69th United States Congress



































69th United States Congress


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United States Capitol (1906)

March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927
Senate President
Charles G. Dawes (R)
Senate President pro tem
George H. Moses (R)
House Speaker
Nicholas Longworth (R)
Members 96 senators
435 members of the House
5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority Republican
House Majority Republican
Sessions

Special: March 4, 1925 – March 18, 1925
1st: December 7, 1925 – July 3, 1926
2nd: December 6, 1926 – March 3, 1927

The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1925, to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth years of Calvin Coolidge's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910. Both chambers had a Republican majority.


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Contents






  • 1 Major events


  • 2 Major legislation


  • 3 Party summary


    • 3.1 Senate


    • 3.2 House of Representatives




  • 4 Leadership


    • 4.1 Senate


      • 4.1.1 Majority (Republican) leadership


      • 4.1.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership




    • 4.2 House of Representatives


      • 4.2.1 Majority (Republican) leadership


      • 4.2.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership






  • 5 Members


    • 5.1 Senate


      • 5.1.1 Alabama


      • 5.1.2 Arizona


      • 5.1.3 Arkansas


      • 5.1.4 California


      • 5.1.5 Colorado


      • 5.1.6 Connecticut


      • 5.1.7 Delaware


      • 5.1.8 Florida


      • 5.1.9 Georgia


      • 5.1.10 Idaho


      • 5.1.11 Illinois


      • 5.1.12 Indiana


      • 5.1.13 Iowa


      • 5.1.14 Kansas


      • 5.1.15 Kentucky


      • 5.1.16 Louisiana


      • 5.1.17 Maine


      • 5.1.18 Maryland


      • 5.1.19 Massachusetts


      • 5.1.20 Michigan


      • 5.1.21 Minnesota


      • 5.1.22 Mississippi


      • 5.1.23 Missouri


      • 5.1.24 Montana


      • 5.1.25 Nebraska


      • 5.1.26 Nevada


      • 5.1.27 New Hampshire


      • 5.1.28 New Jersey


      • 5.1.29 New Mexico


      • 5.1.30 New York


      • 5.1.31 North Carolina


      • 5.1.32 North Dakota


      • 5.1.33 Ohio


      • 5.1.34 Oklahoma


      • 5.1.35 Oregon


      • 5.1.36 Pennsylvania


      • 5.1.37 Rhode Island


      • 5.1.38 South Carolina


      • 5.1.39 South Dakota


      • 5.1.40 Tennessee


      • 5.1.41 Texas


      • 5.1.42 Utah


      • 5.1.43 Vermont


      • 5.1.44 Virginia


      • 5.1.45 Washington


      • 5.1.46 West Virginia


      • 5.1.47 Wisconsin


      • 5.1.48 Wyoming




    • 5.2 House of Representatives


      • 5.2.1 Alabama


      • 5.2.2 Arizona


      • 5.2.3 Arkansas


      • 5.2.4 California


      • 5.2.5 Colorado


      • 5.2.6 Connecticut


      • 5.2.7 Delaware


      • 5.2.8 Florida


      • 5.2.9 Georgia


      • 5.2.10 Idaho


      • 5.2.11 Illinois


      • 5.2.12 Indiana


      • 5.2.13 Iowa


      • 5.2.14 Kansas


      • 5.2.15 Kentucky


      • 5.2.16 Louisiana


      • 5.2.17 Maine


      • 5.2.18 Maryland


      • 5.2.19 Massachusetts


      • 5.2.20 Michigan


      • 5.2.21 Minnesota


      • 5.2.22 Mississippi


      • 5.2.23 Missouri


      • 5.2.24 Montana


      • 5.2.25 Nebraska


      • 5.2.26 Nevada


      • 5.2.27 New Hampshire


      • 5.2.28 New Jersey


      • 5.2.29 New Mexico


      • 5.2.30 New York


      • 5.2.31 North Carolina


      • 5.2.32 North Dakota


      • 5.2.33 Ohio


      • 5.2.34 Oklahoma


      • 5.2.35 Oregon


      • 5.2.36 Pennsylvania


      • 5.2.37 Rhode Island


      • 5.2.38 South Carolina


      • 5.2.39 South Dakota


      • 5.2.40 Tennessee


      • 5.2.41 Texas


      • 5.2.42 Utah


      • 5.2.43 Vermont


      • 5.2.44 Virginia


      • 5.2.45 Washington


      • 5.2.46 West Virginia


