63rd United States Congress

63rd United States Congress
	62nd ← → 64th
	United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
Senate President	Thomas R. Marshall (D)
Senate Pres. pro tem	James P. Clarke (D)
House Speaker	Champ Clark (D)
Members	96 senators; 435 representatives; 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
	Special: March 4, 1913 – March 17, 1913; 1st: April 7, 1913 – December 1, 1913; 2nd: December 1, 1913 – October 24, 1914; 3rd: December 7, 1914 – March 3, 1915

The Sixty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1915, during the first two years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Constitutional amendments
4 Party summary
- 4.1 Senate
- 4.2 House of Representatives
5 Leadership
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
  - 5.2.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 5.2.2 Minority (Republican) leadership
6 Members
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 Changes in membership
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
8 Committees
9 Caucuses
10 Employees
- 10.1 Senate
- 10.2 House of Representatives
11 See also
12 References

Major events[edit]

Inauguration platform being constructed on the east steps of the U.S. Capitol, ten days before Woodrow Wilson's March 4, 1913, presidential inauguration.

March 4, 1913: Woodrow Wilson became President of the United States.
March 9, 1914: The Senate adopted a rule forbidding smoking on the floor of the Senate because Senator Ben Tillman, recovering from a stroke, found the smoke irritating.
July 28, 1914: World War I began in Europe
August 15, 1914: The Panama Canal was inaugurated
August 19, 1914: President Woodrow Wilson declared strict U.S. neutrality
November 1914: United States House of Representatives elections, 1914 and United States Senate elections, 1914
November 16, 1914: Federal Reserve Bank opened

Major legislation[edit]

May 27, 1913: Kern Resolution
July 9, 1913: Saboth Act
July 15, 1913: Newlands Labor Act
October 3, 1913: Revenue Act of 1913 (Federal Income Tax), including Underwood Tariff
October 22, 1913: Urgent Deficiencies Act
December 19, 1913: Raker Act
December 23, 1913: Federal Reserve Act, ch. 6, 38 Stat. 251, 12 U.S.C. § 221, et seq.
May 8, 1914: Smith–Lever Act, ch. 79, 38 Stat. 372, 7 U.S.C. § 341
June 24, 1914: Cutter Service Act
June 30, 1914: Cooperative Funds Act
July 17, 1914: Agricultural Entry Act
July 18, 1914: Aviation Service Act
July 21, 1914: Borland Amendment
August 13, 1914: Smith–Hayden Act
August 15, 1914: Sponge Act
August 18, 1914: Cotton Futures Act of 1914
August 18, 1914: Foreign Ship Registry Act
August 22, 1914: Glacier National Park Act of 1914
September 2, 1914: War Risk Insurance Act (Rayburn Act)
September 26, 1914: Federal Trade Commission Act, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, 15 U.S.C. § 41
October 2, 1914: River and Harbors Act of 1914
October 15, 1914: Clayton Antitrust Act, ch. 323, 38 Stat. 730, 15 U.S.C. § 12, et seq.
October 22, 1914: Emergency Internal Revenue Tax Act
December 17, 1914: Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
January 28, 1915: Coast Guard Act
March 4, 1915: Merchant Marine Act of 1915
March 4, 1915: River and Harbors Act of 1915
March 4, 1915: Standard Barrel Act For Fruits, Vegetables, and Dry Commodities
March 4, 1915: Federal Boiler Inspection Act
March 4, 1915: Uniform Bill of Lading Act
March 4, 1915: Occupancy Permits Act

Constitutional amendments[edit]

April 8, 1913: Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states, was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution

Party summary[edit]

Map showing Senate party membership at the start of the 62nd Congress. Red states are represented by two Republicans and blue by two Democrats. Purple states are represented by one senator from each party.

Senate[edit]

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	47	0	48	95	1

Begin	49	1	42	92	4
End	53	1	42	96	0
Final voting share	7001552000000000000♠55.2%	7000100000000000000♠1.0%	7001438000000000000♠43.8%

Beginning of the next congress	56	0	40	96	0

House of Representatives[edit]

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership[edit]

Senate[edit]

President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall
President pro tempore: James P. Clarke
Majority Whip: J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
Minority Whip: James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R) until March 4; Charles Curtis (R) starting March 4
Democratic Caucus Chair : John W. Kern
Republican Conference Chairman: Jacob Harold Gallinger
Democratic Caucus Secretary: Willard Saulsbury Jr.
Republican Conference Secretary: William Squire Kenyon

House of Representatives[edit]

Speaker: Champ Clark (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership[edit]

Minority (Republican) leadership[edit]

Members[edit]

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate[edit]

Most Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1916; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1918.

