1915-1917 U.S. Congress
The64th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of theUnited States Senate and theUnited States House of Representatives . It met inWashington, D.C. , from March 4, 1915, to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth years ofWoodrow Wilson 'spresidency . The apportionment of seats in theHouse of Representatives was based on the1910 United States census .
TheDemocrats maintained a majority in both chambers (albeit reduced in the House) and, along withPresident Wilson, also maintained an overall federal governmenttrifecta .
President Wilson before Congress, announcing the break in the official relations with Germany. February 3, 1917. June 9, 1915 (Prelude toWorld War I ):U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned over a disagreement regarding the nation's handling of theRMSLusitania sinking. July 24, 1915: The steamerSSEastland capsized in central Chicago, with the loss of 844 lives. July 28, 1915: The United Statesoccupation ofHaiti began. August 5–August 23, 1915: Hurricane Two of the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season over Galveston and New Orleans left 275 dead. March 8–March 9, 1916:Mexican Revolution :Pancho Villa led about 500 Mexican raiders in an attack againstColumbus, New Mexico , killing 12 U.S. soldiers. A garrison of the U.S. 13th Cavalry Regiment fights back and drives them away. March 15, 1916: President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa. May 5, 1916:United States Marines invaded and started theoccupation of theDominican Republic . July 30, 1916: German agents caused theBlack Tom explosion inJersey City, New Jersey , an act of sabotage destroying an ammunition depot and killing at least seven people. November 7, 1916:U.S. presidential election, 1916 : Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated RepublicanCharles E. Hughes . January 11, 1917 (Prelude toWorld War I ): German saboteurs set off theKingsland explosion at Kingsland, New Jersey (now Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to U.S. involvement in World War I. February 3, 1917 (Prelude toWorld War I ): The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany May 15, 1916:Kern Amendment May 29, 1916:Fraudulent Advertising Act of 1916 May 31, 1916:Tillman Act June 3, 1916:National Defense Act of 1916 June 9, 1916:Chamberlain–Ferris Act July 11, 1916:Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 (Bankhead–Shackleford Act, also known as Federal "Good Roads" Act) July 11, 1916:Terminal Inspection Act of 1916 July 17, 1916:Federal Farm Loan Act (Hollis–Lever Act) July 27, 1916:River and Harbors Act of 1916 July 28, 1916:Post Office Appropriation Act of 1916 August 9, 1916:Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916 August 11, 1916:Irrigation District Act of 1916 (Smith Act) August 11, 1916:Wildlife Game Refuges Act of 1916 August 11, 1916:Grain Standards Act of 1916 August 11, 1916:Cotton Futures Act of 1916 August 11, 1916:Brush Disposal Act of 1916 August 11, 1916:Warehouse Act of 1916 August 25, 