| 64th United States Congress | |||
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| Duration: March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
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| President of the Senate: | Thomas R. Marshall | ||
| President pro tempore: | James Clarke Willard Saulsbury, Jr. |
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| Speaker of the House: | Champ Clark | ||
| Members: | 96 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members |
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| Senate Majority: | Democratic | ||
| House Majority: | Democratic | ||
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| 1st: December 6, 1915 – September 8, 1916 2nd: December 4, 1916 – March 3, 1917 (lame duck) |
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The Sixty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1915 to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth of Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Major events
Major legislation
- May 15, 1916 - Kern Amendment
- May 29, 1916 - Fraudulent Advertising Act of 1916
- May 31, 1916 - Tillman Act
- June 3, 1916 - National Defense Act of 1916
- June 9, 1916 - Chamberlain-Ferris Act
- July 11, 1916 - Federal Aid Highway Act of 1916 (Bankhead-Shackleford Act)
- July 11, 1916 -
Rural Post "Good" Roads Act of 1916 - July 11, 1916 - Terminal Inspection Act of 1916
- July 17, 1916 - Federal Farm Loan Act (Hollis-Lever Act)
- July 27, 1916 - River and Harbors Act of 1916
- July 28, 1916 - Space Basis Act
- July 28, 1916 - Railway Mail Service Pay Act
- August 9, 1916 - Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916
- August 11, 1916 - Irrigation District Act of 1916 (Smith Act)
- August 11, 1916 - Wildlife Game Refuges Act of 1916
- August 11, 1916 - Grain Standards Act of 1916
- August 11, 1916 - Cotton Futures Act of 1916
- August 11, 1916 - Brush Disposal Act of 1916
- August 11, 1916 - Warehouse Act of 1916
- August 25, 1916 - National Park Service Act (Kent-Smoot Act)
- August 29, 1916 - 2nd Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916
- August 29, 1916 - Jones Act (Philippines)
- August 29, 1916 - Federal Possession and Control Act of 1916
- August 29, 1916 - Army Appropriations Act of 1916
- August 29, 1916 - Naval Act of 1916
- August 29, 1916 - Naval Reserve Force Act
- August 31, 1916 - Federal Standard Container Act
- August 31, 1916 - Standard Fruits and Vegetable Baskets and Containers Act of 1916
- September 1, 1916 - Keating-Owen Act
- September 3, 1916 - Adamson Act
- September 7, 1916 - Merchant Marine Act of 1916 (Alexander Act)
- September 7, 1916 - Workingmen's Compensation Act (Kern-McGillicuddy Act)
- September 8, 1916 - Anti-Dumping Act of 1916
- September 8, 1916 - Emergency Revenue Act of 1916
- October 20, 1916 - Special Air Preparedness Act
- December 29, 1916 - Stock-Raising Homestead Act
- February 5, 1917 - Immigration Act of 1917
- February 22, 1917 - Federal Interpleader Act of 1917
- February 23, 1917 - Smith-Hughes Act
- February 26, 1917 - Denali National Park and Preserve Act of 1917
- March 1, 1917 - Flood Control Act of 1917 (Ransdell-Humphreys Act)
- March 2, 1917 - Jones-Shafroth Act
- March 3, 1917 - Reed Amendment
- March 3, 1917 - Sheppard Bone-Dry Act
- March 3, 1917 - Special Preparedness Fund Act of 1917
- March 4, 1917 - Timber Export Act
Party summary
Senate
- Democratic (D): 56 (majority)
- Republican (R): 40
TOTAL members: 96
House of Representatives
- Democratic (D): 230 (majority)
- Republican (R): 196
- Progressive (Prog): 6
- Prohibition (Proh): 1
- Socialist (S): 1
- Independent (I): 1
TOTAL members: 435
Leadership
Senate
House of Representatives
Members
Senate
At this time, most sitting Senators had been elected by the state legislatures, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Due to the 17th Amendment, the incoming class of senators from the 1914 election were all elected directly by the residents of their state.
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Officers
Senate
- Secretary: James M. Baker of South Carolina
- Sergeant at Arms: Charles P. Higgins of Indiana
- Chaplain: F.J. Prettyman, Methodist
House of Representatives
- Clerk: South Trimble of Kentucky
- Sergeant at Arms: Robert B. Gordon of Ohio
- Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott of Virginia
- Postmaster: William M. Dunbar of Georgia
- Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Bennett C. Clark
- Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist
References
- Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4.
- Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
- U.S. Congress (2005). "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress". http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html. Retrieved 2006-06-01.
- U.S. House of Representatives (2006). "Congressional History". http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History/index.html. Retrieved 2006-06-01.
- U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists". http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm. Retrieved 2006-06-01.
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