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The 'Seventy-second 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 3 1933, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Herbert C. Hoover.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourteenth Census of the United States in 1920. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
March 4 1931 - March 3 1933
★ First session: December 7 1931 - July 16 1932
★ Second session: December 5 1932 - March 3 1933 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 71st Congress
Next congress: 73rd Congress
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'
★ Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
★
★ Charles Curtis, ''Republican'' of Kansas
★ President ''pro tempore'' of the Senate:
★
★ George H. Moses, ''Republican'' of New Hampshire, elected December 7 1931
:'House of Representatives'
★ Speaker of the House
★
★ John N. Garner, ''Democratic'' of Texas, elected December 7 1931
:'Senate'
★ Majority Leader
★
★ James E. Watson, ''Republican'' of Indiana
★ Minority Leader
★
★ Joseph T. Robinson, ''Democratic'' of Arkansas
★ Majority Whip
★
★ Simeon D. Fess, ''Republican'' of Ohio
★ Minority Whip
★
★ Morris Sheppard, ''Democratic'' of Texas
:'House of Representatives'
★ Majority Leader
★
★ Henry T. Rainey, ''Democratic'' of Illinois
★ Minority Leader
★
★ Bertrand H. Snell, ''Republican'' of New York
:''Main article: Events of 1931; Events of 1932; Events of 1933''
★ 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; the 87-year-old Felton served one day as a Senator.) Caraway had won a special election to fill the remaining months of the term of her late husband, Senator Thaddeus Caraway. She won re-election to a full term in 1932 and served in the Senate until January 1945.[2]
★ November 8 1932 – Election of President Franklin Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner.
:''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 72nd Congress
★ January 22, 1932 – Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, ch. 8, 47 Stat. 5, et seq.
★ March 23, 1932 – Norris-LaGuardia Act, ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70, et seq.
★ June 6, 1932 – Revenue Act of 1932, ch. 209, 47 Stat. 169
★ July 22 1932 – Federal Home Loan Bank Act, ch. 522, 47 Stat. 725, et seq.
★ March 3, 1933 – Buy American Act, ch. 212, title III, 47 Stat. 1520, et seq.
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
:''See also: 72nd United States Congress - political parties
:''See also: 72nd United States Congress - State Delegations
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.
:''See also:
:''See also:
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "A/L," 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.
:''See also:
:''See also:
:''See also: United States House elections, 1930
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
1. Before the first day of Congress, 19 representatives-elect died. In 14 cases, party control of the seat changed with the special election, and the Democrats ended up with a majority of House seats.
2. Senate.gov
★ The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989,
★ The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1982,
★ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
★ U.S. House of Representatives: House History
★ U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
United States Capitol (1906)
The 'Seventy-second 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 3 1933, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Herbert C. Hoover.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourteenth Census of the United States in 1920. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
| Contents |
| Dates of sessions |
| Party summary |
| Leadership |
| Party Leadership |
| Major events |
| Major legislation |
| Members |
| Senate |
| House of Representatives |
| Delegates |
| Changes in membership |
| Officers |
| Notes |
| References |
| External links |
Dates of sessions
March 4 1931 - March 3 1933
★ First session: December 7 1931 - July 16 1932
★ Second session: December 5 1932 - March 3 1933 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 71st Congress
Next congress: 73rd Congress
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' ★ Democratic ''(D)'': 47 ★ Republican ''(R)'': 48 ''(majority)'' ★ Farm-Labor ''(FL)'': 1'TOTAL members: 96' | :'House of Representatives' ★ Democratic ''(D)'': 217 ''(majority)'' [1] ★ Republican ''(R)'': 217 ★ Farm-Labor ''(FL)'': 1'TOTAL members: 435' |
Leadership
:'Senate'
★ Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
★
★ Charles Curtis, ''Republican'' of Kansas
★ President ''pro tempore'' of the Senate:
★
★ George H. Moses, ''Republican'' of New Hampshire, elected December 7 1931
:'House of Representatives'
★ Speaker of the House
★
★ John N. Garner, ''Democratic'' of Texas, elected December 7 1931
Party Leadership
:'Senate'
★ Majority Leader
★
★ James E. Watson, ''Republican'' of Indiana
★ Minority Leader
★
★ Joseph T. Robinson, ''Democratic'' of Arkansas
★ Majority Whip
★
★ Simeon D. Fess, ''Republican'' of Ohio
★ Minority Whip
★
★ Morris Sheppard, ''Democratic'' of Texas
:'House of Representatives'
★ Majority Leader
★
★ Henry T. Rainey, ''Democratic'' of Illinois
★ Minority Leader
★
★ Bertrand H. Snell, ''Republican'' of New York
Major events
:''Main article: Events of 1931; Events of 1932; Events of 1933''
★ 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; the 87-year-old Felton served one day as a Senator.) Caraway had won a special election to fill the remaining months of the term of her late husband, Senator Thaddeus Caraway. She won re-election to a full term in 1932 and served in the Senate until January 1945.[2]
★ November 8 1932 – Election of President Franklin Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner.
