72nd United States Congress

72nd United States Congress
72nd United States Congress
71st ← → 73rd
	United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933
Members	96 senators; 435 representatives; 5 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Charles Curtis (R)
House majority	Republican, then Democratic
House Speaker	John N. Garner (D)
Sessions
	1st: December 7, 1931 – July 16, 1932; 2nd: December 2, 1932 – March 3, 1933

The 72nd 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 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. The House started with a very slim Republican majority, but by the time it first met in December 1931, the Democrats had gained a majority through special elections.

Major events

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:
- 1932 United States presidential election: 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 12 seats for a 59–36 majority.
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1932: Democrats gained 97 seats for a 313–117 majority.

Major legislation

January 22, 1932: Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, Sess. 1, ch. 8, 47 Stat. 5
February 27, 1932: Glass-Steagall Act of 1932, Sess. 1, ch. 58, 47 Stat. 56
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
June 22, 1932: Federal Kidnapping Act, Sess. 1, ch. 271, 47 Stat. 326
June 30, 1932: Economy Act of 1932, Sess. 1, ch. 314, 47 Stat. 399
July 21, 1932: Emergency Relief and Construction Act, Sess. 1, ch. 520, 47 Stat. 709
July 22, 1932: Federal Home Loan Bank Act, Sess. 1, ch. 522, 47 Stat. 725
January 17, 1933: Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act, Sess. 2, ch. 11, 47 Stat. 761
March 3, 1933: Buy American Act, Sess. 2, ch. 212, title III, 47 Stat. 1520

Constitutional amendments

March 2, 1932: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution moving the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3, and also establishing what is to be done when there is no president-elect, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
- January 23, 1933: The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution.
February 20, 1933: Approved an amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, and submitted it to state ratifying conventions for ratification
- Amendment was later ratified on December 5, 1933, becoming the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

Party summary

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

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	42	1	53	96	0

Begin	47	1	48	96	0
End	46	1	48	95	1
Final voting share	48.4%	1.1%	50.5%

Beginning of next congress	58	1	36	95	1

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
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	Democratic	Farmer–Labor	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Congress	166	1	265	432	3

Begin	216	1	217	434	1
March 16, 1931	214			433	2
May 12, 1931	215			434	1
May 26, 1931	215		217	433	2
May 29, 1931	214		217	432	3
July 4, 1931	214		216	431	4
July 13, 1931	213		216	430	5
July 18, 1931	213		215	429	6
July 28, 1931	212		215	428	7
August 9, 1931	212		214	429	8
September 9, 1931	213		214	428	7
September 29, 1931	214		214	429	6
October 13, 1931			215	430	5
October 18, 1931			214	429	6
October 22, 1931	214		213	428	7
November 3, 1931	217		215	433	2
November 6, 1931	217		214	432	3
November 24, 1931	218		214	433	2
December 1, 1931 Beginning of first session	219	1	214	434	1
January 5, 1932	220		214	435	0
January 29, 1932	220		213	434	1
February 4, 1932	218			432	3
March 2, 1932	219			433	2
March 15, 1932	220			434	1
April 1, 1932	220		212	433	2
April 5, 1932	221		211	433	2
April 21, 1932			210	432	3
April 26, 1932			211	433	2
May 31, 1932			210	432	3
June 14, 1932	220			431	4
July 23, 1932	219			430	5
August 14, 1932	220			431	4
October 5, 1932	219			430	5
October 7, 1932	218			429	6
November 6, 1932	217			428	7
November 8, 1932	220		212	433	2
November 29, 1932			211	432	3
December 3, 1932			210	431	4
December 13, 1932	219		210	430	5
January 7, 1933			209	429	6
January 8, 1933			208	428	7
January 28, 1933	220		208	429	6
February 16, 1933	220		206	427	8
Final voting share	51.4%	0.2%	48.4%
Non-voting members	0	0	2	5	0

Beginning of next Congress	311	5	117	433	2

Leadership

Senate

President: Charles Curtis (R)
President pro tempore: George H. Moses (R)

Majority (Republican)

Minority (Democratic)

House of Representatives

Speaker: John N. Garner (D)

Republican Nicholas Longworth, House Speaker in the previous Congress, was presumed to be elected Speaker with his party's relatively tiny 3-seat majority. However Longworth died April 9, 1931 and by the time the 72nd Congress convened in December 1931, Democrats had gained enough seats through deaths and special elections to become the majority party and elect Democrat John Garner as Speaker.^[2]

Majority (Democratic)

Minority (Republican)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

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

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

Arizona

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

Arkansas

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

California

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

Colorado

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

Georgia

2. William J. Harris (D), until April 18, 1932
- John S. Cohen (D), April 25, 1932 – January 11, 1933
- Richard Russell, Jr. (D), from January 12, 1933
3. Walter F. George (D)

Idaho

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

Illinois

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

Indiana

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

Iowa

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

Kansas

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

2. Huey Long (D), from January 25, 1932^[a]
3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

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

Missouri

1. Roscoe C. Patterson (R)
3. Harry B. Hawes (D), until February 3, 1933
- Bennett Champ Clark (D), from February 3, 1933

Montana

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New Mexico

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

New York

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

North Carolina

2. Josiah W. Bailey (D)
3. Cameron A. Morrison (D), until December 4, 1932
- Robert R. Reynolds (D), from December 5, 1932

North Dakota

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

Ohio

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

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

1. Porter H. Dale (R)
3. Frank C. Partridge (R), until March 31, 1931
- Warren Austin (R), from April 1, 1931

Virginia

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

Washington

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

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

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

House of Representatives

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

Arizona

At-large. Lewis W. Douglas (D)

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

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

Delaware

At-large. Robert G. Houston (R)

Florida

Georgia

1. Charles G. Edwards (D), until July 13, 1931
- Homer C. Parker (D), from September 9, 1931
2. Edward E. Cox (D)
3. Charles R. Crisp (D), until October 7, 1932
- 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
- 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

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

Illinois

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
- 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
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

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
9. Fred S. Purnell (R)
10. William R. Wood (R)
11. Glenn Griswold (D)
12. David Hogg (R)
13. Samuel B. Pettengill (D)

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

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), until March 16, 1931
- John H. Overton (D), from May 12, 1931

Maine

Maryland

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
- Ambrose J. Kennedy (D), from November 8, 1932
5. Stephen W. Gambrill (D)
6. David J. Lewis (D)

Massachusetts

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
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

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
- Michael J. Hart (D), from November 3, 1931
9. James C. McLaughlin (R), until November 29, 1932
10. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
11. Frank P. Bohn (R)
12. W. Frank James (R)
13. Clarence J. McLeod (R)

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

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
- Lawrence R. Ellzey (D), from March 15, 1932
8. James Collier (D)

Missouri

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), until 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

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

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Samuel S. Arentz (R)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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
- 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

At-large. Dennis Chavez (D)

New York

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. Matthew V. O'Malley (D), until May 26, 1931
- John J. Delaney (D), from November 3, 1931
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, Jr. (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

North Dakota

Ohio

1. Nicholas Longworth (R), until April 9, 1931
- 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
- Martin L. Sweeney (D), from November 3, 1931
21. Robert Crosser (D)
22. Chester C. Bolton (R)

Oklahoma

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

1. James M. Beck (R)
2. George S. Graham (R), until July 4, 1931
- 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
- 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
- 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), until January 8, 1933
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)

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

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
- Willa M. B. Eslick (D), from August 14, 1932
8. Gordon Browning (D)
9. Jere Cooper (D)
10. Edward H. Crump (D)

Texas

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
- 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
- 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

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

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
- Joel W. Flood (D), from November 8, 1932

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

1. Thomas R. Amlie (R), from October 13, 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

At-large. Vincent Carter (R)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory. James Wickersham (R)
Hawaii Territory. Victor S. K. Houston (R)
Philippines. Pedro Guevara (Nac.)
Philippines. Camilo Osías (Nac.)
Puerto Rico. Félix Córdova Dávila, until April 11, 1932
- José Lorenzo Pesquera (Resident Commissioner) (I), from April 15, 1932

Changes in membership

Senate

Replacements: 8
No net gains for either party
Deaths: 6
Resignations: 3
Interim appointments: 4
Total seats with changes: 11

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House of Representatives

replacements: 23
- Democratic: 6 seat net gain
- Republican: 6 seat net loss
Deaths: 24
Resignations: 7
Contested election: 1
Total seats with changes: 32

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|- | New York 7th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Matthew V. O'Malley (D) | Died May 26, 1931. Because Congress was not in session at the time of his death, O'Malley never took his oath of office or exercised any of the duties of a Congressman. He was, nevertheless, serving in office from the beginning of his term on March 4, 1931. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John J. Delaney (D) | November 3, 1931

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Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (5 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, 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

Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Charles L. McNary; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts (Special)
Alaska Railroad (Special Select)
Appropriations (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: William J. Harris)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John G. Townsend, Jr.; Ranking Member: John B. Kendrick)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Peter Norbeck; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Civil Service (Chairman: Porter H. Dale; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Claims (Chairman: Robert B. Howell; Ranking Member: Park Trammell)
Commerce (Chairman: Hiram W. Johnson; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Depreciation of Foreign Currencies (Select)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Arthur Capper; Ranking Member: William H. King)
Education and Labor (Chairman: Jesse H. Metcalf; Ranking Member: Royal S. Copeland)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Frank L. Greene; Ranking Member: Coleman L. Blease)
Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: Frederick M. Sackett then Guy D. Goff; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
Finance (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
Immigration (Chairman: Arthur R. Gould; Ranking Member: William H. King)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Lynn J. Frazier; Ranking Member: Henry F. Ashurst)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Thomas D. Schall; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: James Couzens; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: John Thomas; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard)
Judiciary (Chairman: George W. Norris; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman then Henry F. Ashurst)
Library (Chairman: Simeon D. Fess; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Manufactures (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Military Affairs (Chairman: David A. Reed; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Roscoe C. Patterson; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh)
Mississippi Flood Control Project (Select)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick Hale; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
Patents (Chairman: Charles W. Waterman; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith)
Pensions (Chairman: Arthur R. Robinson; Ranking Member: Burton K. Wheeler)
Post Office Leases (Select)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Lawrence C. Phipps; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar)
Printing (Chairman: George H. Moses; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Samuel M. Shortridge; Ranking Member: William H. King)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Henry W. Keyes; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher)
Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Gerald P. Nye; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Select)
Rules (Chairman: George H. Moses; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman then Pat Harrison)
Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Hiram Bingham; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
Whole

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: Charles L. Underhill; Ranking Member: Lindsay C. Warren)
Agriculture (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: James B. Aswell)
Appropriations (Chairman: William R. Wood; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Byrns)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Louis T. McFadden; Ranking Member: Otis Wingo then John E. Rankin)
Census (Chairman: E. Hart Fenn; Ranking Member: John E. Rankin)
Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick R. Lehlbach; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers)
Claims (Chairman: Edward M. Irwin; Ranking Member: John C. Box)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Randolph Perkins; Ranking Member: Edgar Howard)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Edward H. Wason; Ranking Member: Robert A. Green)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Frederick N. Zihlman; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan)
Education (Chairman: Daniel A. Reed; Ranking Member: Loring M. Black)
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Charles L. Gifford; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers)
Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Carroll L. Beedy; Ranking Member: Edward E. Eslick)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Bird J. Vincent; Ranking Member: John J. Douglass)
Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Willis G. Sears; Ranking Member: John H. Kerr)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Guy E. Campbell; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood)
Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: William Williamson; Ranking Member: Allard H. Gasque)
Flood Control (Chairman: Frank R. Reid; Ranking Member: Riley J. Wilson)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Stephen G. Porter; Ranking Member: J. Charles Linthicum)
Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Albert Johnson; Ranking Member: John C. Box)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Scott Leavitt; Ranking Member: John M. Evans)
Insular Affairs (Chairman: Edgar R. Kiess; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: James S. Parker; Ranking Member: Sam Rayburn)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John M. Nelson; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Addison T. Smith; Ranking Member: C. B. Hudspeth)
Judiciary (Chairman: George S. Graham; Ranking Member: Hatton W. Sumners)
Labor (Chairman: William F. Kopp; Ranking Member: William P. Connery, Jr.)
Library (Chairman: Robert Luce; Ranking Member: Lindsay C. Warren)
Memorials (Chairman: Burton L. French; Ranking Member: N/A)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Wallace H. White, Jr.; Ranking Member: Ewin L. Davis)
Military Affairs (Chairman: W. Frank James; Ranking Member: Percy E. Quin)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: William H. Sproul; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Greenwood)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick A. Britten; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson)
Patents (Chairman: Albert H. Vestal; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
Pensions (Chairman: Harold Knutson; Ranking Member: Allard H. Gasque)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Archie D. Sanders; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Bell)
Printing (Chairman: Edward M. Beers; Ranking Member: William F. Stevenson)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard N. Elliott; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham)
Public Lands (Chairman: Don B. Colton; Ranking Member: John M. Evans)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: Roy G. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Loring M. Black)
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: S. Wallace Dempsey; Ranking Member: Joseph J. Mansfield)
Roads (Chairman: Cassius C. Dowell; Ranking Member: Edward B. Almon)
Rules (Chairman: Bertrand H. Snell; Ranking Member: Edward W. Pou)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: Charles F. Curry; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford)
War Claims (Chairman: James G. Strong; Ranking Member: Miles C. Allgood)
Ways and Means (Chairman: Willis C. Hawley; Ranking Member: John N. Garner)
World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: Royal C. Johnson; Ranking Member: John E. Rankin)
Whole

Joint committees

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
The Library (Chairman: Sen. Simeon D. Fess)
Printing (Chairman: Sen. George H. Moses then Duncan U. Fletcher; Vice Chairman: Rep. Edgar R. Kiess)
Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Willis C. Hawley)
Veterans' Affairs

Caucuses

Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn
Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl
Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter

Senate

Chaplain: ZeBarney T. Phillips (Episcopalian)
Secretary: Edwin P. Thayer
Librarian: James D. Preston
Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry
Democratic Party Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler

House of Representatives

Chaplain: James S. Montgomery (Methodist)
Clerk: South Trimble
Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers, until December 7, 1931
- Kenneth Romney, from December 7, 1931

Notes

^ Huey Long (D-Louisiana) was elected in November 1930 to a Senate term beginning March 4, 1931; however, he chose not to assume office until January 25, 1932, when his term as governor of Louisiana ended.^[3]

References

^ "Women in the Senate". senate.gov. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ Glass, Andrew (December 7, 2009). "The 72nd Congress convenes, Dec. 7, 1931". politico.com. Arlington, Virginia: Politico. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ "Dictionary of Louisiana Biography: Dictionary L". lahistory.org. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana Historical Association. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

[4] Huey Long (D-Louisiana) was elected in November 1930 to a Senate term beginning March 4, 1931; however, he chose not to assume office until January 25, 1932, when his term as governor of Louisiana ended.^[3]

[1] "Women in the Senate". senate.gov. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[2] Glass, Andrew (December 7, 2009). "The 72nd Congress convenes, Dec. 7, 1931". politico.com. Arlington, Virginia: Politico. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[3] "Dictionary of Louisiana Biography: Dictionary L". lahistory.org. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana Historical Association. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

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