1. Major events

2. Hearings

3. Major legislation

4. Party summary
     Senate    House of Representatives  

5. Leadership
    Senate   Majority (Democratic) leadership    Minority (Republican) leadership   House   Majority (Democratic) leadership    Minority (Republican) leadership  

6. Members
    Senate   Alabama    Arizona    Arkansas    California    Colorado    Connecticut    Delaware    Florida    Georgia    Idaho    Illinois    Indiana    Iowa    Kansas    Kentucky    Louisiana    Maine    Maryland    Massachusetts    Michigan    Minnesota    Mississippi    Missouri    Montana    Nebraska    Nevada    New Hampshire    New Jersey    New Mexico    New York    North Carolina    North Dakota    Ohio    Oklahoma    Oregon    Pennsylvania    Rhode Island    South Carolina    South Dakota    Tennessee    Texas    Utah    Vermont    Virginia    Washington    West Virginia    Wisconsin    Wyoming    House of Representatives    Alabama    Arizona    Arkansas    California    Colorado    Connecticut    Delaware    Florida    Georgia    Idaho    Illinois    Indiana    Iowa    Kansas    Kentucky    Louisiana    Maine    Maryland    Massachusetts    Michigan    Minnesota    Mississippi    Missouri    Montana    Nebraska    Nevada    New Hampshire    New Jersey    New Mexico    New York    North Carolina    North Dakota    Ohio    Oklahoma    Oregon    Pennsylvania    Rhode Island    South Carolina    South Dakota    Tennessee    Texas    Utah    Vermont    Virginia    Washington    West Virginia    Wisconsin    Wyoming    Non-voting members  

7. Changes in membership
    Senate  House of Representatives 

8. Committees
    Senate  House of Representatives  Joint committees 

9. Caucuses

10. Employees
     Senate  House of Representatives 

11. In popular culture

12. See also

13. References

The Seventy-sixth 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, DC from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1941, during the seventh and eighth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fifteenth Census of the United States in 1930. Both chambers had a Democratic majority. It is the most recent Congress to have held a third session.

Major events

• April 9, 1939: African-American singer Marian Anderson performs before 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after having been denied the use both of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and of a public high school by the federally controlled District of Columbia.
• August 2, 1939: Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt about developing the atomic bomb using uranium. This led to the creation of the Manhattan Project.
• September 5, 1939: World War II: The United States declares its neutrality in the war.
• November 4, 1939: World War II: President Roosevelt ordered the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons to non-belligerent nations.
• November 15, 1939: President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• April 1, 1940: April Fools' Day was also the census date for the 16th U.S. Census.
• May 16, 1940: World War II: President Roosevelt, addressed a joint session of Congress, asking for an extraordinary credit of approximately $900 million to finance construction of at least 50,000 airplanes per year.
• June 10, 1940: World War II: President Roosevelt denounced Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech during the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
• August 4, 1940: World War II: Gen. John J. Pershing, in a nationwide radio broadcast, urges all-out aid to Britain in order to defend the Americas, while Charles Lindbergh speaks to an isolationist rally at Soldier Field in Chicago.
• September, 1940: The Army's 45th Infantry Division (previously a National Guard Division in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma), was activated and ordered into federal service for 1 year, to engage in a training program in Ft. Sill and Louisiana, prior to serving in World War II.
• September 2, 1940: World War II: An agreement between America and Great Britain was announced to the effect that 50 U.S. destroyers needed for escort work would be transferred to Great Britain. In return, America gained 99-year leases on British bases in the North Atlantic, West Indies and Bermuda.
• September 26, 1940: World War II: The United States imposed a total embargo on all scrap metal shipments to Japan.
• October 16, 1940: The draft registration of approximately 16 million men began in the United States.
• October 29, 1940: The Selective Service System lottery was held in Washington, D.C..
• November 5, 1940: U.S. presidential election, 1940: Democrat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and became the United States's first and only third-term president.
• November 12, 1940: Case of Hansberry v. Lee, {{ussc|311|32|1940}}, decided, allowing a racially restrictive covenant to be lifted.
• December 17, 1940: President Roosevelt, at his regular press conference, first outlined his plan to send aid to Great Britain that will become known as Lend-Lease.
• December 29, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declared that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy."
• January 13, 1941: All persons born in Puerto Rico after this day were declared U.S. citizens by birth, through federal law {{UnitedStatesCode|8|1402}}.
• January 20, 1941: Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes swore in President Roosevelt for a third term.
• January 27, 1941: World War II: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew passed on to Washington a rumor overheard at a diplomatic reception about a planned surprise attack upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• February 4, 1941: World War II: The United Service Organization (USO) was created to entertain American troops.

Hearings

• January 23, 1941: Aviator Charles Lindbergh testified before the Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.

Major legislation

• April 3, 1939: Reorganization Act of 1939, {{USPL|76|19}}, {{USStat|53|561}}
• August 2, 1939: Hatch Act of 1939 ("Hatch Political Activity Act", "An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities"), ch. 410, {{USStat|53|1147}}
• November 4, 1939: Neutrality Act of 1939, ("Cash and Carry Act"), ch. 2, {{USStat|54|4}}
• June 29, 1940: Alien Registration Act (Smith Act), 3d sess. ch. 439, {{USStat|54|670}}
• August 22, 1940: Act of August 22, 1940, ch. 686, {{USPL|76|768}}, {{USStat|54|789}} (including Investment Company Act of 1940, Investment Advisers Act of 1940)
• September 16, 1940: Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, {{USPL|76|783}}

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: John N. Garner (D)
• President pro tempore: Key Pittman

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Alben W. Barkley
• Majority Whip: Sherman Minton
• Caucus Secretary: Joshua B. Lee

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Charles McNary
• Republican Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale

House

• Speaker: William B. Bankhead, until September 15, 1940 (died)
  • Sam Rayburn, from September 16, 1940

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Sam Rayburn, until September 16, 1940
  • John W. McCormack, from September 16, 1940
• Democratic Whip: Patrick J. Boland
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: John W. McCormack, until September 16, 1940
• 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

Members

Senate

Senators were popularly 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 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1940; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1942; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1944.

Alabama

• 2. John H. Bankhead II (D)
• 3. Joseph Lister Hill (D)

Arizona

• 1. Henry Fountain Ashurst (D)
• 3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

• 2. John E. Miller (D)
• 3. Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D)

California

• 1. Hiram Warren Johnson (R)
• 3. Sheridan Downey (D)

Colorado

• 2. Edwin Carl Johnson (D)
• 3. Alva Blanchard Adams (D)

Connecticut

• 1. Francis Thomas Maloney (D)
• 3. John A. Danaher (R)

Delaware

• 1. John G. Townsend, Jr. (R)
• 2. James H. Hughes (D)

Florida

• 1. Charles Oscar Andrews (D)
• 3. Claude Denson Pepper (D)

Georgia

• 2. Walter Franklin George (D)
• 3. Richard Brevard Russell (D)

Idaho

• 2. William Edgar Borah (R), until January 19, 1940
  • John W. Thomas (R), from January 27, 1940
• 3. D. Worth Clark (D)

Illinois

• 2. James Hamilton Lewis (D), until April 9, 1939
  • James M. Slattery (D), April 14, 1939 – November 21, 1940
  • Charles W. Brooks (R), from November 22, 1940
• 3. Scott W. Lucas (D)

Indiana

• 1. Sherman Minton (D)
• 3. Frederick Van Nuys (D)

Iowa

• 2. Clyde L. Herring (D)
• 3. Guy M. Gillette (D)

Kansas

• 2. Arthur Capper (R)
• 3. Clyde M. Reed (R)

Kentucky

• 2. Marvel Mills Logan (D), until October 3, 1939
  • Happy Chandler (D), from October 10, 1939
• 3. Alben William Barkley (D)

Louisiana

• 2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D)
• 3. John Holmes Overton (D)

Maine

• 1. Frederick Hale (R)
• 2. Wallace H. White, Jr. (R)

Maryland

• 1. George Lovic Radcliffe (D)
• 3. Millard Evelyn Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. David Ignatius Walsh (D)
• 2. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)

Michigan

• 1. Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (R)
• 2. Prentiss Marsh Brown (D)

Minnesota

• 1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)
• 2. Ernest Lundeen (FL), until August 31, 1940
  • Joseph H. Ball (R), from October 14, 1940

Mississippi

• 1. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (D)
• 2. Byron Patton Harrison (D)

Missouri

• 1. Harry S. Truman (D)
• 3. Bennett Champ Clark (D)

Montana

• 1. Burton Kendall Wheeler (D)
• 2. James Edward Murray (D)

Nebraska

• 1. Edward Raymond Burke (D)
• 2. George William Norris (I)

Nevada

• 1. Key Denson Pittman (D), until November 10, 1940
  • Berkeley L. Bunker (D), from November 27, 1940
• 3. Patrick Anthony McCarran (D)

New Hampshire

• 2. Styles Bridges (R)
• 3. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey

• 1. William Warren Barbour (R)
• 2. William Howell Smathers (D)

New Mexico

• 1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (D)
• 2. Carl Atwood Hatch (D)

New York

• 1. James Michael Mead (D)
• 3. Robert Ferdinand Wagner (D)

North Carolina

• 2. Josiah William Bailey (D)
• 3. Robert Rice Reynolds (D)

North Dakota

• 1. Lynn Joseph Frazier (R)
• 3. Gerald Prentice Nye (R)

Ohio

• 1. Alvin Victor Donahey (D)
• 3. Robert A. Taft (R)

Oklahoma

• 2. Joshua B. Lee (D)
• 3. Elmer Thomas (D)

Oregon

• 2. Charles L. McNary (R)
• 3. Rufus C. Holman (R)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Joseph F. Guffey (D)
• 3. James J. Davis (R)

Rhode Island

• 1. Peter Goelet Gerry (D)
• 2. Theodore Francis Green (D)

South Carolina

• 2. James Francis Byrnes (D)
• 3. Ellison Durant Smith (D)

South Dakota

• 2. William John Bulow (D)
• 3. J. Chandler Gurney (R)

Tennessee

• 1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D)
• 2. Tom Stewart (D)

Texas

• 1. Thomas Terry Connally (D)
• 2. Morris Sheppard (D)

Utah

• 1. William Henry King (D)
• 3. Elbert Duncan Thomas (D)

Vermont

• 1. Warren Robinson Austin (R)
• 3. Ernest Willard Gibson (R), until June 20, 1940
  • Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (R), from October 14, 1940

Virginia

• 1. Harry Flood Byrd (D)
• 2. Carter Glass (D)

Washington

• 1. Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (D), until December 16, 1940
  • Monrad Wallgren (D), from December 19, 1940
• 3. Homer Truett Bone (D)

West Virginia

• 1. Rush D. Holt Sr. (D)
• 2. Matthew Mansfield Neely (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (Prog)
• 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

Wyoming

• 1. Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (D)
• 2. Henry H. Schwartz (D)

House of Representatives

The names of members are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

• {{ushr|Alabama|1|1}}. Frank W. Boykin (D)
• {{ushr|Alabama|2|2}}. George M. Grant (D)
• {{ushr|Alabama|3|3}}. Henry B. Steagall (D)
• {{ushr|Alabama|4|4}}. Sam Hobbs (D)
• {{ushr|Alabama|5|5}}. Joe Starnes (D)
• {{ushr|Alabama|6|6}}. Pete Jarman (D)
• {{ushr|Alabama|7|7}}. William B. Bankhead (D), until September 15, 1940
  • Zadoc L. Weatherford (D). from November 5, 1940
• {{ushr|Alabama|8|8}}. John J. Sparkman (D)
• {{ushr|Alabama|9|9}}. Luther Patrick (D)

Arizona

• {{ushr|Arizona|AL|At-large}}. John R. Murdock (D)

Arkansas

• {{ushr|Arkansas|1|1}}. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
• {{ushr|Arkansas|2|2}}. Wilbur D. Mills (D)
• {{ushr|Arkansas|3|3}}. Clyde T. Ellis (D)
• {{ushr|Arkansas|4|4}}. William B. Cravens (D), until January 13, 1939
  • William F. Cravens (D), from September 12, 1939
• {{ushr|Arkansas|5|5}}. David D. Terry (D)
• {{ushr|Arkansas|6|6}}. William F. Norrell (D)
• {{ushr|Arkansas|7|7}}. Wade H. Kitchens (D)

California

• {{ushr|California|1|1}}. Clarence F. Lea (D)
• {{ushr|California|2|2}}. Harry L. Englebright (R)
• {{ushr|California|3|3}}. Frank H. Buck (D)
• {{ushr|California|4|4}}. Franck R. Havenner (Prog)
• {{ushr|California|5|5}}. Richard J. Welch (R)
• {{ushr|California|6|6}}. Albert E. Carter (R)
• {{ushr|California|7|7}}. John H. Tolan (D)
• {{ushr|California|8|8}}. Jack Z. Anderson (R)
• {{ushr|California|9|9}}. Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)
• {{ushr|California|10|10}}. Alfred J. Elliott (D)
• {{ushr|California|11|11}}. John Carl Hinshaw (R)
• {{ushr|California|12|12}}. Jerry Voorhis (D)
• {{ushr|California|13|13}}. Charles Kramer (D)
• {{ushr|California|14|14}}. Thomas F. Ford (D)
• {{ushr|California|15|15}}. John M. Costello (D)
• {{ushr|California|16|16}}. Leland M. Ford (R)
• {{ushr|California|17|17}}. Lee E. Geyer (D)
• {{ushr|California|18|18}}. Thomas M. Eaton (R), until September 16, 1939
• {{ushr|California|19|19}}. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
• {{ushr|California|20|20}}. Edouard V. M. Izac (D)

Colorado

• {{ushr|Colorado|1|1}}. Lawrence Lewis (D)
• {{ushr|Colorado|2|2}}. Fred N. Cummings (D)
• {{ushr|Colorado|3|3}}. John A. Martin (D), until December 23, 1939
  • William E. Burney (D), from November 5, 1940
• {{ushr|Colorado|4|4}}. Edward T. Taylor (D)

Connecticut

• {{ushr|Connecticut|1|1}}. William J. Miller (R)
• {{ushr|Connecticut|2|2}}. Thomas R. Ball (R)
• {{ushr|Connecticut|3|3}}. James A. Shanley (D)
• {{ushr|Connecticut|4|4}}. Albert E. Austin (R)
• {{ushr|Connecticut|5|5}}. J. Joseph Smith (D)
• {{ushr|Connecticut|AL|At-large}}. B. J. Monkiewicz (R)

Delaware

• {{ushr|Delaware|AL|At-large}}. George S. Williams (R)

Florida

• {{ushr|Florida|1|1}}. J. Hardin Peterson (D)
• {{ushr|Florida|2|2}}. Robert A. Green (D)
• {{ushr|Florida|3|3}}. Millard F. Caldwell (D)
• {{ushr|Florida|4|4}}. Pat Cannon (D)
• {{ushr|Florida|5|5}}. Joe Hendricks (D)

Georgia

• {{ushr|Georgia|1|1}}. Hugh Peterson (D)
• {{ushr|Georgia|2|2}}. Edward E. Cox (D)
• {{ushr|Georgia|3|3}}. Stephen Pace (D)
• {{ushr|Georgia|4|4}}. Emmett M. Owen (D), until June 21, 1939
  • A. Sidney Camp (D), from August 1, 1939
• {{ushr|Georgia|5|5}}. Robert Ramspeck (D)
• {{ushr|Georgia|6|6}}. Carl Vinson (D)
• {{ushr|Georgia|7|7}}. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
• {{ushr|Georgia|8|8}}. W. Benjamin Gibbs (D), until August 7, 1940
  • Florence R. Gibbs (D), from October 1, 1940
• {{ushr|Georgia|9|9}}. B. Frank Whelchel (D)
• {{ushr|Georgia|10|10}}. Paul Brown (D)

Idaho

• {{ushr|Idaho|1|1}}. Compton I. White (D)
• {{ushr|Idaho|2|2}}. Henry C. Dworshak (R)

Illinois

• {{ushr|Illinois|1|1}}. Arthur W. Mitchell (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|2|2}}. Raymond S. McKeough (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|3|3}}. Edward A. Kelly (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|4|4}}. Harry P. Beam (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|5|5}}. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|6|6}}. A. F. Maciejewski (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|7|7}}. Leonard W. Schuetz (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|8|8}}. Leo Kocialkowski (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|9|9}}. James McAndrews (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|10|10}}. Ralph E. Church (R)
• {{ushr|Illinois|11|11}}. Chauncey W. Reed (R)
• {{ushr|Illinois|12|12}}. Noah M. Mason (R)
• {{ushr|Illinois|13|13}}. Leo E. Allen (R)
• {{ushr|Illinois|14|14}}. Anton J. Johnson (R)
• {{ushr|Illinois|15|15}}. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
• {{ushr|Illinois|16|16}}. Everett M. Dirksen (R)
• {{ushr|Illinois|17|17}}. Leslie C. Arends (R)
• {{ushr|Illinois|18|18}}. Jessie Sumner (R)
• {{ushr|Illinois|19|19}}. William H. Wheat (R)
• {{ushr|Illinois|20|20}}. James M. Barnes (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|21|21}}. Frank W. Fries (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|22|22}}. Edwin M. Schaefer (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|23|23}}. Laurence F. Arnold (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|24|24}}. Claude V. Parsons (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|25|25}}. Kent E. Keller (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|AL|At-large}}. John C. Martin (D)
• {{ushr|Illinois|AL|At-large}}. Thomas V. Smith (D)

Indiana

• {{ushr|Indiana|1|1}}. William T. Schulte (D)
• {{ushr|Indiana|2|2}}. Charles A. Halleck (R)
• {{ushr|Indiana|3|3}}. Robert A. Grant (R)
• {{ushr|Indiana|4|4}}. George W. Gillie (R)
• {{ushr|Indiana|5|5}}. Forest A. Harness (R)
• {{ushr|Indiana|6|6}}. Noble J. Johnson (R)
• {{ushr|Indiana|7|7}}. Gerald W. Landis (R)
• {{ushr|Indiana|8|8}}. John W. Boehne, Jr. (D)
• {{ushr|Indiana|9|9}}. Eugene B. Crowe (D)
• {{ushr|Indiana|10|10}}. Raymond S. Springer (R)
• {{ushr|Indiana|11|11}}. William H. Larrabee (D)
• {{ushr|Indiana|12|12}}. Louis Ludlow (D)

Iowa

• {{ushr|Iowa|1|1}}. Thomas E. Martin (R)
• {{ushr|Iowa|2|2}}. William S. Jacobsen (D)
• {{ushr|Iowa|3|3}}. John W. Gwynne (R)
• {{ushr|Iowa|4|4}}. Henry O. Talle (R)
• {{ushr|Iowa|5|5}}. Karl M. LeCompte (R)
• {{ushr|Iowa|6|6}}. Cassius C. Dowell (R), until February 4, 1940
  • Robert K. Goodwin (R), from March 5, 1940
• {{ushr|Iowa|7|7}}. Ben F. Jensen (R)
• {{ushr|Iowa|8|8}}. Fred C. Gilchrist (R)
• {{ushr|Iowa|9|9}}. Vincent F. Harrington (D)

Kansas

• {{ushr|Kansas|1|1}}. William P. Lambertson (R)
• {{ushr|Kansas|2|2}}. U. S. Guyer (R)
• {{ushr|Kansas|3|3}}. Thomas Daniel Winter (R)
• {{ushr|Kansas|4|4}}. Edward Herbert Rees (R)
• {{ushr|Kansas|5|5}}. John Mills Houston (D)
• {{ushr|Kansas|6|6}}. Frank Carlson (R)
• {{ushr|Kansas|7|7}}. Clifford R. Hope (R)

