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1940: Democratic Party
The Democratic Party, one of the two major political parties in the United States, was continued in control of the Federal Government by the 1940 elections. In the 77th Congress which convened in January 1941, the Democratic party had 66 Senators, in the total of 96, and 267 members of the House of...
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