66th United States Congress

1919-1921 U.S. Congress
66th United States Congress
65th ←
→ 67th
United States Capitol (1906)

March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921
Members96 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentThomas R. Marshall (D)
House majorityRepublican
House SpeakerFrederick H. Gillett (R)
Sessions
1st: May 19, 1919 – November 19, 1919
2nd: December 1, 1919 – June 5, 1920
3rd: December 6, 1920 – March 3, 1921

The 66th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.[1][2] It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1919, to March 4, 1921, during the last two years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census.

The Republicans won majorities in both the House and the Senate, thus taking control of both chambers.

This is the last congress to have no female members of congress in the House of Representatives, and thus the last time there was an all-male congress (several subsequent congresses, up to the 96th Congress, would have periods with no women in the Senate but several in the House).[3]

Major legislation

  • June 30, 1919: Navy Appropriations Act of 1919
  • June 30, 1919: Hastings Amendment
  • July 11, 1919: Anti-Lobbying Act of 1919
  • July 11, 1919: Army Appropriations Act of 1919
  • July 19, 1919: Sundry Civil Expenses Appropriations Act
  • October 18, 1919: National Prohibition Act (Volstead Act), ch. 85, 41 Stat. 305
  • October 22, 1919: Underground Water Act of 1919
  • October 29, 1919: National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (Dyer Act)
  • November 4, 1919: Deficiency Act of 1919
  • November 6, 1919: Indian Soldier Act of 1919
  • December 24, 1919: Edge Act of 1919
  • February 25, 1920: Oil Leasing Act of 1920
  • February 25, 1920: Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (Smoot-Sinnot Act), ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437
  • February 25, 1920: Pipeline Rights-of-Way Act
  • February 25, 1920: Sale of Water For Miscellaneous Purposes Act
  • February 28, 1920: Esch-Cummins Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 66–152, 41 Stat. 456
  • March 9, 1920: Suits in Admiralty Act of 1920
  • March 15, 1920: Military Surplus Act of 1920 (Kahn-Wadsworth Act)
  • March 30, 1920: Death on the High Seas Act of 1920
  • April 13, 1920: Phelan Act of 1920
  • May 1, 1920: Fuller Act of 1920
  • May 10, 1920: Deportation Act of 1920
  • May 18, 1920: Kinkaid Act of 1920
  • May 20, 1920: Sale of Surplus Improved Public Lands Act
  • May 22, 1920: Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920
  • May 29, 1920: Independent Treasury Act of 1920
  • June 2, 1920: Industry Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920 (Smith-Bankhead Act)
  • June 2, 1920: Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920 (Smith-Fess Act)
  • June 2, 1920: National Park Criminal Jurisdiction Act
  • June 4, 1920: National Defense Act of 1920 (Kahn Act)
  • June 5, 1920: Sills Act of 1920
  • June 5, 1920: Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act)
  • June 5, 1920: Women's Bureau Act of 1920
  • June 5, 1920: Ship Mortgage Act of 1920
  • June 5, 1920: River and Harbors Act of 1920
  • June 5, 1920: Federal Water Power Act of 1920 (Esch Act)
  • January 4, 1921: War Finance Corporation Act of 1921
  • March 3, 1921: Patent Act of 1921 (Nolan Act)
  • March 3, 1921: Federal Water Power Act Amendment (Jones-Esch Act)

Major events

A brief special session was called by President Wilson in March 1919, because of a filibuster that had successfully blocked appropriations bills needed to fund day-to-day government operations.[4]

Constitutional amendments

Treaties

Party summary

Senate

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 51 45 96 0
Begin 47 49 96 0
End 46 50
Final voting share 47.9% 52.1%
Beginning of next congress 37 59 96 0

House of Representatives

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Socialist
(Soc.)
Farmer-
Labor
(FL)
Republican
(R)
Independent
Republican
(IR)
Prohibition
(Proh.)
Other
End of previous congress 211 1 0 212 0 1 3[a] 428 7
Begin 191 1 1 238 0 1 0 432 3
End 187 0 1 4287
Final voting share 43.7% 0.0% 0.2% 55.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
Beginning of next congress 131 1 0 299 1 0 0 432 3

Leadership

Senate leadership

Senate president
Senate president pro tempore

Presiding

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House leadership

House Speaker

Presiding

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

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Senate

In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1920; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1922; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1924.

Alabama

2. John H. Bankhead (D), until March 1, 1920
Braxton B. Comer (D), from March 5, 1920 - November 2, 1920
J. Thomas Heflin (D), from November 3, 1920
3. Oscar Underwood (D)

Arizona

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

Arkansas

2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
3. William F. Kirby (D)

California

1. Hiram W. Johnson (R)
3. James D. Phelan (D)

Colorado

2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R)
3. Charles S. Thomas (D)

Connecticut

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

Delaware

1. Josiah O. Wolcott (D)
2. L. Heisler Ball (R)

Florida

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

Georgia

2. William J. Harris (D)
3. Hoke Smith (D)

Idaho

2. William E. Borah (R)
3. John F. Nugent (D), until January 14, 1921
Frank R. Gooding (R), from January 15, 1921

Illinois

2. J. Medill McCormick (R)
3. Lawrence Y. Sherman (R)

Indiana

1. Harry S. New (R)
3. James E. Watson (R)

Iowa

2. William S. Kenyon (R)
3. Albert B. Cummins (R)

Kansas

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

Kentucky

2. Augustus Stanley (D)[5]
3. John C. W. Beckham (D)

Louisiana

2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
3. Edward J. Gay (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

1. Joseph I. France (R)
3. John W. Smith (D)

Massachusetts

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
2. David I. Walsh (D)

Michigan

1. Charles E. Townsend (R)
2. Truman H. Newberry (R)

Minnesota

1. Frank B. Kellogg (R)
2. Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

1. John Sharp Williams (D)
2. Pat Harrison (D)

Missouri

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

Montana

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

1. Key Pittman (D)
3. Charles B. Henderson (D)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

1. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R)
2. Walter E. Edge (R)

New Mexico

1. Andrieus A. Jones (D)
2. Albert B. Fall (R)

New York

1. William M. Calder (R)
3. James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

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

Ohio

1. Atlee Pomerene (D)
3. Warren G. Harding (R), until January 13, 1921
Frank B. Willis (R), from January 14, 1921

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

2. Charles L. McNary (R)
3. George E. Chamberlain (D)

Pennsylvania

1. Philander C. Knox (R)
3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

1. Peter G. Gerry (D)
2. LeBaron B. Colt (R)

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

2. Thomas Sterling (R)
3. Edwin S. Johnson (D)

Tennessee

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

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

1. Claude A. Swanson (D)
2. Thomas S. Martin (D), until November 12, 1919
Carter Glass (D), from February 2, 1920

Washington

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

West Virginia

1. Howard Sutherland (R)
2. Davis Elkins (R)

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

1. John B. Kendrick (D)
2. Francis E. Warren (R)
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 66th Congress in March 1919.
  2 Democrats
  1 Democrat and 1 Republican
  2 Republicans
Senate Elections Committee engaged in the counting of the Ford-Newberry vote. Tellers in the foreground of the picture are Senators Walter E. Edge and Selden P. Spencer.

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

1. John McDuffie (D)
2. S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)
3. Henry B. Steagall (D)
4. Fred L. Blackmon (D), until February 8, 1921
5. J. Thomas Heflin (D), until November 1, 1920
William B. Bowling (D), from December 14, 1920
6. William B. Oliver (D)
7. John L. Burnett (D), until May 13, 1919
Lilius Bratton Rainey (D), from September 30, 1919
8. Edward B. Almon (D)
9. George Huddleston (D)
10. William B. Bankhead (D)

Arizona

At-large. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

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

California

1. Clarence F. Lea (D)
2. John E. Raker (D)
3. Charles F. Curry (R)
4. Julius Kahn (R)
5. John I. Nolan (R)
6. John A. Elston (R)
7. Henry E. Barbour (R)
8. Hugh S. Hersman (D)
9. Charles H. Randall (Proh.)
10. Henry Z. Osborne (R)
11. William Kettner (D)

Colorado

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

Connecticut

1. Augustine Lonergan (D)
2. Richard P. Freeman (R)
3. John Q. Tilson (R)
4. Schuyler Merritt (R)
5. James P. Glynn (R)

Delaware

At-large. Caleb R. Layton (R)

Florida

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

Georgia

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

Idaho

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

Illinois

1. Martin B. Madden (R)
2. James R. Mann (R)
3. William W. Wilson (R)
4. John W. Rainey (D)
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. James McAndrews (D)
7. Niels Juul (R)
8. Thomas Gallagher (D)
9. Frederick A. Britten (R)
10. Carl R. Chindblom (R)
11. Ira C. Copley (R)
12. Charles Eugene Fuller (R)
13. John C. McKenzie (R)
14. William J. Graham (R)
15. Edward John King (R)
16. Clifford Ireland (R)
17. Frank L. Smith (R)
18. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
19. William B. McKinley (R)
20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
21. Loren E. Wheeler (R)
22. William A. Rodenberg (R)
23. Edwin B. Brooks (R)
24. Thomas S. Williams (R)
25. Edward E. Denison (R)
At-large. Richard Yates Jr. (R)
At-large. William E. Mason (R)

Indiana

1. Oscar R. Luhring (R)
2. Oscar E. Bland (R)
3. James W. Dunbar (R)
4. John S. Benham (R)
5. Everett Sanders (R)
6. Richard N. Elliott (R)
7. Merrill Moores (R)
8. Albert H. Vestal (R)
9. Fred S. Purnell (R)
10. William R. Wood (R)
11. Milton Kraus (R)
12. Louis W. Fairfield (R)
13. Andrew J. Hickey (R)

Iowa

1. Charles A. Kennedy (R)
2. Harry E. Hull (R)
3. Burton E. Sweet (R)
4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
5. James W. Good (R)
6. C. William Ramseyer (R)
7. Cassius C. Dowell (R)
8. Horace M. Towner (R)
9. William R. Green (R)
10. Lester J. Dickinson (R)
11. William D. Boies (R)

Kansas

1. Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R)
2. Edward C. Little (R)
3. Philip P. Campbell (R)
4. Homer Hoch (R)
5. James G. Strong (R)
6. Hays B. White (R)
7. Jasper N. Tincher (R)
8. William A. Ayres (D)

Kentucky

1. Alben Barkley (D)
2. David Hayes Kincheloe (D)
3. Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D)
4. Ben Johnson (D)
5. Charles F. Ogden (R)
6. Arthur B. Rouse (D)
7. J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
8. King Swope (R), from August 1, 1919
9. William Jason Fields (D)
10. John W. Langley (R)
11. John M. Robsion (R)

Louisiana

1. Albert Estopinal (D), until April 28, 1919
James O'Connor (D), from June 5, 1919
2. Henry Garland Dupré (D)
3. Whitmell P. Martin (D)
4. John Thomas Watkins (D)
5. Riley Joseph Wilson (D)
6. Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (D)
7. Ladislas Lazaro (D)
8. James Benjamin Aswell (D)

Maine

1. Louis B. Goodall (R)
2. Wallace H. White Jr. (R)
3. John A. Peters (R)
4. Ira G. Hersey (R)

Maryland

1. William N. Andrews (R)
2. Carville Benson (D)
3. Charles P. Coady (D)
4. J. Charles Linthicum (D)
5. Sydney Emanuel Mudd II (R)
6. Frederick N. Zihlman (R)

Massachusetts

1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
3. Calvin D. Paige (R)
4. Samuel E. Winslow (R)
5. John J. Rogers (R)
6. Willfred W. Lufkin (R)
7. Michael F. Phelan (D)
8. Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
9. Alvan T. Fuller (R), until January 5, 1921
10. John F. Fitzgerald (D), until October 23, 1919
Peter F. Tague (D), from October 23, 1919
11. George H. Tinkham (R)
12. James A. Gallivan (D)
13. Robert Luce (R)
14. Richard Olney II (D)
15. William S. Greene (R)
16. Joseph Walsh (R)

Michigan

1. Frank E. Doremus (D)
2. Earl C. Michener (R)
3. John M. C. Smith (R)
4. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
5. Carl Mapes (R)
6. Patrick H. Kelley (R)
7. Louis C. Cramton (R)
8. Joseph W. Fordney (R)
9. James C. McLaughlin (R)
10. Gilbert A. Currie (R)
11. Frank D. Scott (R)
12. W. Frank James (R)
13. Charles Archibald Nichols (R), until April 25, 1920
Clarence J. McLeod (R), from November 2, 1920

Minnesota

1. Sydney Anderson (R)
2. Franklin Ellsworth (R)
3. Charles Russell Davis (R)
4. Carl Van Dyke (D), until May 20, 1919
Oscar E. Keller (IR), from July 1, 1919
5. Walter H. Newton (R)
6. Harold Knutson (R)
7. Andrew Volstead (R)
8. William Leighton Carss (FL)
9. Halvor Steenerson (R)
10. Thomas D. Schall (R)

Mississippi

1. Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D)
2. Hubert D. Stephens (D)
3. Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)
4. Thomas U. Sisson (D)
5. William Webb Venable (D)
6. Paul B. Johnson Sr. (D)
7. Percy E. Quin (D)
8. James W. Collier (D)

Missouri

1. Milton A. Romjue (D)
2. William W. Rucker (D)
3. Joshua W. Alexander (D), until December 15, 1919
Jacob L. Milligan (D), from February 14, 1920
4. Charles F. Booher (D), until January 21, 1921
5. William Thomas Bland (D)
6. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
7. Samuel C. Major (D)
8. William L. Nelson (D)
9. James Beauchamp Clark (D), until March 2, 1921
10. Cleveland A. Newton (R)
11. William Leo Igoe (D)
12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
13. Marion E. Rhodes (R)
14. Edward D. Hays (R)
15. Isaac V. McPherson (R)
16. Thomas L. Rubey (D)

Montana

1. John M. Evans (D)
2. Carl W. Riddick (R)

Nebraska

1. C. Frank Reavis (R)
2. Albert W. Jefferis (R)
3. Robert E. Evans (R)
4. Melvin O. McLaughlin (R)
5. William E. Andrews (R)
6. Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

Nevada

At-large. Charles R. Evans (D)

New Hampshire

1. Sherman Everett Burroughs (R)
2. Edward Hills Wason (R)

New Jersey

1. William J. Browning (R), until March 24, 1920
Francis F. Patterson Jr. (R), from November 2, 1920
2. Isaac Bacharach (R)
3. Thomas J. Scully (D)
4. Elijah C. Hutchinson (R)
5. Ernest R. Ackerman (R)
6. John R. Ramsey (R)
7. Amos H. Radcliffe (R)
8. Cornelius A. McGlennon (D)
9. Daniel F. Minahan (D)
10. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
11. John J. Eagan (D)
12. James A. Hamill (D)

New Mexico

At-large. Benigno C. Hernández (R)

New York

1. Frederick C. Hicks (R)
2. C. Pope Caldwell (D)
3. John MacCrate (R), until December 30, 1920
4. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
5. John B. Johnston (D)
6. Frederick W. Rowe (R)
7. James P. Maher (D)
8. William E. Cleary (D)
9. David J. O'Connell (D)
10. Reuben L. Haskell (R), until December 31, 1919
Lester D. Volk (R), from November 2, 1920
11. Daniel J. Riordan (D)
12. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
13. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
14. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R), until December 31, 1919
Nathan D. Perlman (R), from November 2, 1920
15. Peter J. Dooling (D)
16. Thomas Francis Smith (D)
17. Herbert C. Pell Jr. (D)
18. John F. Carew (D)
19. Joseph Rowan (D)
20. Isaac Siegel (R)
21. Jerome F. Donovan (D)
22. Anthony J. Griffin (D)
23. Richard F. McKiniry (D)
24. James V. Ganly (D)
25. James W. Husted (R)
26. Edmund Platt (R), until June 7, 1920
Hamilton Fish III (R), from November 2, 1920
27. Charles B. Ward (R)
28. Rollin B. Sanford (R)
29. James S. Parker (R)
30. Frank Crowther (R)
31. Bertrand H. Snell (R)
32. Luther W. Mott (R)
33. Homer P. Snyder (R)
34. William H. Hill (R)
35. Walter W. Magee (R)
36. Norman J. Gould (R)
37. Alanson B. Houghton (R)
38. Thomas B. Dunn (R)
39. Archie D. Sanders (R)
40. S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
41. Clarence MacGregor (R)
42. James M. Mead (D)
43. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

1. John Humphrey Small (D)
2. Claude Kitchin (D)
3. Samuel M. Brinson (D)
4. Edward W. Pou (D)
5. Charles M. Stedman (D)
6. Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
7. Leonidas D. Robinson (D)
8. Robert L. Doughton (D)
9. Edwin Y. Webb (D), until November 10, 1919
Clyde R. Hoey (D), from December 16, 1919
10. Zebulon Weaver (D)

North Dakota

1. John Miller Baer (R)
2. George M. Young (R)
3. James H. Sinclair (R)

Ohio

1. Nicholas Longworth (R)
2. Ambrose E. B. Stephens (R)
3. Warren Gard (D)
4. Benjamin F. Welty (D)
5. Charles J. Thompson (R)
6. Charles C. Kearns (R)
7. Simeon D. Fess (R)
8. R. Clinton Cole (R)
9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
10. Israel M. Foster (R)
11. Edwin D. Ricketts (R)
12. Clement L. Brumbaugh (D)
13. James T. Begg (R)
14. Martin L. Davey (D)
15. C. Ellis Moore (R)
16. Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)
17. William A. Ashbrook (D)
18. B. Frank Murphy (R)
19. John G. Cooper (R)
20. Charles A. Mooney (D)
21. John J. Babka (D)
22. Henry I. Emerson (R)

Oklahoma

1. Everette B. Howard (D)
2. William W. Hastings (D)
3. Charles D. Carter (D)
4. Tom D. McKeown (D)
5. Joseph Bryan Thompson (D), until September 18, 1919
John W. Harreld (R), from November 8, 1919
6. Scott Ferris (D)
7. James V. McClintic (D)
8. Dick Thompson Morgan (R), until July 4, 1920
Charles Swindall (R), from November 2, 1920

Oregon

1. Willis C. Hawley (R)
2. Nicholas J. Sinnott (R)
3. Clifton N. McArthur (R)

Pennsylvania

1. William S. Vare (R)
2. George S. Graham (R)
3. J. Hampton Moore (R), until January 4, 1920
Harry C. Ransley (R), from November 2, 1920
4. George W. Edmonds (R)
5. Peter E. Costello (R)
6. George P. Darrow (R)
7. Thomas S. Butler (R)
8. Henry Winfield Watson (R)
9. William W. Griest (R)
10. Patrick McLane (D), until February 25, 1921
John R. Farr (R), from February 25, 1921
11. John J. Casey (D)
12. John Reber (R)
13. Arthur G. Dewalt (D)
14. Louis T. McFadden (R)
15. Edgar R. Kiess (R)
16. John V. Lesher (D)
17. Benjamin K. Focht (R)
18. Aaron S. Kreider (R)
19. John M. Rose (R)
20. Edward S. Brooks (R)
21. Evan J. Jones (R)
22. John Haden Wilson (D)
23. Samuel A. Kendall (R)
24. Henry W. Temple (R)
25. Milton W. Shreve (R)
26. Henry J. Steele (D)
27. Nathan L. Strong (R)
28. Willis J. Hulings (R)
29. Stephen G. Porter (R)
30. M. Clyde Kelly (R)
31. John M. Morin (R)
32. Guy E. Campbell (D)
At-large. Thomas S. Crago (R)
At-large. William J. Burke (R)
At-large. Anderson H. Walters (R)
At-large. Mahlon M. Garland (R), until November 19, 1920

