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Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, D. D---- 13

Roll of deceased Members, read by Mr. Lyle O. Snader,

assistant reading clerk of the House....

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Address by Mr. Omar Burleson, of Texas_.

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Address by Mr. Carl T. Curtis, of Nebraska.........

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Memorial address:

Mr. Leo W. O'Brien, of New York..........

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Proceedings in the House:

Tributes by-

Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, D. D.

Mrs. Edna F. Kelly, of New York_-.

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Mr. Louis E. Graham, of Pennsylvania....

Mr. Percy J. Priest, of Tennessee_.

Mr. Edgar A. Jonas, of Illinois_-_

Mr. Michael A. Feighan, of Ohio----

Mr. Jacob K. Javits, of New York.--

Mr. James B. Frazier, Jr., of Tennessee....

Mr. Joe L. Evins, of Tennessee----

Mr. Edwin Arthur Hall, of New York....

Mr. John J. Rooney, of New York....

Mr. Harold C. Ostertag, of New York..

Mr. John R. Murdock, of Arizona__

Mr. Ernest Greenwood, of New York.

Mr. Roy W. Wier, of Minnesota-----

Mr. Sam Rayburn, of Texas__.

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Mr. Bernard W. (Pat) Kearney, of New York.

Mr. Louis B. Heller, of New York..

Mr. Abraham J. Multer, of New York_

Mr. Victor D. Anfuso, of New York_.

Mr. Eugene J. Keogh, of New York..

Mr. Arthur G. Klein, of New York.........

Mr. Emanuel Celler, of New York..

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Biography

WILLIAM THOMAS BYRNE was born in the town of Florida, Montgomery County, N. Y., March 6, 1876; attended the public schools; was graduated from Albany (N. Y.) Law School (branch of Union College) in 1904; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Albany, N. Y.; member of the State senate 1923-36; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1937, until his death in Troy, N. Y., January 27, 1952; interment in St. John's Cemetery, West Albany, town of Colonie, N. Y.