The 69th 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 1910 United States census.
69th United States Congress | |
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68th ← → 70th | |
March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |
Members | 96 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates |
Senate majority | Republican |
Senate President | Charles G. Dawes (R) |
House majority | Republican |
House Speaker | Nicholas Longworth (R) |
Sessions | |
Special: March 4, 1925 – March 18, 1925 1st: December 7, 1925 – July 3, 1926 2nd: December 6, 1926 – March 3, 1927 |
The Republicans made modest gains in maintaining their majority in both chambers, and with the election of President Calvin Coolidge to his own term in office, the Republicans maintained an overall federal government trifecta.[1]
A special session of the Senate was called by President Coolidge on February 14, 1925.
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.
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | |||
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Democratic (D) |
Farmer– Labor (FL) | Republican (R) |
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End of previous congress | 42 | 2 | 52 | 96 | 0 |
Begin | 40 | 1 | 55 | 96 | 0 |
End | 42 | 52 | 95 | 1 | |
Final voting share | 44.2% | 1.1% | 54.7% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 47 | 1 | 46 | 94 | 2 |
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||||
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Democratic (D) |
Farmer– Labor (FL) | Socialist (Soc.) | Republican (R) |
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End of previous congress | 208 | 2 | 1 | 222 | 433 | 2 |
Begin | 183 | 3 | 2 | 246 | 434 | 1 |
End | 182 | 433 | 2 | |||
Final voting share | 42.0% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 56.8% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 194 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 434 | 1 |
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives by district.
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, facing re-election in 1928; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, facing re-election in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1926.
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
State | Senator | Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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Missouri (3) |
Selden P. Spencer (R) | Died May 16, 1925. Successor was appointed. | George H. Williams (R) | May 25, 1925 |
Wisconsin (1) |
Robert M. La Follette (R) | Died June 18, 1925. Successor was elected. | Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R) | September 30, 1925 |
North Dakota (3) |
Edwin F. Ladd (R) | Died June 22, 1925. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected | Gerald Nye (R) | November 14, 1925 |
Indiana (1) |
Samuel M. Ralston (D) | Died October 14, 1925. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. | Arthur R. Robinson (R) | October 20, 1925 |
Iowa (2) |
Smith W. Brookhart (R) | Lost election challenge April 12, 1926 | Daniel F. Steck (D) | April 12, 1926 |
Iowa (3) |
Albert B. Cummins (R) | Died July 30, 1926. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. |
David W. Stewart (R) | August 7, 1926 |
Maine (2) |
Bert M. Fernald (R) | Died August 23, 1926. Successor was elected. | Arthur R. Gould (R) | November 30, 1926 |
Massachusetts (1) |
William M. Butler (R) | Appointed in previous Congress and served until successor was elected. | David I. Walsh (D) | December 6, 1926 |
Missouri (3) |
George H. Williams (R) | Successor was elected. | Harry B. Hawes (D) | December 6, 1926 |
Illinois (3) |
William B. McKinley (R) | Died December 7, 1926. Frank L. Smith was appointed by the governor some date in December 1926[3] but the US Senate voted to not allow him to qualify as a senator, based upon fraud and corruption in his campaign. | Vacant |
District | Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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New Jersey 3rd | Vacant | Rep. T. Frank Appleby died during previous congress | Stewart H. Appleby (R) | November 3, 1925 |
Massachusetts 5th | John J. Rogers (R) | Died March 28, 1925 | Edith Nourse Rogers (R) | June 30, 1925 |
Michigan 3rd | Arthur B. Williams (R) | Died May 1, 1925 | Joseph L. Hooper (R) | August 18, 1925 |
Massachusetts 2nd | George B. Churchill (R) | Died July 1, 1925 | Henry L. Bowles (R) | September 29, 1925 |
Kentucky 3rd | Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D) | Died September 3, 1925 | John W. Moore (D) | December 26, 1925 |
California 2nd | John E. Raker (D) | Died January 22, 1926 | Harry L. Englebright (R) | August 31, 1926 |
Massachusetts 8th | Harry I. Thayer (R) | Died March 10, 1926 | Frederick W. Dallinger (R) | November 2, 1926 |
California 5th | Lawrence J. Flaherty (R) | Died June 13, 1926 | Richard J. Welch (R) | August 31, 1926 |
Illinois 12th | Charles E. Fuller (R) | Died June 25, 1926 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
Kentucky 10th | John W. Langley (R) | Resigned January 11, 1926, after being convicted of illegally selling alcohol | Andrew J. Kirk (R) | February 13, 1926 |
Missouri 11th | Harry B. Hawes (D) | Resigned October 15, 1926 | John J. Cochran (D) | November 2, 1926 |
Ohio 2nd | Ambrose E. B. Stephens (R) | Died February 12, 1927 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
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.