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32 unusual facts about 88th United States Congress


Alec G. Olson

Olson served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1967, during the 88th and 89th congresses.

Billie S. Farnum

Farnum was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's Michigan's 19th congressional district to the 88th United States Congress, serving from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1967.

Burt L. Talcott

After holding various county offices, Talcott was elected to the 88th United States Congress as a Republican and served an additional seven terms (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1977) before losing his seat in 1976 to Leon Panetta.

Charles A. Buckley

He was chairman of the House Committee on Pensions in the 78th Congress and 79th Congress and chairman of the Committee on Public Works in the 82nd Congress and from the 84th Congress through the 88th Congress.

Chester Earl Merrow

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress, but was unsuccessful for nomination to the United States Senate.

Clare Hoffman

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Don Edwards

Edwards was elected as a Democrat to the 88th from the 10th Congressional District (later redistricted to the 16th Congressional District) and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963–January 3, 1995).

Donald H. Clausen

Clausen was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Clement Woodnutt Miller who had been elected posthumously, and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 22, 1963-January 3, 1983).

Elizabeth Kee

After her husband's death, she was elected as a Democrat in a special election to succeed her husband in the United States House of Representatives serving the Fifth Congressional District of West Virginia in the 82nd through the 88th U.S. Congress.

Frank E. Smith

He was unsuccessful for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Gordon L. McDonough

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Harold M. Ryan

In November 1962, Ryan was reelected to a full term in the 88th Congress, serving from February 13, 1962 to January 3, 1965.

Herbert Zelenko

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

J. Edward Hutchinson

Hutchinson was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 4th congressional district to the 88th United States Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1977).

J. T. Rutherford

An unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1962 to the 88th United States Congress, Rutherford was unseated by Republican Ed Foreman of Odessa, later of Dallas.

James Floyd Breeding

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress, after his Fifth District in southwest Kansas was merged with Bob Dole's Sixth District in northwest Kansas.

James Kee

He was elected as a Democrat to four terms in the United States House of Representatives serving the Fifth Congressional District of West Virginia in the 89th through the 92nd U.S. Congress from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1973.

Joe Skubitz

Skubitz was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1963, until his resignation December 31, 1978.

John H. Rousselot

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962, losing to Democrat Ronald B. Cameron.

Laurence J. Burton

Burton was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1971).

Neil Staebler

Staebler was elected as an at-large candidate from the Democratic Party to represent Michigan in the 88th Congress, serving from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1965.

New Jersey's 15th congressional district

The 15th congressional district was created starting with the 88th United States Congress in 1963, based on redistricting following the United States Census, 1960.

Noah M. Mason

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 for the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Richard T. Hanna

He served as member of the California state assembly from 1956 to 1962 and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth United States Congress in 1963 and to the five succeeding congresses (January 3, 1963 - December 31, 1974) to represent California's 34th congressional district, which then covered parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Robert B. Chiperfield

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Robert L. Leggett

Leggett was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1979).

Robert McClory

McClory was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963–January 3, 1983).

Ronald B. Cameron

Cameron was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1967).

Sherman P. Lloyd

Lloyd was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress, November 6, 1962 defeating fellow State Senator Bruce Jenkins.

Thor C. Tollefson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Tom Van Horn Moorehead

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Walter Lewis McVey, Jr.

McVey was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1963) but was unsuccessful in his bid for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.