71st United States Congress explained

Number:71st
Imagename:United States Capitol
Imagedate:1906
Start:March 4, 1929
End:March 4, 1931
Vp:Charles Curtis (R)
Pro Tem:George H. Moses (R)
Speaker:Nicholas Longworth (R)
Senators:96
Reps:435
Delegates:5
S-Majority:Republican
H-Majority:Republican
Sessionnumber1:Special
Sessionstart1:March 4, 1929
Sessionend1:March 5, 1929
Sessionnumber2:1st
Sessionstart2:April 15, 1929
Sessionend2:November 22, 1929
Sessionnumber3:2nd
Sessionstart3:December 2, 1929
Sessionend3:July 3, 1930
Sessionnumber4:Special
Sessionstart4:July 7, 1930
Sessionend4:July 21, 1930
Sessionnumber5:3rd
Sessionstart5:December 1, 1930
Sessionend5:March 3, 1931
Previous:70th
Next:72nd

The 71st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislature of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1929, to March 4, 1931, during the first two years of Herbert Hoover's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1910 United States census.

Both the House and Senate remained under Republican control, with increased majorities in each chamber. And with Herbert Hoover being sworn in as president on March 4, 1929, the Republicans maintained an overall federal government trifecta.[1] [2]

The 71st Congress also featured the most special elections of any Congress with 27 in all.

Major events

See main article: 1929 in the United States, 1930 in the United States and 1931 in the United States.

Major legislation

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators were elected 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 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1934; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1930; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1932.

2. J. Thomas Heflin (D)

3. Hugo Black (D)

1. Henry F. Ashurst (D)

3. Carl Hayden (D)

2. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)

3. Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)

1. Hiram W. Johnson (R)

3. Samuel M. Shortridge (R)

2. Lawrence C. Phipps (R)

3. Charles W. Waterman (R)

1. Frederic C. Walcott (R)

3. Hiram Bingham III (R)

1. John G. Townsend Jr. (R)

2. Daniel O. Hastings (R)

1. Park Trammell (D)

3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

2. William J. Harris (D)

3. Walter F. George (D)

2. William E. Borah (R)

3. John Thomas (R)

2. Charles S. Deneen (R)

3. Otis F. Glenn (R)

1. Arthur R. Robinson (R)

3. James E. Watson (R)

2. Daniel F. Steck (D)

3. Smith W. Brookhart (R)

2. Arthur Capper (R)

3. Henry Justin Allen (R), April 1, 1929 – November 30, 1930

George McGill (D), from December 1, 1930

2. Frederic M. Sackett (R), until January 9, 1930

John M. Robsion (R), January 11, 1930 – November 30, 1930

Ben M. Williamson (D), from December 1, 1930

3. Alben W. Barkley (D)

2. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)

3. Edwin S. Broussard (D)

1. Frederick Hale (R)

2. Arthur R. Gould (R)

1. Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R)

3. Millard Tydings (D)

1. David I. Walsh (D)

2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)

1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)

2. James J. Couzens (R)

1. Henrik Shipstead (FL)

2. Thomas D. Schall (R)

1. Hubert D. Stephens (D)

2. Pat Harrison (D)

1. Roscoe C. Patterson (R)

3. Harry B. Hawes (D)

1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)

2. Thomas J. Walsh (D)

1. Robert B. Howell (R)

2. George W. Norris (R)

1. Key Pittman (D)

3. Tasker Oddie (R)

2. Henry W. Keyes (R)

3. George H. Moses (R)

1. Hamilton Fish Kean (R)

2. Walter Evans Edge (R), until November 21, 1929

David Baird Jr. (R), November 30, 1929 – December 2, 1930

Dwight Morrow (R), from December 3, 1930

1. Bronson M. Cutting (R)

2. Sam G. Bratton (D)

1. Royal S. Copeland (D)

3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)

