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74th United States Congress

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The Democrats increased their majorities in both the House and Senate, resulting in a supermajority in both chambers, and along with President Franklin D. Roosevelt maintained an overall federal government trifecta.

Major events

  • April 14, 1935: Dust Bowl: The great dust storm hit eastern New Mexico, Colorado, and western Oklahoma
  • May 6, 1935: Executive Order 7034 created the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
  • May 27, 1935: Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States: the U.S. Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional
  • June 12, 1935 – June 13, 1935: Senator Huey Long gave the second longest filibuster speech in Senate history up to that time, 15 hours and 30 minutes to retain a provision, opposed by President Franklin Roosevelt, requiring Senate confirmation for the National Recovery Administration's senior employees.
  • July 1, 1935: Charles Watkins was appointed as the first officially recognized Parliamentarian of the United States Senate.
  • September 10, 1935: Senator Huey Long of Louisiana died, as the result of being shot by an assassin on September 8.
  • March 1, 1936: Construction of Hoover Dam was completed.
  • March 2, 1936: Judge Halsted L. Ritter impeached by the U.S. House (H.Res. 422)
  • April 17, 1936: Judge Halsted L. Ritter convicted by the U.S. Senate
  • June 4, 1936: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Jo Byrns died. William B. Bankhead was then elected later that day.
  • November 3, 1936: General elections
    • President: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) was reelected with 60.8% of the vote over Alf Landon (R).
    • Senate: Democrats gained 5 net seats during the election, and in combination with Democratic and Farmer–Labor interim appointments and the defection of George W. Norris from the Republican Party to become independent, the Republicans were reduced to 16 seats, the most lopsided Senate since Reconstruction.
    • House: Democrats gained twelve more net seats from the Republicans, bringing them above a three-fourths majority. This was the largest majority since Reconstruction. The last time a party won so decisively was in 1866.
  • November 25, 1936: Abraham Lincoln Brigade sailed from New York City on its way to the Spanish Civil War

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