1st: December 5, 1927 – May 29, 1928 2nd: December 3, 1928 – March 3, 1929
Both chambers had a Republican majority - albeit reduced from the previous Congress - and along with President Coolidge, the Republicans maintained an overall federal government trifecta.[1]
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.
Senators are listed by class. They 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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1928; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1932.
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.
^Frank L. Smith (R-IL) was elected to the Senate for the term starting March 4, 1927, but the Senate refused to qualify him due to charges of corruption concerning his election. He resigned February 9, 1928.[2]
^William S. Vare (R-PA) was elected to the Senate for the term starting March 4, 1927, but the Senate refused to qualify him due to charges of corruption and fraud concerning his election. In the next Congress, the Senate unseated him.[3]
^ When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
Referencesedit
^Macmahon, Arthur W. (1929). "Second Session of the Seventieth Congress". American Political Science Review. 23 (2): 364–383. doi:10.2307/1945219. ISSN 0003-0554.
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 linksedit
U.S. House of Representatives: House History
U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
Official Congressional Directory for the 70th Congress, 1st Session. 1927.
Official Congressional Directory for the 70th Congress, 1st Session (Revision). 1928.
Official Congressional Directory for the 70th Congress, 2nd Session. 1928.
"Official Congressional Directory for the 70th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision)". Congressional Directory. 1927/1929- : S. Pub. 1887.
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The 70th 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 1927 to March 4 1929 during the last two years of Calvin Coolidge s presidency The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census 70th United States Congress69th 71stUnited States Capitol 1906 March 4 1927 March 4 1929Members96 senators435 representatives5 non voting delegatesSenate majorityRepublicanSenate PresidentCharles G Dawes R House majorityRepublicanHouse SpeakerNicholas Longworth R Sessions1st December 5 1927 May 29 19282nd December 3 1928 March 3 1929Both chambers had a Republican majority albeit reduced from the previous Congress and along with President Coolidge the Republicans maintained an overall federal government trifecta 1 Contents 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 1 1 Alabama 5 1 2 Arizona 5 1 3 Arkansas 5 1 4 California 5 1 5 Colorado 5 1 6 Connecticut 5 1 7 Delaware 5 1 8 Florida 5 1 9 Georgia 5 1 10 Idaho 5 1 11 Illinois 5 1 12 Indiana 5 1 13 Iowa 5 1 14 Kansas 5 1 15 Kentucky 5 1 16 Louisiana 5 1 17 Maine 5 1 18 Maryland 5 1 19 Massachusetts 5 1 20 Michigan 5 1 21 Minnesota 5 1 22 Mississippi 5 1 23 Missouri 5 1 24 Montana 5 1 25 Nebraska 5 1 26 Nevada 5 1 27 New Hampshire 5 1 28 New Jersey 5 1 29 New Mexico 5 1 30 New York 5 1 31 North Carolina 5 1 32 North Dakota 5 1 33 Ohio 5 1 34 Oklahoma 5 1 35 Oregon 5 1 36 Pennsylvania 5 1 37 Rhode Island 5 1 38 South Carolina 5 1 39 South Dakota 5 1 40 Tennessee 5 1 41 Texas 5 1 42 Utah 5 1 43 Vermont 5 1 44 Virginia 5 1 45 Washington 5 1 46 West Virginia 5 1 47 Wisconsin 5 1 48 Wyoming 5 2 House of Representatives 5 2 1 Alabama 5 2 2 Arizona 5 2 3 Arkansas 5 2 4 California 5 2 5 Colorado 5 2 6 Connecticut 5 2 7 Delaware 5 2 8 Florida 5 2 9 Georgia 5 2 10 Idaho 5 2 11 Illinois 5 2 12 Indiana 5 2 13 Iowa 5 2 14 Kansas 5 2 15 Kentucky 5 2 16 Louisiana 5 2 17 Maine 5 2 18 Maryland 5 2 19 Massachusetts 5 2 20 Michigan 5 2 21 Minnesota 5 2 22 Mississippi 5 2 23 Missouri 5 2 24 Montana 5 2 25 Nebraska 5 2 26 Nevada 5 2 27 New Hampshire 5 2 28 New Jersey 5 2 29 New Mexico 5 2 30 New York 5 2 31 North Carolina 5 2 32 North Dakota 5 2 33 Ohio 5 2 34 Oklahoma 5 2 35 Oregon 5 2 36 Pennsylvania 5 2 37 Rhode Island 5 2 38 South Carolina 5 2 39 South Dakota 5 2 