The 61st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is 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.
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, from March 4, 1909, to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of
William H. Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) served as the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices. ...
'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 was based on the
1900 United States census
The 1900 United States census, conducted by the Census Office on June 1, 1900, determined the resident population of the United States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.01% from the 62,979,766 persons enumerated during the 1890 census. It w ...
. Both chambers had a
Republican majority.
Major events
* March 4, 1909:
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) served as the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices. ...
became
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
.
Major legislation
* August 5, 1909 –
Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act
The Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909 (ch. 6, 36 Stat. 11), named for Representative Sereno E. Payne (R– NY) and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich (R– RI), began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill raising certain tariffs on ...
, ch. 6,
* May 16, 1910:
Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910, ch. 240,
* June 1, 1910:
Height of Buildings Act of 1910
The Height of Buildings Act of 1910 was an Act of Congress passed by the 61st United States Congress on June 1, 1910 to limit the height of buildings in the District of Columbia, amending the Height of Buildings Act of 1899. The new height re ...
, ch. 263,
* June 18, 1910:
Mann–Elkins Act
The Mann–Elkins Act, also called the Railway Rate Act of 1910, was a United States federal law that strengthened the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) over railroad rates. The law also expanded the ICC's jurisdiction to inc ...
, ch. 309,
* June 25, 1910:
Mann Act
The Mann Act, previously called the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910, is a United States federal law, passed June 25, 1910 (ch. 395, ; ''codified as amended at'' ). It is named after Congressman James Robert Mann (Illinois politician), James Rob ...
, ch. 395,
* March 3, 1911:
Judicial Code of 1911
The Judicial Code of 1911 () abolished the United States circuit courts and transferred their trial jurisdiction to the U.S. district courts.
In 1911, the United States Congress created a single code encompassing all statutes related to the judic ...
, ch. 231,
Constitutional amendments
*July 12, 1909: Approved an amendment to the
United States Constitution
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allowing the Congress to levy an
income tax
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without
apportioning it among the states or basing it on the
United States Census
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, and submitted it to the
state legislatures for
ratification
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** Amendment was later ratified on February 3, 1913, becoming the
Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population. It was passed by Congress in 1909 in response to the 1895 ...
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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*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 ...
:
James S. Sherman
James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was the 27th vice president of the United States, serving from 1909 until his death in 1912, under President William Howard Taft. A member of the Republican Party (United States), ...
(R)
*
President pro tempore:
William P. Frye (R)
*
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 ...
:
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebr ...
*
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 ...
:
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 ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Hernando Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi, the son of Peirson and Triphena Money. He was named after the Spanish ex ...
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Robert Latham Owen
Robert Latham Owen Jr. (February 2, 1856 – July 19, 1947) was one of the first two U.S. senators from Oklahoma. He served in the Senate between 1907 and 1925.
Born into affluent circumstances in antebellum Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of a r ...
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
Speaker most commonly refers to:
* Speaker, a person who produces speech
* Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound
** Computer speakers
Speaker, Speakers, or The Speaker may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* "Speaker" (song), by David ...
:
Joseph Gurney Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and a leader of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Rep ...
(R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
*
Majority Leader:
Sereno E. Payne
*
Majority 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 a ...
:
John W. Dwight
*
Republican Conference Chairman
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:
Frank Dunklee Currier
Minority (Democratic) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Champ Clark
James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 36th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919. He was the only Democrat to serve as speaker during the P ...
*
Minority Whip
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Whips ...
: vacant
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr.
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (February 10, 1857 – December 21, 1929) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and the United States ...
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
James Tilghman Lloyd
James Tilghman Lloyd (August 28, 1857 – April 3, 1944) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1909.
Lloyd was born in Canton, Missouri ...
Members
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Senate
At this time, most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914.
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.
John H. Bankhead (D)
: 3.
Joseph F. Johnston (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.
Jeff Davis Jeffrey, Geoffrey, Jeff, or Geoff Davis may refer to:
Politics
*Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America
*Jeff Davis (Arkansas governor) (1862–1913), U.S. Senator and 20th Governor of Arkansas
* Jeffrey O. Da ...
(D)
: 3.
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician from the Arkansas Delta during the Progressive Era. He served in public office over a period of almost 30 years, rising from the Arkansas General Assemb ...
(D)
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.
Frank P. Flint
Frank Putnam Flint (July 15, 1862 – February 11, 1929) was a United States Senate, United States senator from California from 1905 to 1911.
Early life
Frank Putnam Flint was born on July 15, 1862, in North Reading, Massachusetts, to Althea L ...
(R)
: 3.
George C. Perkins (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.
Simon Guggenheim
John Simon Guggenheim (December 30, 1867 – November 2, 1941) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist.
Early life and education
Guggenheim was born in Philadelphia of Jewish descent on December 30, 1867, the son of Meyer Gu ...
(R)
: 3.
Charles J. Hughes Jr. (D), until January 11, 1911
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.
Morgan G. Bulkeley (R)
: 3.
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life and education
Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brand ...
(R)
Delaware
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.
Henry A. du Pont
Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the beginn ...
(R)
: 2.
Harry A. Richardson
Harry Alden Richardson (January 1, 1853 – June 16, 1928) was an American businessman and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, and was U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early life and family
Rich ...
(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 ...
: 1.
James P. Taliaferro (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.
Augustus O. Bacon (D)
: 3.
Alexander S. Clay (D), until November 10, 1910
::
Joseph M. Terrell (D), from November 17, 1910
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.
Weldon B. Heyburn (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 ...
: 2.
Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and as the 17th Governor of Illinois. He was Illinois's longest serving s ...
(R)
: 3.
William Lorimer (R), from June 18, 1909
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.
Albert J. Beveridge
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (October 6, 1862 – April 27, 1927) was an American historian and United States Senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Ab ...
(R)
: 3.
Benjamin F. Shively (D)
Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
: 2.
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (February 6, 1858October 15, 1910) was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century.Thomas Richard Ross, ''Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver: A Study in Political Inte ...
(R), until October 15, 1910
::
Lafayette Young
Lafayette "Lafe" Young (May 10, 1848November 15, 1926) was a newspaper reporter and editor, and a Republican Senator from Iowa.
Early life and education
Young was born in Monroe County, Iowa. His early education was acquired in the public s ...
(R), from November 12, 1910
: 3.
Albert B. Cummins (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.
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)
: 3.
Joseph L. Bristow
Joseph Little Bristow (July 22, 1861 – July 14, 1944) was a Republican politician from the American state of Kansas. Elected in 1908, Bristow served a single term in the United States Senate where he gained recognition for his support of sever ...
(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.
Thomas H. Paynter (D)
: 3.
William O. Bradley
William O'Connell Bradley (March 18, 1847May 23, 1914) was an American politician from the state of Kentucky. He served as the 32nd Governor of Kentucky and was later elected by the state legislature as a U.S. senator from that state. The fir ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Murphy J. Foster
Murphy James Foster (January 12, 1849June 12, 1921) was the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, an office he held for two terms from 1892 to 1900. Foster supported the Louisiana Constitution of 1898, which effectively disfranchised ...
(D)
: 3.
Samuel D. McEnery (D), until June 10, 1910
::
John Thornton (D), from December 10, 1910
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.
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebr ...
(R)
: 2.
William P. Frye (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.
Isidor Rayner
Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to 1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and ...
(D)
: 3.
John W. Smith (D)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
: 1.
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the United States ...
(R)
: 2.
Winthrop M. Crane (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.
Julius C. Burrows
Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Early life and education
Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania, and moved then with his parents to Ashta ...
(R)
: 2.
William Alden Smith (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
: 1.
