68th United States Congress

68th United States Congress
	67th ← → 69th
	United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
Senate President	Calvin Coolidge (R) ; until August 2, 1923 ; Vacant ; from August 2, 1923
Senate President pro tem	Albert B. Cummins (R)
House Speaker	Frederick H. Gillett (R)
Members	96 senators; 435 members of the House; 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
House Majority	Republican
Sessions
	1st: December 3, 1923 – June 7, 1924; 2nd: December 1, 1924 – March 3, 1925

The 68th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1923, to March 4, 1925, during the last months of Warren G. Harding's presidency, and the first years of the administration of his successor, Calvin Coolidge. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

August 2, 1923 – President Warren Harding died. Vice President Calvin Coolidge became President of the United States

Major legislation

* April 26, 1924: Seed and Feed Loan Act

May 19, 1924: World War Adjusted Compensation Act (Bonus Bill), Sess. 1, ch. 157, 43 Stat. 121
May 24, 1924: Rogers Act
May 26, 1924: Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson–Reed Act), Sess. 1, ch. 190, 43 Stat. 153
May 29, 1924: Indian Oil Leasing Act of 1924 (Lenroot Act)
June 2, 1924: Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (Snyder Act), Sess. 1, ch. 233, 43 Stat. 253
June 2, 1924: Revenue Act of 1924 (Simmons–Longworth Act), Sess. 1, ch. 234, 43 Stat. 253
June 3, 1924: Inland Waterways Act of 1924 (Denison Act)
June 7, 1924: Pueblo Lands Act of 1924
June 7, 1924: Oil Pollution Act of 1924, Pub.L. 68–238, ch. 316, 43 Stat. 604
June 7, 1924: Clarke–McNary Act, Sess. 1, ch. 348, 43 Stat. 653
January 30, 1925: Hoch–Smith Resolution
January 31, 1925: Special Duties Act
February 2, 1925: Air Mail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act)
February 12, 1925: Federal Arbitration Act
February 16, 1925: Home Port Act of 1925
February 24, 1925: Purnell Act
February 27, 1925: Temple Act
February 28, 1925: Classification Act of 1925
February 28, 1925: Federal Corrupt Practices Act (Gerry Act)
March 2, 1925: Judiciary Act of 1925
March 3, 1925: River and Harbors Act of 1925
March 3, 1925: Helium Act of 1925
March 4, 1925: Establishment of the United States Navy Band
March 4, 1925: Probation Act of 1925

Constitutional amendments

June 2, 1924: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution that would specifically authorize Congress to regulate "labor of persons under eighteen years of age", and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification[1]
- This amendment, commonly known as the Child Labor Amendment, has not been ratified and is still pending before the states.[2]

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below.

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	37	0	59	96	0

Begin	42	1	53	96	0
End	42	2	52	96	0
Final voting share	43.8%	2.1%	54.2%

Beginning of next congress	40	1	55	96	0

House of Representatives

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total

	Republican	Democratic	Farmer–Labor	Socialist		Vacant
End of the previous Congress	296	130	0	1	427	8

Begin	223	206	2	1	432	3
End	222	208	2	1	433	2
Final voting share	51.3%	48.0%	0.5%	0.2%

Beginning of the next Congress	247	183	3	1	434	1

Leadership

Senate president Calvin Coolidge (R)	President pro tempore Albert B. Cummins (R)

House Speaker

Frederick Gillett (R)

Senate

President: Calvin Coolidge (R), until August 3, 1923; vacant thereafter.
President pro tempore: Albert B. Cummins (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Majority leader: Nicholas Longworth
Majority Whip: Albert H. Vestal
Republican Conference Chairman: Sydney Anderson
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: William R. Wood

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Minority Leader: Finis J. Garrett
Minority Whip: William Allan Oldfield
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Henry Thomas Rainey
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Arthur B. Rouse

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and Representatives are listed by district.

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Senate

Senators were elected every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1928; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1924; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1926.

