62nd United States Congress
1911-1913 U.S. Congress
The 62nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives . It met in Washington, D.C. , from March 4, 1911, to March 4, 1913, during the final two years of William H. Taft 's presidency .
The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1900 United States census . Additional House seats were assigned to the two new states of New Mexico and Arizona. The size of the House was to be 435 starting with the new Congress coming into session in 1913. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House flipped into a Democratic majority. This change of control ended the 14-year-long Republican government trifecta that began in the 55th Congress, one of only two trifectas that lasted longer than a decade.
Major events
Major legislation
August 8, 1911: Public Law 62-5 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 62–5 (set House of Representatives size at 435 members)
August 24, 1912: Lloyd–La Follette Act , ch. 389, § 6, 37 Stat. 539
February 13, 1913: Carlin Act
March 1, 1913: Webb–Kenyon Act
March 1, 1913: Railway Evaluation Act
March 3, 1913: Publicity In Taking Evidence Act
March 3, 1913: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act
March 3, 1913: Gould Amendment
March 4, 1913: Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Act
March 4, 1913: Road and Trails Fund Act
March 4, 1913: Burnett Act
March 4, 1913: Weeks–McLean Act
March 4, 1913: Federal Revenue Sharing Act
March 4, 1913: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1913
March 4, 1913: Burnt Timber Act
March 4, 1913: Labor Department Act , 37 Stat. 736
Constitutional amendments
States admitted and territories created
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leaders
Senate
President of the SenateJames S. Sherman
President : James S. Sherman (R), until October 30, 1912; thereafter vacant
Presidents pro tempore : William P. Frye (R), until April 27, 1911.
For the remainder of this Congress, the office rotated among five senators. The Senate at that time was split between progressive Republicans, conservative Republicans, and Democrats. Each put forth a candidate, and the ballots were deadlocked until August 1911 when a compromise was reached. Democrat Augustus Bacon served for one day on August 14, 1911, and thereafter he and four Republicans rotated holding the seat for the remainder of the Congress. These Republicans were: Charles Curtis , Jacob H. Gallinger , Frank B. Brandegee , and Henry Cabot Lodge .
Republican Conference Chairman : Shelby Moore Cullom
Democratic Caucus Chairman : Thomas S. Martin
Republican Conference Secretary : Charles Curtis
Democratic Caucus Secretary : William E. Chilton
House of Representatives
Majority (Democratic) leadership
Minority (Republican) leadership
Members
Skip to House of Representatives , below
Senate
At this time, most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers , which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1914; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1916.
▌ 2. John H. Bankhead (D)
▌ 3. Joseph F. Johnston (D)
▌ 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D), from April 2, 1912[1]
▌ 3. Marcus A. Smith (D), from April 2, 1912[1]
▌ 2. Jeff Davis (D), until January 3, 1913
▌ John N. Heiskell (D), January 6, 1913 – January 29, 1913
▌ William M. Kavanaugh (D), from January 29, 1913
▌ 3. James P. Clarke (D)
▌ 1. John D. Works (R)
