76th United States Congress
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The Seventy-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate
and the United States House of Representatives
. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1941, during the seventh and eighth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt
's presidency
. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
was based on the Fifteenth Census of the United States in 1930
. Both chambers had a Democratic
majority.
TOTAL members: 96
TOTAL members: 435
, which indicate the cycle of their election.
(D). George M. Grant
(D). Henry B. Steagall
(D). Sam Hobbs
(D). Joe Starnes
(D). Pete Jarman
(D). William B. Bankhead
(D), until September 15, 1940
(D). Wilbur D. Mills (D). Clyde T. Ellis
(D). William B. Cravens
(D), died January 13, 1939
(D). Harry L. Englebright (R). Frank H. Buck
(D). Franck R. Havenner
(Prog). Richard J. Welch
(R). Albert E. Carter
(R). John H. Tolan
(D). Jack Z. Anderson
(R). Bertrand W. Gearhart
(R). Alfred J. Elliott
(D). John Carl Hinshaw
(R). Jerry Voorhis
(D). Charles Kramer
(D). Thomas F. Ford
(D). John M. Costello
(D). Leland M. Ford
(R). Lee E. Geyer
(D). Thomas M. Eaton
(R), until September 16, 1939, vacant thereafter. Harry R. Sheppard
(D). Edouard V. M. Izac (D)
(D). John A. Martin
(D), died December 23, 1939
(R). Thomas R. Ball
(R). James A. Shanley
(D). Albert E. Austin
(R). J. Joseph Smith
(D). B. J. Monkiewicz
(R)
(R)
(D). Robert A. Green
(D). Millard F. Caldwell
(D). Pat Cannon
(D). Joe Hendricks
(D)
(D). Edward E. Cox
(D). Stephen Pace
(D). Emmett M. Owen (D), died June 21, 1939
(D). Henry C. Dworshak (R)
(D). Raymond S. McKeough
(D). Edward A. Kelly
(D). Harry P. Beam
(D). Adolph J. Sabath
(D). A. F. Maciejewski
(D). Leonard W. Schuetz
(D). Leo Kocialkowski
(D). James McAndrews
(D). Ralph E. Church
(R). Chauncey W. Reed
(R). Noah M. Mason
(R). Leo E. Allen
(R). Anton J. Johnson
(R). Robert B. Chiperfield
(R). Everett M. Dirksen (R). Leslie C. Arends (R). Jessie Sumner
(R). William H. Wheat
(R). James M. Barnes
(D). Frank W. Fries
(D). Edwin M. Schaefer
(D). Laurence F. Arnold
(D). Claude V. Parsons
(D). Kent E. Keller
(D). John Cunningham Martin
(D). Thomas V. Smith (D)
(D). Charles A. Halleck
(R). Robert A. Grant
(R). George W. Gillie
(R). Forest A. Harness (R). Noble J. Johnson
(R). Gerald W. Landis
(R). John W. Boehne, Jr.
(D). Eugene B. Crowe
(D). Raymond S. Springer
(R). William H. Larrabee (D). Louis Ludlow
(D)
(R). William S. Jacobsen
(D). John W. Gwynne
(R). Henry O. Talle
(R). Karl M. LeCompte (R). Cassius C. Dowell
(R), until February 4, 1940
(R). U. S. Guyer
(R). Thomas Daniel Winter
(R). Edward Herbert Rees
(R). John Mills Houston
(D). Frank Carlson
(R). Clifford R. Hope
(R)
(D). Emmet O'Neal
(D). Edward W. Creal
(D). Brent Spence
(D). Virgil Chapman
(D). Andrew J. May
(D). Joe B. Bates
(D). John M. Robsion
(R)
(D). Paul H. Maloney
(D), until December 15, 1940, vacant for remainder of term. Robert L. Mouton
(D). Overton Brooks
(D). Newt V. Mills
(D). John K. Griffith
(D). René L. DeRouen (D). A. Leonard Allen
(D)
(R). Clyde H. Smith (R), died April 8, 1940
(D), resigned April 5, 1939
(R). Charles Clason (R). Joseph E. Casey
(D). Pehr G. Holmes
(R). Edith Nourse Rogers
(R). George J. Bates
(R). Lawrence J. Connery
(D). Arthur D. Healey (D). Robert Luce
(R). George H. Tinkham
(R). Thomas A. Flaherty
(D). John W. McCormack (D). Richard B. Wigglesworth (R). Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R). Charles L. Gifford
(R)
(D). Earl C. Michener
(R). Paul W. Shafer
(R). Clare E. Hoffman (R). Carl E. Mapes
(R), died December 12, 1939
(D). John G. Alexander
(R). Melvin Maas
(R). Oscar Youngdahl
(R). Harold Knutson
(R). H. Carl Andersen (R). William Pittenger (R). Rich T. Buckler
(FL)
(D). Wall Doxey
(D). William M. Whittington (D). Aaron L. Ford
(D). Ross A. Collins
(D). William M. Colmer
(D). Dan R. McGehee
(D)
(D). William L. Nelson
(D). Richard M. Duncan
(D). C. Jasper Bell
(D). Joseph B. Shannon (D). Reuben T. Wood
(D). Dewey Short (R). Clyde Williams (D). Clarence Cannon
(D). Orville Zimmerman
(D). Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.
(D), until December 31, 1940, vacant thereafter. Charles Arthur Anderson
(D). John J. Cochran
(D)
(R). James F. O'Connor
(D)
(R), died January 2, 1940
(R). Foster Waterman Stearns
(R)
(R). Walter S. Jeffries
(R). William H. Sutphin
(D). D. Lane Powers
(R). Charles A. Eaton (R). Donald H. McLean
(R). J. Parnell Thomas
(R). George N. Seger
(R), died August 26, 1940, vacant to end. Frank C. Osmers, Jr.
(R). Fred A. Hartley, Jr.
(R). Albert L. Vreeland
(R). Robert W. Kean (R). Mary T. Norton (D). Edward J. Hart
(D)
(D)
(R). William B. Barry (D). Joseph L. Pfeifer
(D). Thomas H. Cullen
(D). Marcellus H. Evans
(D). Andrew L. Somers (D). John J. Delaney
(D). Donald L. O'Toole
(D). Eugene J. Keogh (D). Emanuel Celler
(D). James A. O'Leary
(D). Samuel Dickstein
(D). Christopher D. Sullivan
(D). William I. Sirovich
(D), died December 17, 1939
(Nonpartisan Republican). Usher L. Burdick
(Nonpartisan Republican)
(R). William E. Hess
(R). Harry N. Routzohn
(R). Robert Franklin Jones
(R). Cliff Clevenger
(R). James G. Polk
(D). Clarence J. Brown
(R). Frederick C. Smith (R). John F. Hunter
(D). Thomas A. Jenkins
(R). Harold K. Claypool
(D). John M. Vorys
(R). Dudley A. White
(R). Dow W. Harter
(D). Robert T. Secrest
(D). James Seccombe
(R). William A. Ashbrook
(D), until January 1, 1940
(D). John Conover Nichols
(D). Wilburn Cartwright
(D). Lyle Boren
(D). A. S. Mike Monroney
(D). Jed Johnson (D). Sam C. Massingale
(D). Phil Ferguson
(D). Will Rogers (D)
(R). Walter M. Pierce
(D). Homer D. Angell
(R)
(D). James P. McGranery
(D). Michael J. Bradley
(D). J. Burrwood Daly
(D), died March 12, 1939
(R). Harry Sandager
(R)
(D), died September 29, 1939
(R). J. Will Taylor
(R), died November 14, 1939
(D). Martin Dies, Jr.
(D). Lindley Beckworth
(D). Sam Rayburn
(D). Hatton W. Sumners
(D). Luther A. Johnson (D). Nat Patton
(D). Albert Thomas
(D). Joseph J. Mansfield
(D). Lyndon B. Johnson
(D). William R. Poage
(D). Fritz G. Lanham
(D). Ed Gossett
(D). Richard M. Kleberg
(D). Milton H. West
(D). R. Ewing Thomason
(D). Clyde L. Garrett
(D). Marvin Jones
(D), until November 20, 1940, vacant thereafter. George H. Mahon
(D). Paul J. Kilday
(D). Charles L. South
(D)
(D)
(D). Dave E. Satterfield, Jr.
(D). Patrick H. Drewry
(D). Thomas G. Burch
(D). Clifton A. Woodrum
(D). A. Willis Robertson (D). Howard W. Smith
(D). John W. Flannagan, Jr.
(D)
(D). Monrad C. Wallgren (D), until December 19, 1940, vacant thereafter. Martin F. Smith
(D). Knute Hill
(D). Charles H. Leavy
(D). John M. Coffee
(D)
(R). Jennings Randolph
(D). Andrew Edmiston, Jr.
(D). George William Johnson
(D). John Kee
(D). Joe L. Smith
(D)
(R). Charles Hawks, Jr.
(R). Harry W. Griswold
(R), until July 4, 1939, vacant thereafter. John C. Schafer
(R). Lewis D. Thill
(R). Frank B. Keefe (R). Reid F. Murray
(R). Joshua L. Johns
(R). Merlin Hull
(Prog). Bernard J. Gehrmann
(Prog)
(D). Samuel Wilder King
(R). Joaquin Miguel Elizalde
. Santiago Iglesias Pantín (Coalitionist), died December 5, 1939
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
and the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1941, during the seventh and eighth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
's presidency
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
was based on the Fifteenth Census of the United States in 1930
United States Census, 1930
The Fifteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau one month from April 1, 1930, determined the resident population of the United States to be 122,775,046, an increase of 13.7 percent over the 106,021,537 persons enumerated during the 1920 Census.-Census questions:The 1930 Census...
. Both chambers had a Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
majority.
Major events
Major legislation
- April 3, 1939: Reorganization Act of 1939Reorganization Act of 1939The Reorganization Act of 1939, Pub. L. No. 76-19, 53 Stat. 561, 5 USC 133 , is an American Act of Congress which became law on April 3, 1939, and which gave the President of the United States the authority to hire additional confidential staff and reorganize the executive branch for two years...
- August 2, 1939: Hatch Act of 1939Hatch Act of 1939The Hatch Act of 1939 is a United States federal law whose main provision is to prohibit federal employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the President and the Vice President, from engaging in partisan political activity...
("Hatch Political Activity Act", "An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities"), ch. 410, - November 4, 1939: Neutrality Act of 1939, ("Cash and Carry Act"), ch. 2,
- June 29, 1940: Alien Registration ActSmith ActThe Alien Registration Act or Smith Act of 1940 is a United States federal statute that set criminal penalties for advocating the overthrow of the U.S...
(Smith Act) - September 16, 1940: Selective Training and Service Act of 1940Selective Training and Service Act of 1940The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke-Wadsworth Act, was passed by the Congress of the United States on September 17, 1940, becoming the first peacetime conscription in United States history when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed it into law two days later...
- August 22, 1940: Act of August 22, 1940, ch. 686, , including: Title I: Investment Company Act of 1940Investment Company Act of 1940The Investment Company Act of 1940 is an act of Congress. It was passed as a United States Public Law on August 22, 1940, and is codified at through . Along with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and extensive rules issued by the Securities and Exchange...
and Title II: Investment Advisers Act of 1940Investment Advisers Act of 1940The Investment Advisers Act of 1940, codified at through , is a United States federal law that was created to regulate the actions of investment advisers as defined by the law.-Overview:The law provides in part:-Contents:...
Senate
- Democratic (D)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: 69 (majority) - Republican (R)Republican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: 23 - Farmer-Labor (F-L)Farmer-Labor PartyThe first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918. Economic dislocation caused by American entry into World War I put agricultural prices and workers' wages into imbalance with rapidly escalating retail prices during the war years, and farmers and workers sought...
: 2 - Progressive (P)Progressive Party (United States, 1948)The United States Progressive Party of 1948 was a left-wing political party that ran former Vice President Henry A. Wallace of Iowa for president and U.S. Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho for vice president in 1948.-Foundation:...
: 1 - Independent (I)Independent (politician)In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
: 1
TOTAL members: 96
House of Representatives
- Democratic (D)Democratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: 252 (majority) - Republican (R)Republican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: 177 - Progressive (P)Progressive Party (United States, 1948)The United States Progressive Party of 1948 was a left-wing political party that ran former Vice President Henry A. Wallace of Iowa for president and U.S. Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho for vice president in 1948.-Foundation:...
: 3 - Labor (AL)American Labor PartyThe American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party who had established themselves as the Social Democratic...
: 1 - Farmer-Labor (F-L)Farmer-Labor PartyThe first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918. Economic dislocation caused by American entry into World War I put agricultural prices and workers' wages into imbalance with rapidly escalating retail prices during the war years, and farmers and workers sought...
: 1 - Non-Partisan LeagueNon-Partisan LeagueThe Nonpartisan League was a political organization founded in 1915 in the United States by former Socialist Party organizer A. C. Townley. The Nonpartisan League advocated state control of mills, grain elevators, banks and other farm-related industries in order to reduce the power of corporate...
: 1
TOTAL members: 435
Senate
- President: John N. Garner (D)
- President pro temporePresident pro tempore of the United States SenateThe President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...
: Key PittmanKey PittmanKey Denson Pittman was a United States Senator from Nevada. He was a Democrat.Pittman was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1872 and was educated by private tutors and at the Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee. He studied law, then later became a lawyer...
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Alben W. BarkleyAlben W. BarkleyAlben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman....
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Charles McNary
House
- SpeakerSpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
: William B. BankheadWilliam B. BankheadWilliam Brockman Bankhead was an American politician from Alabama who served as U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House. He was a Democrat. Bankhead was a prominent supporter of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal of pro-labor union legislation, thus clashing with most other southern...
, died September 15, 1940- Sam RayburnSam RayburnSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn , often called "Mr. Sam," or "Mr. Democrat," was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S. history.- Background :Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tennessee, and...
