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The 75th 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 chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. It met in
Washington, DC
)
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from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939, during the fifth and sixth years
administration
Administration may refer to:
Management of organizations
* Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal
** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, admini ...
of
U.S. President
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...
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 ...
. (Because of the
20th amendment, starting in 1937 the new Presidential term began 17 days after that of the new Congress). 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 United States Census, conducted in 1930.
Both chambers had a
Democratic supermajority, with the party increasing their majority in both the House and Senate, and with the reelection of President Roosevelt, maintained an overall federal government
trifecta
file:Trifecta.svg, Trifecta
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.
This is the most recent Congress to feature a Democratic senate seat from the state of Kansas.
Major events
* January 20, 1937: President
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 ...
begins his second term.
* February 5, 1937: Roosevelt's
court-packing plan proposed
* March 26, 1937:
William Henry Hastie
William Henry Hastie Jr. (November 17, 1904 – April 14, 1976) was an American lawyer, judge, educator, public official, and civil rights advocate. He was the first African American to serve as Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, as a ...
becomes the first African-American appointed to a federal judgeship.
* April 12, 1937: ''
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation'': The Supreme Court of the United States ruled the
National Labor Relations Act constitutional.
* July 22, 1937: Senate rejects the court-packing plan
* October 5, 1937: Roosevelt delivers the
Quarantine Speech
__NOTOC__
The ''Quarantine Speech'' was given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 5, 1937, in Chicago (on the occasion of the dedication of the Outer Drive Bridge between north and south outer Lake Shore Drive), calling for an inte ...
Major legislation
* May 1, 1937:
Neutrality Acts of 1937
The Neutrality Acts were a series of acts passed by the US Congress in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 in response to the growing threats and wars that led to World War II. They were spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in ...
* June 3, 1937:
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
, ch. 296,
* August 2, 1937:
Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, , was a United States Act that placed a tax on the sale of cannabis. The H.R. 6385 act was drafted by Harry Anslinger and introduced by Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, on April 14, 1937. The Seventy-fift ...
* August 5, 1937:
National Cancer Institute Act
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...
, , ch. 565,
* March 21, 1938:
Wheeler–Lea Act The Wheeler–Lea Act of 1938 is a United States federal law that amended Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act to proscribe "unfair or deceptive acts or practices" as well as "unfair methods of competition." It provided civil penalties
...
, ch. 49,
* May 24, 1938:
La Follette-Bulwinkle Act
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
, ch. 267,
* June 8, 1938:
Foreign Agents Registration Act
The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)2 U.S.C. § 611 ''et seq.'' is a United States law that imposes public disclosure obligations on persons representing foreign interests. , ch. 327,
* June 21, 1938:
Natural Gas Act
The Natural Gas Act of 1938 was the first occurrence of the United States federal government regulating the natural gas industry. It was focused on regulating the rates charged by interstate natural gas transmission companies. In the years prior t ...
, ch. 556,
* June 25, 1938:
Civil Aeronautics Act, ch. 601,
* June 25, 1938:
Fair Labor Standards Act, ch. 676,
* June 25, 1938:
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, ch. 675,
* June 25, 1938:
Wagner-O'Day Act, ch. 697,
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
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 ...
:
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:
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 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 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, servin ...
(D), until July 14, 1937
**
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), from July 14, 1937
*
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 ...
:
J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
*
Minority Leader:
Charles 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)
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Joshua B. Lee
*
Republican Conference Secretary:
Frederick Hale
*
National Senatorial Committee Chairman:
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 ...
:
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)
*
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. :
Sam Rayburn (D)
*
Minority Leader:
Bertrand 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)
*
Democratic Whip:
Patrick J. Boland
*
Republican Whip
Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are congresspeople who coordinate legislative initiatives and serve as the chief spokespersons for their parties on the House floor. These leaders are ele ...
:
Harry Lane 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 ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Robert L. Doughton
*
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 ...
:
Roy O. Woodruff
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Patrick H. Drewry
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
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 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1938; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1940; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1942.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
: 2.