Rhode Island

1. Clark Burdick (R)
2. Walter Russell Stiness (R)
3. Ambrose Kennedy (R)

South Carolina

1. Richard S. Whaley (D)
2. James F. Byrnes (D)
3. Fred H. Dominick (D)
4. Samuel J. Nicholls (D)
5. William F. Stevenson (D)
6. J. Willard Ragsdale (D), until July 23, 1919
Philip H. Stoll (D), from October 7, 1919
7. Asbury F. Lever (D), until August 1, 1919
Edward C. Mann (D), from October 7, 1919

South Dakota

1. Charles A. Christopherson (R)
2. Royal C. Johnson (R)
3. Harry L. Gandy (D)

Tennessee

1. Sam R. Sells (R)
2. J. Will Taylor (R)
3. John A. Moon (D)
4. Cordell Hull (D)
5. Ewin L. Davis (D)
6. Joseph W. Byrns (D)
7. Lemuel P. Padgett (D)
8. Thetus W. Sims (D)
9. Finis J. Garrett (D)
10. Hubert Fisher (D)

Texas

1. Eugene Black (D)
2. John C. Box (D)
3. James Young (D)
4. Sam Rayburn (D)
5. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
6. Rufus Hardy (D)
7. Clay Stone Briggs (D)
8. Joe H. Eagle (D)
9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
10. James P. Buchanan (D)
11. Tom T. Connally (D)
12. Fritz G. Lanham (D), from April 19, 1919
13. Lucian W. Parrish (D)
14. Carlos Bee (D)
15. John Nance Garner (D)
16. Claude B. Hudspeth (D)
17. Thomas L. Blanton (D)
18. John Marvin Jones (D)

Utah

1. Milton H. Welling (D)
2. James Henry Mays (D)

Vermont

1. Frank L. Greene (R)
2. Porter H. Dale (R)

Virginia

1. S. Otis Bland (D)
2. Edward Everett Holland (D)
3. Andrew Jackson Montague (D)
4. Walter Allen Watson (D), until December 24, 1919
Patrick H. Drewry (D), from April 27, 1920
5. Edward W. Saunders (D), until February 29, 1920
Rorer A. James (D), from June 1, 1920
6. James P. Woods (D)
7. Thomas W. Harrison (D)
8. R. Walton Moore (D), from April 27, 1919
9. C. Bascom Slemp (R)
10. Henry D. Flood (D)

Washington

1. John F. Miller (R)
2. Lindley H. Hadley (R)
3. Albert Johnson (R)
4. John W. Summers (R)
5. J. Stanley Webster (R)

West Virginia

1. Matthew M. Neely (D)
2. George M. Bowers (R)
3. Stuart F. Reed (R)
4. Harry C. Woodyard (R)
5. Wells Goodykoontz (R)
6. Leonard S. Echols (R)

Wisconsin

1. Clifford E. Randall (R)
2. Edward Voigt (R)
3. James G. Monahan (R)
4. John C. Kleczka (R)
5. Victor L. Berger (Soc.), until November 10, 1919
6. Florian Lampert (R)
7. John J. Esch (R)
8. Edward E. Browne (R)
9. David G. Classon (R)
10. James A. Frear (R)
11. Adolphus P. Nelson (R)

