The 78th 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, 1943, to January 3, 1945, during the last two years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority - albeit greatly reduced from the

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, with the Democrats losing their

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in the House and Senate. Along with

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Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...

, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government

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Major events

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continued (1941–1945) * June 6, 1944:

Battle of Normandy Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Norm ...

* November 7, 1944:

General elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

: ** President Roosevelt was re-elected to a fourth term. ** Senate Democrats kept their majority despite 1-seat net loss. ** House Democrats increased their majority with a 20-seat net gain.

Major legislation

* December 17, 1943:

Magnuson Act The Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943, also known as the Magnuson Act, was an immigration law proposed by U.S. Representative (later Senator) Warren G. Magnuson of Washington and signed into law on December 17, 1943, in the United States. It ...

(Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943), Sess. 1, ch. 344, * February 3, 1944:

Mustering-out Payment Act The Mustering-out Payment Act is a United States federal law passed in 1944. It provided money to Soldier, servicemen, returning from the Second World War, to help them restart their lives as civilians. See also *Demobilization *World War II *Fe ...

, Sess. 2, , * June 6, 1944: Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill), Sess. 2, ch. 268, , * June 27, 1944:

Veterans' Preference Act The Veterans' Preference Act is a United States federal law passed in 1944. It required the federal government to favor returning war veterans when hiring new employees in an attempt to recognize their service, sacrifice, and skills. Preference ...

, Sess. 2, ch. 287, , * July 1, 1944:

Public Health Service Act The Public Health Service Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1944. The full act is codified in Title 42 of the United States Code (The Public Health and Welfare), Chapter 6A (Public Health Service). Contents The act clearly establis ...

, Sess. 2, ch. 373, * December 22, 1944: Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act, Sess. 2, ch. 665, ,

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leaders

Senate

: Henry A. Wallace (D) *

President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...

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 ...

(D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.

Alben W. Barkley Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...

Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...

: J. Lister Hill * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Francis T. Maloney

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

Charles L. McNary Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Oregon. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1917 to 1944 and was Party leaders of the United ...

, until February 25, 1944 **

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 ...

, after February 25, 1944 *

Minority whip The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...

: No Republican whips were appointed from 1935 to 1944 since only 17 Republicans were in the Senate following the landslide reelection of President

in 1936. Accordingly, the minutes of the Republican Conference for the period state: "On motion of Senator Hastings, duly seconded and carried, it was agreed that no Assistant Leader or Whip be elected but that the chairman be authorized to appoint Senators from time to time to assist him in taking charge of the interests of the minority." A note attached to the conference minutes added: "The chairman of the conference, Senator McNary, apparently appointed Senator Austin of Vermont as assistant leader in 1943 and 1944, until the conference adopted Rules of Organization." * Republican Conference Secretary:

, until February 25, 1944 **

Harold Hitz Burton Harold Hitz Burton (June 22, 1888 – October 28, 1964) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Sta ...

(from February 25, 1944) * National Senatorial Committee Chair: John G. Townsend Jr.

House of Representatives

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ...

: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.

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 ...

Majority whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...

: Robert Ramspeck * Democratic Caucus Chairman:

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 ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Patrick H. Drewry

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

Joseph W. Martin Jr. Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 44th speaker of the United Sta ...

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 ...

, until May 13, 1943 **

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 ...

, from May 13, 1943 *

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: Charles A. Halleck

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1944; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1946; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1948.

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. J. 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.

Ernest McFarland Ernest William McFarland (October 9, 1894 – June 8, 1984) was an American politician, jurist and, with Warren Atherton, one of the "Fathers of the G.I. Bill." He is the only Arizonan to serve in the highest office in all three branches of Ariz ...

(D) : 3.

Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Representa ...

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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

: 2.

John L. McClellan John Little McClellan (February 25, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American lawyer and a segregationist politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1935–1939) and a U.S. Senator (1943–1977) fro ...

(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 Johnson Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866August 6, 1945) was an American attorney and politician who served as the Governor of California, 23rd governor of California from 1911 to 1917. Johnson achieved national prominence in the early 20th century ...

(R) : 3.

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 ...

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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 ...

: 2.

Edwin C. Johnson Edwin Carl Johnson (January 1, 1884 – May 30, 1970) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as both governor of and U.S. senator from the state of Colorado. Background Johnson was born in Scandia in Republic County in ...

(D) : 3.

