69th United States Congress
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The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate
and the United States House of Representatives
. It met in Washington, D.C.
from March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth years of Calvin Coolidge
's presidency
. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910
. Both chambers had a Republican
majority.
TOTAL members: 96
TOTAL members: 435
, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1928; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1926.
(D). J. Lister Hill
(D). Henry B. Steagall
(D). Lamar Jeffers
(D). William B. Bowling
(D). William B. Oliver
(D). Miles C. Allgood
(D). Edward B. Almon
(D). George Huddleston
(D). William B. Bankhead
(D)
(D). William A. Oldfield
(D). John N. Tillman
(D). Otis Wingo
(D). Heartsill Ragon
(D). James B. Reed
(D). Tilman B. Parks (D)
(D). John E. Raker
(D)
(R). Charles B. Timberlake
(R). Guy U. Hardy
(R). Edward T. Taylor
(D)
(R). Richard P. Freeman
(R). John Q. Tilson
(R). Schuyler Merritt
(R). James P. Glynn
(R)
(R)
(D). Robert A. Green
(D). John H. Smithwick
(D). William J. Sears
(D)
(D). Edward E. Cox
(D). Charles R. Crisp
(D). William C. Wright
(D). William D. Upshaw
(D). Samuel Rutherford
(D). Gordon Lee
(D). Charles H. Brand
(D). Thomas M. Bell
(D). Carl Vinson
(D). William C. Lankford
(D). William W. Larsen
(D)
(R). Addison T. Smith
(R)
(R). Morton D. Hull
(R). Elliott W. Sproul
(R). Thomas A. Doyle
(D). Adolph J. Sabath
(D). John J. Gorman
(R). M. Alfred Michaelson
(R). Stanley H. Kunz
(D). Frederick A. Britten
(R). Carl R. Chindblom
(R). Frank R. Reid
(R). Charles E. Fuller
(R),until June 25, 1926, vacant thereafter. William R. Johnson
(R). John C. Allen
(R). Edward J. King
(R). William E. Hull
(R). Frank H. Funk
(R). William P. Holaday
(R). Charles Adkins (R). Henry T. Rainey
(D). Loren E. Wheeler
(R). Edward M. Irwin
(R). William W. Arnold
(D). Thomas S. Williams
(R). Edward E. Denison
(R). Henry R. Rathbone
(R). Richard Yates
(R)
(R). Arthur H. Greenwood
(D). Frank Gardner
(D). Harry C. Canfield
(D). Noble J. Johnson
(R). Richard N. Elliott
(R). Ralph E. Updike
(R). Albert H. Vestal
(R). Fred S. Purnell
(R). William R. Wood
(R). Albert R. Hall
(R). David Hogg
(R). Andrew J. Hickey
(R)
(R). F. Dickinson Letts
(R). Thomas J. B. Robinson
(R). Gilbert N. Haugen
(R). Cyrenus Cole
(R). C. William Ramseyer
(R). Cassius C. Dowell
(R). Lloyd Thurston
(R). William R. Green
(R). Lester J. Dickinson
(R). William D. Boies
(R)
(R). Chauncey B. Little
(D). William H. Sproul
(R). Homer Hoch
(R). James G. Strong
(R). Hays B. White
(R). Jasper N. Tincher
(R). William A. Ayres
(D)
(D). David H. Kincheloe
(D). Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.
(D)
(D). Whitmell P. Martin
(D). John N. Sandlin
(D). Riley J. Wilson
(D). Bolivar E. Kemp
(D). Ladislas Lazaro
(D). James B. Aswell
(D)
(R). Wallace H. White, Jr.
(R). John E. Nelson
(R). Ira G. Hersey
(R)
(D). Millard Tydings
(D). John Philip Hill
(R). J. Charles Linthicum
(D). Stephen W. Gambrill
(D). Frederick N. Zihlman
(R)
(R). George B. Churchill
(R)
(R). Earl C. Michener
(R). Arthur B. Williams
(R)
(R). Walter Newton
(R). Harold Knutson
(R). Ole J. Kvale
(FL). William L. Carss
(FL). Knud Wefald
(FL). Godfrey G. Goodwin
(R)
(D). Bill G. Lowrey
(D). William M. Whittington (D). T. Jeff Busby
(D). Ross A. Collins
(D). T. Webber Wilson
(D). Percy Quin
(D). James Collier
(D)
(D). Ralph F. Lozier
(D). Jacob L. Milligan
(D). Charles L. Faust
(R). Edgar C. Ellis
(R). Clement C. Dickinson
(D). Samuel C. Major
(D). William L. Nelson
(D). Clarence Cannon
(D). Cleveland A. Newton
(R). Harry B. Hawes
(D)
(D). Scott Leavitt
(R)
(D). Willis G. Sears
(R). Edgar Howard
(D). Melvin O. McLaughlin
(R). Ashton C. Shallenberger
(D). Robert G. Simmons
(R)
(R). Edward H. Wason
(R)
(R). Isaac Bacharach
(R). Stewart H. Appleby
(R), from November 3, 1925. Charles A. Eaton
(R). Ernest R. Ackerman
(R). Randolph Perkins
(R). George N. Seger
(R). Herbert W. Taylor
(R). Franklin W. Fort
(R). Frederick R. Lehlbach
(R). Oscar L. Auf der Heide
(D). Mary T. Norton
(D)
(D)
(R). John J. Kindred
(D). George W. Lindsay
(D). Thomas H. Cullen
(D). Loring M. Black, Jr.
(D). Andrew L. Somers
(D). John Quayle
(D). William E. Cleary
(D). David J. O'Connell
(D). Emanuel Celler
(D). Anning S. Prall
(D). Samuel Dickstein
(D). Christopher D. Sullivan
(D). Nathan D. Perlman
(R). John J. Boylan
(D). John J. O'Connor
(D). Ogden L. Mills
(R). John F. Carew
(D). Sol Bloom
(D). Fiorello H. LaGuardia
(AL). Royal H. Weller
(D). Anthony J. Griffin
(D). Frank Oliver
(D). Benjamin L. Fairchild
(R). J. Mayhew Wainwright
(R). Hamilton Fish, Jr.
(R). Harcourt J. Pratt
(R). Parker Corning
(D). James S. Parker
(R). Frank Crowther
(R). Bertrand Snell
(R). Thaddeus C. Sweet
(R). Frederick M. Davenport
(R). Harold S. Tolley
(R). Walter W. Magee
(R). John Taber
(R). Gale H. Stalker
(R). Meyer Jacobstein
(D). Archie D. Sanders
(R). S. Wallace Dempsey
(R). Clarence MacGregor
(R). James M. Mead
(D). Daniel A. Reed
(R)
(D). John H. Kerr
(D). Charles L. Abernethy
(D). Edward W. Pou
(D). Charles M. Stedman
(D). Homer L. Lyon
(D). William C. Hammer
(D). Robert L. Doughton
(D). Alfred L. Bulwinkle
(D). Zebulon Weaver
(D)
(R). Thomas Hall
(R). James H. Sinclair
(R)
(R). Ambrose E.B. Stephens (R), died February 12, 1927, vacant for remainder of term. Roy G. Fitzgerald
(R). William T. Fitzgerald
(R). Charles J. Thompson
(R). Charles C. Kearns
(R). Charles Brand
(R). T. Brooks Fletcher
(D). William W. Chalmers
(R). Thomas A. Jenkins
(R). Mell G. Underwood
(D). John C. Speaks
(R). James T. Begg
(R). Martin L. Davey
(D). C. Ellis Moore
(R). John McSweeney
(D). William M. Morgan
(R). B. Frank Murphy
(R). John G. Cooper
(R). Charles A. Mooney
(D). Robert Crosser
(D). Theodore E. Burton
(R)
(R). William W. Hastings
(D). Charles D. Carter
(D). Tom D. McKeown
(D). Fletcher B. Swank
(D). Elmer Thomas (D). James V. McClintic
(D). Milton C. Garber
(R)
(R). Nicholas J. Sinnott
(R). Maurice E. Crumpacker
(R)
(R). George S. Graham
(R). Harry C. Ransley
(R). Benjamin M. Golder
(R). James J. Connolly
(R). George A. Welsh
(R). George P. Darrow
(R). Thomas S. Butler
(R). Henry W. Watson
(R). William W. Griest
(R). Laurence H. Watres
(R). Edmund N. Carpenter
(R). George F. Brumm (R). Charles J. Esterly
(R). Louis T. McFadden
(R). Edgar R. Kiess
(R). Frederick W. Magrady
(R). Edward M. Beers
(R). Joshua W. Swartz
(R). Anderson H. Walters
(R). J. Banks Kurtz
(R). Franklin Menges
(R). William I. Swoope
(R). Samuel A. Kendall
(R). Henry W. Temple
(R). Thomas W. Phillips, Jr.
(R). Nathan L. Strong
(R). Harris J. Bixler
(R). Milton W. Shreve
(R). William R. Coyle (R). Adam M. Wyant
(R). Stephen G. Porter
(R). M. Clyde Kelly
(R). John M. Morin
(R). James M. Magee
(R). Guy E. Campbell
(R)
(R). Richard S. Aldrich
(R). Jeremiah E. O'Connell
(D)
(D). Butler B. Hare
(D). Frederick H. Dominick
(D). John J. McSwain
(D). William F. Stevenson (D). Allard H. Gasque
(D). Hampton P. Fulmer
(D)
(R). Royal C. Johnson
(R). William Williamson
(R)
(R). J. Will Taylor
(R). Sam D. McReynolds
(D). Cordell Hull
(D). Ewin L. Davis
(D). Joseph W. Byrns, Sr. (D). Edward E. Eslick
(D). Gordon Browning
(D). Finis J. Garrett
(D). Hubert Fisher
(D)
(D). Morgan G. Sanders
(D). Sam Rayburn
(D). Hatton W. Sumners
(D). Luther Alexander Johnson (D). Clay Stone Briggs
(D). Daniel E. Garrett
(D). Joseph J. Mansfield
(D). James P. Buchanan
(D). Tom Connally (D). Fritz G. Lanham
(D). Guinn Williams
(D). Harry M. Wurzbach
(R). John N. Garner
(D). Claude B. Hudspeth
(D). Thomas L. Blanton
(D). J. Marvin Jones
(D)
(R). Elmer O. Leatherwood
(R)
(R). Ernest Willard Gibson
(R)
(D). Andrew J. Montague
(D). Patrick Henry Drewry
(D). Joseph Whitehead (D). Clifton A. Woodrum
(D). Thomas W. Harrison
(D). R. Walton Moore
(D). George C. Peery
(D). Henry St. George Tucker III
(D)
(R). Lindley H. Hadley
(R). Albert Johnson
(R). John W. Summers
(R). Samuel B. Hill
(D)
(R). Frank L. Bowman
(R). John M. Wolverton
(R). Harry C. Woodyard
(R). James French Strother
(R). J. Alfred Taylor
(D)
(R). John M. Nelson
(R). John C. Schafer
(R). Victor L. Berger
(S). Florian Lampert
(R). Joseph D. Beck
(R). Edward E. Browne
(R). George J. Schneider
(R). James A. Frear
(R). Hubert H. Peavey
(R)
(R). William P. Jarrett
(D). Isauro Gabaldon
. Pedro Guevara
. Félix Córdova Dávila
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
and the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
. It met in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
from March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth years of Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...
's presidency
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910
United States Census, 1910
The Thirteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau on April 15, 1910, determined the resident population of the United States to be 92,228,496, an increase of 21.0 percent over the 76,212,168 persons enumerated during the 1900 Census...
. Both chambers had a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
majority.
Major events
The special session of the Senate was called by President Coolidge on February 14, 1925.- Impeachment of Judge George W. EnglishGeorge W. EnglishGeorge Washington English, Sr. was a United States federal judge.Born near Vienna, Illinois, English received an LL.B. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1891. He was chief deputy sheriff of Johnson County, Illinois from 1891 to 1892. He engaged in the private practice of law in Vienna, Illinois...
— On April 1, 1926, the House of Representatives impeached Judge George W. EnglishGeorge W. EnglishGeorge Washington English, Sr. was a United States federal judge.Born near Vienna, Illinois, English received an LL.B. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1891. He was chief deputy sheriff of Johnson County, Illinois from 1891 to 1892. He engaged in the private practice of law in Vienna, Illinois...
of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of IllinoisUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of IllinoisThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois is a former federal district court for the state of Illinois. The court was established March 3, 1905, by 33 Stat. 992. The Northern and Southern Districts had been established February 13, 1855...
. Both Houses adjourned on July 3, 1926, with the Senate scheduled to reconvene on November 10, 1926 as a Court of Impeachment. English resigned before the impeachment trial began. The Senate met as planned on November 10, 1926 to adjourn the court of impeachment sine die. On December 13, 1926 the Senate, acting on advice from the House managers of the impeachment, formally dismissed all charges against Judge English.
Major legislation
- February 26, 1926 - Revenue Act of 1926Revenue Act of 1926The United States Revenue Act of 1926, , reduced inheritance and personal income taxes, cancelled many excise imposts, and ended public access to federal income tax returns.Passed by the 69th Congress, it was signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge....
- April 12, 1926 - Timber Exportation Act of 1926
- May 8, 1926 - Federal Interpleader Act of 1926
- May 20, 1926 - Air Commerce Act
- May 20, 1926 - Federal Black Bass Act of 1926
- May 20, 1926 - Railway Labor ActRailway Labor ActThe Railway Labor Act is a United States federal law that governs labor relations in the railroad and airline industries. The Act, passed in 1926 and amended in 1934 and 1936, seeks to substitute bargaining, arbitration and mediation for strikes as a means of resolving labor disputes...
(Parker-Watson Act) - May 25, 1926 - Omnibus Adjustment Act of 1926
- May 25, 1926 - Public Buildings Act of 1926 (Elliot-Fernald Act)
- May 26, 1926 - Shenandoah National ParkShenandoah National ParkShenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia. This national park is long and narrow, with the broad Shenandoah River and valley on the west side, and the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont on the east...
Act of 1926 - June 3, 1926 - Subsistence Expense Act of 1926
- June 14, 1926 - Recreation and Public Purposes Act
- June 15, 1926 - Limitation of National Forest Designation Act
- July 2, 1926 - Cooperative Marketing ActCooperative Marketing ActThe Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926 was a piece of agricultural legislation passed in the United States which expanded upon the Capper-Volstead Act of 1922. It allowed farmers to exchange “past, present, and prospective crop, market, statistical, economic, and other similar information” at their...
- July 3, 1926 - Walsh Act
- July 3, 1926 -- Passport Act of 1926
- January 21, 1927 - River and Harbors Act of 1927
- February 23, 1927 - Radio Act of 1927 (Dill-White Act)
- February 25, 1927 - McFadden ActMcFadden ActThe McFadden Act is a United States federal law, named after Louis Thomas McFadden member of the United States House of Representatives and Chairman of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, enacted in 1927 from recommendations made by the comptroller of the currency Henry May...
- March 3, 1927 - Foreign and Domestic Commerce Act of 1927
- March 3, 1927 - Produce Agency Act of 1927
- March 4, 1927 - Mayfield-Newton ActMayfield-Newton ActThe Mayfield-Newton Act sponsored by Sen. Earle B. Mayfield of Texas and Rep. Walter H. Newton of Minnesota, the original maximum suspension had been fixed by the Mann-Elkins Act of 1910 to 120 days, extendable by the Interstate Commerce Commission to 6 months – the Esch-Cummins Act reduced the...
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.Senate
- Republican (R)Republican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: 54 (majority) - Democratic (D)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: 41 - Farmer-Labor (FL)Minnesota Farmer-Labor PartyThe Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party was a political party in the United States state of Minnesota, the most successful and longest-lasting of the constituent elements of the national Farmer–Labor Party movement, which had a presence in other states...