, elected September 16, 1940
- Sam Rayburn
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Sam RayburnSam RayburnSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn , often called "Mr. Sam," or "Mr. Democrat," was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S. history.- Background :Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tennessee, and...
, until September 16, 1940- John W. McCormack
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority LeaderMinority leader of the United States House of RepresentativesThe House Minority Leader is one of the party leaders of the United States House of Representatives. This title is currently held by Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi of California....
: Joseph William Martin, Jr.Joseph William Martin, Jr.Joseph William Martin, Jr. was a Republican Congressman and Speaker of the House from North Attleborough, Massachusetts. He was notably the only Republican to serve as Speaker between 1931 and 1995....
Senate
Senators were popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbersClasses of United States Senators
The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...
, which indicate the cycle of their election.
Alabama
- 2. John H. Bankhead IIJohn H. Bankhead IIJohn Hollis Bankhead II was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. Like his father, John H. Bankhead, he was elected three times to the Senate, and like his father, he died in office....
(D) - 3. Joseph Lister Hill (D)
Arizona
- 1. Henry Fountain Ashurst (D)
- 3. Carl Hayden (D)
Arkansas
- 3. Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D)
- 2. John E. MillerJohn E. MillerJohn Elvis Miller was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 until 1937, and in the United States Senate from 1937 until 1941....
(D)
California
- 1. Hiram Warren Johnson (R)
- 3. Sheridan DowneySheridan DowneySheridan Downey was a lawyer and a Democratic U.S. Senator from California from 1939 to 1950.-Early life:...
(D)
Colorado
- 3. Alva Blanchard Adams (D)
- 2. Edwin Carl Johnson (D)
Connecticut
- 3. John A. DanaherJohn A. DanaherJohn Anthony Danaher was a United States Senator from Connecticut.Born in Meriden, Connecticut, he attended the local schools and during the First World War served in the Student's Army Training Corps at Yale University and in the Officers' Reserve Corps...
(R) - 1. Francis Thomas Maloney (D)
Delaware
- 2. James H. HughesJames H. HughesJames Hurd Hughes was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:...
(D) - 1. John G. Townsend, Jr.John G. Townsend, Jr.John Gillis Townsend, Jr. was an American businessman and politician from Selbyville, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as Governor and two terms as U. S. Senator from Delaware....
(R)
Florida
- 1. Charles Oscar Andrews (D)
- 3. Claude Denson Pepper (D)
Georgia
- 2. Walter Franklin George (D)
- 3. Richard Brevard Russell (D)
Idaho
- 2. William Edgar BorahWilliam Edgar BorahWilliam Edgar Borah was a prominent Republican attorney and longtime United States Senator from Idaho noted for his oratorical skills and isolationist views. One of his nicknames later in life was "The Lion of Idaho."...
(R), died January 19, 1940- John W. ThomasJohn W. ThomasJohn W. Thomas was an American Politician. A Republican, he served on two occasions as a United States Senator from Idaho, both times appointed after his predecessor died in office.-Early life:...
(R), elected
- John W. Thomas
- 3. D. Worth Clark (D)
Illinois
- 3. Scott W. LucasScott W. LucasScott Wike Lucas was a two-term Democratic United States Senator from Illinois, and the United States Senate Majority Leader from 1948 to 1950....
(D) - 2. James Hamilton Lewis (D), until April 9, 1939
- James M. SlatteryJames M. SlatteryJames Michael Slattery was a United States Senator from Illinois.Born in Chicago, he attended parochial schools and St. Ignatius College . He was employed as a secretary with the building departments of the city of Chicago in 1905, and graduated from Illinois College of Law at Chicago in 1908...
(D), April 14, 1939 – November 21, 1940 - Charles W. BrooksCharles W. BrooksCharles Wayland Brooks was a Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1940 to 1949.He was born in West Bureau, Illinois and during World War I Brooks served as a first lieutenant in the United States Marines from 1917 to 1919; while in combat he was wounded several times.Wayland Brooks ran for...
(R), from November 22, 1940
- James M. Slattery
Indiana
- 1. Sherman MintonSherman MintonSherman "Shay" Minton was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the most educated justice during his time on the Supreme Court, having attended Indiana University, Yale and the Sorbonne...
(D) - 3. Frederick Van NuysFrederick Van NuysFrederick Van Nuys was a United States Senator from Indiana. Born in Falmouth, he attended the public schools and graduated from Earlham College in 1898 and from the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Shelbyville...
(D)
Iowa
- 3. Guy M. Gillette (D)
- 2. Clyde L. HerringClyde L. HerringClyde LaVerne Herring , an American politician and Democrat, served as the 26th Governor of Iowa, and then one of its U.S. Senators, during the last part of the Great Depression and the first part of World War II....
(D)
Kansas
- 2. Arthur CapperArthur CapperArthur Capper was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and a United States Senator from 1919 to 1949....
(R) - 3. Clyde M. ReedClyde M. ReedClyde Martin Reed was an American politician from Kansas who served as both the 24th Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator from that state....
(R)
Kentucky
- 3. Alben William Barkley (D)
- 2. Marvel Mills Logan (D), died October 3, 1939
- Happy ChandlerHappy ChandlerAlbert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr. was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. Senate and served as its 44th and 49th governor. Aside from his political positions, he also served as the second Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1945 to 1951 and...
(D), appointed
- Happy Chandler
Louisiana
- 2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D)
- 3. John Holmes Overton (D)
Maine
- 1. Frederick HaleFrederick HaleFrederick Hale was a politician from the U.S. state of Maine, representing the state in the United States Senate from 1917 to 1941. He was the son of Eugene Hale, the grandson of Zachariah Chandler, both also U.S. Senators, brother of diplomat Chandler Hale, and the cousin of U.S...
(R) - 2. Wallace H. White, Jr.Wallace H. White, Jr.Wallace Humphrey White, Jr. was a prominent American politician and Republican leader in United States Congress from 1916 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S...
(R)
Maryland
- 1. George Lovic Radcliffe (D)
- 3. Millard Evelyn Tydings (D)
Massachusetts
- 2. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (R)
- 1. David Ignatius Walsh (D)
Michigan
- 2. Prentiss Marsh Brown (D)
- 1. Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (R)
Minnesota
- 2. Ernest LundeenErnest LundeenErnest Lundeen was an American lawyer and politician.Lundeen was born and raised on his father's homestead in Brooklyn Township of Lincoln County near Beresford, South Dakota. His father, C. H...
(FL)- Joseph H. BallJoseph H. BallJoseph Hurst Ball wasa newspaper reporter who became a United States Senator at the age of 35, as the result of an accident. When Minnesota's U.S. Senator Ernest Lundeen was killed in a plane crash on August 31, 1940, Ball was the surprise appointment to fill the unexpired term...
(R)
- Joseph H. Ball
- 1. Henrik ShipsteadHenrik ShipsteadHenrik Shipstead was an American politician. He served in the United States Senate from March 4, 1923, to January 3, 1947, from the state of Minnesota in the 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, and 79th Congresses...
(FL)
Mississippi
- 1. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (D)
- 2. Byron Patton Harrison (D)
Missouri
- 3. Bennett Champ ClarkBennett Champ ClarkJoel Bennett Clark , better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a United States federal judge.-Biography:...
(D) - 1. Harry S. TrumanHarry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
(D)
Montana
- 2. James Edward MurrayJames Edward MurrayJames Edward Murray was a United States Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961....
(D) - 1. Burton Kendall Wheeler (D)
Nebraska
- 1. Edward Raymond Burke (D)
- 2. George William NorrisGeorge William NorrisGeorge William Norris was a U.S. politician from the state of Nebraska and a leader of progressive and liberal causes in Congress...
(I)
Nevada
- 3. Patrick Anthony Mccarran (D)
- 1. Key Denson Pittman (D)
- Berkeley L. BunkerBerkeley L. BunkerBerkeley Lloyd Bunker was a United States Senator and Representative from Nevada.-Early life:Born in what was then St. Thomas, Clark County, Nevada , he attended public schools, graduating from Clark County High School in 1926...
(D)
- Berkeley L. Bunker
New Hampshire
- 2. Styles BridgesStyles BridgesHenry Styles Bridges was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as 63rd Governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four year career in the United States Senate.Bridges was born in West Pembroke, Maine. He attended the public...
(R) - 3. Charles W. TobeyCharles W. TobeyCharles William Tobey was an American politician, who was a Governor of New Hampshire and a United States senator, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of William Tobey, an accountant, and Ellen Hall Parker Tobey. His father had moved to Massachusetts from Maine in the 1860s. Charles Tobey...
(R)
New Jersey
- 1. William Warren BarbourWilliam Warren BarbourWilliam Warren Barbour was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 until his death in office in 1943...
(R) - 2. William Howell Smathers (D)
New Mexico
- 1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (D)
- 2. Carl Atwood Hatch (D)
New York
- 1. James Michael Mead (D)
- 3. Robert Ferdinand Wagner (D)
North Carolina
- 2. Josiah William BaileyJosiah William BaileyJosiah William Bailey was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1931 and 1946. Born in Warrenton, NC, he grew up in Raleigh and graduated from Wake Forest College...
(D) - 3. Robert Rice ReynoldsRobert Rice ReynoldsRobert Rice Reynolds was a Democratic U.S. senator from North Carolina between 1932 and 1945. Almost from the outset of his Senate career, "Our Bob," as he was known among supporters back home, acquired distinction as a passionate isolationist and increasingly as an apologist for Nazi aggression...
(D)
North Dakota
- 1. Lynn Joseph Frazier (R)
- 3. Gerald Prentice Nye (R)
Ohio
- 3. Robert TaftRobert TaftRobert Alphonso Taft , of the Taft political family of Cincinnati, was a Republican United States Senator and a prominent conservative statesman...
(R) - 1. Alvin Victor Donahey (D)
Oklahoma
- 2. Joshua B. LeeJoshua B. LeeJoshua Bryan Lee was a United States Representative and Senator from Oklahoma.-Early life:Born in Childersburg, Alabama, he moved with his parents to Pauls Valley, Oklahoma , and then to Kiowa County, near Hobart, in 1901...
(D) - 3. Elmer Thomas (D)
Oregon
- 3. Rufus C. HolmanRufus C. HolmanRufus Cecil Holman was an American politician and businessman in the state of Oregon. A Republican and native Oregonian, he served as United States Senator for a single term during World War II...
(R) - 2. Charles L. McNaryCharles L. McNaryCharles Linza McNary was a United States Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the Senate from 1917 to 1944, and was Senate Minority Leader from 1933 to 1944. In the Senate, McNary helped to pass legislation that led to the construction of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, and worked...
(R)
Pennsylvania
- 3. James J. DavisJames J. DavisJames John Davis was an American steel worker and Republican Party politician in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as U.S. Secretary of Labor and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate...
(R) - 1. Joseph F. GuffeyJoseph F. GuffeyJoseph Frank Guffey was an American business executive and Democratic Party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1935 until 1947.-Early life:...
(D)
Rhode Island
- 1. Peter Goelet Gerry (D)
- 2. Theodore Francis Green (D)
South Carolina
- 2. James Francis Byrnes (D)
- 3. Ellison Durant Smith (D)
South Dakota
- 2. William John Bulow (D)
- 3. J. Chandler Gurney (R)
Tennessee
- 1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D)
- 2. Arthur Thomas Stewart (D)
Texas
- 1. Thomas Terry Connally (D)
- 2. Morris SheppardMorris SheppardJohn Morris Sheppard was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment and introduced it in the Senate, so that he is referred to as "the father of national Prohibition."-Biography:John Morris Sheppard was born in Morris County...
(D)
Utah
- 1. William Henry King (D)
- 3. Elbert Duncan Thomas (D)
Vermont
- 1. Warren Robinson Austin (R)
- 3. Ernest Willard GibsonErnest Willard GibsonErnest Willard Gibson was a United States Representative and Senator from Vermont.Gibson graduated from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont in 1894 where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity, and from the University of Michigan Law School. He was elected to the Vermont House of...
(R), died June 20, 1940- Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.Ernest William Gibson, Jr. was the 67th Governor of Vermont, a United States Senator and a U.S. federal judge. He was the son of Vermont Senator Ernest W...
(R), appointed
- Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.
Virginia
- 1. Harry Flood Byrd (D)
- 2. Carter GlassCarter GlassCarter Glass was a newspaper publisher and politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He served many years in Congress as a member of the Democratic Party. As House co-sponsor, he played a central role in the development of the 1913 Glass-Owen Act that created the Federal Reserve System. Glass...
(D)
Washington
- 3. Homer Truett Bone (D)
- 1. Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (D), resigned
- Monrad WallgrenMonrad WallgrenMonrad Charles Wallgren , an American politician, served as the 13th Governor of Washington from 1945 to 1949, as well as representing that state in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate....
(D)
- Monrad Wallgren
West Virginia
- 1. Rush D. Holt Sr.Rush D. Holt Sr.Rush Dew Holt, Sr. was an American politician who was a United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates ....
(D) - 2. Matthew Mansfield Neely (D)
Wisconsin
- 3. Alexander WileyAlexander WileyAlexander Wiley was a member of the Republican Party who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member.-Biography:...
(R) - 1. Robert M. La Follette, Jr.Robert M. La Follette, Jr.Robert Marion "Young Bob" La Follette, Jr. was an American senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., the brother of Philip La Follette, and Fola La Follette, whose husband was the playwright George Middleton.- Early life:La Follette was born in Madison,...
(Prog)
Wyoming
- 1. Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (D)
- 2. Henry H. SchwartzHenry H. SchwartzHenry Herman "Harry" Schwartz was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.Schwartz was born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of Mercer County and Cincinnati, Ohio...
(D)
House of Representatives
The names of members are preceded by their districts.Alabama
. Frank W. BoykinFrank W. Boykin
Frank William Boykin, Sr. served as a Democratic Congressman in Alabama's 1st congressional district from 1935-1963....