Eugene Millikin Eugene Donald Millikin (February 12, 1891July 26, 1958) was a United States senator from Colorado who served as Senate Republican Conference Chairperson from 1947 to 1956. Biography Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Millikin graduated from the law sc ...

(R)

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 T. 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.

James M. Tunnell James Miller Tunnell (August 2, 1879 – November 14, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and served as U.S. Senator from Delaware. Early life and ...

(D) : 2. C. Douglass Buck (R)

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

: 1. Charles O. Andrews (D) : 3.

Claude Pepper Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Mi ...

(D)

Georgia 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 Russell Jr. Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for alm ...

(D) : 3.

Walter F. George Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 4, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a longtime Democratic United States Senator from 1922 to 1957 and was President pro tempore of the United States Sen ...

(D)

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...

: 2. John W. Thomas (R) : 3. David 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.

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) : 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. Raymond E. Willis (R) : 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), until January 25, 1944 :: Samuel D. Jackson (D), January 28, 1944 – November 13, 1944 :: William E. Jenner (R), from November 14, 1944

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. George A. Wilson (R) : 3. Guy Gillette (D)

List of United States senators from Kansas, Kansas

: 2. Arthur Capper (R) : 3. Clyde M. Reed (R)

List of United States senators from Kentucky, Kentucky

: 2. Happy Chandler (D) : 3.

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List of United States senators from Louisiana, Louisiana

: 2. Allen J. Ellender (D) : 3. John H. Overton (D)

List of United States senators from Maine, Maine

: 1. Owen Brewster (R) : 2.

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List of United States senators from Maryland, Maryland

: 1. George L. P. Radcliffe (D) : 3. Millard Tydings (D)

List of United States senators from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: 1. David I. Walsh (D) : 2. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R), until February 3, 1944 :: Sinclair Weeks (R), February 8, 1944 – December 19, 1944 :: Leverett Saltonstall (R), from December 19, 1944

List of United States senators from Michigan, Michigan

: 1. Arthur Vandenberg (R) : 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)

List of United States senators from Minnesota, Minnesota

: 1. Henrik Shipstead (R) : 2. Joseph H. Ball (R)

List of United States senators from Mississippi, Mississippi

: 1. Theodore G. Bilbo (D) : 2. James Eastland (D)

List of United States senators from Missouri, Missouri

: 1. Harry S. Truman (D) : 3. Bennett Champ Clark (D)

List of United States senators from Montana, Montana

: 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D) : 2. James E. Murray (D)

List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska

: 1. Hugh A. Butler (R) : 2. Kenneth S. Wherry (R)

List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada

: 1. James G. Scrugham (D) : 3. Pat McCarran (D)

List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

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

List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey

: 1. William Warren Barbour (R), until November 22, 1943 :: Arthur Walsh (U.S. senator), Arthur Walsh (D), November 26, 1943 – December 7, 1944 :: Howard Alexander Smith (R), from December 7, 1944 : 2. Albert W. Hawkes (R)

List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico

: 1. Dennis Chávez (D) : 2. Carl Hatch (D)

List of United States senators from New York, New York

: 1. James M. Mead (D) : 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. Josiah Bailey (D) : 3. Robert Rice Reynolds (D)

List of United States senators from North Dakota, North Dakota

: 1. William Langer (R-NPL) : 3. Gerald Nye (R)

List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio

: 1.

(R) : 3. Robert A. Taft (R)

List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: 2. Edward H. Moore (R) : 3. Elmer Thomas (D)

List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon

: 2.

(R), until February 25, 1944 :: Guy Cordon (R), from March 4, 1944 : 3. Rufus C. Holman (R)

List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

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

List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. Peter G. Gerry (D) : 2. Theodore F. Green (D)

List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina

: 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D) : 3. Ellison D. Smith (D), until November 17, 1944 :: Wilton E. Hall (D), from November 20, 1944

List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota

: 2. Harlan J. Bushfield (R) : 3. John Chandler Gurney (R)

List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar (D) : 2. Tom Stewart (politician), Tom Stewart (D)

List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Tom Connally (D) : 2. W. Lee O'Daniel (D)

List of United States senators from Utah, Utah

: 1. Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (D) : 3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

List of United States senators from Vermont, Vermont

: 1. Warren Austin (R) : 3. George Aiken (R)

List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. Harry F. Byrd (D) : 2.

