81st United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1949 in the United States, 1950 in the United States, 1951 in the United States

• January 20, 1949: President Harry S. Truman began his second (only full) term. Alben W. Barkley began his term as Vice President, which had been vacant since 1945.
• August 16, 1949: Office of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff created
• January 21, 1950: Accused communist spy Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury
• January 31, 1950: President Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949
• June 1st, 1950: Senator Margaret Smith made the Declaration of Conscience speech as the first refutation of McCarthyism in the Senate.
• June 27, 1950: Korean War: President Truman ordered American military forces to aid in the defense of South Korea

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#81st United States Congress

• June 20, 1949: Central Intelligence Agency Act, ch. 227, ,
• October 25, 1949: Hospital Survey and Construction Amendments of 1949, ch. 722, ,
• October 26, 1949: Fair Labor Standards Amendment, ch. 736, , ,
• October 31, 1949: Agricultural Act of 1949, ch. 792,
• May 5, 1950: Uniform Code of Military Justice, ch. 169,
• May 10, 1950: National Science Foundation Act, ch. 171, , ,
• August 15, 1950: Omnibus Medical Research Act, , (including Public Health Services Act Amendments, which established the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness)
• September 8, 1950: Defense Production Act of 1950, ,
• September 12, 1950: Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, ch. 946,
• September 23, 1950: McCarran Internal Security Act (including Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950), ch. 1024, ,
• September 30, 1950: Performance Rating Act, ch. 1123,
• December 29, 1950: Celler–Kefauver Act (Anti-Merger Act), ch. 1184,
• January 12, 1951: Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, ch. 1228, (codified in 50 U.S.C. App., here https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50a/usc_sup_05_50_10_sq5_20_sq1.html)

Treaties

• July 21, 1949: North Atlantic Treaty ratified, establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Hearings

• May 11, 1950: Kefauver Committee hearings into U.S. organized crime began

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Sam Rayburn

Senate

• President: Vacant until January 20, 1949
  • Alben W. Barkley (D), from January 20, 1949
• President pro tempore: Kenneth McKellar (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Scott W. Lucas
• Majority Whip: Francis J. Myers
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Brien McMahon
• Policy Committee Chairman: Scott W. Lucas

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Kenneth S. Wherry
• Minority Whip: Leverett Saltonstall
• Republican Conference Chairman: Eugene Millikin
• Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: Styles Bridges
• Policy Committee Chairman: Robert A. Taft

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: John W. McCormack
• Majority Whip: Percy Priest
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Francis E. Walter
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Chase G. Woodhouse
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
• Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
• Republican Conference Chairman: Roy O. Woodruff
• Policy Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Leonard W. Hall

Caucuses

• House Democratic Caucus
• Senate Democratic Caucus

Members

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 81st Congress

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Senators are ordered first by state, and then by seniority. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1950; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1952; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1954.

[[List of United States senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Arizona|Arizona]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

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

[[List of United States senators from California|California]]

: 1. William Knowland (R) : 3. Sheridan Downey (D), until November 30, 1950 :: Richard Nixon (R), from December 1, 1950

[[List of United States senators from Colorado|Colorado]]

: 2. Edwin C. Johnson (D) : 3. Eugene Millikin (R)

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: 1. Raymond E. Baldwin (R), until December 16, 1949 :: William Benton (D), from December 17, 1949 : 3. Brien McMahon (D)

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

: 1. John J. Williams (R) : 2. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)

[[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. Bert H. Miller (D), until October 8, 1949 :: Henry Dworshak (R), from October 14, 1949 : 3. Glen H. Taylor (D)

[[List of United States senators from Illinois|Illinois]]

: 2. Paul Douglas (D) : 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. Guy Gillette (D) : 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

[[List of United States senators from Kansas|Kansas]]

: 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) : 3. Clyde M. Reed (R), until November 8, 1949 :: Harry Darby (R), December 2, 1949 - November 28, 1950 :: Frank Carlson (R), from November 29, 1950

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: 2. Virgil Chapman (D) : 3. Alben W. Barkley (D), until January 19, 1949 :: Garrett Withers (D), January 20, 1949 - November 26, 1950 :: Earle Clements (D), from November 27, 1950

[[List of United States senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: 2. Allen J. Ellender (D) : 3. Russell B. Long (D)

[[List of United States senators from Maine|Maine]]

: 1. Owen Brewster (R) : 2. Margaret Chase Smith (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 Vandenberg (R) : 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)

[[List of United States senators from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: 1. Edward J. Thye (R) : 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

[[List of United States senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: 1. John C. Stennis (D) : 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. Pat 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. H. Alexander Smith (R) : 2. Robert C. Hendrickson (R)

[[List of United States senators from New Mexico|New Mexico]]

: 1. Dennis Chávez (D) : 2. Clinton Anderson (D)

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

: 1. Irving Ives (R) : 3. Robert F. Wagner (D), until June 28, 1949 :: John Foster Dulles (R), July 7, 1949 - November 8, 1949 :: Herbert H. Lehman (D), from November 9, 1949

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: 2. J. Melville Broughton (D), until March 6, 1949 :: Frank Porter Graham (D), March 29, 1949 - November 26, 1950 :: Willis Smith (D), from November 27, 1950 : 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. Robert S. Kerr (D) : 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 (R) : 3. Francis J. Myers (D)

[[List of United States senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: 1. J. Howard McGrath (D), until August 23, 1949 :: Edward L. Leahy (D), August 24, 1949 - December 18, 1950 :: John Pastore (D), from December 19, 1950 : 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. Karl Mundt (R) : 3. Chan Gurney (R)

[[List of United States senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: 1. Kenneth McKellar (D) : 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

[[List of United States senators from Texas|Texas]]

: 1. Tom Connally (D) : 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

[[List of United States senators from Utah|Utah]]

: 1. Arthur V. 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 Magnuson (D)

[[List of United States senators from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

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

[[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. Lester C. Hunt (D)

]]

Scott W. Lucas

Francis J. Myers Kenneth S. Wherry

Leverett Saltonstall

House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 81st 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) : . Edward deGraffenried (D) : . Carl Elliott (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D) : . Laurie C. Battle (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Arizona|Arizona]]

: . John R. Murdock (D) : . Harold Patten (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : . James William Trimble (D) : . Boyd Anderson Tackett (D) : . Brooks Hays (D) : . William F. Norrell (D) : . Oren Harris (D)

[[List of United States representatives from California|California]]

: . Hubert B. Scudder (R) : . Clair Engle (D) : . J. Leroy Johnson (R) : . Franck R. Havenner (D) : . Richard J. Welch (R), until September 10, 1949 :: John F. Shelley (D), from November 8, 1949 : . George P. Miller (D) : . John J. Allen Jr. (R) : . Jack Z. Anderson (R) : . Cecil F. White (D) : . Thomas H. Werdel (R) : . Ernest K. Bramblett (R) : . Richard Nixon (R), until November 30, 1950 : . Norris Poulson (R) : . Helen Gahagan Douglas (D) : . Gordon L. McDonough (R) : . Donald L. Jackson (R) : . Cecil R. King (D) : . Clyde Doyle (D) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : . John Carl Hinshaw (R) : . Harry R. Sheppard (D) : . John R. Phillips (R) : . Clinton D. McKinnon (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Colorado|Colorado]]

: . John A. Carroll (D) : . William S. Hill (R) : . John H. Marsalis (D) : . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: . Abraham Ribicoff (D) : . Chase G. Woodhouse (D) : . John A. McGuire (D) : . John Davis Lodge (R) : . 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) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Robert L. F. Sikes (D) : . George Smathers (D) : . Syd Herlong (D) : . Dwight L. Rogers (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Georgia|Georgia]]

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

[[List of United States representatives from Idaho|Idaho]]

: . Compton I. White (D) : . John C. Sanborn (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Illinois|Illinois]]

: . William L. Dawson (D) : . Barratt O'Hara (D) : . Neil J. Linehan (D) : . James V. Buckley (D) : . Martin Gorski (D), until December 4, 1949 : . Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . Thomas S. Gordon (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Richard W. Hoffman (R) : . Chester A. Chesney (D) : . Edgar A. Jonas (R) : . Ralph E. Church (R), until March 21, 1950 : . Chauncey W. Reed (R) : . Noah M. Mason (R) : . Leo E. Allen (R) : . Leslie C. Arends (R) : . Harold H. Velde (R) : . Robert B. Chiperfield (R) : . Sid Simpson (R) : . Peter F. Mack Jr. (D) : . Rolla C. McMillen (R) : . Edward H. Jenison (R) : . Charles W. Vursell (R) : . Melvin Price (D) : . C. W. Bishop (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Indiana|Indiana]]

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Charles A. Halleck (R) : . Thurman C. Crook (D) : . Edward H. Kruse (D) : . John R. Walsh (D) : . Cecil M. Harden (R) : . James Ellsworth Noland (D) : . Winfield K. Denton (D) : . Earl Wilson (R) : . Ralph Harvey (R) : . Andrew Jacobs (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Iowa|Iowa]]

: . Thomas E. Martin (R) : . Henry O. Talle (R) : . H. R. Gross (R) : . Karl M. LeCompte (R) : . 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), until October 2, 1950 :: Myron V. George (R), from November 7, 1950 : . Edward Herbert Rees (R) : . Clifford R. Hope (R) : . Wint Smith (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: . Noble J. Gregory (D) : . John A. Whitaker (D) : . Thruston Ballard Morton (R) : . Frank Chelf (D) : . Brent Spence (D) : . Thomas R. Underwood (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D) : . Joe B. Bates (D) : . James S. Golden (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : . Hale Boggs (D) : . Edwin E. Willis (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 (R) : . Charles P. Nelson (R) : . Frank Fellows (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Maryland|Maryland]]

: . Edward Tylor Miller (R) : . William P. Bolton (D) : . Edward Garmatz (D) : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : . Lansdale G. Sasscer (D) : . James Glenn Beall (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: . John W. Heselton (R) : . Foster Furcolo (D) : . Philip J. Philbin (D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . George J. Bates (R), until November 1, 1949 :: William H. Bates (R), from February 14, 1950 : . Thomas J. Lane (D) : . Angier Goodwin (R) : . Donald W. Nicholson (R) : . 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) : . Gerald Ford (R) : . William W. Blackney (R) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Fred L. Crawford (R) : . Albert J. Engel (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (R) : . Charles E. Potter (R) : . John B. Bennett (R) : . George D. O'Brien (D) : . Louis C. Rabaut (D) : . John D. Dingell Sr. (D) : . John Lesinski Sr. (D), until May 27, 1950 : . George A. Dondero (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: . August H. Andresen (R) : . Joseph P. O'Hara (R) : . Roy Wier (DFL) : . Eugene McCarthy (DFL) : . Walter Judd (R) : . Fred Marshall (DFL) : . Herman Carl Andersen (R) : . John Blatnik (DFL) : . 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 (D) : . W. Arthur Winstead (D) : . William M. Colmer (D) : . John Bell Williams (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Missouri|Missouri]]

: . Clare Magee (D) : . Morgan M. Moulder (D) : . Phil J. Welch (D) : . Leonard Irving (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . George H. Christopher (D) : . Dewey Short (R) : . A. S. J. Carnahan (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Paul C. Jones (D) : . John B. Sullivan (D) : . Raymond W. Karst (D) : . 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) : . Eugene D. O'Sullivan (D) : . Karl Stefan (R) : . Arthur L. Miller (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nevada|Nevada]]

: . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)

[[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) : . Charles R. Howell (D) : . Charles A. Eaton (R) : . Clifford P. Case (R) : . J. Parnell Thomas (R), until January 2, 1950 :: William B. Widnall (R), from February 6, 1950 : . Gordon Canfield (R) : . Harry L. Towe (R) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D) : . Robert Kean (R) : . Mary T. Norton (D) : . Edward J. Hart (D)

[[List of United States representatives from New Mexico|New Mexico]]

: . John E. Miles (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) : . L. Gary Clemente (D) : . T. Vincent Quinn (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Louis B. Heller (D), from February 15, 1949 : . Joseph L. Pfeifer (D) : . Eugene J. Keogh (D) : . Andrew L. Somers (D), until April 6, 1949 :: Edna F. Kelly (D), from November 8, 1949 : . James J. Heffernan (D) : . John J. Rooney (D) : . Donald L. O'Toole (D) : . Abraham J. Multer (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . James J. Murphy (D) : . Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R) : . Vito Marcantonio (AL) : . Arthur George Klein (D) : . Sol Bloom (D), until March 7, 1949 :: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (Lib.), from May 17, 1949 : . Jacob Javits (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Walter A. Lynch (D) : . Isidore Dollinger (D) : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . Christopher C. McGrath (D) : . 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) : . John C. Davies II (D) : . R. Walter Riehlman (R) : . Edwin Arthur Hall (R) : . John Taber (R) : . W. Sterling Cole (R) : . Kenneth Keating (R) : . James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R) : . William L. Pfeiffer (R) : . Anthony F. Tauriello (D) : . Chester C. Gorski (D) : . 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) : . Richard Thurmond Chatham (D) : . Carl T. Durham (D) : . Frank Ertel Carlyle (D) : . Charles B. Deane (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Hamilton C. Jones (D) : . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D), until August 31, 1950 :: Woodrow W. Jones (D), from November 7, 1950 : . Monroe Minor Redden (D)

[[List of United States representatives from North Dakota|North Dakota]]

: . William Lemke (R), until May 30, 1950 : . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

[[List of United States representatives from Ohio|Ohio]]

: . Charles H. Elston (R) : . Earl T. Wagner (D) : . Edward G. Breen (D) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Cliff Clevenger (R) : . James G. Polk (D) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Frederick Cleveland Smith (R) : . Thomas H. Burke (D) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Walter E. Brehm (R) : . John M. Vorys (R) : . Alvin F. Weichel (R) : . Walter B. Huber (D) : . Robert T. Secrest (D) : . John McSweeney (D) : . J. Harry McGregor (R) : . Wayne Hays (D) : . Michael J. Kirwan (D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Robert Crosser (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R) : . Stephen M. Young (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

: . Dixie Gilmer (D) : . William G. Stigler (D) : . Carl Albert (D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . A. S. Mike Monroney (D) : . Toby Morris (D) : . Victor Wickersham (D) : . George H. Wilson (D)

[[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]]

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . William T. Granahan (D) : . Hardie Scott (R) : . Earl Chudoff (D) : . William J. Green Jr. (D) : . Hugh Scott (R) : . Benjamin F. James (R) : . Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R) : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . Harry P. O'Neill (D) : . Dan Flood (D) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . George M. Rhodes (D) : . 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) : . James F. Lind (D) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . Anthony Cavalcante (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . Louis E. Graham (R) : . Robert L. Coffey (D), until April 20, 1949 :: John P. Saylor (R), from September 13, 1949 : . Augustine B. Kelley (D) : . Carroll D. Kearns (R) : . Harry J. Davenport (D) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . James G. Fulton (R) : . Herman P. Eberharter (D) : . 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) : . Hugo S. Sims Jr. (D) : . James Butler Hare (D) : . Joseph R. Bryson (D) : . James P. Richards (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)

[[List of United States representatives from South Dakota|South Dakota]]

: . Harold Lovre (R) : . Francis Case (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: . Dayton E. Phillips (R) : . John Jennings Jr. (R) : . James B. Frazier Jr. (D) : . Albert Gore Sr. (D) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Percy Priest (D) : . James Patrick Sutton (D) : . Tom J. Murray (D) : . Jere Cooper (D) : . 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 (D) : . Clark W. Thompson (D) : . Homer Thornberry (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Wingate H. Lucas (D) : . Ed Gossett (D) : . John E. Lyle Jr. (D) : . Lloyd Bentsen (D) : . Kenneth M. Regan (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Eugene Worley (D), until April 3, 1950 :: Ben H. Guill (R), from May 6, 1950 : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Paul J. Kilday (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Utah|Utah]]

: . Walter K. Granger (D) : . Reva Beck Bosone (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Vermont|Vermont]]

: . Charles A. Plumley (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Virginia|Virginia]]

: . S. Otis Bland (D), until February 16, 1950 :: Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D), from May 2, 1950 : . Porter Hardy Jr. (D) : . J. Vaughan Gary (D) : . Watkins Abbitt (D) : . Thomas B. Stanley (D) : . Clarence G. Burton (D) : . Burr Harrison (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . Thomas B. Fugate (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Washington|Washington]]

: . Hugh Mitchell (D) : . Henry M. Jackson (D) : . Russell V. Mack (R) : . Hal Holmes (R) : . Walt Horan (R) : . Thor C. Tollefson (R)

[[List of United States representatives from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: . Robert L. Ramsay (D) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . Cleveland M. Bailey (D) : . Maurice G. Burnside (D) : . John Kee (D) : . E. H. Hedrick (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: . Lawrence H. Smith (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (R) : . Gardner R. Withrow (R) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Andrew J. Biemiller (D) : . 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), until December 31, 1950

Non-voting members

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

Percy Priest Joseph W. Martin Jr.

