Official Congressional Directory
Official directory of the United States Congress
This article is about the directory to a single Congress since 1789. For the directory of photographs of members of each Congress since 1951, see
Congressional Pictorial Directory .
The Official Congressional Directory (also known as Congressional Directory ) is the official directory of the United States Congress , prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) and published by the United States Government Printing Office (GPO) since 1887. Directories since the 41st Congress (1869–1871) are available online from the Government Publishing Office . Per federal statute (44 USC 721) the Directory is published and distributed during the first session of each new Congress.[ 1] It is a designated essential title distributed to Federal depository libraries and the current edition is available for purchase from GPO.
Description
The foreword notes: The Congressional Directory is one of the oldest working handbooks within the United States Government. While there were unofficial directories for Congress in one form or another beginning with the 1st Congress in 1789, the Congressional Directory published in 1847 for the 30th Congress is considered by scholars and historians to be the first official edition because it was the first to be ordered and paid for by Congress. With the addition of biographical sketches of legislators in 1867, the Congressional Directory attained its modern format.[ 2]
Each bi-annual edition includes:
Short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district.
Committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and room and telephone numbers for Members of Congress.
Lists officials of the courts, military establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C. government officials, governors of states and territories, foreign diplomats, and members of the press, radio, and television galleries.
References
Further reading
19th century
1860s-1870s
1880s
1890s
20th century
1900s-1910s
The Clerk of Printing Records (1900). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Sixth Congress - First Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1900). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Sixth Congress - First Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1900). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Sixth Congress - Second Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1901). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Sixth Congress - Second Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1901). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Seventh Congress - First Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1902). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Seventh Congress - First Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1902). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Seventh Congress - First Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1902). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Seventh Congress - Second Session (PDF) (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1903). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Seventh Congress - Second Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1903). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress - Special Session (PDF) (Special ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1903). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress - Extraordinary Session (Special ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1903). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress - Second Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1904). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress - Second Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1904). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress - Second Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1904). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress - Third Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1905). Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Eighth Congress - Third Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1905). Official Congressional Directory: 59th Congress - 1st Session (PDF) (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1906). Official Congressional Directory: 59th Congress - 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1906). Official Congressional Directory: 59th Congress - 1st Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1906). Official Congressional Directory: 59th Congress - 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1907). Official Congressional Directory: 59th Congress - 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1907). Official Congressional Directory: 60th Congress - 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1908). Official Congressional Directory: 60th Congress - 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1908). Official Congressional Directory: 60th Congress - 1st Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1908). Official Congressional Directory: 60th Congress - 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1909). Official Congressional Directory: 60th Congress - 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1909). Official Congressional Directory: 61st Congress - 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1909). Official Congressional Directory: 61st Congress - 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1910). Official Congressional Directory: 61st Congress - 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.J. Halford (1910). Official Congressional Directory: 61st Congress - 2d Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Official Congressional Directory: 61st Congress - 3d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1910.
James S. Henry (1911). Official Congressional Directory: 61st Congress - 3d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
James S. Henry (1911). Official Congressional Directory: 62d Congress - 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
James B. Bell (1911). Official Congressional Directory: 62d Congress - 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
James B. Bell (1912). Official Congressional Directory: 62d Congress - 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
James B. Bell (1912). Official Congressional Directory: 62d Congress - 2d Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
James B. Bell (1912). Official Congressional Directory: 62d Congress - 3d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
James B. Bell (1913). Official Congressional Directory: 62d Congress - 3d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
James B. Bell (1913). Official Congressional Directory: 63d Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1913). Official Congressional Directory: 63d Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1914). Official Congressional Directory: 63d Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1914). Official Congressional Directory: 63d Congress, 2d Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1914). Official Congressional Directory: 63d Congress, 3d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1915). Official Congressional Directory: 63d Congress, 3d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1915). Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1916). Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. hdl :2027/uc1.l0075858456 .
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1916). Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress, 1st Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1916). Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1917). Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1917). Official Congressional Directory: 65th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1917). Official Congressional Directory: 65th Congress, 2d Session (PDF) (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1918). Official Congressional Directory: 65th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Edgar E. Mountjoy (1918). Official Congressional Directory: 65th Congress, 2d Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Jessie E. Mountjoy (1918). Official Congressional Directory: 65th Congress, 3d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Jessie E. Mountjoy (1919). Official Congressional Directory: 65th Congress, 3d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Francis G. Matson (1919). Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Francis G. Matson (1919). Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
1920s-1930s
Francis G. Matson (1920). Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Francis G. Matson (1920). Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress, 2d Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Francis G. Matson (1920). Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress, 3d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Francis G. Matson (1921). Official Congressional Directory: 66th Congress, 3d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Francis G. Matson (1921). Official Congressional Directory: 67th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1921). Official Congressional Directory: 67th Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1922). Official Congressional Directory: 67th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1922). Official Congressional Directory: 67th Congress, 2d Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1922). Official Congressional Directory: 67th Congress, 3d & 4th Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1923). Official Congressional Directory: 67th Congress, 4th Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1923). Official Congressional Directory: 68th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1924). Official Congressional Directory: 68th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1924). Official Congressional Directory: 68th Congress, 1st Session (3rd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. hdl :2027/njp.32101072368978 .
Elmer C. Hess (1924). Official Congressional Directory: 68th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1925). Official Congressional Directory: 68th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1925). Official Congressional Directory: 69th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1926). Official Congressional Directory: 69th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1926). Official Congressional Directory: 69th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1927). Official Congressional Directory: 69th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1927). Official Congressional Directory: 70th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1928). Official Congressional Directory: 70th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1928). Official Congressional Directory: 70th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1929). Official Congressional Directory: 70th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1929). Official Congressional Directory: 71st Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1929). Official Congressional Directory: 71st Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Elmer C. Hess (1930). Official Congressional Directory: 71st Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.B. Heyser (1930). Official Congressional Directory: 71st Congress, 3d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.B. Heyser (1931). Official Congressional Directory: 71st Congress, 3d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A.B. Heyser (1931). Official Congressional Directory: 72d Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
E.F. Caldwell (1932). Official Congressional Directory: 72d Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
E.F. Caldwell (1932). Official Congressional Directory: 72d Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
E.F. Caldwell (1933). Official Congressional Directory: 72d Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Official Congressional Directory: 73d Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1933.
Official Congressional Directory: 73d Congress, 1st Session - Supplemental (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1933.
Official Congressional Directory: 73d Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1933.
Official Congressional Directory: 73d Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1934.
C.B. Deane (1934). Official Congressional Directory: 74th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
C.B. Deane (1935). Official Congressional Directory: 74th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
C.B. Deane (1935). Official Congressional Directory: 74th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
C.B. Deane (1936). Official Congressional Directory: 74th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
C.B. Deane (1937). Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
C.B. Deane (1937). Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
C.B. Deane (1937). Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress, 3d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
C.B. Deane (1938). Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress, 3d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
C.B. Deane (1939). Official Congressional Directory: 76th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
J.B. Bricken (1939). Official Congressional Directory: 76th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
1940s-1950s
S.A. Lokey (1940). Official Congressional Directory: 76th Congress, 3d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
S.A. Lokey (1940). Official Congressional Directory: 76th Congress, 3d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Lewis J. Lawson Jr. (1941). Official Congressional Directory: 77th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Lewis J. Lawson Jr. (1941). Official Congressional Directory: 77th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
S.A. Lokey (1942). Official Congressional Directory: 77th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Robert W. Hasty (1942). Official Congressional Directory: 77th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Robert W. Hasty (1943). Official Congressional Directory: 78th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Robert W. Hasty (1943). Official Congressional Directory: 78th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Robert W. Hasty (1944). Official Congressional Directory: 78th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
R.E. De Sear (1944). Official Congressional Directory: 78th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
R.E. De Sear (1945). Official Congressional Directory: 79th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
John H. Pinson (1945). Official Congressional Directory: 79th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
John H. Pinson (1946). Official Congressional Directory: 79th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. hdl :2027/uc1.l0079661732 .
J. Hal McCall (1946). Official Congressional Directory for the 79th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
J. Hal McCall (1947). Official Congressional Directory for the 80th Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Marshall F. Camp (1947). Official Congressional Directory: 80th Congress, 1st Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Roy C. Gutch (1948). Official Congressional Directory: 80th Congress, 2d Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Benjamin Ellsworth (1948). Official Congressional Directory: 80th Congress, 2d Session (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Gilbert R. West (1949). Official Congressional Directory: 81st Congress, 1st Session (1st ed.). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Official Congressional Directory: 81st Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1950.
Official Congressional Directory: 82d Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1951.
Official Congressional Directory: 82d Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1952.
Official Congressional Directory: 83d Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1953.
Official Congressional Directory: 83d Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1954.
Official Congressional Directory: 84th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1955.
Official Congressional Directory: 84th Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1956.
Official Congressional Directory: 85th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1957.
Official Congressional Directory: 85th Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1958.
Official Congressional Directory: 86th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1959.
1960s-1970s
Official Congressional Directory: 86th Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1960.
Official Congressional Directory: 87th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1961.
Official Congressional Directory: 87th Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1962.
Official Congressional Directory: 88th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1963.
Official Congressional Directory: 88th Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1964.
Official Congressional Directory: 89th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1965.
Official Congressional Directory: 89th Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1966.
Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1967.
Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1968.
Official Congressional Directory: 91st Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1969.
Official Congressional Directory: 91st Congress, 2d Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1970.
Official Congressional Directory: 92nd Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1971.
Official Congressional Directory: 92nd Congress, 2nd Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1972.
Official Congressional Directory: 93rd Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973.
Official Congressional Directory: 93rd Congress, 2nd Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1974.
Official Congressional Directory: 94th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1975.
1976 Official Congressional Directory: 94th Congress, 2nd Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1976.
1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1977.
1978 Official Congressional Directory Supplement: 95th Congress, 2nd Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1978.
1979 Official Congressional Directory: 96th Congress, 1st Session . Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1979.
1980s-1990s
21st century
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