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72 unusual facts about 68th United States Congress


Albert B. Rossdale

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress and for election in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.

Allard H. Gasque

He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1938.

Andrew Petersen

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Charles A. Mooney

Mooney was elected to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 29, 1931.

Charles Browne

Browne was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1923 to March 4, 1925, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.

Clarence MacGregor

He was elected as a Republican to the 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th and 70th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1919, until his resignation on December 31, 1928.

Edward C. Little

In the Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses, he was chairman of the Committee on Revision of Laws.

Edward E. Miller

Miller was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925), but he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1924.

Edward M. Beers

Beers was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served until his death in Washington, D.C. Interment in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery in Mount Union.

Edwin B. Brooks

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Elmer H. Geran

Geran was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress from March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.

Elmer O. Leatherwood

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

Everett Kent

Kent was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924.

Frank A. Oliver

Oliver was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his resignation on June 18, 1934.

Frank Crawford Sites

Sites was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924.

Frank R. Reid

Reid was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935).

Fred Sisson

He was sheriff's attorney in 1913 and corporation counsel for the city of Utica in 1914; in 1922 he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 68th United States Congress and in 1928 to the 71st United States Congress.

George Austin Welsh

Welsh was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation.

George M. Wertz

Wertz was elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but was defeated in the 1924 Republican primary.

Grant M. Hudson

Hudson was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 6th congressional district to the 68th United States Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1923 to March 3, 1931).

Guinn Williams

He was reelected to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (May 22, 1922 – March 3, 1933).

Guy Edgar Campbell

He served as the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor during the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Harry C. Canfield

Canfield was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933).

Harry C. Gahn

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress and for election in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress.

Hays B. White

He served as chairman of the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (Sixty-eighth through Seventieth Congresses).

Heartsill Ragon

Ragon was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his resignation effective June 16, 1933, having been appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas on May 12, 1933, in which capacity he served until his death in Fort Smith, Arkansas, September 15, 1940.

Herman A. Metz

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Hiram Kinsman Evans

In a special election, Evans was elected as a Republican to serve out the remainder of Towner's term in the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Israel Moore Foster

Foster was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, and Sixty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1925).

J. Mayhew Wainwright

Wainwright was elected as a Republican to the 68th, 69th, 70th and 71st United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1923, to March 3, 1931.

J. Murray Hooker

He was reelected to the Sixty-eighth Congress and served from November 8, 1921, to March 3, 1925.

J. Will Taylor

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses).

James B. Reed

Reed was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Lewis E. Sawyer.

James G. Strong

He served as chairman of the Committee on War Claims (Sixty-eighth through Seventy-first Congresses).

James H. MacLafferty

He was reelected to the Sixty-eighth Congress and served from November 7, 1922, to March 3, 1925.

James R. Buckley

Buckley was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925), representing Illinois 6th District.

James V. Ganly

Ganly was elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1923, until his death in an automobile accident in New York City September 7, 1923, before the convening of Congress.

James W. Wise

Due to a prolonged illness, he was unable to qualify for or attend the 68th Congress.

John C. McKenzie

He served as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs (Sixty-eighth Congress).

John D. Fredericks

Fredericks was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Z. Osborne.

John I. Nolan

He had been re-elected in 1922 to the 68th United States Congress before he died in San Francisco, California on November 18, 1922.

John R. Tyson

Tyson was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in Rochester, Minnesota, on March 27, 1923.

John W. Langley

Langley was elected in March 4, 1907 as a Republican to the Sixtieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses where he became known as "Pork Barrel John." He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses).

John W. Rainey

He was reelected to the Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, and Sixty-eighth Congresses and served from April 2, 1918, until his death in Chicago, Illinois, on May 4, 1923.

Joseph C. Pringey

An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the 68th Congress, Pringey became Acting postmaster of Chandler, Oklahoma, in 1923 and 1924.

Joseph H. Himes

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1922 for reelection to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Joseph W. Morris

Morris was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Campbell Cantrill and served from November 30, 1923, to March 3, 1925.

Lewis E. Sawyer

Sawyer was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1923, until his death at Hot Springs, Arkansas, May 5, 1923.

Louis W. Fairfield

He served as chairman of the Committee on Insular Affairs (Sixty-eighth Congress).

Magnus Johnson

Johnson served in the Senate from July 16, 1923, to March 4, 1925, in the 68th congress.

Morton D. Hull

Hull was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James R. Mann.

Ogden L. Mills

He was to elected to the Republican Party, from the 67th, 68th and the 69th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1921 until March 3, 1927.

Oscar Larson

He was elected as a Republican to the 67th and 68th congresses, (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925), opting not to run for re-election in 1924.

Oscar Raymond Luhring

Luhring was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1923) and was also an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Peter Francis Tague

Tague was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Boston in 1917, but was reelected to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses, serving from October 23, 1919, to March 3, 1925.

Ralph F. Lozier

Lozier was elected as a Democrat to the 68th and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1923 to January 3, 1935).

Richard S. Aldrich

Aldrich was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933).

Samuel B. Hill

Hill was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Stanley Webster.

Samuel Feiser Glatfelter

Glatfelter was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress, But was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924.

Scott Leavitt

Leavitt was elected as a Republican from Montana to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933).

Thaddeus C. Sweet

He was elected to the 68th United States Congress in 1923 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Luther W. Mott and served from November 6, 1923 until his death in office, having been re-elected to the 69th and 70th United States Congresses.

Thomas J. B. Robinson

Robinson had served in the Sixty-eighth and the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1923 to March 3, 1933.

U. S. Guyer

Guyer was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward C. Little and served from November 4, 1924, to March 3, 1925.

Washington J. McCormick

Mccormick was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921 - March 4, 1923), but was unsuccessful in his reelection bid in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

William E. Hull

Hull was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933).

William F. Kopp

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (in the Sixty-eighth Congress), Committee on Labor (in the Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses), and the Committee on Pensions (in the Seventy-first Congress).

William H. Sproul

Sproul was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1931).

William Martin Croll

Croll was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924.

William N. Vaile

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Sixty-eighth Congress, March 4, 1923 to March 4, 1925).

William P. Holaday

Holaday was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933).

William W. Arnold

Arnold was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his resignation, effective September 16, 1935, having been appointed July 29, 1935, a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals (now the United States Tax Court).

Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck

She was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the 68th Congress in 1922, and an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for a special election (February 27, 1923) to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative James Mann.