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*[[Architect of the Capitol]]: [[David Lynn]]<ref name="Directory">''Official Congressional Directory for the United States Congress.'' Washington: United States Government Printing Office. 1937. pp. 760.</ref> |
*[[Architect of the Capitol]]: [[David Lynn (architect)|David Lynn]]<ref name="Directory">''Official Congressional Directory for the United States Congress.'' Washington: United States Government Printing Office. 1937. pp. 760.</ref> |
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**Assistant Architect: [[Horace D. Rouzer]]<ref name="Directory" /> |
**Assistant Architect: [[Horace D. Rouzer]]<ref name="Directory" /> |
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===Senate=== |
===Senate=== |
Revision as of 18:39, 5 December 2012
75th United States Congress | |
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74th ← → 76th | |
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |
Members | 96 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates |
Senate majority | Democratic |
Senate President | John N. Garner (D) |
House majority | Democratic |
House Speaker | William B. Bankhead (D) |
Sessions | |
1st: January 5, 1937 – August 21, 1937 2nd: November 15, 1937 – December 21, 1937 3rd: January 3, 1938 – June 16, 1938 |
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.
Major events
- 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
Major legislation
- 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
Party summary
Senate
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | |||||
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Democratic (D) |
Farmer- Labor (F) | Wisconsin Progressive (P) | Republican (R) | Independent (I) |
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End of previous congress | 73 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 96 | 0 |
Begin | 75 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 95 | 1 |
End | 74 | 18 | 96 | 0 | |||
Final voting share | 77.1% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 18.8% | 1.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 70 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 96 | 0 |
House of Representatives
- Democratic (D): 334 (majority)
- Republican (R): 88
- Wisconsin Progressive (P): 7
- Progressive (P): 1
- Farmer-Labor (FL): 5
TOTAL members: 435
Leadership
Senate
House of Representatives
Members
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.
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Employees
- Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn[1]
- Assistant Architect: Horace D. Rouzer[1]
Senate
- Chaplain: Reverend ZeBarney Thorne Phillips[1]
- Parliamentarian: Charles L. Watkins[1]
- Secretary: Edwin Alexander Halsey[1]
- Chief Clerk: John C. Crockett[1]
- Librarian: Ruskin McArdle[1]
- Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney[1]
- Postmaster: Jack W. Gates[1]
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery[1] (Methodist)
- Clerk: South Trimble[1]
- Journal clerk: Louis Sirkey[1]
- Reading Clerks: A.E. Chaffee, Patrick J. Haltigan[1]
- Librarian: W. Perry Miller[1]
- Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott[1]
- Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler[1]
- Postmaster: Finis E. Scott[1]
- Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney[1]
- Postmaster: Finis E. Scott[1]