The 80th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the

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, composed of the

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and the

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. It met in

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from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949, during the third and fourth years of 33rd President Harry S. Truman's administration (1945–1952). This congressional term featured the most recent special Senate sessions. The apportionment of seats in this

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was based on the

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. The Republicans won the majority in both chambers, marking the first time since the 71st Congress of 1929–1931, that they held full control of Congress, and the first time since the 72nd Congress of 1931–1933, that they held control of either of the two chambers. This also ended a 14-year Democratic overall federal government

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period, dating back to the 73rd Congress (1933–1935). This ties with the previous 14-year Republican 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 public bills, President Truman nicknamed it during his campaign speeches and remarks as the "Do Nothing Congress" and, during the 1948 elections, campaigned as much against it as against his formal opponent, Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the Republican presidential nominee. The 80th Congress did however pass several significant bills with bipartisan support, most famously the

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(on Greece-Turkey

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aid in developing

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with former ally

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), the

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(aid for devastated

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after

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), and the

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of 1947 on labor relations (over Truman's veto), but it opposed most of Truman's Fair Deal domestic programs bills.

Major events

* January 3, 1947: Proceedings of the

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were televised for the first time. * March 12, 1947: In a Joint Session of Congress, President Truman proclaimed the

. * July 18, 1947: The

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in the southwest

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(occupied since 1943-1945 of the

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), entered into a trusteeship with the new international organization

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and administered by the United States for the next few decades. * November 24, 1947: The House of Representatives approved citations of contempt of Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10. * July 20, 1948: President Truman issued the second peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions of the

with the

, which endured until the early 1970s. * July 26, 1948: ** Turnip Day Session begins, special session called by Truman on July 15, 1948, before November elections ** President Truman signed Executive Order 9981, ending

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in the

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since the

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of the 1860s / 1870s. * August 25, 1948: House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee held the first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between alleged

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sympathizers from the

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of ''

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'' magazine journalist Whittaker Chambers and former friend /

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official Alger Hiss. * November 2, 1948: United States general elections, 1948: ** Presidential election: Democrat incumbent President

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in a upset victory, defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey (

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), and third and fourth minority parties candidates:

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(and longtime future U.S. Senator) Strom Thurmond, and former

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, Henry A. Wallace; ** Democrats regained majority control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives for the next two years in the coming 81st Congress.

Major legislation

* May 22, 1947: Assistance to Greece and Turkey Act (

), Sess. 1, ch. 81, , * June 23, 1947:

, Sess. 1, ch. 120, , * July 18, 1947: Presidential Succession Act of 1947, Sess. 1, ch. 264, , * July 26, 1947: National Security Act of 1947, Sess. 1, ch. 343, , * August 7, 1947: Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, Sess. 1, ch. 513, , * January 27, 1948: United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, Sess. 2, ch. 36, , * April 3, 1948: Foreign Assistance Act (

), , Sess. 2, ch. 169, * April 3, 1948: Greek-Turkish Assistance Act of 1948 (

), Sess. 2, ch. 169, , Title III, * May 26, 1948: Civil Air Patrol Act, Sess. 2, ch. 349, , * June 12, 1948: Women's Armed Services Integration Act, Sess. 2, ch. 449, , * June 17, 1948: Reed-Bulwinkle Act, Sess. 2, ch. 491, , * June 25, 1948: Codify and enact into law Title 3 of the United States Code "The President", Sess. 2, ch. 644, , * 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, Sess. 2, ch. 826, , * July 3, 1948: Agricultural Act of 1948, Sess. 2, ch. 827, ,

Constitutional amendments

* March 21, 1947: Approved an amendment to the

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setting a

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for election and overall time of service to the office of

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, and submitted it to the state legislatures for

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** Amendment was later ratified on February 27, 1951, becoming the

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Party summary

Senate

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.

