70th United States Congress

The 70th 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, 1927, to March 4, 1929, during the last two years of Calvin Coolidge's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census.

Both chambers had a Republican majority - albeit reduced from the previous Congress - and along with President Coolidge, the Republicans maintained an overall federal government trifecta.

Major events

 * November 6, 1928: U.S. Senate elections and U.S. House elections
 * This was the last Congress to be exclusively white and the last to not have a single black member of Congress in either chamber.

Major legislation

 * March 10, 1928: Settlement of War Claims Act
 * May 15, 1928: Flood Control Act of 1928 (Jones–Reid Act)
 * May 22, 1928: Merchant Marine Act of 1928 (Jones–White Act)
 * May 22, 1928: Forest Research Act (McSweeney–McNary Act)
 * May 22, 1928: Capper–Ketcham Act
 * May 28, 1928: Welsh Act
 * May 29, 1928: Revenue Act of 1928, ch. 852,
 * May 29, 1928: Reed–Jenkins Act
 * December 21, 1928: Boulder Canyon Project Act (Hoover Dam)
 * December 22, 1928: Color of Title Act
 * January 19, 1929: Hawes–Cooper Act
 * February 18, 1929: Migratory Bird Conservation Act (Norbeck–Anderson Act), ch. 257,
 * February 25, 1929: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Act (Norbeck-Williamson Act of 1929)
 * March 2, 1929: Increased Penalties Act (Jones–Stalker 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.

Senate

 * President: Charles G. Dawes (R)
 * President pro tempore: George H. Moses (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Charles Curtis
 * Majority Whip: Wesley L. Jones
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale
 * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Jesse H. Metcalf

Minority (Democratic) leadership

 * Minority leader: Joseph T. Robinson
 * Minority whip: Peter G. Gerry
 * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Hugo Black

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Nicholas Longworth (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

 * Majority Leader: John Q. Tilson
 * Majority Whip: Albert 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: Arthur H. Greenwood
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Byrns Sr.

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state.

Senate
Senators are listed by class. They 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 1928; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1932.

Alabama

 * 2. J. Thomas Heflin (D)
 * 3. Hugo Black (D)

Arizona

 * 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D)
 * 3. Carl Hayden (D)

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. Charles W. Waterman (R)

Connecticut

 * 1. George P. McLean (R)
 * 3. Hiram Bingham III (R)

Delaware

 * 1. Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (D)
 * 2. T. Coleman du Pont (R), until December 9, 1928
 * Daniel O. Hastings (R), from December 10, 1928

Florida

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

Georgia

 * 2. William J. Harris (D)
 * 3. Walter F. George (D)

Idaho

 * 2. William E. Borah (R)
 * 3. Frank R. Gooding (R), until June 24, 1928
 * John Thomas (R), from June 30, 1928

Illinois

 * 2. Charles S. Deneen (R)
 * 3. Vacant until December 3, 1928
 * Otis F. Glenn (R), from December 3, 1928

Indiana

 * 1. Arthur R. Robinson (R)
 * 3. James E. Watson (R)

Iowa

 * 2. Daniel F. Steck (D)
 * 3. Smith W. Brookhart (R)

Kansas

 * 2. Arthur Capper (R)
 * 3. Charles Curtis (R)

Kentucky

 * 2. Frederic M. Sackett (R)
 * 3. Alben W. Barkley (D)

Louisiana

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

Maine

 * 1. Frederick Hale (R)
 * 2. Arthur R. Gould (R)

Maryland

 * 1. William Cabell Bruce (D)
 * 3. Millard Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

 * 1. David I. Walsh (D)
 * 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)

Michigan

 * 1. Woodbridge N. Ferris (D), until March 23, 1928
 * Arthur H. Vandenberg (R), from March 31, 1928
 * 2. James J. Couzens (R)

Minnesota

 * 1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)
 * 2. Thomas D. Schall (R)

Mississippi

 * 1. Hubert D. Stephens (D)
 * 2. Pat Harrison (D)

Missouri

 * 1. James A. Reed (D)
 * 3. Harry B. Hawes (D)

Montana

 * 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)
 * 2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)

