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 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 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

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

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

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	46		50	96	0
November 29, 1951	45		95	1
December 10, 1951	46		96	0
July 28, 1952	46		49	95	1
August 29, 1952	47		96	0
November 5, 1952	47		96	0	49
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

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

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, 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

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

Arizona

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

Arkansas

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

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

Connecticut

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

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

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

Iowa

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

Kansas

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

Kentucky

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

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

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

Michigan

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

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

Mississippi

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

Missouri

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

Montana

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

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

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

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

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

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

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

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

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

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

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

Arizona

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

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At large. J. Caleb Boggs (R)

Florida

Georgia

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

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

Illinois

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

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

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

Maine

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

Massachusetts

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

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

Mississippi

Missouri

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

Nebraska

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

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

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

New York

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

North Dakota

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

Ohio

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

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

Pennsylvania

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

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

South Carolina

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

Texas

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

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

Vermont

At-large. Winston L. Prouty (R)

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

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

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

At-large. William Henry Harrison (R)

Non-voting members

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

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 U.S. 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, 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

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

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^[2]
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
Reading Clerks: N/A (R) and N/A (D)
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph H. Callahan

References

↑ 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.

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82nd United States Congress

Major events

Major legislation

Constitutional amendments

Treaties

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Democratic) party

Minority (Republican) party

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) party

Minority (Republican) party

Caucuses

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Non-voting members

Changes in membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

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