63rd United States Congress

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63rd United States Congress
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United States Capitol (1906)

March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
Members96 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate MajorityDemocratic
Senate PresidentThomas R. Marshall (D)
House MajorityDemocratic
House SpeakerChamp Clark (D)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1913 – March 17, 1913
1st: April 7, 1913 – December 1, 1913
2nd: December 1, 1913 – October 24, 1914
3rd: December 7, 1914 – March 3, 1915

The 63rd 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, 1913, to March 4, 1915, during the first two years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910.

The Democrats had greatly increased their majority in the House, and won control of the Senate, giving them full control of Congress for the first time since the 53rd Congress in 1893. With Woodrow Wilson being sworn in as President on March 4, 1913, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta - also for the first time since the 53rd Congress.

Major events[]

Inauguration platform being constructed on the east steps of the U.S. Capitol, ten days before Woodrow Wilson's March 4, 1913, presidential inauguration.
  • March 4, 1913: Woodrow Wilson became President of the United States.
  • March 9, 1914: The Senate adopted a rule forbidding smoking on the floor of the Senate because Senator Ben Tillman, recovering from a stroke, found the smoke irritating.
  • July 28, 1914: World War I began in Europe
  • August 15, 1914: The Panama Canal was inaugurated
  • August 19, 1914: President Woodrow Wilson declared strict U.S. neutrality
  • November 1914: United States House of Representatives elections, 1914 and United States Senate elections, 1914
  • November 16, 1914: Federal Reserve Bank opened

Major legislation[]

Constitutional amendments[]

  • April 8, 1913: Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the popular election of United States senators by the people of the states, was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution

Party summary[]

Senate[]

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Bull
Moose

(Prog.)
Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 45 0 50 95 1
Begin 49 1 42 92 4
End 53 960
Final voting share 55.2% 1.0% 43.8%
Beginning of next congress 56 0 40 96 0

House of Representatives[]

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Bull
Moose

(Prog.)
Independent
(I)
Republican
(R)
Other
End of previous congress 225 0 0 156 1[a] 382 12
Begin 289 10 1 134 0 434 1
End 282 11 130 42411
Final voting share 66.5% 2.6% 0.2% 30.7% 0.0%
Beginning of next congress 230 5 1 194 2[b] 432 3

Leadership[]

Senate[]

  • President: Thomas R. Marshall (D)
  • President pro tempore: James P. Clarke (D)
  • Majority Whip: J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
  • Minority Whip: James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R) until March 4; Charles Curtis (R) starting March 4
  • Democratic Caucus Chairman: John W. Kern
  • Republican Conference Chairman: Jacob Harold Gallinger
  • Democratic Caucus Secretary: Willard Saulsbury Jr.
  • Republican Conference Secretary: William Squire Kenyon

House of Representatives[]

  • Speaker: Champ Clark (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership[]

  • Majority Leader: Oscar Underwood
  • Majority Whip: Thomas M. Bell
  • Democratic Caucus Chairman: A. Mitchell Palmer
  • Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Frank Ellsworth Doremus

Minority (Republican) leadership[]

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

Members[]

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Senate[]

Most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1916; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1918.

House of Representatives[]

House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80+% to 100% Democratic
  80+% to 100% Republican
  60+% to 80% Democratic
  60+% to 80% Republican
  Up to 60% Democratic
  Up to 60% Republican

Changes in membership[]

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

Senate[]

  • Replacements: 3
    • Democratic: 2 seat net gain
    • Republican: 2 seat net loss
  • Deaths: 3
  • Resignations: 3
  • Vacancies: 3
  • Total seats with changes: 9
State Senator Reason for vacancy Successor Date of successor's installation
New Hampshire
(2)
Vacant Elected late. Henry F. Hollis (D) March 13, 1913
Illinois
(2)
Vacant Due to US Sen.Lorimer scandal, general assembly refused to seat elected Senator at beginning of term. Compromise was later reached with Governor of Illinois to seat senator to replace Lorimer after another election was called. J. Hamilton Lewis (D) March 26, 1913
Illinois
(3)
Vacant Due to US Sen.Lorimer scandal, general assembly refused to seat elected Senator at beginning of term. Compromise was later reached with Governor of Illinois to seat senator who supported Sen Lorimer. Lawrence Y. Sherman (R) March 26, 1913
West Virginia
(2)
Vacant Elected to seat at beginning of term but delayed installation to continue as judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Nathan Goff Jr. (R) April 1, 1913
Alabama
(3)
Joseph F. Johnston (D) Died August 8, 1913. Successor was appointed to finish term. Francis S. White (D) May 11, 1914
Maryland
(1)
William P. Jackson (R) Successor was elected. Blair Lee (D) January 28, 1914
Georgia
(2)
Augustus O. Bacon (D) Died February 14, 1914. Successor was appointed. William S. West (D) March 2, 1914
Kentucky
(3)
William O. Bradley (R) Died May 23, 1914. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. Johnson N. Camden Jr. (D) June 16, 1914
Georgia
(2)
William S. West (D) Successor was elected. Thomas W. Hardwick (D) November 4, 1914

