71st United States Congress

71st United States Congress
70th ← → 72nd
United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
Senate President	Charles Curtis (R)
Senate Pres. pro tem	George H. Moses (R)
House Speaker	Nicholas Longworth (R)
Members	96 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority	Republican
House Majority	Republican
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1929 – March 5, 1929 1st: April 15, 1929 – November 22, 1929 2nd: December 2, 1929 – July 3, 1930 Special: July 7, 1930 – July 21, 1930 3rd: December 1, 1930 – March 3, 1931

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 4, 1931, during the first two years of Herbert Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States in 1910. Both chambers had a Republican majority. This congress saw the most special elections of any congress with 27 in all.

Major events

March 4, 1929: Herbert C. Hoover became President of the United States
October 24, 1929 – October 29, 1929: Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (3 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).
October 25, 1929: Former U.S. Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall is convicted of bribery for his role in the Teapot Dome scandal, becoming the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for actions in office.

Major legislation

June 15, 1929: Agriculture Marketing Act, ch. 24, 46 Stat. 11
June 18, 1929: Reapportionment Act of 1929, ch. 28, 46 Stat. 21
June 17, 1930: Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590, (including: Title III, Plant Patent Act, 46 Stat. 703)
March 3, 1931: Davis–Bacon Act, ch. 411, 46 Stat. 1494

Party summary

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

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	45	1	50	96	0

Begin	39	1	55	95	1
End	41	1	54	96	0
Final voting share	7001427000000000000♠42.7%	7000100000000000000♠1.0%	7001563000000000000♠56.3%

Beginning of the next congress	59	1	36	96	0

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer–Labor (FL)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	203	5	219	427	7

Begin	164	1	270	435	0
End	165	1	269	435	0
Final voting share	7001379000000000000♠37.9%	6999200000000000000♠0.2%	7001618000000000000♠61.8%

Beginning of the next congress	215	1	218	434	1

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
Charles Curtis

President pro tempore of the Senate
George H. Moses

President: Charles Curtis (R)
President pro tempore: George H. Moses (R)
Majority leader: James E. Watson (R)
Minority leader: Joseph T. Robinson (D)
Majority whip: Simeon D. Fess (R)
Minority whip: Morris Sheppard (D)
Republican Conference Secretary: Frederick Hale (R)
Democratic Caucus Secretary: Hugo Black (D)

House of Representatives

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 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.

Kansas

2. Arthur Capper (R)
3. Henry Justin Allen (R), April 1, 1929 – November 30, 1930
- George McGill (D), from December 1, 1930

Kentucky

2. Frederic M. Sackett (R), until January 9, 1930
- John M. Robsion (R), January 11, 1930 – November 30, 1930
- Ben M. Williamson (D), from December 1, 1930
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

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

Massachusetts

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

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. Harry B. Hawes (D)

Montana

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

1. Hamilton Fish Kean (R)
2. Walter Evans Edge (R), until November 21, 1929
- David Baird, Jr. (R), November 30, 1929 – December 2, 1930
- Dwight Morrow (R), from December 3, 1930

New Mexico

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

New York

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

North Carolina

2. Furnifold McLendel Simmons (D)
3. Lee Slater Overman (D), until December 12, 1930
- Cameron A. Morrison (D), from December 13, 1930

North Dakota

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

Ohio

1. Simeon D. Fess (R)
3. Theodore E. Burton (R), until October 28, 1929
- Roscoe C. McCulloch (R), November 5, 1929 – November 30, 1930
- Robert J. Bulkley (D), from December 1, 1930

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

1. David A. Reed (R)
3. Vacant,^[1] until December 9, 1929
- Joseph R. Grundy (R), December 11, 1929 – December 1, 1930
- James J. Davis (R), from December 2, 1930

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

2. Coleman Livingston Blease (D)
3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

1. Kenneth McKellar (D)
2. Lawrence Tyson (D), until August 24, 1929
- William Emerson Brock (D), from September 2, 1929

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

1. Frank L. Greene (R), until December 17, 1930
- Frank C. Partridge (R), from December 23, 1930
3. Porter H. Dale (R)

Virginia

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

Washington

1. Clarence Dill (D)
3. Wesley Livsey Jones (R)

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

1. John B. Kendrick (D)
2. Francis E. Warren (R), until November 24, 1929
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan (R), December 5, 1929 – November 20, 1930
- Robert D. Carey (R), from December 1, 1930

Senate Majority leader
James E. Watson

Senate Minority leader
Joseph T. Robinson

House of Representatives

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

Alabama

Arizona

At-large. Lewis W. Douglas (D)

Arkansas

1. William J. Driver (D)
2. Pearl Peden Oldfield (D)
3. Claude A. Fuller (D)
4. Otis Wingo (D), until October 21, 1930
- Effiegene L. Wingo (D), from November 4, 1930
5. Heartsill Ragon (D)
6. David D. Glover (D)
7. Tilman B. Parks (D)

California

1. Clarence F. Lea (D)
2. Harry L. Englebright (R)
3. Charles F. Curry (R), until October 10, 1930
4. Florence P. Kahn (R)
5. Richard J. Welch (R)
6. Albert E. Carter (R)
7. Henry E. Barbour (R)
8. Arthur M. Free (R)
9. William E. Evans (R)
10. Joe Crail (R)
11. Philip D. Swing (R)

Colorado

Connecticut

1. E. Hart Fenn (R)
2. Richard P. Freeman (R)
3. John Q. Tilson (R)
4. Schuyler Merritt (R)
5. James P. Glynn (R), until March 6, 1930
- Edward W. Goss (R), from November 4, 1930

Delaware

At-large. Robert G. Houston (R)

Florida

Georgia

1. Charles G. Edwards (D)
2. Edward E. Cox (D)
3. Charles R. Crisp (D)
4. William C. Wright (D)
5. Leslie J. Steele (D), until July 24, 1929
- Robert C. W. Ramspeck (D), from October 2, 1929
6. Samuel Rutherford (D)
7. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
8. Charles H. Brand (D)
9. Thomas M. Bell (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. Elliott W. Sproul (R)
4. Thomas A. Doyle (D)
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. James T. Igoe (D)
7. M. Alfred Michaelson (R)
8. Stanley H. Kunz (D)
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), from November 4, 1930
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. Frank M. Ramey (R)
22. Edward M. Irwin (R)
23. William W. Arnold (D)
24. Thomas S. Williams (R), until November 11, 1929
- Claude V. Parsons (D), from November 4, 1930
25. Edward E. Denison (R)
At-large. Ruth Hanna McCormick (R)
At-large. Richard Yates (R)

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

1. William V. Gregory (D)
2. David H. Kincheloe (D), until October 5, 1930
- John L. Dorsey, Jr. (D), from November 4, 1930
3. Charles W. Roark (R), until April 5, 1929
- John W. Moore (D), from June 1, 1929
4. John D. Craddock (R)
5. Maurice H. Thatcher (R)
6. J. Lincoln Newhall (R)
7. Robert E. L. Blackburn (R)
8. Lewis L. Walker (R)
9. Elva R. Kendall (R)
10. Katherine G. Langley (R)
11. John M. Robsion (R), until January 10, 1930
- Charles Finley (R), from March 1, 1930

Louisiana

1. James O'Connor (D)
2. J. Zach Spearing (D)
3. Whitmell P. Martin (D), until April 6, 1929
- Numa F. Montet (D), from October 14, 1929
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)

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

1. Allen T. Treadway (R)
2. William Kirk Kaynor (R), until December 20, 1929
- William J. Granfield (D), from February 11, 1930
3. Frank H. Foss (R)
4. George R. Stobbs (R)
5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6. A. Piatt Andrew, Jr. (R)
7. William P. Connery, Jr. (D)
8. Frederick W. Dallinger (R)
9. Charles L. Underhill (R)
10. John J. Douglass (D)
11. George Holden 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

Minnesota

1. Victor L. A. Christgau (R)
2. Frank Clague (R)
3. August H. Andresen (R)
4. Melvin J. Maas (R)
5. Walter H. Newton (R), until June 30, 1929
- William I. Nolan (R), from July 17, 1929
6. Harold Knutson (R)
7. Ole J. Kvale (FL), until September 11, 1929
- Paul J. Kvale (FL), from October 16, 1929
8. William A. Pittenger (R)
9. Conrad G. Selvig (R)
10. Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

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

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Samuel S. Arentz (R)

New Hampshire

1. Fletcher Hale (R)
2. Edward H. Wason (R)

New Jersey

New Mexico

At-large. Albert Gallatin Simms (R)

New York

1. Robert L. Bacon (R)
2. William F. Brunner (D)
3. George W. Lindsay (D)
4. Thomas H. Cullen (D)
5. Loring M. Black, Jr. (D)
6. Andrew L. Somers (D)
7. John F. Quayle (D), until November 27, 1930
8. Patrick J. Carley (D)
9. David J. O'Connell (D), until December 29, 1930
- Stephen A. Rudd (D), from February 17, 1931
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. John F. Carew (D), until December 28, 1929
- Martin J. Kennedy (D), from April 11, 1930
19. Sol Bloom (D)
20. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)
21. Joseph A. Gavagan (D), from November 5, 1929
22. Anthony J. Griffin (D)
23. Frank Oliver (D)
24. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)
25. J. Mayhew Wainwright (R)
26. Hamilton Fish, III (R)
27. Harcourt J. Pratt (R)
28. Parker Corning (D)
29. James S. Parker (R)
30. Frank Crowther (R)
31. Bertrand H. 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. S. Wallace Dempsey (R)
41. Edmund F. Cooke (R)
42. James M. Mead (D)
43. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

1. Lindsay C. Warren (D)
2. John H. Kerr (D)
3. Charles L. Abernethy (D)
4. Edward W. Pou (D)
5. Charles M. Stedman (D), until September 23, 1930
- Franklin W. Hancock, Jr. (D), from November 4, 1930
6. J. Bayard Clark (D)
7. William C. Hammer (D), until September 26, 1930
- Hinton James (D), from November 4, 1930
8. Robert L. Doughton (D)
9. Charles A. Jonas (R)
10. George M. Pritchard (R)

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

1. James M. Beck (R)
2. George S. Graham (R)
3. Harry C. Ransley (R)
4. Benjamin M. Golder (R)
5. James J. Connolly (R)
6. George A. Welsh (R)
7. George P. Darrow (R)
8. James Wolfenden (R)
9. Henry W. Watson (R)
10. William W. Griest (R), until December 5, 1929
- J. Roland Kinzer (R), from January 28, 1930
11. Laurence H. Watres (R)
12. John J. Casey (D), until May 5, 1929
- C. Murray Turpin (R), from June 4, 1929
13. George F. Brumm (R)
14. Charles J. Esterly (R)
15. Louis T. McFadden (R)
16. Edgar R. Kiess (R), until July 20, 1930
- Robert F. Rich (R), from November 4, 1930
17. Frederick W. Magrady (R)
18. Edward M. Beers (R)
19. Isaac H. Doutrich (R)
20. J. Russell Leech (R)
21. J. Banks Kurtz (R)
22. Franklin Menges (R)
23. J. Mitchell Chase (R)
24. Samuel A. Kendall (R)
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. Stephen G. Porter (R), until June 27, 1930
- Edmund F. Erk (R), from November 4, 1930
33. M. Clyde Kelly (R)
34. Patrick J. Sullivan (R)
35. Harry A. Estep (R)
36. Guy E. Campbell (R)

Rhode Island

1. Clark Burdick (R)
2. Richard S. Aldrich (R)
3. Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D), until May 9, 1930
- Francis B. Condon (D), from November 4, 1930

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

1. Wright Patman (D)
2. John C. Box (D)
3. 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)
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. Augustus McCloskey (D), until February 10, 1930
- Harry M. Wurzbach (R), from February 10, 1930
15. John N. Garner (D)
16. Claude B. Hudspeth (D)
17. Robert Q. Lee (D), until April 18, 1930
- Thomas L. Blanton (D), from May 20, 1930
18. J. Marvin Jones (D)

Utah

1. Don B. Colton (R)
2. Elmer O. Leatherwood (R), until December 24, 1929
- Frederick C. Loofbourow (R), from November 4, 1930

Vermont

1. Elbert S. Brigham (R)
2. Ernest Willard Gibson (R)

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

1. Carl G. Bachmann (R)
2. Frank L. Bowman (R)
3. John M. Wolverton (R)
4. James A. Hughes (R), until March 2, 1930
- Robert L. Hogg (R), from November 4, 1930
5. Hugh Ike Shott (R)
6. Joe L. Smith (D)

Wisconsin

1. Henry A. Cooper (R), until March 1, 1931
2. Charles A. Kading (R)
3. John M. Nelson (R)
4. John C. Schafer (R)
5. William H. Stafford (R)
6. Florian Lampert (R), until July 18, 1930
- Michael Reilly (D), from November 4, 1930
7. Merlin Hull (R)
8. Edward E. Browne (R)
9. 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. Daniel Sutherland (R)
Hawaii Territory. Victor S. K. Houston (R)
Philippines. Pedro Guevara (Nac.)
Philippines. Camilo Osías (Nac.)
Puerto Rico. Félix Córdova Dávila

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Speaker of the House
Nicholas Longworth

Majority leader of the House
John Tilson

Minority leader of the House
John Garner

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

replacements: 9
- Democratic: 1-seat net gain
- Republican: 1-seat net loss
Deaths: 5
Resignations: 3
Interim appointments: 6
Total seats with changes: 9

State	Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Successor's Installation
Kansas (3)	Vacant	Charles Curtis (R) had resigned at end of previous congress to become Vice President of the United States. Successor appointed April 1, 1929, to continue the term.	Henry J. Allen (R)	April 1, 1929
Pennsylvania (3)	Vacant	Sen.-elect William S. Vare (R) was apparently elected but vote was never certified by the Governor due to election irregularities. The Senate refused to qualify him and he was formally unseated December 9, 1929. Successor appointed December 11, 1929. Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see below.	Joseph R. Grundy (R)	December 11, 1929
Tennessee (2)	Lawrence Tyson (D)	Died August 24, 1929. Successor appointed September 2, 1929, to continue the term. Successor was also later elected November 4, 1930, to finish the term.^[2]	William E. Brock (D)	September 2, 1929
Ohio (3)	Theodore E. Burton (R)	Died October 28, 1929. Successor appointed November 5, 1929, to continue the term. Successor later lost election to finish the term, see below.	Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)	November 5, 1929
New Jersey (2)	Walter E. Edge (R)	Resigned November 21, 1929, to become U.S. Ambassador to France. Successor appointed November 30, 1929, to continue the term. Successor later did not run to finish the term, see below.	David Baird, Jr. (R)	November 30, 1929
Wyoming (2)	Francis E. Warren (R)	Died November 24, 1929. Successor appointed December 5, 1929. Successor later did not run to finish the term, see below.	Patrick J. Sullivan (R)	December 5, 1929
Kentucky (2)	Frederic M. Sackett (R)	Resigned January 9, 1930, to become U.S. Ambassador to Germany. Successor appointed January 11, 1930, to continue the term. Successor later lost election to finish the term, see below.	John M. Robsion (R)	January 11, 1930
Wyoming (2)	Patrick Joseph Sullivan (R)	Interim appointee did not run to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	Robert D. Carey (R)	December 1, 1930
Kansas (3)	Henry J. Allen (R)	Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	George McGill (D)	December 1, 1930
Kentucky (2)	John M. Robsion (R)	Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	Ben M. Williamson (D)	December 1, 1930
Ohio (3)	Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)	Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	Robert J. Bulkley (D)	December 1, 1930
Pennsylvania (3)	Joseph R. Grundy (R)	Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	James J. Davis (R)	December 2, 1930
New Jersey (2)	David Baird, Jr. (R)	Interim appointee did not run to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1930.	Dwight Morrow (R)	December 3, 1930
North Carolina (3)	Lee S. Overman (D)	Died December 12, 1930. Successor appointed December 13, 1930, to continue the term. Successor later lost election to finish the term, see (72nd United States Congress).	Cameron A. Morrison (D)	December 13, 1930
Vermont (1)	Frank L. Greene (R)	Died December 17, 1930. Successor appointed December 23, 1930, to continue the term. Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see (72nd United States Congress).	Frank C. Partridge (R)	December 23, 1930

House of Representatives

replacements: 27
- Democratic: 4 seat net gain
- Republican: 3 seat net loss
deaths: 25
resignations: 6
contested election: 1
Total seats with changes: 32

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor
New York 21st	Vacant	Rep. Royal H. Weller died during previous congress	Joseph A. Gavagan (D)	November 5, 1929
Illinois 15th	Vacant	Rep. Edward J. King died in previous congress	Burnett M. Chiperfield (R)	November 4, 1930
Kentucky 3rd	Charles W. Roark (R)	Died April 5, 1929	John W. Moore (D)	June 1, 1929
Louisiana 3rd	Whitmell P. Martin (D)	Died April 6, 1929	Numa F. Montet (D)	August 6, 1929
Pennsylvania 12th	John J. Casey (D)	Died May 5, 1929	Charles M. Turpin (R)	June 1, 1929
Minnesota 5th	Walter Newton (R)	Resigned June 30, 1929, after being appointed secretary to President Herbert Hoover	William I. Nolan (R)	July 17, 1929
Georgia 5th	Leslie J. Steele (D)	Died July 24, 1929	Robert Ramspeck (D)	October 2, 1929
Minnesota 7th	Ole J. Kvale (FL)	Died September 11, 1929	Paul J. Kvale (FL)	October 16, 1929
New York 18th	John F. Carew (D)	Resigned October 28, 1929, after being appointed a justice to the New York Supreme Court	Martin J. Kennedy (D)	April 11, 1930
Illinois 24th	Thomas S. Williams (R)	Resigned November 11, 1929, after being appointed to the United States Court of Claims	Claude V. Parsons (D)	November 4, 1930
Pennsylvania 10th	William W. Griest (R)	Died December 5, 1929	J. Roland Kinzer (R)	January 28, 1930
Massachusetts 2nd	Will Kirk Kaynor (R)	Died December 20, 1929	William J. Granfield (D)	February 17, 1930
Utah 2nd	Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)	Died December 24, 1929	Frederick C. Loofbourow (R)	November 4, 1930
Kentucky 11th	John M. Robsion (R)	Resigned January 10, 1930, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	Charles Finley (R)	February 15, 1930
Texas 14th	Augustus McCloskey (D)	Lost contested election February 10, 1930	Harry M. Wurzbach (R)	February 10, 1930
West Virginia 4th	James A. Hughes (R)	Died March 2, 1930	Robert L. Hogg (R)	November 4, 1930
Connecticut 5th	James P. Glynn (R)	Died March 6, 1930	Edward W. Goss (R)	November 4, 1930
Texas 17th	Robert Q. Lee (D)	Died April 18, 1930	Thomas L. Blanton (D)	May 20, 1930
Rhode Island 3rd	Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D)	Resigned May 9, 1930, after being appointed a justice to the Rhode Island Superior Court	Francis Condon (D)	November 4, 1930
Wisconsin 6th	Florian Lampert (R)	Died July 18, 1930	Michael Reilly (D)	November 4, 1930
Pennsylvania 32nd	Edgar R. Kiess (R)	Died July 20, 1930	Robert F. Rich (R)	November 4, 1930
Pennsylvania 16th	Stephen G. Porter (R)	Died June 27, 1930	Edmund F. Erk (R)	November 4, 1930
North Carolina 5th	Charles M. Stedman (D)	Died September 23, 1930	Franklin W. Hancock, Jr. (D)	November 4, 1930
North Carolina 7th	William C. Hammer (D)	Died September 26, 1930	Hinton James (D)	November 4, 1930
Kentucky 2nd	David H. Kincheloe (D)	Resigned October 5, 1930, after being appointed to the United States Customs Court	John L. Dorsey, Jr. (D)	November 4, 1930
California 3rd	Charles F. Curry (R)	Died October 10, 1930	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Arkansas 4th	Otis Wingo (D)	Died October 21, 1930	Effiegene Locke Wingo (D)	November 4, 1930
New York 7th	John Quayle (D)	Died November 27, 1930	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 9th	David J. O'Connell (D)	Died December 29, 1930	Stephen A. Rudd (D)	February 17, 1931
Wisconsin 1st	Henry A. Cooper (R)	Died March 1, 1931	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link, in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

Agriculture and Forestry
Alaska Railroad (Special Select)
Appropriations
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
Banking and Currency
Civil Service
Claims
Coins (Select)
Commerce
District of Columbia
Education and Labor
Enrolled Bills
Expenditures in Executive Departments
Finance
Foreign Relations
Immigration
Indian Affairs
Interoceanic Canals
Interstate Commerce
Judiciary
Library
Manufactures
Military Affairs
Mines and Mining
Naval Affairs
Patents
Pensions
Post Office Leases (Select)
Post Office and Post Roads
Printing
Privileges and Elections
Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Lands and Surveys
Rules
Senatorial Campaign of 1930 (Select)
Senator Heflin's Letter on Intermarriages in New York (Select)
Territories and Insular Possessions
Unemployment Insurance
Whole
Wildlife Resources (Special)

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
Investigate Control of Aircraft for Seacoast Defense
Taxation

Officers

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

Senate

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

House of Representatives

Clerk: William T. Page
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph G. Rodgers
Doorkeeper: Bert W. Kennedy
Postmaster: Frank W. Collier
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and N/A (R)
Chaplain: James S. Montgomery (Methodist)

Notes

↑ William S. Vare (R-PA) had been elected to the Senate for the term starting March 4, 1927, but the Senate had refused to qualify him due to charges of corruption and fraud concerning his election. The Senate finally unseated him on December 9, 1929. See http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000071
↑ Byrd, p. 171.

References

Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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.

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71st United States Congress

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

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Leadership

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Members

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Non-voting members

Changes in membership

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Committees

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Joint committees

Officers

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See also

Notes

References

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