to 1935.
Life and career
P. J. Carley was born in County Roscommon, Ir ...
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Stephen A. Rudd (D)
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Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888 – January 15, 1981) was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He served as the dean of the United States Ho ...
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Anning S. Prall
Anning Smith Prall (September 17, 1870 – July 23, 1937) was a 6-term U.S. Representative from New York from 1923 to 1935.
He was born in Port Richmond, Staten Island and the first chief commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC ...
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Samuel Dickstein
Samuel Dickstein (February 5, 1885 – April 22, 1954) was a Democratic Congressional Representative from New York (22-year tenure), a New York State Supreme Court Justice, and a Soviet spy. He played a key role in establishing the committee tha ...
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Christopher D. Sullivan
Christopher Daniel Sullivan (July 14, 1870 – August 3, 1942) was an American politician from New York who served twelve terms as a United States Congressman from 1917 to 1941.
Life
Born in New York City, he attended the public schools, St. Jame ...
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William I. Sirovich (D)
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John J. Boylan
John Joseph Boylan (September 20, 1878 – October 5, 1938) was an American politician who served eight terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1923 until his death in 1938.
Early life and ca ...
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John J. O'Connor (D)
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Theodore A. Peyser (D)
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Martin J. Kennedy
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Sol Bloom
Sol Bloom (March 9, 1870March 7, 1949) was an American song-writer and politician from New York City who began his career as an entertainment impresario and sheet music publisher in Chicago. He served fourteen terms in the United States House of ...
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James J. Lanzetta
James Joseph Lanzetta () (December 21, 1894 – October 27, 1956) was an engineer, an attorney and a politician, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (1933-1935) and 1937–1939), and a justice in city court. He w ...
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Joseph A. Gavagan
Joseph Andrew Gavagan (August 20, 1892 – October 18, 1968) was an American World War I veteran, lawyer, and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1929 to 1943.
Early life
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Anthony J. Griffin
Anthony Jerome Griffin (April 1, 1866 – January 13, 1935) was an American lawyer, war veteran, and politician from New York. He served ten terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1918 to 1935.
Life
He attended City College, Cooper Unio ...
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Frank Oliver Frank Oliver may refer to:
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*Frank Oliver (footballer) (1882–?), English footballer
*Frank Oliver (politician) (1853–1933), Canadian politician
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James M. Fitzpatrick
James Martin Fitzpatrick (June 27, 1869 – April 10, 1949) of the Bronx was a Democratic U.S. Representative from New York from 1927 to 1945.
Biography
James Martin Fitzpatrick was born in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts on June 27, 1869. He ...
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Charles D. Millard
Charles Dunsmore Millard (December 1, 1873 – December 11, 1944) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Biography
Millard was born in Tarrytown, New York. He attended Phillips Academy, Brown Univer ...
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Hamilton Fish III
Hamilton Fish III (born Hamilton Stuyvesant Fish and also known as Hamilton Fish Jr.; December 7, 1888 – January 18, 1991) was an American soldier and politician from New York State. Born into a family long active in the state, he served in t ...
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Philip A. Goodwin
Philip Arnold Goodwin (January 20, 1882 – June 6, 1937) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Goodwin was born in Athens, New York. He was in the steel bridge construction business in Albany, New ...
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Parker Corning
Parker Corning (January 22, 1874 – May 24, 1943) was an American businessman and politician from Albany, New York. He is most notable for his service as a United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1937.
A member of the Alba ...
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James S. Parker (R), until December 19, 1933
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William D. Thomas
William David Thomas (March 22, 1880 – May 17, 1936) was an American pharmacist and politician from Hoosick Falls, New York. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New Y ...
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Frank Crowther
Frank Crowther (July 10, 1870 – July 20, 1955) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Liverpool, England, he emigrated to the United States in 1872 with his parents, who settled in Canton, Massachusetts. He attended the ...
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Bertrand H. Snell
Bertrand Hollis Snell (December 9, 1870 – February 2, 1958) was an American politician who represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives. He was a pro-business, low-tax, isolationist conservative Republican w ...
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Francis D. Culkin (R)
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Fred J. Sisson
Frederick James Sisson (March 31, 1879 – October 20, 1949) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from New York from 1933 to 1937.
Biography
Born in Wells Bridge, Otsego County ...
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John D. Clarke
John Davenport Clarke (January 15, 1873 – November 5, 1933) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Biography
Clarke was born in Hobart, New York. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1898 and B ...
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Marian W. Clarke (R), from December 28, 1933
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Clarence E. Hancock
Clarence Eugene Hancock (February 13, 1885 – January 3, 1948) was an American attorney and politician from New York. He was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1927 to 1947.
A native of Syracuse, New York, Hancock gradu ...
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John Taber
John Taber (May 5, 1880 – November 22, 1965) was an American attorney and New York politician who represented parts of the Finger Lakes and Central New York regions in the United States House of Representatives from 1923 to 1963.
Biography
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Gale H. Stalker
Gale Hamilton Stalker (November 7, 1889 – November 4, 1985) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Early life and education
Gale H. Stalker was born in Long Eddy in Sullivan County, New York on No ...
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James L. Whitley
James Lucius Whitley (May 24, 1872 – May 17, 1959) was an American politician from New York.
Life
Whitley was born in Rochester, New York. He graduated from the law department of Union College in 1898. He served as a sergeant in the Spanish� ...
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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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Walter G. Andrews
Walter Gresham Andrews (July 16, 1889 – March 5, 1949) was an American politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Biography
Andrews was born in Evanston, Illinois the son of William Henry ...
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Alfred F. Beiter
Alfred Florian Beiter (July 7, 1894 – March 11, 1974) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as a United States Representative from New York from 1933 to 1939 and from 1941 to 1943. He was a Democrat.
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James M. Mead
James Michael Mead (December 27, 1885March 15, 1964) was an American politician from New York. A Democrat, among the offices in which he served was member of the Erie County Board of Supervisors (1914-1915), New York State Assembly (1915-1918 ...
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Daniel A. Reed Daniel Reed may refer to:
*Daniel Reed (actor) (1892–1978), American actor, director, screenwriter
* Daniel Reed (table tennis) (born 1989), British table tennis player
*Daniel Reed (Canadian politician) (1858–1935), farmer and politician in On ...
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North Carolina
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Lindsay C. Warren
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John H. Kerr
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Background
Kerr was born in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina but lived most of his life in Warrenton, North Carolina. Kerr received h ...
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Charles Laban Abernethy
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Born in Rutherford College, North Carolina, Abernethy attended local public schools in Rutherford C ...
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Edward W. Pou (D), until April 1, 1934
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Harold D. Cooley
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Background
He was born on July 26, 1897 in Nas ...
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Frank Hancock Jr. (D)
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William B. Umstead (D)
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J. Bayard Clark
Jerome Bayard Clark (April 5, 1882 – August 26, 1959) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Early life
Born on Phoebus Plantation near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, Clark attended Davidson College, where he was a member of the Pi Kapp ...
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J. Walter Lambeth (D)
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Robert L. Doughton
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Alfred L. Bulwinkle
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle (April 21, 1883 – August 31, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Early life
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Bulwinkle moved with his parents to Dallas, North Carolina, in 1891.
He attended the com ...
