77th United States Congress

The 77th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1943, during the ninth and tenth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

77th United States Congress
76th ← → 78th
United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
Senate President	John N. Garner (D) until January 20, 1941 Henry A. Wallace (D) from January 20, 1941
Senate President pro tem	Pat Harrison (D) until June 22, 1941 Carter Glass (D) from July 11, 1941
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D)
Members	96 senators 435 members of the House 4 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1941 – January 2, 1942 2nd: January 5, 1942 – December 16, 1942

This was the first Congress to have more than one Senate President (the Vice President of the United States), John Garner and Henry Wallace, due to the passage of the 20th amendment in 1933.

President Franklin Roosevelt signing the Lend-Lease Act, March 11, 1941.

President Roosevelt delivering the "Infamy Speech" to Congress, requesting a declaration of war, December 8, 1941. Behind him are Vice President Henry Wallace (left) and House Speaker Sam Rayburn. To the right, in uniform in front of Rayburn, is Roosevelt's son James, who escorted his father to the Capitol.

President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, December 8, 1941

Major events

Main articles: 1941 in the United States, 1942 in the United States, and 1943 in the United States

• January 20, 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt began his third term.
• December 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
• December 8, 1941: Joint Session of Congress met to hear President Roosevelt deliver his "Day of Infamy" speech
• December 26, 1941: Joint session of the United States Congress met in the Senate chamber for an address by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Major legislation and resolutions

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

• March 11, 1941: Lend Lease Act, Pub.L. 77–11, Sess. 1, ch. 11, 55 Stat. 31
• August 18, 1941: Flood Control Act of 1941, Pub.L. 77–228, Sess. 1, ch. 377, 55 Stat. 638
• December 8, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Japan, Pub.L. 77–328, Sess. 1, ch. 561, 55 Stat. 795
• December 11, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Germany, Pub.L. 77–331, Sess. 1, ch. 564, 55 Stat. 796
• December 11, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Italy, Pub.L. 77–332, Sess. 1, ch. 565, 55 Stat. 797
• January 27, 1942: Air Raid Attack Act of 1942, Pub.L. 77–415, Sess. 2, ch. 20, 56 Stat. 19
• January 30, 1942: Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, Pub.L. 77–421, Sess. 2, ch. 26, 56 Stat. 23
• June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Bulgaria, Pub.L. 77–563, Sess. 2, ch. 323, 56 Stat. 307
• June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Hungary, Pub.L. 77–564, Sess. 2, ch. 324, 56 Stat. 307
• June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Romania, Pub.L. 77–565, Sess. 2, ch. 325, 56 Stat. 307
• June 22, 1942: Resolution— United States Flag Code, including recognition of the Pledge of Allegiance, Pub.L. 77–623, Sess. 2, ch. 435, 56 Stat. 377
• October 2, 1942: Stabilization Act of 1942, Pub.L. 77–729, Sess. 2, ch. 578, 56 Stat. 765

Select committees

• Truman Committee (officially the United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program)

Leadership

Senate

• President: John Nance Garner (D), until January 20, 1941
  • Henry A. Wallace (D), from January 20, 1941
• President pro tempore: Pat Harrison (D), until June 22, 1941
  • Carter Glass (D), from July 10, 1941

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority leader: Alben W. Barkley
• Majority Whip: Lister Hill
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Joshua B. Lee

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority leader: Charles L. McNary
• Republican Conference Secretary: Wallace H. White, Jr.
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: John G. Townsend Jr.

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority leader: John William McCormack
• Democratic Whip: Patrick J. Boland, until May 18, 1942
  • Robert Ramspeck
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Richard M. Duncan
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Patrick H. Drewry

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority leader: Joseph William Martin, Jr.
• Republican Whip: Harry Lane Englebright
• Republican Conference Chairman: Roy O. Woodruff
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: J. William Ditter

Party summary

Senate

Senate composition by state

  2 Democrats

  2 Republicans

  1 Democrat and 1 Republican

  1 Republican and 1 Independent

  1 Republican and 1 Progressive

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	Wisconsin Progressive (P)	Republican (R)	Independent (I)
End of previous congress	68	1	1	25	1	96	0
Begin	66	0	1	28	1	96	0
End	64			30
Final voting share	66.7%	0.0%	1.0%	31.3%	1.0%
Beginning of next congress	57	0	1	38	0	96	0

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)						Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	American Labor (AL)	Wisconsin Progressive (P)	Republican (R)	Other (O)
End of previous congress	256	1	1	2	167	1	428	7
Begin	268	1	1	3	162	0	435	0
End	254				165		424	11
Final voting share	59.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.7%	38.9%	0.0%
Beginning of next congress	222	1	1	2	208	0	434	1

Members

Senate

Senators are 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, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1942; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1944; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1946.

