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65th United States Congress

United States Capitol (1906)

Duration: March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919

Senate President:

Thomas R. Marshall

Senate Pres. pro tem:

Willard Saulsbury, Jr.

House Speaker:

Champ Clark

Members:

96 Senators
435 Representatives
5 Non-voting members

Senate Majority:

Democratic

House Majority:

Democratic (coalition)

Sessions

Special: March 5, 1917 – March 16, 1917
1st: April 2, 1917 – October 6, 1917
2nd: December 3, 1917 – November 21, 1918
3rd: December 2, 1918 – March 3, 1919

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The Sixty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917 to March 4, 1919, during the fourth and fifth years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Republican plurality but the Democrats remained in control with the support of the Progressives.

Contents

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Party summary
- 3.1 Senate
- 3.2 House of Representatives
4 Leadership
- 4.1 Senate
- 4.2 House of Representatives
5 Members
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Employees
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 References

Major events

1918 flu pandemic

Main articles: 1917 in the United States, 1918 in the United States, and 1919 in the United States

March 4, 1917: Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives.
March 8, 1917: The United States Senate adopted the cloture rule to limit filibusters.
March 31, 1917: The United States took possession of the Danish West Indies, which become the US Virgin Islands, after paying $25 million to Denmark.
April 2, 1917: World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
April 10, 1917: An ammunition factory explosion in Chester, Pennsylvania kills 133.
May 21, 1917: Over 300 acres (73 blocks) are destroyed in the Great Atlanta fire of 1917.
May 26, 1917: A tornado strikes Mattoon, Illinois, causing devastation and killing 101 people.
July 1, 1917: A labor dispute ignited a race riot in East St. Louis, Illinois, which left 250 dead.
July 12, 1917: The Phelps Dodge Corporation deported over 1,000 suspected Industrial Workers of the World members from Bisbee, Arizona.
July 28, 1917: The Silent Protest was organized by the NAACP in New York to protest the East St. Louis Riot of July 2, as well as lynchings in Texas and Tennessee.
August, 1917: The Green Corn Rebellion, an uprising by several hundred farmers against the World War I draft, took place in central Oklahoma.
November 24, 1917: In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9 members of the Milwaukee Police Department were killed by a bomb, the most fatal single event in U.S. police history until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
December 26, 1917: President Woodrow Wilson used the Federal Possession and Control Act to place most U.S. railroads under the United States Railroad Administration, hoping to more transport troops and materials efficiently for the war effort.
January 8, 1918: Woodrow Wilson delivered his Fourteen Points speech.
March 4, 1918: A soldier at Camp Fuston, Kansas fell sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.
May 15, 1918: The United States Post Office Department (later renamed the United States Postal Service) began the first regular airmail service in the world (between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC).
October 8, 1918: World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, U.S. Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
December 4, 1918: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sailed for the Paris Peace Conference, becoming the first U.S. president to travel to Europe while in office.
January 6, 1919: Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, died
January 15, 1919: The Boston Molasses Disaster: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150.
February 25, 1919: Oregon placed a 1 cent per U.S. gallon (.26¢/L) tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
January 16, 1919: The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition, went into effect in the United States.

Major legislation

After war was declared, war bond posters demonized Germany

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#65th United States Congress