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Zebulon Weaver
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Early years and education
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North Dakota
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William Lemke
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James H. Sinclair
James Herbert Sinclair (October 9, 1871 – September 5, 1943) was a U.S. Republican politician.
He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after t ...
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Ohio
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Charles V. Truax
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Biography
Born on a farm near Sycamore, Ohio, Truax attended the public schools and ...
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Stephen M. Young
Stephen Marvin Young (May 4, 1889December 1, 1984) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. A member
of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Ohio from 1959 until 1971.
Life and career
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John B. Hollister
John Baker Hollister (November 7, 1890 – January 4, 1979) was a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1931 to 1937.
Biography
Born in Cincinnati, Hollister attended the local schools and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire ...
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William E. Hess
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Biography
Born in Cincin ...
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Byron B. Harlan
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Early life and educ ...
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Frank Le Blond Kloeb
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Frank C. Kniffin
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Early life and career
Born on a farm near Stryker, Ohio, Kniffin at ...
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James G. Polk
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A native of Highland County, Ohio, Polk grew up on a farm and graduated from high school ...
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Leroy T. Marshall
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Biography
Born on a farm near Bellbrook, Ohio, Marshall attended the p ...
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Thomas B. Fletcher
Thomas Brooks Fletcher (October 10, 1879 – July 1, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Mechanicstown, Ohio, Fletcher attended the public schools, a private school at Augusta, Ohio, and the Richard School of Dramatic Art in Cle ...
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Warren J. Duffey (D)
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Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
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Mell G. Underwood
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Education and career
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Arthur P. Lamneck
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Early life and career
Born in Port Washington, Ohio, Lamneck was the son of Philip and Mary Lamneck. He attended th ...
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William L. Fiesinger
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Early life
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Dow W. Harter (D)
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Robert T. Secrest
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William R. Thom
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Biography
Born in Canton, Ohio, Thom attended t ...
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Charles F. West (D)
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Lawrence E. Imhoff (D)
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John G. Cooper
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Early years
According to his birth certificate, Cooper was born in Smallthorne, Staffordshire, England. Cooper ...
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Martin L. Sweeney
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Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sweeney attended parochial and public schools in the area, ...
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Robert Crosser
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Chester C. Bolton
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He was the husb ...
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Will Rogers
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Wesley E. Disney (D)
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William W. Hastings
William Wirt Hastings (December 31, 1866 – April 8, 1938) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born on a farm in Benton County, Arkansas, near the Indian Territory boundary, Hastings was the son of W ...
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Wilburn Cartwright
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Early life
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Tom D. McKeown
Thomas Deitz McKeown (June 4, 1878 – October 22, 1951) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born in Blackstock, South Carolina, McKeown was the son of Theodore B. and Nannie B. Robinson McKeown. He attended the common schools, ...
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Fletcher B. Swank (D)
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Jed Johnson (D)
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James V. McClintic
James Vernon McClintic (September 8, 1878 – April 22, 1948) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Biography
Born near Bremond, Texas, McClintic was the son of George Vance and Emma Clay Proctor Mc Clintic. He mo ...
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Ernest W. Marland
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Oregon
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James W. Mott (R)
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Walter M. Pierce
Walter Marcus Pierce (May 30, 1861 – March 27, 1954) was an American politician, a Democrat, who served as the 17th Governor of Oregon and a member of the United States House of Representatives from . A native of Illinois, he served in the ...
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Charles H. Martin
Charles Henry Martin (October 1, 1863September 22, 1946) was an American Army officer and later politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Illinois, he had a 40-year career in the military including serving in conflicts from the Spanish–Am ...
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Pennsylvania
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Harry C. Ransley
Harry Clay Ransley (February 5, 1863 – November 7, 1941) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving eight terms from 1921 to 1937.
Early life and career
Harry Ransley was born in Philadelp ...
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James M. Beck
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Alfred Marpole Waldron (R)
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George Washington Edmonds (R)
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James J. Connolly
James Joseph Connolly (September 24, 1881 – December 10, 1952) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.
James Connolly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Republica ...
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Edward Lowber Stokes
Edward Lowber Stokes (September 29, 1880 – November 8, 1964) was an American politician from Philadelphia who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1931 to 1933 and ...
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George P. Darrow (R)
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James Wolfenden
James Paine Wolfenden (July 25, 1889 – April 8, 1949) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
James Wolfenden was born in Cardington, Pennsylvania. He attended Friends' Central School and Pen ...
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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.
Henry W. Watson was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was educated in private schools, studied law, ...
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Oliver Walter Frey
Oliver Walter Frey (September 7, 1887 – August 26, 1939) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Frey was born near Quakertown, Pennsylvania. He moved to Ohio with his parents in 1891 and to ...
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J. Roland Kinzer
John Roland Kinzer (March 28, 1874 – July 25, 1955) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
J. Roland Kinzer was born on a farm near Terre Hill, Pennsylvania in East Earl Township, Lancaster Co ...
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Patrick J. Boland
Patrick Joseph Boland (January 6, 1880 – May 18, 1942) was a United States representative for Pennsylvania 11th District.
Biography
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Irish immigrants,
he attended St. Thomas College (now the University of S ...
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C. Murray Turpin
Charles Murray Turpin (March 4, 1878 – June 4, 1946) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Turpin was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1878, and attended the Wyoming Seminary in Ki ...
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George F. Brumm
George Franklin Brumm (January 24, 1878May 29, 1934) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George F. Brumm was born in 1878 in Minersville, Pennsylvania. His father was Congressman Charles N. Brumm. H ...
(R), until May 29, 1934
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William Emanuel Richardson
William Emanuel Richardson (September 3, 1886 – November 3, 1948) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Richardson was born on a farm (the old Daniel Boone homestead) near Stonersville, Pennsylvani ...
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Louis T. McFadden
Louis Thomas McFadden (July 25, 1876 – October 1, 1936) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving from 1915 to 1935. A banker by trade, he was the chief sponsor of the 1927 McFadden Ac ...
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Robert F. Rich
Robert Fleming Rich (June 23, 1883 – April 28, 1968) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Robert F. Rich was born in Woolrich, Pennsylvania. He attended Dickinson Seminar ...
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J. William Ditter
John William Ditter Sr. (September 5, 1888 – November 21, 1943) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John William Ditter Sr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 5, 1888. He ...
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Benjamin Kurtz Focht
Benjamin Kurtz Focht (March 12, 1863 – March 27, 1937) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Benjamin K. Focht was born in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania. He attended Bucknell University in L ...
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Isaac Hoffer Doutrich
Isaac Hoffer Doutrich (December 19, 1871 – May 28, 1941) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
He was born on a farm near Middletown, Pennsylvania. He moved to Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, wit ...
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Thomas Cunningham Cochran
Thomas Cunningham Cochran (November 30, 1877 – December 10, 1957) was an American lawyer and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for four terms from 1927 to 1935.
Early life and career
Thomas C. Cochran ...
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Francis E. Walter
Francis Eugene Walter (May 26, 1894 – May 31, 1963) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Walter was a prominent member of the House Un-American Activities Committee from 1951 to 1963, serving as ch ...
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Harry L. Haines
Harry Luther Haines (February 1, 1880 in Red Lion, Pennsylvania – March 29, 1947) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Haines attended the State Normal School
A normal school or norm ...