Alabama[edit]

2. John H. Bankhead (D)
3. Joseph F. Johnston (D), until August 8, 1913
- Frank White (D), from May 11, 1914

Georgia[edit]

2. Augustus O. Bacon (D), until February 14, 1914
- William S. West (D), March 2, 1914 – November 3, 1914
- Thomas W. Hardwick (D), from November 4, 1914
3. Hoke Smith (D)

Idaho[edit]

2. William E. Borah (R)
3. James H. Brady (R)

Illinois[edit]

2. J. Hamilton Lewis (D), from March 26, 1913
3. Lawrence Sherman (R), from March 26, 1913

Indiana[edit]

1. John W. Kern (D)
3. Benjamin F. Shively (D)

Iowa[edit]

2. William Squire Kenyon (R)
3. Albert B. Cummins (R)

Kansas[edit]

2. William H. Thompson (D)
3. Joseph L. Bristow (R)

Kentucky[edit]

2. Ollie M. James (D)
3. William O. Bradley (R), until May 23, 1914
- Johnson N. Camden Jr. (D), from June 16, 1914

Louisiana[edit]

2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
3. John R. Thornton (D)

Maine[edit]

1. Charles Fletcher Johnson (D)
2. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)

Maryland[edit]

1. William P. Jackson (R), until January 28, 1914
- Blair Lee (D), from January 28, 1914
3. John Walter Smith (D)

Massachusetts[edit]

1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
2. John W. Weeks (R)

Michigan[edit]

1. Charles E. Townsend (R)
2. William Alden Smith (R)

Minnesota[edit]

1. Moses E. Clapp (R)
2. Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi[edit]

1. John Sharp Williams (D)
2. James K. Vardaman (D)

Missouri[edit]

1. James A. Reed (D)
3. William J. Stone (D)

Montana[edit]

1. Henry L. Myers (D)
2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)

Nebraska[edit]

1. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
2. George W. Norris (R)

Nevada[edit]

1. Key Pittman (D)
3. Francis G. Newlands (D)

New Hampshire[edit]

2. Henry F. Hollis (D), from March 13, 1913
3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

New Jersey[edit]

1. James E. Martine (D)
2. William Hughes (D)

New Mexico[edit]

1. Thomas B. Catron (R)
2. Albert B. Fall (R)

New York[edit]

1. James A. O'Gorman (D)
3. Elihu Root (R)

North Carolina[edit]

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

North Dakota[edit]

1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
3. Asle J. Gronna (R)

Ohio[edit]

1. Atlee Pomerene (D)
3. Theodore E. Burton (R)

Oklahoma[edit]

2. Robert L. Owen (D)
3. Thomas P. Gore (D)

Oregon[edit]

2. Harry Lane (D)
3. George E. Chamberlain (D)

Pennsylvania[edit]

1. George T. Oliver (R)
3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island[edit]

1. Henry F. Lippitt (R)
2. LeBaron B. Colt (R)

South Carolina[edit]

2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

South Dakota[edit]

2. Thomas Sterling (R)
3. Coe I. Crawford (R)

Tennessee[edit]

1. Luke Lea (D)
2. John K. Shields (D)

Texas[edit]

1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
2. Morris Sheppard (D)

Utah[edit]

1. George Sutherland (R)
3. Reed Smoot (R)

Vermont[edit]

1. Carroll S. Page (R)
3. William P. Dillingham (R)

Virginia[edit]

1. Claude A. Swanson (D)
2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington[edit]

1. Miles Poindexter (Prog.)
3. Wesley L. Jones (R)

West Virginia[edit]

1. William E. Chilton (D)
2. Nathan Goff (R), from April 1, 1913

Wisconsin[edit]

1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
3. Isaac Stephenson (R)

Wyoming[edit]

1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives[edit]

Alabama[edit]

