72nd United States Congress

Major events

• 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.) 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: 1932 United States elections:
  • 1932 United States presidential election: Incumbent Republicans Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis lost to Democrats Franklin Roosevelt as President, and John Nance Garner as Vice President.
  • 1932 United States Senate elections: Democrats gained 12 seats for a 59–36 majority.
  • 1932 United States House of Representatives elections: 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,
• February 27, 1932: Glass-Steagall Act of 1932, Sess. 1, ch. 58,
• March 23, 1932: Norris-LaGuardia Act, Sess. 1, ch. 90,
• June 6, 1932: Revenue Act of 1932, Sess. 1, ch. 209,
• June 22, 1932: Federal Kidnapping Act, Sess. 1, ch. 271,
• June 30, 1932: Economy Act of 1932, Sess. 1, ch. 314,
• July 21, 1932: Emergency Relief and Construction Act, Sess. 1, ch. 520,
• July 22, 1932: Federal Home Loan Bank Act, Sess. 1, ch. 522,
• January 17, 1933: Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act, Sess. 2, ch. 11,
• March 3, 1933: Buy American Act, Sess. 2, ch. 212, title III,

Constitutional amendments

• March 2, 1932: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution moving the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3, and also establishing what is to be done when there is no president-elect, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
  • January 23, 1933: The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution.
• February 20, 1933: Approved an amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, and submitted it to state ratifying conventions for ratification
  • Amendment was later ratified on December 5, 1933, becoming the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

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

Republicans controlled the Senate through a VP-tie-breaking majority.

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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

Majority (Republican)

• Majority Leader: James E. Watson
• Majority Whip: Simeon D. Fess
• Republican Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: Daniel O. Hastings

Minority (Democratic)

• Minority Leader: Joseph T. Robinson
• Minority Whip: Morris Sheppard
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Hugo Black

House of Representatives

• Speaker: John N. Garner (D)

Note: Republican Nicholas Longworth, the Speaker of the House in the previous Congress, was Speaker-presumptive with his party's mere three-seat majority. However, Longworth died on April 9, 1931, and by the time the 72nd Congress convened in December 1931, Democrats had gained four seats from Republicans through special elections following deaths, thus becoming the majority party in the House. Democrat John Garner was subsequently elected as Speaker.

Majority (Democratic)

• Majority Leader: Henry T. Rainey
• Majority Whip: John McDuffie
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: William W. Arnold
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Byrns Sr.

Minority (Republican)

• Minority Leader: Bertrand H. Snell
• Minority Whip: Carl G. Bachmann
• Republican Conference Chairman: Willis C. Hawley
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: William R. Wood

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 72nd 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 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.

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

: 2. John H. Bankhead II (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), until November 6, 1931 :: Hattie Caraway (D), from November 13, 1931

[[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. Edward P. Costigan (D) : 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

[[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), 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)

[[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. James Hamilton Lewis (D) : 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. Lester J. Dickinson (R) : 3. Smith W. Brookhart (R)

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

: 2. Arthur Capper (R) : 3. George McGill (D)

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

: 2. Marvel M. Logan (D) : 3. Alben W. Barkley (D)

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

: 2. Huey Long (D), from January 25, 1932 : 3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)

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

: 1. Frederick Hale (R) : 2. Wallace H. White Jr. (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. Marcus A. Coolidge (D)

[[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), until February 3, 1933 :: Bennett Champ Clark (D), from February 3, 1933

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

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

[[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. Dwight Morrow (R), until October 5, 1931 :: William Warren Barbour (R), from December 1, 1931

[[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. Josiah William Bailey (D) : 3. Cameron A. Morrison (D), until December 4, 1932 :: Robert R. Reynolds (D), from December 5, 1932

[[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. Robert J. Bulkley (D)

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

: 2. Thomas P. Gore (D) : 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. James J. Davis (R)

[[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. James F. Byrnes (D) : 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

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

: 2. William J. Bulow (D) : 3. Peter Norbeck (R)

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

: 1. Kenneth McKellar (D) : 2. Cordell Hull (D)

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

[[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 L. Jones (R), until November 19, 1932 :: Elijah S. Grammer (R), from November 22, 1932

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

: 1. Henry D. Hatfield (R) : 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

[[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. Robert D. Carey (R)

]]

House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 72nd Congress

The names 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.