Leadership

Senate

* President: Vacant * President pro tempore:

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(R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

* Majority leader: Wallace H. White Jr. * Majority whip: Kenneth S. Wherry * Republican Conference Chairman:

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* Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Owen Brewster * Policy Committee Chairman: Robert A. Taft

Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority leader: Alben W. Barkley *

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: Scott W. Lucas * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Brien McMahon * Policy Committee Chairman: Alben W. Barkley

House of Representatives

* Speaker: Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

* Majority Leader: Charles A. Halleck * Republican Whip: Leslie C. Arends * Republican Conference Chairman: Roy O. Woodruff * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Leonard W. Hall

Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader: Sam Rayburn * Democratic Whip: John W. McCormack * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Aime Forand * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Caucuses

* House Democratic Caucus * Senate 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 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.

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

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

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

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

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: 2. John L. McClellan (D) : 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: 1. William Knowland (R) : 3. Sheridan Downey (D)

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

: 2. Edwin C. Johnson (D) : 3.

(R)

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: 1. Raymond E. Baldwin (R) : 3. Brien McMahon (D)

List of United States senators from Delaware, Delaware

: 1. John J. Williams (politician), John J. Williams (R) : 2. C. Douglass Buck (R)

List of United States senators from Florida, Florida

: 1. Spessard Holland (D) : 3. Claude Pepper (D)

List of United States senators from Georgia, Georgia

: 2. Walter F. George (D) : 3. Richard Russell Jr. (D)

List of United States senators from Idaho, Idaho

: 2. Henry Dworshak (R) : 3. Glen H. Taylor (D)

List of United States senators from Illinois, Illinois

: 2. Charles W. Brooks (R) : 3. Scott W. Lucas (D)

List of United States senators from Indiana, Indiana

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

List of United States senators from Iowa, Iowa

: 2. George A. Wilson (R) : 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

List of United States senators from Kansas, Kansas

: 2. Arthur Capper (R) : 3. Clyde M. Reed (R)

List of United States senators from Kentucky, Kentucky

: 2. John Sherman Cooper (R) : 3. Alben Barkley (D)

List of United States senators from Louisiana, Louisiana

: 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

List of United States senators from Maine, Maine

: 1. Ralph Owen Brewster (R) : 2. Wallace H. White Jr. (R)

List of United States senators from Maryland, Maryland

: 1. Herbert O'Conor (D) : 3. Millard Tydings (D)

List of United States senators from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

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

List of United States senators from Michigan, Michigan

: 1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) : 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)

List of United States senators from Minnesota, Minnesota

: 1. Edward John Thye (R) : 2. Joseph H. Ball (R)

List of United States senators from Mississippi, Mississippi

: 1. Theodore G. Bilbo (D), until August 21, 1947 :: John C. Stennis (D), from November 17, 1947 : 2. James Eastland (D)

List of United States senators from Missouri, Missouri

: 1. James P. Kem (R) : 3. Forrest C. Donnell (R)

List of United States senators from Montana, Montana

: 1. Zales Ecton (R) : 2. James E. Murray (D)

List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska

: 1. Hugh A. Butler (R) : 2. Kenneth S. Wherry (R)

List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada

: 1. George W. Malone (R) : 3. Patrick A. McCarran (D)

List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

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

List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey

: 1. Howard Alexander Smith (R) : 2. Albert W. Hawkes (R)

List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico

: 1. Dennis Chávez (D) : 2. Carl Hatch (D)

List of United States senators from New York, New York

: 1. Irving Ives (R) : 3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. William B. Umstead (D), until December 30, 1948 :: J. Melville Broughton (D), from December 31, 1948 : 3. Clyde R. Hoey (D)

List of United States senators from North Dakota, North Dakota

: 1. William Langer (R-NPL) : 3. Milton Young (R)

List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio

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

List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: 2. Edward H. Moore (R) : 3. Elmer Thomas (D)

List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon

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

List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: 1. Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician), Edward Martin (R) : 3. Francis J. Myers (D)

List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. J. Howard McGrath (D) : 2. Theodore F. Green (D)

List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina

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

List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota

: 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)

List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar (D) : 2. Tom Stewart (politician), Tom Stewart (D)

List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Tom T. Connally (D) : 2. W. Lee O'Daniel (D)

List of United States senators from Utah, Utah

: 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R) : 3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

List of United States senators from Vermont, Vermont

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

List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. Harry F. Byrd (D) : 2. A. Willis Robertson (D)

List of United States senators from Washington, Washington

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

List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D) : 2. Chapman Revercomb (R)

List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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

List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming

: 1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) : 2. Edward V. Robertson (R) 80th United States Congress Senators

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.

