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65th United States Congress

1917-1919 U.S. Congress

Field	Value
image	USCapitol1906.jpg
imagedate	1906
number	65th
start	March 4, 1917
end	March 4, 1919
vp	Thomas R. Marshall (D)
pro tem	Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D)
speaker	Champ Clark (D)
senators	96
reps	435
delegates	5
s-majority	Democratic
h-majority	Coalition:DemocraticProgressiveSocialist
sessionnumber1	Special
sessionstart1	March 5, 1917
sessionend1	March 16, 1917
sessionnumber2	1st
sessionstart2	April 2, 1917
sessionend2	October 6, 1917
sessionnumber3	2nd
sessionstart3	December 3, 1917
sessionend3	November 21, 1918
sessionnumber4	3rd
sessionstart4	December 2, 1918
sessionend4	March 3, 1919
previous	64th
next	66th

|s-majority = Democratic |h-majority = Coalition:DemocraticProgressiveSocialist The 65th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1917, to March 4, 1919, during the fifth and sixth years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census.

The Senate maintained a Democratic majority. In the House, the Republicans had actually won a plurality, but as the Progressives and Socialist Representative Meyer London caucused with the Democrats, this gave them the operational majority of the nearly evenly divided chamber, thus giving the Democrats full control of Congress, and along with President Wilson maintaining an overall federal government trifecta.

Major events

Main article: 1917 in the United States, 1918 in the United States, 1919 in the United States

March 4, 1917: Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives.
March 8, 1917: The United States Senate adopted the cloture rule to limit filibusters.
March 31, 1917: The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies, which become the US Virgin Islands, after paying $25 million to Denmark.
April 2, 1917: World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
December 4, 1917: World War I: President Woodrow Wilson delivers the State of the Union Address and requests declaration of war on Austria-Hungary.
March 4, 1918: A soldier at Camp Funston, Kansas, fell sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.
November 11, 1918: World War I ends.

Major legislation

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

April 6, 1917: Declaration of war against Germany, Sess. 1 ch. 1,
April 24, 1917: First Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 1, ch. 4,
May 12, 1917: Enemy Vessel Confiscation Joint Resolution, ,
May 12, 1917: First Army Appropriations Act of 1917,
May 18, 1917: Selective Service Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 15,
May 29, 1917: Esch Car Service Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 23,
June 15, 1917: Emergency Shipping Fund Act of 1917, c. 29,
June 15, 1917: Second Army Appropriations Act of 1917,
June 15, 1917: Espionage Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 30, (incl. title XI: Search Warrant Act of 1917)
July 24, 1917: Aviation Act of 1917, ch. 40,
August 8, 1917: River and Harbor Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 49,
August 10, 1917: Priority of Shipments Act of 1917 (Obstruction of Interstate Commerce Act of 1917), Sess. 1, ch. 51,
August 10, 1917: Food and Fuel Control Act (Lever Act), Sess. 1, ch. 53,
October 1, 1917: Second Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 1, ch. 56,
October 1, 1917: Aircraft Board Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 61,
October 3, 1917: War Revenue Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 63,
October 5, 1917: Repatriation Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 68,
October 6, 1917: Federal Explosives Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 83,
October 6, 1917: War Risk Insurance Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 105,
October 6, 1917: International Emergency Economic Powers Act (Trading with the Enemy Act), Sess. 1, ch. 106,
December 7, 1917: Declaration of war against Austria–Hungary, Sess. 2, ch. 1,
February 24, 1918: Revenue Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 18,
March 8, 1918: Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, Sess. 2, ch. 20,
March 19, 1918: Standard Time Act of 1918 (Calder Act), Sess. 2, ch. 24,
March 21, 1918: Federal Control Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 25,
April 4, 1918: Third Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 2, ch. 44,
April 5, 1918: War Finance Corporation Act, Sess. 2, ch. 45,
April 10, 1918: Webb–Pomerene Act, Sess. 2, ch. 50,
April 18, 1918: American Forces Abroad Indemnity Act, Sess. 2, ch. 57,
April 20, 1918: Destruction of War Materials Act, Sess. 2, ch. 59,
April 23, 1918: Pittman Act, Sess. 2, ch. 63,
May 9, 1918: Alien Naturalization Act, Sess. 2, ch. 69,
May 16, 1918: Housing Act, Sess. 2, ch. 74,
May 16, 1918: Sedition Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 75,
May 20, 1918: Departmental Reorganization Act (Overman Act), Sess. 2, ch. 78,
May 22, 1918: Wartime Measure Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 81,
May 31, 1918: Saulsbury Resolution, Sess. 2, ch. 90,
June 27, 1918: Veterans Rehabilitation Act (Smith–Sears Act), Sess. 2, ch. 107,
July 3, 1918: Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 128,
July 9, 1918: Fourth Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 2, ch. 142,
July 9, 1918: Army Appropriations Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 143, (incl. ch. 15: Public Health and Research Act of 1918 (Chamberlain–Kahn Act))
July 18, 1918: River and Harbor Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 155,
July 18, 1918: Charter Rate and Requisition Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 157,
October 16, 1918: Immigration Act of 1918 (Dillingham–Hardwick Act), Sess. 2, ch. 186,
October 16, 1918: Corrupt Practices Act of 1918 (Gerry Act), Sess. 2, ch. 187,
November 7, 1918: National Bank Consolidation Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 209,
November 21, 1918: Food Production Stimulation Act (War–Time Prohibition Act), Sess. 2, ch. 212,
February 24, 1919: Child Labor Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 18,
February 26, 1919: Grand Canyon National Park Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 44,
February 26, 1919: Acadia National Park Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 45,
March 2, 1919: War Risk Insurance Act of 1919 (War Minerals Relief Act of 1919, Dent Act), Sess. 3, ch. 94,
March 2, 1919: River and Harbors Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 95,
March 3, 1919: Hospitalization Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 98,
March 3, 1919: Fifth Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 3, ch. 100,
March 4, 1919: Wheat Price Guarantee Act, Sess. 3, ch. 125,

