63rd United States Congress

63rd United States Congress
62nd ← → 64th
United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
Members	96 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Democratic
Senate President	Thomas R. Marshall (D)
House majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Champ Clark (D)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1913 – March 17, 1913 1st: April 7, 1913 – December 1, 1913 2nd: December 1, 1913 – October 24, 1914 3rd: December 7, 1914 – March 3, 1915

The Sixty-third 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, D.C. from March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1915, during the first 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 Democratic majority.

Major events

Inauguration platform being constructed on the east steps of the U.S. Capitol, ten days before Woodrow Wilson's March 4, 1913 presidential inauguration.

Main articles: 1913 in the United States, 1914 in the United States, and 1915 in the United States

• March 4, 1913: Woodrow Wilson became President of the United States.
• March 9, 1914: The Senate adopted a rule forbidding smoking on the floor of the Senate because Senator Ben Tillman, recovering from a stroke, found the smoke irritating.
• July 28, 1914: World War I began in Europe
• August 15, 1914: The Panama Canal was inaugurated
• August 19, 1914: President Woodrow Wilson declared strict U.S. neutrality
• November 1914: United States House of Representatives elections, 1914 and United States Senate elections, 1914
• November 16, 1914: Federal Reserve Bank opened

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 63rd United States Congress

• May 27, 1913: Kern Resolution
• July 9, 1913: Saboth Act
• July 15, 1913: Newlands Labor Act
• October 3, 1913: Revenue Act of 1913 (Federal Income Tax), including Underwood Tariff
• October 22, 1913: Urgent Deficiencies Act
• December 19, 1913: Raker Act
• December 23, 1913: Federal Reserve Act, ch. 6, 38 Stat. 251, 12 U.S.C. § 221, et seq.
• May 8, 1914: Smith-Lever Act, ch. 79, 38 Stat. 372, 7 U.S.C. § 341
• June 24, 1914: Cutter Service Act
• June 30, 1914: Cooperative Funds Act
• July 17, 1914: Agricultural Entry Act
• July 18, 1914: Aviation Service Act
• July 21, 1914: Borland Amendment
• August 13, 1914: Smith-Hayden Act
• August 15, 1914: Sponge Act
• August 18, 1914: Cotton Futures Act of 1914
• August 18, 1914: Foreign Ship Registry Act
• August 22, 1914: Glacier National Park Act of 1914
• September 2, 1914: War Risk Insurance Act (Rayburn Act)
• September 26, 1914: Federal Trade Commission Act, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, 15 U.S.C. § 41
• October 2, 1914: River and Harbors Act of 1914
• October 15, 1914: Clayton Antitrust Act, ch. 323, 38 Stat. 730, 15 U.S.C. § 12, et seq.
• October 22, 1914: Emergency Internal Revenue Tax Act
• December 17, 1914: Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
• January 28, 1915: Coast Guard Act
• March 4, 1915: Merchant Marine Act of 1915
• March 4, 1915: River and Harbors Act of 1915
• March 4, 1915: Standard Barrel Act For Fruits, Vegetables, and Dry Commodities
• March 4, 1915: Federal Boiler Inspection Act
• March 4, 1915: Uniform Bill of Lading Act
• March 4, 1915: Occupancy Permits Act

Constitutional amendments

• April 8, 1913: 17th Amendment was ratified, creating a popularly elected U.S. Senate instead of the original process of appointment by state legislatures.

Party summary

Map showing Senate party membership at the start of the 62nd Congress. Red states are represented by two Republicans and blue by two Democrats. Purple states are represented by one senator from each party.

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	47	0	48	95	1
Begin	49	1	42	92	4
End	53			96	0
Final voting share	55.2%	1.0%	43.8%
Beginning of next congress	56	0	40	96	0

House of Representatives

• Democratic (D): 291 (majority)
• Republican (R): 134
• Progressive (P): 9
• Independent (I): 1

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

Senate

• President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall
• President pro tempore: James P. Clarke
• Majority Whip: J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
• Minority Whip: James Wadsworth, Jr. (R) until March 4; Charles Curtis (R) starting March 4

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Champ Clark (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Oscar Underwood
• Majority Whip: Thomas M. Bell

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: James R. Mann
• Minority Whip: Charles H. Burke

Members

Senate

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Most Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. Senior senators are listed first.

