82nd United States Congress

82nd United States Congress
	81st ← → 83rd
	(1956)
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 delegates
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.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Constitutional amendments
4 Treaties
5 Party summary
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Leadership
- 6.1 Senate
  - 6.1.1 Majority (Democratic) party
  - 6.1.2 Minority (Republican) party
- 6.2 House of Representatives
  - 6.2.1 Majority (Democratic) party
  - 6.2.2 Minority (Republican) party
7 Caucuses
8 Members
- 8.1 Senate
- 8.2 House of Representatives
9 Changes in membership
- 9.1 Senate
- 9.2 House of Representatives
10 Committees
11 Employees
12 See also
13 References
14 External links

Major events[edit]

March 29, 1951: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. On April 5 they were sentenced to receive the death penalty.
April 11, 1951: U.S. President Harry S Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his Far Eastern commands.
September 5, 1951: Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations signed a peace treaty with Japan to formally end the Pacific War.
October 24, 1951: U.S. President Harry Truman declared an official end to war with Germany.
November 10, 1951: Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service began in the United States.
December 31, 1951: The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
March 29, 1952: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announced that he will not seek reelection.
June 19, 1952: The Special Forces 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 defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson
November 4, 1952: National Security Agency founded.

Major legislation[edit]

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

Constitutional amendments[edit]

February 27, 1951: Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, setting a term limit for election and overall time of service to the office of President of the United States, was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution^[1]

Treaties[edit]

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

March 20, 1952: Treaty of San Francisco ratified

Party summary[edit]

Senate[edit]

	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	49		46	95	1
April 23, 1951	50		46	96	0
November 29, 1951			45	95	1
December 10, 1951			46	96	0
July 28, 1952	49		46	95	1
August 29, 1952	49		47	96	0
November 5, 1952	47		49	96	0
December 31, 1952	47		48	95	1
Latest voting share	7001490000000000000♠49%	5000000000000000000♠0%	7001510000000000000♠51%

Beginning of the next Congress	47	1	48	96	0

House of Representatives[edit]

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

TOTAL: 435

Leadership[edit]

Senate[edit]

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

Majority (Democratic) party[edit]

Caucuses[edit]

Members[edit]

Senate[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 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1952; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1954; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1956.

Alabama[edit]

2. John J. Sparkman (D)
3. Joseph Lister Hill (D)

Arizona[edit]

1. Ernest W. McFarland (D)
3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas[edit]

2. John Little McClellan (D)
3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California[edit]

1. William F. Knowland (R)
3. Richard M. Nixon (R), until January 1, 1953
- Thomas H. Kuchel (R), from January 2, 1953

Colorado[edit]

2. Edwin Carl Johnson (D)
3. Eugene D. Millikin (R)

Connecticut[edit]

1. William Benton (D)
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

Delaware[edit]

1. John J. Williams (R)
2. J. Allen Frear, Jr. (D)

Florida[edit]

1. Spessard Holland (D)
3. George Smathers (D)

Georgia[edit]

2. Walter Franklin George (D)
3. Richard Brevard Russell (D)

Idaho[edit]

2. Henry Dworshak (R)
3. Herman Welker (R)

Illinois[edit]

2. Paul Douglas (D)
3. Everett Dirksen (R)

Indiana[edit]

1. William E. Jenner (R)
3. Homer E. Capehart (R)

Iowa[edit]

2. Guy M. Gillette (D)
3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

Kansas[edit]

2. Andrew F. Schoeppel (R)
3. Frank Carlson (R)

Kentucky[edit]

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
3. Earle C. Clements (D)

Louisiana[edit]

2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D)
3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine[edit]

1. Ralph Owen Brewster (R), until December 31, 1952
2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

Maryland[edit]

1. Herbert O'Conor (D)
3. John M. Butler (R)

Massachusetts[edit]

1. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)
2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan[edit]

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
2. Homer Ferguson (R)

Minnesota[edit]

1. Edward John Thye (R)
2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

Mississippi[edit]

1. John C. Stennis (D)
2. James O. Eastland (D)

Missouri[edit]

1. James P. Kem (R)
3. Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D)

Montana[edit]

1. Zales N. Ecton (R)
2. James Edward Murray (D)

Nebraska[edit]

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[edit]

1. George W. Malone (R)
3. Patrick Anthony Mccarran (D)

New Hampshire[edit]

2. Styles Bridges (R)
3. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey[edit]

1. H. Alexander Smith (R)
2. Robert C. Hendrickson (R)

New Mexico[edit]

1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (D)
2. Clinton Presba Anderson (D)

New York[edit]

1. Irving M. Ives (R)
3. Herbert H. Lehman (D)

North Carolina[edit]

2. Willis Smith (D)
3. Clyde Roark Hoey (D)

North Dakota[edit]

1. William Langer (R)
3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio[edit]

1. John W. Bricker (R)
3. Robert A. Taft (R)

Oklahoma[edit]

2. Robert S. Kerr (D)
3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

Oregon[edit]

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

Pennsylvania[edit]

1. Edward Martin (R)
3. James H. Duff (R)

Rhode Island[edit]

1. John O. Pastore (D)
2. Theodore Francis Green (D)

South Carolina[edit]

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

South Dakota[edit]

2. Karl E. Mundt (R)
3. Francis H. Case (R)

Tennessee[edit]

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

Texas[edit]

1. Thomas Terry Connally (D)
2. Lyndon Johnson (D)

Utah[edit]

1. Arthur V. Watkins (R)
3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

Vermont[edit]

1. Ralph E. Flanders (R)
3. George Aiken (R)

Virginia[edit]

1. Harry Flood Byrd (D)
2. Absalom Willis Robertson (D)

Washington[edit]

1. Harry P. Cain (R)
3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia[edit]

1. Harley M. Kilgore (D)
2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin[edit]

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

Wyoming[edit]

1. Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (D)
2. Lester C. Hunt (D)

House of Representatives[edit]

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

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

Alabama[edit]

Arizona[edit]

1. John R. Murdock (D)
2. Harold A. Patten (D)

Arkansas[edit]

California[edit]

Colorado[edit]

Connecticut[edit]

Delaware[edit]

At large. J. Caleb Boggs (R)

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

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[edit]

1. John Travers Wood (R)
2. Hamer H. Budge (R)

Illinois[edit]

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[edit]

Iowa[edit]

Kansas[edit]

Kentucky[edit]

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[edit]

Maine[edit]

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[edit]

Massachusetts[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Mississippi[edit]

Missouri[edit]

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[edit]

1. Mike Mansfield (D)
2. Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

Nebraska[edit]

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[edit]

At-large. Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D)

New Hampshire[edit]

1. Charles Earl Merrow (R)
2. Norris H. Cotton (R)

New Jersey[edit]

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. (D)
11. Hugh J. Addonizio (D)
12. Robert W. Kean (R)
13. Alfred D. Sieminski (D)
14. Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico[edit]

At-large. John J. Dempsey (D)
At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D)

New York[edit]

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[edit]

North Dakota[edit]

At-large. Fred G. Aandahl (R)
At-large. Usher L. Burdick (Nonpartisan Republican)

Ohio[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Pennsylvania[edit]

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[edit]

1. Aime Forand (D)
2. John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina[edit]

South Dakota[edit]

1. Harold O. Lovre (R)
2. E. Y. Berry (R)

Tennessee[edit]

Texas[edit]

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[edit]

1. Walter K. Granger (D)
2. Reva Beck Bosone (D)

Vermont[edit]

At-large. Winston L. Prouty (R)

Virginia[edit]

Washington[edit]

West Virginia[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

At-large. William Henry Harrison (R)

Non-voting members[edit]

Alaska Territory. Bob Bartlett (D)
Hawaii Territory. Joseph Rider Farrington (R)
Puerto Rico. Antonio Fernós Isern (PPD)

Changes in membership[edit]

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

Senate[edit]

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. Successor appointed August 29, 1952 to continue the term.	William A. Purtell (R)	August 29, 1952
Connecticut (3)	William A. Purtell (R)	Retired upon special election. 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. Seat was not filled during this Congress.	Vacant
California (3)	Richard Nixon (R)	Resigned January 1, 1953, after being elected U.S. Vice President. Successor appointed to continue the term.	Thomas Kuchel (R)	January 2, 1953

House of Representatives[edit]

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

Committees[edit]

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (2 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, 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.

Senate[edit]

House of Representatives[edit]

Joint committees[edit]

Employees[edit]

Legislative branch agency directors[edit]

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[edit]

House of Representatives[edit]

Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)
Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts
Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller^[2]
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
Reading Clerks: N/A (R) and N/A (D)
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph H. Callahan

References[edit]

^ Huckabee, David C. (September 30, 1997). "Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). Congressional Research Service reports. Washington D.C.: Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress.
^ "'Fishbait' Miller, 80, Former Doorkeeper Of the U.S. House". The New York Times. 15 September 1989.

External links[edit]

[1] Huckabee, David C. (September 30, 1997). "Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). Congressional Research Service reports. Washington D.C.: Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress.

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

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82nd United States Congress
81st ← → 83rd
(1956)
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 delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1951 – October 20, 1951 2nd: January 8, 1952 – July 7, 1952

82nd United States Congress

Contents

Major events[edit]

Major legislation[edit]

Constitutional amendments[edit]

Treaties[edit]

Party summary[edit]

Senate[edit]

House of Representatives[edit]

Leadership[edit]

Senate[edit]

Majority (Democratic) party[edit]

Minority (Republican) party[edit]

House of Representatives[edit]

Majority (Democratic) party[edit]

Minority (Republican) party[edit]

Caucuses[edit]

Members[edit]

Senate[edit]

Alabama[edit]

Arizona[edit]

Arkansas[edit]

California[edit]

Colorado[edit]

Connecticut[edit]

Delaware[edit]

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Idaho[edit]

Illinois[edit]

Indiana[edit]

Iowa[edit]

Kansas[edit]

Kentucky[edit]

Louisiana[edit]

Maine[edit]

Maryland[edit]

Massachusetts[edit]

Michigan[edit]

Minnesota[edit]

Mississippi[edit]

Missouri[edit]

Montana[edit]

Nebraska[edit]

Nevada[edit]

New Hampshire[edit]

New Jersey[edit]

New Mexico[edit]

New York[edit]

North Carolina[edit]

North Dakota[edit]

Ohio[edit]

Oklahoma[edit]

Oregon[edit]

Pennsylvania[edit]

Rhode Island[edit]

South Carolina[edit]

South Dakota[edit]

Tennessee[edit]

Texas[edit]

Utah[edit]

Vermont[edit]

Virginia[edit]

Washington[edit]

West Virginia[edit]

Wisconsin[edit]

Wyoming[edit]

House of Representatives[edit]

Alabama[edit]

Arizona[edit]

Arkansas[edit]

California[edit]

Colorado[edit]

Connecticut[edit]

Delaware[edit]

Florida[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Idaho[edit]

Illinois[edit]

Indiana[edit]