List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . Frank W. Boykin (D) : . George M. Grant (D) : . George W. Andrews (D) : . Sam Hobbs (D) : . Albert Rains (D) : . Pete Jarman (D) : . Carter Manasco (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D), from January 28, 1947 : . Laurie C. Battle (D)

List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona

: . John R. Murdock (politician), John R. Murdock (D) : . Richard F. Harless (D)

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : . James William Trimble (D) : . William Fadjo Cravens (D) : . Brooks Hays (D) : . William F. Norrell (D) : . Oren Harris (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . Clarence F. Lea (D) : . Clair Engle (D) : . J. Leroy Johnson (R) : . Franck R. Havenner (D) : . Richard J. Welch (R) : . George P. Miller (D) : . John J. Allen Jr. (R) : . Jack Z. Anderson (R) : . Bertrand W. Gearhart (R) : . Alfred J. Elliott (D) : . Ernest K. Bramblett (R) : . Richard Nixon (R) : . Norris Poulson (R) : . Helen Gahagan Douglas (D) : . Gordon L. McDonough (R) : . Donald L. Jackson (R) : . Cecil R. King (D) : . Willis W. Bradley (R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : . John Carl Hinshaw (R) : . Harry R. Sheppard (D) : . John R. Phillips (American politician), John R. Phillips (R) : . Charles K. Fletcher (R)

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . John A. Carroll (D) : . William S. Hill (R) : . John Chenoweth (Colorado politician), John Chenoweth (R) : . Robert F. Rockwell (R)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . William J. Miller (R) : . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R) : . Ellsworth Foote (R) : . John Davis Lodge (R) : . James T. Patterson (politician), James T. Patterson (R) : . Antoni Sadlak (R)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . J. Caleb Boggs (R)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . J. Hardin Peterson (D) : . Emory H. Price (D) : . Robert L. F. Sikes (D) : . George Smathers (D) : . Joe Hendricks (D) : . Dwight L. Rogers (D)

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D) : . Edward E. Cox (D) : . Stephen Pace (politician), Stephen Pace (D) : . Albert Sidney Camp (D) : . James C. Davis (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D) : . William McDonald Wheeler (D) : . John Stephens Wood, John S. Wood (D) : . Paul Brown (Georgia politician), Paul Brown (D)

List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: . Abe Goff (R) : . John C. Sanborn (R)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson (D) : . Richard B. Vail (R) : . Fred E. Busbey (R) : . Martin Gorski (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois), Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . Thomas L. Owens (R), until June 7, 1948, vacant thereafter : . Thomas S. Gordon (D) : . Robert Twyman (R) : . Ralph E. Church (R) : . Chauncey W. Reed (R) : . Noah M. Mason (R) : . Leo E. Allen (R) : . Anton J. Johnson (R) : . Robert B. Chiperfield (R) : . Everett M. Dirksen (R) : . Leslie C. Arends (R) : . Edward H. Jenison (R) : . Rolla C. McMillen (R) : . Sid Simpson (R) : . George Evan Howell (R), until October 5, 1947, vacant thereafter : . Melvin Price (D) : . Charles W. Vursell (R) : . Roy Clippinger (R) : . C. W. Bishop (R) : . William Stratton (R)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Charles A. Halleck (R) : . Robert A. Grant (R) : . George W. Gillie (R) : . Forest Harness (R) : . Noble J. Johnson (R), until July 1, 1948, vacant for remainder of term : . Gerald W. Landis (R) : . E. A. Mitchell (R) : . Earl Wilson (politician), Earl Wilson (R) : . Raymond S. Springer (R), until August 28, 1947 :: Ralph Harvey (R), from November 4, 1947 : . Louis Ludlow (D)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Thomas E. Martin (R) : . Henry O. Talle (R) : . John W. Gwynne (R) : . Karl M. LeCompte (R) : . Paul Cunningham (politician), Paul H. Cunningham (R) : . James I. Dolliver (R) : . Ben F. Jensen (R) : . Charles B. Hoeven (R)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . Albert M. Cole (R) : . Errett P. Scrivner (R) : . Herbert Alton Meyer (R) : . Edward Herbert Rees (R) : . Clifford R. Hope (R) : . Wint Smith (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Noble J. Gregory (D) : . Earle C. Clements (D), until January 6, 1948 :: John A. Whitaker (D), from April 17, 1948 : . Thruston Ballard Morton (R) : . Frank Chelf (D) : . Brent Spence (D) : . Virgil Chapman (D) : . Wendell H. Meade (R) : . Joe B. Bates (D) : . John M. Robsion (R), until February 17, 1948 :: William Lewis (Kentucky politician), William Lewis (R), from April 24, 1948

