75th United States Congress

75th United States Congress
	74th ← → 76th
	United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
Members	96 senators; 435 representatives; 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
Senate President	John N. Garner (D)
House Majority	Democratic
House Speaker	William B. Bankhead (D)
Sessions
	1st: January 5, 1937 – August 21, 1937; 2nd: November 15, 1937 – December 21, 1937; 3rd: January 3, 1938 – June 16, 1938

The 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, DC from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939, during the fifth and sixth years administration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Because of the 20th amendment, starting in 1937 the new Presidential term began 17 days after that of the new Congress). The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fifteenth United States Census, conducted in 1930. Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority.

Washington, D.C., March 25, 1937: Navy Chaplain Edward Duff opens the House of Representatives with a prayer for the first time since 1820. It was the first time in 117 years that the Navy was again honored in giving the invocation. Left to right: James S. Montgomery, Chaplain of the House; Speaker William Bankhead; and Capt. Edward A. Duff, Chief of Chaplains U.S. Navy

Major events

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

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. 75–244, ch. 565, 50 Stat. 559
March 21, 1938: Wheeler–Lea Act, ch. 49, 52 Stat. 111
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

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (F)	Wisconsin Progressive (P)	Republican (R)	Independent (I)
End of previous congress	72	1	1	22	0	96	0

Begin	76	2	1	16	1	96	0
End	74	2	1	18	1	96	0
Final voting share	77.1%	2.1%	1.0%	18.8%	1.0%

Beginning of next congress	69	2	1	23	1	96	0

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	Wisconsin Progressive (P)	Republican (R)	Other
End of previous congress	308	3	7	100	0	418	17

Begin	333	5	7	89	1	435	0
End	324	5	7	89	1	426	9
Final voting share	76.1%	1.2%	1.6%	20.9%	0.2%

Beginning of next congress	260	1	2	169	2	434	1

Leadership

(L-R): House Speaker William Bankhead, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley, and House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn

(L-R): Vice President John Nance Garner, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley, Speaker of the House William Bankhead, and House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn, January 9, 1939

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.

Alabama

2. John H. Bankhead II (D)
3. Hugo Black (D), until August 19, 1937
- Dixie Bibb Graves (D), August 20, 1937 - January 10, 1938
- J. Lister Hill (D), from January 11, 1938

Arizona

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

Arkansas

2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D), until July 14, 1937
- John E. Miller (D), from November 15, 1937
3. Hattie Caraway (D)

California

1. Hiram Johnson (R)
3. William Gibbs McAdoo (D), until November 8, 1938
- Thomas M. Storke (D), from November 9, 1938

New Jersey

1. A. Harry Moore (D), until January 17, 1938
- John Gerald Milton (D), January 18, 1938 - November 8, 1938
- William Warren Barbour (R), from November 8, 1938
2. William H. Smathers (D)

New Mexico

1. Dennis Chávez (D)
2. Carl Hatch (D)

New York

1. Royal S. Copeland (D), until June 17, 1938
- James M. Mead (D), from December 3, 1938
3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

North Carolina

2. Josiah 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. Joshua B. Lee (D)
3. Elmer Thomas (D)

Oregon

2. Charles L. McNary (R)
3. Frederick Steiwer (R), until January 31, 1938
- Alfred E. Reames (D), February 1, 1938 – November 8, 1938
- Alexander G. Barry (R), from November 9, 1938

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

1. Peter G. Gerry (D)
2. Theodore F. Green (D)

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

2. William J. Bulow (D)
3. Herbert E. Hitchcock (D), until November 8, 1938
- Gladys Pyle (R), from November 9, 1938

Tennessee

1. Kenneth McKellar (D)
2. Nathan L. Bachman (D), until April 23, 1937
- George L. Berry (D), May 6, 1937 - November 8, 1938
- Tom Stewart (D), from November 8, 1938[1]

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, Sr. (D)
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. Henry H. Schwartz (D)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