Major legislation
:''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 72nd Congress
★ January 22, 1932 – Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, ch. 8, 47 Stat. 5, et seq.
★ March 23, 1932 – Norris-LaGuardia Act, ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70, et seq.
★ June 6, 1932 – Revenue Act of 1932, ch. 209, 47 Stat. 169
★ July 22 1932 – Federal Home Loan Bank Act, ch. 522, 47 Stat. 725, et seq.
★ March 3, 1933 – Buy American Act, ch. 212, title III, 47 Stat. 1520, et seq.
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
:''See also: 72nd United States Congress - political parties
:''See also: 72nd United States Congress - State Delegations
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.
:''See also:
:''See also:
| :'Alabama' ★ 3: Hugo L. Black ''(D)'' ★ 2: John H. Bankhead, II ''(D)'' :'Arizona' ★ 1: Henry F. Ashurst ''(D)'' ★ 3: Carl T. Hayden ''(D)'' :'Arkansas' ★ 2: Joseph T. Robinson ''(D)'' ★ 3: Thaddeus H. Caraway ''(D)'' ★ : Hattie W. Caraway ''(D)'' :'California' ★ 1: Hiram W. Johnson ''(R)'' ★ 3: Samuel M. Shortridge ''(R)'' :'Colorado' ★ 3: Charles W. Waterman ''(R)'' ★ : Walter Walker ''(D)'' ★ : Karl C. Schuyler ''(R)'' ★ 2: Edward P. Costigan ''(D)'' :'Connecticut' ★ 3: Hiram Bingham, III ''(R)'' ★ 1: Frederic C. Walcott ''(R)'' :'Delaware' ★ 2: Daniel O. Hastings ''(R)'' ★ 1: John G. Townsend, Jr. ''(R)'' :'Florida' ★ 3: Duncan U. Fletcher ''(D)'' ★ 1: Park Trammell ''(D)'' :'Georgia' ★ 2: William J. Harris ''(D)'' ★ : John S. Cohen ''(D)'' ★ : Richard B. Russell, Jr. ''(D)'' ★ 3: Walter F. George ''(D)'' :'Idaho' ★ 2: William E. Borah ''(R)'' ★ 3: John W. Thomas ''(R)'' :'Illinois' ★ 3: Otis F. Glenn ''(R)'' ★ 2: J. Hamilton Lewis ''(D)'' :'Indiana' ★ 3: James E. Watson ''(R)'' ★ 1: Arthur R. Robinson ''(R)'' :'Iowa' ★ 3: Smith W. Brookhart ''(R)'' ★ 2: Lester J. Dickinson ''(R)'' :'Kansas' ★ 2: Arthur Capper ''(R)'' ★ 3: George McGill ''(D)'' :'Kentucky' ★ 3: Alben W. Barkley ''(D)'' ★ 2: Marvel M. Logan ''(D)'' | :'Louisiana' ★ 3: Edwin S. Broussard ''(D)'' ★ 2: Huey P. Long ''(D)'' :'Maine' ★ 1: Frederick Hale ''(R)'' ★ 2: Wallace H. White, Jr. ''(R)'' :'Maryland' ★ 3: Millard E. Tydings ''(D)'' ★ 1: Phillips Lee Goldsborough ''(R)'' :'Massachusetts' ★ 1: David I. Walsh ''(D)'' ★ 2: Marcus A. Coolidge ''(D)'' :'Michigan' ★ 2: James J. Couzens ''(R)'' ★ 1: Arthur H. Vandenberg ''(R)'' :'Minnesota' ★ 1: Henrik Shipstead ''(FL)'' ★ 2: Thomas D. Schall ''(R)'' :'Mississippi' ★ 2: B. Patton Harrison ''(D)'' ★ 1: Hubert D. Stephens ''(D)'' :'Missouri' ★ 3: Harry B. Hawes ''(D)'' ★ : Joel Bennett Clark ''(D)'' ★ 1: Roscoe C. Patterson ''(R)'' :'Montana' ★ 2: Thomas J. Walsh ''(D)'' ★ 1: Burton K. Wheeler ''(D)'' :'Nebraska' ★ 2: George W. Norris ''(R)'' ★ 1: Robert B. Howell ''(R)'' :'Nevada' ★ 1: Key Pittman ''(D)'' ★ 3: Tasker L. Oddie ''(R)'' :'New Hampshire' ★ 3: George H. Moses ''(R)'' ★ 2: Henry W. Keyes ''(R)'' :'New Jersey' ★ 1: Hamilton F. Kean ''(R)'' ★ 2: Dwight W. Morrow ''(R)'' ★ : W. Warren Barbour ''(R)'' :'New Mexico' ★ 2: Sam G. Bratton ''(D)'' ★ 1: Bronson M. Cutting ''(R)'' :'New York' ★ 1: Royal S. Copeland ''(D)'' ★ 3: Robert F. Wagner ''(D)'' :'North Carolina' ★ 3: Cameron A. Morrison ''(D)'' ★ : Robert R. Reynolds ''(D)'' ★ 2: Josiah W. Bailey ''(D)'' | :'North Dakota' ★ 1: Lynn J. Frazier ''(R)'' ★ 3: Gerald P. Nye ''(R)'' :'Ohio' ★ 1: Simeon D. Fess ''(R)'' ★ 3: Robert J. Bulkley ''(D)'' :'Oklahoma' ★ 3: J. W. Elmer Thomas ''(D)'' ★ 2: Thomas P. Gore ''(D)'' :'Oregon' ★ 2: Charles L. McNary ''(R)'' ★ 3: Frederick Steiwer ''(R)'' :'Pennsylvania' ★ 1: David A. Reed ''(R)'' ★ 3: James J. Davis ''(R)'' :'Rhode Island' ★ 2: Jesse H. Metcalf ''(R)'' ★ 1: Felix Hebert ''(R)'' :'South Carolina' ★ 3: Ellison D. Smith ''(D)'' ★ 2: James F. Byrnes ''(D)'' :'South Dakota' ★ 3: Peter Norbeck ''(R)'' ★ 2: William J. Bulow ''(D)'' :'Tennessee' ★ 1: Kenneth D. McKellar ''(D)'' ★ 2: Cordell Hull ''(D)'' :'Texas' ★ 2: Morris Sheppard ''(D)'' ★ 1: Thomas T. Connally ''(D)'' :'Utah' ★ 3: Reed Smoot ''(R)'' ★ 1: William H. King ''(D)'' :'Vermont' ★ 1: Porter H. Dale ''(R)'' ★ 3: Frank C. Partridge ''(R)'' ★ : Warren R. Austin ''(R)'' :'Virginia' ★ 1: Claude A. Swanson ''(D)'' ★ 2: Carter Glass ''(D)'' :'Washington' ★ 3: Wesley L. Jones ''(R)'' ★ : Elijah S. Grammer ''(R)'' ★ 1: Clarence C. Dill ''(D)'' :'West Virginia' ★ 1: Henry D. Hatfield ''(R)'' ★ 2: Matthew M. Neely ''(D)'' :'Wisconsin' ★ 1: Robert M. La Follette, Jr. ''(R)'' ★ 3: John J. Blaine ''(R)'' :'Wyoming' ★ 1: John B. Kendrick ''(D)'' ★ 2: Robert D. Carey ''(R)'' |  President ''pro tempore'' George H. Moses |
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "A/L," 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.
:''See also:
:''See also:
:''See also: United States House elections, 1930
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
| :'Senate' ★ replacements: 8 ★ ★ Democratic: 1 seat net gain ★ ★ Republican: 1 seat net loss ★ deaths: ★ resignations: ★ vacancy: ★ 'Total seats with changes: ' | :'House of Representatives' ★ replacements: 23 ★ ★ Democratic: 4 seat net gain ★ ★ Republican: 4 seat net loss ★ deaths: ★ resignations: ★ contested election: ★ 'Total seats with changes: ' |
Officers
| :'Senate' ★ Secretary of the Senate: ★ ★ Edwin P. Thayer of Illinois, served from December 7 1925 ★ Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: ★ ★ David S. Barry of Rhode Island, served from May 19 1919 ★ Chaplain of the Senate ★ ★ The Rev. ZeBarney T. Phillips, ''Episcopalian'', appointed December 5 1927 ★ Democratic Party Secretary: ★ ★ Edwin A. Halsey ★ Republican Party Secretary: ★ ★ Carl A. Loeffler:'Other' ★ Architect of the Capitol: ★ ★ David Lynn, appointed August 22 1923 | :'House of Representatives' ★ Clerk of the House: ★ ★ South Trimble of Kentucky, elected December 7 1931 ★ Sergeant at Arms of the House: ★ ★ Kenneth Romney of Montana, elected December 7 1931 ★ Doorkeeper of the House: ★ ★ Joseph J. Sinnott of Virginia, elected December 7 1931 ★ Postmaster of the House: ★ ★ Finis E. Scott of Tennessee, elected December 7 1931 ★ Parliamentarian of the House: ★ ★ Lewis Deschler ★ Chaplain of the House ★ ★ The Rev. James S. Montgomery, ''Methodist'', elected April 11 1921 |
Notes
1. Before the first day of Congress, 19 representatives-elect died. In 14 cases, party control of the seat changed with the special election, and the Democrats ended up with a majority of House seats.
2. Senate.gov
References
★ The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989,
★ The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1982,
External links
★ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
★ U.S. House of Representatives: House History
★ U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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