Wikipedia / 69th United States Congress
Wikipedia / 69th United States Congress
The 69th 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 1910 United States census.
The Republicans made modest gains in maintaining their majority in both chambers, and with the election of President Calvin Coolidge to his own term in office, the Republicans maintained an overall federal government trifecta.
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
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
July 4, 1926: United States Sesquicentennial
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
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
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
President pro tempore: Albert B. Cummins (R), elected March 4, 1925
George H. Moses (R), elected March 6, 1925
Majority (Republican) leadership
Minority (Democratic) leadership
House of Representatives
Majority (Republican) leadership
Minority (Democratic) leadership
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.
List of United States senators from AlabamaAlabama
2. J. Thomas Heflin (D)
3. Oscar Underwood (D)
List of United States senators from ArizonaArizona
1. Henry F. Ashurst (D)
3. Ralph H. Cameron (R)
List of United States senators from ArkansasArkansas
2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)
List of United States senators from CaliforniaCalifornia
1. Hiram W. Johnson (R)
3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)
List of United States senators from ColoradoColorado
2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R)
3. Rice W. Means (R)
List of United States senators from ConnecticutConnecticut
1. George P. McLean (R)
3. Hiram Bingham III (R)
List of United States senators from DelawareDelaware
1. Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (D)
2. T. Coleman du Pont (R)
List of United States senators from FloridaFlorida
1. Park Trammell (D)
3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
List of United States senators from GeorgiaGeorgia
2. William J. Harris (D)
3. Walter F. George (D)
List of United States senators from IdahoIdaho
2. William E. Borah (R)
3. Frank R. Gooding (R)
List of United States senators from IllinoisIllinois
2. Charles S. Deneen (R)
3. William B. McKinley (R), until December 7, 1926
List of United States senators from IndianaIndiana
1. Samuel M. Ralston (D), until October 14, 1925
Arthur R. Robinson (R), from October 20, 1925
3. James E. Watson (R)
List of United States senators from IowaIowa
2. Smith W. Brookhart (R), until April 12, 1926
Daniel F. Steck (D), from April 12, 1926
3. Albert B. Cummins (R), until July 30, 1926
David W. Stewart (R), from August 7, 1926
List of United States senators from KansasKansas
2. Arthur Capper (R)
3. Charles Curtis (R)
List of United States senators from KentuckyKentucky
2. Frederic M. Sackett (R)
3. Richard P. Ernst (R)
List of United States senators from LouisianaLouisiana
2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)
List of United States senators from MaineMaine
1. Frederick Hale (R)
2. Bert M. Fernald (R), until August 23, 1926
Arthur R. Gould (R), from November 30, 1926
List of United States senators from MarylandMaryland
1. William Cabell Bruce (D)
3. Ovington E. Weller (R)
List of United States senators from MassachusettsMassachusetts
1. William M. Butler (R), until December 6, 1926
David I. Walsh (D), from December 6, 1926
2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
List of United States senators from MichiganMichigan
1. Woodbridge N. Ferris (D)
2. James J. Couzens (R)
List of United States senators from MinnesotaMinnesota
1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)
2. Thomas D. Schall (R)
List of United States senators from MississippiMississippi
1. Hubert D. Stephens (D)
2. Pat Harrison (D)
List of United States senators from MissouriMissouri
1. James A. Reed (D)
3. Selden P. Spencer (R), until May 16, 1925
George H. Williams (R), May 25, 1925 – December 6, 1926
Harry B. Hawes (D), from December 6, 1926
List of United States senators from MontanaMontana
1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)
2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)
List of United States senators from NebraskaNebraska
1. Robert B. Howell (R)
2. George W. Norris (R)
List of United States senators from NevadaNevada
1. Key Pittman (D)
3. Tasker Oddie (R)
List of United States senators from New HampshireNew Hampshire
2. Henry W. Keyes (R)
3. George H. Moses (R)
List of United States senators from New JerseyNew Jersey