1916:National Park Service Act (Kent–Smoot Act) August 29, 1916: 2nd Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916 August 29, 1916:Jones Act (Philippines) August 29, 1916: Federal Possession and Control Act of 1916 August 29, 1916:Army Appropriations Act of 1916 August 29, 1916:Naval Act of 1916 August 29, 1916: Naval Reserve Force Act August 31, 1916: Federal Standard Container Act August 31, 1916:Standard Fruits and Vegetable Baskets and Containers Act of 1916 September 1, 1916:Keating–Owen Act September 3, 1916:Adamson Act September 7, 1916:Merchant Marine Act of 1916 (Alexander Act) September 7, 1916:Workingmen's Compensation Act (Kern–McGillicuddy Act) September 8, 1916: Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 September 8, 1916:Emergency Revenue Act of 1916 October 20, 1916: Special Air Preparedness Act December 29, 1916:Stock-Raising Homestead Act February 5, 1917:Immigration Act of 1917 February 22, 1917:Federal Interpleader Act of 1917 February 23, 1917:Smith–Hughes Act February 26, 1917:Mount McKinley National Park Act of 1917 March 1, 1917:Flood Control Act of 1917 (Ransdell–Humphreys Act) March 2, 1917:Jones–Shafroth Act March 3, 1917:Reed Amendment March 3, 1917:Sheppard Bone-Dry Act March 3, 1917:Special Preparedness Fund Act of 1917 March 4, 1917: Timber Export Act House of Representatives [ edit ] House of Representatives [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] Skip to House of Representatives , belowPrior to the 64th Congress, perArticle 1, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution, all senators had been "chosen by the [State] Legislature thereof." (As a practical matter, many senators had been "elected"; however,technically, those elections were subject to affirmation by the State Legislatures.)[ 1]
However, 32 senators of the 64th Congress - those of Senate Class 3 - were directly elected by popular vote in the1914 United States Senate Elections as directed by the17th Amendment . The 17th stipulated that it "...shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution." Thus, Class 1 and 2 senators were not subject to election until1916 and1918 , respectively. (Note, however, that should a senator have perished prior to the end of his term, then their replacement would have been subject to direct election as they would not have been "chosen before" ratification. This is why Augustus Bacon was the first senator constitutionally elected on July 15, 1913.)[ 1]
▌ 2.John H. Bankhead (D)▌ 3.Oscar Underwood (D)▌ 1.Henry F. Ashurst (D)▌ 3.Marcus A. Smith (D)▌ 2.Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)▌ 3.James P. Clarke (D), until October 1, 1916▌ William F. Kirby (D), from November 8, 1916▌ 1.John D. Works (R)▌ 3.James D. Phelan (D)▌ 2.John F. Shafroth (D)▌ 3.Charles S. Thomas (D)▌ 1.George P. McLean (R)▌ 3.Frank B. Brandegee (R)▌ 1.Henry A. du Pont (R)▌ 2.Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D)▌ 1.Nathan P. Bryan (D)▌ 3.Duncan U. Fletcher (D)▌ 2.Thomas W. Hardwick (D)▌ 3.Hoke Smith (D)▌ 2.William E. Borah (R)▌ 3.James H. Brady (R)▌ 2.James Hamilton Lewis (D)▌ 3.Lawrence Y. Sherman (R)▌ 1.John W. Kern (D)▌ 3.Benjamin F. Shively (D), until March 14, 1916▌ Thomas Taggart (D), March 20, 1916 - November 7, 1916▌ James E. Watson (R), from November 8, 1916▌ 2.William S. Kenyon (R)▌ 3.Albert B. Cummins (R)▌ 2.William H. Thompson (D)▌ 3.Charles Curtis (R)▌ 2.Ollie M. James (D)▌ 3.John C. W. Beckham (D)▌ 2.Joseph E. Ransdell (D)▌ 3.Robert F. Broussard (D)▌ 1.Charles Fletcher Johnson (D)▌ 2.Edwin C. Burleigh (R), until June 16, 1916▌ Bert M. Fernald (R), from September 11, 1916▌ 1.Blair Lee (D)▌ 3.John W. Smith (D)▌ 1.Henry Cabot Lodge (R)▌ 2.John W. Weeks (R)▌ 1.Charles E. Townsend (R)▌ 2.William Alden Smith (R)▌ 1.Moses E. Clapp (R)▌ 2.Knute Nelson (R)▌ 1.John Sharp Williams (D)▌ 2.James K. Vardaman (D)▌ 1.James A. Reed (D)▌ 3.William J. Stone (D)▌ 1.Henry L. Myers (D)▌ 2.Thomas J. Walsh (D)▌ 1.Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)▌ 2.George W. Norris (R)▌ 1.Key Pittman (D)▌ 3.Francis G. Newlands (D)▌ 2.Henry F. Hollis (D)▌ 3.Jacob H. Gallinger (R)▌ 1.James E. Martine (D)▌ 2.William Hughes (D)▌ 1.Thomas B. Catron (R)▌ 2.Albert B. Fall (R)▌ 1.James A. O'Gorman (D)▌ 3.James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)▌ 2.Furnifold M. Simmons (D)▌ 3.Lee S. Overman (D)▌ 1.Porter J. McCumber (R)▌ 3.Asle Gronna (R)▌ 1.Atlee Pomerene (D)▌ 3.Warren G. Harding (R)▌ 2.Robert L. Owen (D)▌ 3.Thomas P. Gore (D)▌ 2.Harry Lane (D)▌ 3.George E. Chamberlain (D)▌ 1.George T. Oliver (R)▌ 3.Boies Penrose (R)▌ 1.Henry F. Lippitt (R)▌ 2.LeBaron B. Colt (R)▌ 2.Benjamin R. Tillman (D)▌ 3.Ellison D. Smith (D)▌ 2.Thomas Sterling (R)▌ 3.Edwin S. Johnson (D)▌ 1.Luke Lea (D)▌ 2.John K. Shields (D)▌ 1.Charles A. Culberson (D)▌ 2.Morris Sheppard (D)▌ 1.George Sutherland (R)▌ 3.Reed Smoot (R)▌ 1.Carroll S. Page (R)▌ 3.William P. Dillingham (R)▌ 1.Claude A. Swanson (D)▌ 2.Thomas S. Martin (D)▌ 1.Miles Poindexter (R)▌ 3.Wesley L. Jones (R)▌ 1.William E. Chilton (D)▌ 2.Nathan Goff (R)▌ 1.Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R)▌ 3.Paul O. Husting (D)▌ 1.Clarence D. Clark (R)▌ 2.Francis E. Warren (R)Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 64th Congress in March 1915. 2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
House of Representatives [ edit ] The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
▌ 1 Oscar Lee Gray (D)▌ 2 S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)▌ 3 Henry B. Steagall (D)▌ 4 Fred L. Blackmon (D)▌ 5 J. Thomas Heflin (D)▌ 6 William B. Oliver (D)▌ 7 John L. Burnett (D)▌ 8 Edward B. Almon (D)▌ 9 George Huddleston (D)▌ At-large John Abercrombie (D)▌ At-large Carl Hayden (D)▌ 1 Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)▌ 2 William A. Oldfield (D)▌ 3 John N. Tillman (D)▌ 4 Otis Wingo (D)▌ 5 Henderson M. Jacoway (D)▌ 6 Samuel M. Taylor (D)▌ 7 William S. Goodwin (D)▌ 1 William Kent (I)▌ 2 John E. Raker (D)▌ 3 Charles F. Curry (R)▌ 4 Julius Kahn (R)▌ 5 John I. Nolan (R)▌ 6 John A. Elston (Prog.)▌ 7 Denver S. Church (D)▌ 8 Everis A. Hayes (R)▌ 9 Charles H. Randall (Proh.)