Above: Speaker of the House John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner (D-TX).
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)
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
Enactments (cont):
Home Loan Banks
Philippine Independence Act
Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1933
Treasury and Post Office Appropriations Act of 1933
20th Amendment
Tariff Act of 1930 Amendments