72nd United States Congress

72nd United States Congress

71st ← → 73rd United States Capitol (1906) Duration: March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 Senate President: Charles Curtis Senate Pres. pro tem: George H. Moses House Speaker: John N. Garner Members: 96 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members Senate Majority: Republican House Majority: Democratic Sessions 1st: December 7, 1931 – July 16, 1932 2nd: December 2, 1932 – March 3, 1933

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 4, 1933, during the last two years of Herbert C. Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Major events

See also: 1931 in the United States, 1932 in the United States, and 1933 in the United States

• Ongoing: Great Depression
• January 12, 1932: Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to the United States Senate. (Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia had been appointed to fill a vacancy in 1922; 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 again in 1938 and served in the Senate until January 1945.
• July 28, 1932: Bonus Army was dispersed.
• November 8, 1932: United States elections, 1932:
  • United States presidential election, 1932: Incumbent Republicans Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis lost to Democrats Franklin Roosevelt as President, and John Nance Garner as Vice President.
  • United States Senate elections, 1932: Democrats gained 12 seats for a 59–36 majority.
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1932: Democrats gained 97 seats for a 313–117 majority.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 72nd United States Congress

• January 22, 1932: Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, Sess. 1, ch. 8, 47 Stat. 5
• March 23, 1932: Norris-LaGuardia Act, Sess. 1, ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70
• June 6, 1932: Revenue Act of 1932, Sess. 1, ch. 209, 47 Stat. 169
• July 22, 1932: Federal Home Loan Bank Act, Sess. 1, ch. 522, 47 Stat. 725
• March 3, 1933: Buy American Act, Sess. 2, ch. 212, title III, 47 Stat. 1520

Not enacted

• Patman Bonus Bill

Constitutional amendments

• February 20, 1933: 21st Amendment, to repeal prohibition, was proposed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification.

Party summary

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

Senate

	Party (Shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Farmer-Labor (FL)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	41	1	54	96	0
Begin	46	1	48	95	1
End
Final voting share	48.4%	1.1%	50.5%
Beginning of the next congress	59	1	36	96	0

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Farmer-Labor	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Congress	164	1	269	435	1
Begin	215	1	218	434	1
March 16, 1931	214			433	2
May 12, 1931	215			434	1
May 26, 1931			217	433	2
May 29, 1931	214			432	3
July 4, 1931			216	431	4
July 13, 1931	213			430	5
July 18, 1931			215	429	6
July 28, 1931	212			428	7
August 9, 1931		1	214	429	8
September 9, 1931	213			428	7
September 29, 1931	214		214	429	6
October 13, 1931			215	430	5
October 18, 1931			214	429	6
October 22, 1931	214		213	428	7
November 3, 1931	217		215	433	2
November 6, 1931			214	432	3
November 24, 1931	218			433	2
December 1, 1931 Beginning of first session	219	1	214	434	1
January 5, 1932	220			435	0
January 29, 1932			213	434	1
February 4, 1932	218			432	3
March 2, 1932	219			433	2
March 15, 1932	220			434	1
April 1, 1932			212	433	2
April 5, 1932	221		211
April 21, 1932			210	432	3
April 26, 1932			211	433	2
May 31, 1932			210	432	3
June 14, 1932	220			431	4
July 23, 1932	219			430	5
August 14, 1932	220	1		431	4
October 5, 1932	219			430	5
October 7, 1932	218			429	6
November 6, 1932	217			428	7
November 8, 1932	220		212	433	2
November 29, 1932			211	432	3
December 3, 1932			210	431	4
December 13, 1932	219			430	5
January 7, 1933			209	429	6
January 8, 1933			208	428	7
January 28, 1933	220			429	6
February 16, 1933			207	428	7
Final voting share	51.4%	0.2%	48.4%
Non-voting members	0	0	2	5	0
Beginning of next Congress	256	1	178	434	1

Leadership

President of the Senate
Charles Curtis (R)

Speaker of the House
John N. Garner (D)

Senate

• President: Charles Curtis (R)
• President pro tempore: George H. Moses (R)

Majority (Republican)

• Majority Leader: James E. Watson (R)
• Majority Whip: Simeon D. Fess (R)

Minority (Democratic)

• Minority Leader: Joseph T. Robinson (D)
• Minority Whip: Morris Sheppard (D)

