64th United States Congress
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The Sixty-fourth 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, 1915 to March 3, 1917, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: December 6, 1915 - September 8, 1916
- Second session: December 4, 1916 - March 3, 1917 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 63rd Congress
Next congress: 65th Congress
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: December 6, 1915 - September 8, 1916
- Second session: December 4, 1916 - March 4, 1917 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 63rd Congress
Next congress: 65th Congress
[edit] Major events
- Main article: Events of 1915; Events of 1916; Events of 1917
[edit] Major legislation
Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 provided funds at the state-level for road building, to apportion $1 million over 5 years, and required eligible states to form a centralized agency and provide matching funds. This prompted the formation of many States' Highway or Transportation Departments.
[edit] Leadership
[edit] Senate
- President of the Senate - Thomas R. Marshall
- Presidents pro tempore - James P. Clarke and Willard Saulsbury
[edit] House of Representatives
[edit] Members
[edit] Senate
- James P. Clarke (Dem.) Clarke died 1 October 1916; the vacancy was filled by William F. Kirby
- William F. Kirby (Dem.) Kirby was elected to take James P. Clarke's seat after Clarke's death.
- Joseph T. Robinson (Dem.)
- John W. Kern (Dem.)
- Benjamin F. Shively (Dem.) Shively died 14 March 1916; the resultant vacancy was filled first by Thomas Taggart and later by James E. Watson.
- Thomas Taggart (Dem.) Taggart was appointed to take Benjamin F. Shively's vacant seat after Shively's death.
- James E. Watson (Rep.) Watson was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin F. Shively.
- Edwin C. Burleigh (Rep.) Burleigh died 16 June 1916; his vacant seat was filled by Bert M. Fernald.
- Bert M. Fernald (Rep.) Fernald was elected to take Edwin C. Burleigh's seat after Burleigh's death.
- Charles Fletcher Johnson (Dem.)
[edit] House of Representatives
- John W. Abercrombie (Dem.)
- Edward B. Almon (Dem.)
- Fred L. Blackmon (Dem.)
- John L. Burnett (Dem.)
- Stanley H. Dent, Jr. (Dem.)
- Oscar L. Gray (Dem.)
- James Thomas Heflin (Dem.)
- George Huddleston (Dem.)
- William B. Oliver (Dem.)
- Henry B. Steagall (Dem.)
- Thaddeus H. Caraway (Dem.)
- William S. Goodwin (Dem.)
- Henderson M. Jacoway (Dem.)
- William A. Oldfield (Dem.)
- Samuel M. Taylor (Dem.)
- John N. Tillman (Dem.)
- Otis T. Wingo (Dem.)
- Henry S. Benedict (Rep.)
- Denver S. Church (Dem.)
- Charles F. Curry (Rep.)
- John A. Elston (Progressive)
- Everis A. Hayes (Rep.)
- Julius Kahn (Rep.)
- William Kent, Independent
- William Kettner (Dem.)
- John I. Nolan (Rep.)
- John E. Raker (Dem.)
- Charles H. Randall, Prohibitionist
- William D. Stephens (Progressive)
- Benjamin C. Hilliard (Dem.)
- Edward Keating (Dem.)
- Edward T. Taylor (Dem.)
- Charles B. Timberlake (Rep.)
- Richard P. Freeman (Rep.)
- James P. Glynn (Rep.)
- Ebenezer J. Hill (Rep.)
- Peter D. Oakey (Rep.)
- John Q. Tilson (Rep.)
- Frank Clark (Dem.)
- William J. Sears (Dem.)
- Stephen M. Sparkman (Dem.)
- Emmett Wilson (Dem.)
- William C. Adamson (Dem.)
- Thomas M. Bell (Dem.)
- Charles R. Crisp (Dem.)
- Charles G. Edwards (Dem.)
- William S. Howard (Dem.)
- Dudley M. Hughes (Dem.)
- Gordon Lee (Dem.)
- Frank Park (Dem.)
- Tinsley W. Rucker (Dem.)
- Samuel J. Tribble (Dem.)
- Carl Vinson (Dem.)
- John R. Walker (Dem.)
- James W. Wise (Dem.)
- Frederick A. Britten (Rep.)
