82nd United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1951 in the United States, 1952 in the United States, 1953 in the United States

• March 29, 1951: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. On April 5 they were sentenced to receive the death penalty.
• April 11, 1951: President Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his Far Eastern commands.
• April 13, 1951: Congress passed a large defense budget 372 votes for the budget and 44 votes against the budget. The budget was intended to help the United States combat communism.
• August 31, 1951: The United States Senate passes the Mutual Security Act by a vote of 61 votes in favor and 5 votes against. The act provided $7.5 billion for foreign military assistance and food aid to America's allies, primarily the United Kingdom. The vote was condemned by the government of the Soviet Union and praised by the government of the United Kingdom.
• September 5, 1951: Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations signed a peace treaty with Japan to formally end the Pacific War.
• October 24, 1951: President Truman declared an official end to war with Germany.
• November 10, 1951: Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service began in the United States.
• December 31, 1951: The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
• March 29, 1952: President Truman announced that he will not seek reelection.
• June 19, 1952: The Special Forces created.
• July 25, 1952: Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth of the United States, an unincorporated organized territory, with the ratification of its constitution.
• November 4, 1952: 1952 United States presidential election: Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson
• November 4, 1952: National Security Agency founded.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#82nd United States Congress

• October 10, 1951: Mutual Security Act, ch. 479,
• June 27, 1952: Immigration and Nationality Act (McCarran-Walter Act),
• July 14, 1952: McGuire Act, ,
• July 16, 1952: Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act,
• July 16, 1952: Federal Coal Mine Safety Act of 1952,
• July 16, 1952: Wire Fraud Act of 1952,

Constitutional amendments

• February 27, 1951: Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, setting a term limit for election and overall time of service to the office of President of the United States, was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution

Treaties

• March 20, 1952: Treaty of San Francisco ratified

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: Alben W. Barkley (D)
• President pro tempore: Kenneth McKellar (D)

Majority (Democratic) party

• Majority leader: Ernest McFarland
• Majority whip: Lyndon B. Johnson
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Brien McMahon
• Policy Committee Chairman: Ernest McFarland

Minority (Republican) party

• Minority leader: Kenneth S. Wherry, until November 29, 1951
  • Styles Bridges, from January 8, 1952
• Minority whip: Leverett Saltonstall
• Republican Conference Chairman: Eugene Millikin
• Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: Owen Brewster
• Policy Committee Chairman: Robert A. Taft

House of Representatives

Sam Rayburn (D)

• Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) party

• Majority leader: John W. McCormack
• Majority whip: J. Percy Priest
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Jere Cooper
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) party

• Minority leader: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
• Minority whip: Leslie C. Arends
• Republican Conference Chairman: Clifford R. Hope
• 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 82nd Congress

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 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1952; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1954; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1956.

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

: 2. John J. 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. Richard Nixon (R), until January 1, 1953 :: Thomas Kuchel (R), from January 2, 1953

[[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. William Benton (D) : 3. Brien McMahon (D), until July 28, 1952 :: William A. Purtell (R), August 29, 1952 – November 4, 1952 :: Prescott Bush (R), from November 5, 1952

[[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. George Smathers (D)

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

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

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

: 2. Henry Dworshak (R) : 3. Herman Welker (R)

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

: 2. Paul Douglas (D) : 3. Everett Dirksen (R)

[[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 M. Gillette (D) : 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

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

: 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) : 3. Frank Carlson (R)

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

: 2. Virgil Chapman (D), until March 8, 1951 :: Thomas R. Underwood (D), March 19, 1951 – November 4, 1952 :: John Sherman Cooper (R), from November 5, 1952 : 3. Earle Clements (D)

[[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. Ralph Owen Brewster (R), until December 31, 1952 : 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

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

: 1. Herbert O'Conor (D) : 3. John Marshall Butler (R)

[[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), until April 18, 1951 :: Blair Moody (D), April 23, 1951 – November 4, 1952 :: Charles E. Potter (R), from November 5, 1952 : 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)

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

: 1. Edward John 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. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D)

[[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), until November 29, 1951 :: Fred A. Seaton (R), December 10, 1951 – November 4, 1952 :: Dwight Griswold (R), from November 5, 1952

