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1921-1923 U.S. Congress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 67th 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, 1921, to March 4, 1923, during the first two years of Warren Harding's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census.
| 67th United States Congress | |
|---|---|
66th ← → 68th | |
United States Capitol (1906) | |
March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |
| Members | 96 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates |
| Senate majority | Republican |
| Senate President | Calvin Coolidge (R) |
| House majority | Republican |
| House Speaker | Frederick H. Gillett (R) |
| Sessions | |
| Special[a]: March 4, 1921 – March 15, 1921 1st: April 11, 1921 – November 23, 1921 2nd: December 5, 1921 – September 22, 1922 3rd: November 20, 1922 – December 4, 1922 4th: December 4, 1922 – March 3, 1923 | |
The Republicans increased their majorities in both chambers—gaining supermajority status in the House—and with Warren G. Harding being sworn in a president, this gave the Republicans an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 61st Congress in 1909.[1][2]
This was the first Congress to feature a woman senator appointed in the United States Senate, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia, who held in office for one day. This remains the most recent congress in which Republicans held a two-thirds supermajority in the House of Representatives.
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic (D) |
Farmer– Labor (FL) | Republican (R) | |||
| End of previous congress | 46 | 0 | 50 | 96 | 0 |
| Begin | 37 | 0 | 59 | 96 | 0 |
| End | |||||
| Final voting share | 38.5% | 0.0% | 61.5% | ||
| Beginning of next congress | 42 | 1 | 53 | 96 | 0 |
| Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic (D) |
Socialist (Soc.) | Farmer– Labor (FL) | Republican (R) | Independent Republican (IR) | Other | |||
| End of previous congress | 187 | 0 | 1 | 238 | 1 | 1[b] | 428 | 7 |
| Begin | 131 | 1 | 0 | 299 | 1 | 0 | 432 | 3 |
| End | 130 | 295 | 427 | 8 | ||||
| Final voting share | 30.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 69.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | ||
| Beginning of next congress | 206 | 1 | 2 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 432 | 3 |
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class; Representatives are listed 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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1922; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1924; and Class 3 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico (2) |
Albert B. Fall (R) | Resigned March 4, 1921, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. | Holm O. Bursum (R) | March 11, 1921 |
| Delaware (1) |
Josiah O. Wolcott (D) | Resigned July 2, 1921, to accept an appointment to become Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Successor was appointed. | T. Coleman du Pont (R) | July 7, 1921 |
| Pennsylvania (1) |
Philander C. Knox (R) | Died October 12, 1921. Successor was appointed. | William E. Crow (R) | October 24, 1921 |
| Pennsylvania (3) |
Boies Penrose (R) | Died December 31, 1921. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. | George W. Pepper (R) | January 9, 1922 |
| Iowa (2) |
William S. Kenyon (R) | Resigned February 24, 1922, after being appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Successor was appointed. | Charles A. Rawson (R) | February 24, 1922 |
| Pennsylvania (1) |
William E. Crow (R) | Died August 2, 1922. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. | David A. Reed (R) | August 8, 1922 |
| Georgia (3) |
Thomas E. Watson (D) | Died September 26, 1922. Successor was appointed November 21, 1922, to serve one day until the elected successor took the seat. | Rebecca L. Felton (D) | October 3, 1922 |
| Delaware (1) |
T. Coleman du Pont (R) | Successor was elected. | Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (D) | November 8, 1922 |
| Iowa (2) |
Charles A. Rawson (R) | Successor was elected. | Smith W. Brookhart (R) | November 8, 1922 |
