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Congress resumes in short session in Washington
The Sixty-ninth Congress begins a brief term with Vice President Dawes and Speaker Longworth presiding. Four new senators and four new representatives take oaths as Congress asks for funding of inland waterways and harbors and considers bills on broadcasting licenses and prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
Congress
Charles G. Dawes
Senate
Nicholas Longworth
House
United States
Cummins
Iowa
Fernald
Maine
Joseph G. Cannon
David W. Stewart
Albert B. Cummins
David I. Walsh
Massachuetts
William M. Butler
Harry B. Hawes
George H. Williams
Missouri
Arthur R. Gould
Bert M. Fernald
William H. McKinley
Illinois
Gould
Walsi
Montana
Senate Elections Committee
New Brunswick
Canada
Curtis
Kansas
Frederick W. Dallinger
Massachusetts
John J. Cochran
Harry L. Englebright
Richard J. Welch
California
Wallace H. White, Jr
Edgar Jadwin
Army
Sargent
United States Army Engineers
St. Lawrence Waterway
New York State Canal