75th United States Congress - Major Events

Major Events

  • January 20, 1937: Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President and John Nance Garner as Vice President
  • February 5, 1937: President Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing plan proposed
  • March 26, 1937: William Henry Hastie becomes the first African-American appointed to a federal judgeship.
  • April 12, 1937: National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation: The Supreme Court of the United States ruled the National Labor Relations Act constitutional.
  • July 22, 1937: Senate rejects the court-packing plan
  • October 5, 1937: Roosevelt's delivers the Quarantine Speech

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