The 81st 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, D.C. from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1951, during the fifth and sixth years of Harry S. Truman's presidency.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1940 United States census.

The Democrats won back the majority in both chambers, and with the election of President Harry S. Truman to his own full term in office, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta.

Major events

• January 20, 1949: President Harry S. Truman began his second (only full) term. Alben W. Barkley began his term as Vice President, which had been vacant since 1945.

• August 16, 1949: Office of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff created

• January 21, 1950: Accused communist spy Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury

• January 31, 1950: President Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949

• June 1st, 1950: Senator Margaret Smith made the Declaration of Conscience speech as the first refutation of McCarthyism in the Senate.

• June 27, 1950: Korean War: President Truman ordered American military forces to aid in the defense of South Korea

Major legislation

• June 20, 1949: Central Intelligence Agency Act, ch. 227, ,

• October 25, 1949: Hospital Survey and Construction Amendments of 1949, ch. 722, ,

• October 26, 1949: Fair Labor Standards Amendment, ch. 736, , ,

• October 31, 1949: Agricultural Act of 1949, ch. 792,

• May 5, 1950: Uniform Code of Military Justice, ch. 169,

• May 10, 1950: National Science Foundation Act, ch. 171, , ,

• August 15, 1950: Omnibus Medical Research Act, , (including Public Health Services Act Amendments, which established the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness)

• September 8, 1950: Defense Production Act of 1950, ,

• September 12, 1950: Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, ch. 946,

• September 23, 1950: McCarran Internal Security Act (including Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950), ch. 1024, ,

• September 30, 1950: Performance Rating Act, ch. 1123,

• December 29, 1950: Celler–Kefauver Act (Anti-Merger Act), ch. 1184,

• January 12, 1951: Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, ch. 1228, (codified in 50 U.S.C. App., here https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50a/usc_sup_05_50_10_sq5_20_sq1.html)

Treaties

• July 21, 1949: North Atlantic Treaty ratified, establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Hearings

• May 11, 1950: Kefauver Committee hearings into U.S. organized crime began

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

President: Vacant until January 20, 1949

• Alben W. Barkley (D), from January 20, 1949

• President pro tempore: Kenneth McKellar (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Scott W. Lucas

• Majority Whip: Francis J. Myers

• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Brien McMahon

• Policy Committee Chairman: Scott W. Lucas

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Kenneth S. Wherry

• Minority Whip: Leverett Saltonstall

• Republican Conference Chairman: Eugene Millikin

• Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young

• National Senatorial Committee Chair: Styles Bridges

• Policy Committee Chairman: Robert A. Taft

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: John W. McCormack

• Majority Whip: Percy Priest

• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Francis E. Walter

• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Chase G. Woodhouse

• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Joseph W. Martin Jr.

• Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends

• Republican Conference Chairman: Roy O. Woodruff

• Policy Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr.

• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Leonard W. Hall

Caucuses

• House Democratic Caucus

• Senate Democratic Caucus

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Senators are ordered first by state, and then by seniority. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1950; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1952; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1954.

List of United States senators from AlabamaAlabama

1. 2. John Sparkman (D)

2. 3. J. Lister Hill (D)

List of United States senators from ArizonaArizona

1. 1. Ernest McFarland (D)

2. 3. Carl Hayden (D)

List of United States senators from ArkansasArkansas

1. 2. John L. McClellan (D)

2. 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

List of United States senators from CaliforniaCalifornia

1. 1. William Knowland (R)

2. 3. Sheridan Downey (D), until November 30, 1950

   1. Richard Nixon (R), from December 1, 1950

List of United States senators from ColoradoColorado

1. 2. Edwin C. Johnson (D)

2. 3. Eugene Millikin (R)

List of United States senators from ConnecticutConnecticut

1. 1. Raymond E. Baldwin (R), until December 16, 1949

   1. William Benton (D), from December 17, 1949

   3. Brien McMahon (D)

List of United States senators from DelawareDelaware

1. 1. John J. Williams (R)

2. 2. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)

List of United States senators from FloridaFlorida

1. 1. Spessard Holland (D)

2. 3. Claude Pepper (D)

List of United States senators from GeorgiaGeorgia

1. 2. Walter F. George (D)

2. 3. Richard Russell Jr. (D)

List of United States senators from IdahoIdaho

1. 2. Bert H. Miller (D), until October 8, 1949

   1. Henry Dworshak (R), from October 14, 1949

   3. Glen H. Taylor (D)

List of United States senators from IllinoisIllinois

1. 2. Paul Douglas (D)

2. 3. Scott W. Lucas (D)

