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The 74th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
and the United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
. It met in Washington, DC
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from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1937, during the third and fourth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
was based on the Fifteenth Census of the United States in 1930.
The Democrats increased their majorities in both the House and Senate, resulting in a supermajority
A supermajority, supra-majority, qualified majority, or special majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority ru ...
in both chambers, and along with President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
maintained an overall federal government trifecta
Trifecta
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.
Major events
* April 14, 1935:Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. The phenomenon was caused by a combination of both natural factors (severe drought) an ...
: The great dust storm hit eastern New Mexico, Colorado, and western Oklahoma
* May 6, 1935: Executive Order 7034
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, in ...
created the Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...
(WPA).
* May 27, 1935: ''Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
''A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States'', 295 U.S. 495 (1935), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine and as an invalid use ...
'': the U.S. Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act
The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA) was a US labor law and consumer law passed by the 73rd US Congress to authorize the president to regulate industry for fair wages and prices that would stimulate economic recovery. It also e ...
unconstitutional
* June 12, 1935 – June 13, 1935: Senator Huey Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...
gave the second longest filibuster
A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent decision. It is sometimes referred to as "talking a bill to death" or "talking out ...
speech in Senate history up to that time, 15 hours and 30 minutes to retain a provision, opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
, requiring Senate confirmation for the National Recovery Administration
The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was a prime agency established by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) in 1933. The goal of the administration was to eliminate "cut throat competition" by bringing industry, labor, and governmen ...
's senior employees.
* July 1, 1935: Charles Watkins was appointed as the first officially recognized Parliamentarian.
* September 10, 1935: Senator Huey Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...
of Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
died, as the result of being shot by an assassin on September 8.
* March 1, 1936: Construction of Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on Se ...
was completed.
* June 4, 1936: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the U ...
Jo Byrns
Joseph Wellington "Jo" Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term Democratic congressman from Tennessee, and as the 41st speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Byrns wa ...
died. William B. Bankhead
William Brockman Bankhead (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940) was an American politician who served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressiona ...
was then elected later that day.
* November 3, 1936: General elections
** President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) was reelected with 60.8% of the vote over Alf Landon
Alfred Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887October 12, 1987) was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1936 presidential ...
(R).
** Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
: Democrats gained 5 net seats during the election, and in combination with Democratic and Farmer–Labor interim appointments and the defection of George W. Norris from the Republican Party to become independent, the Republicans were reduced to 16 seats, the most lopsided Senate since Reconstruction
Reconstruction may refer to:
Politics, history, and sociology
*Reconstruction (law), the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company
*'' Perestroika'' (Russian for "reconstruction"), a late 20th century Soviet Unio ...
.
** House
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
: Democrats gained twelve more net seats from the Republicans, bringing them above a three-fourths majority. This was the largest majority since Reconstruction. The last time a party won so decisively was in 1866.
* November 25, 1936: Abraham Lincoln Brigade
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade ( es, Brigada Abraham Lincoln), officially the XV International Brigade (''XV Brigada Internacional''), was a mixed brigade that fought for the Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War as a part of the Internationa ...
sailed from New York City
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on its way to the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...
Major legislation
* April 27, 1935:Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act , enacted February 29, 1936) is a United States federal law that allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to conserve soil and prevent erosion.
Legislative history
The Act ...
, Sess. 1, ch. 85,
* July 5, 1935: National Labor Relations Act
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935, also known as the Wagner Act, is a foundational statute of United States labor law that guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and ...
(Wagner Act), Sess. 1, ch. 372,
* August 9, 1935: Motor Carrier Act, Sess. 1, ch. 498, (renamed part II of the Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. The Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower ...
)
* August 14, 1935: Social Security Act
The Social Security Act of 1935 is a law enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. The law was pa ...
, including Aid to Dependent Children
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was a federal assistance program in the United States in effect from 1935 to 1997, created by the Social Security Act (SSA) and administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Serv ...
, Old Age Pension Act, , Sess. 1, ch. 531,
* August 23, 1935: Banking Act of 1935
The ''Banking Act of 1935'' passed on August 19, 1935 and was signed into law by the president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on August 23. The Act changed the structure and power distribution in the Federal Reserve System that began with the '' Banking ...
* August 26, 1935: Public Utility Act
The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA), also known as the Wheeler-Rayburn Act, was a US federal law giving the Securities and Exchange Commission authority to regulate, license, and break up electric utility holding companies. It l ...
(including: Title I: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA), also known as the Wheeler-Rayburn Act, was a US federal law giving the Securities and Exchange Commission authority to regulate, license, and break up electric utility holding companies. It l ...
, Title II: Federal Power Act The Federal Power Act is a law appearing in Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the United States Code, entitled "Federal Regulation and Development of Power". Enacted as the Federal Water Power Act on June 10, 1920, and amended many times since, its origina ...
), Sess. 1, ch. 687,
* August 30, 1935: Revenue Act of 1935 The Revenue Act of 1935, (Aug. 30, 1935), raised federal income tax on higher income levels, by introducing the "Wealth Tax". It was a progressive tax that took up to 75 percent of the highest incomes (over $1 million per year). The Congress separa ...
, Sess. 1, ch. 829,
* August 31, 1935: Neutrality Act of 1935, Sess. 1, ch. 837,
* February 29, 1936: Neutrality Act of 1936, Sess. 2, ch. 106,
* May 20, 1936: Rural Electrification Act
The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, enacted on May 20, 1936, provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United States.
The funding was channeled through cooperative ele ...
, Sess. 2, ch. 432,
* June 15, 1936: Commodity Exchange Act
Commodity Exchange Act (ch. 545, , enacted June 15, 1936) is a federal act enacted in 1936 by the U.S. Government, with some of its provisions amending the Grain Futures Act of 1922.
The Act provides federal regulation of all commodities and futu ...
, Sess. 2, ch. 545,
* June 19, 1936: Robinson Patman Act, Sess. 2, ch. 592,
* June 22, 1936: Flood Control Act of 1936
The Flood Control Act of 1936, , (FCA 1936) was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on 22 June 1936.Merchant Marine Act, Sess. 2, ch. 250,
* June 30, 1936: Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, Sess. 2, ch. 881, `
Party Whips
, via Senate.gov * Republican Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Daniel O. Hastings then John G. Townsend Jr.
(1) , Vacant , Senator-elect Holt qualified late due to age having not yet been constitutionally old enough to serve. Holt was seated when he turned 30 , , Rush D. Holt Sr. (D) , June 21, 1935 , - , List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico
(1) , , Bronson M. Cutting (R) , Died May 6, 1935.
Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, and was subsequently elected. , , Dennis Chavez (D) , May 11, 1935 , - ,
(2) , ,
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, and was subsequently elected. , ,
(2) , ,
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election. , ,
(1) , ,
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election. , ,
(3) , ,
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election. , ,
(3) , ,
Successor was elected to finish the term. , , Guy Gillette (D) , November 4, 1936 , - ,
(2) , ,
Successor was appointed to finish the remaining term having already been elected to the next term. , ,
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(3) , , Peter Norbeck (R) , Died December 20, 1936.
Successor was appointed to serve until the next election. , , Herbert E. Hitchcock (D) , December 29, 1936
Party divisions
via senate.gov * * * * * {{USCongresses 74th United States Congress,
Party summary
Senate
House
Leaders
Senate
*President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
: John N. Garner
John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and lawyer from History of Texas, Texas who ...
(D)
*President pro tempore
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
: Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
B ...
(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*Majority leader
In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.
: Joseph T. Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, servin ...
* Assistant majority leader (Majority whip): J. Hamilton Lewis
* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Hugo Black
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A ...
Minority (Republican) leadership
* Minority leader:Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
* Assistant Minority leader (Minority whip): NoneNo Republican whips were appointed from 1935 to 1944 since only 17 Republicans were in the Senate following the landslide reelection of President Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
in 1936. Accordingly, the minutes of the Republican Conference for the period state: "On motion of Senator Hastings, duly seconded and carried, it was agreed that no Assistant Leader or Whip be elected but that the chairman be authorized to appoint Senators from time to time to assist him in taking charge of the interests of the minority." A note attached to the conference minutes added: "The chairman of the conference, Senator McNary, apparently appointed Senator Austin of Vermont as assistant leader in 1943 and 1944, until the conference adopted Rules of Organization." SourceParty Whips
, via Senate.gov * Republican Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Daniel O. Hastings then John G. Townsend Jr.
House of Representatives
*Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** I ...
: Jo Byrns
Joseph Wellington "Jo" Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term Democratic congressman from Tennessee, and as the 41st speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Byrns wa ...
(D), died June 4, 1936
**William B. Bankhead
William Brockman Bankhead (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940) was an American politician who served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressiona ...
(D), elected June 4, 1936
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*Majority leader
In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.
:
** William B. Bankhead
William Brockman Bankhead (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940) was an American politician who served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressiona ...
, until June 4, 1936
** John J. O'Connor
* Majority whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
: Patrick J. Boland
Patrick Joseph Boland (January 6, 1880 – May 18, 1942) was a United States representative for Pennsylvania 11th District.
Biography
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Irish immigrants,
he attended St. Thomas College (now the University of Sc ...
* Democratic Caucus Chairman: Edward T. Taylor
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Patrick H. Drewry
Minority (Republican) leadership
* Minority leader:Bertrand H. Snell
Bertrand Hollis Snell (December 9, 1870 – February 2, 1958) was an American politician who represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives. He was a pro-business, low-tax, isolationist conservative Republican who ...
* Minority whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
: Harry L. Englebright
Harry Lane Englebright (January 2, 1884 – May 13, 1943) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a Congressman from California's 2nd congressional district from 1926 to 1943, and as the House Minority Whip between 1933 and 1943.
Englebright w ...
* Republican Conference Chairman
The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informin ...
: Frederick R. Lehlbach
* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 44th speaker of the United Sta ...
Members
Senate
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1936; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1938; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1940.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
: 2. John H. Bankhead II (D)
: 3. Hugo Black
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A ...
(D)
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
: 1. Henry F. Ashurst
Henry Fountain Ashurst (September 13, 1874 – May 31, 1962) was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial l ...
(D)
: 3. Carl Hayden
Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Representa ...
(D)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
: 2. Joseph Taylor Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, serving ...
(D)
: 3. Hattie Caraway
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an Americans, American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senate, United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. Sh ...
(D)
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
: 1. Hiram Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866August 6, 1945) was an American attorney and politician who served as the Governor of California, 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century ...
(R)
: 3. William Mcadoo (D)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
: 2. Edward P. Costigan
Edward Prentiss Costigan (July 1, 1874January 17, 1939) was a Democratic Party politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1931 to 1937. He was a founding member of the Progressive Party in Colorado in 1912.
Early life a ...
(D)
: 3. Alva B. Adams (D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
: 1. Francis Maloney (D)
: 3. Augustine Lonergan
Augustine Lonergan (May 20, 1874October 18, 1947) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Connecticut. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He served as a senator from 1933 to 1939.
Biography
Lonergan was born in Thompson, Connecticut, ...
(D)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
: 1. John G. Townsend Jr. (R)
: 2. Daniel O. Hastings (R)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
: 1. Park Trammell
Park Monroe Trammell (April 9, 1876 – May 8, 1936), was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida. Trammell represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1936. As chair of the Senate Naval Aff ...
(D), until May 8, 1936
:: Scott Loftin
Scott Marion Loftin (September 14, 1878September 22, 1953) was a U.S. Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat in 1936.
Loftin was born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. At the age of nine, he moved to Pensacola, Florida, with h ...
(D), from May 26, 1936, until November 3, 1936
:: Charles O. Andrews
Charles Oscar Andrews (March 7, 1877September 18, 1946) was a Democratic Party politician from Florida, who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 until 1946.
Early life
Charles O. Andrews was born in Ponce de Leon, Florida ...
(D), from November 4, 1936
: 3. Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
(D), until June 17, 1936
:: William Luther Hill
William Luther Hill (October 17, 1873January 5, 1951) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat in 1936.
Early life
William L. Hill was born in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida on October 17, 1873. He attended the East Florid ...
(D), from July 1, 1936, until November 3, 1936
:: Claude Pepper
Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Mia ...
(D), from November 4, 1936
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2. Walter F. George
Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 4, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a longtime Democratic United States Senator from 1922 to 1957 and was President pro tempore of the United States Sen ...
(D)
: 3. Richard Russell (D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
: 2. William Edgar Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often con ...
(R)
: 3. James P. Pope
James Pinckney Pope (March 31, 1884January 23, 1966) was a Democratic politician from Idaho. He was mayor of Boise for four years and a one-term United States Senator, serving from 1933 to 1939.
Early life and career
Born in Jonesboro, Louisian ...
(D)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
: 2. J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
: 3. William H. Dieterich (D)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
: 1. Sherman Minton
Sherman "Shay" Minton (October 20, 1890 – April 9, 1965) was an American politician and jurist who served as a U.S. senator from Indiana and later became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; he was a member of the ...