Kentucky

• {{ushr|Kentucky|1|1}}. Noble J. Gregory (D)
• {{ushr|Kentucky|2|2}}. Beverly M. Vincent (D)
• {{ushr|Kentucky|3|3}}. Emmet O'Neal (D)
• {{ushr|Kentucky|4|4}}. Edward W. Creal (D)
• {{ushr|Kentucky|5|5}}. Brent Spence (D)
• {{ushr|Kentucky|6|6}}. Virgil Chapman (D)
• {{ushr|Kentucky|7|7}}. Andrew J. May (D)
• {{ushr|Kentucky|8|8}}. Joe B. Bates (D)
• {{ushr|Kentucky|9|9}}. John M. Robsion (R)

Louisiana

• {{ushr|Louisiana|1|1}}. Joachim O. Fernandez (D)
• {{ushr|Louisiana|2|2}}. Paul H. Maloney (D), until December 15, 1940
• {{ushr|Louisiana|3|3}}. Robert L. Mouton (D)
• {{ushr|Louisiana|4|4}}. Overton Brooks (D)
• {{ushr|Louisiana|5|5}}. Newt V. Mills (D)
• {{ushr|Louisiana|6|6}}. John K. Griffith (D)
• {{ushr|Louisiana|7|7}}. René L. DeRouen (D)
• {{ushr|Louisiana|8|8}}. A. Leonard Allen (D)

Maine

• {{ushr|Maine|1|1}}. James C. Oliver (R)
• {{ushr|Maine|2|2}}. Clyde H. Smith (R), until April 8, 1940
  • Margaret Chase Smith (R), from June 3, 1940
• {{ushr|Maine|3|3}}. Ralph Owen Brewster (R)

Maryland

• {{ushr|Maryland|1|1}}. T. Alan Goldsborough (D), until April 5, 1939
  • David J. Ward (D), from June 8, 1939
• {{ushr|Maryland|2|2}}. William P. Cole, Jr. (D)
• {{ushr|Maryland|3|3}}. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (D)
• {{ushr|Maryland|4|4}}. Ambrose J. Kennedy (D)
• {{ushr|Maryland|5|5}}. Lansdale G. Sasscer (D), from February 3, 1939
• {{ushr|Maryland|6|6}}. William D. Byron (D)

Massachusetts

• {{ushr|Massachusetts|1|1}}. Allen T. Treadway (R)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|2|2}}. Charles Clason (R)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|3|3}}. Joseph E. Casey (D)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|4|4}}. Pehr G. Holmes (R)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|5|5}}. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|6|6}}. George J. Bates (R)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|7|7}}. Lawrence J. Connery (D)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|8|8}}. Arthur D. Healey (D)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|9|9}}. Robert Luce (R)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|10|10}}. George H. Tinkham (R)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|11|11}}. Thomas A. Flaherty (D)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|12|12}}. John W. McCormack (D)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|13|13}}. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|14|14}}. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)
• {{ushr|Massachusetts|15|15}}. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan

• {{ushr|Michigan|1|1}}. Rudolph G. Tenerowicz (D)
• {{ushr|Michigan|2|2}}. Earl C. Michener (R)
• {{ushr|Michigan|3|3}}. Paul W. Shafer (R)
• {{ushr|Michigan|4|4}}. Clare E. Hoffman (R)
• {{ushr|Michigan|5|5}}. Carl E. Mapes (R), until December 12, 1939
  • Bartel J. Jonkman (R), from February 19, 1940
• {{ushr|Michigan|6|6}}. William W. Blackney (R)
• {{ushr|Michigan|7|7}}. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
• {{ushr|Michigan|8|8}}. Fred L. Crawford (R)
• {{ushr|Michigan|9|9}}. Albert J. Engel (R)
• {{ushr|Michigan|10|10}}. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
• {{ushr|Michigan|11|11}}. Fred Bradley (R)
• {{ushr|Michigan|12|12}}. Frank Hook (D)
• {{ushr|Michigan|13|13}}. Clarence McLeod (R)
• {{ushr|Michigan|14|14}}. Louis C. Rabaut (D)
• {{ushr|Michigan|15|15}}. John D. Dingell, Sr. (D)
• {{ushr|Michigan|16|16}}. John Lesinski, Sr. (D)
• {{ushr|Michigan|17|17}}. George A. Dondero (R)

Minnesota

• {{ushr|Minnesota|1|1}}. August H. Andresen (R)
• {{ushr|Minnesota|2|2}}. Elmer Ryan (D)
• {{ushr|Minnesota|3|3}}. John G. Alexander (R)
• {{ushr|Minnesota|4|4}}. Melvin Maas (R)
• {{ushr|Minnesota|5|5}}. Oscar Youngdahl (R)
• {{ushr|Minnesota|6|6}}. Harold Knutson (R)
• {{ushr|Minnesota|7|7}}. H. Carl Andersen (R)
• {{ushr|Minnesota|8|8}}. William Pittenger (R)
• {{ushr|Minnesota|9|9}}. Rich T. Buckler (FL)

Mississippi

• {{ushr|Mississippi|1|1}}. John E. Rankin (D)
• {{ushr|Mississippi|2|2}}. Wall Doxey (D)
• {{ushr|Mississippi|3|3}}. William M. Whittington (D)
• {{ushr|Mississippi|4|4}}. Aaron L. Ford (D)
• {{ushr|Mississippi|5|5}}. Ross A. Collins (D)
• {{ushr|Mississippi|6|6}}. William M. Colmer (D)
• {{ushr|Mississippi|7|7}}. Dan R. McGehee (D)

Missouri

• {{ushr|Missouri|1|1}}. Milton A. Romjue (D)
• {{ushr|Missouri|2|2}}. William L. Nelson (D)
• {{ushr|Missouri|3|3}}. Richard M. Duncan (D)
• {{ushr|Missouri|4|4}}. C. Jasper Bell (D)
• {{ushr|Missouri|5|5}}. Joseph B. Shannon (D)
• {{ushr|Missouri|6|6}}. Reuben T. Wood (D)
• {{ushr|Missouri|7|7}}. Dewey Short (R)
• {{ushr|Missouri|8|8}}. Clyde Williams (D)
• {{ushr|Missouri|9|9}}. Clarence Cannon (D)
• {{ushr|Missouri|10|10}}. Orville Zimmerman (D)
• {{ushr|Missouri|11|11}}. Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D), until December 31, 1940
• {{ushr|Missouri|12|12}}. Charles Arthur Anderson (D)
• {{ushr|Missouri|13|13}}. John J. Cochran (D)

Montana

• {{ushr|Montana|1|1}}. Jacob Thorkelson (R)
• {{ushr|Montana|2|2}}. James F. O'Connor (D)

Nebraska

• {{ushr|Nebraska|1|1}}. George H. Heinke (R), until January 2, 1940
  • John Hyde Sweet (R), from April 19, 1940
• {{ushr|Nebraska|2|2}}. Charles F. McLaughlin (D)
• {{ushr|Nebraska|3|3}}. Karl Stefan (R)
• {{ushr|Nebraska|4|4}}. Carl T. Curtis (R)
• {{ushr|Nebraska|5|5}}. Harry B. Coffee (D)

