Membership of the 62nd Congress of the United States

 

March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1913

 

First Session:  April 4, 1911 to August 22, 1911

Second Session:  December 4, 1911 to August 26, 1912

Third Session:  December 2, 1912 to March 3, 1913

 

Vice President of the United States: 

James S. Sherman (New York)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate: 

William P. Frye (Maine)
Charles Curtis (Kansas), from December 4 to 12, 1911
Augustus O. Bacon (Georgia), from January 15 to 17, March 11 and 12, April 8, May 10, May 30 to June 3, June 13 to July 5, August 1 to 10, August 27 to December 15, 1912; January 5 to 18 and February 2 to 15, 1913
Jacob H. Gallinger (New Hampshire), from February 12 to 14, April 26 and 27, May 7, July 6 to 31, August 12 to 26, 1912; December 16, 1912, to January 4, 1913; January 19 to February 1 and February 16 to March 3, 1913
Henry Cabot Lodge (Massachusetts), for March 25 and 26, 1912
Frank B. Brandegee (Connecticut), from May 25, 1912

Secretary of the Senate: 

Charles G. Bennett (New York)

Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: 

Daniel M. Ransdell (Indiana)
Edgar Livingstone Cornelius (Maryland), from December 10, 1912

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

Champ Clark (Missouri)

Clerk of the House: 

Alexander McDowell (Pennsylvania)
South Trimble (Kentucky), from April 4, 1911

Sergeant at Arms of the House: 

Henry Casson (Wisconsin)
Ulysses S. Jackson (Indiana), from April 4, 1911
Charles F. Riddell (Indiana), from July 18, 1912

Doorkeeper of the House: 

Joseph J. Sinnott (Virginia)

Postmaster of the House: 

William M. Dunbar

 

Alabama

 

Senators

 

John Hollis Bankhead

Joseph F. Johnston

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George W. Taylor
District 2: S. Hubert Dent
District 3: Henry D. Clayton
District 4: Fred L. Blackmon
District 5: J. Thomas Heflin
District 6: Richmond P. Hobson
District 7: John L. Burnett
District 8: William Richardson 
District 9: Oscar W. Underwood
 

Arizona (admitted as a state February 14, 1912)

 

Senators

 

Henry F. Ashurst (served from March 27, 1912)

Marcus A. Smith (served from March 27, 1912)

 

Representative At Large

 

Carl T. Hayden (served from February 19, 1912)
 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

James P. Clarke

Jeff Davis (died January 3, 1913)

John N. Heiskell (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jeff Davis and served from January 6 to January 29, 1913, when William Kavanaugh was elected)

William N. Kavanaugh (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jeff Davis; served from January 29, 1913)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Robert B. Macon
District 2: William A. Oldfield
District 3: John C. Floyd
District 4: William B. Cravens
District 5: Henderson M. Jacoway
District 6: Joseph T. Robinson (resigned January 14, 1913 to become Governor of Arkansas)
Samuel M. Taylor (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph T. Robinson; served from January 15, 1913)
District 7: William S. Goodwin
 

California

 

Senators

 

George C. Perkins

John D. Works

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John E. Raker
District 2: William Kent
District 3: Joseph R. Knowland
District 4: Julius Kahn
District 5: Everis A. Hayes
District 6: James C. Needham
District 7: William D. Stephens
District 8: Sylvester C. Smith (died January 26, 1913)
 

Colorado

 

Senators

 

Simon Guggenheim

Charles S. Thomas (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Hughes, Jr. in the previous Congress; served from January 15, 1913)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Atterson W. Rucker
District 2: John A. Martin
At Large: Edward T. Taylor
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Frank B. Brandegee

George P. McLean

 

Representatives

 

District 1: E. Stevens Henry
District 2: Thomas L. Reilly
District 3: Edwin W. Higgins
District 4: Ebenezer J. Hill
At Large: John Q. Tilson
 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

Henry A. du Pont

Harry A. Richardson

 

Representative At Large

 

William H. Heald
 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Duncan U. Fletcher

Nathan P. Bryan (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1911; served from April 4, 1911)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Stephen M. Sparkman
District 2: Frank Clark
District 3: Dannite H. Mays
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

Augustus O. Bacon

Joseph M. Terrell (resigned July 14, 1911)

Hoke Smith (elected on July 12, 1911 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander S. Clay, but did not assume these duties until later, preferring to continue as Governor; served from November 16, 1911)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles G. Edwards
District 2: Seaborn A. Roddenbery
District 3: Dudley M. Hughes
District 4: William C. Adamson
District 5: William M. Howard
District 6: Charles L. Bartlett
District 7: Gordon Lee
District 8: Samuel J. Tribble
District 9: Thomas M. Bell
District 10: Thomas W. Hardwick
District 11: William G. Brantley
 

Idaho

 

Senators

 

Weldon B. Heyburn (died October 17, 1912)

William E. Borah

Kirtland I. Perky (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Weldon B. Heyburn; served from November 18, 1912 to February 5, 1913, when James Brady was elected)