Alabama 2. John H. Bankhead II (D) 3. J. Lister Hill (D) Arizona 1. Ernest McFarland (D) 3. Carl Hayden (D) Arkansas 2. John E. Miller (D), until March 31, 1941 G. Lloyd Spencer (D), from April 1, 1941 3. Hattie Caraway (D) California 1. Hiram Johnson (R) 3. Sheridan Downey (D) Colorado 2. Edwin C. Johnson (D) 3. Alva B. Adams (D), until December 1, 1941 Eugene Donald Millikin (R), from December 20, 1941 Connecticut 1. Francis T. Maloney (D) 3. John A. Danaher (R) Delaware 1. James M. Tunnell (D) 2. James H. Hughes (D) Florida 1. Charles O. Andrews (D) 3. Claude Pepper (D) Georgia 2. Walter F. George (D) 3. Richard Russell Jr. (D) Idaho 2. John W. Thomas (R) 3. David Worth Clark (D) Illinois 2. Charles W. Brooks (R) 3. Scott W. Lucas (D) Indiana 1. Raymond E. Willis (R) 3. Frederick Van Nuys (D) Iowa 2. Clyde L. Herring (D) 3. Guy Mark Gillette (D) Kansas 2. Arthur Capper (R) 3. Clyde M. Reed (R) Kentucky 2. Happy Chandler (D) 3. Alben W. Barkley (D) Louisiana 2. Allen J. Ellender (D) 3. John H. Overton (D) Maine 1. Owen Brewster (R) 2. Wallace H. White, Jr. (R) Maryland 1. George L. P. Radcliffe (D) 3. Millard Tydings (D) Massachusetts 1. David I. Walsh (D) 2. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) Michigan 1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) 2. Prentiss M. Brown (D) Minnesota 1. Henrik Shipstead (R) 2. Joseph H. Ball (R), until November 17, 1942 Arthur E. Nelson (R), from November 18, 1942 Mississippi 1. Theodore G. Bilbo (D) 2. Pat Harrison (D), until June 22, 1941 James Eastland (D), June 30, 1941 – September 28, 1941 Wall Doxey (D), from September 29, 1941 Missouri 1. Harry S. Truman (D) 3. Bennett Champ Clark (D) Montana 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D) 2. James Edward Murray (D) Nebraska 1. Hugh A. Butler (R) 2. George William Norris (I)

Nevada 1. Berkeley L. Bunker (D), until December 6, 1942 James G. Scrugham (D), from December 7, 1942 3. Pat McCarran (D) New Hampshire 2. Styles Bridges (R) 3. Charles W. Tobey (R) New Jersey 1. William Warren Barbour (R) 2. William H. Smathers (D) New Mexico 1. Dennis Chavez (D) 2. Carl Hatch (D) New York 1. James M. Mead (D) 3. Robert F. Wagner (D) North Carolina 2. Josiah William Bailey (D) 3. Robert Rice Reynolds (D) North Dakota 1. William Langer (R) 3. Gerald Nye (R) Ohio 1. Harold Hitz Burton (R) 3. Robert A. Taft (R) Oklahoma 2. Joshua B. Lee (D) 3. Elmer Thomas (D) Oregon 2. Charles L. McNary (R) 3. Rufus C. Holman (R) Pennsylvania 1. Joseph F. Guffey (D) 3. James J. Davis (R) Rhode Island 1. Peter G. Gerry (D) 2. Theodore F. Green (D) South Carolina 2. James F. Byrnes (D), until July 17, 1941 Alva M. Lumpkin (D), July 22, 1941 – August 1, 1941 Roger C. Peace (D), August 5, 1941 – November 4, 1941 Burnet R. Maybank (D), from November 5, 1941 3. Ellison D. Smith (D) South Dakota 2. William J. Bulow (D) 3. John Chandler Gurney (R) Tennessee 1. Kenneth McKellar (D) 2. Tom Stewart (D) Texas 1. Tom Connally (D) 2. Morris Sheppard (D), until April 9, 1941 Andrew Jackson Houston (D), April 21, 1941, until June 26, 1941 W. Lee O'Daniel (D), from June 28, 1941 Utah 1. Orrice Abram Murdock, Jr. (D) 3. Elbert D. Thomas (D) Vermont 1. Warren Austin (R) 3. George Aiken (R), from January 10, 1941 Virginia 1. Harry F. Byrd (D) 2. Carter Glass (D) Washington 1. Monrad Wallgren (D) 3. Homer Bone (D) West Virginia 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D) 2. Matthew M. Neely (D), until January 12, 1941 Joseph Rosier (D), January 13, 1941 – November 17, 1942 Hugh Ike Shott (R), from November 18, 1942 Wisconsin 1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (P) 3. Alexander Wiley (R) Wyoming 1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) 2. Henry H. Schwartz (D)

