69th United States Congress
The 69th 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, 1925, to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth years of Calvin Coolidge's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census.
The Republicans made modest gains in maintaining their majority in both chambers, and with the election of President Calvin Coolidge to his own term in office, the Republicans maintained an overall federal government trifecta.
Major events
A special session of the Senate was called by President Coolidge on February 14, 1925.- Impeachment of Judge George W. English — On April 1, 1926, the House of Representatives impeached Judge George W. English of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. Both Houses adjourned on July 3, 1926, with the Senate scheduled to reconvene on November 10, 1926, as a Court of Impeachment. English resigned before the impeachment trial began. The Senate met as planned on November 10, 1926, to adjourn the court of impeachment sine die. On December 13, 1926, the Senate, acting on advice from the House managers of the impeachment, formally dismissed all charges against Judge English.
- January 17, 1927: U.S. Supreme Court held that Congress has the power to compel witness and testimony.
Major legislation
- February 26, 1926: Revenue Act of 1926
- April 12, 1926: Timber Exportation Act of 1926
- May 8, 1926: Federal Interpleader Act of 1926
- May 20, 1926: Commerce Act">United States Senate Committee on Commerce">Commerce Act
- May 20, 1926: Federal Black Bass Act of 1926
- May 20, 1926: Labor Act">United States House Committee on Labor">Labor Act
- May 25, 1926: Omnibus Adjustment Act of 1926
- May 25, 1926: Public Buildings Act of 1926
- May 26, 1926: Shenandoah National Park Act of 1926
- June 3, 1926: Subsistence Expense Act of 1926
- June 14, 1926: Recreation and Public Purposes Act
- June 15, 1926: Limitation of National Forest Designation Act
- July 2, 1926: Cooperative Marketing Act
- July 3, 1926: Walsh Act
- July 3, 1926: Passport Act of 1926
- July 4, 1926: United States Sesquicentennial
- January 21, 1927: River and Harbors Act of 1927
- February 23, 1927: Radio Act of 1927
- February 25, 1927: McFadden Act
- March 3, 1927: Foreign and Domestic Commerce Act of 1927
- March 3, 1927: Produce Agency Act of 1927
- March 4, 1927: Mayfield-Newton Act
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.Leadership
Senate
- President of [the United States Senate|President]: Charles G. Dawes
- President pro tempore: Albert B. Cummins, elected March 4, 1925
- * George H. Moses, elected March 6, 1925
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: Charles Curtis
- Majority Whip: Wesley L. Jones
- Republican Conference Secretary: James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
- Republican Senatorial Committee|National Senatorial Committee Chair]: Lawrence C. Phipps
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader: Joseph T. Robinson
- Minority Whip: Peter G. Gerry
- United States [Senate Democratic Conference Secretary|Democratic Caucus Secretary]: William H. King
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the [United States House of Representatives|Speaker]: Nicholas Longworth
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority Leader: John Q. Tilson
- Majority Whip: Albert H. Vestal
- Republican Conference Chairman: Willis C. Hawley
- Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: William R. Wood
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority Leader: Finis J. Garrett
- Minority Whip: William Allan Oldfield
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Charles D. Carter
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives by district.Senate
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 began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1928; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, facing re-election in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1926.Florida">List of United States senators from Florida">Florida
Louisiana">List of United States senators from Louisiana">Louisiana
Montana">List of United States senators from Montana">Montana
North Dakota">List of United States senators from North Dakota">North Dakota
Tennessee">List of United States senators from Tennessee">Tennessee
Wyoming">List of United States senators from Wyoming">Wyoming
File:Charles Curtis.jpg|thumb|175px|Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis[File:Joseph t robinson.jpg|thumb|175px|Senate Minority Leader Joseph Robinson (D)]
House of Representatives
Florida">List of United States representatives from Florida">Florida
Louisiana">List of United States representatives from Louisiana">Louisiana
Montana">List of United States representatives from Montana">Montana
North Dakota">List of United States representatives from North Dakota">North Dakota