40 Tennessee 5 2 41 Texas 5 2 42 Utah 5 2 43 Vermont 5 2 44 Virginia 5 2 45 Washington 5 2 46 West Virginia 5 2 47 Wisconsin 5 2 48 Wyoming 5 2 49 Non voting members 6 Changes in membership 6 1 Senate 6 2 House of Representatives 7 Committees 7 1 Senate 7 2 House of Representatives 7 3 Joint committees 8 Caucuses 9 Officers 9 1 Legislative branch agency directors 9 2 Senate 9 3 House of Representatives 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 External linksMajor events editMain articles 1927 in the United States 1928 in the United States and 1929 in the United States November 6 1928 U S Senate elections and U S House elections nbsp Opening of the 70th CongressThis was the last Congress to be exclusively white and the last to not have a single black member of Congress in either chamber Major legislation editMain article List of United States federal legislation 70th United States Congress March 10 1928 Settlement of War Claims Act May 15 1928 Flood Control Act of 1928 Jones Reid Act May 22 1928 Merchant Marine Act of 1928 Jones White Act May 22 1928 Forest Research Act McSweeney McNary Act May 22 1928 Capper Ketcham Act May 28 1928 Welsh Act May 29 1928 Revenue Act of 1928 ch 852 45 Stat 791 May 29 1928 Reed Jenkins Act December 21 1928 Boulder Canyon Project Act Hoover Dam December 22 1928 Color of Title Act January 19 1929 Hawes Cooper Act February 18 1929 Migratory Bird Conservation Act Norbeck Anderson Act ch 257 45 Stat 1222 February 25 1929 Mount Rushmore National Memorial Act Norbeck Williamson Act of 1929 March 2 1929 Increased Penalties Act Jones Stalker Act Party summary edit nbsp Senate composition by state 2 Democrats 19 states 2 Republicans 18 states 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 11 states 1 Republican and 1 Farmer Labor 1 state 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 Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Farmer Labor FL Republican R End of previous congress42 1 52 95 1Begin47 1 46 94 2End4549951Final voting share47 4 1 1 51 6 Beginning of next congress39 1 54 94 2House of Representatives edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Farmer Labor FL Republican R Socialist S End of previous congress182 3 246 2 433 2Begin194 2 237 1 434 1End1932324287Final voting share45 1 0 5 54 2 0 2 Beginning of next congress164 1 268 0 433 2Leadership editSenate President nbsp Charles G Dawes R Senate Presidents pro tempore nbsp George H Moses R House Speaker nbsp Nicholas Longworth R Senate edit President Charles G Dawes R President pro tempore George H Moses R Majority Republican leadership edit Majority Leader Charles Curtis Majority Whip Wesley L Jones Republican Conference Secretary Frederick Hale National Senatorial Committee Chair Jesse H MetcalfMinority Democratic leadership edit Minority leader Joseph T Robinson Minority whip Peter G Gerry Democratic Caucus Secretary Hugo BlackHouse of Representatives edit Speaker Nicholas Longworth R Majority Republican leadership edit Majority Leader John Q Tilson Majority Whip Albert Vestal Republican Conference Chairman Willis C Hawley Republican Campaign Committee Chairman William R WoodMinority Democratic leadership edit Minority Leader Finis J Garrett Minority Whip William Allan Oldfield Democratic Caucus Chairman Arthur H Greenwood Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Joseph W Byrns Sr Members editThis list is arranged by chamber then by state Senate edit Senators are listed by class They 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 ended with this Congress requiring re election in 1928 Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress requiring re election in 1930 and Class 3 meant their term began with this Congress requiring re election in 1932 Alabama edit 2 J Thomas Heflin D 3 Hugo Black D Arizona edit 1 Henry F Ashurst D 3 Carl Hayden D Arkansas edit 2 Joseph Taylor Robinson D 3 Thaddeus H Caraway D California edit 1 Hiram W Johnson R 3 Samuel M Shortridge R Colorado edit 2 Lawrence C Phipps R 3 Charles W Waterman 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 until December 9 1928 Daniel