72nd United States Congress

72nd United States Congress


71st ←	→ 73rd
United States Capitol (1906)
Duration: March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933

Senate President:	Charles Curtis
Senate Pres. pro tem:	George H. Moses
House Speaker:	John N. Garner
Members:	96 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican
House Majority:	Democratic

Sessions
1st: December 7, 1931 – July 16, 1932 2nd: December 2, 1932 – March 3, 1933

The Seventy-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1931 to March 4, 1933, during the last two years of Herbert C. Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
- 2.1 Not enacted
3 Constitutional amendments
4 Party summary
- 4.1 Senate
- 4.2 House of Representatives
5 Leadership
- 5.1 Senate
  - 5.1.1 Majority (Republican)
  - 5.1.2 Minority (Democratic)
- 5.2 House of Representatives
  - 5.2.1 Majority (Democratic)
  - 5.2.2 Minority (Republican)
6 Members
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 Changes in membership
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
8 Employees
- 8.1 Senate
- 8.2 House of Representatives
9 References
10 External links

Major events

Ongoing: Great Depression
January 12, 1932: Thaddeus Caraway. She won re-election to a full term in 1932 and again in 1938 and served in the Senate until January 1945.^[1]
July 28, 1932: Bonus Army was dispersed.
November 8, 1932: United States elections, 1932:
- United States presidential election, 1932: Incumbent Republicans Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis lost to Democrats Franklin Roosevelt as President, and John Nance Garner as Vice President.
- United States Senate elections, 1932: Democrats gained a 60–35 majority
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1932: Democrats gained a 313–117 majority

Major legislation

January 22, 1932: Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, Sess. 1, ch. 8, 47 Stat. 5
March 23, 1932: Norris-LaGuardia Act, Sess. 1, ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70
June 6, 1932: Revenue Act of 1932, Sess. 1, ch. 209, 47 Stat. 169
July 22, 1932: Federal Home Loan Bank Act, Sess. 1, ch. 522, 47 Stat. 725
March 3, 1933: Buy American Act, Sess. 2, ch. 212, title III, 47 Stat. 1520

Not enacted

Patman Bonus Bill

Constitutional amendments

February 20, 1933: 21st Amendment, to repeal prohibition, was proposed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification.

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

	Party (Shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer-Labor (FL)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	41	1	54	96	0

Begin	46	1	48	95	1
End	46	1	48	95	1
Final voting share	700148400000000000048.4%	70001100000000000001.1%	700150500000000000050.5%

Beginning of the next congress	59	1	36	96	0

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

President of the Senate
Charles Curtis (R)

Speaker of the House
John N. Garner (D)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators were elected 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 began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1936; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1932.

Alabama

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

Arizona

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

Arkansas

2. Joseph T. Robinson (D)
3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D), until November 6, 1931
- Hattie Caraway (D), from November 13, 1931

California

1. Hiram Johnson (R)
3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)

Colorado

3. Charles W. Waterman (R), until August 27, 1932
- Walter Walker (D), September 16, 1932 – December 6, 1932
- Karl C. Schuyler (R), from December 7, 1932
2. Edward P. Costigan (D)

Connecticut

3. Hiram Bingham III (R)
1. Frederic C. Walcott (R)

Delaware

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

Florida

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

Georgia

2. William J. Harris (D), until April 18, 1932
- John S. Cohen (D), April 25, 1932 – January 11, 1933
- Richard Russell, Jr. (D), from January 12, 1933
3. Walter F. George (D)

Idaho

2. William E. Borah (R)
3. John W. Thomas (R)

Illinois

3. Otis F. Glenn (R)
2. J. Hamilton Lewis (D)

Indiana

3. James E. Watson (R)
1. Arthur R. Robinson (R)

Iowa

3. Smith W. Brookhart (R)
2. Lester J. Dickinson (R)

Kansas

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)
2. Huey Long (D), from January 25, 1932

Maine

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

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

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

Missouri

3. Harry B. Hawes (D), until February 3, 1933
- Bennett Champ Clark (D), from February 3, 1933
1. Roscoe C. Patterson (R)

Montana

2. Thomas J. Walsh (D), until March 2, 1933
1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)

Nebraska

2. George W. Norris (R)
1. Robert B. Howell (R)

Nevada

1. Key Pittman (D)
3. Tasker Oddie (R)

New Hampshire

3. George H. Moses (R)
2. Henry W. Keyes (R)

New Jersey

1. Hamilton F. Kean (R)
2. Dwight Morrow (R), until October 5, 1931
- W. Warren Barbour (R), from December 1, 1931

New Mexico

2. Sam G. Bratton (D)
1. Bronson M. Cutting (R)

New York

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

North Carolina

3. Cameron A. Morrison (D), until December 4, 1932
- Robert R. Reynolds (D), from December 5, 1932
2. Josiah W. Bailey (D)

North Dakota

1. Lynn Frazier (R)
3. Gerald Nye (R)

Ohio

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

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

1. Kenneth McKellar (D)
2. Cordell Hull (D)

Texas

2. Morris Sheppard (D)
1. Tom Connally (D)

Utah

3. Reed Smoot (R)
1. William H. King (D)

Vermont

1. Porter H. Dale (R)
3. Frank C. Partridge (R), until March 31, 1931
- Warren Austin (R), from April 1, 1931

Virginia

1. Claude A. Swanson (D)
2. Carter Glass (D)

Washington

3. Wesley L. Jones (R), until November 19, 1932
- Elijah S. Grammer (R), from November 22, 1932
1. Clarence Dill (D)

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

1. Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (R)
3. John J. Blaine (R)

Wyoming

1. John B. Kendrick (D)
2. Robert D. Carey (R)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise 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.

Alabama

Arizona

At-large. Lewis W. Douglas (D), until March 4, 1933

1. Augustine Lonergan (D)
2. Richard P. Freeman (R)
3. John Q. Tilson (R), until December 3, 1932
4. William L. Tierney (D)
5. Edward W. Goss (R)

Delaware

At-large. Robert G. Houston (R)

Florida

Georgia

1. Charles G. Edwards (D), until July 13, 1931
- Homer C. Parker (D), from September 9, 1931
2. Edward E. Cox (D)
3. Charles R. Crisp (D), until October 7, 1932
- Bryant T. Castellow (D), from November 8, 1932
4. William C. Wright (D)
5. Robert Ramspeck (D)
Samuel Rutherford (D), until February 4, 1932
- Carlton Mobley (D), from March 2, 1932
7. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
8. Charles H. Brand (D)
9. John S. Wood (D)
10. Carl Vinson (D)
11. William C. Lankford (D)
12. William W. Larsen (D)

Idaho

1. Burton L. French (R)
2. Addison T. Smith (R)

Illinois

1. Oscar S. De Priest (R)
2. Morton D. Hull (R)
3. Edward A. Kelly (D)
4. Harry P. Beam (D)
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. James T. Igoe (D)
7. Leonard W. Schuetz (D)
8. Peter C. Granata (R), until April 5, 1932
- Stanley H. Kunz (D), from April 5, 1932
9. Frederick A. Britten (R)
10. Carl R. Chindblom (R)
11. Frank R. Reid (R)
12. John T. Buckbee (R)
13. William R. Johnson (R)
14. John C. Allen (R)
15. Burnett M. Chiperfield (R)
16. William E. Hull (R)
17. Homer W. Hall (R)
18. William P. Holaday (R)
19. Charles Adkins (R)
20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
21. J. Earl Major (D)
22. Charles A. Karch (D), until November 6, 1932
23. William W. Arnold (D)
24. Claude V. Parsons (D)
25. Kent E. Keller (D)
At-large. William H. Dieterich (D)
At-large. Richard Yates (R)

Indiana

1. John W. Boehne, Jr. (D)
2. Arthur H. Greenwood (D)
3. Eugene B. Crowe (D)
4. Harry C. Canfield (D)
5. Courtland C. Gillen (D)
6. William H. Larrabee (D)
7. Louis Ludlow (D)
8. Albert H. Vestal (R), until April 1, 1932
9. Fred S. Purnell (R)
10. William R. Wood (R)
11. Glenn Griswold (D)
12. David Hogg (R)
13. Samuel B. Pettengill (D)

1. Joachim O. Fernández (D)
2. Paul H. Maloney (D)
3. Numa F. Montet (D)
4. John N. Sandlin (D)
5. Riley J. Wilson (D)
6. Bolivar E. Kemp (D)
7. René L. De Rouen (D)
8. James B. Aswell (D), until March 16, 1931
- John H. Overton (D), from May 12, 1931

Maine

Maryland

1. T. Alan Goldsborough (D)
2. William P. Cole, Jr. (D)
3. Vincent L. Palmisano (D)
4. J. Charles Linthicum (D), until October 5, 1932
- Ambrose J. Kennedy (D), from November 8, 1932
5. Stephen W. Gambrill (D)
6. David J. Lewis (D)

Massachusetts

1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
2. William J. Granfield (D)
3. Frank H. Foss (R)
4. Pehr G. Holmes (R)
5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6. Abram Andrew (R)
7. William P. Connery, Jr. (D)
8. Frederick W. Dallinger (R), until October 1, 1932
9. Charles L. Underhill (R)
10. John J. Douglass (D)
George H. Tinkham (R)
12. John W. McCormack (D)
13. Robert Luce (R)
14. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
15. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)
16. Charles L. Gifford (R)

Michigan

1. Robert H. Clancy (R)
2. Earl C. Michener (R)
3. Joseph L. Hooper (R)
4. John C. Ketcham (R)
5. Carl E. Mapes (R)
6. Seymour H. Person (R)
7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
8. Bird J. Vincent (R), until July 18, 1931
- Michael J. Hart (D), from November 3, 1931
9. James C. McLaughlin (R), until November 29, 1932
10. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
11. Frank P. Bohn (R)
12. W. Frank James (R)
13. Clarence J. McLeod (R)

Minnesota

1. Victor Christgau (R)
2. Frank Clague (R)
3. August H. Andresen (R)
4. Melvin Maas (R)
5. William I. Nolan (R)
6. Harold Knutson (R)
7. Paul J. Kvale (FL)
8. William Pittenger (R)
9. Conrad Selvig (R)
10. Godfrey G. Goodwin (R), until February 16, 1933

Mississippi

1. John E. Rankin (D)
2. Wall Doxey (D)
3. William M. Whittington (D)
4. T. Jeff Busby (D)
5. Ross A. Collins (D)
6. Robert S. Hall (D)
7. Percy Quin (D), until February 4, 1932
- Lawrence R. Ellzey (D), from March 15, 1932
8. James Collier (D)

Missouri

1. Milton A. Romjue (D)
2. Ralph F. Lozier (D)
3. Jacob L. Milligan (D)
4. David W. Hopkins (R)
5. Joe Shannon (D)
6. Clement C. Dickinson (D)
7. Samuel C. Major (D), until July 28, 1931
- Robert D. Johnson (D), from September 29, 1931
8. William L. Nelson (D)
9. Clarence Cannon (D)
10. Henry F. Niedringhaus (R)
11. John J. Cochran (D)
12. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)
13. Clyde Williams (D)
14. James F. Fulbright (D)
15. Joe J. Manlove (R)
16. William E. Barton (D)

Montana

1. John M. Evans (D)
2. Scott Leavitt (R)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Samuel S. Arentz (R)

New Hampshire

1. Fletcher Hale (R), until October 22, 1931
- William N. Rogers (D), from January 5, 1932
2. Edward H. Wason (R)

New Jersey

1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
2. Isaac Bacharach (R)
3. William H. Sutphin (D)
4. Charles A. Eaton (R)
5. Ernest R. Ackerman (R), until October 18, 1931
- Percy H. Stewart (D), from December 1, 1931
6. Randolph Perkins (R)
George N. Seger (R)
8. Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R)
9. Peter A. Cavicchia (R)
10. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)
11. Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D)
12. Mary T. Norton (D)

New Mexico

At-large. Dennis Chavez (D)

New York

1. Robert L. Bacon (R)
2. William F. Brunner (D)
George W. Lindsay (D)
4. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
5. Loring M. Black, Jr. (D)
6. Andrew L. Somers (D)
7. John J. Delaney (D), from November 3, 1931
8. Patrick J. Carley (D)
9. Stephen A. Rudd (D)
10. Emanuel Celler (D)
11. Anning S. Prall (D)
12. Samuel Dickstein (D)
13. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)
14. William I. Sirovich (D)
15. John J. Boylan (D)
16. John J. O'Connor (D)
17. Ruth Baker Pratt (R)
18. Martin J. Kennedy (D)
19. Sol Bloom (D)
20. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)
21. Joseph A. Gavagan (D)
22. Anthony J. Griffin (D)
23. Frank A. Oliver (D)
24. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
25. Charles D. Millard (R)
26. Hamilton Fish, Jr. (R)
27. Harcourt J. Pratt (R)
28. Parker Corning (D)
29. James S. Parker (R)
30. Frank Crowther (R)
31. Bertrand Snell (R)
32. Francis D. Culkin (R)
33. Frederick M. Davenport (R)
34. John D. Clarke (R)
35. Clarence E. Hancock (R)
36. John Taber (R)
37. Gale H. Stalker (R)
38. James L. Whitley (R)
39. Archie D. Sanders (R)
40. Walter G. Andrews (R)
41. Edmund F. Cooke (R)
42. James M. Mead (D)
43. Daniel A. Reed (R)

1. Nicholas Longworth (R), until April 9, 1931
- John B. Hollister (R), from November 3, 1931
2. William E. Hess (R)
3. Byron B. Harlan (D)
4. John L. Cable (R)
5. Frank C. Kniffin (D)
6. James G. Polk (D)
7. Charles Brand (R)
8. Grant E. Mouser, Jr. (R)
9. Wilbur M. White (R)
10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
11. Mell G. Underwood (D)
12. Arthur P. Lamneck (D)
13. William L. Fiesinger (D)
14. Francis Seiberling (R)
15. C. Ellis Moore (R)
16. Charles B. McClintock (R)
17. Charles F. West (D)
18. B. Frank Murphy (R)
19. John G. Cooper (R)
20. Charles A. Mooney (D), until May 29, 1931
- Martin L. Sweeney (D), from November 3, 1931
21. Robert Crosser (D)
22. Chester C. Bolton (R)

Oklahoma

Oregon

1. Willis C. Hawley (R)
2. Robert R. Butler (R), until January 7, 1933
3. Charles H. Martin (D)

Pennsylvania

1. James M. Beck (R)
George S. Graham (R), until July 4, 1931
- Edward L. Stokes (R), from November 3, 1931
3. Harry C. Ransley (R)
4. Benjamin M. Golder (R)
5. James J. Connolly (R)
George A. Welsh (R), until May 31, 1932
- Robert L. Davis (R), from November 8, 1932
George P. Darrow (R)
8. James Wolfenden (R)
9. Henry W. Watson (R)
10. J. Roland Kinzer (R)
11. Patrick J. Boland (D)
12. C. Murray Turpin (R)
George F. Brumm (R)
14. Norton L. Lichtenwalner (D)
15. Louis T. McFadden (R)
16. Robert F. Rich (R)
17. Frederick W. Magrady (R)
18. Edward M. Beers (R), until April 21, 1932 (died)
- Joseph F. Biddle (R), from November 8, 1932
19. Isaac H. Doutrich (R)
20. James R. Leech (R), until January 29, 1932
- Howard W. Stull (R), from April 26, 1932
21. J. Banks Kurtz (R)
22. Harry L. Haines (D)
23. J. Mitchell Chase (R)
24. Samuel A. Kendall (R), until January 8, 1933
25. Henry W. Temple (R)
26. J. Howard Swick (R)
27. Nathan L. Strong (R)
28. Thomas C. Cochran (R)
29. Milton W. Shreve (R)
30. William R. Coyle (R)
31. Adam M. Wyant (R)
32. Edmund F. Erk (R)
33. M. Clyde Kelly (R)
34. Patrick J. Sullivan (R)
35. Harry A. Estep (R)
36. Guy E. Campbell (R)

1. Oscar Lovette (R)
2. J. Will Taylor (R)
3. Sam D. McReynolds (D)
4. John R. Mitchell (D)
5. Ewin L. Davis (D)
6. Joseph W. Byrns, Sr. (D)
7. Edward E. Eslick (D), until June 14, 1932
- Willa M. B. Eslick (D), from August 14, 1932
8. Gordon Browning (D)
9. Jere Cooper (D)
10. Edward H. Crump (D)

Texas

1. Wright Patman (D)
2. Martin Dies, Jr. (D)
Morgan G. Sanders (D)
4. Sam Rayburn (D)
5. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
6. Luther Alexander Johnson (D)
7. Clay Stone Briggs (D)
8. Daniel E. Garrett (D), until December 13, 1932
- Joe H. Eagle (D), from January 28, 1933
9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
10. James P. Buchanan (D)
11. Oliver H. Cross (D)
12. Fritz G. Lanham (D)
13. Guinn Williams (D)
14. Harry M. Wurzbach (R), until November 6, 1931
- Richard M. Kleberg (D), from November 24, 1931
15. John N. Garner (D)
16. R. Ewing Thomason (D)
17. Thomas L. Blanton (D)
18. J. Marvin Jones (D)

Utah

1. Don B. Colton (R)
2. Frederick C. Loofbourow (R)

Vermont

1. John E. Weeks (R)
2. Ernest Willard Gibson (R)

Virginia

1. S. Otis Bland (D)
2. Menalcus Lankford (R)
3. Andrew J. Montague (D)
4. Patrick Henry Drewry (D)
5. Thomas G. Burch (D)
6. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)
7. John W. Fishburne (D)
8. Howard W. Smith (D)
9. John W. Flannagan, Jr. (D)
Henry St. George Tucker, III (D), until July 23, 1932
- Joel W. Flood (D), from November 8, 1932

1. Thomas R. Amlie (R), from October 13, 1931
2. Charles A. Kading (R)
3. John M. Nelson (R)
4. John C. Schafer (R)
5. William H. Stafford (R)
6. Michael Reilly (D)
7. Gardner R. Withrow (R)
8. Gerald J. Boileau (R)
George J. Schneider (R)
10. James A. Frear (R)
11. Hubert H. Peavey (R)

Wyoming

At-large. Vincent Carter (R)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory. James Wickersham (R)
Hawaii Territory. Victor S. K. Houston (R)
Philippines. Pedro Guevara
Philippines. Camilo Osías
Puerto Rico. Félix Córdova Dávila, until April 11, 1932
- José Lorenzo Pesquera (I), from April 15, 1932

Changes in membership

Senate

Replacements: 8
No net gains for either party
Deaths: 6
Resignations: 3
Interim appointments: 4
Total seats with changes: 11

State	Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
Louisiana (2)	Vacant	Long chose to remain as Governor of Louisiana until term expired.	Huey Long (D)	January 25, 1932
Vermont (3)	Frank C. Partridge (R)	Resigned March 31, 1931 after successor was elected.	Warren Austin (R)	April 1, 1931
New Jersey (2)	Dwight Morrow (R)	Died October 5, 1931. Successor was appointed and later elected.	William W. Barbour (R)	December 1, 1931
Arkansas (3)	Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)	Died November 6, 1931. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, and was subsequently elected.	Hattie Caraway (D)	November 13, 1931
Georgia (2)	William J. Harris (D)	Died April 18, 1932. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	John S. Cohen (D)	April 25, 1932
Colorado (3)	Charles W. Waterman (R)	Died August 27, 1932. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Walter Walker (D)	September 16, 1932
Washington (3)	Wesley L. Jones (R)	Died November 19, 1932. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Elijah S. Grammer (R)	November 22, 1932
North Carolina (3)	Cameron A. Morrison (D)	Served until December 4, 1932, when the successor was elected.	Robert R Reynolds (D)	December 5, 1932
Colorado (3)	Walter Walker (D)	Resigned December 6, 1932, when the successor was elected.	Karl C. Schuyler (R)	December 7, 1932
Georgia (2)	John S. Cohen (D)	Resigned January 11, 1933, when the successor was elected.	Richard Russell, Jr. (D)	January 12, 1933
Missouri (3)	Harry B. Hawes (D)	Resigned February 3, 1933. Successor was appointed early after having been elected.	Bennett Champ Clark (D)	December 7, 1932
Montana (2)	Thomas J. Walsh (D)	Died March 2, 1933 Seat remained vacant until next Congress	Vacant

House of Representatives

replacements: 23
- Democratic: 4 seat net gain
- Republican: 4 seat net loss
deaths: 26
resignations: 7
contested election: 1
Total seats with changes: 34

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of successor's installation
Wisconsin 1st	Vacant	Rep. Henry A. Cooper (R) died in previous congress	Thomas R. Amlie (R)	October 13, 1931
New York 7th	Vacant	Rep-elect Matthew V. O'Malley (R) died	John J. Delaney (D)	November 3, 1931
Louisiana 8th	James B. Aswell (D)	Died March 16, 1931	John H. Overton (D)	May 12, 1931
Ohio 20th	Charles A. Mooney (D)	Died May 29, 1931	Martin L. Sweeney (D)	November 3, 1931
Pennsylvania 2nd	George S. Graham (R)	Died July 4, 1931	Edward L. Stokes (R)	November 3, 1931
Georgia 1st	Charles G. Edwards (D)	Died July 13, 1931	Homer C. Parker (D)	September 9, 1931
Michigan 8th	Bird J. Vincent (R)	Died July 18, 1931	Michael J. Hart (D)	November 3, 1931
Missouri 7th	Samuel C. Major (D)	Died July 28, 1931	Robert D. Johnson (D)	September 29, 1931
Ohio 1st	Nicholas Longworth (R)	Died August 9, 1931	John B. Hollister (R)	November 3, 1931
New Jersey 5th	Ernest R. Ackerman (R)	Died October 18, 1931	Percy H. Stewart (D)	December 1, 1931
New Hampshire 1st	Fletcher Hale (R)	Died October 22, 1931	William N. Rogers (D)	January 5, 1932
Texas 14th	Harry M. Wurzbach (R)	Died November 6, 1931	Richard M. Kleberg (D)	November 24, 1931
Pennsylvania 20th	James R. Leech (R)	Resigned January 29, 1932 to become a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals	Howard W. Stull (R)	April 26, 1932
Mississippi 7th	Percy Quin (D)	Died February 4, 1932	Lawrence R. Ellzey (D)	March 15, 1932
Georgia 6th	Samuel Rutherford (D)	Died February 4, 1932	Carlton Mobley (D)	March 2, 1932
Indiana 8th	Albert H. Vestal (R)	Died April 1, 1932	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Illinois 8th	Peter C. Granata (R)	Lost contested election April 5, 1932	Stanley H. Kunz (D)	April 5, 1932
Puerto Rico At-large	Félix Córdova Dávila	resigned April 11, 1932 to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico	José Lorenzo Pesquera	April 15, 1932
Pennsylvania 18th	Edward M. Beers (R)	Died April 21, 1932	Joseph F. Biddle (R)	November 8, 1932
Pennsylvania 6th	George A. Welsh (R)	Resigned May 31, 1932 to become judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania	Robert L. Davis (R)	November 8, 1932
Tennessee 7th	Edward E. Eslick (D)	Died June 14, 1932	Willa McCord Blake Eslick (D)	August 14, 1932
Virginia 10th	Henry St. George Tucker III (D)	Died July 23, 1932	Joel W. Flood (D)	November 8, 1932
Maryland 4th	J. Charles Linthicum (D)	Died October 5, 1932	Ambrose J. Kennedy (D)	November 8, 1932
Georgia 3rd	Charles R. Crisp (D)	Resigned October 7, 1932 to become a member of the US Tariff Commission	Bryant T. Castellow (D)	November 8, 1932
Illinois 22nd	Charles A. Karch (D)	Resigned November 6, 1932	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Michigan 9th	James C. McLaughlin (R)	Died November 29, 1932	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Connecticut 3rd	John Q. Tilson (R)	Resigned December 3, 1932	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Texas 8th	Daniel E. Garrett (D)	Died December 13, 1932	Joe H. Eagle (D)	January 28, 1933
Oregon 2nd	Robert R. Butler (R)	Died January 7, 1933	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 24th	Samuel A. Kendall (R)	Died January 8, 1933	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Minnesota 10th	Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)	Died February 16, 1933	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Arizona At-large	Lewis W. Douglas (D)	Resigned before commencement of upcoming congress after being appointed Director of the Bureau of the Budget	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Employees

Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn

Senate

Chaplain: ZeBarney T. Phillips (Episcopalian)
Secretary: Edwin P. Thayer
Sergeant at Arms: David S. Barry
Democratic Party Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey
Republican Party Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler

House of Representatives

References

^ Senate.gov
^ Before the first day of Congress, 19 representatives-elect died. In 14 cases, party control of the seat changed with the special election, and the Democrats ended up with a majority of House seats.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.