Tennessee">List of United States representatives from Tennessee">Tennessee
Wyoming">List of United States representatives from Wyoming">Wyoming
Non-voting members
[File:John Q Tilson.jpg|thumb|175px|House Majority Leader John Tilson (R)]Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.Senate
- Replacements: 10
- * Democratic: 2 net gain
- * Republican: 3 net loss
- Deaths: 7
- Resignations: 0
- Contested election: 1
- Interim appointments: 2
- '''Total seats with changes: 9'''
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 9
- * Democratic: 1 seat net loss
- * Republican: 1 seat net gain
- Deaths: 9
- Resignations: 2
- '''Total seats with changes: 12'''
Committees
Senate
- Agriculture and Forestry
- Alien Property Custodian's Office
- Appropriations
- United States Senate [Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate|Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate]
- Banking and Currency
- Civil Service
- Claims
- Commerce
- District of Columbia
- United States Senate [Committee on Education and Labor|Education and Labor]
- Enrolled Bills
- Expenditures in Executive Departments
- Finance
- Foreign Relations
- Immigration
- Indian Affairs
- Internal Revenue Bureau
- Interoceanic Canals
- Interstate Commerce
- Irrigation and Reclamation
- Judiciary
- Library
- Manufactures
- Military Affairs
- Mines and Mining
- Naval Affairs
- Patents
- Pensions
- Post Office and Post Roads
- Printing
- Privileges and Elections
- Public Buildings and Grounds
- Public Lands and Surveys
- Rules
- Senatorial Elections
- Tariff Commission
- Territories and Insular Possessions
- Finance Corporation Loans|War Finance Corporation Loans]
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Accounts
- Agriculture
- Alcoholic Liquor Traffic
- Appropriations
- Banking and Currency
- Census
- Civil Service
- Claims
- Coinage, Weights and Measures
- Disposition of Executive Papers
- District of Columbia
- Education
- Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress
- Elections No.#1
- Elections No.#2
- Elections No.#3
- Enrolled Bills
- Agriculture Department|Expenditures in the Agriculture Department]
- Expenditures in the Commerce Department
- Expenditures in the Interior Department
- Expenditures in the Justice Department
- Expenditures in the Labor Department
- Expenditures in the Navy Department
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department
- Expenditures in the State Department
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department
- Expenditures in the War Department
- Expenditures on Public Buildings
- Flood Control
- Foreign Affairs
- Immigration and Naturalization|Immigration and Naturalization]
- Indian Affairs
- Industrial Arts and Expositions
- Inquiry into Operation of the United States Air Services
- Insular Affairs
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce
- Invalid Pensions
- Irrigation and Reclamation
- Judiciary
- Labor
- Library
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries
- Mileage
- Military Affairs
- Mines and Mining
- Naval Affairs
- Patents
- Pensions
- Post Office and Post Roads
- Printing
- Public Buildings and Grounds
- Public Lands
- Railways and Canals
- Revision of Laws
- Rivers and Harbors
- Roads
- Rules
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories
- War Claims
- Ways and Means
- Woman Suffrage
- World War Veterans' Legislation
- Whole (United States House of Representatives)|Whole]
Joint committees
- Civil Service Retirement Act|Civil Service Retirement Act]
- Conditions of Indian Tribes
- Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
- Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners
- Investigation of Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants
- Muscle Shoals
- The Library
- Printing
- Taxation
Caucuses
- Democratic Caucus|Democratic]
- Democratic
Employees
Legislative branch agency">List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress">Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn
- Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl
- Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
- Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter
Senate
- Chaplain: John J. Muir
- Secretary: George A. Sanderson, until December 7, 1925
- * Edwin P. Thayer, from December 7, 1925
- Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
- Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: James S. Montgomery
- Clerk: William T. Page
- Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Lehr Fess, resigned February 1, 1927
- * Lewis Deschler, appointed February 1, 1927
- Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy
- Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|Reading Clerks]: Patrick Joseph Haltigan and Alney E. Chaffee
- Postmaster: Frank W. Collier
- Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers