1st: January 3, 1953 – August 3, 1953 2nd: January 6, 1954 – December 2, 1954
The Republicans gained the majority in both chambers, winning back full control of Congress for the first time since the 80th Congress in 1947, and with Dwight Eisenhower being sworn in as president on January 20, 1953, this gave the Republicans an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 71st Congress in 1929, and the last time until they briefly did so during the 107th Congress in 2001.
Senators are popularly elected statewide every six years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Within each state, senators are listed in order of seniority. 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, facing re-election in 1954; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1956; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1958.
Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected New York attorney General
Committeesedit
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.
^U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkley's term as President of the Senate ended at noon January 20, 1953, when Richard Nixon's term began.
^ abIn North Carolina, Class 2 senator Willis Smith (D) died June 26, 1953, and Alton Lennon (D), was appointed July 10, 1953, to continue the term. Lennon lost the special election and W. Kerr Scott (D) was elected November 2, 1954 to finish the term.
^ abIn New Hampshire, Charles W. Tobey (R) died July 24, 1953, and Robert W. Upton (R), was appointed August 14, 1953, to continue the term. Upton lost the special election and Norris Cotton (R) was elected November 2, 1954 to finish the term, but was ineligible until resigning from the House November 8, 1954.
^ abcIn Ohio, Robert A. Taft (R) died July 31, 1953, and Thomas A. Burke (D), was appointed November 10, 1953, to continue the term. Burke lost the special election and George H. Bender (R) was elected November 2, 1954 to finish the term, but was ineligible until resigning from the House December 15, 1954.
^ abcdIn Nebraska, Class 2 senator Dwight Griswold (R) died April 12, 1954, and Eva Bowring (R), was appointed April 16, 1954, to continue the term. Bowring did not run in the special election and Hazel Abel (R) was elected November 2, 1954 to finish the term. Abel resigned December 31, 1954 and her successor to the next term, Carl Curtis (R), was appointed January 1, 1955.
^ abIn North Carolina, Class 3 senator Clyde R. Hoey (D) died May 12, 1954, and Sam Ervin (D), was appointed June 5, 1954, to continue the term. Ervin would then be elected in November 1954 to finish the term.
^ abIn Nebraska, Class 1 senator Hugh A. Butler (R) died July 1, 1954, and Samuel W. Reynolds (R), was appointed July 3, 1954, to continue the term. Reynolds did not run in the special election and Roman Hruska (R) was elected November 2, 1954 to finish the term.
^ abcdIn South Carolina, Burnet R. Maybank (D) died September 1, 1954, and Charles E. Daniel (D), was appointed September 6, 1954, to finish the term. Daniel resigned December 23, 1954 and his successor to the next term, Strom Thurmond (D), was appointed December 24, 1954.
^ abcIn Nevada, Pat McCarran (D) died September 28, 1954, and Ernest S. Brown (R), was appointed September 6, 1954, to continue the term. Brown lost the special election and Alan Bible (D) was elected November 2, 1954 to finish the term.
^ ab When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
Referencesedit
^. www.eisenhower.archives.gov. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
^"1954 Shooting | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
^Network, The Learning. "March 1, 1954 | Puerto Rican Nationalists Open Fire on House of Representatives". The Learning Network. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
^"U.S. Senate: The Censure Case of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin (1954)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
External linksedit
(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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83rd, united, states, congress, meeting, legislative, branch, federal, government, united, states, washington, from, january, 1953, until, january, 1955, during, last, weeks, truman, administration, with, remainder, spanning, first, years, dwight, eisenhower, . The 83rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States in Washington D C from January 3 1953 until January 3 1955 during the last two weeks of the Truman administration with the remainder spanning the first two years of Dwight Eisenhower s presidency It was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives The apportionment of seats in the House was based on the 1950 U S census 83rd United States Congress82nd 84thUnited States Capitol 1956 January 3 1953 January 3 1955Members96 senators435 representatives3 non voting delegatesSenate majorityRepublicanSenate PresidentAlben W Barkley D a until January 20 1953 Richard Nixon R from January 20 1953 House majorityRepublicanHouse