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Wikipedia / 72nd United States Congress

The 72nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1931, to March 4, 1933, during the last two years of Herbert Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census. The Senate had a Republican majority. The House started with a very slim Republican majority, but by the time it first met in December 1931, the Democrats had gained a majority through special elections.

Major events

  • Ongoing: Great Depression

  • January 12, 1932: Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to the United States Senate. (Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia had been appointed to fill a vacancy in 1922.) Caraway had won a special election to fill the remaining months of the term of her late husband, Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway. She won re-election to a full term in 1932 and again in 1938 and served in the Senate until January 1945.

  • July 28, 1932: Bonus Army was dispersed.

November 8, 1932: 1932 United States elections:

Major legislation

Constitutional amendments

March 2, 1932: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution moving the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3, and also establishing what is to be done when there is no president-elect, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification

February 20, 1933: Approved an amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, and submitted it to state ratifying conventions for ratification

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

Republicans controlled the Senate through a VP-tie-breaking majority.

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican)

Minority (Democratic)

House of Representatives

Note: Republican Nicholas Longworth, the Speaker of the House in the previous Congress, was Speaker-presumptive with his party's mere three-seat majority. However, Longworth died on April 9, 1931, and by the time the 72nd Congress convened in December 1931, Democrats had gained four seats from Republicans through special elections following deaths, thus becoming the majority party in the House. Democrat John Garner was subsequently elected as Speaker.

Majority (Democratic)

Minority (Republican)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators were elected 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 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1936; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1932.

List of United States senators from AlabamaAlabama

  1. 2. John H. Bankhead II (D)

  2. 3. Hugo Black (D)

List of United States senators from ArizonaArizona

  1. 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D)

  2. 3. Carl Hayden (D)

List of United States senators from ArkansasArkansas

  1. 2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)

  2. 3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D), until November 6, 1931

    1. Hattie Caraway (D), from November 13, 1931

List of United States senators from CaliforniaCalifornia

  1. 1. Hiram W. Johnson (R)

  2. 3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)

List of United States senators from ColoradoColorado

  1. 2. Edward P. Costigan (D)

  2. 3. Charles W. Waterman (R), until August 27, 1932

    1. Walter Walker (D), September 16, 1932 – December 6, 1932

    2. Karl C. Schuyler (R), from December 7, 1932

List of United States senators from ConnecticutConnecticut

  1. 1. Frederic C. Walcott (R)

  2. 3. Hiram Bingham III (R)

List of United States senators from DelawareDelaware

  1. 1. John G. Townsend Jr. (R)

  2. 2. Daniel O. Hastings (R)

List of United States senators from FloridaFlorida

  1. 1. Park Trammell (D)

  2. 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

List of United States senators from GeorgiaGeorgia

  1. 2. William J. Harris (D), until April 18, 1932

    1. John S. Cohen (D), April 25, 1932 – January 11, 1933

    2. Richard Russell Jr. (D), from January 12, 1933

    3. Walter F. George (D)

List of United States senators from IdahoIdaho

  1. 2. William E. Borah (R)

  2. 3. John Thomas (R)

List of United States senators from IllinoisIllinois

  1. 2. James Hamilton Lewis (D)

  2. 3. Otis F. Glenn (R)

List of United States senators from IndianaIndiana

  1. 1. Arthur R. Robinson (R)

  2. 3. James E. Watson (R)

List of United States senators from IowaIowa

  1. 2. Lester J. Dickinson (R)

  2. 3. Smith W. Brookhart (R)

List of United States senators from KansasKansas

  1. 2. Arthur Capper (R)

  2. 3. George McGill (D)

List of United States senators from KentuckyKentucky

  1. 2. Marvel M. Logan (D)

  2. 3. Alben W. Barkley (D)

List of United States senators from LouisianaLouisiana

  1. 2. Huey Long (D), from January 25, 1932

  2. 3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)

List of United States senators from MaineMaine

  1. 1. Frederick Hale (R)

  2. 2. Wallace H. White Jr. (R)

List of United States senators from MarylandMaryland

  1. 1. Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R)

  2. 3. Millard Tydings (D)

List of United States senators from MassachusettsMassachusetts

  1. 1. David I. Walsh (D)

  2. 2. Marcus A. Coolidge (D)

List of United States senators from MichiganMichigan

  1. 1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)

  2. 2. James J. Couzens (R)

List of United States senators from MinnesotaMinnesota

  1. 1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)

  2. 2. Thomas D. Schall (R)

List of United States senators from MississippiMississippi

  1. 1. Hubert D. Stephens (D)

  2. 2. Pat Harrison (D)

