83rd United States Congress

83rd United States Congress
	82nd ← → 84th
	(1956)
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
Senate President	Alben W. Barkley (D) ; until January 20, 1953 ; Richard Nixon (R) ; from January 20, 1953
Senate Pres. pro tem	Styles Bridges (R)
House Speaker	Joseph William Martin, Jr. (R)
Members	96 senators; 435 representatives; 3 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
House Majority	Republican
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 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, 1953, to January 3, 1955, during the final weeks of the second administration of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.^[1]

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950.

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^[2]
March 1, 1954: U.S. Capitol shooting incident^[3]^[4]
December 2, 1954: Joseph McCarthy is censured by the U.S. Senate^[5]

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: Multiple Mineral Development Act, 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: Water Facilities Act of 1954

Key Votes

Senate

Legislation	Party	Yea	Nay
Formosa Policy	Democrats	12	32
January 28, 1955	Republicans	1	42
Rejected		13	74
China Mutual Defense Treaty	Democrats	9	33
February 9, 1955	Republicans	1	27
Rejected		10	60
Raising Congressional Salaries	Democrats	30	13
February 23, 1955	Republicans	32	11
Passed		62	24

House of Representatives

Legislation	Party	Yea	Nay
Raising Congressional Salaries	Democrats	166	59
February 16, 1955	Republicans	117	59
Passed		283	118
Reciprocal Trade Extension	Democrats	80	140
February 18, 1955	Republicans	119	66
Rejected		199	206
Reciprocal Trade Extension	Democrats	186	35
February 18, 1955	Republicans	109	75
Passed		295	110
Taxation	Democrats	16	205
February 25, 1955	Republicans	189	5
Rejected		205	210

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Independent (I)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	47	0	48	95	1

Begin	47	1	48	96	0
End	47	1	48	96	0
Final voting share	7001490000000000000♠49.0%	7000100000000000000♠1.0%	7001500000000000000♠50.0%

Beginning of the next congress	48	1	47	96	0

House of Representatives

221 Republicans, 213 Democrats, 1 Independent

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

House of Representatives

Speaker: Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Caucuses

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.

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

Arizona

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

Arkansas

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. Jesse A. Younger (R)
10. Charles S. Gubser (R)
11. Justin L. 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. Chet Holifield (D)
20. John Carl Hinshaw (R)
21. Edgar W. Hiestand (R)
22. Joseph F. Holt (R)
23. Clyde Doyle (D)
24. C. Norris Poulson (R), until June 11, 1953
- Glenard P. Lipscomb (R), from November 10, 1953
25. Patrick J. Hillings (R)
26. Samuel W. Yorty (D)
27. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
28. James B. Utt (R)
29. John J. Phillips (R)
30. Bob Wilson (R)

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. Herbert B. Warburton (R)

Florida

1. Courtney W. Campbell (D)
2. Charles Edward 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 H. Preston, Jr. (D)
2. J. L. Pilcher (D), from February 4, 1953
3. Tic Forrester (D)
4. A. Sidney Camp (D), until July 24, 1954
- John J. Flynt, Jr. (D), from November 2, 1954
5. James C. Davis (D)
6. Carl Vinson (D)
7. Henderson L. Lanham (D)
8. William M. 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 Joseph O'Brien (D)
7. James B. 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

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

1. Noble J. Gregory (D)
2. Garrett L. Withers (D), until April 30, 1953
- William H. 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

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

1. Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D)
2. George Meader (R)
3. Paul W. Shafer (R), until August 17, 1954
4. Clare E. Hoffman (R)
5. Gerald Ford (R)
6. Kit F. Clardy (R)
7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
8. Alvin M. Bentley (R)
9. Ruth Thompson (R)
10. Elford 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 D. Dingell, Sr. (D)
16. John Lesinski, Jr. (D)
17. Charles G. Oakman (R)
18. George A. Dondero (R)

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

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

Nebraska

1. Carl T. Curtis (R), until December 31, 1954
2. Roman L. 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. Charles Earl Merrow (R)
2. Norris H. 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 Williams, Jr. (D), from November 3, 1953
7. William B. Widnall (R)
8. Gordon Canfield (R)
9. Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (R)
10. Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D)
11. Hugh J. Addonizio (D)
12. Robert W. Kean (R)
13. Alfred D. 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 B. 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 R. Coudert, Jr. (R)
18. James G. Donovan (D)
19. Arthur G. Klein (D)
20. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (D)
21. Jacob K. 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 B. 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

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 M. McCulloch (R)
5. Cliff Clevenger (R)
6. James G. Polk (D)
7. Clarence J. Brown (R)
8. Jackson E. 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 H. Ayres (R)
15. Robert T. Secrest (D), until September 26, 1954
16. Frank T. Bow (R)
17. J. Harry McGregor (R)
18. Wayne L. 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

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

1. L. Mendel Rivers (D)
2. John J. Riley (D)
3. W.J. Bryan Dorn (D)
4. Joseph R. Bryson (D), 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 O. Lovre (R)
2. E. Y. Berry (R)

Tennessee

Texas

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 Bahnson 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 Creed Wampler (R)
10. Joel T. Broyhill (R)

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

At-large. William Henry Harrison (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

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
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	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
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 L. Withers (D)	Died April 30, 1953	William H. 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 R. Farrington (R)	Died June 19, 1954	Elizabeth P. 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	A. Sidney Camp (D)	Died July 24, 1954	John J. Flynt, Jr. (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	Vacant	Not filled this term
New Hampshire 2nd	Norris Cotton (R)	Resigned November 7, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
Nebraska 2nd	Roman Hruska (R)	Resigned November 8, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
Florida 6th	Dwight L. Rogers (D)	Died December 1, 1954	Vacant	Not filled this term
Ohio 15th	George H. Bender (R)	Resigned December 15, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
Nebraska 1st	Carl Curtis (R)	Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term
New York 21st	Jacob K. Javits (R)	Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected New York Attorney General	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 (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

References

↑ "U.S. Senate: Membership Changes of 83rd Congress (1953-55)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
↑ "Eisenhower Presidential Library". www.eisenhower.archives.gov. 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.

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[1] "U.S. Senate: Membership Changes of 83rd Congress (1953-55)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

[2] "Eisenhower Presidential Library". www.eisenhower.archives.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

[3] "1954 Shooting | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

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

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

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

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