72nd Congress (1931-1933)
President: Herbert Hoover (R-CA)
House Majority Party: Democrat
House Majority Seats: 217 out of 435
House Speaker: Rep. John Nance Garner (D-TX)
Vice President: Charles Curtis (R-KS)
Senate Majority Party: Republican
Senate Majority Seats: 48 out of 96
Senate Majority Floor Leader: Sen. James E. Watson (R-IN)
Above: Speaker of the House John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner (D-TX).
Enactments:
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Farm Loan Act Revision
Federal Reserve Act Amendments
Norris-LaGuardia Act
Revenue Act of 1932
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branch Appropriations Act of 1932
Emergency Relief Act