76th United States Congress

76th United States Congress

75th ← → 77th United States Capitol (1956) Duration: January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 Senate President: John N. Garner Senate Pres. pro tem: Key Pittman William H. King House Speaker: William B. Bankhead Sam Rayburn Members: 96 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members Senate Majority: Democratic House Majority: Democratic Sessions 1st: January 3, 1939 – August 5, 1939 2nd: September 21, 1939 – November 3, 1939 3rd: January 3, 1940 – January 3, 1941

The Seventy-sixth 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, 1939 to January 3, 1941, during the seventh and eighth 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 majority. It is the most recent Congress to have held a third session.

File:Senate Chaplain delivers prayer 1939.jpg

Chaplain of the United States Senate ZeBarney Thorne Phillips delivering prayer to open the session

Major events

President Roosevelt signing the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, September 16, 1940.

Main articles: 1939 in the United States, 1940 in the United States, and 1941 in the United States

• April 9, 1939: African-American singer Marian Anderson performs before 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after having been denied the use both of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and of a public high school by the federally controlled District of Columbia.
• August 2, 1939: Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt about developing the atomic bomb using uranium. This led to the creation of the Manhattan Project.
• September 5, 1939: World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.
• November 4, 1939: World War II: President Roosevelt ordered the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons to non-belligerent nations.
• November 15, 1939: President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• April 1, 1940: April Fools' Day was also the census date for the 16th U.S. Census.
• May 16, 1940: World War II: President Roosevelt, addressed a joint session of Congress, asking for an extraordinary credit of approximately $900 million to finance construction of at least 50,000 airplanes per year.
• June 10, 1940: World War II: President Roosevelt denounced Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech during the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
• August 4, 1940: World War II: Gen. John J. Pershing, in a nationwide radio broadcast, urges all-out aid to Britain in order to defend the Americas, while Charles Lindbergh speaks to an isolationist rally at Soldier Field in Chicago.
• September, 1940: The Army's 45th Infantry Division (previously a National Guard Division in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma), was activated and ordered into federal service for 1 year, to engage in a training program in Ft. Sill and Louisiana, prior to serving in World War II.
• September 2, 1940: World War II: An agreement between America and Great Britain was announced to the effect that 50 U.S. destroyers needed for escort work would be transferred to Great Britain. In return, America gained 99-year leases on British bases in the North Atlantic, West Indies and Bermuda.
• September 26, 1940: World War II: The United States imposed a total embargo on all scrap metal shipments to Japan.
• October 16, 1940: The draft registration of approximately 16 million men began in the United States.
• October 29, 1940: The Selective Service System lottery was held in Washington, D.C..
• November 5, 1940: U.S. presidential election, 1940: Democrat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and became the United States's first and only third-term president.
• November 12, 1940: Case of Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940), decided, allowing a racially restrictive covenant to be lifted.
• December 17, 1940: President Roosevelt, at his regular press conference, first outlined his plan to send aid to Great Britain that will become known as Lend-Lease.
• December 29, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declared that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy."
• January 13, 1941: All persons born in Puerto Rico after this day were declared U.S. citizens by birth, through federal law 8 U.S.C. § 1402.
• January 20, 1941: Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes swore in President Roosevelt for a third term.
• January 27, 1941: World War II: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew passed on to Washington a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception about a planned surprise attack upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• February 4, 1941: World War II: The United Service Organization (USO) was created to entertain American troops.

Hearings

• January 23, 1941: Aviator Charles Lindbergh testified before the Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001 § 76th United States Congress

• April 3, 1939: Reorganization Act of 1939, Pub.L. 76–19, 53 Stat. 561
• August 2, 1939: Hatch Act of 1939 ("Hatch Political Activity Act", "An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities"), ch. 410, 53 Stat. 1147
• November 4, 1939: Neutrality Act of 1939, ("Cash and Carry Act"), ch. 2, 54 Stat. 4
• June 29, 1940: Alien Registration Act (Smith Act), 3d sess. ch. 439, 54 Stat. 670
• August 22, 1940: Act of August 22, 1940, ch. 686, Pub.L. 76–768, 54 Stat. 789 (including Investment Company Act of 1940, Investment Advisers Act of 1940)
• September 16, 1940: Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, Pub.L. 76–783

