80th United States Congress

80th United States Congress
	79th ← → 81st
	United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Senate President	Vacant
Senate Pres. pro tem	Arthur H. Vandenberg (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, 1947 – December 19, 1947; Special: November 17, 1947 – December 19, 1947; 2nd: January 6, 1948 – December 31, 1948; Special: July 26, 1948 – August 7, 1948

The Eightieth 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, 1947, to January 3, 1949, during the third and fourth 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. Republicans gained a majority in both chambers for this Congress having gained thirteen Senate seats and fifty-seven House seats. Although the 80th Congress passed a total of 906 public bills,^[1] President Truman nicknamed it the "Do Nothing Congress" and, during the 1948 election, campaigned as much against it as against his formal opponent, Thomas Dewey. The 80th Congress passed several significant pro-business bills, most famously the Marshall Plan and the Taft–Hartley Act, but it opposed most of Truman's Fair Deal bills. Truman's campaign strategy worked, and the Republicans lost nine Senate seats and seventy-three seats in the House, allowing the Democrats to begin the 81st Congress with twenty-one more seats than they had at the end of the 79th Congress. It also allowed Truman to win a term of his own right as President, having become President after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945.

Major events

January 3, 1947: Proceedings of Congress were televised for the first time.
March 12, 1947: In a Joint Session of Congress, President Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine.
July 18, 1947: The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands entered into a trusteeship with the United Nations and administered by the United States.
July 20, 1947: President Truman issued the second peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union.
November 24, 1947: The House of Representatives approved citations of contempt of Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10.
July 26, 1948: President Truman signed Executive Order 9981, ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces.
August 25, 1948: House Un-American Activities Committee held the first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
November 2, 1948: United States general elections, 1948:
- Presidential election: Harry Truman defeated Thomas Dewey, Henry A. Wallace, and Strom Thurmond;
- Democrats regained control of the Senate and the House of Representatives

Major legislation

May 22, 1947: Assistance to Greece and Turkey Act (Truman Doctrine), Sess. 1, ch. 81, Pub.L. 80–75, 61 Stat. 103
June 23, 1947: Taft–Hartley Act, Sess. 1, ch. 120, Pub.L. 80–101, 61 Stat. 136
July 18, 1947: Presidential Succession Act of 1947, Sess. 1, ch. 264, Pub.L. 80–199, 61 Stat. 380
July 26, 1947: National Security Act of 1947, Sess. 1, ch. 343, Pub.L. 80–253, 61 Stat. 495
August 7, 1947: Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, Sess. 1, ch. 513, Pub.L. 80–382, 61 Stat. 913
January 27, 1948: United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, Sess. 2, ch. 36, Pub.L. 80–402, 62 Stat. 6
April 3, 1948: Foreign Assistance Act (Marshall Plan), Pub.L. 80–472, Sess. 2, ch. 169, 62 Stat. 137
April 3, 1948: Greek-Turkish Assistance Act of 1948 (Marshall Plan), Sess. 2, ch. 169, Pub.L. 80–472, Title III, 62 Stat. 157
May 26, 1948: Civil Air Patrol Act, Sess. 2, ch. 349, Pub.L. 80–557, 62 Stat. 274
June 12, 1948: Women's Armed Services Integration Act, Sess. 2, ch. 449, Pub.L. 80–625, 62 Stat. 356
June 17, 1948: Reed-Bulwinkle Act, Sess. 2, ch. 491, Pub.L. 80–662, 62 Stat. 472
June 25, 1948: Codify and enact into law Title 3 of the United States Code – The President, Sess. 2, ch. 644, Pub.L. 80–771, 62 Stat. 672
June 28, 1948: Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of 1948, Pub.L. 80–806, 62 Stat. 1070
June 30, 1948: Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Sess. 2, ch. 758, Pub.L. 80–845, 62 Stat. 1155
July 3, 1948: War Claims Act of 1948, Sess. 2, ch. 826, Pub.L. 80–896, 62 Stat. 1240
July 3, 1948: Agricultural Act of 1948, Sess. 2, ch. 827, Pub.L. 80–897, 62 Stat. 1247

Constitutional amendments

March 21, 1947: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution setting a term limit for election and overall time of service to the office of President of the United States, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
- Amendment was later ratified on February 27, 1951, becoming the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution

Party summary

House Chaplain Bernard Braskamp delivering the opening prayer for the 80th Congress, 1947

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	57	1	38	96	0

Begin	45	0	51	96	0
End	45	0	51	96	0
Final voting share	7001469000000000000♠46.9%	5000000000000000000♠0.0%	7001531000000000000♠53.1%

