Membership of the 79th Congress of the United States

 

January 3, 1945 to January 3, 1947

 

First Session:  January 3, 1945 to December 21, 1945

Second Session:  January 14, 1946 to August 2, 1946

 

Vice President of the United States: 

Henry A. Wallace (Iowa)
Harry S. Truman (Missouri), from January 20, 1945 (became President April 12, 1945 upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt; Vice Presidency remained vacant until January 20, 1949)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate: 

Kenneth D. McKellar (Tennessee)

Secretary of the Senate: 

Edwin A. Halsey (Virginia)
Leslie L. Biffle (Arkansas), from February 8, 1945

Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: 

Wall Doxey (Mississippi)

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

Sam Rayburn (Texas)

Clerk of the House: 

South Trimble (Kentucky), died November 23, 1946
Harry Newlin Megill  (interim clerk)

Sergeant at Arms of the House: 

Kenneth Romney (Montana)

Doorkeeper of the House: 

Ralph R. Roberts (Indiana)

Postmaster of the House: 

Finis E. Scott

 

Alabama

 

Senators

 

John Hollis Bankhead II (died June 12, 1946)

J. Lister Hill

George R. Swift (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Hollis Bankhead II; served from June 15, 1946 to November 5, 1946, when John Sparkman was elected)

John J. Sparkman (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Hollis Bankhead II; served from November 6, 1946)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Frank W. Boykin

District 2:

George M. Grant

District 3:

George W. Andrews

District 4:

Samuel F. Hobbs

District 5:

Albert M. Rains

District 6:

Pete Jarman

District 7:

Carter Manasco

District 8:

John J. Sparkman (resigned November 5, 1946 to become Senator)

District 9:

Luther Patrick

 

Arizona

 

Senators

 

Carl T. Hayden

Ernest W. McFarland

 

Representatives At Large

 

John R. Murdock

Richard F. Harless

 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

John L. McClelland

J. William Fullbright

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Ezekiel C. Gathings

District 2:

Wilbur D. Mills

District 3:

James W. Trimble

District 4:

William F. Cravens

District 5:

Brooks Hays

District 6:

William F. Norrell

District 7:

Oren Harris

 

California

 

Senators

 

Hiram W. Johnson (died August 6, 1945)

Sheridan Downey

William F. Knowland (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hiram W. Johnson; served from August 26, 1945)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Clarence F. Lea

District 2:

Clair Engle

District 3:

J. Leroy Johnson

District 4:

Franck R. Havenner

District 5:

Richard J. Welch

District 6:

George P. Miller

District 7:

John H. Tolan

District 8:

Jack Z. Anderson

District 9:

Bertrand W. Gearhart

District 10:

Alfred J. Elliott

District 11:

George E. Outland

District 12:

Jerry Voorhis

District 13:

Ned Healy

District 14:

Helen Gahagan Douglas

District 15:

Gordon L. McDonough

District 16:

Ellis Patterson

District 17:

Cecil R. King

District 18:

Clyde G. Doyle

District 19:

Chester E. Holifield

District 20:

Carl Hinshaw

District 21:

Harry R. Sheppard

District 22:

John Phillips

District 23:

Edouard V. M. Izac

 

Colorado

 

Senators

 

Edwin C. Johnson

Eugene D. Millikin

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Dean M. Gillespie

District 2:

William S. Hill

District 3:

J. Edgar Chenoweth

District 4:

Robert F. Rockwell

 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Francis T. Maloney (died January 16, 1945)

Brien McMahon

Thomas C. Hart (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis T. Maloney; served from February 15, 1945 to November 5, 1946, when Raymond Baldwin was elected)

Raymond E. Baldwin (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis T. Maloney; served from December 27, 1946)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Herman P. Kopplemann

District 2:

Chase G. Woodhouse

District 3:

James P. Geelan

District 4:

Clare Booth Luce

District 5:

Joseph E. Talbot

At Large:

Joseph F. Ryter

 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

James M. Tunnell

C. Douglass Buck

 

Representative At Large

 

Phillip A. Traynor

 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Charles O. Andrews (died September 18, 1946)

Claude D. Pepper

Spessard L. Holland (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles O. Andrews; served from September 25, 1946)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

J. Hardin Peterson

District 2:

Emory H. Price

District 3:

Robert L. F. Sikes

District 4:

Pat Cannon

District 5:

Joseph E. Hendricks

District 6:

Dwight L. Rogers

 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

Walter F. George

Richard B. Russell

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Hugh Peterson

District 2:

Edward E. Cox

District 3:

Stephen Pace

District 4:

A. Sidney Camp

District 5:

Robert C. W. Ramspeck (resigned December 31, 1945 to become executive vice president of the Air Transport Association)

Helen D. Mankin (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert C. W. Ramspeck; served from February 12, 1946)

District 6:

Carl Vinson

District 7:

Malcolm C. Tarver

District 8:

John S. Gibson

District 9:

John S. Wood

District 10:

Paul Brown

 

Idaho

 

Senators

 

John Thomas (died November 10, 1945)

Glen H. Taylor

John Gossett (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Thomas; served from November 17, 1945 to November 6, 1946, when Henry C. Dworshak was elected)

Henry C. Dworshak (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Thomas; served from November 6, 1946)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Compton I. White

District 2:

Henry C. Dworshak (resigned November 5, 1946 to become Senator)

 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

Scott W. Lucas

C. Wayland Brooks

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

William L. Dawson

District 2:

William L. Rowan

District 3:

Edward A. Kelly

District 4:

Martin Gorski

District 5:

Adolph J. Sabath

District 6:

Thomas J. O'Brien

District 7:

William W. Link

District 8:

Thomas S. Gordon

District 9:

Alexander J. Resa

District 10:

Ralph E. Church

District 11:

Chauncey W. Reed

District 12:

Noah M. Mason

District 13:

Leo E. Allen

District 14:

Anton J. Johnson

District 15:

Robert B. Chiperfield

District 16:

Everett M. Dirksen

District 17:

Leslie C. Arends

District 18:

Jessie Sumner

District 19:

Rolla C. McMillan

District 20:

Sidney E. Simpson

District 21:

G. Evan Howell

District 22:

Melvin Price

District 23:

Charles W. Vursell

District 24:

James V. Heidinger (died March 22, 1945)

Roy Clippinger (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Heidinger; served from November 6, 1945)

District 25:

C. W. "Runt" Bishop

At Large:

Emily Taft Douglas

 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Raymond E. Willis

Homer E. Capehart

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Ray J. Madden

District 2:

Charles A. Halleck

District 3:

Robert A. Grant

District 4:

George W. Gillie

District 5:

Forest A. Harness

District 6:

Noble J. Johnson

District 7:

Gerald W. Landis

District 8:

Charles M. LaFollette

District 9:

Earl Wilson

District 10:

Raymond S. Springer

District 11:

Louis L. Ludlow

 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

George A. Wilson

Bourke B. Hickenlooper

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Thomas E. Martin

District 2:

Henry O. Talle

District 3:

John W. Gwynne

District 4:

Karl M. LeCompte

District 5:

Paul H. Cunningham

District 6:

James I. Dolliver

District 7:

Ben F. Jensen

District 8:

Charles B. Hoeven

 

Kansas

 

Senators

 

Arthur Capper

Clyde M. Reed

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Albert M. Cole

District 2:

Errett P. Scrivner

District 3:

Thomas D. Winter

District 4:

Edward H. Rees

District 5:

Clifford R. Hope

District 6:

Frank Carlson

 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

Alben W. Barkley

Albert B. Chandler (resigned November 1, 1945 to become Commissioner of Baseball)

William A. Stanfill (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Albert B. Chandler; served from November 19, 1945 to November 5, 1946, when John Sherman Cooper was elected)

John Sherman Cooper (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Albert B. Chandler; served from November 6, 1946)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Noble J. Gregory

District 2:

Earl C. Clements

District 3:

Emmet O'Neal

District 4:

Frank L. Chelf

District 5:

Brent Spence

District 6:

Virgil Chapman

District 7:

Andrew J. May

District 8:

Joe B. Bates

District 9:

John M. Robsion

 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

John H. Overton

Allen J. Ellender

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

F. Edward Hébert

District 2:

Paul H. Maloney

District 3:

James Domengeaux

District 4:

Overton Brooks

District 5:

Charles E. McKenzie

District 6:

James H. Morrison

District 7:

Henry D. Larcade

District 8:

A. Leonard Allen

 

Maine

 

Senators

 

Wallace H. White, Jr.

