78th United States Congress

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The 78th United States Congress was the federal legislature that met from 1943 to 1945 during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, overseeing key World War II-era legislation and governance.

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78th United States Congress canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
adjournedOn 1944-12-19 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
composedOf members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
members of the United States Senate ⓘ
congressNumber 78 ⓘ
controlledByInBothHouses Democratic Party ⓘ
convenedOn 1943-01-06 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enacted G.I. Bill ⓘ
linked to: GI Bill

Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 ⓘ
War-related appropriations laws ⓘ
endTime 1945-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy 79th United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver United States federal law ⓘ
hasMajorParty Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
hasSpeakerOfTheHouse Sam Rayburn ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
legislativeFocus World War II legislation ⓘ
legislativeSessionDuring World War II ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 78 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsDuringPresidencyOf Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives 435 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 96 ⓘ
oversaw military funding ⓘ
war production policy ⓘ
wartime economic controls ⓘ
partOf United States federal government ⓘ
precededBy 77th United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
presidentOfTheSenate Harry S. Truman ⓘ
Henry A. Wallace ⓘ
presidentOfTheSenateTitle Vice President of the United States ⓘ
presidentProTempore Carter Glass ⓘ
Walter F. George ⓘ
presidentProTemporeChamber United States Senate ⓘ
speakerChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
speakerParty Democratic Party ⓘ
startTime 1943-01-03 ⓘ
timePeriod 1943–1945 ⓘ

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77th United States Congress → followedBy → 78th United States Congress ⓘ
79th United States Congress → precededBy → 78th United States Congress ⓘ
California's 15th congressional district → createdFor → 78th United States Congress ⓘ
Dies Committee → legislativeTerm → 78th United States Congress ⓘ
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 → enactedBy → 78th United States Congress ⓘ
1942 United States elections → legislatureTermImpacted → 78th United States Congress ⓘ
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. → servedIn → 78th United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
Public Law 78-346 → legislativeBody → 78th United States Congress ⓘ
Will Rogers Jr. → partOf → 78th United States Congress ⓘ
Dennis Chávez → servedIn → 78th United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: Dionisio Chávez
Public Law 78-534 → enactedBy → 78th United States Congress ⓘ