SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS JANUARY 3, 1937, TO JANUARY 3, 1939 FIRST SESSION—January 5, 1937, 1 to August 21, 1937 SECOND SESSION—November 15, 1937, to December 21, 1937 THIRD SESSION—January 3, 1938, to June 16, 1938 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—JOHN N. GARNER, of Texas PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—KEY PITTMAN, of Nevada SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—EDWIN A. HALSEY, of Virginia SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—CHESLEY W. JURNEY, of Texas SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD, 2 of Alabama CLERK OF THE HOUSE—SOUTH TRIMBLE, 3 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 Carl Hayden, Phoenix William Gibbs McAdoo, 12 Los Angeles Thomas M. Storke, 13 Santa Barbara SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES 4 John R. Murdock, Tempe Hugo L. Black, Birmingham Clarence F. Lea, Santa Rosa 5 Dixie Bibb Graves, Montgomery Harry L. Englebright, Nevada City 6 ARKANSAS Lister Hill, Montgomery Frank H. Buck, Vacaville John H. Bankhead II, Jasper SENATORS Franck R. Havenner, San Francisco REPRESENTATIVES Joseph T. Robinson, 9 Little Rock Richard J. Welch, San Francisco Frank W. Boykin, Mobile John E. Miller, 10 Searcy Albert E. Carter, Oakland Lister Hill, 7 Montgomery Hattie W. Caraway, Jonesboro John H. Tolan, Oakland George M. Grant, 8 Troy REPRESENTATIVES John J. McGrath, San Mateo Henry B. Steagall, Ozark William J. Driver, Osceola Bertrand W. Gearhart, Fresno 14 Sam Hobbs, Selma John E. Miller, 11 Searcy Henry E. Stubbs, Santa Maria 15 Joe Starnes, Guntersville Claude A. Fuller, Eureka Springs Alfred J. Elliott, Tulare Pete Jarman, Livingston Ben Cravens, Fort Smith John S. McGroarty, Tujunga William B. Bankhead, Jasper David D. Terry, Little Rock H. Jerry Voorhis, San Dimas John J. Sparkman, Huntsville John L. McClellan, Malvern Charles Kramer, Los Angeles Luther Patrick, Birmingham Wade H. Kitchens, Magnolia Thomas F. Ford, Los Angeles John M. Costello, Hollywood ARIZONA CALIFORNIA John F. Dockweiler, Los Angeles Charles J. Colden, 16 San Pedro SENATORS SENATORS Byron N. Scott, Long Beach Henry F. Ashurst, Prescott Hiram W. Johnson, San Francisco Harry R. Sheppard, Yucaipa 1 By joint resolution (Pub. Law No. 120, 74th Cong.) 6 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignations of 11 Resigned November 14, 1937, having been elected the date of assembling the first session of the Seventy- Hugo L. Black and Dixie Bibb Graves, and took his seat Senator; vacancy throughout remainder of the Congress. fifth Congress was fixed for January 5, 1937. January 11, 1938; subsequently elected. 12 Resigned November 8, 1938. 2 Reelected January 5, 1937. 7 Resigned January 11, 1938, having been appointed 13 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 3 Reelected January 5, 1937. Senator. liam Gibbs McAdoo, and served from November 9, 1938, 8 4 Resigned August 19, 1937, having been appointed an Elected June 14, 1938, to fill vacancy caused by res- to January 3, 1939. 14 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United ignation of Lister Hill, but was not sworn in as Congress Died February 28, 1937. was not in session. 15 Elected May 4, 1937, to fill vacancy caused by death States. 9 5 Died July 14, 1937. of Henry E. Stubbs, and became a member of the House Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Hugo 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Joseph T. on June 7, 1937. L. Black, and took her seat August 20, 1937; resigned Robinson, and took his seat November 15, 1937; vacancy 16 Died April 15, 1938; vacancy throughout remainder January 10, 1938. in this class from July 15, 1937, to November 14, 1937. of the Congress. [ 355 ] 356 Biographical Directory CALIFORNIA—Continued B. Frank Whelchel, Gainesville Louis Ludlow, Indianapolis Paul Brown, Elberton REPRESENTATIVES—Continued IOWA Ed. V. Izac, San Diego IDAHO SENATORS SENATORS COLORADO Guy M. Gillette, Cherokee William E. Borah, Boise Clyde L. Herring, Des Moines SENATORS James P. Pope, Boise REPRESENTATIVES Alva B. Adams, Pueblo REPRESENTATIVES 17 Edwin C. Johnson, Denver Edward C. Eicher, Washington Compton I. White, Clark Fork William S. Jacobsen, Clinton REPRESENTATIVES D. Worth Clark, Pocatello John W. Gwynne, Waterloo Lawrence Lewis, Denver Fred Biermann, Decorah Fred Cummings, Fort Collins ILLINOIS Lloyd Thurston, Osceola John A. Martin, Pueblo SENATORS Cassius C. Dowell, Des Moines Edward T. Taylor, Glenwood Springs J. Hamilton Lewis, Chicago Otha D. Wearin, Hastings William H. Dieterich, Beardstown Fred C. Gilchrist, Laurens CONNECTICUT Vincent F. Harrington, Sioux City REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Augustine Lonergan, Hartford Arthur W. Mitchell, Chicago KANSAS Francis T. Maloney, Meriden Raymond S. McKeough, Chicago Edward A. Kelly, Chicago SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Harry P. Beam, Chicago Arthur Capper, Topeka Herman P. Kopplemann, Hartford Adolph J. Sabath, Chicago George McGill, Wichita William J. Fitzgerald, Norwich Thomas J. O’Brien, Chicago REPRESENTATIVES James A. Shanley, New Haven Leonard W. Schuetz, Chicago William P. Lambertson, Fairview Alfred N. Phillips, Jr., Stamford Leo Kocialkowski, Chicago U. S. Guyer, Kansas City J. Joseph Smith, Waterbury James McAndrews, Chicago Edward W. Patterson, Pittsburg At Large–William M. Citron, Ralph E. Church, Evanston Edward H. Rees, Emporia Middletown Chauncey W. Reed, West Chicago John M. Houston, Newton Noah M. Mason, Oglesby Frank Carlson, Concordia DELAWARE Leo E. Allen, Galena Clifford R. Hope, Garden City SENATORS Chester Thompson, Rock Island John G. Townsend, Jr., Selbyville Lewis L. Boyer, Quincy KENTUCKY James H. Hughes, Dover Everett M. Dirksen, Pekin SENATORS Leslie C. Arends, Melvin REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Alben W. Barkley, Paducah James A. Meeks, Danville William F. Allen, Seaford Marvel M. Logan, Bowling Green Hugh M. Rigney, Arthur FLORIDA Scott W. Lucas, Havana REPRESENTATIVES Frank W. Fries, Carlinville Noble J. Gregory, Mayfield SENATORS Edwin M. Schaefer, Belleville Beverly M. Vincent, 18 Brownsville Charles O. Andrews, Orlando Laurence F. Arnold, Newton Emmet O’Neal, Louisville Claude Pepper, Tallahasse Claude V. Parsons, Golconda Edward W. Creal, Hodgenville REPRESENTATIVES Kent E. Keller, Ava Brent Spence, Fort Thomas J. Hardin Peterson, Lakeland At Large–Edwin V. Champion, Peoria Virgil Chapman, Paris Robert A. Green, Starke At Large–Lewis M. Long, Sandwich Andrew J. May, Prestonsburg Millard F. Caldwell, Milton Fred M. Vinson, 19 Ashland J. Mark Wilcox, West Palm Beach INDIANA Joe B. Bates, 20 Greenup Joe Hendricks, De Land SENATORS John M. Robsion, Barbourville Frederick Van Nuys, Indianapolis GEORGIA Sherman Minton, New Albany LOUISIANA SENATORS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Walter F. George, Vienna William T. Schulte, Hammond John H. Overton, Alexandria Richard B. Russell, Winder Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer Allen J. Ellender, Houma REPRESENTATIVES Samuel B. Pettengill, South Bend REPRESENTATIVES Hugh Peterson, Ailey James I. Farley, Auburn Joachim O. Fernandez, New Orleans E. E. Cox, Camilla Glenn Griswold, Peru Paul H. Maloney, New Orleans Stephen Pace, Americus Virginia E. Jenckes, Terre Haute Robert L. Mouton, Lafayette Emmett M. Owen, Griffin Arthur H. Greenwood, Washington Overton Brooks, Shreveport Robert Ramspeck, Atlanta John W. Boehne, Jr., Evansville Newt V. Mills, Mer Rouge Carl Vinson, Milledgeville Eugene B. Crowe, Bedford John K. Griffith, Slidell Malcolm C. Tarver, Dalton Finly H. Gray, Connersville Rene´ L. DeRouen, Ville Platte Braswell Deen, Alma William H. Larrabee, New Palestine A. Leonard Allen, Winnfield 17 Resigned December 2, 1938, having been appointed gress, and became a member of the House on March 11, 20 Elected June 4, 1938, to fill vacancy caused by res- a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commis- 1937. ignation of Fred M. Vinson, and became a member of sion; vacancy throughout remainder of the Congress. 19 Resigned May 12, 1938, having been appointed an the House on June 9, 1938. 18 Elected March 2, 1937, to fill vacancy caused by death associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals of Representative-elect Glover H. Cary in preceding Con- for the District of Columbia. SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS 357 MAINE Fred L. Crawford, Saginaw MONTANA SENATORS Albert J. Engel, Lake City SENATORS Roy O. Woodruff, Bay City Frederick Hale, Portland John Luecke, Escanaba Burton K. Wheeler, Butte Wallace H. White, Jr., Auburn Frank E. Hook, Ironwood James E. Murray, Butte REPRESENTATIVES George D. O’Brien, Detroit REPRESENTATIVES James C. Oliver, South Portland Louis C. Rabaut, Detroit Jerry J. O’Connell, Butte Clyde H. Smith, Skowhegan John D. Dingell, Detroit James F. O’Connor, Livingston Ralph O. Brewster, Dexter John Lesinski, Dearborn George A. Dondero, Royal Oak NEBRASKA MARYLAND SENATORS SENATORS MINNESOTA George W. Norris, McCook Millard E. Tydings, Havre de Grace SENATORS Edward R. Burke, Omaha George L. Radcliffe, Baltimore Henrik Shipstead, Minneapolis REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Ernest Lundeen, Minneapolis Henry C. Luckey, Lincoln T. Alan Goldsborough, Denton REPRESENTATIVES Charles F. McLaughlin, Omaha William P. Cole, Jr., Towson August H. Andresen, Red Wing Karl Stefan, Norfolk Vincent L. Palmisano, Baltimore Elmer J. Ryan, South St. Paul Charles G. Binderup, Minden Ambrose J. Kennedy, Baltimore Henry G. Teigan, Minneapolis Harry B. Coffee, Chadron Stephen W. Gambrill, 21 Laurel Melvin J. Maas, St. Paul David J. Lewis, Cumberland Dewey W. Johnson, Minneapolis NEVADA Harold Knutson, St. Cloud