President Roosevelt delivering the "Infamy Speech" to Congress, requesting a declaration of war, December 8, 1941. Behind him are Vice PresidentHenry Wallace (left) and House SpeakerSam Rayburn. To the right, in uniform in front of Rayburn, is Roosevelt's son James, who escorted his father to the Capitol.
President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, December 8, 1941
Senators are 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 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1942; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1944; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1946.
Currently, this is the last Congressional session in which the Democratic Party commanded all Senate seats from the South.
Resigned January 12, 1941, after being elected Governor of West Virginia. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently lost. In addition, successor took oath of office after the Senate resolved a challenge to the appointment.
Resigned December 7, 1942, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
Vacant until the next Congress
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.
United States Congress Joint Committee to Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect|Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect (Chairman: Sen. Matthew M. Neely)
United States Congress Joint Committee on to Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States|To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States (Chairman: J. Hardin Peterson)
^U.S. Vice President John N. Garner's term as President of the Senate ended at noon January 20, 1941, when Henry A. Wallace's term began.
^ ab When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
References
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The 77th 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 1941 to January 3 1943 during the ninth and tenth years of Franklin D Roosevelt s presidency The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1930 United States census 77th United States Congress76th 78thUnited States Capitol 1956 January 3 1941 January 3 1943Members96 senators435 representatives4 non voting delegatesSenate majorityDemocraticSenate PresidentJohn N Garner D a until January 20 1941 Henry A Wallace D from January 20 1941 House majorityDemocraticHouse SpeakerSam Rayburn D Sessions1st January 3 1941 January 2 19422nd January 5 1942 December 16 1942Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority with the Senate being a supermajority With the reelection of President Franklin D Roosevelt to a then record third term the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta This was the first Congress to have more than one Senate president John Garner and Henry Wallace due to the passage of the 20th Amendment in 1933 Contents 1 Major events 2 Major legislation and resolutions 3 Select committees 4 Leadership 4 1 Senate 4 1 1 Majority Democratic leadership 4 1 2 Minority Republican leadership 4 2 House of Representatives 4 2 1 Majority Democratic leadership 4 2 2 Minority Republican leadership 5 Party summary 5 1 Senate 5 2 House of Representatives 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 See also 12 Notes 13 References President Franklin Roosevelt signing the Lend Lease Act March 11 1941 President Roosevelt delivering the Infamy Speech to Congress requesting a declaration of war December 8 1941 Behind him are Vice President Henry Wallace left and House Speaker Sam Rayburn To the right in uniform in front of Rayburn is Roosevelt s son James who escorted his father to the Capitol President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan December 8 1941Major events EditMain articles 1941 in the United States 1942 in the United States and 1943 in the United States January 20 1941 President Franklin D Roosevelt began his third term December 7 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor December 8 1941 Joint Session of Congress met to hear President Roosevelt deliver his Day of Infamy speech December 26 1941 Joint session of the United States Congress met in the Senate chamber for an address by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill Major