List of United States senators from MissouriMissouri

  1. 1. Roscoe C. Patterson (R)

  2. 3. Harry B. Hawes (D), until February 3, 1933

    1. Bennett Champ Clark (D), from February 3, 1933

List of United States senators from MontanaMontana

  1. 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)

  2. 2. Thomas J. Walsh (D), until March 2, 1933

List of United States senators from NebraskaNebraska

  1. 1. Robert B. Howell (R)

  2. 2. George W. Norris (R)

List of United States senators from NevadaNevada

  1. 1. Key Pittman (D)

  2. 3. Tasker Oddie (R)

List of United States senators from New HampshireNew Hampshire

  1. 2. Henry W. Keyes (R)

  2. 3. George H. Moses (R)

List of United States senators from New JerseyNew Jersey

  1. 1. Hamilton Fish Kean (R)

  2. 2. Dwight Morrow (R), until October 5, 1931

    1. William Warren Barbour (R), from December 1, 1931

List of United States senators from New MexicoNew Mexico

  1. 1. Bronson M. Cutting (R)

  2. 2. Sam G. Bratton (D)

List of United States senators from New YorkNew York

  1. 1. Royal S. Copeland (D)

  2. 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

List of United States senators from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

  1. 2. Josiah William Bailey (D)

  2. 3. Cameron A. Morrison (D), until December 4, 1932

    1. Robert R. Reynolds (D), from December 5, 1932

List of United States senators from North DakotaNorth Dakota

  1. 1. Lynn Frazier (R-NPL)

  2. 3. Gerald Nye (R)

List of United States senators from OhioOhio

  1. 1. Simeon D. Fess (R)

  2. 3. Robert J. Bulkley (D)

List of United States senators from OklahomaOklahoma

  1. 2. Thomas P. Gore (D)

  2. 3. Elmer Thomas (D)

List of United States senators from OregonOregon

  1. 2. Charles L. McNary (R)

  2. 3. Frederick Steiwer (R)

List of United States senators from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

  1. 1. David A. Reed (R)

  2. 3. James J. Davis (R)

List of United States senators from Rhode IslandRhode Island

  1. 1. Felix Hebert (R)

  2. 2. Jesse H. Metcalf (R)

List of United States senators from South CarolinaSouth Carolina

  1. 2. James F. Byrnes (D)

  2. 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

List of United States senators from South DakotaSouth Dakota

  1. 2. William J. Bulow (D)

  2. 3. Peter Norbeck (R)

List of United States senators from TennesseeTennessee

  1. 1. Kenneth McKellar (D)

  2. 2. Cordell Hull (D)

List of United States senators from TexasTexas

  1. 1. Tom T. Connally (D)

  2. 2. Morris Sheppard (D)

List of United States senators from UtahUtah

  1. 1. William H. King (D)

  2. 3. Reed Smoot (R)

List of United States senators from VermontVermont

  1. 1. Porter H. Dale (R)

  2. 3. Frank C. Partridge (R), until March 31, 1931

    1. Warren Austin (R), from April 1, 1931

List of United States senators from VirginiaVirginia

  1. 1. Claude A. Swanson (D)

  2. 2. Carter Glass (D)

List of United States senators from WashingtonWashington

  1. 1. Clarence Cleveland Dill (D)

  2. 3. Wesley L. Jones (R), until November 19, 1932

    1. Elijah S. Grammer (R), from November 22, 1932

List of United States senators from West VirginiaWest Virginia

  1. 1. Henry D. Hatfield (R)

  2. 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

List of United States senators from WisconsinWisconsin

  1. 1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R)

  2. 3. John J. Blaine (R)

List of United States senators from WyomingWyoming

  1. 1. John B. Kendrick (D)

  2. 2. Robert D. Carey (R)

House of Representatives

The names of representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise 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.

List of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama

  1. . John McDuffie (D)

  2. . J. Lister Hill (D)

  3. . Henry B. Steagall (D)

  4. . Lamar Jeffers (D)

  5. . LaFayette L. Patterson (D)

  6. . William B. Oliver (D)

  7. . Miles C. Allgood (D)

  8. . Edward B. Almon (D)

  9. . George Huddleston (D)

  10. . William B. Bankhead (D)

List of United States representatives from ArizonaArizona

  1. . Lewis W. Douglas (D)

List of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas

  1. . William J. Driver (D)

  2. . John E. Miller (D)

  3. . Claude A. Fuller (D)

  4. . Effiegene L. Wingo (D)

  5. . Heartsill Ragon (D)

  6. . David D. Glover (D)

  7. . Tilman B. Parks (D)