Nebraska

 * 1. Robert B. Howell (R)
 * 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. Edward I. Edwards (D)
 * 2. Walter E. Edge (R)

New Mexico

 * 1. Andrieus A. Jones (D), until December 20, 1927
 * Bronson M. Cutting (R), from December 29, 1927, until December 6, 1928
 * Octaviano A. Larrazolo (R), from December 7, 1928
 * 2. Sam G. Bratton (D)

New York

 * 1. Royal S. Copeland (D)
 * 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

North Carolina

 * 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
 * 3. Lee S. Overman (D)

North Dakota

 * 1. Lynn Frazier (R-NPL)
 * 3. Gerald Nye (R)

Ohio

 * 1. Simeon D. Fess (R)
 * 3. Frank B. Willis (R), until March 30, 1928
 * Cyrus Locher (D), from April 4, 1928, until December 14, 1928
 * Theodore E. Burton (R), from December 15, 1928

Oklahoma

 * 2. William B. Pine (R)
 * 3. Elmer Thomas (D)

Oregon

 * 2. Charles L. McNary (R)
 * 3. Frederick Steiwer (R)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. David A. Reed (R)
 * 3. Vacant

Rhode Island

 * 1. Peter G. Gerry (D)
 * 2. Jesse H. Metcalf (R)

South Carolina

 * 2. Coleman L. Blease (D)
 * 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

South Dakota

 * 2. William H. McMaster (R)
 * 3. Peter Norbeck (R)

Tennessee

 * 1. Kenneth D. McKellar(D)
 * 2. Lawrence Tyson (D)

Texas

 * 1. Earle B. Mayfield (D)
 * 2. Morris Sheppard (D)

Utah

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

Vermont

 * 1. Frank L. Greene (R)
 * 3. Porter H. Dale (R)

Virginia

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

Washington

 * 1. Clarence Cleveland Dill (D)
 * 3. Wesley L. Jones (R)

West Virginia

 * 1. Guy D. Goff (R)
 * 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin

 * 1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R)
 * 3. John J. Blaine (R)

Wyoming

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

House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives are listed by district.

Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. John McDuffie (D)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. J. Lister Hill (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Henry B. Steagall (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Lamar Jeffers (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. William B. Bowling (D), until August 16, 1928
 * LaFayette L. Patterson (D), from November 6, 1928
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. William B. Oliver (D)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. Miles C. Allgood (D)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district. Edward B. Almon (D)
 * Alabama's 9th congressional district. George Huddleston (D)
 * Alabama's 10th congressional district. William B. Bankhead (D)

Arizona

 * At-large. Lewis W. Douglas (D)

Arkansas

 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. William J. Driver (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. William A. Oldfield (D), until November 19, 1928
 * Pearl Peden Oldfield (D), from January 9, 1929
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. John N. Tillman (D)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Otis Wingo (D)
 * Arkansas's 5th congressional district. Heartsill Ragon (D)
 * Arkansas's 6th congressional district. James B. Reed (D)
 * Arkansas's 7th congressional district. Tilman B. Parks (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. Clarence F. Lea (D)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Harry L. Englebright (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. Charles F. Curry (R)
 * California's 4th congressional district. Florence P. Kahn (R)
 * California's 5th congressional district. Richard J. Welch (R)
 * California's 6th congressional district. Albert E. Carter (R)
 * California's 7th congressional district. Henry E. Barbour (R)
 * California's 8th congressional district. Arthur M. Free (R)
 * California's 9th congressional district. William E. Evans (R)
 * California's 10th congressional district. Joe Crail (R)
 * California's 11th congressional district. Philip D. Swing (R)

Colorado

 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. William N. Vaile (R), until July 2, 1927
 * S. Harrison White (D), from November 15, 1927
 * Colorado's 2nd congressional district. Charles Bateman Timberlake (R)
 * Colorado's 3rd congressional district. Guy U. Hardy (R)
 * Colorado's 4th congressional district. Edward T. Taylor (D)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. E. Hart Fenn (R)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Richard P. Freeman (R)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. John Q. Tilson (R)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Schuyler Merritt (R)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district. James P. Glynn (R)