[[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) : . John E. Miller (D) : . Claude A. Fuller (D) : . Effiegene L. Wingo (D) : . 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 Jr. (R) : . 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 Bateman Timberlake (R) : . Guy U. Hardy (R) : . Edward T. Taylor (D)

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

: . Augustine Lonergan (D) : . Richard P. Freeman (R) : . John Q. Tilson (R), until December 3, 1932 : . William L. Tierney (D) : . Edward W. Goss (R)

[[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), until July 13, 1931 :: Homer C. Parker (D), from September 9, 1931 : . Edward E. Cox (D) : . Charles R. Crisp (D), until October 7, 1932 :: Bryant T. Castellow (D), from November 8, 1932 : . William C. Wright (D) : . Robert Ramspeck (D) : . Samuel Rutherford (D), until February 4, 1932 :: Carlton Mobley (D), from March 2, 1932 : . Malcolm C. Tarver (D) : . Charles H. Brand (D) : . John S. Wood (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) : . Edward A. Kelly (D) : . Harry P. Beam (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . James T. Igoe (D) : . Leonard W. Schuetz (D) : . Peter C. Granata (R), until April 5, 1932 :: Stanley H. Kunz (D), from April 5, 1932 : . 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) : . William E. Hull (R) : . Homer W. Hall (R) : . William P. Holaday (R) : . Charles Adkins (R) : . Henry T. Rainey (D) : . J. Earl Major (D) : . Charles A. Karch (D), until November 6, 1932 : . William W. Arnold (D) : . Claude V. Parsons (D) : . Kent E. Keller (D) : . William H. Dieterich (D) : . Richard Yates Jr. (R)

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

: . John W. Boehne Jr. (D) : . Arthur H. Greenwood (D) : . Eugene B. Crowe (D) : . Harry C. Canfield (D) : . Courtland C. Gillen (D) : . William H. Larrabee (D) : . Louis Ludlow (D) : . Albert H. Vestal (R), until April 1, 1932 : . Fred S. Purnell (R) : . William R. Wood (R) : . Glenn Griswold (D) : . David Hogg (R) : . Samuel B. Pettengill (D)

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

: . William F. Kopp (R) : . Bernhard M. Jacobsen (D) : . 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) : . Fred C. Gilchrist (R) : . Ed H. Campbell (R)

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

: . William P. Lambertson (R) : . Ulysses S. Guyer (R) : . Harold C. McGugin (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) : . Glover H. Cary (D) : . John W. Moore (D) : . Cap R. Carden (D) : . Maurice H. Thatcher (R) : . Brent Spence (D) : . Virgil Chapman (D) : . Ralph W. E. Gilbert (D) : . Fred M. Vinson (D) : . Andrew J. May (D) : . Charles Finley (R)

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

: . Joachim O. Fernández (D) : . Paul H. Maloney (D) : . Numa F. Montet (D) : . John N. Sandlin (D) : . Riley Joseph Wilson (D) : . Bolivar E. Kemp (D) : . René L. De Rouen (D) : . James Benjamin Aswell (D), until March 16, 1931 :: John H. Overton (D), from May 12, 1931

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

: . Carroll L. Beedy (R) : . Donald B. Partridge (R) : . John E. Nelson (R) : . Donald F. Snow (R)

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

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

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

: . Allen T. Treadway (R) : . William J. Granfield (D) : . Frank H. Foss (R) : . Pehr G. Holmes (R) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R) : . William P. Connery Jr. (D) : . Frederick W. Dallinger (R), until October 1, 1932 : . 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) : . Seymour H. Person (R) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Bird J. Vincent (R), until July 18, 1931 :: Michael J. Hart (D), from November 3, 1931 : . James C. McLaughlin (R), until November 29, 1932 : . 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) : . William I. Nolan (R) : . Harold Knutson (R) : . Paul J. Kvale (FL) : . William Pittenger (R) : . Conrad Selvig (R) : . Godfrey G. Goodwin (R), until February 16, 1933