Major resolutions

April 3, 1918 American's Creed (House)

Constitutional amendments

December 18, 1917: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol (though not the consumption or private possession) illegal, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
- Amendment was later ratified on January 16, 1919, becoming the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates control)	Total	Democratic (D)	Bull Moose (Prog.)	Socialist (Soc.)	Prohibition (Proh.)	Republican (R)	Other	End of [previous Congress](64th-united-states-congress)
Democratic Party (US)}}"		Progressive Party (US, 1912)}}"		Socialist Party of America}}"		Prohibition Party (US)}}"		Republican Party (US)}}"	Other}}"
	227	4	1	1	200	1	1
	213	3	1	1	216	0	1
	211	212	7
191	0	1	1		238	1	3

Leadership

Senate leadership

Presiding

President: Thomas R. Marshall (D)
President pro tempore: Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D)
Majority Whip: J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
Minority Whip: Charles Curtis (R)
Republican Conference Chairman: Jacob Harold Gallinger (until August 17, 1918)
- Henry Cabot Lodge (from 1918)
Democratic Caucus Chairman : Thomas S. Martin
Republican Conference Secretary: James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
Democratic Caucus Secretary: William H. King

House leadership

Presiding

Speaker: Champ Clark (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Majority Leader: Claude Kitchin
Majority Whip: vacant
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Edward W. Saunders
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Scott Ferris

Minority (Republican) leadership

Minority Leader: James R. Mann
Minority Whip: Charles M. Hamilton
Republican Conference Chairman: William S. Greene
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Frank P. Woods

Members

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Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 65th Congress

Because of the 17th Amendment, starting in 1914 U.S. senators were directly elected instead of by the state legislatures. However, this did not affect the terms of U.S. senators whose terms had started before that Amendment took effect, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1918; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1920; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1922.

[[List of United States senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

: 2. John H. Bankhead (D) : 3. Oscar Underwood (D)

[[List of United States senators from Arizona|Arizona]]

: 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D) : 3. Marcus A. Smith (D)

[[List of United States senators from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: 2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) : 3. William F. Kirby (D)

[[List of United States senators from California|California]]

: 1. Hiram W. Johnson (R) : 3. James D. Phelan (D)

[[List of United States senators from Colorado|Colorado]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Florida|Florida]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Georgia|Georgia]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Idaho|Idaho]]

: 2. William E. Borah (R) : 3. James H. Brady (R), until January 13, 1918 :: John F. Nugent (D), from January 22, 1918

[[List of United States senators from Illinois|Illinois]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Indiana|Indiana]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Iowa|Iowa]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Kansas|Kansas]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: 2. Ollie M. James (D), until August 28, 1918 :: George B. Martin (D), from September 7, 1918 : 3. John C. W. Beckham (D)

[[List of United States senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Maine|Maine]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Maryland|Maryland]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Michigan|Michigan]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Missouri|Missouri]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Montana|Montana]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Nevada|Nevada]]

: 1. Key Pittman (D) : 3. Francis G. Newlands (D), until December 24, 1917 :: Charles B. Henderson (D), from January 12, 1918

[[List of United States senators from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

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

[[List of United States senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: 1. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R) : 2. William Hughes (D), until January 30, 1918 :: David Baird (R), from February 23, 1918

[[List of United States senators from New Mexico|New Mexico]]

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

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

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

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

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

[[List of United States senators from North Dakota|North Dakota]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Ohio|Ohio]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Oregon|Oregon]]

: 2. Harry Lane (D), until May 23, 1917 :: Charles L. McNary (R), May 29, 1917 – November 5, 1918 :: Frederick W. Mulkey (R), November 6, 1918 – December 17, 1918 :: Charles L. McNary (R), from December 18, 1918 : 3. George E. Chamberlain (D)

[[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

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

[[List of United States senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D), until July 3, 1918 :: Christie Benet (D), July 6, 1918 – November 5, 1918 :: William P. Pollock (D), from November 6, 1918 : 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

[[List of United States senators from South Dakota|South Dakota]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Texas|Texas]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Utah|Utah]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Vermont|Vermont]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Virginia|Virginia]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Washington|Washington]]

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

[[List of United States senators from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: 1. Robert M. La Follette (R) : 2. Paul O. Husting (D), until October 21, 1917 :: 2. Irvine Lenroot (R), from April 8, 1918

[[List of United States senators from Wyoming|Wyoming]]

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

Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 65th Congress in March 1917.

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Senate President<br/>[[Thomas R. Marshall

Senate President pro tempore<br/>[[Willard Saulsbury Jr.