(D). George M. Grant
George M. Grant
George McInvale Grant was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Alabama.Grant was born in Louisville, Alabama. He obtained a law degree from University of Alabama in 1922...
(D). Henry B. Steagall
Henry B. Steagall
Henry Bascom Steagall was a United States Representative from Alabama. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency and in 1933 co-sponsored the Glass–Steagall Act with Carter Glass, an act that introduced banking reforms and established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ....
(D). Sam Hobbs
Sam Hobbs
Samuel Francis Hobbs was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Selma, Alabama, Hobbs attended the public schools, Callaway's Preparatory School, Marion Military Institute, and Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tennessee, graduating from the law department of the University of Alabama at...
(D). Joe Starnes
Joe Starnes
Joe Starnes was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Biography:Born in Guntersville, Alabama, Starnes attended the public schools....
(D). Pete Jarman
Pete Jarman
Peterson Bryant Jarman was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Early life:Born in Greensboro, Alabama, Jarman attended the public schools, the Normal College, Livingston, Alabama, and Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama...
(D). William B. Bankhead
William B. Bankhead
William Brockman Bankhead was an American politician from Alabama who served as U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House. He was a Democrat. Bankhead was a prominent supporter of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal of pro-labor union legislation, thus clashing with most other southern...
(D), until September 15, 1940
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- Zadoc L. WeatherfordZadoc L. WeatherfordZadoc Lorenzo Weatherford was a U.S. Representative from Alabama for the Democratic Party.Born on a farm in Marion County, Alabama, near Vina, Franklin County, Weatherford attended the public schools. He earned an M.D. from the University of Tennessee at Memphis in 1914, and served as an intern at...
(D). from November 5, 1940. John J. Sparkman (D). Luther PatrickLuther PatrickLuther Patrick was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born near Decatur, Alabama, Patrick attended the public schools, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, and Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana....
(D)
- Zadoc L. Weatherford
Arkansas
. Ezekiel C. GathingsEzekiel C. Gathings
Ezekiel Candler Gathings was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Prairie, Mississippi, Gathings attended the public schools and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1929...
(D). Wilbur D. Mills (D). Clyde T. Ellis
Clyde T. Ellis
Clyde Taylor Ellis was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born on a farm near Garfield, Arkansas, Ellis attended the public schools of Fayetteville, Arkansas....
(D). William B. Cravens
William B. Cravens
William Ben Cravens was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, father of William Fadjo Cravens and cousin of Jordan Edgar Cravens....
(D), died January 13, 1939
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- William Fadjo CravensWilliam Fadjo CravensWilliam Fadjo Cravens was a United States Congressman . He was born on February 15, 1899 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was the son of Arkansas Congressman William B. Cravens. William Fadjo Cravens attended the University of Arkansas and the University of Pittsburgh; he also attended Washington & Lee...
(D). David D. TerryDavid D. TerryDavid Dickson Terry was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas and son of William Leake Terry.Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Terry attended public schools, along with the Bethel Military Academy in Fauquier County, Virginia and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville...
(D). William F. NorrellWilliam F. NorrellWilliam Frank Norrell was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, husband of Catherine Dorris Norrell.Born in Milo, Arkansas, Norrell attended the public schools, the Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College of Monticello, the College of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas, and law school at the...
(D). Wade H. KitchensWade H. KitchensWade Hampton Kitchens was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born on a farm near Falcon, Nevada County, Arkansas, Kitchens attended the common schools, Southern Academy, and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville....
(D)
- William Fadjo Cravens
California
. Clarence F. LeaClarence F. Lea
Clarence Frederick Lea was a U.S. Representative from California.Born near Highland Springs, California, in southwestern Lake County, Lea attended Lakeport Academy in Lakeport, and Stanford University. He obtained a degree in law from the University of Denver, in Denver, Colorado, in 1898...
(D). Harry L. Englebright (R). Frank H. Buck
Frank H. Buck
Frank Henry Buck was a U.S. Representative from California.Born on a ranch near Vacaville, California, Buck attended the public schools. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1908 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1911...
(D). Franck R. Havenner
Franck R. Havenner
Franck Roberts Havenner was a six term United States Representative from California's 4th congressional district beginning in 1936. He is a graduate from Columbian College...
(Prog). Richard J. Welch
Richard J. Welch
Richard Joseph Welch was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Monroe County, New York, Welch was educated in the public schools.He moved to California in early boyhood and settled in San Francisco....
(R). Albert E. Carter
Albert E. Carter
Albert Edward Carter was a United States Representative from California. He was born in Lemoncove, near Visalia, Tulare County, California. He attended the public schools was graduated from San Jose State Normal School in 1903. He taught school six years and then was graduated from the law...
(R). John H. Tolan
John H. Tolan
John Harvey Tolan was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Tolan attended the public schools.He moved to Anaconda, Montana, in 1897....
(D). Jack Z. Anderson
Jack Z. Anderson
John Zuinglius Anderson was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Oakland, California, Anderson moved with his parents to Santa Cruz, California, the same year, and to San Jose, California, in 1913, attended the public schools.He was graduated from San Jose High School in 1923.He moved to...
(R). Bertrand W. Gearhart
Bertrand W. Gearhart
Bertrand Wesley "Bud" Gearhart was an American lawyer and politician. Gearhart, a Republican, served as the United States Representative for California's 9th congressional district from 1935 to 1949.-Background:...
(R). Alfred J. Elliott
Alfred J. Elliott
Alfred James Elliott was a Democratic Representative from California.He was born in Guinda, California and moved with his parents to Winters, California, in 1901, and to Tulare, California, in 1910, where he resided until his death in 1973. He worked as a farmer and livestock breeder and was the...
(D). John Carl Hinshaw
John Carl Hinshaw
John Carl Hinshaw was a United States Representative from California. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, son of William Wade and Anna Williams Hinshaw. He attended the public schools and Valparaiso University...
(R). Jerry Voorhis
Jerry Voorhis
Horace Jeremiah "Jerry" Voorhis was a Democratic politician from California. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1947, representing the 12th Congressional district in Los Angeles County...
(D). Charles Kramer
Charles Kramer (politician)
Charles Kramer was a Representative from California. He was born in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, and moved to Chicago during his infancy. He attended the public and parochial schools, and attended Illinois College of Law and De Paul University. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and began...
(D). Thomas F. Ford
Thomas F. Ford
Thomas Francis Ford of California was a member of the U.S. Congress, an editor, a specialist in international trade and the only person ever sent to the Los Angeles City Council by a write-in vote.-Biography:...
(D). John M. Costello
John M. Costello
John Martin Costello was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Los Angeles, California, Costello attended the public schools.He was graduated from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, in 1924....
(D). Leland M. Ford
Leland M. Ford
Leland Merritt Ford was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Eureka, Nevada, Ford attended the public schools. He also took various courses at the University of Arizona at Tucson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Sheldon Science of Business, Chicago, Illinois, and the...
(R). Lee E. Geyer
Lee E. Geyer
Lee Edward Geyer was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Wetmore, Kansas, Geyer attended the public schools....
(D). Thomas M. Eaton
Thomas M. Eaton
Thomas Marion Eaton served briefly as a U.S. Representative from California in 1939.Born on a farm near Edwardsville, Illinois, Eaton attended the public schools....
(R), until September 16, 1939, vacant thereafter. Harry R. Sheppard
Harry R. Sheppard
Harry Richard Sheppard was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Mobile, Alabama, Sheppard attended the public schools.He studied law.He was employed in transportation department of the Santa Fe Railroad....
(D). Edouard V. M. Izac (D)
Colorado
. Lawrence Lewis (D). Fred N. CummingsFred N. Cummings
Fred Nelson Cummings was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born on a farm near Groveton, New Hampshire, CummingsIn 1865 moved with his parents to Clinton, Iowa, and in 1879 to a farm near West Union, Nebraska....
(D). John A. Martin
John Andrew Martin
Maj. John Andrew Martin raised and for ten months was in command of the First Battalion, Second Colorado Regiment....
(D), died December 23, 1939
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- William E. BurneyWilliam E. BurneyWilliam Evans Burney was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born in Hubbard, Texas, Burney attended the public schools in Texas and the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque....
(D). Edward T. TaylorEdward T. TaylorEdward Thomas Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Taylor was born on a farm near Metamora, Illinois. He attended the common schools of Illinois and Kansas, and graduated from the high school at Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1881. Taylor moved to Leadville, Colorado and was principal of...
(D)
- William E. Burney
Connecticut
. William J. MillerWilliam J. Miller
William Jennings Miller was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in North Andover, Massachusetts, Miller attended the public schools....
(R). Thomas R. Ball
Thomas R. Ball
Thomas Raymond Ball was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in New York City, Ball attended the public schools, Anglo-Saxon School, Paris, France, Heathcote School, Harrison, New York, and the Art Students League, New York City.He engaged as a designer in 1916.During the First World War...
(R). James A. Shanley
James A. Shanley
James Andrew Shanley was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Shanley attended the public schools.Graduate of Battery Commander School at Fort Sill, Arkansas, in 1917....
(D). Albert E. Austin
Albert E. Austin
Albert Elmer Austin was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, stepfather of Clare Boothe Luce.-Biography:...
(R). J. Joseph Smith
J. Joseph Smith
John Joseph Smith was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Smith attended the public schools before attending Yale University, from which he received his B.A. degree in 1925. Two years later, he received his LL.B. degree from Yale Law School...
(D). B. J. Monkiewicz
B. J. Monkiewicz
Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Syracuse, New York, Monkiewicz moved with his parents to New Britain, Connecticut, in 1899. He attended the public schools and was graduated from New Britain High School in 1917...
(R)
Delaware
. George S. WilliamsGeorge S. Williams
George Short Williams was an American office administrator and politician from Millsboro, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware....
(R)
Florida
. J. Hardin PetersonJ. Hardin Peterson
James Hardin Peterson was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Peterson was born in Batesburg, South Carolina. His family moved to Lakeland, Florida, in 1903, and he attended the public schools there. Peterson graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1914...
(D). Robert A. Green
Robert A. Green
Robert Alexis Green was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born near Lake Butler, Bradford County , Florida, Green attended the rural schools....
(D). Millard F. Caldwell
Millard F. Caldwell
Millard Fillmore Caldwell was an American politician. He was the 29th Governor of Florida and served in all three branches of government at various times in his life, including as a U.S. Representative and Florida Supreme Court justice.Caldwell was born in the rural area of Beverly, Tennessee,...
(D). Pat Cannon
Pat Cannon
Pat Cannon was a United States Representative from Florida. His full name was Arthur Patrick Cannon. He was born in Powder Springs, Georgia. Later, he moved to Laurens County, South Carolina where he attended the public schools...
(D). Joe Hendricks
Joe Hendricks
Joseph Edward Hendricks was a United States Representative from Florida. He was born at Lake Butler, Florida where he attended the rural schools and Montverde School. He also attended Stetson University in De Land, Florida and graduated with an undergraduate degree in 1930 and a graduate degree...
(D)
Georgia
. Hugh PetersonHugh Peterson
Hugh Peterson was a U.S. political figure and lawyer from the state of Georgia.Peterson was born near Ailey, Georgia in 1898 and attended the Brewton Parker Institute in Mount Vernon, Georgia and the University of Georgia in Athens. He studied law, gained admission to the state bar in 1921 and...
(D). Edward E. Cox
Edward E. Cox
Edward Eugene "Eugene" or "Goober" Cox served as a U.S. Representative from Georgia for nearly twenty-eight years. A conservative Democrat who supported segregation and opposed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "New Deal," Cox became the most senior Democrat on the House Committee on Rules...
(D). Stephen Pace
Stephen Pace
Olin Stephen Pace was an American politician and lawyer.Pace was born near Dawson, Georgia. He attended the Georgia School of Technology and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens in 1914 with a Bachelor of Laws degree...
(D). Emmett M. Owen (D), died June 21, 1939
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- A. Sidney Camp (D). Robert RamspeckRobert RamspeckRobert C. Word Ramspeck was an American politician and businessman.-Biography:Ramspeck was born in Decatur, Georgia. As a young man he was a federal police officer. He was admitted to the bar in 1920. He would go on to be a Democratic congressman from Georgia from 1929 to 1945. In the period of...
(D). Carl VinsonCarl VinsonCarl Vinson was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was a Democrat and the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the United States House of Representatives...
(D). Malcolm C. TarverMalcolm C. TarverMalcolm Connor Tarver was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Rural Vale, Georgia, Tarver attended the public schools.He was graduated from the law department of Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1904....
(D). W. Benjamin GibbsW. Benjamin GibbsWillis Benjamin Gibbs was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, husband of Florence Reville Gibbs.Born in Dupont, Georgia, Gibbs attended the public schools and Mercer University, Macon, Georgia....
(D), died August 7, 1940 - Florence R. Gibbs (D). B. Frank WhelchelB. Frank WhelchelBenjamin Frank Whelchel was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Lumpkin County, near Gainesville, Georgia, Whelchel attended the public schools....
(D). Paul BrownPaul Brown (Georgia politician)Paul Brown was an American politician and lawyer.Brown was born in Hartwell, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1901. He was admitted to the state bar in that year and began practicing law in Lexington, Georgia...
(D)
- A. Sidney Camp (D). Robert Ramspeck
Idaho
. Compton I. WhiteCompton I. White
Compton Ignatius White, Sr. was a politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, who served in the United States House of Representatives, chairing a committee.-Biography:...
(D). Henry C. Dworshak (R)
Illinois
. Arthur W. MitchellArthur W. Mitchell
Arthur Wergs Mitchell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Mitchell was the first African American to be elected to the United States Congress as a Democrat....
(D). Raymond S. McKeough
Raymond S. McKeough
Raymond Stephen McKeough was a Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1935 to 1943....