▌ 10 William Stephens (Prog.), until July 22, 1916▌ Henry S. Benedict (R), from November 7, 1916▌ 11 William Kettner (D)▌ 1 Benjamin Clark Hilliard (D)▌ 2 Charles Bateman Timberlake (R)▌ 3 Edward Keating (D)▌ 4 Edward T. Taylor (D)▌ 1 P. Davis Oakey (R)▌ 2 Richard P. Freeman (R)▌ 3 John Q. Tilson (R)▌ 4 Ebenezer J. Hill (R)▌ 5 James P. Glynn (R)▌ At-large Thomas W. Miller (R)▌ 1 Stephen M. Sparkman (D)▌ 2 Frank Clark (D)▌ 3 Emmett Wilson (D)▌ 4 William J. Sears (D)▌ 1 Charles G. Edwards (D)▌ 2 Frank Park (D)▌ 3 Charles R. Crisp (D)▌ 4 William C. Adamson (D)▌ 5 William S. Howard (D)▌ 6 James W. Wise (D)▌ 7 Gordon Lee (D)▌ 8 Samuel J. Tribble (D), until December 8, 1916▌ Tinsley W. Rucker Jr. (D), from January 11, 1917▌ 9 Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)▌ 10 Carl Vinson (D)▌ 11 John R. Walker (D)▌ 12 Dudley M. Hughes (D)▌ At-large Addison T. Smith (R)▌ At-large Robert M. McCracken (R)▌ 1 Martin B. Madden (R)▌ 2 James R. Mann (R)▌ 3 William W. Wilson (R)▌ 4 James T. McDermott (D)▌ 5 Adolph J. Sabath (D)▌ 6 James McAndrews (D)▌ 7 Frank Buchanan (D)▌ 8 Thomas Gallagher (D)▌ 9 Frederick A. Britten (R)▌ 10 George E. Foss (R)▌ 11 Ira C. Copley (Prog.)▌ 12 Charles Eugene Fuller (R)▌ 13 John C. McKenzie (R)▌ 14 Clyde H. Tavenner (D)▌ 15 Edward John King (R)▌ 16 Claude U. Stone (D)▌ 17 John A. Sterling (R)▌ 18 Joseph G. Cannon (R)▌ 19 William B. McKinley (R)▌ 20 Henry T. Rainey (D)▌ 21 Loren E. Wheeler (R)▌ 22 William A. Rodenberg (R)▌ 23 Martin D. Foster (D)▌ 24 Thomas S. Williams (R)▌ 25 Edward E. Denison (R)▌ At-large Burnett M. Chiperfield (R)▌ At-large William E. Williams (D)▌ 1 Charles Lieb (D)▌ 2 William A. Cullop (D)▌ 3 William E. Cox (D)▌ 4 Lincoln Dixon (D)▌ 5 Ralph Wilbur Moss (D)▌ 6 Finly H. Gray (D)▌ 7 Merrill Moores (R)▌ 8 John A. M. Adair (D)▌ 9 Martin A. Morrison (D)▌ 10 William R. Wood (R)▌ 11 George W. Rauch (D)▌ 12 Cyrus Cline (D)▌ 13 Henry A. Barnhart (D)▌ 1 Charles A. Kennedy (R)▌ 2 Harry E. Hull (R)▌ 3 Burton E. Sweet (R)▌ 4 Gilbert N. Haugen (R)▌ 5 James W. Good (R)▌ 6 C. William Ramseyer (R)▌ 7 Cassius C. Dowell (R)▌ 8 Horace M. Towner (R)▌ 9 William R. Green (R)▌ 10 Frank P. Woods (R)▌ 11 Thomas J. Steele (D)▌ 1 Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R)▌ 2 Joseph Taggart (D)▌ 3 Philip P. Campbell (R)▌ 4 Dudley Doolittle (D)▌ 5 Guy T. Helvering (D)▌ 6 John R. Connelly (D)▌ 7 Jouett Shouse (D)▌ 8 William A. Ayres (D)▌ 1 Alben Barkley (D)▌ 2 David Hayes Kincheloe (D)▌ 3 Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D)▌ 4 Ben Johnson (D)▌ 5 J. Swagar Sherley (D)▌ 6 Arthur B. Rouse (D)▌ 7 J. Campbell Cantrill (D)▌ 8 Harvey Helm (D)▌ 9 William Jason Fields (D)▌ 10 John W. Langley (R)▌ 11 Caleb Powers (R)▌ 1 Albert Estopinal (D)▌ 2 Henry Garland Dupré (D)▌ 3 Whitmell P. Martin (Prog.)