April 6, 1917: Declaration of war against Germany, Sess. 1 ch. 1, 40 Stat. 1
April 24, 1917: First Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 1, ch. 4, 40 Stat. 35
May 12, 1917: Enemy Vessel Confiscation Joint Resolution, Pub.L. 65-2, 40 Stat. 75
May 12, 1917: First Army Appropriations Act of 1917, 40 Stat. 69
May 18, 1917: Selective Service Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 15, 40 Stat. 76
May 29, 1917: Esch Car Service Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 23, 40 Stat. 101
June 15, 1917: Emergency Shipping Fund Act of 1917, c. 29, 40 Stat. 182
June 15, 1917: Second Army Appropriations Act of 1917, 40 Stat. 188
June 15, 1917: Espionage Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 30, 40 Stat. 217 (incl. title XI: Search Warrant Act of 1917)
August 8, 1917: River and Harbor Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 49, 40 Stat. 250
August 10, 1917: Priority of Shipments Act of 1917 (Obstruction of Interstate Commerce Act of 1917), Sess. 1, ch. 51, 40 Stat. 272
August 10, 1917: Food and Fuel Control Act (Lever Act), Sess. 1, ch. 53, 40 Stat. 27
October 1, 1917: Second Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 1, ch. 56, 40 Stat. 288
October 1, 1917: Aircraft Board Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 61, 40 Stat. 296
October 3, 1917: War Revenue Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 63, 40 Stat. 300
October 5, 1917: Repatriation Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 68, 40 Stat. 340
October 6, 1917: Explosives Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 83, 40 Stat. 385
October 6, 1917: War Risk Insurance Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 105, 40 Stat. 398
October 6, 1917: International Emergency Economic Powers Act (Trading with the Enemy Act), Sess. 1, ch. 106, 40 Stat. 411
December 7, 1917: Declaration of war against Austria-Hungary, Sess. 2, ch. 1, 40 Stat. 429
February 24, 1918: Revenue Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 18, 40 Stat. 1057
March 8, 1918: Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, Sess. 2, ch. 20, 40 Stat. 440
March 19, 1918: Standard Time Act of 1918 (Calder Act), Sess. 2, ch. 24, 40 Stat. 450
March 21, 1918: Federal Control Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 25, 40 Stat. 451
April 4, 1918: Third Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 2, ch. 44, 40 Stat. 502
April 5, 1918: War Finance Corporation Act, Sess. 2, ch. 45, 40 Stat. 506
April 10, 1918: Webb-Pomerene Act, Sess. 2, ch. 50, 40 Stat. 516
April 18, 1918: American Forces Abroad Indemnity Act, Sess. 2, ch. 57, 40 Stat. 532
April 20, 1918: Destruction of War Materials Act, Sess. 2, ch. 59, 40 Stat. 533
April 23, 1918: Pittman Act, Sess. 2, ch. 63, 40 Stat. 535
May 9, 1918: Alien Naturalization Act, Sess. 2, ch. 69, 40 Stat. 542
May 16, 1918: Housing Act, Sess. 2, ch. 74, 40 Stat. 550
May 16, 1918: Sedition Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 75, 40 Stat. 553
May 20, 1918: Departmental Reorganization Act (Overman Act), Sess. 2, ch. 78, 40 Stat. 556
May 22, 1918: Passport Control Act (Entry and Departure Controls Act), Sess. 2, ch. 81, 40 Stat. 559
May 31, 1918: Saulsbury Resolution, Sess. 2, ch. 90, 40 Stat. 593
June 27, 1918: Veterans Rehabilitation Act (Smith-Sears Act), Sess. 2, ch. 107, 40 Stat. 617
July 3, 1918: Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 128, 40 Stat. 755
July 9, 1918: Fourth Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 2, ch. 142, 40 Stat. 844
July 9, 1918: Army Appropriations Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 143, 40 Stat. 845 (incl. ch. 15: Public Health and Research Act of 1918 (Chamberlain-Kahn Act))
July 18, 1918: River and Harbor Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 155, 40 Stat. 904
July 18, 1918: Charter Rate and Requisition Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 157, 40 Stat. 913
October 16, 1918: Immigration Act of 1918 (Dillingham-Hardwick Act), Sess. 2, ch. 186, 40 Stat. 1012
October 16, 1918: Corrupt Practices Act of 1918 (Gerry Act), Sess. 2, ch. 187, 40 Stat. 1013
November 7, 1918: National Bank Consolidation Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 209, 40 Stat. 1043
November 21, 1918: Food Production Stimulation Act (War-Time Prohibition Act), Sess. 2, ch. 212, 40 Stat. 1045
February 24, 1919: Child Labor Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 18, 40 Stat. 1138
February 26, 1919: Grand Canyon Park Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 44, 40 Stat. 1178
February 26, 1919: Acadia National Park Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 45, 40 Stat. 1178
March 2, 1919: War Risk Insurance Act of 1919 (War Minerals Relief Act of 1919, Dent Act), Sess. 3, ch. 94, 40 Stat. 1272
March 2, 1919: River and Harbors Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 95, 40 Stat. 1275
March 3, 1919: Hospitalization Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 98, 40 Stat. 1302
March 3, 1919: Fifth Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 3, ch. 100, 40 Stat. 1309
March 4, 1919: Wheat Price Guarantee Act, Sess. 3, ch. 125, 40 Stat. 1348

Party summary

Senate

	Party (Shading shows control)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	56	40	96	96