3. Lee S. Overman (D), until December 12, 1930

Cameron A. Morrison (D), from December 13, 1930

1. Lynn Frazier (R-NPL)

3. Gerald Nye (R)

1. Simeon D. Fess (R)

3. Theodore E. Burton (R), until October 28, 1929

Roscoe C. McCulloch (R), November 5, 1929 – November 30, 1930

Robert J. Bulkley (D), from December 1, 1930

2. William B. Pine (R)

3. Elmer Thomas (D)

2. Charles L. McNary (R)

3. Frederick Steiwer (R)

1. David A. Reed (R)

3. Vacant[3] until December 9, 1929

Joseph R. Grundy (R), December 11, 1929 – December 1, 1930

James J. Davis (R), from December 2, 1930

1. Felix Hebert (R)

2. Jesse H. Metcalf (R)

2. Coleman L. Blease (D)

3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

2. William H. McMaster (R)

3. Peter Norbeck (R)

1. Kenneth McKellar (D)

2. Lawrence Tyson (D), until August 24, 1929

William Emerson Brock (D), from September 2, 1929

1. Tom T. Connally (D)

2. Morris Sheppard (D)

1. William H. King (D)

3. Reed Smoot (R)

1. Frank L. Greene (R), until December 17, 1930

Frank C. Partridge (R), from December 23, 1930

3. Porter H. Dale (R)

1. Claude A. Swanson (D)

2. Carter Glass (D)

1. Clarence Cleveland Dill (D)

3. Wesley Livsey Jones (R)

1. Henry D. Hatfield (R)

2. Guy D. Goff (R)

1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (R)

3. John J. Blaine (R)

1. John B. Kendrick (D)

2. Francis E. Warren (R), until November 24, 1929

Patrick Joseph Sullivan (R), December 5, 1929 – November 20, 1930

Robert D. Carey (R), from December 1, 1930

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their districts.

. John McDuffie (D)

. J. Lister Hill (D)

. Henry B. Steagall (D)

. Lamar Jeffers (D)

. LaFayette L. Patterson (D)

. William B. Oliver (D)

. Miles C. Allgood (D)

. Edward B. Almon (D)

. George Huddleston (D)

. William B. Bankhead (D)

. Lewis W. Douglas (D)

. William J. Driver (D)

. Pearl Peden Oldfield (D)

. Claude A. Fuller (D)

. Otis Wingo (D), until October 21, 1930

Effiegene L. Wingo (D), from November 4, 1930

. Heartsill Ragon (D)

. David D. Glover (D)

. Tilman B. Parks (D)

. Clarence F. Lea (D)

. Harry L. Englebright (R)

. Charles F. Curry (R), until October 10, 1930

. Florence P. Kahn (R)

. Richard J. Welch (R)

. Albert E. Carter (R)

. Henry E. Barbour (R)

. Arthur M. Free (R)

. William E. Evans (R)

. Joe Crail (R)

. Philip D. Swing (R)

. William R. Eaton (R)

. Charles B. Timberlake (R)

. Guy U. Hardy (R)

. Edward T. Taylor (D)

. E. Hart Fenn (R)

. Richard P. Freeman (R)

. John Q. Tilson (R)

. Schuyler Merritt (R)

. James P. Glynn (R), until March 6, 1930

Edward W. Goss (R), from November 4, 1930

. Robert G. Houston (R)

. Herbert J. Drane (D)

. Robert A. Green (D)

. Tom A. Yon (D)

. Ruth Bryan Owen (D)

. Charles G. Edwards (D)

. Edward E. Cox (D)

. Charles R. Crisp (D)

. William C. Wright (D)

. Leslie J. Steele (D), until July 24, 1929

Robert Ramspeck (D), from October 2, 1929

. Samuel Rutherford (D)

. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)

. Charles H. Brand (D)

. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)

. Carl Vinson (D)

. William C. Lankford (D)

. William W. Larsen (D)

. Burton L. French (R)

. Addison T. Smith (R)

. Oscar S. De Priest (R)

. Morton D. Hull (R)

. Elliott W. Sproul (R)

. Thomas A. Doyle (D)

. Adolph J. Sabath (D)

. James T. Igoe (D)

. M. Alfred Michaelson (R)

. Stanley H. Kunz (D)

. Frederick A. Britten (R)

. Carl R. Chindblom (R)

. Frank R. Reid (R)

. John T. Buckbee (R)

. William R. Johnson (R)

. John C. Allen (R)

. Burnett M. Chiperfield (R), from November 4, 1930

. William E. Hull (R)

. Homer W. Hall (R)

. William P. Holaday (R)

. Charles Adkins (R)

. Henry T. Rainey (D)

. Frank M. Ramey (R)

. Edward M. Irwin (R)

. William W. Arnold (D)

