74th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 74th United States Congress was the New Deal–era federal legislature (1935–1937) that worked with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to pass major reforms, including landmark social welfare and labor legislation.

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Label	Occurrences
74th United States Congress canonical	11

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress ⓘ bicameral legislature ⓘ
collaboratedWith	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
composition	Democratic majority in House of Representatives ⓘ Democratic majority in Senate ⓘ
controlledByParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
endTime	1937-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy	75th United States Congress ⓘ
hasMajorityLeader	Joseph T. Robinson ⓘ Joseph W. Byrns ⓘ
hasMinorityLeader	Bertrand H. Snell ⓘ Charles L. McNary ⓘ
hasPart	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
hasSpeaker	Joseph W. Byrns ⓘ William B. Bankhead ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Great Depression ⓘ
houseMajorityParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
houseMinorityParty	Republican Party ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeFocus	New Deal ⓘ surface form: New Deal reforms agricultural policy ⓘ financial regulation ⓘ labor rights legislation ⓘ public utilities regulation ⓘ social welfare legislation ⓘ tax reform ⓘ
legislativePeriod	New Deal ⓘ surface form: New Deal era
legislativeTermNumber	74 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsDuring	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
meetsIn	United States Capitol ⓘ
passed	Banking Act of 1935 ⓘ Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 ⓘ Merchant Marine Act of 1936 ⓘ National Labor Relations Act ⓘ surface form: National Labor Relations Act of 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ⓘ Revenue Act of 1935 ⓘ Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ surface form: Rural Electrification Act of 1936 Social Security Act of 1935 ⓘ Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 ⓘ
precededBy	73rd United States Congress ⓘ
presidingOfficer	Henry A. Wallace ⓘ John Nance Garner ⓘ
senateMajorityParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
senateMinorityParty	Republican Party ⓘ
significantFor	expansion of federal social insurance programs ⓘ institutionalization of New Deal policies ⓘ strengthening of collective bargaining rights ⓘ
startTime	1935-01-03 ⓘ

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Social Security Act of 1935 → enactedBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ

73rd United States Congress → followedBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ

Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → enactedBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ

75th United States Congress → precededBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 → enactedBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ

Banking Act of 1935 → enactedBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 74-292 → enactedBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ

Rural Electrification Act of 1936 → enactedBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ

Wheeler-Rayburn Act → enactedBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ

PUHCA → enactedBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935

Public Law 74-333 → enactedBy → 74th United States Congress ⓘ