House of Representatives[]

  • Replacements: 20
    • Democratic: 1 seat gain
    • Republican: 2 seat loss
    • Progressive: 1 seat gain
  • Deaths: 11
  • Resignations: 19
  • Contested elections: 2
  • Total seats with changes: 15
District Vacated by Reason for vacancy Successor Date of successor's installation
South Carolina 1st Vacant Rep. George S. Legaré died during previous congress Richard S. Whaley (D) April 29, 1913
Massachusetts 13th John W. Weeks (R) Resigned March 4, 1913, after being elected to the U.S. Senate John J. Mitchell (D) April 15, 1913
Texas 10th Albert S. Burleson (D) Resigned March 6, 1913, after being appointed United States Postmaster General James P. Buchanan (D) April 15, 1913
New Jersey 6th Lewis J. Martin (D) Died May 5, 1913 Archibald C. Hart (D) July 22, 1913
Michigan 12th H. Olin Young (R) Resigned May 16, 1913, while election was being contested William J. MacDonald (Prog.) August 26, 1913
Maine 3rd Forrest Goodwin (R) Died May 28, 1913 John A. Peters (R) September 9, 1913
Maryland 3rd George Konig (D) Died May 31, 1913 Charles P. Coady (D) November 4, 1913
West Virginia 1st John W. Davis (D) Resigned August 29, 1913, after being appointed Solicitor General of the United States Matthew M. Neely (D) October 14, 1913
New York 13th Timothy Sullivan (D) Died August 31, 1913 George W. Loft (D) November 4, 1913
New York 20th Francis B. Harrison (D) Resigned September 1, 1913, after being appointed Governor-General of the Philippines Jacob A. Cantor (D) November 4, 1913
Massachusetts 3rd William Wilder (R) Died September 11, 1913 Calvin Paige (R) November 4, 1913
Georgia 2nd Seaborn Roddenbery (D) Died September 25, 1913 Frank Park (D) November 4, 1913
Iowa 2nd Irvin S. Pepper (D) Died December 22, 1913 Henry Vollmer (D) February 10, 1914
Massachusetts 12th James Michael Curley (D) Resigned February 4, 1914, after being elected Mayor of Boston James A. Gallivan (D) April 7, 1914
New Jersey 7th Robert G. Bremner (D) Died February 5, 1914 Dow H. Drukker (R) April 7, 1914
Alabama 8th William N. Richardson (D) Died March 31, 1914 Christopher C. Harris (D) May 11, 1914
Alabama 3rd Henry D. Clayton Jr. (D) Resigned May 25, 1914, after being appointed judge for U.S. District Court for Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama William O. Mulkey (D) June 29, 1914
Missouri 12th Leonidas C. Dyer (R) Lost contested election June 9, 1914 Michael J. Gill (D) June 9, 1914
Illinois 4th James T. McDermott (D) Resigned July 21, 1914 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 14th William G. Sharp (D) Resigned July 23, 1914, after being appointed United States Ambassador to France Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Massachusetts 11th Andrew J. Peters (D) Resigned August 15, 1914, after being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Massachusetts 10th William F. Murray (D) Resigned September 28, 1914, after being appointed Postmaster of Boston Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Maryland 1st J. Harry Covington (D) Resigned September 30, 1914, after being appointed to serve as chief justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Jesse Price (D) November 3, 1914
New Jersey 9th Walter I. McCoy (D) Resigned October 3, 1914, after being appointed associate justice for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Richard W. Parker (R) December 1, 1914
Georgia 10th Thomas W. Hardwick (D) Resigned November 2, 1914, after being elected to the U.S. Senate Carl Vinson (D) November 3, 1914
New York 36th Sereno E. Payne (R) Died December 10, 1914 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 31st Edwin A. Merritt (R) Died December 14, 1914 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 2nd Denis O'Leary (D) Resigned December 31, 1914 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Minnesota 2nd Winfield Scott Hammond (D) Resigned January 6, 1915, after being elected Governor of Minnesota Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 5th Timothy T. Ansberry (D) Resigned January 9, 1915, after being appointed associate justice of the Ohio Court of Appeals Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 8th Frank B. Willis (R) Resigned January 9, 1915, after being elected Governor of Ohio Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New Jersey 8th Eugene F. Kinkead (D) Resigned February 4, 1915, after becoming sheriff of Hudson County, New Jersey 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 (6 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[]