▌ 3. George C. Perkins (R)
▌ 2. Simon Guggenheim (R)
▌ 3. Charles S. Thomas (D), from January 15, 1913
▌ 1. George P. McLean (R)
▌ 3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)
▌ 1. Henry A. du Pont (R)
▌ 2. Harry A. Richardson (R)
▌ 1. Nathan P. Bryan (D)
▌ 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
▌ 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
▌ 3. Joseph M. Terrell (D), until July 14, 1911
▌ Hoke Smith (D), from November 16, 1911
▌ 2. William E. Borah (R)
▌ 3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R), until October 17, 1912
▌ Kirtland I. Perky (D), November 18, 1912 – February 5, 1913
▌ James H. Brady (R), from February 6, 1913
▌ 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
▌ 3. William Lorimer (R), until July 13, 1912
▌ 1. John W. Kern (D)
▌ 3. Benjamin F. Shively (D)
▌ 2. Lafayette Young (R), until April 11, 1911
▌ William S. Kenyon (R), from April 12, 1911
▌ 3. Albert B. Cummins (R)
▌ 2. Charles Curtis (R)
▌ 3. Joseph L. Bristow (R)
▌ 2. Thomas H. Paynter (D)
▌ 3. William O. Bradley (R)
▌ 2. Murphy J. Foster (D)
▌ 3. John Thornton (D)
▌ 1. Charles Fletcher Johnson (D)
▌ 2. William P. Frye (R), until August 8, 1911
▌ Obadiah Gardner (D), from September 23, 1911
▌ 1. Isidor Rayner (D), until November 25, 1912
▌ William P. Jackson (R), from November 29, 1912
▌ 3. John W. Smith (D)
▌ 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
▌ 2. Winthrop M. Crane (R)
▌ 1. Charles E. Townsend (R)
▌ 2. William Alden Smith (R)
▌ 1. Moses E. Clapp (R)
▌ 2. Knute Nelson (R)
▌ 1. John Sharp Williams (D)
▌ 2. LeRoy Percy (D)
▌ 1. James A. Reed (D)
▌ 3. William J. Stone (D)
▌ 1. Henry L. Myers (D)
▌ 2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)
▌ 1. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
▌ 2. Norris Brown (R)
▌ 1. George S. Nixon (R), until June 5, 1912
▌ William A. Massey (R), July 1, 1912 – January 29, 1913
▌ Key Pittman (D), from January 29, 1913
▌ 3. Francis G. Newlands (D)
▌ 2. Henry E. Burnham (R)
▌ 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
▌ 1. James E. Martine (D)
▌ 2. Frank O. Briggs (R)
▌ 1. Thomas B. Catron (R), from April 2, 1912[1]
▌ 2. Albert B. Fall (R), from April 2, 1912[1]
▌ 1. James A. O'Gorman (D), from April 4, 1911
▌ 3. Elihu A. Root (R)
▌ 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
▌ 3. Lee S. Overman (D)
▌ 1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
▌ 3. Asle J. Gronna (R)
▌ 1. Atlee Pomerene (D)
▌ 3. Theodore E. Burton (R)
▌ 2. Robert L. Owen (D)
▌ 3. Thomas P. Gore (D)
▌ 2. Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R)
▌ 3. George E. Chamberlain (D)
▌ 1. George T. Oliver (R)
▌ 3. Boies Penrose (R)
▌ 1. Henry F. Lippitt (R)
▌ 2. George P. Wetmore (R)
▌ 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
▌ 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)
▌ 2. Robert J. Gamble (R)
▌ 3. Coe I. Crawford (R)
▌ 1. Luke Lea (D)
▌ 2. Robert L. Taylor (D), until March 31, 1912
▌ Newell Sanders (R), April 11, 1912 – January 24, 1913
▌ William R. Webb (D), from January 24, 1913
▌ 1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
▌ 2. Joseph W. Bailey (D), until January 3, 1913
▌ Rienzi M. Johnston (D), January 4, 1913 – January 29, 1913
▌ Morris Sheppard (D), from February 3, 1913
▌ 1. George Sutherland (R)
▌ 3. Reed Smoot (R)
▌ 1. Carroll S. Page (R)
▌ 3. William P. Dillingham (R)
▌ 1. Claude A. Swanson (D)
▌ 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)