▌ 4 John Thomas Watkins (D)▌ 5 Riley Joseph Wilson (D)▌ 6 Lewis Lovering Morgan (D)▌ 7 Ladislas Lazaro (D)▌ 8 James Benjamin Aswell (D)▌ 1 Asher C. Hinds (R)▌ 2 Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D)▌ 3 John A. Peters (R)▌ 4 Frank E. Guernsey (R)▌ 1 Jesse D. Price (D)▌ 2 J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)▌ 3 Charles P. Coady (D)▌ 4 J. Charles Linthicum (D)▌ 5 Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (R)▌ 6 David J. Lewis (D)▌ 1 Allen T. Treadway (R)▌ 2 Frederick H. Gillett (R)▌ 3 Calvin D. Paige (R)▌ 4 Samuel E. Winslow (R)▌ 5 John J. Rogers (R)▌ 6 Augustus P. Gardner (R)▌ 7 Michael F. Phelan (D)▌ 8 Frederick W. Dallinger (R)▌ 9 Ernest W. Roberts (R)▌ 10 Peter F. Tague (D)▌ 11 George H. Tinkham (R)▌ 12 James A. Gallivan (D)▌ 13 William H. Carter (R)▌ 14 Richard Olney II (D)▌ 15 William S. Greene (R)▌ 16 Joseph Walsh (R)▌ 1 Frank E. Doremus (D)▌ 2 Samuel Beakes (D)▌ 3 John M. C. Smith (R)▌ 4 Edward L. Hamilton (R)▌ 5 Carl Mapes (R)▌ 6 Patrick H. Kelley (R)▌ 7 Louis C. Cramton (R)▌ 8 Joseph W. Fordney (R)▌ 9 James C. McLaughlin (R)▌ 10 George A. Loud (R)▌ 11 Frank D. Scott (R)▌ 12 W. Frank James (R)▌ 13 Charles Archibald Nichols (R)▌ 1 Sydney Anderson (R)▌ 2 Franklin Ellsworth (R)▌ 3 Charles Russell Davis (R)▌ 4 Carl Van Dyke (D)▌ 5 George Ross Smith (R)▌ 6 Charles August Lindbergh (R)▌ 7 Andrew Volstead (R)▌ 8 Clarence B. Miller (R)▌ 9 Halvor Steenerson (R)▌ 10 Thomas D. Schall (Prog.)▌ 1 Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D)▌ 2 Hubert D. Stephens (D)▌ 3 Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)▌ 4 Thomas U. Sisson (D)▌ 5 Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (D), until November 24, 1915▌ William Webb Venable (D), from January 4, 1916▌ 6 Pat Harrison (D)▌ 7 Percy E. Quin (D)▌ 8 James W. Collier (D)▌ 1 James T. Lloyd (D)▌ 2 William W. Rucker (D)▌ 3 Joshua Willis Alexander (D)▌ 4 Charles F. Booher (D)▌ 5 William Patterson Borland (D)▌ 6 Clement C. Dickinson (D)▌ 7 Courtney W. Hamlin (D)▌ 8 Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)▌ 9 James Beauchamp Clark (D)▌ 10 Jacob Edwin Meeker (R)▌ 11 William Leo Igoe (D)▌ 12 Leonidas C. Dyer (R)▌ 13 Walter Lewis Hensley (D)▌ 14 Joseph J. Russell (D)▌ 15 Perl D. Decker (D)▌ 16 Thomas L. Rubey (D)▌ At-large John M. Evans (D)▌ At-large Tom Stout (D)▌ 1 C. Frank Reavis (R)▌ 2 Charles O. Lobeck (D)▌ 3 Dan V. Stephens (D)▌ 4 Charles Henry Sloan (R)▌ 5 Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)▌ 6 Moses P. Kinkaid (R)▌ At-large Edwin E. Roberts (R)▌ 1 Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)▌ 2 Edward Hills Wason (R)▌ 1 William J. Browning (R)▌ 2 Isaac Bacharach (R)▌ 3 Thomas J. Scully (D)▌ 4 Elijah C. Hutchinson (R)▌ 5 John H. Capstick (R)▌ 6 Archibald C. Hart (D)▌ 7 Dow H. Drukker (R)▌ 8 Edward W. Gray (R)▌ 9 Richard Wayne Parker (R)▌ 10 Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)▌ 11 John J. Eagan (D)▌ 12 James A. Hamill (D)▌ At-large Benigno C. Hernández (R)▌ 1 Frederick C. Hicks (R) from January 4, 1916▌ 2 C. Pope Caldwell (D)▌ 3 Joseph V. Flynn (D)▌ 4 Harry H. Dale (D)▌ 5 James P. Maher (D)▌ 6 Frederick W. Rowe (R)▌ 7 John J. Fitzgerald (D)▌ 8 Daniel J. Griffin (D)▌ 9 Oscar W. Swift (R)▌ 10 Reuben L. Haskell (R)▌ 11 Daniel J. Riordan (D)▌ 12 Meyer London (Soc.)