House Majority Leader Henry Rainey (D, left) and House Minority Leader Bertrand Snell (R, right), December 8, 1931

House of Representatives

Former-Speaker Nicholas Longworth (R), who died during this Congress

Republican Nicholas Longworth had served as Speaker in the previous Congress. He would have been re-elected as Speaker in this Congress had the House convened in March 1931, when Republicans had a tiny 3-seat majority. By December 7, 1931, when the first session of the Congress began, Democrats gained enough seats through deaths and special elections to take control and elect one of their own as Speaker. Longworth himself died on April 9, 1931, during this time between the beginning of the Congress and its first session.

• Speaker: John N. Garner (D)

Majority (Democratic)

• Majority Leader: Henry T. Rainey (D)

Minority (Republican)

• Minority Leader: Bertrand H. Snell (R)

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: United States Senate elections, 1930

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 1930

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.

Alabama

• 3. Hugo Black (D)
• 2. John H. Bankhead, II (D)

Arizona

• 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D)
• 3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

• 2. Joseph T. Robinson (D)
• 3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D), until November 6, 1931
  • Hattie Caraway (D), from November 13, 1931

California

• 1. Hiram Johnson (R)
• 3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)

Colorado

• 3. Charles W. Waterman (R), until August 27, 1932
  • Walter Walker (D), September 16, 1932 – December 6, 1932
  • Karl C. Schuyler (R), from December 7, 1932
• 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), until April 18, 1932
  • John S. Cohen (D), April 25, 1932 – January 11, 1933
  • Richard Russell, Jr. (D), from January 12, 1933
• 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 Long (D), from January 25, 1932

Maine

• 1. Frederick Hale (R)
• 2. Wallace H. White, Jr. (R)

Maryland

• 3. Millard 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. Pat Harrison (D)
• 1. Hubert D. Stephens (D)

Missouri

• 3. Harry B. Hawes (D), until February 3, 1933
  • Bennett Champ Clark (D), from February 3, 1933
• 1. Roscoe C. Patterson (R)

Montana

• 2. Thomas J. Walsh (D), until March 2, 1933
• 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)

Nebraska

• 2. George W. Norris (R)
• 1. Robert B. Howell (R)

Nevada

• 1. Key Pittman (D)
• 3. Tasker Oddie (R)

New Hampshire

• 3. George H. Moses (R)
• 2. Henry W. Keyes (R)

New Jersey

• 1. Hamilton F. Kean (R)
• 2. Dwight Morrow (R), until October 5, 1931
  • W. Warren Barbour (R), from December 1, 1931

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), until December 4, 1932
  • Robert R. Reynolds (D), from December 5, 1932
• 2. Josiah W. Bailey (D)

North Dakota

• 1. Lynn Frazier (R)
• 3. Gerald Nye (R)

Ohio

• 1. Simeon D. Fess (R)
• 3. Robert J. Bulkley (D)

Oklahoma

• 3. Elmer Thomas (D)
• 2. Thomas 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 McKellar (D)
• 2. Cordell Hull (D)

Texas

• 2. Morris Sheppard (D)
• 1. Tom Connally (D)

Utah

• 3. Reed Smoot (R)
• 1. William H. King (D)

Vermont

• 1. Porter H. Dale (R)
• 3. Frank C. Partridge (R), until March 31, 1931
  • Warren Austin (R), from April 1, 1931

Virginia

• 1. Claude A. Swanson (D)
• 2. Carter Glass (D)

Washington

• 3. Wesley L. Jones (R), until November 19, 1932
  • Elijah S. Grammer (R), from November 22, 1932
• 1. Clarence 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)

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 "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

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), until March 3, 1933

Arkansas

• 1. William J. Driver (D)
• 2. John E. Miller (D)
• 3. Claude A. Fuller (D)
• 4. Effiegene L. Wingo (D)
• 5. Heartsill Ragon (D)
• 6. David D. Glover (D)
• 7. Tilman B. Parks (D)

California

• 1. Clarence F. Lea (D)
• 2. Harry L. Englebright (R)
• 3. Charles F. Curry, Jr. (R)
• 4. Florence P. Kahn (R)
• 5. Richard J. Welch (R)
• 6. Albert E. Carter (R)
• 7. Henry E. Barbour (R)
• 8. Arthur M. Free (R)
• 9. William E. Evans (R)
• 10. Joe Crail (R)
• 11. Phil 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. Augustine Lonergan (D)
• 2. Richard P. Freeman (R)
• 3. John Q. Tilson (R), until December 3, 1932
• 4. William L. Tierney (D)
• 5. Edward W. Goss (R)

Delaware

• At-large. Robert G. Houston (R)

Florida

• 1. Herbert J. Drane (D)
• 2. Robert A. Green (D)
• 3. Tom A. Yon (D)
• 4. Ruth Bryan Owen (D)

Georgia

• 1. Charles G. Edwards (D), until July 13, 1931
  • Homer C. Parker (D), from September 9, 1931
• 2. Edward E. Cox (D)
• 3. Charles R. Crisp (D), until October 7, 1932
  • Bryant T. Castellow (D), from November 8, 1932
• 4. William C. Wright (D)
• 5. Robert Ramspeck (D)
• 6. Samuel Rutherford (D), until February 4, 1932
  • Carlton Mobley (D), from March 2, 1932
• 7. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
• 8. Charles H. Brand (D)
• 9. John S. Wood (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. Edward A. Kelly (D)
• 4. Harry P. Beam (D)
• 5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
• 6. James T. Igoe (D)
• 7. Leonard W. Schuetz (D)
• 8. Peter C. Granata (R), until April 5, 1932
  • Stanley H. Kunz (D), from April 5, 1932
• 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)
• 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. J. Earl Major (D)
• 22. Charles A. Karch (D), until November 6, 1932
• 23. William W. Arnold (D)
• 24. Claude V. Parsons (D)
• 25. Kent E. Keller (D)
• At-large. William H. Dieterich (D)
• At-large. Richard Yates (R)

Indiana

• 1. John W. Boehne, Jr. (D)
• 2. Arthur H. Greenwood (D)
• 3. Eugene B. Crowe (D)
• 4. Harry C. Canfield (D)
• 5. Courtland C. Gillen (D)
• 6. William H. Larrabee (D)
• 7. Louis Ludlow (D)
• 8. Albert H. Vestal (R), until April 1, 1932
• 9. Fred S. Purnell (R)
• 10. William R. Wood (R)
• 11. Glenn Griswold (D)
• 12. David Hogg (R)
• 13. Samuel B. Pettengill (D)

Iowa

• 1. William F. Kopp (R)
• 2. Bernhard M. Jacobsen (D)
• 3. Thomas J. B. Robinson (R)
• 4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
• 5. Cyrenus Cole (R)
• 6. C. William Ramseyer (R)
• 7. Cassius C. Dowell (R)
• 8. Lloyd Thurston (R)
• 9. Charles E. Swanson (R)
• 10. Fred C. Gilchrist (R)
• 11. Ed H. Campbell (R)

Kansas

• 1. William P. Lambertson (R)
• 2. Ulysses S. Guyer (R)
• 3. Harold C. McGugin (R)
• 4. Homer Hoch (R)
• 5. James G. Strong (R)
• 6. Charles I. Sparks (R)
• 7. Clifford R. Hope (R)
• 8. William A. Ayres (D)

Kentucky

• 1. William V. Gregory (D)
• 2. Glover H. Cary (D)
• 3. John W. Moore (D)
• 4. Cap R. Carden (D)
• 5. Maurice H. Thatcher (R)
• 6. Brent Spence (D)
• 7. Virgil Chapman (D)
• 8. Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D)
• 9. Fred M. Vinson (D)
• 10. Andrew J. May (D)
• 11. Charles Finley (R)

Louisiana

• 1. Joachim O. Fernández (D)
• 2. Paul H. Maloney (D)
• 3. Numa F. Montet (D)
• 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), until March 16, 1931
  • John H. Overton (D), from May 12, 1931

Maine

• 1. Carroll L. Beedy (R)
• 2. Donald B. Partridge (R)
• 3. John E. Nelson (R)
• 4. Donald F. Snow (R)

Maryland

• 1. T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
• 2. William P. Cole, Jr. (D)
• 3. Vincent L. Palmisano (D)
• 4. J. Charles Linthicum (D), until October 5, 1932
  • Ambrose J. Kennedy (D), from November 8, 1932
• 5. Stephen W. Gambrill (D)
• 6. David J. Lewis (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
• 2. William J. Granfield (D)
• 3. Frank H. Foss (R)
• 4. Pehr G. Holmes (R)
• 5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
• 6. Abram Andrew (R)
• 7. William P. Connery, Jr. (D)
• 8. Frederick W. Dallinger (R), until October 1, 1932
• 9. Charles L. Underhill (R)
• 10. John J. Douglass (D)
• 11. George H. Tinkham (R)
• 12. John W. McCormack (D)
• 13. Robert Luce (R)
• 14. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
• 15. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)
• 16. Charles L. Gifford (R)

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. Seymour H. Person (R)
• 7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
• 8. Bird J. Vincent (R), until July 18, 1931
  • Michael J. Hart (D), from November 3, 1931
• 9. James C. McLaughlin (R), until November 29, 1932
• 10. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
• 11. Frank P. Bohn (R)
• 12. W. Frank James (R)
• 13. Clarence J. McLeod (R)

Minnesota

• 1. Victor Christgau (R)
• 2. Frank Clague (R)
• 3. August H. Andresen (R)
• 4. Melvin Maas (R)
• 5. William I. Nolan (R)
• 6. Harold Knutson (R)
• 7. Paul J. Kvale (FL)
• 8. William Pittenger (R)
• 9. Conrad Selvig (R)
• 10. Godfrey G. Goodwin (R), until February 16, 1933

Mississippi

• 1. John E. Rankin (D)
• 2. Wall Doxey (D)
• 3. William M. Whittington (D)
• 4. T. Jeff Busby (D)
• 5. Ross A. Collins (D)
• 6. Robert S. Hall (D)
• 7. Percy Quin (D), until February 4, 1932
  • Lawrence R. Ellzey (D), from March 15, 1932
• 8. James Collier (D)

Missouri

• 1. Milton A. Romjue (D)
• 2. Ralph F. Lozier (D)
• 3. Jacob L. Milligan (D)
• 4. David W. Hopkins (R)
• 5. Joe Shannon (D)
• 6. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
• 7. Samuel C. Major (D), until July 28, 1931
  • Robert D. Johnson (D), from September 29, 1931
• 8. William L. Nelson (D)
• 9. Clarence Cannon (D)
• 10. Henry F. Niedringhaus (R)
• 11. John J. Cochran (D)
• 12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
• 13. Clyde Williams (D)
• 14. James F. Fulbright (D)
• 15. Joe J. Manlove (R)
• 16. William E. Barton (D)

Montana

• 1. John M. Evans (D)
• 2. Scott Leavitt (R)

Nebraska

• 1. John H. Morehead (D)
• 2. Howard M. Baldrige (R)
• 3. Edgar Howard (D)
• 4. John N. Norton (D)
• 5. Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
• 6. Robert G. Simmons (R)

Nevada

• At-large. Samuel S. Arentz (R)

New Hampshire

• 1. Fletcher Hale (R), until October 22, 1931
  • William N. Rogers (D), from January 5, 1932
• 2. Edward H. Wason (R)

New Jersey

• 1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
• 2. Isaac Bacharach (R)
• 3. William H. Sutphin (D)
• 4. Charles A. Eaton (R)
• 5. Ernest R. Ackerman (R), until October 18, 1931
  • Percy H. Stewart (D), from December 1, 1931
• 6. Randolph Perkins (R)
• 7. George N. Seger (R)
• 8. Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R)
• 9. Peter A. Cavicchia (R)
• 10. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
• 11. Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D)
• 12. Mary T. Norton (D)

New Mexico

• At-large. Dennis Chavez (D)

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 J. Delaney (D), from November 3, 1931
• 8. Patrick J. Carley (D)
• 9. Stephen A. Rudd (D)
• 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. Martin J. Kennedy (D)
• 19. Sol Bloom (D)
• 20. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)
• 21. Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
• 22. Anthony J. Griffin (D)
• 23. Frank A. Oliver (D)
• 24. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
• 25. Charles D. Millard (R)
• 26. Hamilton Fish, Jr. (R)
• 27. Harcourt J. Pratt (R)
• 28. Parker Corning (D)
• 29. James S. Parker (R)
• 30. Frank Crowther (R)
• 31. Bertrand 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. Walter G. Andrews (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. Franklin W. Hancock, Jr. (D)
• 6. J. Bayard Clark (D)
• 7. J. Walter Lambeth (D)
• 8. Robert L. Doughton (D)
• 9. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
• 10. Zebulon Weaver (D)