Wyoming

At-large. Franklin W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory. Charles A. Sulzer (D), until April 28, 1919
George B. Grigsby (D), from June 3, 1920 - March 1, 1921
James Wickersham (R), from March 1, 1921
Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (R)
Puerto Rico. Félix Córdova Dávila (Resident Commissioner), Unionist
Philippines. Jaime C. de Veyra (Resident Commissioner)
Philippines. Teodoro R. Yangco (Resident Commissioner), (I) until March 3, 1920
Isauro Gabaldon (Resident Commissioner), (Nac.) from March 4, 1920
House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80+% to 100% Democratic
  80+% to 100% Republican
  60+% to 80% Democratic
  60+% to 80% Republican
  Up to 60% Democratic
  Up to 60% Republican

Changes in membership

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

Senate

  • Replacements: 5
    • Democratic: 1 seat net loss
    • Republican: 1 seat net gain
  • Deaths: 2
  • Resignations: 2
  • Vacancy: 0
  • Total seats with changes: 4
State Senator Reason for vacancy Successor Date of successor's installation
Virginia
(2)
Thomas S. Martin (D) Died November 12, 1919. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. Carter Glass (D) February 2, 1920
Alabama
(2)
John H. Bankhead (D) Died March 1, 1920. Successor was appointed. B. B. Comer (D) March 5, 1920
Alabama
(2)
B. B. Comer (D) Successor was elected. J. Thomas Heflin (D) November 3, 1920
Ohio
(3)
Warren G. Harding (R) Resigned January 13, 1921, after being elected President of the United States.
Successor was appointed having already been elected to the next term.
Frank B. Willis (R) January 14, 1921
Idaho
(3)
John F. Nugent (D) Resigned January 14, 1921, after losing election and subsequently being appointed to the Federal Trade Commission.
Successor was appointed having already been elected to the next term..
Frank R. Gooding (R) January 15, 1921

House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 23
    • Democratic: 4 seat net loss
    • Republican: 4 seat net gain
  • Deaths: 13
  • Resignations: 10
  • Contested elections: 3
  • Total seats with changes: 32
District Vacated by Reason for vacancy Successor Date of successor's installation
Texas 12th Vacant Rep. James C. Wilson died during previous congress Fritz G. Lanham (D) April 19, 1919
Virginia 8th Vacant Rep. Charles C. Carlin resigned during previous congress R. Walton Moore (D) April 19, 1919
Kentucky 8th Vacant Rep. Harvey Helm died during previous congress King Swope (R) August 1, 1919
Louisiana 1st Albert Estopinal (D) Died April 28, 1919 James O'Connor (D) June 5, 1919
Alaska Territory Charles A. Sulzer (D) Died April 28, 1919 George B. Grigsby (D) June 30, 1920
Alabama 7th John L. Burnett (D) Died May 13, 1919 Lilius Bratton Rainey (D) September 30, 1919
Minnesota 4th Carl Van Dyke (D) Died May 20, 1919 Oscar Keller (R) July 1, 1919
South Carolina 6th J. Willard Ragsdale (D) Died July 23, 1919 Philip H. Stoll (D) October 7, 1919
South Carolina 7th Asbury F. Lever (D) Resigned August 1, 1919, after becoming member of the Federal Farm Loan Board Edward C. Mann (D) October 7, 1919
Oklahoma 5th Joseph B. Thompson (D) Died September 18, 1919 John W. Harreld (R) November 8, 1919
Massachusetts 10th John F. Fitzgerald (D) Lost contested election October 23, 1919 Peter F. Tague (D) October 23, 1919
North Carolina 9th Edwin Y. Webb (D) Resigned November 10, 1919, after being appointed to the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina Clyde R. Hoey (D) December 16, 1919
Wisconsin 5th Victor L. Berger (Socialist) Ousted November 10, 1919, due to his conviction under the Espionage Act of 1917 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Missouri 3rd Joshua W. Alexander (D) Resigned December 15, 1919, after being appointed United States Secretary of Commerce Jacob L. Milligan (D) February 14, 1920
Virginia 4th Walter A. Watson (D) Died December 24, 1919 Patrick H. Drewry (D) April 27, 1920
New York 10th Reuben L. Haskell (R) Resigned December 31, 1919 Lester D. Volk (R) November 2, 1920
New York 14th Fiorello H. La Guardia (R) Resigned December 31, 1919, after being elected President of the New York City Board of Aldermen Nathan D. Perlman (R) November 2, 1920
Pennsylvania 3rd J. Hampton Moore (R) Resigned January 4, 1920, after being elected Mayor of Philadelphia Harry C. Ransley (R) November 2, 1920
Virginia 5th Edward W. Saunders (D) Resigned February 29, 1920, after being elected judge of the State Supreme Court of Appeals Rorer A. James (D) June 1, 1920
Philippines At-large Teodoro R. Yangco Term expired March 3, 1920 Isauro Gabaldon March 4, 1920
New Jersey 1st William J. Browning (R) Died March 24, 1920 Francis F. Patterson Jr. (R) November 2, 1920
Michigan 13th Charles A. Nichols (R) Died April 25, 1920 Clarence J. McLeod (R) November 2, 1920
New York 26th Edmund Platt (R) Resigned June 7, 1920, after being appointed to the Federal Reserve Board Hamilton Fish III (R) November 2, 1920
Oklahoma 8th Dick T. Morgan (R) Died July 4, 1920 Charles Swindall (R) November 2, 1920
Alabama 5th J. Thomas Heflin (D) Resigned November 1, 1920, after being elected to the U.S. Senate William B. Bowling (D) December 14, 1920
Pennsylvania At-large Mahlon M. Garland (R) Died November 19, 1920 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 3rd John MacCrate (R) Resigned December 30, 1920, after being elected justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Massachusetts 9th Alvan T. Fuller (R) Resigned January 5, 1921, after being elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Missouri 4th Charles F. Booher (D) Died January 21, 1921 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Alabama 4th Fred L. Blackmon (D) Died February 8, 1921 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 10th Patrick McLane (D) Lost contested election February 25, 1921 John R. Farr (R) February 25, 1921
Alaska Territory George B. Grigsby (D) Lost contested election March 1, 1921 James Wickersham (R) March 1, 1921
Missouri 9th Champ Clark (D) Died March 2, 1921 having already been defeated for re-election Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

  • Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
  • Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
  • High Cost of Living
  • The Library (Chairman: Sen. Frank B. Brandegee)
  • Pacific Coast Naval Bases
  • Postal Salaries
  • Postal Service
  • Printing (Chairman: Sen. Reed Smoot)
  • Reclassification of Salaries
  • Reorganization
  • Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government
  • Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims
  • To Investigate the System of Shortime Rural Credits

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

  1. ^ Progressive
  1. ^ Rogers, Lindsay (1921). "The Third Session of the Sixty-Sixth Congress, December 6, 1920--March 4, 1921: The Ligislative Record". American Political Science Review. 15 (3): 366–372. doi:10.2307/1946693. ISSN 0003-0554.
  2. ^ Rogers, Lindsay (1921). "The Third Session of the Sixty-Sixth Congress, December 6, 1920--March 4, 1921: Notes on Procedure". American Political Science Review. 15 (3): 372–379. doi:10.2307/1946694. ISSN 0003-0554.
  3. ^ "Women Members by Congress, 1917–Present | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  4. ^ The official U.S. Senate website provides the full story of this filibuster as part of a biography of Charles P. Higgins[1], the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms who was the only Democrat to fill that office in a space of almost forty years.
  5. ^ Senator Augustus O. Stanley (D-Kentucky) was elected but chose not to take his seat until May 19, 1919, preferring to continue his term as Governor of Kentucky. However, Stanley was duly elected and qualified and was therefore a Senator despite not taking his seat for two months.
  • Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4.
  • Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
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  • Official Congressional Directory for the 66th Congress, 2nd Session.
  • Official Congressional Directory for the 66th Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision).
  • Official Congressional Directory for the 66th Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).
  • Official Congressional Directory for the 66th Congress, 3rd Session.
  • Official Congressional Directory for the 66th Congress, 3rd Session (Revision).
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