1. Frank W. Boykin (D)
2. J. Lister Hill (D), until January 11, 1938
- George M. Grant (D), from June 14, 1938
3. Henry B. Steagall (D)
4. Sam Hobbs (D)
5. Joe Starnes (D)
6. Pete Jarman (D)
7. William B. Bankhead (D)
8. John J. Sparkman (D)
9. Luther Patrick (D)

Arizona

At-large John R. Murdock (D)

Arkansas

1. William J. Driver (D)
2. John E. Miller (D), until November 14, 1937
3. Claude A. Fuller (D)
4. William B. Cravens (D)
5. David D. Terry (D)
6. John L. McClellan (D)
7. Wade H. Kitchens (D)

California

1. Clarence F. Lea (D)
2. Harry L. Englebright (R)
3. Frank H. Buck (D)
4. Franck R. Havenner (Prog.)
5. Richard J. Welch (R)
6. Albert E. Carter (R)
7. John H. Tolan (D)
8. John J. McGrath (D)
9. Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)
10. Henry E. Stubbs (D), until February 28, 1937
- Alfred J. Elliott (D), from May 4, 1937
11. John S. McGroarty (D)
12. Jerry Voorhis (D)
13. Charles Kramer (D)
14. Thomas F. Ford (D)
15. John M. Costello (D)
16. John F. Dockweiler (D)
17. Charles J. Colden (D), until April 15, 1938
18. Byron N. Scott (D)
19. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
20. Edouard V. M. Izac (D)

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. William F. Allen (D)

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

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

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

1. Edward C. Eicher (D), until December 2, 1938
2. William S. Jacobsen (D)
3. John W. Gwynne (R)
4. Fred Biermann (D)
5. Lloyd Thurston (R)
6. Cassius C. Dowell (R)
7. Otha D. Wearin (D)
8. Fred C. Gilchrist (R)
9. Vincent F. Harrington (D)

Kansas

Kentucky

1. Noble J. Gregory (D)
2. Beverly M. Vincent (D)
3. Emmet O'Neal (D)
4. Edward W. Creal (D)
5. Brent Spence (D)
6. Virgil Chapman (D)
7. Andrew J. May (D)
8. Fred M. Vinson (D), until May 12, 1938
- Joe B. Bates (D), from June 4, 1938
9. John M. Robsion (R)

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

1. T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
2. William P. Cole Jr. (D)
3. Vincent L. Palmisano (D)
4. Ambrose J. Kennedy (D)
5. Stephen W. Gambrill (D), until December 19, 1938
6. David J. Lewis (D)

Massachusetts

1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
2. Charles Clason (R)
3. Joseph E. Casey (D)
4. Pehr G. Holmes (R)
5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6. George J. Bates (R)
7. William P. Connery Jr. (D), until June 15, 1937
- Lawrence J. Connery (D), from September 28, 1937
8. Arthur D. Healey (D)
9. Robert Luce (R)
10. George H. Tinkham (R)
11. John P. Higgins (D), until September 30, 1937
- Thomas A. Flaherty (D), from December 14, 1937
12. John W. McCormack (D)
13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
14. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
15. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

1. Jerry J. O'Connell (D)
2. James F. O'Connor (D)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. James G. Scrugham (D)

New Hampshire

1. Arthur B. Jenks (R), until June 9, 1938
- Alphonse Roy (D), from June 9, 1938
2. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey

1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
2. Elmer H. Wene (D)
3. William H. Sutphin (D)
4. D. Lane Powers (R)
5. Charles A. Eaton (R)
6. Donald H. McLean (R)
7. J. Parnell Thomas (R)
8. George N. Seger (R)
9. Edward A. Kenney (D), until January 27, 1938
10. Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R)
11. Edward L. O'Neill (D)
12. Frank W. Towey Jr. (D)
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), until September 12, 1938
2. William B. Barry (D)
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. Donald L. O'Toole (D)
9. Eugene J. Keogh (D)
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), until October 5, 1938
16. John J. O'Connor (D)
17. Theodore A. Peyser (D), until August 8, 1937
- Bruce F. Barton (R), from November 2, 1937
18. Martin J. Kennedy (D)
19. Sol Bloom (D)
20. James J. Lanzetta (D)
21. Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
22. Edward W. Curley (D)
23. Charles A. Buckley (D)
24. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
25. Charles D. Millard (R), until September 29, 1937
- Ralph A. Gamble (R), from November 2, 1937
26. Hamilton Fish Jr. (R)
27. Philip A. Goodwin (R), until June 6, 1937
- Lewis K. Rockefeller (R), from November 2, 1937
28. William T. Byrne (D)
29. E. Harold Cluett (R)
30. Frank Crowther (R)
31. Bertrand H. Snell (R)
32. Francis D. Culkin (R)
33. Fred J. Douglas (R)
34. Bert Lord (R)
35. Clarence E. Hancock (R)
36. John Taber (R)
37. W. Sterling Cole (R)
38. George B. Kelly (D)
39. James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)
40. Walter G. Andrews (R)
41. Alfred F. Beiter (D)
42. James M. Mead (D), until December 2, 1938
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. John McSweeney (D)
At-large. Harold G. Mosier (D)
1. Joseph A. Dixon (D)
2. Herbert S. Bigelow (D)
3. Byron B. Harlan (D)
4. Frank Le Blond Kloeb (D), until August 19, 1937
- Walter H. Albaugh (R), from November 8, 1938
5. Frank C. Kniffin (D)
6. James G. Polk (D)
7. Arthur W. Aleshire (D)
8. Thomas B. Fletcher (D)
9. John F. Hunter (D)
10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
11. Harold K. Claypool (D)
12. Arthur P. Lamneck (D)
13. Dudley A. White (R)
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. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
20. Martin L. Sweeney (D)
21. Robert Crosser (D)
22. Anthony A. Fleger (D)

Oklahoma

At-large. Will Rogers (D)
1. Wesley E. Disney (D)
2. John Conover Nichols (D)
3. Wilburn Cartwright (D)
4. Lyle Boren (D)
5. Robert Potter Hill (D), until October 29, 1937
- Gomer Griffith Smith (D), from December 10, 1937
6. Jed Johnson (D)
7. Sam C. Massingale (D)
8. Phil Ferguson (D)

Oregon

Pennsylvania

1. Leon Sacks (D)
2. James P. McGranery (D)
3. Michael J. Bradley (D)
4. J. Burrwood Daly (D)
5. Frank J.G. Dorsey (D)
6. Michael J. Stack (D)
7. Ira W. Drew (D)
8. James Wolfenden (R)
9. Oliver Walter Frey (D)
10. J. Roland Kinzer (R)
11. Patrick J. Boland (D)
12. J. Harold Flannery (D)
13. James H. Gildea (D)
14. Guy L. Moser (D)
15. Albert G. Rutherford (R)
16. Robert F. Rich (R)
17. J. William Ditter (R)
18. Benjamin Kurtz Focht (R), until March 27, 1937
- Richard M. Simpson (R), from May 11, 1937
19. Guy J. Swope (D)
20. Benjamin Jarrett (R)
21. Francis E. Walter (D)
22. Harry L. Haines (D)
23. Don Gingery (D)
24. J. Buell Snyder (D)
25. Charles I. Faddis (D)
26. Charles R. Eckert (D)
27. Joseph Gray (D)
28. Robert G. Allen (D)
29. Charles N. Crosby (D)
30. Peter J. De Muth (D)
31. James L. Quinn (D)
32. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
33. Henry Ellenbogen (D), until January 3, 1938
34. Matthew A. Dunn (D)

Rhode Island

1. Aime Forand (D)
2. John M. O'Connell (D)

South Carolina

1. Thomas S. McMillan (D)
2. Hampton P. Fulmer (D)
3. John C. Taylor (D)
4. Gabriel H. Mahon Jr. (D)
5. James P. Richards (D)
6. Allard H. Gasque (D), until June 17, 1938
- Elizabeth Hawley Gasque (D), from September 13, 1938

