65th United States Congress

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The Sixty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917 to March 3, 1919, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Republican majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1919

Previous congress: 64th Congress
Next congress: 66th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1917; Events of 1918; Events of 1919

The brief special session was called by President Wilson in March 1919, because of a filibuster that had successfully blocked appropriations bills needed to fund day-to-day government operations. The official Senate website provides the full story of this filibuster as part of a biography of Charles P. Higgins [1], the colorful Senate Seargant at Arms who was the only Democrat to fill that office in a space of almost forty years.

[edit] Major legislation

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
  • Robert F. Broussard (Dem.) Broussard died 12 April 1918. Walter Guion was appointed to take his seat, although Edward J. Gay was soon elected for the position.
  • Edward J. Gay (Dem.) Gay was elected to fill Robert F. Broussard's seat after Broussard's death, taking the place of the temporary appointee Walter Guion.
  • Walter Guion (Dem.) Guion was appointed to the Senate upon Robert F. Broussard's death, but was not elected to take his place.
  • Joseph E. Ransdell (Dem.)
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
  • George E. Chamberlain (Dem.)
  • Harry Lane (Dem.) Lane died 23 May 1917. Charles L. McNary was appointed, and Frederick W. Mulkey was elected, to fill his vacant seat.
  • Charles L. McNary (Rep.) McNary was appointed at first to Harry Lane's seat after Lane's death, and replaced by the elected Frederick W. Mulkey. McNary was later appointed to take the seat again after Mulkey's resignation.
  • Frederick W. Mulkey (Rep.) Mulkey served for a brief period in 1918, after being elected to Harry Lane's seat; Mulkey resigned the next month.
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

[edit] House of Representatives

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
  • Benjamin C. Hilliard (Dem.)
  • Charles B. Timberlake (Rep.)
  • Edward Keating (Dem.)
  • Edward T. Taylor (Dem.)
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
  • William B. Walton (Dem.)
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
  • John M. Baer (Rep.)
  • Henry T. Helgesen (Rep.)
  • Patrick D. Norton (Rep.)
  • George M. Young (Rep.)
Ohio
Oklahoma
  • Charles D. Carter (Dem.)
  • Thomas A. Chandler (Rep.)
  • Scott Ferris (Dem.)
  • William W. Hastings (Dem.)
  • James V. McClintic (Dem.)
  • Thomas D. McKeown (Dem.)
  • Dick T. Morgan (Rep.)
  • Joseph B. Thompson (Dem.)
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
  • James H. Mays (Dem.)
  • Milton H. Welling (Dem.)
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

[edit] Delegates

Alaska Territory
Hawaii Territory

[edit] Resident Commissioners

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Other

[edit] References


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