Moses E. Clapp (R)
: 2.
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was a Norway, Norwegian-born United States, American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served in sta ...
(R)
Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
: 1.
Hernando D. Money (D)
: 2.
Anselm J. McLaurin (D), until December 22, 1909
::
James Gordon (D), December 27, 1909 – February 22, 1910
::
LeRoy Percy
LeRoy Percy (November 9, 1860December 24, 1929) was an American attorney, planter, and Democratic politician who served as a United States Senator from the state of Mississippi from 1910 to 1913.
Percy was a grandson of Charles "Don Carlos" Pe ...
(D), from February 23, 1910
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.
William Warner (R)
: 3.
William J. Stone (D)
Montana
Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...
: 1.
Thomas H. Carter (R)
: 2.
Joseph M. Dixon (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 ...
: 1.
Elmer J. Burkett
Elmer Jacob Burkett (December 1, 1867May 23, 1935) was an American educator, lawyer and politician who served six terms as a representative and a senator from Nebraska from 1899 to 1911.
Early life and career
Burkett was born on a farm near G ...
(R)
: 2.
Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
(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.
George S. Nixon
George Stuart Nixon (April 2, 1860 – June 5, 1912) was an American entrepreneur and politician who served as a member of the United States Senate from Nevada.
Early life
He was born in Newcastle, California. He went to work for a railroad co ...
(R)
: 3.
Francis G. Newlands (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
: 2.
Henry E. Burnham (R)
: 3.
Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
: 1.
John Kean Jr. (R)
: 2.
Frank O. Briggs (R)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
New York may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* ...
: 1.
Chauncey M. Depew (R)
: 3.
Elihu A. Root (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 ...
: 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.
Porter J. McCumber (R)
: 3.
Martin N. Johnson
Martin Nelson Johnson (March 3, 1850October 21, 1909) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States representative and senator from North Dakota.
Early life and education
Born to Norwegian immigrants in Racine County, Wi ...
(R), until October 21, 1909
::
Fountain L. Thompson (D), November 10, 1909 – January 31, 1910
::
William E. Purcell (D), February 1, 1910 – February 1, 1911
::
Asle Gronna
Asle Jorgenson Gronna (December 10, 1858May 4, 1922) was an American politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate from North Dakota. He was one of six senators to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the ...
(R), from February 2, 1911
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.
Charles W. F. Dick
Charles William Frederick Dick (November 3, 1858 – March 13, 1945) was a United States Republican Party, Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, U.S. Senate.
Early l ...
(R)
: 3.
Theodore E. Burton (R)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
: 2.
Robert L. Owen (D)
: 3.
Thomas P. Gore (D)
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
: 2.
Jonathan Bourne Jr.
Jonathan Bourne Jr. (February 23, 1855September 1, 1940) was an American politician, attorney, and businessman. A native of Massachusetts, he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he became a lawyer and an industrialist with holdings in mining, mills ...
(R)
: 3.
George E. Chamberlain (D)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
: 1.
Philander C. Knox
Philander Chase Knox (May 6, 1853October 12, 1921) was an American lawyer, bank director, statesman and Republican Party politician. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1904 to 1909 and 1917 to 1921. He was the 44th Unit ...
(R), until March 4, 1909
::
George T. Oliver (R), from March 17, 1909
: 3.
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. He served as a member of th ...
(R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...
: 1.
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the ...
(R)
: 2.
George P. Wetmore
George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of Rhode Island. He later served as a United States Senator for the same state.
Early life
George Peabody Wetmore was born in Londo ...
(R)
South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
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Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
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Ellison D. Smith (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...
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Robert J. Gamble
Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph A. Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakot ...
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Coe I. Crawford (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 ...
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James B. Frazier (D)
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Robert L. Taylor (D)
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
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Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855 – March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
According to one ...
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Joseph W. Bailey (D)
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
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George Sutherland
George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862July 18, 1942) was a British-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also repre ...
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Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A Republican who was first elected to the U.S. Senate by the Utah State Legislat ...
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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.
Carroll S. Page
Carroll Smalley Page (January 10, 1843December 3, 1925) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the 43rd governor of Vermont and a United States senator.
A native of Westfield, Vermont, Page was the son of a successful farmer ...
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William P. Dillingham (R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
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John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842 – June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and both houses of the United States Con ...
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Claude A. Swanson (D), from August 1, 1910
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Thomas S. Martin (D)
Washington
Washington most commonly refers to:
* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A ...
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Samuel H. Piles
Samuel Henry Piles (December 28, 1858March 11, 1940) was an American politician, attorney, and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Washington (U.S. state), Washington.
Early life
Piles was born near Smithland, Kentucky, the son ...
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Wesley L. Jones (R)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
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Nathan B. Scott
Nathan Bay Scott (December 18, 1842January 2, 1924) was a United States senator from West Virginia.
Biography
Born near Quaker City, Ohio, he attended the common schools and engaged in mining near Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1859 to 1862. ...
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Stephen B. Elkins (R), until January 4, 1911
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Davis Elkins (R), January 9, 1911 – January 31, 1911
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Clarence W. Watson
Clarence Wayland Watson (May 8, 1864May 24, 1940) was a Coal mine, coal mining "baron" from West Virginia. Watson organized several coal companies that became the Consolidation Coal Company , Consolidation Coal and Mining Companies in West Virg ...
(D), from February 1, 1911
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
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Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R)
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Isaac Stephenson
Isaac Stephenson (June 18, 1829March 15, 1918) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented Wisconsin as a United States senator from 1907 to 1915, and served three terms in the U.S. House of Represe ...
(R)
Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
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Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as bo ...
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Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union ...
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House of Representatives
Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
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George W. Taylor (D)
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S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)
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Henry D. Clayton (D)
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William B. Craig
William Benjamin Craig (November 2, 1877 – November 27, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Selma, Alabama, Craig attended the public and high schools of Selma and was graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland ...
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J. Thomas Heflin (D)
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Richmond P. Hobson (D)
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John L. Burnett (D)
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William N. Richardson (D)
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Oscar Underwood
Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an United States of America, American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designa ...
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...
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Robert B. Macon
Robert Bruce Macon (July 6, 1859 – October 9, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1903 to 1913.
Biography
Macon was born near Trenton, Arkansas, and was left an orp ...
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William A. Oldfield
William Allan Oldfield (February 4, 1874 – November 19, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1909 until his death.
Early life
Born in Franklin, Arkansas, Oldfield was the son of ...
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John C. Floyd (D)
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William B. Cravens (D)
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Charles C. Reid
Charles Chester Reid (June 15, 1868 – May 20, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1901 to 1911.
Early life and career
Born in Clarksville, Arkansas, Reid attended t ...
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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, ...
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Robert M. Wallace (D)
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
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William F. Englebright (R)
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Duncan E. McKinlay (R)
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Joseph R. Knowland (R)
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Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to:
*Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete
*Julius Kahn (congressman) (1861–1924), United States congressman
{{Hndis, Kahn, Julius ...
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Everis A. Hayes (R)
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James C. Needham (R)
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James McLachlan (R)
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Sylvester C. Smith (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 ...
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Atterson Walden Rucker (D)
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John A. Martin (D)
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Edward T. Taylor (D)
Connecticut
Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
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E. Stevens Henry
Edward Stevens Henry (February 10, 1836 – October 10, 1921) was an American businessman and politician from Connecticut who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, United S ...
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Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
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Edwin W. Higgins (R)
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Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
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John Q. Tilson (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 ...
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William H. Heald (R)
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
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Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
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Frank Clark (D)
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Dannite H. Mays (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 ...
