71st United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1929 in the United States, 1930 in the United States, 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,
• June 18, 1929: Reapportionment Act of 1929, ch. 28,
• May 14, 1930: Federal Bureau of Prisons Act, ch. 274,
• June 17, 1930: Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, ch. 497, , (including: Title III, Plant Patent Act, )
• July 3, 1930: Veterans Administration Act, ch. 863,
• March 3, 1931: Davis–Bacon Act, ch. 411,
• March 3, 1931: An Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States of America, ch. 436,

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

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• 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)
• Majority 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

Main article: List of United States senators in the 71st Congress

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.

[[List of United States senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

: 2. J. Thomas Heflin (D) : 3. Hugo Black (D)

[[List of United States senators from Arizona|Arizona]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: 2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) : 3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)

[[List of United States senators from California|California]]

: 1. Hiram W. Johnson (R) : 3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)

[[List of United States senators from Colorado|Colorado]]

: 2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R) : 3. Charles W. Waterman (R)

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: 1. Frederic C. Walcott (R) : 3. Hiram Bingham III (R)

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

: 1. John G. Townsend Jr. (R) : 2. Daniel O. Hastings (R)

[[List of United States senators from Florida|Florida]]

: 1. Park Trammell (D) : 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

[[List of United States senators from Georgia|Georgia]]

: 2. William J. Harris (D) : 3. Walter F. George (D)

[[List of United States senators from Idaho|Idaho]]

: 2. William E. Borah (R) : 3. John Thomas (R)

[[List of United States senators from Illinois|Illinois]]

: 2. Charles S. Deneen (R) : 3. Otis F. Glenn (R)

[[List of United States senators from Indiana|Indiana]]

: 1. Arthur R. Robinson (R) : 3. James E. Watson (R)

[[List of United States senators from Iowa|Iowa]]

: 2. Daniel F. Steck (D) : 3. Smith W. Brookhart (R)

[[List of United States senators from Kansas|Kansas]]

: 2. Arthur Capper (R) : 3. Henry Justin Allen (R), April 1, 1929 – November 30, 1930 :: George McGill (D), from December 1, 1930

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|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)

[[List of United States senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: 2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D) : 3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)

[[List of United States senators from Maine|Maine]]

: 1. Frederick Hale (R) : 2. Arthur R. Gould (R)

[[List of United States senators from Maryland|Maryland]]

: 1. Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) : 3. Millard Tydings (D)

[[List of United States senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: 1. David I. Walsh (D) : 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)

[[List of United States senators from Michigan|Michigan]]

: 1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) : 2. James J. Couzens (R)

[[List of United States senators from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: 1. Henrik Shipstead (FL) : 2. Thomas D. Schall (R)

[[List of United States senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: 1. Hubert D. Stephens (D) : 2. Pat Harrison (D)

[[List of United States senators from Missouri|Missouri]]

: 1. Roscoe C. Patterson (R) : 3. Harry B. Hawes (D)

[[List of United States senators from Montana|Montana]]

: 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D) : 2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)

[[List of United States senators from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Nevada|Nevada]]

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

[[List of United States senators from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

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

[[List of United States senators from New Jersey|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

[[List of United States senators from New Mexico|New Mexico]]

: 1. Bronson M. Cutting (R) : 2. Sam G. Bratton (D)

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

: 1. Royal S. Copeland (D) : 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D) : 3. Lee S. Overman (D), until December 12, 1930 :: Cameron A. Morrison (D), from December 13, 1930

[[List of United States senators from North Dakota|North Dakota]]

: 1. Lynn Frazier (R-NPL) : 3. Gerald Nye (R)

[[List of United States senators from Ohio|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

[[List of United States senators from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

: 2. William B. Pine (R) : 3. Elmer Thomas (D)

[[List of United States senators from Oregon|Oregon]]

: 2. Charles L. McNary (R) : 3. Frederick Steiwer (R)

[[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: 1. David A. Reed (R) : 3. Vacant until December 9, 1929 :: Joseph R. Grundy (R), December 11, 1929 – December 1, 1930 :: James J. Davis (R), from December 2, 1930

[[List of United States senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: 1. Felix Hebert (R) : 2. Jesse H. Metcalf (R)

[[List of United States senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: 2. Coleman L. Blease (D) : 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

[[List of United States senators from South Dakota|South Dakota]]

: 2. William H. McMaster (R) : 3. Peter Norbeck (R)

[[List of United States senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: 1. Kenneth McKellar (D) : 2. Lawrence Tyson (D), until August 24, 1929 :: William Emerson Brock (D), from September 2, 1929

[[List of United States senators from Texas|Texas]]

: 1. Tom T. Connally (D) : 2. Morris Sheppard (D)

[[List of United States senators from Utah|Utah]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Vermont|Vermont]]

: 1. Frank L. Greene (R), until December 17, 1930 :: Frank C. Partridge (R), from December 23, 1930 : 3. Porter H. Dale (R)

[[List of United States senators from Virginia|Virginia]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Washington|Washington]]

: 1. Clarence Cleveland Dill (D) : 3. Wesley Livsey Jones (R)

[[List of United States senators from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: 1. Henry D. Hatfield (R) : 2. Guy D. Goff (R)

[[List of United States senators from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: 1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R) : 3. John J. Blaine (R)

[[List of United States senators from Wyoming|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

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 71st Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their districts.

[[List of United States representatives from Alabama|Alabama]]

: . John McDuffie (D) : . J. Lister Hill (D) : . Henry B. Steagall (D) : . Lamar Jeffers (D) : . LaFayette L. Patterson (D) : . William B. Oliver (D) : . Miles C. Allgood (D) : . Edward B. Almon (D) : . George Huddleston (D) : . William B. Bankhead (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Arizona|Arizona]]

: . Lewis W. Douglas (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: . William J. Driver (D) : . Pearl Peden Oldfield (D) : . Claude A. Fuller (D) : . Otis Wingo (D), until October 21, 1930 :: Effiegene L. Wingo (D), from November 4, 1930 : . Heartsill Ragon (D) : . David D. Glover (D) : . Tilman B. Parks (D)

[[List of United States representatives from California|California]]

: . Clarence F. Lea (D) : . Harry L. Englebright (R) : . Charles F. Curry (R), until October 10, 1930 : . Florence P. Kahn (R) : . Richard J. Welch (R) : . Albert E. Carter (R) : . Henry E. Barbour (R) : . Arthur M. Free (R) : . William E. Evans (R) : . Joe Crail (R) : . Philip D. Swing (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Colorado|Colorado]]

: . William R. Eaton (R) : . Charles B. Timberlake (R) : . Guy U. Hardy (R) : . Edward T. Taylor (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: . E. Hart Fenn (R) : . Richard P. Freeman (R) : . John Q. Tilson (R) : . Schuyler Merritt (R) : . James P. Glynn (R), until March 6, 1930 :: Edward W. Goss (R), from November 4, 1930

[[List of United States representatives from Delaware|Delaware]]

: . Robert G. Houston (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Florida|Florida]]

: . Herbert J. Drane (D) : . Robert A. Green (D) : . Tom A. Yon (D) : . Ruth Bryan Owen (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Georgia|Georgia]]

: . Charles G. Edwards (D) : . Edward E. Cox (D) : . Charles R. Crisp (D) : . William C. Wright (D) : . Leslie J. Steele (D), until July 24, 1929 :: Robert Ramspeck (D), from October 2, 1929 : . Samuel Rutherford (D) : . Malcolm C. Tarver (D) : . Charles H. Brand (D) : . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . William C. Lankford (D) : . William W. Larsen (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Idaho|Idaho]]

: . Burton L. French (R) : . Addison T. Smith (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Illinois|Illinois]]

: . Oscar S. De Priest (R) : . Morton D. Hull (R) : . Elliott W. Sproul (R) : . Thomas A. Doyle (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . James T. Igoe (D) : . M. Alfred Michaelson (R) : . Stanley H. Kunz (D) : . Frederick A. Britten (R) : . Carl R. Chindblom (R) : . Frank R. Reid (R) : . John T. Buckbee (R) : . William R. Johnson (R) : . John C. Allen (R) : . Burnett M. Chiperfield (R), from November 4, 1930 : . William E. Hull (R) : . Homer W. Hall (R) : . William P. Holaday (R) : . Charles Adkins (R) : . Henry T. Rainey (D) : . Frank M. Ramey (R) : . Edward M. Irwin (R) : . William W. Arnold (D) : . Thomas S. Williams (R), until November 11, 1929 :: Claude V. Parsons (D), from November 4, 1930 : . Edward E. Denison (R) : . Ruth Hanna McCormick (R) : . Richard Yates Jr. (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Indiana|Indiana]]

