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K:\Fm Andrew\61 to 70\70.Xml SEVENTIETH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1927, TO MARCH 3, 1929 FIRST SESSION—December 5, 1927, to May 29, 1928 SECOND SESSION—December 3, 1928, to March 3, 1929 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—CHARLES G. DAWES, of Illinois PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—GEORGE H. MOSES, 1 of New Hampshire SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—EDWIN P. THAYER, 2 of Indiana SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—DAVID S. BARRY, of Rhode Island SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, 3 of Ohio CLERK OF THE HOUSE—WILLIAM TYLER PAGE, 4 of Maryland SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOSEPH G. ROGERS, of Pennsylvania DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—BERT W. KENNEDY, of Michigan POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—FRANK W. COLLIER ALABAMA Thaddeus H. Caraway, Jonesboro COLORADO REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS SENATORS J. Thomas Heflin, Lafayette William J. Driver, Osceola Lawrence C. Phipps, Denver 7 Hugo L. Black, Birmingham William A. Oldfield, Batesville Charles W. Waterman, Denver REPRESENTATIVES Pearl Peden Oldfield, 8 Batesville John McDuffie, Monroeville John N. Tillman, Fayetteville REPRESENTATIVES Lister Hill, Montgomery Otis Wingo, De Queen William N. Vaile, 9 Denver Henry B. Steagall, Ozark Heartsill Ragon, Clarksville S. Harrison White, 10 Denver Lamar Jeffers, Anniston James B. Reed, Lonoke Charles B. Timberlake, Sterling William B. Bowling, 5 Lafayette Tilman B. Parks, Camden Guy U. Hardy, Canon City LaFayette L. Patterson, 6 Alexander Edward T. Taylor, Glenwood Springs City CALIFORNIA William B. Oliver, Tuscaloosa SENATORS CONNECTICUT Miles C. Allgood, Allgood Edward B. Almon, Tuscumbia Hiram W. Johnson, San Francisco SENATORS George Huddleston, Birmingham Samuel M. Shortridge, Menlo Park George P. McLean, Simsbury William B. Bankhead, Jasper REPRESENTATIVES Hiram Bingham, New Haven Clarence F. Lea, Santa Rosa REPRESENTATIVES ARIZONA Harry L. Englebright, Nevada City SENATORS E. Hart Fenn, Wethersfield Charles F. Curry, Sacramento Richard P. Freeman, New London Henry F. Ashurst, Prescott Florence P. Kahn, San Francisco Carl Hayden, Phoenix John Q. Tilson, New Haven Richard J. Welch, San Francisco Schuyler Merritt, Stamford REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Albert E. Carter, Oakland James P. Glynn, Winsted Lewis W. Douglas, Phoenix Henry E. Barbour, Fresno Arthur M. Free, San Jose ARKANSAS W. E. Evans, Glendale DELAWARE SENATORS Joe Crail, Los Angeles SENATORS Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock Philip D. Swing, El Centro Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., Wilmington 1 Reelected December 15, 1927. 6 Elected November 6, 1928, to fill vacancy caused by 8 Elected January 9, 1929, to fill vacancy caused by 2 Reelected December 15, 1927. resignation of William B. Bowling, and became a member death of her husband William A. Oldfield, and became 3 Reelected December 5, 1927. of the House on December 3, 1928. a member of the House on January 11, 1929. 4 Reelected December 5, 1927. 7 Died November 19, 1928, before the commencement 9 Died July 2, 1927, before Congress assembled. 5 Resigned August 16, 1928, having been appointed a of the Seventy-first Congress, to which he had been re- 10 Elected November 15, 1927, to fill vacancy caused by justice of the circuit court of the state of Alabama. elected. death of William N. Vaile, and became a member of the House on December 5, 1927. [ 325 ] 326 Biographical Directory DELAWARE—Continued James T. Igoe, Chicago William D. Boise, Sheldon M. Alfred Michaelson, Chicago SENATORS—Continued Stanley H. Kunz, Chicago KANSAS 11 T. Coleman du Pont, Wilmington Fred A. Britten, Chicago SENATORS 12 Daniel O. Hastings, Wilmington Carl R. Chindblom, Chicago Charles Curtis, 22 Topeka REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Frank R. Reid, Aurora Arthur Capper, Topeka Robert G. Houston, Georgetown John T. Buckbee, Rockford William R. Johnson, Freeport REPRESENTATIVES FLORIDA John C. Allen, Monmouth Daniel R. Anthony, Jr., Leavenworth Edward J. King, 18 Galesburg U. S. Guyer, Kansas City SENATORS William (Ed.) Hull, Peoria W. H. Sproul, Sedan Duncan U. Fletcher, Jacksonville Homer W. Hall, Bloomington Homer Hoch, Marion Park Trammell, Lakeland William P. Holaday, Georgetown James G. Strong, Blue Rapids REPRESENTATIVES Charles Adkins, Decatur Hays B. White, 23 Mankato Herbert J. Drane, Lakeland Henry T. Rainey, Carrollton Clifford R. Hope, Garden City R. A. Green, Starke J. Earl Major, Hillsboro William A. Ayres, Wichita Tom A. Yon, Tallahassee Ed. M. Irwin, Belleville William J. Sears, Kissimmee William W. Arnold, Robinson KENTUCKY Thomas S. Williams, Louisville SENATORS GEORGIA Edward E. Denison, Marion Frederic M. Sackett, Louisville At Large–Richard Yates, Springfield SENATORS Alben W. Barkley, Paducah At Large–Henry R. Rathbone, 