1st: January 5, 1937 – August 21, 1937 2nd: November 15, 1937 – December 21, 1937 3rd: January 3, 1938 – June 16, 1938
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
Both chambers had a Democraticsupermajority, 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.
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.
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 75th Congress in January 1937. The green stripes denote Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. of the Progressive Party, and the yellow stripes denote independent Senator George W. Norris.
2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
2 Farmer-Laborers
House of Representativesedit
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
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.
^Starting in 1937, the 20th Amendment required new presidential terms to begin 17 days after the new Congress convened.
^ ab When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
Referencesedit
^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.
^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.
^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.
^"O'CONNOR PREDICTS RE-ELECTION NOV. 8; Representative Is Guest at National Republican Club". The New York Times. October 25, 1938.
^ abcdefghijkOfficial Congressional Directory for the United States Congress. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. 1937. pp. 760.
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The 75th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the United States Senate 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 a 75th United States Congress74th 76thUnited States Capitol 1956 January 3 1937 January 3 1939Members96 senators435 representatives5 non voting delegatesSenate majorityDemocraticSenate PresidentJohn N Garner D House majorityDemocraticHouse SpeakerWilliam B Bankhead D Sessions1st January 5 1937 August 21 19372nd November 15 1937 December 21 19373rd January 3 1938 June 16 1938Washington 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 NavyThe 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 Contents 1 Major events 2 Major legislation 3 Party summary 3 1 Senate 3 2 House of Representatives 4 Leadership 4 1 Senate 4 2 House of Representatives 5 Members 5 1 Senate 5 1 1 Alabama 5 1 2 Arizona 5 1 3 Arkansas 5 1 4 California 5 1 5 Colorado 5 1 6 Connecticut 5 1 7 Delaware 5 1 8 Florida 5 1 9 Georgia 5 1 10 Idaho 5 1 11 Illinois 5 1 12 Indiana 5 1 13 Iowa 5 1 14 Kansas 5 1 15 Kentucky 5 1 16 Louisiana 5 1 17 Maine 5 1 18 Maryland 5 1 19 Massachusetts 5 1 20 Michigan 5 1 21 Minnesota 5 1 22 Mississippi 5 1 23 Missouri 5 1 24 Montana 5 1 25 Nebraska 5 1 26 Nevada 5 1 27 New Hampshire 5 1 28 New Jersey 5 1 29 New Mexico 5 1 30 New York 5 1 31 North Carolina 5 1 32 North Dakota 5 1 33 Ohio 5 1 34 Oklahoma 5 1 35 Oregon 5 1 36 Pennsylvania 5 1 37 Rhode Island 5 1 38 South Carolina 5 1 39 South Dakota 5 1 40 Tennessee 5 1 41 Texas 5 1 42 Utah 5 1 43 Vermont 5 1 44 Virginia 5 1 45 Washington 5 1 46 West Virginia 5 1 47 Wisconsin 5 1 48 Wyoming 5 2 House of Representatives 5 2 1 Alabama 5 2 2 Arizona 5 2 3 Arkansas 5 2 4 California 5 2 5 Colorado 5 2 6 Connecticut 5 2 7 Delaware 5 2 8 Florida 5 2 9 Georgia 5 2 10 Idaho 5 2 11 Illinois 5 2 12 Indiana 5 2 13 Iowa 5 2 14 Kansas 5 2 15 Kentucky 5 2 16 Louisiana 5 2 17 Maine 5 2 18 Maryland 5 2 19 Massachusetts 5 2 20 Michigan 5 2 21 Minnesota 5 2 22 Mississippi 5 2 23 Missouri 5 2 24 Montana 5 2 25 Nebraska 5 2 26 Nevada 5 2 27 New Hampshire 5 2 28 New Jersey 5 2 29 New Mexico 5 2 30 New York 5 2 31 North Carolina 5 2 32 North Dakota 5 2 33 Ohio 5 2 34 Oklahoma 5 2 35 Oregon 5 2 36 Pennsylvania 5 2 37 Rhode Island 5 2 38 South Carolina 5 2 39 South Dakota 5 2 40 Tennessee 5 2 41 Texas 5 2 42 Utah 5 2 43 Vermont 5 2 44 Virginia 5 2 45 Washington 5 2 46 West Virginia 5 2 47 Wisconsin 5 2 48 Wyoming 5 2 49 Non voting members 6 Changes in membership 6 1 Senate 6 2 House of Representatives 7 Committees 7 1 Senate 7 2 House of Representatives 7 3 Joint committees 8 Caucuses 9 Employees 9 1 Legislative branch agency directors 9 2 Senate 9 3 House of Representatives 10 See also 11 Notes 12 ReferencesMajor events editMain articles 1937 in the United States 1938 in the United States and 1939 in the United States January 20 1937 President Franklin D Roosevelt begins his second term February 5 1937 Roosevelt s court packing plan proposed March 26 1937 William Henry Hastie becomes the first African American appointed to a federal judgeship April 12 1937 National Labor Relations Board v Jones amp Laughlin Steel Corporation The Supreme Court of the United States ruled the National Labor Relations