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : . Hale Boggs (D) : . James R. Domengeaux (D) : . Overton Brooks (D) : . Otto Passman (D) : . James H. Morrison (D) : . Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D) : . A. Leonard Allen (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Robert Hale (Maine), Robert Hale (R) : . Margaret Chase Smith (R) : . Frank Fellows (politician), Frank Fellows (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Edward Tylor Miller (R) : . Hugh Meade (D) : . Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D), until May 16, 1947 :: . Edward Garmatz (D), from July 15, 1947 : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : . Lansdale G. Sasscer (D) : . James Glenn Beall (R)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . John W. Heselton (R) : . Charles Clason (R) : . Philip J. Philbin (D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . George J. Bates (R) : . Thomas J. Lane (D) : . Angier Goodwin (R) : . Charles L. Gifford (R), until August 23, 1947 :: . Donald W. Nicholson (R), from November 18, 1947 : . Christian Herter (R) : . John F. Kennedy (D) : . John W. McCormack (D) : . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) : . Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . George G. Sadowski (D) : . Earl C. Michener (R) : . Paul W. Shafer (R) : . Clare E. Hoffman (R) : . Bartel J. Jonkman (R) : . William W. Blackney (R) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Fred L. Crawford (R) : . Albert J. Engel (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (R) : . Frederick Van Ness Bradley, Fred Bradley (R), until May 24, 1947 :: Charles E. Potter (R), from August 26, 1947 : . John B. Bennett (R) : . Howard A. Coffin (R) : . Harold F. Youngblood (R) : . John Dingell Sr. (D) : . John Lesinski Sr. (D) : . George Anthony Dondero (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . August H. Andresen (R) : . Joseph P. O'Hara (R) : . George MacKinnon (R) : . Edward Devitt (R) : . Walter Judd (politician), Walter Judd (R) : . Harold Knutson (R) : . Herman Carl Andersen (R) : . John Blatnik (DFL), until August 13, 1946 : . Harold Hagen (R)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . John E. Rankin (D) : . Jamie L. Whitten (D) : . William M. Whittington (D) : . Thomas Abernethy (politician), Thomas Abernethy (D) : . W. Arthur Winstead (D) : . William M. Colmer (D) : . John Bell Williams (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Samuel W. Arnold (R) : . Max Schwabe (R) : . William Clay Cole (R) : . C. Jasper Bell (D) : . Albert L. Reeves Jr. (R) : . Marion T. Bennett (R) : . Dewey Jackson Short, Dewey Short (R) : . Parke M. Banta (R) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Orville Zimmerman (D), until April 7, 1948 :: Paul C. Jones (D), from November 2, 1948 : . Claude I. Bakewell (R) : . Walter C. Ploeser (R) : . Frank M. Karsten (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

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

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Carl Curtis (R) : . Howard Buffett (R) : . Karl Stefan (R) : . Arthur L. Miller (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Charles H. Russell (R)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Chester Earl Merrow (R) : . Norris Cotton (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Charles A. Wolverton (R) : . T. Millet Hand (R) : . James C. Auchincloss (R) : . Frank A. Mathews Jr. (R) : . Charles A. Eaton (R) : . Clifford P. Case (R) : . J. Parnell Thomas (R) : . Gordon Canfield (R) : . Harry L. Towe (R) : . Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R) : . Frank Sundstrom (R) : . Robert Kean (R) : . Mary T. Norton (D) : . Edward J. Hart (D)

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . Georgia Lee Lusk (D) : . Antonio M. Fernández (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . W. Kingsland Macy (R) : . Leonard W. Hall (R) : . Henry J. Latham (R) : . Gregory McMahon (R) : . Robert Tripp Ross (R) : . Robert Nodar Jr. (R) : . John J. Delaney (D), until November 18, 1948 :: Vacant thereafter : . Joseph L. Pfeifer (D) : . Eugene James Keogh, Eugene J. Keogh (D) : . Andrew Lawrence Somers, Andrew L. Somers (D) : . James J. Heffernan (D) : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) : . Donald L. O'Toole (D) : . Leo F. Rayfiel (D), until September 13, 1947 :: Abraham J. Multer (D), from November 4, 1947 : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Ellsworth B. Buck (R) : . Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R) : . Vito Marcantonio (AL) : . Arthur George Klein (D) : . Sol Bloom (D) : . Jacob Javits (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Walter A. Lynch (D) : . Benjamin J. Rabin (D), until December 31, 1947 :: Leo Isacson (AL), from February 17, 1948 : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . David M. Potts (politician), David M. Potts (R) : . Ralph W. Gwinn (R) : . Ralph A. Gamble (R) : . Katharine St. George (R) : . Jay Le Fevre (R) : . Bernard W. Kearney (R) : . William T. Byrne (D) : . Dean P. Taylor (R) : . Clarence E. Kilburn (R) : . Hadwen C. Fuller (R) : . R. Walter Riehlman (R) : . Edwin Arthur Hall (R) : . John Taber (R) : . W. Sterling Cole (R) : . Kenneth Keating (R) : . James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R) : . Walter G. Andrews (R) : . Edward J. Elsaesser (R) : . John Cornelius Butler (R) : . Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D) : . John H. Kerr (D) : . Graham A. Barden (D) : . Harold D. Cooley (D) : . John Hamlin Folger (D) : . Carl T. Durham (D) : . J. Bayard Clark (D) : . Charles B. Deane (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Hamilton C. Jones (D) : . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) : . Monroe Minor Redden (D)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . William Lemke (R-NPL) : . Charles R. Robertson (R)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Charles H. Elston (R) : . William E. Hess (R) : . Raymond H. Burke (R) : . Robert Franklin Jones (R), until September 2, 1947 :: William Moore McCulloch (R), from November 4, 1947 : . Cliff Clevenger (R) : . Edward Oscar McCowen (R) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Frederick Cleveland Smith (R) : . Homer A. Ramey (R) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Walter E. Brehm (R) : . John M. Vorys (R) : . Alvin F. Weichel (R) : . Walter B. Huber (D) : . Percy W. Griffiths (R) : . Henderson H. Carson (R) : . J. Harry McGregor (R) : . Earl R. Lewis (R) : . Michael J. Kirwan (D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R) : . George H. Bender (R)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . George B. Schwabe (R) : . William G. Stigler (D) : . Carl Albert (D) : . Glen D. Johnson (D) : . A. S. Mike Monroney (D) : . Toby Morris (politician), Toby Morris (D) : . Preston E. Peden (D) : . Ross Rizley (R)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . A. Walter Norblad (R) : . Lowell Stockman (R) : . Homer D. Angell (R) : . Harris Ellsworth (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . James A. Gallagher (R) : . Robert N. McGarvey (R) : . Hardie Scott (R) : . Franklin J. Maloney (R) : . George W. Sarbacher Jr. (R) : . Hugh Scott (R) : . E. Wallace Chadwick (R) : . Charles L. Gerlach (R), until May 5, 1947 :: Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R), from September 9, 1947 : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . James P. Scoblick (R) : . Mitchell Jenkins (R) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (R) : . Wilson D. Gillette (R) : . Robert F. Rich (R) : . Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R) : . Richard M. Simpson (R) : . John C. Kunkel (R) : . Leon H. Gavin (R) : . Francis E. Walter (D) : . Chester H. Gross (R) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . William J. Crow (R) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . Louis E. Graham (R) : . Harve Tibbott (R) : . Augustine B. Kelley (D) : . Carroll D. Kearns (R) : . John McDowell (Pennsylvania politician), John McDowell (R) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . James G. Fulton (R) : . Herman P. Eberharter (D) : . Frank Buchanan (Pennsylvania politician), Frank Buchanan (D)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Aime Forand (D) : . John E. Fogarty (D)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D) : . John J. Riley (D) : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) : . Joseph R. Bryson (D) : . James P. Richards (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Karl E. Mundt (R), until December 30, 1948, vacant thereafter : . Francis H. Case (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Dayton E. Phillips (R) : . John Jennings (American politician), John Jennings Jr. (R) : . Estes Kefauver (D) : . Albert Gore Sr. (D) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Percy Priest (D) : . W. Wirt Courtney (D) : . Tom J. Murray (D) : . Jere Cooper (D) : . Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Jesse M. Combs (D) : . Lindley Beckworth (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Joseph Franklin Wilson (D) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . Tom Pickett (D) : . Albert Thomas (American politician), Albert Thomas (D) : . Joseph J. Mansfield (D), until July 12, 1947 :: Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D), from August 23, 1947 : . Lyndon B. Johnson (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Wingate H. Lucas (D) : . Ed Gossett (D) : . John E. Lyle Jr. (D) : . Milton H. West (D), until October 28, 1948 :: Lloyd Bentsen (D), from December 4, 1948 : . R. Ewing Thomason (D), until July 31, 1947 :: Kenneth M. Regan (D), from August 23, 1947 : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Eugene Worley (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Paul J. Kilday (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Walter K. Granger (D) : . William A. Dawson (R)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Charles A. Plumley (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . S. Otis Bland (D) : . Porter Hardy Jr. (D) : . J. Vaughan Gary (D) : . Patrick H. Drewry (D), until December 21, 1947 :: Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D), from February 17, 1948 : . Thomas B. Stanley (D) : . J. Lindsay Almond (D), until April 17, 1948 :: Clarence G. Burton (D), from November 2, 1948 : . Burr Harrison (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Homer Jones (politician), Homer Jones (R) : . Henry M. Jackson (D) : . Fred B. Norman (R), until April 18, 1947 :: Russell V. Mack (R), from June 7, 1947 : . Hal Holmes (R) : . Walt Horan (R) : . Thor C. Tollefson (R)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Francis J. Love (R) : . Melvin C. Snyder (R) : . Edward G. Rohrbough (R) : . Hubert S. Ellis (R) : . John Kee (D) : . E. H. Hedrick (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Lawrence H. Smith (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (R), from April 22, 1947 : . William H. Stevenson (R) : . John C. Brophy (R) : . Charles J. Kersten (R) : . Frank Bateman Keefe (R) : . Reid F. Murray (R) : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Merlin Hull (R) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Frank A. Barrett (R)

