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52 unusual facts about 71st United States Congress


Augustus McCloskey

McCloskey presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Seventy-first Congress and served from March 4, 1929, to February 10, 1930, when he was succeeded by Harry M. Wurzbach who successfully contested his election.

Charles B. McClintock

McClintock was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933).

Charles F. Curry

During his tenure as a Congressman, he served as chairman of the Committee on Territories (Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses).

Charles Joseph Esterly

He was again elected to the Seventy-first Congress, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1930.

Charles Murray Turpin

Turpin was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John J. Casey.

Charles W. Roark

Roark was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress and served from March 4, 1929, until his death, before the convening of Congress.

Chester C. Bolton

Bolton was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1929-January 3, 1937).

Claude V. Parsons

Parsons was elected on November 4, 1930, as a Democrat to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas S. Williams and on the same day was elected to the Seventy-second Congress.

David Delano Glover

Glover was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and Seventy-third Congresses (March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935).

Dewey Jackson Short

Short was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931) and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress.

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).

Donald F. Snow

He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses, serving from March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933.

E. Hart Fenn

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

Ed H. Campbell

In all, Campbell served in the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses, from March 4, 1929 to March 3, 1933.

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.

Edmund F. Cooke

He was elected as a Republican to the 71st and 72nd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1929, to March 3, 1933.

Edmund Frederick Erk

Erk was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Stephen G. Porter, at the same time being elected to the Seventy-second Congress.

Edward John King

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Had been reelected to the Seventy-first Congress.

Edward W. Goss

Goss was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James P. Glynn and at the same time was elected to the Seventy-second Congress.

Effiegene Locke Wingo

Wingo was elected as a Democrat on November 4, 1930, to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Otis Theodore Wingo, and on the same day was elected to the Seventy-second Congress and served from November 4, 1930, to March 3, 1933.

Francis Condon

Condon was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jeremiah E. O'Connell and at the same time was elected to the Seventy-second Congress.

Frank R. Reid

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

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.

Frederick A. Britten

He served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congress).

Gilbert N. Haugen

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (in the Sixtieth Congress), and on the Committee on Agriculture (in the Sixty-sixth through Seventy-first Congresses).

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.

Henry D. Moorman

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress.

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. Roland Kinzer

He was elected as a Republican to the seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William W. Griest.

Jacob A. Garber

Garber was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress in 1928, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress.

James G. Strong

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

James L. Whitley

He was elected as a Republican to the 71st, 72nd and 73rd United States Congresss, holding office from March 4, 1929, to January 3, 1935.

James Russell Leech

Leech was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses and served until his resignation on January 29, 1932, having been appointed a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals (now the United States Tax Court) to fill a vacancy.

James T. Begg

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress.

Jeremiah E. O'Connell

O'Connell was elected to the Seventy-first Congress and served from March 4, 1929, until his resignation on May 9, 1930, having been appointed an associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court, serving until January 10, 1935, when he was appointed presiding justice and served until his resignation in 1948.

John McDuffie

During his tenure in the House he served as Minority Whip for 71st Congress, and later as Majority Whip for 72nd Congress.

John Q. Tilson

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

John William Moore

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventy-first Congress in 1928.

Joseph A. Gavagan

Gavagan was elected as a Democrat to the 71st United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Royal H. Weller; he was re-elected to the 72nd and to the six succeeding Congresses and held office from November 5, 1929, to December 30, 1943, when he resigned, having been elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court.

Martin J. Kennedy

Kennedy was elected as a Democrat to the 71st United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John F. Carew, and was re-elected to the seven succeeding Congresses, holding office from April 11, 1930, to January 3, 1945.

Oliver H. Cross

Cross was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1929-January 3, 1937).

Robert Quincy Lee

Lee was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first Congress and served from March 4, 1929, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 18, 1930.

Scott Leavitt

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

Thomas L. Blanton

Blanton was subsequently elected on May 20, 1930, to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert Q. Lee.

Tom A. Yon

Yon was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1926 election, and was twice reelected, serving from March 4, 1927 to March 3, 1933, in the 70th, 71st, and 72nd Congresses.

W. Frank James

He was chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs in the 71st Congress.

Wallace H. White, Jr.

He took office on March 4 of the following year and served until March 3, 1931 (65th71st Congresses).

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

He served as chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining (Seventy-first Congress).

William I. Nolan

Nolan was elected as a Republican to the 71st congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter Newton.

William P. Lambertson

Lambertson was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1929-January 3, 1945).

William R. Coyle

He was elected to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932, 1936, and 1942.