: . Harry E. Rowbottom (R) : . Arthur H. Greenwood (D) : . James W. Dunbar (R) : . Harry C. Canfield (D) : . Noble J. Johnson (R) : . Richard N. Elliott (R) : . Louis Ludlow (D) : . Albert H. Vestal (R) : . Fred S. Purnell (R) : . William R. Wood (R) : . Albert R. Hall (R) : . David Hogg (R) : . Andrew J. Hickey (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Iowa|Iowa]]

: . William F. Kopp (R) : . F. Dickinson Letts (R) : . Thomas J. B. Robinson (R) : . Gilbert N. Haugen (R) : . Cyrenus Cole (R) : . C. William Ramseyer (R) : . Cassius C. Dowell (R) : . Lloyd Thurston (R) : . Charles E. Swanson (R) : . Lester J. Dickinson (R) : . Ed H. Campbell (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Kansas|Kansas]]

: . William P. Lambertson (R) : . Ulysses S. Guyer (R) : . William H. Sproul (R) : . Homer Hoch (R) : . James G. Strong (R) : . Charles I. Sparks (R) : . Clifford R. Hope (R) : . William A. Ayres (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: . William V. Gregory (D) : . David Hayes Kincheloe (D), until October 5, 1930 :: John L. Dorsey Jr. (D), from November 4, 1930 : . Charles W. Roark (R), until April 5, 1929 :: John W. Moore (D), from June 1, 1929 : . John D. Craddock (R) : . Maurice H. Thatcher (R) : . J. Lincoln Newhall (R) : . Robert E. L. Blackburn (R) : . Lewis L. Walker (R) : . Elva R. Kendall (R) : . Katherine G. Langley (R) : . John M. Robsion (R), until January 10, 1930 :: Charles Finley (R), from February 15, 1930

[[List of United States representatives from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: . James O'Connor (D) : . J. Zach Spearing (D) : . Whitmell P. Martin (D), until April 6, 1929 :: Numa F. Montet (D), from August 6, 1929 : . John N. Sandlin (D) : . Riley Joseph Wilson (D) : . Bolivar E. Kemp (D) : . René L. De Rouen (D) : . James Benjamin Aswell (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Maine|Maine]]

: . Carroll L. Beedy (R) : . Wallace H. White Jr. (R) : . John E. Nelson (R) : . Donald F. Snow (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Maryland|Maryland]]

: . T. Alan Goldsborough (D) : . Linwood L. Clark (R) : . Vincent L. Palmisano (D) : . J. Charles Linthicum (D) : . Stephen W. Gambrill (D) : . Frederick N. Zihlman (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: . Allen T. Treadway (R) : . William Kirk Kaynor (R), until December 20, 1929 :: William J. Granfield (D), from February 11, 1930 : . Frank H. Foss (R) : . George R. Stobbs (R) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R) : . William P. Connery Jr. (D) : . Frederick W. Dallinger (R) : . Charles L. Underhill (R) : . John J. Douglass (D) : . George H. Tinkham (R) : . John W. McCormack (D) : . Robert Luce (R) : . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) : . Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R) : . Charles L. Gifford (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Michigan|Michigan]]

: . Robert H. Clancy (R) : . Earl C. Michener (R) : . Joseph L. Hooper (R) : . John C. Ketcham (R) : . Carl Mapes (R) : . Grant M. Hudson (R) : . Louis C. Cramton (R) : . Bird J. Vincent (R) : . James C. McLaughlin (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (R) : . Frank P. Bohn (R) : . W. Frank James (R) : . Clarence J. McLeod (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: . Victor Christgau (R) : . Frank Clague (R) : . August H. Andresen (R) : . Melvin Maas (R) : . Walter H. Newton (R), until June 30, 1929 :: William I. Nolan (R), from July 17, 1929 : . Harold Knutson (R) : . Ole J. Kvale (FL), until September 11, 1929 :: Paul J. Kvale (FL), from October 16, 1929 : . William Pittenger (R) : . Conrad Selvig (R) : . Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: . John E. Rankin (D) : . Wall Doxey (D) : . William M. Whittington (D) : . T. Jefferson Busby (D) : . Ross A. Collins (D) : . Robert S. Hall (D) : . Percy E. Quin (D) : . James W. Collier (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Missouri|Missouri]]

: . Milton A. Romjue (D) : . Ralph F. Lozier (D) : . Jacob L. Milligan (D) : . David W. Hopkins (R) : . Edgar C. Ellis (R) : . Thomas J. Halsey (R) : . John W. Palmer (R) : . William L. Nelson (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Henry F. Niedringhaus (R) : . John J. Cochran (D) : . Leonidas C. Dyer (R) : . Charles E. Kiefner (R) : . Dewey Short (R) : . Joe J. Manlove (R) : . Rowland L. Johnston (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Montana|Montana]]

: . John M. Evans (D) : . Scott Leavitt (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

: . John H. Morehead (D) : . Willis G. Sears (R) : . Edgar Howard (D) : . Charles Henry Sloan (R) : . Fred G. Johnson (R) : . Robert G. Simmons (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nevada|Nevada]]

: . Samuel S. Arentz (R)

[[List of United States representatives from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: . Fletcher Hale (R) : . Edward Hills Wason (R)

[[List of United States representatives from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: . Charles A. Wolverton (R) : . Isaac Bacharach (R) : . Harold G. Hoffman (R) : . Charles A. Eaton (R) : . Ernest R. Ackerman (R) : . Randolph Perkins (R) : . George N. Seger (R) : . Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R) : . Franklin W. Fort (R) : . Frederick R. Lehlbach (R) : . Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D) : . Mary T. Norton (D)

[[List of United States representatives from New Mexico|New Mexico]]

: . Albert Gallatin Simms (R)

[[List of United States representatives from New York|New York]]

: . Robert L. Bacon (R) : . William F. Brunner (D) : . George W. Lindsay (D) : . Thomas H. Cullen (D) : . Loring M. Black Jr. (D) : . Andrew L. Somers (D) : . John F. Quayle (D), until November 27, 1930 : . Patrick J. Carley (D) : . David J. O'Connell (D), until December 29, 1930 :: Stephen A. Rudd (D), from February 17, 1931 : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Anning S. Prall (D) : . Samuel Dickstein (D) : . Christopher D. Sullivan (D) : . William I. Sirovich (D) : . John J. Boylan (D) : . John J. O'Connor (D) : . Ruth Baker Pratt (R) : . John F. Carew (D), until December 28, 1929 :: Martin J. Kennedy (D), from April 11, 1930 : . Sol Bloom (D) : . Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R) : . Joseph A. Gavagan (D), from November 5, 1929 : . Anthony J. Griffin (D) : . Frank Oliver (D) : . James M. Fitzpatrick (D) : . J. Mayhew Wainwright (R) : . Hamilton Fish III (R) : . Harcourt J. Pratt (R) : . Parker Corning (D) : . James S. Parker (R) : . Frank Crowther (R) : . Bertrand H. Snell (R) : . Francis D. Culkin (R) : . Frederick M. Davenport (R) : . John D. Clarke (R) : . Clarence E. Hancock (R) : . John Taber (R) : . Gale H. Stalker (R) : . James L. Whitley (R) : . Archie D. Sanders (R) : . S. Wallace Dempsey (R) : . Edmund F. Cooke (R) : . James M. Mead (D) : . Daniel A. Reed (R)

[[List of United States representatives from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: . Lindsay C. Warren (D) : . John H. Kerr (D) : . Charles L. Abernethy (D) : . Edward W. Pou (D) : . Charles M. Stedman (D), until September 23, 1930 :: Franklin W. Hancock Jr. (D), from November 4, 1930 : . J. Bayard Clark (D) : . William C. Hammer (D), until September 26, 1930 :: Hinton James (D), from November 4, 1930 : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Charles A. Jonas (R) : . George M. Pritchard (R)

[[List of United States representatives from North Dakota|North Dakota]]

: . Olger B. Burtness (R) : . Thomas Hall (R) : . James H. Sinclair (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Ohio|Ohio]]

