82nd United States Congress

82nd United States Congress

81st ← → 83rd United States Capitol (1956) Duration: January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 Senate President: Alben W. Barkley (D) Senate Pres. pro tem: Kenneth McKellar (D) House Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D) Members: 96 Senators 435 Representatives 3 Non-voting members Senate Majority: Democratic House Majority: Democratic Sessions 1st: January 3, 1951 – October 20, 1951 2nd: January 8, 1952 – July 7, 1952

The Eighty-second 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, 1951 to January 3, 1953, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

• March 29, 1951: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. On April 5 they are sentenced to receive the death penalty.
• April 11, 1951: U.S. President Harry S Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his Far Eastern commands.
• September 5, 1951: Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan to formally end the Pacific War.
• October 24, 1951: U.S. President Harry Truman declares an official end to war with Germany.
• November 10, 1951: Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
• December 31, 1951: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
• March 29, 1952: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces that he will not seek reelection.
• June 19, 1952: The Special Forces are created.
• July 25, 1952: Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth of the United States, an unincorporated organized territory, with the ratification of its constitution.
• November 4, 1952: United States presidential election, 1952: Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democrat Adlai Stevenson, and the National Security Agency is founded.

Major legislation

• October 10, 1951: Mutual Security Act, ch. 479, 65 Stat. 373
• June 27, 1952: Immigration and Nationality Act (McCarran-Walter Act), Pub.L. 82–414
• July 14, 1952: McGuire Act, Pub.L. 82–542, 15 U.S.C. § 42(a)
• July 16, 1952: Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act, Pub.L. 82–550
• July 16, 1952: Federal Coal Mine Safety Act Amendments of 1952, Pub.L. 82–552
• July 16, 1952: Wire Fraud Act of 1952, Pub.L. 82–555

Treaties

Members of the Japanese delegation signing the Treaty of San Francisco.

• March 20, 1952: Treaty of San Francisco ratified

Party summary

Senate

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic	Independent	Republican
End of previous Congress	53	0	43	96	0
Begin	49	0	47	96	0
March 8, 1951	48			95	1
March 19, 1951	49			96	0
April 18, 1951	46		95	1
April 23, 1951			50	96	0
November 29, 1951	45		95	1
December 10, 1951	46		96	0
July 28, 1952			49	95	1
August 29, 1952	47		96	0
November 5, 1952	47				49
December 31, 1952			48	95	1
Latest voting share	49%	0%	51%
Beginning of the next Congress	47	1	48	96	0

House of Representatives

• Democratic: 235 (majority)
• Republican: 199
• Independent: 1

TOTAL: 435

Leadership

Senate

• President of the Senate: Alben W. Barkley (D)
• President pro tempore: Kenneth McKellar (D)

Majority (Democratic) party

• Majority leader: Ernest McFarland
• Majority whip: Lyndon Johnson

Minority (Republican) party

• Minority leader: Kenneth S. Wherry, until January 8, 1952
  • Styles Bridges, from January 8, 1952
• Minority whip: Leverett Saltonstall

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) party

• Majority leader: John W. McCormack
• Majority whip: J. Percy Priest
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Jere Cooper

Minority (Republican) party

• Minority leader: Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
• Minority whip: Leslie C. Arends
• Republican Conference Chairman: Clifford R. Hope

