75th United States Congress
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The 75th 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, D.C., from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939, during the fifth and sixth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency.Template:Efn
The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1930 United States census.
Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority, with the party increasing their majority in both the House and Senate, and with the reelection of President Roosevelt, maintained an overall federal government trifecta.[1][2]
This is the most recent Congress to feature a 3/4th majority in the House or Senate by either party.
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Major events
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- January 20, 1937: President Franklin D. Roosevelt begins his second term.
- February 5, 1937: 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 delivers the Quarantine Speech
Major legislation
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- May 1, 1937: Neutrality Acts of 1937
- June 3, 1937: Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, ch. 296, 50 Stat. 246
- August 2, 1937: Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 50 Stat. 553
- August 5, 1937: National Cancer Institute Act, Pub. L. Template:Trim/Template:Trim Template:Trim–Template:Trim, ch. 565, 50 Stat. 559
- March 21, 1938: Wheeler–Lea Act, ch. 49, 52 Stat. 111
- May 11, 1938: Indian Mineral Leasing Act, ch. 198 52 Stat. 347
- May 24, 1938: La Follette–Bulwinkle Act, ch. 267, 52 Stat. 439
- 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: Wagner-O'Day Act, ch. 697, 52 Stat. 1196
Party summary
Senate
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House of Representatives
| House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
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| <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 80+% to 100% Democratic | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 80+% to 100% Republican |
| <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 60+% to 80% Democratic | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 60+% to 80% Republican |
| <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Up to 60% Democratic | <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Up to 60% Republican |
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Leadership
Senate
- President: John N. Garner (D)
- President pro tempore: Key Pittman (D)
- Majority Leader: Joseph Taylor Robinson (D), until July 14, 1937
- Alben W. Barkley (D), from July 14, 1937
- Majority Whip: J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
- Minority Leader: Charles McNary (R)
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Joshua B. Lee
- Republican Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale
- National Senatorial Committee Chairman: John G. Townsend Jr.
House of Representatives
- Speaker: William B. Bankhead (D)
- Majority Leader: Sam Rayburn (D)
- Minority Leader: Bertrand Snell (R)
- Democratic Whip: Patrick J. Boland
- Republican Whip: Harry Lane Englebright
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Robert L. Doughton
- Republican Conference Chairman: Roy O. Woodruff
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Patrick H. Drewry
- Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
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, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1938; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1940; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1942.
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
Senate
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| Tennessee
(2)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Nathan L. Bachman (D)
| Died April 23, 1937.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George L. Berry (D)
| May 6, 1937
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| Arkansas
(2)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joseph T. Robinson (D)
| Died July 14, 1937.
Successor elected October 19, 1937.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John E. Miller (D)
| November 15, 1937
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| Alabama
(3)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Hugo Black (D)
| Resigned August 19, 1937, after being appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dixie Bibb Graves (D)
| August 20, 1937
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| Alabama
(3)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dixie Bibb Graves (D)
| Resigned January 10, 1938, after successor elected.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | J. Lister Hill (D)
| January 11, 1938
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| New Jersey
(1)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | A. Harry Moore (D)
| Resigned January 17, 1938, after being elected Governor of New Jersey.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John G. Milton (D)
| January 18, 1938
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| Oregon
(3)
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Frederick Steiwer (R)
| Resigned January 31, 1938, due to poor health.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alfred E. Reames (D)
| February 1, 1938
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| New York
(1)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Royal S. Copeland (D)
| Died June 17, 1938.
Successor elected November 8, 1938.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James M. Mead (D)
| December 3, 1938
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| California
(3)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William G. McAdoo (D)
| Resigned November 8, 1938, after losing nomination for upcoming term.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas M. Storke (D)
| November 9, 1938
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| New Jersey
(1)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John G. Milton (D)
| Interim appointee retired when successor elected.
Successor elected November 8, 1938.
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William W. Barbour (R)
| November 9, 1938
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| Oregon
(3)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alfred E. Reames (D)
| Interim appointee retired when successor elected.
Successor elected November 8, 1938.
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alexander G. Barry (R)
| November 9, 1938
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| South Dakota
(3)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Herbert E. Hitchcock (D)
| Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.
Successor elected November 8, 1938.
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Gladys Pyle (R)
| November 9, 1938
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| Tennessee
(2)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George L. Berry (D)
| Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.