List of United States senators from IndianaIndiana

1. 1. William E. Jenner (R)

2. 3. Homer E. Capehart (R)

List of United States senators from IowaIowa

1. 2. Guy Gillette (D)

2. 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

List of United States senators from KansasKansas

1. 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)

2. 3. Clyde M. Reed (R), until November 8, 1949

   1. Harry Darby (R), December 2, 1949 - November 28, 1950

   2. Frank Carlson (R), from November 29, 1950

List of United States senators from KentuckyKentucky

1. 2. Virgil Chapman (D)

2. 3. Alben W. Barkley (D), until January 19, 1949

   1. Garrett Withers (D), January 20, 1949 - November 26, 1950

   2. Earle Clements (D), from November 27, 1950

List of United States senators from LouisianaLouisiana

1. 2. Allen J. Ellender (D)

2. 3. Russell B. Long (D)

List of United States senators from MaineMaine

1. 1. Owen Brewster (R)

2. 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

List of United States senators from MarylandMaryland

1. 1. Herbert O'Conor (D)

2. 3. Millard Tydings (D)

List of United States senators from MassachusettsMassachusetts

1. 1. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)

2. 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

List of United States senators from MichiganMichigan

1. 1. Arthur Vandenberg (R)

2. 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)

List of United States senators from MinnesotaMinnesota

1. 1. Edward J. Thye (R)

2. 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

List of United States senators from MississippiMississippi

1. 1. John C. Stennis (D)

2. 2. James Eastland (D)

List of United States senators from MissouriMissouri

1. 1. James P. Kem (R)

2. 3. Forrest C. Donnell (R)

List of United States senators from MontanaMontana

1. 1. Zales Ecton (R)

2. 2. James E. Murray (D)

List of United States senators from NebraskaNebraska

1. 1. Hugh A. Butler (R)

2. 2. Kenneth S. Wherry (R)

List of United States senators from NevadaNevada

1. 1. George W. Malone (R)

2. 3. Pat McCarran (D)

List of United States senators from New HampshireNew Hampshire

1. 2. Styles Bridges (R)

2. 3. Charles W. Tobey (R)

List of United States senators from New JerseyNew Jersey

1. 1. H. Alexander Smith (R)

2. 2. Robert C. Hendrickson (R)

List of United States senators from New MexicoNew Mexico

1. 1. Dennis Chávez (D)

2. 2. Clinton Anderson (D)

List of United States senators from New YorkNew York

1. 1. Irving Ives (R)

2. 3. Robert F. Wagner (D), until June 28, 1949

   1. John Foster Dulles (R), July 7, 1949 - November 8, 1949

   2. Herbert H. Lehman (D), from November 9, 1949

List of United States senators from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

1. 2. J. Melville Broughton (D), until March 6, 1949

   1. Frank Porter Graham (D), March 29, 1949 - November 26, 1950

   2. Willis Smith (D), from November 27, 1950

   3. Clyde R. Hoey (D)

List of United States senators from North DakotaNorth Dakota

1. 1. William Langer (R-NPL)

2. 3. Milton Young (R)

List of United States senators from OhioOhio

1. 1. John W. Bricker (R)

2. 3. Robert A. Taft (R)

List of United States senators from OklahomaOklahoma

1. 2. Robert S. Kerr (D)

2. 3. Elmer Thomas (D)

List of United States senators from OregonOregon

1. 2. Guy Cordon (R)

2. 3. Wayne Morse (R)

List of United States senators from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

1. 1. Edward Martin (R)

2. 3. Francis J. Myers (D)

List of United States senators from Rhode IslandRhode Island

1. 1. J. Howard McGrath (D), until August 23, 1949

   1. Edward L. Leahy (D), August 24, 1949 - December 18, 1950

   2. John Pastore (D), from December 19, 1950

   2. Theodore F. Green (D)

List of United States senators from South CarolinaSouth Carolina

1. 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D)

2. 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

List of United States senators from South DakotaSouth Dakota

1. 2. Karl Mundt (R)

2. 3. Chan Gurney (R)

List of United States senators from TennesseeTennessee

1. 1. Kenneth McKellar (D)

2. 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

List of United States senators from TexasTexas

1. 1. Tom Connally (D)

2. 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

List of United States senators from UtahUtah

1. 1. Arthur V. Watkins (R)

2. 3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

List of United States senators from VermontVermont

1. 1. Ralph Flanders (R)

2. 3. George Aiken (R)

List of United States senators from VirginiaVirginia

1. 1. Harry F. Byrd (D)

2. 2. A. Willis Robertson (D)