Begin	56	39	95	1
End	53	43	96	0
Final voting share	55.2%	44.8%

Beginning of the next congress	46	49	95	1

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)					Total

	Democratic	Progressive	Prohibition	Socialist	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Congress	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

Begin	213	3	1	1	216	434	1
End	211	3	1	1	212	428	7
Final voting share	50.5%				49.5%

Beginning of the next Congress	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

Leadership

Senate

President: Thomas R. Marshall (D)
President pro tempore: Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D)

House of Representatives

Speaker: Champ Clark (D)

Members

Senate

Because of the 17th Amendment, starting in 1914 U.S. Senators were elected directly instead of by the state legislatures. However, this did not affect the terms of U.S. Senators whose terms had started before that Amendment took effect.

California

1. Hiram Johnson (R), from March 16, 1917
3. James D. Phelan (D)

Colorado

2. John F. Shafroth (D)
3. Charles S. Thomas (D)

Connecticut

3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)
1. George P. McLean (R)

Delaware

2. Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D)
1. Josiah O. Wolcott (D)

Florida

3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
1. Park Trammell (D)

Georgia

2. Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
3. Hoke Smith (D)

Idaho

2. William E. Borah (R)
3. James H. Brady (R), until January 13, 1918 (died)
- John F. Nugent (D), from January 22, 1918 (appointed and subsequently elected)

Illinois

2. James Hamilton Lewis (D)
3. Lawrence Y. Sherman (R)

Indiana

1. Harry S. New (R),
3. James E. Watson (R)

Iowa

3. Albert B. Cummins (R)
2. William S. Kenyon (R)

Kansas

3. Charles Curtis (R)
2. William H. Thompson (D)

Kentucky

3. J. C. W. Beckham (D)
2. Ollie M. James (D), until August 28, 1918 (died)
- George B. Martin (D), from September 7, 1918 (appointed)

Louisiana

3. Robert F. Broussard (D), until April 12, 1918 (died)
- Walter Guion (D), April 22, 1918 (appointed) – November 5, 1918 (successor elected)
- Edward J. Gay (D), from November 6, 1918 (elected)
2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)

Maine

2. Bert M. Fernald (R)
1. Frederick Hale (R)

Maryland

1. Joseph I. France (R)
3. John Walter Smith (D)

Massachusetts

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
2. John W. Weeks (R)

Michigan

2. William Alden Smith (R)
1. Charles E. Townsend (R)

Minnesota

1. Frank B. Kellogg (R)
2. Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

2. James K. Vardaman (D)
1. John Sharp Williams (D)

Missouri

1. James A. Reed (D)
3. William J. Stone (D), until April 14, 1918 (died)
- Xenophon P. Wilfley (D), April 30, 1918 (appointed) – November 5, 1918 (successor elected)
- Selden P. Spencer (R), from November 6, 1918 (elected)

Montana

1. Henry L. Myers (D)
2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)

Nebraska

1. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
2. George W. Norris (R)

Nevada

3. Francis G. Newlands (D), until December 24, 1917 (died)
- Charles B. Henderson (D), from January 12, 1918 (appointed and subsequently elected)
1. Key Pittman (D)

New Hampshire

3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R), until August 17, 1918 (died)
- Irving W. Drew (R), September 2, 1918 (appointed) – November 5, 1918 (successor elected)
- George H. Moses (R), from November 6, 1918 (elected)
2. Henry F. Hollis (D)

New Jersey

1. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R)
2. William Hughes (D), until January 30, 1918 (died)
- David Baird (R), from February 23, 1918 (Appointed, then elected)

New Mexico

2. Albert B. Fall (R)
1. Andrieus A. Jones (D)

New York

1. William M. Calder (R)
3. James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

3. Asle J. Gronna (R)
1. Porter J. McCumber (R)

Ohio

3. Warren G. Harding (R)
1. Atlee Pomerene (D)

Oklahoma

3. Thomas P. Gore (D)
2. Robert L. Owen (D)

Oregon

3. George E. Chamberlain (D)
2. Harry Lane (D), until May 23, 1917 (died)
- Charles L. McNary (R), May 29, 1917 (appointed) – November 5, 1918 (successor elected)
- Frederick W. Mulkey (R), November 6, 1918 (elected) – December 17, 1918 (resigned to give elected successor preferential seniority)
- Charles L. McNary (R), from December 18, 1918 (appointed, having already been elected to the next term)

