71st United States Congress

The 71st 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, 1929, to March 4, 1931, during the first two years of Herbert Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910. Both chambers had a Republican majority. This congress saw the most special elections of any congress with 27 in all.

71st United States Congress
70th ← → 72nd
United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
Senate President	Charles Curtis (R)
Senate President pro tem	George H. Moses (R)
House Speaker	Nicholas Longworth (R)
Members	96 senators 435 members of the House 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
House Majority	Republican
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1929 – March 5, 1929 1st: April 15, 1929 – November 22, 1929 2nd: December 2, 1929 – July 3, 1930 Special: July 7, 1930 – July 21, 1930 3rd: December 1, 1930 – March 3, 1931

Major events

Main articles: 1929 in the United States, 1930 in the United States, and 1931 in the United States

• March 4, 1929: Herbert C. Hoover became President of the United States
• October 24, 1929 – October 29, 1929: Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (3 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).
• October 25, 1929: Former U.S. Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall is convicted of bribery for his role in the Teapot Dome scandal, becoming the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for actions in office.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 71st United States Congress

• June 15, 1929: Agriculture Marketing Act, ch. 24, 46 Stat. 11
• June 18, 1929: Reapportionment Act of 1929, ch. 28, 46 Stat. 21
• May 14, 1930: Federal Bureau of Prisons Act, ch. 274, 46 Stat. 325
• June 17, 1930: Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590, (including: Title III, Plant Patent Act, 46 Stat. 703)
• July 3, 1930: Veterans Administration Act, ch. 863, 46 Stat. 1016
• March 3, 1931: Davis–Bacon Act, ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494
• March 3, 1931: An Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States of America, ch. 436, 46 Stat. 1508

Party summary

Map showing Senate party membership at the start of the 71st 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

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	45	1	49	95	1
Begin	39	1	54	94	2
End	42		53	96	0
Final voting share	43.8%	1.0%	55.2%
Beginning of next congress	46	1	48	95	1

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)				Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	Republican (R)	Other
End of previous congress	193	2	232	1[lower-alpha 1]	428	7
Begin	164	1	268	0	433	2
End	166		265		432	3
Final voting share	38.4%	0.2%	61.3%	0.0%
Beginning of next congress	216	1	217	0	434	1

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
Charles Curtis

President pro tempore of the Senate
George H. Moses

• President: Charles Curtis (R)
• President pro tempore: George H. Moses (R)
• Majority leader: James E. Watson (R)
• Minority leader: Joseph T. Robinson (D)
• Majority whip: Simeon D. Fess (R)
• Minority whip: Morris Sheppard (D)
• Republican Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Hugo Black

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Nicholas Longworth (R)
• Majority leader: John Q. Tilson (R)
• Minority leader: John N. Garner (D)
• Minority Whip: Albert Henry Vestal (R)
• Minority Whip: John McDuffie (D)
• Republican Conference Chair: Willis C. Hawley
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: David Hayes Kincheloe
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Byrns Sr.
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: William R. Wood

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, 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 this Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1932.

Alabama 2. James Thomas Heflin (D) 3. Hugo Black (D) Arizona 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D) 3. Carl Hayden (D) Arkansas 2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) 3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D) California 1. Hiram Johnson (R) 3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R) Colorado 2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R) 3. Charles W. Waterman (R) Connecticut 1. Frederic C. Walcott (R) 3. Hiram Bingham III (R) Delaware 1. John G. Townsend, Jr. (R) 2. Daniel O. Hastings (R) Florida 1. Park Trammell (D) 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D) Georgia 2. William J. Harris (D) 3. Walter F. George (D) Idaho 2. William Borah (R) 3. John W. Thomas (R) Illinois 2. Charles S. Deneen (R) 3. Otis F. Glenn (R) Indiana 1. Arthur Raymond Robinson (R) 3. James Eli Watson (R) Iowa 2. Daniel F. Steck (D) 3. Smith W. Brookhart (R) Kansas 2. Arthur Capper (R) 3. Henry Justin Allen (R), April 1, 1929 – November 30, 1930 George McGill (D), from December 1, 1930 Kentucky 2. Frederic M. Sackett (R), until January 9, 1930 John M. Robsion (R), January 11, 1930 – November 30, 1930 Ben M. Williamson (D), from December 1, 1930 3. Alben W. Barkley (D) Louisiana 2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D) 3. Edwin S. Broussard (D) Maine 1. Frederick Hale (R) 2. Arthur R. Gould (R) Maryland 1. Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) 3. Millard Tydings (D) Massachusetts 1. David I. Walsh (D) 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R) Michigan 1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) 2. James J. Couzens (R) Minnesota 1. Henrik Shipstead (FL) 2. Thomas D. Schall (R) Mississippi 1. Hubert D. Stephens (D) 2. Pat Harrison (D) Missouri 1. Roscoe C. Patterson (R) 3. Harry B. Hawes (D) Montana 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D) 2. Thomas J. Walsh (D) Nebraska 1. Robert B. Howell (R) 2. George W. Norris (R)

