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unusual facts about US House of Representatives



1822 in the United States

July 1 to 3 – US House of Representatives elections begin in Louisiana and continue until the last elections are held in North Carolina on August 14, 1823.

A. Shane Massey

On March 20, 2009, Massey announced that he will be a Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives South Carolina's 3rd congressional district.

Dale Sweetland

In 2008, Sweetland ran for the seat of retiring Republican Congressman James T. Walsh, against Democrat Dan Maffei, but was defeated 55% to 42% in the November 4 general election.

David Weprin

On September 13, 2011, Weprin lost the special election to the US House of Representatives to fill Anthony Weiner's former seat in 9th congressional district to Republican Bob Turner.

Donor advised fund

On August 17, 2006, President George W. Bush signed the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4) into law, which includes a number of changes to the regulatory framework for donor-advised funds, and follows both House and Senate passage of H.R. 4.

Joe Prather

He is, however, probably best known as an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Representative from the Kentucky's 2nd district in the special election on May 24, 1994, after longtime incumbent and a fellow Democrat William Huston Natcher died in office after over 40 years of service in the House.

KTNF

In the summer of 2004, the station was purchased by Janet Robert, former Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for the US House of Representatives, to provide a local outlet for syndicated programming from the former Air America Radio network (the station was originally known as "Air America Minnesota").


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Anita Perez Ferguson

In 1990, Ms. Perez Ferguson was the Democratic candidate for the US House of Representatives in California's 19th congressional district.

Anthony Foriest

He is currently seeking the US House of Representatives seat held by Republican incumbent Howard Coble in North Carolina's 6th congressional district.

Clarence Hiskey

US House of Representatives, 80th Congress, Special Session, Committee on Un-American Activities, Report on Soviet Espionage Activities in Connection with the Atom Bomb, September 28, 1948 (US Gov. Printing Office).

Defense Secrets Act of 1911

Reuben Moon reported on the US House of Representatives version of the bill, HR 26656, in January 1911.

Eshleman

Edwin Duing Eshleman (1920–1985), American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives

Graduated driver licensing

In 2011, the Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act (S. 528, H.R. 1515) was introduced in the US Senate on March 9 by Senator Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) and in the US House of Representatives on April 14 by Representatives Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Randy Hultgren (R-IL).

Harold A. Linstone

He has been a consultant to many organizations, including the US House of Representatives, State of Alaska oil Spill Commission, Alberta Economic Development Commission, and UN Asian-Pacific center for Technology Transfer, as well as corporations such as IBM and United Airlines.

Henry Nes

Nes ran as an Independent Democrat for one of the Pennsylvania seats in the US House of Representatives in the 28th United States Congress (1842).

John C. Browne

During Browne's tenure, the Wen Ho Lee spy investigation by the FBI erupted onto the national scene, particularly after release of the Cox Report by the US House of Representatives in 1999.

John McFall

John J. McFall (1918–2006), former member of the US House of Representatives for California

John Pierpont

He ran for Massachusetts governor during the 1840s as a Liberty Party candidate, and in 1850 as a Free Soil Party candidate for the US House of Representatives.

Matthew Clarke

Matthew St. Clair Clarke (1790–1852), Clerk of the US House of Representatives

McJunkin

Ebenezer McJunkin (1819–1907), Republican member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Moore County, Texas

Moore county is represented in the US house of representatives by Mac Thornberry (R) as it is a part of Texas's 13th congressional district.

Patrick Williams

John Patrick Williams (born 1937), Member of the US House of Representatives from Montana, 1979-1997, generally known as Pat Williams

Phillip Burton Wilderness

The wilderness is named for California's Congressman Phillip Burton who served in the US House of Representatives from 1964 til his death on April 10, 1983.

Richard Ragan

Following his Peace Corps experience, Ragan worked for the US House of Representatives Veterns Affairs Committee and as a Defense and Foreign Policy Aide for Congressman Les Aspin from Wisconsin.

St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary

Joe Donnelly, Democrat of Indiana, US Senate (2013- ), US House of Representatives (2007-2013), Class of 1973

Tague

Peter Francis Tague (1871–1941), member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts

William Meyer

William H. Meyer (29 December 1914 - 16 December 1983), member US House of Representatives

William Wynn

William J. Wynn (1860–1935), Member of the US House of Representatives from California