83rd United States Congress

83rd United States Congress
82nd ← → 84th
(1956)
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
Members	96 senators 435 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Alben W. Barkley (D) until January 20, 1953 Richard Nixon (R) from January 20, 1953
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1953 – August 3, 1953 2nd: January 6, 1954 – December 2, 1954

The Eighty-third 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. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

Main articles: 1953 in the United States, 1954 in the United States, and 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

President Eisenhower signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

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

• July 3, 1953: Small Business Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 83–163, ch. 282, 67 Stat. 232
• August 7, 1953: Refugee Relief Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 83–203
• August 7, 1953: Submerged Lands Act, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462
• August 14, 1953: Public Law 280, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 83–280, 18 U.S.C. § 1162
• May 13, 1954: Saint Lawrence Seaway Act, ch. 201, 68 Stat. 92
• August 12, 1954: Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, ch. 649, title II, §201, 68 Stat. 612
• August 13, 1954: Multiple Mineral Development Act, ch. 730, 68 Stat. 708
• August 16, 1954: Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 83–591, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 3
  • Federal Unemployment Tax Act, §1(d), 68A Stat. 439
  • National Firearms Act, §1(d), 68A Stat. 721
• August 24, 1954: Communist Control Act of 1954, ch. 886, 68 Stat. 775
• August 30, 1954: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 68 Stat. 919
• 1954: Agricultural Act of 1954
• 1954: Water Facilities Act of 1954

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Independent (I)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	47	0	48	95	1
Begin	47	1	48	96	0
End
Final voting share	49.0%	1.0%	50.0%
Beginning of next congress	48	1	47	96	0

House of Representatives

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total	Vacant
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	Democratic	Independent	Republican
End of previous Congress	228	1	198	427	8
Begin	211	1	221	433	2
End	212		213	426	9
Beginning of next Congress	231	0	203	434	1

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 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 Dirksen (R)

Indiana

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

Iowa

• 2. Guy 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. Pat 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 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)
• 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. Mike Monroney (D)

Oregon

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

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 H. 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. Absalom Willis Robertson (D)

Washington

• 1. Henry M. Jackson (D)
• 3. Warren 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

House of Representatives

Alabama

• 1. Frank W. Boykin (D)
• 2. George M. Grant (D)
• 3. George W. Andrews (D)
• 4. Kenneth A. Roberts (D)
• 5. Albert Rains (D)
• 6. Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D)
• 7. Carl Elliott (D)
• 8. Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)
• 9. Laurie C. Battle (D)

Arizona

• 1. John Jacob Rhodes (R)
• 2. Harold Patten (D)

Arkansas

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

California

• 1. Hubert B. Scudder (R)
• 2. Clair Engle (D)
• 3. John E. Moss (D)
• 4. William S. Mailliard (R)
• 5. John F. Shelley (D)
• 6. Robert Condon (D)
• 7. John J. Allen Jr. (R)
• 8. George P. Miller (D)
• 9. J. Arthur Younger (R)
• 10. Charles Gubser (R)
• 11. J. Leroy Johnson (R)
• 12. Allan O. Hunter (R)
• 13. Ernest K. Bramblett (R)
• 14. Harlan Hagen (D)
• 15. Gordon L. McDonough (R)
• 16. Donald L. Jackson (R)
• 17. Cecil R. King (D)
• 18. Craig Hosmer (R)
• 19. Chester E. Holifield (D)
• 20. John Carl Hinshaw (R)
• 21. Edgar W. Hiestand (R)
• 22. Joseph F. Holt (R)
• 23. Clyde Doyle (D)
• 24. Norris Poulson (R), until June 11, 1953
  • Glenard P. Lipscomb (R), from November 10, 1953
• 25. Patrick J. Hillings (R)
• 26. Sam Yorty (D)
• 27. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
• 28. James B. Utt (R)
• 29. John R. Phillips (R)
• 30. Bob Wilson (R)

Colorado

• 1. Byron G. Rogers (D)
• 2. William S. Hill (R)
• 3. John Chenoweth (R)
• 4. Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

Connecticut

• 1. Thomas J. Dodd (D)
• 2. Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R)
• 3. Albert W. Cretella (R)
• 4. Albert P. Morano (R)
• 5. James T. Patterson (R)
• At-large. Antoni Sadlak (R)

Delaware

• At-large. Herbert Warburton (R)

Florida

• 1. Courtney W. Campbell (D)
• 2. Charles E. Bennett (D)
• 3. Bob Sikes (D)
• 4. Bill Lantaff (D)
• 5. Syd Herlong (D)
• 6. Dwight L. Rogers (D), until December 1, 1954
• 7. James A. Haley (D)
• 8. Donald Ray Matthews (D)

Georgia

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

Idaho

• 1. Gracie Pfost (D)
• 2. Hamer H. Budge (R)

Illinois

• 1. William L. Dawson (D)
• 2. Barratt O'Hara (D)
• 3. Fred E. Busbey (R)
• 4. William E. McVey (R)
• 5. John C. Kluczynski (D)
• 6. Thomas J. O'Brien (D)
• 7. James Bowler (D), from July 7, 1953
• 8. Thomas S. Gordon (D)
• 9. Sidney R. Yates (D)
• 10. Richard W. Hoffman (R)
• 11. Timothy P. Sheehan (R)
• 12. Edgar A. Jonas (R)
• 13. Marguerite S. Church (R)
• 14. Chauncey W. Reed (R)
• 15. Noah M. Mason (R)
• 16. Leo E. Allen (R)
• 17. Leslie C. Arends (R)
• 18. Harold H. Velde (R)
• 19. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
• 20. Sid Simpson (R)
• 21. Peter F. Mack Jr. (D)
• 22. William L. Springer (R)
• 23. Charles W. Vursell (R)
• 24. Melvin Price (D)
• 25. C. W. Bishop (R)

Indiana

• 1. Ray Madden (D)
• 2. Charles A. Halleck (R)
• 3. Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (R)
• 4. E. Ross Adair (R)
• 5. John V. Beamer (R)
• 6. Cecil M. Harden (R)
• 7. William G. Bray (R)
• 8. D. Bailey Merrill (R)
• 9. Earl Wilson (R)
• 10. Ralph Harvey (R)
• 11. Charles B. Brownson (R)

Iowa

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

Kansas

• 1. Howard Shultz Miller (D)
• 2. Errett P. Scrivner (R)
• 3. Myron V. George (R)
• 4. Edward Herbert Rees (R)
• 5. Clifford R. Hope (R)
• 6. Wint Smith (R)

Kentucky

• 1. Noble J. Gregory (D)
• 2. Garrett Withers (D), until April 30, 1953
  • William Natcher (D), from August 1, 1953
• 3. John M. Robsion Jr. (R)
• 4. Frank Chelf (D)
• 5. Brent Spence (D)
• 6. John C. Watts (D)
• 7. Carl D. Perkins (D)
• 8. James S. Golden (R)

Louisiana

• 1. F. Edward Hébert (D)
• 2. Hale Boggs (D)
• 3. Edwin E. Willis (D)
• 4. Overton Brooks (D)
• 5. Otto Passman (D)
• 6. James H. Morrison (D)
• 7. T. Ashton Thompson (D)
• 8. George S. Long (D)

Maine

• 1. Robert Hale (R)
• 2. Charles P. Nelson (R)
• 3. Clifford McIntire (R)

Maryland

• 1. Edward Tylor Miller (R)
• 2. James Devereux (R)
• 3. Edward Garmatz (D)
• 4. George Hyde Fallon (D)
• 5. Frank Small Jr. (R)
• 6. DeWitt Hyde (R)
• 7. Samuel Friedel (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. John W. Heselton (R)
• 2. Edward Boland (D)
• 3. Philip J. Philbin (D)
• 4. Harold Donohue (D)
• 5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
• 6. William H. Bates (R)
• 7. Thomas J. Lane (D)
• 8. Angier Goodwin (R)
• 9. Donald W. Nicholson (R)
• 10. Laurence Curtis (R)
• 11. Tip O'Neill (D)
• 12. John W. McCormack (D)
• 13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
• 14. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

Michigan

• 1. Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D)
• 2. George Meader (R)
• 3. Paul W. Shafer (R), until August 17, 1954
• 4. Clare Hoffman (R)
• 5. Gerald Ford (R)
• 6. Kit Clardy (R)
• 7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
• 8. Alvin Morell Bentley (R)
• 9. Ruth Thompson (R)
• 10. Elford Albin Cederberg (R)
• 11. Victor A. Knox (R)
• 12. John B. Bennett (R)
• 13. George D. O'Brien (D)
• 14. Louis C. Rabaut (D)
• 15. John Dingell Sr. (D)
• 16. John Lesinski Jr. (D)
• 17. Charles G. Oakman (R)
• 18. George Anthony Dondero (R)

Minnesota

• 1. August H. Andresen (R)
• 2. Joseph P. O'Hara (R)
• 3. Roy Wier (DFL)
• 4. Eugene McCarthy (DFL)
• 5. Walter Judd (R)
• 6. Fred Marshall (DFL)
• 7. Herman Carl Andersen (R)
• 8. John Blatnik (DFL)
• 9. Harold Hagen (R)

Mississippi

• 1. Thomas Abernethy (D)
• 2. Jamie Whitten (D)
• 3. Frank Ellis Smith (D)
• 4. John Bell Williams (D)
• 5. W. Arthur Winstead (D)
• 6. William M. Colmer (D)

Missouri

• 1. Frank M. Karsten (D)
• 2. Thomas B. Curtis (R)
• 3. Leonor Sullivan (D)
• 4. Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (R)
• 5. Richard Walker Bolling (D)
• 6. William Clay Cole (R)
• 7. Dewey Jackson Short (R)
• 8. A. S. J. Carnahan (D)
• 9. Clarence Cannon (D)
• 10. Paul C. Jones (D)
• 11. Morgan M. Moulder (D)

Montana

• 1. Lee Metcalf (D)
• 2. Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

Nebraska

• 1. Carl Curtis (R), until December 31, 1954
• 2. Roman Hruska (R), until November 8, 1954
• 3. Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)
• 4. Arthur L. Miller (R)

Nevada

• At-large. Clarence Clifton Young (R)

New Hampshire

• 1. Chester Earl Merrow (R)
• 2. Norris Cotton (R), until November 7, 1954

New Jersey

• 1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
• 2. T. Millet Hand (R)
• 3. James C. Auchincloss (R)
• 4. Charles R. Howell (D)
• 5. Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R)
• 6. Clifford P. Case (R), until August 16, 1953
  • Harrison A. Williams (D), from November 3, 1953
• 7. William B. Widnall (R)
• 8. Gordon Canfield (R)
• 9. Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R)
• 10. Peter W. Rodino (D)
• 11. Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D)
• 12. Robert Kean (R)
• 13. Alfred Dennis Sieminski (D)
• 14. Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico

• At-large. John J. Dempsey (D)
• At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D)

New York

• 1. Stuyvesant Wainwright (R)
• 2. Steven Derounian (R)
• 3. Frank J. Becker (R)
• 4. Henry J. Latham (R)
• 5. Albert H. Bosch (R)
• 6. Lester Holtzman (D)
• 7. James J. Delaney (D)
• 8. Louis B. Heller (D), until July 21, 1954
• 9. Eugene J. Keogh (D)
• 10. Edna F. Kelly (D)
• 11. Emanuel Celler (D)
• 12. Francis E. Dorn (R)
• 13. Abraham J. Multer (D)
• 14. John J. Rooney (D)
• 15. John H. Ray (R)
• 16. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D)
• 17. Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R)
• 18. James G. Donovan (D)
• 19. Arthur George Klein (D)
• 20. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (D)
• 21. Jacob Javits (R), until December 31, 1954
• 22. Sidney A. Fine (D)
• 23. Isidore Dollinger (D)
• 24. Charles A. Buckley (D)
• 25. Paul A. Fino (R)
• 26. Ralph A. Gamble (R)
• 27. Ralph W. Gwinn (R)
• 28. Katharine St. George (R)
• 29. J. Ernest Wharton (R)
• 30. Leo W. O'Brien (D)
• 31. Dean P. Taylor (R)
• 32. Bernard W. Kearney (R)
• 33. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
• 34. William R. Williams (R)
• 35. R. Walter Riehlman (R)
• 36. John Taber (R)
• 37. W. Sterling Cole (R)
• 38. Kenneth Keating (R)
• 39. Harold C. Ostertag (R)
• 40. William E. Miller (R)
• 41. Edmund P. Radwan (R)
• 42. John R. Pillion (R)
• 43. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