List of United States senators from WashingtonWashington

1. 1. Harry P. Cain (R)

2. 3. Warren Magnuson (D)

List of United States senators from West VirginiaWest Virginia

1. 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D)

2. 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

List of United States senators from WisconsinWisconsin

1. 1. Joseph McCarthy (R)

2. 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

List of United States senators from WyomingWyoming

1. 1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)

2. 2. Lester C. Hunt (D)

House of Representatives

List of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama

1. . Frank W. Boykin (D)

2. . George M. Grant (D)

3. . George W. Andrews (D)

4. . Sam Hobbs (D)

5. . Albert Rains (D)

6. . Edward deGraffenried (D)

7. . Carl Elliott (D)

8. . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)

9. . Laurie C. Battle (D)

List of United States representatives from ArizonaArizona

1. . John R. Murdock (D)

2. . Harold Patten (D)

List of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas

1. . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)

2. . Wilbur Mills (D)

3. . James William Trimble (D)

4. . Boyd Anderson Tackett (D)

5. . Brooks Hays (D)

6. . William F. Norrell (D)

7. . Oren Harris (D)

List of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia

1. . Hubert B. Scudder (R)

2. . Clair Engle (D)

3. . J. Leroy Johnson (R)

4. . Franck R. Havenner (D)

5. . Richard J. Welch (R), until September 10, 1949

   1. John F. Shelley (D), from November 8, 1949

   . George P. Miller (D)

6. . John J. Allen Jr. (R)

7. . Jack Z. Anderson (R)

8. . Cecil F. White (D)

9. . Thomas H. Werdel (R)

10. . Ernest K. Bramblett (R)

11. . Richard Nixon (R), until November 30, 1950

12. . Norris Poulson (R)

13. . Helen Gahagan Douglas (D)

14. . Gordon L. McDonough (R)

15. . Donald L. Jackson (R)

16. . Cecil R. King (D)

17. . Clyde Doyle (D)

18. . Chester E. Holifield (D)

19. . John Carl Hinshaw (R)

20. . Harry R. Sheppard (D)

21. . John R. Phillips (R)

22. . Clinton D. McKinnon (D)

List of United States representatives from ColoradoColorado

1. . John A. Carroll (D)

2. . William S. Hill (R)

3. . John H. Marsalis (D)

4. . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

List of United States representatives from ConnecticutConnecticut

1. . Abraham Ribicoff (D)

2. . Chase G. Woodhouse (D)

3. . John A. McGuire (D)

4. . John Davis Lodge (R)

5. . James T. Patterson (R)

6. . Antoni Sadlak (R)

List of United States representatives from DelawareDelaware

1. . J. Caleb Boggs (R)

List of United States representatives from FloridaFlorida

1. . J. Hardin Peterson (D)

2. . Charles E. Bennett (D)

3. . Robert L. F. Sikes (D)

4. . George Smathers (D)

5. . Syd Herlong (D)

6. . Dwight L. Rogers (D)

List of United States representatives from GeorgiaGeorgia

1. . Prince Preston (D)

2. . E. Eugene Cox (D)

3. . Stephen Pace (D)

4. . Albert Sidney Camp (D)

5. . James C. Davis (D)

6. . Carl Vinson (D)

7. . Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D)

8. . William McDonald Wheeler (D)

9. . John S. Wood (D)

10. . Paul Brown (D)

List of United States representatives from IdahoIdaho

1. . Compton I. White (D)

2. . John C. Sanborn (R)

List of United States representatives from IllinoisIllinois

1. . William L. Dawson (D)

2. . Barratt O'Hara (D)

3. . Neil J. Linehan (D)

4. . James V. Buckley (D)

5. . Martin Gorski (D), until December 4, 1949

6. . Thomas J. O'Brien (D)

7. . Adolph J. Sabath (D)

8. . Thomas S. Gordon (D)

9. . Sidney R. Yates (D)

10. . Richard W. Hoffman (R)

11. . Chester A. Chesney (D)

12. . Edgar A. Jonas (R)

13. . Ralph E. Church (R), until March 21, 1950

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. . Rolla C. McMillen (R)

23. . Edward H. Jenison (R)

24. . Charles W. Vursell (R)

25. . Melvin Price (D)

26. . C. W. Bishop (R)

List of United States representatives from IndianaIndiana

1. . Ray Madden (D)

2. . Charles A. Halleck (R)

3. . Thurman C. Crook (D)

4. . Edward H. Kruse (D)

5. . John R. Walsh (D)

6. . Cecil M. Harden (R)

7. . James Ellsworth Noland (D)

8. . Winfield K. Denton (D)

9. . Earl Wilson (R)

10. . Ralph Harvey (R)

11. . Andrew Jacobs (D)

List of United States representatives from IowaIowa

1. . Thomas E. Martin (R)

2. . Henry O. Talle (R)

3. . H. R. Gross (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)

List of United States representatives from KansasKansas

1. . Albert M. Cole (R)

2. . Errett P. Scrivner (R)

3. . Herbert Alton Meyer (R), until October 2, 1950

   1. Myron V. George (R), from November 7, 1950

   . Edward Herbert Rees (R)

4. . Clifford R. Hope (R)

5. . Wint Smith (R)

List of United States representatives from KentuckyKentucky

1. . Noble J. Gregory (D)

2. . John A. Whitaker (D)

3. . Thruston Ballard Morton (R)

4. . Frank Chelf (D)

5. . Brent Spence (D)

6. . Thomas R. Underwood (D)

7. . Carl D. Perkins (D)

8. . Joe B. Bates (D)

9. . James S. Golden (R)

List of United States representatives from LouisianaLouisiana

1. . F. Edward Hébert (D)

2. . Hale Boggs (D)

3. . Edwin E. Willis (D)

4. . Overton Brooks (D)

5. . Otto Passman (D)

6. . James H. Morrison (D)

7. . Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D)

8. . A. Leonard Allen (D)

List of United States representatives from MaineMaine

1. . Robert Hale (R)

2. . Charles P. Nelson (R)

3. . Frank Fellows (R)

List of United States representatives from MarylandMaryland

1. . Edward Tylor Miller (R)

2. . William P. Bolton (D)

3. . Edward Garmatz (D)

4. . George Hyde Fallon (D)

5. . Lansdale G. Sasscer (D)

6. . James Glenn Beall (R)

List of United States representatives from MassachusettsMassachusetts

1. . John W. Heselton (R)

2. . Foster Furcolo (D)

3. . Philip J. Philbin (D)

4. . Harold Donohue (D)

5. . Edith Nourse Rogers (R)

6. . George J. Bates (R), until November 1, 1949

   1. William H. Bates (R), from February 14, 1950

   . Thomas J. Lane (D)

7. . Angier Goodwin (R)

8. . Donald W. Nicholson (R)

9. . Christian Herter (R)

10. . John F. Kennedy (D)

11. . John W. McCormack (D)

12. . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)

13. . Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

List of United States representatives from MichiganMichigan

1. . George G. Sadowski (D)

2. . Earl C. Michener (R)

3. . Paul W. Shafer (R)

4. . Clare E. Hoffman (R)

5. . Gerald Ford (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. . Charles E. Potter (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 Sr. (D), until May 27, 1950

17. . George A. Dondero (R)

List of United States representatives from MinnesotaMinnesota

1. . August H. Andresen (R)

2. . Joseph P. O'Hara (R)

3. . Roy Wier (DFL)

4. . Eugene McCarthy (DFL)

5. . Walter Judd (R)

6. . Fred Marshall (DFL)

7. . Herman Carl Andersen (R)

8. . John Blatnik (DFL)

9. . Harold Hagen (R)

List of United States representatives from MississippiMississippi

1. . John E. Rankin (D)

2. . Jamie L. Whitten (D)

3. . William M. Whittington (D)

4. . Thomas Abernethy (D)

5. . W. Arthur Winstead (D)

6. . William M. Colmer (D)

7. . John Bell Williams (D)

List of United States representatives from MissouriMissouri

1. . Clare Magee (D)

2. . Morgan M. Moulder (D)

3. . Phil J. Welch (D)

4. . Leonard Irving (D)

5. . Richard Walker Bolling (D)

6. . George H. Christopher (D)

7. . Dewey Short (R)

8. . A. S. J. Carnahan (D)

9. . Clarence Cannon (D)

10. . Paul C. Jones (D)

11. . John B. Sullivan (D)

12. . Raymond W. Karst (D)

13. . Frank M. Karsten (D)

List of United States representatives from MontanaMontana

1. . Mike Mansfield (D)

2. . Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

List of United States representatives from NebraskaNebraska

1. . Carl Curtis (R)

2. . Eugene D. O'Sullivan (D)

3. . Karl Stefan (R)

4. . Arthur L. Miller (R)

List of United States representatives from NevadaNevada

1. . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from New HampshireNew Hampshire

1. . Chester Earl Merrow (R)

2. . Norris Cotton (R)

List of United States representatives from New JerseyNew Jersey

1. . Charles A. Wolverton (R)

2. . T. Millet Hand (R)

3. . James C. Auchincloss (R)

