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M a i n m e n u
M a i n m e n u
N a v i g a t i o n
● M a i n p a g e ● C o n t e n t s ● C u r r e n t e v e n t s ● R a n d o m a r t i c l e ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● C o n t a c t u s ● D o n a t e
C o n t r i b u t e
● H e l p ● L e a r n t o e d i t ● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l ● R e c e n t c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e
S e a r c h
Search
A p p e a r a n c e
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P e r s o n a l t o o l s
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 M a j o r e v e n t s
2 M a j o r l e g i s l a t i o n
3 C o n s t i t u t i o n a l a m e n d m e n t s
4 P a r t y s u m m a r y
T o g g l e P a r t y s u m m a r y s u b s e c t i o n
4 . 1 S e n a t e
4 . 2 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
5 L e a d e r s h i p
T o g g l e L e a d e r s h i p s u b s e c t i o n
5 . 1 S e n a t e
5 . 1 . 1 M a j o r i t y ( R e p u b l i c a n ) l e a d e r s h i p
5 . 1 . 2 M i n o r i t y ( D e m o c r a t i c ) l e a d e r s h i p
5 . 2 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
5 . 2 . 1 M a j o r i t y ( R e p u b l i c a n ) l e a d e r s h i p
5 . 2 . 2 M i n o r i t y ( D e m o c r a t i c ) l e a d e r s h i p
6 C a u c u s e s
7 M e m b e r s
T o g g l e M e m b e r s s u b s e c t i o n
7 . 1 S e n a t e
7 . 1 . 1 A l a b a m a
7 . 1 . 2 A r i z o n a
7 . 1 . 3 A r k a n s a s
7 . 1 . 4 C a l i f o r n i a
7 . 1 . 5 C o l o r a d o
7 . 1 . 6 C o n n e c t i c u t
7 . 1 . 7 D e l a w a r e
7 . 1 . 8 F l o r i d a
7 . 1 . 9 G e o r g i a
7 . 1 . 1 0 I d a h o
7 . 1 . 1 1 I l l i n o i s
7 . 1 . 1 2 I n d i a n a
7 . 1 . 1 3 I o w a
7 . 1 . 1 4 K a n s a s
7 . 1 . 1 5 K e n t u c k y
7 . 1 . 1 6 L o u i s i a n a
7 . 1 . 1 7 M a i n e
7 . 1 . 1 8 M a r y l a n d
7 . 1 . 1 9 M a s s a c h u s e t t s
7 . 1 . 2 0 M i c h i g a n
7 . 1 . 2 1 M i n n e s o t a
7 . 1 . 2 2 M i s s i s s i p p i
7 . 1 . 2 3 M i s s o u r i
7 . 1 . 2 4 M o n t a n a
7 . 1 . 2 5 N e b r a s k a
7 . 1 . 2 6 N e v a d a
7 . 1 . 2 7 N e w H a m p s h i r e
7 . 1 . 2 8 N e w J e r s e y
7 . 1 . 2 9 N e w M e x i c o
7 . 1 . 3 0 N e w Y o r k
7 . 1 . 3 1 N o r t h C a r o l i n a
7 . 1 . 3 2 N o r t h D a k o t a
7 . 1 . 3 3 O h i o
7 . 1 . 3 4 O k l a h o m a
7 . 1 . 3 5 O r e g o n
7 . 1 . 3 6 P e n n s y l v a n i a
7 . 1 . 3 7 R h o d e I s l a n d
7 . 1 . 3 8 S o u t h C a r o l i n a
7 . 1 . 3 9 S o u t h D a k o t a
7 . 1 . 4 0 T e n n e s s e e
7 . 1 . 4 1 T e x a s
7 . 1 . 4 2 U t a h
7 . 1 . 4 3 V e r m o n t
7 . 1 . 4 4 V i r g i n i a
7 . 1 . 4 5 W a s h i n g t o n
7 . 1 . 4 6 W e s t V i r g i n i a
7 . 1 . 4 7 W i s c o n s i n
7 . 1 . 4 8 W y o m i n g
7 . 2 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
7 . 2 . 1 A l a b a m a
7 . 2 . 2 A r i z o n a
7 . 2 . 3 A r k a n s a s
7 . 2 . 4 C a l i f o r n i a
7 . 2 . 5 C o l o r a d o
7 . 2 . 6 C o n n e c t i c u t
7 . 2 . 7 D e l a w a r e
7 . 2 . 8 F l o r i d a
7 . 2 . 9 G e o r g i a
7 . 2 . 1 0 I d a h o
7 . 2 . 1 1 I l l i n o i s
7 . 2 . 1 2 I n d i a n a
7 . 2 . 1 3 I o w a
7 . 2 . 1 4 K a n s a s
7 . 2 . 1 5 K e n t u c k y
7 . 2 . 1 6 L o u i s i a n a
7 . 2 . 1 7 M a i n e
7 . 2 . 1 8 M a r y l a n d
7 . 2 . 1 9 M a s s a c h u s e t t s
7 . 2 . 2 0 M i c h i g a n
7 . 2 . 2 1 M i n n e s o t a
7 . 2 . 2 2 M i s s i s s i p p i
7 . 2 . 2 3 M i s s o u r i
7 . 2 . 2 4 M o n t a n a
7 . 2 . 2 5 N e b r a s k a
7 . 2 . 2 6 N e v a d a
7 . 2 . 2 7 N e w H a m p s h i r e
7 . 2 . 2 8 N e w J e r s e y
7 . 2 . 2 9 N e w M e x i c o
7 . 2 . 3 0 N e w Y o r k
7 . 2 . 3 1 N o r t h C a r o l i n a
7 . 2 . 3 2 N o r t h D a k o t a
7 . 2 . 3 3 O h i o
7 . 2 . 3 4 O k l a h o m a
7 . 2 . 3 5 O r e g o n
7 . 2 . 3 6 P e n n s y l v a n i a
7 . 2 . 3 7 R h o d e I s l a n d
7 . 2 . 3 8 S o u t h C a r o l i n a
7 . 2 . 3 9 S o u t h D a k o t a
7 . 2 . 4 0 T e n n e s s e e
7 . 2 . 4 1 T e x a s
7 . 2 . 4 2 U t a h
7 . 2 . 4 3 V e r m o n t
7 . 2 . 4 4 V i r g i n i a
7 . 2 . 4 5 W a s h i n g t o n
7 . 2 . 4 6 W e s t V i r g i n i a
7 . 2 . 4 7 W i s c o n s i n
7 . 2 . 4 8 W y o m i n g
7 . 2 . 4 9 N o n - v o t i n g m e m b e r s
8 C h a n g e s i n m e m b e r s h i p
T o g g l e C h a n g e s i n m e m b e r s h i p s u b s e c t i o n
8 . 1 S e n a t e
8 . 2 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
9 C o m m i t t e e s
T o g g l e C o m m i t t e e s s u b s e c t i o n
9 . 1 S e n a t e
9 . 2 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
9 . 3 J o i n t c o m m i t t e e s
10 E m p l o y e e s
T o g g l e E m p l o y e e s s u b s e c t i o n
1 0 . 1 L e g i s l a t i v e b r a n c h a g e n c y d i r e c t o r s
1 0 . 2 S e n a t e
1 0 . 3 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
11 S e e a l s o
12 E x p l a n a t o r y n o t e s
13 C i t a t i o n s
14 E x t e r n a l l i n k s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
8 0 t h U n i t e d S t a t e s C o n g r e s s
4 l a n g u a g e s
● D e u t s c h ● B a h a s a I n d o n e s i a ● م ص ر ى ● 日 本 語
E d i t l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
I n o t h e r p r o j e c t s
● W i k i m e d i a C o m m o n s
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
The 80th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government , composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives . It met in Washington, D.C. 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 House of Representatives was based on the 1940 United States census .
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 72nd Congress they held either of the two chambers. This also ended a 14-year Democratic overall federal government trifecta , dating back to the 73rd Congress . This ties with the 14-year Republican trifecta from 1897 to 1911 as the longest trifectas of Congress and is the last time, as of 2024, a trifecta was achieved that lasted longer a decade.
Although the 80th Congress passed a total of 906 public bills,[1] Do Nothing Congress " and, during the 1948 election , campaigned as much against it as against his formal opponent, Thomas E. Dewey . The 80th Congress passed several significant bills with bipartisan support, most famously the Truman Doctrine , the Marshall Plan , and the Taft–Hartley Act , but it opposed most of Truman's Fair Deal bills.
Major events [ edit ]
January 3, 1947: Proceedings of the United States Congress were televised for the first time.
March 12, 1947: In a Joint Session of Congress , President Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine .
July 18, 1947: The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands entered into a trusteeship with the United Nations and administered by the United States.
November 24, 1947: The House of Representatives approved citations of contempt of Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10 .
July 20, 1948: President Truman issued the second peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union .
July 26, 1948:
August 25, 1948: House Un-American Activities Committee held the first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss .
November 2, 1948: United States general elections, 1948 :
Major legislation [ edit ]
May 22, 1947: Assistance to Greece and Turkey Act (Truman Doctrine ), Sess. 1, ch. 81, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–75 , 61 Stat. 103
June 23, 1947: Taft–Hartley Act , Sess. 1, ch. 120, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–101 , 61 Stat. 136
July 18, 1947: Presidential Succession Act of 1947 , Sess. 1, ch. 264, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–199 , 61 Stat. 380
July 26, 1947: National Security Act of 1947 , Sess. 1, ch. 343, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–253 , 61 Stat. 495
August 7, 1947: Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands , Sess. 1, ch. 513, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–382 , 61 Stat. 913
January 27, 1948: United States Information and Educational Exchange Act , Sess. 2, ch. 36, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–402 , 62 Stat. 6
April 3, 1948: Foreign Assistance Act (Marshall Plan ), Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–472 , Sess. 2, ch. 169, 62 Stat. 137
April 3, 1948: Greek-Turkish Assistance Act of 1948 (Marshall Plan ), Sess. 2, ch. 169, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–472 , Title III, 62 Stat. 157
May 26, 1948: Civil Air Patrol Act , Sess. 2, ch. 349, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–557 , 62 Stat. 274
June 12, 1948: Women's Armed Services Integration Act , Sess. 2, ch. 449, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–625 , 62 Stat. 356
June 17, 1948: Reed-Bulwinkle Act , Sess. 2, ch. 491, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–662 , 62 Stat. 472
June 25, 1948: Codify and enact into law Title 3 of the United States Code – The President, Sess. 2, ch. 644, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–771 , 62 Stat. 672
June 28, 1948: Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of 1948 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–806 , 62 Stat. 1070
June 30, 1948: Federal Water Pollution Control Act , Sess. 2, ch. 758, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–845 , 62 Stat. 1155
July 3, 1948: War Claims Act of 1948 , Sess. 2, ch. 826, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–896 , 62 Stat. 1240
July 3, 1948: Agricultural Act of 1948 , Sess. 2, ch. 827, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–897 , 62 Stat. 1247
Constitutional amendments [ edit ]
Party summary [ edit ]
House Chaplain Bernard Braskamp delivering the opening prayer for the 80th Congress, 1947
House of Representatives [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Section contents: Senate : Majority (R ) , Minority (D ) • House : Majority (R ) , Minority (D )
Majority (Republican) leadership [ edit ]
Minority (Democratic) leadership [ edit ]
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Majority (Republican) leadership [ edit ]
Minority (Democratic) leadership [ edit ]
Caucuses [ edit ]
Members [ edit ]
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.
▌ 2. John J. Sparkman (D )
▌ 3. J. Lister Hill (D )
▌ 1. Ernest McFarland (D )
▌ 3. Carl Hayden (D )
▌ 2. John L. McClellan (D )
▌ 3. J. William Fulbright (D )
▌ 1. William Knowland (R )
▌ 3. Sheridan Downey (D )
▌ 2. Edwin C. Johnson (D )
▌ 3. Eugene Millikin (R )
▌ 1. Raymond E. Baldwin (R )
▌ 3. Brien McMahon (D )
▌ 1. John J. Williams (R )
▌ 2. C. Douglass Buck (R )
▌ 1. Spessard Holland (D )
▌ 3. Claude Pepper (D )
▌ 2. Walter F. George (D )
▌ 3. Richard Russell Jr. (D )
▌ 2. Henry Dworshak (R )
▌ 3. Glen H. Taylor (D )
▌ 2. Charles W. Brooks (R )
▌ 3. Scott W. Lucas (D )
▌ 1. William E. Jenner (R )
▌ 3. Homer E. Capehart (R )
▌ 2. George A. Wilson (R )
▌ 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R )
▌ 2. Arthur Capper (R )
▌ 3. Clyde M. Reed (R )
▌ 2. John Sherman Cooper (R )
▌ 3. Alben Barkley (D )
▌ 2. Allen J. Ellender (D )
▌ 3. John H. Overton (D ), until May 14, 1948
▌ William C. Feazel (D ), May 18, 1948 – December 30, 1948
▌ Russell B. Long (D ), from December 31, 1948
▌ 1. Ralph Owen Brewster (R )
▌ 2. Wallace H. White Jr. (R )
▌ 1. Herbert O'Conor (D )
▌ 3. Millard Tydings (D )
▌ 1. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R )
▌ 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R )
▌ 1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R )
▌ 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R )
▌ 1. Edward John Thye (R )
▌ 2. Joseph H. Ball (R )
▌ 1. Theodore G. Bilbo (D ), until August 21, 1947
▌ John C. Stennis (D ), from November 17, 1947
▌ 2. James Eastland (D )
▌ 1. James P. Kem (R )
▌ 3. Forrest C. Donnell (R )
▌ 1. Zales Ecton (R )
▌ 2. James E. Murray (D )
▌ 1. Hugh A. Butler (R )
▌ 2. Kenneth S. Wherry (R )
▌ 1. George W. Malone (R )
▌ 3. Patrick A. McCarran (D )
▌ 2. Styles Bridges (R )
▌ 3. Charles W. Tobey (R )
▌ 1. Howard Alexander Smith (R )
▌ 2. Albert W. Hawkes (R )
▌ 1. Dennis Chávez (D )
▌ 2. Carl Hatch (D )
▌ 1. Irving Ives (R )
▌ 3. Robert F. Wagner (D )
▌ 2. William B. Umstead (D ), until December 30, 1948
▌ J. Melville Broughton (D ), from December 31, 1948
▌ 3. Clyde R. Hoey (D )
▌ 1. William Langer (R-NPL)
▌ 3. Milton Young (R )
▌ 1. John W. Bricker (R )
▌ 3. Robert A. Taft (R )
▌ 2. Edward H. Moore (R )
▌ 3. Elmer Thomas (D )
▌ 2. Guy Cordon (R )
▌ 3. Wayne Morse (R )
▌ 1. Edward Martin (R )
▌ 3. Francis J. Myers (D )
▌ 1. J. Howard McGrath (D )
▌ 2. Theodore F. Green (D )
▌ 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D )
▌ 3. Olin D. Johnston (D )
▌ 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 )
▌ 1. Kenneth McKellar (D )
▌ 2. Tom Stewart (D )
▌ 1. Tom T. Connally (D )
▌ 2. W. Lee O'Daniel (D )
▌ 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R )
▌ 3. Elbert D. Thomas (D )
▌ 1. Ralph Flanders (R )
▌ 3. George Aiken (R )
▌ 1. Harry F. Byrd (D )
▌ 2. A. Willis Robertson (D )
▌ 1. Harry P. Cain (R )
▌ 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D )
▌ 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D )
▌ 2. Chapman Revercomb (R )
▌ 1. Joseph McCarthy (R )
▌ 3. Alexander Wiley (R )
▌ 1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D )
▌ 2. Edward V. Robertson (R )
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 80th Congress in January 1947
2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
Percentage of members from each party by state at the opening of the 80th Congress, ranging from dark blue (most Democratic) to dark red (most Republican).
House of Representatives [ edit ]
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.
▌ 1 Frank W. Boykin (D )
▌ 2 George M. Grant (D )
▌ 3 George W. Andrews (D )
▌ 4 Sam Hobbs (D )
▌ 5 Albert Rains (D )
▌ 6 Pete Jarman (D )
▌ 7 Carter Manasco (D )
▌ 8 Robert E. Jones Jr. (D ), from January 28, 1947
▌ 9 Laurie C. Battle (D )
▌ At-large John R. Murdock (D )
▌ At-large Richard F. Harless (D )
▌ 1 Ezekiel C. Gathings (D )
▌ 2 Wilbur Mills (D )
▌ 3 James William Trimble (D )
▌ 4 William Fadjo Cravens (D )
▌ 5 Brooks Hays (D )
▌ 6 William F. Norrell (D )
▌ 7 Oren Harris (D )
▌ 1 Clarence F. Lea (D )
▌ 2 Clair Engle (D )
▌ 3 J. Leroy Johnson (R )
▌ 4 Franck R. Havenner (D )
▌ 5 Richard J. Welch (R )
▌ 6 George P. Miller (D )
▌ 7 John J. Allen Jr. (R )
▌ 8 Jack Z. Anderson (R )
▌ 9 Bertrand W. Gearhart (R )
▌ 10 Alfred J. Elliott (D )
▌ 11 Ernest K. Bramblett (R )
▌ 12 Richard Nixon (R )
▌ 13 Norris Poulson (R )
▌ 14 Helen Gahagan Douglas (D )
▌ 15 Gordon L. McDonough (R )
▌ 16 Donald L. Jackson (R )
▌ 17 Cecil R. King (D )
▌ 18 Willis W. Bradley (R )
▌ 19 Chester E. Holifield (D )
▌ 20 John Carl Hinshaw (R )
▌ 21 Harry R. Sheppard (D )
▌ 22 John R. Phillips (R )
▌ 23 Charles K. Fletcher (R )
▌ 1 John A. Carroll (D )
▌ 2 William S. Hill (R )
▌ 3 John Chenoweth (R )
▌ 4 Robert F. Rockwell (R )
▌ 1 William J. Miller (R )
▌ 2 Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R )
▌ 3 Ellsworth Foote (R )
▌ 4 John Davis Lodge (R )
▌ 5 James T. Patterson (R )
▌ At-large Antoni Sadlak (R )
▌ At-large J. Caleb Boggs (R )
▌ 1 J. Hardin Peterson (D )
▌ 2 Emory H. Price (D )
▌ 3 Robert L. F. Sikes (D )
▌ 4 George Smathers (D )
▌ 5 Joe Hendricks (D )
▌ 6 Dwight L. Rogers (D )
▌ 1 Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D )
▌ 2 Edward E. Cox (D )
▌ 3 Stephen Pace (D )
▌ 4 Albert Sidney Camp (D )
▌ 5 James C. Davis (D )
▌ 6 Carl Vinson (D )
▌ 7 Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D )
▌ 8 William McDonald Wheeler (D )
▌ 9 John S. Wood (D )
▌ 10 Paul Brown (D )
▌ 1 Abe Goff (R )
▌ 2 John C. Sanborn (R )
▌ 1 William L. Dawson (D )
▌ 2 Richard B. Vail (R )
▌ 3 Fred E. Busbey (R )
▌ 4 Martin Gorski (D )
▌ 5 Adolph J. Sabath (D )
▌ 6 Thomas J. O'Brien (D )
▌ 7 Thomas L. Owens (R ), until June 7, 1948, vacant thereafter
▌ 8 Thomas S. Gordon (D )
▌ 9 Robert Twyman (R )
▌ 10 Ralph E. Church (R )
▌ 11 Chauncey W. Reed (R )
▌ 12 Noah M. Mason (R )
▌ 13 Leo E. Allen (R )
▌ 14 Anton J. Johnson (R )
▌ 15 Robert B. Chiperfield (R )
▌ 16 Everett M. Dirksen (R )
▌ 17 Leslie C. Arends (R )
▌ 18 Edward H. Jenison (R )
▌ 19 Rolla C. McMillen (R )
▌ 20 Sid Simpson (R )
▌ 21 George Evan Howell (R ), until October 5, 1947, vacant thereafter
▌ 22 Melvin Price (D )
▌ 23 Charles W. Vursell (R )
▌ 24 Roy Clippinger (R )
▌ 25 C. W. Bishop (R )
▌ At-large William Stratton (R )
▌ 1 Ray Madden (D )
▌ 2 Charles A. Halleck (R )
▌ 3 Robert A. Grant (R )
▌ 4 George W. Gillie (R )
▌ 5 Forest Harness (R )
▌ 6 Noble J. Johnson (R ), until July 1, 1948, vacant for remainder of term
▌ 7 Gerald W. Landis (R )
▌ 8 E. A. Mitchell (R )
▌ 9 Earl Wilson (R )
▌ 10 Raymond S. Springer (R ), until August 28, 1947
▌ Ralph Harvey (R ), from November 4, 1947
▌ 11 Louis Ludlow (D )
▌ 1 Thomas E. Martin (R )
▌ 2 Henry O. Talle (R )
▌ 3 John W. Gwynne (R )
▌ 4 Karl M. LeCompte (R )
▌ 5 Paul H. Cunningham (R )
▌ 6 James I. Dolliver (R )
▌ 7 Ben F. Jensen (R )
▌ 8 Charles B. Hoeven (R )
▌ 1 Albert M. Cole (R )
▌ 2 Errett P. Scrivner (R )