Alabama

2. J. Thomas Heflin (D)
3. Oscar W. Underwood (D)

Arizona

1. Henry F. Ashurst (D)
3. Ralph H. Cameron (R)

Arkansas

2. Joseph T. Robinson (D)
3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)

California

1. Hiram W. Johnson (R)
3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)

Colorado

2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R)
3. Samuel D. Nicholson (R), until March 24, 1923
- Alva B. Adams (D), from May 17, 1923, until November 30, 1924
- Rice W. Means (R), from December 1, 1924

Connecticut

1. George P. McLean (R)
3. Frank B. Brandegee (R), until October 14, 1924
- Hiram Bingham III (R), from December 17, 1924

Delaware

1. Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (D)
2. L. Heisler Ball (R)

Florida

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

Georgia

2. William J. Harris (D)
3. Walter F. George (D)

Idaho

2. William E. Borah (R)
3. Frank R. Gooding (R)

Illinois

2. J. Medill McCormick (R), until February 25, 1925
- Charles S. Deneen (R), from February 26, 1925
3. William B. McKinley (R)

Indiana

1. Samuel M. Ralston (D)
3. James E. Watson (R)

Iowa

2. Smith W. Brookhart (R)
3. Albert B. Cummins (R)

Kansas

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

Kentucky

2. Augustus O. Stanley (D)
3. Richard P. Ernst (R)

Louisiana

2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

1. William Cabell Bruce (D)
3. Ovington E. Weller (R)

Massachusetts

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R), until November 9, 1924
- William M. Butler (R), from November 13, 1924
2. David I. Walsh (D)

Michigan

1. Woodbridge N. Ferris (D)
2. James J. Couzens (R)

Minnesota

1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)
2. Knute Nelson (R), until April 28, 1923
- Magnus Johnson (FL), from July 16, 1923

Mississippi

1. Hubert D. Stephens (D)
2. B. Patton Harrison (D)

Missouri

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

Montana

1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)
2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)

Nebraska

1. Robert B. Howell (R)
2. George W. Norris (R)

Nevada

1. Key Pittman (D)
3. Tasker L. Oddie (R)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

1. Edward I. Edwards (D)
2. Walter E. Edge (R)

New Mexico

1. Andrieus A. Jones (D)
2. Holm O. Bursum (R)

New York

1. Royal S. Copeland (D)
3. James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

1. Lynn J. Frazier (R)
3. Edwin F. Ladd (R)

Ohio

1. Simeon D. Fess (R)
3. Frank B. Willis (R)

Oklahoma

2. Robert L. Owen (D)
3. John W. Harreld (R)

Oregon

2. Charles L. McNary (R)
3. Robert N. Stanfield (R)

Pennsylvania

1. David A. Reed (R)
3. George Wharton Pepper (R)

Rhode Island

1. Peter G. Gerry (D)
2. LeBaron B. Colt (R), until August 18, 1924
- Jesse H. Metcalf (R), from November 5, 1924

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

2. Thomas Sterling (R)
3. Peter Norbeck (R)

Tennessee

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

Texas

1. Earle B. Mayfield (D)
2. Morris Sheppard (D)

Utah

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

Vermont

1. Frank L. Greene (R)
3. William P. Dillingham (R), until July 12, 1923
- Porter H. Dale (R), from November 7, 1923

Virginia

1. Claude A. Swanson (D)
2. Carter Glass (D)

Washington

1. Clarence C. Dill (D)
3. Wesley L. Jones (R)

West Virginia

1. Matthew M. Neely (D)
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)

Senate composition, by party

Senate majority leadership

Henry Cabot Lodge
Republican leader (unofficial), until November 9, 1924

Charles Curtis
Republican leader (unofficial, acting), from November 28, 1924
Republican whip, until November 28, 1924

Wesley Jones
Republican whip, from November 28, 1924

Senate minority leadership

Oscar Underwood
Democratic leader, until December 3, 1923

Joseph T. Robinson
Democratic leader, from December 3, 1923

Peter G. Gerry
Democratic whip

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

1. John McDuffie (D)
2. John R. Tyson (D), until March 27, 1923
- J. Lister Hill (D), from August 14, 1923
3. Henry B. Steagall (D)
4. Lamar Jeffers (D)
5. William B. Bowling (D)
6. William B. Oliver (D)
7. Miles C. Allgood (D)
8. Edward B. Almon (D)
9. George Huddleston (D)
10. William B. Bankhead (D)

Arizona

At-large. Carl T. Hayden (D)

Arkansas

1. William J. Driver (D)
2. William A. Oldfield (D)
3. John N. Tillman (D)
4. Otis T. Wingo (D)
5. Heartsill Ragon (D)
6. Lewis E. Sawyer (D), until May 5, 1923
- James B. Reed (D), from October 6, 1923
7. Tilman B. Parks (D)