John H. Bankhead II (D)
: 3.
Hugo Black (D), until August 19, 1937
::
Dixie Bibb Graves
Dixie Graves (née Bibb; July 26, 1882 – January 21, 1965) was a First Lady from the State of Alabama and the first woman to serve as a United States Senator from Alabama. She was appointed to the Senate by her husband, Governor Bibb Graves, w ...
(D), August 20, 1937 - January 10, 1938
::
J. Lister Hill (D), from January 11, 1938
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 (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 Represe ...
(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 O ...
: 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, servin ...
(D), until July 14, 1937
::
John E. Miller (D), from November 15, 1937
: 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 state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
: 1.
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866August 6, 1945) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century. He was elected in 191 ...
(R)
: 3.
William Gibbs McAdoo
William Gibbs McAdoo Jr.McAdoo is variously differentiated from family members of the same name:
* Dr. William Gibbs McAdoo (1820–1894) – sometimes called "I" or "Senior"
* William Gibbs McAdoo (1863–1941) – sometimes called "II" or "Ju ...
(D), until November 8, 1938
::
Thomas M. Storke (D), from November 9, 1938
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, 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 wes ...
: 2.
Edwin C. Johnson
Edwin Carl Johnson (January 1, 1884 – May 30, 1970) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as both governor of and U.S. senator from the state of Colorado.
Background
Johnson was born in Scandia in Republic County in ...
(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 capita ...
: 1.
Francis T. 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.
James H. Hughes (D)
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.
Charles O. Andrews (D)
: 3.
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 Mi ...
(D)
Georgia
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* 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.
Richard Russell Jr.
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for alm ...
(D)
: 3.
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)
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 Wyomi ...
: 2.
William 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 co ...
(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 state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
: 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 th ...
: 2.
Clyde L. Herring
Clyde LaVerne Herring (May 3, 1879September 15, 1945), an American Democratic politician who served as the 26th governor of Iowa, and then one of its U.S. senators, during the last part of the Great Depression and the first part of World Wa ...
(D)
: 3.
Guy 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)
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 th ...
: 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 ...
: 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.
Allen J. Ellender
Allen Joseph Ellender (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was an American politician and lawyer who was a U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1937 until his death. He was a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat who was originally allied ...
(D)
: 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 ...
: 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 19 ...
(D)
Massachusetts
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: 1.
David I. Walsh (D)
: 2.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
: 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.
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)
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 an ...
(FL)
: 2.
Ernest Lundeen
Ernest Lundeen (August 4, 1878August 31, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician.
Family and education
Lundeen was born and raised on his father's homestead in Brooklyn Township of Lincoln County near Beresford in the Dakota Territory. H ...
(FL)
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 (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 state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
: 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)
List of United States senators from Montana, Montana
: 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)
: 2. James E. Murray (D)
List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska
: 1. Edward R. Burke (D)
: 2. George W. Norris (I)
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. Styles Bridges (R)
: 3. Fred H. Brown (D)
List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey
: 1. A. Harry Moore (D), until January 17, 1938
:: John Gerald Milton (D), January 18, 1938 - November 8, 1938
:: William Warren Barbour (R), from November 8, 1938
: 2. William H. Smathers (D)
List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico
: 1. Dennis Chávez (D)
: 2. Carl Hatch (D)
List of United States senators from New York, New York
: 1. Royal S. Copeland (D), until June 17, 1938
:: James M. Mead (D), from December 3, 1938
: 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)
List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
: 2. Josiah 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.
