68th United States Congress

68th United States Congress
67th ← → 69th
United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
Members	96 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Calvin Coolidge (R) (until August 2, 1923) Vacant (from August 2, 1923)
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	Frederick H. Gillett (R)
Sessions
1st: December 3, 1923 – June 7, 1924 2nd: December 1, 1924 – March 3, 1925

The Sixty-eighth 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, 1923 to March 4, 1925, during the last months of Warren G. Harding's presidency, and the first years of his successor, Calvin Coolidge. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

Main articles: 1923 in the United States, 1924 in the United States, and 1925 in the United States

• August 2, 1923 – President Warren Harding died and Calvin Coolidge became President of the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 68th United States Congress

• September 22, 1923: U.S. Coal Commission Act
• April 26, 1924: Seed and Feed Loan Act
• May 19, 1924: World War Adjusted Compensation Act (Bonus Bill), Sess. 1, ch. 157, 43 Stat. 121
• May 24, 1924: Rogers Act
• May 26, 1924: Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson–Reed Act), Sess. 1, ch. 190, 43 Stat. 153
• May 29, 1924: Indian Oil Leasing Act of 1924 (Lenroot Act)
• June 2, 1924: Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (Snyder Act), Sess. 1, ch. 233, 43 Stat. 253
• June 2, 1924: Revenue Act of 1924 (Simmons–Longworth Act), Sess. 1, ch. 234, 43 Stat. 253
• June 3, 1924: Inland Waterways Act of 1924 (Denison Act)
• June 7, 1924: Pueblo Lands Act of 1924
• June 7, 1924: Oil Pollution Act of 1924, Pub. L. 68–238, ch. 316, 43 Stat. 604
• June 7, 1924: Clarke–McNary Act, Sess. 1, ch. 348, 43 Stat. 653
• January 30, 1925: Hoch–Smith Resolution
• January 31, 1925: Special Duties Act
• February 2, 1925: Airmail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act)
• February 12, 1925: Federal Arbitration Act
• February 16, 1925: Home Port Act of 1925
• February 24, 1925: Purnell Act
• February 27, 1925: Temple Act
• February 28, 1925: Classification Act of 1925
• February 28, 1925: Federal Corrupt Practices Act (Gerry Act)
• March 2, 1925: Judiciary Act of 1925
• March 3, 1925: River and Harbors Act of 1925
• March 3, 1925: Helium Act of 1925
• March 3, 1925: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Act (Norbeck-Williamson Act)
• March 4, 1925: Establishment of the United States Navy Band
• March 4, 1925: Probation Act of 1925

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

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	37	0	59	96	0
Begin	42	1	53	96	0
End		2	52
Final voting share	43.8%	2.1%	54.2%
Beginning of next congress	40	1	55	96	0

House of Representatives

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total
	Republican	Democratic	Farmer–Labor	Socialist		Vacant
End of the previous Congress	302	131	0	1	435	0
Begin	225	207	2	1	435	0
End	??	??	??	??	??	??
Final voting share	??.?%	??.?%	??.?%	??.?%
Beginning of the next Congress	247	183	3	1	435	0

Leadership

President of the Senate Calvin Coolidge

Senate

• President: Calvin Coolidge (R), until August 3, 1923; vacant thereafter.
• President pro tempore: Albert B. Cummins (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority leader: Charles Curtis
• Majority whip: Wesley L. Jones

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority leader: Joseph T. Robinson
• Minority whip: Peter G. Gerry

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Frederick H. Gillett (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority leader: Nicholas Longworth
• Majority Whip: Albert H. Vestal

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: Finis J. Garrett
• Minority Whip: William Allan Oldfield

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senate composition, by party

President pro tempore
Albert B. Cummins

Majority leader
Henry Cabot Lodge

Minority leader
Joseph T. Robinson

Majority Leader
Nicholas Longworth

Skip to House of Representatives, below

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 this Congress, requiring reelection in 1928; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1924; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1926.