(D)
: 3. Frederick Van Nuys
Frederick Van Nuys (April 16, 1874 – January 25, 1944) was a United States senator from Indiana. Born in Falmouth, he attended the public schools and graduated from Earlham College ( Richmond, Indiana) in 1898 and from Indiana Law School ...
(D)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
: 2. Lester J. Dickinson (R)
: 3. Richard L. Murphy
Richard Louis Murphy (November 6, 1875July 16, 1936) of Dubuque, Iowa was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Iowa. Elected with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, as only the second Democratic Senator from Iowa elected since 1858, Murphy's s ...
(D), until July 16, 1936
:: Guy M. Gillette
Guy Mark Gillette (February 3, 1879March 3, 1973) was an American politician serving as a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again. ...
(D), from November 3, 1936
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
: 2. Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...
(R)
: 3. George McGill (D)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
: 2. M. M. Logan
Marvel Mills Logan (January 7, 1874October 3, 1939) was an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and the Attorney General of Kentucky.
Early life and education
Logan was born on a far ...
(D)
: 3. Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...
(D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
: 2. Huey Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...
(D), until September 10, 1935
:: Rose McConnell Long
Rose Long (née McConnell; April 8, 1892May 27, 1970) was an American politician who served as a Senator, and the wife of Huey Long. She was the third woman to ever serve as a U.S. Senator, and the first from Louisiana.
Life and work
Rose McCo ...
(D), from January 31, 1936
: 3. John H. Overton
John Holmes Overton Sr. (September 17, 1875 – May 14, 1948), was an attorney and Democratic US Representative and US Senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th distri ...
(D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
: 1. Frederick Hale (R)
: 2. Wallace H. White Jr.
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
: 1. George L. P. Radcliffe (D)
: 3. Millard Tydings
Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890February 9, 1961) was an American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland, serving in the House from 192 ...
(D)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
: 1. David I. Walsh (D)
: 2. Marcus A. Coolidge
Marcus Allen Coolidge (October 6, 1865January 23, 1947) was a Democratic United States Senator representing Massachusetts from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1937.
Biography
Coolidge was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, son of Frederick Spau ...
(D)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
: 1. Arthur H. Vandenberg
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Natio ...
(R)
: 2. James J. Couzens
James J. Couzens (August 26, 1872October 22, 1936) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist. He served as mayor of Detroit (1919–1922) and U.S. Senator from Michigan (1922–1936). Prior to entering politics he served as vice ...
(R), until October 22, 1936
:: Prentiss M. Brown
Prentiss Marsh Brown (June 18, 1889December 19, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of Michigan.
Biography
Brown was born in St. Ignace, Michigan and attended the public schools there. He attended the Uni ...
(D), from November 19, 1936
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
: 1. Henrik Shipstead
Henrik Shipstead (January 8, 1881June 26, 1960) was an American politician. He served in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1947, from the state of Minnesota. He served first as a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party from 1923 to 1941 and ...
(FL)
: 2. Thomas D. Schall
Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as ...
(R), until December 22, 1935
:: Elmer Austin Benson
Elmer Austin Benson (September 22, 1895 March 13, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota. In 1935, Benson was appointed to the U.S. Senate following the death of Thomas D. Schall, Thomas Schall. He served as the List of Govern ...
(FL), from December 27, 1935, until November 3, 1936
:: Guy V. Howard
Guy Victor Howard (November 28, 1879August 20, 1954) was an American politician.
Early life
Guy Victor Howard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1879. He attended public schools, Minneapolis School of Business, and Georgetown University in W ...
(R), from November 3, 1936
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1. Theodore G. Bilbo
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (October 13, 1877 – August 21, 1947) was an American politician who twice served as governor of Mississippi (1916–1920, 1928–1932) and later was elected a U.S. Senator (1935–1947). A lifelong Democrat, he was a fil ...
(D)
: 2. Pat Harrison
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
Early li ...
(D)
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
: 1. Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...
(D)
: 3. Bennett Champ Clark
Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890 – July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit. He was ...
(D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
: 1. Burton K. Wheeler
Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882January 6, 1975) was an attorney and an American politician of the Democratic Party in Montana, which he represented as a United States senator from 1923 until 1947.
Born in Massachusetts, Wheeler began ...
(D)
: 2. James Edward Murray
James Edward Murray (May 3, 1876March 23, 1961) was an American politician and United States Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961.
Background
Born on a far ...
(D)
List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska
: 1. Edward R. Burke (D) : 2. George William Norris (R)List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada
: 1.Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
B ...
(D)
: 3. Pat McCarran (D)
List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
: 2. Henry W. Keyes (R) : 3. Fred H. Brown (D)List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey
: 1. A. Harry Moore (D) : 2. William Warren Barbour (R)List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico
: 1. Bronson M. Cutting (R), until May 6, 1935 :: Dennis Chavez (D), from May 11, 1935 : 2. Carl Hatch (D)List of United States senators from New York, New York
: 1. Royal S. Copeland (D) : 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
: 2. Josiah William Bailey (D) : 3. Robert Rice Reynolds (D)List of United States senators from North Dakota, North Dakota
: 1. Lynn Frazier (R-NPL) : 3. Gerald Nye (R)List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio
: 1. A. Victor Donahey (D) : 3. Robert J. Bulkley (D)List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma
: 2. Thomas Gore (D) : 3. Elmer Thomas (D)List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon
: 2.Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
(R)
: 3. Frederick Steiwer (R)
List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
: 1. Joseph F. Guffey (D) : 3. James J. Davis (R)List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
: 1. Peter G. Gerry (D) : 2. Jesse H. Metcalf (R)List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina
: 2. James F. Byrnes (D) : 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota
: 2. William J. Bulow (D) : 3. Peter Norbeck (R), until December 20, 1936 :: Herbert E. Hitchcock (D), from December 29, 1936List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee
: 1. Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar (D) : 2. Nathan L. Bachman (D)List of United States senators from Texas, Texas
: 1. Tom Connally (D) : 2. Morris Sheppard (D)List of United States senators from Utah, Utah
: 1. William H. King (D) : 3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)List of United States senators from Vermont, Vermont
: 1. Warren Austin (R) : 3. Ernest Willard Gibson (R)List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia
: 1. Harry F. Byrd (D) : 2. Carter Glass (D)List of United States senators from Washington, Washington
: 1. Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D) : 3. Homer Bone (D)List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia
: 1. Rush D. Holt Sr., Rush D. Holt (D), from June 21, 1935 : 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: 1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (P) : 3. F. Ryan Duffy (D)List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming
: 1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) : 2. Robert D. Carey (R)
House of Representatives
The names of members are preceded by their district numbers.List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama
: . John McDuffie (D), until March 2, 1935 :: Frank W. Boykin (D), from July 30, 1935 : . J. Lister Hill (D) : . Henry B. Steagall (D) : . Sam Hobbs (D) : . Joe Starnes (D) : . William B. Oliver (D) : .William B. Bankhead
William Brockman Bankhead (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940) was an American politician who served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressiona ...
