76th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 76th United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1939 to 1941 during the early years of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, enacting key New Deal and pre–World War II legislation.

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Label Occurrences
76th United States Congress canonical 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
controlledByHouseParty Democratic Party ⓘ
controlledBySenateParty Democratic Party ⓘ
convenedDuring Roosevelt administration ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
country United States of America ⓘ
enacted Hatch Act of 1939 ⓘ
Neutrality Act of 1939 ⓘ
Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1939 ⓘ
surface form: Reorganization Act amendments of 1939

Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
endDate 1941-01-03 ⓘ
firstSessionEndDate 1939-11-03 ⓘ
firstSessionStartDate 1939-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy 77th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver federal law of the United States ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
houseMinorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 76 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsUnderConstitution United States Constitution ⓘ
notableLegislationArea New Deal ⓘ
surface form: New Deal legislation

pre–World War II preparedness legislation ⓘ
partOfSeries United States Congress ⓘ
surface form: United States Congresses
precededBy 75th United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
secondSessionEndDate 1940-10-11 ⓘ
secondSessionStartDate 1940-01-03 ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
senateMinorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
senatePresident Henry A. Wallace ⓘ
John Nance Garner ⓘ
senatePresidentProTempore Carter Glass ⓘ
Key Pittman ⓘ
Pat Harrison ⓘ
sessionCount 3 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Sam Rayburn ⓘ
William B. Bankhead ⓘ
startDate 1939-01-03 ⓘ
thirdSessionEndDate 1941-01-03 ⓘ
thirdSessionStartDate 1940-11-07 ⓘ
timePeriod late New Deal era ⓘ
pre–World War II era ⓘ

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75th United States Congress → followedBy → 76th United States Congress ⓘ
77th United States Congress → precededBy → 76th United States Congress ⓘ
Smith Act → enactedBy → 76th United States Congress ⓘ
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 → enactedBy → 76th United States Congress ⓘ
Burke–Wadsworth Act → enactedBy → 76th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 76-783 → enactedBy → 76th United States Congress ⓘ
Dies Committee → legislativeTerm → 76th United States Congress ⓘ