| Michigan (2) |
Truman H. Newberry (R) | Resigned November 18, 1922. Successor was appointed. | James J. Couzens (R) | November 29, 1922 |
| Georgia (3) |
Rebecca L. Felton (D) | Successor was elected. | Walter F. George (D) | November 22, 1922 |
| District | Vacated by | Reason for vacancy | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California 9th | Vacant | Rep.-elect Charles F. Van de Water died during previous congress | Walter F. Lineberger (R) | April 11, 1921 |
| Alabama 4th | Vacant | Rep. Fred L. Blackmon died during previous congress | Lamar Jeffers (D) | June 7, 1921 |
| Pennsylvania At-large | Vacant | Rep. Mahlon M. Garland died during previous congress | Thomas S. Crago (R) | September 20, 1921 |
| Michigan 3rd | William H. Frankhauser (R) | Died May 9, 1921 | John M. C. Smith (R) | June 28, 1921 |
| Iowa 5th | James W. Good (R) | Resigned June 15, 1921 | Cyrenus Cole (R) | July 19, 1921 |
| Illinois At-large | William E. Mason (R) | Died June 16, 1921 | Winnifred S. M. Huck (R) | November 7, 1922 |
| Massachusetts 6th | Willfred W. Lufkin (R) | Resigned June 30, 1921, after being appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston | A. Piatt Andrew (R) | September 27, 1921 |
| Virginia 5th | Rorer A. James (D) | Died August 6, 1921 | J. Murray Hooker (D) | November 8, 1921 |
| Arkansas 6th | Samuel M. Taylor (D) | Died September 13, 1921 | Chester W. Taylor (D) | October 25, 1921 |
| Virginia 10th | Henry D. Flood (D) | Died December 8, 1921 | Henry St. George Tucker III (D) | March 21, 1922 |
| California 6th | John A. Elston (R) | Died December 15, 1921 | James H. MacLafferty (R) | November 7, 1922 |
| Maine 3rd | John A. Peters (R) | Resigned January 2, 1922, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of Maine | John E. Nelson (R) | March 20, 1922 |
| Hawaii Territory | Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (R) | Died January 7, 1922 | Harry Baldwin (R) | March 25, 1922 |
| New York 37th | Alanson B. Houghton (R) | Resigned February 28, 1922, after being appointed United States Ambassador to Germany | Lewis Henry (R) | April 11, 1922 |
| Texas 13th | Lucian W. Parrish (D) | Died March 27, 1922 | Guinn Williams (D) | May 22, 1922 |
| North Carolina 3rd | Samuel M. Brinson (D) | Died April 13, 1922 | Charles L. Abernethy (D) | November 7, 1922 |
| Nebraska 1st | C. Frank Reavis (R) | Resigned June 3, 1922, after being appointed special assistant to the United States Attorney General | Roy H. Thorpe (R) | November 7, 1922 |
| Nebraska 6th | Moses Kinkaid (R) | Died July 6, 1922 | Augustin R. Humphrey (R) | November 7, 1922 |
| Massachusetts 16th | Joseph Walsh (R) | Resigned August 2, 1922, after being appointed a justice of the superior court of Massachusetts | Charles L. Gifford (R) | November 7, 1922 |
| Tennessee 7th | Lemuel P. Padgett (D) | Died August 2, 1922 | Clarence W. Turner (D) | November 7, 1922 |
| Pennsylvania 10th | Charles R. Connell (R) | Died September 26, 1922 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| California 5th | John I. Nolan (R) | Died November 18, 1922 | Mae Nolan (R) | January 23, 1923 |
| Illinois 2nd | James R. Mann (R) | Died November 30, 1922 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| Missouri 1st | Frank C. Millspaugh (R) | Resigned December 5, 1922 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| Virginia 7th | Thomas W. Harrison (D) | Lost contested election December 15, 1922 | John Paul Jr. (R) | December 15, 1922 |
| New Mexico At-large | Néstor Montoya (R) | Died January 13, 1923 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| Pennsylvania 1st | William S. Vare (R) | Resigned January 2, 1923 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| New Hampshire 1st | Sherman E. Burroughs (R) | Died January 27, 1923 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| California 10th | Henry Z. Osborne (R) | Died February 8, 1923 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress | |
| New York 16th | Bourke Cockran (D) | Died March 1, 1923 | 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.
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