79th United States Congress

79th United States Congress
	78th ← → 80th
	United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
Senate President	Henry A. Wallace (D) ; until January 20, 1945; Harry S. Truman (D) ; Jan 20–Apr 12, 1945; Vacant ; from April 12, 1945
Senate Pres. pro tem	Kenneth McKellar (D)
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D)
Members	96 senators; 435 representatives; 4 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
	1st: January 3, 1945 – December 21, 1945; 2nd: January 14, 1946 – August 2, 1946

The Seventy-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1947, during the last months of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, and the first two years of Harry Truman's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

January 20, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt began his fourth term.
April 12, 1945: President Roosevelt died, Vice President Harry S. Truman became President of the United States.
September 2, 1945: World War II ended.
November 6, 1946: United States Senate elections, 1946, United States House of Representatives elections, 1946: Republicans gained control of both houses.
January 3, 1947: Proceedings of the U.S. Congress were televised for the first time.

Major legislation

President Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act on August 1, 1946.

March 9, 1945: McCarran-Ferguson Act
July 31, 1945: Bretton Woods Agreements Act, Pub.L. 79–171
July 31, 1945: Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
December 20, 1945: United Nations Participation Act
December 28, 1945: War Brides Act
February 18, 1946: Rescission Act of 1946, Pub.L. 79–301
February 20, 1946: Employment Act, Pub.L. 79–304, ch. 33, 60 Stat. 23
May 13, 1946: Federal Airport Act of 1946, Pub.L. 79–377
June 4, 1946: Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, ch. 281, 60 Stat. 230
June 11, 1946: Administrative Procedure Act, ch. 324, 60 Stat. 237
July 2, 1946: Luce-Celler Act of 1946
July 3, 1946: Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act, ch. 537, 60 Stat. 420
July 5, 1946: Lanham Trademark Act of 1946
August 1, 1946: United States Atomic Energy Act of 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 755
August 2, 1946: Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
August 2, 1946: Federal Tort Claims Act, ch. 753, title IV, 60 Stat. 842
August 2, 1946: Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946
August 13, 1946: Foreign Service Act, ch. 957, titles I–X, 60 Stat. 999
August 13, 1946: Hospital Survey and Construction Act (Hill-Burton Act), Pub.L. 79–725, ch. 958, 60 Stat. 1040
August 14, 1946: Farmers Home Administration Act, ch. 964, 60 Stat. 1062

Treaties ratified

December 4, 1945: Senate approved the entry of the United States into the United Nations (by a vote of 65–7)^[1]
July 4, 1946: The United States ratified the Treaty of Manila, which gave independence to The Philippines

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	56	1	39	96	0

Begin	57	1	38	96	0
End	54	1	41	96	0
Final voting share	7001563000000000000♠56.3%	7000100000000000000♠1.0%	7001427000000000000♠42.7%

Beginning of the next congress	45	0	51	96	0

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

Senate

President:
- Henry A. Wallace (D), until - January 20, 1945
- Harry S. Truman (D), January 20, 1945 – April 12, 1945; thereafter vacant
President Pro Tempore: Kenneth McKellar (D)
Majority leader: Alben William Barkley (D)
Minority leader: Wallace H. White Jr. (R, acting)
Majority whip: Lister Hill (D)
Minority whip: Kenneth Wherry (R), elected 1944

House of Representatives

Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)
Majority leader: John William McCormack (D)
Minority leader: Joseph William Martin, Jr. (R)
Majority whip: John J. Sparkman (D)
Minority whip: Leslie C. Arends (R)

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1946; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1948; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1950.

Alabama

2. John H. Bankhead II (D), until June 12, 1946
- George R. Swift (D), June 15, 1946 – November 5, 1946
- John J. Sparkman (D), from November 6, 1946
3. Joseph Lister Hill (D)

Arizona

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

Arkansas

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

California

1. Hiram Warren Johnson (R), until August 6, 1945
- William F. Knowland (R), from August 26, 1945
3. Sheridan Downey (D)

Colorado

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

Connecticut

1. Francis Thomas Maloney (D), until January 16, 1945
- Thomas C. Hart (R), February 15, 1945 – November 5, 1946
- Raymond E. Baldwin (R), from December 27, 1946
3. Brien McMahon (D)

Delaware

1. James M. Tunnell (D)
2. C. Douglass Buck (R)

Florida

1. Charles Oscar Andrews (D), until September 18, 1946
- Spessard Holland (D), from September 25, 1946
3. Claude Denson Pepper (D)

