1947–1949 U.S. Congress
80th United States Congress Members 96 senators Senate majority Republican Senate President Vacant[ a] House majority Republican House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)Sessions 1st : January 3, 1947 – December 19, 1947Special[ b] : November 17, 1947 – December 19, 19472nd : January 6, 1948 – December 31, 1948Special[ c] : July 26, 1948 – August 7, 1948
The80th United States Congress was a meeting of thelegislative branch of theUnited States federal government , composed of theUnited States Senate and theUnited States House of Representatives . It met inWashington, D.C. from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949, during the third and fourth years of 33rd PresidentHarry S. Truman's administration (1945–1953). This congressional term featured the most recent special Senate sessions. The apportionment of seats in thisHouse of Representatives was based on the1940 United States census .
TheRepublicans won the majority in both chambers, marking the first time since the71st Congress of 1929–1931 that they held full control of Congress, and the first time since the72nd Congress of 1931–1933 that they held control of either of the two chambers. This also ended a 14-yearDemocratic overall federal governmenttrifecta period, dating back to the73rd Congress (1933–1935) when Truman's predecessorFranklin D. Roosevelt took office. This ties with the previous 14-yearRepublican trifecta from 1897 to 1911 as the longest trifectas of Congress, and is the last time (as of the year 2024) that a trifecta was achieved that lasted longer than a decade.
Although the 80th Congress passed a total of 906 publicbills ,[ 1] Do Nothing Congress " and, during the1948 elections , campaigned as much against it as against his formal opponent,Thomas E. Dewey ofNew York , the Republican presidential nominee. The 80th Congress did, however, pass several significant bills with bipartisan support, most famously theTruman Doctrine (onGreece-Turkey anti-communists ' aid in the developingCold War with former ally theSoviet Union ), theMarshall Plan (aid for devastatedEurope after World War II ), and theTaft–Hartley Act of 1947 on labor relations (over Truman'sveto ), but it opposed most of Truman'sFair Deal domestic programs bills.
January 3, 1947: Proceedings of theUnited States Congress weretelevised for the first time . March 12, 1947: In aJoint Session of Congress , President Truman proclaimed theTruman Doctrine . July 18, 1947: TheTrust Territory of the Pacific Islands in the southwestPacific Ocean (occupied since 1943-1945 of theSecond World War ), entered into a trusteeship with the new international organizationUnited Nations and administered by the United States for the next few decades. November 24, 1947: The House of Representatives approved citations ofcontempt of Congress against the so-calledHollywood 10 . July 20, 1948: President Truman issued the second peacetimemilitary draft in the United States amid increasing tensions of theCold War with theSoviet Union , which endured until the early 1970s. July 26, 1948: August 25, 1948:House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee held the first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between allegedCommunist sympathizers from the 1930s ofTime Whittaker Chambers and former friendState Department officialAlger Hiss . November 2, 1948:United States general elections, 1948 : May 22, 1947:Assistance to Greece and Turkey Act (Truman Doctrine ), Sess. 1, ch. 81,Pub. L. 80–75 , 61 Stat. 103 June 23, 1947:Taft–Hartley Act , Sess. 1, ch. 120,Pub. L. 80–101 , 61 Stat. 136 July 18, 1947:Presidential Succession Act of 1947 , Sess. 1, ch. 264,Pub. L. 80–199 , 61 Stat. 380 July 26, 1947:National Security Act of 1947 , Sess. 1, ch. 343,Pub. L. 80–253 , 61 Stat. 495 August 7, 1947:Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands , Sess. 1, ch. 513,Pub. L. 80–382 , 61 Stat. 913 January 27, 1948:United States Information and Educational Exchange Act , Sess. 2, ch. 36,Pub. L. 80–402 , 62 Stat. 6 April 3, 1948: Foreign Assistance Act (Marshall Plan ),Pub. L. 80–472 , Sess. 2, ch. 169, 62 Stat. 137 April 3, 1948: Greek-Turkish Assistance Act of 1948 (Marshall Plan ), Sess. 2, ch. 169,Pub. L. 80–472 , Title III, 62 Stat. 157 May 26, 1948:Civil Air Patrol Act , Sess. 2, ch. 349,Pub. L. 80–557 , 62 Stat. 274 June 12, 1948:Women's Armed Services Integration Act , Sess. 2, ch. 449,Pub. L. 80–625 , 62 Stat. 356 June 17, 1948:Reed-Bulwinkle Act , Sess. 2, ch. 491,Pub. L. 80–662 , 62 Stat. 472 June 25, 1948: Codify and enact into lawTitle 3 of the United States Code – "The President" , Sess. 2, ch. 644,Pub. L. 80–771 , 62 Stat. 672 June 28, 1948:Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of 1948 ,Pub. L. 80–806 , 62 Stat. 1070 June 30, 1948:Federal Water Pollution Control Act , Sess. 2, ch. 758,Pub. L. 80–845 , 62 Stat. 1155 July 3, 1948:War Claims Act of 1948 , Sess. 2, ch. 826,Pub. L. 80–896 , 62 Stat. 1240 July 3, 1948:Agricultural Act of 1948 , Sess. 2, ch. 827,Pub. L. 80–897 , 62 Stat. 1247 Constitutional amendments [ edit ] House Chaplain Bernard Braskamp delivering the opening prayer for the 80th Congress, 1947House of Representatives [ edit ] From the beginning to the end of this Congress, there was no net change in party power. The Democrats lost one seat, which remained vacant until the next Congress.