- Frank Buchanan (Dem.)
- Joseph G. Cannon (Rep.)
- Burnett M. Chiperfield (Rep.)
- Ira C. Copley (Progressive)
- Edward E. Denison (Rep.)
- George E. Foss (Rep.)
- Martin D. Foster (Dem.)
- Charles Eugene Fuller (Rep.)
- Thomas Gallagher (Dem.)
- Edward J. King (Rep.)
- Martin B. Madden (Rep.)
- James R. Mann (Rep.)
- James McAndrews (Dem.)
- James T. McDermott (Dem.)
- John C. McKenzie (Rep.)
- William B. McKinley (Rep.)
- Henry T. Rainey (Dem.)
- William A. Rodenberg (Rep.)
- Adolph J. Sabath (Dem.)
- John A. Sterling (Rep.)
- Claudius U. Stone (Dem.)
- Clyde H. Tavenner (Dem.)
- Loren E. Wheeler (Rep.)
- Thomas S. Williams (Rep.)
- William E. Williams (Dem.)
- William W. Wilson (Rep.)
- John A. M. Adair (Dem.)
- Henry A. Barnhart (Dem.)
- Cyrus Cline (Dem.)
- William E. Cox (Dem.)
- William A. Cullop (Dem.)
- Lincoln Dixon (Dem.)
- Finly H. Gray (Dem.)
- Charles Lieb (Dem.)
- Merrill Moores (Rep.)
- Martin A. Morrison (Dem.)
- Ralph W. Moss (Dem.)
- George W. Rauch (Dem.)
- William R. Wood (Rep.)
- Cassius C. Dowell (Rep.)
- James W. Good (Rep.)
- William R. Green (Rep.)
- Gilbert N. Haugen (Rep.)
- Harry E. Hull (Rep.)
- Charles A. Kennedy (Rep.)
- Christian W. Ramseyer (Rep.)
- Thomas J. Steele (Dem.)
- Burton E. Sweet (Rep.)
- Horace M. Towner (Rep.)
- Frank P. Woods (Rep.)
- Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. (Rep.)
- William A. Ayres (Dem.)
- Philip P. Campbell (Rep.)
- John R. Connelly (Dem.)
- Dudley Doolittle (Dem.)
- Guy T. Helvering (Dem.)
- Jouett Shouse (Dem.)
- Joseph Taggart (Dem.)
- Alben W. Barkley (Dem.)
- James C. Cantrill (Dem.)
- William J. Fields (Dem.)
- Harvey Helm (Dem.)
- Ben Johnson (Dem.)
- David H. Kincheloe (Dem.)
- John W. Langley (Rep.)
- Caleb Powers (Rep.)
- Arthur B. Rouse (Dem.)
- Joseph S. Sherley (Dem.)
- Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. (Dem.)
- James B. Aswell (Dem.)
- Henry G. Dupré (Dem.)
- Albert Estopinal (Dem.)
- Ladislas Lazaro (Dem.)
- Whitmell P. Martin (Progressive)
- Lewis L. Morgan (Dem.)
- John T. Watkins (Dem.)
- Riley J. Wilson (Dem.)
- Charles P. Coady (Dem.)
- David J. Lewis (Dem.)
- John C. Linthicum (Dem.)
- Sydney E. Mudd (Rep.)
- Jesse D. Price (Dem.)
- Joshua F. C. Talbott (Dem.)
- 1. Allen T. Treadway (Rep.)
- 2. Frederick H. Gillett (Rep.)
- 3. Calvin D. Paige (Rep.)
- 4. Samuel E. Winslow (Rep.)
- 5. John J. Rogers (Rep.)
- 6. Augustus P. Gardner (Rep.)
- 7. Michael F. Phelan (Dem.)
- 8. Frederick W. Dallinger (Rep.)
- 9. Ernest W. Roberts (Rep.)
- 10. Peter F. Tague (Dem.)
- 11. George H. Tinkham (Rep.)
- 12. James A. Gallivan (Dem.)
- 13. William H. Carter (Rep.)
- 14. Richard Olney (Dem.)
- 15. William S. Greene (Rep.)
- 16. Joseph Walsh (Rep.)
- Samuel W. Beakes (Dem.)
