72nd United States Congress

	72nd United States Congress
	; United States Capitol (1906)
	Duration: March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933
Senate President:	Charles Curtis
Senate Pres. pro tem:	George H. Moses
House Speaker:	John N. Garner
Members:	96 Senators; 435 Representatives; 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican
House Majority:	Democratic
Sessions
	1st: December 7, 1931 – July 16, 1932; 2nd: December 2, 1932 – March 3, 1933
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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 4, 1933, during the last two years of Herbert C. Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
- 2.1 Not enacted
3 Constitutional amendments
4 Party summary
- 4.1 Senate
- 4.2 House of Representatives
5 Leadership
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Members
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 Changes in membership
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
8 Employees
- 8.1 Senate
- 8.2 House of Representatives
9 References
10 External links

Major events[edit]

Ongoing: Great Depression
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 again in 1938 and served in the Senate until January 1945.^[1]
July 28, 1932: Bonus Army was dispersed.
November 8, 1932: United States elections, 1932:
- United States presidential election, 1932: Incumbent Republicans Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis lost to Democrats Franklin Roosevelt as President, and John Nance Garner as Vice President.
- United States Senate elections, 1932: Democrats gained a 60–35 majority
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1932: Democrats gained a 313–117 majority

Major legislation[edit]

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#72nd United States Congress

January 22, 1932: Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, Sess. 1, ch. 8, 47 Stat. 5
March 23, 1932: Norris-LaGuardia Act, Sess. 1, ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70
June 6, 1932: Revenue Act of 1932, Sess. 1, ch. 209, 47 Stat. 169
July 22, 1932: Federal Home Loan Bank Act, Sess. 1, ch. 522, 47 Stat. 725
March 3, 1933: Buy American Act, Sess. 2, ch. 212, title III, 47 Stat. 1520

Not enacted[edit]

Patman Bonus Bill

Constitutional amendments[edit]

February 20, 1933: 21st Amendment, to repeal prohibition, was proposed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification.

Party summary[edit]

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.

Senate[edit]

	Party (Shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer-Labor (FL)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	39	1	56	96	0

Begin	46	1	48	95	1
End	46	1	48	95	1
Final voting share	48.4%	1.1%	50.5%

Beginning of the next congress	59	1	36	96	0

House of Representatives[edit]

TOTAL members: 435

President of the Senate
Charles Curtis (R)

Leadership[edit]

Senate[edit]

President: Charles Curtis, Republican of Kansas
President pro tempore: George H. Moses, Republican of New Hampshire, elected December 7, 1931
Majority Leader: James E. Watson, Republican of Indiana
Minority Leader: Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic of Arkansas
Majority Whip: Simeon D. Fess, Republican of Ohio
Minority Whip: Morris Sheppard, Democratic of Texas

Speaker of the House
John N. Garner

House of Representatives[edit]

Speaker: John N. Garner, Democratic of Texas, elected December 7, 1931
Majority Leader: Henry T. Rainey, Democratic of Illinois
Minority Leader: Bertrand H. Snell, Republican of NewYork

Members[edit]

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate[edit]

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.

Alabama[edit]

3: Hugo Black (D)
2: John H. Bankhead, II (D)

Arizona[edit]

1: Henry F. Ashurst (D)
3: Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas[edit]

2: Joseph T. Robinson (D)
3: Thaddeus H. Caraway (D), until November 6, 1931 (died)
- Hattie Caraway (D), from November 13, 1931 (appointed, later elected)

California[edit]

1: Hiram Johnson (R)
3: Samuel M. Shortridge (R)

Colorado[edit]

3: Charles W. Waterman (R), until August 27, 1932 (died)
- Walter Walker (D), September 16, 1932 (appointed) – December 6, 1932 (lost special election)
- Karl C. Schuyler (R), from December 7, 1932 (elected)
2: Edward P. Costigan (D)

Georgia[edit]

2: William J. Harris (D), until April 18, 1932 (died)
- John S. Cohen (D), April 25, 1932 (appointed) – January 11, 1933 (did not run in special election)
- Richard Russell, Jr. (D), from January 12, 1933 (elected)
3: Walter F. George (D)

Idaho[edit]

2: William E. Borah (R)
3: John W. Thomas (R)

Illinois[edit]

3: Otis F. Glenn (R)
2: J. Hamilton Lewis (D)

Indiana[edit]

3: James E. Watson (R)
1: Arthur R. Robinson (R)

Iowa[edit]

3: Smith W. Brookhart (R)
2: Lester J. Dickinson (R)

Kansas[edit]

2: Arthur Capper (R)
3: George McGill (D)

Kentucky[edit]

3: Alben W. Barkley (D)
2: Marvel M. Logan (D)

Louisiana[edit]

3: Edwin S. Broussard (D)
2: Huey Long (D), from January 25, 1932 (having remained as Governor)

Maine[edit]

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

Maryland[edit]

3: Millard Tydings (D)
1: Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R)

Massachusetts[edit]

1: David I. Walsh (D)
2: Marcus A. Coolidge (D)

Michigan[edit]

2: James J. Couzens (R)
1: Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)

Minnesota[edit]

1: Henrik Shipstead (FL)
2: Thomas D. Schall (R)

Mississippi[edit]

2: Pat Harrison (D)
1: Hubert D. Stephens (D)

Missouri[edit]

3: Harry B. Hawes (D), until February 3, 1933 (resigned to focus on wildlife conservation and law)
- Bennett Champ Clark (D), from February 3, 1933 (appointed to serve early, having been elected)
1: Roscoe C. Patterson (R)

Montana[edit]

2: Thomas J. Walsh (D), until March 2, 1933, vacant thereafter
1: Burton K. Wheeler (D)

Nebraska[edit]

2: George W. Norris (R)
1: Robert B. Howell (R)

Nevada[edit]

1: Key Pittman (D)
3: Tasker Oddie (R)

New Hampshire[edit]

3: George H. Moses (R)
2: Henry W. Keyes (R)

New Jersey[edit]

1: Hamilton F. Kean (R)
2: Dwight Morrow (R), until October 5, 1931 (died)
- W. Warren Barbour (R), from December 1, 1931 (appointed, later elected)

New Mexico[edit]

2: Sam G. Bratton (D)
1: Bronson M. Cutting (R)

New York[edit]

1: Royal S. Copeland (D)
3: Robert F. Wagner (D)

North Carolina[edit]

3: Cameron A. Morrison (D), until December 4, 1932 (lost special election to fill vacancy for which he had been appointed)
- Robert R. Reynolds (D), from December 5, 1932 (elected)
2: Josiah W. Bailey (D)

North Dakota[edit]

1: Lynn Frazier (R)
3: Gerald Nye (R)

Ohio[edit]

1: Simeon D. Fess (R)
3: Robert J. Bulkley (D)

Oklahoma[edit]

3: Elmer Thomas (D)
2: Thomas Gore (D)

Oregon[edit]

2: Charles L. McNary (R)
3: Frederick Steiwer (R)

Pennsylvania[edit]

1: David A. Reed (R)
3: James J. Davis (R)

Rhode Island[edit]

2: Jesse H. Metcalf (R)
1: Felix Hebert (R)

South Carolina[edit]

3: Ellison D. Smith (D)
2: James F. Byrnes (D)

South Dakota[edit]

3: Peter Norbeck (R)
2: William J. Bulow (D)

Tennessee[edit]

1: Kenneth McKellar (D)
2: Cordell Hull (D)

Texas[edit]

2: Morris Sheppard (D)
1: Tom Connally (D)

Utah[edit]

3: Reed Smoot (R)
1: William H. King (D)

Vermont[edit]

1: Porter H. Dale (R)
3: Frank C. Partridge (R), until March 31, 1931 (lost special election to fill vacancy for which he had been appointed)
- Warren Austin (R), from April 1, 1931 (elected)

Virginia[edit]

1: Claude A. Swanson (D)
2: Carter Glass (D)

Washington[edit]

3: Wesley L. Jones (R), until November 19, 1932 (died)
- Elijah S. Grammer (R), from November 22, 1932 (appointed)
1: Clarence Dill (D)

West Virginia[edit]

1: Henry D. Hatfield (R)
2: Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin[edit]

1: Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R)
3: John J. Blaine (R)

Wyoming[edit]

1: John B. Kendrick (D)
2: Robert D. Carey (R)

House of Representatives[edit]

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise 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.

Alabama[edit]

Arizona[edit]

At-large. Lewis W. Douglas (D), until March 4, 1933 (before the opening of the new Congress)

1. Augustine Lonergan (D)
2. Richard P. Freeman (R)
3. John Q. Tilson (R), until December 3, 1932 (resigned), vacant thereafter
4. William L. Tierney (D)
5. Edward W. Goss (R)

Delaware[edit]

At-large. Robert G. Houston (R)

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

1. Charles G. Edwards (D), until July 13, 1931 (died)
- Homer C. Parker (D), from September 9, 1931
2. Edward E. Cox (D)
3. Charles R. Crisp (D), until October 7, 1932 (resigned to become a member of the United States Tariff Commission)
- Bryant T. Castellow (D), from November 8, 1932
4. William C. Wright (D)
5. Robert Ramspeck (D)
6. Samuel Rutherford (D), until February 4, 1932 (died)
- Carlton Mobley (D), from March 2, 1932
7. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
8. Charles H. Brand (D)
9. John S. Wood (D)
10. Carl Vinson (D)
11. William C. Lankford (D)
12. William W. Larsen (D)

Idaho[edit]

1. Burton L. French (R)
2. Addison T. Smith (R)

Illinois[edit]

1. Oscar S. De Priest (R)
2. Morton D. Hull (R)
3. Edward A. Kelly (D)
4. Harry P. Beam (D)
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. James T. Igoe (D)
7. Leonard W. Schuetz (D)
8. Peter C. Granata (R), until April 5, 1932 (election was contested)
- Stanley H. Kunz (D), from April 5, 1932
9. Frederick A. Britten (R)
10. Carl R. Chindblom (R)
11. Frank R. Reid (R)
12. John T. Buckbee (R)
13. William R. Johnson (R)
14. John C. Allen (R)
15. Burnett M. Chiperfield (R)
16. William E. Hull (R)
17. Homer W. Hall (R)
18. William P. Holaday (R)
19. Charles Adkins (R)
20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
21. J. Earl Major (D)
22. Charles A. Karch (D), until November 6, 1932 (died), vacant thereafter
23. William W. Arnold (D)
24. Claude V. Parsons (D)
25. Kent E. Keller (D)
At-large. William H. Dieterich (D)
At-large. Richard Yates (R)

Indiana[edit]

1. John W. Boehne, Jr. (D)
2. Arthur H. Greenwood (D)
3. Eugene B. Crowe (D)
4. Harry C. Canfield (D)
5. Courtland C. Gillen (D)
6. William H. Larrabee (D)
7. Louis Ludlow (D)
8. Albert H. Vestal (R), until April 1, 1932 (died), vacant for remainder of term
9. Fred S. Purnell (R)
10. William R. Wood (R)
11. Glenn Griswold (D)
12. David Hogg (R)
13. Samuel B. Pettengill (D)

Iowa[edit]

Kansas[edit]

Kentucky[edit]

Louisiana[edit]

1. Joachim O. Fernández (D)
2. Paul H. Maloney (D)
3. Numa F. Montet (D)
4. John N. Sandlin (D)
5. Riley J. Wilson (D)
6. Bolivar E. Kemp (D)
7. René L. De Rouen (D)
8. James B. Aswell (D)
- John H. Overton (D)

Maine[edit]

Maryland[edit]

1. T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
2. William P. Cole, Jr. (D)
3. Vincent L. Palmisano (D)
4. J. Charles Linthicum (D), until October 5, 1932 (died)
- Ambrose J. Kennedy (D), from November 8, 1932
5. Stephen W. Gambrill (D)
6. David J. Lewis (D)

Massachusetts[edit]

1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
2. William J. Granfield (D)
3. Frank H. Foss (R)
4. Pehr G. Holmes (R)
5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6. Abram Andrew (R)
7. William P. Connery, Jr. (D)
8. Frederick W. Dallinger (R), until October 1, 1932 (resigned to become judge of the United States Customs Court), vacant thereafter
9. Charles L. Underhill (R)
10. John J. Douglass (D)
11. George H. Tinkham (R)
12. John W. McCormack (D)
13. Robert Luce (R)
14. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
15. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)
16. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan[edit]

1. Robert H. Clancy (R)
2. Earl C. Michener (R)
3. Joseph L. Hooper (R)
4. John C. Ketcham (R)
5. Carl E. Mapes (R)
6. Seymour H. Person (R)
7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
8. Bird J. Vincent (R), until July 18, 1931 (died)
- Michael J. Hart (D), from November 3, 1931
9. James C. McLaughlin (R), until November 29, 1932, vacant thereafter
10. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
11. Frank P. Bohn (R)
12. W. Frank James (R)
13. Clarence J. McLeod (R)

Minnesota[edit]

1. Victor Christgau (R)
2. Frank Clague (R)
3. August H. Andresen (R)
4. Melvin Maas (R)
5. William I. Nolan (R)
6. Harold Knutson (R)
7. Paul J. Kvale (FL)
8. William Pittenger (R)
9. Conrad Selvig (R)
10. Godfrey G. Goodwin (R), until February 16, 1933, vacant thereafter

Mississippi[edit]

1. John E. Rankin (D)
2. Wall Doxey (D)
3. William M. Whittington (D)
4. T. Jeff Busby (D)
5. Ross A. Collins (D)
6. Robert S. Hall (D)
7. Percy Quin (D), until February 4, 1932 (died)
- Lawrence R. Ellzey (D), from March 15, 1932
8. James Collier (D)

Missouri[edit]

1. Milton A. Romjue (D)
2. Ralph F. Lozier (D)
3. Jacob L. Milligan (D)
4. David W. Hopkins (R)
5. Joe Shannon (D)
6. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
7. Samuel C. Major (D), died July 28, 1931
- Robert D. Johnson (D), from September 29, 1931
8. William L. Nelson (D)
9. Clarence Cannon (D)
10. Henry F. Niedringhaus (R)
11. John J. Cochran (D)
12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
13. Clyde Williams (D)
14. James F. Fulbright (D)
15. Joe J. Manlove (R)
16. William E. Barton (D)

Montana[edit]

1. John M. Evans (D)
2. Scott Leavitt (R)

Nebraska[edit]

Nevada[edit]

At-large. Samuel S. Arentz (R)

New Hampshire[edit]

1. Fletcher Hale (R), until October 22, 1931 (died)
- William N. Rogers (D), from January 5, 1932
2. Edward H. Wason (R)

New Jersey[edit]

1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
2. Isaac Bacharach (R)
3. William H. Sutphin (D)
4. Charles A. Eaton (R)
5. Ernest R. Ackerman (R), until October 18, 1931 (died)
- Percy H. Stewart (D), from December 1, 1931
6. Randolph Perkins (R)
7. George N. Seger (R)
8. Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R)
9. Peter A. Cavicchia (R)
10. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
11. Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D)
12. Mary T. Norton (D)

New Mexico[edit]

At-large. Dennis Chavez (D)

New York[edit]

1. Robert L. Bacon (R)
2. William F. Brunner (D)
3. George W. Lindsay (D)
4. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
5. Loring M. Black, Jr. (D)
6. Andrew L. Somers (D)
7. John J. Delaney (D), from November 3, 1931 (replacing the deceased Representative-elect Matthew Vincent O'Malley (D))
8. Patrick J. Carley (D)
9. Stephen A. Rudd (D)
10. Emanuel Celler (D)
11. Anning S. Prall (D)
12. Samuel Dickstein (D)
13. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
14. William I. Sirovich (D)
15. John J. Boylan (D)
16. John J. O'Connor (D)
17. Ruth Baker Pratt (R)
18. Martin J. Kennedy (D)
19. Sol Bloom (D)
20. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)
21. Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
22. Anthony J. Griffin (D)
23. Frank A. Oliver (D)
24. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
25. Charles D. Millard (R)
26. Hamilton Fish (R)
27. Harcourt J. Pratt (R)
28. Parker Corning (D)
29. James S. Parker (R)
30. Frank Crowther (R)
31. Bertrand Snell (R)
32. Francis D. Culkin (R)
33. Frederick M. Davenport (R)
34. John D. Clarke (R)
35. Clarence E. Hancock (R)
36. John Taber (R)
37. Gale H. Stalker (R)
38. James L. Whitley (R)
39. Archie D. Sanders (R)
40. Walter G. Andrews (R)
41. Edmund F. Cooke (R)
42. James M. Mead (D)
43. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina[edit]

North Dakota[edit]

Ohio[edit]

1. Nicholas Longworth (R), until April 9, 1931 (died)
- John B. Hollister (R), from November 3, 1931
2. William E. Hess (R)
3. Byron B. Harlan (D)
4. John L. Cable (R)
5. Frank C. Kniffin (D)
6. James G. Polk (D)
7. Charles Brand (R)
8. Grant E. Mouser, Jr. (R)
9. Wilbur M. White (R)
10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
11. Mell G. Underwood (D)
12. Arthur P. Lamneck (D)
13. William L. Fiesinger (D)
14. Francis Seiberling (R)
15. C. Ellis Moore (R)
16. Charles B. McClintock (R)
17. Charles F. West (D)
18. B. Frank Murphy (R)
19. John G. Cooper (R)
20. Charles A. Mooney (D), until May 29, 1931 (died)
- Martin L. Sweeney (D), from November 3, 1931
21. Robert Crosser (D)
22. Chester C. Bolton (R)

Oklahoma[edit]

Oregon[edit]

1. Willis C. Hawley (R)
2. Robert R. Butler (R), until January 7, 1933, vacant thereafter
3. Charles H. Martin (D)

Pennsylvania[edit]

1. James M. Beck (R)
2. George S. Graham (R), until July 4, 1931 (died)
- Edward L. Stokes (R), from November 3, 1931
3. Harry C. Ransley (R)
4. Benjamin M. Golder (R)
5. James J. Connolly (R)
6. George A. Welsh (R), until May 31, 1932 (resigned, to become judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
- Robert L. Davis (R), from November 8, 1932
7. George P. Darrow (R)
8. James Wolfenden (R)
9. Henry W. Watson (R)
10. J. Roland Kinzer (R)
11. Patrick J. Boland (D)
12. C. Murray Turpin (R)
13. George F. Brumm (R)
14. Norton L. Lichtenwalner (D)
15. Louis T. McFadden (R)
16. Robert F. Rich (R)
17. Frederick W. Magrady (R)
18. Edward M. Beers (R), until April 21, 1932 (died)
- Joseph F. Biddle (R), from November 8, 1932
19. Isaac H. Doutrich (R)
20. James R. Leech (R), until January 29, 1932 (resigned, to become a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals)
- Howard W. Stull (R), from April 26, 1932
21. J. Banks Kurtz (R)
22. Harry L. Haines (D)
23. J. Mitchell Chase (R)
24. Samuel A. Kendall (R), died January 8, 1933, vacant thereafter of term
25. Henry W. Temple (R)
26. J. Howard Swick (R)
27. Nathan L. Strong (R)
28. Thomas C. Cochran (R)
29. Milton W. Shreve (R)
30. William R. Coyle (R)
31. Adam M. Wyant (R)
32. Edmund F. Erk (R)
33. M. Clyde Kelly (R)
34. Patrick J. Sullivan (R)
35. Harry A. Estep (R)
36. Guy E. Campbell (R)

1. Oscar Lovette (R)
2. J. Will Taylor (R)
3. Sam D. McReynolds (D)
4. John R. Mitchell (D)
5. Ewin L. Davis (D)
6. Joseph W. Byrns, Sr. (D)
7. Edward E. Eslick (D), until June 14, 1932 (died)
- Willa M. B. Eslick (D), from August 14, 1932
8. Gordon Browning (D)
9. Jere Cooper (D)
10. Edward H. Crump (D)

Texas[edit]

1. Wright Patman (D)
2. Martin Dies, Jr. (D)
3. Morgan G. Sanders (D)
4. Sam Rayburn (D)
5. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
6. Luther Alexander Johnson (D)
7. Clay Stone Briggs (D)
8. Daniel E. Garrett (D), until December 13, 1932 (died)
- Joe H. Eagle (D), from January 28, 1933
9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
10. James P. Buchanan (D)
11. Oliver H. Cross (D)
12. Fritz G. Lanham (D)
13. Guinn Williams (D)
14. Harry M. Wurzbach (R), until November 6, 1931 (died)
- Richard M. Kleberg (D), from November 24, 1931
15. John N. Garner (D)
16. R. Ewing Thomason (D)
17. Thomas L. Blanton (D)
18. J. Marvin Jones (D)

Utah [edit]

1. Don B. Colton (R)
2. Frederick C. Loofbourow (R)

Vermont[edit]

1. John E. Weeks (R)
2. Ernest Willard Gibson (R)

Virginia[edit]

1. S. Otis Bland (D)
2. Menalcus Lankford (R)
3. Andrew J. Montague (D)
4. Patrick Henry Drewry (D)
5. Thomas G. Burch (D)
6. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
7. John W. Fishburne (D)
8. Howard W. Smith (D)
9. John W. Flannagan, Jr. (D)
10. Henry St. George Tucker, III (D), until July 23, 1932 (died)
- Joel W. Flood (D), from November 8, 1932

1. Thomas R. Amlie (R), from October 13, 1931 (succeeding re-elected Henry A. Cooper, who died on March 1, 1931)
2. Charles A. Kading (R)
3. John M. Nelson (R)
4. John C. Schafer (R)
5. William H. Stafford (R)
6. Michael Reilly (D)
7. Gardner R. Withrow (R)
8. Gerald J. Boileau (R)
9. George J. Schneider (R)
10. James A. Frear (R)
11. Hubert H. Peavey (R)

Wyoming[edit]

At-large. Vincent Carter (R)

Non-voting members[edit]

Alaska Territory. James Wickersham (R)
Hawaii Territory. Victor S. K. Houston (R)
Philippines. Pedro Guevara
Philippines. Camilo Osías
Puerto Rico. Félix Córdova Dávila, until April 11, 1932 (resigned to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico)
- José Lorenzo Pesquera (I), from April 15, 1932

Changes in membership[edit]

Senate[edit]

replacements: 8
- Democratic: 1 seat net gain
- Republican: 1 seat net loss
deaths: 6
resignations: 3
interim appointments: 4
Total seats with changes: 11

House of Representatives[edit]

replacements: 23
- Democratic: 4 seat net gain
- Republican: 4 seat net loss
deaths: 26
resignations: 7
contested election: 1
Total seats with changes: 34

Employees[edit]

Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn

Senate[edit]

Secretary: Edwin P. Thayer of Illinois, served from December 7, 1925
Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry of Rhode Island
Chaplain: ZeBarney T. Phillips, Episcopalian
Democratic Party Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler

House of Representatives[edit]

Clerk: South Trimble of Kentucky, elected December 7, 1931
Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney of Montana, elected December 7, 1931
Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott of Virginia, elected December 7, 1931
Postmaster: Finis E. Scott of Tennessee, elected December 7, 1931
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Chaplain: James S. Montgomery, Methodist

References[edit]

^ Senate.gov
^ 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.

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.

External links[edit]

[1] Senate.gov

[2] 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.

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