Act constitutional July 22 1937 Senate rejects the court packing plan October 5 1937 Roosevelt delivers the Quarantine SpeechMajor legislation editMain article List of United States federal legislation 1901 2001 75th United States Congress May 1 1937 Neutrality Acts of 1937 June 3 1937 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act ch 296 50 Stat 246 August 2 1937 Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 50 Stat 553 August 5 1937 National Cancer Institute Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 75 244 ch 565 50 Stat 559 March 21 1938 Wheeler Lea Act ch 49 52 Stat 111 May 24 1938 La Follette Bulwinkle Act ch 267 52 Stat 439 June 8 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act ch 327 52 Stat 631 June 21 1938 Natural Gas Act ch 556 52 Stat 821 June 25 1938 Civil Aeronautics Act ch 601 52 Stat 973 June 25 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act ch 676 52 Stat 1060 June 25 1938 Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act ch 675 52 Stat 1040 June 25 1938 Wagner O Day Act ch 697 52 Stat 1196Party summary editSenate edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Farmer Labor F WisconsinProgressive P Republican R Independent I End of previous congress72 1 1 22 0 96 0Begin76 2 1 16 1 96 0End7418Final voting share77 1 2 1 1 0 18 8 1 0 Beginning of next congress69 2 1 23 1 96 0House of Representatives edit nbsp House seats by party holding plurality in state 80 to 100 Democratic 80 to 100 Republican 60 to 80 Democratic 60 to 80 Republican Up to 60 Democratic Up to 60 RepublicanParty shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Farmer Labor FL WisconsinProgressive P Republican R OtherEnd of previous congress308 3 7 100 0 418 17Begin333 5 7 89 1 435 0End323904269Final voting share75 8 1 2 1 6 21 1 0 2 Beginning of next congress260 1 2 169 2 434 1Leadership edit nbsp L R House Speaker William Bankhead Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley and House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn nbsp 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 1939Senate edit President John N Garner D President pro tempore Key Pittman D Majority Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson D until July 14 1937 Alben W Barkley D from July 14 1937 Majority Whip J Hamilton Lewis D Minority Leader Charles McNary R Democratic Caucus Secretary Joshua B Lee Republican Conference Secretary Frederick Hale National Senatorial Committee Chairman John G Townsend Jr House of Representatives edit Speaker William B Bankhead D Majority Leader Sam Rayburn D Minority Leader Bertrand Snell R Democratic Whip Patrick J Boland Republican Whip Harry Lane Englebright Democratic Caucus Chairman Robert L Doughton Republican Conference Chairman Roy O Woodruff Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Patrick H Drewry Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Joseph W Martin Jr Members editSenate edit Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years with one third beginning new six year terms with each Congress Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers which indicate the cycle of their election In this Congress Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress requiring reelection in 1938 Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress requiring reelection in 1940 and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress requiring reelection in 1942 Alabama edit 2 John H Bankhead II D 3 Hugo Black D until August 19 1937 Dixie Bibb Graves D August 20 1937 January 10 1938 J Lister Hill D from January 11 1938 dd Arizona edit 1 Henry F Ashurst D 3 Carl Hayden D Arkansas edit 2 Joseph Taylor Robinson D until July 14 1937 John E Miller D from November 15 1937 dd 3 Hattie Caraway D California edit 1 Hiram W Johnson R 3 William G McAdoo D until November 8 1938 Thomas M Storke D from November 9 1938 dd Colorado edit 2 Edwin C Johnson D 3 Alva B Adams D Connecticut edit 1 Francis T Maloney D 3 Augustine Lonergan D Delaware edit 1 John G Townsend Jr R 2 James H Hughes D Florida edit 1 Charles O Andrews D 3 Claude Pepper D Georgia edit 2 Richard Russell Jr D 3 Walter F George D Idaho edit 2 William Borah R 3 James P Pope D Illinois edit 2 J Hamilton Lewis D 3 William H Dieterich D Indiana edit 1 Sherman Minton D 3 Frederick Van Nuys D Iowa edit 2 Clyde L Herring D 3 Guy Gillette D Kansas edit 2 Arthur Capper R 3 George McGill D Kentucky edit 2 Marvel M Logan D 3 Alben W Barkley D Louisiana edit 2 Allen J Ellender D 3 John H Overton D Maine edit 1 Frederick Hale R 2 Wallace H White Jr R Maryland edit 1 George L P Radcliffe D 3 Millard Tydings D Massachusetts edit 1 David I Walsh D 2 