Sixty-eighth United States Congress

Sixty-eighth United States Congress
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68th United States Congress

United States Capitol

Duration: March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925

President of the Senate:

Calvin Coolidge (Mar-Aug 1923)
Vacant (1923-1925)

President pro tempore:

Albert B. Cummins

Speaker of the House:

Frederick H. Gillett

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

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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 the administration of U.S. President Warren G. Harding, and the first administration of his successor, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourteenth Census of the United States in 1920. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1923 - March 4, 1925

First session: December 3, 1923 - June 7, 1924
Second session: December 1, 1924 - March 3, 1925 — a lame duck session

Previous: 67th Congress • Next: 69th Congress

Major events

Main article: Events of 1923; Events of 1924; Events of 1925

August 3, 1923 Calvin Coolidge became President of the United States

Major legislation

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

1924-05-19 — World War Adjusted Compensation Act (Bonus Bill), Sess. 1, ch. 157, 43 Stat. 121
1924-05-26 — Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act), Sess. 1, ch. 190, 43 Stat. 153
1924-06-02 — Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (Snyder Act), Sess. 1, ch. 233, 43 Stat. 253
1924-06-02 — Revenue Act of 1924 (Mellon tax bill), Sess. 1, ch. 234, 43 Stat. 253
1924-06-07 — Clarke-McNary Act, Sess. 1, ch. 348, 43 Stat. 653

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

TOTAL members: 96

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

President of the Senate Calvin Coolidge

Senate

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

See also: 68th United States Congress - political parties

See also: 68th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States Senate elections, 1922

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 1922

Senate

Senate composition, by party

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.

See also: Category:United States Senators

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Senate

Alabama

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

Alva B. Adams (D)

Rice W. Means (R)

Connecticut

3: Frank B. Brandegee (R)

Hiram Bingham, III (R)
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)

Charles S. Deneen (R)
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)

William M. Butler (R)
2: David I. Walsh (D)

Michigan

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

Minnesota

2: Knute Nelson (R)

Magnus Johnson (FL)
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)

Jesse H. Metcalf (R)
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)

Porter H. Dale (R)
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)

President pro tempore
Albert B. Cummins

Majority Leader
Henry Cabot Lodge

Minority Leader
Joseph T. Robinson

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 an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama