83rd United States Congress

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 

 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 

 July 3, 1953: Small Business Act, , ch. 282, 
 August 7, 1953: Refugee Relief Act, 
 August 7, 1953: Submerged Lands Act, ch. 345, 
 August 14, 1953: Public Law 280, , 
 May 13, 1954: Saint Lawrence Seaway Act, ch. 201, 
 August 12, 1954: Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, ch. 649, title II, §201, 
 August 13, 1954: Multiple Mineral Development Act, ch. 730, 
 August 16, 1954: Internal Revenue Code of 1954, , ch. 736, 
 Federal Unemployment Tax Act, §1(d), 
 National Firearms Act, §1(d), 
 August 24, 1954: Communist Control Act of 1954, ch. 886, 
 August 30, 1954: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
 1954: Agricultural Act of 1954
 1954: Water Facilities Act of 1954

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives 

Total Membership: 435 Representatives, 2 Delegates, 1 Resident Commissioner

Leadership

Senate  
 President: Alben W. Barkley (D), until January 20, 1953
 Richard M. 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 F. Knowland, from August 3, 1953
 Majority Whip: Leverett Saltonstall
 Conference Chairman: Eugene Millikin

Minority (Democratic) leadership  
 Minority Leader and Conference Chairman: Lyndon B. Johnson
 Minority Whip: Earle C. Clements

House of Representatives  
 Speaker: Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership  
 Majority Leader: Charles A. Halleck
 Majority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
 Conference Chairman: Clifford R. Hope

Minority (Democratic) leadership  
 Minority Leader: Sam Rayburn
 Minority Whip: John William McCormack
 Caucus Chairman: Wilbur Mills

Caucuses 

 House Democratic Caucus
 Senate Democratic Caucus

Members

Senate 
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Within each state, senators are listed in order of seniority. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1954; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1956; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1958.

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

Arizona 
 1. Barry Goldwater (R)
 3. Carl Hayden (D)

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

California 
 1. William F. Knowland (R)
 3. Thomas H. Kuchel (R)

Colorado 
 2. Edwin Carl Johnson (D)
 3. Eugene D. 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 M. Gillette (D)
 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

Kansas 
 2. Andrew F. Schoeppel (R)
 3. Frank Carlson (R)

Kentucky 
 2. John Sherman Cooper (R)
 3. Earle C. Clements (D)

Louisiana 
 2. Allen Joseph 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 M. Butler (R)

Massachusetts 
 1. John F. Kennedy (D)
 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan 
 1. Charles E. Potter (R)
 2. Homer Ferguson (R)

Minnesota 
 1. Edward J. Thye (R)
 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

Mississippi 
 1. John C. Stennis (D)
 2. James O. 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 Williams Reynolds (R), July 3, 1954 – November 7, 1954
 Roman Hruska (R), from November 8, 1954
 2. Dwight Griswold (R), until April 12, 1954
 Eva K. Bowring (R), April 16, 1954 – November 7, 1954
 Hazel Abel (R), November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1954
 Carl Curtis (R), from January 1, 1955

Nevada 
 1. George W. Malone (R)
 3. Patrick Anthony 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. H. Alexander Smith (R)
 2. Robert C. Hendrickson (R)

New Mexico  
 1. Dennis Chavez (D)
 2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

New York  
 1. Irving Ives (R)
 3. Herbert H. Lehman (D)

North Carolina 
 2. Willis Smith (D), until June 26, 1953
 Alton Asa Lennon (D), July 10, 1953 – November 28, 1954
 W. Kerr Scott (D), from November 29, 1954
 3. Clyde Roark 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. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

Oregon 
 2. Guy Cordon (R)
 3. Wayne L. Morse (Independent)

Pennsylvania 
 1. Edward Martin (R)
 3. James H. Duff (R)

Rhode Island 
 1. John O. Pastore (D)
 2. Theodore Francis 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 A. Gore Sr. (D)
 2. C. Estes Kefauver (D)

Texas 
 1. Price Daniel (D)
 2. Lyndon Johnson (D)

Utah 
 1. Arthur V. Watkins (R)
 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

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

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

Washington 
 1. Henry M. Jackson (D)
 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia 
 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D)
 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