Alabama

• 3. Joseph F. Johnston (D), until August 8, 1913
  • Frank White (D), from May 11, 1914
• 2. John H. Bankhead (D)

Arizona

• 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D)
• 3. Marcus A. Smith (D)

Arkansas

• 3. James P. Clarke (D)
• 2. Joseph Robinson (D)

California

• 3. George C. Perkins (R)
• 1. John D. Works (R)

Colorado

• 2. John F. Shafroth (D)
• 3. Charles S. Thomas (D)

Connecticut

• 3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)
• 1. George P. McLean (R)

Delaware

• 1. Henry A. du Pont (R)
• 2. Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (D)

Florida

• 1. Nathan P. Bryan (D)
• 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

Georgia

• 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D), until February 14, 1914
  • William S. West (D), March 2, 1914 – November 3, 1914
  • Thomas W. Hardwick (D), from November 4, 1914
• 3. Hoke Smith (D)

Idaho

• 2. William E. Borah (R)
• 3. James H. Brady (R)

Illinois

• 2. J. Hamilton Lewis (D), from March 26, 1913
• 3. Lawrence Sherman (R), from March 26, 1913

Indiana

• 1. John W. Kern (D)
• 3. Benjamin F. Shively (D)

Iowa

• 3. Albert B. Cummins (R)
• 2. William Squire Kenyon (R)

Kansas

• 3. Joseph L. Bristow (R)
• 2. William H. Thompson (D)

Kentucky

• 3. William O. Bradley (R), until May 23, 1914
  • Johnson N. Camden, Jr. (D), from June 16, 1914
• 2. Ollie M. James (D)

Louisiana

• 2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
• 3. John R. Thornton (D)

Maine

• 2. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
• 1. Charles Fletcher Johnson (D)

Maryland

• 1. William P. Jackson (R), until January 28, 1914
  • Blair Lee (D), from January 28, 1914
• 3. John Walter Smith (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
• 2. John W. Weeks (R)

Michigan

• 2. William Alden Smith (R)
• 1. Charles E. Townsend (R)

Minnesota

• 1. Moses E. Clapp (R)
• 2. Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

• 2. James K. Vardaman (D)
• 1. John Sharp Williams (D)

Missouri

• 1. James A. Reed (D)
• 3. William J. Stone (D)

Montana

• 1. Henry L. Myers (D)
• 2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)

Nebraska

• 1. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
• 2. George W. Norris (R)

Nevada

• 3. Francis G. Newlands (D)
• 1. Key Pittman (D)

New Hampshire

• 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
• 2. Henry F. Hollis (D), from March 13, 1913

New Jersey

• 2. William Hughes (D)
• 1. James E. Martine (D)

New Mexico

• 1. Thomas B. Catron (R)
• 2. Albert B. Fall (R)

New York

• 1. James A. O'Gorman (D)
• 3. Elihu Root (R)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

• 3. Asle J. Gronna (R)
• 1. Porter J. McCumber (R)

Ohio

• 3. Theodore E. Burton (R)
• 1. Atlee Pomerene (D)

Oklahoma

• 3. Thomas P. Gore (D)
• 2. Robert L. Owen (D)

Oregon

• 3. George E. Chamberlain (D)
• 2. Harry Lane (D)

Pennsylvania

• 1. George T. Oliver (R)
• 3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

• 2. LeBaron B. Colt (R)
• 1. Henry F. Lippitt (R)

South Carolina

• 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)
• 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)

South Dakota

• 3. Coe I. Crawford (R)
• 2. Thomas Sterling (R)

Tennessee

• 1. Luke Lea (D)
• 2. John K. Shields (D)

Texas

• 1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
• 2. Morris Sheppard (D)

Utah

• 3. Reed Smoot (R)
• 1. George Sutherland (R)

Vermont

• 3. William P. Dillingham (R)
• 1. Carroll S. Page (R)

Virginia

• 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)
• 1. Claude A. Swanson (D)

Washington

• 3. Wesley L. Jones (R)
• 1. Miles Poindexter (Prog.)

West Virginia

• 1. William E. Chilton (D)
• 2. Nathan Goff (R), from April 1, 1913

Wisconsin

• 1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
• 3. Isaac Stephenson (R)

Wyoming

• 1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
• 2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

Alabama

(10 Democrats)

• 1. George W. Taylor (D)
• 2. S. Hubert Dent, Jr. (D)
• 3. Henry D. Clayton (D), until May 25, 1914
  • William Oscar Mulkey (D), from June 29, 1914
• 4. Fred L. Blackmon (D)
• 5. J. Thomas Heflin (D)
• 6. Richmond P. Hobson (D)
• 7. John L. Burnett (D)
• 8. William N. Richardson (D), until March 31, 1914
  • Christopher Columbus Harris (D), from May 11, 1914
• 9. Oscar W. Underwood (D)
• At-large: John Abercrombie (D)

Arizona

(1 Democrat)

• At-large: Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

(7 Democrats)

• 1. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)
• 2. William A. Oldfield (D)
• 3. John C. Floyd (D)
• 4. Otis Wingo (D)
• 5. Henderson M. Jacoway (D)
• 6. Samuel M. Taylor (D)
• 7. William S. Goodwin (D)

California

(7-3 Republican, 1 Independent)

• 1. William Kent (I)
• 2. John E. Raker (D)
• 3. Charles F. Curry (R)
• 4. Julius Kahn (R)
• 5. John I. Nolan (R)
• 6. Joseph R. Knowland (R)
• 7. Denver S. Church (D)
• 8. Everis A. Hayes (R)
• 9. Charles W. Bell (Prog.)
• 10. William Stephens (Prog.)
• 11. William Kettner (D)

