76th United States Congress

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1 Dates of sessions
2 Major events
3 Major legislation
4 Party summary
5 Officers
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House
6 Members
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
  - 6.2.1 Delegates
  - 6.2.2 Resident Commissioners
7 Employees
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House

The Seventy-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1941, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifteenth Census of the United States in 1930. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941

First session: January 3, 1939 – August 5, 1939
Second session: September 21, 1939 - November 3, 1939
Third session: January 3, 1940 - January 3, 1941

Previous congress: 75th Congress
Next congress: 77th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1939; Events of 1940

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 76th Congress

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, 22 U.S.C. § 441 et seq.
1940 - Investment Company Act of 1940
1940 - Investment Advisers Act of 1940
1940 - Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
1940 - Alien Registration Act (Smith Act)

[edit] Party summary

Senate

TOTAL members: 96

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

President of the Senate - John N. Garner

[edit] House

House Minority Leader: Joseph William Martin, Jr. (R-Massachusetts 12th)

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Democratic majority: 69 Democrats, 23 Republicans, 2 Farmer-Labor, 1 Progressive, 1 Independent. Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

See also: Category: United States Senators

See also: Category: United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

2. John H. Bankhead II (Dem.)
3. Joseph Lister Hill (Dem.)

Arizona

1. Henry Fountain Ashurst (Dem.)
3. Carl Hayden (Dem.)

Arkansas

3. Hattie Wyatt Caraway (Dem.)
2. John E. Miller (Dem.)

California

1. Hiram Warren Johnson (Rep.)
3. Sheridan Downey (Dem.)

Colorado

3. Alva Blanchard Adams (Dem.)
2. Edwin Carl Johnson (Dem.)

Connecticut

3. John A. Danaher (Rep.)
1. Francis Thomas Maloney (Dem.)

Delaware

2. James H. Hughes (Dem.)
1. John G. Townsend, Jr. (Rep.)

Florida

1. Charles Oscar Andrews (Dem.)
3. Claude Denson Pepper (Dem.)

Georgia

2. Walter Franklin George (Dem.)
3. Richard Brevard Russell (Dem.)

Idaho

2. William Edgar Borah (Rep.), died January 19, 1940

2. John W. Thomas (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

3. D. Worth Clark (Dem.)

Illinois

3. Scott W. Lucas (Dem.)
2. James M. Slattery (Dem.)

Indiana

1. Sherman Minton (Dem.)
3. Frederick Van Nuys (Dem.)

Iowa

3. Guy M. Gillette (Dem.)
2. Clyde L. Herring (Dem.)

Kansas

2. Arthur Capper (Rep.)
3. Clyde M. Reed (Rep.)

Kentucky

3. Alben William Barkley (Dem.)
2. Marvel Mills Logan (Dem.), died October 3, 1939

2. Happy Chandler (Dem.), appointed to fill vacancy

Louisiana

2. Allen Joseph Ellender (Dem.)
3. John Holmes Overton (Dem.)

Maine

1. Frederick Hale (Rep.)
2. Wallace H. White, Jr. (Rep.)

Maryland

1. George Lovic Radcliffe (Dem.)
3. Millard Evelyn Tydings (Dem.)

Massachusetts

2. Henry Cabot Lodge (Rep.)
1. David Ignatius Walsh (Dem.)

Michigan

2. Prentiss Marsh Brown (Dem.)
1. Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (Rep.)

Minnesota

2. Ernest Lundeen (FL)

2. Joseph H. Ball (Rep.)

1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)

Mississippi

1. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (Dem.)
2. Byron Patton Harrison (Dem.)

Missouri

3. Bennett Champ Clark (Dem.)
1. Harry S. Truman (Dem.)

Montana

2. James Edward Murray (Dem.)
1. Burton Kendall Wheeler (Dem.)

Nebraska

1. Edward Raymond Burke (Dem.)
2. George William Norris (Rep.)

Nevada

3. Patrick Anthony Mccarran (Dem.)
1. Key Denson Pittman (Dem.)

1. Berkeley L. Bunker (Dem.)

New Hampshire

2. Styles Bridges (Rep.)
3. Charles W. Tobey (Rep.)

New Jersey

1. William Warren Barbour (Rep.)
2. William Howell Smathers (Dem.)

New Mexico

1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (Dem.)
2. Carl Atwood Hatch (Dem.)

New York

1. James Michael Mead (Dem.)
3. Robert Ferdinand Wagner (Dem.)

North Carolina

2. Josiah William Bailey (Dem.)
3. Robert Rice Reynolds (Dem.)

North Dakota

1. Lynn Joseph Frazier (Rep.)
3. Gerald Prentice Nye (Rep.)

Ohio

3. Robert Taft (Rep.)
1. Alvin Victor Donahey (Dem.)

Oklahoma

2. Joshua B. Lee (Dem.)
3. Elmer Thomas (Dem.)

Oregon

3. Rufus C. Holman (Rep.)
2. Charles L. McNary (Rep.)

Pennsylvania

3. James J. Davis (Rep.)
1. Joseph F. Guffey (Dem.)

Rhode Island

1. Peter Goelet Gerry (Dem.)
2. Theodore Francis Green (Dem.)

South Carolina

2. James Francis Byrnes (Dem.)
3. Ellison Durant Smith (Dem.)

South Dakota

2. William John Bulow (Dem.)
3. J. Chandler Gurney (Rep.)

Tennessee

1. Kenneth D. McKellar (Dem.)
2. Arthur Thomas Stewart (Dem.)

Texas

1. Thomas Terry Connally (Dem.)
2. Morris Sheppard (Dem.)

Utah

1. William Henry King (Dem.)
3. Elbert Duncan Thomas (Dem.)

Vermont

1. Warren Robinson Austin (Rep.)
3. Ernest Willard Gibson (Rep.), died June 20, 1940

3. Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy

Virginia

1. Harry Flood Byrd (Dem.)
2. Carter Glass (Dem.)

Washington

3. Homer Truett Bone (Dem.)
1. Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (Dem.), resigned

1. Monrad Wallgren (Dem.)

West Virginia

1. Rush D. Holt Sr. (Dem.)
2. Matthew Mansfield Neely (Dem.)

Wisconsin

3. Alexander Wiley (Rep.)
1. Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (Progressive)

Wyoming

1. Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (Dem.)
2. Henry H. Schwartz (Dem.)

[edit] House of Representatives

Democratic majority 262 to 169 Republicans, 2 Progressives, 1 Farmer-Labor and 1 American Labor. The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-large, are preceded by an "At-Large," 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

Alabama