Party summary

Senate

	Party (Shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Farmer-Labor (FL)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)	Independent (I)
End of the previous congress	74	2	1	18	1	96	0
Begin	68	2	1	23	1	95	1
End		1		25		96	0
Final voting share	70.8%	1.0%	1.0%	26.0%	1.0%
Beginning of the next congress	66	2	1	26	1	96	0

House of Representatives

	Party (Shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Farmer-Labor (FL)	American Labor (AL)	Wisconsin Progressive (P)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	334	5	0	8	88	435	0
Begin	256	1	1	3	173	434	1
End	252				172	429	6
Final voting share	58.7%	0.2%	0.2%	0.7%	40.1%
Beginning of the next congress	268	1	1	3	162	435	0

Leadership

Senate

• President: John N. Garner (D)
• President pro tempore: Key Pittman

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Alben W. Barkley

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Charles McNary

House

• Speaker: William B. Bankhead, until September 15, 1940 (died)
  • Sam Rayburn, from September 16, 1940

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Sam Rayburn, until September 16, 1940
  • John W. McCormack, from September 16, 1940

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Joseph William Martin, Jr.

Members

Senate

Senators were 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.

Alabama

• 2. John H. Bankhead II (D)
• 3. Joseph Lister Hill (D)

Arizona

• 1. Henry Fountain Ashurst (D)
• 3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

• 3. Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D)
• 2. John E. Miller (D)

California

• 1. Hiram Warren Johnson (R)
• 3. Sheridan Downey (D)

Colorado

• 3. Alva Blanchard Adams (D)
• 2. Edwin Carl Johnson (D)

Connecticut

• 1. Francis Thomas Maloney (D)
• 3. John A. Danaher (R)

Delaware

• 1. John G. Townsend, Jr. (R)
• 2. James H. Hughes (D)

Florida

• 1. Charles Oscar Andrews (D)
• 3. Claude Denson Pepper (D)

Georgia

• 2. Walter Franklin George (D)
• 3. Richard Brevard Russell (D)

Idaho

• 2. William Edgar Borah (R), until January 19, 1940
  • John W. Thomas (R), from January 27, 1940
• 3. D. Worth Clark (D)

Illinois

• 3. Scott W. Lucas (D)
• 2. James Hamilton Lewis (D), until April 9, 1939
  • James M. Slattery (D), April 14, 1939 – November 21, 1940
  • Charles W. Brooks (R), from November 22, 1940

Indiana

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

Iowa

• 3. Guy M. Gillette (D)
• 2. Clyde L. Herring (D)

Kansas

• 2. Arthur Capper (R)
• 3. Clyde M. Reed (R)

Kentucky

• 3. Alben William Barkley (D)
• 2. Marvel Mills Logan (D), until October 3, 1939
  • Happy Chandler (D), from October 10, 1939

Louisiana

• 2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D)
• 3. John Holmes Overton (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

• 1. George Lovic Radcliffe (D)
• 3. Millard Evelyn Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

• 2. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)
• 1. David Ignatius Walsh (D)

Michigan

• 2. Prentiss Marsh Brown (D)
• 1. Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (R)

Minnesota

• 2. Ernest Lundeen (FL), until August 31, 1940
  • Joseph H. Ball (R), from October 14, 1940
• 1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)

Mississippi

• 1. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (D)
• 2. Byron Patton Harrison (D)

Missouri

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

Montana

• 2. James Edward Murray (D)
• 1. Burton Kendall Wheeler (D)

Nebraska

• 1. Edward Raymond Burke (D)
• 2. George William Norris (I)

Nevada

• 1. Key Denson Pittman (D), until November 10, 1940
  • Berkeley L. Bunker (D), from November 27, 1940
• 3. Patrick Anthony Mccarran (D)

New Hampshire

• 2. Styles Bridges (R)
• 3. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey

• 1. William Warren Barbour (R)
• 2. William Howell Smathers (D)

New Mexico

• 1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (D)
• 2. Carl Atwood Hatch (D)