▌ 13 George W. Loft (D)▌ 14 Michael F. Farley (D)▌ 15 Michael F. Conry (D), until March 2, 1917▌ 16 Peter J. Dooling (D)▌ 17 John F. Carew (D)▌ 18 Thomas G. Patten (D)▌ 19 Walter M. Chandler (Prog.)▌ 20 Isaac Siegel (R)▌ 21 G. Murray Hulbert (D)▌ 22 Henry Bruckner (D)▌ 23 Joseph A. Goulden (D), until May 3, 1915▌ William S. Bennet (R), from November 2, 1915▌ 24 Woodson R. Oglesby (D)▌ 25 James W. Husted (R)▌ 26 Edmund Platt (R)▌ 27 Charles B. Ward (R)▌ 28 Rollin B. Sanford (R)▌ 29 James S. Parker (R)▌ 30 William B. Charles (R)▌ 31 Bertrand H. Snell (R), from November 2, 1915▌ 32 Luther W. Mott (R)▌ 33 Homer P. Snyder (R)▌ 34 George W. Fairchild (R)▌ 35 Walter W. Magee (R)▌ 36 Norman J. Gould (R), from November 2, 1915▌ 37 Harry H. Pratt (R)▌ 38 Thomas B. Dunn (R)▌ 39 Henry G. Danforth (R)▌ 40 S. Wallace Dempsey (R)▌ 41 Charles B. Smith (D)▌ 42 Daniel A. Driscoll (D)▌ 43 Charles M. Hamilton (R)▌ 1 John Humphrey Small (D)▌ 2 Claude Kitchin (D)▌ 3 George E. Hood (D)▌ 4 Edward W. Pou (D)▌ 5 Charles M. Stedman (D)▌ 6 Hannibal L. Godwin (D)▌ 7 Robert N. Page (D)▌ 8 Robert L. Doughton (D)▌ 9 Edwin Y. Webb (D)▌ 10 James Jefferson Britt (R)▌ 1 Henry Thomas Helgesen (R)▌ 2 George M. Young (R)▌ 3 Patrick Daniel Norton (R)▌ 1 Nicholas Longworth (R)▌ 2 Alfred G. Allen (D)▌ 3 Warren Gard (D)▌ 4 J. Edward Russell (R)▌ 5 Nelson E. Matthews (R)▌ 6 Charles C. Kearns (R)▌ 7 Simeon D. Fess (R)▌ 8 John A. Key (D)▌ 9 Isaac R. Sherwood (D)▌ 10 Robert M. Switzer (R)▌ 11 Edwin D. Ricketts (R)▌ 12 Clement L. Brumbaugh (D)▌ 13 Arthur W. Overmyer (D)▌ 14 Seward H. Williams (R)▌ 15 William C. Mooney (R)▌ 16 Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)▌ 17 William A. Ashbrook (D)▌ 18 David Hollingsworth (R)▌ 19 John G. Cooper (R)▌ 20 William Gordon (D)▌ 21 Robert Crosser (D)▌ 22 Henry I. Emerson (R)▌ 1 James S. Davenport (D)▌ 2 William W. Hastings (D)▌ 3 Charles D. Carter (D)▌ 4 William H. Murray (D)▌ 5 Joseph Bryan Thompson (D)▌ 6 Scott Ferris (D)▌ 7 James V. McClintic (D)▌ 8 Dick Thompson Morgan (R)▌ 1 Willis C. Hawley (R)▌ 2 Nicholas J. Sinnott (R)▌ 3 Clifton N. McArthur (R)▌ 1 William S. Vare (R)▌ 2 George S. Graham (R)▌ 3 J. Hampton Moore (R)▌ 4 George W. Edmonds (R)▌ 5 Peter E. Costello (R)▌ 6 George P. Darrow (R)▌ 7 Thomas S. Butler (R)▌ 8 Henry Winfield Watson (R)▌ 9 William W. Griest (R)▌ 10 John R. Farr (R)▌ 11 John J. Casey (D)▌ 12 Robert D. Heaton (R)▌ 13 Arthur G. Dewalt (D)▌ 14 Louis T. McFadden (R)▌ 15 Edgar R. Kiess (R)▌ 16 John V. Lesher (D)▌ 17 Benjamin K. Focht (R)▌ 18 Aaron S. Kreider (R)▌ 19 Warren W. Bailey (D)▌ 20 C. William Beales (R)▌ 21 Charles H. Rowland (R)▌ 22 Abraham L. Keister (R)▌ 23 Robert F. Hopwood (R)▌ 24 Henry W. Temple (R), from November 2, 1915▌ 25 Michael Liebel Jr. (D)▌ 26 Henry J. Steele (D)▌ 27 Solomon T. North (R)▌ 28 Samuel H. Miller (R)▌ 29 Stephen G. Porter (R)▌ 30 William Henry Coleman (R)▌ 31 John M. Morin (R)▌ 32 Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)▌ At-large Thomas S. Crago (R)▌ At-large John R. K. Scott (R)▌ At-large Daniel F. Lafean (R)▌ At-large Mahlon M. Garland (R)▌ 1 George Francis O'Shaunessy (D)▌ 2 Walter Russell Stiness (R)▌ 3 Ambrose Kennedy (R)▌ 1 