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The 70th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the
United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
and the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
. It met in
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...
, from March 4, 1927, to March 4, 1929, during the last two years of
Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously ...
's
presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...
. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...
was based on the
1910 United States census The 1910 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau on April 15, 1910, determined the resident population of the United States to be 92,228,496, an increase of 21 percent over the 76,212,168 persons enumerated during the 1900 census ...
. Both chambers had a Republican majority - albeit reduced from the previous Congress - and along with
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
Coolidge, the Republicans maintained an overall federal government
trifecta Trifecta A trifecta is a parimutuel bet placed on a horse race in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third, in the exact order. Known as a trifecta in the US and Australia, this is known as a tricast in ...
.


Major events

* November 6, 1928: U.S. Senate elections and U.S. House elections * This was the last Congress to be exclusively white and the last to not have a single black member of Congress in either chamber.


Major legislation

* March 10, 1928: Settlement of War Claims Act * May 15, 1928:
Flood Control Act of 1928 The Flood Control Act of 1928 (FCA 1928) (70th United States Congress, Sess. 1. Ch. 569, enacted May 15, 1928) authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct projects for the control of floods on the Mississippi Rive ...
(Jones–Reid Act) * May 22, 1928: Merchant Marine Act of 1928 (Jones–White Act) * May 22, 1928: Forest Research Act (McSweeney–McNary Act) * May 22, 1928: Capper–Ketcham Act * May 28, 1928: Welsh Act * May 29, 1928: Revenue Act of 1928, ch. 852, * May 29, 1928: Reed–Jenkins Act * December 21, 1928: Boulder Canyon Project Act (
Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado, Black Canyon of the Colorado River (U.S.), Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, d ...
) * December 22, 1928: Color of Title Act * January 19, 1929: Hawes–Cooper Act * February 18, 1929: Migratory Bird Conservation Act (Norbeck–Anderson Act), ch. 257, * February 25, 1929:
Mount Rushmore The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a National Memorial (United States), national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (, or Six Grandfathers) in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dak ...
National Memorial Act ( Norbeck-Williamson Act of 1929) * March 2, 1929: Increased Penalties Act (Jones–Stalker Act)


Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.


Senate

At the end of the first month of the first session of Congress, Republicans gained control of the Senate through a VP-tie-breaking majority.


House of Representatives


Leadership


Senate

*
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
: Charles G. Dawes (R) * President pro tempore: George H. Moses (R)


Majority (Republican) leadership

* Majority Leader:
Charles Curtis Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under President Herbert Hoover. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1924 to 1929. An enrolled member of the Kaw Natio ...
* Majority Whip: Wesley L. Jones *
Republican Conference Secretary Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: Frederick Hale * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Jesse H. Metcalf


Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority leader: Joseph T. Robinson *
Minority whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature. Whips ...
: Peter G. Gerry * 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 Supreme Court of the United States, ass ...


House of Representatives

* Speaker: Nicholas Longworth (R)


Majority (Republican) leadership

* Majority Leader: John Q. Tilson * Majority Whip: Albert Vestal *
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opin ...
: Willis C. Hawley * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: William R. Wood


Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader: Finis J. Garrett *
Minority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature. Whips ...
: William Allan Oldfield * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur H. Greenwood * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Joseph W. Byrns Sr. Joseph Wellington Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a United States, U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States House of Representatives, congressman from Tennessee, and as the 4 ...


Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state.


Senate

Senators are listed by class. They were elected every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1928; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1932.


Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: 2. J. Thomas Heflin (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 Supreme Court of the United States, ass ...
(D)


Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

: 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D) : 3. Carl Hayden (D)


Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: 2.
Joseph Taylor Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937) was an American politician who served as United States Senate, United States Senator from Arkansas from 1913 to 1937, serving for four years as Party leaders of the United States Senate, ...
(D) : 3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)


California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: 1. Hiram W. Johnson (R) : 3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)


Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

: 2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R) : 3. Charles W. Waterman (R)


Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: 1. George P. McLean (R) : 3.
Hiram Bingham III Hiram Bingham III (November 19, 1875 – June 6, 1956) was an American academic, explorer and politician. In 1911, he publicized the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu which he rediscovered with the guidance of local indigenous farm ...
(R)


Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: 1. Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (D) : 2. T. Coleman du Pont (R), until December 9, 1928 :: Daniel O. Hastings (R), from December 10, 1928


Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: 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 (D)


Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: 2. William J. Harris (D) : 3. Walter F. George (D)


Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

: 2. William E. Borah (R) : 3. Frank R. Gooding (R), until June 24, 1928 :: John Thomas (R), from June 30, 1928


Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: 2. Charles S. Deneen (R) : 3. Vacant until December 3, 1928 :: Otis F. Glenn (R), from December 3, 1928


Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

: 1. Arthur R. Robinson (R) : 3. James E. Watson (R)


Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

: 2. Daniel F. Steck (D) : 3. Smith W. Brookhart (R)


Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

: 2. Arthur Capper (R) : 3.
Charles Curtis Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under President Herbert Hoover. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1924 to 1929. An enrolled member of the Kaw Natio ...
(R)


Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: 2. Frederic M. Sackett (R) : 3. Alben W. Barkley (D)


Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: 2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D) : 3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)


Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: 1. Frederick Hale (R) : 2. Arthur R. Gould (R)


Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: 1. William Cabell Bruce (D) : 3.
Millard Tydings Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890February 9, 1961) was an American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland, serving in the House from 1 ...
(D)


Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

: 1. David I. Walsh (D) : 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)


Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: 1. Woodbridge N. Ferris (D), until March 23, 1928 :: Arthur H. Vandenberg (R), from March 31, 1928 : 2. James J. Couzens (R)


Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

: 1.
Henrik Shipstead Henrik Shipstead (January 8, 1881June 26, 1960) was Norwegian-American dentist and politician who served in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1947, representing the state of Minnesota. He served first as a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor ...
(FL) : 2. Thomas D. Schall (R)


Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

: 1. Hubert D. Stephens (D) : 2.
Pat Harrison Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death. Early l ...
(D)


Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

: 1. James A. Reed (D) : 3. Harry B. Hawes (D)


Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

: 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D) : 2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)


Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

: 1. Robert B. Howell (R) : 2. George W. Norris (R)


Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

: 1. Key Pittman (D) : 3. Tasker Oddie (R)


New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

: 2. Henry W. Keyes (R) : 3. George H. Moses (R)


New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

: 1. Edward I. Edwards (D) : 2. Walter E. Edge (R)


New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

: 1. Andrieus A. Jones (D), until December 20, 1927 :: Bronson M. Cutting (R), from December 29, 1927, until December 6, 1928 :: Octaviano A. Larrazolo (R), from December 7, 1928 : 2. Sam G. Bratton (D)


New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

: 1. Royal S. Copeland (D) : 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)


North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

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


North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...

: 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 1921 North Dakota gubernatorial recall election, recalled in 1921 and later serv ...
(R-NPL) : 3.
Gerald Nye Gerald Prentice Nye (December 19, 1892 – July 17, 1971) was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1945. Nye rose to national fame in the 1930s as chair of the Special Committee on Investig ...
(R)


Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

: 1. Simeon D. Fess (R) : 3. Frank B. Willis (R), until March 30, 1928 :: Cyrus Locher (D), from April 4, 1928, until December 14, 1928 :: Theodore E. Burton (R), from December 15, 1928


Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

: 2. William B. Pine (R) : 3. Elmer Thomas (D)


Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

: 2. Charles L. McNary (R) : 3.
Frederick Steiwer Frederick Steiwer (October 13, 1883February 3, 1939) was an American politician and lawyer in the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he was county district attorney and member of the Oregon State Senate from eastern Oregon and a veteran o ...
(R)


Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: 1. David A. Reed (R) : 3. Vacant


Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

: 1. Peter G. Gerry (D) : 2. Jesse H. Metcalf (R)


South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

: 2.
Coleman L. Blease Coleman Livingston Blease (October 8, 1868 – January 19, 1942) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 89th governor of South Carolina from 1911 to 1915 and represented the state in the United States Senate from ...
(D) : 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)


South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

: 2. William H. McMaster (R) : 3. Peter Norbeck (R)


Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: 1.
Kenneth D. McKellar Kenneth Douglas McKellar (January 29, 1869 – October 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 ser ...
(D) : 2.
Lawrence Tyson Lawrence Davis Tyson (July 4, 1861August 24, 1929) was an American brigadier general, politician, lawyer and textile manufacturer, who operated primarily out of Knoxville, Tennessee during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During World War ...
(D)


Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

: 1. Earle B. Mayfield (D) : 2. Morris Sheppard (D)


Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

: 1. William H. King (D) : 3.
Reed Smoot Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A Republican who was first elected to the U.S. Senate by the Utah State Legislat ...
(R)


Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

: 1. Frank L. Greene (R) : 3. Porter H. Dale (R)


Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

: 1. Claude A. Swanson (D) : 2.
Carter Glass Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of United Stat ...
(D)


Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...

: 1. Clarence Cleveland Dill (D) : 3. Wesley L. Jones (R)


West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

: 1. Matthew M. Neely (D) : 2. Guy D. Goff (R)


Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

: 1.
Robert M. La Follette Jr. Robert Marion La Follette Jr. (February 6, 1895 – February 24, 1953) was an American politician who served as United States senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947. A member of the La Follette family, he was often referred to by the nickname ...
(R) : 3. John J. Blaine (R)


Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

: 1. John B. Kendrick (D) : 2.
Francis E. Warren Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union ...
(R)


House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives are listed by district.


Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: .
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 ...
(D) : . J. Lister Hill (D) : . Henry B. Steagall (D) : .
Lamar Jeffers Lamar Jeffers (April 16, 1888 – June 1, 1983) was an American World War I veteran and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Alabama from 1921 to 1935. Biography Born in Anniston, Alabama, Jeffers attended public s ...
(D) : . William B. Bowling (D), until August 16, 1928 :: LaFayette L. Patterson (D), from November 6, 1928 : . William B. Oliver (D) : .
Miles C. Allgood Miles Clayton Allgood (February 22, 1878 – March 4, 1977) was an American politician and a United States Representative from Alabama. Biography Born in Chepultepec (now Allgood, Alabama, Allgood), Blount County, Alabama, Allgood was the son of ...
(D) : . Edward B. Almon (D) : . George Huddleston (D) : . William B. Bankhead (D)


Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

: . Lewis W. Douglas (D)


Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: . William J. Driver (D) : . William A. Oldfield (D), until November 19, 1928 :: Pearl Peden Oldfield (D), from January 9, 1929 : . John N. Tillman (D) : . Otis Wingo (D) : . Heartsill Ragon (D) : . James B. Reed (D) : . Tilman B. Parks (D)


California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: . Clarence F. Lea (D) : . Harry L. Englebright (R) : . Charles F. Curry (R) : . Florence P. Kahn (R) : . Richard J. Welch (R) : .
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 Lemo ...
(R) : . Henry E. Barbour (R) : . Arthur M. Free (R) : . William E. Evans (R) : . Joe Crail (R) : . Philip D. Swing (R)


Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

: . William N. Vaile (R), until July 2, 1927 :: S. Harrison White (D), from November 15, 1927 : . Charles Bateman Timberlake (R) : . Guy U. Hardy (R) : . Edward T. Taylor (D)


Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: . E. Hart Fenn (R) : . Richard P. Freeman (R) : . John Q. Tilson (R) : . Schuyler Merritt (R) : .
James P. Glynn James Peter Glynn (November 12, 1867 – March 6, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born in Winsted, Connecticut, the son of Irish immigrants, Glynn attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in ...
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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: . Robert G. Houston (R)


Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: . Herbert J. Drane (D) : .
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 ...
(D) : . Tom A. Yon (D) : . William J. Sears (D)


Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: . Charles G. Edwards (D) : . Edward E. Cox (D) : . Charles R. Crisp (D) : . William C. Wright (D) : . Leslie J. Steele (D) : .
Samuel Rutherford Samuel Rutherford (also Rutherfurd or Rutherfoord; – 29 March 1661) was a Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theology, theologian and one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly. Life Samuel Rutherford was born in t ...
(D) : . Malcolm C. Tarver (D) : . Charles H. Brand (D) : . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) : .
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 ...
(D) : . William C. Lankford (D) : . William W. Larsen (D)


Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

: . Burton L. French (R) : . Addison T. Smith (R)


Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: .
Martin B. Madden Martin Barnaby Madden (March 21, 1855 – April 27, 1928) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. He belonged to the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. As of 2023, he is the last non-A ...
(R), until April 27, 1928 : . Morton D. Hull (R) : . Elliott W. Sproul (R) : . Thomas A. Doyle (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . James T. Igoe (D) : . M. Alfred Michaelson (R) : . Stanley H. Kunz (D) : . Frederick A. Britten (R) : . Carl R. Chindblom (R) : . Frank R. Reid (R) : . John T. Buckbee (R) : . William R. Johnson (R) : . John C. Allen (R) : . Edward J. King (R), until February 17, 1929 : . William E. Hull (R) : . Homer W. Hall (R) : . William P. Holaday (R) : . Charles Adkins (R) : . Henry T. Rainey (D) : . J. Earl Major (D) : . Edward M. Irwin (R) : . William W. Arnold (D) : . Thomas S. Williams (R) : . Edward E. Denison (R) : . Henry R. Rathbone (R), until July 15, 1928 : . Richard Yates Jr. (R)


Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

: . Harry E. Rowbottom (R) : . Arthur H. Greenwood (D) : . Frank Gardner (D) : . Harry C. Canfield (D) : . Noble J. Johnson (R) : . Richard N. Elliott (R) : . Ralph E. Updike (R) : . Albert H. Vestal (R) : . Fred S. Purnell (R) : . William R. Wood (R) : . Albert R. Hall (R) : . David Hogg (R) : . Andrew J. Hickey (R)


Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

: . William F. Kopp (R) : . F. Dickinson Letts (R) : . Thomas J. B. Robinson (R) : . Gilbert N. Haugen (R) : . Cyrenus Cole (R) : . C. William Ramseyer (R) : . Cassius C. Dowell (R) : . Lloyd Thurston (R) : . William R. Green (R), until March 31, 1928 :: Earl W. Vincent (R), from June 4, 1928 : . Lester J. Dickinson (R) : . William D. Boies (R)


Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

: .
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (August 22, 1870 – August 4, 1931) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and a nephew of suffragist and political leader Susan B. Anthony. He was the son of newspaper publisher Dan ...
(R) : . Ulysses S. Guyer (R) : . William H. Sproul (R) : .
Homer Hoch Homer Hoch (July 4, 1879 – January 30, 1949) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, United States Congressman from Kansas, and judge who served seven terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1933. Biography Born in ...
(R) : . James G. Strong (R) : . Hays B. White (R) : . Clifford R. Hope (R) : . William A. Ayres (D)


Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: . William V. Gregory (D) : . David Hayes Kincheloe (D) : . John W. Moore (D) : . Henry D. Moorman (D) : . Maurice H. Thatcher (R) : . Orie S. Ware (D) : . Virgil Chapman (D) : . Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D) : .
Fred M. Vinson Frederick 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 have ser ...
(D) : . Katherine G. Langley (R) : . John M. Robsion (R)


Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: . James O'Connor (D) : . J. Zach Spearing (D) : . Whitmell P. Martin (D) : . John N. Sandlin (D) : . Riley Joseph Wilson (D) : .
Bolivar E. Kemp Bolivar Edwards Kemp Sr. (December 28, 1871, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana – June 19, 1933, Amite City, Louisiana, Amite, Louisiana), was an attorney at law (United States), attorney and a member of the United Stat ...
(D) : . Ladislas Lazaro (D), until March 30, 1927 :: René L. De Rouen (D), from August 23, 1927 : . James Benjamin Aswell (D)


Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: . Carroll L. Beedy (R) : . Wallace H. White Jr. (R) : . John E. Nelson (R) : . Ira G. Hersey (R)


Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: . T. Alan Goldsborough (D) : . William P. Cole Jr. (D) : . Vincent L. Palmisano (D) : . J. Charles Linthicum (D) : . Stephen W. Gambrill (D) : . Frederick N. Zihlman (R)


Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

: . Allen T. Treadway (R) : . Henry L. Bowles (R) : . Frank H. Foss (R) : . George R. Stobbs (R) : .
Edith Nourse Rogers Edith Rogers (née Nourse; March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare Volunteering, volunteer and politician who served as a Republican in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress fro ...
(R) : . A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R) : . William P. Connery Jr. (D) : . Frederick W. Dallinger (R) : . Charles L. Underhill (R) : . John J. Douglass (D) : . George H. Tinkham (R) : .
James A. Gallivan James Ambrose Gallivan (October 22, 1866 – April 3, 1928) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Biography Gallivan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston on October 22, 1866. He attended the public schools, graduated from ...
(D), until April 3, 1928 :: John W. McCormack (D), from November 6, 1928 : . Robert Luce (R) : . Louis A. Frothingham (R), until August 23, 1928 :: Richard B. Wigglesworth (R), from November 6, 1928 : . Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R) : . Charles L. Gifford (R)


Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: . Robert H. Clancy (R) : . Earl C. Michener (R) : .
Joseph L. Hooper Joseph Lawrence Hooper (December 22, 1877 – February 22, 1934) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Hooper was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 22, 1877 and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Battle ...
(R) : . John C. Ketcham (R) : . Carl Mapes (R) : . Grant M. Hudson (R) : . Louis C. Cramton (R) : . Bird J. Vincent (R) : . James C. McLaughlin (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (R) : . Frank P. Bohn (R) : . W. Frank James (R) : . Clarence J. McLeod (R)


Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

: . Allen J. Furlow (R) : . Frank Clague (R) : . August H. Andresen (R) : .
Melvin Maas Melvin Joseph Maas (May 14, 1898 – April 13, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota and decorated Major general (United States), Major General of the United States Marine Corps Reserve during World War II. Early years Melvin Joseph ...
(R) : . Walter H. Newton (R) : .
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 1923 ...
(R) : . Ole J. Kvale (FL) : . William L. Carss (FL) : . Conrad Selvig (R) : . Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)


Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

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John 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 ...
(D) : . Bill G. Lowrey (D) : . William M. Whittington (D) : . T. Jefferson Busby (D) : . Ross A. Collins (D) : . T. Webber Wilson (D) : . Percy E. Quin (D) : . James W. Collier (D)


Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

: . Milton A. Romjue (D) : . Ralph F. Lozier (D) : . Jacob L. Milligan (D) : . Charles L. Faust (R), until December 17, 1928 :: David W. Hopkins (R), from February 5, 1929 : . George H. Combs Jr. (D) : . Clement C. Dickinson (D) : . Samuel C. Major (D) : . William L. Nelson (D) : .
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 Appropr ...
(D) : . Henry F. Niedringhaus (R) : . John J. Cochran (D) : . Leonidas C. Dyer (R) : . Clyde Williams (D) : . James F. Fulbright (D) : . Joe J. Manlove (R) : . Thomas L. Rubey (D), until November 2, 1928


Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

: . John M. Evans (D) : . Scott Leavitt (R)


Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

: . John H. Morehead (D) : . Willis G. Sears (R) : . Edgar Howard (D) : . John N. Norton (D) : .
Ashton C. Shallenberger Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger (December 23, 1862 – February 22, 1938) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and the List of governors of Nebraska, 15th Governor of Nebraska from 1909 to 1911. Early life and ed ...
(D) : . Robert G. Simmons (R)


Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

: . Samuel S. Arentz (R)


New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

: . Fletcher Hale (R) : . Edward H. Wason (R)


New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

: . Charles A. Wolverton (R) : . Isaac Bacharach (R) : . Harold G. Hoffman (R) : . Charles A. Eaton (R) : . Ernest R. Ackerman (R) : . Randolph Perkins (R) : . George N. Seger (R) : . Paul J. Moore (D) : .
Franklin W. Fort Franklin William Fort (March 30, 1880 – June 20, 1937) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey for three terms from 1925 to 1931. He was the son of Governor of New Jersey John Franklin ...
(R) : . Frederick R. Lehlbach (R) : . Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D) : . Mary T. Norton (D)


New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

: . John Morrow (D)


New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

: . Robert L. Bacon (R) : . John J. Kindred (D) : . George W. Lindsay (D) : . Thomas H. Cullen (D) : . Loring M. Black Jr. (D) : . Andrew L. Somers (D) : . John Quayle (D) : . Patrick J. Carley (D) : . David J. O'Connell (D) : .
Emanuel Celler Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888 – January 15, 1981) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from New York (state), New York who represented parts of the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in the United Stat ...
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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 (FC ...
(D) : .
Samuel Dickstein Samuel Dickstein (February 5, 1885 – April 22, 1954) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Congressional Representative from New York (state), New York (22-year tenure), a New York State Supreme Court Justice, and a Soviet Union, ...
(D) : . Christopher D. Sullivan (D) : . William I. Sirovich (D) : . John J. Boylan (D) : . John J. O'Connor (D) : . William W. Cohen (D) : .
John F. Carew John Francis Carew (April 16, 1873 – April 10, 1951) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1913 to 1929. He was a nephew of Thomas Francis Magner. Biography Born in Williams ...
(D) : . Sol Bloom (D) : . Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R) : . Royal H. Weller (D), until March 1, 1929 : . Anthony J. Griffin (D) : . Frank Oliver (D) : . James M. Fitzpatrick (D) : . J. Mayhew Wainwright (R) : . Hamilton Fish III (R) : . Harcourt J. Pratt (R) : . Parker Corning (D) : . James S. Parker (R) : . Frank Crowther (R) : . Bertrand H. Snell (R) : . Thaddeus C. Sweet (R), until May 1, 1928 :: Francis D. Culkin (R), from November 6, 1928 : . Frederick M. Davenport (R) : . John D. Clarke (R) : . Walter W. Magee (R), until May 25, 1927 :: Clarence E. Hancock (R), from November 8, 1927 : . John Taber (R) : . Gale H. Stalker (R) : . Meyer Jacobstein (D) : . Archie D. Sanders (R) : . S. Wallace Dempsey (R) : . Clarence MacGregor (R), until December 31, 1928 : . James M. Mead (D) : . Daniel A. Reed (R)


North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

: . Lindsay C. Warren (D) : . John H. Kerr (D) : . Charles L. Abernethy (D) : . Edward W. Pou (D) : . Charles M. Stedman (D) : . Homer L. Lyon (D) : . William C. Hammer (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) : . Zebulon Weaver (D)


North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...

: . Olger B. Burtness (R) : . Thomas Hall (R) : . James H. Sinclair (R)


Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

: . Nicholas Longworth (R) : . Vacant, until November 7, 1927 :: Charles J. Tatgenhorst Jr. (R), from November 8, 1927 : . Roy G. Fitzgerald (R) : .
William T. Fitzgerald William Thomas Fitzgerald (October 13, 1858 – January 12, 1939) was an American educator, physician, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1925 to 1929. Biography Born in Greenville, Ohio, Fitzgerald att ...
(R) : . Charles J. Thompson (R) : . Charles C. Kearns (R) : . Charles Brand (R) : . Thomas B. Fletcher (D) : . William W. Chalmers (R) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Mell G. Underwood (D) : . John C. Speaks (R) : . James T. Begg (R) : .
Martin L. Davey Martin Luther Davey (July 25, 1884March 31, 1946) was an American U.S. Democratic Party, Democratic politician from Ohio. After serving in the US House of Representatives , U.S. House of Representatives, he served as the 53rd governor of Ohio. ...
(D) : . C. Ellis Moore (R) : . John McSweeney (D) : . William M. Morgan (R) : . B. Frank Murphy (R) : . John G. Cooper (R) : . Charles A. Mooney (D) : .
Robert Crosser Robert Crosser (June 7, 1874 – June 3, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served 19 terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio. He remains the longest-serving member of the United States Hous ...
(D) : . Theodore E. Burton (R), until December 15, 1928


Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

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Everette B. Howard Everette Burgess Howard (September 19, 1873 – April 3, 1950) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. Biography Born in Morgantown, Kentucky, Howard was the son of Addison A. an ...
(D) : . William W. Hastings (D) : . Wilburn Cartwright (D) : . Tom D. McKeown (D) : . Fletcher B. Swank (D) : . Jed J. Johnson (D) : . James V. McClintic (D) : . Milton C. Garber (R)


Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

: . Willis C. Hawley (R) : . Nicholas J. Sinnott (R), until May 31, 1928 :: Robert R. Butler (R), from November 6, 1928 : . Maurice E. Crumpacker (R), until July 24, 1927 :: Franklin F. Korell (R), from October 18, 1927


Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: . James M. Hazlett (R), until October 20, 1927 ::
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), from November 8, 1927 : . George S. Graham (R) : . Harry C. Ransley (R) : . Benjamin M. Golder (R) : . James J. Connolly (R) : . George A. Welsh (R) : . George P. Darrow (R) : . Thomas S. Butler (R), until May 26, 1928 :: James Wolfenden (R), from November 6, 1928 : . Henry W. Watson (R) : . William W. Griest (R) : . Laurence H. Watres (R) : . John J. Casey (D) : . Cyrus M. Palmer (R) : . Robert G. Bushong (R) : . Louis T. McFadden (R) : . Edgar R. Kiess (R) : . Frederick W. Magrady (R) : . Edward M. Beers (R) : . Isaac H. Doutrich (R) : . James R. Leech (R) : . J. Banks Kurtz (R) : . Franklin Menges (R) : . J. Mitchell Chase (R) : . Samuel A. Kendall (R) : . Henry W. Temple (R) : . J. Howard Swick (R) : . Nathan L. Strong (R) : . Thomas C. Cochran (R) : . Milton W. Shreve (R) : . Everett Kent (D) : . Adam M. Wyant (R) : . Stephen Geyer Porter, Stephen G. Porter (R) : . Melville Clyde Kelly, M. Clyde Kelly (R) : . John M. Morin (R) : . Harry Allison Estep, Harry A. Estep (R) : . Guy Edgar Campbell, Guy E. Campbell (R)


List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Clark Burdick (R) : . Richard S. Aldrich (R) : . Louis Monast (R)


List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . Thomas S. McMillan (D) : . Butler B. Hare (D) : . Frederick H. Dominick, Fred H. Dominick (D) : . John J. McSwain (D) : . William Francis Stevenson, William F. Stevenson (D) : . Allard H. Gasque (D) : . Hampton P. Fulmer (D)


List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Charles A. Christopherson (R) : . Royal C. Johnson (R) : . William Williamson (South Dakota), William Williamson (R)


List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . B. Carroll Reece (R) : . J. Will Taylor (R) : . Sam D. McReynolds, Samuel D. McReynolds (D) : . Cordell Hull (D) : . Ewin L. Davis (D) : . Joseph W. Byrns (D) : . Edward Everett Eslick, Edward E. Eslick (D) : . Gordon Browning (D) : . Finis J. Garrett (D) : . Hubert Fisher (D)


List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Eugene Black (texas politician), Eugene Black (D) : . John C. Box (D) : . Morgan G. Sanders (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Hatton W. Sumners (D) : . Luther Alexander Johnson (D) : . Clay Stone Briggs (D) : . Daniel E. Garrett (D) : . Joseph J. Mansfield (D) : . James P. Buchanan (D) : . Tom Connally, Tom T. Connally (D) : . Fritz G. Lanham (D) : . Guinn Williams (Texas politician), Guinn Williams (D) : . Harry M. Wurzbach (R) : . John Nance Garner (D) : . Claude Benton Hudspeth, Claude B. Hudspeth (D) : . Thomas L. Blanton (D) : . John Marvin Jones (D)


List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Don B. Colton (R) : . Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)


List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Elbert S. Brigham (R) : . Ernest Willard Gibson (R)


List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . S. Otis Bland (D) : . Joseph T. Deal (D) : . Andrew Jackson Montague (D) : . Patrick H. Drewry (D) : . Joseph Whitehead (Congressman), Joseph Whitehead (D) : . Clifton A. Woodrum (D) : . Thomas W. Harrison (D) : . R. Walton Moore (D) : . George C. Peery (D) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)


List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . John Franklin Miller (Washington representative), John F. Miller (R) : . Lindley H. Hadley (R) : . Albert Johnson (congressman), Albert Johnson (R) : . John W. Summers (R) : . Samuel B. Hill (Washington politician), Samuel B. Hill (D)


List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Carl G. Bachmann (R) : . Frank L. Bowman (R) : . William Smith O'Brien (Congressman), William S. O'Brien (D) : . James Anthony Hughes (R) : . James F. Strother (West Virginia politician), James F. Strother (R) : . Edward T. England (R)


List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Charles A. Kading (R) : . John M. Nelson (R) : . John C. Schafer (R) : . Victor L. Berger (S) : . Florian Lampert (R) : . Joseph D. Beck (R) : . Edward E. Browne (R) : . George J. Schneider (R) : . James A. Frear (R) : . Hubert H. Peavey (R)


List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Charles E. Winter (R)


Non-voting members

: . Daniel Sutherland (R) : . Victor S. K. Houston (R) : . Isauro Gabaldon (Nacionalista Party, Nac.), until July 16, 1928 : . Pedro Guevara (Nacionalista Party, Nac.) : . Félix Córdova Dávila


Changes in membership

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


Senate

, - ,
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

(3) , Vacant , Election of William Scott Vare, William S. Vare was not certified by the governor and the Senate refused to seat him. , Vacant , Seat remained vacant until the next Congress. , - ,
Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

(3) , Vacant , Senator-elect Frank L. Smith was not permitted to qualify and resigned February 9, 1928.
Successor 1928 United States Senate special election in Illinois, elected November 6, 1928. , nowrap , Otis F. Glenn (R) , December 3, 1928 , - ,
New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

(1) , , Andrieus A. Jones (D) , Died December 20, 1927.
Successor appointed December 29, 1927.
Successor was later not elected to finish the term, see below. , , Bronson M. Cutting (R) , December 29, 1927 , - ,
Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

(1) , , Woodbridge N. Ferris (D) , Died March 23, 1928.
Successor appointed March 31, 1928.
Successor was then 1928 United States Senate special election in Michigan, elected November 6, 1928, to finish the term. , , Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) , March 31, 1928 , - ,
Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

(3) , , Frank B. Willis (R) , Died March 30, 1928.
Successor appointed April 4, 1928.
Successor was later not elected to finish the term, see below. , , Cyrus Locher (D) , April 4, 1928 , - ,
Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

(3) , nowrap , Frank R. Gooding (R) , Died June 24, 1928.
Successor was appointed to continue the term.
Successor was then 1928 United States Senate special election in Idaho, elected November 6, 1928, to finish the term. , nowrap , John Thomas (R) , June 30, 1928 , - ,
New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

(1) , , Bronson M. Cutting (R) , Appointee did not run to finish the term.
Successor 1928 United States Senate special election in New Mexico, elected November 6, 1928. , , Octaviano A. Larrazolo (R) , December 7, 1928 , - ,
Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

(3) , , Cyrus Locher (D) , Appointee lost nomination to finish term.
Successor 1928 United States Senate special election in Ohio, elected November 6, 1928. , , Theodore E. Burton (R) , December 15, 1928 , - ,
Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

(2) , , T. Coleman du Pont (R) , Resigned December 9, 1928.
Successor appointed December 10, 1928, to finish the term. , nowrap , Daniel O. Hastings (R) , December 10, 1928


House of Representatives

* Replacements: 15 ** Democratic: 1 seat net gain ** Republican: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 16 * Resignations: 7 * Total seats with changes: 23


Committees


Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Charles L. McNary; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Francis E. Warren Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union ...
; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Charles S. Deneen; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Peter Norbeck; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman: Porter H. Dale; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Robert B. Howell; Ranking Member:
Park Trammell Park Monroe Trammell (April 9, 1876 – May 8, 1936) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida. Trammell represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1936. As chair of the Senate Naval Aff ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Arthur Capper; Ranking Member: William H. King) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: James Couzens; Ranking Member: Andrieus A. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Frank L. Greene; Ranking Member: Coleman L. Blease) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: Frederic M. Sackett; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) * Illegal Appointments in Civil Service (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman: Hiram W. Johnson; Ranking Member: William H. King) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Lynn J. Frazier; Ranking Member: Henry F. Ashurst) * United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Walter Evans Edge; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: James Eli Watson; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith) * United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Lawrence C. Phipps; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: George W. Norris; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Simeon D. Fess; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: George P. McLean; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Mexican Propaganda, Mexican Propaganda (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: David A. Reed; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Tasker L. Oddie; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Jesse H. Metcalf; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Arthur R. Robinson; Ranking Member: Peter Gerry) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George H. Moses; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar) * United States Senate Special Committee on Presidential Campaign Expenditures, Presidential Campaign Expenditures (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Hiram Bingham III, Hiram Bingham; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Samuel M. Shortridge; Ranking Member: William H. King) * United States Senate Special Committee on Propaganda or Money Alleged Used by Foreign Governments, Propaganda or Money Alleged Used by Foreign Governments (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Henry W. Keyes; Ranking Member: James A. Reed) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Gerald P. Nye; Ranking Member: Key Pittman) * United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Charles Curtis Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under President Herbert Hoover. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1924 to 1929. An enrolled member of the Kaw Natio ...
; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman) * United States Senate Select Committee on Senatorial Elections, Senatorial Elections (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Commission, Tariff Commission (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories and Insular Possessions (Chairman: Frank B. Willis; Ranking Member: Key Pittman) * Committee of the whole, Whole