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List of United States senators from Washington, Washington

: 1. Monrad Wallgren (D) : 3. Homer Bone (D), until November 13, 1944 :: Warren Magnuson (D), from December 14, 1944

List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D) : 2. Chapman Revercomb (R)

List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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

List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming

: 1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) : 2. Edward V. Robertson (R) 78th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . Frank W. Boykin (D) : . George M. Grant (D) : . Henry B. Steagall (D), until November 22, 1943 :: George W. Andrews (D), from March 14, 1944 : . Sam Hobbs (D) : . Joe Starnes (D) : . Pete Jarman (D) : . Carter Manasco (D) : . John Sparkman (D) : . John P. Newsome (D)

List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona

: . John R. Murdock (politician), John R. Murdock (D) : . Richard F. Harless (D)

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : . J. William Fulbright (D) : . William Fadjo Cravens (D) : . Brooks Hays (D) : . William F. Norrell (D) : . Oren Harris (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . Clarence F. Lea (D) : .

(R), until May 13, 1943 :: Clair Engle (D), from August 31, 1943 : . J. Leroy Johnson (R) : . Thomas Rolph (R) : . Richard J. Welch (R) : . Albert E. Carter (R) : . John H. Tolan (D) : . Jack Z. Anderson (R) : . Bertrand W. Gearhart (R) : . Alfred J. Elliott (D) : . George E. Outland (D) : . Jerry Voorhis (D) : . Norris Poulson (R) : . Thomas F. Ford (D) : . John M. Costello (D) : . Will Rogers Jr. (D), until May 23, 1944 : . Cecil R. King (D) : . William Ward Johnson (R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : . John Carl Hinshaw (R) : .

(D) : . John R. Phillips (American politician), John R. Phillips (R) : . Edouard Izac (D)

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . Lawrence Lewis (politician), Lawrence Lewis (D), until December 9, 1943 :: Dean M. Gillespie (R), from March 7, 1944 : . William S. Hill (R) : . John Chenoweth (Colorado politician), John Chenoweth (R) : . Robert F. Rockwell (R)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . B. J. Monkiewicz (R) : . William J. Miller (R) : . John D. McWilliams (R) : . Ranulf Compton (R) : . Clare Boothe Luce (R) : . Joseph E. Talbot (R)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . Earle D. Willey (R)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . Robert A. Green (D), until November 25, 1944 : . J. Hardin Peterson (D) : . Emory H. Price (D) : . Bob Sikes (D), until October 19, 1944 : . Pat Cannon (D) : . Joe Hendricks (D)

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Hugh Peterson (D) : . Edward E. Cox (D) : . Stephen Pace (politician), Stephen Pace (D) : . Albert Sidney Camp (D) : . Robert Ramspeck (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . Malcolm C. Tarver (D) : . John S. Gibson (D) : . B. Frank Whelchel (D) : . Paul Brown (Georgia politician), Paul Brown (D)

List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: . Compton I. White (D) : . Henry Dworshak (R)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . Stephen A. Day (R) : . William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson (D) : . William A. Rowan (D) : . Fred E. Busbey (R) : . Martin Gorski (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois politician), Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . Leonard W. Schuetz (D), until February 13, 1944 : . Thomas S. Gordon (D) : . Charles S. Dewey (R) : . Ralph E. Church (R) : . Chauncey W. Reed (R) : . Noah M. Mason (R) : . Leo E. Allen (R) : . Anton J. Johnson (R) : . Robert B. Chiperfield (R) : . Everett Dirksen (R) : .