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

Wyoming 
 1. Frank A. Barrett (R)
 2. Lester C. Hunt (D), until June 19, 1954
 Edward D. Crippa (R), June 24, 1954 – November 28, 1954
 Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D), from November 29, 1954

House of Representatives

Alabama 
 . Frank W. Boykin (D)
 . George M. Grant (D)
 . George W. Andrews (D)
 . Kenneth A. Roberts (D)
 . Albert Rains (D)
 . Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D)
 . Carl Elliott (D)
 . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)
 . Laurie C. Battle (D)

Arizona 
 . John Jacob Rhodes (R)
 . Harold A. Patten (D)

Arkansas 
 . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
 . Wilbur D. Mills (D)
 . James William Trimble (D)
 . Oren Harris (D)
 . Brooks Hays (D)
 . William F. Norrell (D)

California 
 . Hubert B. Scudder (R)
 . Clair Engle (D)
 . John E. Moss (D)
 . William S. Mailliard (R)
 . John F. Shelley (D)
 . Robert Condon (D)
 . John J. Allen Jr. (R)
 . George P. Miller (D)
 . Jesse A. Younger (R)
 . Charles S. Gubser (R)
 . Justin L. Johnson (R)
 . Allan O. Hunter (R)
 . Ernest K. Bramblett (R)
 . Harlan Hagen (D)
 . Gordon L. McDonough (R)
 . Donald L. Jackson (R)
 . Cecil R. King (D)
 . Craig Hosmer (R)
 . Chet Holifield (D)
 . John Carl Hinshaw (R)
 . Edgar W. Hiestand (R)
 . Joseph F. Holt (R)
 . Clyde Doyle (D)
 . C. Norris Poulson (R), until June 11, 1953
 Glenard P. Lipscomb (R), from November 10, 1953
 . Patrick J. Hillings (R)
 . Samuel W. Yorty (D)
 . Harry R. Sheppard (D)
 . James B. Utt (R)
 . John J. Phillips (R)
 . Bob Wilson (R)

Colorado 
 . Byron G. Rogers (D)
 . William S. Hill (R)
 . J. Edgar Chenoweth (R)
 . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

Connecticut 
 . Thomas J. Dodd (D)
 . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R)
 . Albert W. Cretella (R)
 . Albert P. Morano (R)
 . James T. Patterson (R)
 . Antoni N. Sadlak (R)

Delaware 
 . Herbert B. Warburton (R)

Florida 
 . Courtney W. Campbell (D)
 . Charles Edward Bennett (D)
 . Bob Sikes (D)
 . Bill Lantaff (D)
 . Syd Herlong (D)
 . Dwight L. Rogers (D), until December 1, 1954
 . James A. Haley (D)
 . Donald Ray Matthews (D)

Georgia 
 . Prince H. Preston Jr. (D)
 . J. L. Pilcher (D), from February 4, 1953
 . Tic Forrester (D)
 . A. Sidney Camp (D), until July 24, 1954
 John J. Flynt Jr. (D), from November 2, 1954
 . James C. Davis (D)
 . Carl Vinson (D)
 . Henderson L. Lanham (D)
 . William M. Wheeler (D)
 . Phillip M. Landrum (D)
 . Paul Brown (D)

Idaho 
 . Gracie Pfost (D)
 . Hamer H. Budge (R)

Illinois 
 . William L. Dawson (D)
 . Barratt O'Hara (D)
 . Fred E. Busbey (R)
 . William E. McVey (R)
 . John C. Kluczynski (D)
 . Thomas Joseph O'Brien (D)
 . James B. Bowler (D), from July 7, 1953
 . Thomas S. Gordon (D)
 . Sidney R. Yates (D)
 . Richard W. Hoffman (R)
 . Timothy P. Sheehan (R)
 . Edgar A. Jonas (R)
 . Marguerite S. Church (R)
 . Chauncey W. Reed (R)
 . Noah M. Mason (R)
 . Leo E. Allen (R)
 . Leslie C. Arends (R)
 . Harold H. Velde (R)
 . Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
 . Sid Simpson (R)
 . Peter F. Mack Jr. (D)
 . William L. Springer (R)
 . Charles W. Vursell (R)
 . Melvin Price (D)
 . C. W. Bishop (R)