Colorado

(4 Democrats)

• 1. George John Kindel (D)
• 2. Harry Hunter Seldomridge (D)
• At-large: Edward T. Taylor (D)
• At-large: Edward Keating (D)

Connecticut

(5 Democrats)

• 1. Augustine Lonergan (D)
• 2. Bryan F. Mahan (D)
• 3. Thomas L. Reilly (D)
• 4. Jeremiah Donovan (D)
• 5. William Kennedy (D)

Delaware

(1 Democrat)

• At-large: Franklin Brockson (D)

Florida

(4 Democrats)

• 1. Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
• 2. Frank Clark (D)
• 3. Emmett Wilson (D)
• At-large: Claude L'Engle (D)

Georgia

(12 Democrats)

• 1. Charles G. Edwards (D)
• 2. Seaborn Roddenbery (D), until September 25, 1913
  • Frank Park (D), from November 4, 1913
• 3. Charles R. Crisp (D)
• 4. William C. Adamson (D)
• 5. William S. Howard (D)
• 6. Charles L. Bartlett (D)
• 7. Gordon Lee (congressman) (D)
• 8. Samuel J. Tribble (D)
• 9. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)
• 10. Thomas W. Hardwick (D), until November 2, 1914
  • Carl Vinson (D), from November 3, 1914
• 11. John R. Walker (D)
• 12. Dudley M. Hughes (D)

Idaho

(2 Republicans)

• At-large: Addison T. Smith (R)
• At-large: Burton L. French (R)

Illinois

(20-5 Democratic, 2 Progressives)

• 1. Martin B. Madden (R)
• 2. James R. Mann (R)
• 3. George E. Gorman (D)
• 4. James T. McDermott (D), until July 21, 1914
• 5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
• 6. James McAndrews (D)
• 7. Frank Buchanan (D)
• 8. Thomas Gallagher (D)
• 9. Frederick A. Britten (R)
• 10. Charles M. Thomson (Prog.)
• 11. Ira C. Copley (R)
• 12. William H. Hinebaugh (Prog.)
• 13. John C. McKenzie (R)
• 14. Clyde H. Tavenner (D)
• 15. Stephen A. Hoxworth (D)
• 16. Claude U. Stone (D)
• 17. Louis Fitzhenry (D)
• 18. Frank T. O'Hair (D)
• 19. Charles M. Borchers (D)
• 20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
• 21. James M. Graham (D)
• 22. William N. Baltz (D)
• 23. Martin D. Foster (D)
• 24. H. Robert Fowler (D)
• 25. Robert P. Hill (D)
• At-large: Lawrence B. Stringer (D)
• At-large: William E. Williams (D)

Indiana

(13 Democrats)

• 1. Charles Lieb (D)
• 2. William A. Cullop (D)
• 3. William E. Cox (D)
• 4. Lincoln Dixon (D)
• 5. Ralph W. Moss (D)
• 6. Finly H. Gray (D)
• 7. Charles A. Korbly (D)
• 8. John A.M. Adair (D)
• 9. Martin A. Morrison (D)
• 10. John B. Peterson (D)
• 11. George W. Rauch (D)
• 12. Cyrus Cline (D)
• 13. Henry A. Barnhart (D)

Iowa

(8-3 Republican)

• 1. Charles A. Kennedy (R)
• 2. Irvin S. Pepper (D), until December 22, 1913
  • Henry Vollmer (D), from February 10, 1914
• 3. Maurice Connolly (D)
• 4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
• 5. James W. Good (R)
• 6. Sanford Kirkpatrick (D)
• 7. Solomon F. Prouty (R)
• 8. Horace M. Towner (R)
• 9. William R. Green (R)
• 10. Frank P. Woods (R)
• 11. George Cromwell Scott (R)

Kansas

(5-2 Democratic, 1 Progressive)

• 1. Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. (R)
• 2. Joseph Taggart (D)
• 3. Philip P. Campbell (R)
• 4. Dudley Doolittle (D)
• 5. Guy T. Helvering (D)
• 6. John R. Connelly (D)
• 7. George A. Neeley (D)
• 8. Victor Murdock (R)

Kentucky

(9-2 Democratic)

• 1. Alben Barkley (D)
• 2. Augustus Stanley (D)
• 3. Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. (D)
• 4. Ben Johnson (D)
• 5. J. Swagar Sherley (D)
• 6. Arthur B. Rouse (D)
• 7. J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
• 8. Harvey Helm (D)
• 9. William Jason Fields (D)
• 10. John W. Langley (R)
• 11. Caleb Powers (R)

Louisiana

(8 Democrats)

• 1. Albert Estopinal (D)
• 2. Henry Garland Dupré (D)
• 3. Robert Foligny Broussard (D)
• 4. John Thomas Watkins (D)
• 5. James Walter Elder (D)
• 6. Lewis Lovering Morgan (D)
• 7. Ladislas Lazaro (D)
• 8. James Benjamin Aswell (D)