Alabama

• 3. Oscar W. Underwood (D)
• 2. J. Thomas Heflin (D)

Arizona

• 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D)
• 3. Ralph H. Cameron (R)

Arkansas

• 2. Joseph T. Robinson (D)
• 3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)

California

• 1. Hiram W. Johnson (R)
• 3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)

Colorado

• 2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R)
• 3. Samuel D. Nicholson (R), until March 24, 1923
  • Alva B. Adams (D), from May 17, 1923 until November 30, 1924
  • Rice W. Means (R), from December 1, 1924

Connecticut

• 3. Frank B. Brandegee (R), until October 14, 1924
  • Hiram Bingham, III (R), from December 17, 1924
• 1. George P. McLean (R)

Delaware

• 2. L. Heisler Ball (R)
• 1. Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (D)

Florida

• 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
• 1. Park Trammell (D)

Georgia

• 2. William J. Harris (D)
• 3. Walter F. George (D)

Idaho

• 2. William E. Borah (R)
• 3. Frank R. Gooding (R)

Illinois

• 2. J. Medill McCormick (R), until February 25, 1925
  • Charles S. Deneen (R), from February 26, 1925
• 3. William B. McKinley (R)

Indiana

• 3. James E. Watson (R)
• 1. Samuel M. Ralston (D)

Iowa

• 3. Albert B. Cummins (R)
• 2. Smith W. Brookhart (R)

Kansas

• 3. Charles Curtis (R)
• 2. Arthur Capper (R)

Kentucky

• 2. Augustus O. Stanley (D)
• 3. Richard P. Ernst (R)

Louisiana

• 2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
• 3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)

Maine

• 2. Bert M. Fernald (R)
• 1. Frederick Hale (R)

Maryland

• 3. Ovington E. Weller (R)
• 1. William Cabell Bruce (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R), until November 9, 1924
  • William M. Butler (R), from November 13, 1924
• 2. David I. Walsh (D)

Michigan

• 2. James J. Couzens (R)
• 1. Woodbridge N. Ferris (D)

Minnesota

• 2. Knute Nelson (R), until April 28, 1923
  • Magnus Johnson (FL), from July 16, 1923
• 1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)

Mississippi

• 2. B. Patton Harrison (D)
• 1. Hubert D. Stephens (D)

Missouri

• 1. James A. Reed (D)
• 3. Selden P. Spencer (R)

Montana

• 2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)
• 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)

Nebraska

• 2. George W. Norris (R)
• 1. Robert B. Howell (R)

Nevada

• 1. Key Pittman (D)
• 3. Tasker L. Oddie (R)

New Hampshire

• 3. George H. Moses (R)
• 2. Henry W. Keyes (R)

New Jersey

• 2. Walter E. Edge (R)
• 1. Edward I. Edwards (D)

New Mexico

• 1. Andrieus A. Jones (D)
• 2. Holm O. Bursum (R)

New York

• 3. James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R)
• 1. Royal S. Copeland (D)

North Carolina

• 2. Furnifold McL. Simmons (D)
• 3. Lee S. Overman (D)

North Dakota

• 3. Edwin F. Ladd (R)
• 1. Lynn J. Frazier (R)

Ohio

• 3. Frank B. Willis (R)
• 1. Simeon D. Fess (R)

Oklahoma

• 2. Robert L. Owen (D)
• 3. John W. Harreld (R)

Oregon

• 2. Charles L. McNary (R)
• 3. Robert N. Stanfield (R)

Pennsylvania

• 3. George Wharton Pepper (R)
• 1. David A. Reed (R)

Rhode Island

• 2. LeBaron B. Colt (R), until August 18, 1924
  • Jesse H. Metcalf (R), from November 5, 1924
• 1. Peter G. Gerry (D)

South Carolina

• 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)
• 2. Nathaniel B. Dial (D)

South Dakota

• 2. Thomas Sterling (R)
• 3. Peter Norbeck (R)

Tennessee

• 2. John K. Shields (D)
• 1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D)

Texas

• 2. Morris Sheppard (D)
• 1. Earle B. Mayfield (D)

Utah

• 3. Reed Smoot (R)
• 1. William H. King (D)

Vermont

• 3. William P. Dillingham (R), until July 12, 1923
  • Porter H. Dale (R), from November 7, 1923
• 1. Frank L. Greene (R)

Virginia

• 1. Claude A. Swanson (D)
• 2. Carter Glass (D)

Washington

• 3. Wesley L. Jones (R)
• 1. Clarence C. Dill (D)

West Virginia

• 2. Davis Elkins (R)
• 1. Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
• 3. Irvine L. Lenroot (R)

Wyoming

• 2. Francis E. Warren (R)
• 1. John B. Kendrick (D)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

(10 Democrats)

• 1. John McDuffie (D)
• 2. John R. Tyson (D), until March 27, 1923
  • J. Lister Hill (D), from August 14, 1923
• 3. Henry B. Steagall (D)
• 4. Lamar Jeffers (D)
• 5. William B. Bowling (D)
• 6. William B. Oliver (D)
• 7. Miles C. Allgood (D)
• 8. Edward B. Almon (D)
• 9. George Huddleston (D)
• 10. William B. Bankhead (D)

Arizona

(1 Democrat)

• At-large. Carl T. Hayden (D)

