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The 63rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1915, during the first two years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency.
1914 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 64th United States Congress. They were held for the most part on November 3, 1914, while Maine held theirs on September 14. They were held in the middle of President Woodrow Wilson's first term.
Elections were held for the 64th United States Congress, occurring in the middle of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's first term. Democrats retained control of both houses of Congress, the first time they were able to do so since the American Civil War (1861-1865).
June 14 – Adlai E. Stevenson, 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 (born 1835) August 6 – Ellen Axson Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson, First Lady of the United States (born 1860) August 25 – Powell Clayton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1868 to 1871 (born 1833)
This chart shows the historical composition of the United States House of Representatives, from the 1st Congress to the present day. ... 1914: 1 230 1 6 196 1 435 ...
Rayburn House Office Building (RHOB, built 1962-1965, dedicated 1965), named after Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (1882-1961), of Texas, and is the largest House offices structure. [3] A fourth building, the Ford House Office Building, was recently named for the 38th President Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006).
1914 United States Senate elections ← 1912 & 1913 November 3, 1914 1916 → 32 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader John W. Kern [a] Jacob H. Gallinger [b] Party Democratic Republican Leader since March 4, 1911 March 4, 1911 Leader's seat Indiana New Hampshire Seats before 53 42 Seats after 56 39 Seat change 3 3 Seats ...
In 1926, the United States Congress enacted the Public Buildings Act, which authorized the construction not only of the Federal Triangle complex of buildings but also a new U.S. Supreme Court building opposite the east front of the United States Capitol on the site of the Civil War-era Old Capitol Prison, and north of the Library of Congress's ...