Maine

(3-1 Republican)

• 1. Asher C. Hinds (R)
• 2. Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D)
• 3. Forrest Goodwin (R), until May 28, 1913
  • John Peters (R), from September 9, 1913
• 4. Frank E. Guernsey (R)

Maryland

(6 Democrats)

• 1. J. Harry Covington (D), until September 30, 1914
  • Jesse D. Price (D), from November 3, 1914
• 2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
• 3. George Konig (D), until May 31, 1913
  • Charles P. Coady (D), from November 4, 1913
• 4. J. Charles Linthicum (D)
• 5. Frank Owens Smith (D)
• 6. David J. Lewis (D)

Massachusetts

(8-8 split)

• 1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
• 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
• 3. William H. Wilder (R), until September 11, 1913
  • Calvin D. Paige (R), from November 4, 1913
• 4. Samuel E. Winslow (R)
• 5. John J. Rogers (R)
• 6. Augustus P. Gardner (R)
• 7. Michael F. Phelan (D)
• 8. Frederick S. Deitrick (D)
• 9. Ernest W. Roberts (R)
• 10. William F. Murray (D), until September 28, 1914
• 11. Andrew J. Peters (D), until August 15, 1914
• 12. James M. Curley (D), until February 4, 1914
  • James A. Gallivan (D), from April 7, 1914
• 13. John W. Weeks (R), until March 4, 1913
  • John J. Mitchell (D), from April 15, 1913
• 14. Edward Gilmore (D)
• 15. William S. Greene (R)
• 16. Thomas Chandler Thacher (D)

Michigan

(10-2 Republican, 1 Progressive)

• 1. Frank E. Doremus (D)
• 2. Samuel Beakes (D)
• 3. John M. C. Smith (R)
• 4. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
• 5. Carl Mapes (R)
• 6. Samuel W. Smith (R)
• 7. Louis C. Cramton (R)
• 8. Joseph W. Fordney (R)
• 9. James C. McLaughlin (R)
• 10. Roy O. Woodruff (Prog.)
• 11. Francis O. Lindquist (R)
• 12. H. Olin Young (R), until May 16, 1913
  • William Josiah MacDonald (Prog.), from August 26, 1913
• At-large: Patrick H. Kelley (R)

Minnesota

(9-1 Republican)

• 1. Sydney Anderson (R)
• 2. Winfield Scott Hammond (D), until January 6, 1915
• 3. Charles Russell Davis (R)
• 4. Frederick Stevens (R)
• 5. George Ross Smith (R)
• 6. Charles August Lindbergh (R)
• 7. Andrew Volstead (R)
• 8. Clarence B. Miller (R)
• 9. Halvor Steenerson (R)
• At-large. James Manahan (R)

Mississippi

(8 Democrats)

• 1. Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. (D)
• 2. Hubert D. Stephens (D)
• 3. Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)
• 4. Thomas U. Sisson (D)
• 5. Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (D)
• 6. Pat Harrison (D)
• 7. Percy E. Quin (D)
• 8. James W. Collier (D)

Missouri

(14-2 Democratic)

• 1. James Tilghman Lloyd (D)
• 2. William W. Rucker (D)
• 3. Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
• 4. Charles F. Booher (D)
• 5. William Patterson Borland (D)
• 6. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
• 7. Courtney W. Hamlin (D)
• 8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
• 9. James Beauchamp Clark (D)
• 10. Richard Bartholdt (R)
• 11. William Leo Igoe (D)
• 12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R), until June 19, 1914
  • Michael Joseph Gill (D), from June 19, 1914
• 13. Walter Lewis Hensley (D)
• 14. Joseph J. Russell (D)
• 15. Perl D. Decker (D)
• 16. Thomas L. Rubey (D)

Montana

(2 Democrats)

• At-large: John M. Evans (D)
• At-large: Tom Stout (D)

Nebraska

(3-3 split)

• 1. John A. Maguire (D)
• 2. Charles O. Lobeck (D)
• 3. Dan V. Stephens (D)
• 4. Charles Henry Sloan (R)
• 5. Silas Reynolds Barton (R)
• 6. Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

Nevada

(1 Republican)

• At-large: Edwin E. Roberts (R)

New Hampshire

(2 Democrats)

• 1. Eugene Elliott Reed (D)
• 2. Raymond Bartlett Stevens (D)

New Jersey

(11-1 Democratic)

• 1. William J. Browning (R)
• 2. J. Thompson Baker (D)
• 3. Thomas J. Scully (D)
• 4. Allan B. Walsh (D)
• 5. William E. Tuttle, Jr. (D)
• 6. Lewis J. Martin (D), until May 5, 1913
  • Archibald C. Hart (D), from July 22, 1913
• 7. Robert G. Bremner (D), until February 5, 1914
  • Dow H. Drukker (R), from April 7, 1914
• 8. Eugene F. Kinkead (D), until February 4, 1915
• 9. Walter I. McCoy (D), until October 3, 1914
  • Richard W. Parker (R), from December 1, 1914
• 10. Edward W. Townsend (D)
• 11. John J. Eagan (D)
• 12. James A. Hamill (D)

