| 82nd United States Congress | |||
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, DC 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.
TOTAL: 96
TOTAL: 435
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.
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
| State (class) |
Former senator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky (2) |
Virgil Chapman (D) | Died March 8, 1951 | Thomas R. Underwood (D) | March 19, 1951 |
| Michigan (1) |
Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) | Died April 18, 1951. | Blair Moody (D) | April 23, 1951 |
| Nebraska (2) |
Kenneth S. Wherry (R) | Died November 29, 1951 | 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) | Successor elected November 4, 1952. Lost special election to fill seat. | John S. Cooper (R) | November 5, 1952 |
| Michigan (1) |
Blair Moody (D) | Successor elected November 4, 1952. Lost special election to fill seat. | Charles E. Potter (R) | November 5, 1952 |
| Nebraska (2) |
Fred A. Seaton (R) | 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 |
| District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 14, 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 |
|
||||||||||||||||||