80th United States Congress

80th United States Congress
United States Capitol (1956)
Duration: January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Senate President:	Vacant
Senate Pres. pro tem:	Arthur H. Vandenberg
House Speaker:	Joseph William Martin, Jr.
Members:	96 Senators 435 Representatives 3 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican Party
House Majority:	Republican Party
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1947 – December 19, 1947 Special: November 17, 1947 – December 19, 1947 2nd: January 6, 1948 – December 31, 1948 Special: July 26, 1948 – August 7, 1948
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The Eightieth 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, 1947 to January 3, 1949, during the third and fourth years of Harry S. Truman's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Republicans gained a majority in both chambers for this Congress. The Democrats had the majorities in the previous Congress and they regained them back in the next Congress.

The 80th Congress was nicknamed the "Do Nothing Congress" by President Harry Truman. The Congress opposed many of the bills passed during the Franklin Roosevelt administration. They also opposed most of Truman's Fair Deal bills. Yet they passed many pro-business bills. During the 1948 election Truman campaigned as much against the "Do Nothing Congress" as against his formal opponent, Thomas Dewey.

Major events

The 1947 HUAC hearings in session. On the right, standing with his hand raised, is committee chairman J. Parnell Thomas; congressman Richard Nixon is seated immediately to Thomas's left.

See also: 1947 in the United States, 1948 in the United States, and 1949 in the United States

• January 3, 1947: Proceedings of Congress were televised for the first time.
• March 12, 1947: In a Joint Session of Congress, President Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine.
• July 18, 1947: The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands entered into a trusteeship with the United Nations and administered by the United States.
• July 20, 1947: President Truman issued the second peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union.
• November 24, 1947: The House of Representatives approved citations of contempt of Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10.
• July 26, 1948: President Truman signed Executive Order 9981, ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces.
• August 25, 1948: House Un-American Activities Committee held the first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• November 2, 1948: United States general elections, 1948:
  • Presidential election: Harry Truman defeated Thomas Dewey and Strom Thurmond;
  • Democrats regained control of the Senate and the House of Representatives

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1901-2001#80th United States Congress

• May 22, 1947: Assistance to Greece and Turkey Act (Truman Doctrine), Sess. 1, ch. 81, Pub.L. 80-75,
• June 23, 1947: Taft–Hartley Act, Sess. 1, ch. 120, 61 Stat. 136
• July 26, 1947: National Security Act of 1947, Sess. 1, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495
• August 7, 1947: Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, Sess. 1, ch. 513, 61 Stat. 913
• January 27, 1948: United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, Sess. 2, ch. 36, 62 Stat. 6
• April 3, 1948: Foreign Assistance Act (Marshall Plan), Pub.L. 80-47, Sess. 2, ch. 169, 62 Stat. 137
• April 3, 1948: Greek-Turkish Assistance Act of 1948, Sess. 2, ch. 169, Pub.L. 80-75, title III, 62 Stat. 157
• May 26, 1948: Civil Air Patrol Act, Pub.L. 80-557, 62 Stat. 274
• June 17, 1948: Reed-Bulwinkle Act
• June 25, 1948: Presidential Succession Act, Sess. 2, ch. 644, Pub.L. 89-174, 62 Stat. 677
• June 28, 1948: Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of 1948
• June 30, 1948: Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Sess. 2, ch. 758
• July 3, 1948: War Claims Act of 1948, Pub.L. 80-896, 62 Stat. 1240
• 1948: Agricultural Act of 1948

Constitutional provisions

• March 21, 1947: Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution proposed

Party summary

House Chaplain Bernard Braskamp delivering the opening prayer for the 80th Congress, 1947

Senate

From the beginning to the end of this Congress, there was no net change in party power.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Republican	Democratic	Progressive		Vacant
End of previous Congress	38	57	1	96	0
Begin	51	45	0	96	0
End
Final voting share	53.1%	46.9%	0.0%
Beginning of the next Congress	42	54	0	96	0