: 1
TOTAL members: 96
House of Representatives
- Republican (R)Republican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: 247 (majority) - Democratic (D)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: 183 - Farmer-Labor (FL)Minnesota Farmer-Labor PartyThe Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party was a political party in the United States state of Minnesota, the most successful and longest-lasting of the constituent elements of the national Farmer–Labor Party movement, which had a presence in other states...
: 3 - American-Labor (AL)American Labor PartyThe American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party who had established themselves as the Social Democratic...
: 1 - Socialist (S): 1
TOTAL members: 435
Leadership
Senate
- President: Charles G. DawesCharles G. DawesCharles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States . For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S...
(R) - President pro temporePresident pro tempore of the United States SenateThe President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...
:- Albert B. CumminsAlbert B. CumminsAlbert Baird Cummins was the 18th Governor of Iowa, U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate. Cummins was perhaps the most influential leader in Iowa politics in the first quarter of the 20th century...
(R), elected March 4, 1925 - George H. MosesGeorge H. MosesGeorge Higgins Moses was a U.S. diplomat and political figure.He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1887 and Dartmouth College with the class of 1890....
(R), elected March 6, 1925
- Albert B. Cummins
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: Charles CurtisCharles CurtisCharles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...
- Majority WhipAssistant party leaders of the United States SenateThe Assistant Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate are the second-ranking members of the party leadership of the United States Senate....
: Wesley L. Jones
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader: Joseph T. Robinson
- Minority WhipAssistant party leaders of the United States SenateThe Assistant Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate are the second-ranking members of the party leadership of the United States Senate....
: Peter G. GerryPeter G. GerryPeter Goelet Gerry was an American lawyer and politician. He was a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.-Early life:...
House of Representatives
- SpeakerSpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
: Nicholas LongworthNicholas LongworthNicholas Longworth IV was a prominent American politician in the Republican Party during the first few decades of the 20th century...
(R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: John Q. TilsonJohn Q. TilsonJohn Quillin Tilson was a Republican politician in the United States, on both state and national levels, and a lawyer....
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority LeaderMinority leader of the United States House of RepresentativesThe House Minority Leader is one of the party leaders of the United States House of Representatives. This title is currently held by Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi of California....
: Finis J. GarrettFinis J. GarrettFinis J. Garrett was born in Weakley County, Tennessee in 1875. He attended Bethel College and graduated in 1897. During that period he worked as an editor for local newspapers. After he went on to law and then the US Congress. In the House he served from 1905 to 1929 and from 1923 to 1929 he was...
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.Senate
Senators were elected every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbersClasses of United States Senators
The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...
, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1928; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1926.
Alabama
- 3: Oscar UnderwoodOscar UnderwoodOscar Wilder Underwood was an American politician.Underwood was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 6, 1862. He was the grandson of Joseph R. Underwood, a Kentucky Senator circa 1850. He attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville...
(D) - 2: J. Thomas Heflin (D)
Arizona
- 1: Henry F. AshurstHenry F. AshurstHenry Fountain Ashurst was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial legislature before fulfilling his childhood ambition of joining the United States Senate...
(D) - 3: Ralph H. CameronRalph H. CameronRalph Henry Cameron was an American Republican politician, and a delegate and Senator from the state of Arizona. He died while on a business trip to Washington, D.C...
(R)
Arkansas
- 2: Joseph T. RobinsonJoseph Taylor RobinsonJoseph Taylor Robinson was an American politician from Arkansas, of the Democratic Party. He was a state representative, U.S. Representative, 23rd Governor of Arkansas, U.S...
(D) - 3: Thaddeus H. CarawayThaddeus H. CarawayThaddeus Horatius Caraway was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state first in the U.S. House of Representatives and then in the U.S. Senate ....
(D)
California
- 1: Hiram JohnsonHiram JohnsonHiram Warren Johnson was a leading American progressive and later isolationist politician from California; he served as the 23rd Governor from 1911 to 1917, and as a United States Senator from 1917 to 1945.-Early life:...
(R) - 3: Samuel M. ShortridgeSamuel M. ShortridgeSamuel Morgan Shortridge was a Republican Senator from California.A descendant of Daniel Boone, he was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa and moved to California as a child with his family, which settled in San Jose in 1875. He practiced law in San Francisco, California for most of his life.He lost the...
(R)
Colorado
- 2: Lawrence C. PhippsLawrence C. PhippsLawrence Cowle Phipps was a United States Senator representing Colorado from 1919 until 1931.Phipps was born in Amityville, Pennsylvania but grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he joined the Carnegie Steel Company as a clerk. His uncle, Henry Phipps, was the second largest shareholder in...
(R) - 3: Rice W. MeansRice W. MeansRice William Means was a Republican United States Senator from Colorado. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, he moved with his parents to Yuma County, Colorado in 1887. He settled in Denver in 1889, and attended the public schools and Sacred Heart College of Denver, CO...
(R)
Connecticut
- 1: George P. McLeanGeorge P. McLeanGeorge Payne McLean was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Simsbury, he attended the common schools and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Hartford. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1883 and 1884, and a member of...
(R) - 3: Hiram Bingham, IIIHiram Bingham IIIHiram Bingham, formally Hiram Bingham III, was an academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician from the United States. He made public the existence of the Quechua citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911 with the guidance of local indigenous farmers...
(R)
Delaware
- 1: Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:...
(D) - 2: T. Coleman du PontT. Coleman du PontThomas Coleman du Pont was an American engineer and politician, from Greenville, Delaware. He was President of the of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and a member of the Republican Party who served parts of two terms as United States Senator from Delaware...
(R)
Florida
- 3: Duncan U. FletcherDuncan U. FletcherDuncan Upshaw Fletcher was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history.-Early life and career:...
(D) - 1: Park TrammellPark TrammellPark Monroe Trammell , an American politician of the Democratic Party, was the 21st Governor of Florida and represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1917 until 1936....
(D)
Georgia
- 2: William J. HarrisWilliam J. HarrisWilliam Julius Harris was a United States Senator from the state of Georgia. He was a great-grandson of Charles Hooks, who had been a Representative from North Carolina, and son-in-law of Joseph Wheeler, Confederate General and Representative from Alabama.- Early life :Harris was born in Cedartown...
(D) - 3: Walter F. GeorgeWalter F. GeorgeWalter Franklin George was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a long-time United States Senator and was President pro tempore. He was a Democrat.-Early years:...
(D)
Idaho
- 2: William E. BorahWilliam Edgar BorahWilliam Edgar Borah was a prominent Republican attorney and longtime United States Senator from Idaho noted for his oratorical skills and isolationist views. One of his nicknames later in life was "The Lion of Idaho."...
(R) - 3: Frank R. GoodingFrank R. GoodingFrank Robert Gooding was a Republican United States Senator and the seventh Governor of Idaho. The city of Gooding and Gooding County, both in southern Idaho, are named for him....
(R)
Illinois
- 3: William B. McKinleyWilliam B. McKinleyWilliam Brown McKinley was a United States Representative from the State of Illinois. He was born near Petersburg, Illinois....
(R), until December 7, 1926, vacant to end - 2: Charles S. DeneenCharles S. DeneenCharles Samuel Deneen was the 23rd Governor of Illinois, serving from 1905 to 1913, and was the first to serve two terms. He served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1925–1931. Deneen also served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1892...
(R)
Indiana
- 3: James E. WatsonJames Eli WatsonJames Eli Watson was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate gives his year of birth as 1862, this is most probably incorrect.He was born in Winchester, Indiana, one of six children...
(R) - 1: Samuel M. RalstonSamuel M. RalstonSamuel Moffett Ralston was Democratic politician, the 28th Governor of and a United States Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana. Born into a large impoverished family, he took many jobs as a child including working in a coal mine...
(D)- Arthur R. RobinsonArthur Raymond RobinsonArthur Raymond Robinson was a United States Senator from Indiana.-Early life:Born in Pickerington, Ohio, Robinson attended the common schools, graduated from the Ohio Northern University in 1901, the Indiana University Law School at Indianapolis in 1910, and the University of Chicago in 1913...
(R)
- Arthur R. Robinson
Iowa
- 3: Albert B. CumminsAlbert B. CumminsAlbert Baird Cummins was the 18th Governor of Iowa, U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate. Cummins was perhaps the most influential leader in Iowa politics in the first quarter of the 20th century...
(R)- David W. Stewart (R)
- 2: Smith W. BrookhartSmith W. BrookhartSmith Wildman Brookhart , was twice elected as a Republican to represent Iowa in the United States Senate. He was considered an "insurgent" within the Republican Party; his criticisms of the Harding and Coolidge Administrations and of business interests alienated others within the Republican...
(R)- Daniel F. SteckDaniel F. SteckDaniel Frederic Steck , was the only Iowa Democrat in the United States Senate between the American Civil War and the Great Depression. He was sworn in as Senator only after an extraordinary election challenge, in which his apparent defeat at the polls by a Progressive Party ally running as a...
(D)
- Daniel F. Steck
Kansas
- 3: Charles CurtisCharles CurtisCharles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...
(R) - 2: Arthur CapperArthur CapperArthur Capper was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and a United States Senator from 1919 to 1949....
(R)
Kentucky
- 3: Richard P. ErnstRichard P. ErnstRichard Pretlow Ernst was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky who served from 1921 to 1927. He was a Republican. Ernst graduated from Centre College in 1878 and got his law degree from the Cincinnati Law School in 1880. That year, he was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Cincinnati, Ohio...
(R) - 2: Frederic M. SackettFrederic M. SackettFrederic Mosley Sackett served as a United States Senator from Kentucky and ambassador to Germany during the Hoover Administration....
(R)
Louisiana
- 2: Joseph E. RansdellJoseph E. RansdellJoseph Eugene Ransdell was a United States Representative and Senator from Louisiana. Born in Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, Ransdell attended public schools. In 1882, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York...
(D) - 3: Edwin S. BroussardEdwin S. BroussardEdwin Sidney Broussard I was a United States senator from Louisiana. He was born in the village of Loureauville in Iberia Parish in the sugar-growing country of south Louisiana and attended public schools. He graduated from the Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge in 1896. He taught in the...
(D)
Maine
- 2: Bert M. FernaldBert M. FernaldBert Manfred Fernald was a United States Senator and the 47th Governor of Maine.Born in West Poland, Maine, he attended the public schools, Hebron Academy and a business and preparatory school in Boston. He then taught school , and then engaged in the canning, dairy, and telephone businesses...
(R)- Arthur R. GouldArthur R. GouldArthur Robinson Gould was a United States Senator from Maine.Born in Corinth, Maine, he attended the common schools and East Corinth Academy. He moved first to Bangor, Maine, where he opened a candy factory and met and married his wife, and then to Presque Isle, Maine, in 1887...
(R)
- Arthur R. Gould
- 1: Frederick HaleFrederick HaleFrederick Hale was a politician from the U.S. state of Maine, representing the state in the United States Senate from 1917 to 1941. He was the son of Eugene Hale, the grandson of Zachariah Chandler, both also U.S. Senators, brother of diplomat Chandler Hale, and the cousin of U.S...
(R)
Maryland
- 3: Ovington WellerOvington WellerOvington Eugene Weller was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1921-1927....
(R) - 1: William Cabell BruceWilliam Cabell BruceWilliam Cabell Bruce was an American politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who represented the State of Maryland in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929....
(D)
Massachusetts
- 1: William M. ButlerWilliam M. ButlerWilliam Morgan Butler was a lawyer and legislator for the State of Massachusetts, and a United States Senator....
(R)- David I. WalshDavid I. WalshDavid Ignatius Walsh was a United States politician from Massachusetts. As a member of the Democratic Party, he served in the state legislature and then as Lieutenant Governor and then as the 46th Governor . His first term in the U.S...
(D)
- David I. Walsh
- 2: Frederick H. GillettFrederick H. GillettFrederick Huntington Gillett was an American politician during the early 20th century. Frederick H. Gillett was born in Westfield, Massachusetts to Edward Bates Gillett and Lucy Fowler Gillett . He graduated from Amherst College in 1874 and Harvard Law School in 1877. He began the practice of...
(R)
Michigan
- 2: James J. CouzensJames J. CouzensJames J. Couzens was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan, the Mayor of Detroit, an industrialist, and philanthropist.-Early life and career:...
(R) - 1: Woodbridge N. FerrisWoodbridge Nathan FerrisWoodbridge Nathan Ferris was an educator from New York, Illinois and Michigan, as well as Democratic statesman and the 28th Governor of Michigan .-Early life in New York, Michigan and Illinois:...
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Minnesota
- 1: Henrik ShipsteadHenrik ShipsteadHenrik Shipstead was an American politician. He served in the United States Senate from March 4, 1923, to January 3, 1947, from the state of Minnesota in the 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, and 79th Congresses...
(FL) - 2: Thomas D. SchallThomas D. SchallThomas David Schall was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected as a Progressive but later joined the Republican Party.Schall was born in Reed City, Michigan, and moved...
(R)
Mississippi
- 2: Pat HarrisonPat HarrisonByron Patton "Pat" Harrison was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death....
(D) - 1: Hubert D. StephensHubert D. StephensHubert Durrett Stephens was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1923 until 1935....
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Missouri
- 1: James A. ReedJames A. ReedJames Alexander Reed was an American Democratic Party politician from Missouri.-Biography:Reed was born on a farm in Richland County, Ohio. He moved with his family to Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the age of 3. He went to public schools and attended Coe College...
(D) - 3: Selden P. SpencerSelden P. SpencerSelden Palmer Spencer was a United States Senator from Missouri. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he attended the public schools there and graduated from Yale College in 1884 and from the law school of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1886. He was admitted to the bar, commencing...
(R)- George H. WilliamsGeorge Howard WilliamsGeorge Howard Williams was a U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1925 to 1926. He served as a Republican. He received his LLB from Washington University in St. Louis in 1897. He was born in California, Missouri, and died in Sarasota, Florida.-External links:*...
(R) - Harry B. HawesHarry B. HawesHarry Bartow Hawes was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate from Missouri....
(D)
- George H. Williams
Montana
- 2: Thomas J. WalshThomas J. WalshThomas James Walsh was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana, in the United States.-Background:...
(D) - 1: Burton K. WheelerBurton K. WheelerBurton Kendall Wheeler was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from 1923 until 1947.-Early life:...
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Nebraska
- 2: George W. NorrisGeorge William NorrisGeorge William Norris was a U.S. politician from the state of Nebraska and a leader of progressive and liberal causes in Congress...
(R) - 1: Robert B. HowellRobert B. HowellRobert Howell was a Trial Attorney and a member of the Justice League. He was born in Fort Pierce, Florida. He graduated from Harvard in 2005. Afterwards he went to the Harvard School of Law. He moved to Miami , Florida in 2007....
(R)
Nevada
- 1: Key PittmanKey PittmanKey Denson Pittman was a United States Senator from Nevada. He was a Democrat.Pittman was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1872 and was educated by private tutors and at the Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee. He studied law, then later became a lawyer...
(D) - 3: Tasker OddieTasker OddieTasker Lowndes Oddie was an American politician. He was the 12th Governor of Nevada and a United States Senator. He was a member of the Republican Party.-Biography:...
(R)
New Hampshire
- 3: George H. MosesGeorge H. MosesGeorge Higgins Moses was a U.S. diplomat and political figure.He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1887 and Dartmouth College with the class of 1890....
(R) - 2: Henry W. KeyesHenry W. KeyesHenry Wilder Keyes was an American farmer, banker, and Republican politician from Haverhill, New Hampshire. Born in 1863 in Newbury, Vermont, he was raised in New Hampshire. His father was a prominent New England farmer, merchant, and railroad investor. Keyes graduated from Harvard with a B.A...