Georgia

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

Idaho

2. John W. Thomas (R), until November 10, 1945
- Charles C. Gossett (D), November 17, 1945 – November 6, 1946
- Henry Dworshak (R), from November 6, 1946
3. Glen H. Taylor (D)

Kentucky

2. Happy Chandler (D), until November 1, 1945
- William A. Stanfill (R), November 19, 1945 – November 5, 1946
- John Sherman Cooper (R), from November 6, 1946
3. Alben William Barkley (D)

Louisiana

2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D)
3. John Holmes Overton (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

1. George Lovic Radcliffe (D)
3. Millard Evelyn Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

1. David Ignatius Walsh (D)
2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan

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

Minnesota

1. Henrik Shipstead (R)
2. Joseph H. Ball (R)

Mississippi

1. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (D)
2. James O. Eastland (D)

Missouri

1. Harry S. Truman (D), until January 17, 1945
- Frank P. Briggs (D), from January 18, 1945
3. Forrest C. Donnell (R)

Montana

1. Burton Kendall Wheeler (D)
2. James Edward Murray (D)

Nebraska

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

Nevada

1. James G. Scrugham (D), until June 23, 1945
- Edward P. Carville (D), from July 25, 1945
3. Patrick Anthony McCarran (D)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New Mexico

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

New York

1. James Michael Mead (D)
3. Robert Ferdinand Wagner (D)

North Carolina

2. Josiah William Bailey (D), until December 15, 1946
- William B. Umstead (D), from December 18, 1946
3. Clyde Roark Hoey (D)

North Dakota

1. William Langer (R)
3. John Moses (D), until March 3, 1945
- Milton Young (R), from March 12, 1945

Ohio

1. Harold H. Burton (R), until September 30, 1945
- James W. Huffman (D), October 8, 1945 – November 5, 1946
- Kingsley A. Taft (R), from November 6, 1946
3. Robert A. Taft (R)

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

1. Joseph F. Guffey (D)
3. Francis J. Myers (D)

Rhode Island

1. Peter Goelet Gerry (D)
2. Theodore Francis Green (D)

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

2. Harlan J. Bushfield (R)
3. J. Chandler Gurney (R)

Tennessee

1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D)
2. Tom Stewart (D)

Texas

1. Tom Connally (D)
2. W. Lee O'Daniel (D)

Utah

1. Abe Murdock (D)
3. Elbert Duncan Thomas (D)

Vermont

1. Warren Robinson Austin (R), until August 2, 1946
- Ralph Flanders (R), from November 1, 1946
3. George Aiken (R)

Virginia

1. Harry Flood Byrd (D)
2. Carter Glass (D), until May 28, 1946
- Thomas G. Burch (D), May 31, 1946 – November 5, 1946
- Absalom Willis Robertson (D), from November 6, 1946

Washington

1. Monrad Wallgren (D), until January 9, 1945
- Hugh Mitchell (D), January 10, 1945 – December 25, 1946
- Harry P. Cain (R), from December 26, 1946
3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

1. Robert M. La Follette, Jr. (P)
3. Alexander Wiley (R)

Wyoming

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

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

1. Frank W. Boykin (D)
2. George M. Grant (D)
3. George W. Andrews (D)
4. Sam Hobbs (D)
5. Albert Rains (D)
6. Pete Jarman (D)
7. Carter Manasco (D)
8. John J. Sparkman (D), until November 6, 1946, vacant thereafter
9. Luther Patrick (D)

Arizona

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

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. Philip A. Traynor (D)

Florida

Georgia

1. Hugh Peterson (D)
2. Edward E. Cox (D)
3. Stephen Pace (D)
4. A. Sidney Camp (D)
5. Robert Ramspeck (D), until December 31, 1945
- Helen D. Mankin (D), from February 12, 1946
6. Carl Vinson (D)
7. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)
8. John S. Gibson (D)
9. John S. Wood (D)
10. Paul Brown (D)

