# 65th United States Congress

The 65th 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, 1917, to March 4, 1919, during the fifth and sixth years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census.
The Senate maintained a Democratic majority. In the House, the Republicans had actually won a plurality, but as the Progressives and Socialist Representative Meyer London caucused with the Democrats, this gave them the operational majority of the nearly evenly divided chamber, thus giving the Democrats full control of Congress, and along with President Wilson maintaining an overall federal government trifecta.

## Major events

* March 4, 1917: Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives.
* March 8, 1917: The United States Senate adopted the cloture rule to limit filibusters.
* March 31, 1917: The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies, which become the US Virgin Islands, after paying $25 million to Denmark.
* April 2, 1917: World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
* December 4, 1917: World War I: President Woodrow Wilson delivers the State of the Union Address and requests declaration of war on Austria-Hungary.
* March 4, 1918: A soldier at Camp Funston, Kansas, fell sick with the first confirmed case of the Spanish flu.
* November 11, 1918: World War I ends.

## Major legislation

* April 6, 1917: Declaration of war against Germany, Sess. 1 ch. 1, 40 Stat. 1
* April 24, 1917: First Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 1, ch. 4, 40 Stat. 35
* May 12, 1917: Enemy Vessel Confiscation Joint Resolution, Pub. L. 65–2, 40 Stat. 75
* May 12, 1917: First Army Appropriations Act of 1917, 40 Stat. 69
* May 18, 1917: Selective Service Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 15, 40 Stat. 76
* May 29, 1917: Esch Car Service Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 23, 40 Stat. 101
* June 15, 1917: Emergency Shipping Fund Act of 1917, c. 29, 40 Stat. 182
* June 15, 1917: Second Army Appropriations Act of 1917, 40 Stat. 188
* June 15, 1917: Espionage Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 30, 40 Stat. 217 (incl. title XI: Search Warrant Act of 1917)
* July 24, 1917: Aviation Act of 1917, ch. 40, 40 Stat. 243
* August 8, 1917: River and Harbor Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 49, 40 Stat. 250
* August 10, 1917: Priority of Shipments Act of 1917 (Obstruction of Interstate Commerce Act of 1917), Sess. 1, ch. 51, 40 Stat. 272
* August 10, 1917: Food and Fuel Control Act (Lever Act), Sess. 1, ch. 53, 40 Stat. 27
* October 1, 1917: Second Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 1, ch. 56, 40 Stat. 288
* October 1, 1917: Aircraft Board Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 61, 40 Stat. 296
* October 3, 1917: War Revenue Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 63, 40 Stat. 300
* October 5, 1917: Repatriation Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 68, 40 Stat. 340
* October 6, 1917: Federal Explosives Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 83, 40 Stat. 385
* October 6, 1917: War Risk Insurance Act of 1917, Sess. 1, ch. 105, 40 Stat. 398
* October 6, 1917: International Emergency Economic Powers Act (Trading with the Enemy Act), Sess. 1, ch. 106, 40 Stat. 411
* December 7, 1917: Declaration of war against Austria–Hungary, Sess. 2, ch. 1, 40 Stat. 429
* February 24, 1918: Revenue Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 18, 40 Stat. 1057
* March 8, 1918: Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, Sess. 2, ch. 20, 40 Stat. 440
* March 19, 1918: Standard Time Act of 1918 (Calder Act), Sess. 2, ch. 24, 40 Stat. 450
* March 21, 1918: Federal Control Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 25, 40 Stat. 451
* April 4, 1918: Third Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 2, ch. 44, 40 Stat. 502
* April 5, 1918: War Finance Corporation Act, Sess. 2, ch. 45, 40 Stat. 506
* April 10, 1918: Webb–Pomerene Act, Sess. 2, ch. 50, 40 Stat. 516
* April 18, 1918: American Forces Abroad Indemnity Act, Sess. 2, ch. 57, 40 Stat. 532
* April 20, 1918: Destruction of War Materials Act, Sess. 2, ch. 59, 40 Stat. 533
* April 23, 1918: Pittman Act, Sess. 2, ch. 63, 40 Stat. 535
* May 9, 1918: Alien Naturalization Act, Sess. 2, ch. 69, 40 Stat. 542
* May 16, 1918: Housing Act, Sess. 2, ch. 74, 40 Stat. 550
* May 16, 1918: Sedition Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 75, 40 Stat. 553
* May 20, 1918: Departmental Reorganization Act (Overman Act), Sess. 2, ch. 78, 40 Stat. 556
* May 22, 1918: Wartime Measure Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 81, 40 Stat. 559
* May 31, 1918: Saulsbury Resolution, Sess. 2, ch. 90, 40 Stat. 593
* June 27, 1918: Veterans Rehabilitation Act (Smith–Sears Act), Sess. 2, ch. 107, 40 Stat. 617
* July 3, 1918: Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 128, 40 Stat. 755
* July 9, 1918: Fourth Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 2, ch. 142, 40 Stat. 844
* July 9, 1918: Army Appropriations Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 143, 40 Stat. 845 (incl. ch. 15: Public Health and Research Act of 1918 (Chamberlain–Kahn Act))
* July 18, 1918: River and Harbor Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 155, 40 Stat. 904
* July 18, 1918: Charter Rate and Requisition Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 157, 40 Stat. 913
* October 16, 1918: Immigration Act of 1918 (Dillingham–Hardwick Act), Sess. 2, ch. 186, 40 Stat. 1012
* October 16, 1918: Corrupt Practices Act of 1918 (Gerry Act), Sess. 2, ch. 187, 40 Stat. 1013
* November 7, 1918: National Bank Consolidation Act of 1918, Sess. 2, ch. 209, 40 Stat. 1043
* November 21, 1918: Food Production Stimulation Act (War–Time Prohibition Act), Sess. 2, ch. 212, 40 Stat. 1045
* February 24, 1919: Child Labor Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 18, 40 Stat. 1138
* February 26, 1919: Grand Canyon National Park Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 44, 40 Stat. 1178
* February 26, 1919: Acadia National Park Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 45, 40 Stat. 1178
* March 2, 1919: War Risk Insurance Act of 1919 (War Minerals Relief Act of 1919, Dent Act), Sess. 3, ch. 94, 40 Stat. 1272
* March 2, 1919: River and Harbors Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 95, 40 Stat. 1275
* March 3, 1919: Hospitalization Act of 1919, Sess. 3, ch. 98, 40 Stat. 1302
* March 3, 1919: Fifth Liberty Bond Act, Sess. 3, ch. 100, 40 Stat. 1309
* March 4, 1919: Wheat Price Guarantee Act, Sess. 3, ch. 125, 40 Stat. 1348

## Major resolutions

* April 3, 1918 American's Creed (House)

## Constitutional amendments

* December 18, 1917: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol (though not the consumption or private possession) illegal, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
** Amendment was later ratified on January 16, 1919, becoming the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

## Party summary
### Senate

| | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant |
| | Democratic (D) | Republican (R) | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous congress | 55 | 41 | 96 | 0 |
| Begin | 54 | 42 | 96 | 0 |
| End | 51 | 45 | 96 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 53.1% | 46.9% | | |
| Beginning of next congress | 47 | 49 | 96 | 0 |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates control) | Party (Shading indicates control) | Party (Shading indicates control) | Party (Shading indicates control) | Party (Shading indicates control) | Party (Shading indicates control) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Democratic (D) | Bull Moose (Prog.) | Socialist (Soc.) | Prohibition (Proh.) | Republican (R) | Other | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Congress | 227 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 200 | 1 | 434 | 1 |
| Begin | 213 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 216 | 0 | 434 | 1 |
| End | 211 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 212 | 0 | 428 | 7 |
| Final voting share | 50.2% | 50.2% | 50.2% | 0.2% | 49.5% | 0.0% | | |
| Beginning of the next Congress | 191 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 238 | 1 | 432 | 3 |

## Leadership
### Senate leadership
#### Presiding

* President: Thomas R. Marshall (D)
* President pro tempore: Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D)
* Majority Whip: J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
* Minority Whip: Charles Curtis (R)
* Republican Conference Chairman: Jacob Harold Gallinger (until August 17, 1918)
** Henry Cabot Lodge (from 1918)
* Democratic Caucus Chairman : Thomas S. Martin
* Republican Conference Secretary: James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
* Democratic Caucus Secretary: William H. King

### House leadership
#### Presiding

* Speaker: Champ Clark (D)

#### Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader: Claude Kitchin
* Majority Whip: vacant
* Democratic Caucus Chairman: Edward W. Saunders
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Scott Ferris

#### Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader: James R. Mann
* Minority Whip: Charles M. Hamilton
* Republican Conference Chairman: William S. Greene
* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Frank P. Woods

## Members

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### Senate

Because of the 17th Amendment, starting in 1914 U.S. senators were directly elected instead of by the state legislatures. However, this did not affect the terms of U.S. senators whose terms had started before that Amendment took effect, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1918; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1920; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1922.

### House of Representatives
## Changes in membership

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

### Senate

* Replacements: 17
** Democratic: 3-seat net loss
** Republican: 3-seat net gain
* Deaths: 10
* Resignations: 1
* Vacancy: 0
* Total seats with changes: 10
| State | Senator | Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
| Oregon (2) | Harry Lane (D) | Died May 23, 1917. Successor was appointed. | Charles L. McNary (R) | May 29, 1917 |
| Wisconsin (3) | Paul O. Husting (D) | Died October 21, 1917. Successor was elected. | Irvine Lenroot (R) | April 18, 1918 |
| Nevada (3) | Francis G. Newlands (D) | Died December 24, 1917. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. | Charles Henderson (D) | January 12, 1918 |
| Idaho (3) | James H. Brady (R) | Died January 13, 1918. Successor appointed and elected November 5, 1918. | John F. Nugent (D) | January 22, 1918 |
| New Jersey (2) | William Hughes (D) | Died January 30, 1918. Successor appointed February 23, 1918, and elected November 5, 1918. | David Baird Sr. (R) | February 23, 1918 |
| Louisiana (3) | Robert F. Broussard (D) | Died April 12, 1918. Successor was appointed. | Walter Guion (D) | April 22, 1918 |
| Missouri (3) | William J. Stone (D) | Died April 14, 1918. Successor was appointed. | Xenophon P. Wilfley (D) | April 30, 1918 |
| South Carolina (2) | Benjamin Tillman (D) | Died July 3, 1918. Successor was appointed. | Christie Benet (D) | July 6, 1918 |
| New Hampshire (3) | Jacob H. Gallinger (R) | Died August 17, 1918. Successor was appointed. | Irving W. Drew (R) | September 2, 1918 |
| Kentucky (2) | Ollie M. James (D) | Died August 28, 1918. Successor was appointed. | George B. Martin (D) | September 7, 1918 |
| Louisiana (3) | Walter Guion (D) | Interim appointee replaced by elected successor. | Edward Gay (D) | November 6, 1918 |
| Missouri (3) | Xenophon P. Wilfley (D) | Interim appointee replaced by elected successor. | Selden P. Spencer (R) | November 6, 1918 |
| New Hampshire (3) | Irving W. Drew (R) | Interim appointee replaced by elected successor. | George H. Moses (R) | November 6, 1918 |
| Oregon (2) | Charles L. McNary (R) | Interim appointee replaced by elected successor. | Frederick W. Mulkey (R) | November 6, 1918 |
| South Carolina (2) | Christie Benet (D) | Interim appointee replaced by elected successor. | William P. Pollock (D) | November 6, 1918 |
| Oregon (2) | Frederick W. Mulkey (R) | Resigned December 17, 1918, to give successor preferential seniority. Successor was appointed. | Charles L. McNary (R) | December 18, 1918 |