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Charles G. Edwards
Charles Gordon Edwards (July 2, 1878 – July 13, 1931) was an American lawyer and political figure from the state of Georgia, serving a total of 8 terms over two separate stints in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1907 and 1931. ...
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James M. Griggs
James Mathews Griggs (March 29, 1861 – January 5, 1910) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.
Born in Lagrange, Georgia, Griggs attended the common schools and was graduated from ...
(D), until January 5, 1910
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Seaborn Roddenbery (D), from February 6, 1910
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Dudley M. Hughes
Dudley Mays Hughes (October 10, 1848 – January 20, 1927) was an American politician, farmer and railroad executive.
Hughes was born in Jeffersonville, Georgia, Jeffersonville, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, and attended the University of G ...
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William C. Adamson
William Charles Adamson (August 13, 1854 – January 3, 1929) was a United States representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, an United States federal judge, Associate Justice of the United States Customs Court and a member of the Board of ...
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Leonidas F. Livingston (D)
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Charles L. Bartlett Charles Bartlett may refer to:
Artists
* Charles W. Bartlett (1860–1940), English painter and printmaker
* Charles Bartlett (artist) (1921–2014), British artist
Athletes
* Charles Henry Bartlett (cyclist) (1885–1968), British track cyclist
* ...
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Gordon Lee (D)
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William M. Howard
William Marcellus Howard (December 6, 1857 – July 5, 1932) was a noted jurist and politician from the United States, American state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.
Life
Howard was born in Berwick, Louisiana and moved to Georgia with his ...
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Thomas Montgomery Bell
Thomas Montgomery Bell (March 17, 1861 – March 18, 1941) was an American politician who served as House majority whip from 1913 to 1915.
Bell was born in Nacoochee Valley, near Cleveland, Georgia. He graduated from Moore's Business Unive ...
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Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
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William G. Brantley (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), ...
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Thomas Ray Hamer
Thomas Ray Hamer (May 4, 1864 – December 22, 1950) was a United States Representative from Idaho. Hamer served as a single term as a Republican in the House from 1909 to 1911, representing the state at-large. Hamer attended Hedding Colleg ...
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Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
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Martin B. Madden
Martin Barnaby Madden (March 21, 1855 – April 27, 1928) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. He belonged to the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. As of 2023, he is the last non-A ...
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James R. Mann (R)
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William W. Wilson (R)
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James T. McDermott (D)
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Adolph J. Sabath (D)
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William Lorimer (R), until June 17, 1909
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William J. Moxley (R), from November 23, 1909
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Frederick Lundin
Frederick Lundin (born Fredrik Lundin Larsson; May 18, 1868 – August 20, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a Republican Party ward boss in Chicago. He played an instrumental role in the successful mayoral elections of Wil ...
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Thomas Gallagher (D)
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Henry S. Boutell
Henry Sherman Boutell (March 14, 1856 – March 11, 1926) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He became a Congressman from Illinois, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal by President William Howard Taft.
Biography ...
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George E. Foss (R)
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Howard M. Snapp (R)
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Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller (March 31, 1849 – June 25, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near Belvidere, Illinois, Fuller attended the common schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice ...
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Frank O. Lowden
Frank Orren Lowden (January 26, 1861 – March 20, 1943) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Representative from Illinois. He was also a candidate for the Republican pre ...
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James McKinney
James McKinney (April 14, 1852 – September 29, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Oquawka, Illinois, McKinney attended the public schools of Lewis County High School and was given the nickname of "Downey" from ...
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George W. Prince
George Washington Prince (March 4, 1854 – September 26, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878 ...
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Joseph V. Graff (R)
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John A. Sterling (R)
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Joseph G. Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and a leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three non ...
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William B. McKinley (R)
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Henry T. Rainey (D)
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James M. Graham (D)
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William A. Rodenberg (R)
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Martin D. Foster (D)
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Pleasant T. Chapman
Pleasant Thomas Chapman (October 8, 1854 – January 31, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm near Vienna, Illinois, Chapman attended the public schools, and then went to McKendree College, in Lebanon, Illinois. Chapm ...
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Napoleon B. Thistlewood (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 ...
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John W. Boehne
John William Boehne (October 28, 1856 – December 27, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, father of John W. Boehne Jr.
Biography
Born in Scott Township, Indiana, Boehne attended the district schools, the German parochial school of t ...
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William A. Cullop (D)
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William E. Cox
William Elijah Cox (September 6, 1861 – March 11, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1907 to 1919.
Early life and career
Born on a farm near Birdseye, Indiana, Cox att ...
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Lincoln Dixon (D)
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Ralph Wilbur Moss
Ralph Wilbur Moss (April 21, 1862 – April 26, 1919) was a U.S. representative from Indiana.
Born in Center Point, Indiana, Moss was educated in the common schools of the township and attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, ...
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William O. Barnard (R)
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Charles A. Korbly
Charles Alexander Korbly (March 24, 1871 – July 26, 1937) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1909 to 1915.
Early life
Charles Alexander Korbly was born on March 24, 1871, in ...
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John A. M. Adair (D)
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Martin A. Morrison (D)
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Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
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George W. Rauch (D)
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Cyrus Cline (D)
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Henry A. Barnhart
Henry A. Barnhart (September 11, 1858 – March 26, 1934) was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1908 to 1919.
Biography
Born near Twelve Mile, Indiana, Barnhart attended the common sch ...
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Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
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Charles A. Kennedy (R)
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Albert F. Dawson (R)
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Charles E. Pickett (R)
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Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
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James W. Good
James William Good (September 24, 1866 – November 18, 1929) was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Iowa, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover as Secretary of War. He w ...
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Nathan E. Kendall
Nathan Edward Kendall (March 17, 1868 – November 5, 1936) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician. Kendall was a two-term United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional ...
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John A. T. Hull (R)
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William Darius Jamieson
William Darius Jamieson (November 9, 1873 – November 18, 1949) was a newspaper publisher and a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Iowa's 8th congressional district. Th ...
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Walter I. Smith (R)
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Frank P. Woods
Frank Plowman Woods (December 11, 1868 – April 25, 1944) was a five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district, in north-central Iowa. He reached a House leadership position after only two terms. However, in ...
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Elbert H. Hubbard
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard (August 19, 1849 – June 4, 1912), a second-generation congressman, was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from the now-obsolete 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa.
Born in Rushville, Indiana to ...
(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 ...
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Daniel Read Anthony Jr.
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (August 22, 1870 – August 4, 1931) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and a nephew of suffragist and political leader Susan B. Anthony.
He was the son of newspaper publisher Dan ...
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Charles Frederick Scott (R)
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Philip P. Campbell (R)
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James Monroe Miller
James Monroe Miller (May 6, 1852 – January 20, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Three Springs, Pennsylvania, Miller attended the district school and graduated from Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1875.
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William A. Calderhead (R)
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William A. Reeder (R)
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Edmond H. Madison (R)
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Victor Murdock
Victor Murdock (March 18, 1871 – July 8, 1945) was an American politician and newspaper editor who served as a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Life
Victor Murdock was born in Burlingame, Kansas to ''Marshall Murdock'' – editor of the Osage ...
(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 ...
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Ollie M. James (D)
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Augustus Stanley
Augustus Owsley Stanley I (May 21, 1867 – August 12, 1958) was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 38th governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Repres ...
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Robert Y. Thomas Jr.
Robert Young Thomas Jr. (July 13, 1855 – September 3, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born near Russellville, Kentucky, Thomas attended the common schools, and was graduated from Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, in 187 ...