(D)
: . Archibald Hill Carmichael (D)
: . George Huddleston (D)
List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona
: . Isabella Selmes Greenway (D)List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas
: . William J. Driver (D) : . John E. Miller (D) : . Claude A. Fuller (D) : . William B. Cravens (D) : . David D. Terry (D) : . John L. McClellan (D) : . Tilman B. Parks (D)List of United States representatives from California, California
: . Clarence F. Lea (D) : .Harry L. Englebright
Harry Lane Englebright (January 2, 1884 – May 13, 1943) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a Congressman from California's 2nd congressional district from 1926 to 1943, and as the House Minority Whip between 1933 and 1943.
Englebright w ...
(R)
: . Frank H. Buck (D)
: . Florence P. Kahn (R)
: . Richard J. Welch (R)
: . Albert E. Carter (R)
: . John H. Tolan (D)
: . John J. McGrath (D)
: . Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)
: . Henry E. Stubbs (D)
: . John S. McGroarty (D)
: . John H. Hoeppel (D)
: . Charles Kramer (politician), Charles Kramer (D)
: . Thomas F. Ford (D)
: . John M. Costello (D)
: . John F. Dockweiler (D)
: . Charles J. Colden (D)
: . Byron N. Scott (D)
: . Sam L. Collins (R)
: . George Burnham (R)
List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado
: . Lawrence Lewis (politician), Lawrence Lewis (D) : . Fred N. Cummings (D) : . John Andrew Martin, John A. Martin (D) : . Edward T. Taylor (D)List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut
: . William M. Citron (D) : . Herman P. Kopplemann (D) : . William L. Higgins (R) : . James A. Shanley (D) : . Schuyler Merritt (R) : . J. Joseph Smith (D)List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware
: . J. George Stewart (R)List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida
: . William J. Sears (D) : . J. Hardin Peterson (D) : . Robert A. Green (D) : . Millard F. Caldwell (D) : . J. Mark Wilcox (D)List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia
: . Hugh Peterson (D) : . Edward E. Cox (D) : . Bryant T. Castellow (D) : . Emmett M. Owen (D) : . Robert Ramspeck (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . Malcolm C. Tarver (D) : . Braswell Deen (D) : . B. Frank Whelchel (D) : . Paul Brown (Georgia politician), Paul Brown (D)List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho
: . Compton I. White (D) : . D. Worth Clark (D)List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois
: . Martin A. Brennan (D) : . Michael L. Igoe (D), until June 2, 1935 : . Arthur W. Mitchell (D) : . Raymond S. McKeough (D) : . Edward A. Kelly (D) : . Harry P. Beam (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois), Thomas J. O’Brien (D) : . Leonard W. Schuetz (D) : . Leo Kocialkowski (D) : . James McAndrews (D) : . Ralph E. Church (R) : . Chauncey W. Reed (R) : . John T. Buckbee (R), until April 23, 1936 : . Leo E. Allen (R) : . Chester C. Thompson (D) : . J. Leroy Adair (D) : . Everett M. Dirksen (R) : . Leslie C. Arends (R) : . James A. Meeks (D) : . Donald C. Dobbins (D) : . Scott W. Lucas (D) : . Harry H. Mason (D) : . Edwin M. Schaefer (D) : . William W. Arnold (D), until September 16, 1935 : . Claude V. Parsons (D) : . Kent E. Keller (D)List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana
: . William T. Schulte (D) : . Charles A. Halleck (R), from January 29, 1935 : . Samuel B. Pettengill (D) : . James I. Farley (D) : . Glenn Griswold (D) : . Virginia E. Jenckes (D) : . Arthur H. Greenwood (D) : . John W. Boehne Jr. (D) : . Eugene B. Crowe (D) : . Finly H. Gray (D) : . William H. Larrabee (D) : . Louis Ludlow (D)List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa
: . Edward C. Eicher (D) : . Bernhard M. Jacobsen (D), until June 30, 1936 : . John W. Gwynne (R) : . Fred Biermann (D) : . Lloyd Thurston (R) : . Hubert Utterback (D) : . Otha D. Wearin (D) : . Fred C. Gilchrist (R) : . Guy M. Gillette (D), until November 3, 1936List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas
: . William P. Lambertson (R) : . U. S. Guyer (R) : . Edward White Patterson (D) : . Randolph Carpenter (D) : . John Mills Houston (D) : . Frank Carlson (R) : . Clifford R. Hope (R)List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky
: . W. Voris Gregory (D), until October 10, 1936 : . Glover H. Cary (D), until December 5, 1936 : . Emmet O'Neal (Kentucky politician), Emmet O'Neal (D) : . Cap R. Carden (D), until June 13, 1935 :: Edward W. Creal (D), from November 5, 1935 : . Brent Spence (D) : . Virgil Chapman (D) : . Andrew J. May (D) : . Fred M. Vinson (D) : . John M. Robsion (R)List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana
: . Joachim O. Fernandez (D) : . Paul H. Maloney (D) : . Numa F. Montet (D) : . John N. Sandlin (D) : . Riley J. Wilson (D) : . Jared Y. Sanders Jr. (D) : . René L. DeRouen (D) : . Cleveland Dear (D)List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine
: . Simon M. Hamlin (D) : . Edward C. Moran Jr. (D) : . Ralph Owen Brewster (R)List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland
: . T. Alan Goldsborough (D) : . William P. Cole Jr. (D) : . Vincent L. Palmisano (D) : . Ambrose J. Kennedy (D) : . Stephen W. Gambrill (D) : . David John Lewis, David J. Lewis (D)List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts
: . Allen T. Treadway (R) : . William J. Granfield (D) : . Joseph E. Casey (D) : . Pehr G. Holmes (R) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R), until June 3, 1936 : . William P. Connery Jr. (D) : . Arthur D. Healey (D) : . Richard M. Russell (D) : . George H. Tinkham (R) : . John P. Higgins (D) : . John W. McCormack (D) : . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) : .Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 44th speaker of the United Sta ...
