83rd United States Congress

83rd United States Congress

82nd ← → 84th United States Capitol (1956) Duration: January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 Senate President: Alben W. Barkley (D) (until Jan 20, 1953) Richard Nixon (R) (from Jan 20, 1953) Senate Pres. pro tem: Styles Bridges (R) House Speaker: Joseph William Martin, Jr. (R) Members: 96 Senators 435 Representatives 3 Non-voting members Senate Majority: Republican House Majority: Republican Sessions 1st: January 3, 1953 – August 3, 1953 2nd: January 6, 1954 – December 2, 1954

The Eighty-third 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, DC from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1955, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950.

Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

• January 20, 1953: Dwight Eisenhower is sworn in as President of the United States in his first inauguration
• March 1, 1954: U.S. Capitol shooting incident
• December 2, 1954: Joseph McCarthy is censured by the U.S. Senate

Major legislation

President Eisenhower signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

• July 3, 1953: Small Business Act, Pub.L. 83–163, ch. 282, 67 Stat. 232
• August 7, 1953: Refugee Relief Act, Pub.L. 83–203
• August 7, 1953: Submerged Lands Act, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462
• August 14, 1953: Public Law 280, Pub.L. 83–280, 18 U.S.C. § 1162
• May 13, 1954: Saint Lawrence Seaway Act, ch. 201, 68 Stat. 92
• August 12, 1954: Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, ch. 649, title II, §201, 68 Stat. 612
• August 13, 1954: Multiple Mineral Development Act, ch. 730, 68 Stat. 708
• August 16, 1954: Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Pub.L. 83–591, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 3
  • Federal Unemployment Tax Act, §1(d), 68A Stat. 439
  • National Firearms Act, §1(d), 68A Stat. 721
• August 24, 1954: Communist Control Act of 1954, ch. 886, 68 Stat. 775
• August 30, 1954: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 68 Stat. 919
• 1954: Agricultural Act of 1954
• 1954: Water Facilities Act of 1954

Key Votes

Senate

Legislation	Party	Yea	Nay
Formosa Policy	Democrats	12	32
January 28, 1955	Republicans	1	42
Rejected		13	74
China Mutual Defense Treaty	Democrats	9	33
February 9, 1955	Republicans	1	27
Rejected		10	60
Raising Congressional Salaries	Democrats	30	13
February 23, 1955	Republicans	32	11
Passed		62	24

House of Representatives

Legislation	Party	Yea	Nay
Raising Congressional Salaries	Democrats	166	59
February 16, 1955	Republicans	117	59
Passed		283	118
Reciprocal Trade Extension	Democrats	80	140
February 18, 1955	Republicans	119	66
Rejected		199	206
Reciprocal Trade Extension	Democrats	186	35
February 18, 1955	Republicans	109	75
Passed		295	110
Taxation	Democrats	16	205
February 25, 1955	Republicans	189	5
Rejected		205	210

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Independent (I)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	47	0	48	95	1
Begin	47	1	48	96	0
End
Final voting share	49.0%	1.0%	50.0%
Beginning of the next congress	48	1	47	96	0

House of Representatives

221 Republicans, 213 Democrats, 1 Independent

Total Membership: 435 Representatives, 2 Delegates, 1 Resident Commissioner

Leadership

Senate

• President: Alben W. Barkley (D), until January 20, 1953
  • Richard M. Nixon (R), from January 20, 1953
• President pro tempore: Styles Bridges (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Robert A. Taft, until July 31, 1953 (died)
  • William F. Knowland, from August 3, 1953
• Majority Whip: Leverett Saltonstall
• Conference Chairman: Eugene Millikin

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader and Conference Chairman: Lyndon B. Johnson
• Minority Whip: Earle C. Clements

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Charles A. Halleck
• Majority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
• Conference Chairman: Clifford R. Hope

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: Sam Rayburn
• Minority Whip: John William McCormack
• Caucus Chairman: Wilbur Mills

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. Within each state, senators are listed in order of seniority. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

Alabama 3. Joseph Lister Hill (D) 2. John J. Sparkman (D) Arizona 3. Carl Hayden (D) 1. Barry Goldwater (R) Arkansas 2. John Little McClellan (D) 3. J. William Fulbright (D) California 1. William F. Knowland (R) 3. Thomas H. Kuchel (R) Colorado 2. Edwin Carl Johnson (D) 3. Eugene D. Millikin (R) Connecticut 3. Prescott Bush (R) 1. William A. Purtell (R) Delaware 1. John J. Williams (R) 2. J. Allen Frear, Jr. (D) 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 2. Paul Douglas (D) 3. Everett Dirksen (R) Indiana 3. Homer E. Capehart (R) 1. William E. Jenner (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. John Sherman Cooper (R) Louisiana 2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D) 3. Russell B. Long (D) Maine 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R) 1. Frederick G. Payne (R) Maryland 3. John M. Butler (R) 1. James Glenn Beall (R) Massachusetts 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R) 1. John F. Kennedy (D) Michigan 2. Homer Ferguson (R) 1. Charles E. Potter (R) Minnesota 1. Edward John Thye (R) 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL) Mississippi 2. James O. Eastland (D) 1. John C. Stennis (D) Missouri 3. Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D) 1. Stuart Symington (D) Montana 2. James Edward Murray (D) 1. Michael J. Mansfield (D) Nebraska 1. Hugh A. Butler (R), until July 1, 1954 Samuel Williams Reynolds (R), July 3, 1954 - November 7, 1954 Roman Hruska (R), from November 8, 1954 2. Dwight Griswold (R), until April 12, 1954 Eva K. Bowring (R), April 16, 1954 - November 7, 1954 Hazel Abel (R), November 8, 1954 - December 31, 1954 Carl Curtis (R), from January 1, 1955

Nevada 3. Patrick Anthony Mccarran (D), until September 28, 1954 Ernest S. Brown (R), October 1, 1954 - December 1, 1954 Alan Bible (D), from December 2, 1954 1. George W. Malone (R) New Hampshire 2. Styles Bridges (R) 3. Charles W. Tobey (R), until July 24, 1953 Robert W. Upton (R), August 14, 1953 - November 7, 1954 Norris Cotton (R), from November 8, 1954 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 3. Clyde Roark Hoey (D), until May 12, 1954 Sam Ervin (D), from June 5, 1954 2. Willis Smith (D), until June 26, 1953 Alton Asa Lennon (D), July 10, 1953 - November 28, 1954 W. Kerr Scott (D), from November 29, 1954 North Dakota 1. William Langer (R) 3. Milton Young (R) Ohio 3. Robert A. Taft (R), until July 31, 1953 Thomas A. Burke (D), November 10, 1953 - December 2, 1954 George H. Bender (R), from December 16, 1954 1. John W. Bricker (R) Oklahoma 2. Robert S. Kerr (D) 3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D) Oregon 2. Guy Cordon (R) 3. Wayne L. Morse (Independent) Pennsylvania 1. Edward Martin (R) 3. James H. Duff (R) Rhode Island 2. Theodore Francis Green (D) 1. John O. Pastore (D) South Carolina 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D), until September 1, 1954 Charles E. Daniel (D), September 6, 1954 - December 23, 1954 Strom Thurmond (D), from December 24, 1954 3. Olin D. Johnston (D) South Dakota 2. Karl E. Mundt (R) 3. Francis H. Case (R) Tennessee 2. C. Estes Kefauver (D) 1. Albert A. Gore Sr. (D) Texas 2. Lyndon Johnson (D) 1. Price Daniel (D) Utah 1. Arthur V. Watkins (R) 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R) Vermont 3. George Aiken (R) 1. Ralph E. Flanders (R) Virginia 1. Harry Flood Byrd (D) 2. Absalom Willis Robertson (D) Washington 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D) 1. Henry M. Jackson (D) West Virginia 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D) 2. Matthew M. Neely (D) Wisconsin 3. Alexander Wiley (R) 1. Joseph McCarthy (R) Wyoming 2. Lester C. Hunt (D), until June 19, 1954 Edward D. Crippa (R), June 24, 1954 - November 28, 1954 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D), from November 29, 1954 1. Frank A. Barrett (R)

House of Representatives

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. Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (D) 7. Carl Elliott (D) 8. Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) 9. Laurie C. Battle (D) Arizona (1-1 split) 1. John Jacob Rhodes (R) 2. Harold A. Patten (D) Arkansas (6 Democrats) 1. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) 2. Wilbur D. Mills (D) 3. James William Trimble (D) 4. Oren Harris (D) 5. Brooks Hays (D) 6. William F. Norrell (D) California (19-11 Republican) 1. Hubert B. Scudder (R) 2. Clair Engle (D) 3. John E. Moss (D) 4. William S. Mailliard (R) 5. John F. Shelley (D) 6. Robert Condon (D) 7. John J. Allen, Jr. (R) 8. George P. Miller (D) 9. Jesse A. Younger (R) 10. Charles S. Gubser (R) 11. Justin L. Johnson (R) 12. Allan O. Hunter (R) 13. Ernest K. Bramblett (R) 14. Harlan Hagen (D) 15. Gordon L. McDonough (R) 16. Donald L. Jackson (R) 17. Cecil R. King (D) 18. Craig Hosmer (R) 19. Chet Holifield (D) 20. John Carl Hinshaw (R) 21. Edgar W. Hiestand (R) 22. Joseph F. Holt (R) 23. Clyde Doyle (D) 24. C. Norris Poulson (R), until June 11, 1953 Glenard P. Lipscomb (R), from November 10, 1953 25. Patrick J. Hillings (R) 26. Samuel W. Yorty (D) 27. Harry R. Sheppard (D) 28. James B. Utt (R) 29. John J. Phillips (R) 30. Bob Wilson (R) 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 (5-1 Republican) At-large. Antoni N. Sadlak (R) 1. Thomas J. Dodd (D) 2. Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. (R) 3. Albert W. Cretella (R) 4. Albert P. Morano (R) 5. James T. Patterson (R) Delaware (1 Republican) At-large. Herbert B. Warburton (R) Florida (8 Democrats) 1. Courtney W. Campbell (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), until December 1, 1954 7. James A. Haley (D) 8. Donald Ray Matthews (D) Georgia (10 Democrats) 1. Prince H. Preston, Jr. (D) 2. J. L. Pilcher (D), from February 4, 1953 3. Tic Forrester (D) 4. A. Sidney Camp (D), until July 24, 1954 John J. Flynt, Jr. (D), from November 2, 1954 5. James C. Davis (D) 6. Carl Vinson (D) 7. Henderson L. Lanham (D) 8. William M. Wheeler (D) 9. Phillip M. Landrum (D) 10. Paul Brown (D) Idaho (1-1 split) 1. Gracie Pfost (D) 2. Hamer H. Budge (R) Illinois (16-9 Republican) 1. William L. Dawson (D) 2. Barratt O'Hara (D) 3. Fred E. Busbey (R) 4. William E. McVey (R) 5. John C. Kluczynski (D) 6. Thomas Joseph O'Brien (D) 7. James B. Bowler (D), from July 7, 1953 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. Charles W. Vursell (R) 24. Melvin Price (D) 25. C. W. Bishop (R) Indiana (10-1 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. D. Bailey Merrill (R) 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 Democrats) 1. Howard Shultz Miller (D) 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 (6-2 Democratic) 1. Noble J. Gregory (D) 2. Garrett L. Withers (D), until April 30, 1953 William H. Natcher (D), from August 1, 1953 3. John M. Robsion, Jr. (R) 4. Frank Chelf (D) 5. Brent Spence (D) 6. John C. Watts (D) 7. Carl D. Perkins (D) 8. 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. Theo A. Thompson (D) 8. George S. Long (D) Maine (3 Republicans) 1. Robert Hale (R) 2. Charles P. Nelson (R) 3. Clifford G. McIntire (R) Maryland (4-3 Republican) 1. Edward T. Miller (R) 2. James P. Devereux (R) 3. Edward Garmatz (D) 4. George Hyde Fallon (D) 5. Frank Small, Jr. (R) 6. DeWitt S. Hyde (R) 7. Samuel Friedel (D) Massachusetts (8-6 Republican) 1. John W. Heselton (R) 2. Edward Boland (D) 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. Laurence Curtis (R) 11. Tip O'Neill (D) 12. John W. McCormack (D) 13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) 14. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R) Michigan (13-5 Republican) 1. Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D) 2. George Meader (R) 3. Paul W. Shafer (R), until August 17, 1954 4. Clare E. Hoffman (R) 5. Gerald Ford (R) 6. Kit F. Clardy (R) 7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R) 8. Alvin M. Bentley (R) 9. Ruth Thompson (R) 10. Elford Cederberg (R) 11. Victor A. Knox (R) 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. Charles G. Oakman (R) 18. 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 (6 Democrats) 1. Thomas G. Abernethy (D) 2. Jamie L. Whitten (D) 3. Frank E. Smith (D) 4. John B. Williams (D) 5. W. Arthur Winstead (D) 6. William M. Colmer (D) Missouri (7-4 Democratic) 1. Frank M. Karsten (D) 2. Thomas B. Curtis (R) 3. Leonor Sullivan (D) 4. Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (R) 5. Richard Bolling (D) 6. William C. Cole (R) 7. Dewey Short (R) 8. A.S.J. Carnahan (D) 9. Clarence Cannon (D) 10. Paul C. Jones (D) 11. Morgan M. Moulder (D) Montana (1-1 split) 1. Lee Metcalf (D) 2. Wesley A. D'Ewart (R) Nebraska (4 Republicans) 1. Carl T. Curtis (R), until December 31, 1954 2. Roman L. Hruska (R), until November 8, 1954 3. Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R) 4. Arthur L. Miller (R) Nevada (1 Republican) At-large. Clarence Clifton Young (R)

New Hampshire (2 Republicans) 1. Charles Earl Merrow (R) 2. Norris H. Cotton (R), resigned November 7, 1954 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. Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (R) 6. Clifford P. Case (R), until August 16, 1953 Harrison Williams, Jr. (D), from November 3, 1953 7. William B. Widnall (R) 8. Gordon Canfield (R) 9. Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (R) 10. Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D) 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 (27-16 Republican) 1. Stuyvesant Wainwright (R) 2. Steven B. Derounian (R) 3. Frank J. Becker (R) 4. Henry J. Latham (R) 5. Albert H. Bosch (R) 6. Lester Holtzman (D) 7. James J. Delaney (D) 8. Louis B. Heller (D), until July 21, 1954 9. Eugene J. Keogh (D) 10. Edna F. Kelly (D) 11. Emanuel Celler (D) 12. Francis E. Dorn (R) 13. Abraham J. Multer (D) 14. John J. Rooney (D) 15. John H. Ray (R) 16. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (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), until December 31, 1954 22. Sidney A. Fine (D) 23. Isidore Dollinger (D) 24. Charles A. Buckley (D) 25. Paul A. Fino (R) 26. Ralph A. Gamble (R) 27. Ralph W. Gwinn (R) 28. Katharine St. George (R) 29. J. Ernest Wharton (R) 30. Leo W. O'Brien (D) 31. Dean P. Taylor (R) 32. Bernard W. Kearney (R) 33. Clarence E. Kilburn (R) 34. William R. Williams (R) 35. R. Walter Riehlman (R) 36. John Taber (R) 37. W. Sterling Cole (R) 38. Kenneth B. Keating (R) 39. Harold C. Ostertag (R) 40. William E. Miller (R) 41. Edmund P. Radwan (R) 42. John R. Pillion (R) 43. Daniel A. Reed (R) North Carolina (11-1 Democratic) 1. Herbert C. Bonner (D) 2. Lawrence H. Fountain (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. Hugh Quincy Alexander (D) 10. Charles R. Jonas (R) 11. Woodrow W. Jones (D) 12. George A. Shuford (D) North Dakota (2 Republicans) At-large. Otto Krueger (R) At-large. Usher L. Burdick (Nonpartisan Republican) Ohio (16 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 Independent) 1. Gordon H. Scherer (R) 2. William E. Hess (R) 3. Paul F. Schenck (R) 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. Oliver P. Bolton (R) 12. John M. Vorys (R) 13. Alvin F. Weichel (R) 14. William H. Ayres (R) 15. Robert T. Secrest (D), until September 26, 1954 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) 23. George H. Bender (R), until December 15, 1954 Oklahoma (5-1 Democratic) 1. Page Belcher (R) 2. Ed Edmondson (D) 3. Carl Albert (D) 4. Tom Steed (D) 5. John Jarman (D) 6. Victor Wickersham (D) Oregon (4 Republican) 1. A. Walter Norblad (R) 2. Sam Coon (R) 3. Homer D. Angell (R) 4. Harris Ellsworth (R) Pennsylvania (19-11 Republican) 1. William A. Barrett (D) 2. William T. Granahan (D) 3. James A. Byrne (D) 4. Earl Chudoff (D) 5. William J. Green, Jr. (D) 6. Hugh Scott (R) 7. Benjamin F. James (R) 8. Karl C. King (R) 9. Paul B. Dague (R) 10. Joseph L. Carrigg (R) 11. Edward J. Bonin (R) 12. Ivor D. Fenton (R) 13. Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (R) 14. George M. Rhodes (D) 15. Francis E. Walter (D) 16. Walter M. Mumma (R) 17. Alvin Bush (R) 18. Richard M. Simpson (R) 19. S. Walter Stauffer (R) 20. James E. Van Zandt (R) 21. Augustine B. Kelley (D) 22. John P. Saylor (R) 23. Leon H. Gavin (R) 24. Carroll D. Kearns (R) 25. Louis E. Graham (R) 26. Thomas E. Morgan (D) 27. James G. Fulton (R) 28. Herman P. Eberharter (D) 29. Robert J. Corbett (R) 30. Vera Buchanan (D) Rhode Island (2 Republicans) 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), until March 10, 1953 Robert T. Ashmore (D), from June 2, 1953 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 (7-2 Democratic) 1. B. Carroll Reece (R) 2. Howard Baker, Sr. (R) 3. James B. Frazier Jr. (D) 4. Joe L. Evins (D) 5. J. Percy Priest (D) 6. James Patrick Sutton (D) 7. Tom J. Murray (D) 8. Jere Cooper (D) 9. Clifford Davis (D) Texas (22 Democrats) At-large. Martin Dies, Jr. (D) 1. Wright Patman (D) 2. Jack Brooks (D) 3. Brady P. Gentry (D) 4. Sam Rayburn (D) 5. Joseph Franklin Wilson (D) 6. Olin E. Teague (D) 7. John V. Dowdy (D) 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. Frank N. Ikard (D) 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 Republicans) 1. Douglas R. Stringfellow (R) 2. William A. Dawson (R) Vermont (1 Republican) At-large. Winston L. Prouty (R) Virginia (7-3 Democratic) 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), until February 3, 1953 William M. Tuck (D), from April 14, 1953 6. Richard Harding Poff (R) 7. Burr Harrison (D) 8. Howard W. Smith (D) 9. William Creed Wampler (R) 10. Joel T. Broyhill (R) Washington (6-1 Republican) At-large. Donald Hammer Magnuson (D) 1. Thomas Minor Pelly (R) 2. Alfred Westland (R) 3. Russell V. Mack (R) 4. Hal Holmes (R) 5. Walt Horan (R) 6. Thor C. Tollefson (R) West Virginia (5-1 Democratic) 1. Robert H. Mollohan (D) 2. Harley O. Staggers (D) 3. Cleveland M. Bailey (D) 4. Will E. Neal (R) 5. Elizabeth Kee (D) 6. Robert Byrd (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. Melvin R. Laird (R) 8. John W. Byrnes (R) 9. Merlin Hull (R), until May 17, 1953 Lester Johnson (D), from October 13, 1953 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), until June 19, 1954 Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R), from July 31, 1954 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
North Carolina (2)	Willis Smith (D)	Died June 25, 1953	Alton Lennon (D)	July 10, 1953
New Hampshire (3)	Charles W. Tobey (R)	Died July 24, 1953	Robert W. Upton (R)	August 14, 1953
Ohio (3)	Robert A. Taft (R)	Died July 31, 1953.	Thomas A. Burke (D)	November 10, 1953
Nebraska (2)	Dwight Griswold (R)	Died April 12, 1954	Eva Bowring (R)	April 16, 1954
North Carolina (3)	Clyde R. Hoey (D)	Died May 12, 1954	Sam Ervin (D)	June 5, 1954
Wyoming (2)	Lester C. Hunt (D)	Died June 19, 1954.	Edward D. Crippa (R)	June 24, 1954
Nebraska (1)	Hugh A. Butler (R)	Died July 1, 1954	Samuel W. Reynolds (R)	July 3, 1954
South Carolina (2)	Burnet R. Maybank (D)	Died September 1, 1954.	Charles E. Daniel (D)	September 6, 1954
Nevada (3)	Pat McCarran (D)	Died September 28, 1954	Ernest S. Brown (R)	October 1, 1954
Nebraska (1)	Samuel W. Reynolds (R)	Successor elected November 7, 1954	Roman Hruska (R)	November 8, 1954
Nebraska (2)	Eva Bowring (R)	Successor elected November 7, 1954	Hazel Abel (R)	November 8, 1954
New Hampshire (3)	Robert W. Upton (R)	Successor elected November 7, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.	Norris Cotton (R)	November 8, 1954
North Carolina (2)	Alton Lennon (D)	Successor elected November 28, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.	W. Kerr Scott (D)	November 29, 1954
Wyoming (2)	Edward D. Crippa (R)	Successor elected November 28, 1954.	Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)	November 29, 1954
Nevada (3)	Ernest S. Brown (R)	Successor elected December 1, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.	Alan Bible (D)	December 2, 1954
Ohio (3)	Thomas A. Burke (D)	Successor elected December 2, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.	George H. Bender (R)	December 16, 1954
South Carolina (2)	Charles E. Daniel (D)	Resigned December 23, 1954.	Strom Thurmond (D)	December 24, 1954
Nebraska (2)	Hazel Abel (R)	Resigned December 31, 1954	Carl Curtis (R)	January 1, 1955

House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
Georgia 2nd	Vacant	Rep. Edward E. Cox died during previous congress	J. L. Pilcher (D)	February 4, 1953
Illinois 7th	Vacant	Rep. Adolph J. Sabath died during previous congress	James Bowler (D)	July 7, 1953
Virginia 5th	Thomas B. Stanley (D)	resigned February 3, 1953 to run for Governor of Virginia	William M. Tuck (D)	April 14, 1953
South Carolina 4th	Joseph R. Bryson (D)	Died March 10, 1953	Robert T. Ashmore (D)	June 2, 1953
Kentucky 2nd	Garrett L. Withers (D)	Died April 30, 1953	William H. Natcher (D)	August 1, 1953
Wisconsin 9th	Merlin Hull (R)	Died May 17, 1953	Lester Johnson (D)	October 13, 1953
California 24th	Norris Poulson (R)	Resigned June 11, 1953 after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles	Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)	November 10, 1953
New Jersey 6th	Clifford P. Case (R)	Resigned August 16, 1953	Harrison A. Williams (D)	November 3, 1953
Hawaii Territory At-large	Joseph R. Farrington (R)	Resigned June 19, 1954	Elizabeth P. Farrington (R)	August 4, 1954
New York 8th	Louis B. Heller (D)	Resigned July 21, 1954 after being appointed judge of the Court of Special Sessions of New York City	Vacant	Not filled this term
Georgia 4th	A. Sidney Camp (D)	Died July 24, 1954	John J. Flynt, Jr. (D)	November 2, 1954
Michigan 3rd	Paul W. Shafer (R)	Died August 17, 1954	Vacant	Not filled this term
Ohio 15th	Robert T. Secrest (D)	Resigned September 26, 1954	Vacant	Not filled this term
New Hampshire 2nd	Norris Cotton (R)	Resigned November 7, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
Nebraska 2nd	Roman Hruska (R)	Resigned November 8, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
Florida 6th	Dwight L. Rogers (D)	Died December 1, 1954	Vacant	Not filled this term
Ohio 15th	George H. Bender (R)	Resigned December 15, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
Nebraska 1st	Carl Curtis (R)	Resigned December 31, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
New York 21st	Jacob K. Javits (R)	Resigned December 31, 1954 after being elected New York Attorney General	Vacant	Not filled this term

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Agriculture and Forestry
• Appropriations
• Banking and Currency
• Censure Charges against Senator McCarthy (Select)
• Compensation of Members of Congress (Select)
• District of Columbia
• Finance
• Foreign Relations
• Government Operations
• Interior and Insular Affairs
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce
• Judiciary
• Labor and Public Welfare
• Mail Cover on Senators (Special)
• Post Office and Civil Service
• Public Works
• Small Business (Select)
• Subcommittee on Internal Security
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Agriculture
• Appropriations
• Banking and Currency
• Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select)
• Defense Production
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
• Foreign Affairs
• House Administration
• Investigate the Incorporation of the Baltic States into the U.S.S.R. (Select)
• Interior and Insular Affairs
• Government Operations
• 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)
• 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 (January 3, 1953-September 30, 1954); J. George Stewart (September 30, 1954-January 3, 1955)
• Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
• Comptroller General of the United States: Lindsay C. Warren (until April 30, 1954), Joseph Campbell (starting December 14, 1954)
• Librarian of Congress: Luther H. Evans (until 1953), Lawrence Quincy Mumford (starting 1954)
• Public Printer of the United States: John J. Deviny (until 1953), Raymond Blattenberger (starting 1953)

Senate

• Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
• Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
• Secretary: J. Mark Trice
• Sergeant at Arms: Forest A. Harness

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp
• Clerk: Lyle O. Snader
• Doorkeeper: Tom Kennamer
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
• Postmaster: Beecher Hess
• Sergeant at Arms: William F. Russell, died July 7, 1953
  • Lyle O. Snader, July 8, 1953 – September 15, 1953
  • William R. Bonnell, from September 15, 1953

See also

• United States elections, 1952 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1952
  • United States Senate elections, 1952
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1952
• United States elections, 1954 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1954
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1954

External links

• House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 83rd Congress (PDF).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 83rd Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 83rd Congress, 2nd Session.
• Pocket Congressional Directory for the 83rd Congress.