legislation and resolutions EditMain article List of United States federal legislation 77th United States Congress March 11 1941 Lend Lease Act Pub L 77 11 Sess 1 ch 11 55 Stat 31 August 18 1941 Flood Control Act of 1941 Pub L 77 228 Sess 1 ch 377 55 Stat 638 December 8 1941 Resolution War between United States and Japan Pub L 77 328 Sess 1 ch 561 55 Stat 795 December 11 1941 Resolution War between United States and Germany Pub L 77 331 Sess 1 ch 564 55 Stat 796 December 11 1941 Resolution War between United States and Italy Pub L 77 332 Sess 1 ch 565 55 Stat 797 January 27 1942 Air Raid Attack Act of 1942 Pub L 77 415 Sess 2 ch 20 56 Stat 19 January 30 1942 Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 Pub L 77 421 Sess 2 ch 26 56 Stat 23 June 5 1942 Resolution War between United States and Bulgaria Pub L 77 563 Sess 2 ch 323 56 Stat 307 June 5 1942 Resolution War between United States and Hungary Pub L 77 564 Sess 2 ch 324 56 Stat 307 June 5 1942 Resolution War between United States and Romania Pub L 77 565 Sess 2 ch 325 56 Stat 307 June 22 1942 Resolution United States Flag Code including recognition of the Pledge of Allegiance Pub L 77 623 Sess 2 ch 435 56 Stat 377 October 2 1942 Stabilization Act of 1942 Pub L 77 729 Sess 2 ch 578 56 Stat 765Select committees EditTruman Committee officially the United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program Leadership EditSenate Edit President John Nance Garner D until January 20 1941 Henry A Wallace D from January 20 1941 President pro tempore Pat Harrison D until June 22 1941 Carter Glass D from July 10 1941Majority Democratic leadership Edit Majority leader Alben W Barkley Majority Whip Lister Hill Democratic Caucus Secretary Joshua B LeeMinority Republican leadership Edit Minority leader Charles L McNary Republican Conference Secretary Wallace H White Jr National Senatorial Committee Chair John G Townsend Jr House of Representatives Edit Speaker Sam Rayburn D Majority Democratic leadership Edit Majority leader John William McCormack Democratic Whip Patrick J Boland until May 18 1942 Robert Ramspeck Democratic Caucus Chairman Richard M Duncan 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 DitterParty summary EditSenate Edit Senate composition by state 2 Democrats 2 Republicans 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 1 Republican and 1 Independent 1 Republican and 1 Progressive Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Farmer Labor FL WisconsinProgressive P Republican R Independent I End of previous congress68 1 1 25 1 96 0Begin66 0 1 28 1 96 0End6430Final voting share66 7 0 0 1 0 31 3 1 0 Beginning of next congress57 0 1 38 0 96 0House of Representatives Edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Farmer Labor FL AmericanLabor AL WisconsinProgressive P Republican R OtherEnd of previous congress256 1 1 2 167 1 428 7Begin268 1 1 3 162 0 435 0End25416542411Final voting share59 9 0 2 0 2 0 7 38 9 0 0 Beginning of next congress222 1 1 2 208 0 434 1Members EditSenate Edit Senators are 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 2 meant their term ended with this Congress requiring reelection in 1942 Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress requiring reelection in 1944 and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress requiring reelection in 1946 Currently this is the last Congressional session in which the Democratic Party commanded all Senate seats from the South Alabama Edit 2 John H Bankhead II D 3 J Lister Hill D Arizona Edit 1 Ernest McFarland D 3 Carl Hayden D Arkansas Edit 2 John E Miller D until March 31 1941 G Lloyd Spencer D from April 1 1941 dd 3 Hattie Caraway D California Edit 1 Hiram Johnson R 3 Sheridan Downey D Colorado Edit 2 Edwin C Johnson D 3 Alva B Adams D until December 1 1941 Eugene Donald Millikin R from December 20 1941 dd Connecticut Edit 1 Francis T Maloney D 3 John A Danaher R Delaware Edit 1 James M Tunnell D 2 James H Hughes D Florida Edit 1 Charles O Andrews D 3 Claude Pepper D Georgia Edit 2 Walter F George D 3 Richard Russell Jr D Idaho Edit 2 John W Thomas R 3 David Worth Clark D Illinois Edit 2 Charles W Brooks R 3 Scott W Lucas D Indiana Edit 1 Raymond E Willis R 3 Frederick Van Nuys D Iowa Edit 2 Clyde L Herring D 3 Guy Mark Gillette D Kansas Edit 2 Arthur Capper R 3 Clyde M Reed R Kentucky Edit 2 Happy Chandler D 3 Alben W Barkley D Louisiana Edit 2 Allen J Ellender D 3 John H Overton D Maine Edit 1 Owen Brewster 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 R 2 Joseph H Ball R until November 17 1942 Arthur E Nelson R from November 18 1942 dd Mississippi Edit 1 Theodore G Bilbo D 2 Pat Harrison D until June 22 1941 James Eastland D June 30 1941 September 28 1941 Wall Doxey D from September 29 1941 dd Missouri Edit 1 Harry S Truman D 3 Bennett Champ Clark D Montana Edit 1 Burton K Wheeler D 2 James Edward Murray D Nebraska Edit 1 Hugh A Butler R 2 George William Norris I Nevada Edit 1 Berkeley L Bunker D until December 6 1942 James G Scrugham D from December 7 1942 dd 3 Pat McCarran D New Hampshire Edit 2 Styles Bridges R 3 Charles W Tobey R New Jersey Edit 1 William Warren Barbour R 2 William H Smathers D New Mexico Edit 1 Dennis Chavez D 2 Carl Hatch D New York Edit 1 James M Mead D 3 Robert F Wagner D North Carolina Edit 2 Josiah William Bailey D 3 Robert Rice Reynolds D North Dakota Edit 1 William Langer R NPL 3 Gerald Nye R Ohio Edit 1 Harold Hitz Burton R 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 G Gerry D 2 Theodore F Green D South Carolina Edit 2 James F Byrnes D until July 17 1941 Alva M Lumpkin D July 22 1941 August 1 1941 Roger C Peace D August 5 1941 November 4 1941 Burnet R Maybank D from November 5 1941 dd 3 Ellison D Smith D South Dakota Edit 2 William J Bulow D 3 John Chandler Gurney R Tennessee Edit 1 Kenneth McKellar D 2 Tom Stewart D Texas Edit 1 Tom Connally D 2 Morris Sheppard D until April 9 1941 Andrew Jackson Houston D April 21 1941 until June 26 1941 W Lee O Daniel D from June 28 1941 dd Utah Edit 1 Orrice Abram Murdock Jr D 3 Elbert D Thomas D Vermont Edit 1 Warren Austin R 3 George Aiken R from January 10 1941Virginia Edit 1 Harry F Byrd D 2 Carter Glass D Washington Edit 1 Monrad Wallgren D 3 Homer Bone D West Virginia Edit 1 Harley M Kilgore D 2 Matthew M Neely D until January 12 1941 Joseph Rosier D January 13 1941 November 17 1942 Hugh Ike Shott R from November 18 1942 dd Wisconsin Edit 1 Robert M La Follette Jr P 3 Alexander Wiley R Wyoming Edit 1 Joseph C O Mahoney D 2 Henry H Schwartz D House of Representatives Edit 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 Walter W Bankhead D until February 1 1941 Carter Manasco D from June 24 1941 dd 8 John 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 Fadjo Cravens D 5 David D Terry D 6 William F Norrell D 7 Oren Harris D California Edit 1 Clarence F Lea D 2 Harry Lane Englebright R 3 Frank H Buck D until September 17 1942 4 Thomas Rolph R 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 until October 11 1941 Cecil R King D from August 25 1942 dd 18 William Ward Johnson R 19 Harry R Sheppard D 20 Edouard Izac D Colorado Edit 1 Lawrence Lewis D 2 William S Hill R 3 John Chenoweth R 4 Edward T Taylor D until September 3 1941 Robert F Rockwell R from December 9 1941 dd Connecticut Edit At large Lucien J Maciora D 1 Herman P Kopplemann D 2 William J Fitzgerald D 3 James A Shanley D 4 Le Roy D Downs D 5 J Joseph Smith D until November 4 1941 Joseph E Talbot R from January 20 1942 dd Delaware Edit At large Philip A Traynor D Florida Edit 1 J Hardin Peterson D 2 Robert A Green D 3 Robert L F Sikes 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 Albert Sidney Camp D 5 Robert Ramspeck D 6 Carl Vinson D 7 Malcolm C Tarver D 8 John S Gibson D 9 B Frank Whelchel D 10 Paul Brown D Idaho Edit 1 Compton I White D 2 Henry Dworshak R Illinois Edit At large Stephen A Day R At large William Stratton R 1 Arthur W Mitchell D 2 Raymond S McKeough D 3 Edward A Kelly D 4 Harry P Beam D until December 6 1942 5 Adolph J Sabath D 6 A F Maciejewski D until December 8 1942 7 Leonard W Schuetz D 8 Leo Kocialkowski D 9 Charles S Dewey R 10 George A Paddock 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 Dirksen R 17 Leslie Cornelius Arends R 18 Jessie Sumner R 19 William H Wheat R 20 James M Barnes D 21 George Evan Howell R 22 Edwin M Schaefer D 23 Laurence F Arnold D 24 James V Heidinger R 25 C W Bishop