New Mexico

(1 Democrat)

• At-large: Harvey B. Fergusson (D)

New York

(31-11 Democratic, 1 Progressive)

• 1. Lathrop Brown (D)
• 2. Denis O'Leary (D), until December 31, 1914
• 3. Frank E. Wilson (D)
• 4. Harry H. Dale (D)
• 5. James P. Maher (D)
• 6. William M. Calder (R)
• 7. John J. Fitzgerald (D)
• 8. Daniel J. Griffin (D)
• 9. James H. O'Brien (D)
• 10. Herman A. Metz (D)
• 11. Daniel J. Riordan (D)
• 12. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
• 13. Timothy D. Sullivan (D), until August 31, 1913
  • George W. Loft (D), from November 4, 1913
• 14. Jefferson M. Levy (D)
• 15. Michael F. Conry (D)
• 16. Peter J. Dooling (D)
• 17. John F. Carew (D)
• 18. Thomas G. Patten (D)
• 19. Walter M. Chandler (Prog.)
• 20. Francis B. Harrison (D), resigned September 1, 1913
  • Jacob A. Cantor (D), from November 4, 1913
• 21. Henry George, Jr. (D)
• 22. Henry Bruckner (D)
• 23. Joseph A. Goulden (D)
• 24. Woodson R. Oglesby (D)
• 25. Benjamin I. Taylor (D)
• 26. Edmund Platt (R)
• 27. George McClellan (D)
• 28. Peter G. Ten Eyck (D)
• 29. James S. Parker (R)
• 30. Samuel Wallin (R)
• 31. Edwin A. Merritt (R), until December 4, 1914
• 32. Luther W. Mott (R)
• 33. Charles A. Talcott (D)
• 34. George W. Fairchild (R)
• 35. John R. Clancy (D)
• 36. Sereno E. Payne (R), until December 10, 1914
• 37. Edwin S. Underhill (D)
• 38. Thomas B. Dunn (R)
• 39. Henry G. Danforth (R)
• 40. Robert H. Gittins (D)
• 41. Charles B. Smith (D)
• 42. Daniel A. Driscoll (D)
• 43. Charles M. Hamilton (R)

North Carolina

(10 Democrats)

• 1. John Humphrey Small (D)
• 2. Claude Kitchin (D)
• 3. John M. Faison (D)
• 4. Edward W. Pou (D)
• 5. Charles M. Stedman (D)
• 6. Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
• 7. Robert N. Page (D)
• 8. Robert L. Doughton (D)
• 9. Edwin Y. Webb (D)
• 10. James M. Gudger, Jr. (D)

North Dakota

(3 Republicans)

• 1. Henry Thomas Helgesen (R)
• 2. George M. Young (R)
• 3. Patrick Daniel Norton (R)

Ohio

(19-3 Democratic)

• 1. Stanley E. Bowdle (D)
• 2. Alfred G. Allen (D)
• 3. Warren Gard (D)
• 4. J. Henry Goeke (D)
• 5. Timothy T. Ansberry (D), until January 9, 1915
• 6. Simeon D. Fess (R)
• 7. James D. Post (D)
• 8. Frank B. Willis (R), until January 9, 1915
• 9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
• 10. Robert M. Switzer (R)
• 11. Horatio C. Claypool (D)
• 12. Clement L. Brumbaugh (D)
• 13. John A. Key (D)
• 14. William G. Sharp (D), until July 23, 1914
• 15. George White (D)
• 16. William B. Francis (D)
• 17. William A. Ashbrook (D)
• 18. John J. Whitacre (D)
• 19. Elsworth R. Bathrick (D)
• 20. William Gordon (D)
• 21. Robert J. Bulkley (D)
• At-large: Robert Crosser (D)

Oklahoma

(6-2 Democratic)

• 1. Bird Segle McGuire (R)
• 2. Dick Thompson Morgan (R)
• 3. James S. Davenport (D)
• 4. Charles D. Carter (D)
• 5. Scott Ferris (D)
• At-large: William H. Murray (D)
• At-large: Joseph Bryan Thompson (D)
• At-large: Claude Weaver (D)

Oregon

(3 Republicans)

• 1. Willis C. Hawley (R)
• 2. Nicholas J. Sinnott (R)
• 3. Walter Lafferty (R)

Pennsylvania

(22-12 Republican, 2 Progressives)

