73rd United States Congress

The 73rd 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, D.C. from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935, during the first two years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. Because of the newly ratified 20th Amendment, the duration of this Congress, along with the term of office of those elected to it, was shortened by 8945 days days. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1930 United States census.

The Democrats greatly increased their majority in the House, and won control of the Senate for the first time since the 65th Congress in 1917. With Franklin D. Roosevelt being sworn in as president on March 4, 1933, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta, also for the first time since the 65th Congress.

Major events

 * March 4, 1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt became President of the United States
 * January 3, 1934: The second session of 73rd Congress convened as mandated by the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, that had been ratified one year earlier
 * August 19, 1934: House Speaker Henry Thomas Rainey died of a heart attack. The House had already completed its work for this Congress and had already adjourned.  No Speaker was elected until the next Congress.

First Session
The first session of Congress, known as the "Hundred Days", took place before the regular seating and was called by President Roosevelt specifically to pass two acts:
 * March 9, 1933: The Emergency Banking Act (ch. 1, ) was enacted within four hours of its introduction. It was prompted by the "bank holiday" and was the first step in Roosevelt's "first hundred days" of the New Deal. The Act was drafted in large part by officials appointed by the Hoover administration. The bill provided for the Treasury Department to initiate reserve requirements and a federal bailout to large failing institutions. It also removed the United States from the Gold Standard. All banks had to undergo a federal inspection to deem if they were stable enough to re-open. Within a week 1/3 of the banks re-opened in the United States and faith was, in large part, restored in the banking system. The act had few opponents, only taking fire from the farthest left elements of Congress who wanted to nationalize banks altogether.
 * March 10, 1933: The Economy Act of 1933. Roosevelt, in sending this act to Congress, warned that if it did not pass, the country faced a billion-dollar deficit. The act balanced the federal budget by cutting the salaries of government employees and cutting pensions to veterans by as much as 15 percent. It intended to reassure the deficit hawks that the new president was fiscally conservative. Although the act was heavily protested by left-leaning members of congress, it passed by an overwhelming margin.

The session also passed several other major pieces of legislation:


 * March 31, 1933: The Civilian Conservation Corps Reforestation Relief Act (ch. 17, ) established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as a means to combat unemployment and poverty.
 * May 12, 1933: The Agricultural Adjustment Act (ch. 25, ) was part of a plan developed by Roosevelt's Secretary of Agriculture, Henry A. Wallace, and was designed to protect American farmers from the uncertainties of the depression through subsidies and production controls. The act laid the frame for long-term government control in the planning of the agricultural sector. In 1936 the act was ruled unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court because it taxed one group to pay for another.
 * May 12, 1933: The Federal Emergency Relief Act (ch. 30, ) established the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) which develop public works projects to give work to the unemployed.
 * May 18, 1933: The Tennessee Valley Authority Act (ch. 32, ) created the Tennessee Valley Authority to relieve the Tennessee Valley by a series of public works projects.
 * June 5, 1933: The Securities Act of 1933 (ch. 38, ) established the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) as a way for the government to prevent a repeat of the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
 * June 12, 1933: The Glass–Steagall Act of 1933 (ch. 89, ) was a follow-up to the Glass–Steagall Act of 1932. Both acts sought to make banking safer and less prone to speculation. The 1933 act, however, established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
 * June 16, 1933: The National Industrial Recovery Act ("NIRA", ch. 90, ) was an anti-deflation scheme promoted by the Chamber of Commerce that reversed anti-trust laws and permit trade associations to cooperate in stabilizing prices within their industries while making businesses ensure that the incomes of workers would rise along with their prices. It guaranteed to workers of the right of collective bargaining and helped spur major union organizing drives in major industries. In case consumer buying power lagged behind, thereby defeating the administration's initiatives, the NIRA created the Public Works Administration (PWA), a major program of public works spending designed to alleviate unemployment, and moreover to transfer funds to certain beneficiaries. The NIRA established the most important, but ultimately least successful provision: a new federal agency known as the National Recovery Administration (NRA), which attempted to stabilize prices and wages through cooperative "code authorities" involving government, business, and labor. The NIRA was seen hailed as a miracle, responding to the needs of labor, business, unemployment, and the deflation crisis. The "sick chicken case" led to the Supreme Court invalidating NIRA in 1935.

Second Session

 * March 24, 1934: The Tydings–McDuffie Act provided for self-government for the Commonwealth of the Philippines and a pathway to independence.
 * June 6, 1934: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (ch. 404, ) grew out of the Securities Act of 1933 and regulated participation in financial markets.
 * June 6, 1934: The National Firearms Act of 1934 (ch. 757, ) regulated machine guns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns.
 * June 19, 1934: Communications Act of 1934 (ch. 652,, )

Constitutional amendments

 * December 5, 1933: Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, repealing the eighteenth amendment and thus ending prohibition in the United States, was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution

"Merchants of Death"

 * Committee: United States Senate Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry
 * Chairman: Senator Gerald P. Nye (R)
 * Duration: September 4, 1934 – February 24, 1936

The Senate Munitions Committee came into existence solely for the purpose of this hearing. Although World War I had been over for sixteen years, there were revived reports that America's leading munition companies had effectively influenced the United States into that conflict, which killed 53,000 Americans, hence the companies' nickname "Merchants of Death".

The Democratic Party, controlling the Senate for the first time since the first world war, used the hype of these reports to organize the hearing in hopes of nationalizing America's munitions industry. The Democrats chose a Republican renowned for his ardent isolationist policies, Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, to head the hearing. Nye was typical of western agrarian progressives, and adamantly opposed America's involvement in any foreign war. Nye declared at the opening of the hearing "when the Senate investigation is over, we shall see that war and preparation for war is not a matter of national honor and national defense, but a matter of profit for the few."

Over the next 18 months, the "Nye Committee" (as newspapers called it) held 93 hearings, questioning more than 200 witnesses, including J.P. Morgan Jr. and Pierre du Pont. Committee members found little hard evidence of an active conspiracy among arms makers, yet the panel's reports did little to weaken the popular prejudice against "greedy munitions interests."

The hearings overlapped the 73rd and 74th Congresses. They only came to an end after Chairman Nye provoked the Democratic caucus into cutting off funding. Nye, in the last hearing the Committee held in early 1936, attacked former Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, suggesting that Wilson had withheld essential information from Congress as it considered a declaration of war. Democratic leaders, including Appropriations Committee Chairman Carter Glass of Virginia, unleashed a furious response against Nye for "dirtdaubing the sepulcher of Woodrow Wilson." Standing before cheering colleagues in a packed Senate chamber, Glass slammed his fist onto his desk in protest until blood dripped from his knuckles, effectively prompting the Democratic caucus to withhold all funding for further hearings.

Although the "Nye Committee" failed to achieve its goal of nationalizing the arms industry, it inspired three congressional neutrality acts in the mid-1930s that signaled profound American opposition to overseas involvement.

Party summary
For details, see Changes in membership, below.

Senate
There were 48 states with two senators per state, this gave the Senate 96 seats. Membership changed with four deaths, one resignation, and two appointees who were replaced by electees.

House of Representatives
Membership changed with twelve deaths and three resignations.

Senate

 * President: John Nance Garner (D)
 * President pro tempore: Key Pittman (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman: Joseph T. Robinson
 * Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip): J. Hamilton Lewis
 * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Hugo Black

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Charles L. McNary
 * Assistant Minority Leader (Minority Whip): Felix Hebert
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Charles L. McNary
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale
 * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Daniel O. Hastings

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Henry T. Rainey (D), until August 19, 1934 (Vacant thereafter)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Joseph W. Byrns
 * Majority Whip: Arthur H. Greenwood
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Clarence F. Lea

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Bertrand H. Snell
 * Minority Whip: Harry L. Englebright
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Robert Luce
 * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Chester C. Bolton

Senate
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 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1936; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1938.

Alabama

 * 2. John H. Bankhead II (D)
 * 3. Hugo Black (D)

Arizona

 * 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D)
 * 3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

 * 2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
 * 3. Hattie Caraway (D)

California

 * 1. Hiram W. Johnson (R)
 * 2. William G. McAdoo

Colorado

 * 2. Edward P. Costigan (D)
 * 3. Alva B. Adams (D)

Connecticut

 * 1. Frederic C. Walcott (R)
 * 3. Augustine Lonergan (D)

Delaware

 * 1. John G. Townsend Jr. (R)
 * 2. Daniel O. Hastings (R)

Florida

 * 1. Park Trammell (D)
 * 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

Georgia

 * 2. Walter F. George (D)
 * 3. Richard B. Russell Jr. (D)

Idaho

 * 2. William E. Borah (R)
 * 3. James P. Pope (D)

Illinois

 * 2. James Hamilton Lewis (D)
 * 3. William H. Dieterich (D)

Indiana

 * 1. Arthur R. Robinson (R)
 * 3. Frederick Van Nuys (D)

Iowa

 * 2. Lester J. Dickinson (R)
 * 3. Richard L. Murphy (D)

Kansas

 * 2. Arthur Capper (R)
 * 3. George McGill (D)

Kentucky

 * 2. Marvel M. Logan (D)
 * 3. Alben W. Barkley (D)

Louisiana

 * 2. Huey P. Long (D)
 * 3. John H. Overton (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

 * 1. Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R)
 * 3. Millard Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

 * 1. David I. Walsh (D)
 * 2. Marcus A. Coolidge (D)

Michigan

 * 1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)
 * 2. James J. Couzens (R)

Minnesota

 * 1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)
 * 2. Thomas D. Schall (R)

Mississippi

 * 1. Hubert D. Stephens (D)
 * 2. Pat Harrison (D)

Missouri

 * 1. Roscoe C. Patterson (R)
 * 3. Bennett Champ Clark (D)

Montana

 * 1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)
 * 2. John E. Erickson (D), March 13, 1933 – November 7, 1934
 * James E. Murray (D), from November 7, 1934

Nebraska

 * 1. Robert B. Howell (R), until March 11, 1933
 * William H. Thompson (D), May 24, 1933 – November 7, 1934
 * Richard C. Hunter (D), from November 7, 1934
 * 2. George W. Norris (R)

Nevada

 * 1. Key Pittman (D)
 * 3. Patrick A. McCarran (D)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Henry W. Keyes (R)
 * 3. Fred H. Brown (D)

New Jersey

 * 1. Hamilton Fish Kean (R)
 * 2. William Warren Barbour (R)

New Mexico

 * 1. Bronson M. Cutting (R)
 * 2. Sam G. Bratton (D), until June 24, 1933
 * Carl Hatch (D), from October 10, 1933

New York

 * 1. Royal S. Copeland (D)
 * 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

North Carolina

 * 2. Josiah William Bailey (D)
 * 3. Robert R. Reynolds (D)

North Dakota

 * 1. Lynn Frazier (R-NPL)
 * 3. Gerald Nye (R)

Ohio

 * 1. Simeon D. Fess (R)
 * 3. Robert J. Bulkley (D)

Oklahoma

 * 2. Thomas P. Gore (D)
 * 3. Elmer Thomas (D)

Oregon

 * 2. Charles L. McNary (R)
 * 3. Frederick Steiwer (R)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. David A. Reed (R)
 * 3. James J. Davis (R)

Rhode Island

 * 1. Felix Hebert (R)
 * 2. Jesse H. Metcalf (R)

South Carolina

 * 2. James F. Byrnes (D)
 * 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

South Dakota

 * 2. William J. Bulow (D)
 * 3. Peter Norbeck (R)

Tennessee

 * 1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D)
 * 2. Nathan L. Bachman (D)

Texas

 * 1. Thomas T. Connally (D)
 * 2. Morris Sheppard (D)

Utah

 * 1. William H. King (D)
 * 3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

Vermont

 * 1. Warren Austin (R)
 * 3. Porter H. Dale (R), until October 6, 1933
 * Ernest Willard Gibson (R), from November 21, 1933

Virginia

 * 1. Harry F. Byrd (D)
 * 2. Carter Glass (D)

Washington

 * 1. Clarence Cleveland Dill (D)
 * 3. Homer Bone (D)

West Virginia

 * 1. Henry D. Hatfield (R)
 * 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin

 * 1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R)
 * 3. F. Ryan Duffy (D)

Wyoming

 * 1. John B. Kendrick (D), until November 3, 1933
 * Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D), from January 1, 1934
 * 2. Robert D. Carey (R)



House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. John McDuffie (D)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. J. Lister Hill (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Henry B. Steagall (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Lamar Jeffers (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Miles C. Allgood (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. William B. Oliver (D)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. William B. Bankhead (D)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district. Edward B. Almon (D), until June 22, 1933
 * Archibald Hill Carmichael (D), from November 14, 1933
 * Alabama's 9th congressional district. George Huddleston (D)

Arizona

 * At-large. Isabella Selmes Greenway (D), from October 3, 1933

Arkansas

 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. William J. Driver (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. John E. Miller (D)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. Claude A. Fuller (D)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. William B. Cravens (D)
 * Arkansas's 5th congressional district. Heartsill Ragon (D), until June 16, 1933
 * David D. Terry (D), from December 19, 1933
 * Arkansas's 6th congressional district. David D. Glover (D)
 * Arkansas's 7th congressional district. Tilman B. Parks (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. Clarence F. Lea (D)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Harry L. Englebright (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. Frank H. Buck (D)
 * California's 4th congressional district. Florence P. Kahn (R)
 * California's 5th congressional district. Richard J. Welch (R)
 * California's 6th congressional district. Albert E. Carter (R)
 * California's 7th congressional district. Ralph R. Eltse (R)
 * California's 8th congressional district. John J. McGrath (D)
 * California's 9th congressional district. Denver S. Church (D)
 * California's 10th congressional district. Henry E. Stubbs (D)
 * California's 11th congressional district. William E. Evans (R)
 * California's 12th congressional district. John H. Hoeppel (D)
 * California's 13th congressional district. Charles Kramer (D)
 * California's 14th congressional district. Thomas F. Ford (D)
 * California's 15th congressional district. William I. Traeger (R)
 * California's 16th congressional district. John F. Dockweiler (D)
 * California's 17th congressional district. Charles J. Colden (D)
 * California's 18th congressional district. John H. Burke (D)
 * California's 19th congressional district. Sam L. Collins (R)
 * California's 20th congressional district. George Burnham (R)

Colorado

 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. Lawrence Lewis (D)
 * Colorado's 2nd congressional district. Fred N. Cummings (D)
 * Colorado's 3rd congressional district. John A. Martin (D)
 * Colorado's 4th congressional district. Edward T. Taylor (D)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. Herman P. Kopplemann (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. William L. Higgins (R)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Francis T. Maloney (D)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Schuyler Merritt (R)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district. Edward W. Goss (R)
 * At-large. Charles M. Bakewell (R)

Delaware

 * At-large. Wilbur L. Adams (D)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. J. Hardin Peterson (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Robert A. Green (D)
 * Florida's 3rd congressional district. Millard F. Caldwell (D)
 * Florida's 4th congressional district. J. Mark Wilcox (D)
 * At-large. William J. Sears (D)

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Homer C. Parker (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Edward E. Cox (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Bryant T. Castellow (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Emmett M. Owen (D)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. Robert Ramspeck (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. Carl Vinson (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. Braswell Deen (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. John S. Wood (D)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. Charles H. Brand (D), until May 17, 1933
 * Paul Brown (D), from July 5, 1933

Idaho

 * Idaho's 1st congressional district. Compton I. White (D)
 * Idaho's 2nd congressional district. Thomas C. Coffin (D), until June 8, 1934