(R)
New Jersey
- 2: Walter E. EdgeWalter Evans EdgeWalter Evans Edge was an American politician. A Republican, he was twice the Governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, serving as governor during both World War I and World War II...
(R) - 1: Edward I. Edwards (D)
New Mexico
- 1: Andrieus A. JonesAndrieus A. JonesAndrieus Aristieus Jones was a Democratic Party politician from New Mexico who represented the state in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death.-Biography:...
(D) - 2: Sam G. BrattonSam G. BrattonSam Gilbert Bratton was a Democratic Party politician from the state of New Mexico who served in the United States Senate from 1925 until 1933....
(D)
New York
- 3: James W. Wadsworth, Jr.James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. was a U.S. Republican politician from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, Sr., and the grandson of Union General James Samuel Wadsworth, Sr.-Biography:...
(R) - 1: Royal S. CopelandRoyal S. CopelandRoyal Samuel Copeland was an American academic, homeopathic physician, and politician who held elected offices in both Michigan and New York . He represented New York in the United States Senate from 1923 until 1938.-Early life and medical career:Born in Dexter, Michigan to parents Roscoe P....
(D)
North Carolina
- 2: Furnifold M. SimmonsFurnifold McLendel SimmonsFurnifold McLendel Simmons was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1901 and 1931. He served as chairman of the powerful Committee on Finance from 1913 - 1919...
(D) - 3: Lee S. OvermanLee Slater OvermanLee Slater Overman was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1903 and 1930. He was born in Salisbury, N.C., the son of William H. and Mary E. Slater Overman. He attended Trinity College , Class of 1874, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity...
(D)
North Dakota
- 3: Edwin F. LaddEdwin F. LaddEdwin Fremont Ladd was a United States Senator from North Dakota. Born in Starks, Maine, he attended the public schools and Somerset Academy and graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1884...
(R)- Gerald NyeGerald NyeGerald Prentice Nye was a United States politician, representing North Dakota in the U.S. Senate from 1925-45...
(R)
- Gerald Nye
- 1: Lynn FrazierLynn FrazierLynn Joseph Frazier was a politician from North Dakota, serving as a U.S. Senator from 1923 to 1941 and the 12th Governor of North Dakota of that state from 1917 until being recalled in 1921. He was the first American governor ever successfully recalled from office...
(R)
Ohio
- 3: Frank B. WillisFrank B. WillisFrank Bartlett Willis was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:...
(R) - 1: Simeon D. FessSimeon D. FessSimeon Davison Fess was a Republican politician and educator from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.-Early life:...
(R)
Oklahoma
- 3: John W. HarreldJohn W. HarreldJohn William Harreld was a United States Representative and Senator from Oklahoma. Harreld was the first Republican senator elected in Oklahoma and represented a shift in Oklahoma politics.-Early life and career:...
(R) - 2: William B. PineWilliam B. PineWilliam Bliss Pine was a United States Senator from Oklahoma. Born in Illinois, he moved to Kansas and finally Oklahoma, where he became a prominent busineman and oil producer. As a senator, he was economically conservative, but considered progressive in his agricultural positions...
(R)
Oregon
- 2: Charles L. McNaryCharles L. McNaryCharles Linza McNary was a United States Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the Senate from 1917 to 1944, and was Senate Minority Leader from 1933 to 1944. In the Senate, McNary helped to pass legislation that led to the construction of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, and worked...
(R) - 3: Robert N. StanfieldRobert N. StanfieldRobert Nelson Stanfield was an American politician and rancher from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he was a rancher before entering politics and serving in the Oregon House of Representatives, including one session as Speaker...
(R)
Pennsylvania
- 3: George Wharton PepperGeorge W. PepperGeorge Wharton Pepper was an American lawyer, law professor, and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
(R) - 1: David A. ReedDavid A. ReedDavid Aiken Reed was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate....
(R)
Rhode Island
- 1: Peter G. GerryPeter G. GerryPeter Goelet Gerry was an American lawyer and politician. He was a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.-Early life:...
(D) - 2: Jesse H. MetcalfJesse H. MetcalfJesse Houghton Metcalf was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Providence, he was educated in private schools there, studied textile manufacturing in Yorkshire, England, and engaged in textile manufacturing. In 1889 Metcalf received a large bequest from his father's business...
(R)
South Carolina
- 3: Ellison D. SmithEllison D. SmithEllison DuRant "Cotton Ed" Smith was a Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1944....
(D) - 2: Coleman L. Blease (D)
South Dakota
- 3: Peter NorbeckPeter NorbeckPeter Norbeck served as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, and as a United States Senator. Norbeck was the first Governor of South Dakota to have been born within the borders of the state.-Biography:...
(R) - 2: William H. McMasterWilliam H. McMasterWilliam Henry McMaster was the tenth Governor of South Dakota, serving from 1921 until 1925, and also a United States Senator from that state. He died at the age of 91 in 1968. He was a member of the Republican Party....
(R)
Tennessee
- 1: Kenneth McKellarKenneth McKellarKenneth Douglas McKellar was an American politician from Tennessee who served as a United States Representative from 1911 until 1917 and as a United States Senator from 1917 until 1953...
(D) - 2: Lawrence TysonLawrence TysonLawrence Davis Tyson was an American general, politician and textile manufacturer, operating primarily out of Knoxville, Tennessee, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He commanded the 59th Brigade of the 30th Infantry during World War I, and served as a Democratic United States...
(D)
Texas
- 2: Morris SheppardMorris SheppardJohn Morris Sheppard was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment and introduced it in the Senate, so that he is referred to as "the father of national Prohibition."-Biography:John Morris Sheppard was born in Morris County...
(D) - 1: Earle B. MayfieldEarle Bradford MayfieldEarle Bradford Mayfield was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Overton, Texas who served in both the Texas State Senate and United States Senate....
(D)
Utah
- 3: Reed Smoot (R)
- 1: William H. KingWilliam H. KingWilliam Henry King was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Salt Lake City, Utah. A Democrat, he represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1917 until 1941.-Life:...
(D)
Vermont
- 1: Frank L. GreeneFrank L. GreeneFrank Lester Greene was a United States Representative and Senator from Vermont. Born in St. Albans, Vermont, he attended the public schools and was employed by the Central Vermont Railway Co. in various capacities from 1883 to 1891...
(R) - 3: Porter H. DalePorter H. DalePorter Hinman Dale was a member of both the United States House of Representatives and later the United States Senate from Vermont.-Early life and career:Dale was born in Island Pond, Vermont in 1867....
(R)
Virginia
- 1: Claude A. SwansonClaude A. SwansonClaude Augustus Swanson was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Virginia.He served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1893 until 1906, was the 45th Governor of Virginia from 1906 until 1910, and represented Virginia as a United States Senator from 1910 until...
(D) - 2: Carter GlassCarter GlassCarter Glass was a newspaper publisher and politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He served many years in Congress as a member of the Democratic Party. As House co-sponsor, he played a central role in the development of the 1913 Glass-Owen Act that created the Federal Reserve System. Glass...
(D)
Washington
- 3: Wesley L. JonesWesley Livsey Jones-External links:...
(R) - 1: Clarence DillClarence DillClarence Cleveland Dill was an American politician from the state of Washington. He was a Democrat.Dill was born in Knox County, Ohio. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi....
(D)
West Virginia
- 2: Matthew M. NeelyMatthew M. NeelyMatthew Mansfield Neely was a Democratic politician from West Virginia. He is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the Governor of West Virginia...
(D) - 1: Guy D. Goff (R)
Wisconsin
- 1: Robert M. La Follette, Sr.Robert M. La Follette, Sr.Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Sr. , was an American Republican politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin...
(R)- Robert M. La Follette, Jr.Robert M. La Follette, Jr.Robert Marion "Young Bob" La Follette, Jr. was an American senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., the brother of Philip La Follette, and Fola La Follette, whose husband was the playwright George Middleton.- Early life:La Follette was born in Madison,...
(R)
- Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
- 3: Irvine LenrootIrvine LenrootIrvine Luther Lenroot was a member of the United States Republican Party who served in the House of Representatives from 1909 to 1918, and in the United States Senate from 1918 to 1927, for the state of Wisconsin. He was also Warren G...
(R)
Wyoming
- 2: Francis E. WarrenFrancis E. WarrenFrancis Emroy Warren was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming.-Early life and military service:...
(R) - 1: John B. KendrickJohn B. KendrickJohn Benjamin Kendrick was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming.Kendrick was born near Rusk, Texas, where he attended the public schools, and then moved to Wyoming in 1879 and settled on a ranch near Sheridan, where he raised cattle.He was a member of the State...
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Alabama
. John McDuffieJohn McDuffie
John McDuffie was born in River Ridge, Alabama in Monroe County on September 25, 1883. He was educated by private tutors. He attended college at Southern University in Greensboro. He later attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn, Alabama, where he in graduated in 1904...
(D). J. Lister Hill
J. Lister Hill
Joseph Lister Hill was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama. He was elected to fill the term left by the resignation of Dixie Bibb Graves and was reelected five times, serving in the Senate from January 11, 1938 until January 3, 1969...
(D). Henry B. Steagall
Henry B. Steagall
Henry Bascom Steagall was a United States Representative from Alabama. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency and in 1933 co-sponsored the Glass–Steagall Act with Carter Glass, an act that introduced banking reforms and established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ....
(D). Lamar Jeffers
Lamar Jeffers
Lamar Jeffers was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Anniston, Alabama, Jeffers attended the public schools and the Alabama Presbyterian College at Anniston.He served with the Alabama National Guard from 1904 to 1914....
(D). William B. Bowling
William B. Bowling
William Bismarck Bowling was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Calhoun County, Alabama, Bowling attended the common schools, and graduated from the State normal school, Jacksonville, Alabama, in 1892....
(D). William B. Oliver
William Bacon Oliver
William Bacon Oliver was a Congressman from Alabama.He was born in Eutaw, Alabama, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1887 and from the law department in 1889...
(D). Miles C. Allgood
Miles C. Allgood
Miles Clayton Allgood was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Chepultepec , Blount County, Alabama, Allgood attended the common schools of his native county and was graduated from the State Normal College at Florence, Alabama , in 1898.He taught school in Blount County...
(D). Edward B. Almon
Edward B. Almon
Edward Berton Almon was a democratic member of the United States House of Representatives who represented northwest Alabama's 8th congressional district.- Early life :Almon was born near Moulton, Alabama in Lawrence County, April 18, 1860...
(D). George Huddleston
George Huddleston
George Huddleston was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, father of George Huddleston, Jr.Born on a farm near Lebanon, Tennessee, Huddleston attended the common schools....
(D). William B. Bankhead
William B. Bankhead
William Brockman Bankhead was an American politician from Alabama who served as U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House. He was a Democrat. Bankhead was a prominent supporter of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal of pro-labor union legislation, thus clashing with most other southern...
(D)
Arkansas
. William J. DriverWilliam J. Driver
William Joshua Driver was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born near Osceola, Arkansas, Driver attended the public schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Osceola, Arkansas....
(D). William A. Oldfield
William Allan Oldfield
William Allan Oldfield was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Franklin, Arkansas, he served as the House minority whip between 1921 and 1928....
(D). John N. Tillman
John N. Tillman
John Newton Tillman was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born near Springfield, Missouri, Tillman attended the common schools.He was graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1880.He taught school....
(D). Otis Wingo
Otis Wingo
Otis Theodore Wingo was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, husband of Effiegene Wingo.Born in Weakley County, Tennessee, Wingo attended the public schools, Bethel College at McKenzie, Tennessee, McFerrin College at Martin, Tennessee, and Valparaiso University.He taught school.He studied law.He...
(D). Heartsill Ragon
Heartsill Ragon
Heartsill Ragon was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Dublin, Arkansas, Ragon attended the common schools, the Clarksville High School, the College of the Ozarks , Clarksville, Arkansas, and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.He graduated from the law department of Washington and...
(D). James B. Reed
James B. Reed
James Byron Reed was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born near Lonoke, Arkansas, Reed attended the rural schools of his county and Hendrix College....
(D). Tilman B. Parks (D)
California
. Clarence F. LeaClarence F. Lea
Clarence Frederick Lea was a U.S. Representative from California.Born near Highland Springs, California, in southwestern Lake County, Lea attended Lakeport Academy in Lakeport, and Stanford University. He obtained a degree in law from the University of Denver, in Denver, Colorado, in 1898...
(D). John E. Raker
John E. Raker
John Edward Raker, was a Democratic Party Congressional representative for California. He was usually known as John E. Raker....
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- Harry L. EnglebrightHarry Lane EnglebrightHarry Lane Englebright was a U.S. political figure. He served as the House minority whip between 1933 and 1943....
(R). Charles F. CurryCharles F. CurryCharles Forrest Curry was a U.S. Representative from California and the father of Charles Forrest Curry, Jr.....
(R). Florence P. KahnFlorence Prag KahnFlorence Prag Kahn was an American teacher and politician who in 1925 became the first Jewish woman to serve in the United States Congress. She was only the fifth woman to serve in Congress, and the second from California, after fellow San Franciscoan Mae Nolan...
(R). Lawrence J. FlahertyLawrence J. FlahertyLawrence James Flaherty was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in San Mateo, California, Flaherty moved with his parents to San Francisco in 1888.He attended the public schools.Learned the trade of cement mason....
(R) - Richard J. WelchRichard J. WelchRichard Joseph Welch was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Monroe County, New York, Welch was educated in the public schools.He moved to California in early boyhood and settled in San Francisco....
(R). Albert E. CarterAlbert E. CarterAlbert Edward Carter was a United States Representative from California. He was born in Lemoncove, near Visalia, Tulare County, California. He attended the public schools was graduated from San Jose State Normal School in 1903. He taught school six years and then was graduated from the law...
(R). Henry E. BarbourHenry E. BarbourHenry Ellsworth Barbour was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, Barbour attended the public schools of his native city, the local "Free Academy" at Ogdensburg, Union College at Schenectady, New York, and the law department of George Washington...
(R). Arthur M. FreeArthur M. FreeArthur Monroe Free was a United States Representative from California. He was born in San Jose, California. He attended the public schools of Santa Clara and the University of the Pacific. He graduated from Stanford University in 1901 and from its law department in 1903. He was admitted to the...
(R). Walter F. LinebergerWalter F. LinebergerWalter Franklin Lineberger was a U.S. Representative from California.Born near Whiteville, Tennessee, Lineberger attended the local public schools, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He engaged in mining and agriculture in...
(R). John D. FredericksJohn D. FredericksJohn Donnan Fredericks was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, Fredericks attended the public schools and Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania.He studied law....
(R). Phil SwingPhil SwingPhilip David "Phil" Swing is a former American Republican politician from Imperial County, California.-Biography:...
(R)
- Harry L. Englebright
Colorado
. William N. VaileWilliam N. Vaile
William Newell Vaile was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born in Kokomo, Indiana, Vaile moved with his parents to Denver, Colorado, in 1881. He attended the public schools and graduated from Yale University in 1898...
(R). Charles B. Timberlake
Charles B. Timberlake
Charles Bateman Timberlake was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Timberlake attended the common schools and Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana from 1871 to 1874.He taught school....
(R). Guy U. Hardy
Guy U. Hardy
Guy Urban Hardy was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born in Abingdon, Illinois, Hardy attended the public schools, Albion Normal College, Albion, Illinois, and Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. He taught school in Illinois and Florida 1890-1893. He moved to Canon City, Colorado, in...
(R). Edward T. Taylor
Edward T. Taylor
Edward Thomas Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Taylor was born on a farm near Metamora, Illinois. He attended the common schools of Illinois and Kansas, and graduated from the high school at Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1881. Taylor moved to Leadville, Colorado and was principal of...