California

1. Clarence F. Lea (D)
2. John E. Raker (D)
3. Charles F. Curry (R)
4. Julius Kahn (R), until December 18, 1924
5. Mae E. Nolan (R)
6. James H. MacLafferty (R)
7. Henry E. Barbour (R)
8. Arthur M. Free (R)
9. Walter F. Lineberger (R)
10. John D. Fredericks (R), from May 1, 1923
11. Philip D. Swing (R)

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. William H. Boyce (D)

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

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

Illinois

1. Martin B. Madden (R)
2. Morton D. Hull (R), from April 3, 1923
3. Elliott W. Sproul (R)
4. John W. Rainey (D), until May 4, 1923
- Thomas A. Doyle (D), from November 6, 1923
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. James R. Buckley (D)
7. M. Alfred Michaelson (R)
8. Stanley H. Kunz (D)
9. Frederick A. Britten (R)
10. Carl R. Chindblom (R)
11. Frank R. Reid (R)
12. Charles E. Fuller (R)
13. John C. McKenzie (R)
14. William J. Graham (R), until June 7, 1924
15. Edward J. King (R)
16. William E. Hull (R)
17. Frank H. Funk (R)
18. William P. Holaday (R)
19. Allen F. Moore (R)
20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
21. J. Earl Major (D)
22. Edward E. Miller (R)
23. William W. Arnold (D)
24. Thomas S. Williams (R)
25. Edward E. Denison (R)
At-large. Henry R. Rathbone (R)
At-large. Richard Yates Jr. (R)

Indiana

Iowa

1. William F. Kopp (R)
2. Harry E. Hull (R)
3. Thomas J. B. Robinson (R)
4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
5. Cyrenus Cole (R)
6. C. William Ramseyer (R)
7. Cassius C. Dowell (R)
8. Horace M. Towner (R), until April 1, 1923
- Hiram K. Evans (R), from June 4, 1923
9. William R. Green (R)
10. Lester J. Dickinson (R)
11. William D. Boies (R)

Kansas

1. Daniel R. Anthony Jr. (R)
2. Edward C. Little (R), until June 27, 1924
- Ulysses S. Guyer (R), from November 4, 1924
3. William H. Sproul (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 W. Barkley (D)
2. David H. Kincheloe (D)
3. Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D)
4. Ben Johnson (D)
5. Maurice H. Thatcher (R)
6. Arthur B. Rouse (D)
7. James C. Cantrill (D), until September 2, 1923
- Joseph W. Morris (D), from November 30, 1923
8. Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D)
9. William J. Fields (D), until December 11, 1923
- Frederick M. Vinson (D), from January 24, 1924
10. John W. Langley (R)
11. John M. Robsion (R)

Louisiana

1. James O'Connor (D)
2. H. Garland Dupré (D), until February 21, 1924
- J. Zach Spearing (D), from April 22, 1924
3. Whitmell P. Martin (D)
4. John N. Sandlin (D)
5. Riley J. Wilson (D)
6. George K. Favrot (D)
7. Ladislas Lazaro (D)
8. James B. Aswell (D)

Maine

1. Carroll L. Beedy (R)
2. Wallace H. White Jr. (R)
3. John E. Nelson (R)
4. Ira G. Hersey (R)

Maryland

1. T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
2. Millard E. Tydings (D)
3. John Philip Hill (R)
4. J. Charles Linthicum (D)
5. Sydney E. Mudd II (R), until October 11, 1924
- Stephen W. Gambrill (D), from November 4, 1924
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 Jacob Rogers (R)
6. Abram Andrew (R)
7. William P. Connery Jr. (D)
8. Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
9. Charles L. Underhill (R)
10. Peter F. Tague (D)
11. George Holden Tinkham (R)
12. James A. Gallivan (D)
13. Robert Luce (R)
14. Louis A. Frothingham (R)
15. William S. Greene (R), until September 22, 1924
- Robert M. Leach (R), from November 4, 1924
16. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan

1. Robert H. Clancy (D)
2. Earl C. Michener (R)
3. John M. C. Smith (R), until March 30, 1923
- Arthur B. Williams (R), from June 19, 1923
4. John C. Ketcham (R)
5. Carl E. Mapes (R)
6. Grant M. Hudson (R)
7. Louis C. Cramton (R)
8. Bird J. Vincent (R)
9. James C. McLaughlin (R)
10. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
11. Frank D. Scott (R)
12. W. Frank James (R)
13. Clarence J. McLeod (R)