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Ben Johnson (D)
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J. Swagar Sherley
Joseph Swagar Sherley (November 28, 1871 – February 13, 1941) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Biography
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Sherley attended public schools, graduating from the Louisv ...
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Joseph L. Rhinock (D)
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J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
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Harvey Helm (D)
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Joseph B. Bennett
Joseph Bentley Bennett (April 21, 1859 – November 7, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Greenup County, Kentucky, Bennett attended the common schools and Greenup Academy, Greenup, Kentucky.
He taught in the public school ...
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John W. Langley (R)
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Don C. Edwards (R)
Louisiana
Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...
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Albert Estopinal
Albert Estopinal (January 30, 1845 – April 28, 1919) was an American Civil War veteran who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1908 to 1919.
Biography
Albert Estopinal was born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, o ...
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Samuel Louis Gilmore (D), March 30, 1909 – July 18, 1910
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Henry Garland Dupré
Henry may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters
* Henry (surname)
* Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone
Arts and entertainment ...
(D), from November 8, 1910
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Robert F. Broussard
Robert Foligny Broussard (August 17, 1864 – April 12, 1918) was both a U.S. representative and a U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, the seat of Iberia Parish, to Jean Dorville Broussard, ...
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John Thomas Watkins (D)
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Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
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Robert Charles Wickliffe
Robert Charles Wickliffe (May 1, 1874 – June 11, 1912) was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Biography
Born in Bardstown, Kentucky, while his parents were visiting relatives; he attended the public schoo ...
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Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)
Maine
Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...
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Amos L. Allen (R), until February 20, 1911
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John P. Swasey (R)
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Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
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Frank E. Guernsey (R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
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J. Harry Covington (D)
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J. Frederick C. Talbott
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (July 29, 1843 – October 5, 1918) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman who represented the United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2, second Congressional district of ...
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John Kronmiller (R)
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John Gill Jr. (D)
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Sydney E. Mudd (R)
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George A. Pearre (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 ...
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George P. Lawrence (R)
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Frederick H. Gillett (R)
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Charles G. Washburn (R)
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Charles Q. Tirrell
Charles Quincy Tirrell (December 10, 1844 – July 31, 1910) was a lawyer, educator, and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Sharon, Massachusetts, Tirrell attended public schools and ...
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John Joseph Mitchell
John Joseph Mitchell (May 9, 1873 – September 13, 1925) was a lawyer and politician.
Biography
Mitchell was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, on May 9, 1873. He attended public schools, Boston College, and the Albany Law School. Mitchell ...
(D), from November 8, 1910
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Butler Ames
Butler Ames (August 22, 1871 – November 6, 1954) was an American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman. He was the son of Adelbert Ames and grandson of Benjamin Franklin Butler, both decorated generals in the Union Army during the Am ...
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Augustus P. Gardner
Augustus Peabody Gardner (November 5, 1865 – January 14, 1918) was an American military officer and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the North Shore region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of R ...
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Ernest W. Roberts
Ernest William Roberts (November 22, 1858 – February 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in East Madison, Maine, Roberts attended the public schools in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
He was graduated from Highland Milit ...
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Samuel W. McCall (R)
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John A. Keliher (D)
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Joseph F. O'Connell
Joseph Francis O'Connell (December 7, 1872 – December 10, 1942) was an American lawyer, academic, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Boston, Massachusetts from 1907 to 1911.
Early life and education
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Andrew J. Peters (D)
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John W. Weeks (R)
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William S. Greene
William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
William S. Greene was born in Tremont, Illinois on April 28, 1841. He moved with his parents to Fall River, Massach ...
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William C. Lovering
William Croad Lovering (February 25, 1835 – February 4, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Lovering moved with his parents to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1837.
He attended the Cambr ...
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Eugene Foss
Eugene Noble Foss (September 24, 1858 – September 13, 1939) was an American politician and manufacturer from Massachusetts. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and served as a three-term governor of Massachusetts.
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(D), March 22, 1910 – January 4, 1911
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
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Edwin C. Denby (R)
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Charles E. Townsend (R)
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Washington Gardner (R)
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Edward L. Hamilton (R)
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Gerrit J. Diekema
Gerrit John Diekema (March 27, 1859 – December 20, 1930) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwe ...
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Samuel W. Smith (R)
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Henry McMorran (R)
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Joseph W. Fordney (R)
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James C. McLaughlin (R)
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George A. Loud
Colonel George Alvin Loud (June 18, 1852 – November 13, 1925) was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Loud was born in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio, and moved with his parents ( Henry M. Loud and Vilitta K ...
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Francis H. Dodds
Francis Henry Dodds (June 9, 1858 – December 23, 1940), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Dodds was born on a farm near Waddington in St. Lawrence County, New York. He attended the local schools and moved with his pare ...
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H. Olin Young (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
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James Albertus Tawney
James Albertus Tawney (January 3, 1855 – June 12, 1919) was an American blacksmith, machinist and U.S. politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was the first House Majority Whip, holding that po ...
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Winfield Scott Hammond
Winfield Scott Hammond (November 17, 1863December 30, 1915) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the last governor from Minnesota to have been a member of the Minnesota Democratic Party before it merged wi ...
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Charles Russell Davis (R)
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Frederick C. Stevens (R)
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Frank Nye (R)
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Charles August Lindbergh (R)
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Andrew Volstead
Andrew John Volstead () (October 31, 1859 – January 20, 1947) was an American member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota, 1903–1923, and a member of the Republican Party. His name is closely associated with the ...
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Clarence B. Miller
Clarence Benjamin Miller (March 13, 1872 – January 10, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. He was born in Pine Island, Minnesota and attended the country school, high school, and the Minneapolis Academy; was graduated from the ac ...
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Halvor Steenerson
Halvor Steenerson (June 30, 1852 – November 22, 1926) was an American Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 9th congressional district from 1903 to 1923.
Background
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Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
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Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. (January 18, 1862 – December 18, 1944) was an American politician and lawyer who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the 1st congressional district of Mississippi for two decades as a De ...
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Thomas Spight (D)
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Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)
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Thomas U. Sisson (D)
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Adam M. Byrd
Adam Monroe Byrd (July 6, 1859 – June 21, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Born in Sumter County, Alabama, Byrd moved to Neshoba County, Mississippi. He attended the common schools and Cooper Institute in Daleville, ...
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Eaton J. Bowers (D)
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William A. Dickson (D)
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James W. Collier (D)
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
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James T. Lloyd
James Tilghman Lloyd (August 28, 1857 – April 3, 1944) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1909.
Lloyd was born in Canton, Missouri ...
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William W. Rucker (D)
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Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
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Charles F. Booher
Charles Ferris Booher (January 31, 1848 – January 21, 1921) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born on a farm near East Groveland, New York, Booher attended the common schools and the Geneseo Academ ...
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William Patterson Borland
William Patterson Borland (October 14, 1867 – February 20, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Early life
William Patterson Borland was born on October 14, 1867, in Leavenworth, Kansas. Borland attended public school. He graduated ...
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David A. De Armond
David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891, until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from Ma ...
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Clement C. Dickinson (D), from February 1, 1910
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Courtney W. Hamlin
Courtney Walker Hamlin (October 27, 1858 – February 16, 1950) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Missouri and cousin of William Edward Barton.
Early life
Hamlin was born in Brevard, North Carolina. In 1869 mo ...
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Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
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James Beauchamp Clark (D)
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Richard Bartholdt
Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Schleiz, Principality of Reuss-Geray, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United Sta ...
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Patrick F. Gill (D)
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Harry M. Coudrey (R)
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Politte Elvins (R)
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Charles A. Crow (R)
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Charles H. Morgan (R)
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Arthur P. Murphy (R)
Montana
Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...
