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57 unusual facts about 78th 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).

Albert L. Vreeland

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1942 to the 78th United States Congress.

Antonio M. Fernández

He was a member of the first New Mexico Public Service Commission in 1941 and 1942 and was elected as a Democrat to the 78th and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943 until his death.

B. J. Monkiewicz

Monkiewicz was elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945).

Calvin D. Johnson

Johnson was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945).

Carter Manasco

He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from June 24, 1941, to January 3, 1949.

Charles A. Buckley

He was chairman of the House Committee on Pensions in the 78th Congress and 79th Congress and chairman of the Committee on Public Works in the 82nd Congress and from the 84th Congress through the 88th Congress.

Charles B. Hoeven

He served in Congress for 22 years (from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1965), in the Seventy-eighth Congress and in ten succeeding Congresses.

Charles W. Vursell

Vursell was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (3 January 1943- 3 January 1959).

Chester Earl Merrow

Merrow was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1963).

Chester O. Carrier

Carrier was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward W. Creal and served from November 30, 1943, to January 3, 1945.

D. Emmert Brumbaugh

Brumbaugh was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James E. Van Zandt.

Daniel Ellison

Ellison was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.

Dean M. Gillespie

Gillespie was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lawrence Lewis, reelected to the Seventy-ninth Congress, and served from March 7, 1944, to January 3, 1947.

Dow W. Harter

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

Emory H. Price

Price was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949).

Eugene Worley

He served as chairman of the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (78th Congress).

Frank Sundstrom

He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses, serving in office from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1949.

George G. Sadowski

In 1942, he was elected to the 78th and then to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1951.

George W. Andrews

Andrews was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry B. Steagall.

Hal Holmes

Holmes was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1959).

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.

J. Strom Thurmond Dam

Construction on the Clarks Hill project was not authorized until 1944 by the 78th Congress and prior efforts by local leaders in Augusta were instrumental in gaining approval.

Jacob E. Davis

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

James F. O'Connor

He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Seventy-eighth Congress).

James T. Begg

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth 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 B. Bennett

In 1942, Bennett defeated Hook and was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 12th congressional district to the 78th Congress, serving from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1945.

John F. Hunter

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress and for election in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.

John H. Kerr Dam

Construction of the John H. Kerr dam was authorized by the 78th United States Congress in 1944 with the Flood Control Act of 1944 but did not commence until 1947.

John Hamlin Folger

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

John J. Rooney

In 1944, Rooney was elected by special election to the 78th United States Congress, to fill the vacancy left after the death of Thomas H. Cullen.

John W. Murphy

Murphy was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his resignation on July 17, 1946, to become judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Joseph E. Talbot

He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses and served from January 20, 1942, to January 3, 1947.

Joseph Marmaduke Pratt

Pratt was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James P. McGranery.

Laurence F. Arnold

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress and for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress.

Le Roy D. Downs

He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress, having been defeated by Republican candidate Clare Boothe Luce.

Leon H. Gavin

He was elected as a Republican to the 78th United States Congress and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death in Washington, D.C. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

Lucien J. Maciora

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

Marion Tinsley Bennett

When his father died in office in early 1943, Marion was chosen in a special election to complete his father's term in the 78th Congress.

Martin Gorski

Gorski was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death on December 4, 1949.

Philip J. Philbin

In 1942, as the Democratic nominee, Philbin was elected to the 78th United States Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1971).

Robert A. Green

He served as chairman of the Committee on Territories (Seventy-third through Seventy-eighth Congresses).

Robert F. Rockwell

He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from December 9, 1941, to January 3, 1949.

Rolla C. McMillen

McMillen was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William H. Wheat.

Sid Simpson

Simpson was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death.

Surplus Property Board

Gillette, Symington, President Truman, and the more liberal 1945 U.S. Congress concurred that the Act’s three-member Board was inferior to the single-administrator-plan originally proposed.

President Sam H. Husbands, was never nominated because of anticipated resistance in the lame-duck 1944 Senate.

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.

Thomas F. Burchill

Burchill was elected as a Democrat to the 78th United States Congress, holding office from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1945.

Thomas S. Gordon

Gordon was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1959).

Walter E. Brehm

Brehm was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1953).

William H. Sutphin

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

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 P. Elmer

Elmer was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945).

William T. Schulte

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.

Winifred C. Stanley

In 1942, Stanley was elected at-large as a Republican to the 78th United States Congress, holding office from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1945.