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2006 Chávez speech at the United Nations

Representative Charles Rangel (D-New York) also said in a press release that "George Bush is the President of the United States and represents the entire country. Any demeaning public attack against him is viewed by Republicans and Democrats, and all Americans, as an attack on all of us".

Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame

Representative Howard McKeon, Chairman of the United States House Committee on Armed Services, said transferring Warsame out of Guantanamo "directly contradicts Congressional intent and the will of the American people", and Senator Susan Collins stated that captured foreign nationals "should be tried in a military commission, not a federal civilian court in New York or anywhere else in our country".

Barbara Boggs Sigmund

Barbara Boggs Sigmund (May 27, 1939 – October 10, 1990) was a daughter of the powerful Democratic United States Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana, and Lindy Boggs, who became a Congresswoman from Louisiana after her husband Hale died in an air crash.

Charles Dorr

Charles Phillips Dorr (August 12, 1852 – October 8, 1914) was a lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative in the 55th United States Congress.

Charles G. Bond

Charles Grosvenor Bond (May 29, 1877 – January 10, 1974) was a Republican United States Representative from the state of New York who served in the 67th United States Congress.

Charles J. Carney

Carney was elected as a Democrat in 1970, defeating attorney Richard McLaughlin, to the Ninety-first Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Michael J. Kirwan, and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses, from (November 3, 1970-January 3, 1979).

Cloud County, Kansas

Frank Carlson was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of Kansas and United States Representative and United States Senator from Kansas.

Corinne Boyd Riley

Riley was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative her husband, John Jacob Riley and served from April 10, 1962 to January 3, 1963.

De Alva S. Alexander

In 1896, Alexander was elected as a Republican to the 55th Congress as a United States Representative for New York's thirty-third district, where he served seven terms.

Dennis Smelt

Smelt was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 9th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Joseph Bryan.

Donald H. Clausen

Clausen was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Clement Woodnutt Miller who had been elected posthumously, and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 22, 1963-January 3, 1983).

Electoral history of Bernie Sanders

The electoral history of Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont (2007–present), Representative from Vermont's At-large District (1991–2007), and Mayor of Burlington (1981–1989).

Guinn Williams

Williams was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Lucian W. Parrish.

Henry A. Barnhart

Barnhart was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Abram L. Brick.

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).

Homer C. Parker

Parker was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Charles G. Edwards.

Jacob Call

Call was elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William Prince (December 23, 1824 – March 3, 1825).

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 M. Jackson

James Monroe Jackson (December 3, 1825 – February 14, 1901) was a lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative in the 51st United States Congress.

Jerome R. Waldie

Waldie was then elected to the Eighty-ninth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative John F. Baldwin.

John H. Rousselot

Rousselot was elected to the Ninety-first Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Glenard P. Lipscomb in California's 24th congressional district, and reelected to the six succeeding Congresses (June 30, 1970 – January 3, 1983).

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).

Lucien N. Nedzi

Nedzi was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the 87th United States Congress in a special election in 1961 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Thaddeus M. Machrowicz.

Michele Fiore

2010 When Democratic United States Representative Shelley Berkley ran for United States Senate, Fiore ran for Nevada's 1st congressional district in the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary, but took second to Kenneth Wegner.

Mildred Barnes Bliss

Bliss was born in New York City on September 9, 1879, the daughter of U.S. Congressman Demas Barnes (1827–1888), and Anna Dorinda Blaksley Barnes (1851–1935).

New England National Scenic Trail

In March 2007, Representative John Olver (D-MA) introduced the New England Scenic Trail Designation Act.

Ogden R. Reid

Ogden Rogers Reid (born June 24, 1925) is a former United States Representative from New York.

Richard H. Cain

Richard Harvey Cain (April 12, 1825 – January 18, 1887) was a minister, abolitionist, and United States Representative from South Carolina from 1873–1875 and 1877-1879.

Richard W. Mallary

In between his service as Vermont Secretary of Administration, Mallary was elected as a Republican, by special election, to the Ninety-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Robert T. Stafford, and reelected to the Ninety-third Congress, serving from January 7, 1972-January 3, 1975.

Robert Tiernan

Tiernan was elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth Congress by special election in 1967 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative John E. Fogarty.

Samuel Hammond

Samuel Hammond (September 21, 1757 – September 11, 1842) was a lieutenant colonel during the American Revolutionary War, governor and leader in the Louisiana and Missouri Territories, and United States Representative from Georgia in the 8th United States Congress.

Samuel Prentiss

John Holmes Prentiss, Samuel's brother, was a United States Representative from New York.

Shirley Neil Pettis

Pettis was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, United States Representative Jerry Pettis.

Spalding County, Georgia

The County is named for former United States representative and senator Thomas Spalding.

Thomas B. Fugate

Thomas Bacon Fugate (April 10, 1899 near Tazewell, Tennessee - September 22, 1980) was a United States Representative from Virginia who served in the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses.

Thomas M. Rees

Rees was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative James Roosevelt, and reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (December 15, 1965-January 3, 1977).

Toombs County, Georgia

The County is named for Robert Toombs, United States representative and senator.

United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

The committee was chaired by a senator from the majority party until the 83rd Congress, when the chairmanship began to alternate between a majority representative and majority senator.