House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: Clarence MacGregor; Ranking Member: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: James Benjamin Aswell, James B. Aswell) * United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Martin B. Madden Martin Barnaby Madden (March 21, 1855 – April 27, 1928) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. He belonged to the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. As of 2023, he is the last non-A ...
; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Byrns) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Louis T. McFadden; Ranking Member: Otis Wingo) * United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: E. Hart Fenn; Ranking Member:
John E. Rankin John Elliott Rankin (March 29, 1882 – November 26, 1960) was a Democratic politician from Mississippi who served sixteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1921 to 1953. He was co-author of the bill for the Tennessee Valley ...
) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick R. Lehlbach; Ranking Member: John C. Box) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Charles L. Underhill; Ranking Member:
Lamar Jeffers Lamar Jeffers (April 16, 1888 – June 1, 1983) was an American World War I veteran and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Alabama from 1921 to 1935. Biography Born in Anniston, Alabama, Jeffers attended public s ...
) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Randolph Perkins; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey) * United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Edward H. Wason; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Frederick N. Zihlman; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Daniel A. Reed; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey) * 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: Hays B. White; Ranking Member:
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) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Don B. Colton; Ranking Member: Edward Eslick) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Bird J. Vincent; Ranking Member: Gordon Browning) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Charles L. Gifford; Ranking Member: Guinn Williams) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Guy E. Campbell; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Blanton) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: William Williamson (American politician), William Williamson; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham) * United States House Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control (Chairman: Frank R. Reid; Ranking Member: Riley J. Wilson) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Stephen G. Porter; Ranking Member: J. Charles Linthicum) * United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Albert W. Johnson; Ranking Member: Adolph J. Sabath) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Scott Leavitt; Ranking Member: William J. Sears) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: Edgar R. Kiess; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: James S. Parker; Ranking Member: Sam Rayburn) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
William T. Fitzgerald William Thomas Fitzgerald (October 13, 1858 – January 12, 1939) was an American educator, physician, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1925 to 1929. Biography Born in Greenville, Ohio, Fitzgerald att ...
; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Addison T. Smith; Ranking Member: Claude Benton Hudspeth, C.B. Hudspeth) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: George S. Graham; Ranking Member: Hatton W. Sumners) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: William F. Kopp; Ranking Member: William P. Connery Jr.) * United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Robert Luce; Ranking Member: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Wallace H. White Jr.; Ranking Member: Ewin L. Davis) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John M. Morin; Ranking Member: Percy E. Quin) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: John M. Robsion; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Greenwood) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member:
Carl Vinson Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democrati ...
) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Albert H. Vestal; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Harold Knutson Harold Knutson (October 20, 1880 – August 21, 1953) was an American politician and journalist who represented Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1949 as a member of the Republican Party. From 1919 to 1923 ...
; Ranking Member: William C. Hammer) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William W. Griest; Ranking Member: Thomas Montgomery Bell, Thomas M. Bell) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Edward M. Beers; Ranking Member: William F. Stevenson) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard N. Elliott; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Nicholas J. Sinnott; Ranking Member: John M. Evans) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: Roy G. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Alfred L. Bulwinkle) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: S. Wallace Dempsey; Ranking Member: Joseph J. Mansfield) * United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman: Cassius C. Dowell; Ranking Member: Edward B. Almon) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Bertrand H. Snell; Ranking Member: Edward W. Pou) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Charles F. Curry; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: James G. Strong; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: William R. Green; Ranking Member: John N. Garner) * United States House Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: Royal C. Johnson; Ranking Member: Alfred L. Bulwinkle) * 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 * Harriman Geographic Code System * United States Congress Joint Committee on Investigation of Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants, Investigation of Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants * United States Congress Joint Committee to Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners, Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners (Chairman: Rep. George S. Graham) * United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate Northern Pacific Lands, Investigate Northern Pacific Lands (Chairman: Rep. Nicholas J. Sinnott) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen. Simeon D. Fess) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. George H. Moses) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. William R. Green) * United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate the Salaries of Officers and Employees of the Senate and the House, To Investigate the Salaries of Officers and Employees of the Senate and the House


Caucuses

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


Officers


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

* Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn (architect), David Lynn * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver, from 1928 * Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl * Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam * Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter


Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: John J. Muir, (Baptists in the United States, Baptist), until December 5, 1927 ** ZeBarney T. Phillips (Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopal), from December 5, 1927 * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Edwin Pope Thayer, Edwin P. Thayer * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry


House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James S. Montgomery (Methodism, Methodist) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: William T. Page * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler, from 1928 * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Frank W. Collier


See also

* 1926 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1926 United States Senate elections ** 1926 United States House of Representatives elections * 1928 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1928 United States presidential election ** 1928 United States Senate elections ** 1928 United States House of Representatives elections


Notes


References

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External links


Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress




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