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Connecticut
. E. Hart FennE. Hart Fenn
Edward Hart Fenn was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Fenn attended private schools, Hartford High School, and Yale University....
(R). Richard P. Freeman
Richard P. Freeman
Richard Patrick Freeman was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in New London, Connecticut, Freeman attended the public schools....
(R). John Q. Tilson
John Q. Tilson
John Quillin Tilson was a Republican politician in the United States, on both state and national levels, and a lawyer....
(R). Schuyler Merritt
Schuyler Merritt
Schuyler Merritt was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in New York City, and moved with his parents to Stamford, Connecticut in 1855. Schuyler prepared for college at private schools in that city and graduated from Yale College in 1873 and from Columbia Law School, New...
(R). James P. Glynn
James P. Glynn
James Peter Glynn was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Winsted, Connecticut, Glynn attended the public schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Winsted, Connecticut....
(R)
Delaware
. Robert G. HoustonRobert G. Houston
Robert Griffith Houston was an American lawyer, publisher and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served four terms as U.S. Representative from Delaware...
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Florida
. Herbert J. DraneHerbert J. Drane
Herbert Jackson Drane was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Franklin, Kentucky, Drane attended the public schools of Louisville, Kentucky, and Brevards Academy at Franklin, Kentucky....
(D). Robert A. Green
Robert A. Green
Robert Alexis Green was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born near Lake Butler, Bradford County , Florida, Green attended the rural schools....
(D). John H. Smithwick
John H. Smithwick
John Harris Smithwick was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Smithwick was born near Orange, Georgia and attended the public schools. He graduated from Reinhardt Normal College in Waleska, Georgia in 1895 and from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University on Lebanon, Tennessee in 1897...
(D). William J. Sears
William J. Sears
William Joseph Sears was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Smithville, Georgia, Sears moved with his parents to Ellaville, Georgia, and thence to Kissimmee, Florida, in January 1881....
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Georgia
. Charles G. EdwardsCharles Gordon Edwards
Charles Gordon Edwards was a U.S. political figure from the state of Georgia.Edwards was born in Daisy, Georgia in 1878 and attended the Gordon Institute in Barnesville, Georgia and Florida State College in Lake City...
(D). Edward E. Cox
Edward E. Cox
Edward Eugene "Eugene" or "Goober" Cox served as a U.S. Representative from Georgia for nearly twenty-eight years. A conservative Democrat who supported segregation and opposed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "New Deal," Cox became the most senior Democrat on the House Committee on Rules...
(D). Charles R. Crisp
Charles R. Crisp
Charles Robert Crisp was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, son of Charles Frederick Crisp.Born in Ellaville, Georgia, Crisp attended the public schools of Americus, Georgia....
(D). William C. Wright
William C. Wright
William Carter Wright was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born on a farm in Carroll County, Georgia, Wright moved with his parents to Newnan, Georgia, in 1869.He attended the common and high schools of Newnan....
(D). William D. Upshaw
William D. Upshaw
William David Upshaw served eight years in Congress , where he was such a strong proponent of the temperance movement that he became known as the "driest of the drys.".-Biography:...
(D). Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford (Georgia politician)
Samuel Rutherford was an American politician, businessman, jurist and lawyer.Rutherford was born near Culloden, Georgia in 1870, attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens in 1881 with a Bachelor of Laws degree...
(D). Gordon Lee
Gordon Lee (congressman)
Gordon Lee was an American politician who represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives from 1905-1926....
(D). Charles H. Brand
Charles Hillyer Brand
Charles Hillyer Brand was an American politician, businessman, jurist and lawyer.Brand was born in Loganville, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1881. He was admitted to the state bar in 1882....
(D). Thomas M. Bell
Thomas Montgomery Bell
Thomas Montgomery Bell 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 University at Atlanta, then taught public school in Cleveland from 1878 to 1879. He then worked as a...
(D). Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was a Democrat and the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the United States House of Representatives...
(D). William C. Lankford
William Chester Lankford
William Chester Lankford was an American politician, teacher, jurist and lawyer from the state of Georgia....
(D). William W. Larsen
William Washington Larsen
William Washington Larsen was a United States Representative from Georgia.-Personal life:Larsen was born in Hagan, Georgia. He attended the Bryan Institute in Lanier, Georgia, the South Georgia Military Academy in Thomasville, Georgia, and the University of Georgia in Athens; however, he did not...
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Idaho
. Burton L. FrenchBurton L. French
Burton Lee French was a United States Representative from Idaho. French served as a Republican in the House from 1903 to 1909, 1911 to 1915 and 1917 to 1933. With a combined 26 years in office, he remains the longest-serving U.S...
(R). Addison T. Smith
Addison T. Smith
Addison Taylor Smith was a United States Representative from Idaho. Smith served as a Republican in the House from 1913 to 1933....
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Illinois
. Martin B. MaddenMartin B. Madden
Martin Barnaby Madden was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Wolviston, County Durham, England, Madden immigrated to the United States with his parents , and settled near Chicago, Illinois, in 1869. He attended the public schools in Chicago and was graduated from Bryant and Stratton...
(R). Morton D. Hull
Morton D. Hull
Morton Denison Hull was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Hull attended the public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1885. He graduated from Harvard University in 1892. He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced the practice of law in...
(R). Elliott W. Sproul
Elliott W. Sproul
Elliott Wilford Sproul was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Apohaqui, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, Sproul attended the public schools. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1879 and to Chicago, Illinois in 1880, and engaged in the building and contracting business. He was...
(R). Thomas A. Doyle
Thomas A. Doyle
Thomas Aloysius Doyle of Chicago was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1923-1931.He also served as a member of the Chicago City Council from 1914 to 1918 and from 1931 to 1935, and as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1918 to 1923...
(D). Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death.He immigrated to America at age 15, became active in real estate, and received his LL.B...
(D). John J. Gorman
John J. Gorman
John Jerome Gorman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gorman attended the common schools and the Bryant and Stratton Business College at Chicago, Illinois....
(R). M. Alfred Michaelson
M. Alfred Michaelson
Magne Alfred Michaelson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county in Southern Norway...
(R). Stanley H. Kunz
Stanley H. Kunz
Stanley Henry Kunz was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, Kunz attended the public schools, St...
(D). Frederick A. Britten
Frederick A. Britten
Frederick Albert Britten was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Career:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Britten attended Healds Business College, San Francisco, California. He was a Construction worker and a Business executive before his political career began. He served as member of the Chicago,...
(R). Carl R. Chindblom
Carl R. Chindblom
Carl Richard Chindblom was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Chindblom attended the public schools. He was graduated from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, in 1890 and from the Kent College of Law at Chicago in 1898...
(R). Frank R. Reid
Frank R. Reid
Frank R. Reid was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was christened without a middle name and chose the letter "R" for an initial....
(R). Charles E. Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller
Charles Eugene Fuller 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 in Belvidere, Illinois...
(R),until June 25, 1926, vacant thereafter. William R. Johnson
William Richard Johnson
William Richard Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Rock Island, Illinois, Johnson moved with his parents to Freeport, Illinois, in 1879....
(R). John C. Allen
John Clayton Allen
John Clayton Allen was an American politician who represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives from 1925-1933....
(R). Edward J. King
Edward John King
Edward John King was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, King moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Galesburg, Knox County, in 1880....
(R). William E. Hull
William E. Hull
William Edgar Hull was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Lewistown, Illinois, Hull attended the common schools, Lewistown High School, and Illinois College at Jacksonville, Illinois....
(R). Frank H. Funk
Frank H. Funk
Frank Hamilton Funk was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, son of Benjamin Franklin Funk.Born in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, Funk attended the public schools and the Illinois Normal School at Normal, Illinois....
(R). William P. Holaday
William P. Holaday
William Perry Holaday was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Ridgefarm, Illinois, Holaday attended the common schools, Vermilion Grove Academy, Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and the University of Missouri.He graduated from the law department of the University of Illinois at Urbana...
(R). Charles Adkins (R). Henry T. Rainey
Henry T. Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey was a prominent U.S. politician during the first third of the 20th century. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death as a Democrat from Illinois, and was its Speaker during the famous Hundred days of Franklin D...
(D). Loren E. Wheeler
Loren E. Wheeler
Loren Edgar Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Havana, Illinois, Wheeler attended the public schools and Graylock Institute, South Williamstown, Massachusetts....
(R). Edward M. Irwin
Edward M. Irwin
Edward Michael Irwin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Leasburg, Missouri, Irwin attended the public schools of his native city. He taught school in Leasburg, Missouri and also attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He was graduated from Missouri Medical...
(R). William W. Arnold
William W. Arnold
William Wright Arnold was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Life and career:Born in Oblong, Illinois, Arnold attended the country schools of his native county and Austin College, Effingham, Illinois....
(D). Thomas S. Williams
Thomas Sutler Williams
Thomas Sutler Williams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Louisville, Illinois, Williams attended Willis district school, Louisville High School, and Austin College, Effingham, Illinois.He studied law....
(R). Edward E. Denison
Edward E. Denison
Edward Everett Denison was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Marion, Illinois, Denison attended the public schools....
(R). Henry R. Rathbone
Henry Riggs Rathbone
Henry Riggs Rathbone was a congressman from Illinois, USA. During their engagement to be married, his future parents were present at Abraham Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865...
(R). Richard Yates
Richard Yates (son)
Richard Yates, Jr. was the 22nd Governor of Illinois from 1901 to 1905. From 1919 to 1933, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. Although he failed to receive his party's nomination in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress, he was later appointed nominee and elected in place...
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Indiana
. Harry E. RowbottomHarry E. Rowbottom
Harry Emerson Rowbottom was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Aurora, Indiana, Rowbottom moved with his parents to Ludlow, Kentucky, in 1885.He attended the common schools....
(R). Arthur H. Greenwood
Arthur H. Greenwood
Arthur Herbert Greenwood was an United States Representative for Indiana for 2nd District from 1923–1933 and for the 7th District 1933–1939. Greenwood was defeated in 1938....
(D). Frank Gardner
Frank Gardner (Indiana)
Frank Gardner was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born on a farm in Finley Township, near Scottsburg, Indiana, Gardner attended the rural schools....
(D). Harry C. Canfield
Harry C. Canfield
Harry Clifford Canfield was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Moores Hill, Indiana, Canfield attended the public schools, Moores Hill College, Central Normal College, Danville, Indiana, and Vorhies Business College, Indianapolis, Indiana.He taught school in Dearborn County 1896-1898.He...
(D). Noble J. Johnson
Noble J. Johnson
Noble Jacob Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals....
(R). Richard N. Elliott
Richard N. Elliott
Richard Nash Elliott was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Connersville, Indiana, Elliott attended the common schools.He taught school three years.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1896....
(R). Ralph E. Updike
Ralph E. Updike
Ralph Eugene Updike was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Brookville, Indiana, Updike attended the public schools of Whitcomb and Brookville, Dodds Army and Navy Academy, Washington, D.C., Columbia University, New York City, and Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.During the First World...
(R). Albert H. Vestal
Albert Henry Vestal
Albert Henry Vestal was a U.S. political figure. Born on a farm near Frankton, in Madison County, Indiana, on January 18, 1875, he attended common schools, worked in steel mills and factories and attended the Indiana State Normal School, now Indiana State University, at Terre Haute...
(R). Fred S. Purnell
Fred S. Purnell
Fred Sampson Purnell was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born on a farm near Veedersburg, Indiana, Purnell attended the common schools and the high school at Veedersburg....
(R). William R. Wood
William R. Wood (Indiana)
William Robert Wood was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Oxford, Indiana, Wood attended the public schools of Oxford. Then he went on to college and eventually graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1882. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced...
(R). Albert R. Hall
Albert R. Hall
Albert Richardson Hall was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Early life:Born near West Baden Springs, Indiana, Hall attended the district school and the Paoli High School....
(R). David Hogg
David Hogg
David Hogg was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Crothersville, Indiana, Hogg attended the common schools....
(R). Andrew J. Hickey
Andrew J. Hickey
Andrew James Hickey was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Albion, New York, Hickey attended the public schools of his native city and Buffalo Law School...
(R)
Iowa
. William F. KoppWilliam F. Kopp
William Frederick Kopp was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district.Born near Dodgeville, Iowa, Kopp attended the common schools. He was graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College at Mount Pleasant in 1892 and from the University of Iowa College of Law at Iowa...
(R). F. Dickinson Letts
F. Dickinson Letts
Fred Dickinson Letts was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa, and a thirty-year federal trial court judge in the District of Columbia.-Life and work:...
(R). Thomas J. B. Robinson
Thomas J. B. Robinson
Thomas John Bright Robinson was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Elected in an era in which Republicans held every Iowa U.S. House seat, Robinson served five terms before losing in the 1932 general election.Born in New Diggings, Wisconsin, Robinson moved...
(R). Gilbert N. Haugen
Gilbert N. Haugen
Gilbert Nelson Haugen was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member of the House...
(R). Cyrenus Cole
Cyrenus Cole
Cyrenus Cole was a newspaper editor, columnist and historian, then a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district for over eleven years....
(R). C. William Ramseyer
C. William Ramseyer
Christian William Ramseyer was a nine-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district....
(R). Cassius C. Dowell
Cassius C. Dowell
Cassius Clay Dowell was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to his death in 1940, except for a two-year period in 1935-36 resulting from a 1934 election loss....
(R). Lloyd Thurston
Lloyd Thurston
Lloyd Thurston was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from southern Iowa. First elected in 1924, he served until 1938, when he unsuccessfully sought election to the U.S. Senate. By his final term, he had served on three of the most powerful House committees.Born in Osceola, Iowa, Thurston...
(R). William R. Green
William R. Green
William Raymond Green was a longtime Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district, and chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, until he resigned to accept appointment as an associate judge on the United States Court of Claims.Born in Colchester,...
(R). Lester J. Dickinson
Lester J. Dickinson
Lester Jesse Dickinson was a Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. He was, in the words of Time magazine, "a big, friendly, white-thatched Iowa lawyer." In early 1936 he dreamed of winning the presidency...
(R). William D. Boies
William D. Boies
William Dayton Boies was a lawyer, trial-court judge, and five-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa....
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Kansas
. Daniel R. Anthony, Jr.Daniel Read Anthony, Jr.
Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. was an American Republican politician and a nephew of suffragist and political leader Susan B. Anthony .He is the son of newspaper publisher Daniel Read Anthony...
(R). Chauncey B. Little
Chauncey B. Little
Chauncey Bundy Little was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Olathe, Kansas, Little attended the graded and high schools and the Kansas State College at Manhattan....
(D). William H. Sproul
William H. Sproul
William Henry Sproul was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born on a farm near Livingston, Tennessee, Sproul attended the public schools and Alpine Academy in Overton County, Tennessee....
(R). Homer Hoch
Homer Hoch
Homer Hoch was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Marion, Kansas, Hoch graduated from Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, in 1902....
(R). James G. Strong
James G. Strong
James George Strong was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Dwight, Illinois, Strong attended the public schools of Dwight, Illinois from 1876 to 1879, the Episcopal Mission of Greenwood Agency, S.Dak. from 1879 to 1880, the public school at St...
(R). Hays B. White
Hays B. White
Hays Baxter White was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Fairfield, Iowa, White attended the rural schools of his native county.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
(R). Jasper N. Tincher
Jasper N. Tincher
Jasper Napoleon Tincher was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Browning, Missouri, Tincher moved with his parents to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in 1892.He attended the common and high schools....
(R). William A. Ayres
William Augustus Ayres
William Augustus Ayres was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas.William A. Ayres was born in Elizabethtown, Illinois. He moved with his parents to Sedgwick County, Kansas, in 1881. He attended the common schools and Garfield University in Wichita, Kansas...
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Kentucky
. Alben W. BarkleyAlben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman....
(D). David H. Kincheloe
David Hayes Kincheloe
David Hayes Kincheloe was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Sacramento, Kentucky, Kincheloe attended the public schools and was graduated from Bowling Green College, Kentucky, in 1898....
(D). Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.
Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.
Robert Young Thomas, Jr. 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 1878.He studied law....
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- John W. MooreJohn William MooreJohn William Moore was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Morgantown, Kentucky, Moore attended the public schools and completed a commercial course at Bryant and Stratton College at Louisville in 1897....
(D). Ben JohnsonBen Johnson (politician)Ben Johnson was an American lawyer and politician; Democrat, United States House of Representatives from 4 March 1907 to 3 March 1927....
(D). Maurice ThatcherMaurice ThatcherMaurice Hudson Thatcher was a U.S. Congressman. Thatcher was elected to Congress in 1922 from Kentucky. He served until 1933.- Biography :...
(R). Arthur B. RouseArthur B. RouseArthur Blythe Rouse was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life:Born in Burlington, Kentucky, Rouse attended the public schools. He was graduated from Hanover College, Indiana, in 1896 and from the Louisville Law School in 1900...
(D). Virgil ChapmanVirgil ChapmanVirgil Munday Chapman , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate....
(D). Ralph W. E. GilbertRalph Waldo Emerson GilbertRalph Waldo Emerson Gilbert was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, son of George Gilmore Gilbert.Born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, Gilbert attended the public schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville....
(D). Fred M. VinsonFred M. VinsonFrederick Moore Vinson served the United States in all three branches of government and was the most prominent member of the Vinson political family. In the legislative branch, he was an elected member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisa, Kentucky, for twelve years...
(D). John W. LangleyJohn W. LangleyJohn Wesley Langley was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, husband of Katherine Gudger Langley.Born in Floyd County, Kentucky, Langley attended the common schools.He taught school for three years....
(R) - Andrew J. KirkAndrew Jackson KirkAndrew Jackson Kirk was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Warfield, Kentucky, Kirk attended the common schools. He graduated from the law department of Valparaiso University in 1890. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Inez, Kentucky...
(R). John M. RobsionJohn M. RobsionJohn Marshall Robsion , a Republican, represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
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- John W. Moore
Louisiana
. James O'Connor (D). James Z. SpearingJames Z. Spearing
James Zacharie Spearing was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Alto, Texas, Spearing moved with his parents to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1866.He attended the public schools....
(D). Whitmell P. Martin
Whitmell P. Martin
Whitmell Pugh Martin was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Although he later served most of his congressional career as a Democrat, Martin was first elected as a "Bull Moose" Progressive in 1914...
(D). John N. Sandlin
John N. Sandlin
John Nicholas Sandlin, Sr. , of Minden, Louisiana, represented his state's Fourth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1937. In 1936, rather than seeking a ninth term in the House, Sandlin, upon the request of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt,...
(D). Riley J. Wilson
Riley J. Wilson
Riley Joseph Wilson was a Louisiana educator, attorney, and legislator in the first half of the late 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. A Democrat, Wilson served in the United States House of Representatives from 1915 until 1937...
(D). Bolivar E. Kemp
Bolivar E. Kemp
Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Sr. , was an attorney and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district....
(D). Ladislas Lazaro
Ladislas Lazaro
Ladislas Lazaro was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born near Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, son of Alexandre Lazaro and Marie Denise Ortego...
(D). James B. Aswell
James Benjamin Aswell
James Benjamin Aswell, Sr. , was a prominent educator and a Democratic U.S. representative from Louisiana, who served from 1913 until his death, which occurred twelve days into his tenth term.-Life and career:...
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Maine
. Carroll L. BeedyCarroll L. Beedy
Carroll L. Beedy was a U.S. Representative from Maine from 1921-1935.He was born in Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, on August 3, 1880. He attended the public schools of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine and graduated from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, in 1903 and from the law department of...
(R). Wallace H. White, Jr.
Wallace H. White, Jr.
Wallace Humphrey White, Jr. was a prominent American politician and Republican leader in United States Congress from 1916 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S...
(R). John E. Nelson
John E. Nelson (Maine)
John Edward Nelson was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in China, Kennebec County, Maine on July 12, 1874.He attended the common and high schools of Waterville, Maine...
(R). Ira G. Hersey
Ira G. Hersey
Ira G. Hersey was a politician from the U.S. state of Maine, serving in the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine State Senate, and as United States Representative from Maine....
(R)
Maryland
. T. Alan GoldsboroughThomas Alan Goldsborough
Thomas Alan Goldsborough was a U.S. jurist and politician.Goldsborough was born in Greensboro, Maryland. He attended the public schools and the local academy at Greensboro, later graduating from Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland, in 1899...
(D). Millard Tydings
Millard Tydings
Millard Evelyn Tydings was an attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland.-Early life:...
(D). John Philip Hill
John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill
John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill was a U.S. Congressman from the 3rd Congressional district of Maryland, serving three terms from 1921 to 1927....
(R). J. Charles Linthicum
John Charles Linthicum
John Charles Linthicum was a U.S. Congressman from the 4th Congressional district of Maryland, serving from 1911 to 1932....
(D). Stephen W. Gambrill
Stephen Warfield Gambrill
Stephen Warfield Gambrill was an American politician.Born near Savage, Maryland, Gambrill attended the common schools and Maryland Agricultural College Stephen Warfield Gambrill (October 2, 1873 – December 19, 1938) was an American politician.Born near Savage, Maryland, Gambrill attended the...
(D). Frederick N. Zihlman
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman was an American politician.Born in Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, Zihlman moved to Maryland with his parents, who settled in Cumberland in 1882. He attended the public schools, and entered a glass factory in 1890 as an apprentice glass blower...
(R)
Massachusetts
. Allen T. TreadwayAllen T. Treadway
Allen Towner Treadway was a Massachusetts Republican who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as a member, and President of, the Massachusetts Senate and a member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1913 until January 3, 1945...
(R). George B. Churchill
George B. Churchill
George Bosworth Churchill was an American politician, a Representative from Massachusetts, and an academic and editor....
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- Henry L. BowlesHenry L. BowlesHenry Leland Bowles was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Athens, Vermont on January 6, 1866. He attended the district schools at Kendricks Corner and Vermont Academy. At the age of eighteen, he moved to Osage, Iowa and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He later...
(R). Frank H. FossFrank H. FossFrank Herbert Foss was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.He attended public schools in Augusta, Maine and graduated from Kent Hill Seminary in 1886...
(R). George R. StobbsGeorge R. StobbsGeorge Russell Stobbs was a Representative from Massachusetts.He was born in Webster, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1899, and from Harvard Law School in 1902. Stobbs was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice in Worcester, Massachusetts...
(R). John Jacob RogersJohn Jacob RogersJohn Jacob Rogers was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.Rogers was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard University in 1904 and from Harvard Law School in 1907. He practiced law in Lowell, starting in 1908...
(R) - Edith Nourse RogersEdith Nourse RogersEdith Nourse Rogers was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who was one of the first women to serve in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to congress from Massachusetts...
(R). Abram AndrewAbram AndrewAbram Piatt Andrew Jr. was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.-Biography:Born in La Porte, Indiana, he attended the public schools and the Lawrenceville School...
(R). William P. Connery, Jr.William P. Connery, Jr.William Patrick Connery, Jr., ; was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Lynn on August 24, 1888. He attended St. Mary’s School at Lynn, Collège de Montréal in Canada, and the College of the Holy Cross. He entered the theatrical profession as an actor...
(D). Harry I. ThayerHarry Irving ThayerHarry Irving Thayer was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Pembroke on September 10, 1869. He attended the public schools of Hanover and engaged in the leather business...
(R) - Frederick W. DallingerFrederick W. DallingerFrederick William Dallinger was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts....
(R). Charles L. UnderhillCharles L. UnderhillCharles Lee Underhill was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Richmond, Virginia on July 20, 1867. He moved to Massachusetts in 1872 with his parents, who settled in Somerville. He attended the common schools, was office boy, coal teamster, and a blacksmith...
(R). John J. DouglassJohn J. DouglassJohn Joseph Douglass was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.He was born in East Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on February 9, 1873. Douglass graduated from Boston College in 1893 and from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.,...
(D). George Holden TinkhamGeorge H. TinkhamGeorge Holden Tinkham was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Massachusetts....
(R). James A. GallivanJames A. GallivanJames Ambrose Gallivan was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on October 22, 1866. Gallivan attended the public schools, graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1884 and from Harvard University in 1888. He then engaged in newspaper work...
(D). Robert LuceRobert LuceRobert Luce was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Auburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, Massachusetts...
(R). Louis A. FrothinghamLouis A. FrothinghamLouis Adams Frothingham was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Jamaica Plain on July 13, 1871. He attended the public schools and Adams Academy. He graduated from Harvard University in 1893 and from Harvard Law School in 1896...
(R). Joseph W. Martin, Jr.Joseph William Martin, Jr.Joseph William Martin, Jr. was a Republican Congressman and Speaker of the House from North Attleborough, Massachusetts. He was notably the only Republican to serve as Speaker between 1931 and 1995....
(R). Charles L. GiffordCharles L. GiffordCharles Laceille Gifford was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Cotuit on March 15, 1871. Gifford attended the common schools, and taught in Massachusetts and Connecticut from 1890 to 1900...
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Michigan
. John B. SosnowskiJohn B. Sosnowski
John Bartholomew Sosnowski was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Sosnowski was born in a Polish family in Detroit, Michigan and attended the parochial and Army schools. During the Spanish-American War he enlisted as a private in the Seventh Regiment, United States Cavalry, and served...
(R). Earl C. Michener
Earl C. Michener
Earl Cory Michener was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Michener was born near Attica in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Adrian, Michigan in 1889 and attended the public schools there. During the Spanish-American War, he served in the U.S...
(R). Arthur B. Williams
Arthur B. Williams
Arthur Bruce Williams was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Williams was born in Ashland, Ohio, and attended the common schools of Eaton County, Michigan. He graduated from Olivet College, in that county, in 1892. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Battle Creek...
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- Joseph L. HooperJoseph L. HooperJoseph Lawrence Hooper was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Hooper was born in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Battle Creek in 1891. He attended the grade and high schools there. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1899, and commenced...
(R). John C. KetchamJohn C. KetchamJohn Clark Ketcham was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Ketcham was born in Toledo, Ohio, and moved with his parents to Maple Grove, Michigan near Nashville, the same year. He attended the common schools of Barry County and high school at Nashville. He taught in rural and high schools...
(R). Carl E. MapesCarl E. MapesCarl Edgar Mapes was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Mapes was born on a farm near Kalamo, Michigan, to Selah W. and Sarah Ann Mapes. His father was born in New York and came with his parents at the age of seven to Kalamo Michigan, where he became a county district schoolteacher and...
(R). Grant M. HudsonGrant M. HudsonGrant Martin Hudson was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Hudson was born in Eaton Township, Lorain County, Ohio. He attended the common schools and graduated from Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan. He also attended the University of Chicago...
(R). Louis C. CramtonLouis C. CramtonLouis Convers Cramton was a politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Michigan.Cramton was born in Hadley Township, Michigan and attended the common schools of Lapeer County. He graduated from Lapeer High School in 1893 and from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in...
(R). Bird J. VincentBird J. VincentBird J. Vincent was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Vincent was born in Brandon Township near Clarkston, Michigan.-Education:...
(R). James C. McLaughlinJames C. McLaughlinJames Campbell McLaughlin was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.McLaughlin was born in Beardstown, Illinois. His parents, David and Isabella McLaughlin, had come from Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1851 and settled in Beardstown. The family moved to Muskegon, Michigan, in 1864, and David...
(R). Roy O. WoodruffRoy O. WoodruffRoy Orchard Woodruff was a politician, soldier, printer and dentist from the U.S. state of Michigan....
(R). Frank D. ScottFrank D. ScottFrank Douglas Scott was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Scott was born of Scottish ancestry in Alpena, Michigan, attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1901...
(R). W. Frank JamesW. Frank JamesWilliam Francis James, more often known as W. Frank James, was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan....
(R). Clarence J. McLeodClarence J. McLeodClarence John McLeod was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives....
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Minnesota
. Allen J. Furlow (R). Frank Clague (R). August H. Andresen (R). Oscar KellerOscar Keller
Oscar Edward Keller was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Helenville, Wisconsin; attended the public schools and the University of Wisconsin–Madison; moved to Minnesota in 1901 and settled in St. Paul; employed as a billing clerk and later engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the city...
(R). Walter Newton
Walter Newton
Walter Hughes Newton was a United States Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1905; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced...
(R). Harold Knutson
Harold Knutson
Harold Knutson was born in Skien, in Telemark county, Norway. At the age of 6 he and his family moved to the United States initially settling in Chicago, Illinois, but later moving to Sherburne County, Minnesota. He became the editor for the St. Cloud Daily Journal-Press and later president of the...
(R). Ole J. Kvale
Ole J. Kvale
Ole Juulson Kvale was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.-Background:Ole Juulson Kvale was born near Decorah, Iowa. He attended rural schools in Winneshiek County, Iowa. He was graduated from Luther College in Decorah in 1890, from Luther Theological Seminary, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1893...
(FL). William L. Carss
William Leighton Carss
William Leighton Carss, was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Pella, Marion County, Iowa and subsequently moved with his parents to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1867. There he attended the public schools, studied civil and mechanical engineering and followed that profession for a number of...
(FL). Knud Wefald
Knud Wefald
Knud Wefald , was a United States Representative in the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota.-Background:...
(FL). Godfrey G. Goodwin
Godfrey G. Goodwin
Godfrey Gummer Goodwin was a Representative from Minnesota.-Early life:He was born Alfred Gustafson near St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, to a single mother, Cecilia Carlson . They moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1882, where he took the name Godfrey Gummer Goodwin...
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Mississippi
. John E. RankinJohn E. Rankin
John Elliott Rankin was a Democratic congressman from the U.S. State of Mississippi who supported racial segregation and, on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, voiced racist views on African Americans and Jews and even accused Albert Einstein of being a communist agitator.In...
(D). Bill G. Lowrey
Bill G. Lowrey
Bill Green Lowrey was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Kossuth, Mississippi, Lowrey attended the a public school and the Blue Mountain Academy, Blue Mountain, Mississippi,...
(D). William M. Whittington (D). T. Jeff Busby
T. Jeff Busby
Thomas Jefferson Busby was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Short, Mississippi, Busby attended the common schools of his native city, Oakland College, Yale, Mississippi, and Iuka Normal Institute at Iuka, Mississippi, then taught in the public schools of Tishomingo, Alcorn, and...
(D). Ross A. Collins
Ross A. Collins
Ross Alexander Collins was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Collinsville, Mississippi, Collins attended the public schools of Meridian, Mississippi, and Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College....
(D). T. Webber Wilson
T. Webber Wilson
Thomas Webber Wilson was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Coldwater, Mississippi, Wilson attended the public schools of his native city....
(D). Percy Quin
Percy Quin
Percy Edwards Quin was an American politician from Mississippi. He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1932.-Family:...
(D). James Collier
James Collier
James William Collier was a politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi.Born on the Glenwood Plantation near Vicksburg in 1872, he graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1894 with a degree in law...
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Missouri
. Milton A. RomjueMilton A. Romjue
Milton Andrew Romjue was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Personal life and education:Congressman Romjue was born to Andrew Jackson Romjue & Susan E. Romjue on December 5, 1874 near Love Lake, Macon County, Missouri...