Leslie C. Arends

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate

SORT by the date the seat became vacant

|- | Kentucky (3) | nowrap | Alben W. Barkley (D) | Incumbent resigned January 19, 1949, to become U.S. Vice President. Successor appointed January 20, 1949, to finish the term. | nowrap | Garrett Withers (D) | January 20, 1949

|- | North Carolina (2) | nowrap | J. Melville Broughton (D) | Incumbent died March 6, 1949. Successor appointed March 29, 1949, to continue the term. | nowrap | Frank Porter Graham (D) | March 29, 1949

|- | New York (3) | nowrap | Robert F. Wagner (D) | Incumbent resigned June 28, 1949, due to ill health. Successor appointed July 7, 1949, to continue the term. | nowrap | John Foster Dulles (R) | July 7, 1949

|- | Rhode Island (1) | nowrap | J. Howard McGrath (D) | Incumbent resigned August 23, 1949, to become U.S. Attorney General. Successor appointed to continue the term. | nowrap | Edward L. Leahy (D) | August 24, 1949

|- | Idaho (2) | nowrap | Bert H. Miller (D) | Incumbent died October 8, 1949. Successor appointed to continue the term. Successor later elected November 7, 1950. | nowrap | Henry Dworshak (R) | October 14, 1949

|- | Kansas (3) | nowrap | Clyde M. Reed (R) | Incumbent died November 8, 1949. Successor appointed to continue the term. | nowrap | Harry Darby (R) | December 2, 1949

|- | New York (3) | nowrap | John Foster Dulles (R) | Interim appointee lost November 8, 1949, election to finish the term. Successor elected November 8, 1949. | nowrap | Herbert H. Lehman (D) | November 9, 1949

|- | Connecticut (1) | nowrap | Raymond E. Baldwin (R) | Incumbent resigned December 16, 1949. Successor appointed to continue the term. Successor later elected November 7, 1950. | nowrap | William Benton (D) | December 17, 1949

|- | Kentucky (3) | nowrap | Garrett Withers (D) | Interim appointee resigned November 26, 1950, to trigger special election. Successor elected November 7, 1950. | nowrap | Earle Clements (D) | November 27, 1950

|- | North Carolina (2) | nowrap | Frank Porter Graham (D) | Interim appointee lost November 7, 1950, election to finish the term. Successor elected November 7, 1950. | nowrap | Willis Smith (D) | November 27, 1950

|- | Kansas (3) | nowrap | Harry Darby (R) | Interim appointee retired November 28, 1950, when successor elected. Successor elected November 29, 1950. | nowrap | Frank Carlson (R) | November 29, 1950

|- | California (3) | nowrap | Sheridan Downey (D) | Incumbent resigned November 30, 1950, due to ill health. Successor appointed to finish term, having already been elected to the next term. | nowrap | Richard Nixon (R) | December 1, 1950

|- | Rhode Island (1) | nowrap | Edward L. Leahy (D) | Interim appointee retired December 18, 1950, when successor elected. Successor elected December 19, 1950. | nowrap | John Pastore (D) | December 19, 1950

|}

House of Representatives

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

|- | | Vacant | Rep. John J. Delaney died during previous congress | nowrap | Louis B. Heller (D) | February 15, 1949

|- | | nowrap | Sol Bloom (D) | Died March 7, 1949. | |
| May 17, 1949

|- | | nowrap | Andrew Lawrence Somers (D) | Died April 6, 1949. | nowrap | Edna F. Kelly (D) | November 8, 1949

|- | | nowrap | Robert L. Coffey (D) | Died April 20, 1949. | nowrap | John P. Saylor (R) | September 13, 1949

|- | | nowrap | Richard J. Welch (R) | Died September 10, 1949. | nowrap | John F. Shelley (D) | November 8, 1949

|- | | nowrap | George J. Bates (R) | Died November 1, 1949. | nowrap | William H. Bates (R) | February 14, 1950

|- | | nowrap | Martin Gorski (D) | Died December 4, 1949. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|- | | nowrap | J. Parnell Thomas (R) | Resigned January 2, 1950, following conviction on charges of salary fraud. | nowrap | William B. Widnall (R) | February 6, 1950

|- | | nowrap | S. Otis Bland (D) | Died February 16, 1950. | nowrap | Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D) | May 2, 1950

|- | | nowrap | Ralph E. Church (R) | Died March 21, 1950. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|- | | nowrap | Eugene Worley (D) | Resigned April 3, 1950, to become associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. | nowrap | Ben H. Guill (R) | May 6, 1950

|- | | nowrap | John Lesinski Sr. (D) | Died May 27, 1950. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|- | | nowrap | William Lemke (R) | Died May 30, 1950. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|- | | nowrap | Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) | Died August 31, 1950. | nowrap | Woodrow W. Jones (D) | November 7, 1950

|- | | nowrap | Herbert Alton Meyer (R) | Died October 2, 1950. | nowrap | Myron V. George (R) | November 7, 1950

|- | | nowrap | Richard Nixon (R) | Resigned November 30, 1950, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|- | | nowrap | Frank A. Barrett (R) | Resigned December 31, 1950, after being elected Governor of Wyoming. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|}

Committees

Senate

• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Elmer Thomas; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
• Armed Services (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Burnet R. Maybank; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: John J. Williams)
• Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Joseph R. McCarthy)
• Finance (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Eugene D. Millikin)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg)
• Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Ranking Member: Hugh Butler)
• Subcommittee on Internal Security
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Edwin C. Johnson; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Pat McCarran; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
• Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: Elbert D. Thomas; Ranking Member: Robert A. Taft)
• Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce (Select)
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Frank Carlson; Ranking Member: Olin D. Johnston)
• Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: William Langer)
• Remodeling the Senate Chamber (Special)
• Rules and Administration (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Kenneth S. Wherry)
• Small Business (Select)
• Small Business Enterprises (Special)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber)
• Armed Services (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Dewey Jackson Short)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: George J. Bates)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: John Lesinski; Ranking Member: Samuel K. McConnell Jr.)
• Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: John Kee; Ranking Member: Charles Aubrey Eaton)
• House Administration (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Karl M. LeCompte)
• Investigate Educational, Training, and Loan Guaranty Programs under the G.I. Bill (Select) (Chairman: Olin E. Teague)
• Investigate the Use of Chemicals in Food and Cosmetics (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Robert Crosser; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking: Earl C. Michener)
• Lobbying Activities (Select) (Chairman: Frank Buchanan)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Alvin F. Weichel)
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rees)
• Public Lands (Chairman: J. Hardin Peterson; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch then Fred L. Crawford)
• Public Works (Chairman: William M. Whittington; Ranking Member: George Anthony Dondero)
• Rules (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen)
• Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Un-American Activities (Chairman: John S. Wood; Ranking Member: J. Parnell Thomas)
• Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Daniel A. Reed)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Atomic Energy (Chairman: Sen. Brien McMahon; Vice Chairman: Rep. Carl T. Durham)
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Defense Production
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• Foreign Economic Cooperation (Chairman: Sen. Pat McCarran)
• Economic (Chairman: Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Vice Chairman: Rep. Edward J. Hart)
• Labor Management Relations (Chairman: Sen. James E. Murray; Vice Chairman: Rep. John Lesinski)
• Legislative Budget
• The Library (Chairman: Sen. Theodore F. Green)
• Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
• Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden)
• Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Mary Teresa Norton)
• Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
• Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton; Vice Chairman: Sen. Walter F. George)

Employees

[[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|Legislative branch agency]] directors

• Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn
• Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
• Comptroller General of the United States: Lindsay C. Warren
• Librarian of Congress: Luther H. Evans
• Public Printer of the United States: John J. Deviny

Senate

• Chaplain: Peter Marshall (Presbyterian), until January 26, 1949
  • Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist), from February 3, 1949
• Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
• Secretary: Leslie Biffle
• Librarian: George W. Straubinger
• Secretary for the Majority: Felton McLellan Johnston
• Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist), until January 3, 1950
  • Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian), from January 3, 1950
• Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts
• Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
• Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
• Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph H. Callahan

Notes

References

• House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 81st Congress. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1951.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 81st Congress, 1st Session. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1949.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 81st Congress, 2nd Session. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1950.

References

1. (1949). "Official Congressional Directory for the 81st Congress, 1st Session". [[United States Government Printing Office]].