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70 unusual facts about 61st United States Congress


Anthony Michalek

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the 60th Congress and for election in 1908 to the 61st Congress.

Carl C. Anderson

Anderson was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death in an automobile accident near Fostoria, Ohio, October 1, 1912.

Charles A. Kennedy

He served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage (in the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses), and the Committee on Rivers and Harbors (in the Sixty-sixth Congress).

Charles Creighton Carlin

He was reelected to the Sixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from November 5, 1907, to March 3, 1919, when he resigned before the commencement of the Sixty-sixth Congress, to which he had been reelected.

Charles E. Pickett

In 1908, Pickett was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 3rd congressional district the Sixty-first Congress.

Charles Frederick Scott

He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses).

Clarence C. Gilhams

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.

Cyrus Cline

Cline was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1917).

Daniel A. Driscoll

Driscoll was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917).

Daniel J. Riordan

He was re-elected to the 61st and to the seven succeeding Congresses, holding office from November 6, 1906, until his death in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 1923.

E. Stevens Henry

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses).

Ebenezer J. Hill

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Sixty-first Congress).

Edgar D. Crumpacker

He served as chairman of the Committee on the Census (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses).

Edmond H. Madison

Madison was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1907, until his death in Dodge City, Kansas, September 18, 1911.

Edward L. Hamilton

He was chairman of the Committee on Territories in the 58th through 61st Congresses.

Elijah B. Lewis

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.

Ernest W. Roberts

He was chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Sixty-first Congress).

Francis H. Dodds

Dodds was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 11th congressional district to the 61st and 62nd Congresses, serving from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1913.

Frank E. Guernsey

Guernsey was reelected to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 3, 1908, to March 3, 1917.

Frederick Lundin

In 1908 Lundin was elected as a Republican Congressman to the 61st United States Congress from Illinois' 7th congressional district, a Chicago seat.

George Deardorff McCreary

He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics during the Sixty-first Congress.

George R. Malby

Malby was elected as a Republican to the 60th, 61st and 62nd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1907, until his death.

Henry A. Barnhart

He was reelected to the Sixty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (November 3, 1908-March 3, 1919).

Henry McMorran

He was chair of the U.S. House Committee on Manufacturers in the 60th and 61st U.S. Congresses.

Henry Thomas Helgesen

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Sixty-first Congress in 1908.

Irving Price Wanger

He served as Chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department during the Fifty-fifth through Sixty-first Congresses.

J. Campbell Cantrill

Cantrill was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death during his campaign as the Democratic nominee for Governor of Kentucky.

James Collier

Running successfully as the Democratic Party candidate in the state's eighth congressional district, he took office on March 4, 1909 and went on to serve in eleven congresses (61st-72nd).

James H. Cassidy

James H. Cassidy was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Theodore E. Burton, where he served from April 20, 1909 to March 3, 1911.

James McKinney

He was reelected to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses and served from November 7, 1905, to March 3, 1913.

James Monroe Miller

He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Elections No. 2 (Sixty-first Congress).

James P. Maher

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.

James S. Havens

He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James B. Perkins (April 19, 1910 – March 3, 1911).

James S. Simmons

Simmons was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second United States Congresses (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913).

Joel Cook

He was reelected to the 61st United States Congress and served from 1907 until his death in Philadelphia.

John A. T. Hull

He served as chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs from the Fifty-fourth through Sixty-first Congresses.

John Geiser McHenry

McHenry was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses and served until his death in Benton, Pennsylvania.

John Gill, Jr.

Gill was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911), but was not a candidate for reelection in 1910.

John Joseph Mitchell

He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Q. Tirrell and served from November 8, 1910, to March 3, 1911.

John Merriman Reynolds

In November 1904, Reynolds was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives for the 59th, 60th, and 61st Congresses.

John P. Swasey

Swasey was elected on November 3, 1908, as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles E. Littlefield and was elected to the Sixty-first Congress and served from November 3, 1908, to March 3, 1911.

Jonathan Bourne, Jr.

While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Fisheries (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads (Sixty-second Congress).

Madison Roswell Smith

He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.

Martin A. Morrison

Morrison was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1917).

Michael E. Driscoll

He was Chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 3 (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses).

Michael F. Conry

Conry was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death.

Napoleon B. Thistlewood

He was elected to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses and served from February 1908 to March 1913.

Nathan E. Kendall

Defeating Hamilton in a close race, Kendall served in the Sixty-first Congress, then was re-elected in 1910, serving in the Sixty-second Congress.

Nehemiah D. Sperry

He served as chairman of the Committee on Alcohol Liquor Traffic (Fifty-sixth through Sixty-first Congresses).

Otto G. Foelker

He was at the same time elected to the 61st United States Congress, holding office from November 3, 1908, to March 3, 1911.

Robert M. Lively

Lively was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gordon J. Russell and served from July 23, 1910, to March 3, 1911.

Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.

Thomas was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death at Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, September 3, 1925.

S. Hubert Dent, Jr.

Dent was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 4, 1921).

Samuel B. Cooper

Cooper was again elected to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-first Congress.

Samuel Louis Gilmore

Gilmore was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert C. Davey and served from March 30, 1909, until his death in Abita Springs, Louisiana, on July 18, 1910.

Samuel William Smith

During his tenure, Smith was chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia in the 60th and 61st Congresses).

Thomas David Nicholls

Nicholls was elected as an Independent Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses.

Thomas S. Butler

While in Congress, he was chairman of the United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses) and member of the United States House Committee on Naval Affairs (Sixty-sixth through Seventieth Congresses).

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1908

Elections to the United States House of Representatives for Florida's three House seats in the 61st Congress were held November 3, 1908 alongside the election for President and the election for Governor.

Warren A. Haggott

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1908 for reelection to the Sixty-first Congress.

Washington Gardner

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor in the 61st Congress.

William A. Cullop

Cullop was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1917).

William B. Cravens

Cravens was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1907 until March 3, 1913.

William F. Englebright

He was reelected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served from November 6, 1906, to March 3, 1911.

William W. Cocks

Cocks was elected as a Republican to the 59th, 60th and 61st United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1905 to March 3, 1911.

William Walker Foulkrod

Foulkrod was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served until his death in Frankford.

William Wallace McCredie

McCredie was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis W. Cushman and served from November 2, 1909, to March 3, 1911.

William Walton Griest

He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads during the Sixty-eighth through the Seventieth Congresses.

Griest was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first and to the ten succeeding Congresses and until his death at Mount Clemens, Michigan.

William Wildman Campbell

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress and for election in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.