The 67th 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 1910 United States census.
The Republicans increased their majorities in both chambers—gaining supermajority status in the House—and with Warren G. Harding being sworn in a president, this gave the Republicans an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 61st Congress in 1909.
This was the first Congress to feature a woman senator appointed in the United States Senate, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia, who held in office for one day.
Major events
March 4, 1921: Warren G. Harding inaugurated as President of the United States
Major legislation
April 30, 1921: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (under an interstate compact entered into by the State of New York and State of New Jersey) May 19, 1921: Emergency Quota Act (Johnson Quota Act), Sess. 1, ch. 8, May 27, 1921: Emergency Tariff of 1921, Sess. 1, ch. 14, 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, November 9, 1921: Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 (Phipps–Dowell Act) November 23, 1921: Revenue Act of 1921, Sess. 1, ch. 136, 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 Appropriation Act of 1923 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 June 30, 1922: Lodge–Fish Resolution 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, September 21, 1922: Grain Futures Act, Sess. 2, ch. 369, September 22, 1922: Cable Act (Married Women's Citizenship Act), Sess. 2, ch. 411, 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
House of Representatives
Leadership Senate President: Calvin Coolidge (R) President pro tempore: Albert B. Cummins (R)
Majority (Republican) leadership Majority Leader: Henry Cabot Lodge Majority Whip: Charles Curtis Republican Conference Secretary: James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. National Senatorial Committee Chair: Joseph M. McCormick
Minority (Democratic) leadership Minority Leader: Oscar Underwood Minority Whip: Peter G. Gerry Democratic Caucus Secretary: William H. King
House of Representatives Speaker: Frederick H. Gillett (R)
Majority (Republican) leadership Majority Leader: Franklin Mondell Majority Whip: Harold Knutson Republican Conference Chairman: Horace Mann Towner Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Simeon D. Fess, until 1922 William R. Wood, from 1922
Minority (Democratic) leadership Minority Leader: Claude Kitchin Minority Whip: William Allan Oldfield Democratic Caucus Chairman: Sam Rayburn Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Arthur B. Rouse
Members This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class; representatives are listed by district. Skip to House of Representatives, below
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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1922; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1924; and Class 3 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1926.
Alabama 2. J. Thomas Heflin (D) 3. Oscar Underwood (D)
Arizona 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D) 3. Ralph H. Cameron (R)
Arkansas 2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) 3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)
California 1. Hiram W. Johnson (R) 3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)
Colorado 2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R) 3. Samuel D. Nicholson (R)
Connecticut 1. George P. McLean (R) 3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)
Delaware 1. Josiah O. Wolcott (D), until July 2, 1921 T. Coleman du Pont (R), from July 7, 1921, until November 7, 1922 Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (D), from November 8, 1922 2. L. Heisler Ball (R)
Florida 1. Park Trammell (D) 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)
Georgia 2. William J. Harris (D) 3. Thomas E. Watson (D), until September 26, 1922 Rebecca L. Felton (D), from November 21, 1922 until November 22, 1922 Walter F. George (D), from 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 1. Harry S. New (R) 3. James E. Watson (R)
Iowa 2. William S. Kenyon (R), until February 24, 1922 Charles A. Rawson (R), from February 24, 1922, until November 7, 1922 Smith W. Brookhart (R), from November 8, 1922 3. Albert B. Cummins (R)
Kansas 2. Arthur Capper (R) 3. Charles Curtis (R)
Kentucky 2. Augustus O. Stanley (D) 3. Richard P. Ernst (R)
Louisiana 2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D) 3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)
Maine 1. Frederick Hale (R) 2. Bert M. Fernald (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), until November 18, 1922 James J. Couzens (R), from November 29, 1922
Minnesota 1. Frank B. Kellogg (R) 2. Knute Nelson (R)
Mississippi 1. John Sharp Williams (D) 2. Pat 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 Oddie (R)
New Hampshire 2. Henry W. Keyes (R) 3. George H. Moses (R)
New Jersey 1. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R) 2. Walter E. Edge (R)
New Mexico 1. Andrieus A. Jones (D) 2. Albert B. Fall (R), until March 4, 1921 Holm O. Bursum (R), from March 11, 1921
New York 1. William M. Calder (R) 3. James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)
North Carolina 2. Furnifold M. 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 1. Philander C. Knox (R), until October 12, 1921 William E. Crow (R), from October 24, 1921, until August 2, 1922 David A. Reed (R), from August 8, 1922 3. Boies Penrose (R), until December 31, 1921 George Wharton Pepper (R), from January 9, 1922
Rhode Island 1. Peter G. Gerry (D) 2. LeBaron B. Colt (R)
South Carolina 2. Nathaniel B. Dial (D) 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)
South Dakota 2. Thomas Sterling (R) 3. Peter Norbeck (R)
Tennessee 1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D) 2. John K. Shields (D)
Texas 1. Charles A. Culberson (D) 2. Morris Sheppard (D)
Utah 1. William H. King (D) 3. Reed Smoot (R)
Vermont 1. Carroll S. Page (R) 3. William P. Dillingham (R)
Virginia 1. Claude A. Swanson (D) 2. Carter Glass (D)
Washington 1. Miles Poindexter (R) 3. Wesley L. Jones (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 1. John B. Kendrick (D) 2. Francis E. Warren (R)
House of Representatives
Alabama . John McDuffie (D) . John R. Tyson (D) . Henry B. Steagall (D) . Lamar Jeffers (D), from June 7, 1921 . William B. Bowling (D) . William B. Oliver (D) . Lilius Bratton Rainey (D) . Edward B. Almon (D) . George Huddleston (D) . William B. Bankhead (D)
Arizona . Carl Hayden (D)
Arkansas . William J. Driver (D) . William A. Oldfield (D) . John N. Tillman (D) . Otis Wingo (D) . Henderson M. Jacoway (D) . Samuel M. Taylor (D), until September 13, 1921 Chester W. Taylor (D), from October 25, 1921 . Tilman B. Parks (D)
California . Clarence F. Lea (D) . John E. Raker (D) . Charles F. Curry (R) . Julius Kahn (R) . John I. Nolan (R), until November 18, 1922 Mae E. Nolan (R), from January 23, 1923 . John A. Elston (R), until December 15, 1921 James H. MacLafferty (R), from November 7, 1922 . Henry E. Barbour (R) . Arthur M. Free (R) . Walter F. Lineberger (R), from February 15, 1921 . Henry Z. Osborne (R), until February 8, 1923 . Philip D. Swing (R)
Colorado . William N. Vaile (R) . Charles Bateman Timberlake (R) . Guy U. Hardy (R) . Edward T. Taylor (D)
Connecticut . E. Hart Fenn (R) . Richard P. Freeman (R) . John Q. Tilson (R) . Schuyler Merritt (R) . James P. Glynn (R)
Delaware . Caleb R. Layton (R)
Florida . Herbert J. Drane (D) . Frank Clark (D) . John H. Smithwick (D) . William J. Sears (D)
Georgia . James W. Overstreet (D) . Frank Park (D) . Charles R. Crisp (D) . William C. Wright (D) . William D. Upshaw (D) . James W. Wise (D) . Gordon Lee (D) . Charles H. Brand (D) . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) . Carl Vinson (D) . William C. Lankford (D) . William W. Larsen (D)
Idaho . Burton L. French (R) . Addison T. Smith (R)
Illinois . Martin B. Madden (R) . James R. Mann (R), until November 30, 1922 . Elliott W. Sproul (R) . John W. Rainey (D) . Adolph J. Sabath (D) . John J. Gorman (R) . M. Alfred Michaelson (R) . Stanley H. Kunz (D) . Frederick A. Britten (R) . Carl R. Chindblom (R) . Ira C. Copley (R) . Charles Eugene Fuller (R) . John C. McKenzie (R) . William J. Graham (R) . Edward John King (R) . Clifford Ireland (R) . Frank H. Funk (R) . Joseph G. Cannon (R) . Allen F. Moore (R) . Guy L. Shaw (R) . Loren E. Wheeler (R) . William A. Rodenberg (R) . Edwin B. Brooks (R) . Thomas S. Williams (R) . Edward E. Denison (R) . William E. Mason (R), until June 16, 1921 Winnifred S. M. Huck (R), from November 7, 1922 . Richard Yates Jr. (R)
Indiana . Oscar R. Luhring (R) . Oscar E. Bland (R)