House of Representatives

Alabama 1. Frank W. Boykin (D) 2. George M. Grant (D) 3. Henry B. Steagall (D) 4. Sam Hobbs (D) 5. Joe Starnes (D) 6. Pete Jarman (D) 7. Walter W. Bankhead (D), until February 1, 1941 Carter Manasco (D), from June 24, 1941 8. John Sparkman (D) 9. Luther Patrick (D) Arizona At-large. John R. Murdock (D) Arkansas 1. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) 2. Wilbur Mills (D) 3. Clyde T. Ellis (D) 4. William Fadjo Cravens (D) 5. David D. Terry (D) 6. William F. Norrell (D) 7. Oren Harris (D) California 1. Clarence F. Lea (D) 2. Harry Lane Englebright (R) 3. Frank H. Buck (D), until September 17, 1942 4. Thomas Rolph (R) 5. Richard J. Welch (R) 6. Albert E. Carter (R) 7. John H. Tolan (D) 8. Jack Z. Anderson (R) 9. Bertrand W. Gearhart (R) 10. Alfred J. Elliott (D) 11. John Carl Hinshaw (R) 12. Jerry Voorhis (D) 13. Charles Kramer (D) 14. Thomas F. Ford (D) 15. John M. Costello (D) 16. Leland M. Ford (R) 17. Lee E. Geyer (D), until October 11, 1941 Cecil R. King (D), from August 25, 1942 18. William Ward Johnson (R) 19. Harry R. Sheppard (D) 20. Edouard Izac (D) Colorado 1. Lawrence Lewis (D) 2. William S. Hill (R) 3. John Chenoweth (R) 4. Edward T. Taylor (D), until September 3, 1941 Robert F. Rockwell (R), from December 9, 1941 Connecticut At-large. Lucien J. Maciora (D) 1. Herman P. Kopplemann (D) 2. William J. Fitzgerald (D) 3. James A. Shanley (D) 4. Le Roy D. Downs (D) 5. J. Joseph Smith (D), until November 4, 1941 Joseph E. Talbot (R), from January 20, 1942 Delaware At-large. Philip A. Traynor (D) Florida 1. J. Hardin Peterson (D) 2. Robert A. Green (D) 3. Robert L. F. Sikes (D) 4. Pat Cannon (D) 5. Joe Hendricks (D) Georgia 1. Hugh Peterson (D) 2. Edward E. Cox (D) 3. Stephen Pace (D) 4. Albert Sidney Camp (D) 5. Robert Ramspeck (D) 6. Carl Vinson (D) 7. Malcolm C. Tarver (D) 8. John S. Gibson (D) 9. B. Frank Whelchel (D) 10. Paul Brown (D) Idaho 1. Compton I. White (D) 2. Henry Dworshak (R) Illinois At-large. Stephen A. Day (R) At-large. William Stratton (R) 1. Arthur W. Mitchell (D) 2. Raymond S. McKeough (D) 3. Edward A. Kelly (D) 4. Harry P. Beam (D), until December 6, 1942 5. Adolph J. Sabath (D) 6. A. F. Maciejewski (D), until December 8, 1942 7. Leonard W. Schuetz (D) 8. Leo Kocialkowski (D) 9. Charles S. Dewey (R) 10. George A. Paddock (R) 11. Chauncey W. Reed (R) 12. Noah M. Mason (R) 13. Leo E. Allen (R) 14. Anton J. Johnson (R) 15. Robert B. Chiperfield (R) 16. Everett Dirksen (R) 17. Leslie Cornelius Arends (R) 18. Jessie Sumner (R) 19. William H. Wheat (R) 20. James M. Barnes (D) 21. George Evan Howell (R) 22. Edwin M. Schaefer (D) 23. Laurence F. Arnold (D) 24. James V. Heidinger (R) 25. C. W. Bishop (R) Indiana 1. William T. Schulte (D) 2. Charles A. Halleck (R) 3. Robert A. Grant (R) 4. George W. Gillie (R) 5. Forest Harness (R) 6. Noble J. Johnson (R) 7. Gerald W. Landis (R) 8. John W. Boehne, Jr. (D) 9. Earl Wilson (R) 10. Raymond S. Springer (R) 11. William H. Larrabee (D) 12. Louis Ludlow (D) Iowa 1. Thomas E. Martin (R) 2. William S. Jacobsen (D) 3. John W. Gwynne (R) 4. Henry O. Talle (R) 5. Karl M. LeCompte (R) 6. Paul H. Cunningham (R) 7. Ben F. Jensen (R) 8. Fred C. Gilchrist (R) 9. Vincent F. Harrington (D), until September 5, 1942 Harry E. Narey (R), from November 3, 1942 Kansas 1. William P. Lambertson (R) 2. U. S. Guyer (R) 3. Thomas Daniel Winter (R) 4. Edward Herbert Rees (R) 5. John Mills Houston (D) 6. Frank Carlson (R) 7. Clifford R. Hope (R) Kentucky 1. Noble Jones Gregory (D) 2. Beverly M. Vincent (D) 3. Emmet O'Neal (D) 4. Edward W. Creal (D) 5. Brent Spence (D) 6. Virgil Chapman (D) 7. Andrew J. May (D) 8. Joe B. Bates (D) 9. John M. Robsion (R) Louisiana 1. Felix Edward Hébert (D) 2. Hale Boggs (D) 3. James R. Domengeaux (D) 4. Overton Brooks (D) 5. Newt V. Mills (D) 6. Jared Y. Sanders, Jr. (D) 7. Vance Plauché (D) 8. A. Leonard Allen (D) Maine 1. James C. Oliver (R) 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R) 3. Frank Fellows (R) Maryland 1. David Jenkins Ward (D) 2. William Purington Cole, Jr. (D), until October 26, 1942 3. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (D) 4. John Ambrose Meyer (D) 5. Lansdale Sasscer (D) 6. William D. Byron (D), until February 27, 1941 Katharine Byron (D), from May 27, 1941 Massachusetts 1. Allen T. Treadway (R) 2. Charles R. Clason (R) 3. Joseph E. Casey (D) 4. Pehr G. Holmes (R) 5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R) 6. George J. Bates (R) 7. Lawrence J. Connery (D), until October 19, 1941 Thomas J. Lane (D), from December 30, 1941 8. Arthur D. Healey (D), until August 3, 1942 9. Thomas H. Eliot (D) 10. George H. Tinkham (R) 11. Thomas A. Flaherty (D) 12. John William McCormack (D) 13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) 14. Joseph William Martin, Jr. (R) 15. Charles L. Gifford (R) Michigan 1. Rudolph G. Tenerowicz (D) 2. Earl C. Michener (R) 3. Paul W. Shafer (R) 4. Clare Hoffman (R) 5. Bartel J. Jonkman (R) 6. William W. Blackney (R) 7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R) 8. Fred L. Crawford (R) 9. Albert J. Engel (R) 10. Roy O. Woodruff (R) 11. Fred Bradley (R) 12. Frank Eugene Hook (D) 13. George D. O'Brien (D) 14. Louis C. Rabaut (D) 15. John D. Dingell, Sr. (D) 16. John Lesinski, Sr. (D) 17. George Anthony Dondero (R) Minnesota 1. August H. Andresen (R) 2. Joseph P. O'Hara (R) 3. Richard Pillsbury Gale (R) 4. Melvin Maas (R) 5. Oscar Youngdahl (R) 6. Harold Knutson (R) 7. Herman Carl Andersen (R) 8. William Pittenger (R) 9. Rich T. Buckler (FL) Mississippi 1. John E. Rankin (D) 2. Wall Doxey (D), until September 28, 1941 Jamie L. Whitten (D), from November 4, 1941 3. William M. Whittington (D) 4. Aaron L. Ford (D) 5. Ross A. Collins (D) 6. William M. Colmer (D) 7. Dan R. McGehee (D) Missouri 1. Milton A. Romjue (D) 2. William L. Nelson (D) 3. Richard M. Duncan (D) 4. C. Jasper Bell (D) 5. Joe Shannon (D) 6. Philip A. Bennett (R), until December 7, 1942 7. Dewey J. Short (R) 8. Clyde Williams (D) 9. Clarence Cannon (D) 10. Orville Zimmerman (D) 11. John B. Sullivan (D) 12. Walter C. Ploeser (R) 13. John J. Cochran (D) Montana 1. Jeannette Rankin (R) 2. James F. O'Connor (D) Nebraska 1. Oren S. Copeland (R) 2. Charles F. McLaughlin (D) 3. Karl Stefan (R) 4. Carl Curtis (R) 5. Harry B. Coffee (D) Nevada At-large. James G. Scrugham (D), until December 7, 1942 New Hampshire 1. Arthur B. Jenks (R) 2. Foster Waterman Stearns (R)

