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73 unusual facts about 63rd United States Congress


Allan B. Walsh

Walsh was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

Ambrose Kennedy

Kennedy was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1923).

Anderson Howell Walters

Walters was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress, and he was not a candidate for renomination.

Andrew R. Brodbeck

Brodbeck was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914.

Bryan F. Mahan

Mahan was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915) and made an unsuccessful bid for reelection in 1914.

Charles Eugene Fuller

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress.

Charles M. Thomson

He was elected as a Progressive to the 63rd Congress, where he served from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915.

Charles Mann Hamilton

Hamilton was elected as a Republican to the 63rd, 64th and 65th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1919; and was Minority Whip from 1915 to 1919.

Charles R. Crisp

Crisp was elected to the Sixty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until October 7, 1932, when he resigned to become a member of the United States Tariff Commission, in which capacity he served until December 30, 1932.

Charles W. Bell

Bell was elected as a Progressive Republican to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915).

Clement Laird Brumbaugh

Brumbaugh was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921).

Ebenezer J. Hill

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1912 for reelection to the Sixty-third Congress.

Edgar Raymond Kiess

Kiess was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served until his death at his summer home at Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania.

Edwin S. Underhill

Underhill was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915).

Eugene Elliott Reed

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress, but was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915).

Frank Park

In 1913, Park won a special election to fill Georgia's vacant 2nd district seat in the United States House of Representatives during the 63rd United States Congress.

Frank Trimble O'Hair

O'Hair was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915, defeating former Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon.

Frederick A. Britten

Britten was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the ten succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-January 3, 1935).

George M. Young

Young was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, to September 2, 1924, when he resigned to accept a judicial position.

George W. Loft

A member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, Loft was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Timothy D. Sullivan.

H. Olin Young

Young presented credentials as a Member-elect to the 63rd Congress and served from March 4, 1913, until his resignation, effective May 16, 1913, while a contest for the seat was pending.

Harry H. Dale

Dale was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, to January 6, 1919, when he resigned having been appointed judge of the magistrate's court in 1919.

Henry G. Danforth

Danforth was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917).

Henry Vollmer

In a special election held in February 1914, Vollmer defeated Republican Harry E. Hull, succeeding Pepper in the Sixty-third Congress.

Ira Clifton Copley

He ran then ran for re-election as a member of the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party for the 63rd United States Congress.

Irvin S. Pepper

In the Sixty-third Congresses, he served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department.

Jacob A. Cantor

Cantor was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis Burton Harrison, and served from November 4, 1913, to March 3, 1915.

Jacob Falconer

He was elected to the Sixty-third Congress and served for one term (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915), and was an unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for U.S. Senator on the Progressive ticket in 1914.

James H. O'Brien

O'Brien was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1915.

James Manahan

He moved back to Minneapolis in 1905, and practiced law there until 1912, when he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915).

James P. Maher

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses).

James W. Bryan

Bryan was elected as a Progressive to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915).

Jeremiah Donovan

He was elected to the Sixty-third Congress from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

John A. M. Adair

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses).

John F. Carew

Carew was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1913, until his resignation on December 28, 1929, having been appointed a justice of the New York Supreme Court.

John Hoover Rothermel

He served as the chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor during the Sixty-second Congress, and of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce during the Sixty-third Congress.

John I. Nolan

Nolan was elected as a Republican to the 63rd United States Congress as San Francisco's first labor congressman, a staunch progressive reelected to the four succeeding Congresses.

John Jacob Rogers

Rogers was a member of the Lowell city government in 1911, school commissioner in 1912, and was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death.

John Joseph Mitchell

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress, but was elected to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John W. Weeks and served from April 15, 1913 to March 3, 1915.

John K. Shields

He chaired the Committee on Canadian Relations in the 63rd and 64th Congresses, the Committee on Interoceanic Canals in the 65th Congress, and the Committee on the Sale of Meat Products in the 66th Congress.

John Randall Walker

In 1912, Walker was elected to the 63rd United States Congress as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and served two additional terms in that seat until losing his bid for reelection in 1918.

Joseph A. Goulden

In 1912 Goulden was elected to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death.

Joseph Bryan Thompson

Thompson was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death.

Louis C. Cramton

He served in the 63rd Congress and the eight succeeding Congresses, from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1931.

Louis Fitzhenry

Fitzhenry was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress, but was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915).

Matthew Denver

He declined candidacy for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress.

Melville Clyde Kelly

Kelly was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate in 1914.

Michael Francis Phelan

Phelan was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921).

New Jersey's 11th congressional district

The 11th congressional district (together with the 12th) was created starting with the 63rd United States Congress in 1913, based on the results of the 1910 United States Census.

New Jersey's 12th congressional district

The 12th congressional district (together with the 11th district) was created starting with the 63rd United States Congress in 1913, based on redistricting following the United States Census, 1910.

Occupancy Permits Act

The Occupancy Permits Act was passed on March 4, 1915 by the 63rd United States Congress.

Oscar Callaway

Callaway was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses, serving March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1917.

Otis Wingo

In 1912, Wingo was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses, having served from March 4, 1913, until his death while undergoing surgery in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 21, 1930.

Peter G. Ten Eyck

Ten Eyck was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, holding office from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915.

Peter J. Dooling

Dooling was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921).

Reuben L. Haskell

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress.

Richard S. Whaley

Whaley was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George S. Legare.

Robert H. Gittins

Gittins was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1915.

Rollin R. Rees

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress, and afterwards resumed the practice of law in Minneapolis, Kansas.

Roy O. Woodruff

In 1912, Woodruff defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Representative George A. Loud to be elected as the candidate of the Progressive Party from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the 63rd Congress, serving from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915.

Seaborn Roddenbery

Rodenbery was reelected to the 62nd and 63rd Congresses; however, he died in Thomasville on September 25, 1913, while in office and was buried in that city's Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Solomon F. Prouty

In all, he served in the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses, from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1915.

Stanton Warburton

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress, and afterwards resumed the practice of law in Tacoma, Washington.

Timothy Sullivan

In November 1912, he was elected to the 63rd United States Congress but, due to ill health, did not take his seat, and died a few months into his term.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1912

Elections for four seats in the United States House of Representatives in Florida for the 63rd Congress were held November 5, 1912, at the same time as the election for President and the election for Governor.

Walter Allen Watson

Watson was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C., December 24, 1919.

William B. Cravens

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress.

William B. Francis

Francis was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1915).

William Francis Murray

Murray was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses.He served as a Member of Congress from March 4, 1911, until September 28, 1914, when he resigned, having been appointed postmaster of Boston.

William J. Browning

He was reelected to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 7, 1911, until his death in the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., March 24, 1920.

William Josiah MacDonald

H. Olin Young presented credentials as a Member-elect to the 63rd United States Congress and served from March 4, 1913, until his resignation, effective May 16, 1913, while a contest for the seat was pending.

William Oscar Mulkey

Mulkey was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry D. Clayton and served from June 29, 1914, to March 3, 1915.

Woodson R. Oglesby

Oglesby was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd and 64th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917.