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr R Michigan edit 1 Arthur H Vandenberg R 2 Prentiss M Brown D Minnesota edit 1 Henrik Shipstead FL 2 Ernest Lundeen FL Mississippi edit 1 Theodore G Bilbo D 2 Pat Harrison D Missouri edit 1 Harry S Truman D 3 Bennett Champ Clark D Montana edit 1 Burton K Wheeler D 2 James E Murray D Nebraska edit 1 Edward R Burke D 2 George W Norris I Nevada edit 1 Key Pittman D 3 Pat McCarran D New Hampshire edit 2 Styles Bridges R 3 Fred H Brown D New Jersey edit 1 A Harry Moore D until January 17 1938 John Gerald Milton D January 18 1938 November 8 1938 William Warren Barbour R from November 8 1938 dd 2 William H Smathers D New Mexico edit 1 Dennis Chavez D 2 Carl Hatch D New York edit 1 Royal S Copeland D until June 17 1938 James M Mead D from December 3 1938 dd 3 Robert F Wagner D North Carolina edit 2 Josiah William Bailey D 3 Robert R Reynolds D North Dakota edit 1 Lynn Frazier R NPL 3 Gerald Nye R Ohio edit 1 A Victor Donahey D 3 Robert J Bulkley D Oklahoma edit 2 Joshua B Lee D 3 Elmer Thomas D Oregon edit 2 Charles L McNary R 3 Frederick Steiwer R until January 31 1938 Alfred E Reames D February 1 1938 November 8 1938 Alexander G Barry R from November 9 1938 dd Pennsylvania edit 1 Joseph F Guffey D 3 James J Davis R Rhode Island edit 1 Peter G Gerry D 2 Theodore F Green D South Carolina edit 2 James F Byrnes D 3 Ellison D Smith D South Dakota edit 2 William J Bulow D 3 Herbert E Hitchcock D until November 8 1938 Gladys Pyle R from November 9 1938 dd Tennessee edit 1 Kenneth McKellar D 2 Nathan L Bachman D until April 23 1937 George L Berry D May 6 1937 November 8 1938 Tom Stewart D from November 8 1938 3 dd Texas edit 1 Tom T Connally D 2 Morris Sheppard D Utah edit 1 William H King D 3 Elbert D Thomas D Vermont edit 1 Warren Austin R 3 Ernest Willard Gibson R Virginia edit 1 Harry F Byrd D 2 Carter Glass D Washington edit 1 Lewis B Schwellenbach D 3 Homer Bone D West Virginia edit 1 Rush D Holt Sr D 2 Matthew M Neely D Wisconsin edit 1 Robert M La Follette Jr P 3 F Ryan Duffy D Wyoming edit 1 Joseph C O Mahoney D 2 Henry H Schwartz D nbsp Senators party membership by state at the opening of the 75th Congress in January 1937 The green stripes denote Senator Robert M La Follette Jr of the Progressive Party and the yellow stripes denote independent Senator George W Norris 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans 2 Farmer Laborers House of Representatives edit The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers Alabama edit 1 Frank W Boykin D 2 J Lister Hill D until January 11 1938 George M Grant D from June 14 1938 dd 3 Henry B Steagall D 4 Sam Hobbs D 5 Joe Starnes D 6 Pete Jarman D 7 William B Bankhead D 8 John J Sparkman D 9 Luther Patrick D Arizona edit At large John R Murdock D Arkansas edit 1 William J Driver D 2 John E Miller D until November 14 1937 3 Claude A Fuller D 4 William B Cravens D 5 David D Terry D 6 John L McClellan D 7 Wade H Kitchens D California edit 1 Clarence F Lea D 2 Harry L Englebright R 3 Frank H Buck D 4 Franck R Havenner P 5 Richard J Welch R 6 Albert E Carter R 7 John H Tolan D 8 John J McGrath D 9 Bertrand W Gearhart R 10 Henry E Stubbs D until February 28 1937 Alfred J Elliott D from May 4 1937 dd 11 John S McGroarty D 12 Jerry Voorhis D 13 Charles Kramer D 14 Thomas F Ford D 15 John M Costello D 16 John F Dockweiler D 17 Charles J Colden D until April 15 1938 18 Byron N Scott D 19 Harry R Sheppard D 20 Edouard V M Izac D Colorado edit 1 Lawrence Lewis D 2 Fred N Cummings D 3 John A Martin D 4 Edward T Taylor D Connecticut edit 1 Herman P Kopplemann D 2 William J Fitzgerald D 3 James A Shanley D 4 Alfred N Phillips D 5 J Joseph Smith D At large William M Citron D Delaware edit At large William F Allen D Florida edit 1 J Hardin Peterson D 2 Robert A Green D 3 Millard F Caldwell D 4 J Mark Wilcox D 5 Joe Hendricks D Georgia edit 1 Hugh Peterson D 2 Edward E Cox D 3 Stephen Pace D 4 Emmett M Owen D 5 Robert Ramspeck D 6 Carl Vinson D 7 Malcolm C Tarver D 8 Braswell Deen D 9 B Frank Whelchel D 10 Paul Brown D Idaho edit 1 Compton I White D 2 D Worth Clark D Illinois edit 1 Arthur W Mitchell D 2 Raymond S McKeough D 3 Edward A Kelly D 4 Harry P Beam D 5 Adolph J Sabath D 6 Thomas J O Brien D 7 Leonard W Schuetz D 8 Leo Kocialkowski D 9 James McAndrews D 10 Ralph E Church R 11 Chauncey W Reed R 12 Noah M Mason R 13 Leo E Allen R 14 Chester C Thompson D 15 Lewis L Boyer D 16 Everett M Dirksen R 17 Leslie C Arends R 18 James A Meeks D 19 Hugh M Rigney D 20 Scott W Lucas D 21 Frank W Fries D 22 Edwin M Schaefer D 23 Laurence F Arnold D 24 Claude V Parsons D 25 Kent E Keller D At large Edwin V Champion D At large Lewis M Long D Indiana edit 1 William T