(D). Edward A. Kelly
Edward A. Kelly
Edward Austin Kelly of Chicago was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1931–43, 1945-47. He was a Democrat.-External links: Retrieved on 2008-01-21...
(D). Harry P. Beam
Harry P. Beam
Harry Peter Beam was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Peoria Illinois, Beam moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, in 1899. He attended St. Mary's School, Marshalltown, Iowa, and Holy Family School, Chicago, Illinois, was graduated from St...
(D). Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death.He immigrated to America at age 15, became active in real estate, and received his LL.B...
(D). A. F. Maciejewski
A. F. Maciejewski
Anton Frank Maciejewski was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Anderson, Texas, Maciejewski attended the public schools of Cicero, Illinois, and Lewis Institute, Chicago, Illinois. He became engaged in the wholesale and retail coal business in Cicero, Illinois, in 1916...
(D). Leonard W. Schuetz
Leonard W. Schuetz
Leonard William Schuetz was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Posen, Germany , SchuetzIn 1888 immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in Chicago, Illinois....
(D). Leo Kocialkowski
Leo Kocialkowski
Leo Paul Kocialkowski was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kocialkowski was orphaned at an early age.He was educated in private schools, which he supplemented by a business course....
(D). James McAndrews
James McAndrews
James McAndrews was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in business, serving as building commissioner of Chicago.McAndrews was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and...
(D). Ralph E. Church
Ralph E. Church
Ralph Edwin Church , a U.S. Congressman, was born in Vermilion County, Illinois. Church, a Republican, represented the 10th and 13th Congressional districts of Illinois in the U.S. Congress. Congressman Church was also a candidate for U.S Senator in 1940...
(R). Chauncey W. Reed
Chauncey W. Reed
Chauncey William Reed was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Chauncey Reed was born in West Chicago, Illinois to William Thomas Reed and Margaret Reed...
(R). Noah M. Mason
Noah M. Mason
Noah Morgan Mason was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Mason was a representative conservative Republican in Congress who represented a rural downstate district...
(R). Leo E. Allen
Leo E. Allen
Leo Elwood Allen , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for fourteen terms, 1933–1961, representing the 13th District of Illinois 1933–1949, and the 16th District of Illinois 1949–1961. He was born in Elizabeth, Illinois and...
(R). Anton J. Johnson
Anton J. Johnson
Anton Joseph Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Peoria, Illinois, Johnson attended the public schools and the School of Agriculture of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He served as first sergeant, Fifth Infantry, Company G, Illinois National Guard from 1898...
(R). Robert B. Chiperfield
Robert B. Chiperfield
Robert Bruce Chiperfield was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, son of Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield.Born in Canton, Illinois, Chiperfield was educated in the public schools of Canton, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.He served as a private during...
(R). Everett M. Dirksen (R). Leslie C. Arends (R). Jessie Sumner
Jessie Sumner
Jessie Sumner was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Milford, Illinois, Sumner attended the public schools....
(R). William H. Wheat
William H. Wheat
William Howard Wheat was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Kahoka, Missouri, Wheat attended the public schools of Brookfield and Chillicothe, Missouri, and Chaddock College and Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois.He served as clerk in clothing stores in Quincy and Bloomington,...
(R). James M. Barnes
James M. Barnes (congressman)
James M. Barnes is a former member of the US House of Representatives from Illinois. He was born on January 9, 1899 in Jacksonville, Illinois and attended the public schools. During the First World War, he served overseas as a private in the United States Marine Corps in 1918 and 1919...
(D). Frank W. Fries
Frank W. Fries
Frank William Fries was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Hornsby, Cahokia Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, Fries moved with his parents to Gillespie, Illinois, in 1904.He attended the public schools....
(D). Edwin M. Schaefer
Edwin M. Schaefer
Edwin Martin Schaefer was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, Schaefer attended the public schools, Western Military Academy, Alton, Illinois, and the University of Illinois at Urbana.He graduated from Washington University in St...
(D). Laurence F. Arnold
Laurence F. Arnold
Laurence Fletcher Arnold was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Newton, Illinois, Arnold attended the public and high schools of his native city and the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.He studied law....
(D). Claude V. Parsons
Claude V. Parsons
Claude VanCleve Parsons was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm near McCormick, Pope County, Illinois, Parsons attended the public schools....
(D). Kent E. Keller
Kent E. Keller
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(D). John Cunningham Martin
John Cunningham Martin
John Cunningham Martin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Salem, Illinois, Martin attended the public schools and Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois.He became engaged in banking in 1907....
(D). Thomas V. Smith (D)
Indiana
. William T. SchulteWilliam T. Schulte
William Theodore Schulte was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in St. Bernard Township, Platte County, Nebraska, Schulte attended the public schools of St...
(D). Charles A. Halleck
Charles A. Halleck
Charles Abraham Halleck was a Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives from the second district of Indiana....
(R). Robert A. Grant
Robert A. Grant
Robert Allen Grant was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, and later a United States federal judge.Born near Bourbon, Indiana, Grant moved to Hamlet, Indiana, in 1912 and to South Bend, Indiana, in 1922....
(R). George W. Gillie
George W. Gillie
George W. Gillie was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Berwickshire, Scotland, Gillie moved to the United States with his parents, who settled in Kankakee, Illinois, in 1882 and in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1884....
(R). Forest A. Harness (R). Noble J. Johnson
Noble J. Johnson
Noble Jacob Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals....
(R). Gerald W. Landis
Gerald W. Landis
Gerald Wayne Landis was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Bloomfield, Indiana, Landis attended the public schools of Linton, Indiana....
(R). John W. Boehne, Jr.
John W. Boehne, Jr.
John William Boehne, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, son of John William Boehne.Born in Evansville, Indiana, Boehne attended the public and parochial schools....
(D). Eugene B. Crowe
Eugene B. Crowe
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(D). Raymond S. Springer
Raymond S. Springer
Raymond Smiley Springer was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born on a farm in Rush County, near Dunreith, Indiana, Springer attended the public schools, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, and Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana.He was graduated from the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis...
(R). William H. Larrabee (D). Louis Ludlow
Louis Ludlow
Louis Leon Ludlow was a Democratic Indiana congressman; he proposed a constitutional amendment early in 1938 requiring a national referendum on any U.S. declaration of war except in cases of direct attack...
(D)
Iowa
. Thomas E. MartinThomas E. Martin
Thomas Ellsworth Martin was a United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. Martin, a Republican, served in Congress for 22 consecutive years, from January 1939 to January 1961....
(R). William S. Jacobsen
William S. Jacobsen
William Sebastian Jacobsen was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district who served three terms from 1937 to 1942. He was the son of his predecessor, Bernhard M...
(D). John W. Gwynne
John W. Gwynne
John Williams Gwynne was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district, and a Federal Trade Commission member and chairman during the Eisenhower Administration.- Personal background :...
(R). Henry O. Talle
Henry O. Talle
Henry Oscar Talle was an economics professor and a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa. He served in the United States Congress for twenty years from 1938 until 1958.-Background:...
(R). Karl M. LeCompte (R). Cassius C. Dowell
Cassius C. Dowell
Cassius Clay Dowell was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to his death in 1940, except for a two-year period in 1935-36 resulting from a 1934 election loss....
(R), until February 4, 1940
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- Robert K. GoodwinRobert K. GoodwinRobert Kingman Goodwin was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa from a March 1940 special election until the end of his term in January 1941.Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Goodwin attended the public schools....
(R), from March 5, 1940. Ben F. JensenBen F. JensenBenton Franklin Jensen served thirteen consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district in the southwestern corner of the state. While on the floor of the U.S...
(R). Fred C. GilchristFred C. GilchristFred Cramer Gilchrist was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa, from 1931 to 1945.Born in California, Pennsylvania, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Gilchrist moved with his parents to Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 1871.He attended the public schools. He graduated from State Teachers'...
(R). Vincent F. HarringtonVincent F. HarringtonVincent Francis Harrington was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa. Harrington was commissioned in the United States Army Air Corps after the Pearl Harbor attack, resigned from Congress when President Franklin D...
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- Robert K. Goodwin
Kansas
. William P. LambertsonWilliam P. Lambertson
William Purnell Lambertson was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Fairview, Kansas, Lambertson attended the public schools, Ottawa University, and the law school of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.He served as member of the State house of...
(R). U. S. Guyer
U. S. Guyer
Ulysses Samuel Guyer was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Paw Paw, Illinois, Guyer attended the public schools, Lane University at Lecompton, Kansas, and the University of Kansas School of Law at Lawrence....
(R). Thomas Daniel Winter
Thomas Daniel Winter
Thomas Daniel Winter was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Columbus, Kansas, Winter attended the public and high schools.During the First World War served as a private in the United States Air Corps in 1918 and 1919....
(R). Edward Herbert Rees
Edward Herbert Rees
Edward Herbert Rees was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born on a farm near Emporia, Kansas, Rees attended the public schools and the Kansas State Teachers' College at Emporia...
(R). John Mills Houston
John Mills Houston
John Mills Houston was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the 5th congressional district of Kansas from 1935 to 1943. He was also a member of the National Labor Relations Board from 1943 to 1953....
(D). Frank Carlson
Frank Carlson
Frank Carlson was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of Kansas and United States Representative and United States Senator from Kansas.-Biography:...
(R). Clifford R. Hope
Clifford R. Hope
Clifford R. Hope was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Birmingham, Iowa, Hope attended public schools and Nebraska Wesleyan University, in Lincoln, Nebraska. He served during the First World War, as a second lieutenant. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives...
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Kentucky
. Noble J. Gregory (D). Beverly M. VincentBeverly M. Vincent
Beverly Mills Vincent was a Representative from Kentucky.He was born in Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, March 28, 1890; attended the public schools, Western Kentucky State Teachers College at Bowling Green, and the law department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington; was admitted to...
(D). Emmet O'Neal
Emmet O'Neal (Kentucky)
Emmet O'Neal was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and an ambassador to the Philippines. A member of the Centre College Athletic Hall of Fame, his brother was Louisville Mayor Joseph T. O'Neal.-Biography:...
(D). Edward W. Creal
Edward W. Creal
Edward Wester Creal was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in a log house in LaRue County, Kentucky near Mount Sherman, Kentucky, Creal attended the public schools of Hart and Larue Counties, Kentucky....
(D). Brent Spence
Brent Spence
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(D). Virgil Chapman
Virgil Chapman
Virgil Munday Chapman , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate....
(D). Andrew J. May
Andrew J. May
Andrew Jackson May was a Kentucky attorney and influential New Deal-era politician, best known for his chairmanship of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, and his subsequent conviction for bribery...
(D). Joe B. Bates
Joe B. Bates
Joseph Bengal Bates was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Republican, Kentucky, Bates attended the public schools and the Mountain Training School at Hindman, Kentucky....
(D). John M. Robsion
John M. Robsion
John Marshall Robsion , a Republican, represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
(R)
Louisiana
. Joachim O. FernandezJoachim O. Fernandez
Joachim Octave Fernández was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He was a Democrat....
(D). Paul H. Maloney
Paul H. Maloney
Paul Herbert Maloney was a member of Louisiana House of Representatives 1914-1916 was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served seven terms as a Democrat....
(D), until December 15, 1940, vacant for remainder of term. Robert L. Mouton
Robert L. Mouton
Robert Louis Mouton was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Duchamp, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, Mouton moved with his parents to Lafayette, Louisiana, where he attended the public schools. He was graduated from Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Lafayette, Louisiana. He was employed as...
(D). Overton Brooks
Overton Brooks
Thomas Overton Brooks was a Democratic U.S. representative from the Shreveport-based Fourth Congressional District of northwest Louisiana, having served for a quarter century beginning on January 3, 1937. Brooks was a nephew of U.S. Senator John Holmes Overton as well as a great-grandson of Walter...
(D). Newt V. Mills
Newt V. Mills
Newt Virgus Mills was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, Mills attended the public schools of his native city, Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Normal College at Natchitoches, and Spencer...
(D). John K. Griffith
John K. Griffith
John Keller Griffith was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana. Born in Baton Rouge on October 16, 1882, he earned a college degree from Louisiana State University. Griffith later earned a medical degree from Tulane University and began working at an insane asylum in...
(D). René L. DeRouen (D). A. Leonard Allen
A. Leonard Allen
Asa Leonard Allen was an educator, attorney, and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana...
(D)
Maine
. James C. OliverJames C. Oliver
James Churchill Oliver was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in South Portland, Maine, Oliver attended the public schools.Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, A.B., 1917....
(R). Clyde H. Smith (R), died April 8, 1940
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- Margaret Chase SmithMargaret Chase SmithMargaret Chase Smith was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name...
(R). Ralph Owen Brewster (R)
- Margaret Chase Smith
Maryland
. T. Alan GoldsboroughThomas Alan Goldsborough
Thomas Alan Goldsborough was a U.S. jurist and politician.Goldsborough was born in Greensboro, Maryland. He attended the public schools and the local academy at Greensboro, later graduating from Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland, in 1899...
(D), resigned April 5, 1939
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- David J. WardDavid J. WardDavid Jenkins Ward , a democrat, was a U.S. Congressman.Ward was born in Salisbury, Maryland, and attended the public schools. He served as a farmer, lumberjack, merchant, and in the real estate business...
(D). William P. Cole, Jr. (D). Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr. was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from Maryland's 3rd congressional district and subsequently the mayor of Baltimore, Maryland...
(D). Ambrose J. Kennedy (D). Lansdale G. Sasscer (D), from February 3, 1939. William D. ByronWilliam D. ByronWilliam Devereux Byron, II , a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1939 to February 27, 1941. After his death in an airplane crash in Georgia on February 27, 1941, his widow, Katharine Byron, a granddaughter of U.S. Senator...
(D)
- David J. Ward
Massachusetts
. Allen T. TreadwayAllen T. Treadway
Allen Towner Treadway was a Massachusetts Republican who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as a member, and President of, the Massachusetts Senate and a member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1913 until January 3, 1945...