Indiana 
 . Ray J. Madden (D)
 . Charles A. Halleck (R)
 . Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (R)
 . E. Ross Adair (R)
 . John V. Beamer (R)
 . Cecil M. Harden (R)
 . William G. Bray (R)
 . D. Bailey Merrill (R)
 . Earl Wilson (R)
 . Ralph Harvey (R)
 . Charles B. Brownson (R)

Iowa 
 . Thomas E. Martin (R)
 . Henry O. Talle (R)
 . Harold R. Gross (R)
 . Karl M. LeCompte (R)
 . Paul H. Cunningham (R)
 . James I. Dolliver (R)
 . Ben F. Jensen (R)
 . Charles B. Hoeven (R)

Kansas 
 . Howard Shultz Miller (D)
 . Errett P. Scrivner (R)
 . Myron V. George (R)
 . Edward Herbert Rees (R)
 . Clifford R. Hope (R)
 . Wint Smith (R)

Kentucky 
 . Noble J. Gregory (D)
 . Garrett L. Withers (D), until April 30, 1953
 William H. Natcher (D), from August 1, 1953
 . John M. Robsion Jr. (R)
 . Frank Chelf (D)
 . Brent Spence (D)
 . John C. Watts (D)
 . Carl D. Perkins (D)
 . James S. Golden (R)

Louisiana 
 . F. Edward Hébert (D)
 . Hale Boggs (D)
 . Edwin E. Willis (D)
 . Overton Brooks (D)
 . Otto E. Passman (D)
 . James H. Morrison (D)
 . Theo A. Thompson (D)
 . George S. Long (D)

Maine 
 . Robert Hale (R)
 . Charles P. Nelson (R)
 . Clifford G. McIntire (R)

Maryland 
 . Edward T. Miller (R)
 . James P. Devereux (R)
 . Edward Garmatz (D)
 . George Hyde Fallon (D)
 . Frank Small Jr. (R)
 . DeWitt S. Hyde (R)
 . Samuel Friedel (D)

Massachusetts 
 . John W. Heselton (R)
 . Edward Boland (D)
 . Philip Philbin (D)
 . Harold Donohue (D)
 . Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
 . William H. Bates (R)
 . Thomas J. Lane (D)
 . Angier L. Goodwin (R)
 . Donald W. Nicholson (R)
 . Laurence Curtis (R)
 . Tip O'Neill (D)
 . John W. McCormack (D)
 . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
 . Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

Michigan 
 . Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D)
 . George Meader (R)
 . Paul W. Shafer (R), until August 17, 1954
 . Clare E. Hoffman (R)
 . Gerald Ford (R)
 . Kit F. Clardy (R)
 . Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
 . Alvin M. Bentley (R)
 . Ruth Thompson (R)
 . Elford Cederberg (R)
 . Victor A. Knox (R)
 . John B. Bennett (R)
 . George D. O'Brien (D)
 . Louis C. Rabaut (D)
 . John D. Dingell Sr. (D)
 . John Lesinski Jr. (D)
 . Charles G. Oakman (R)
 . George A. Dondero (R)

Minnesota 
 . August H. Andresen (R)
 .Joseph P. O'Hara (R)
 .Roy Wier (DFL)
 .Eugene McCarthy (DFL)
 .Walter Judd (R)
 .Fred Marshall (DFL)
 .H. Carl Andersen (R)
 .John Blatnik (DFL)
 .Harold Hagen (R)

Mississippi 
 . Thomas G. Abernethy (D)
 . Jamie L. Whitten (D)
 . Frank E. Smith (D)
 . John B. Williams (D)
 . W. Arthur Winstead (D)
 . William M. Colmer (D)

Missouri 
 . Frank M. Karsten (D)
 . Thomas B. Curtis (R)
 . Leonor Sullivan (D)
 . Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (R)
 . Richard Bolling (D)
 . William C. Cole (R)
 . Dewey Short (R)
 . A.S.J. Carnahan (D)
 . Clarence Cannon (D)
 . Paul C. Jones (D)
 . Morgan M. Moulder (D)

Montana 
 . Lee Metcalf (D)
 . Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

Nebraska 
 . Carl T. Curtis (R), until December 31, 1954
 . Roman L. Hruska (R), until November 8, 1954
 . Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)
 . Arthur L. Miller (R)

Nevada 
 . Clarence Clifton Young (R)

New Hampshire 
 . Charles Earl Merrow (R)
 . Norris H. Cotton (R), until November 7, 1954

New Jersey 
 . Charles A. Wolverton (R)
 . T. Millet Hand (R)
 . James C. Auchincloss (R)
 . Charles R. Howell (D)
 . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R)
 . Clifford P. Case (R), until August 16, 1953
 Harrison Williams Jr. (D), from November 3, 1953
 . William B. Widnall (R)
 . Gordon Canfield (R)
 . Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R)
 . Peter W. Rodino Jr. (D)
 . Hugh J. Addonizio (D)
 . Robert W. Kean (R)
 . Alfred D. Sieminski (D)
 . Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico 
 . John J. Dempsey (D)
 . Antonio M. Fernández (D)

New York 
 . Stuyvesant Wainwright (R)
 . Steven B. Derounian (R)
 . Frank J. Becker (R)
 . Henry J. Latham (R)
 . Albert H. Bosch (R)
 . Lester Holtzman (D)
 . James J. Delaney (D)
 . Louis B. Heller (D), until July 21, 1954
 . Eugene J. Keogh (D)
 . Edna F. Kelly (D)
 . Emanuel Celler (D)
 . Francis E. Dorn (R)
 . Abraham J. Multer (D)
 . John J. Rooney (D)
 . John H. Ray (R)
 . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D)
 . Frederic R. Coudert Jr. (R)
 . James G. Donovan (D)
 . Arthur G. Klein (D)
 . Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (D)
 . Jacob K. Javits (R), until December 31, 1954
 . Sidney A. Fine (D)
 . Isidore Dollinger (D)
 . Charles A. Buckley (D)
 . Paul A. Fino (R)
 . Ralph A. Gamble (R)
 . Ralph W. Gwinn (R)
 . Katharine St. George (R)
 . J. Ernest Wharton (R)
 . Leo W. O'Brien (D)
 . Dean P. Taylor (R)
 . Bernard W. Kearney (R)
 . Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
 . William R. Williams (R)
 . R. Walter Riehlman (R)
 . John Taber (R)
 . W. Sterling Cole (R)
 . Kenneth B. Keating (R)
 . Harold C. Ostertag (R)
 . William E. Miller (R)
 . Edmund P. Radwan (R)
 . John R. Pillion (R)
 . Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina 
 . Herbert C. Bonner (D)
 . Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
 . Graham A. Barden (D)
 . Harold D. Cooley (D)
 . Richard T. Chatham (D)
 . Carl T. Durham (D)
 . F. Ertel Carlyle (D)
 . Charles B. Deane (D)
 . Hugh Quincy Alexander (D)
 . Charles R. Jonas (R)
 . Woodrow W. Jones (D)
 . George A. Shuford (D)

North Dakota 
 . Otto Krueger (R)
 . Usher L. Burdick (Nonpartisan Republican)

Ohio 
 . Gordon H. Scherer (R)
 . William E. Hess (R)
 . Paul F. Schenck (R)
 . William M. McCulloch (R)
 . Cliff Clevenger (R)
 . James G. Polk (D)
 . Clarence J. Brown (R)
 . Jackson E. Betts (R)
 . Frazier Reams (I)
 . Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
 . Oliver P. Bolton (R)
 . John M. Vorys (R)
 . Alvin F. Weichel (R)
 . William H. Ayres (R)
 . Robert T. Secrest (D), until September 26, 1954
 . Frank T. Bow (R)
 . J. Harry McGregor (R)
 . Wayne L. Hays (D)
 . Michael J. Kirwan (D)
 . Michael A. Feighan (D)
 . Robert Crosser (D)
 . Frances P. Bolton (R)
 . George H. Bender (R), until December 15, 1954

Oklahoma 
 . Page Belcher (R)
 . Ed Edmondson (D)
 . Carl Albert (D)
 . Tom Steed (D)
 . John Jarman (D)
 . Victor Wickersham (D)

Oregon 
 . A. Walter Norblad (R)
 . Sam Coon (R)
 . Homer D. Angell (R)
 . Harris Ellsworth (R)