▌ 1. Miles Poindexter (R)
▌ 3. Wesley L. Jones (R)
▌ 1. William E. Chilton (D)
▌ 2. Clarence W. Watson (D)
▌ 1. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R)
▌ 3. Isaac Stephenson (R)
▌ 1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
▌ 2. Francis E. Warren (R)
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 62nd Congress in March 1911. The senators from Arizona and New Mexico were not seated until April 2, 1912. 2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
▌ 1 . George W. Taylor (D)
▌ 2 . S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)
▌ 3 . Henry D. Clayton (D)
▌ 4 . Fred L. Blackmon (D)
▌ 5 . J. Thomas Heflin (D)
▌ 6 . Richmond P. Hobson (D)
▌ 7 . John L. Burnett (D)
▌ 8 . William N. Richardson (D)
▌ 9 . Oscar Underwood (D)
▌ At-large . Carl Hayden (D), from February 19, 1912
▌ 1 . Robert B. Macon (D)
▌ 2 . William A. Oldfield (D)
▌ 3 . John C. Floyd (D)
▌ 4 . William B. Cravens (D)
▌ 5 . Henderson M. Jacoway (D)
▌ 6 . Joseph Taylor Robinson (D), until January 14, 1913
▌ Samuel M. Taylor (D), from January 15, 1913
▌ 7 . William S. Goodwin (D)
▌ 1 . John E. Raker (D)
▌ 2 . William Kent (R)
▌ 3 . Joseph R. Knowland (R)
▌ 4 . Julius Kahn (R)
▌ 5 . Everis A. Hayes (R)
▌ 6 . James C. Needham (R)
▌ 7 . William Stephens (R)
▌ 8 . Sylvester C. Smith (R), until January 26, 1913
▌ 1 . Atterson Walden Rucker (D)
▌ 2 . John A. Martin (D)
▌ At-large . Edward T. Taylor (D)
▌ 1 . E. Stevens Henry (R)
▌ 2 . Thomas L. Reilly (D)
▌ 3 . Edwin W. Higgins (R)
▌ 4 . Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
▌ At-large . John Q. Tilson (R)
▌ At-large . William H. Heald (R)
▌ 1 . Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
▌ 2 . Frank Clark (D)
▌ 3 . Dannite H. Mays (D)
▌ 1 . Charles G. Edwards (D)
▌ 2 . Seaborn Roddenbery (D)
▌ 3 . Dudley M. Hughes (D)
▌ 4 . William C. Adamson (D)
▌ 5 . William S. Howard (D)
▌ 6 . Charles L. Bartlett (D)
▌ 7 . Gordon Lee (D)
▌ 8 . Samuel J. Tribble (D)
▌ 9 . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)
▌ 10 . Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
▌ 11 . William G. Brantley (D)
▌ AL . Burton L. French (R)
▌ 1 . Martin B. Madden (R)
▌ 2 . James R. Mann (R)
▌ 3 . William W. Wilson (R)
▌ 4 . James T. McDermott (D)
▌ 5 . Adolph J. Sabath (D)
▌ 6 . Edmund J. Stack (D)
▌ 7 . Frank Buchanan (D)
▌ 8 . Thomas Gallagher (D)
▌ 9 . Lynden Evans (D)
▌ 10 . George E. Foss (R)
▌ 11 . Ira C. Copley (R)
▌ 12 . Charles Eugene Fuller (R)
▌ 13 . John C. McKenzie (R)
▌ 14 . James McKinney (R)
▌ 15 . George W. Prince (R)
▌ 16 . Claude U. Stone (D)
▌ 17 . John A. Sterling (R)
▌ 18 . Joseph G. Cannon (R)
▌ 19 . William B. McKinley (R)
▌ 20 . Henry T. Rainey (D)
▌ 21 . James M. Graham (D)
▌ 22 . William A. Rodenberg (R)
▌ 23 . Martin D. Foster (D)
▌ 24 . H. Robert Fowler (D)
▌ 25 . Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R)
▌ 1 . John W. Boehne (D)
▌ 2 . William A. Cullop (D)
▌ 3 . William E. Cox (D)
▌ 4 . Lincoln Dixon (D)
▌ 5 . Ralph Wilbur Moss (D)
▌ 6 . Finly H. Gray (D)
▌ 7 . Charles A. Korbly (D)
▌ 8 . John A. M. Adair (D)
▌ 9 . Martin A. Morrison (D)
▌ 10 . Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
▌ 11 . George W. Rauch (D)
▌ 12 . Cyrus Cline (D)
▌ 13 . Henry A. Barnhart (D)
▌ 1 . Charles A. Kennedy (R)
▌ 2 . Irvin S. Pepper (D)
▌ 3 . Charles E. Pickett (R)
▌ 4 . Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
▌ 5 . James W. Good (R)
▌ 6 . Nathan E. Kendall (R)