Arkansas

(7 Democrats)

• 1. William J. Driver (D)
• 2. William A. Oldfield (D)
• 3. John N. Tillman (D)
• 4. Otis T. Wingo (D)
• 5. Heartsill Ragon (D)
• 6. Lewis E. Sawyer (D), until May 5, 1923
  • James B. Reed (D), from October 6, 1923
• 7. Tilman B. Parks (D)

California

(9-2 Republican)

• 1. Clarence F. Lea (D)
• 2. John E. Raker (D)
• 3. Charles F. Curry (R)
• 4. Julius Kahn (R), until December 18, 1924
• 5. Mae E. Nolan (R)
• 6. James H. MacLafferty (R)
• 7. Henry E. Barbour (R)
• 8. Arthur M. Free (R)
• 9. Walter F. Lineberger (R)
• 10. John D. Fredericks (R), from May 1, 1923
• 11. Philip D. Swing (R)

Colorado

(3-1 Republican)

• 1. William N. Vaile (R)
• 2. Charles B. Timberlake (R)
• 3. Guy U. Hardy (R)
• 4. Edward T. Taylor (D)

Connecticut

(4-1 Republican)

• 1. E. Hart Fenn (R)
• 2. Richard P. Freeman (R)
• 3. John Q. Tilson (R)
• 4. Schuyler Merritt (R)
• 5. Patrick B. O'Sullivan (D)

Delaware

(1 Democrat)

• At-large. William H. Boyce (D)

Florida

(4 Democrats)

• 1. Herbert J. Drane (D)
• 2. Frank Clark (D)
• 3. John H. Smithwick (D)
• 4. William J. Sears (D)

Georgia

(12 Democrats)

• 1. R. Lee Moore (D)
• 2. Frank Park (D)
• 3. Charles R. Crisp (D)
• 4. William C. Wright (D)
• 5. William D. Upshaw (D)
• 6. James W. Wise (D)
• 7. Gordon Lee (D)
• 8. Charles H. Brand (D)
• 9. Thomas M. Bell (D)
• 10. Carl Vinson (D)
• 11. William C. Lankford (D)
• 12. William W. Larsen (D)

Idaho

(2 Republicans)

• 1. Burton L. French (R)
• 2. Addison T. Smith (R)

Illinois

(20-7 Republican)

• 1. Martin B. Madden (R)
• 2. Morton D. Hull (R), from April 3, 1923
• 3. Elliott W. Sproul (R)
• 4. John W. Rainey (D), until May 4, 1923
  • Thomas A. Doyle (D), from November 6, 1923
• 5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
• 6. James R. Buckley (D)
• 7. M. Alfred Michaelson (R)
• 8. Stanley H. Kunz (D)
• 9. Frederick A. Britten (R)
• 10. Carl R. Chindblom (R)
• 11. Frank R. Reid (R)
• 12. Charles E. Fuller (R)
• 13. John C. McKenzie (R)
• 14. William J. Graham (R), until June 7, 1924
• 15. Edward J. King (R)
• 16. William E. Hull (R)
• 17. Frank H. Funk (R)
• 18. William P. Holaday (R)
• 19. Allen F. Moore (R)
• 20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
• 21. J. Earl Major (D)
• 22. Edward E. Miller (R)
• 23. William W. Arnold (D)
• 24. Thomas S. Williams (R)
• 25. Edward E. Denison (R)
• At-large. Henry R. Rathbone (R)
• At-large. Richard Yates, Jr. (R)

Indiana

(8-5 Republican)

• 1. William E. Wilson (D)
• 2. Arthur H. Greenwood (D)
• 3. Frank Gardner (D)
• 4. Harry C. Canfield (D)
• 5. Everett Sanders (R)
• 6. Richard N. Elliott (R)
• 7. Merrill Moores (R)
• 8. Albert H. Vestal (R)
• 9. Fred S. Purnell (R)
• 10. William R. Wood (R)
• 11. Samuel E. Cook (D)
• 12. Louis W. Fairfield (R)
• 13. Andrew J. Hickey (R)

Iowa

(11 Republicans)

• 1. William F. Kopp (R)
• 2. Harry E. Hull (R)
• 3. Thomas J. B. Robinson (R)
• 4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
• 5. Cyrenus Cole (R)
• 6. C. William Ramseyer (R)
• 7. Cassius C. Dowell (R)
• 8. Horace M. Towner (R), until April 1, 1923
  • Hiram K. Evans (R), from June 4, 1923
• 9. William R. Green (R)
• 10. Lester J. Dickinson (R)
• 11. William D. Boies (R)

Kansas

(7-1 Republican)