Beginning of the next congress	54	0	42	96	0

House of Representatives

From the beginning to the end of this Congress, there was no net change in party power. The Democrats lost one seat, which remained vacant until the next Congress.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total

	Republican	Democratic	American Labor	Progressive		Vacant
End of previous Congress	191	242	1	1	435	0

Begin	248	185	1	0	434	1
End	244	184	2	0	430	5
Final voting share	56.7%	43.1%	0.2%	0.0%

Beginning of the next Congress	171	263	1	0	435	0

Leadership

Section contents: Senate: Majority (R), Minority (D) • House: Majority (R), Minority (D)

Senate

President: Vacant
President pro tempore: Arthur Vandenberg (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker: Joseph Martin (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. 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, requiring reelection in 1948; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1950; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1952.

Louisiana

2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D)
3. John Holmes Overton (D), until May 14, 1948
- William C. Feazel (D), May 18, 1948 – December 30, 1948
- Russell B. Long (D), from December 31, 1948

Maine

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

Maryland

1. Herbert O'Conor (D)
3. Millard Evelyn Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

1. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)
2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan

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

Minnesota

1. Edward John Thye (R)
2. Joseph H. Ball (R)

Mississippi

1. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (D), until August 21, 1947
- John C. Stennis (D), from November 17, 1947
2. James O. Eastland (D)

Missouri

1. James P. Kem (R)
3. Forrest C. Donnell (R)

Montana

1. Zales N. Ecton (R)
2. James Edward Murray (D)

Nebraska

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

Nevada

1. George W. Malone (R)
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. Irving M. Ives (R)
3. Robert Ferdinand Wagner (D)

North Carolina

2. William B. Umstead (D), until December 30, 1948
- J. Melville Broughton (D), from December 31, 1948
3. Clyde Roark Hoey (D)

North Dakota

1. William Langer (R)
3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

1. John W. Bricker (R)
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. Edward Martin (R)
3. Francis J. Myers (D)

Rhode Island

1. J. Howard McGrath (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), until September 27, 1948
- Vera C. Bushfield (R), October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948
- Karl Earl Mundt (R), from December 31, 1948
3. J. Chandler Gurney (R)

Tennessee

1. Kenneth D. McKellar (D)
2. Arthur Thomas Stewart (D)

Texas

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

Utah

1. Arthur V. Watkins (R)
3. Elbert Duncan Thomas (D)

Vermont

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

Virginia

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

Washington

1. Harry P. Cain (R)
3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

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

Percentage of members from each party by state at the opening of the 80th Congress, ranging from dark blue (most Democratic) to dark red (most Republican).

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-large, are preceded by an "At-Large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

The congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

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. Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D), from January 28, 1947
9. Laurie C. Battle (D)

Arizona

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

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. J. Caleb Boggs (R)

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

1. Abe M. Goff (R)
2. John C. Sanborn (R)

Illinois

At-large. William Stratton (R)
1. William L. Dawson (D)
2. Richard B. Vail (R)
3. Fred E. Busbey (R)
4. Martin Gorski (D)
5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
6. Thomas Joseph O'Brien (D)
7. Thomas L. Owens (R), until June 7, 1948, vacant thereafter
8. Thomas S. Gordon (D)
9. Robert J. Twyman (R)
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. Edward H. Jenison (R)
19. Rolla C. McMillen (R)
20. Sid Simpson (R)
21. George Evan Howell (R), until October 5, 1947, vacant thereafter
22. Melvin Price (D)
23. Charles W. Vursell (R)
24. Roy Clippinger (R)
25. C. W. Bishop (R)

Indiana

1. Ray J. Madden (D)
2. Charles A. Halleck (R)
3. Robert A. Grant (R)
4. George W. Gillie (R)
5. Forest A. Harness (R)
6. Noble J. Johnson (R), until July 1, 1948, vacant for remainder of term
7. Gerald W. Landis (R)
8. E.A. Mitchell (R)
9. Earl Wilson (R)
10. Raymond S. Springer (R), until August 28, 1947
- Ralph Harvey (R), from November 4, 1947
11. Louis Ludlow (D)

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

1. Noble J. Gregory (D)
2. Earle C. Clements (D), until January 6, 1948
- John A. Whitaker (D), from April 17, 1948
3. Thruston B. Morton (R)
4. Frank Chelf (D)
5. Brent Spence (D)
6. Virgil Chapman (D)
7. W. Howes Meade (R)
8. Joe B. Bates (D)
9. John M. Robsion (R), until February 17, 1948
- William Lewis (R), from April 24, 1948

