68th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1923 in the United States, 1924 in the United States, 1925 in the United States

• August 2, 1923: President Warren G. Harding dies, and Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States
• December 3–5, 1923: The election for the House speakership takes 9 ballots

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#68th United States Congress

• April 26, 1924: Seed and Feed Loan Act
• May 19, 1924: World War Adjusted Compensation Act (Bonus Bill), Sess. 1, ch. 157,
• May 24, 1924: Rogers Act
• May 26, 1924: Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson–Reed Act), Sess. 1, ch. 190,
• May 29, 1924: Indian Oil Leasing Act of 1924 (Lenroot Act)
• June 2, 1924: Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (Snyder Act), Sess. 1, ch. 233,
• June 2, 1924: Revenue Act of 1924 (Simmons–Longworth Act), Sess. 1, ch. 234,
• June 3, 1924: Inland Waterways Act of 1924 (Denison Act)
• June 7, 1924: Pueblo Lands Act of 1924
• June 7, 1924: Oil Pollution Act of 1924, , ch. 316,
• June 7, 1924: Clarke–McNary Act, Sess. 1, ch. 348,
• January 30, 1925: Hoch–Smith Resolution
• January 31, 1925: Special Duties Act
• February 2, 1925: Air Mail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act)
• February 12, 1925: Federal Arbitration Act
• February 16, 1925: Home Port Act of 1925
• February 24, 1925: Purnell Act
• February 27, 1925: Temple Act
• February 28, 1925: Classification Act of 1925
• February 28, 1925: Federal Corrupt Practices Act (Gerry Act)
• March 2, 1925: Judiciary Act of 1925
• March 3, 1925: River and Harbors Act of 1925
• March 3, 1925: Helium Act of 1925
• March 4, 1925: Establishment of the United States Navy Band
• March 4, 1925: Probation Act of 1925

Constitutional amendments

• June 2, 1924: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution that would specifically authorize Congress to regulate "labor of persons under eighteen years of age", and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
  • This amendment, commonly known as the Child Labor Amendment, has not been ratified and is still pending before the states.

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below.

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: Calvin Coolidge (R), until August 3, 1923; vacant thereafter.
• President pro tempore: Albert B. Cummins (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority leader: Charles Curtis
• Majority whip: Wesley L. Jones
• Republican Conference Secretary: James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: George H. Moses

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority leader: Joseph T. Robinson
• Minority whip: Peter G. Gerry
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: William H. King

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Frederick H. Gillett (R) elected December 5, 1923, after 9 rounds of balloting

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority leader: Nicholas Longworth
• Majority Whip: Albert H. Vestal
• Republican Conference Chairman: Sydney Anderson
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: William R. Wood

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: Finis J. Garrett
• Minority Whip: William Allan Oldfield
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Henry Thomas Rainey
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Arthur B. Rouse

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

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Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 68th Congress

Senators were elected every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1928; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1924; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1926.

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

: 2. J. Thomas Heflin (D) : 3. Oscar Underwood (D)

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

: 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D) : 3. Ralph H. Cameron (R)

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

: 2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) : 3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)

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

: 1. Hiram W. Johnson (R) : 3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)

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

: 2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R) : 3. Samuel D. Nicholson (R), until March 24, 1923 :: Alva B. Adams (D), from May 17, 1923, until November 30, 1924 :: Rice W. Means (R), from December 1, 1924

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

: 1. George P. McLean (R) : 3. Frank B. Brandegee (R), until October 14, 1924 :: Hiram Bingham III (R), from December 17, 1924

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

: 1. Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (D) : 2. L. Heisler Ball (R)

[[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. William J. Harris (D) : 3. Walter F. George (D)

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

: 2. William E. Borah (R) : 3. Frank R. Gooding (R)

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

: 2. J. Medill McCormick (R), until February 25, 1925 :: Charles S. Deneen (R), from February 26, 1925 : 3. William B. McKinley (R)

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

: 1. Samuel M. Ralston (D) : 3. James E. Watson (R)

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

: 2. Smith W. Brookhart (R) : 3. Albert B. Cummins (R)

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

: 2. Arthur Capper (R) : 3. Charles Curtis (R)

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

: 2. Augustus O. Stanley (D) : 3. Richard P. Ernst (R)

