The 81st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

and the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

. It met in

Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1951, during the fifth and sixth years of Harry S. Truman's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. The Democrats won back the majority in both chambers, and with the election of

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...

to his own full term in office, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta.

Major events

* January 20, 1949: President

began his second (only full) term. * August 16, 1949: Office of

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the presiding officer of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces Chairman: app ...

created * January 21, 1950: Accused communist spy

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 ...

was convicted of perjury * January 31, 1950: President Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949 * June 27, 1950:

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

: President Truman ordered American military forces to aid in the defense of South Korea

Major legislation

* June 20, 1949:

Central Intelligence Agency Act The Central Intelligence Agency Act, , is a United States federal law enacted in 1949. The Act, also called the "CIA Act of 1949" or "Public Law 110" permitted the Central Intelligence Agency to use confidential fiscal and administrative proced ...

, ch. 227, , * October 25, 1949:

Hospital Survey and Construction Amendments of 1949 A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency ...

, ch. 722, , * October 26, 1949:

Fair Labor Standards Amendment The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppr ...

, ch. 736, , , * October 31, 1949:

Agricultural Act of 1949 The Agricultural Act of 1949 () is a United States federal law (7 U.S.C. 1431) that is known as the "permanent legislation" of U.S. agricultural policy and is, in its amended form, still in effect. The Act was enacted on October 31, 1949. The p ...

, ch. 792, * May 5, 1950:

Uniform Code of Military Justice The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 801–946 is the foundation of military law in the United States. It was established by the United States Congress in accordance with the authority given by the United States Constitution ...

, ch. 169, * May 10, 1950:

National Science Foundation Act The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National I ...

, ch. 171, , , * August 15, 1950:

Omnibus Medical Research Act Omnibus may refer to: Film and television * ''Omnibus'' (film) * Omnibus (broadcast), a compilation of Radio or TV episodes * ''Omnibus'' (UK TV series), an arts-based documentary programme * ''Omnibus'' (U.S. TV series), an educational progr ...

, , (including

Public Health Services Act Amendments In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

, which established the

National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is a part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). It conducts and funds research on brain and nervous system disorders and has a budget of just over US$2.03 billion. The ...

) * September 8, 1950: Defense Production Act of 1950, , * September 12, 1950:

Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 A budget is a calculation play, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including time, costs and expenses, environmenta ...

, ch. 946, * September 23, 1950:

McCarran Internal Security Act The Internal Security Act of 1950, (Public Law 81-831), also known as the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, the McCarran Act after its principal sponsor Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nevada), or the Concentration Camp Law, is a United States fede ...

(including

Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 The Internal Security Act of 1950, (Public Law 81-831), also known as the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, the McCarran Act after its principal sponsor Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nevada), or the Concentration Camp Law, is a United States fede ...

), ch. 1024, , * September 30, 1950:

Performance Rating Act A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Management science In the work place ...

, ch. 1123, * December 29, 1950:

Celler–Kefauver Act The Celler–Kefauver Act is a United States federal law passed in 1950 that reformed and strengthened the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, which had amended the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. The Celler–Kefauver Act was passed to close a loophol ...

( Anti-Merger Act), ch. 1184, * January 12, 1951:

Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

, ch. 1228, (codified in 50 U.S.C. App., her

Treaties

* July 21, 1949: North Atlantic Treaty ratified, establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Hearings

* May 11, 1950:

Kefauver Committee The United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce was a special committee of the United States Senate which existed from 1950 to 1951 and which investigated organized crime which crossed state borders in the U ...

hearings into U.S. organized crime began

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

: Vacant until January 20, 1949 **

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), from January 20, 1949 *

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". ...

: Kenneth McKellar (D)

Majority (Democratic) 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.

: Scott W. Lucas *

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 ...

Francis J. Myers Francis John Myers (December 18, 1901 – July 5, 1956) was an American teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician. He represented most of West Philadelphia and Southwest Philadelphia in the United States House of Representatives from 1 ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Brien McMahon * Policy Committee Chairman: Scott W. Lucas

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

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 ...