James H. Brady (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Weldon B. Heyburn; served from February 6, 1913)

 

Representative At Large

 

Burton L. French
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

Shelby M. Cullom

William Lorimer (election invalidated July 13, 1912 on the grounds "that corrupt methods and practices were employed in his election" involving bribery of members of the Illinois legislature)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Martin B. Madden
District 2: James R. Mann
District 3: William W. Wilson
District 4: James T. McDermott
District 5: Adolph J. Sabath
District 6: Edmund J. Stack
District 7: Frank Buchanan
District 8: Thomas Gallagher
District 9: Lynden Evans
District 10: George C. Foss
District 11: Ira C. Copley
District 12: Charles E. Fuller
District 13: John C. McKenzie
District 14: James McKinney
District 15: George W. Prince
District 16: Claude U. Stone
District 17: John A. Sterling
District 18: Joseph G. Cannon
District 19: William B. McKinley
District 20: Henry T. Rainey
District 21: James M. Graham
District 22: William A. Rodenberg
District 23: Martin D. Foster
District 24: H. Robert Fowler
District 25: Napoleon B. Thistlewood
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Benjamin F. Shively

John W. Kern

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John A. Boehne
District 2: William A. Cullop
District 3: William E. Cox
District 4: Lincoln Dixon
District 5: Ralph W. Moss
District 6: Finly H. Gray
District 7: Charles A. Korbly
District 8: John A. M. Adair
District 9: Martin A. Morrison
District 10: Edgar D. Crumpacker
District 11: George W. Rauch
District 12: Cyrus Cline
District 13: Henry A. Barnhart
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

Albert B. Cummins

Lafayette Young (resigned April 11, 1911, when William S. Kenyon was elected)

William S. Kenyon (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan Dolliver; served from April 12, 1911)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles A. Kennedy
District 2: Irvin S. Pepper
District 3: Charles E. Pickett
District 4: Gilbert N. Haugen
District 5: James W. Good
District 6: Nathan E. Kendall
District 7: Solomon F. Prouty
District 8: Horace M. Towner
District 9: Walter I. Smith (resigned March 15, 1911 to become United States circuit judge for the eighth judicial circuit)
William R. Green (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter I. Smith; served from June 5, 1911)
District 10: Frank P. Woods
District 11: Elbert H. Hubbard (died June 4, 1912)
George C. Scott (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Elbert H. Hubbard; served from November 5, 1912)
 

Kansas

 

Senators

 

Charles Curtis

Joseph L. Bristow

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Daniel R. Anthony, Jr.
District 2: Alexander C. Mitchell (died July 7, 1911)
Joseph Taggart (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander C. Mitchell; served from November 7, 1911)
District 3: Philip P. Campbell
District 4: Fred S. Jackson
District 5: Rollin R. Rees
District 6: Isaac D. Young
District 7: Edmond H. Madison (died September 18, 1911)
George A. Neeley (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edmond H. Madison; served from January 9, 1912)
District 8: Victor Murdock
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

Thomas H. Paynter

William O. Bradley

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ollie M. James
District 2: Augustus O. Stanley
District 3: Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.
District 4: Ben Johnson
District 5: J. Swagar Sherley
District 6: Arthur B. Rouse
District 7: J. Campbell Cantrill
District 8: Harvey Helm
District 9: William J. Fields
District 10: John W. Langley
District 11: Caleb Powers
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

Murphy J. Foster

John R. Thornton

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Albert Estopinal
District 2: H. Garland Dupré
District 3: Robert F. Broussard
District 4: John T. Watkins
District 5: Joseph E. Ransdell
District 6: Robert C. Wickliffe (died June 11,1912)
Lewis L. Morgan (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert C. Wickliffe; served from November 5, 1912)
District 7: Arsčne P. Pujo
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

William P. Frye (died August 8, 1911)

Charles F. Johnson

Obadiah Gardiner (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William P. Frye; served from September 23, 1911)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Asher C. Hinds
District 2: Daniel J. McGillicuddy
District 3: Samuel W. Gould
District 4: Frank E. Guernsey
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

Isidor Rayner (died November 25, 1912)

John Walter Smith

William P. Jackson (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Isidor Rayner; served from November 29, 1912)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: J. Harry Covington
District 2: J. Frederick C. Talbott
District 3: George Konig
District 4: J. Charles Linthicum
District 5: Thomas Parran
District 6: David J. Lewis
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

Henry Cabot Lodge

W. Murray Crane

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George P. Lawrence
District 2: Frederick H. Gillett
District 3: John A. Thayer
District 4: William H. Wilder
District 5: Butler Ames
District 6: Augustus P. Gardner
District 7: Ernest W. Roberts
District 8: Samuel W. McCall
District 9: William F. Murray
District 10: James F. Curley
District 11: Andrew J. Peters
District 12: John W. Weeks (resigned effective March 4, 1913 to become Senator)
District 13: William S. Greene
District 14: Robert O. Harris
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

