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68TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS

'68th United States Congress'

United States Capitol (1906)
Session: March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1925
President of the Senate: Calvin Coolidge (Mar.-Aug. 1923)
President pro tempore of the Senate: Albert B. Cummins
Speaker of the House: Frederick Gillett
Members: 435 Representatives
96 Senators
House Majority: Republican
Senate Majority: Republican

The 'Sixty-eighth United States Congress' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1923 to March 3 1925, during the last months of the administration of U.S. President Warren G. Harding, and the two years of the first administration of his successor, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourteenth Census of the United States in 1920. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Contents
Dates of sessions
Major events
Major legislation
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
House of Representatives
Republican Caucus
Members
Senate
House of Representatives
Delegates
Resident Commissioners
Employees
Senate
House of Representatives
References

Dates of sessions


March 4 1923 - March 3 1925

★ First session: December 3 1923 - June 7 1924

★ Second session: December 1 1924 - March 3 1925 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 67th Congress

Next congress: 69th Congress

Major events



August 2, 1923 – Death of President Warren Harding and succession of Calvin Coolidge

Major legislation



May 19, 1924 – World War Adjusted Compensation Act (Bonus Bill), ch. 157,

May 26, 1924 – Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act), ch. 190,

June 2 1924 – Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (Snyder Act) ch. 233, ,

June 2, 1924 – Revenue Act of 1924 (Mellon tax bill), ch. 234,

Party summary


Senate

Affiliation Members Voting
share
Note Republican Party 53 55.2% Democratic Party 42 43.8% Farmer Labor Party 1 1.0%
Total 96

House of Representatives

Affiliation Members Voting
share
Delegates and
Resident
Commissioner
Note Republican Party 225 51.7% 1 Democratic Party 207 47.6% 1 Farmer Labor Party 2 0.5% - Socialist Party 1 0.2% - Other - - 3
Vacant - - -
Total 435 5

Leadership


Senate


President of the Senate: Calvin Coolidge, succeeded to the U.S. Presidency on August 2, 1923; thereafter vacant

President ''pro tempore'': Albert B. Cummins

Majority (Republican) leadership



Senate Majority Leader: Henry Cabot Lodge (MA, unofficially to November 9, 1924); Charles Curtis (KS, thereafter)

Senate Majority Whip: Charles Curtis (KS to November 9, 1924); Wesley Jones (Washington, thereafter)

Conference Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge (MA, to November 9, 1924); Charles Curtis (KS, thereafter)

Conference Secretary: James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (NY)

Minority (Democratic) leadership



Senate Minority Leader: Joseph T. Robinson (AR)

Senate Minority Whip: Peter Gerry (IL)

Democratic Conference Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson (AR)
House of Representatives


Speaker: Frederick H. Gillett

Majority (Republican) Leadership



House Majority Leader: Nicholas Longworth ()

House Majority Whip: Albert H. Vestal ()
Republican Caucus


Republican Conference Chair: Sydney Anderson ()

Minority (Democratic) Leadership



House Minority Leader: Finis Garrett ()

House Minority Whip: William A. Oldfield (AR)

Members


Senate

Map showing Senate party membership at the start of the 68th Congress. Red states are represented by two Republicans and blue by two Democrats. Purple states are represented by one senator from each party. Minnesota was represented by a Republican and a Farmer-Laborite.