House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 65th Congress

[[List of United States representatives from Alabama|Alabama]]

: . Oscar Lee Gray (D) : . S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D) : . Henry B. Steagall (D) : . Fred L. Blackmon (D) : . J. Thomas Heflin (D) : . William B. Oliver (D) : . John L. Burnett (D) : . Edward B. Almon (D) : . George Huddleston (D) : . William B. Bankhead (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Arizona|Arizona]]

: . Carl Hayden (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: . Thaddeus H. Caraway (D) : . William A. Oldfield (D) : . John N. Tillman (D) : . Otis Wingo (D) : . Henderson M. Jacoway (D) : . Samuel M. Taylor (D) : . William S. Goodwin (D)

[[List of United States representatives from California|California]]

: . Clarence F. Lea (D) : . John E. Raker (D) : . Charles F. Curry (R) : . Julius Kahn (R) : . John I. Nolan (R) : . John A. Elston (Prog.) : . Denver S. Church (D) : . Everis A. Hayes (R) : . Charles H. Randall (Proh.) : . Henry Z. Osborne (R) : . William Kettner (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Colorado|Colorado]]

: . Benjamin Clark Hilliard (D) : . Charles Bateman Timberlake (R) : . Edward Keating (D) : . Edward T. Taylor (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: . Augustine Lonergan (D) : . Richard P. Freeman (R) : . John Q. Tilson (R) : . Ebenezer J. Hill (R), until September 27, 1917 :: Schuyler Merritt (R), from November 6, 1917 : . James P. Glynn (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Delaware|Delaware]]

: . Albert F. Polk (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Florida|Florida]]

: . Herbert J. Drane (D) : . Frank Clark (D) : . Walter Kehoe (D) : . William J. Sears (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Georgia|Georgia]]

: . James W. Overstreet (D) : . Frank Park (D) : . Charles R. Crisp (D) : . William C. Adamson (D), until December 18, 1917 :: William C. Wright (D), from January 16, 1918 : . William S. Howard (D) : . James W. Wise (D) : . Gordon Lee (D) : . Charles H. Brand (D) : . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . John R. Walker (D) : . William W. Larsen (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Idaho|Idaho]]

: . Addison T. Smith (R) : . Burton L. French (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Illinois|Illinois]]

: . Martin B. Madden (R) : . James R. Mann (R) : . William W. Wilson (R) : . Charles Martin (D), until October 28, 1917 :: John W. Rainey (D), from April 2, 1918 : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . James McAndrews (D) : . Niels Juul (R) : . Thomas Gallagher (D) : . Frederick A. Britten (R) : . George E. Foss (R) : . Ira C. Copley (R) : . Charles Eugene Fuller (R) : . John C. McKenzie (R) : . William J. Graham (R) : . Edward John King (R) : . Clifford Ireland (R) : . John A. Sterling (R), until October 17, 1918 : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . William B. McKinley (R) : . Henry T. Rainey (D) : . Loren E. Wheeler (R) : . William A. Rodenberg (R) : . Martin D. Foster (D) : . Thomas S. Williams (R) : . Edward E. Denison (R) : . J. Medill McCormick (R) : . William E. Mason (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Indiana|Indiana]]

: . George K. Denton (D) : . Oscar E. Bland (R) : . William E. Cox (D) : . Lincoln Dixon (D) : . Everett Sanders (R) : . Daniel Webster Comstock (R), until May 19, 1917 :: Richard N. Elliott (R), from June 29, 1917 : . Merrill Moores (R) : . Albert H. Vestal (R) : . Fred S. Purnell (R) : . William R. Wood (R) : . Milton Kraus (R) : . Louis W. Fairfield (R) : . Henry A. Barnhart (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Iowa|Iowa]]

: . Charles A. Kennedy (R) : . Harry E. Hull (R) : . Burton E. Sweet (R) : . Gilbert N. Haugen (R) : . James W. Good (R) : . C. William Ramseyer (R) : . Cassius C. Dowell (R) : . Horace M. Towner (R) : . William R. Green (R) : . Frank P. Woods (R) : . George Cromwell Scott (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Kansas|Kansas]]

: . Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R) : . Edward C. Little (R) : . Philip P. Campbell (R) : . Dudley Doolittle (D) : . Guy T. Helvering (D) : . John R. Connelly (D) : . Jouett Shouse (D) : . William A. Ayres (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: . Alben Barkley (D) : . David Hayes Kincheloe (D) : . Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D) : . Ben Johnson (D) : . J. Swagar Sherley (D) : . Arthur B. Rouse (D) : . J. Campbell Cantrill (D) : . Harvey Helm (D), until March 3, 1919 : . William Jason Fields (D) : . John W. Langley (R) : . Caleb Powers (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: . Albert Estopinal (D) : . Henry Garland Dupré (D) : . Whitmell P. Martin (Prog.) : . John Thomas Watkins (D) : . Riley Joseph Wilson (D) : . Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (D) : . Ladislas Lazaro (D) : . James Benjamin Aswell (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Maine|Maine]]

: . Louis B. Goodall (R) : . Wallace H. White Jr. (R) : . John A. Peters (R) : . Ira G. Hersey (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Maryland|Maryland]]

: . Jesse D. Price (D) : . J. Frederick C. Talbott (D), until October 5, 1918 :: Carville Benson (D), from November 5, 1918 : . Charles P. Coady (D) : . J. Charles Linthicum (D) : . Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (R) : . Frederick N. Zihlman (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: . Allen T. Treadway (R) : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : . Calvin D. Paige (R) : . Samuel E. Winslow (R) : . John J. Rogers (R) : . Augustus P. Gardner (R), until May 15, 1917 :: Willfred W. Lufkin (R), from November 6, 1917 : . Michael F. Phelan (D) : . Frederick W. Dallinger (R) : . Alvan T. Fuller (R) : . Peter F. Tague (D) : . George H. Tinkham (R) : . James A. Gallivan (D) : . William H. Carter (R) : . Richard Olney II (D) : . William S. Greene (R) : . Joseph Walsh (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Michigan|Michigan]]