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

1. Edward T. Miller (R)
2. Hugh A. Meade (D)
3. Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (D), until May 16, 1947

* 3. Edward Garmatz (D), from July 15, 1947

Massachusetts

1. John W. Heselton (R)
2. Charles Clason (R)
3. Philip Philbin (D)
4. Harold Donohue (D)
5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6. George J. Bates (R)
7. Thomas J. Lane (D)
8. Angier L. Goodwin (R)
9. Charles L. Gifford (R), until August 23, 1947

* 9. Donald W. Nicholson (R), from November 18, 1947

Michigan

1. George G. Sadowski (D)
2. Earl C. Michener (R)
3. Paul W. Shafer (R)
4. Clare E. Hoffman (R)
5. Bartel J. Jonkman (R)
6. William W. Blackney (R)
7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
8. Fred L. Crawford (R)
9. Albert J. Engel (R)
10. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
11. Fred Bradley (R), until May 24, 1947
- Charles E. Potter (R), from August 26, 1947
12. John B. Bennett (R)
13. Howard A. Coffin (R)
14. Harold F. Youngblood (R)
15. John D. Dingell, Sr. (D)
16. John Lesinski, Sr. (D)
17. George A. Dondero (R)

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

1. Samuel W. Arnold (R)
2. Max Schwabe (R)
3. William C. Cole (R)
4. C. Jasper Bell (D)
5. Albert L. Reeves, Jr. (R)
6. Marion T. Bennett (R)
7. Dewey Short (R)
8. Parke M. Banta (R)
9. Clarence Cannon (D)
10. Orville Zimmerman (D), until April 7, 1948
- Paul C. Jones (D), from November 2, 1948
11. Claude I. Bakewell (R)
12. Walter C. Ploeser (R)
13. Frank M. Karsten (D)

Montana

1. Mike Mansfield (D)
2. Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Charles H. Russell (R)

New Hampshire

1. Charles Earl Merrow (R)
2. Norris H. Cotton (R)

New Jersey

New Mexico

At-large. Georgia Lee Lusk (D)
At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D)

New York

1. W. Kingsland Macy (R)
2. Leonard W. Hall (R)
3. Henry J. Latham (R)
4. Gregory McMahon (R)
5. Robert Tripp Ross (R)
6. Robert Nodar, Jr. (R)
7. John J. Delaney (D), until November 18, 1948
- Vacant to end
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), until September 13, 1947
- Abraham J. Multer (D), from November 4, 1947
15. Emanuel Celler (D)
16. Ellsworth B. Buck (R)
17. Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. (R)
18. Vito Marcantonio (AL)
19. Arthur G. Klein (D)
20. Sol Bloom (D)
21. Jacob K. Javits (R)
22. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D)
23. Walter A. Lynch (D)
24. Benjamin J. Rabin (D), until December 31, 1947
- Leo Isacson (AL), from February 17, 1948
25. Charles A. Buckley (D)
26. David M. Potts (R)
27. Ralph W. Gwinn (R)
28. Ralph A. Gamble (R)
29. Katharine St. George (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. R. Walter Riehlman (R)
37. Edwin Arthur Hall (R)
38. John Taber (R)
39. W. Sterling Cole (R)
40. Kenneth B. Keating (R)
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

North Dakota

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

Ohio

At-large. George H. Bender (R)
1. Charles H. Elston (R)
2. William E. Hess (R)
3. Raymond H. Burke (R)
4. Robert Franklin Jones (R), until September 2, 1947
- William M. McCulloch (R), from November 4, 1947
5. Cliff Clevenger (R)
6. Edward O. McCowen (R)
7. Clarence J. Brown (R)
8. Frederick C. Smith (R)
9. Homer A. Ramey (R)
10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
11. Walter E. Brehm (R)
12. John M. Vorys (R)
13. Alvin F. Weichel (R)
14. Walter B. Huber (D)
15. Percy W. Griffiths (R)
16. Henderson H. Carson (R)
17. J. Harry McGregor (R)
18. Earl R. Lewis (R)
19. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
20. Michael A. Feighan (D)
21. Robert Crosser (D)
22. Frances P. Bolton (R)