North Dakota

• 1. Olger B. Burtness (R)
• 2. Thomas Hall (R)
• 3. James H. Sinclair (R)

Ohio

• 1. Nicholas Longworth (R), until April 9, 1931
  • John B. Hollister (R), from November 3, 1931
• 2. William E. Hess (R)
• 3. Byron B. Harlan (D)
• 4. John L. Cable (R)
• 5. Frank C. Kniffin (D)
• 6. James G. Polk (D)
• 7. Charles Brand (R)
• 8. Grant E. Mouser, Jr. (R)
• 9. Wilbur M. White (R)
• 10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
• 11. Mell G. Underwood (D)
• 12. Arthur P. Lamneck (D)
• 13. William L. Fiesinger (D)
• 14. Francis Seiberling (R)
• 15. C. Ellis Moore (R)
• 16. Charles B. McClintock (R)
• 17. Charles F. West (D)
• 18. B. Frank Murphy (R)
• 19. John G. Cooper (R)
• 20. Charles A. Mooney (D), until May 29, 1931
  • Martin L. Sweeney (D), from November 3, 1931
• 21. Robert Crosser (D)
• 22. Chester C. Bolton (R)

Oklahoma

• 1. Wesley E. Disney (D)
• 2. William W. Hastings (D)
• 3. Wilburn Cartwright (D)
• 4. Tom D. McKeown (D)
• 5. Fletcher B. Swank (D)
• 6. Jed Johnson (D)
• 7. James V. McClintic (D)
• 8. Milton C. Garber (R)

Oregon

• 1. Willis C. Hawley (R)
• 2. Robert R. Butler (R), until January 7, 1933
• 3. Charles H. Martin (D)

Pennsylvania

• 1. James M. Beck (R)
• 2. George S. Graham (R), until July 4, 1931
  • Edward L. Stokes (R), from November 3, 1931
• 3. Harry C. Ransley (R)
• 4. Benjamin M. Golder (R)
• 5. James J. Connolly (R)
• 6. George A. Welsh (R), until May 31, 1932
  • Robert L. Davis (R), from November 8, 1932
• 7. George P. Darrow (R)
• 8. James Wolfenden (R)
• 9. Henry W. Watson (R)
• 10. J. Roland Kinzer (R)
• 11. Patrick J. Boland (D)
• 12. C. Murray Turpin (R)
• 13. George F. Brumm (R)
• 14. Norton L. Lichtenwalner (D)
• 15. Louis T. McFadden (R)
• 16. Robert F. Rich (R)
• 17. Frederick W. Magrady (R)
• 18. Edward M. Beers (R), until April 21, 1932 (died)
  • Joseph F. Biddle (R), from November 8, 1932
• 19. Isaac H. Doutrich (R)
• 20. James R. Leech (R), until January 29, 1932
  • Howard W. Stull (R), from April 26, 1932
• 21. J. Banks Kurtz (R)
• 22. Harry L. Haines (D)
• 23. J. Mitchell Chase (R)
• 24. Samuel A. Kendall (R), until January 8, 1933
• 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. Edmund F. Erk (R)
• 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. Francis Condon (D)

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. Oscar Lovette (R)
• 2. J. Will Taylor (R)
• 3. Sam D. McReynolds (D)
• 4. John R. Mitchell (D)
• 5. Ewin L. Davis (D)
• 6. Joseph W. Byrns, Sr. (D)
• 7. Edward E. Eslick (D), until June 14, 1932
  • Willa M. B. Eslick (D), from August 14, 1932
• 8. Gordon Browning (D)
• 9. Jere Cooper (D)
• 10. Edward H. Crump (D)

