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56 unusual facts about 79th United States Congress


Albert M. Cole

Cole was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953).

Albert Rains

Rains was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1965).

Alexander J. Resa

Resa was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947).

Andrew Biemiller

In 1944 he was elected as a Democrat (Biemiller had abandoned both the Socialist Party and the Progressives by then) to the 79th Congress from the Milwaukee-based Wisconsin's 5th congressional districtRepublican incumbent Lewis D. Thill, with 88,606 votes to Thill's 78,834, Socialist former Assemblyman Edwin Knappe's 4,758, and 2,103 for Independent Progressive Irwin Aaron.

B. J. Monkiewicz

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.

Calvin D. Johnson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress and for election in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.

Carl Henry Hoffman

Hoffman was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Buell Snyder and served from May 21, 1946, to January 3, 1947.

Carter Manasco

He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from June 24, 1941, to January 3, 1949.

Charles A. Buckley

He was chairman of the House Committee on Pensions in the 78th Congress and 79th Congress and chairman of the Committee on Public Works in the 82nd Congress and from the 84th Congress through the 88th Congress.

Charles R. Savage

In between his tenures in the State House of Washington State, Savage was also elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947).

Chester O. Carrier

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.

Clarence F. Lea

Lea served as chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Seventy-fifth through Seventy-ninth Congresses).

Daniel Ellison

Ellison was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.

Dean M. Gillespie

Gillespie was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lawrence Lewis, reelected to the Seventy-ninth Congress, and served from March 7, 1944, to January 3, 1947.

Dwight L. Rogers

Rogers was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1945, until his death.

Edmund Rowe

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress and for election in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress.

Frank Eugene Hook

In 1944, Hook defeated Bennett to reclaim the seat in the 79th Congress, serving from January 3, 1945 to January 3, 1947.

Frank Starkey

He served as member of the Ramsey County Civil Service Commission from 1942 through 1944 and was elected as a Democrat to the 79th congress (1945 until 1947).

Frank Sundstrom

He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses, serving in office from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1949.

George B. Schwabe

From January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1949, he served in the 79th and 80th United States Congress, losing to Dixie Gilmer in 1948.

George Hyde Fallon

He was elected to the Baltimore City Council, where he served from 1939 to 1944, at which point he won election as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth the twelve succeeding congresses, serving from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1971.

Gordon L. McDonough

McDonough was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1963).

Guam Organic Act of 1950

The bill, however, was never even reported out of committee, as was the fate of all the bills introduced during the 79th United States Congress.

Harold Earthman

Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress, Earthman served in that capacity from January 3, 1945 to January 3, 1947, representing Tennessee's 5th congressional district.

Helen Douglas Mankin

In 1946, Mankin was elected as a Democrat to represent the fifth congressional district of Georgia in the 79th United States Congress, filling the seat left vacant by the resignation of Robert Ramspeck.

Herbert Covington Bonner

During the 79th Congress, he chaired the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress, and in the 84th through 89th Congresses, he chaired the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Hill–Burton Act

The Hospital Survey and Construction Act (or the Hill–Burton Act) is a U.S. federal law passed in 1946, during the 79th United States Congress.

International Organizations Immunities Act

The 79th United States Congress passed the International Organization Immunities Act on December 29, 1945; the Act can be found under Title 22, chapter 7, sub-chapter XVIII.

James G. Fulton

In 1944, while still in the service, Fulton was elected as a Republican to the 79th United States Congress, and reelected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1945, until his death in Washington, D.C..

James Lindsay Almond, Jr.

He was then elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th congressional district, serving in the 79th and 80th Congresses.

James P. Scoblick

Scoblick was elected as a Republican to the 79th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John W. Murphy and at the same time was elected to the 80th United States Congress.

James V. Heidinger

Heidinger was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, and Seventy-ninth Congresses and served from January 3, 1941, until his death in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 22, 1945.

James William Trimble

Trimble was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1967).

Jesse M. Combs

Combs was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953).

John E. Lyle, Jr.

Lyle was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1955).

John F. Hunter

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress and for election in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.

John Hamlin Folger

He was re-elected three more times, serving in the 77th, 78th, 79th, and 80th United States Congresses.

John M. Costello

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress.

John Stephens Wood

Ten years later, in 1944, Wood was elected to the 79th United States Congress serving until the 82nd Congress (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953).

John W. Murphy

Murphy was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his resignation on July 17, 1946, to become judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Joseph E. Talbot

He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses and served from January 20, 1942, to January 3, 1947.

Martin Gorski

Gorski was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death on December 4, 1949.

New York's at-large congressional seat

For the election to the 79th United States Congress, which was held in 1944, the congressional districts were finally re-apportioned.

Peter A. Quinn

He was elected as a Democrat to the 79th United States Congress, holding office from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1947.

Robert A. Green

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Florida gubernatorial nomination.

Robert F. Rockwell

He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from December 9, 1941, to January 3, 1949.

Robert J. Corbett

He was elected to the 79th United States Congress in 1944 and served from January 3, 1945, until his death in Pittsburgh on April 25, 1971.

Robert L. F. Sikes

Sikes was elected to the Seventy-ninth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1979).

Rolla C. McMillen

He was reelected to the Seventy-ninth, Eightieth, and Eighty-first Congresses, and served from June 13, 1944, to January 3, 1951.

Roy Clippinger

Clippinger was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James V. Heidinger.

Tom Pickett

He was then elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress in 1944 and was reelected to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1945, until his resignation on June 30, 1952.

United States Antarctic Expedition Medal

The United States Antarctic Expedition Medal is a combined military-civilian award that was authorized by the United States Congress on September 24, 1945 under Public Law 185 of the 79th Congress (59 Stat. 536).

United States House Committee on Territories

The United States House Committee on Territories was a committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1825 to 1946 (19th to 79th Congresses).

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1944

Willa L. Fulmer, who ran in the special election for the 2nd congressional district, was not also a contestant for the regular election to the 79th Congress.

Usher L. Burdick

He was an unsuccessful Independent candidate for election in 1944 to the 79th Congress.

William A. Barrett

Barrett was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat, where he served for two years in the 79th Congress from 1945 to 1947.