(R)
: . Charles L. Gifford (R)
List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan
: . George G. Sadowski (D) : . Earl C. Michener (R) : . Henry M. Kimball (R), until October 19, 1935 :: Verner Main (R), from December 17, 1935 : . Clare E. Hoffman (R) : . Carl E. Mapes (R) : . William W. Blackney (R) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Fred L. Crawford (R) : . Albert J. Engel (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (R) : .Prentiss M. Brown
Prentiss Marsh Brown (June 18, 1889December 19, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of Michigan.
Biography
Brown was born in St. Ignace, Michigan and attended the public schools there. He attended the Uni ...
(D), until November 18, 1936
: . Frank Hook (D)
: . Clarence J. McLeod (R)
: . Louis C. Rabaut (D)
: . John D. Dingell Sr. (D)
: . John Lesinski Sr. (D)
: . George A. Dondero (R)
List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota
: . August H. Andresen (R) : .Elmer Ryan (D) : .Ernest Lundeen (FL) : .Melvin Maas (R) : .Theodore Christianson (R) : .Harold Knutson (R) : .Paul John Kvale (FL) : .William Alvin Pittenger, William Pittenger (R) : .Rich T. Buckler (FL)List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi
: . John E. Rankin (D) : . Wall Doxey (D) : . William M. Whittington (D) : . Aaron L. Ford (D) : . Aubert C. Dunn (D) : . William M. Colmer (D) : . Dan R. McGehee (D)List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri
: . Milton A. Romjue (D) : . William L. Nelson (politician), William L. Nelson (D) : . Richard M. Duncan (D) : . C. Jasper Bell (D) : . Joseph B. Shannon (D) : . Reuben T. Wood (D) : . Dewey Short (R) : . Clyde Williams (Missouri politician), Clyde Williams (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Orville Zimmerman (D) : . Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D) : . James Robert Claiborne (D) : . John J. Cochran (D)List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana
: . Joseph P. Monaghan (D) : . Roy E. Ayers (D)List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska
: . Henry Carl Luckey (D) : . Charles F. McLaughlin (D) : . Karl Stefan (R) : . Charles Gustav Binderup (D) : . Harry B. Coffee (D)List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada
: . James G. Scrugham (D)List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
: . William Nathaniel Rogers (D) : . Charles W. Tobey (R)List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey
: . Charles A. Wolverton (R) : . Isaac Bacharach (R) : . William H. Sutphin (D) : . D. Lane Powers (R) : . Charles A. Eaton (R) : . Donald H. McLean (R) : . Randolph Perkins (R), until May 25, 1936 : . George N. Seger (R) : . Edward A. Kenney (D) : . Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R) : . Peter A. Cavicchia (R) : . Frederick R. Lehlbach (R) : . Mary T. Norton (D) : . Edward J. Hart (D)List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico
: . John J. Dempsey (D)List of United States representatives from New York, New York
: . Matthew J. Merritt (D) : . Caroline O'Day (D) : . Robert L. Bacon (R) : . William F. Brunner (D), until September 27, 1935 :: William B. Barry (D), from November 5, 1935 : . Joseph L. Pfeifer (D) : . Thomas H. Cullen (D) : . Marcellus H. Evans (D) : . Andrew L. Somers (D) : . John J. Delaney (D) : . Richard J. Tonry (D) : . Stephen A. Rudd (D), until March 31, 1936 : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . James A. O'Leary (D) : . Samuel Dickstein (congressman), Samuel Dickstein (D) : . Christopher D. Sullivan (D) : . William I. Sirovich (D) : . John J. Boylan (D) : . John J. O'Connor (D) : . Theodore A. Peyser (D) : . Martin J. Kennedy (D) : . Sol Bloom (D) : . Vito Marcantonio (R) : . Joseph A. Gavagan (D) : . Anthony J. Griffin (D), until January 13, 1935 :: Edward W. Curley (D), from November 5, 1935 : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . James M. Fitzpatrick (D) : . Charles D. Millard (R) : . Hamilton Fish III, Hamilton Fish Jr. (R) : . Philip A. Goodwin (R) : . Parker Corning (D) : . William D. Thomas (R), until May 17, 1936 : . Frank Crowther (R) : .Bertrand H. Snell
Bertrand Hollis Snell (December 9, 1870 – February 2, 1958) was an American politician who represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives. He was a pro-business, low-tax, isolationist conservative Republican who ...
(R)
: . Francis D. Culkin (R)
: . Fred J. Sisson (D)
: . Bert Lord (R)
: . Clarence E. Hancock (R)
: . John Taber (R)
: . W. Sterling Cole (R)
: . James P.B. Duffy (D)
: . James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)
: . Walter G. Andrews (R)
: . Alfred F. Beiter (D)
: . James M. Mead (D)
: . Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R)
List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina
: . Lindsay C. Warren (D) : . John H. Kerr (D) : . Graham A. Barden (D) : . Harold D. Cooley (D) : . Franklin Wills Hancock Jr., Franklin W. Hancock Jr. (D) : . William B. Umstead (D) : . J. Bayard Clark (D) : . J. Walter Lambeth (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) : . Zebulon Weaver (D)List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota
: . William Lemke (R-NPL) : . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio
: . Charles V. Truax (D), until August 9, 1935 :: Daniel S. Earhart (D), from November 3, 1936 : . Stephen M. Young (D) : . John B. Hollister (R) : . William E. Hess (R) : . Byron B. Harlan (D) : . Frank Le Blond Kloeb (D) : . Frank C. Kniffin (D) : . James G. Polk (D) : . Leroy T. Marshall (R) : . Thomas B. Fletcher (D) : . Warren J. Duffey (D), until July 7, 1936 : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Mell G. Underwood (D), until April 10, 1936 :: Peter Francis Hammond, Peter F. Hammond (D), from November 3, 1936 : . Arthur P. Lamneck (D) : . William L. Fiesinger (D) : . Dow W. Harter (D) : . Robert T. Secrest (D) : . William R. Thom (D) : . William A. Ashbrook (D) : . Lawrence E. Imhoff (D) : . John G. Cooper (R) : . Martin L. Sweeney (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Chester C. Bolton (R)List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma
: . Will Rogers (Oklahoma politician), Will Rogers (D) : . Wesley E. Disney (D) : . John Conover Nichols (D) : . Wilburn Cartwright (D) : . Percy Lee Gassaway (D) : . Joshua B. Lee, Josh Lee (D) : . Jed Johnson (politician), Jed Johnson (D) : . Sam C. Massingale (D) : . Phil Ferguson (D)List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon
: . James W. Mott (R) : . Walter M. Pierce (D) : . William A. Ekwall (R)List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
: . Harry C. Ransley (R) : . William H. Wilson (R) : . Clare G. Fenerty (R) : . J. Burrwood Daly (D) : . Frank J.G. Dorsey (D) : . Michael J. Stack (D) : . George P. Darrow (R) : . James Wolfenden (R) : . Oliver Walter Frey (D) : . J. Roland Kinzer (R) : .Patrick J. Boland
Patrick Joseph Boland (January 6, 1880 – May 18, 1942) was a United States representative for Pennsylvania 11th District.