Joshua B. Lee (D)
: 3. Elmer Thomas (D)
List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon
: 2. Charles L. McNary (R)
: 3. Frederick Steiwer (R), until January 31, 1938
:: Alfred E. Reames (D), February 1, 1938 – November 8, 1938
:: Alexander G. Barry (R), from November 9, 1938
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. Theodore F. Green (D)
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. Herbert E. Hitchcock (D), until November 8, 1938
:: Gladys Pyle (R), from November 9, 1938
List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee
: 1. Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar (D)
: 2. Nathan L. Bachman (D), until April 23, 1937
:: George L. Berry (D), May 6, 1937 - November 8, 1938
:: Tom Stewart (politician), Tom Stewart (D), from November 8, 1938
[Tom Stewart (politician), Tom Stewart won a special election November 8, 1938. Although eligible and elected, did not "take his seat" as he preferred to remain as district attorney general. Nevertheless, his service begins when eligible and elected, not upon the taking of an oath.]
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. (D)
: 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. Henry H. Schwartz (D)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama
: . Frank W. Boykin (D)
: .
J. Lister Hill (D), until January 11, 1938
:: George M. Grant (D), from June 14, 1938
: . Henry B. Steagall (D)
: . Sam Hobbs (D)
: . Joe Starnes (D)
: . Pete Jarman (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)
: . John J. Sparkman (D)
: . Luther Patrick (D)
List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona
: John R. Murdock (politician), John R. Murdock (D)
List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas
: . William J. Driver (D)
: .
John E. Miller (D), until November 14, 1937
: . Claude A. Fuller (D)
: . William B. Cravens (D)
: . David D. Terry (D)
: . John L. McClellan (D)
: . Wade H. Kitchens (D)
List of United States representatives from California, California
: . Clarence F. Lea (D)
: . Harry L. Englebright (R)
: . Frank H. Buck (D)
: . Franck R. Havenner (P)
: . Richard J. Welch (R)
: . Albert E. Carter (R)
: . John H. Tolan (D)
: . John J. McGrath (D)
: . Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)
: . Henry E. Stubbs (D), until February 28, 1937
:: Alfred J. Elliott (D), from May 4, 1937
: . John S. McGroarty (D)
: . Jerry Voorhis (D)
: . Charles Kramer (politician), Charles Kramer (D)
: . Thomas F. Ford (D)
: . John M. Costello (D)
: . John F. Dockweiler (D)
: . Charles J. Colden (D), until April 15, 1938
: . Byron N. Scott (D)
: . Harry R. Sheppard (D)
: . Edouard V. M. Izac (D)
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 J. Fitzgerald (D)
: . James A. Shanley (D)
: . Alfred N. Phillips (D)
: . J. Joseph Smith (D)
List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware
: . William F. Allen (Delaware), William F. Allen (D)
List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida
: . J. Hardin Peterson (D)
: . Robert A. Green (D)
: . Millard F. Caldwell (D)
: . J. Mark Wilcox (D)
: . Joe Hendricks (D)
List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia
: . Hugh Peterson (D)
: . Edward E. Cox (D)
: . Stephen Pace (politician), Stephen Pace (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
: . Edwin V. Champion (D)
: . Lewis M. Long (D)
: . 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)
: . Noah M. Mason (R)
: . Leo E. Allen (R)
: . Chester C. Thompson (D)
: . Lewis L. Boyer (D)
: . Everett M. Dirksen (R)
: . Leslie C. Arends (R)
: . James A. Meeks (D)
: . Hugh M. Rigney (D)
: . Scott W. Lucas (D)
: . Frank W. Fries (D)
: . Edwin M. Schaefer (D)
: . Laurence F. Arnold (D)
: . Claude V. Parsons (D)
: . Kent E. Keller (D)
List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana
: . William T. Schulte (D)
: . Charles A. Halleck (R)
: . 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), until December 2, 1938
: . William S. Jacobsen (D)
: . John W. Gwynne (R)
: . Fred Biermann (D)
: . Lloyd Thurston (R)
: . Cassius C. Dowell (R)
: . Otha D. Wearin (D)