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. Oscar S. De Priest (R)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. P. H. Moynihan (R)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Edward A. Kelly (D)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. Harry P. Beam (D)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Thomas J. O’Brien (D)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. Leonard W. Schuetz (D)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Leo Kocialkowski (D)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Frederick A. Britten (R)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. James Simpson Jr. (R)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. Frank R. Reid (R)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. John T. Buckbee (R)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Leo E. Allen (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. Chester C. Thompson (D)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. J. Leroy Adair (D)
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district. Everett M. Dirksen (R)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. Frank Gillespie (D)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. James A. Meeks (D)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. Donald C. Dobbins (D)
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district. Henry T. Rainey (D), until August 19, 1934
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district. J. Earl Major (D), until October 6, 1933
 * Illinois's 22nd congressional district. Edwin M. Schaefer (D)
 * Illinois's 23rd congressional district. William W. Arnold (D)
 * Illinois's 24th congressional district. Claude V. Parsons (D)
 * Illinois's 25th congressional district. Kent E. Keller (D)
 * At-large. Martin A. Brennan (D)
 * At-large. Walter Nesbit (D)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. William T. Schulte (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. George R. Durgan (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Samuel B. Pettengill (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. James I. Farley (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. Glenn Griswold (D)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Virginia E. Jenckes (D)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Arthur H. Greenwood (D)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. John W. Boehne Jr. (D)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Eugene B. Crowe (D)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Finly H. Gray (D)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. William H. Larrabee (D)
 * Indiana's 12th congressional district. Louis Ludlow (D)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Edward C. Eicher (D)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Bernhard M. Jacobsen (D)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Albert C. Willford (D)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Fred Biermann (D)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Lloyd Thurston (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. Cassius C. Dowell (R)
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district. Otha D. Wearin (D)
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district. Fred C. Gilchrist (R)
 * Iowa's 9th congressional district. Guy M. Gillette (D)

Kansas

 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. William P. Lambertson (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Ulysses S. Guyer (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Harold C. McGugin (R)
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. Randolph Carpenter (D)
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district. William A. Ayres (D), until August 22, 1934
 * Kansas's 6th congressional district. Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy (D)
 * Kansas's 7th congressional district. Clifford R. Hope (R)

Kentucky

 * At-large. John Y. Brown Sr. (D)
 * At-large. Cap R. Carden (D)
 * At-large. Glover H. Cary (D)
 * At-large. Virgil Chapman (D)
 * At-large. W. Voris Gregory (D)
 * At-large. Finley Hamilton (D)
 * At-large. Andrew J. May (D)
 * At-large. Brent Spence (D)
 * At-large. Fred M. Vinson (D)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Joachim O. Fernández (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Paul H. Maloney (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Numa F. Montet (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. John N. Sandlin (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Riley Joseph Wilson (D)
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Bolivar E. Kemp (D), until June 19, 1933
 * Jared Y. Sanders Jr. (D), from May 1, 1934
 * Louisiana's 7th congressional district. René L. DeRouen (D)
 * Louisiana's 8th congressional district. Cleveland Dear (D)

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Carroll L. Beedy (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Edward C. Moran Jr. (D)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. John G. Utterback (D)

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. William P. Cole Jr. (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Vincent L. Palmisano (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Ambrose J. Kennedy (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Stephen W. Gambrill (D)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. David J. Lewis (D)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Allen T. Treadway (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. William J. Granfield (D)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Frank H. Foss (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Pehr G. Holmes (R)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. William P. Connery Jr. (D)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Arthur D. Healey (D)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Robert Luce (R)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. George H. Tinkham (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. John J. Douglass (D)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. John W. McCormack (D)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
 * Massachusetts's 14th congressional district. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
 * Massachusetts's 15th congressional district. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. George G. Sadowski (D)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. John C. Lehr (D)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Joseph L. Hooper (R), until February 22, 1934
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. George Ernest Foulkes (D)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Carl Mapes (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Claude E. Cady (D)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Michael J. Hart (D)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Harry W. Musselwhite (D)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. Prentiss M. Brown (D)
 * Michigan's 12th congressional district. W. Frank James (R)
 * Michigan's 13th congressional district. Clarence J. McLeod (R)
 * Michigan's 14th congressional district. Carl M. Weideman (D)
 * Michigan's 15th congressional district. John D. Dingell Sr. (D)
 * Michigan's 16th congressional district. John Lesinski Sr. (D)
 * Michigan's 17th congressional district. George A. Dondero (R)

Minnesota

 * At-large. Henry M. Arens (FL)
 * At-large. Ray P. Chase (R)
 * At-large. Theodore Christianson (R)
 * At-large. Einar Hoidale (D)
 * At-large. Magnus Johnson (FL)
 * At-large. Harold Knutson (R)
 * At-large. Paul J. Kvale (FL)
 * At-large. Ernest Lundeen (FL)
 * At-large. Francis Shoemaker (FL)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. John E. Rankin (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Wall Doxey (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. William M. Whittington (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. T. Jefferson Busby (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. Ross A. Collins (D)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district. William M. Colmer (D)
 * Mississippi's 7th congressional district. Lawrence R. Ellzey (D)

Missouri

 * At-large. Clarence Cannon (D)
 * At-large. James Robert Claiborne (D)
 * At-large. John J. Cochran (D)
 * At-large. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
 * At-large. Richard M. Duncan (D)
 * At-large. Frank H. Lee (D)
 * At-large. Ralph F. Lozier (D)
 * At-large. Jacob L. Milligan (D)
 * At-large. Milton A. Romjue (D)
 * At-large. James Edward Ruffin (D)
 * At-large. Joseph B. Shannon (D)
 * At-large. Clyde Williams (D)
 * At-large. Reuben T. Wood (D)

Montana

 * Montana's 1st congressional district. Joseph P. Monaghan (D)
 * Montana's 2nd congressional district. Roy E. Ayers (D)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. John H. Morehead (D)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Edward R. Burke (D)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Edgar Howard (D)
 * Nebraska's 4th congressional district. Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
 * Nebraska's 5th congressional district. Terry Carpenter (D)

Nevada

 * At-large. James G. Scrugham (D)

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. William N. Rogers (D)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey

 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. Isaac Bacharach (R)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. William H. Sutphin (D)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. D. Lane Powers (R)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. Charles A. Eaton (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Donald H. McLean (R)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. Randolph Perkins (R)
 * New Jersey's 8th congressional district. George N. Seger (R)
 * New Jersey's 9th congressional district. Edward A. Kenney (D)
 * New Jersey's 10th congressional district. Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R)
 * New Jersey's 11th congressional district. Peter A. Cavicchia (R)
 * New Jersey's 12th congressional district. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
 * New Jersey's 13th congressional district. Mary T. Norton (D)
 * New Jersey's 14th congressional district. Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D)

New Mexico

 * At-large. Dennis Chávez (D)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. Robert L. Bacon (R)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. William F. Brunner (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. George W. Lindsay (D)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Loring M. Black Jr. (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Andrew L. Somers (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. John J. Delaney (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Patrick J. Carley (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Stephen A. Rudd (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Emanuel Celler (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Anning S. Prall (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Samuel Dickstein (D)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. William I. Sirovich (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. John J. Boylan (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. John J. O'Connor (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Theodore A. Peyser (D)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Martin J. Kennedy (D)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Sol Bloom (D)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. James J. Lanzetta (D)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Anthony J. Griffin (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Frank Oliver (D), until June 18, 1934
 * New York's 24th congressional district. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Charles D. Millard (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Hamilton Fish III (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Philip A. Goodwin (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Parker Corning (D)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. James S. Parker (R), until December 19, 1933
 * William D. Thomas (R), from January 30, 1934
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Frank Crowther (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Bertrand H. Snell (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. Francis D. Culkin (R)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Fred J. Sisson (D)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. John D. Clarke (R), until November 5, 1933
 * Marian W. Clarke (R), from December 28, 1933
 * New York's 35th congressional district. Clarence E. Hancock (R)
 * New York's 36th congressional district. John Taber (R)
 * New York's 37th congressional district. Gale H. Stalker (R)
 * New York's 38th congressional district. James L. Whitley (R)
 * New York's 39th congressional district. James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)
 * New York's 40th congressional district. Walter G. Andrews (R)
 * New York's 41st congressional district. Alfred F. Beiter (D)
 * New York's 42nd congressional district. James M. Mead (D)
 * New York's 43rd congressional district. Daniel A. Reed (R)
 * At-large. John Fitzgibbons (D)
 * At-large. Elmer E. Studley (D)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Lindsay C. Warren (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. John H. Kerr (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Charles L. Abernethy (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Edward W. Pou (D), until April 1, 1934
 * Harold D. Cooley (D), from July 7, 1934
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Franklin W. Hancock Jr. (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. William B. Umstead (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. J. Bayard Clark (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. J. Walter Lambeth (D)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Robert L. Doughton (D)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Zebulon Weaver (D)

North Dakota

 * At-large. William Lemke (R-NPL)
 * At-large. James H. Sinclair (R)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. John B. Hollister (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. William E. Hess (R)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Byron B. Harlan (D)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Frank Le Blond Kloeb (D)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Frank C. Kniffin (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. James G. Polk (D)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Leroy T. Marshall (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Thomas B. Fletcher (D)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Warren J. Duffey (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Mell G. Underwood (D)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Arthur P. Lamneck (D)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. William L. Fiesinger (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. Dow W. Harter (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Robert T. Secrest (D)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. William R. Thom (D)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. Charles F. West (D)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Lawrence E. Imhoff (D)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. John G. Cooper (R)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. Martin L. Sweeney (D)
 * Ohio's 21st congressional district. Robert Crosser (D)
 * Ohio's 22nd congressional district. Chester C. Bolton (R)
 * At-large. Charles V. Truax (D)
 * At-large. Stephen M. Young (D)

Oklahoma

 * Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. Wesley E. Disney (D)
 * Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district. William W. Hastings (D)
 * Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district. Wilburn Cartwright (D)
 * Oklahoma's 4th congressional district. Tom D. McKeown (D)
 * Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. Fletcher B. Swank (D)
 * Oklahoma's 6th congressional district. Jed J. Johnson (D)
 * Oklahoma's 7th congressional district. James V. McClintic (D)
 * Oklahoma's 8th congressional district. Ernest W. Marland (D)
 * At-large. Will Rogers (D)

Oregon

 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. James W. Mott (R)
 * Oregon's 2nd congressional district. Walter M. Pierce (D)
 * Oregon's 3rd congressional district. Charles H. Martin (D)

