# 63rd United States Congress

The 63rd 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 1910 United States census.
The Democrats had greatly increased their majority in the House, and won control of the Senate, giving them full control of Congress for the first time since the 53rd Congress in 1893. With Woodrow Wilson being sworn in as president on March 4, 1913, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta - also for the first time since the 53rd Congress.

## Major events

* 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

* 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

* 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
### Senate

| | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant |
| | Democratic (D) | Bull Moose (Prog.) | Republican (R) | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous congress | 45 | 0 | 50 | 95 | 1 |
| Begin | 49 | 1 | 42 | 92 | 4 |
| End | 53 | 1 | 42 | 96 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 55.2% | 1.0% | 43.8% | | |
| Beginning of next congress | 56 | 0 | 40 | 96 | 0 |

### House of Representatives

| | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant |
| | Democratic (D) | Bull Moose (Prog.) | Independent (I) | Republican (R) | Other | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous congress | 225 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 1 | 382 | 12 |
| Begin | 289 | 10 | 1 | 134 | 0 | 434 | 1 |
| End | 282 | 11 | 1 | 130 | 0 | 424 | 11 |
| Final voting share | 66.5% | 2.6% | 0.2% | 30.7% | 0.0% | | |
| Beginning of next congress | 230 | 5 | 1 | 194 | 2 | 432 | 3 |

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

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

### House leadership
#### Presiding

* Speaker: Champ Clark (D)

#### Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader: Oscar Underwood
* Majority Whip: Thomas M. Bell
* Democratic Caucus Chairman: A. Mitchell Palmer
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Frank Ellsworth Doremus

#### Minority (Republican) leadership

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

## Members

    Skip to House of Representatives, below

### Senate

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.

### House of Representatives
## Changes in membership

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

### Senate

* Replacements: 3
** Democratic: 2 seat net gain
** Republican: 2 seat net loss
* Deaths: 3
* Resignations: 3
* Vacancies: 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) | January 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

* 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 | Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
| New York 31st | Edwin A. Merritt (R) | Died December 14, 1914 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | Seat remained vacant until next Congress |
| New York 2nd | Denis O'Leary (D) | Resigned December 31, 1914 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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: John S. Williams; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
* Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
* Canadian Relations (Chairman: John K. Shields; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver)
* Census (Chairman: William E. Chilton; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette)
* Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Atlee Pomerene; Ranking Member: Albert B. Cummins)
* Claims (Chairman: Nathan P. Bryan; Ranking Member: Coe I. Crawford)
* Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Willard Saulsbury; Ranking Member: Charles E. Townsend)
* Coast Defenses (Chairman: James E. Martine; Ranking Member: Henry A. du Pont)
* Commerce (Chairman: James P. Clarke; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
* Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: James K. Vardaman; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
* Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
* Cuban Relations (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow then Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: Harry Lane)
* 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: Isaac Stephenson)
* Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
* Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Luke Lea)
* Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Henry F. Lippitt)
* Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor (Chairman: William H. Thompson; 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: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
* Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: William Hughes; Ranking Member: Asle Gronna)
* Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Blair Lee; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Bristow)
* Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman: J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member: William P. Jackson)
* Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: Theodore E. Burton)
* Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Miles Poindexter; Ranking Member: Harry Lane)
* Finance (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
* Fisheries (Chairman: John R. Thornton; Ranking Member: John D. Works)
* Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Foreign Relations (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
* Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Harry Lane; Ranking Member: George P. McLean)
* Geological Survey (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: John W. Kern)
* Immigration (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
* Indian Affairs (Chairman: William J. Stone; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp)
* Indian Depredations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
* Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member: Elihu Root)
* Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: James A. O'Gorman; Ranking Member: Frank B. Brandegee)
* Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Francis G. Newlands; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp)
* Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Marcus A. Smith; Ranking Member: Wesley L. Jones)
* Judiciary (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
* Library (Chairman: Luke Lea; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver)
* Manufactures (Chairman: James A. Reed; Ranking Member: George T. Oliver)
* Military Affairs (Chairman: George E. Chamberlain; Ranking Member: Henry A. du Pont)
* Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas J. Walsh; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter)
* Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams)
* National Banks (Chairman: Charles F. Johnson; Ranking Member: James H. Brady)
* Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: George C. Perkins)
* Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: John F. Shafroth; Ranking Member: Miles Poindexter)
* Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Shively)
* Patents (Chairman: Ollie M. James; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Pensions (Chairman: Benjamin F. Shively; Ranking Member: Porter J. McCumber)
* Philippines (Chairman: Gilbert M. Hitchcock; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Bristow)
* Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: Boies Penrose)
* Printing (Chairman: Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* Privileges and Elections (Chairman: John W. Kern; Ranking Member: William P. Dillingham)
* Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Claude A. Swanson)
* Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Joseph E. Ransdell; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* Public Lands (Chairman: Henry L. Myers; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot)
* Railroads (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
* Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson; Ranking Member: George Sutherland)
* Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
* Rules (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
* Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)
* Tariff Regulation (Select)
* Telepost (Select)
* Territories (Chairman: Key Pittman; Ranking Member: Knute Nelson)
* Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member: Henry F. Hollis)
* Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard)
* Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: John W. Smith)
* Whole
* Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Charles S. Thomas; Ranking Member: George Sutherland)