Texas

• 1. Wright Patman (D)
• 2. Martin Dies, Jr. (D)
• 3. Morgan G. Sanders (D)
• 4. Sam Rayburn (D)
• 5. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
• 6. Luther Alexander Johnson (D)
• 7. Clay Stone Briggs (D)
• 8. Daniel E. Garrett (D), until December 13, 1932
  • Joe H. Eagle (D), from January 28, 1933
• 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. Harry M. Wurzbach (R), until November 6, 1931
  • Richard M. Kleberg (D), from November 24, 1931
• 15. John N. Garner (D)
• 16. R. Ewing Thomason (D)
• 17. Thomas L. Blanton (D)
• 18. J. Marvin Jones (D)

Utah

• 1. Don B. Colton (R)
• 2. Frederick C. Loofbourow (R)

Vermont

• 1. John E. Weeks (R)
• 2. Ernest Willard Gibson (R)

Virginia

• 1. S. Otis Bland (D)
• 2. Menalcus Lankford (R)
• 3. Andrew J. Montague (D)
• 4. Patrick Henry Drewry (D)
• 5. Thomas G. Burch (D)
• 6. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
• 7. John W. Fishburne (D)
• 8. Howard W. Smith (D)
• 9. John W. Flannagan, Jr. (D)
• 10. Henry St. George Tucker, III (D), until July 23, 1932
  • Joel W. Flood (D), from November 8, 1932

Washington

• 1. Ralph Horr (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. Lynn Hornor (D)
• 4. Robert L. Hogg (R)
• 5. Hugh Ike Shott (R)
• 6. Joe L. Smith (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. Thomas R. Amlie (R), from October 13, 1931
• 2. Charles A. Kading (R)
• 3. John M. Nelson (R)
• 4. John C. Schafer (R)
• 5. William H. Stafford (R)
• 6. Michael Reilly (D)
• 7. Gardner R. Withrow (R)
• 8. Gerald J. Boileau (R)
• 9. George J. Schneider (R)
• 10. James A. Frear (R)
• 11. Hubert H. Peavey (R)

Wyoming

• At-large. Vincent Carter (R)

Non-voting members

• Alaska Territory. James Wickersham (R)
• Hawaii Territory. Victor S. K. Houston (R)
• Philippines. Pedro Guevara
• Philippines. Camilo Osías
• Puerto Rico. Félix Córdova Dávila, until April 11, 1932
  • José Lorenzo Pesquera (I), from April 15, 1932

Changes in membership

Senate

• Replacements: 8
• No net gains for either party
• Deaths: 6
• Resignations: 3
• Interim appointments: 4
• Total seats with changes: 11

State	Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
Louisiana (2)	Vacant	Long chose to remain as Governor of Louisiana until term expired.	Huey Long (D)	January 25, 1932
Vermont (3)	Frank C. Partridge (R)	Resigned March 31, 1931 after successor was elected.	Warren Austin (R)	April 1, 1931
New Jersey (2)	Dwight Morrow (R)	Died October 5, 1931. Successor was appointed and later elected.	William W. Barbour (R)	December 1, 1931
Arkansas (3)	Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)	Died November 6, 1931. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, and was subsequently elected.	Hattie Caraway (D)	November 13, 1931
Georgia (2)	William J. Harris (D)	Died April 18, 1932. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	John S. Cohen (D)	April 25, 1932
Colorado (3)	Charles W. Waterman (R)	Died August 27, 1932. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Walter Walker (D)	September 16, 1932
Washington (3)	Wesley L. Jones (R)	Died November 19, 1932. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Elijah S. Grammer (R)	November 22, 1932
North Carolina (3)	Cameron A. Morrison (D)	Served until December 4, 1932, when the successor was elected.	Robert R Reynolds (D)	December 5, 1932
Colorado (3)	Walter Walker (D)	Resigned December 6, 1932, when the successor was elected.	Karl C. Schuyler (R)	December 7, 1932
Georgia (2)	John S. Cohen (D)	Resigned January 11, 1933, when the successor was elected.	Richard Russell, Jr. (D)	January 12, 1933
Missouri (3)	Harry B. Hawes (D)	Resigned February 3, 1933. Successor was appointed early after having been elected.	Bennett Champ Clark (D)	December 7, 1932
Montana (2)	Thomas J. Walsh (D)	Died March 2, 1933 Seat remained vacant until next Congress	Vacant

House of Representatives

• replacements: 23
  • Democratic: 6 seat net gain
  • Republican: 6 seat net loss
• Deaths: 24
• Resignations: 7
• Contested election: 1
• Total seats with changes: 32

