75th United States Congress

	75th United States Congress
	; United States Capitol (1956)
	Duration: January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
Senate President:	John N. Garner (D)
Senate Pres. pro tem:	Key Pittman (D)
House Speaker:	William B. Bankhead (D)
Members:	96 Senators; 435 Representatives; 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Democratic
House Majority:	Democratic
Sessions
	1st: January 5, 1937 – August 21, 1937; 2nd: November 15, 1937 – December 21, 1937; 3rd: January 3, 1938 – June 16, 1938
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The Seventy-fifth 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, 1937 to January 3, 1939, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Because of the 20th amendment, starting in 1937 the new Presidential term began 17 days after that of the new Congress). The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fifteenth United States Census, conducted in 1930. Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority.

[edit] Major events

Main articles: 1937 in the United States, 1938 in the United States, and 1939 in the United States

January 20, 1937: Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President and John Nance Garner as Vice President
February 5, 1937: President Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing plan proposed
March 26, 1937: William Henry Hastie becomes the first African-American appointed to a federal judgeship.
April 12, 1937: National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation: The Supreme Court of the United States ruled the National Labor Relations Act constitutional.
July 22, 1937: Senate rejects the court-packing plan
October 5, 1937: Roosevelt's delivers the Quarantine Speech

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#75th United States Congress

May 1, 1937: Neutrality Acts of 1937
June 3, 1937: Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, ch. 296, 50 Stat. 246
August 5, 1937: National Cancer Institute Act, Pub.L. 75-244, ch. 565, 50 Stat. 559
August 17, 1937: Miller-Tydings Act, ch. 690, title VIII, 50 Stat. 693
March 21, 1938: Wheeler-Lea Act, ch. 49, 52 Stat. 111
June 8, 1938: Foreign Agents Registration Act, ch. 327, 52 Stat. 631
June 21, 1938: Natural Gas Act, ch. 556, 52 Stat. 821
June 25, 1938: Civil Aeronautics Act, ch. 601, 52 Stat. 973
June 25, 1938: Fair Labor Standards Act, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060
June 25, 1938: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040
June 25, 1938: Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, ch. 697, 52 Stat. 1196

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

	Party (Shading shows control)					Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer-Labor (F)	Independent (I)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	73	1	0	1	21	96	0

Begin	75	2	1	1	16	95	1
End	74	2	1	1	18	96	0
Final voting share	77.1%	2.1%	1.0%	1.0%	18.8%

Beginning of the next congress	69	2	1	1	23	96	0

[edit] House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

President: John N. Garner (D)
President pro tempore: Key Pittman (D)

[edit] House of Representatives

Speaker: William B. Bankhead (D)

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

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.

As of the beginning of the 112th Congress in 2011, this was the last Congress in which Kansas was represented by a Democratic senator.