Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Capital Sidelights


Of this Sixty-ninth Congress he was
referred to as the thirty-ninth Speaker,
and that seemed correct when taking
the Congressional Directory as au-
thority.
Representative r Walton Moore OF
Virginia. however. had thorough
study made by the experts in the
Congressional Library, and their re-
port shows that while AZ men have
occupied the Speakers chair for vari-
Gus terms, by excluding those who
served pro tempore or for a day, the
number of regularly elected Speakers
works down to SO, while we have had
80 Presidents.
The roster Of our Speakers, includ
ing the temporary ones, is AS fol-
lows:
r. A. Muhlenburg. Pennsylvania,
17S9-1791, First Congress.
J. Trumbull, Connecticut, 1791-1793,
Second Congress.
F.. A. Muhlenburg. Pennsylvania,
! 1I93-179o. Third Congress.
J. Dayton New Jersey 1735-1799,
Fourth and Fifth Congresses.
George Dent, Maryla nd, May %,
1898 two days., Fifth Congress tpro
tempore, illness of Dayton,.
Theodore Sedgwick. ssachusetts,
17991s01. Sixth Congress.
A\dlIldllel hdtoIl' ->oItH Sdioiiih'
1s01.1s07. Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
Congresses.
Joseph p. Varnum, MASSACHUSETTS,,
1s07-1811, Tenth and Eleventh Con-
crosses.
Henry Clay, Kentucky, 1sl1-1814.
Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses;
resigned January 10, 1914.
Cheves Langdon. South Carolina.
1Sl4.ls15, Thirteenth Congress; filled
vacancy January 10, 1914.
Henry Clay. Kentucky, 1815-1S20,
Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Congresses; resigned October %, 1920.
John W. Taylor. New York, 1920
1921. sixteenth Congress elected No
vcmber Is. 1920.
Philip r. Barbour. Virginia. 1921.
1928. Seventeenth Congress.
Henry Clay. Kentucky, 1s23ls25,
| Eighteenth Congress.
John w. Taylor, New York, 1925.
1927. Nineteenth Congress.
Andrew Stephenson, Virginia. 1927
1884. Twentieth. Twenty first. Twenty
| second and Twenty-third Congresses;
| resigned June >. 1894.
John Bell. Tennessee, 1s34-1s35.
1wentythird Congress: elected June
2, 1884
Henry Hubbard, New Hampshire.
| MAJ IS. 1884 Zone day., Twenty-third
Congress; pro tempore.
James K Polk. Tennessee, 1885
1899. Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth
Congresses.
r NJ. T. Hunter. Virginia, 1889.
1871. Twenty sixth Congress.
John White, Kentucky, 1s41-1s43,
Twenty seventh Congress.
John W. Jones, Virginia, 1S43-1S45,
Twenty eighth Congress.
George w. Hopkins, Virginia, elect
ed February IS, 1915, Twenty-eighth
| Congress; pro tempore.
John w. Davis. Indiana. 1s45.lS47,
! Twenty ninth Congress.
Robert G. Winthrop. Massachusetts
1S41-1S49, Thirtieth Congress.
Armisted Burt. South Carolina, 1s4s
| absence of Winthrop, Thirtieth Con
eress; pro tempore.
Howell Cobb, Georgia, 1S49.1s51
| Thnty-first Congress elected governor
! 1851.
Robert c. Winthrop. Massachusetts.
| 1851. Thirty-frst Congress: pro tenn
pore.
Linn Boyd, Kentucky. 1s51.1s55,
Thirty-second and Thirty-third Con.
crosses.
| Nathaniel p. Banks. Massachusetts
/ 1s56-1S57, Thirty-fourth Congress.
James l.. Orr. South Carolina. 1857
1859, Thirtyf1fth Congress.
William Pennington, New Jersey,
| ls60-ls61, Thirty-sixth Congress.
Calusha A. Grow. Pennsylvania
1ssl-is63, Thirty-seventh Congress.
| Schuyler Colfax. Indiana. 1s63.1ss9
! Thirty-eishth, Thirty-ninth and For.
| tieth Congresses.
Theodore NJ. Pomeroy. New York
elected March 3, 1869: Fortieth Con
! Gress: served two days.
! James G.. Blaine. Maine. 1s69-1S75
| Fortyfirst Fortysecond and Forty
| third Congresses.
Michael c. Kerr, Indiana. 1S75-1S76
Fortyfourth Congress-; died August
10, 1876.
Samuel j. Randall. Pennsylvania
| 1s761sS1, Forty-fourth, Forty-ffth
and Forty-sixth Congresses; elected
December 4, 1876.
! J. Warren Keifer. Ohio, 1ss1-1Ss3
| Fortyseventh Congress.
! John G.. Carlisle, Kentucky. 1883
| 1883, Forty eighth, Forty-ninth and
! Tiftieth Congresses
Thomas i. Reed. Maine, 1ss9-1ss1
Fifty first Congress.
/ Charles +. Crisp, Ga. 1s91-1ss5
| Fifty-second and Fifty.third Con
! crosses.
F1ftyfourth and Fifty-fifth Con
! crosses.
David r. Henderson, Iowa. 1899
| 1903. Fifty-siXth and F'ifty-seventh
Congresses.
Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois, 1903-1911
! Fifty eighth, Fffty-ninth, Sixtieth and
Sixtyfrst Congresses.
Champ Clark, Missouri 1911-1919
! SiXtysecond. Sixty-third. Sixty-fourth
and SiXty-fifth Congresses.
Frederick Gillett. Massachusetts
and Sixty-eighth Congresses.
Nicholas Longworth, 1925, Sixty
! ninth Congress.
Now that appointment of Repre-
sentatives in Congress under the de.
cennial census has been DELAYED fv.
years, because members of the House
are averse to increasing the number
above the present total of 435, while
some half-dozen States are clamorine
for the additional representation they
are entitled to, it is interesting to note
how Congress has grown in the last
1876 years. Representative Moore, who
has made special study Of the Con.
gress of Washington's day as con-
trasted with Congress today, points
out that the membership Of the Senate
was so small in the beginning that
prior to 1910 it actually made no use
of standing committees. But by 1S4s
1t had increased to So members and
continued to increase S new States
were admitted to the Union.
In the House the number of mem
bers was originally 65. but as early
as 1881 it had increased to PAP. The
disposition to check further increas'
was shown more than once prior t,
1860, but was given up as PRACTICAL!
hopeless. In 1871 the number wa.
placed al 293. in 1901 at 391 and ir
1911 at 435. There is an effort being
made now to increase the House mem
bership to $50.