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J. Banks Kurtz (R)
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J. Buell Snyder
John Buell Snyder (July 30, 1877 – February 24, 1946) was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
J. Buell Snyder was born on a farm in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania. He attended summer se ...
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Charles I. Faddis
Charles Isiah Faddis (June 13, 1890April 1, 1972) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Charles I. Faddis was born in Loudonville, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Way ...
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J. Howard Swick
Jesse Howard Swick (August 6, 1879 – November 17, 1952) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
J. Howard Swick was born near New Brighton, Pennsylvania. He attended Geneva College in nearby Beaver ...
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Nathan L. Strong (R)
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William M. Berlin
William Markle Berlin (March 29, 1880 – October 14, 1962) was an American businessman and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for two terms from 1933 to 1937.
Life and career
Wil ...
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Charles N. Crosby
Charles Noel Crosby (September 29, 1876 – January 26, 1951) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and an American football coach in the early years of the sport.
Early life
Charles N. Crosby was born ...
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J. Twing Brooks
Joshua Twing Brooks (February 27, 1884 – February 7, 1956) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Brooks was born in Edgeworth (now Sewickley), Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Sheffield ...
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M. Clyde Kelly
Melville Clyde Kelly (August 4, 1883 – April 29, 1935) was an American politician and publisher who served as a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
M. Clyde Kelly was born in Bloomfield, Mu ...
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Michael Joseph Muldowney (R)
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Henry Ellenbogen
Henry Ellenbogen (April 3, 1900July 4, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving from 1933 to 1938.
Biography
Ellenbogen was the son of Samson ...
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Matthew A. Dunn (D)
Rhode Island
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Francis B. Condon (D)
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John M. O'Connell
John Matthew O'Connell (August 10, 1872 – December 6, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, O'Connell attended the public schools.
He taught in the local schools 1892-1902.
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South Carolina
)'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
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Thomas S. McMillan
Thomas Sanders McMillan (November 27, 1888 – September 29, 1939) was a lawyer and a United States Representative from South Carolina.
Born in the town of Ulmer in Allendale County, McMillan received his early childhood education at the s ...
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Hampton P. Fulmer (D)
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John C. Taylor
John Clarence Taylor, (March 2, 1890 – March 25, 1983) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for three terms from 1933 to 1939.
Biography
John Clarence was born in Honea ...
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John J. McSwain
John Jackson McSwain (May 1, 1875 – August 6, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born on a farm near Cross Hill, South Carolina, McSwain attended the public schools. He graduated from Wofford College Fitting School in 1893 ...
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James P. Richards (D)
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Allard H. Gasque (D)
South Dakota
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Fred H. Hildebrandt
Fred Herman Hildebrandt (August 2, 1874 – January 26, 1956) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota, serving three consecutive terms. He worked for the railroad for nearly three decades and was appointed as ...
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Theodore B. Werner
Theodore B. Werner (June 2, 1892 – January 24, 1989) was a U.S. Democratic politician who served as a member of Congress from South Dakota.
Early life and education
Werner was born in Ossian, Iowa to German immigrants.
He attended parochial ...
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Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
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B. Carroll Reece
Brazilla Carroll Reece (December 22, 1889 – March 19, 1961) was an American Republican Party politician from Tennessee. He represented eastern Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives for all but six years from 1921 to 1961 ...
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J. Will Taylor
James Willis "J. Will" Taylor (August 28, 1880 – November 14, 1939) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Tennessee.
Biography
Born near Lead Mine Bend (Tennessee), Lead Mine Bend in Union County, Tennessee ...
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Sam D. McReynolds
''Samuel Davis McReynolds (April 16, 1872 – July 11, 1939) was an American politician and judge who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born on a farm near ...
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John Ridley Mitchell
John Ridley Mitchell (September 26, 1877 – February 26, 1962) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.
Biography
Born in Livingston, Tennessee, Mitchell was the son of Isiah Winburn and Sophrona Winton Mitchell. a ...
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Joseph W. Byrns
Joseph Wellington "Jo" Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term Democratic congressman from Tennessee, and as the 41st speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Byrns was b ...
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Clarence W. Turner
Clarence Wyly Turner (October 22, 1866 –March 23, 1939) was an American politician who served in the United States Congress as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.
Biography
Turner was born on October 22, 186 ...
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Gordon Browning
Gordon Weaver Browning (November 22, 1889May 23, 1976) was an American politician who served as the 38th governor of Tennessee from 1937 to 1939, and again from 1949 to 1953. He also served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1 ...
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Jere Cooper
Jere Cooper (July 20, 1893 – December 18, 1957) was a Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee.
Biography
Cooper was born on a farm near Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, son of Joseph W. and Viola May (Cooper) Cooper. He a ...
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Edward H. Crump
Edward Hull "Boss" Crump Jr. (October 2, 1874 – October 16, 1954) was an American politician from Memphis, Tennessee. Representing the Democratic Party, he was the dominant force in the city's politics for most of the first half of the 20th ...
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Texas
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Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr.
Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. (December 15, 1892 – July 17, 1943) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. His father, Joseph Weldon Bailey, was a member of both houses of the United States Congress.
Biography
Bailey ...
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Sterling Price Strong (D)
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George Butler Terrell
George Butler Terrell (December 5, 1862 – April 18, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Biography
Terrell was born in Alto, Texas on December 5, 1862, the son of Sam Houston Terrell and Julia (Butler) Terrell. He was the grandson of Geo ...
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Wright Patman
John William Wright Patman (August 6, 1893 – March 7, 1976) was an American politician. First elected in 1928, Patman served 24 consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 1st congressional district from 1929 to 1 ...
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Martin Dies Jr.
Martin Dies Jr. (November 5, 1900 – November 14, 1972), also known as Martin Dies Sr., was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and after ...
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Morgan G. Sanders
Morgan Gurley Sanders (July 14, 1878 – January 7, 1956) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born near Ben Wheeler, Texas, Sanders attended the public schools. He graduated from Alamo Institute and taught school for three years. He owned a ...
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Sam Rayburn
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Hatton W. Sumners
Hatton William Sumners (May 30, 1875 – April 19, 1962) was a Democratic Congressman from the Dallas, Texas area, serving from 1913 to 1947. He rose to become Chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee.
Early life and career
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Luther A. Johnson
Luther Alexander Johnson (October 29, 1875 – June 6, 1965) was a United States Congressman from the U.S. state of Texas.
Early years
Luther was born in Corsicana, Texas, where he attended the public schools. He received his L.L.B. in 1896 fr ...
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Clay Stone Briggs
Clay Stone Briggs (January 8, 1876 – April 29, 1933) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 through his death in 1933.
Early life
Briggs was born in Galveston, Texas, on January 8, 1876. While a child, ...
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Clark W. Thompson (D), from June 24, 1933
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Joe H. Eagle
Joe Henry Eagle (January 23, 1870 – January 10, 1963) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, Eagle was graduated from the local high school in 1883 and obtained a teacher's certificate in 1884.
He was a ...
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Joseph J. Mansfield
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (February 9, 1861 – July 12, 1947) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Texas from 1917 to 1947.
Biography
Mansfield was born on February 9, 1861. He was born in Wayne, ...
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James P. Buchanan
James Paul "Buck" Buchanan (April 30, 1867 – February 22, 1937) served as U.S. Representative from the 10th district of Texas from 1913 until his death on February 22, 1937.
