75th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 75th United States Congress was the federal legislature in session from 1937 to 1939 during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second term, notable for advancing key New Deal legislation.

Aliases (1)

Seventy-fifth Congress ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature →
apportionedAfter	1930 United States census →
compositionDeterminedBy	1936 United States elections →
convenedUnderConstitution	United States Constitution →
correspondingPresidentialTerm	Franklin D. Roosevelt second term →
country	United States of America →
endDate	1939-01-03 →
exercisesPowerOf	declaration of war and foreign commerce regulation → federal taxation and appropriations →
followedBy	76th United States Congress →
governmentBranch	legislative branch of the United States →
hasChamber	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
hasLanguage	English →
hasLegalForm	constitutional legislature →
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver	United States federal law →
hasLegislativeSessionCount	2 →
hasMajorityPartyInHouse	Democratic Party (United States) →
hasMajorityPartyInSenate	Democratic Party (United States) →
hasScope	nationwide →
hasTypeOfGovernmentBody	national legislature →
historicalPeriod	Great Depression →
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States →
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
legislativeTermNumber	75 →
legislatureNumber	Seventy-fifth Congress →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. →
meetsDuring	1937 → 1938 →
meetsFollowing	1936 United States presidential election →
meetsIn	United States Capitol →
meetsInChamber	House chamber → Senate chamber →
meetsUnder	Roosevelt administration →
meetsWith	Executive branch of the United States →
notableFor	advancing New Deal legislation → labor and social welfare legislation →
numberOfChambers	2 →
partOf	Congress of the United States →
politicalContext	New Deal era →
precededBy	74th United States Congress →
sessionDuringPresidencyOf	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
startDate	1937-01-03 →
supervises	federal agencies of the United States →
usesVotingSystem	direct election of Senators (Seventeenth Amendment) → first-past-the-post (for House elections) →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States Housing Act of 1937 →	congressNumber
Public Law 75-412 →	enactedBy
74th United States Congress →	followedBy
75th United States Congress ("Seventy-fifth Congress") →	legislatureNumber
76th United States Congress →	precededBy