83rd United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1953 in the United States, 1954 in the United States, 1955 in the United States

• January 20, 1953: Dwight Eisenhower is sworn in as President of the United States in his first inauguration
• March 1, 1954: U.S. Capitol shooting incident
• December 2, 1954: Joseph McCarthy is censured by the U.S. Senate

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#83rd United States Congress

• July 3, 1953: Small Business Act, , ch. 282,
• August 7, 1953: Refugee Relief Act,
• August 7, 1953: Submerged Lands Act, ch. 345,
• August 14, 1953: Public Law 280, ,
• May 13, 1954: Saint Lawrence Seaway Act, ch. 201,
• August 12, 1954: Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, ch. 649, title II, §201,
• August 13, 1954: Multiple Mineral Development Act, ch. 730,
• August 16, 1954: Internal Revenue Code of 1954, , ch. 736,
  • Federal Unemployment Tax Act, §1(d),
  • National Firearms Act, §1(d),
• August 24, 1954: Communist Control Act of 1954, ch. 886,
• August 30, 1954: Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
• 1954: Agricultural Act of 1954
• 1954: Water Facilities Act of 1954

Party summary

Until the last week of the first session of Congress, Republicans had a 48-47-1 tied-plurality in the Senate which Republican Vice President Richard Nixon broke in the GOP’s favor. At the start of the second session, to account for whenever the Senate became tied 47-47-1 or when the Democrats held the plurality the Republican-turned-Independent, Wayne Morse, caucused with the GOP which gave them a tie-breaking majority, allowing continuity in GOP control of the Senate and the overall trifecta of government. Thus Republican leader William Knowland remained Senate Majority Leader, Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson remained Senate Minority Leader, and the GOP remained continuously in control of the Senate committees. Wayne Morse would begin caucusing with Democrats at the start of the next Congress in 1955 to give them Senate control.

Senate

House of Representatives

Republican majority in the House becomes a plurality after the end of the last congressional session.

Leadership

Senate

• 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

• 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

• Minority Leader and Conference Chairman: Lyndon B. Johnson
• Minority Whip: Earle Clements
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Thomas C. Hennings Jr.

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• 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

• 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. Kirwan

Caucuses

• House Democratic Caucus
• Senate Democratic Caucus

Members

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 83rd Congress

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.

[[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. Barry Goldwater (R) : 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. Thomas Kuchel (R)

[[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 A. Purtell (R) : 3. Prescott Bush (R)

[[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]]

: 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D) : 3. Walter F. George (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 M. 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. John Sherman Cooper (R) : 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. Frederick G. Payne (R) : 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

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

: 1. James Glenn Beall (R) : 3. John Marshall Butler (R)

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

: 1. John F. Kennedy (D) : 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

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

: 1. Charles E. Potter (R) : 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. Stuart Symington (D) : 3. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D)

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

: 1. Mike Mansfield (D) : 2. James E. Murray (D)

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

: 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 : 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

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

: 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

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

: 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

[[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), until June 26, 1953 :: Alton Lennon (D), July 10, 1953 – November 28, 1954 :: W. Kerr Scott (D), from November 29, 1954 : 3. Clyde R. Hoey (D), until May 12, 1954 :: Sam Ervin (D), from June 5, 1954

[[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), until July 31, 1953 :: Thomas A. Burke (D), November 10, 1953 – December 2, 1954 :: George H. Bender (R), from December 16, 1954

[[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 (I)

[[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), until September 1, 1954 :: Charles E. Daniel (D), September 6, 1954 – December 23, 1954 :: Strom Thurmond (D), from December 24, 1954 : 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. Albert Gore Sr. (D) : 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

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

: 1. Price Daniel (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. Henry M. Jackson (D) : 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. 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

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 83rd Congress

[[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) : . Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D) : . Carl Elliott (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D) : . Laurie C. Battle (D)

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

: . John Jacob Rhodes (R) : . Harold Patten (D)

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

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

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

: . Hubert B. Scudder (R) : . Clair Engle (D) : . John E. Moss (D) : . William S. Mailliard (R) : . John F. Shelley (D) : . Robert Condon (D) : . John J. Allen Jr. (R) : . George P. Miller (D) : . J. Arthur Younger (R) : . Charles Gubser (R) : . J. Leroy Johnson (R) : . Allan O. Hunter (R) : . Ernest K. Bramblett (R) : . Harlan Hagen (D) : . Gordon L. McDonough (R) : . Donald L. Jackson (R) : . Cecil R. King (D) : . Craig Hosmer (R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : . John Carl Hinshaw (R) : . Edgar W. Hiestand (R) : . Joseph F. Holt (R) : . Clyde Doyle (D) : . Norris Poulson (R), until June 11, 1953 :: Glenard P. Lipscomb (R), from November 10, 1953 : . Patrick J. Hillings (R) : . Sam Yorty (D) : . Harry R. Sheppard (D) : . James B. Utt (R) : . John R. Phillips (R) : . Bob Wilson (R)

[[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]]

: . Thomas J. Dodd (D) : . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R) : . Albert W. Cretella (R) : . Albert P. Morano (R) : . James T. Patterson (R) : . Antoni Sadlak (R)

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

: . Herbert Warburton (R)

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

: . Courtney W. Campbell (D) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Robert L. F. Sikes (D) : . Bill Lantaff (D) : . Syd Herlong (D) : . Dwight L. Rogers (D), until December 1, 1954 : . James A. Haley (D) : . Donald Ray Matthews (D)

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

: . Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D) : . J. L. Pilcher (D), from February 4, 1953 : . Tic Forrester (D) : . Albert Sidney Camp (D), until July 24, 1954 :: John Flynt (D), from November 2, 1954 : . James C. Davis (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D) : . William McDonald Wheeler (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . Paul Brown (D)

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

: . Gracie Pfost (D) : . Hamer H. Budge (R)

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

: . William L. Dawson (D) : . Barratt O'Hara (D) : . Fred E. Busbey (R) : . William E. McVey (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . James Bowler (D), from July 7, 1953 : . 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) : . 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) : . D. Bailey Merrill (R) : . 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]]

: . Howard Shultz Miller (D) : . 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) : . Garrett Withers (D), until April 30, 1953 :: William Natcher (D), from August 1, 1953 : . John M. Robsion Jr. (R) : . Frank Chelf (D) : . Brent Spence (D) : . John C. Watts (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (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) : . T. Ashton Thompson (D) : . George S. Long (D)

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

: . Robert Hale (R) : . Charles P. Nelson (R) : . Clifford McIntire (R)

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

: . Edward Tylor Miller (R) : . James Devereux (R) : . Edward Garmatz (D) : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : . Frank Small Jr. (R) : . DeWitt Hyde (R) : . Samuel Friedel (D)

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

: . John W. Heselton (R) : . Edward Boland (D) : . 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) : . Laurence Curtis (R) : . Tip O'Neill (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), until August 17, 1954 : . Clare E. Hoffman (R) : . Gerald Ford (R) : . Kit Clardy (R) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Alvin Morell Bentley (R) : . Ruth Thompson (R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Victor A. Knox (R) : . John B. Bennett (R) : . George D. O'Brien (D) : . Louis C. Rabaut (D) : . John D. Dingell Sr. (D) : . John Lesinski Jr. (D) : . Charles G. Oakman (R) : . 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]]

: . Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie L. Whitten (D) : . Frank Ellis Smith (D) : . John Bell Williams (D) : . W. Arthur Winstead (D) : . William M. Colmer (D)

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

: . Frank M. Karsten (D) : . Thomas B. Curtis (R) : . Leonor Sullivan (D) : . Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (R) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . William Clay Cole (R) : . Dewey Short (R) : . A. S. J. Carnahan (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Paul C. Jones (D) : . Morgan M. Moulder (D)

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

: . Lee Metcalf (D) : . Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

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

: . Carl Curtis (R), until December 31, 1954 : . Roman Hruska (R), until November 8, 1954 : . Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R) : . Arthur L. Miller (R)

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

: . Clarence Clifton Young (R)

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

: . Chester Earl Merrow (R) : . Norris Cotton (R), until November 7, 1954

[[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) : . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R) : . Clifford P. Case (R), until August 16, 1953 :: Harrison A. Williams (D), from November 3, 1953 : . William B. Widnall (R) : . Gordon Canfield (R) : . Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R) : . 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]]

: . Stuyvesant Wainwright (R) : . Steven Derounian (R) : . Frank J. Becker (R) : . Henry J. Latham (R) : . Albert H. Bosch (R) : . Lester Holtzman (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Louis B. Heller (D), until July 21, 1954 : . Eugene J. Keogh (D) : . Edna F. Kelly (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Francis E. Dorn (R) : . Abraham J. Multer (D) : . John J. Rooney (D) : . John H. Ray (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R) : . James G. Donovan (D) : . Arthur George Klein (D) : . Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (D) : . Jacob Javits (R), until December 31, 1954 : . Sidney A. Fine (D) : . Isidore Dollinger (D) : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . Paul A. Fino (R) : . Ralph A. Gamble (R) : . Ralph W. Gwinn (R) : . Katharine St. George (R) : . J. Ernest Wharton (R) : . Leo W. O'Brien (D) : . Dean P. Taylor (R) : . Bernard W. Kearney (R) : . Clarence E. Kilburn (R) : . William R. Williams (R) : . R. Walter Riehlman (R) : . John Taber (R) : . W. Sterling Cole (R) : . Kenneth Keating (R) : . Harold C. Ostertag (R) : . William E. Miller (R) : . Edmund P. Radwan (R) : . John R. Pillion (R) : . Daniel A. Reed (R)

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

: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (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) : . Hugh Quincy Alexander (D) : . Charles R. Jonas (R) : . Woodrow W. Jones (D) : . George A. Shuford (D)

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

: . Otto Krueger (R) : . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

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

: . Gordon H. Scherer (R) : . William E. Hess (R) : . Paul F. Schenck (R) : . 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) : . Oliver P. Bolton (R) : . John M. Vorys (R) : . Alvin F. Weichel (R) : . William Hanes Ayres (R) : . Robert T. Secrest (D), until September 26, 1954 : . 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), until December 15, 1954

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

: . Page Belcher (R) : . Ed Edmondson (D) : . Carl Albert (D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . Victor Wickersham (D)

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

: . A. Walter Norblad (R) : . Sam Coon (R) : . Homer D. Angell (R) : . Harris Ellsworth (R)

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

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . William T. Granahan (D) : . James A. Byrne (D) : . Earl Chudoff (D) : . William J. Green Jr. (D) : . Hugh Scott (R) : . Benjamin F. James (R) : . Karl C. King (R) : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . Joseph L. Carrigg (R) : . Edward Bonin (R) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R) : . George M. Rhodes (D) : . Francis E. Walter (D) : . Walter M. Mumma (R) : . Alvin Bush (R) : . Richard M. Simpson (R) : . S. Walter Stauffer (R) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . Augustine B. Kelley (D) : . John P. Saylor (R) : . Leon H. Gavin (R) : . Carroll D. Kearns (R) : . Louis E. Graham (R) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . James G. Fulton (R) : . Herman P. Eberharter (D) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . Vera Buchanan (D)

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

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

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

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D) : . John J. Riley (D) : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) : . Joseph R. Bryson (D), until March 10, 1953 :: Robert T. Ashmore (D), from June 2, 1953 : . 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) : . 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) : . Jack Brooks (D) : . Brady P. Gentry (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Joseph Franklin Wilson (D) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . John Dowdy (D) : . Albert Thomas (D) : . Clark W. Thompson (D) : . Homer Thornberry (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Wingate H. Lucas (D) : . Frank N. Ikard (D) : . 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) : . Martin Dies Jr. (D)

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

: . Douglas R. Stringfellow (R) : . William A. Dawson (R)

[[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), until February 3, 1953 :: William M. Tuck (D), from April 14, 1953 : . Richard Harding Poff (R) : . Burr Harrison (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . William C. Wampler (R) : . Joel Broyhill (R)

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

: . Thomas Pelly (R) : . Jack Westland (R) : . Russell V. Mack (R) : . Hal Holmes (R) : . Walt Horan (R) : . Thor C. Tollefson (R) : . Donald H. Magnuson (D)

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

: . Bob Mollohan (D) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . Cleveland M. Bailey (D) : . Will E. Neal (R) : . Elizabeth Kee (D) : . Robert Byrd (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) : . Melvin Laird (R) : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Merlin Hull (R), until May 17, 1953 :: Lester Johnson (D), from October 13, 1953 : . 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), until June 19, 1954 :: Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R), from July 31, 1954 : . 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

|- | North Carolina (2) | nowrap | Willis Smith (D) | Died June 26, 1953. Successor appointed July 10, 1953. | nowrap | Alton Lennon (D) | July 10, 1953

|- | New Hampshire (3) | nowrap | Charles W. Tobey (R) | Died July 24, 1953. Successor appointed August 14, 1953. | nowrap | Robert W. Upton (R) | August 14, 1953

|- | Ohio (3) | nowrap | Robert A. Taft (R) | Died July 31, 1953. Successor appointed November 10, 1953. | nowrap | Thomas A. Burke (D) | November 10, 1953

|- | Nebraska (2) | nowrap | Dwight Griswold (R) | Died April 12, 1954. Successor appointed April 16, 1954. | nowrap | Eva Bowring (R) | April 16, 1954

|- | North Carolina (3) | nowrap | Clyde R. Hoey (D) | Died May 12, 1954. Successor appointed May 12, 1954 and then elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap | Sam Ervin (D) | June 5, 1954

|- | Wyoming (2) | nowrap | Lester C. Hunt (D) | Died June 19, 1954. Successor appointed June 24, 1954. | nowrap | Edward D. Crippa (R) | June 24, 1954