: . Frank E. Doremus (D) : . Mark R. Bacon (R), until December 13, 1917 :: Samuel Beakes (D), from December 13, 1917 : . John M. C. Smith (R) : . Edward L. Hamilton (R) : . Carl Mapes (R) : . Patrick H. Kelley (R) : . Louis C. Cramton (R) : . Joseph W. Fordney (R) : . James C. McLaughlin (R) : . Gilbert A. Currie (R) : . Frank D. Scott (R) : . W. Frank James (R) : . Charles Archibald Nichols (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: . Sydney Anderson (R) : . Franklin Ellsworth (R) : . Charles Russell Davis (R) : . Carl Van Dyke (D) : . Ernest Lundeen (R) : . Harold Knutson (R) : . Andrew Volstead (R) : . Clarence B. Miller (R) : . Halvor Steenerson (R) : . Thomas D. Schall (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: . Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D) : . Hubert D. Stephens (D) : . Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D) : . Thomas U. Sisson (D) : . William Webb Venable (D) : . Pat Harrison (D) : . Percy E. Quin (D) : . James W. Collier (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Missouri|Missouri]]

: . Milton A. Romjue (D) : . William W. Rucker (D) : . Joshua Willis Alexander (D) : . Charles F. Booher (D) : . William Patterson Borland (D), until February 20, 1919 : . Clement C. Dickinson (D) : . Courtney W. Hamlin (D) : . Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) : . James Beauchamp Clark (D) : . Jacob Edwin Meeker (R), until October 16, 1918 :: Frederick Essen (R), from November 5, 1918 : . William Leo Igoe (D) : . Leonidas C. Dyer (R) : . Walter Lewis Hensley (D) : . Joseph J. Russell (D) : . Perl D. Decker (D) : . Thomas L. Rubey (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Montana|Montana]]

: . John M. Evans (D) : . Jeannette Rankin (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

: . C. Frank Reavis (R) : . Charles O. Lobeck (D) : . Dan V. Stephens (D) : . Charles Henry Sloan (R) : . Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) : . Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nevada|Nevada]]

: . Edwin E. Roberts (R)

[[List of United States representatives from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

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

[[List of United States representatives from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: . William J. Browning (R) : . Isaac Bacharach (R) : . Thomas J. Scully (D) : . Elijah C. Hutchinson (R) : . John H. Capstick (R), until March 17, 1918 :: William F. Birch (R), from November 5, 1918 : . John R. Ramsey (R) : . Dow H. Drukker (R) : . Edward W. Gray (R) : . Richard Wayne Parker (R) : . Frederick R. Lehlbach (R) : . John J. Eagan (D) : . James A. Hamill (D)

[[List of United States representatives from New Mexico|New Mexico]]

: . William Bell Walton (D)

[[List of United States representatives from New York|New York]]

: . Frederick C. Hicks (R) : . C. Pope Caldwell (D) : . Joseph V. Flynn (D) : . Harry H. Dale (D), until January 6, 1919 : . James P. Maher (D) : . Frederick W. Rowe (R) : . John J. Fitzgerald (D), until December 31, 1917 :: John J. Delaney (D), from March 5, 1918 : . Daniel J. Griffin (D), until December 31, 1917 :: William E. Cleary (D), from March 5, 1918 : . Oscar W. Swift (R) : . Reuben L. Haskell (R) : . Daniel J. Riordan (D) : . Meyer London (Soc.) : . Christopher D. Sullivan (D) : . Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R) : . Thomas Francis Smith (D), from April 12, 1917 : . Peter J. Dooling (D) : . John F. Carew (D) : . George B. Francis (R) : . Walter M. Chandler (R) : . Isaac Siegel (R) : . G. Murray Hulbert (D), until January 1, 1918 :: Jerome F. Donovan (D), from March 5, 1918 : . Henry Bruckner (D), until December 31, 1917 :: Anthony J. Griffin (D), from March 5, 1918 : . Daniel C. Oliver (D) : . Benjamin L. Fairchild (R) : . James W. Husted (R) : . Edmund Platt (R) : . Charles B. Ward (R) : . Rollin B. Sanford (R) : . James S. Parker (R) : . George R. Lunn (D) : . Bertrand H. Snell (R) : . Luther W. Mott (R) : . Homer P. Snyder (R) : . George W. Fairchild (R) : . Walter W. Magee (R) : . Norman J. Gould (R) : . Harry H. Pratt (R) : . Thomas B. Dunn (R) : . Archie D. Sanders (R) : . S. Wallace Dempsey (R) : . Charles B. Smith (D) : . William F. Waldow (R) : . Charles M. Hamilton (R)

[[List of United States representatives from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: . John Humphrey Small (D) : . Claude Kitchin (D) : . George E. Hood (D) : . Edward W. Pou (D) : . Charles M. Stedman (D) : . Hannibal L. Godwin (D) : . Leonidas D. Robinson (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Edwin Y. Webb (D) : . Zebulon Weaver (D), until March 1, 1919 :: James Jefferson Britt (R), from March 1, 1919

[[List of United States representatives from North Dakota|North Dakota]]

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

[[List of United States representatives from Ohio|Ohio]]