Delaware

 * At-large. Robert G. Houston (R)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Herbert J. Drane (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Robert A. Green (D)
 * Florida's 3rd congressional district. Tom A. Yon (D)
 * Florida's 4th congressional district. William J. Sears (D)

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Charles G. Edwards (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Edward E. Cox (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Charles R. Crisp (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. William C. Wright (D)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. Leslie J. Steele (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. Samuel Rutherford (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. Charles H. Brand (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. Carl Vinson (D)
 * Georgia's 11th congressional district. William C. Lankford (D)
 * Georgia's 12th congressional district. William W. Larsen (D)

Idaho

 * Idaho's 1st congressional district. Burton L. French (R)
 * Idaho's 2nd congressional district. Addison T. Smith (R)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. Martin B. Madden (R), until April 27, 1928
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. Morton D. Hull (R)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Elliott W. Sproul (R)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. Thomas A. Doyle (D)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. James T. Igoe (D)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. M. Alfred Michaelson (R)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Stanley H. Kunz (D)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Frederick A. Britten (R)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. Carl R. Chindblom (R)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. Frank R. Reid (R)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. John T. Buckbee (R)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. William R. Johnson (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. John C. Allen (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. Edward J. King (R), until February 17, 1929
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district. William E. Hull (R)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. Homer W. Hall (R)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. William P. Holaday (R)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. Charles Adkins (R)
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district. Henry T. Rainey (D)
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district. J. Earl Major (D)
 * Illinois's 22nd congressional district. Edward M. Irwin (R)
 * Illinois's 23rd congressional district. William W. Arnold (D)
 * Illinois's 24th congressional district. Thomas S. Williams (R)
 * Illinois's 25th congressional district. Edward E. Denison (R)
 * At-large. Henry R. Rathbone (R), until July 15, 1928
 * At-large. Richard Yates Jr. (R)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Harry E. Rowbottom (R)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Arthur H. Greenwood (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Frank Gardner (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. Harry C. Canfield (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. Noble J. Johnson (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Richard N. Elliott (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Ralph E. Updike (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. Albert H. Vestal (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Fred S. Purnell (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. William R. Wood (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. Albert R. Hall (R)
 * Indiana's 12th congressional district. David Hogg (R)
 * Indiana's 13th congressional district. Andrew J. Hickey (R)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. William F. Kopp (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. F. Dickinson Letts (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Thomas J. B. Robinson (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Cyrenus Cole (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. C. William Ramseyer (R)
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district. Cassius C. Dowell (R)
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district. Lloyd Thurston (R)
 * Iowa's 9th congressional district. William R. Green (R), until March 31, 1928
 * Earl W. Vincent (R), from June 4, 1928
 * Iowa's 10th congressional district. Lester J. Dickinson (R)
 * Iowa's 11th congressional district. William D. Boies (R)

Kansas

 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Ulysses S. Guyer (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. William H. Sproul (R)
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. Homer Hoch (R)
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district. James G. Strong (R)
 * Kansas's 6th congressional district. Hays B. White (R)
 * Kansas's 7th congressional district. Clifford R. Hope (R)
 * Kansas's 8th congressional district. William A. Ayres (D)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. William V. Gregory (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. David Hayes Kincheloe (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. John W. Moore (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Henry D. Moorman (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Maurice H. Thatcher (R)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Orie S. Ware (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Virgil Chapman (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Fred M. Vinson (D)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Katherine G. Langley (R)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. John M. Robsion (R)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. James O'Connor (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. J. Zach Spearing (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Whitmell P. Martin (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. John N. Sandlin (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Riley Joseph Wilson (D)
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Bolivar E. Kemp (D)
 * Louisiana's 7th congressional district. Ladislas Lazaro (D), until March 30, 1927
 * René L. De Rouen (D), from August 23, 1927
 * Louisiana's 8th congressional district. James Benjamin Aswell (D)

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Carroll L. Beedy (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Wallace H. White Jr. (R)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. John E. Nelson (R)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. Ira G. Hersey (R)

