1941–1943 U.S. Congress
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, DC 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 Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1930 .
Both 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 (the Vice President of the United States ), John Garner and Henry Wallace , due to the passage of the 20th amendment in 1933.
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, 1941
Major events
Major legislation and resolutions
March 11, 1941: Lend Lease Act, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–11 , Sess. 1, ch. 11, 55 Stat. 31
August 18, 1941: Flood Control Act of 1941 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–228 , Sess. 1, ch. 377, 55 Stat. 638
December 8, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Japan , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–328 , Sess. 1, ch. 561, 55 Stat. 795
December 11, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Germany , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–331 , Sess. 1, ch. 564, 55 Stat. 796
December 11, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Italy , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–332 , Sess. 1, ch. 565, 55 Stat. 797
January 27, 1942: Air Raid Attack Act of 1942 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–415 , Sess. 2, ch. 20, 56 Stat. 19
January 30, 1942: Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–421 , Sess. 2, ch. 26, 56 Stat. 23
June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Bulgaria , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–563 , Sess. 2, ch. 323, 56 Stat. 307
June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Hungary , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–564 , Sess. 2, ch. 324, 56 Stat. 307
June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Romania , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 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. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–623 , Sess. 2, ch. 435, 56 Stat. 377
October 2, 1942: Stabilization Act of 1942 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–729 , Sess. 2, ch. 578, 56 Stat. 765
Select committees
Leadership
Senate
Majority (Democratic) leadership
Minority (Republican) leadership
House of Representatives
Majority (Democratic) leadership
Minority (Republican) leadership
Party summary
Senate
Senate composition by state 2 Democrats
2 Republicans
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
1 Republican and 1 Independent
1 Republican and 1 Progressive
House of Representatives
Members
Senate
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 .
▌ 2. John H. Bankhead II (D)
▌ 3. J. Lister Hill (D)
▌ 1. Ernest McFarland (D)
▌ 3. Carl Hayden (D)
▌ 2. John E. Miller (D), until March 31, 1941
▌ G. Lloyd Spencer (D), from April 1, 1941
▌ 3. Hattie Caraway (D)
▌ 1. Hiram Johnson (R)
▌ 3. Sheridan Downey (D)
▌ 2. Edwin C. Johnson (D)
▌ 3. Alva B. Adams (D), until December 1, 1941
▌ Eugene Donald Millikin (R), from December 20, 1941
▌ 1. Francis T. Maloney (D)
▌ 3. John A. Danaher (R)
▌ 1. James M. Tunnell (D)
▌ 2. James H. Hughes (D)
▌ 1. Charles O. Andrews (D)
▌ 3. Claude Pepper (D)
▌ 2. Walter F. George (D)
▌ 3. Richard Russell Jr. (D)
▌ 2. John W. Thomas (R)
▌ 3. David Worth Clark (D)
▌ 2. Charles W. Brooks (R)
▌ 3. Scott W. Lucas (D)
▌ 1. Raymond E. Willis (R)
▌ 3. Frederick Van Nuys (D)
▌ 2. Clyde L. Herring (D)
▌ 3. Guy Mark Gillette (D)
▌ 2. Arthur Capper (R)
▌ 3. Clyde M. Reed (R)
▌ 2. Happy Chandler (D)
▌ 3. Alben W. Barkley (D)
▌ 2. Allen J. Ellender (D)
▌ 3. John H. Overton (D)
▌ 1. Owen Brewster (R)
▌ 2. Wallace H. White Jr. (R)
▌ 1. George L. P. Radcliffe (D)
▌ 3. Millard Tydings (D)
▌ 1. David I. Walsh (D)
▌ 2. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)
▌ 1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)
▌ 2. Prentiss M. Brown (D)
▌ 1. Henrik Shipstead (R)
▌ 2. Joseph H. Ball (R), until November 17, 1942
▌ Arthur E. Nelson (R), from November 18, 1942
▌ 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
▌ 1. Harry S. Truman (D)
▌ 3. Bennett Champ Clark (D)
▌ 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)
▌ 2. James Edward Murray (D)
▌ 1. Hugh A. Butler (R)
▌ 2. George William Norris (I)
▌ 1. Berkeley L. Bunker (D), until December 6, 1942
▌ James G. Scrugham (D), from December 7, 1942
▌ 3. Pat McCarran (D)
▌ 2. Styles Bridges (R)
▌ 3. Charles W. Tobey (R)
▌ 1. William Warren Barbour (R)
▌ 2. William H. Smathers (D)
▌ 1. Dennis Chavez (D)
▌ 2. Carl Hatch (D)
▌ 1. James M. Mead (D)
▌ 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)
▌ 2. Josiah William Bailey (D)
▌ 3. Robert Rice Reynolds (D)
▌ 1. William Langer (R-NPL)
▌ 3. Gerald Nye (R)
▌ 1. Harold Hitz Burton (R)
▌ 3. Robert A. Taft (R)
▌ 2. Joshua B. Lee (D)
▌ 3. Elmer Thomas (D)
▌ 2. Charles L. McNary (R)
▌ 3. Rufus C. Holman (R)
▌ 1. Joseph F. Guffey (D)
▌ 3. James J. Davis (R)
▌ 1. Peter G. Gerry (D)
▌ 2. Theodore F. Green (D)
▌ 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
▌ 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)
▌ 2. William J. Bulow (D)
▌ 3. John Chandler Gurney (R)
▌ 1. Kenneth McKellar (D)
▌ 2. Tom Stewart (D)
