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The 80th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
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and the
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. It met in
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from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949, during the third and fourth years of Harry S. Truman's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this
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was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. The Republicans won the majority in both chambers, marking the first time since the 71st Congress they held full control of Congress, and the first time since the
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they held either of the two chambers. This also ended a 14-year Democratic overall federal government
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, dating back to the 73rd Congress. Although the 80th Congress passed a total of 906 public bills, President Truman nicknamed it the "Do Nothing Congress" and, during the 1948 election, campaigned as much against it as against his formal opponent,
Thomas E. Dewey Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican candidate for president in 1944 and 1948: although ...
. The 80th Congress passed several significant pro-business bills, most famously the
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and the
Taft–Hartley Act The Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, better known as the Taft–Hartley Act, is a Law of the United States, United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of trade union, labor unions. It was enacted by the 80th United S ...
, but it opposed most of Truman's
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bills.


Major events

* January 3, 1947: Proceedings of Congress were televised for the first time. * March 12, 1947: In a
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, President Truman proclaimed the
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. * July 18, 1947: The
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entered into a trusteeship with the
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and administered by the United States. * November 24, 1947: The House of Representatives approved citations of
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against the so-called
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. * July 20, 1948: President Truman issued the second peacetime
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in the United States amid increasing tensions with the
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. * July 26, 1948: **
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begins, mandated by Truman on July 15, 1948 ** President Truman signed
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, ending
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in the
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. * August 25, 1948:
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held the first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between
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and
Alger Hiss Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Statutes of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in con ...
. * November 2, 1948:
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: **
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defeated
Thomas E. Dewey Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican candidate for president in 1944 and 1948: although ...
, Henry A. Wallace, and Strom Thurmond; ** Democrats regained control of the Senate and the House of Representatives


Major legislation

* May 22, 1947:
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(
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), Sess. 1, ch. 81, , * June 23, 1947:
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, Sess. 1, ch. 120, , * July 18, 1947:
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, Sess. 1, ch. 264, , * July 26, 1947:
National Security Act of 1947 The National Security Act of 1947 ( Pub.L.br>80-253 61 Stat.br>495 enacted July 26, 1947) was a law enacting major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II. The majority of the pro ...
, Sess. 1, ch. 343, , * August 7, 1947:
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, Sess. 1, ch. 513, , * January 27, 1948: United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, Sess. 2, ch. 36, , * April 3, 1948: Foreign Assistance Act (
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), , Sess. 2, ch. 169, * April 3, 1948: Greek-Turkish Assistance Act of 1948 (
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), Sess. 2, ch. 169, , Title III, * May 26, 1948: Civil Air Patrol Act, Sess. 2, ch. 349, , * June 12, 1948:
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, Sess. 2, ch. 449, , * June 17, 1948: Reed-Bulwinkle Act, Sess. 2, ch. 491, , * June 25, 1948: Codify and enact into law
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The President, Sess. 2, ch. 644, , * June 28, 1948:
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, , * June 30, 1948:
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, Sess. 2, ch. 758, , * July 3, 1948:
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, Sess. 2, ch. 826, , * July 3, 1948:
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, Sess. 2, ch. 827, ,


Constitutional amendments

* March 21, 1947: Approved an amendment to the
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setting a
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for election and overall time of service to the office of
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, and submitted it to the state legislatures for
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** Amendment was later ratified on February 27, 1951, becoming the
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Party summary


Senate


House of Representatives

From the beginning to the end of this Congress, there was no net change in party power. The Democrats lost one seat, which remained vacant until the next Congress.


Leadership


Senate

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Arthur Vandenberg Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Nati ...
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Majority (Republican) leadership

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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.
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Wallace H. White Jr. Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
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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 ...
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Kenneth S. Wherry Kenneth Spicer Wherry (February 28, 1892November 29, 1951) was an American businessman, attorney, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1943 until his death in 1951; he was the minorit ...
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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 ...
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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:
Owen Brewster Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22, 1888 – December 25, 1961) was an Politics of the United States, American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, served as the List of governors of Maine, 54th Governor ...
* Policy Committee Chairman:
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 ...


Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority leader:
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 ...
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Scott W. Lucas Scott Wike Lucas (February 19, 1892 – February 22, 1968) was an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1935–1939) and the U.S. Senate (1939–1 ...
* Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Brien McMahon Brien McMahon, born James O'Brien McMahon (October 6, 1903July 28, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate (as a Democrat from Connecticut) from 1945 to 1952. McMahon was a major figure in the establis ...
* Policy Committee Chairman:
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 ...


House of Representatives

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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 ...
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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 *
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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 ...
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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 ...
: Roy O. Woodruff * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
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Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader: Sam Rayburn * Democratic Whip:
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:
Aime Forand Aime Joseph Forand (May 23, 1895 – January 18, 1972) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Forand served in the United States House of Representatives for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district from 1937 to 1939 and ...
* 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

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Members


Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. 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, requiring reelection in 1948; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1950; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1952.


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 ...

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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 ...

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Ernest McFarland Ernest William McFarland (October 9, 1894 – June 8, 1984) was an American politician, jurist and, with Warren Atherton, one of the "Fathers of the G.I. Bill." He is the only Arizonan to serve in the highest office in all three branches of Ariz ...
(D) : 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 ...
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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 ...

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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.
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 ...
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Sheridan Downey Sheridan Downey (March 11, 1884 – October 25, 1961) was an American lawyer and a Democratic U.S. Senator from California from 1939 to 1950. Early life He was born in Laramie, the seat of Albany County in western Wyoming, the son of the ...
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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 ...

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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.
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 ...
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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 ...

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Raymond E. Baldwin Raymond Earl Baldwin (August 31, 1893 – October 4, 1986) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut and also as the 72nd and 74th Governor of Connecticut. A conservative Republican, he was elected governo ...
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Brien McMahon Brien McMahon, born James O'Brien McMahon (October 6, 1903July 28, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate (as a Democrat from Connecticut) from 1945 to 1952. McMahon was a major figure in the establis ...
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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. C. Douglass Buck (R)


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 ...

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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 ...
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Claude Pepper Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Mi ...
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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 ...

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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) : 3.
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 ...
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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 ...

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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.
Glen H. Taylor Glen Hearst Taylor (April 12, 1904 – April 28, 1984) was an American politician, entertainer, businessman, and U.S. senator from Idaho. He was the vice presidential candidate on the Progressive Party ticket in the 1948 election. Taylor was ...
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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 ...

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Charles W. Brooks Charles Wayland Brooks (March 8, 1897 – January 14, 1957) was a Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1940 to 1949. Early life Born in West Bureau, Illinois, Brooks served in the Marines during World War I as a first lieutenant fro ...
(R) : 3.
Scott W. Lucas Scott Wike Lucas (February 19, 1892 – February 22, 1968) was an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1935–1939) and the U.S. Senate (1939–1 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...

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George A. Wilson George Allison Wilson (April 1, 1884 – September 8, 1953) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a United States Senate, United States Senator and List of Governors of Iowa, 28th Governor of Iowa. Personal background Born on a farm near ...
(R) : 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 ...

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Arthur Capper Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...
(R) : 3. Clyde M. Reed (R)


Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

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John Sherman Cooper John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elect ...
(R) : 3.
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 ...
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Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

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Allen J. Ellender Allen Joseph Ellender (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was an American politician and lawyer who was a U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1937 until his death. He was a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat who was originally allied ...
(D) : 3.
John H. Overton John Holmes Overton Sr. (September 17, 1875 – May 14, 1948), was an attorney and Democratic US Representative and US Senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th distri ...
(D), until May 14, 1948 ::
William C. Feazel William Crosson Feazel (June 10, 1895 - March 16, 1965) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born near Farmerville, Louisiana, Farmerville in Union Parish, he attended the public schools and engaged as an independent oil and gas producer. ...
(D), May 18, 1948 – December 30, 1948 ::
Russell B. Long Russell Billiu Long (November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987. Because of his seniority, he advanced to chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, servin ...
(D), from December 31, 1948


Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

: 1.
Owen Brewster Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22, 1888 – December 25, 1961) was an Politics of the United States, American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, served as the List of governors of Maine, 54th Governor ...
(R) : 2.
Wallace H. White Jr. Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

: 1.
Herbert O'Conor Herbert Romulus O'Conor (November 17, 1896March 4, 1960) was an American lawyer serving as the 51st Governor of Maryland from 1939 to 1947. He also served in the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1947 to 1953. He was a Democrat. ...
(D) : 3.
Millard Tydings Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890February 9, 1961) was an American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland, serving in the House from 19 ...
(D)


Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

: 1. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) : 2.
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 ...
(R)


Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

: 1.
Arthur Vandenberg Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. (March 22, 1884April 18, 1951) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Nati ...
(R) : 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)


Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

: 1.
Edward John Thye Edward John Thye (April 26, 1896August 28, 1969) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was the 26th governor of Minnesota from 1943 to 1947 and a United States Senate, United States Se ...
(R) : 2.
Joseph H. Ball Joseph Hurst Ball (November 3, 1905December 18, 1993) was an American journalist, politician and businessman. Ball served as a Republican senator from Minnesota from 1940 to 1949. He was a conservative in domestic policy and a leading foe of l ...
(R)


Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

: 1.
Theodore G. Bilbo Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (October 13, 1877 – August 21, 1947) was an American politician who twice served as governor of Mississippi (1916–1920, 1928–1932) and later was elected a U.S. Senator (1935–1947). A lifelong Democrat, he was a fil ...
(D), until August 21, 1947 :: John C. Stennis (D), from November 17, 1947 : 2. James Eastland (D)


Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

: 1.
James P. Kem James Preston Kem (April 2, 1890February 24, 1965) was an American politician representing Missouri in the United States Senate from 1947 to 1953. Life and career James P. Kem was born in Macon, Missouri. He attended Blees Military Academy, then ...
(R) : 3.
Forrest C. Donnell Forrest Carl Donnell (August 20, 1884March 3, 1980) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator and the List of governors of Missouri, 40th governor of Missouri. Early life Donnell was bor ...
(R)


Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

: 1.
Zales Ecton Zales Nelson Ecton (April 1, 1898March 3, 1961) was an American attorney and politician from Montana who represented the state in the United States Senate, serving from 1947 to 1953. Early life and education Ecton was born in Weldon, Iowa on Ap ...
(R) : 2.
James E. Murray James Edward Murray (May 3, 1876March 23, 1961) was an American politician and United States Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961. Background Born on a f ...
(D)


Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

: 1.
Hugh A. Butler Hugh Alfred Butler (February 28, 1878July 1, 1954) was an American United States Republican Party, Republican politician from Nebraska Life and career Hugh Butler was born on a farm near Missouri Valley, Iowa on February 28, 1878. He graduated ...
(R) : 2.
Kenneth S. Wherry Kenneth Spicer Wherry (February 28, 1892November 29, 1951) was an American businessman, attorney, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1943 until his death in 1951; he was the minorit ...
(R)


Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

: 1.
George W. Malone George Wilson Malone (August 7, 1890 – May 19, 1961) was an American civil engineering, civil engineer and United States Republican Party, Republican politician. Early life Malone was born in Fredonia, Kansas. As a young man he moved to Reno, ...
(R) : 3.
Pat McCarran Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was an American farmer, attorney, judge, and Democratic politician who represented Nevada in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1954. McCarran was born in Reno, Nevada, atte ...
(D)


New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

: 2.
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) : 3. Charles W. Tobey (R)


New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

: 1. Howard Alexander Smith (R) : 2. Albert W. Hawkes (R)


List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico

: 1. Dennis Chávez (D) : 2. Carl Hatch (D)


List of United States senators from New York, New York

: 1. Irving Ives (R) : 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)


List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. William B. Umstead (D), until December 30, 1948 :: J. Melville Broughton (D), from December 31, 1948 : 3. Clyde R. Hoey (D)


List of United States senators from North Dakota, North Dakota

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


List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio

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


List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: 2. Edward H. Moore (R) : 3. Elmer Thomas (D)


List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon

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


List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: 1. Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician), Edward Martin (R) : 3. Francis J. Myers (D)


List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. J. Howard McGrath (D) : 2. Theodore F. Green (D)


List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina

: 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D) : 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)


List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota

: 2. Harlan J. Bushfield (R), until September 27, 1948 :: Vera C. Bushfield (R), October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948 :: Karl E. Mundt (R), from December 31, 1948 : 3. John Chandler Gurney (R)


List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar (D) : 2. Tom Stewart (politician), Tom Stewart (D)


List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Tom Connally (D) : 2. W. Lee O'Daniel (D)


List of United States senators from Utah, Utah

: 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R) : 3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)


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. Harry P. Cain (R) : 3. Warren Magnuson (D)


List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D) : 2. Chapman Revercomb (R)


List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: 1. Joseph McCarthy (R) : 3. Alexander Wiley (R)


List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming

: 1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) : 2. Edward V. Robertson (R)


House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "At-Large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers. The congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.


List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . Frank W. Boykin (D) : . George M. Grant (D) : . George W. Andrews (D) : . Sam Hobbs (D) : . Albert Rains (D) : . Pete Jarman (D) : . Carter Manasco (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D), from January 28, 1947 : . Laurie C. Battle (D)


List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona

: . John R. Murdock (politician), John R. Murdock (D) : . Richard F. Harless (D)


List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : . James William Trimble (D) : . William Fadjo Cravens (D) : . Brooks Hays (D) : . William F. Norrell (D) : . Oren Harris (D)


List of United States representatives from California, California

: . Clarence F. Lea (D) : . Clair Engle (D) : . J. Leroy Johnson (R) : . Franck R. Havenner (D) : . Richard J. Welch (R) : . George P. Miller (D) : . John J. Allen Jr. (R) : . Jack Z. Anderson (R) : . Bertrand W. Gearhart (R) : . Alfred J. Elliott (D) : . Ernest K. Bramblett (R) : . Richard Nixon (R) : . Norris Poulson (R) : . Helen Gahagan Douglas (D) : . Gordon L. McDonough (R) : . Donald L. Jackson (R) : . Cecil R. King (D) : . Willis W. Bradley (R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : . John Carl Hinshaw (R) : . Harry R. Sheppard (D) : . John R. Phillips (American politician), John R. Phillips (R) : . Charles K. Fletcher (R)


List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . John A. Carroll (D) : . William S. Hill (R) : . John Chenoweth (Colorado politician), John Chenoweth (R) : . Robert F. Rockwell (R)


