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 1951 –
January 3 1953Previous 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
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- House of Representatives
TOTAL members: 435
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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.
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
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- 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
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Employees
Senate
House of Representatives