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

: 2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D) : 3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)

[[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. William Cabell Bruce (D) : 3. Ovington E. Weller (R)

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

: 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R), until November 9, 1924 :: William M. Butler (R), from November 13, 1924 : 2. David I. Walsh (D)

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

: 1. Woodbridge N. Ferris (D) : 2. James J. Couzens (R)

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

: 1. Henrik Shipstead (FL) : 2. Knute Nelson (R), until April 28, 1923 :: Magnus Johnson (FL), from July 16, 1923

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

: 1. Hubert D. Stephens (D) : 2. Pat Harrison (D)

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

: 1. James A. Reed (D) : 3. Selden P. Spencer (R)

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

: 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D) : 2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)

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

: 1. Robert B. Howell (R) : 2. George W. Norris (R)

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

: 1. Key Pittman (D) : 3. Tasker Oddie (R)

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

: 2. Henry W. Keyes (R) : 3. George H. Moses (R)

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

: 1. Edward I. Edwards (D) : 2. Walter E. Edge (R)

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

: 1. Andrieus A. Jones (D) : 2. Holm O. Bursum (R)

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

: 1. Royal S. Copeland (D) : 3. James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)

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

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

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

: 1. Lynn Frazier (R-NPL) : 3. Edwin F. Ladd (R)

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

: 1. Simeon D. Fess (R) : 3. Frank B. Willis (R)

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

: 2. Robert L. Owen (D) : 3. John W. Harreld (R)

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

: 2. Charles L. McNary (R) : 3. Robert N. Stanfield (R)

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

: 1. David A. Reed (R) : 3. George Wharton Pepper (R)

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

: 1. Peter G. Gerry (D) : 2. LeBaron B. Colt (R), until August 18, 1924 :: Jesse H. Metcalf (R), from November 5, 1924

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

: 2. Nathaniel B. Dial (D) : 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

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

: 2. Thomas Sterling (R) : 3. Peter Norbeck (R)

[[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. Earle B. Mayfield (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. Frank L. Greene (R) : 3. William P. Dillingham (R), until July 12, 1923 :: Porter H. Dale (R), from November 7, 1923

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

: 1. Claude A. Swanson (D) : 2. Carter Glass (D)

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

: 1. Clarence Cleveland Dill (D) : 3. Wesley L. Jones (R)

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

: 1. Matthew M. Neely (D) : 2. Davis Elkins (R)

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

: 1. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R) : 3. Irvine L. Lenroot (R)

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

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

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Republican leader (unofficial), until November 9, 1924

Republican leader (unofficial, acting), from November 28, 1924 Republican whip, until November 28, 1924

Republican whip, from November 28, 1924

Democratic leader, until December 3, 1923

Democratic leader, from December 3, 1923

Democratic whip

House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 68th Congress

The names of representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by their district numbers.

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

: . John McDuffie (D) : . John R. Tyson (D), until March 27, 1923 :: J. Lister Hill (D), from August 14, 1923 : . Henry B. Steagall (D) : . Lamar Jeffers (D) : . William B. Bowling (D) : . William B. Oliver (D) : . Miles C. Allgood (D) : . Edward B. Almon (D) : . George Huddleston (D) : . William B. Bankhead (D)

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

: . Carl Hayden (D)

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

: . William J. Driver (D) : . William A. Oldfield (D) : . John N. Tillman (D) : . Otis Wingo (D) : . Heartsill Ragon (D) : . Lewis E. Sawyer (D), until May 5, 1923 :: James B. Reed (D), from October 6, 1923 : . Tilman B. Parks (D)

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

: . Clarence F. Lea (D) : . John E. Raker (D) : . Charles F. Curry (R) : . Julius Kahn (R), until December 18, 1924 : . Mae E. Nolan (R) : . James H. MacLafferty (R) : . Henry E. Barbour (R) : . Arthur M. Free (R) : . Walter F. Lineberger (R) : . John D. Fredericks (R), from May 1, 1923 : . Philip D. Swing (R)

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

: . William N. Vaile (R) : . Charles Bateman Timberlake (R) : . Guy U. Hardy (R) : . Edward T. Taylor (D)

