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13-605: Bennet was a son of U.S. Representative William Stiles Bennet and Gertrude (Witschief) Bennet. He attended the public schools in New York City and Washington, D.C. , and graduated from Amherst College in 1918. During the First World War , Bennet served in the United States Naval Reserve Flying Corps with the rating of chief quartermaster from June 8, 1918, to January 19, 1919. He graduated from

26-689: A delegate to the New York state constitutional convention in 1938. He was an unsuccessful candidate at a special election in 1944 to fill a vacancy in the Seventy-eighth Congress. Bennet died in Falkirk Hospital, Central Valley , Orange County, New York , on December 1, 1962 (age 92 years, 22 days). He was cremated; his ashes are interred at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, New York. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of

39-648: The Columbia University Law School at New York City in 1921, was admitted to the bar the same year. Bennet commenced practice in Newburgh . He was United States referee in bankruptcy from 1923 to 1944, and was married to Maxine Layne on October 19, 1929. Elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth Congress, Bennet was U. S. Representative for the twenty-ninth district of New York and held that office from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1947. He

52-634: The House of Representatives was based on the 1930 United States census . Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority , with the party increasing their majority in both the House and Senate, and with the reelection of President Roosevelt, maintained an overall federal government trifecta . This is the most recent Congress to feature a 3/4th majority in the House or Senate by either party. Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding

65-750: The United States Congress 75th United States Congress The 75th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives . It met in Washington, D.C. , from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939, during the fifth and sixth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt 's presidency . The apportionment of seats in

78-541: The beginning of this Congress. Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On

91-520: The names in the list below are Senate class numbers , which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1938; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1940; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1942. The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers. The count below reflects changes from

104-548: The restriction of immigration. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908 and 1916. Bennet also spoke out against the denial of civil rights to African Americans in southern states, noting that those states benefited from greater representation because of the size of their black population but prevented those black citizens from voting. Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and to

117-593: The two succeeding Congresses, Bennet served as U. S. Representative for the seventeenth district of New York from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1911. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-second Congress in 1910, he was elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Joseph A. Goulden of the twenty-seventh district of New York and served from November 2, 1915, to March 3, 1917. He

130-643: Was a lawyer in private practice and an official reporter of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from 1892 to 1893. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York County, 21st District) in 1901 and 1902 . He served as justice of the municipal court of New York City, 1903. He served as member of the United States Immigration Commission from 1907 to 1910 and was one of two (of fourteen) members that generally opposed

143-538: Was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York, serving five terms in the early 20th century. He was the father of Augustus Witschief Bennet . Born in Port Jervis, New York , Bennet was the son of James and Alice Leonora (Stiles) Bennet and attended the common schools. He graduated from Port Jervis Academy, Port Jervis, New York , in 1889; and from Albany Law School , Albany, New York , in 1892. He married Gertrude Witschief, on June 30, 1896. Bennet

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156-643: Was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-fifth Congress in 1916. Bennet was the official parliamentarian of the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1916, United States delegate to the Seventeenth International Congress Against Alcoholism held at Copenhagen, 1923, as well as a business executive. An unsuccessful candidate for election to the Seventy-fifth Congress in 1936, he served as

169-509: Was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946. Resuming the practice of law, Bennet resided in Laguna Hills, California , until he died in Concord, Massachusetts , on June 5, 1983 (age 85 years, 241 days). He was cremated, and his ashes are interred at Cedar Hills Mausoleum, Newburgh, New York. William Stiles Bennet William Stiles Bennet (November 9, 1870 – December 1, 1962)

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