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

1. James A. Gallagher (R)
2. Robert N. McGarvey (R)
3. Hardie Scott (R)
4. Franklin J. Maloney (R)
5. George W. Sarbacher, Jr. (R)
6. Hugh Scott (R)
7. E. Wallace Chadwick (R)
8. Charles L. Gerlach (R), until May 5, 1947
- Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R), from September 9, 1947
9. Paul B. Dague (R)
10. James P. Scoblick (R)
11. Mitchell Jenkins (R)
12. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
13. Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (R)
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. James E. Van Zandt (R)
23. William J. Crow (R)
24. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
25. Louis E. Graham (R)
26. Harve Tibbott (R)
27. Augustine B. Kelley (D)
28. Carroll D. Kearns (R)
29. John McDowell (R)
30. Robert J. Corbett (R)
31. James G. Fulton (R)
32. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
33. Frank Buchanan (D)

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

South Dakota

1. Karl E. Mundt (R), until December 30, 1948, vacant thereafter
2. Francis Case (R)

Tennessee

Texas

1. Wright Patman (D)
2. Jesse M. Combs (D)
3. Lindley Beckworth (D)
4. Sam Rayburn (D)
5. Joseph Franklin Wilson (D)
6. Olin E. Teague (D)
7. Tom Pickett (D)
8. Albert Thomas (D)
9. Joseph J. Mansfield (D), until July 12, 1947
- Clark W. Thompson (D), from August 23, 1947
10. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
11. William R. Poage (D)
12. Wingate H. Lucas (D)
13. Ed Gossett (D)
14. John E. Lyle, Jr. (D)
15. Milton H. West (D), until October 28, 1948
- Lloyd Bentsen (D), from December 4, 1948
16. R. Ewing Thomason (D), until July 31, 1947
- Kenneth M. Regan (D), from August 23, 1947
17. Omar Burleson (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. William A. Dawson (R)

Vermont

At-large. Charles A. Plumley (R)

Virginia

1. S. Otis Bland (D)
2. Porter Hardy, Jr. (D)
3. J. Vaughan Gary (D)
4. Patrick H. Drewry (D), until December 21, 1947
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D), from February 17, 1948
5. Thomas Bahnson Stanley (D)
6. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. (D), until April 17, 1948
- Clarence G. Burton (D), from November 2, 1948
7. Burr Harrison (D)
8. Howard W. Smith (D)
9. John W. Flannagan, Jr. (D)

Washington

1. Homer R. Jones (R)
2. Henry M. Jackson (D)
3. Fred B. Norman (R), until April 18, 1947
- Russell V. Mack (R), from June 7, 1947
4. Hal Holmes (R)
5. Walt Horan (R)
6. Thor C. Tollefson (R)

West Virginia

Wisconsin

1. Lawrence H. Smith (R)
2. Glenn R. Davis (R), from April 22, 1947
3. William H. Stevenson (R)
4. John C. Brophy (R)
5. Charles J. Kersten (R)
6. Frank B. Keefe (R)
7. Reid F. Murray (R)
8. John W. Byrnes (R)
9. Merlin Hull (R)
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)
Puerto Rico. Antonio Fernós Isern (Resident Commissioner) (PPD)

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress

Senate

There were 3 deaths, 2 resignations, and one lost mid-term election.

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Mississippi (1)	Theodore Bilbo (D)	Died August 21, 1947. Successor was elected November 17, 1947.	John Stennis (D)	November 17, 1947
Louisiana (3)	John Holmes Overton (D)	Died May 14, 1948. Successor was appointed to continue the term.	William C. Feazel (D)	May 18, 1948
South Dakota (2)	Harlan Bushfield (R)	Died September 27, 1948. Successor was appointed to finish the term.	Vera Bushfield (R)	October 6, 1948
South Dakota (2)	Vera Bushfield (R)	Interim appointee resigned December 26, 1948. Successor was appointed to finish the term.	Karl Earl Mundt (R)	December 31, 1948
Louisiana (3)	William C. Feazel (D)	Interim appointee retired when successor elected. Successor was elected December 31, 1948.	Russell B. Long (D)	December 31, 1948
North Carolina (2)	William Umstead (D)	Interim appointee lost election to finish the term. Successor was elected December 31, 1948.	Melville Broughton (D)	December 31, 1948

House of Representatives

There were 9 deaths and 7 resignations.