R 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 Earl Wilson R 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 Paul H Cunningham R 7 Ben F Jensen R 8 Fred C Gilchrist R 9 Vincent F Harrington D until September 5 1942 Harry E Narey R from November 3 1942 dd Kansas Edit 1 William P Lambertson R 2 U 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 Jones 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 Felix Edward Hebert D 2 Hale Boggs D 3 James R Domengeaux D 4 Overton Brooks D 5 Newt V Mills D 6 Jared Y Sanders Jr D 7 Vance Plauche D 8 A Leonard Allen D Maine Edit 1 James C Oliver R 2 Margaret Chase Smith R 3 Frank Fellows R Maryland Edit 1 David Jenkins Ward D 2 William Purington Cole Jr D until October 26 1942 3 Thomas D Alesandro Jr D 4 John Ambrose Meyer D 5 Lansdale Sasscer D 6 William D Byron D until February 27 1941 Katharine Byron D from May 27 1941 dd Massachusetts Edit 1 Allen T Treadway R 2 Charles R 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 until October 19 1941 Thomas J Lane D from December 30 1941 dd 8 Arthur D Healey D until August 3 1942 9 Thomas H Eliot D 10 George H Tinkham R 11 Thomas A Flaherty D 12 John William McCormack D 13 Richard B Wigglesworth R 14 Joseph William 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 Hoffman R 5 Bartel J Jonkman R 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 Eugene 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 Anthony Dondero R Minnesota Edit 1 August H Andresen R 2 Joseph P O Hara R 3 Richard Pillsbury Gale 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 until September 28 1941 Jamie L Whitten D from November 4 1941 dd 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 Joe Shannon D 6 Philip A Bennett R until December 7 1942 7 Dewey J Short R 8 Clyde Williams D 9 Clarence Cannon D 10 Orville Zimmerman D 11 John B Sullivan D 12 Walter C Ploeser R 13 John J Cochran D Montana Edit 1 Jeannette Rankin R 2 James F O Connor D Nebraska Edit 1 Oren S Copeland R 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 until December 7 1942New Hampshire Edit 1 Arthur B Jenks R 2 Foster Waterman Stearns 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 Gordon Canfield R 9 Frank C Osmers Jr R 10 Fred A Hartley Jr R 11 Albert L Vreeland R 12 Robert Kean R 13 Mary Teresa Norton D 14 Edward J Hart D New Mexico Edit At large Clinton Presba Anderson D New York Edit 1 Leonard W Hall R 2 William Bernard Barry D 3 Joseph L Pfeifer D 4 Thomas H Cullen D 5 James J Heffernan D 6 Andrew Lawrence Somers D 7 John J Delaney D 8 Donald L O Toole D 9 Eugene James Keogh D 10 Emanuel Celler D 11 James A O Leary D 12 Samuel Dickstein D 13 Louis Capozzoli D 14 Morris Michael Edelstein D until June 4 1941 Arthur George Klein D from July 29 1941 dd 15 Michael J Kennedy D 16 William T Pheiffer R 17 Kenneth F Simpson R until January 25 1941 Joseph C Baldwin R from March 11 1941 dd 18 Martin J Kennedy D 19 Sol Bloom D 20 Vito Marcantonio AL 21 Joseph A Gavagan D 22 Walter A Lynch D 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 Clarence E Kilburn R 32 Francis D Culkin R 33 Fred J Douglas R 34 Edwin Arthur Hall R 35 Clarence E Hancock R 36 John Taber R 37 W Sterling Cole R 38 Joseph J O Brien R 39 James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr R 40 Walter G Andrews R 41 Alfred F Beiter D 42 Pius Schwert D until March 11 1941 John C Butler R from April 22 1941 dd 43 Daniel A Reed R At large Matthew J Merritt D At large Caroline Love Goodwin O Day D North Carolina Edit 1 Herbert Covington Bonner D 2 John H Kerr D 3 Graham Arthur Barden D 4 Harold D Cooley D 5 Alonzo Dillard Folger D until April 30 1941 John Hamlin Folger D from June 14 1941 dd 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 Charles R Robertson R At large Usher L Burdick R NPL Ohio Edit At large George H Bender R At large Stephen M Young D 1 Charles H Elston R 2 William E Hess R 3 Greg J Holbrock D 4 Robert Franklin Jones R 5 Cliff Clevenger R 6 Jacob E Davis 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 Albert David Baumhart Jr R until September 2 1942 14 Dow W Harter D 15 Robert T Secrest D until August 3 1942 16 William R Thom D 17 J Harry McGregor R 18 Lawrence