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60 unusual facts about 76th United States Congress


A. C. Schiffler

He served in the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941); and the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945).

A. F. Maciejewski

Maciejewski was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his resignation on December 8, 1942.

Alfred N. Phillips

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

Alonzo Dillard Folger

As a Democrat, he was elected to the 76th United States Congress in 1938 and re-election to the 77th U.S. Congress in 1940, but his second term was cut short by his death in a car accident in Mount Airy on April 30, 1941.

Alphonse Roy

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

Ambrose Jerome Kennedy

He was reelected to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, and Seventy-sixth Congresses and served from November 8, 1932 to January 3, 1941.

Anthony A. Fleger

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress and resumed the practice of law in Cleveland, Ohio.

Anton J. Johnson

Johnson was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949).

B. J. Monkiewicz

Monkiewicz was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941).

Bartel J. Jonkman

Jonkman was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 5th congressional district to the 76th United States Congress, serving from February 19, 1940 to January 3, 1949.

Bert Lord

Lord was elected as a Republican to the 74th, 75th and 76th United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1935, until his death in 1939.

Braswell Deen

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

Charles H. Elston

Elston was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1953).

Chester C. Bolton

Bolton was elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress and served from January 3, 1939, until his death in Cleveland, Ohio, October 29, 1939.

E. Harold Cluett

Cluett was elected as a Republican to the 75th, 76th and 77th United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1943.

Earl R. Lewis

After his time in the Ohio senate, Lewis was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941).

Edward White Patterson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

Ezekiel C. Gathings

Gathings was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1969).

Florence Reville Gibbs

In 1938, W. Benjamin Gibbs was elected as a Democrat to represent Georgia's Eighth congressional district in the 76th United States Congress.

Forest Harness

Harness was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949).

Frank C. Osmers, Jr.

He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1935–1937, and was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the Seventy-seventh Congress, serving in office from January 3, 1939-January 3, 1943.

Frank M. Ramey

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress, in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress, and in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

George W. Gillie

Gillie was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949).

Gerald W. Landis

Landis was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949).

J. Burrwood Daly

Daly was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, and Seventy-sixth Congresses and served until his death in Philadelphia at the age of 67.

J. Harry McGregor

McGregor was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William A. Ashbrook.

Jack Z. Anderson

Anderson was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1953).

James A. Meeks

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

Jessie Sumner

Sumner was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947).

Joe B. Bates

He was reelected to the Seventy-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from June 4, 1938, to January 3, 1953.

John F. Dockweiler

In the general election, he was an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

John F. Hunter

Hunter was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1937–January 3, 1943).

John Martin Vorys

Vorys was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1959).

Joseph A. McArdle

McArdle was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served until his resignation on January 5, 1942, to become a member of the Pittsburgh City Council.

Lee E. Geyer

Geyer was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his death.

Lewis K. Rockefeller

He was re-elected to the 76th and 77th United States Congresses, and held office from November 2, 1937 to January 3, 1943.

Lindsay Carter Warren

During the 72nd through 76th Congresses, he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts.

Marcellus H. Evans

Evans was elected as a Democrat to the 74th, 75th and 76th United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1941.

Martin F. Smith

He served as chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses).

Ohio Northern University

Elected in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth U.S. Congress, and elected for three subsequent terms to Congress, serving from 1939 - 1947.

Richard M. Simpson

He was re-elected to the Seventy-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served until his death.

Robert A. Grant

Grant was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949).

Robert B. Chiperfield

Chiperfield was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1963).

Robert J. Corbett

He was elected as a Republican to the 76th United States Congress in 1938, but was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940.

Robert L. Mouton

Mouton was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941).

Rudolph G. Tenerowicz

In 1938, Tenerowicz was elected, without challenge, as a Democrat from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the Seventy-sixth Congress and reelected in 1938 to the Seventy-seventh, serving from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1943.

Selective Service System

The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was passed by the 76th United States Congress on September 16, 1940, establishing the first peacetime conscription in United States history.

Smith Act

The Alien Registration Act of 1940 (Smith Act), 76th United States Congress, 3d session, ch.

Stephenville International Airport

The U.S. 76th Congress approved the 99 year lease and in April 1941, construction began.

Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.

D'Alesandro was then elected to the 76th Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1939, until he resigned on May 16, 1947.

Thomas Daniel Winter

Winter was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1947).

Thomas M. Eaton

Eaton was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress and served from January 3, 1939, until his death in Long Beach, California, September 16, 1939.

Virginia E. Jenckes

She was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

W. Benjamin Gibbs

Gibbs was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress and served from January 3, 1939, until his death in Washington, D.C., on August 7, 1940.

W. Wirt Courtney

Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clarence W. Turner, Courtney was reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses.

William D. McFarlane

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

William E. Burney

Burney was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John A. Martin and served from November 5, 1940, to January 3, 1941.

William F. Norrell

Norrell was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his death in Washington, D.C. He is interred beside his wife at Oakland Cemetery in Monticello, Arkansas.

William H. Wheat

Wheat was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, and Seventy-eighth Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his death in Washington, D.C., January 16, 1944.

William W. Blackney

He lost to Democrat Andrew J. Transue in 1936, but defeated him to be re-elected in 1938 to the 76th Congress.