United States House Select Committee on the Memorial of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi

The select committee was established January 7, 1842, when Representative William M. Gwin of Mississippi presented to the House a memorial from the president, directors, and company of the Agricultural Bank of Mississippi in Natchez, Mississippi.

William C. Wright

Wright was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative William C. Adamson.

William P. Curlin, Jr.

Curlin was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative John C. Watts and served in Congress from December 4, 1971 through January 3, 1973).


see also

Antonio Fernández

Antonio M. Fernández (1902 – 1956), United States Representative from New Mexico

Arthur Livermore

Elected as a Democratic-Republican as United States Representative for New Hampshire to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses, Livermore served from March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821.

Charles Cathcart

Charles W. Cathcart (1809 – 1888), United States Representative and Senator from Indiana

Charles Walton

Charles W. Walton (1819–1900), United States Representative from Maine

Christopher Sullivan

Christopher D. Sullivan (1870–1942), United States Representative from New York, 1917–1941

Commodore Nutt

: Not to be confused with United States Representative from New Hampshire, George W. Morrison (October 16, 1809 – December 21, 1888)

Conkling

Alfred Conkling (1789-1874), a lawyer and United States Representative from New York

David P. Brewster

Elected as a Democrat, Brewster was United States Representative for the seventeenth district of New York during the Twenty-sixth as well as the Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1839 to March 3, 1843.

Earl Hanley Beshlin

Beshlin elected as a Democrat and Prohibitionist to the Sixty-fifth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Orrin D. Bleakley.

Elizabeth B. Andrews

Andrews was elected as a Democrat by special election to the Ninety-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, United States Representative George W. Andrews.

Fabyan

John Fabyan Parrott, was a United States representative and senator from New Hampshire in the early 19th century

George Owens

George Welshman Owens, United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia

Graybill

Henry Graybill Lamar (July 10, 1798 – September 10, 1861), United States Representative, lawyer and jurist from Georgia

Haws

John Henry Hobart Haws (1809-1858), United States Representative from New York

Henry Harris

Henry S. Harris (1850–1902), United States Representative from New Jersey

Herman T. Schneebeli

He was elected as a Republican to the 86th United States Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Alvin Bush, and was reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses.

Jabez Huntington

Jabez W. Huntington (1788–1847), United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut

James B. Belford

Elected to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses Belford was United States Representative for the first district from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1885.

James Briggs

James Frankland Briggs (1827–1905), United States Representative from New Hampshire

James Cassidy

James H. Cassidy (1869–1926), United States Representative from Ohio

James Quigley

James M. Quigley (1918-2011), United States Representative from Pennsylvania

James S. Sherman

James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was a United States Representative from New York and the 27th Vice President of the United States (1909–1912), under President William Howard Taft.

James Weaver

James B. Weaver (1833–1912), United States Representative from Iowa and Presidential candidate

Jerry D. Roe

He is the father of Jason Roe, a former chief of staff to United States Representative Tom Feeney and former deputy campaign manager of the 2008 presidential primary campaign of Mitt Romney; and Samantha Roe, formerly of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

John Alderson

John D. Alderson (1854–1910), United States Representative from West Virginia

John Brisbin

Brisbin was elected as a Democrat to the thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Chester P. Butler.

John Clancy

John R. Clancy (1859–1932), United States Representative from New York

John McHenry

John Geiser McHenry (1868–1912), United States Representative from Pennsylvania

John Tyson

John R. Tyson (1856-1923), United States Representative from Alabama

Joseph Bouck

Elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress Bouck served as United States Representative for the twelfth district of New York from March 4, 1831 to March 4, 1833.

Justice Burke

Aedanus Burke (1743–1802), a soldier, judge, and United States Representative from South Carolina

Matthias J. Bovee

Elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress, Bovee was United States Representative for the fifteenth district of New York from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1837.

Mike Flanagan

Michael Patrick Flanagan (born 1962), American politician and former United States Representative from Illinois

Morris Miller

Morris S. Miller (1779–1824), United States Representative from New York

Nihad Awad

He is featured in "Silent No More" (ISBN 1590080017) by former United States Representative Paul Findley, a book chronicling the history of the American Muslim community.

Ralph Ingersoll

Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (1789–1872), United States Representative from Connecticut

Rayfiel

Leo F. Rayfiel (1888–1978), United States Representative from New York

Robert Garcia

Robert García (born 1933), United States Representative from New York

Samuel Blair

Samuel Steel Blair (1821–1890), Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania

Schumaker

John G. Schumaker (1826–1905), United States Representative from New York

Thomas Cobb

Thomas W. Cobb (1784–1830), United States Representative and Senator from Georgia

Thomas Halsey

Thomas Jefferson Halsey (1863–1961), United States Representative from Missouri

Thomas Hamer

Thomas Ray Hamer (1864–1950), United States Representative from Idaho

Thomas Patterson

Thomas M. Patterson (1839–1916), United States Representative and Senator from Colorado

Waln

Robert Waln (1765–1836) a United States Representative from Pennsylvania.

William Maclay

William Plunkett Maclay (1774–1842), United States Representative from Pennsylvania

William Miles

William Porcher Miles (1822–1899), United States Representative from South Carolina

William Moseley

William A. Moseley (1798–1873), United States Representative from New York

William Pittenger

William Alvin Pittenger (1885–1951), United States Representative from Minnesota

William Sheldrick Conover

Conover was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative James G. Fulton.