• 1. Herbert Covington Bonner (D)
• 2. Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
• 3. Graham A. Barden (D)
• 4. Harold D. Cooley (D)
• 5. Richard Thurmond Chatham (D)
• 6. Carl T. Durham (D)
• 7. Frank Ertel Carlyle (D)
• 8. Charles B. Deane (D)
• 9. Hugh Quincy Alexander (D)
• 10. Charles R. Jonas (R)
• 11. Woodrow W. Jones (D)
• 12. George A. Shuford (D)

North Dakota

• At-large. Otto Krueger (R)
• At-large. Usher L. Burdick (Nonpartisan Republican)

Ohio

• 1. Gordon H. Scherer (R)
• 2. William E. Hess (R)
• 3. Paul F. Schenck (R)
• 4. William Moore McCulloch (R)
• 5. Cliff Clevenger (R)
• 6. James G. Polk (D)
• 7. Clarence J. Brown (R)
• 8. Jackson Edward Betts (R)
• 9. Frazier Reams (I)
• 10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
• 11. Oliver P. Bolton (R)
• 12. John M. Vorys (R)
• 13. Alvin F. Weichel (R)
• 14. William Hanes Ayres (R)
• 15. Robert T. Secrest (D), until September 26, 1954
• 16. Frank T. Bow (R)
• 17. J. Harry McGregor (R)
• 18. Wayne Hays (D)
• 19. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
• 20. Michael A. Feighan (D)
• 21. Robert Crosser (D)
• 22. Frances P. Bolton (R)
• 23. George H. Bender (R), until December 15, 1954

Oklahoma

• 1. Page Belcher (R)
• 2. Ed Edmondson (D)
• 3. Carl Albert (D)
• 4. Tom Steed (D)
• 5. John Jarman (D)
• 6. Victor Wickersham (D)

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

• 1. William A. Barrett (D)
• 2. William T. Granahan (D)
• 3. James A. Byrne (D)
• 4. Earl Chudoff (D)
• 5. William J. Green Jr. (D)
• 6. Hugh Scott (R)
• 7. Benjamin F. James (R)
• 8. Karl C. King (R)
• 9. Paul B. Dague (R)
• 10. Joseph L. Carrigg (R)
• 11. Edward Bonin (R)
• 12. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
• 13. Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R)
• 14. George M. Rhodes (D)
• 15. Francis E. Walter (D)
• 16. Walter M. Mumma (R)
• 17. Alvin Bush (R)
• 18. Richard M. Simpson (R)
• 19. S. Walter Stauffer (R)
• 20. James E. Van Zandt (R)
• 21. Augustine B. Kelley (D)
• 22. John P. Saylor (R)
• 23. Leon H. Gavin (R)
• 24. Carroll D. Kearns (R)
• 25. Louis E. Graham (R)
• 26. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
• 27. James G. Fulton (R)
• 28. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
• 29. Robert J. Corbett (R)
• 30. Vera 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. William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D)
• 4. Joseph R. Bryson (D), until March 10, 1953
  • Robert T. Ashmore (D), from June 2, 1953
• 5. James P. Richards (D)
• 6. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota

• 1. Harold Lovre (R)
• 2. Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

Tennessee

• 1. B. Carroll Reece (R)
• 2. Howard Baker Sr. (R)
• 3. James B. Frazier Jr. (D)
• 4. Joe L. Evins (D)
• 5. Percy Priest (D)
• 6. James Patrick Sutton (D)
• 7. Tom J. Murray (D)
• 8. Jere Cooper (D)
• 9. Clifford Davis (D)