Schulte D 2 Charles A Halleck R 3 Samuel B Pettengill D 4 James I Farley D 5 Glenn Griswold D 6 Virginia E Jenckes D 7 Arthur H Greenwood D 8 John W Boehne Jr D 9 Eugene B Crowe D 10 Finly H Gray D 11 William H Larrabee D 12 Louis Ludlow D Iowa edit 1 Edward C Eicher D until December 2 1938 2 William S Jacobsen D 3 John W Gwynne R 4 Fred Biermann D 5 Lloyd Thurston R 6 Cassius C Dowell R 7 Otha D Wearin D 8 Fred C Gilchrist R 9 Vincent F Harrington D Kansas edit 1 William P Lambertson R 2 Ulysses S Guyer R 3 Edward White Patterson D 4 Edward Herbert Rees R 5 John Mills Houston D 6 Frank Carlson R 7 Clifford R Hope R Kentucky edit 1 Noble J Gregory D 2 Beverly M Vincent D 3 Emmet O Neal D 4 Edward W Creal D 5 Brent Spence D 6 Virgil Chapman D 7 Andrew J May D 8 Fred M Vinson D until May 12 1938 Joe B Bates D from June 4 1938 dd 9 John M Robsion R Louisiana edit 1 Joachim O Fernandez D 2 Paul H Maloney D 3 Robert L Mouton D 4 Overton Brooks D 5 Newt V Mills D 6 John K Griffith D 7 Rene L DeRouen D 8 A Leonard Allen D Maine edit 1 James C Oliver R 2 Clyde H Smith R 3 Ralph Owen Brewster R Maryland edit 1 T Alan Goldsborough D 2 William P Cole Jr D 3 Vincent L Palmisano D 4 Ambrose J Kennedy D 5 Stephen W Gambrill D until December 19 1938 6 David J Lewis D Massachusetts edit 1 Allen T Treadway R 2 Charles Clason R 3 Joseph E Casey D 4 Pehr G Holmes R 5 Edith Nourse Rogers R 6 George J Bates R 7 William P Connery Jr D until June 15 1937 Lawrence J Connery D from September 28 1937 dd 8 Arthur D Healey D 9 Robert Luce R 10 George H Tinkham R 11 John P Higgins D until September 30 1937 Thomas A Flaherty D from December 14 1937 dd 12 John W McCormack D 13 Richard B Wigglesworth R 14 Joseph W Martin Jr R 15 Charles L Gifford R Michigan edit 1 George G Sadowski D 2 Earl C Michener R 3 Paul W Shafer R 4 Clare E Hoffman R 5 Carl Mapes R 6 Andrew J Transue D 7 Jesse P Wolcott R 8 Fred L Crawford R 9 Albert J Engel R 10 Roy O Woodruff R 11 John F Luecke D 12 Frank Hook D 13 George D O Brien D 14 Louis C Rabaut D 15 John D Dingell Sr D 16 John Lesinski Sr D 17 George A Dondero R Minnesota edit 1 August H Andresen R 2 Elmer Ryan D 3 Henry Teigan FL 4 Melvin Maas R 5 Dewey Johnson FL 6 Harold Knutson R 7 Paul J Kvale FL 8 John Bernard FL 9 Rich T Buckler FL Mississippi edit 1 John E Rankin D 2 Wall Doxey D 3 William M Whittington D 4 Aaron L Ford D 5 Ross A Collins D 6 William M Colmer D 7 Dan R McGehee D Missouri edit 1 Milton A Romjue D 2 William L Nelson D 3 Richard M Duncan D 4 C Jasper Bell D 5 Joseph B Shannon D 6 Reuben T Wood D 7 Dewey Short R 8 Clyde Williams D 9 Clarence Cannon D 10 Orville Zimmerman D 11 Thomas C Hennings Jr D 12 Charles Arthur Anderson D 13 John J Cochran D Montana edit 1 Jerry J O Connell D 2 James F O Connor D Nebraska edit 1 Henry Carl Luckey D 2 Charles F McLaughlin D 3 Karl Stefan R 4 Charles Gustav Binderup D 5 Harry B Coffee D Nevada edit At large James G Scrugham D New Hampshire edit 1 Arthur B Jenks R until June 9 1938 Alphonse Roy D from June 9 1938 dd 2 Charles W Tobey R New Jersey edit 1 Charles A Wolverton R 2 Elmer H Wene D 3 William H Sutphin D 4 D Lane Powers R 5 Charles A Eaton R 6 Donald H McLean R 7 J Parnell Thomas R 8 George N Seger R 9 Edward A Kenney D until January 27 1938 10 Fred A Hartley Jr R 11 Edward L O Neill D 12 Frank William Towey Jr D 13 Mary T Norton D 14 Edward J Hart D New Mexico edit At large John J Dempsey D New York edit 1 Robert L Bacon R until September 12 1938 2 William B Barry D 3 Joseph L Pfeifer D 4 Thomas H Cullen D 5 Marcellus H Evans D 6 Andrew L Somers D 7 John J Delaney D 8 Donald L O Toole D 9 Eugene J Keogh D 10 Emanuel Celler D 11 James A O Leary D 12 Samuel Dickstein D 13 Christopher D Sullivan D 14 William I Sirovich D 15 John J Boylan D until October 5 1938 16 John J O Connor D switched to R October 24 1938 4 17 Theodore A Peyser D until August 8 1937 Bruce F Barton R from November 2 1937 dd 18 Martin J Kennedy D 19 Sol Bloom D 20 James J Lanzetta D 21 Joseph A Gavagan D 22 Edward W Curley D 23 Charles A Buckley D 24 James M Fitzpatrick D 25 Charles D Millard R until September 29 1937 Ralph A Gamble R from November 2 1937 dd 26 Hamilton Fish III R 27 Philip A Goodwin R until June 6 1937 Lewis K Rockefeller R from November 2 1937 dd 28 William T Byrne D 29 E Harold Cluett R 30 Frank Crowther R 31 Bertrand H Snell R 32 Francis D Culkin R 33 Fred J Douglas R 34 Bert Lord R 35 Clarence E Hancock R 36 John Taber R 37 W Sterling Cole R 38 George B Kelly D 39 James W Wadsworth Jr R 40 Walter G Andrews R 41 Alfred F Beiter D 42 James M Mead D until December 2 1938 43 Daniel A Reed R At large Matthew J Merritt D At large Caroline O Day D North Carolina edit 1 Lindsay C Warren D 2 John H Kerr D 3 Graham A Barden D 4 Harold D Cooley D 5 Franklin W Hancock Jr D 6 William B Umstead D 7 J Bayard Clark D 8 J Walter Lambeth D 9 Robert L Doughton D 10 Alfred L Bulwinkle D 11 Zebulon Weaver D North Dakota edit At large William Lemke R NPL At large Usher L Burdick R NPL Ohio edit 1 Joseph A Dixon D 2 Herbert S Bigelow D 3 Byron B Harlan D 4 Frank Le Blond Kloeb D until August 19 1937 Walter H Albaugh R from November 8 1938 dd 5 Frank C Kniffin D 6 James G Polk D 7 Arthur W Aleshire D 8 Thomas B Fletcher D 9 John F Hunter D 10 Thomas A Jenkins R 11 Harold K Claypool D 12 Arthur P Lamneck D 13 Dudley A White R 14 Dow W Harter D 15 Robert T Secrest D 16 William R Thom D 17 William A Ashbrook D 18 Lawrence E Imhoff D 19 Michael J Kirwan D 20 Martin L Sweeney D 21 Robert Crosser D 22 Anthony A Fleger D At large John McSweeney D At large Harold G Mosier D Oklahoma edit 1 Wesley E Disney D 2 John Conover Nichols D 3 Wilburn Cartwright D 4 Lyle Boren D 5 Robert P Hill D until October 29 1937 Gomer Griffith Smith D from December 10 1937 dd 6 Jed J Johnson D 7 Sam C Massingale D 8 Phil Ferguson D At large Will Rogers D Oregon edit 1 James W Mott R 2 Walter M Pierce D 3 Nan Wood Honeyman D Pennsylvania edit 1 Leon Sacks D 2 James P McGranery D 3 Michael J Bradley D 4 J Burrwood Daly D 5 Frank J G Dorsey D 6 Michael J Stack D 7 Ira W Drew D 8 James Wolfenden R 9 Oliver Walter Frey D 10 J Roland Kinzer R 11 Patrick J Boland D 12 J Harold Flannery D 13 James H Gildea D 14 Guy L Moser D 15 Albert G Rutherford R 16 Robert F Rich R 17 J William Ditter R 18 Benjamin Kurtz Focht R until March 27 1937 Richard M Simpson R from May 11 1937 dd 19 Guy J Swope D 20 Benjamin Jarrett R 21 Francis E Walter D 22 Harry L Haines D 23 Don Gingery D 24 J Buell Snyder D 25 Charles I Faddis D 26 Charles R Eckert D 27 Joseph Gray D 28 Robert G Allen D 29 Charles N Crosby D 30 Peter J De Muth D 31 James L Quinn D 32 Herman P Eberharter D 33 Henry Ellenbogen D until January 3 1938 34 Matthew A Dunn D Rhode Island edit 1 Aime Forand D 2 John M O Connell D South Carolina edit 1 Thomas S McMillan D 2 Hampton P Fulmer D 3 John C Taylor D 4 Gabriel H Mahon Jr D 5 James P Richards D 6 Allard H Gasque D until June 17 1938 Elizabeth Hawley Gasque D from September 13 1938 dd South Dakota edit 1 Fred H Hildebrandt D 2 Francis Case R Tennessee edit 1 B Carroll Reece R 2 J Will Taylor R 3 Samuel D McReynolds D 4 John Ridley Mitchell D 5 Richard Merrill Atkinson D 6 Clarence W Turner D 7 Herron C Pearson D 8 Jere Cooper D 9 Walter Chandler D Texas edit 1 Wright Patman D 2 Martin Dies Jr D 3 Morgan G Sanders D 4 Sam Rayburn D 5 Hatton W Sumners D 6 Luther A Johnson D 7 Nat Patton D 8 Albert Thomas D 9 Joseph J Mansfield D 10 James P Buchanan D until February 22 1937 Lyndon B Johnson D from April 10 1937 dd 11 William R Poage D 12 Fritz G Lanham D 13 William D McFarlane D 14 Richard M Kleberg D 15 Milton H West D 16 R Ewing Thomason D 17 Clyde L Garrett D 18 John Marvin Jones D 19 George H Mahon D 20 Maury Maverick D 21 Charles L South D Utah edit 1 Abe Murdock D 2 J W Robinson D Vermont edit At large Charles A Plumley R Virginia edit 1 S Otis Bland D 2 Norman R Hamilton D 3 Andrew Jackson Montague D until January 24 1937 Dave E Satterfield Jr D from November 2 1937 dd 4 Patrick H Drewry D 5 Thomas G Burch D 6 Clifton A Woodrum D 7 A Willis Robertson D 8 Howard W Smith D 9 John W Flannagan Jr D Washington edit 1 Warren G Magnuson D 2 Monrad C Wallgren D 3 Martin F Smith D 4 Knute Hill D 5 Charles H Leavy D 6 John M Coffee D West Virginia edit 1 Robert L Ramsay D 2 Jennings Randolph D 3 Andrew Edmiston Jr D 4 George William Johnson D 5 John Kee D 6 Joe L Smith D Wisconsin edit 1 Thomas Ryum Amlie P 2 Harry Sauthoff P 3 Gardner R Withrow P 4 Raymond Joseph Cannon D 5 Thomas David Patrick O Malley D 6 Michael K Reilly D 7 Gerald J Boileau P 8 George J Schneider P 9 Merlin Hull P 10 Bernard J Gehrmann P Wyoming edit At large Paul Ranous Greever D Non voting members edit Alaska Territory Anthony J Dimond D Hawaii Territory Samuel Wilder King R Philippines Quintin Paredes Resident Commissioner Nac until September 29 1938 Joaquin Miguel Elizalde Resident Commissioner Nac from September 29 1938 dd Puerto Rico Santiago Iglesias Pantin Resident Commissioner Coalitionist Changes in membership editThe count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress Senate edit See also List of special elections to the United States Senate Senate changes State class Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation b Tennessee 2 Nathan L Bachman D Died April 23 1937 Successor appointed to continue the term George L Berry D May 6 1937Arkansas 2 Joseph T Robinson