The 76th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the

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and the

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. It met in

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from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1941, during the seventh and eighth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the Fifteenth Census of the United States in 1930. Both chambers had a Democratic majority - holding a

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in the Senate, but a greatly reduced majority in the House, thus losing the supermajority there. With

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Roosevelt Roosevelt may refer to: *Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th U.S. president * Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd U.S. president Businesses and organisations * Roosevelt Hotel (disambiguation) * Roosevelt & Son, a merchant bank * Rooseve ...

, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government

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. The 76th is also the most recent Congress to have held a third session. Senate Chaplain delivers prayer 1939

Major events

* April 9, 1939: African-American singer

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performs before 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial in

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, after having been denied the use both of

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by the

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, and of a public high school by the federally controlled

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. * August 2, 1939:

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wrote to President

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about developing the

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using

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. This led to the creation of the

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. * September 5, 1939:

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: The United States declares its neutrality in the war. * November 4, 1939: World War II: President Roosevelt ordered the

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to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of

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s to non-belligerent nations. * November 15, 1939: President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the

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. * April 1, 1940:

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was also the census date for the 16th U.S. Census. * May 16, 1940: World War II: President Roosevelt, addressed a joint session of

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, asking for an extraordinary credit of approximately $900 million to finance construction of at least 50,000 airplanes per year. * June 5, 1940: World War II: The

passes bill S4025 which allows the Department of Defense to sell outdated equipment to belligerents in wartime. In practice this allows the Roosevelt administration to sell certain navy vessels to Great Britain. The vote is watched closely by both the

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and

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

. The Nazis hope that the bill does not pass, the British hope that it will. The bill passes 67-18 in the

. * June 10, 1940: World War II: President Roosevelt denounced Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech during the graduation ceremonies of the

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. * July 10, 1940: World War II: The

votes to confirm Frank Knox as Secretary of the Navy. The British hope he will be confirmed as he was openly sympathetic to them. Islationist Senators such as

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 ...

and Ellison D. Smith vote against the confirmation. * August 4, 1940: World War II: Gen. John J. Pershing, in a nationwide radio broadcast, urges all-out aid to

Britain Britain most often refers to: * The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands * Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...

in order to defend the Americas, while

Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance o ...

speaks to an

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rally at

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. *September, 1940: The Army's 45th Infantry Division (previously a National Guard Division in

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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 ...

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, and

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), was activated and ordered into federal service for 1 year, to engage in a training program in

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and

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 ...

, prior to serving in World War II. * September 2, 1940: World War II: An agreement between America and

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

was announced to the effect that 50 U.S. destroyers needed for escort work would be transferred to Great Britain. In return, America gained 99-year leases on British bases in the

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and

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. * September 26, 1940: World War II: The United States imposed a total

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on all scrap metal shipments to

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. * October 16, 1940: The draft registration of approximately 16 million men began in the United States. * October 29, 1940: The Selective Service System lottery was held in

* November 5, 1940:

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: Democratic incumbent

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defeated

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challenger

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and became the United States's first and only third-term president. * November 12, 1940: Case of

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, , decided, allowing a racially restrictive covenant to be lifted. * December 17, 1940: President Roosevelt, at his regular press conference, first outlined his plan to send aid to Great Britain that will become known as Lend-Lease. * December 29, 1940:

, in a fireside chat to the nation, declared that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy." * January 13, 1941: All persons born in

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after this day were declared U.S. citizens by birth, through federal law . * January 20, 1941: Chief Justice

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swore in President Roosevelt for a third term. * January 27, 1941: World War II: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew passed on to

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a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception about a planned surprise attack upon

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. * February 4, 1941: World War II: The

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(USO) was created to entertain American troops.

Hearings

* January 23, 1941: Aviator

testified before the Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with

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Major legislation

* April 3, 1939:

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, , * August 2, 1939:

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("Hatch Political Activity Act", "An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities"), ch. 410, * November 4, 1939: Neutrality Act of 1939, (" Cash and Carry Act"), ch. 2, * June 29, 1940: Alien Registration Act (Smith Act), 3d sess. ch. 439, * August 22, 1940: Act of August 22, 1940, ch. 686, , (including Investment Company Act of 1940,

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) * September 16, 1940:

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Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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(D) * President pro tempore:

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(D), until November 10, 1940 (died) ** William H. King (D), from November 19, 1940

Majority (Democratic) leadership

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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 ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Joshua B. Lee

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

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* Republican Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale * National Senatorial Committee Chair: John G. Townsend Jr.

House of Representatives

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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), until September 15, 1940 (died) ** Sam Rayburn (D), from September 16, 1940

Majority (Democratic) leadership

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: Sam Rayburn, until September 16, 1940 **

John W. McCormack John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both th ...

, from September 16, 1940 * Democratic Whip: Patrick J. Boland * Democratic Caucus Chairman:

, until September 16, 1940 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Patrick H. Drewry

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader: Joseph William Martin Jr. *

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 ...

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 * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: J. William Ditter

Members

Senate

Senators were 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 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1940; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1942; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1944.

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. Joseph Lister Hill (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 Fountain 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 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 Osage ...

: 2. John E. Miller (D) : 3.

Hattie Wyatt Caraway Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. She was the first woman to preside ...

(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 Warren Johnson (R) : 3.

Sheridan Downey Sheridan Downey (March 11, 1884 – October 25, 1961) was an American lawyer and a Democratic U.S. Senator from California from 1939 to 1950. Early life He was born in Laramie, the seat of Albany County in western Wyoming, the son of the ...

(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. Edwin Carl Johnson (D) : 3.

Alva Blanchard Adams Alva Blanchard Adams (October 29, 1875 – December 1, 1941) was a Democratic politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1923 until 1924 and again from 1933 to 1941. Biography Adams was born in Del Norte, Colorado an ...

(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 Thomas Maloney (D) : 3.

John A. Danaher John Anthony Danaher (January 9, 1899 – September 22, 1990) was a United States senator from Connecticut, and a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ...

(R)

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 Oscar Andrews (D) : 3.

Claude Denson 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)

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. Richard Brevard Russell (D) : 3. Walter Franklin George (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), until January 19, 1940 :: John W. Thomas (R), from January 27, 1940 : 3. D. Worth Clark (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.