O Hastings R from December 10 1928 dd Florida edit 1 Park Trammell D 3 Duncan U Fletcher 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 until June 24 1928 John Thomas R from June 30 1928 dd Illinois edit 2 Charles S Deneen R 3 Vacant until December 3 1928 a Otis F Glenn R from December 3 1928 dd Indiana edit 1 Arthur R Robinson R 3 James E Watson R Iowa edit 2 Daniel F Steck D 3 Smith W Brookhart R Kansas edit 2 Arthur Capper R 3 Charles Curtis R Kentucky edit 2 Frederic M Sackett R 3 Alben W Barkley D Louisiana edit 2 Joseph E Ransdell D 3 Edwin S Broussard D Maine edit 1 Frederick Hale R 2 Arthur R Gould R Maryland edit 1 William Cabell Bruce D 3 Millard Tydings D Massachusetts edit 1 David I Walsh D 2 Frederick H Gillett R Michigan edit 1 Woodbridge N Ferris D until March 23 1928 Arthur H Vandenberg R from March 31 1928 dd 2 James J Couzens R Minnesota edit 1 Henrik Shipstead FL 2 Thomas D Schall R Mississippi edit 1 Hubert D Stephens D 2 Pat Harrison D Missouri edit 1 James A Reed D 3 Harry B Hawes D Montana edit 1 Burton K Wheeler D 2 Thomas J Walsh D Nebraska edit 1 Robert B Howell R 2 George W Norris R Nevada edit 1 Key Pittman D 3 Tasker Oddie R New Hampshire edit 2 Henry W Keyes R 3 George H Moses R New Jersey edit 1 Edward I Edwards D 2 Walter E Edge R New Mexico edit 1 Andrieus A Jones D until December 20 1927 Bronson M Cutting R from December 29 1927 until December 6 1928 Octaviano A Larrazolo R from December 7 1928 dd 2 Sam G Bratton D New York edit 1 Royal S Copeland D 3 Robert F Wagner D North Carolina edit 2 Furnifold M Simmons D 3 Lee S Overman D North Dakota edit 1 Lynn Frazier R NPL 3 Gerald Nye R Ohio edit 1 Simeon D Fess R 3 Frank B Willis R until March 30 1928 Cyrus Locher D from April 4 1928 until December 14 1928 Theodore E Burton R from December 15 1928 dd Oklahoma edit 2 William B Pine R 3 Elmer Thomas D Oregon edit 2 Charles L McNary R 3 Frederick Steiwer R Pennsylvania edit 1 David A Reed R 3 Vacant b Rhode Island edit 1 Peter G Gerry D 2 Jesse H Metcalf R South Carolina edit 2 Coleman L Blease D 3 Ellison D Smith D South Dakota edit 2 William H McMaster R 3 Peter Norbeck R Tennessee edit 1 Kenneth D McKellar D 2 Lawrence Tyson D Texas edit 1 Earle B Mayfield D 2 Morris Sheppard D Utah edit 1 William H King D 3 Reed Smoot R 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 1 Clarence Cleveland Dill D 3 Wesley L Jones R West Virginia edit 1 Guy D Goff R 2 Matthew M Neely D Wisconsin edit 1 Robert M La Follette Jr R 3 John J Blaine R Wyoming edit 1 John B Kendrick D 2 Francis E Warren R Senate majority leaders nbsp Republican LeaderCharles Curtis nbsp Republican WhipWesley Jones Senate minority leaders nbsp Democratic LeaderJoseph T Robinson nbsp Democratic WhipPeter G Gerry House of Representatives edit Contents Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Non voting members Members of the House of Representatives are listed by district Alabama edit 1 John McDuffie D 2 J Lister Hill D 3 Henry B Steagall D 4 Lamar Jeffers D 5 William B Bowling D until August 16 1928 LaFayette L Patterson D from November 6 1928 dd 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 edit At large Lewis W Douglas D Arkansas edit 1 William J Driver D 2 William A Oldfield D until November 19 1928 Pearl Peden Oldfield D from January 9 1929 dd 3 John N Tillman D 4 Otis Wingo D 5 Heartsill Ragon D 6 James B Reed D 7 Tilman B Parks D California edit 1 Clarence F Lea D 2 Harry L Englebright R 3 Charles F Curry R 4 Florence P Kahn R 5 Richard J Welch R 6 Albert E Carter R 7 Henry E Barbour R 8 Arthur M Free R 9 William E Evans R 10 Joe Crail R 11 Philip D Swing R Colorado edit 1 William N Vaile R until July 2 1927 S Harrison White D from November 15 1927 dd 2 Charles Bateman Timberlake R 3 Guy U Hardy R 4 Edward T Taylor D Connecticut edit 1 E Hart Fenn R 2 Richard P Freeman R 3 John Q Tilson R 4 Schuyler Merritt R 5 James P Glynn R Delaware edit At large Robert G Houston R Florida edit 1 Herbert J Drane D 2 Robert A Green D 3 Tom A Yon D 4 William J Sears D Georgia edit 1 Charles G Edwards D 2 Edward E Cox D 3 Charles R Crisp D 4 William C Wright D 5 Leslie J Steele D 6 Samuel Rutherford D 7 Malcolm C Tarver D 8 Charles H Brand D 9 Thomas Montgomery Bell D 10 Carl Vinson D 11 William C Lankford D 12 William W Larsen D Idaho edit 1 Burton L French R 2 Addison T Smith R Illinois edit 1 Martin B Madden R until April 27 1928 2 Morton D Hull R 3 Elliott W Sproul R 4 Thomas A Doyle D 5 Adolph J Sabath D 6 James T Igoe 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 John T Buckbee R 13 William R Johnson R 14 John C Allen R 15 Edward J King R until February 17 1929 16 William E Hull R 17 Homer W Hall R 18 William P Holaday R 19 Charles Adkins R 20 Henry T Rainey D 21 J Earl Major D 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 until July 15 1928 At large Richard Yates Jr R Indiana edit 1 Harry E Rowbottom R 2 Arthur H Greenwood D 3 Frank Gardner D 4 Harry C Canfield D 5 Noble J Johnson R 6 Richard N Elliott R 7 Ralph E Updike R 8 Albert H Vestal R 9 Fred S Purnell R 10 William R Wood R 11 Albert R Hall R 12 David Hogg R 13 Andrew J Hickey R Iowa edit 1 William F Kopp R 2 F Dickinson Letts 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 Lloyd Thurston R 9 William R Green R until March 31 1928 Earl W Vincent R from June 4 1928 dd 10 Lester J Dickinson R 11 William D Boies R Kansas edit 1 Daniel Read Anthony Jr R 2 Ulysses S Guyer R 3 William H Sproul R 4 Homer Hoch R 5 James G Strong R 6 Hays B White R 7 Clifford R Hope R 8 William A Ayres D Kentucky edit 1 William V Gregory D 2 David Hayes Kincheloe D 3 John W Moore D 4 Henry D Moorman D 5 Maurice H Thatcher R 6 Orie S Ware D 7 Virgil Chapman D 8 Ralph W E Gilbert D 9 Fred M Vinson D 10 Katherine G Langley R 11 John M Robsion R Louisiana edit 1 James O Connor D 2 J Zach Spearing D 3 Whitmell P Martin D 4 John N Sandlin D 5 Riley Joseph Wilson D 6 Bolivar E Kemp D 7 Ladislas Lazaro D until March 30 1927 Rene L De Rouen D from August 23 1927 dd 8 James Benjamin Aswell D Maine edit 1 Carroll L Beedy R 2 Wallace H White Jr R 3 John E Nelson R 4 Ira G Hersey R Maryland edit 1 T Alan Goldsborough D 2 William P Cole Jr D 3 Vincent L Palmisano D 4 J Charles Linthicum D 5 Stephen W Gambrill D 6 Frederick N Zihlman R Massachusetts edit 1 Allen T Treadway R 2 Henry L Bowles R 3 Frank H Foss R 4 George R Stobbs R 5 Edith Nourse 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 John J Douglass D 11 George H Tinkham R 12 James A Gallivan D until April 3 1928 John W McCormack D from November 6 1928 dd 13 Robert Luce R 14 Louis A Frothingham R until August 23 1928 Richard B Wigglesworth R from November 6 1928 dd 15 Joseph W Martin Jr R 16 Charles L Gifford R Michigan edit 1 Robert H Clancy R 2 Earl C Michener R 3 Joseph L Hooper R 4 John C Ketcham R 5 Carl 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 P Bohn R 12 W Frank James R 13 Clarence J McLeod R Minnesota edit 1 Allen J Furlow R 2 Frank Clague R 3 August H Andresen R 4 Melvin Maas R 5 Walter H Newton R 6 Harold Knutson R 7 Ole J Kvale FL 8 William L Carss FL 9 Conrad Selvig R 10 Godfrey G Goodwin R Mississippi edit 1 John E Rankin D 2 Bill G Lowrey D 3 William M Whittington D 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 edit 1 Milton A Romjue D 2 Ralph F Lozier D 3 Jacob L Milligan D 4 Charles L Faust R until December 17 1928 David W Hopkins R from February 5 1929 dd 5 George H Combs Jr D 6 Clement C Dickinson D 7 Samuel C Major D 8 William L Nelson D 9 Clarence Cannon D 10 Henry F Niedringhaus R 11 John J Cochran D 12 Leonidas C Dyer R 13 Clyde Williams D 14 James F Fulbright D 15 Joe J Manlove R 16 Thomas L Rubey D until November 2 1928Montana edit 1 John M Evans D 2 Scott Leavitt R Nebraska edit 1 John H Morehead D 2 Willis G Sears R 3 Edgar Howard D 4 John N Norton D 5 Ashton C Shallenberger D 6 Robert G Simmons R Nevada edit At large Samuel S Arentz R New Hampshire edit 1 Fletcher Hale R 2 Edward H Wason R New Jersey edit 1 Charles A Wolverton R 2 Isaac Bacharach R 3 Harold G Hoffman R 4 Charles A Eaton R 5 Ernest R Ackerman R 6 Randolph Perkins R 7 George N Seger R 8 Paul J Moore D 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 New York edit 