1. George W. Taylor (D)
2. S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)
3. Henry D. Clayton (D), until May 25, 1914
- William Oscar Mulkey (D), from June 29, 1914
4. Fred L. Blackmon (D)
5. J. Thomas Heflin (D)
6. Richmond P. Hobson (D)
7. John L. Burnett (D)
8. William N. Richardson (D), until March 31, 1914
- Christopher Columbus Harris (D), from May 11, 1914
9. Oscar W. Underwood (D)
At-large: John Abercrombie (D)

Arizona[edit]

At-large: Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas[edit]

California[edit]

Colorado[edit]

Connecticut[edit]

Delaware[edit]

At-large: Franklin Brockson (D)

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

1. Charles G. Edwards (D)
2. Seaborn Roddenbery (D), until September 25, 1913
- Frank Park (D), from November 4, 1913
3. Charles R. Crisp (D)
4. William C. Adamson (D)
5. William S. Howard (D)
6. Charles L. Bartlett (D)
7. Gordon Lee (congressman) (D)
8. Samuel J. Tribble (D)
9. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)
10. Thomas W. Hardwick (D), until November 2, 1914
- Carl Vinson (D), from November 3, 1914
11. John R. Walker (D)
12. Dudley M. Hughes (D)

Idaho[edit]

At-large: Addison T. Smith (R)
At-large: Burton L. French (R)

Illinois[edit]

1. Martin B. Madden (R)
2. James R. Mann (R)
3. George E. Gorman (D)
4. James T. McDermott (D), until July 21, 1914
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. James McAndrews (D)
7. Frank Buchanan (D)
8. Thomas Gallagher (D)
9. Frederick A. Britten (R)
10. Charles M. Thomson (Prog.)
11. Ira C. Copley (R)
12. William H. Hinebaugh (Prog.)
13. John C. McKenzie (R)
14. Clyde H. Tavenner (D)
15. Stephen A. Hoxworth (D)
16. Claude U. Stone (D)
17. Louis Fitzhenry (D)
18. Frank T. O'Hair (D)
19. Charles M. Borchers (D)
20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
21. James M. Graham (D)
22. William N. Baltz (D)
23. Martin D. Foster (D)
24. H. Robert Fowler (D)
25. Robert P. Hill (D)
At-large: Lawrence B. Stringer (D)
At-large: William E. Williams (D)

Indiana[edit]

Iowa[edit]

1. Charles A. Kennedy (R)
2. Irvin S. Pepper (D), until December 22, 1913
- Henry Vollmer (D), from February 10, 1914
3. Maurice Connolly (D)
4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
5. James W. Good (R)
6. Sanford Kirkpatrick (D)
7. Solomon F. Prouty (R)
8. Horace M. Towner (R)
9. William R. Green (R)
10. Frank P. Woods (R)
11. George Cromwell Scott (R)

Kansas[edit]

Kentucky[edit]

Louisiana[edit]

Maine[edit]

1. Asher C. Hinds (R)
2. Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D)
3. Forrest Goodwin (R), until May 28, 1913
- John Peters (R), from September 9, 1913
4. Frank E. Guernsey (R)

Maryland[edit]

1. J. Harry Covington (D), until September 30, 1914
- Jesse D. Price (D), from November 3, 1914
2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
3. George Konig (D), until May 31, 1913
- Charles P. Coady (D), from November 4, 1913
4. J. Charles Linthicum (D)
5. Frank Owens Smith (D)
6. David J. Lewis (D)

Massachusetts[edit]

1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
3. William H. Wilder (R), until September 11, 1913
- Calvin D. Paige (R), from November 4, 1913
4. Samuel E. Winslow (R)
5. John J. Rogers (R)
6. Augustus P. Gardner (R)
7. Michael F. Phelan (D)
8. Frederick S. Deitrick (D)
9. Ernest W. Roberts (R)
10. William F. Murray (D), until September 28, 1914
11. Andrew J. Peters (D), until August 15, 1914
12. James M. Curley (D), until February 4, 1914
- James A. Gallivan (D), from April 7, 1914
13. John W. Weeks (R), until March 4, 1913
- John J. Mitchell (D), from April 15, 1913
14. Edward Gilmore (D)
15. William S. Greene (R)
16. Thomas Chandler Thacher (D)

Michigan[edit]