: . Fred C. Gilchrist (R)
: . Vincent F. Harrington (D)
List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas
: . William P. Lambertson (R)
: . U. S. Guyer (R)
: . Edward White Patterson (D)
: . Edward Herbert Rees (R)
: . John Mills Houston (D)
: . Frank Carlson (R)
: . Clifford R. Hope (R)
List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky
: . Noble J. Gregory (D)
: . Beverly M. Vincent (D)
: . Emmet O'Neal (Kentucky politician), Emmet O'Neal (D)
: . Edward W. Creal (D)
: . Brent Spence (D)
: . Virgil Chapman (D)
: . Andrew J. May (D)
: . Fred M. Vinson (D), until May 12, 1938
:: Joe B. Bates (D), from June 4, 1938
: . John M. Robsion (R)
List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana
: . Joachim O. Fernandez (D)
: . Paul H. Maloney (D)
: . Robert L. Mouton (D)
: . Overton Brooks (D)
: . Newt V. Mills (D)
: . John K. Griffith (D)
: . René L. DeRouen (D)
: . A. Leonard Allen (D)
List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine
: . James C. Oliver (R)
: . Clyde H. Smith (R)
: . 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), until December 19, 1938
: . David John Lewis, David J. Lewis (D)
List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts
: . Allen T. Treadway (R)
: . Charles Clason (R)
: . Joseph E. Casey (D)
: . Pehr G. Holmes (R)
: . Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
: . George J. Bates (R)
: . William P. Connery Jr. (D), until June 15, 1937
:: Lawrence J. Connery (D), from September 28, 1937
: . Arthur D. Healey (D)
: . Robert Luce (R)
: . George H. Tinkham (R)
: . John P. Higgins (D), until September 30, 1937
:: Thomas A. Flaherty (D), from December 14, 1937
: . John W. McCormack (D)
: . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
: .
Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
: . Charles L. Gifford (R)
List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan
: . George G. Sadowski (D)
: . Earl C. Michener (R)
: . Paul W. Shafer (R)
: . Clare E. Hoffman (R)
: . Carl E. Mapes (R)
: . Andrew J. Transue (D)
: . Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
: . Fred L. Crawford (R)
: . Albert J. Engel (R)
: .
Roy O. Woodruff (R)
: . John F. Luecke (D)
: . Frank Hook (D)
: . George D. O'Brien (D)
: . 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)
: . Henry Teigan (FL)
: . Melvin Maas (R)
: . Dewey Johnson (Minnesota politician), Dewey Johnson (FL)
: . Harold Knutson (R)
: . Paul John Kvale (FL)
: . John Bernard (American politician), John Bernard (FL)
: . 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)
: . Ross A. Collins (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)
: . Charles Arthur Anderson (D)
: . John J. Cochran (D)
List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana
: . Jerry J. O'Connell (D)
: . James F. O'Connor (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
: . Arthur B. Jenks (R), until June 9, 1938
:: Alphonse Roy (D), from June 9, 1938
: . Charles W. Tobey (R)
List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey
: . Charles A. Wolverton (R)
: . Elmer H. Wene (D)
: . William H. Sutphin (D)
: . D. Lane Powers (R)
: . Charles A. Eaton (R)
: . Donald H. McLean (R)
: . J. Parnell Thomas (R)
: . George N. Seger (R)
: . Edward A. Kenney (D), until January 27, 1938
: . Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R)
: . Edward L. O'Neill (D)
: . Frank William Towey Jr. (D)
: . 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), until September 12, 1938
: . William B. Barry (D)
: . Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)
: . Thomas H. Cullen (D)
: . Marcellus H. Evans (D)
: . Andrew L. Somers (D)
: . John J. Delaney (D)
: . Donald L. O'Toole (D)
: . Eugene J. Keogh (D)
: . 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), until October 5, 1938
: . John J. O'Connor (New York representative), John J. O'Connor (D)
: . Theodore A. Peyser (D), until August 8, 1937
:: Bruce Fairchild Barton, Bruce F. Barton (R), from November 2, 1937
: . Martin J. Kennedy (D)
: . Sol Bloom (D)
: . James J. Lanzetta (D)
: . Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