Nevada

• {{ushr|Nevada|AL|At-large}}. James G. Scrugham (D)

New Hampshire

• {{ushr|New Hampshire|1|1}}. Arthur B. Jenks (R)
• {{ushr|New Hampshire|2|2}}. Foster Waterman Stearns (R)

New Jersey

• {{ushr|New Jersey|1|1}}. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|2|2}}. Walter S. Jeffries (R)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|3|3}}. William H. Sutphin (D)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|4|4}}. D. Lane Powers (R)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|5|5}}. Charles A. Eaton (R)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|6|6}}. Donald H. McLean (R)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|7|7}}. J. Parnell Thomas (R)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|8|8}}. George N. Seger (R), until August 26, 1940
• {{ushr|New Jersey|9|9}}. Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (R)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|10|10}}. Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|11|11}}. Albert L. Vreeland (R)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|12|12}}. Robert W. Kean (R)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|13|13}}. Mary T. Norton (D)
• {{ushr|New Jersey|14|14}}. Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico

• {{ushr|New Mexico|AL|At-large}}. John J. Dempsey (D)

New York

• {{ushr|New York|1|1}}. Leonard W. Hall (R)
• {{ushr|New York|2|2}}. William B. Barry (D)
• {{ushr|New York|3|3}}. Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)
• {{ushr|New York|4|4}}. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
• {{ushr|New York|5|5}}. Marcellus H. Evans (D)
• {{ushr|New York|6|6}}. Andrew L. Somers (D)
• {{ushr|New York|7|7}}. John J. Delaney (D)
• {{ushr|New York|8|8}}. Donald L. O'Toole (D)
• {{ushr|New York|9|9}}. Eugene J. Keogh (D)
• {{ushr|New York|10|10}}. Emanuel Celler (D)
• {{ushr|New York|11|11}}. James A. O'Leary (D)
• {{ushr|New York|12|12}}. Samuel Dickstein (D)
• {{ushr|New York|13|13}}. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
• {{ushr|New York|14|14}}. William I. Sirovich (D), until December 17, 1939
  • Morris Michael Edelstein (D), from February 6, 1940
• {{ushr|New York|15|15}}. Michael J. Kennedy (D)
• {{ushr|New York|16|16}}. James H. Fay (D)
• {{ushr|New York|17|17}}. Bruce Barton (R)
• {{ushr|New York|18|18}}. Martin J. Kennedy (D)
• {{ushr|New York|19|19}}. Sol Bloom (D)
• {{ushr|New York|20|20}}. Vito Marcantonio (American Labor)
• {{ushr|New York|21|21}}. Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
• {{ushr|New York|22|22}}. Edward W. Curley (D), until January 6, 1940
  • Walter A. Lynch (D), from February 20, 1940
• {{ushr|New York|23|23}}. Charles A. Buckley (D)
• {{ushr|New York|24|24}}. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
• {{ushr|New York|25|25}}. Ralph A. Gamble (R)
• {{ushr|New York|26|26}}. Hamilton Fish (R)
• {{ushr|New York|27|27}}. Lewis K. Rockefeller (R)
• {{ushr|New York|28|28}}. William T. Byrne (D)
• {{ushr|New York|29|29}}. E. Harold Cluett (R)
• {{ushr|New York|30|30}}. Frank Crowther (R)
• {{ushr|New York|31|31}}. Wallace E. Pierce (R), until January 3, 1940
  • Clarence E. Kilburn (R), from February 13, 1940
• {{ushr|New York|32|32}}. Francis D. Culkin (R)
• {{ushr|New York|33|33}}. Fred J. Douglas (R)
• {{ushr|New York|34|34}}. Bert Lord (R), until May 24, 1939
  • Edwin A. Hall (R), from November 7, 1939
• {{ushr|New York|35|35}}. Clarence E. Hancock (R)
• {{ushr|New York|36|36}}. John Taber (R)
• {{ushr|New York|37|37}}. W. Sterling Cole (R)
• {{ushr|New York|38|38}}. Joseph J. O'Brien (R)
• {{ushr|New York|39|39}}. James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R)
• {{ushr|New York|40|40}}. Walter G. Andrews (R)
• {{ushr|New York|41|41}}. J. Francis Harter (R)
• {{ushr|New York|42|42}}. Pius L. Schwert (D)
• {{ushr|New York|43|43}}. Daniel A. Reed (R)
• {{ushr|New York|AL|At-large}}. Matthew J. Merritt (D)
• {{ushr|New York|AL|At-large}}. Caroline O'Day (D)

North Carolina

• {{ushr|North Carolina|1|1}}. Lindsay C. Warren (D), until October 31, 1940
  • Herbert C. Bonner (D), from November 5, 1940
• {{ushr|North Carolina|2|2}}. John H. Kerr (D)
• {{ushr|North Carolina|3|3}}. Graham A. Barden (D)
• {{ushr|North Carolina|4|4}}. Harold D. Cooley (D)
• {{ushr|North Carolina|5|5}}. Alonzo D. Folger (D)
• {{ushr|North Carolina|6|6}}. Carl T. Durham (D)
• {{ushr|North Carolina|7|7}}. J. Bayard Clark (D)
• {{ushr|North Carolina|8|8}}. William O. Burgin (D)
• {{ushr|North Carolina|9|9}}. Robert L. Doughton (D)
• {{ushr|North Carolina|10|10}}. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
• {{ushr|North Carolina|11|11}}. Zebulon Weaver (D)

North Dakota

• {{ushr|North Dakota|AL|At-large}}. William Lemke (Nonpartisan Republican)
• {{ushr|North Dakota|AL|At-large}}. Usher L. Burdick (Nonpartisan Republican)

Ohio

• {{ushr|Ohio|1|1}}. Charles H. Elston (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|2|2}}. William E. Hess (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|3|3}}. Harry N. Routzohn (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|4|4}}. Robert Franklin Jones (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|5|5}}. Cliff Clevenger (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|6|6}}. James G. Polk (D)
• {{ushr|Ohio|7|7}}. Clarence J. Brown (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|8|8}}. Frederick C. Smith (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|9|9}}. John F. Hunter (D)
• {{ushr|Ohio|10|10}}. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|11|11}}. Harold K. Claypool (D)
• {{ushr|Ohio|12|12}}. John M. Vorys (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|13|13}}. Dudley A. White (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|14|14}}. Dow W. Harter (D)
• {{ushr|Ohio|15|15}}. Robert T. Secrest (D)
• {{ushr|Ohio|16|16}}. James Seccombe (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|17|17}}. William A. Ashbrook (D), until January 1, 1940
  • J. Harry McGregor (R), from February 27, 1940
• {{ushr|Ohio|18|18}}. Earl R. Lewis (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|19|19}}. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
• {{ushr|Ohio|20|20}}. Martin L. Sweeney (D)
• {{ushr|Ohio|21|21}}. Robert Crosser (D)
• {{ushr|Ohio|22|22}}. Chester C. Bolton (R), until October 29, 1939
  • Frances P. Bolton (R), from February 27, 1940
• {{ushr|Ohio|AL|At-large}}. George H. Bender (R)
• {{ushr|Ohio|AL|At-large}}. L. L. Marshall (R)