Section contents: Senate :Majority (R) ,Minority (D) •House :Majority (R) ,Minority (D)
[ edit ] [ edit ] House of Representatives [ edit ] [ edit ] [ 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 areSenate class numbers , which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1948; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1950; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1952.
▌ 2.John J. Sparkman (D)▌ 3.J. Lister Hill (D)▌ 1.Ernest McFarland (D)▌ 3.Carl Hayden (D)▌ 2.John L. McClellan (D)▌ 3.J. William Fulbright (D)▌ 1.William Knowland (R)▌ 3.Sheridan Downey (D)▌ 2.Edwin C. Johnson (D)▌ 3.Eugene Millikin (R)▌ 1.Raymond E. Baldwin (R)▌ 3.Brien McMahon (D)▌ 1.John J. Williams (R)▌ 2.C. Douglass Buck (R)▌ 1.Spessard Holland (D)▌ 3.Claude Pepper (D)▌ 2.Walter F. George (D)▌ 3.Richard Russell Jr. (D)▌ 2.Henry Dworshak (R)▌ 3.Glen H. Taylor (D)▌ 2.Charles W. Brooks (R)▌ 3.Scott W. Lucas (D)▌ 1.William E. Jenner (R)▌ 3.Homer E. Capehart (R)▌ 2.George A. Wilson (R)▌ 3.Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)▌ 2.Arthur Capper (R)▌ 3.Clyde M. Reed (R)▌ 2.John Sherman Cooper (R)▌ 3.Alben Barkley (D)▌ 2.Allen J. Ellender (D)▌ 3.John H. Overton (D), until May 14, 1948▌ William C. Feazel (D), May 18, 1948 – December 30, 1948▌ Russell B. Long (D), from December 31, 1948▌ 1.Ralph Owen Brewster (R)▌ 2.Wallace H. White Jr. (R)▌ 1.Herbert O'Conor (D)▌ 3.Millard Tydings (D)▌ 1.Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)▌ 2.Leverett Saltonstall (R)▌ 1.Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)▌ 2.Homer S. Ferguson (R)▌ 1.Edward John Thye (R)▌ 2.Joseph H. Ball (R)▌ 1.Theodore G. Bilbo (D), until August 21, 1947▌ John C. Stennis (D), from November 17, 1947▌ 2.James Eastland (D)▌ 1.James P. Kem (R)▌ 3.Forrest C. Donnell (R)▌ 1.Zales Ecton (R)▌ 2.James E. Murray (D)▌ 1.Hugh A. Butler (R)▌ 2.Kenneth S. Wherry (R)▌ 1.George W. Malone (R)▌ 3.Patrick A. McCarran (D)▌ 2.Styles Bridges (R)▌ 3.Charles W. Tobey (R)▌ 1.Howard Alexander Smith (R)▌ 2.Albert W. Hawkes (R)▌ 1.Dennis Chávez (D)▌ 2.Carl Hatch (D)▌ 1.Irving Ives (R)▌ 3.Robert F. Wagner (D)▌ 2.William B. Umstead (D), until December 30, 1948▌ J. Melville Broughton (D), from December 31, 1948▌ 3.Clyde R. Hoey (D)▌ 1.William Langer (R-NPL)▌ 3.Milton Young (R)▌ 1.John W. Bricker (R)▌ 3.Robert A. Taft (R)▌ 2.Edward H. Moore (R)▌ 3.Elmer Thomas (D)▌ 2.Guy Cordon (R)▌ 3.Wayne Morse (R)▌ 1.Edward Martin (R)▌ 3.Francis J. Myers (D)▌ 1.J. Howard McGrath (D)▌ 2.Theodore F. Green (D)▌ 2.Burnet R. Maybank (D)▌ 3.Olin D. Johnston (D)▌ 2.Harlan J. Bushfield (R), until September 27, 1948▌ Vera C. Bushfield (R), October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948▌ Karl E. Mundt (R), from December 31, 1948▌ 3.John Chandler Gurney (R)▌ 1.Kenneth McKellar (D)▌ 2.Tom Stewart (D)▌ 1.Tom T. Connally (D)▌ 2.W. Lee O'Daniel (D)▌ 1.Arthur Vivian Watkins (R)▌ 3.Elbert D. Thomas (D)▌ 1.Ralph Flanders (R)▌ 3.George Aiken (R)▌ 1.Harry F. Byrd (D)▌ 2.A. Willis Robertson (D)▌ 1.Harry P. Cain (R)▌ 3.Warren G. Magnuson (D)▌ 1.Harley M. Kilgore (D)▌ 2.Chapman Revercomb (R)▌ 1.Joseph McCarthy (R)▌ 3.Alexander Wiley (R)▌ 1.Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)▌ 2.Edward V. Robertson (R)Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 80th Congress in January 1947 2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
Percentage of members from each party by state at the opening of the 80th Congress, ranging from dark blue (most Democratic) to dark red (most Republican).House of Representatives [ edit ] The names of representatives elected statewideat-large, are preceded by an "At-large", and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
The congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
▌ 1 Frank W. Boykin (D)▌ 2 George M. Grant (D)▌ 3 George W. Andrews (D)▌ 4 Sam Hobbs (D)▌ 5 Albert Rains (D)▌ 6 Pete Jarman (D)▌ 7 Carter Manasco (D)▌ 8 Robert E. Jones Jr. (D), from January 28, 1947▌ 9 Laurie C. Battle (D)▌ At-large John R. Murdock (D)▌ At-large Richard F. Harless (D)▌ 1 Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)▌ 2 Wilbur Mills (D)▌ 3 James William Trimble (D)▌ 4 William Fadjo Cravens (D)▌ 5 Brooks Hays (D)▌ 6 William F. Norrell (D)▌ 7 Oren Harris (D)▌ 1 Clarence F. Lea (D)▌ 2 Clair Engle (D)▌ 3 J. Leroy Johnson (R)▌ 4 Franck R. Havenner (D)▌ 5 Richard J. Welch (R)▌ 6 George P. Miller (D)▌ 7 John J. Allen Jr. (R)▌ 8 Jack Z. Anderson (R)▌ 9 Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)▌ 10 Alfred J. Elliott (D)▌ 11 Ernest K. Bramblett (R)▌ 12 Richard Nixon (R)▌ 13 Norris Poulson (R)▌ 14 Helen Gahagan Douglas (D)▌ 15 Gordon L. McDonough (R)▌ 16 Donald L. Jackson (R)▌ 17 Cecil R. King (D)▌ 18 Willis W. Bradley (R)▌ 19 Chester E. Holifield (D)▌ 20 John Carl Hinshaw (R)▌ 21 Harry R. Sheppard (D)▌ 22 John R. Phillips (R)▌ 23 Charles K. Fletcher (R)▌ 1 John A. Carroll (D)▌ 2 William S. Hill (R)▌ 3 John Chenoweth (R)▌ 4 Robert F. Rockwell (R)▌ 1 William J. Miller (R)▌ 2 Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R)▌ 3 Ellsworth Foote (R)▌ 4 John Davis Lodge (R)▌ 5 James T. Patterson (R)▌ At-large Antoni Sadlak (R)▌ At-large J. Caleb Boggs (R)▌ 1 J. Hardin Peterson (D)▌ 2 Emory H. Price (D)▌ 3 Robert L. F. Sikes (D)▌ 4 George Smathers (D)▌ 5 Joe Hendricks (D)▌ 6 Dwight L. Rogers (D)▌ 1 Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D)▌ 2 Edward E. Cox (D)▌ 3 Stephen Pace (D)▌ 4 Albert Sidney Camp (D)▌ 5 James C. Davis (D)▌ 6 Carl Vinson (D)▌ 7 Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D)▌ 8 William McDonald Wheeler (D)▌ 9 John S. Wood (D)▌ 10 Paul Brown (D)▌ 1 Abe Goff (R)▌ 2 John C. Sanborn (R)▌ 1 William L. Dawson (D)▌ 2 Richard B. Vail (R)▌ 3 Fred E. Busbey (R)▌ 4 Martin Gorski (D)▌ 5 Adolph J. Sabath (D)▌ 6 Thomas J. O'Brien (D)▌ 7 Thomas L. Owens (R), until June 7, 1948, vacant thereafter▌ 8 Thomas S. Gordon (D)▌ 9 Robert Twyman (R)▌ 10 Ralph E. Church (R)▌ 11 Chauncey W. Reed (R)▌ 12 Noah M. Mason (R)▌ 13 Leo E. Allen (R)▌ 14 Anton J. Johnson (R)▌ 15 Robert B. Chiperfield (R)▌ 16 Everett M. Dirksen (R)▌ 17 Leslie C. Arends (R)▌ 18 Edward H. Jenison (R)▌ 19 Rolla C. McMillen (R)▌ 20 Sid Simpson (R)▌ 21 George Evan Howell (R), until October 5, 1947, vacant thereafter▌ 22 Melvin Price (D)▌ 23 Charles W. Vursell (R)▌ 24 Roy Clippinger (R)▌ 25 C. W. Bishop (R)▌ At-large William Stratton (R)▌ 1 Ray Madden (D)▌ 2 Charles A. Halleck (R)▌ 3 Robert A. Grant (R)▌ 4 George W. Gillie (R)▌ 5 Forest Harness (R)▌ 6 Noble J. Johnson (R), until July 1, 1948, vacant for remainder of term▌ 7 Gerald W. Landis (R)▌ 8 E. A. Mitchell (R)▌ 9 Earl Wilson (R)▌ 10 Raymond S. Springer (R), until August 28, 1947▌ Ralph Harvey (R), from November 4, 1947▌ 11 Louis Ludlow (D)▌ 1 Thomas E. Martin (R)▌ 2 Henry O. Talle (R)▌ 3 John W. Gwynne (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)▌ 1 Albert M. Cole (R)▌ 2 Errett P. Scrivner (R)▌ 3 Herbert Alton Meyer (R)▌ 4 Edward Herbert Rees (R)▌ 5 Clifford R. Hope (R)▌ 6 Wint Smith (R)▌ 1 Noble J. Gregory (D)▌ 2 Earle C. Clements (D), until January 6, 1948▌ John A. Whitaker (D), from April 17, 1948▌ 3 Thruston Ballard Morton (R)▌ 4 Frank Chelf (D)▌ 5 Brent Spence (D)▌ 6 Virgil Chapman (D)▌ 7 Wendell H. Meade (R)▌ 8 Joe B. Bates (D)▌ 9 John M. Robsion (R), until February 17, 1948▌ William Lewis (R), from April 24, 1948▌ 1 F. Edward Hébert (D)▌ 2 Hale Boggs (D)▌ 3 James R. Domengeaux (D)▌ 4 Overton Brooks (D)▌ 5 Otto Passman (D)▌ 6 James H. Morrison (D)▌ 7 Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D)▌ 8 A. Leonard Allen (D)▌ 1 Robert Hale (R)▌ 2 Margaret Chase Smith (R)▌ 3 Frank Fellows (R)▌ 1 Edward Tylor Miller (R)▌ 2 Hugh Meade (D)▌ 3 Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D), until May 16, 1947▌ 3 Edward Garmatz (D), from July 15, 1947▌ 4 George Hyde Fallon (D)▌ 5 Lansdale G. Sasscer (D)▌ 6 James Glenn Beall (R)▌ 1 John W. Heselton (R)▌ 2 Charles Clason (R)▌ 3 Philip J. Philbin (D)▌ 4 Harold Donohue (D)▌ 5 Edith Nourse Rogers (R)▌ 6 George J. Bates (R)▌ 7 Thomas J. Lane (D)▌ 8 Angier Goodwin (R)▌ 9 Charles L. Gifford (R), until August 23, 1947▌ 9 Donald W. Nicholson (R), from November 18, 1947▌ 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)▌ 1 George G. Sadowski (D)▌ 2 Earl C. Michener (R)▌ 3 Paul W. Shafer (R)▌ 4 Clare E. Hoffman (R)▌ 5 Bartel J. Jonkman (R)▌ 6 William W. Blackney (R)▌ 7 Jesse P. Wolcott (R)▌ 8 Fred L. Crawford (R)▌ 9 Albert J. Engel (R)▌ 10 Roy O. Woodruff (R)▌ 11 Fred Bradley (R), until May 24, 1947▌ Charles E. Potter (R), from August 26, 1947▌ 12 John B. Bennett (R)▌ 13 Howard A. Coffin (R)▌ 14 Harold F. Youngblood (R)▌ 15 John Dingell Sr. (D)▌ 16 John Lesinski Sr. (D)▌ 17 George Anthony Dondero (R)▌ 1 August H. Andresen (R)▌ 2 Joseph P. O'Hara (R)▌ 3 George MacKinnon (R)▌ 4 Edward Devitt (R)▌ 5 Walter Judd (R)▌ 6 Harold Knutson (R)▌ 7 Herman Carl Andersen (R)▌ 8 John Blatnik (DFL)[ d] ▌ 9 Harold Hagen (R)▌ 1 John E. Rankin (D)▌ 2 Jamie L. Whitten (D)▌ 3 William M. Whittington (D)▌ 4 Thomas Abernethy (D)▌ 5 W. Arthur Winstead (D)▌ 6 William M. Colmer (D)▌ 7 John Bell Williams (D)▌ 1 Samuel W. Arnold (R)▌ 2 Max Schwabe (R)▌ 3 William Clay Cole (R)▌ 4 C. Jasper Bell (D)▌ 5 Albert L. Reeves Jr. (R)▌ 6 Marion T. Bennett (R)▌ 7 Dewey Short (R)▌ 8 Parke M. Banta (R)▌ 9 Clarence Cannon (D)▌ 10 Orville Zimmerman (D), until April 7, 1948▌ Paul C. Jones (D), from November 2, 1948▌ 11 Claude I. Bakewell (R)▌ 12 Walter C. Ploeser (R)▌ 13 Frank M. Karsten (D)▌ 1 Mike Mansfield (D)▌ 2 Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)▌ 1 Carl Curtis (R)▌ 2 Howard Buffett (R)▌ 3 Karl Stefan (R)▌ 4 Arthur L. Miller (R)▌ At-large Charles H. Russell (R)▌ 1 Chester Earl Merrow (R)▌ 2 Norris Cotton (R)▌ 1 Charles A. Wolverton (R)▌ 2 T. Millet Hand (R)▌ 3 James C. Auchincloss (R)▌ 4 Frank A. Mathews Jr. (R)▌ 5 Charles A. Eaton (R)▌ 6 Clifford P. Case (R)▌ 7 J. Parnell Thomas (R)▌ 8 Gordon Canfield (R)▌ 9 Harry L. Towe (R)▌ 10 Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R)▌ 11 Frank Sundstrom (R)▌ 12 Robert Kean (R)▌ 13 Mary T. Norton (D)▌ 14 Edward J. Hart (D)▌ At-large Georgia Lee Lusk (D)▌ At-large Antonio M. Fernández (D)▌ 1 W. Kingsland Macy (R)▌ 2 Leonard W. Hall (R)▌ 3 Henry J. Latham (R)▌ 4 Gregory McMahon (R)▌ 5 Robert Tripp Ross (R)▌ 6 Robert Nodar Jr. (R)▌ 7 John J. Delaney (D), until November 18, 1948Vacant thereafter ▌ 8 Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)▌ 9 Eugene J. Keogh (D)▌ 10 Andrew L. Somers (D)▌ 11 James J. Heffernan (D)▌ 12 John J. Rooney (D)▌ 13 Donald L. O'Toole (D)▌ 14 Leo F. Rayfiel (D), until September 13, 1947▌ Abraham J. Multer (D), from November 4, 1947▌ 15 Emanuel Celler (D)▌ 16 Ellsworth B. Buck (R)▌ 17 Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R)▌ 18 Vito Marcantonio (AL)▌ 19 Arthur George Klein (D)▌ 20 Sol Bloom (D)▌ 21 Jacob Javits (R)▌ 22 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D)▌ 23 Walter A. Lynch (D)▌ 24 Benjamin J. Rabin (D), until December 31, 1947▌ Leo Isacson (AL), from February 17, 1948▌ 25 Charles A. Buckley (D)▌ 26 David M. Potts (R)▌ 27 Ralph W. Gwinn (R)▌ 28 Ralph A. Gamble (R)▌ 29 Katharine St. George (R)▌ 30 Jay Le Fevre (R)▌ 31 Bernard W. Kearney (R)▌ 32 William T. Byrne (D)▌ 33 Dean P. Taylor (R)▌ 34 Clarence E. Kilburn (R)▌ 35 Hadwen C. Fuller (R)▌ 36 R. Walter Riehlman (R)▌ 37 Edwin Arthur Hall (R)▌ 38 John Taber (R)▌ 39 W. Sterling Cole (R)▌ 40 Kenneth Keating (R)▌ 41 James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)▌ 42 Walter G. Andrews (R)▌ 43 Edward J. Elsaesser (R)▌ 44 John Cornelius Butler (R)▌ 45 Daniel A. Reed (R)▌ 1 Herbert Covington Bonner (D)▌ 2 John H. Kerr (D)▌ 3 Graham A. Barden (D)▌ 4 Harold D. Cooley (D)▌ 5 John Hamlin Folger (D)▌ 6 Carl T. Durham (D)▌ 7 J. Bayard Clark (D)▌ 8 Charles B. Deane (D)▌ 9 Robert L. Doughton (D)▌ 10 Hamilton C. Jones (D)▌ 11 Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)▌ 12 Monroe Minor Redden (D)▌ At-large William Lemke (R-NPL)▌ At-large Charles R. Robertson (R)▌ 1 Charles H. Elston (R)▌ 2 William E. Hess (R)▌ 3 Raymond H. Burke (R)▌ 4 Robert Franklin Jones (R), until September 2, 1947▌ William Moore McCulloch (R), from November 4, 1947▌ 5 Cliff Clevenger (R)▌ 6 Edward Oscar McCowen (R)▌ 7 Clarence J. Brown (R)▌ 8 Frederick Cleveland Smith (R)▌ 9 Homer A. Ramey (R)▌ 10 Thomas A. Jenkins (R)▌ 11 Walter E. Brehm (R)▌ 12 John M. Vorys (R)▌ 13 Alvin F. Weichel (R)▌ 14 Walter B. Huber (D)▌ 15 Percy W. Griffiths (R)▌ 16 Henderson H. Carson (R)▌ 17 J. Harry McGregor (R)▌ 18 Earl R. Lewis (R)▌ 19 Michael J. Kirwan (D)▌ 20 Michael A. Feighan (D)▌ 21 Robert Crosser (D)▌ 22 Frances P. Bolton (R)▌ At-large George H. Bender (R)▌ 1 George B. Schwabe (R)▌ 2 William G. Stigler (D)▌ 3 Carl Albert (D)▌ 4 Glen D. Johnson (D)▌ 5 A. S. Mike Monroney (D)▌ 6 Toby Morris (D)▌ 7 Preston E. Peden (D)▌ 8 Ross Rizley (R)▌ 1 A. Walter Norblad (R)▌ 2 Lowell Stockman (R)▌ 3 Homer D. Angell (R)▌ 4 Harris Ellsworth (R)▌ 1 James A. Gallagher (R)▌ 2 Robert N. McGarvey (R)▌ 3 Hardie Scott (R)▌ 4 Franklin J. Maloney (R)▌ 5 George W. Sarbacher Jr. (R)▌ 6 Hugh Scott (R)▌ 7 E. Wallace Chadwick (R)▌ 8 Charles L. Gerlach (R), until May 5, 1947▌ Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R), from September 9, 1947▌ 9 Paul B. Dague (R)▌ 10 James P. Scoblick (R)▌ 11 Mitchell Jenkins (R)▌ 12 Ivor D. Fenton (R)▌ 13 Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (R)▌ 14 Wilson D. Gillette (R)▌ 15 Robert F. Rich (R)▌ 16 Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R)▌ 17 Richard M. Simpson (R)▌ 18 John C. Kunkel (R)▌ 19 Leon H. Gavin (R)▌ 20 Francis E. Walter (D)▌ 21 Chester H. Gross (R)▌ 22 James E. Van Zandt (R)▌ 23 William J. Crow (R)▌ 24 Thomas E. Morgan (D)▌ 25 Louis E. Graham (R)▌ 26 Harve Tibbott (R)▌ 27 Augustine B. Kelley (D)▌ 28 Carroll D. Kearns (R)▌ 29 John McDowell (R)▌ 30 Robert J. Corbett (R)▌ 31 James G. Fulton (R)▌ 32 Herman P. Eberharter (D)▌ 33 Frank Buchanan (D)▌ 1 Aime Forand (D)▌ 2 John E. Fogarty (D)▌ 1 L. Mendel Rivers (D)▌ 2 John J. Riley (D)▌ 3 William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D)▌ 4 Joseph R. Bryson (D)▌ 5 James P. Richards (D)▌ 6 John L. McMillan (D)▌ 1 Karl E. Mundt (R), until December 30, 1948, vacant thereafter▌ 2 Francis H. Case (R)▌ 1 Dayton E. Phillips (R)▌ 2 John Jennings Jr. (R)▌ 3 Estes Kefauver (D)▌ 4 Albert Gore Sr. (D)▌ 5 Joe L. Evins (D)▌ 6 Percy Priest (D)▌ 7 W. Wirt Courtney (D)▌ 8 Tom J. Murray (D)▌ 9 Jere Cooper (D)▌ 10 Clifford Davis (D)▌ 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)▌ 8 Albert Thomas (D)▌ 9 Joseph J. Mansfield (D), until July 12, 1947▌ Clark W. Thompson (D), from August 23, 1947▌ 10 Lyndon B. Johnson (D)▌ 11 William R. Poage (D)▌ 12 Wingate H. Lucas (D)▌ 13 Ed Gossett (D)▌ 14 John E. Lyle Jr. (D)▌ 15 Milton H. West (D), until October 28, 1948▌ Lloyd Bentsen (D), from December 4, 1948▌ 16 R. Ewing Thomason (D), until July 31, 1947▌ Kenneth M. Regan (D), from August 23, 1947▌ 17 Omar Burleson (D)▌ 18 Eugene Worley (D)▌ 19 George H. Mahon (D)▌ 20 Paul J. Kilday (D)▌ 21 O. C. Fisher (D)▌ 1 Walter K. Granger (D)▌ 2 William A. Dawson (R)▌ At-large Charles A. Plumley (R)▌ 1 S. Otis Bland (D)▌ 2 Porter Hardy Jr. (D)▌ 3 J. Vaughan Gary (D)▌ 4 Patrick H. Drewry (D), until December 21, 1947▌ Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D), from February 17, 1948▌ 5 Thomas B. Stanley (D)▌ 6 J. Lindsay Almond (D), until April 17, 1948▌ Clarence G. Burton (D), from November 2, 1948▌ 7 Burr Harrison (D)▌ 8 Howard W. Smith (D)▌ 9 John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)▌ 1 Homer Jones (R)▌ 2 Henry M. Jackson (D)▌ 3 Fred B. Norman (R), until April 18, 1947▌ Russell V. Mack (R), from June 7, 1947▌ 4 Hal Holmes (R)▌ 5 Walt Horan (R)▌ 6 Thor C. Tollefson (R)▌ 1 Francis J. Love (R)▌ 2 Melvin C. Snyder (R)▌ 3 Edward G. Rohrbough (R)▌ 4 Hubert S. Ellis (R)▌ 5 John Kee (D)▌ 6 E. H. Hedrick (D)▌ 1 Lawrence H. Smith (R)▌ 2 Glenn Robert Davis (R), from April 22, 1947▌ 3 William H. Stevenson (R)▌ 4 John C. Brophy (R)▌ 5 Charles J. Kersten (R)▌ 6 Frank Bateman Keefe (R)▌ 7 Reid F. Murray (R)▌ 8 John W. Byrnes (R)▌ 9 Merlin Hull (R)▌ 10 Alvin O'Konski (R)▌ At-large Frank A. Barrett (R)▌ Alaska Territory Bob Bartlett (D)▌ Hawaii Territory Joseph Rider Farrington (R)▌ ▌ Puerto Rico Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD/D)
Changes in membership [ edit ] The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress
There were three deaths, two resignations, and one lost mid-term election.