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Charles N. Pray (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 ...
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John A. Maguire (D)
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Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
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James P. Latta (D)
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Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)
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George W. Norris
George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 191 ...
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Moses P. Kinkaid (R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
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George A. Bartlett (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Cyrus A. Sulloway
Cyrus Adams Sulloway (June 8, 1839, Grafton, New Hampshire – March 11, 1917) was an attorney and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire.
Biography
Sulloway studied law and was admitted to the bar ...
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Frank Dunklee Currier (R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
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Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
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John J. Gardner (R)
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Benjamin F. Howell (R)
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Ira W. Wood (R)
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Charles N. Fowler (R)
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William Hughes (D)
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Richard Wayne Parker (R)
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William H. Wiley
William Halsted Wiley (July 10, 1842 – May 2, 1925), was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1903 to 1907 and from 1909 to 1911, and was also a co-founder and former presi ...
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Eugene F. Kinkead
Eugene Francis Kinkead (March 27, 1876 – September 6, 1960), was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 9th congressional district from 1909 to 1913, and the 8th district from 1913 ...
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James A. Hamill
James Alphonsus Hamill (March 30, 1877 – December 15, 1941) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician. He served as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 1907 to 1913 and 12th distri ...
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
New York may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
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William W. Cocks (R)
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George H. Lindsay (D)
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Otto G. Foelker (R)
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Charles B. Law (R)
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Richard Young (R)
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William M. Calder (R)
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John J. Fitzgerald (D)
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Daniel J. Riordan (D)
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Henry M. Goldfogle
Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from NYCongDel, New York from 1901 to 1915.
Biography
Born in New York City, he attended t ...
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William Sulzer
William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941), nicknamed Plain Bill, was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 39th governor of New York serving for 10 months in 1913, and a long-serving U.S. representative from the same state. Su ...
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Charles V. Fornes
Charles Vincent Fornes (January 22, 1844 – May 22, 1929) was an American educator and politician who served three terms as a United States representative from New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York (state), a state in the nort ...
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Michael F. Conry (D)
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Herbert Parsons (R)
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William Willett Jr. (D)
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J. Van Vechten Olcott (R)
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Francis B. Harrison (D)
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William S. Bennet (R)
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Joseph A. Goulden (D)
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John E. Andrus (R)
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Thomas W. Bradley (R)
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Hamilton Fish II
Hamilton Fish II (April 17, 1849 – January 15, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the New York State Assembly and a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Fish was born in Albany, Ne ...
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William H. Draper (R)
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George N. Southwick (R)
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George W. Fairchild
George Winthrop Fairchild (May 6, 1854 – December 31, 1924), was a six-term Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York. Prior to joining congress, he was a businessman and investor, be ...
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Cyrus Durey (R)
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George R. Malby (R)
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Charles S. Millington (R)
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Charles L. Knapp (R)
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Michael E. Driscoll (R)
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John W. Dwight (R)
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Sereno E. Payne (R)
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James B. Perkins (R), until March 11, 1910
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James Smith Havens (D), from April 19, 1910
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J. Sloat Fassett (R)
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James S. Simmons (R)
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Daniel A. Driscoll (D)
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De Alva S. Alexander (R)
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Edward B. Vreeland
Edward Butterfield Vreeland (December 7, 1856 – May 8, 1936) was an American banker, businessman, and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented southern Western New York (Allegheny County, New York, Allegheny, Cha ...
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North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
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John Humphrey Small (D)
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Claude Kitchin (D)
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Charles R. Thomas (D)
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Edward W. Pou
Edward William Pou (; September 9, 1863 – April 1, 1934) was an American politician, serving in the United States Congress as a representative from 1901 until his death in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 1934. From March 1933 to April 1934, he wa ...
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John M. Morehead (R)
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Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
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Robert N. Page
Robert Newton Page (October 26, 1859 – October 3, 1933) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Biography
Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military Sc ...
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Charles H. Cowles (R)
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Edwin Y. Webb (D)
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John G. Grant (R)
North Dakota
North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...
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Louis B. Hanna
Louis Benjamin Hanna (August 9, 1861 – April 23, 1948) was an American businessman, banker, and North Dakota Republican Party politician, who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives and as the 11th governor of North Dakota.
Biogra ...
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Asle Gronna
Asle Jorgenson Gronna (December 10, 1858May 4, 1922) was an American politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate from North Dakota. He was one of six senators to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the ...
(R), until February 11, 1911
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
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Nicholas Longworth
Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American lawyer and politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he initiated the success ...
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Herman P. Goebel (R)
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James M. Cox
James Middleton Cox (March 31, 1870 July 15, 1957) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. As the Democratic nominee for President of the Unite ...
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William E. Tou Velle (D)
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Timothy T. Ansberry (D)
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Matthew R. Denver
Matthew Rombach Denver (December 21, 1870 – May 13, 1954) was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Ohio from 1907 to 1913. He was the son of James William Denver, who served as a United St ...
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J. Warren Keifer (R)
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Ralph D. Cole (R)
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Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
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Adna R. Johnson (R)
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Albert Douglas (R)
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Edward L. Taylor Jr. (R)
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Carl C. Anderson (D)
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William G. Sharp (D)
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James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...
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David Hollingsworth (R)
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William A. Ashbrook (D)
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James Kennedy (R)
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W. Aubrey Thomas (R)
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L. Paul Howland (R)
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James H. Cassidy (R), from April 20, 1909
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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Bird Segle McGuire
Bird Segle McGuire (October 13, 1865 – November 9, 1930) was an American politician, a Delegate and the last U.S. Representative from Oklahoma Territory. After statehood, he was elected as an Oklahoma member of Congress, where he served four ...
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Dick Thompson Morgan
Dick Thompson Morgan (December 6, 1853 – July 4, 1920) was an American educator, lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma from 1909 to 1920.
Early life and education
Born at Prairie Creek, Indiana, ...
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Charles E. Creager (R)
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Charles D. Carter
Charles David Carter (August 16, 1868 – April 9, 1929) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 4th congressional district, Oklahoma's 4th and Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district, 3 ...
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Scott Ferris
Scott Ferris (November 3, 1877 – June 8, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Early life
Ferris was born in Neosho, Missouri to Scott and Annie M. Ferris. (D)
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
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Willis C. Hawley (R)
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William R. Ellis
William Russell Ellis (April 23, 1850 – January 18, 1915) was an American educator, attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he grew up in Iowa before moving to Oregon where he worked as a school superintendent a ...
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
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Henry H. Bingham (R)
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Joel Cook
Joel Cook (March 20, 1842December 15, 1910) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1907 to 1910.
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J. Hampton Moore (R)
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Reuben O. Moon (R)
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William W. Foulkrod (R), until November 13, 1910
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George D. McCreary (R)
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Thomas S. Butler (R)
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Irving P. Wanger (R)
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William W. Griest (R)
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Thomas D. Nicholls (ID)
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Henry W. Palmer (R)
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Alfred B. Garner (R)
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John H. Rothermel (D)
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Charles C. Pratt (R)
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William B. Wilson (D)
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John G. McHenry (D)
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Benjamin K. Focht (R)
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Marlin E. Olmsted
Marlin Edgar Olmsted (May 21, 1847 – July 19, 1913) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania in the 18th district.
Biography
Marlin E. Olmsted was born in Ulysses Township, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1847 ...
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John M. Reynolds (R), until January 17, 1911
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Daniel F. Lafean (R)
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Charles F. Barclay (R)
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George F. Huff (R)
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Allen F. Cooper (R)
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John K. Tener (R), until January 16, 1911
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Arthur L. Bates (R)
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A. Mitchell Palmer (D)
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J. N. Langham (R)
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Nelson P. Wheeler (R)
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William H. Graham (R)
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John Dalzell
John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1913. During the presidency of T ...