▌ 7 . Solomon F. Prouty (R)
▌ 8 . Horace M. Towner (R)
▌ 9 . Walter I. Smith (R), until March 15, 1911
▌ William R. Green (R), from June 5, 1911
▌ 10 . Frank P. Woods (R)
▌ 11 . Elbert H. Hubbard (R), until June 4, 1912
▌ George Cromwell Scott (R), from November 5, 1912
▌ 1 . Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R)
▌ 2 . Alexander C. Mitchell (R), until July 7, 1911
▌ Joseph Taggart (D), from November 7, 1911
▌ 3 . Philip P. Campbell (R)
▌ 4 . Fred S. Jackson (R)
▌ 5 . Rollin R. Rees (R)
▌ 6 . Isaac D. Young (R)
▌ 7 . Edmond H. Madison (R), until September 18, 1911
▌ George A. Neeley (D), from January 9, 1912
▌ 8 . Victor Murdock (R)
▌ 1 . Ollie M. James (D)
▌ 2 . Augustus Stanley (D)
▌ 3 . Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D)
▌ 4 . Ben Johnson (D)
▌ 5 . J. Swagar Sherley (D)
▌ 6 . Arthur B. Rouse (D)
▌ 7 . J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
▌ 8 . Harvey Helm (D)
▌ 9 . William Jason Fields (D)
▌ 10 . John W. Langley (R)
▌ 11 . Caleb Powers (R)
▌ 1 . Albert Estopinal (D)
▌ 2 . Henry Garland Dupré (D)
▌ 3 . Robert F. Broussard (D)
▌ 4 . John Thomas Watkins (D)
▌ 5 . Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
▌ 6 . Robert Charles Wickliffe (D), until June 11, 1912
▌ Lewis Lovering Morgan (D), from November 5, 1912
▌ 7 . Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)
▌ 1 . Asher C. Hinds (R)
▌ 2 . Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D)
▌ 3 . Samuel W. Gould (D)
▌ 4 . Frank E. Guernsey (R)
▌ 1 . J. Harry Covington (D)
▌ 2 . J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
▌ 3 . George Konig (D)
▌ 4 . J. Charles Linthicum (D)
▌ 5 . Thomas Parran Sr. (R)
▌ 6 . David J. Lewis (D)
▌ 1 . George P. Lawrence (R)
▌ 2 . Frederick H. Gillett (R)
▌ 3 . John A. Thayer (D)
▌ 4 . William H. Wilder (R)
▌ 5 . Butler Ames (R)
▌ 6 . Augustus P. Gardner (R)
▌ 7 . Ernest W. Roberts (R)
▌ 8 . Samuel W. McCall (R)
▌ 9 . William F. Murray (D)
▌ 10 . James Michael Curley (D)
▌ 11 . Andrew J. Peters (D)
▌ 12 . John W. Weeks (R)
▌ 13 . William S. Greene (R)
▌ 14 . Robert O. Harris (R)
▌ 1 . Frank E. Doremus (D)
▌ 2 . William Wedemeyer (R), until January 2, 1913
▌ 3 . John M. C. Smith (R)
▌ 4 . Edward L. Hamilton (R)
▌ 5 . Edwin F. Sweet (D)
▌ 6 . Samuel W. Smith (R)
▌ 7 . Henry McMorran (R)
▌ 8 . Joseph W. Fordney (R)
▌ 9 . James C. McLaughlin (R)
▌ 10 . George A. Loud (R)
▌ 11 . Francis H. Dodds (R)
▌ 12 . H. Olin Young (R)
▌ 1 . Sydney Anderson (R)
▌ 2 . Winfield Scott Hammond (D)
▌ 3 . Charles Russell Davis (R)
▌ 4 . Frederick C. Stevens (R)
▌ 5 . Frank Nye (R)
▌ 6 . Charles August Lindbergh (R)
▌ 7 . Andrew Volstead (R)
▌ 8 . Clarence B. Miller (R)
▌ 9 . Halvor Steenerson (R)
▌ 1 . Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D)
▌ 2 . Hubert D. Stephens (D)
▌ 3 . Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)
▌ 4 . Thomas U. Sisson (D)
▌ 5 . Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (D)
▌ 6 . Pat Harrison (D)
▌ 7 . William A. Dickson (D)
▌ 8 . James W. Collier (D)
▌ 1 . James T. Lloyd (D)
▌ 2 . William W. Rucker (D)
▌ 3 . Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
▌ 4 . Charles F. Booher (D)
▌ 5 . William Patterson Borland (D)
▌ 6 . Clement C. Dickinson (D)
▌ 7 . Courtney W. Hamlin (D)
▌ 8 . Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
▌ 9 . James Beauchamp Clark (D)
▌ 10 . Richard Bartholdt (R)
▌ 11 . Theron Ephron Catlin (R), until August 12, 1912
▌ Patrick F. Gill (D), from August 12, 1912
▌ 12 . Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
▌ 13 . Walter Lewis Hensley (D)
▌ 14 . Joseph J. Russell (D)
▌ 15 . James Alexander Daugherty (D)
▌ 16 . Thomas L. Rubey (D)
▌ At-large . Charles N. Pray (R)
▌ 1 . John A. Maguire (D)
▌ 2 . Charles O. Lobeck (D)
▌ 3 . James P. Latta (D), until September 11, 1911
▌ Dan V. Stephens (D), from November 7, 1911
▌ 4 . Charles Henry Sloan (R)
▌ 5 . George W. Norris (R)
▌ 6 . Moses P. Kinkaid (R)
▌ At-large . Edwin E. Roberts (R)
▌ 1 . Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)
▌ 2 . Frank Dunklee Currier (R)
▌ 1 . Henry C. Loudenslager (R), until August 12, 1911
▌ William J. Browning (R), from November 7, 1911
▌ 2 . John J. Gardner (R)
▌ 3 . Thomas J. Scully (D)
▌ 4 . Ira W. Wood (R)
▌ 5 . William E. Tuttle Jr. (D)
▌ 6 . William Hughes (D), until September 27, 1912
▌ Archibald C. Hart (D), from November 5, 1912
▌ 7 . Edward W. Townsend (D)
▌ 8 . Walter I. McCoy (D)
▌ 9 . Eugene F. Kinkead (D)
▌ 10 . James A. Hamill (D)
▌ At-large . Harvey B. Fergusson (D), from January 8, 1912
▌ At-large . George Curry (R), from January 8, 1912
▌ 1 . Martin W. Littleton (D)
▌ 2 . George H. Lindsay (D)
▌ 3 . James P. Maher (D)
▌ 4 . Frank E. Wilson (D)
▌ 5 . William C. Redfield (D)
▌ 6 . William M. Calder (R)
▌ 7 . John J. Fitzgerald (D)
▌ 8 . Daniel J. Riordan (D)
▌ 9 . Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
▌ 10 . William Sulzer (D), until December 31, 1912
▌ 11 . Charles V. Fornes (D)
▌ 12 . Michael F. Conry (D)
▌ 13 . Jefferson M. Levy (D)
▌ 14 . John J. Kindred (D)
▌ 15 . Thomas G. Patten (D)
▌ 16 . Francis B. Harrison (D)
▌ 17 . Henry George Jr. (D)
▌ 18 . Stephen B. Ayres (D)
▌ 19 . John E. Andrus (R)
▌ 20 . Thomas W. Bradley (R)
▌ 21 . Richard E. Connell (D), until October 30, 1912
▌ 22 . William H. Draper (R)
▌ 23 . Henry S. De Forest (R)
▌ 24 . George W. Fairchild (R)
▌ 25 . Theron Akin (R)
▌ 26 . George R. Malby (R), until July 5, 1912
▌ Edwin A. Merritt (R), from November 5, 1912
▌ 27 . Charles A. Talcott (D)
▌ 28 . Luther W. Mott (R)
▌ 29 . Michael E. Driscoll (R)
▌ 30 . John W. Dwight (R)
▌ 31 . Sereno E. Payne (R)
▌ 32 . Henry G. Danforth (R)
▌ 33 . Edwin S. Underhill (D)
▌ 34 . James S. Simmons (R)
▌ 35 . Daniel A. Driscoll (D)
▌ 36 . Charles B. Smith (D)
▌ 37 . Edward B. Vreeland (R)
▌ 1 . John Humphrey Small (D)
▌ 2 . Claude Kitchin (D)
▌ 3 . John M. Faison (D)
▌ 4 . Edward W. Pou (D)
▌ 5 . Charles M. Stedman (D)
▌ 6 . Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
▌ 7 . Robert N. Page (D)
▌ 8 . Robert L. Doughton (D)
▌ 9 . Edwin Y. Webb (D)
▌ 10 . James M. Gudger Jr. (D)
▌ At-large . Louis B. Hanna (R), until January 7, 1913
▌ At-large . Henry Thomas Helgesen (R)
▌ 1 . Nicholas Longworth (R)
▌ 2 . Alfred G. Allen (D)
▌ 3 . James M. Cox (D), until January 12, 1913
▌ 4 . J. Henry Goeke (D)
▌ 5 . Timothy T. Ansberry (D)
▌ 6 . Matthew R. Denver (D)
▌ 7 . James D. Post (D)
▌ 8 . Frank B. Willis (R)
▌ 9 . Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
▌ 10 . Robert M. Switzer (R)
▌ 11 . Horatio C. Claypool (D)
▌ 12 . Edward L. Taylor Jr. (R)
▌ 13 . Carl C. Anderson (D), until October 1, 1912
▌ 14 . William G. Sharp (D)
▌ 15 . George White (D)
▌ 16 . William B. Francis (D)
▌ 17 . William A. Ashbrook (D)
▌ 18 . John J. Whitacre (D)
▌ 19 . Elsworth R. Bathrick (D)
▌ 20 . L. Paul Howland (R)
▌ 21 . Robert J. Bulkley (D)
▌ 1 . Bird Segle McGuire (R)
▌ 2 . Dick Thompson Morgan (R)