: . Edward W. Curley (D)
: . Charles A. Buckley (D)
: . James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
: . Charles D. Millard (R), until September 29, 1937
:: Ralph A. Gamble (R), from November 2, 1937
: . Hamilton Fish III, Hamilton Fish Jr. (R)
: . Philip A. Goodwin (R), until June 6, 1937
:: Lewis K. Rockefeller (R), from November 2, 1937
: . William T. Byrne (D)
: . E. Harold Cluett (R)
: . Frank Crowther (R)
: . Bertrand H. Snell (R)
: . Francis D. Culkin (R)
: . Fred J. Douglas (R)
: . Bert Lord (R)
: . Clarence E. Hancock (R)
: . John Taber (R)
: . W. Sterling Cole (R)
: . George B. Kelly (D)
: . James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)
: . Walter G. Andrews (R)
: . Alfred F. Beiter (D)
: . James M. Mead (D), until December 2, 1938
: . 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. (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
: . John McSweeney (Ohio politician), John McSweeney (D)
: . Harold G. Mosier (D)
: . Joseph A. Dixon (D)
: . Herbert S. Bigelow (D)
: . Byron B. Harlan (D)
: . Frank Le Blond Kloeb (D), until August 19, 1937
:: Walter H. Albaugh (R), from November 8, 1938
: . Frank C. Kniffin (D)
: . James G. Polk (D)
: . Arthur W. Aleshire (D)
: . Thomas B. Fletcher (D)
: . John F. Hunter (D)
: . Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
: . Harold K. Claypool (D)
: . Arthur P. Lamneck (D)
: . Dudley A. White (R)
: . Dow W. Harter (D)
: . Robert T. Secrest (D)
: . William R. Thom (D)
: . William A. Ashbrook (D)
: . Lawrence E. Imhoff (D)
: . Michael J. Kirwan (D)
: . Martin L. Sweeney (D)
: . Robert Crosser (D)
: . Anthony A. Fleger (D)
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)
: . Lyle Boren (D)
: . Robert Potter Hill (D), until October 29, 1937
:: Gomer Griffith Smith (D), from December 10, 1937
: . 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)
: . Nan Wood Honeyman (D)
List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
: . Leon Sacks (D)
: . James P. McGranery (D)
: . Michael J. Bradley (politician), Michael J. Bradley (D)
: . J. Burrwood Daly (D)
: . Frank J.G. Dorsey (D)
: . Michael J. Stack (D)
: . Ira W. Drew (D)
: . James Wolfenden (R)
: . Oliver Walter Frey (D)
: . J. Roland Kinzer (R)
: .
Patrick J. Boland (D)
: . J. Harold Flannery (D)
: . James H. Gildea (D)
: . Guy L. Moser (D)
: . Albert G. Rutherford (R)
: . Robert F. Rich (R)
: . J. William Ditter (R)
: . Benjamin Kurtz Focht (R), until March 27, 1937
:: Richard M. Simpson (R), from May 11, 1937
: . Guy J. Swope (D)
: . Benjamin Jarrett (R)
: . 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)
: . Robert G. Allen (D)
: . Charles N. Crosby (D)
: . Peter J. De Muth (D)
: . James L. Quinn (politician), James L. Quinn (D)
: . Herman P. Eberharter (D)
: . Henry Ellenbogen (D), until January 3, 1938
: . Matthew A. Dunn (D)
List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
: . Aime Forand (D)
: . 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)
: . Gabriel H. Mahon Jr. (D)
: . James P. Richards (D)
: . Allard H. Gasque (D), until June 17, 1938
:: Elizabeth Hawley Gasque (D), from September 13, 1938
List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota
: . Fred H. Hildebrandt (D)
: . Francis Case (R)
List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee
: . B. Carroll Reece (R)
: . J. Will Taylor (R)
: . Sam D. McReynolds (D)
: . John Ridley Mitchell (D)
: . Richard Merrill Atkinson (D)
: . 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)
: . Albert Thomas (American politician), Albert Thomas (D)
: . Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
: . James P. Buchanan (D), until February 22, 1937
:: Lyndon B. Johnson (D), from April 10, 1937
: . William R. Poage (D)
: . Fritz G. Lanham (D)
: . William D. McFarlane (D)
: . Richard M. Kleberg (D)
: . Milton H. West (D)
: . R. Ewing Thomason (D)
: . Clyde L. Garrett (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)
: . Norman R. Hamilton (D)
: . Andrew J. Montague (D), until January 24, 1937
:: Dave E. Satterfield Jr. (D), from November 2, 1937
: .