House of Representatives

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.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total
	Republican	Democratic	American Labor	Progressive		Vacant
End of previous Congress	191	242	1	1	435	0
Begin	248	185	1	0	434	1
End	244	184	2		430	5
Final voting share	56.7%	43.1%	0.2%	0.0%
Beginning of the next Congress	171	263	1	0	435	0

Leadership

[ Section contents: Senate: Majority (R), Minority (D) • House: Majority (R), Minority (D) ]

Senate

• President: Vacant
• President pro tempore: Arthur Vandenberg (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority leader: Wallace White
• Majority whip: Kenneth Wherry

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority leader: Alben Barkley
• Minority whip: Scott Lucas

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Joseph Martin (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Charles Halleck
• Republican Whip: Leslie Arends
• Republican Conference Chairman: Roy O. Woodruff

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: Sam Rayburn
• Democratic Whip: John McCormack
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Aime Forand

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.

Alabama 2. John J. Sparkman (D) 3. Joseph Lister Hill (D) Arizona 1. Ernest W. McFarland (D) 3. Carl Hayden (D) Arkansas 3. J. William Fulbright (D) 2. John Little McClellan (D) California 1. William F. Knowland (R) 3. Sheridan Downey (D) Colorado 3. Eugene D. Millikin (R) 2. Edwin Carl Johnson (D) Connecticut 3. Brien McMahon (D) 1. Raymond E. Baldwin (R) Delaware 2. C. Douglass Buck (R) 1. John J. Williams (R) Florida 1. Spessard Holland (D) 3. Claude Denson Pepper (D) Georgia 2. Walter Franklin George (D) 3. Richard Brevard Russell (D) Idaho 2. Henry Dworshak (R) 3. Glen H. Taylor (D) Illinois 3. Scott W. Lucas (D) 2. Charles W. Brooks (R) Indiana 1. William E. Jenner (R) 3. Homer E. Capehart (R) Iowa 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) 2. George A. Wilson (R) Kansas 2. Arthur Capper (R) 3. Clyde M. Reed (R) Kentucky 3. Alben William Barkley (D) 2. John Sherman Cooper (R) Louisiana 2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D) 3. John Holmes Overton (D), until May 14, 1948 William C. Feazel (D), May 18, 1948 – December 30, 1948 Russell B. Long (D), from December 31, 1948 Maine 1. Ralph Owen Brewster (R) 2. Wallace H. White, Jr. (R) Maryland 1. Herbert O'Conor (D) 3. Millard Evelyn Tydings (D) Massachusetts 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R) 1. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) Michigan 2. Homer Ferguson (R) 1. Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (R) Minnesota 2. Joseph H. Ball (R) 1. Edward John Thye (R) Mississippi 1. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (D), until August 21, 1947 John C. Stennis (D), from November 17, 1947 2. James O. Eastland (D) Missouri 3. Forrest C. Donnell (R) 1. James P. Kem (R) Montana 2. James Edward Murray (D) 1. Zales N. Ecton (R)

Nebraska 1. Hugh A. Butler (R) 2. Kenneth S. Wherry (R) Nevada 3. Patrick Anthony Mccarran (D) 1. George W. Malone (R) New Hampshire 2. Styles Bridges (R) 3. Charles W. Tobey (R) New Jersey 1. H. Alexander Smith (R) 2. Albert W. Hawkes (R) New Mexico 1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (D) 2. Carl Atwood Hatch (D) New York 1. Irving M. Ives (R) 3. Robert Ferdinand Wagner (D) North Carolina 2. William B. Umstead (D), until December 30, 1948 J. Melville Broughton (D), from December 31, 1948 3. Clyde Roark Hoey (D) North Dakota 1. William Langer (R) 3. Milton Young (R) Ohio 3. Robert Taft (R) 1. John W. Bricker (R) Oklahoma 2. Edward H. Moore (R) 3. Elmer Thomas (D) Oregon 3. Wayne L. Morse (R) 2. Guy Cordon (R) Pennsylvania 3. Francis J. Myers (D) 1. Edward Martin (R) Rhode Island 1. J. Howard McGrath (D) 2. Theodore Francis Green (D) South Carolina 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D) 3. Olin D. Johnston (D) South Dakota 2. Harlan J. Bushfield (R), until September 27, 1948 Vera C. Bushfield (R), October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948 Karl Earl Mundt (R), from December 31, 1948 3. J. Chandler Gurney (R) Tennessee 1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D) 2. Arthur Thomas Stewart (D) Texas 1. Thomas Terry Connally (D) 2. W. Lee O'Daniel (D) Utah 1. Arthur V. Watkins (R) 3. Elbert Duncan Thomas (D) Vermont 1. Ralph E. Flanders (R) 3. George Aiken (R) Virginia 1. Harry Flood Byrd (D) 2. Absalom Willis Robertson (D) Washington 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D) 1. Harry P. Cain (R) West Virginia 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D) 2. W. Chapman Revercomb (R) Wisconsin 3. Alexander Wiley (R) 1. Joseph McCarthy (R) Wyoming 1. Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (D) 2. Edward V. Robertson (R)

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

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-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.

Alabama 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) Arizona At-large. John R. Murdock (D) At-large. Richard F. Harless (D) Arkansas 1. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) 2. Wilbur D. 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) California 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. C. Norris Poulson (R) 14. Helen G. Douglas (D) 15. Gordon L. McDonough (R) 16. Donald L. Jackson (R) 17. Cecil R. King (D) 18. Willis W. Bradley (R) 19. Chet Holifield (D) 20. John Carl Hinshaw (R) 21. Harry R. Sheppard (D) 22. John Joseph Phillips (R) 23. Charles K. Fletcher (R) Colorado 1. John A. Carroll (D) 2. William S. Hill (R) 3. J. Edgar Chenoweth (R) 4. Robert F. Rockwell (R) Connecticut At-large. Antoni N. Sadlak (R) 1. William J. Miller (R) 2. Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. (R) 3. Ellsworth B. Foote (R) 4. John D. Lodge (R) 5. James T. Patterson (R) Delaware At-large. J. Caleb Boggs (R) Florida 1. J. Hardin Peterson (D) 2. Emory H. Price (D) 3. Robert L. F. Sikes (D) 4. George A. Smathers (D) 5. Joe Hendricks (D) 6. Dwight L. Rogers (D) Georgia 1. Prince H. Preston, Jr. (D) 2. Edward E. Cox (D) 3. Stephen Pace (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. Abe M. Goff (R) 2. John C. Sanborn (R) Illinois At-large. William Stratton (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 Joseph O'Brien (D) 7. Thomas L. Owens (R), until June 7, 1948, vacant thereafter 8. Thomas S. Gordon (D) 9. Robert J. 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) Indiana 1. Ray J. Madden (D) 2. Charles A. Halleck (R) 3. Robert A. Grant (R) 4. George W. Gillie (R) 5. Forest A. 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) Iowa 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) Kansas 1. Albert McDonald 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) Kentucky 1. Noble J. Gregory (D) 2. Earle C. Clements (D), until January 6, 1948 John A. Whitaker (D), from April 17, 1948 3. Thruston B. Morton (R) 4. Frank Chelf (D) 5. Brent Spence (D) 6. Virgil Chapman (D) 7. W. Howes Meade (R) 8. Joe B. Bates (D) 9. John M. Robsion (R), until February 17, 1948 William Lewis (R), from April 24, 1948 Louisiana 1. F. Edward Hébert (D) 2. Hale Boggs (D) 3. James Domengeaux (D) 4. Overton Brooks (D) 5. Otto E. Passman (D) 6. James H. Morrison (D) 7. Henry D. Larcade, Jr. (D) 8. A. Leonard Allen (D) Maine 1. Robert Hale (R) 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R) 3. Frank Fellows (R) Maryland 1. Edward T. Miller (R) 2. Hugh A. Meade (D) 3. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (D), resigned May 16, 1947 * 3. Edward Garmatz (D), from July 15, 1947 4. George Hyde Fallon (D) 5. Lansdale G. Sasscer (D) 6. J. Glenn Beall (R) Massachusetts 1. John W. Heselton (R) 2. Charles Clason (R) 3. Philip Philbin (D) 4. Harold Donohue (D) 5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R) 6. George J. Bates (R) 7. Thomas J. Lane (D) 8. Angier L. 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) Michigan 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 D. Dingell, Sr. (D) 16. John Lesinski, Sr. (D) 17. George A. Dondero (R) Minnesota 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.H. Carl Andersen (R) 8.John Blatnik (DFL) 9.Harold Hagen (R) Mississippi 1. John E. Rankin (D) 2. Jamie L. Whitten (D) 3. William M. Whittington (D) 4. Thomas G. Abernethy (D) 5. W. Arthur Winstead (D) 6. William M. Colmer (D) 7. John B. Williams (D) Missouri 1. Samuel W. Arnold (R) 2. Max Schwabe (R) 3. William C. 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) 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) 4. Arthur L. Miller (R) Nevada At-large. Charles H. Russell (R) 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. 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 W. Kean (R) 13. Mary T. Norton (D) 14. Edward J. Hart (D) New Mexico At-large. Georgia Lee Lusk (D) At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D) New York 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, 1948 Vacant to end 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 R. Coudert, Jr. (R) 18. Vito Marcantonio (AL) 19. Arthur G. Klein (D) 20. Sol Bloom (D) 21. Jacob K. 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 LeFevre (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 B. 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) North Carolina 1. Herbert C. 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 M. Redden (D) North Dakota At-large. William Lemke (Nonpartisan Republican) At-large. Charles R. Robertson (R) Ohio At-large. George H. Bender (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 M. McCulloch (R), from November 4, 1947 5. Cliff Clevenger (R) 6. Edward O. McCowen (R) 7. Clarence J. Brown (R) 8. Frederick C. 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) Oklahoma 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) Oregon 1. A. Walter Norblad (R) 2. Lowell Stockman (R) 3. Homer D. Angell (R) 4. Harris Ellsworth (R) Pennsylvania 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) Rhode Island 1. Aime Forand (D) 2. John E. Fogarty (D) South Carolina 1. L. Mendel Rivers (D) 2. John J. Riley (D) 3. W.J. Bryan Dorn (D) 4. Joseph R. Bryson (D) 5. James P. Richards (D) 6. John L. McMillan (D) South Dakota 1. Karl E. Mundt (R), until December 30, 1948, vacant thereafter 2. Francis Case (R) Tennessee 1. Dayton E. Phillips (R) 2. John Jennings, Jr. (R) 3. C. Estes Kefauver (D) 4. Albert A. Gore Sr. (D) 5. Joe L. Evins (D) 6. J. Percy Priest (D) 7. W. Wirt Courtney (D) 8. Tom J. Murray (D) 9. Jere Cooper (D) 10. Clifford Davis (D) 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) 8. Albert Thomas (D) 9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D), until July 12, 1947 Clark W. Thompson, 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. Clark Fisher (D) Utah 1. Walter K. Granger (D) 2. William A. Dawson (R) Vermont At-large. Charles A. Plumley (R) Virginia 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 Bahnson Stanley (D) 6. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. (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) Washington 1. Homer R. 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) West Virginia 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) Wisconsin 1. Lawrence H. Smith (R) 2. Glenn R. Davis (R), from April 22, 1947 3. William H. Stevenson (R) 4. John C. Brophy (R) 5. Charles J. Kersten (R) 6. Frank B. Keefe (R) 7. Reid F. Murray (R) 8. John W. Byrnes (R) 9. Merlin Hull (R) 10. Alvin E. O'Konski (R) Wyoming At-large. Frank A. Barrett (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 the first session of this Congress

Senate

There were 3 deaths, 2 resignations, and one lost mid-term election.

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

State (class)	Former senator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's installation
Mississippi (1)	Theodore Bilbo (D)	Died August 21, 1947. Successor was elected to finish term.	John Stennis (D)	Appointed November 17, 1947
Louisiana (3)	John Holmes Overton (D)	Died May 14, 1948. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	William C. Feazel (D)	Appointed May 18, 1948
South Dakota (2)	Harlan Bushfield (R)	Died September 27, 1948. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	Vera Bushfield (R)	Appointed October 6, 1948
South Dakota (2)	Vera Bushfield (R)	Resigned December 26, 1948. Successor was elected to finish term.	Karl Earl Mundt (R)	Appointed December 31, 1948
Louisiana (3)	William C. Feazel (D)	Resigned December 30, 1948. Successor was elected to finish term.	Russell B. Long (D)	Appointed December 31, 1948
North Carolina (2)	William Umstead (D)	Resigned December 30, 1948. Successor was elected to finish term.	Melville Broughton (D)	Won mid-term election and seated December 31, 1948

House of Representatives

There were 9 deaths and 7 resignations.

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's installation
Alabama 8th	Vacant	John Sparkman resigned in previous Congress after being elected to the US Senate	Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D)	Seated January 28, 1947
Wisconsin 2nd	Vacant	Robert K. Henry died during previous Congress	Glenn R. Davis (R)	Seated April 22, 1947
Washington 3rd	Fred Norman (R)	Died April 18, 1947	Russell Mack (R)	Seated June 7, 1947
Pennsylvania 8th	Charles Gerlach (R)	Died May 5, 1947	Franklin Lichtenwalter (R)	Seated September 9, 1947
Maryland 3rd	Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (D)	Resigned May 16, 1947 after being elected Mayor of Baltimore	Edward Garmatz (D)	Seated July 15, 1947
Michigan 11th	Fred Bradley (R)	Died May 24, 1947	Charles Potter (R)	Seated August 26, 1947
Texas 9th	Joseph J. Mansfield (D)	Died July 12, 1947	Clark W. Thompson (D)	Seated August 23, 1947
Texas 16th	R. Ewing Thomason (D)	Resigned July 31, 1947 after being appointed as a judge of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas	Kenneth M. Regan (D)	Seated August 23, 1947
Massachusetts 9th	Charles Gifford (R)	Died August 23, 1947	Donald Nicholson (R)	Seated November 18, 1947
Indiana 10th	Raymond S. Springer (R)	Died August 28, 1947	Ralph Harvey (R)	Seated November 4, 1947
Ohio 4th	Robert Franklin Jones (R)	Resigned September 2, 1947, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission	William M. McCulloch (R)	Seated November 4, 1947
New York 14th	Leo Rayfiel (D)	Resigned September 13, 1947, having been appointed a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York	Abraham Multer (D)	Seated November 4, 1947
Illinois 21st	George E. Howell (R)	Resigned October 5, 1947 after being appointed judge of the US Court of Claims	Vacant until next Congress
Virginia 4th	Patrick Drewry (D)	Died December 21, 1947	Watkins Abbitt (D)	Seated February 17, 1948
New York 24th	Benjamin J. Rabin (D)	Resigned December 31, 1947	Leo Isacson (AL)	Seated February 17, 1948
Kentucky 2nd	Earle Clements (D)	Resigned January 6, 1948 to become Governor of Kentucky	John Whitaker (D)	Seated April 17, 1948
Kentucky 9th	John Robsion (R)	Died February 17, 1948	William Lewis (R)	Seated April 24, 1948
Missouri 10th	Orville Zimmerman (D)	Died April 7, 1948	Paul Jones (D)	Seated November 2, 1948
Virginia 6th	Lindsay Almond (D)	Resigned April 17, 1948, having been elected Attorney General of Virginia	Clarence Burton (D)	Seated November 2, 1948
Illinois 7th	Thomas L. Owens (R)	Died June 7, 1948	Vacant until next Congress
Indiana 6th	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 15th	Milton H. West (D)	Died October 28, 1948	Lloyd Bentsen (D)	Seated December 4, 1948
New York 7th	John Delaney (D)	Died November 18, 1948	Vacant until next Congress
South Dakota 1st	Karl E. Mundt (R)	Resigned December 30, 1948 after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	Vacant until next Congress

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn

Senate

• Chaplain: Peter Marshall
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• Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler
• Sergeant at Arms: Edward F. McGinnis

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
• Clerk: John Andrews
• Doorkeeper: M. L. Meletio
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
• Postmaster: Frank W. Collier
• Sergeant at Arms: William F. Russell