Pennsylvania 
 . William A. Barrett (D)
 . William T. Granahan (D)
 . James A. Byrne (D)
 . Earl Chudoff (D)
 . William J. Green Jr. (D)
 . Hugh Scott (R)
 . Benjamin F. James (R)
 . Karl C. King (R)
 . Paul B. Dague (R)
 . Joseph L. Carrigg (R)
 . Edward J. Bonin (R)
 . Ivor D. Fenton (R)
 . Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R)
 . George M. Rhodes (D)
 . Francis E. Walter (D)
 . Walter M. Mumma (R)
 . Alvin Bush (R)
 . Richard M. Simpson (R)
 . S. Walter Stauffer (R)
 . James E. Van Zandt (R)
 . Augustine B. Kelley (D)
 . John P. Saylor (R)
 . Leon H. Gavin (R)
 . Carroll D. Kearns (R)
 . Louis E. Graham (R)
 . Thomas E. Morgan (D)
 . James G. Fulton (R)
 . Herman P. Eberharter (D)
 . Robert J. Corbett (R)
 . Vera Buchanan (D)

Rhode Island 
 . Aime Forand (D)
 . John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina 
 . L. Mendel Rivers (D)
 . John J. Riley (D)
 . W.J. Bryan Dorn (D)
 . Joseph R. Bryson (D), until March 10, 1953
 Robert T. Ashmore (D), from June 2, 1953
 . James P. Richards (D)
 . John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota 
 . Harold O. Lovre (R)
 . E. Y. Berry (R)

Tennessee 
 . B. Carroll Reece (R)
 . Howard Baker Sr. (R)
 . James B. Frazier Jr. (D)
 . Joe L. Evins (D)
 . J. Percy Priest (D)
 . James Patrick Sutton (D)
 . Tom J. Murray (D)
 . Jere Cooper (D)
 . Clifford Davis (D)

Texas 
 . Martin Dies Jr. (D)
 . Wright Patman (D)
 . Jack Brooks (D)
 . Brady P. Gentry (D)
 . Sam Rayburn (D)
 . Joseph Franklin Wilson (D)
 . Olin E. Teague (D)
 . John V. Dowdy (D)
 . Albert Thomas (D)
 . Clark W. Thompson (D)
 . W. Homer Thornberry (D)
 . William R. Poage (D)
 . Wingate H. Lucas (D)
 . Frank N. Ikard (D)
 . John E. Lyle Jr. (D)
 . Lloyd M. Bentsen (D)
 . Kenneth M. Regan (D)
 . Omar Burleson (D)
 . Walter E. Rogers (D)
 . George H. Mahon (D)
 . Paul J. Kilday (D)
 . O. Clark Fisher (D)

Utah 
 . Douglas R. Stringfellow (R)
 . William A. Dawson (R)

Vermont 
 . Winston L. Prouty (R)

Virginia 
 . Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D)
 . Porter Hardy Jr. (D)
 . J. Vaughan Gary (D)
 . Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)
 . Thomas Bahnson Stanley (D), until February 3, 1953
 William M. Tuck (D), from April 14, 1953
 . Richard Harding Poff (R)
 . Burr Harrison (D)
 . Howard W. Smith (D)
 . William Creed Wampler (R)
 . Joel T. Broyhill (R)

Washington 
 . Donald Hammer Magnuson (D)
 . Thomas Minor Pelly (R)
 . Alfred Westland (R)
 . Russell V. Mack (R)
 . Hal Holmes (R)
 . Walt Horan (R)
 . Thor C. Tollefson (R)

West Virginia 
 . Robert H. Mollohan (D)
 . Harley O. Staggers (D)
 . Cleveland M. Bailey (D)
 . Will E. Neal (R)
 . Elizabeth Kee (D)
 . Robert Byrd (D)

Wisconsin 
 . Lawrence H. Smith (R)
 . Glenn R. Davis (R)
 . Gardner R. Withrow (R)
 . Clement J. Zablocki (D)
 . Charles J. Kersten (R)
 . William K. Van Pelt (R)
 . Melvin R. Laird (R)
 . John W. Byrnes (R)
 . Merlin Hull (R), until May 17, 1953
 Lester Johnson (D), from October 13, 1953
 . Alvin E. O'Konski (R)

Wyoming 
 . William Henry Harrison (R)