Idaho

1. Compton I. White (D)
2. Henry C. Dworshak (R), until November 5, 1946, vacant thereafter

Illinois

At-large. Emily T. Douglas (D)
1. William L. Dawson (D)
2. William A. Rowan (D)
3. Edward A. Kelly (D)
4. Martin Gorski (D)
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. Thomas Joseph O'Brien (D)
7. William W. Link (D)
8. Thomas S. Gordon (D)
9. Alexander J. Resa (D)
10. Ralph E. Church (R)
11. Chauncey W. Reed (R)
12. Noah M. Mason (R)
13. Leo E. Allen (R)
14. Anton J. Johnson (R)
15. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
16. Everett M. Dirksen (R)
17. Leslie C. Arends (R)
18. Jessie Sumner (R)
19. Rolla C. McMillen (R)
20. Sid Simpson (R)
21. George Evan Howell (R)
22. Melvin Price (D)
23. Charles W. Vursell (R)
24. James V. Heidinger (R), until March 22, 1945
- Roy Clippinger (R), from November 6, 1945
25. C. W. Bishop (R)

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

1. August H. Andresen (R)
2.Joseph P. O'Hara (R)
3.William Gallagher (DFL), until August 13, 1946
4.Frank Starkey (DFL)
5.Walter Judd (R)
6.Harold Knutson (R)
7.H. Carl Andersen (R)
8.William Pittenger (R)
9.Harold Hagen (R)

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

1. Mike Mansfield (D)
2. James F. O'Connor (D), until January 15, 1945
- Wesley A. D'Ewart (R), from June 5, 1945

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Berkeley L. Bunker (D)

New Hampshire

1. Charles Earl Merrow (R)
2. Sherman Adams (R)

New Jersey

1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
2. T. Millet Hand (R)
3. James C. Auchincloss (R)
4. D. Lane Powers (R), until August 30, 1945
- Frank A. Mathews, Jr. (R), from November 6, 1945
5. Charles A. Eaton (R)
6. Clifford P. Case (R)
7. J. Parnell Thomas (R)
8. Gordon Canfield (R)
9. Harry L. Towe (R)
10. Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R)
11. Frank Sundstrom (R)
12. Robert W. Kean (R)
13. Mary T. Norton (D)
14. Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico

At-large. Clinton P. Anderson (D), until June 30, 1945, vacant thereafter
At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D)

New York

1. Edgar A. Sharp (R)
2. Leonard W. Hall (R)
3. Henry J. Latham (R)
4. William B. Barry (D), until October 20, 1946, vacant thereafter
5. James A. Roe (D)
6. James J. Delaney (D)
7. John J. Delaney (D)
8. Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)
9. Eugene J. Keogh (D)
10. Andrew L. Somers (D)
11. James J. Heffernan (D)
12. John J. Rooney (D)
13. Donald L. O'Toole (D)
14. Leo F. Rayfiel (D)
15. Emanuel Celler (D)
16. Ellsworth B. Buck (R)
17. Joseph C. Baldwin (R)
18. Vito Marcantonio (AL)
19. Samuel Dickstein (D), until December 30, 1945
- Arthur G. Klein (D), from February 19, 1946
20. Sol Bloom (D)
21. James H. Torrens (D)
22. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D)
23. Walter A. Lynch (D)
24. Benjamin J. Rabin (D)
25. Charles A. Buckley (D)
26. Peter A. Quinn (D)
27. Ralph W. Gwinn (R)
28. Ralph A. Gamble (R)
29. Augustus W. Bennet (R)
30. Jay LeFevre (R)
31. Bernard W. Kearney (R)
32. William T. Byrne (D)
33. Dean P. Taylor (R)
34. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
35. Hadwen C. Fuller (R)
36. Clarence E. Hancock (R)
37. Edwin Arthur Hall (R)
38. John Taber (R)
39. W. Sterling Cole (R)
40. George F. Rogers (D)
41. James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (R)
42. Walter G. Andrews (R)
43. Edward J. Elsaesser (R)
44. John Cornelius Butler (R)
45. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

1. Herbert C. Bonner (D)
2. John H. Kerr (D)
3. Graham A. Barden (D)
4. Harold D. Cooley (D)
5. John Hamlin Folger (D)
6. Carl T. Durham (D)
7. J. Bayard Clark (D)
8. William O. Burgin (D), until April 11, 1946
- Eliza Jane Pratt (D), from May 25, 1946
9. Robert L. Doughton (D)
10. Joseph Wilson Ervin (D), until December 25, 1945
- Sam Ervin (D), from January 22, 1946
11. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
12. Zebulon Weaver (D)

