The 83rd United States Congress was a meeting of the

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of the

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of the

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from January 3, 1953, until January 3, 1955, during the last two weeks of the

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, with the remainder spanning the first two years of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. It was composed of the

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and the

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. The

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of seats in the House was based on the 1950 U.S. Census. The Republicans gained the majority in both chambers, winning back full control of Congress for the first time since the

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in 1947, and with

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being sworn in as

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on January 20, 1953, this gave the Republicans an overall federal government

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for the first time since the 71st Congress in 1929.

Major events

* January 20, 1953:

is sworn in as

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in his first inauguration * March 1, 1954: U.S. Capitol shooting incident * December 2, 1954:

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is censured by the

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Major legislation

* July 3, 1953: Small Business Act, , ch. 282, * August 7, 1953:

Refugee Relief Act On August 7, 1953, President Eisenhower signed the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, also known as the Emergency Migration Act, into law to provide relief for certain refugees, orphans, and other purposes. This act was mainly intended for people from Sou ...

, * August 7, 1953:

Submerged Lands Act The Submerged Lands Act of 1953 is a U.S. federal law that recognized the title of the states to submerged navigable lands within their boundaries at the time they entered the Union. They include navigable waterways, such as rivers, as well as ma ...

, ch. 345, * August 14, 1953:

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, , * May 13, 1954: Saint Lawrence Seaway Act, ch. 201, * August 12, 1954:

Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a United States government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) and, since 1968, a publicly traded company. Founded in 1938 during the Great Depression as part of the N ...

, ch. 649, title II, §201, * August 13, 1954: Multiple Mineral Development Act, ch. 730, * August 16, 1954:

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, , ch. 736, **

Federal Unemployment Tax Act The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (or FUTA, ) is a United States federal law that imposes a federal employer tax used to help fund state workforce agencies. Employers report this tax by filing an annual Form 940 with the Internal Revenue Service. ...

, §1(d), **

National Firearms Act The National Firearms Act (NFA), 73rd Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 757, was enacted on June 26, 1934, and currently codified and amended as . The law is an Act of Congress in the United States that, in general, imposes an excise tax on the manufact ...

, §1(d), * August 24, 1954:

Communist Control Act of 1954 The Communist Control Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 775, 50 U.S.C. §§ 841–844) is an American law signed by President Dwight Eisenhower on August 24, 1954, that outlaws the Communist Party of the United States and criminalizes membership i ...

, ch. 886, * August 30, 1954:

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2011-2021, 2022-2286i, 2296a-2297h-13, is a United States federal law that covers for the development, regulation, and disposal of nuclear materials and facilities in the United States. It was an ame ...

, * 1954:

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* 1954: Water Facilities Act of 1954

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Alben W. Barkley Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under Presiden ...

(D), until January 20, 1953 **

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

(R), from January 20, 1953 *

President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...

Styles Bridges Henry Styles Bridges (September 9, 1898November 26, 1961) was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as the 63rd governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four-year career ...

(R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.

Robert A. Taft Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was an American politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family. Taft represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate Majority Leade ...

, until July 31, 1953 (died) **

William Knowland William Fife Knowland (June 26, 1908 – February 23, 1974) was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from California from 1945 to 1959. He was Senate Majority Le ...

, from August 3, 1953 *

Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...

Leverett Saltonstall Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senator ...

Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informin ...

Eugene Millikin Eugene Donald Millikin (February 12, 1891July 26, 1958) was a United States senator from Colorado who served as Senate Republican Conference Chairperson from 1947 to 1956. Biography Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Millikin graduated from the law sc ...

* Republican Conference Secretary:

Milton Young Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in the ...

* National Senatorial Committee Chair:

Everett Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 unt ...

* Policy Committee Chairman: Homer S. Ferguson

Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader and Conference Chairman:

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...

Minority Whip The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...

Earle Clements Earle Chester Clements (October 22, 1896 – March 12, 1985) was an American farmer and politician. He represented the Commonwealth of Kentucky in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and was its 47th Governor, serving ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary:

Thomas C. Hennings Jr. Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. (June 25, 1903September 13, 1960) was an American political figure from Missouri. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives (from 1935 until 1940) and the United States Senate (from 1951 u ...

House of Representatives

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ...

Joseph W. Martin Jr. Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 44th speaker of the United Sta ...

(R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.

: Charles A. Halleck *

Leslie C. Arends Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1935 until 1974. A native and lifelong resident of Melvin, Illinois, Arends attend ...