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 Andrew L Somers D 7 John Quayle D 8 Patrick J Carley D 9 David J O Connell D 10 Emanuel Celler D 11 Anning S Prall D 12 Samuel Dickstein D 13 Christopher D Sullivan D 14 William I Sirovich D 15 John J Boylan D 16 John J O Connor D 17 William W Cohen D 18 John F Carew D 19 Sol Bloom D 20 Fiorello H LaGuardia R 21 Royal H Weller D until March 1 1929 22 Anthony J Griffin D 23 Frank Oliver D 24 James M Fitzpatrick D 25 J Mayhew Wainwright R 26 Hamilton Fish III R 27 Harcourt J Pratt R 28 Parker Corning D 29 James S Parker R 30 Frank Crowther R 31 Bertrand H Snell R 32 Thaddeus C Sweet R until May 1 1928 Francis D Culkin R from November 6 1928 dd 33 Frederick M Davenport R 34 John D Clarke R 35 Walter W Magee R until May 25 1927 Clarence E Hancock R from November 8 1927 dd 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 until December 31 1928 42 James M Mead D 43 Daniel A Reed R North Carolina edit 1 Lindsay C Warren D 2 John H Kerr D 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 edit 1 Olger B Burtness R 2 Thomas Hall R 3 James H Sinclair R Ohio edit 1 Nicholas Longworth R 2 Vacant until November 7 1927 Charles J Tatgenhorst Jr R from November 8 1927 dd 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 Thomas B 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 until December 15 1928Oklahoma edit 1 Everette B Howard D 2 William W Hastings D 3 Wilburn Cartwright D 4 Tom D McKeown D 5 Fletcher B Swank D 6 Jed J Johnson D 7 James V McClintic D 8 Milton C Garber R Oregon edit 1 Willis C Hawley R 2 Nicholas J Sinnott R until May 31 1928 Robert R Butler R from November 6 1928 dd 3 Maurice E Crumpacker R until July 24 1927 Franklin F Korell R from October 18 1927 dd Pennsylvania edit 1 James M Hazlett R until October 20 1927 James M Beck R from November 8 1927 dd 2 George S Graham R 3 Harry C Ransley R 4 Benjamin M Golder R 5 James J Connolly R 6 George A Welsh R 7 George P Darrow R 8 Thomas S Butler R until May 26 1928 James Wolfenden R from November 6 1928 dd 9 Henry W Watson R 10 William W Griest R 11 Laurence H Watres R 12 John J Casey D 13 Cyrus M Palmer R 14 Robert G Bushong R 15 Louis T McFadden R 16 Edgar R Kiess R 17 Frederick W Magrady R 18 Edward M Beers R 19 Isaac H Doutrich R 20 James R Leech R 21 J Banks Kurtz R 22 Franklin Menges R 23 J Mitchell Chase R 24 Samuel A Kendall R 25 Henry W Temple R 26 J Howard Swick R 27 Nathan L Strong R 28 Thomas C Cochran R 29 Milton W Shreve R 30 Everett Kent D 31 Adam M Wyant R 32 Stephen G Porter R 33 M Clyde Kelly R 34 John M Morin R 35 Harry A Estep R 36 Guy E Campbell R Rhode Island edit 1 Clark Burdick R 2 Richard S Aldrich R 3 Louis Monast R South Carolina edit 1 Thomas S McMillan D 2 Butler B Hare D 3 Fred H Dominick D 4 John J McSwain D 5 William F Stevenson D 6 Allard H Gasque D 7 Hampton P Fulmer D South Dakota edit 1 Charles A Christopherson R 2 Royal C Johnson R 3 William Williamson R Tennessee edit 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 D 7 Edward E Eslick D 8 Gordon Browning D 9 Finis J Garrett D 10 Hubert Fisher D Texas edit 1 Eugene Black D 2 John C Box D 3 Morgan G Sanders D 4 Sam Rayburn D 5 Hatton W Sumners D 6 Luther Alexander Johnson D 7 Clay Stone Briggs D 8 Daniel E Garrett D 9 Joseph J Mansfield D 10 James P Buchanan D 11 Tom T Connally D 12 Fritz G Lanham D 13 Guinn Williams D 14 Harry M Wurzbach R 15 John Nance Garner D 16 Claude B Hudspeth D 17 Thomas L Blanton D 18 John Marvin Jones D Utah edit 1 Don B Colton R 2 Elmer O Leatherwood R Vermont edit 1 Elbert S Brigham R 2 Ernest Willard Gibson R Virginia edit 1 S Otis Bland D 2 Joseph T Deal D 3 Andrew Jackson Montague D 4 Patrick H Drewry D 5 Joseph Whitehead D 6 Clifton A Woodrum D 7 Thomas W Harrison D 8 R Walton Moore D 9 George C Peery D 10 Henry St George Tucker III D Washington edit 1 John F Miller R 2 Lindley H Hadley R 3 Albert Johnson R 4 John W Summers R 5 Samuel B Hill D West Virginia edit 1 Carl G Bachmann R 2 Frank L Bowman R 3 William S O Brien D 4 James Anthony Hughes R 5 James F Strother R 6 Edward T England R Wisconsin edit 1 Henry Allen Cooper R 2 Charles A Kading R 3 John M Nelson R 4 John C Schafer R 5 Victor L Berger S 6 Florian Lampert R 7 Joseph D Beck R 8 Edward E Browne R 9 George J Schneider R 10 James A Frear R 11 Hubert H Peavey R Wyoming edit At large Charles E Winter R Non voting members edit Alaska Territory Daniel Sutherland R Hawaii Territory Victor S K Houston R Philippines Isauro Gabaldon Nac until July 16 1928 Philippines Pedro Guevara Nac Puerto Rico Felix Cordova Davila nbsp House seats by party holding plurality in state Democratic 100 80 99 70 79 60 69 51 59 50 Republican 100 80 99 70 79 60 69 51 59 50 House majority leaders nbsp Republican LeaderJohn Tilson nbsp Republican WhipAlbert Vestal House minority leaders nbsp Democratic LeaderFinis Garrett nbsp Democratic WhipWilliam OldfieldChanges in membership editThe count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress Senate edit Senate changes State class Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation c Pennsylvania 3 Vacant Election of William S Vare was not certified by the governor and the Senate refused to seat him Vacant Seat remained vacant until the next Congress Illinois 3 Vacant Senator elect Frank L Smith was not permitted to qualify and resigned February 9 1928 Successor elected November 6 1928 Otis F Glenn R December 3 1928New Mexico 1 Andrieus A Jones D Died December 20 1927 Successor appointed December 29 1927 Successor was later not elected to finish the term see below Bronson M Cutting R December 29 1927Michigan 1 Woodbridge N Ferris D Died March 23 1928 Successor appointed March 31 1928 Successor was then elected November 6 1928 to finish the term Arthur H Vandenberg R March 31 1928Ohio 3 Frank B Willis R Died March 30 1928 Successor appointed April 4 1928 Successor was later not elected to finish the term see below Cyrus Locher D April 4 1928Idaho 3 Frank R Gooding R Died June 24 1928 Successor was appointed to continue the term Successor was then elected November 6 1928 to finish the term John Thomas R June 30 1928New Mexico 1 Bronson M Cutting R Appointee did not run to finish the term Successor elected November 6 1928 Octaviano A Larrazolo R December 7 1928Ohio 3 Cyrus Locher D Appointee lost nomination to finish term Successor elected November 6 1928 Theodore E Burton R December 15 1928Delaware 2 T Coleman du Pont R Resigned December 9 1928 Successor appointed December 10 1928 to finish the term Daniel O Hastings R December 10 1928House of Representatives edit Replacements 15 Democratic 1 seat net gain Republican 1 seat net loss Deaths 16 Resignations 7 Total seats with changes 23District Vacated by Reason for vacancy Successor Date of successor s installationOhio 2nd Vacant Rep Ambrose E B Stephens died during previous congress Charles Tatgenhorst Jr R November 8 1927Louisiana 7th Ladislas Lazaro D Died March 30 1927 Rene L De Rouen D August 23 1927New York 35th Walter W Magee R Died May 25 1927 Clarence E Hancock R November 8 1927Colorado 1st William N Vaile R Died July 2 1927 S Harrison White D November 15 1927Oregon 3rd Maurice E Crumpacker R Died July 24 1927 Franklin F Korell R October 18 1927Pennsylvania 1st James M Hazlett R Resigned October 20 1927 James M Beck R November 8 1927Iowa 9th William R Green R Resigned March 31 1928 after being appointed to the United States Court of Claims Earl W Vincent R June 4 1928Massachusetts 12th James A Gallivan D Died April 3 1928 John W McCormack D November 6 1928Illinois 1st Martin B Madden R Died April 27 1928 Seat remained vacant until next CongressNew York 32nd Thaddeus C Sweet R Died May 1 1928 Francis D Culkin R November 6 1928Pennsylvania 8th Thomas S Butler R Died May 26 1928 James Wolfenden R November 6 1928Oregon 2nd Nicholas J Sinnott R Resigned May 31 1928 after being appointed to the United States Court of Claims Robert R Butler R November 6 1928Illinois at large Henry R Rathbone R Died July 15 1928 Seat remained vacant until next CongressPhilippines at large Isauro Gabaldon Resigned July 16 1928 after being nominated for election to the Philippine House of Representatives Seat remained vacant until next CongressAlabama 5th William B Bowling D Resigned August 16 1928 after being appointed judge of the 5th Judicial Circuit of Alabama LaFayette L Patterson D November 6 1928Massachusetts 14th Louis A Frothingham R Died August 23 1928 Richard B Wigglesworth R November 6 1928Missouri 16th Thomas L Rubey D Died November 2 1928 Seat remained vacant until next CongressArkansas 2nd William Allan Oldfield D Died November 19 1928 Pearl Peden Oldfield D January 9 1929Ohio 22nd Theodore E Burton R Resigned December 15 1928 after winning special election to the U S Senate Seat remained vacant until next CongressNew York 41st Clarence MacGregor R Resigned December 28 1928 after being appointed to the New York Supreme Court Seat remained vacant until next CongressMissouri 4th Charles L Faust R Died December 17 1928 David W Hopkins R February 5 1929Illinois 15th Edward J King R Died February 17 1929 Seat remained vacant until next CongressNew York 21st Royal H Weller D Died March 1 1929 Seat remained vacant until next CongressCommittees editLists 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 edit Agriculture and Forestry Chairman Charles L McNary Ranking Member Ellison D Smith Appropriations Chairman Francis E Warren Ranking Member Lee S Overman Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate Chairman Charles S Deneen Ranking Member Kenneth McKellar Banking and Currency Chairman Peter Norbeck Ranking Member Duncan U Fletcher Civil Service Chairman Porter H Dale Ranking Member Kenneth McKellar Claims Chairman Robert B Howell 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 James Couzens Ranking Member Andrieus A Jones Enrolled Bills Chairman Frank L Greene Ranking Member Coleman L Blease Expenditures in Executive Departments Chairman Frederic M Sackett Ranking Member Claude A Swanson Finance Chairman Reed Smoot Ranking Member Furnifold M Simmons Foreign Relations Chairman William E Borah Ranking Member Claude A Swanson Illegal Appointments in Civil Service Select Immigration Chairman Hiram W Johnson Ranking Member William H King Indian Affairs Chairman Lynn J Frazier Ranking Member Henry F Ashurst 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 Lawrence C Phipps Ranking Member Morris Sheppard Judiciary Chairman George W Norris Ranking Member Lee S Overman Library Chairman Simeon D Fess Ranking Member Kenneth McKellar Manufactures Chairman George P McLean Ranking Member Ellison D Smith Mexican Propaganda Select Military Affairs Chairman David A Reed 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 Jesse H Metcalf Ranking Member Ellison D Smith Pensions Chairman Arthur R Robinson Ranking Member Peter Gerry Post Office and Post Roads Chairman George H Moses Ranking Member Kenneth McKellar Presidential Campaign Expenditures Special Printing Chairman Hiram Bingham Ranking Member Duncan U Fletcher Privileges and Elections Chairman Samuel M Shortridge Ranking Member William H King Propaganda or Money Alleged Used by Foreign Governments Special Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman Henry W Keyes Ranking Member James A Reed Public Lands and Surveys Chairman Gerald P Nye 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 Whole House of Representatives edit Accounts Chairman Clarence MacGregor Ranking Member Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert Agriculture Chairman Gilbert N Haugen Ranking Member James B Aswell Alcoholic Liquor Traffic 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 John C Box Claims Chairman Charles L Underhill Ranking Member Lamar Jeffers Coinage Weights and Measures Chairman Randolph Perkins Ranking Member Bill G Lowrey Disposition of Executive Papers Chairman Edward H Wason Ranking Member Robert A Green 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 Edward Eslick 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 Executive Departments Chairman William Williamson Ranking Member Fritz G Lanham 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 W Johnson Ranking Member Adolph J Sabath Indian Affairs Chairman Scott Leavitt Ranking Member William J Sears Insular Affairs