74th United States Congress
Senate

74th United States Congress

Section Title: Senate
Table Section Text: None

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation

West Virginia (1)	Vacant	Holt qualified late due to age.	Rush D. Holt, Sr. (D)	June 21, 1935

New Mexico (1)	Bronson M. Cutting (R)	Died May 6, 1935. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election, and was subsequently elected.	Dennis Chavez (D)	May 11, 1935

Louisiana (2)	Huey Long (D)	Died September 10, 1935. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Rose McConnell Long (D)	January 31, 1936

Minnesota (2)	Thomas D. Schall (R)	Died December 22, 1935. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Elmer Austin Benson (FL)	December 27, 1935

Florida (1)	Park Trammell (D)	Died May 8, 1936. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Scott Loftin (D)	May 26, 1936

Florida (3)	Duncan U. Fletcher (D)	Died June 17, 1936. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	William Luther Hill (D)	July 1, 1936

Iowa (3)	Richard L. Murphy (D)	Died July 16, 1936. Successor was elected.	Guy Gillette (D)	November 3, 1936

Michigan (2)	James J. Couzens (R)	Died October 22, 1936. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Prentiss M. Brown (D)	November 19, 1936

Minnesota (2)	Elmer Austin Benson (FL)	Successor was elected November 3, 1936.	Guy V. Howard (R)	November 3, 1936

Florida (1)	Scott Loftin (D)	Successor was elected November 3, 1936.	Charles O. Andrews (D)	November 4, 1936

Florida (3)	William Luther Hill (D)	Successor was elected November 3, 1936.	Claude Pepper (D)	November 4, 1936

South Dakota (3)	Peter Norbeck (R)	Died December 20, 1936. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Herbert E. Hitchcock (D)	December 29, 1936

Sentence(s)

In the 74th United States Congress, Huey Long (D), was appointed until September 10, 1935 and then Rose McConnell Long (D), from January 31, 1936.

final_sentence: In the 74th United States Congress, Huey Long (D), was appointed until September 10, 1935 and then Rose McConnell Long (D), from January 31, 1936.