: Clifford R. Hope * Policy Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr. * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:

Richard M. Simpson Richard Murray Simpson (August 30, 1900 – January 7, 1960) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Richard Simpson was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, the son of Warren Brown and Sue Simpson. His fat ...

Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader: Sam Rayburn *

John W. McCormack John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both th ...

* Democratic Caucus Chairman:

Wilbur Mills Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909 – May 2, 1992) was an American Democratic politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Edna F. Kelly * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:

Michael J. Kirwan Michael Joseph Kirwan (December 2, 1886 – July 27, 1970) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Ohio who served as a United States House of Representatives, Representative to the United States Congress ...

Caucuses

House Democratic Caucus The House Democratic Caucus is a congressional caucus composed of all Democratic Representatives in the United States House of Representatives and is responsible for nominating and electing the Democratic Party leadership in the chamber. In its ...

Senate Democratic Caucus The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate, sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference, is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. For the makeup of the 117th Cong ...

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every six years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Within each state, senators are listed in order of seniority. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1954; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1956; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1958.

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

: 2.

John Sparkman John Jackson Sparkman (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was an American jurist and politician from the state of Alabama. A Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1946 and the United St ...

(D) : 3. J. Lister Hill (D)

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

: 1.

Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for presiden ...

(R) : 3.

Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Representa ...

(D)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

: 2.

John L. McClellan John Little McClellan (February 25, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American lawyer and a segregationist politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1935–1939) and a U.S. Senator (1943–1977) fro ...

(D) : 3.

J. William Fulbright James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest serving chair ...

(D)

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

: 1.

(R) : 3.

Thomas Kuchel Thomas Henry Kuchel ( ; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was an American politician. A moderate Republican, he served as a US Senator from California from 1953 to 1969 and was the minority whip in the Senate, where he was the co-manage ...

(R)

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

: 2.

Edwin C. Johnson Edwin Carl Johnson (January 1, 1884 – May 30, 1970) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as both governor of and U.S. senator from the state of Colorado. Background Johnson was born in Scandia in Republic County in ...

(D) : 3.

(R)

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

: 1.

William A. Purtell William Arthur Purtell (May 6, 1897 – May 31, 1978) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Connecticut in the United States Senate in 1952 and from 1953 to 1959. Biography William Purte ...

(R) : 3. Prescott Bush (R)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

: 1. John J. Williams (R) : 2. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

: 1.

Spessard Holland Spessard Lindsey Holland (July 10, 1892 – November 6, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 28th Governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945, and later as a US senator for Florida from 1946 to 1971. He would be the first pers ...

(D) : 3.

George Smathers George Armistead Smathers (November 14, 1913 – January 20, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate from 1951 until 1969 and in the United States House from 1947 to 1951, as ...

(D)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

: 2.

Richard Russell Jr. Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for alm ...

(D) : 3.

Walter F. George Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 4, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a longtime Democratic United States Senator from 1922 to 1957 and was President pro tempore of the United States Sen ...

(D)

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...

: 2.

Henry Dworshak Henry Clarence Dworshak Jr. (August 29, 1894July 23, 1962) was a United States Senator and Congressman from Idaho. Originally from Minnesota, he was a Republican from Burley, and served over 22 years in the House and Senate. Early years Born in ...

(R) : 3.

Herman Welker Herman Orville Welker (December 11, 1906 – October 30, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Idaho. He was a member of the Idaho Republican Party and served one term in the United States Senate, from 1951 to 1957. Early years Born ...

(R)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

: 2.

Paul Douglas Paul Howard Douglas (March 26, 1892 – September 24, 1976) was an American politician and Georgist economist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967. During his Senat ...

(D) : 3.

(R)

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

: 1. William E. Jenner (R) : 3.

Homer E. Capehart Homer Earl Capehart (June 6, 1897 – September 3, 1979) was an American businessman and politician from Indiana. After serving in the United States Army during World War I, he became involved in the manufacture of record players and other produc ...

(R)

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

: 2.

Guy Gillette Guy Mark Gillette (February 3, 1879March 3, 1973) was an American politician serving as a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again. ...

(D) : 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

: 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) : 3. Frank Carlson (R)

List of United States senators from Kentucky, Kentucky

: 2. John Sherman Cooper (R) : 3.

(D)

List of United States senators from Louisiana, Louisiana

: 2. Allen J. Ellender (D) : 3. Russell B. Long (D)

List of United States senators from Maine, Maine

: 1. Frederick G. Payne (R) : 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

List of United States senators from Maryland, Maryland

: 1. James Glenn Beall (R) : 3. John Marshall Butler (R)

List of United States senators from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: 1. John F. Kennedy (D) : 2.