Oklahoma

• {{ushr|Oklahoma|1|1}}. Wesley E. Disney (D)
• {{ushr|Oklahoma|2|2}}. John Conover Nichols (D)
• {{ushr|Oklahoma|3|3}}. Wilburn Cartwright (D)
• {{ushr|Oklahoma|4|4}}. Lyle Boren (D)
• {{ushr|Oklahoma|5|5}}. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
• {{ushr|Oklahoma|6|6}}. Jed Johnson (D)
• {{ushr|Oklahoma|7|7}}. Sam C. Massingale (D)
• {{ushr|Oklahoma|8|8}}. Phil Ferguson (D)
• {{ushr|Oklahoma|AL|At-large}}. Will Rogers (D)

Oregon

• {{ushr|Oregon|1|1}}. James W. Mott (R)
• {{ushr|Oregon|2|2}}. Walter M. Pierce (D)
• {{ushr|Oregon|3|3}}. Homer D. Angell (R)

Pennsylvania

• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|1}}. Leon Sacks (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|2|2}}. James P. McGranery (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|3|3}}. Michael J. Bradley (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|4|4}}. J. Burrwood Daly (D), until March 12, 1939
  • John E. Sheridan (D), from November 7, 1939
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|5|5}}. Fred C. Gartner (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|6|6}}. Francis J. Myers (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|7|7}}. George P. Darrow (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|8|8}}. James Wolfenden (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|9|9}}. Charles L. Gerlach (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|10|10}}. J. Roland Kinzer (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|11|11}}. Patrick J. Boland (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|12|12}}. J. Harold Flannery (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|13|13}}. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|14|14}}. Guy L. Moser (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|15|15}}. Albert G. Rutherford (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|16|16}}. Robert F. Rich (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|17|17}}. J. William Ditter (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|18|18}}. Richard M. Simpson (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|19|19}}. John C. Kunkel (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|20|20}}. Benjamin Jarrett (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|21|21}}. Francis E. Walter (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|22|22}}. Chester H. Gross (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|23|23}}. James E. Van Zandt (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|24|24}}. J. Buell Snyder (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|25|25}}. Charles I. Faddis (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|26|26}}. Louis E. Graham (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|27|27}}. Harve Tibbott (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|28|28}}. Robert G. Allen (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|29|29}}. Robert L. Rodgers (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|30|30}}. Robert J. Corbett (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|31|31}}. John McDowell (R)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|32|32}}. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|33|33}}. Joseph A. McArdle (D)
• {{ushr|Pennsylvania|34|34}}. Matthew A. Dunn (D)

Rhode Island

• {{ushr|Rhode Island|1|1}}. Charles Risk (R)
• {{ushr|Rhode Island|2|2}}. Harry Sandager (R)

South Carolina

• {{ushr|South Carolina|1|1}}. Thomas S. McMillan (D), until September 29, 1939
  • Clara Gooding McMillan (D), from November 7, 1939
• {{ushr|South Carolina|2|2}}. Hampton P. Fulmer (D)
• {{ushr|South Carolina|3|3}}. Butler B. Hare (D)
• {{ushr|South Carolina|4|4}}. Joseph R. Bryson (D)
• {{ushr|South Carolina|5|5}}. James P. Richards (D)
• {{ushr|South Carolina|6|6}}. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota

• {{ushr|South Dakota|1|1}}. Karl E. Mundt (R)
• {{ushr|South Dakota|2|2}}. Francis Case (R)

Tennessee

• {{ushr|Tennessee|1|1}}. B. Carroll Reece (R)
• {{ushr|Tennessee|2|2}}. J. Will Taylor (R), until November 14, 1939
  • John Jennings, Jr. (R), from December 30, 1939
• {{ushr|Tennessee|3|3}}. Sam D. McReynolds (D), until July 11, 1939
  • Estes Kefauver (D), from September 13, 1939
• {{ushr|Tennessee|4|4}}. Albert A. Gore Sr. (D)
• {{ushr|Tennessee|5|5}}. Jo Byrns, Jr. (D)
• {{ushr|Tennessee|6|6}}. Clarence W. Turner (D), until March 23, 1939
  • W. Wirt Courtney (D), from May 11, 1939
• {{ushr|Tennessee|7|7}}. Herron C. Pearson (D)
• {{ushr|Tennessee|8|8}}. Jere Cooper (D)
• {{ushr|Tennessee|9|9}}. Clift Chandler (D), until January 2, 1940
  • Clifford Davis (D), from February 15, 1940

Texas

• {{ushr|Texas|1|1}}. Wright Patman (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|2|2}}. Martin Dies, Jr. (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|3|3}}. Lindley Beckworth (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|4|4}}. Sam Rayburn (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|5|5}}. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|6|6}}. Luther A. Johnson (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|7|7}}. Nat Patton (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|8|8}}. Albert Thomas (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|9|9}}. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|10|10}}. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|11|11}}. William R. Poage (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|12|12}}. Fritz G. Lanham (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|13|13}}. Ed Gossett (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|14|14}}. Richard M. Kleberg (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|15|15}}. Milton H. West (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|16|16}}. R. Ewing Thomason (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|17|17}}. Clyde L. Garrett (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|18|18}}. Marvin Jones (D), until November 20, 1940
• {{ushr|Texas|19|19}}. George H. Mahon (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|20|20}}. Paul J. Kilday (D)
• {{ushr|Texas|21|21}}. Charles L. South (D)

Utah

• {{ushr|Utah|1|1}}. Abe Murdock (D)
• {{ushr|Utah|2|2}}. J. W. Robinson (D)

Vermont

• {{ushr|Vermont|AL|At-large}}. Charles A. Plumley (R)

Virginia

• {{ushr|Virginia|1|1}}. S. Otis Bland (D)
• {{ushr|Virginia|2|2}}. Colgate Darden (D)
• {{ushr|Virginia|3|3}}. Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. (D)
• {{ushr|Virginia|4|4}}. Patrick H. Drewry (D)
• {{ushr|Virginia|5|5}}. Thomas G. Burch (D)
• {{ushr|Virginia|6|6}}. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
• {{ushr|Virginia|7|7}}. A. Willis Robertson (D)
• {{ushr|Virginia|8|8}}. Howard W. Smith (D)
• {{ushr|Virginia|9|9}}. John W. Flannagan, Jr. (D)

