81st United States Congress
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The Eighty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1951, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
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.
[edit] Dates of sessions
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
Previous congress: 80th Congress
Next congress: 82nd Congress
[edit] Major events
- Main article: Events of 1949; Events of 1950
[edit] Major legislation
- June 20, 1949 — Central Intelligence Agency Act, ch. 227, 63 Stat. 208,
- October 25, 1949 — Hospital Survey and Construction Amendments of 1949, ch. 722, Pub.L. 81-380, 63 Stat. 898
- October 26, 1949 — Fair Labor Standards Amendment, ch. 736, Pub.L. 81-393, 63 Stat. 910,
- May 10, 1950 — National Science Foundation Act, ch. 171, Pub.L. 81-507, 64 Stat. 149,
- September 23, 1950 — McCarran Internal Security Act, ch. 1024, 64 Stat. 987,
- 1950 — Public Health Services Act Amendments, Pub.L. 81-692
- January 12, 1951 — Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, ch. 1228, 64 Stat. 1245,
[edit] Party summary
TOTAL members: 96 |
TOTAL members: 435 |
[edit] Officers
[edit] Senate
- President of the Senate:
vacant until January 20, 1949
Alben W. Barkely, beginning January 20, 1949 - Majority Senate Leader: Scott W. Lucas (D-Illinois)
- Minority Senate Leader: Kenneth S. Wherry (R-Nebraska)
[edit] House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House: Sam Rayburn (D-Texas)
- Majority House Leader: John W. McCormack (D-Massachusetts)
- Minority House Leader: Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-Massachusetts)
- Democratic House Whip: J. Percy Priest (D-Tennessee)
- Republican House Whip: Leslie C. Arends (R-Illinois)
- Democratic House Whip: Francis Myers (D-Pennsylvania)
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania)
- Republican Conference Chairman: Roy O. Woodruff (R-Michigan)
[edit] Members
[edit] 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.
- See also: Category: United States Senators
- See also: Category: United States Congressional Delegations by state
[edit] House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-large, are preceded by an "At-Large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
- See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
- See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state
[edit] Employees
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[edit] Senate
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[edit] House of Representatives
- Clerk of the House: Ralph R. Roberts
- Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller, Elected January 3, 1949
- Postmaster: Finis E. Scott
- Sergeant at Arms: Joseph H. Callahan, Elected January 3, 1949
- Chaplain of the House: James Shera Montgomery - Methodist, Bernard Braskamp - Presbyterian
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