▌ 3 . James S. Davenport (D)
▌ 4 . Charles D. Carter (D)
▌ 5 . Scott Ferris (D)
▌ 1 . Willis C. Hawley (R)
▌ 2 . Walter Lafferty (R)
▌ 1 . Henry H. Bingham (R), until March 22, 1912
▌ William S. Vare (R), from May 24, 1912
▌ 2 . William S. Reyburn (R), from May 23, 1911
▌ 3 . J. Hampton Moore (R)
▌ 4 . Reuben O. Moon (R)
▌ 5 . Michael Donohoe (D)
▌ 6 . George D. McCreary (R)
▌ 7 . Thomas S. Butler (R)
▌ 8 . Robert E. Difenderfer (D)
▌ 9 . William W. Griest (R)
▌ 10 . John R. Farr (R)
▌ 11 . Charles C. Bowman (R), until December 12, 1912
▌ 12 . Robert Emmett Lee (D)
▌ 13 . John H. Rothermel (D)
▌ 14 . George W. Kipp (D), until July 24, 1911
▌ William D. B. Ainey (R), from November 7, 1911
▌ 15 . William B. Wilson (D)
▌ 16 . John G. McHenry (D), until December 27, 1912
▌ 17 . Benjamin K. Focht (R)
▌ 18 . Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
▌ 19 . Jesse L. Hartman (R)
▌ 20 . Daniel F. Lafean (R)
▌ 21 . Charles E. Patton (R)
▌ 22 . Curtis H. Gregg (D)
▌ 23 . Thomas S. Crago (R)
▌ 24 . Charles Matthews (R)
▌ 25 . Arthur L. Bates (R)
▌ 26 . A. Mitchell Palmer (D)
▌ 27 . J. N. Langham (R)
▌ 28 . Peter M. Speer (R)
▌ 29 . Stephen G. Porter (R)
▌ 30 . John Dalzell (R)
▌ 31 . James F. Burke (R)
▌ 32 . Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)
▌ 1 . George Francis O'Shaunessy (D)
▌ 2 . George H. Utter (R), until November 3, 1912
▌ 1 . George S. Legare (D), until January 31, 1913
▌ 2 . James F. Byrnes (D)
▌ 3 . Wyatt Aiken (D)
▌ 4 . Joseph T. Johnson (D)
▌ 5 . David E. Finley (D)
▌ 6 . J. Edwin Ellerbe (D)
▌ 7 . Asbury F. Lever (D)
▌ At-large . Charles H. Burke (R)
▌ At-large . Eben W. Martin (R)
▌ 1 . Sam R. Sells (R)
▌ 2 . Richard W. Austin (R)
▌ 3 . John A. Moon (D)
▌ 4 . Cordell Hull (D)
▌ 5 . William C. Houston (D)
▌ 6 . Joseph W. Byrns (D)
▌ 7 . Lemuel P. Padgett (D)
▌ 8 . Thetus W. Sims (D)
▌ 9 . Finis J. Garrett (D)
▌ 10 . George W. Gordon (D), until August 9, 1911
▌ Kenneth McKellar (D), from December 4, 1911
▌ 1 . Morris Sheppard (D), until February 3, 1913
▌ 2 . Martin Dies (D)
▌ 3 . James Young (D)
▌ 4 . Choice B. Randell (D)
▌ 5 . James Andrew Beall (D)
▌ 6 . Rufus Hardy (D)
▌ 7 . Alexander W. Gregg (D)
▌ 8 . John M. Moore (D)
▌ 9 . George Farmer Burgess (D)
▌ 10 . Albert S. Burleson (D)
▌ 11 . Robert L. Henry (D)
▌ 12 . Oscar Callaway (D)
▌ 13 . John H. Stephens (D)
▌ 14 . James L. Slayden (D)
▌ 15 . John Nance Garner (D)
▌ 16 . William R. Smith (D)
▌ At-large . Joseph Howell (R)
▌ 1 . David J. Foster (R), until March 21, 1912
▌ Frank L. Greene (R), from July 30, 1912
▌ 2 . Frank Plumley (R)
▌ 1 . William A. Jones (D)
▌ 2 . Edward Everett Holland (D)
▌ 3 . John Lamb (D)
▌ 4 . Robert Turnbull (D)
▌ 5 . Edward W. Saunders (D)
▌ 6 . Carter Glass (D)
▌ 7 . James Hay (D)
▌ 8 . Charles Creighton Carlin (D)
▌ 9 . C. Bascom Slemp (R)
▌ 10 . Henry D. Flood (D)
▌ 1 . William E. Humphrey (R)
▌ 2 . Stanton Warburton (R)
▌ 3 . William Leroy La Follette (R)
▌ 1 . John W. Davis (D)
▌ 2 . William Gay Brown Jr. (D)
▌ 3 . Adam B. Littlepage (D)
▌ 4 . John M. Hamilton (D)
▌ 5 . James Anthony Hughes (R)
▌ 1 . Henry Allen Cooper (R)
▌ 2 . John M. Nelson (R)
▌ 3 . Arthur W. Kopp (R)
▌ 4 . William J. Cary (R)
▌ 5 . Victor L. Berger (S)
▌ 6 . Michael Edmund Burke (D)
▌ 7 . John J. Esch (R)
▌ 8 . James H. Davidson (R)
▌ 9 . Thomas Frank Konop (D)
▌ 10 . Elmer A. Morse (R)
▌ 11 . Irvine L. Lenroot (R)
▌ At-large . Franklin W. Mondell (R)
Non-voting members
