June 12, 1935 – June 13, 1935: Senator Huey Long gave the second longest filibuster speech in Senate history up to that time, 15 hours and 30 minutes to retain a provision, opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt, requiring Senate confirmation for the National Recovery Administration's senior employees.[3]
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) was reelected with 60.8% of the vote over Alf Landon (R).
Senate: Democrats gained 5 net seats during the election, and in combination with Democratic and Farmer–Labor interim appointments and the defection of George W. Norris from the Republican Party to become independent, the Republicans were reduced to 16 seats, the most lopsided Senate since Reconstruction.
House: Democrats gained twelve more net seats from the Republicans, bringing them above a three-fourths majority. This was the largest majority since Reconstruction. The last time a party won so decisively was in 1866.
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, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1936; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1938; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1940.
House of Representatives
The names of members are preceded by their district numbers.
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West Virginia
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Non-voting members
Changes of membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
Senate
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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.
^ a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
References
^Herring, E. Pendleton (1935). "First Session of the Seventy-fourth Congress, January 3, 1935, to August 26, 1935". American Political Science Review. 29 (6): 985–1005. doi:10.2307/1947314. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1947314. S2CID 147264484.
^Altman, O. R. (1936). "Second Session of the Seventy-fourth Congress, January 3, 1936, to June 20, 1936". American Political Science Review. 30 (6): 1086–1107. doi:10.2307/1948290. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1948290. S2CID 145809315.
^"Huey Long Filibusters". senate.gov.
^ a b"First Official Parliamentarian". senate.gov.
^"Social Security History".
^Bradley, Phillips (1935). "Current Neutrality Problems—Some Precedents, an Appraisal, and a Draft Statute". American Political Science Review. 29 (6): 1022–1041. doi:10.2307/1947317. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1947317. S2CID 146983611.
^No Republican whips were appointed from 1935 to 1944 since only 17 Republicans were in the Senate following the landslide reelection of President Franklin Roosevelt in 1936. Accordingly, the minutes of the Republican Conference for the period state: "On motion of Senator Hastings, duly seconded and carried, it was agreed that no Assistant Leader or Whip be elected but that the chairman be authorized to appoint Senators from time to time to assist him in taking charge of the interests of the minority." A note attached to the conference minutes added: "The chairman of the conference, Senator McNary, apparently appointed Senator Austin of Vermont as assistant leader in 1943 and 1944, until the conference adopted Rules of Organization." Source: Party Whips Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, via Senate.gov
Party divisions, via senate.gov
House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 74th Congress (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
Official Congressional Directory for the 74th Congress, 1st Session. 1935.
Official Congressional Directory for the 74th Congress, 1st Session (Revision). 1935.
Official Congressional Directory for the 74th Congress, 2nd Session. 1936.
Official Congressional Directory for the 74th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision). 1936.