1. Frank E. Doremus (D)
2. Samuel Beakes (D)
3. John M. C. Smith (R)
4. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
5. Carl Mapes (R)
6. Samuel W. Smith (R)
7. Louis C. Cramton (R)
8. Joseph W. Fordney (R)
9. James C. McLaughlin (R)
10. Roy O. Woodruff (Prog.)
11. Francis O. Lindquist (R)
12. H. Olin Young (R), until May 16, 1913
- William Josiah MacDonald (Prog.), from August 26, 1913
At-large: Patrick H. Kelley (R)

Minnesota[edit]

1. Sydney Anderson (R)
2. Winfield Scott Hammond (D), until January 6, 1915
3. Charles Russell Davis (R)
4. Frederick Stevens (R)
5. George Ross Smith (R)
6. Charles August Lindbergh (R)
7. Andrew Volstead (R)
8. Clarence B. Miller (R)
9. Halvor Steenerson (R)
At-large. James Manahan (R)

Mississippi[edit]

Missouri[edit]

1. James Tilghman Lloyd (D)
2. William W. Rucker (D)
3. Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
4. Charles F. Booher (D)
5. William Patterson Borland (D)
6. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
7. Courtney W. Hamlin (D)
8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
9. James Beauchamp Clark (D)
10. Richard Bartholdt (R)
11. William Leo Igoe (D)
12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R), until June 19, 1914
- Michael Joseph Gill (D), from June 19, 1914
13. Walter Lewis Hensley (D)
14. Joseph J. Russell (D)
15. Perl D. Decker (D)
16. Thomas L. Rubey (D)

Montana[edit]

At-large: John M. Evans (D)
At-large: Tom Stout (D)

Nebraska[edit]

Nevada[edit]

At-large: Edwin E. Roberts (R)

New Hampshire[edit]

1. Eugene Elliott Reed (D)
2. Raymond Bartlett Stevens (D)

New Jersey[edit]

1. William J. Browning (R)
2. J. Thompson Baker (D)
3. Thomas J. Scully (D)
4. Allan B. Walsh (D)
5. William E. Tuttle Jr. (D)
6. Lewis J. Martin (D), until May 5, 1913
- Archibald C. Hart (D), from July 22, 1913
7. Robert G. Bremner (D), until February 5, 1914
- Dow H. Drukker (R), from April 7, 1914
8. Eugene F. Kinkead (D), until February 4, 1915
9. Walter I. McCoy (D), until October 3, 1914
- Richard W. Parker (R), from December 1, 1914
10. Edward W. Townsend (D)
11. John J. Eagan (D)
12. James A. Hamill (D)

New Mexico[edit]

At-large: Harvey B. Fergusson (D)

New York[edit]

1. Lathrop Brown (D)
2. Denis O'Leary (D), until December 31, 1914
3. Frank E. Wilson (D)
4. Harry H. Dale (D)
5. James P. Maher (D)
6. William M. Calder (R)
7. John J. Fitzgerald (D)
8. Daniel J. Griffin (D)
9. James H. O'Brien (D)
10. Herman A. Metz (D)
11. Daniel J. Riordan (D)
12. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
13. Timothy D. Sullivan (D), until August 31, 1913
- George W. Loft (D), from November 4, 1913
14. Jefferson M. Levy (D)
15. Michael F. Conry (D)
16. Peter J. Dooling (D)
17. John F. Carew (D)
18. Thomas G. Patten (D)
19. Walter M. Chandler (Prog.)
20. Francis B. Harrison (D), until September 1, 1913
- Jacob A. Cantor (D), from November 4, 1913
21. Henry George Jr. (D)
22. Henry Bruckner (D)
23. Joseph A. Goulden (D)
24. Woodson R. Oglesby (D)
25. Benjamin I. Taylor (D)
26. Edmund Platt (R)
27. George B. McClellan Jr. (D)
28. Peter G. Ten Eyck (D)
29. James S. Parker (R)
30. Samuel Wallin (R)
31. Edwin A. Merritt (R), until December 4, 1914
32. Luther W. Mott (R)
33. Charles A. Talcott (D)
34. George W. Fairchild (R)
35. John R. Clancy (D)
36. Sereno E. Payne (R), until December 10, 1914
37. Edwin S. Underhill (D)
38. Thomas B. Dunn (R)
39. Henry G. Danforth (R)
40. Robert H. Gittins (D)
41. Charles B. Smith (D)
42. Daniel A. Driscoll (D)
43. Charles M. Hamilton (R)