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of successor's installation
Wisconsin 1st	Vacant	Representative Henry A. Cooper (R) died in previous congress.	Thomas R. Amlie (R)	October 13, 1931
Louisiana 8th	James B. Aswell (D)	Died March 16, 1931.	John H. Overton (D)	May 12, 1931
New York 7th	Matthew V. O'Malley (R)	Representative-elect died May 26, 1931.	John J. Delaney (D)	November 3, 1931
Ohio 20th	Charles A. Mooney (D)	Died May 29, 1931.	Martin L. Sweeney (D)	November 3, 1931
Pennsylvania 2nd	George S. Graham (R)	Died July 4, 1931.	Edward L. Stokes (R)	November 3, 1931
Georgia 1st	Charles G. Edwards (D)	Died July 13, 1931.	Homer C. Parker (D)	September 9, 1931
Michigan 8th	Bird J. Vincent (R)	Died July 18, 1931.	Michael J. Hart (D)	November 3, 1931
Missouri 7th	Samuel C. Major (D)	Died July 28, 1931.	Robert D. Johnson (D)	September 29, 1931
Ohio 1st	Nicholas Longworth (R)	Speaker of the House died August 9, 1931.	John B. Hollister (R)	November 3, 1931
New Jersey 5th	Ernest R. Ackerman (R)	Died October 18, 1931.	Percy H. Stewart (D)	December 1, 1931
New Hampshire 1st	Fletcher Hale (R)	Died October 22, 1931.	William N. Rogers (D)	January 5, 1932
Texas 14th	Harry M. Wurzbach (R)	Died November 6, 1931.	Richard M. Kleberg (D)	November 24, 1931
Pennsylvania 20th	James R. Leech (R)	Resigned January 29, 1932 to become a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals	Howard W. Stull (R)	April 26, 1932
Mississippi 7th	Percy Quin (D)	Died February 4, 1932.	Lawrence R. Ellzey (D)	March 15, 1932
Georgia 6th	Samuel Rutherford (D)	Died February 4, 1932.	Carlton Mobley (D)	March 2, 1932
Indiana 8th	Albert H. Vestal (R)	Died April 1, 1932.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
Illinois 8th	Peter C. Granata (R)	Lost contested election April 5, 1932	Stanley H. Kunz (D)	April 5, 1932
Puerto Rico At-large	Félix Córdova Dávila	resigned April 11, 1932 to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico	José Lorenzo Pesquera	April 15, 1932
Pennsylvania 18th	Edward M. Beers (R)	Died April 21, 1932.	Joseph F. Biddle (R)	November 8, 1932
Pennsylvania 6th	George A. Welsh (R)	Resigned May 31, 1932 to become judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania	Robert L. Davis (R)	November 8, 1932
Tennessee 7th	Edward E. Eslick (D)	Died June 14, 1932.	Willa McCord Blake Eslick (D)	August 14, 1932
Virginia 10th	Henry St. George Tucker III (D)	Died July 23, 1932.	Joel W. Flood (D)	November 8, 1932
Maryland 4th	J. Charles Linthicum (D)	Died October 5, 1932.	Ambrose J. Kennedy (D)	November 8, 1932
Georgia 3rd	Charles R. Crisp (D)	Resigned October 7, 1932 to become a member of the US Tariff Commission	Bryant T. Castellow (D)	November 8, 1932
Illinois 22nd	Charles A. Karch (D)	Resigned November 6, 1932	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
Michigan 9th	James C. McLaughlin (R)	Died November 29, 1932.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
Connecticut 3rd	John Q. Tilson (R)	Resigned December 3, 1932	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
Texas 8th	Daniel E. Garrett (D)	Died December 13, 1932.	Joe H. Eagle (D)	January 28, 1933
Oregon 2nd	Robert R. Butler (R)	Died January 7, 1933.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
Pennsylvania 24th	Samuel A. Kendall (R)	Died January 8, 1933.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.
Minnesota 10th	Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)	Died February 16, 1933.	Seat remained vacant until next Congress.

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn

Senate

• Chaplain: ZeBarney T. Phillips (Episcopalian)
• Secretary: Edwin P. Thayer
• Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry
• Democratic Party Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
• Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: James S. Montgomery (Methodist)
• Clerk: South Trimble
• Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
• Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
• Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists