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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Frank Buchanan</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_Buchanan_(Pennsylvania_Congressman).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Frank_Buchanan_%28Pennsylvania_Congressman%29.jpg/220px-Frank_Buchanan_%28Pennsylvania_Congressman%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" 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Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania%27s_33rd_congressional_district" title="Pennsylvania's 33rd congressional district">33rd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 21, 1946 – April 27, 1951</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_A._Weiss" title="Samuel A. Weiss">Samuel A. Weiss</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vera_Buchanan" title="Vera Buchanan">Vera Buchanan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1902-12-01</span>)</span>December 1, 1902<br /><a href="/wiki/McKeesport,_Pennsylvania" title="McKeesport, Pennsylvania">McKeesport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 27, 1951<span style="display:none">(1951-04-27)</span> (aged 48)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vera_Buchanan" title="Vera Buchanan">Vera Buchanan</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Frank Buchanan</b> (December 1, 1902 – April 27, 1951) was an American educator and businessman who served as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> from 1946 to 1951. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Buchanan_(Pennsylvania_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Frank Buchanan was born in the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh</a> suburb of <a href="/wiki/McKeesport,_Pennsylvania" title="McKeesport, Pennsylvania">McKeesport, Pennsylvania</a>. He married future Representative <a href="/wiki/Vera_Buchanan" title="Vera Buchanan">Vera Daerr</a> on January 4, 1929. He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh">University of Pittsburgh</a> in 1925 where he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Phi_Gamma_Delta" title="Phi Gamma Delta">Phi Gamma Delta</a> fraternity. </p><p>He worked as a teacher in the high schools of <a href="/wiki/Homestead,_Pennsylvania" title="Homestead, Pennsylvania">Homestead, Pennsylvania</a> and McKeesport from 1924 to 1928 and 1931 to 1942. From 1928 to 1931, he worked as an automobile dealer, and he also worked as an economic consultant from 1928 to 1946. He served as <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> of McKeesport from 1942 to 1946. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Congress">Congress</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Buchanan_(Pennsylvania_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Buchanan was elected as a Democrat to the <a href="/wiki/79th_United_States_Congress" title="79th United States Congress">79th United States Congress</a> to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Samuel_A._Weiss" title="Samuel A. Weiss">Samuel A. Weiss</a>. He was re-elected to the <a href="/wiki/80th_United_States_Congress" title="80th United States Congress">Eightieth</a>, <a href="/wiki/81st_United_States_Congress" title="81st United States Congress">Eighty-first</a>, and <a href="/wiki/82nd_United_States_Congress" title="82nd United States Congress">Eighty-second</a> Congresses and served until his death in <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda, Maryland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Buchanan_Committee">The Buchanan Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Buchanan_(Pennsylvania_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Buchanan Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1950, Buchanan the center of controversy as the chair of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Lobbying_Activities&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States House Select Committee on Lobbying Activities (page does not exist)">United States House Select Committee on Lobbying Activities</a> (commonly known as the Buchanan Committee). Democrats had moved to establish it after winning the 1948 election as a means to investigate “direct and indirect” lobbying. While the committee investigated the far left <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Congress" title="Civil Rights Congress">Civil Rights Congress</a> led by <a href="/wiki/William_L._Patterson" title="William L. Patterson">William L. Patterson</a>, it singled out conservative organizations such as the anti-New Deal <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Constitutional_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Committee for Constitutional Government">Committee for Constitutional Government</a> and the libertarian <a href="/wiki/Foundation_for_Economic_Education" title="Foundation for Economic Education">Foundation for Economic Education</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A key goal the Democratic majority on the Buchanan Committee was to identify all people who had purchased <a href="/wiki/John_T._Flynn" title="John T. Flynn">John T. Flynn</a>’s anti-New Deal book, The Road Ahead, from the Committee for Constitutional Government. Rumely and Patterson refused asserting that revealing contributors or the names of people who purchased books would intimidate potential financial supporters. On the recommendation of the Buchanan Committee, the House voted to cite both for Contempt of Congress. A majority of Republicans opposed the contempt citations of both Rumely and Patterson (despite Patterson's far left views).