South Dakota

1. Fred H. Hildebrandt (D)
2. Francis Case (R)

Tennessee

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 A. Johnson (D)
7. Nat Patton (D)
8. Albert Thomas (D)
9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
10. James P. Buchanan (D), until February 22, 1937
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D), from April 10, 1937
11. William R. Poage (D)
12. Fritz G. Lanham (D)
13. William D. McFarlane (D)
14. Richard M. Kleberg (D)
15. Milton H. West (D)
16. R. Ewing Thomason (D)
17. Clyde L. Garrett (D)
18. Marvin Jones (D)
19. George H. Mahon (D)
20. Maury Maverick (D)
21. Charles L. South (D)

Utah

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

Vermont

At-large. Charles A. Plumley (R)

Virginia

1. S. Otis Bland (D)
2. Norman R. Hamilton (D)
3. Andrew J. Montague (D), until January 24, 1937
- Dave E. Satterfield Jr. (D), from November 2, 1937
4. Patrick H. Drewry (D)
5. Thomas G. Burch (D)
6. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
7. A. Willis Robertson (D)
8. Howard W. Smith (D)
9. John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)

Washington

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. Quintin Paredes (Resident Commissioner) (Nac.), until September 29, 1938
- Joaquin Miguel Elizalde (Resident Commissioner) (Nac.), from September 29, 1938
Puerto Rico. Santiago Iglesias Pantín (Resident Commissioner) (Coalitionist)

Changes in 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]
Tennessee (2)	Nathan L. Bachman (D)	Died April 23, 1937. Successor appointed to continue the term.	George L. Berry (D)	May 6, 1937
Arkansas (2)	Joseph T. Robinson (D)	Died July 14, 1937. Successor elected October 19, 1937.	John E. Miller (D)	November 15, 1937
Alabama (3)	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.	Dixie Bibb Graves (D)	August 20, 1937
Alabama (3)	Dixie Bibb Graves (D)	Resigned January 10, 1938, after successor elected.	J. Lister Hill (D)	January 11, 1938
New Jersey (1)	A. Harry Moore (D)	Resigned January 17, 1938, after being elected Governor of New Jersey. Successor appointed to continue the term.	John G. Milton (D)	January 18, 1938
Oregon (3)	Frederick Steiwer (R)	Resigned January 31, 1938, due to poor health. Successor appointed to continue the term.	Alfred E. Reames (D)	February 1, 1938
New York (1)	Royal S. Copeland (D)	Died June 17, 1938. Successor elected November 8, 1938.	James M. Mead (D)	December 3, 1938
California (3)	William G. McAdoo (D)	Resigned November 8, 1938, after losing nomination for upcoming term. Successor appointed to continue the term.	Thomas M. Storke (D)	November 9, 1938
New Jersey (1)	John G. Milton (D)	Interim appointee retired when successor elected. Successor elected November 8, 1938.	William W. Barbour (R)	November 9, 1938
Oregon (3)	Alfred E. Reames (D)	Interim appointee retired when successor elected. Successor elected November 8, 1938.	Alexander G. Barry (R)	November 9, 1938
South Dakota (3)	Herbert E. Hitchcock (D)	Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term. Successor elected November 8, 1938.	Gladys Pyle (R)	November 9, 1938
Tennessee (2)	George L. Berry (D)	Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term. Successor elected November 8, 1938.	Tom Stewart (D)	November 9, 1938.