New York

• 1. James Michael Mead (D)
• 3. Robert Ferdinand Wagner (D)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

• 1. Lynn Joseph Frazier (R)
• 3. Gerald Prentice Nye (R)

Ohio

• 3. Robert A. Taft (R)
• 1. Alvin Victor Donahey (D)

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

• 3. Rufus C. Holman (R)
• 2. Charles L. McNary (R)

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

• 1. Peter Goelet Gerry (D)
• 2. Theodore Francis Green (D)

South Carolina

• 2. James Francis Byrnes (D)
• 3. Ellison Durant Smith (D)

South Dakota

• 2. William John Bulow (D)
• 3. J. Chandler Gurney (R)

Tennessee

• 1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D)
• 2. Tom Stewart (D), from January 16, 1939

Texas

• 1. Thomas Terry Connally (D)
• 2. Morris Sheppard (D)

Utah

• 1. William Henry King (D)
• 3. Elbert Duncan Thomas (D)

Vermont

• 1. Warren Robinson Austin (R)
• 3. Ernest Willard Gibson (R), until June 20, 1940
  • Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (R), from October 14, 1940

Virginia

• 1. Harry Flood Byrd (D)
• 2. Carter Glass (D)

Washington

• 3. Homer Truett Bone (D)
• 1. Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (D), until December 16, 1940
  • Monrad Wallgren (D), from December 19, 1940

West Virginia

• 1. Rush D. Holt Sr. (D)
• 2. Matthew Mansfield Neely (D)

Wisconsin

• 3. Alexander Wiley (R)
• 1. Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (Prog)

Wyoming

• 1. Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (D)
• 2. Henry H. Schwartz (D)

House of Representatives

The names of members are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

• 1. Frank W. Boykin (D)
• 2. George M. Grant (D)
• 3. Henry B. Steagall (D)
• 4. Sam Hobbs (D)
• 5. Joe Starnes (D)
• 6. Pete Jarman (D)
• 7. William B. Bankhead (D), until September 15, 1940
  • Zadoc L. Weatherford (D). from November 5, 1940
• 8. John J. Sparkman (D)
• 9. Luther Patrick (D)

Arizona

• At-large. John R. Murdock (D)

Arkansas

• 1. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
• 2. Wilbur D. Mills (D)
• 3. Clyde T. Ellis (D)
• 4. William B. Cravens (D), until January 13, 1939
  • William F. Cravens (D), from September 12, 1939
• 5. David D. Terry (D)
• 6. William F. Norrell (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. Jack Z. Anderson (R)
• 9. Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)
• 10. Alfred J. Elliott (D)
• 11. John Carl Hinshaw (R)
• 12. Jerry Voorhis (D)
• 13. Charles Kramer (D)
• 14. Thomas F. Ford (D)
• 15. John M. Costello (D)
• 16. Leland M. Ford (R)
• 17. Lee E. Geyer (D)
• 18. Thomas M. Eaton (R), until September 16, 1939
• 19. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
• 20. Edouard V. M. Izac (D)

Colorado

• 1. Lawrence Lewis (D)
• 2. Fred N. Cummings (D)
• 3. John A. Martin (D), until December 23, 1939
  • William E. Burney (D), from November 5, 1940
• 4. Edward T. Taylor (D)

Connecticut

• 1. William J. Miller (R)
• 2. Thomas R. Ball (R)
• 3. James A. Shanley (D)
• 4. Albert E. Austin (R)
• 5. J. Joseph Smith (D)
• At-large. B. J. Monkiewicz (R)

Delaware

• At-large. George S. Williams (R)

Florida

• 1. J. Hardin Peterson (D)
• 2. Robert A. Green (D)
• 3. Millard F. Caldwell (D)
• 4. Pat Cannon (D)
• 5. Joe Hendricks (D)

Georgia

• 1. Hugh Peterson (D)
• 2. Edward E. Cox (D)
• 3. Stephen Pace (D)
• 4. Emmett M. Owen (D), until June 21, 1939
  • A. Sidney Camp (D), from August 1, 1939
• 5. Robert Ramspeck (D)
• 6. Carl Vinson (D)
• 7. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
• 8. W. Benjamin Gibbs (D), until August 7, 1940
  • Florence R. Gibbs (D), from October 1, 1940
• 9. B. Frank Whelchel (D)
• 10. Paul Brown (D)

