75th_United_States_Congress

75th United States Congress

75th United States Congress

1937–1939 U.S. Congress

The 75th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939, during the fifth and sixth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency.[lower-alpha 1]

Quick Facts January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939, Members ...
Washington, D.C., March 25, 1937: Navy Chaplain Edward Duff opens the House of Representatives with a prayer for the first time since 1820. It was the first time in 117 years that the Navy was again honored in giving the invocation. Left to right: James S. Montgomery, Chaplain of the House; Speaker William Bankhead; and Capt. Edward A. Duff, Chief of Chaplains U.S. Navy

The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1930 United States census.

Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority, with the party increasing their majority in both the House and Senate, and with the reelection of President Roosevelt, maintained an overall federal government trifecta.[1][2]

This is the most recent Congress to feature a 3/4th majority in the House or Senate by either party.

Major events

Main articles: 1937 in the United States, 1938 in the United States, and 1939 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001 § 75th United States Congress

Party summary

Senate

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House of Representatives

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Leadership

(L-R): House Speaker William Bankhead, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley, and House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn
(L-R): Vice President John Nance Garner, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley, Speaker of the House William Bankhead, and House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn, January 9, 1939

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1938; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1940; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1942.

House of Representatives

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

Changes in membership

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

Senate


See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate
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House of Representatives

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
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Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. Starting in 1937, the 20th Amendment required new presidential terms to begin 17 days after the new Congress convened.
  2. When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

References

  1. [1]
    Altman, O. R. (1937). "First Session of the Seventy-fifth Congress, January 5, 1937, to August 21, 1937". American Political Science Review. 31 (6): 1071–1093. doi:10.2307/1948958. ISSN 0003-0554.
  2. [2]
    Altman, O. R. (1938). "Second and Third Sessions of the Seventy-fifth Congress, 1937–38". American Political Science Review. 32 (6): 1099–1123. doi:10.2307/1947974. ISSN 0003-0554.
  3. [3]
    Tom Stewart won a special election November 8, 1938. Although eligible and elected, did not "take his seat" as he preferred to remain as district attorney general. Nevertheless, his service begins when eligible and elected, not upon the taking of an oath.
  4. [4]
    "O'CONNOR PREDICTS RE-ELECTION NOV. 8; Representative Is Guest at National Republican Club". The New York Times. October 25, 1938.
  5. [5]
    Official Congressional Directory for the United States Congress. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. 1937. pp. 760.
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