House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 1]
Virginia 3	Andrew Jackson Montague (D)	Died January 24, 1937.	Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. (D)	November 2, 1937
Texas 10	James P. Buchanan (D)	Died February 22, 1937.	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	April 10, 1937
California 10	Henry E. Stubbs (D)	Died February 28, 1937.	Alfred J. Elliott (D)	May 4, 1937
Pennsylvania 18	Benjamin K. Focht (R)	Died March 27, 1937.	Richard M. Simpson (R)	May 11, 1937
New York 27	Philip A. Goodwin (R)	Died June 6, 1937.	Lewis K. Rockefeller (R)	November 2, 1937
Massachusetts 7	William P. Connery, Jr. (D)	Died June 15, 1937.	Lawrence J. Connery (D)	September 28, 1937
New York 17	Theodore A. Peyser (D)	Died August 8, 1937.	Bruce F. Barton (R)	November 2, 1937
Ohio 4	Frank Le Blond Kloeb (D)	Resigned August 19, 1937, to become justice of United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.	Walter H. Albaugh (R)	November 8, 1938
New York 25	Charles D. Millard (R)	Resigned September 29, 1937, to become surrogate of Westchester County, New York.	Ralph A. Gamble (R)	November 2, 1937
Massachusetts 11	John P. Higgins (D)	Resigned September 30, 1937, to become chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.	Thomas A. Flaherty (D)	December 14, 1937
Oklahoma 5	Robert P. Hill (D)	Died October 29, 1937.	Gomer Griffith Smith (D)	December 10, 1937
Arkansas 2	John E. Miller (D)	Resigned November 14, 1937 to become U.S. senator.	Vacant until the next Congress
Pennsylvania 33	Henry Ellenbogen (D)	Resigned January 3, 1938, to become judge of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.	Vacant until the next Congress
Alabama 2	J. Lister Hill (D)	Resigned January 11, 1938 to become U.S. senator.	George M. Grant (D)	June 14, 1938
New Jersey 9	Edward A. Kenney (D)	Died January 27, 1938.	Vacant until the next Congress
California 17	Charles J. Colden (D)	Died April 15, 1938.	Vacant until the next Congress
Kentucky 8	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.	Joe B. Bates (D)	June 4, 1938
New Hampshire 1	Arthur B. Jenks (R)	Lost contested election June 9, 1938	Alphonse Roy (D)	June 9, 1938
South Carolina 6	Allard H. Gasque (D)	Died June 17, 1938.	Elizabeth Hawley Gasque (D)	September 13, 1937
New York 1	Robert L. Bacon (R)	Died September 12, 1938.	Vacant until the next Congress
Resident Commissioner of the Philippines	Quintin Paredes (NAC)	Resigned September 29, 1938.	Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (NAC)	September 29, 1938
New York 15	John J. Boylan (D)	Died October 5, 1938.	Vacant until the next Congress
Iowa 1	Edward C. Eicher (D)	Resigned December 2, 1938, to become commissioner to the Securities and Exchange Commission.	Vacant until the next Congress
New York 42	James M. Mead (D)	Resigned December 2, 1938 to become U.S. senator.	Vacant until the next Congress
Maryland 5	Stephen W. Gambrill (D)	Died December 19, 1938.	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)
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)
- 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: 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[2]
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[2] (Episcopalian)
Parliamentarian: Charles L. Watkins[2]
Secretary: Edwin Alexander Halsey[2]
Librarian: Ruskin McArdle
Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney[2]
Democratic Party Secretary: Leslie Biffle
Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler

House of Representatives

Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery[2] (Methodist)
Clerk: South Trimble[2]
Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott[2]
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler[2]
Postmaster: Finis E. Scott[2]
Reading Clerks: Roger M. Calloway (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney[2]

Notes

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

References

Tom Stewart won a special election November 8, 1938. Although eligible and elected, did not "take his seat" as he preferred to remain as district attorney general. Nevertheless, his service begins when eligible and elected, not upon the taking of an oath.
Official Congressional Directory for the United States Congress. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. 1937. pp. 760.

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[SuccessorInstallation-2] When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

[Stewart-1] Tom Stewart won a special election November 8, 1938. Although eligible and elected, did not "take his seat" as he preferred to remain as district attorney general. Nevertheless, his service begins when eligible and elected, not upon the taking of an oath.

[Directory-3] Official Congressional Directory for the United States Congress. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. 1937. pp. 760.

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