66th United States Congress
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| 66th United States Congress | |||
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| Duration: March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
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| Senate President: | Thomas R. Marshall | ||
| Senate Pres. pro tem: | Albert B. Cummins | ||
| House Speaker: | Frederick H. Gillett | ||
| Members: | 96 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members |
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| Senate Majority: | Republican | ||
| House Majority: | Republican | ||
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| 1st: May 19, 1919 – November 19, 1919 2nd: December 1, 1919 – June 5, 1920 3rd: December 6, 1920 – March 3, 1921 |
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The Sixty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1919 to March 4, 1921, during the last 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. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
[edit] Major Legislation
- June 30, 1919: Navy Appropriations Act of 1919
- June 30, 1919: Hastings Amendment
- July 11, 1919: Anti-Lobbying Act of 1919
- July 11, 1919: Army Appropriations Act of 1919
- July 19, 1919: Sundry Civil Expenses Appropriations Act
- October 18, 1919: National Prohibition Act (Volstead Act), ch. 85, 41 Stat. 305
- October 22, 1919: Underground Water Act of 1919
- October 29, 1919: National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (Dyer Act)
- November 4, 1919: Deficiency Act of 1919
- November 6, 1919: Indian Soldier Act of 1919
- December 24, 1919: Edge Act of 1919
- February 25, 1920: Oil Leasing Act of 1920
- February 25, 1920: Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (Smoot-Sinnot Act), ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437
- February 25, 1920: Pipeline Rights-of-Way Act
- February 25, 1920: Sale of Water For Miscellaneous Purposes Act
- February 28, 1920: Esch-Cummins Act, Pub.L. 66-152, 41 Stat. 456
- March 9, 1920: Suits in Admiralty Act of 1920
- March 15, 1920: Military Surplus Act of 1920 (Kahn-Wadsworth Act)
- March 30, 1920: Death on the High Seas Act of 1920
- April 13, 1920: Phelen Act of 1920
- May 1, 1920: Fuller Act of 1920
- May 10, 1920: Deportation Act of 1920
- May 18, 1920: Kinkaid Act of 1920
- May 20, 1920: Sale of Surplus Improved Public Lands Act
- May 22, 1920: Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920
- May 29, 1920: Independent Treasury Act of 1920
- June 2, 1920: Industry Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920 (Smith-Bankhead Act)
- June 2, 1920: Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920 (Smith-Fess Act)
- June 2, 1920: National Park Criminal Jurisdiction Act
- June 4, 1920: Defense Act of 1920 (Kahn Act)
- June 5, 1920: Sills Act of 1920
- June 5, 1920: Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act)
- June 5, 1920: Women's Bureau Act of 1920
- June 5, 1920: Ship Mortgage Act of 1920
- June 5, 1920: River and Harbors Act of 1920
- June 5, 1920: Federal Water Power Act of 1920 (Esch Act)
- January 4, 1921: War Finance Corporation Act of 1921
- March 3, 1921: Patent Act of 1921 (Nolan Act)
- March 3, 1921: Federal Water Power Act Amendment (Jones-Esch Act)
[edit] Major events
A brief special session was called by President Wilson in March 1919, because of a filibuster that had successfully blocked appropriations bills needed to fund day-to-day government operations.[1]
- April 30, 1919: First wave of the 1919 United States anarchist bombings.
- June 2, 1919: The home of Attorney General Palmer was bombed in the second wave of anarchist bombings.
- June 15, 1919: Pancho Villa attacked Ciudad Juárez. When the bullets begin to fly to the U.S. side of the border, 2 units of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment crossed the border and repulse Villa's forces.
- July 19-23, 1919: Race riot in Washington, D.C.
- August 31, 1919: American Communist Party was established
- September 9, 1919: Boston Police Strike
- September 22, 1919: Steel strike of 1919
- October 2, 1919: President Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed
- November 1, 1919: Coal Strike of 1919
- November 7, 1919: First of the Palmer Raids during the First Red Scare
- January 2, 1920: Second of the Palmer Raids during the First Red Scare
- March 1, 1920: United States Railroad Administration returned control of American railroads to its constituent railroad companies
- May 7-8, 1920: Louis Freeland Post appeared before the House Committee on Rules, effectively ending Attorney General Palmer's presidential aspirations.
- November 2, 1920: Warren G. Harding defeated James M. Cox in the U.S. presidential election, 1920
[edit] Constitutional amendments
- June 4, 1919: 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution (women's suffrage) was passed by Congress
- January 16, 1920: 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution (prohibition) went into effect
- August 18, 1920: 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution (women's suffrage) was ratified
[edit] Treaties
- March 19, 1920: Senate refused to ratify Treaty of Versailles
[edit] Party summary
[edit] Senate
- Democratic (D): 47
- Republican (R): 49 (majority)
TOTAL members: 96
[edit] House of Representatives
- Democratic (D): 192
- Republican (R): 240 (majority)
- Prohibition (Proh.): 1
- Farmer-Labor (F-L): 1
TOTAL members: 435
[edit] Leadership
[edit] Senate
[edit] House of Representatives
[edit] Members
[edit] Senate
Because of the 17th Amendment, from 1914 onward U.S. Senators were elected directly, instead of by state legislatures.
[edit] House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
[edit] Employees
- Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods, appointed February 19, 1902.
[edit] Senate
- Chaplain
- F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected March 13, 1913.
- John J. Muir, Baptist, elected January 21, 1921.
- Secretary:
- James M. Baker of South Carolina, elected March 13, 1913.
- George A. Sanderson of Illinois, elected May 19, 1919.
- Sergeant at Arms:
- Charles P. Higgins of Indiana, elected March 13, 1913.
- David S. Barry of Rhode Island, elected May 19, 1919.
[edit] House of Representatives
- Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected May 19, 1919
- Clerk: William T. Page of Maryland, elected May 19, 1919
- Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy of Michigan, elected May 19, 1919.
- Postmaster: Frank W. Collier of Wisconsin, elected May 19, 1919.
- Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:
- Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers of Pennsylvania, elected May 19, 1919.
[edit] References
- ^ The official Senate website provides the full story of this filibuster as part of a biography of Charles P. Higgins[1], the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms who was the only Democrat to fill that office in a space of almost forty years.
- Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4.
- Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
- U.S. Congress (2005). "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress". http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html. Retrieved 2006-06-01.
- U.S. House of Representatives (2006). "Congressional History". http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History/index.html. Retrieved 2006-06-01.[dead link]
- U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists". http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm. Retrieved 2006-06-01.
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