D Died July 14 1937 Successor elected October 19 1937 John E Miller D November 15 1937Alabama 3 Hugo Black D Resigned August 19 1937 after being appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Successor appointed to continue the term Dixie Bibb Graves D August 20 1937Alabama 3 Dixie Bibb Graves D Resigned January 10 1938 after successor elected J Lister Hill D January 11 1938New Jersey 1 A Harry Moore D Resigned January 17 1938 after being elected Governor of New Jersey Successor appointed to continue the term John G Milton D January 18 1938Oregon 3 Frederick Steiwer R Resigned January 31 1938 due to poor health Successor appointed to continue the term Alfred E Reames D February 1 1938New York 1 Royal S Copeland D Died June 17 1938 Successor elected November 8 1938 James M Mead D December 3 1938California 3 William G McAdoo D Resigned November 8 1938 after losing nomination for upcoming term Successor appointed to continue the term Thomas M Storke D November 9 1938New Jersey 1 John G Milton D Interim appointee retired when successor elected Successor elected November 8 1938 William W Barbour R November 9 1938Oregon 3 Alfred E Reames D Interim appointee retired when successor elected Successor elected November 8 1938 Alexander G Barry R November 9 1938South Dakota 3 Herbert E Hitchcock D Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term Successor elected November 8 1938 Gladys Pyle R November 9 1938Tennessee 2 George L Berry D Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term Successor elected November 8 1938 Tom Stewart D November 9 1938 House of Representatives edit See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation b Virginia 3 Andrew Jackson Montague D Died January 24 1937 Dave E Satterfield Jr D November 2 1937Texas 10 James P Buchanan D Died February 22 1937 Lyndon B Johnson D April 10 1937California 10 Henry E Stubbs D Died February 28 1937 Alfred J Elliott D May 4 1937Pennsylvania 18 Benjamin K Focht R Died March 27 1937 Richard M Simpson R May 11 1937New York 27 Philip A Goodwin R Died June 6 1937 Lewis K Rockefeller R November 2 1937Massachusetts 7 William P Connery Jr D Died June 15 1937 Lawrence J Connery D September 28 1937New York 17 Theodore A Peyser D Died August 8 1937 Bruce F Barton R November 2 1937Ohio 4 Frank Le Blond Kloeb D Resigned August 19 1937 to become justice of United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Walter H Albaugh R November 8 1938New York 25 Charles D Millard R Resigned September 29 1937 to become surrogate of Westchester County New York Ralph A Gamble R November 2 1937Massachusetts 11 John P Higgins D Resigned September 30 1937 to become chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court Thomas A Flaherty D December 14 1937Oklahoma 5 Robert P Hill D Died October 29 1937 Gomer Griffith Smith D December 10 1937Arkansas 2 John E Miller D Resigned November 14 1937 to become U S senator Vacant until the next CongressPennsylvania 33 Henry Ellenbogen D Resigned January 3 1938 to become judge of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Pennsylvania Vacant until the next CongressAlabama 2 J Lister Hill D Resigned January 11 1938 to become U S senator George M Grant D June 14 1938New Jersey 9 Edward A Kenney D Died January 27 1938 Vacant until the next CongressCalifornia 17 Charles J Colden D Died April 15 1938 Vacant until the next CongressKentucky 8 Fred M Vinson D Resigned May 27 1938 to become associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Joe B Bates D June 4 1938New Hampshire 1 Arthur B Jenks R Lost contested election June 9 1938 Alphonse Roy D June 9 1938South Carolina 6 Allard H Gasque D Died June 17 1938 Elizabeth Hawley Gasque D September 13 1937New York 1 Robert L Bacon R Died September 12 1938 Vacant until the next CongressResident Commissioner of the Philippines Quintin Paredes NAC Resigned September 29 1938 Joaquin Miguel Elizalde NAC September 29 1938New York 15 John J Boylan D Died October 5 1938 Vacant until the next CongressNew York 16 John J O Connor D Changed party affiliation October 24 1938 John J O Connor R October 24 1938Iowa 1 Edward C Eicher D Resigned December 2 1938 to become commissioner to the Securities and Exchange Commission Vacant until the next CongressNew York 42 James M Mead D Resigned December 2 1938 after being elected to the U S Senate Vacant until the next CongressMaryland 5 Stephen W Gambrill D Died December 19 1938 Vacant until the next CongressCommittees editLists 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 edit Agriculture and Forestry Chairman Ellison D Smith Ranking Member George W Norris Aquatic Life Special Appropriations Chairman Carter Glass Ranking Member