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![Goodbye to Congress: Gassoway family leave. Rep. Percy L. Gassaway (D. of Okla) packed up his family Friday and stepped on the gas for Coalgate, Okla. [...] and home. Gassaway decided not to wait for Congress to adjourn. Left to right: Jimmy 7, Mrs. Gassaway, Betty Jane, 10, Betty Jo, 13, and the Cowboy Congressman himself [...] "Goodbye Washington" 7/26/35](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvZ29vZGJ5ZS10by1jb25ncmVzcy1nYXNzb3dheS1mYW1pbHktbGVhdmUtcmVwLXBlcmN5LWwtZ2Fzc2F3YXktZC1vZi1va2xhLXBhY2tlZC0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Goodbye to Congress: Gassoway family leave. Rep. Percy L. Gassaway (D. of Okla) packed up his family Friday and stepped on the gas for Coalgate, Okla. [...] and home. Gassaway decided not to wait for Congress to adjourn. Left to right: Jimmy 7, Mrs. Gassaway, Betty Jane, 10, Betty Jo, 13, and the Cowboy Congressman himself [...] \"Goodbye Washington\" 7/26/35")
![Congressman gives up dreams as Congress goes on. Rep. Walter Pierce (D. of Ore), Nat'l Committeeman and Member of the Agri. Com. of the House, gives up dreaming of the cool weather on his eastern Oregon farm in the Pacific coast area as he admits there is little chance of congress buttoning up for another month. In shirt sleeves and gallouses he goes back to his desk on Capitol Hill. Pierce gained national attention early in the session when he sponsored the birth control bill for Margaret Sanger [...] and lost his battle, 7/23/34](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvY29uZ3Jlc3NtYW4tZ2l2ZXMtdXAtZHJlYW1zLWFzLWNvbmdyZXNzLWdvZXMtb24tcmVwLXdhbHRlci1waWVyY2UtZC1vZi1vcmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Congressman gives up dreams as Congress goes on. Rep. Walter Pierce (D. of Ore), Nat'l Committeeman and Member of the Agri. Com. of the House, gives up dreaming of the cool weather on his eastern Oregon farm in the Pacific coast area as he admits there is little chance of congress buttoning up for another month. In shirt sleeves and gallouses he goes back to his desk on Capitol Hill. Pierce gained national attention early in the session when he sponsored the birth control bill for Margaret Sanger [...] and lost his battle, 7/23/34")
Hooey ... Here's one congressman packing up. There seems to be no hooey about the report that the prankish Rep. of Okla, Percy L. Gassaway is going to leave congress to the Mercies of Senator Huey Long and is going back to Coalgate, Okl. to spend the rest of the year with his Democratic constituents. Here Rep. Gassaway is seen packing up his cowboy regalia in the house office bldg Monday. 7/22/35
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A black and white photo of a man carrying a bag.
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Date
01/01/1935
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Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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