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Alabama 8th	Vacant	John Sparkman resigned in previous Congress after being elected to the US Senate	Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D)	Seated January 28, 1947
Wisconsin 2nd	Vacant	Robert K. Henry died during previous Congress	Glenn R. Davis (R)	Seated April 22, 1947
Washington 3rd	Fred Norman (R)	Died April 18, 1947	Russell Mack (R)	Seated June 7, 1947
Pennsylvania 8th	Charles Gerlach (R)	Died May 5, 1947	Franklin Lichtenwalter (R)	Seated September 9, 1947
Maryland 3rd	Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (D)	Resigned May 16, 1947, after being elected Mayor of Baltimore	Edward Garmatz (D)	Seated July 15, 1947
Michigan 11th	Fred Bradley (R)	Died May 24, 1947	Charles Potter (R)	Seated August 26, 1947
Texas 9th	Joseph J. Mansfield (D)	Died July 12, 1947	Clark W. Thompson (D)	Seated August 23, 1947
Texas 16th	R. Ewing Thomason (D)	Resigned July 31, 1947, after being appointed as a judge of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas	Kenneth M. Regan (D)	Seated August 23, 1947
Massachusetts 9th	Charles Gifford (R)	Died August 23, 1947	Donald Nicholson (R)	Seated November 18, 1947
Indiana 10th	Raymond S. Springer (R)	Died August 28, 1947	Ralph Harvey (R)	Seated November 4, 1947
Ohio 4th	Robert Franklin Jones (R)	Resigned September 2, 1947, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission	William M. McCulloch (R)	Seated November 4, 1947
New York 14th	Leo Rayfiel (D)	Resigned September 13, 1947, having been appointed a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York	Abraham Multer (D)	Seated November 4, 1947
Illinois 21st	George E. Howell (R)	Resigned October 5, 1947, after being appointed judge of the US Court of Claims	Vacant until next Congress
Virginia 4th	Patrick Drewry (D)	Died December 21, 1947	Watkins Abbitt (D)	Seated February 17, 1948
New York 24th	Benjamin J. Rabin (D)	Resigned December 31, 1947	Leo Isacson (AL)	Seated February 17, 1948
Kentucky 2nd	Earle Clements (D)	Resigned January 6, 1948, to become Governor of Kentucky	John Whitaker (D)	Seated April 17, 1948
Kentucky 9th	John Robsion (R)	Died February 17, 1948	William Lewis (R)	Seated April 24, 1948
Missouri 10th	Orville Zimmerman (D)	Died April 7, 1948	Paul Jones (D)	Seated November 2, 1948
Virginia 6th	Lindsay Almond (D)	Resigned April 17, 1948, having been elected Attorney General of Virginia	Clarence Burton (D)	Seated November 2, 1948
Illinois 7th	Thomas L. Owens (R)	Died June 7, 1948	Vacant until next Congress
Indiana 6th	Noble J. Johnson (R)	Resigned July 1, 1948, after being appointed as judge of US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals	Vacant until next Congress
Texas 15th	Milton H. West (D)	Died October 28, 1948	Lloyd Bentsen (D)	Seated December 4, 1948
New York 7th	John Delaney (D)	Died November 18, 1948	Vacant until next Congress
South Dakota 1st	Karl E. Mundt (R)	Resigned December 30, 1948, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	Vacant until next Congress

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
Banking and Currency
District of Columbia
Expenditures in Executive Departments
Finance
Foreign Relations
Interior and Insular Affairs
Interstate Commerce
Investigate the National Defense Program (Special)
Judiciary
Labor and Public Welfare
Petroleum Resources (Special)
Post Office and Civil Service
Public Lands
Public Works
Remodeling the Senate Chamber (Special)
Small Business Enterprises (Special)
Whole

House of Representatives

Agriculture
Appropriations
Banking and Currency
District of Columbia
Education and Labor
Expenditures in the Executive Departments
Foreign Affairs
House Administration
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Post Office and Civil Service
Public Lands
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)
Economic
Disposition of Executive Papers
Foreign Economic Cooperation
Housing
Labor Management Relations
Legislative Budget
The Library
To Study Pacific Islands
Printing
Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
Selective Service Deferments
Taxation

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 (until 1948), John J. Deviny (starting 1948)

Senate

Chaplain: Peter Marshall
Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
Secretary: Carl A. Loeffler
Sergeant at Arms: Edward F. McGinnis

House of Representatives

Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
Clerk: John Andrews
Doorkeeper: M. L. Meletio
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Postmaster: Frank W. Collier
Reading Clerks: N/A (R) and N/A (D)
Sergeant at Arms: William F. Russell

External links

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80th United States Congress
79th ← → 81st
United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Senate President	Vacant
Senate Pres. pro tem	Arthur H. Vandenberg (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, 1947 – December 19, 1947 Special: November 17, 1947 – December 19, 1947 2nd: January 6, 1948 – December 31, 1948 Special: July 26, 1948 – August 7, 1948

80th United States Congress

Major events

Major legislation

Constitutional amendments

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Caucuses

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Non-voting members

Changes in membership

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House of Representatives

Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

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House of Representatives

See also

External links