Non-voting members

: . Bob Bartlett (D) : . Joseph Rider Farrington (R) : . Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD/D)

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress

Senate

There were three deaths, two resignations, and one lost mid-term election. , - , List of United States senators from Mississippi, Mississippi
(1) , , Theodore G. Bilbo (D) , Died August 21, 1947.
Successor was United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 1947, elected November 17, 1947. , , John C. Stennis (D) , November 17, 1947 , - , List of United States senators from Louisiana, Louisiana
(3) , , John H. Overton (D) , Died May 14, 1948.
Successor was appointed to continue the term. , , William C. Feazel (D) , May 18, 1948 , - , List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota
(2) , , Harlan J. Bushfield (R) , Died September 27, 1948.
Successor was appointed to finish the term. , , Vera C. Bushfield (R) , October 6, 1948 , - , List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota
(2) , , Vera C. Bushfield (R) , Interim appointee resigned December 26, 1948.
Successor was appointed to finish the term. , , Karl E. Mundt (R) , December 31, 1948 , - , List of United States senators from Louisiana, Louisiana
(3) , , William C. Feazel (D) , Interim appointee retired when successor elected.
Successor was United States Senate special election in Louisiana, 1947, elected December 31, 1948. , , Russell B. Long (D) , December 31, 1948 , - , List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
(2) , , William B. Umstead (D) , Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor was United States Senate special election in North Carolina, 1947, elected December 31, 1948. , , J. Melville Broughton (D) , December 31, 1948

House of Representatives

There were nine deaths and seven resignations. , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , John Sparkman resigned in previous Congress after being elected to the US Senate having been re-elected as well. , , Robert E. Jones Jr. (D) , Seated January 28, 1947 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Representative Robert Kirkland Henry died during previous Congress having been previously re-elected. , , Glenn Robert Davis (R) , Seated April 22, 1947 , - , , , Fred B. Norman (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 18, 1947 , , Russell V. Mack (R) , Seated June 7, 1947 , - , , , Charles L. Gerlach (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 5, 1947 , , Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R) , Seated September 9, 1947 , - , , , Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 16, 1947, after being elected Mayor of Baltimore , , Edward Garmatz (D) , Seated July 15, 1947 , - , , , Frederick Van Ness Bradley (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 24, 1947 , , Charles E. Potter (R) , Seated August 26, 1947 , - , , , Joseph J. Mansfield (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 12, 1947 , , Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D) , Seated August 23, 1947 , - , , , R. Ewing Thomason (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 31, 1947, after being appointed as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, US District Court for the Western District of Texas , , Kenneth M. Regan (D) , Seated August 23, 1947 , - , , , Charles L. Gifford (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 23, 1947 , , Donald W. Nicholson (R) , Seated November 18, 1947 , - , , , Raymond S. Springer (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 28, 1947 , , Ralph Harvey (R) , Seated November 4, 1947 , - , , , Robert Franklin Jones (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 2, 1947, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission , , William Moore McCulloch (R) , Seated November 4, 1947 , - , , , Leo F. Rayfiel (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 13, 1947, having been appointed a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York , , Abraham J. Multer (D) , Seated November 4, 1947 , - , , , George Evan Howell (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 5, 1947, after being appointed judge of the United States Court of Claims, US Court of Claims , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress , - , , , Patrick H. Drewry (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 21, 1947 , , Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D) , Seated February 17, 1948 , - , , , Benjamin J. Rabin (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1947 , , Leo Isacson (AL) , Seated February 17, 1948 , - , , , Earle Clements (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 6, 1948, to become Governor of Kentucky , , John A. Whitaker (D) , Seated April 17, 1948 , - , , , John M. Robsion (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died February 17, 1948 , , William Lewis (Kentucky politician), William Lewis (R) , Seated April 24, 1948 , - , , , Orville Zimmerman (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 7, 1948 , , Paul C. Jones (D) , Seated November 2, 1948 , - , , , J. Lindsay Almond (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned April 17, 1948, having been elected attorney General of Virginia , , Clarence G. Burton (D) , Seated November 2, 1948 , - , , , Thomas L. Owens (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 7, 1948 , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress , - , , , Noble J. Johnson (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 1, 1948, after being appointed as judge of US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress , - , , , Milton H. West (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 28, 1948 , , Lloyd Bentsen (D) , Seated December 4, 1948 , - , , , John J. Delaney (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died November 18, 1948 , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress , - , , , Karl E. Mundt (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1948, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected. , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Arthur Capper; Ranking Member: Elmer Thomas) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Styles Bridges; Ranking Member: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Chan Gurney; Ranking Member: Millard E. Tydings) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles W. Tobey; Ranking Member: Robert F. Wagner) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chairman: William Langer; Ranking Member: Dennis Chavez) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: C. Douglass Buck; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: George D. Aiken; Ranking Member: John L. McClellan) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Eugene D. Millikin; Ranking Member: Walter F. George) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Arthur H. Vandenberg; Ranking Member: Tom Connally) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Wallace H. White Jr.; Ranking Member: Edwin C. Johnson) * United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, Investigate the National Defense Program (Special) (Chairman: Owen Brewster) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Alexander Wiley; Ranking Member: Pat McCarran) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: Robert A. Taft; Ranking Member: Elbert D. Thomas) * United States Senate Special Committee on Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Resources (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Hugh A. Butler; Ranking Member: Carl A. Hatch) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: W. Chapman Revercomb; Ranking Member: John H. Overton) * United States Senate Special Committee on Remodeling the Senate Chamber, Remodeling the Senate Chamber (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chairman: C. Wayland Brooks; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden) * United States Senate Special Committee on Small Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises (Special) (Chairman: Kenneth S. Wherry) * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Clifford R. Hope; Ranking Member: John W. Flannagan Jr.) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: John Taber; Ranking Member: Clarence Cannon) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Walter G. Andrews; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Jesse P. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Brent Spence) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Everett M. Dirksen; Ranking Member: John L. McMillan) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: Fred A. Hartley Jr.; Ranking Member: John Lesinski Sr., John Lesinski) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: Clare E. Hoffman; Ranking Member: Carter Manasco) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Charles Aubrey Eaton; Ranking Member: Sol Bloom) * United States House Select Committee on Foreign Aid, Foreign Aid (Select) (Chairman: Charles Aubrey Eaton) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chairman: Karl M. LeCompte; Ranking Member: Mary Teresa Norton) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate Commodity Transactions, Investigate Commodity Transactions (Select) (Chairman: August H. Andresen) * United States House Select Committee to Investigate Federal Communications Commission, Investigate Federal Communications Commission (Select) (Chairman: Forest A. Harness) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Charles A. Wolverton; Ranking Member: Clarence F. Lea) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Earl C. Michener; Ranking Member: Emanuel Celler) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Alvin F. Weichel; Ranking Member: S. Otis Bland) * United States House Select Committee on Newsprint and Paper Supply, Newsprint and Paper Supply (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Edward H. Rees; Ranking Member: Tom J. Murray) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Richard J. Welch; Ranking Member: Andrew L. Somers) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: George Anthony Dondero; Ranking Member: Joseph J. Mansfield then William M. Whittington) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Leo E. Allen; Ranking Member: Adolph J. Sabath) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Walter C. Ploeser) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Un-American Activities, Un-American Activities (Chairman: J. Parnell Thomas; Ranking Member: John S. Wood) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Edith Nourse Rogers; Ranking Member: John E. Rankin) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Harold Knutson; Ranking Member: Robert L. Doughton) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chairman: Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper; Vice Chairman: Rep. W. Sterling Cole) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chairman: Sen. Robert A. Taft; Vice Chairman: Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers * United States Congress Joint Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation, Foreign Economic Cooperation * United States Congress Joint Committee on Housing, Housing * United States Congress Joint Committee on Labor Management Relations, Labor Management Relations * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, Legislative Budget * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen. C. Wayland Brooks) * United States Congress Joint Committee on to Study Pacific Islands, To Study Pacific Islands * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. William E. Jenner; Vice Chairman: Rep. Karl M. LeCompte) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Selective Service Deferments, Selective Service Deferments * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Harold Knutson; Vice Chairman: Sen. Eugene D. Millikin)

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress, Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn (architect), 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: Augustus E. Giegengack, until 1948 ** John J. Deviny, from 1948

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Peter Marshall (preacher), Peter Marshall (Presbyterianism, Presbyterian) * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles L. Watkins, Charles Watkins * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: George W. Straubinger * Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: J. Mark Trice * Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: Felton McLellan Johnston * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Edward F. McGinnis

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodism, Methodist) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: John Andrews (House clerk), John Andrews * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: M. L. Meletio * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Frank Collier (Postmaster), Frank W. Collier, until October 15, 1948; vacant thereafter * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: William F. Russell (politician), William F. Russell

Explanatory notes

Citations

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