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

: . E. Hart Fenn (R) : . Richard P. Freeman (R) : . John Q. Tilson (R) : . Schuyler Merritt (R) : . Patrick B. O'Sullivan (D)

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

: . William H. Boyce (D)

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

: . Herbert J. Drane (D) : . Frank Clark (D) : . John H. Smithwick (D) : . William J. Sears (D)

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

: . R. Lee Moore (D) : . Frank Park (D) : . Charles R. Crisp (D) : . William C. Wright (D) : . William D. Upshaw (D) : . James W. Wise (D) : . Gordon Lee (D) : . Charles H. Brand (D) : . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . William C. Lankford (D) : . William W. Larsen (D)

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

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

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

: . Martin B. Madden (R) : . Morton D. Hull (R), from April 3, 1923 : . Elliott W. Sproul (R) : . John W. Rainey (D), until May 4, 1923 :: Thomas A. Doyle (D), from November 6, 1923 : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . James R. Buckley (D) : . M. Alfred Michaelson (R) : . Stanley H. Kunz (D) : . Frederick A. Britten (R) : . Carl R. Chindblom (R) : . Frank R. Reid (R) : . Charles Eugene Fuller (R) : . John C. McKenzie (R) : . William J. Graham (R), until June 7, 1924 : . Edward John King (R) : . William E. Hull (R) : . Frank H. Funk (R) : . William P. Holaday (R) : . Allen F. Moore (R) : . Henry T. Rainey (D) : . J. Earl Major (D) : . Edward E. Miller (R) : . William W. Arnold (D) : . Thomas S. Williams (R) : . Edward E. Denison (R) : . Henry R. Rathbone (R) : . Richard Yates Jr. (R)

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

: . William E. Wilson (D) : . Arthur H. Greenwood (D) : . Frank Gardner (D) : . Harry C. Canfield (D) : . Everett Sanders (R) : . Richard N. Elliott (R) : . Merrill Moores (R) : . Albert H. Vestal (R) : . Fred S. Purnell (R) : . William R. Wood (R) : . Samuel E. Cook (D) : . Louis W. Fairfield (R) : . Andrew J. Hickey (R)

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

: . William F. Kopp (R) : . Harry E. Hull (R) : . Thomas J. B. Robinson (R) : . Gilbert N. Haugen (R) : . Cyrenus Cole (R) : . C. William Ramseyer (R) : . Cassius C. Dowell (R) : . Horace M. Towner (R), until April 1, 1923 :: Hiram K. Evans (R), from June 4, 1923 : . William R. Green (R) : . Lester J. Dickinson (R) : . William D. Boies (R)

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

: . Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R) : . Edward C. Little (R), until June 27, 1924 :: Ulysses S. Guyer (R), from November 4, 1924 : . William H. Sproul (R) : . Homer Hoch (R) : . James G. Strong (R) : . Hays B. White (R) : . Jasper N. Tincher (R) : . 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) : . Maurice H. Thatcher (R) : . Arthur B. Rouse (D) : . J. Campbell Cantrill (D), until September 2, 1923 :: Joseph W. Morris (D), from November 30, 1923 : . Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D) : . William Jason Fields (D), until December 11, 1923 :: Fred M. Vinson (D), from January 24, 1924 : . John W. Langley (R) : . John M. Robsion (R)

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

: . James O'Connor (D) : . Henry Garland Dupré (D), until February 21, 1924 :: J. Zach Spearing (D), from April 22, 1924 : . Whitmell P. Martin (D) : . John N. Sandlin (D) : . Riley Joseph Wilson (D) : . George K. Favrot (D) : . Ladislas Lazaro (D) : . James Benjamin Aswell (D)

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

: . Carroll L. Beedy (R) : . Wallace H. White Jr. (R) : . John E. Nelson (R) : . Ira G. Hersey (R)

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

: . T. Alan Goldsborough (D) : . Millard Tydings (D) : . John Philip Hill (R) : . J. Charles Linthicum (D) : . Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (R), until October 11, 1924 :: Stephen W. Gambrill (D), from November 4, 1924 : . 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) : . A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R) : . William P. Connery Jr. (D) : . Frederick W. Dallinger (R) : . Charles L. Underhill (R) : . Peter F. Tague (D) : . George H. Tinkham (R) : . James A. Gallivan (D) : . Robert Luce (R) : . Louis A. Frothingham (R) : . William S. Greene (R), until September 22, 1924 :: Robert M. Leach (R), from November 4, 1924 : . Charles L. Gifford (R)