R. Owen Brewster

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Robert Hale

District 2:

Margaret Chase Smith

District 3:

Frank Fellows

 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

Millard E. Tydings

George L. P. Radcliffe

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Dudley G. Roe

District 2:

H. Streett Baldwin

District 3:

Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.

District 4:

George H. Fallon

District 5:

Lansdale G. Sasscer

District 6:

J. Glenn Beall

 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

David I. Walsh

Leverett A. Saltsonstall (served from January 4, 1945, having completed his term as Governor of Massachusetts)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

John W. Heselton

District 2:

Charles R. Clason

District 3:

Philip J. Philbin

District 4:

Pehr G. Holmes

District 5:

Edith N. Rogers

District 6:

George J. Bates

District 7:

Thomas J. Lane

District 8:

Angier L. Goodwin

District 9:

Charles L. Gifford

District 10:

Christian A. Herter

District 11:

James M. Curley

District 12:

John W. McCormack

District 13:

Richard B. Wigglesworth

District 14:

Joseph W. Martin, Jr.

 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

Arthur H. Vandenberg

Homer S. Ferguson

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

George G. Sadowski

District 2:

Earl C. Michener

District 3:

Paul W. Shafer

District 4:

Clare E. Hoffman

District 5:

Bartel J. Jonkman

District 6:

William W. Blackney

District 7:

Jesse P. Wolcott

District 8:

Fred L. Crawford

District 9:

Albert J. Engel

District 10:

Roy O. Woodruff

District 11:

Fred V. Bradley

District 12:

Frank E. Hook

District 13:

George D. O'Brien

District 14:

Louis C. Rabaut

District 15:

John D. Dingell

District 16:

John Lesinski

District 17:

George A. Dondero

 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

Henrik Shipstead

Joseph H. Ball

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

August H. Andresen

District 2:

Joseph P. O'Hara

District 3:

William J. Gallagher (died August 13, 1946)

District 4:

Frank T. Starkey

District 5:

Walter H. Judd

District 6:

Harold Knutson

District 7:

H. Carl Anderson

District 8:

William A. Pittenger

District 9:

Harold C. Hagen

 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

Theodore G. Bilbo

James O. Eastland

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

John E. Rankin

District 2:

Jamie L. Whitten

District 3:

William M. Whittington

District 4:

Thomas G. Abernethy

District 5:

W. Arthur Winstead

District 6:

William M. Colmer

District 7:

Dan R. McGehee

 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

Harry S. Truman (resigned January 17, 1945 to become Vice President of the United States)

Forrest C. Donnell

Frank P. Briggs (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Harry S. Truman; served from January 18, 1945)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Wat Arnold

District 2:

Max Schwabe

District 3:

William C. Cole

District 4:

C. Jasper Bell

District 5:

Roger C. Slaughter

District 6:

Marion T. Bennett

District 7:

Dewey J. Short

District 8:

A. S. J. Carnahan

District 9:

Clarence A. Cannon

District 10:

Orville Zimmerman

District 11:

John B. Sullivan

District 12:

Walter C. Ploeser

District 13:

John J. Cochran

 

Montana

 

Senators

 

Burton K. Wheeler

James E. Murray

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Michael J. Mansfield

District 2:

James F. O'Connor (died January 15, 1945)

Wesley A. D'Ewart (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James F. O’Connor; served from June 5, 1945)

 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

Hugh A. Butler

Kenneth S. Wherry

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Carl T. Curtis

District 2:

Howard H. Buffett

District 3:

Karl Stefan

District 4:

Arthur L. Miller

 

Nevada

 

Senators

 

Patrick A. McCarran

James G. Scrugham (died June 23, 1945)

Edward P. Carville (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James G. Scrugham; served from July 25, 1945)

 

Representative At Large

 

Berkeley L. Bunker

 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

H. Styles Bridges

Charles W. Tobey

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Chester E. Merrow

District 2:

Sherman Adams

 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

Albert W. Hawkes

H. Alexander Smith

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Charles A. Wolverton

District 2:

T. Millet Hand

District 3:

James C. Auchincloss