Caucuses

• House Democratic Caucus

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

Alabama 2. John J. Sparkman (D) 3. Joseph Lister Hill (D) Arizona 1. Ernest W. McFarland (D) 3. Carl Hayden (D) Arkansas 3. J. William Fulbright (D) 2. John Little McClellan (D) California 1. William F. Knowland (R) 3. Richard M. Nixon (R), until January 1, 1953 Thomas H. Kuchel (R), from January 2, 1953 Colorado 3. Eugene D. Millikin (R) 2. Edwin Carl Johnson (D) Connecticut 3. Brien McMahon (D), until July 28, 1952 William A. Purtell (R), August 29, 1952 – November 4, 1952 Prescott Bush (R), from November 5, 1952 1. William Benton (D) Delaware 2. J. Allen Frear, Jr. (D) 1. John J. Williams (R) Florida 1. Spessard Holland (D) 3. George Smathers (D) Georgia 2. Walter Franklin George (D) 3. Richard Brevard Russell (D) Idaho 2. Henry Dworshak (R) 3. Herman Welker (R) Illinois 3. Everett Dirksen (R) 2. Paul Douglas (D) Indiana 1. William E. Jenner (R) 3. Homer E. Capehart (R) Iowa 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) 2. Guy M. Gillette (D) Kansas 2. Andrew F. Schoeppel (R) 3. Frank Carlson (R) Kentucky 3. Earle C. Clements (D) 2. Virgil Chapman (D), until March 8, 1951 Thomas R. Underwood (D), March 19, 1951 – November 4, 1952 John Sherman Cooper (R), from November 5, 1952 Louisiana 2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D) 3. Russell B. Long (D) Maine 1. Ralph Owen Brewster (R), until December 31, 1952 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R) Maryland 1. Herbert O'Conor (D) 3. John M. Butler (R) Massachusetts 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R) 1. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) Michigan 2. Homer Ferguson (R) 1. Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (R), until April 18, 1951 Blair Moody (D), April 23, 1951 – November 4, 1952 Charles E. Potter (R), from November 5, 1952 Minnesota 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL) 1. Edward John Thye (R) Mississippi 1. John C. Stennis (D) 2. James O. Eastland (D) Missouri 3. Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D) 1. James P. Kem (R)

Montana 2. James Edward Murray (D) 1. Zales N. Ecton (R) Nebraska 1. Hugh A. Butler (R) 2. Kenneth S. Wherry (R), until November 29, 1951 Fred Andrew Seaton (R), December 10, 1951 – November 4, 1952 Dwight Griswold (R), from November 5, 1952 Nevada 3. Patrick Anthony Mccarran (D) 1. George W. Malone (R) New Hampshire 2. Styles Bridges (R) 3. Charles W. Tobey (R) New Jersey 1. H. Alexander Smith (R) 2. Robert C. Hendrickson (R) New Mexico 1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (D) 2. Clinton Presba Anderson (D) New York 1. Irving M. Ives (R) 3. Herbert H. Lehman (D) North Carolina 2. Willis Smith (D) 3. Clyde Roark Hoey (D) North Dakota 1. William Langer (R) 3. Milton Young (R) Ohio 3. Robert A. Taft (R) 1. John W. Bricker (R) Oklahoma 2. Robert S. Kerr (D) 3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D) Oregon 3. Wayne L. Morse (R) 2. Guy Cordon (R) Pennsylvania 3. James H. Duff (R) 1. Edward Martin (R) Rhode Island 1. John O. Pastore (D) 2. Theodore Francis Green (D) South Carolina 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D) 3. Olin D. Johnston (D) South Dakota 2. Karl E. Mundt (R) 3. Francis H. Case (R) Tennessee 1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D) 2. C. Estes Kefauver (D) Texas 1. Thomas Terry Connally (D) 2. Lyndon Johnson (D) Utah 1. Arthur V. Watkins (R) 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R) Vermont 1. Ralph E. Flanders (R) 3. George Aiken (R) Virginia 1. Harry Flood Byrd (D) 2. Absalom Willis Robertson (D) Washington 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D) 1. Harry P. Cain (R) West Virginia 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D) 2. Matthew M. Neely (D) Wisconsin 3. Alexander Wiley (R) 1. Joseph McCarthy (R) Wyoming 1. Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (D) 2. Lester C. Hunt (D)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama (9 Democrats) 1. Frank W. Boykin (D) 2. George M. Grant (D) 3. George W. Andrews (D) 4. Kenneth A. Roberts (D) 5. Albert Rains (D) 6. Edward deGraffenried (D) 7. Carl Elliott (D) 8. Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) 9. Laurie C. Battle (D) Arizona (2 Democrats) 1. John R. Murdock (D) 2. Harold A. Patten (D) Arkansas (7 Democrats) 1. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) 2. Wilbur D. Mills (D) 3. James William Trimble (D) 4. Boyd Tackett (D) 5. Brooks Hays (D) 6. William F. Norrell (D) 7. Oren Harris (D) California (13-10 Republican) 1. Hubert B. Scudder (R) 2. Clair Engle (D) 3. Justin L. Johnson (R) 4. Franck R. Havenner (D) 5. John F. Shelley (D) 6. George P. Miller (D) 7. John J. Allen, Jr. (R) 8. Jack Z. Anderson (R) 9. Allan O. Hunter (R) 10. Thomas H. Werdel (R) 11. Ernest K. Bramblett (R) 12. Patrick J. Hillings (R) 13. C. Norris Poulson (R) 14. Samuel W. Yorty (D) 15. Gordon L. McDonough (R) 16. Donald L. Jackson (R) 17. Cecil R. King (D) 18. Clyde Doyle (D) 19. Chet Holifield (D) 20. John Carl Hinshaw (R) 21. Harry R. Sheppard (D) 22. John Joseph Phillips (R) 23. Clinton D. McKinnon (D) Colorado (2-2 split) 1. Byron G. Rogers (D) 2. William S. Hill (R) 3. J. Edgar Chenoweth (R) 4. Wayne N. Aspinall (D) Connecticut (4-2 Republican) At-large. Antoni N. Sadlak (R) 1. Abraham A. Ribicoff (D) 2. Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. (R) 3. John A. McGuire (D) 4. Albert P. Morano (R) 5. James T. Patterson (R) Delaware (1 Republican) At large. J. Caleb Boggs (R) Florida (6 Democrats) 1. Chester B. McMullen (D) 2. Charles Edward Bennett (D) 3. Robert L. F. Sikes (D) 4. William C. Lantaff (D) 5. Albert S. Herlong, Jr. (D) 6. Dwight L. Rogers (D) Georgia (10 Democrats) 1. Prince H. Preston, Jr. (D) 2. Edward E. Cox (D), until December 24, 1952 3. Tic Forrester (D) 4. A. Sidney Camp (D) 5. James C. Davis (D) 6. Carl Vinson (D) 7. Henderson L. Lanham (D) 8. William M. Wheeler (D) 9. John S. Wood (D) 10. Paul Brown (D) Idaho (2 Republicans) 1. John Travers Wood (R) 2. Hamer H. Budge (R) Illinois (18-8 Republican) 1. William L. Dawson (D) 2. Richard B. Vail (R) 3. Fred E. Busbey (R) 4. William E. McVey (R) 5. John C. Kluczynski (D) 6. Thomas Joseph O'Brien (D) 7. Adolph J. Sabath (D), until November 6, 1952 8. Thomas S. Gordon (D) 9. Sidney R. Yates (D) 10. Richard W. Hoffman (R) 11. Timothy P. Sheehan (R) 12. Edgar A. Jonas (R) 13. Marguerite S. Church (R) 14. Chauncey W. Reed (R) 15. Noah M. Mason (R) 16. Leo E. Allen (R) 17. Leslie C. Arends (R) 18. Harold H. Velde (R) 19. Robert B. Chiperfield (R) 20. Sid Simpson (R) 21. Peter F. Mack, Jr. (D) 22. William L. Springer (R) 23. Edward H. Jenison (R) 24. Charles W. Vursell (R) 25. Melvin Price (D) 26. C. W. Bishop (R) Indiana (9-2 Republican) 1. Ray J. Madden (D) 2. Charles A. Halleck (R) 3. Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr. (R) 4. E. Ross Adair (R) 5. John V. Beamer (R) 6. Cecil M. Harden (R) 7. William G. Bray (R) 8. Winfield K. Denton (D) 9. Earl Wilson (R) 10. Ralph Harvey (R) 11. Charles B. Brownson (R) Iowa (8 Republicans) 1. Thomas E. Martin (R) 2. Henry O. Talle (R) 3. Harold R. Gross (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) Kansas (6 Republicans) 1. Albert McDonald Cole (R) 2. Errett P. Scrivner (R) 3. Myron V. George (R) 4. Edward Herbert Rees (R) 5. Clifford R. Hope (R) 6. Wint Smith (R) Kentucky (7-7 Republican) 1. Noble J. Gregory (D) 2. John A. Whitaker (D), until December 15, 1951 Garrett L. Withers (D), from August 2, 1952 3. Thruston B. Morton (R) 4. Frank Chelf (D) 5. Brent Spence (D) 6. Thomas R. Underwood (D), until March 17, 1951 John C. Watts (D), from April 14, 1951 7. Carl D. Perkins (D) 8. Joe B. Bates (D) 9. James S. Golden (R) Louisiana (8 Democrats) 1. F. Edward Hébert (D) 2. Hale Boggs (D) 3. Edwin E. Willis (D) 4. Overton Brooks (D) 5. Otto E. Passman (D) 6. James H. Morrison (D) 7. Henry D. Larcade, Jr. (D) 8. A. Leonard Allen (D) Maine (3 Republicans) 1. Robert Hale (R) 2. Charles P. Nelson (R) 3. Frank Fellows (R), until August 27, 1951 Clifford G. McIntire (R), from October 22, 1951 Maryland (3-3 split) 1. Edward T. Miller (R) 2. James P. Devereux (R) 3. Edward Garmatz (D) 4. George Hyde Fallon (D) 5. Lansdale G. Sasscer (D) 6. J. Glenn Beall (R) Massachusetts (3-3 split) 1. John W. Heselton (R) 2. Foster Furcolo (D), until September 30, 1952 3. Philip Philbin (D) 4. Harold Donohue (D) 5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R) 6. William H. Bates (R) 7. Thomas J. Lane (D) 8. Angier L. Goodwin (R) 9. Donald W. Nicholson (R) 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) Michigan (8-6 Republican) 1. Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D) 2. George Meader (R) 3. Paul W. Shafer (R) 4. Clare E. Hoffman (R) 5. Gerald Ford (R) 6. William W. Blackney (R) 7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R) 8. Fred L. Crawford (R) 9. Ruth Thompson (R) 10. Roy O. Woodruff (R) 11. Charles E. Potter (R), until November 4, 1952 12. John B. Bennett (R) 13. George D. O'Brien (D) 14. Louis C. Rabaut (D) 15. John D. Dingell, Sr. (D) 16. John Lesinski, Jr. (D) 17. George A. Dondero (R) Minnesota (5-4 Republican) 1. August H. Andresen (R) 2.Joseph P. O'Hara (R) 3.Roy Wier (DFL) 4.Eugene McCarthy (DFL) 5.Walter Judd (R) 6.Fred Marshall '(DFL) 7.H. Carl Andersen (R) 8.John Blatnik (DFL) 9.Harold Hagen (R) Mississippi (7 Democrats) 1. John E. Rankin (D) 2. Jamie L. Whitten (D) 3. Frank E. Smith (D) 4. Thomas G. Abernethy (D) 5. W. Arthur Winstead (D) 6. William M. Colmer (D) 7. John B. Williams (D) Missouri (10-3 Democratic) 1. Clare Magee (D) 2. Morgan M. Moulder (D) 3. Phil J. Welch (D) 4. Leonard Irving (D) 5. Richard Bolling (D) 6. Orland K. Armstrong (R) 7. Dewey Short (R) 8. A.S.J. Carnahan (D) 9. Clarence Cannon (D) 10. Paul C. Jones (D) 11. John B. Sullivan (D), until January 29, 1951 Claude I. Bakewell (R), from March 9, 1951 12. Thomas B. Curtis (R) 13. Frank M. Karsten (D) Montana (1-1 split) 1. Mike Mansfield (D) 2. Wesley A. D'Ewart (R) Nebraska (4 Republicans) 1. Carl T. Curtis (R) 2. Howard H. Buffett (R) 3. Karl Stefan (R), until October 2, 1951 Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R), from December 4, 1951 4. Arthur L. Miller (R) Nevada (1 Democrat) At-large. Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D) New Hampshire (2 Republicans) 1. Charles Earl Merrow (R) 2. Norris H. Cotton (R)

New Jersey (9-5 Republican) 1. Charles A. Wolverton (R) 2. T. Millet Hand (R) 3. James C. Auchincloss (R) 4. Charles R. Howell (D) 5. Charles A. Eaton (R) 6. Clifford P. Case (R) 7. William B. Widnall (R) 8. Gordon Canfield (R) 9. Harry L. Towe (R), until September 7, 1951 Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (R), from November 6, 1951 10. Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (Dem.) 11. Hugh J. Addonizio (D) 12. Robert W. Kean (R) 13. Alfred D. Sieminski (D) 14. Edward J. Hart (D) New Mexico (2 Democrats) At-large. John J. Dempsey (D) At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D) New York (23-22 Democratic) 1. Ernest Greenwood (D) 2. Leonard W. Hall (R), until December 31, 1952 3. Henry J. Latham (R) 4. L. Gary Clemente (D) 5. T. Vincent Quinn (D), until December 30, 1951 Robert T. Ross (R), from February 19, 1952 6. James J. Delaney (D) 7. Louis B. Heller (D) 8. Victor L. Anfuso (D) 9. Eugene J. Keogh (D) 10. Edna F. Kelly (D) 11. James J. Heffernan (D) 12. John J. Rooney (D) 13. Donald L. O'Toole (D) 14. Abraham J. Multer (D) 15. Emanuel Celler (D) 16. James J. Murphy (D) 17. Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. (R) 18. James G. Donovan (D) 19. Arthur G. Klein (D) 20. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (D) 21. Jacob K. Javits (R) 22. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D) 23. Sidney A. Fine (D) 24. Isidore Dollinger (D) 25. Charles A. Buckley (D) 26. Christopher C. McGrath (D) 27. Ralph W. Gwinn (R) 28. Ralph A. Gamble (R) 29. Katharine St. George (R) 30. J. Ernest Wharton (R) 31. Bernard W. Kearney (R) 32. William T. Byrne (D), until January 27, 1952 Leo W. O'Brien (D), from April 1, 1952 33. Dean P. Taylor (R) 34. Clarence E. Kilburn (R) 35. William R. Williams (R) 36. R. Walter Riehlman (R) 37. Edwin Arthur Hall (R) 38. John Taber (R) 39. W. Sterling Cole (R) 40. Kenneth B. Keating (R) 41. Harold C. Ostertag (R) 42. William E. Miller (R) 43. Edmund P. Radwan (R) 44. John Cornelius Butler (R) 45. Daniel A. Reed (R) North Carolina (12 Democrats) 1. Herbert C. Bonner (D) 2. John H. Kerr (D) 3. Graham A. Barden (D) 4. Harold D. Cooley (D) 5. Richard T. Chatham (D) 6. Carl T. Durham (D) 7. F. Ertel Carlyle (D) 8. Charles B. Deane (D) 9. Robert L. Doughton (D) 10. Hamilton C. Jones (D) 11. Woodrow W. Jones (D) 12. Monroe M. Redden (D) North Dakota (2 Republicans) At-large. Fred G. Aandahl (R) At-large. Usher L. Burdick (Nonpartisan Republican) Ohio (15 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 Independent) At-large. George H. Bender (R) 1. Charles H. Elston (R) 2. William E. Hess (R) 3. Edward G. Breen (D), until October 1, 1951 Paul F. Schenck (R), from November 6, 1951 4. William M. McCulloch (R) 5. Cliff Clevenger (R) 6. James G. Polk (D) 7. Clarence J. Brown (R) 8. Jackson E. Betts (R) 9. Frazier Reams (I) 10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R) 11. Walter E. Brehm (R) 12. John M. Vorys (R) 13. Alvin F. Weichel (R) 14. William H. Ayres (R) 15. Robert T. Secrest (D) 16. Frank T. Bow (R) 17. J. Harry McGregor (R) 18. Wayne L. Hays (D) 19. Michael J. Kirwan (D) 20. Michael A. Feighan (D) 21. Robert Crosser (D) 22. Frances P. Bolton (R) Oklahoma (6-2 Democratic) 1. George B. Schwabe (R), until April 2, 1952 2. William G. Stigler (D), until August 21, 1952 3. Carl Albert (D) 4. Tom Steed (D) 5. John Jarman (D) 6. Toby Morris (D) 7. Victor Wickersham (D) 8. Page Belcher (R) Oregon (4 Republicans) 1. A. Walter Norblad (R) 2. Lowell Stockman (R) 3. Homer D. Angell (R) 4. Harris Ellsworth (R) Pennsylvania (20-13 Republican) 1. William A. Barrett (D) 2. William T. Granahan (D) 3. Hardie Scott (R) 4. Earl Chudoff (D) 5. William J. Green, Jr. (D) 6. Hugh Scott (R) 7. Benjamin F. James (R) 8. Albert C. Vaughn (R), until September 1, 1951 Karl C. King (R), from November 6, 1951 9. Paul B. Dague (R) 10. Harry P. O'Neill (D) 11. Daniel J. Flood (D) 12. Ivor D. Fenton (R) 13. George M. Rhodes (D) 14. Wilson D. Gillette (R), until August 7, 1951 Joseph L. Carrigg (R), from November 6, 1951 15. Alvin Bush (R) 16. Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (R) 17. Richard M. Simpson (R) 18. Walter M. Mumma (R) 19. Leon H. Gavin (R) 20. Francis E. Walter (D) 21. James F. Lind (D) 22. James E. Van Zandt (R) 23. Edward L. Sittler, Jr. (R) 24. Thomas E. Morgan (D) 25. Louis E. Graham (R) 26. John P. Saylor (R) 27. Augustine B. Kelley (D) 28. Carroll D. Kearns (R) 29. Harmar D. Denny, Jr. (R) 30. Robert J. Corbett (R) 31. James G. Fulton (R) 32. Herman P. Eberharter (D) 33. Frank Buchanan (D), until April 27, 1951 Vera Buchanan (D), from July 24, 1951 Rhode Island (2 Democrats) 1. Aime Forand (D) 2. John E. Fogarty (D) South Carolina (6 Democrats) 1. L. Mendel Rivers (D) 2. John J. Riley (D) 3. W.J. Bryan Dorn (D) 4. Joseph R. Bryson (D) 5. James P. Richards (D) 6. John L. McMillan (D) South Dakota (2 Republicans) 1. Harold O. Lovre (R) 2. E. Y. Berry (R) Tennessee (8-2 Democratic) 1. B. Carroll Reece (R) 2. Howard Baker, Sr. (R) 3. James B. Frazier Jr. (D) 4. Albert A. Gore Sr. (D) 5. Joe L. Evins (D) 6. J. Percy Priest (D) 7. James P. Sutton (D) 8. Tom J. Murray (D) 9. Jere Cooper (D) 10. Clifford Davis (D) Texas (21 Democrats) 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), until June 30, 1952 John Dowdy (D), from September 23, 1952 8. Albert Thomas (D) 9. Clark W. Thompson (D) 10. W. Homer Thornberry (D) 11. William R. Poage (D) 12. Wingate H. Lucas (D) 13. Ed Gossett (D), until July 31, 1951 Frank N. Ikard (D), from September 8, 1951 14. John E. Lyle, Jr. (D) 15. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D) 16. Kenneth M. Regan (D) 17. Omar Burleson (D) 18. Walter E. Rogers (D) 19. George H. Mahon (D) 20. Paul J. Kilday (D) 21. O. Clark Fisher (D) Utah (2 Democrats) 1. Walter K. Granger (D) 2. Reva Beck Bosone (D) Vermont (1 Republican) At-large. Winston L. Prouty (R) Virginia (9 Republicans) 1. Edward J. Robeson, Jr. (D) 2. Porter Hardy, Jr. (D) 3. J. Vaughan Gary (D) 4. Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D) 5. Thomas Bahnson Stanley (D) 6. Clarence G. Burton (D) 7. Burr Harrison (D) 8. Howard W. Smith (D) 9. Thomas B. Fugate (D) Washington (4-2 Republican) 1. Hugh B. Mitchell (D) 2. Henry M. Jackson (D) 3. Russell V. Mack (R) 4. Hal Holmes (R) 5. Walt Horan (R) 6. Thor C. Tollefson (R) West Virginia (6 Democrats) 1. Robert L. Ramsay (D) 2. Harley O. Staggers (D) 3. Cleveland M. Bailey (D) 4. M. G. Burnside (D) 5. John Kee (D), until May 8, 1951 Elizabeth Kee (D), from July 17, 1951 6. E. H. Hedrick (D) Wisconsin (9-1 Republican) 1. Lawrence H. Smith (R) 2. Glenn R. Davis (R) 3. Gardner R. Withrow (R) 4. Clement J. Zablocki (D) 5. Charles J. Kersten (R) 6. William K. Van Pelt (R) 7. Reid F. Murray (R), until April 29, 1952 8. John W. Byrnes (R) 9. Merlin Hull (R) 10. Alvin E. O'Konski (R) Wyoming (1 Republican) At-large. William Henry Harrison (R) Non-voting members (1 Democrat, 1 Republican, 1 New Progressive) Alaska Territory. Bob Bartlett (D) Hawaii Territory. Joseph Rider Farrington (R) Puerto Rico. Antonio Fernós Isern (Resident Commissioner) (PPD)

House seats by party holding plurality in state   80.1–100% Democratic   80.1–100% Republican   60.1–80% Democratic   60.1–80% Republican   Up to 60% Democratic   Up to 60% Republican

Changes in membership

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

Senate

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Kentucky (2)	Virgil Chapman (D)	Died March 8, 1951. Successor appointed March 19, 1951 to continue the term.	Thomas R. Underwood (D)	March 19, 1951
Michigan (1)	Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)	Died April 18, 1951. Successor appointed April 23, 1951 to continue the term.	Blair Moody (D)	April 23, 1951
Nebraska (2)	Kenneth S. Wherry (R)	Died November 29, 1951. Successor appointed December 10, 1951 to continue the term.	Fred A. Seaton (R)	December 10, 1951
Connecticut (3)	Brien McMahon (D)	Died July 28, 1952.	William A. Purtell (R)	August 29, 1952
Connecticut (3)	William A. Purtell (R)	Successor elected November 4, 1952	Prescott Bush (R)	November 5, 1952
Kentucky (2)	Thomas R. Underwood (D)	Lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1952.	John S. Cooper (R)	November 5, 1952
Michigan (1)	Blair Moody (D)	Lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1952.	Charles E. Potter (R)	November 5, 1952
Nebraska (2)	Fred A. Seaton (R)	Lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1952.	Dwight Griswold (R)	November 5, 1952
Maine (1)	Owen Brewster (R)	Resigned December 31, 1952	Vacant	Not filled this term
California (3)	Richard Nixon (R)	Resigned January 1, 1953 after being elected Vice President of the United States	Thomas Kuchel (R)	January 2, 1953

House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
Missouri 11th	John B. Sullivan (D)	Died January 29, 1951	Claude I. Bakewell (R)	March 9, 1951
Kentucky 6th	Thomas R. Underwood (D)	Resigned March 17, 1951 after being appointed to the US Senate	John C. Watts (D)	April 4, 1951
Pennsylvania 33rd	Frank Buchanan (D)	Died April 27, 1951	Vera Buchanan (D)	July 24, 1951
West Virginia 5th	John Kee (D)	Died May 8, 1951	Elizabeth Kee (D)	July 17, 1951
Texas 13th	Ed Gossett (D)	Resigned July 31, 1951	Frank N. Ikard (D)	September 8, 1951
Pennsylvania 14th	Wilson D. Gillette (R)	Died August 7, 1951	Joseph L. Carrigg (R)	November 6, 1951
Maine 3rd	Frank Fellows (R)	Died August 27, 1951	Clifford McIntire (R)	October 22, 1951
Pennsylvania 8th	Albert C. Vaughn (R)	Died September 1, 1951	Karl C. King (R)	November 6, 1951
New Jersey 9th	Harry L. Towe (R)	Resigned September 7, 1951 after becoming Asst. Attorney General of New Jersey	Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (R)	November 6, 1951
Ohio 3rd	Edward G. Breen (D)	Resigned October 1, 1951 due to ill health	Paul F. Schenck (R)	November 6, 1951
Nebraska 3rd	Karl Stefan (R)	Died October 2, 1951	Robert D. Harrison (R)	December 4, 1951
Kentucky 2nd	John A. Whitaker (D)	Died December 15, 1951	Garrett L. Withers (D)	August 2, 1952
New York 5th	T. Vincent Quinn (D)	Resigned December 30, 1951 after becoming District Attorney of Queens County	Robert T. Ross (R)	February 19, 1952
New York 32nd	William T. Byrne (D)	Died January 27, 1952	Leo W. O'Brien (D)	April 1, 1952
Oklahoma 1st	George B. Schwabe (R)	Died April 2, 1952	Vacant	Not filled this term
Wisconsin 7th	Reid F. Murray (R)	Died April 29, 1952	Vacant	Not filled this term
Texas 7th	Tom Pickett (D)	Resigned June 30, 1952 after becoming Vice-President of the National Coal Association	John Dowdy (D)	September 23, 1952
Oklahoma 2nd	William G. Stigler (D)	Died August 21, 1952	Vacant	Not filled this term
Massachusetts 2nd	Foster Furcolo (D)	Resigned September 30, 1952 after becoming Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts	Vacant	Not filled this term
Michigan 11th	Charles E. Potter (R)	Resigned November 4, 1952 after being elected to the US Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
Illinois 7th	Adolph J. Sabath (D)	Died November 6, 1952	Vacant	Not filled this term
Georgia 2nd	Edward E. Cox (D)	Died December 24, 1953	Vacant	Not filled this term
New York 2nd	Leonard W. Hall (R)	Resigned December 31, 1952	Vacant	Not filled this term

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Agriculture and Forestry
• Appropriations
• Banking and Currency
• District of Columbia
• Expenditures in Executive Departments
• Finance
• Foreign Relations
• Interior and Insular Affairs
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce
• Government Operations
• Judiciary
• Labor and Public Welfare
• Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce (Select)
• Post Office and Civil Service
• Public Works
• Remodeling the Senate Chamber (Special)
• Small Business (Select)
• Subcommittee on Internal Security
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Agriculture
• Appropriations
• Banking and Currency
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
• Expenditures in the Executive Departments
• Foreign Affairs
• Government Operations
• House Administration
• Interior and Insular Affairs
• Katyn Forest Massacre Investigation (Select)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries
• Post Office and Civil Service
• Public Works
• Rules
• Small Business (Select)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Un-American Activities
• Veterans' Affairs
• Ways and Means
• Whole

Joint committees

• Atomic Energy
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Defense Production
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• Economic
• Immigration and Nationality Policy
• Legislative Budget
• The Library
• Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
• Printing
• Railroad Retirement Legislation
• Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
• Taxation

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

• Architect of the Capitol: 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: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
• Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
• Secretary: Leslie Biffle
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)
• Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts
• Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller^[1]
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
• Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph H. Callahan

See also

• United States elections, 1950 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1950
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1950
• United States elections, 1952 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1952
  • United States Senate elections, 1952
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1952

References

1. "'Fishbait' Miller, 80, Former Doorkeeper Of the U.S. House". The New York Times. 15 September 1989.

External links

• House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 82nd Congress (PDF).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 82nd Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 82nd Congress, 2nd Session.