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81st United States Congress

82nd United States Congress

The Eighty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3 1951 to January 3 1953, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

January 3 1951January 3 1953

Previous congress: 81st Congress
Next congress: 83rd Congress

Major events

Main article: Events of 1951; Events of 1952

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

TOTAL members: 96

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

Officers

Senate

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Sam Rayburn (D-Texas)

Majority Leader
John W. McCormack (D-Massachusetts)

Minority Leader
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-Massachusetts)

Democratic Whip
J. Percy Priest (D-Tennessee)

Republican Whip
Leslie C. Arends (R-Illinois)

Democratic Caucus Chairman
Jere Cooper (D-Tennessee)

Republican Conference Chairman
Clifford R. Hope (R-Kansas)

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

*3. Thomas H. Kuchel (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy

Colorado

Connecticut

*3. William A. Purtell (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy
*3. Prescott Bush (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

*2. Thomas R. Underwood (Dem.), appointed to fill vacancy
*2. John Sherman Cooper (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

*1. Blair Moody (Dem.), appointed to fill vacancy
*1. Charles E. Potter (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

*2. Fred Andrew Seaton (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy
*2. Dwight Griswold (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-large, are preceded by an "At-Large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

*. Garrett L. Withers (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy

Louisiana

Maine

*. Clifford G. McIntire (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

*. Robert Dinsmore Harrison (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

*. Robert T. Ross (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Vacant September 2, 1951 - November 5, 1951
Karl C. King (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy, installed November 6, 1951

Vacant August 8, 1951 - November 5, 1951
Joseph L. Carrigg (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy, installed November 6, 1951

Vacant April 28, 1951 - July 23, 1951
Vera Buchanan (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy, installed July 24, 1951

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

*. Elizabeth Kee (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Delegates

Alaska Territory

Hawaii Territory

Resident Commissioners

Puerto Rico

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

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