Nevada 1. Key Pittman (D) 3. Tasker Oddie (R) New Hampshire 2. Henry W. Keyes (R) 3. George H. Moses (R) New Jersey 1. Hamilton Fish Kean (R) 2. Walter Evans Edge (R), until November 21, 1929 David Baird, Jr. (R), November 30, 1929 – December 2, 1930 Dwight Morrow (R), from December 3, 1930 New Mexico 1. Bronson M. Cutting (R) 2. Sam G. Bratton (D) New York 1. Royal S. Copeland (D) 3. Robert F. Wagner (D) North Carolina 2. Furnifold McLendel Simmons (D) 3. Lee Slater Overman (D), until December 12, 1930 Cameron A. Morrison (D), from December 13, 1930 North Dakota 1. Lynn Frazier (R) 3. Gerald Nye (R) Ohio 1. Simeon D. Fess (R) 3. Theodore E. Burton (R), until October 28, 1929 Roscoe C. McCulloch (R), November 5, 1929 – November 30, 1930 Robert J. Bulkley (D), from December 1, 1930 Oklahoma 2. William B. Pine (R) 3. Elmer Thomas (D) Oregon 2. Charles L. McNary (R) 3. Frederick Steiwer (R) Pennsylvania 1. David A. Reed (R) 3. Vacant,[1] until December 9, 1929 Joseph R. Grundy (R), December 11, 1929 – December 1, 1930 James J. Davis (R), from December 2, 1930 Rhode Island 1. Felix Hebert (R) 2. Jesse H. Metcalf (R) South Carolina 2. Coleman Livingston Blease (D) 3. Ellison D. Smith (D) South Dakota 2. William H. McMaster (R) 3. Peter Norbeck (R) Tennessee 1. Kenneth McKellar (D) 2. Lawrence Tyson (D), until August 24, 1929 William Emerson Brock (D), from September 2, 1929 Texas 1. Tom Connally (D) 2. Morris Sheppard (D) Utah 1. William H. King (D) 3. Reed Smoot (R) Vermont 1. Frank L. Greene (R), until December 17, 1930 Frank C. Partridge (R), from December 23, 1930 3. Porter H. Dale (R) Virginia 1. Claude A. Swanson (D) 2. Carter Glass (D) Washington 1. Clarence Dill (D) 3. Wesley Livsey Jones (R) West Virginia 1. Henry D. Hatfield (R) 2. Guy D. Goff (R) Wisconsin 1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R) 3. John J. Blaine (R) Wyoming 1. John B. Kendrick (D) 2. Francis E. Warren (R), until November 24, 1929 Patrick Joseph Sullivan (R), December 5, 1929 – November 20, 1930 Robert D. Carey (R), from December 1, 1930