▌ Alaska Territory . James Wickersham (R)
▌ Arizona Territory . Ralph H. Cameron (R), until February 14, 1912
▌ Hawaii Territory . Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (R)
▌ New Mexico Territory . William Henry Andrews (R), until January 6, 1912
▌ Philippines seat A . Benito Legarda y Tuason (Resident Commissioner), (Fed. , R)
▌ Philippines seat B . Manuel L. Quezon (Resident Commissioner), (Nac. )
▌ Puerto Rico . Luis Muñoz Rivera (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist)
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
Senate
There were 20 changes: 6 deaths, 2 resignations, 1 invalidated election, 6 appointees replaced by electees, 4 seats added from new states, and 1 seat vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 4-seat net gain, and no other parties had a net change.
State (class)
Vacated by
Reason for vacancy
Subsequent
Date of successor's installation
New York (1)
Vacant
Legislature failed to elect. Election deadlock extends for three months until successor is chosen.
James A. O'Gorman (D)
March 31, 1911
Arizona (1)
New seats
Arizona achieved statehood February 14, 1912
Henry F. Ashurst (D)
April 2, 1912[1]
Arizona (3)
Marcus A. Smith (D)
New Mexico (1)
New Mexico achieved statehood January 6, 1912
Thomas B. Catron (R)
New Mexico (2)
Albert B. Fall (R)
Colorado (3)
Vacant
Sen. Charles J. Hughes Jr. died January 11, 1911, before the end of the previous Congress. Winner was elected to finish term ending March 4, 1915.
Charles S. Thomas (D)
January 15, 1913
Iowa (2)
Lafayette Young (R)
Appointment expired April 11, 1911, upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.
William S. Kenyon (R)
April 12, 1911
Georgia (3)
Joseph M. Terrell (D)
Resigned July 14, 1911, for health reasons. Successor was elected .
Hoke Smith (D)
November 16, 1911
Maine (2)
William P. Frye (R)
Died August 8, 1911. Successor was appointed September 23, 1911, and subsequently elected April 2, 1912.
Obadiah Gardner (D)
September 23, 1911
Tennessee (2)
Robert Love Taylor (D)
Died March 31, 1912. Successor was appointed to continue the term.
Newell Sanders (R)
April 11, 1912
Nevada (1)
George S. Nixon (R)
Died June 5, 1912. Successor was appointed to continue the term.
William A. Massey (R)
July 1, 1912
Illinois (3)
William Lorimer (R)
Senate invalidated election July 13, 1912.
Vacant until next Congress
Idaho (3)
Weldon B. Heyburn (R)
Died October 17, 1912. Successor was appointed to continue the term.
Kirtland I. Perky (D)
November 18, 1912
Maryland (1)
Isidor Rayner (D)
Died November 25, 1912. Successor was appointed.
William P. Jackson (R)
November 29, 1912
Arkansas (2)
Jeff Davis (D)
Died January 3, 1913. Successor was appointed to continue the term.
John N. Heiskell (D)
January 6, 1913
Texas (2)
Joseph W. Bailey (D)
Resigned January 3, 1913, due to investigations brought to light suspicious income and financial ties to the oil industry. Successor was appointed to continue the therm.
Rienzi Melville Johnston (D)
January 4, 1913
Tennessee (2)
Newell Sanders (R)
Appointment expired January 24, 1913, upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.
William R. Webb (D)
January 24, 1913
Nevada (1)
William A. Massey (R)
Appointment expired January 29, 1913, upon successor's special election.
Key Pittman (D)
January 29, 1913
Arkansas (2)
John N. Heiskell (D)
Appointment expired January 29, 1913, upon successor's special election to finish term ending March 4, 1913.