North Dakota

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

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

1. James W. Mott (R), until November 12, 1945
- A. Walter Norblad (R), from January 18, 1946
2. Lowell Stockman (R)
3. Homer D. Angell (R)
4. Harris Ellsworth (R)

Pennsylvania

1. William A. Barrett (D)
2. William T. Granahan (D)
3. Michael J. Bradley (D)
4. John E. Sheridan (D)
5. William J. Green, Jr. (D)
6. Herbert J. McGlinchey (D)
7. James Wolfenden (R)
8. Charles L. Gerlach (R)
9. J. Roland Kinzer (R)
10. John W. Murphy (D), until July 17, 1946
- James P. Scoblick (R), from November 5, 1946
11. Daniel J. Flood (D)
12. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
13. Daniel K. Hoch (D)
14. Wilson D. Gillette (R)
15. Robert F. Rich (R)
16. Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (R)
17. Richard M. Simpson (R)
18. John C. Kunkel (R)
19. Leon H. Gavin (R)
20. Francis E. Walter (D)
21. Chester H. Gross (R)
22. D. Emmert Brumbaugh (R)
23. J. Buell Snyder (D), until February 24, 1946
- Carl Henry Hoffman (R), from May 21, 1946
24. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
25. Louis E. Graham (R)
26. Harve Tibbott (R)
27. Augustine B. Kelley (D)
28. Robert L. Rodgers (R)
29. Howard E. Campbell (R)
30. Robert J. Corbett (R)
31. James G. Fulton (R)
32. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
33. Samuel A. Weiss (D), until January 7, 1946
- Frank Buchanan (D), from May 21, 1946

Rhode Island

1. Aime Forand (D)
2. John E. Fogarty (D), from February 7, 1945

South Carolina

South Dakota

1. Karl E. Mundt (R)
2. Francis Case (R)

Tennessee

Texas

1. Wright Patman (D)
2. Jesse M. Combs (D)
3. Lindley Beckworth (D)
4. Sam Rayburn (D)
5. Hatton W. Sumners (D)
6. Luther A. Johnson (D), until July 17, 1946
- Olin E. Teague (D), from August 24, 1946
7. Tom Pickett (D)
8. Albert Thomas (D)
9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)
10. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
11. William R. Poage (D)
12. Fritz G. Lanham (D)
13. Ed Gossett (D)
14. John E. Lyle, Jr. (D)
15. Milton H. West (D)
16. R. Ewing Thomason (D)
17. Sam M. Russell (D)
18. Eugene Worley (D)
19. George H. Mahon (D)
20. Paul J. Kilday (D)
21. O. Clark Fisher (D)

Utah

1. Walter K. Granger (D)
2. J. W. Robinson (D)

Vermont

At-large. Charles A. Plumley (R)

Virginia

1. S. Otis Bland (D)
2. Ralph Hunter Daughton (D)
3. Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. (D), until February 15, 1945
- J. Vaughan Gary (D), from March 6, 1945
4. Patrick H. Drewry (D)
5. Thomas G. Burch (D), until May 31, 1946
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley (D), from November 5, 1946
6. Clifton A. Woodrum (D), until December 31, 1945
- J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. (D), from January 22, 1946
7. A. Willis Robertson (D), until November 5, 1946
- Burr Harrison (D), from November 5, 1946
8. Howard W. Smith (D)
9. John W. Flannagan, Jr. (D)

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

1. Lawrence H. Smith (R)
2. Robert K. Henry (R), until November 20, 1946, vacant thereafter
3. William H. Stevenson (R)
4. Thaddeus Wasielewski (D)
5. Andrew J. Biemiller (D)
6. Frank B. Keefe (R)
7. Reid F. Murray (R)
8. John W. Byrnes (R)
9. Merlin Hull (Progressive)
10. Alvin E. O'Konski (R)

Wyoming

At-large. Frank A. Barrett (R)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory: Bob Bartlett (D)
Hawaii Territory: Joseph Rider Farrington (R)
Philippines: Carlos Peña Romulo (Lib.), until July 4, 1946
Puerto Rico: Jesús T. Piñero Jiménez (PPD), until September 2, 1946
- Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD), from September 11, 1946