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

: . Robert H. Clancy (D) : . Earl C. Michener (R) : . John M. C. Smith (R), until March 30, 1923 :: Arthur B. Williams (R), from June 19, 1923 : . John C. Ketcham (R) : . Carl Mapes (R) : . Grant M. Hudson (R) : . Louis C. Cramton (R) : . Bird J. Vincent (R) : . James C. McLaughlin (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (R) : . Frank D. Scott (R) : . W. Frank James (R) : . Clarence J. McLeod (R)

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

: . Sydney Anderson (R) : . Frank Clague (R) : . Charles Russell Davis (R) : . Oscar E. Keller (R) : . Walter H. Newton (R) : . Harold Knutson (R) : . Ole J. Kvale (FL) : . Oscar J. Larson (R) : . Knud Wefald (FL) : . Thomas D. Schall (R)

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

: . John E. Rankin (D) : . Bill G. Lowrey (D) : . Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D), until October 16, 1923 :: William Y. Humphreys (D), from November 27, 1923 : . T. Jefferson Busby (D) : . Ross A. Collins (D) : . T. Webber Wilson (D) : . Percy E. Quin (D) : . James W. Collier (D)

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

: . Milton A. Romjue (D) : . Ralph F. Lozier (D) : . Jacob L. Milligan (D) : . Charles L. Faust (R) : . Henry L. Jost (D) : . Clement C. Dickinson (D) : . Samuel C. Major (D) : . Sidney C. Roach (R) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Cleveland A. Newton (R) : . Harry B. Hawes (D) : . Leonidas C. Dyer (R) : . J. Scott Wolff (D) : . James F. Fulbright (D) : . Joe J. Manlove (R) : . Thomas L. Rubey (D)

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

: . John M. Evans (D) : . Scott Leavitt (R)

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

: . John H. Morehead (D) : . Willis G. Sears (R) : . Edgar Howard (D) : . Melvin O. McLaughlin (R) : . Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) : . Robert G. Simmons (R)

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

: . Charles L. Richards (D)

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

: . William N. Rogers (D) : . Edward Hills Wason (R)

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

: . Francis F. Patterson Jr. (R) : . Isaac Bacharach (R) : . Elmer H. Geran (D) : . Charles Browne (D) : . Ernest R. Ackerman (R) : . Randolph Perkins (R) : . George N. Seger (R) : . Frank J. McNulty (D) : . Daniel F. Minahan (D) : . Frederick R. Lehlbach (R) : . John J. Eagan (D) : . Charles F. X. O'Brien (D)

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

: . John Morrow (D)

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

: . Robert L. Bacon (R) : . John J. Kindred (D) : . George W. Lindsay (D) : . Thomas H. Cullen (D) : . Loring M. Black Jr. (D) : . Charles I. Stengle (D) : . John Quayle (D) : . William E. Cleary (D) : . David J. O'Connell (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Daniel J. Riordan (D), until April 28, 1923 :: Anning S. Prall (D), from November 6, 1923 : . Samuel Dickstein (D) : . Christopher D. Sullivan (D) : . Nathan D. Perlman (R) : . John J. Boylan (D) : . John J. O'Connor (D), from November 6, 1923 : . Ogden L. Mills (R) : . John F. Carew (D) : . Sol Bloom (D) : . Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R) : . Royal H. Weller (D) : . Anthony J. Griffin (D) : . Frank Oliver (D) : . James V. Ganly (D), until September 7, 1923 :: Benjamin L. Fairchild (R), from November 6, 1923 : . J. Mayhew Wainwright (R) : . Hamilton Fish III (R) : . Charles B. Ward (R) : . Parker Corning (D) : . James S. Parker (R) : . Frank Crowther (R) : . Bertrand H. Snell (R) : . Luther W. Mott (R), until July 10, 1923 :: Thaddeus C. Sweet (R), from November 6, 1923 : . Homer P. Snyder (R) : . John D. Clarke (R) : . Walter W. Magee (R) : . John Taber (R) : . Gale H. Stalker (R) : . Meyer Jacobstein (D) : . Archie D. Sanders (R) : . S. Wallace Dempsey (R) : . Clarence MacGregor (R) : . James M. Mead (D) : . Daniel A. Reed (R)

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

: . Hallett S. Ward (D) : . Claude Kitchin (D), until May 31, 1923 :: John H. Kerr (D), from November 6, 1923 : . Charles L. Abernethy (D) : . Edward W. Pou (D) : . Charles M. Stedman (D) : . Homer L. Lyon (D) : . William C. Hammer (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) : . Zebulon Weaver (D)

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

: . Olger B. Burtness (R) : . George M. Young (R), until September 2, 1924 :: Thomas Hall (R), from November 4, 1924 : . James H. Sinclair (R)

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

: . Nicholas Longworth (R) : . Ambrose E. B. Stephens (R) : . Roy G. Fitzgerald (R) : . John L. Cable (R) : . Charles J. Thompson (R) : . Charles C. Kearns (R) : . Charles Brand (R) : . R. Clinton Cole (R) : . Isaac R. Sherwood (D) : . Israel M. Foster (R) : . Mell G. Underwood (D) : . John C. Speaks (R) : . James T. Begg (R) : . Martin L. Davey (D) : . C. Ellis Moore (R) : . John McSweeney (D) : . William M. Morgan (R) : . B. Frank Murphy (R) : . John G. Cooper (R) : . Charles A. Mooney (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Theodore E. Burton (R)

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

: . Everette B. Howard (D) : . William W. Hastings (D) : . Charles D. Carter (D) : . Tom D. McKeown (D) : . Fletcher B. Swank (D) : . Elmer Thomas (D) : . James V. McClintic (D) : . Milton C. Garber (R)

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

: . Willis C. Hawley (R) : . Nicholas J. Sinnott (R) : . Elton Watkins (D)

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

: . William S. Vare (R) : . George S. Graham (R) : . Harry C. Ransley (R) : . George W. Edmonds (R) : . James J. Connolly (R) : . George A. Welsh (R) : . George P. Darrow (R) : . Thomas S. Butler (R) : . Henry W. Watson (R) : . William W. Griest (R) : . Laurence H. Watres (R) : . John J. Casey (D) : . George F. Brumm (R) : . William M. Croll (D) : . Louis T. McFadden (R) : . Edgar R. Kiess (R) : . Herbert W. Cummings (D) : . Edward M. Beers (R) : . Frank C. Sites (D) : . George M. Wertz (R) : . J. Banks Kurtz (R) : . Samuel F. Glatfelter (D) : . William I. Swoope (R) : . Samuel A. Kendall (R) : . Henry W. Temple (R) : . Thomas W. Phillips Jr. (R) : . Nathan L. Strong (R) : . Harris J. Bixler (R) : . Milton W. Shreve (R) : . Everett Kent (D) : . Adam M. Wyant (R) : . Stephen G. Porter (R) : . M. Clyde Kelly (R) : . John M. Morin (R) : . James M. Magee (R) : . Guy E. Campbell (R)

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

: . Clark Burdick (R) : . Richard S. Aldrich (R) : . Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D)

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

: . W. Turner Logan (D) : . James F. Byrnes (D) : . Fred H. Dominick (D) : . John J. McSwain (D) : . William F. Stevenson (D) : . Allard H. Gasque (D) : . Hampton P. Fulmer (D)

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

: . Charles A. Christopherson (R) : . Royal C. Johnson (R) : . William Williamson (R)

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

: . B. Carroll Reece (R) : . J. Will Taylor (R) : . Samuel D. McReynolds (D) : . Cordell Hull (D) : . Ewin L. Davis (D) : . Joseph W. Byrns (D) : . William C. Salmon (D) : . Gordon Browning (D) : . Finis J. Garrett (D) : . Hubert Fisher (D)

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

: . Eugene Black (D) : . John C. Box (D) : . Morgan G. Sanders (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Hatton W. Sumners (D) : . Luther Alexander Johnson (D) : . Clay Stone Briggs (D) : . Daniel E. Garrett (D) : . Joseph J. Mansfield (D) : . James P. Buchanan (D) : . Tom T. Connally (D) : . Fritz G. Lanham (D) : . Guinn Williams (D) : . Harry M. Wurzbach (R) : . John Nance Garner (D) : . Claude B. Hudspeth (D) : . Thomas L. Blanton (D) : . John Marvin Jones (D)