4. . Charles R. Howell (D)

5. . Charles A. Eaton (R)

6. . Clifford P. Case (R)

7. . J. Parnell Thomas (R), until January 2, 1950

   1. William B. Widnall (R), from February 6, 1950

   . Gordon Canfield (R)

8. . Harry L. Towe (R)

9. . Peter W. Rodino (D)

10. . Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D)

11. . Robert Kean (R)

12. . Mary T. Norton (D)

13. . Edward J. Hart (D)

List of United States representatives from New MexicoNew Mexico

1. . John E. Miles (D)

2. . Antonio M. Fernández (D)

List of United States representatives from New YorkNew York

1. . W. Kingsland Macy (R)

2. . Leonard W. Hall (R)

3. . Henry J. Latham (R)

4. . L. Gary Clemente (D)

5. . T. Vincent Quinn (D)

6. . James J. Delaney (D)

7. . Louis B. Heller (D), from February 15, 1949

8. . Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)

9. . Eugene J. Keogh (D)

10. . Andrew L. Somers (D), until April 6, 1949

    1. Edna F. Kelly (D), from November 8, 1949

    . James J. Heffernan (D)

11. . John J. Rooney (D)

12. . Donald L. O'Toole (D)

13. . Abraham J. Multer (D)

14. . Emanuel Celler (D)

15. . James J. Murphy (D)

16. . Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R)

17. . Vito Marcantonio (AL)

18. . Arthur George Klein (D)

19. . Sol Bloom (D), until March 7, 1949

    1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (Lib.), from May 17, 1949

    . Jacob Javits (R)

20. . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D)

21. . Walter A. Lynch (D)

22. . Isidore Dollinger (D)

23. . Charles A. Buckley (D)

24. . Christopher C. McGrath (D)

25. . Ralph W. Gwinn (R)

26. . Ralph A. Gamble (R)

27. . Katharine St. George (R)

28. . Jay Le Fevre (R)

29. . Bernard W. Kearney (R)

30. . William T. Byrne (D)

31. . Dean P. Taylor (R)

32. . Clarence E. Kilburn (R)

33. . John C. Davies II (D)

34. . R. Walter Riehlman (R)

35. . Edwin Arthur Hall (R)

36. . John Taber (R)

37. . W. Sterling Cole (R)

38. . Kenneth Keating (R)

39. . James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)

40. . William L. Pfeiffer (R)

41. . Anthony F. Tauriello (D)

42. . Chester C. Gorski (D)

43. . Daniel A. Reed (R)

List of United States representatives from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

1. . Herbert Covington Bonner (D)

2. . John H. Kerr (D)

3. . Graham A. Barden (D)

4. . Harold D. Cooley (D)

5. . Richard Thurmond Chatham (D)

6. . Carl T. Durham (D)

7. . Frank Ertel Carlyle (D)

8. . Charles B. Deane (D)

9. . Robert L. Doughton (D)

10. . Hamilton C. Jones (D)

11. . Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D), until August 31, 1950

    1. Woodrow W. Jones (D), from November 7, 1950

    . Monroe Minor Redden (D)

List of United States representatives from North DakotaNorth Dakota

1. . William Lemke (R), until May 30, 1950

2. . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

List of United States representatives from OhioOhio

1. . Charles H. Elston (R)

2. . Earl T. Wagner (D)

3. . Edward G. Breen (D)

4. . William Moore McCulloch (R)

5. . Cliff Clevenger (R)

6. . James G. Polk (D)

7. . Clarence J. Brown (R)

8. . Frederick Cleveland Smith (R)

9. . Thomas H. Burke (D)

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. . Robert T. Secrest (D)

16. . John McSweeney (D)

17. . J. Harry McGregor (R)

18. . Wayne Hays (D)

19. . Michael J. Kirwan (D)

20. . Michael A. Feighan (D)

21. . Robert Crosser (D)

22. . Frances P. Bolton (R)

23. . Stephen M. Young (D)

List of United States representatives from OklahomaOklahoma

1. . Dixie Gilmer (D)

2. . William G. Stigler (D)

3. . Carl Albert (D)

4. . Tom Steed (D)

5. . A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

6. . Toby Morris (D)

7. . Victor Wickersham (D)

8. . George H. Wilson (D)

List of United States representatives from OregonOregon

1. . A. Walter Norblad (R)

2. . Lowell Stockman (R)

3. . Homer D. Angell (R)

4. . Harris Ellsworth (R)

List of United States representatives from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

1. . William A. Barrett (D)

2. . William T. Granahan (D)

3. . Hardie Scott (R)

4. . Earl Chudoff (D)

5. . William J. Green Jr. (D)

6. . Hugh Scott (R)

7. . Benjamin F. James (R)

8. . Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R)

9. . Paul B. Dague (R)

10. . Harry P. O'Neill (D)

11. . Dan Flood (D)

12. . Ivor D. Fenton (R)

13. . George M. Rhodes (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. . James F. Lind (D)

22. . James E. Van Zandt (R)

23. . Anthony Cavalcante (D)

24. . Thomas E. Morgan (D)

25. . Louis E. Graham (R)

26. . Robert L. Coffey (D), until April 20, 1949

    1. John P. Saylor (R), from September 13, 1949

    . Augustine B. Kelley (D)

27. . Carroll D. Kearns (R)

28. . Harry J. Davenport (D)

29. . Robert J. Corbett (R)

30. . James G. Fulton (R)

31. . Herman P. Eberharter (D)

32. . Frank Buchanan (D)

List of United States representatives from Rhode IslandRhode Island

1. . Aime Forand (D)

2. . John E. Fogarty (D)

List of United States representatives from South CarolinaSouth Carolina

1. . L. Mendel Rivers (D)

2. . Hugo S. Sims Jr. (D)

3. . James Butler Hare (D)

4. . Joseph R. Bryson (D)

5. . James P. Richards (D)

6. . John L. McMillan (D)

List of United States representatives from South DakotaSouth Dakota

1. . Harold Lovre (R)

2. . Francis Case (R)

List of United States representatives from TennesseeTennessee

1. . Dayton E. Phillips (R)

2. . John Jennings Jr. (R)

3. . James B. Frazier Jr. (D)

4. . Albert Gore Sr. (D)

5. . Joe L. Evins (D)

6. . Percy Priest (D)

7. . James Patrick Sutton (D)

8. . Tom J. Murray (D)

9. . Jere Cooper (D)

10. . Clifford Davis (D)

List of United States representatives from TexasTexas

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. . Clark W. Thompson (D)

10. . Homer Thornberry (D)

11. . William R. Poage (D)

12. . Wingate H. Lucas (D)

13. . Ed Gossett (D)

14. . John E. Lyle Jr. (D)

15. . Lloyd Bentsen (D)

16. . Kenneth M. Regan (D)

17. . Omar Burleson (D)

18. . Eugene Worley (D), until April 3, 1950

    1. Ben H. Guill (R), from May 6, 1950

    . George H. Mahon (D)

19. . Paul J. Kilday (D)

20. . O. C. Fisher (D)

List of United States representatives from UtahUtah

1. . Walter K. Granger (D)

2. . Reva Beck Bosone (D)

List of United States representatives from VermontVermont

1. . Charles A. Plumley (R)

List of United States representatives from VirginiaVirginia

1. . S. Otis Bland (D), until February 16, 1950

   1. Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D), from May 2, 1950

   . Porter Hardy Jr. (D)

2. . J. Vaughan Gary (D)

3. . Watkins Abbitt (D)

4. . Thomas B. Stanley (D)

5. . Clarence G. Burton (D)

6. . Burr Harrison (D)

7. . Howard W. Smith (D)

8. . Thomas B. Fugate (D)

List of United States representatives from WashingtonWashington

1. . Hugh Mitchell (D)

2. . Henry M. Jackson (D)

3. . Russell V. Mack (R)

4. . Hal Holmes (R)

5. . Walt Horan (R)

6. . Thor C. Tollefson (R)

List of United States representatives from West VirginiaWest Virginia

1. . Robert L. Ramsay (D)

2. . Harley Orrin Staggers (D)

3. . Cleveland M. Bailey (D)

4. . Maurice G. Burnside (D)

5. . John Kee (D)

6. . E. H. Hedrick (D)

List of United States representatives from WisconsinWisconsin

1. . Lawrence H. Smith (R)

2. . Glenn Robert Davis (R)

3. . Gardner R. Withrow (R)

4. . Clement J. Zablocki (D)

5. . Andrew J. Biemiller (D)

6. . Frank Bateman Keefe (R)

7. . Reid F. Murray (R)

8. . John W. Byrnes (R)

9. . Merlin Hull (R)

10. . Alvin O'Konski (R)

List of United States representatives from WyomingWyoming

1. . Frank A. Barrett (R), until December 31, 1950

Non-voting members

1. . Bob Bartlett (D)

2. . Joseph Rider Farrington (R)

3. . Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD/D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

|- | Kentucky(3) | nowrap | Alben W. Barkley (D) | Incumbent resigned January 19, 1949, to become U.S. Vice President.Successor appointed January 20, 1949, to finish the term. | nowrap | Garrett Withers (D) | January 20, 1949

|- | North Carolina(2) | nowrap | J. Melville Broughton (D) | Incumbent died March 6, 1949.Successor appointed March 29, 1949, to continue the term. | nowrap | Frank Porter Graham (D) | March 29, 1949

|- | New York(3) | nowrap | Robert F. Wagner (D) | Incumbent resigned June 28, 1949, due to ill health.Successor appointed July 7, 1949, to continue the term. | nowrap | John Foster Dulles (R) | July 7, 1949

|- | Rhode Island(1) | nowrap | J. Howard McGrath (D) | Incumbent resigned August 23, 1949, to become U.S. Attorney General.Successor appointed to continue the term. | nowrap | Edward L. Leahy (D) | August 24, 1949

|- | Idaho(2) | nowrap | Bert H. Miller (D) | Incumbent died October 8, 1949.Successor appointed to continue the term.Successor later elected November 7, 1950. | nowrap | Henry Dworshak (R) | October 14, 1949

|- | Kansas(3) | nowrap | Clyde M. Reed (R) | Incumbent died November 8, 1949.Successor appointed to continue the term. | nowrap | Harry Darby (R) | December 2, 1949

|- | New York(3) | nowrap | John Foster Dulles (R) | Interim appointee lost November 8, 1949, election to finish the term.Successor elected November 8, 1949. | nowrap | Herbert H. Lehman (D) | November 9, 1949

|- | Connecticut(1) | nowrap | Raymond E. Baldwin (R) | Incumbent resigned December 16, 1949.Successor appointed to continue the term.Successor later elected November 7, 1950. | nowrap | William Benton (D) | December 17, 1949

|- | Kentucky(3) | nowrap | Garrett Withers (D) | Interim appointee resigned November 26, 1950, to trigger special election.Successor elected November 7, 1950. | nowrap | Earle Clements (D) | November 27, 1950

|- | North Carolina(2) | nowrap | Frank Porter Graham (D) | Interim appointee lost November 7, 1950, election to finish the term.Successor elected November 7, 1950. | nowrap | Willis Smith (D) | November 27, 1950

|- | Kansas(3) | nowrap | Harry Darby (R) | Interim appointee retired November 28, 1950, when successor elected.Successor elected November 29, 1950. | nowrap | Frank Carlson (R) | November 29, 1950

|- | California(3) | nowrap | Sheridan Downey (D) | Incumbent resigned November 30, 1950, due to ill health.Successor appointed to finish term, having already been elected to the next term. | nowrap | Richard Nixon (R) | December 1, 1950

|- | Rhode Island(1) | nowrap | Edward L. Leahy (D) | Interim appointee retired December 18, 1950, when successor elected.Successor elected December 19, 1950. | nowrap | John Pastore (D) | December 19, 1950

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House of Representatives

|- | | Vacant | Rep. John J. Delaney died during previous congress | nowrap | Louis B. Heller (D) | February 15, 1949

|- | | nowrap | Sol Bloom (D) | Died March 7, 1949. | | | May 17, 1949

|- | | nowrap | Andrew Lawrence Somers (D) | Died April 6, 1949. | nowrap | Edna F. Kelly (D) | November 8, 1949

|- | | nowrap | Robert L. Coffey (D) | Died April 20, 1949. | nowrap | John P. Saylor (R) | September 13, 1949

|- | | nowrap | Richard J. Welch (R) | Died September 10, 1949. | nowrap | John F. Shelley (D) | November 8, 1949

|- | | nowrap | George J. Bates (R) | Died November 1, 1949. | nowrap | William H. Bates (R) | February 14, 1950

|- | | nowrap | Martin Gorski (D) | Died December 4, 1949. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|- | | nowrap | J. Parnell Thomas (R) | Resigned January 2, 1950, following conviction on charges of salary fraud. | nowrap | William B. Widnall (R) | February 6, 1950

|- | | nowrap | S. Otis Bland (D) | Died February 16, 1950. | nowrap | Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D) | May 2, 1950

|- | | nowrap | Ralph E. Church (R) | Died March 21, 1950. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|- | | nowrap | Eugene Worley (D) | Resigned April 3, 1950, to become associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. | nowrap | Ben H. Guill (R) | May 6, 1950

|- | | nowrap | John Lesinski Sr. (D) | Died May 27, 1950. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|- | | nowrap | William Lemke (R) | Died May 30, 1950. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|- | | nowrap | Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) | Died August 31, 1950. | nowrap | Woodrow W. Jones (D) | November 7, 1950

|- | | nowrap | Herbert Alton Meyer (R) | Died October 2, 1950. | nowrap | Myron V. George (R) | November 7, 1950

|- | | nowrap | Richard Nixon (R) | Resigned November 30, 1950, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

|- | | nowrap | Frank A. Barrett (R) | Resigned December 31, 1950, after being elected Governor of Wyoming. | Vacant | Not filled for the remainder of this term