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. William P. Cole Jr. (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Vincent L. Palmisano (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. J. Charles Linthicum (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Stephen W. Gambrill (D)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. Frederick N. Zihlman (R)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Allen T. Treadway (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Henry L. Bowles (R)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Frank H. Foss (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. George R. Stobbs (R)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. William P. Connery Jr. (D)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Charles L. Underhill (R)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. John J. Douglass (D)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. George H. Tinkham (R)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. James A. Gallivan (D), until April 3, 1928
 * John W. McCormack (D), from November 6, 1928
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. Robert Luce (R)
 * Massachusetts's 14th congressional district. Louis A. Frothingham (R), until August 23, 1928
 * Richard B. Wigglesworth (R), from November 6, 1928
 * Massachusetts's 15th congressional district. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
 * Massachusetts's 16th congressional district. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. Robert H. Clancy (R)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. Earl C. Michener (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Joseph L. Hooper (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. John C. Ketcham (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Carl Mapes (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Grant M. Hudson (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Louis C. Cramton (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Bird J. Vincent (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. James C. McLaughlin (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. Frank P. Bohn (R)
 * Michigan's 12th congressional district. W. Frank James (R)
 * Michigan's 13th congressional district. Clarence J. McLeod (R)

Minnesota

 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Allen J. Furlow (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. Frank Clague (R)
 * Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. August H. Andresen (R)
 * Minnesota's 4th congressional district. Melvin Maas (R)
 * Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Walter H. Newton (R)
 * Minnesota's 6th congressional district. Harold Knutson (R)
 * Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Ole J. Kvale (FL)
 * Minnesota's 8th congressional district. William L. Carss (FL)
 * Minnesota's 9th congressional district. Conrad Selvig (R)
 * Minnesota's 10th congressional district. Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. John E. Rankin (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Bill G. Lowrey (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. William M. Whittington (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. T. Jefferson Busby (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. Ross A. Collins (D)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district. T. Webber Wilson (D)
 * Mississippi's 7th congressional district. Percy E. Quin (D)
 * Mississippi's 8th congressional district. James W. Collier (D)

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. Milton A. Romjue (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Ralph F. Lozier (D)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Jacob L. Milligan (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. Charles L. Faust (R), until December 17, 1928
 * David W. Hopkins (R), from February 5, 1929
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. George H. Combs Jr. (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Samuel C. Major (D)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. William L. Nelson (D)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. Clarence Cannon (D)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Henry F. Niedringhaus (R)
 * Missouri's 11th congressional district. John J. Cochran (D)
 * Missouri's 12th congressional district. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
 * Missouri's 13th congressional district. Clyde Williams (D)
 * Missouri's 14th congressional district. James F. Fulbright (D)
 * Missouri's 15th congressional district. Joe J. Manlove (R)
 * Missouri's 16th congressional district. Thomas L. Rubey (D), until November 2, 1928

Montana

 * Montana's 1st congressional district. John M. Evans (D)
 * Montana's 2nd congressional district. Scott Leavitt (R)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. John H. Morehead (D)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Willis G. Sears (R)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Edgar Howard (D)
 * Nebraska's 4th congressional district. John N. Norton (D)
 * Nebraska's 5th congressional district. Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
 * Nebraska's 6th congressional district. Robert G. Simmons (R)

Nevada

 * At-large. Samuel S. Arentz (R)

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Fletcher Hale (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Edward H. Wason (R)

New Jersey

 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. Isaac Bacharach (R)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. Harold G. Hoffman (R)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Charles A. Eaton (R)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. Ernest R. Ackerman (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Randolph Perkins (R)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. George N. Seger (R)
 * New Jersey's 8th congressional district. Paul J. Moore (D)
 * New Jersey's 9th congressional district. Franklin W. Fort (R)
 * New Jersey's 10th congressional district. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
 * New Jersey's 11th congressional district. Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D)
 * New Jersey's 12th congressional district. Mary T. Norton (D)