- Louis C. Cramton (Rep.)
- Frank E. Doremus (Dem.)
- Joseph W. Fordney (Rep.)
- Edward L. Hamilton (Rep.)
- William F. James (Rep.)
- Patrick H. Kelley (Rep.)
- George A. Loud (Rep.)
- Carl E. Mapes (Rep.)
- James C. McLaughlin (Rep.)
- Charles A. Nichols (Rep.)
- Frank D. Scott (Rep.)
- John M. C. Smith (Rep.)
- Sydney Anderson (Rep.)
- Charles Russell Davis (Rep.)
- Franklin Ellsworth (Rep.)
- Charles August Lindbergh (Rep.)
- Clarence B. Miller (Rep.)
- Thomas D. Schall (Rep.)
- George Ross Smith (Rep.)
- Halvor Steenerson (Rep.)
- Carl Van Dyke (Dem.)
- Andrew J. Volstead (Rep.)
- Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. (Dem.)
- James W. Collier (Dem.)
- Pat Harrison (Dem.)
- Benjamin G. Humphreys (Dem.)
- Percy E. Quin (Dem.)
- Thomas U. Sisson (Dem.)
- Hubert D. Stephens (Dem.)
- William W. Venable (Dem.)
- Samuel A. Witherspoon (Dem.)
- Joshua W. Alexander (Dem.)
- Charles F. Booher (Dem.)
- William P. Borland (Dem.)
- Champ Clark (Dem.)
- Perl D. Decker (Dem.)
- Clement C. Dickinson (Dem.)
- Leonidas C. Dyer (Rep.)
- Courtney W. Hamlin (Dem.)
- Walter L. Hensley (Dem.)
- William L. Igoe (Dem.)
- James T. Lloyd (Dem.)
- Jacob E. Meeker (Rep.)
- Thomas L. Rubey (Dem.)
- William W. Rucker (Dem.)
- Joseph J. Russell (Dem.)
- Dorsey W. Shackleford (Dem.)
- John M. Evans (Dem.)
- Tom Stout (Dem.)
- Moses P. Kinkaid (Rep.)
- Charles O. Lobeck (Dem.)
- Charles F. Reavis (Rep.)
- Ashton C. Shallenberger (Dem.)
- Charles H. Sloan (Rep.)
- Dan V. Stephens (Dem.)
- Cyrus A. Sulloway (Rep.)
- Edward H. Wason (Rep.)
- Isaac Bacharach (Rep.)
- William J. Browning (Rep.)
- John H. Capstick (Rep.)
- Dow H. Drukker (Rep.)
- John J. Eagan (Dem.)
- Edward W. Gray (Rep.)
- James A. Hamill (Dem.)
- Archibald C. Hart (Dem.)
- Elijah C. Hutchinson (Rep.)
- Frederick R. Lehlbach (Rep.)
- Richard W. Parker (Rep.)
- Thomas J. Scully (Dem.)
- William S. Bennet (Rep.)
- Henry Bruckner (Dem.)
- Charles P. Caldwell (Dem.)
- John F. Carew (Dem.)
- Walter M. Chandler (Progressive)
- William B. Charles (Rep.)
- Michael F. Conry (Dem.)
- Harry H. Dale (Dem.)
- Henry G. Danforth (Rep.)
- Stephen W. Dempsey (Rep.)
- Peter J. Dooling (Dem.)
- Daniel A. Driscoll (Dem.)
- Thomas B. Dunn (Rep.)
- George W. Fairchild (Rep.)
- Michael F. Farley (Dem.)
- John J. Fitzgerald (Dem.)
- Joseph V. Flynn (Dem.)
- Norman J. Gould (Rep.)
- Joseph A. Goulden (Dem.)
- Daniel J. Griffin (Dem.)
- Charles M. Hamilton (Rep.)
- Reuben L. Haskell (Rep.)
- Frederick C. Hicks (Rep.)
- G. Murray Hulbert (Dem.)
- James W. Husted (Rep.)
- George W. Loft (Dem.)
- Meyer London, Socialist
- Walter W. Magee (Rep.)
- James P. Maher (Dem.)
- Luther W. Mott (Rep.)
- Woodson R. Oglesby (Dem.)
