74th United States Congress

74th United States Congress
	73rd ← → 75th
	United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
Members	96 senators; 435 representatives; 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
Senate President	John N. Garner (D)
House Majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Jo Byrns (D) ; (until June 4, 1936); William B. Bankhead (D) ; (from June 4, 1936)
Sessions
	1st: January 3, 1935 – August 26, 1935; 2nd: January 3, 1936 – June 20, 1936

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, DC 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 Fifteenth Census of the United States in 1930. Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority.

Major events

April 14, 1935: Dust Bowl: The great dust storm hit eastern New Mexico, Colorado, and western Oklahoma
May 6, 1935: Executive Order 7034 created the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
May 27, 1935: Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States: the U.S. Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional
June 12, 1935 – June 13, 1935: Senator Huey Long gave the second longest filibuster speech in Senate history up to that time, 15 hours and 30 minutes to retain a provision, opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt, requiring Senate confirmation for the National Recovery Administration's senior employees.[1]
July 1, 1935: Charles Watkins was appointed as the first officially recognized Parliamentarian.[2]
September 10, 1935: Senator Huey Long of Louisiana died, as the result of being shot by an assassin on September 8.
March 1, 1936: Construction of Hoover Dam was completed.
June 4, 1936: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Jo Byrns died. William B. Bankhead was then elected later that day.
November 3, 1936: General elections
- President: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) was reelected with 60.8% of the vote over Alf Landon (R).
- Senate: Democrats gained 5 net seats during the election, and in combination with Democratic and Farmer–Labor interim appointments and the defection of George W. Norris from the Republican Party to become independent, the Republicans were reduced to 16 seats, the most lopsided Senate since Reconstruction.
- House: Democrats gained twelve more net seats from the Republicans, bringing them above a three-fourths majority. This was the largest majority since Reconstruction. The last time a party won so decisively was in 1866.
November 25, 1936: Abraham Lincoln Brigade sailed from New York City on its way to the Spanish Civil War

President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, at approximately 3:30pm ET on August 14, 1935.[3] 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

April 27, 1935: Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, Sess. 1, ch. 85, 49 Stat. 163
July 5, 1935: National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act), Sess. 1, ch. 372, 49 Stat. 449
August 9, 1935: Motor Carrier Act, Sess. 1, ch. 498, 49 Stat. 546 (renamed part II of the Interstate Commerce Act)
August 14, 1935: Social Security Act, including Aid to Dependent Children, Old Age Pension Act, Pub.L. 74–271, Sess. 1, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620
August 23, 1935: Banking Act of 1935 49 Stat. 694
August 26, 1935: Public Utility Act (including: Title I: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, Title II: Federal Power Act), Sess. 1, ch. 687, 49 Stat. 803
August 30, 1935: Revenue Act of 1935, Sess. 1, ch. 829, 49 Stat. 1014
August 31, 1935: Neutrality Act of 1935, Sess. 1, ch. 837, 49 Stat. 1081
February 29, 1936: Neutrality Act of 1936, Sess. 2, ch. 106, 49 Stat. 1153
May 20, 1936: Rural Electrification Act, Sess. 2, ch. 432, 49 Stat. 1363
June 15, 1936: Commodities Exchange Act, Sess. 2, ch. 545, 49 Stat. 1491
June 19, 1936: Robinson Patman Act, Sess. 2, ch. 592, 49 Stat. 1526
June 22, 1936: Flood Control Act of 1936, Pub.L. 74–738, Sess. 2, ch. 688
June 29, 1936: Merchant Marine Act, Sess. 2, ch. 250, 49 Stat. 1985
June 30, 1936: Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, Sess. 2, ch. 881, 49 Stat. 2036`

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	Wisconsin Progressive (P)	Republican (R)	Other
End of previous congress	60	1	0	35	0	96	0

Begin	68	1	1	25	0	95	1
End	72	1	1	22	0	96	0
Final voting share	75.0%	1.0%	1.0%	22.9%	0.0%

Beginning of next congress	75	2	1	16	1	95	1

House

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	Wisconsin Progressive (P)	Republican (R)	Other
End of previous congress	309	5	0	113	0	427	8

Begin	322	3	7	102	0	434	1
End	308	3	7	100	0	418	17
Final voting share	73.7%	0.7%	1.7%	23.9%	0.0%

Beginning of next congress	333	5	7	89	1	435	0

Leaders

Section contents: Senate: Majority (D), Minority (R) • House: Majority (D), Minority (R)

House of Representatives

Speaker: Jo Byrns (D), died June 4, 1936
- William B. Bankhead (D), elected June 4, 1936

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Majority leader:
- William B. Bankhead, until June 4, 1936
- John J. O'Connor
Majority whip: Patrick J. Boland
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Edward T. Taylor
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Patrick H. Drewry

Minority (Republican) leadership

Minority leader: Bertrand H. Snell
Minority whip: Harry L. Englebright
Republican Conference Chairman: Frederick R. Lehlbach
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 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.

Alabama

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

Arizona

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

Arkansas

2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
3. Hattie Caraway (D)

California

1. Hiram Johnson (R)
3. William Mcadoo (D)

Colorado

2. Edward P. Costigan (D)
3. Alva B. Adams (D)

Connecticut

1. Francis Maloney (D)
3. Augustine Lonergan (D)

Delaware

1. John G. Townsend, Jr. (R)
2. Daniel O. Hastings (R)

Florida

1. Park Trammell (D), until May 8, 1936
- Scott Loftin (D), from May 26, 1936, until November 3, 1936
- Charles O. Andrews (D), from November 4, 1936
3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D), until June 17, 1936
- William Luther Hill (D), from July 1, 1936, until November 3, 1936
- Claude Pepper (D), from November 4, 1936

Georgia

2. Walter F. George (D)
3. Richard Russell (D)

Idaho

2. William Edgar Borah (R)
3. James P. Pope (D)

Illinois

2. J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
3. William H. Dieterich (D)

Indiana

1. Sherman Minton (D)
3. Frederick Van Nuys (D)

Iowa

2. Lester J. Dickinson (R)
3. Richard L. Murphy (D), until July 16, 1936
- Guy M. Gillette (D), from November 3, 1936

Kansas

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

2. Huey Long (D), until September 10, 1935
- Rose McConnell Long (D), from January 31, 1936
3. John H. Overton (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

1. George L. P. Radcliffe (D)
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), until October 22, 1936
- Prentiss M. Brown (D), from November 19, 1936

Minnesota

1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)
2. Thomas D. Schall (R), until December 22, 1935
- Elmer Austin Benson (FL), from December 27, 1935, until November 3, 1936
- Guy V. Howard (R), from November 3, 1936

Mississippi

1. Theodore G. Bilbo (D)
2. Pat Harrison (D)

Missouri

1. Harry S. Truman (D)
3. Bennett Champ Clark (D)

Montana

1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)
2. James Edward Murray (D)

Nebraska

1. Edward R. Burke (D)
2. George William Norris (R)

Nevada

1. Key Pittman (D)
3. Pat McCarran (D)

New Hampshire

2. Henry W. Keyes (R)
3. Fred H. Brown (D)

New Jersey

1. A. Harry Moore (D)
2. William Warren Barbour (R)

New Mexico

1. Bronson M. Cutting (R), until May 6, 1935
- Dennis Chavez (D), from May 11, 1935
2. Carl Hatch (D)

New York

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

North Carolina

2. Josiah William Bailey (D)
3. Robert Rice Reynolds (D)

North Dakota

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

Ohio

1. A. Victor Donahey (D)
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. Joseph F. Guffey (D)
3. James J. Davis (R)

Rhode Island

1. Peter G. Gerry (D)
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), until December 20, 1936
- Herbert E. Hitchcock (D), from December 29, 1936

Tennessee

1. Kenneth McKellar (D)
2. Nathan L. Bachman (D)

Texas

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

Utah

1. William H. King (D)
3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

Vermont

1. Warren Austin (R)
3. Ernest Willard Gibson (R)

Virginia

1. Harry F. Byrd (D)
2. Carter Glass (D)

Washington

1. Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D)
3. Homer Bone (D)

West Virginia

1. Rush D. Holt (D), from June 21, 1935
2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin

1. Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (P)
3. F. Ryan Duffy (D)

Wyoming

1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)
2. Robert D. Carey (R)

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.