Minnesota

Mississippi

1. John E. Rankin (D)
2. Bill G. Lowrey (D)
3. Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D), until October 16, 1923
- William Y. Humphreys (D), from November 27, 1923
4. T. Jefferson Busby (D)
5. Ross A. Collins (D)
6. T. Webber Wilson (D)
7. Percy E. Quin (D)
8. James W. Collier (D)

Missouri

Montana

1. John M. Evans (D)
2. Scott Leavitt (R)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Charles L. Richards (D)

New Hampshire

1. William N. Rogers (D)
2. Edward H. Wason (R)

New Jersey

1. Francis F. Patterson Jr. (R)
2. Isaac Bacharach (R)
3. Elmer H. Geran (D)
4. Charles Browne (D)
5. Ernest R. Ackerman (R)
6. Randolph Perkins (R)
7. George N. Seger (R)
8. Frank J. McNulty (D)
9. Daniel F. Minahan (D)
10. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
11. John J. Eagan (D)
12. Charles F.X. O'Brien (D)

New Mexico

At-large. John Morrow (D)

New York

1. Robert L. Bacon (R)
2. John J. Kindred (D)
3. George W. Lindsay (D)
4. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
5. Loring M. Black Jr. (D)
6. Charles I. Stengle (D)
7. John F. Quayle (D)
8. William E. Cleary (D)
9. David J. O'Connell (D)
10. Emanuel Celler (D)
11. Daniel J. Riordan (D), until April 28, 1923
- Anning S. Prall (D), from November 6, 1923
12. Samuel Dickstein (D)
13. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
14. Nathan D. Perlman (R)
15. John J. Boylan (D)
16. John J. O'Connor (D), from November 6, 1923
17. Ogden L. Mills (R)
18. John F. Carew (D)
19. Sol Bloom (D)
20. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)
21. Royal H. Weller (D)
22. Anthony J. Griffin (D)
23. Frank Oliver (D)
24. James V. Ganly (D), until September 7, 1923
- Benjamin L. Fairchild (R), from November 6, 1923
25. J. Mayhew Wainwright (R)
26. Hamilton Fish III (R)
27. Charles B. Ward (R)
28. Parker Corning (D)
29. James S. Parker (R)
30. Frank Crowther (R)
31. Bertrand H. Snell (R)
32. Luther W. Mott (R), until July 10, 1923
- Thaddeus C. Sweet (R), from November 6, 1923
33. Homer P. Snyder (R)
34. John D. Clarke (R)
35. Walter W. Magee (R)
36. John Taber (R)
37. Gale H. Stalker (R)
38. Meyer Jacobstein (D)
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. Hallett S. Ward (D)
2. Claude Kitchin (D), until May 31, 1923
- John H. Kerr (D), from November 6, 1923
3. Charles L. Abernethy (D)
4. Edward W. Pou (D)
5. Charles M. Stedman (D)
6. Homer L. Lyon (D)
7. William C. Hammer (D)
8. Robert L. Doughton (D)
9. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
10. Zebulon Weaver (D)

North Dakota

1. Olger B. Burtness (R)
2. George M. Young (R), until September 2, 1924
- Thomas Hall (R), from November 4, 1924
3. James H. Sinclair (R)

Ohio

1. Nicholas Longworth (R)
2. Ambrose E.B. Stephens (R)
3. Roy G. Fitzgerald (R)
4. John L. Cable (R)
5. Charles J. Thompson (R)
6. Charles C. Kearns (R)
7. Charles Brand (R)
8. R. Clinton Cole (R)
9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
10. Israel M. Foster (R)
11. Mell G. Underwood (D)
12. John C. Speaks (R)
13. James T. Begg (R)
14. Martin L. Davey (D)
15. C. Ellis Moore (R)
16. John McSweeney (D)
17. William M. Morgan (R)
18. B. Frank Murphy (R)
19. John G. Cooper (R)
20. Charles A. Mooney (D)
21. Robert Crosser (D)
22. Theodore E. Burton (R)

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

1. Charles A. Christopherson (R)
2. Royal C. Johnson (R)
3. William Williamson (R)

Tennessee

1. B. Carroll Reece (R)
2. J. Will Taylor (R)
3. Samuel D. McReynolds (D)
4. Cordell Hull (D)
5. Ewin L. Davis (D)
6. Joseph W. Byrns, Sr. (D)
7. William C. Salmon (D)
8. Gordon W. Browning (D)
9. Finis J. Garrett (D)
10. Hubert F. Fisher (D)

Texas

Utah

1. Don B. Colton (R)
2. Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)

Vermont

1. Frederick G. Fleetwood (R)
2. Porter H. Dale (R), until August 11, 1923
- Ernest Willard Gibson (R), from November 6, 1923

Virginia

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), until May 8, 1923
- Samuel B. Hill (D), from September 25, 1923

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

At-large. Charles E. Winter (R)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory. Daniel A. Sutherland (R)
Hawaii Territory. William P. Jarrett (D)
Philippines. Isauro Gabaldon, (Nac.)
Philippines. Pedro Guevara, (Nac.)
Puerto Rico. Félix Córdova Dávila

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

Senate majority leadership

Nicholas Longworth
Republican leader

Albert H. Vestal
Republican whip

Senate minority leadership

Finis J. Garrett
Democratic leader

William Allan Oldfield
Democratic whip

Changes in membership

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

Senate

replacements: 7
- Democratic: 1 seat net gain
- Republican: 2 seat net loss
- Farmer–Labor: 1 seat net gain
deaths: 7
resignations: 0
vacancy: 0
Total seats with changes: 8

State	Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
Colorado (3)	Samuel D. Nicholson (R)	Died March 24, 1923. Successor was appointed.	Alva B. Adams (D)	May 17, 1923
Minnesota (2)	Knute Nelson (R)	Died April 28, 1923. Successor was elected.	Magnus Johnson (FL)	July 16, 1923
Vermont (3)	William P. Dillingham (R)	Died July 12, 1923. Successor was elected.	Porter H. Dale (R)	November 7, 1923
Rhode Island (2)	LeBaron Bradford Colt (R)	Died August 18, 1924. Successor was elected.	Jesse H. Metcalf (R)	November 5, 1924
Connecticut (3)	Frank B. Brandegee (R)	Died October 14, 1924. Successor was elected December 17, 1924.	Hiram Bingham III (R)	January 8, 1925[3]
Massachusetts (1)	Henry Cabot Lodge (R)	Died November 9, 1924. Successor was appointed.	William M. Butler (R)	November 13, 1924
Colorado (3)	Alva B. Adams (D)	Interim appointee retired. Successor was elected November 4, 1924.	Rice W. Means (R)	December 1, 1924
Illinois (2)	Joseph M. McCormick (R)	Died February 25, 1925. Successor was appointed, having already been elected to the next term.	Charles S. Deneen (R)	February 26, 1925

House of Representatives

replacements: 22
- Democratic: 1 seat net gain
- Republican: 1 seat net loss
deaths: 15
resignations: 6
contested election: 0
Total seats with changes: 24

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor
Illinois 2nd	Vacant	Rep. James R. Mann died during previous congress	Morton D. Hull (R)	April 3, 1923
California 10th	Vacant	Rep. Henry Z. Osborne died during previous congress	John D. Fredericks (R)	May 1, 1923
New York 16th	Vacant	Rep. William Bourke Cockran died during previous congress	John J. O'Connor (D)	November 6, 1923
Alabama 2nd	John R. Tyson (D)	Died March 27, 1923	Lister Hill (D)	August 14, 1923
Michigan 3rd	John M. C. Smith (R)	Died March 30, 1923	Arthur B. Williams (R)	June 19, 1923
Iowa 8th	Horace M. Towner (R)	Resigned April 1, 1923, after being appointed Governor of Puerto Rico	Hiram K. Evans (R)	June 4, 1923
New York 11th	Daniel J. Riordan (D)	Died April 28, 1923	Anning S. Prall (D)	November 6, 1923
Illinois 4th	John W. Rainey (D)	Died May 4, 1923	Thomas A. Doyle (D)	November 6, 1923
Arkansas 6th	Lewis E. Sawyer (D)	Died May 5, 1923	James B. Reed (D)	October 6, 1923
Washington 5th	J. Stanley Webster (R)	Resigned May 8, 1923, after being appointed to United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington	Samuel B. Hill (D)	September 25, 1923
North Carolina 2nd	Claude Kitchin (D)	Died May 31, 1923	John H. Kerr (D)	November 6, 1923
New York 32nd	Luther W. Mott (R)	Died July 10, 1923	Thaddeus C. Sweet (R)	November 6, 1923
Vermont 2nd	Porter H. Dale (R)	Resigned August 11, 1923, after becoming a candidate for the US Senate	Ernest Willard Gibson (R)	November 6, 1923
Kentucky 7th	J. Campbell Cantrill (D)	Died September 2, 1923	Joseph W. Morris (D)	November 30, 1923
New York 24th	James V. Ganly (D)	Died September 7, 1923	Benjamin L. Fairchild (R)	November 6, 1923
Mississippi 3rd	Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)	Died October 16, 1923	William Y. Humphreys (D)	November 27, 1923
Kentucky 9th	William J. Fields (D)	Resigned December 11, 1923	Fred M. Vinson (D)	January 24, 1924
Louisiana 2nd	H. Garland Dupré (D)	Died February 21, 1924	James Z. Spearing (D)	April 22, 1924
Illinois 14th	William J. Graham (R)	Resigned June 7, 1924, after being appointed to the United States Court of Customs Appeals	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Kansas 2nd	Edward C. Little (R)	Died June 27, 1924	Ulysses S. Guyer (R)	November 4, 1924
North Dakota 2nd	George M. Young (R)	Resigned September 2, 1924, after being appointed to the Board of General Appraisers	Thomas Hall (R)	November 4, 1924
Massachusetts 15th	William S. Greene (R)	Died September 22, 1924	Robert M. Leach (R)	November 4, 1924
Maryland 5th	Sydney E. Mudd II (R)	Died October 11, 1924	Stephen W. Gambrill (D)	November 4, 1924
California 4th	Julius Kahn (R)	Died December 18, 1924	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (5 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, 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

Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: George W. Norris; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Alien Property Custodian's Office (Select)
Appropriations (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Henry W. Keyes; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: George P. McLean; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Civil Service (Chairman: James Couzens then Porter H. Dale; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Claims (Chairman: Rice W. Means; Ranking Member: Park Trammell)
Commerce (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Arthur Capper; Ranking Member: William H. King)
Education and Labor (Chairman: Lawrence C. Phipps; Ranking Member: Andrieus A. Jones)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Frank L. Greene; Ranking Member: Coleman L. Blease)
Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: David A. Reed; Ranking Member: Oscar W. Underwood)
Finance (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Claude Swanson)
Immigration (Chairman: Hiram W. Johnson; Ranking Member: William H. King)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: John W. Harreld; Ranking Member: Henry F. Ashurst)
Internal Revenue Bureau (Select)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Walter Evans Edge; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: James Eli Watson; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Charles L. McNary; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard)
Judiciary (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
Library (Chairman: Simeon D. Fess; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Manufactures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Military Affairs (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth, Jr.; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Tasker L. Oddie; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick Hale; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
Patents (Chairman: William M. Butler; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Pensions (Chairman: Peter Norbeck; Ranking Member: Peter G. Gerry)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George H. Moses; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Printing (Chairman: George W. Pepper; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Richard P. Ernst; Ranking Member: William H. King)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Bert M. Fernald; Ranking Member: James A. Reed)
Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Robert Nelson Stanfield; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
Rules (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
Senatorial Elections (Select)
Tariff Commission (Select)
Territories and Insular Possessions (Chairman: Frank B. Willis; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
War Finance Corporation Loans (Select)
Whole

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: Clarence MacGregor; Ranking Member: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert)
Agriculture (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: James B. Aswell)
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Grant M. Hudson; Ranking Member: William D. Upshaw)
Appropriations (Chairman: Martin B. Madden; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Byrns)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Louis T. McFadden; Ranking Member: Otis Wingo)
Census (Chairman: E. Hart Fenn; Ranking Member: John E. Rankin)
Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick R. Lehlbach; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers)
Claims (Chairman: Charles L. Underhill; Ranking Member: John C. Box)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Randolph Perkins; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Edward H. Wason; Ranking Member: Arthur B. Rouse)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Frederick N. Zihlman; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan)
Education (Chairman: Daniel A. Reed; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Hays B. White; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers)
Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Don B. Colton; Ranking Member: C.B. Hudspeth)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Bird J. Vincent; Ranking Member: Gordon Browning)
Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Charles L. Gifford; Ranking Member: Guinn Williams)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Guy E. Campbell; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Blanton)
Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Edward J. King; Ranking Member: Frank Gardner)
Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: Henry R. Rathbone; Ranking Member: Miles C. Allgood)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: William Williamson; Ranking Member: Sol Bloom)
Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Willis G. Sears; Ranking Member: Frank Oliver)
Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman: Carroll L. Beedy; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Blanton)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: George F. Brumm; Ranking Member: Charles L. Abernethy)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Philip D. Swing; Ranking Member: Guinn Williams)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: J. Will Taylor; Ranking Member: George C. Peery)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Ernest W. Gibson; Ranking Member: Heartsill Ragon)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Thaddeus C. Sweet; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Greenwood)
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Elmer O. Leatherwood; Ranking Member: Samuel Dickstein)
Flood Control (Chairman: Frank R. Reid; Ranking Member: Riley J. Wilson)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Stephen G. Porter; Ranking Member: J. Charles Linthicum)
Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Albert Johnson; Ranking Member: Adolph J. Sabath)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: John W. Harreld; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: George A. Welsh; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
Inquiry into Operation of the United States Air Services (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
Insular Affairs (Chairman: Scott Leavitt; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: James S. Parker; Ranking Member: Alben W. Barkley)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Charles E. Fuller; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Addison T. Smith; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
Judiciary (Chairman: George S. Graham; Ranking Member: Hatton W. Sumners)
Labor (Chairman: William F. Kopp; Ranking Member: William D. Upshaw)
Library (Chairman: Robert Luce; Ranking Member: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Frank D. Scott; Ranking Member: Ladislas Lazaro)
Mileage (Chairman: Carroll L. Beedy; Ranking Member: John W. Moore)
Military Affairs (Chairman: John M. Morin; Ranking Member: Percy E. Quin)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: John M. Robsion; Ranking Member: Daniel Sutherland)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson)
Patents (Chairman: Albert H. Vestal; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
Pensions (Chairman: Harold Knutson; Ranking Member: William D. Upshaw)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William W. Griest; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Bell)
Printing (Chairman: Edward M. Beers; Ranking Member: William F. Stevenson)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard N. Elliott; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
Public Lands (Chairman: Nicholas J. Sinnott; Ranking Member: John E. Raker then John M. Evans)
Railways and Canals (Chairman: Oscar E. Keller; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: Roy G. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Alfred L. Bulwinkle)
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: S. Wallace Dempsey; Ranking Member: Joseph J. Mansfield)
Roads (Chairman: Cassius C. Dowell; Ranking Member: Edward B. Almon)
Rules (Chairman: Bertrand H. Snell; Ranking Member: Edward W. Pou)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: Charles F. Curry; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford)
War Claims (Chairman: James G. Strong; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
Ways and Means (Chairman: William R. Green; Ranking Member: John N. Garner)
Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Wallace H. White, Jr.; Ranking Member: John E. Raker then Christopher D. Sullivan)
World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: Royal C. Johnson; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
Whole

Joint committees

Civil Service Retirement Act
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners (Chairman: Rep. George S. Graham)
Investigation of Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants (Chairman: Rep. Nicholas J. Sinnott)
Muscle Shoals
The Library (Chairman: Sen. Simeon D. Fess)
Printing (Chairman: Sen. George H. Moses; Vice Chairman: Rep. Edgar R. Kiess)
Taxation (Chairman: Rep. William R. Green)

Caucuses

Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods, until May 22, 1923
- David Lynn, from August 22, 1923
Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl
Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter

Senate

Chaplain: John J. Muir Baptist
Secretary: George A. Sanderson
Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry

House of Representatives

Chaplain: James S. Montgomery Methodist
Clerk: William T. Page
Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Lehr Fess
Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
Postmaster: Frank W. Collier
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers

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References

Huckabee, David C. (September 30, 1997). "Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). Congressional Research Service reports. Washington D.C.: Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress.
"Four amendments that almost made it into the constitution". Constitution Daily. Philadelphia: The National Constitution Center. March 23, 2014. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
"A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). United States Senate.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links

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[1] Huckabee, David C. (September 30, 1997). "Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). Congressional Research Service reports. Washington D.C.: Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress.

[2] "Four amendments that almost made it into the constitution". Constitution Daily. Philadelphia: The National Constitution Center. March 23, 2014. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.

[3] "A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). United States Senate.

68th United States Congress

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