75th United States Congress

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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.

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75th United States Congress canonical 6
Seventy-fifth Congress 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress
bicameral legislature
apportionedAfter 1930 United States census
compositionDeterminedBy 1936 United States elections
convenedUnderConstitution United States Constitution
correspondingPresidentialTerm Roosevelt administration
surface form: 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
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
hasMajorityPartyInSenate Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
hasScope nationwide
hasTypeOfGovernmentBody national legislature
historicalPeriod Great Depression
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
legislativeTermNumber 75
legislatureNumber 75th United States Congress self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 United States Congress
surface form: Congress of the United States
politicalContext New Deal era
precededBy 74th United States Congress
sessionDuringPresidencyOf President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: 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)

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74th United States Congress followedBy 75th United States Congress
75th United States Congress legislatureNumber 75th United States Congress self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Seventy-fifth Congress
United States Housing Act of 1937 congressNumber 75th United States Congress
76th United States Congress precededBy 75th United States Congress
Public Law 75-412 enactedBy 75th United States Congress
Indian Mineral Leasing Act enactedBy 75th United States Congress
subject surface form: Indian Mineral Leasing Act of 1938
Dies Committee legislativeTerm 75th United States Congress