69th United States Congress

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Contents 1 Dates of sessions 2 Major events 3 Party membership 3.1 Senate membership 3.2 House of Representatives 3.3 Notes 4 Leadership 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 Members of the Sixty-ninth United States Congress 5.1 Senate 5.2 House of Representatives 5.3 Delegates 5.4 Resident Commissioners 6 Officers 6.1 Senate 6.2 House of Representatives 6.3 Other 7 Notes 8 References

The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1925 to March 3, 1927, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourteenth Census of the United States in 1920. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1927

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1925 - March 18, 1925
• First session: December 7, 1925 - July 3, 1926; November 10, 1926 ^[1]
• Second session: December 6, 1926 - March 3, 1927 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 68th Congress
Next congress: 70th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1925; Events of 1926; Events of 1927

The special session of the Senate was called by President Calvin Coolidge on February 14, 1925.

On April 1 1926, the House of Representatives voted to impeach Judge George W. English of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. Both Houses of Congress agreed to adjourn on July 3 1926, with the Senate scheduled to reconvene on November 10 1926 as a Court of Impeachment. English resigned just before the impeachment trial began. The Senate met as planned on November 10 to adjourn the court of impeachment sine die. On December 13 1926, the Senate, acting on advice from the House managers of the impeachment, formally dismissed all charges against Judge English.

[edit] Party membership

[edit] Senate membership

Affiliation		Members	Voting share	Note
	Republican Party	52	55%
	Democratic Party	43	43%
	Farmer Labor Party	1	1.0%	[2]
Total		96

See also: United States Senate election, 1924

[edit] House of Representatives

Affiliation		Members	Voting share	Delegates and Resident Commissioner	Note
	Republican Party	247	-%	1
	Democratic Party	183	-%	1
	Farmer Labor Party	3	0.5%	-	[3]
	Socialist Party	2	0.2%	-	[4]
	Other	-	-	3
	Vacant	-	-	-
Total		435		5

See also: United States House election, 1924

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The Senate met pursuant to adjournment for the purpose of sitting as a court of impeachment and adjourned the same day.
2. ^ Henrik Shipstead-MN
3. ^ Ole J. Kvale, William Leighton Carss, Knud Wefald-MN
4. ^ Victor Berger-MN, Fiorello H. La Guardia-NY

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• President of the Senate - Charles G. Dawes
• Presidents pro tempore - Albert B. Cummins and George H. Moses

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House - Nicholas Longworth

[edit] Members of the Sixty-ninth United States Congress

[edit] Senate

Alabama

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

Arizona

• 1. Henry F. Ashurst (Dem.)
• 3. Ralph H. Cameron (Rep.)

Arkansas

• 3. Thaddeus Caraway (Dem.)
• 2. Joseph T. Robinson (Dem.)

California

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

Colorado

• 2. Lawrence C. Phipps (Rep.)
• 3. Rice W. Means (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 3. Hiram Bingham III (Rep.)
• 1. George P. McLean (Rep.)

Delaware

• 1. Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (Dem.)
• 2. T. Coleman Du Pont (Rep.)

Florida

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

Georgia

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

Idaho

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

Illinois

• 2. Charles S. Deneen (Rep.)
• 3. William B. McKinley (Rep.)
• 3. Frank L. Smith (Rep.) (Smith, appointed to the fill the vacancy caused by the death of William B. McKinley, was not permitted to take his seat, and thus never legally served in the Senate.)

Indiana

• 1. Samuel M. Ralston (Dem.) (died in office)
• 1. Arthur R. Robinson (Rep.) (filled vacancy caused by the death of Samuel M. Ralston)
• 3. James Watson (Rep.)

Iowa

• 3. Albert B. Cummins (Rep.) (died in office)
• 3. David W. Stewart (Rep.) (appointed and elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of Albert B. Cummins.)
• 2. Smith W. Brookhart (Rep.) (later unseated in favor of Daniel F. Steck)
• 2. Daniel F. Steck (Dem.)

Kansas

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

Kentucky

• 3. Richard P. Ernst (Rep.)
• 2. Frederic M. Sackett (Rep.)

Louisiana

• 3. Edwin Broussard (Dem.)
• 2. Joseph Ransdell (Dem.)

Maine

• 2. Bert M. Fernald (Rep.) (died in office)
• 2. Arthur Gould (Rep.) (elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Bert Fernald.)
• 1. Frederick Hale (Rep.)