Idaho

• 1. Compton I. White (D)
• 2. Henry C. Dworshak (R)

Illinois

• 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. A. F. Maciejewski (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. Noah M. Mason (R)
• 13. Leo E. Allen (R)
• 14. Anton J. Johnson (R)
• 15. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
• 16. Everett M. Dirksen (R)
• 17. Leslie C. Arends (R)
• 18. Jessie Sumner (R)
• 19. William H. Wheat (R)
• 20. James M. Barnes (D)
• 21. Frank W. Fries (D)
• 22. Edwin M. Schaefer (D)
• 23. Laurence F. Arnold (D)
• 24. Claude V. Parsons (D)
• 25. Kent E. Keller (D)
• At-large. John C. Martin (D)
• At-large. Thomas V. Smith (D)

Indiana

• 1. William T. Schulte (D)
• 2. Charles A. Halleck (R)
• 3. Robert A. Grant (R)
• 4. George W. Gillie (R)
• 5. Forest A. Harness (R)
• 6. Noble J. Johnson (R)
• 7. Gerald W. Landis (R)
• 8. John W. Boehne, Jr. (D)
• 9. Eugene B. Crowe (D)
• 10. Raymond S. Springer (R)
• 11. William H. Larrabee (D)
• 12. Louis Ludlow (D)

Iowa

• 1. Thomas E. Martin (R)
• 2. William S. Jacobsen (D)
• 3. John W. Gwynne (R)
• 4. Henry O. Talle (R)
• 5. Karl M. LeCompte (R)
• 6. Cassius C. Dowell (R), until February 4, 1940
  • Robert K. Goodwin (R), from March 5, 1940
• 7. Ben F. Jensen (R)
• 8. Fred C. Gilchrist (R)
• 9. Vincent F. Harrington (D)

Kansas

• 1. William P. Lambertson (R)
• 2. U. S. Guyer (R)
• 3. Thomas Daniel Winter (R)
• 4. Edward Herbert Rees (R)
• 5. John Mills Houston (D)
• 6. Frank Carlson (R)
• 7. Clifford R. Hope (R)

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. Joe B. Bates (D)
• 9. John M. Robsion (R)

Louisiana

• 1. Joachim O. Fernandez (D)
• 2. Paul H. Maloney (D), until December 15, 1940
• 3. Robert L. Mouton (D)
• 4. Overton Brooks (D)
• 5. Newt V. Mills (D)
• 6. John K. Griffith (D)
• 7. René L. DeRouen (D)
• 8. A. Leonard Allen (D)

Maine

• 1. James C. Oliver (R)
• 2. Clyde H. Smith (R), until April 8, 1940
  • Margaret Chase Smith (R), from June 3, 1940
• 3. Ralph Owen Brewster (R)

Maryland

• 1. T. Alan Goldsborough (D), until April 5, 1939
  • David J. Ward (D), from June 8, 1939
• 2. William P. Cole, Jr. (D)
• 3. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (D)
• 4. Ambrose J. Kennedy (D)
• 5. Lansdale G. Sasscer (D), from February 3, 1939
• 6. William D. Byron (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. Lawrence J. Connery (D)
• 8. Arthur D. Healey (D)
• 9. Robert Luce (R)
• 10. George H. Tinkham (R)
• 11. Thomas A. Flaherty (D)
• 12. John W. McCormack (D)
• 13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
• 14. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)
• 15. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan

• 1. Rudolph G. Tenerowicz (D)
• 2. Earl C. Michener (R)
• 3. Paul W. Shafer (R)
• 4. Clare E. Hoffman (R)
• 5. Carl E. Mapes (R), until December 12, 1939
  • Bartel J. Jonkman (R), from February 19, 1940
• 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. Fred Bradley (R)
• 12. Frank Hook (D)
• 13. Clarence McLeod (R)
• 14. Louis C. Rabaut (D)
• 15. John D. Dingell, Sr. (D)
• 16. John Lesinski, Sr. (D)
• 17. George A. Dondero (R)

Minnesota

• 1. August H. Andresen (R)
• 2. Elmer Ryan (D)
• 3. John G. Alexander (R)
• 4. Melvin Maas (R)
• 5. Oscar Youngdahl (R)
• 6. Harold Knutson (R)
• 7. H. Carl Andersen (R)
• 8. William Pittenger (R)
• 9. Rich T. Buckler (FL)

Mississippi

• 1. John E. Rankin (D)
• 2. Wall Doxey (D)
• 3. William M. Whittington (D)
• 4. Aaron L. Ford (D)
• 5. Ross A. Collins (D)
• 6. William M. Colmer (D)
• 7. Dan R. McGehee (D)

Missouri

• 1. Milton A. Romjue (D)
• 2. William L. Nelson (D)
• 3. Richard M. Duncan (D)
• 4. C. Jasper Bell (D)
• 5. Joseph B. Shannon (D)
• 6. Reuben T. Wood (D)
• 7. Dewey Short (R)
• 8. Clyde Williams (D)
• 9. Clarence Cannon (D)
• 10. Orville Zimmerman (D)
• 11. Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D), until December 31, 1940
• 12. Charles Arthur Anderson (D)
• 13. John J. Cochran (D)

Montana

• 1. Jacob Thorkelson (R)
• 2. James F. O'Connor (D)

Nebraska

• 1. George H. Heinke (R), until January 2, 1940
  • John Hyde Sweet (R), from April 19, 1940
• 2. Charles F. McLaughlin (D)
• 3. Karl Stefan (R)
• 4. Carl T. Curtis (R)
• 5. Harry B. Coffee (D)

Nevada

• At-large. James G. Scrugham (D)

New Hampshire

• 1. Arthur B. Jenks (R)
• 2. Foster Waterman Stearns (R)

New Jersey

• 1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
• 2. Walter S. Jeffries (R)
• 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), until August 26, 1940
• 9. Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (R)
• 10. Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R)
• 11. Albert L. Vreeland (R)
• 12. Robert W. Kean (R)
• 13. Mary T. Norton (D)
• 14. Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico

• At-large. John J. Dempsey (D)

New York

• 1. Leonard W. Hall (R)
• 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), until December 17, 1939
  • Morris Michael Edelstein (D), from February 6, 1940
• 15. Michael J. Kennedy (D)
• 16. James H. Fay (D)
• 17. Bruce Barton (R)
• 18. Martin J. Kennedy (D)
• 19. Sol Bloom (D)
• 20. Vito Marcantonio (American Labor)
• 21. Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
• 22. Edward W. Curley (D), until January 6, 1940
  • Walter A. Lynch (D), from February 20, 1940
• 23. Charles A. Buckley (D)
• 24. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
• 25. Ralph A. Gamble (R)
• 26. Hamilton Fish (R)
• 27. Lewis K. Rockefeller (R)
• 28. William T. Byrne (D)
• 29. E. Harold Cluett (R)
• 30. Frank Crowther (R)
• 31. Wallace E. Pierce (R), until January 3, 1940
  • Clarence E. Kilburn (R), from February 13, 1940
• 32. Francis D. Culkin (R)
• 33. Fred J. Douglas (R)
• 34. Bert Lord (R), until May 24, 1939
  • Edwin A. Hall (R), from November 7, 1939
• 35. Clarence E. Hancock (R)
• 36. John Taber (R)
• 37. W. Sterling Cole (R)
• 38. Joseph J. O'Brien (R)
• 39. James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R)
• 40. Walter G. Andrews (R)
• 41. J. Francis Harter (R)
• 42. Pius L. Schwert (D)
• 43. Daniel A. Reed (R)
• At-large. Matthew J. Merritt (D)
• At-large. Caroline O'Day (D)

North Carolina

• 1. Lindsay C. Warren (D), until October 31, 1940
  • Herbert C. Bonner (D), from November 5, 1940
• 2. John H. Kerr (D)
• 3. Graham A. Barden (D)
• 4. Harold D. Cooley (D)
• 5. Alonzo D. Folger (D)
• 6. Carl T. Durham (D)
• 7. J. Bayard Clark (D)
• 8. William O. Burgin (D)
• 9. Robert L. Doughton (D)
• 10. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
• 11. Zebulon Weaver (D)