Pennsylvania

1. Philander C. Knox (R)
3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

2. LeBaron B. Colt (R)
1. Peter G. Gerry (D)

South Carolina

3. Ellison D. Smith (D)
3. Benjamin R. Tillman (D), until July 3, 1918 (died)
- Christie Benet (D), July 6, 1918 (appointed) – November 5, 1918 (successor elected)
- William P. Pollock (D), from November 6, 1918 (elected)

South Dakota

3. Edwin S. Johnson (D)
2. Thomas Sterling (R)

Tennessee

1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D)
2. John K. Shields (D)

Texas

1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
2. Morris Sheppard (D)

Utah

1. William H. King (D)
3. Reed Smoot (R)

Vermont

3. William P. Dillingham (R)
1. Carroll S. Page (R)

Virginia

2. Thomas S. Martin (D)
1. Claude A. Swanson (D)

Washington

3. Wesley L. Jones (R)
1. Miles Poindexter (R)

West Virginia

2. Nathan Goff (R)
1. Howard Sutherland (R)

Wisconsin

3. Paul O. Husting (D), until October 21, 1917 (died)
- Irvine Lenroot (R), from April 18, 1918 (appointed and subsequently elected)
1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)

Wyoming

1. John B. Kendrick (D)
2. Francis E. Warren (R)

Senate President
Thomas R. Marshall

Senate President pro tempore
Willard Saulsbury, Jr.

House of Representatives

Alabama

Arizona

At-large. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

1. Augustine Lonergan (D)
2. Richard P. Freeman (R)
3. John Q. Tilson (R)
4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R), until September 27, 1917 (died)
- Schuyler Merritt (R), from November 6, 1917
5. James P. Glynn (R)

Delaware

At-large. Albert F. Polk (D)

Florida

Georgia

1. James W. Overstreet (D)
2. Frank Park (D)
3. Charles R. Crisp (D)
4. William C. Adamson (D), until December 18, 1917 (resigned)
- William C. Wright (D), from January 16, 1918
5. William S. Howard (D)
6. James W. Wise (D)
7. Gordon Lee (congressman) (D)
8. Charles H. Brand (D)
9. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)
10. Carl Vinson (D)
11. John R. Walker (D)
12. William W. Larsen (D)

Idaho

At-large. Addison T. Smith (R)
At-large. Burton L. French (R)

Illinois

1. Martin B. Madden (R)
2. James R. Mann (R)
3. William W. Wilson (R)
4. Charles Martin (D), until October 28, 1917 (died)
- John W. Rainey (D), from April 2, 1918
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. James McAndrews (D)
7. Niels Juul (R)
8. Thomas Gallagher (D)
9. Frederick A. Britten (R)
10. George E. Foss (R)
11. Ira C. Copley (R)
12. Charles Eugene Fuller (R)
13. John C. McKenzie (R)
14. William J. Graham (R)
15. Edward John King (R)
16. Clifford Ireland (R)
17. John A. Sterling (R), until October 17, 1918 (died), vacant thereafter
18. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
19. William B. McKinley (R)
20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
21. Loren E. Wheeler (R)
22. William A. Rodenberg (R)
23. Martin D. Foster (D)
24. Thomas S. Williams (R)
25. Edward E. Denison (R)
At-large. Medill McCormick (R)
At-large. William E. Mason (R)

Indiana

1. George K. Denton (D)
2. Oscar E. Bland (R)
3. William E. Cox (D)
4. Lincoln Dixon (D)
5. Everett Sanders (R)
6. Daniel Webster Comstock (R), until May 19, 1917 (died)
- Richard N. Elliott (R), from June 29, 1917
7. Merrill Moores (R)
8. Albert H. Vestal (R)
9. Fred S. Purnell (R)
10. William R. Wood (R)
11. Milton Kraus (R)
12. Louis W. Fairfield (R)
13. Henry A. Barnhart (D)

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

1. Alben Barkley (D)
2. David Hayes Kincheloe (D)
3. Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. (D)
4. Ben Johnson (D)
5. J. Swagar Sherley (D)
6. Arthur B. Rouse (D)
7. J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
8. Harvey Helm (D), until March 3, 1919 (died)
9. William Jason Fields (D)
10. John W. Langley (R)
11. Caleb Powers (R)