List of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia

  1. . Clarence F. Lea (D)

  2. . Harry L. Englebright (R)

  3. . Charles F. Curry Jr. (R)

  4. . Florence P. Kahn (R)

  5. . Richard J. Welch (R)

  6. . Albert E. Carter (R)

  7. . Henry E. Barbour (R)

  8. . Arthur M. Free (R)

  9. . William E. Evans (R)

  10. . Joe Crail (R)

  11. . Philip D. Swing (R)

List of United States representatives from ColoradoColorado

  1. . William R. Eaton (R)

  2. . Charles Bateman Timberlake (R)

  3. . Guy U. Hardy (R)

  4. . Edward T. Taylor (D)

List of United States representatives from ConnecticutConnecticut

  1. . Augustine Lonergan (D)

  2. . Richard P. Freeman (R)

  3. . John Q. Tilson (R), until December 3, 1932

  4. . William L. Tierney (D)

  5. . Edward W. Goss (R)

List of United States representatives from DelawareDelaware

  1. . Robert G. Houston (R)

List of United States representatives from FloridaFlorida

  1. . Herbert J. Drane (D)

  2. . Robert A. Green (D)

  3. . Tom A. Yon (D)

  4. . Ruth Bryan Owen (D)

List of United States representatives from GeorgiaGeorgia

  1. . Charles G. Edwards (D), until July 13, 1931

    1. Homer C. Parker (D), from September 9, 1931

    . E. Eugene Cox (D)

  2. . Charles R. Crisp (D), until October 7, 1932

    1. Bryant T. Castellow (D), from November 8, 1932

    . William C. Wright (D)

  3. . Robert Ramspeck (D)

  4. . Samuel Rutherford (D), until February 4, 1932

    1. Carlton Mobley (D), from March 2, 1932

    . Malcolm C. Tarver (D)

  5. . Charles H. Brand (D)

  6. . John S. Wood (D)

  7. . Carl Vinson (D)

  8. . William C. Lankford (D)

  9. . William W. Larsen (D)

List of United States representatives from IdahoIdaho

  1. . Burton L. French (R)

  2. . Addison T. Smith (R)

List of United States representatives from IllinoisIllinois

  1. . Oscar S. De Priest (R)

  2. . Morton D. Hull (R)

  3. . Edward A. Kelly (D)

  4. . Harry P. Beam (D)

  5. . Adolph J. Sabath (D)

  6. . James T. Igoe (D)

  7. . Leonard W. Schuetz (D)

  8. . Peter C. Granata (R), until April 5, 1932

    1. Stanley H. Kunz (D), from April 5, 1932

    . Frederick A. Britten (R)

  9. . Carl R. Chindblom (R)

  10. . Frank R. Reid (R)

  11. . John T. Buckbee (R)

  12. . William R. Johnson (R)

  13. . John C. Allen (R)

  14. . Burnett M. Chiperfield (R)

  15. . William E. Hull (R)

  16. . Homer W. Hall (R)

  17. . William P. Holaday (R)

  18. . Charles Adkins (R)

  19. . Henry T. Rainey (D)

  20. . J. Earl Major (D)

  21. . Charles A. Karch (D), until November 6, 1932

  22. . William W. Arnold (D)

  23. . Claude V. Parsons (D)

  24. . Kent E. Keller (D)

  25. . William H. Dieterich (D)

  26. . Richard Yates Jr. (R)

List of United States representatives from IndianaIndiana

  1. . John W. Boehne Jr. (D)

  2. . Arthur H. Greenwood (D)

  3. . Eugene B. Crowe (D)

  4. . Harry C. Canfield (D)

  5. . Courtland C. Gillen (D)

  6. . William H. Larrabee (D)

  7. . Louis Ludlow (D)

  8. . Albert H. Vestal (R), until April 1, 1932

  9. . Fred S. Purnell (R)

  10. . William R. Wood (R)

  11. . Glenn Griswold (D)

  12. . David Hogg (R)

  13. . Samuel B. Pettengill (D)

List of United States representatives from IowaIowa

  1. . William F. Kopp (R)

  2. . Bernhard M. Jacobsen (D)

  3. . Thomas J. B. Robinson (R)

  4. . Gilbert N. Haugen (R)

  5. . Cyrenus Cole (R)

  6. . C. William Ramseyer (R)

  7. . Cassius C. Dowell (R)

  8. . Lloyd Thurston (R)

  9. . Charles E. Swanson (R)

  10. . Fred C. Gilchrist (R)

  11. . Ed H. Campbell (R)

List of United States representatives from KansasKansas

  1. . William P. Lambertson (R)

  2. . Ulysses S. Guyer (R)

  3. . Harold C. McGugin (R)

  4. . Homer Hoch (R)

  5. . James G. Strong (R)

  6. . Charles I. Sparks (R)

  7. . Clifford R. Hope (R)

  8. . William A. Ayres (D)

List of United States representatives from KentuckyKentucky

  1. . William V. Gregory (D)

  2. . Glover H. Cary (D)

  3. . John W. Moore (D)

  4. . Cap R. Carden (D)

  5. . Maurice H. Thatcher (R)

  6. . Brent Spence (D)

  7. . Virgil Chapman (D)

  8. . Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D)

  9. . Fred M. Vinson (D)

  10. . Andrew J. May (D)

  11. . Charles Finley (R)

List of United States representatives from LouisianaLouisiana

  1. . Joachim O. Fernández (D)

  2. . Paul H. Maloney (D)

  3. . Numa F. Montet (D)

  4. . John N. Sandlin (D)

  5. . Riley Joseph Wilson (D)

  6. . Bolivar E. Kemp (D)

  7. . René L. De Rouen (D)

  8. . James Benjamin Aswell (D), until March 16, 1931

    1. John H. Overton (D), from May 12, 1931

List of United States representatives from MaineMaine

  1. . Carroll L. Beedy (R)

  2. . Donald B. Partridge (R)

  3. . John E. Nelson (R)

  4. . Donald F. Snow (R)

List of United States representatives from MarylandMaryland

  1. . T. Alan Goldsborough (D)

  2. . William P. Cole Jr. (D)

  3. . Vincent L. Palmisano (D)

  4. . J. Charles Linthicum (D), until October 5, 1932

    1. Ambrose J. Kennedy (D), from November 8, 1932

    . Stephen W. Gambrill (D)

  5. . David J. Lewis (D)

List of United States representatives from MassachusettsMassachusetts

  1. . Allen T. Treadway (R)

  2. . William J. Granfield (D)

  3. . Frank H. Foss (R)

  4. . Pehr G. Holmes (R)

  5. . Edith Nourse Rogers (R)

  6. . A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R)

  7. . William P. Connery Jr. (D)

  8. . Frederick W. Dallinger (R), until October 1, 1932

  9. . Charles L. Underhill (R)

  10. . John J. Douglass (D)

  11. . George H. Tinkham (R)

  12. . John W. McCormack (D)

  13. . Robert Luce (R)

  14. . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)

  15. . Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

  16. . Charles L. Gifford (R)

List of United States representatives from MichiganMichigan

  1. . Robert H. Clancy (R)

  2. . Earl C. Michener (R)

  3. . Joseph L. Hooper (R)

  4. . John C. Ketcham (R)

  5. . Carl Mapes (R)

  6. . Seymour H. Person (R)

  7. . Jesse P. Wolcott (R)

  8. . Bird J. Vincent (R), until July 18, 1931

    1. Michael J. Hart (D), from November 3, 1931

    . James C. McLaughlin (R), until November 29, 1932

  9. . Roy O. Woodruff (R)

  10. . Frank P. Bohn (R)

  11. . W. Frank James (R)

  12. . Clarence J. McLeod (R)

List of United States representatives from MinnesotaMinnesota

  1. . Victor Christgau (R)

  2. . Frank Clague (R)

  3. . August H. Andresen (R)

  4. . Melvin Maas (R)

  5. . William I. Nolan (R)

  6. . Harold Knutson (R)

  7. . Paul J. Kvale (FL)

  8. . William Pittenger (R)

  9. . Conrad Selvig (R)

  10. . Godfrey G. Goodwin (R), until February 16, 1933

List of United States representatives from MississippiMississippi

  1. . John E. Rankin (D)

  2. . Wall Doxey (D)

  3. . William M. Whittington (D)

  4. . T. Jefferson Busby (D)

  5. . Ross A. Collins (D)

  6. . Robert S. Hall (D)

  7. . Percy E. Quin (D), until February 4, 1932

    1. Lawrence R. Ellzey (D), from March 15, 1932

    . James W. Collier (D)

List of United States representatives from MissouriMissouri

  1. . Milton A. Romjue (D)

  2. . Ralph F. Lozier (D)

  3. . Jacob L. Milligan (D)

  4. . David W. Hopkins (R)

  5. . Joseph B. Shannon (D)

  6. . Clement C. Dickinson (D)

  7. . Samuel C. Major (D), until July 28, 1931

    1. Robert D. Johnson (D), from September 29, 1931

    . William L. Nelson (D)

  8. . Clarence Cannon (D)

  9. . Henry F. Niedringhaus (R)

  10. . John J. Cochran (D)

  11. . Leonidas C. Dyer (R)

  12. . Clyde Williams (D)

  13. . James F. Fulbright (D)

  14. . Joe J. Manlove (R)

  15. . William E. Barton (D)

List of United States representatives from MontanaMontana

  1. . John M. Evans (D)

  2. . Scott Leavitt (R)

List of United States representatives from NebraskaNebraska

  1. . John H. Morehead (D)

  2. . Howard M. Baldrige (R)

  3. . Edgar Howard (D)

  4. . John N. Norton (D)

  5. . Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)

  6. . Robert G. Simmons (R)

List of United States representatives from NevadaNevada

  1. . Samuel S. Arentz (R)

List of United States representatives from New HampshireNew Hampshire

  1. . Fletcher Hale (R), until October 22, 1931

    1. William N. Rogers (D), from January 5, 1932

    . Edward H. Wason (R)

List of United States representatives from New JerseyNew Jersey

  1. . Charles A. Wolverton (R)

  2. . Isaac Bacharach (R)

  3. . William H. Sutphin (D)

  4. . Charles A. Eaton (R)

  5. . Ernest R. Ackerman (R), until October 18, 1931

    1. Percy H. Stewart (D), from December 1, 1931

    . Randolph Perkins (R)

  6. . George N. Seger (R)

  7. . Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R)

  8. . Peter A. Cavicchia (R)

  9. . Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)

  10. . Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D)

  11. . Mary T. Norton (D)

List of United States representatives from New MexicoNew Mexico

  1. . Dennis Chávez (D)

List of United States representatives from New YorkNew York

  1. . Robert L. Bacon (R)

  2. . William F. Brunner (D)

  3. . George W. Lindsay (D)

  4. . Thomas H. Cullen (D)

  5. . Loring M. Black Jr. (D)

  6. . Andrew L. Somers (D)

  7. . Matthew V. O'Malley (D), until May 26, 1931

    1. John J. Delaney (D), from November 3, 1931

    . Patrick J. Carley (D)

  8. . Stephen A. Rudd (D)

  9. . Emanuel Celler (D)

  10. . Anning S. Prall (D)

  11. . Samuel Dickstein (D)

  12. . Christopher D. Sullivan (D)

  13. . William I. Sirovich (D)

  14. . John J. Boylan (D)

  15. . John J. O'Connor (D)

  16. . Ruth Baker Pratt (R)

  17. . Martin J. Kennedy (D)

  18. . Sol Bloom (D)

  19. . Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)

  20. . Joseph A. Gavagan (D)

  21. . Anthony J. Griffin (D)

  22. . Frank Oliver (D)

  23. . James M. Fitzpatrick (D)

  24. . Charles D. Millard (R)

  25. . Hamilton Fish III (R)

  26. . Harcourt J. Pratt (R)

  27. . Parker Corning (D)

  28. . James S. Parker (R)

  29. . Frank Crowther (R)

  30. . Bertrand H. Snell (R)

  31. . Francis D. Culkin (R)

  32. . Frederick M. Davenport (R)

  33. . John D. Clarke (R)

  34. . Clarence E. Hancock (R)

  35. . John Taber (R)

  36. . Gale H. Stalker (R)

  37. . James L. Whitley (R)

  38. . Archie D. Sanders (R)

  39. . Walter G. Andrews (R)

  40. . Edmund F. Cooke (R)

  41. . James M. Mead (D)

  42. . Daniel A. Reed (R)

List of United States representatives from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

  1. . Lindsay C. Warren (D)

  2. . John H. Kerr (D)

  3. . Charles L. Abernethy (D)

  4. . Edward W. Pou (D)

  5. . Franklin W. Hancock Jr. (D)

  6. . J. Bayard Clark (D)

  7. . J. Walter Lambeth (D)

  8. . Robert L. Doughton (D)

  9. . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)

  10. . Zebulon Weaver (D)

List of United States representatives from North DakotaNorth Dakota

  1. . Olger B. Burtness (R)

  2. . Thomas Hall (R)

  3. . James H. Sinclair (R)

List of United States representatives from OhioOhio

  1. . Nicholas Longworth (R), until April 9, 1931

    1. John B. Hollister (R), from November 3, 1931

    . William E. Hess (R)

  2. . Byron B. Harlan (D)

  3. . John L. Cable (R)

  4. . Frank C. Kniffin (D)

  5. . James G. Polk (D)

  6. . Charles Brand (R)

  7. . Grant E. Mouser Jr. (R)

  8. . Wilbur M. White (R)

  9. . Thomas A. Jenkins (R)

  10. . Mell G. Underwood (D)