North Dakota

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

Ohio

• 1. Charles H. Elston (R)
• 2. William E. Hess (R)
• 3. Harry N. Routzohn (R)
• 4. Robert Franklin Jones (R)
• 5. Cliff Clevenger (R)
• 6. James G. Polk (D)
• 7. Clarence J. Brown (R)
• 8. Frederick C. Smith (R)
• 9. John F. Hunter (D)
• 10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
• 11. Harold K. Claypool (D)
• 12. John M. Vorys (R)
• 13. Dudley A. White (R)
• 14. Dow W. Harter (D)
• 15. Robert T. Secrest (D)
• 16. James Seccombe (R)
• 17. William A. Ashbrook (D), until January 1, 1940
  • J. Harry McGregor (R), from February 27, 1940
• 18. Earl R. Lewis (R)
• 19. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
• 20. Martin L. Sweeney (D)
• 21. Robert Crosser (D)
• 22. Chester C. Bolton (R), until October 29, 1939
  • Frances P. Bolton (R), from February 27, 1940
• At-large. George H. Bender (R)
• At-large. L. L. Marshall (R)

Oklahoma

• 1. Wesley E. Disney (D)
• 2. John Conover Nichols (D)
• 3. Wilburn Cartwright (D)
• 4. Lyle Boren (D)
• 5. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
• 6. Jed Johnson (D)
• 7. Sam C. Massingale (D)
• 8. Phil Ferguson (D)
• At-large. Will Rogers (D)

Oregon

• 1. James W. Mott (R)
• 2. Walter M. Pierce (D)
• 3. Homer D. Angell (R)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Leon Sacks (D)
• 2. James P. McGranery (D)
• 3. Michael J. Bradley (D)
• 4. J. Burrwood Daly (D), until March 12, 1939
  • John E. Sheridan (D), from November 7, 1939
• 5. Fred C. Gartner (R)
• 6. Francis J. Myers (D)
• 7. George P. Darrow (R)
• 8. James Wolfenden (R)
• 9. Charles L. Gerlach (R)
• 10. J. Roland Kinzer (R)
• 11. Patrick J. Boland (D)
• 12. J. Harold Flannery (D)
• 13. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
• 14. Guy L. Moser (D)
• 15. Albert G. Rutherford (R)
• 16. Robert F. Rich (R)
• 17. J. William Ditter (R)
• 18. Richard M. Simpson (R)
• 19. John C. Kunkel (R)
• 20. Benjamin Jarrett (R)
• 21. Francis E. Walter (D)
• 22. Chester H. Gross (R)
• 23. James E. Van Zandt (R)
• 24. J. Buell Snyder (D)
• 25. Charles I. Faddis (D)
• 26. Louis E. Graham (R)
• 27. Harve Tibbott (R)
• 28. Robert G. Allen (D)
• 29. Robert L. Rodgers (R)
• 30. Robert J. Corbett (R)
• 31. John McDowell (R)
• 32. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
• 33. Joseph A. McArdle (D)
• 34. Matthew A. Dunn (D)

Rhode Island

• 1. Charles Risk (R)
• 2. Harry Sandager (R)

South Carolina

• 1. Thomas S. McMillan (D), until September 29, 1939
  • Clara Gooding McMillan (D), from November 7, 1939
• 2. Hampton P. Fulmer (D)
• 3. Butler B. Hare (D)
• 4. Joseph R. Bryson (D)
• 5. James P. Richards (D)
• 6. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota

• 1. Karl E. Mundt (R)
• 2. Francis Case (R)

Tennessee

• 1. B. Carroll Reece (R)
• 2. J. Will Taylor (R), until November 14, 1939
  • John Jennings, Jr. (R), from December 30, 1939
• 3. Sam D. McReynolds (D), until July 11, 1939
  • Estes Kefauver (D), from September 13, 1939
• 4. Albert A. Gore Sr. (D)
• 5. Jo Byrns, Jr. (D)
• 6. Clarence W. Turner (D), until March 23, 1939
  • W. Wirt Courtney (D), from May 11, 1939
• 7. Herron C. Pearson (D)
• 8. Jere Cooper (D)
• 9. Clift Chandler (D), until January 2, 1940
  • Clifford Davis (D), from February 15, 1940