[[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. Robert C. Hendrickson (R)

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

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

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

: 1. Irving Ives (R) : 3. Herbert H. Lehman (D)

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

: 2. Willis Smith (D) : 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. A. S. Mike Monroney (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. James H. Duff (R)

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

: 1. John Pastore (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. Karl E. Mundt (R) : 3. Francis Case (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 T. Connally (D) : 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

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

: 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R) : 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

[[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. 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)

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 82nd Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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

: . Frank W. Boykin (D) : . George M. Grant (D) : . George W. Andrews (D) : . Kenneth A. Roberts (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) : . John F. Shelley (D) : . George P. Miller (D) : . John J. Allen Jr. (R) : . Jack Z. Anderson (R) : . Allan O. Hunter (R) : . Thomas H. Werdel (R) : . Ernest K. Bramblett (R) : . Patrick J. Hillings (R) : . Norris Poulson (R) : . Sam Yorty (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]]

: . Byron G. Rogers (D) : . William S. Hill (R) : . John Chenoweth (R) : . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

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

: . Abraham Ribicoff (D) : . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R) : . John A. McGuire (D) : . Albert P. Morano (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]]

: . Chester B. McMullen (D) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Robert L. F. Sikes (D) : . Bill Lantaff (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), until December 24, 1952 : . Tic Forrester (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]]

: . John Travers Wood (R) : . Hamer H. Budge (R)

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

: . William L. Dawson (D) : . Richard B. Vail (R) : . Fred E. Busbey (R) : . William E. McVey (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D), until November 6, 1952 : . Thomas S. Gordon (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Richard W. Hoffman (R) : . Timothy P. Sheehan (R) : . Edgar A. Jonas (R) : . Marguerite S. Church (R) : . 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) : . William L. Springer (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) : . Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (R) : . E. Ross Adair (R) : . John V. Beamer (R) : . Cecil M. Harden (R) : . William G. Bray (R) : . Winfield K. Denton (D) : . Earl Wilson (R) : . Ralph Harvey (R) : . Charles B. Brownson (R)

[[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) : . Myron V. George (R) : . 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), until December 15, 1951 :: Garrett Withers (D), from August 2, 1952 : . Thruston Ballard Morton (R) : . Frank Chelf (D) : . Brent Spence (D) : . Thomas R. Underwood (D), until March 17, 1951 :: John C. Watts (D), from April 14, 1951 : . 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), until August 27, 1951 :: Clifford McIntire (R), from October 22, 1951

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

: . Edward Tylor Miller (R) : . James Devereux (R) : . 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), until September 30, 1952 : . Philip J. Philbin (D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . William H. Bates (R) : . 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]]

: . Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D) : . George Meader (R) : . Paul W. Shafer (R) : . Clare E. Hoffman (R) : . Gerald Ford (R) : . William W. Blackney (R) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Fred L. Crawford (R) : . Ruth Thompson (R) : . Roy O. Woodruff (R) : . Charles E. Potter (R), until November 4, 1952 : . John B. Bennett (R) : . George D. O'Brien (D) : . Louis C. Rabaut (D) : . John D. Dingell Sr. (D) : . John Lesinski Jr. (D) : . George Anthony 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 Whitten (D) : . Frank Ellis Smith (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) : . Orland K. Armstrong (R) : . Dewey Short (R) : . A. S. J. Carnahan (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Paul C. Jones (D) : . John B. Sullivan (D), until January 29, 1951 :: Claude I. Bakewell (R), from March 9, 1951 : . Thomas B. Curtis (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), until October 2, 1951 :: Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R), from December 4, 1951 : . 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) : . William B. Widnall (R) : . Gordon Canfield (R) : . Harry L. Towe (R), until September 7, 1951 :: Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R), from November 6, 1951 : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D) : . Robert Kean (R) : . Alfred Dennis Sieminski (D) : . Edward J. Hart (D)

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

: . John J. Dempsey (D) : . Antonio M. Fernández (D)

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

: . Ernest Greenwood (D) : . Leonard W. Hall (R), until December 31, 1952 : . Henry J. Latham (R) : . L. Gary Clemente (D) : . T. Vincent Quinn (D), until December 30, 1951 :: Robert Tripp Ross (R), from February 19, 1952 : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Louis B. Heller (D) : . Victor Anfuso (D) : . Eugene J. Keogh (D) : . Edna F. Kelly (D) : . 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) : . James G. Donovan (D) : . Arthur George Klein (D) : . Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (D) : . Jacob Javits (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Sidney A. Fine (D) : . Isidore Dollinger (D) : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . Christopher C. McGrath (D) : . Ralph W. Gwinn (R) : . Ralph A. Gamble (R) : . Katharine St. George (R) : . J. Ernest Wharton (R) : . Bernard W. Kearney (R) : . William T. Byrne (D), until January 27, 1952 :: Leo W. O'Brien (D), from April 1, 1952 : . Dean P. Taylor (R) : . Clarence E. Kilburn (R) : . William R. Williams (R) : . R. Walter Riehlman (R) : . Edwin Arthur Hall (R) : . John Taber (R) : . W. Sterling Cole (R) : . Kenneth Keating (R) : . Harold C. Ostertag (R) : . William E. Miller (R) : . Edmund P. Radwan (R) : . John Cornelius Butler (R) : . 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) : . Woodrow W. Jones (D) : . Monroe Minor Redden (D)

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

: . Fred G. Aandahl (R) : . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

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

: . Charles H. Elston (R) : . William E. Hess (R) : . Edward G. Breen (D), until October 1, 1951 :: Paul F. Schenck (R), from November 6, 1951 : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Cliff Clevenger (R) : . James G. Polk (D) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Jackson Edward Betts (R) : . Frazier Reams (I) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . Walter E. Brehm (R) : . John M. Vorys (R) : . Alvin F. Weichel (R) : . William Hanes Ayres (R) : . Robert T. Secrest (D) : . Frank T. Bow (R) : . J. Harry McGregor (R) : . Wayne Hays (D) : . 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), until April 2, 1952 : . William G. Stigler (D), until August 21, 1952 : . Carl Albert (D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . Toby Morris (D) : . Victor Wickersham (D) : . Page Belcher (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]]

: . 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) : . Albert C. Vaughn (R), until September 1, 1951 :: Karl C. King (R), from November 6, 1951 : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . Harry P. O'Neill (D) : . Dan Flood (D) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . George M. Rhodes (D) : . Wilson D. Gillette (R), until August 7, 1951 :: Joseph L. Carrigg (R), from November 6, 1951 : . Alvin Bush (R) : . Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R) : . Richard M. Simpson (R) : . Walter M. Mumma (R) : . Leon H. Gavin (R) : . Francis E. Walter (D) : . James F. Lind (D) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . Edward L. Sittler Jr. (R) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . Louis E. Graham (R) : . John P. Saylor (R) : . Augustine B. Kelley (D) : . Carroll D. Kearns (R) : . Harmar D. Denny Jr. (R) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . James G. Fulton (R) : . Herman P. Eberharter (D) : . Frank Buchanan (D), until April 27, 1951 :: Vera Buchanan (D), from July 24, 1951

[[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]]

: . Harold Lovre (R) : . Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

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

: . B. Carroll Reece (R) : . Howard Baker Sr. (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), until June 30, 1952 :: John Dowdy (D), from September 23, 1952 : . Albert Thomas (D) : . Clark W. Thompson (D) : . Homer Thornberry (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Wingate H. Lucas (D) : . Ed Gossett (D), until July 31, 1951 :: Frank N. Ikard (D), from September 8, 1951 : . John E. Lyle Jr. (D) : . Lloyd Bentsen (D) : . Kenneth M. Regan (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Walter E. Rogers (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) : . Reva Beck Bosone (D)

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

: . Winston L. Prouty (R)

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

: . Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D) : . Porter Hardy Jr. (D) : . J. Vaughan Gary (D) : . Watkins Moorman 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), until May 8, 1951 :: Elizabeth Kee (D), from July 17, 1951 : . 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) : . Charles J. Kersten (R) : . William Van Pelt (R) : . Reid F. Murray (R), until April 29, 1952 : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Merlin Hull (R) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)

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

: . William Henry Harrison III (R)

Non-voting members

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

Changes in membership

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

Senate

SORT by the date the seat became vacant

|- | Kentucky (2) | nowrap | Virgil Chapman (D) | Died March 8, 1951. Successor appointed March 19, 1951, to continue the term. | nowrap | Thomas R. Underwood (D) | March 19, 1951

|- | Michigan (1) | nowrap | Arthur Vandenberg (R) | Died April 18, 1951. Successor appointed April 23, 1951, to continue the term. | nowrap | Blair Moody (D) | April 23, 1951

|- | Nebraska (2) | nowrap | Kenneth S. Wherry (R) | Died November 29, 1951. Successor appointed December 10, 1951, to continue the term. | nowrap | Fred A. Seaton (R) | December 10, 1951

|- | Connecticut (3) | nowrap | Brien McMahon (D) | Died July 28, 1952. Successor appointed August 29, 1952, to continue the term. | nowrap | William A. Purtell (R) | August 29, 1952

|- | Connecticut (3) | nowrap | William A. Purtell (R) | Retired upon special election. Successor elected November 4, 1952. | nowrap | Prescott Bush (R) | November 5, 1952

|- | Kentucky (2) | nowrap | Thomas R. Underwood (D) | Lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1952. | nowrap | John Sherman Cooper (R) | November 5, 1952

|- | Michigan (1) | nowrap | Blair Moody (D) | Lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1952. | nowrap | Charles E. Potter (R) | November 5, 1952

|- | Nebraska (2) | nowrap | Fred A. Seaton (R) | Lost election to finish the term. Successor elected November 4, 1952. | nowrap | Dwight Griswold (R) | November 5, 1952

|- | Maine (1) | nowrap | Owen Brewster (R) | Resigned December 31, 1952. Seat was not filled during this Congress.

|- | California (3) | nowrap | Richard Nixon (R) | Resigned January 1, 1953, after being elected U.S. Vice President. Successor appointed to continue the term. | nowrap | Thomas Kuchel (R) | January 2, 1953

|}

House of Representatives

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

|- | | nowrap| John B. Sullivan (D) | Died January 29, 1951. Successor elected March 9, 1951. | nowrap | Claude I. Bakewell (R) | March 9, 1951

|- | | nowrap| Thomas R. Underwood (D) | Resigned March 17, 1951, after being appointed U.S. Senator. Successor elected April 4, 1951. | nowrap | John C. Watts (D) | April 4, 1951

|- | | nowrap| Frank Buchanan (D) | Died April 27, 1951. Successor elected July 24, 1951. | nowrap | Vera Buchanan (D) | July 24, 1951

|- | | nowrap| John Kee (D) | Died May 8, 1951. Successor elected July 17, 1951. | nowrap | Elizabeth Kee (D) | July 17, 1951

|- | | nowrap| Ed Gossett (D) | Resigned July 31, 1951. Successor elected September 8, 1951. | nowrap | Frank N. Ikard (D) | September 8, 1951

|- | | nowrap| Wilson D. Gillette (R) | Died August 7, 1951. Successor elected November 6, 1951. | nowrap | Joseph L. Carrigg (R) | November 6, 1951

|- | | nowrap| Frank Fellows (R) | Died August 27, 1951. Successor elected October 22, 1951. | nowrap | Clifford McIntire (R) | October 22, 1951

|- | | nowrap| Albert C. Vaughn (R) | Died September 1, 1951. Successor elected November 6, 1951. | nowrap | Karl C. King (R) | November 6, 1951

|- | | nowrap| Harry L. Towe (R) | Resigned September 7, 1951, to become Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey. Successor elected November 6, 1951. | nowrap | Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R) | November 6, 1951

|- | | nowrap| Edward G. Breen (D) | Resigned October 1, 1951, due to ill health. Successor elected November 6, 1951. | nowrap | Paul F. Schenck (R) | November 6, 1951

|- | | nowrap| Karl Stefan (R) | Died October 2, 1951. Successor elected December 4, 1951. | nowrap | Robert D. Harrison (R) | December 4, 1951

