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 President pro tem	Kenneth McKellar (D)
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D)
Members	96 senators; 435 members of the House; 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.
September 11, 1945–June 20, 1946: Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack conducted its investigation and issued a report.[1]
November 6, 1946: 1946 United States Senate elections, 1946 United States House of Representatives elections: 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, Pub.L. 79–264, S. 1580, 59 Stat. 619, enacted December 20, 1945
December 28, 1945: War Brides Act
February 18, 1946: Rescission Act of 1946, Pub.L. 79–391
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, Pub.L. 79–404, 60 Stat. 237
July 2, 1946: Luce–Celler Act of 1946, Pub.L. 79–483
July 3, 1946: Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act, ch. 537, Pub.L. 79–486, 60 Stat. 420
July 5, 1946: Lanham Trademark Act of 1946, Pub.L. 79–489
August 1, 1946: United States Atomic Energy Act of 1946, ch. 724, Pub.L. 79–585, 60 Stat. 755
August 2, 1946: Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Pub.L. 79–601, including Title III: Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946, Title IV: Federal Tort Claims Act, and Title V: General Bridge Act
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

Treaties ratified

July 4, 1946: Senate 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 previous congress	56	1	39	96	0

Begin	57	1	38	96	0
End	53	1	42	96	0
Final voting share	55.2%	1.0%	43.8%

Beginning of next congress	45	0	51	96	0

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Farmer– Labor (FL)	American Labor (AL)	Progressive (P)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	212	1	1	2	210	426	9

Begin	242	0	1	1	190	434	1
End	236	0	1	1	191	429	6
Final voting share	55.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	44.5%

Beginning of next congress	187	0	1	0	245	433	2

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 W. Barkley (D)
Minority leader: Wallace H. White Jr. (R, acting)
Majority whip: J. Lister Hill (D)
Minority whip: Kenneth S. Wherry (R), elected 1944

House of Representatives

Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)
Majority leader: John W. McCormack (D)
Minority leader: Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
Majority whip: John 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 Sparkman (D), from November 6, 1946
3. J. Lister Hill (D)

Arizona

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

Arkansas

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

California

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

Colorado

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

Connecticut

1. Francis T. 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 O. Andrews (D), until September 18, 1946
- Spessard Holland (D), from September 25, 1946
3. Claude Pepper (D)

Georgia

2. Richard Russell Jr. (D)
3. Walter F. George (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 W. Barkley (D)

Louisiana

2. Allen J. Ellender (D)
3. John H. Overton (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

1. George L. P. Radcliffe (D)
3. Millard Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

1. Theodore G. Bilbo (D)
2. James 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 K. Wheeler (D)
2. James E. 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. Pat McCarran (D)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New Mexico

1. Dennis Chávez (D)
2. Carl Hatch (D)

New York

1. James M. Mead (D)
3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

North Carolina

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

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

1. Peter G. Gerry (D)
2. Theodore F. Green (D)

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

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

Utah

1. Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (D)
3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

Vermont

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

Virginia

1. Harry F. 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 Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

1. Joseph C. 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 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

1. Clarence F. Lea (D)
2. Clair Engle (D)
3. J. Leroy Johnson (R)
4. Franck R. Havenner (D)
5. Richard J. Welch (R)
6. George P. Miller (D)
7. John H. Tolan (D)
8. Jack Z. Anderson (R)
9. Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)
10. Alfred J. Elliott (D)
11. George E. Outland (D)
12. Jerry Voorhis (D)
13. Ned R. Healy (D)
14. Helen G. Douglas (D)
15. Gordon L. McDonough (R)
16. Ellis E. Patterson (D)
17. Cecil R. King (D)
18. Clyde Doyle (D)
19. Chet Holifield (D)
20. John Carl Hinshaw (R)
21. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
22. John Joseph Phillips (R)
23. Edouard V. M. Izac (D)

Colorado

1. Dean M. Gillespie (R)
2. William S. Hill (R)
3. J. Edgar Chenoweth (R)
4. Robert F. Rockwell (R)

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. Philip A. Traynor (D)

Florida

1. J. Hardin Peterson (D)
2. Emory H. Price (D)
3. Robert L. F. Sikes (D)
4. Pat Cannon (D)
5. Joe Hendricks (D)
6. Dwight L. Rogers (D)

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

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)
7. Gerald W. Landis (R)
8. Charles M. LaFollette (R)
9. Earl Wilson (R)
10. Raymond S. Springer (R)
11. Louis Ludlow (D)

Iowa

1. Thomas E. Martin (R)
2. Henry O. Talle (R)
3. John W. Gwynne (R)
4. Karl M. LeCompte (R)
5. Paul H. Cunningham (R)
6. James I. Dolliver (R)
7. Ben F. Jensen (R)
8. Charles B. Hoeven (R)

Kansas

1. Albert McDonald Cole (R)
2. Errett P. Scrivner (R)
3. Thomas Daniel Winter (R)
4. Edward Herbert Rees (R)
5. Clifford R. Hope (R)
6. Frank Carlson (R)

Kentucky

1. Noble J. Gregory (D)
2. Earle C. Clements (D)
3. Emmet O'Neal (D)
4. Frank Chelf (D)
5. Brent Spence (D)
6. Virgil Chapman (D)
7. Andrew J. May (D)
8. Joe B. Bates (D)
9. John M. Robsion (R)

Louisiana

Maine

1. Robert Hale (R)
2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)
3. Frank Fellows (R)

Maryland

1. Dudley Roe (D)
2. H. Streett Baldwin (D)
3. Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D)
4. George Hyde Fallon (D)
5. Lansdale G. Sasscer (D)
6. J. Glenn Beall (R)

Massachusetts

1. John W. Heselton (R)
2. Charles Clason (R)
3. Philip Philbin (D)
4. Pehr G. Holmes (R)
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)
10. Christian Herter (R)
11. James Michael Curley (D)
12. John W. McCormack (D)
13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
14. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

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)
12. Frank Eugene Hook (D)
13. George D. O'Brien (D)
14. Louis C. Rabaut (D)
15. John D. Dingell Sr. (D)
16. John Lesinski Sr. (D)
17. George A. Dondero (R)

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

1. John E. Rankin (D)
2. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
3. William M. Whittington (D)
4. Thomas G. Abernethy (D)
5. W. Arthur Winstead (D)
6. William M. Colmer (D)
7. Dan R. McGehee (D)

Missouri

1. Samuel W. Arnold (R)
2. Max Schwabe (R)
3. William C. Cole (R)
4. C. Jasper Bell (D)
5. Roger C. Slaughter (D)
6. Marion T. Bennett (R)
7. Dewey Short (R)
8. A.S.J. Carnahan (D)
9. Clarence Cannon (D)
10. Orville Zimmerman (D)
11. John B. Sullivan (D)
12. Walter C. Ploeser (R)
13. John J. Cochran (D)

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

1. Carl T. Curtis (R)
2. Howard H. Buffett (R)
3. Karl Stefan (R)
4. Arthur L. Miller (R)

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

At-large. George H. Bender (R)
1. Charles H. Elston (R)
2. William E. Hess (R)
3. Edward J. Gardner (D)
4. Robert Franklin Jones (R)
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. William R. Thom (D)
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

1. George B. Schwabe (R)
2. William G. Stigler (D)
3. Paul Stewart (D)
4. Lyle Boren (D)
5. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
6. Jed Johnson (D)
7. Victor Wickersham (D)
8. Ross Rizley (R)

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

1. B. Carroll Reece (R)
2. John Jennings Jr. (R)
3. C. Estes Kefauver (D)
4. Albert A. Gore Sr. (D)
5. Harold Earthman (D)
6. J. Percy Priest (D)
7. W. Wirt Courtney (D)
8. Tom J. Murray (D)
9. Jere Cooper (D)
10. Clifford Davis (D)

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 (P)
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
•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 (Chairman: Elmer Thomas; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
Appropriations (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
Atomic Energy (Select)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Scott W. Lucas; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Robert F. Wagner; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey)
Campaign Expenditures Investigation, 1944 (Special) (Chairman: Theodore F. Green)
Campaign Expenditures Investigation, 1946 (Special) (Chairman: Allen J. Ellender)
Civil Service (Chairman: Sheridan Downey; Ranking Member: William Langer)
Civil Service Laws (Special)
Claims (Chairman: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
Commerce (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson then Arthur H. Vandenberg)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Theodore G. Bilbo; Ranking Member: Arthur Capper)
Education and Labor (Chairman: James E. Murray; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: Clyde M. Reed)
Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
Finance (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson then Arthur Capper)
Immigration (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson then Chan Gurney)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Tom Stewart; Ranking Member: Harlan J. Bushfield)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Burton K. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White, Jr.)
Investigate the National Defense Program (Special)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: John H. Overton; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson)
Judiciary (Chairman: Pat McCarran; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
Library (Chairman: Alben W. Barkley; Ranking Member: Owen Brewster)
Manufactures (Chairman: John H. Overton; Ranking Member: Robert M. La Follette, Jr.)
Military Affairs (Chairman: Elbert D. Thomas; Ranking Member: Warren R. Austin)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Joseph F. Guffey; Ranking Member: Clyde M. Reed)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: David I. Walsh; Ranking Member: Hiram W. Johnson then Charles W. Tobey)
Organization of Congress (Select)
Patents (Chairman: Claude Pepper; Ranking Member: Wallace H. White, Jr.)
Pensions (Chairman: James M. Tunnell; Ranking Member: Henrik Shipstead)
Petroleum Resources (Special)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Clyde M. Reed)
Post-War Economic Policy and Planning (Special)
Printing (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Raymond E. Willis)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Theodore F. Green; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Charles O. Andrews; Ranking Member: Robert A. Taft)
Public Lands and Surveys (Chairman: Carl A. Hatch; Ranking Member: Chan Gurney)
Remodeling the Senate Chamber (Special)
Rules (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg)
Small Business Enterprises (Special) (Chairman: James E. Murray)
Territories and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg)
Whole
Wildlife Resources (Special)
Wool Production (Special) (Chairman: Joseph C. O'Mahoney)

