74th United States Congress

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 74th 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, 1935, to January 3, 1937, during the third and fourth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1930 United States census.

The Democrats increased their majorities in both the House and Senate, resulting in a supermajority in both chambers, and along with President Franklin D. Roosevelt maintained an overall federal government trifecta.[1][2]

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Major events

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President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, at approximately 3:30pm ET on August 14, 1935.[5] Standing with Roosevelt are Rep. Robert Doughton (D-NC); unknown person in shadow; Sen. Robert Wagner (D-NY); Rep. John Dingell Sr. (D-MI); unknown man in bowtie; Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins; Sen. Pat Harrison (D-MS); and Rep. David Lewis (D-MD).

Major legislation

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Party summary

Senate

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House

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Leaders

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Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

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 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1936; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1938; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1940.

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Percentage of members from each party by state at the opening of the 74th Congress, ranging from dark blue (most Democratic) to dark red (most Republican).

House of Representatives

The names of members are preceded by their district numbers.

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Changes of membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Ordinal US Congress change |- | West Virginia
(1) | Vacant | Senator-elect Holt qualified late due to age having not yet been constitutionally old enough to serve. Holt was seated when he turned 30 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rush D. Holt Sr. (D) | June 21, 1935

|- | New Mexico
(1) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bronson M. Cutting (R) | Died May 6, 1935.
Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, and was subsequently elected. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dennis Chavez (D) | May 11, 1935

|- | Louisiana
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Huey Long (D) | Died September 10, 1935.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, and was subsequently elected. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rose McConnell Long (D) | January 31, 1936

|- | Minnesota
(2) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas D. Schall (R) | Died December 22, 1935.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election. | style="background:#66FF99" | Elmer Austin Benson (FL) | December 27, 1935

|- | Florida
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Park Trammell (D) | Died May 8, 1936.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Scott Loftin (D) | May 26, 1936

|- | Florida
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Duncan U. Fletcher (D) | Died June 17, 1936.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Luther Hill (D) | July 1, 1936

|- | Iowa
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Richard L. Murphy (D) | Died July 16, 1936.
Successor was elected to finish the term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Guy Gillette (D) | November 4, 1936

|- | Michigan
(2) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | James J. Couzens (R) | Died October 22, 1936.
Successor was appointed to finish the remaining term having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Prentiss M. Brown (D) | November 19, 1936

|- | Minnesota
(2) | style="background:#66FF99" | Elmer Austin Benson (FL) | Successor was elected November 3, 1936. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Guy V. Howard (R) | November 4, 1936

|- | Florida
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Scott Loftin (D) | Successor was elected November 3, 1936. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles O. Andrews (D) | November 4, 1936

|- | Florida
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Luther Hill (D) | Successor was elected November 3, 1936. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Claude Pepper (D) | November 4, 1936

|- | South Dakota
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Peter Norbeck (R) | Died December 20, 1936.
Successor was appointed to serve until the next election. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Herbert E. Hitchcock (D) | December 29, 1936 |}

House of Representatives

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|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep.-elect Frederick Landis died before being sworn in | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles A. Halleck (R) | January 29, 1935 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Francis Condon (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 10, 1935, after being appointed associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles Risk (R) | August 6, 1935 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Anthony J. Griffin (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 13, 1935 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Edward W. Curley (D) | November 5, 1935 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John McDuffie (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 2, 1935, after being appointed judge in US district court | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Frank W. Boykin (D) | July 30, 1935 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Michael L. Igoe (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 2, 1935, after being appointed a US attorney for the Northern District of Illinois | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Cap R. Carden (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 13, 1935 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Edward W. Creal (D) | November 5, 1935 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles V. Truax (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 9, 1935 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Daniel S. Earhart (D) | November 3, 1936 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William W. Arnold (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 16, 1935, after being appointed a member of the US Board of Tax Appeals | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William F. Brunner (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 27, 1935, after being elected Sheriff of Queens County, New York | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William B. Barry (D) | November 5, 1935 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Henry M. Kimball (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 19, 1935 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Verner Main (R) | December 17, 1935 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Wesley Lloyd (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 10, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | Francisco A. Delgado (NAC) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 14, 1936, after a successor qualified in accordance to a new form of government | Quintin Paredes (NAC) | February 14, 1936 |- | Template:Ushr | Pedro Guevara (NAC) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 14, 1936, after the 2nd seat was abolished | colspan=2 | None |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Stephen A. Rudd (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 31, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mell G. Underwood (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 10, 1936, after being appointed to the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Peter F. Hammond (D) | November 3, 1936 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John T. Buckbee (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 23, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William D. Thomas (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 17, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Randolph Perkins (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 25, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | A. Piatt Andrew (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 3, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jo Byrns (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 4, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Samuel B. Hill (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 25, 1936, after being appointed a member of the US Board of Tax Appeals | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bernhard M. Jacobsen (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 30, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Warren J. Duffey (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 7, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. McSwain (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 6, 1936 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Gabriel H. Mahon Jr. (D) | November 3, 1936 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Marion Zioncheck (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 7, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William V. Gregory (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 10, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Guy Gillette (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 3, 1936, 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" | Prentiss M. Brown (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 18, 1936, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected. | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Glover H. Cary (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 5, 1936 | colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress |}

Committees

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Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

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References

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  7. ↑ The Vice President of the United States serves as the President of the Senate. See U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 3, Clause 4
  8. ↑ No Republican whips were appointed from 1935 to 1944 since only 17 Republicans were in the Senate following the landslide reelection of President Franklin Roosevelt in 1936. Accordingly, the minutes of the Republican Conference for the period state: "On motion of Senator Hastings, duly seconded and carried, it was agreed that no Assistant Leader or Whip be elected but that the chairman be authorized to appoint Senators from time to time to assist him in taking charge of the interests of the minority." A note attached to the conference minutes added: "The chairman of the conference, Senator McNary, apparently appointed Senator Austin of Vermont as assistant leader in 1943 and 1944, until the conference adopted Rules of Organization." Source: Party Whips Template:Webarchive, via Senate.gov
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