List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . Antoni Sadlak (R) : . William J. Miller (R) : . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R) : . Ellsworth Foote (R) : . John Davis Lodge (R) : . James T. Patterson (politician), James T. Patterson (R)


List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . J. Caleb Boggs (R)


List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . J. Hardin Peterson (D) : . Emory H. Price (D) : . Bob Sikes (D) : . George Smathers (D) : . Joe Hendricks (D) : . Dwight L. Rogers (D)


List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D) : . Edward E. Cox (D) : . Stephen Pace (politician), Stephen Pace (D) : . Albert Sidney Camp (D) : . James C. Davis (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D) : . William McDonald Wheeler (D) : . John Stephens Wood (D) : . Paul Brown (Georgia politician), Paul Brown (D)


List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: . Abe Goff (R) : . John C. Sanborn (R)


List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . William Stratton (R) : . William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson (D) : . Richard B. Vail (R) : . Fred E. Busbey (R) : . Martin Gorski (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois), Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . Thomas L. Owens (R), until June 7, 1948, vacant thereafter : . Thomas S. Gordon (D) : . Robert Twyman (R) : . Ralph E. Church (R) : . Chauncey W. Reed (R) : . Noah M. Mason (R) : . Leo E. Allen (R) : . Anton J. Johnson (R) : . Robert B. Chiperfield (R) : . Everett Dirksen (R) : .
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 ...
(R) : . Edward H. Jenison (R) : . Rolla C. McMillen (R) : . Sid Simpson (R) : . George Evan Howell (R), until October 5, 1947, vacant thereafter : . Melvin Price (D) : . Charles W. Vursell (R) : . Roy Clippinger (R) : . C. W. Bishop (R)


List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Charles A. Halleck (R) : . Robert A. Grant (R) : . George W. Gillie (R) : . Forest A. Harness (R) : . Noble J. Johnson (R), until July 1, 1948, vacant for remainder of term : . Gerald W. Landis (R) : . E. A. Mitchell (R) : . Earl Wilson (politician), Earl Wilson (R) : . Raymond S. Springer (R), until August 28, 1947 :: Ralph Harvey (R), from November 4, 1947 : . Louis Ludlow (D)


List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Thomas E. Martin (R) : . Henry O. Talle (R) : . John W. Gwynne (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

: . Albert M. Cole (R) : . Errett P. Scrivner (R) : . Herbert Alton Meyer (R) : . Edward Herbert Rees (R) : . Clifford R. Hope (R) : . Wint Smith (R)


List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Noble J. Gregory (D) : . Earle Clements (D), until January 6, 1948 :: John A. Whitaker (D), from April 17, 1948 : . Thruston Ballard Morton (R) : . Frank Chelf (D) : . Brent Spence (D) : . Virgil Chapman (D) : . Wendell H. Meade (R) : . Joe B. Bates (D) : . John M. Robsion (R), until February 17, 1948 :: William Lewis (Kentucky politician), William Lewis (R), from April 24, 1948


List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : . Hale Boggs (D) : . James R. Domengeaux (D) : . Overton Brooks (D) : . Otto Passman (D) : . James H. Morrison (D) : . Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D) : . A. Leonard Allen (D)


List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Robert Hale (Maine), Robert Hale (R) : . Margaret Chase Smith (R) : . Frank Fellows (politician), Frank Fellows (R)


List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Edward Tylor Miller (R) : . Hugh Meade (D) : . Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D), until May 16, 1947 : : . Edward Garmatz (D), from July 15, 1947 : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : . Lansdale G. Sasscer (D) : . James Glenn Beall (R)


List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . John W. Heselton (R) : . Charles Clason (R) : . Philip J. Philbin (D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . George J. Bates (R) : . Thomas J. Lane (D) : . Angier Goodwin (R) : . Charles L. Gifford (R), until August 23, 1947 : : . Donald W. Nicholson (R), from November 18, 1947 : . Christian Herter (R) : . John F. Kennedy (D) : .
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 ...
(D) : . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) : .
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)


List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . George G. Sadowski (D) : . Earl C. Michener (R) : . Paul W. Shafer (R) : . Clare Hoffman (R) : . Bartel J. Jonkman (R) : . William W. Blackney (R) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Fred L. Crawford (R) : . Albert J. Engel (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (R) : . Frederick Van Ness Bradley (R), until May 24, 1947 :: Charles E. Potter (R), from August 26, 1947 : . John B. Bennett (R) : . Howard A. Coffin (R) : . Harold F. Youngblood (R) : . John Dingell Sr. (D) : . John Lesinski Sr. (D) : . George Anthony Dondero (R)


List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . August H. Andresen (R) : . Joseph P. O'Hara (R) : . George MacKinnon (R) : . Edward Devitt (R) : . Walter Judd (politician), Walter Judd (R) : . Harold Knutson (R) : . Herman Carl Andersen (R) : . John Blatnik (DFL) : . Harold Hagen (R)


