1st: January 3, 1939 – August 5, 1939 2nd: September 21, 1939 – November 3, 1939 3rd: January 3, 1940 – January 3, 1941
Both chambers had a Democratic majority - holding a supermajority in the Senate, but a greatly reduced majority in the House, thus losing the supermajority there. With PresidentRoosevelt, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta.
The 76th is also the most recent Congress to have held a third session.
May 16, 1940: World War II: President Roosevelt, addressed a joint session of Congress, asking for an extraordinary credit of approximately $900 million to finance construction of at least 50,000 airplanes per year.
June 5, 1940: World War II: The United States Senate passes bill S4025 which allows the Department of Defense to sell outdated equipment to belligerents in wartime. In practice this allows the Roosevelt administration to sell certain navy vessels to Great Britain. The vote is watched closely by both the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany. The Nazis hope that the bill does not pass, the British hope that it will. The bill passes 67-18 in the United States Senate.[3]
June 10, 1940: World War II: President Roosevelt denounced Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech during the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
July 10, 1940: World War II: The United States Senate votes to confirm Frank Knox as Secretary of the Navy. The British hope he will be confirmed as he was openly sympathetic to them. Islationist Senators such as Burton K. Wheeler and Ellison D. Smith vote against the confirmation.[4]
September 2, 1940: World War II: An agreement between America and Great Britain was announced to the effect that 50 U.S. destroyers needed for escort work would be transferred to Great Britain. In return, America gained 99-year leases on British bases in the North Atlantic, West Indies and Bermuda.
September 26, 1940: World War II: The United States imposed a total embargo on all scrap metal shipments to Japan.
October 16, 1940: The draft registration of approximately 16 million men began in the United States.
December 17, 1940: President Roosevelt, at his regular press conference, first outlined his plan to send aid to Great Britain that will become known as Lend-Lease.
December 29, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declared that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy."
January 13, 1941: All persons born in Puerto Rico after this day were declared U.S. citizens by birth, through federal law 8 U.S.C. § 1402.
January 27, 1941: World War II: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew passed on to Washington a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception about a planned surprise attack upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
February 4, 1941: World War II: The United Service Organization (USO) was created to entertain American troops.
HearingsEdit
January 23, 1941: Aviator Charles Lindbergh testified before the Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
Senators were popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1940; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1942; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1944.
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 76th Congress in January 1939. The green stripes denote Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. of the Progressive Party, and the yellow strips 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 are preceded by their district numbers.
Resigned December 31, 1940, to become candidate for Circuit attorney of St. Louis
Vacant until the next Congress
CommitteesEdit
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.
^ ab When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
ReferencesEdit
^Riddick, Floyd M. (1939). "First Session of the Seventy-sixth Congress, January 3 to August 5, 1939". American Political Science Review. 33 (6): 1022–1043. doi:10.2307/1948729. ISSN 0003-0554.
^Riddick, Floyd M. (1941). "Third Session of the Seventy-sixth Congress, January 3, 1940, to January 3, 1941". American Political Science Review. 35 (2): 284–303. doi:10.2307/1948700. ISSN 0003-0554.
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The 76th 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 1 2 It met in Washington D C from January 3 1939 to January 3 1941 during the seventh and eighth years of Franklin D Roosevelt s presidency The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1930 United States census 76th United States Congress75th 77thUnited States Capitol 1956 January 3 1939 January 3 1941Members96 senators435 representatives5 non voting delegatesSenate majorityDemocraticSenate PresidentJohn N Garner D House majorityDemocraticHouse SpeakerWilliam B Bankhead D until September 15 1940 Sam Rayburn D from September 16 1940 Sessions1st January 3 1939 August 5 19392nd September 21 1939 November 3 19393rd January 3 1940 January 3 1941Both chambers had a Democratic majority holding a supermajority in the Senate but a greatly reduced majority in the House thus losing the supermajority there With President Roosevelt the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta The 76th is also the most recent Congress to have held a third session Contents 1 Major events 2 Hearings 3 Major legislation 4 Party summary 4 1 Senate 4 2 House of Representatives 5 Leadership 5 1 Senate 5 1 1 Majority Democratic leadership 5 1 2 Minority Republican leadership 5 2 House of Representatives 5 2 1 Majority Democratic leadership 5 2 2 Minority Republican leadership 6 Members 6 1 Senate 6 1 1 Alabama 6 1 2 Arizona 6 1 3 Arkansas 6 1 4 California 6 1 5 Colorado 6 1 6 Connecticut 6 1 7 Delaware 6 1 8 Florida 6 1 9 Georgia 6 1 10 Idaho 6 1 11 Illinois 6 1 12 Indiana 6 1 13 Iowa 6 1 14 Kansas 6 1 15 Kentucky 6 1 16 Louisiana 6 1 17 Maine 6 1 18 Maryland 6 1 19 Massachusetts 6 1 20 Michigan 6 1 21 Minnesota 6 1 22 Mississippi 6 1 23 Missouri 6 1 24 Montana 6 1 25 Nebraska 6 1 26 Nevada 6 1 27 New Hampshire 6 1 28 New Jersey 6 1 29 New Mexico 6 1 30 New York 6 1 31 North Carolina 6 1 32 North Dakota 6 1 33 Ohio 6 1 34 Oklahoma 6 1 35 Oregon 6 1 36 Pennsylvania 6 1 37 Rhode Island 6 1 38 South Carolina 6 1 39 South Dakota 6 1 40 Tennessee 6 1 41 Texas 6 1 42 Utah 6 1 43 Vermont 6 1 44 Virginia 6 1 45 Washington 6 1 46 West Virginia 6 1 47 Wisconsin 6 1 48 Wyoming 6 2 House of Representatives 6 2 1 Alabama 6 2 2 Arizona 6 2 3 Arkansas 6 2 4 California 6 2 5 Colorado 6 2 6 Connecticut 6 2 7 Delaware 6 2 8 Florida 6 2 9 Georgia 6 2 10 Idaho 6 2 11 Illinois 6 2 12 Indiana 6 2 13 Iowa 6 2 14 Kansas 6 2 15 Kentucky 6 2 16 Louisiana 6 2 17 Maine 6 2 18 Maryland 6 2 19 Massachusetts 6 2 20 Michigan 6 2 21 Minnesota 6 2 22 Mississippi 6 2 23 Missouri 6 2 24 Montana 6 2 25 Nebraska 6 2 26 Nevada 6 2 27 New Hampshire 6 2 28 New Jersey 6 2 29 New Mexico 6 2 30 New York 6 2 31 North Carolina 6 2 32 North Dakota 6 2 33 Ohio 6 2 34 Oklahoma 6 2 35 Oregon 6 2 36 Pennsylvania 6 2 37 Rhode Island 6 2 38 South Carolina 6 2 39 South Dakota 6 2 40 Tennessee 6 2 41 Texas 6 2 42 Utah 6 2 43 Vermont 6 2 44 Virginia 6 2 45 Washington 6 2 46 West Virginia 6 2 47 Wisconsin 6 2 48 Wyoming 6 2 49 Non voting members 7 Changes in membership 7 1 Senate 7 2 House of Representatives 8 Committees 8 1 Senate 8 2 House of Representatives 8 3 Joint committees 9 Caucuses 10 Employees 10 1 Legislative branch agency directors 10 2 Senate 10 3 House of Representatives 11 In popular culture 12 See also 13 Notes 14 References Chaplain of the United States Senate ZeBarney Thorne Phillips delivering prayer to open the sessionMajor events Edit nbsp President Roosevelt signing the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 September 16 1940 Main articles 1939 in the United States 1940 in the United States and 1941 in the United States April 9 1939 African American singer Marian Anderson performs before 75 000 people at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D C after having been denied the use both of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution and of a public high school by the federally controlled District of Columbia August 2 1939 Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt about developing the atomic bomb using uranium This led to the creation of the Manhattan Project September 5 1939 World War II The United States declares its neutrality in the war November 4 1939 World War II President Roosevelt ordered the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939 allowing cash and carry purchases of weapons to non belligerent nations November 15 1939 President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial April 1 1940 April Fools Day was also the census date for the 16th U S Census May 16 1940 World War II President Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress asking for an extraordinary credit of approximately 900 million to finance construction of at least 50 000 airplanes per year June 5 1940 World War II The United States Senate passes bill S4025 which allows the Department of Defense to sell outdated equipment to belligerents in wartime In practice this allows the Roosevelt administration to sell certain navy vessels to Great Britain The vote is watched closely by both the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany The Nazis hope that the bill does not pass the British hope that it will The bill passes 67 18 in the United States Senate 3 June 10 1940 World War II President Roosevelt denounced Italy s actions with his Stab in the Back speech during the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia July 10 1940 World War II The United States Senate votes to confirm Frank Knox as Secretary of the Navy The British hope he will be confirmed as he was openly sympathetic to them Islationist Senators such as Burton K Wheeler and Ellison D Smith vote against the confirmation 4 August 4 1940 World War II Gen John J Pershing in a nationwide radio broadcast urges all out aid to Britain in order to defend the Americas while Charles Lindbergh speaks to an isolationist rally at Soldier Field in Chicago September 1940 The Army s 45th Infantry Division previously a National Guard Division in Arizona Colorado New Mexico and Oklahoma was activated and ordered into federal service for 1 year to engage in a training program in Ft Sill and Louisiana prior to serving in World War II September 2 1940 World War II An agreement between America and Great Britain was announced to the effect that 50 U S destroyers needed for escort work would be transferred to Great Britain In return America gained 99 year leases on British bases in the North Atlantic West Indies and Bermuda September 26 1940 World War II The United States imposed a total embargo on all scrap metal shipments to Japan October 16 1940 The draft registration of approximately 16 million men began in the United States October 29 1940 The Selective Service System lottery was held in Washington D C November 5 1940 U S presidential election 1940 Democratic incumbent Franklin D Roosevelt defeated Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and became the United States s first and only third term president November 12 1940 Case of Hansberry v Lee 311 U S 32 1940 decided allowing a racially restrictive covenant to be lifted December 17 1940 President Roosevelt at his regular press conference first outlined his plan to send aid to Great Britain that will become known as Lend Lease December 29 1940 Franklin D Roosevelt in a fireside chat to the nation declared that the United States must become the great arsenal of democracy January 13 1941 All persons born in Puerto Rico after this day were declared U S citizens by birth through federal law 8 U S C 1402 January 20 1941 Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes swore in President Roosevelt for a third term January 27 1941 World War II U S Ambassador to Japan Joseph C Grew passed on to Washington a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception about a planned surprise attack upon Pearl Harbor Hawaii February 4 1941 World War II The United Service Organization USO was created to entertain American troops Hearings EditJanuary 23 1941 Aviator Charles Lindbergh testified before the Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler Major legislation EditMain article List of United States federal legislation 1901 2001 76th United States Congress April 3 1939 Reorganization Act of 1939 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 76 19 53 Stat 561 August 2 1939 Hatch Act of 1939 Hatch Political Activity Act An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities ch 410 53 Stat 1147 November 4 1939 Neutrality Act of 1939 Cash and Carry Act ch 2 54 Stat 4 June 29 1940 Alien Registration Act Smith Act 3d sess ch 439 54 Stat 670 August 22 1940 Act of August 22 1940 ch 686 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 76 768 54 Stat 789 including Investment Company Act of 1940 Investment Advisers Act of 1940 September 16 1940 Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 76 783Party summary EditSenate Edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Farmer Labor FL WisconsinProgressive P Republican R Independent I End of previous congress74 2 1 18 1 96 0Begin69 2 1 23 1 96 0End68125Final voting share70 8 1 0 1 0 26 0 1 0 Beginning of next congress66 0 1 27 1 95 1House 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 AmericanLabor AL WisconsinProgressive WP Republican R Other O End of previous congress324 5 0 7 89 1 a 426 9Begin260 1 1 2 169 1 434 1End2561674287Final voting share59 8 0 2 0 2 0 5 39 0 0 2 Beginning of next congress268 1 1 3 162 0 435 0Leadership EditSenate Edit President John N Garner D President pro tempore Key Pittman D until November 10 1940 died William H King D from November 19 1940Majority Democratic leadership Edit Majority Leader Alben W Barkley Majority Whip Sherman Minton Democratic Caucus Secretary Joshua B LeeMinority Republican leadership Edit Minority Leader Charles McNary Republican Conference Secretary Frederick Hale National Senatorial Committee Chair John G Townsend Jr House of Representatives Edit Speaker William B Bankhead D until September 15 1940 died Sam Rayburn D from September 16 1940Majority Democratic leadership Edit Majority Leader Sam Rayburn until September 16 1940 John W McCormack from September 16 1940 Democratic Whip Patrick J Boland Democratic Caucus Chairman John W McCormack until September 16 1940 Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Patrick H DrewryMinority Republican leadership Edit Minority Leader Joseph William Martin Jr Republican Whip Harry Lane Englebright Republican Conference Chairman Roy O Woodruff Republican Campaign Committee Chairman J William DitterMembers EditSenate Edit Senators were popularly elected statewide every two years with one third beginning new six year terms with each Congress Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers which indicate the cycle of their election In this Congress Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress requiring reelection in 1940 Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress requiring reelection in 1942 and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress requiring reelection in 1944 Alabama Edit 2 John H Bankhead II D 3 Joseph Lister Hill D Arizona Edit 1 Henry Fountain Ashurst D 3 Carl Hayden D Arkansas Edit 2 John E Miller D 3 Hattie Wyatt Caraway D California Edit 1 Hiram Warren Johnson R 3 Sheridan Downey D Colorado Edit 2 Edwin Carl Johnson D 3 Alva Blanchard Adams D Connecticut Edit 1 Francis Thomas Maloney D 3 John A Danaher R Delaware Edit 1 John G Townsend Jr R 2 James H Hughes D Florida Edit 1 Charles Oscar Andrews D 3 Claude Denson Pepper D Georgia Edit 2 Richard Brevard Russell D 3 Walter Franklin George D Idaho Edit 2 William Edgar Borah R until January 19 1940 John Thomas R from January 27 1940 dd 3 D Worth Clark D Illinois Edit 2 James Hamilton Lewis D until April 9 1939 James M Slattery D April 14 1939 November 21 1940 Charles W Brooks R from November 22 1940 dd 3 Scott W Lucas D Indiana Edit 1 Sherman Minton D 3 Frederick Van Nuys D Iowa Edit 2 Clyde L Herring D 3 Guy M Gillette D Kansas Edit 2 Arthur Capper R 3 Clyde M Reed R Kentucky Edit 2 Marvel Mills Logan D until October 3 1939 Happy Chandler D from October 10 1939 dd 3 Alben William Barkley D Louisiana Edit 2 Allen Joseph Ellender D 3 John Holmes Overton D Maine Edit 1 Frederick Hale R 2 Wallace H White Jr R Maryland Edit 1 George Lovic Radcliffe D 3 Millard Evelyn Tydings D Massachusetts Edit 1 David Ignatius Walsh D 2 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr R Michigan Edit 1 Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R 2 Prentiss Marsh Brown D Minnesota Edit 1 Henrik Shipstead FL 2 Ernest Lundeen FL until August 31 1940 Joseph H Ball R from October 14 1940 dd Mississippi Edit 1 Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D 2 Byron Patton Harrison D Missouri Edit 1 Harry S Truman D 3 Bennett Champ Clark D Montana Edit 1 Burton Kendall Wheeler D 2 James Edward Murray D Nebraska Edit 1 Edward Raymond Burke D 2 George William Norris I Nevada Edit 1 Key Denson Pittman D until November 10 1940 Berkeley L Bunker D from November 27 1940 dd 3 Patrick Anthony McCarran D New Hampshire Edit 2 Styles Bridges R 3 Charles W Tobey R New Jersey Edit 1 William Warren Barbour R 2 William Howell Smathers D New Mexico Edit 1 Dennis Wyatt Chavez D 2 Carl Atwood Hatch D New York Edit 1 James Michael Mead D 3 Robert Ferdinand Wagner D North Carolina Edit 2 Josiah William Bailey D 3 Robert Rice Reynolds D North Dakota Edit 1 Lynn Frazier R NPL 3 Gerald Nye R Ohio Edit 1 Alvin Victor Donahey D 3 Robert A Taft R Oklahoma Edit 2 Joshua B Lee D 3 Elmer Thomas D Oregon Edit 2 Charles L McNary R 3 Rufus C Holman R Pennsylvania Edit 1 Joseph F Guffey D 3 James J Davis R Rhode Island Edit 1 Peter Goelet Gerry D 2 Theodore Francis Green D South Carolina Edit 2 James Francis Byrnes D 3 Ellison Durant Smith D South Dakota Edit 2 William John Bulow D 3 J Chandler Gurney R Tennessee Edit 1 Kenneth D McKellar D 2 Tom Stewart D Texas Edit 1 Thomas Terry Connally D 2 Morris Sheppard D Utah Edit 1 William Henry King D 3 Elbert Duncan Thomas D Vermont Edit 1 Warren Robinson Austin R 3 Ernest Willard Gibson R until June 20 1940 Ernest W Gibson Jr R from June 24 1940 dd Virginia Edit 1 Harry Flood Byrd D 2 Carter Glass D Washington Edit 1 Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D until December 16 1940 Monrad Wallgren D from December 19 1940 dd 3 Homer Truett Bone D West Virginia Edit 1 Rush D Holt Sr D 2 Matthew Mansfield Neely D Wisconsin Edit 1 Robert M La Follette Jr P 3 Alexander Wiley R Wyoming Edit 1 Joseph Christopher O Mahoney D 2 Henry H Schwartz D nbsp Senators party membership by state at the opening of the 76th Congress in January 1939 The green stripes denote Senator Robert M La Follette Jr of the Progressive Party and the yellow strips 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 are preceded by their district numbers Alabama Edit 1 Frank W Boykin D 2 George M Grant D 3 Henry B Steagall D 4 Sam Hobbs D 5 Joe Starnes D 6 Pete Jarman D 7 William B Bankhead D until September 15 1940 Zadoc L Weatherford D from November 5 1940 dd 8 John J Sparkman D 9 Luther Patrick D Arizona Edit At large John R Murdock D Arkansas Edit 1 Ezekiel C Gathings D 2 Wilbur Mills D 3 Clyde T Ellis D 4 William B Cravens D until January 13 1939 William Fadjo Cravens D from September 12 1939 dd 5 David D Terry D 6 William F Norrell 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 Jack Z Anderson R 9 Bertrand W Gearhart R 10 Alfred J Elliott D 11 John Carl Hinshaw R 12 Jerry Voorhis D 13 Charles Kramer D 14 Thomas F Ford D 15 John M Costello D 16 Leland M Ford R 17 Lee E Geyer D 18 Thomas M Eaton R until September 16 1939 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 until December 23 1939 William E Burney D from November 5 1940 dd 4 Edward T Taylor D Connecticut Edit 1 William J Miller R 2 Thomas R Ball R 3 James A Shanley D 4 Albert E Austin R 5 J Joseph Smith D At large B J Monkiewicz R Delaware Edit At large George S Williams R Florida Edit 1 J Hardin Peterson D 2 Robert A Green D 3 Millard F Caldwell D 4 Pat Cannon 