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

1. Jesse D. Price (D)
2. Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (D), until October 5, 1918 (died)
- Carville Benson (D), from November 5, 1918
3. Charles P. Coady (D)
4. J. Charles Linthicum (D)
5. Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (R)
6. Frederick N. Zihlman (R)

Massachusetts

1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
3. Calvin D. Paige (R)
4. Samuel E. Winslow (R)
5. John J. Rogers (R)
6. Augustus P. Gardner (R), until May 15, 1917 (resigned)
- Willfred W. Lufkin (R), from November 6, 1917
7. Michael F. Phelan (D)
8. Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
9. Alvan T. Fuller (R)
10. Peter F. Tague (D)
11. George H. Tinkham (R)
12. James A. Gallivan (D)
13. William H. Carter (R)
14. Richard Olney II (D)
15. William S. Greene (R)
16. Joseph Walsh (R)

Michigan

1. Frank E. Doremus (D)
2. Mark R. Bacon (R), until December 13, 1917 (lost recount)
- Samuel Beakes (D), from December 13, 1917 (won recount)
3. John M. C. Smith (R)
4. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
5. Carl Mapes (R)
6. Patrick H. Kelley (R)
7. Louis C. Cramton (R)
8. Joseph W. Fordney (R)
9. James C. McLaughlin (R)
10. Gilbert A. Currie (R)
11. Frank D. Scott (R)
12. W. Frank James (R)
13. Charles Archibald Nichols (R)

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

1. Milton A. Romjue (D)
2. William W. Rucker (D)
3. Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
4. Charles F. Booher (D)
5. William Patterson Borland (D), until February 20, 1919 (died), vacant thereafter
6. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
7. Courtney W. Hamlin (D)
8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
9. Champ Clark (D)
10. Jacob Edwin Meeker (R), until October 16, 1918 (died)
- Frederick Essen (R), from November 5, 1918
11. William Leo Igoe (D)
12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
13. Walter Lewis Hensley (D)
14. Joseph J. Russell (D)
15. Perl D. Decker (D)
16. Thomas L. Rubey (D)

Montana

1. John M. Evans (D)
2. Jeannette Rankin (R)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Edwin E. Roberts (R)

New Hampshire

1. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R), until March 11, 1917 (died)
- Sherman Everett Burroughs (R), from May 29, 1917
2. Edward Hills Wason (R)

New Jersey

1. William J. Browning (R)
2. Isaac Bacharach (R)
3. Thomas J. Scully (D)
4. Elijah C. Hutchinson (R)
5. John H. Capstick (R), until March 17, 1918 (died)
- William F. Birch (R), from November 5, 1918
6. John R. Ramsey (R)
7. Dow H. Drukker (R)
8. Edward W. Gray (R)
9. Richard W. Parker (R)
10. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
11. John J. Eagan (D)
12. James A. Hamill (D)

New Mexico

At-large. William Bell Walton (D)

New York

1. Frederick C. Hicks (R)
2. C. Pope Caldwell (D)
3. Joseph V. Flynn (D)
4. Harry H. Dale (D), until January 6, 1919 (resigned), vacant thereafter
5. James P. Maher (D)
6. Frederick W. Rowe (R)
7. John J. Fitzgerald (D), until December 31, 1917 (resigned)
- John J. Delaney (D), from March 5, 1918
8. Daniel J. Griffin (D), until December 31, 1917 (resigned)
- William E. Cleary (D), from March 5, 1918
9. Oscar W. Swift (R)
10. Reuben L. Haskell (R)
11. Daniel J. Riordan (D)
12. Meyer London (Soc.)
13. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
14. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)
15. Thomas Francis Smith (D), from April 12, 1917
16. Peter J. Dooling (D)
17. John F. Carew (D)
18. George B. Francis (R)
19. Walter M. Chandler (R)
20. Isaac Siegel (R)
21. George Murray Hulbert (D), until January 1, 1918 (resigned)
- Jerome F. Donovan (D), from March 5, 1918
22. Henry Bruckner (D), until December 31, 1917 (resigned)
- Anthony Griffin (D), from March 5, 1918
23. Daniel C. Oliver (D)
24. Benjamin L. Fairchild (R)
25. James W. Husted (R)
26. Edmund Platt (R)
27. Charles B. Ward (R)
28. Rollin B. Sanford (R)
29. James S. Parker (R)
30. George R. Lunn (D)
31. Bertrand H. Snell (R)
32. Luther W. Mott (R)
33. Homer P. Snyder (R)
34. George W. Fairchild (R)
35. Walter W. Magee (R)
36. Norman J. Gould (R)
37. Harry H. Pratt (R)
38. Thomas B. Dunn (R)
39. Archie D. Sanders (R)
40. S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
41. Charles B. Smith (D)
42. William F. Waldow (R)
43. Charles M. Hamilton (R)

