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46 unusual facts about 69th 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.

Allen F. Moore

He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.

Anderson Howell Walters

He was again elected to the Sixty-ninth Congress, and was not a candidate for renomination.

Andrew Jackson Kirk

Kirk was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John W. Langley and served from February 13, 1926, to March 3, 1927.

Charles B. Ward

He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress.

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.

Charles Eugene Fuller

He served as chairman of the House Committee on Invalid Pensions (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-ninth Congresses).

Charles Gordon Edwards

Edwards returned to the U.S. Congress as a Representative in the 69th Congress and served three additional terms until his 1931 death from a heart attack in Atlanta, Georgia while still in office.

Charles I. Stengle

He was not a candidate for renomination 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.

David Hogg

Hogg was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933).

Don B. Colton

He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 1 (Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses).

E. Hart Fenn

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

Edgar Raymond Kiess

He served as chairman of the House Committee on Insular Affairs, which had jurisdiction over United States territories such as Puerto Rico and the Philippines, during the Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses.

Edward E. Cox

It took until 1924, when Cox finally won the Democratic nomination from Park, and was elected to the 69th United States Congress.

Edward John King

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Sixty-seventh through Sixty-ninth Congresses).

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).

Frank D. Scott

During the 69th Congress, he was chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Frank R. Reid

He served as chairman of the Committee on Flood Control (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses).

George Austin Welsh

He served as Chairman of the United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions during the Sixty-ninth Congress.

George F. Brumm

He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy during the Sixty-ninth Congress.

Godfrey G. Goodwin

He was elected as a Republican to the 69th, 70th, 71st, and 72nd congresses, serving from March 4, 1925, to February 16, 1933.

Grant M. Hudson

He served as chairman, Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic in the 69th Congress.

Harcourt J. Pratt

Pratt was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933).

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. Will Taylor

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

James H. MacLafferty

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

John D. Fredericks

He was reelected to the Sixty-ninth Congress and served from May 1, 1923, to March 3, 1927.

John Q. Tilson

He was the Majority Leader for the 69th Congress, 70th Congress, and the 71st Congress.

John William Moore

Moore was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth Congress in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. and reelected to the succeeding Congress (December 26, 1925-March 3, 1929).

Lawrence J. Flaherty

Flaherty was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1925, until his death in New York City, June 13, 1926.

Lindsay Carter Warren

In 1923, Warren was sent to the North Carolina House of Representatives for a single term before being elected, in 1924, to the 69th United States Congress.

Louis Monast

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

Morton D. Hull

He was reelected to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from April 3, 1923 to March 3, 1933.

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.

Richard J. Welch

Welch was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lawrence J. Flaherty.

Samuel B. Hill

He was reelected to the Sixty-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from September 25, 1923, until his resignation, effective June 25, 1936, having been confirmed as a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals (now the United States Tax Court) on May 21, 1936, serving as a judge on the court until his retirement November 30, 1953.

Scott Leavitt

He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses).

T. Frank Appleby

He lost the next election, but was reelected at the 69th Congress elections.

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 S. McMillan

He was elected to the United States House of Representatives to represent the 1st congressional district in 1924 for the Sixty-ninth Congress.

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 Madison Whittington

Whittington was a Representative to the 69th United States Congress in 1925, and the twelve succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-January 3, 1951).

William R. Coyle

Coyle was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926.

William Richard Johnson

Johnson was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933).