SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS JANUARY 3, 1943, TO JANUARY 3, 1945 FIRST SESSION—January 6, 1943, 1 to December 21, 1943 SECOND SESSION—January 10, 1944, 2 to December 19, 1944 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—HENRY A. WALLACE, of Iowa PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—CARTER GLASS, of Virginia SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—EDWIN A. HALSEY, of Virginia SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—CHESLEY W. JURNEY, of Texas; WALL DOXY, 3 of Mississippi SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SAM RAYBURN, 4 of Texas CLERK OF THE HOUSE—SOUTH TRIMBLE, 5 of Kentucky SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—KENNETH ROMNEY, of Montana DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—JOSEPH J. SINNOTT, of Virginia POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—FINIS E. SCOTT ALABAMA John L. McClellan, Camden George E. Outland, Santa Barbara SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Jerry Voorhis, San Dimas John H. Bankhead II, Jasper E. C. Gathings, West Memphis Norris Poulson, Los Angeles Lister Hill, Montgomery Wilbur D. Mills, Kensett Thomas F. Ford, Los Angeles REPRESENTATIVES J. William Fulbright, Fayetteville John M. Costello, Hollywood 10 Frank W. Boykin, Mobile Fadjo Cravens, Fort Smith Will Rogers, Jr., Culver City George M. Grant, Troy Brooks Hays, Little Rock Cecil R. King, Los Angeles Henry B. Steagall, 6 Ozark W. F. Norrell, Monticello Ward Johnson, Long Beach George W. Andrews, 7 Union Springs Oren Harris, El Dorado Chet Holifield, Montebello Sam Hobbs, Selma Carl Hinshaw, Pasadena Joe Starnes, Guntersville CALIFORNIA Harry R. Sheppard, Yucaipa Pete Jarman, Livingston SENATORS John Phillips, Banning Carter Manasco, Jasper Ed. V. Izac, San Diego John J. Sparkman, Huntsville Hiram W. Johnson, San Francisco John P. Newsome, Birmingham Sheridan Downey, Claremont REPRESENTATIVES COLORADO ARIZONA Clarence F. Lea, Santa Rosa SENATORS Harry L. Englebright, 8 Nevada City SENATORS Carl Hayden, Phoenix Clair Engle, 9 Red Bluff Edwin C. Johnson, Craig Ernest W. McFarland, Florence J. Leroy Johnson, Stockton Eugene D. Millikin, Denver REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Thomas Rolph, San Francisco Richard F. Harless, Phoenix Richard J. Welch, San Francisco REPRESENTATIVES John R. Murdock, Tempe Albert E. Carter, Oakland Lawrence Lewis, 11 Denver John H. Tolan, Oakland Dean M. Gillespie, 12 Denver ARKANSAS John Z. Anderson, San Juan Bautista William S. Hill, Fort Collins SENATORS Bertrand W. Gearhart, Fresno J. Edgar Chenoweth, Trindad Hattie W. Caraway, Jonesboro Alfred J. Elliott, Tulare Robert F. Rockwell, Paonia 1 By joint resolution (Pub. Law 819, 77th Cong., 2d sess.) 6 Died November 22, 1943. 10 Resigned May 23, 1944; vacancy throughout remain- the date of assembling the first session of the Seventy- 7 Elected March 14, 1944, to fill vacancy caused by death der of the Congress. eighth Congress was fixed for January 6, 1943. of Henry B. Steagall, and became a member of the House 11 Died December 9, 1943. 2 By joint resolution (Pub. Law 210, 78th Cong., 1st on March 20, 1944. 12 Elected March 7, 1944, to fill vacancy caused by death sess.) the date of assembling the second session of the 8 Died May 13, 1943. of Lawrence Lewis, and became a member of the House Seventy-eighth Congress was fixed for January 10, 1944. 