: . Nicholas Longworth (R) : . William E. Hess (R) : . Roy G. Fitzgerald (R) : . John L. Cable (R) : . Charles J. Thompson (R) : . Charles C. Kearns (R) : . Charles Brand (R) : . Grant E. Mouser Jr. (R) : . William W. Chalmers (R) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Mell G. Underwood (D) : . John C. Speaks (R) : . Joseph E. Baird (R) : . Francis Seiberling (R) : . C. Ellis Moore (R) : . Charles B. McClintock (R) : . William M. Morgan (R) : . B. Frank Murphy (R) : . John G. Cooper (R) : . Charles A. Mooney (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Chester C. Bolton (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

: . Charles O'Connor (R) : . William W. Hastings (D) : . Wilburn Cartwright (D) : . Tom D. McKeown (D) : . Ulysses S. Stone (R) : . Jed J. Johnson (D) : . James V. McClintic (D) : . Milton C. Garber (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Oregon|Oregon]]

: . Willis C. Hawley (R) : . Robert R. Butler (R) : . Franklin F. Korell (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: . James M. Beck (R) : . George S. Graham (R) : . Harry C. Ransley (R) : . Benjamin M. Golder (R) : . James J. Connolly (R) : . George A. Welsh (R) : . George P. Darrow (R) : . James Wolfenden (R) : . Henry W. Watson (R) : . William W. Griest (R), until December 5, 1929 :: J. Roland Kinzer (R), from January 28, 1930 : . Laurence H. Watres (R) : . John J. Casey (D), until May 5, 1929 :: C. Murray Turpin (R), from June 4, 1929 : . George F. Brumm (R) : . Charles J. Esterly (R) : . Louis T. McFadden (R) : . Edgar R. Kiess (R), until July 20, 1930 :: Robert F. Rich (R), from November 4, 1930 : . Frederick W. Magrady (R) : . Edward M. Beers (R) : . Isaac H. Doutrich (R) : . James R. Leech (R) : . J. Banks Kurtz (R) : . Franklin Menges (R) : . J. Mitchell Chase (R) : . Samuel A. Kendall (R) : . Henry W. Temple (R) : . J. Howard Swick (R) : . Nathan L. Strong (R) : . Thomas C. Cochran (R) : . Milton W. Shreve (R) : . William R. Coyle (R) : . Adam M. Wyant (R) : . Stephen G. Porter (R), until June 27, 1930 :: Edmund F. Erk (R), from November 4, 1930 : . M. Clyde Kelly (R) : . Patrick J. Sullivan (R) : . Harry A. Estep (R) : . Guy E. Campbell (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: . Clark Burdick (R) : . Richard S. Aldrich (R) : . Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D), until May 9, 1930 :: Francis B. Condon (D), from November 4, 1930

[[List of United States representatives from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: . Thomas S. McMillan (D) : . Butler B. Hare (D) : . Fred H. Dominick (D) : . John J. McSwain (D) : . William F. Stevenson (D) : . Allard H. Gasque (D) : . Hampton P. Fulmer (D)

[[List of United States representatives from South Dakota|South Dakota]]

: . Charles A. Christopherson (R) : . Royal C. Johnson (R) : . William Williamson (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: . B. Carroll Reece (R) : . J. Will Taylor (R) : . Samuel D. McReynolds (D) : . Cordell Hull (D) : . Ewin L. Davis (D) : . Joseph W. Byrns (D) : . Edward E. Eslick (D) : . Gordon Browning (D) : . Jere Cooper (D) : . Hubert Fisher (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Texas|Texas]]

: . Wright Patman (D) : . John C. Box (D) : . Morgan G. Sanders (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Hatton W. Sumners (D) : . Luther Alexander Johnson (D) : . Clay Stone Briggs (D) : . Daniel E. Garrett (D) : . Joseph J. Mansfield (D) : . James P. Buchanan (D) : . Oliver H. Cross (D) : . Fritz G. Lanham (D) : . Guinn Williams (D) : . Augustus McCloskey (D), until February 10, 1930 :: Harry M. Wurzbach (R), from February 10, 1930 : . John Nance Garner (D) : . Claude B. Hudspeth (D) : . Robert Q. Lee (D), until April 18, 1930 :: Thomas L. Blanton (D), from May 20, 1930 : . John Marvin Jones (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Utah|Utah]]

: . Don B. Colton (R) : . Elmer O. Leatherwood (R), until December 24, 1929 :: Frederick C. Loofbourow (R), from November 4, 1930

[[List of United States representatives from Vermont|Vermont]]

: . Elbert S. Brigham (R) : . Ernest Willard Gibson (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Virginia|Virginia]]

: . S. Otis Bland (D) : . Menalcus Lankford (R) : . Andrew Jackson Montague (D) : . Patrick H. Drewry (D) : . Joseph Whitehead (D) : . Clifton A. Woodrum (D) : . Jacob A. Garber (R) : . R. Walton Moore (D) : . Joseph C. Shaffer (R) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Washington|Washington]]

: . John F. Miller (R) : . Lindley H. Hadley (R) : . Albert Johnson (R) : . John W. Summers (R) : . Samuel B. Hill (D)

[[List of United States representatives from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: . Carl G. Bachmann (R) : . Frank L. Bowman (R) : . John M. Wolverton (R) : . James Anthony Hughes (R), until March 2, 1930 :: Robert L. Hogg (R), from November 4, 1930 : . Hugh Ike Shott (R) : . Joe L. Smith (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R), until March 1, 1931 : . Charles A. Kading (R) : . John M. Nelson (R) : . John C. Schafer (R) : . William H. Stafford (R) : . Florian Lampert (R), until July 18, 1930 :: Michael K. Reilly (D), from December 1, 1930 : . Merlin Hull (R) : . Edward E. Browne (R) : . George J. Schneider (R) : . James A. Frear (R) : . Hubert H. Peavey (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Wyoming|Wyoming]]

: . Vincent Carter (R)

Non-voting members

: . Daniel Sutherland (R) : . Victor S. K. Houston (R) : . Pedro Guevara (Nac.) : . Camilo Osías (Nac.) : . Félix Córdova Dávila

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 15
  • Democratic: 3-seat net gain
  • Republican: 1-seat net loss
• Deaths: 5
• Resignations: 3
• Interim appointments: 6
• Total seats with changes: 9

|- | 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. | nowrap | 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. | nowrap | Joseph R. Grundy (R) | December 11, 1929

|- | Tennessee (2) | nowrap | 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. | nowrap | William E. Brock (D) | September 2, 1929

|- | Ohio (3) | nowrap | 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. | nowrap | Roscoe C. McCulloch (R) | November 5, 1929

|- | New Jersey (2) | nowrap | 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. | nowrap | David Baird Jr. (R) | November 30, 1929

|- | Wyoming (2) | nowrap | Francis E. Warren (R) | Died November 24, 1929. Successor appointed December 5, 1929. Successor later did not run to finish the term, see below. | nowrap | Patrick J. Sullivan (R) | December 5, 1929

|- | Kentucky (2) | nowrap | 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. | nowrap | John M. Robsion (R) | January 11, 1930

|- | Wyoming (2) | nowrap | Patrick Joseph Sullivan (R) | Interim appointee did not run to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930. | nowrap | Robert D. Carey (R) | December 1, 1930

|- | Kansas (3) | nowrap | Henry J. Allen (R) | Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930. | nowrap | George McGill (D) | December 1, 1930

|- | Kentucky (2) | nowrap | John M. Robsion (R) | Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930. | nowrap | Ben M. Williamson (D) | December 1, 1930

|- | Ohio (3) | nowrap | Roscoe C. McCulloch (R) | Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930. | nowrap | Robert J. Bulkley (D) | December 1, 1930

|- | Pennsylvania (3) | nowrap | Joseph R. Grundy (R) | Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930. | nowrap | James J. Davis (R) | December 2, 1930

|- | New Jersey (2) | nowrap | David Baird Jr. (R) | Interim appointee did not run to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930. | nowrap | Dwight Morrow (R) | December 3, 1930

|- | North Carolina (3) | nowrap | 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). | nowrap | Cameron A. Morrison (D) | December 13, 1930

|- | Vermont (1) | nowrap | 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). | nowrap | 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

Committees

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

[[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|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)

Notes

References

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References

1. Macmahon, Arthur W.. (1930). "First Session of the Seventy-First Congress". The American Political Science Review.
2. Macmahon, Arthur W.. (1930). "Second Session of the Seventy-first Congress, December 2, 1929, to July 3, 1930; Special Session of the Senate, July 7–21". American Political Science Review.
3. [[William Scott Vare