  11. . Arthur P. Lamneck (D)

  12. . William L. Fiesinger (D)

  13. . Francis Seiberling (R)

  14. . C. Ellis Moore (R)

  15. . Charles B. McClintock (R)

  16. . Charles F. West (D)

  17. . B. Frank Murphy (R)

  18. . John G. Cooper (R)

  19. . Charles A. Mooney (D), until May 29, 1931

    1. Martin L. Sweeney (D), from November 3, 1931

    . Robert Crosser (D)

  20. . Chester C. Bolton (R)

List of United States representatives from OklahomaOklahoma

  1. . Wesley E. Disney (D)

  2. . William W. Hastings (D)

  3. . Wilburn Cartwright (D)

  4. . Tom D. McKeown (D)

  5. . Fletcher B. Swank (D)

  6. . Jed J. Johnson (D)

  7. . James V. McClintic (D)

  8. . Milton C. Garber (R)

List of United States representatives from OregonOregon

  1. . Willis C. Hawley (R)

  2. . Robert R. Butler (R), until January 7, 1933

  3. . Charles H. Martin (D)

List of United States representatives from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

  1. . James M. Beck (R)

  2. . George S. Graham (R), until July 4, 1931

    1. Edward L. Stokes (R), from November 3, 1931

    . Harry C. Ransley (R)

  3. . Benjamin M. Golder (R)

  4. . James J. Connolly (R)

  5. . George A. Welsh (R), until May 31, 1932

    1. Robert L. Davis (R), from November 8, 1932

    . George P. Darrow (R)

  6. . James Wolfenden (R)

  7. . Henry Winfield Watson (R)

  8. . J. Roland Kinzer (R)

  9. . Patrick J. Boland (D)

  10. . C. Murray Turpin (R)

  11. . George F. Brumm (R)

  12. . Norton L. Lichtenwalner (D)

  13. . Louis T. McFadden (R)

  14. . Robert F. Rich (R)

  15. . Frederick W. Magrady (R)

  16. . Edward M. Beers (R), until April 21, 1932 (died)

    1. Joseph F. Biddle (R), from November 8, 1932

    . Isaac H. Doutrich (R)

  17. . James R. Leech (R), until January 29, 1932

    1. Howard W. Stull (R), from April 26, 1932

    . J. Banks Kurtz (R)

  18. . Harry L. Haines (D)

  19. . J. Mitchell Chase (R)

  20. . Samuel A. Kendall (R), until January 8, 1933

  21. . Henry W. Temple (R)

  22. . J. Howard Swick (R)

  23. . Nathan L. Strong (R)

  24. . Thomas C. Cochran (R)

  25. . Milton W. Shreve (R)

  26. . William R. Coyle (R)

  27. . Adam M. Wyant (R)

  28. . Edmund F. Erk (R)

  29. . M. Clyde Kelly (R)

  30. . Patrick J. Sullivan (R)

  31. . Harry A. Estep (R)

  32. . Guy E. Campbell (R)

List of United States representatives from Rhode IslandRhode Island

  1. . Clark Burdick (R)

  2. . Richard S. Aldrich (R)

  3. . Francis B. Condon (D)

List of United States representatives from South CarolinaSouth Carolina

  1. . Thomas S. McMillan (D)

  2. . Butler B. Hare (D)

  3. . Fred H. Dominick (D)

  4. . John J. McSwain (D)

  5. . William F. Stevenson (D)

  6. . Allard H. Gasque (D)

  7. . Hampton P. Fulmer (D)

List of United States representatives from South DakotaSouth Dakota

  1. . Charles A. Christopherson (R)

  2. . Royal C. Johnson (R)

  3. . William Williamson (R)

List of United States representatives from TennesseeTennessee

  1. . Oscar Lovette (R)

  2. . J. Will Taylor (R)

  3. . Samuel D. McReynolds (D)

  4. . John Ridley Mitchell (D)

  5. . Ewin L. Davis (D)

  6. . Joseph W. Byrns (D)

  7. . Edward E. Eslick (D), until June 14, 1932

    1. Willa M. B. Eslick (D), from August 14, 1932

    . Gordon Browning (D)

  8. . Jere Cooper (D)

  9. . Edward H. Crump (D)

List of United States representatives from TexasTexas

  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 Alexander Johnson (D)

  7. . Clay Stone Briggs (D)

  8. . Daniel E. Garrett (D), until December 13, 1932

    1. Joe H. Eagle (D), from January 28, 1933

    . Joseph J. Mansfield (D)

  9. . James P. Buchanan (D)

  10. . Oliver H. Cross (D)

  11. . Fritz G. Lanham (D)

  12. . Guinn Williams (D)

  13. . Harry M. Wurzbach (R), until November 6, 1931

    1. Richard M. Kleberg (D), from November 24, 1931

    . John Nance Garner (D)

  14. . R. Ewing Thomason (D)

  15. . Thomas L. Blanton (D)

  16. . John Marvin Jones (D)

List of United States representatives from UtahUtah

  1. . Don B. Colton (R)

  2. . Frederick C. Loofbourow (R)

List of United States representatives from VermontVermont

  1. . John E. Weeks (R)

  2. . Ernest Willard Gibson (R)

List of United States representatives from VirginiaVirginia

  1. . S. Otis Bland (D)

  2. . Menalcus Lankford (R)

  3. . Andrew Jackson Montague (D)

  4. . Patrick H. Drewry (D)

  5. . Thomas G. Burch (D)

  6. . Clifton A. Woodrum (D)

  7. . John W. Fishburne (D)

  8. . Howard W. Smith (D)

  9. . John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)

  10. . Henry St. George Tucker III (D), until July 23, 1932

    1. Joel W. Flood (D), from November 8, 1932

List of United States representatives from WashingtonWashington

  1. . Ralph Horr (R)

  2. . Lindley H. Hadley (R)

  3. . Albert Johnson (R)

  4. . John W. Summers (R)

  5. . Samuel B. Hill (D)

List of United States representatives from West VirginiaWest Virginia

  1. . Carl G. Bachmann (R)

  2. . Frank L. Bowman (R)

  3. . Lynn Hornor (D)

  4. . Robert L. Hogg (R)

  5. . Hugh Ike Shott (R)

  6. . Joe L. Smith (D)

List of United States representatives from WisconsinWisconsin

  1. . Thomas Ryum Amlie (R), from October 13, 1931

  2. . Charles A. Kading (R)

  3. . John M. Nelson (R)

  4. . John C. Schafer (R)

  5. . William H. Stafford (R)

  6. . Michael K. Reilly (D)

  7. . Gardner R. Withrow (R)

  8. . Gerald J. Boileau (R)

  9. . George J. Schneider (R)

  10. . James A. Frear (R)

  11. . Hubert H. Peavey (R)

List of United States representatives from WyomingWyoming

  1. . Vincent Carter (R)

Non-voting members

  1. . James Wickersham (R)

  2. . Victor S. K. Houston (R)

  3. . Pedro Guevara (Nac.)

  4. . Camilo Osías (Nac.)

  5. . Félix Córdova Dávila, until April 11, 1932

    1. José Lorenzo Pesquera (Resident Commissioner) (I), from April 15, 1932

Changes in membership

Senate

Replacements: 11

  • Democratic: 1-seat net loss

  • Republican: no net change

    Deaths: 6

  • Resignations: 1

  • Interim appointments: 5

  • Total seats with changes: 8

|- | Vermont(1) | | Frank C. Partridge (R) | Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.Successor elected March 31, 1931. | | Warren Austin (R) | April 1, 1931

|- | New Jersey(2) | | Dwight Morrow (R) | Died October 5, 1931.Successor was appointed and later elected. | | William W. Barbour (R) | December 1, 1931

|- | Arkansas(3) | | Thaddeus H. Caraway (D) | Died November 6, 1931.Successor was appointed to finish the term. | | Hattie Caraway (D) | November 13, 1931

|- | Georgia(2) | | William J. Harris (D) | Died April 18, 1932.Successor was appointed to finish the term. | | John S. Cohen (D) | April 25, 1932

|- | Colorado(3) | | Charles W. Waterman (R) | Died August 27, 1932.Successor was appointed to finish the term. | | Walter Walker (D) | September 26, 1932

|- | Washington(3) | | Wesley L. Jones (R) | Died November 19, 1932 having just lost re-election.Successor was appointed to finish the term. | | Elijah S. Grammer (R) | November 22, 1932

|- | Colorado(3) | | Walter Walker (D) | Interim appointee lost election to finish term.Successor elected November 8, 1932. | | Karl C. Schuyler (R) | December 7, 1932

|- | North Carolina(3) | | Cameron A. Morrison (D) | Interim appointee lost election to finish term.Successor elected November 8, 1932. | | Robert R Reynolds (D) | December 5, 1932

|- | Georgia(2) | | John S. Cohen (D) | Interim appointee lost election to finish term.Successor elected January 12, 1933. | | Richard Russell Jr. (D) | January 12, 1933

|- | Missouri(3) | | Harry B. Hawes (D) | Incumbent retired and then resigned early February 3, 1933.Successor appointed having already been elected. | | Bennett Champ Clark (D) | February 3, 1933

|- | Montana(2) | | Thomas J. Walsh (D) | Died March 2, 1933Seat remained vacant until next Congress | colspan=2 | Vacant

