Membership of the 80th Congress of the United States

 

January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1949

 

First Session:  January 3, 1947 to December 19, 1947

Second Session:  January 6, 1948 to December 31, 1948

 

Vice President of the United States:

Vacant

President Pro Tempore of the Senate:

Arthur H. Vandenberg (Michigan)

Secretary of the Senate:

Carl A. Loeffler (Pennsylvania)

Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:

Edward F. McGinnis (Illinois)
   

Speaker of the House of Representatives:

Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Massachusetts)

Clerk of the House:

John Andrews (Massachusetts)

Sergeant at Arms of the House:

William F. Russell (Pennsylvania)

Doorkeeper of the House:

M. L. Meletio (Missouri)

Postmaster of the House:

Frank Collier

 

Alabama

 

Senators

 

J. Lister Hill

John J. Sparkman

 

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:

Robert E. Jones, Jr. (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. Sparkman in the previous Congress; served from January 28, 1947)
District 9:

Laurie C. Battle
 

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

 

Sheridan Downey

William F. Knowland

 

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 J. Allen, Jr.
District 8:

Jack Z. Anderson
District 9:

Bertrand W. Gearhart
District 10:

Alfred J. Elliot
District 11:

Ernest K. Bramblett
District 12:

Richard M. Nixon
District 13:

C. Norris Poulson
District 14:

Helen Gahagan Douglas
District 15:

Gordon L. McDonough
District 16:

Donald L. Jackson
District 17:

Cecil R. King
District 18:

Willis Bradley
District 19:

Chester E. Holifield
District 20:

Carl Hinshaw
District 21:

Harry R. Sheppard
District 22:

John Phillips
District 23:

Charles K. Fletcher
 

Colorado

 

Senators

 

Edwin C. Johnson

Eugene D. Millikin

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

John A. Carroll
District 2:

William S. Hill
District 3:

J. Edgar Chenoweth
District 4:

Robert F. Rockwell
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Brien McMahon

Raymond E. Baldwin

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

William J. Miller
District 2:

Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.
District 3:

Ellsworth B. Foote
District 4:

John Davis Lodge
District 5:

James T. Patterson
At Large:

Antoni N. Sadlak
 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

C. Douglass Buck

John J. Williams

 

Representative At Large

 

J. Caleb Boggs
 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Claude D. Pepper

Spessard L. Holland

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

J. Hardin Peterson
District 2:

Emory H. Price
District 3:

Robert L. F. Sikes
District 4:

George A. Smathers
District 5:

Joe E. Hendricks
District 6:

Dwight L. Rogers
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

Walter F. George

Richard B. Russell

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

Prince H. Preston, Jr.
District 2:

Edward E. Cox
District 3:

Stephen Pace
District 4:

A. Sidney Camp
District 5:

James C. Davis
District 6:

Carl Vinson
District 7:

Henderson L. Lanham
District 8:

W. M. Don Wheeler
District 9:

John S. Wood
District 10:

Paul Brown
 

Idaho

 

Senators

 

Glen H. Taylor

Henry C. Dworshak

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

Abe M. Goff
District 2:

John C. Sanborn
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

Scott W. Lucas

C. Wayland Brooks

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

William L. Dawson
District 2:

Richard B. Vail
District 3:

Fred E. Busbey
District 4:

Martin Gorski
District 5:

Adolph J. Sabath
District 6:

Thomas J. O'Brien
District 7:

Thomas L. Owens (died June 7, 1948)
District 8:

Thomas S. Gordon
District 9:

Robert J. Twyman
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:

Edward H. Jenison
District 19:

Rolla C. McMillan
District 20:

Sidney E. Simpson
District 21:

G. Evan Howell (resigned October 5, 1947 to become a  judge of the United States Court of Claims)
District 22:

Melvin Price
District 23:

Charles W. Vursell
District 24:

Roy Clippinger
District 25:

C. W. "Runt" Bishop
At Large:

William G. Stratton
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Homer E. Capehart

William E. Jenner

 

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 (resigned July 1, 1948 to become  a judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals)
District 7:

Gerald W. Landis
District 8:

E. A. Mitchell
District 9:

Earl Wilson
District 10:

Raymond S. Springer (died August 28, 1947)

Ralph Harvey (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Raymond S. Springer; served from November 4, 1947)
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:

Herbert A. Meyer
District 4:

Edward H. Rees
District 5:

Clifford R. Hope
District 6:

Wint Smith
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

Alben W. Barkley

John Sherman Cooper

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

Noble J. Gregory
District 2:

Earl C. Clements (resigned January 6, 1948 to become Governor of Kentucky)

John A. Whitaker (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Earle C. Clements; served from April 17, 1948)
District 3:

Thruston B. Morton
District 4:

Frank L. Chelf
District 5:

Brent Spence
District 6:

Virgil Chapman
District 7:

W. Howes Meade
District 8:

Joe B. Bates
District 9:

John M. Robsion (died February 17, 1948)

William Lewis (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John M. Robsion; served from April 24, 1948)
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

John H. Overton (died May 14, 1948)

Allen J. Ellender

William C. Feazel (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Overton; served from May 18, 1948 to December 30, 1948, when Russell Long was elected)

Russell B. Long (elected to fill the vacancy in the term caused by the death of John H. Overton; served from December 31, 1948)

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

F. Edward Hébert
District 2:

Hale Boggs
District 3:

James Domengeaux
District 4:

Overton Brooks
District 5:

Otto E. Passman
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

Herbert R. O'Conor

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

Edward T. Miller
District 2:

Hugh A. Meade
District 3:

Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. (resigned May 16, 1947 to become Mayor of Baltimore)

Edward A. Garmatz (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr.; served from July 15, 1947)
District 4:

George H. Fallon
District 5:

Lansdale G. Sasscer
District 6:

J. Glenn Beall
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

Leverett A. Saltsonstall

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

John W. Heselton
District 2:

Charles R. Clason
District 3:

Philip J. Philbin
District 4:

Harold D. Donohue
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 (died August 23, 1947)

Donald W. Nicholson (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles L. Gifford; served from November 18, 1947)
District 10:

Christian A. Herter
District 11:

John F. Kennedy
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 (died May 24, 1947)

Charles E. Potter (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frederick V. Bradley; served from August 26, 1947)
District 12:

John B. Bennett
District 13:

Howard A. Coffin
District 14:

Harold F. Youngblood
District 15:

John D. Dingell
District 16:

John Lesinski
District 17:

George A. Dondero
 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

Joseph H. Ball

Edward J. Thye

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

August H. Andresen
District 2:

Joseph P. O'Hara
District 3:

George E. MacKinnon
District 4:

Edward J. Devitt
District 5:

Walter H. Judd
District 6:

Harold Knutson
District 7:

H. Carl Anderson
District 8:

John A. Blatnik
District 9:

Harold C. Hagen
 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

Theodore G. Bilbo (died August 21, 1947)

James O. Eastland

John C. Stennis (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Theodore G. Bilbo; served from November 5, 1947)

 

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:

John Bell Williams
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

Forrest C. Donnell

James P. Kem

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

Wat Arnold
District 2:

Max Schwabe
District 3:

William C. Cole
District 4:

C. Jasper Bell
District 5:

Albert L. Reeves, Jr.
District 6:

Marion T. Bennett
District 7:

Dewey J. Short
District 8:

Parke M. Banta
District 9:

Clarence A. Cannon
District 10:

Orville Zimmerman (died April 7, 1948)

Paul C. Jones (elected to fill the vacancy caused by death of Orville Zimmerman; served from November 2, 1948)
District 11:

Claude I. Bakewell
District 12:

Walter C. Ploeser
District 13:

Frank M. Karsten
 

Montana

 

Senators

 

James E. Murray

Zales N. Ecton

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

Michael J. Mansfield
District 2:

Wesley A. D'Ewart
 

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

George W. Malone

 

Representative At Large

 

Charles H. Russell
 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

H. Styles Bridges

Charles W. Tobey

 

Representatives

 
District 1:

Chester E. Merrow
District 2:

Norris H. Cotton
 

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
District 4:

Frank A. Mathews, Jr.
District 5:

Charles A. Eaton
District 6:

Clifford P. Case
District 7:

J. Parnell Thomas
District 8:

Gordon Canfield
District 9:

Harry L. Towe
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