• 1. Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. (R)
• 2. Edward C. Little (R), until June 27, 1924
  • Ulysses S. Guyer (R), from November 4, 1924
• 3. William H. Sproul (R)
• 4. Homer Hoch (R)
• 5. James G. Strong (R)
• 6. Hays B. White (R)
• 7. Jasper N. Tincher (R)
• 8. William A. Ayres (D)

Kentucky

(3-3 split)

• 1. Alben W. Barkley (D)
• 2. David H. Kincheloe (D)
• 3. Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. (D)
• 4. Ben Johnson (D)
• 5. Maurice H. Thatcher (R)
• 6. Arthur B. Rouse (D)
• 7. James C. Cantrill (D), until September 2, 1923
  • Joseph W. Morris (D), from November 30, 1923
• 8. Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D)
• 9. William J. Fields (D), until December 11, 1923
  • Frederick M. Vinson (D), from January 24, 1924
• 10. John W. Langley (R)
• 11. John M. Robsion (R)

Louisiana

(8 Democrats)

• 1. James O'Connor (D)
• 2. H. Garland Dupré (D), until February 21, 1924
  • J. Zach Spearing (D), from April 22, 1924
• 3. Whitmell P. Martin (D)
• 4. John N. Sandlin (D)
• 5. Riley J. Wilson (D)
• 6. George K. Favrot (D)
• 7. Ladislas Lazaro (D)
• 8. James B. Aswell (D)

Maine

(4 Republicans)

• 1. Carroll L. Beedy (R)
• 2. Wallace H. White, Jr. (R)
• 3. John E. Nelson (R)
• 4. Ira G. Hersey (R)

Maryland

(3-3 split)

• 1. T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
• 2. Millard E. Tydings (D)
• 3. John Philip Hill (R)
• 4. J. Charles Linthicum (D)
• 5. Sydney E. Mudd, II (R), until October 11, 1924
  • Stephen W. Gambrill (D), from November 4, 1924
• 6. Frederick N. Zihlman (R)

Massachusetts

(13-3 Republican)

• 1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
• 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
• 3. Calvin D. Paige (R)
• 4. Samuel E. Winslow (R)
• 5. John Jacob Rogers (R)
• 6. A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. (R)
• 7. William P. Connery, Jr. (D)
• 8. Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
• 9. Charles L. Underhill (R)
• 10. Peter F. Tague (D)
• 11. George Holden Tinkham (R)
• 12. James A. Gallivan (D)
• 13. Robert Luce (R)
• 14. Louis A. Frothingham (R)
• 15. William S. Greene (R), until September 22, 1924
  • Robert M. Leach (R), from November 4, 1924
• 16. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan

(12-1 Republican)

• 1. Robert H. Clancy (D)
• 2. Earl C. Michener (R)
• 3. John M. C. Smith (R), until March 30, 1923
  • Arthur B. Williams (R), from June 19, 1923
• 4. John C. Ketcham (R)
• 5. Carl E. Mapes (R)
• 6. Grant M. Hudson (R)
• 7. Louis C. Cramton (R)
• 8. Bird J. Vincent (R)
• 9. James C. McLaughlin (R)
• 10. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
• 11. Frank D. Scott (R)
• 12. W. Frank James (R)
• 13. Clarence J. McLeod (R)

Minnesota

(8-1 Republican)

• 1. Sydney Anderson (R)
• 2. Frank Clague (R)
• 3. Charles R. Davis (R)
• 4. Oscar E. Keller (R)
• 5. Walter H. Newton (R)
• 6. Harold Knutson (R)
• 7. Ole J. Kvale (FL)
• 8. Oscar J. Larson (R)
• 9. Knud Wefald (FL)
• 10. Thomas D. Schall (R)

Mississippi

(11-5 Democratic)

• 1. John E. Rankin (D)
• 2. Bill G. Lowrey (D)
• 3. Benjamin G. Humphreys, II (D), until October 16, 1923
  • William Y. Humphreys (D), from November 27, 1923
• 4. T. Jefferson Busby (D)
• 5. Ross A. Collins (D)
• 6. T. Webber Wilson (D)
• 7. Percy E. Quin (D)
• 8. James W. Collier (D)

Missouri

(11-5 Democratic)

• 1. Milton A. Romjue (D)
• 2. Ralph F. Lozier (D)
• 3. Jacob L. Milligan (D)
• 4. Charles L. Faust (R)
• 5. Henry L. Jost (D)
• 6. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
• 7. Samuel C. Major (D)
• 8. Sidney C. Roach (R)
• 9. Clarence A. Cannon (D)
• 10. Cleveland A. Newton (R)
• 11. Harry B. Hawes (D)
• 12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
• 13. J. Scott Wolff (D)
• 14. James F. Fulbright (D)
• 15. Joe J. Manlove (R)
• 16. Thomas L. Rubey (D)