(R) : . Jessie Sumner (R) : . William H. Wheat (R), until January 16, 1944 :: Rolla C. McMillen (R), from June 13, 1944 : . Sid Simpson (R) : . George Evan Howell (R) : . Calvin D. Johnson (R) : . Charles W. Vursell (R) : . James V. Heidinger (R) : . C. W. Bishop (R)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Charles A. Halleck (R) : . Robert A. Grant (R) : . George W. Gillie (R) : . Forest Harness (R) : . Noble J. Johnson (R) : . Gerald W. Landis (R) : . Charles M. La Follette (R) : . Earl Wilson (politician), Earl Wilson (R) : . Raymond S. Springer (R) : . Louis Ludlow (D)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Thomas E. Martin (R) : . Henry O. Talle (R) : . John W. Gwynne (R) : . Karl M. LeCompte (R) : . Paul Cunningham (politician), Paul Cunningham (R) : . Fred C. Gilchrist (R) : . Ben F. Jensen (R) : . Charles B. Hoeven (R)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . William P. Lambertson (R) : . Ulysses Samuel Guyer (R), until June 5, 1943 :: Errett P. Scrivner (R), from September 14, 1943 : . Thomas Daniel Winter (R) : . Edward Herbert Rees (R) : . Clifford R. Hope (R) : . Frank Carlson (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Noble Jones Gregory (D) : . Beverly M. Vincent (D) : . Emmet O'Neal (Kentucky politician), Emmet O'Neal (D) : . Edward W. Creal (D), until October 13, 1943 :: Chester O. Carrier (R), from November 30, 1943 : . Brent Spence (D) : . Virgil Chapman (D) : . Andrew J. May (D) : . Joe B. Bates (D) : . John M. Robsion (R)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : . Paul H. Maloney (D) : . James R. Domengeaux (D), until April 15, 1944 :: . James R. Domengeaux (D), from November 7, 1944 : . Overton Brooks (D) : . Charles E. McKenzie (D) : . James H. Morrison (D) : . Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D) : . A. Leonard Allen (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Robert Hale (Maine politician), Robert Hale (R) : . Margaret Chase Smith (R) : . Frank Fellows (politician), Frank Fellows (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . David Jenkins Ward (D) : . Harry Streett Baldwin (D) : . Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D) : . Daniel Ellison (R) : . Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer (D) : . James Glenn Beall (R)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . Allen T. Treadway (R) : . Charles R. Clason (R) : . Philip J. Philbin (D) : . Pehr G. Holmes (R) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . George J. Bates (R) : . Thomas J. Lane (D) : . Angier Goodwin (R) : . Charles L. Gifford (R) : . Christian Herter (R) : . James Michael Curley (D) : .

(D) : . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) : .

(R)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . George G. Sadowski (D) : . Earl C. Michener (R) : . Paul W. Shafer (R) : . Clare Hoffman (R) : . Bartel J. Jonkman (R) : . William W. Blackney (R) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Fred L. Crawford (R) : . Albert J. Engel (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (R) : . Frederick Van Ness Bradley, Fred Bradley (R) : . John B. Bennett (R) : . George D. O'Brien (D) : . Louis C. Rabaut (D) : . John Dingell Sr. (D) : . John Lesinski Sr. (D) : . George Anthony Dondero (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . August H. Andresen (R) : . Joseph P. O'Hara (R) : . Richard Pillsbury Gale (R) : . Melvin Maas (R) : . Walter Judd (politician), Walter Judd (R) : . Harold Knutson (R) : . Herman Carl Andersen (R) : . William Alvin Pittenger (R) : . Harold Hagen (FL), changed to (R) on April 15, 1944

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . John E. Rankin (D) : . Jamie Whitten (D) : . William Madison Whittington (D) : . Thomas Abernethy (politician), Thomas Abernethy (D) : . W. Arthur Winstead (D) : . William M. Colmer (D) : . Dan R. McGehee (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Samuel W. Arnold (R) : . Max Schwabe (R) : . William Clay Cole (R) : . C. Jasper Bell (D) : . Roger C. Slaughter (D) : . Marion T. Bennett (R), from January 12, 1943 : . Dewey Jackson Short (R) : . William P. Elmer (R) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Orville Zimmerman (D) : . Louis E. Miller (R) : . Walter C. Ploeser (R) : . John J. Cochran (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . Mike Mansfield (D) : . James F. O'Connor (D)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Carl Curtis (R) : . Howard Buffett (R) : . Karl Stefan (R) : . Arthur L. Miller (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Maurice J. Sullivan (D)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Chester Earl Merrow (R) : . Foster Waterman Stearns (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Charles A. Wolverton (R) : . Elmer H. Wene (D) : . James C. Auchincloss (R) : . D. Lane Powers (R) : . Charles Aubrey Eaton (R) : . Donald H. McLean (R) : . J. Parnell Thomas (R) : . Gordon Canfield (R) : . Harry Lancaster Towe (R) : . Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R) : . Frank Sundstrom (R) : . Robert Kean (R) : . Mary Teresa Norton (D) : . Edward J. Hart (D)

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . Clinton Anderson (D) : . Antonio M. Fernández (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Matthew J. Merritt (D) : . Winifred C. Stanley (R) : . Leonard W. Hall (R) : . William Bernard Barry (D) : . Joseph L. Pfeifer (D) : . Thomas H. Cullen (D), until March 1, 1944 :: John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D), from June 6, 1944 : . James J. Heffernan (D) : . Andrew Lawrence Somers (D) : . John J. Delaney (D) : . Donald Lawrence O'Toole (D) : . Eugene James Keogh (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . James A. O'Leary (D), until March 16, 1944 :: Ellsworth B. Buck (R), from June 6, 1944 : . Samuel Dickstein (congressman), Samuel Dickstein (D) : . Louis Capozzoli (D) : . Arthur George Klein (D) : . Thomas F. Burchill (D) : . James H. Fay (D) : . Joseph C. Baldwin (R) : . Martin J. Kennedy (D) : . Sol Bloom (D) : . Vito Marcantonio (AL) : . Joseph A. Gavagan (D), until December 30, 1943 :: James H. Torrens (D), from February 29, 1944 : . Walter A. Lynch (D) : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . James M. Fitzpatrick (D) : . Ralph A. Gamble (R) : . Hamilton Fish III (R) : . Jay Le Fevre (R) : . William T. Byrne (D) : . Dean P. Taylor (R) : . Bernard W. Kearney (R) : . Clarence E. Kilburn (R) : . Francis D. Culkin (R), until August 4, 1943 :: Hadwen C. Fuller (R), from November 2, 1943 : . Fred J. Douglas (R) : . Edwin Arthur Hall (R) : . Clarence E. Hancock (R) : . John Taber (R) : . W. Sterling Cole (R) : . Joseph J. O'Brien (R) : . James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) : . Walter G. Andrews (R) : . Joseph Mruk (R) : . John Cornelius Butler (R) : . Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D) : . John H. Kerr (D) : . Graham Arthur Barden (D) : . Harold D. Cooley (D) : . John Hamlin Folger (D) : . Carl T. Durham (D) : . J. Bayard Clark (D) : . William O. Burgin (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Cameron A. Morrison (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) : . Charles H. Elston (R) : . William E. Hess (R) : . Harry P. Jeffrey (R) : . Robert Franklin Jones (R) : . Cliff Clevenger (R) : . Edward Oscar McCowen (R) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Frederick Cleveland Smith (R) : . Homer A. Ramey (R) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Walter E. Brehm (R) : . John Martin Vorys (R) : . Alvin F. Weichel (R) : . Edmund Rowe (R) : . Percy W. Griffiths (R) : . Henderson H. Carson (R) : . J. Harry McGregor (R) : . Earl Ramage Lewis (R) : . Michael J. Kirwan (D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . Wesley E. Disney (D) : . John Conover Nichols (D), until July 3, 1943 :: William G. Stigler (D), from March 28, 1944 : . Paul Stewart (politician), Paul Stewart (D) : . Lyle Boren (D) : . Mike Monroney (D) : . Jed Johnson (Oklahoma politician), Jed Johnson (D) : . Victor Wickersham (D) : . Ross Rizley (R)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . James W. Mott (R) : . Lowell Stockman (R) : . Homer D. Angell (R) : . Harris Ellsworth (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . William I. Troutman (R), until January 2, 1945 : . James A. Gallagher (R) : . James P. McGranery (D), until November 17, 1943 :: Joseph Marmaduke Pratt (R), from January 18, 1944 : . Michael J. Bradley (politician), Michael J. Bradley (D) : . John E. Sheridan (politician), John E. Sheridan (D) : . C. Frederick Pracht (R) : . Francis J. Myers (D) : . Hugh Scott (R) : . James Wolfenden (R) : . Charles L. Gerlach (R) : . J. Roland Kinzer (R) : . John W. Murphy (Pennsylvania politician), John W. Murphy (D) : . Thomas B. Miller (R) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . Daniel K. Hoch (D) : . Wilson D. Gillette (R) : . Thomas E. Scanlon (D) : . J. William Ditter (R), until November 21, 1943 : . Richard M. Simpson (R) : . John C. Kunkel (R) : . Leon H. Gavin (R) : . Francis E. Walter (D) : . Chester H. Gross (R) : . James E. Van Zandt (R), until September 24, 1943 :: D. Emmert Brumbaugh (R), from November 2, 1943 : . J. Buell Snyder (D) : . Grant Furlong (D) : . Louis E. Graham (R) : . Harve Tibbott (R) : . Augustine B. Kelley (D) : . Robert L. Rodgers (R) : . Samuel A. Weiss (D) : . Herman P. Eberharter (D) : . James A. Wright (Pennsylvania politician), James A. Wright (D)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Aime Forand (D) : . John E. Fogarty (D), until December 7, 1944