Maryland

• 1. William C. Bruce (Dem.)
• 3. Ovington E. Weller (Rep.)

Massachusetts

• 2. Frederick Gillett (Rep.)
• 1. David I. Walsh (Dem.) (elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Henry Cabot Lodge.)
• 1. William M. Butler (Rep.) (appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Henry Cabot Lodge.)

Michigan

• 2. James Couzens (Rep.)
• 1. Woodbridge Ferris (Dem.)

Minnesota

• 2. Thomas D. Schall (Rep.)
• 1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)

Mississippi

• 2. Pat Harrison (Dem.)
• 1. Hubert Stephens (Dem.)

Missouri

• 3. Selden P. Spencer (Rep.) (died in office)
• 3. George Howard Williams (Rep.) (appointed to fill vacancy caused by the death of Selden P. Spencer)
• 3. Harry B. Hawes (Dem.) (elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of Selden P. Spencer)
• 1. James A. Reed (Dem.)

Montana

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

• 3. Tasker Oddie (Rep.)
• 1. Key Pittman (Dem.)

New Hampshire

• 2. Henry Keyes (Rep.)
• 3. George H. Moses (Rep.)

New Jersey

• 2. Walter Edge (Rep.)
• 1. Edward I. Edwards (Dem.)

New Mexico

• 2. Sam G. Bratton (Dem.)
• 1. Andrieus A. Jones (Dem.)

New York

• 1. Royal S. Copeland (Dem.)
• 3. James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (Rep.)

North Carolina

• 3. Lee S. Overman (Dem.)
• 2. Furnifold Simmons (Dem.)

North Dakota

• 1. Lynn J. Frazier (Rep.)
• 3. Edwin F. Ladd (Rep.) (died in office)
• 3. Gerald P. Nye (Rep.) (filled vacancy caused by the death of Edwin F. Ladd)

Ohio

• 1. Simeon Fess (Rep.)
• 3. Frank Willis (Rep.)

Oklahoma

• 2. William B. Pine (Rep.)
• 3. John W. Harreld (Rep.)

Oregon

• 2. Charles McNary (Rep.)
• 3. Robert N. Stanfield (Rep.)

Pennsylvania

• 1. David A. Reed (Rep.)
• 3. George W. Pepper (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 1. Peter Gerry (Dem.)
• 2. Jesse H. Metcalf (Rep.)

South Carolina

• 2. Coleman Blease (Dem.)
• 3. Ellison D. Smith (Dem.)

South Dakota

• 2. William H. McMaster (Rep.)
• 3. Peter Norbeck (Rep.)

Tennessee

• 1. Kenneth McKellar (Dem.)
• 2. Lawrence Tyson (Dem.)

Texas

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

Utah

• 1. William King (Dem.)
• 3. Reed Smoot (Rep.)

Vermont

• 3. Porter Dale (Rep.)
• 1. Frank Greene (Rep.)

Virginia

• 2. Carter Glass (Dem.)
• 1. Claude Swanson (Dem.)

Washington

• 1. Clarence Dill (Dem.)
• 3. Wesley Jones (Rep.)

West Virginia

• 2. Guy Goff (Rep.)
• 1. Matthew Neely (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 3. Irvine L. Lenroot (Rep.).
• 1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Rep.) (died in office and was replaced by Robert M. La Follette, Jr.)
• 1. Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (Rep.) (filled vacancy caused by death of his father)

Wyoming

• 1. John Kendrick (Dem.)
• 2. Francis E. Warren (Rep.)

[edit] House of Representatives

Alabama

• Miles C. Allgood (Dem.)
• Edward B. Almon (Dem.)
• William B. Bankhead (Dem.)
• William B. Bowling (Dem.)
• Joseph L. Hill (Dem.)
• George Huddleston (Dem.)
• Lamar Jeffers (Dem.)
• John McDuffie (Dem.)
• William B. Oliver (Dem.)
• Henry B. Steagall (Dem.)

Arizona

• Carl Hayden (Dem.)

Arkansas

• William J. Driver (Dem.)
• William A. Oldfield (Dem.)
• Tilman B. Parks (Dem.)
• Heartsill Ragon (Dem.)
• James B. Reed (Dem.)
• John N. Tillman (Dem.)
• Otis Wingo (Dem.)