SpeakerJoseph W Martin Jr R Sessions1st January 3 1953 August 3 19532nd January 6 1954 December 2 1954 The Republicans gained the majority in both chambers winning back full control of Congress for the first time since the 80th Congress in 1947 and with Dwight Eisenhower being sworn in as president on January 20 1953 this gave the Republicans an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 71st Congress in 1929 and the last time until they briefly did so during the 107th Congress in 2001 Contents 1 Major events 2 Major legislation 3 Party summary 3 1 Senate 3 2 House of Representatives 4 Leadership 4 1 Senate 4 1 1 Majority Republican leadership 4 1 2 Minority Democratic leadership 4 2 House of Representatives 4 2 1 Majority Republican leadership 4 2 2 Minority Democratic leadership 5 Caucuses 6 Members 6 1 Senate 6 1 1 Alabama 6 1 2 Arizona 6 1 3 Arkansas 6 1 4 California 6 1 5 Colorado 6 1 6 Connecticut 6 1 7 Delaware 6 1 8 Florida 6 1 9 Georgia 6 1 10 Idaho 6 1 11 Illinois 6 1 12 Indiana 6 1 13 Iowa 6 1 14 Kansas 6 1 15 Kentucky 6 1 16 Louisiana 6 1 17 Maine 6 1 18 Maryland 6 1 19 Massachusetts 6 1 20 Michigan 6 1 21 Minnesota 6 1 22 Mississippi 6 1 23 Missouri 6 1 24 Montana 6 1 25 Nebraska 6 1 26 Nevada 6 1 27 New Hampshire 6 1 28 New Jersey 6 1 29 New Mexico 6 1 30 New York 6 1 31 North Carolina 6 1 32 North Dakota 6 1 33 Ohio 6 1 34 Oklahoma 6 1 35 Oregon 6 1 36 Pennsylvania 6 1 37 Rhode Island 6 1 38 South Carolina 6 1 39 South Dakota 6 1 40 Tennessee 6 1 41 Texas 6 1 42 Utah 6 1 43 Vermont 6 1 44 Virginia 6 1 45 Washington 6 1 46 West Virginia 6 1 47 Wisconsin 6 1 48 Wyoming 6 2 House of Representatives 6 2 1 Alabama 6 2 2 Arizona 6 2 3 Arkansas 6 2 4 California 6 2 5 Colorado 6 2 6 Connecticut 6 2 7 Delaware 6 2 8 Florida 6 2 9 Georgia 6 2 10 Idaho 6 2 11 Illinois 6 2 12 Indiana 6 2 13 Iowa 6 2 14 Kansas 6 2 15 Kentucky 6 2 16 Louisiana 6 2 17 Maine 6 2 18 Maryland 6 2 19 Massachusetts 6 2 20 Michigan 6 2 21 Minnesota 6 2 22 Mississippi 6 2 23 Missouri 6 2 24 Montana 6 2 25 Nebraska 6 2 26 Nevada 6 2 27 New Hampshire 6 2 28 New Jersey 6 2 29 New Mexico 6 2 30 New York 6 2 31 North Carolina 6 2 32 North Dakota 6 2 33 Ohio 6 2 34 Oklahoma 6 2 35 Oregon 6 2 36 Pennsylvania 6 2 37 Rhode Island 6 2 38 South Carolina 6 2 39 South Dakota 6 2 40 Tennessee 6 2 41 Texas 6 2 42 Utah 6 2 43 Vermont 6 2 44 Virginia 6 2 45 Washington 6 2 46 West Virginia 6 2 47 Wisconsin 6 2 48 Wyoming 6 2 49 Non voting members 7 Changes in membership 7 1 Senate 7 2 House of Representatives 8 Committees 8 1 Senate 8 2 House of Representatives 8 3 Joint committees 9 Employees 9 1 Legislative branch agency directors 9 2 Senate 9 3 House of Representatives 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 External linksMajor events editMain articles 1953 in the United States 1954 in the United States and 1955 in the United States January 20 1953 Dwight Eisenhower is sworn in as President of the United States in his first inauguration 1 March 1 1954 U S Capitol shooting incident 2 3 December 2 1954 Joseph McCarthy is censured by the U S Senate 4 Major legislation edit nbsp President Eisenhower signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 Main article List of United States federal legislation 83rd United States Congress July 3 1953 Small Business Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 83 163 ch 282 67 Stat 232 August 7 1953 Refugee Relief Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 83 203 August 7 1953 Submerged Lands Act ch 345 67 Stat 462 August 14 1953 Public Law 280 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 83 280 18 U S C 1162 May 13 1954 Saint Lawrence Seaway Act ch 201 68 Stat 92 August 12 1954 Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act ch 649 title II 201 68 Stat 612 August 13 1954 Multiple Mineral Development Act ch 730 68 Stat 708 August 16 1954 Internal Revenue Code of 1954 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 83 591 ch 736 68A Stat 3 Federal Unemployment Tax Act 1 d 68A Stat 439 National Firearms Act 1 d 68A Stat 721 August 24 1954 Communist Control Act of 1954 ch 886 68 Stat 775 August 30 1954 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 68 Stat 919 1954 Agricultural Act of 1954 1954 Water Facilities Act of 1954Party summary editSenate edit Affiliation Party Shading indicates majority caucus Total Democratic Independent Republican Vacant End of previous Congress 47 48 95 1 Begin 47 1 48 96 June 26 1953 b 46 95 1 July 10 1953 b 47 96 July 24 1953 c 47 95 1 July 31 1953 d 47 46 94 2 August 14 1953 c 47 47 95 1 November 10 1953 d 48 96 April 12 1954 e 46 95 1 April 16 1954 e 47 96 May 12 1954 f 47 95 1 June 5 1954 f 48 96 June 19 1954 g 47 95 1 June 24 1954 g 48 96 July 1 1954 h 47 95 1 July 3 1954 h 48 96 September 1 1954 i 46 95 1 September 6 1954 i 47 96 September 28 1954 j 46 95 1 September 6 1954 j 49 96 November 2 1954 g 47 48 November 2 1954 j 48 47 December 15 1954 d 47 48 December 23 1954 i 46 95 1 December 24 1954 i 47 96 December 31 1954 e 47 95 1 January 1 1955 e 48 96 Final voting share 49 1 50 Beginning of the next Congress 48 1 47 96 House of Representatives edit Party Shading indicates majority caucus Total Vacant Democratic Independent Republican End of previous Congress 228 1 198 427 8 Begin 211 1 221 433 2 End 212 213 426 9 Beginning of next Congress 231 0 203 434 1Leadership editSenate edit President Alben W Barkley D until January 20 1953 Richard Nixon R from January 20 1953 President pro tempore Styles Bridges R Majority Republican leadership edit Majority Leader Robert A Taft until July 31 1953 died William Knowland from August 3 1953 Majority Whip Leverett Saltonstall Republican Conference Chairman Eugene Millikin Republican Conference Secretary Milton Young National Senatorial Committee Chair Everett Dirksen Policy Committee Chairman Homer S Ferguson Minority Democratic leadership edit Minority Leader and Conference Chairman Lyndon B Johnson Minority Whip Earle Clements Democratic Caucus Secretary Thomas C Hennings Jr House of Representatives edit Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr R Majority Republican leadership edit Majority Leader Charles A Halleck Majority Whip Leslie C Arends Republican Conference Chairman Clifford R Hope Policy Committee Chairman Joseph W Martin Jr Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Richard M Simpson Minority Democratic leadership edit Minority Leader Sam Rayburn Minority Whip John W McCormack Democratic Caucus Chairman Wilbur Mills Democratic Caucus Secretary Edna F Kelly Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Michael J KirwanCaucuses editHouse Democratic Caucus Senate Democratic CaucusMembers editSenate edit Senators are popularly elected statewide every six years with one third beginning new six year terms with each Congress Within each state senators are listed in order of seniority 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 facing re election in 1954 Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress facing re election in 1956 and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress facing re election in 1958 Alabama edit 2 John J Sparkman D 3 J Lister Hill D Arizona edit 1 Barry Goldwater R 3 Carl Hayden D Arkansas edit 2 John L McClellan D 3 J William Fulbright D California edit 1 William Knowland R 3 Thomas Kuchel R Colorado edit 2 Edwin C Johnson D 3 Eugene Millikin R Connecticut edit 1 William A Purtell R 3 Prescott Bush R Delaware edit 1 John J Williams R 2 J Allen Frear Jr D Florida edit 1 Spessard Holland D 3 George Smathers D Georgia edit 2 Richard Russell Jr D 3 Walter F George D Idaho edit 2 Henry Dworshak R 3 Herman Welker R Illinois edit 2 Paul Douglas D 3 Everett M Dirksen R Indiana edit 1 William E Jenner R 3 Homer E Capehart R Iowa edit 2 Guy M Gillette D 3 Bourke B Hickenlooper R Kansas edit 2 Andrew Frank Schoeppel R 3 Frank Carlson R Kentucky edit 2 John Sherman Cooper R 3 Earle Clements D Louisiana edit 2 Allen J Ellender D 3 Russell B Long D Maine edit 1 Frederick G Payne R 2 Margaret Chase Smith R Maryland edit 1 James Glenn Beall R 3 John Marshall Butler R Massachusetts edit 1 John F Kennedy D 2 Leverett Saltonstall R Michigan edit 1 Charles E Potter R 2 Homer S Ferguson R Minnesota edit 1 Edward John Thye R 2 Hubert Humphrey DFL Mississippi edit 1 John C Stennis D 2 James Eastland D Missouri edit 1 Stuart Symington D 3 Thomas C Hennings Jr D Montana edit 1 Mike Mansfield D 2 James E Murray D Nebraska edit 1 Hugh A Butler R until July 1 1954 Samuel W Reynolds R July 3 1954 November 7 1954 Roman Hruska R from November 8 1954 dd 2 Dwight Griswold R until April 12 1954 Eva Bowring R April 16 1954 November 7 1954 Hazel Abel R November 8 1954 December 31 1954 Carl Curtis R from January 1 1955 dd Nevada edit 1 George W Malone R 3 Patrick A McCarran D until September 28 1954 Ernest S Brown R October 1 1954 December 1 1954 Alan Bible D from December 2 1954 dd New Hampshire edit 2 Styles Bridges R 3 Charles W Tobey R until July 24 1953 Robert W Upton R August 14 1953 November 7 1954 Norris Cotton R from November 8 1954 dd New Jersey edit 1 Howard Alexander Smith R 2 Robert C Hendrickson R New Mexico edit 1 Dennis Chavez D 2 Clinton P Anderson D New York edit 1 Irving Ives R 3 Herbert H Lehman D North Carolina edit 2 Willis Smith D until June 26 1953 Alton Lennon D July 10 1953 November 28 1954 W Kerr Scott D from November 29 1954 dd 3 Clyde R Hoey D until May 12 1954 Sam Ervin D from June 5 1954 dd North Dakota edit 1 William Langer R NPL 3 Milton Young R Ohio edit 1 John W Bricker R 3 Robert A Taft R until July 31 1953 Thomas A Burke D November 10 1953 December 2 1954 George H Bender R from December 16 1954 dd Oklahoma edit 2 Robert S Kerr D 3 A S Mike Monroney D Oregon edit 2 Guy Cordon R 3 Wayne Morse I Pennsylvania edit 1 Edward Martin R 3 James H Duff R Rhode Island edit 1 John Pastore D 2 Theodore F Green D South Carolina edit 2 Burnet R Maybank D until September 1 1954 Charles E Daniel D September 6 1954 December 23 1954 Strom Thurmond D from December 24 1954 dd 3 Olin D Johnston D South Dakota edit 2 Karl E Mundt R 3 Francis Case R Tennessee edit 1 Albert Gore Sr D 2 Estes Kefauver D Texas edit 1 Price Daniel D 2 Lyndon B Johnson D Utah edit 1 Arthur Vivian Watkins R 3 Wallace F Bennett R Vermont edit 1 Ralph Flanders R 3 George Aiken R Virginia edit 1 Harry F Byrd D 2 A Willis Robertson D Washington edit 1 Henry M Jackson D 3 Warren G Magnuson D West Virginia edit 1 Harley M Kilgore D 2 Matthew M Neely D Wisconsin edit 1 Joseph McCarthy R 3 Alexander Wiley R Wyoming edit 1 Frank A Barrett R 2 Lester C Hunt D until June 19 1954 Edward D Crippa R June 24 1954 November 28 1954 Joseph C O Mahoney D from November 29 1954 dd nbsp Senators party membership by state at the opening of the 83rd Congress in January 1953 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans 1 Independent and 1 Republican House of Representatives edit Alabama edit 1 Frank W Boykin D 2 George M Grant D 3 George W Andrews D 4 Kenneth A Roberts D 5 Albert Rains D 6 Armistead I Selden Jr D 7 Carl Elliott D 8 Robert E Jones Jr D 9 Laurie C Battle D Arizona edit 1 John Jacob Rhodes R 2 Harold Patten D Arkansas edit 1 Ezekiel C Gathings D 2 Wilbur Mills D 3 James William Trimble D 4 Oren Harris D 5 Brooks Hays D 6 William F Norrell D California edit 1 Hubert B Scudder R 2 Clair Engle D 3 John E Moss D 4 William S Mailliard R 5 John F Shelley D 6 Robert Condon D 7 John J Allen Jr R 8 George P Miller D 9 J Arthur Younger R 10 Charles Gubser R 11 J Leroy Johnson R 12 Allan O Hunter R 13 Ernest K Bramblett R 14 Harlan Hagen D 15 Gordon L McDonough R 16 Donald L Jackson R 17 Cecil R King D 18 Craig Hosmer R 19 Chester E Holifield D 20 John Carl Hinshaw R 21 Edgar W Hiestand R 22 Joseph F Holt R 23 Clyde Doyle D 24 Norris Poulson R until June 11 1953 Glenard P Lipscomb R from November 10 1953 dd 25 Patrick J Hillings R 26 Sam Yorty D 27 Harry R Sheppard D 28 James B Utt R 29 John R Phillips R 30 Bob Wilson R Colorado edit 1 Byron G Rogers D 2 William S Hill R 3 John Chenoweth R 4 Wayne N Aspinall D Connecticut edit 1 Thomas J Dodd D 2 Horace Seely Brown Jr R 3 Albert W Cretella R 4 Albert P Morano R 5 James T Patterson R At large Antoni Sadlak R Delaware edit At large Herbert Warburton R Florida edit 1 Courtney W Campbell D 2 Charles E Bennett D 3 Robert L F Sikes D 4 Bill Lantaff D 5 Syd Herlong D 6 Dwight L Rogers D until December 1 1954 7 James A Haley D 8 Donald Ray Matthews D Georgia edit 1 Prince Hulon Preston Jr D 2 J L Pilcher D from February 4 1953 3 Tic Forrester D 4 Albert Sidney Camp D until July 24 1954 John Flynt D from November 2 1954 dd 5 James C Davis D 6 Carl Vinson D 7 Henderson Lovelace Lanham D 8 William McDonald Wheeler D 9 Phillip M Landrum D 10 Paul Brown D Idaho edit 1 Gracie Pfost D 2 Hamer H Budge R Illinois edit 1 William L Dawson D 2 Barratt O Hara D 3 Fred E Busbey R 4 William E McVey R 5 John C Kluczynski D 6 Thomas J O Brien D 7 James Bowler D from July 7 1953 8 Thomas S Gordon D 9 Sidney R Yates D 10 Richard W Hoffman R 11 Timothy P Sheehan R 12 Edgar A Jonas R 13 Marguerite S Church R 14 Chauncey W Reed R 15 Noah M Mason R 16 Leo E Allen R 17 Leslie C Arends R 18 Harold H Velde R 19 Robert B Chiperfield R 20 Sid Simpson R 21 Peter F Mack Jr D 22 William L Springer R 23 Charles W Vursell R 24 Melvin Price D 25 C W Bishop R Indiana edit 1 Ray Madden D 2 Charles A Halleck R 3 Shepard J Crumpacker Jr R 4 E Ross Adair R 5 John V Beamer R 6 Cecil M Harden R 7 William G Bray R 8 D Bailey Merrill R 9 Earl Wilson R 10 Ralph Harvey R 11 Charles B Brownson R Iowa edit 1 Thomas E Martin R 2 Henry O Talle R 3 H R Gross 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 edit 1 Howard Shultz Miller D 2 Errett P Scrivner R 3 Myron V George R 4 Edward Herbert Rees R 5 Clifford R Hope R 6 Wint Smith R Kentucky edit 1 Noble J Gregory D 2 Garrett Withers D until April 30 1953 William Natcher D from August 1 1953 dd 3 John M Robsion Jr R 4 Frank Chelf D 5 Brent Spence D 6 John C Watts D 7 Carl D Perkins D 8 James S Golden R Louisiana edit 1 F Edward Hebert D 2 Hale Boggs D 3 Edwin E Willis D 4 Overton Brooks D 5 Otto Passman D 6 James H Morrison D 7 T Ashton Thompson D 8 George S Long D Maine edit 1 Robert Hale R 2 Charles P Nelson R 3 Clifford McIntire R Maryland edit 1 Edward Tylor Miller R 2 James Devereux R 3 Edward Garmatz D 4 George Hyde Fallon D 5 Frank Small Jr R 6 DeWitt Hyde R 7 Samuel Friedel D Massachusetts edit 1 John W Heselton R 2 Edward Boland D 3 Philip J Philbin D 4 Harold Donohue D 5 Edith Nourse Rogers R 6 William H Bates R 7 Thomas J Lane D 8 Angier Goodwin R 9 Donald W Nicholson R 10 Laurence Curtis R 11 Tip O Neill D 12 John W McCormack D 13 Richard B Wigglesworth R 14 Joseph W Martin Jr R Michigan edit 1 Thaddeus M Machrowicz D 2 George Meader R 3 Paul W Shafer R until August 17 1954 4 Clare E Hoffman R 5 Gerald Ford R 6 Kit Clardy R 7 Jesse P Wolcott R 8 Alvin Morell Bentley R 9 Ruth Thompson R 10 Elford Albin Cederberg R 11 Victor A Knox R 12 John B Bennett R 13 George D O Brien D 14 Louis C Rabaut D 15 John D Dingell