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D) : . Hampton P. Fulmer (D), until October 19, 1944 :: Willa L. Fulmer (D), from November 7, 1944 : . 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 H. Case (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . B. Carroll Reece (R) : . John Jennings (American politician), John Jennings (R) : . Estes Kefauver (D) : . Albert Gore Sr. (D), until December 4, 1944 : . Jim Nance McCord (D) : . Percy Priest (D) : . W. Wirt Courtney (D) : . Tom J. Murray (D) : . Jere Cooper (D) : . Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D)

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 Alexander 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) : . Sam M. Russell (D) : . Eugene Worley (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Paul J. Kilday (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Walter K. Granger (D) : . J. W. Robinson (D)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Charles Albert Plumley (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . S. Otis Bland (D) : . Winder R. Harris (D), until September 15, 1944 :: Ralph Hunter Daughton (D), from November 7, 1944 : . Dave E. Satterfield Jr. (D) : . Patrick H. Drewry (D) : . Thomas G. Burch (D) : . Clifton A. Woodrum (D) : . Absalom Willis Robertson (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Warren Magnuson (D), until December 14, 1944 : . Henry M. Jackson (D) : . Fred B. Norman (R) : . Hal Holmes (R) : . Walt Horan (R) : . John M. Coffee (D)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . A. C. Schiffler (R) : . Jennings Randolph (D) : . Edward G. Rohrbough (R) : . Hubert S. Ellis (R) : . John Kee (D) : . Joe L. Smith (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Lawrence H. Smith (R) : . Harry Sauthoff (P) : . William H. Stevenson (R) : . Thaddeus Wasielewski (D) : . Howard J. McMurray (D) : . Frank Bateman Keefe (R) : . Reid F. Murray (R) : . LaVern Dilweg (D) : . Merlin Hull (P) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Frank A. Barrett (R)

Non-voting members

: . Anthony Dimond (D) : . Joseph Rider Farrington (R) : . Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (I), until August 9, 1944 :: Carlos P. Romulo (Liberal Party (Philippines), Lib.), from August 10, 1944 : . Bolívar Pagán (Socialist Party (Puerto Rico), Socialist) 78 us house membership

Changes in membership

Senate

, - , List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey (1) , nowrap , William Warren Barbour (R) , Died November 22, 1943.
Successor was appointed until an election. , nowrap , Arthur Walsh (U.S. senator), Arthur Walsh (D) , November 26, 1943 , - ,

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(3) , nowrap ,

(D) , Died January 25, 1944.
Successor was appointed until an election. , nowrap , Samuel D. Jackson (D) , January 28, 1944 , - , List of United States senators from Massachusetts, Massachusetts (2) , nowrap , Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) , Resigned February 3, 1944, to go on active duty in the US Army.
Success was appointed until a special election. , nowrap , Sinclair Weeks (R) , February 8, 1944 , - , List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon (2) , nowrap ,

(R) , Died February 25, 1944.
Successor was appointed and subsequently won special election , nowrap , Guy Cordon (R) , March 4, 1944 , - , List of United States senators from Washington, Washington (3) , nowrap , Homer Bone (D) , Resigned November 13, 1944, to become Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Successor was appointed to finish the term, having just been elected to the next term. , nowrap , Warren Magnuson (D) , December 14, 1944 , - ,

(3) , nowrap , Samuel D. Jackson (D) , Appointee was not a candidate to finish the term.
Successor was elected. , nowrap , William E. Jenner (R) , November 7, 1944 , - , List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina (3) , nowrap , Ellison D. Smith (D) , Died November 17, 1944. , nowrap , Wilton E. Hall (D) , November 20, 1944 , - , List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey (1) , nowrap , Arthur Walsh (U.S. senator), Arthur Walsh (D) , Appointee was not a candidate to finish the term.
Successor was elected. , nowrap , Howard Alexander Smith (R) , December 7, 1944 , - , List of United States senators from Massachusetts, Massachusetts (2) , nowrap , Sinclair Weeks (R) , Appointee was not a candidate to finish the term.
Successor was elected.
Successor chose not to take the seat until the next Congress, but was nevertheless duly elected and qualified. , Leverett Saltonstall (R) , January 4, 1945

House of Representatives

, - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep. Philip Allen Bennett, Philip A. Bennett died in previous Congress , , Marion T. Bennett (R) , January 12, 1943 , - , , , Harry L. Englebright (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 13, 1943 , , Clair Engle (D) , August 31, 1943 , - , , , U. S. Guyer, Ulysses S. Guyer (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 5, 1943 , , Errett P. Scrivner (R) , September 14, 1943 , - , , , John Conover Nichols, John C. Nichols (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 3, 1943, to become vice-president of Transcontinental and Western Air. , , William G. Stigler (D) , March 28, 1944 , - , , , Francis D. Culkin (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 4, 1943 , , Hadwen C. Fuller (R) , November 2, 1943 , - , , , James E. Van Zandt (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 24, 1943, after being called to active duty in the US Armed Forces. , , D. Emmert Brumbaugh (R) , November 2, 1943 , - , , , Edward W. Creal (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 13, 1943 , , Chester O. Carrier (R) , November 30, 1943 , - , , , James P. McGranery (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 17, 1943, after being appointed an Assistant Attorney General , , Joseph Marmaduke Pratt (R) , January 18, 1944 , - , , , J. William Ditter (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died November 21, 1943 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Henry B. Steagall (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died November 22, 1943 , , George W. Andrews (D) , March 14, 1944 , - , , , Lawrence Lewis (politician), Lawrence Lewis (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 9, 1943 , , Dean M. Gillespie (R) , March 7, 1944 , - , , , Joseph A. Gavagan (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1943, after being elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court , , James H. Torrens (D) , February 29, 1944 , - , , , William H. Wheat (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 16, 1944 , , Rolla C. McMillen (R) , June 13, 1944 , - , , , Leonard W. Schuetz (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died February 13, 1944 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Thomas H. Cullen (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 1, 1944 , , John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) , June 6, 1944 , - , , , James A. O'Leary (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 16, 1944 , , Ellsworth B. Buck (R) , June 6, 1944 , - , , , James Domengeaux (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned April 15, 1944, to join US Armed Forces , , James Domengeaux (D) , Re-elected to fill his own vacancy November 7, 1944 , - , , , Harold Hagen (FL) , style="font-size:80%" , Changed parties April 15, 1944, after Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, Minnesota Farmer–Labor and Minnesota Democratic Party, Democratic parties merged to become the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) , , Harold Hagen (R) , April 15, 1944 , - , , , Will Rogers Jr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 23, 1944, to enter the US Army , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , Joaquín Miguel Elizalde , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned August 9, 1944, to become a member of the war cabinet of President Manuel L. Quezon , Carlos P. Romulo , August 10, 1944 , - , , , Winder R. Harris (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 15, 1944 , , Ralph Hunter Daughton (D) , November 7, 1944 , - , , , Robert L. F. Sikes (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 19, 1944, to enter the U.S. Army , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Hampton P. Fulmer (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 19, 1944 , , Willa L. Fulmer (D) , November 7, 1944 , - , , , Robert A. Green (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 25, 1944, to enter the United States Navy , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Albert Gore Sr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 4, 1944, to enter the United States Army , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , John E. Fogarty (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 7, 1944, to enter the United States Navy , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , Warren Magnuson (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 14, 1944, when appointed U.S. Senator , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress , - , , , William I. Troutman (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 2, 1945 , colspan=2 , Vacant until the next Congress

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member:

then Arthur Capper) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey) * United States Senate Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures Investigation, 1944, Campaign Expenditures Investigation, 1944 (Special) (Chairman: Theodore F. Green) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Centralization of Heavy Industry in the United States, Centralization of Heavy Industry in the United States (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William Langer) * United States Senate Special Committee on Civil Service Laws, Civil Service Laws (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Pat McCarran; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: Elbert D. Thomas; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette Jr.) ** United States Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee on Wartime Health and Education, Wartime Health and Education * United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Hattie W. Caraway; Ranking Member: Clyde M. Reed) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member: James J. Davis) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson) * United States Senate Special Committee on Fuel Situation in the Middle West, Fuel Situation in the Middle West (Special) * United States Senate Special Committee on Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortages, Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortages (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Elmer Thomas; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Bennett Champ Clark; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Burton K. Wheeler; Ranking Member:

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

then Hiram W. Johnson) * United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, Investigate the National Defense Program (Special) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Pat McCarran; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

then Owen Brewster) * 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: Robert R. Reynolds; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joseph F. Guffey; Ranking Member: James J. Davis) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: David I. Walsh; Ranking Member: James J. Davis) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Homer T. Bone; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Henrik Shipstead) * United States Senate Special Committee on Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Resources (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: James J. Davis) * United States Senate Special Committee on Post-War Economic Policy and Planning, Post-War Economic Policy and Planning (Special) (Chairman:

) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William Langer) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Theodore F. Green; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Francis T. Maloney, Francis Maloney; Ranking Member: W. Warren Barbour) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Carl A. Hatch; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye) * United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg) * United States Senate Special Committee on Senatorial Campaign Expenditures, Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special) (Chairman: Ernest W. McFarland) * United States Senate Special Committee on Small Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises (Special) (Chairman: James E. Murray) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye) * Committee of the whole, Whole * United States Senate Special Committee on Wildlife Resources, Wildlife Resources (Special) (Chairman: Bennett Champ Clark) * United States Senate Special Committee on Wool Production, Wool Production (Special) (Chairman: Joseph C. O'Mahoney)

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: John J. Cochran; Ranking Member: James Wolfenden) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Hampton P. Fulmer; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott) * United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: A. Leonard Allen; Ranking Member: J. Roland Kinzer) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman: Robert Ramspeck; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Dan R. McGehee; Ranking Member: J. Parnell Thomas) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Andrew Somers; Ranking Member: Chauncey W. Reed) * 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: Bertrand W. Gearhart) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Everett M. Dirksen) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; 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: Eugene Worley; Ranking Member: Ralph A. Gamble) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: C. Jasper Bell; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Hancock) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Ed Gossett; Ranking Member: Francis D. Culkin then Stephen A. Day) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Hugh Peterson; Ranking Member: Charles A. Plumley) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Arthur G. Klein; Ranking Member: Charles Aubrey Eaton) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: Carter Manasco; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford) * United States House Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control (Chairman: William M. Whittington; Ranking Member:

then Charles R. Clason) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Sol Bloom; Ranking Member: Charles Aubrey Eaton) * United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Samuel Dickstein (congressman), Samuel Dickstein; Ranking Member: Noah M. Mason) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: James F. O'Connor; Ranking Member: Fred C. Gilchrist) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: C. Jasper Bell; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Clarence F. Lea; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch) * United States House Committee on Memorials, Memorials (Chairman: John R. Murdock (politician), John R. Murdock; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Andrew J. May; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John Lesinski Sr., John Lesinski; Ranking Member: Robert A. Grant) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond their Scope of Authority, Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond their Scope of Authority (Select) (Chairman: N/A) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, Investigate the Federal Communications Commission (Select) (Chairman: Edward E. Cox) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Compton I. White; Ranking Member: Dewey Jackson Short) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Hatton W. Sumners; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer then Clarence E. Hancock)fairs (Chairman: Andrew J. May; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joe L. Smith; Ranking Member:

then John M. Robsion) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate the Seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company, Investigate the Seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company (Select) (Chairman: N/A) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Melvin J. Maas) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Frank W. Boykin; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley Jr.) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member: Fred J. Douglas) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Thomas G. Burch; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley Jr.) * United States House Select Committee on Post-War Military Policy, Post-War Military Policy (Select) (Chairman: Clifton A. Woodrum) * United States House Special Committee on Post-War Economic Policy and Planning, Post-War Economic Policy and Planning (Special) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Pete Jarman; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Fritz G. Lanham; Ranking Member: Pehr G. Holmes) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: J. Hardin Peterson; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: Eugene J. Keogh; Ranking Member: Earl C. Michener) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Joseph J. Mansfield; Ranking Member: Albert E. Carter) * United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (Chairman: J.W. Robinson; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish III) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: Usher L. Burdick) * 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: Usher L. Burdick) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Edward J. Hart; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway) * United States House Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee to Commemorate the Centennial of the Telegraph, Commemorate the Centennial of the Telegraph * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen.

) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Organization of Congress, Organization of Congress * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen.

; Vice Chairman: Rep. Pete Jarman) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Selective Service Deferments, Selective Service Deferments * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Sen.

; Vice Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton)

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: Lindsay C. Warren * Librarian of Congress: Archibald MacLeish, until 1944 * Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist) * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins (Senate Parliamentarian), Charles Watkins * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Ruskin McArdle * 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 * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney, until January 31, 1943 ** Wall Doxey, from February 1, 1943

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: South Trimble * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott, until January 27, 1943 ** Ralph R. Roberts (politician), Ralph R. Roberts, from February 5, 1943 * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Finis E. Scott * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney

Notes

References

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