Biography
Buchanan was born in Midway, Orangeburg County, South Carol ...
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Oliver H. Cross
Oliver Harlan Cross (July 13, 1868 – April 24, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born in Eutaw, Alabama, Cross attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1891.
He was a teacher in the ...
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Fritz G. Lanham
Frederick Garland "Fritz" Lanham (January 3, 1880 – July 31, 1965) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas.
Early life
Born in Weatherford, Texas, Lanham was the son of Sarah Beona (née M ...
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William D. McFarlane
William Doddridge McFarlane (July 17, 1894 – February 18, 1980) was a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from Texas.
Born in Greenwood, Arkansas, McFarlane attended public schools and the University of Arkansa ...
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Richard M. Kleberg
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Milton H. West
Milton Horace West (June 30, 1888 – October 28, 1948) was a seven-term Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Texas's 15th congressional district from 1933 until his death in 1948.
Early life
Milton ...
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R. Ewing Thomason (D)
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Thomas L. Blanton
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Marvin Jones Marvin Jones may refer to:
*John Marvin Jones (1882–1976), known as Marvin Jones and J. Marvin Jones, United States congressman
*Marvin Jones (linebacker) (born 1972), American football linebacker
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Utah
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Abe Murdock
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J. W. Robinson
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Early life a ...
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Vermont
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Ernest W. Gibson (R), until October 19, 1933
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Charles A. Plumley
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Biography
Plumley was born in ...
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Virginia
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S. Otis Bland (D)
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Thomas G. Burch
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Colgate W. Darden Jr. (D)
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Patrick H. Drewry
Patrick Henry Drewry (May 24, 1875 – December 21, 1947) was a Virginia lawyer and Democratic politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and state senate.
Early life and education
Born in Petersburg, Virginia, as one ...
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John W. Flannagan Jr.
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Andrew J. 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 Democ ...
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A. Willis Robertson
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Howard W. Smith
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Early life and education
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Clifton A. Woodrum
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Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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Marion Anthony Zioncheck (D)
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Monrad C. Wallgren
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Martin F. Smith (D)
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Knute Hill
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Samuel Billingsley Hill
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Born in Franklin, Arkansas, Hill attended the common schools, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and wa ...
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Wesley Lloyd
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Born at Arvonia in Osage County, Kansas, on July 24, 1883, attended the public schools, Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, and Washburn College, ...
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West Virginia
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Robert L. Ramsay (D)
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Jennings Randolph
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Lynn Hornor
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Hornor was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He attende ...
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Andrew Edmiston Jr.
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George William Johnson (D)
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John Kee
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Biography
He was born in Gle ...
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Joe L. Smith
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He was born in Marshes (now Glen Daniel, West Virginia) in Raleigh Cou ...
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Wisconsin
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George Washington Blanchard
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Charles W. Henney (D)
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Gardner R. Withrow
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Raymond Joseph Cannon
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Early life
Born in Ironwoo ...
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Thomas David Patrick O'Malley (D)
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Michael K. Reilly
Michael Kieran Reilly (July 15, 1869 – October 14, 1944), was a U.S. representative from Wisconsin.
Reilly was born in the town of Empire, Wisconsin in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin on July 15, 1869. He graduated from what is today, the ...
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Gerald J. Boileau (R)
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James Frederic Hughes (D)
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James A. Frear (R)
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Hubert H. Peavey
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Background
Born in Adams, Minnesota, Peavey moved with his parents to Redwood Falls, Minnesota, in 1886. He attended the public schools, ...
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Wyoming
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Vincent Carter
Vincent Michael Carter (November 6, 1891 – December 30, 1972) was a United States representative from Wyoming.
Born in St. Clair, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Pottsville in 1893. He attended public schools, the United States N ...
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Non-voting members
: . Anthony Dimond, Anthony J. Dimond (D)
: . Lincoln L. McCandless (D)
: United States congressional delegations from Philippines, Philippines: Pedro Guevara (Nacionalista Party, Nac.)
: United States congressional delegations from Philippines, Philippines: Camilo Osías (Nacionalista Party, Nac.)
: United States congressional delegations from Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico: Santiago Iglesias (Coalitionist)
Changes in membership
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Montana
Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...
(2)
, Vacant
, Thomas J. Walsh (D) died in office.
Successor appointed March 13, 1933, to continue the term.
Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see below.
, , John E. Erickson (Montana politician), John Erickson (D)
, March 13, 1933
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Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...
(1)
, , Robert B. Howell, Robert Howell (R)
, Died March 11, 1933.
Successor appointed May 24, 1933, to continue the term.
Successor later retired, see below.
, ,
William H. Thompson (D)
, May 24, 1933
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New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex
, Offi ...
(2)
, , Sam G. Bratton, Sam Bratton (D)
, Resigned June 24, 1933, when appointed Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals.
Successor appointed October 10, 1933, and then 1934 United States Senate special election in New Mexico, elected November 6, 1934.
, ,
Carl Hatch
Carl Atwood Hatch (November 27, 1889 – September 15, 1963) was a United States senator from New Mexico and later was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Education and career
Hat ...
(D)
, October 10, 1933
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Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...
(3)
, , Porter Dale (R)
, Died October 6, 1933.
Successor appointed November 21, 1933, and then 1934 United States Senate special election in Vermont, elected January 17, 1934.
, , Ernest Willard Gibson, Ernest Gibson (R)
, November 21, 1933
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Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the sou ...
(1)
, , John B. Kendrick, John Kendrick (D)
, Died November 3, 1933.
Successor appointed December 18, 1933, to finish the term.
, nowrap ,
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (November 5, 1884December 1, 1962) was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician. A Democrat, he served four complete terms as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming on two occasions, first from 1934-1953 and then again fro ...
(D)
, January 1, 1934
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Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...
(1)
, nowrap , William Henry Thompson, William Thompson (D)
, Interim appointee did not run in the special election to finish the term.
Successor 1934 United States Senate special election in Nebraska, elected November 6, 1934.
, , Richard C. Hunter, Richard Hunter (D)
, November 7, 1934
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Montana
Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...
(2)
, , John E. Erickson (Montana politician), John Erickson (D)
, Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.
Successor 1934 United States Senate special election in Montana, elected November 6, 1934.
, ,
James E. Murray
James Edward Murray (May 3, 1876March 23, 1961) was an American politician and United States Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961.
Background
Born on a fa ...
(D)
, November 7, 1934
House of Representatives
, -
,
, Vacant
, John Nance Garner, John Garner had resigned at the end of the previous Congress
, ,
Milton H. West
Milton Horace West (June 30, 1888 – October 28, 1948) was a seven-term Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Texas's 15th congressional district from 1933 until his death in 1948.
Early life
Milton ...
, April 22, 1933
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, Vacant
, Lewis W. Douglas (D) had resigned at the end of the previous Congress
, , Isabella Greenway (D)
, October 3, 1933
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Clay Stone Briggs
Clay Stone Briggs (January 8, 1876 – April 29, 1933) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 through his death in 1933.
Early life
Briggs was born in Galveston, Texas, on January 8, 1876. While a child, ...