E Imhoff D 19 Michael J Kirwan D 20 Martin L Sweeney D 21 Robert Crosser D 22 Frances P Bolton R Oklahoma Edit At large Will Rogers D 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 Johnson D 7 Sam C Massingale D until January 17 1941 Victor Wickersham D from April 1 1941 dd 8 Ross Rizley R 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 John E Sheridan D 5 Francis R Smith D 6 Francis J Myers D 7 Hugh Scott R 8 James Wolfenden R 9 Charles L Gerlach R 10 J Roland Kinzer R 11 Patrick J Boland D until May 18 1942 Veronica Grace Boland D from November 3 1942 dd 12 J Harold Flannery D until January 3 1942 Thomas B Miller R from May 19 1942 dd 13 Ivor D Fenton R 14 Guy L Moser D 15 Albert G Rutherford R until August 10 1941 Wilson D Gillette R from November 4 1941 dd 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 Harry L Haines D 23 James E Van Zandt R 24 J Buell Snyder D 25 Charles I Faddis D until December 4 1942 26 Louis E Graham R 27 Harve Tibbott R 28 Augustine B Kelley D 29 Robert L Rodgers R 30 Thomas E Scanlon D 31 Samuel A Weiss D 32 Herman P Eberharter D 33 Joseph A McArdle D until January 5 1942 Elmer J Holland D from May 19 1942 dd 34 James A Wright D Rhode Island Edit 1 Aime Forand D 2 John E Fogarty D South Carolina Edit 1 L Mendel Rivers D 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 Earl Mundt R 2 Francis H Case R Tennessee Edit 1 B Carroll Reece R 2 John Jennings Jr R 3 Estes Kefauver D 4 Albert Gore Sr D 5 Percy Priest D 6 W Wirt Courtney D 7 Herron C Pearson D 8 Jere Cooper D 9 Clifford Davis D 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 Sam M Russell D 18 Eugene Worley D 19 George H Mahon D 20 Paul J Kilday D 21 Charles L South D Utah Edit 1 Walter K Granger D 2 J W Robinson D Vermont Edit At large Charles Albert Plumley R Virginia Edit 1 S Otis Bland D 2 Colgate Darden D until March 1 1941 Winder R Harris D from April 8 1941 dd 3 Dave E Satterfield Jr D 4 Patrick H Drewry D 5 Thomas G Burch D 6 Clifton A Woodrum D 7 Absalom Willis Robertson D 8 Howard W Smith D 9 John W Flannagan Jr D Washington Edit 1 Warren Magnuson D 2 Henry M Jackson D 3 Martin F Smith D 4 Knute Hill D 5 Charles H Leavy D until August 1 1942 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 Stephen Bolles R until July 8 1941 Lawrence H Smith R from August 29 1941 dd 2 Harry Sauthoff P 3 William H Stevenson R 4 Thaddeus Wasielewski D 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 John J McIntyre D Non voting members Edit Alaska Territory Anthony J Dimond D Hawaii Territory Samuel Wilder King R Philippines Joaquin Miguel Elizalde I Puerto Rico Bolivar Pagan Soc House seats by party holding plurality in state 80 Democratic 80 Republican 60 to 80 Democratic 60 to 80 Republican Up to 60 Democratic Up to 60 RepublicanChanges 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 West Virginia 2 Matthew M Neely D Resigned January 12 1941 after being elected Governor of West Virginia Successor was appointed to serve until a special election which he subsequently lost In addition successor took oath of office after the Senate resolved a challenge to the appointment Joseph Rosier D January 13 1941Arkansas 2 John E Miller D Resigned March 31 1941 after being appointed judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas Successor was appointed to finish the term G Lloyd Spencer D April 1 1941Texas 2 Morris Sheppard D Died April 9 1941 Successor was appointed to serve until a special election Andrew Jackson Houston D April 21 1941Mississippi 2 Pat Harrison D Died June 22 1941 Successor was appointed to serve until a special election James Eastland D June 30 1941Texas 2 Andrew Jackson Houston D Died June 26 1941 Successor was elected to finish term W Lee O Daniel D August 4 1941South Carolina 2 James F Byrnes D Resigned July 17 1941 after being appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Successor was appointed to serve until a special election Alva M Lumpkin D July 22 1941South Carolina 2 Alva M Lumpkin D Died August 1 1941 Successor was appointed to serve until a special election Roger C Peace D August 5 1941Mississippi 2 James Eastland D Appointee did not seek election to finish term Successor was elected September 28 1941 to finish term Wall Doxey D September 29 1941South Carolina 2 Roger C Peace D Appointee did not seek election to finish term Successor was elected November 4 1941 to finish term Burnet R Maybank D November 5 1941Colorado 3 Alva B Adams D Died December 1 1941 Successor was appointed to serve until the November 3 1942 special election which he won Eugene Millikin R December 20 1941West Virginia 2 Joseph Rosier D Appointee lost election November 17 1942 to finish the term Successor was elected to finish term Hugh Shott R November 18 1942Minnesota 2 Joseph H Ball R Appointee did not seek election to finish term Successor was elected November 17 1942 to finish term Arthur E Nelson R November 18 1942Nevada 1 Berkeley L Bunker D Appointee lost election December 7 1942 to finish the term Successor was elected to finish term James G Scrugham D December 7 1942House 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 Oklahoma 7th Sam C Massingale D Died January 17 1941 Victor Wickersham D April 1 1941New York 17th Kenneth F Simpson R Died January 25 1941 Joseph C Baldwin R March 11 1941Alabama 7th Walter W Bankhead D Resigned February 1 1941 Carter Manasco D June 24 1941Maryland 6th William D Byron D Died February 27 1941 Katharine Byron D May 27 1941Virginia 2nd Colgate Darden D Resigned March 1 1941 to run for Governor of Virginia Winder R Harris D April 8 1941New York 42nd Pius L Schwert D Died March 11 1941 John C Butler R April 22 1941North Carolina 5th Alonzo D Folger D Died April 30 1941 John H Folger D June 14 1941New York 14th Morris M Edelstein D Died June 4 1941 Arthur G Klein D July 29 1941Wisconsin 1st Stephen Bolles R Died July 8 1941 Lawrence H Smith R August 29 1941Pennsylvania 15th Albert G Rutherford R Died August 10 1941 Wilson D Gillette R November 4 1941Colorado 4th Edward T Taylor D Died September 3 1941 Robert F Rockwell R December 9 1941Mississippi 2nd Wall Doxey D Resigned September 28 1941 after being elected to the US Senate Jamie L Whitten D November 4 1941California 17th Lee E Geyer D Died October 11 1941 Cecil R King D August 25 1942Massachusetts 7th Lawrence J Connery D Died October 19 1941 Thomas J Lane D December 30 1941Connecticut 5th J Joseph Smith D Resigned November 4 1941 after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut Joseph E Talbot R January 20 1942Pennsylvania 12th J Harold Flannery D Resigned January 3 1942 after becoming judge of common pleas for Luzerne County PA Thomas B Miller R May 19 1942Pennsylvania 33rd Joseph A McArdle D Resigned January 5 1942 after being elected to the Pittsburgh City Council Elmer J Holland D May 19 1942Pennsylvania 11th Patrick J Boland D Died May 18 1942 Veronica G Boland D November 3 1942Washington 5th Arthur D Healey D Resigned August 1 1942 after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Vacant until the next CongressMassachusetts 8th Charles H Leavy D Resigned August 3 1942 after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts Vacant until the next CongressOhio 15th Robert T Secrest D Resigned August 3 1942 after accepting a commission in the U S Navy Vacant until the next CongressOhio 13th Albert D Baumhart Jr R Resigned September 2 1942 after accepting a commission in the U S Navy Vacant until the next CongressIowa 9th Vincent F Harrington D Resigned September 5 1942 after accepting a commission as major in the United States Army Harry E Narey R November 3 1942California 3rd Frank H Buck D Died September 17 1942 Vacant until the next CongressMaryland 2nd William Purington Cole Jr D Resigned October 26 1942 after being appointed judge for the U S Customs Court Vacant until the next CongressPennsylvania 25th Charles I Faddis D Resigned December 4 1942 to enter the US Army Vacant until the next CongressIllinois 4th Harry P Beam D Resigned December 6 1942 after being elected judge for the municipal court of Chicago Vacant until the next CongressIllinois 6th A F Maciejewski D Resigned December 6 1942 Vacant until the next CongressMissouri 6th Philip A Bennett R Died December 7 1942 Vacant until the next CongressNevada at large James G Scrugham D Resigned December 7 1942 after being elected to the U S Senate 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 Agricultural Labor Shortages in the West Special Appropriations Chairman Carter Glass Ranking Member Gerald P Nye Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate Chairman Scott W Lucas Ranking Member N A Banking and Currency Chairman Robert F Wagner Ranking Member Charles W Tobey Civil Service Chairman William J Bulow Ranking Member Wallace H White Jr Civil Service Laws Special Claims Chairman Prentiss M Brown Ranking Member Arthur Capper Commerce Chairman Josiah W Bailey Ranking Member Charles L McNary District of Columbia Chairman Pat McCarran Ranking Member Arthur Capper Education and Labor Chairman Elbert D Thomas Ranking Member Robert M La Follette Jr Enrolled Bills Chairman Hattie W Caraway Ranking Member Clyde M Reed Expenditures in Executive Departments Chairman J Lister Hill Ranking Member James J Davis Finance Chairman Walter F George Ranking Member Robert M La Follette Jr Foreign Relations Chairman Tom Connally Ranking Member Hiram W Johnson Fiscal Affairs of the Government Special Fuel Situation in the Middle West Special mFuels in the Areas West of the Mississippi Special Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortages Special Immigration Chairman Richard B Russell Ranking Member Hiram W Johnson Indian Affairs Chairman Elmer Thomas Ranking Member Robert M La Follette Jr Interoceanic Canals Chairman Bennett Champ Clark Ranking Member Styles Bridges Interstate Commerce Chairman Burton K Wheeler Ranking Member Wallace H White Jr Investigate the National Defense Program Special Irrigation and Reclamation Chairman John H Bankhead II Ranking Member Charles L McNary Judiciary Chairman Frederick Van Nuys Ranking Member George W Norris Library Chairman Alben W Barkley Ranking Member Charles L McNary Manufactures Chairman John H Overton Ranking Member Robert M La Follette Jr Military Affairs Chairman Robert R Reynolds Ranking Member Warren R Austin Mines and Mining Chairman Joseph F Guffey Ranking Member James J Davis Naval Affairs Chairman David I Walsh Ranking Member James J Davis Old Age Pension System Select Patents Chairman Homer T Bone Ranking Member Wallace H White Jr Pensions Chairman Henry H Schwartz Ranking Member Henrik Shipstead Post Office and Post Roads Chairman Kenneth McKellar Ranking Member Robert M La Follette Jr Printing Chairman Carl Hayden Ranking Member Chan Gurney Privileges and Elections Chairman Theodore F Green Ranking Member Warren R Austin Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman Francis Maloney Ranking Member W Warren Barbour Public Lands and Surveys Chairman Carl A Hatch Ranking Member Gerald P Nye Rules Chairman Harry F Byrd Ranking Member Arthur H Vandenberg Senatorial Campaign Expenditures Special Chairman Guy M Gillette Small Business Enterprises Special Chairman James E Murray Territories and Insular Affairs Chairman Millard E Tydings Ranking Member Gerald P Nye Whole Wildlife Resources Special Chairman Bennett Champ Clark Wool Production Special Chairman Alva B Adams House of Representatives Edit Accounts Chairman John J Cochran Ranking Member James Wolfenden Agriculture Chairman Hampton P Fulmer Ranking Member Clifford R Hope Air Accidents Select Chairman Jack Nichols Appropriations Chairman Clarence Cannon Ranking Member John Taber Banking and Currency Chairman Henry B Steagall Ranking Member Jesse P Wolcott Census Chairman Guy L Moser Ranking Member J Roland Kinzer Civil Service Chairman Robert Ramspeck Ranking Member Edith Nourse Rogers Claims Chairman Dan R McGehee Ranking Member J Parnell Thomas Coinage Weights and Measures Chairman Andrew Somers Ranking Member Chauncey W Reed 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 M 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 C Jasper Bell Ranking Member Clarence E Hancock Elections No 2 Chairman Joseph A Gavagan Ranking Member Francis D Culkin Elections No 3 Chairman Albert Thomas Ranking Member Charles A Plumley Enrolled Bills Chairman Michael J Kirwan Ranking Member Charles Aubrey Eaton Expenditures in the Executive Departments Chairman James A O Leary 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 Immigration and Naturalization Chairman Samuel Dickstein