(R). Charles Clason (R). Joseph E. Casey
Joseph E. Casey
Joseph Edward Casey was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Clinton, he attended the public schools, served as a private in the United States Army at Camp Lee, Virginia in 1918, and was graduated from the Boston University School of Law in 1920. He was admitted to the bar...
(D). Pehr G. Holmes
Pehr G. Holmes
Pehr Gustaf Holmes was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.Holmes was born in Mölnbacka in Forshaga Municipality in Värmland, Sweden. In 1886 he immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holmes attended public schools, and engaged in...
(R). Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Nourse Rogers was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who was one of the first women to serve in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to congress from Massachusetts...
(R). George J. Bates
George J. Bates
George Joseph Bates was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Massachusetts. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Bates was elected Mayor of Salem in 1924 at the age of 33. He served as mayor until 1937, at which time he was sworn in as a Republican member of the House...
(R). Lawrence J. Connery
Lawrence J. Connery
Lawrence Joseph Connery was a United States House Representative from Massachusetts.Connery was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on October 17, 1895. He attended the local parochial and public schools, and St. Mary's College, St...
(D). Arthur D. Healey (D). Robert Luce
Robert Luce
Robert Luce was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Auburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, Massachusetts...
(R). George H. Tinkham
George H. Tinkham
George Holden Tinkham was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Massachusetts....
(R). Thomas A. Flaherty
Thomas A. Flaherty
Thomas Aloysius Flaherty was a member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Flaherty was born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 21, 1898. He attended the public schools, Boston College High School and Northeastern University Law School.He served as a private in the United...
(D). John W. McCormack (D). Richard B. Wigglesworth (R). Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R). Charles L. Gifford
Charles L. Gifford
Charles Laceille Gifford was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Cotuit on March 15, 1871. Gifford attended the common schools, and taught in Massachusetts and Connecticut from 1890 to 1900...
(R)
Michigan
. Rudolph G. TenerowiczRudolph G. Tenerowicz
Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Tenerowicz was born in 1890 in Budapest, Hungary. His parents, John and Antoinette Tenerowicz, immigrated with their family to the United States in 1892 and settled in Adrian, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania...
(D). Earl C. Michener
Earl C. Michener
Earl Cory Michener was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Michener was born near Attica in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Adrian, Michigan in 1889 and attended the public schools there. During the Spanish-American War, he served in the U.S...
(R). Paul W. Shafer
Paul W. Shafer
Paul Werntz Shafer was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Shafer was born in Elkhart, Indiana and moved with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Shafer, to Three Rivers, Michigan, where he attended public schools...
(R). Clare E. Hoffman (R). Carl E. Mapes
Carl E. Mapes
Carl Edgar Mapes was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Mapes was born on a farm near Kalamo, Michigan, to Selah W. and Sarah Ann Mapes. His father was born in New York and came with his parents at the age of seven to Kalamo Michigan, where he became a county district schoolteacher and...
(R), died December 12, 1939
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- Bartel J. JonkmanBartel J. JonkmanBartel John Jonkman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Jonkman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he attended the public schools. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1914, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced practice in Grand...
(R). William W. BlackneyWilliam W. BlackneyWilliam Wallace Blackney was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Blackney was born in Clio, Michigan, and attended the public schools there. He went to Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan, and Ferris School in Big Rapids. He moved to Flint, in 1904 and served as county clerk of Genesee...
(R). Jesse P. WolcottJesse P. WolcottJesse Paine Wolcott was a politician and soldier from the U.S. state of Michigan.Wolcott was born to William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy Wolcott in Gardner, Massachusetts and attended the common and high schools there...
(R). Fred L. CrawfordFred L. CrawfordFred Lewis Crawford was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Crawford was born in Dublin, Texas and attended local public schools. He went to business college at Peniel , and attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He engaged in accountancy at Des Moines, Iowa, and Detroit,...
(R). Albert J. EngelAlbert J. EngelAlbert Joseph Engel was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Engel was born in New Washington, Ohio. He attended the public schools in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, and the Central YMCA College in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the law department of Northwestern University,...
(R). Roy O. WoodruffRoy O. WoodruffRoy Orchard Woodruff was a politician, soldier, printer and dentist from the U.S. state of Michigan....
(R). Fred BradleyFrederick Van Ness BradleyFrederick Van Ness Bradley , commonly known as Fred Bradley, was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan....
(R). Frank Hook (D). Clarence McLeod (R). Louis C. RabautLouis C. RabautLouis Charles Rabaut was politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was a Democratic congressman representing Michigan's 14th congressional district from 1935 to 1947, and from 1949 to 1961...
(D). John D. Dingell, Sr.John D. Dingell, Sr.John David Dingell, Sr. was an American politician who represented Michigan's 15th congressional district from 1933 to 1955.-Life and career:Dingell was born in Detroit...
(D). John Lesinski, Sr.John Lesinski, Sr.John Lesinski, Sr. was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was the father of John Lesinski, Jr., who took his seat in the United States House of Representatives upon his father's death....
(D). George A. Dondero (R)
- Bartel J. Jonkman
Minnesota
. August H. Andresen (R). Elmer RyanElmer Ryan
Elmer James Ryan was a United States Representative from Minnesota.He was born in Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota, May 26, 1907. He attended the public schools, was graduated from the law department of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1929, was admitted to the bar the same year...
(D). John G. Alexander
John G. Alexander
John Grant Alexander was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from Minnesota; born in Texas Valley, Cortland County, New York; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1916; was admitted to the New York bar the same year; moved...
(R). Melvin Maas
Melvin Maas
Melvin Joseph Maas was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.-Biography:Melvin Joseph Maas was born in Duluth, Minnesota, May 14, 1898. He moved with his parents to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1898. Educated in the public schools, he graduated from St. Thomas College at St. Paul in 1919 and also...
(R). Oscar Youngdahl
Oscar Youngdahl
Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota. He was the older brother of Minnesota Governor and United States federal judge Luther Youngdahl....
(R). Harold Knutson
Harold Knutson
Harold Knutson was born in Skien, in Telemark county, Norway. At the age of 6 he and his family moved to the United States initially settling in Chicago, Illinois, but later moving to Sherburne County, Minnesota. He became the editor for the St. Cloud Daily Journal-Press and later president of the...
(R). H. Carl Andersen (R). William Pittenger (R). Rich T. Buckler
Rich T. Buckler
Richard Thompson Buckler was a Representative from Minnesota; born on a farm near Oakland, Coles County, Illinois; he attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Coles County; moved to Andover Township, Polk County, Minnesota in 1904 and continued agricultural pursuits; active...
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Mississippi
. John E. RankinJohn E. Rankin
John Elliott Rankin was a Democratic congressman from the U.S. State of Mississippi who supported racial segregation and, on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, voiced racist views on African Americans and Jews and even accused Albert Einstein of being a communist agitator.In...
(D). Wall Doxey
Wall Doxey
Wall Doxey was an American politician from Mississippi. He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1941; after the death of U.S. Senator Pat Harrison, Doxey won a special election to his seat, and served in the United States Senate from 1941 until 1943...
(D). William M. Whittington (D). Aaron L. Ford
Aaron L. Ford
Aaron Lane Ford was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Potts Camp, Mississippi, Ford attended public schools in Mississippi and Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee....
(D). Ross A. Collins
Ross A. Collins
Ross Alexander Collins was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Collinsville, Mississippi, Collins attended the public schools of Meridian, Mississippi, and Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College....
(D). William M. Colmer
William M. Colmer
William Meyers Colmer was a Mississippi politician.Colmer was born in Moss Point, Mississippi, and attended Millsaps College...
(D). Dan R. McGehee
Dan R. McGehee
Daniel Rayford McGehee was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Little Springs, Mississippi, McGehee attended the public schools....
(D)
Missouri
. Milton A. RomjueMilton A. Romjue
Milton Andrew Romjue was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Personal life and education:Congressman Romjue was born to Andrew Jackson Romjue & Susan E. Romjue on December 5, 1874 near Love Lake, Macon County, Missouri...
(D). William L. Nelson
William L. Nelson
William Lester Nelson was an American farmer and politician from Columbia, Missouri. He represented Missouri as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives for several terms: 1919-1921, 1925–1933 and 1935-1943. He is buried at the Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri.-External...
(D). Richard M. Duncan
Richard M. Duncan
Richard Meloan Duncan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Edgerton, Missouri, Duncan attended the public schools.He was graduated from Christian Brothers College, St...
(D). C. Jasper Bell
C. Jasper Bell
Charles Jasper Bell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Lake City, Colorado, Bell attended the country schools in Jackson County, Missouri, Lees Summit High School, and the University of Missouri...
(D). Joseph B. Shannon (D). Reuben T. Wood
Reuben T. Wood
Reuben Terrell Wood was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1941....
(D). Dewey Short (R). Clyde Williams (D). Clarence Cannon
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon was a Democratic Congressmember from Missouri. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.-Biography:...
(D). Orville Zimmerman
Orville Zimmerman
Orville Zimmerman was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born on a farm near Glenallen, Missouri. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Missouri and served from January 3, 1935 until his death in Washington, D.C.-References:* at Find-A-Grave...
(D). Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.
Thomas Carey Hennings, Jr. was an American political figure from Missouri, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives , and the United States Senate ....
(D), until December 31, 1940, vacant thereafter. Charles Arthur Anderson
Charles Arthur Anderson
Charles Arthur Anderson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Anderson attended the public schools....
(D). John J. Cochran
John J. Cochran
John Joseph Cochran was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Cochran was born in Webster Groves, Missouri and attended the public schools there. He was employed in the editorial department of various St. Louis newspapers for many years, and served as assistant to the election commissioners of St...
(D)
Montana
. Jacob ThorkelsonJacob Thorkelson
Jacob Thorkelson was an American elected official, Naval officer and medical doctor.-Biography:Thorkelson was born in Egersund, a coastal town in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Thorkelson immigrated to the United States in 1892 and worked as a navigator...
(R). James F. O'Connor
James F. O'Connor
James Francis O'Connor was a U.S. Representative from Montana.He was born on a farm near California Junction, Iowa, and attended the grade schools and normal school in Iowa....
(D)
Nebraska
. George H. HeinkeGeorge H. Heinke
George Henry Heinke was a Nebraska Republican politician.He was born on a farm on July 22, 1882 near Dunbar, Nebraska and moved to 1889 to Douglas, Nebraska, in 1891 to San Angelo, Texas, and in 1894 to Talmage, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law and...
(R), died January 2, 1940
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- John Hyde SweetJohn Hyde SweetJohn Hyde Sweet was a Nebraska Republican politician.He was born in Milford, New York on September 1, 1880 and moved to Palmyra, Nebraska in 1885...
(R). Charles F. McLaughlinCharles F. McLaughlinCharles Francis McLaughlin was a Nebraska Democratic politician.Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1908 and the law department of Columbia University, New York City in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in 1910 and set up practice in Omaha, Nebraska. He...
(D). Karl StefanKarl StefanKarl Stefan was a US State of Nebraska Republican politician.He was born on a farm in Zebrakov, Bohemia on March 1, 1884. In 1885 he moved with his parents to Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.. He was taught in the public schools and later a Y.M.C.A. night school...
(R). Carl T. Curtis (R). Harry B. CoffeeHarry B. CoffeeHarry Buffington Coffee was a Nebraska Democratic politician.Born near Harrison, Nebraska on March 16, 1890, a son of Samuel Buffington Coffee and May Elizabeth Tisdale. Harry graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1913. He sold real estate and insurance in Chadron, Nebraska from...
(D)
- John Hyde Sweet
New Hampshire
. Arthur B. JenksArthur B. Jenks
Arthur Byron Jenks was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in West Dennis, Massachusetts, Jenks attended public schools. He was employed as a shoe worker in 1881. He engaged in the shoe manufacturing business at Manchester, New Hampshire from 1902 to 1930...
(R). Foster Waterman Stearns
Foster Waterman Stearns
Foster Waterman Stearns was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Hull, Massachusetts, Stearns attended public schools. He graduated from Amherst College in 1903, Harvard University in 1906, and Boston College in 1915...
(R)
New Jersey
. Charles A. WolvertonCharles A. Wolverton
Charles Anderson Wolverton was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for nearly 32 years, from 1927 to 1959.After receiving a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1900, Wolverton practiced...
(R). Walter S. Jeffries
Walter S. Jeffries
Walter Sooy Jeffries was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939-1941.-Biography:Jeffries was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on October 16, 1893 and attended the local public...
(R). William H. Sutphin
William H. Sutphin
William Halstead Sutphin was an American military, business and Democratic Party politician who represented from 1931-1943.-Biography:...
(D). D. Lane Powers
D. Lane Powers
David Lane Powers was an American Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1945....
(R). Charles A. Eaton (R). Donald H. McLean
Donald H. McLean
Donald Holman McLean was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1945.Born in Paterson, New Jersey on March 18, 1884, McLean attended the city's public schools...
(R). J. Parnell Thomas
J. Parnell Thomas
John Parnell Thomas was a stockbroker and politician. He was elected to seven terms as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey...
(R). George N. Seger
George N. Seger
George Nicholas Seger was an American politician. Seger, a Republican, represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives for eighteen years, lasting from 1923 until his death on August 26, 1940...
(R), died August 26, 1940, vacant to end. Frank C. Osmers, Jr.
Frank C. Osmers, Jr.
Frank C. Osmers, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939–1943 and again from 1951-1965.Born in Leonia, New Jersey on December 30, 1907, Osmers attended the local public schools...
(R). Fred A. Hartley, Jr.
Fred A. Hartley, Jr.
Fred Allan Hartley, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey. Hartley served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives where he represented the New Jersey's 8th and New Jersey's 10th congressional districts...
(R). Albert L. Vreeland
Albert L. Vreeland
Albert Lincoln Vreeland was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 11th congressional district from 1939-1943.-Biography:...
(R). Robert W. Kean (R). Mary T. Norton (D). Edward J. Hart
Edward J. Hart
Edward Joseph Hart was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1935-1955.-Early years and education:Hart was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on March 25, 1893, where he...
(D)
New Mexico
. John J. DempseyJohn J. Dempsey
John Joseph Dempsey was a United States Representative from New Mexico who also served as the 13th Governor of New Mexico. He was born in White Haven, Pennsylvania where he attended grade school. Employed as a telegrapher, he held various positions with the Brooklyn Union Elevator Company...
(D)
New York
. Leonard W. HallLeonard W. Hall
Leonard Wood Hall was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, he attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of Georgetown University in 1920...
(R). William B. Barry (D). Joseph L. Pfeifer
Joseph L. Pfeifer
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended St. Nicholas Parochial School, St. Leonard's Academy, and St. Francis College in Brooklyn. He graduated from Long Island Medical College in 1914 and was licensed to practice the same year...
(D). Thomas H. Cullen
Thomas H. Cullen
Thomas Henry Cullen was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the local parochial schools, and graduated from St. Francis College in 1880. He became engaged in the marine insurance and shipping business, and was a member of the New York State Assembly from...
(D). Marcellus H. Evans
Marcellus H. Evans
Marcellus Hugh Evans was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended St. John the Baptist School and St. James Academy in Brooklyn and was graduated from the law department of Fordham University in 1910...
(D). Andrew L. Somers (D). John J. Delaney
John J. Delaney
John Joseph Delaney was a United States Representative from New York.-Biography:Delaney was born in Brooklyn, he attended St. Ann's Parochial School and St. James' Academy in Brooklyn and Manhattan College. He engaged in the diamond business in 1897, was graduated from the Brooklyn Law School of St...
(D). Donald L. O'Toole
Donald L. O'Toole
Donald Lawrence O'Toole was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended public and parochial schools, graduated from St. James Academy in Brooklyn in 1916, and from the law department of Fordham University in 1925...
(D). Eugene J. Keogh (D). Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He was a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life:...
(D). James A. O'Leary
James A. O'Leary
James Aloysius O'Leary was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.O'Leary was born in New Brighton, Staten Island. He unsuccessfully ran for a New York State Senate seat in 1930...
(D). Samuel Dickstein
Samuel Dickstein (congressman)
Samuel Dickstein was a Democratic Congressional Representative from New York and a New York State Supreme Court Justice. He played a key role in establishing the committee that would become the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which he used to attack fascists, including Nazi...
(D). Christopher D. Sullivan
Christopher D. Sullivan
Christopher Daniel Sullivan was a United States Representative from New York from 1917 to 1941. Born in New York City, he attended public schools, St. James Parochial School, and St. Mary's Academy in New York City...
(D). William I. Sirovich
William I. Sirovich
William Irving Sirovich was an American politician from New York.Sirovich was born in 1882 in York County, Pennsylvania to Hungarian immigrants Rev. Jacob and Rose Sirovich . The family moved to New York City in 1888...
(D), died December 17, 1939
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- Morris Michael EdelsteinMorris Michael EdelsteinMorris Michael Edelstein was a Polish-born Congressional Representative from the state of New York. Edelstein was born in Meseritz , Poland, and at three years of age immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in New York City. He attended public schools and Cooper Union...
(D). Michael J. KennedyMichael J. KennedyMichael Joseph Kennedy was an American businessman and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York from 1939 to 1943....
(D). James H. FayJames H. FayJames Herbert Fay was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(D). Bruce Barton (R). Martin J. KennedyMartin J. KennedyMartin John Kennedy of Manhattan, New York was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1930 to 1945. He was a Democrat....
(D). Sol BloomSol BloomSol Bloom was an entertainment and popular music entrepreneur who billed himself as "Sol Bloom, the Music Man" and served for many years in the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:...
(D). Vito MarcantonioVito MarcantonioVito Anthony Marcantonio was an American lawyer and democratic socialist politician. Originally a member of the Republican Party and a supporter of Fiorello LaGuardia, he switched to the American Labor Party.-Early life:...
(American Labor). Joseph A. GavaganJoseph A. GavaganJoseph Andrew Gavagan was a United States Representative from New York.Born in New York City, he attended the public and parochial schools and graduated from the law department of Fordham University in 1920...
(D). Edward W. CurleyEdward W. CurleyEdward Walter Curley was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Curley was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. He attended the College of the City of New York. He was a member of the New York City Council from 1916 until 1935. He was elected to Congress in 1935...
(D), died January 6, 1940 - Walter A. LynchWalter A. LynchWalter Aloysius Lynch was an American politician from New York.-Life:He graduated from Fordham University in 1915 and Fordham University School of Law in 1918...
(D). Charles A. BuckleyCharles A. BuckleyCharles Anthony Buckley was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(D). James M. FitzpatrickJames M. FitzpatrickJames Martin Fitzpatrick of the Bronx was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1927 to 1945. He was a Democrat. He is buried in Saint Raymond's Cemetery.- External links :...
(D). Ralph A. GambleRalph A. GambleRalph Abernethy Gamble was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Gamble was born in Yankton, South Dakota. He graduated from Princeton University in 1909, George Washington University Law School in 1911 and from Columbia Law School in 1912. He was a member...
(R). Hamilton FishHamilton FishHamilton Fish was an American statesman and politician who served as the 16th Governor of New York, United States Senator and United States Secretary of State. Fish has been considered one of the best Secretary of States in the United States history; known for his judiciousness and reform efforts...
(R). Lewis K. RockefellerLewis K. RockefellerLewis Kirby Rockefeller was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Schenectady, he attended the public schools and graduated from New York State College in Albany, 1898...
(R). William T. ByrneWilliam T. ByrneWilliam Thomas Byrne was a United States Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in the town of Florida, Montgomery County, New York he attended the public schools and graduated from Albany Law School, a branch of Union University, in 1904. He was admitted to the bar the same year and...
(D). E. Harold CluettE. Harold CluettErnest Harold Cluett was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Troy, he attended the public schools and was graduated from The Albany Academy in Albany, New York, in 1892 and from Williams College, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, in 1896; he also studied at Oxford...
(R). Frank CrowtherFrank CrowtherFrank Crowther was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Liverpool, England, he immigrated to the United States in 1872 with his parents, who settled in Canton, Massachusetts...
(R). Wallace E. PierceWallace E. PierceWallace Edgar Pierce was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Pierce was born in Black Brook, New York. He graduated from Plattsburgh Normal School in 1903. He served as a secretary to Congressman George R. Malby from 1909 until 1912 and Congressman Edwin...
(R), died January 3, 1940 - Clarence E. KilburnClarence E. KilburnClarence Evans Kilburn was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Kilburn was born in Malone, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1916. He served in the Twenty-Sixth Infantry, First Division during World War I. He was elected to Congress in...
(R). Francis D. CulkinFrancis D. CulkinFrancis Dugan Culkin was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Biography:...
(R). Fred J. DouglasFred J. DouglasFred James Douglas was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he moved with his parents to Little Falls, New York in 1874. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the medical department of Dartmouth College in 1895...
(R). Bert LordBert LordBert Lord was a United States Representative from New York.Born in the town of Sanford, Broome County, he attended the public schools and the Afton Union School and Academy. He engaged in the mercantile business at Afton from 1893 to 1918, when he entered the lumber business and operated sawmills...
(R), died May 24, 1939 - Edwin Arthur HallEdwin Arthur HallEdwin Arthur Hall was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Hall was born in Binghamton, New York. He attended Cornell University. He was a member of the Binghamton City Council from 1937 until 1939...
(R). Clarence E. HancockClarence E. Hancock-Biography:Born February 13, 1885 in Syracuse, New York, Hancock graduated from Wesleyan University in 1906 and New York Law School in 1908.Hancock represented New York in the House of Representatives as a Republican from 1927 to 1947. When Hancock represented the 35th district from 1927 to 1945,...
(R). John TaberJohn TaberJohn Taber was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). W. Sterling ColeW. Sterling ColeWilliam Sterling Cole was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Cole was born in Painted Post, New York. He graduated from Colgate University in 1925 and Albany Law School in 1929. He was elected to Congress in 1934 and served from January 3, 1935 until...
(R). Joseph J. O'BrienJoseph J. O'BrienJoseph John O'Brien was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.O'Brien was born in Rochester, New York. He attended St. Jerome's University and McGill University. He served in the United States Navy from 1917 until 1919 during World War I...
(R). James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R). Walter G. AndrewsWalter G. AndrewsWalter Gresham Andrews was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Biography:...
(R). J. Francis HarterJ. Francis HarterJohn Francis Harter was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). Pius L. SchwertPius L. SchwertPius Louis Schwert was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Schwert was born in Angola, New York. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1914. He played baseball for the New York Yankees from 1914 until 1915. He served...
(D). Daniel A. ReedDaniel A. Reed-External links:...
(R). Matthew J. MerrittMatthew J. MerrittMatthew Joseph Merritt was an American politician from New York.-Life:He attended the public and high schools, and during the First World War served in 1918 as a sergeant in Company C, Three Hundred and Twenty-seventh Battalion, Tank Corps...
(D). Caroline O'Day (D)
- Morris Michael Edelstein
North Carolina
. Lindsay C. Warren (D), resigned October 31, 1940-
- Herbert C. Bonner (D). John H. KerrJohn H. KerrJohn Hosea Kerr , grand-nephew of John Kerr and relative of John Kerr, Jr., was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing North Carolina from 1923 to 1953...
(D). Graham A. Barden (D). Harold D. CooleyHarold D. CooleyHarold Dunbar Cooley was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina from 1934 - 1967...
(D). Alonzo D. Folger (D). Carl T. DurhamCarl T. DurhamCarl Thomas Durham was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Bingham Township, Orange County, at White Cross, North Carolina, Durham attended the public schools of Orange County, Mandale Private School, Saxapahaw, North Carolina, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
(D). J. Bayard ClarkJ. Bayard ClarkJerome Bayard Clark was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.-Early life:Born on Phoebus Plantation near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, Clark attended Davidson College, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he studied law. Clark was admitted to the bar in 1906 and...
(D). William O. BurginWilliam O. BurginWilliam Olin Burgin was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born on a farm near Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina, Burgin moved with his parents to Rutherfordton, North Carolina, where he attended the public schools and Rutherfordton Military Institute.He also attended the Law School...
(D). Robert L. DoughtonRobert L. DoughtonRobert Lee "Bob" Doughton , of Alleghany County, North Carolina, sometimes known as "Farmer Bob," was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina for 42 consecutive years...
(D). Alfred L. BulwinkleAlfred L. BulwinkleAlfred Lee Bulwinkle was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Bulwinkle moved with his parents to Dallas, North Carolina, in 1891.He attended the common schools....
(D). Zebulon WeaverZebulon WeaverZebulon Weaver was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1917 and 1929 and between 1931 and 1947.-Early years and education:...
(D)
- Herbert C. Bonner (D). John H. Kerr
North Dakota
. William LemkeWilliam Lemke
William Frederick Lemke was a United States politician.-Life and career:He was born in Albany, Minnesota, and raised in Towner County, North Dakota, the son of Fred Lemke and Julia Anna Klier, pioneer farmers who had accumulated some of land...
(Nonpartisan Republican). Usher L. Burdick
Usher L. Burdick
Usher Lloyd Burdick was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Dakota. He was the father of Quentin N. Burdick.-Early life and career:...
(Nonpartisan Republican)
Ohio
. Charles H. ElstonCharles H. Elston
Charles Henry Elston was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, Elston attended the public schools of Marietta and Cincinnati, Ohio.Y.M.C.A...
(R). William E. Hess
William E. Hess
William Emil Hess was a Republican and a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 13, 1898; attended the public schools, the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Cincinnati Law School; during the First World War served in the United States Army as a private; was...
(R). Harry N. Routzohn
Harry N. Routzohn
Harry Nelson Routzohn was an attorney, jurist and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio....
(R). Robert Franklin Jones
Robert Franklin Jones
Robert Franklin Jones was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.Robert F. Jones was born in Cairo, Ohio. He graduated from the Lima Central High School in Lima, Ohio, in 1924 and in 1929 from Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, with a law degree...
(R). Cliff Clevenger
Cliff Clevenger
Cliff Clevenger was a United States Representative from Ohio. He was born on a ranch near Long Pine, Brown County, Nebraska. He moved in 1895 with his parents to Lacona, Warren County, Iowa, where he attended the public schools. He engaged in the mercantile business at Marengo, Iowa, 1901-1903...
(R). James G. Polk
James G. Polk
James Gould Polk was a prominent U.S. politician of the Democratic Party during the middle of the 20th century....
(D). Clarence J. Brown
Clarence J. Brown
Clarence J. Brown, Sr. was an American newspaper publisher who represented Ohio as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1965.-Life and career:...
(R). Frederick C. Smith (R). John F. Hunter
John F. Hunter
John Feeney Hunter was a lawyer, soldier, and three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Ford City, Pennsylvania, Hunter moved with his parents in 1907 to Toledo, Ohio, where he attended the public schools. He was graduated from the law department of St. John's University in Toledo in 1918...
(D). Thomas A. Jenkins
Thomas A. Jenkins
Thomas Albert Jenkins of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio was a member of the Ohio state senate and a long-serving U.S. Representative from Ohio's 10th District...
(R). Harold K. Claypool
Harold K. Claypool
Harold Kile Claypool was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son of Horatio Clifford Claypool and cousin of John Barney Peterson....
(D). John M. Vorys
John M. Vorys
John Martin Vorys was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Early life:Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Vorys attended the public schools in Lancaster and Columbus, Ohio. During the First World War served overseas as a pilot in the famous "Yale Unit" of the United States Naval Air Service, retiring to...
(R). Dudley A. White
Dudley A. White
Dudley Allen White was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in New London, Ohio, White attended the public schools and was graduated from the New London High School in 1918....