(R)

List of United States senators from Michigan, Michigan

: 1. Charles E. Potter (R) : 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)

List of United States senators from Minnesota, Minnesota

: 1. Edward John Thye (R) : 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

List of United States senators from Mississippi, Mississippi

: 1. John C. Stennis (D) : 2. James Eastland (D)

List of United States senators from Missouri, Missouri

: 1. Stuart Symington (D) : 3.

(D)

List of United States senators from Montana, Montana

: 1. Mike Mansfield (D) : 2. James E. Murray (D)

List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska

: 1. Hugh A. Butler (R), until July 1, 1954 :: Samuel W. Reynolds (R), July 3, 1954 – November 7, 1954 :: Roman Hruska (R), from November 8, 1954 : 2. Dwight Griswold (R), until April 12, 1954 :: Eva Bowring (R), April 16, 1954 – November 7, 1954 :: Hazel Abel (R), November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1954 :: Carl Curtis (R), from January 1, 1955

List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada

: 1. George W. Malone (R) : 3. Pat McCarran (D), until September 28, 1954 :: Ernest S. Brown (R), October 1, 1954 – December 1, 1954 :: Alan Bible (D), from December 2, 1954

List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: 2.

(R) : 3. Charles W. Tobey (R), until July 24, 1953 :: Robert W. Upton (R), August 14, 1953 – November 7, 1954 :: Norris Cotton (R), from November 8, 1954

List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey

: 1. Howard Alexander Smith (R) : 2. Robert C. Hendrickson (R)

List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico

: 1. Dennis Chávez (D) : 2. Clinton Anderson (D)

List of United States senators from New York, New York

: 1. Irving Ives (R) : 3. Herbert H. Lehman (D)

List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. Willis Smith (D), until June 26, 1953 :: Alton Lennon (D), July 10, 1953 – November 28, 1954 :: W. Kerr Scott (D), from November 29, 1954 : 3. Clyde R. Hoey (D), until May 12, 1954 :: Sam Ervin (D), from June 5, 1954

List of United States senators from North Dakota, North Dakota

: 1. William Langer (R-NPL) : 3.

(R)

List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio

: 1. John W. Bricker (R) : 3.

(R), until July 31, 1953 :: Thomas A. Burke (D), November 10, 1953 – December 2, 1954 :: George H. Bender (R), from December 16, 1954

List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: 2. Robert S. Kerr (D) : 3. Mike Monroney (D)

List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon

: 2. Guy Cordon (R) : 3. Wayne Morse (I)

List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: 1. Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician), Edward Martin (R) : 3. James H. Duff (R)

List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. John Pastore (D) : 2. Theodore F. Green (D)

List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina

: 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D), until September 1, 1954 :: Charles E. Daniel (D), September 6, 1954 – December 23, 1954 :: Strom Thurmond (D), from December 24, 1954 : 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota

: 2. Karl E. Mundt (R) : 3. Francis H. Case (R)

List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Albert Gore Sr. (D) : 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Price Daniel (D) : 2.

(D)

List of United States senators from Utah, Utah

: 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R) : 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

List of United States senators from Vermont, Vermont

: 1. Ralph Flanders (R) : 3. George Aiken (R)

List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. Harry F. Byrd (D) : 2. Absalom Willis Robertson (D)

List of United States senators from Washington, Washington

: 1. Henry M. Jackson (D) : 3. Warren Magnuson (D)

List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D) : 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: 1.

(R) : 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming

: 1. Frank A. Barrett (R) : 2. Lester C. Hunt (D), until June 19, 1954 :: Edward D. Crippa (R), June 24, 1954 – November 28, 1954 :: Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D), from November 29, 1954 83rd United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . Frank W. Boykin (D) : . George M. Grant (D) : . George W. Andrews (D) : . Kenneth A. Roberts (D) : . Albert Rains (D) : . Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D) : . Carl Elliott (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D) : . Laurie C. Battle (D)

List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona

: . John Jacob Rhodes (R) : . Harold Patten (D)

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : .

(D) : . James William Trimble (D) : . Oren Harris (D) : . Brooks Hays (D) : . William F. Norrell (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . Hubert B. Scudder (R) : . Clair Engle (D) : . John E. Moss (D) : . William S. Mailliard (R) : . John F. Shelley (D) : . Robert Condon (D) : . John J. Allen Jr. (R) : . George P. Miller (D) : . J. Arthur Younger (R) : . Charles Gubser (R) : . J. Leroy Johnson (R) : . Allan O. Hunter (R) : . Ernest K. Bramblett (R) : . Harlan Hagen (D) : . Gordon L. McDonough (R) : . Donald L. Jackson (R) : . Cecil R. King (D) : . Craig Hosmer (R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : . John Carl Hinshaw (R) : . Edgar W. Hiestand (R) : . Joseph F. Holt (R) : . Clyde Doyle (D) : . Norris Poulson (R), until June 11, 1953 :: Glenard P. Lipscomb (R), from November 10, 1953 : . Patrick J. Hillings (R) : . Sam Yorty (D) : . Harry R. Sheppard (D) : . James B. Utt (R) : . John R. Phillips (American politician), John R. Phillips (R) : . Bob Wilson (politician), Bob Wilson (R)

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . Byron G. Rogers (D) : . William S. Hill (R) : . John Chenoweth (Colorado politician), John Chenoweth (R) : . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . Antoni Sadlak (R) : . Thomas J. Dodd (D) : . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R) : . Albert W. Cretella (R) : . Albert P. Morano (R) : . James T. Patterson (politician), James T. Patterson (R)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . Herbert Warburton (R)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . Courtney W. Campbell (D) : . Charles E. Bennett (politician), Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Bob Sikes (D) : . Bill Lantaff (D) : . Syd Herlong (D) : . Dwight L. Rogers (D), until December 1, 1954 : . James A. Haley (D) : . Donald Ray Matthews (D)

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D) : . J. L. Pilcher (D), from February 4, 1953 : . Tic Forrester (D) : . Albert Sidney Camp (D), until July 24, 1954 :: John Flynt (D), from November 2, 1954 : . James C. Davis (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D) : . William McDonald Wheeler (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . Paul Brown (Georgia politician), Paul Brown (D)

List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: . Gracie Pfost (D) : . Hamer H. Budge (R)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson (D) : . Barratt O'Hara (D) : . Fred E. Busbey (R) : . William E. McVey (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois), Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . James Bowler (D), from July 7, 1953 : . Thomas S. Gordon (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Richard W. Hoffman (R) : . Timothy P. Sheehan (R) : . Edgar A. Jonas (R) : . Marguerite S. Church (R) : . Chauncey W. Reed (R) : . Noah M. Mason (R) : . Leo E. Allen (R) : .

(R) : . Harold H. Velde (R) : . Robert B. Chiperfield (R) : . Sid Simpson (R) : . Peter F. Mack Jr. (D) : . William L. Springer (R) : . Charles W. Vursell (R) : . Melvin Price (D) : . C. W. Bishop (R)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Charles A. Halleck (R) : . Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (R) : . E. Ross Adair (R) : . John V. Beamer (R) : . Cecil M. Harden (R) : . William G. Bray (R) : . D. Bailey Merrill (R) : . Earl Wilson (politician), Earl Wilson (R) : . Ralph Harvey (R) : . Charles B. Brownson (R)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Thomas E. Martin (R) : . Henry O. Talle (R) : . H. R. Gross (R) : . Karl M. LeCompte (R) : . Paul Cunningham (politician), Paul Cunningham (R) : . James I. Dolliver (R) : . Ben F. Jensen (R) : . Charles B. Hoeven (R)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . Howard Shultz Miller (D) : . Errett P. Scrivner (R) : . Myron V. George (R) : . Edward Herbert Rees (R) : . Clifford R. Hope (R) : . Wint Smith (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Noble J. Gregory (D) : . Garrett Withers (D), until April 30, 1953 :: William Natcher (D), from August 1, 1953 : . John M. Robsion Jr. (R) : . Frank Chelf (D) : . Brent Spence (D) : . John C. Watts (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D) : . James S. Golden (R)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : . Hale Boggs (D) : . Edwin E. Willis (D) : . Overton Brooks (D) : . Otto Passman (D) : . James H. Morrison (D) : . T. Ashton Thompson (D) : . George S. Long (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Robert Hale (Maine), Robert Hale (R) : . Charles P. Nelson (congressman), Charles P. Nelson (R) : . Clifford McIntire (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Edward Tylor Miller (R) : . James Devereux (R) : . Edward Garmatz (D) : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : . Frank Small Jr. (R) : . DeWitt Hyde (R) : . Samuel Friedel (D)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . John W. Heselton (R) : . Edward Boland (D) : . Philip J. Philbin (D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . William H. Bates (R) : . Thomas J. Lane (D) : . Angier Goodwin (R) : . Donald W. Nicholson (R) : . Laurence Curtis (R) : . Tip O'Neill (D) : .