- James S. Parker (Rep.)
- Thomas G. Patten (Dem.)
- Edmund Platt (Rep.)
- Harry H. Pratt (Rep.)
- Daniel J. Riordan (Dem.)
- Frederick W. Rowe (Rep.)
- Rollin B. Sanford (Rep.)
- Isaac Siegel (Rep.)
- Charles B. Smith (Dem.)
- Bertrand H. Snell (Rep.)
- Homer P. Snyder (Rep.)
- Oscar W. Swift (Rep.)
- Charles B. Ward (Rep.)
- James J. Britt (Rep.)
- Robert L. Doughton (Dem.)
- Hannibal L. Godwin (Dem.)
- George E. Hood (Dem.)
- Claude Kitchin (Dem.)
- Robert N. Page (Dem.)
- Edward W. Pou (Dem.)
- John H. Small (Dem.)
- Charles M. Stedman (Dem.)
- Edwin Y. Webb (Dem.)
- Alfred G. Allen (Dem.)
- William A. Ashbrook (Dem.)
- Clement L. Brumbaugh (Dem.)
- John G. Cooper (Rep.)
- Robert Crosser (Dem.)
- Henry I. Emerson (Rep.)
- Simeon D. Fess (Rep.)
- Warren Gard (Dem.)
- William Gordon (Dem.)
- David A. Hollingsworth (Rep.)
- Charles C. Kearns (Rep.)
- John A. Key (Dem.)
- Nicholas Longworth (Rep.)
- Nelson E. Matthews (Rep.)
- Roscoe C. McCulloch (Rep.)
- William C. Mooney (Rep.)
- Arthur W. Overmyer (Dem.)
- Edwin D. Ricketts (Rep.)
- Joshua E. Russell (Rep.)
- Isaac R. Sherwood (Dem.)
- Robert M. Switzer (Rep.)
- Seward H. Williams (Rep.)
- Charles D. Carter (Dem.)
- James S. Davenport (Dem.)
- Scott Ferris (Dem.)
- William W. Hastings (Dem.)
- James V. McClintic (Dem.)
- Dick T. Morgan (Rep.)
- William H. D. Murray (Dem.)
- Joseph B. Thompson (Dem.)
- Willis C. Hawley (Rep.)
- Clifton N. McArthur (Rep.)
- Nicholas J. Sinnott (Rep.)
- Warren W. Bailey (Dem.)
- Andrew J. Barchfeld (Rep.)
- C. William Beales (Rep.)
- Thomas S. Butler (Rep.)
- John J. Casey (Dem.)
- William H. Coleman (Rep.)
- Peter E. Costello (Rep.)
- Thomas S. Crago (Rep.)
- George P. Darrow (Rep.)
- Arthur G. Dewalt (Dem.)
- George W. Edmonds (Rep.)
- John R. Farr (Rep.)
- Benjamin K. Focht (Rep.)
- Mahlon M. Garland (Rep.)
- George S. Graham (Rep.)
- William W. Griest (Rep.)
- Robert D. Heaton (Rep.)
- Robert F. Hopwood (Rep.)
- Abraham L. Keister (Rep.)
- Edgar R. Kiess (Rep.)
- Aaron S. Kreider (Rep.)
- Daniel F. Lafean (Rep.)
- John V. Lesher (Dem.)
- Michael Liebel, Jr. (Dem.)
- Louis T. McFadden (Rep.)
- Samuel H. Miller (Rep.)
- J. Hampton Moore (Rep.)
- John M. Morin (Rep.)
- Solomon T. North (Rep.)
- Stephen G. Porter (Rep.)
- Charles H. Rowland (Rep.)
- John R. K. Scott (Rep.)
- Henry J. Steele (Dem.)
- Henry W. Temple (Rep.)
- William S. Vare (Rep.)
- Henry W. Watson (Rep.)
- Ambrose Kennedy (Rep.)
- George F. O'Shaunessy (Dem.)
- Walter R. Stiness (Rep.)
- Wyatt Aiken (Dem.)
- James F. Byrnes (Dem.)
- David E. Finley (Dem.)
- Joseph T. Johnson (Dem.)
- Asbury F. Lever (Dem.)
- Paul G. McCorkle (Dem.)