California

• Henry E. Barbour (Rep.)
• Albert E. Carter (Rep.)
• Charles F. Curry (Rep.)
• Harry L. Englebright (Rep.)
• Lawrence J. Flaherty (Rep.)
• John D. Fredericks (Rep.)
• Arthur M. Free (Rep.)
• Florence P. Kahn (Rep.)
• Clarence F. Lea (Dem.)
• Walter F. Lineberger (Rep.)
• John E. Raker (Dem.)
• Philip D. Swing (Rep.)
• Richard J. Welch (Rep.)

Colorado

• Guy U. Hardy (Rep.)
• Edward T. Taylor (Dem.)
• Charles B. Timberlake (Rep.)
• William N. Vaile (Rep.)

Connecticut

• Edward H. Fenn (Rep.)
• Richard P. Freeman (Rep.)
• James P. Glynn (Rep.)
• Schuyler Merritt (Rep.)
• John Q. Tilson (Rep.)

Delaware

• Robert G. Houston (Rep.)

Florida

• Herbert J. Drane (Dem.)
• Lex Green (Dem.)
• William J. Sears (Dem.)
• John H. Smithwick (Dem.)

Georgia

• Thomas M. Bell (Dem.)
• Charles H. Brand (Dem.)
• Edward E. Cox (Dem.)
• Charles R. Crisp (Dem.)
• Charles G. Edwards (Dem.)
• William C. Lankford (Dem.)
• William W. Larsen (Dem.)
• Gordon Lee (Dem.)
• Samuel Rutherford (Dem.)
• William D. Upshaw (Dem.)
• Carl Vinson (Dem.)
• William C. Wright (Dem.)

Idaho

• Burton L. French (Rep.)
• Addison T. Smith (Rep.)

Illinois

• Charles Adkins (Rep.)
• John C. Allen (Rep.)
• William W. Arnold (Dem.)
• Frederick A. Britten (Rep.)
• Carl R. Chindblom (Rep.)
• Edward E. Denison (Rep.)
• Thomas A. Doyle (Dem.)
• Charles Eugene Fuller (Rep.)
• Frank H. Funk (Rep.)
• John J. Gorman (Rep.)
• William P. Holaday (Rep.)
• Morton D. Hull (Rep.)
• William E. Hull (Rep.)
• Edward M. Irwin (Rep.)
• William R. Johnson (Rep.)
• Edward J. King (Rep.)
• Stanley H. Kunz (Dem.)
• Martin B. Madden (Rep.)
• Magne A. Michaelson (Rep.)
• Henry T. Rainey (Dem.)
• Henry R. Rathbone (Rep.)
• Frank R. Reid (Rep.)
• Adolph J. Sabath (Dem.)
• Elliott W. Sproul (Rep.)
• Loren E. Wheeler (Rep.)
• Thomas S. Williams (Rep.)
• Richard Yates (Rep.)

Indiana

• Harry C. Canfield (Dem.)
• Richard N. Elliott (Rep.)
• Frank Gardner (Dem.)
• Arthur H. Greenwood (Dem.)
• Albert R. Hall (Rep.)
• Andrew J. Hickey (Rep.)
• David Hogg (Rep.)
• Noble J. Johnson (Rep.)
• Fred S. Purnell (Rep.)
• Harry E. Rowbottom (Rep.)
• Ralph E. Updike (Rep.)
• Albert H. Vestal (Rep.)
• William R. Wood (Rep.)

Iowa

• William D. Boies (Rep.)
• Cyrenus Cole (Rep.)
• Lester J. Dickinson (Rep.)
• Cassius C. Dowell (Rep.)
• William R. Green (Rep.)
• Gilbert N. Haugen (Rep.)
• William F. Kopp (Rep.)
• Fred D. Letts (Rep.)
• Christian W. Ramseyer (Rep.)
• Thomas J. B. Robinson (Rep.)
• Lloyd Thurston (Rep.)

Kansas

• Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. (Rep.)
• William A. Ayres (Dem.)
• Homer Hoch (Rep.)
• Chauncey B. Little (Dem.)
• William H. Sproul (Rep.)
• James G. Strong (Rep.)
• Jasper N. Tincher (Rep.)
• Hays B. White (Rep.)

Kentucky

• Alben Barkley (Dem.)
• David Hayes Kincheloe (Dem.)
• John William Moore (Dem.)
• Ben Johnson (Dem.)
• Maurice H. Thatcher (Rep.)
• Arthur B. Rouse (Dem.)
• Virgil Chapman (Dem.)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert (Dem.)
• Fred M. Vinson (Dem.)
• Andrew Jackson Kirk (Rep.)
• John M. Robsion (Rep.)

Louisiana

• James O'Connor (Dem.)
• James Zacharie Speary (Dem.)
• Whitwell Pugh Martin (Dem.)
• John Nicolas Sandlin (Dem.)
• Riley Joseph Wilson (Dem.)
• Bolivar Edwards Kemp (Dem.)
• Ladislas Lazaro (Dem.)
• James Benjamin Aswell (Dem.)

Maine

• Carroll L. Beedy (Rep.)
• Wallace H. White, Jr. (Rep.)
• John E. Nelson (Rep.)
• Ira G. Hersey (Rep.)

Maryland

• T. Alan Goldsborough (Dem.)
• Millard Tydings (Dem.)
• John P. Hill (Rep.)
• J. Charles Linthicum (Dem.)
• Stephen W. Gambrill (Dem.)
• Frederick Nicholas Zihlman (Rep.)

Massachusetts

• Allen Treadway (Rep.)
• George B. Churchill (Rep.)
• Frank H. Foss (Rep.)
• George R. Stobbs (Rep.)
• John Jacob Rogers (Rep.)
• Abram Andrew (Rep.)
• William P. Connery (Dem.)
• Harry I. Thayer (Rep.)
• Charles L. Underhill (Rep.)
• John J. Douglass (Dem.)
• George H. Tinkham (Rep.)
• James A. Gallivan (Dem.)
• Robert Luce (Rep.)
• Louis A. Frothingham (Rep.)
• Joseph Martin (Rep.)
• Charles L. Gifford (Rep.)

Michigan

• John B. Sosnowski (Rep.)
• Earl C. Michener (Rep.)
• Arthur B. Williams (Rep.)
• John C. Ketcham (Rep.)
• Carl Mapes (Rep.)
• Grant M. Hudson (Rep.)
• Louis C. Cramton (Rep.)
• Bird J. Vincent (Rep.)
• James C. McLaughlin (Rep.)
• Roy O. Woodruff (Rep.)
• Frank D. Scott (Rep.)
• William F. James (Rep.)
• Clarence McLeod (Rep.)

Minnesota

• Allen J. Furlow (Rep.)
• Frank Clague (Rep.)
• August H. Andresen (Rep.)
• Oscar Keller (Rep.)
• Walter Newton (Rep.)
• Harold Knutson (Rep.)
• Ole J. Kvale (FL)
• William Leighton Carss (FL)
• Knud Wefald (FL)
• Godfrey Goodwin (Rep.)

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

• Charles E. Winter (Rep.)

[edit] Delegates

• William P. Jarrett (Dem.), Hawaii
• Daniel A. Sutherland (Rep.), Alaska

[edit] Resident Commissioners

• Félix Córdova Dávila, Unionist, Puerto Rico
• Isauro Gabaldon, Philippines
• Pedro Guevara, Philippines

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

• Secretary of the Senate:
  • George A. Sanderson of Illinois, elected May 19, 1919.
  • Edwin P. Thayer of Illinois, elected December 7, 1925.
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
  • David S. Barry of Rhode Island, elected May 19, 1919.
• Chaplain of the Senate
  • The Rev. John J. Muir, Baptist, elected January 21, 1921.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House:
  • William T. Page of Maryland, elected December 7, 1925.
• Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • Joseph G. Rodgers of Pennsylvania, elected December 7, 1925.
• Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Bert W. Kennedy of Michigan, elected December 7, 1925.
• Postmaster of the House:
  • Frank W. Collier of Wisconsin, elected December 7, 1925.
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:
  • Lehr Fess
• Chaplain of the House
  • The Rev. James S. Montgomery, Methodist, elected December 7, 1925.

[edit] Other

• Architect of the Capitol:
  • David Lynn, appointed August 22, 1923.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The Senate met pursuant to adjournment for the purpose of sitting as a court of impeachment and adjourned the same day.
2. ^ Henrik Shipstead-MN
3. ^ Ole J. Kvale, William Leighton Carss, Knud Wefald-MN
4. ^ Victor Berger-MN, Fiorello H. La Guardia-NY

[edit] References

• Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. 0-465-02778-4. 
• Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 0-06-088434-7. 
• U.S. Congress (2005). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
• U.S. House of Representatives (2006). Congressional History. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
• U.S. Senate (2006). Statistics and Lists. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.

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