James Hamilton Lewis James Hamilton Lewis (May 18, 1863 – April 9, 1939) was an American attorney and politician. Sometimes referred to as J. Ham Lewis or Ham Lewis, he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives, and Illinois in the Unite ...

(D), until April 9, 1939 ::

James M. Slattery James Michael Slattery (July 29, 1878 – August 28, 1948) was a United States senator from Illinois. Born in Chicago, he attended parochial schools and St. Ignatius College (now known as Loyola University Chicago). He was employed as a sec ...

(D), April 14, 1939 – November 21, 1940 ::

Charles W. Brooks Charles Wayland Brooks (March 8, 1897 – January 14, 1957) was a Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1940 to 1949. Early life Born in West Bureau, Illinois, Brooks served in the Marines during World War I as a first lieutenant fro ...

(R), from November 22, 1940 : 3.

Scott W. Lucas Scott Wike Lucas (February 19, 1892 – February 22, 1968) was an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1935–1939) and the U.S. Senate (1939–1 ...

(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.

(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.

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 M. Gillette (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 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. Clyde M. Reed (R)

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. Marvel Mills Logan (D), until October 3, 1939 :: Happy Chandler (D), from October 10, 1939 : 3. Alben William Barkley (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 Joseph 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 Democrat who was originally allied with Huey Long. As Senator he comp ...

(D) : 3. John Holmes Overton (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 ...

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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 Lovic Radcliffe (D) : 3. Millard Evelyn Tydings (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 ...

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David Ignatius Walsh David Ignatius Walsh (November 11, 1872June 11, 1947) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 46th Governor of Massachusetts before serving several terms in the United ...

(D) : 2. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)

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 Hendrick Vandenberg (R) : 2. Prentiss Marsh Brown (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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Joseph H. Ball Joseph Hurst Ball (November 3, 1905December 18, 1993) was an American journalist, politician and businessman. Ball served as a Republican senator from Minnesota from 1940 to 1949. He was a conservative in domestic policy and a leading foe of l ...

(R), from October 14, 1940

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 Gilmore Bilbo (D) : 2. Byron Patton Harrison (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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 Kendall Wheeler (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 ...

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Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

: 1. Edward Raymond Burke (D) : 2.

George William Norris George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913 ...

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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

: 1. Key Denson Pittman (D), until November 10, 1940 :: Berkeley L. Bunker (D), from November 27, 1940 : 3.

Patrick Anthony McCarran Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was an American farmer, attorney, judge, and Democratic politician who represented Nevada in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1954. McCarran was born in Reno, Nevada, atte ...

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New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

: 2. Styles Bridges (R) : 3. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

: 1. William Warren Barbour (R) : 2.

William Howell Smathers William Howell Smathers (January 7, 1891September 24, 1955) was a Democratic United States Senator from New Jersey, serving from 1937 to 1943. Biography Smathers was born on January 7, 1891, on a plantation near Waynesville, North Carolina. He a ...

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New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

: 1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (D) : 2. Carl Atwood Hatch (D)

New York

: 1. James Michael Mead (D) : 3.

Robert Ferdinand Wagner Robert Ferdinand Wagner I (June 8, 1877May 4, 1953) was an American politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Senator from New York from 1927 to 1949. Born in Prussia, Wagner migrated with his family to the United States in 1885. After graduating ...

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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

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Josiah William Bailey Josiah William Bailey (September 14, 1873 – December 15, 1946) was an American politician who served as a United States Senate, U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1931 to 1946. Early life and education Born in Warrenton, No ...

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Robert Rice Reynolds Robert Rice Reynolds (June 18, 1884 – February 13, 1963) was an American politician who served as a Democratic US senator from North Carolina from 1932 to 1945. Almost from the outset of his Senate career, "Our Bob," as he was known among ...

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North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...

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Lynn Frazier Lynn Joseph Frazier (December 21, 1874January 11, 1947) was an American educator and politician who served as the 12th Governor of North Dakota from 1917 until being recalled in 1921 and later served as a U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 192 ...

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Gerald Nye Gerald Prentice Nye (December 19, 1892 – July 17, 1971) was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1925 to 1945. He was a Republican and supporter of World War II-era isolationism, chairing the Ny ...

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Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

: 1. Alvin Victor Donahey (D) : 3.

Robert A. Taft Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was an American politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family. Taft represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate Majority Leade ...

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Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

: 2. Joshua B. Lee (D) : 3.

Elmer Thomas John William Elmer Thomas (September 8, 1876 – September 19, 1965) was a native of Indiana who moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1901, where he practiced law in Lawton. After statehood, he was elected to the first state senate, representing the L ...

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Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

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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. Rufus C. Holman (R)

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

: 1. Joseph F. Guffey (D) : 3. James J. Davis (R)

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

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Peter Goelet Gerry Peter Goelet Gerry (September 18, 1879 – October 31, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and later, as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. He is the only U.S. Senator in American hi ...

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Theodore Francis Green Theodore Francis Green (October 2, 1867May 19, 1966) was an American politician from Rhode Island. A Democrat, Green served as the 57th Governor of Rhode Island (1933–1937) and in the United States Senate (1937–1961). He was a wealthy ari ...

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South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

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James Francis Byrnes James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, mos ...

(D) : 3. Ellison Durant Smith (D)

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...

: 2. William John Bulow (D) : 3. J. Chandler Gurney (R)

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

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Kenneth D. McKellar Kenneth Douglas McKellar (January 29, 1869October 25, 1957) was an American politician from Tennessee who served as a United States Representative from 1911 until 1917 and as a United States Senator from 1917 until 1953. A Democrat, he served lo ...

(D) : 2. Tom Stewart (D)

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

: 1. Thomas Terry Connally (D) : 2.

Morris Sheppard John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as "the fa ...

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Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

: 1. William Henry King (D) : 3. Elbert Duncan Thomas (D)

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

: 1. Warren Robinson Austin (R) : 3.

Ernest Willard Gibson Ernest Willard Gibson (December 29, 1872June 20, 1940) was an American politician and lawyer from Vermont. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served in both the United States House of Representatives (1923-1933) and United Stat ...

(R), until June 20, 1940 :: Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (R), from June 24, 1940

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

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Harry Flood Byrd Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for four decades as head of a political faction that became known as the Byrd Organization. ...

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Carter Glass Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treasu ...

