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Total Membership:: 435 Representatives; 2 Delegates; 2 Resident Commissioners
Party Divisions:*: 262 Democrats; 169 Republicans; 2 Progressives; 1 American-Labor; 1 Farmer-Labor

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, (1774–2005), Official Annotated Membership Roster by State with Vacancy and Special Election Information for the 76th Congress [PDF]
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Speaker of the House:: William B. Bankhead (D-Alabama) Died in office, September 15, 1940.; Sam Rayburn (D-Texas)
Majority Leader:: Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) Elected Speaker on September 16, 1940, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Speaker William Bankhead.; John W. McCormack (D-Massachusetts) Elected Majority Leader on September 26, 1940, to fill the vacancy created when Majority Leader Sam Rayburn was elected Speaker. From September 19 to 26, 1940, Representative Lindsay Warren of North Carolina served as the acting Majority Leader.
Minority Leader:: Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-Massachusetts)
DemocraticWhip:: Patrick J. Boland (D-Pennsylvania)
RepublicanWhip:: Harry L. Englebright (R-California)
Democratic Caucus Chairman:: John W. McCormack (D-Massachusetts)Resigned following election as majority floor leader, September 16, 1940; records do not indicate that a successor was chosen during the remainder of the Congress.
Republican Conference Chairman:: Roy O. Woodruff (R-Michigan)
Clerk of the House:: South Trimble
Doorkeeper:: Joseph J. Sinnott
Postmaster:: Finis E. Scott
Sergeant at Arms:: Kenneth Romney
Chaplain of the House:: Rev. James Shera Montgomery - Methodist

To view complete lists of individuals who have served in these leadership and official positions since the 1st Congress, return to House History.