List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . John E. Rankin (D) : . Jamie Whitten (D) : . William Madison Whittington (D) : . Thomas Abernethy (politician), Thomas Abernethy (D) : . W. Arthur Winstead (D) : . William M. Colmer (D) : . John Bell Williams (D)


List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Samuel W. Arnold (R) : . Max Schwabe (R) : . William Clay Cole (R) : . C. Jasper Bell (D) : . Albert L. Reeves Jr. (R) : . Marion T. Bennett (R) : . Dewey Jackson Short (R) : . Parke M. Banta (R) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Orville Zimmerman (D), until April 7, 1948 :: Paul C. Jones (D), from November 2, 1948 : . Claude I. Bakewell (R) : . Walter C. Ploeser (R) : . Frank M. Karsten (D)


List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . Mike Mansfield (D) : . Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)


List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Carl Curtis (R) : . Howard Buffett (R) : . Karl Stefan (R) : . Arthur L. Miller (R)


List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Charles H. Russell (R)


List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Chester Earl Merrow (R) : . Norris Cotton (R)


List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Charles A. Wolverton (R) : . T. Millet Hand (R) : . James C. Auchincloss (R) : . Frank A. Mathews Jr. (R) : . Charles A. Eaton (R) : . Clifford P. Case (R) : . J. Parnell Thomas (R) : . Gordon Canfield (R) : . Harry L. Towe (R) : . Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R) : . Frank Sundstrom (R) : . Robert Kean (R) : . Mary Teresa Norton (D) : . Edward J. Hart (D)


List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . Georgia Lee Lusk (D) : . Antonio M. Fernández (D)


List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . W. Kingsland Macy (R) : .
Leonard W. Hall Leonard Wood Hall (October 2, 1900 – June 2, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from United States Congressional Delegations from New York, New York from 1939 to 1952. Early ...
(R) : . Henry J. Latham (R) : . Gregory McMahon (R) : . Robert Tripp Ross (R) : . Robert Nodar Jr. (R) : . John J. Delaney (D), until November 18, 1948 :: Vacant thereafter : . Joseph L. Pfeifer (D) : . Eugene James Keogh (D) : . Andrew Lawrence Somers (D) : . James J. Heffernan (D) : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) : . Donald Lawrence O'Toole (D) : . Leo F. Rayfiel (D), until September 13, 1947 :: Abraham J. Multer (D), from November 4, 1947 : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Ellsworth B. Buck (R) : . Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R) : . Vito Marcantonio (AL) : . Arthur George Klein (D) : . Sol Bloom (D) : . Jacob Javits (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Walter A. Lynch (D) : . Benjamin J. Rabin (D), until December 31, 1947 :: Leo Isacson (AL), from February 17, 1948 : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . David M. Potts (politician), David M. Potts (R) : . Ralph W. Gwinn (R) : . Ralph A. Gamble (R) : . Katharine St. George (R) : . Jay Le Fevre (R) : . Bernard W. Kearney (R) : . William T. Byrne (D) : . Dean P. Taylor (R) : . Clarence E. Kilburn (R) : . Hadwen C. Fuller (R) : . R. Walter Riehlman (R) : . Edwin Arthur Hall (R) : . John Taber (R) : . W. Sterling Cole (R) : . Kenneth Keating (R) : . James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) : . Walter G. Andrews (R) : . Edward J. Elsaesser (R) : . John Cornelius Butler (R) : . Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R)


List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D) : . John H. Kerr (D) : . Graham A. Barden (D) : . Harold D. Cooley (D) : . John Hamlin Folger (D) : . Carl T. Durham (D) : . J. Bayard Clark (D) : . Charles B. Deane (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Hamilton C. Jones (D) : . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) : . Monroe Minor Redden (D)


List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . William Lemke (R-NPL) : . Charles R. Robertson (R)


List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . George H. Bender (R) : . Charles H. Elston (R) : . William E. Hess (R) : . Raymond H. Burke (R) : . Robert Franklin Jones (R), until September 2, 1947 :: William Moore McCulloch (R), from November 4, 1947 : . Cliff Clevenger (R) : . Edward O. McCowen (R) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Frederick C. Smith (R) : . Homer A. Ramey (R) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Walter E. Brehm (R) : . John Martin Vorys (R) : . Alvin F. Weichel (R) : . Walter B. Huber (D) : . Percy W. Griffiths (R) : . Henderson H. Carson (R) : . J. Harry McGregor (R) : . Earl R. Lewis (R) : .
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 ...
(D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R)


List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . George B. Schwabe (R) : . William G. Stigler (D) : . Carl Albert (D) : . Glen D. Johnson (D) : . Mike Monroney (D) : . Toby Morris (politician), Toby Morris (D) : . Preston E. Peden (D) : . Ross Rizley (R)


List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . A. Walter Norblad (R) : . Lowell Stockman (R) : . Homer D. Angell (R) : . Harris Ellsworth (R)


List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . James A. Gallagher (R) : . Robert N. McGarvey (R) : . Hardie Scott (R) : . Franklin J. Maloney (R) : . George W. Sarbacher Jr. (R) : . Hugh Scott (R) : . E. Wallace Chadwick (R) : . Charles L. Gerlach (R), until May 5, 1947 :: Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R), from September 9, 1947 : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . James P. Scoblick (R) : . Mitchell Jenkins (R) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (R) : . Wilson D. Gillette (R) : . Robert F. Rich (R) : . Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R) : . Richard M. Simpson (R) : . John C. Kunkel (R) : . Leon H. Gavin (R) : . Francis E. Walter (D) : . Chester H. Gross (R) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . William J. Crow (R) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . Louis E. Graham (R) : . Harve Tibbott (R) : . Augustine B. Kelley (D) : . Carroll D. Kearns (R) : . John McDowell (Pennsylvania politician), John McDowell (R) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . James G. Fulton (R) : . Herman P. Eberharter (D) : . Frank Buchanan (Pennsylvania politician), Frank Buchanan (D)


List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: .
Aime Forand Aime Joseph Forand (May 23, 1895 – January 18, 1972) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Forand served in the United States House of Representatives for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district from 1937 to 1939 and ...
(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) : . James P. Richards (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)


List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Karl E. Mundt (R), until December 30, 1948, vacant thereafter : . Francis H. Case (R)


List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Dayton E. Phillips (R) : . John Jennings (American politician), John Jennings (R) : . Estes Kefauver (D) : . Albert Gore Sr. (D) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Percy Priest (D) : . W. Wirt Courtney (D) : . Tom J. Murray (D) : . Jere Cooper (D) : . Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D)


List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Jesse M. Combs (D) : . Lindley Beckworth (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Joseph Franklin Wilson (D) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . Tom Pickett (D) : . Albert Thomas (American politician), Albert Thomas (D) : . Joseph J. Mansfield (D), until July 12, 1947 :: Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D), from August 23, 1947 : . Lyndon B. Johnson (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Wingate H. Lucas (D) : . Ed Gossett (D) : . John E. Lyle Jr. (D) : . Milton H. West (D), until October 28, 1948 :: Lloyd Bentsen (D), from December 4, 1948 : . R. Ewing Thomason (D), until July 31, 1947 :: Kenneth M. Regan (D), from August 23, 1947 : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Eugene Worley (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Paul J. Kilday (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D)


List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Walter K. Granger (D) : . William A. Dawson (R)


List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Charles Albert Plumley (R)


List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . S. Otis Bland (D) : . Porter Hardy Jr. (D) : . J. Vaughan Gary (D) : . Patrick H. Drewry (D), until December 21, 1947 :: Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D), from February 17, 1948 : . Thomas B. Stanley (D) : . J. Lindsay Almond (D), until April 17, 1948 :: Clarence G. Burton (D), from November 2, 1948 : . Burr Harrison (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)


List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Homer Jones (politician), Homer Jones (R) : . Henry M. Jackson (D) : . Fred B. Norman (R), until April 18, 1947 :: Russell V. Mack (R), from June 7, 1947 : . Hal Holmes (R) : . Walt Horan (R) : . Thor C. Tollefson (R)


List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Francis J. Love (R) : . Melvin C. Snyder (R) : . Edward G. Rohrbough (R) : . Hubert S. Ellis (R) : . John Kee (D) : . E. H. Hedrick (D)


List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Lawrence H. Smith (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (R), from April 22, 1947 : . William H. Stevenson (R) : . John C. Brophy (R) : . Charles J. Kersten (R) : . Frank B. Keefe (R) : . Reid F. Murray (R) : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Merlin Hull (R) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)


List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Frank A. Barrett (R)


Non-voting members

: . Bob Bartlett (D) : . Joseph Rider Farrington (R) : . Antonio Fernós-Isern (Resident Commissioner) (PPD)


Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress


Senate

There were 3 deaths, 2 resignations, and one lost mid-term election. , - ,
Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

(1) , ,
Theodore G. Bilbo Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (October 13, 1877 – August 21, 1947) was an American politician who twice served as governor of Mississippi (1916–1920, 1928–1932) and later was elected a U.S. Senator (1935–1947). A lifelong Democrat, he was a fil ...
(D) , Died August 21, 1947.
Successor was United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 1947, elected November 17, 1947. , , John C. Stennis (D) , November 17, 1947 , - ,
Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

(3) , ,
John H. Overton John Holmes Overton Sr. (September 17, 1875 – May 14, 1948), was an attorney and Democratic US Representative and US Senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th distri ...
(D) , Died May 14, 1948.
Successor was appointed to continue the term. , ,
William C. Feazel William Crosson Feazel (June 10, 1895 - March 16, 1965) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born near Farmerville, Louisiana, Farmerville in Union Parish, he attended the public schools and engaged as an independent oil and gas producer. ...
(D) , May 18, 1948 , - , List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota
(2) , , Harlan J. Bushfield (R) , Died September 27, 1948.
Successor was appointed to finish the term. , , Vera C. Bushfield (R) , October 6, 1948 , - , List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota
(2) , , Vera C. Bushfield (R) , Interim appointee resigned December 26, 1948.
Successor was appointed to finish the term. , , Karl E. Mundt (R) , December 31, 1948 , - ,
Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

(3) , ,
William C. Feazel William Crosson Feazel (June 10, 1895 - March 16, 1965) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born near Farmerville, Louisiana, Farmerville in Union Parish, he attended the public schools and engaged as an independent oil and gas producer. ...
(D) , Interim appointee retired when successor elected.
Successor was United States Senate special election in Louisiana, 1947, elected December 31, 1948. , ,
Russell B. Long Russell Billiu Long (November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987. Because of his seniority, he advanced to chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, servin ...
(D) , December 31, 1948 , - , List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
(2) , , William B. Umstead (D) , Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor was United States Senate special election in North Carolina, 1947, elected December 31, 1948. , , J. Melville Broughton (D) , December 31, 1948


House of Representatives

There were 9 deaths and 7 resignations. , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" ,
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 ...
resigned in previous Congress after being elected to the US Senate having been re-elected as well. , , Robert E. Jones Jr. (D) , Seated January 28, 1947 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Representative Robert Kirkland Henry died during previous Congress having been previously re-elected. , , Glenn Robert Davis (R) , Seated April 22, 1947 , - , , , Fred B. Norman (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 18, 1947 , , Russell V. Mack (R) , Seated June 7, 1947 , - , , , Charles L. Gerlach (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 5, 1947 , , Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R) , Seated September 9, 1947 , - , , , Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 16, 1947, after being elected Mayor of Baltimore , , Edward Garmatz (D) , Seated July 15, 1947 , - , , , Frederick Van Ness Bradley (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 24, 1947 , , Charles E. Potter (R) , Seated August 26, 1947 , - , , , Joseph J. Mansfield (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 12, 1947 , , Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D) , Seated August 23, 1947 , - , , , R. Ewing Thomason (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 31, 1947, after being appointed as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, US District Court for the Western District of Texas , , Kenneth M. Regan (D) , Seated August 23, 1947 , - , , , Charles L. Gifford (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 23, 1947 , , Donald W. Nicholson (R) , Seated November 18, 1947 , - , , , Raymond S. Springer (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 28, 1947 , , Ralph Harvey (R) , Seated November 4, 1947 , - , , , Robert Franklin Jones (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 2, 1947, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission , , William Moore McCulloch (R) , Seated November 4, 1947 , - , , , Leo F. Rayfiel (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 13, 1947, having been appointed a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York , , Abraham J. Multer (D) , Seated November 4, 1947 , - , , , George Evan Howell (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 5, 1947, after being appointed judge of the United States Court of Claims, US Court of Claims , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress , - , , , Patrick H. Drewry (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 21, 1947 , , Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D) , Seated February 17, 1948 , - , , , Benjamin J. Rabin (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1947 , , Leo Isacson (AL) , Seated February 17, 1948 , - , , , Earle Clements (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 6, 1948, to become Governor of Kentucky , , John A. Whitaker (D) , Seated April 17, 1948 , - , , , John M. Robsion (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died February 17, 1948 , , William Lewis (Kentucky politician), William Lewis (R) , Seated April 24, 1948 , - , , , Orville Zimmerman (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 7, 1948 , , Paul C. Jones (D) , Seated November 2, 1948 , - , , , J. Lindsay Almond (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned April 17, 1948, having been elected attorney General of Virginia , , Clarence G. Burton (D) , Seated November 2, 1948 , - , , , Thomas L. Owens (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 7, 1948 , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress , - , , , Noble J. Johnson (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 1, 1948, after being appointed as judge of US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress , - , , , Milton H. West (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 28, 1948 , , Lloyd Bentsen (D) , Seated December 4, 1948 , - , , , John J. Delaney (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died November 18, 1948 , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress , - , , , Karl E. Mundt (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1948, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected. , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress


Committees


Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Arthur Capper Arthur Capper (July 14, 1865 – December 19, 1951) was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th governor of Kansas (the first born in the state) from 1915 to 1919 and a United States senator from 1919 to 1949. He also owned a radio ...
; Ranking Member: Elmer Thomas) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Chan Gurney; Ranking Member: Millard E. Tydings) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles W. Tobey; Ranking Member: Robert F. Wagner) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman: William Langer; Ranking Member: Dennis Chavez) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: C. Douglass Buck; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: George D. Aiken; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Eugene D. Millikin; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Arthur H. Vandenberg; Ranking Member: Tom Connally) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
Wallace H. White Jr. Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (August 6, 1877March 31, 1952) was an American politician and Republican leader in the United States Congress from 1917 until 1949. White was from the U.S. state of Maine and served in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, Investigate the National Defense Program (Special) (Chairman:
Owen Brewster Ralph Owen Brewster (February 22, 1888 – December 25, 1961) was an Politics of the United States, American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, served as the List of governors of Maine, 54th Governor ...
) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Alexander Wiley; Ranking Member:
Pat McCarran Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was an American farmer, attorney, judge, and Democratic politician who represented Nevada in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1954. McCarran was born in Reno, Nevada, atte ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Elbert D. Thomas) * United States Senate Special Committee on Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Resources (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
Hugh A. Butler Hugh Alfred Butler (February 28, 1878July 1, 1954) was an American United States Republican Party, Republican politician from Nebraska Life and career Hugh Butler was born on a farm near Missouri Valley, Iowa on February 28, 1878. He graduated ...
; Ranking Member: Carl A. Hatch) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: W. Chapman Revercomb; Ranking Member:
John H. Overton John Holmes Overton Sr. (September 17, 1875 – May 14, 1948), was an attorney and Democratic US Representative and US Senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th distri ...
) * United States Senate Special Committee on Remodeling the Senate Chamber, Remodeling the Senate Chamber (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chairman: C. Wayland Brooks; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Special Committee on Small Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises (Special) (Chairman:
Kenneth S. Wherry Kenneth Spicer Wherry (February 28, 1892November 29, 1951) was an American businessman, attorney, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1943 until his death in 1951; he was the minorit ...
) * Committee of the whole, Whole


House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Clifford R. Hope; Ranking Member: John W. Flannagan Jr.) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: John Taber; Ranking Member: Clarence Cannon) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Walter G. Andrews; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Jesse P. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Brent Spence) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Everett M. Dirksen; Ranking Member: John L. McMillan) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: Fred A. Hartley Jr.; Ranking Member: John Lesinski Sr., John Lesinski) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: Clare E. Hoffman; Ranking Member: Carter Manasco) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Charles Aubrey Eaton; Ranking Member: Sol Bloom) * United States House Select Committee on Foreign Aid, Foreign Aid (Select) (Chairman: Charles Aubrey Eaton) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chairman: Karl M. LeCompte; Ranking Member: Mary Teresa Norton) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate Commodity Transactions, Investigate Commodity Transactions (Select) (Chairman: August H. Andresen) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate Federal Communications Commission, Investigate Federal Communications Commission (Select) (Chairman: Forest A. Harness) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Charles A. Wolverton; Ranking Member: Clarence F. Lea) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Earl C. Michener; Ranking Member: Emanuel Celler) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Alvin F. Weichel; Ranking Member: S. Otis Bland) * United States House Select Committee on Newsprint and Paper Supply, Newsprint and Paper Supply (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) * 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 Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Richard J. Welch; Ranking Member: Andrew L. Somers) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: George Anthony Dondero; Ranking Member: Joseph J. Mansfield then William M. Whittington) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Leo E. Allen; Ranking Member: Adolph J. Sabath) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Walter C. Ploeser) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Un-American Activities, Un-American Activities (Chairman: J. Parnell Thomas; Ranking Member: John S. Wood) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Edith Nourse Rogers; Ranking Member: John E. Rankin) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Harold Knutson; Ranking Member: Robert L. Doughton) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole


Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chairman: Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper; Vice Chairman: Rep. W. Sterling Cole) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chairman: Sen.
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 ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers * United States Congress Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation, Foreign Economic Cooperation * United States Congress Joint Committee on Housing, Housing * United States Congress Joint Committee on Labor Management Relations, Labor Management Relations * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, Legislative Budget * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen. C. Wayland Brooks) * United States Congress Joint Committee on to Study Pacific Islands, To Study Pacific Islands * 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 Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Selective Service Deferments, Selective Service Deferments * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Harold Knutson; 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 * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver * Comptroller General of the United States: Lindsay C. Warren * Librarian of Congress: Luther H. Evans * Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack, until 1948 ** John J. Deviny, from 1948


Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Peter Marshall (preacher), Peter Marshall (Presbyterianism, Presbyterian) * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins (Senate Parliamentarian), Charles Watkins * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: George W. Straubinger * Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: J. Mark Trice * 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: Edward F. McGinnis


House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodism, Methodist) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: John Andrews (House clerk), John Andrews * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: M. L. Meletio * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Frank Collier (Postmaster), Frank W. Collier, until October 15, 1948; vacant thereafter * 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


See also

* United States elections, 1946 (elections leading to this Congress) ** United States Senate elections, 1946 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1946 * United States elections, 1948 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1948 United States presidential election ** United States Senate elections, 1948 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1948 *
Turnip Day Session The Turnip Day Session (or "Turnip Day" session) was a special session of the 80th Congress that began on July 26, 1948 and ended on August 3. President Harry Truman called Congress to convene on that date during his acceptance speech two weeks ear ...
(July–August 1948)


Notes


External links

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