New Mexico

 * At-large. John Morrow (D)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. Robert L. Bacon (R)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. John J. Kindred (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. George W. Lindsay (D)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Loring M. Black Jr. (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Andrew L. Somers (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. John Quayle (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Patrick J. Carley (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. David J. O'Connell (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Emanuel Celler (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Anning S. Prall (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Samuel Dickstein (D)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. William I. Sirovich (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. John J. Boylan (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. John J. O'Connor (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. William W. Cohen (D)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. John F. Carew (D)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Sol Bloom (D)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Royal H. Weller (D), until March 1, 1929
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Anthony J. Griffin (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Frank Oliver (D)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. J. Mayhew Wainwright (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Hamilton Fish III (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Harcourt J. Pratt (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Parker Corning (D)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. James S. Parker (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Frank Crowther (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Bertrand H. Snell (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. Thaddeus C. Sweet (R), until May 1, 1928
 * Francis D. Culkin (R), from November 6, 1928
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Frederick M. Davenport (R)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. John D. Clarke (R)
 * New York's 35th congressional district. Walter W. Magee (R), until May 25, 1927
 * Clarence E. Hancock (R), from November 8, 1927
 * New York's 36th congressional district. John Taber (R)
 * New York's 37th congressional district. Gale H. Stalker (R)
 * New York's 38th congressional district. Meyer Jacobstein (D)
 * New York's 39th congressional district. Archie D. Sanders (R)
 * New York's 40th congressional district. S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
 * New York's 41st congressional district. Clarence MacGregor (R), until December 31, 1928
 * New York's 42nd congressional district. James M. Mead (D)
 * New York's 43rd congressional district. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Lindsay C. Warren (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. John H. Kerr (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Charles L. Abernethy (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Edward W. Pou (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Charles M. Stedman (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Homer L. Lyon (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. William C. Hammer (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Robert L. Doughton (D)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Zebulon Weaver (D)

North Dakota

 * North Dakota's 1st congressional district. Olger B. Burtness (R)
 * North Dakota's 2nd congressional district. Thomas Hall (R)
 * North Dakota's 3rd congressional district. James H. Sinclair (R)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Nicholas Longworth (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Vacant, until November 7, 1927
 * Charles J. Tatgenhorst Jr. (R), from November 8, 1927
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Roy G. Fitzgerald (R)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. William T. Fitzgerald (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Charles J. Thompson (R)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. Charles C. Kearns (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Charles Brand (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Thomas B. Fletcher (D)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. William W. Chalmers (R)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Mell G. Underwood (D)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. John C. Speaks (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. James T. Begg (R)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. Martin L. Davey (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. C. Ellis Moore (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. John McSweeney (D)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. William M. Morgan (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. B. Frank Murphy (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. John G. Cooper (R)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. Charles A. Mooney (D)
 * Ohio's 21st congressional district. Robert Crosser (D)
 * Ohio's 22nd congressional district. Theodore E. Burton (R), until December 15, 1928

Oklahoma

 * Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. Everette B. Howard (D)
 * Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district. William W. Hastings (D)
 * Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district. Wilburn Cartwright (D)
 * Oklahoma's 4th congressional district. Tom D. McKeown (D)
 * Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. Fletcher B. Swank (D)
 * Oklahoma's 6th congressional district. Jed J. Johnson (D)
 * Oklahoma's 7th congressional district. James V. McClintic (D)
 * Oklahoma's 8th congressional district. Milton C. Garber (R)

Oregon

 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. Willis C. Hawley (R)
 * Oregon's 2nd congressional district. Nicholas J. Sinnott (R), until May 31, 1928
 * Robert R. Butler (R), from November 6, 1928
 * Oregon's 3rd congressional district. Maurice E. Crumpacker (R), until July 24, 1927
 * Franklin F. Korell (R), from October 18, 1927