(D)
, Died April 29, 1933
, ,
Clark W. Thompson (D)
, June 24, 1933
, -
, Arkansas's 5th congressional district, Arkansas 5th
, ,
Heartsill Ragon
Heartsill Ragon (; March 20, 1885 – September 15, 1940) was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Education and career
Born on ...
(D)
, Resigned May 12, 1933, upon appointment as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
, ,
David D. Terry
David Dickson Terry (January 31, 1881 – October 6, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1933 to 1943. He was the son of William Le ...
(D)
, December 19, 1933
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Charles H. Brand
Charles Hillyer Brand (April 20, 1861 – May 17, 1933) was an American politician, businessman, jurist and lawyer.
Biography
Brand was born in Loganville, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1881. He was admitted ...
(D)
, Died May 17, 1933
, ,
Paul Brown
Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 – August 5, 1991) was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). Brown was both the co-founder and first coach of the Clevela ...
(D)
, July 5, 1933
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Bolivar E. Kemp
Bolivar Edwards Kemp Sr. (December 28, 1871, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana – June 19, 1933, Amite, Louisiana), was an attorney and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district.
In 1897, Ke ...
(D)
, Died June 19, 1933
, ,
Jared Y. Sanders Jr.
Jared Young Sanders Jr. (April 20, 1892 - November 29, 1960) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1934 to 1937 and again from 1941 to 1943. He was the son of Louisiana governor Ja ...
(D)
, May 1, 1934
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Edward B. Almon
Edward Berton Almon (April 18, 1860 – June 22, 1933) was an American, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives who represented northwest Alabama's 8th congressional district.
Early life
Almon was born near Moulto ...
(D)
, Died June 22, 1933
, ,
Archibald Hill Carmichael
Archibald Hill Carmichael (June 17, 1864 – July 15, 1947) was an American Democratic politician who represented Alabama's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from November 1933 to January 1937.
Early lif ...
(D)
, November 14, 1933
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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.
Henry W. Watson was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was educated in private schools, studied law, ...
(R)
, Died August 27, 1933
, ,
Oliver Walter Frey
Oliver Walter Frey (September 7, 1887 – August 26, 1939) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Frey was born near Quakertown, Pennsylvania. He moved to Ohio with his parents in 1891 and to ...
(D)
, November 7, 1933
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Lynn Hornor
Lynn Sedwick Hornor (November 3, 1874 – September 23, 1933) was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933.
Hornor was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He attende ...
(D)
, Died September 23, 1933
, ,
Andrew Edmiston Jr.
Andrew Edmiston Jr. (November 13, 1892– August 28, 1966) was a Democratic politician who served as a United States representative from West Virginia. He was born in Weston in Lewis County, West Virginia on November 13, 1892. He served in the ...
(D)
, November 28, 1933
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J. Earl Major
James Earl Major (January 5, 1887 – January 4, 1972) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. He served as a United States representative from Illinois, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh ...
(D)
, appointed as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois October 6, 1933
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress
, -
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, ,
Ernest W. Gibson (R)
, Appointed U.S. Senator October 19, 1933
, ,
Charles A. Plumley
Charles Albert Plumley (April 14, 1875 – October 31, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Representative from Vermont, and was the son of U.S. Representative Frank Plumley.
Biography
Plumley was born in ...
(R)
, January 16, 1934
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John D. Clarke
John Davenport Clarke (January 15, 1873 – November 5, 1933) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Biography
Clarke was born in Hobart, New York. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1898 and B ...
(R)
, Died November 5, 1933
, ,
Marian W. Clarke (R)
, December 28, 1933
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,
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James S. Parker (R)
, Died December 19, 1933
, ,
William D. Thomas
William David Thomas (March 22, 1880 – May 17, 1936) was an American pharmacist and politician from Hoosick Falls, New York. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New Y ...
(R)
, January 30, 1934
, -
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Joseph L. Hooper
Joseph Lawrence Hooper (December 22, 1877 – February 22, 1934) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Hooper was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 22, 1877 and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Battle Creek, M ...
(R)
, Died February 22, 1934
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress
, -
,
, ,
Edward W. Pou (D)
, Died April 1, 1934
, ,
Harold D. Cooley
Harold Dunbar Cooley (July 26, 1897 – January 15, 1974) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina from 1934 to 1966.
Background
He was born on July 26, 1897 in Nas ...
(D)
, July 7, 1934
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George F. Brumm
George Franklin Brumm (January 24, 1878May 29, 1934) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George F. Brumm was born in 1878 in Minersville, Pennsylvania. His father was Congressman Charles N. Brumm. H ...
(R)
, Died May 29, 1934
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress
, -
, Idaho's 2nd congressional district, Idaho 2nd
, ,
Thomas C. Coffin
Thomas Chalkley Coffin (October 25, 1887 – June 8, 1934) was a congressman from Idaho, a Democrat in the U.S. House from 1933 to 1934.
Born in Caldwell, Idaho Territory, Coffin moved with his family to nearby Boise in 1898. He attended Boise H ...
(D)
, Died June 8, 1934
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress
, -
,
, ,
Frank Oliver Frank Oliver may refer to:
*Frank Oliver (American football) (born 1952), American football player
*Frank Oliver (footballer) (1882–?), English footballer
*Frank Oliver (politician) (1853–1933), Canadian politician
*Frank Oliver (rugby union) ( ...
(D)
, Resigned June 18, 1934
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress
, -
,
, ,
Henry T. Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death. He rose t ...
(D)
, Died August 19, 1934
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress
, -
,
, , William Augustus Ayres, William A. Ayres (D)
, Resigned August 22, 1934, after being appointed a member of the Federal Trade Commission
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress
, -
,
, ,
James M. Beck
James Montgomery Beck (July 9, 1861 – April 12, 1936) was an American lawyer, politician, and author from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, who se ...
(R)
, Resigned September 30, 1934
, colspan=2 , Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Ellison D. Smith
Ellison DuRant “Cotton Ed” Smith (August 1, 1864 – November 17, 1944) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina widely known for his virtuently racist and segregationist views ...
; Ranking Member:
George W. Norris
George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913 ...
)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts, Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts (Special)
* United States Senate Special Select Committee on the Alaska Railroad, Alaska Railroad (Special Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Trea ...
; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale)
* United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
James F. Byrnes
James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, ...
; Ranking Member:
John G. Townsend Jr.
John Gillis Townsend Jr. (May 31, 1871 – April 10, 1964) was an American businessman and politician from Selbyville in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served one term as Governor and two terms as U.S. Se ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville a ...
; Ranking Member:
Peter Norbeck
Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, Norbeck was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Bankruptcy and Receiveship, Bankruptcy and Receiveship (Select)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Campaign Expenditures, Campaign Expenditures (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman:
William J. Bulow
William John Bulow (January 13, 1869February 26, 1960) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the first Democratic Governor of South Dakota, serving from 1927 to 1931. He received the highest number of votes of any Democratic candidate for ...
; Ranking Member:
Porter H. Dale
Porter Hinman Dale (March 1, 1867October 6, 1933) was a member of both the United States House of Representatives and later the United States Senate from Vermont.
Early life and career
The son of Lieutenant Governor George N. Dale and Helen (Hi ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member:
Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio s ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman:
Hubert D. Stephens
Hubert Durrett Stephens (July 2, 1875March 14, 1946) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1923 until 1935.
Stephens was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He graduated from the Universit ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
William H. King
William Henry King (June 3, 1863November 27, 1949) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Salt Lake City, Utah. As a Democrat, King represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1917 until 1941.
Life
King was born in Fillmore, ...
; Ranking Member:
Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio s ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman:
David I. Walsh
David Ignatius Walsh (November 11, 1872June 11, 1947) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 46th Governor of Massachusetts before serving several terms in the Unite ...
; Ranking Member:
William E. Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often co ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Hattie W. Caraway; Ranking Member:
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Nati ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman:
J. Hamilton Lewis
James Hamilton Lewis (May 18, 1863 – April 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician. Sometimes referred to as J. Ham Lewis or Ham Lewis, he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives, and Illinois in the Unite ...
; Ranking Member:
Daniel O. Hastings
Daniel Oren Hastings (March 5, 1874 – May 9, 1966) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served two terms as a U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early li ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman:
Pat Harrison
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
Earl ...
; Ranking Member:
David A. Reed
David Aiken Reed (December 21, 1880February 10, 1953) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1922 to 1935. He was a co-author of the restri ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (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.
Bio ...
; Ranking Member:
William E. Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often co ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman:
Marcus A. Coolidge
Marcus Allen Coolidge (October 6, 1865January 23, 1947) was a Democratic United States Senator representing Massachusetts from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1937.
Biography
Coolidge was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, son of Frederick Spauld ...
; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
Burton K. Wheeler
Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882January 6, 1975) was an attorney and an American politician of the Democratic Party in Montana, which he represented as a United States senator from 1923 until 1947.
Born in Massachusetts, Wheeler began p ...
; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
* United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman:
Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member:
Thomas D. Schall
Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as a ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman:
Clarence C. Dill
Clarence Cleveland Dill (September 21, 1884January 14, 1978) was an American politician from the state of Washington. A Democrat, he was elected to two terms each in both houses of Congress.
Early years
Dill was born in Fredericktown, Ohio, a ...
; Ranking Member:
James Couzens
James J. Couzens (August 26, 1872October 22, 1936) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist. He served as mayor of Detroit (1919–1922) and U.S. Senator from Michigan (1922–1936). Prior to entering politics he served as vice ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman:
Alva B. Adams
Alva Blanchard Adams (October 29, 1875 – December 1, 1941) was a Democratic politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1923 until 1924 and again from 1933 to 1941.
Biography
Adams was born in Del Norte, Colorado and ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
Henry F. Ashurst
Henry Fountain Ashurst (September 13, 1874 – May 31, 1962) was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial le ...
; Ranking Member:
William E. Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often co ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...
; Ranking Member:
Simeon D. Fess
Simeon Davison Fess (December 11, 1861December 23, 1936) was a Republican politician and educator from Ohio, United States. He served in the United States House of Representatives (1915 to 1923) and U.S. Senate (1923 to 1935).
Early life
Born on ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
Robert J. Bulkley
Robert Johns Bulkley (October 8, 1880July 21, 1965) was an American attorney and politician from Ohio. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives, and in the United States Senate from 1930 until 1939.
Life and caree ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member:
David A. Reed
David Aiken Reed (December 21, 1880February 10, 1953) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1922 to 1935. He was a co-author of the restri ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: M.M. Logan; Ranking Member: Arthur B. Robinson)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi Flood Control Project, Mississippi Flood Control Project (Select) (Chairman:
Robert F. Wagner
Robert Ferdinand Wagner I (June 8, 1877May 4, 1953) was an American politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Senator from New York from 1927 to 1949.
Born in Prussia, Wagner migrated with his family to the United States in 1885. After graduating ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Munitions Industry, Munitions Industry (Select) (Chairman:
Gerald P. Nye
Gerald Prentice Nye (December 19, 1892 – July 17, 1971) was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1945. He was a Republican and supporter of World War II-era isolationism, chairing the Nye ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Park Trammell
Park Monroe Trammell (April 9, 1876 – May 8, 1936), was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida. Trammell represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1936. As chair of the Senate Naval Aff ...
; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
William G. McAdoo; Ranking Member:
George W. Norris
George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
George McGill
George S. McGill (February 12, 1879May 14, 1963) was an American politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Kansas from 1930 to 1939. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party.
, ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas D. Schall
Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as a ...
)
* United States Senate Special Committee on the Philippines Economic Condition, Philippines Economic Condition (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member:
Porter H. Dale
Porter Hinman Dale (March 1, 1867October 6, 1933) was a member of both the United States House of Representatives and later the United States Senate from Vermont.
Early life and career
The son of Lieutenant Governor George N. Dale and Helen (Hi ...
)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Presidential and Senatorial Campaign Expenditures, Presidential and Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special) (Chairman: Tom Connally)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Nati ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
Walter F. George
Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 4, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a longtime Democratic United States Senator from 1922 to 1957 and was President pro tempore of the United States Sena ...
; Ranking Member:
Daniel O. Hastings
Daniel Oren Hastings (March 5, 1874 – May 9, 1966) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served two terms as a U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early li ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member:
Henry W. Keyes
Henry Wilder Keyes (; May 23, 1863June 19, 1938) was an American Republican politician from Haverhill, New Hampshire. He served as the 56th governor of New Hampshire from 1917 to 1919 and as a United States Senator.
Early life
Keyes was born in ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman:
Robert F. Wagner
Robert Ferdinand Wagner I (June 8, 1877May 4, 1953) was an American politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Senator from New York from 1927 to 1949.
Born in Prussia, Wagner migrated with his family to the United States in 1885. After graduating ...
; Ranking Member:
Peter Norbeck
Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, Norbeck was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Royal S. Copeland
Royal Samuel Copeland (November 7, 1868June 17, 1938), a United States Senator from New York from 1923 until 1938, was an academic, homeopathic physician, and politician. He held elected offices in both Michigan (as a Republican) and New York ( ...
; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman:
Millard E. Tydings
Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890February 9, 1961) was an American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland, serving in the House from 1 ...
; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Special Committee on Wildlife Resources, Wildlife Resources (Special) (Chairman:
Frederic C. Walcott
Frederic Collin Walcott (February 19, 1869April 27, 1949) was a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in New York Mills, Oneida County, New York, the son of William Stuart Walcott and Emeline Alice Welch Walcott, Walcott atten ...
)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman:
Lindsay C. Warren
Lindsay Carter Warren (December 16, 1889 – December 28, 1976) was a Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1925 and 1940 and the third Comptroller General of the United States from 1940 to 1954.
Ea ...
; Ranking Member:
James Wolfenden
James Paine Wolfenden (July 25, 1889 – April 8, 1949) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
James Wolfenden was born in Cardington, Pennsylvania. He attended Friends' Central School and Pen ...
)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: J. Marvin Jones; Ranking Member:
John D. Clarke
John Davenport Clarke (January 15, 1873 – November 5, 1933) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Biography
Clarke was born in Hobart, New York. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1898 and B ...
)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
James P. Buchanan
James Paul "Buck" Buchanan (April 30, 1867 – February 22, 1937) served as U.S. Representative from the 10th district of Texas from 1913 until his death on February 22, 1937.
Biography
Buchanan was born in Midway, Orangeburg County, South Carol ...