North Carolina[edit]

North Dakota[edit]

Ohio[edit]

1. Stanley E. Bowdle (D)
2. Alfred G. Allen (D)
3. Warren Gard (D)
4. J. Henry Goeke (D)
5. Timothy T. Ansberry (D), until January 9, 1915
6. Simeon D. Fess (R)
7. James D. Post (D)
8. Frank B. Willis (R), until January 9, 1915
9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
10. Robert M. Switzer (R)
11. Horatio C. Claypool (D)
12. Clement L. Brumbaugh (D)
13. John A. Key (D)
14. William G. Sharp (D), until July 23, 1914
15. George White (D)
16. William B. Francis (D)
17. William A. Ashbrook (D)
18. John J. Whitacre (D)
19. Elsworth R. Bathrick (D)
20. William Gordon (D)
21. Robert J. Bulkley (D)
At-large: Robert Crosser (D)

Oklahoma[edit]

Oregon[edit]

Pennsylvania[edit]

Rhode Island[edit]

South Carolina[edit]

1. Richard S. Whaley (D), from April 29, 1913
2. James F. Byrnes (D)
3. Wyatt Aiken (D)
4. Joseph T. Johnson (D)
5. David E. Finley (D)
6. J. Willard Ragsdale (D)
7. Asbury F. Lever (D)

South Dakota[edit]

Tennessee[edit]

Texas[edit]

1. Horace Worth Vaughan (D)
2. Martin Dies (D)
3. James Young (D)
4. Sam Rayburn (D)
5. James Andrew Beall (D)
6. Rufus Hardy (D)
7. Alexander W. Gregg (D)
8. Joe H. Eagle (D)
9. George Farmer Burgess (D)
10. Albert S. Burleson (D), until March 6, 1913
- James P. Buchanan (D), from April 15, 1913
11. Robert L. Henry (D)
12. Oscar Callaway(D)
13. John Hall Stephens (D)
14. James L. Slayden (D)
15. John Nance Garner (D)
16. William R. Smith (D)
At-large: Daniel E. Garrett (D)
At-large: Hatton W. Sumners (D)

Utah[edit]

At-large: Joseph Howell (R)
At-large: Jacob Johnson (R)

Vermont[edit]

1. Frank L. Greene (R)
2. Frank Plumley (R)

Virginia[edit]

Washington[edit]

West Virginia[edit]

1. John W. Davis (D), until August 29, 1913
- Matthew M. Neely (D), from October 14, 1913
2. William Gay Brown Jr. (D)
3. Samuel B. Avis (R)
4. Hunter H. Moss Jr. (R)
5. James Anthony Hughes (R)
At-large: Howard Sutherland (R)

Wisconsin[edit]

Wyoming[edit]

At-large: Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members[edit]

Alaska Territory. James Wickersham (R)
Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (R)
Philippines. Manuel Earnshaw (Ind.)
Philippines. Manuel L. Quezon (Nac.)
Puerto Rico. Luis Muñoz Rivera (Unionist)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Changes in membership[edit]

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

Senate[edit]

replacements: 3
- Democratic: 2 seat net gain
- Republican: 2 seat net loss
deaths: 3
resignations: 3
vacancy: 3
Total seats with changes: 9

State	Senator	Reason for vacancy	Successor	Date of successor's installation
New Hampshire (2)	Vacant	Elected late.	Henry F. Hollis (D)	March 13, 1913
Illinois (2)	Vacant	Due to US Sen.Lorimer scandal, general assembly refused to seat elected Senator at beginning of term. Compromise was later reached with Governor of Illinois to seat senator to replace Lorimer after another election was called.	J. Hamilton Lewis (D)	March 26, 1913
Illinois (3)	Vacant	Due to US Sen.Lorimer scandal, general assembly refused to seat elected Senator at beginning of term. Compromise was later reached with Governor of Illinois to seat senator who supported Sen Lorimer.	Lawrence Y. Sherman (R)	March 26, 1913
West Virginia (2)	Vacant	Elected to seat at beginning of term but delayed installation to continue as judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	Nathan Goff Jr. (R)	April 1, 1913
Alabama (3)	Joseph F. Johnston (D)	Died August 8, 1913. Successor was appointed to finish term.	Francis S. White (D)	May 11, 1914
Maryland (1)	William P. Jackson (R)	Successor was elected.	Blair Lee (D)	Januar 28, 1914
Georgia (2)	Augustus O. Bacon (D)	Died February 14, 1914. Successor was appointed.	William S. West (D)	March 2, 1914
Kentucky (3)	William O. Bradley (R)	Died May 23, 1914. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	Johnson N. Camden Jr. (D)	June 16, 1914
Georgia (2)	William S. West (D)	Successor was elected.	Thomas W. Hardwick (D)	November 4, 1914

