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The 77th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1943, during the ninth and tenth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1930 United States census.
Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority - with the Senate being a supermajority. With the reelection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a then record third term, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta.
This was the first Congress to have more than one Senate president (John Garner and Henry Wallace) due to the passage of the 20th Amendment in 1933.
Major events
January 20, 1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt began his third term.
December 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 8, 1941: Joint Session of Congress met to hear President Roosevelt deliver his "Day of Infamy" speech
December 26, 1941: Joint session of the United States Congress met in the Senate chamber for an address by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Major legislation and resolutions
March 11, 1941: Lend Lease Act, Pub. L. 77–11, Sess. 1, ch. 11, 55 Stat. 31
August 18, 1941: Flood Control Act of 1941, Pub. L. 77–228, Sess. 1, ch. 377, 55 Stat. 638
December 8, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Japan, Pub. L. 77–328, Sess. 1, ch. 561, 55 Stat. 795
December 11, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Germany, Pub. L. 77–331, Sess. 1, ch. 564, 55 Stat. 796
December 11, 1941: Resolution— War between United States and Italy, Pub. L. 77–332, Sess. 1, ch. 565, 55 Stat. 797
January 27, 1942: Air Raid Attack Act of 1942, Pub. L. 77–415, Sess. 2, ch. 20, 56 Stat. 19
January 30, 1942: Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, Pub. L. 77–421, Sess. 2, ch. 26, 56 Stat. 23
June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Bulgaria, Pub. L. 77–563, Sess. 2, ch. 323, 56 Stat. 307
June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Hungary, Pub. L. 77–564, Sess. 2, ch. 324, 56 Stat. 307
June 5, 1942: Resolution— War between United States and Romania, Pub. L. 77–565, Sess. 2, ch. 325, 56 Stat. 307
June 22, 1942: Resolution— United States Flag Code, including recognition of the Pledge of Allegiance, Pub. L. 77–623, Sess. 2, ch. 435, 56 Stat. 377
October 2, 1942: Stabilization Act of 1942, Pub. L. 77–729, Sess. 2, ch. 578, 56 Stat. 765
Select committees
Truman Committee (officially the United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program)
Leadership
= Senate
=President: John Nance Garner (D), until January 20, 1941
Henry A. Wallace (D), from January 20, 1941
President pro tempore: Pat Harrison (D), until June 22, 1941
Carter Glass (D), from July 10, 1941
Majority (Democratic) leadership
Majority leader: Alben W. Barkley
Majority Whip: Lister Hill
Democratic Caucus Secretary: Joshua B. Lee
Minority (Republican) leadership
Minority leader: Charles L. McNary
Republican Conference Secretary: Wallace H. White Jr.
National Senatorial Committee Chair: John G. Townsend Jr.
= House of Representatives
=Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
Majority leader: John William McCormack
Democratic Whip: Patrick J. Boland, until May 18, 1942
Robert Ramspeck
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Richard M. Duncan
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Patrick H. Drewry
Minority (Republican) leadership
Minority leader: Joseph William Martin Jr.
Republican Whip: Harry Lane Englebright
Republican Conference Chairman: Roy O. Woodruff
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: J. William Ditter
Party summary
= Senate
== House of Representatives
=Members
= Senate
=Senators are elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1942; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1944; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1946.
Currently, this is the last Congressional session in which the Democratic Party commanded all Senate seats from the South.
Currently, this is the second and last Congressional session in which Wyoming sent 3 democrats to Congress (senators Joesph C. O'Mahoney and Harry Schwartz, as well as representative at-large John J. McIntyre).
= House of Representatives
=Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
= Senate
== House of Representatives
=Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
= Joint committees
=United States Congress Joint Committee to Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect|Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect (Chairman: Sen. Matthew M. Neely)
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers|Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
United States Congress Joint Committee on the Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly|Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Forestry (Chairman: Sen. John H. Bankhead II; Vice Chairman: Rep. Hampton P. Fulmer)
United States Congress Joint Committee on Government Organization (Chairman: Sen. James F. Byrnes)
The Library (Chairman: Sen. Alben W. Barkley)
Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Pete Jarman)
United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures|Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
Taxation (Chairman: Sen. Pat Harrison then Rep. Robert L. Doughton; Vice Chairman: Sen. Walter F. George)
United States Congress Joint Committee on to Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States|To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States (Chairman: J. Hardin Peterson)
Caucuses
Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)
Employees
= Legislative branch agency directors
=Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn
Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
Comptroller General of the United States: Lindsay C. Warren
Librarian of Congress: Archibald MacLeish
Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack
= Senate
=Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
Librarian: Ruskin McArdle
Secretary for the Majority: Leslie Biffle
Secretary for the Minority: Carl A. Loeffler
Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney
Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
Chaplain: ZeBarney Thorne Phillips (Episcopal), until May 1942
Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist), after October 10, 1942
= House of Representatives
=Clerk: South Trimble
Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Reading Clerks: Roger M. Calloway (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott
Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
See also
1940 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
1940 United States presidential election
1940 United States Senate elections
1940 United States House of Representatives elections
1942 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
1942 United States Senate elections
1942 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
References
House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 77th Congress (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress, 1st Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress, 1st Session (Revision).
Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress, 2nd Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 77th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).
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