New Jersey 1. Charles A. Wolverton (R) 2. Elmer H. Wene (D) 3. William H. Sutphin (D) 4. D. Lane Powers (R) 5. Charles A. Eaton (R) 6. Donald H. McLean (R) 7. J. Parnell Thomas (R) 8. Gordon Canfield (R) 9. Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (R) 10. Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R) 11. Albert L. Vreeland (R) 12. Robert Kean (R) 13. Mary Teresa Norton (D) 14. Edward J. Hart (D) New Mexico At-large. Clinton Presba Anderson (D) New York 1. Leonard W. Hall (R) 2. William Bernard Barry (D) 3. Joseph L. Pfeifer (D) 4. Thomas H. Cullen (D) 5. James J. Heffernan (D) 6. Andrew Lawrence Somers (D) 7. John J. Delaney (D) 8. Donald L. O'Toole (D) 9. Eugene James Keogh (D) 10. Emanuel Celler (D) 11. James A. O'Leary (D) 12. Samuel Dickstein (D) 13. Louis Capozzoli (D) 14. Morris Michael Edelstein (D), until June 4, 1941 Arthur George Klein (D), from July 29, 1941 15. Michael J. Kennedy (D) 16. William T. Pheiffer (R) 17. Kenneth F. Simpson (R), until January 25, 1941 Joseph C. Baldwin (R), from March 11, 1941 18. Martin J. Kennedy (D) 19. Sol Bloom (D) 20. Vito Marcantonio (AL) 21. Joseph A. Gavagan (D) 22. Walter A. Lynch (D) 23. Charles A. Buckley (D) 24. James M. Fitzpatrick (D) 25. Ralph A. Gamble (R) 26. Hamilton Fish III (R) 27. Lewis K. Rockefeller (R) 28. William T. Byrne (D) 29. E. Harold Cluett (R) 30. Frank Crowther (R) 31. Clarence E. Kilburn (R) 32. Francis D. Culkin (R) 33. Fred J. Douglas (R) 34. Edwin Arthur Hall (R) 35. Clarence E. Hancock (R) 36. John Taber (R) 37. W. Sterling Cole (R) 38. Joseph J. O'Brien (R) 39. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (R) 40. Walter G. Andrews (R) 41. Alfred F. Beiter (D) 42. Pius L. Schwert (D), until March 11, 1941 John C. Butler (R), from April 22, 1941 43. Daniel A. Reed (R) At-large. Matthew J. Merritt (D) At-large. Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (D) North Carolina 1. Herbert Covington Bonner (D) 2. John H. Kerr (D) 3. Graham Arthur Barden (D) 4. Harold D. Cooley (D) 5. Alonzo Dillard Folger (D), until April 30, 1941 John Hamlin Folger (D), from June 14, 1941 6. Carl T. Durham (D) 7. J. Bayard Clark (D) 8. William O. Burgin (D) 9. Robert L. Doughton (D) 10. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) 11. Zebulon Weaver (D) North Dakota At-large. Charles R. Robertson (R) At-large. Usher L. Burdick (Nonpartisan Republican) Ohio At-large. George H. Bender (R) At-large. Stephen M. Young (D) 1. Charles H. Elston (R) 2. William E. Hess (R) 3. Greg J. Holbrock (D) 4. Robert Franklin Jones (R) 5. Cliff Clevenger (R) 6. Jacob E. Davis (D) 7. Clarence J. Brown (R) 8. Frederick Cleveland Smith (R) 9. John F. Hunter (D) 10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R) 11. Harold K. Claypool (D) 12. John M. Vorys (R) 13. Albert David Baumhart, Jr. (R), until September 2, 1942 14. Dow W. Harter (D) 15. Robert T. Secrest (D), until August 3, 1942 16. William R. Thom (D) 17. J. Harry McGregor (R) 18. Lawrence E. Imhoff (D) 19. Michael J. Kirwan (D) 20. Martin L. Sweeney (D) 21. Robert Crosser (D) 22. Frances P. Bolton (R) Oklahoma At-large. Will Rogers (D) 1. Wesley E. Disney (D) 2. John Conover Nichols (D) 3. Wilburn Cartwright (D) 4. Lyle Boren (D) 5. A. S. Mike Monroney (D) 6. Jed Johnson (D) 7. Sam C. Massingale (D), until January 17, 1941 Victor Wickersham (D), from April 1, 1941 8. Ross Rizley (R) Oregon 1. James W. Mott (R) 2. Walter M. Pierce (D) 3. Homer D. Angell (R) Pennsylvania 1. Leon Sacks (D) 2. James P. McGranery (D) 3. Michael J. Bradley (D) 4. John E. Sheridan (D) 5. Francis R. Smith (D) 6. Francis J. Myers (D) 7. Hugh Scott (R) 8. James Wolfenden (R) 9. Charles L. Gerlach (R) 10. J. Roland Kinzer (R) 11. Patrick J. Boland (D), until May 18, 1942 Veronica Grace Boland (D), from November 3, 1942 12. J. Harold Flannery (D), until January 3, 1942 Thomas B. Miller (R), from May 19, 1942 13. Ivor D. Fenton (R) 14. Guy L. Moser (D) 15. Albert G. Rutherford (R), until August 10, 1941 Wilson D. Gillette (R), from November 4, 1941 16. Robert F. Rich (R) 17. J. William Ditter (R) 18. Richard M. Simpson (R) 19. John C. Kunkel (R) 20. Benjamin Jarrett (R) 21. Francis E. Walter (D) 22. Harry L. Haines (D) 23. James E. Van Zandt (R) 24. J. Buell Snyder (D) 25. Charles I. Faddis (D), until December 4, 1942 26. Louis E. Graham (R) 27. Harve Tibbott (R) 28. Augustine B. Kelley (D) 29. Robert L. Rodgers (R) 30. Thomas E. Scanlon (D) 31. Samuel A. Weiss (D) 32. Herman P. Eberharter (D) 33. Joseph A. McArdle (D), until January 5, 1942 Elmer J. Holland (D), from May 19, 1942 34. James A. Wright (D) Rhode Island 1. Aime Forand (D) 2. John E. Fogarty (D) South Carolina 1. L. Mendel Rivers (D) 2. Hampton P. Fulmer (D) 3. Butler B. Hare (D) 4. Joseph R. Bryson (D) 5. James P. Richards (D) 6. John L. McMillan (D) South Dakota 1. Karl Earl Mundt (R) 2. Francis H. Case (R) Tennessee 1. B. Carroll Reece (R) 2. John Jennings, Jr. (R) 3. Estes Kefauver (D) 4. Albert Gore, Sr. (D) 5. Percy Priest (D) 6. W. Wirt Courtney (D) 7. Herron C. Pearson (D) 8. Jere Cooper (D) 9. Clifford Davis (D) Texas 1. Wright Patman (D) 2. Martin Dies, Jr. (D) 3. Lindley Beckworth (D) 4. Sam Rayburn (D) 5. Hatton W. Sumners (D) 6. Luther Alexander Johnson (D) 7. Nat Patton (D) 8. Albert Thomas (D) 9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D) 10. Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 11. William R. Poage (D) 12. Fritz G. Lanham (D) 13. Ed Gossett (D) 14. Richard M. Kleberg (D) 15. Milton H. West (D) 16. R. Ewing Thomason (D) 17. Sam M. Russell (D) 18. Eugene Worley (D) 19. George H. Mahon (D) 20. Paul J. Kilday (D) 21. Charles L. South (D) Utah 1. Walter K. Granger (D) 2. J. W. Robinson (D) Vermont At-large. Charles Albert Plumley (R) Virginia 1. S. Otis Bland (D) 2. Colgate Darden (D), until March 1, 1941 Winder R. Harris (D), from April 8, 1941 3. Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. (D) 4. Patrick H. Drewry (D) 5. Thomas G. Burch (D) 6. Clifton A. Woodrum (D) 7. Absalom Willis Robertson (D) 8. Howard W. Smith (D) 9. John W. Flannagan, Jr. (D) Washington 1. Warren Magnuson (D) 2. Henry M. Jackson (D) 3. Martin F. Smith (D) 4. Knute Hill (D) 5. Charles H. Leavy (D), until August 1, 1942 6. John M. Coffee (D) West Virginia 1. Robert L. Ramsay (D) 2. Jennings Randolph (D) 3. Andrew Edmiston, Jr. (D) 4. George William Johnson (D) 5. John Kee (D) 6. Joe L. Smith (D) Wisconsin 1. Stephen Bolles (R), until July 8, 1941 Lawrence H. Smith (R), from August 29, 1941 2. Harry Sauthoff (P) 3. William H. Stevenson (R) 4. Thaddeus Wasielewski (D) 5. Lewis D. Thill (R) 6. Frank Bateman Keefe (R) 7. Reid F. Murray (R) 8. Joshua L. Johns (R) 9. Merlin Hull (P) 10. Bernard J. Gehrmann (P) Wyoming At-large. John J. McIntyre (D) Non-voting members Alaska Territory. Anthony J. Dimond (D) Hawaii Territory. Samuel Wilder King (R) Philippines. Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (Ind.) Puerto Rico. Bolívar Pagán (Socialist)