Frederick Hale Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate Chairman James F Byrnes Ranking Member John G Townsend Jr Banking and Currency Chairman Robert F Wagner Ranking Member John G Townsend Jr Campaign Expenditures Investigation Special Chairman Augustine Lonergan Civil Service Chairman William J Bulow Ranking Member Wallace H White Jr Civil Service Laws Special Civil Service System Special Claims Chairman Josiah W Bailey Ranking Member Arthur Capper Commerce Chairman Royal S Copeland Ranking Member Charles L McNary Court Reorganization and Judicial Procedure Special District of Columbia Chairman William H King Ranking Member Arthur Capper Education and Labor Chairman Elbert D Thomas Ranking Member William E Borah Investigation Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of Labor Enrolled Bills Chairman Hattie W Caraway Ranking Member Arthur H Vandenberg Executive Agencies of the Government Select Expenditures in Executive Departments Chairman J Hamilton Lewis Ranking Member James J Davis Finance Chairman Pat Harrison Ranking Member Robert M La Follette Jr Foreign Relations Chairman Key Pittman Ranking Member William E Borah Government Organization Select Immigration Chairman Richard B Russell Ranking Member Hiram W Johnson Indian Affairs Chairman Elmer Thomas Ranking Member Lynn J Frazier Insular Affairs Chairman Leo Kocialkowski Ranking Member N A Interoceanic Canals Chairman N A Ranking Member N A Interstate Commerce Chairman Burton K Wheeler Ranking Member Wallace H White Jr Irrigation and Reclamation Chairman John H Bankhead II Ranking Member Charles L McNary Judiciary Chairman Henry F Ashurst Ranking Member William E Borah Library Chairman Alben W Barkley Ranking Member Ernest W Gibson Lobbying Activities Select Manufactures Chairman Robert J Bulkley Ranking Member Robert M La Follette Jr Military Affairs Chairman Morris Sheppard Ranking Member Warren R Austin Mines and Mining Chairman M M Logan Ranking Member Lynn J Frazier Mississippi Flood Control Project Select Chairman Robert F Wagner Merchant Marine Special Naval Affairs Chairman David I Walsh Ranking Member Frederick Hale Patents Chairman William Gibbs McAdoo Ranking Member George W Norris Pensions Chairman George McGill Ranking Member Lynn J Frazier Post Office and Post Roads Chairman Kenneth McKellar Ranking Member Lynn J Frazier Printing Chairman J Walter Lambeth Ranking Member Arthur H Vandenberg Privileges and Elections Chairman Walter F George Ranking Member Warren R Austin Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman Tom Connally Ranking Member Warren R Austin Public Lands and Surveys Chairman Alva B Adams Ranking Member Gerald P Nye Rules Chairman Matthew M Neely Ranking Member Frederick Hale Senatorial Campaign Expenditures Special Taxation of Government Securities and Salaries Special Territories and Insular Affairs Chairman Millard E Tydings Ranking Member Gerald P Nye Unemployment and Relief Select Whole Wildlife Resources Special Chairman Vacant Ranking Member Key Pittman Wool Production Special Chairman Alva B Adams House of Representatives edit Accounts Chairman Lindsay C Warren Ranking Member James Wolfenden Agriculture Chairman J Marvin Jones Ranking Member Clifford R Hope Appropriations Chairman Edward T Taylor Ranking Member John Taber Banking and Currency Chairman Henry B Steagall Ranking Member Jesse P Wolcott Census Chairman William H Larrabee Ranking Member J Roland Kinzer Civil Service Chairman Robert Ramspeck Ranking Member Edith Nourse Rogers Claims Chairman Ambrose J Kennedy Ranking Member Ulysses S Guyer Coinage Weights and Measures Chairman Andrew Somers Ranking Member Lloyd Thurston Conservation of Wildlife Resources Select Chairman A Willis Robertson Disposition of Executive Papers Chairman Charles J Colden Ranking Member Bertrand W Gearhart District of Columbia Chairman Vincent L Palmisano Ranking Member Everett M Dirksen Education Chairman William H Larrabee Ranking Member Albert E Carter Election of the President Vice President and Representatives in Congress Chairman Caroline O Day Ranking Member George H Tinkham Elections No 1 Chairman N A Ranking Member Clarence E Hancock Elections No 2 Chairman Joseph H Gavagan Ranking Member Ulysses S Guyer Elections No 3 Chairman John H Kerr Ranking Member Charles L Gifford Enrolled Bills Chairman Claude V Parsons Ranking Member Charles Aubrey Eaton Expenditures in the Executive Departments Chairman John J Cochran Ranking Member Charles L Gifford Flood Control Chairman William M Whittington Ranking Member Robert F Rich Foreign Affairs Chairman Sam D McReynolds Ranking Member Hamilton Fish III Government Organization Select Chairman N A Immigration and