Pennsylvania

 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Harry C. Ransley (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. James M. Beck (R), until September 30, 1934
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Alfred Marpole Waldron (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. George W. Edmonds (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. James J. Connolly (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Edward L. Stokes (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. George P. Darrow (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. James Wolfenden (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Henry Winfield Watson (R), until August 27, 1933
 * Oliver Walter Frey (D), from November 7, 1933
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. J. Roland Kinzer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Patrick J. Boland (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. C. Murray Turpin (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. George F. Brumm (R), until May 29, 1934
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. William Emanuel Richardson (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Louis T. McFadden (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Robert F. Rich (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. J. William Ditter (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Benjamin K. Focht (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. Isaac H. Doutrich (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Thomas C. Cochran (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Francis E. Walter (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. Harry L. Haines (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. J. Banks Kurtz (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. J. Buell Snyder (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Charles I. Faddis (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. J. Howard Swick (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. Nathan L. Strong (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district. William M. Berlin (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district. Charles N. Crosby (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district. J. Twing Brooks (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 31st congressional district. M. Clyde Kelly (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 32nd congressional district. Michael Joseph Muldowney (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 33rd congressional district. Henry Ellenbogen (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 34th congressional district. Matthew A. Dunn (D)

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Francis B. Condon (D)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. John M. O'Connell (D)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Thomas S. McMillan (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Hampton P. Fulmer (D)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. John C. Taylor (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. John J. McSwain (D)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. James P. Richards (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. Allard H. Gasque (D)

South Dakota

 * South Dakota's 1st congressional district. Fred H. Hildebrandt (D)
 * South Dakota's 2nd congressional district. Theodore B. Werner (D)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. B. Carroll Reece (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. J. Will Taylor (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. Samuel D. McReynolds (D)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. John Ridley Mitchell (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Joseph W. Byrns (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Clarence W. Turner (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Gordon Browning (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Jere Cooper (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Edward H. Crump (D)

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Wright Patman (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. Martin Dies Jr. (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. Morgan G. Sanders (D)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. Sam Rayburn (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Luther Alexander Johnson (D)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. Clay Stone Briggs (D), until April 29, 1933
 * Clark W. Thompson (D), from June 24, 1933
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. Joe H. Eagle (D)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. James P. Buchanan (D)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. Oliver H. Cross (D)
 * Texas's 12th congressional district. Fritz G. Lanham (D)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. William D. McFarlane (D)
 * Texas's 14th congressional district. Richard M. Kleberg (D)
 * Texas's 15th congressional district. Milton H. West (D), from April 22, 1933
 * Texas's 16th congressional district. R. Ewing Thomason (D)
 * Texas's 17th congressional district. Thomas L. Blanton (D)
 * Texas's 18th congressional district. John Marvin Jones (D)
 * At-large. Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. (D)
 * At-large. Sterling Price Strong (D)
 * At-large. George Butler Terrell (D)

Utah

 * Utah's 1st congressional district. Abe Murdock (D)
 * Utah's 2nd congressional district. J. W. Robinson (D)

Vermont

 * At-large. Ernest Willard Gibson (R), until October 19, 1933
 * Charles A. Plumley (R), from January 16, 1934

Virginia

 * At-large. S. Otis Bland (D)
 * At-large. Thomas G. Burch (D)
 * At-large. Colgate W. Darden Jr. (D)
 * At-large. Patrick H. Drewry (D)
 * At-large. John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)
 * At-large. Andrew Jackson Montague (D)
 * At-large. A. Willis Robertson (D)
 * At-large. Howard W. Smith (D)
 * At-large. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)

Washington

 * Washington's 1st congressional district. Marion Anthony Zioncheck (D)
 * Washington's 2nd congressional district. Monrad C. Wallgren (D)
 * Washington's 3rd congressional district. Martin F. Smith (D)
 * Washington's 4th congressional district. Knute Hill (D)
 * Washington's 5th congressional district. Samuel B. Hill (D)
 * Washington's 6th congressional district. Wesley Lloyd (D)

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Robert L. Ramsay (D)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Jennings Randolph (D)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Lynn Hornor (D), until September 23, 1933
 * Andrew Edmiston Jr. (D), from November 28, 1933
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. George W. Johnson (D)
 * West Virginia's 5th congressional district. John Kee (D)
 * West Virginia's 6th congressional district. Joe L. Smith (D)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. George Washington Blanchard (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Charles W. Henney (D)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Gardner R. Withrow (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. Raymond Joseph Cannon (D)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. Thomas David Patrick O'Malley (D)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. Michael K. Reilly (D)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. Gerald J. Boileau (R)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. James Frederic Hughes (D)
 * Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. James A. Frear (R)
 * Wisconsin's 10th congressional district. Hubert H. Peavey (R)

Wyoming

 * At-large. Vincent Carter (R)

Non-voting members

 * Alaska Territory's at-large congressional district. Anthony J. Dimond (D)
 * Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district. Lincoln L. McCandless (D)
 * Philippines: Pedro Guevara (Nac.)
 * Philippines: Camilo Osías (Nac.)
 * Puerto Rico: Santiago Iglesias (Coalitionist)

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Senate

 * Montana (2)
 * Vacant
 * Thomas J. Walsh (D) died in office. Successor appointed March 13, 1933, to continue the term. Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see below.
 * | John Erickson (D)
 * March 13, 1933
 * March 13, 1933


 * Nebraska (1)
 * | Robert Howell (R)
 * Died March 11, 1933. Successor appointed May 24, 1933, to continue the term. Successor later retired, see below.
 * | William H. Thompson (D)
 * May 24, 1933
 * May 24, 1933


 * New Mexico (2)
 * | Sam Bratton (D)
 * Resigned June 24, 1933, when appointed Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals. Successor appointed October 10, 1933, and then elected November 6, 1934.
 * | Carl Hatch (D)
 * October 10, 1933
 * October 10, 1933


 * Vermont (3)
 * | Porter Dale (R)
 * Died October 6, 1933. Successor appointed November 21, 1933, and then elected January 17, 1934.
 * | Ernest Gibson (R)
 * November 21, 1933
 * November 21, 1933


 * Wyoming (1)
 * | John Kendrick (D)
 * Died November 3, 1933. Successor appointed December 18, 1933, to finish the term.
 * nowrap | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)
 * January 1, 1934
 * January 1, 1934


 * Nebraska (1)
 * nowrap | William Thompson (D)
 * Interim appointee did not run in the special election to finish the term. Successor elected November 6, 1934.
 * | Richard Hunter (D)
 * November 7, 1934
 * November 7, 1934


 * Montana (2)
 * | John Erickson (D)
 * Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term. Successor elected November 6, 1934.
 * | James E. Murray (D)
 * November 7, 1934
 * November 7, 1934


 * }

House of Representatives

 * Texas's 15th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * John Garner had resigned at the end of the previous Congress
 * | Milton H. West
 * April 22, 1933
 * Arizona's at-large congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Lewis W. Douglas (D) had resigned at the end of the previous Congress
 * | Isabella Greenway (D)
 * October 3, 1933
 * Texas's 7th congressional district
 * | Clay Stone Briggs (D)
 * Died April 29, 1933
 * | Clark W. Thompson (D)
 * June 24, 1933
 * Arkansas 5th
 * | Heartsill Ragon (D)
 * Resigned May 12, 1933, upon appointment as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
 * | David D. Terry (D)
 * December 19, 1933
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district
 * | Charles H. Brand (D)
 * Died May 17, 1933
 * | Paul Brown (D)
 * July 5, 1933
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district
 * | Bolivar E. Kemp (D)
 * Died June 19, 1933
 * | Jared Y. Sanders Jr. (D)
 * May 1, 1934
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district
 * | Edward B. Almon (D)
 * Died June 22, 1933
 * | Archibald Hill Carmichael (D)
 * November 14, 1933
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district
 * | Henry Winfield Watson (R)
 * Died August 27, 1933
 * | Oliver Walter Frey (D)
 * November 7, 1933
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district
 * | Lynn Hornor (D)
 * Died September 23, 1933
 * | Andrew Edmiston Jr. (D)
 * November 28, 1933
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district
 * | J. Earl Major (D)
 * appointed as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois October 6, 1933
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district
 * | Ernest W. Gibson (R)
 * Appointed U.S. Senator November 21, 1933
 * | Charles A. Plumley (R)
 * January 16, 1934
 * New York's 34th congressional district
 * | John D. Clarke (R)
 * Died November 5, 1933
 * | Marian W. Clarke (R)
 * December 28, 1933
 * New York's 29th congressional district
 * | James S. Parker (R)
 * Died December 19, 1933
 * | William D. Thomas (R)
 * January 30, 1934
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district
 * | Joseph L. Hooper (R)
 * Died February 22, 1934
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district
 * | Edward W. Pou (D)
 * Died April 1, 1934
 * | Harold D. Cooley (D)
 * July 7, 1934
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
 * | George F. Brumm (R)
 * Died May 29, 1934
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * Idaho 2nd
 * | Thomas C. Coffin (D)
 * Died June 8, 1934
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * New York's 23rd congressional district
 * | Frank Oliver (D)
 * Resigned June 18, 1934
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district
 * | Henry T. Rainey (D)
 * Died August 19, 1934
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district
 * | William A. Ayres (D)
 * Resigned August 22, 1934, after being appointed a member of the Federal Trade Commission
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
 * | James M. Beck (R)
 * Resigned September 30, 1934
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * }
 * New York's 23rd congressional district
 * | Frank Oliver (D)
 * Resigned June 18, 1934
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district
 * | Henry T. Rainey (D)
 * Died August 19, 1934
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district
 * | William A. Ayres (D)
 * Resigned August 22, 1934, after being appointed a member of the Federal Trade Commission
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
 * | James M. Beck (R)
 * Resigned September 30, 1934
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * }
 * | James M. Beck (R)
 * Resigned September 30, 1934
 * colspan=2 | Seat remained vacant until next Congress
 * }

Senate

 * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
 * Air Mail and Ocean Mail Contracts (Special)
 * Alaska Railroad (Special Select)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Carter Glass; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: James F. Byrnes; Ranking Member: John G. Townsend Jr.)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Duncan U. Fletcher; Ranking Member: Peter Norbeck)
 * Bankruptcy and Receiveship (Select)
 * Campaign Expenditures (Select)
 * Civil Service (Chairman: William J. Bulow; Ranking Member: Porter H. Dale)
 * Claims (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Hubert D. Stephens; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: William H. King; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: David I. Walsh; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Hattie W. Caraway; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg)
 * Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: J. Hamilton Lewis; Ranking Member: Daniel O. Hastings)
 * Finance (Chairman: Pat Harrison; Ranking Member: David A. Reed)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Key Pittman; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
 * Immigration (Chairman: Marcus A. Coolidge; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Burton K. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Lynn J. Frazier)
 * Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Thomas D. Schall)
 * Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Clarence C. Dill; Ranking Member: James Couzens)
 * Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Alva B. Adams; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Henry F. Ashurst; Ranking Member: William E. Borah)
 * Library (Chairman: Alben W. Barkley; Ranking Member: Simeon D. Fess)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Robert J. Bulkley; Ranking Member: Charles L. McNary)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: David A. Reed)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: M.M. Logan; Ranking Member: Arthur B. Robinson)
 * Mississippi Flood Control Project (Select) (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner)
 * Munitions Industry (Select) (Chairman: Gerald P. Nye)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Park Trammell; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale)
 * Patents (Chairman: William G. McAdoo; Ranking Member: George W. Norris)
 * Pensions (Chairman: George McGill; Ranking Member: Thomas D. Schall)
 * Philippines Economic Condition (Special)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Porter H. Dale)
 * Presidential and Senatorial Campaign Expenditures (Special) (Chairman: Tom Connally)
 * Printing (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg)
 * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Daniel O. Hastings)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Henry W. Keyes)
 * Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member: Peter Norbeck)
 * Rules (Chairman: Royal S. Copeland; Ranking Member: Frederick Hale)
 * Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
 * Whole
 * Wildlife Resources (Special) (Chairman: Frederic C. Walcott)

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: Lindsay C. Warren; Ranking Member: James Wolfenden)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: J. Marvin Jones; Ranking Member: John D. Clarke)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: James P. Buchanan; Ranking Member: John Taber)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Henry B. Steagall; Ranking Member: Robert Luce)
 * Census (Chairman: Ralph F. Lozier; Ranking Member: J. Roland Kinzer)
 * Civil Service (Chairman: Lamar Jeffers; Ranking Member: Frederick R. Lehlbach)
 * Claims (Chairman: Loring M. Black Jr.; Ranking Member: Ulysses S. Guyer)
 * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Andrew L. Somers; Ranking Member: Randolph Perkins)
 * Conservation of Wildlife Resources (Select) (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson)
 * Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Robert A. Green; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Mary T. Norton; Ranking Member: Gale Stalker)
 * Education (Chairman: John J. Douglass; Ranking Member: James L. Whitley)
 * Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Patrick J. Carley; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford)
 * Elections No.#1 (Chairman: J. Bayard Clark; Ranking Member: John B. Hollister)
 * Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Joseph A. Gavagan; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Hooper)
 * Elections No.#3 (Chairman: John H. Kerr; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Claude V. Parsons; Ranking Member: Oscar Stanton De Priest)
 * Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: John J. Cochran; Ranking Member: Charles L. Gifford)
 * Flood Control (Chairman: Riley J. Wilson; Ranking Member: Frank R. Reid)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Sam D. McReynolds; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish III)
 * Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Samuel Dickstein; Ranking Member: J. Will Taylor)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Edgar Howard; Ranking Member: Hubert H. Peavey)
 * Insular Affairs (Chairman: John McDuffie; Ranking Member: Carroll L. Beedy)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Sam Rayburn; Ranking Member: James S. Parker then John G. Cooper)
 * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Mell G. Underwood; Ranking Member: Oscar Stanton De Priest)
 * Investigate Real Estate Beholder's Reorganizations (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
 * Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Vincent Carter)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Hatton W. Sumners; Ranking Member: J. Banks Kurtz)
 * Labor (Chairman: William P. Connery Jr.; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
 * Library (Chairman: Kent E. Keller; Ranking Member: Robert Luce)
 * Memorials (Chairman: John H. Morehead; Ranking Member: Frank Crowther)
 * Merchant Marine, Radio and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Frederick R. Lehlbach)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: John J. McSwain; Ranking Member: W. Frank James)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joe L. Smith; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Frederick A. Britten)
 * Patents (Chairman: William I. Sirovich; Ranking Member: Randolph Perkins)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Allard H. Gasque; Ranking Member: Gale Stalker)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James M. Mead; Ranking Member: Clyde Kelly)
 * Printing (Chairman: J. Walter Lambeth; Ranking Member: Robert F. Rich)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Fritz G. Lanham; Ranking Member: J. Will Taylor)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Rene L. DeRouen; Ranking Member: Harry Lane Englebright)
 * Revision of Laws (Chairman: Byron B. Harlan; Ranking Member: Frank R. Reid)
 * Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Joseph J. Mansfield; Ranking Member: Nathan L. Strong)
 * Roads (Chairman: Wilburn Cartwright; Ranking Member: C. Murray Turpin)
 * Rules (Chairman: William B. Bankhead; Ranking Member: Harry C. Ransley)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: Robert A. Green; Ranking Member: Ernest W. Gibson)
 * War Claims (Chairman: Miles C. Allgood; Ranking Member: James H. Sinclair)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Allen T. Treadway)
 * World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Robert Luce)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
 * Investigate Dirigible Disasters (Chairman: Sen. William H. King; Vice Chairman: Rep. )
 * Printing (Chairman: Sen. Duncan U. Fletcher; Vice Chairman: Rep. J. Walter Lambeth)
 * The Library (Chairman: Sen. Alben W. Barkley)
 * Taxation (Chairman: Sen. Pat Harrison)

Caucuses

 * Democratic (House)
 * Democratic (Senate)

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn
 * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
 * Comptroller General of the United States: John R. McCarl
 * Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
 * Public Printer of the United States: George H. Carter, until 1934
 * Augustus E. Giegengack, from 1934

Senate

 * Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
 * Librarian: James D. Preston
 * Chaplain: ZeBarney Thorne Phillips (Episcopalian)
 * Sergeant at Arms: Chesley W. Jurney
 * Democratic Party Secretary: Leslie Biffle
 * Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler

House of Representatives
Employees include:


 * Clerk: South Trimble
 * Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
 * Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
 * Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
 * Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney
 * Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott