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70th United States Congress
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceThe Seventieth 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 3 1929, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourteenth Census of the United States in 1920. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
Dates of sessions
March 4 1927 - March 3 1929- First session: December 5 1927 - May 29 1928
- Second session: December 3 1928 - March 3 1929 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 69th Congress
Next congress: 71st Congress
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.
TOTAL members: 96 |
TOTAL members: 435 |
Leadership
- Senate
- Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
- President pro tempore of the Senate:
- George H. Moses, Republican of New Hampshire, elected December 15 1927
- Majority Leader of the Senate
- Minority Leader of the Senate
- Majority Whip of the Senate
- Minority Whip of the Senate
- House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- Nicholas Longworth, Republican of Ohio, elected December 5 1927
- Majority Leader of the House
- Minority Leader of the House
Major events
- Main article: Events of 1927; Events of 1928; Events of 1929
Major legislation
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.- See also: United States Senate elections, 1926
- See also: United States House elections, 1926
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 reelection in 1928; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1932.
- See also: United States Senators
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
- ''See also: United States Congressional Delegations by state