Montana

(1-1 split)

• 1. John M. Evans (D)
• 2. Scott Leavitt (R)

Nebraska

(3-3 split)

• 1. John H. Morehead (D)
• 2. Willis G. Sears (R)
• 3. Edgar Howard (D)
• 4. Melvin O. McLaughlin (R)
• 5. Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
• 6. Robert G. Simmons (R)

Nevada

(1 Democrat)

• At-large. Charles L. Richards (D)

New Hampshire

(1-1 split)

• 1. William N. Rogers (D)
• 2. Edward H. Wason (R)

New Jersey

(6-6 split)

• 1. Francis F. Patterson, Jr. (R)
• 2. Isaac Bacharach (R)
• 3. Elmer H. Geran (D)
• 4. Charles Browne (D)
• 5. Ernest R. Ackerman (R)
• 6. Randolph Perkins (R)
• 7. George N. Seger (R)
• 8. Frank J. McNulty (D)
• 9. Daniel F. Minahan (D)
• 10. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
• 11. John J. Eagan (D)
• 12. Charles F.X. O'Brien (D)

New Mexico

(1 Democrat)

• At-large. John Morrow (D)

New York

(22-21 Democratic)

• 1. Robert L. Bacon (R)
• 2. John J. Kindred (D)
• 3. George W. Lindsay (D)
• 4. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
• 5. Loring M. Black, Jr. (D)
• 6. Charles I. Stengle (D)
• 7. John F. Quayle (D)
• 8. William E. Cleary (D)
• 9. David J. O'Connell (D)
• 10. Emanuel Celler (D)
• 11. Daniel J. Riordan (D),until April 28, 1923
  • Anning S. Prall (D), from November 6, 1923
• 12. Samuel Dickstein (D)
• 13. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
• 14. Nathan D. Perlman (R)
• 15. John J. Boylan (D)
• 16. John J. O'Connor (D), from November 6, 1923
• 17. Ogden L. Mills (R)
• 18. John F. Carew (D)
• 19. Sol Bloom (D)
• 20. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)
• 21. Royal H. Weller (D)
• 22. Anthony J. Griffin (D)
• 23. Frank Oliver (D)
• 24. James V. Ganly (D), until September 7, 1923
  • Benjamin L. Fairchild (R), from November 6, 1923
• 25. J. Mayhew Wainwright (R)
• 26. Hamilton Fish, Jr. (R)
• 27. Charles B. Ward (R)
• 28. Parker Corning (D)
• 29. James S. Parker (R)
• 30. Frank Crowther (R)
• 31. Bertrand H. Snell (R)
• 32. Luther W. Mott (R), until July 10, 1923
  • Thaddeus C. Sweet (R), from November 6, 1923
• 33. Homer P. Snyder (R)
• 34. John D. Clarke (R)
• 35. Walter W. Magee (R)
• 36. John Taber (R)
• 37. Gale H. Stalker (R)
• 38. Meyer Jacobstein (D)
• 39. Archie D. Sanders (R)
• 40. S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
• 41. Clarence MacGregor (R)
• 42. James M. Mead (D)
• 43. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

(10 Democrats)

• 1. Hallett S. Ward (D)
• 2. Claude Kitchin (D), until May 31, 1923
  • John H. Kerr (D), from November 6, 1923
• 3. Charles L. Abernethy (D)
• 4. Edward W. Pou (D)
• 5. Charles M. Stedman (D)
• 6. Homer L. Lyon (D)
• 7. William C. Hammer (D)
• 8. Robert L. Doughton (D)
• 9. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
• 10. Zebulon Weaver (D)

North Dakota

(4 Republicans)

• 1. Olger B. Burtness (R)
• 2. George M. Young (R), until September 2, 1924
  • Thomas Hall (R), from November 4, 1924
• 3. James H. Sinclair (R)

Ohio

(16-6 Democrats)

• 1. Nicholas Longworth (R)
• 2. Ambrose E.B. Stephens (R)
• 3. Roy G. Fitzgerald (R)
• 4. John L. Cable (R)
• 5. Charles J. Thompson (R)
• 6. Charles C. Kearns (R)
• 7. Charles Brand (R)
• 8. R. Clinton Cole (R)
• 9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
• 10. Israel M. Foster (R)
• 11. Mell G. Underwood (D)
• 12. John C. Speaks (R)
• 13. James T. Begg (R)
• 14. Martin L. Davey (D)
• 15. C. Ellis Moore (R)
• 16. John McSweeney (D)
• 17. William M. Morgan (R)
• 18. B. Frank Murphy (R)
• 19. John G. Cooper (R)
• 20. Charles A. Mooney (D)
• 21. Robert Crosser (D)
• 22. Theodore E. Burton (R)

