|
Membership
of
the
83rd
Congress
of
the
United
States |
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January
3,
1953
to
January
3,
1955 |
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First
Session:
January
3,
1953
to
August
3,
1953 |
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Second
Session:
January
6,
1954
to
December
2,
1954 |
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Vice
President
of
the
United
States: |
Alben
W.
Barkley
(Kentucky)
Richard
M.
Nixon
(California),
from
January
20,
1953 |
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President
Pro
Tempore
of
the
Senate:
|
H. Styles Bridges
(New
Hampshire) |
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Secretary
of
the
Senate:
|
J.
Mark
Trice
(Maryland) |
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Sergeant
At
Arms
of
the
Senate:
|
Forest
A.
Harness
(Indiana) |
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Speaker
of
the
House
of
Represenatives:
|
Joseph
W.
Martin,
Jr.
(Massachusetts) |
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Clerk
of
the
House:
|
Lyle
O.
Snader
(Illinois) |
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Sergeant
At
Arms
of
the
House:
|
William
F.
Russell
(Pennsylvania)
Lyle
O.
Snader
(Illinois),
from
July
8,
1953
William
R.
Bonnell
(Pennsylvania),
from
September
15,
1953 |
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Doorkeeper
of
the
House:
|
Tom
Kennamer
(Missouri) |
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Postmaster
of
the
House:
|
Beecher
Hess
(Ohio) |