Pennsylvania

 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. James M. Hazlett (R), until October 20, 1927
 * James M. Beck (R), from November 8, 1927
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. George S. Graham (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Harry C. Ransley (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Benjamin M. Golder (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. James J. Connolly (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. George A. Welsh (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. George P. Darrow (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Thomas S. Butler (R), until May 26, 1928
 * James Wolfenden (R), from November 6, 1928
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Henry W. Watson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. William W. Griest (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Laurence H. Watres (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. John J. Casey (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Cyrus M. Palmer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Robert G. Bushong (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Louis T. McFadden (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Edgar R. Kiess (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Frederick W. Magrady (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Edward M. Beers (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. Isaac H. Doutrich (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. James R. Leech (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. J. Banks Kurtz (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. Franklin Menges (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. J. Mitchell Chase (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. Samuel A. Kendall (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Henry W. Temple (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. J. Howard Swick (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. Nathan L. Strong (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district. Thomas C. Cochran (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district. Milton W. Shreve (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district. Everett Kent (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 31st congressional district. Adam M. Wyant (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 32nd congressional district. Stephen G. Porter (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 33rd congressional district. M. Clyde Kelly (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 34th congressional district. John M. Morin (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 35th congressional district. Harry A. Estep (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 36th congressional district. Guy E. Campbell (R)

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Clark Burdick (R)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Richard S. Aldrich (R)
 * Rhode Island's 3rd congressional district. Louis Monast (R)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Thomas S. McMillan (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Butler B. Hare (D)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Fred H. Dominick (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. John J. McSwain (D)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. William F. Stevenson (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. Allard H. Gasque (D)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. Hampton P. Fulmer (D)

South Dakota

 * South Dakota's 1st congressional district. Charles A. Christopherson (R)
 * South Dakota's 2nd congressional district. Royal C. Johnson (R)
 * South Dakota's 3rd congressional district. William Williamson (R)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. B. Carroll Reece (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. J. Will Taylor (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. Samuel D. McReynolds (D)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Cordell Hull (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Ewin L. Davis (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Joseph W. Byrns (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Edward E. Eslick (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Gordon Browning (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Finis J. Garrett (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district. Hubert Fisher (D)

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Eugene Black (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. John C. Box (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. Morgan G. Sanders (D)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. Sam Rayburn (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Luther Alexander Johnson (D)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. Clay Stone Briggs (D)
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. Daniel E. Garrett (D)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. James P. Buchanan (D)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. Tom T. Connally (D)
 * Texas's 12th congressional district. Fritz G. Lanham (D)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. Guinn Williams (D)
 * Texas's 14th congressional district. Harry M. Wurzbach (R)
 * Texas's 15th congressional district. John Nance Garner (D)
 * Texas's 16th congressional district. Claude B. Hudspeth (D)
 * Texas's 17th congressional district. Thomas L. Blanton (D)
 * Texas's 18th congressional district. John Marvin Jones (D)

Utah

 * Utah's 1st congressional district. Don B. Colton (R)
 * Utah's 2nd congressional district. Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. Elbert S. Brigham (R)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. Ernest Willard Gibson (R)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. S. Otis Bland (D)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Joseph T. Deal (D)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Andrew Jackson Montague (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Patrick H. Drewry (D)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Joseph Whitehead (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Thomas W. Harrison (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. R. Walton Moore (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. George C. Peery (D)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

Washington

 * Washington's 1st congressional district. John F. Miller (R)
 * Washington's 2nd congressional district. Lindley H. Hadley (R)
 * Washington's 3rd congressional district. Albert Johnson (R)
 * Washington's 4th congressional district. John W. Summers (R)
 * Washington's 5th congressional district. Samuel B. Hill (D)

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Carl G. Bachmann (R)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Frank L. Bowman (R)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. William S. O'Brien (D)
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. James Anthony Hughes (R)
 * West Virginia's 5th congressional district. James F. Strother (R)
 * West Virginia's 6th congressional district. Edward T. England (R)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Charles A. Kading (R)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. John M. Nelson (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. John C. Schafer (R)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. Victor L. Berger (S)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. Florian Lampert (R)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. Joseph D. Beck (R)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. Edward E. Browne (R)
 * Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. George J. Schneider (R)
 * Wisconsin's 10th congressional district. James A. Frear (R)
 * Wisconsin's 11th congressional district. Hubert H. Peavey (R)

Wyoming

 * At-large. Charles E. Winter (R)

Non-voting members

 * Alaska Territory's at-large congressional district. Daniel Sutherland (R)
 * Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district. Victor S. K. Houston (R)
 * Philippines's at-large congressional district. Isauro Gabaldon (Nac.), until July 16, 1928
 * Philippines's at-large congressional district. Pedro Guevara (Nac.)
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Félix Córdova Dávila

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

Senate

 * Pennsylvania (3)
 * Vacant
 * Election of William S. Vare was not certified by the governor and the Senate refused to seat him.
 * Vacant
 * Seat remained vacant until the next Congress.
 * Seat remained vacant until the next Congress.