Senate changes State Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's formal installation[ e] Mississippi Theodore G. Bilbo (D)Died August 21, 1947.elected November 17, 1947. John C. Stennis (D)November 17, 1947 Louisiana John H. Overton (D)Died May 14, 1948. William C. Feazel (D)May 18, 1948 South Dakota Harlan J. Bushfield (R)Died September 27, 1948. Vera C. Bushfield (R)October 6, 1948 South Dakota Vera C. Bushfield (R)Interim appointee resigned December 26, 1948. Karl E. Mundt (R)December 31, 1948 Louisiana William C. Feazel (D)Interim appointee retired when successor elected.elected December 31, 1948. Russell B. Long (D)December 31, 1948 North Carolina William B. Umstead (D)Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.elected December 31, 1948. J. Melville Broughton (D)December 31, 1948
House of Representatives [ edit ] There were nine deaths and seven resignations.
House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's formal installation[ e] Alabama Vacant John Sparkman resigned in previous Congress after being elected to theUS Senate having been re-elected as well.Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)Seated January 28, 1947 Wisconsin Vacant RepresentativeRobert Kirkland Henry died during previous Congress having been previously re-elected. Glenn Robert Davis (R)Seated April 22, 1947 Washington Fred B. Norman (R)Died April 18, 1947 Russell V. Mack (R)Seated June 7, 1947 Pennsylvania Charles L. Gerlach (R)Died May 5, 1947 Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R)Seated September 9, 1947 Maryland Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D)Resigned May 16, 1947, after being electedMayor of Baltimore Edward Garmatz (D)Seated July 15, 1947 Michigan Frederick Van Ness Bradley (R)Died May 24, 1947 Charles E. Potter (R)Seated August 26, 1947 Texas Joseph J. Mansfield (D)Died July 12, 1947 Clark W. Thompson (D)Seated August 23, 1947 Texas R. Ewing Thomason (D)Resigned July 31, 1947, after being appointed as a judge of theUS District Court for the Western District of Texas Kenneth M. Regan (D)Seated August 23, 1947 Massachusetts Charles L. Gifford (R)Died August 23, 1947 Donald W. Nicholson (R)Seated November 18, 1947 Indiana Raymond S. Springer (R)Died August 28, 1947 Ralph Harvey (R)Seated November 4, 1947 Ohio Robert Franklin Jones (R)Resigned September 2, 1947, to become a member of theFederal Communications Commission William Moore McCulloch (R)Seated November 4, 1947 New York Leo F. Rayfiel (D)Resigned September 13, 1947, having been appointed a judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Abraham J. Multer (D)Seated November 4, 1947 Illinois George Evan Howell (R)Resigned October 5, 1947, after being appointed judge of theUS Court of Claims Vacant until next Congress Virginia Patrick H. Drewry (D)Died December 21, 1947 Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)Seated February 17, 1948 New York Benjamin J. Rabin (D)Resigned December 31, 1947 Leo Isacson (AL)Seated February 17, 1948 Kentucky Earle Clements (D)Resigned January 6, 1948, to becomeGovernor of Kentucky John A. Whitaker (D)Seated April 17, 1948 Kentucky John M. Robsion (R)Died February 17, 1948 William Lewis (R)Seated April 24, 1948 Missouri Orville Zimmerman (D)Died April 7, 1948 Paul C. Jones (D)Seated November 2, 1948 Virginia J. Lindsay Almond (D)Resigned April 17, 1948, having been electedattorney General of Virginia Clarence G. Burton (D)Seated November 2, 1948 Illinois Thomas L. Owens (R)Died June 7, 1948 Vacant until next Congress Indiana Noble J. Johnson (R)Resigned July 1, 1948, after being appointed as judge of US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals Vacant until next Congress Texas Milton H. West (D)Died October 28, 1948 Lloyd Bentsen (D)Seated December 4, 1948 New York John J. Delaney (D)Died November 18, 1948 Vacant until next Congress South Dakota Karl E. Mundt (R)Resigned December 30, 1948, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected. Vacant until next Congress
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. 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.
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