. Thomas S. Williams (R), until November 11, 1929

Claude V. Parsons (D), from November 4, 1930

. Edward E. Denison (R)

. Ruth Hanna McCormick (R)

. Richard Yates Jr. (R)

. Harry E. Rowbottom (R)

. Arthur H. Greenwood (D)

. James W. Dunbar (R)

. Harry C. Canfield (D)

. Noble J. Johnson (R)

. Richard N. Elliott (R)

. Louis Ludlow (D)

. Albert H. Vestal (R)

. Fred S. Purnell (R)

. William R. Wood (R)

. Albert R. Hall (R)

. David Hogg (R)

. Andrew J. Hickey (R)

. William F. Kopp (R)

. F. Dickinson Letts (R)

. Thomas J. B. Robinson (R)

. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)

. Cyrenus Cole (R)

. C. William Ramseyer (R)

. Cassius C. Dowell (R)

. Lloyd Thurston (R)

. Charles E. Swanson (R)

. Lester J. Dickinson (R)

. Ed H. Campbell (R)

. William P. Lambertson (R)

. Ulysses S. Guyer (R)

. William H. Sproul (R)

. Homer Hoch (R)

. James G. Strong (R)

. Charles I. Sparks (R)

. Clifford R. Hope (R)

. William A. Ayres (D)

. William V. Gregory (D)

. David Hayes Kincheloe (D), until October 5, 1930

John L. Dorsey Jr. (D), from November 4, 1930

. Charles W. Roark (R), until April 5, 1929

John W. Moore (D), from June 1, 1929

. John D. Craddock (R)

. Maurice H. Thatcher (R)

. J. Lincoln Newhall (R)

. Robert E. L. Blackburn (R)

. Lewis L. Walker (R)

. Elva R. Kendall (R)

. Katherine G. Langley (R)

. John M. Robsion (R), until January 10, 1930

Charles Finley (R), from February 15, 1930

. James O'Connor (D)

. J. Zach Spearing (D)

. Whitmell P. Martin (D), until April 6, 1929

Numa F. Montet (D), from August 6, 1929

. John N. Sandlin (D)

. Riley Joseph Wilson (D)

. Bolivar E. Kemp (D)

. René L. De Rouen (D)

. James Benjamin Aswell (D)

. Carroll L. Beedy (R)

. Wallace H. White Jr. (R)

. John E. Nelson (R)

. Donald F. Snow (R)

. T. Alan Goldsborough (D)

. Linwood L. Clark (R)

. Vincent L. Palmisano (D)

. J. Charles Linthicum (D)

. Stephen W. Gambrill (D)

. Frederick N. Zihlman (R)

. Allen T. Treadway (R)

. William Kirk Kaynor (R), until December 20, 1929

William J. Granfield (D), from February 11, 1930

. Frank H. Foss (R)

. George R. Stobbs (R)

. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)

. A. Piatt Andrew Jr. (R)

. William P. Connery Jr. (D)

. Frederick W. Dallinger (R)

. Charles L. Underhill (R)

. John J. Douglass (D)

. George H. Tinkham (R)

. John W. McCormack (D)

. Robert Luce (R)

. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)

. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

. Charles L. Gifford (R)

. Robert H. Clancy (R)

. Earl C. Michener (R)

. Joseph L. Hooper (R)

. John C. Ketcham (R)

. Carl Mapes (R)

. Grant M. Hudson (R)

. Louis C. Cramton (R)

. Bird J. Vincent (R)

. James C. McLaughlin (R)

. Roy O. Woodruff (R)

. Frank P. Bohn (R)

. W. Frank James (R)

. Clarence J. McLeod (R)

. Victor Christgau (R)

. Frank Clague (R)

. August H. Andresen (R)

. Melvin Maas (R)

. Walter H. Newton (R), until June 30, 1929

William I. Nolan (R), from July 17, 1929

. Harold Knutson (R)

. Ole J. Kvale (FL), until September 11, 1929

Paul J. Kvale (FL), from October 16, 1929

. William Pittenger (R)

. Conrad Selvig (R)

. Godfrey G. Goodwin (R)

. John E. Rankin (D)

. Wall Doxey (D)

. William M. Whittington (D)

. T. Jefferson Busby (D)

. Ross A. Collins (D)

. Robert S. Hall (D)