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

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Washington (1)	Monrad Wallgren (D)	Resigned January 9, 1945, after being elected Governor of Washington. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Hugh Mitchell (D)	January 10, 1945
Connecticut (1)	Francis T. Maloney (D)	Died January 16, 1945. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	Thomas C. Hart (R)	February 15, 1945
Missouri (1)	Harry S. Truman (D)	Resigned January 17, 1945, after being elected Vice President of the United States. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Frank P. Briggs (D)	January 18, 1945
North Dakota (3)	John Moses (D)	Died March 3, 1945. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently won.	Milton Young (R)	March 12, 1945
Nevada (1)	James G. Scrugham (D)	Died June 23, 1945. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Edward P. Carville (D)	July 25, 1945
California (1)	Hiram Johnson (R)	Died August 6, 1945. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently won.	William F. Knowland (R)	August 26, 1945
Ohio (1)	Harold H. Burton (R)	Resigned September 30, 1945, after being appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	James W. Huffman (D)	October 8, 1945
Kentucky (2)	Happy Chandler (D)	Resigned November 1, 1945, after becoming Commissioner of Major League Baseball. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	William A. Stanfill (R)	November 19, 1945
Idaho (2)	John W. Thomas (R)	Died November 10, 1945. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently lost.	Charles C. Gossett (D)	November 17, 1945
Virginia (2)	Carter Glass (D)	Died May 28, 1946. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	Thomas G. Burch (D)	May 31, 1946
Alabama (2)	John H. Bankhead II (D)	Died June 12, 1946. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.	George R. Swift (D)	June 15, 1946
Vermont (1)	Warren Austin (R)	Resigned August 2, 1946, after being appointed United States representative on the United Nations Security Council. Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.	Ralph Flanders (R)	November 1, 1946
Florida (1)	Charles O. Andrews (D)	Died September 18, 1946. Successor was elected to finish term.	Spessard Holland (D)	September 25, 1946
Alabama (2)	George R. Swift (D)	Resigned November 5, 1946. Successor was elected to finish term.	John Sparkman (D)	November 6, 1946
Connecticut (1)	Thomas C. Hart (R)	Resigned November 5, 1946. Successor was elected to finish term.	Raymond E. Baldwin (R)	December 27, 1946
Kentucky (2)	William A. Stanfill (R)	Resigned November 5, 1946. Successor was elected to finish term	John S. Cooper (R)	November 6, 1946
Ohio (1)	James W. Huffman (D)	Resigned November 5, 1946. Successor was elected to finish term.	Kingsley A. Taft (R)	November 6, 1946
Virginia (2)	Thomas G. Burch (D)	Resigned November 5, 1946. Successor was elected to finish term.	Absalom W. Robertson (D)	November 6, 1946
Idaho (2)	Charles C. Gossett (D)	Resigned November 6, 1946. Successor was elected to finish term.	Henry Dworshak (R)	November 6, 1946
North Carolina (2)	Josiah Bailey (D)	Died December 15, 1946. Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently lost.	William B. Umstead (D)	December 18, 1946
Washington (1)	Hugh Mitchell (D)	Resigned December 25, 1946. Successor was appointed to finish the term already having to be elected the next term.	Harry P. Cain (R)	December 26, 1946

House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Rhode Island 2nd	Vacant	John E. Fogarty resigned during the previous Congress.	John E. Fogarty (D)	February 7, 1945
Montana 2nd	James F. O'Connor (D)	Died January 15, 1945	Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)	June 5, 1945
Virginia 3rd	Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. (D)	Resigned February 15, 1945, to become general counsel and executive director of the Life Insurance Association of America	J. Vaughan Gary (D)	March 6, 1945
Illinois 24th	James V. Heidinger (R)	Died March 22, 1945	Roy Clippinger (R)	November 6, 1945
New Mexico At-large	Clinton P. Anderson (D)	Resigned June 30, 1945, after being appointed Secretary of Agriculture	Vacant	Not filled this term
New Jersey 4th	D. Lane Powers (R)	Resigned August 30, 1945, to become a member of the Public Utilities Commission of New Jersey	Frank A. Mathews, Jr. (R)	November 6, 1945
Oregon 1st	James W. Mott (R)	Died November 12, 1945	A. Walter Norblad (R)	January 18, 1946
North Carolina 10th	Joseph W. Ervin (D)	Died December 25, 1945	Sam Ervin (D)	January 22, 1946
New York 19th	Samuel Dickstein (D)	Resigned December 30, 1945	Arthur G. Klein (D)	February 19, 1946
Virginia 6th	Clifton A. Woodrum (D)	Resigned December 31, 1945, to become president of the American Plant Food Council, Inc.	J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. (D)	January 22, 1946
Georgia 5th	Robert Ramspeck (D)	Resigned December 31, 1945, to become executive vice-president of the Air Transport Association	Helen D. Mankin (D)	February 12, 1946
Pennsylvania 33rd	Samuel A. Weiss (D)	Resigned January 7, 1946, after being elected judge of Common Pleas in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	Frank Buchanan (D)	May 21, 1946
Pennsylvania 23rd	J. Buell Snyder (D)	Died February 24, 1946	Carl H. Hoffman (R)	May 21, 1946
North Carolina 8th	William O. Burgin (D)	Died April 11, 1946	Eliza Jane Pratt (D)	May 25, 1946
Virginia 5th	Thomas G. Burch (D)	Resigned May 31, 1946, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	Thomas B. Stanley (D)	November 5, 1946
Texas 6th	Luther A. Johnson (D)	Resigned July 17, 1946, after becoming judge of the United States Tax Court	Olin E. Teague (D)	August 24, 1946
Pennsylvania 10th	John W. Murphy (D)	Resigned July 17, 1946, to become judge of the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania	James P. Scoblick (R)	November 5, 1946
Minnesota 3rd	William Gallagher (DFL)	Died August 13, 1946	Vacant	Not filled this term
Puerto Rico At-large	Jesús T. Piñero (PPD)	Resigned September 2, 1946, after being appointed Governor of Puerto Rico	Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)	September 11, 1946
New York 4th	William B. Barry (D)	Died October 20, 1946	Vacant	Not filled this term
Alabama 8th	John Sparkman (D)	Resigned November 6, 1946, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
Idaho 2nd	Henry Dworshak (R)	Resigned November 5, 1946, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
Virginia 7th	Absalom W. Robertson (D)	Resigned November 5, 1946, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Burr Harrison (D)	November 5, 1946
Wisconsin 2nd	Robert K. Henry (R)	Died November 20, 1946	Vacant	Not filled this term

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 (4 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
Atomic Energy (Select)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
Banking and Currency
Campaign Expenditures Investigation, 1944 (Special)
Campaign Expenditures Investigation, 1946 (Special)
Civil Service
Civil Service Laws (Special)
Claims
Commerce
District of Columbia
Education and Labor
Enrolled Bills
Expenditures in Executive Departments
Finance
Foreign Relations
Immigration
Immigration and Naturalization
Indian Affairs
Interoceanic Canals
Interstate Commerce
Investigate the National Defense Program (Special)
Judiciary
Library
Manufactures
Military Affairs
Mines and Mining
Naval Affairs
Organization of Congress (Select)
Patents
Pensions
Petroleum Resources (Special)
Post Office and Civil Service
Post Office and Post Roads
Post-War Economic Policy and Planning (Special)
Printing
Privileges and Elections
Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Lands and Surveys
Remodeling the Senate Chamber (Special)
Rules
Small Business Enterprises (Special)
Territories and Insular Affairs
Whole
Wildlife Resources (Special)
Wool Production (Special)

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Atomic Energy
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of Executive Papers
Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack
Legislative Budget
The Library
Organization of Congress
Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
Selective Service Deferments
Taxation

Caucuses

Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn
Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
Comptroller General of the United States: Lindsay C. Warren
Librarian of Congress: Luther H. Evans
Public Printer of the United States: Augustus E. Giegengack

Senate

Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
Secretary: Edwin A. Halsey (until January 29, 1945), Leslie Biffle (starting February 8, 1945)
Sergeant at Arms: Wall Doxey

House of Representatives

Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
Clerk: South Trimble
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
Reading Clerks: N/A (R) and N/A (D)
Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney

External links

Clerk of the House of Representatives

References

↑ "UNO Bill Approved By Senate, 65 to 7, With One Change". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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79th United States Congress
78th ← → 80th
United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
Senate President	Henry A. Wallace (D) until January 20, 1945 Harry S. Truman (D) Jan 20–Apr 12, 1945 Vacant from April 12, 1945
Senate Pres. pro tem	Kenneth McKellar (D)
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D)
Members	96 senators 435 representatives 4 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1945 – December 21, 1945 2nd: January 14, 1946 – August 2, 1946

79th United States Congress

Major events

Major legislation

Treaties ratified

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Non-voting members

Changes in membership

Senate

House of Representatives

Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

External links

References