• 1. William S. Vare (R)
• 2. George S. Graham (R)
• 3. J. Hampton Moore (R)
• 4. George W. Edmonds (R)
• 5. Michael Donohoe (D)
• 6. J. Washington Logue (D)
• 7. Thomas S. Butler (R)
• 8. Robert E. Difenderfer (D)
• 9. William W. Griest (R)
• 10. John R. Farr (R)
• 11. John J. Casey (D)
• 12. Robert Emmett Lee (D)
• 13. John H. Rothermel (D)
• 14. William D.B. Ainey (R)'
• 15. Edgar R. Kiess (R)
• 16. John V. Lesher (D)
• 17. Franklin L. Dershem (D)
• 18. Aaron S. Kreider (R)
• 19. Warren W. Bailey (D)
• 20. Andrew R. Brodbeck (D)
• 21. Charles E. Patton (R)
• 22. Abraham L. Keister (R)
• 23. Wooda N. Carr (D)
• 24. Henry W. Temple (Prog.)
• 25. Milton W. Shreve (R)
• 26. A. Mitchell Palmer (D)
• 27. J. N. Langham (R)
• 28. Willis J. Hulings (Prog.)
• 29. Stephen G. Porter (R)
• 30. M. Clyde Kelly (R)
• 31. James F. Burke (R)
• 32. Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)
• At-large: Fred E. Lewis (R)
• At-large: John M. Morin (R)
• At-large: Anderson H. Walters (R)
• At-large: Arthur R. Rupley (R)

Rhode Island

(2-1 Democratic)

• 1. George Francis O'Shaunessy (D)
• 2. Peter Goelet Gerry (D)
• 3. Ambrose Kennedy (R)

South Carolina

(7 Democrats)

• 1. Richard S. Whaley (D), from April 29, 1913
• 2. James F. Byrnes (D)
• 3. Wyatt Aiken (D)
• 4. Joseph T. Johnson (D)
• 5. David E. Finley (D)
• 6. J. Willard Ragsdale (D)
• 7. Asbury F. Lever (D)

South Dakota

(3 Republicans)

• 1. Charles H. Dillon (R)
• 2. Charles H. Burke (R)
• 3. Eben W. Martin (R)

Tennessee

(8-2 Democratic)

• 1. Sam R. Sells (R)
• 2. Richard W. Austin (R)
• 3. John Austin Moon (D)
• 4. Cordell Hull (D)
• 5. William C. Houston (D)
• 6. Joseph W. Byrns (D)
• 7. Lemuel Phillips Padgett (D)
• 8. Thetus Willrette Sims (D)
• 9. Finis J. Garrett (D)
• 10. Kenneth McKellar (D)

Texas

(18 Democrats)

• 1. Horace Worth Vaughan (D)
• 2. Martin Dies (D)
• 3. James Young (D)
• 4. Sam Rayburn (D)
• 5. James Andrew Beall (D)
• 6. Rufus Hardy (D)
• 7. Alexander W. Gregg (D)
• 8. Joe H. Eagle (D)
• 9. George Farmer Burgess (D)
• 10. Albert S. Burleson (D), until March 6, 1913
  • James P. Buchanan (D), from April 15, 1913
• 11. Robert L. Henry (D)
• 12. Oscar Callaway(D)
• 13. John Hall Stephens (D)
• 14. James L. Slayden (D)
• 15. John Nance Garner (D)
• 16. William R. Smith (D)
• At-large: Daniel E. Garrett (D)
• At-large: Hatton W. Sumners (D)

Utah

(2 Republicans)

• At-large: Joseph Howell (R)
• At-large: Jacob Johnson (R)

Vermont

(2 Republicans)

• 1. Frank L. Greene (R)
• 2. Frank Plumley (R)

Virginia

(9-1 Republican)

• 1. William Atkinson Jones (D)
• 2. Edward Everett Holland (D)
• 3. Andrew Jackson Montague (D)
• 4. Walter Allen Watson (D)
• 5. Edward W. Saunders (D)
• 6. Carter Glass (D)
• 7. James Hay (D)
• 8. Charles Creighton Carlin (D)
• 9. C. Bascom Slemp (R)
• 10. Henry De Flood (D)

Washington

(3-2 Republican)

• 1. William E. Humphrey (R)
• 2. Albert Johnson (R)
• 3. William Leroy La Follette (R)
• At-large: James W. Bryan (Prog.)
• At-large: Jacob Falconer (Prog.)

West Virginia

(4-2 Republican)

• 1. John W. Davis (D), until August 29, 1913
  • Matthew M. Neely (D), from October 14, 1913
• 2. William Gay Brown, Jr. (D)
• 3. Samuel B. Avis (R)
• 4. Hunter H. Moss, Jr. (R)
• 5. James Anthony Hughes (R)
• At-large: Howard Sutherland (R)

Wisconsin

(8-3 Republican)

• 1. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
• 2. Michael Edmund Burke (D)
• 3. John M. Nelson (R)
• 4. William J. Cary (R)
• 5. William H. Stafford (R)
• 6. Michael K. Reilly (D)
• 7. John Jacob Esch (R)
• 8. Edward E. Browne (R)
• 9. Thomas Frank Konop (D)
• 10. James A. Frear (R)
• 11. Irvine L. Lenroot (R)

Wyoming

(1 Republican)

• At-large: Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

(2-1 Republican)

• Alaska Territory. James Wickersham (R)
• Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (R)
• Philippines. Manuel Earnshaw (Resident Commissioner)
• Philippines. Manuel L. Quezon (Resident Commissioner)
• Puerto Rico. Luis Muñoz Rivera (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist), Puerto Rico

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: 3
  • Democratic: 2 seat net gain
  • Republican: 2 seat net loss
• deaths: 3
• resignations: 3
• vacancy: 3
• Total seats with changes: 9

State	Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
New Hampshire (2)	Vacant	Elected late.	Henry F. Hollis (D)	March 13, 1913
Illinois (2)	Vacant	Due to US Sen.Lorimer scandal, general assembly refused to seat elected Senator at beginning of term. Compromise was later reached with Governor of Illinois to seat senator to replace Lorimer after another election was called.	J. Hamilton Lewis (D)	March 26, 1913
Illinois (3)	Vacant	Due to US Sen.Lorimer scandal, general assembly refused to seat elected Senator at beginning of term. Compromise was later reached with Governor of Illinois to seat senator who supported Sen Lorimer.	Lawrence Y. Sherman (R)	March 26, 1913
West Virginia (2)	Vacant	Elected to seat at beginning of term but delayed installation to continue as judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	Nathan Goff Jr. (R)	April 1, 1913
Alabama (3)	Joseph F. Johnston (D)	Died August 8, 1913. Successor was appointed to finish term.	Francis S. White (D)	May 11, 1914
Maryland (1)	William P. Jackson (R)	Successor was elected.	Blair Lee (D)	Januar 28, 1914
Georgia (2)	Augustus O. Bacon (D)	Died February 14, 1914. Successor was appointed.	William S. West (D)	March 2, 1914
Kentucky (3)	William O. Bradley (R)	Died May 23, 1914. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	Johnson N. Camden Jr. (D)	June 16, 1914
Georgia (2)	William S. West (D)	Successor was elected.	Thomas W. Hardwick (D)	November 4, 1914

House of Representatives

• replacements: 20
  • Democratic: 1 seat gain
  • Republican: 2 seat loss
  • Progressive: 1 seat gain
• deaths: 11
• resignations: 19
• contested elections: 2
• Total seats with changes: 15

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor
South Carolina 1st	Vacant	Rep. George S. Legaré died during previous congress	Richard S. Whaley (D)	April 29, 1913
Massachusetts 13th	John W. Weeks (R)	Resigned March 4, 1913 after being elected to the US Senate	John J. Mitchell (D)	April 15, 1913
Texas 10th	Albert S. Burleson (D)	Resigned March 6, 1913 after being appointed United States Postmaster General	James P. Buchanan (D)	April 15, 1913
New Jersey 6th	Lewis J. Martin (D)	Died May 5, 1913	Archibald C. Hart (D)	July 22, 1913
Michigan 12th	H. Olin Young (R)	Resigned May 16, 1913 while election was being contested	William J. MacDonald (Prog.)	August 26, 1913
Maine 3rd	Forrest Goodwin (R)	Died May 28, 1913	John A. Peters (R)	September 9, 1913
Maryland 3rd	George Konig (D)	Died May 31, 1913	Charles P. Coady (D)	November 4, 1913
West Virginia 1st	John W. Davis (D)	Resigned August 29, 1913 after being appointed Solicitor General of the United States	Matthew M. Neely (D)	October 14, 1913
New York 13th	Timothy Sullivan (D)	Died August 31, 1913	George W. Loft (D)	November 4, 1913
New York 20th	Francis B. Harrison (D)	Resigned September 1, 1913 after being appointed Governor-General of the Philippines	Jacob A. Cantor (D)	November 4, 1913
Massachusetts 3rd	William Wilder (R)	Died September 11, 1913	Calvin Paige (R)	November 4, 1913
Georgia 2nd	Seaborn Roddenbery (D)	Died September 25, 1913	Frank Park (D)	November 4, 1913
Iowa 2nd	Irvin S. Pepper (D)	Died December 22, 1913	Henry Vollmer (D)	February 10, 1914
Massachusetts 12th	James Michael Curley (D)	Resigned February 4, 1914 after being elected Mayor of Boston	James A. Gallivan (D)	April 7, 1914
New Jersey 7th	Robert G. Bremner (D)	Died February 5, 1914	Dow H. Drukker (R)	April 7, 1914
Alabama 8th	William N. Richardson (D)	Died March 31, 1914	Christopher C. Harris (D)	May 11, 1914
Alabama 3rd	Henry D. Clayton, Jr. (D)	Resigned May 25, 1914 after being appointed judge for U.S. District Court for Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama	William O. Mulkey (D)	June 29, 1914
Missouri 12th	Leonidas C. Dyer (R)	Lost contested election June 9, 1914	Michael J. Gill (D)	June 9, 1914
Illinois 4th	James T. McDermott (D)	Resigned July 21, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 14th	William G. Sharp (D)	Resigned July 23, 1914 after being appointed United States Ambassador to France	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Massachusetts 11th	Andrew J. Peters (D)	Resigned August 15, 1914 after being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Massachusetts 10th	William F. Murray (D)	Resigned September 28, 1914 after being appointed Postmaster of Boston	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Maryland 1st	J. Harry Covington (D)	Resigned September 30, 1914 after being appointed to serve as chief justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia	Jesse Price (D)	November 3, 1914
New Jersey 9th	Walter I. McCoy (D)	Resigned October 3, 1914 after being appointed associate justice for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia	Richard W. Parker (R)	December 1, 1914
Georgia 10th	Thomas W. Hardwick (D)	Resigned November 2, 1914 after being elected to the US Senate	Carl Vinson (D)	November 3, 1914
New York 36th	Sereno E. Payne (R)	Died December 10, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 31st	Edwin A. Merritt (R)	Died December 14, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 2nd	Denis O'Leary (D)	Resigned December 31, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Minnesota 2nd	Winfield Scott Hammond (D)	Resigned January 6, 1915 after being elected Governor of Minnesota	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 5th	Timothy T. Ansberry (D)	Resigned January 9, 1915 after being appointed associate justice of the Ohio Court of Appeals	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 8th	Frank B. Willis (R)	Resigned January 9, 1915 after being elected Governor of Ohio	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New Jersey 8th	Eugene F. Kinkead (D)	Resigned February 4, 1915 after becoming sheriff of Hudson County, New Jersey	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select)
• Agriculture and Forestry
• Appropriations
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
• Banking and Currency
• Canadian Relations
• Census
• Civil Service and Retrenchment
• Claims
• Coast and Insular Survey
• Coast Defenses
• Commerce
• Conservation of National Resources
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia
• Cuban Relations
• Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
• Engrossed Bills
• Enrolled Bills
• Establish a University in the United States (Select)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service
• Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture
• Expenditures in the Department of Commerce
• Expenditures in the Interior Department
• Expenditures in the Department of Justice
• Expenditures in the Department of Labor
• Expenditures in the Navy Department
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department
• Expenditures in the Department of State
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department
• Expenditures in the War Department
• Finance
• Fisheries
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
• Foreign Relations
• Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game
• Geological Survey
• Immigration
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Indian Affairs
• Industrial Expositions
• Interoceanic Canals
• Interstate Commerce
• Irrigation and Reclamation
• Judiciary
• Library
• Manufactures
• Military Affairs
• Mines and Mining
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select)
• National Banks
• Naval Affairs
• Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico
• Pacific Railroads
• Patents
• Pensions
• Philippines
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Printing
• Private Land Claims
• Privileges and Elections
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Health and National Quarantine
• Public Lands
• Railroads
• Revision of the Laws
• Revolutionary Claims
• Rules
• Standards, Weights and Measures
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Telepost (Select)
• Territories
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
• Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage

House of Representatives

• Accounts
• Agriculture
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic
• Appropriations
• Banking and Currency
• Census
• 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
• Foreign Affairs
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Indian Affairs
• Industrial Arts and Expositions
• Insular Affairs
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce
• Invalid Pensions
• Irrigation of Arid Lands
• Labor
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries
• Mileage
• Military Affairs
• Mines and Mining
• Naval Affairs
• Patents
• Pensions
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Lands
• Railways and Canals
• Reform in the Civil Service
• Revision of Laws
• Rivers and Harbors
• Roads
• Rules
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories
• War Claims
• Ways and Means
• Whole

Joint committees

• Armor Plant Costs (Special)
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• Investigate the General Parcel Post
• Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail
• Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
• Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
• Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly (until 1913), Cornelius Ford (starting 1913)

Senate

• Secretary:
  • Charles G. Bennett of New York
  • James M. Baker of South Carolina, elected March 13, 1913.
• Sergeant at Arms:
  • E. Livingston Cornelius of Maryland, elected December 10, 1912
  • Charles P. Higgins of Indiana, elected March 13, 1913
• Chaplain: Edward Everett Hale, Unitarian, until March 13, 1913, F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected March 13, 1913.

House of Representatives

• Clerk: South Trimble of Kentucky, elected April 7, 1913.
• Sergeant at Arms: Robert B. Gordon of Ohio, elected April 7, 1913.
• Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott of Virginia, elected April 7, 1913.
• Postmaster: William M. Dunbar of Georgia, elected April 7, 1913.
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Bennett C. Clark
• Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected April 7, 1913.

See also

• United States elections, 1912 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1912
  • United States Senate elections, 1912
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1912
• United States elections, 1914 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1914
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1914

References

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• Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 2nd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 3rd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 3rd Session (Revision).