: . Nicholas Longworth (R) : . Victor Heintz (R) : . Warren Gard (D) : . Benjamin F. Welty (D) : . John S. Snook (D) : . Charles C. Kearns (R) : . Simeon D. Fess (R) : . John A. Key (D) : . Isaac R. Sherwood (D) : . Robert M. Switzer (R) : . Horatio C. Claypool (D) : . Clement L. Brumbaugh (D) : . Arthur W. Overmyer (D) : . Ellsworth R. Bathrick (D), until December 23, 1917 :: Martin L. Davey (D), from November 5, 1918 : . George White (D) : . Roscoe C. McCulloch (R) : . William A. Ashbrook (D) : . David Hollingsworth (R) : . John G. Cooper (R) : . William Gordon (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Henry I. Emerson (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

: . Thomas Alberter Chandler (R) : . William W. Hastings (D) : . Charles D. Carter (D) : . Tom D. McKeown (D) : . Joseph Bryan Thompson (D) : . Scott Ferris (D) : . James V. McClintic (D) : . Dick Thompson Morgan (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Oregon|Oregon]]

: . Willis C. Hawley (R) : . Nicholas J. Sinnott (R) : . Clifton N. McArthur (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: . William S. Vare (R) : . George S. Graham (R) : . J. Hampton Moore (R) : . George W. Edmonds (R) : . Peter E. Costello (R) : . George P. Darrow (R) : . Thomas S. Butler (R) : . Henry Winfield Watson (R) : . William W. Griest (R) : . John R. Farr (R) : . Thomas W. Templeton (R) : . Robert D. Heaton (R) : . Arthur G. Dewalt (D) : . Louis T. McFadden (R) : . Edgar R. Kiess (R) : . John V. Lesher (D) : . Benjamin K. Focht (R) : . Aaron S. Kreider (R) : . John M. Rose (R) : . Andrew R. Brodbeck (D) : . Charles H. Rowland (R) : . Edward E. Robbins (R), until January 25, 1919 : . Bruce F. Sterling (D) : . Henry W. Temple (R) : . Henry A. Clark (R) : . Henry J. Steele (D) : . Nathan L. Strong (R) : . Orrin D. Bleakley (R), until April 3, 1917 :: Earl Hanley Beshlin (D), from November 6, 1917 : . Stephen G. Porter (R) : . M. Clyde Kelly (Prog.) : . John M. Morin (R) : . Guy E. Campbell (D) : . Thomas S. Crago (R) : . John R. K. Scott (R), until January 5, 1919 : . Joseph McLaughlin (R) : . Mahlon M. Garland (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: . George Francis O'Shaunessy (D) : . Walter Russell Stiness (R) : . Ambrose Kennedy (R)

[[List of United States representatives from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: . Richard S. Whaley (D) : . James F. Byrnes (D) : . Fred H. Dominick (D) : . Samuel J. Nicholls (D) : . William F. Stevenson (D) : . J. Willard Ragsdale (D) : . Asbury F. Lever (D)

[[List of United States representatives from South Dakota|South Dakota]]

: . Charles H. Dillon (R) : . Royal C. Johnson (R) : . Harry L. Gandy (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: . Sam R. Sells (R) : . Richard W. Austin (R) : . John A. Moon (D) : . Cordell Hull (D) : . William C. Houston (D) : . Joseph W. Byrns (D) : . Lemuel P. Padgett (D) : . Thetus W. Sims (D) : . Finis J. Garrett (D) : . Hubert Fisher (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Texas|Texas]]

: . Eugene Black (D) : . Martin Dies (D) : . James Young (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Hatton W. Sumners (D) : . Rufus Hardy (D) : . Alexander W. Gregg (D) : . Joe H. Eagle (D) : . Joseph J. Mansfield (D) : . James P. Buchanan (D) : . Tom T. Connally (D) : . James Clifton Wilson (D), until March 3, 1919 : . John Marvin Jones (D) : . James L. Slayden (D) : . John Nance Garner (D) : . Thomas L. Blanton (D) : . Daniel E. Garrett (D) : . A. Jeff McLemore (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Utah|Utah]]

: . Milton H. Welling (D) : . James Henry Mays (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Vermont|Vermont]]

: . Frank L. Greene (R) : . Porter H. Dale (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Virginia|Virginia]]

: . William A. Jones (D), until April 17, 1918 :: S. Otis Bland (D), from July 2, 1918 : . Edward Everett Holland (D) : . Andrew Jackson Montague (D) : . Walter Allen Watson (D) : . Edward W. Saunders (D) : . Carter Glass (D), until December 16, 1918 :: James P. Woods (D), from February 25, 1919 : . Thomas W. Harrison (D) : . Charles Creighton Carlin (D) : . C. Bascom Slemp (R) : . Henry D. Flood (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Washington|Washington]]

: . John F. Miller (R) : . Lindley H. Hadley (R) : . Albert Johnson (R) : . William Leroy La Follette (R) : . Clarence Cleveland Dill (D)

[[List of United States representatives from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: . Matthew M. Neely (D) : . George M. Bowers (R) : . Stuart F. Reed (R) : . Harry C. Woodyard (R) : . Edward Cooper (R) : . Adam B. Littlepage (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Edward Voigt (R) : . John M. Nelson (R) : . William J. Cary (R) : . William H. Stafford (R) : . James H. Davidson (R), until August 6, 1918 :: Florian Lampert (R), from November 5, 1918 : . John J. Esch (R) : . Edward E. Browne (R) : . David G. Classon (R) : . James A. Frear (R) : . Irvine L. Lenroot (R), until April 17, 1918 :: Adolphus P. Nelson (R), from November 5, 1918

[[List of United States representatives from Wyoming|Wyoming]]

: . Franklin W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

: . Charles A. Sulzer (D), until January 7, 1919 :: James Wickersham (R), from January 7, 1919 : . Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (R) : . Jaime C. De Veyra (Resident Commissioner), (Nac.) : . Teodoro R. Yangco (Resident Commissioner), (I) : . Félix Córdova Dávila (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist), from August 7, 1917

House seats by party holding plurality in state

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

Replacements: 17
- Democratic: 3-seat net loss
- Republican: 3-seat net gain
Deaths: 10
Resignations: 1
Vacancy: 0
**Total seats with changes: ** 10

State	Reason for vacancy	Successor
Oregon
(2)	Harry Lane (D)	Died May 23, 1917.
Successor was appointed.	Charles L. McNary (R)	May 29, 1917
Wisconsin
(3)	Paul O. Husting (D)	Died October 21, 1917.
Successor was elected.	Irvine Lenroot (R)	April 18, 1918
Nevada
(3)	Francis G. Newlands (D)	Died December 24, 1917.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	Charles Henderson (D)	January 12, 1918
Idaho
(3)	James H. Brady (R)	Died January 13, 1918.
Successor appointed and [elected](1918-united-states-senate-special-election-in-idaho) November 5, 1918.	John F. Nugent (D)	January 22, 1918
New Jersey
(2)	William Hughes (D)	Died January 30, 1918.
Successor appointed February 23, 1918, and [elected](1918-united-states-senate-special-election-in-new-jersey) November 5, 1918.	David Baird Sr. (R)	February 23, 1918
Louisiana
(3)	Robert F. Broussard (D)	Died April 12, 1918.
Successor was appointed.	Walter Guion (D)	April 22, 1918
Missouri
(3)	William J. Stone (D)	Died April 14, 1918.
Successor was appointed.	Xenophon P. Wilfley (D)	April 30, 1918
South Carolina
(2)	Benjamin Tillman (D)	Died July 3, 1918.
Successor was appointed.	Christie Benet (D)	July 6, 1918
New Hampshire
(3)	Jacob H. Gallinger (R)	Died August 17, 1918.
Successor was appointed.	Irving W. Drew (R)	September 2, 1918
Kentucky
(2)	Ollie M. James (D)	Died August 28, 1918.
Successor was appointed.	George B. Martin (D)	September 7, 1918
Louisiana
(3)	Walter Guion (D)	Interim appointee replaced by elected successor.	Edward Gay (D)	November 6, 1918
Missouri
(3)	Xenophon P. Wilfley (D)	Interim appointee replaced by elected successor.	Selden P. Spencer (R)	November 6, 1918
New Hampshire
(3)	Irving W. Drew (R)	Interim appointee replaced by elected successor.	George H. Moses (R)	November 6, 1918
Oregon
(2)	Charles L. McNary (R)	Interim appointee replaced by elected successor.	Frederick W. Mulkey (R)	November 6, 1918
South Carolina
(2)	Christie Benet (D)	Interim appointee replaced by elected successor.	William P. Pollock (D)	November 6, 1918
Oregon
(2)	Frederick W. Mulkey (R)	Resigned December 17, 1918, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor was appointed.	Charles L. McNary (R)	December 18, 1918

House of Representatives

replacements: 23
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
Deaths: 15
Resignations: 12
Contested elections: 3
Total seats with changes: 31