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Committees

Senate

• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Elmer Thomas; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)

• Appropriations (Chairman: Kenneth McKellar; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)

• Armed Services (Chairman: Millard E. Tydings; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)

• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Burnet R. Maybank; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey)

• District of Columbia (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: John J. Williams)

• Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Joseph R. McCarthy)

• Finance (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Eugene D. Millikin)

• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Tom Connally; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Vandenberg)

• Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Ranking Member: Hugh Butler)

• Subcommittee on Internal Security

• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Edwin C. Johnson; Ranking Member: Charles W. Tobey)

• Judiciary (Chairman: Pat McCarran; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)

• Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: Elbert D. Thomas; Ranking Member: Robert A. Taft)

• Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce (Select)

• Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Frank Carlson; Ranking Member: Olin D. Johnston)

• Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: William Langer)

• Remodeling the Senate Chamber (Special)

• Rules and Administration (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Kenneth S. Wherry)

• Small Business (Select)

• Small Business Enterprises (Special)

• Whole

House of Representatives

• Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope)

• Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber)

• Armed Services (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Dewey Jackson Short)

• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)

• District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: George J. Bates)

• Education and Labor (Chairman: John Lesinski; Ranking Member: Samuel K. McConnell Jr.)

• Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Chairman: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)

• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: John Kee; Ranking Member: Charles Aubrey Eaton)

• House Administration (Chairman: Mary Teresa Norton; Ranking Member: Karl M. LeCompte)

• Investigate Educational, Training, and Loan Guaranty Programs under the G.I. Bill (Select) (Chairman: Olin E. Teague)

• Investigate the Use of Chemicals in Food and Cosmetics (Select) (Chairman: N/A)

• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Robert Crosser; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton)

• Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking: Earl C. Michener)

• Lobbying Activities (Select) (Chairman: Frank Buchanan)

• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: S. Otis Bland; Ranking Member: Alvin F. Weichel)

• Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rees)

• Public Lands (Chairman: J. Hardin Peterson; Ranking Member: Richard J. Welch then Fred L. Crawford)

• Public Works (Chairman: William M. Whittington; Ranking Member: George Anthony Dondero)

• Rules (Chairman: Adolph J. Sabath; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen)

• Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman)

• Standards of Official Conduct

• Un-American Activities (Chairman: John S. Wood; Ranking Member: J. Parnell Thomas)

• Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: John E. Rankin; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)

• Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert L. Doughton; Ranking Member: Daniel A. Reed)

• Whole

Joint committees

• Atomic Energy (Chairman: Sen. Brien McMahon; Vice Chairman: Rep. Carl T. Durham)

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)

• Defense Production

• Disposition of Executive Papers

• Foreign Economic Cooperation (Chairman: Sen. Pat McCarran)

• Economic (Chairman: Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Vice Chairman: Rep. Edward J. Hart)

• Labor Management Relations (Chairman: Sen. James E. Murray; Vice Chairman: Rep. John Lesinski)

• Legislative Budget

• The Library (Chairman: Sen. Theodore F. Green)

• Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration

• Arrange the Inauguration for President-elect (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden)

• Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Mary Teresa Norton)

• Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures

• Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Robert L. Doughton; Vice Chairman: Sen. Walter F. George)

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#United States CongressLegislative 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: John J. Deviny

Senate

Chaplain: Peter Marshall (Presbyterian), until January 26, 1949

• Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist), from February 3, 1949

• Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins

• Secretary: Leslie Biffle

• Librarian: George W. Straubinger

• Secretary for the Majority: Felton McLellan Johnston

• Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice

• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

Chaplain: James Shera Montgomery (Methodist), until January 3, 1950

• Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian), from January 3, 1950

• Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts

• Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller

• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler

• Postmaster: Finis E. Scott

• Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)

• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph H. Callahan

See also

1948 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)

• 1948 United States presidential election

• 1948 United States Senate elections

• 1948 United States House of Representatives elections

1950 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

• 1950 United States Senate elections

• 1950 United States House of Representatives elections

Notes

References

• House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 81st Congress. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1951.

• Official Congressional Directory for the 81st Congress, 1st Session. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1949.

• Official Congressional Directory for the 81st Congress, 2nd Session. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1950.