▌ 3 Herbert Alton Meyer (R )
▌ 4 Edward Herbert Rees (R )
▌ 5 Clifford R. Hope (R )
▌ 6 Wint Smith (R )
▌ 1 Noble J. Gregory (D )
▌ 2 Earle C. Clements (D ), until January 6, 1948
▌ John A. Whitaker (D ), from April 17, 1948
▌ 3 Thruston Ballard Morton (R )
▌ 4 Frank Chelf (D )
▌ 5 Brent Spence (D )
▌ 6 Virgil Chapman (D )
▌ 7 Wendell H. Meade (R )
▌ 8 Joe B. Bates (D )
▌ 9 John M. Robsion (R ), until February 17, 1948
▌ William Lewis (R ), from April 24, 1948
▌ 1 F. Edward Hébert (D )
▌ 2 Hale Boggs (D )
▌ 3 James R. Domengeaux (D )
▌ 4 Overton Brooks (D )
▌ 5 Otto Passman (D )
▌ 6 James H. Morrison (D )
▌ 7 Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D )
▌ 8 A. Leonard Allen (D )
▌ 1 Robert Hale (R )
▌ 2 Margaret Chase Smith (R )
▌ 3 Frank Fellows (R )
▌ 1 Edward Tylor Miller (R )
▌ 2 Hugh Meade (D )
▌ 3 Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D ), until May 16, 1947
▌ 3 Edward Garmatz (D ), from July 15, 1947
▌ 4 George Hyde Fallon (D )
▌ 5 Lansdale G. Sasscer (D )
▌ 6 James Glenn Beall (R )
▌ 1 John W. Heselton (R )
▌ 2 Charles Clason (R )
▌ 3 Philip J. Philbin (D )
▌ 4 Harold Donohue (D )
▌ 5 Edith Nourse Rogers (R )
▌ 6 George J. Bates (R )
▌ 7 Thomas J. Lane (D )
▌ 8 Angier Goodwin (R )
▌ 9 Charles L. Gifford (R ), until August 23, 1947
▌ 9 Donald W. Nicholson (R ), from November 18, 1947
▌ 10 Christian Herter (R )
▌ 11 John F. Kennedy (D )
▌ 12 John W. McCormack (D )
▌ 13 Richard B. Wigglesworth (R )
▌ 14 Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R )
▌ 1 George G. Sadowski (D )
▌ 2 Earl C. Michener (R )
▌ 3 Paul W. Shafer (R )
▌ 4 Clare E. Hoffman (R )
▌ 5 Bartel J. Jonkman (R )
▌ 6 William W. Blackney (R )
▌ 7 Jesse P. Wolcott (R )
▌ 8 Fred L. Crawford (R )
▌ 9 Albert J. Engel (R )
▌ 10 Roy O. Woodruff (R )
▌ 11 Fred Bradley (R ), until May 24, 1947
▌ Charles E. Potter (R ), from August 26, 1947
▌ 12 John B. Bennett (R )
▌ 13 Howard A. Coffin (R )
▌ 14 Harold F. Youngblood (R )
▌ 15 John Dingell Sr. (D )
▌ 16 John Lesinski Sr. (D )
▌ 17 George Anthony Dondero (R )
▌ 1 August H. Andresen (R )
▌ 2 Joseph P. O'Hara (R )
▌ 3 George MacKinnon (R )
▌ 4 Edward Devitt (R )
▌ 5 Walter Judd (R )
▌ 6 Harold Knutson (R )
▌ 7 Herman Carl Andersen (R )
▌ 8 John Blatnik (DFL)
▌ 9 Harold Hagen (R )
▌ 1 John E. Rankin (D )
▌ 2 Jamie L. Whitten (D )
▌ 3 William M. Whittington (D )
▌ 4 Thomas Abernethy (D )
▌ 5 W. Arthur Winstead (D )
▌ 6 William M. Colmer (D )
▌ 7 John Bell Williams (D )
▌ 1 Samuel W. Arnold (R )
▌ 2 Max Schwabe (R )
▌ 3 William Clay Cole (R )
▌ 4 C. Jasper Bell (D )
▌ 5 Albert L. Reeves Jr. (R )
▌ 6 Marion T. Bennett (R )
▌ 7 Dewey Short (R )
▌ 8 Parke M. Banta (R )
▌ 9 Clarence Cannon (D )
▌ 10 Orville Zimmerman (D ), until April 7, 1948
▌ Paul C. Jones (D ), from November 2, 1948
▌ 11 Claude I. Bakewell (R )
▌ 12 Walter C. Ploeser (R )
▌ 13 Frank M. Karsten (D )
▌ 1 Mike Mansfield (D )
▌ 2 Wesley A. D'Ewart (R )
▌ 1 Carl Curtis (R )
▌ 2 Howard Buffett (R )
▌ 3 Karl Stefan (R )
▌ 4 Arthur L. Miller (R )
▌ At-large Charles H. Russell (R )
▌ 1 Chester Earl Merrow (R )
▌ 2 Norris Cotton (R )
▌ 1 Charles A. Wolverton (R )
▌ 2 T. Millet Hand (R )
▌ 3 James C. Auchincloss (R )
▌ 4 Frank A. Mathews Jr. (R )
▌ 5 Charles A. Eaton (R )
▌ 6 Clifford P. Case (R )
▌ 7 J. Parnell Thomas (R )
▌ 8 Gordon Canfield (R )
▌ 9 Harry L. Towe (R )
▌ 10 Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R )
▌ 11 Frank Sundstrom (R )
▌ 12 Robert Kean (R )
▌ 13 Mary T. Norton (D )