### House of Representatives

* replacements: 23
** Democratic: no net change
** Republican: no net change
* Deaths: 15
* Resignations: 12
* Contested elections: 3
* Total seats with changes: 31
| District | Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
| New York 15th | Vacant | Rep. Michael F. Conry died during previous congress. Successor was elected. | Thomas F. Smith (D) | April 12, 1917 |
| New Hampshire 1st | Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) | Died March 11, 1917. Successor was elected. | Sherman E. Burroughs (R) | May 29, 1917 |
| Pennsylvania 28th | Orrin D. Bleakley (R) | Resigned April 3, 1917, after being convicted and fined under the Federal Corrupt Practices Act. Successor was elected. | Earl H. Beshlin (D) | November 6, 1917 |
| North Dakota 1st | Henry T. Helgesen (R) | Died April 10, 1917. Successor was elected. | John M. Baer (R) | July 20, 1917 |
| Massachusetts 6th | Augustus P. Gardner (R) | Resigned May 15, 1917, to join the U.S. Army. Successor was elected. | Willfred W. Lufkin (R) | November 6, 1917 |
| Indiana 6th | Daniel W. Comstock (R) | Died May 19, 1917. Successor was elected. | Richard N. Elliott (R) | June 29, 1917 |
| Connecticut 4th | Ebenezer J. Hill (R) | Died September 27, 1917. Successor was elected. | Schuyler Merritt (R) | November 6, 1917 |
| Illinois 4th | Charles Martin (D) | Resigned October 28, 1917. Successor was elected. | John W. Rainey (D) | April 2, 1918 |
| Michigan 2nd | Mark R. Bacon (R) | Lost contested election December 13, 1917. | Samuel Beakes (D) | December 13, 1917 |
| Georgia 4th | William C. Adamson (D) | Resigned December 18, 1917. Successor was elected. | William C. Wright (D) | January 6, 1918 |
| Ohio 14th | Ellsworth R. Bathrick (D) | Died December 23, 1917. Successor was elected. | Martin L. Davey (D) | November 5, 1918 |
| New York 7th | John J. Fitzgerald (D) | Resigned December 31, 1917. Successor was elected. | John J. Delaney (D) | March 5, 1918 |
| New York 8th | Daniel J. Griffin (D) | Resigned December 31, 1917, after being elected Sheriff of Kings County, New York. Successor was elected. | William E. Cleary (D) | March 5, 1918 |
| New York 22nd | Henry Bruckner (D) | Resigned December 31, 1917. Successor was elected. | Anthony J. Griffin (D) | March 5, 1918 |
| New York 21st | George M. Hulbert (D) | Resigned January 1, 1918, to become Commissioner of Docks and director of the Port of New York. Successor was elected. | Jerome F. Donovan (D) | March 5, 1918 |
| New Jersey 5th | John H. Capstick (R) | Died March 17, 1918. Successor was elected. | William F. Birch (R) | November 5, 1918 |
| Virginia 1st | William A. Jones (D) | Died April 17, 1918. Successor was elected. | S. Otis Bland (D) | July 2, 1918 |
| Wisconsin 11th | Irvine Lenroot (R) | Resigned April 17, 1918, after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Successor was elected. | Adolphus P. Nelson (R) | November 5, 1918 |
| Wisconsin 6th | James H. Davidson (R) | Died August 6, 1918. Successor was elected. | Florian Lampert (R) | November 5, 1918 |
| Maryland 2nd | Fred Talbott (D) | Died October 5, 1918. Successor was elected. | Carville Benson (D) | November 5, 1918 |
| Missouri 10th | Jacob E. Meeker (R) | Died October 16, 1918. Successor was elected. | Frederick Essen (R) | November 5, 1918 |
| Illinois 17th | John Allen Sterling (R) | Died October 17, 1918. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. |
| Virginia 6th | Carter Glass (D) | Resigned December 6, 1918, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury. | James P. Woods (D) | February 25, 1919 |
| Pennsylvania At-large | John R. K. Scott (R) | Resigned January 5, 1919. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. |
| New York 4th | Harry H. Dale (D) | Resigned January 6, 1919, after being appointed judge of magistrate court. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. |
| Alaska Territory | Charles A. Sulzer (D) | Lost contested election January 7, 1919. | James Wickersham (R) | January 7, 1919 |
| Pennsylvania 22nd | Edward E. Robbins (R) | Died January 25, 1919. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. |
| Missouri 5th | William P. Borland (D) | Died February 20, 1919. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. |
| North Carolina 10th | Zebulon Weaver (D) | Lost seat after House vote on contested election on March 1, 1919. | James J. Britt (R) | March 1, 1919 |
| Kentucky 8th | Harvey Helm (D) | Died March 3, 1919. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress. |
| Texas 12th | James C. Wilson (D) | Resigned March 3, 1919, to become judge of United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |

## Committees

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.

### Senate

* Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
* Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
* Appropriations (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
* Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: William H. Thompson; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member: George P. McLean)
* Canadian Relations (Chairman: John B. Kendrick; Ranking Member: Lawrence Y. Sherman)
* Census (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
* Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Albert B. Cummins)
* Claims (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: Nathan Goff)
* Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Willard Saulsbury; Ranking Member: Charles E. Townsend)
* Coast Defenses (Chairman: Charles S. Thomas; Ranking Member: John W. Weeks)
* Commerce (Chairman: Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
* Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: James K. Vardaman; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna)
* Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
* Cuban Relations (Chairman: Oscar W. Underwood; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
* Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: Henry F. Hollis)
* District of Columbia (Chairman: John W. Smith; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
* Education and Labor (Chairman: Hoke Smith; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
* Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
* Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Henry F. Hollis; Ranking Member: Charles Curtis)
* Establish a University in the United States (Select)
* Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
* Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: William F. Kirby; Ranking Member: James W. Wadsworth Jr.)
* Expenditures in the Department of Commerce (Chairman: Josiah O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Albert B. Fall)
* Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
* Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
* Expenditures in the Department of Labor (Chairman: J.C.W. Beckham; Ranking Member: Nathan Goff)
* Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Asle Gronna; Ranking Member: William Hughes)
* Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William H. King; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
* Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
* Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Park Trammell; Ranking Member: Warren G. Harding)
* Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Charles E. Townsend; Ranking Member: Charles S. Thomas)
* Finance (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
* Fisheries (Chairman: John F. Nugent; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones)
* Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Foreign Relations (Chairman: William J. Stone; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
* Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: George P. McLean; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Geological Survey (Chairman: Albert B. Fall; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
* Immigration (Chairman: Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
* Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
* Indian Depredations (Chairman: Miles Poindexter; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
* Industrial Expositions (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna)
* Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: John K. Shields; Ranking Member: Frank B. Brandegee)
* Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: Albert B. Cummins)
* Investigate Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: J.C.W. Beckham)
* Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: James D. Phelan; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones)
* Judiciary (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
* Library (Chairman: John S. Williams; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger then John W. Weeks)
* Manufactures (Chairman: James A. Reed; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
* Military Affairs (Chairman: George E. Chamberlain; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
* Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles B. Henderson; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter)
* Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: John K. Shields)
* National Banks (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Frank B. Kellogg)
* Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
* Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: John F. Shafroth; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter)
* Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: James A. Reed)
* Patents (Chairman: Ollie M. James; Ranking Member: Frank B. Brandegee)
* Pensions (Chairman: Thomas J. Walsh; Ranking Member: Porter J. McCumber)
* Philippines (Chairman: Gilbert M. Hitchcock; Ranking Member: George P. McLean)
* Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
* Printing (Chairman: Marcus A. Smith; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Atlee Pomerene; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
* Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Claude A. Swanson; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
* Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Joseph E. Ransdell; Ranking Member: John W. Weeks)
* Public Lands (Chairman: Henry L. Myers; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* Railroads (Chairman: Peter G. Gerry; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
* Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Edwin S. Johnson; Ranking Member: Charles Curtis)
* Rules (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger then Francis E. Warren)
* Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William S. Kenyon; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)
* Tariff Regulation (Select)
* Territories (Chairman: Key Pittman; Ranking Member: George P. McLean)
* Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard)
* University of the United States (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Willard Saulsbury)
* Washington Railway and Electrical Company (Select)
* Whole
* Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Andrieus A. Jones; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones)

### House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: Frank Park; Ranking Member: Rollin B. Sanford)
* Agriculture (Chairman: Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen)
* Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Addison T. Smith)
* Appropriations (Chairman: Swagar Sherley; Ranking Member: Frederick H. Gillett)
* Banking and Currency (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Everis A. Hayes)
* Census (Chairman: Harvey Helm; Ranking Member: Charles A. Nichols)
* Claims (Chairman: Hubert D. Stephens; Ranking Member: George W. Edmonds)
* Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member: Edwin E. Roberts)
* Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: J. Frederick C. Talbott; Ranking Member: Burton L. French)
* District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson; Ranking Member: William J. Cary)
* Education (Chairman: William J. Sears; Ranking Member: Caleb Powers)
* Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: William W. Rucker; Ranking Member: Carl E. Mapes)
* Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Riley J. Wilson; Ranking Member: Merrill Moores)
* Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James A. Hamill; Ranking Member: John Jacob Rogers)
* Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Walter A. Watson; Ranking Member: Cassius C. Dowell)
* Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Ladislas Lazaro; Ranking Member: John R. Ramsey)
* Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Cassius C. Dowell)
* Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: Robert Crosser; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Williams)
* Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: William W. Hastings; Ranking Member: Aaron S. Kreider)
* Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: William B. Walton; Ranking Member: Stephen G. Porter)
* Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman: Christopher D. Sullivan; Ranking Member: Niels Juul)
* Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: George E. Foss)
* Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Edward Keating; Ranking Member: Harry H. Pratt)
* Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Courtney W. Hamlin; Ranking Member: George H. Tinkham)
* Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles O. Lobeck; Ranking Member: Henry W. Temple)
* Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Peter J. Dooling; Ranking Member: Luther W. Mott)
* Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: James V. McClintic; Ranking Member: Edward E. Robbins then Oscar E. Bland)
* Flood Control (Chairman: Benjamin G. Humphreys; Ranking Member: William A. Rodenberg)
* Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member: Henry A. Cooper)
* Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John L. Burnett; Ranking Member: Everis A. Hayes)
* Indian Affairs (Chairman: Charles D. Carter; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell)
* Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: James E. Cantrill; Ranking Member: Frank P. Woods)
* Insular Affairs (Chairman: Finis J. Garrett; Ranking Member: Horace M. Towner)
* Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Thetus W. Sims; Ranking Member: John J. Esch)
* Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: John W. Langley)
* Investigate Conditions Interfering with Interstate Commerce between the States of Illinois and Missouri (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Edward T. Taylor; Ranking Member: Moses P. Kinkaid)
* Judiciary (Chairman: Edwin Y. Webb; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Volstead)
* Labor (Chairman: James P. Maher; Ranking Member: John M.C. Smith)
* Library (Chairman: James L. Slayden; Ranking Member: Edward W. Gray)
* Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member: William S. Greene)
* Mileage (Chairman: Clarence C. Dill; Ranking Member: John A. Elston)
* Military Affairs (Chairman: S. Hubert Dent; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn)
* Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin D. Foster; Ranking Member: Mahlon M. Garland)
* Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Butler)
* Patents (Chairman: Charles B. Smith; Ranking Member: John I. Nolan)
* Pensions (Chairman: John A. Key; Ranking Member: Sam R. Sells)
* Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member: Halvor Steenerson)
* Printing (Chairman: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Edgar R. Kiess)
* Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Frank Clark; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin)
* Public Lands (Chairman: Scott Ferris; Ranking Member: Irvine L. Lenroot)
* Railways and Canals (Chairman: Clement Brumbaugh; Ranking Member: William L. La Follette)
* Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Hannibal L. Godwin; Ranking Member: Frederick R. Lehlbach)
* Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member: Merrill Moores)
* Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: John H. Small; Ranking Member: Charles A. Kennedy)
* Roads (Chairman: Dorsey W. Shackleford; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Dunn)
* Rules (Chairman: Edward W. Pou; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell)
* Standards of Official Conduct
* Territories (Chairman: William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Albert Johnson)
* War Claims (Chairman: Alexander W. Gregg; Ranking Member: Benjamin K. Focht)
* Water Power (Special) (Chairman: Thetus W. Sims; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Ways and Means (Chairman: Claude Kitchin; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Fordney)
* Woman Suffrage (Chairman: John E. Raker; Ranking Member: Jeannette Rankin)
* Whole

### Joint committees

* Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Sen. Ellison D. Smith)
* The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sharp Williams)
* Postal Salaries
* Printing (Chairman: Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher)
* Reclassification of Salaries

## Caucuses

* Democratic (House)
* Democratic (Senate)

## Employees
### Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
* Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
* Public Printer of the United States: Cornelius Ford

### Senate

* Chaplain: F.J. Prettyman (Methodist)
* Secretary: James M. Baker
* Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
* Sergeant at Arms: Charles P. Higgins

### House of Representatives

* Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)
* Clerk: South Trimble
* Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
* Postmaster: William M. Dunbar
* Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Bennett C. Clark
** Clarence A. Cannon
* Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R)
* Sergeant at Arms: Robert B. Gordon