78th United States Congress

78th United States Congress
77th ← → 79th
United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
Senate President	Henry A. Wallace (D)
Senate Pres. pro tem	Carter Glass (D)
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D)
Members	96 Senators 435 Representatives 4 Non-voting members
Senate Majority	Democratic
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
1st: January 6, 1943 – December 21, 1943 2nd: January 10, 1944 – December 19, 1944

The Seventy-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1945, during the last two years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

TOTAL members: 435

[ Section contents: Senate: Majority (D), Minority (R) • House: Majority (D), Minority (R) ]

Senators are popularly elected statewide 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.

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

(9 Democrats)

(2 Democrats)

(7 Democrats)

(12-11 Republican)

(3-1 Republican)

(6 Republicans)

(1 Republican)

(6 Democrats)

(10 Democrats)

(1-1 split)

(19-7 Republican)

(9-2 Republican)

(8 Republicans)

(6 Republicans)

(8-1 Democratic)

(8 Democrats)

(3 Republicans)

(4-2 Democratic)

(10-4 Democratic)

(12-5 Republican)

(8-1 Republican)

(7 Democrats)

(7 Democrats)

(2 Democrats)

(4 Republicans)

(1 Democrat)

(2 Republicans)

(11-3 Republican)

(2 Democrats)

(23-21 Democratic, 1 American Labor)

(12 Democrats)

(2 Republicans)

(20-3 Republican)

(7-1 Democratic)

(4 Republicans)

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