Non-voting members 
 . Bob Bartlett (D)
 . Joseph Rider Farrington (R), until June 19, 1954
 Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R), from July 31, 1954
 . Antonio Fernós Isern (PPD)

Changes in membership 

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

Senate 

|-
| North Carolina(2)
| nowrap  | Willis Smith (D)
| Died June 26, 1953.Successor appointed July 10, 1953.
| nowrap  | Alton Lennon (D)
| July 10, 1953

|-
| New Hampshire(3)
| nowrap  | Charles W. Tobey (R)
| Died July 24, 1953.Successor appointed August 14, 1953.
| nowrap  | Robert W. Upton (R)
| August 14, 1953

|-
| Ohio(3)
| nowrap  | Robert A. Taft (R)
| Died July 31, 1953.Successor appointed November 10, 1953.
| nowrap  | Thomas A. Burke (D)
| November 10, 1953

|-
| Nebraska(2)
| nowrap  | Dwight Griswold (R)
| Died April 12, 1954.Successor appointed April 16, 1954.
| nowrap  | Eva Bowring (R)
| April 16, 1954

|-
| North Carolina(3)
| nowrap  | Clyde R. Hoey (D)
| Died May 12, 1954.Successor appointed May 12, 1954 and then elected November 2, 1954.
| nowrap  | Sam Ervin (D)
| June 5, 1954

|-
| Wyoming(2)
| nowrap  | Lester C. Hunt (D)
| Died June 19, 1954.Successor appointed June 24, 1954.
| nowrap  | Edward D. Crippa (R)
| June 24, 1954

|-
| Nebraska(1)
| nowrap  | Hugh A. Butler (R)
| Died July 1, 1954.Successor appointed July 3, 1954.
| nowrap  | Samuel W. Reynolds (R)
| July 3, 1954

|-
| South Carolina(2)
| nowrap  | Burnet R. Maybank (D)
| Died September 1, 1954.Successor appointed September 6, 1954.
| nowrap  | Charles E. Daniel (D)
| September 6, 1954

|-
| Nevada(3)
| nowrap  | Pat McCarran (D)
| Died September 28, 1954.Successor appointed October 1, 1954.
| nowrap  | Ernest S. Brown (R)
| October 1, 1954

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| Nebraska(1)
| nowrap  | Samuel W. Reynolds (R)
| Did not run in the special election to fill seat.Successor elected November 2, 1954.
| nowrap  | Roman Hruska (R)
| November 8, 1954

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| Nebraska(2)
| nowrap  | Eva Bowring (R)
| Did not run in the special election to fill seat.Successor elected November 2, 1954.
| nowrap  | Hazel Abel (R)
| November 8, 1954

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| New Hampshire(3)
| nowrap  | Robert W. Upton (R)
| Lost special election to fill seat.Successor elected November 2, 1954.
| nowrap  | Norris Cotton (R)
| November 8, 1954

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| North Carolina(2)
| nowrap  | Alton Lennon (D)
| Lost special election to fill seat.Successor elected November 2, 1954.
| nowrap  | W. Kerr Scott (D)
| November 29, 1954

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| Wyoming(2)
| nowrap  | Edward D. Crippa (R)
| Did not run in the special election to fill seat.Successor elected November 2, 1954.
| nowrap  | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)
| November 29, 1954

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| Nevada(3)
| nowrap  | Ernest S. Brown (R)
| Lost special election to fill seat.Successor elected November 2, 1954.
| nowrap  | Alan Bible (D)
| December 2, 1954

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| Ohio(3)
| nowrap  | Thomas A. Burke (D)
| Lost special election to fill seat.Successor elected November 2, 1954.
| nowrap  | George H. Bender (R)
| December 16, 1954

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| South Carolina(2)
| nowrap  | Charles E. Daniel (D)
| Resigned December 23, 1954.Successor appointed December 24, 1954.
| nowrap  | Strom Thurmond (D)
| December 24, 1954

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| Nebraska(2)
| nowrap  | Hazel Abel (R)
| Resigned December 31, 1954.Successor was appointed January 1, 1955.
| nowrap  | Carl Curtis (R)
| January 1, 1955

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House of Representatives 

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| 
| Vacant
| Rep. Edward E. Cox died during previous congress
|  nowrap | J. L. Pilcher (D)
| February 4, 1953

|-
| 
| Vacant
| Rep. Adolph J. Sabath died during previous congress
|  nowrap | James Bowler (D)
| July 7, 1953

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Thomas B. Stanley (D)
| Resigned February 3, 1953, to run for Governor of Virginia
|  nowrap | William M. Tuck (D)
| April 14, 1953

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Joseph R. Bryson (D)
| Died March 10, 1953
|  nowrap | Robert T. Ashmore (D)
| June 2, 1953

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Garrett L. Withers (D)
| Died April 30, 1953
|  nowrap | William H. Natcher (D)
| August 1, 1953

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Merlin Hull (R)
| Died May 17, 1953
|  nowrap | Lester Johnson (D)
| October 13, 1953

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Norris Poulson (R)
| Resigned June 11, 1953, after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles
|  nowrap | Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)
| November 10, 1953

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Clifford P. Case (R)
| Resigned August 16, 1953
|  nowrap | Harrison A. Williams (D)
| November 3, 1953

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Joseph R. Farrington (R)
| Died June 19, 1954
|  nowrap | Elizabeth P. Farrington (R)
| August 4, 1954

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Louis B. Heller (D)
| Resigned July 21, 1954, after being appointed judge of the Court of Special Sessions of New York City
| Vacant
| Not filled this term

|-
| 
|  nowrap| A. Sidney Camp (D)
| Died July 24, 1954
|  nowrap | John J. Flynt Jr. (D)
| November 2, 1954

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Paul W. Shafer (R)
| Died August 17, 1954
| rowspan=8 |Vacant
| rowspan=8 |Not filled this term

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Robert T. Secrest (D)
| Resigned September 26, 1954

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Norris Cotton (R)
| Resigned November 7, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Roman Hruska (R)
| Resigned November 8, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

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| 
|  nowrap| Dwight L. Rogers (D)
| Died December 1, 1954

|-
| 
|  nowrap| George H. Bender (R)
| Resigned December 15, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

|-
| 
|  nowrap| Carl Curtis (R)
| Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate

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| 
|  nowrap| Jacob K. Javits (R)
| Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected New York Attorney General

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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
 Appropriations
 Banking and Currency
 Censure Charges against Senator McCarthy (Select)
 Compensation of Members of Congress (Select)
 District of Columbia
 Finance
 Foreign Relations
 Government Operations
 Interior and Insular Affairs
 Interstate and Foreign Commerce
 Judiciary
 Labor and Public Welfare
 Mail Cover on Senators (Special)
 Post Office and Civil Service
 Public Works
 Small Business (Select)
 Subcommittee on Internal Security
 Whole

House of Representatives 
 Agriculture
 Appropriations
 Banking and Currency
 Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select)
 Defense Production
 District of Columbia
 Education and Labor
 Foreign Affairs
 House Administration
 Investigate the Incorporation of the Baltic States into the U.S.S.R. (Select)
 Interior and Insular Affairs
 Government Operations
 Merchant Marine and Fisheries
 Post Office and Civil Service
 Public Works
 Rules
 Small Business (Select)
 Standards of Official Conduct
 Un-American Activities
 Veterans' Affairs
 Ways and Means
 Whole

Joint committees 
 Atomic Energy
 Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 Disposition of Executive Papers
 Economic
 Immigration and Nationality Policy
 Legislative Budget
 The Library
 Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
 Printing
 Railroad Retirement Legislation
 Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
 Taxation

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 (starting December 14, 1954)
 Librarian of Congress: Luther H. Evans (until 1953), Lawrence Quincy Mumford (starting 1954)
 Public Printer of the United States: John J. Deviny (until 1953), Raymond Blattenberger (starting 1953)

Senate 
 Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
 Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
 Secretary: J. Mark Trice
 Sergeant at Arms: Forest A. Harness

House of Representatives 
 Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp
 Clerk: Lyle O. Snader
 Doorkeeper: Tom Kennamer
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
 Postmaster: Beecher Hess
 Reading Clerks: N/A (R) and N/A (D)
 Sergeant at Arms: William F. Russell, died July 7, 1953
 Lyle O. Snader, July 8, 1953 – September 15, 1953
 William R. Bonnell, from 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

Notes

References

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