69th United States Congress

69th United States Congress

United States Capitol (1906)

Duration: March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927

Senate President:

Charles G. Dawes

Senate Pres. pro tem:

George H. Moses

House Speaker:

Nicholas Longworth

Members:

96 Senators
435 Representatives
5 Non-voting members

Senate Majority:

Republican

House Majority:

Republican

Sessions

1st: December 7, 1925 – July 3, 1926
2nd: December 6, 1926 – March 3, 1927

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The Sixty-ninth 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, 1925 to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth years of Calvin Coolidge's presidency. 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.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Party summary
- 3.1 Senate
- 3.2 House of Representatives
4 Leadership
- 4.1 Senate
  - 4.1.1 Majority (Republican) leadership
  - 4.1.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership
- 4.2 House of Representatives
  - 4.2.1 Majority (Republican) leadership
  - 4.2.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership
5 Members
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Changes in membership
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 Employees
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
8 References
9 External links

Major events[edit]

Main articles: 1925#Events, 1926#Events, and 1927#Events

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

Impeachment of Judge George W. English — On April 1, 1926, the House of Representatives impeached Judge George W. English of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. Both Houses adjourned on July 3, 1926, with the Senate scheduled to reconvene on November 10, 1926 as a Court of Impeachment. English resigned before the impeachment trial began. The Senate met as planned on November 10, 1926 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.

Major legislation[edit]

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#69th United States Congress

February 26, 1926: Revenue Act of 1926
April 12, 1926: Timber Exportation Act of 1926
May 8, 1926: Federal Interpleader Act of 1926
May 20, 1926: Air Commerce Act
May 20, 1926: Federal Black Bass Act of 1926
May 20, 1926: Railway Labor Act (Parker-Watson Act)
May 25, 1926: Omnibus Adjustment Act of 1926
May 25, 1926: Public Buildings Act of 1926 (Elliot-Fernald Act)
May 26, 1926: Shenandoah National Park Act of 1926
June 3, 1926: Subsistence Expense Act of 1926
June 14, 1926: Recreation and Public Purposes Act
June 15, 1926: Limitation of National Forest Designation Act
July 2, 1926: Cooperative Marketing Act
July 3, 1926: Walsh Act
July 3, 1926: Passport Act of 1926
January 21, 1927: River and Harbors Act of 1927
February 23, 1927: Radio Act of 1927 (Dill-White Act)
February 25, 1927: McFadden Act
March 3, 1927: Foreign and Domestic Commerce Act of 1927
March 3, 1927: Produce Agency Act of 1927
March 4, 1927: Mayfield-Newton Act

Party summary[edit]

Senate composition, by party

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[edit]

TOTAL members: 96

House of Representatives[edit]

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership[edit]

Senate[edit]

President: Charles G. Dawes (R)
President pro tempore: Albert B. Cummins (R), elected March 4, 1925
- George H. Moses (R), elected March 6, 1925

Majority (Republican) leadership[edit]

Minority (Democratic) leadership[edit]

Members[edit]

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

Senate[edit]

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 the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1928; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1926.

Alabama[edit]

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

Arizona[edit]

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

Arkansas[edit]

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

California[edit]

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

Colorado[edit]

2: Lawrence C. Phipps (R)
3: Rice W. Means (R)

Connecticut[edit]

1: George P. McLean (R)
3: Hiram Bingham, III (R)

Delaware[edit]

1: Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (D)
2: T. Coleman du Pont (R)

Florida[edit]

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

Georgia[edit]

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

Idaho[edit]

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

Illinois[edit]

3: William B. McKinley (R), until December 7, 1926, vacant to end
2: Charles S. Deneen (R)

Indiana[edit]

3: James E. Watson (R)
1: Samuel M. Ralston (D)
- Arthur R. Robinson (R)

Iowa[edit]

3: Albert B. Cummins (R)
- David W. Stewart (R)
2: Smith W. Brookhart (R)
- Daniel F. Steck (D)

Kansas[edit]

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

Kentucky[edit]

3: Richard P. Ernst (R)
2: Frederic M. Sackett (R)

Louisiana[edit]

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

Maine[edit]

2: Bert M. Fernald (R)
- Arthur R. Gould (R)
1: Frederick Hale (R)

Maryland[edit]

3: Ovington Weller (R)
1: William Cabell Bruce (D)

Massachusetts[edit]

1: William M. Butler (R)
- David I. Walsh (D)
2: Frederick H. Gillett (R)

Michigan[edit]

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

Minnesota[edit]

1: Henrik Shipstead (FL)
2: Thomas D. Schall (R)

Mississippi[edit]

2: Pat Harrison (D)
1: Hubert D. Stephens (D)

Missouri[edit]

1: James A. Reed (D)
3: Selden P. Spencer (R)
- George H. Williams (R)
- Harry B. Hawes (D)

Montana[edit]

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

Nebraska[edit]

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

Nevada[edit]

1: Key Pittman (D)
3: Tasker Oddie (R)

New Hampshire[edit]

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

New Jersey[edit]

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

New Mexico[edit]

1: Andrieus A. Jones (D)
2: Sam G. Bratton (D)

New York[edit]

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

North Carolina[edit]

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

North Dakota[edit]

3: Edwin F. Ladd (R)
- Gerald Nye (R)
1: Lynn Frazier (R)

Ohio[edit]

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

Oklahoma[edit]

3: John W. Harreld (R)
2: William B. Pine (R)

Oregon[edit]

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

Pennsylvania[edit]

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

Rhode Island[edit]

1: Peter G. Gerry (D)
2: Jesse H. Metcalf (R)

South Carolina[edit]

3: Ellison D. Smith (D)
2: Coleman L. Blease (D)

South Dakota[edit]

3: Peter Norbeck (R)
2: William H. McMaster (R)

Tennessee[edit]

1: Kenneth McKellar (D)
2: Lawrence Tyson (D)

Texas[edit]

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

Utah[edit]

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

Vermont[edit]

1: Frank L. Greene (R)
3: Porter H. Dale (R)

Virginia[edit]

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

Washington[edit]

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

West Virginia[edit]

2: Matthew M. Neely (D)
1: Guy D. Goff (R)

Wisconsin[edit]

1: Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
- Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R)
3: Irvine Lenroot (R)

Wyoming[edit]

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

President of the Senate
Charles Dawes

President pro tempore
George H. Moses

Majority Leader
Charles Curtis

Minority Leader
Joseph Robinson

House of Representatives[edit]

Alabama[edit]

Arizona[edit]

At-large. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas[edit]

California[edit]

1. Clarence F. Lea (D)
2. John E. Raker (D)
- Harry L. Englebright (R)
3. Charles F. Curry (R)
4. Florence P. Kahn (R)
5. Lawrence J. Flaherty (R)
- Richard J. Welch (R)
6. Albert E. Carter (R)
7. Henry E. Barbour (R)
8. Arthur M. Free (R)
9. Walter F. Lineberger (R)
10. John D. Fredericks (R)
11. Phil Swing (R)

At-large. Robert G. Houston (R)

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Idaho[edit]

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

Illinois[edit]

1. Martin B. Madden (R)
2. Morton D. Hull (R)
3. Elliott W. Sproul (R)
4. Thomas A. Doyle (D)
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. John J. Gorman (R)
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),until June 25, 1926, vacant thereafter
13. William R. Johnson (R)
14. John C. Allen (R)
15. Edward J. King (R)
16. William E. Hull (R)
17. Frank H. Funk (R)
18. William P. Holaday (R)
19. Charles Adkins (R)
20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
21. Loren E. Wheeler (R)
22. Edward M. Irwin (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 (R)

Indiana[edit]

Iowa[edit]

Kansas[edit]

Kentucky[edit]

1. Alben W. Barkley (D)
2. David H. Kincheloe (D)
3. Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. (D)
- John W. Moore (D)
4. Ben Johnson (D)
5. Maurice Thatcher (R)
6. Arthur B. Rouse (D)
7. Virgil Chapman (D)
8. Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D)
9. Fred M. Vinson (D)
10. John W. Langley (R)
- Andrew J. Kirk (R)
11. John M. Robsion (R)

Louisiana[edit]

Maine[edit]

Maryland[edit]

Massachusetts[edit]

1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
2. George B. Churchill (R)
- Henry L. Bowles (R)
3. Frank H. Foss (R)
4. George R. Stobbs (R)
5. John Jacob Rogers (R)
- Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6. Abram Andrew (R)
7. William P. Connery, Jr. (D)
8. Harry I. Thayer (R)
- Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
9. Charles L. Underhill (R)
10. John J. Douglass (D)
11. George Holden Tinkham (R)
12. James A. Gallivan (D)
13. Robert Luce (R)
14. Louis A. Frothingham (R)
15. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)
16. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan[edit]

1. John B. Sosnowski (R)
2. Earl C. Michener (R)
3. Arthur B. Williams (R)
- Joseph L. Hooper (R)
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)

1. Milton A. Romjue (D)
2. Ralph F. Lozier (D)
3. Jacob L. Milligan (D)
4. Charles L. Faust (R)
5. Edgar C. Ellis (R)
6. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
7. Samuel C. Major (D)
8. William L. Nelson (D)
9. Clarence Cannon (D)
10. Cleveland A. Newton (R)
11. Harry B. Hawes (D)
- John J. Cochran (D)
12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
13. Charles E. Kiefner (R)
14. Ralph E. Bailey (R)
15. Joe J. Manlove (R)
16. Thomas L. Rubey (D)

Montana[edit]

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

Nebraska[edit]

Nevada[edit]

At-large. Samuel S. Arentz (R)

New Hampshire[edit]

1. Fletcher Hale (R)
2. Edward H. Wason (R)

New Jersey[edit]

1. Francis F. Patterson, Jr. (R)
2. Isaac Bacharach (R)
3. Stewart H. Appleby (R), from November 3, 1925
4. Charles A. Eaton (R)
5. Ernest R. Ackerman (R)
6. Randolph Perkins (R)
7. George N. Seger (R)
8. Herbert W. Taylor (R)
9. Franklin W. Fort (R)
10. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
11. Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D)
12. Mary T. Norton (D)

New Mexico[edit]

At-large. John Morrow (D)

Ohio[edit]

1. Nicholas Longworth (R)
2. Ambrose E.B. Stephens (R), died February 12, 1927, vacant thereafter
3. Roy G. Fitzgerald (R)
4. William T. Fitzgerald (R)
5. Charles J. Thompson (R)
6. Charles C. Kearns (R)
7. Charles Brand (R)
8. T. Brooks Fletcher (D)
9. William W. Chalmers (R)
10. Thomas A. Jenkins (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[edit]

Oregon[edit]

Texas[edit]

Utah[edit]

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

Vermont[edit]

1. Elbert S. Brigham (R)
2. Ernest Willard Gibson (R)

Wyoming[edit]

At-large. Charles E. Winter (R)

Non-voting members[edit]

Speaker of the House
Nicholas Longworth

Majority Leader of the House
John Tilson

Changes in membership[edit]

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

Senate[edit]

replacements: 7
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
deaths: 7
resignations: 0
contested election: 1
interim appointments: 2
Total seats with changes: 9

House of Representatives[edit]

replacements: 11
- Democratic: 1 seat net loss
- Republican: 1 seat net gain
deaths: 11
resignations: 2
Total seats with changes: 9

Employees[edit]

Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn

Senate[edit]

Chaplain: John J. Muir (Baptist)
Secretary: George A. Sanderson
- Edwin P. Thayer, from December 7, 1925
Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry

House of Representatives[edit]

Chaplain: James S. Montgomery (Methodist)
Clerk: William T. Page
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Lehr Fess, resigned February 1, 1927
- Lewis Deschler, appointed February 1, 1927
Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy
Postmaster: Frank W. Collier
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers

References[edit]

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.