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

Changes in membership

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

Senate

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

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 1]
West Virginia (2)	Matthew M. Neely (D)	Resigned January 12, 1941, after being elected Governor of West Virginia. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently lost. In addition, successor took oath of office after the Senate resolved a challenge to the appointment.	Joseph Rosier (D)	January 13, 1941
Arkansas (2)	John E. Miller (D)	Resigned March 31, 1941, after being appointed judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Successor was appointed to finish the term.	G. Lloyd Spencer (D)	April 1, 1941
Texas (2)	Morris Sheppard (D)	Died April 9, 1941. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	Andrew Jackson Houston (D)	April 21, 1941
Mississippi (2)	Pat Harrison (D)	Died June 22, 1941. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	James Eastland (D)	June 30, 1941
Texas (2)	Andrew Jackson Houston (D)	Died June 26, 1941. Successor was elected to finish term.	W. Lee O'Daniel (D)	June 28, 1941
South Carolina (2)	James F. Byrnes (D)	Resigned July 17, 1941, after being appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	Alva M. Lumpkin (D)	July 22, 1941
South Carolina (2)	Alva M. Lumpkin (D)	Died August 1, 1941. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	Roger C. Peace (D)	August 5, 1941
Mississippi (2)	James Eastland (D)	Appointee did not seek election to finish term. Successor was elected September 28, 1941, to finish term.	Wall Doxey (D)	September 29, 1941
South Carolina (2)	Roger C. Peace (D)	Appointee did not seek election to finish term. Successor was elected November 4, 1941, to finish term.	Burnet R. Maybank (D)	November 5, 1941
Colorado (3)	Alva B. Adams (D)	Died December 1, 1941. Successor was appointed to serve until the November 3, 1942, special election, which he won.	Eugene Millikin (R)	December 20, 1941
West Virginia (2)	Joseph Rosier (D)	Appointee lost election November 17, 1942, to finish the term. Successor was elected to finish term.	Hugh Shott (R)	November 18, 1942
Minnesota (2)	Joseph H. Ball (R)	Appointee did not seek election to finish term. Successor was elected November 17, 1942, to finish term.	Arthur E. Nelson (R)	November 18, 1942
Nevada (1)	Berkeley L. Bunker (D)	Appointee lost election December 7, 1942, to finish the term. Successor was elected to finish term.	James G. Scrugham (D)	December 7, 1942

House of Representatives

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

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 1]
Oklahoma 7th	Sam C. Massingale (D)	Died January 17, 1941	Victor Wickersham (D)	April 1, 1941
New York 17th	Kenneth F. Simpson (R)	Died January 25, 1941	Joseph C. Baldwin (R)	March 11, 1941
Alabama 7th	Walter W. Bankhead (D)	Resigned February 1, 1941	Carter Manasco (D)	June 24, 1941
Maryland 6th	William D. Byron (D)	Died February 27, 1941	Katharine Byron (D)	May 27, 1941
Virginia 2nd	Colgate Darden (D)	Resigned March 1, 1941, to run for Governor of Virginia	Winder R. Harris (D)	April 8, 1941
New York 42nd	Pius L. Schwert (D)	Died March 11, 1941	John C. Butler (R)	April 22, 1941
North Carolina 5th	Alonzo D. Folger (D)	Died April 30, 1941	John H. Folger (D)	June 14, 1941
New York 14th	Morris M. Edelstein (D)	Died June 4, 1941	Arthur G. Klein (D)	July 29, 1941
Wisconsin 1st	Stephen Bolles (R)	Died July 8, 1941	Lawrence H. Smith (R)	August 29, 1941
Pennsylvania 15th	Albert G. Rutherford (R)	Died August 10, 1941	Wilson D. Gillette (R)	November 4, 1941
Colorado 4th	Edward T. Taylor (D)	Died September 3, 1941	Robert F. Rockwell (R)	December 9, 1941
Mississippi 2nd	Wall Doxey (D)	Resigned September 28, 1941, after being elected to the US Senate	Jamie L. Whitten (D)	November 4, 1941
California 17th	Lee E. Geyer (D)	Died October 11, 1941	Cecil R. King (D)	August 25, 1942
Massachusetts 7th	Lawrence J. Connery (D)	Died October 19, 1941	Thomas J. Lane (D)	December 30, 1941
Connecticut 5th	J. Joseph Smith (D)	Resigned November 4, 1941, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut	Joseph E. Talbot (R)	January 20, 1942
Pennsylvania 12th	J. Harold Flannery (D)	Resigned January 3, 1942, after becoming judge of common pleas for Luzerne County, PA	Thomas B. Miller (R)	May 19, 1942
Pennsylvania 33rd	Joseph A. McArdle (D)	Resigned January 5, 1942, after being elected to the Pittsburgh City Council	Elmer J. Holland (D)	May 19, 1942
Pennsylvania 11th	Patrick J. Boland (D)	Died May 18, 1942	Veronica G. Boland (D)	November 3, 1942
Washington 5th	Arthur D. Healey (D)	Resigned August 1, 1942, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington	Vacant until the next Congress
Massachusetts 8th	Charles H. Leavy (D)	Resigned August 3, 1942, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts	Vacant until the next Congress
Ohio 15th	Robert T. Secrest (D)	Resigned August 3, 1942, after accepting a commission in the U.S. Navy	Vacant until the next Congress
Ohio 13th	Albert D. Baumhart, Jr. (R)	Resigned September 2, 1942, after accepting a commission in the U.S. Navy	Vacant until the next Congress
Iowa 9th	Vincent F. Harrington (D)	Resigned September 5, 1942, after accepting a commission as major in the United States Army	Harry E. Narey (R)	November 3, 1942
California 3rd	Frank H. Buck (D)	Died September 17, 1942	Vacant until the next Congress
Maryland 2nd	William Purington Cole, Jr. (D)	Resigned October 26, 1942, after being appointed judge for the U.S. Customs Court	Vacant until the next Congress
Pennsylvania 25th	Charles I. Faddis (D)	Resigned December 4, 1942, to enter the US Army	Vacant until the next Congress
Illinois 4th	Harry P. Beam (D)	Resigned December 6, 1942, after being elected judge for the municipal court of Chicago	Vacant until the next Congress
Illinois 6th	A. F. Maciejewski (D)	Resigned December 6, 1942	Vacant until the next Congress
Missouri 6th	Philip A. Bennett (R)	Died December 7, 1942	Vacant until the next Congress
Nevada At-large	James G. Scrugham (D)	Resigned December 7, 1942, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant until the 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 (4 links), 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: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: George W. Norris) Agricultural Labor Shortages in the West (Special) Appropriations (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye) Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Scott W. Lucas; Ranking Member: N/A) Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey) Civil Service (Chairman: William J. Bulow; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White, Jr.) Civil Service Laws (Special) Claims (Chairman: Prentiss M. Brown; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper) Commerce (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary) District of Columbia (Chairman: Pat McCarran; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper) Education and Labor (Chairman: Elbert D. Thomas; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.) Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Hattie W. Caraway; Ranking Member: Clyde M. Reed) Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member: James J. Davis) Finance (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.) Foreign Relations (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson) Fiscal Affairs of the Government (Special) Fuel Situation in the Middle West (Special) Fuels in the Areas West of the Mississippi (Special) Gasoline and Fuel Oil Shortages (Special) Immigration (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson) Indian Affairs (Chairman: Elmer Thomas; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.) Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Bennett Champ Clark; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges) Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Burton K. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White, Jr.) Investigate the National Defense Program (Special) Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: John H. Bankhead II; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary) Judiciary (Chairman: Frederick Van Nuys; Ranking Member: George W. Norris) Library (Chairman: Alben W. Barkley; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary) Manufactures (Chairman: John H. Overton; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.) Military Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Reynolds; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin) Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joseph F. Guffey; Ranking Member: James J. Davis) Naval Affairs (Chairman: David I. Walsh; Ranking Member: James J. Davis) Old-Age Pension System (Select) Patents (Chairman: Homer T. Bone; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White, Jr.) Pensions (Chairman: Henry H. Schwartz; Ranking Member: Henrik Shipstead) Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.) Printing (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Chan Gurney) Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Theodore F. Green; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin) Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Francis Maloney; Ranking Member: W. Warren Barbour) Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Carl A. Hatch; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye) Rules (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg) Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special) (Chairman: Guy M. Gillette) Small Business Enterprises (Special) (Chairman: James