Sr D 16 John Lesinski Jr D 17 Charles G Oakman R 18 George A Dondero R Minnesota edit 1 August H Andresen R 2 Joseph P O Hara R 3 Roy Wier DFL 4 Eugene McCarthy DFL 5 Walter Judd R 6 Fred Marshall DFL 7 Herman Carl Andersen R 8 John Blatnik DFL 9 Harold Hagen R Mississippi edit 1 Thomas Abernethy D 2 Jamie L Whitten D 3 Frank Ellis Smith D 4 John Bell Williams D 5 W Arthur Winstead D 6 William M Colmer D Missouri edit 1 Frank M Karsten D 2 Thomas B Curtis R 3 Leonor Sullivan D 4 Jeffrey Paul Hillelson R 5 Richard Walker Bolling D 6 William Clay Cole R 7 Dewey Short R 8 A S J Carnahan D 9 Clarence Cannon D 10 Paul C Jones D 11 Morgan M Moulder D Montana edit 1 Lee Metcalf D 2 Wesley A D Ewart R Nebraska edit 1 Carl Curtis R until December 31 1954 2 Roman Hruska R until November 8 1954 3 Robert Dinsmore Harrison R 4 Arthur L Miller R Nevada edit At large Clarence Clifton Young R New Hampshire edit 1 Chester Earl Merrow R 2 Norris Cotton R until November 7 1954 New Jersey edit 1 Charles A Wolverton R 2 T Millet Hand R 3 James C Auchincloss R 4 Charles R Howell D 5 Peter Frelinghuysen Jr R 6 Clifford P Case R until August 16 1953 Harrison A Williams D from November 3 1953 dd 7 William B Widnall R 8 Gordon Canfield R 9 Frank C Osmers Jr R 10 Peter W Rodino D 11 Hugh Joseph Addonizio D 12 Robert Kean R 13 Alfred Dennis Sieminski D 14 Edward J Hart D New Mexico edit At large John J Dempsey D At large Antonio M Fernandez D New York edit 1 Stuyvesant Wainwright R 2 Steven Derounian R 3 Frank J Becker R 4 Henry J Latham R 5 Albert H Bosch R 6 Lester Holtzman D 7 James J Delaney D 8 Louis B Heller D until July 21 1954 9 Eugene J Keogh D 10 Edna F Kelly D 11 Emanuel Celler D 12 Francis E Dorn R 13 Abraham J Multer D 14 John J Rooney D 15 John H Ray R 16 Adam Clayton Powell Jr D 17 Frederic Rene Coudert Jr R 18 James G Donovan D 19 Arthur George Klein D 20 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr D 21 Jacob Javits R until December 31 1954 22 Sidney A Fine D 23 Isidore Dollinger D 24 Charles A Buckley D 25 Paul A Fino R 26 Ralph A Gamble R 27 Ralph W Gwinn R 28 Katharine St George R 29 J Ernest Wharton R 30 Leo W O Brien D 31 Dean P Taylor R 32 Bernard W Kearney R 33 Clarence E Kilburn R 34 William R Williams R 35 R Walter Riehlman R 36 John Taber R 37 W Sterling Cole R 38 Kenneth Keating R 39 Harold C Ostertag R 40 William E Miller R 41 Edmund P Radwan R 42 John R Pillion R 43 Daniel A Reed R North Carolina edit 1 Herbert Covington Bonner D 2 Lawrence H Fountain D 3 Graham A Barden D 4 Harold D Cooley D 5 Richard Thurmond Chatham D 6 Carl T Durham D 7 Frank Ertel Carlyle D 8 Charles B Deane D 9 Hugh Quincy Alexander D 10 Charles R Jonas R 11 Woodrow W Jones D 12 George A Shuford D North Dakota edit At large Otto Krueger R At large Usher L Burdick R NPL Ohio edit 1 Gordon H Scherer R 2 William E Hess R 3 Paul F Schenck R 4 William Moore McCulloch R 5 Cliff Clevenger R 6 James G Polk D 7 Clarence J Brown R 8 Jackson Edward Betts R 9 Frazier Reams I 10 Thomas A Jenkins R 11 Oliver P Bolton R 12 John M Vorys R 13 Alvin F Weichel R 14 William Hanes Ayres R 15 Robert T Secrest D until September 26 1954 16 Frank T Bow R 17 J Harry McGregor R 18 Wayne Hays D 19 Michael J Kirwan D 20 Michael A Feighan D 21 Robert Crosser D 22 Frances P Bolton R 23 George H Bender R until December 15 1954 Oklahoma edit 1 Page Belcher R 2 Ed Edmondson D 3 Carl Albert D 4 Tom Steed D 5 John Jarman D 6 Victor Wickersham D Oregon edit 1 A Walter Norblad R 2 Sam Coon R 3 Homer D Angell R 4 Harris Ellsworth R Pennsylvania edit 1 William A Barrett D 2 William T Granahan D 3 James A Byrne D 4 Earl Chudoff D 5 William J Green Jr D 6 Hugh Scott R 7 Benjamin F James R 8 Karl C King R 9 Paul B Dague R 10 Joseph L Carrigg R 11 Edward Bonin R 12 Ivor D Fenton R 13 Samuel K McConnell Jr R 14 George M Rhodes D 15 Francis E Walter D 16 Walter M Mumma R 17 Alvin Bush R 18 Richard M Simpson R 19 S Walter Stauffer R 20 James E Van Zandt R 21 Augustine B Kelley D 22 John P Saylor R 23 Leon H Gavin R 24 Carroll D Kearns R 25 Louis E Graham R 26 Thomas E Morgan D 27 James G Fulton R 28 Herman P Eberharter D 29 Robert J Corbett R 30 Vera Buchanan D Rhode Island edit 1 Aime Forand D 2 John E Fogarty D South Carolina edit 1 L Mendel Rivers D 2 John J Riley D 3 William Jennings Bryan Dorn D 4 Joseph R Bryson D until March 10 1953 Robert T Ashmore D from June 2 1953 dd 5 James P Richards D 6 John L McMillan D South Dakota edit 1 Harold Lovre R 2 Ellis Yarnal Berry R Tennessee edit 1 B Carroll Reece R 2 Howard Baker Sr R 3 James B Frazier Jr D 4 Joe L Evins D 5 Percy Priest D 6 James Patrick Sutton D 7 Tom J Murray D 8 Jere Cooper D 9 Clifford Davis D Texas edit 1 Wright Patman D 2 Jack Brooks D 3 Brady P Gentry D 4 Sam Rayburn D 5 Joseph Franklin Wilson D 6 Olin E Teague D 7 John Dowdy D 8 Albert Thomas D 9 Clark W Thompson D 10 Homer Thornberry D 11 William R Poage D 12 Wingate H Lucas D 13 Frank N Ikard D 14 John E Lyle Jr D 15 Lloyd Bentsen D 16 Kenneth M Regan D 17 Omar Burleson D 18 Walter E Rogers D 19 