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46 unusual facts about 77th United States Congress


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.

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.

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.

Augustine B. Kelley

Kelley was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served until his death in Bethesda, Maryland.

B. J. Monkiewicz

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

C. W. Bishop

Bishop was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress and to six succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1941 to January 3, 1955.

Carter Manasco

Manasco was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter W. Bankhead.

Charles Risk

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

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.

Elmer J. Holland

He was elected as a Democrat to the 77th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph A. McArdle and served from May 19, 1942, to January 3, 1943.

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.

George Evan Howell

Howell was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1941, until his resignation on October 5, 1947.

Harry P. Beam

He served as chairman of the Committee on Memorials (Seventy-seventh Congress).

Harry Sandager

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress and for election in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.

Herbert Covington Bonner

Upon Warren's resignation from Congress in 1940, Bonner was elected simultaneously to complete the unexpired term, and was elected to the 77th Congress for a full term.

J. Harry McGregor

He was reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served until his death.

Jacob A. Garber

He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1932, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

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.

James V. Heidinger

Heidinger was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, and Seventy-ninth Congresses and served from January 3, 1941, until his death in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 22, 1945.

John Ambrose Meyer

Meyer was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943), but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942.

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 Hamlin Folger

He was re-elected three more times, serving in the 77th, 78th, 79th, and 80th United States Congresses.

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.

Joseph E. Talbot

Talbot was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Joseph Smith.

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.

Leo Kocialkowski

He served as chairman of the Committee on Insular Affairs (Seventy-fourth through Seventy-seventh Congresses).

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.

Lewis M. Long

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

Martin F. Smith

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

Ralph R. Eltse

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

Robert F. Rockwell

Rockwell was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward T. Taylor.

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.

Thomas B. Miller

Miller was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative J. Harold Flannery, and reelected to the Seventy-eighth Congress.

United States Code Congressional and Administrative News

U.S.C.C.A.N. was first published in 1941 with the 1st Session of the 77th Congress and has been published with every session of Congress since.

Veronica Grace Boland

She was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband.

Vincent F. Harrington

Because of his resignation, voters in his district were required to cast two votes in the 1942 general election—one to decide who would serve out the final two months of Harrington's term in the Seventy-seventh Congress, and another for a term in the next Congress.

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.

Walter K. Granger

In 1941 Granger was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941 to January 3, 1953).

Walter S. Jeffries

Jeffries was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress, serving in office from January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

Walter W. Bankhead

Bankhead was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress and served from January 3, 1941, until February 1, 1941, when he resigned.

Wilbur M. White

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

William E. Burney

He was not a candidate for election to the full term in the Seventy-seventh Congress.

William H. Stevenson

In 1940 he was elected to the 77th United States Congress representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district.

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 S. Hill

Hill was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1959).