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Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States A metonym for the federal government of the United States Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

: 1. Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (D), until December 16, 1940 ::

Monrad Wallgren Monrad Charles Wallgren (April 17, 1891September 18, 1961) was an American politician who served as the 13th governor of Washington from 1945 to 1949, as well as representing that state in the United States House of Representatives and the United ...

(D), from December 19, 1940 : 3. Homer Truett Bone (D)

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

: 1. Rush D. Holt Sr. (D) : 2. Matthew Mansfield Neely (D)

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

: 1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (P) : 3.

Alexander Wiley Alexander Wiley (May 26, 1884 – October 26, 1967) was an American politician who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member. ...

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Wyoming Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...

: 1. Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (D) : 2.

Henry H. Schwartz Henry Herman "Harry" Schwartz (May 18, 1869April 24, 1955) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming. Schwartz was born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of Mercer County and C ...

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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 ...

: . Frank W. Boykin (D) : .

George M. Grant George McInvale Grant (July 11, 1897 – November 4, 1982) was an American politician and Democratic Representative from Alabama. Early life George McInvale Grant was born in Louisville, Alabama on July 11, 1897. He attended public schools ...

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Henry B. Steagall Henry Bascom Steagall (May 19, 1873 – November 22, 1943) was a United States representative from Alabama. He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency and in 1933, he co-sponsored the Glass–Steagall Act with Carter Glass, an ac ...

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Sam Hobbs Samuel Francis Hobbs (October 5, 1887 – May 31, 1952) was a United States Representative from Alabama. Biography Born in Selma, Alabama, Hobbs attended the public schools, Callaway's Preparatory School, Marion (Alabama) Military Institute ...

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Joe Starnes Joe Starnes (March 31, 1895 – January 9, 1962) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Early life Joe Starnes was born on March 31, 1895, in Guntersville, Alabama, and attended the public schools. Career He taught school in Marshall Cou ...

(D) : . Pete Jarman (D) : .

(D), until September 15, 1940 :: Zadoc L. Weatherford (D). from November 5, 1940 : .

John J. Sparkman John Jackson Sparkman (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was an American jurist and politician from the state of Alabama. A Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1946 and the United S ...

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Luther Patrick Luther Patrick (January 23, 1894 – May 26, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Early life Born near Decatur, Alabama, Patrick attended the local public schools, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, and Purdue University, L ...

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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 ...

: . John R. Murdock (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 ...

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Ezekiel C. Gathings Ezekiel Candler "Took" Gathings (November 10, 1903 – May 2, 1979) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, representing Arkansas' First Congressional District from 1939 to 1969. A segregationist conservative, Gathings was an ally of Strom T ...

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Wilbur D. Mills Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909 – May 2, 1992) was an American Democratic politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from ...

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Clyde T. Ellis Clyde Taylor Ellis (December 21, 1908 – February 9, 1980) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Biography Born on a farm near Garfield, Arkansas, Ellis was the son of Cecil ...

(D) : . William B. Cravens (D), until January 13, 1939 :: William F. Cravens (D), from September 12, 1939 : .

David D. Terry David Dickson Terry (January 31, 1881 – October 6, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1933 to 1943. He was the son of William Leake Terry. Biography Born in Little Ro ...

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William F. Norrell William Frank Norrell (August 29, 1896 – February 15, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas' former 6th congressional district. Upon his death, he was succeeded in Congress by his widow, Catherine Dorris Norrell. Born in Milo in A ...

(D) : . Wade H. Kitchens (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 ...

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Clarence F. Lea Clarence Frederick Lea (July 11, 1874 – June 20, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician who served 16 terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1917 to 1949. Biography Lea was born near Highland Springs, California, in southwe ...

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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 ...

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Frank H. Buck Frank Henry Buck (September 23, 1887 – September 17, 1942) was an American heir, businessman and politician. He served as U.S. Representative from California from 1933 to 1942. Biography Early life Frank Buck was born on a ranch near Vac ...

(D) : . Franck R. Havenner (P) : .

Richard J. Welch Richard Joseph Welch (February 13, 1869 – September 10, 1949) was an American county clerk and politician. He sat in the United States House of Representatives for 12 terms from 1926 to 1949, serving a district in San Francisco, California. B ...

(R) : . Albert E. Carter (R) : .

John H. Tolan John Harvey Tolan (; January 15, 1877 – June 30, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1935 to 1947. Biography Born in St. Peter, Minnesota, Tolan attended the public ...

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Jack Z. Anderson John Zuinglius Anderson (March 22, 1904 – February 9, 1981) was an American farmer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1939 to 1953. Early life and career Born in Oakland, California, Anderson ...

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Bertrand W. Gearhart Bertrand Wesley "Bud" Gearhart (May 31, 1890 – October 11, 1955) was an American lawyer and Politics of the United States, politician. Gearhart, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, served as the United States House of Representatives ...

(R) : . Alfred J. Elliott (D) : .

John Carl Hinshaw John Carl Hinshaw (July 28, 1894 – August 5, 1956) was a United States representative from California from 1939 to 1956. Biography He was born in Chicago, Illinois, son of William Wade and Anna Williams Hinshaw. He attended the public school ...

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Jerry Voorhis Horace Jeremiah "Jerry" Voorhis (April 6, 1901 – September 11, 1984) was a Democratic politician and educator from California who served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1947, representing the 12th ...

(D) : . Charles Kramer (D) : . Thomas F. Ford (D) : .

John M. Costello John Martin Costello (January 15, 1903 – August 28, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1935 to 1945. Early life and career Born in Los Angeles, California, the son ...

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Leland M. Ford Leland Merritt Ford (March 8, 1893 – November 27, 1965) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from California from 1939 to 1943. Early life and career ...

(R) : . Lee E. Geyer (D) : . Thomas M. Eaton (R), until September 16, 1939 : .

Harry R. Sheppard Harry Richard Sheppard (January 10, 1885 – April 28, 1969) was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1937 to 1965, Biography Born in Mobile, Alabama, Sheppard attended the public sch ...

(D) : . Edouard V. M. Izac (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 ...

: . Lawrence Lewis (D) : . Fred N. Cummings (D) : . John A. Martin (D), until December 23, 1939 :: William E. Burney (D), from November 5, 1940 : . Edward T. Taylor (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 ...

: . B. J. Monkiewicz (R) : . William J. Miller (R) : . Thomas R. Ball (R) : . James A. Shanley (D) : . Albert E. Austin (R) : .

J. Joseph Smith John Joseph Smith (January 25, 1904 – February 16, 1980) was an American lawyer, a United States representative from Connecticut, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a United States dis ...

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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 ...

: . George S. Williams (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 ...

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J. Hardin Peterson James Hardin Peterson (February 11, 1894 – March 28, 1978) was a U.S. Representative from Florida. Early life and career Peterson was born in Batesburg, South Carolina. His family moved to Lakeland, Florida, in 1903, and he attended the publ ...

(D) : . Robert A. Green (D) : .

Millard F. Caldwell Millard Fillmore Caldwell (February 6, 1897 – October 23, 1984) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist. He was the 29th governor of Florida (1945–1949) and served in all three branches of government at various times in his life, ...

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Pat Cannon Arthur Patrick Cannon (May 22, 1904 – January 23, 1966) was a four-term United States Representative from Florida, serving from 1939 to 1947. Early life and education Cannon was born in Powder Springs, Georgia and later moved to Laurens C ...

(D) : . Joe Hendricks (D)

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 ...

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Hugh Peterson Hugh Peterson (August 21, 1898 – October 3, 1961) was a U.S. political figure and lawyer from the state of Georgia. Life Peterson was born near Ailey, Georgia in 1898 and attended the Brewton–Parker Institute in Mount Vernon, Georgia ...

(D) : . Edward E. Cox (D) : . Stephen Pace (D) : .

Emmett M. Owen Emmett Marshall Owen (October 19, 1877 – June 21, 1939) was an American politician, educator, farmer and lawyer. Early life and education Owen was born near Hollonville, Georgia, in Pike County. He graduated from the Gordon Institute in 1 ...

(D), until June 21, 1939 :: A. Sidney Camp (D), from August 1, 1939 : . Robert Ramspeck (D) : .

Carl Vinson Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democratic ...

(D) : . Malcolm C. Tarver (D) : . W. Benjamin Gibbs (D), until August 7, 1940 :: Florence R. Gibbs (D), from October 1, 1940 : . B. Frank Whelchel (D) : .

Paul Brown Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 – August 5, 1991) was an American football coach and executive in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). Brown was both the co-founder and first coach of the Clevela ...

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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 ...

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Compton I. White Compton Ignatius White, Sr. (July 31, 1877 – March 31, 1956), was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Idaho Panhandle, Northern Idaho. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he represented Idaho's 1st c ...

(D) : . Henry C. Dworshak (R)

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 ...

: . John C. Martin (D) : . Thomas V. Smith (D) : .

Arthur W. Mitchell Arthur Wergs Mitchell, Sr. (December 22, 1883 – May 9, 1968), was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. For his entire congressional career from 1935 to 1943, he was the only African American in Congress. Mitchell was the first African American ...

(D) : . Raymond S. McKeough (D) : .

Edward A. Kelly Edward Austin Kelly (April 3, 1892 – August 30, 1969) was a businessman and politician from Chicago, Illinois. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1943 and 1945 to 1947. B ...

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Harry P. Beam Harry Peter Beam (November 23, 1892 – December 31, 1967) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1931 to 1942. Early life and career Born in Peoria, Illinois, Beam moved with his parents to Chicago, ...

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Adolph J. Sabath Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in Bethesda, Maryland on November 6, 1952. From 19 ...

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Leo Kocialkowski Leo Paul Kocialkowski (August 16, 1882 – September 27, 1958) was an American politician who served 5 terms as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1933 to 1943. Biography Kocialkowski was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son o ...

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James McAndrews James McAndrews (October 22, 1862 – August 31, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in business, serving as buildi ...

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Ralph E. Church Ralph Edwin Church (May 5, 1883 – March 21, 1950) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1917 to 1932 and then represented the northern suburbs of Chicago in the United Sta ...

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Chauncey W. Reed Chauncey William Reed (June 2, 1890 – February 9, 1956) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. Reed was born in West Chicago, Illinois to William Thomas Reed and Margaret Reed. Reed's father held se ...

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Noah M. Mason __NOTOC__ Noah Morgan Mason (July 19, 1882 – March 29, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. A conservative Republican, he served 13 terms representing first the state's 12th congressional district and then, after a redrawing of bou ...

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Anton J. Johnson Anton Joseph Johnson (October 20, 1878 – April 16, 1958) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Peoria, Illinois to Sweden, Swedish immigrant parents, Johnson attended the public schools and ...

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Robert B. Chiperfield Robert Bruce Chiperfield (November 20, 1899 - April 9, 1971), son of United States Congressman Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield, was an Illinois lawyer and 12-term U.S. Representative from Illinois. He served as chairman of the House Committee on ...

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Leslie C. Arends Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1935 until 1974. A native and lifelong resident of Melvin, Illinois, Arends attend ...

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Jessie Sumner Jessie Sumner (July 17, 1898 – August 10, 1994) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Milford, Illinois, Sumner attended the public schools. She graduated from Girton School, Winnetka, Illinois, in 1916 and Smith College, Northam ...

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William H. Wheat William Howard Wheat (February 19, 1879 – January 16, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Kahoka, Missouri, Wheat attended the public schools of Brookfield and Chillicothe, Missouri, and Chaddock College and Gem City Busin ...

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Claude V. Parsons Claude VanCleve Parsons (October 7, 1895 – May 23, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born on a farm near McCormick, Pope County, Illinois, Parsons attended the public schools. He taught in the rural schools of Pope County, Illin ...

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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 ...

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Robert A. Grant Robert Allen Grant (July 31, 1905 – March 2, 1998) was a United States representative from Indiana and later a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. E ...

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George W. Gillie George W. Gillie (August 15, 1880 – July 3, 1963) was an American veterinarian and politician who served five terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1939 to 1949. Biography Born in Berwickshire, ...

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Forest A. Harness Forest Arthur Harness (June 24, 1895 – July 29, 1974) was an American lawyer, World War I veteran, and politician who served five terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1939 to 1949. Biograph ...

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Noble J. Johnson Noble Jacob Johnson (August 23, 1887 – March 17, 1968) was a United States representative from Indiana and an United States federal judge, Associate Judge and Chief Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. Education and ...

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Gerald W. Landis Gerald Wayne Landis (February 23, 1895 – September 6, 1971) was an American educator and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1939 to 1949. Biography Born in Bloomfield, Indiana, Landis attended the pub ...

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Louis Ludlow Louis Leon Ludlow (June 24, 1873 – November 28, 1950) was a Democratic Indiana congressman; he proposed a constitutional amendment early in 1938 requiring a national referendum on any U.S. declaration of war except in cases of direct atta ...

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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 ...

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Thomas E. Martin Thomas Ellsworth Martin (January 18, 1893June 27, 1971) was a United States representative and Senator from Iowa. Martin, a Republican, served in Congress for 22 consecutive years, from January 1939 to January 1961. Born in Melrose, Iowa, he ...

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John W. Gwynne John Williams Gwynne (October 20, 1889 – July 5, 1972) was a seven-term Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district, and a Federal Trade Commission member and chairman during ...

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Henry O. Talle Henry Oscar Talle (January 12, 1892 – March 14, 1969) was an economics professor and a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa. He served in the United States Congress for twenty years from 1939 until 1959. Background Born on ...

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Karl M. LeCompte Karl Miles LeCompte (May 25, 1887 – September 30, 1972) was a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from south-central Iowa. He won ten consecutive races from 1938 to 1956, before choosing not to run again in 1958. Born in Corydon, Iowa ...

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Cassius C. Dowell Cassius Clay Dowell (February 29, 1864 – February 4, 1940) was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to 1935, and again from 1937 until his death in 1940, with the interregnum caused by an unsuccessful campaign for re ...

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Fred C. Gilchrist Fred Cramer Gilchrist (June 2, 1868 – March 10, 1950) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa, from 1931 to 1945. Born in California, Pennsylvania, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Gilchrist moved with his parents to ...

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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 ...

: . William P. Lambertson (R) : . U. S. Guyer (R) : . Thomas Daniel Winter (R) : .

Edward Herbert Rees Edward Herbert Rees (June 3, 1886 – October 25, 1969) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born on a farm near Emporia, Kansas, his father and maternal grandparents were all born in Wales. Rees attended the public schools and the Kansas S ...

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John Mills Houston John Mills Houston (September 15, 1890 – April 29, 1975) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the 5th congressional district of Kansas from 1935 to 1943. He was also a member of the National Labor Relations Boa ...

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Frank Carlson Frank Carlson (January 23, 1893May 30, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to ...

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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 ...

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Noble J. Gregory Noble Jones Gregory (August 30, 1897 – September 26, 1971) was a Democrat, who represented Kentucky for eleven terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1937 to 1959. Biography Gregory was born and raised in Mayfield, Kentuck ...

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Emmet O'Neal Emmet O'Neal (September 23, 1853 – September 7, 1922) was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who was the 34th Governor of Alabama from 1911 to 1915. He was a reformer in the progressive mold, and is best known for securing the ...

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Brent Spence Brent Spence (December 24, 1874 – September 18, 1967), a native of Newport, Kentucky, was a long time Democratic Congressman, attorney, and banker from Northern Kentucky. Spence was born in Newport, Kentucky to Philip and Virginia (Berry) ...

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Virgil Chapman Virgil Munday Chapman (March 15, 1895March 8, 1951) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate. Chapman, originally from Middleton, ...

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Andrew J. May Andrew Jackson May (June 24, 1875 – September 6, 1959) was a Kentucky attorney, an influential New Deal-era politician, and chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, infamous for his rash disclosure of classified nav ...

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Joe B. Bates Joseph Bengal Bates (October 29, 1893 – September 10, 1965) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Republican, Kentucky, Bates attended the public schools and the Mountain Training School at Hi ...

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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 ...

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Paul H. Maloney Paul Herbert Maloney (February 14, 1876 – March 26, 1967) was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1914 to 1916. Later, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served ...

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Overton Brooks Thomas Overton Brooks (December 21, 1897 – September 16, 1961) was a Democratic U.S. representative from the Shreveport-based Fourth Congressional District of northwestern Louisiana, having served for a quarter century beginning on Janu ...

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John K. Griffith John Keller Griffith (October 16, 1882 – September 25, 1942) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Born in Baton Rouge, he earned a college degree from Louisiana State Universi ...

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A. Leonard Allen Asa Leonard Allen (January 5, 1891 – January 5, 1969) was an educator, attorney, and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana. He served eight terms as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat from ...

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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 ...

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Margaret Chase Smith Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...

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Ralph Owen Brewster Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22, 1888 – December 25, 1961) was an American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican, served as the 54th Governor of Maine from 1925 to 1929, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935 to 1941 and in t ...

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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 ...

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William P. Cole Jr. William Purington Cole Jr. (May 11, 1889 – September 22, 1957) was an American jurist and politician. From 1927 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1942, Cole was a United States representative who represented the United States House of Representatives, ...

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Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. Thomas Ludwig John D'Alesandro Jr. (August 1, 1903 – August 23, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 39th mayor of Baltimore from 1947 to 1959. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented in the United States H ...

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Lansdale G. Sasscer Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer (September 30, 1893 – November 5, 1964) represented the Maryland's 5th congressional district, fifth district of the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives for seven terms from 1939 to 1953. ...

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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 ...

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Edith Nourse Rogers Edith Rogers (née Nourse; March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare Volunteering, volunteer and politician who served in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts ...

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Lawrence J. Connery Lawrence Joseph Connery (October 17, 1895 – October 19, 1941) was a United States House Representative from Massachusetts. Life and career Connery was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on October 17, 1895. He attended the local parochial and pu ...

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Arthur D. Healey Arthur Daniel Healey (December 29, 1889 – September 16, 1948) was a Democratic United States Representative from Massachusetts from 1933 to 1942 and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massac ...

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Robert Luce Robert Luce (December 2, 1862 – April 7, 1946) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Biography Born in Auburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, Massachusetts. He gra ...

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Richard B. Wigglesworth Richard Bowditch "Dick" Wigglesworth (April 25, 1891 – October 22, 1960) was an American football player and coach and United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston. He graduated from Milton Academy in 1908. He attend ...

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Charles L. Gifford Charles Laceille Gifford (March 15, 1871 – August 23, 1947) was a United States representative from Massachusetts He was born in Cotuit on March 15, 1871. Through his father he was a descendant of Robert Pike, George Phillips, Richard Salt ...

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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 ...

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Earl C. Michener Earl Cory Michener (November 30, 1876 – July 4, 1957) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Michener had German American, German ancestry. He was born near Attica, Ohio, Attica in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to A ...

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Paul W. Shafer Paul Werntz Shafer (April 27, 1893 – August 17, 1954) was a politician and judge from Michigan. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1937 until his death. Biography Shafer was born in Elkhart, Indiana on Apr ...

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Clare E. Hoffman Clare Eugene Hoffman (September 10, 1875 – November 3, 1967) was a United States representative from Michigan's 4th congressional district. Background Hoffman was born in Vicksburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public s ...

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Carl E. Mapes Carl Edgar Mapes (December 26, 1874 – December 12, 1939) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Mapes was born on a farm near Kalamo, Michigan, to Selah W. and Sarah Ann (Brooks) Mapes. His father was born in New York (state), New Y ...

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Bartel J. Jonkman Bartel John Jonkman (April 28, 1884 – June 13, 1955) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Jonkman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he attended the public schools. He was of Dutch (ethnic group), Dutch descent. He graduated ...

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William W. Blackney William Wallace Blackney (August 28, 1876 – March 14, 1963) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served eight terms in the United States House of Representatives. Early life and education Blackney was born in Clio, Michigan, a ...

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Jesse P. Wolcott Jesse Paine Wolcott (March 3, 1893 – January 28, 1969) was a politician and soldier from the U.S. state of Michigan. Wolcott was born to William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy (Paine) Wolcott in Gardner, Massachusetts and attended the comm ...

(R) : . Fred L. Crawford (R) : . Albert J. Engel (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (R) : . Fred Bradley (R) : . Frank Hook (D) : . Clarence McLeod (R) : . Louis C. Rabaut (D) : . John D. Dingell Sr. (D) : .

John Lesinski Sr. John Lesinski Sr. (January 3, 1885 – May 27, 1950) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was the father of John Lesinski Jr., who succeeded him in the United States House of Representatives. Early life Lesinski was born in Erie ...

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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 ...

: . August H. Andresen (R) : . Elmer Ryan (D) : . John G. Alexander (R) : . Melvin Maas (R) : .

Oscar Youngdahl Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl (October 13, 1893 – February 3, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota. He was the older brother of Minnesota Governor and United States federal judge Luther Youngdahl. Youngdahl was born in M ...

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Harold Knutson Harold Knutson (October 20, 1880 – August 21, 1953) was an American politician and journalist, who represented Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1949 as a member of the Republican Party. From 1919 to 192 ...

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H. Carl Andersen Herman Carl Andersen (January 27, 1897 – July 26, 1978) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. Background Herman Carl Andersen was born in Newcastle, Washington. He was the son of Charles Carl Andersen (1858-1940?) and Lorena Nielson ( ...

(R) : . William Pittenger (R) : . Rich T. Buckler (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 ...

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John E. Rankin John Elliott Rankin (March 29, 1882 – November 26, 1960) was a Democratic politician from Mississippi who served sixteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1921 to 1953. He was co-author of the bill for the Tennessee Valley A ...

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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), until December 31, 1940 : . Charles Arthur Anderson (D) : . John J. Cochran (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . Jacob Thorkelson (R) : . James F. O'Connor (D)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . George H. Heinke (R), until January 2, 1940 :: John Hyde Sweet (R), from April 19, 1940 : . Charles F. McLaughlin (D) : . Karl Stefan (R) : . Carl T. Curtis (R) : . 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) : . Foster Waterman Stearns (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Charles A. Wolverton (R) : . Walter S. Jeffries (R) : . William H. Sutphin (D) : . D. Lane Powers (R) : . Charles A. Eaton (R) : . Donald H. McLean (R) : . J. Parnell Thomas (R) : . George N. Seger (R), until August 26, 1940 : . Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R) : . Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R) : . Albert L. Vreeland (R) : . Robert W. Kean (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) : . Leonard W. Hall (R) : . 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), until December 17, 1939 :: Morris Michael Edelstein (D), from February 6, 1940 : . Michael J. Kennedy (D) : . James H. Fay (D) : . Bruce Barton (R) : . Martin J. Kennedy (D) : . Sol Bloom (D) : . Vito Marcantonio (AL) : . Joseph A. Gavagan (D) : . Edward W. Curley (D), until January 6, 1940 :: Walter A. Lynch (D), from February 20, 1940 : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . James M. Fitzpatrick (D) : . Ralph A. Gamble (R) : . Hamilton Fish III, Hamilton Fish (R) : . Lewis K. Rockefeller (R) : . William T. Byrne (D) : . E. Harold Cluett (R) : . Frank Crowther (R) : . Wallace E. Pierce (R), until January 3, 1940 :: Clarence E. Kilburn (R), from February 13, 1940 : . Francis D. Culkin (R) : . Fred J. Douglas (R) : . Bert Lord (R), until May 24, 1939 :: Edwin Arthur Hall, Edwin A. Hall (R), from November 7, 1939 : . Clarence E. Hancock (R) : . John Taber (R) : . W. Sterling Cole (R) : . Joseph J. O'Brien (R) : . James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R) : . Walter G. Andrews (R) : . J. Francis Harter (R) : . Pius Schwert (D) : . Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Lindsay C. Warren (D), until October 31, 1940 :: Herbert C. Bonner (D), from November 5, 1940 : . John H. Kerr (D) : . Graham A. Barden (D) : . Harold D. Cooley (D) : . Alonzo D. Folger (D) : . Carl T. Durham (D) : . J. Bayard Clark (D) : . William O. Burgin (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

: . George H. Bender (R) : . L. L. Marshall (R) : . Charles H. Elston (R) : . William E. Hess (R) : . Harry N. Routzohn (R) : . Robert Franklin Jones (R) : . Cliff Clevenger (R) : . James G. Polk (D) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Frederick C. Smith (R) : . John F. Hunter (D) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Harold K. Claypool (D) : . John M. Vorys (R) : . Dudley A. White (R) : . Dow W. Harter (D) : . Robert T. Secrest (D) : . James Seccombe (R) : . William A. Ashbrook (D), until January 1, 1940 :: J. Harry McGregor (R), from February 27, 1940 : . Earl R. Lewis (R) : . Michael J. Kirwan (D) : . Martin L. Sweeney (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Chester C. Bolton (R), until October 29, 1939 :: Frances P. Bolton (R), from February 27, 1940

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) : . A. S. Mike Monroney (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) : . Homer D. Angell (R)

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), until March 12, 1939 :: John E. Sheridan (politician), John E. Sheridan (D), from November 7, 1939 : . Fred C. Gartner (R) : . Francis J. Myers (D) : . George P. Darrow (R) : . James Wolfenden (R) : . Charles L. Gerlach (R) : . J. Roland Kinzer (R) : . Patrick J. Boland (D) : . J. Harold Flannery (D) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . Guy L. Moser (D) : . Albert G. Rutherford (R) : . Robert F. Rich (R) : . J. William Ditter (R) : . Richard M. Simpson (R) : . John C. Kunkel (R) : . Benjamin Jarrett (R) : . Francis E. Walter (D) : . Chester H. Gross (R) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . J. Buell Snyder (D) : . Charles I. Faddis (D) : . Louis E. Graham (R) : . Harve Tibbott (R) : . Robert G. Allen (D) : . Robert L. Rodgers (R) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . John McDowell (Pennsylvania politician), John McDowell (R) : . Herman P. Eberharter (D) : . Joseph A. McArdle (D) : . Matthew A. Dunn (D)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Charles Risk (R) : . Harry Sandager (R)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . Thomas S. McMillan (D), until September 29, 1939 :: Clara Gooding McMillan (D), from November 7, 1939 : . Hampton P. Fulmer (D) : . Butler B. Hare (D) : . Joseph R. Bryson (D) : . James P. Richards (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Karl E. Mundt (R) : . Francis Case (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . B. Carroll Reece (R) : . J. Will Taylor (R), until November 14, 1939 :: John Jennings Jr. (R), from December 30, 1939 : . Sam D. McReynolds (D), until July 11, 1939 :: Estes Kefauver (D), from September 13, 1939 : . Albert A. Gore Sr. (D) : . Jo Byrns Jr. (D) : . Clarence W. Turner (D), until March 23, 1939 :: W. Wirt Courtney (D), from May 11, 1939 : . Herron C. Pearson (D) : . Jere Cooper (D) : . Walter Chandler, Clift Chandler (D), until January 2, 1940 :: Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D), from February 15, 1940

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Martin Dies Jr. (D) : . Lindley Beckworth (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) : . Lyndon B. Johnson (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Fritz G. Lanham (D) : . Ed Gossett (D) : . Richard M. Kleberg (D) : . Milton H. West (D) : . R. Ewing Thomason (D) : . Clyde L. Garrett (D) : . John Marvin Jones, Marvin Jones (D), until November 20, 1940 : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Paul J. Kilday (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 Darden (D) : . Dave E. Satterfield Jr. (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

: . Warren G. Magnuson (D) : . Monrad C. Wallgren (D), until December 19, 1940 : . 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

: . A. C. Schiffler (R) : . 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

: . Stephen Bolles (R) : . Charles Hawks Jr. (R) : . Harry W. Griswold (R), until July 4, 1939 : . John C. Schafer (R) : . Lewis D. Thill (R) : . Frank B. Keefe (R) : . Reid F. Murray (R) : . Joshua L. Johns (R) : . Merlin Hull (P) : . Bernard J. Gehrmann (P)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Frank O. Horton (R)

Non-voting members

: . Anthony Dimond, Anthony J. Dimond (D) : . Samuel Wilder King (R) : . Joaquin Miguel Elizalde (I) : . Santiago Iglesias Pantín (Coalitionist), until December 5, 1939 :: Bolívar Pagán (Resident Commissioner) (Socialist Party (Puerto Rico), Soc.), from December 26, 1939

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate

, - ,

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) , nowrap , J. Hamilton Lewis (D) , Died April 9, 1939.
Successor appointed April 14, 1939, to continue the term. , nowrap ,

(D) , April 14, 1939 , - ,

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) , nowrap , M. M. Logan (D) , Died October 3, 1939.
Successor appointed October 10, 1939, to continue the term.
Successor United States Senate special election in Kentucky, 1940, elected November 5, 1940, to finish the term. , nowrap , Happy Chandler (D) , October 10, 1939 , - ,

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) , nowrap , William Borah, William E. Borah (R) , Died January 19, 1940.
Successor appointed January 27, 1940, to continue the term.
Successor United States Senate special election in Idaho, 1940, elected November 5, 1940, to finish the term. , nowrap , John W. Thomas (R) , January 27, 1940 , - ,

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

(3) , nowrap , Ernest Willard Gibson, Ernest W. Gibson (R) , Died June 20, 1940.
Successor appointed June 24, 1940, to continue the term. , nowrap , Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (R) , June 24, 1940 , - ,

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) , nowrap ,

(FL) , Died August 31, 1940.
Successor appointed October 14, 1940, to continue the term.
Successor lost election to finish the term. , nowrap ,

(R) , October 14, 1940 , - ,

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

(1) , nowrap ,

(D) , Died November 10, 1940.
Successor appointed November 27, 1940, to continue finish the term, also appointed to serve in the next term. , nowrap , Berkeley L. Bunker (D) , November 27, 1940 , - ,

(2) , nowrap ,

(D) , Interim appointee lost election November 21, 1940, to finish the term. , nowrap ,

(R) , November 22, 1940 , - ,

(1) , nowrap , Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D) , Resigned December 16, 1940, to become judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
Successor appointed December 19, 1940, to finish the term. , nowrap ,

(D) , December 19, 1940

House of Representatives

, - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep. Stephen Warfield Gambrill, Stephen W. Gambrill died in previous Congress , , Lansdale Sasscer (D) , February 3, 1939 , - , , , William B. Cravens (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 13, 1939 , , William F. Cravens (D) , September 12, 1939 , - , , , J. Burrwood Daly (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 12, 1939 , , John E. Sheridan (politician), John E. Sheridan (D) , November 7, 1939 , - , , , Clarence W. Turner (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 23, 1939 , , W. Wirt Courtney (D) , May 11, 1939 , - , , , Thomas Alan Goldsborough, Thomas A. Goldsborough (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned April 5, 1939, after being appointed associate justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia , , David Jenkins Ward, David J. Ward (D) , June 8, 1939 , - , , , Bert Lord (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 24, 1939 , , Edwin Arthur Hall, Edwin A. Hall (R) , November 7, 1939 , - , , , Emmett Marshall Owen, Emmett M. Owen (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 21, 1939 , , Albert Sidney Camp, A. Sidney Camp (D) , August 1, 1939 , - , , , Harry W. Griswold (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 4, 1939 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Sam D. McReynolds (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 11, 1939 , , Estes Kefauver (D) , September 13, 1939 , - , , , Thomas M. Eaton (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 16, 1939 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Thomas S. McMillan (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 29, 1939 , , Clara G. McMillan (D) , November 7, 1939 , - , , , Chester C. Bolton (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 29, 1939 , , Frances P. Bolton (R) , February 27, 1940 , - , , , J. Will Taylor (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died November 14, 1939 , , John Jennings (American politician), John Jennings Jr. (R) , December 30, 1939 , - , , Santiago Iglesias (Coalitionist) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 5, 1939 , Bolívar Pagán (Socialist) , December 26, 1939 , - , , , John A. Martin (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 23, 1939 , , William E. Burney (D) , November 5, 1940 , - , , ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 12, 1939 , ,