▌ 14 Edward J. Hart (D )
▌ At-large Georgia Lee Lusk (D )
▌ At-large Antonio M. Fernández (D )
▌ 1 W. Kingsland Macy (R )
▌ 2 Leonard W. Hall (R )
▌ 3 Henry J. Latham (R )
▌ 4 Gregory McMahon (R )
▌ 5 Robert Tripp Ross (R )
▌ 6 Robert Nodar Jr. (R )
▌ 7 John J. Delaney (D ), until November 18, 1948
Vacant thereafter
▌ 8 Joseph L. Pfeifer (D )
▌ 9 Eugene J. Keogh (D )
▌ 10 Andrew L. Somers (D )
▌ 11 James J. Heffernan (D )
▌ 12 John J. Rooney (D )
▌ 13 Donald L. O'Toole (D )
▌ 14 Leo F. Rayfiel (D ), until September 13, 1947
▌ Abraham J. Multer (D ), from November 4, 1947
▌ 15 Emanuel Celler (D )
▌ 16 Ellsworth B. Buck (R )
▌ 17 Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R )
▌ 18 Vito Marcantonio (AL )
▌ 19 Arthur George Klein (D )
▌ 20 Sol Bloom (D )
▌ 21 Jacob Javits (R )
▌ 22 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D )
▌ 23 Walter A. Lynch (D )
▌ 24 Benjamin J. Rabin (D ), until December 31, 1947
▌ Leo Isacson (AL ), from February 17, 1948
▌ 25 Charles A. Buckley (D )
▌ 26 David M. Potts (R )
▌ 27 Ralph W. Gwinn (R )
▌ 28 Ralph A. Gamble (R )
▌ 29 Katharine St. George (R )
▌ 30 Jay Le Fevre (R )
▌ 31 Bernard W. Kearney (R )
▌ 32 William T. Byrne (D )
▌ 33 Dean P. Taylor (R )
▌ 34 Clarence E. Kilburn (R )
▌ 35 Hadwen C. Fuller (R )
▌ 36 R. Walter Riehlman (R )
▌ 37 Edwin Arthur Hall (R )
▌ 38 John Taber (R )
▌ 39 W. Sterling Cole (R )
▌ 40 Kenneth Keating (R )
▌ 41 James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R )
▌ 42 Walter G. Andrews (R )
▌ 43 Edward J. Elsaesser (R )
▌ 44 John Cornelius Butler (R )
▌ 45 Daniel A. Reed (R )
▌ 1 Herbert Covington Bonner (D )
▌ 2 John H. Kerr (D )
▌ 3 Graham A. Barden (D )
▌ 4 Harold D. Cooley (D )
▌ 5 John Hamlin Folger (D )
▌ 6 Carl T. Durham (D )
▌ 7 J. Bayard Clark (D )
▌ 8 Charles B. Deane (D )
▌ 9 Robert L. Doughton (D )
▌ 10 Hamilton C. Jones (D )
▌ 11 Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D )
▌ 12 Monroe Minor Redden (D )
▌ At-large William Lemke (R-NPL)
▌ At-large Charles R. Robertson (R )
▌ 1 Charles H. Elston (R )
▌ 2 William E. Hess (R )
▌ 3 Raymond H. Burke (R )
▌ 4 Robert Franklin Jones (R ), until September 2, 1947
▌ William Moore McCulloch (R ), from November 4, 1947
▌ 5 Cliff Clevenger (R )
▌ 6 Edward Oscar McCowen (R )
▌ 7 Clarence J. Brown (R )
▌ 8 Frederick Cleveland Smith (R )
▌ 9 Homer A. Ramey (R )
▌ 10 Thomas A. Jenkins (R )
▌ 11 Walter E. Brehm (R )
▌ 12 John M. Vorys (R )
▌ 13 Alvin F. Weichel (R )
▌ 14 Walter B. Huber (D )
▌ 15 Percy W. Griffiths (R )
▌ 16 Henderson H. Carson (R )
▌ 17 J. Harry McGregor (R )
▌ 18 Earl R. Lewis (R )
▌ 19 Michael J. Kirwan (D )
▌ 20 Michael A. Feighan (D )
▌ 21 Robert Crosser (D )
▌ 22 Frances P. Bolton (R )
▌ At-large George H. Bender (R )
▌ 1 George B. Schwabe (R )
▌ 2 William G. Stigler (D )
▌ 3 Carl Albert (D )
▌ 4 Glen D. Johnson (D )
▌ 5 A. S. Mike Monroney (D )
▌ 6 Toby Morris (D )
▌ 7 Preston E. Peden (D )
▌ 8 Ross Rizley (R )
▌ 1 A. Walter Norblad (R )
▌ 2 Lowell Stockman (R )
▌ 3 Homer D. Angell (R )
▌ 4 Harris Ellsworth (R )
▌ 1 James A. Gallagher (R )
▌ 2 Robert N. McGarvey (R )
▌ 3 Hardie Scott (R )
▌ 4 Franklin J. Maloney (R )
▌ 5 George W. Sarbacher Jr. (R )
▌ 6 Hugh Scott (R )
▌ 7 E. Wallace Chadwick (R )
▌ 8 Charles L. Gerlach (R ), until May 5, 1947
▌ Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R ), from September 9, 1947
▌ 9 Paul B. Dague (R )
▌ 10 James P. Scoblick (R )
▌ 11 Mitchell Jenkins (R )
▌ 12 Ivor D. Fenton (R )
▌ 13 Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (R )
▌ 14 Wilson D. Gillette (R )
▌ 15 Robert F. Rich (R )
▌ 16 Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R )
▌ 17 Richard M. Simpson (R )
▌ 18 John C. Kunkel (R )
▌ 19 Leon H. Gavin (R )
▌ 20 Francis E. Walter (D )
▌ 21 Chester H. Gross (R )
▌ 22 James E. Van Zandt (R )
▌ 23 William J. Crow (R )
▌ 24 Thomas E. Morgan (D )
▌ 25 Louis E. Graham (R )
▌ 26 Harve Tibbott (R )
▌ 27 Augustine B. Kelley (D )
▌ 28 Carroll D. Kearns (R )
▌ 29 John McDowell (R )
▌ 30 Robert J. Corbett (R )
▌ 31 James G. Fulton (R )
▌ 32 Herman P. Eberharter (D )
▌ 33 Frank Buchanan (D )
▌ 1 Aime Forand (D )
▌ 2 John E. Fogarty (D )
▌ 1 L. Mendel Rivers (D )
▌ 2 John J. Riley (D )
▌ 3 William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D )
▌ 4 Joseph R. Bryson (D )
▌ 5 James P. Richards (D )
▌ 6 John L. McMillan (D )
▌ 1 Karl E. Mundt (R ), until December 30, 1948, vacant thereafter
▌ 2 Francis H. Case (R )
▌ 1 Dayton E. Phillips (R )
▌ 2 John Jennings Jr. (R )
▌ 3 Estes Kefauver (D )
▌ 4 Albert Gore Sr. (D )
▌ 5 Joe L. Evins (D )
▌ 6 Percy Priest (D )
▌ 7 W. Wirt Courtney (D )
▌ 8 Tom J. Murray (D )
▌ 9 Jere Cooper (D )
▌ 10 Clifford Davis (D )
▌ 1 Wright Patman (D )
▌ 2 Jesse M. Combs (D )
▌ 3 Lindley Beckworth (D )
▌ 4 Sam Rayburn (D )
▌ 5 Joseph Franklin Wilson (D )
▌ 6 Olin E. Teague (D )
▌ 7 Tom Pickett (D )
▌ 8 Albert Thomas (D )
▌ 9 Joseph J. Mansfield (D ), until July 12, 1947
▌ Clark W. Thompson (D ), from August 23, 1947
▌ 10 Lyndon B. Johnson (D )
▌ 11 William R. Poage (D )
▌ 12 Wingate H. Lucas (D )
▌ 13 Ed Gossett (D )
▌ 14 John E. Lyle Jr. (D )
▌ 15 Milton H. West (D ), until October 28, 1948
▌ Lloyd Bentsen (D ), from December 4, 1948
▌ 16 R. Ewing Thomason (D ), until July 31, 1947
▌ Kenneth M. Regan (D ), from August 23, 1947
▌ 17 Omar Burleson (D )
▌ 18 Eugene Worley (D )
▌ 19 George H. Mahon (D )
▌ 20 Paul J. Kilday (D )
▌ 21 O. C. Fisher (D )
▌ 1 Walter K. Granger (D )
▌ 2 William A. Dawson (R )
▌ At-large Charles A. Plumley (R )
▌ 1 S. Otis Bland (D )
▌ 2 Porter Hardy Jr. (D )
▌ 3 J. Vaughan Gary (D )
▌ 4 Patrick H. Drewry (D ), until December 21, 1947
▌ Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D ), from February 17, 1948
▌ 5 Thomas B. Stanley (D )
▌ 6 J. Lindsay Almond (D ), until April 17, 1948
▌ Clarence G. Burton (D ), from November 2, 1948
▌ 7 Burr Harrison (D )
▌ 8 Howard W. Smith (D )
▌ 9 John W. Flannagan Jr. (D )
▌ 1 Homer Jones (R )
▌ 2 Henry M. Jackson (D )
▌ 3 Fred B. Norman (R ), until April 18, 1947
▌ Russell V. Mack (R ), from June 7, 1947
▌ 4 Hal Holmes (R )
▌ 5 Walt Horan (R )
▌ 6 Thor C. Tollefson (R )
▌ 1 Francis J. Love (R )
▌ 2 Melvin C. Snyder (R )
▌ 3 Edward G. Rohrbough (R )
▌ 4 Hubert S. Ellis (R )
▌ 5 John Kee (D )
▌ 6 E. H. Hedrick (D )
▌ 1 Lawrence H. Smith (R )
▌ 2 Glenn Robert Davis (R ), from April 22, 1947
▌ 3 William H. Stevenson (R )
▌ 4 John C. Brophy (R )
▌ 5 Charles J. Kersten (R )
▌ 6 Frank Bateman Keefe (R )
▌ 7 Reid F. Murray (R )
▌ 8 John W. Byrnes (R )
▌ 9 Merlin Hull (R )
▌ 10 Alvin O'Konski (R )
▌ At-large Frank A. Barrett (R )
Non-voting members [ edit ]
▌ Alaska Territory Bob Bartlett (D )
▌ Hawaii Territory Joseph Rider Farrington (R )
▌ Puerto Rico Antonio Fernós-Isern (Resident Commissioner) (PPD)
Changes in membership [ edit ]
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress
There were three deaths, two resignations, and one lost mid-term election.
Senate changes
State
Vacated by
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's formal installation[b]
Mississippi 1 )
Theodore G. Bilbo (D )
Died August 21, 1947.elected November 17, 1947.
John C. Stennis (D )
November 17, 1947
Louisiana 3 )
John H. Overton (D )
Died May 14, 1948.
William C. Feazel (D )
May 18, 1948
South Dakota 2 )
Harlan J. Bushfield (R )
Died September 27, 1948.
Vera C. Bushfield (R )
October 6, 1948
South Dakota 2 )
Vera C. Bushfield (R )
Interim appointee resigned December 26, 1948.
Karl E. Mundt (R )
December 31, 1948
Louisiana 3 )
William C. Feazel (D )
Interim appointee retired when successor elected.elected December 31, 1948.
Russell B. Long (D )
December 31, 1948
North Carolina 2 )
William B. Umstead (D )
Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.elected December 31, 1948.
J. Melville Broughton (D )
December 31, 1948
House of Representatives [ edit ]
There were nine deaths and seven resignations.
House changes
District
Vacated by
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's formal installation[b]
Alabama Vacant
John Sparkman 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
Wisconsin Vacant
Representative Robert Kirkland Henry died during previous Congress having been previously re-elected.
Glenn Robert Davis (R )
Seated April 22, 1947
Washington Fred B. Norman (R )
Died April 18, 1947
Russell V. Mack (R )
Seated June 7, 1947
Pennsylvania Charles L. Gerlach (R )
Died May 5, 1947
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R )
Seated September 9, 1947
Maryland Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D )
Resigned May 16, 1947, after being elected Mayor of Baltimore
Edward Garmatz (D )
Seated July 15, 1947
Michigan Frederick Van Ness Bradley (R )
Died May 24, 1947
Charles E. Potter (R )
Seated August 26, 1947
Texas Joseph J. Mansfield (D )
Died July 12, 1947
Clark W. Thompson (D )
Seated August 23, 1947
Texas R. Ewing Thomason (D )
Resigned July 31, 1947, after being appointed as a judge of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas
Kenneth M. Regan (D )
Seated August 23, 1947
Massachusetts Charles L. Gifford (R )
Died August 23, 1947
Donald W. Nicholson (R )
Seated November 18, 1947
Indiana Raymond S. Springer (R )
Died August 28, 1947
Ralph Harvey (R )
Seated November 4, 1947
Ohio Robert Franklin Jones (R )
Resigned September 2, 1947, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission
William Moore McCulloch (R )
Seated November 4, 1947
New York Leo F. Rayfiel (D )
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
Illinois George Evan Howell (R )
Resigned October 5, 1947, after being appointed judge of the US Court of Claims
Vacant until next Congress
Virginia Patrick H. Drewry (D )
Died December 21, 1947
Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D )
Seated February 17, 1948
New York Benjamin J. Rabin (D )
Resigned December 31, 1947
Leo Isacson (AL )
Seated February 17, 1948
Kentucky Earle Clements (D )
Resigned January 6, 1948, to become Governor of Kentucky
John A. Whitaker (D )
Seated April 17, 1948
Kentucky John M. Robsion (R )
Died February 17, 1948
William Lewis (R )
Seated April 24, 1948
Missouri Orville Zimmerman (D )
Died April 7, 1948
Paul C. Jones (D )
Seated November 2, 1948
Virginia J. Lindsay Almond (D )
Resigned April 17, 1948, having been elected attorney General of Virginia
Clarence G. Burton (D )
Seated November 2, 1948
Illinois Thomas L. Owens (R )
Died June 7, 1948
Vacant until next Congress
Indiana Noble J. Johnson (R )
Resigned July 1, 1948, after being appointed as judge of US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
Vacant until next Congress
Texas Milton H. West (D )
Died October 28, 1948
Lloyd Bentsen (D )
Seated December 4, 1948
New York John J. Delaney (D )
Died November 18, 1948
Vacant until next Congress
South Dakota Karl E. Mundt (R )
Resigned December 30, 1948, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected.
Vacant until next Congress
Committees [ edit ]
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Joint committees [ edit ]
Employees [ edit ]
House of Representatives [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
Explanatory notes [ edit ]
^ President pro tempore Arthur Vandenberg acted his duties as the President of the Senate.
^ a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
Citations [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
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