9 3 Elected August 31, 1943, to fill vacancy caused by on March 29, 1944. Elected February 1, 1943. death of Harry L. Englebright, and became a member 4 Reelected January 6, 1943. 5 Reelected January 6, 1943. of the House on September 23, 1943. [ 373 ] 374 Biographical Directory CONNECTICUT ILLINOIS Henry O. Talle, Decorah SENATORS SENATORS John W. Gwynne, Waterloo Karl M. LeCompte, Corydon Francis T. Maloney, Meriden Scott W. Lucas, Havana C. Wayland Brooks, Chicago Paul Cunningham, Des Moines John A. Danaher, Portland Fred C. Gilchrist, Laurens REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Ben F. Jensen, Exira William J. Miller, Wethersfield William L. Dawson, Chicago Charles B. Hoeven, Alton John D. McWilliams, Norwich William A. Rowan, Chicago Ranulf Compton, Madison Fred E. Busbey, Chicago KANSAS Clare Boothe Luce, Greenwich Martin Gorski, Chicago SENATORS Adolph J. Sabath, Chicago Joseph E. Talbot, Naugatuck Arthur Capper, Topeka At Large–B. J. Monkiewicz, New Thomas J. O’Brien, Chicago 16 Clyde M. Reed, Parsons Britain Leonard W. Schuetz, Chicago Thomas S. Gordon, Chicago REPRESENTATIVES DELAWARE Charles S. Dewey, Chicago William P. Lambertson, Fairview Ralph E. Church, Evanston U. S. Guyer, 22 Kansas City SENATORS Chauncey W. Reed, West Chicago Errett P. Scrivner, 23 Kansas City James M. Tunnell, Georgetown Noah M. Mason, Oglesby Thomas D. Winter, Girard C. Douglass Buck, Wilmington Leo E. Allen, Galena Edward H. Rees, Emporia REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Anton J. Johnson, Macomb Clifford R. Hope, Garden City Earle D. Willey, Dover Robert B. Chiperfield, Canton Frank Carlson, Concordia Everett M. Dirksen, Pekin FLORIDA Leslie C. Arends, Melvin KENTUCKY Jessie Sumner, Milford SENATORS SENATORS William H. Wheat, 17 Rantoul Alben W. Barkley, Paducah Charles O. Andrews, Orlando Rolla C. McMillen, 18 Decatur Claude Pepper, Tallahassee Albert B. Chandler, Versailles Sid Simpson, Carrollton REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Evan Howell, Springfield Noble J. Gregory, Mayfield J. Hardin Peterson, Lakeland Calvin D. Johnson, Belleville Beverly M. Vincent, Brownsville Emory H. Price, Jacksonville Charles W. Vursell, Salem Emmet O’Neal, Louisville Robert L. F. Sikes, 13 Crestview James V. Heidinger, Fairfield Edward W. Creal, 24 Hodgenville Pat Cannon, Miami C. W. (Runt) Bishop, Carterville Chester O. Carrier, 25 Leitchfield Joe Hendricks, De Land At Large–Stephen A. Day, Evanston Brent Spence, Fort Thomas At Large–Lex Green, 14 Starke INDIANA Virgil Chapman, Paris Andrew J. May, Prestonsburg GEORGIA SENATORS Joe B. Bates, Greenup SENATORS Frederick Van Nuys, 19 Indianapolis 20 John M. Robsion, Barbourville Walter F. George, Vienna Samuel D. Jackson, Fort Wayne 21 Richard B. Russell, Winder William E. Jenner, Bedford LOUISIANA Raymond E. Willis, Angola REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Hugh Peterson, 15 Ailey John H. Overton, Alexandria Ray J. Madden, Gary E. E. Cox, Camilla Allen J. Ellender, Houma Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer Stephen Pace, Americus Robert A. Grant, South Bend REPRESENTATIVES A. Sidney Camp, Newnan George W. Gillie, Fort Wayne F. Edward He´bert, New Orleans Robert Ramspeck, Atlanta Forest A. Harness, Kokomo Paul H. Maloney, New Orleans Carl Vinson, Milledgeville 26 Noble J. Johnson, Terre