[[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), until February 4, 1932 :: Lawrence R. Ellzey (D), from March 15, 1932 : . 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) : . Joseph B. Shannon (D) : . Clement C. Dickinson (D) : . Samuel C. Major (D), until July 28, 1931 :: Robert D. Johnson (D), from September 29, 1931 : . William L. Nelson (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Henry F. Niedringhaus (R) : . John J. Cochran (D) : . Leonidas C. Dyer (R) : . Clyde Williams (D) : . James F. Fulbright (D) : . Joe J. Manlove (R) : . William E. Barton (D)

[[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) : . Howard M. Baldrige (R) : . Edgar Howard (D) : . John N. Norton (D) : . Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) : . 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), until October 22, 1931 :: William N. Rogers (D), from January 5, 1932 : . Edward H. Wason (R)

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

: . Charles A. Wolverton (R) : . Isaac Bacharach (R) : . William H. Sutphin (D) : . Charles A. Eaton (R) : . Ernest R. Ackerman (R), until October 18, 1931 :: Percy H. Stewart (D), from December 1, 1931 : . Randolph Perkins (R) : . George N. Seger (R) : . Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R) : . Peter A. Cavicchia (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]]

: . Dennis Chávez (D)

[[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) : . Matthew V. O'Malley (D), until May 26, 1931 :: John J. Delaney (D), from November 3, 1931 : . Patrick J. Carley (D) : . Stephen A. Rudd (D) : . 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) : . Martin J. Kennedy (D) : . Sol Bloom (D) : . Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R) : . Joseph A. Gavagan (D) : . Anthony J. Griffin (D) : . Frank Oliver (D) : . James M. Fitzpatrick (D) : . Charles D. Millard (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) : . Walter G. Andrews (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) : . Franklin W. Hancock Jr. (D) : . J. Bayard Clark (D) : . J. Walter Lambeth (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) : . Zebulon Weaver (D)

[[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), until April 9, 1931 :: John B. Hollister (R), from November 3, 1931 : . William E. Hess (R) : . Byron B. Harlan (D) : . John L. Cable (R) : . Frank C. Kniffin (D) : . James G. Polk (D) : . Charles Brand (R) : . Grant E. Mouser Jr. (R) : . Wilbur M. White (R) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Mell G. Underwood (D) : . Arthur P. Lamneck (D) : . William L. Fiesinger (D) : . Francis Seiberling (R) : . C. Ellis Moore (R) : . Charles B. McClintock (R) : . Charles F. West (D) : . B. Frank Murphy (R) : . John G. Cooper (R) : . Charles A. Mooney (D), until May 29, 1931 :: Martin L. Sweeney (D), from November 3, 1931 : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Chester C. Bolton (R)

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

: . Wesley E. Disney (D) : . William W. Hastings (D) : . Wilburn Cartwright (D) : . Tom D. McKeown (D) : . Fletcher B. Swank (D) : . 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), until January 7, 1933 : . Charles H. Martin (D)

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

: . James M. Beck (R) : . George S. Graham (R), until July 4, 1931 :: Edward L. Stokes (R), from November 3, 1931 : . Harry C. Ransley (R) : . Benjamin M. Golder (R) : . James J. Connolly (R) : . George A. Welsh (R), until May 31, 1932 :: Robert L. Davis (R), from November 8, 1932 : . George P. Darrow (R) : . James Wolfenden (R) : . Henry Winfield Watson (R) : . J. Roland Kinzer (R) : . Patrick J. Boland (D) : . C. Murray Turpin (R) : . George F. Brumm (R) : . Norton L. Lichtenwalner (D) : . Louis T. McFadden (R) : . Robert F. Rich (R) : . Frederick W. Magrady (R) : . Edward M. Beers (R), until April 21, 1932 (died) :: Joseph F. Biddle (R), from November 8, 1932 : . Isaac H. Doutrich (R) : . James R. Leech (R), until January 29, 1932 :: Howard W. Stull (R), from April 26, 1932 : . J. Banks Kurtz (R) : . Harry L. Haines (D) : . J. Mitchell Chase (R) : . Samuel A. Kendall (R), until January 8, 1933 : . 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) : . Edmund F. Erk (R) : . 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) : . Francis B. Condon (D)

[[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]]

: . Oscar Lovette (R) : . J. Will Taylor (R) : . Samuel D. McReynolds (D) : . John Ridley Mitchell (D) : . Ewin L. Davis (D) : . Joseph W. Byrns (D) : . Edward E. Eslick (D), until June 14, 1932 :: Willa M. B. Eslick (D), from August 14, 1932 : . Gordon Browning (D) : . Jere Cooper (D) : . Edward H. Crump (D)

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

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Martin Dies Jr. (D) : . Morgan G. Sanders (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Hatton W. Sumners (D) : . Luther Alexander Johnson (D) : . Clay Stone Briggs (D) : . Daniel E. Garrett (D), until December 13, 1932 :: Joe H. Eagle (D), from January 28, 1933 : . Joseph J. Mansfield (D) : . James P. Buchanan (D) : . Oliver H. Cross (D) : . Fritz G. Lanham (D) : . Guinn Williams (D) : . Harry M. Wurzbach (R), until November 6, 1931 :: Richard M. Kleberg (D), from November 24, 1931 : . John Nance Garner (D) : . R. Ewing Thomason (D) : . Thomas L. Blanton (D) : . John Marvin Jones (D)

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

: . Don B. Colton (R) : . Frederick C. Loofbourow (R)

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

: . John E. Weeks (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) : . Thomas G. Burch (D) : . Clifton A. Woodrum (D) : . John W. Fishburne (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . John W. Flannagan Jr. (D) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D), until July 23, 1932 :: Joel W. Flood (D), from November 8, 1932

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

: . Ralph Horr (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) : . Lynn Hornor (D) : . Robert L. Hogg (R) : . Hugh Ike Shott (R) : . Joe L. Smith (D)

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

: . Thomas Ryum Amlie (R), from October 13, 1931 : . Charles A. Kading (R) : . John M. Nelson (R) : . John C. Schafer (R) : . William H. Stafford (R) : . Michael K. Reilly (D) : . Gardner R. Withrow (R) : . Gerald J. Boileau (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

: . James Wickersham (R) : . Victor S. K. Houston (R) : . Pedro Guevara (Nac.) : . Camilo Osías (Nac.) : . Félix Córdova Dávila, until April 11, 1932 :: José Lorenzo Pesquera (Resident Commissioner) (I), from April 15, 1932

Changes in membership

Senate

• Replacements: 11
  • Democratic: 1-seat net loss
  • Republican: no net change
• Deaths: 6
• Resignations: 1
• Interim appointments: 5
• Total seats with changes: 8

|- | Vermont (1) | | Frank C. Partridge (R) | Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term. Successor elected March 31, 1931. | | 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 finish the term. | | Hattie Caraway (D) | November 13, 1931

|- | Georgia (2) | | William J. Harris (D) | Died April 18, 1932. Successor was appointed to finish the term. | | John S. Cohen (D) | April 25, 1932

|- | Colorado (3) | | Charles W. Waterman (R) | Died August 27, 1932. Successor was appointed to finish the term. | | Walter Walker (D) | September 26, 1932

|- | Washington (3) | | Wesley L. Jones (R) | Died November 19, 1932 having just lost re-election. Successor was appointed to finish the term. | | Elijah S. Grammer (R) | November 22, 1932

|- | Colorado (3) | | Walter Walker (D) | Interim appointee lost election to finish term. Successor elected November 8, 1932. | | Karl C. Schuyler (R) | December 7, 1932

|- | North Carolina (3) | | Cameron A. Morrison (D) | Interim appointee lost election to finish term. Successor elected November 8, 1932. | | Robert R Reynolds (D) | December 5, 1932

|- | Georgia (2) | | John S. Cohen (D) | Interim appointee lost election to finish term. Successor elected January 12, 1933. | | Richard Russell Jr. (D) | January 12, 1933

|- | Missouri (3) | | Harry B. Hawes (D) | Incumbent retired and then resigned early February 3, 1933. Successor appointed having already been elected. | | Bennett Champ Clark (D) | February 3, 1933

|- | Montana (2) | | Thomas J. Walsh (D) | Died March 2, 1933 Seat remained vacant until next Congress

|}

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

|- | | Vacant | Representative Henry A. Cooper (R) died in previous congress. | | Thomas R. Amlie (R) | October 13, 1931

|- | | | James B. Aswell (D) | Died March 16, 1931 | | John H. Overton (D) | May 12, 1931

|- | | | Nicholas Longworth (R) | Died April 9, 1931 | | John B. Hollister (R) | November 3, 1931

