65th United States Congress

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65th United States Congress
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March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919
Members96 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate MajorityDemocratic
Senate PresidentThomas R. Marshall (D)
House MajorityDemocratic (coalition)
House SpeakerChamp Clark (D)
Sessions
Special: March 5, 1917 – March 16, 1917
1st: April 2, 1917 – October 6, 1917
2nd: December 3, 1917 – November 21, 1918
3rd: December 2, 1918 – March 3, 1919

The 65th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917, to March 4, 1919, during the fifth and sixth years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910.

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

Major events[]

1918 flu pandemic
Main articles: 1917 in the United States, 1918 in the United States, and 1919 in the United States
  • March 4, 1917: Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • March 8, 1917: The United States Senate adopted the cloture rule to limit filibusters.
  • April 2, 1917: World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • March 4, 1918: A soldier at Camp Funston, Kansas, fell sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.

Major legislation[]

President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2, 1917.
After war was declared, war bond posters demonized Germany
Young men at the first national registration day held in association with the Selective Service Act of 1917.
Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 65th United States Congress
  • April 6, 1917: Declaration of war against Germany, Sess. 1 ch. 1, 40 Stat. 1
  • April 24, 1917: First Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 1, ch. 4, 40 Stat. 35
  • May 12, 1917: Enemy Vessel Confiscation Joint Resolution, Pub.L. 65–2, 40 Stat. 75
  • May 12, 1917: First Army Appropriations Act of 1917, 40 Stat. 69
  • May 18, 1917: Selective Service Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 15, 40 Stat. 76
  • May 29, 1917: Esch Car Service Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 23, 40 Stat. 101
  • June 15, 1917: Emergency Shipping Fund Act of 1917, c. 29, 40 Stat. 182
  • June 15, 1917: Second Army Appropriations Act of 1917, 40 Stat. 188
  • June 15, 1917: Espionage Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 30, 40 Stat. 217 (incl. title XI: Search Warrant Act of 1917)
  • July 24, 1917: Aviation Act of 1917, ch. 40, 40 Stat. 243
  • August 8, 1917: River and Harbor Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 49, 40 Stat. 250
  • August 10, 1917: Priority of Shipments Act of 1917 (), Sess. 1, ch. 51, 40 Stat. 272
  • August 10, 1917: Food and Fuel Control Act (Lever Act), Sess. 1, ch. 53, 40 Stat. 27
  • October 1, 1917: Second Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 1, ch. 56, 40 Stat. 288
  • October 1, 1917: Aircraft Board Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 61, 40 Stat. 296
  • October 3, 1917: War Revenue Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 63, 40 Stat. 300
  • October 5, 1917: Repatriation Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 68, 40 Stat. 340
  • October 6, 1917: Federal Explosives Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 83, 40 Stat. 385
  • October 6, 1917: War Risk Insurance Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 105, 40 Stat. 398
  • October 6, 1917: International Emergency Economic Powers Act (Trading with the Enemy Act), Sess. 1, ch. 106, 40 Stat. 411
  • December 7, 1917: , Sess. 2, ch. 1, 40 Stat. 429
  • February 24, 1918: Revenue Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 18, 40 Stat. 1057
  • March 8, 1918: Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, Sess. 2, ch. 20, 40 Stat. 440
  • March 19, 1918: Standard Time Act of 1918 (Calder Act), Sess. 2, ch. 24, 40 Stat. 450
  • March 21, 1918: , Sess. 2, ch. 25, 40 Stat. 451
  • April 4, 1918: Third Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 2, ch. 44, 40 Stat. 502
  • April 5, 1918: , Sess. 2, ch. 45, 40 Stat. 506
  • April 10, 1918: Webb–Pomerene Act, Sess. 2, ch. 50, 40 Stat. 516
  • April 18, 1918: , Sess. 2, ch. 57, 40 Stat. 532
  • April 20, 1918: , Sess. 2, ch. 59, 40 Stat. 533
  • April 23, 1918: Pittman Act, Sess. 2, ch. 63, 40 Stat. 535
  • May 9, 1918: Alien Naturalization Act, Sess. 2, ch. 69, 40 Stat. 542
  • May 16, 1918: , Sess. 2, ch. 74, 40 Stat. 550
  • May 16, 1918: Sedition Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 75, 40 Stat. 553
  • May 20, 1918: Departmental Reorganization Act (Overman Act), Sess. 2, ch. 78, 40 Stat. 556
  • May 22, 1918: Wartime Measure Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 81, 40 Stat. 559
  • May 31, 1918: , Sess. 2, ch. 90, 40 Stat. 593
  • June 27, 1918: (), Sess. 2, ch. 107, 40 Stat. 617
  • July 3, 1918: Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 128, 40 Stat. 755
  • July 9, 1918: Fourth Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 2, ch. 142, 40 Stat. 844
  • July 9, 1918: , Sess. 2, ch. 143, 40 Stat. 845 (incl. ch. 15: (Chamberlain–Kahn Act))
  • July 18, 1918: , Sess. 2, ch. 155, 40 Stat. 904
  • July 18, 1918: , Sess. 2, ch. 157, 40 Stat. 913
  • October 16, 1918: Immigration Act of 1918 (), Sess. 2, ch. 186, 40 Stat. 1012
  • October 16, 1918: (), Sess. 2, ch. 187, 40 Stat. 1013
  • November 7, 1918: , Sess. 2, ch. 209, 40 Stat. 1043
  • November 21, 1918: (), Sess. 2, ch. 212, 40 Stat. 1045
  • February 24, 1919: , Sess. 3, ch. 18, 40 Stat. 1138
  • February 26, 1919: Grand Canyon National Park Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 44, 40 Stat. 1178
  • February 26, 1919: Acadia National Park Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 45, 40 Stat. 1178
  • March 2, 1919: (, ), Sess. 3, ch. 94, 40 Stat. 1272
  • March 2, 1919: , Sess. 3, ch. 95, 40 Stat. 1275
  • March 3, 1919: , Sess. 3, ch. 98, 40 Stat. 1302
  • March 3, 1919: Fifth Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 3, ch. 100, 40 Stat. 1309
  • March 4, 1919: Wheat Price Guarantee Act, Sess. 3, ch. 125, 40 Stat. 1348

Major resolutions[]

Constitutional amendments[]

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

Party summary[]

Senate[]

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic
(D) 		Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 55 41 96 0
Begin 54 42 96 0
End 51 45
Final voting share 53.1% 46.9%
Beginning of next congress 47 49 96 0

House of Representatives[]

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates control)
 Total
Democratic (D) Bull Moose (Prog.) Socialist (Soc.) Prohibition (Proh.) Republican (R) Other Vacant
End of previous Congress 227 4 1 1 200 1[a] 434 1
Begin 213 3 1 1 216 0 434 1
End 211 212 428 7
Final voting share 50.2% 0.2% 49.5% 0.0%
Beginning of the next Congress 191 0 1 1 238 1[b] 432 3

Leadership[]

Senate[]

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

House 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: Scott Ferris

Minority (Republican) leadership[]

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

Members[]

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Senate[]

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

House of Representatives[]

Changes in membership[]

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

Senate[]

  • Replacements: 17
    • Democratic: 3-seat net loss
    • Republican: 3-seat net gain
  • Deaths: 10
  • Resignations: 1
  • Vacancy: 0
  • Total seats with changes: 10
State Senator Reason for vacancy Successor Date of successor's installation
Oregon
(2) 		Harry Lane (D) Died May 23, 1917.
Successor was appointed. 		Charles L. McNary (R) May 29, 1917
Wisconsin
(3) 		Paul O. Husting (D) Died October 21, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		Irvine Lenroot (R) April 18, 1918
Nevada
(3) 		Francis G. Newlands (D) Died December 24, 1917.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. 		Charles Henderson (D) January 12, 1918
Idaho
(3) 		James H. Brady (R) Died January 13, 1918.
Successor appointed and elected November 5, 1918. 		John F. Nugent (D) January 22, 1918
New Jersey
(2) 		William Hughes (D) Died January 30, 1918.
Successor appointed February 23, 1918 and elected November 5, 1918. 		David Baird Sr. (R) February 23, 1918
Louisiana
(3) 		Robert F. Broussard (D) Died April 12, 1918.
Successor was appointed. 		Walter Guion (D) April 22, 1918
Missouri
(3) 		William J. Stone (D) Died April 14, 1918.
Successor was appointed. 		Xenophon P. Wilfley (D) April 30, 1918
South Carolina
(2) 		Benjamin Tillman (D) Died July 3, 1918.
Successor was appointed. 		Christie Benet (D) July 6, 1918
New Hampshire
(3) 		Jacob H. Gallinger (R) Died August 17, 1918.
Successor was appointed. 		Irving W. Drew (R) September 2, 1918
Kentucky
(2) 		Ollie M. James (D) Died August 28, 1918.
Successor was appointed. 		George B. Martin (D) September 7, 1918
Louisiana
(3) 		Walter Guion (D) Interim appointee replaced by elected successor. Edward Gay (D) November 6, 1918
Missouri
(3) 		Xenophon P. Wilfley (D) Interim appointee replaced by elected successor. Selden P. Spencer (R) November 6, 1918
New Hampshire
(3) 		Irving W. Drew (R) Interim appointee replaced by elected successor. George H. Moses (R) November 6, 1918
Oregon
(2) 		Charles L. McNary (R) Interim appointee replaced by elected successor. Frederick W. Mulkey (R) November 6, 1918
South Carolina
(2) 		Christie Benet (D) Interim appointee replaced by elected successor. William P. Pollock (D) November 6, 1918
Oregon
(2) 		Frederick W. Mulkey (R) Resigned December 17, 1918, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor was appointed. 		Charles L. McNary (R) December 18, 1918

House of Representatives[]

  • replacements: 23
    • Democratic: no net change
    • Republican: no net change
  • Deaths: 15
  • Resignations: 12
  • Contested elections: 3
  • Total seats with changes: 31
District Vacated by Reason for vacancy Successor Date of successor's installation
New York 15th Vacant Rep. Michael F. Conry died during previous congress.
Successor was elected. 		Thomas F. Smith (D) April 12, 1917
New Hampshire 1st Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) Died March 11, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		Sherman E. Burroughs (R) May 29, 1917
Pennsylvania 28th Orrin D. Bleakley (R) Resigned April 3, 1917, after being convicted and fined under the Federal Corrupt Practices Act.
Successor was elected. 		Earl H. Beshlin (D) November 6, 1917
North Dakota 1st Henry T. Helgesen (R) Died April 10, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		John M. Baer (R) July 20, 1917
Massachusetts 6th Augustus P. Gardner (R) Resigned May 15, 1917, to join the U.S. Army.
Successor was elected. 		Willfred W. Lufkin (R) November 6, 1917
Indiana 6th Daniel W. Comstock (R) Died May 19, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		Richard N. Elliott (R) June 29, 1917
Connecticut 4th Ebenezer J. Hill (R) Died September 27, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		Schuyler Merritt (R) November 6, 1917
Illinois 4th Charles Martin (D) Resigned October 28, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		John W. Rainey (D) April 2, 1918
Michigan 2nd Mark R. Bacon (R) Lost contested election December 13, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		Samuel Beakes (D) December 13, 1917
Georgia 4th William C. Adamson (D) Resigned December 18, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		William C. Wright (D) January 6, 1918
Ohio 14th Ellsworth R. Bathrick (D) Died December 23, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		Martin L. Davey (D) November 5, 1918
New York 7th John J. Fitzgerald (D) Resigned December 31, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		John J. Delaney (D) March 5, 1918
New York 8th Daniel J. Griffin (D) Resigned December 31, 1917, after being elected Sheriff of Kings County, New York.
Successor was elected. 		William E. Cleary (D) March 5, 1918
New York 22nd Henry Bruckner (D) Resigned December 31, 1917.
Successor was elected. 		Anthony J. Griffin (D) March 5, 1918
New York 21st George M. Hulbert (D) Resigned January 1, 1918, to become Commissioner of Docks and director of the Port of New York.
Successor was elected. 		Jerome F. Donovan (D) March 5, 1918
New Jersey 5th John H. Capstick (R) Died March 17, 1918.
Successor was elected. 		William F. Birch (R) November 5, 1918
Virginia 1st William A. Jones (D) Died April 17, 1918.
Successor was elected. 		S. Otis Bland (D) July 2, 1918
Wisconsin 11th Irvine Lenroot (R) Resigned April 17, 1918, after being elected to the U.S. Senate.
Successor was elected. 		Adolphus P. Nelson (R) November 5, 1918
Wisconsin 6th James H. Davidson (R) Died August 6, 1918.
Successor was elected. 		Florian Lampert (R) November 5, 1918
Maryland 2nd Fred Talbott (D) Died October 5, 1918.
Successor was elected. 		Carville Benson (D) November 5, 1918
Missouri 10th Jacob E. Meeker (R) Died October 16, 1918.
Successor was elected. 		Frederick Essen (R) November 5, 1918
Illinois 17th John Allen Sterling (R) Died October 17, 1918.
Successor was . 		Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
Virginia 6th Carter Glass (D) Resigned December 6, 1918, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury. James P. Woods (D) February 25, 1919
Pennsylvania At-large John R. K. Scott (R) Resigned January 5, 1919. Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
New York 4th Harry H. Dale (D) Resigned January 6, 1919, after being appointed judge of magistrate court. Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
Alaska Territory Charles A. Sulzer (D) Lost contested election January 7, 1919. James Wickersham (R) January 7, 1919
Pennsylvania 22nd Edward E. Robbins (R) Died January 25, 1919. Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
Missouri 5th William P. Borland (D) Died February 20, 1919. Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
North Carolina 10th Zebulon Weaver (D) Lost contested election March 1, 1919.
Successor was . 		James J. Britt (R) March 1, 1919
Kentucky 8th Harvey Helm (D) Died March 3, 1919. Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
Texas 12th James C. Wilson (D) Resigned March 3, 1919, to become judge of United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees[]

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[]

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

House of Representatives[]

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

Joint committees[]

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

Caucuses[]

  • Democratic (House)
  • Democratic (Senate)

Employees[]

Legislative branch agency directors[]

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

Senate[]

House of Representatives[]

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Independent
  2. ^ Farmer–Labor Party
  3. ^ Hiram Johnson (R-California) did not take his seat until March 16, 1917, as he wanted to remain Governor of California. However, he was still elected and qualified as Senator.
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