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75 unusual facts about 64th 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.

Benjamin I. Taylor

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress, and instead resumed the practice of law in Port Chester, New York.

Burton E. Sweet

In 1914, Sweet was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the Sixty-fourth Congress, replacing incumbent Democratic Congressman Maurice Connolly (who had run for the U.S. Senate).

Carl Van Dyke

Van Dyke was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death in Washington, D.C., May 20, 1919.

Charles A. Korbly

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

Charles B. Timberlake

Timberlake was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933).

Charles B. Ward

Ward was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925).

Charles Bennett Smith

He served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce (Sixty-fourth Congress), Committee on Patents (Sixty-fifth Congress).

Charles Eugene Fuller

Fuller was elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death at a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, June 25, 1926.

Charles Hedding Rowland

Rowland was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses from Pennsylvania's twenty-first district.

Charles M. Thomson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the 64th Congress in 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 W. Bell

However, he ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

Daniel F. Lafean

He was elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1916.

David Hayes Kincheloe

Kincheloe was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his resignation on October 5, 1930, having been appointed to the bench.

Ebenezer J. Hill

Hill was elected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death in Norwalk, Connecticut, September 27, 1917.

Edward E. Denison

Denison was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1931).

Edward Hills Wason

Wason was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1933).

Edward John King

King was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death.

Frank Trimble O'Hair

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress, losing to Cannon (who regained his seat).

Fred S. Purnell

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

George A. Loud

Loud defeated Woodruff in 1914 to be elected to the 64th Congress, serving from March 4, 1915 to March 3, 1917.

George E. Hood

March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 - elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1918

George H. Tinkham

Tinkham was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-January 3, 1943).

George Huddleston

Huddleston was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1937), representing Alabama's 9th congressional district.

George W. Loft

He was reelected in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress and served from November 4, 1913, to March 3, 1917.

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.

Harry H. Pratt

Pratt was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 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 S. Benedict

Benedict was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative William D. Stephens (November 7, 1916-March 3, 1917).

Henry S. De Forest

He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress and for election in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress.

Henry Winfield Watson

Watson was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his death in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

J. Campbell Cantrill

He served as chairman of the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses).

J. Henry Goeke

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

James A. Gallivan

He was reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from April 7, 1914, until his death in Arlington on April 3, 1928.

James W. Wise

Wise was elected as a Democrat to the 64th and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925).

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. Elston

Elston was elected as a Progressive to the Sixty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 - December 15, 1921).

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 G. Cooper

Cooper was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the 10 succeeding Congresses between (March 4, 1915 and January 3, 1937).

John Hall Stephens

He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-second through Sixty-fourth Congresses).

John Joseph Mitchell

He was again an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

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 N. Tillman

Tillman was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1929).

John R. Clancy

An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress, he resumed his interests in manufacturing in Syracuse, New York.

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.

Lindley H. Hadley

Hadley was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1933).

Louis Fitzhenry

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress, and thereafter resumed the practice of law in Bloomington, from 1915 to 1918.

Martin A. Morrison

He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Sixty-fourth Congress).

Merrill Moores

Moores was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925).

Michael F. Farley

He was elected to the 64th United States Congress as a Democrat, and served until his defeat for reelection in 1916.

Michael Liebel, Jr.

Liebel was the Democratic representative of the 25th District of Pennsylvania to the Sixty-fourth Congress from 1915 to 1917.

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.

Peter Francis Tague

Tague next entered national politics, serving as a Democrat in the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919).

Peter G. Ten Eyck

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress, and was a delegate to the 1920 Democratic National Convention.

Richard Olney II

Olney was elected as a Democrat to the 64th, 65th and 66th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1921.

Richard P. Freeman

Freeman was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1933).

Richard S. Whaley

He was re-elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses and served from April 29, 1913, to March 3, 1921.

Robert Douglas Heaton

Heaton was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1910, and was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses.

Samuel Henry Miller

He was again elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress, and declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1916.

Samuel M. Taylor

He was reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 15, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 13, 1921.

Samuel William Smith

He did not stand for reelection to the 54th Congress, but moved to Detroit in 1913 and continued the practice of law.

South Carolina's 4th congressional district special election, 1915

The 1915 South Carolina 4th congressional district special election was held on September 14, 1915 to select a Representative for the 4th congressional district to serve out the remainder of the term for the 64th Congress.

Stanley E. Bowdle

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress and in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress.

Stephen M. Sparkman

He served as chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors (Sixty-second through Sixty-fourth Congresses).

Theron Akin

He was again an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Sixty-fourth Congress on the Progressive ticket in 1914.

Thomas J. Steele

In 1914, Steele upset incumbent Republican Congressman George Cromwell Scott in the race to represent Iowa's 11th congressional district in the Sixty-fourth Congress.

Thomas W. Miller

During this term, he served in the Republican minority in the 64th Congress.

Tinsley W. Rucker, Jr.

Upon the death of Georgia's federal representative for the 8th district, Samuel J. Tribble, Rucker won the special election as a Democrat to fill the remainder of the term for that seat in the 64th United States Congress and served from January 11, 1917 until March 3, 1917.

Walter Russell Stiness

Stiness was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923).

William B. Charles

Charles was elected as a Republican to the 64th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1917.

William H. Hinebaugh

He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

William J. Sears

Sears was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1929).

William W. Venable

Venable was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel A. Witherspoon.

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.