77th United States Congress

	77th United States Congress
	; United States Capitol (1956)
	Duration: January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
President of the Senate:	John N. Garner (up to January 20); Henry A. Wallace
President pro tempore:	Pat Harrison
Speaker of the House:	Sam Rayburn
Members:	96 Senators; 435 Representatives; 4 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Democratic
House Majority:	Democratic
Sessions
	1st: January 3, 1941 – January 2, 1942; 2nd: January 5, 1942 – December 16, 1942
<76th	78th>

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Seventy-seventh United States Congress)

Jump to: navigation, search

1 Dates of Sessions
2 Major events
3 Legislation
- 3.1 Major legislation passed
4 Resolutions
5 Officers
- 5.1 Senate
  - 5.1.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 5.1.2 Minority (Republican) leadership
- 5.2 House of Representatives
  - 5.2.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 5.2.2 Minority (Republican) leadership
6 Party summary
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 Members
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
8 Employees
- 8.1 Senate
- 8.2 House

[edit] Dates of Sessions

Two sessions, roughly paralleling the calendar years 1941 and 1942:

First Session: January 3, 1941 to January 2, 1942
Second Session: January 5, 1942 to December 16, 1942.

Previous: 76th Congress • Next: 78th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main articles: 1941 and 1942

1941-03-01 — The Senate created the Truman Committee (officially the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program).
December 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 8, 1941: Declaration of war on Japan
1941-12-26 — Congress held a joint meeting in the Senate chamber for an address by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

[edit] Legislation

[edit] Major legislation passed

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#77th United States Congress

1941-03-11 — Lend Lease Act, ch. 11, 55 Stat. 31
1941 — Flood Control Act of 1941, Pub.L. 77-228
1942-01-30 — Emergency Price Control Act, ch. 26, 56 Stat. 23
June 22, 1942: An Act to Recognize the Pledge of Allegiance

[edit] Resolutions

1941-12-08 — War between United States and Japan, Sess. 1, ch. 561
1941-12-11 — War between United States and Germany, Sess. 1, ch. 564
1941-12-11 — War between United States and Italy, Sess. 1, ch. 565
1942-06-05 — War between United States and Bulgaria, Sess. 2, ch. 323
1942-06-05 — War between United States and Hungary, Sess. 2, ch. 324
1942-06-05 — War between United States and Rumania, Sess. 2, ch. 325

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

President of the United States Senate:
- John Nance Garner, ending January 20, 1941
- Henry A. Wallace, beginning January 20, 1941
President pro tempore:
- Pat Harrison (D), ending June 22, 1941
- Carter Glass (D), beginning July 10, 1941

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

66 Democrats
28 Republicans
1 Progressives
1 Independent

Total 96

[edit] House of Representatives

Total 435

[edit] Members

[edit] 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.

[edit] Alabama

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

[edit] Arizona

1. Ernest McFarland (D)
3. Carl Hayden (D)

[edit] Arkansas

3. Hattie Caraway (D)
2. G. Lloyd Spencer (D)

[edit] California

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

[edit] Colorado

3. Alva B. Adams (D), died December 1, 1941

3. Eugene Donald Millikin (R)

2. Edwin C. Johnson (D)

[edit] Connecticut

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

[edit] Delaware

2. James H. Hughes (D)
1. James M. Tunnell (D)

[edit] Florida

1. Charles O. Andrews (D)
3. Claude Pepper (D)

[edit] Georgia

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

[edit] Idaho

2. John W. Thomas (R)
3. David Worth Clark (D)

[edit] Illinois

3. Scott W. Lucas (D)
2. Charles W. Brooks (R)

[edit] Indiana

1. Raymond E. Willis (R)
3. Frederick Van Nuys (D)

[edit] Iowa

3. Guy Mark Gillette (D)
2. Clyde L. Herring (D)

[edit] Kansas

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

[edit] Kentucky

3. Alben W. Barkley (D)
2. Happy Chandler (D)

[edit] Louisiana

2. Allen J. Ellender (Dem.)
3. John H. Overton (D)

[edit] Maine

1. Owen Brewster (R)
2. Wallace H. White, Jr. (R)

[edit] Maryland

1. George L. P. Radcliffe (D)
3. Millard Tydings (D)

[edit] Massachusetts

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

[edit] Michigan

2. Prentiss M. Brown (D)
1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)

[edit] Minnesota

2. Joseph H. Ball (R)

2. Arthur E. Nelson (R)

1. Henrik Shipstead (R)

[edit] Mississippi

1. Theodore G. Bilbo (D)
2. Pat Harrison (D), died June 22, 1941

2. James Eastland (D)
2. Wall Doxey (D)

[edit] Missouri

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

[edit] Montana

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

[edit] Nebraska

1. Hugh A. Butler (R)
2. George William Norris (R)

[edit] Nevada

3. Pat McCarran (D)
1. Berkeley L. Bunker (D)

1. James G. Scrugham (D)

[edit] New Hampshire

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

[edit] New Jersey

1. William Warren Barbour (R)
2. William H. Smathers (D)

[edit] New Mexico

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

[edit] New York

1. James M. Mead (D)
3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

[edit] North Carolina

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

[edit] North Dakota

1. William Langer (R)
3. Gerald Nye (R)

[edit] Ohio

3. Robert Taft (R)
1. Harold Hitz Burton (R)

[edit] Oklahoma

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

[edit] Oregon

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

[edit] Pennsylvania

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

[edit] Rhode Island

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

[edit] South Carolina

2. James F. Byrnes (D), resigned

2. Alva M. Lumpkin (D), appointed to fill vacancy; died August 1, 1941
2. Roger C. Peace (D), appointed to fill vacancy
2. Burnet R. Maybank (D), elected to fill vacancy

3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

[edit] South Dakota

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

[edit] Tennessee

1. Kenneth McKellar (D)
2. Tom Stewart (D)

[edit] Texas

1. Tom Connally (D)
2. Morris Sheppard (D), died April 9, 1941

2. Andrew Jackson Houston (D), appointed to fill vacancy; died June 26, 1941
2. W. Lee O'Daniel (D), elected to fill vacancy

[edit] Utah

1. Orrice Abram Murdock, Jr. (D)
3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

[edit] Vermont

1. Warren Austin (R)
3. George Aiken (R)

[edit] Virginia

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

[edit] Washington

3. Homer Bone (D)
1. Monrad Wallgren (D)

[edit] West Virginia

1. Harley M. Kilgore (D)
2. Matthew M. Neely (D), resigned

2. Joseph Rosier (D), appointed to fill vacancy
2. Hugh Ike Shott (R), elected to fill vacancy

[edit] Wisconsin

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

[edit] Wyoming

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

[edit] House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-large, are preceded by an "At-Large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.