Senate Majority leader James E. Watson Senate Minority leader Joseph T. Robinson

House of Representatives

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

Alabama 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) Arizona At-large. Lewis W. Douglas (D) Arkansas 1. William J. Driver (D) 2. Pearl Peden Oldfield (D) 3. Claude A. Fuller (D) 4. Otis Wingo (D), until October 21, 1930 Effiegene L. Wingo (D), from November 4, 1930 5. Heartsill Ragon (D) 6. David D. Glover (D) 7. Tilman B. Parks (D) California 1. Clarence F. Lea (D) 2. Harry L. Englebright (R) 3. Charles F. Curry (R), until October 10, 1930 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) Colorado 1. William R. Eaton (R) 2. Charles B. Timberlake (R) 3. Guy U. Hardy (R) 4. Edward T. Taylor (D) Connecticut 1. E. Hart Fenn (R) 2. Richard P. Freeman (R) 3. John Q. Tilson (R) 4. Schuyler Merritt (R) 5. James P. Glynn (R), until March 6, 1930 Edward W. Goss (R), from November 4, 1930 Delaware At-large. Robert G. Houston (R) Florida 1. Herbert J. Drane (D) 2. Robert A. Green (D) 3. Thomas A. Yon (D) 4. Ruth Bryan Owen (D) Georgia 1. Charles G. Edwards (D) 2. Edward E. Cox (D) 3. Charles R. Crisp (D) 4. William C. Wright (D) 5. Leslie J. Steele (D), until July 24, 1929 Robert C. W. Ramspeck (D), from October 2, 1929 6. Samuel Rutherford (D) 7. Malcolm C. Tarver (D) 8. Charles H. Brand (D) 9. Thomas M. Bell (D) 10. Carl Vinson (D) 11. William C. Lankford (D) 12. William W. Larsen (D) Idaho 1. Burton L. French (R) 2. Addison T. Smith (R) Illinois 1. Oscar S. De Priest (R) 2. Morton D. Hull (R) 3. Elliott W. Sproul (R) 4. Thomas A. Doyle (D) 5. Adolph J. Sabath (D) 6. James T. Igoe (D) 7. M. Alfred Michaelson (R) 8. Stanley H. Kunz (D) 9. Frederick A. Britten (R) 10. Carl R. Chindblom (R) 11. Frank R. Reid (R) 12. John T. Buckbee (R) 13. William R. Johnson (R) 14. John C. Allen (R) 15. Burnett M. Chiperfield (R), from November 4, 1930 16. William E. Hull (R) 17. Homer W. Hall (R) 18. William P. Holaday (R) 19. Charles Adkins (R) 20. Henry T. Rainey (D) 21. Frank M. Ramey (R) 22. Edward M. Irwin (R) 23. William W. Arnold (D) 24. Thomas S. Williams (R), until November 11, 1929 Claude V. Parsons (D), from November 4, 1930 25. Edward E. Denison (R) At-large. Ruth Hanna McCormick (R) At-large. Richard Yates (R) Indiana 1. Harry E. Rowbottom (R) 2. Arthur H. Greenwood (D) 3. James W. Dunbar (R) 4. Harry C. Canfield (D) 5. Noble J. Johnson (R) 6. Richard N. Elliott (R) 7. Louis L. Ludlow (D) 8. Albert H. Vestal (R) 9. Fred S. Purnell (R) 10. William R. Wood (R) 11. Albert R. Hall (R) 12. David Hogg (R) 13. Andrew J. Hickey (R) Iowa 1. William F. Kopp (R) 2. F. Dickinson Letts (R) 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. Lester J. Dickinson (R) 11. Ed H. Campbell (R) Kansas 1. William P. Lambertson (R) 2. Ulysses S. Guyer (R) 3. William H. Sproul (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) Kentucky 1. William V. Gregory (D) 2. David H. Kincheloe (D), until October 5, 1930 John L. Dorsey, Jr. (D), from November 4, 1930 3. Charles W. Roark (R), until April 5, 1929 John W. Moore (D), from June 1, 1929 4. John D. Craddock (R) 5. Maurice H. Thatcher (R) 6. J. Lincoln Newhall (R) 7. Robert E. L. Blackburn (R) 8. Lewis L. Walker (R) 9. Elva R. Kendall (R) 10. Katherine G. Langley (R) 11. John M. Robsion (R), until January 10, 1930 Charles Finley (R), from February 15, 1930 Louisiana 1. James O'Connor (D) 2. J. Zach Spearing (D) 3. Whitmell P. Martin (D), until April 6, 1929 Numa F. Montet (D), from August 6, 1929 4. John N. Sandlin (D) 5. Riley J. Wilson (D) 6. Bolivar E. Kemp (D) 7. René L. De Rouen (D) 8. James B. Aswell (D) Maine 1. Carroll L. Beedy (R) 2. Wallace H. White, Jr. (R) 3. John E. Nelson (R) 4. Donald F. Snow (R) Maryland 1. T. Alan Goldsborough (D) 2. Linwood L. Clark (R) 3. Vincent L. Palmisano (D) 4. J. Charles Linthicum (D) 5. Stephen W. Gambrill (D) 6. Frederick N. Zihlman (R) Massachusetts 1. Allen T. Treadway (R) 2. William Kirk Kaynor (R), until December 20, 1929 William J. Granfield (D), from February 11, 1930 3. Frank H. Foss (R) 4. George R. Stobbs (R) 5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R) 6. A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. (R) 7. William P. Connery, Jr. (D) 8. Frederick W. Dallinger (R) 9. Charles L. Underhill (R) 10. John J. Douglass (D) 11. George Holden 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) Michigan 1. Robert H. Clancy (R) 2. Earl C. Michener (R) 3. Joseph L. Hooper (R) 4. John C. Ketcham (R) 5. Carl E. Mapes (R) 6. Grant M. Hudson (R) 7. Louis C. Cramton (R) 8. Bird J. Vincent (R) 9. James C. McLaughlin (R) 10. Roy O. Woodruff (R) 11. Frank P. Bohn (R) 12. W. Frank James (R) 13. Clarence J. McLeod (R) Minnesota 1. Victor L. A. Christgau (R) 2. Frank Clague (R) 3. August H. Andresen (R) 4. Melvin J. Maas (R) 5. Walter H. Newton (R), until June 30, 1929 William I. Nolan (R), from July 17, 1929 6. Harold Knutson (R) 7. Ole J. Kvale (FL), until September 11, 1929 Paul J. Kvale (FL), from October 16, 1929 8. William A. Pittenger (R) 9. Conrad G. Selvig (R) 10. Godfrey G. Goodwin (R) Mississippi 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) 8. James W. Collier (D) Missouri 1. Milton A. Romjue (D) 2. Ralph F. Lozier (D) 3. Jacob L. Milligan (D) 4. David W. Hopkins (R) 5. Edgar C. Ellis (R) 6. Thomas J. Halsey (R) 7. John W. Palmer (R) 8. William L. Nelson (D) 9. Clarence A. Cannon (D) 10. Henry F. Niedringhaus (R) 11. John J. Cochran (D) 12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R) 13. Charles E. Kiefner (R) 14. Dewey J. Short (R) 15. Joe J. Manlove (R) 16. Rowland L. Johnston (R) Montana 1. John M. Evans (D) 2. Scott Leavitt (R) Nebraska 1. John H. Morehead (D) 2. Willis G. Sears (R) 3. Edgar Howard (D) 4. Charles H. Sloan (R) 5. Fred G. Johnson (R) 6. Robert G. Simmons (R) Nevada At-large. Samuel S. Arentz (R) New Hampshire 1. Fletcher Hale (R) 2. Edward H. Wason (R)

New Jersey 1. Charles A. Wolverton (R) 2. Isaac Bacharach (R) 3. Harold G. Hoffman (R) 4. Charles A. Eaton (R) 5. Ernest R. Ackerman (R) 6. Randolph Perkins (R) 7. George N. Seger (R) 8. Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R) 9. Franklin W. Fort (R) 10. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R) 11. Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D) 12. Mary T. Norton (D) New Mexico At-large. Albert Gallatin Simms (R) New 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. John F. Quayle (D), until November 27, 1930 8. Patrick J. Carley (D) 9. David J. O'Connell (D), until December 29, 1930 Stephen A. Rudd (D), from February 17, 1931 10. Emanuel Celler (D) 11. Anning S. Prall (D) 12. Samuel Dickstein (D) 13. Christopher D. Sullivan (D) 14. William I. Sirovich (D) 15. John J. Boylan (D) 16. John J. O'Connor (D) 17. Ruth Baker Pratt (R) 18. John F. Carew (D), until December 28, 1929 Martin J. Kennedy (D), from April 11, 1930 19. Sol Bloom (D) 20. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R) 21. Joseph A. Gavagan (D), from November 5, 1929 22. Anthony J. Griffin (D) 23. Frank Oliver (D) 24. James M. Fitzpatrick (D) 25. J. Mayhew Wainwright (R) 26. Hamilton Fish, III (R) 27. Harcourt J. Pratt (R) 28. Parker Corning (D) 29. James S. Parker (R) 30. Frank Crowther (R) 31. Bertrand H. Snell (R) 32. Francis D. Culkin (R) 33. Frederick M. Davenport (R) 34. John D. Clarke (R) 35. Clarence E. Hancock (R) 36. John Taber (R) 37. Gale H. Stalker (R) 38. James L. Whitley (R) 39. Archie D. Sanders (R) 40. S. Wallace Dempsey (R) 41. Edmund F. Cooke (R) 42. James M. Mead (D) 43. Daniel A. Reed (R) North Carolina 1. Lindsay C. Warren (D) 2. John H. Kerr (D) 3. Charles L. Abernethy (D) 4. Edward W. Pou (D) 5. Charles M. Stedman (D), until September 23, 1930 Franklin W. Hancock, Jr. (D), from November 4, 1930 6. J. Bayard Clark (D) 7. William C. Hammer (D), until September 26, 1930 Hinton James (D), from November 4, 1930 8. Robert L. Doughton (D) 9. Charles A. Jonas (R) 10. George M. Pritchard (R) North Dakota 1. Olger B. Burtness (R) 2. Thomas Hall (R) 3. James H. Sinclair (R) Ohio 1. Nicholas Longworth (R) 2. William E. Hess (R) 3. Roy G. Fitzgerald (R) 4. John L. Cable (R) 5. Charles J. Thompson (R) 6. Charles C. Kearns (R) 7. Charles Brand (R) 8. Grant E. Mouser Jr. (R) 9. William W. Chalmers (R) 10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R) 11. Mell G. Underwood (D) 12. John C. Speaks (R) 13. Joseph E. Baird (R) 14. Francis Seiberling (R) 15. C. Ellis Moore (R) 16. Charles B. McClintock (R) 17. William M. Morgan (R) 18. B. Frank Murphy (R) 19. John G. Cooper (R) 20. Charles A. Mooney (D) 21. Robert Crosser (D) 22. Chester C. Bolton (R) Oklahoma 1. Charles O'Connor (R) 2. William W. Hastings (D) 3. Wilburn Cartwright (D) 4. Thomas D. McKeown (D) 5. Ulysses S. Stone (R) 6. Jed J. Johnson (D) 7. James V. McClintic (D) 8. Milton C. Garber (R) Oregon 1. Willis C. Hawley (R) 2. Robert R. Butler (R) 3. Franklin F. Korell (R) Pennsylvania 1. James M. Beck (R) 2. George S. Graham (R) 3. Harry C. Ransley (R) 4. Benjamin M. Golder (R) 5. James J. Connolly (R) 6. George A. Welsh (R) 7. George P. Darrow (R) 8. James Wolfenden (R) 9. Henry W. Watson (R) 10. William W. Griest (R), until December 5, 1929 J. Roland Kinzer (R), from January 28, 1930 11. Laurence H. Watres (R) 12. John J. Casey (D), until