Naturalization Chairman Samuel Dickstein Ranking Member J Will Taylor Indian Affairs Chairman Will Rogers Ranking Member Fred C Gilchrist Insular Affairs Chairman Leo Kocialkowski Ranking Member Lloyd Thurston Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman Clarence F Lea Ranking Member Carl E Mapes Invalid Pensions Chairman John Lesinski Ranking Member Charles D Millard Investigate Real Estate Beholder s Reorganizations Select Chairman N A Irrigation and Reclamation Chairman Compton I White Ranking Member Fred A Hartley Jr Judiciary Chairman Hatton W Sumners Ranking Member Ulysses S Guyer Labor Chairman Mary Teresa Norton Ranking Member Richard J Welch Library Chairman Kent E Keller Ranking Member Allen T Treadway Memorials Chairman Pete Jarman Ranking Member Frank Crowther Merchant Marine and Fisheries Chairman S Otis Bland Ranking Member Richard J Welch Military Affairs Chairman Andrew J May Ranking Member Walter G Andrews Mines and Mining Chairman Joe L Smith Ranking Member Harry Lane Englebright Naval Affairs Chairman Carl Vinson Ranking Member Charles D Millard Patents Chairman William I Sirovich Ranking Member Fred A Hartley Jr Pensions Chairman Allard H Gasque Ranking Member Walter G Andrews Post Office and Post Roads Chairman James M Mead Ranking Member Fred A Hartley Jr Printing Chairman J Walter Lambeth Ranking Member Robert F Rich Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman Fritz G Lanham Ranking Member J Will Taylor Public Lands Chairman Rene L De Rouen Ranking Member Harry Lane Englebright Revision of Laws Chairman Raymond J Cannon Ranking Member Jesse P Wolcott Rivers and Harbors Chairman Joseph J Mansfield Ranking Member George N Seger Roads Chairman Wilburn Cartwright Ranking Member Jesse P Wolcott Rules Chairman John J O Connor Ranking Member Joseph W Martin Jr Standards of Official Conduct Territories Chairman Robert A Green Ranking Member Harry Lane Englebright War Claims Chairman Alfred Beiter Ranking Member Benjamin K Focht Ways and Means Chairman Robert L Doughton Ranking Member Allen T Treadway World War Veterans Legislation Chairman John E Rankin Ranking Member Edith Nourse Rogers WholeJoint committees edit Conditions of Indian Tribes Special Disposition of Useless Executive Papers Forestry Chairman Sen John H Bankhead II Government Organization Hawaii The Library Chairman Sen Alben W Barkley To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States Printing Chairman Sen Carl Hayden Vice Chairman Rep J Walter Lambeth Taxation Chairman Sen Pat Harrison Vice Chairman Rep Robert L Doughton Tax Evasion and Avoidance Tennessee Valley AuthorityCaucuses editDemocratic House Democratic Senate Employees editLegislative branch agency directors edit Architect of the Capitol David Lynn 5 Attending Physician of the United States Congress George Calver Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam Public Printer of the United States Augustus E GiegengackSenate edit Chaplain Reverend ZeBarney Thorne Phillips 5 Episcopalian Parliamentarian Charles L Watkins 5 Secretary Edwin Alexander Halsey 5 Librarian Ruskin McArdle Sergeant at Arms Chesley W Jurney 5 Democratic Party Secretary Leslie Biffle Republican Party Secretary Carl A LoefflerHouse of Representatives edit Chaplain James Shera Montgomery 5 Methodist Clerk South Trimble 5 Doorkeeper Joseph J Sinnott 5 Parliamentarian Lewis Deschler 5 Postmaster Finis E Scott 5 Reading Clerks Roger M Calloway D and Alney E Chaffee R Sergeant at Arms Kenneth Romney 5 See also edit1936 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1936 United States presidential election 1936 United States Senate elections 1936 United States House of Representatives elections 1938 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1938 United States Senate elections 1938 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes edit Starting in 1937 the 20th Amendment required new presidential terms to begin 17 days after the new Congress convened a b When seated or oath administered not necessarily when service began References edit 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 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 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 O CONNOR PREDICTS RE ELECTION NOV 8 Representative Is Guest at National Republican Club The New York Times October 25 1938 a b c d e f g h i j k Official Congressional Directory for the United States Congress Washington United States Government Printing Office 1937 pp 760 House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 75th Congress PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 20 2018 Retrieved June 6 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