63rd United States Congress

63rd United States Congress
63rd United States Congress
62nd ← → 64th
	United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
Members	96 senators; 435 representatives; 5 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Democratic
Senate President	Thomas R. Marshall (D)
House majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Champ Clark (D)
Sessions
	Special: March 4, 1913 – March 17, 1913; 1st: April 7, 1913 – December 1, 1913; 2nd: December 1, 1913 – October 24, 1914; 3rd: December 7, 1914 – March 3, 1915

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. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census.

Quick Facts March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915, Members ...

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	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Bull Moose (Prog.)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	45	0	50	95	1

Begin	49	1	42	92	4
End	53	1	42	96	0
Final voting share	55.2%	1.0%	43.8%

Beginning of next congress	56	0	40	96	0

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Bull Moose (Prog.)	Independent (I)	Republican (R)	Other
End of previous congress	225	0	0	156	1^[b]	382	12

Begin	289	10	1	134	0	434	1
End	282	11	1	130	0	424	11
Final voting share	66.5%	2.6%	0.2%	30.7%	0.0%

Beginning of next congress	230	5	1	194	2^[c]	432	3

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

State	Senator	Reason for vacancy	Successor	Date of successor's installation
New Hampshire (2)	Vacant	Elected late.	Henry F. Hollis (D)	March 13, 1913
Illinois (2)	Vacant	Due to US Sen.Lorimer scandal, general assembly refused to seat elected Senator at beginning of term. Compromise was later reached with Governor of Illinois to seat senator to replace Lorimer after another election was called.	J. Hamilton Lewis (D)	March 26, 1913
Illinois (3)	Vacant	Due to US Sen.Lorimer scandal, general assembly refused to seat elected Senator at beginning of term. Compromise was later reached with Governor of Illinois to seat senator who supported Sen Lorimer.	Lawrence Y. Sherman (R)	March 26, 1913
West Virginia (2)	Vacant	Elected to seat at beginning of term but delayed installation to continue as judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	Nathan Goff Jr. (R)	April 1, 1913
Alabama (3)	Joseph F. Johnston (D)	Died August 8, 1913. Successor was appointed to finish term.	Francis S. White (D)	May 11, 1914
Maryland (1)	William P. Jackson (R)	Successor was elected.	Blair Lee (D)	January 28, 1914
Georgia (2)	Augustus O. Bacon (D)	Died February 14, 1914. Successor was appointed.	William S. West (D)	March 2, 1914
Kentucky (3)	William O. Bradley (R)	Died May 23, 1914. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	Johnson N. Camden Jr. (D)	June 16, 1914
Georgia (2)	William S. West (D)	Successor was elected.	Thomas W. Hardwick (D)	November 4, 1914

District	Vacated by	Reason for vacancy	Successor	Date of successor's installation
South Carolina 1st	Vacant	Rep. George S. Legaré died during previous congress	Richard S. Whaley (D)	April 29, 1913
Massachusetts 13th	John W. Weeks (R)	Resigned March 4, 1913, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	John J. Mitchell (D)	April 15, 1913
Texas 10th	Albert S. Burleson (D)	Resigned March 6, 1913, after being appointed United States Postmaster General	James P. Buchanan (D)	April 15, 1913
New Jersey 6th	Lewis J. Martin (D)	Died May 5, 1913	Archibald C. Hart (D)	July 22, 1913
Michigan 12th	H. Olin Young (R)	Resigned May 16, 1913, while election was being contested	William J. MacDonald (Prog.)	August 26, 1913
Maine 3rd	Forrest Goodwin (R)	Died May 28, 1913	John A. Peters (R)	September 9, 1913
Maryland 3rd	George Konig (D)	Died May 31, 1913	Charles P. Coady (D)	November 4, 1913
West Virginia 1st	John W. Davis (D)	Resigned August 29, 1913, after being appointed Solicitor General of the United States	Matthew M. Neely (D)	October 14, 1913
New York 13th	Timothy Sullivan (D)	Died August 31, 1913	George W. Loft (D)	November 4, 1913
New York 20th	Francis B. Harrison (D)	Resigned September 1, 1913, after being appointed Governor-General of the Philippines	Jacob A. Cantor (D)	November 4, 1913
Massachusetts 3rd	William Wilder (R)	Died September 11, 1913	Calvin Paige (R)	November 4, 1913
Georgia 2nd	Seaborn Roddenbery (D)	Died September 25, 1913	Frank Park (D)	November 4, 1913
Iowa 2nd	Irvin S. Pepper (D)	Died December 22, 1913	Henry Vollmer (D)	February 10, 1914
Massachusetts 12th	James Michael Curley (D)	Resigned February 4, 1914, after being elected Mayor of Boston	James A. Gallivan (D)	April 7, 1914
New Jersey 7th	Robert G. Bremner (D)	Died February 5, 1914	Dow H. Drukker (R)	April 7, 1914
Alabama 8th	William N. Richardson (D)	Died March 31, 1914	Christopher C. Harris (D)	May 11, 1914
Alabama 3rd	Henry D. Clayton Jr. (D)	Resigned May 25, 1914, after being appointed judge for U.S. District Court for Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama	William O. Mulkey (D)	June 29, 1914
Missouri 12th	Leonidas C. Dyer (R)	Lost contested election June 9, 1914	Michael J. Gill (D)	June 9, 1914
Illinois 4th	James T. McDermott (D)	Resigned July 21, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 14th	William G. Sharp (D)	Resigned July 23, 1914, after being appointed United States Ambassador to France	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Massachusetts 11th	Andrew J. Peters (D)	Resigned August 15, 1914, after being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Massachusetts 10th	William F. Murray (D)	Resigned September 28, 1914, after being appointed Postmaster of Boston	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Maryland 1st	J. Harry Covington (D)	Resigned September 30, 1914, after being appointed to serve as chief justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia	Jesse Price (D)	November 3, 1914
New Jersey 9th	Walter I. McCoy (D)	Resigned October 3, 1914, after being appointed associate justice for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia	Richard W. Parker (R)	December 1, 1914
Georgia 10th	Thomas W. Hardwick (D)	Resigned November 2, 1914, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Carl Vinson (D)	November 3, 1914
New York 36th	Sereno E. Payne (R)	Died December 10, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 31st	Edwin A. Merritt (R)	Died December 14, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 2nd	Denis O'Leary (D)	Resigned December 31, 1914	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Minnesota 2nd	Winfield Scott Hammond (D)	Resigned January 6, 1915, after being elected Governor of Minnesota	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 5th	Timothy T. Ansberry (D)	Resigned January 9, 1915, after being appointed associate justice of the Ohio Court of Appeals	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 8th	Frank B. Willis (R)	Resigned January 9, 1915, after being elected Governor of Ohio	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New Jersey 8th	Eugene F. Kinkead (D)	Resigned February 4, 1915, after becoming sheriff of Hudson County, New Jersey	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

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