- Samuel J. Nicholls (Dem.)
- James W. Ragsdale (Dem.)
- Richard S. Whaley (Dem.)
- Richard W. Austin (Rep.)
- Joseph W. Byrns (Dem.)
- Finis J. Garrett (Dem.)
- William C. Houston (Dem.)
- Cordell Hull (Dem.)
- Kenneth D. McKellar (Dem.)
- John A. Moon (Dem.)
- Lemuel P. Padgett (Dem.)
- Sam R. Sells (Rep.)
- Thetus W. Sims (Dem.)
- Eugene Black (Dem.)
- James P. Buchanan (Dem.)
- George F. Burgess (Dem.)
- Oscar Callaway (Dem.)
- James H. Davis (Dem.)
- Martin Dies (Dem.)
- Joe H. Eagle (Dem.)
- John N. Garner (Dem.)
- Alexander W. Gregg (Dem.)
- Rufus Hardy (Dem.)
- Robert L. Henry (Dem.)
- Atkins J. McLemore (Dem.)
- Samuel T. Rayburn (Dem.)
- James L. Slayden (Dem.)
- William R. Smith (Dem.)
- John H. Stephens (Dem.)
- Hatton W. Sumners (Dem.)
- James Young (Dem.)
- Charles C. Carlin (Dem.)
- Henry D. L. W. Flood (Dem.)
- Carter Glass (Dem.)
- Thomas W. Harrison (Dem.)
- James Hay (Dem.)
- Edward E. Holland (Dem.)
- William A. Jones (Dem.)
- Andrew J. Montague (Dem.)
- Edward W. Saunders (Dem.)
- Campbell B. Slemp (Rep.)
- Walter A. Watson (Dem.)
- Clarence C. Dill (Dem.)
- Lindley H. Hadley (Rep.)
- William E. Humphrey (Rep.)
- Albert Johnson (Rep.)
- William L. La Follette (Rep.)
- George M. Bowers (Rep.)
- William G. Brown, Jr. (Dem.)
- Edward Cooper (Rep.)
- Adam B. Littlepage (Dem.)
- Hunter H. Moss, Jr. (Rep.)
- Matthew M. Neely (Dem.)
- Howard Sutherland (Rep.)
- Harry C. Woodyard (Rep.)
- Edward E. Browne (Rep.)
- Michael E. Burke (Dem.)
- William J. Cary (Rep.)
- Henry A. Cooper (Rep.)
- John J. Esch (Rep.)
- James A. Frear (Rep.)
- Thomas F. Konop (Dem.)
- Irvine L. Lenroot (Rep.)
- John M. Nelson (Rep.)
- Michael K. Reilly (Dem.)
- William H. Stafford (Rep.)
[edit] Delegates
- Alaska Territory
- James Wickersham (Rep.), Alaska
- Hawaii Territory
- Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (Rep.), Hawaii
[edit] Resident Commissioners
- Manuel Earnshaw, Philippines
- Manuel L. Quezon, Philippines
- Luis Muñoz Rivera, Unionist, Puerto Rico (died November 15, 1916)
[edit] Officers
[edit] Senate
- Secretary of the Senate:
- James M. Baker of South Carolina, elected March 13, 1913.
- Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
- Chaplain of the Senate
[edit] House of Representatives
- Clerk of the House:
- South Trimble of Kentucky, elected December 6, 1915.
- Sergeant at Arms of the House:
- Robert B. Gordon of Ohio, elected December 6, 1915.
- Doorkeeper of the House:
- Joseph J. Sinnott of Virginia, elected December 6, 1915.
- Postmaster of the House:
- William M. Dunbar of Georgia, elected December 6, 1915.
- Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:
- Bennett C. Clark
- Chaplain of the House
- The Rev. Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected December 6, 1915.
[edit] Other
- Architect of the Capitol:
- Elliott Woods, appointed February 19, 1902.
[edit] References
- Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. 0-465-02778-4.
- Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 0-06-088434-7.
- U.S. Congress (2005). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved on June 1, 2006.
- U.S. House of Representatives (2006). Congressional History. Retrieved on June 1, 2006.
- U.S. Senate (2006). Statistics and Lists. Retrieved on June 1, 2006.
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