80th United States Congress

80th United States Congress
79th ← → 81st
United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Members	96 senators 435 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Vacant
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	Joseph William Martin, Jr. (R)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1947 – December 19, 1947 Special: November 17, 1947 – December 19, 1947 2nd: January 6, 1948 – December 31, 1948 Special: July 26, 1948 – August 7, 1948

The Eightieth 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, 1947 to January 3, 1949, during the third and fourth years of Harry S. Truman's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Republicans gained a majority in both chambers for this Congress having gained thirteen Senate seats and fifty-seven House seats. Although the 80th Congress passed a total of 906 public bills, President Truman nicknamed it the "Do Nothing Congress" and, during the 1948 election, campaigned as much against it as against his formal opponent, Thomas Dewey. The 80th Congress passed several significant pro-business bills, most famously the Taft–Hartley Act, but it opposed most of Truman's Fair Deal bills. Truman's campaign strategy worked, and the Republicans lost nine Senate seats and seventy-three seats in the House, allowing the Democrats to begin the 81st Congress with twenty-one more seats than they had had at the end of the 79th Congress.

Major events

See also: 1947 in the United States, 1948 in the United States, and 1949 in the United States

• January 3, 1947: Proceedings of Congress were televised for the first time.
• March 12, 1947: In a Joint Session of Congress, President Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine.
• July 18, 1947: The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands entered into a trusteeship with the United Nations and administered by the United States.
• July 20, 1947: President Truman issued the second peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union.
• November 24, 1947: The House of Representatives approved citations of contempt of Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10.
• July 26, 1948: President Truman signed Executive Order 9981, ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces.
• August 25, 1948: House Un-American Activities Committee held the first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• November 2, 1948: United States general elections, 1948:
  • Presidential election: Harry Truman defeated Thomas Dewey and Strom Thurmond;
  • Democrats regained control of the Senate and the House of Representatives

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1901-2001

• May 22, 1947: Assistance to Greece and Turkey Act (Truman Doctrine), Sess. 1, ch. 81, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–75, 61 Stat. 103
• June 23, 1947: Taft–Hartley Act, Sess. 1, ch. 120, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–101, 61 Stat. 136
• July 18, 1947: Presidential Succession Act, Sess. 1, ch. 264, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–199, 61 Stat. 380
• July 26, 1947: National Security Act of 1947, Sess. 1, ch. 343, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–253, 61 Stat. 495
• August 7, 1947: Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, Sess. 1, ch. 513, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–382, 61 Stat. 913
• January 27, 1948: United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, Sess. 2, ch. 36, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–402, 62 Stat. 6
• April 3, 1948: Foreign Assistance Act (Marshall Plan), Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–472, Sess. 2, ch. 169, 62 Stat. 137
• April 3, 1948: Greek-Turkish Assistance Act of 1948 (Marshall Plan), Sess. 2, ch. 169, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–472, Title III, 62 Stat. 157
• May 26, 1948: Civil Air Patrol Act, Sess. 2, ch. 349, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–557, 62 Stat. 274
• June 12, 1948: Women's Armed Services Integration Act, Sess. 2, ch. 449, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–625, 62 Stat. 356
• June 17, 1948: Reed-Bulwinkle Act, Sess. 2, ch. 491, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–662, 62 Stat. 472
• June 25, 1948: Title 3 of the United States Code, Sess. 2, ch. 644, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–771, 62 Stat. 672
• June 28, 1948: Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of 1948, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–806, 62 Stat. 1070
• June 30, 1948: Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Sess. 2, ch. 758, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–845, 62 Stat. 1155
• July 3, 1948: War Claims Act of 1948, Sess. 2, ch. 826, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–896, 62 Stat. 1240
• July 3, 1948: Agricultural Act of 1948, Sess. 2, ch. 827, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 80–897, 62 Stat. 1247

Constitutional provisions

• March 21, 1947: Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution proposed

Party summary

House Chaplain Bernard Braskamp delivering the opening prayer for the 80th Congress, 1947

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	57	1	38	96	0
Begin	45	0	51	96	0
End
Final voting share	46.9%	0.0%	53.1%
Beginning of next congress	54	0	42	96	0

House of Representatives

From the beginning to the end of this Congress, there was no net change in party power. The Democrats lost one seat, which remained vacant until the next Congress.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total
	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" |	style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" |	style="background-color:Template:American Labor Party (United States)/meta/color" |	style="background-color:Template:Progressive Party (United States)/meta/color" |
	Republican	Democratic	American Labor	Progressive		Vacant
End of previous Congress	191	242	1	1	435	0
Begin	248	185	1	0	434	1
End	244	184	2		430	5
Final voting share	56.7%	43.1%	0.2%	0.0%
Beginning of the next Congress	171	263	1	0	435	0

Leadership

Section contents: Senate: Majority (R), Minority (D) • House: Majority (R), Minority (D)

Senate

• President: Vacant
• President pro tempore: Arthur Vandenberg (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority leader: Wallace White
• Majority whip: Kenneth Wherry

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority leader: Alben Barkley
• Minority whip: Scott Lucas

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Joseph Martin (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Charles Halleck
• Republican Whip: Leslie Arends
• Republican Conference Chairman: Roy O. Woodruff

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: Sam Rayburn
• Democratic Whip: John McCormack
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Aime Forand

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

• 2. John J. Sparkman (D)
• 3. Joseph Lister Hill (D)

Arizona

• 1. Ernest W. McFarland (D)
• 3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

• 2. John Little McClellan (D)
• 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California

• 1. William F. Knowland (R)
• 3. Sheridan Downey (D)

Colorado

• 2. Edwin Carl Johnson (D)
• 3. Eugene D. Millikin (R)

Connecticut

• 1. Raymond E. Baldwin (R)
• 3. Brien McMahon (D)

Delaware

• 1. John J. Williams (R)
• 2. C. Douglass Buck (R)

Florida

• 1. Spessard Holland (D)
• 3. Claude Denson Pepper (D)

Georgia

• 2. Walter Franklin George (D)
• 3. Richard Brevard Russell (D)

Idaho

• 2. Henry Dworshak (R)
• 3. Glen H. Taylor (D)

Illinois

• 2. Charles W. Brooks (R)
• 3. Scott W. Lucas (D)

Indiana

• 1. William E. Jenner (R)
• 3. Homer E. Capehart (R)

Iowa

• 2. George A. Wilson (R)
• 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

Kansas

• 2. Arthur Capper (R)
• 3. Clyde M. Reed (R)

Kentucky

• 2. John Sherman Cooper (R)
• 3. Alben William Barkley (D)

Louisiana

• 2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D)
• 3. John Holmes Overton (D), until May 14, 1948
  • William C. Feazel (D), May 18, 1948 – December 30, 1948
  • Russell B. Long (D), from December 31, 1948

Maine

• 1. Ralph Owen Brewster (R)
• 2. Wallace H. White, Jr. (R)

Maryland

• 1. Herbert O'Conor (D)
• 3. Millard Evelyn Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)
• 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan

• 1. Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (R)
• 2. Homer Ferguson (R)

Minnesota

• 1. Edward John Thye (R)
• 2. Joseph H. Ball (R)

Mississippi

• 1. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (D), until August 21, 1947
  • John C. Stennis (D), from November 17, 1947
• 2. James O. Eastland (D)

Missouri

• 1. James P. Kem (R)
• 3. Forrest C. Donnell (R)

Montana

• 1. Zales N. Ecton (R)
• 2. James Edward Murray (D)

Nebraska

• 1. Hugh A. Butler (R)
• 2. Kenneth S. Wherry (R)

Nevada

• 1. George W. Malone (R)
• 3. Patrick Anthony Mccarran (D)

New Hampshire

• 2. Styles Bridges (R)
• 3. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey

• 1. H. Alexander Smith (R)
• 2. Albert W. Hawkes (R)

New Mexico

• 1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (D)
• 2. Carl Atwood Hatch (D)

New York

• 1. Irving M. Ives (R)
• 3. Robert Ferdinand Wagner (D)

North Carolina

• 2. William B. Umstead (D), until December 30, 1948
  • J. Melville Broughton (D), from December 31, 1948
• 3. Clyde Roark Hoey (D)

North Dakota

• 1. William Langer (R)
• 3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

• 1. John W. Bricker (R)
• 3. Robert A. Taft (R)

Oklahoma

• 2. Edward H. Moore (R)
• 3. Elmer Thomas (D)

Oregon

• 2. Guy Cordon (R)
• 3. Wayne L. Morse (R)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Edward Martin (R)
• 3. Francis J. Myers (D)

Rhode Island

• 1. J. Howard McGrath (D)
• 2. Theodore Francis Green (D)

South Carolina

• 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D)
• 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

South Dakota

• 2. Harlan J. Bushfield (R), until September 27, 1948
  • Vera C. Bushfield (R), October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948
  • Karl Earl Mundt (R), from December 31, 1948
• 3. J. Chandler Gurney (R)

Tennessee

• 1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D)
• 2. Arthur Thomas Stewart (D)

Texas

• 1. Thomas Terry Connally (D)
• 2. W. Lee O'Daniel (D)

Utah

• 1. Arthur V. Watkins (R)
• 3. Elbert Duncan Thomas (D)

Vermont

• 1. Ralph E. Flanders (R)
• 3. George Aiken (R)

Virginia

• 1. Harry Flood Byrd (D)
• 2. Absalom Willis Robertson (D)

Washington

• 1. Harry P. Cain (R)
• 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

• 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D)
• 2. W. Chapman Revercomb (R)

Wisconsin

• 1. Joseph McCarthy (R)
• 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

Wyoming

• 1. Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (D)
• 2. Edward V. Robertson (R)

Percentage of members from each party by state at the opening of the 80th Congress, ranging from dark blue (most Democratic) to dark red (most Republican).

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.

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

• 1. Frank W. Boykin (D)
• 2. George M. Grant (D)
• 3. George W. Andrews (D)
• 4. Sam Hobbs (D)
• 5. Albert Rains (D)
• 6. Pete Jarman (D)
• 7. Carter Manasco (D)
• 8. Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D), from January 28, 1947
• 9. Laurie C. Battle (D)

Arizona

• At-large. John R. Murdock (D)
• At-large. Richard F. Harless (D)

Arkansas

• 1. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
• 2. Wilbur D. Mills (D)
• 3. James William Trimble (D)
• 4. William Fadjo Cravens (D)
• 5. Brooks Hays (D)
• 6. William F. Norrell (D)
• 7. Oren Harris (D)

California

• 1. Clarence F. Lea (D)
• 2. Clair Engle (D)
• 3. J. Leroy Johnson (R)
• 4. Franck R. Havenner (D)
• 5. Richard J. Welch (R)
• 6. George P. Miller (D)
• 7. John J. Allen, Jr. (R)
• 8. Jack Z. Anderson (R)
• 9. Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)
• 10. Alfred J. Elliott (D)
• 11. Ernest K. Bramblett (R)
• 12. Richard Nixon (R)
• 13. C. Norris Poulson (R)
• 14. Helen G. Douglas (D)
• 15. Gordon L. McDonough (R)
• 16. Donald L. Jackson (R)
• 17. Cecil R. King (D)
• 18. Willis W. Bradley (R)
• 19. Chet Holifield (D)
• 20. John Carl Hinshaw (R)
• 21. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
• 22. John Joseph Phillips (R)
• 23. Charles K. Fletcher (R)

Colorado

• 1. John A. Carroll (D)
• 2. William S. Hill (R)
• 3. J. Edgar Chenoweth (R)
• 4. Robert F. Rockwell (R)

Connecticut

• At-large. Antoni N. Sadlak (R)
• 1. William J. Miller (R)
• 2. Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. (R)
• 3. Ellsworth B. Foote (R)
• 4. John D. Lodge (R)
• 5. James T. Patterson (R)

Delaware

• At-large. J. Caleb Boggs (R)

Florida

• 1. J. Hardin Peterson (D)
• 2. Emory H. Price (D)
• 3. Robert L. F. Sikes (D)
• 4. George A. Smathers (D)
• 5. Joe Hendricks (D)
• 6. Dwight L. Rogers (D)

Georgia

• 1. Prince H. Preston, Jr. (D)
• 2. Edward E. Cox (D)
• 3. Stephen Pace (D)
• 4. A. Sidney Camp (D)
• 5. James C. Davis (D)
• 6. Carl Vinson (D)
• 7. Henderson L. Lanham (D)
• 8. William M. Wheeler (D)
• 9. John S. Wood (D)
• 10. Paul Brown (D)

Idaho

• 1. Abe M. Goff (R)
• 2. John C. Sanborn (R)

Illinois

• At-large. William Stratton (R)
• 1. William L. Dawson (D)
• 2. Richard B. Vail (R)
• 3. Fred E. Busbey (R)
• 4. Martin Gorski (D)
• 5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
• 6. Thomas Joseph O'Brien (D)
• 7. Thomas L. Owens (R), until June 7, 1948, vacant thereafter
• 8. Thomas S. Gordon (D)
• 9. Robert J. Twyman (R)
• 10. Ralph E. Church (R)
• 11. Chauncey W. Reed (R)
• 12. Noah M. Mason (R)
• 13. Leo E. Allen (R)
• 14. Anton J. Johnson (R)
• 15. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
• 16. Everett M. Dirksen (R)
• 17. Leslie C. Arends (R)
• 18. Edward H. Jenison (R)
• 19. Rolla C. McMillen (R)
• 20. Sid Simpson (R)
• 21. George Evan Howell (R), until October 5, 1947, vacant thereafter
• 22. Melvin Price (D)
• 23. Charles W. Vursell (R)
• 24. Roy Clippinger (R)
• 25. C. W. Bishop (R)

Indiana

• 1. Ray J. Madden (D)
• 2. Charles A. Halleck (R)
• 3. Robert A. Grant (R)
• 4. George W. Gillie (R)
• 5. Forest A. Harness (R)
• 6. Noble J. Johnson (R), until July 1, 1948, vacant for remainder of term
• 7. Gerald W. Landis (R)
• 8. E.A. Mitchell (R)
• 9. Earl Wilson (R)
• 10. Raymond S. Springer (R), until August 28, 1947
  • Ralph Harvey (R), from November 4, 1947
• 11. Louis Ludlow (D)

Iowa

• 1. Thomas E. Martin (R)
• 2. Henry O. Talle (R)
• 3. John W. Gwynne (R)
• 4. Karl M. LeCompte (R)
• 5. Paul H. Cunningham (R)
• 6. James I. Dolliver (R)
• 7. Ben F. Jensen (R)
• 8. Charles B. Hoeven (R)

Kansas

• 1. Albert McDonald Cole (R)
• 2. Errett P. Scrivner (R)
• 3. Herbert Alton Meyer (R)
• 4. Edward Herbert Rees (R)
• 5. Clifford R. Hope (R)
• 6. Wint Smith (R)

Kentucky

• 1. Noble J. Gregory (D)
• 2. Earle C. Clements (D), until January 6, 1948
  • John A. Whitaker (D), from April 17, 1948
• 3. Thruston B. Morton (R)
• 4. Frank Chelf (D)
• 5. Brent Spence (D)
• 6. Virgil Chapman (D)
• 7. W. Howes Meade (R)
• 8. Joe B. Bates (D)
• 9. John M. Robsion (R), until February 17, 1948
  • William Lewis (R), from April 24, 1948

Louisiana

• 1. F. Edward Hébert (D)
• 2. Hale Boggs (D)
• 3. James Domengeaux (D)
• 4. Overton Brooks (D)
• 5. Otto E. Passman (D)
• 6. James H. Morrison (D)
• 7. Henry D. Larcade, Jr. (D)
• 8. A. Leonard Allen (D)

Maine

• 1. Robert Hale (R)
• 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)
• 3. Frank Fellows (R)

Maryland

• 1. Edward T. Miller (R)
• 2. Hugh A. Meade (D)
• 3. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (D), resigned May 16, 1947

* 3. Edward Garmatz (D), from July 15, 1947

• 4. George Hyde Fallon (D)
• 5. Lansdale G. Sasscer (D)
• 6. J. Glenn Beall (R)

Massachusetts

• 1. John W. Heselton (R)
• 2. Charles Clason (R)
• 3. Philip Philbin (D)
• 4. Harold Donohue (D)
• 5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
• 6. George J. Bates (R)
• 7. Thomas J. Lane (D)
• 8. Angier L. Goodwin (R)
• 9. Charles L. Gifford (R), until August 23, 1947

* 9. Donald W. Nicholson (R), from November 18, 1947

• 10. Christian Herter (R)
• 11. John F. Kennedy (D)
• 12. John W. McCormack (D)
• 13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
• 14. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)

Michigan

• 1. George G. Sadowski (D)
• 2. Earl C. Michener (R)
• 3. Paul W. Shafer (R)
• 4. Clare E. Hoffman (R)
• 5. Bartel J. Jonkman (R)
• 6. William W. Blackney (R)
• 7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
• 8. Fred L. Crawford (R)
• 9. Albert J. Engel (R)
• 10. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
• 11. Fred Bradley (R), until May 24, 1947
  • Charles E. Potter (R), from August 26, 1947
• 12. John B. Bennett (R)
• 13. Howard A. Coffin (R)
• 14. Harold F. Youngblood (R)
• 15. John D. Dingell, Sr. (D)
• 16. John Lesinski, Sr. (D)
• 17. George A. Dondero (R)

Minnesota

• 1. August H. Andresen (R)
• 2. Joseph P. O'Hara (R)
• 3. George MacKinnon (R)
• 4. Edward Devitt (R)
• 5. Walter Judd (R)
• 6. Harold Knutson (R)
• 7. H. Carl Andersen (R)
• 8. John Blatnik (DFL)
• 9. Harold Hagen (R)

Mississippi

• 1. John E. Rankin (D)
• 2. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
• 3. William M. Whittington (D)
• 4. Thomas G. Abernethy (D)
• 5. W. Arthur Winstead (D)
• 6. William M. Colmer (D)
• 7. John B. Williams (D)

Missouri

• 1. Samuel W. Arnold (R)
• 2. Max Schwabe (R)
• 3. William C. Cole (R)
• 4. C. Jasper Bell (D)
• 5. Albert L. Reeves, Jr. (R)
• 6. Marion T. Bennett (R)
• 7. Dewey Short (R)
• 8. Parke M. Banta (R)
• 9. Clarence Cannon (D)
• 10. Orville Zimmerman (D), until April 7, 1948
  • Paul C. Jones (D), from November 2, 1948
• 11. Claude I. Bakewell (R)
• 12. Walter C. Ploeser (R)
• 13. Frank M. Karsten (D)

Montana

• 1. Mike Mansfield (D)
• 2. Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

Nebraska

• 1. Carl T. Curtis (R)
• 2. Howard H. Buffett (R)
• 3. Karl Stefan (R)
• 4. Arthur L. Miller (R)

Nevada

• At-large. Charles H. Russell (R)

New Hampshire

• 1. Charles Earl Merrow (R)
• 2. Norris H. Cotton (R)

New Jersey

• 1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
• 2. T. Millet Hand (R)
• 3. James C. Auchincloss (R)
• 4. Frank A. Mathews, Jr. (R)
• 5. Charles A. Eaton (R)
• 6. Clifford P. Case (R)
• 7. J. Parnell Thomas (R)
• 8. Gordon Canfield (R)
• 9. Harry L. Towe (R)
• 10. Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R)
• 11. Frank Sundstrom (R)
• 12. Robert W. Kean (R)
• 13. Mary T. Norton (D)
• 14. Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico

• At-large. Georgia Lee Lusk (D)
• At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D)

New York

• 1. W. Kingsland Macy (R)
• 2. Leonard W. Hall (R)
• 3. Henry J. Latham (R)
• 4. Gregory McMahon (R)
• 5. Robert Tripp Ross (R)
• 6. Robert Nodar, Jr. (R)
• 7. John J. Delaney (D), until November 18, 1948
  • Vacant to end
• 8. Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)
• 9. Eugene J. Keogh (D)
• 10. Andrew L. Somers (D)
• 11. James J. Heffernan (D)
• 12. John J. Rooney (D)
• 13. Donald L. O'Toole (D)
• 14. Leo F. Rayfiel (D), until September 13, 1947
  • Abraham J. Multer (D), from November 4, 1947
• 15. Emanuel Celler (D)
• 16. Ellsworth B. Buck (R)
• 17. Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. (R)
• 18. Vito Marcantonio (AL)
• 19. Arthur G. Klein (D)
• 20. Sol Bloom (D)
• 21. Jacob K. Javits (R)
• 22. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D)
• 23. Walter A. Lynch (D)
• 24. Benjamin J. Rabin (D), until December 31, 1947
  • Leo Isacson (AL), from February 17, 1948
• 25. Charles A. Buckley (D)
• 26. David M. Potts (R)
• 27. Ralph W. Gwinn (R)
• 28. Ralph A. Gamble (R)
• 29. Katharine St. George (R)
• 30. Jay LeFevre (R)
• 31. Bernard W. Kearney (R)
• 32. William T. Byrne (D)
• 33. Dean P. Taylor (R)
• 34. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
• 35. Hadwen C. Fuller (R)
• 36. R. Walter Riehlman (R)
• 37. Edwin Arthur Hall (R)
• 38. John Taber (R)
• 39. W. Sterling Cole (R)
• 40. Kenneth B. Keating (R)
• 41. James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R)
• 42. Walter G. Andrews (R)
• 43. Edward J. Elsaesser (R)
• 44. John Cornelius Butler (R)
• 45. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

• 1. Herbert C. Bonner (D)
• 2. John H. Kerr (D)
• 3. Graham A. Barden (D)
• 4. Harold D. Cooley (D)
• 5. John Hamlin Folger (D)
• 6. Carl T. Durham (D)
• 7. J. Bayard Clark (D)
• 8. Charles B. Deane (D)
• 9. Robert L. Doughton (D)
• 10. Hamilton C. Jones (D)
• 11. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
• 12. Monroe M. Redden (D)

North Dakota

• At-large. William Lemke (Nonpartisan Republican)
• At-large. Charles R. Robertson (R)

Ohio

• At-large. George H. Bender (R)
• 1. Charles H. Elston (R)
• 2. William E. Hess (R)
• 3. Raymond H. Burke (R)
• 4. Robert Franklin Jones (R), until September 2, 1947
  • William M. McCulloch (R), from November 4, 1947
• 5. Cliff Clevenger (R)
• 6. Edward O. McCowen (R)
• 7. Clarence J. Brown (R)
• 8. Frederick C. Smith (R)
• 9. Homer A. Ramey (R)
• 10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
• 11. Walter E. Brehm (R)
• 12. John M. Vorys (R)
• 13. Alvin F. Weichel (R)
• 14. Walter B. Huber (D)
• 15. Percy W. Griffiths (R)
• 16. Henderson H. Carson (R)
• 17. J. Harry McGregor (R)
• 18. Earl R. Lewis (R)
• 19. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
• 20. Michael A. Feighan (D)
• 21. Robert Crosser (D)
• 22. Frances P. Bolton (R)

Oklahoma

• 1. George B. Schwabe (R)
• 2. William G. Stigler (D)
• 3. Carl Albert (D)
• 4. Glen D. Johnson (D)
• 5. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
• 6. Toby Morris (D)
• 7. Preston E. Peden (D)
• 8. Ross Rizley (R)

Oregon

• 1. A. Walter Norblad (R)
• 2. Lowell Stockman (R)
• 3. Homer D. Angell (R)
• 4. Harris Ellsworth (R)

Pennsylvania

• 1. James A. Gallagher (R)
• 2. Robert N. McGarvey (R)
• 3. Hardie Scott (R)
• 4. Franklin J. Maloney (R)
• 5. George W. Sarbacher, Jr. (R)
• 6. Hugh Scott (R)
• 7. E. Wallace Chadwick (R)
• 8. Charles L. Gerlach (R), until May 5, 1947
  • Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R), from September 9, 1947
• 9. Paul B. Dague (R)
• 10. James P. Scoblick (R)
• 11. Mitchell Jenkins (R)
• 12. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
• 13. Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (R)
• 14. Wilson D. Gillette (R)
• 15. Robert F. Rich (R)
• 16. Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (R)
• 17. Richard M. Simpson (R)
• 18. John C. Kunkel (R)
• 19. Leon H. Gavin (R)
• 20. Francis E. Walter (D)
• 21. Chester H. Gross (R)
• 22. James E. Van Zandt (R)
• 23. William J. Crow (R)
• 24. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
• 25. Louis E. Graham (R)
• 26. Harve Tibbott (R)
• 27. Augustine B. Kelley (D)
• 28. Carroll D. Kearns (R)
• 29. John McDowell (R)
• 30. Robert J. Corbett (R)
• 31. James G. Fulton (R)
• 32. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
• 33. Frank Buchanan (D)

Rhode Island

• 1. Aime Forand (D)
• 2. John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina

• 1. L. Mendel Rivers (D)
• 2. John J. Riley (D)
• 3. W.J. Bryan Dorn (D)
• 4. Joseph R. Bryson (D)
• 5. James P. Richards (D)
• 6. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota

• 1. Karl E. Mundt (R), until December 30, 1948, vacant thereafter
• 2. Francis Case (R)

Tennessee

• 1. Dayton E. Phillips (R)
• 2. John Jennings, Jr. (R)
• 3. C. Estes Kefauver (D)
• 4. Albert A. Gore Sr. (D)
• 5. Joe L. Evins (D)
• 6. J. Percy Priest (D)
• 7. W. Wirt Courtney (D)
• 8. Tom J. Murray (D)
• 9. Jere Cooper (D)
• 10. Clifford Davis (D)

Texas

• 1. Wright Patman (D)
• 2. Jesse M. Combs (D)
• 3. Lindley Beckworth (D)
• 4. Sam Rayburn (D)
• 5. Joseph Franklin Wilson (D)
• 6. Olin E. Teague (D)
• 7. Tom Pickett (D)
• 8. Albert Thomas (D)
• 9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D), until July 12, 1947
  • Clark W. Thompson, from August 23, 1947
• 10. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
• 11. William R. Poage (D)
• 12. Wingate H. Lucas (D)
• 13. Ed Gossett (D)
• 14. John E. Lyle, Jr. (D)
• 15. Milton H. West (D), until October 28, 1948
  • Lloyd Bentsen (D), from December 4, 1948
• 16. R. Ewing Thomason (D), until July 31, 1947
  • Kenneth M. Regan (D), from August 23, 1947
• 17. Omar Burleson (D)
• 18. Eugene Worley (D)
• 19. George H. Mahon (D)
• 20. Paul J. Kilday (D)
• 21. O. Clark Fisher (D)

Utah

• 1. Walter K. Granger (D)
• 2. William A. Dawson (R)

Vermont

• At-large. Charles A. Plumley (R)

Virginia

• 1. S. Otis Bland (D)
• 2. Porter Hardy, Jr. (D)
• 3. J. Vaughan Gary (D)
• 4. Patrick H. Drewry (D), until December 21, 1947
  • Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D), from February 17, 1948
• 5. Thomas Bahnson Stanley (D)
• 6. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. (D), until April 17, 1948
  • Clarence G. Burton (D), from November 2, 1948
• 7. Burr Harrison (D)
• 8. Howard W. Smith (D)
• 9. John W. Flannagan, Jr. (D)

Washington

• 1. Homer R. Jones (R)
• 2. Henry M. Jackson (D)
• 3. Fred B. Norman (R), until April 18, 1947
  • Russell V. Mack (R), from June 7, 1947
• 4. Hal Holmes (R)
• 5. Walt Horan (R)
• 6. Thor C. Tollefson (R)

West Virginia

• 1. Francis J. Love (R)
• 2. Melvin C. Snyder (R)
• 3. Edward G. Rohrbough (R)
• 4. Hubert S. Ellis (R)
• 5. John Kee (D)
• 6. E. H. Hedrick (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. Lawrence H. Smith (R)
• 2. Glenn R. Davis (R), from April 22, 1947
• 3. William H. Stevenson (R)
• 4. John C. Brophy (R)
• 5. Charles J. Kersten (R)
• 6. Frank B. Keefe (R)
• 7. Reid F. Murray (R)
• 8. John W. Byrnes (R)
• 9. Merlin Hull (R)
• 10. Alvin E. O'Konski (R)

Wyoming

• At-large. Frank A. Barrett (R)

Non-voting members

• Alaska Territory. Bob Bartlett (D)
• Hawaii Territory. Joseph Rider Farrington (R)
• Puerto Rico. Antonio Fernós Isern (Resident Commissioner) (PPD)

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress

Senate

There were 3 deaths, 2 resignations, and one lost mid-term election.

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

|- | Mississippi
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Theodore Bilbo (D) | Died August 21, 1947.
Successor was elected November 17, 1947. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Stennis (D) | November 17, 1947

|- | Louisiana
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Holmes Overton (D) | Died May 14, 1948.
Successor was appointed to continue the term. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William C. Feazel (D) | May 18, 1948

|- | South Dakota
(2) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Harlan Bushfield (R) | Died September 27, 1948.
Successor was appointed to finish the term. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Vera Bushfield (R) | October 6, 1948

|- | South Dakota
(2) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Vera Bushfield (R) | Interim appointee resigned December 26, 1948.
Successor was appointed to finish the term. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Karl Earl Mundt (R) | December 31, 1948

|- | Louisiana
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William C. Feazel (D) | Interim appointee retired when successor elected.
Successor was elected December 31, 1948. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Russell B. Long (D) | December 31, 1948

|- | North Carolina
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William Umstead (D) | Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor was elected December 31, 1948. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Melville Broughton (D) | December 31, 1948

|}

House of Representatives

There were 9 deaths and 7 resignations.

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | Alabama
8th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | John Sparkman resigned in previous Congress after being elected to the US Senate | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D) | Seated January 28, 1947 |- | Wisconsin
2nd | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Robert K. Henry died during previous Congress | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Glenn R. Davis (R) | Seated April 22, 1947 |- | Washington
3rd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Fred Norman (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 18, 1947 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Russell Mack (R) | Seated June 7, 1947 |- | Pennsylvania
8th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles Gerlach (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 5, 1947 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Franklin Lichtenwalter (R) | Seated September 9, 1947 |- | Maryland
3rd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 16, 1947 after being elected Mayor of Baltimore | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Edward Garmatz (D) | Seated July 15, 1947 |- | Michigan
11th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Fred Bradley (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 24, 1947 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles Potter (R) | Seated August 26, 1947 |- | Texas
9th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joseph J. Mansfield (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 12, 1947 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Clark W. Thompson (D) | Seated August 23, 1947 |- | Texas
16th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | R. Ewing Thomason (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 31, 1947 after being appointed as a judge of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Kenneth M. Regan (D) | Seated August 23, 1947 |- | Massachusetts
9th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles Gifford (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 23, 1947 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Donald Nicholson (R) | Seated November 18, 1947 |- | Indiana
10th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Raymond S. Springer (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 28, 1947 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ralph Harvey (R) | Seated November 4, 1947 |- | Ohio
4th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert Franklin Jones (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 2, 1947, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William M. McCulloch (R) | Seated November 4, 1947 |- | New York
14th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Leo Rayfiel (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 13, 1947, having been appointed a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Abraham Multer (D) | Seated November 4, 1947 |- | Illinois
21st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George E. Howell (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 5, 1947 after being appointed judge of the US Court of Claims | colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress |- | Virginia
4th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Patrick Drewry (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 21, 1947 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Watkins Abbitt (D) | Seated February 17, 1948 |- | New York
24th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Benjamin J. Rabin (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1947 | style="background-color:#DCDCDC" | Leo Isacson (AL) | Seated February 17, 1948 |- | Kentucky
2nd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Earle Clements (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 6, 1948 to become Governor of Kentucky | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Whitaker (D) | Seated April 17, 1948 |- | Kentucky
9th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John Robsion (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 17, 1948 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William Lewis (R) | Seated April 24, 1948 |- | Missouri
10th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Orville Zimmerman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 7, 1948 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Paul Jones (D) | Seated November 2, 1948 |- | Virginia
6th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Lindsay Almond (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 17, 1948, having been elected Attorney General of Virginia | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Clarence Burton (D) | Seated November 2, 1948 |- | Illinois
7th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Thomas L. Owens (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 7, 1948 | colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress |- | Indiana
6th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Noble J. Johnson (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 1, 1948 after being appointed as judge of US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals | colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress |- | Texas
15th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Milton H. West (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 28, 1948 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Lloyd Bentsen (D) | Seated December 4, 1948 |- | New York
7th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Delaney (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 18, 1948 | colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress |- | South Dakota
1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Karl E. Mundt (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1948 after being appointed to the U.S. Senate | colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress |}

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn

Senate

• Chaplain: Peter Marshall
• Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
• Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler
• Sergeant at Arms: Edward F. McGinnis

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
• Clerk: John Andrews
• Doorkeeper: M. L. Meletio
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
• Postmaster: Frank W. Collier
• Sergeant at Arms: William F. Russell

See also

• United States elections, 1946 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1946
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1946
• United States elections, 1948 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1948
  • United States Senate elections, 1948
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1948

External links

• House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 80th Congress (PDF).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 80th Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 80th Congress, 2d Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 80th Congress, 2d Session (Revision).