May 5, 1929 C. Murray Turpin (R), from June 4, 1929 13. George F. Brumm (R) 14. Charles J. Esterly (R) 15. Louis T. McFadden (R) 16. Edgar R. Kiess (R), until July 20, 1930 Robert F. Rich (R), from November 4, 1930 17. Frederick W. Magrady (R) 18. Edward M. Beers (R) 19. Isaac H. Doutrich (R) 20. J. Russell Leech (R) 21. J. Banks Kurtz (R) 22. Franklin Menges (R) 23. J. Mitchell Chase (R) 24. Samuel A. Kendall (R) 25. Henry W. Temple (R) 26. J. Howard Swick (R) 27. Nathan L. Strong (R) 28. Thomas C. Cochran (R) 29. Milton W. Shreve (R) 30. William R. Coyle (R) 31. Adam M. Wyant (R) 32. Stephen G. Porter (R), until June 27, 1930 Edmund F. Erk (R), from November 4, 1930 33. M. Clyde Kelly (R) 34. Patrick J. Sullivan (R) 35. Harry A. Estep (R) 36. Guy E. Campbell (R) Rhode Island 1. Clark Burdick (R) 2. Richard S. Aldrich (R) 3. Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D), until May 9, 1930 Francis B. Condon (D), from November 4, 1930 South Carolina 1. Thomas S. McMillan (D) 2. Butler B. Hare (D) 3. Frederick H. Dominick (D) 4. John J. McSwain (D) 5. William F. Stevenson (D) 6. Allard H. Gasque (D) 7. Hampton P. Fulmer (D) South Dakota 1. Charles A. Christopherson (R) 2. Royal C. Johnson (R) 3. William Williamson (R) Tennessee 1. B. Carroll Reece (R) 2. J. Will Taylor (R) 3. Sam D. McReynolds (D) 4. Cordell Hull (D) 5. Ewin L. Davis (D) 6. Joseph W. Byrns, Sr. (D) 7. Edward Everett Eslick (D) 8. Gordon Browning (D) 9. Jere Cooper (D) 10. Hubert Fisher (D) Texas 1. Wright Patman (D) 2. John C. Box (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) 9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D) 10. James P. Buchanan (D) 11. Oliver H. Cross (D) 12. Fritz G. Lanham (D) 13. Guinn Williams (D) 14. Augustus McCloskey (D), until February 10, 1930 Harry M. Wurzbach (R), from February 10, 1930 15. John N. Garner (D) 16. Claude B. Hudspeth (D) 17. Robert Q. Lee (D), until April 18, 1930 Thomas L. Blanton (D), from May 20, 1930 18. J. Marvin Jones (D) Utah 1. Don B. Colton (R) 2. Elmer O. Leatherwood (R), until December 24, 1929 Frederick C. Loofbourow (R), from November 4, 1930 Vermont 1. Elbert S. Brigham (R) 2. Ernest Willard Gibson (R) Virginia 1. S. Otis Bland (D) 2. Menalcus Lankford (R) 3. Andrew J. Montague (D) 4. Patrick H. Drewry (D) 5. Joseph Whitehead (D) 6. Clifton A. Woodrum (D) 7. Jacob A. Garber (R) 8. R. Walton Moore (D) 9. Joseph C. Shaffer (R) 10. Henry St. George Tucker III (D) Washington 1. John F. Miller (R) 2. Lindley H. Hadley (R) 3. Albert Johnson (R) 4. John W. Summers (R) 5. Samuel B. Hill (D) West Virginia 1. Carl G. Bachmann (R) 2. Frank L. Bowman (R) 3. John M. Wolverton (R) 4. James A. Hughes (R), until March 2, 1930 Robert L. Hogg (R), from November 4, 1930 5. Hugh Ike Shott (R) 6. Joe L. Smith (D) Wisconsin 1. Henry A. Cooper (R), until March 1, 1931 2. Charles A. Kading (R) 3. John M. Nelson (R) 4. John C. Schafer (R) 5. William H. Stafford (R) 6. Florian Lampert (R), until July 18, 1930 Michael Reilly (D), from November 4, 1930 7. Merlin Hull (R) 8. Edward E. Browne (R) 9. George J. Schneider (R) 10. James A. Frear (R) 11. Hubert H. Peavey (R) Wyoming At-large. Vincent Carter (R) Non-voting members Alaska Territory. Daniel Sutherland (R) Hawaii Territory. Victor S. K. Houston (R) Philippines. Pedro Guevara (Nac.) Philippines. Camilo Osías (Nac.) Puerto Rico. Félix Córdova Dávila

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 Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth Majority leader of the House John Tilson Minority leader of the House John Garner

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• replacements: 9
  • Democratic: 1-seat net gain
  • Republican: 1-seat net loss
• Deaths: 5
• Resignations: 3
• Interim appointments: 6
• Total seats with changes: 9

State	Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
Kansas (3)	Vacant	Charles Curtis (R) had resigned at end of previous congress to become Vice President of the United States. Successor appointed April 1, 1929, to continue the term. Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see below.	Henry J. Allen (R)	April 1, 1929
Pennsylvania (3)	Vacant	Sen.-elect William S. Vare (R) was apparently elected but vote was never certified by the Governor due to election irregularities. The Senate refused to qualify him and he was formally unseated December 9, 1929. Successor appointed December 11, 1929. Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see below.	Joseph R. Grundy (R)	December 11, 1929
Tennessee (2)	Lawrence Tyson (D)	Died August 24, 1929. Successor appointed September 2, 1929, to continue the term. Successor was also later elected November 4, 1930, to finish the term.[2]	William E. Brock (D)	September 2, 1929
Ohio (3)	Theodore E. Burton (R)	Died October 28, 1929. Successor appointed November 5, 1929, to continue the term. Successor later lost election to finish the term, see below.	Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)	November 5, 1929
New Jersey (2)	Walter E. Edge (R)	Resigned November 21, 1929, to become U.S. Ambassador to France. Successor appointed November 30, 1929, to continue the term. Successor later did not run to finish the term, see below.	David Baird, Jr. (R)	November 30, 1929
Wyoming (2)	Francis E. Warren (R)	Died November 24, 1929. Successor appointed December 5, 1929. Successor later did not run to finish the term, see below.	Patrick J. Sullivan (R)	December 5, 1929
Kentucky (2)	Frederic M. Sackett (R)	Resigned January 9, 1930, to become U.S. Ambassador to Germany. Successor appointed January 11, 1930, to continue the term. Successor later lost election to finish the term, see below.	John M. Robsion (R)	January 11, 1930
Wyoming (2)	Patrick Joseph Sullivan (R)	Interim appointee did not run to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	Robert D. Carey (R)	December 1, 1930
Kansas (3)	Henry J. Allen (R)	Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	George McGill (D)	December 1, 1930
Kentucky (2)	John M. Robsion (R)	Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	Ben M. Williamson (D)	December 1, 1930
Ohio (3)	Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)	Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	Robert J. Bulkley (D)	December 1, 1930
Pennsylvania (3)	Joseph R. Grundy (R)	Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	James J. Davis (R)	December 2, 1930
New Jersey (2)	David Baird, Jr. (R)	Interim appointee did not run to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	Dwight Morrow (R)	December 3, 1930
North Carolina (3)	Lee S. Overman (D)	Died December 12, 1930. Successor appointed December 13, 1930, to continue the term. Successor later lost election to finish the term, see (72nd United States Congress).	Cameron A. Morrison (D)	December 13, 1930
Vermont (1)	Frank L. Greene (R)	Died December 17, 1930. Successor appointed December 23, 1930, to continue the term. Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see (72nd United States Congress).	Frank C. Partridge (R)	December 23, 1930

House of Representatives

• replacements: 27
  • Democratic: 4 seat net gain
  • Republican: 3 seat net loss
• deaths: 25
• resignations: 6
• contested election: 1
• Total seats with changes: 32

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor
New York 21st	Vacant	Rep. Royal H. Weller died during previous congress	Joseph A. Gavagan (D)	November 5, 1929
Illinois 15th	Vacant	Rep. Edward J. King died in previous congress	Burnett M. Chiperfield (R)	November 4, 1930
Kentucky 3rd	Charles W. Roark (R)	Died April 5, 1929	John W. Moore (D)	June 1, 1929
Louisiana 3rd	Whitmell P. Martin (D)	Died April 6, 1929	Numa F. Montet (D)	August 6, 1929
Pennsylvania 12th	John J. Casey (D)	Died May 5, 1929	Charles M. Turpin (R)	June 1, 1929
Minnesota 5th	Walter Newton (R)	Resigned June 30, 1929, after being appointed secretary to President Herbert Hoover	William I. Nolan (R)	July 17, 1929
Georgia 5th	Leslie J. Steele (D)	Died July 24, 1929	Robert Ramspeck (D)	October 2, 1929
Minnesota 7th	Ole J. Kvale (FL)	Died September 11, 1929	Paul J. Kvale (FL)	October 16, 1929
New York 18th	John F. Carew (D)	Resigned December 28, 1929, after being appointed a justice to the New York Supreme Court	Martin J. Kennedy (D)	April 11, 1930
Illinois 24th	Thomas S. Williams (R)	Resigned November 11, 1929, after being appointed to the United States Court of Claims	Claude V. Parsons (D)	November 4, 1930
Pennsylvania 10th	William W. Griest (R)	Died December 5, 1929	J. Roland Kinzer (R)	January 28, 1930
Massachusetts 2nd	Will Kirk Kaynor (R)	Died December 20, 1929	William J. Granfield (D)	February 17, 1930
Utah 2nd	Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)	Died December 24, 1929	Frederick C. Loofbourow (R)	November 4, 1930
Kentucky 11th	John M. Robsion (R)	Resigned January 10, 1930, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	Charles Finley (R)	February 15, 1930
Texas 14th	Augustus McCloskey (D)	Lost contested election February 10, 1930	Harry M. Wurzbach (R)	February 10, 1930
West Virginia 4th	James A. Hughes (R)	Died March 2, 1930	Robert L. Hogg (R)	November 4, 1930
Connecticut 5th	James P. Glynn (R)	Died March 6, 1930	Edward W. Goss (R)	November 4, 1930
Texas 17th	Robert Q. Lee (D)	Died April 18, 1930	Thomas L. Blanton (D)	May 20, 1930
Rhode Island 3rd	Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D)	Resigned May 9, 1930, after being appointed a justice to the Rhode Island Superior Court	Francis Condon (D)	November 4, 1930
Wisconsin 6th	Florian Lampert (R)	Died July 18, 1930	Michael Reilly (D)	November 4, 1930
Pennsylvania 32nd	Edgar R. Kiess (R)	Died July 20, 1930	Robert F. Rich (R)	November 4, 1930
Pennsylvania 16th	Stephen G. Porter (R)	Died June 27, 1930	Edmund F. Erk (R)	November 4, 1930
North Carolina 5th	Charles M. Stedman (D)	Died September 23, 1930	Franklin W. Hancock, Jr. (D)	November 4, 1930
North Carolina 7th	William C. Hammer (D)	Died September 26, 1930	Hinton James (D)	November 4, 1930
Kentucky 2nd	David H. Kincheloe (D)	Resigned October 5, 1930, after being appointed to the United States Customs Court	John L. Dorsey, Jr. (D)	November 4, 1930
California 3rd	Charles F. Curry (R)	Died October 10, 1930	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Arkansas 4th	Otis Wingo (D)	Died October 21, 1930	Effiegene Locke Wingo (D)	November 4, 1930
New York 7th	John Quayle (D)	Died November 27, 1930	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 9th	David J. O'Connell (D)	Died December 29, 1930	Stephen A. Rudd (D)	February 17, 1931
Wisconsin 1st	Henry A. Cooper (R)	Died March 1, 1931	Seat remained vacant until 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, 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: Charles L. McNary; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith) Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts (Special) Alaska Railroad (Special Select) Appropriations (Chairman: Francis E. Warren then Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: William J. Harris) Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Charles S. Deneen; Ranking Member: Thaddeus H. Caraway) Banking and Currency (Chairman: Peter Norbeck; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher) Civil Service (Chairman: Porter H. Dale; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar) Claims (Chairman: Robert B. Howell; Ranking Member: Park Trammell) Commerce (Chairman: Hiram W. Johnson; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher) Depreciation of Foreign Currencies (Select) District of Columbia (Chairman: Arthur Capper; Ranking Member: William H. King) Education and Labor (Chairman: Jesse H. Metcalf; Ranking Member: Royal S. Copeland) Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Frank L. Greene; Ranking Member: Coleman L. Blease) Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: Frederick M. Sackett then Guy D. Goff; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) Finance (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons) Foreign Relations (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) Immigration (Chairman: Arthur R. Gould; Ranking Member: William H. King) Indian Affairs (Chairman: Lynn J. Frazier; Ranking Member: Henry F. Ashurst) Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Thomas D. Schall; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh) Interstate Commerce (Chairman: James Couzens; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith) Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: John Thomas; Ranking Member: Morris Sheppard) Judiciary (Chairman: George W. Norris; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman then Henry F. Ashurst) Library (Chairman: Simeon D. Fess; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar) Manufactures (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith) Military Affairs (Chairman: David A. Reed; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher) Mines and Mining (Chairman: Roscoe C. Patterson; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Walsh) Mississippi Flood Control Project (Select) Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick Hale; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) Patents (Chairman: Charles W. Waterman; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith) Pensions (Chairman: Arthur R. Robinson; Ranking Member: Burton K. Wheeler) Post Office Leases (Select) Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Lawrence C. Phipps; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar) Printing (Chairman: George H. Moses; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher) Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Samuel M. Shortridge; Ranking Member: William H. King) Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Henry W. Keyes; Ranking Member: Duncan U. Fletcher) Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Gerald P. Nye; Ranking Member: Key Pittman) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (Select) Rules (Chairman: George H. Moses; Ranking Member: Lee S. Overman then Pat Harrison) Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Hiram Bingham; Ranking Member: Key Pittman) Whole House of Representatives Accounts (Chairman: Charles L. Underhill; Ranking Member: Lindsay C. Warren) Agriculture (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: James B. Aswell) Appropriations (Chairman: William R. Wood; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Byrns) Banking and Currency (Chairman: Louis T. McFadden; Ranking Member: Otis Wingo then John E. Rankin) Census (Chairman: E. Hart Fenn; Ranking Member: John E. Rankin) Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick R. Lehlbach; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers) Claims (Chairman: Edward M. Irwin; Ranking Member: John C. Box) Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Randolph Perkins; Ranking Member: Edgar Howard) Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Edward H. Wason; Ranking Member: Robert A. Green) District of Columbia (Chairman: Frederick N. Zihlman; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan) Education (Chairman: Daniel A. Reed; Ranking Member: Loring M. Black) Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Charles L. Gifford; Ranking Member: Lamar Jeffers) Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Carroll L. Beedy; Ranking Member: Edward E. Eslick) Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Bird J. Vincent; Ranking Member: John J. Douglass) Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Willis G. Sears; Ranking Member: John H. Kerr) Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Guy E. Campbell; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood) Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: William Williamson; Ranking Member: Allard H. Gasque) Flood Control (Chairman: Frank R. Reid; Ranking Member: Riley J. Wilson) Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Stephen G. Porter; Ranking Member: J. Charles Linthicum) Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Albert Johnson; Ranking Member: John C. Box) Indian Affairs (Chairman: Scott Leavitt; Ranking Member: John M. Evans) Insular Affairs (Chairman: Edgar R. Kiess; Ranking Member: Christopher D. Sullivan) Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: James S. Parker; Ranking Member: Sam Rayburn) Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John M. Nelson; Ranking Member: Mell G. Underwood) Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Addison T. Smith; Ranking Member: C. B. Hudspeth) Judiciary (Chairman: George S. Graham; Ranking Member: Hatton W. Sumners) Labor (Chairman: William F. Kopp; Ranking Member: William P. Connery, Jr.) Library (Chairman: Robert Luce; Ranking Member: Lindsay C. Warren) Memorials (Chairman: Burton L. French; Ranking Member: N/A) Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Wallace H. White, Jr.; Ranking Member: Ewin L. Davis) Military Affairs (Chairman: W. Frank James; Ranking Member: Percy E. Quin) Mines and Mining (Chairman: William H. Sproul; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Greenwood) Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick A. Britten; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson) Patents (Chairman: Albert H. Vestal; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham) Pensions (Chairman: Harold Knutson; Ranking Member: Allard H. Gasque) Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Archie D. Sanders; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Bell) Printing (Chairman: Edward M. Beers; Ranking Member: William F. Stevenson) Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard N. Elliott; Ranking Member: Fritz G. Lanham) Public Lands (Chairman: Don B. Colton; Ranking Member: John M. Evans) Revision of Laws (Chairman: Roy G. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Loring M. Black) Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: S. Wallace Dempsey; Ranking Member: Joseph J. Mansfield) Roads (Chairman: Cassius C. Dowell; Ranking Member: Edward B. Almon) Rules (Chairman: Bertrand H. Snell; Ranking Member: Edward W. Pou) Standards of Official Conduct Territories (Chairman: Charles F. Curry; Ranking Member: William C. Lankford) War Claims (Chairman: James G. Strong; Ranking Member: Miles C. Allgood) Ways and Means (Chairman: Willis C. Hawley; Ranking Member: John N. Garner) World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: Royal C. Johnson; Ranking Member: John E. Rankin) Whole Joint committees Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers The Library (Chairman: Sen. Simeon D. Fess) Printing (Chairman: Sen. George H. Moses then Duncan U. Fletcher; Vice Chairman: Rep. Edgar R. Kiess) Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Willis C. Hawley) Veterans' Affairs Caucuses Democratic (House) Democratic (Senate) Officers Legislative branch agency directors Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter Senate Secretary: Edwin P. Thayer Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin Chaplain: ZeBarney T. Phillips (Episcopalian) Democratic Party Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey, from 1929 Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler, from 1929 House of Representatives Clerk: William T. Page Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy Postmaster: Frank W. Collier Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) Chaplain: James S. Montgomery (Methodist) See also United States elections, 1928 (elections leading to this Congress) 1928 United States presidential election United States Senate elections, 1928 United States House of Representatives elections, 1928 United States elections, 1930 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) United States Senate elections, 1930 United States House of Representatives elections, 1930 Notes Socialist William S. Vare (R-PA) had been elected to the Senate for the term starting March 4, 1927, but the Senate had refused to qualify him due to charges of corruption and fraud concerning his election. The Senate finally unseated him on December 9, 1929. See http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000071 Byrd, p. 171. References Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. External links Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress U.S. House of Representatives: House History U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists Official Congressional Directory for the 71st Congress, 1st Session. Official Congressional Directory for the 71st Congress, 2nd Session. Official Congressional Directory for the 71st Congress, 2nd Session (Revision). Official Congressional Directory for the 71st Congress, 3rd Session. Official Congressional Directory for the 71st Congress, 3rd Session (Revision).