William A. Smith

Charles E. Townsend

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Frank E. Doremus
District 2: William W. Wedemeyer (committed suicide January 2, 1913 by jumping from a ship in Colón, Panama during an official visit)
District 3: John M. C. Smith
District 4: Edward L. Hamilton
District 5: Edwin F. Sweet
District 6: Samuel W. Smith
District 7: Henry McMorran
District 8: Joseph W. Fordney
District 9: James C. McLaughlin
District 10: George A. Loud
District 11: Francis H. Dodds
District 12: H. Olin Young
 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

Knute Nelson

Moses E. Clapp

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Sydney Anderson
District 2: Winfield S. Hammond
District 3: Charles R. Davis
District 4: Frederick C. Stevens
District 5: Frank M. Nye
District 6: Charles A. Lindbergh
District 7: Andrew J. Volstead
District 8: Clarence B. Miller
District 9: Halvor Steenerson
 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

Le Roy Percy

John Sharp Williams

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ezekiel S. Candler
District 2: Hubert D. Stephens
District 3: Benjamin G. Humphreys
District 4: Thomas U. Sisson
District 5: Samuel A. Witherspoon
District 6: Pat Harrison
District 7: William A. Dickson
District 8: James W. Collier
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

William J. Stone

James A. Reed

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James T. Lloyd
District 2: William W. Rucker
District 3: Joshua W. Alexander
District 4: Charles F. Booher
District 5: William P. Borland
District 6: Clement C. Dickinson
District 7: Courtney W. Hamlin
District 8: Dorsey W. Shackleford
District 9: Champ Clark
District 10: Richard Bartholdt
District 11: Theron E. Catlin (succeeded August 12, 1912 by Patrick F. Gill, who contested the election)
Patrick F. Gill (successfully contested the election of Theron E. Catlin; served from August 12, 1912)
District 12: Leonidas C. Dyer
District 13: Walter L. Hensley
District 14: Joseph J. Russell
District 15: James A. Daugherty
District 16: Thomas L. Rubey
 

Montana

 

Senators

 

Joseph M. Dixon

Henry L. Myers

 

Representative At Large

 

Charles N. Pray
 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

Norris Brown

Gilbert M. Hitchcock

 

Representatives

 

District : John A. Maguire
District : Charles O. Lobeck
District : James P. Latta (died September 11, 1911)
Dan V. Stephens (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James P. Latta; served from November 7, 1911)
District : Charles H. Sloan
District : George W. Norris
District : Moses P. Kinkaid
 

Nevada

 

Senators

 

Francis G. Newlands

George S. Nixon (died June 5, 1912)

William A. Massey (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George S. Nixon; served from July 1, 1912 to January 29, 1913, when Key Pittman was elected)

Key Pittman (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George S. Nixon; served from January 29, 1913)

 

Representative At Large

 

Edwin E. Roberts
 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

Jacob H. Gallinger

Henry E. Burnham

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Cyrus A. Sulloway
District 2: Frank D. Currier
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

Frank O. Briggs

James E. Martine

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry C. Loudenslager (died August 12, 1911)
William J. Browning (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry C. Loudenslager; served from November 7, 1911)
District 2: John J. Gardner
District 3: Thomas J. Scully
District 4: Ira W. Wood
District 5: William E. Tuttle
District 6: William Hughes (resigned September 27, 1912)
Archibald C. Hart (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Hughes; served from November 5, 1912)
District 7: Edward W. Townsend
District 8: Walter I. McCoy
District 9: Eugene F. Kinkead
District 10: James A. Hamill
 

New Mexico (admitted as a state January 6, 1912)

 

Senators

 

Thomas B. Catron (served from March 27, 1912)

Albert B. Fall (served from March 27, 1912)

 

Representatives At Large

 

George Curry (served from January 8, 1912)
Harvey B. Fergusson (served from January 8, 1912)
 

New York

 

Senators

 

Elihu Root

James A. O'Gorman

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Martin W. Littleton
District 2: George H. Lindsay
District 3: James P. Maher
District 4: Frank E. Wilson
District 5: William C. Redfield
District 6: William M. Calder
District 7: John J. Fitzgerald
District 8: Daniel J. Riordan
District 9: Henry M. Goldfogle
District 10: William Sulzer (resigned December 31, 1912 to become Governor of New York)
District 11: Charles V. Fornes
District 12: Michael F. Conry
District 13: Jefferson M. Levy
District 14: John J. Kindred
District 15: Thomas G. Patten
District 16: Francis B. Harrison
District 17: Henry George, Jr.
District 18: Steven B. Ayres
District 19: John E. Andrus
District 20: Thomas J. Bradley
District 21: Richard E. Connell (died October 30, 1912)
District 22: William H. Draper
District 23: Henry S. DeForest
District 24: George W. Fairchild
District 25: Theron Akin
District 26: George R. Malby (died July 5, 1912)
Edwin A. Merritt (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George R. Malby; served from November 5, 1912)
District 27: Charles A. Talcott
District 28: Luther W. Mott
District 29: Michael E. Driscoll