Texas

• At-large. Martin Dies Jr. (D)
• 1. Wright Patman (D)
• 2. Jack Brooks (D)
• 3. Brady P. Gentry (D)
• 4. Sam Rayburn (D)
• 5. Joseph Franklin Wilson (D)
• 6. Olin E. Teague (D)
• 7. John Dowdy (D)
• 8. Albert Richard Thomas (D)
• 9. Clark W. Thompson (D)
• 10. Homer Thornberry (D)
• 11. William R. Poage (D)
• 12. Wingate H. Lucas (D)
• 13. Frank N. Ikard (D)
• 14. John E. Lyle Jr. (D)
• 15. Lloyd Bentsen (D)
• 16. Kenneth M. Regan (D)
• 17. Omar Burleson (D)
• 18. Walter E. Rogers (D)
• 19. George H. Mahon (D)
• 20. Paul J. Kilday (D)
• 21. O. C. Fisher (D)

Utah

• 1. Douglas R. Stringfellow (R)
• 2. William A. Dawson (R)

Vermont

• At-large. Winston L. Prouty (R)

Virginia

• 1. Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D)
• 2. Porter Hardy Jr. (D)
• 3. J. Vaughan Gary (D)
• 4. Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)
• 5. Thomas B. Stanley (D), until February 3, 1953
  • William M. Tuck (D), from April 14, 1953
• 6. Richard Harding Poff (R)
• 7. Burr Harrison (D)
• 8. Howard W. Smith (D)
• 9. William C. Wampler (R)
• 10. Joel Broyhill (R)

Washington

• At-large. Donald H. Magnuson (D)
• 1. Thomas Pelly (R)
• 2. Jack Westland (R)
• 3. Russell V. Mack (R)
• 4. Hal Holmes (R)
• 5. Walt Horan (R)
• 6. Thor C. Tollefson (R)

West Virginia

• 1. Bob Mollohan (D)
• 2. Harley Orrin Staggers (D)
• 3. Cleveland M. Bailey (D)
• 4. Will E. Neal (R)
• 5. Elizabeth Kee (D)
• 6. Robert Byrd (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. Lawrence H. Smith (R)
• 2. Glenn Robert Davis (R)
• 3. Gardner R. Withrow (R)
• 4. Clement J. Zablocki (D)
• 5. Charles J. Kersten (R)
• 6. William Van Pelt (R)
• 7. Melvin Laird (R)
• 8. John W. Byrnes (R)
• 9. Merlin Hull (R), until May 17, 1953
  • Lester Johnson (D), from October 13, 1953
• 10. Alvin O'Konski (R)

Wyoming

• At-large. William Henry Harrison III (R)

Non-voting members

• Alaska Territory. Bob Bartlett (D)
• Hawaii Territory. Joseph Rider Farrington (R), until June 19, 1954
  • Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R), from July 31, 1954
• Puerto Rico. Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Changes in membership

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

Senate

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate |- | North Carolina
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Willis Smith (D) | Died June 26, 1953.
Successor appointed July 10, 1953. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alton Lennon (D) | July 10, 1953

|- | New Hampshire
(3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles W. Tobey (R) | Died July 24, 1953.
Successor appointed August 14, 1953. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert W. Upton (R) | August 14, 1953

|- | Ohio
(3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert A. Taft (R) | Died July 31, 1953.
Successor appointed November 10, 1953. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas A. Burke (D) | November 10, 1953

|- | Nebraska
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Dwight Griswold (R) | Died April 12, 1954.
Successor appointed April 16, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Eva Bowring (R) | April 16, 1954

|- | North Carolina
(3) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Clyde R. Hoey (D) | Died May 12, 1954.
Successor appointed May 12, 1954 and then elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Sam Ervin (D) | June 5, 1954

|- | Wyoming
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Lester C. Hunt (D) | Died June 19, 1954.
Successor appointed June 24, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Edward D. Crippa (R) | June 24, 1954

|- | Nebraska
(1) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Hugh A. Butler (R) | Died July 1, 1954.
Successor appointed July 3, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Samuel W. Reynolds (R) | July 3, 1954

|- | South Carolina
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Burnet R. Maybank (D) | Died September 1, 1954.
Successor appointed September 6, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles E. Daniel (D) | September 6, 1954

|- | Nevada
(3) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Pat McCarran (D) | Died September 28, 1954.
Successor appointed October 1, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ernest S. Brown (R) | October 1, 1954

|- | Nebraska
(1) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Samuel W. Reynolds (R) | Did not run in the special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Roman Hruska (R) | November 8, 1954

|- | Nebraska
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Eva Bowring (R) | Did not run in the special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Hazel Abel (R) | November 8, 1954

|- | New Hampshire
(3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert W. Upton (R) | Lost special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Norris Cotton (R) | November 8, 1954

|- | North Carolina
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alton Lennon (D) | Lost special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | W. Kerr Scott (D) | November 29, 1954

|- | Wyoming
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Edward D. Crippa (R) | Did not run in the special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) | November 29, 1954

|- | Nevada
(3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ernest S. Brown (R) | Lost special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alan Bible (D) | December 2, 1954

|- | Ohio
(3) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas A. Burke (D) | Lost special election to fill seat.
Successor elected November 2, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George H. Bender (R) | December 16, 1954

|- | South Carolina
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles E. Daniel (D) | Resigned December 23, 1954.
Successor appointed December 24, 1954. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Strom Thurmond (D) | December 24, 1954

|- | Nebraska
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Hazel Abel (R) | Resigned December 31, 1954.
Successor was appointed January 1, 1955. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Carl Curtis (R) | January 1, 1955

|}

House of Representatives

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | Georgia 2nd | Vacant | Rep. Edward E. Cox died during previous congress | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | J. L. Pilcher (D) | February 4, 1953

|- | Illinois 7th | Vacant | Rep. Adolph J. Sabath died during previous congress | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | James Bowler (D) | July 7, 1953

|- | Virginia 5th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Thomas B. Stanley (D) | Resigned February 3, 1953, to run for Governor of Virginia | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | William M. Tuck (D) | April 14, 1953

|- | South Carolina 4th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Joseph R. Bryson (D) | Died March 10, 1953 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Robert T. Ashmore (D) | June 2, 1953

|- | Kentucky 2nd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Garrett Withers (D) | Died April 30, 1953 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | William Natcher (D) | August 1, 1953

|- | Wisconsin 9th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Merlin Hull (R) | Died May 17, 1953 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Lester Johnson (D) | October 13, 1953

|- | California 24th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Norris Poulson (R) | Resigned June 11, 1953, after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) | November 10, 1953

|- | New Jersey 6th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Clifford P. Case (R) | Resigned August 16, 1953 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Harrison A. Williams (D) | November 3, 1953

|- | Hawaii Territory At-large | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Joseph Rider Farrington (R) | Died June 19, 1954 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R) | August 4, 1954

|- | New York 8th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" 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

|- | Georgia 4th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Albert Sidney Camp (D) | Died July 24, 1954 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John Flynt (D) | November 2, 1954

|- | Michigan 3rd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Paul W. Shafer (R) | Died August 17, 1954 | rowspan=8 |Vacant | rowspan=8 |Not filled this term

|- | Ohio 15th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Robert T. Secrest (D) | Resigned September 26, 1954

|- | New Hampshire 2nd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Norris Cotton (R) | Resigned November 7, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

|- | Nebraska 2nd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Roman Hruska (R) | Resigned November 8, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

|- | Florida 6th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Dwight L. Rogers (D) | Died December 1, 1954

|- | Ohio 15th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| George H. Bender (R) | Resigned December 15, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

|- | Nebraska 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Carl Curtis (R) | Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

|- | New York 21st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Jacob Javits (R) | Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected New York Attorney General

|}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (2 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

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: [data missing]; Ranking Member: [data missing])
• Compensation of Members of Congress (Select) (Chairman: [data missing]; Ranking Member: [data missing])
• 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: [data missing]; Ranking Member: [data missing])
• 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: [data missing])
• 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: [data missing]; Ranking Member: [data missing])
• 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

See also

• 1952 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
  • 1952 United States presidential election
  • 1952 United States Senate elections
  • 1952 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1954 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • 1954 United States Senate elections
  • 1954 United States House of Representatives elections

External links

• House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 83rd Congress (PDF).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 83rd Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 83rd Congress, 2nd Session.
• Pocket Congressional Directory for the 83rd Congress.