(R) , February 19, 1940 , - , , , William I. Sirovich (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 17, 1939 , , Morris Michael Edelstein, Morris M. Edelstein (D) , February 6, 1940 , - , , , William A. Ashbrook (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 1, 1940 , , J. Harry McGregor (R) , February 27, 1940 , - , , , George H. Heinke (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 2, 1940 , , John Hyde Sweet, John H. Sweet (R) , April 19, 1940 , - , , , Walter Chandler, Clift Chandler (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 2, 1940, after being elected Mayor of Memphis , , Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D) , February 15, 1940 , - , , , Wallace E. Pierce (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 3, 1940 , , Clarence E. Kilburn (R) , February 13, 1940 , - , , , Edward W. Curley (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 6, 1940 , , Walter A. Lynch (D) , February 20, 1940 , - , , ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died February 4, 1940 , , Robert K. Goodwin (R) , March 5, 1940 , - , , , Clyde H. Smith, Clyde Smith (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 8, 1940 , ,

(R) , June 3, 1940 , - , , , W. Benjamin Gibbs (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 7, 1940 , , Florence Reville Gibbs (D) , October 1, 1940 , - , , , George N. Seger (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 26, 1940 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 15, 1940 , , Zadoc L. Weatherford (D) , November 5, 1940 , - , , , Lindsay Carter Warren, Lindsay C. Warren (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 31, 1940, after being appointed Comptroller General of the United States , , Herbert Covington Bonner, Herbert C. Bonner (D) , November 5, 1940 , - , , , John Marvin Jones (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 20, 1940, to become judge of the United States Court of Claims , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 15, 1940, to become Collector of Internal Revenue for New Orleans District , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 19, 1940, after being appointed to the US Senate having already been elected. , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1940, to become candidate for Circuit attorney of St. Louis , 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 Aquatic Life, Aquatic Life (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:

; 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.) * United States Senate Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures Investigation, Campaign Expenditures Investigation (Special) (Chairman: Guy M. Gillette) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman: William J. Bulow; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Special Committee on Civil Service Laws, Civil Service Laws (Special) * United States Senate Special Committee on the Civil Service System, Civil Service System (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Edward R. Burke; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Special Committee on Court Reorganization and Judicial Procedure, Court Reorganization and Judicial Procedure (Special) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: William H. King; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: Elbert D. Thomas; Ranking Member: William E. Borah then Robert M. La Follette Jr.) ** 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) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James J. Davis) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Pat Harrison; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William E. Borah then Hiram W. Johnson) * United States Senate Select Committee on Government Organization, 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:

; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier) * United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Irrigation on Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: John H. Bankhead II; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member: William E. Borah then George W. Norris) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Ernest Willard Gibson, Ernest W. Gibson then

) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: John H. Overton; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joseph F. Guffey; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier) * 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: Homer T. Bone; Ranking Member: George W. Norris) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:

; 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:

; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale (U.S. senator), Frederick Hale) * 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 Small Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises (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: Vacant) * 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 Special Committee on the Anthracite Emergency Program, Anthracite Emergency Program (Special) * 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:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: Matthew A. Dunn; Ranking Member: J. Roland Kinzer) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman: Robert Ramspeck; Ranking Member:

) * 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: Clarence E. Hancock) * 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: Alfred J. Elliott; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Everett Dirksen) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: William H. Larrabee; Ranking Member: George Anthony Dondero, George A. Dondero) * 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: Milton West; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Hancock) * 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:

) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Claude 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:

) * United States House Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control (Chairman: William M. Whittington; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Sol Bloom; 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:

) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John Lesinski Sr., John Lesinski; Ranking Member: Owen Brewster) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate Interstate Migration of Destitute Citizens, Investigate Interstate Migration of Destitute Citizens (Select) (Chairman: N/A) * United States House Special Committee to Investigate the National Labor Relations Board, Investigate the National Labor Relations Board (Special) (Chairman: N/A) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman:

; 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:

) * United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway) * United States House Committee on Memorials, Memorials (Chairman: Alfred Bulwinkle; Ranking Member: Frank Crowther) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joe L. Smith; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Melvin J. Maas) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Charles Kramer; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley Jr.) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley Jr.) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: N/A; 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: Rene L. DeRouen; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: Eugene J. Keogh; Ranking Member:

) * 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:

) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:

; 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:

) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Reuben T. Wood; Ranking Member:

) * 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:

; Ranking Member:

) * 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) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly * United States Congress Joint Committee on Forestry, Forestry * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen.

) * United States Congress Joint Committee on to Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States, To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States (Chairman: N/A; Vice Chairman: Rep.

) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: N/A; Vice Chairman: Sen.

) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton; Vice Chairman: Sen. Pat Harrison) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Valley Authority (Chairman: Sen. A. Victor Donahey; Vice Chairman: N/A)

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: vacant, until April 11, 1939 ** Fred H. Brown, April 11, 1939 - June 19, 1940 ** vacant, June 19, 1940 - November 1, 1940 ** Lindsay C. Warren, from November 1, 1940 *Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam, until 1939 ** Archibald MacLeish, from 1939 *Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack

Senate

*Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: ZeBarney Thorne Phillips (Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal) *Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins (Senate Parliamentarian), Charles Watkins * Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Leslie Biffle * Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: Carl A. Loeffler *Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey *United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Ruskin McArdle *Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney

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 *Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler *Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Finis E. Scott *Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott *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