The
Sixty-sixth United States Congress was a
meeting of the
legislative branch
of the United States federal government, comprising the
United States Senate and the
United States House of
Representatives.
It met in Washington, DC
from March 4, 1919 to March 4, 1921, during the
last two years of Woodrow Wilson's
presidency.
The apportionment of seats in this
House of
Representatives was based on the
Thirteenth Census of the United
States in 1910. Both chambers had a
Republican majority.
Major events
A brief special session was called by
President Wilson in March 1919, because of a
filibuster that had successfully blocked
appropriations bills needed to fund
day-to-day government operations.
Major Legislation
- April 23, 1919 - Pittman Act
- June 30, 1919 - Navy
Appropriations Act of 1919
- June 30, 1919 - Hastings
Amendment
- July 11, 1919 - Anti-Lobbying Act of 1919
- July 11, 1919 - Army
Appropriations Act of 1919
- July 19, 1919 - Sundry Civil Expenses
Appropriations Act
- October 18, 1919 — National
Prohibition Act (Volstead Act), ch. 85,
- October 22, 1919 - Underground Water Act of
1919
- October 29, 1919 - National Motor
Vehicle Theft Act
- November 4, 1919 - Deficiency
Act of 1919
- November 6, 1919 - Indian
Soldier Act of 1919
- December 24, 1919 -- Edge Act of
1919
- February 25, 1920 -- Oil
Leasing Act of 1920
- February 25, 1920 — Mineral Leasing Act of 1920
(Smoot-Sinnot Act), ch. 85,
- February 25, 1920 -- Pipeline Rights-of-Way Act
- February 25, 1920 -- Sale of Water For
Miscellaneous Purposes Act
- February 28, 1920 — Esch-Cummins
Act, ,
- March 9, 1920 -- Suits in Admiralty Act of
1920
- March 15, 1920 -- Military
Surplus Act of 1920
- March 30, 1920 -- Death on the High Seas Act of
1920
- April 13, 1920 -- Phelen Act of
1920
- May 1, 1920 -- Fuller Act of
1920
- May 10, 1920 -- Deportation
Act of 1920
- May 18, 1920 -- Kinkaid Act of
1920
- May 20, 1920 -- Sale of Surplus
Improved Public Lands Act
- May 22, 1920 -- Civil Service Retirment Act
of 1920
- May 29, 1920 -- Independent Treasury Act of
1920
- June 2, 1920 --
Industry Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920
- June 2, 1920 -- Civilian
Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1920
- June 2, 1920 -- National Park Criminal
Jurisdiction Act
- June 4, 1920 -- Defense Act of 1920
- June 5, 1920 -- Sills Act of
1920
- June 5, 1920 -- Merchant
Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act)
- June 5, 1920 -- Women's
Bureau Act of 1920
- June 5, 1920 -- Ship
Mortgage Act of 1920
- June 5, 1920 -- River
and Harbors Act of 1920
- June 5, 1920 -- Federal Water Power
Act of 1920
- January 4, 1921 -- War Finance Corporation Act
of 1921
- March 3, 1921 -- Patent Act of 1921
- March 3, 1921 -- Federal Water
Power Act Amendment
Party summary
Senate
TOTAL members: 96
House of Representatives
TOTAL members: 435
Leadership
Senate
House of Representatives
Members
Senate
Committee on Elections of the Senate engaged in the counting of the
Ford-Newberry vote.
Tellers in the foreground of the picture are Senators Walter
E.
Edge of N.J. and Selden P.
Because of the
17th Amendment, from
1914 onward U.S. Senators were elected directly, instead of by
state legislatures.
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected
statewide on the
general ticket or
otherwise
at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the
names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single
member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles
describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the
districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article
may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it
was at the time of this Congress.
- Alabama
- * . William B. Bowling (D), elected to fill vacancy
- * . Lilius Bratton Rainey
(D), elected to fill vacancy
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- * . James O'Connor (D), elected
to fill vacancy
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- * . Peter Francis Tague
(D), successfully contested
election
- Michigan
- * . Clarence J. McLeod (R), elected to fill vacancy
- Minnesota
- * . Oscar Keller (R), elected to
fill vacancy
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- * . Jacob L. Milligan (D), elected to fill vacancy
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New
Hampshire
- New
Jersey
- * . Francis F.
Patterson, Jr. (R),
elected to fill vacancy
- New
Mexico
- New
York
- * . Lester D. Volk (R), elected to fill vacancy
- * . Nathan David Perlman
(R), elected to fill vacancy
- * . Hamilton Fish III (R),
elected to fill vacancy
- North
Carolina
- * . Clyde R. Hoey (D), elected to fill vacancy
- North
Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- * . John W. Harreld (R), elected to fill vacancy
- * . Charles Swindall (R),
elected to fill vacancy
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- * . Harry C. Ransley (R), elected to fill vacancy
- * . John R. Farr (R), won contested election
- Rhode
Island
- South
Carolina
- * . Philip H. Stoll (D), elected to fill vacancy
- * . Edward C. Mann (D), elected to fill vacancy
- South
Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- * . Patrick H. Drewry (D), elected to fill vacancy
- * . Rorer A. James (D), elected to fill vacancy
- Washington
- West
Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Non-voting members
Employees
Senate
House of Representatives
- Clerk:
William T. Page of Maryland
, elected May
19, 1919
- Sergeant at Arms:
Joseph G. Rodgers of Pennsylvania
, elected May 19, 1919.
- Doorkeeper:
Bert W. Kennedy of Michigan
, elected May
19, 1919.
- Postmaster:
Frank W. Collier of Wisconsin
, elected May 19, 1919.
- Clerk
at the Speaker’s Table:
- Chaplain:
Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected May 19, 1919
References
- The official Senate website provides the full story of this
filibuster as part of a biography of Charles P.
Higgins[1], the Senate
Sergeant-at-Arms who was the only Democrat to fill that
office in a space of almost forty years.
, elected
March 13, 1913.
, elected May 19, 1919.
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