      • 5.2.47 Wisconsin


      • 5.2.48 Wyoming


      • 5.2.49 Non-voting members






  • 6 Changes in membership


    • 6.1 Senate


    • 6.2 House of Representatives




  • 7 Committees


    • 7.1 Senate


    • 7.2 House of Representatives


    • 7.3 Joint committees




  • 8 Caucuses


  • 9 Employees


    • 9.1 Senate


    • 9.2 House of Representatives




  • 10 See also


  • 11 References


  • 12 External links





Major events



A special session of the Senate was called by President Coolidge on February 14, 1925.



  • Impeachment of Judge George W. English — On April 1, 1926, the House of Representatives impeached Judge George W. English of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. Both Houses adjourned on July 3, 1926, with the Senate scheduled to reconvene on November 10, 1926, as a Court of Impeachment. English resigned before the impeachment trial began. The Senate met as planned on November 10, 1926, to adjourn the court of impeachment sine die. On December 13, 1926, the Senate, acting on advice from the House managers of the impeachment, formally dismissed all charges against Judge English.

  • January 17, 1927: U.S. Supreme Court held (McGrain v. Daugherty) that Congress has the power to compel witness and testimony.



Major legislation




Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts presiding over the House Chamber in 1926




  • February 26, 1926: Revenue Act of 1926

  • April 12, 1926: Timber Exportation Act of 1926

  • May 8, 1926: Federal Interpleader Act of 1926

  • May 20, 1926: Air Commerce Act

  • May 20, 1926: Federal Black Bass Act of 1926

  • May 20, 1926: Railway Labor Act (Parker-Watson Act)

  • May 25, 1926: Omnibus Adjustment Act of 1926

  • May 25, 1926: Public Buildings Act of 1926 (Elliot-Fernald Act)

  • May 26, 1926: Shenandoah National Park Act of 1926

  • June 3, 1926: Subsistence Expense Act of 1926

  • June 14, 1926: Recreation and Public Purposes Act

  • June 15, 1926: Limitation of National Forest Designation Act

  • July 2, 1926: Cooperative Marketing Act

  • July 3, 1926: Walsh Act

  • July 3, 1926: Passport Act of 1926

  • January 21, 1927: River and Harbors Act of 1927

  • February 23, 1927: Radio Act of 1927 (Dill-White Act)

  • February 25, 1927: McFadden Act (Pepper-McFadden Act)

  • March 3, 1927: Foreign and Domestic Commerce Act of 1927

  • March 3, 1927: Produce Agency Act of 1927

  • March 4, 1927: Mayfield-Newton Act



Party summary




Senate composition, by party


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 in the "Changes in membership" section.



Senate





































































Party
(shading shows control)
Total
Vacant

Democratic
(D)

Farmer–Labor
(FL)

Republican
(R)
End of the previous congress

42

2

52
96
0

Begin

40

1

55

96
0
End 42 53
Final voting share 7001438000000000000♠43.8% 7000100000000000000♠1.0% 7001552000000000000♠55.2%
Beginning of the next congress

47

1

46
94
2


House of Representatives




  • American Labor (AL): 1


  • Democratic (D): 183


  • Farmer-Labor (FL): 3


  • Republican (R): 247 (majority)


  • Socialist (S): 1


TOTAL members: 435



Leadership



Senate


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Senate Leadership


Charles G. Dawes

Senate President
Charles G. Dawes (R)



Albert B. Cummins

Senate President pro tempore
Albert B. Cummins (R), until March 6, 1925



George H. Moses

Senate President pro tempore
George H. Moses (R), from March 6, 1925






  • President: Charles G. Dawes (R)


  • President pro tempore: Albert B. Cummins (R), elected March 4, 1925

    • George H. Moses (R), elected March 6, 1925




Majority (Republican) leadership




  • Majority Leader: Charles Curtis


  • Majority Whip: Wesley L. Jones


  • Republican Conference Secretary: James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.