▌ 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
▌ 1. Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (D)
▌ 3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)
▌ 1. Warren Austin (R)
▌ 3. George Aiken (R), from January 10, 1941
▌ 1. Harry F. Byrd (D)
▌ 2. Carter Glass (D)
▌ 1. Monrad Wallgren (D)
▌ 3. Homer Bone (D)
▌ 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
▌ 1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (P)
▌ 3. Alexander Wiley (R)
▌ 1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)
▌ 2. Henry H. Schwartz (D)
House of Representatives
▌ 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
▌ 8 . John Sparkman (D)
▌ 9 . Luther Patrick (D)
▌ At-large . John R. Murdock (D)
▌ 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)
▌ 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
▌ 18 . William Ward Johnson (R)
▌ 19 . Harry R. Sheppard (D)
▌ 20 . Edouard Izac (D)
▌ 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
▌ 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
▌ At-large . Philip A. Traynor (D)
▌ 1 . J. Hardin Peterson (D)
▌ 2 . Robert A. Green (D)
▌ 3 . Robert L. F. Sikes (D)
▌ 4 . Pat Cannon (D)
▌ 5 . Joe Hendricks (D)
▌ 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)
▌ 1 . Compton I. White (D)
▌ 2 . Henry Dworshak (R)
▌ 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)
▌ 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)
▌ 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
▌ 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)
▌ 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)
▌ 1 . Felix Edward Hébert (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 Plauché (D)
▌ 8 . A. Leonard Allen (D)
▌ 1 . James C. Oliver (R)
▌ 2 . Margaret Chase Smith (R)
▌ 3 . Frank Fellows (R)
▌ 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
▌ 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
▌ 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)
▌ 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)
▌ 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)
▌ 1 . John E. Rankin (D)
▌ 2 . Wall Doxey (D), until September 28, 1941
▌ Jamie L. Whitten (D), from November 4, 1941
▌ 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)
▌ 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)
▌ 1 . Jeannette Rankin (R)
▌ 2 . James F. O'Connor (D)
▌ 1 . Oren S. Copeland (R)
▌ 2 . Charles F. McLaughlin (D)
▌ 3 . Karl Stefan (R)
▌ 4 . Carl Curtis (R)
▌ 5 . Harry B. Coffee (D)
▌ At-large . James G. Scrugham (D), until December 7, 1942
▌ 1 . Arthur B. Jenks (R)
▌ 2 . Foster Waterman Stearns (R)
▌ 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)
▌ At-large . Clinton Presba Anderson (D)
▌ 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
▌ 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
▌ 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
▌ 43 . Daniel A. Reed (R)
▌ At-large . Matthew J. Merritt (D)
▌ At-large . Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (D)
▌ 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
▌ 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)
▌ At-large . Charles R. Robertson (R)
▌ At-large . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)
▌ 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)
▌ 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
▌ 8 . Ross Rizley (R)
▌ 1 . James W. Mott (R)
▌ 2 . Walter M. Pierce (D)
▌ 3 . Homer D. Angell (R)
▌ 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
▌ 12 . J. Harold Flannery (D), until January 3, 1942
▌ Thomas B. Miller (R), from May 19, 1942
▌ 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
▌ 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
▌ 34 . James A. Wright (D)
▌ 1 . Aime Forand (D)
▌ 2 . John E. Fogarty (D)
▌ 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)
▌ 1 . Karl Earl Mundt (R)
▌ 2 . Francis H. Case (R)
▌ 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)
▌ 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)
▌ 1 . Walter K. Granger (D)
▌ 2 . J. W. Robinson (D)
▌ At-large . Charles Albert Plumley (R)
▌ 1 . S. Otis Bland (D)
▌ 2 . Colgate Darden (D), until March 1, 1941
▌ Winder R. Harris (D), from April 8, 1941
▌ 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)
▌ 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)
▌ 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)
▌ 1 . Stephen Bolles (R), until July 8, 1941
▌ Lawrence H. Smith (R), from August 29, 1941
▌ 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)
▌ At-large . John J. McIntyre (D)
Non-voting members
▌ Alaska Territory . Anthony J. Dimond (D)
▌ Hawaii Territory . Samuel Wilder King (R)
▌ Philippines . Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (I)
▌ Puerto Rico . Bolívar Pagán (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% Republican
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
Senate
Senate changes
State (class)
Vacated by
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's formal 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, 1941
Arkansas (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, 1941
Texas (2)
Morris Sheppard (D)
Died April 9, 1941. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.
Andrew Jackson Houston (D)
April 21, 1941
Mississippi (2)
Pat Harrison (D)
Died June 22, 1941. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.
James Eastland (D)
June 30, 1941
Texas (2)
Andrew Jackson Houston (D)
Died June 26, 1941. Successor was elected to finish term.
W. Lee O'Daniel (D)
August 4, 1941
South 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, 1941
South 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, 1941
Mississippi (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, 1941
South 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, 1941
Colorado (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, 1941
West 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, 1942
Minnesota (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, 1942
Nevada (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, 1942
House of Representatives
House changes
District
Vacated by
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's formal installation[ b]
Oklahoma 7th
Sam C. Massingale (D)
Died January 17, 1941
Victor Wickersham (D)
April 1, 1941
New York 17th
Kenneth F. Simpson (R)
Died January 25, 1941
Joseph C. Baldwin (R)
March 11, 1941
Alabama 7th
Walter W. Bankhead (D)
Resigned February 1, 1941
Carter Manasco (D)
June 24, 1941
Maryland 6th
William D. Byron (D)
Died February 27, 1941
Katharine Byron (D)
May 27, 1941
Virginia 2nd
Colgate Darden (D)
Resigned March 1, 1941, to run for Governor of Virginia
Winder R. Harris (D)
April 8, 1941
New York 42nd
Pius L. Schwert (D)
Died March 11, 1941
John C. Butler (R)
April 22, 1941
North Carolina 5th
Alonzo D. Folger (D)
Died April 30, 1941
John H. Folger (D)
June 14, 1941
New York 14th
Morris M. Edelstein (D)
Died June 4, 1941
Arthur G. Klein (D)
July 29, 1941
Wisconsin 1st
Stephen Bolles (R)
Died July 8, 1941
Lawrence H. Smith (R)
August 29, 1941
Pennsylvania 15th
Albert G. Rutherford (R)
Died August 10, 1941
Wilson D. Gillette (R)
November 4, 1941
Colorado 4th
Edward T. Taylor (D)
Died September 3, 1941
Robert F. Rockwell (R)
December 9, 1941
Mississippi 2nd
Wall Doxey (D)
Resigned September 28, 1941, after being elected to the US Senate
Jamie L. Whitten (D)
November 4, 1941
California 17th
Lee E. Geyer (D)
Died October 11, 1941
Cecil R. King (D)
August 25, 1942
Massachusetts 7th
Lawrence J. Connery (D)
Died October 19, 1941
Thomas J. Lane (D)
December 30, 1941
Connecticut 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, 1942
Pennsylvania 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, 1942
Pennsylvania 33rd
Joseph A. McArdle (D)
Resigned January 5, 1942, after being elected to the Pittsburgh City Council
Elmer J. Holland (D)
May 19, 1942
Pennsylvania 11th
Patrick J. Boland (D)
Died May 18, 1942
Veronica G. Boland (D)
November 3, 1942
Washington 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 Congress
Massachusetts 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 Congress
Ohio 15th
Robert T. Secrest (D)
Resigned August 3, 1942, after accepting a commission in the U.S. Navy
Vacant until the next Congress
Ohio 13th
Albert D. Baumhart Jr. (R)
Resigned September 2, 1942, after accepting a commission in the U.S. Navy
Vacant until the next Congress
Iowa 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, 1942
California 3rd
Frank H. Buck (D)
Died September 17, 1942
Vacant until the next Congress
Maryland 2nd
William Purington Cole Jr. (D)
Resigned October 26, 1942, after being appointed judge for the U.S. Customs Court
Vacant until the next Congress
Pennsylvania 25th
Charles I. Faddis (D)
Resigned December 4, 1942, to enter the US Army
Vacant until the next Congress
Illinois 4th
Harry P. Beam (D)
Resigned December 6, 1942, after being elected judge for the municipal court of Chicago
Vacant until the next Congress
Illinois 6th
A. F. Maciejewski (D)
Resigned December 6, 1942
Vacant until the next Congress
Missouri 6th
Philip A. Bennett (R)
Died December 7, 1942
Vacant until the next Congress
Nevada at-large
James G. Scrugham (D)
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.
Senate
House of Representatives
Joint committees
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
Employees
Senate
House of Representatives
See also
Notes
^ 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