67th United States Congress

67th United States Congress


66th ←	→ 68th
United States Capitol (1906)
Duration: March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923

Senate President:	Calvin Coolidge
Senate Pres. pro tem:	Albert B. Cummins
House Speaker:	Frederick H. Gillett
Members:	96 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican
House Majority:	Republican

Sessions
Special: March 4, 1921 – March 15, 1921 1st: April 11, 1921 – November 23, 1921 2nd: December 5, 1921 – September 22, 1922 3rd: November 20, 1922 – December 4, 1922 4th: December 4, 1922 – March 3, 1923

House Party standings (at the beginning of this Congress)

131 Democrats

1 Socialist

1 Independent Republican

302 Republicans

Funeral of former Speaker of the House, Champ Clark, March 5, 1921, in front of the United States Capitol.

The Sixty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1921 to March 4, 1923, during the first two years of Warren Harding's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Census of the United States in 1910. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

1 Major events
2 Major Legislation
3 Party summary
- 3.1 Senate
- 3.2 House of Representatives
4 Leadership
- 4.1 Senate
  - 4.1.1 Majority (Republican) leadership
  - 4.1.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership
- 4.2 House of Representatives
  - 4.2.1 Majority (Republican) leadership
  - 4.2.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership
5 Members
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Changes in membership
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 Officers
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
8 References
9 External links

President of the Senate Calvin Coolidge

President pro tempore
Albert B. Cummins

Senate Majority Leader
Henry Cabot Lodge

Senate Minority Leader
Oscar Underwood

Major events

March 4, 1921: Warren G. Harding inaugurated as President of the United States

Major Legislation

May 19, 1921: Emergency Quota Act (Johnson Quota Act), Sess. 1, ch. 8, 42 Stat. 5
May 27, 1921: Emergency Tariff of 1921, Sess. 1, ch. 14, 42 Stat. 9
June 10, 1921: Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (Good-McCormack Act)
June 10, 1921: Willis Graham Act
July 2, 1921: Knox–Porter Resolution
July 9, 1921: Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1921
July 12, 1921: Naval Appropriations Act For 1922
August 15, 1921: Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921
August 15, 1921: Poultry Racket Act
August 24, 1921: Future Trading Act (Capper-Tincher Act), Sess. 1, ch. 86, 42 Stat. 187
November 9, 1921: Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 (Phipps-Dowell Act)
November 23, 1921: Revenue Act of 1921, Sess. 1, ch. 136, 42 Stat. 227
November 23, 1921: Willis-Campbell Act
November 23, 1921: Sheppard-Towner Act
December 22, 1921: Russian Famine Relief Act
February 9, 1922: World War Foreign Debts Commission Act
February 18, 1922: Capper-Volstead Act
February 18, 1922: Patent Act of 1922
March 4, 1922: Model Marine Insurance Act of 1922
March 20, 1922: Seed and Grain Loan Act
March 20, 1922: General Exchange Act of 1922
May 11, 1922: Agricultural Appropriations Act of 1922
May 11, 1922: Travelling Expenses Publication Activities Act
May 15, 1922: Irrigation Districts and Farm Loans Act (Raker Act)
May 26, 1922: Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act (Jones-Miller Act)
June 10, 1922: Joint Service Pay Readjustment Act
July 1, 1922: Scrapping of Naval Vessels Act
August 31, 1922: Honeybee Act
September 14, 1922: Judges Act of 1922 (Cummins-Walsh Act)
September 19, 1922: China Trade Act of 1922
September 21, 1922: Commodity Exchange Act
September 21, 1922: Fordney-McCumber tariff, Sess. 2, ch. 356, 42 Stat. 858
September 21, 1922: Grain Futures Act, Sess. 2, ch. 369, 42 Stat. 998
September 22, 1922: Cable Act (Married Women’s Citizenship Act), Sess. 2, ch. 411, 42 Stat. 1021
September 22, 1922: Fuel Distributor Act (Lever Act)
September 22, 1922: River and Harbors Act of 1922
January 5, 1923: Foreign and Domestic Commerce Act of 1923
February 26, 1923: Agricultural Appropriations Act of 1924
February 28, 1923: British War Debt Act of 1923 (Smoot-Burton Act)
March 2, 1923: Porter Resolution
March 3, 1923: River and Harbors Act of 1923
March 3, 1923: Naval Stores Act of 1923
March 4, 1923: Partial Payment Act (Winslow Act)
March 4, 1923: Butter Standards Act of 1923
March 4, 1923: Filled Milk Act of 1923
March 4, 1923: Cotton Standards Act of 1923
March 4, 1923: National Bank Tax Act of 1923
March 4, 1923: Agricultural Credits Act (Capper-Linroot-Anderson Act)
March 4, 1923: Classification Act of 1923 (Sterling-Lehlbach Act)
March 4, 1923: Flood Control Act of 1923
March 4, 1923: Mills Act of 1923