Minority (Democratic) leadership




  • Minority Leader: Joseph T. Robinson


  • Minority Whip: Peter G. Gerry


  • Democratic Caucus Secretary: William H. King




House of Representatives




House Leadership


Nicholas Longworth

House Speaker
Nicholas Longworth (R)





  • Speaker: Nicholas Longworth (R)


Majority (Republican) leadership




  • Majority Leader: John Q. Tilson


  • Majority Whip: Albert H. Vestal


  • Republican Conference Chair: Willis C. Hawley



Minority (Democratic) leadership




  • Minority Leader: Finis J. Garrett


  • Minority Whip: William Allan Oldfield


  • Democratic Caucus Chairman: Charles D. Carter




Members


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



Senate


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 the last Congress, facing re-election in 1928; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, facing re-election in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1926.












House of Representatives












Changes in membership


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



Senate



  • replacements: 9


    • Democratic: no net change


    • Republican: no net change



  • deaths: 7

  • resignations: 0

  • contested election: 1

  • interim appointments: 2

  • Total seats with changes: 10















































































State
Senator
Reason for Vacancy
Successor
Date of Successor's Installation

Missouri
(3)

Selden P. Spencer (R)
Died May 16, 1925. Successor was appointed.

George H. Williams (R)
May 25, 1925

Wisconsin
(1)

Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R)
Died June 18, 1925. Successor was elected.

Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R)
September 30, 1925

North Dakota
(2)

Edwin F. Ladd (R)
Died June 22, 1925. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected

Gerald Nye (R)
November 14, 1925

Indiana
(1)

Samuel M. Ralston (D)
Died October 14, 1925. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.

Arthur R. Robinson (R)
October 20, 1925

Iowa
(2)

Smith W. Brookhart (R)
Lost election challenge April 12, 1926

Daniel F. Steck (D)
April 12, 1926

Iowa
(3)

Albert B. Cummins (R)
Died July 30, 1926.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.

David W. Stewart (R)
August 7, 1926

Maine
(2)

Bert M. Fernald (R)
Died August 23, 1926. Successor was elected.

Arthur R. Gould (R)
November 30, 1926

Massachusetts
(1)

William M. Butler (R)
Appointed in previous Congress and served until successor was elected.

David I. Walsh (D)
December 6, 1926

Missouri
(3)

George H. Williams (R)
Successor was elected.

Harry B. Hawes (D)
December 6, 1926

Illinois
(3)

William B. McKinley (R)
Died December 7, 1926. Frank L. Smith was appointed by the governor some date in December 1926[2] but the US Senate voted to not allow him to qualify as a senator, based upon fraud and corruption in his campaign.
Vacant


House of Representatives



  • replacements: 9


    • Democratic: 1 seat net loss


    • Republican: 1 seat net gain



  • deaths: 9

  • resignations: 2

  • Total seats with changes: 12




























































































District
Vacator
Reason for Vacancy
Successor


New Jersey 3rd
Vacant
Rep. T. Frank Appleby died during previous congress

Stewart H. Appleby (R)
November 3, 1925

Massachusetts 5th

John J. Rogers (R)
Died March 28, 1925

Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
June 30, 1925

Michigan 3rd

Arthur B. Williams (R)
Died May 1, 1925

Joseph L. Hooper (R)
August 18, 1925

Massachusetts 2nd

George B. Churchill (R)
Died July 1, 1925

Henry L. Bowles (R)
September 29, 1925

Kentucky 3rd

Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. (D)
Died September 3, 1925

John W. Moore (D)
December 26, 1925

California 2nd

John E. Raker (D)
Died January 22, 1926

Harry L. Englebright (R)
August 31, 1926

Massachusetts 8th

Harry I. Thayer (R)
Died March 10, 1926

Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
November 2, 1926

California 5th

Lawrence J. Flaherty (R)
Died June 13, 1926

Richard J. Welch (R)
August 31, 1926

Illinois 12th

Charles E. Fuller (R)
Died June 25, 1926
Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Kentucky 10th

John W. Langley (R)
Resigned January 11, 1926, after being convicted of illegally selling alcohol

Andrew J. Kirk (R)
February 13, 1926

Missouri 11th

Harry B. Hawes (D)
Resigned October 15, 1926

John J. Cochran (D)
November 2, 1926

Ohio 2nd

Ambrose E. B. Stephens (R)
Died February 12, 1927
Seat remained vacant until next Congress


Committees


Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (4 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.



