Education Policy: Research: Policymakers:
1941 - 1944 Roosevelt Administration
| President: | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 1941 - 1944 |
| Secretary of the Interior: | Harold LeClair Ickes |
| Commissioner of Education: | John Ward Studebaker |
Major education actions:
- 1941 - Lanham (Public War Housing) Act (P.L. 77-849) [Note 1]
- 1944 - Servicemen's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill; P.L. 78-346) [Note 1]
77th Congress (1941-1942)
- SENATE:
66-Dem, 28-Rep, 2-Other
- Vice-President: Henry A. Wallace (D)
- Majority Leader: Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)
- Minority Leader: Charles L. McNary (R-OR)
- Committee: Education and Labor
- Chair: Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)
- Ranking Minority Member: Robert A. Taft (R-OH)
- HOUSE:
267-Dem, 162-Rep, 6-Other
- Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D-TX)
- Majority Leader: John W. McCormack (D-MA)
- Minority Leader: Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA)
- Committee: Committee on Education
- Chair: William H. Larrabee (D-IN)
- Ranking Minority Member: George A. Dondero (R-MI)
78th Congress (1943-1944)
- SENATE: 57-Dem, 38-Rep, 1-Other
- Vice-President: Henry A. Wallace (D)
- Majority Leader: Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)
- Minority Leader: Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME), (acting leader, elected 1/4/1945)
- Committee: Education and Labor
- Chair: Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)
- Ranking Minority Member: Robert A. Taft (R-OH)
- HOUSE:
222-Dem, 209-Rep, 4-Other
- Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D-TX)
- Majority Leader: John W. McCormack (D-MA)
- Minority Leader: Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA)
- Committee: Committee on Education
- Chair: Graham A. Barden (D-NC)
- Ranking Minority Member: George A. Dondero (R-MI)