(R). Dow W. Harter
Dow W. Harter
Dow Watters Harter was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Akron, Ohio, Harter attended the Akron public schools....
(D). Robert T. Secrest
Robert T. Secrest
Robert Thompson Secrest was an American Democratic representative to the United States Congress from the state of Ohio. He served in Congress three separate times: 1933 to 1942, 1949 to 1954, and 1963 to 1966, resigning each time prior to the end of his term.-External links:*...
(D). James Seccombe
James Seccombe
James Seccombe was a United States Representative from Ohio. He was born in Mineral City, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Canton, Ohio, in 1906. He attended the public schools in Mineral City and Canton, Ohio...
(R). William A. Ashbrook
William A. Ashbrook
William Albert Ashbrook was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and Democratic politician from Ohio....
(D), until January 1, 1940
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- J. Harry McGregorJ. Harry McGregorJ. Harry McGregor was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.J. Harry McGregor was born on a farm near Unionport, Ohio. He attended the public schools, West Lafayette College, and Oberlin College...
(R), February 27, 1940 - End. Earl R. LewisEarl R. LewisEarl Ramage Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Lamira, Ohio, Lewis attended the public and high schools. He graduated from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, in 1911, and from the law department of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914.He was admitted to the bar...
(R). Michael J. KirwanMichael J. KirwanMichael Joseph Kirwan was a United States Democrat from Ohio who served as a Representative to the United States Congress from 1937 to 1970 elected in the 19th electoral district of Ohio...
(D). Martin L. SweeneyMartin L. SweeneyMartin Leonard Sweeney was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and the father of Robert E. Sweeney.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sweeney attended parochial and public schools in the area. Prior to his political career Sweeney worked as a laborer, hoisting engineer and a salesman from 1901-1913...
(D). Robert CrosserRobert CrosserRobert Crosser was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Crosser emigrated to the United States in 1881 with his parents and settled in Cleveland, Ohio....
(D). Chester C. BoltonChester C. BoltonChester Castle Bolton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, husband of Frances P. Bolton and father of Oliver P...
(R), died October 29, 1939 - Frances P. BoltonFrances P. BoltonFrances Payne Bolton , born Frances P. Bingham, was a Republican politician from Ohio. She served in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Ohio. She was also the oldest woman to date to serve in the House of Representatives.Born in Cleveland,...
(R). George H. BenderGeorge H. BenderGeorge Harrison Bender was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1947 and 1951 to 1954, and also in the U.S. Senate from 1954 to 1957.-Early life:...
(R). L. L. MarshallL. L. MarshallLycurgus Luther Marshall was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Bucyrus, Ohio, Marshall attended the public schools....
(R)
- J. Harry McGregor
Oklahoma
. Wesley E. DisneyWesley E. Disney
Wesley Ernest Disney was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Born in Richland, Kansas, Disney attended the public schools of Kansas and was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1906....
(D). John Conover Nichols
John Conover Nichols
John Conover Nichols was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.-Biography:Born in Joplin, Missouri, Nichols attended the public schools in Joplin, Missouri, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the teachers college at Emporia, Kansas.He studied law in the office of his brother in Eufaula, Oklahoma.He...
(D). Wilburn Cartwright
Wilburn Cartwright
Wilburn Cartwright was a lawyer, educator, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, and United States Army officer in World War II...
(D). Lyle Boren
Lyle Boren
Lyle Hagler Boren was a U.S. Democratic Party politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma, serving from 1937 to 1947 and was defeated for renomination in 1946...
(D). A. S. Mike Monroney
A. S. Mike Monroney
Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney was a Democratic Party politician from Oklahoma.He represented Oklahoma's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until 1951 and represented Oklahoma in the United States Senate from 1951 until 1969.Monroney graduated from...
(D). Jed Johnson (D). Sam C. Massingale
Sam C. Massingale
Samuel Chapman Massingale was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Born in Quitman, Mississippi, Massingale attended the public schools and the University of Mississippi at Oxford where he studied law....
(D). Phil Ferguson
Phil Ferguson
Phillip Colgan Ferguson was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Phil Ferguson was born on August 15, 1903 in Wellington, Kansas to W. M. and May Deems Ferguson. Ferguson attended public schools in Wellington, the Kemper Military School in Missouri, and graduated from the University of Kansas at...
(D). Will Rogers (D)
Oregon
. James W. MottJames W. Mott
James Wheaton Mott was a U.S. Representative from Oregon. A graduate of Columbia University and Willamette University's law school, he worked as a newspaper reporter, city attorney, and was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives.-Early life:Born near New Washington, Pennsylvania, Mott...
(R). Walter M. Pierce
Walter M. Pierce
Walter Marcus Pierce was an American politician, a Democrat, who served as the 17th Governor of Oregon and a member of the United States House of Representatives from . A native of Illinois, he served in the Oregon State Senate before the governorship, and again after leaving the U.S. House...
(D). Homer D. Angell
Homer D. Angell
Homer Daniel Angell was a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon.Angell was born on a farm near The Dalles, Oregon in 1875...
(R)
Pennsylvania
. Leon SacksLeon Sacks
Leon Sacks was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:Leon Sacks was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1923, and from the law department of the University of...
(D). James P. McGranery
James P. McGranery
James Patrick McGranery was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, he served in World War I as an observation balloon pilot with the United States Army Air Service, and as an adjutant in the One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry...
(D). Michael J. Bradley
Michael J. Bradley
Michael Joseph Bradley was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania....
(D). J. Burrwood Daly
J. Burrwood Daly
John Burrwood Daly was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.J. Burrwood Daly was born in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from La Salle College High School in Philadelphia in 1890 and from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1896. He served as...
(D), died March 12, 1939
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- John E. SheridanJohn E. SheridanJohn Edward Sheridan was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(D). Fred C. GartnerFred C. GartnerFred Christian Gartner was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Fred C. Garter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Brown Preparatory School in Philadelphia. He served as a yeoman in the United States Naval Reserve in...
(R). Francis J. MyersFrancis J. MyersFrancis John Myers was an American teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the St. Joseph's University and Temple University School of Law, He represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives, and then in the United States Senate...
(D). George P. DarrowGeorge P. DarrowGeorge Potter Darrow was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George Darrow was born in Waterford, Connecticut. He graduated from Alfred University in Alfred, NY in 1880. He moved to Philadelphia, PA in 1888 and engaged in banking, in the manufacture of...
(R). James WolfendenJames WolfendenJames Paine Wolfenden was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Wolfenden was born in Cardington, Pennsylvania. He attended Friends' Central School and Penn Charter Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
(R). Charles L. GerlachCharles L. GerlachCharles L. Gerlach was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles Lewis Gerlach was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1914. He was he the organizer, and later president, of a fuel and heating supply company. He was a...
(R). J. Roland KinzerJ. Roland KinzerJohn Roland Kinzer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.J. Roland Kinzer was born on a farm near Terre Hill, Pennsylvania in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania He graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in...
(R). Patrick J. BolandPatrick J. BolandPatrick Joseph Boland was a United States representative for Pennsylvania 11th District.-Biography:Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he attended St. Thomas College. He worked as a carpenter and general contractor. He was on the Scranton city council from 1905 to 1906, the Board of education from...
(D). J. Harold FlanneryJ. Harold FlanneryJohn Harold Flannery was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.J. Harold Flannery was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania, in 1917 and from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in...
(D). Ivor D. FentonIvor D. FentonDoctor Ivor David Fenton was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.- Early life :...
(R). Guy L. MoserGuy L. MoserGuy Louis Moser was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Guy L. Moser was born on a farm in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He attended the Keystone State Teachers’ College in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in painting and paperhanging...
(D). Albert G. RutherfordAlbert G. RutherfordAlbert Grieg Rutherford was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Albert G. Rutherford was born in Watford, Ontario, Canada. He immigrated to the United States in 1883 with his parents, who settled in Carbondale, Pennsylvania...
(R). Robert F. RichRobert F. RichRobert Fleming Rich was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:...
(R). J. William DitterJ. William DitterJohn William Ditter was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). Richard M. SimpsonRichard M. SimpsonRichard Murray Simpson was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Richard Simpson was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, in 1923 and from Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C., in 1942...
(R). John C. KunkelJohn C. KunkelJohn Crain Kunkel was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was the grandson of John Christian Kunkel, great-grandson of John Sergeant, and great-great-grandson of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant and Robert Whitehill.He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,...
(R). Benjamin JarrettBenjamin JarrettBenjamin Jarrett was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Benjamin Jarrett was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He worked as a telegraph operator and later as foreman in a steel mill. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in...
(R). Francis E. WalterFrancis E. WalterFrancis Eugene Walter was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(D). Chester H. GrossChester H. GrossChester Heilman Gross was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). James E. Van ZandtJames E. Van ZandtJames Edward Van Zandt was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). J. Buell SnyderJ. Buell SnyderJohn Buell Snyder was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.J. Buell Snyder was born on a farm in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania. He attended summer sessions of Harvard University, and Columbia University in New York City...
(D). Charles I. FaddisCharles I. FaddisCharles Isiah Faddis was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:...
(D). Louis E. GrahamLouis E. GrahamLouis Edward Graham was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Harve TibbottHarve TibbottHarve Tibbott was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Harve Tibbott was born near Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the school of pharmacy of the University of Pittsburgh in 1906. He was engaged in the retail drug business and as a pharmacist in...
(R). Robert G. AllenRobert G. AllenRobert Gray Allen was an American businessman and a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(D). Robert L. RodgersRobert L. RodgersRobert Lewis Rodgers was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert L. Rodgers was born in El Dorado, Kansas. He was raised on a farm near Jamestown, Pennsylvania. During the War with Spain, he enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Regiment of the Pennsylvania...
(R). Robert J. CorbettRobert J. CorbettRobert James Corbett was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). John McDowellJohn McDowell (politician)John Ralph McDowell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). Herman P. EberharterHerman P. EberharterHerman Peter Eberharter was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(D). Joseph A. McArdleJoseph A. McArdleJoseph A. McArdle was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph A. McArdle was born in Muncie, Indiana. In 1905, he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his parents...
(D). Matthew A. DunnMatthew A. DunnMatthew Anthony Dunn was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(D)
- John E. Sheridan
Rhode Island
. Charles RiskCharles Risk
Charles Francis Risk was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Central Falls, Rhode Island, Risk attended the public and high schools.He worked in textile plants....
(R). Harry Sandager
Harry Sandager
Harry Sandager was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Sandager attended the public schools at Cranston, Rhode Island, and graduated from Georgetown University....
(R)
South Carolina
. Thomas S. McMillanThomas S. McMillan
Thomas Sanders McMillan was a lawyer and a United States Representative from South Carolina.Born in the town of Ulmer in Allendale County, McMillan received his early childhood education at the schools in Ulmer. He graduated from the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute in 1907 and taught school for...
(D), died September 29, 1939
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- Clara Gooding McMillan (D). Hampton P. FulmerHampton P. FulmerHampton Pitts Fulmer was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 - October 19, 1944. After his death, his wife Willa L. Fulmer took over his seat.Fulmer was born near Springfield, South Carolina...
(D). Butler B. HareButler B. HareButler B. Hare was an American politician elected at the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of South Carolina....
(D). Joseph R. BrysonJoseph R. BrysonJoseph Raleigh Bryson was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Brevard, North Carolina, Bryson moved, with his parents, to Greenville, South Carolina, in 1900.He attended the public schools....
(D). James P. RichardsJames P. RichardsJames Prioleau "Dick" Richards was a lawyer, judge, and Democrat U.S. Representative from South Carolina between 1933 and 1957. He later served as a special ambassador under Republican President Eisenhower....
(D). John L. McMillanJohn L. McMillanJohn Lanneau McMillan was a United States Representative from South Carolina. Born on a farm near Mullins, he was educated at Mullins High School, the University of North Carolina, as well as the University of South Carolina Law School and National Law School in Washington, D.C...
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- Clara Gooding McMillan (D). Hampton P. Fulmer
South Dakota
. Karl E. Mundt (R). Francis Case (R)Tennessee
. B. Carroll ReeceB. Carroll Reece
Brazilla Carroll Reece was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.-Early life and career:Reece was born on a farm near Butler, Tennessee, one of thirteen children of John Isaac and Sarah Maples Reece...
(R). J. Will Taylor
J. Will Taylor
James Willis Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.Born near Lead Mine Bend in Union County, Tennessee, Taylor attended the public schools, Holbrook Normal College, Fountain City, Tennessee, and the American Temperance University, Harriman, Tennessee.He taught school for several years.He...
(R), died November 14, 1939
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- John Jennings, Jr. (R). Sam D. McReynoldsSam D. McReynoldsSamuel Davis McReynolds was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on a farm near Pikeville, Tennessee in Bledsoe County on April 16, 1872. He attended the rural schools, People's College at...
(D), died July 11, 1939 - C. Estes Kefauver (D). Albert A. Gore Sr. (D). Jo Byrns, Jr.Jo Byrns, Jr.Joseph Wellington Byrns, Jr. was an attorney and one-term Member of Congress from Tennessee. He was the son of former House Speaker Jo Byrns and Julia Woodard.-Biography:...
(D). Clarence W. TurnerClarence W. TurnerClarence Wyly Turner was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.-Biography:He was born on October 22, 1866 on a farm near Clydeton, Tennessee in Humphreys County. He attended the public schools, a preparatory school in Edgewood, Tennessee in...
(D), died March 23, 1939 - W. Wirt CourtneyW. Wirt CourtneyWilliam Wirt Courtney was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.-Biography:Born in Franklin, Tennessee, Courtney was graduated from Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, Tennessee, in 1907....
(D). Herron C. PearsonHerron C. PearsonHerron Carney Pearson was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.-Biography:Born in Taylor, Texas, Pearson moved to Jackson, Tennessee, in 1891.He attended the public and high schools....
(D). Jere CooperJere CooperJere Cooper was a Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee.-Biography:Cooper was born on a farm near Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee...
(D). Clift ChandlerWalter ChandlerWalter "Clift" Chandler was an American politician from Tennessee.Walter Chandler was born in Memphis in 1887 to parents of Scots/English descent. He attended public schools before going on to earn his law degree at the University of Tennessee...
(D), resigned January 2, 1940 - Clifford DavisClifford DavisClifford Davis was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1940 to 1965.-Early life:Davis was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, moving to Memphis with his parents at age 14. There he completed the high school curriculum of the public schools, and in 1917 he completed law school at the...
(D)
- John Jennings, Jr. (R). Sam D. McReynolds
Texas
. Wright PatmanWright Patman
John William Wright Patman was a U.S. Congressman from Texas in Texas's 1st congressional district and chair of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency .-Early life:...
(D). Martin Dies, Jr.
Martin Dies, Jr.
Martin Dies, Jr. was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. His father, Martin Dies, was also a member of the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...
(D). Lindley Beckworth
Lindley Beckworth
Lindley Garrison Beckworth, Sr. was an American politician who represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1939-1952 and 1957-1966....
(D). Sam Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn , often called "Mr. Sam," or "Mr. Democrat," was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S. history.- Background :Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tennessee, and...
(D). Hatton W. Sumners
Hatton W. Sumners
Hatton William Sumners was a Congressman from Texas from 1913—1947 and served as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.-Early life and career:...
(D). Luther A. Johnson (D). Nat Patton
Nat Patton
Nat Patton was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the 7th District of Texas from 1935 to 1945....
(D). Albert Thomas
Albert Richard Thomas
This article is about the US Congressman. For the article on the French Socialist and First Director of the International Labour Organisation see Albert Thomas ....
(D). Joseph J. Mansfield
Joseph J. Mansfield
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Texas from 1917-1947.Mansfield was born on February 9, 1861. He was born in Wayne, West Virginia. However when he was born this was still part of state of Virginia...
(D). Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
(D). William R. Poage
William R. Poage
William Robert Poage was a Texas politician.Poage was born in Waco, Texas and served in the United States Navy during World War I. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1925 to 1929, and in the Texas Senate from 1931 to 1937.In 1936, Poage was elected to the House of Representatives...
(D). Fritz G. Lanham
Fritz G. Lanham
Frederick Garland "Fritz" Lanham was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas. A Democrat, Lanham was the son of Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham, a governor of Texas and himself a member of Congress. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a...
(D). Ed Gossett
Ed Gossett
Ed Lee Gossett was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in a sawmill camp known as Yellow Pine, near Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, Gossett moved to Texas in 1908 with his parents, who settled on a farm near Henrietta, Clay County.He attended the rural schools of Clay and Garza Counties,...
(D). Richard M. Kleberg
Richard M. Kleberg
Richard Mifflin Kleberg, Sr. , a Democrat, was a seven-term member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 14th congressional district over the period 1931–1945 and an heir to the King Ranch in South Texas. He was first elected in 1931 in a special election called due to the...
(D). Milton H. West
Milton H. West
Milton Horace West was a seven-term Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Texas's 15th congressional district from 1933 until his death in 1948.-Early life:...
(D). R. Ewing Thomason
R. Ewing Thomason
Robert Ewing Thomason was a Texas politician, a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, the mayor of El Paso, a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, and a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.Partner in a El Paso...
(D). Clyde L. Garrett
Clyde L. Garrett
Clyde Leonard Garrett was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born on a farm near Gorman, Texas, Garrett attended the public schools and Hankins' Normal College in his native city.Raised on a farm....
(D). Marvin Jones
John Marvin Jones
Judge John Marvin Jones was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas and Chief Judge of the federal Court of Claims.-Biography:...
(D), until November 20, 1940, vacant thereafter. George H. Mahon
George H. Mahon
George Herman Mahon was a Texas politician who served twenty-two consecutive terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the Lubbock-based 19th congressional district....
(D). Paul J. Kilday
Paul J. Kilday
Paul Joseph Kilday was a U.S. Representative from Texas.-Early life and education:Born in Sabinal, Kilday was the sixth child of Patrick Kilday, an immigrant from Ireland who was established as a merchant, and his Texas-born wife, Mary Tallant Kilday. Kilday moved with his parents and siblings to...
(D). Charles L. South
Charles L. South
Charles Lacy South was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born on a farm near Damascus, Virginia. South moved with his parents to Callahan County, Texas, in 1898 and to Coleman County, Texas, in 1914....
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Utah
. Abe Murdock (D). J. W. RobinsonJ. W. Robinson
James William Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Utah.Born in Coalville, Utah, Robinson attended public schools...
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Virginia
. S. Otis Bland (D). Colgate DardenColgate Darden
Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. was a Democratic Congressman from Virginia , the 54th Governor of Virginia , Chancellor of the College of William and Mary and the third President of the University of Virginia...
(D). Dave E. Satterfield, Jr.
Dave E. Satterfield, Jr.
Dave Edward Satterfield, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Virginia's 3rd congressional district. He took office on November 2, 1937 after a special election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Andrew J...
(D). Patrick H. Drewry
Patrick H. Drewry
Patrick Henry Drewry was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Petersburg, Virginia, Drewry attended the public schools, Petersburg High School, and McCabe's University School....
(D). Thomas G. Burch
Thomas G. Burch
Thomas Granville Burch was an American farmer, tobacco manufacturer, and politician from Martinsville, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1931 until 1946. In 1946 he served as a U.S...
(D). Clifton A. Woodrum
Clifton A. Woodrum
Clifton Alexander Woodrum was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Woodrum attended the public schools of his native city and the University College of Medicine , Richmond, Virginia.He became a registered pharmacist and engaged in his profession in Roanoke.He studied law at...
(D). A. Willis Robertson (D). Howard W. Smith
Howard W. Smith
Howard Worth Smith , Democratic U.S. Representative from Virginia, was a leader of the conservative coalition who supported both racial segregation and women's rights.-Early life and education:...
(D). John W. Flannagan, Jr.
John W. Flannagan, Jr.
John William Flannagan, Jr. was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 - 1949.-Reference:...
(D)
Washington
. Warren G. MagnusonWarren G. Magnuson
Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson was a United States Senator of the Democratic Party from Washington from 1944 until 1981. Upon leaving the Senate, he was the most senior member of the body...
(D). Monrad C. Wallgren (D), until December 19, 1940, vacant thereafter. Martin F. Smith
Martin F. Smith
Martin Fernard Smith was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Smith attended the public schools, Lewis Institute, Chicago, Illinois, and Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois....
(D). Knute Hill
Knute Hill
Knute Hill was a United States Representative from the state of Washington.-Background:Born on a farm near Creston, Illinois, Hill moved to De Forest, Wisconsin in 1877 and later to Red Wing, Minnesota in 1889. He attended both Red Wing Seminary and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis...
(D). Charles H. Leavy
Charles H. Leavy
Charles Henry Leavy was a U.S. Representative and U.S. District Judge from Washington.Born on a farm near York, Pennsylvania, Leavy moved to Kansas City, Missouri, with his parents in 1887....
(D). John M. Coffee
John M. Coffee
John Main Coffee was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born in Tacoma, Washington, Coffee attended the public schools.He was in the University of Washington in Seattle, A.B...
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West Virginia
. A. C. SchifflerA. C. Schiffler
Andrew Charles Schiffler was a Republican United States Representative and attorney from West Virginia. Mr. Schiffler was born in Wheeling on August 10, 1889. He served in the Seventy-sixth Congress ; and the Seventy-eighth Congress...
(R). Jennings Randolph
Jennings Randolph
Jennings Randolph was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.-Early life and career:Randolph was born in...
(D). Andrew Edmiston, Jr.
Andrew Edmiston, Jr.
Andrew Edmiston, Jr was a Democratic politician who served as a United States Representative from West Virginia. He was born in Weston in Lewis County, West Virginia on November 13, 1892. He served in the Seventy-third through Seventy-seventh Congresses...
(D). George William Johnson
George William Johnson (congressman)
George William Johnson was a lawyer and Democratic politician who served as United States Representative from West Virginia.-Early life:He was born near Charles Town, West Virginia in Jefferson County on November 10, 1869...
(D). John Kee
John Kee
John Kee was a U.S. Democratic politician.-Biography:He was born in Glenville, West Virginia. He attended Glenville State Normal School and West Virginia University and was admitted to the bar in 1897...
(D). Joe L. Smith
Joe L. Smith
Joseph Luther Smith, commonly known as Joe L. Smith , was an American politician, and a member of the Democratic Party from West Virginia....
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Wisconsin
. Stephen BollesStephen Bolles
Stephen Bolles was a newspaper editor, and later a congressman from Wisconsin.Born in Springboro, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Bolles attended the public schools; was graduated from the State Normal School of Pennsylvania at Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, in 1888 and from the law department of...
(R). Charles Hawks, Jr.
Charles Hawks, Jr.
Charles Hawks, Jr. was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1939-1941. He was a Republican. He went to University of Wisconsin-Madison and served in the United States Navy during World War I. He was a salesman and worked in the insurance business...
(R). Harry W. Griswold
Harry W. Griswold
Harry Wilbur Griswold . Griswold was in the agriculture profession. He served on the West Salem Board of Education and was in the Wisconsin State Senate 1933-1937. Griswold was a member of the United States House of Representatives in 1939 until he died in office.-External links:...
(R), until July 4, 1939, vacant thereafter. John C. Schafer
John C. Schafer
John C. Schafer was a Republican politician who represented Wisconsin's 4th congressional district in Congress from 1923 to 1933 and again from 1939 to 1941....
(R). Lewis D. Thill
Lewis D. Thill
Lewis Dominic Thill was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Thill attended the public and parochial schools and graduated from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1926....
(R). Frank B. Keefe (R). Reid F. Murray
Reid F. Murray
Reid Fred Murray was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, businessman, and educator.Born in Ogdensburg, Wisconsin, Murray attended the public schools and Manawa High School....
(R). Joshua L. Johns
Joshua L. Johns
Joshua Leroy Johns was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in the town of Eagle, Johns attended the public schools.He engaged in banking in Richland Center, Wisconsin from 1902 to 1905....
(R). Merlin Hull
Merlin Hull
Merlin Hull was a Wisconsin lawyer, a newspaper publisher, and a member of the United States House of Representatives....
(Prog). Bernard J. Gehrmann
Bernard J. Gehrmann
Bernard John Gehrmann was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Gnesen, near Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Germany, Gehrmann attended the common schools in Germany....
(Prog)
Non-voting members
. Anthony J. DimondAnthony Dimond
Anthony Joseph Dimond was an American Democratic Party politician who was the Alaska Territory Delegate in the United States House of Representatives for many years...
(D). Samuel Wilder King
Samuel Wilder King
Samuel Wilder King was the eleventh Territorial Governor of Hawaii and served from 1953 to 1957. He was appointed to the office after the term of Oren E. Long. Previously, King served in the United States House of Representatives as a delegate from the Territory of Hawaii...
(R). Joaquin Miguel Elizalde
Joaquín Miguel Elizalde
Joaquín Miguel Elizalde was a Philippine politician.He was educated at St. Joseph's College, London, and Dr. Schmidt’s Institute in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Elizalde was an industrialist and financier and economic adviser to President Manuel L...
. Santiago Iglesias Pantín (Coalitionist), died December 5, 1939
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- Bolívar PagánBolívar PagánBolívar Pagán,, was a distinguished historian, journalist, and politician.Pagán was born in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. He received his primary education in the public schools of Adjuntas, and went to secondary school in the city of Ponce...
(SocialistSocialist Party (Puerto Rico)The Socialist Party was a political party in Puerto Rico.It was founded as the Labor Party in 1900 by Santiago Iglesias Pantín, an early leader of the Puerto Rican labor movement who was influenced by the Socialist Labor Party of America. It was formally refounded as the PS on March 21, 1915, in...
), appointed December 26, 1939
- Bolívar Pagán
Senate
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States SenateThe Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...
: - CuratorCurator of the United States SenateThe United States Senate Curator is an employee of the United States Senate who is responsible for developing and implementing the museum and preservation programs for the Senate Commission on Art. The Curator Office collects, preserves, and interprets the Senate's fine and decorative arts,...
: - HistorianHistorian of the United States SenateThe Historian of the United States Senate heads the United States Senate Historical Office, which was created in 1975 to record and preserve historical information about the United States Senate. The current Historian of the Senate is Donald A...
: - ParliamentarianParliamentarian of the United States SenateThe Parliamentarian of the United States Senate is the official advisor to the United States Senate on the interpretation of Standing Rules of the United States Senate and parliamentary procedure....
: - Secretary for the Majority:
- Secretary for the Minority:
- SecretarySecretary of the United States SenateThe Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...
: - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States SenateThe Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...
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House of Representatives
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States House of RepresentativesThe election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...
: James Shera MontgomeryJames Shera MontgomeryJames Shera Montgomery was an American Methodist minister who served as the 55th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, April 11, 1921 - January 3, 1950.-Life and works:Montgomery served as House Chaplain for 19 years...
(Methodist) - ClerkClerk of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....
: South TrimbleSouth TrimbleSouth Trimble was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He was a prominent member of the famed South–Cockrell–Hargis family of Southern politicians.-Biography:... - HistorianHistorian of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Historian of the United States House of Representatives is an official appointed by the United States House of Representatives to study and document its past....
: - ParliamentarianParliamentarian of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S...
: Lewis DeschlerLewis DeschlerLewis Deschler was the first, and longest serving, Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives. He started his term on February 1, 1927 during the 70th United States Congress following the retirement of Lehr Fess... - PostmasterPostmaster of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...
: Finis E. Scott - Reading ClerksReading Clerk of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives reads bills, motions, and other papers before the House and keeps track of changes to legislation made on the floor...
: - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...
: Kenneth Romney