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: John J. Cochran; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen)
Agriculture (Chairman: John W. Flannagan, Jr.; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope)
Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
Census (Chairman: A. Leonard Allen; Ranking Member: J. Roland Kinzer)
Civil Service (Chairman: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rees)
Claims (Chairman: Dan R. McGehee; Ranking Member: J. Parnell Thomas)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Compton I. White; Ranking Member: Chauncey W. Reed)
Conservation of Wildlife Resources (Select) (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Alfred J. Elliott; Ranking Member: Bertrand W. Gearhart)
District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Everett M. Dirksen)
Education (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; Ranking Member: George A. Dondero)
Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Herbert C. Bonner; Ranking Member: Ralph A. Gamble)
Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James Domengeaux; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Hancock)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Ed Gossett; Ranking Member: Gerald W. Landis)
Elections No.#3 (Chairman: O.C. Fisher; Ranking Member: Charles A. Plumley)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: George F. Rogers; Ranking Member: B. Carroll Reece)
Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: Carter Manasco; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)
Flood Control (Chairman: William M. Whittington; Ranking Member: Charles R. Clason)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Sol Bloom; Ranking Member: Charles Aubrey Eaton)
Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John Lesinski; Ranking Member: Noah M. Mason)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt)
Insular Affairs (Chairman: C. Jasper Bell; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Clarence F. Lea; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Augustine B. Kelley; Ranking Member: J. Harry McGregor)
Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond their Scope of Authority (Select) (Chairman: Howard W. Smith)
Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: John R. Murdock; Ranking Member: Dewey Jackson Short)
Judiciary (Chairman: Hatton W. Sumners; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Hancock)
Labor (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
Library (Chairman: Donald L. O'Toole; Ranking Member: C.W. Bishop)
Memorials (Chairman: Antonio M. Fernandez; Ranking Member: James Heidinger then Roy Clippinger)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch)
Military Affairs (Chairman: Andrew J. May; Ranking Member: Walter G. Andrews)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Andrew Somers; Ranking Member: John M. Robsion)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: James W. Mott)
Patents (Chairman: Frank Carlson; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley)
Pensions (Chairman: Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member: William H. Stevenson)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: George D. O'Brien; Ranking Member: Fred A. Hartley)
Post-War Military Policy (Select) (Chairman: Clifton A. Woodrum)
Post-War Economic Policy and Planning (Special) (Chairman: N/A)
Printing (Chairman: Pete Jarman; Ranking Member: Robert F. Rich)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Fritz G. Lanham; Ranking Member: Pehr G. Holmes)
Public Lands (Chairman: J. Hardin Peterson; Ranking Member: Karl M. LeCompte)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: Eugene J. Keogh; Ranking Member: John M. Robsion)
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Joseph J. Mansfield; Ranking Member: George A. Dondero)
Roads (Chairman: J.W. Robinson; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
Rules (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen)
Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman)
Standards of Official Conduct
Disposition of Surplus Property (Select) (Chairman: Roger C. Slaughter)
Territories (Chairman: Hugh Peterson; Ranking Member: Homer D. Angell)
Un-American Activities (Chairman: John S. Wood; Ranking Member: J. Parnell Thomas)
War Claims (Chairman: Clair Engle; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)
Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Harold Knutson)
World War Veterans' Legislation (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Harold Knutson)
Whole

Joint committees

Atomic Energy (Chairman: Sen. Brien McMahon)
Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd)
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Disposition of Executive Papers
Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack
Legislative Budget
The Library (Chairman: Sen. Alben W. Barkley)
Organization of Congress (Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Rep. Mike Monroney)
Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Pete Jarman)
Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton)
Selective Service Deferments
Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Robert F. Doughton; Vice Chairman: Sen. Walter F. George)

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, from February 8, 1945
Librarian: Ruskin McArdle
Secretary for the Majority: Leslie Biffle, until February 8, 1945
- Felton McLellan Johnston, from October 1945
Secretary for the Minority: Carl A. Loeffler
Sergeant at Arms: Wall Doxey

House of Representatives

Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist)
Clerk: South Trimble, until November 23, 1946
- Harry Newlin Megill, from November 23, 1946
Doorkeeper: Ralph R. Roberts
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth Romney

External links

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Notes

This is the date the member was seated or an oath administered, not necessarily the same date her/his service began.

References

"Senate archive on the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack". Retrieved October 18, 2015.

House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 79th Congress (PDF).
Official Congressional Directory for the 79th Congress, 1st Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 79th Congress, 1st Session (Revision).
Official Congressional Directory for the 79th Congress, 2nd Session. hdl:2027/uc1.l0079661732.
Official Congressional Directory for the 79th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).

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[1] "Senate archive on the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack". Retrieved October 18, 2015.

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