E. Murray) Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Gerald P. Nye) Whole Wildlife Resources (Special) (Chairman: Bennett Champ Clark) Wool Production (Special) (Chairman: Alva B. Adams) House of Representatives Accounts (Chairman: John J. Cochran; Ranking Member: James Wolfenden) Agriculture (Chairman: Hampton P. Fulmer; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope) Air Accidents (Select) (Chairman: Jack Nichols) Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber) Banking and Currency (Chairman: Henry B. Steagall; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott) Census (Chairman: Guy L. Moser; Ranking Member: J. Roland Kinzer) Civil Service (Chairman: Robert Ramspeck; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers) Claims (Chairman: Dan R. McGehee; Ranking Member: J. Parnell Thomas) Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Andrew Somers; Ranking Member: Chauncey W. Reed) Conservation of Wildlife Resources (Select) (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson) Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Alfred J. Elliott; Ranking Member: Bertrand W. Gearhart) District of Columbia (Chairman: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Everett M. Dirksen) Education (Chairman: William H. Larrabee; Ranking Member: George A. Dondero) Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Caroline O'Day; Ranking Member: George H. Tinkham) Elections No.#1 (Chairman: C. Jasper Bell; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Hancock) Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Joseph A. Gavagan; Ranking Member: Francis D. Culkin) Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Albert Thomas; Ranking Member: Charles A. Plumley) Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan; Ranking Member: Charles Aubrey Eaton) Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: James A. O'Leary; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford) Flood Control (Chairman: William M. Whittington; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright) Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Sol Bloom; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish III) Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Samuel Dickstein; Ranking Member: Noah M. Mason) Indian Affairs (Chairman: Will Rogers; Ranking Member: Fred C. Gilchrist) Insular Affairs (Chairman: Leo Kocialkowski; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch) Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Clarence F. Lea; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton) Investigate National Defense Migration (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John Lesinski; Ranking Member: Robert F. Jones) Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Compton I. White; Ranking Member: Dewey Jackson Short) Judiciary (Chairman: Hatton W. Sumners; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer) Labor (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch) Library (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway) Memorials (Chairman: Harry P. Beam; Ranking Member: Frank Crowther) Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch) Military Affairs (Chairman: Andrew J. May; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews) Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joe L. Smith; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright) Naval Affairs (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Melvin J. Maas) Patents (Chairman: Charles Kramer; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley, Jr.) Pensions (Chairman: Martin F. Smith; Ranking Member: Fred J. Douglas) Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Milton A. Romjue; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley, Jr.) Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Fritz G. Lanham; Ranking Member: Pehr G. Holmes) Public Lands (Chairman: Martin F. Smith; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright) Revision of Laws (Chairman: Milton A. Romjue; Ranking Member: Earl C. Michener) Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: J.W. Robinson; Ranking Member: Albert E. Carter) Roads (Chairman: Wilburn Cartwright; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott) Rules (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish III) Small Business (Select) Standards of Official Conduct Territories (Chairman: Robert A. Green; Ranking Member: Lewis K. Rockefeller) War Claims (Chairman: Joseph A. Gavagan; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman) Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway) World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers) Whole Joint committees Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect (Chairman: Sen. Matthew M. Neely) Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Forestry (Chairman: Sen. John H. Bankhead II; Vice Chairman: Rep. Hampton P. Fulmer) United States Congress Joint Committee on Government Organization (Chairman: Sen. James F. Byrnes) The Library (Chairman: Sen. Alben W. Barkley) Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Pete Jarman) Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures Taxation (Chairman: Sen. Pat Harrison then Rep. Robert L. Doughton; Vice Chairman: Sen. Walter F. George) To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States (Chairman: J. Hardin Peterson) Caucuses Democratic (House) Democratic (Senate) Employees 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: Lindsay C. Warren Librarian of Congress: Archibald MacLeish Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack Senate Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey Librarian: Ruskin McArdle Secretary for the Majority: Leslie Biffle Secretary for the Minority: Carl A. Loeffler Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins Chaplain: ZeBarney Thorne Phillips (Episcopal), until May 1942 Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist), after October 10, 1942 House of Representatives Clerk: South Trimble Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler Reading Clerks: Roger M. Calloway (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott Postmaster: Finis E. Scott Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist) See also United States elections, 1940 (elections leading to this Congress) 1940 United States presidential election United States Senate elections, 1940 United States House of Representatives elections, 1940 United States elections, 1942 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) United States Senate elections, 1942 United States House of Representatives elections, 1942 Notes This is the date the member was seated or an oath administered, not necessarily the same date her/his service began. References House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 77th Congress (PDF). Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress, 1st Session. Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress, 1st Session (Revision). Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress, 2nd Session. Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).