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

: . Don B. Colton (R) : . Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)

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

: . Frederick G. Fleetwood (R) : . Porter H. Dale (R), until August 11, 1923 :: Ernest Willard Gibson (R), from November 6, 1923

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

: . S. Otis Bland (D) : . Joseph T. Deal (D) : . Andrew Jackson Montague (D) : . Patrick H. Drewry (D) : . James M. Hooker (D) : . Clifton A. Woodrum (D) : . Thomas W. Harrison (D) : . R. Walton Moore (D) : . George C. Peery (D) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

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

: . John F. Miller (R) : . Lindley H. Hadley (R) : . Albert Johnson (R) : . John W. Summers (R) : . J. Stanley Webster (R), until May 8, 1923 :: Samuel B. Hill (D), from September 25, 1923

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

: . Benjamin L. Rosenbloom (R) : . Robert E. L. Allen (D) : . Stuart F. Reed (R) : . George W. Johnson (D) : . Thomas J. Lilly (D) : . J. Alfred Taylor (D)

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

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Edward Voigt (R) : . John M. Nelson (R) : . John C. Schafer (R) : . Victor L. Berger (Soc.) : . Florian Lampert (R) : . Joseph D. Beck (R) : . Edward E. Browne (R) : . George J. Schneider (R) : . James A. Frear (R) : . Hubert H. Peavey (R)

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

: . Charles E. Winter (R)

Non-voting members

: . Daniel A. Sutherland (R) : . William P. Jarrett (D) : . Isauro Gabaldon (Nac.) : . Pedro Guevara (Nac.) : . Félix Córdova Dávila

Republican leader

Republican whip

Democratic leader

Democratic whip

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 8
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
  • Farmer–Labor: 1 seat net gain
• Deaths: 7
• Resignations: 0
• Vacancy: 0
• Total seats with changes: 7

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 22
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
• Deaths: 15
• Resignations: 6
• Contested election: 0
• Total seats with changes: 24