George H Mahon D 20 Paul J Kilday D 21 O C Fisher D At large Martin Dies Jr D Utah edit 1 Douglas R Stringfellow R 2 William A Dawson R Vermont edit At large Winston L Prouty R Virginia edit 1 Edward J Robeson Jr D 2 Porter Hardy Jr D 3 J Vaughan Gary D 4 Watkins Moorman Abbitt D 5 Thomas B Stanley D until February 3 1953 William M Tuck D from April 14 1953 dd 6 Richard Harding Poff R 7 Burr Harrison D 8 Howard W Smith D 9 William C Wampler R 10 Joel Broyhill R Washington edit 1 Thomas Pelly R 2 Jack Westland R 3 Russell V Mack R 4 Hal Holmes R 5 Walt Horan R 6 Thor C Tollefson R At large Donald H Magnuson D West Virginia edit 1 Bob Mollohan D 2 Harley Orrin Staggers D 3 Cleveland M Bailey D 4 Will E Neal R 5 Elizabeth Kee D 6 Robert Byrd D Wisconsin edit 1 Lawrence H Smith R 2 Glenn Robert Davis R 3 Gardner R Withrow R 4 Clement J Zablocki D 5 Charles J Kersten R 6 William Van Pelt R 7 Melvin Laird R 8 John W Byrnes R 9 Merlin Hull R until May 17 1953 Lester Johnson D from October 13 1953 dd 10 Alvin O Konski R Wyoming edit At large William Henry Harrison III R Non voting members edit Alaska Territory Bob Bartlett D Hawaii Territory Joseph Rider Farrington R until June 19 1954 Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington R from July 31 1954 dd Puerto Rico Antonio Fernos Isern PPD nbsp House seats by party holding plurality in state 80 Democratic 80 Republican 60 to 80 Democratic 60 to 80 Republican Up to 60 Democratic Up to 60 RepublicanChanges in membership editThe count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress Senate edit See also List of special elections to the United States Senate Senate changes State class Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation k North Carolina 2 Willis Smith D Died June 26 1953 Successor appointed July 10 1953 Alton Lennon D July 10 1953 New Hampshire 3 Charles W Tobey R Died July 24 1953 Successor appointed August 14 1953 Robert W Upton R August 14 1953 Ohio 3 Robert A Taft R Died July 31 1953 Successor appointed November 10 1953 Thomas A Burke D November 10 1953 Nebraska 2 Dwight Griswold R Died April 12 1954 Successor appointed April 16 1954 Eva Bowring R April 16 1954 North Carolina 3 Clyde R Hoey D Died May 12 1954 Successor appointed May 12 1954 and then elected November 2 1954 Sam Ervin D June 5 1954 Wyoming 2 Lester C Hunt D Died June 19 1954 Successor appointed June 24 1954 Edward D Crippa R June 24 1954 Nebraska 1 Hugh A Butler R Died July 1 1954 Successor appointed July 3 1954 Samuel W Reynolds R July 3 1954 South Carolina 2 Burnet R Maybank D Died September 1 1954 Successor appointed September 6 1954 Charles E Daniel D September 6 1954 Nevada 3 Pat McCarran D Died September 28 1954 Successor appointed October 1 1954 Ernest S Brown R October 1 1954 Nebraska 1 Samuel W Reynolds R Did not run in the special election to fill seat Successor elected November 2 1954 Roman Hruska R November 8 1954 Nebraska 2 Eva Bowring R Did not run in the special election to fill seat Successor elected November 2 1954 Hazel Abel R November 8 1954 New Hampshire 3 Robert W Upton R Lost special election to fill seat Successor elected November 2 1954 Norris Cotton R November 8 1954 North Carolina 2 Alton Lennon D Lost special election to fill seat Successor elected November 2 1954 W Kerr Scott D November 29 1954 Wyoming 2 Edward D Crippa R Did not run in the special election to fill seat Successor elected November 2 1954 Joseph C O Mahoney D November 29 1954 Nevada 3 Ernest S Brown R Lost special election to fill seat Successor elected November 2 1954 Alan Bible D December 2 1954 Ohio 3 Thomas A Burke D Lost special election to fill seat Successor elected November 2 1954 George H Bender R December 16 1954 South Carolina 2 Charles E Daniel D Resigned December 23 1954 Successor appointed December 24 1954 Strom Thurmond D December 24 1954 Nebraska 2 Hazel Abel R Resigned December 31 1954 Successor was appointed January 1 1955 Carl Curtis R January 1 1955 House of Representatives edit See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation k Georgia 2nd Vacant Rep Edward E Cox died during previous congress J L Pilcher D February 4 1953 Illinois 7th Vacant Rep Adolph J Sabath died during previous congress James Bowler D July 7 1953 Virginia 5th Thomas B Stanley D Resigned February 3 1953 to run for Governor of Virginia William M Tuck D April 14 1953 South Carolina 4th Joseph R Bryson D Died March 10 1953 Robert T Ashmore D June 2 1953 Kentucky 2nd Garrett Withers D Died April 30 1953 William Natcher D August 1 1953 Wisconsin 9th Merlin Hull R Died May 17 1953 Lester Johnson D October 13 1953 California 24th Norris Poulson R Resigned June 11 1953 after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles Glenard P Lipscomb R November 10 1953 New Jersey 6th Clifford P Case R Resigned August 16 1953 Harrison A Williams D November 3 1953 Hawaii Territory at large Joseph Rider Farrington R Died June 19 1954 Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington R August 4 1954 New York 8th Louis B Heller D Resigned July 21 1954 after being appointed judge of the Court of Special Sessions of New York City Vacant Not filled this term Georgia 4th Albert Sidney Camp D Died July 24 1954 John Flynt D November 2 1954 Michigan 3rd Paul W Shafer R Died August 17 1954 Vacant Not filled this term Ohio 15th Robert T Secrest D Resigned September 26 1954 New Hampshire 2nd Norris Cotton R Resigned November 7 1954 after being elected to the U S Senate Nebraska 2nd Roman Hruska R Resigned November 8 1954 after being elected to the U S Senate Florida 6th Dwight L Rogers D Died December 1 1954 Ohio 15th George H Bender R Resigned December 15 1954 after being elected to the U S Senate Nebraska 1st Carl Curtis R Resigned December 31 1954 after being elected to the U S Senate New York 21st Jacob Javits R Resigned December 31 1954 after being elected New York attorney GeneralCommittees editLists 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 Senate edit Agriculture and Forestry Chairman George D Aiken Ranking Member Allen J Ellender Appropriations Chairman Styles Bridges Ranking Member Carl Hayden Armed Services Chairman Leverett Saltonstall Ranking Member Richard B Russell Banking and Currency Chairman Homer E Capehart Ranking Member Burnet R Maybank Censure Charges against Senator McCarthy Select Chairman data missing Ranking Member data missing Compensation of Members of Congress Select Chairman data missing Ranking Member data missing District of Columbia Chairman Francis Case Ranking Member Matthew M Neely Finance Chairman Eugene D Millikin Ranking Member Walter F George Foreign Relations Chairman Alexander Wiley Ranking Member Walter F George Government Operations Chairman Joseph R McCarthy Ranking Member James E Murray Interior and Insular Affairs Chairman Hugh Butler Ranking Member John L McClellan Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman Charles W Tobey Ranking Member Edwin C Johnson Judiciary Chairman William Langer Ranking Member Pat McCarran Labor and Public Welfare Chairman H Alexander Smith Ranking Member James E Murray Mail Cover on Senators Special Chairman data missing Ranking Member data missing Post Office and Civil Service Chairman Frank Carlson Ranking Member Olin D Johnston Public Works Chairman Edward Martin Ranking Member Dennis Chavez Rules and Administration Chairman William E Jenner Ranking Member Carl Hayden Small Business Select Chairman Edward J Thye Whole House of Representatives edit Agriculture Chairman Clifford R Hope Ranking Member Carl Vinson Appropriations Chairman John Taber Ranking Member Brent Spence Armed Services Chairman Dewey Jackson Short Ranking Member John L McMillan Banking and Currency Chairman Jesse P Wolcott Ranking Member Brent Spence Communist Aggression Select Chairman Charles J Kersten Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans Select Chairman data missing Defense Production District of Columbia Chairman Sid Simpson Ranking Member John L McMillan Education and Labor Chairman Samuel K McConnell Jr Ranking Member Graham A Barden Foreign Affairs Chairman Robert B Chiperfield Ranking Member James P Richards House Administration Chairman Karl M LeCompte Ranking Member Omar Burleson Investigate the Incorporation of the Baltic States into the U S S R Select Chairman Charles J Kersten Ranking Member data missing Interior and Insular Affairs Chairman Arthur L Miller Ranking Member Clair Engle Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman Charles A Wolverton Ranking Member Robert Crosser Government Operations Chairman Clare E Hoffman Ranking Member William L Dawson Judiciary Chairman Chauncey W Reed Ranking Member Emanuel Celler Merchant Marine and Fisheries Chairman Alvin F Weichel Ranking Member Edward J Hart Post Office and Civil Service Chairman Edward H Rees Ranking Member Tom J Murray Public Works Chairman George Anthony Dondero Ranking Member Charles A Buckley Rules Chairman Leo E Allen Ranking Member Howard W Smith Small Business Select Chairman William S Hill Standards of Official Conduct Survival Benefits Select Chairman N A Ranking Member N A Un American Activities Chairman Harold H Velde Ranking Member Francis E Walter Veterans Affairs Chairman Edith Nourse Rogers Ranking Member Olin E Teague Ways and Means Chairman Daniel A Reed Ranking Member Jere Cooper Whole Joint committees edit Atomic Energy Conditions of Indian Tribes Special Disposition of Executive Papers Economic Chairman Rep Jesse P Wolcott Vice Chairman Sen Ralph Flanders Immigration and Nationality Policy Chairman Sen Arthur V Watkins Vice Chairman Rep Louis E Graham Legislative Budget The Library Navajo Hopi Indian Administration Printing Chairman Sen William E Jenner Vice Chairman Rep Karl M LeCompte Railroad Retirement Legislation Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures Chairman Sen Harry F Byrd Vice Chairman Rep Daniel A Reed Taxation Chairman Rep Daniel A Reed Vice Chairman Sen Eugene D Millikin Employees editLegislative branch agency directors edit Architect of the Capitol David Lynn January 3 1953 September 30 1954 J George Stewart September 30 1954 January 3 1955 Attending Physician of the United States Congress George Calver Comptroller General of the United States Lindsay C Warren until April 30 1954 Joseph Campbell from December 14 1954 Librarian of Congress Luther H Evans until 1953 Lawrence Quincy Mumford from 1954 Public Printer of the United States John J Deviny until 1953 Raymond Blattenberger from 1953 Senate edit Chaplain Frederick Brown Harris Methodist Parliamentarian Charles Watkins Secretary J Mark Trice Librarian Sterling Dean until 1954 Gus J Miller acting from 1954 Secretary for the Majority William T Reed Secretary for the Minority Felton McLellan Johnston Sergeant at Arms Forest A Harness House of Representatives edit Chaplain Bernard Braskamp Presbyterian Clerk Lyle O Snader Doorkeeper Tom Kennamer Parliamentarian Lewis Deschler Postmaster Beecher Hess Reading Clerks George J Maurer D and Alney E Chaffee R Sergeant at Arms William F Russell died July 7 1953 Lyle O Snader July 8 1953 September 15 1953 William R Bonsell starting September 15 1953See also edit1952 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1952 United States presidential election 1952 United States Senate elections 1952 United States House of Representatives elections 1954 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1954 United States Senate elections 1954 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes edit U S Vice President Alben W Barkley s term as President of the Senate ended at noon January 20 1953 when Richard Nixon s term began a b In North Carolina Class 2 senator Willis Smith D died June 26 1953 and Alton Lennon D was appointed July 10 1953 to continue the term Lennon lost the special election and W Kerr Scott D was elected November 2 1954 to finish the term a b In New Hampshire Charles W Tobey R died July 24 1953 and Robert W Upton R was appointed August 14 1953 to continue the term Upton lost the special election and Norris Cotton R was elected November 2 1954 to finish the term but was ineligible until resigning from the House November 8 1954 a b c In Ohio Robert A Taft R died July 31 1953 and Thomas A Burke D was appointed November 10 1953 to continue the term Burke lost the special election and George H Bender R was elected November 2 1954 to finish the term but was ineligible until resigning from the House December 15 1954 a b c d In Nebraska Class 2 senator Dwight Griswold R died April 12 1954 and Eva Bowring R was appointed April 16 1954 to continue the term Bowring did not run in the special election and Hazel Abel R was elected November 2 1954 to finish the term Abel resigned December 31 1954 and her successor to the next term Carl Curtis R was appointed January 1 1955 a b In North Carolina Class 3 senator Clyde R Hoey D died May 12 1954 and Sam Ervin D was appointed June 5 1954 to continue the term Ervin would then be elected in November 1954 to finish the term a b c In Wyoming Lester C Hunt D died June 19 1954 and Edward D Crippa R was appointed June 24 1954 to continue the term did not run in the special election and Joseph C O Mahoney D was elected November 2 1954 to finish the term a b In Nebraska Class 1 senator Hugh A Butler R died July 1 1954 and Samuel W Reynolds R was appointed July 3 1954 to continue the term Reynolds did not run in the special election and Roman Hruska R was elected November 2 1954 to finish the term a b c d In South Carolina Burnet R Maybank D died September 1 1954 and Charles E Daniel D was appointed September 6 1954 to finish the term Daniel resigned December 23 1954 and his successor to the next term Strom Thurmond D was appointed December 24 1954 a b c In Nevada Pat McCarran D died September 28 1954 and Ernest S Brown R was appointed September 6 1954 to continue the term Brown lost the special election and Alan Bible D was elected November 2 1954 to finish the term a b When seated or oath administered not necessarily when service began References edit Eisenhower Presidential Library www eisenhower archives gov Archived from the original on April 1 2015 Retrieved December 10 2017 1954 Shooting US House of Representatives History Art amp Archives history house gov Retrieved December 10 2017 Network The Learning March 1 1954 Puerto Rican Nationalists Open Fire on House of Representatives The Learning Network Retrieved December 10 2017 U S Senate The Censure Case of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin 1954 www senate gov Retrieved December 10 2017 External links editHouse of Representatives Session Calendar for the 83rd Congress PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 20 2018 Retrieved June 6 2016 Official Congressional Directory for the 83rd Congress 1st Session Official Congressional Directory for the 83rd Congress 2nd Session Pocket Congressional Directory for the 83rd Congress Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 83rd United States Congress amp oldid 1218771883, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
