68th United States Congress

68th United States Congress


67th ←	→ 69th
United States Capitol (1906)
Duration: March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925

Senate President:	Calvin Coolidge (R) (until August 2, 1923) Vacant (from August 2, 1923)
Senate Pres. pro tem:	Albert B. Cummins (R)
House Speaker:	Frederick H. Gillett (R)
Members:	96 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican
House Majority:	Republican

Sessions
1st: December 3, 1923 – June 7, 1924 2nd: December 1, 1924 – March 3, 1925

The Sixty-eighth 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 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

Main articles: 1923 in the United States, 1924 in the United States, and 1925 in the United States

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

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 68th United States Congress

September 22, 1923: U.S. Coal Commission Act
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: Airmail 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 3, 1925: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Act (Norbeck-Williamson Act)
March 4, 1925: Establishment of the United States Navy Band
March 4, 1925: Probation Act of 1925

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 in the "Changes in membership" section??.?%

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

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

Begin	42	1	53	96	0
End	42	2	52	96	0
Final voting share	7001438000000000000♠43.8%	7000210000000000000♠2.1%	7001542000000000000♠54.2%

Beginning of the 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	302	131	0	1	435	0

Begin	225	207	2	1	435	0
End	??	??	??	??	??	??
Final voting share	??.?%	??.?%	??.?%	??.?%

Beginning of the next Congress	247	183	3	1	435	0

Leadership

President of the Senate Calvin Coolidge

Senate

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

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker: Frederick H. Gillett (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senate composition, by party

President pro tempore
Albert B. Cummins

Majority leader
Henry Cabot Lodge

Minority leader
Joseph T. Robinson

Majority Leader
Nicholas Longworth

Skip to House of Representatives, below

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 reelection in 1928; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1924; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1926.

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

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

Delaware

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

Florida

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

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

Iowa

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

Kansas

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

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

Maine

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

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

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

Missouri

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

Montana

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New Mexico

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

New York

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

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

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

Ohio

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

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

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

Washington

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

West Virginia

2. Davis Elkins (R)
1. Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

2. Francis E. Warren (R)
1. John B. Kendrick (D)

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

(10 Democrats)

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

(1 Democrat)

At-large. Carl T. Hayden (D)

Arkansas

(7 Democrats)

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

(9-2 Republican)

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)

At-large. William H. Boyce (D)

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

Illinois

(20-7 Republican)

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

(8-5 Republican)

Iowa

(11 Republicans)

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

(7-1 Republican)

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

(3-3 split)

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

(8 Democrats)

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

(4 Republicans)

Maryland

(3-3 split)

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

(13-3 Republican)

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. A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. (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

(12-1 Republican)

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

(8-1 Republican)

Mississippi

(11-5 Democratic)

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

(11-5 Democratic)

Montana

(1-1 split)

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

Nebraska

(3-3 split)

Nevada

(1 Democrat)

At-large. Charles L. Richards (D)

New Hampshire

(1-1 split)

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

New Jersey

(6-6 split)

New Mexico

(1 Democrat)

At-large. John Morrow (D)

New York

(22-21 Democratic)

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, Jr. (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

(10 Democrats)

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

(4 Republicans)

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)

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

Vermont

(2 Republicans)

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

Virginia

(10 Democrats)

Washington

(4-1 Republican)

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

At-large. Charles E. Winter (R)

Non-voting members

(1-1 split)

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

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80.1-100% Democratic	80.1-100% Republican
60.1-80% Democratic	60.1-80% 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: 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.	Hiram Bingham III (R)	December 17, 1924
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 appointment. Successor was elected. Served until November 30, 1924.	Rice W. Means (R)	December 1, 1924
Illinois (2)	Joseph M. McCormick (R)	Died February 25, 1925. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	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.

Senate

Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty (Select)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
Banking and Currency
Campaign Expenditures (Special)
Charges against Burton K. Wheeler (Select)
Civil Service
Claims
Commerce
District of Columbia
Education and Labor
Enrolled Bills
Expenditures in Executive Departments
Finance
Foreign Relations
Immigration
Immigration and Naturalization
Indian Affairs
Internal Revenue Bureau (Select)
Interoceanic Canals
Interstate Commerce
Judiciary
Library
Manufactures
Military Affairs
Mines and Mining
Naval Affairs
Nine Foot Channel from the Great Lakes to the Gulf (Select)
Patents
Pensions
Post Office and Post Roads
Printing
Privileges and Elections
Propaganda Affecting Taxation and Soldiers' Bonus (Select)
Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Lands and Surveys
Reforestation (Select)
Revision of the Laws
Rules
Territories and Insular Possessions
Veterans Bureau Investigation (Select)
War Finance Corporation Loans (Select)
Whole

House of Representatives

Accounts
Agriculture
Air Services (Select)
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic
Appropriations
Banking and Currency
Census
Civil Service
Claims
Coinage, Weights and Measures
Disposition of Executive Papers
District of Columbia
Education
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress
Elections
Enrolled Bills
Expenditures in the Agriculture Department
Expenditures in the Commerce Department
Expenditures in the Interior Department
Expenditures in the Justice Department
Expenditures in the Labor Department
Expenditures in the Navy Department
Expenditures in the Post Office Department
Expenditures in the State Department
Expenditures in the Treasury Department
Expenditures in the War Department
Expenditures on Public Buildings
Flood Control
Foreign Affairs
Immigration and Naturalization
Indian Affairs
Industrial Arts and Expositions
Insular Affairs
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Invalid Pensions
Irrigation of Arid Lands
Labor
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Mileage
Military Affairs
Mines and Mining
Naval Affairs
Patents
Pensions
Post Office and Post Roads
Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Lands
Railways and Canals
Reform in the Civil Service
Revision of Laws
Rivers and Harbors
Roads
Rules
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories
War Claims
Ways and Means
Woman Suffrage
Whole

Joint committees

Banking and Currency
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
Federal Reserve System
Investigate Congressional Salaries
Investigation of Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants
Postal Service
Reorganization
Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government

Employees

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 of Illinois
Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry of Rhode Island

House of Representatives

Chaplain: James S. Montgomery Methodist, elected April 11, 1921
Clerk: William T. Page of Maryland, elected December 5, 1923
Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy of Michigan, elected December 5, 1923
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Lehr Fess
Postmaster of the House: Frank W. Collier of Wisconsin, elected December 5, 1923
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers of Pennsylvania, elected December 5, 1923

References

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.

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68th United States Congress

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Non-voting members

Changes in membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

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