72nd United States Congress
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The Seventy-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1931 to March 3, 1933, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Herbert C. Hoover.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourteenth Census of the United States in 1920. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: December 7, 1931 - July 16, 1932
- Second session: December 5, 1932 - March 3, 1933 — a lame duck session
Previous: 71st Congress • Next: 73rd Congress
[edit] Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
TOTAL members: 96 |
TOTAL members: 435 |
[edit] Leadership
- Senate
- Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
- President pro tempore of the Senate:
- George H. Moses, Republican of New Hampshire, elected December 7, 1931
- Majority Leader of the Senate
- Minority Leader of the Senate
- Majority Whip of the Senate
- Minority Whip of the Senate
- House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- John N. Garner, Democratic of Texas, elected December 7, 1931
[edit] Major events
- Main article: Events of 1931; Events of 1932; Events of 1933
- January 12, 1932 – Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to the United States Senate. (Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia had been appointed to fill a vacancy in 1922; the 87-year-old Felton served one day as a Senator.) Caraway had won a special election to fill the remaining months of the term of her late husband, Senator Thaddeus Caraway. She won re-election to a full term in 1932 and served in the Senate until January 1945.[2]
- November 8, 1932 – Election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner.
[edit] Major legislation
- January 22, 1932 – Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, ch. 8, 47 Stat. 5, et seq.
- March 23, 1932 – Norris-LaGuardia Act, ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70, et seq.
- June 6, 1932 – Revenue Act of 1932, ch. 209, 47 Stat. 169
- July 22, 1932 – Federal Home Loan Bank Act, ch. 522, 47 Stat. 725, et seq.
- March 3, 1933 – Buy American Act, ch. 212, title III, 47 Stat. 1520, et seq.
[edit] Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
- See also: 72nd United States Congress - political parties
- See also: 72nd United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States Senate elections, 1930
- See also: United States House election, 1930
[edit] Senate
Senators were elected 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 began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1936; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1932.
- See also: Category:United States Senators
- See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state
[edit] House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
- See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
- See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state
[edit] Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
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[edit] Officers
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Before the first day of Congress, 19 representatives-elect died. In 14 cases, party control of the seat changed with the special election, and the Democrats ended up with a majority of House seats.
- ^ Senate.gov
[edit] References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
[edit] External links
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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