District	Vacated by	Reason for vacancy	Successor	Date of successor's installation
	Vacant	Rep. Michael F. Conry died during previous congress.
Successor was [elected](1917-new-york-s-15th-congressional-district-special-election).		Thomas F. Smith (D)	April 12, 1917
		Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)	Died March 11, 1917.
Successor was [elected](1917-new-hampshire-s-1st-congressional-district-special-election).		Sherman E. Burroughs (R)	May 29, 1917
		Orrin D. Bleakley (R)	Resigned April 3, 1917, after being convicted and fined under the Federal Corrupt Practices Act.
Successor was [elected](1917-pennsylvania-s-28th-congressional-district-special-election).		Earl H. Beshlin (D)	November 6, 1917
		Henry T. Helgesen (R)	Died April 10, 1917.
Successor was [elected](1917-north-dakota-s-1st-congressional-district-special-election).		John M. Baer (R)	July 20, 1917
		Augustus P. Gardner (R)	Resigned May 15, 1917, to join the U.S. Army.
Successor was [elected](1917-massachusetts-s-6th-congressional-district-special-election).		Willfred W. Lufkin (R)	November 6, 1917
		Daniel W. Comstock (R)	Died May 19, 1917.
Successor was [elected](1917-indiana-s-6th-congressional-district-special-election).		Richard N. Elliott (R)	June 29, 1917
		Ebenezer J. Hill (R)	Died September 27, 1917.
Successor was [elected](1917-connecticut-s-4th-congressional-district-special-election).		Schuyler Merritt (R)	November 6, 1917
		Charles Martin (D)	Resigned October 28, 1917.
Successor was [elected](1918-illinois-s-4th-congressional-district-special-election).		John W. Rainey (D)	April 2, 1918
		Mark R. Bacon (R)	Lost contested [election](1916-united-states-house-of-representatives-elections-michigan) December 13, 1917.		Samuel Beakes (D)	December 13, 1917
		William C. Adamson (D)	Resigned December 18, 1917.
Successor was elected.		William C. Wright (D)	January 6, 1918
		Ellsworth R. Bathrick (D)	Died December 23, 1917.
Successor was [elected](1918-ohio-s-14th-congressional-district-special-election).		Martin L. Davey (D)	November 5, 1918
		John J. Fitzgerald (D)	Resigned December 31, 1917.
Successor was [elected](1918-new-york-s-7th-congressional-district-special-election).		John J. Delaney (D)	March 5, 1918
		Daniel J. Griffin (D)	Resigned December 31, 1917, after being elected Sheriff of Kings County, New York.
Successor was [elected](1918-new-york-s-8th-congressional-district-special-election).		William E. Cleary (D)	March 5, 1918
		Henry Bruckner (D)	Resigned December 31, 1917.
Successor was [elected](1918-new-york-s-22nd-congressional-district-special-election).		Anthony J. Griffin (D)	March 5, 1918
		George M. Hulbert (D)	Resigned January 1, 1918, to become Commissioner of Docks and director of the Port of New York.
Successor was [elected](1918-new-york-s-21th-congressional-district-special-election).		Jerome F. Donovan (D)	March 5, 1918
		John H. Capstick (R)	Died March 17, 1918.
Successor was [elected](1918-new-jersey-s-5th-congressional-district-special-election).		William F. Birch (R)	November 5, 1918
		William A. Jones (D)	Died April 17, 1918.
Successor was [elected](1918-virginia-s-1st-congressional-district-special-election).		S. Otis Bland (D)	July 2, 1918
		Irvine Lenroot (R)	Resigned April 17, 1918, after being [elected to the U.S. Senate](1918-united-states-senate-special-election-in-wisconsin).
Successor was [elected](1918-wisconsin-s-11th-congressional-district-special-election).		Adolphus P. Nelson (R)	November 5, 1918
		James H. Davidson (R)	Died August 6, 1918.
Successor was [elected](1918-wisconsin-s-6th-congressional-district-special-election).		Florian Lampert (R)	November 5, 1918
		Fred Talbott (D)	Died October 5, 1918.
Successor was [elected](1918-maryland-s-2nd-congressional-district-special-election).		Carville Benson (D)	November 5, 1918
		Jacob E. Meeker (R)	Died October 16, 1918.
Successor was [elected](1918-missouri-s-10th-congressional-district-special-election).		Frederick Essen (R)	November 5, 1918
		John Allen Sterling (R)	Died October 17, 1918.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
		Carter Glass (D)	Resigned December 6, 1918, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury.		James P. Woods (D)	February 25, 1919
		John R. K. Scott (R)	Resigned January 5, 1919.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
		Harry H. Dale (D)	Resigned January 6, 1919, after being appointed judge of magistrate court.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
		Charles A. Sulzer (D)	Lost contested [election](1916-united-states-house-of-representatives-elections-alaska-territory) January 7, 1919.		James Wickersham (R)	January 7, 1919
		Edward E. Robbins (R)	Died January 25, 1919.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
		William P. Borland (D)	Died February 20, 1919.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
		Zebulon Weaver (D)	Lost seat after House vote on contested [election](1916-united-states-house-of-representatives-elections-north-carolina) on March 1, 1919.		James J. Britt (R)	March 1, 1919
		Harvey Helm (D)	Died March 3, 1919.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
		James C. Wilson (D)	Resigned March 3, 1919, to become judge of United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Senate

Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
Appropriations (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: William H. Thompson; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member: George P. McLean)
Canadian Relations (Chairman: John B. Kendrick; Ranking Member: Lawrence Y. Sherman)
Census (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Albert B. Cummins)
Claims (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: Nathan Goff)
Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Willard Saulsbury; Ranking Member: Charles E. Townsend)
Coast Defenses (Chairman: Charles S. Thomas; Ranking Member: John W. Weeks)
Commerce (Chairman: Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: James K. Vardaman; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna)
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
Cuban Relations (Chairman: Oscar W. Underwood; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: Henry F. Hollis)
District of Columbia (Chairman: John W. Smith; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
Education and Labor (Chairman: Hoke Smith; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Henry F. Hollis; Ranking Member: Charles Curtis)
Establish a University in the United States (Select)
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: William F. Kirby; Ranking Member: James W. Wadsworth Jr.)
Expenditures in the Department of Commerce (Chairman: Josiah O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Albert B. Fall)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
Expenditures in the Department of Labor (Chairman: J.C.W. Beckham; Ranking Member: Nathan Goff)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Asle Gronna; Ranking Member: William Hughes)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William H. King; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Park Trammell; Ranking Member: Warren G. Harding)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Charles E. Townsend; Ranking Member: Charles S. Thomas)
Finance (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
Fisheries (Chairman: John F. Nugent; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones)
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: William J. Stone; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: George P. McLean; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Geological Survey (Chairman: Albert B. Fall; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Immigration (Chairman: Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
Indian Depredations (Chairman: Miles Poindexter; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
Industrial Expositions (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: John K. Shields; Ranking Member: Frank B. Brandegee)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: Albert B. Cummins)
Investigate Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: J.C.W. Beckham)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: James D. Phelan; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones)
Judiciary (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
Library (Chairman: John S. Williams; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger then John W. Weeks)
Manufactures (Chairman: James A. Reed; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
Military Affairs (Chairman: George E. Chamberlain; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles B. Henderson; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter)
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: John K. Shields)
National Banks (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Frank B. Kellogg)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: John F. Shafroth; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter)
Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: James A. Reed)
Patents (Chairman: Ollie M. James; Ranking Member: Frank B. Brandegee)
Pensions (Chairman: Thomas J. Walsh; Ranking Member: Porter J. McCumber)
Philippines (Chairman: Gilbert M. Hitchcock; Ranking Member: George P. McLean)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
Printing (Chairman: Marcus A. Smith; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Atlee Pomerene; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Claude A. Swanson; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Joseph E. Ransdell; Ranking Member: John W. Weeks)
Public Lands (Chairman: Henry L. Myers; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
Railroads (Chairman: Peter G. Gerry; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Edwin S. Johnson; Ranking Member: Charles Curtis)
Rules (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger then Francis E. Warren)
Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William S. Kenyon; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)
Tariff Regulation (Select)
Territories (Chairman: Key Pittman; Ranking Member: George P. McLean)
Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard)
University of the United States (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Willard Saulsbury)
Washington Railway and Electrical Company (Select)
Whole
Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Andrieus A. Jones; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones)