1. Edward I. Edwards (D)
2. Walter E. Edge (R)
List of United States senators from New MexicoNew Mexico
1. Andrieus A. Jones (D)
2. Sam G. Bratton (D)
List of United States senators from New YorkNew York
1. Royal S. Copeland (D)
3. James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)
List of United States senators from North CarolinaNorth Carolina
2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
3. Lee S. Overman (D)
List of United States senators from North DakotaNorth Dakota
1. Lynn Frazier (R-NPL)
3. Edwin F. Ladd (R), until June 22, 1925
Gerald Nye (R), from November 14, 1925
List of United States senators from OhioOhio
1. Simeon D. Fess (R)
3. Frank B. Willis (R)
List of United States senators from OklahomaOklahoma
2. William B. Pine (R)
3. John W. Harreld (R)
List of United States senators from OregonOregon
2. Charles L. McNary (R)
3. Robert N. Stanfield (R)
List of United States senators from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
1. David A. Reed (R)
3. George Wharton Pepper (R)
List of United States senators from Rhode IslandRhode Island
1. Peter G. Gerry (D)
2. Jesse H. Metcalf (R)
List of United States senators from South CarolinaSouth Carolina
2. Coleman L. Blease (D)
3. Ellison D. Smith (D)
List of United States senators from South DakotaSouth Dakota
2. William H. McMaster (R)
3. Peter Norbeck (R)
List of United States senators from TennesseeTennessee
1. Kenneth McKellar (D)
2. Lawrence Tyson (D)
List of United States senators from TexasTexas
1. Earle B. Mayfield (D)
2. Morris Sheppard (D)
List of United States senators from UtahUtah
1. William H. King (D)
3. Reed Smoot (R)
List of United States senators from VermontVermont
1. Frank L. Greene (R)
3. Porter H. Dale (R)
List of United States senators from VirginiaVirginia
1. Claude A. Swanson (D)
2. Carter Glass (D)
List of United States senators from WashingtonWashington
1. Clarence Cleveland Dill (D)
3. Wesley L. Jones (R)
List of United States senators from West VirginiaWest Virginia
1. Matthew M. Neely (D)
2. Guy D. Goff (R)
List of United States senators from WisconsinWisconsin
1. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R), until June 18, 1925
Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R), from September 30, 1925
3. Irvine Lenroot (R)
List of United States senators from WyomingWyoming
1. John B. Kendrick (D)
2. Francis E. Warren (R)
House of Representatives
List of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama
. John McDuffie (D)
. J. Lister Hill (D)
. Henry B. Steagall (D)
. Lamar Jeffers (D)
. William B. Bowling (D)
. William B. Oliver (D)
. Miles C. Allgood (D)
. Edward B. Almon (D)
. George Huddleston (D)
. William B. Bankhead (D)
List of United States representatives from ArizonaArizona
. Carl Hayden (D)
List of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas
. William J. Driver (D)
. William A. Oldfield (D)
. John N. Tillman (D)
. Otis Wingo (D)
. Heartsill Ragon (D)
. James B. Reed (D)
. Tilman B. Parks (D)
List of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia
. Clarence F. Lea (D)
. John E. Raker (D), until January 22, 1926
Harry L. Englebright (R), from August 31, 1926
. Charles F. Curry (R)
. Florence P. Kahn (R)
. Lawrence J. Flaherty (R), until June 13, 1926
Richard J. Welch (R), from August 31, 1926
. Albert E. Carter (R)
. Henry E. Barbour (R)
. Arthur M. Free (R)
. Walter F. Lineberger (R)
. John D. Fredericks (R)
. Philip D. Swing (R)
List of United States representatives from ColoradoColorado
. William N. Vaile (R)
. Guy U. Hardy (R)
. Edward T. Taylor (D)
List of United States representatives from ConnecticutConnecticut
. E. Hart Fenn (R)
. Richard P. Freeman (R)
. John Q. Tilson (R)
. Schuyler Merritt (R)
. James P. Glynn (R)
List of United States representatives from DelawareDelaware
. Robert G. Houston (R)
List of United States representatives from FloridaFlorida
. Herbert J. Drane (D)
. Robert A. Green (D)
. John H. Smithwick (D)
. William J. Sears (D)
List of United States representatives from GeorgiaGeorgia
. Charles G. Edwards (D)
. Edward E. Cox (D)
. Charles R. Crisp (D)
. William C. Wright (D)
. William D. Upshaw (D)
. Samuel Rutherford (D)
. Gordon Lee (D)
. Charles H. Brand (D)
. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)
. Carl Vinson (D)
. William C. Lankford (D)
. William W. Larsen (D)
List of United States representatives from IdahoIdaho
. Burton L. French (R)
. Addison T. Smith (R)
List of United States representatives from IllinoisIllinois
. Martin B. Madden (R)
. Morton D. Hull (R)
