71st_United_States

71st United States Congress

United States Capitol (1906)

1 Dates of sessions
2 Party summary
3 Leadership
4 Major events
5 Major legislation
6 Members
7 Changes in membership
8 Officers
9 References
10 External links

The Seventy-first 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, 1929 to March 3, 1931, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Herbert C. Hoover.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Fourteenth Census of the United States in 1920. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1931

Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1929 - March 5, 1929
First session: April 15, 1929 - November 22, 1929
Second session: December 2, 1929 - July 3, 1930
Special session of the Senate: July 7, 1930 - July 21, 1930
Third session: December 1, 1930 - March 3, 1931 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 70th Congress
Next congress: 72nd Congress

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

TOTAL members: 96

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

President of the Senate
Vice President
Charles Curtis

Senate

Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
- Charles Curtis, Republican of Kansas
President pro tempore of the Senate:
- George H. Moses, Republican of New Hampshire, elected March 4, 1929

Majority Leader of the Senate
- James E. Watson, Republican of Indiana, elected March 5, 1929
Minority Leader of the Senate
- Joseph T. Robinson, Democrat of Arkansas
Majority Whip of the Senate
- Simeon D. Fess, Republican of Ohio
Minority Whip of the Senate
- Morris Sheppard, Democrat of Texas

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
- Nicholas Longworth, Republican of Ohio, elected April 15, 1929

Majority Leader of the House
- John Q. Tilson, Republican of Connecticut
Minority Leader of the House
- John N. Garner, Democrat of Texas

Major events

Main article: Events of 1929; Events of 19306; Events of 1931

March 4, 1929 - Herbert C. Hoover became President of the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 71st Congress

1929-02-18 - Migratory Bird Conservation Act, ch. 257, 45 Stat. 1222
1929-06-15 - Agriculture Marketing Act, ch. 24, 46 Stat. 11
1930-06-17 - Hawley-Smoot Tariff, ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590, (including: Title III, Plant Patent Act, 46 Stat. 703)
1929-06-18 - Reapportionment Act of 1929, ch. 28, 46 Stat. 21

Members

Map showing Senate party membership at the start of the 71st Congress.

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

See also: 71st United States Congress - political parties

See also: 71st United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States Senate elections, 1928

See also: United States House elections, 1928

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 this Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1932.

See also: Category:United States Senators

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Senate

Alabama

2: J. Thomas Heflin (D)
3: Hugo L. Black (D)

Arizona

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

Arkansas

2: Joseph T. Robinson (D)
3: Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)

California

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

Colorado

2: Lawrence C. Phipps (R)
3: Charles W. Waterman (R)

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)
3: Walter F. George (D)

Idaho

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

Illinois

2: Charles S. Deneen (R)
3: Otis F. Glenn (R)

Indiana

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

Iowa

2: Daniel F. Steck (D)
3: Smith W. Brookhart (R)

Kansas

2: Arthur Capper (R)
3: Charles Curtis (R)

Henry J. Allen (R)

George McGill (D)

Kentucky

2: Frederic M. Sackett (R)

John M. Robsion (R)

Ben M. Williamson (D)
3: Alben W. Barkley (D)

Louisiana

2: Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
3: Edwin S. Broussard (D)

Maine

1: Frederick Hale (R)
2: Arthur R. Gould (R)

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

2: Frederick H. Gillett (R)
1: David I. Walsh (D)

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

2: B. Patton Harrison (D)
1: Hubert D. Stephens (D)

Missouri

3: Harry B. Hawes (D)
1: Roscoe C. Patterson (R)

Montana

2: Thomas J. Walsh (D)
1: Burton K. Wheeler (D)

Nebraska

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

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

2: Walter E. Edge (R)

David Baird, Jr. (R)

Dwight W. Morrow (R)
1: Hamilton F. Kean (R)

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

2: Furnifold McL. Simmons (D)
3: Lee S. Overman (D)

Cameron A. Morrison (D)

North Dakota

1: Lynn J. Frazier (R)
3: Gerald P. Nye (R)

Ohio

1: Simeon D. Fess (R)
3: Theodore E. Burton (R)

Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)

Robert J. Bulkley (D)

Oklahoma

2: William B. Pine (R)
3: J. W. Elmer Thomas (D)

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

1: David A. Reed (R)
3: William S. Vare (R)

Joseph R. Grundy (R)

James J. Davis (R)

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

3: Ellison D. Smith (D)
2: Coleman L. Blease (D)

South Dakota

3: Peter Norbeck (R)
2: William H. McMaster (R)

Tennessee

1: Kenneth D. McKellar (D)
2: Lawrence D. Tyson (D)

William E. Brock (D)

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

1: Frank L. Greene (R)

Frank C. Partridge (R)
3: Porter H. Dale (R)

Virginia

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

Washington

3: Wesley L. Jones (R)
1: Clarence C. Dill (D)

West Virginia

2: Guy D. Goff (R)
1: Henry D. Hatfield (R)

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

2: Francis E. Warren (R)

Patrick J. Sullivan (R)

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

President pro tempore
George H. Moses

Majority Leader
James E. Watson

Minority Leader
Joseph T. Robinson

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 "A/L," 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

Alabama