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House Leaders Remain in Control as New Congress Opens
The House keeps its leadership with Speaker Longworth, Floor Leader Tilson, and Rules Chairman Snell in charge. Several election contests arise as committees prepare, including challenges to Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Augustus McCloskey, John Philip Hill, Jacob Milligan, and Louis Ludlow.
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Ruth Finney
Washington
Seventy-first Congress
Senate
House
Warren
Burton
Edge
Longworth
Tilson
Snell
Rules Committee
Congress
Ruth Bryan Owen
W. G. Lawson
Florida
Augustus McCloskey
Texas
Harry M. Wurzbach
Maryland
John Philip Hill
Vincent L. Palmisano
Jacob L. Milligan
Missouri
H. F. Lawrence
Louis Ludlow
Indiana
Ralph E. Updike