House of Representatives[edit]

replacements: 20
- Democratic: 1 seat gain
- Republican: 2 seat loss
- Progressive: 1 seat gain
deaths: 11
resignations: 19
contested elections: 2
Total seats with changes: 15

District	Vacator	Reason for vacancy	Successor
South Carolina 1st	Vacant	Rep. George S. Legaré died during previous congress	Richard S. Whaley (D)	April 29, 1913
Massachusetts 13th	John W. Weeks (R)	Resigned March 4, 1913, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	John J. Mitchell (D)	April 15, 1913
Texas 10th	Albert S. Burleson (D)	Resigned March 6, 1913, after being appointed United States Postmaster General	James P. Buchanan (D)	April 15, 1913
New Jersey 6th	Lewis J. Martin (D)	Died May 5, 1913	Archibald C. Hart (D)	July 22, 1913
Michigan 12th	H. Olin Young (R)	Resigned May 16, 1913, while election was being contested	William J. MacDonald (Prog.)	August 26, 1913
Maine 3rd	Forrest Goodwin (R)	Died May 28, 1913	John A. Peters (R)	September 9, 1913
Maryland 3rd	George Konig (D)	Died May 31, 1913	Charles P. Coady (D)	November 4, 1913
West Virginia 1st	John W. Davis (D)	Resigned August 29, 1913, after being appointed Solicitor General of the United States	Matthew M. Neely (D)	October 14, 1913
New York 13th	Timothy Sullivan (D)	Died August 31, 1913	George W. Loft (D)	November 4, 1913
New York 20th	Francis B. Harrison (D)	Resigned September 1, 1913, after being appointed Governor-General of the Philippines	Jacob A. Cantor (D)	November 4, 1913
Massachusetts 3rd	William Wilder (R)	Died September 11, 1913	Calvin Paige (R)	November 4, 1913
Georgia 2nd	Seaborn Roddenbery (D)	Died September 25, 1913	Frank Park (D)	November 4, 1913
Iowa 2nd	Irvin S. Pepper (D)	Died December 22, 1913	Henry Vollmer (D)	February 10, 1914
Massachusetts 12th	James Michael Curley (D)	Resigned February 4, 1914, after being elected Mayor of Boston	James A. Gallivan (D)	April 7, 1914
New Jersey 7th	Robert G. Bremner (D)	Died February 5, 1914	Dow H. Drukker (R)	April 7, 1914
Alabama 8th	William N. Richardson (D)	Died March 31, 1914	Christopher C. Harris (D)	May 11, 1914
Alabama 3rd	Henry D. Clayton Jr. (D)	Resigned May 25, 1914, after being appointed judge for U.S. District Court for Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama	William O. Mulkey (D)	June 29, 1914
Missouri 12th	Leonidas C. Dyer (R)	Lost contested election June 9, 1914	Michael J. Gill (D)	June 9, 1914
Illinois 4th	James T. McDermott (D)	Resigned July 21, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 14th	William G. Sharp (D)	Resigned July 23, 1914, after being appointed United States Ambassador to France	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Massachusetts 11th	Andrew J. Peters (D)	Resigned August 15, 1914, after being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Massachusetts 10th	William F. Murray (D)	Resigned September 28, 1914, after being appointed Postmaster of Boston	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Maryland 1st	J. Harry Covington (D)	Resigned September 30, 1914, after being appointed to serve as chief justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia	Jesse Price (D)	November 3, 1914
New Jersey 9th	Walter I. McCoy (D)	Resigned October 3, 1914, after being appointed associate justice for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia	Richard W. Parker (R)	December 1, 1914
Georgia 10th	Thomas W. Hardwick (D)	Resigned November 2, 1914, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Carl Vinson (D)	November 3, 1914
New York 36th	Sereno E. Payne (R)	Died December 10, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 31st	Edwin A. Merritt (R)	Died December 14, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 2nd	Denis O'Leary (D)	Resigned December 31, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Minnesota 2nd	Winfield Scott Hammond (D)	Resigned January 6, 1915, after being elected Governor of Minnesota	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 5th	Timothy T. Ansberry (D)	Resigned January 9, 1915, after being appointed associate justice of the Ohio Court of Appeals	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 8th	Frank B. Willis (R)	Resigned January 9, 1915, after being elected Governor of Ohio	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New Jersey 8th	Eugene F. Kinkead (D)	Resigned February 4, 1915, after becoming sheriff of Hudson County, New Jersey	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees[edit]