(D). Ralph F. Lozier
Ralph F. Lozier
Ralph Fulton Lozier was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Hardin, Missouri, Lozier attended the public schools. He graduated from the Carrollton High School in 1883 and engaged in teaching for several years before studying law.He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice...
(D). Jacob L. Milligan
Jacob L. Milligan
Jacob Le Roy Milligan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Richmond, Missouri, Milligan attended the public schools and the law department of the University of Missouri 1910-1914....
(D). Charles L. Faust
Charles L. Faust
Charles Lee Faust was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Bellefontaine, Ohio, Faust moved with his parents to a farm near Highland, Kansas.He attended the public schools and Highland University....
(R). Edgar C. Ellis
Edgar C. Ellis
Edgar Clarence Ellis was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Vermontville, Michigan, Ellis attended Olivet College, and was graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1881....
(R). Clement C. Dickinson
Clement C. Dickinson
Clement Cabell Dickinson , also known as Clement C. Dickinson, was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from February 1, 1910, to March 3, 1921 and fromMarch 4, 1931-January 3, 1935....
(D). Samuel C. Major
Samuel C. Major
Samuel Collier Major was a U.S. representative from Missouri.Born in Fayette, Missouri, Major attended the public schools and Central College at Fayette. He was graduated from St. James Military Academy, Macon, Missouri, in 1888...
(D). William L. Nelson
William L. Nelson
William Lester Nelson was an American farmer and politician from Columbia, Missouri. He represented Missouri as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives for several terms: 1919-1921, 1925–1933 and 1935-1943. He is buried at the Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri.-External...
(D). Clarence Cannon
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon was a Democratic Congressmember from Missouri. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.-Biography:...
(D). Cleveland A. Newton
Cleveland A. Newton
Cleveland Alexander Newton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Wright County, Missouri, Newton attended the common schools and Drury College at Springfield, Missouri....
(R). Harry B. Hawes
Harry B. Hawes
Harry Bartow Hawes was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate from Missouri....
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- John J. CochranJohn J. CochranJohn Joseph Cochran was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Cochran was born in Webster Groves, Missouri and attended the public schools there. He was employed in the editorial department of various St. Louis newspapers for many years, and served as assistant to the election commissioners of St...
(D). Leonidas C. DyerLeonidas C. DyerLeonidas Carstarphen Dyer was an American politician, reformer, civil rights activist, and military officer who served 11 terms in the U.S. Congress as a Republican Representative from Missouri from 1911 to 1933. In 1898 enrolling in the U.S...
(R). Charles E. KiefnerCharles Edward KiefnerCharles Edward Kiefner was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.*Born in Perryville, Missouri, Kiefner attended the public schools.*He engaged in the retail lumber business and also in road construction....
(R). Ralph E. BaileyRalph Emerson BaileyRalph Emerson Bailey was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Cainsville, Missouri, Bailey moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Benton, Franklin County, in 1880....
(R). Joe J. ManloveJoe J. ManloveJoe Jonathan Manlove was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Carthage, Missouri, Manlove attended the public schools and was graduated from Presbyterian Academy at Mount Vernon, Missouri.He studied law....
(R). Thomas L. RubeyThomas L. RubeyThomas Lewis Rubey was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Lebanon, Missouri, Rubey attended the common schools. He graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri in 1885 and served as Superintendent of schools of Lebanon from 1886 to 1891...
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Montana
. John M. EvansJohn M. Evans
John Morgan Evans was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Sedalia, Missouri. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Montana and served from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1921...
(D). Scott Leavitt
Scott Leavitt
Scott Leavitt was a U.S. Representative from Montana. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs.-Early life:...
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Nebraska
. John H. MoreheadJohn H. Morehead
John Henry Morehead was a Nebraska Democratic politician best known for being the 17th Governor of Nebraska.-Biography:...
(D). Willis G. Sears
Willis G. Sears
Willis Gratz Sears was a Nebraska Republican politician.Born in Willoughby, Ohio on August 16, 1860, Sears moved to Nebraska in 1879. He studied law at the University of Kansas at Lawrence, Kansas and was admitted to the bar in 1884...
(R). Edgar Howard
Edgar Howard
Edgar Howard was a Nebraska editor and Democratic politician. He was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska and served six terms in the United States House of Representatives....
(D). Melvin O. McLaughlin
Melvin O. McLaughlin
Melvin Orlando McLaughlin was a Nebraska Republican politician.Born in Osceola, Iowa on August 8, 1876, he moved to Nebraska in 1884. He graduated from College View High School, and graduated from the Lincoln, Nebraska Normal University and the Nebraska state Normal School at Peru. He taught...
(R). Ashton C. Shallenberger
Ashton C. Shallenberger
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger was a Nebraska Democratic politician best known for being the 15th Governor of Nebraska from 1909 to 1911. He was first elected to the 57th United States Congress but failed to be reelected in 1902. He was elected governor from 1909–1911 and then was unsuccessful in...
(D). Robert G. Simmons
Robert G. Simmons
Robert Glenmore Simmons was a Nebraska Republican politician.Simmons was born on December 25, 1891 near Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He attended Hastings College from 1909 to 1911 and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1915. He was admitted to the bar in 1915 and set up practice in Gering, Nebraska...
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New Hampshire
. Fletcher HaleFletcher Hale
Fletcher Hale was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Portland, Maine and attended the public schools there. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1905. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Littleton...
(R). Edward H. Wason
Edward Hills Wason
Edward Hills Wason was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in New Boston, New Hampshire, Wason attended public and private schools and Francestown Academy. He was graduated from the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts at Hanover in 1886 and from Boston University...
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New Jersey
. Francis F. Patterson, Jr.Francis F. Patterson, Jr.
Francis Ford Patterson, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1920 to 1927....
(R). Isaac Bacharach
Isaac Bacharach
Isaac Bacharach was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1937....
(R). Stewart H. Appleby
Stewart H. Appleby
Stewart Hoffman Appleby was an American Republican Party politician who represented from 1925–1927, filling the vacancy of his father T. Frank Appleby, who had been elected to office but died before taking the seat....
(R), from November 3, 1925. Charles A. Eaton
Charles Aubrey Eaton
Charles Aubrey Eaton was a Canadian-born clergyman and politician who rose to lead prominent congregations at Natick, Massachusetts, 1893–1895; Bloor Street, Toronto, 1895–1901; Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 1901–1909; and at Madison Avenue, New York City, 1909-1919...
(R). Ernest R. Ackerman
Ernest R. Ackerman
Ernest Robinson Ackerman was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1931.-Early years:...
(R). Randolph Perkins
Randolph Perkins
Randolph Perkins was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1936....
(R). George N. Seger
George N. Seger
George Nicholas Seger was an American politician. Seger, a Republican, represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives for eighteen years, lasting from 1923 until his death on August 26, 1940...
(R). Herbert W. Taylor
Herbert W. Taylor
Herbert Worthington Taylor was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1923 and from 1925 to 1927.Taylor was born in Belleville, New Jersey on February 19, 1869, where he attended the...
(R). Franklin W. Fort
Franklin W. Fort
Franklin William Fort was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.-Biography:Born in Newark, New Jersey, Fort moved in 1888 with his parents to East Orange, New Jersey.He attended the public schools and Newark Academy....
(R). Frederick R. Lehlbach
Frederick R. Lehlbach
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican, Lehlbach served as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 1915 to 1933 and as the representative from New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1933 to 1937. Lehlbach was also...
(R). Oscar L. Auf der Heide
Oscar L. Auf der Heide
Oscar Louis Auf der Heide was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1925–1933, and the 14th congressional district from 1933-1935.-Biography:Auf der Heide was born in New York City on...
(D). Mary T. Norton
Mary Teresa Norton
Mary Teresa Norton was an American politician. The sixth woman in the United States Congress, she was the first from an Eastern state , and the first non-Republican ....
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New Mexico
. John MorrowJohn Morrow (New Mexico)
John Morrow was a United States Representative from New Mexico. He was born near Darlington, Wisconsin. He attended the public schools and the normal university. Later, he taught school in Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and New Mexico. He was the superintendent of public schools of Colfax County, New...
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New York
. Robert L. BaconRobert L. Bacon
Robert Low Bacon was a banker, Lieutenant Colonel, and congressman from New York.-Biography:Born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, the son of Martha Waldron Cowdin and future Secretary of State Robert Bacon, he received a common school education as a child...
(R). John J. Kindred
John J. Kindred
John Joseph Kindred was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born near Courtland, Virginia, Kindred attended the local schools, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville....
(D). George W. Lindsay
George W. Lindsay
George Washington Lindsay was a United States Representative from New York and son of George Henry Lindsay, who was also a U.S. Representative. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the public schools, was deputy coroner of Kings County from 1886 to 1892 and engaged in the real estate business...
(D). Thomas H. Cullen
Thomas H. Cullen
Thomas Henry Cullen was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the local parochial schools, and graduated from St. Francis College in 1880. He became engaged in the marine insurance and shipping business, and was a member of the New York State Assembly from...
(D). Loring M. Black, Jr.
Loring M. Black, Jr.
Loring Milton Black, Jr. was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Biography:...
(D). Andrew L. Somers
Andrew Lawrence Somers
Andrew Lawrence Somers was born in Brooklyn, New York.He attended St. Teresa’s Academy in Brooklyn, Brooklyn College Preparatory School, Manhattan College, and New York University in New York City....
(D). John Quayle
John Quayle
John Quayle was a U.S. Congressman representing the 7th District of New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1923 to 1930....
(D). William E. Cleary
William E. Cleary
William Edward Cleary was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Ellenville, New York, Cleary attended the public schools and the Ellenville Academy.He moved to Brooklyn in 1879 and engaged in water transportation....
(D). David J. O'Connell
David J. O'Connell
David Joseph O'Connell was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, O'Connell attended public schools as a child. He worked in the publishing business in New York City, eventually becoming a sales manager for Funk & Wagnalls...
(D). Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He was a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life:...
(D). Anning S. Prall
Anning Smith Prall
Anning Smith Prall was a representative from New York, born in Port Richmond, Staten Island.Prall was born in In his early years Prall was employed as a clerk in a New York newspaper office. Prall attended New York University, studying business. From 1908 until 1918 he was in charge of a real...
(D). Samuel Dickstein
Samuel Dickstein (congressman)
Samuel Dickstein was a Democratic Congressional Representative from New York and a New York State Supreme Court Justice. He played a key role in establishing the committee that would become the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which he used to attack fascists, including Nazi...
(D). Christopher D. Sullivan
Christopher D. Sullivan
Christopher Daniel Sullivan was a United States Representative from New York from 1917 to 1941. Born in New York City, he attended public schools, St. James Parochial School, and St. Mary's Academy in New York City...
(D). Nathan D. Perlman
Nathan David Perlman
Nathan David Perlman was an American lawyer and politician from New York.Born in Poland, Perlman immigrated to the United States in 1891 with his mother where they settled in New York City. After attending the city's public schools he pursued higher education by attending College of the City of...
(R). John J. Boylan
John J. Boylan
John Joseph Boylan was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Boylan was born in New York City. He attended Manhattan College. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1910 until 1912 and the New York State Senate from 1913 until 1922...
(D). John J. O'Connor
John J. O'Connor
John Joseph O'Connor was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(D). Ogden L. Mills
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden Livingston Mills was an American businessman and politician.-Biography:The son of Ogden Mills and Ruth T. Livingston, he had twin sisters Beatrice Mills and Gladys Livingston Mills. Odgen L. Mills was the grandson of Darius O...
(R). John F. Carew
John F. Carew
John Francis Carew was a U.S. Representative from New York, nephew of Thomas Francis Magner.Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, Carew attended the public schools of Brooklyn and New York City and the College of the City of New York. He graduated from Columbia College in 1893 and from...
(D). Sol Bloom
Sol Bloom
Sol Bloom was an entertainment and popular music entrepreneur who billed himself as "Sol Bloom, the Music Man" and served for many years in the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:...
(D). Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Fiorello Henry LaGuardia was Mayor of New York for three terms from 1934 to 1945 as a liberal Republican. Previously he was elected to Congress in 1916 and 1918, and again from 1922 through 1930. Irascible, energetic and charismatic, he craved publicity and is acclaimed as one of the three or...
(AL). Royal H. Weller
Royal H. Weller
Royal Hurlburt Weller was a United States Representative from New York.Weller was born in New York City on 2 July1881. He attended the public schools and the College of the City of New York and graduated from the New York Law School in 1901...
(D). Anthony J. Griffin
Anthony Jerome Griffin
Anthony Jerome Griffin was a United States Representative from New York.Griffin was born in New York City. He attended City College, Cooper Union, and New York University School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in New York City...
(D). Frank Oliver
Frank A. Oliver
Frank Oliver was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Oliver attended the public schools and the Morris High School...
(D). Benjamin L. Fairchild
Benjamin L. Fairchild
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Sweden , Monroe County, New York, Fairchild attended the public schools of Washington, D.C., and a business college. He was graduated from the law department of Columbian University at Washington, D.C., in 1885...
(R). J. Mayhew Wainwright
J. Mayhew Wainwright
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in New York City, Wainwright was graduated from Columbia College and Columbia School of Political Science in 1884, and from Columbia Law School in 1886. He was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in New...
(R). Hamilton Fish, Jr.
Hamilton Fish
Hamilton Fish was an American statesman and politician who served as the 16th Governor of New York, United States Senator and United States Secretary of State. Fish has been considered one of the best Secretary of States in the United States history; known for his judiciousness and reform efforts...
(R). Harcourt J. Pratt
Harcourt J. Pratt
Harcourt Joseph Pratt was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Highland, New York, Pratt attended the public schools and Claverack Academy at Claverack, New York.He engaged in the lumber and coal business....
(R). Parker Corning
Parker Corning
Parker Corning was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Albany, he attended the public schools, The Albany Academy, and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire...
(D). James S. Parker
James S. Parker
James Southworth Parker was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools and was graduated from Cornell University in 1887. He taught at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire in 1887 and moved to...
(R). Frank Crowther
Frank Crowther
Frank Crowther was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Liverpool, England, he immigrated to the United States in 1872 with his parents, who settled in Canton, Massachusetts...
(R). Bertrand Snell
Bertrand Snell
Bertrand Hollis Snell represented the state of New York in the United States House of Representatives.- Early life :Snell was born in Colton, New York, the son of Hollis Snell, a lumberman, and Flora E. Kimball...
(R). Thaddeus C. Sweet
Thaddeus C. Sweet
Thaddeus Campbell Sweet was an American manufacturer and politician from New York. He represented New York's 32nd congressional district from 1923 to 1928.-Biography:...
(R). Frederick M. Davenport
Frederick M. Davenport
Frederick Morgan Davenport was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). Harold S. Tolley
Harold S. Tolley
Harold Sumner Tolley was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Biography:...
(R). Walter W. Magee
Walter W. Magee
Walter Warren Magee was an American congressman who represented New York. He was born in Groveland, New York, USA on May 23,1861. He graduated from Harvard University in 1889 and served on the board of supervisors ofOnondaga County from 1892 to 1893...
(R). John Taber
John Taber
John Taber was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). Gale H. Stalker
Gale H. Stalker
Gale Hamilton Stalker was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). Meyer Jacobstein
Meyer Jacobstein
Meyer Jacobstein, , a Representative from New York was born in New York City.-Early life:According to family archives, Meyer was born on Henry Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Polish Jews who had only weeks earlier immigrated to New York via Stockholm, Sweden...
(D). Archie D. Sanders
Archie D. Sanders
Archie Dovell Sanders was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Sanders was born in Stafford, New York. He served in the New York State Assembly from 1895 until 1896. He was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention and the 1924 Republican...