North Carolina

1. John Humphrey Small (D)
2. Claude Kitchin (D)
3. George E. Hood (D)
4. Edward W. Pou (D)
5. Charles M. Stedman (D)
6. Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
7. Leonidas D. Robinson (D)
8. Robert L. Doughton (D)
9. Edwin Y. Webb (D)
10. Zebulon Weaver (D), until March 1, 1919 (lost election contest)
- James Jefferson Britt (R), from March 1, 1919 (won election contest)

North Dakota

1. Henry Thomas Helgesen (R), until April 10, 1917 (died)
- John Miller Baer (R), from July 20, 1917
2. George M. Young (R)
3. Patrick Daniel Norton (R)

Ohio

1. Nicholas Longworth (R)
2. Victor Heintz (R)
3. Warren Gard (D)
4. Benjamin F. Welty (D)
5. John S. Snook (D)
6. Charles C. Kearns (R)
7. Simeon D. Fess (R)
8. John A. Key (D)
9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
10. Robert M. Switzer (R)
11. Horatio C. Claypool (D)
12. Clement L. Brumbaugh (D)
13. Arthur W. Overmyer (D)
14. Elsworth R. Bathrick (D), until December 23, 1917 (died)
- Martin L. Davey (D), from November 5, 1918
15. George White (D)
16. Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)
17. William A. Ashbrook (D)
18. David Hollingsworth (R)
19. John G. Cooper (R)
20. William Gordon (D)
21. Robert Crosser (D)
22. Henry I. Emerson (R)

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

1. William S. Vare (R)
2. George S. Graham (R)
3. J. Hampton Moore (R)
4. George W. Edmonds (R)
5. Peter E. Costello (R)
6. George P. Darrow (R)
7. Thomas S. Butler (R)
8. Henry Winfield Watson (R)
9. William W. Griest (R)
10. John R. Farr (R)
11. Thomas W. Templeton (R)
12. Robert D. Heaton (R)
13. Arthur G. Dewalt (D)
14. Louis T. McFadden (Rep.)
15. Edgar R. Kiess (R)
16. John V. Lesher (D)
17. Benjamin K. Focht (R)
18. Aaron S. Kreider (R)
19. John M. Rose (R)
20. Andrew R. Brodbeck (D)
21. Charles H. Rowland (R)
22. Edward E. Robbins (R), until January 25, 1919 (died), vacant thereafter
23. Bruce F. Sterling (D)
24. Henry W. Temple (R)
25. Henry A. Clark (R)
26. Henry J. Steele (D)
27. Nathan L. Strong (R)
28. Orrin D. Bleakley (R), until April 3, 1917 (resigned)
- Earl Hanley Beshlin (D), from November 6, 1917
29. Stephen G. Porter (R)
30. M. Clyde Kelly (Prog.)
31. John M. Morin (R)
32. Guy E. Campbell (D)
At-large. Thomas S. Crago (R)
At-large. John R.K. Scott (R), until January 5, 1919 (resigned), vacant thereafter
At-large. Joseph McLaughlin (R)
At-large. Mahlon M. Garland (R)

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

1. Eugene Black (D)
2. Martin Dies (D)
3. James Young (D)
4. Sam Rayburn (D)
5. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
6. Rufus Hardy (D)
7. Alexander W. Gregg (D)
8. Joe H. Eagle (D)
9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
10. James P. Buchanan (D)
11. Tom T. Connally (D)
12. James Clifton Wilson (D), until March 3, 1919 (resigned to become a U.S. District Court judge), vacant thereafter
13. John Marvin Jones (D)
14. James L. Slayden (D)
15. John Nance Garner (D)
16. Thomas L. Blanton (D)
At-large. Daniel E. Garrett (D)
At-large. A. Jeff McLemore (D)

