78th United States Congress
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The Seventy-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1945, during the last two years of the third administration of U.S. President Franklin 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.
[edit] 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 Congress
[edit] Major events
[edit] Major legislation
- 1943-12-17 — Magnuson Act (Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943), Sess. 1, ch. 344, 57 Stat. 600
- 1944-02-03 — Mustering-out Payment Act, Sess. 2, Pub.L. 78-225, 58 Stat. 8
- 1944-06-22 — Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill), Sess. 2, ch. 268, Pub.L. 78-345, 58 Stat. 284
- 1944-06-27 — Veterans' Preference Act, Sess. 2, ch. 287, Pub.L. 78-359, 58 Stat. 387
- 1944-07-01 — Public Health Service Act, Sess. 2, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682
- 1944-12-22 — Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act, Sess. 2, ch. 665, Pub.L. 78-534, 58 Stat. 887
[edit] Party summary
TOTAL members: 96 |
TOTAL members: 435 |
[edit] Officers
[edit] Senate
[edit] House of Representatives
[edit] Members
[edit] 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.
- See also: Category: United States Senators
- See also: Category: United States Congressional Delegations by state
[edit] 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.
- See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
- See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state
[edit] Employees
[edit] Senate
[edit] House of Representatives
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