Successor elected November 8, 1938.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tom Stewart (D)
| November 9, 1938.
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House of Representatives
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|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James P. Buchanan (D) | Died February 22, 1937. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | April 10, 1937
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Henry E. Stubbs (D) | Died February 28, 1937. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alfred J. Elliott (D) | May 4, 1937
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Benjamin K. Focht (R) | Died March 27, 1937. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Richard M. Simpson (R) | May 11, 1937
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Philip A. Goodwin (R) | Died June 6, 1937. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lewis K. Rockefeller (R) | November 2, 1937
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William P. Connery Jr. (D) | Died June 15, 1937. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lawrence J. Connery (D) | September 28, 1937
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Theodore A. Peyser (D) | Died August 8, 1937. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bruce F. Barton (R) | November 2, 1937
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Frank Le Blond Kloeb (D) | Resigned August 19, 1937, to become justice of United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Walter H. Albaugh (R) | November 8, 1938
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles D. Millard (R) | Resigned September 29, 1937, to become surrogate of Westchester County, New York. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ralph A. Gamble (R) | November 2, 1937
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John P. Higgins (D) | Resigned September 30, 1937, to become chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas A. Flaherty (D) | December 14, 1937
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert P. Hill (D) | Died October 29, 1937. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Gomer Griffith Smith (D) | December 10, 1937
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John E. Miller (D) | Resigned November 14, 1937, to become U.S. senator. | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Henry Ellenbogen (D) | Resigned January 3, 1938, to become judge of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | J. Lister Hill (D) | Resigned January 11, 1938, to become U.S. senator. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George M. Grant (D) | June 14, 1938
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Edward A. Kenney (D) | Died January 27, 1938. | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles J. Colden (D) | Died April 15, 1938. | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fred M. Vinson (D) | Resigned May 27, 1938, to become associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joe B. Bates (D) | June 4, 1938
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Arthur B. Jenks (R) | Lost contested election June 9, 1938 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alphonse Roy (D) | June 9, 1938
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Allard H. Gasque (D) | Died June 17, 1938. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque (D) | September 13, 1937
|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert L. Bacon (R) | Died September 12, 1938. | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|- | Template:Ushr | bgcolor=Template:Party color | Quintin Paredes (NAC) | Resigned September 29, 1938. | Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (NAC) | September 29, 1938
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. Boylan (D) | Died October 5, 1938. | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. O'Connor (D) | Changed party affiliation October 24, 1938. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. O'Connor (R) | October 24, 1938
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Edward C. Eicher (D) | Resigned December 2, 1938, to become commissioner to the Securities and Exchange Commission. | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James M. Mead (D) | Resigned December 2, 1938, after being elected to the U.S. Senate. | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Stephen W. Gambrill (D) | Died December 19, 1938. | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
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Committees
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Senate
- Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
- Aquatic Life (Special)
- Appropriations (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: James F. Byrnes; Ranking Member: John G. Townsend Jr.)
- Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member: John G. Townsend Jr.)
- Campaign Expenditures Investigation (Special) (Chairman: Augustine Lonergan)
- Civil Service (Chairman: William J. Bulow; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White Jr.)
- Civil Service Laws (Special)
- Civil Service System (Special)
- Claims (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
- Commerce (Chairman: Royal S. Copeland; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
- Court Reorganization and Judicial Procedure (Special)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: William H. King; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
- Education and Labor (Chairman: Elbert D. Thomas; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Hattie W. Caraway; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg)
- Executive Agencies of the Government (Select)
- Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member: James J. Davis)
- Finance (Chairman: Pat Harrison; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette Jr.)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: Key Pittman; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
- Government Organization (Select)
- Immigration (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Elmer Thomas; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
- Insular Affairs (Chairman: Leo Kocialkowski; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
- Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Burton K. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White Jr.)
- Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: John H. Bankhead II; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
- Library (Chairman: Alben W. Barkley; Ranking Member: Ernest W. Gibson)
- Lobbying Activities (Select)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Robert J. Bulkley; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette Jr.)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: M.M. Logan; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
- Mississippi Flood Control Project (Select) (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner)
- Merchant Marine (Special)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: David I. Walsh; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale)
- Patents (Chairman: William Gibbs McAdoo; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
- Pensions (Chairman: George McGill; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
- Printing (Chairman: J. Walter Lambeth; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg)
- Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
- Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Alva B. Adams; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye)
- Rules (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale)
- Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special)
- Taxation of Government Securities and Salaries (Special)
- Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye)
- Unemployment and Relief (Select)
- Whole
- Wildlife Resources (Special) (Chairman: Vacant; Ranking Member: Key Pittman)
- Wool Production (Special) (Chairman: Alva B. Adams)
House of Representatives
- Accounts (Chairman: Lindsay C. Warren; Ranking Member: James Wolfenden)
- Agriculture (Chairman: J. Marvin Jones; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope)
- Appropriations (Chairman: Edward T. Taylor; Ranking Member: John Taber)
- Banking and Currency (Chairman: Henry B. Steagall; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
- Census (Chairman: William H. Larrabee; Ranking Member: J. Roland Kinzer)
- Civil Service (Chairman: Robert Ramspeck; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)
- Claims (Chairman: Ambrose J. Kennedy; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer)
- Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Andrew Somers; Ranking Member: Lloyd Thurston)
- Conservation of Wildlife Resources (Select) (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson)
- Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Charles J. Colden; Ranking Member: Bertrand W. Gearhart)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Vincent L. Palmisano; Ranking Member: Everett M. Dirksen)
- Education (Chairman: William H. Larrabee; Ranking Member: Albert E. Carter)
- Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Caroline O'Day; Ranking Member: George H. Tinkham)
- Elections No.#1 (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Hancock)
- Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Joseph H. Gavagan; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer)
- Elections No.#3 (Chairman: John H. Kerr; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Claude V. Parsons; Ranking Member: Charles Aubrey Eaton)
- Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: John J. Cochran; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford)
- Flood Control (Chairman: William M. Whittington; Ranking Member: Robert F. Rich)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Sam D. McReynolds; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish III)
- Government Organization (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
- Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Samuel Dickstein; Ranking Member: J. Will Taylor)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Will Rogers; Ranking Member: Fred C. Gilchrist)
- Insular Affairs (Chairman: Leo Kocialkowski; Ranking Member: Lloyd Thurston)
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Clarence F. Lea; Ranking Member: Carl E. Mapes)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John Lesinski; Ranking Member: Charles D. Millard)
- Investigate Real Estate Beholder's Reorganizations (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
- Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Compton I. White; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley Jr.)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Hatton W. Sumners; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer)
- Labor (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
- Library (Chairman: Kent E. Keller; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway)
- Memorials (Chairman: Pete Jarman; Ranking Member: Frank Crowther)
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: Andrew J. May; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joe L. Smith; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Charles D. Millard)
- Patents (Chairman: William I. Sirovich; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley Jr.)
- Pensions (Chairman: Allard H. Gasque; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James M. Mead; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley Jr.)
- Printing (Chairman: J. Walter Lambeth; Ranking Member: Robert F. Rich)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Fritz G. Lanham; Ranking Member: J. Will Taylor)
- Public Lands (Chairman: René L. De Rouen; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
- Revision of Laws (Chairman: Raymond J. Cannon; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
- Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Joseph J. Mansfield; Ranking Member: George N. Seger)
- Roads (Chairman: Wilburn Cartwright; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
- Rules (Chairman: John J. O'Connor; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Martin Jr.)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: Robert A. Green; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
- War Claims (Chairman: Alfred Beiter; Ranking Member: Benjamin K. Focht)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway)
- World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
- Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
- Forestry (Chairman: Sen. John H. Bankhead II)
- Government Organization
- Hawaii
- The Library (Chairman: Sen. Alben W. Barkley)
- To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States
- Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. J. Walter Lambeth)
- Taxation (Chairman: Sen. Pat Harrison; Vice Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton)
- Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- Tennessee Valley Authority
Caucuses
- Democratic (House)
- Democratic (Senate)
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn[5]
- Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
- Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
- Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack
Senate
- Chaplain: Reverend ZeBarney Thorne Phillips[5] (Episcopalian)
- Parliamentarian: Charles L. Watkins[5]
- Secretary: Edwin Alexander Halsey[5]
- Librarian: Ruskin McArdle
- Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney[5]
- Democratic Party Secretary: Leslie Biffle
- Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery[5] (Methodist)
- Clerk: South Trimble[5]
- Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott[5]
- Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler[5]
- Postmaster: Finis E. Scott[5]
- Reading Clerks: Roger M. Calloway (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
- Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney[5]
See also
- 1936 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1938 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
Notes
References
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