(D) : . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) : .

(R)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D) : . George Meader (R) : . Paul W. Shafer (R), until August 17, 1954 : . Clare Hoffman (R) : . Gerald Ford (R) : . Kit Clardy (R) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Alvin Morell Bentley (R) : . Ruth Thompson (R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Victor A. Knox (R) : . John B. Bennett (R) : . George D. O'Brien (D) : . Louis C. Rabaut (D) : . John Dingell Sr. (D) : . John Lesinski Jr. (D) : . Charles G. Oakman (R) : . George Anthony Dondero (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . August H. Andresen (R) : . Joseph P. O'Hara (R) : . Roy Wier (DFL) : . Eugene McCarthy (DFL) : . Walter Judd (politician), Walter Judd (R) : . Fred Marshall (American politician), Fred Marshall (DFL) : . Herman Carl Andersen (R) : . John Blatnik (DFL) : . Harold Hagen (R)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Thomas Abernethy (politician), Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie Whitten (D) : . Frank Ellis Smith (D) : . John Bell Williams (D) : . W. Arthur Winstead (D) : . William M. Colmer (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Frank M. Karsten (D) : . Thomas B. Curtis (R) : . Leonor Sullivan (D) : . Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (R) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . William Clay Cole (R) : . Dewey Jackson Short (R) : . A. S. J. Carnahan (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Paul C. Jones (D) : . Morgan M. Moulder (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . Lee Metcalf (D) : . Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Carl Curtis (R), until December 31, 1954 : . Roman Hruska (R), until November 8, 1954 : . Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R) : . Arthur L. Miller (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Clarence Clifton Young (R)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Chester Earl Merrow (R) : . Norris Cotton (R), until November 7, 1954

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Charles A. Wolverton (R) : . T. Millet Hand (R) : . James C. Auchincloss (R) : . Charles R. Howell (D) : . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R) : . Clifford P. Case (R), until August 16, 1953 :: Harrison A. Williams (D), from November 3, 1953 : . William B. Widnall (R) : . Gordon Canfield (R) : . Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D) : . Robert Kean (R) : . Alfred Dennis Sieminski (D) : . Edward J. Hart (D)

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . John J. Dempsey (D) : . Antonio M. Fernández (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Stuyvesant Wainwright (R) : . Steven Derounian (R) : . Frank J. Becker (R) : . Henry J. Latham (R) : . Albert H. Bosch (R) : . Lester Holtzman (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Louis B. Heller (D), until July 21, 1954 : . Eugene J. Keogh (D) : . Edna F. Kelly (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Francis E. Dorn (R) : . Abraham J. Multer (D) : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) : . John H. Ray (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R) : . James G. Donovan (D) : . Arthur George Klein (D) : . Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (D) : . Jacob Javits (R), until December 31, 1954 : . Sidney A. Fine (D) : . Isidore Dollinger (D) : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . Paul A. Fino (R) : . Ralph A. Gamble (R) : . Ralph W. Gwinn (R) : . Katharine St. George (R) : . J. Ernest Wharton (R) : . Leo W. O'Brien (D) : . Dean P. Taylor (R) : . Bernard W. Kearney (R) : . Clarence E. Kilburn (R) : . William R. Williams (R) : . R. Walter Riehlman (R) : . John Taber (R) : . W. Sterling Cole (R) : . Kenneth Keating (R) : . Harold C. Ostertag (R) : . William E. Miller (R) : . Edmund P. Radwan (R) : . John R. Pillion (R) : . Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . Graham A. Barden (D) : . Harold D. Cooley (D) : . Richard Thurmond Chatham (D) : . Carl T. Durham (D) : . Frank Ertel Carlyle (D) : . Charles B. Deane (D) : . Hugh Quincy Alexander (D) : . Charles R. Jonas (R) : . Woodrow W. Jones (D) : . George A. Shuford (D)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Otto Krueger (politician), Otto Krueger (R) : . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Gordon H. Scherer (R) : . William E. Hess (R) : . Paul F. Schenck (R) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Cliff Clevenger (R) : . James G. Polk (D) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Jackson Edward Betts (R) : . Frazier Reams (I) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Oliver P. Bolton (R) : . John M. Vorys (R) : . Alvin F. Weichel (R) : . William Hanes Ayres (R) : . Robert T. Secrest (D), until September 26, 1954 : . Frank T. Bow (R) : . J. Harry McGregor (R) : . Wayne Hays (D) : .

(D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R) : . George H. Bender (R), until December 15, 1954

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . Page Belcher (R) : . Ed Edmondson (politician), Ed Edmondson (D) : . Carl Albert (D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . Victor Wickersham (D)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . A. Walter Norblad (R) : . Sam Coon (R) : . Homer D. Angell (R) : . Harris Ellsworth (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . William T. Granahan (D) : . James A. Byrne (D) : . Earl Chudoff (D) : . William J. Green Jr. (D) : . Hugh Scott (R) : . Benjamin F. James (R) : . Karl C. King (R) : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . Joseph L. Carrigg (R) : . Edward Bonin (R) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R) : . George M. Rhodes (D) : . Francis E. Walter (D) : . Walter M. Mumma (R) : . Alvin Bush (R) : .

(R) : . S. Walter Stauffer (R) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . Augustine B. Kelley (D) : . John P. Saylor (R) : . Leon H. Gavin (R) : . Carroll D. Kearns (R) : . Louis E. Graham (R) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . James G. Fulton (R) : . Herman P. Eberharter (D) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . Vera Buchanan (D)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Aime Forand (D) : . John E. Fogarty (D)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D) : . John J. Riley (D) : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) : . Joseph R. Bryson (D), until March 10, 1953 :: Robert T. Ashmore (D), from June 2, 1953 : . James P. Richards (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Harold Lovre (R) : . Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . B. Carroll Reece (R) : . Howard Baker Sr. (R) : . James B. Frazier Jr. (D) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Percy Priest (D) : . James Patrick Sutton (D) : . Tom J. Murray (D) : . Jere Cooper (D) : . Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Martin Dies Jr. (D) : . Wright Patman (D) : . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D) : . Brady P. Gentry (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Joseph Franklin Wilson (D) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . John Dowdy (D) : . Albert Thomas (American politician), Albert Thomas (D) : . Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D) : . Homer Thornberry (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Wingate H. Lucas (D) : . Frank N. Ikard (D) : . John E. Lyle Jr. (D) : . Lloyd Bentsen (D) : . Kenneth M. Regan (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Walter E. Rogers (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Paul J. Kilday (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Douglas R. Stringfellow (R) : . William A. Dawson (R)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Winston L. Prouty (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D) : . Porter Hardy Jr. (D) : . J. Vaughan Gary (D) : . Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D) : . Thomas B. Stanley (D), until February 3, 1953 :: William M. Tuck (D), from April 14, 1953 : . Richard Harding Poff (R) : . Burr Harrison (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . William C. Wampler (R) : . Joel Broyhill (R)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Donald H. Magnuson (D) : . Thomas Pelly (R) : . Jack Westland (R) : . Russell V. Mack (R) : . Hal Holmes (R) : . Walt Horan (R) : . Thor C. Tollefson (R)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Bob Mollohan (D) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . Cleveland M. Bailey (D) : . Will E. Neal (R) : . Elizabeth Kee (D) : . Robert Byrd (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Lawrence H. Smith (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (R) : . Gardner R. Withrow (R) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Charles J. Kersten (R) : . William Van Pelt (R) : . Melvin Laird (R) : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Merlin Hull (R), until May 17, 1953 :: Lester Johnson (politician), Lester Johnson (D), from October 13, 1953 : . Alvin O'Konski (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . William Henry Harrison III (R)

Non-voting members

: . Bob Bartlett (D) : . Joseph Rider Farrington (R), until June 19, 1954 :: Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R), from July 31, 1954 : . Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD) 83 us house membership

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate

, - , List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
(2) , nowrap , Willis Smith (D) , Died June 26, 1953.
Successor appointed July 10, 1953. , nowrap , Alton Lennon (D) , July 10, 1953 , - , List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
(3) , nowrap , Charles W. Tobey (R) , Died July 24, 1953.
Successor appointed August 14, 1953. , nowrap , Robert W. Upton (R) , August 14, 1953 , - , List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio
(3) , nowrap ,