Oklahoma

(7-1 Democratic)

• 1. Everette B. Howard (D)
• 2. William W. Hastings (D)
• 3. Charles D. Carter (D)
• 4. Thomas D. McKeown (D)
• 5. Fletcher B. Swank (D)
• 6. J. W. Elmer Thomas (D)
• 7. James V. McClintic (D)
• 8. Milton C. Garber (R)

Oregon

(2-1 Republican)

• 1. Willis C. Hawley (R)
• 2. Nicholas J. Sinnott (R)
• 3. Elton Watkins (D)

Pennsylvania

(30-6 Republican)

• 1. William S. Vare (R)
• 2. George S. Graham (R)
• 3. Harry C. Ransley (R)
• 4. George W. Edmonds (R)
• 5. James J. Connolly (R)
• 6. George A. Welsh (R)
• 7. George P. Darrow (R)
• 8. Thomas S. Butler (R)
• 9. Henry W. Watson (R)
• 10. William W. Griest (R)
• 11. Laurence H. Watres (R)
• 12. John J. Casey (D)
• 13. George F. Brumm (R)
• 14. William M. Croll (D)
• 15. Louis T. McFadden (R)
• 16. Edgar R. Kiess (R)
• 17. Herbert W. Cummings (D)
• 18. Edward M. Beers (R)
• 19. Frank C. Sites (D)
• 20. George M. Wertz (R)
• 21. J. Banks Kurtz (R)
• 22. Samuel F. Glatfelter (D)
• 23. William I. Swoope (R)
• 24. Samuel A. Kendall (R)
• 25. Henry W. Temple (R)
• 26. Thomas W. Phillips, Jr. (R)
• 27. Nathan L. Strong (R)
• 28. Harris J. Bixler (R)
• 29. Milton W. Shreve (R)
• 30. Everett Kent (D)
• 31. Adam M. Wyant (R)
• 32. Stephen G. Porter (R)
• 33. M. Clyde Kelly (R)
• 34. John M. Morin (R)
• 35. James M. Magee (R)
• 36. Guy E. Campbell (R)

Rhode Island

(2-1 Republican)

• 1. Clark Burdick (R)
• 2. Richard S. Aldrich (R)
• 3. Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D)

South Carolina

(7 Democrats)

• 1. W. Turner Logan (D)
• 2. James F. Byrnes (D)
• 3. Frederick H. Dominick (D)
• 4. John J. McSwain (D)
• 5. William F. Stevenson (D)
• 6. Allard H. Gasque (D)
• 7. Hampton P. Fulmer (D)

South Dakota

(3 Republicans)

• 1. Charles A. Christopherson (R)
• 2. Royal C. Johnson (R)
• 3. William Williamson (R)

Tennessee

(8-2 Republican)

• 1. B. Carroll Reece (R)
• 2. J. Will Taylor (R)
• 3. Samuel D. McReynolds (D)
• 4. Cordell Hull (D)
• 5. Ewin L. Davis (D)
• 6. Joseph W. Byrns, Sr. (D)
• 7. William C. Salmon (D)
• 8. Gordon W. Browning (D)
• 9. Finis J. Garrett (D)
• 10. Hubert F. Fisher (D)

Texas

(17-1 Democratic)

• 1. Eugene Black (D)
• 2. John C. Box (D)
• 3. Morgan G. Sanders (D)
• 4. Samuel T. Rayburn (D)
• 5. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
• 6. Luther Alexander Johnson (D)
• 7. Clay Stone Briggs (D)
• 8. Daniel E. Garrett (D)
• 9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
• 10. James P. Buchanan (D)
• 11. Thomas T. Connally (D)
• 12. Fritz G. Lanham (D)
• 13. Guinn Williams (D)
• 14. Harry M. Wurzbach (R)
• 15. John N. Garner (D)
• 16. Claude B. Hudspeth (D)
• 17. Thomas L. Blanton (D)
• 18. J. Marvin Jones (D)

Utah

(2 Republicans)

• 1. Don B. Colton (R)
• 2. Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)

Vermont

(2 Republicans)

• 1. Frederick G. Fleetwood (R)
• 2. Porter H. Dale (R), until August 11, 1923
  • Ernest Willard Gibson (R), from November 6, 1923

Virginia

(10 Democrats)