Washington

• {{ushr|Washington|1|1}}. Warren G. Magnuson (D)
• {{ushr|Washington|2|2}}. Monrad C. Wallgren (D), until December 19, 1940
• {{ushr|Washington|3|3}}. Martin F. Smith (D)
• {{ushr|Washington|4|4}}. Knute Hill (D)
• {{ushr|Washington|5|5}}. Charles H. Leavy (D)
• {{ushr|Washington|6|6}}. John M. Coffee (D)

West Virginia

• {{ushr|West Virginia|1|1}}. A. C. Schiffler (R)
• {{ushr|West Virginia|2|2}}. Jennings Randolph (D)
• {{ushr|West Virginia|3|3}}. Andrew Edmiston, Jr. (D)
• {{ushr|West Virginia|4|4}}. George William Johnson (D)
• {{ushr|West Virginia|5|5}}. John Kee (D)
• {{ushr|West Virginia|6|6}}. Joe L. Smith (D)

Wisconsin

• {{ushr|Wisconsin|1|1}}. Stephen Bolles (R)
• {{ushr|Wisconsin|2|2}}. Charles Hawks, Jr. (R)
• {{ushr|Wisconsin|3|3}}. Harry W. Griswold (R), until July 4, 1939
• {{ushr|Wisconsin|4|4}}. John C. Schafer (R)
• {{ushr|Wisconsin|5|5}}. Lewis D. Thill (R)
• {{ushr|Wisconsin|6|6}}. Frank B. Keefe (R)
• {{ushr|Wisconsin|7|7}}. Reid F. Murray (R)
• {{ushr|Wisconsin|8|8}}. Joshua L. Johns (R)
• {{ushr|Wisconsin|9|9}}. Merlin Hull (Prog)
• {{ushr|Wisconsin|10|10}}. Bernard J. Gehrmann (Prog)

Wyoming

• {{ushr|Wyoming|AL|At-large}}. Frank O. Horton (R)

Non-voting members

• {{ushr|Alaska Territory|AL|Alaska Territory}}. Anthony J. Dimond (D)
• {{ushr|Hawaii Territory|AL|Hawaii Territory}}. Samuel Wilder King (R)
• {{ushr|Philippines|AL|Philippines}}. Joaquin Miguel Elizalde (Ind.)
• {{ushr|Puerto Rico|AL|Puerto Rico}}. Santiago Iglesias Pantín (Coalitionist), until December 5, 1939
  • Bolívar Pagán (Resident Commissioner) (Socialist), from December 26, 1939

Changes in membership

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

Senate

{{see also|List of special elections to the United States Senate}}{{Ordinal US Congress Senate}}
|-
| Illinois
(2)
| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | J. Hamilton Lewis (D)
| Died April 9, 1939.
Successor appointed April 14, 1939, to continue the term.
| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | James M. Slattery (D)
| April 14, 1939
|-
| Kentucky
(2)
| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | M. M. Logan (D)
| Died October 3, 1939.
Successor appointed October 10, 1939, to continue the term.
Successor elected November 5, 1940, to finish the term.
| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Happy Chandler (D)
| October 10, 1939
|-
| Idaho
(2)
| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | William E. Borah (R)
| Died January 19, 1940.
Successor appointed January 27, 1940, to continue the term.
Successor elected November 5, 1940, to finish the term.
| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | John W. Thomas (R)
| January 27, 1940
|-
| Vermont
(3)
| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Ernest W. Gibson (R)
| Died June 20, 1940.
Successor appointed October 14, 1940, to continue the term.
| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (R)
| October 14, 1940
|-
| Minnesota
(2)
| nowrap {{party shading/Farmer-Labor}} | Ernest Lundeen (FL)
| Died August 31, 1940.
Successor appointed October 14, 1940, to continue the term.
Successor lost election to finish the term.
| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Joseph H. Ball (R)
| October 14, 1940
|-
| Nevada
(1)
| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Key Pittman (D)
| Died November 10, 1940.
Successor appointed November 27, 1940, to continue the term.
Successor lost nomination to finish the term.
| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Berkeley L. Bunker (D)
| November 27, 1940
|-
| Illinois
(2)
| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | James M. Slattery (D)
| Interim appointee lost election November 21, 1940, to finish the term.
| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Charles W. Brooks (R)
| November 22, 1940
|-
| Washington
(1)
| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D)
| Resigned December 16, 1940, to become judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
Successor appointed December 19, 1940, to finish the term.
| nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Monrad Wallgren (D)
| December 19, 1940
|}