Richard S. Whaley (D)▌ 2 James F. Byrnes (D)▌ 3 Wyatt Aiken (D)▌ 4 Joseph T. Johnson (D), until April 19, 1915▌ Samuel J. Nicholls (D), from September 14, 1915▌ 5 David E. Finley (D), until January 26, 1917▌ Paul G. McCorkle (D), from February 21, 1917▌ 6 J. Willard Ragsdale (D)▌ 7 Asbury F. Lever (D)▌ 1 Charles H. Dillon (R)▌ 2 Royal C. Johnson (R)▌ 3 Harry L. Gandy (D)▌ 1 Sam R. Sells (R)▌ 2 Richard W. Austin (R)▌ 3 John A. Moon (D)▌ 4 Cordell Hull (D)▌ 5 William C. Houston (D)▌ 6 Joseph W. Byrns (D)▌ 7 Lemuel P. Padgett (D)▌ 8 Thetus W. Sims (D)▌ 9 Finis J. Garrett (D)▌ 10 Kenneth McKellar (D)▌ 1 Eugene Black (D)▌ 2 Martin Dies (D)▌ 3 James Young (D)▌ 4 Sam Rayburn (D)▌ 5 Hatton W. Sumners (D)▌ 6 Rufus Hardy (D)▌ 7 Alexander W. Gregg (D)▌ 8 Joe H. Eagle (D)▌ 9 George Farmer Burgess (D)▌ 10 James P. Buchanan (D)▌ 11 Robert L. Henry (D)▌ 12 Oscar Callaway (D)▌ 13 John H. Stephens (D)▌ 14 James L. Slayden (D)▌ 15 John Nance Garner (D)▌ 16 William R. Smith (D)▌ At-large James H. Davis (D)▌ At-large A. Jeff McLemore (D)▌ 1 Joseph Howell (R)▌ 2 James Henry Mays (D)▌ 1 Frank L. Greene (R)▌ 2 Porter H. Dale (R)▌ 1 William A. Jones (D)▌ 2 Edward Everett Holland (D)▌ 3 Andrew Jackson Montague (D)▌ 4 Walter Allen Watson (D)▌ 5 Edward W. Saunders (D)▌ 6 Carter Glass (D)▌ 7 James Hay (D), until October 1, 1916▌ Thomas W. Harrison (D), from November 7, 1916▌ 8 Charles Creighton Carlin (D)▌ 9 C. Bascom Slemp (R)▌ 10 Henry D. Flood (D)▌ 1 William E. Humphrey (R)▌ 2 Lindley H. Hadley (R)▌ 3 Albert Johnson (R)▌ 4 William Leroy La Follette (R)▌ 5 Clarence Cleveland Dill (D)▌ 1 Matthew M. Neely (D)▌ 2 William Gay Brown Jr. (D), until March 9, 1916▌ George M. Bowers (R), from May 9, 1916▌ 3 Adam B. Littlepage (D)▌ 4 Hunter H. Moss Jr. (R), until July 15, 1916▌ Harry C. Woodyard (R), from November 7, 1916▌ 5 Edward Cooper (R)▌ At-large Howard Sutherland (R)▌ 1 Henry Allen Cooper (R)▌ 2 Michael Edmund Burke (D)▌ 3 John M. Nelson (R)▌ 4 William J. Cary (R)▌ 5 William H. Stafford (R)▌ 6 Michael K. Reilly (D)▌ 7 John J. Esch (R)▌ 8 Edward E. Browne (R)▌ 9 Thomas Frank Konop (D)▌ 10 James A. Frear (R)▌ 11 Irvine L. Lenroot (R)▌ At-large Franklin W. Mondell (R)▌ Alaska Territory James Wickersham , (R)▌ Hawaii Territory Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole , (R)▌ Philippines Manuel Earnshaw (Resident Commissioner), (I)Philippines Manuel L. Quezon (Resident Commissioner), (Nac. ) until October 15, 1916Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Rivera (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist), until November 15, 1916House seats by party holding plurality in state 80+% Democratic
80+% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic
60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic
Up to 60% Republican
Changes in membership [ edit ] The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Replacements: 3 Deaths: 3 Resignations: 0 Vacancy: 0 Total seats with changes: 4House of Representatives [ edit ] Replacements: 9 Deaths: 8 Resignations: 12 Contested elections: 4 Total seats with changes: 15District Vacated by Reason for vacancy Successor Date of successor's installation New York 31st Vacant Rep.Edwin A. Merritt died during previous congress Bertrand Snell (R)November 2, 1915 New York 36th Vacant Rep.Sereno E. Payne died during previous congress Norman J. Gould (R)November 2, 1915 Pennsylvania 24th Vacant Rep.-electWilliam M. Brown died during previous congress Henry W. Temple (R)November 2, 1915 New York 1st Vacant Election was tied up in the courts Frederick C. Hicks (R)January 4, 1916 South Carolina 4th Joseph T. Johnson (D)Resigned April 19, 1915 Samuel J. Nicholls (D)September 4, 1915 New York 23rd Joseph A. Goulden (D)Died May 3, 1915 William S. Bennet (R)November 2, 1915 Mississippi 5th Samuel A. Witherspoon (D)Died November 24, 1915 William W. Venable (D)January 4, 1916 West Virginia 2nd William Gay Brown Jr. (D)Died March 9, 1916 George M. Bowers (R)May 9, 1916 West Virginia 4th Hunter H. Moss Jr. (R)Died July 15, 1916 Harry C. Woodyard (R)November 7, 1916 California 10th William Stephens (Prog.)Resigned July 22, 1916, after being electedLieutenant Governor of California Henry S. Benedict (R)November 7, 1916 Virginia 7th James Hay (D)Resigned October 1, 1916, after being appointed judge of theUnited States Court of Claims Thomas W. Harrison (D)November 7, 1916 Philippines Resident Commissioner Manuel L. Quezon Resigned October 15, 1916, after being elected to theSenate of the Philippines Seat remained vacant until next Congress Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Luis Muñoz Rivera Died November 15, 1916 Seat remained vacant until next Congress Georgia 8th Samuel J. Tribble (D)Incumbent died December 8, 1916.elected January 11, 1917. Tinsley W. Rucker Jr. (D)January 11, 1917 South Carolina 5th David E. Finley (D)Resigned January 26, 1917.elected February 21, 1917. Paul G. McCorkle (D)February 21, 1917 New York 15th Michael F. Conry (D)Died March 2, 1917 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
House of Representatives [ edit ] House of Representatives [ edit ] Gould, Lewis L. (2005).The Most Exclusive Club ISBN 0-465-02778-4 Remini, Robert V. (2006).The House ISBN 0-06-088434-7 U.S. Congress (2005)."Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress" . Archived fromthe original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved2006-06-01 . U.S. House of Representatives (2006)."Congressional History" . Archived fromthe original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved2006-06-01 . U.S. Senate (2006)."Statistics and Lists" .Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved2006-06-01 . Official Congressional Directory for the 64th Congress, 1st Session Official Congressional Directory for the 64th Congress, 1st Session (1st Revision) hdl :2027/uc1.l0075858456 .Official Congressional Directory for the 64th Congress, 1st Session (2nd Revision) Congress, United States (1916).Official Congressional Directory for the 64th Congress, 2nd Session Official Congressional Directory for the 64th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision)