(R). S. Wallace Dempsey
S. Wallace Dempsey
Stephen Wallace Dempsey was an American Republican politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). Clarence MacGregor
Clarence MacGregor
Clarence MacGregor was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). James M. Mead
James M. Mead
James Michael Mead represented New York in the United States Senate from 1938 until 1947.Born in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York, Mead moved to Buffalo with his family at the age of four...
(D). Daniel A. Reed
Daniel A. Reed
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North Carolina
. Lindsay C. WarrenLindsay Carter Warren
Lindsay Carter Warren was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1925 and 1940.-Early life and education:...
(D). John H. Kerr
John H. Kerr
John Hosea Kerr , grand-nephew of John Kerr and relative of John Kerr, Jr., was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing North Carolina from 1923 to 1953...
(D). Charles L. Abernethy
Charles Laban Abernethy
Charles Laban Abernethy was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1922 and 1935.Born in Rutherford College, North Carolina, Abernethy attended local public schools and Rutherford College before moving to Beaufort, North Carolina in 1893. There, he founded the Beaufort Herald...
(D). Edward W. Pou
Edward W. Pou
Edward William Pou , was an American politician, serving in the United States Congress.Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, September 9, 1863, he moved to North Carolina with his parents in 1867, where he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied law...
(D). Charles M. Stedman
Charles Manly Stedman
Charles Manly Stedman was a politician and lawyer from North Carolina.-Biography:Born in Pittsboro, North Carolina, Stedman moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina with his parents in 1853 where he attended Pittsboro and Donaldson Academies and graduated from the University of North Carolina at...
(D). Homer L. Lyon
Homer L. Lyon
Homer Le Grand Lyon was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, Lyon attended the public schools, the Davis Military School, Winston, North Carolina, and the law department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.He was admitted to the bar in...
(D). William C. Hammer
William C. Hammer
William Cicero Hammer was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born near Asheboro, North Carolina, Hammer attended private and common schools....
(D). Robert L. Doughton
Robert L. Doughton
Robert Lee "Bob" Doughton , of Alleghany County, North Carolina, sometimes known as "Farmer Bob," was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina for 42 consecutive years...
(D). Alfred L. Bulwinkle
Alfred L. Bulwinkle
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Bulwinkle moved with his parents to Dallas, North Carolina, in 1891.He attended the common schools....
(D). Zebulon Weaver
Zebulon Weaver
Zebulon Weaver was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1917 and 1929 and between 1931 and 1947.-Early years and education:...
(D)
North Dakota
. Olger B. BurtnessOlger B. Burtness
Olger Burton Burtness was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota and a North Dakota District Court Judge.-Background:...
(R). Thomas Hall
Thomas Hall (North Dakota)
Thomas Hall was a United States Republican politician who served in the United States House of Representatives. He also served as the North Dakota Secretary of State for two different periods, each lasting 12 years....
(R). James H. Sinclair
James H. Sinclair
James Herbert Sinclair was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883...
(R)
Ohio
. Nicholas LongworthNicholas Longworth
Nicholas Longworth IV was a prominent American politician in the Republican Party during the first few decades of the 20th century...
(R). Ambrose E.B. Stephens (R), died February 12, 1927, vacant for remainder of term. Roy G. Fitzgerald
Roy G. Fitzgerald
Roy Gerald Fitzgerald was an attorney, soldier, preservationist, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.-Birth and Early Life:Roy G...
(R). William T. Fitzgerald
William T. Fitzgerald
William Thomas Fitzgerald was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Greenville, Ohio, Fitzgerald attended the rural schools and the Greenville High School....
(R). Charles J. Thompson
Charles J. Thompson
Charles James Thompson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Thompson attended the public schools and the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.Learned the art of printing 1876-1879....
(R). Charles C. Kearns
Charles Cyrus Kearns
Charles Cyrus Kearns was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.Charles C. Kearns was born in Tonica, Illinois. He moved with his parents to Georgetown, Ohio, in 1874. He attended the public schools in Georgetown, Ohio, Ohio Northern University at Ada, and National...
(R). Charles Brand
Charles Brand (congressman)
Charles Brand was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Urbana, Ohio, Brand attended the graded schools of his native city and Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio....
(R). T. Brooks Fletcher
Thomas B. Fletcher
thumb|right|250pxThomas Brooks Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Mechanicstown, Ohio, Fletcher attended the public schools, a private school at Augusta, Ohio, and the Richard School of Dramatic Art in Cleveland.He graduated from Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, in 1900.He...
(D). William W. Chalmers
William W. Chalmers
William Wallace Chalmers was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, Chalmers moved with his parents to Kent County, near Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1865....
(R). Thomas A. Jenkins
Thomas A. Jenkins
Thomas Albert Jenkins of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio was a member of the Ohio state senate and a long-serving U.S. Representative from Ohio's 10th District...
(R). Mell G. Underwood
Mell G. Underwood
Mell Gilbert Underwood was a United States Representative from Ohio and a United States federal judge....
(D). John C. Speaks
John C. Speaks
John Charles Speaks was a businessman, soldier, and U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Canal Winchester, Ohio, Speaks attended the public schools.He engaged in milling and the lumber business....
(R). James T. Begg
James T. Begg
James Thomas Begg was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born on a farm near Lima, Ohio, Begg attended the public and high schools of Columbus Grove, and Lima College....
(R). Martin L. Davey
Martin L. Davey
Martin Luther Davey was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He was the 53rd Governor of Ohio.-Childhood:Davey was born in Kent, Ohio in 1884. His father was John Davey, better known as the tree doctor and founder of the Davey Tree Expert Company. His mother was Bertha Reeves, the daughter of a...
(D). C. Ellis Moore
C. Ellis Moore
Charles Ellis Moore was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Middlebourne, Ohio, Moore attended the common schools and Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio. He taught school in Oxford Township, Ohio...
(R). John McSweeney
John McSweeney (politician)
John McSweeney was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Wooster, Ohio, McSweeney attended the public schools and was graduated from Wooster University in 1912....
(D). William M. Morgan
William M. Morgan (congressman)
William Mitchell Morgan was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Brownsville, Ohio, Morgan attended the public schools.He pursued various occupations until 1898, when he moved to Newark, Ohio....
(R). B. Frank Murphy
B. Frank Murphy
Benjamin Franklin Murphy was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Murphy attended the public schools. He learned the glassworker's trade, and later engaged in the retail shoe business, in banking, and in the real estate business. He served as vice president of the Peoples...
(R). John G. Cooper
John G. Cooper
John Gordon Cooper was an Anglo-American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Early years:...
(R). Charles A. Mooney
Charles A. Mooney
Charles Anthony Mooney was a five-term U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, Mooney attended the public and Jesuit schools. He was graduated from St. Marys High School in 1895, and then engaged in the local life insurance business. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in...
(D). Robert Crosser
Robert Crosser
Robert Crosser was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Crosser emigrated to the United States in 1881 with his parents and settled in Cleveland, Ohio....
(D). Theodore E. Burton
Theodore E. Burton
Theodore Elijah Burton was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate....
(R)
Oklahoma
. Samuel J. MontgomerySamuel J. Montgomery
Samuel James Montgomery was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Born in Buffalo, Kentucky, Montgomery moved to Oklahoma in 1902 with his parents, who settled in Bartlesville.He attended the public schools....
(R). William W. Hastings
William W. Hastings
William Wirt Hastings was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Born on a farm in Benton County, Arkansas, near the Indian Territory boundary, Hastings moved with his parents to a farm at Beatties Prairie, Delaware County , Oklahoma, and attended the Cherokee tribal school.He graduated from Cherokee...
(D). Charles D. Carter
Charles D. Carter
Charles David Carter was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Born near Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory , Carter moved with his father to Mill Creek, a stage stand on the western frontier of the Chickasaw Nation, in April 1876.He attended the Indian day schools and Chickasaw Manual...
(D). Tom D. McKeown
Tom D. McKeown
Thomas Deitz Mckeown was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Born in Blackstock, South Carolina, Mckeown attended the common schools, studied under a private tutor and attended lectures at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1898.He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and began practice in...
(D). Fletcher B. Swank
Fletcher B. Swank
Fletcher B. Swank was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Born near Bloomfield, Iowa, Swank moved with his parents to Beef Creek, Indian Territory, in 1888....
(D). Elmer Thomas (D). James V. McClintic
James V. McClintic
James Vernon McClintic was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Born near Bremond, Texas, McClintic moved with his parents to Groesbeck, Texas, in 1880. He attended public schools and AddRan University in Fort Worth.McClintic accepted a position with a wholesale dry-goods company in St. Louis,...
(D). Milton C. Garber
Milton C. Garber
Milton Cline Garber was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. In 1942, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.-Personal life:...
(R)
Oregon
. Willis C. HawleyWillis C. Hawley
Willis Chatman Hawley was an American politician and educator in the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he would serve as president of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he earned his undergraduate and law degrees before entering politics...
(R). Nicholas J. Sinnott
Nicholas J. Sinnott
Nicholas John Sinnott was a Republican politician from the state of Oregon. He served in the Oregon State Senate, in the United States House of Representatives, and on the now defunct United States Court of Claims federal court.-Early life:...
(R). Maurice E. Crumpacker
Maurice E. Crumpacker
Maurice Edgar Crumpacker was a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon.-Early life:Crumpacker was born in Valparaiso, Indiana in 1886, where he attended the public schools until his father, Edgar D. Crumpacker, was elected to the United States House of Representatives when Maurice was 10 years...
(R)
Pennsylvania
. William S. VareWilliam S. Vare
William Scott Vare was an American construction contractor and Republican Party politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the U.S House and won a contested election to the United States Senate.-Youth:Bill Vare was the youngest of three Vare brothers who were all...
(R). George S. Graham
George Scott Graham
George Scott Graham was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Graham was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1870, and practiced law in Philadelphia...
(R). Harry C. Ransley
Harry C. Ransley
Harry Clay Ransley was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Benjamin M. Golder
Benjamin M. Golder
Benjamin Martin Golder was Republican member of the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania.Benjamin Golder was born in Alliance, New Jersey . He moved with his parents to Philadelphia in 1893...
(R). James J. Connolly
James J. Connolly
James Joseph Connolly was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.James Connolly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
(R). George A. Welsh
George Austin Welsh
George Austin Welsh was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George A. Welsh was born near Bay View, Cecil County, Maryland. He took business and academic courses at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was engaged as a legislative...
(R). George P. Darrow
George P. Darrow
George Potter Darrow was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George Darrow was born in Waterford, Connecticut. He graduated from Alfred University in Alfred, NY in 1880. He moved to Philadelphia, PA in 1888 and engaged in banking, in the manufacture of...
(R). Thomas S. Butler
Thomas S. Butler
Thomas Stalker Butler was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, serving from March 4, 1897 until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times. Thomas S. Butler was also the father of the famous Marine Corps General Smedley D...
(R). Henry W. Watson
Henry Winfield Watson
Henry Winfield Watson was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry W. Watson was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was educated in private schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1881, and commenced the practice of his profession in Philadelphia...
(R). William W. Griest
William Walton Griest
William Walton Griest was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Laurence H. Watres
Laurence Hawley Watres
Laurence Hawley Watres was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:...
(R). Edmund N. Carpenter
Edmund Nelson Carpenter
Edmund Nelson Carpenter was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edmund N. Carpenter was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. His parents were Benjamin Gardner Carpenter and Sarah Ann Feld and he was one of five children...
(R). George F. Brumm (R). Charles J. Esterly
Charles Joseph Esterly
Charles Joseph Esterly was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles J. Esterly was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was employed with an electric company until 1916 and later in the sales department of a knitting mill. He was also engaged in the...
(R). Louis T. McFadden
Louis Thomas McFadden
Louis Thomas McFadden was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:...
(R). Edgar R. Kiess
Edgar Raymond Kiess
Edgar Raymond Kiess was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edgar R. Kiess was born in Warrensville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Lycoming County Normal School in Muncy, Pennsylvania, in 1892. He taught in the public schools of Lycoming County for...
(R). Frederick W. Magrady
Frederick William Magrady
Frederick William Magrady was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Edward M. Beers
Edward M. Beers
Edward McMath Beers was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward M. Beers was born in Nossville, Pennsylvania. In 1895, he moved with his parents to Mount Union, Pennsylvania when they purchased the then Seibert House. He graduated from Mount Union High...
(R). Joshua W. Swartz
Joshua William Swartz
Joshua William Swartz was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joshua W. Swartz was born in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, just west of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was raised on his father’s farm, and attended the rural schools,...
(R). Anderson H. Walters
Anderson Howell Walters
Anderson Howell Walters was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Johnstown activities:...
(R). J. Banks Kurtz
Jacob Banks Kurtz
Jacob Banks Kurtz was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.J. Banks Kurtz was born in Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and from Dickinson School of Law in 1893...
(R). Franklin Menges
Franklin Menges
Franklin Menges was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Franklin Menges was born at Menges Mills, York County, Pennsylvania...
(R). William I. Swoope
William Irvin Swoope
William Irvin Swoope was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Swoope was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. He attended The Hill School in Pottstown, PA and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated from the law department of Harvard University...
(R). Samuel A. Kendall
Samuel Austin Kendall
Samuel Austin Kendall was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel A. Kendall was born in Greenville Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and was a student for some time at Valparaiso, Indiana, and at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio...
(R). Henry W. Temple
Henry Wilson Temple
Henry Wilson Temple was a Progressive and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Thomas W. Phillips, Jr.
Thomas Wharton Phillips, Jr.
Thomas Wharton Phillips, Jr. was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas W. Phillips, Jr., , was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania...
(R). Nathan L. Strong
Nathan Leroy Strong
For the Welsh rugby player see Nathan Strong Nathan Leroy Strong was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Harris J. Bixler
Harris Jacob Bixler
Harris Jacob Bixler was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Harris J. Bixler was born in New Buffalo, Pennsylvania. He attended Lock Haven State Normal School. He taught school in the country districts in Perry and Clinton Counties from 1878 to 1892...
(R). Milton W. Shreve
Milton William Shreve
Milton William Shreve was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Milton W. Shreve was born in Chapmanville, Pennsylvania. He attended the Edinboro State Normal School and Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Bucknell University in...
(R). William R. Coyle (R). Adam M. Wyant
Adam Martin Wyant
Adam Martin Wyant was an American politician who served as Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He served six terms, a total of 12 years, in the House. However Wyant is also best remembered for being the first professional football player to be elected to the...
(R). Stephen G. Porter
Stephen Geyer Porter
Steven Geyer Porter was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). M. Clyde Kelly
Melville Clyde Kelly
Melville Clyde Kelly was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:M. Clyde Kelly was born in Bloomfield, Ohio. He attended Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio...
(R). John M. Morin
John M. Morin
John Mary Morin was Republican member of the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania.-Biography:Morin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved with his parents to Pittsburgh. He began working in a glass factory in 1882, and was employed in steel mills until 1885...
(R). James M. Magee
James McDevitt Magee
James McDevitt Magee was an aviator and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:James M. Magee was born in Evergreen, Pennsylvania...
(R). Guy E. Campbell
Guy Edgar Campbell
Guy Edgar Campbell was a Democrat and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.- Early life :...
(R)
Rhode Island
. Clark BurdickClark Burdick
Clark Burdick was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Burdick attended the public schools.He was a student at the Harvard Law School 1893-1895....
(R). Richard S. Aldrich
Richard S. Aldrich
Richard Steere Aldrich was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, son of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich.Aldrich was born in Washington, D.C. where his father was serving in Congress. Aldrich was a descendant of John Steere, one of the earliest settlers in Providence...
(R). Jeremiah E. O'Connell
Jeremiah E. O'Connell
Jeremiah Edward O'Connell was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, O'Connell attended the public schools. He was graduated from Boston University in 1906 and from the law school of the same university in 1908. He was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced...
