1930-1939 - The New Deal Landslide
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 1, 1930 |
Republican majority in House reduced to one seat |
| June 1, 1930 |
Smoot-Hawley Tariff carries by two votes |
| January 1, 1931 |
Congress passes servicemen loan bill over Hoover's veto |
| January 1, 1931 |
Democrats lowers amount of signatures required for discharge petition |
| December 1, 1931 |
Hoover waits to address the economic crisis |
| January 1, 1932 |
Presedential Elections: Popular Vote Electoral VoteFranklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 57.4 472 |
| January 1, 1932 |
Hattie Caraway becomes first woman in Senate |
| January 1, 1932 |
Bonus March on Washington |
| February 16, 1932 |
Lame Duck' amendment passes |
| June 14, 1932 |
Republican convention in Chicago |
| June 27, 1932 |
Barkley speaks at Democratic convention in Chicago |
| January 1, 1933 |
73rd Congress convenes its first 100 days |
| March 9, 1933 |
Roosevelt calls Congress into special session |
| May 1, 1933 |
National Labor Relations Act passes in Senate under Wagner |
| January 1, 1934 |
Democratic majority in Congress increases |
| January 1, 1934 |
Borah leads efforts to investigate munitions industry |
| January 1, 1934 |
Liberty League appears,backed by wealthy |
| January 1, 1934 |
Rules Committee proposed that there would be no appropriation bill amendments,sparks furor |
| January 1, 1935 |
Harry S. Truman begins Senate service |
| January 1, 1935 |
Congress passes Neutrality Act t |
| January 1, 1936 |
Presedential Elections: Popular Vote Electoral VoteFranklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 60.8 523 |
| January 8, 1936 |
Democrats begin practice of Jackson Day dinners |
| June 9, 1936 |
Republican national convention in Cleveland |
| June 19, 1936 |
Lemke and O'Brien announce candidacy for "Union Party" |
| June 23, 1936 |
Democratic convention gathers in Philadelphia |
| September 11, 1936 |
national conference of liberals endorse Roosevelt |
| July 6, 1937 |
Senate debates begin over court-packing scheme |
| July 14, 1937 |
Majority Leader Robinson found dead,Barkley succeeds |
| November 1, 1937 |
Roosevelt calls special session |
| January 1, 1938 |
Roosevelt attempts to "purge" party of conservative leaders |
| January 1, 1938 |
Republican revival in Congress |
| January 1, 1939 |
Hatch Act passed prohibiting officials from politics |
| January 1, 1939 |
Felix Frankfurter elevated to Supreme Court |
| January 1, 1939 |
Roosevelt asks for large defense appropriation |