Chairman Edgar R Kiess Ranking Member Christopher D Sullivan Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman James S Parker Ranking Member Sam Rayburn Invalid Pensions Chairman William T Fitzgerald Ranking Member Mell G Underwood Irrigation and Reclamation Chairman Addison T Smith Ranking Member C B Hudspeth Judiciary Chairman George S Graham Ranking Member Hatton W Sumners Labor Chairman William F Kopp Ranking Member William P Connery Jr Library Chairman Robert Luce Ranking Member Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert Merchant Marine and Fisheries Chairman Wallace H White Jr Ranking Member Ewin L Davis Military Affairs Chairman John M Morin Ranking Member Percy E Quin Mines and Mining Chairman John M Robsion Ranking Member Arthur H Greenwood 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 C Hammer 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 M Evans 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 World War Veterans Legislation Chairman Royal C Johnson Ranking Member Alfred L Bulwinkle Whole Joint committees edit Conditions of Indian Tribes Special Disposition of Useless Executive Papers Harriman Geographic Code System Investigation of Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners Chairman Rep George S Graham Investigate Northern Pacific Lands Chairman Rep Nicholas J Sinnott The Library Chairman Sen Simeon D Fess Printing Chairman Sen George H Moses Taxation Chairman Rep William R Green To Investigate the Salaries of Officers and Employees of the Senate and the HouseCaucuses editDemocratic House Democratic Senate Officers editLegislative branch agency directors edit Architect of the Capitol David Lynn Attending Physician of the United States Congress George Calver from 1928 Comptroller General of the United States John R McCarl Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam Public Printer of the United States George H CarterSenate edit Chaplain John J Muir Baptist until December 5 1927 ZeBarney T Phillips Episcopal from December 5 1927 Secretary Edwin P Thayer Librarian Edward C Goodwin Sergeant at Arms David S BarryHouse of Representatives edit Chaplain James S Montgomery Methodist Clerk William T Page Doorkeeper Bert W Kennedy Reading Clerks Patrick Joseph Haltigan D and Alney E Chaffee R Sergeant at Arms Joseph G Rodgers Parliamentarian Lewis Deschler from 1928 Postmaster Frank W CollierSee also edit1926 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1926 United States Senate elections 1926 United States House of Representatives elections 1928 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1928 United States presidential election 1928 United States Senate elections 1928 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes edit Frank L Smith R IL was elected to the Senate for the term starting March 4 1927 but the Senate refused to qualify him due to charges of corruption concerning his election He resigned February 9 1928 2 William S Vare R PA was elected to the Senate for the term starting March 4 1927 but the Senate refused to qualify him due to charges of corruption and fraud concerning his election In the next Congress the Senate unseated him 3 When seated or oath administered not necessarily when service began References edit Macmahon Arthur W 1929 Second Session of the Seventieth Congress American Political Science Review 23 2 364 383 doi 10 2307 1945219 ISSN 0003 0554 Bioguide Search Bioguide Search 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 editBiographical Directory of the U S Congress U S House of Representatives House History U S Senate Statistics and Lists Official Congressional Directory for the 70th Congress 1st Session 1927 Official Congressional Directory for the 70th Congress 1st Session Revision 1928 Official Congressional Directory for the 70th Congress 2nd Session 1928 Official Congressional Directory for the 70th Congress 2nd Session Revision Congressional Directory 1927 1929 S Pub 1887 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 70th United States Congress amp oldid 1211900923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