Texas

• 1. Wright Patman (D)
• 2. Martin Dies, Jr. (D)
• 3. Lindley Beckworth (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. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
• 11. William R. Poage (D)
• 12. Fritz G. Lanham (D)
• 13. Ed Gossett (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), until November 20, 1940
• 19. George H. Mahon (D)
• 20. Paul J. Kilday (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. Colgate Darden (D)
• 3. Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. (D)
• 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

• 1. Warren G. Magnuson (D)
• 2. Monrad C. Wallgren (D), until December 19, 1940
• 3. Martin F. Smith (D)
• 4. Knute Hill (D)
• 5. Charles H. Leavy (D)
• 6. John M. Coffee (D)

West Virginia

• 1. A. C. Schiffler (R)
• 2. Jennings Randolph (D)
• 3. Andrew Edmiston, Jr. (D)
• 4. George William Johnson (D)
• 5. John Kee (D)
• 6. Joe L. Smith (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. Stephen Bolles (R)
• 2. Charles Hawks, Jr. (R)
• 3. Harry W. Griswold (R), until July 4, 1939
• 4. John C. Schafer (R)
• 5. Lewis D. Thill (R)
• 6. Frank B. Keefe (R)
• 7. Reid F. Murray (R)
• 8. Joshua L. Johns (R)
• 9. Merlin Hull (Prog)
• 10. Bernard J. Gehrmann (Prog)

Wyoming

• At-large. Frank O. Horton (R)

Non-voting members

• Alaska Territory. Anthony J. Dimond (D)
• Hawaii Territory. Samuel Wilder King (R)
• Philippines. Joaquin Miguel Elizalde (Resident Commissioner)
• Puerto Rico. Santiago Iglesias Pantín (Resident Commissioner) (Coalitionist), until December 5, 1939
  • Bolívar Pagán (Resident Commissioner) (Socialist), from December 26, 1939

Changes in membership

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

Senate

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Tennessee (2)	Vacant	Stewart was elected during previous term, but chose to remain as district attorney until term expired.	Tom Stewart (D)	January 16, 1939
Illinois (2)	J. Hamilton Lewis (D)	Died April 9, 1939. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, which he subsequently won.	James M. Slattery (D)	April 14, 1939
Kentucky (2)	M. M. Logan (D)	Died October 3, 1939. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, which he subsequently won.	Happy Chandler (D)	October 10, 1939
Idaho (2)	William E. Borah (R)	Died January 19, 1940. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently won.	John W. Thomas (R)	January 27, 1940
Vermont (3)	Ernest W. Gibson (R)	Died June 20, 1940. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (R)	October 14, 1940
Minnesota (2)	Ernest Lundeen (FL)	Died August 31, 1940. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently won.	Joseph H. Ball (R)	October 14, 1940
Nevada (1)	Key Pittman (D)	Died November 10, 1940. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, which he subsequently lost.	Berkeley L. Bunker (D)	November 27, 1940
Illinois (2)	James M. Slattery (D)	Resigned November 21, 1940. Successor was elected to finish term.	Charles W. Brooks (R)	November 22, 1940
Washington (1)	Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D)	Resigned December 16, 1940 after being appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, which he subsequently won.	Monrad Wallgren (D)	December 19, 1940

House of Representatives

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
Maryland 5th	Vacant	Rep. Stephen W. Gambrill died in previous Congress	Lansdale Sasscer (D)	January 12, 1943
Arkansas 4th	William B. Cravens (D)	Died January 13, 1939	William F. Cravens (D)	September 12, 1939
Pennsylvania 4th	J. Burrwood Daly (D)	Died March 12, 1939	John E. Sheridan (D)	November 7, 1939
Tennessee 6th	Clarence W. Turner (D)	Died March 23, 1939	W. Wirt Courtney (D)	May 11, 1939
Maryland 1st	Thomas A. Goldsborough (D)	Resigned April 5, 1939 after being appointed associate justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia	David J. Ward (D)	June 8, 1939
New York 34th	Bert Lord (R)	Died May 24, 1939	Edwin A. Hall (R)	November 7, 1939
Georgia 4th	Emmett M. Owen (D)	Died June 21, 1939	A. Sidney Camp (D)	August 1, 1939
Wisconsin 3rd	Harry W. Griswold (R)	Died July 4, 1939	Vacant until the next Congress
Tennessee 3rd	Sam D. McReynolds (D)	Died July 11, 1939	Estes Kefauver (D)	September 13, 1939
California 18th	Thomas M. Eaton (R)	Died September 16, 1939	Vacant until the next Congress
South Carolina 1st	Thomas S. McMillan (D)	Died September 29, 1939	Clara G. McMillan (D)	November 7, 1939
Ohio 22nd	Chester C. Bolton (R)	Died October 29, 1939	Frances P. Bolton (R)	February 27, 1940
Tennessee 2nd	J. Will Taylor (R)	Died November 14, 1939	John Jennings, Jr. (R)	December 30, 1939
Puerto Rico At-large	Santiago Iglesias (Coalitionist)	Died December 5, 1939	Bolívar Pagán (Socialist)	December 26, 1939
Colorado 3rd	John A. Martin (D)	Died December 23, 1939	William E. Burney (D)	November 5, 1940
Michigan 5th	Carl E. Mapes (R)	Died December 12, 1939	Bartel J. Jonkman (R)	February 19, 1940
New York 14th	William I. Sirovich (D)	Died December 17, 1939	Morris M. Edelstein (D)	February 6, 1940
Ohio 17th	William A. Ashbrook (D)	Died January 1, 1940	J. Harry McGregor (R)	February 27, 1940
Nebraska 1st	George H. Heinke (R)	Died January 2, 1940	John H. Sweet (R)	April 19, 1940
Tennessee 9th	Clift Chandler (D)	Resigned January 2, 1940 after being elected Mayor of Memphis	Clifford Davis (D)	February 15, 1940
New York 31st	Wallace E. Pierce (R)	Died January 3, 1940	Clarence E. Kilburn (R)	February 13, 1940
New York 22nd	Edward W. Curley (D)	Died January 6, 1940	Walter A. Lynch (D)	February 20, 1940
Iowa 6th	Cassius C. Dowell (R)	Died February 4, 1940	Robert K. Goodwin (R)	March 5, 1940
Maine 2nd	Clyde Smith (R)	Died April 8, 1940	Margaret Chase Smith (R)	June 3, 1940
Georgia 8th	W. Benjamin Gibbs (D)	Died August 7, 1940	Florence Reville Gibbs (D)	October 1, 1940
New Jersey 8th	George N. Seger (R)	Died August 26, 1940	Vacant until the next Congress
Alabama 7th	William B. Bankhead (D)	Died September 15, 1940	Zadoc L. Weatherford (D)	November 5, 1940
North Carolina 1st	Lindsay C. Warren (D)	Resigned October 31, 1940 after being appointed Comptroller General of the United States	Herbert C. Bonner (D)	November 5, 1940
Texas 18th	John Marvin Jones (D)	Resigned November 20, 1940 to become judge of the United States Court of Claims	Vacant until the next Congress
Louisiana 2nd	Paul H. Maloney (D)	Resigned December 15, 1940 to become Collector of Internal Revenue for New Orleans District	Vacant until the next Congress
Washington 2nd	Monrad Wallgren (D)	Resigned December 19, 1940 after being elected to the US Senate	Vacant until the next Congress
Missouri 11th	Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D)	Resigned December 31, 1940 to become candidate for Circuit Attorney of St. Louis	Vacant until the next Congress

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

Senate

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• Secretary for the Minority: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• Secretary: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• Sergeant at Arms: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
• Clerk: South Trimble
• Historian: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
• Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
• Reading Clerks: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney

See also

• United States elections, 1938 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1938
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1938
• United States elections, 1940 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1940
  • United States Senate elections, 1940
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1940