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 ...

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 List of Governors of Massachusetts, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twent ...

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 Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

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:

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 ...

* Policy Committee Chairman: Robert A. Taft

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: ** In ...

Sam Rayburn Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time ...

(D)

Majority (Democratic) 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.

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 ...

Percy Priest James Percy Priest (April 1, 1900 – October 12, 1956) was an American teacher, journalist and politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 until his death. Background Priest was born in Carte ...

* Democratic Caucus Chairman:

Francis E. Walter Francis Eugene Walter (May 26, 1894 – May 31, 1963) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Walter was a prominent member of the House Un-American Activities Committee ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary:

Chase G. Woodhouse Chase Going Woodhouse (March 3, 1890 – December 12, 1984) was a prominent feminist leader, suffragist, and educator. She served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the Second Congressional District of Connectic ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

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 ...

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 ...

Roy O. Woodruff Roy Orchard Woodruff (March 14, 1876 – February 12, 1953) was a politician, soldier, printer, and dentist from the U.S. state of Michigan. Woodruff was born of English and Scottish ancestry to Charles Woodruff and Electa A. (Wallace) Woodruff ...

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

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 ...

Caucuses

* House Democratic Caucus * Senate Democratic Caucus

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Senators are ordered first by state, and then by seniority. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1950; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1952; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1954.

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 (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. Ernest McFarland (D) : 3. Carl Hayden (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 (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 (R) : 3.

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 ...

(D), until November 30, 1950 ::

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 December 1, 1950

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.

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 ...

(R), until December 16, 1949 :: William Benton (D), from December 17, 1949 : 3. Brien McMahon (D)

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. Joseph Allen Frear Jr. (March 7, 1903 – January 15, 1993) was an American businessman and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Delaware from 1949 to 1961. He was defeated for a third term by Republican politician J ...

(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.

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 Mia ...

(D)

Georgia

: 2.

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 almos ...

(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. Bert H. Miller (D), until October 8, 1949 :: Henry Dworshak (R), from October 14, 1949 : 3. Glen H. Taylor (D)

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 (D) : 3. Scott W. Lucas (D)

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 William Ezra Jenner (July 21, 1908 – March 9, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Indiana. A Republican, Jenner was an Indiana state senator from 1934 to 1942, and a U.S. Senator from 1944 to 1945 and again from 19 ...

(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 Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper (July 21, 1896 – September 4, 1971), was an American politician and member of the Republican Party, first elected to statewide office in Iowa as lieutenant governor, serving from 1939 to 1943 and then as the 29 ...

(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. Clyde M. Reed (R), until November 8, 1949 :: Harry Darby (R), December 2, 1949 - November 28, 1950 :: Frank Carlson (R), from November 29, 1950

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 ...

: 2.

Virgil Chapman Virgil Munday Chapman (March 15, 1895March 8, 1951) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate. Chapman, originally from Middleton, ...

(D) : 3.

(D), until January 19, 1949 ::

Garrett Withers Garrett Lee Withers (June 21, 1884 – April 30, 1953) was an American politician and lawyer. As a Democrat, he represented Kentucky in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Withers was born on a farm in Webster Co ...

(D), January 20, 1949 - November 26, 1950 :: Earle Clements (D), from November 27, 1950

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. Owen Brewster (R) : 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

List of United States senators from Maryland, Maryland

: 1. Herbert O'Conor (D) : 3. Millard Tydings (D)

List of United States senators from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

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

(R)

List of United States senators from Michigan, Michigan

: 1. Arthur Vandenberg (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. James P. Kem (R) : 3. Forrest C. Donnell (R)

List of United States senators from Montana, Montana

: 1. Zales Ecton (R) : 2. James E. Murray (D)

List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska

: 1. Hugh A. Butler (R) : 2.

(R)

List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada

: 1. George W. Malone (R) : 3. Pat McCarran (D)

List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: 2.

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

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. Robert F. Wagner (D), until June 28, 1949 :: John Foster Dulles (R), July 7, 1949 - November 8, 1949 :: Herbert H. Lehman (D), from November 9, 1949

List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. J. Melville Broughton (D), until March 6, 1949 :: Frank Porter Graham (D), March 29, 1949 - November 26, 1950 :: Willis Smith (D), from November 27, 1950 : 3. Clyde R. Hoey (D)

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. Robert A. Taft (R)

List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: 2. Robert S. Kerr (D) : 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.

(D)

List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. J. Howard McGrath (D), until August 23, 1949 :: Edward L. Leahy (D), August 24, 1949 - December 18, 1950 :: John Pastore (D), from December 19, 1950 : 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. Karl E. Mundt (R) : 3. John Chandler Gurney (R)

List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Kenneth McKellar (D) : 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Tom Connally (D) : 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (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. Matthew M. Neely (D)

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. Lester C. Hunt (D) 81st 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) : . Sam Hobbs (D) : . Albert Rains (D) : . Edward deGraffenried (D) : . Carl Elliott (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D) : . Laurie C. Battle (D)

List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona

: . John R. Murdock (politician), John R. Murdock (D) : . Harold Patten (D)

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : . James William Trimble (D) : . Boyd Anderson Tackett (D) : . Brooks Hays (D) : . William F. Norrell (D) : . Oren Harris (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . Hubert B. Scudder (R) : . Clair Engle (D) : . J. Leroy Johnson (R) : . Franck R. Havenner (D) : . Richard J. Welch (R), until September 10, 1949 :: John F. Shelley (D), from November 8, 1949 : . George P. Miller (D) : . John J. Allen Jr. (R) : . Jack Z. Anderson (R) : . Cecil F. White (D) : . Thomas H. Werdel (R) : . Ernest K. Bramblett (R) : .

(R), until November 30, 1950 : . Norris Poulson (R) : . Helen Gahagan Douglas (D) : . Gordon L. McDonough (R) : . Donald L. Jackson (R) : . Cecil R. King (D) : . Clyde Doyle (D) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : . John Carl Hinshaw (R) : . Harry R. Sheppard (D) : . John R. Phillips (American politician), John R. Phillips (R) : . Clinton D. McKinnon (D)

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . John A. Carroll (D) : . William S. Hill (R) : . John H. Marsalis (D) : . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . Antoni Sadlak (R) : . Abraham Ribicoff (D) : .

(D) : . John A. McGuire (D) : . 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) : . Charles E. Bennett (politician), Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Bob Sikes (D) : . George Smathers (D) : . Syd Herlong (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

: . Compton I. White (D) : . John C. Sanborn (R)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson (D) : . Barratt O'Hara (D) : . Neil J. Linehan (D) : . James V. Buckley (D) : . Martin Gorski (D), until December 4, 1949 : . Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois politician), Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . Thomas S. Gordon (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Richard W. Hoffman (R) : . Chester A. Chesney (D) : . Edgar A. Jonas (R) : . Ralph E. Church (R), until March 21, 1950 : . 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) : . Rolla C. McMillen (R) : . Edward H. Jenison (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) : . Thurman C. Crook (D) : . Edward H. Kruse (D) : . John R. Walsh (D) : . Cecil M. Harden (R) : . James Ellsworth Noland (D) : . Winfield K. Denton (D) : . Earl Wilson (politician), Earl Wilson (R) : . Ralph Harvey (R) : . Andrew Jacobs (lawyer), Andrew Jacobs (D)

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 H. 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), until October 2, 1950 :: Myron V. George (R), from November 7, 1950 : . Edward Herbert Rees (R) : . Clifford R. Hope (R) : . Wint Smith (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Noble J. Gregory (D) : . John A. Whitaker (D) : . Thruston Ballard Morton (R) : . Frank Chelf (D) : . Brent Spence (D) : . Thomas R. Underwood (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D) : . Joe B. Bates (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) : . Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D) : . A. Leonard Allen (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Robert Hale (Maine), Robert Hale (R) : . Charles P. Nelson (congressman), Charles P. Nelson (R) : . Frank Fellows (politician), Frank Fellows (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Edward Tylor Miller (R) : . William P. Bolton (D) : . Edward Garmatz (D) : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : . Lansdale G. Sasscer (D) : . James Glenn Beall (R)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . John W. Heselton (R) : . Foster Furcolo (D) : . Philip J. Philbin (D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . George J. Bates (R), until November 1, 1949 :: William H. Bates (R), from February 14, 1950 : . Thomas J. Lane (D) : . Angier Goodwin (R) : . Donald W. Nicholson (R) : . Christian Herter (R) : . John F. Kennedy (D) : .

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

(R)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . George G. Sadowski (D) : . Earl C. Michener (R) : . Paul W. Shafer (R) : . Clare Hoffman (R) : . Gerald Ford (R) : . William W. Blackney (R) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Fred L. Crawford (R) : . Albert J. Engel (R) : .

(R) : . Charles E. Potter (R) : . John B. Bennett (R) : . George D. O'Brien (D) : . Louis C. Rabaut (D) : . John Dingell Sr. (D) : . John Lesinski Sr. (D), until May 27, 1950 : . 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

: . 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

: . Clare Magee (D) : . Morgan M. Moulder (D) : . Phil J. Welch (D) : . Leonard Irving (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . George H. Christopher (D) : . Dewey Jackson Short (R) : . A. S. J. Carnahan (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Paul C. Jones (D) : . John B. Sullivan (D) : . Raymond W. Karst (D) : . 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) : . Eugene D. O'Sullivan (D) : . Karl Stefan (R) : . Arthur L. Miller (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)

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) : . Charles R. Howell (D) : . Charles A. Eaton (R) : . Clifford P. Case (R) : . J. Parnell Thomas (R), until January 2, 1950 :: William B. Widnall (R), from February 6, 1950 : . Gordon Canfield (R) : . Harry L. Towe (R) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D) : . Robert Kean (R) : . Mary Teresa Norton (D) : . Edward J. Hart (D)

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . John E. Miles (D) : . Antonio M. Fernández (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . W. Kingsland Macy (R) : .

(R) : . Henry J. Latham (R) : . L. Gary Clemente (D) : . T. Vincent Quinn (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Louis B. Heller (D), from February 15, 1949 : . Joseph L. Pfeifer (D) : . Eugene James Keogh (D) : . Andrew Lawrence Somers (D), until April 6, 1949 :: Edna F. Kelly (D), from November 8, 1949 : . James J. Heffernan (D) : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) : . Donald Lawrence O'Toole (D) : . Abraham J. Multer (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . James J. Murphy (D) : . Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R) : . Vito Marcantonio (AL) : . Arthur George Klein (D) : . Sol Bloom (D), until March 7, 1949 :: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (Liberal Party of New York, Lib.), from May 17, 1949 : . Jacob Javits (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Walter A. Lynch (D) : . Isidore Dollinger (D) : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . Christopher C. McGrath (D) : . 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) : . John C. Davies II (D) : . R. Walter Riehlman (R) : . Edwin Arthur Hall (R) : . John Taber (R) : . W. Sterling Cole (R) : . Kenneth Keating (R) : . James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) : . William L. Pfeiffer (R) : . Anthony F. Tauriello (D) : . Chester C. Gorski (D) : . 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) : . Richard Thurmond Chatham (D) : . Carl T. Durham (D) : . Frank Ertel Carlyle (D) : . Charles B. Deane (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Hamilton C. Jones (D) : . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D), until August 31, 1950 :: Woodrow W. Jones (D), from November 7, 1950 : . Monroe Minor Redden (D)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . William Lemke (R), until May 30, 1950 : . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Charles H. Elston (R) : . Earl T. Wagner (D) : . Edward G. Breen (D) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Cliff Clevenger (R) : . James G. Polk (D) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Frederick C. Smith (R) : . Thomas Henry Burke (politician), Thomas H. Burke (D) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Walter E. Brehm (R) : . John Martin Vorys (R) : . Alvin F. Weichel (R) : . Walter B. Huber (D) : . Robert T. Secrest (D) : . John McSweeney (Ohio politician), John McSweeney (D) : . J. Harry McGregor (R) : . Wayne Hays (D) : . Michael J. Kirwan (D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R) : . Stephen M. Young (D)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . Dixie Gilmer (D) : . William G. Stigler (D) : . Carl Albert (D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . Mike Monroney (D) : . Toby Morris (politician), Toby Morris (D) : . Victor Wickersham (D) : . George H. Wilson (D)