 * Illinois (3)
 * Vacant
 * Senator-elect Frank L. Smith was not permitted to qualify and resigned February 9, 1928. Successor elected November 6, 1928.
 * nowrap | Otis F. Glenn (R)
 * December 3, 1928
 * December 3, 1928


 * New Mexico (1)
 * | Andrieus A. Jones (D)
 * Died December 20, 1927. Successor appointed December 29, 1927. Successor was later not elected to finish the term, see below.
 * | Bronson M. Cutting (R)
 * December 29, 1927
 * December 29, 1927


 * Michigan (1)
 * | Woodbridge N. Ferris (D)
 * Died March 23, 1928. Successor appointed March 31, 1928. Successor was then elected November 6, 1928, to finish the term.
 * | Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)
 * March 31, 1928
 * March 31, 1928


 * Ohio (3)
 * | Frank B. Willis (R)
 * Died March 30, 1928. Successor appointed April 4, 1928. Successor was later not elected to finish the term, see below.
 * | Cyrus Locher (D)
 * April 4, 1928
 * April 4, 1928


 * Idaho (3)
 * nowrap | Frank R. Gooding (R)
 * Died June 24, 1928. Successor was appointed to continue the term. Successor was then elected November 6, 1928, to finish the term.
 * nowrap | John Thomas (R)
 * June 30, 1928
 * June 30, 1928


 * New Mexico (1)
 * | Bronson M. Cutting (R)
 * Appointee did not run to finish the term. Successor elected November 6, 1928.
 * | Octaviano A. Larrazolo (R)
 * December 7, 1928
 * December 7, 1928


 * Ohio (3)
 * | Cyrus Locher (D)
 * Appointee lost nomination to finish term. Successor elected November 6, 1928.
 * | Theodore E. Burton (R)
 * December 15, 1928
 * December 15, 1928


 * Delaware (2)
 * | T. Coleman du Pont (R)
 * Resigned December 9, 1928. Successor appointed December 10, 1928, to finish the term.
 * nowrap | Daniel O. Hastings (R)
 * December 10, 1928
 * December 10, 1928


 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 15
 * Democratic: 1 seat net gain
 * Republican: 1 seat net loss
 * Deaths: 16
 * Resignations: 7
 * Total seats with changes: 23

Senate

 * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Charles L. McNary; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Charles S. Deneen; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Peter Norbeck; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
 * Civil Service (Chairman: Porter H. Dale; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
 * Claims (Chairman: Robert B. Howell; Ranking Member: Park Trammell)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Arthur Capper; Ranking Member: William H. King)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: James Couzens; Ranking Member: Andrieus A. Jones)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Frank L. Greene; Ranking Member: Coleman L. Blease)
 * Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: Frederic M. Sackett; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
 * Finance (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
 * Illegal Appointments in Civil Service (Select)
 * Immigration (Chairman: Hiram W. Johnson; Ranking Member: William H. King)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Lynn J. Frazier; Ranking Member: Henry F. Ashurst)
 * Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Walter Evans Edge; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh)
 * Interstate Commerce (Chairman: James Eli Watson; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
 * Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Lawrence C. Phipps; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: George W. Norris; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
 * Library (Chairman: Simeon D. Fess; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: George P. McLean; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
 * Mexican Propaganda (Select)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: David A. Reed; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Tasker L. Oddie; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick Hale; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
 * Patents (Chairman: Jesse H. Metcalf; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Arthur R. Robinson; Ranking Member: Peter Gerry)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George H. Moses; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
 * Presidential Campaign Expenditures (Special)
 * Printing (Chairman: Hiram Bingham; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
 * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Samuel M. Shortridge; Ranking Member: William H. King)
 * Propaganda or Money Alleged Used by Foreign Governments (Special)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Henry W. Keyes; Ranking Member: James A. Reed)
 * Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Gerald P. Nye; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
 * Rules (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman)
 * Senatorial Elections (Select)
 * Tariff Commission (Select)
 * Territories and Insular Possessions (Chairman: Frank B. Willis; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: Clarence MacGregor; Ranking Member: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: James B. Aswell)
 * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Martin B. Madden; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Byrns)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Louis T. McFadden; Ranking Member: Otis Wingo)
 * Census (Chairman: E. Hart Fenn; Ranking Member: John E. Rankin)
 * Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick R. Lehlbach; Ranking Member: John C. Box)
 * Claims (Chairman: Charles L. Underhill; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers)
 * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Randolph Perkins; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
 * Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Edward H. Wason; Ranking Member: Robert A. Green)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Frederick N. Zihlman; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan)
 * Education (Chairman: Daniel A. Reed; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
 * Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Hays B. White; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers)
 * Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Don B. Colton; Ranking Member: Edward Eslick)
 * Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Bird J. Vincent; Ranking Member: Gordon Browning)
 * Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Charles L. Gifford; Ranking Member: Guinn Williams)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Guy E. Campbell; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Blanton)
 * Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: William Williamson; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
 * Flood Control (Chairman: Frank R. Reid; Ranking Member: Riley J. Wilson)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Stephen G. Porter; Ranking Member: J. Charles Linthicum)
 * Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Albert W. Johnson; Ranking Member: Adolph J. Sabath)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Scott Leavitt; Ranking Member: William J. Sears)
 * Insular Affairs (Chairman: Edgar R. Kiess; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: James S. Parker; Ranking Member: Sam Rayburn)
 * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: William T. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood)
 * Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Addison T. Smith; Ranking Member: C.B. Hudspeth)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: George S. Graham; Ranking Member: Hatton W. Sumners)
 * Labor (Chairman: William F. Kopp; Ranking Member: William P. Connery Jr.)
 * Library (Chairman: Robert Luce; Ranking Member: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert)
 * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Wallace H. White Jr.; Ranking Member: Ewin L. Davis)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: John M. Morin; Ranking Member: Percy E. Quin)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: John M. Robsion; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Greenwood)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson)
 * Patents (Chairman: Albert H. Vestal; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Harold Knutson; Ranking Member: William C. Hammer)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William W. Griest; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Bell)
 * Printing (Chairman: Edward M. Beers; Ranking Member: William F. Stevenson)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard N. Elliott; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Nicholas J. Sinnott; Ranking Member: John M. Evans)
 * Revision of Laws (Chairman: Roy G. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Alfred L. Bulwinkle)
 * Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: S. Wallace Dempsey; Ranking Member: Joseph J. Mansfield)
 * Roads (Chairman: Cassius C. Dowell; Ranking Member: Edward B. Almon)
 * Rules (Chairman: Bertrand H. Snell; Ranking Member: Edward W. Pou)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: Charles F. Curry; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford)
 * War Claims (Chairman: James G. Strong; Ranking Member: Bill G. Lowrey)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: William R. Green; Ranking Member: John N. Garner)
 * World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: Royal C. Johnson; Ranking Member: Alfred L. Bulwinkle)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
 * Harriman Geographic Code System
 * Investigation of Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grants
 * Determine what Employment may be Furnished Federal Prisoners (Chairman: Rep. George S. Graham)
 * Investigate Northern Pacific Lands (Chairman: Rep. Nicholas J. Sinnott)
 * The Library (Chairman: Sen. Simeon D. Fess)
 * Printing (Chairman: Sen. George H. Moses)
 * Taxation (Chairman: Rep. William R. Green)
 * To Investigate the Salaries of Officers and Employees of the Senate and the House

Caucuses

 * Democratic (House)
 * Democratic (Senate)

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn
 * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver, from 1928
 * 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, (Baptist), until December 5, 1927
 * ZeBarney T. Phillips (Episcopal), from December 5, 1927
 * Secretary: Edwin P. Thayer
 * Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
 * Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: James S. Montgomery (Methodist)
 * Clerk: William T. Page
 * Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy
 * Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
 * Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers
 * Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler, from 1928
 * Postmaster: Frank W. Collier