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
: . Warren G. Magnuson (D)
: . Monrad C. Wallgren (D)
: . Martin F. Smith (D)
: . Knute Hill (D)
: . Charles H. Leavy (D)
: . John M. Coffee (D)
List 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)
: . Quintin Paredes (Resident Commissioner) (Nacionalista Party, Nac.), until September 29, 1938
:: Joaquin Miguel Elizalde (Resident Commissioner) (Nacionalista Party, Nac.), from September 29, 1938
: . Santiago Iglesias Pantín (Resident Commissioner) (Coalitionist)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
Senate
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, List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee
(2)
, nowrap , Nathan L. Bachman (D)
, Died April 23, 1937.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
, nowrap , George L. Berry (D)
, May 6, 1937
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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 O ...
(2)
, nowrap , Joseph Taylor Robinson, Joseph T. Robinson (D)
, Died July 14, 1937.
Successor 1937 United States Senate special election in Arkansas, elected October 19, 1937.
, nowrap ,
John E. Miller (D)
, November 15, 1937
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Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Hugo Black (D)
, Resigned August 19, 1937, after being appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
, nowrap ,
Dixie Bibb Graves
Dixie Graves (née Bibb; July 26, 1882 – January 21, 1965) was a First Lady from the State of Alabama and the first woman to serve as a United States Senator from Alabama. She was appointed to the Senate by her husband, Governor Bibb Graves, w ...
(D)
, August 20, 1937
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Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Dixie Bibb Graves
Dixie Graves (née Bibb; July 26, 1882 – January 21, 1965) was a First Lady from the State of Alabama and the first woman to serve as a United States Senator from Alabama. She was appointed to the Senate by her husband, Governor Bibb Graves, w ...
(D)
, Resigned January 10, 1938, after successor elected.
, nowrap ,
J. Lister Hill (D)
, January 11, 1938
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, List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey
(1)
, nowrap , A. Harry Moore (D)
, Resigned January 17, 1938, after being elected Governor of New Jersey.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
, nowrap , John Gerald Milton, John G. Milton (D)
, January 18, 1938
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, List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon
(3)
, nowrap , Frederick Steiwer (R)
, Resigned January 31, 1938, due to poor health.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
, nowrap , Alfred E. Reames (D)
, February 1, 1938
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, List of United States senators from New York, New York
(1)
, nowrap , Royal S. Copeland (D)
, Died June 17, 1938.
Successor 1938 United States Senate special election in New York, elected November 8, 1938.
, nowrap , James M. Mead (D)
, December 3, 1938
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
(3)
, nowrap , William Gibbs McAdoo, William G. McAdoo (D)
, Resigned November 8, 1938, after losing nomination for upcoming term.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
, nowrap ,
Thomas M. Storke (D)
, November 9, 1938
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, List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey
(1)
, nowrap , John Gerald Milton, John G. Milton (D)
, Interim appointee retired when successor elected.
Successor 1938 United States Senate special election in New Jersey, elected November 8, 1938.
, nowrap , William Warren Barbour, William W. Barbour (R)
, November 9, 1938
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, List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon
(3)
, nowrap , Alfred E. Reames (D)
, Interim appointee retired when successor elected.
Successor 1938 United States Senate special election in Oregon, elected November 8, 1938.
, nowrap , Alexander G. Barry (R)
, November 9, 1938
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, List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota
(3)
, nowrap , Herbert E. Hitchcock (D)
, Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.
Successor 1938 United States Senate special election in South Dakota, elected November 8, 1938.
, nowrap , Gladys Pyle (R)
, November 9, 1938
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, List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee
(2)
, nowrap , George L. Berry (D)
, Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.
Successor 1938 United States Senate special election in Tennessee, elected November 8, 1938.
, nowrap , Tom Stewart (politician), Tom Stewart (D)
, November 9, 1938.
House of Representatives
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, , Andrew Jackson Montague (D)
, Died January 24, 1937.
, , Dave E. Satterfield Jr. (D)
, November 2, 1937
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,
, , James P. Buchanan (D)
, Died February 22, 1937.
, , Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
, April 10, 1937
, -
,
, , Henry E. Stubbs (D)
, Died February 28, 1937.
, , Alfred J. Elliott (D)
, May 4, 1937
, -
,
, , Benjamin K. Focht (R)
, Died March 27, 1937.
, , Richard M. Simpson (R)
, May 11, 1937
, -
,
, , Philip A. Goodwin (R)
, Died June 6, 1937.
, , Lewis K. Rockefeller (R)
, November 2, 1937
, -
,
, , William P. Connery Jr. (D)
, Died June 15, 1937.
, , Lawrence J. Connery (D)
, September 28, 1937
, -
,
, , Theodore A. Peyser (D)
, Died August 8, 1937.
, , Bruce Fairchild Barton, Bruce F. Barton (R)
, November 2, 1937
, -
,
, , Frank Le Blond Kloeb (D)
, Resigned August 19, 1937, to become justice of United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
, , Walter H. Albaugh (R)
, November 8, 1938
, -
,
, , Charles D. Millard (R)
, Resigned September 29, 1937, to become surrogate of Westchester County, New York.
, , Ralph A. Gamble (R)
, November 2, 1937
, -
,
, , John Patrick Higgins, John P. Higgins (D)
, Resigned September 30, 1937, to become chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
, , Thomas A. Flaherty (D)
, December 14, 1937
, -
,
, , Robert P. Hill (D)
, Died October 29, 1937.
, , Gomer Griffith Smith (D)
, December 10, 1937
, -
,
, ,
John E. Miller (D)
, Resigned November 14, 1937 to become U.S. senator.
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Henry Ellenbogen (D)
, Resigned January 3, 1938, to become judge of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, ,
J. Lister Hill (D)
, Resigned January 11, 1938 to become U.S. senator.
, , George M. Grant (D)
, June 14, 1938
, -
,
, , Edward Aloysius Kenney, Edward A. Kenney (D)
, Died January 27, 1938.
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Charles J. Colden (D)
, Died April 15, 1938.
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Fred M. Vinson (D)
, Resigned May 27, 1938, to become associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
, , Joe B. Bates (D)
, June 4, 1938
, -
,
, , Arthur B. Jenks (R)
, Lost contested election June 9, 1938
, , Alphonse Roy (D)
, June 9, 1938
, -
,
, , Allard H. Gasque (D)
, Died June 17, 1938.
, , Elizabeth Hawley Gasque (D)
, September 13, 1937
, -
,
, , Robert L. Bacon (R)
, Died September 12, 1938.
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, bgcolor= , Quintin Paredes (Nacionalista Party, NAC)
, Resigned September 29, 1938.
, Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (Nacionalista Party, NAC)
, September 29, 1938
, -
,
, , John J. Boylan (D)
, Died October 5, 1938.
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Edward C. Eicher (D)
, Resigned December 2, 1938, to become commissioner to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission.
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , James M. Mead (D)
, Resigned December 2, 1938 after being elected to the U.S. Senate.
, colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress
, -
,
, , Stephen Warfield Gambrill, Stephen W. Gambrill (D)
, Died December 19, 1938.
, 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)
* Aquatic Life (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: Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member:
John G. Townsend Jr.)
* Campaign Expenditures Investigation (Special) (Chairman:
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, ...
)
* 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 ...
