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    The 77th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and...
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  • This is a list of the United States Congresses, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions. Each Congress lasts for two years...
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  • This is a chronological, but still incomplete, list of United States federal legislation. Congress has enacted approximately 200–600 statutes during each...
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  • This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 77th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1941, to January...
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    serve in the 77th United States Congress. Incumbent John J. Dempsey chose to run for the US Senate instead of seeking a fourth term in congress. Clinton Anderson...
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    United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the 77th United...
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    first address to the U.S. Congress was a 30-minute World War II-era radio-broadcast speech made in the chamber of the United States Senate on December 26...
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    People of the United States and Making Provision To Prosecute The Same, 11 December 1941". Retrieved July 14, 2010. 77th U.S. Congress. "Joint Resolution...
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    December 8, 1941, at 12:30 PM ET the United States Congress declared war, (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–328, 55 Stat. 795) on the Empire...
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    Day of Infamy speech (category 77th United States Congress)
    president of the United States, to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941. The previous day, the Empire of Japan attacked United States military bases...
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    was based on the 1940 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority - albeit greatly reduced from the 77th Congress, with the Democrats...
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    The 1941 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on June 28, 1941 to complete the unexpired term of Senator Morris Sheppard, who died...
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    divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate...
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    Stabilization Act of 1942 (category 77th United States Congress)
    The Stabilization Act of 1942 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 77–729, 56 Stat. 765, enacted October 2, 1942), formally entitled "An Act to...
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    Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 (category 77th United States Congress)
    providing economic efficiency to support the United States national defense and security. The Act of Congress established the Office of Price Administration...
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  • The 1941 United States Senate special election in Mississippi was held on September 29 to complete the unexpired term of Senator Pat Harrison. Interim...
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  • In the United States, human rights comprise a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States (particularly the Bill...
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  • is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 77th United States Congress listed by seniority. As an historical...
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    United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a State of the Union Address, known as Four Freedoms, delivered to the 77th United States Congress on...
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    Declarations of War by Congress at United States Senate 77th Congress, House Joint Resolutions 319, 320, and 321, as enrolled in the United States Statutes at Large...
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    The 1942 United States Senate special election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1942. The election was held to fill the vacancy in the seat formerly...
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    Four Freedoms (category 77th United States Congress)
    Harbor, which caused the United States to declare war on Japan on December 8, 1941. The State of the Union speech before Congress was largely about the national...
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  • chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 57th through 106th United States Congresses, between 1901 and 2001. For the...
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    Roosevelt in a State of the Union Address delivered to the 77th United States Congress on January 6, 1941; the speech itself is often called the Four...
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  • 118th United States Congress. The dean of the current delegation is Senator Ron Wyden, having served in the Senate since 1996 and in Congress since 1981...
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    own district. 1942 United States elections 1942 United States Senate elections 77th United States Congress 78th United States Congress Maine held its elections...
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  • There were three special elections to the United States Senate in 1941 during the 77th United States Congress. In these elections, the winners were elected...
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  • Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Bioguide. Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan...
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    John H. Bankhead II, United States senator Tallulah Bankhead, actress Walter W. Bankhead, member of the 77th United States Congress William Brockman Bankhead...
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    the United States declaration of war on the Empire of Japan, the United States Congress passed the Joint Resolution Declaring That a State of War Exists...
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