. Elliott W. Sproul (R)
. Thomas A. Doyle (D)
. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
. John J. Gorman (R)
. M. Alfred Michaelson (R)
. Stanley H. Kunz (D)
. Frederick A. Britten (R)
. Carl R. Chindblom (R)
. Frank R. Reid (R)
. Charles Eugene Fuller (R), until June 25, 1926
. William R. Johnson (R)
. John C. Allen (R)
. Edward John King (R)
. William E. Hull (R)
. Frank H. Funk (R)
. William P. Holaday (R)
. Charles Adkins (R)
. Henry T. Rainey (D)
. Loren E. Wheeler (R)
. Edward M. Irwin (R)
. William W. Arnold (D)
. Thomas S. Williams (R)
. Edward E. Denison (R)
. Henry R. Rathbone (R)
. Richard Yates Jr. (R)
List of United States representatives from IndianaIndiana
. Harry E. Rowbottom (R)
. Arthur H. Greenwood (D)
. Frank Gardner (D)
. Harry C. Canfield (D)
. Noble J. Johnson (R)
. Richard N. Elliott (R)
. Ralph E. Updike (R)
. Albert H. Vestal (R)
. Fred S. Purnell (R)
. William R. Wood (R)
. Albert R. Hall (R)
. David Hogg (R)
. Andrew J. Hickey (R)
List of United States representatives from IowaIowa
. William F. Kopp (R)
. F. Dickinson Letts (R)
. Thomas J. B. Robinson (R)
. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
. Cyrenus Cole (R)
. C. William Ramseyer (R)
. Cassius C. Dowell (R)
. Lloyd Thurston (R)
. William R. Green (R)
. Lester J. Dickinson (R)
. William D. Boies (R)
List of United States representatives from KansasKansas
. Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R)
. Chauncey B. Little (D)
. William H. Sproul (R)
. Homer Hoch (R)
. James G. Strong (R)
. Hays B. White (R)
. Jasper N. Tincher (R)
. William A. Ayres (D)
List of United States representatives from KentuckyKentucky
. Alben Barkley (D)
. David Hayes Kincheloe (D)
. Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D), until September 3, 1925
John W. Moore (D), from December 26, 1925
. Ben Johnson (D)
. Maurice H. Thatcher (R)
. Arthur B. Rouse (D)
. Virgil Chapman (D)
. Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D)
. Fred M. Vinson (D)
. John W. Langley (R), until January 11, 1926
Andrew J. Kirk (R), from February 13, 1926
. John M. Robsion (R)
List of United States representatives from LouisianaLouisiana
. James O'Connor (D)
. J. Zach Spearing (D)
. Whitmell P. Martin (D)
. John N. Sandlin (D)
. Riley Joseph Wilson (D)
. Bolivar E. Kemp (D)
. Ladislas Lazaro (D)
. James Benjamin Aswell (D)
List of United States representatives from MaineMaine
. Carroll L. Beedy (R)
. Wallace H. White Jr. (R)
. John E. Nelson (R)
. Ira G. Hersey (R)
List of United States representatives from MarylandMaryland
. T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
. Millard Tydings (D)
. John Philip Hill (R)
. J. Charles Linthicum (D)
. Stephen W. Gambrill (D)
. Frederick N. Zihlman (R)
List of United States representatives from MassachusettsMassachusetts
. Allen T. Treadway (R)
. George B. Churchill (R), until July 1, 1925
Henry L. Bowles (R), from September 29, 1925
. Frank H. Foss (R)
. George R. Stobbs (R)
. John J. Rogers (R), until March 28, 1925
Edith Nourse Rogers (R), from June 30, 1925
. A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R)
. William P. Connery Jr. (D)
. Harry I. Thayer (R), until March 10, 1926
Frederick W. Dallinger (R), from November 2, 1926
. Charles L. Underhill (R)
. John J. Douglass (D)
. George Holden Tinkham (R)
. James A. Gallivan (D)
. Robert Luce (R)
. Louis A. Frothingham (R)
. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
. Charles L. Gifford (R)
List of United States representatives from MichiganMichigan
. John B. Sosnowski (R)
. Earl C. Michener (R)
. Arthur B. Williams (R), until May 1, 1925
Joseph L. Hooper (R), from August 18, 1925
. John C. Ketcham (R)
. Carl Mapes (R)
. Grant M. Hudson (R)
. Louis C. Cramton (R)
. Bird J. Vincent (R)
. James C. McLaughlin (R)
. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
. Frank D. Scott (R)
. W. Frank James (R)
. Clarence J. McLeod (R)
List of United States representatives from MinnesotaMinnesota
. Allen J. Furlow (R)
. Frank Clague (R)
. August H. Andresen (R)
. Oscar E. Keller (R)
. Walter H. Newton (R)
. Harold Knutson (R)
. Ole J. Kvale (FL)
. William L. Carss (FL)
. Knud Wefald (FL)
. Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)
List of United States representatives from MississippiMississippi
. John E. Rankin (D)
. Bill G. Lowrey (D)
. William M. Whittington (D)
. T. Jefferson Busby (D)
. Ross A. Collins (D)
. T. Webber Wilson (D)
. Percy E. Quin (D)
. James W. Collier (D)
List of United States representatives from MissouriMissouri
. Milton A. Romjue (D)
. Ralph F. Lozier (D)
. Jacob L. Milligan (D)
. Charles L. Faust (R)
. Edgar C. Ellis (R)
. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
. Samuel C. Major (D)
. William L. Nelson (D)
. Clarence Cannon (D)
. Cleveland A. Newton (R)
. Harry B. Hawes (D), until October 15, 1926
John J. Cochran (D), from November 2, 1926
. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
. Charles E. Kiefner (R)
. Ralph E. Bailey (R)
. Joe J. Manlove (R)
. Thomas L. Rubey (D)
List of United States representatives from MontanaMontana
. John M. Evans (D)
. Scott Leavitt (R)
List of United States representatives from NebraskaNebraska
. John H. Morehead (D)
. Willis G. Sears (R)
. Edgar Howard (D)
. Melvin O. McLaughlin (R)
. Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
. Robert G. Simmons (R)
List of United States representatives from NevadaNevada
. Samuel S. Arentz (R)
List of United States representatives from New HampshireNew Hampshire
. Fletcher Hale (R)
. Edward Hills Wason (R)
List of United States representatives from New JerseyNew Jersey
. Francis F. Patterson Jr. (R)
. Isaac Bacharach (R)
. Stewart H. Appleby (R), from November 3, 1925
. Charles A. Eaton (R)
. Ernest R. Ackerman (R)
. Randolph Perkins (R)
. George N. Seger (R)
. Herbert W. Taylor (R)
. Franklin W. Fort (R)
. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
. Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D)
. Mary T. Norton (D)
List of United States representatives from New MexicoNew Mexico
. John Morrow (D)
List of United States representatives from New YorkNew York
. Robert L. Bacon (R)
. John J. Kindred (D)
. George W. Lindsay (D)
. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
. Loring M. Black Jr. (D)
. Andrew L. Somers (D)
. John Quayle (D)
. William E. Cleary (D)
. David J. O'Connell (D)
. Emanuel Celler (D)
. Anning S. Prall (D)
. Samuel Dickstein (D)
. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
. Nathan D. Perlman (R)
. John J. Boylan (D)
. John J. O'Connor (D)
. Ogden L. Mills (R)
. John F. Carew (D)
. Sol Bloom (D)
. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (S)
. Royal H. Weller (D)
. Anthony J. Griffin (D)
. Frank Oliver (D)
. Benjamin L. Fairchild (R)
. J. Mayhew Wainwright (R)
. Hamilton Fish III (R)
. Harcourt J. Pratt (R)
. Parker Corning (D)
. James S. Parker (R)
. Frank Crowther (R)
. Bertrand H. Snell (R)
. Thaddeus C. Sweet (R)
. Frederick M. Davenport (R)
. Harold S. Tolley (R)
. Walter W. Magee (R)
. John Taber (R)
. Gale H. Stalker (R)
. Meyer Jacobstein (D)
. Archie D. Sanders (R)
. S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
. Clarence MacGregor (R)
. James M. Mead (D)
. Daniel A. Reed (R)
List of United States representatives from North CarolinaNorth Carolina
. Lindsay C. Warren (D)
. John H. Kerr (D)
. Charles L. Abernethy (D)
. Edward W. Pou (D)
. Charles M. Stedman (D)
. Homer L. Lyon (D)
. William C. Hammer (D)
. Robert L. Doughton (D)
. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
. Zebulon Weaver (D)
List of United States representatives from North DakotaNorth Dakota
. Olger B. Burtness (R)
. Thomas Hall (R)
. James H. Sinclair (R)
List of United States representatives from OhioOhio
. Nicholas Longworth (R)
. Ambrose E. B. Stephens (R), until February 12, 1927
. Roy G. Fitzgerald (R)
. William T. Fitzgerald (R)
. Charles J. Thompson (R)
. Charles C. Kearns (R)
. Charles Brand (R)
. Thomas B. Fletcher (D)
. William W. Chalmers (R)
. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
. Mell G. Underwood (D)
. John C. Speaks (R)
. James T. Begg (R)
. Martin L. Davey (D)
. C. Ellis Moore (R)
. John McSweeney (D)
. William M. Morgan (R)
. B. Frank Murphy (R)
. John G. Cooper (R)
. Charles A. Mooney (D)
. Robert Crosser (D)
. Theodore E. Burton (R)
List of United States representatives from OklahomaOklahoma
. Samuel J. Montgomery (R)
. William W. Hastings (D)
. Charles D. Carter (D)
. Tom D. McKeown (D)
. Fletcher B. Swank (D)
. Elmer Thomas (D)
. James V. McClintic (D)
. Milton C. Garber (R)
List of United States representatives from OregonOregon
. Willis C. Hawley (R)
. Nicholas J. Sinnott (R)
. Maurice E. Crumpacker (R)
List of United States representatives from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
. William S. Vare (R)
. George S. Graham (R)
. Harry C. Ransley (R)
. Benjamin M. Golder (R)
. James J. Connolly (R)
. George A. Welsh (R)
. George P. Darrow (R)
. Thomas S. Butler (R)
. Henry Winfield Watson (R)
. William W. Griest (R)
. Laurence H. Watres (R)
. Edmund N. Carpenter (R)