Ranking Member Noah M Mason 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 Charles A Wolverton Investigate National Defense Migration Select Chairman N A Ranking Member N A Invalid Pensions Chairman John Lesinski Ranking Member Robert F Jones Irrigation and Reclamation Chairman Compton I White Ranking Member Dewey Jackson Short Judiciary Chairman Hatton W Sumners Ranking Member Ulysses S Guyer Labor Chairman Mary Teresa Norton Ranking Member Richard J Welch Library Chairman N A Ranking Member Allen T Treadway Memorials Chairman Harry P Beam 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 Martin F Smith Ranking Member Fred J Douglas Post Office and Post Roads Chairman Milton A Romjue Ranking Member Fred A Hartley Jr Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman Fritz G Lanham Ranking Member Pehr G Holmes Public Lands Chairman Martin F Smith Ranking Member Harry Lane Englebright Revision of Laws Chairman Milton A Romjue Ranking Member Earl C Michener Rivers and Harbors Chairman J W Robinson Ranking Member Albert E Carter Roads Chairman Wilburn Cartwright Ranking Member Jesse P Wolcott Rules Chairman Adolph J Sabath Ranking Member Hamilton Fish III Small Business Select Standards of Official Conduct Territories Chairman Robert A Green Ranking Member Lewis K Rockefeller War Claims Chairman Joseph A Gavagan 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 United States Congress Joint Committee to Arrange the Inauguration for President elect Arrange the Inauguration for President elect Chairman Sen Matthew M Neely Conditions of Indian Tribes Special United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers Disposition of Useless Executive Papers United States Congress Joint Committee on the Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Forestry Chairman Sen John H Bankhead II Vice Chairman Rep Hampton P Fulmer United States Congress Joint Committee on Government Organization Chairman Sen James F Byrnes The Library Chairman Sen Alben W Barkley Printing Chairman Sen Carl Hayden Vice Chairman Rep Pete Jarman United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures Taxation Chairman Sen Pat Harrison then Rep Robert L Doughton Vice Chairman Sen Walter F George United States Congress Joint Committee on to Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States Chairman J Hardin Peterson 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 Lindsay C Warren Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish Public Printer of the United States Augustus E GiegengackSenate Edit Secretary Edwin A Halsey Librarian Ruskin McArdle Secretary for the Majority Leslie Biffle Secretary for the Minority Carl A Loeffler Sergeant at Arms Chesley W Jurney Parliamentarian Charles Watkins Chaplain ZeBarney Thorne Phillips Episcopal until May 1942 Frederick Brown Harris Methodist after October 10 1942House of Representatives Edit Clerk South Trimble Sergeant at Arms Kenneth Romney Parliamentarian Lewis Deschler Reading Clerks Roger M Calloway D and Alney E Chaffee R Doorkeeper Joseph J Sinnott Postmaster Finis E Scott Chaplain James Shera Montgomery Methodist See also Edit 1940 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1940 United States presidential election 1940 United States Senate elections 1940 United States House of Representatives elections 1942 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1942 United States Senate elections 1942 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes Edit U S Vice President John N Garner s term as President of the Senate ended at noon January 20 1941 when Henry A Wallace s term began a b When seated or oath administered not necessarily when service began References Edit House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 77th Congress PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 20 2018 Retrieved June 6 2016 Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress 1st Session Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress 1st Session Revision Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress 2nd Session Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress 2nd Session 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