83rd United States Congress

83rd United States Congress
83rd United States Congress
82nd ← → 84th
	United States Capitol (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 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. Moreover, Republican trifecta only existed on 107th Congress from January 20, 2001 to June 6, 2001 when Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords switched from Republican to Independent.

Major events[]

January 20, 1953: Dwight Eisenhower is sworn in as President of the United States in his first inauguration^[1]
March 1, 1954: U.S. Capitol shooting incident^[2]^[3]
December 2, 1954: Joseph McCarthy is censured by the U.S. Senate^[4]

Major legislation[]

President Eisenhower signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

July 3, 1953: Small Business Act, Pub.L. 83–163, ch. 282, 67 Stat. 232
August 7, 1953: Refugee Relief Act, Pub.L. 83–203
August 7, 1953: Submerged Lands Act, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462
August 14, 1953: Public Law 280, Pub.L. 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: , ch. 730, 68 Stat. 708
August 16, 1954: Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Pub.L. 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:

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	47	1	48	96	0
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

	Democratic	Independent	Republican
End of previous Congress	228	1	198	427	8

Begin	211	1	221	433	2
End	212	1	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-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. 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 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

Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 83rd Congress in January 1953

2 Democrats

1 Democrat and 1 Republican

2 Republicans

1 Independent and 1 Republican

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[]

▌At-large. Antoni Sadlak (R)

▌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)

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 (R-NPL)

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+% Democratic	80+% 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[]

State (class)	Vacated by	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation^[a]
North Carolina (2)	Willis Smith (D)	Died June 26, 1953. Successor appointed July 10, 1953.	Alton Lennon (D)	July 10, 1953
New Hampshire (3)	Charles W. Tobey (R)	Died July 24, 1953. Successor appointed August 14, 1953.	Robert W. Upton (R)	August 14, 1953
Ohio (3)	Robert A. Taft (R)	Died July 31, 1953. Successor appointed November 10, 1953.	Thomas A. Burke (D)	November 10, 1953
Nebraska (2)	Dwight Griswold (R)	Died April 12, 1954. Successor appointed April 16, 1954.	Eva Bowring (R)	April 16, 1954
North Carolina (3)	Clyde R. Hoey (D)	Died May 12, 1954. Successor appointed May 12, 1954 and then elected November 2, 1954.	Sam Ervin (D)	June 5, 1954
Wyoming (2)	Lester C. Hunt (D)	Died June 19, 1954. Successor appointed June 24, 1954.	Edward D. Crippa (R)	June 24, 1954
Nebraska (1)	Hugh A. Butler (R)	Died July 1, 1954. Successor appointed July 3, 1954.	Samuel W. Reynolds (R)	July 3, 1954
South Carolina (2)	Burnet R. Maybank (D)	Died September 1, 1954. Successor appointed September 6, 1954.	Charles E. Daniel (D)	September 6, 1954
Nevada (3)	Pat McCarran (D)	Died September 28, 1954. Successor appointed October 1, 1954.	Ernest S. Brown (R)	October 1, 1954
Nebraska (1)	Samuel W. Reynolds (R)	Did not run in the special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.	Roman Hruska (R)	November 8, 1954
Nebraska (2)	Eva Bowring (R)	Did not run in the special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.	Hazel Abel (R)	November 8, 1954
New Hampshire (3)	Robert W. Upton (R)	Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.	Norris Cotton (R)	November 8, 1954
North Carolina (2)	Alton Lennon (D)	Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.	W. Kerr Scott (D)	November 29, 1954
Wyoming (2)	Edward D. Crippa (R)	Did not run in the special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.	Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)	November 29, 1954
Nevada (3)	Ernest S. Brown (R)	Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.	Alan Bible (D)	December 2, 1954
Ohio (3)	Thomas A. Burke (D)	Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.	George H. Bender (R)	December 16, 1954
South Carolina (2)	Charles E. Daniel (D)	Resigned December 23, 1954. Successor appointed December 24, 1954.	Strom Thurmond (D)	December 24, 1954
Nebraska (2)	Hazel Abel (R)	Resigned December 31, 1954. Successor was appointed January 1, 1955.	Carl Curtis (R)	January 1, 1955