• 1. Schuyler Otis Bland (D)
• 2. Joseph T. Deal (D)
• 3. Andrew J. Montague (D)
• 4. Patrick Henry Drewry (D)
• 5. James M. Hooker (D)
• 6. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
• 7. Thomas W. Harrison (D)
• 8. R. Walton Moore (D)
• 9. George C. Peery (D)
• 10. Henry St. George Tucker, III (D)

Washington

(4-1 Republican)

• 1. John F. Miller (R)
• 2. Lindley H. Hadley (R)
• 3. Albert Johnson (R)
• 4. John W. Summers (R)
• 5. J. Stanley Webster (R), until May 8, 1923
  • Samuel B. Hill (D), from September 25, 1923

West Virginia

(4-2 Democratic)

• 1. Benjamin L. Rosenbloom (R)
• 2. Robert E. L. Allen (D)
• 3. Stuart F. Reed (R)
• 4. George W. Johnson (D)
• 5. Thomas J. Lilly (D)
• 6. J. Alfred Taylor (D)

Wisconsin

(10-1 Republican)

• 1. Henry A. Cooper (R)
• 2. Edward Voigt (R)
• 3. John M. Nelson (R)
• 4. John C. Schafer (R)
• 5. Victor L. Berger (Socialist)
• 6. Florian Lampert (R)
• 7. Joseph D. Beck (R)
• 8. Edward E. Browne (R)
• 9. George J. Schneider (R)
• 10. James A. Frear (R)
• 11. Hubert H. Peavey (R)

Wyoming

(1 Republican)

• At-large. Charles E. Winter (R)

Non-voting members

(1-1 split)

• Alaska Territory. Daniel A. Sutherland (R)
• Hawaii Territory. William P. Jarrett (D)
• Philippines. Isauro Gabaldon (Resident Commissioner)
• Philippines. Pedro Guevara (Resident Commissioner)
• Puerto Rico. Félix Córdova Dávila (Resident Commissioner)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80.1-100% Democratic	80.1-100% Republican
60.1-80% Democratic	60.1-80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• replacements: 7
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 2 seat net loss
  • Farmer–Labor: 1 seat net gain
• deaths: 7
• resignations: 0
• vacancy: 0
• Total seats with changes: 8

State	Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
Colorado (3)	Samuel D. Nicholson (R)	Died March 24, 1923. Successor was appointed.	Alva B. Adams (D)	May 17, 1923
Minnesota (2)	Knute Nelson (R)	Died April 28, 1923. Successor was elected.	Magnus Johnson (FL)	July 16, 1923
Vermont (3)	William P. Dillingham (R)	Died July 12, 1923. Successor was elected.	Porter H. Dale (R)	November 7, 1923
Rhode Island (2)	LeBaron Bradford Colt (R)	Died August 18, 1924. Successor was elected.	Jesse H. Metcalf (R)	November 5, 1924
Connecticut (3)	Frank B. Brandegee (R)	Died October 14, 1924. Successor was elected.	Hiram Bingham III (R)	December 17, 1924
Massachusetts (1)	Henry Cabot Lodge (R)	Died November 9, 1924. Successor was appointed.	William M. Butler (R)	November 13, 1924
Colorado (3)	Alva B. Adams (D)	Interim appointment. Successor was elected. Served until November 30, 1924.	Rice W. Means (R)	December 1, 1924
Illinois (2)	Joseph M. McCormick (R)	Died February 25, 1925. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	Charles S. Deneen (R)	February 26, 1925

House of Representatives

• replacements: 22
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
• deaths: 15
• resignations: 6
• contested election: 0
• Total seats with changes: 24