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James F. Burke (R)
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Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...
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William P. Sheffield Jr. (R)
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Adin B. Capron (R)
South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
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George S. Legare (D)
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James O. Patterson (D)
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Wyatt Aiken
Wyatt Aiken (December 14, 1863 – February 6, 1923) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for six terms from 1903 to 1917.
Early life and family
Wyatt Aiken was born near ...
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Joseph T. Johnson (D)
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David E. Finley
David E. Finley (February 28, 1861 – January 26, 1917) was a United States representative from South Carolina. He was born in Trenton, Arkansas. He attended the public schools of Rock Hill, South Carolina, and Ebenezer, South Carolina and wa ...
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J. Edwin Ellerbe (D)
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Asbury F. Lever (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...
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Charles H. Burke
Charles Henry Burke (April 1, 1861 – April 7, 1944) was a Republican Congressman from South Dakota and Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1920s.
Biography
He was born near Batavia, New York, in 1861, and attended the public s ...
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Eben W. Martin (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 ...
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Walter P. Brownlow (R), until July 8, 1910
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Zachary D. Massey (R), from November 8, 1910
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Richard W. Austin
Richard Wilson Austin (August 26, 1857 – April 20, 1919) was an American politician, attorney and diplomat. A Republican, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1919, representing Tennessee's 2nd district. ...
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John A. Moon (D)
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Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevel ...
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William C. Houston (D)
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Joseph W. Byrns (D)
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Lemuel P. Padgett
Lemuel Phillips Padgett (November 28, 1855 – August 2, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born in Columbia, Tennessee, in ...
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Thetus W. Sims
Thetus Willrette Sims (April 25, 1852 – December 17, 1939) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 8th congressional district, 8th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biogra ...
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Finis J. Garrett (D)
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George W. Gordon (D)
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
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Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as "the f ...
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Martin Dies (D)
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Gordon J. Russell (D), until June 14, 1910
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Robert M. Lively (D), from July 23, 1910
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Choice B. Randell (D)
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James Andrew Beall
James Andrew "Jack" Beall (October 25, 1866 – February 11, 1929) was an American politician. He represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1915.
Early years
Beall was born on a farm near Midlothian, Texas to R ...
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Rufus Hardy (D)
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Alexander W. Gregg (D)
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John M. Moore (D)
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George Farmer Burgess (D)
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Albert S. Burleson (D)
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Robert L. Henry (D)
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Oscar W. Gillespie (D)
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John H. Stephens (D)
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James L. Slayden (D)
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John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was the 32nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A member of the ...
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William R. Smith (D)
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
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Joseph Howell
Joseph Howell (February 17, 1857 – July 18, 1918) was an American businessman and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Utah from 1903 to 1917.
Life and career
Born in Brigham City, Utah Territory, Howell moved wi ...
(R)
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...
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David J. Foster (R)
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Frank Plumley
Frank Plumley (December 17, 1844 – April 30, 1924) was an American politician and lawyer from Vermont. He served as United States district attorney and U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Early life and career
Plumley was born in Eden, Ver ...
(R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
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William A. Jones (D)
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Harry L. Maynard (D)
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John Lamb (D)
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Francis R. Lassiter
Francis Rives Lassiter (February 18, 1866 – October 31, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, great-nephew of Francis E. Rives.
Biography
Francie Rives Lassiter was born in Petersburg, Virginia on September 29, 1867, a son of Dr. D ...
(D), until October 31, 1909
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Robert Turnbull (D), from March 8, 1910
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Edward W. Saunders
Edward Watts Saunders (October 20, 1860 – December 16, 1921) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and judge, who served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, U.S. Representative and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Biography
Sa ...
(D)
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Carter Glass
Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of United Stat ...
(D)
: .
James Hay James Hay may refer to:
* James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop
* James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester (1564–1609), Scottish landowner and courtier
* James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble
* James Hay, 2nd ...
(D)
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Charles Creighton Carlin (D)
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C. Bascom Slemp (R)
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Henry D. Flood (D)
Washington
Washington most commonly refers to:
* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A ...
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William E. Humphrey (R)
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Francis W. Cushman (R), until July 6, 1909
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William W. McCredie
William Wallace "W. W." McCredie (April 27, 1862 – May 10, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Washington.
Early years
Born in Montrose, Pennsylvania, McCredie moved to Iowa with his parents, who settled on a farm near Manchester in Delaware ...
(R), from November 2, 1909
: .
Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican Party (United States), Republican and briefly a Progressive Party 1912 (United States), Progressive, he served one term as a United States ...
(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 ...
: .
William P. Hubbard
William Pallister Hubbard (December 24, 1843 – December 5, 1921) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Wheeling, West Virginia who served as a United States representative. The son of Congressman Cheste ...
(R)
: .
George Cookman Sturgiss
George Cookman Sturgiss (August 16, 1842 – February 26, 1925) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as United States Representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. He was a member of the 60th and 61st Un ...
(R)
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Joseph Holt Gaines (R)
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Harry C. Woodyard (R)
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James Anthony Hughes (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 ...
: .
Henry Allen Cooper (R)
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John M. Nelson
John Mandt Nelson (October 10, 1870 – January 29, 1955) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, serving nine terms in Congress between 1913 and 1933.
Early life
John Mandt Nelson was born on October 10, 1870, in Burke, Wisconsin. Nelson ...
(R)
: .
Arthur W. Kopp (R)
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William J. Cary
William Joseph Cary (March 22, 1865 – January 2, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Elected office
Cary was elected a member of the board of aldermen of Milwaukee in 1900 and was reelected in 1902 for the term ending in 1904. He ...
(R)
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William H. Stafford (R)
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Charles H. Weisse
Charles Herman Weisse (October 24, 1866October 8, 1919) was a German American tanner, businessman, and Democratic politician from Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for four te ...
(D)
: .
John J. Esch (R)
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James H. Davidson (R)
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Gustav Küstermann
Gustav Küstermann (May 24, 1850 – December 25, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Biography
Born in Detmold, Lippe-Detmold, Küstermann graduated from high school and worked at a store in Hamburg, Germany before immigrating to t ...
(R)
: .
Elmer A. Morse (R)
: .
Irvine L. Lenroot
Irvine Luther Lenroot (January 31, 1869 – January 26, 1949) was an American attorney, jurist, and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician from Wisconsin. He served as Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1903 to ...
(R)
Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
: .
Frank W. Mondell
Frank Wheeler Mondell (November 6, 1860August 6, 1939) was a United States representative of Wyoming.
Early life
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was educated in the public schools. For many years he was engaged in farming, stock-raising, and r ...
(R)
Non-voting members
: .
James Wickersham
James Wickersham (August 24, 1857 – October 24, 1939) was a district judge for Alaska, appointed by U.S. President William McKinley to the Third Judicial District in 1900. He resigned his post in 1908 and was subsequently elected as Alaska ...
(R)
: .
Ralph Henry Cameron (R)
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Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R)
: .
William Henry Andrews (R)
: .
Benito Legarda
Benito Cosmé Legarda y Tuason (September 27, 1853 – August 27, 1915) was a Filipino legislator who was a member of the Philippine Commission of the American colonial Insular Government, the government's legislature, and later a Resident Co ...
(
Fed., R)
: .
Pablo Ocampo
Pablo Ocampo de León (January 25, 1853 – February 5, 1925) was a Filipino lawyer, nationalist, a member of the Malolos Congress, inaugural holder of the office of Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congre ...
, until November 22, 1909 (D)
::
Manuel Quezon
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (, , , ; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his d ...
, (Unionist), from November 23, 1909
: .
Tulio Larrínaga
Tulio Larrínaga (January 15, 1847 – April 28, 1917) was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.
Biography
Born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, Larrínaga attended the Seminario Consiliar of San Ildefonso at San Juan, Puerto Rico. He studied ...
(Resident Commissioner), (Unionist)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 13
**
Democratic: 1 seat net gain
**
Republican: 1 seat net loss
* Deaths: 8
* Resignations: 2
* Vacancy: 1
* Total seats with changes: 14
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 12
**
Democratic: 3 seat gain
**
Republican: 3 seat loss
* Deaths: 12
* Resignations: 6
* Contested elections: 0
* Total seats with changes: 21
Committees
Senate
*
Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:
Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855 – March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
According to one ...
; Ranking Member:
Shelby M. Cullom)
*
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (February 6, 1858October 15, 1910) was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century.Thomas Richard Ross, ''Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver: A Study in Political Inte ...
; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money)
*
Appropriations (Chairman:
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebr ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman)
*
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
John Kean; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money)
*
Canadian Relations (Chairman:
William A. Smith; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman)
*
Census
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(Chairman:
Robert M. La Follette
Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855June 18, 1925), nicknamed "Fighting Bob," was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the 20th governor of Wisconsin from 1901 to 1906. ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery)
*
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Claims (Chairman:
Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman:
Samuel H. Piles
Samuel Henry Piles (December 28, 1858March 11, 1940) was an American politician, attorney, and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Washington (U.S. state), Washington.
Early life
Piles was born near Smithland, Kentucky, the son ...
; Ranking Member:
Alexander S. Clay)
*
Coast Defenses (Chairman:
George S. Nixon
George Stuart Nixon (April 2, 1860 – June 5, 1912) was an American entrepreneur and politician who served as a member of the United States Senate from Nevada.
Early life
He was born in Newcastle, California. He went to work for a railroad co ...
; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro)
*
Commerce
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(Chairman:
William P. Frye; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Conservation of National Resources (Chairman:
Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member:
Francis G. Newlands)
*
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman:
James P. Taliaferro; Ranking Member:
Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
)
*
Cuban Relations (Chairman:
George Sutherland
George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862July 18, 1942) was a British-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also repre ...
; Ranking Member:
Jacob H. Gallinger)
*
Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman:
Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member:
Jacob H. Gallinger)
*
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
*
District of Columbia
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, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...
(Chairman:
Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member:
Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
)
*
Education and Labor (Chairman:
William E. Borah; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842 – June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and both houses of the United States Con ...
)
*
Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member:
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the United States ...
)
*
Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Robert J. Gamble
Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph A. Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakot ...
; Ranking Member:
Murphy J. Foster
Murphy James Foster (January 12, 1849June 12, 1921) was the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, an office he held for two terms from 1892 to 1900. Foster supported the Louisiana Constitution of 1898, which effectively disfranchised ...
)
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Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman:
Simon Guggenheim
John Simon Guggenheim (December 30, 1867 – November 2, 1941) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist.
Early life and education
Guggenheim was born in Philadelphia of Jewish descent on December 30, 1867, the son of Meyer Gu ...
)
*
Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
*
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Isaac Stephenson
Isaac Stephenson (June 18, 1829March 15, 1918) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented Wisconsin as a United States senator from 1907 to 1915, and served three terms in the U.S. House of Represe ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855 – March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
According to one ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman:
Harry A. Richardson
Harry Alden Richardson (January 1, 1853 – June 16, 1928) was an American businessman and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, and was U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early life and family
Rich ...
; Ranking Member:
Furnifold M. Simmons)
*
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
Coe I. Crawford; Ranking Member:
Jeff Davis Jeffrey, Geoffrey, Jeff, or Geoff Davis may refer to:
Politics
*Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), President of the Confederate States of America
*Jeff Davis (Arkansas governor) (1862–1913), U.S. Senator and 20th Governor of Arkansas
* Jeffrey O. Da ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman:
William O. Bradley
William O'Connell Bradley (March 18, 1847May 23, 1914) was an American politician from the state of Kentucky. He served as the 32nd Governor of Kentucky and was later elected by the state legislature as a U.S. senator from that state. The fir ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Bailey)
*
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman:
William Lorimer; Ranking Member:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Joseph L. Bristow
Joseph Little Bristow (July 22, 1861 – July 14, 1944) was a Republican politician from the American state of Kansas. Elected in 1908, Bristow served a single term in the United States Senate where he gained recognition for his support of sever ...
; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon)
*
Expenditures in the Department of State (Select) (Chairman:
Elihu Root
Elihu Root (; February 15, 1845February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, Republican Party (United States), Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodor ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select) (Chairman:
Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member:
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician from the Arkansas Delta during the Progressive Era. He served in public office over a period of almost 30 years, rising from the Arkansas General Assemb ...
)
*
Expenditures in the War Department (Select) (Chairman:
Henry A. du Pont
Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the beginn ...
; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money)
*
Finance
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(Chairman:
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842 – June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and both houses of the United States Con ...
)
*
Fisheries
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(Chairman:
Jonathan Bourne Jr.
Jonathan Bourne Jr. (February 23, 1855September 1, 1940) was an American politician, attorney, and businessman. A native of Massachusetts, he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he became a lawyer and an industrialist with holdings in mining, mills ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery)
*
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman:
Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member:
Moses E. Clapp)
*
Foreign Relations
Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, includ ...
(Chairman:
Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon)
*
Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman:
Frank B. Brandegee
Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut.
Early life and education
Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brand ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman)
*
Geological Survey (Chairman:
Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member:
Hernando D. Money)
*
Immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as Permanent residency, permanent residents. Commuting, Commuter ...
(Chairman:
William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Indian Affairs
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(Chairman:
Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member:
William J. Stone)
*
Indian Depredations (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:
Thomas S. Martin)
*
Indian Contracts Investigation (Select)
*
Industrial Expositions (Chairman:
Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842 – June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and both houses of the United States Con ...
)
*
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman:
Frank P. Flint
Frank Putnam Flint (July 15, 1862 – February 11, 1929) was a United States Senate, United States senator from California from 1905 to 1911.
Early life
Frank Putnam Flint was born on July 15, 1862, in North Reading, Massachusetts, to Althea L ...
; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro)
*
Interstate Commerce
The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution ( Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and amon ...
(Chairman:
Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman)
*
Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Bailey)
*
Judiciary
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(Chairman:
Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as bo ...
; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon)
*
Library
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(Chairman:
George P. Wetmore
George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of Rhode Island. He later served as a United States Senator for the same state.
Early life
George Peabody Wetmore was born in Londo ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842 – June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and both houses of the United States Con ...
)
*
Manufactures
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the
secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...
(Chairman:
Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member:
Alexander S. Clay)
*
Military Affairs
Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing mi ...
(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:
James P. Taliaferro)
*
Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Charles Dick; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman)
*
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
William Warner; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery)
*
National Banks (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Naval Affairs (Chairman:
George C. Perkins; Ranking Member:
Benjamin R. Tillman)
*
Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman:
Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member:
James P. Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician from the Arkansas Delta during the Progressive Era. He served in public office over a period of almost 30 years, rising from the Arkansas General Assemb ...
)
*
Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Elmer J. Burkett
Elmer Jacob Burkett (December 1, 1867May 23, 1935) was an American educator, lawyer and politician who served six terms as a representative and a senator from Nebraska from 1899 to 1911.
Early life and career
Burkett was born on a farm near G ...
; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro)
*
Patents
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(Chairman:
Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
; Ranking Member:
Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
*
Pensions
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(Chairman:
Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro)
*
Philippines
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(Chairman:
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the United States ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph F. Johnston)
*
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. He served as a member of th ...
; Ranking Member:
Alexander S. Clay)
*
Potomac River Front (Select)
*
Printing
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(Chairman:
Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). A Republican who was first elected to the U.S. Senate by the Utah State Legislat ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Smith)
*
Private Land Claims (Chairman:
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842 – June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and both houses of the United States Con ...
; Ranking Member:
Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to:
*Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete
*Julius Kahn (congressman) (1861–1924), United States congressman
{{Hndis, Kahn, Julius ...
)
*
Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
Julius C. Burrows
Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Early life and education
Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania, and moved then with his parents to Ashta ...
; Ranking Member:
John Kean)
*
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Nathan B. Scott
Nathan Bay Scott (December 18, 1842January 2, 1924) was a United States senator from West Virginia.
Biography
Born near Quaker City, Ohio, he attended the common schools and engaged in mining near Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1859 to 1862. ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles A. Culberson
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According to one ...
)
*
Public Expenditures
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(Chairman:
Eugene Hale
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Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebr ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman:
Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member:
Chauncey M. Depew)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
Knute Nelson
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; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery)
* United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon)
* United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
Joseph W. Bailey; Ranking Member:
William O. Bradley
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)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman:
Carroll S. Page
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A native of Westfield, Vermont, Page was the son of a successful farmer ...
; Ranking Member:
Augustus O. Bacon)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Albert J. Beveridge
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; Ranking Member:
James P. Clarke
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)
* United States Senate Committee on Third Degree Ordeal, Third Degree Ordeal
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
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* United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
George T. Oliver; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel
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)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Wages and Prices of Commodities, Wages and Prices of Commodities (Select)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman:
Alexander S. Clay; Ranking Member:
Albert J. Beveridge
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)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Bartlett Charles Bartlett may refer to:
Artists
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* Charles Bartlett (artist) (1921–2014), British artist
Athletes
* Charles Henry Bartlett (cyclist) (1885–1968), British track cyclist
* ...
)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
Charles Frederick Scott; Ranking Member: John Lamb (congressman), John Lamb)
* United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:
Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member:
Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.
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)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member:
Leonidas F. Livingston)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Edward B. Vreeland
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; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
Edgar D. Crumpacker; Ranking Member:
James Hay James Hay may refer to:
* James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop
* James Hay, 7th Lord Hay of Yester (1564–1609), Scottish landowner and courtier
* James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble
* James Hay, 2nd ...
)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
George W. Prince
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Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878 ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Goldfogle
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Biography
Born in New York City, he attended t ...
)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
William B. McKinley; Ranking Member:
Thomas W. Hardwick)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman:
Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Samuel W. Smith; Ranking Member:
Dorsey W. Shackleford)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
James F. Burke; Ranking Member:
Asbury F. Lever)
* 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: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member:
William W. Rucker)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman:
Charles L. Knapp; Ranking Member:
Ollie M. James)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member:
William E. Tou Velle)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman:
Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Charles C. Carlin)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman:
William H. Graham; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman:
David J. Foster; Ranking Member: Arsene P. Pujo)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Bird S. McGuire; Ranking Member:
Robert N. Page
Robert Newton Page (October 26, 1859 – October 3, 1933) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Biography
Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military Sc ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman:
Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Goldfogle
Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from NYCongDel, New York from 1901 to 1915.
Biography
Born in New York City, he attended t ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Henry S. Boutell
Henry Sherman Boutell (March 14, 1856 – March 11, 1926) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He became a Congressman from Illinois, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal by President William Howard Taft.
Biography ...
; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member:
Carter Glass
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)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Don C. Edwards; Ranking Member:
Courtney W. Hamlin
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Early life
Hamlin was born in Brevard, North Carolina. In 1869 mo ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Ebenezer J. Hill; Ranking Member: John Lamb (congressman), John Lamb)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
George P. Lawrence; Ranking Member:
Joseph L. Rhinock)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
E. Stevens Henry
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; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James Breck Perkins, James B. Perkins; Ranking Member:
William M. Howard
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Life
Howard was born in Berwick, Louisiana and moved to Georgia with his ...
)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman:
Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member:
John L. Burnett)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
Charles H. Burke
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Biography
He was born near Batavia, New York, in 1861, and attended the public s ...
; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
* United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman:
William A. Rodenberg; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman:
Marlin E. Olmsted
Marlin Edgar Olmsted (May 21, 1847 – July 19, 1913) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania in the 18th district.
Biography
Marlin E. Olmsted was born in Ulysses Township, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1847 ...
; Ranking Member:
William A. Jones)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
James R. Mann; Ranking Member:
William C. Adamson
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)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member:
George H. Lindsay)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
William A. Reeder; Ranking Member:
William R. Smith)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Richard W. Parker; Ranking Member: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr., Henry De Lamar Clayton)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
* United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman:
Philip P. Campbell; Ranking Member:
Robert B. Macon
Robert Bruce Macon (July 6, 1859 – October 9, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1903 to 1913.
Biography
Macon was born near Trenton, Arkansas, and was left an orp ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member:
William M. Howard
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Life
Howard was born in Berwick, Louisiana and moved to Georgia with his ...
)
* United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
Henry McMorran; Ranking Member:
Joseph T. Johnson)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman:
William S. Greene
William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
William S. Greene was born in Tremont, Illinois on April 28, 1841. He moved with his parents to Fall River, Massach ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas Spight)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:
Charles A. Kennedy; Ranking Member:
Matthew R. Denver
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)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member:
William Sulzer
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)
* United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman:
Halvor Steenerson
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Background
Ha ...
; Ranking Member:
John Gill Jr.)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
George F. Huff; Ranking Member:
George A. Bartlett)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: George Edmund Foss, George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
* United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member:
James L. Slayden)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member:
William Sulzer
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)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: William N. Richardson, William Richardson)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Allen F. Cooper; Ranking Member:
David E. Finley
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)
* United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Ernest W. Roberts
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Born in East Madison, Maine, Roberts attended the public schools in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
He was graduated from Highland Milit ...
; Ranking Member:
William A. Jones)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Richard Bartholdt
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Born in Schleiz, Principality of Reuss-Geray, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United Sta ...
; Ranking Member:
William G. Brantley)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member:
Adam M. Byrd
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Biography
Born in Sumter County, Alabama, Byrd moved to Neshoba County, Mississippi. He attended the common schools and Cooper Institute in Daleville, ...
)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: William Hughes (U.S. senator), William Hughes)
* United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member:
William O. Barnard)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman:
Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member: John T. Watkins)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
De Alva S. Alexander; Ranking Member:
Stephen M. Sparkman)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
John Dalzell
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; Ranking Member:
Champ Clark
James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 36th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919. He was the only Democrat to serve as speaker during the P ...
)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Edward L. Hamilton; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
* United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman:
George D. McCreary; Ranking Member:
George W. Rauch)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman:
Charles B. Law; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:
Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member:
Champ Clark
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)
* 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 the Interior Department and Forestry Service, Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House)
* Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
* Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
* Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward E. Hale (Unitarianism, Unitarian) until June 10, 1909
** Ulysses G.B. Pierce (Unitarianism, Unitarian) elected June 18, 1909
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell
House of Representatives
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Alexander McDowell
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Samuel Langum
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
See also
* 1908 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1908 United States presidential election
** 1908–09 United States Senate elections
** 1908 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1910 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1910–11 United States Senate elections
** 1910 United States House of Representatives elections
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