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

	Party (Shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer-Labor (FL)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	46	0	50	96	0

Begin	37	0	59	96	0
End	37	0	59	96	0
Final voting share	700138500000000000038.5%	50000000000000000000.0%	700161500000000000061.5%

Beginning of the next congress	42	1	53	96	0

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

Senate

President: Calvin Coolidge (R)
President pro tempore: Albert B. Cummins (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker: Frederick H. Gillett (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority; Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senate composition, by party

Senators were elected every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1922; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1924; and Class 3 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1926.

Delaware

1: Josiah O. Wolcott (D), resigned July 2, 1921

T. Coleman du Pont (R), appointed July 17, 1921; served until November 7, 1922

Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (D), elected November 7, 1922
2: L. Heisler Ball (R)

Florida

3: Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
1: Park Trammell (D)

Georgia

2: William J. Harris (D)
3: Thomas E. Watson (D), died September 26, 1922

Rebecca L. Felton (D), appointed October 3, 1922; seated November 21, 1922; replaced November 22, 1922

Walter F. George (D), elected November 7, 1922; seated November 22, 1922

Idaho

2: William E. Borah (R)
3: Frank R. Gooding (R)

Illinois

2: J. Medill McCormick (R)
3: William B. McKinley (R)

Indiana

3: James E. Watson (R)
1: Harry S. New (R)

Iowa

3: Albert B. Cummins (R)
2: William S. Kenyon (R), resigned February 24, 1922

Charles A. Rawson (R), appointed February 24, 1922; replaced November 7, 1922

Smith W. Brookhart (R), elected November 7, 1922; seated December 2, 1922

Kansas

3: Charles Curtis (R)
2: Arthur Capper (R)

Kentucky

2: Augustus O. Stanley (D)
3: Richard P. Ernst (R)

Louisiana

2: Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
3: Edwin S. Broussard (D)

Maine

2: Bert M. Fernald (R)
1: Frederick Hale (R)

Maryland

1: Joseph I. France (R)
3: Ovington E. Weller (R)

Massachusetts

1: Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
2: David I. Walsh (D)

Michigan

1: Charles E. Townsend (R)
2: Truman H. Newberry (R), resigned November 18, 1922

James J. Couzens (R), appointed November 29, 1922; seated December 7, 1922

Minnesota

2: Knute Nelson (R)
1: Frank B. Kellogg (R)

Mississippi

1: John Sharp Williams (D)
2: B. Patton Harrison (D)

Missouri

1: James A. Reed (D)
3: Selden P. Spencer (R)

Montana

1: Henry L. Myers (D)
2: Thomas J. Walsh (D)

Nebraska

1: Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
2: George W. Norris (R)

Nevada

1: Key Pittman (D)
3: Tasker L. Oddie (R)

New Hampshire

3: George H. Moses (R)
2: Henry W. Keyes (R)

New Jersey

1: Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R)
2: Walter E. Edge (R)

New Mexico

2: Albert B. Fall (R), resigned March 4, 1921

Holm O. Bursum (R), appointed March 11, 1921; seated April 11, 1921; elected September 20, 1921
1: Andrieus A. Jones (D)

New York

3: James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R)
1: William M. Calder (R)

North Carolina

2: Furnifold McL. Simmons (D)
3: Lee S. Overman (D)

North Dakota

1: Porter J. McCumber (R)
3: Edwin F. Ladd (R)

Ohio

1: Atlee Pomerene (D)
3: Frank B. Willis (R)

Oklahoma

2: Robert L. Owen (D)
3: John W. Harreld (R)

Oregon

2: Charles L. McNary (R)
3: Robert N. Stanfield (R)

Pennsylvania

3: Boies Penrose (R), died December 31, 1921

George Wharton Pepper (R), appointed January 9, 1922; seated January 10, 1922; elected November 7, 1922
1: Philander C. Knox (R), died October 12, 1921