Alabama

1. John McDuffie (D), until March 2, 1935
- Frank W. Boykin (D), from July 30, 1935
2. J. Lister Hill (D)
3. Henry B. Steagall (D)
4. Sam Hobbs (D)
5. Joe Starnes (D)
6. William B. Oliver (D)
7. William B. Bankhead (D)
8. Archibald Hill Carmichael (D)
9. George Huddleston (D)

Arizona

At-large. Isabella Selmes Greenway (D)

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. J. George Stewart (R)

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

1. Compton I. White (D)
2. D. Worth Clark (D)

Illinois

At-large. Martin A. Brennan (D)
At-large. Michael L. Igoe (D), until June 2, 1935
1. Arthur W. Mitchell (D)
2. Raymond S. McKeough (D)
3. Edward A. Kelly (D)
4. Harry P. Beam (D)
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. Thomas J. O’Brien (D)
7. Leonard W. Schuetz (D)
8. Leo Kocialkowski (D)
9. James McAndrews (D)
10. Ralph E. Church (R)
11. Chauncey W. Reed (R)
12. John T. Buckbee (R), until April 23, 1936
13. Leo E. Allen (R)
14. Chester C. Thompson (D)
15. J. Leroy Adair (D)
16. Everett M. Dirksen (R)
17. Leslie C. Arends (R)
18. James A. Meeks (D)
19. Donald C. Dobbins (D)
20. Scott W. Lucas (D)
21. Harry H. Mason (D)
22. Edwin M. Schaefer (D)
23. William W. Arnold (D), until September 16, 1935
24. Claude V. Parsons (D)
25. Kent E. Keller (D)

Indiana

1. William T. Schulte (D)
2. Charles A. Halleck (R), from January 29, 1935
3. Samuel B. Pettengill (D)
4. James I. Farley (D)
5. Glenn Griswold (D)
6. Virginia E. Jenckes (D)
7. Arthur H. Greenwood (D)
8. John W. Boehne Jr. (D)
9. Eugene B. Crowe (D)
10. Finly H. Gray (D)
11. William H. Larrabee (D)
12. Louis Ludlow (D)

Iowa

1. Edward C. Eicher (D)
2. Bernhard M. Jacobsen (D), until June 30, 1936
3. John W. Gwynne (R)
4. Fred Biermann (D)
5. Lloyd Thurston (R)
6. Hubert Utterback (D)
7. Otha D. Wearin (D)
8. Fred C. Gilchrist (R)
9. Guy M. Gillette (D), until November 3, 1936

Kansas

Kentucky

1. W. Voris Gregory (D), until October 10, 1936
2. Glover H. Cary (D), until December 5, 1936
3. Emmet O'Neal (D)
4. Cap R. Carden (D), until June 13, 1935
- Edward W. Creal (D), from November 5, 1935
5. Brent Spence (D)
6. Virgil Chapman (D)
7. Andrew J. May (D)
8. Fred M. Vinson (D)
9. John M. Robsion (R)

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
2. William J. Granfield (D)
3. Joseph E. Casey (D)
4. Pehr G. Holmes (R)
5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6. A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R), until June 3, 1936
7. William P. Connery Jr. (D)
8. Arthur D. Healey (D)
9. Richard M. Russell (D)
10. George H. Tinkham (R)
11. John P. Higgins (D)
12. John W. McCormack (D)
13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
14. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
15. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan

1. George G. Sadowski (D)
2. Earl C. Michener (R)
3. Henry M. Kimball (R), until October 19, 1935
- Verner Main (R), from December 17, 1935
4. Clare E. Hoffman (R)
5. Carl E. Mapes (R)
6. William W. Blackney (R)
7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
8. Fred L. Crawford (R)
9. Albert J. Engel (R)
10. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
11. Prentiss M. Brown (D), until November 18, 1936
12. Frank Hook (D)
13. Clarence J. McLeod (R)
14. Louis C. Rabaut (D)
15. John D. Dingell Sr. (D)
16. John Lesinski Sr. (D)
17. George A. Dondero (R)

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

1. Joseph P. Monaghan (D)
2. Roy E. Ayers (D)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. James G. Scrugham (D)

New Hampshire

1. William Nathaniel Rogers (D)
2. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey

1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
2. Isaac Bacharach (R)
3. William H. Sutphin (D)
4. D. Lane Powers (R)
5. Charles A. Eaton (R)
6. Donald H. McLean (R)
7. Randolph Perkins (R), until May 25, 1936
8. George N. Seger (R)
9. Edward A. Kenney (D)
10. Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R)
11. Peter A. Cavicchia (R)
12. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
13. Mary T. Norton (D)
14. Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico

At-large. John J. Dempsey (D)

New York

At-large. Matthew J. Merritt (D)
At-large. Caroline O'Day (D)
1. Robert L. Bacon (R)
2. William F. Brunner (D), until September 27, 1935
- William B. Barry (D), from November 5, 1935
3. Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)
4. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
5. Marcellus H. Evans (D)
6. Andrew L. Somers (D)
7. John J. Delaney (D)
8. Richard J. Tonry (D)
9. Stephen A. Rudd (D), until March 31, 1936
10. Emanuel Celler (D)
11. James A. O'Leary (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. Theodore A. Peyser (D)
18. Martin J. Kennedy (D)
19. Sol Bloom (D)
20. Vito Marcantonio (R)
21. Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
22. Anthony J. Griffin (D), until January 13, 1935
- Edward W. Curley (D), from November 5, 1935
23. Charles A. Buckley (D)
24. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
25. Charles D. Millard (R)
26. Hamilton Fish Jr. (R)
27. Philip A. Goodwin (R)
28. Parker Corning (D)
29. William D. Thomas (R), until May 17, 1936
30. Frank Crowther (R)
31. Bertrand H. Snell (R)
32. Francis D. Culkin (R)
33. Fred J. Sisson (D)
34. Bert Lord (R)
35. Clarence E. Hancock (R)
36. John Taber (R)
37. W. Sterling Cole (R)
38. James P.B. Duffy (D)
39. James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)
40. Walter G. Andrews (R)
41. Alfred F. Beiter (D)
42. James M. Mead (D)
43. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

North Dakota

At-large. William Lemke (Nonpartisan Republican)
At-large. Usher L. Burdick (Nonpartisan Republican)

Ohio

At-large. Charles V. Truax (D), until August 9, 1935
- Daniel S. Earhart (D), from November 3, 1936
At-large. Stephen M. Young (D)
1. John B. Hollister (R)
2. William E. Hess (R)
3. Byron B. Harlan (D)
4. Frank Le Blond Kloeb (D)
5. Frank C. Kniffin (D)
6. James G. Polk (D)
7. Leroy T. Marshall (R)
8. Thomas B. Fletcher (D)
9. Warren J. Duffey (D), until July 7, 1936
10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
11. Mell G. Underwood (D), until April 10, 1936
- Peter F. Hammond (D), from November 3, 1936
12. Arthur P. Lamneck (D)
13. William L. Fiesinger (D)
14. Dow W. Harter (D)
15. Robert T. Secrest (D)
16. William R. Thom (D)
17. William A. Ashbrook (D)
18. Lawrence E. Imhoff (D)
19. John G. Cooper (R)
20. Martin L. Sweeney (D)
21. Robert Crosser (D)
22. Chester C. Bolton (R)

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

1. Francis B. Condon (D), until January 10, 1935
- Charles Risk (R), from August 6, 1935
2. John M. O'Connell (D)

South Carolina

1. Thomas S. McMillan (D)
2. Hampton P. Fulmer (D)
3. John C. Taylor (D)
4. John J. McSwain (D), until August 6, 1936
- Gabriel H. Mahon Jr. (D), from November 3, 1936
5. James P. Richards (D)
6. Allard H. Gasque (D)

South Dakota

1. Fred H. Hildebrandt (D)
2. Theodore B. Werner (D)

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

1. Abe Murdock (D)
2. J. W. Robinson (D)

Vermont

At-large. Charles A. Plumley (R)

Virginia

Washington

1. Marion Anthony Zioncheck (D), until August 7, 1936
2. Monrad C. Wallgren (D)
3. Martin F. Smith (D)
4. Knute Hill (D)
5. Samuel Billingsley Hill (D), until June 25, 1936
6. Wesley Lloyd (D), until January 10, 1936

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

At-large. Paul Ranous Greever (D)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory. Anthony J. Dimond (D)
Hawaii Territory. Samuel Wilder King (R)
Philippines. Francisco A. Delgado (Nac.), until February 14, 1936
- Quintin Paredes (Nac.), from February 14, 1936
Philippines. Pedro Guevara (Nac.), until February 14, 1936
Puerto Rico. Santiago Iglesias Pantín (Coalitionist)

Changes of membership

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

Senate

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 1]
West Virginia (1)	Vacant	Holt qualified late due to age.	Rush D. Holt, Sr. (D)	June 21, 1935
New Mexico (1)	Bronson M. Cutting (R)	Died May 6, 1935. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, and was subsequently elected.	Dennis Chavez (D)	May 11, 1935
Louisiana (2)	Huey Long (D)	Died September 10, 1935. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Rose McConnell Long (D)	January 31, 1936
Minnesota (2)	Thomas D. Schall (R)	Died December 22, 1935. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Elmer Austin Benson (FL)	December 27, 1935
Florida (1)	Park Trammell (D)	Died May 8, 1936. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Scott Loftin (D)	May 26, 1936
Florida (3)	Duncan U. Fletcher (D)	Died June 17, 1936. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	William Luther Hill (D)	July 1, 1936
Iowa (3)	Richard L. Murphy (D)	Died July 16, 1936. Successor was elected.	Guy Gillette (D)	November 4, 1936
Michigan (2)	James J. Couzens (R)	Died October 22, 1936. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Prentiss M. Brown (D)	November 19, 1936
Minnesota (2)	Elmer Austin Benson (FL)	Successor was elected November 3, 1936.	Guy V. Howard (R)	November 4, 1936
Florida (1)	Scott Loftin (D)	Successor was elected November 3, 1936.	Charles O. Andrews (D)	November 4, 1936
Florida (3)	William Luther Hill (D)	Successor was elected November 3, 1936.	Claude Pepper (D)	November 4, 1936
South Dakota (3)	Peter Norbeck (R)	Died December 20, 1936. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Herbert E. Hitchcock (D)	December 29, 1936

House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 1]
Indiana 2nd	Vacant	Rep.-elect Frederick Landis died before being sworn in	Charles A. Halleck (R)	January 29, 1935
Rhode Island 1st	Francis Condon (D)	Resigned January 10, 1935, after being appointed associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court	Charles Risk (R)	August 6, 1935
New York 22nd	Anthony J. Griffin (D)	Died January 13, 1935	Edward W. Curley (D)	November 5, 1935
Alabama 1st	John McDuffie (D)	Resigned March 2, 1935, after being appointed judge in US district court	Frank W. Boykin (D)	July 30, 1935
Illinois at-large	Michael L. Igoe (D)	Resigned June 2, 1935, after being appointed a US attorney for the Northern District of Illinois	Vacant until the next Congress
Kentucky 4th	Cap R. Carden (D)	Died June 13, 1935	Edward W. Creal (D)	November 5, 1935
Ohio at-large	Charles V. Truax (D)	Died August 9, 1935	Daniel S. Earhart (D)	November 3, 1936
Illinois 23rd	William W. Arnold (D)	Resigned September 16, 1935, after being appointed a member of the US Board of Tax Appeals	Vacant until the next Congress
New York 2nd	William F. Brunner (D)	Resigned September 27, 1935, after being elected Sheriff of Queens County, New York	William B. Barry (D)	November 5, 1935
Michigan 3rd	Henry M. Kimball (R)	Died October 19, 1935	Verner Main (R)	December 17, 1935
Washington 6th	Wesley Lloyd (D)	Died January 10, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
Philippines Resident Commissioner	Francisco A. Delgado (NAC)	Resigned February 14, 1936, after a successor qualified in accordance to a new form of government	Quintin Paredes (NAC)	February 14, 1936
Philippines Resident Commissioner	Pedro Guevara (NAC)	Resigned February 14, 1936, after the 2nd seat was abolished	None
New York 9th	Stephen A. Rudd (D)	Died March 31, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
Ohio 11th	Mell G. Underwood (D)	Resigned April 10, 1936, after being appointed to the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio	Peter F. Hammond (D)	November 3, 1936
Illinois 12th	John T. Buckbee (R)	Died April 23, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
New York 29th	William D. Thomas (R)	Died May 17, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
New Jersey 7th	Randolph Perkins (R)	Died May 25, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
Massachusetts 6th	A. Piatt Andrew (R)	Died June 3, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
Tennessee 5th	Jo Byrns (D)	Died June 4, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
Washington 5th	Samuel B. Hill (D)	Resigned June 25, 1936, after being appointed a member of the US Board of Tax Appeals	Vacant until the next Congress
Iowa 2nd	Bernhard M. Jacobsen (D)	Died June 30, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
Ohio 9th	Warren J. Duffey (D)	Died July 7, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
South Carolina 4th	John J. McSwain (D)	Died August 6, 1936	Gabriel H. Mahon, Jr. (D)	November 3, 1936
Washington 1st	Marion Zioncheck (D)	Died August 7, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
Kentucky 1st	William V. Gregory (D)	Died October 10, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress
Iowa 9th	Guy Gillette (D)	Resigned November 3, 1936, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant until the next Congress
Michigan 11th	Prentiss M. Brown (D)	Resigned November 18, 1936, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	Vacant until the next Congress
Kentucky 2nd	Glover H. Cary (D)	Died December 5, 1936	Vacant until the next Congress

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 (4 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: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts (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: Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Peter Norbeck)
Bankruptcy and Receiveship (Select)
Campaign Expenditures Investigation (Special) (Chairman: James F. Byrnes)
Civil Service (Chairman: William J. Bulow; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White, Jr.)
Claims (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
Commerce (Chairman: Royal S. Copeland; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
District of Columbia (Chairman: William H. King; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
Education and Labor (Chairman: David I. Walsh; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
- Investigation Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of Labor
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: Daniel O. Hastings)
Finance (Chairman: Pat Harrison; Ranking Member: James Couzens)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: Key Pittman; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
Immigration (Chairman: Marcus A. Coolidge; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Elmer Thomas; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Thomas D. Schall then W. Warren Barbour)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Burton K. Wheeler; Ranking Member: James Couzens)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Alva B. Adams; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
Judiciary (Chairman: Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
Land and Water Policies of the United States (Special)
Library (Chairman: Alben W. Barkley; Ranking Member: Peter Norbeck)
Lobbying Activities (Select)
Manufactures (Chairman: Robert J. Bulkley; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
Military Affairs (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Bronson Cutting then Robert D. Carey)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: M.M. Logan; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
Mississippi Flood Control Project (Select) (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Park Trammell; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale)
Patents (Chairman: William Gibbs McAdoo; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
Pensions (Chairman: George McGill; Ranking Member: Thomas D. Schall)
Philippines Economic Condition (Special)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Thomas D. Schall)
Presidential and Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special)
Printing (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Daniel O. Hastings)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Henry W. Keyes)
Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member: Peter Norbeck)
Rules (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale)
Silver (Special)
Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
Virgin Islands (Select)
Whole
Wildlife Resources (Special) (Chairman: Vacant; Ranking Member: Vacant)
Wool Production (Special)

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: Lindsay C. Warren; Ranking Member: James Wolfenden)
Agriculture (Chairman: J. Marvin Jones; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope)
American Retail Federation (Special)
Appropriations (Chairman: James P. Buchanan; Ranking Member: John Taber)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Henry B. Steagall; Ranking Member: John B. Hollister)
Census (Chairman: William H. Larrabee; Ranking Member: J. Roland Kinzer)
Civil Service (Chairman: Robert Ramspeck; Ranking Member: Frederick R. Lehlbach)
Claims (Chairman: Ambrose J. Kennedy; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Andrew Somers; Ranking Member: Randolph Perkins)
Conservation of Wildlife Resources (Select) (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Ambrose J. Kennedy; Ranking Member: N/A)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Gardner Withrow)
Education (Chairman: Vincent L. Palmisano; Ranking Member: Albert E. Carter)
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Thomas B. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford)
Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Cleveland Dear; Ranking Member: John B. Hollister)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Joseph A. 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: N/A)
Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: John J. Cochran; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford)
Flood Control (Chairman: Riley J. Wilson; Ranking Member: Robert F. Rich)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Sam D. McReynolds; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish III)
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: Sam Rayburn; Ranking Member: John G. Cooper)
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: Randolph Perkins)
Labor (Chairman: William P. Connery, Jr.; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
Library (Chairman: Kent E. Keller; Ranking Member: N/A)
Memorials (Chairman: Simon M. Hamlin; Ranking Member: Frank Crowther)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Frederick R. Lehlbach)
Military Affairs (Chairman: John J. McSwain; Ranking Member: Harry C. Ransley)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joe L. Smith; Ranking Member: Anthony J. Dimond)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: George P. Darrow)
Patents (Chairman: William I. Sirovich; Ranking Member: Randolph Perkins)
Pensions (Chairman: Allard H. Gasque; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James M. Mead; Ranking Member: Charles E. Dietrich)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Fritz G. Lanham; Ranking Member: Robert F. Rich)
Public Lands (Chairman: Rene L. DeRouen; 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: C. Murray Turpin)
Rules (Chairman: John J. O'Connor; Ranking Member: Harry C. Ransley)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: Robert A. Green; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
War Claims (Chairman: John H. Hoeppel; Ranking Member: Gerald J. Boileau)
Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway)
World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Randolph Perkins)
Whole

Joint committees

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
The Library (Chairman: Sen. Alben W. Barkley; Vice Chairman: Rep. )
Printing (Chairman: Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher; Vice Chairman: Rep. J. Walter Lambeth)
Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton; Vice Chairman: Sen. Pat Harrison)

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, until June 30, 1936
- vacant thereafter
Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack

Senate

Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
Librarian: Ruskin McArdle
Chaplain: ZeBarney Thorne Phillips (Episcopalian)
Parliamentarian:[2] Charles Watkins, from 1935
Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney
Democratic Party Secretary: Leslie Biffle
Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler

House of Representatives

Clerk: South Trimble
Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) (until 1936) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney
Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery - Methodist

Notes

When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

References

"Huey Long Filibusters". senate.gov.
"First Official Parliamentarian". senate.gov.
http://www.ssa.gov/history/1930.html
The Vice President of the United States serves as the President of the Senate. See U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 3, Clause 4
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 Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, via Senate.gov

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[SuccessorInstallation-6] When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

[1] "Huey Long Filibusters". senate.gov.

[Parliamentarian-2] "First Official Parliamentarian". senate.gov.

[3] ttp://www.ssa.gov/history/1930.html

[4] The Vice President of the United States serves as the President of the Senate. See U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 3, Clause 4

[5] 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 Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, via Senate.gov

74th United States Congress

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Party summary

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Washington

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Wisconsin

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