|- | Nebraska (1) | nowrap | Hugh A. Butler (R) | Died July 1, 1954. Successor appointed July 3, 1954. | nowrap | Samuel W. Reynolds (R) | July 3, 1954

|- | South Carolina (2) | nowrap | Burnet R. Maybank (D) | Died September 1, 1954. Successor appointed September 6, 1954. | nowrap | Charles E. Daniel (D) | September 6, 1954

|- | Nevada (3) | nowrap | Pat McCarran (D) | Died September 28, 1954. Successor appointed October 1, 1954. | nowrap | Ernest S. Brown (R) | October 1, 1954

|- | Nebraska (1) | nowrap | Samuel W. Reynolds (R) | Did not run in the special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap | Roman Hruska (R) | November 8, 1954

|- | Nebraska (2) | nowrap | Eva Bowring (R) | Did not run in the special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap | Hazel Abel (R) | November 8, 1954

|- | New Hampshire (3) | nowrap | Robert W. Upton (R) | Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap | Norris Cotton (R) | November 8, 1954

|- | North Carolina (2) | nowrap | Alton Lennon (D) | Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap | W. Kerr Scott (D) | November 29, 1954

|- | Wyoming (2) | nowrap | Edward D. Crippa (R) | Did not run in the special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) | November 29, 1954

|- | Nevada (3) | nowrap | Ernest S. Brown (R) | Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap | Alan Bible (D) | December 2, 1954

|- | Ohio (3) | nowrap | Thomas A. Burke (D) | Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap | George H. Bender (R) | December 16, 1954

|- | South Carolina (2) | nowrap | Charles E. Daniel (D) | Resigned December 23, 1954. Successor appointed December 24, 1954. | nowrap | Strom Thurmond (D) | December 24, 1954

|- | Nebraska (2) | nowrap | Hazel Abel (R) | Resigned December 31, 1954. Successor was appointed January 1, 1955. | nowrap | Carl Curtis (R) | January 1, 1955

|}

House of Representatives

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

|- | | Vacant | Rep. Edward E. Cox died during previous congress | nowrap | J. L. Pilcher (D) | February 4, 1953

|- | | Vacant | Rep. Adolph J. Sabath died during previous congress | nowrap | James Bowler (D) | July 7, 1953

|- | | nowrap| Thomas B. Stanley (D) | Resigned February 3, 1953, to run for Governor of Virginia | nowrap | William M. Tuck (D) | April 14, 1953

|- | | nowrap| Joseph R. Bryson (D) | Died March 10, 1953 | nowrap | Robert T. Ashmore (D) | June 2, 1953

|- | | nowrap| Garrett Withers (D) | Died April 30, 1953 | nowrap | William Natcher (D) | August 1, 1953

|- | | nowrap| Merlin Hull (R) | Died May 17, 1953 | nowrap | Lester Johnson (D) | October 13, 1953

|- | | nowrap| Norris Poulson (R) | Resigned June 11, 1953, after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles | nowrap | Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) | November 10, 1953

|- | | nowrap| Clifford P. Case (R) | Resigned August 16, 1953 | nowrap | Harrison A. Williams (D) | November 3, 1953

|- | | nowrap| Joseph Rider Farrington (R) | Died June 19, 1954 | nowrap | Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R) | August 4, 1954

|- | | nowrap| 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

|- | | nowrap| Albert Sidney Camp (D) | Died July 24, 1954 | nowrap | John Flynt (D) | November 2, 1954

|- | | nowrap| Paul W. Shafer (R) | Died August 17, 1954

|- | | nowrap| Robert T. Secrest (D) | Resigned September 26, 1954

|- | | nowrap| Norris Cotton (R) | Resigned November 7, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

|- | | nowrap| Roman Hruska (R) | Resigned November 8, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

|- | | nowrap| Dwight L. Rogers (D) | Died December 1, 1954

|- | | nowrap| George H. Bender (R) | Resigned December 15, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

|- | | nowrap| Carl Curtis (R) | Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

|- | | nowrap| Jacob Javits (R) | Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected New York attorney General

|}

Committees

Senate

• 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: ; Ranking Member: )
• Compensation of Members of Congress (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
• 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: ; Ranking Member: )
• 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

• 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: )
• 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: )
• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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, 1953

Notes

References

References

1. "Eisenhower Presidential Library".
2. "1954 Shooting {{!}} US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives".
3. Network, The Learning. (March 2012). "March 1, 1954 {{!}} Puerto Rican Nationalists Open Fire on House of Representatives". The Learning Network.
4. "U.S. Senate: The Censure Case of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin (1954)".