Committees

Senate

• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: George W. Norris; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
• Alien Property Custodian's Office (Select)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Henry W. Keyes; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: George P. McLean; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
• Civil Service (Chairman: James Couzens then Porter H. Dale; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
• Claims (Chairman: Rice W. Means; Ranking Member: Park Trammell)
• Commerce (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Arthur Capper; Ranking Member: William H. King)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Lawrence C. Phipps; Ranking Member: Andrieus A. Jones)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Frank L. Greene; Ranking Member: Coleman L. Blease)
• Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: David A. Reed; Ranking Member: Oscar W. Underwood)
• Finance (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Claude Swanson)
• Immigration (Chairman: Hiram W. Johnson; Ranking Member: William H. King)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: John W. Harreld; Ranking Member: Henry F. Ashurst)
• Internal Revenue Bureau (Select)
• Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Walter Evans Edge; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh)
• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: James Eli Watson; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
• Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Charles L. McNary; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
• Library (Chairman: Simeon D. Fess; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
• Manufactures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth Jr.; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Tasker L. Oddie; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick Hale; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
• Patents (Chairman: William M. Butler; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
• Pensions (Chairman: Peter Norbeck; Ranking Member: Peter G. Gerry)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George H. Moses; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
• Printing (Chairman: George W. Pepper; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Richard P. Ernst; Ranking Member: William H. King)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Bert M. Fernald; Ranking Member: James A. Reed)
• Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Robert Nelson Stanfield; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
• Rules (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
• Senatorial Elections (Select)
• Tariff Commission (Select)
• Territories and Insular Possessions (Chairman: Frank B. Willis; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
• War Finance Corporation Loans (Select)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Clarence MacGregor; Ranking Member: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: James B. Aswell)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Grant M. Hudson; Ranking Member: William D. Upshaw)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Martin B. Madden; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Byrns)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Louis T. McFadden; Ranking Member: Otis Wingo)
• Census (Chairman: E. Hart Fenn; Ranking Member: John E. Rankin)
• Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick R. Lehlbach; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers)
• Claims (Chairman: Charles L. Underhill; Ranking Member: John C. Box)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Randolph Perkins; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
• Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Edward H. Wason; Ranking Member: Arthur B. Rouse)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Frederick N. Zihlman; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan)
• Education (Chairman: Daniel A. Reed; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Hays B. White; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers)
• Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Don B. Colton; Ranking Member: C.B. Hudspeth)
• Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Bird J. Vincent; Ranking Member: Gordon Browning)
• Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Charles L. Gifford; Ranking Member: Guinn Williams)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Guy E. Campbell; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Blanton)
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Edward J. King; Ranking Member: Frank Gardner)
• Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: Henry R. Rathbone; Ranking Member: Miles C. Allgood)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: William Williamson; Ranking Member: Sol Bloom)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Willis G. Sears; Ranking Member: Frank Oliver)
• Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman: Carroll L. Beedy; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Blanton)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: George F. Brumm; Ranking Member: Charles L. Abernethy)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Philip D. Swing; Ranking Member: Guinn Williams)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: J. Will Taylor; Ranking Member: George C. Peery)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Ernest W. Gibson; Ranking Member: Heartsill Ragon)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Thaddeus C. Sweet; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Greenwood)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Elmer O. Leatherwood; Ranking Member: Samuel Dickstein)
• Flood Control (Chairman: Frank R. Reid; Ranking Member: Riley J. Wilson)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Stephen G. Porter; Ranking Member: J. Charles Linthicum)
• Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Albert Johnson; Ranking Member: Adolph J. Sabath)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: John W. Harreld; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
• Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: George A. Welsh; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
• Inquiry into Operation of the United States Air Services (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
• Insular Affairs (Chairman: Scott Leavitt; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: James S. Parker; Ranking Member: Alben W. Barkley)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Charles E. Fuller; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood)
• Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Addison T. Smith; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George S. Graham; Ranking Member: Hatton W. Sumners)
• Labor (Chairman: William F. Kopp; Ranking Member: William D. Upshaw)
• Library (Chairman: Robert Luce; Ranking Member: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Frank D. Scott; Ranking Member: Ladislas Lazaro)
• Mileage (Chairman: Carroll L. Beedy; Ranking Member: John W. Moore)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John M. Morin; Ranking Member: Percy E. Quin)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: John M. Robsion; Ranking Member: Daniel Sutherland)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson)
• Patents (Chairman: Albert H. Vestal; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
• Pensions (Chairman: Harold Knutson; Ranking Member: William D. Upshaw)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William W. Griest; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Bell)
• Printing (Chairman: Edward M. Beers; Ranking Member: William F. Stevenson)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard N. Elliott; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Nicholas J. Sinnott; Ranking Member: John E. Raker then John M. Evans)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Oscar E. Keller; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: Roy G. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Alfred L. Bulwinkle)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: S. Wallace Dempsey; Ranking Member: Joseph J. Mansfield)
• Roads (Chairman: Cassius C. Dowell; Ranking Member: Edward B. Almon)
• Rules (Chairman: Bertrand H. Snell; Ranking Member: Edward W. Pou)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Charles F. Curry; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford)
• War Claims (Chairman: James G. Strong; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: William R. Green; Ranking Member: John N. Garner)
• Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Wallace H. White Jr.; Ranking Member: John E. Raker then Christopher D. Sullivan)
• World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: Royal C. Johnson; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Civil Service Retirement Act
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners (Chairman: Rep. George S. Graham)
• Investigation of Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants (Chairman: Rep. Nicholas J. Sinnott)
• Muscle Shoals
• The Library (Chairman: Sen. Simeon D. Fess)
• Printing (Chairman: Sen. George H. Moses; Vice Chairman: Rep. Edgar R. Kiess)
• Taxation (Chairman: Rep. William R. Green)

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, until May 22, 1923
  • David Lynn, from August 22, 1923
• Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl
• Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
• Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter

Senate

• Chaplain: John J. Muir Baptist
• Secretary: George A. Sanderson
• Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
• Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: James S. Montgomery Methodist
• Clerk: William T. Page
• Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Lehr Fess
• Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
• Postmaster: Frank W. Collier
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers

Notes

References

References

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3. (March 23, 2014). "Four amendments that almost made it into the constitution". The National Constitution Center.
4. "A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789".