83rd United States Congress

The 83rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1953, until January 3, 1955, during the last two weeks of the Truman administration, with the remainder spanning the first two years of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. It was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The apportionment of seats in the House was based on the 1950 U.S. census.

The Republicans gained the majority in both chambers, winning back full control of Congress for the first time since the 80th Congress in 1947, and with Dwight Eisenhower being sworn in as president on January 20, 1953, this gave the Republicans an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 71st Congress in 1929, and the last time until they briefly did so during the 107th Congress in 2001.

Major events

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

thumb|275px|President Eisenhower signs the [[Atomic Energy Act of 1954.]]

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

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! 94

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! 95

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House of Representatives

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

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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

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.

Alabama

: 2. John J. Sparkman (D)

: 3. J. Lister Hill (D)

Arizona

: 1. Barry Goldwater (R)

: 3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

: 2. John L. McClellan (D)

: 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California

: 1. William Knowland (R)

: 3. Thomas Kuchel (R)

Colorado

: 2. Edwin C. Johnson (D)

: 3. Eugene Millikin (R)

Connecticut

: 1. William A. Purtell (R)

: 3. Prescott Bush (R)

Delaware

: 1. John J. Williams (R)

: 2. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)

Florida

: 1. Spessard Holland (D)

: 3. George Smathers (D)

Georgia

: 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D)

: 3. Walter F. George (D)

Idaho

: 2. Henry Dworshak (R)

: 3. Herman Welker (R)

Illinois

: 2. Paul Douglas (D)

: 3. Everett M. Dirksen (R)

Indiana

: 1. William E. Jenner (R)

: 3. Homer E. Capehart (R)

Iowa

: 2. Guy M. Gillette (D)

: 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

Kansas

: 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)

: 3. Frank Carlson (R)

Kentucky

: 2. John Sherman Cooper (R)

: 3. Earle Clements (D)

Louisiana

: 2. Allen J. Ellender (D)

: 3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine

: 1. Frederick G. Payne (R)

: 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

Maryland

: 1. James Glenn Beall (R)

: 3. John Marshall Butler (R)

Massachusetts

: 1. John F. Kennedy (D)

: 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan

: 1. Charles E. Potter (R)

: 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)

Minnesota

: 1. Edward John Thye (R)

: 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

Mississippi

: 1. John C. Stennis (D)

: 2. James Eastland (D)

Missouri

: 1. Stuart Symington (D)

: 3. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D)

Montana

: 1. Mike Mansfield (D)

: 2. James E. Murray (D)

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

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

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

New Jersey

: 1. Howard Alexander Smith (R)

: 2. Robert C. Hendrickson (R)

New Mexico

: 1. Dennis Chávez (D)

: 2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

New York

: 1. Irving Ives (R)

: 3. Herbert H. Lehman (D)

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

North Dakota

: 1. William Langer (R-NPL)

: 3. Milton Young (R)

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

Oklahoma

: 2. Robert S. Kerr (D)

: 3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

Oregon

: 2. Guy Cordon (R)

: 3. Wayne Morse (I)

Pennsylvania

: 1. Edward Martin (R)

: 3. James H. Duff (R)

Rhode Island

: 1. John Pastore (D)

: 2. Theodore F. Green (D)

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)

South Dakota

: 2. Karl E. Mundt (R)

: 3. Francis Case (R)

Tennessee

: 1. Albert Gore Sr. (D)

: 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

Texas

: 1. Price Daniel (D)

: 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

Utah

: 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R)

: 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

Vermont

: 1. Ralph Flanders (R)

: 3. George Aiken (R)

Virginia

: 1. Harry F. Byrd (D)

: 2. A. Willis Robertson (D)

Washington

: 1. Henry M. Jackson (D)

: 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

: 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D)

: 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin

: 1. Joseph McCarthy (R)

: 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

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

[[File:83rd United States Congress Senators.svg|thumb|375px|Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 83rd Congress in January 1953

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House of Representatives

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)

Arizona

: . John Jacob Rhodes (R)

: . Harold Patten (D)

Arkansas

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)

: . Wilbur Mills (D)

: . James William Trimble (D)

: . Oren Harris (D)

: . Brooks Hays (D)

: . William F. Norrell (D)

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)

Colorado

: . Byron G. Rogers (D)

: . William S. Hill (R)

: . John Chenoweth (R)

: . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

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)

Delaware

: . Herbert Warburton (R)

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)

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)

Idaho

: . Gracie Pfost (D)

: . Hamer H. Budge (R)

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)

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)

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)

Kansas

: . Howard Shultz Miller (D)

: . Errett P. Scrivner (R)

: . Myron V. George (R)

: . Edward Herbert Rees (R)

: . Clifford R. Hope (R)

: . Wint Smith (R)

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)

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)

Maine

: . Robert Hale (R)

: . Charles P. Nelson (R)

: . Clifford McIntire (R)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Mississippi

: . Thomas Abernethy (D)

: . Jamie L. Whitten (D)

: . Frank Ellis Smith (D)

: . John Bell Williams (D)

: . W. Arthur Winstead (D)

: . William M. Colmer (D)

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)

Montana

: . Lee Metcalf (D)

: . Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

Nebraska

: . Carl Curtis (R), until December 31, 1954

: . Roman Hruska (R), until November 8, 1954

: . Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)

: . Arthur L. Miller (R)

Nevada

: . Clarence Clifton Young (R)

New Hampshire

: . Chester Earl Merrow (R)

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

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)

New Mexico

: . John J. Dempsey (D)

: . Antonio M. Fernández (D)

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)

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)

North Dakota

: . Otto Krueger (R)

: . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

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

Oklahoma

: . Page Belcher (R)

: . Ed Edmondson (D)

: . Carl Albert (D)

: . Tom Steed (D)

: . John Jarman (D)

: . Victor Wickersham (D)

Oregon

: . A. Walter Norblad (R)

: . Sam Coon (R)

: . Homer D. Angell (R)

: . Harris Ellsworth (R)

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)

Rhode Island

: . Aime Forand (D)

: . John E. Fogarty (D)

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)

South Dakota

: . Harold Lovre (R)

: . Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

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)

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)

Utah

: . Douglas R. Stringfellow (R)

: . William A. Dawson (R)

Vermont

: . Winston L. Prouty (R)

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)

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)

West Virginia

: . Bob Mollohan (D)

: . Harley Orrin Staggers (D)

: . Cleveland M. Bailey (D)

: . Will E. Neal (R)

: . Elizabeth Kee (D)

: . Robert Byrd (D)

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)

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)

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Changes in membership

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

Senate

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| 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

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| 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

| rowspan=8 |Vacant

| rowspan=8 |Not filled this term

| 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

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