64th United States Congress
64th United States Congress | |
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63rd ← → 65th | |
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March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |
Members | 96 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates |
Senate Majority | Democratic |
Senate President | Thomas R. Marshall (D) |
House Majority | Democratic |
House Speaker | Champ Clark (D) |
Sessions | |
1st: December 6, 1915 – September 8, 1916 2nd: December 4, 1916 – March 3, 1917 (lame duck) |
The 64th 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, DC from March 4, 1915, to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth 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 maintained a majority in both chambers (albeit reduced in the House), and along with President Wilson also maintained an overall federal government trifecta.
Major events[]
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- June 9, 1915: (Prelude to World War I):U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned over a disagreement regarding the nation's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking.
- July 24, 1915: The steamer SS Eastland capsized in central Chicago, with the loss of 844 lives.
- July 28, 1915: The United States occupation of Haiti began.
- August 5–August 23, 1915: Hurricane Two of the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season over Galveston and New Orleans left 275 dead.
- March 8–March 9, 1916: Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa led about 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico, killing 12 U.S. soldiers. A garrison of the U.S. 13th Cavalry Regiment fights back and drives them away.
- March 15, 1916: President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
- May 5, 1916: United States Marines invaded the Dominican Republic.
- July 30, 1916: German agents caused the Black Tom explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey, an act of sabotage destroying an ammunition depot and killing at least 7 people.
- November 7, 1916: U.S. presidential election, 1916: Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated Republican Charles E. Hughes.
- January 11, 1917: (Prelude to World War I): German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, NJ (now Lyndhurst, NJ), one of the events leading to U.S. involvement in World War I.
- February 3, 1917: (Prelude to World War I):The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany
Major legislation[]
- May 15, 1916: Kern Amendment
- May 29, 1916: Fraudulent Advertising Act of 1916
- May 31, 1916: Tillman Act
- June 3, 1916: National Defense Act of 1916
- June 9, 1916: Chamberlain–Ferris Act
- July 11, 1916: Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 (Bankhead–Shackleford Act, also known as Federal "Good Roads" Act)
- July 11, 1916: Terminal Inspection Act of 1916
- July 17, 1916: Federal Farm Loan Act (Hollis–Lever Act)
- July 27, 1916: River and Harbors Act of 1916
- July 28, 1916: Space Basis Act
- July 28, 1916: Railway Mail Service Pay Act
- August 9, 1916: Uniform Bill of Lading Act of 1916
- August 11, 1916: Irrigation District Act of 1916 (Smith Act)
- August 11, 1916: Wildlife Game Refuges Act of 1916
- August 11, 1916: Grain Standards Act of 1916
- August 11, 1916: Cotton Futures Act of 1916
- August 11, 1916: Brush Disposal Act of 1916
- August 11, 1916: Warehouse Act of 1916
- August 25, 1916: National Park Service Act (Kent–Smoot Act)
- August 29, 1916:
- August 29, 1916: Jones Act (Philippines)
- August 29, 1916:
- August 29, 1916: Army Appropriations Act of 1916
- August 29, 1916: Naval Act of 1916
- August 29, 1916:
- August 31, 1916:
- August 31, 1916: Standard Fruits and Vegetable Baskets and Containers Act of 1916
- September 1, 1916: Keating–Owen Act
- September 3, 1916: Adamson Act
- September 7, 1916: Merchant Marine Act of 1916 (Alexander Act)
- September 7, 1916: Workingmen's Compensation Act (Kern–McGillicuddy Act)
- September 8, 1916:
- September 8, 1916: Emergency Revenue Act of 1916
- October 20, 1916:
- December 29, 1916: Stock-Raising Homestead Act
- February 5, 1917: Immigration Act of 1917
- February 22, 1917: Federal Interpleader Act of 1917
- February 23, 1917: Smith–Hughes Act
- February 26, 1917: Mount McKinley National Park Act of 1917
- March 1, 1917: Flood Control Act of 1917 (Ransdell–Humphreys Act)
- March 2, 1917: Jones–Shafroth Act
- March 3, 1917: Reed Amendment
- March 3, 1917: Sheppard Bone-Dry Act
- March 3, 1917: Special Preparedness Fund Act of 1917
- March 4, 1917: Timber Export Act
Treaties[]
- January 17, 1917: Treaty of the Danish West Indies signed by President Wilson, ceding the Danish West Indies to the United States after their purchase from Denmark, and renaming them the US Virgin Islands.
Party summary[]
Senate[]
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | |||
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Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | Other |
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End of previous congress | 53 | 42 | 1[a] | 96 | 0 |
Begin | 56 | 40 | 0 | 96 | 0 |
End | 55 | 41 | |||
Final voting share | 57.3% | 42.7% | 0.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 54 | 42 | 0 | 96 | 0 |
House of Representatives[]
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||||||
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Democratic (D) |
Bull Moose (Prog.) | Socialist (Soc.) | Independent (I) | Prohibition (Proh.) | Republican (R) |
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End of previous congress | 282 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 424 | 11 |
Begin | 230 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 193 | 431 | 4 |
End | 227 | 4 | 200 | 434 | 1 | |||
Final voting share | 52.3% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 46.1% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 213 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 216 | 434 | 1 |
Leadership[]
Senate[]
- President: Thomas R. Marshall (D)
- Presidents pro tempore: James P. Clarke (D) and Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D)
- Majority Whip: J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
- Minority Whip: Charles Curtis (R)
- Republican Conference Chairman: Jacob Harold Gallinger
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: John W. Kern
- Republican Conference Secretary: James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Willard Saulsbury Jr., until December 14, 1916
- Key Pittman, acting
House of Representatives[]
- Speaker: Champ Clark (D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership[]
- Majority Leader: Claude Kitchin
- Majority Whip: vacant
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Edward W. Saunders
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Frank Ellsworth Doremus
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[]
Senate[]
At this time, most sitting senators had been elected by the state legislatures, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Due to the 17th Amendment, the incoming class of senators from the 1914 election were all elected directly by the residents of their state, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1916; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1918; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1920.
Alabama[]
Arizona[]
Arkansas[]
California[]
Colorado[]
Connecticut[]
Delaware[]
Florida[]
Georgia[]
Idaho[]
Illinois[]
Indiana[]
Iowa[]
Kansas[]
Kentucky[]
Louisiana[]
Maine[]
Maryland[]
Massachusetts[]
Michigan[]
Minnesota[]
Mississippi[]
Missouri[]
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Montana[]
Nebraska[]
Nevada[]
New Hampshire[]
New Jersey[]
New Mexico[]
New York[]
North Carolina[]
North Dakota[]
Ohio[]
Oklahoma[]
Oregon[]
Pennsylvania[]
Rhode Island[]
South Carolina[]
South Dakota[]
Tennessee[]
Texas[]
Utah[]
Vermont[]
Virginia[]
Washington[]
West Virginia[]
Wisconsin[]
Wyoming[]
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![]() Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 64th Congress in March 1915. 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans
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House of Representatives[]
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama[]
Arizona[]
Arkansas[]
California[]
Colorado[]
Connecticut[]
Delaware[]
Florida[]Georgia[]
Idaho[]Illinois[]
Indiana[]
Iowa[]
Kansas[]
Kentucky[]
Louisiana[]
Maine[]
Maryland[]
Massachusetts[]
Michigan[]
Minnesota[]
Mississippi[]
Missouri[]
Montana[]Nebraska[]
Nevada[]
New Hampshire[] |
New Jersey[]
New Mexico[]
New York[]
North Carolina[]
North Dakota[]Ohio[]
Oklahoma[]
Oregon[]Pennsylvania[]
Rhode Island[]
South Carolina[]
South Dakota[]Tennessee[]
Texas[]
Utah[]Vermont[]Virginia[]
Washington[]
West Virginia[]
Wisconsin[]
Wyoming[]
Non-voting members[]
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Changes in membership[]
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate[]
- Replacements: 3
- Democratic: 1 seat net loss
- Republican: 1 seat net gain
- Deaths: 3
- Resignations: 0
- Vacancy: 0
- Total seats with changes: 4
State | Senator | Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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Indiana (3) |
Benjamin F. Shively (D) | Died March 14, 1916. Successor was appointed. | Thomas Taggart (D) | March 20, 1916 |
Maine (2) |
Edwin C. Burleigh (R) | Died June 16, 1916. Successor was elected. | Bert M. Fernald (R) | September 12, 1916 |
Arkansas (3) |
James P. Clarke (D) | Died October 1, 1916. Successor was elected. | William F. Kirby (D) | November 8, 1916 |
Indiana (3) |
Thomas Taggart (D) | Successor was elected. | James E. Watson (R) | November 8, 1916 |
House of Representatives[]
- Replacements: 9
- Democratic: 2 seat loss
- Republican: 3 seat gain
- Progressive: 1 seat loss
- Deaths: 8
- Resignations: 12
- Contested elections: 4
- Total seats with changes: 15
District | Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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New York 31st | Vacant | Rep. Edwin A. Merritt died during previous congress | Bertrand Snell (R) | November 2, 1915 |
New York 36th | Vacant | Rep. Sereno E. Payne died during previous congress | Norman J. Gould (R) | November 2, 1915 |
Pennsylvania 24th | Vacant | Rep.-elect William M. Brown died during previous congress | Henry W. Temple (R) | November 2, 1915 |
New York 1st | Vacant | Election was tied up in the courts | Frederick C. Hicks (R) | January 4, 1916 |
South Carolina 4th | Joseph T. Johnson (D) | Resigned April 19, 1915 | Samuel J. Nicholls (D) | September 4, 1915 |
New York 23rd | Joseph A. Goulden (D) | Died May 3, 1915 | William S. Bennet (R) | November 2, 1915 |
Mississippi 5th | Samuel A. Witherspoon (D) | Died November 24, 1915 | William W. Venable (D) | January 4, 1916 |
West Virginia 2nd | William Gay Brown Jr. (D) | Died March 9, 1916 | George M. Bowers (R) | May 9, 1916 |
West Virginia 4th | Hunter H. Moss Jr. (R) | Died July 15, 1916 | Harry C. Woodyard (R) | November 7, 1916 |
California 10th | William Stephens (Prog.) | Resigned July 22, 1916, after being elected Lieutenant Governor of California | Henry S. Benedict (R) | November 7, 1916 |
Virginia 7th | James Hay (D) | Resigned October 1, 1916, after being appointed judge of the United States Court of Claims | Thomas W. Harrison (D) | November 7, 1916 |
Philippines Resident Commissioner | Manuel L. Quezon | Resigned October 15, 1916, after being elected to the Senate of the Philippines | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner | Luis Muñoz Rivera | Died November 15, 1916 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Georgia 8th | Samuel J. Tribble (D) | Incumbent died December 8, 1916. Successor elected January 11, 1917. |
Tinsley W. Rucker Jr. (D) | January 11, 1917 |
South Carolina 5th | David E. Finley (D) | Resigned January 26, 1917. Successor elected February 21, 1917. |
Paul G. McCorkle (D) | February 21, 1917 |
New York 15th | Michael F. Conry (D) | Died March 2, 1917 | 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 (5 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: Edwin C. Burleigh then Nathan Goff)
- 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: William A. Smith)
- (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: James E. Martine)
- 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)
- (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
- (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)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Blair Lee; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna)
- Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman: J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: John D. Works)
- 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: George T. Oliver)
- 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: Albert B. Cummins)
- 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: 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: Benjamin F. Shively; 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: Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
- Privileges and Elections (Chairman: John W. Kern; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Claude A. Swanson; Ranking Member: George Sutherland)
- 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: George T. Oliver)
- (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Edwin C. Burleigh then Charles Curtis)
- Rules (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
- (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: Miles Poindexter)
- Whole
- (Chairman: Charles S. Thomas; Ranking Member: George Sutherland)
House of Representatives[]
- Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Miller)
- Agriculture (Chairman: Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen)
- Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Addison T. Smith)
- 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: George W. Edmonds)
- Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member: Edwin E. Roberts)
- Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: J. Frederick Cockey Talbott; Ranking Member: William S. Bennet)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson; Ranking Member: William J. Cary)
- Education (Chairman: Dudley M. Hughes; 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: James D. Post; Ranking Member: Merrill Moores)
- Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James A. Hamill; Ranking Member: John Jacob Rogers)
- Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Lewis L. Morgan; Ranking Member: Cassius C. Dowell)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member: William R. Wood)
- Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Edward J. King)
- Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: John H. Rothermel; Ranking Member: Thomas Sutler Williams)
- Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member: Aaron S. Kreider)
- 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: John G. Cooper)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: George Edmund Foss)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A; 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 Wilson Temple)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: John A.M. Adair; Ranking Member: Luther W. Mott)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas F. Konop; Ranking Member: William A. Rodenberg)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member: Henry Allen Cooper)
- Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John L. Burnett; Ranking Member: Everis A. Hayes)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell)
- (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: John J. Esch)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: John W. Langley)
- 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: William B. McKinley)
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member: William S. Greene)
- Mileage (Chairman: Warren W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Burnett M. Chiperfield)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hay; 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: William A. Oldfield; Ranking Member: John I. Nolan)
- (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: Martin Dies; Ranking Member: William L. La Follette)
- (Chairman: Hannibal L. Godwin; Ranking Member: William B. McKinley)
- Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member: Merrill Moores)
- Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member: William E. Humphrey)
- Roads (Chairman: Dorsey W. Shackleford; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Dunn)
- Rules (Chairman: Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Frank Guernsey)
- War Claims (Chairman: Alexander W. Gregg; Ranking Member: Benjamin K. Focht)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Fordney)
- Whole
Joint committees[]
- (Special)
- Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
- The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sharp Williams)
- (Chairman: Sen. Francis G. Newlands)
- 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:
Senate[]
- Chaplain: F. J. Prettyman (Methodist)
- Secretary: James M. Baker
- Librarian:
- Sergeant at Arms:
House of Representatives[]
- Chaplain: Henry N. Couden
- Clerk: South Trimble
- Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Bennett C. Clark
- Doorkeeper:
- Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R)
- Postmaster:
- Sergeant at Arms: Robert B. Gordon
See also[]
- United States elections, 1914 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States Senate elections, 1914
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1914
- United States elections, 1916 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
- 1916 United States presidential election
- United States Senate elections, 1916
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1916
Notes[]
- ^ Progressive
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- 64th United States Congress