House of Representatives[]

District	Vacated by	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation^[a]
Georgia 2nd	Vacant	Rep. Edward E. Cox died during previous congress	J. L. Pilcher (D)	February 4, 1953
Illinois 7th	Vacant	Rep. Adolph J. Sabath died during previous congress	James Bowler (D)	July 7, 1953
Virginia 5th	Thomas B. Stanley (D)	Resigned February 3, 1953, to run for Governor of Virginia	William M. Tuck (D)	April 14, 1953
South Carolina 4th	Joseph R. Bryson (D)	Died March 10, 1953	Robert T. Ashmore (D)	June 2, 1953
Kentucky 2nd	Garrett Withers (D)	Died April 30, 1953	William Natcher (D)	August 1, 1953
Wisconsin 9th	Merlin Hull (R)	Died May 17, 1953	Lester Johnson (D)	October 13, 1953
California 24th	Norris Poulson (R)	Resigned June 11, 1953, after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles	Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)	November 10, 1953
New Jersey 6th	Clifford P. Case (R)	Resigned August 16, 1953	Harrison A. Williams (D)	November 3, 1953
Hawaii Territory at-large	Joseph Rider Farrington (R)	Died June 19, 1954	Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R)	August 4, 1954
New York 8th	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	Albert Sidney Camp (D)	Died July 24, 1954	John Flynt (D)	November 2, 1954
Michigan 3rd	Paul W. Shafer (R)	Died August 17, 1954	Vacant	Not filled this term
Ohio 15th	Robert T. Secrest (D)	Resigned September 26, 1954
New Hampshire 2nd	Norris Cotton (R)	Resigned November 7, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
Nebraska 2nd	Roman Hruska (R)	Resigned November 8, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
Florida 6th	Dwight L. Rogers (D)	Died December 1, 1954
Ohio 15th	George H. Bender (R)	Resigned December 15, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
Nebraska 1st	Carl Curtis (R)	Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
New York 21st	Jacob Javits (R)	Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected

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 unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/missing])
(Select) (Chairman:[data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/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)
(Special) (Chairman:[data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/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)
(Select) (Chairman:[data unknown/missing])
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 unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/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)
(Select) (Chairman: William S. Hill)
Standards of Official Conduct
(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)
Economic (Chairman: Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott; Vice Chairman: Sen. Ralph Flanders)
(Chairman: Sen. Arthur V. Watkins; Vice Chairman: Rep. Louis E. Graham)
The Library
Printing (Chairman: Sen. William E. Jenner; Vice Chairman: Rep. Karl M. LeCompte)
(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:
Secretary:
Librarian: , until 1954
- (acting), from 1954
:
:
Sergeant at Arms: Forest A. Harness

House of Representatives[]

Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)
Clerk:
Doorkeeper:
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Postmaster:
Reading Clerks: (D) and (R)
Sergeant at Arms: William F. Russell, died July 7, 1953
- , July 8, 1953 – September 15, 1953
- , starting September 15, 1953

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

References[]

^ "Eisenhower Presidential Library". www.eisenhower.archives.gov. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
^ "1954 Shooting | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
^ Network, The Learning. "March 1, 1954 | Puerto Rican Nationalists Open Fire on House of Representatives". The Learning Network. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
^ "U.S. Senate: The Censure Case of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin (1954)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

External links[]

House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 83rd Congress (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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.

[SuccessorInstallation-5] When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

[1] "Eisenhower Presidential Library". www.eisenhower.archives.gov. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

[2] "1954 Shooting | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

[3] Network, The Learning. "March 1, 1954 | Puerto Rican Nationalists Open Fire on House of Representatives". The Learning Network. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

[4] "U.S. Senate: The Censure Case of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin (1954)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

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83rd United States Congress
82nd ← → 84th
United States Capitol (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