; Ranking Member:
John Taber
John Taber (May 5, 1880 – November 22, 1965) was an American attorney and New York politician who represented parts of the Finger Lakes and Central New York regions in the United States House of Representatives from 1923 to 1963.
Biography
Ta ...
)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Henry B. Steagall
Henry Bascom Steagall (May 19, 1873 – November 22, 1943) was a United States representative from Alabama. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency and in 1933, he co-sponsored the Glass–Steagall Act with Carter Glass, an ac ...
; Ranking Member:
Robert Luce
Robert Luce (December 2, 1862 – April 7, 1946) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Auburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, Massachusetts. He gra ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
Ralph F. Lozier; Ranking Member:
J. Roland Kinzer
John Roland Kinzer (March 28, 1874 – July 25, 1955) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
J. Roland Kinzer was born on a farm near Terre Hill, Pennsylvania in East Earl Township, Lancaster Co ...
)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman:
Lamar Jeffers
Lamar Jeffers (April 16, 1888 – June 1, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Anniston, Alabama, Jeffers attended public schools and Alabama Presbyterian College at Anniston.
He served with the Alabama National Guard from ...
; Ranking Member:
Frederick R. Lehlbach
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)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Loring M. Black Jr.
Loring Milton Black Jr. (May 17, 1886 – May 21, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1935.
Biography
Loring was born in New York City on May 17, 1886, a ...
; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Andrew L. Somers
Andrew Lawrence Somers (March 21, 1895 – April 6, 1949) was an American businessman, World War I veteran, and Democratic politician who served 13 terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1925 until his death in 1949.
Biography
...
; Ranking Member:
Randolph Perkins
Randolph Perkins (November 30, 1871 – May 25, 1936) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1936.
Early life and care ...
)
* United States House Select Committee on Conservation of Wildlife Resources, Conservation of Wildlife Resources (Select) (Chairman:
A. Willis Robertson
Absalom Willis Robertson (May 27, 1887 – November 1, 1971) was an American politician from Virginia who served in public office for over 50 years. A member of the Democratic Party and lukewarm ally of the Byrd Organization led by fellow U.S. Se ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman:
Robert A. Green
Robert Alexis (Lex) Green (February 10, 1892 – February 9, 1973) was an American educator, lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1925 to 1944.
Early life and career
Green was born near Lake Butle ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Mary T. Norton; Ranking Member: Gale Stalker)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
John J. Douglass
John Joseph Douglass (February 9, 1873 – April 5, 1939) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Life and career
He was born in East Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on February 9, 1873. Douglass g ...
; Ranking Member:
James L. Whitley
James Lucius Whitley (May 24, 1872 – May 17, 1959) was an American politician from New York.
Life
Whitley was born in Rochester, New York. He graduated from the law department of Union College in 1898. He served as a sergeant in the Spanish� ...
)
* 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:
Patrick J. Carley
Patrick J. Carley (February 2, 1866 – February 25, 1936) was an American businessman and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1927 to 1935.
Life and career
P. J. Carley was born in County Roscommon, Ir ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Gifford
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)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman:
J. Bayard Clark
Jerome Bayard Clark (April 5, 1882 – August 26, 1959) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Early life
Born on Phoebus Plantation near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, Clark attended Davidson College, where he was a member of the Pi Kapp ...
; Ranking Member:
John B. Hollister
John Baker Hollister (November 7, 1890 – January 4, 1979) was a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1931 to 1937.
Biography
Born in Cincinnati, Hollister attended the local schools and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire ...
)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman:
Joseph A. Gavagan
Joseph Andrew Gavagan (August 20, 1892 – October 18, 1968) was an American World War I veteran, lawyer, and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1929 to 1943.
Early life
Born in New York City ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph L. Hooper
Joseph Lawrence Hooper (December 22, 1877 – February 22, 1934) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Hooper was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 22, 1877 and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Battle Creek, M ...
)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman:
John H. Kerr
John Hosea Kerr (; December 31, 1873 – June 21, 1958) was an American jurist and politician.
Background
Kerr was born in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina but lived most of his life in Warrenton, North Carolina. Kerr received h ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Gifford
Charles Laceille Gifford (March 15, 1871 – August 23, 1947) was a United States representative from Massachusetts He was born in Cotuit on March 15, 1871. Through his father he was a descendant of Robert Pike, George Phillips, Richard Sal ...
)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Claude V. Parsons
Claude VanCleve Parsons (October 7, 1895 – May 23, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm near McCormick, Pope County, Illinois, Parsons attended the public schools.
He taught in the rural schools of Pope County, Illin ...
; Ranking Member: Oscar Stanton De Priest)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman:
John J. Cochran
John Joseph Cochran (August 11, 1880 – March 6, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Cochran was born in Webster Groves, Missouri; his father and maternal grandparents were Irish immigrants. He attended the public schools in Webster ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Gifford
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)
* United States House Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control (Chairman:
Riley J. Wilson
Riley Joseph Wilson (November 12, 1871 – February 23, 1946) was a Louisiana educator, attorney and legislator in the first half of the late 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. A Democrat, Wilson served in the United States ...
; Ranking Member:
Frank R. Reid
Frank R. Reid (April 18, 1879 – January 25, 1945) was an American politician and U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was christened without a middle name and chose the letter "R" for an initial.Waller, Douglas C. (2004). ''A Question of Lo ...
)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman:
Sam D. McReynolds
''Samuel Davis McReynolds (April 16, 1872 – July 11, 1939) was an American politician and judge who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born on a farm near ...
; Ranking Member:
Hamilton Fish III
Hamilton Fish III (born Hamilton Stuyvesant Fish and also known as Hamilton Fish Jr.; December 7, 1888 – January 18, 1991) was an American soldier and politician from New York State. Born into a family long active in the state, he served in t ...
)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman:
Samuel Dickstein
Samuel Dickstein (February 5, 1885 – April 22, 1954) was a Democratic Congressional Representative from New York (22-year tenure), a New York State Supreme Court Justice, and a Soviet spy. He played a key role in establishing the committee tha ...
; Ranking Member:
J. Will Taylor
James Willis "J. Will" Taylor (August 28, 1880 – November 14, 1939) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Tennessee.
Biography
Born near Lead Mine Bend (Tennessee), Lead Mine Bend in Union County, Tennessee ...
)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
Edgar Howard
Edgar Howard (September 16, 1858 – July 19, 1951) was a Nebraska editor and Democratic politician. He was the 15th lieutenant governor of Nebraska and served six terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Early life and education
E ...
; Ranking Member:
Hubert H. Peavey
Hubert Haskell Peavey (January 12, 1881 – November 21, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Background
Born in Adams, Minnesota, Peavey moved with his parents to Redwood Falls, Minnesota, in 1886. He attended the public schools, ...
)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman:
John McDuffie
John McDuffie (September 25, 1883 – November 1, 1950) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Education and career
Born on S ...
; Ranking Member:
Carroll L. Beedy
Carroll Lynwood Beedy (August 3, 1880 – August 30, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Maine from 1921 to 1935.
He was born in Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, on August 3, 1880. He attended the public schools of Lewiston, Androscoggin Cou ...
)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
James S. Parker then
John G. Cooper
John Gordon Cooper (April 27, 1872January 7, 1955) was an Anglo-American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Early years
According to his birth certificate, Cooper was born in Smallthorne, Staffordshire, England. Cooper ...