|- | | | Matthew V. O'Malley (D) | Died May 26, 1931. Because Congress was not in session at the time of his death, O'Malley never took his oath of office or exercised any of the duties of a Congressman. He was, nevertheless, serving in office from the beginning of his term on March 4, 1931. | | John J. Delaney (D) | November 3, 1931

|- | | | Charles A. Mooney (D) | Died May 29, 1931 | | Martin L. Sweeney (D) | November 3, 1931

|- | | | George S. Graham (R) | Died July 4, 1931 | | Edward L. Stokes (R) | November 3, 1931

|- | | | Charles G. Edwards (D) | Died July 13, 1931 | | Homer C. Parker (D) | September 9, 1931

|- | | | Bird J. Vincent (R) | Died July 18, 1931 | | Michael J. Hart (D) | November 3, 1931

|- | | | Samuel C. Major (D) | Died July 28, 1931 | | Robert D. Johnson (D) | September 29, 1931

|- | | | Ernest R. Ackerman (R) | Died October 18, 1931 | | Percy H. Stewart (D) | December 1, 1931

|- | | | Fletcher Hale (R) | Died October 22, 1931 | | William N. Rogers (D) | January 5, 1932

|- | | | Harry M. Wurzbach (R) | Died November 6, 1931 | | Richard M. Kleberg (D) | November 24, 1931

|- | | | 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

|- | | | Percy Quin (D) | Died February 4, 1932 | | Lawrence R. Ellzey (D) | March 15, 1932

|- | | | Samuel Rutherford (D) | Died February 4, 1932 | | Carlton Mobley (D) | March 2, 1932

|- | | | Albert H. Vestal (R) | Died April 1, 1932

|- | | | Peter C. Granata (R) | Lost contested election April 5, 1932 | | Stanley H. Kunz (D) | April 5, 1932

|- | | Félix Córdova Dávila | resigned April 11, 1932, to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | José Lorenzo Pesquera | April 15, 1932

|- | | | Frederick W. Dallinger (R) | Resigned October 1, 1932

|- | | | Edward M. Beers (R) | Died April 21, 1932 | | Joseph F. Biddle (R) | November 8, 1932

|- | | | 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

|- | | | Edward E. Eslick (D) | Died June 14, 1932 | | Willa McCord Blake Eslick (D) | August 14, 1932

|- | | | Henry St. George Tucker III (D) | Died July 23, 1932 | | Joel W. Flood (D) | November 8, 1932

|- | | | J. Charles Linthicum (D) | Died October 5, 1932 | | Ambrose J. Kennedy (D) | November 8, 1932

|- | | | Charles R. Crisp (D) | Resigned October 7, 1932, to become a member of the US Tariff Commission | | Bryant T. Castellow (D) | November 8, 1932

|- | | | Charles A. Karch (D) | Resigned November 6, 1932

|- | | | James C. McLaughlin (R) | Died November 29, 1932

|- | | | John Q. Tilson (R) | Resigned December 3, 1932

|- | | | Daniel E. Garrett (D) | Died December 13, 1932 | | Joe H. Eagle (D) | January 28, 1933

|- | | | Robert R. Butler (R) | Died January 7, 1933

|- | | | Samuel A. Kendall (R) | Died January 8, 1933

|- | | | Godfrey G. Goodwin (R) | Died February 16, 1933

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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: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: William J. Harris)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John G. Townsend Jr.; Ranking Member: John B. Kendrick)
• 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)

Employees

[[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

• Chaplain: ZeBarney T. Phillips (Episcopalian)
• Secretary: Edwin P. Thayer
• Librarian: James D. Preston
• 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
• Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers, until December 7, 1931
  • Kenneth Romney, from December 7, 1931

Notes

References

References

1. Herring, E. Pendleton. (1933). "Second Session of the Seventy-second Congress, December 5, 1932, to March 4, 1933". American Political Science Review.
2. Herring, E. Pendleton. (1932). "First Session of the Seventy-second Congress, December 7, 1931, to July 16, 1932". American Political Science Review.
3. "Women in the Senate". Office of the Secretary of the Senate.
4. Glass, Andrew. (December 7, 2009). "The 72nd Congress convenes, Dec. 7, 1931". Politico.
5. "Dictionary of Louisiana Biography: Dictionary L". Louisiana Historical Association.