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

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . William T. Granahan (D) : . Hardie Scott (R) : . Earl Chudoff (D) : . William J. Green Jr. (D) : . Hugh Scott (R) : . Benjamin F. James (R) : . Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R) : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . Harry P. O'Neill (D) : . Dan Flood (D) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . George M. Rhodes (D) : . 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) : .

(D) : . James F. Lind (D) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . Anthony Cavalcante (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . Louis E. Graham (R) : . Robert L. Coffey (D), until April 20, 1949 :: John P. Saylor (R), from September 13, 1949 : . Augustine B. Kelley (D) : . Carroll D. Kearns (R) : . Harry J. Davenport (D) : . 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 (D) : . John E. Fogarty (D)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D) : . Hugo S. Sims Jr. (D) : . James Butler Hare (D) : . Joseph R. Bryson (D) : . James P. Richards (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Harold Lovre (R) : . Francis H. Case (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Dayton E. Phillips (R) : . John Jennings (American politician), John Jennings (R) : . James B. Frazier Jr. (D) : . Albert Gore Sr. (D) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : .

(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

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Jesse M. Combs (D) : . Lindley Beckworth (D) : .

(D) : . Joseph Franklin Wilson (D) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . Tom Pickett (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) : . Ed Gossett (D) : . John E. Lyle Jr. (D) : . Lloyd Bentsen (D) : . Kenneth M. Regan (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Eugene Worley (D), until April 3, 1950 :: Ben H. Guill (R), from May 6, 1950 : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Paul J. Kilday (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Walter K. Granger (D) : . Reva Beck Bosone (D)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Charles Albert Plumley (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . S. Otis Bland (D), until February 16, 1950 :: Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D), from May 2, 1950 : . Porter Hardy Jr. (D) : . J. Vaughan Gary (D) : . Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D) : . Thomas B. Stanley (D) : . Clarence G. Burton (D) : . Burr Harrison (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . Thomas B. Fugate (D)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Hugh Mitchell (politician), Hugh Mitchell (D) : . Henry M. Jackson (D) : . Russell V. Mack (R) : . Hal Holmes (R) : . Walt Horan (R) : . Thor C. Tollefson (R)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Robert L. Ramsay (politician), Robert L. Ramsay (D) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . Cleveland M. Bailey (D) : . Maurice G. Burnside (D) : . John Kee (D) : . E. H. Hedrick (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) : . Andrew Biemiller (D) : . 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), until December 31, 1950

Non-voting members

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

Changes in membership

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

Senate

, - ,

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 ...

(3) , nowrap ,

(D) , Incumbent resigned January 19, 1949, to become U.S. Vice President.
Successor appointed January 20, 1949, to finish the term. , nowrap ,

(D) , January 20, 1949 , - , List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
(2) , nowrap , J. Melville Broughton (D) , Incumbent died March 6, 1949.
Successor appointed March 29, 1949, to continue the term. , nowrap , Frank Porter Graham (D) , March 29, 1949 , - , List of United States senators from New York, New York
(3) , nowrap , Robert F. Wagner (D) , Incumbent resigned June 28, 1949, due to ill health.
Successor appointed July 7, 1949, to continue the term. , nowrap , John Foster Dulles (R) , July 7, 1949 , - , List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
(1) , nowrap , J. Howard McGrath (D) , Incumbent resigned August 23, 1949, to become U.S. Attorney General.
Successor appointed to continue the term. , nowrap , Edward L. Leahy (D) , August 24, 1949 , - ,

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) , nowrap , Bert H. Miller (D) , Incumbent died October 8, 1949.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
Successor later United States Senate special election in Idaho, 1950, elected November 7, 1950. , nowrap , Henry Dworshak (R) , October 14, 1949 , - ,

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 ...

(3) , nowrap , Clyde M. Reed (R) , Incumbent died November 8, 1949.
Successor appointed to continue the term. , nowrap , Harry Darby (R) , December 2, 1949 , - , List of United States senators from New York, New York
(3) , nowrap , John Foster Dulles (R) , Interim appointee lost November 8, 1949, election to finish the term.
Successor United States Senate special election in New York, 1949, elected November 8, 1949. , nowrap , Herbert H. Lehman (D) , November 9, 1949 , - ,

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) , nowrap ,

(R) , Incumbent resigned December 16, 1949.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
Successor later United States Senate special election in Connecticut, 1950, elected November 7, 1950. , nowrap , William Benton (D) , December 17, 1949 , - ,

(3) , nowrap ,

(D) , Interim appointee resigned November 26, 1950, to trigger special election.
Successor United States Senate special election in Kentucky, 1950, elected November 7, 1950. , nowrap , Earle Clements (D) , November 27, 1950 , - , List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
(2) , nowrap , Frank Porter Graham (D) , Interim appointee lost November 7, 1950, election to finish the term.
Successor United States Senate special election in North Carolina, 1950, elected November 7, 1950. , nowrap , Willis Smith (D) , November 27, 1950 , - ,

(3) , nowrap , Harry Darby (R) , Interim appointee retired November 28, 1950, when successor elected.
Successor United States Senate special election in Kansas, 1950, elected November 29, 1950. , nowrap , Frank Carlson (R) , November 29, 1950 , - ,

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 ...

(3) , nowrap ,

(D) , Incumbent resigned November 30, 1950, due to ill health.
Successor appointed to finish term, having already been elected to the next term. , nowrap ,

(R) , December 1, 1950 , - , List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
(1) , nowrap , Edward L. Leahy (D) , Interim appointee retired December 18, 1950, when successor elected.
Successor United States Senate special election in Rhode Island, 1950, elected December 19, 1950. , nowrap , John Pastore (D) , December 19, 1950

House of Representatives

, - , , Vacant , Rep. John J. Delaney died during previous congress , nowrap , Louis B. Heller (D) , February 15, 1949 , - , , nowrap , Sol Bloom (D) , Died March 7, 1949. , , , May 17, 1949 , - , , nowrap , Andrew Lawrence Somers (D) , Died April 6, 1949. , nowrap , Edna F. Kelly (D) , November 8, 1949 , - , , nowrap , Robert L. Coffey (D) , Died April 20, 1949. , nowrap , John P. Saylor (R) , September 13, 1949 , - , , nowrap , Richard J. Welch (R) , Died September 10, 1949. , nowrap , John F. Shelley (D) , November 8, 1949 , - , , nowrap , George J. Bates (R) , Died November 1, 1949. , nowrap , William H. Bates (R) , February 14, 1950 , - , , nowrap , Martin Gorski (D) , Died December 4, 1949. , Vacant , Not filled for the remainder of this term , - , , nowrap , J. Parnell Thomas (R) , Resigned January 2, 1950, following conviction on charges of salary fraud. , nowrap , William B. Widnall (R) , February 6, 1950 , - , , nowrap , S. Otis Bland (D) , Died February 16, 1950. , nowrap , Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D) , May 2, 1950 , - , , nowrap , Ralph E. Church (R) , Died March 21, 1950. , Vacant , Not filled for the remainder of this term , - , , nowrap , Eugene Worley (D) , Resigned April 3, 1950, to become associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. , nowrap , Ben H. Guill (R) , May 6, 1950 , - , , nowrap , John Lesinski Sr. (D) , Died May 27, 1950. , Vacant , Not filled for the remainder of this term , - , , nowrap , William Lemke (R) , Died May 30, 1950. , Vacant , Not filled for the remainder of this term , - , , nowrap , Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) , Died August 31, 1950. , nowrap , Woodrow W. Jones (D) , November 7, 1950 , - , , nowrap , Herbert Alton Meyer (R) , Died October 2, 1950. , nowrap , Myron V. George (R) , November 7, 1950 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , Resigned November 30, 1950, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected. , Vacant , Not filled for the remainder of this term , - , , nowrap , Frank A. Barrett (R) , Resigned December 31, 1950, after being elected Governor of Wyoming. , Vacant , Not filled for the remainder of this term

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Elmer Thomas; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Burnet R. Maybank; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: John J. Williams) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Joseph R. McCarthy) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Eugene D. Millikin) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg) * United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Ranking Member: Hugh A. Butler, Hugh Butler) * United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security, Subcommittee on Internal Security * United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Pat McCarran; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: Elbert D. Thomas; Ranking Member: Robert A. Taft) * United States Senate Select Committee on Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce (Select) * 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: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: William Langer) * 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: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) * United States Senate Special Committee on Small Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises (Special) * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Dewey Jackson Short) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: George J. Bates) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: John Lesinski Sr., John Lesinski; Ranking Member: Samuel K. McConnell Jr.) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: John Kee; Ranking Member: Charles Aubrey Eaton) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Karl M. LeCompte) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate Educational, Training, and Loan Guaranty Programs under the G.I. Bill, Investigate Educational, Training, and Loan Guaranty Programs under the G.I. Bill (Select) (Chairman: Olin E. Teague) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate the Use of Chemicals in Food and Cosmetics, Investigate the Use of Chemicals in Food and Cosmetics (Select) (Chairman: N/A) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Robert Crosser; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking: Earl C. Michener) * United States House Select Committee on Lobbying Activities, Lobbying Activities (Select) (Chairman: Frank Buchanan (Pennsylvania politician), Frank Buchanan) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Alvin F. Weichel) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rees) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: J. Hardin Peterson; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch then Fred L. Crawford) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: William M. Whittington; Ranking Member: George Anthony Dondero) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman) * 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: John S. Wood; Ranking Member: J. Parnell Thomas) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chairman: Sen. Brien McMahon; Vice Chairman: Rep. Carl T. Durham) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Defense Production, Defense Production * 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 (Chairman: Sen. Pat McCarran) * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chairman: Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Vice Chairman: Rep. Edward J. Hart) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Labor Management Relations, Labor Management Relations (Chairman: Sen. James E. Murray; Vice Chairman: Rep. John Lesinski Sr., John Lesinski) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, Legislative Budget * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen. Theodore F. Green) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration, Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration * United States Congress Joint Committee to Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect, Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Mary Teresa Norton) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton; Vice Chairman: Sen.

)

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: John J. Deviny

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Peter Marshall (preacher), Peter Marshall (Presbyterianism, Presbyterian), until January 26, 1949 ** Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist), from February 3, 1949 * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins (Senate Parliamentarian), Charles Watkins * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Leslie Biffle * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: George W. Straubinger * Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Felton McLellan Johnston * Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist), until January 3, 1950 ** Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian), from January 3, 1950 * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts (politician), Ralph R. Roberts * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Finis E. Scott * 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: Joseph H. Callahan

Notes

References

*
House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 81st Congress
'' Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office, United States Government Printing Office. 1951. *
Official Congressional Directory for the 81st Congress, 1st Session
'. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office, United States Government Printing Office. 1949. *
Official Congressional Directory for the 81st Congress, 2nd Session
'. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office, United States Government Printing Office. 1950. {{USCongresses 81st United States Congress,