### House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member: James A. Hughes)
* Agriculture (Chairman: Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen)
* Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Barchfeld)
* Appropriations (Chairman: John J. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Frederick H. Gillett)
* Banking and Currency (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Everis A. Hayes)
* Census (Chairman: Harvey Helm; Ranking Member: Asher C. Hinds)
* Claims (Chairman: Edward W. Pou; Ranking Member: Luther W. Mott)
* Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member: Luther W. Mott)
* Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: J. Frederick Cockey Talbott; Ranking Member: Patrick H. Kelley)
* District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson; Ranking Member: William J. Cary)
* Education (Chairman: Dudley M. Hughes; Ranking Member: James F. Burke)
* Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: William W. Rucker; Ranking Member: William D. B. Ainey)
* Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James D. Post; Ranking Member: Burton L. French)
* Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James A. Hammil; Ranking Member: William H. Stafford)
* Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Henry M. Goldfogle; Ranking Member: John C. McKenzie)
* Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member: Simeon D. Fess)
* Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Charles H. Sloan)
* Expenditures in the Commerce Department (Chairman: John H. Rothermel; Ranking Member: Bird Segle McGuire)
* Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member: Franklin W. Mondell)
* Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Robert F. Broussard; Ranking Member: Stephen G. Porter)
* Expenditures in the Labor Department (Chairman: James P. Maher; Ranking Member: Halvor Steenerson)
* Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: John W. Langley)
* Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Daniel R. Anthony Jr.)
* Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Courtney W. Hamlin; Ranking Member: Willis C. Hawley)
* Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles O. Lobeck; Ranking Member: Dick Thompson Morgan)
* Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: John A.M. Adair; Ranking Member: Ernest W. Roberts)
* Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas F. Konop; Ranking Member: John J. Esch)
* Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member: Henry Allen Cooper)
* Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John L. Burnett; Ranking Member: Augustus P. Gardner)
* Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member: Charles H. Burke)
* Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: Edwin S. Underhill; Ranking Member: Frank P. Woods)
* Insular Affairs (Chairman: William A. Jones; Ranking Member: Horace M. Towner)
* Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William C. Adamson; Ranking Member: Frederick C. Stevens)
* Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: J.N. Langham)
* Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William R. Smith; Ranking Member: Moses P. Kinkaid)
* Judiciary (Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Volstead)
* Labor (Chairman: David J. Lewis; Ranking Member: John M. C. Smith)
* Library (Chairman: James L. Slayden; Ranking Member: Richard Bartholdt)
* Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member: William S. Greene)
* Mileage (Chairman: Warren W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Charles A. Kennedy)
* Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hay; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn)
* Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin D. Foster; Ranking Member: Joseph Howell)
* Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Butler)
* Patents (Chairman: William A. Oldfield; Ranking Member: Hunter H. Moss Jr.)
* Pensions (Chairman: John A. Key; Ranking Member: Sam R. Sells)
* Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member: Samuel W. Smith)
* Printing (Chairman: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Edgar R. Kiess)
* Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin)
* Public Lands (Chairman: Frank Clark; Ranking Member: Irvine L. Lenroot)
* Railways and Canals (Chairman: Martin Dies; Ranking Member: William L. La Follette)
* Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Hannibal L. Godwin; Ranking Member: George C. Scott)
* Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member: Edwin A. Merritt)
* Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member: William E. Humphrey)
* Roads (Chairman: Dorsey W. Shackleford; Ranking Member: C. Bascom Slemp)
* Rules (Chairman: Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member: Philip P. Campbell)
* Standards of Official Conduct
* Territories (Chairman: William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Frank E. Guernsey)
* War Claims (Chairman: Alexander W. Gregg; Ranking Member: Frank Plumley)
* Ways and Means (Chairman: Oscar Underwood; Ranking Member: Sereno E. Payne)
* Whole

### Joint committees

* Armor Plant Costs (Special)
* Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads (Chairman: Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Vice Chairman: Rep. Dorsey W. Shackleford)
* Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sharp Williams)
* Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Sen. Francis G. Newlands)
* Investigate the General Parcel Post (Chairman: Sen. Joseph L. Bristow; Vice Chairman: Rep. David E. Finley)
* Printing (Chairman: Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher)
* Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail (Chairman: Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr.)
* Rural Credits (Chairman: Rep. Carter Glass)
* Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service

## 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: Samuel B. Donnelly, until 1913
** Cornelius Ford, from 1913

### Senate

* Secretary: Charles G. Bennett, until March 13, 1913.
** James M. Baker, elected March 13, 1913.
* E. Livingston Cornelius, elected December 10, 1912
** Charles P. Higgins, elected March 13, 1913
* Chaplain: Edward Everett Hale, Unitarian, until March 13, 1913
** F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected March 13, 1913.

### House of Representatives

* Clerk: South Trimble
* Sergeant at Arms: Charles F. Riddell, until April 7, 1913
** Robert B. Gordon, from April 7, 1913
* Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
* Postmaster: William M. Dunbar
* Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Bennett C. Clark
* Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R)
* Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist