Seventy-eighth Congress
| 78th United States Congress | |
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77th ←
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United States Capitol (1956)
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| 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 |
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1st: January 6, 1943 – December 21, 1943 2nd: January 10, 1944 – December 19, 1944 |
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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, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1944; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1946; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1948.
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)
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