Biography
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Irish immigrants,
he attended St. Thomas College (now the University of Sc ...
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: . C. Murray Turpin (R)
: . James H. Gildea (D)
: . William Emanuel Richardson (D)
: . Charles E. Dietrich (D)
: . Robert F. Rich (R)
: . J. William Ditter (R)
: . Benjamin Kurtz Focht (R)
: . Isaac Hoffer Doutrich (R)
: . Denis J. Driscoll (D)
: . Francis E. Walter (D)
: . Harry L. Haines (D)
: . Don Gingery (D)
: . J. Buell Snyder (D)
: . Charles I. Faddis (D)
: . Charles R. Eckert (D)
: . Joseph Anthony Gray, Joseph Gray (D)
: . William M. Berlin (D)
: . Charles N. Crosby (D)
: . J. Twing Brooks (D)
: . James L. Quinn (politician), James L. Quinn (D)
: . Theodore L. Moritz (D)
: . Henry Ellenbogen (D)
: . Matthew A. Dunn (D)
List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
: . Francis B. Condon (D), until January 10, 1935 :: Charles Risk (R), from August 6, 1935 : . John M. O'Connell (D)List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina
: . Thomas S. McMillan (D) : . Hampton P. Fulmer (D) : . John C. Taylor (D) : . John J. McSwain (D), until August 6, 1936 :: Gabriel H. Mahon Jr. (D), from November 3, 1936 : . James P. Richards (D) : . Allard H. Gasque (D)List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota
: . Fred H. Hildebrandt (D) : . Theodore B. Werner (D)List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee
: . B. Carroll Reece (R) : . J. Will Taylor (R) : . Sam D. McReynolds (D) : . John Ridley Mitchell (D) : .Jo Byrns
Joseph Wellington "Jo" Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term Democratic congressman from Tennessee, and as the 41st speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Byrns wa ...
(D), until June 4, 1936
: . Clarence W. Turner (D)
: . Herron C. Pearson (D)
: . Jere Cooper (D)
: . Walter Chandler (D)
List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas
: . Wright Patman (D) : . Martin Dies Jr. (D) : . Morgan G. Sanders (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Hatton W. Sumners (D) : . Luther A. Johnson (D) : . Nat Patton (D) : . Joe H. Eagle (D) : . Joseph J. Mansfield (D) : . James P. Buchanan (D) : . Oliver H. Cross (D) : . Fritz G. Lanham (D) : . William D. McFarlane (D) : . Richard M. Kleberg (D) : . Milton H. West (D) : . R. Ewing Thomason (D) : . Thomas L. Blanton (D) : . John Marvin Jones, Marvin Jones (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Maury Maverick (D) : . Charles L. South (D)List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah
: . Abe Murdock (D) : . J. W. Robinson (D)List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont
: . Charles A. Plumley (R)List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia
: . S. Otis Bland (D) : . Colgate W. Darden Jr. (D) : . Andrew J. Montague (D) : . Patrick H. Drewry (D) : . Thomas G. Burch (D) : . Clifton A. Woodrum (D) : . A. Willis Robertson (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington
: . Marion Anthony Zioncheck (D), until August 7, 1936 : . Monrad C. Wallgren (D) : . Martin F. Smith (D) : . Knute Hill (D) : . Samuel Billingsley Hill (D), until June 25, 1936 : . Wesley Lloyd (D), until January 10, 1936List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia
: . Robert L. Ramsay (politician), Robert L. Ramsay (D) : . Jennings Randolph (D) : . Andrew Edmiston Jr. (D) : . George William Johnson (congressman), George William Johnson (D) : . John Kee (D) : . Joe L. Smith (D)List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Thomas Ryum Amlie (P) : . Harry Sauthoff (P) : . Gardner R. Withrow (P) : . Randolph Joseph Cannon (D) : . Thomas David Patrick O'Malley (D) : . Michael K. Reilly (D) : . Gerald J. Boileau (P) : . George J. Schneider (P) : . Merlin Hull (P) : . Bernard J. Gehrmann (P)List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming
: . Paul Ranous Greever (D)Non-voting members
: . Anthony Dimond, Anthony J. Dimond (D) : . Samuel Wilder King (R) : . Francisco A. Delgado (Nacionalista Party, Nac.), until February 14, 1936 :: Quintin Paredes (Nacionalista Party, Nac.), from February 14, 1936 : . Pedro Guevara (Nacionalista Party, Nac.), until February 14, 1936 : . Santiago Iglesias Pantín (Coalitionist)Changes of membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.Senate
, - , List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia(1) , Vacant , Senator-elect Holt qualified late due to age having not yet been constitutionally old enough to serve. Holt was seated when he turned 30 , , Rush D. Holt Sr. (D) , June 21, 1935 , - , List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico
(1) , , Bronson M. Cutting (R) , Died May 6, 1935.
Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, and was subsequently elected. , , Dennis Chavez (D) , May 11, 1935 , - ,
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
(2) , ,
Huey Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...
(D)
, Died September 10, 1935.Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, and was subsequently elected. , ,
Rose McConnell Long
Rose Long (née McConnell; April 8, 1892May 27, 1970) was an American politician who served as a Senator, and the wife of Huey Long. She was the third woman to ever serve as a U.S. Senator, and the first from Louisiana.
Life and work
Rose McCo ...
(D)
, January 31, 1936
, -
, Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
(2) , ,
Thomas D. Schall
Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as ...
(R)
, Died December 22, 1935.Successor was appointed to serve until a special election. , ,
Elmer Austin Benson
Elmer Austin Benson (September 22, 1895 March 13, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota. In 1935, Benson was appointed to the U.S. Senate following the death of Thomas D. Schall, Thomas Schall. He served as the List of Govern ...
(FL)
, December 27, 1935
, -
, Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
(1) , ,
Park Trammell
Park Monroe Trammell (April 9, 1876 – May 8, 1936), was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida. Trammell represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1936. As chair of the Senate Naval Aff ...
(D)
, Died May 8, 1936.Successor was appointed to serve until a special election. , ,
Scott Loftin
Scott Marion Loftin (September 14, 1878September 22, 1953) was a U.S. Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat in 1936.
Loftin was born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. At the age of nine, he moved to Pensacola, Florida, with h ...
(D)
, May 26, 1936
, -
, Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
(3) , ,
Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
(D)
, Died June 17, 1936.Successor was appointed to serve until a special election. , ,
William Luther Hill
William Luther Hill (October 17, 1873January 5, 1951) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat in 1936.
Early life
William L. Hill was born in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida on October 17, 1873. He attended the East Florid ...
(D)
, July 1, 1936
, -
, Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
(3) , ,
Richard L. Murphy
Richard Louis Murphy (November 6, 1875July 16, 1936) of Dubuque, Iowa was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Iowa. Elected with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, as only the second Democratic Senator from Iowa elected since 1858, Murphy's s ...
(D)
, Died July 16, 1936.Successor was elected to finish the term. , , Guy Gillette (D) , November 4, 1936 , - ,
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
(2) , ,
James J. Couzens
James J. Couzens (August 26, 1872October 22, 1936) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist. He served as mayor of Detroit (1919–1922) and U.S. Senator from Michigan (1922–1936). Prior to entering politics he served as vice ...
(R)
, Died October 22, 1936.Successor was appointed to finish the remaining term having already been elected to the next term. , ,
Prentiss M. Brown
Prentiss Marsh Brown (June 18, 1889December 19, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of Michigan.
Biography
Brown was born in St. Ignace, Michigan and attended the public schools there. He attended the Uni ...
(D)
, November 19, 1936
, -
, Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
(2) , ,
Elmer Austin Benson
Elmer Austin Benson (September 22, 1895 March 13, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota. In 1935, Benson was appointed to the U.S. Senate following the death of Thomas D. Schall, Thomas Schall. He served as the List of Govern ...
(FL)
, Successor was elected November 3, 1936.
, , Guy V. Howard
Guy Victor Howard (November 28, 1879August 20, 1954) was an American politician.
Early life
Guy Victor Howard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1879. He attended public schools, Minneapolis School of Business, and Georgetown University in W ...
(R)
, November 4, 1936
, -
, Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
(1) , ,
Scott Loftin
Scott Marion Loftin (September 14, 1878September 22, 1953) was a U.S. Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat in 1936.
Loftin was born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. At the age of nine, he moved to Pensacola, Florida, with h ...
(D)
, Successor was elected November 3, 1936.
, , Charles O. Andrews
Charles Oscar Andrews (March 7, 1877September 18, 1946) was a Democratic Party politician from Florida, who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 until 1946.
Early life
Charles O. Andrews was born in Ponce de Leon, Florida ...
(D)
, November 4, 1936
, -
, Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
(3) , ,
William Luther Hill
William Luther Hill (October 17, 1873January 5, 1951) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat in 1936.
Early life
William L. Hill was born in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida on October 17, 1873. He attended the East Florid ...
(D)
, Successor was elected November 3, 1936.
, , Claude Pepper
Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Mia ...
(D)
, November 4, 1936
, -
, List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota(3) , , Peter Norbeck (R) , Died December 20, 1936.
Successor was appointed to serve until the next election. , , Herbert E. Hitchcock (D) , December 29, 1936
House of Representatives
, - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep.-elect Frederick Landis died before being sworn in , , Charles A. Halleck (R) , January 29, 1935 , - , , , Francis Condon (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 10, 1935, after being appointed associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court , , Charles Risk (R) , August 6, 1935 , - , , , Anthony J. Griffin (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 13, 1935 , , Edward W. Curley (D) , November 5, 1935 , - , , , John McDuffie (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 2, 1935, after being appointed judge in US district court , , Frank W. Boykin (D) , July 30, 1935 , - , , , Michael L. Igoe (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned June 2, 1935, after being appointed a US attorney for the Northern District of Illinois , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Cap R. Carden (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 13, 1935 , , Edward W. Creal (D) , November 5, 1935 , - , , , Charles V. Truax (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 9, 1935 , , Daniel S. Earhart (D) , November 3, 1936 , - , , , William W. Arnold (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 16, 1935, after being appointed a member of the United States Tax Court, US Board of Tax Appeals , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , William F. Brunner (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 27, 1935, after being elected Sheriff of Queens County, New York , , William Bernard Barry, William B. Barry (D) , November 5, 1935 , - , , , Henry M. Kimball (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 19, 1935 , , Verner Main (R) , December 17, 1935 , - , , , Wesley Lloyd (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 10, 1936 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , Francisco Afan Delgado, Francisco A. Delgado (NAC) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 14, 1936, after a successor qualified in accordance to a new form of government , Quintin Paredes (NAC) , February 14, 1936 , - , , Pedro Guevara (NAC) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 14, 1936, after the 2nd seat was abolished , colspan=2 , None , - , , , Stephen A. Rudd (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 31, 1936 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Mell G. Underwood (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned April 10, 1936, after being appointed to the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio , , Peter Francis Hammond, Peter F. Hammond (D) , November 3, 1936 , - , , , John T. Buckbee (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 23, 1936 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , William D. Thomas (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 17, 1936 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Randolph Perkins (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 25, 1936 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , A. Piatt Andrew (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 3, 1936 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , ,Jo Byrns
Joseph Wellington "Jo" Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term Democratic congressman from Tennessee, and as the 41st speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Early life
Byrns wa ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died June 4, 1936
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Samuel B. Hill (Washington politician), Samuel B. Hill (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned June 25, 1936, after being appointed a member of the United States Tax Court, US Board of Tax Appeals
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Bernhard M. Jacobsen (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died June 30, 1936
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Warren J. Duffey (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died July 7, 1936
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , John J. McSwain (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died August 6, 1936
, , Gabriel H. Mahon Jr. (D)
, November 3, 1936
, -
,
, , Marion Zioncheck (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died August 7, 1936
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , William Voris Gregory, William V. Gregory (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died October 10, 1936
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Guy Gillette (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 3, 1936, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Prentiss M. Brown
Prentiss Marsh Brown (June 18, 1889December 19, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of Michigan.
Biography
Brown was born in St. Ignace, Michigan and attended the public schools there. He attended the Uni ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 18, 1936, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected.
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Glover H. Cary (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died December 5, 1936
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: George W. Norris) * United States Senate Special Committee on Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts, Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: James F. Byrnes; Ranking Member: John G. Townsend Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
; Ranking Member: Peter Norbeck)
* Bankruptcy and Receiveship (Select)
* Campaign Expenditures Investigation (Special) (Chairman: James F. Byrnes)
* United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman: William J. Bulow; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White Jr.
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Royal S. Copeland; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: William H. King; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: David I. Walsh; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
** United States Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee on Investigation Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of Labor, Investigation Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of Labor
* United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Hattie W. Caraway; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Natio ...
)
* Executive Agencies of the Government (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member: Daniel O. Hastings)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Pat Harrison
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
Early li ...
; Ranking Member: James Couzens)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Key Pittman
Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a United States senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, serving eventually as president pro tempore as well as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
B ...
; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman: Marcus A. Coolidge
Marcus Allen Coolidge (October 6, 1865January 23, 1947) was a Democratic United States Senator representing Massachusetts from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1937.
Biography
Coolidge was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, son of Frederick Spau ...
; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Elmer Thomas; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
* United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Thomas D. Schall
Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as ...
then W. Warren Barbour)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Burton K. Wheeler
Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882January 6, 1975) was an attorney and an American politician of the Democratic Party in Montana, which he represented as a United States senator from 1923 until 1947.
Born in Massachusetts, Wheeler began ...
; Ranking Member: James Couzens)
* United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Alva B. Adams; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Henry F. Ashurst
Henry Fountain Ashurst (September 13, 1874 – May 31, 1962) was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two Senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial l ...
; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
* Land and Water Policies of the United States (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...
; Ranking Member: Peter Norbeck)
* Lobbying Activities (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Robert J. Bulkley; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary
Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Bronson Cutting then Robert D. Carey)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: M.M. Logan; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
* Mississippi Flood Control Project (Select) (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Park Trammell
Park Monroe Trammell (April 9, 1876 – May 8, 1936), was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida. Trammell represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death in 1936. As chair of the Senate Naval Aff ...
; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: William Gibbs McAdoo; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: George McGill; Ranking Member: Thomas D. Schall
Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as ...
)
* Philippines Economic Condition (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Thomas D. Schall
Thomas David Schall (June 4, 1878December 22, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota. He was initially elected and then re-elected as ...
)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Presidential and Senatorial Campaign Expenditures, Presidential and Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Carl Hayden
Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Representa ...
; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Natio ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Walter F. George
Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 4, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a longtime Democratic United States Senator from 1922 to 1957 and was President pro tempore of the United States Sen ...
; Ranking Member: Daniel O. Hastings)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Henry W. Keyes)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member: Peter Norbeck)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Silver, Silver (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands (Select)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Special Committee on Wildlife Resources, Wildlife Resources (Special) (Chairman: Vacant; Ranking Member: Vacant)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Wool Production, Wool Production (Special)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: Lindsay C. Warren; Ranking Member: James Wolfenden) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: J. Marvin Jones; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope) * United States House Special Committee on the American Retail Federation, American Retail Federation (Special) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: James P. Buchanan; Ranking Member: John Taber) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Henry B. Steagall; Ranking Member: John B. Hollister) * United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: William H. Larrabee; Ranking Member: J. Roland Kinzer) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman: Robert Ramspeck; Ranking Member: Frederick R. Lehlbach) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Ambrose J. Kennedy; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Andrew Somers; Ranking Member: Randolph Perkins) * United States House Select Committee on Conservation of Wildlife Resources, Conservation of Wildlife Resources (Select) (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson) * United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Ambrose J. Kennedy; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Gardner Withrow) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Vincent L. Palmisano; Ranking Member: Albert E. Carter) * United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress, Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Thomas B. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Cleveland Dear; Ranking Member: John B. Hollister) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Joseph A. Gavagan; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: John H. Kerr; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Claude V. Parsons; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: John J. Cochran; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford) * United States House Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control (Chairman: Riley J. Wilson; Ranking Member: Robert F. Rich) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Sam D. McReynolds; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish III) * United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Samuel Dickstein (congressman), Samuel Dickstein; Ranking Member: J. Will Taylor) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Will Rogers; Ranking Member: Fred C. Gilchrist) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: Leo Kocialkowski; Ranking Member: Lloyd Thurston) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Sam Rayburn; Ranking Member: John G. Cooper) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John Lesinski Sr., John Lesinski; Ranking Member: Charles D. Millard) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate Real Estate Beholder's Reorganizations, Investigate Real Estate Beholder's Reorganizations (Select) (Chairman: N/A) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Compton I. White; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley Jr.) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Hatton W. Sumners; Ranking Member: Randolph Perkins) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: William P. Connery Jr.; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch) * United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Kent E. Keller; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Memorials, Memorials (Chairman: Simon M. Hamlin; Ranking Member: Frank Crowther) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Frederick R. Lehlbach) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John J. McSwain; Ranking Member: Harry C. Ransley) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joe L. Smith; Ranking Member: Anthony J. Dimond) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: George P. Darrow) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: William I. Sirovich; Ranking Member: Randolph Perkins) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Allard H. Gasque; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James M. Mead; Ranking Member: Charles E. Dietrich) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Fritz G. Lanham; Ranking Member: Robert F. Rich) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Rene L. DeRouen; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: Raymond J. Cannon; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Joseph J. Mansfield; Ranking Member: George N. Seger) * United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman: Wilburn Cartwright; Ranking Member: C. Murray Turpin) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: John J. O'Connor; Ranking Member: Harry C. Ransley) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Robert A. Green; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: John H. Hoeppel; Ranking Member: Gerald J. Boileau) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway) * United States House Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Randolph Perkins) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), WholeJoint committees
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen.Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep. )
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (January 6, 1859June 17, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Florida's history. He also served two terms as Mayor of Jacksonville an ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep. J. Walter Lambeth)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton; Vice Chairman: Sen. Pat Harrison
Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
Early li ...
)
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House) * Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn (architect), David Lynn * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver * Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl, until June 30, 1936 ** vacant thereafter * Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam * Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. GiegengackSenate
* Secretary of the Senate, Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Ruskin McArdle * United States Senate Chaplain, Chaplain: ZeBarney Thorne Phillips (Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopalian) * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins, from 1935 * United States Senate Sergeant at Arms, Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney *Democratic Party Secretary: Leslie Biffle *Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. LoefflerHouse of Representatives
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Finis E. Scott * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) (until 1936) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney * Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery - MethodistSee also
* 1934 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1934 United States Senate elections ** 1934 United States House of Representatives elections * 1936 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1936 United States presidential election ** 1936 United States Senate elections ** 1936 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes
References
Party divisions
via senate.gov * * * * * {{USCongresses 74th United States Congress,