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When a federal court convicted Rumely on the contempt charge, a major backlash against the Buchanan Committee’s investigation was already underway. The prestigious <a href="/wiki/Editor_and_Publisher" class="mw-redirect" title="Editor and Publisher">Editor and Publisher</a> condemned the investigation as a plot to silence free speech. Libertarian journalist, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Chodorov" title="Frank Chodorov">Frank Chodorov</a>, charged that “Buchananism...is a step in the direction of thought control” while libertarian publisher <a href="/wiki/R.C._Hoiles" class="mw-redirect" title="R.C. Hoiles">R.C. Hoiles</a> said that the “issue involved is a constitutional right of any American to buy and sell reading matter without governmental interference and intimidation.” Rumely appealed his conviction and eventually prevailed in the U.S. Supreme Court in <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_v._Rumely&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States v. Rumely (page does not exist)">United States v. Rumely</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Buchanan did not live to see the Court's adverse decision. Weary of the controversy, he had already stepped down as chair of the Committee prior to this death at <a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Naval_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethesda Naval Hospital">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a> on April 27, 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_and_vacancy_filled_by_wife">Death and vacancy filled by wife</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Buchanan_(Pennsylvania_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and vacancy filled by wife"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His wife <a href="/wiki/Vera_Buchanan" title="Vera Buchanan">Vera Buchanan</a> later died while serving in Congress, and they were the first husband and wife to both die while serving in Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Buchanan_(Pennsylvania_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_members_who_died_in_office_(1950%E2%80%9399)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)">List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Buchanan_(Pennsylvania_politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressB001002" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001002">"Frank Buchanan (id: B001002)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span 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Oakland: Independent Institute. pp. <span class="nowrap">270–</span>276. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1598133561" title="Special:BookSources/978-1598133561"><bdi>978-1598133561</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+Deal%27s+War+on+the+Bill+of+Rights%3A+The+Untold+Story+of+FDR%27s+Concentration+Camps%2C+Censorship%2C+and+Mass+Surveillance&rft.place=Oakland&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E270-%3C%2Fspan%3E276&rft.edition=First&rft.pub=Independent+Institute&rft.date=2023&rft.isbn=978-1598133561&rft.aulast=Beito&rft.aufirst=David+T.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrank+Buchanan+%28Pennsylvania+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beito, p. 269-270.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beito, p. 270-281.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beito, p. 278-280.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMariotti2013" class="citation web cs1">Mariotti, Renato (2013-11-26). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/this-day-in-politics-100350">"Rep. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-04-12</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rep.+Vera+Buchanan+dies+in+office%2C+Nov.+26%2C+1955&rft.pub=Politico&rft.date=2013-11-26&rft.aulast=Mariotti&rft.aufirst=Renato&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fstory%2F2013%2F11%2Fthis-day-in-politics-100350&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrank+Buchanan+%28Pennsylvania+politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_A._Weiss" title="Samuel A. Weiss">Samuel A. Weiss</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Pennsylvania33 !"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania%27s_33rd_congressional_district" title="Pennsylvania's 33rd congressional district">Pennsylvania's 33rd congressional district</a></span> </b><br />1946–1951 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Vera_Buchanan" title="Vera Buchanan">Vera Buchanan</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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Guffey">J. Guffey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_J._Myers" title="Francis J. Myers">F. Myers</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Wolfenden" title="James Wolfenden">J. Wolfenden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Roland_Kinzer" title="J. Roland Kinzer">J. R. Kinzer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Rich" title="Robert F. Rich">R. Rich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Buell_Snyder" title="J. Buell Snyder"><i>J. B. Snyder</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Walter" title="Francis E. Walter">F. Walter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Bradley_(politician)" title="Michael J. Bradley (politician)">M. Bradley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herman_P._Eberharter" title="Herman P. Eberharter">H. Eberharter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Simpson" title="Richard M. Simpson">R. Simpson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ivor_D._Fenton" title="Ivor D. Fenton">I. Fenton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Gerlach" title="Charles L. Gerlach">C. Gerlach</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louis_E._Graham" title="Louis E. Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_C._Kunkel" title="John C. Kunkel">J. Kunkel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Rodgers" title="Robert L. Rodgers">B. Rodgers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harve_Tibbott" title="Harve Tibbott">H. Tibbott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_E._Sheridan_(politician)" title="John E. Sheridan (politician)">J. Sheridan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustine_B._Kelley" title="Augustine B. Kelley">A. Kelley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_A._Weiss" title="Samuel A. Weiss">S. Weiss</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wilson_D._Gillette" title="Wilson D. Gillette">W. Gillette</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chester_H._Gross" title="Chester H. Gross">C. Gross</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leon_H._Gavin" title="Leon H. Gavin">L. Gavin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_K._Hoch" title="Daniel K. Hoch">D. Hoch</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Murphy_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="John W. Murphy (Pennsylvania politician)"><i>J. Murphy</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/D._Emmert_Brumbaugh" title="D. Emmert Brumbaugh">D. E. Brumbaugh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_K._McConnell_Jr." title="Samuel K. McConnell Jr.">S. McConnell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Corbett" title="Robert J. Corbett">B. Corbett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Barrett" title="William A. Barrett">B. Barrett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_E._Campbell" title="Howard E. Campbell">H. Campbell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Flood" title="Daniel Flood">D. Flood</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_G._Fulton" title="James G. Fulton">J. Fulton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_T._Granahan" title="William T. Granahan">W. Granahan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_J._Green_Jr." title="William J. Green Jr.">W. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herbert_J._McGlinchey" title="Herbert J. McGlinchey">H. McGlinchey</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Morgan" title="Thomas E. Morgan">T. Morgan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F. Buchanan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Henry_Hoffman" title="Carl Henry Hoffman"><i>C. Hoffman</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_P._Scoblick" title="James P. Scoblick"><i>J. Scoblick</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/80th_United_States_Congress" title="80th United States Congress">80th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_J._Myers" title="Francis J. Myers">F. Myers</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Martin_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician)">E. Martin</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Rich" title="Robert F. Rich">R. Rich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Walter" title="Francis E. Walter">F. Walter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herman_P._Eberharter" title="Herman P. Eberharter">H. Eberharter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Simpson" title="Richard M. Simpson">R. Simpson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ivor_D._Fenton" title="Ivor D. Fenton">I. Fenton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Gerlach" title="Charles L. Gerlach"><i>C. Gerlach</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louis_E._Graham" title="Louis E. Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_C._Kunkel" title="John C. Kunkel">J. Kunkel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harve_Tibbott" title="Harve Tibbott">H. Tibbott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustine_B._Kelley" title="Augustine B. Kelley">A. Kelley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wilson_D._Gillette" title="Wilson D. Gillette">W. Gillette</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chester_H._Gross" title="Chester H. Gross">C. Gross</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_E._Van_Zandt" title="James E. Van Zandt">J. Van Zandt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leon_H._Gavin" title="Leon H. Gavin">L. Gavin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_K._McConnell_Jr." title="Samuel K. McConnell Jr.">S. McConnell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Corbett" title="Robert J. Corbett">B. Corbett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Scott" title="Hugh Scott">H. Scott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_G._Fulton" title="James G. Fulton">J. Fulton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Morgan" title="Thomas E. Morgan">T. Morgan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F. Buchanan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_P._Scoblick" title="James P. Scoblick">J. Scoblick</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_A._Gallagher" title="James A. Gallagher">J. Gallagher</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_McDowell_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="John McDowell (Pennsylvania politician)">J. McDowell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/E._Wallace_Chadwick" title="E. Wallace Chadwick">W. Chadwick</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_J._Crow" title="William J. Crow">W. Crow</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_B._Dague" title="Paul B. Dague">P. Dague</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Jenkins" title="Mitchell Jenkins">M. Jenkins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carroll_D._Kearns" title="Carroll D. Kearns">C. Kearns</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Franklin_J._Maloney" title="Franklin J. Maloney">F. Maloney</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_N._McGarvey" title="Robert N. McGarvey">B. McGarvey</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Augustus_Muhlenberg" title="Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg">F. Muhlenberg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Sarbacher_Jr." title="George W. Sarbacher Jr.">G. Sarbacher</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hardie_Scott" title="Hardie Scott">Ha. Scott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Franklin_H._Lichtenwalter" title="Franklin H. Lichtenwalter"><i>F. Lichtenwalter</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/81st_United_States_Congress" title="81st United States Congress">81st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_J._Myers" title="Francis J. Myers">F. Myers</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Martin_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician)">E. Martin</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Rich" title="Robert F. Rich">R. Rich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Walter" title="Francis E. Walter">F. Walter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herman_P._Eberharter" title="Herman P. Eberharter">H. Eberharter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Simpson" title="Richard M. Simpson">R. Simpson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ivor_D._Fenton" title="Ivor D. Fenton">I. Fenton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louis_E._Graham" title="Louis E. Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_C._Kunkel" title="John C. Kunkel">J. Kunkel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustine_B._Kelley" title="Augustine B. Kelley">A. Kelley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wilson_D._Gillette" title="Wilson D. Gillette">W. Gillette</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_E._Van_Zandt" title="James E. Van Zandt">J. Van Zandt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leon_H._Gavin" title="Leon H. Gavin">L. Gavin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_K._McConnell_Jr." title="Samuel K. McConnell Jr.">S. McConnell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Corbett" title="Robert J. Corbett">B. Corbett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Scott" title="Hugh Scott">H. Scott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_G._Fulton" title="James G. Fulton">J. Fulton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Morgan" title="Thomas E. Morgan">T. Morgan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F. Buchanan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_B._Dague" title="Paul B. Dague">P. Dague</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carroll_D._Kearns" title="Carroll D. Kearns">C. Kearns</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hardie_Scott" title="Hardie Scott">Ha. Scott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Franklin_H._Lichtenwalter" title="Franklin H. Lichtenwalter">F. Lichtenwalter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Barrett" title="William A. Barrett">B. Barrett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Flood" title="Daniel Flood">D. Flood</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_T._Granahan" title="William T. Granahan">W. Granahan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_J._Green_Jr." title="William J. Green Jr.">W. Green</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Cavalcante" title="Anthony Cavalcante">A. Cavalcante</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Chudoff" title="Earl Chudoff">E. Chudoff</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Coffey" title="Robert L. Coffey"><i>R. Coffey</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_J._Davenport" title="Harry J. Davenport">H. Davenport</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._James" title="Benjamin F. James">B. James</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_F._Lind" title="James F. Lind">J. Lind</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_P._O%27Neill" title="Harry P. O'Neill">H. O'Neill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_M._Rhodes" title="George M. Rhodes">G. Rhodes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_P._Saylor" title="John P. Saylor"><i>J. Saylor</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/82nd_United_States_Congress" title="82nd United States Congress">82nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States senators from Pennsylvania">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Martin_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician)">E. Martin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_H._Duff" title="James H. Duff">J. Duff</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Pennsylvania" title="List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Walter" title="Francis E. Walter">F. Walter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Herman_P._Eberharter" title="Herman P. Eberharter">H. Eberharter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Simpson" title="Richard M. Simpson">R. Simpson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ivor_D._Fenton" title="Ivor D. Fenton">I. Fenton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Louis_E._Graham" title="Louis E. Graham">L. Graham</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustine_B._Kelley" title="Augustine B. Kelley">A. Kelley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wilson_D._Gillette" title="Wilson D. Gillette"><i>W. Gillette</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_E._Van_Zandt" title="James E. Van Zandt">J. Van Zandt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leon_H._Gavin" title="Leon H. Gavin">L. Gavin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_K._McConnell_Jr." title="Samuel K. McConnell Jr.">S. McConnell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Corbett" title="Robert J. Corbett">B. Corbett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Scott" title="Hugh Scott">H. Scott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_G._Fulton" title="James G. Fulton">J. Fulton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Morgan" title="Thomas E. Morgan">T. Morgan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>F. Buchanan</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_B._Dague" title="Paul B. Dague">P. Dague</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carroll_D._Kearns" title="Carroll D. Kearns">C. Kearns</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hardie_Scott" title="Hardie Scott">Ha. Scott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_A._Barrett" title="William A. Barrett">B. 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