House of Representatives

{{See also|List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives}}{{Ordinal US Congress Rep}}
|-
| {{ushr|Maryland|5|Maryland 5th}}
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Stephen W. Gambrill died in previous Congress
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Lansdale Sasscer (D)
| February 3, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|Arkansas|4|Arkansas 4th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | William B. Cravens (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 13, 1939
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | William F. Cravens (D)
| September 12, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|Pennsylvania|4|Pennsylvania 4th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | J. Burrwood Daly (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 12, 1939
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | John E. Sheridan (D)
| November 7, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|Tennessee|6|Tennessee 6th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Clarence W. Turner (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 23, 1939
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | W. Wirt Courtney (D)
| May 11, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|Maryland|1|Maryland 1st}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Thomas A. Goldsborough (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 5, 1939, after being appointed associate justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | David J. Ward (D)
| June 8, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|New York|34|New York 34th}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Bert Lord (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 24, 1939
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Edwin A. Hall (R)
| November 7, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|Georgia|4|Georgia 4th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Emmett M. Owen (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 21, 1939
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | A. Sidney Camp (D)
| August 1, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|Wisconsin|3|Wisconsin 3rd}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Harry W. Griswold (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 4, 1939
| colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|-
| {{ushr|Tennessee|3|Tennessee 3rd}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Sam D. McReynolds (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 11, 1939
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Estes Kefauver (D)
| September 13, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|California|18|California 18th}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Thomas M. Eaton (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 16, 1939
| colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|-
| {{ushr|South Carolina|1|South Carolina 1st}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Thomas S. McMillan (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 29, 1939
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Clara G. McMillan (D)
| November 7, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|Ohio|22|Ohio 22nd}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Chester C. Bolton (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 29, 1939
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Frances P. Bolton (R)
| February 27, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|Tennessee|2|Tennessee 2nd}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | J. Will Taylor (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 14, 1939
| {{party shading/Republican}} | John Jennings, Jr. (R)
| December 30, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|Puerto Rico|AL|Puerto Rico At-large}}
| Santiago Iglesias (Coalitionist)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 5, 1939
| Bolívar Pagán (Socialist)
| December 26, 1939
|-
| {{ushr|Colorado|3|Colorado 3rd}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | John A. Martin (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 23, 1939
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | William E. Burney (D)
| November 5, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|Michigan|5|Michigan 5th}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Carl E. Mapes (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 12, 1939
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Bartel J. Jonkman (R)
| February 19, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|New York|14|New York 14th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | William I. Sirovich (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 17, 1939
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Morris M. Edelstein (D)
| February 6, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|Ohio|17|Ohio 17th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | William A. Ashbrook (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 1, 1940
| {{party shading/Republican}} | J. Harry McGregor (R)
| February 27, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|Nebraska|1|Nebraska 1st}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | George H. Heinke (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 2, 1940
| {{party shading/Republican}} | John H. Sweet (R)
| April 19, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|Tennessee|9|Tennessee 9th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Clift Chandler (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 2, 1940, after being elected Mayor of Memphis
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Clifford Davis (D)
| February 15, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|New York|31|New York 31st}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Wallace E. Pierce (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 3, 1940
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
| February 13, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|New York|22|New York 22nd}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Edward W. Curley (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 6, 1940
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Walter A. Lynch (D)
| February 20, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|Iowa|6|Iowa 6th}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Cassius C. Dowell (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 4, 1940
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Robert K. Goodwin (R)
| March 5, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|Maine|2|Maine 2nd}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Clyde Smith (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 8, 1940
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Margaret Chase Smith (R)
| June 3, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|Georgia|8|Georgia 8th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | W. Benjamin Gibbs (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 7, 1940
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Florence Reville Gibbs (D)
| October 1, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|New Jersey|8|New Jersey 8th}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | George N. Seger (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 26, 1940
| colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|-
| {{ushr|Alabama|7|Alabama 7th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | William B. Bankhead (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 15, 1940
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Zadoc L. Weatherford (D)
| November 5, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|North Carolina|1|North Carolina 1st}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Lindsay C. Warren (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 31, 1940, after being appointed Comptroller General of the United States
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Herbert C. Bonner (D)
| November 5, 1940
|-
| {{ushr|Texas|18|Texas 18th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | John Marvin Jones (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 20, 1940, to become judge of the United States Court of Claims
| colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|-
| {{ushr|Louisiana|2|Louisiana 2nd}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Paul H. Maloney (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 15, 1940, to become Collector of Internal Revenue for New Orleans District
| colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|-
| {{ushr|Washington|2|Washington 2nd}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Monrad Wallgren (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 19, 1940, after being elected to the US Senate
| colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|-
| {{ushr|Missouri|11|Missouri 11th}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1940, to become candidate for Circuit Attorney of St. Louis
| colspan=2 | Vacant until the next Congress
|}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (4 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, 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.

Senate

• Agriculture and Forestry
• Aquatic Life (Special)
• Appropriations
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
• Banking and Currency
• Campaign Expenditures Investigation (Special)
• Civil Service
• Civil Service Laws (Special)
• Civil Service System (Special)
• Claims
• Commerce
• Court Reorganization and Judicial Procedure (Special)
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
  • Investigation Violations of Free Speech and the Rights of Labor
• Enrolled Bills
• Expenditures in Executive Departments
• Finance
• Foreign Relations
• Government Organization (Select)
• Immigration
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Indian Affairs
• Interoceanic Canals
• Interstate Commerce
• Judiciary
• Library
• Manufactures
• Military Affairs
• Mines and Mining
• Naval Affairs
• Patents
• Pensions
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Printing
• Privileges and Elections
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Lands and Surveys
• Rules
• Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special)
• Small Business Enterprises (Special)
• Taxation of Government Securities and Salaries (Special)
• Territories and Insular Affairs
• Unemployment and Relief (Select)
• Whole
• Wildlife Resources (Special)
• Wool Production (Special)

House of Representatives

• Accounts
• Agriculture
• Anthracite Emergency Program (Special)
• Appropriations
• Banking and Currency
• Census
• Civil Service
• Claims
• Coinage, Weights and Measures
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• District of Columbia
• Education
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress
• Elections
• Enrolled Bills
• Expenditures in the Executive Departments
• Flood Control
• Foreign Affairs
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Indian Affairs
• Insular Affairs
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce
• Invalid Pensions
• Irrigation and Reclamation
• Labor
• Memorials
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries
• Military Affairs
• Mines and Mining
• Naval Affairs
• Patents
• Pensions
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Lands
• Revision of Laws
• Rivers and Harbors
• Roads
• Rules
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories
• War Claims
• Ways and Means
• Whole

Joint committees

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• Eradication of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly
• Forestry
• The Library
• To Investigate Phosphate Resource of the United States
• Taxation
• Tennessee Valley Authority

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn
• Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
• Comptroller General of the United States:
  • vacant, until April 11, 1939
  • Fred H. Brown, April 11, 1939 - June 19, 1940
  • vacant, June 19, 1940 - November 1, 1940
  • Lindsay C. Warren, starting November 1, 1940
• Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam (until 1939), Archibald MacLeish (starting 1939)
• Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack

Senate

• Chaplain: ZeBarney Thorne Phillips (Episcopal)
• Curator: {{dm}}
• Historian: {{dm}}
• Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
• Secretary for the Majority: {{dm}}
• Secretary for the Minority: {{dm}}
• Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
• Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
• Clerk: South Trimble of Kentucky
• Historian: {{dm}}
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
• Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
• Reading Clerks: {{dm}}
• Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney

In popular culture

• It appears in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

See also

• United States elections, 1938 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1938
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1938
• United States elections, 1940 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1940
  • United States Senate elections, 1940
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1940

References

• {{cite book |title=House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 76th Congress |url= http://library.clerk.house.gov/reference-files/House_Calendar_76th_Congress.pdf#page=1 }}
• {{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory for the 76th Congress, 1st Session |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015022759388;view=1up;seq=7 }}
• {{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory for the 76th Congress, 1st Session (Revision) |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015022759370;view=1up;seq=7 }}
• {{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory for the 76th Congress, 3rd Session |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015071164100;view=1up;seq=7 }}
• {{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory for the 76th Congress, 3rd Session (Revision) |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011924654;view=1up;seq=7 }}

• New York State Route 990G
• New York State Route 990P
• New York State School for the Deaf
• New York State School Of Agriculture on Long Island
• New York State's Commissioner of Education
• New York State Secretary to the Governor
• New York State Summer School for the Arts
• New York State Superintendent of Banks
• New York State Superintendent of Prisons
• New York State Superintendent of Public Works
• New York State Superintendent of State Prisons
• New York State Taxation and Finance Department
• New York State Tax Law
• New York State Teachers Association
• New York State Teachers' Association
• New York State Transportation Department
• New York State Trooper
• New York State Unified Court System
• New York State University College at Buffalo
• New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law
• New York Statewide Multiple Listing Service
• New York State Writers Hall of Fame
• New York State Writers Institute
• New York State Writers Institute at SUNY-Albany
• New York Stories (opera)