. George F. Brumm (R)
. Charles J. Esterly (R)
. Louis T. McFadden (R)
. Edgar R. Kiess (R)
. Frederick W. Magrady (R)
. Edward M. Beers (R)
. Joshua W. Swartz (R)
. Anderson H. Walters (R)
. J. Banks Kurtz (R)
. Franklin Menges (R)
. William I. Swoope (R)
. Samuel A. Kendall (R)
. Henry W. Temple (R)
. Thomas W. Phillips Jr. (R)
. Nathan L. Strong (R)
. Harris J. Bixler (R)
. Milton W. Shreve (R)
. William R. Coyle (R)
. Adam M. Wyant (R)
. Stephen G. Porter (R)
. M. Clyde Kelly (R)
. John M. Morin (R)
. James M. Magee (R)
. Guy E. Campbell (R)
List of United States representatives from Rhode IslandRhode Island
. Clark Burdick (R)
. Richard S. Aldrich (R)
. Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D)
List of United States representatives from South CarolinaSouth Carolina
. Thomas S. McMillan (D)
. Butler B. Hare (D)
. Fred H. Dominick (D)
. John J. McSwain (D)
. William F. Stevenson (D)
. Allard H. Gasque (D)
. Hampton P. Fulmer (D)
List of United States representatives from South DakotaSouth Dakota
. Royal C. Johnson (R)
. William Williamson (R)
List of United States representatives from TennesseeTennessee
. B. Carroll Reece (R)
. J. Will Taylor (R)
. Samuel D. McReynolds (D)
. Cordell Hull (D)
. Ewin L. Davis (D)
. Joseph W. Byrns (D)
. Edward E. Eslick (D)
. Gordon Browning (D)
. Finis J. Garrett (D)
. Hubert Fisher (D)
List of United States representatives from TexasTexas
. Eugene Black (D)
. John C. Box (D)
. Morgan G. Sanders (D)
. Sam Rayburn (D)
. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
. Luther Alexander Johnson (D)
. Clay Stone Briggs (D)
. Daniel E. Garrett (D)
. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
. James P. Buchanan (D)
. Tom T. Connally (D)
. Fritz G. Lanham (D)
. Guinn Williams (D)
. Harry M. Wurzbach (R)
. John Nance Garner (D)
. Claude B. Hudspeth (D)
. Thomas L. Blanton (D)
. John Marvin Jones (D)
List of United States representatives from UtahUtah
. Don B. Colton (R)
. Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)
List of United States representatives from VermontVermont
. Elbert S. Brigham (R)
. Ernest Willard Gibson (R)
List of United States representatives from VirginiaVirginia
. S. Otis Bland (D)
. Joseph T. Deal (D)
. Andrew Jackson Montague (D)
. Patrick H. Drewry (D)
. Joseph Whitehead (D)
. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
. Thomas W. Harrison (D)
. R. Walton Moore (D)
. George C. Peery (D)
List of United States representatives from WashingtonWashington
. John F. Miller (R)
. Lindley H. Hadley (R)
. Albert Johnson (R)
. John W. Summers (R)
. Samuel B. Hill (D)
List of United States representatives from West VirginiaWest Virginia
. Carl G. Bachmann (R)
. Frank L. Bowman (R)
. John M. Wolverton (R)
. Harry C. Woodyard (R)
. James F. Strother (R)
. J. Alfred Taylor (D)
List of United States representatives from WisconsinWisconsin
. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
. Edward Voigt (R)
. John M. Nelson (R)
. John C. Schafer (R)
. Victor L. Berger (S)
. Florian Lampert (R)
. Joseph D. Beck (R)
. Edward E. Browne (R)
. George J. Schneider (R)
. James A. Frear (R)
. Hubert H. Peavey (R)
List of United States representatives from WyomingWyoming
. Charles E. Winter (R)
Non-voting members
. Daniel Sutherland (R)
. William P. Jarrett (D)
. Isauro Gabaldon (Nac.)
. Pedro Guevara (Nac.)
. Félix Córdova Dávila (UPR)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
Replacements: 10
Democratic: 2 net gain
Republican: 3 net loss
Deaths: 7
Resignations: 0
Contested election: 1
Interim appointments: 2
Total seats with changes: 9
House of Representatives
Replacements: 9
Democratic: 1 seat net loss
Republican: 1 seat net gain
Deaths: 9
Resignations: 2
Total seats with changes: 12
Committees
Senate
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: George W. Norris; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Alien Property Custodian's Office (Select)
Appropriations (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Henry W. Keyes; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: George P. McLean; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Civil Service (Chairman: James Couzens then Porter H. Dale; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Claims (Chairman: Rice W. Means; Ranking Member: Park Trammell)
Commerce (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Arthur Capper; Ranking Member: William H. King)
Education and Labor (Chairman: Lawrence C. Phipps; Ranking Member: Andrieus A. Jones)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Frank L. Greene; Ranking Member: Coleman L. Blease)
Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: David A. Reed; Ranking Member: Oscar W. Underwood)
Finance (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Claude Swanson)
Immigration (Chairman: Hiram W. Johnson; Ranking Member: William H. King)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: John W. Harreld; Ranking Member: Henry F. Ashurst)
Internal Revenue Bureau (Select)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Walter Evans Edge; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: James Eli Watson; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Charles L. McNary; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard)
Judiciary (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
Library (Chairman: Simeon D. Fess; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Manufactures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Military Affairs (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth Jr.; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Tasker L. Oddie; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick Hale; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
Patents (Chairman: William M. Butler; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Pensions (Chairman: Peter Norbeck; Ranking Member: Peter G. Gerry)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George H. Moses; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Printing (Chairman: George W. Pepper; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Richard P. Ernst; Ranking Member: William H. King)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Bert M. Fernald; Ranking Member: James A. Reed)
Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Robert Nelson Stanfield; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
Rules (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
Senatorial Elections (Select)
Tariff Commission (Select)
Territories and Insular Possessions (Chairman: Frank B. Willis; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
War Finance Corporation Loans (Select)
House of Representatives
Accounts (Chairman: Clarence MacGregor; Ranking Member: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert)
Agriculture (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: James B. Aswell)
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Grant M. Hudson; Ranking Member: William D. Upshaw)
Appropriations (Chairman: Martin B. Madden; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Byrns)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Louis T. McFadden; Ranking Member: Otis Wingo)
Census (Chairman: E. Hart Fenn; Ranking Member: John E. Rankin)
Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick R. Lehlbach; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers)
Claims (Chairman: Charles L. Underhill; Ranking Member: John C. Box)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Randolph Perkins; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Edward H. Wason; Ranking Member: Arthur B. Rouse)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Frederick N. Zihlman; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan)
Education (Chairman: Daniel A. Reed; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Hays B. White; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers)
Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Don B. Colton; Ranking Member: C.B. Hudspeth)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Bird J. Vincent; Ranking Member: Gordon Browning)
Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Charles L. Gifford; Ranking Member: Guinn Williams)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Guy E. Campbell; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Blanton)
Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Edward J. King; Ranking Member: Frank Gardner)
Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: Henry R. Rathbone; Ranking Member: Miles C. Allgood)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: William Williamson; Ranking Member: Sol Bloom)
Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Willis G. Sears; Ranking Member: Frank Oliver)
Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman: Carroll L. Beedy; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Blanton)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: George F. Brumm; Ranking Member: Charles L. Abernethy)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Philip D. Swing; Ranking Member: Guinn Williams)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: J. Will Taylor; Ranking Member: George C. Peery)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Ernest W. Gibson; Ranking Member: Heartsill Ragon)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Thaddeus C. Sweet; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Greenwood)
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Elmer O. Leatherwood; Ranking Member: Samuel Dickstein)
Flood Control (Chairman: Frank R. Reid; Ranking Member: Riley J. Wilson)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Stephen G. Porter; Ranking Member: J. Charles Linthicum)
Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Albert Johnson; Ranking Member: Adolph J. Sabath)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: John W. Harreld; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: George A. Welsh; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
Inquiry into Operation of the United States Air Services (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
Insular Affairs (Chairman: Scott Leavitt; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: James S. Parker; Ranking Member: Alben W. Barkley)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Charles E. Fuller; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Addison T. Smith; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
Judiciary (Chairman: George S. Graham; Ranking Member: Hatton W. Sumners)
Labor (Chairman: William F. Kopp; Ranking Member: William D. Upshaw)
Library (Chairman: Robert Luce; Ranking Member: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Frank D. Scott; Ranking Member: Ladislas Lazaro)
Mileage (Chairman: Carroll L. Beedy; Ranking Member: John W. Moore)
Military Affairs (Chairman: John M. Morin; Ranking Member: Percy E. Quin)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: John M. Robsion; Ranking Member: Daniel Sutherland)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson)
Patents (Chairman: Albert H. Vestal; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
Pensions (Chairman: Harold Knutson; Ranking Member: William D. Upshaw)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William W. Griest; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Bell)
Printing (Chairman: Edward M. Beers; Ranking Member: William F. Stevenson)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard N. Elliott; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
Public Lands (Chairman: Nicholas J. Sinnott; Ranking Member: John E. Raker then John M. Evans)
Railways and Canals (Chairman: Oscar E. Keller; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: Roy G. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Alfred L. Bulwinkle)
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: S. Wallace Dempsey; Ranking Member: Joseph J. Mansfield)
Roads (Chairman: Cassius C. Dowell; Ranking Member: Edward B. Almon)
Rules (Chairman: Bertrand H. Snell; Ranking Member: Edward W. Pou)
Territories (Chairman: Charles F. Curry; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford)
War Claims (Chairman: James G. Strong; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
Ways and Means (Chairman: William R. Green; Ranking Member: John N. Garner)
Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Wallace H. White Jr.; Ranking Member: John E. Raker then Christopher D. Sullivan)
World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: Royal C. Johnson; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
Joint committees
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners (Chairman: Rep. George S. Graham)
Investigation of Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants (Chairman: Rep. Nicholas J. Sinnott)
The Library (Chairman: Sen. Simeon D. Fess)
Printing (Chairman: Sen. George H. Moses; Vice Chairman: Rep. Edgar R. Kiess)
Taxation (Chairman: Rep. William R. Green)
Caucuses
Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#United States CongressLegislative branch agency directors
Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter
Senate
Secretary: George A. Sanderson, until December 7, 1925
Edwin P. Thayer, from December 7, 1925
House of Representatives
Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Lehr Fess, resigned February 1, 1927
Lewis Deschler, appointed February 1, 1927
Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
See also
1924 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
1926 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
References