. Percy E. Quin (D)

. James W. Collier (D)

. Milton A. Romjue (D)

. Ralph F. Lozier (D)

. Jacob L. Milligan (D)

. David W. Hopkins (R)

. Edgar C. Ellis (R)

. Thomas J. Halsey (R)

. John W. Palmer (R)

. William L. Nelson (D)

. Clarence Cannon (D)

. Henry F. Niedringhaus (R)

. John J. Cochran (D)

. Leonidas C. Dyer (R)

. Charles E. Kiefner (R)

. Dewey Short (R)

. Joe J. Manlove (R)

. Rowland L. Johnston (R)

. John M. Evans (D)

. Scott Leavitt (R)

. John H. Morehead (D)

. Willis G. Sears (R)

. Edgar Howard (D)

. Charles Henry Sloan (R)

. Fred G. Johnson (R)

. Robert G. Simmons (R)

. Samuel S. Arentz (R)

. Fletcher Hale (R)

. Edward Hills Wason (R)

. Charles A. Wolverton (R)

. Isaac Bacharach (R)

. Harold G. Hoffman (R)

. Charles A. Eaton (R)

. Ernest R. Ackerman (R)

. Randolph Perkins (R)

. George N. Seger (R)

. Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R)

. Franklin W. Fort (R)

. Frederick R. Lehlbach (R)

. Oscar L. Auf der Heide (D)

. Mary T. Norton (D)

. Albert Gallatin Simms (R)

. Robert L. Bacon (R)

. William F. Brunner (D)

. George W. Lindsay (D)

. Thomas H. Cullen (D)

. Loring M. Black Jr. (D)

. Andrew L. Somers (D)

. John F. Quayle (D), until November 27, 1930

. Patrick J. Carley (D)

. David J. O'Connell (D), until December 29, 1930

Stephen A. Rudd (D), from February 17, 1931

. Emanuel Celler (D)

. Anning S. Prall (D)

. Samuel Dickstein (D)

. Christopher D. Sullivan (D)

. William I. Sirovich (D)

. John J. Boylan (D)

. John J. O'Connor (D)

. Ruth Baker Pratt (R)

. John F. Carew (D), until December 28, 1929

Martin J. Kennedy (D), from April 11, 1930

. Sol Bloom (D)

. Fiorello H. LaGuardia (R)

. Joseph A. Gavagan (D), from November 5, 1929

. Anthony J. Griffin (D)

. Frank Oliver (D)

. James M. Fitzpatrick (D)

. J. Mayhew Wainwright (R)

. Hamilton Fish III (R)

. Harcourt J. Pratt (R)

. Parker Corning (D)

. James S. Parker (R)

. Frank Crowther (R)

. Bertrand H. Snell (R)

. Francis D. Culkin (R)

. Frederick M. Davenport (R)

. John D. Clarke (R)

. Clarence E. Hancock (R)

. John Taber (R)

. Gale H. Stalker (R)

. James L. Whitley (R)

. Archie D. Sanders (R)

. S. Wallace Dempsey (R)

. Edmund F. Cooke (R)

. James M. Mead (D)

. Daniel A. Reed (R)

. Lindsay C. Warren (D)

. John H. Kerr (D)

. Charles L. Abernethy (D)

. Edward W. Pou (D)

. Charles M. Stedman (D), until September 23, 1930

Franklin W. Hancock Jr. (D), from November 4, 1930

. J. Bayard Clark (D)

. William C. Hammer (D), until September 26, 1930

Hinton James (D), from November 4, 1930

. Robert L. Doughton (D)

. Charles A. Jonas (R)

. George M. Pritchard (R)

. Olger B. Burtness (R)

. Thomas Hall (R)

. James H. Sinclair (R)

. Nicholas Longworth (R)

. William E. Hess (R)

. Roy G. Fitzgerald (R)

. John L. Cable (R)

. Charles J. Thompson (R)

. Charles C. Kearns (R)

. Charles Brand (R)

. Grant E. Mouser Jr. (R)

. William W. Chalmers (R)

. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)

. Mell G. Underwood (D)

. John C. Speaks (R)

. Joseph E. Baird (R)

. Francis Seiberling (R)

. C. Ellis Moore (R)

. Charles B. McClintock (R)

. William M. Morgan (R)

. B. Frank Murphy (R)

. John G. Cooper (R)

. Charles A. Mooney (D)

. Robert Crosser (D)

. Chester C. Bolton (R)

. Charles O'Connor (R)

. William W. Hastings (D)

. Wilburn Cartwright (D)

. Tom D. McKeown (D)

. Ulysses S. Stone (R)

. Jed J. Johnson (D)

. James V. McClintic (D)

. Milton C. Garber (R)

. Willis C. Hawley (R)

. Robert R. Butler (R)

. Franklin F. Korell (R)

. James M. Beck (R)

. George S. Graham (R)

. Harry C. Ransley (R)

. Benjamin M. Golder (R)

. James J. Connolly (R)

. George A. Welsh (R)

. George P. Darrow (R)

. James Wolfenden (R)

. Henry W. Watson (R)

. William W. Griest (R), until December 5, 1929

J. Roland Kinzer (R), from January 28, 1930

. Laurence H. Watres (R)

. John J. Casey (D), until May 5, 1929

C. Murray Turpin (R), from June 4, 1929

. George F. Brumm (R)

. Charles J. Esterly (R)

. Louis T. McFadden (R)

. Edgar R. Kiess (R), until July 20, 1930

Robert F. Rich (R), from November 4, 1930

. Frederick W. Magrady (R)

. Edward M. Beers (R)

. Isaac H. Doutrich (R)

. James R. Leech (R)

. J. Banks Kurtz (R)

. Franklin Menges (R)

. J. Mitchell Chase (R)

. Samuel A. Kendall (R)

. Henry W. Temple (R)

. J. Howard Swick (R)

. Nathan L. Strong (R)

. Thomas C. Cochran (R)

. Milton W. Shreve (R)

. William R. Coyle (R)

. Adam M. Wyant (R)

. Stephen G. Porter (R), until June 27, 1930

Edmund F. Erk (R), from November 4, 1930

. M. Clyde Kelly (R)

. Patrick J. Sullivan (R)

. Harry A. Estep (R)

. Guy E. Campbell (R)

. Clark Burdick (R)

. Richard S. Aldrich (R)

. Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D), until May 9, 1930

Francis B. Condon (D), from November 4, 1930

. Thomas S. McMillan (D)

. Butler B. Hare (D)

. Fred H. Dominick (D)

. John J. McSwain (D)

. William F. Stevenson (D)

. Allard H. Gasque (D)

. Hampton P. Fulmer (D)

. Charles A. Christopherson (R)

. Royal C. Johnson (R)

. William Williamson (R)

. B. Carroll Reece (R)

. J. Will Taylor (R)

. Samuel D. McReynolds (D)

. Cordell Hull (D)

. Ewin L. Davis (D)

. Joseph W. Byrns (D)

. Edward E. Eslick (D)

. Gordon Browning (D)

. Jere Cooper (D)

. Hubert Fisher (D)

. Wright Patman (D)

. John C. Box (D)

. Morgan G. Sanders (D)

. Sam Rayburn (D)

. Hatton W. Sumners (D)

. Luther Alexander Johnson (D)

. Clay Stone Briggs (D)

. Daniel E. Garrett (D)

. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)

. James P. Buchanan (D)

. Oliver H. Cross (D)

. Fritz G. Lanham (D)

. Guinn Williams (D)

. Augustus McCloskey (D), until February 10, 1930

Harry M. Wurzbach (R), from February 10, 1930

. John Nance Garner (D)

. Claude B. Hudspeth (D)

. Robert Q. Lee (D), until April 18, 1930

Thomas L. Blanton (D), from May 20, 1930

. John Marvin Jones (D)

. Don B. Colton (R)

. Elmer O. Leatherwood (R), until December 24, 1929

Frederick C. Loofbourow (R), from November 4, 1930

. Elbert S. Brigham (R)

. Ernest Willard Gibson (R)

. S. Otis Bland (D)

. Menalcus Lankford (R)

. Andrew Jackson Montague (D)

. Patrick H. Drewry (D)

. Joseph Whitehead (D)

. Clifton A. Woodrum (D)

. Jacob A. Garber (R)

. R. Walton Moore (D)

. Joseph C. Shaffer (R)

. Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

. John F. Miller (R)

. Lindley H. Hadley (R)

. Albert Johnson (R)

. John W. Summers (R)

. Samuel B. Hill (D)

. Carl G. Bachmann (R)

. Frank L. Bowman (R)

. John M. Wolverton (R)

. James Anthony Hughes (R), until March 2, 1930

Robert L. Hogg (R), from November 4, 1930

. Hugh Ike Shott (R)

. Joe L. Smith (D)

. Henry Allen Cooper (R), until March 1, 1931

. Charles A. Kading (R)

. John M. Nelson (R)

. John C. Schafer (R)

. William H. Stafford (R)

. Florian Lampert (R), until July 18, 1930

Michael K. Reilly (D), from November 4, 1930

. Merlin Hull (R)

. Edward E. Browne (R)

. George J. Schneider (R)

. James A. Frear (R)

. Hubert H. Peavey (R)

. Vincent Carter (R)

Non-voting members

. Daniel Sutherland (R)

. Victor S. K. Houston (R)

. Pedro Guevara (Nac.)

. Camilo Osías (Nac.)

. Félix Córdova Dávila

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

|-| Kansas
(3)| Vacant| Charles Curtis (R) had resigned at end of previous congress to become Vice President of the United States.
Successor appointed April 1, 1929, to continue the term.
Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see below.| nowrap | Henry J. Allen (R)| April 1, 1929

|-| Pennsylvania
(3)| Vacant| Sen.-elect William S. Vare (R) was apparently elected but vote was never certified by the Governor due to election irregularities. The Senate refused to qualify him and he was formally unseated December 9, 1929.
Successor appointed December 11, 1929.
Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see below.| nowrap | Joseph R. Grundy (R)| December 11, 1929

|-| Tennessee
(2)| nowrap | Lawrence Tyson (D)| Died August 24, 1929.
Successor appointed September 2, 1929, to continue the term.
Successor was also later elected November 4, 1930, to finish the term.| nowrap | William E. Brock (D)| September 2, 1929

|-| Ohio
(3)| nowrap | Theodore E. Burton (R)| Died October 28, 1929.
Successor appointed November 5, 1929, to continue the term.
Successor later lost election to finish the term, see below.| nowrap | Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)| November 5, 1929

|-| New Jersey
(2)| nowrap | Walter E. Edge (R)| Resigned November 21, 1929, to become U.S. Ambassador to France.
Successor appointed November 30, 1929, to continue the term.
Successor later did not run to finish the term, see below.| nowrap | David Baird Jr. (R)| November 30, 1929

|-| Wyoming
(2)| nowrap | Francis E. Warren (R)| Died November 24, 1929.
Successor appointed December 5, 1929.
Successor later did not run to finish the term, see below.| nowrap | Patrick J. Sullivan (R)| December 5, 1929

|-| Kentucky
(2)| nowrap | Frederic M. Sackett (R)| Resigned January 9, 1930, to become U.S. Ambassador to Germany.
Successor appointed January 11, 1930, to continue the term.
Successor later lost election to finish the term, see below.| nowrap | John M. Robsion (R)| January 11, 1930

|-| Wyoming
(2)| nowrap | Patrick Joseph Sullivan (R)| Interim appointee did not run to finish the term.
Successor elected November 4, 1930.| nowrap | Robert D. Carey (R)| December 1, 1930

|-| Kansas
(3)| nowrap | Henry J. Allen (R)| Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor elected November 4, 1930.| nowrap | George McGill (D)| December 1, 1930

|-| Kentucky
(2)| nowrap | John M. Robsion (R)| Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor elected November 4, 1930.| nowrap | Ben M. Williamson (D)| December 1, 1930

|-| Ohio
(3)| nowrap | Roscoe C. McCulloch (R)| Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor elected November 4, 1930.| nowrap | Robert J. Bulkley (D)| December 1, 1930

|-| Pennsylvania
(3)| nowrap | Joseph R. Grundy (R)| Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.
Successor elected November 4, 1930.| nowrap | James J. Davis (R)| December 2, 1930

|-| New Jersey
(2)| nowrap | David Baird Jr. (R)| Interim appointee did not run to finish the term.
Successor elected November 4, 1930.| nowrap | Dwight Morrow (R)| December 3, 1930

|-| North Carolina
(3)| nowrap | Lee S. Overman (D)| Died December 12, 1930.
Successor appointed December 13, 1930, to continue the term.
Successor later lost election to finish the term, see (72nd United States Congress).| nowrap | Cameron A. Morrison (D)| December 13, 1930

|-| Vermont
(1)| nowrap | Frank L. Greene (R)| Died December 17, 1930.
Successor appointed December 23, 1930, to continue the term.
Successor later lost nomination to finish the term, see (72nd United States Congress).| nowrap | Frank C. Partridge (R)| December 23, 1930

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House of Representatives

DistrictVacated byReason for vacancySuccessorDate of successor's installation
VacantRep. Royal H. Weller died during previous congressJoseph A. Gavagan (D)November 5, 1929
VacantRep. Edward J. King died in previous congress Burnett M. Chiperfield (R)November 4, 1930
Charles W. Roark (R)Died April 5, 1929John W. Moore (D)June 1, 1929
Whitmell P. Martin (D)Died April 6, 1929Numa F. Montet (D)August 6, 1929
John J. Casey (D)Died May 5, 1929Charles M. Turpin (R)June 1, 1929
Walter Newton (R)Resigned June 30, 1929, after being appointed secretary to President Herbert HooverWilliam I. Nolan (R)July 17, 1929
Leslie J. Steele (D)Died July 24, 1929Robert Ramspeck (D)October 2, 1929
Ole J. Kvale (FL)Died September 11, 1929Paul J. Kvale (FL)October 16, 1929
John F. Carew (D)Resigned December 28, 1929, after being appointed a justice to the New York Supreme CourtMartin J. Kennedy (D)April 11, 1930
Thomas S. Williams (R)Resigned November 11, 1929, after being appointed to the United States Court of ClaimsClaude V. Parsons (D)November 4, 1930
William W. Griest (R)Died December 5, 1929 J. Roland Kinzer (R)January 28, 1930
Will Kirk Kaynor (R)Died December 20, 1929William J. Granfield (D)February 17, 1930
Elmer O. Leatherwood (R)Died December 24, 1929 Frederick C. Loofbourow (R)November 4, 1930
John M. Robsion (R)Resigned January 10, 1930, after being appointed to the U.S. SenateCharles Finley (R)February 15, 1930
Augustus McCloskey (D)Lost contested election February 10, 1930Harry M. Wurzbach (R)February 10, 1930
James A. Hughes (R)Died March 2, 1930 Robert L. Hogg (R)November 4, 1930
James P. Glynn (R)Died March 6, 1930 Edward W. Goss (R)November 4, 1930
Robert Q. Lee (D)Died April 18, 1930Thomas L. Blanton (D)May 20, 1930
Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D)Resigned May 9, 1930, after being appointed a justice to the Rhode Island Superior CourtFrancis Condon (D)November 4, 1930
Florian Lampert (R)Died July 18, 1930Michael Reilly (D)November 4, 1930
Edgar R. Kiess (R)Died July 20, 1930 Robert F. Rich (R)November 4, 1930
Stephen G. Porter (R)Died June 27, 1930 Edmund F. Erk (R)November 4, 1930
Charles M. Stedman (D)Died September 23, 1930Franklin W. Hancock Jr. (D)November 4, 1930
William C. Hammer (D)Died September 26, 1930Hinton James (D)November 4, 1930
David H. Kincheloe (D)Resigned October 5, 1930, after being appointed to the United States Customs CourtJohn L. Dorsey Jr. (D)November 4, 1930
Charles F. Curry (R)Died October 10, 1930Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Otis Wingo (D)Died October 21, 1930Effiegene Locke Wingo (D)November 4, 1930
John Quayle (D)Died November 27, 1930Seat remained vacant until next Congress
David J. O'Connell (D)Died December 29, 1930Stephen A. Rudd (D)February 17, 1931
Henry A. Cooper (R)Died March 1, 1931Seat remained vacant until next Congress

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See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Macmahon. Arthur W.. 1930. First Session of the Seventy-First Congress. The American Political Science Review. 24. 1. 38–59. 10.2307/1946785. 1946785.
  2. Macmahon. Arthur W.. 1930. Second Session of the Seventy-first Congress, December 2, 1929, to July 3, 1930; Special Session of the Senate, July 7–21. American Political Science Review. en. 24. 4. 913–946. 10.2307/1946750. 1946750. 0003-0554.
  3. [William Scott Vare|William S. Vare]

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