|- | | nowrap| John A. Whitaker (D) | Died December 15, 1951. Successor elected August 2, 1952. | nowrap | Garrett Withers (D) | August 2, 1952

|- | | nowrap| T. Vincent Quinn (D) | Resigned December 30, 1951, to become District Attorney of Queens County, New York. Successor elected February 19, 1952. | nowrap | Robert T. Ross (R) | February 19, 1952

|- | | nowrap| William T. Byrne (D) | Died January 27, 1952. Successor elected April 1, 1952. | nowrap | Leo W. O'Brien (D) | April 1, 1952

|- | | nowrap| George B. Schwabe (R) | Died April 2, 1952. Seat not filled during this Congress.

|- | | nowrap| Reid F. Murray (R) | Died April 29, 1952. Seat not filled during this Congress.

|- | | nowrap| Tom Pickett (D) | Resigned June 30, 1952, to become Vice-President of the National Coal Association. Successor elected September 23, 1952. | nowrap | John Dowdy (D) | September 23, 1952

|- | | nowrap| William G. Stigler (D) | Died August 21, 1952. Seat not filled during this Congress.

|- | | nowrap| Foster Furcolo (D) | Resigned September 30, 1952, to become Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts. Seat not filled during this Congress.

|- | | nowrap| Charles E. Potter (R) | Resigned November 4, 1952, after being elected U.S. Senator. Seat not filled during this Congress.

|- | | nowrap| Adolph J. Sabath (D) | Died November 6, 1952. Seat not filled during this Congress.

|- | | nowrap| Edward E. Cox (D) | Died December 24, 1952. Seat not filled during this Congress.

|- | | nowrap| Leonard W. Hall (R) | Resigned December 31, 1952. Seat not filled during this Congress. |}

Committees

Senate

• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
• Armed Services (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Burnet R. Maybank; Ranking Member: Homer Capehart)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: Francis Case)
• Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Joseph 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)
• 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: James E. Murray; Ranking Member: Robert A. Taft)
• Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: William Langer)
• Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Harry P. Cain)
• Remodeling the Senate Chamber (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
• Rules and Administration (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Kenneth S. Wherry)
• Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman)
• Subcommittee on Internal Security
• 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 J. Short)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Sid Simpson)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; 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: Thomas B. Stanley; Ranking Member: Karl M. LeCompte)
• Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: John R. Murdock; Ranking Member: Fred L. Crawford)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Robert Crosser; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton)
• Investigate Campaign Expenditures (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Investigate Foundations and Other Organizations (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
• 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)
• Katyn Forest Massacre Investigation (Select) (Chairman: Ray J. Madden)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: Chauncey W. Reed)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Edward J. Hart; Ranking Member: Alvin F. Weichel)
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rees)
• Public Works (Chairman: Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member: George A. 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: Harold H. Velde)
• 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 (Chairman: Sen. Burnet R. Maybank; Vice Chairman: Rep. Paul Brown)
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• Economic (Chairman: Rep. Joseph C. O'Mahoney)
• Immigration and Nationality Policy
• Legislative Budget
• The Library (Chairman: Sen. Theodore F. Green)
• Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
• Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Thomas B. Stanley)
• Railroad Retirement Legislation
• Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton)
• 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: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
• Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
• Secretary: Leslie Biffle
• Librarian: Richard D. Hupman
• Secretary for the Majority: Felton McLellan Johnston
• Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)
• 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

References

1. "Voteview | Plot Vote: 82nd Congress > House > 16".
2. (1951). "Mutual Security Act of 1951: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Eighty-second Congress, First Session, on S. 1762, a Bill to Promote the Foreign Policy and Provide for the Defense and General Welfare of the United States by Furnishing Assistance to Friendly Nations in the Interest of International Security".
3. "Voteview | Plot Vote: 82nd Congress > Senate > 150".
4. Crisis in Britain 1951 by Joan Mitchell Secker & Warburg, 1963 pg. 45
5. Huckabee, David C.. (September 30, 1997). "Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution". [[Congressional Research Service]], The [[Library of Congress]].
6. (15 September 1989). "'Fishbait' Miller, 80, Former Doorkeeper Of the U.S. House". The New York Times.