William E. Crow (R), appointed October 17, 1921; seated October 24, 1921; died August 2, 1922

David A. Reed (R), appointed August 8, 1922; seated August 16, 1922; elected November 7, 1922

Rhode Island

2: LeBaron B. Colt (R)
1: Peter G. Gerry (D)

South Carolina

3: Ellison D. Smith (D)
2: Nathaniel B. Dial (D)

South Dakota

2: Thomas Sterling (R)
3: Peter Norbeck (R)

Tennessee

2: John K. Shields (D)
1: Kenneth D. McKellar (D)

Texas

1: Charles A. Culberson (D)
2: Morris Sheppard (D)

Utah

3: Reed Smoot (R)
1: William H. King (D)

Vermont

3: William P. Dillingham (R)
1: Carroll S. Page (R)

Virginia

1: Claude A. Swanson (D)
2: Carter Glass (D)

Washington

3: Wesley L. Jones (R)
1: Miles Poindexter (R)

West Virginia

1: Howard Sutherland (R)
2: Davis Elkins (R)

Wisconsin

1: Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
3: Irvine L. Lenroot (R)

Wyoming

2: Francis E. Warren (R)
1: John B. Kendrick (D)

House of Representatives

Alabama

Arizona

At-large: Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

1: William J. Driver (D)
2: William A. Oldfield (D)
3: John N. Tillman (D)
4: Otis T. Wingo (D)
5: Henderson M. Jacoway (D)
6: Samuel M. Taylor (D), died September 13, 1921
- Chester W. Taylor (D), from October 25, 1921
7: Tilman B. Parks (D)

California

1: Clarence F. Lea (D)
2: John E. Raker (D)
3: Charles F. Curry (R)
4: Julius Kahn (R)
5: John I. Nolan (R), died November 18, 1922
- Mae E. Nolan (R), from January 23, 1923
6: John A. Elston (R), died December 15, 1921
- James H. MacLafferty (R), from November 7, 1922
7: Henry E. Barbour (R)
8: Arthur M. Free (R)
9: Walter F. Lineberger (R), from April 11, 1921
10: Henry Z. Osborne (R), until February 8, 1923, vacant thereafter
11: Philip D. Swing (R)

At-large: Caleb R. Layton (R)

1: Burton L. French (R)
2: Addison T. Smith (R)

Illinois

1: Martin B. Madden (R)
2: James R. Mann (R), died November 30, 1922, vacant for remainder of term
3: Elliott W. Sproul (R)
4: John W. Rainey (D)
5: Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6: John J. Gorman (R)
7: M. Alfred Michaelson (R)
8: Stanley H. Kunz (D)
9: Frederick A. Britten (R)
10: Carl R. Chindblom (R)
11: Ira C. Copley (R)
12: Charles E. Fuller (R)
13: John C. McKenzie (R)
14: William J. Graham (R)
15: Edward J. King (R)
16: Clifford C. Ireland (R)
17: Frank H. Funk (R)
18: Joseph G. Cannon (R)
19: Allen F. Moore (R)
20: Guy L. Shaw (R)
21: Loren E. Wheeler (R)
22: William A. Rodenberg (R)
23: Edwin B. Brooks (R)
24: Thomas S. Williams (R)
25: Edward E. Denison (R)
At-large: William E. Mason (R), died June 16, 1921
- Winnifred S. M. Huck (R), from November 7, 1922
At-large: Richard Yates (R)

Indiana

Iowa

1: William F. Kopp (R)
2: Harry E. Hull (R)
3: Burton E. Sweet (R)
4: Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
5: James W. Good (R), resigned June 15, 1921
- Cyrenus Cole (R), from July 19, 1921
6: C. William Ramseyer (R)
7: Cassius C. Dowell (R)
8: Horace M. Towner (R)
9: William R. Green (R)
10: Lester J. Dickinson (R)
11: William D. Boies (R)

1: Carroll L. Beedy (R)
2: Wallace H. White, Jr. (R)
3: John A. Peters (R), resigned January 2, 1922
- John E. Nelson (R), from March 20, 1922
4: Ira G. Hersey (R)

Maryland

Massachusetts

1: Allen T. Treadway (R)
2: Frederick H. Gillett (R)
3: Calvin D. Paige (R)
4: Samuel E. Winslow (R)
5: John Jacob Rogers (R)
6: Willfred W. Lufkin (R), resigned June 30, 1921
- A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. (R), from September 27, 1921
7: Robert S. Maloney (R)
8: Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
9: Charles L. Underhill (R)
10: Peter F. Tague (D)
George Holden Tinkham (R)
12: James A. Gallivan (D)
13: Robert Luce (R)
14: Louis A. Frothingham (R)
15: William S. Greene (R)
16: Joseph Walsh (R), resigned August 2, 1922
- Charles L. Gifford (R), from November 7, 1922

Michigan

George P. Codd (R)
2: Earl C. Michener (R)
3: William H. Frankhauser (R), died May 9, 1921
- John M. C. Smith (R), from June 28, 1921
4: John C. Ketcham (R)
5: Carl E. Mapes (R)
6: Patrick H. Kelley (R)
7: Louis C. Cramton (R)
8: Joseph W. Fordney (R)
9: James C. McLaughlin (R)
10: Roy O. Woodruff (R)
11: Frank D. Scott (R)
12: W. Frank James (R)
13: Vincent M. Brennan (R)

1: Frank C. Millspaugh (R), resigned December 5, 1922, vacant thereafter
2: William W. Rucker (D)
3: Henry F. Lawrence (R)
4: Charles L. Faust (R)
5: Edgar C. Ellis (R)
6: William O. Atkeson (R)
7: Roscoe C. Patterson (R)
8: Sidney C. Roach (R)
9: Theodore W. Hukriede (R)
10: Cleveland A. Newton (R)
11: Harry B. Hawes (D)
12: Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
13: Marion E. Rhodes (R)
14: Edward D. Hays (R)
15: Isaac V. McPherson (R)
16: Samuel A. Shelton (R)

Montana

1: Washington J. McCormick (R)
2: Carl W. Riddick (R)

Nebraska

1: C. Frank Reavis (R), resigned June 3, 1922
- Roy H. Thorpe (R), from November 7, 1922
2: Albert W. Jefferis (R)
3: Robert E. Evans (R)
4: Melvin O. McLaughlin (R)
5: William E. Andrews (R)
6: Moses P. Kinkaid (R), died July 6, 1922
- Augustin R. Humphrey (R), from November 7, 1922

Nevada

At-large: Samuel S. Arentz (R)

New Hampshire

1: Sherman E. Burroughs (R), died January 27, 1923, vacant to end
2: Edward H. Wason (R)

New Jersey

New Mexico

At-large: Néstor Montoya (R), until January 13, 1923, vacant thereafter

New York

1: Frederick C. Hicks (R)
2: John J. Kindred (D)
3: John Kissel (R)
4: Thomas H. Cullen (D)
5: Ardolph L. Kline (R)
6: Warren I. Lee (R)
7: Michael J. Hogan (R)
8: Charles G. Bond (R)
9: Andrew N. Petersen (R)
10: Lester D. Volk (R)
11: Daniel J. Riordan (D)
12: Meyer London (S)
13: Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
14: Nathan D. Perlman (R)
15: Thomas J. Ryan (R)
16: W. Bourke Cockran (D), died March 1, 1923, vacant to end
17: Ogden L. Mills (R)
18: John F. Carew (D)
19: Walter M. Chandler (R)
20: Isaac Siegel (R)
Martin C. Ansorge (R)
22: Anthony J. Griffin (D)
23: Albert B. Rossdale (R)
24: Benjamin L. Fairchild (R)
25: James W. Husted (R)
26: Hamilton Fish, Jr. (R)
27: Charles B. Ward (R)
28: Peter G. Ten Eyck (D)
29: James S. Parker (R)
30: Frank Crowther (R)
31: Bertrand H. Snell (R)
32: Luther W. Mott (R)
33: Homer P. Snyder (R)
34: John D. Clarke (R)
35: Walter W. Magee (R)
36: Norman J. Gould (R)
37: Alanson B. Houghton (R), resigned February 28, 1922
- Lewis Henry (R), from April 11, 1922
38: Thomas B. Dunn (R)
39: Archie D. Sanders (R)
40: S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
41: Clarence MacGregor (R)
42: James M. Mead (D)
43: Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

1: Hallett S. Ward (D)
2: Claude Kitchin (D)
3: Samuel M. Brinson (D), died April 13, 1922
- Charles L. Abernethy (D), from November 7, 1922
4: Edward W. Pou (D)
5: Charles M. Stedman (D)
6: Homer L. Lyon (D)
7: William C. Hammer (D)
8: Robert L. Doughton (D)
9: Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
10: Zebulon Weaver (D)

1: William S. Vare (R)
George S. Graham (R)
3: Harry C. Ransley (R)
George W. Edmonds (R)
5: James J. Connolly (R)
George P. Darrow (R)
7: Thomas S. Butler (R)
8: Henry W. Watson (R)
9: William W. Griest (R)
10: Charles R. Connell (R), died September 26, 1922, vacant to end
11: Clarence D. Coughlin (R)
12: John Reber (R)
13: Fred B. Gernerd (R)
14: Louis T. McFadden (R)
15: Edgar R. Kiess (R)
16: I. Clinton Kline (R)
17: Benjamin K. Focht (R)
18: Aaron S. Kreider (R)
19: John M. Rose (R)
20: Edward S. Brooks (R)
21: Evan J. Jones (R)
22: Adam M. Wyant (R)
23: Samuel A. Kendall (R)
24: Henry W. Temple (R)
25: Milton W. Shreve (IR)
26: William H. Kirkpatrick (R)
27: Nathan L. Strong (R)
28: Harris J. Bixler (R)
29: Stephen G. Porter (R)
30: M. Clyde Kelly (R)
31: John M. Morin (R)
32: Guy E. Campbell (D)
At-large: William J. Burke (R)
At-large: Thomas S. Crago (R), from September 20, 1921
At-large: Joseph McLaughlin (R)
At-large: Anderson H. Walters (R)

1: B. Carroll Reece (R)
2: J. Will Taylor (R)
3: Joseph Edgar Brown (R)
4: Wynne F. Clouse (R)
5: Ewin L. Davis (D)
6: Joseph W. Byrns, Sr. (D)
7: Lemuel P. Padgett (D), died August 2, 1922
- Clarence W. Turner (D), from November 7, 1922
8: Lon A. Scott (R)
9: Finis J. Garrett (D)
10: Hubert F. Fisher (D)

Texas

1: Eugene Black (D)
2: John C. Box (D)
Morgan G. Sanders (D)
4: Samuel T. Rayburn (D)
5: Hatton W. Sumners (D)
6: Rufus Hardy (D)
7: Clay Stone Briggs (D)
8: Daniel E. Garrett (D)
9: Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
10: James P. Buchanan (D)
11: Thomas T. Connally (D)
12: Fritz G. Lanham (D)
13: Lucian W. Parrish (D), died March 27, 1922
- Guinn Williams (D), from May 22, 1922
14: Harry M. Wurzbach (R)
15: John N. Garner (D)
16: Claude B. Hudspeth (D)
17: Thomas L. Blanton (D)
18: J. Marvin Jones (D)

Utah

1: Don B. Colton (R)
2: Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)

Vermont

1: Frank L. Greene (R)
2: Porter H. Dale (R)

Virginia

1: Schuyler Otis Bland (D)
2: Joseph T. Deal (D)
3: Andrew J. Montague (D)
4: Patrick Henry Drewry (D)
5: Rorer A. James (D), died August 6, 1921
- James M. Hooker (D), from November 8, 1921
6: James P. Woods (D)
7: Thomas W. Harrison (D), until December 15, 1922
- John Paul (R), from December 15, 1922 (contested Harrison's election)
8: R. Walton Moore (D)
9: C. Bascom Slemp (R)
10: Henry D. Flood (D), died December 8, 1921
- Henry St. George Tucker, III (D), from March 21, 1922

At-large: Franklin W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

replacements: 7
- Democratic: 1 seat net loss
- Republican: 1 seat net gain
deaths:
resignations:
vacancy:
Total seats with changes:

House of Representatives

replacements: 20
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
deaths:
resignations:
contested elections:
Total seats with changes:

Officers

Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods

Senate

Illinois
Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry of Rhode Island
Chaplain: John J. Muir (Baptist)

House of Representatives

Clerk: William T. Page of Maryland
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers of Pennsylvania
Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy of Michigan
Postmaster: Frank W. Collier of Wisconsin
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Lehr Fess
Chaplain James S. Montgomery, (Methodist)

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.