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (6 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, 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]

House of Representatives[edit]

Joint committees[edit]

Caucuses[edit]

Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)

Employees[edit]

Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly (until 1913), Cornelius Ford (starting 1913)

Senate[edit]

Secretary:
- Charles G. Bennett of New York
- James M. Baker of South Carolina, elected March 13, 1913.
Sergeant at Arms:
- E. Livingston Cornelius of Maryland, elected December 10, 1912
- Charles P. Higgins of Indiana, elected March 13, 1913
Chaplain: Edward Everett Hale, Unitarian, until March 13, 1913, F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected March 13, 1913.

House of Representatives[edit]

Clerk: South Trimble of Kentucky, elected April 7, 1913.
Sergeant at Arms: Robert B. Gordon of Ohio, elected April 7, 1913.
Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott of Virginia, elected April 7, 1913.
Postmaster: William M. Dunbar of Georgia, elected April 7, 1913.
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Bennett C. Clark
Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and N/A (R)
Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected April 7, 1913.

References[edit]

Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4.
Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
U.S. Congress (2005). "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
U.S. House of Representatives (2006). "Congressional History". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists". Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 1st Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 2nd Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision).
Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).
Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 3rd Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 63rd Congress, 3rd Session (Revision).

63rd United States Congress
62nd ← → 64th
United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
Senate President	Thomas R. Marshall (D)
Senate Pres. pro tem	James P. Clarke (D)
House Speaker	Champ Clark (D)
Members	96 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1913 – March 17, 1913 1st: April 7, 1913 – December 1, 1913 2nd: December 1, 1913 – October 24, 1914 3rd: December 7, 1914 – March 3, 1915

63rd United States Congress

Contents

Major events[edit]

Major legislation[edit]

Constitutional amendments[edit]

Party summary[edit]

Senate[edit]

House of Representatives[edit]

Leadership[edit]

Senate[edit]

House of Representatives[edit]

Majority (Democratic) leadership[edit]

Minority (Republican) leadership[edit]

Members[edit]

Senate[edit]

Alabama[edit]

Arizona[edit]

Arkansas[edit]

California[edit]

Colorado[edit]

Connecticut[edit]

Delaware[edit]

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Idaho[edit]

Illinois[edit]

Indiana[edit]

Iowa[edit]

Kansas[edit]

Kentucky[edit]

Louisiana[edit]

Maine[edit]

Maryland[edit]

Massachusetts[edit]

Michigan[edit]

Minnesota[edit]

Mississippi[edit]

Missouri[edit]

Montana[edit]

Nebraska[edit]

Nevada[edit]

New Hampshire[edit]

New Jersey[edit]

New Mexico[edit]

New York[edit]

North Carolina[edit]

North Dakota[edit]

Ohio[edit]

Oklahoma[edit]

Oregon[edit]

Pennsylvania[edit]

Rhode Island[edit]

South Carolina[edit]

South Dakota[edit]

Tennessee[edit]

Texas[edit]

Utah[edit]

Vermont[edit]

Virginia[edit]

Washington[edit]

West Virginia[edit]

Wisconsin[edit]

Wyoming[edit]

House of Representatives[edit]

Alabama[edit]

Arizona[edit]

Arkansas[edit]

California[edit]

Colorado[edit]

Connecticut[edit]

Delaware[edit]

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Idaho[edit]

Illinois[edit]

Indiana[edit]

Iowa[edit]

Kansas[edit]

Kentucky[edit]

Louisiana[edit]