Utah

1. Milton H. Welling (D)
2. James Henry Mays (D)

Vermont

1. Frank L. Greene (R)
2. Porter H. Dale (R)

Virginia

1. William Atkinson Jones (D), until April 17, 1918 (died)
- S. Otis Bland (D), from July 2, 1918
2. Edward Everett Holland (D)
3. Andrew Jackson Montague (D)
4. Walter Allen Watson (D)
5. Edward W. Saunders (D)
6. Carter Glass (D), until December 16, 1918 (resigned)
- James P. Woods (D), from February 25, 1919
7. Thomas W. Harrison (D)
8. Charles Creighton Carlin (D)
9. C. Bascom Slemp (R)
10. Henry De Flood (D)

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

1. Henry A. Cooper (R)
2. Edward Voigt (R)
3. John M. Nelson (R)
4. William J. Cary (R)
5. William H. Stafford (R)
6. James H. Davidson (R), until August 6, 1918 (died)
- Florian Lampert (R), from November 5, 1918
7. John Jacob Esch (R)
8. Edward E. Browne (R)
9. David G. Classon (R)
10. James A. Frear (R)
11. Irvine L. Lenroot (R), until April 17, 1918 (resigned)
- Adolphus P. Nelson (R), from November 5, 1918

Wyoming

At-large. Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory. Charles A. Sulzer (D), until January 7, 1919 (lost election contest)
- James Wickersham (R), from January 7, 1919 (won election contest)
Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (R)
Philippines. Jaime C. De Veyra
Philippines. Teodoro R. Yangco
Puerto Rico. Félix Córdova Dávila, (Unionist), from August 7, 1917

House Speaker
Champ Clark

Employees

Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods

Senate

Secretary: James M. Baker of South Carolina
Sergeant at Arms: Charles P. Higgins of Indiana

House of Representatives

Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)
Clerk: South Trimble
Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
Postmaster: William M. Dunbar
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Bennett C. Clark
- Clarence A. Cannon
Sergeant at Arms: Robert B. Gordon

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". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html. Retrieved 2006-06-01.
U.S. House of Representatives (2006). "Congressional History". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History/index.html. Retrieved 2006-06-01. ^{[dead link]}
U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm. Retrieved 2006-06-01.

United States Congresses (and years begun)

1 (1789)
2 (1791)
3 (1793)
4 (1795)
5 (1797)
6 (1799)
7 (1801)
8 (1803)
9 (1805)
10 (1807)

11 (1809)
12 (1811)
13 (1813)
14 (1815)
15 (1817)
16 (1819)
17 (1821)
18 (1823)
19 (1825)
20 (1827)

21 (1829)
22 (1831)
23 (1833)
24 (1835)
25 (1837)
26 (1839)
27 (1841)
28 (1843)
29 (1845)
30 (1847)

31 (1849)
32 (1851)
33 (1853)
34 (1855)
35 (1857)
36 (1859)
37 (1861)
38 (1863)
39 (1865)
40 (1867)

41 (1869)
42 (1871)
43 (1873)
44 (1875)
45 (1877)
46 (1879)
47 (1881)
48 (1883)
49 (1885)
50 (1887)

51 (1889)
52 (1891)
53 (1893)
54 (1895)
55 (1897)
56 (1899)
57 (1901)
58 (1903)
59 (1905)
60 (1907)

61 (1909)
62 (1911)
63 (1913)
64 (1915)
65 (1917)
66 (1919)
67 (1921)
68 (1923)
69 (1925)
70 (1927)

71 (1929)
72 (1931)
73 (1933)
74 (1935)
75 (1937)
76 (1939)
77 (1941)
78 (1943)
79 (1945)
80 (1947)

81 (1949)
82 (1951)
83 (1953)
84 (1955)
85 (1957)
86 (1959)
87 (1961)
88 (1963)
89 (1965)
90 (1967)

91 (1969)
92 (1971)
93 (1973)
94 (1975)
95 (1977)
96 (1979)
97 (1981)
98 (1983)
99 (1985)
100 (1987)

101 (1989)
102 (1991)
103 (1993)
104 (1995)
105 (1997)
106 (1999)
107 (2001)
108 (2003)
109 (2005)
110 (2007)

111 (2009)
112 (2011)
113 (2013)

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