At this time, most Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state.
:'Alabama'
James T. Heflin ''(Dem.)''
Oscar W. Underwood ''(Dem.)'':'Arizona'
Henry F. Ashurst ''(Dem.)''
Ralph H. Cameron ''(Rep.)'':'Arkansas'
Thaddeus H. Caraway ''(Dem.)''
Joseph T. Robinson ''(Dem.)'':'California'
Hiram W. Johnson ''(Rep.)''
Samuel M. Shortridge ''(Rep.)'':'Colorado'
Alva B. Adams ''(Dem.)'' appointed to fill Samuel D. Nicholson's seat after Nicholson's death.
Rice W. Means ''(Rep.)'' elected to Samuel D. Nicholson's seat after Nicholson's death.
Samuel D. Nicholson ''(Rep.)'' died 24 March 1923, Succeeded by Alva B. Adams and then by Rice W. Means.
Lawrence C. Phipps ''(Rep.)'':'Connecticut'
Hiram Bingham ''(Rep.)'' elected to Frank B. Brandegee's seat after Brandegee's death.
Frank B. Brandegee ''(Rep.)'' committed suicide 14 October 1924. Succeeded by Hiram Bingham.
George P. McLean ''(Rep.)'':'Delaware'
L. Heisler Ball ''(Rep.)''
Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. ''(Dem.)'':'Florida'
Duncan U. Fletcher ''(Dem.)''
Park Trammell ''(Dem.)'':'Georgia'
Walter F. George ''(Dem.)''
William J. Harris ''(Dem.)'':'Idaho'
William E. Borah ''(Rep.)''
Frank R. Gooding ''(Rep.)'':'Illinois'
Charles S. Deneen ''(Rep.)'' filled Joseph M. McCormick's empty seat after McCormick's death.
Joseph M. McCormick ''(Rep.)'' committed suicide 25 February 1925. Succeeded by Charles S. Deneen.
William B. McKinley ''(Rep.)'':'Indiana'
Samuel M. Ralston ''(Dem.)''
James E. Watson ''(Rep.)'':'Iowa'
Smith W. Brookhart ''(Rep.)''
Albert B. Cummins ''(Rep.)'':'Kansas'
Arthur Capper ''(Rep.)''
Charles Curtis ''(Rep.)'':'Kentucky'
Richard P. Ernst ''(Rep.)''
Augustus O. Stanley ''(Dem.)'':'Louisiana'
Edwin S. Broussard ''(Dem.)''
Joseph E. Ransdell ''(Dem.)'':'Maine'
Bert M. Fernald ''(Rep.)''
Frederick Hale ''(Rep.)'':'Maryland'
William C. Bruce ''(Dem.)''
Ovington E. Weller ''(Rep.)'':'Massachusetts'
William M. Butler ''(Rep.)'' appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Cabot Lodge.
Henry Cabot Lodge ''(Rep.)'' died 9 November 1924. Succeeded by William M. Butler.
David I. Walsh ''(Dem.)'':'Michigan'
James Couzens ''(Rep.)''
Woodbridge N. Ferris ''(Dem.)'':'Minnesota'
Magnus Johnson, ''(FL)'' elected to replace Knute Nelson after Nelson's death.
Knute Nelson ''(Rep.)'' died 28 April 1923. Succeeded by Magnus Johnson.
Henrik Shipstead, ''(FL)'':'Mississippi'
Byron P. Harrison ''(Dem.)''
Hubert D. Stephens ''(Dem.)'':'Missouri'
James A. Reed ''(Dem.)''
Selden P. Spencer ''(Rep.)''
:'Montana'
Thomas J. Walsh ''(Dem.)''
Burton K. Wheeler ''(Dem.)'':'Nebraska'
Robert B. Howell ''(Rep.)''
George W. Norris ''(Rep.)'':'Nevada'
Tasker L. Oddie ''(Rep.)''
Key Pittman ''(Dem.)'':'New Hampshire'
Henry W. Keyes ''(Rep.)''
George H. Moses ''(Rep.)'':'New Jersey'
Walter E. Edge ''(Rep.)''
Edward I. Edwards ''(Dem.)'':'New Mexico'
Holm O. Bursum ''(Rep.)''
Andrieus A. Jones ''(Dem.)'':'New York'
Royal S. Copeland ''(Dem.)''
James W. Wadsworth, Jr. ''(Rep.)'':'North Carolina'
Lee S. Overman ''(Dem.)''
Furnifold M. Simmons ''(Dem.)'':'North Dakota'
Lynn J. Frazier ''(Rep.)''
Edwin F. Ladd ''(Rep.)'':'Ohio'
Simeon D. Fess ''(Rep.)''
Frank B. Willis ''(Rep.)'':'Oklahoma'
John W. Harreld ''(Rep.)''
Robert L. Owen ''(Dem.)'':'Oregon'
Charles L. McNary ''(Rep.)''
Robert N. Stanfield ''(Rep.)'':'Pennsylvania'
George W. Pepper ''(Rep.)''
David A. Reed ''(Rep.)'':'Rhode Island'
LeBaron B. Colt ''(Rep.)'' died 18 August 1924. Succeeded by Jesse H. Metcalf.
Peter G. Gerry ''(Dem.)''
Jesse H. Metcalf ''(Rep.)'' elected to LeBaron B. Colt's seat after Colt's death.:'South Carolina'
Nathaniel B. Dial ''(Dem.)''
Ellison D. Smith ''(Dem.)'':'South Dakota'
Peter Norbeck ''(Rep.)''
Thomas Sterling ''(Rep.)'':'Tennessee'
Kenneth D. McKellar ''(Dem.)''
John K. Shields ''(Dem.)'':'Texas'
Earle B. Mayfield ''(Dem.)''
Morris Sheppard ''(Dem.)'':'Utah'
William H. King ''(Dem.)''
Reed Smoot ''(Rep.)'':'Vermont'
Porter H. Dale ''(Rep.)'' elected to William P. Dillingham's vacant seat after Dillingham's death.
William P. Dillingham ''(Rep.)'' died July 12 1923. Succeeded by Porter H. Dale.
Frank L. Greene ''(Rep.)'':'Virginia'
Carter Glass ''(Dem.)''
Claude A. Swanson ''(Dem.)'':'Washington'
Clarence C. Dill ''(Dem.)''
Wesley L. Jones ''(Rep.)'':'West Virginia'
Davis Elkins ''(Rep.)''
Matthew M. Neely ''(Dem.)'':'Wisconsin'
Robert M. La Follette Sr ''(Rep.)''
Irvine L. Lenroot ''(Rep.)'':'Wyoming'
John B. Kendrick ''(Dem.)''
Francis E. Warren ''(Rep.)''