William M. Kavanaugh (D)
Texas (2)
Rienzi M. Johnston (D)
Morris Sheppard (D)
Idaho (3)
Kirtland I. Perky (D)
Appointment expired February 5, 1913, upon successor's special election.
James H. Brady (R)
February 6, 1913
House of Representatives
House vacancies are only filled by elections. State laws regulate when (and if) there will be special elections.
District
Previous
Reason for change
Subsequent
Date of successor's installation
Pennsylvania 2nd
Vacant
Rep-elect Joel Cook died in office December 15, 1910. Seat filled in special election held May 23, 1911.
William S. Reyburn (R)
May 23, 1911
Iowa 9th
Walter I. Smith (R)
Resigned March 15, 1911, after being appointed judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit .
William R. Green (R)
June 5, 1911
Kansas 2nd
Alexander C. Mitchell (R)
Died July 7, 1911.
Joseph Taggart (D)
November 7, 1911
Pennsylvania 14th
George W. Kipp (D)
Died July 24, 1911.
William D.B. Ainey (R)
November 7, 1911
Tennessee 10th
George W. Gordon (D)
Died August 9, 1911.
Kenneth McKellar (D)
December 4, 1911
New Jersey 1st
Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
Died August 12, 1911.
William J. Browning (R)
November 7, 1911
Nebraska 3rd
James P. Latta (D)
Died September 11, 1911.
Dan V. Stephens (D)
November 7, 1911
Kansas 7th
Edmond H. Madison (R)
Died September 18, 1911.
George A. Neeley (D)
January 9, 1912
New Mexico Territory At-Large
William Henry Andrews (R)
New State January 6, 1912.
seat eliminated
New Mexico At-large
New seat
New State January 6, 1912.
Harvey B. Fergusson (D)
January 8, 1912
New Mexico At-large
New seat
New State January 6, 1912.
George Curry (R)
January 8, 1912
Arizona Territory At-large
Ralph H. Cameron (R)
New State February 14, 1912.
seat eliminated
Arizona At-large
New seat
New State February 14, 1912.
Carl Hayden (D)
February 19, 1912[2]
Vermont 1st
David J. Foster (R)
Died March 21, 1912
Frank L. Greene (R)
July 30, 1912
Pennsylvania 1st
Henry H. Bingham (R)
Died March 22, 1912.
William S. Vare (R)
May 24, 1912
Iowa 11th
Elbert H. Hubbard (R)
Died June 4, 1912.
George Cromwell Scott (R)
November 5, 1912
Louisiana 6th
Robert Charles Wickliffe (D)
Died June 11, 1912.
Lewis Lovering Morgan (D)
November 5, 1912
New York 26th
George R. Malby (R)
Died July 5, 1912.
Edwin A. Merritt (R)
November 5, 1912
Missouri 11th
Theron Ephron Catlin (R)
Lost contested election August 12, 1912.
Patrick F. Gill (D)
August 12, 1912
New Jersey 6th
William Hughes (D)
Resigned September 27, 1912, after being appointed to the Passaic County Court of Common Pleas.
Archibald C. Hart (D)
November 5, 1912
Ohio 13th
Carl C. Anderson (D)
Died October 1, 1912.
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 21st
Richard E. Connell (D)
Died October 30, 1912.
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Rhode Island 2nd
George H. Utter (R)
Died November 3, 1912.
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 11th
Charles C. Bowman (R)
Seat declared vacant December 12, 1912.
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 16th
John G. McHenry (D)
Died December 27, 1912.
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 10th
William Sulzer (D)
Resigned December 31, 1912, after being elected Governor of New York .
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Michigan 2nd
William Wedemeyer (R)
Died January 2, 1913.
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
North Dakota 1st
Louis B. Hanna (R)
Resigned January 7, 1913, after being elected Governor of North Dakota
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 3rd
James M. Cox (D)
Resigned January 12, 1913, after being elected Governor of Ohio
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Arkansas 6th
Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
Resigned January 14, 1913, after being elected Governor of Arkansas
Samuel M. Taylor (D)
January 15, 1913
California 8th
Sylvester C. Smith (R)
Died January 26, 1913.
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
South Carolina 1st
George S. Legare (D)
Died January 31, 1913.
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Texas 1st
J. Morris Sheppard (D)
Resigned February 3, 1913, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
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
Caucuses
Employees
Senate
House of Representatives
See also
Notes
References
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Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House . New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7 .
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U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists" . Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006 .
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 1st Session .
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session .
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision) .
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision) .
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 3rd Session .
Official Congressional Directory for the 62nd Congress, 3rd Session (Revision) .