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House of Representatives

Replacements: 23

  • Democratic: 6 seat net gain

  • Republican: 6 seat net loss

    Deaths: 24

  • Resignations: 7

  • Contested election: 1

  • Total seats with changes: 32

|- | | Vacant | Representative Henry A. Cooper (R) died in previous congress. | | Thomas R. Amlie (R) | October 13, 1931

|- | | | James B. Aswell (D) | Died March 16, 1931 | | John H. Overton (D) | May 12, 1931

|- | | | Nicholas Longworth (R) | Died April 9, 1931 | | John B. Hollister (R) | November 3, 1931

|- | | | Matthew V. O'Malley (D) | Died May 26, 1931. Because Congress was not in session at the time of his death, O'Malley never took his oath of office or exercised any of the duties of a Congressman. He was, nevertheless, serving in office from the beginning of his term on March 4, 1931. | | John J. Delaney (D) | November 3, 1931

|- | | | Charles A. Mooney (D) | Died May 29, 1931 | | Martin L. Sweeney (D) | November 3, 1931

|- | | | George S. Graham (R) | Died July 4, 1931 | | Edward L. Stokes (R) | November 3, 1931

|- | | | Charles G. Edwards (D) | Died July 13, 1931 | | Homer C. Parker (D) | September 9, 1931

|- | | | Bird J. Vincent (R) | Died July 18, 1931 | | Michael J. Hart (D) | November 3, 1931

|- | | | Samuel C. Major (D) | Died July 28, 1931 | | Robert D. Johnson (D) | September 29, 1931

|- | | | Ernest R. Ackerman (R) | Died October 18, 1931 | | Percy H. Stewart (D) | December 1, 1931

|- | | | Fletcher Hale (R) | Died October 22, 1931 | | William N. Rogers (D) | January 5, 1932

|- | | | Harry M. Wurzbach (R) | Died November 6, 1931 | | Richard M. Kleberg (D) | November 24, 1931

|- | | | James R. Leech (R) | Resigned January 29, 1932, to become a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals | | Howard W. Stull (R) | April 26, 1932

|- | | | Percy Quin (D) | Died February 4, 1932 | | Lawrence R. Ellzey (D) | March 15, 1932

|- | | | Samuel Rutherford (D) | Died February 4, 1932 | | Carlton Mobley (D) | March 2, 1932

|- | | | Albert H. Vestal (R) | Died April 1, 1932 | colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

|- | | | Peter C. Granata (R) | Lost contested election April 5, 1932 | | Stanley H. Kunz (D) | April 5, 1932

|- | | Félix Córdova Dávila | resigned April 11, 1932, to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | José Lorenzo Pesquera | April 15, 1932

|- | | | Frederick W. Dallinger (R) | Resigned October 1, 1932 | colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

|- | | | Edward M. Beers (R) | Died April 21, 1932 | | Joseph F. Biddle (R) | November 8, 1932

|- | | | George A. Welsh (R) | Resigned May 31, 1932, to become judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | | Robert L. Davis (R) | November 8, 1932

|- | | | Edward E. Eslick (D) | Died June 14, 1932 | | Willa McCord Blake Eslick (D) | August 14, 1932

|- | | | Henry St. George Tucker III (D) | Died July 23, 1932 | | Joel W. Flood (D) | November 8, 1932

|- | | | J. Charles Linthicum (D) | Died October 5, 1932 | | Ambrose J. Kennedy (D) | November 8, 1932

|- | | | Charles R. Crisp (D) | Resigned October 7, 1932, to become a member of the US Tariff Commission | | Bryant T. Castellow (D) | November 8, 1932

|- | | | Charles A. Karch (D) | Resigned November 6, 1932 | colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

|- | | | James C. McLaughlin (R) | Died November 29, 1932 | colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

|- | | | John Q. Tilson (R) | Resigned December 3, 1932 | colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

|- | | | Daniel E. Garrett (D) | Died December 13, 1932 | | Joe H. Eagle (D) | January 28, 1933

|- | | | Robert R. Butler (R) | Died January 7, 1933 | colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

|- | | | Samuel A. Kendall (R) | Died January 8, 1933 | colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

|- | | | Godfrey G. Goodwin (R) | Died February 16, 1933 | colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

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Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#United States CongressLegislative branch agency directors

Senate

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Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers, until December 7, 1931

See also

1930 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)

1932 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

Notes

References