Senate



  • Agriculture and Forestry


  • Alien Property Custodian's Office (Select)

  • Appropriations

  • Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate

  • Banking and Currency

  • Civil Service

  • Claims

  • Commerce

  • District of Columbia

  • Education and Labor

  • Enrolled Bills

  • Expenditures in Executive Departments

  • Finance

  • Foreign Relations

  • Immigration

  • Immigration and Naturalization

  • Indian Affairs


  • Internal Revenue Bureau (Select)

  • Interoceanic Canals

  • Interstate Commerce

  • Judiciary

  • Library

  • Manufactures

  • Military Affairs

  • Mines and Mining

  • Naval Affairs

  • Patents

  • Pensions

  • Post Office and Post Roads

  • Printing

  • Privileges and Elections

  • Public Buildings and Grounds

  • Public Lands and Surveys

  • Revision of the Laws

  • Rules


  • Senatorial Elections (Select)


  • Tariff Commission (Select)

  • Territories and Insular Possessions


  • War Finance Corporation Loans (Select)

  • Whole



House of Representatives



  • Accounts

  • Agriculture

  • Alcoholic Liquor Traffic

  • Appropriations

  • Banking and Currency

  • Census

  • Civil Service

  • Claims

  • Coinage, Weights and Measures

  • Disposition of Executive Papers

  • District of Columbia

  • Education

  • Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress

  • Elections

  • Enrolled Bills

  • Expenditures in the Agriculture Department

  • Expenditures in the Commerce Department

  • Expenditures in the Interior Department

  • Expenditures in the Justice Department

  • Expenditures in the Labor Department

  • Expenditures in the Navy Department

  • Expenditures in the Post Office Department

  • Expenditures in the State Department

  • Expenditures in the Treasury Department

  • Expenditures in the War Department

  • Expenditures on Public Buildings

  • Flood Control

  • Foreign Affairs

  • Immigration and Naturalization

  • Indian Affairs

  • Industrial Arts and Expositions

  • Insular Affairs

  • Interstate and Foreign Commerce

  • Invalid Pensions

  • Irrigation and Reclamation

  • Labor

  • Merchant Marine and Fisheries

  • Mileage

  • Military Affairs

  • Mines and Mining

  • Naval Affairs

  • Patents

  • Post Office and Post Roads

  • Public Buildings and Grounds

  • Public Lands

  • Railways and Canals

  • Revision of Laws

  • Rivers and Harbors

  • Roads

  • Rules

  • Standards of Official Conduct

  • Territories

  • War Claims

  • Ways and Means

  • Woman Suffrage

  • Whole



Joint committees



  • Civil Service Retirement Act


  • Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)

  • Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers

  • Investigation of Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants

  • Muscle Shoals

  • Taxation



Caucuses




  • Democratic (House)


  • Democratic (Senate)



Employees




  • Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn


  • 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

    • Edwin P. Thayer, from December 7, 1925



  • Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry



House of Representatives




  • Chaplain: James S. Montgomery (Methodist)


  • Clerk: William T. Page


  • Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Lehr Fess, resigned February 1, 1927

    • Lewis Deschler, appointed February 1, 1927



  • Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy


  • Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and N/A (R)


  • Postmaster: Frank W. Collier


  • Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers



See also




  • United States elections, 1924 (elections leading to this Congress)

    • United States presidential election, 1924

    • United States Senate elections, 1924

    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1924




  • United States elections, 1926 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

    • United States Senate elections, 1926

    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1926





References





  1. ^ Frank L. Smith (R-IL) was elected to the Senate for the term starting March 4, 1927, and when McKinley died he was appointed to finish McKinley's term. The Senate refused to qualify him due to charges of corruption concerning his election. He would later resign. See http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000534.


  2. ^ Exact date of Frank L. Smith's appointment to the Senate is unknown, but certainly between his predecessor's death on December 7, 1926, and the end of the term on March 4, 1927.[Data unknown/missing.]





  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.



External links



  • Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

  • U.S. House of Representatives: House History

  • U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists


  • Official Congressional Directory for the 69th Congress, 1st Session.


  • Official Congressional Directory for the 69th Congress, 1st Session (Revision).


  • Official Congressional Directory for the 69th Congress, 2nd Session.


  • Official Congressional Directory for the 69th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).









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