74th United States Congress
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| 74th United States Congress | |
| Image:USCapitol1956.jpg United States Capitol (1956) | |
| Session: | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
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| President of the Senate: | John Nance Garner |
| President pro tempore of the Senate: | Key Pittman |
| Speaker of the House: | Joseph W. Byrns (1935-1936) William B. Bankhead (1936-1937) |
| Members: | 435 Representatives 96 Senators 4 Territorial Delegates |
| House Majority: | Democratic |
| Senate Majority: | Democratic |
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The Seventy-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3 1935 to January 3 1937, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fifteenth Census of the United States in 1930. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
[edit] Dates of sessions
January 3 1935 - January 3 1937
Previous congress: 73rd Congress
Next congress: 75th Congress
[edit] Major events
- Main article: Events of 1935; Events of 1936
[edit] Major legislation
- Social Security Act, including Aid to Dependent Children, Old Age Pension Act PL 74-271 (ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, et seq)[1]
- Robinson Patman Act ()
- Rural Electrification Act
- Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
- Commodities Exchange Act
[edit] Notable events
- Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long gave the second longest filibuster speech in Senate history up to that time, 15 hours and 30 minutes, on June 12th-13th, 1935 to retain a provision, opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt, requiring Senate confirmation for the National Recovery Administration's senior employees. Called by nature, Long's filibuster was finally defeated after he "headed" for the head. Two days later he was back and ready to fight for a liberalization of what would become known as the Social Security Act. [3] (The longest filibuster in Senate history was given by US senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes to keep the US Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957 in August. In 1964, a group of southern senators opposing the passage of another civil rights bill — the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — took turns talking for 75 days. [4])
[edit] Party summary
[edit] Senate
| Party | Members |
|---|---|
| Democrats | 69 |
| Republicans | 25 |
| Farmer-Labor | 1 |
| Progressive | 1 |
| Total | 96 |
[edit] House
| Party | Members |
|---|---|
| Democrats | 322 |
| Republicans | 103 |
| Progressive | 7 |
| Farmer-Labor | 3 |
| Total | 435 |
Also 2 Delegates, 3 Resident Commissioners
[edit] Officers
[edit] Senate
President of the Senate - John N. Garner
[edit] House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House:
- Joseph W. Byrns (Dem.)-(Tennessee) Died June 4, 1936.
- William B. Bankhead (Dem.)-(Alabama) Elected June 4, 1936.
- House Majority Leader:
- William B. Bankhead (Dem.)-(Alabama) Elected Speaker June 4, 1936.
- John J. O'Connor (Dem.)-(New York)
- House Minority Leader: Bertrand H. Snell (Rep.)-(New York)
- House Democratic Whip: Patrick J. Boland (Dem.)-(Pennsylvania)
- House Republican Whip: Harry L. Englebright (Rep.)-(California)
- House Democratic Caucus Chairman: Edward T. Taylor (Dem.)-(Colorado)
- House Republican Conference Chairman: Frederick R. Lehlbach (Rep.)-(New Jersey)
[edit] Members
[edit] Senate
Senators are popularly 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.
- See also: Category: United States Senators
- See also: Category: United States Congressional Delegations by state
[edit] House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide 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.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
- See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
- See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state
[edit] Employees
[edit] Senate
- Senate Parlimentarian [5]: Charles Watkins
[edit] House
- Clerk of the House: South Trimble
- Doorkeeper of the House: Joseph J. Sinnott
- Postmaster of the House: Finis E. Scott
- Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney
- Chaplain of the House: Rev. James Shera Montgomery - Methodist