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 until June 21 1939 Albert Sidney Camp D from August 1 1939 dd 5 Robert Ramspeck D 6 Carl Vinson D 7 Malcolm C Tarver D 8 W Benjamin Gibbs D until August 7 1940 Florence R Gibbs D from October 1 1940 dd 9 B Frank Whelchel D 10 Paul Brown D Idaho Edit 1 Compton I White D 2 Henry Dworshak R 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 A F Maciejewski 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 Anton J Johnson R 15 Robert B Chiperfield R 16 Everett M Dirksen R 17 Leslie C Arends R 18 Jessie Sumner R 19 William H Wheat R 20 James M Barnes 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 John C Martin D At large Thomas V Smith D Indiana Edit 1 William T Schulte D 2 Charles A Halleck R 3 Robert A Grant R 4 George W Gillie R 5 Forest Harness R 6 Noble J Johnson R 7 Gerald W Landis R 8 John W Boehne Jr D 9 Eugene B Crowe D 10 Raymond S Springer R 11 William H Larrabee D 12 Louis Ludlow D Iowa Edit 1 Thomas E Martin R 2 William S Jacobsen D 3 John W Gwynne R 4 Henry O Talle R 5 Karl M LeCompte R 6 Cassius C Dowell R until February 4 1940 Robert K Goodwin R from March 5 1940 dd 7 Ben F Jensen R 8 Fred C Gilchrist R 9 Vincent F Harrington D Kansas Edit 1 William P Lambertson R 2 Ulysses S Guyer R 3 Thomas Daniel Winter R 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 Joe B Bates D 9 John M Robsion R Louisiana Edit 1 Joachim O Fernandez D 2 Paul H Maloney D until December 15 1940 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 until April 8 1940 Margaret Chase Smith R from June 3 1940 dd 3 Ralph Owen Brewster R Maryland Edit 1 T Alan Goldsborough D until April 5 1939 David Jenkins Ward D from June 8 1939 dd 2 William P Cole Jr D 3 Thomas D Alesandro Jr D 4 Ambrose J Kennedy D 5 Lansdale G Sasscer D from February 3 1939 6 William D Byron 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 Lawrence J Connery D 8 Arthur D Healey D 9 Robert Luce R 10 George H Tinkham R 11 Thomas A Flaherty D 12 John W McCormack D 13 Richard B Wigglesworth R 14 Joseph W Martin Jr R 15 Charles L Gifford R Michigan Edit 1 Rudolph G Tenerowicz D 2 Earl C Michener R 3 Paul W Shafer R 4 Clare E Hoffman R 5 Carl Mapes R until December 12 1939 Bartel J Jonkman R from February 19 1940 dd 6 William W Blackney R 7 Jesse P Wolcott R 8 Fred L Crawford R 9 Albert J Engel R 10 Roy O Woodruff R 11 Fred Bradley R 12 Frank Hook D 13 Clarence J McLeod R 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 John G Alexander R 4 Melvin Maas R 5 Oscar Youngdahl R 6 Harold Knutson R 7 Herman Carl Andersen R 8 William Pittenger R 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 until December 31 1940 12 Charles Arthur Anderson D 13 John J Cochran D Montana Edit 1 Jacob Thorkelson R 2 James F O Connor D Nebraska Edit 1 George H Heinke R until January 2 1940 John Hyde Sweet R from April 19 1940 dd 2 Charles F McLaughlin D 3 Karl Stefan R 4 Carl Curtis R 5 Harry B Coffee D Nevada Edit At large James G Scrugham D New Hampshire Edit 1 Arthur B Jenks R 2 Foster Waterman Stearns R New Jersey Edit 1 Charles A Wolverton R 2 Walter S Jeffries R 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 until August 26 1940 9 Frank C Osmers Jr R 10 Fred A Hartley Jr R 11 Albert L Vreeland R 12 Robert Kean R 13 Mary T Norton D 14 Edward J Hart D New Mexico Edit At large John J Dempsey D New York Edit 1 Leonard W Hall R 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 until December 17 1939 Morris Michael Edelstein D from February 6 1940 dd 15 Michael J Kennedy D 16 James H Fay D 17 Bruce F Barton R 18 Martin J Kennedy D 19 Sol Bloom D 20 Vito Marcantonio AL 21 Joseph A Gavagan D 22 Edward W Curley D until January 6 1940 Walter A Lynch D from February 20 1940 dd 23 Charles A Buckley D 24 James M Fitzpatrick D 25 Ralph A Gamble R 26 Hamilton Fish III R 27 Lewis K Rockefeller R 28 William T Byrne D 29 E Harold Cluett R 30 Frank Crowther R 31 Wallace E Pierce R until January 3 1940 Clarence E Kilburn R from February 13 1940 dd 32 Francis D Culkin R 33 Fred J Douglas R 34 Bert Lord R until May 24 1939 Edwin Arthur Hall R from November 7 1939 dd 35 Clarence E Hancock R 36 John Taber R 37 W Sterling Cole R 38 Joseph J O Brien R 39 James W Wadsworth Jr R 40 Walter G Andrews R 41 J Francis Harter R 42 Pius Schwert D 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 until October 31 1940 Herbert Covington Bonner D from November 5 1940 dd 2 John H Kerr D 3 Graham A Barden D 4 Harold D Cooley D 5 Alonzo D Folger D 6 Carl T Durham D 7 J Bayard Clark D 8 William O Burgin 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 Charles H Elston R 2 William E Hess R 3 Harry N Routzohn R 4 Robert Franklin Jones R 5 Cliff Clevenger R 6 James G Polk D 7 Clarence J Brown R 8 Frederick Cleveland Smith R 9 John F Hunter D 10 Thomas A Jenkins R 11 Harold K Claypool D 12 John M Vorys R 13 Dudley A White R 14 Dow W Harter D 15 Robert T Secrest D 16 James Seccombe R 17 William A Ashbrook D until January 1 1940 J Harry McGregor R from February 27 1940 dd 18 Earl R Lewis R 19 Michael J Kirwan D 20 Martin L Sweeney D 21 Robert Crosser D 22 Chester C Bolton R until October 29 1939 Frances P Bolton R from February 27 1940 dd At large George H Bender R At large L L Marshall R Oklahoma Edit 1 Wesley E Disney D 2 John Conover Nichols D 3 Wilburn Cartwright D 4 Lyle Boren D 5 A S Mike Monroney D 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 Homer D Angell R Pennsylvania Edit 1 Leon Sacks D 2 James P McGranery D 3 Michael J Bradley D 4 J Burrwood Daly D until March 12 1939 John E Sheridan D from November 7 1939 dd 5 Fred C Gartner R 6 Francis J Myers D 7 George P Darrow R 8 James Wolfenden R 9 Charles L Gerlach R 10 J Roland Kinzer R 11 Patrick J Boland D 12 J Harold Flannery D 13 Ivor D Fenton R 14 Guy L Moser D 15 Albert G Rutherford R 16 Robert F Rich R 17 J William Ditter R 18 Richard M Simpson R 19 John C Kunkel R 20 Benjamin Jarrett R 21 Francis E Walter D 22 Chester H Gross R 23 James E Van Zandt R 24 J Buell Snyder D 25 Charles I Faddis D 26 Louis E Graham R 27 Harve Tibbott R 28 Robert G Allen D 29 Robert L Rodgers R 30 Robert J Corbett R 31 John McDowell R 32 Herman P Eberharter D 33 Joseph A McArdle D 34 Matthew A Dunn D Rhode Island Edit 1 Charles Risk R 2 Harry Sandager R South Carolina Edit 1 Thomas S McMillan D until September 29 1939 Clara Gooding McMillan D from November 7 1939 dd 2 Hampton P Fulmer D 3 Butler B Hare D 4 Joseph R Bryson D 5 James P Richards D 6 John L McMillan D South Dakota Edit 1 Karl E Mundt R 2 Francis Case R Tennessee Edit 1 B Carroll Reece R 2 J Will Taylor R until November 14 1939 John Jennings Jr R from December 30 1939 dd 3 Samuel D McReynolds D until July 11 1939 Estes Kefauver D from September 13 1939 dd 4 Albert Gore Sr D 5 Jo Byrns Jr D 6 Clarence W Turner D until March 23 1939 W Wirt Courtney D from May 11 1939 dd 7 Herron C Pearson D 8 Jere Cooper D 9 Walter Chandler D until January 2 1940 Clifford Davis D from February 15 1940 dd Texas Edit 1 Wright Patman D 2 Martin Dies Jr D 3 Lindley Beckworth D 4 Sam Rayburn D 5 Hatton W Sumners D 6 Luther Alexander Johnson D 7 Nat Patton D 8 Albert Thomas D 9 Joseph J Mansfield D 10 Lyndon B Johnson D 11 William R Poage D 12 Fritz G Lanham D 13 Ed Gossett 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 until November 20 1940 19 George H Mahon D 20 Paul J Kilday 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 Colgate W Darden Jr D 3 Dave E Satterfield Jr D 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 until December 19 1940 3 Martin F Smith D 4 Knute Hill D 5 Charles H Leavy D 6 John M Coffee D West Virginia Edit 1 A C Schiffler R 2 Jennings Randolph D 3 Andrew Edmiston Jr D 4 George W Johnson D 5 John Kee D 6 Joe L Smith D Wisconsin Edit 1 Stephen Bolles R 2 Charles Hawks Jr R 3 Harry W Griswold R until July 4 1939 4 John C Schafer R 5 Lewis D Thill R 6 Frank Bateman Keefe R 7 Reid F Murray R 8 Joshua L Johns R 9 Merlin Hull P 10 Bernard J Gehrmann P Wyoming Edit At large Frank O Horton R Non voting members Edit Alaska Territory Anthony J Dimond D Hawaii Territory Samuel Wilder King R Philippines Joaquin Miguel Elizalde I Puerto Rico Santiago Iglesias Pantin Coalitionist until December 5 1939 Bolivar Pagan Resident Commissioner Soc from December 26 1939 dd 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 sformal installation b Illinois 2 J Hamilton Lewis D Died April 9 1939 Successor appointed April 14 1939 to continue the term James M Slattery D April 14 1939Kentucky 2 M M Logan D Died October 3 1939 Successor appointed October 10 1939 to continue the term Successor elected November 5 1940 to finish the term Happy Chandler D October 10 1939Idaho 2 William E Borah R Died January 19 1940 Successor appointed January 27 1940 to continue the term Successor elected November 5 1940 to finish the term John Thomas R January 27 1940Vermont 3 Ernest W Gibson R Died June 20 1940 Successor appointed June 24 1940 to continue the term Ernest W Gibson Jr R June 24 1940Minnesota 2 Ernest Lundeen FL Died August 31 1940 Successor appointed October 14 1940 to continue the term Successor lost election to finish the term Joseph H Ball R October 14 1940Nevada 1 Key Pittman D Died November 10 1940 Successor appointed November 27 1940 to continue finish the term also appointed to serve in the next term Berkeley L Bunker D November 27 1940Illinois 2 James M Slattery D Interim appointee lost election November 21 1940 to finish the term Charles W Brooks R November 22 1940Washington 1 Lewis B Schwellenbach D Resigned December 16 1940 to become judge of the U S District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Successor appointed December 19 1940 to finish the term Monrad Wallgren D December 19 1940House 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 sformal installation b Maryland 5th Vacant Rep Stephen W Gambrill died in previous Congress Lansdale Sasscer D February 3 1939Arkansas 4th William B Cravens D Died January 13 1939 William F Cravens D September 12 1939Pennsylvania 4th J Burrwood Daly D Died March 12 1939 John E Sheridan D November 7 1939Tennessee 6th Clarence W Turner D Died March 23 1939 W Wirt Courtney D May 11 1939Maryland 1st Thomas A Goldsborough D Resigned April 5 1939 after being appointed associate justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia David J Ward D June 8 1939New York 34th Bert Lord R Died May 24 1939 Edwin A Hall R November 7 1939Georgia 4th Emmett M Owen D Died June 21 1939 A Sidney Camp D August 1 1939Wisconsin 3rd Harry W Griswold R Died July 4 1939 Vacant until the next CongressTennessee 3rd Sam D McReynolds D Died July 11 1939 Estes Kefauver D September 13 1939California 18th Thomas M Eaton R Died September 16 1939 Vacant until the next CongressSouth Carolina 1st Thomas S McMillan D Died September 29 1939 Clara G McMillan D November 7 1939Ohio 22nd Chester C Bolton R Died October 29 1939 Frances P Bolton R February 27 1940Tennessee 2nd J Will Taylor R Died November 14 1939 John Jennings Jr R December 30 1939Puerto Rico at large Santiago Iglesias Coalitionist Died December 5 1939 Bolivar Pagan Socialist December 26 1939Colorado 3rd John A Martin D Died December 23 1939 William E Burney D November 5 1940Michigan 5th Carl E Mapes R Died December 12 1939 Bartel J Jonkman R February 19 1940New York 14th William I Sirovich D Died December 17 1939 Morris M Edelstein D February 6 1940Ohio 17th William A Ashbrook D Died January 1 1940 J Harry McGregor R February 27 1940Nebraska 1st George H Heinke R Died January 2 1940 John H Sweet R April 19 1940Tennessee 9th Clift Chandler D Resigned January 2 1940 after being elected Mayor of Memphis Clifford Davis D February 15 1940New York 31st Wallace E Pierce R Died January 3 1940 Clarence E Kilburn R February 13 1940New York 22nd Edward W Curley D Died January 6 1940 Walter A Lynch D February 20 1940Iowa 6th Cassius C Dowell R Died February 4 1940 Robert K Goodwin R March 5 1940Maine 2nd Clyde Smith R Died April 8 1940 Margaret Chase Smith R June 3 1940Georgia 8th W Benjamin Gibbs D Died August 7 1940 Florence Reville Gibbs D October 1 1940New Jersey 8th George N Seger R Died August 26 1940 Vacant until the next CongressAlabama 7th William B Bankhead D Died September 15 1940 Zadoc L Weatherford D November 5 1940North Carolina 1st Lindsay C Warren D Resigned October 31 1940 after being appointed Comptroller General of the United States Herbert C Bonner D November 5 1940Texas 18th John Marvin Jones D Resigned November 20 1940 to become judge of the United States Court of Claims Vacant until the next CongressLouisiana 2nd Paul H Maloney D Resigned December 15 1940 to become Collector of Internal Revenue for New Orleans District Vacant until the next CongressWashington 2nd Monrad Wallgren D Resigned December 19 1940 after being appointed to the US Senate having already been elected Vacant until the next CongressMissouri 11th Thomas C Hennings Jr D Resigned December 31 1940 to become candidate for Circuit attorney of St Louis 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 Guy M Gillette Civil Service Chairman William J Bulow Ranking Member Wallace H White Jr Civil Service Laws Special Civil Service System Special Claims Chairman Edward R Burke Ranking Member Arthur Capper Commerce Chairman Josiah W Bailey 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 then Robert M La Follette Jr Investigation Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of Labor Enrolled Bills Chairman Hattie W Caraway Ranking Member Arthur H Vandenberg Expenditures in Executive Departments Chairman Frederick Van Nuys 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 then Hiram W Johnson Government Organization Select Immigration Chairman Richard B Russell Ranking Member Hiram W Johnson Indian Affairs Chairman Elmer Thomas Ranking Member Lynn J Frazier Interoceanic Canals Chairman Bennett Champ Clark Ranking Member Styles Bridges 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 then George W Norris Library Chairman Alben W Barkley Ranking Member Ernest W Gibson then Charles L McNary Manufactures Chairman John H Overton Ranking Member Robert M La Follette Jr Military Affairs Chairman Morris Sheppard Ranking Member Warren R Austin Mines and Mining Chairman Joseph F Guffey Ranking Member Lynn J Frazier Naval Affairs Chairman David I Walsh Ranking Member Frederick Hale Patents Chairman Homer T Bone Ranking Member George W Norris Pensions Chairman Sherman Minton Ranking Member Lynn J Frazier Post Office and Post Roads Chairman Kenneth McKellar Ranking Member Lynn J Frazier Printing Chairman Carl Hayden 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 Frederick Hale 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 Small Business Enterprises 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 Vacant 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 Anthracite Emergency Program Special Appropriations Chairman Edward T Taylor Ranking Member John Taber Banking and Currency Chairman Henry B Steagall Ranking Member Jesse P Wolcott Census Chairman Matthew A Dunn 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 Clarence E Hancock Conservation of Wildlife Resources Select Chairman A Willis Robertson Disposition of Executive Papers Chairman Alfred J Elliott