Haute James Domengeaux, Lafayette Malcolm C. Tarver, Dalton Gerald W. Landis, Linton Overton Brooks, Shreveport John S. Gibson, Douglas Charles M. La Follette, Evansville Charles E. McKenzie, Monroe B. Frank Whelchel, Gainesville Earl Wilson, Bedford James H. Morrison, Hammond Paul Brown, Elberton Raymond S. Springer, Connersville Henry D. Larcade, Jr., Opelousas A. Leonard Allen, Winnfield IDAHO Louis Ludlow, Indianapolis SENATORS IOWA MAINE D. Worth Clark, Pocatello SENATORS SENATORS John Thomas, Gooding Guy M. Gillette, Cherokee Wallace H. White, Jr., Auburn REPRESENTATIVES George A. Wilson, Des Moines Ralph O. Brewster, Dexter Compton I. White, Clark Fork REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Henry C. Dworshak, Burley Thomas E. Martin, Iowa City Robert Hale, Portland 13 Resigned October 19, 1944; vacancy throughout re- 18 Elected June 13, 1944, to fill vacancy caused by death 23 Elected September 14, 1943, to fill vacancy caused mainder of the Congress. of William H. Wheat, and became a member of the House by death of U. S. Guyer, and became a member of the 14 Resigned November 25, 1944; vacancy throughout re- on August 1, 1944. House on September 28, 1943. mainder of the Congress. 19 Died January 25, 1944. 24 Died October 13, 1943. 15 Election unsuccessfully contested by Edward T. 20 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Frederick 25 Elected November 30, 1943, to fill vacancy caused by McEvoy. Van Nuys, and took his seat January 31, 1944. death of Edward W. Creal, and became a member of the 16 Election unsuccessfully contested by James C. 21 House on December 10, 1943. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Frederick 26 Moreland. Died February 13, 1944; vacancy throughout Van Nuys, and took his seat November 14, 1944. Resigned April 15, 1944; subsequently reelected No- remainder of the Congress. 22 vember 7, 1944, and became a member of the House on 17 Died January 16, 1944. Died June 5, 1943. November 20, 1944. SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS 375 Margaret Chase Smith, Skowhegan Joseph H. Ball, St. Paul Howard H. Buffett, Omaha Frank Fellows, Bangor REPRESENTATIVES Karl Stefan, Norfolk A. L. Miller, Kimball MARYLAND August H. Andresen, Red Wing Joseph P. O’Hara, Glencoe SENATORS Richard P. Gale, Mound NEVADA Millard E. Tydings, Havre de Grace Melvin J. Maas, St. Paul SENATORS George L. Radcliffe, Baltimore Walter H. Judd, Minneapolis Patrick A. McCarran, Reno REPRESENTATIVES Harold Knutson, St. Cloud James G. Scrugham, Reno David J. Ward, Salisbury H. Carl Andersen, Tyler REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE H. Streett Baldwin, Towson William A. Pittenger, Duluth Maurice J. Sullivan, Reno Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr., Baltimore Harold C. Hagen, Crookston Daniel Ellison, Baltimore NEW HAMPSHIRE Lansdale G. Sasscer, Upper Marlboro MISSISSIPPI J. Glenn Beall, Frostburg SENATORS SENATORS H. Styles Bridges, Concord MASSACHUSETTS Theodore G. Bilbo, Poplarville Charles W. Tobey, Temple James O. Eastland, Ruleville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES David I. Walsh, Clinton REPRESENTATIVES Chester E. Merrow, Center Ossipee 27 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Beverly John E. Rankin, Tupelo Foster Stearns, Hancock Sinclair Weeks, 28 West Newton Jamie L. Whitten, Charleston REPRESENTATIVES