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
:'Alabama'
★ . John McDuffie ''(Dem.)''
★ . John R. Tyson ''(Dem.)'', died March 27, 1923:
★ . J. Lister Hill ''(Dem.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Henry B. Steagall ''(Dem.)''
★ . Lamar Jeffers ''(Dem.)''
★ . William B. Bowling ''(Dem.)''
★ . William B. Oliver ''(Dem.)''
★ . Miles C. Allgood ''(Dem.)''
★ . Edward B. Almon ''(Dem.)''
★ . George Huddleston ''(Dem.)''
★ . William B. Bankhead ''(Dem.)'':'Arizona'
★ : Carl Hayden ''(Dem.)'':'Arkansas'
★ . William J. Driver ''(Dem.)''
★ . William A. Oldfield ''(Dem.)''
★ . John N. Tillman ''(Dem.)''
★ . Otis Wingo ''(Dem.)''
★ . Heartsill Ragon ''(Dem.)''
★ . Lewis E. Sawyer ''(Dem.)'', died May 5, 1923:
★ . James B. Reed ''(Dem.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Tilman B. Parks ''(Dem.)'':'California'
★ . Clarence F. Lea ''(Dem.)''
★ . John E. Raker ''(Dem.)''
★ . Charles F. Curry ''(Rep.)''
★ . Julius Kahn ''(Rep.)''
★ . Mae E. Nolan ''(Rep.)''
★ . James H. MacLafferty ''(Rep.)''
★ . Henry E. Barbour ''(Rep.)''
★ . Arthur M. Free ''(Rep.)''
★ . Walter F. Lineberger ''(Rep.)''
★ . John D. Fredericks ''(Rep.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Philip D. Swing ''(Rep.)'':'Colorado'
★ . William Newell Vaile ''(Rep.)''
★ . Charles Bateman Timberlake ''(Rep.)''
★ . Guy Urban Hardy ''(Rep.)''
★ . Edward Thomas Taylor ''(Dem.)'':'Connecticut'
★ . E. Hart Fenn ''(Rep.)''
★ . Richard P. Freeman ''(Rep.)''
★ . John Q. Tilson ''(Rep.)''
★ . Schuyler Merritt ''(Rep.)''
★ . Patrick B. O'Sullivan ''(Dem.)'':'Delaware'
★ : William H. Boyce ''(Dem.)'':'Florida'
★ . Herbert J. Drane ''(Dem.)''
★ . Frank Clark ''(Dem.)''
★ . John H. Smithwick ''(Dem.)''
★ . William J. Sears ''(Dem.)'':'Georgia'
★ . Robert L. Moore ''(Dem.)''
★ . Frank Park ''(Dem.)''
★ . Charles R. Crisp ''(Dem.)''
★ . William C. Wright ''(Dem.)''
★ . William D. Upshaw ''(Dem.)''
★ . James W. Wise ''(Dem.)''
★ . Gordon Lee ''(Dem.)''
★ . Charles H. Brand ''(Dem.)''
★ . Thomas M. Bell ''(Dem.)''
★ . Carl Vinson ''(Dem.)''
★ . William C. Lankford ''(Dem.)''
★ . William W. Larsen ''(Dem.)'':'Idaho'
★ . Burton L. French ''(Rep.)''
★ . Addison T. Smith ''(Rep.)'' :'Illinois'
★ . Martin B. Madden ''(Rep.)''
★ . Morton D. Hull ''(Rep.)''
★ . Elliott W. Sproul ''(Rep.)''
★ . John W. Rainey ''(Dem.)'', died May 4, 1923:
★ . Thomas A. Doyle ''(Dem.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Adolph J. Sabath ''(Dem.)''
★ . James R. Buckley ''(Dem.)''
★ . M. Alfred Michaelson ''(Rep.)''
★ . Stanley H. Kunz ''(Dem.)''
★ . Frederick A. Britten ''(Rep.)''
★ . Carl R. Chindblom ''(Rep.)''
★ . Frank R. Reid ''(Rep.)''
★ . Charles Eugene Fuller ''(Rep.)''
★ . John C. McKenzie ''(Rep.)''
★ . William J. Graham ''(Rep.)''
★ . Edward J. King ''(Rep.)''
★ . William E. Hull ''(Rep.)''
★ . Frank H. Funk ''(Rep.)''
★ . William P. Holaday ''(Rep.)''
★ . Allen F. Moore ''(Rep.)''
★ . Henry T. Rainey ''(Dem.)''
★ . J. Earl Major ''(Dem.)''
★ . Edward E. Miller ''(Rep.)''
★ . William W. Arnold ''(Dem.)''
★ . Thomas S. Williams ''(Rep.)''
★ . Edward E. Denison ''(Rep.)''
★ : Richard Yates ''(Rep.)''
★ : Henry R. Rathbone ''(Rep.)'':'Indiana'
★ . William E. Wilson ''(Dem.)''
★ . Arthur H. Greenwood ''(Dem.)''
★ . Frank Gardner ''(Dem.)''
★ . Harry C. Canfield ''(Dem.)''
★ . Everett Sanders ''(Rep.)''
★ . Richard N. Elliott ''(Rep.)''
★ . Merrill Moores ''(Rep.)''
★ . Albert H. Vestal ''(Rep.)''
★ . Fred S. Purnell ''(Rep.)''
★ . William R. Wood ''(Rep.)''
★ . Samuel E. Cook ''(Dem.)''
★ . Louis W. Fairfield ''(Rep.)''
★ . Andrew J. Hickey ''(Rep.)'' :'Iowa'
★ . William F. Kopp ''(Rep.)''
★ . Harry E. Hull ''(Rep.)''
★ . Thomas J. B. Robinson ''(Rep.)''
★ . Gilbert N. Haugen ''(Rep.)''
★ . Cyrenus Cole ''(Rep.)''
★ . C. William Ramseyer ''(Rep.)''
★ . Cassius C. Dowell ''(Rep.)''
★ . Horace M. Towner ''(Rep.)'', resigned April 1, 1923:
★ . Hiram Kinsman Evans ''(Rep.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . William R. Green ''(Rep.)''
★ . L. J. Dickinson ''(Rep.)''
★ . William D. Boies ''(Rep.)'' :'Kansas'
★ . Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. ''(Rep.)''
★ . Edward C. Little ''(Rep.)'', died June 27, 1924 :
★ . U. S. Guyer ''(Rep.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Homer Hoch ''(Rep.)''
★ . James G. Strong ''(Rep.)''
★ . Hays B. White ''(Rep.)''
★ . Jasper Napoleon Tincher ''(Rep.)''
★ . William A. Ayres ''(Dem.)'':'Kentucky'
★ . Alben Barkley ''(Dem.)''
★ . David Hayes Kincheloe ''(Dem.)''
★ . Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. ''(Dem.)''
★ . Ben Johnson ''(Dem.)''
★ . Maurice H. Thatcher ''(Rep.)''
★ . Arthur B. Rouse ''(Dem.)''
★ . J. Campbell Cantrill ''(Dem.)'', died September 2, 1923:
★ . Joseph W. Morris ''(Dem.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert ''(Dem.)''
★ . William J. Fields ''(Dem.)'', resigned December 11, 1923:
★ . Fred M. Vinson ''(Dem.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . John W. Langley ''(Rep.)''
★ . John M. Robsion ''(Rep.)'' :'Louisiana'
★ . James O'Connor ''(Dem.)''
★ . Henry Garland Dupré ''(Dem.)'', died February 21, 1924:
★ . James Zacharie Spearing ''(Dem.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Whitmell P. Martin ''(Dem.)''
★ . John Nicolas Sandlin ''(Dem.)''
★ . Riley Joseph Wilson ''(Dem.)''
★ . George Kent Favrot ''(Dem.)''
★ . Ladislas Lazaro ''(Dem.)''
★ . James Benjamin Aswell ''(Dem.)'':'Maine'
★ . Carroll L. Beedy ''(Rep.)''
★ . Wallace H. White, Jr. ''(Rep.)''
★ . John E. Nelson ''(Rep.)''
★ . Ira G. Hersey ''(Rep.)'':'Maryland'
★ . T. Alan Goldsborough ''(Dem.)''
★ . Millard Tydings ''(Dem.)''
★ . John P. Hill ''(Rep.)''
★ . J. Charles Linthicum ''(Dem.)''
★ . Sydney Emanuel Mudd II ''(Rep.)'', died October 11, 1924:
★ . Stephen Warfield Gambrill ''(Rep.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Frederick N. Zihlman ''(Rep.)'':'Massachusetts'
★ . Allen T. Treadway ''(Rep.)''
★ . Frederick H. Gillett ''(Rep.)''
★ . Calvin D. Paige ''(Rep.)''
★ . Samuel E. Winslow ''(Rep.)''
★ . John J. Rogers ''(Rep.)''
★ . Abram P. Andrew, Jr. ''(Rep.)''
★ . William P. Connery ''(Dem.)''
★ . Frederick W. Dallinger ''(Rep.)''
★ . Charles L. Underhill ''(Rep.)''
★ . Peter F. Tague ''(Dem.)''
★ . George H. Tinkham ''(Rep.)''
★ . James A. Gallivan ''(Dem.)''
★ . Robert Luce ''(Rep.)''
★ . Louis A. Frothingham ''(Rep.)''
★ . William S. Greene ''(Rep.)'', died September 22, 1924:
★ . Robert M. Leach ''(Rep.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Charles L. Gifford ''(Rep.)'':'Michigan'
★ . Robert H. Clancy ''(Dem.)''
★ . Earl C. Michener ''(Rep.)''
★ . John M. C. Smith ''(Rep.)'', died March 30, 1923:
★ . Arthur B. Williams ''(Rep.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . John C. Ketcham ''(Rep.)''
★ . Carl Mapes ''(Rep.)''
★ . Grant M. Hudson ''(Rep.)''
★ . Louis C. Cramton ''(Rep.)''
★ . Bird J. Vincent ''(Rep.)''
★ . James C. McLaughlin ''(Rep.)''
★ . Roy O. Woodruff ''(Rep.)''
★ . Frank D. Scott ''(Rep.)''
★ . W. Frank James ''(Rep.)''
★ . Clarence McLeod ''(Rep.)'':'Minnesota'
★ . Sydney Anderson ''(Rep.)''
★ . Frank Clague ''(Rep.)''
★ . Charles Russell Davis ''(Rep.)''
★ . Oscar Keller ''(Rep.)''
★ . Walter Newton ''(Rep.)''
★ . Harold Knutson ''(Rep.)''
★ . Ole J. Kvale ''(FL)''
★ . Oscar Larson ''(Rep.)''
★ . Knud Wefald ''(FL)''
★ . Thomas D. Schall ''(Rep.)'' :'Mississippi'
★ . John E. Rankin ''(Dem.)''
★ . Bill G. Lowrey ''(Dem.)''
★ . Benjamin G. Humphreys II ''(Dem.)'', died October 16, 1923:
★ . William Y. Humphreys ''(Dem.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . T. Jeff Busby ''(Dem.)''
★ . Ross A. Collins ''(Dem.)''
★ . T. Webber Wilson ''(Dem.)''
★ . Percy E. Quin ''(Dem.)''
★ . James W. Collier ''(Dem.)'':'Missouri'
★ . Milton A. Romjue ''(Dem.)''
★ . Ralph F. Lozier ''(Dem.)''
★ . Jacob L. Milligan ''(Dem.)''
★ . Charles L. Faust '(Rep.)''
★ . Henry L. Jost ''(Dem.)''
★ . Clement C. Dickinson ''(Dem.)''
★ . Samuel C. Major ''(Dem.)''
★ . Sidney C. Roach ''(Rep.)''
★ . Clarence Cannon ''(Dem.)''
★ . Cleveland A. Newton ''(Rep.)''
★ . Harry B. Hawes ''(Dem.)''
★ . Leonidas C. Dyer ''(Rep.)''
★ . J. Scott Wolff ''(Dem.)''
★ . James F. Fulbright ''(Dem.)''
★ . Joe J. Manlove ''(Rep.)''
★ . Thomas L. Rubey ''(Dem.)'':'Montana'
★ . John M. Evans ''(Dem.)''
★ . Scott Leavitt ''(Rep.)'':'Nebraska'
★ . John H. Morehead ''(Dem.)''
★ . Willis G. Sears ''(Rep.)''
★ . Edgar Howard ''(Dem.)''
★ . Melvin O. McLaughlin ''(Rep.)''
★ . Ashton C. Shallenberger ''(Dem.)''
★ . Robert G. Simmons ''(Rep.)''
:'Nevada'
★ : Charles L. Richards ''(Dem.)'':'New Hampshire'
★ . William Nathaniel Rogers ''(Rep.)''
★ . Edward Hills Wason ''(Rep.)'':'New Jersey'
★ . Francis F. Patterson, Jr. ''(Rep.)''
★ . Isaac Bacharach ''(Rep.)''
★ . Elmer H. Geran ''(Dem.)''
★ . Charles Browne ''(Dem.)''
★ . Ernest R. Ackerman ''(Rep.)''
★ . Randolph Perkins ''(Rep.)''
★ . George N. Seger ''(Rep.)''
★ . Frank J. McNulty ''(Dem.)''
★ . Daniel F. Minahan ''(Dem.)''
★ . Frederick R. Lehlbach ''(Rep.)''
★ . John J. Eagan ''(Dem.)''
★ . James A. Hamill ''(Dem.)'':'New Mexico'
★ : John Morrow ''(Dem.)'':'New York'
★ . Robert L. Bacon ''(Rep.)''
★ . John J. Kindred ''(Dem.)''
★ . George W. Lindsay ''(Dem.)''
★ . Thomas H. Cullen ''(Dem.)''
★ . Loring M. Black, Jr. ''(Dem.)''
★ . Charles I. Stengle ''(Dem.)''
★ . John F. Quayle ''(Dem.)''
★ . William E. Cleary ''(Dem.)''
★ . David J. O'Connell ''(Dem.)''
★ . Emanuel Celler ''(Dem.)''
★ . Daniel J. Riordan ''(Dem.)'', died April 28, 1923:
★ . Anning Smith Prall ''(Dem.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Samuel Dickstein ''(Dem.)''
★ . Christopher D. Sullivan ''(Dem.)''
★ . Nathan David Perlman ''(Rep.)''
★ . John J. Boylan ''(Dem.)''
★ . John J. O'Connor ''(Dem.)''
★ . Ogden L. Mills ''(Rep.)''
★ . John F. Carew ''(Dem.)''
★ . Sol Bloom ''(Dem.)''
★ . Fiorello H. LaGuardia ''(Rep.)''
★ . Royal H. Weller ''(Dem.)''
★ . Anthony J. Griffin ''(Dem.)''
★ . Frank A. Oliver ''(Dem.)''
★ . James V. Ganly ''(Dem.)'', died September 7, 1923:
★ . Benjamin L. Fairchild ''(Rep.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . J. Mayhew Wainwright ''(Rep.)''
★ . Hamilton Fish III ''(Rep.)''
★ . Charles B. Ward ''(Rep.)''
★ . Parker Corning ''(Dem.)''
★ . James S. Parker ''(Rep.)''
★ . Frank Crowther ''(Rep.)''
★ . Bertrand H. Snell ''(Rep.)''
★ . Luther W. Mott ''(Rep.)'', died July 10, 1923:
★ . Thaddeus C. Sweet ''(Rep.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Homer P. Snyder ''(Rep.)''
★ . John D. Clarke ''(Rep.)''
★ . Walter W. Magee ''(Rep.)''
★ . John Taber ''(Rep.)''
★ . Gale H. Stalker ''(Rep.)''
★ . Meyer Jacobstein ''(Dem.)''
★ . Archie D. Sanders ''(Rep.)''
★ . S. Wallace Dempsey ''(Rep.)''
★ . Clarence MacGregor ''(Rep.)''
★ . James M. Mead ''(Dem.)''
★ . Daniel A. Reed ''(Rep.)'':'North Carolina'
★ . Hallet S. Ward ''(Dem.)''
★ . Claude Kitchin ''(Dem.)'', died May 31, 1923:
★ . John H. Kerr ''(Dem.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . Charles Laban Abernethy ''(Dem.)''
★ . Edward W. Pou ''(Dem.)''
★ . Charles M. Stedman ''(Dem.)''
★ . Homer L. Lyon ''(Dem.)''
★ . William C. Hammer ''(Dem.)''
★ . Robert L. Doughton ''(Dem.)''
★ . Alfred L. Bulwinkle ''(Dem.)''
★ . Zebulon Weaver ''(Dem.)'':'North Dakota'
★ . Olger B. Burtness ''(Rep.)''
★ . George M. Young ''(Rep.)'', resigned September 2, 1924:
★ . Thomas Hall ''(Rep.)'', elected to fill vacancy
★ . James H. Sinclair ''(Rep.)'':'Ohio'
★ . Nicholas Longworth ''(Rep.)''
★ . Ambrose E.B. Stephens ''(Rep.)''
★ . Roy G. Fitzgerald ''(Rep.)''
★ . John L. Cable ''(Rep.)''
★ . Charles J. Thompson ''(Rep.)''
★ . Charles C. Kearns ''(Rep.)''
★ . Charles Brand ''(Rep.)''
★ . R. Clint Cole ''(Rep.)''
★ . Isaac R. Sherwood ''(Dem.)''
★ . Israel M. Foster ''(Rep.)''
★ . Mell G. Underwood ''(Dem.)''
★ . John C. Speaks ''(Rep.)''
★ . James T. Begg ''(Rep.)''
★ . Martin L. Davey ''(Dem.)''
★ . C. Ellis Moore ''(Rep.)''
★ . John McSweeney ''(Dem.)''
★ . William M. Morgan ''(Rep.)''
★ . B. Frank Murphy ''(Rep.)''
★ . John G. Cooper ''(Rep.)''
★ . Charles A. Mooney ''(Dem.)''
★ . Robert Crosser ''(Dem.)''
★ . Theodore E. Burton ''(Rep.)'':'Oklahoma'
★ . Everette B. Howard ''(Dem.)''
★ . William W. Hastings ''(Dem.)''
★ . Charles D. Carter ''(Dem.)''
★ . Tom D. McKeown ''(Dem.)''
★ . Fletcher B. Swank ''(Dem.)''
★ . Elmer Thomas ''(Dem.)''
★ . James V. McClintic ''(Dem.)''
★ . Milton C. Garber ''(Rep.)'':'Oregon'
★ . Willis C. Hawley ''(Rep.)''
★ . Nicholas J. Sinnott ''(Rep.)''
★ . Elton Watkins ''(Dem.)'':'Pennsylvania'
★ . William S. Vare ''(Rep.)''
★ . George S. Graham ''(Rep.)''
★ . Harry C. Ransley ''(Rep.)''
★ . George W. Edmonds ''(Rep.)''
★ . James J. Connolly ''(Rep.)''
★ . George A. Welsh ''(Rep.)''
★ . George P. Darrow ''(Rep.)''
★ . Thomas S. Butler ''(Rep.)''
★ . Henry W. Watson ''(Rep.)''
★ . William W. Griest ''(Rep.)''
★ . Laurence H. Watres ''(Rep.)''
★ . John J. Casey ''(Dem.)''
★ . George F. Brumm ''(Rep.)''
★ . William M. Croll ''(Dem.)''
★ . Louis T. McFadden ''(Rep.)''
★ . Edgar R. Kiess ''(Rep.)''
★ . Herbert W. Cummings ''(Dem.)''
★ . Edward M. Beers ''(Rep.)''
★ . Frank C. Sites ''(Dem.)''
★ . George M. Wertz ''(Rep.)''
★ . J. Banks Kurtz ''(Rep.)''
★ . Samuel F. Glatfelter ''(Dem.)''
★ . William I. Swoope ''(Rep.)''
★ . Samuel A. Kendall ''(Rep.)''
★ . Henry W. Temple ''(Rep.)''
★ . Thomas W. Phillips, Jr. ''(Rep.)''
★ . Nathan L. Strong ''(Rep.)''
★ . Harris J. Bixler ''(Rep.)''
★ . Milton W. Shreve ''(Rep.)''
★ . Everett Kent ''(Dem.)''
★ . Adam M. Wyant ''(Rep.)''
★ . Stephen G. Porter ''(Rep.)''
★ . M. Clyde Kelly ''(Rep.)''
★ . John M. Morin ''(Rep.)''
★ . James M. Magee ''(Rep.)''
★ . Guy E. Campbell ''(Rep.)':'Rhode Island'
★ . Clark Burdick ''(Rep.)''
★ . Richard S. Aldrich ''(Rep.)''
★ . Jeremiah E. O'Connell ''(Dem.)'':'South Carolina'
★ . W. Turner Logan ''(Dem.)''
★ . James F. Byrnes ''(Dem.)''
★ . Fred H. Dominick ''(Dem.)''
★ . John J. McSwain ''(Dem.)''
★ . William F. Stevenson ''(Dem.)''
★ . Allard H. Gasque ''(Dem.)''
★ . Hampton P. Fulmer ''(Dem.)'':'South Dakota'
★ . Charles A. Christopherson ''(Rep.)''
★ . Royal C. Johnson ''(Rep.)''
★ . William Williamson ''(Rep.)'':'Tennessee'
★ . B. Carroll Reece ''(Rep.)''
★ . J. Will Taylor ''(Rep.)''
★ . Sam D. McReynolds ''(Dem.)''
★ . Cordell Hull ''(Dem.)''
★ . Ewin L. Davis ''(Dem.)''
★ . Joseph W. Byrns ''(Dem.)''
★ . William C. Salmon ''(Dem.)''
★ . Gordon W. Browning ''(Dem.)''
★ . Finis J. Garrett ''(Dem.)''
★ . Hubert Fisher ''(Dem.)'':'Texas'
★ . Eugene Black ''(Dem.)''
★ . John C. Box ''(Dem.)''
★ . Morgan G. Sanders ''(Dem.)''
★ . Sam Rayburn ''(Dem.)''
★ . Hatton W. Sumners ''(Dem.)''
★ . Luther A. Johnson ''(Dem.)''
★ . Clay Stone Briggs ''(Dem.)''
★ . Daniel E. Garrett ''(Dem.)''
★ . Joseph J. Mansfield ''(Dem.)''
★ . James P. Buchanan ''(Dem.)''
★ . Tom T. Connally ''(Dem.)''
★ . Fritz G. Lanham''(Dem.)''
★ . Guinn Williams (Texas politician) ''(Dem.)''
★ . Harry M. Wurzbach ''(Rep.)''
★ . John Nance Garner ''(Dem.)''
★ . Claude Benton Hudspeth ''(Dem.)''
★ . Thomas L. Blanton ''(Dem.)''
★ . John Marvin Jones ''(Dem.)'':'Utah'
★ . Don B. Colton ''(Rep.)''
★ . Elmer O. Leatherwood ''(Rep.)'':'Vermont'
★ . Frederick G. Fleetwood ''(Rep.)''
★ . Ernest W. Gibson ''(Rep.)'':'Virginia'
★ . S. Otis Bland ''(Dem.)''
★ . Joseph T. Deal ''(Dem.)''
★ . Andrew Jackson Montague ''(Dem.)''
★ . Patrick H. Drewry ''(Dem.)''
★ . J. Murray Hooker ''(Dem.)''
★ . Clifton A. Woodrum ''(Dem.)''
★ . Thomas W. Harrison ''(Dem.)''
★ . R. Walton Moore ''(Dem.)''
★ . George C. Peery ''(Dem.)''
★ . Henry Tucker ''(Dem.)'':'Washington'
★ . John F. Miller ''(Rep.)''
★ . Lindley H. Hadley ''(Rep.)''
★ . Albert Johnson ''(Rep.)''
★ . John W. Summers ''(Rep.)''
★ . J. Stanley Webster ''(Rep.)'', resigned May 8, 1923:
★ . Samuel B. Hill ''(Rep.)'', elected to fill vacancy:'West Virginia'
★ . Benjamin L. Rosenbloom ''(Rep.)''
★ . Robert E. Lee Allen ''(Dem.)''
★ . Stuart F. Reed ''(Rep.)''
★ . George William Johnson ''(Dem.)''
★ . Thomas Jefferson Lilly ''(Dem.)''
★ . J. Alfred Taylor ''(Dem.)'':'Wisconsin'
★ . Henry A. Cooper ''(Rep.)''
★ . Edward Voigt ''(Rep.)''
★ . John M. Nelson ''(Rep.)''
★ . John C. Schafer ''(Rep.)''
★ . Victor L. Berger ''(Soc.)''
★ . Florian Lampert ''(Rep.)''
★ . Joseph D. Beck ''(Rep.)''
★ . Edward E. Browne ''(Rep.)''
★ . George J. Schneider ''(Rep.)''
★ . James A. Frear ''(Rep.)''
★ . Hubert H. Peavey ''(Rep.)'':'Wyoming'
★ : Charles E. Winter ''(Rep.)''

Delegates

:'Alaska Territory'

Daniel A. Sutherland ''(Rep.)''
:'Hawaii Territory'

William P. Jarrett ''(Dem.)''
Resident Commissioners


Félix Córdova Dávila, Unionist, Puerto Rico

Isauro Gabaldon, Philippines

Pedro Guevara, Philippines

Employees



Architect of the Capitol:


Elliott Woods, died May 22, 1923.


David Lynn, appointed August 22, 1923.
Senate


Secretary: George A. Sanderson of Illinois

Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry of Rhode Island

Chaplain: John J. Muir, Baptist
House of Representatives


Clerk: William T. Page of Maryland, elected December 5, 1923

Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers of Pennsylvania, elected December 5, 1923

Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy of Michigan, elected December 5, 1923

Postmaster: Frank W. Collier of Wisconsin, elected December 5, 1923

Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Lehr Fess

Chaplain: James S. Montgomery, Methodist, elected December 5, 1923

References



The Most Exclusive Club, , Lewis L., Gould, Perseus Books Group, 2005, 0-465-02778-4

The House, , Robert V., Remini, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc, 2006, 0-06-088434-7

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

Congressional History

Statistics and Lists

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