Ranking Member Bertrand W Gearhart District of Columbia Chairman Jennings Randolph Ranking Member Everett Dirksen Education Chairman William H Larrabee Ranking Member George A Dondero Election of the President Vice President and Representatives in Congress Chairman Caroline O Day Ranking Member George H Tinkham Elections No 1 Chairman Milton West Ranking Member Clarence E Hancock Elections No 2 Chairman Joseph A Gavagan Ranking Member Ulysses S Guyer Elections No 3 Chairman John H Kerr Ranking Member Charles L Gifford Enrolled Bills Chairman Claude 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 Harry Lane Englebright Foreign Affairs Chairman Sol Bloom 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 Richard J Welch Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman Clarence F Lea Ranking Member Carl E Mapes Invalid Pensions Chairman John Lesinski Ranking Member Owen Brewster Investigate Interstate Migration of Destitute Citizens Select Chairman N A Investigate the National Labor Relations Board Special 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 Alfred Bulwinkle 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 Melvin J Maas Patents Chairman Charles Kramer Ranking Member Fred A Hartley Jr Pensions Chairman N A Ranking Member N A Post Office and Post Roads Chairman N A Ranking Member Fred A Hartley Jr Printing Chairman N A Ranking Member Robert F Rich Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman Fritz G Lanham Ranking Member J Will Taylor Public Lands Chairman Rene L DeRouen Ranking Member Harry Lane Englebright Revision of Laws Chairman Eugene J Keogh 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 Adolph J Sabath Ranking Member Joseph W Martin Jr Standards of Official Conduct Territories Chairman Robert A Green Ranking Member Harry Lane Englebright War Claims Chairman Reuben T Wood Ranking Member Clare E Hoffman 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 Whole Joint committees Edit Conditions of Indian Tribes Special Disposition of Useless Executive Papers Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Forestry The Library Chairman Sen Alben W Barkley To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States Chairman N A Vice Chairman Rep J Hardin Peterson Printing Chairman N A Vice Chairman Sen Carl Hayden Taxation Chairman Rep Robert L Doughton Vice Chairman Sen Pat Harrison Tennessee Valley Authority Chairman Sen A Victor Donahey Vice Chairman N A Caucuses Edit Democratic House Democratic Senate Employees Edit Legislative branch agency directors Edit Architect of the Capitol David Lynn Attending Physician of the United States Congress George Calver Comptroller General of the United States vacant until April 11 1939 Fred H Brown April 11 1939 June 19 1940 vacant June 19 1940 November 1 1940 Lindsay C Warren from November 1 1940 Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam until 1939 Archibald MacLeish from 1939 Public Printer of the United States Augustus E GiegengackSenate Edit Chaplain ZeBarney Thorne Phillips Episcopal Parliamentarian Charles Watkins Secretary for the Majority Leslie Biffle Secretary for the Minority Carl A Loeffler Secretary Edwin A Halsey Librarian Ruskin McArdle Sergeant at Arms Chesley W JurneyHouse of Representatives Edit Chaplain James Shera Montgomery Methodist Clerk South Trimble Parliamentarian Lewis Deschler Postmaster Finis E Scott Doorkeeper Joseph J Sinnott Reading Clerks Roger M Calloway D and Alney E Chaffee R Sergeant at Arms Kenneth RomneyIn popular culture Edit It appears in Mr Smith Goes to Washington See also Edit 1938 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1938 United States Senate elections 1938 United States House of Representatives elections 1940 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1940 United States presidential election 1940 United States Senate elections 1940 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes Edit Progressive a b When seated or oath administered not necessarily when service began References Edit Riddick Floyd M 1939 First Session of the Seventy sixth Congress January 3 to August 5 1939 American Political Science Review 33 6 1022 1043 doi 10 2307 1948729 ISSN 0003 0554 Riddick Floyd M 1941 Third Session of the Seventy sixth Congress January 3 1940 to January 3 1941 American Political Science Review 35 2 284 303 doi 10 2307 1948700 ISSN 0003 0554 Voteview Plot Vote 76th Congress gt Senate gt 201 Voteview Plot Vote 76th Congress gt Senate gt 224 House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 76th Congress PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 20 2018 Retrieved June 6 2016 Official Congressional Directory for the 76th Congress 1st Session Official Congressional Directory for the 76th Congress 1st Session Revision Official Congressional Directory for the 76th Congress 3rd Session Official Congressional Directory for the 76th Congress 3rd Session Revision Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 76th United States Congress amp oldid 1173233493, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