  • (Select) (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
  • Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
  • Appropriations (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
  • Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John S. Williams; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
  • Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
  • Canadian Relations (Chairman: John K. Shields; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver)
  • Census (Chairman: William E. Chilton; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
  • Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Atlee Pomerene; Ranking Member: Albert B. Cummins)
  • Claims (Chairman: Nathan P. Bryan; Ranking Member: Coe I. Crawford)
  • Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Willard Saulsbury; Ranking Member: Charles E. Townsend)
  • Coast Defenses (Chairman: James E. Martine; Ranking Member: Henry A. du Pont)
  • Commerce (Chairman: James P. Clarke; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
  • Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: James K. Vardaman; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
  • Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
  • Cuban Relations (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow then Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: N/A)
  • (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: Harry Lane)
  • 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: Isaac Stephenson)
  • (Select) (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
  • (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Luke Lea)
  • Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Henry F. Lippitt)
  • Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor (Chairman: William H. Thompson; 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: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
  • Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: William Hughes; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna)
  • Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Blair Lee; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Bristow)
  • Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman: J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member: William P. Jackson)
  • Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: Theodore E. Burton)
  • Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Miles Poindexter; Ranking Member: Harry Lane)
  • Finance (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
  • (Chairman: John R. Thornton; Ranking Member: John D. Works)
  • Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
  • Foreign Relations (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
  • Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Harry Lane; Ranking Member: George P. McLean)
  • (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: John W. Kern)
  • Immigration (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
  • Indian Affairs (Chairman: William J. Stone; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp)
  • Indian Depredations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
  • Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member: Elihu Root)
  • Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: James A. O'Gorman; Ranking Member: Frank B. Brandegee)
  • Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Francis G. Newlands; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp)
  • Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Marcus A. Smith; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones)
  • Judiciary (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
  • Library (Chairman: Luke Lea; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver)
  • Manufactures (Chairman: James A. Reed; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver)
  • Military Affairs (Chairman: George E. Chamberlain; Ranking Member: Henry A. du Pont)
  • Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas J. Walsh; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter)
  • (Select) (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams)
  • (Chairman: Charles F. Johnson; Ranking Member: James H. Brady)
  • Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: George C. Perkins)
  • Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: John F. Shafroth; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter)
  • Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Shively)
  • Patents (Chairman: Ollie M. James; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
  • Pensions (Chairman: Benjamin F. Shively; Ranking Member: Porter J. McCumber)
  • Philippines (Chairman: Gilbert M. Hitchcock; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Bristow)
  • Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
  • Printing (Chairman: Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
  • Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
  • Privileges and Elections (Chairman: John W. Kern; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
  • Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Claude A. Swanson)
  • Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Joseph E. Ransdell; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
  • Public Lands (Chairman: Henry L. Myers; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
  • Railroads (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
  • (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: George Sutherland)
  • Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
  • Rules (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
  • (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)
  • Tariff Regulation (Select)
  • (Select)
  • Territories (Chairman: Key Pittman; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
  • Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member: Henry F. Hollis)
  • Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard)
  • (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: John W. Smith)
  • Whole
  • (Chairman: Charles S. Thomas; Ranking Member: George Sutherland)

House of Representatives[]

  • Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member: James A. Hughes)
  • Agriculture (Chairman: Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen)
  • Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Barchfeld)
  • Appropriations (Chairman: John J. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Frederick H. Gillett)
  • Banking and Currency (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Everis A. Hayes)
  • Census (Chairman: Harvey Helm; Ranking Member: Asher C. Hinds)
  • Claims (Chairman: Edward W. Pou; Ranking Member: Luther W. Mott)
  • Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member: Luther W. Mott)
  • Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: J. Frederick Cockey Talbott; Ranking Member: Patrick H. Kelley)
  • District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson; Ranking Member: William J. Cary)
  • Education (Chairman: Dudley M. Hughes; Ranking Member: James F. Burke)
  • Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: William W. Rucker; Ranking Member: William D. B. Ainey)
  • Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James D. Post; Ranking Member: Burton L. French)
  • Elections No.#2 (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: William H. Stafford)
  • Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Henry M. Goldfogle; Ranking Member: John C. McKenzie)
  • Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member: Simeon D. Fess)
  • Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Charles H. Sloan)
  • Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: John H. Rothermel; Ranking Member: Bird Segle McGuire)
  • Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member: Franklin W. Mondell)
  • Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Robert F. Broussard; Ranking Member: Stephen G. Porter)
  • Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman: James P. Maher; Ranking Member: Halvor Steenerson)
  • Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: John W. Langley)
  • Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Daniel R. Anthony Jr.)
  • Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Courtney W. Hamlin; Ranking Member: Willis C. Hawley)
  • Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles O. Lobeck; Ranking Member: Dick Thompson Morgan)
  • Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: John A.M. Adair; Ranking Member: Ernest W. Roberts)
  • Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas F. Konop; Ranking Member: John J. Esch)
  • Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member: Henry Allen Cooper)
  • Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John L. Burnett; Ranking Member: Augustus P. Gardner)
  • Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member: Charles H. Burke)
  • (Chairman: Edwin S. Underhill; Ranking Member: Frank P. Woods)
  • Insular Affairs (Chairman: William A. Jones; Ranking Member: Horace M. Towner)
  • Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William C. Adamson; Ranking Member: Frederick C. Stevens)
  • Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: J.N. Langham)
  • Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William R. Smith; Ranking Member: Moses P. Kinkaid)
  • Judiciary (Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Volstead)
  • Labor (Chairman: David J. Lewis; Ranking Member: John M. C. Smith)
  • Library (Chairman: James L. Slayden; Ranking Member: Richard Bartholdt)
  • Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member: William S. Greene)
  • Mileage (Chairman: Warren W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Charles A. Kennedy)
  • Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hay; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn)
  • Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin D. Foster; Ranking Member: Joseph Howell)
  • Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Butler)
  • Patents (Chairman: William A. Oldfield; Ranking Member: Hunter H. Moss Jr.)
  • (Chairman: John A. Key; Ranking Member: Sam R. Sells)
  • Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member: Samuel W. Smith)
  • Printing (Chairman: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Edgar R. Kiess)
  • Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin)
  • Public Lands (Chairman: Frank Clark; Ranking Member: Irvine L. Lenroot)
  • Railways and Canals (Chairman: Martin Dies; Ranking Member: William L. La Follette)
  • (Chairman: Hannibal L. Godwin; Ranking Member: George C. Scott)
  • Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member: Edwin A. Merritt)
  • Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member: William E. Humphrey)
  • Roads (Chairman: Dorsey W. Shackleford; Ranking Member: C. Bascom Slemp)
  • Rules (Chairman: Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell)
  • Standards of Official Conduct
  • Territories (Chairman: William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Frank E. Guernsey)
  • War Claims (Chairman: Alexander W. Gregg; Ranking Member: Frank Plumley)
  • Ways and Means (Chairman: Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: Sereno E. Payne)
  • Whole

Joint committees[]

  • (Special)
  • Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
  • (Chairman: Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Vice Chairman: Rep. Dorsey W. Shackleford)
  • The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sharp Williams)
  • (Chairman: Sen. Francis G. Newlands)
  • (Chairman: Sen. Joseph L. Bristow; Vice Chairman: Rep. David E. Finley)
  • Printing (Chairman: Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher)
  • Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail (Chairman: Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr.)
  • (Chairman: Rep. Carter Glass)

Caucuses[]

  • Democratic (House)
  • Democratic (Senate)

Employees[]

Legislative branch agency directors[]

  • Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
  • Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
  • Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly, until 1913
    • Cornelius Ford, from 1913

Senate[]

  • Secretary: Charles G. Bennett, until March 13, 1913.
    • James M. Baker, elected March 13, 1913.
  • Sergeant at Arms: , elected December 10, 1912
    • , elected March 13, 1913
  • Chaplain: Edward Everett Hale, Unitarian, until March 13, 1913
    • F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected March 13, 1913.

House of Representatives[]

  • Clerk: South Trimble
  • Sergeant at Arms: , until April 7, 1913
    • Robert B. Gordon, from April 7, 1913
  • Doorkeeper:
  • Postmaster:
  • Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Bennett C. Clark
  • Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R)
  • Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Socialist
  2. ^ Socialist & Prohibition
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