| 78th United States Congress | |
|---|---|
77th ← → 79th | |
 United States Capitol (1956) | |
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |
| Members | 96 senators 435 representatives 4 non-voting delegates |
| Senate majority | Democratic |
| Senate President | Henry A. Wallace (D) |
| House majority | Democratic |
| House Speaker | Sam Rayburn (D) |
| Sessions | |
| 1st: January 6, 1943 – December 21, 1943 2nd: January 10, 1944 – December 19, 1944 | |
The 78th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1945, during the last two years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1940 United States census.
Both chambers had a Democratic majority - albeit greatly reduced from the 77th Congress, with the Democrats losing their supermajority in the House and Senate. Along with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta.[1]
- ^ Riddick, Floyd M. (1945). "The Second Session of the Seventy-eighth Congress". American Political Science Review. 39 (2): 317–336. doi:10.2307/1949189. ISSN 0003-0554.