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor
Illinois 2nd	Vacant	Rep. James R. Mann died during previous congress	Morton D. Hull (R)	April 3, 1923
California 10th	Vacant	Rep. Henry Z. Osborne died during previous congress	John D. Fredericks (R)	May 1, 1923
New York 16th	Vacant	Rep. William Bourke Cockran died during previous congress	John J. O'Connor (D)	November 6, 1923
Alabama 2nd	John R. Tyson (D)	Died March 27, 1923	Lister Hill (D)	August 14, 1923
Michigan 3rd	John M. C. Smith (R)	Died March 30, 1923	Arthur B. Williams (R)	June 19, 1923
Iowa 8th	Horace M. Towner (R)	Resigned April 1, 1923 after being appointed Governor of Puerto Rico	Hiram K. Evans (R)	June 4, 1923
New York 11th	Daniel J. Riordan (D)	Died April 28, 1923	Anning S. Prall (D)	November 6, 1923
Illinois 4th	John W. Rainey (D)	Died May 4, 1923	Thomas A. Doyle (D)	November 6, 1923
Arkansas 6th	Lewis E. Sawyer (D)	Died May 5, 1923	James B. Reed (D)	October 6, 1923
Washington 5th	J. Stanley Webster (R)	Resigned May 8, 1923 after being appointed to United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington	Samuel B. Hill (D)	September 25, 1923
North Carolina 2nd	Claude Kitchin (D)	Died May 31, 1923	John H. Kerr (D)	November 6, 1923
New York 32nd	Luther W. Mott (R)	Died July 10, 1923	Thaddeus C. Sweet (R)	November 6, 1923
Vermont 2nd	Porter H. Dale (R)	Resigned August 11, 1923 after becoming a candidate for the US Senate	Ernest Willard Gibson (R)	November 6, 1923
Kentucky 7th	J. Campbell Cantrill (D)	Died September 2, 1923	Joseph W. Morris (D)	November 30, 1923
New York 24th	James V. Ganly (D)	Died September 7, 1923	Benjamin L. Fairchild (R)	November 6, 1923
Mississippi 3rd	Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)	Died October 16, 1923	William Y. Humphreys (D)	November 27, 1923
Kentucky 9th	William J. Fields (D)	Resigned December 11, 1923	Fred M. Vinson (D)	January 24, 1924
Louisiana 2nd	H. Garland Dupré (D)	Died February 21, 1924	James Z. Spearing (D)	April 22, 1924
Illinois 14th	William J. Graham (R)	Resigned June 7, 1924 after being appointed to the United States Court of Customs Appeals	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Kansas 2nd	Edward C. Little (R)	Died June 27, 1924	Ulysses S. Guyer (R)	November 4, 1924
North Dakota 2nd	George M. Young (R)	Resigned September 2, 1924 after being appointed to the Board of General Appraisers	Thomas Hall (R)	November 4, 1924
Massachusetts 15th	William S. Greene (R)	Died September 22, 1924	Robert M. Leach (R)	November 4, 1924
Maryland 5th	Sydney E. Mudd II (R)	Died October 11, 1924	Stephen W. Gambrill (D)	November 4, 1924
California 4th	Julius Kahn (R)	Died December 18, 1924	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Agriculture and Forestry
• Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty (Select)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
• Banking and Currency
• Campaign Expenditures (Special)
• Charges against Burton K. Wheeler (Select)
• Civil Service
• Claims
• Commerce
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
• Enrolled Bills
• Expenditures in Executive Departments
• Immigration
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Indian Affairs
• Internal Revenue Bureau (Select)
• Interoceanic Canals
• Interstate Commerce
• Library
• Manufactures
• Military Affairs
• Mines and Mining
• Naval Affairs
• Nine Foot Channel from the Great Lakes to the Gulf (Select)
• Patents
• Pensions
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Printing
• Privileges and Elections
• Propaganda Affecting Taxation and Soldiers' Bonus (Select)
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Lands and Surveys
• Reforestation (Select)
• Revision of the Laws
• Rules
• Territories and Insular Possessions
• Veterans Bureau Investigation (Select)
• War Finance Corporation Loans (Select)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts
• Air Services (Select)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic
• Banking and Currency
• Census
• Civil Service
• Claims
• Coinage, Weights and Measures
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• District of Columbia
• Education
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress
• Elections
• Enrolled Bills
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department
• Expenditures in the Commerce Department
• Expenditures in the Interior Department
• Expenditures in the Justice Department
• Expenditures in the Labor Department
• Expenditures in the Navy Department
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department
• Expenditures in the State Department
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department
• Expenditures in the War Department
• Expenditures on Public Buildings
• Flood Control
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Indian Affairs
• Industrial Arts and Expositions
• Insular Affairs
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce
• Whole

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol:
  • Elliott Woods, until May 22, 1923
  • David Lynn, from August 22, 1923
• Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl
• Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
• Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter

Senate

• Chaplain: John J. Muir Baptist
• Secretary: George A. Sanderson of Illinois
• Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry of Rhode Island

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: James S. Montgomery Methodist, elected April 11, 1921
• Clerk: William T. Page of Maryland, elected December 5, 1923
• Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy of Michigan, elected December 5, 1923
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Lehr Fess
• Postmaster of the House: Frank W. Collier of Wisconsin, elected December 5, 1923
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers of Pennsylvania, elected December 5, 1923

See also

• United States elections, 1922 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1922
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1922
• United States elections, 1924 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1924
  • United States Senate elections, 1924
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1924

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists

• Official Congressional Directory for the 68th Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 68th Congress, 1st Session (Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 68th Congress, 2nd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 68th Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 68th Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).