19 William J. Harris, Cedartown Kenilworth REPRESENTATIVES Walter F. George, Vienna W. V. Gregory, Mayfield REPRESENTATIVES INDIANA David H. Kincheloe, Madisonville Charles G. Edwards, Savannah SENATORS John W. Moore, Morgantown E. E. Cox, Camilla James E. Watson, Rushville Henry D. Moorman, Hardinsburg Charles R. Crisp, Americus Arthur R. Robinson, Indianapolis Maurice H. Thatcher, Louisville William C. Wright, Newnan REPRESENTATIVES Orie S. Ware, Covington Virgil Chapman, Paris Leslie J. Steele, Decatur Harry E. Rowbottom, Evansville Ralph Gilbert, Shelbyville Samuel Rutherford, Forsyth Arthur H. Greenwood, Washington Malcolm C. Tarver, Dalton Frank Gardner, Scottsburg Fred M. Vinson, Louisa Charles H. Brand, Athens Harry C. Canfield, Batesville Katherine Langley, Pikeville Thomas M. Bell, Gainesville Nobel J. Johnson, Terre Haute John M. Robsion, Barbourville Carl Vinson, Milledgeville Richard N. Elliott, Connersville William C. Lankford, Douglas Ralph E. Updike, Sr., Indianapolis LOUISIANA William W. Larsen, Dublin Albert H. Vestal, Anderson SENATORS Fred S. Purnell, Attica Joseph E. Ransdell, Lake Providence IDAHO William R. Wood, La Fayette Edwin S. Broussard, New Iberia SENATORS Albert R. Hall, Marion REPRESENTATIVES William E. Borah, Boise David Hogg, Fort Wayne James O’Connor, New Orleans Frank R. Gooding, 13 Gooding Andrew J. Hickey, La Porte J. Zach Spearing, New Orleans John Thomas, 14 Gooding IOWA Whitmell P. Martin, Thibodaux REPRESENTATIVES John N. Sandlin, Minden SENATORS Burton L. French, Moscow Riley J. Wilson, Ruston Addison T. Smith, Twin Falls Daniel F. Steck, Ottumwa Bolivar E. Kemp, Amite Smith W. Brookhart, Washington Ladislas Lazaro, 24 Washington ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVES Rene´ L. DeRouen, 25 Ville Platte SENATORS William F. Kopp, Mount Pleasant James B. Aswell, Natchitoches F. D. Letts, Davenport Charles S. Deneen, Chicago T. J. B. Robinson, Hampton Frank L. Smith, 15 Dwight MAINE 16 Gilbert N. Haugen, Northwood SENATORS Otis F. Glenn, Murphysboro Cyrenus Cole, Cedar Rapids REPRESENTATIVES C. William Ramseyer, Bloomfield Frederick Hale, Portland Martin B. Madden, 17 Chicago Cassius C. Dowell, Des Moines Arthur R. Gould, Presque Isle Morton D. Hull, Chicago Lloyd Thurston, Osceola REPRESENTATIVES Elliott W. Sproul, Chicago William R. Green, 20 Council Bluffs Carroll L. Beedy, Portland Thomas A. Doyle, Chicago Earl W. Vincent, 21 Guthrie Center Wallace H. White, Jr., Lewiston Adolph J. Sabath, Chicago L. J. Dickinson, Algona John E. Nelson, Augusta 11 Resigned December 9, 1928. 16 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Frank 21 Elected June 4, 1928, to fill vacancy caused by res- 12 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of T. L. Smith, and took his seat December 3, 1928. ignation of William R. Green, and became a member of Coleman du Pont, and took his seat December 13, 1928. 17 Died April 27, 1928; vacancy throughout remainder the House on December 3, 1928. 13 Died June 24, 1928. of the Congress. 22 Resigned effective March 3, 1929, having been elected 14 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Frank 18 Died February 17, 1929; vacancy throughout remain- Vice President of the United States. R. Gooding, and took his seat December 3, 1928; subse- der of the Congress. 23 Election unsuccessfully contested by W. H. Clark. quently elected. 19 Died July 15, 1928; vacancy throughout remainder 24 Died March 30, 1927, before Congress assembled. 15 Presented credentials as Senator-elect on January 19, of the Congress. 25 Elected August 23, 1927, to fill vacancy caused by 1927, for term beginning March 4, 1927, but was not 20 permitted to qualify, due to charges of campaign fraud; Resigned March 31, 1928, having been appointed a death of Ladislas Lazaro, and became a member of the resigned on February 9, 1928. judge of the Court of Claims of the United States. House on December 5, 1927. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS 327 Ira G. Hersey, Houlton MINNESOTA Scott Leavitt, Great Falls SENATORS MARYLAND Henrik Shipstead, Minneapolis NEBRASKA SENATORS Thomas D. Schall, Excelsior SENATORS William Cabell Bruce, Baltimore REPRESENTATIVES George W. Norris, McCook Millard E. Tydings, Havre de Grace Allen J. Furlow, Rochester Robert B. Howell, Omaha REPRESENTATIVES Frank Clague, Redwood Falls REPRESENTATIVES T. Alan Goldsborough, Denton August H. Andresen, Red Wing John H. Morehead, Falls City William P. Cole, Jr., Towson Melvin J. Maas, St. Paul Willis G. Sears, Omaha Vincent L. Palmisano, Baltimore Walter H. Newton, Minneapolis Edgar Howard, Columbus J. Charles Linthicum, Baltimore Harold Knutson, St. Cloud John N. Norton, Polk Stephen W. Gambrill, Laurel O. J. Kvale, Benson A. C. Shallenberger, Alma Frederick N. Zihlman, Cumberland William L. Carss, Proctor Robert G. Simmons, Scottsbluff C. G. Selvig, Crookston MASSACHUSETTS Godfrey G. Goodwin, Cambridge NEVADA SENATORS SENATORS MISSISSIPPI Frederick H. Gillett, Springfield Key Pittman, Tonopah
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