(R) , Died July 31, 1953.
Successor appointed November 10, 1953. , nowrap , Thomas A. Burke (D) , November 10, 1953 , - , List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska
(2) , nowrap , Dwight Griswold (R) , Died April 12, 1954.
Successor appointed April 16, 1954. , nowrap , Eva Bowring (R) , April 16, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
(3) , nowrap , Clyde R. Hoey (D) , Died May 12, 1954.
Successor appointed May 12, 1954 and then elected November 2, 1954. , nowrap , Sam Ervin (D) , June 5, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming
(2) , nowrap , Lester C. Hunt (D) , Died June 19, 1954.
Successor appointed June 24, 1954. , nowrap , Edward D. Crippa (R) , June 24, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska
(1) , nowrap , Hugh A. Butler (R) , Died July 1, 1954.
Successor appointed July 3, 1954. , nowrap , Samuel W. Reynolds (R) , July 3, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina
(2) , nowrap , Burnet R. Maybank (D) , Died September 1, 1954.
Successor appointed September 6, 1954. , nowrap , Charles E. Daniel (D) , September 6, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada
(3) , nowrap , Pat McCarran (D) , Died September 28, 1954.
Successor appointed October 1, 1954. , nowrap , Ernest S. Brown (R) , October 1, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska
(1) , nowrap , Samuel W. Reynolds (R) , Did not run in the special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. , nowrap , Roman Hruska (R) , November 8, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska
(2) , nowrap , Eva Bowring (R) , Did not run in the special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. , nowrap , Hazel Abel (R) , November 8, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
(3) , nowrap , Robert W. Upton (R) , Lost special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. , nowrap , Norris Cotton (R) , November 8, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
(2) , nowrap , Alton Lennon (D) , Lost special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. , nowrap , W. Kerr Scott (D) , November 29, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming
(2) , nowrap , Edward D. Crippa (R) , Did not run in the special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. , nowrap , Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) , November 29, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada
(3) , nowrap , Ernest S. Brown (R) , Lost special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. , nowrap , Alan Bible (D) , December 2, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio
(3) , nowrap , Thomas A. Burke (D) , Lost special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. , nowrap , George H. Bender (R) , December 16, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina
(2) , nowrap , Charles E. Daniel (D) , Resigned December 23, 1954.
Successor appointed December 24, 1954. , nowrap , Strom Thurmond (D) , December 24, 1954 , - , List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska
(2) , nowrap , Hazel Abel (R) , Resigned December 31, 1954.
Successor was appointed January 1, 1955. , nowrap , Carl Curtis (R) , January 1, 1955

House of Representatives

, - , , Vacant , Rep. Edward E. Cox died during previous congress , nowrap , J. L. Pilcher (D) , February 4, 1953 , - , , Vacant , Rep. Adolph J. Sabath died during previous congress , nowrap , James Bowler (D) , July 7, 1953 , - , , nowrap, Thomas B. Stanley (D) , Resigned February 3, 1953, to run for Governor of Virginia , nowrap , William M. Tuck (D) , April 14, 1953 , - , , nowrap, Joseph R. Bryson (D) , Died March 10, 1953 , nowrap , Robert T. Ashmore (D) , June 2, 1953 , - , , nowrap, Garrett Withers (D) , Died April 30, 1953 , nowrap , William Natcher (D) , August 1, 1953 , - , , nowrap, Merlin Hull (R) , Died May 17, 1953 , nowrap , Lester Johnson (politician), Lester Johnson (D) , October 13, 1953 , - , , nowrap, Norris Poulson (R) , Resigned June 11, 1953, after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles , nowrap , Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) , November 10, 1953 , - , , nowrap, Clifford P. Case (R) , Resigned August 16, 1953 , nowrap , Harrison A. Williams (D) , November 3, 1953 , - , , nowrap, Joseph Rider Farrington (R) , Died June 19, 1954 , nowrap , Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R) , August 4, 1954 , - , , nowrap, Louis B. Heller (D) , Resigned July 21, 1954, after being appointed judge of the Court of Special Sessions of New York City , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap, Albert Sidney Camp (D) , Died July 24, 1954 , nowrap , John Flynt (D) , November 2, 1954 , - , , nowrap, Paul W. Shafer (R) , Died August 17, 1954 , rowspan=8 , Vacant , rowspan=8 , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap, Robert T. Secrest (D) , Resigned September 26, 1954 , - , , nowrap, Norris Cotton (R) , Resigned November 7, 1954, after being elected to the

, - , , nowrap, Roman Hruska (R) , Resigned November 8, 1954, after being elected to the

, - , , nowrap, Dwight L. Rogers (D) , Died December 1, 1954 , - , , nowrap, George H. Bender (R) , Resigned December 15, 1954, after being elected to the

, - , , nowrap, Carl Curtis (R) , Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected to the

, - , , nowrap, Jacob Javits (R) , Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected New York attorney General

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: George D. Aiken; Ranking Member: Allen J. Ellender) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Richard B. Russell) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Burnet R. Maybank) * United States Senate Select Committee on Censure Charges against Senator McCarthy, Censure Charges against Senator McCarthy (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Select Committee on Compensation of Members of Congress, Compensation of Members of Congress (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Francis Case; Ranking Member: Matthew M. Neely) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Eugene D. Millikin; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Alexander Wiley; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman: Joseph R. McCarthy; Ranking Member: James E. Murray) * United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Hugh A. Butler, Hugh Butler; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Charles W. Tobey; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: William Langer; Ranking Member: Pat McCarran) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: H. Alexander Smith; Ranking Member: James E. Murray) * United States Senate Special Committee on Mail Cover on Senators, Mail Cover on Senators (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Frank Carlson; Ranking Member: Olin D. Johnston) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician), Edward Martin; Ranking Member: Dennis Chavez) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chairman: William E. Jenner; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Edward J. Thye) * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Clifford R. Hope; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: John Taber; Ranking Member: Brent Spence) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Dewey Jackson Short; Ranking Member: John L. McMillan) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Jesse P. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Brent Spence) * Kersten Committee, Communist Aggression (Select) (Chairman: Charles J. Kersten) * United States House Select Committee on the Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans, Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select) (Chairman: ) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Defense Production, Defense Production * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Sid Simpson; Ranking Member: John L. McMillan) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: Samuel K. McConnell Jr.; Ranking Member: Graham A. Barden) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert B. Chiperfield; Ranking Member: James P. Richards) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chairman: Karl M. LeCompte; Ranking Member: Omar Burleson) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate the Incorporation of the Baltic States into the U.S.S.R., Investigate the Incorporation of the Baltic States into the U.S.S.R. (Select) (Chairman: Charles J. Kersten; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Arthur L. Miller; Ranking Member: Clair Engle) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Charles A. Wolverton; Ranking Member: Robert Crosser) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman: Clare E. Hoffman; Ranking Member: William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Chauncey W. Reed; Ranking Member: Emanuel Celler) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Alvin F. Weichel; Ranking Member: Edward J. Hart) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Edward H. Rees; Ranking Member: Tom J. Murray) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: George Anthony Dondero; Ranking Member: Charles A. Buckley) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Leo E. Allen; Ranking Member: Howard W. Smith) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: William S. Hill) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Select Committee on Survival Benefits, Survival Benefits (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Un-American Activities, Un-American Activities (Chairman: Harold H. Velde; Ranking Member: Francis E. Walter) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Edith Nourse Rogers; Ranking Member: Olin E. Teague) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed; Ranking Member: Jere Cooper) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chairman: Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott; Vice Chairman: Sen. Ralph Flanders) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy, Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Sen. Arthur V. Watkins; Vice Chairman: Rep. Louis E. Graham) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, Legislative Budget * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library * United States Congress Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration, Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. William E. Jenner; Vice Chairman: Rep. Karl M. LeCompte) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Railroad Retirement Legislation, Railroad Retirement Legislation * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed; Vice Chairman: Sen. Eugene D. Millikin)

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn (architect), David Lynn (January 3, 1953 – September 30, 1954); J. George Stewart (September 30, 1954 – January 3, 1955) * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver * Comptroller General of the United States: Lindsay C. Warren, until April 30, 1954 ** Joseph Campbell (accountant), Joseph Campbell, from December 14, 1954 * Librarian of Congress: Luther H. Evans, until 1953 ** Lawrence Quincy Mumford, from 1954 * Public Printer of the United States: John J. Deviny, until 1953 ** Raymond Blattenberger, from 1953

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist) * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins (Senate Parliamentarian), Charles Watkins * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: J. Mark Trice * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Sterling Dean, until 1954 ** Gus J. Miller (acting), from 1954 * Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: William T. Reed * Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: Felton McLellan Johnston * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Forest A. Harness

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Lyle O. Snader * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Tom Kennamer * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Beecher Hess * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: William F. Russell (Sergeant at Arms), William F. Russell, died July 7, 1953 ** Lyle O. Snader, July 8, 1953 – September 15, 1953 ** William R. Bonsell, starting September 15, 1953

Notes

References

External links

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