)
* Civil Service Laws (Special)
* Civil Service System (Special)
* 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)
* Court Reorganization and Judicial Procedure (Special)
* 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: Elbert D. Thomas; 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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Executive Agencies of the Government, 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: James J. Davis)
* 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: Robert M. La Follette Jr.)
* 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)
* Government Organization (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; 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 Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: Leo Kocialkowski; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Burton K. Wheeler; 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 Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman:
John H. Bankhead II; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
* 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: Ernest Willard Gibson, Ernest W. Gibson)
* Lobbying Activities (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Robert J. Bulkley; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette Jr.)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
* 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)
* Merchant Marine (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
David I. Walsh; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
William Gibbs McAdoo
William Gibbs McAdoo Jr.McAdoo is variously differentiated from family members of the same name:
* Dr. William Gibbs McAdoo (1820–1894) – sometimes called "I" or "Senior"
* William Gibbs McAdoo (1863–1941) – sometimes called "II" or "Ju ...
; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
George McGill; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: J. Walter Lambeth; 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: Warren R. Austin)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman:
Alva B. Adams; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye)
* 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 Senatorial Campaign Expenditures, Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special)
* United States Senate Special Committee on the Taxation of Government Securities and Salaries, Taxation of Government Securities and Salaries (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Unemployment and Relief, Unemployment and Relief (Select)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Special Committee on Wildlife Resources, Wildlife Resources (Special) (Chairman: Vacant; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Special Committee on Wool Production, Wool Production (Special) (Chairman:
Alva B. Adams)
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 Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Edward T. Taylor; Ranking Member: John Taber)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Henry B. Steagall; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
* 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: Edith Nourse Rogers)
* 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: Lloyd Thurston)
* 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: Charles J. Colden; Ranking Member: Bertrand W. Gearhart)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Vincent L. Palmisano; Ranking Member: Everett M. Dirksen)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: William H. Larrabee; 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: Caroline O'Day; Ranking Member: George H. Tinkham)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Hancock)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Joseph H. 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: Charles Aubrey Eaton)
* 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: William M. Whittington; 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 Select Committee on Government Organization, Government Organization (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
* 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: Clarence F. Lea; Ranking Member: Carl E. Mapes)
* 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: Ulysses S. Guyer)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Kent E. Keller; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway)
* United States House Committee on Memorials, Memorials (Chairman: Pete Jarman; Ranking Member: Frank Crowther)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Andrew J. May; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joe L. Smith; Ranking Member:
Harry Lane 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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Charles D. Millard)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: William I. Sirovich; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley Jr.)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Allard H. Gasque; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James M. Mead; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley Jr.)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: J. Walter Lambeth; Ranking Member: Robert F. Rich)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Fritz G. Lanham; Ranking Member: J. Will Taylor)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: René L. De Rouen; Ranking Member:
Harry Lane 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 ...
)
* 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: Jesse P. Wolcott)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: John J. O'Connor (New York representative), John J. O'Connor; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Martin Jr.)
* 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
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Alfred Beiter; Ranking Member: Benjamin K. Focht)
* 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: Edith Nourse Rogers)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* Forestry (Chairman: Sen.
John H. Bankhead II)
* Government Organization
* Hawaii
* 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 ...
)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on to Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States, To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen.
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 Represe ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep. J. Walter Lambeth)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (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 ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep.
Robert L. Doughton)
* Tax Evasion and Avoidance
* Tennessee Valley Authority
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
[''Official Congressional Directory for the United States Congress.'' Washington: United States Government Printing Office. 1937. pp. 760.]
*Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
*Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
*Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack
Senate
*Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Reverend ZeBarney Thorne Phillips
(Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopalian)
*Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles L. Watkins
*Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Edwin Alexander Halsey
*United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Ruskin McArdle
*Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney
*Democratic Party Secretary: Leslie Biffle
*Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler
House of Representatives
*Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery
(Methodist)
*Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble
*Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
*Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
*Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
*Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Roger M. Calloway (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
*Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney
See also
* United States elections, 1936 (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1936 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1936
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1936
* United States elections, 1938 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1938
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1938
Notes
References
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