- 78th United States Congress
The Seventy-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the
United States federal government, composed of theUnited States Senate and theUnited States House of Representatives . It met inWashington, DC fromJanuary 3 1943 toJanuary 3 1945 , during the last two years of the third administration of U.S. PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt .The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Dates of sessions
January 3 1943 -January 3 1945
*First session:January 6 1943 –December 21 1943
*Second session:January 10 1944 -December 19 1944 Previous: 77th Congress • Next: 79th CongressMajor events
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World War II continues (1941–1945)
*1943-09-08 – Surrender of Italy
*1943-11-28 -Tehran Conference
*1944-06-06 -Battle of Normandy
*1944-11-07 - General elections: President Roosevelt re-elected to a 4th term. Senate Democrats kept majority despite 1-seat net loss. House Democrats increased their majority with 20-seat net gain.Major legislation
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1943-12-17 —Magnuson Act (Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943), Sess. 1, ch. 344, USStat|57|600
*1944-02-03 —Mustering-out Payment Act , Sess. 2, USPL|78|225, USStat|58|8
*1944-06-22 — Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill), Sess. 2, ch. 268, USPL|78|345, USStat|58|284
*1944-06-27 —Veterans' Preference Act , Sess. 2, ch. 287, USPL|78|359, USStat|58|387
*1944-07-01 —Public Health Service Act , Sess. 2, ch. 373, USStat|58|682
*1944-12-22 — Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act, Sess. 2, ch. 665, USPL|78|534, USStat|58|887Party summary
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*Democratic "(D)": 58 "(majority)"
*Republican "(R)": 37
*Progressive "(P)": 1TOTAL members: 96House of Representatives
*Democratic "(D)": 222 "(majority)"
*Republican "(R)": 209
*Progressive "(P)": 2
*Labor "(AL)": 1
*Farmer-Labor "(F-L)": 1TOTAL members: 435Officers
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* President:
Henry A. Wallace (D)Majority (Democratic) leadership
* Majority Leader: du
Minority (Republican) leadership
* Minority Leader: du
House of Representatives
* Speaker:
Sam Rayburn (D)Majority (Democratic) leadership
* Majority Leader: du
Minority (Republican) leadership
* Minority Leader:
Joseph William Martin, Jr. Members
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Senators are 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.
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide "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.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
Employees
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House of Representatives
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