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: Frank Park; Ranking Member: Rollin B. Sanford)
Agriculture (Chairman: Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen)
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Addison T. Smith)
Appropriations (Chairman: Swagar Sherley; Ranking Member: Frederick H. Gillett)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Everis A. Hayes)
Census (Chairman: Harvey Helm; Ranking Member: Charles A. Nichols)
Claims (Chairman: Hubert D. Stephens; Ranking Member: George W. Edmonds)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member: Edwin E. Roberts)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: J. Frederick C. Talbott; Ranking Member: Burton L. French)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson; Ranking Member: William J. Cary)
Education (Chairman: William J. Sears; Ranking Member: Caleb Powers)
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: William W. Rucker; Ranking Member: Carl E. Mapes)
Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Riley J. Wilson; Ranking Member: Merrill Moores)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James A. Hamill; Ranking Member: John Jacob Rogers)
Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Walter A. Watson; Ranking Member: Cassius C. Dowell)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Ladislas Lazaro; Ranking Member: John R. Ramsey)
Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Cassius C. Dowell)
Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: Robert Crosser; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Williams)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: William W. Hastings; Ranking Member: Aaron S. Kreider)
Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: William B. Walton; Ranking Member: Stephen G. Porter)
Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman: Christopher D. Sullivan; Ranking Member: Niels Juul)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: George E. Foss)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Edward Keating; Ranking Member: Harry H. Pratt)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Courtney W. Hamlin; Ranking Member: George H. Tinkham)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles O. Lobeck; Ranking Member: Henry W. Temple)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Peter J. Dooling; Ranking Member: Luther W. Mott)
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: James V. McClintic; Ranking Member: Edward E. Robbins then Oscar E. Bland)
Flood Control (Chairman: Benjamin G. Humphreys; Ranking Member: William A. Rodenberg)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member: Henry A. Cooper)
Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John L. Burnett; Ranking Member: Everis A. Hayes)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Charles D. Carter; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell)
Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: James E. Cantrill; Ranking Member: Frank P. Woods)
Insular Affairs (Chairman: Finis J. Garrett; Ranking Member: Horace M. Towner)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Thetus W. Sims; Ranking Member: John J. Esch)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: John W. Langley)
Investigate Conditions Interfering with Interstate Commerce between the States of Illinois and Missouri (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Edward T. Taylor; Ranking Member: Moses P. Kinkaid)
Judiciary (Chairman: Edwin Y. Webb; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Volstead)
Labor (Chairman: James P. Maher; Ranking Member: John M.C. Smith)
Library (Chairman: James L. Slayden; Ranking Member: Edward W. Gray)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member: William S. Greene)
Mileage (Chairman: Clarence C. Dill; Ranking Member: John A. Elston)
Military Affairs (Chairman: S. Hubert Dent; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin D. Foster; Ranking Member: Mahlon M. Garland)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Butler)
Patents (Chairman: Charles B. Smith; Ranking Member: John I. Nolan)
Pensions (Chairman: John A. Key; Ranking Member: Sam R. Sells)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member: Halvor Steenerson)
Printing (Chairman: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Edgar R. Kiess)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Frank Clark; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin)
Public Lands (Chairman: Scott Ferris; Ranking Member: Irvine L. Lenroot)
Railways and Canals (Chairman: Clement Brumbaugh; Ranking Member: William L. La Follette)
Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Hannibal L. Godwin; Ranking Member: Frederick R. Lehlbach)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member: Merrill Moores)
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: John H. Small; Ranking Member: Charles A. Kennedy)
Roads (Chairman: Dorsey W. Shackleford; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Dunn)
Rules (Chairman: Edward W. Pou; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Albert Johnson)
War Claims (Chairman: Alexander W. Gregg; Ranking Member: Benjamin K. Focht)
Water Power (Special) (Chairman: Thetus W. Sims; Ranking Member: N/A)
Ways and Means (Chairman: Claude Kitchin; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Fordney)
Woman Suffrage (Chairman: John E. Raker; Ranking Member: Jeannette Rankin)
Whole

Joint committees

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Sen. Ellison D. Smith)
The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sharp Williams)
Postal Salaries
Printing (Chairman: Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher)
Reclassification of Salaries

Caucuses

Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)

Employees

[[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|Legislative branch agency]] directors

Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
Public Printer of the United States: Cornelius Ford

Senate

Chaplain: F.J. Prettyman (Methodist)
Secretary: James M. Baker
Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
Sergeant at Arms: Charles P. Higgins

House of Representatives

Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)
Clerk: South Trimble
Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
Postmaster: William M. Dunbar
Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Bennett C. Clark
- Clarence A. Cannon
Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R)
Sergeant at Arms: Robert B. Gordon

References

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