)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Mell G. Underwood
Mell Gilbert Underwood (January 30, 1892 – March 8, 1972) was a United States representative from Ohio and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Education and career
Born at Ro ...
; Ranking Member: Oscar Stanton De Priest)
* United States House Select Committee to Investigate Real Estate Beholder's Reorganizations, Investigate Real Estate Beholder's Reorganizations (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman:
Dennis Chavez
Dennis or Denis is a first or last name from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius, via one of the Christian saints named Dionysius.
The name came from Dionysus, the Greek god of ecstatic states, particularly those produced by wine, which is sometime ...
; Ranking Member:
Vincent Carter
Vincent Michael Carter (November 6, 1891 – December 30, 1972) was a United States representative from Wyoming.
Born in St. Clair, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Pottsville in 1893. He attended public schools, the United States N ...
)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
Hatton W. Sumners
Hatton William Sumners (May 30, 1875 – April 19, 1962) was a Democratic Congressman from the Dallas, Texas area, serving from 1913 to 1947. He rose to become Chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee.
Early life and career
Hatton ...
; Ranking Member:
J. Banks Kurtz)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman:
William P. Connery Jr.; Ranking Member:
Richard J. Welch)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
Kent E. Keller; Ranking Member:
Robert Luce
Robert Luce (December 2, 1862 – April 7, 1946) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Auburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, Massachusetts. He gra ...
)
* United States House Committee on Memorials, Memorials (Chairman:
John H. Morehead
John Henry Morehead (December 3, 1861May 31, 1942) was an American politician who served as the 17th governor of Nebraska from 1913 to 1917.
Early life
Born on a farm in Lucas County, Iowa, Morehead attended business college and moved to Ric ...
; Ranking Member:
Frank Crowther
Frank Crowther (July 10, 1870 – July 20, 1955) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Liverpool, England, he emigrated to the United States in 1872 with his parents, who settled in Canton, Massachusetts. He attended the ...
)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine, Radio and Fisheries, Merchant Marine, Radio and Fisheries (Chairman:
S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member:
Frederick R. Lehlbach
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)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
John J. McSwain
John Jackson McSwain (May 1, 1875 – August 6, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born on a farm near Cross Hill, South Carolina, McSwain attended the public schools. He graduated from Wofford College Fitting School in 1893 ...
; Ranking Member:
W. Frank James
William Francis James (May 23, 1873 – November 17, 1945) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
James was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and moved with his parents to Hancock, Michigan, in 1876, where he atten ...
)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Joe L. Smith
Joseph Luther Smith, commonly known as Joe L. Smith (May 22, 1880 – August 23, 1962), was an American politician, and a member of the Democratic Party from West Virginia.
He was born in Marshes (now Glen Daniel, West Virginia) in Raleigh Cou ...
; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 Franci ...
)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
William I. Sirovich; Ranking Member:
Randolph Perkins
Randolph Perkins (November 30, 1871 – May 25, 1936) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1936.
Early life and care ...
)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Allard H. Gasque; Ranking Member: Gale Stalker)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
James M. Mead
James Michael Mead (December 27, 1885March 15, 1964) was an American politician from New York. A Democrat, among the offices in which he served was member of the Erie County Board of Supervisors (1914-1915), New York State Assembly (1915-1918 ...
; Ranking Member: Clyde Kelly)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
J. Walter Lambeth; Ranking Member:
Robert F. Rich
Robert Fleming Rich (June 23, 1883 – April 28, 1968) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Robert F. Rich was born in Woolrich, Pennsylvania. He attended Dickinson Seminar ...
)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Fritz G. Lanham
Frederick Garland "Fritz" Lanham (January 3, 1880 – July 31, 1965) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas.
Early life
Born in Weatherford, Texas, Lanham was the son of Sarah Beona (née M ...
; Ranking Member:
J. Will Taylor
James Willis "J. Will" Taylor (August 28, 1880 – November 14, 1939) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Tennessee.
Biography
Born near Lead Mine Bend (Tennessee), Lead Mine Bend in Union County, Tennessee ...
)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Rene L. DeRouen; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman:
Byron B. Harlan
Byron Berry Harlan (October 22, 1886 – November 11, 1949) was an American attorney, prosecutor, jurist and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. He served four terms in Congress from 1931 to 1939.
Early life and educ ...
; Ranking Member:
Frank R. Reid
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)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
Joseph J. Mansfield
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (February 9, 1861 – July 12, 1947) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Texas from 1917 to 1947.
Biography
Mansfield was born on February 9, 1861. He was born in Wayne, ...
; Ranking Member:
Nathan L. Strong)
* United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman:
Wilburn Cartwright
Wilburn Cartwright (January 12, 1892 – March 14, 1979) was a lawyer, educator, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, and United States Army officer in World War II. The town of Cartwright, Oklahoma is named after him.
Early life
Born on a farm ...
; Ranking Member:
C. Murray Turpin
Charles Murray Turpin (March 4, 1878 – June 4, 1946) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Turpin was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1878, and attended the Wyoming Seminary in Ki ...
)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
William B. Bankhead
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; Ranking Member:
Harry C. Ransley
Harry Clay Ransley (February 5, 1863 – November 7, 1941) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving eight terms from 1921 to 1937.
Early life and career
Harry Ransley was born in Philadelp ...
)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Robert A. Green
Robert Alexis (Lex) Green (February 10, 1892 – February 9, 1973) was an American educator, lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1925 to 1944.
Early life and career
Green was born near Lake Butle ...
; Ranking Member:
Ernest W. Gibson)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman:
Miles C. Allgood
Miles Clayton Allgood (February 22, 1878 – March 4, 1977) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Biography
Born in Chepultepec (now Allgood), Blount County, Alabama, Allgood was the son of William Barnett and Mary ...
; Ranking Member:
James H. Sinclair
James Herbert Sinclair (October 9, 1871 – September 5, 1943) was a U.S. Republican politician.
He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after t ...
)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:
Robert L. Doughton
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; Ranking Member:
Allen T. Treadway)
* United States House Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman:
John E. Rankin
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; Ranking Member:
Robert Luce
Robert Luce (December 2, 1862 – April 7, 1946) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Auburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, Massachusetts. He gra ...
)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters, Investigate Dirigible Disasters (Chairman: Sen.
William H. King
William Henry King (June 3, 1863November 27, 1949) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Salt Lake City, Utah. As a Democrat, King represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1917 until 1941.
Life
King was born in Fillmore, ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep. )
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen.
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville a ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep.
J. Walter Lambeth)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen.
Alben W. Barkley
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)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Sen.
Pat Harrison
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
Earl ...
)
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House)
* Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn (architect), David Lynn
* Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
* Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl
* Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
* Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter, until 1934
** Augustus E. Giegengack, from 1934
Senate
*Secretary of the Senate, Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
*United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: James D. Preston
*United States Senate Chaplain, Chaplain: ZeBarney Thorne Phillips (Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopalian)
*United States Senate Sergeant at Arms, Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney
*Democratic Party Secretary: Leslie Biffle
*Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler
House of Representatives
Employees include:
*Clerk of the House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble
*Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
*Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
*Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
*United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms, Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney
*Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
See also
* United States elections, 1932 (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1932 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1932
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1932
* United States elections, 1934 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1934
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1934
References
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