(D)
South Carolina
. Thomas S. McMillanThomas S. McMillan
Thomas Sanders McMillan was a lawyer and a United States Representative from South Carolina.Born in the town of Ulmer in Allendale County, McMillan received his early childhood education at the schools in Ulmer. He graduated from the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute in 1907 and taught school for...
(D). Butler B. Hare
Butler B. Hare
Butler B. Hare was an American politician elected at the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of South Carolina....
(D). Frederick H. Dominick
Frederick H. Dominick
Frederick Haskell Dominick, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for eight terms from 1917 to 1933.-Biography:...
(D). John J. McSwain
John J. McSwain
John Jackson McSwain was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born on a farm near Cross Hill, South Carolina, McSwain attended the public schools....
(D). William F. Stevenson (D). Allard H. Gasque
Allard H. Gasque
Allard Henry Gasque was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, husband of Elizabeth Hawley Gasque.Born on Friendfield plantation, near Hyman, Marion County, South Carolina, Gasque attended the public schools....
(D). Hampton P. Fulmer
Hampton P. Fulmer
Hampton Pitts Fulmer was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 - October 19, 1944. After his death, his wife Willa L. Fulmer took over his seat.Fulmer was born near Springfield, South Carolina...
(D)
South Dakota
. Charles A. ChristophersonCharles A. Christopherson
Charles Andrew Christopherson was a lawyer and politician in South Dakota. He was elected to the state legislature in 1912...
(R). Royal C. Johnson
Royal C. Johnson
Royal Cleaves Johnson was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota and a highly decorated veteran of World War I. He was born in Cherokee, Iowa in 1882....
(R). William Williamson
William Williamson (South Dakota)
William Williamson was a U. S. Representative from South Dakota. He was the last Representative from the third district.-Biography:...
(R)
Tennessee
. B. Carroll ReeceB. Carroll Reece
Brazilla Carroll Reece was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.-Early life and career:Reece was born on a farm near Butler, Tennessee, one of thirteen children of John Isaac and Sarah Maples Reece...
(R). J. Will Taylor
J. Will Taylor
James Willis Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.Born near Lead Mine Bend in Union County, Tennessee, Taylor attended the public schools, Holbrook Normal College, Fountain City, Tennessee, and the American Temperance University, Harriman, Tennessee.He taught school for several years.He...
(R). Sam D. McReynolds
Sam D. McReynolds
Samuel Davis McReynolds was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on a farm near Pikeville, Tennessee in Bledsoe County on April 16, 1872. He attended the rural schools, People's College at...
(D). Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during much of World War II...
(D). Ewin L. Davis
Ewin L. Davis
Ewin Lamar Davis was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...
(D). Joseph W. Byrns, Sr. (D). Edward E. Eslick
Edward Everett Eslick
Edward Everett Eslick was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee....
(D). Gordon Browning
Gordon Browning
Gordon Weaver Browning was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States Congress and was later Governor of Tennessee from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1949 to 1953.-Biography:...
(D). Finis J. Garrett
Finis J. Garrett
Finis J. Garrett was born in Weakley County, Tennessee in 1875. He attended Bethel College and graduated in 1897. During that period he worked as an editor for local newspapers. After he went on to law and then the US Congress. In the House he served from 1905 to 1929 and from 1923 to 1929 he was...
(D). Hubert Fisher
Hubert Fisher
Hubert Frederick Fisher was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...
(D)
Texas
. Eugene Black (D). John C. BoxJohn C. Box
John Calvin Box was a U.S. Representative from Texas.John Calvin Box was born on March 28, 1871 on the family farm at Hammond's Creek east of the present day Latexo community in northern Houston county east Texas which is north of the county seat ofCrockett, Texas to John Jasper Wesley Box and...
(D). Morgan G. Sanders
Morgan G. Sanders
Morgan Gurley Sanders was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born near Ben Wheeler, Texas, Sanders attended the public schools.He graduated from and taught school for three years.He owned and published a weekly newspaper....
(D). Sam Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn , often called "Mr. Sam," or "Mr. Democrat," was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S. history.- Background :Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tennessee, and...
(D). Hatton W. Sumners
Hatton W. Sumners
Hatton William Sumners was a Congressman from Texas from 1913—1947 and served as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.-Early life and career:...
(D). Luther Alexander Johnson (D). Clay Stone Briggs
Clay Stone Briggs
Clay Stone Briggs was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 through his death in 1933.-Early life:...
(D). Daniel E. Garrett
Daniel E. Garrett
Daniel Edward Garrett was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas, elected at-large and later from the 8th District of Texas.-Early life and career in politics:...
(D). Joseph J. Mansfield
Joseph J. Mansfield
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Texas from 1917-1947.Mansfield was born on February 9, 1861. He was born in Wayne, West Virginia. However when he was born this was still part of state of Virginia...
(D). James P. Buchanan
James P. Buchanan
James Paul Buchanan served as U.S. Representative from the 10th district of Texas from 1913 until his death on 22 February 1937. He was the chair of the Appropriations committee from 1933 on.-Legacy:...
(D). Tom Connally (D). Fritz G. Lanham
Fritz G. Lanham
Frederick Garland "Fritz" Lanham was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas. A Democrat, Lanham was the son of Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham, a governor of Texas and himself a member of Congress. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a...
(D). Guinn Williams
Guinn Williams (Texas politician)
Guinn Williams was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born near Beuela, Mississippi, Williams moved with his parents to Texas and settled in Decatur, Wise County, in 1876.He attended the public schools....
(D). Harry M. Wurzbach
Harry M. Wurzbach
Harry McLeary Wurzbach was the first Republican since Reconstruction to represent Texas for more than two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Robert B. Hawley had previously served as a Republican for a Galveston based congressional district from 1897-1901...
(R). John N. Garner
John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :...
(D). Claude B. Hudspeth
Claude Benton Hudspeth
Claude Benton Hudspeth was an American rancher, lawyer, and statesman from El Paso, Texas. He represented Texas in the U.S. Congress from 1919 to 1931....
(D). Thomas L. Blanton
Thomas L. Blanton
Thomas Lindsay Blanton was a United States Representative from Texas. He was a member of the Democratic Party....
(D). J. Marvin Jones
John Marvin Jones
Judge John Marvin Jones was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas and Chief Judge of the federal Court of Claims.-Biography:...
(D)
Utah
. Don B. ColtonDon B. Colton
Don Byron Colton was a U.S. Representative from Utah.Born near Mona, Juab County, Utah Territory, Colton moved with his parents to Uintah County, Utah Territory in 1879....
(R). Elmer O. Leatherwood
Elmer O. Leatherwood
Elmer O. Leatherwood was a U.S. Representative from Utah.Born on a farm near Waverly, Ohio, Leatherwood attended the public schools.He moved to Emporia, Kansas, in 1888....
(R)
Vermont
. Elbert S. BrighamElbert S. Brigham
Elbert Sidney Brigham was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, Brigham attended the graded schools....
(R). Ernest Willard Gibson
Ernest Willard Gibson
Ernest Willard Gibson was a United States Representative and Senator from Vermont.Gibson graduated from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont in 1894 where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity, and from the University of Michigan Law School. He was elected to the Vermont House of...
(R)
Virginia
. Schuyler Otis Bland (D). Joseph T. DealJoseph T. Deal
Joseph Thomas Deal was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born near Surry, Virginia, Deal attended the public schools.He was graduated from Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1882....
(D). Andrew J. Montague
Andrew Jackson Montague
Andrew Jackson Montague was a U.S. politician from Virginia. He served as the 44th Governor of Virginia, from 1902 to 1906, and a Congressman from 1912 until his death in 1937...
(D). Patrick Henry Drewry
Patrick H. Drewry
Patrick Henry Drewry was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Petersburg, Virginia, Drewry attended the public schools, Petersburg High School, and McCabe's University School....
(D). Joseph Whitehead (D). Clifton A. Woodrum
Clifton A. Woodrum
Clifton Alexander Woodrum was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Woodrum attended the public schools of his native city and the University College of Medicine , Richmond, Virginia.He became a registered pharmacist and engaged in his profession in Roanoke.He studied law at...
(D). Thomas W. Harrison
Thomas W. Harrison
Thomas Walter Harrison was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Burr Powell Harrison.Born in Leesburg, Virginia, Harrison attended local academies at Leesburg, Middleburg, and Hanover....
(D). R. Walton Moore
R. Walton Moore
Robert Walton "Judge" Moore was a Virginia lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, Assistant Secretary of State, and one of the few Virginia politicians to embrace the New Deal....
(D). George C. Peery
George C. Peery
George Campbell Peery was an American Democratic politician, and was the 52nd Governor of Virginia from 1934-1938....
(D). Henry St. George Tucker III
Henry St. George Tucker III
Henry St. George Tucker, III was a representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, professor of law, and president of the American Bar Association. He was born to Laura and John Randolph Tucker in Winchester, Virginia, and received a B.L...
(D)
Washington
. John F. MillerJohn Franklin Miller (Washington representative)
John Franklin Miller , an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1931. He represented the First Congressional District of Washington as a Republican...
(R). Lindley H. Hadley
Lindley H. Hadley
Lindley Hoag Hadley was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born near Sylvania, Indiana, Hadley attended the common schools of his native city, Bloomingdale Academy, and Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois.He taught school in Rockville, Indiana from 1884 to 1889.He studied...
(R). Albert Johnson
Albert Johnson (congressman)
Albert Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Washington state.Born in Springfield, Illinois, Johnson attended the schools at Atchison and Hiawatha, Kansas. He worked as a reporter on the St. Joseph Herald and the St...
(R). John W. Summers
John W. Summers
John William Summers was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born near Valeene, Indiana, Summers attended the public schools....
(R). Samuel B. Hill
Samuel B. Hill
Samuel Billingsley Hill was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born in Franklin, Arkansas, Hill attended the common schools, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and was graduated from its law department in 1898...
(D)
West Virginia
. Carl G. BachmannCarl G. Bachmann
Carl G. Bachmann was a United States Congressman from Wheeling, West Virginia.Bachmann was born in Wheeling as the son of Charles F. and Sophia Bachmann. In 1908 he graduated from Linsly Institute. He went to college first at Washington and Jefferson College for two years, and later graduated West...
(R). Frank L. Bowman
Frank L. Bowman
Frank Llewellyn Bowman was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1925-1933.-Biography:...
(R). John M. Wolverton
John M. Wolverton
John Marshall Wolverton was a U.S. Representative from West Virginia.Born in Big Bend, Calhoun County, West Virginia, Wolverton attended country schools and Glenville and Fairmont State Normal Schools. He was graduated from the law department of the West Virginia University at Morgantown in 1901...
(R). Harry C. Woodyard
Harry C. Woodyard
Harry Chapman Woodyard was a Republican politician from West Virginia who served as aUnited States Representative. Congressman Woodyard was born in Spencer, West Virginia, in Roane County...
(R). James French Strother
James F. Strother (West Virginia)
James French Strother was the grandson of Congressman James French Strother of Virginia and great-grandson of Congressman George French Strother, also of Virginia. Strother was a lawyer, judge, and U. S. Representative from West Virginia.Strother was born near Pearisburg in Giles County on June...
(R). J. Alfred Taylor
J. Alfred Taylor
James Alfred Taylor, better known as J. Alfred Taylor, was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party from West Virginia....
(D)
Wisconsin
. Henry Allen Cooper (R). Edward VoigtEdward Voigt
Edward Voigt was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.-Early life:Voight was born in Bremen, Germany. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1883. He was employed in law and insurance office for several years. He was graduated from law...
(R). John M. Nelson
John M. Nelson
John Mandt Nelson was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Burke, Wisconsin, Nelson attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1892....
(R). John C. Schafer
John C. Schafer
John C. Schafer was a Republican politician who represented Wisconsin's 4th congressional district in Congress from 1923 to 1933 and again from 1939 to 1941....
(R). Victor L. Berger
Victor L. Berger
Victor Luitpold Berger was a founding member of the Socialist Party of America and an important and influential Socialist journalist who helped establish the so-called Sewer Socialist movement. The first Socialist elected to the U.S...
(S). Florian Lampert
Florian Lampert
Florian Lampert , was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1918–1930, serving Wisconsin's 6th District.-Career:...
(R). Joseph D. Beck
Joseph D. Beck
Joseph David Beck was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1921 until 1929.-External links:...
(R). Edward E. Browne
Edward E. Browne
Edward Everts Browne was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Waupaca, Wisconsin, Browne attended the public schools and Waupaca High School....
(R). George J. Schneider
George J. Schneider
George John Schneider was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in the town of Grand Chute, Wisconsin, Schneider moved to Appleton with his parents, attended the public schools of Appleton, Wisconsin....
(R). James A. Frear
James A. Frear
James Archibald Frear was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Hudson, Wisconsin, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Frear attended the public schools, and Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1878....
(R). Hubert H. Peavey
Hubert H. Peavey
Hubert Haskell Peavey was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Adams, Minnesota, Peavey moved with his parents to Redwood Falls, Minnesota, in 1886....
(R)
Non-voting members
. Daniel SutherlandDaniel Sutherland
Daniel Alexander Sutherland , nicknamed "Fighting Dan", was an American businessperson and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives during the 1920s as the delegate from what was then the Alaska Territory.Sutherland was born in Pleasant Bay, Canada on Cape Breton Island...
(R). William P. Jarrett
William Paul Jarrett
William Paul Jarrett was an American legal officer and politician.Jarrett was born August 22, 1877 and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu, and attended Saint Louis School. His father was William H. Jarrett and mother was Emma Stevens. He married Mary H.K. Clark.He was one of the...
(D). Isauro Gabaldon
Isauro Gabaldon
Isauro Gabaldon was a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands serving from 1920 until 1929.He was born in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. He attended the public schools in Tebar, Spain. He studied law in the Universidad Central, in Madrid, Spain and graduated from the University of...
. Pedro Guevara
Pedro Guevara
Pedro Guevara , was a Philippine soldier, lawyer and legislator who became Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands during the American colonial administration.-Biography:...
. Félix Córdova Dávila
Félix Córdova Dávila
Félix Lope María Córdova Dávila was a political leader and judge from Puerto Rico who served as Puerto Rico's fourth Resident Commissioner in Congress.-Early years:...
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.Senate
- replacements: 7
- DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: no net change - RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: no net change
- Democratic
- deaths: 7
- resignations: 0
- contested election: 1
- interim appointments: 2
- Total seats with changes: 9
House of Representatives
- replacements: 11
- DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: 1 seat net loss - RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: 1 seat net gain
- Democratic
- deaths: 11
- resignations: 2
- Total seats with changes: 9
Senate
- SecretarySecretary of the United States SenateThe Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...
:- George A. Sanderson, served from May 19, 1919
- Edwin P. Thayer, served from December 7, 1925
- Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States SenateThe Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...
: David S. BarryDavid S. BarryDavid Sheldon Barry, Sr. was a journalist who became the 17th Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, serving from 1919 to 1933.... - ChaplainChaplain of the United States SenateThe Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...
: John J. Muir (BaptistBaptistBaptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
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House of Representatives
- ClerkClerk of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....
: William T. Page - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...
: Joseph G. Rodgers - DoorkeeperDoorkeeper of the United States House of RepresentativesAn appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...
: Bert W. Kennedy - PostmasterPostmaster of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...
: Frank W. Collier - Clerk at the Speaker’s TableParliamentarian of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S...
:- Lehr Fess, resigned February 1, 1927
- Lewis DeschlerLewis DeschlerLewis Deschler was the first, and longest serving, Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives. He started his term on February 1, 1927 during the 70th United States Congress following the retirement of Lehr Fess...
, appointed February 1, 1927
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States House of RepresentativesThe election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...
: James S. Montgomery (MethodistMethodismMethodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
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External links
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists