81st United States Congress

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 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 )

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

House of Representatives
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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

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.

Alabama

 * 2. John J. Sparkman (D)
 * 3. J. Lister Hill (D)

Arizona

 * 1. Ernest McFarland (D)
 * 3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

 * 2. John L. McClellan (D)
 * 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California

 * 1. William Knowland (R)
 * 3. Sheridan Downey (D), until November 30, 1950
 * Richard Nixon (R), from December 1, 1950

Colorado

 * 2. Edwin C. Johnson (D)
 * 3. Eugene Millikin (R)

Connecticut

 * 1. Raymond E. Baldwin (R), until December 16, 1949
 * William Benton (D), from December 17, 1949
 * 3. Brien McMahon (D)

Delaware

 * 1. John J. Williams (R)
 * 2. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)

Florida

 * 1. Spessard Holland (D)
 * 3. Claude Pepper (D)

Georgia

 * 2. Walter F. George (D)
 * 3. Richard Russell Jr. (D)

Idaho

 * 2. Bert H. Miller (D), until October 8, 1949
 * Henry Dworshak (R), from October 14, 1949
 * 3. Glen H. Taylor (D)

Illinois

 * 2. Paul Douglas (D)
 * 3. Scott W. Lucas (D)

Indiana

 * 1. William E. Jenner (R)
 * 3. Homer E. Capehart (R)

Iowa

 * 2. Guy M. Gillette (D)
 * 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

Kansas

 * 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)
 * 3. Clyde M. Reed (R), until November 8, 1949
 * Harry Darby (R), December 2, 1949 - November 28, 1950
 * Frank Carlson (R), from November 29, 1950

Kentucky

 * 2. Virgil Chapman (D)
 * 3. Alben W. Barkley (D), until January 19, 1949
 * Garrett Withers (D), January 20, 1949 - November 26, 1950
 * Earle C. Clements (D), from November 27, 1950

Louisiana

 * 2. Allen J. Ellender (D)
 * 3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine

 * 1. Ralph Owen Brewster (R)
 * 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

Maryland

 * 1. Herbert O'Conor (D)
 * 3. Millard Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

 * 1. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)
 * 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan

 * 1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)
 * 2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)

Minnesota

 * 1. Edward John Thye (R)
 * 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

Mississippi

 * 1. John C. Stennis (D)
 * 2. James Eastland (D)

Missouri

 * 1. James P. Kem (R)
 * 3. Forrest C. Donnell (R)

Montana

 * 1. Zales Ecton (R)
 * 2. James E. Murray (D)

Nebraska

 * 1. Hugh A. Butler (R)
 * 2. Kenneth S. Wherry (R)

Nevada

 * 1. George W. Malone (R)
 * 3. Patrick A. McCarran (D)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Styles Bridges (R)
 * 3. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey

 * 1. Howard Alexander Smith (R)
 * 2. Robert C. Hendrickson (R)

New Mexico

 * 1. Dennis Chávez (D)
 * 2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

New York

 * 1. Irving Ives (R)
 * 3. Robert F. Wagner (D), until June 28, 1949
 * John Foster Dulles (R), July 7, 1949 - November 8, 1949
 * Herbert H. Lehman (D), from November 9, 1949

North Carolina

 * 2. J. Melville Broughton (D), until March 6, 1949
 * Frank Porter Graham (D), March 29, 1949 - November 26, 1950
 * Willis Smith (D), from November 27, 1950
 * 3. Clyde R. Hoey (D)

North Dakota

 * 1. William Langer (R-NPL)
 * 3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

 * 1. John W. Bricker (R)
 * 3. Robert A. Taft (R)

Oklahoma

 * 2. Robert S. Kerr (D)
 * 3. Elmer Thomas (D)

Oregon

 * 2. Guy Cordon (R)
 * 3. Wayne Morse (R)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Edward Martin (R)
 * 3. Francis J. Myers (D)

Rhode Island

 * 1. J. Howard McGrath (D), until August 23, 1949
 * Edward L. Leahy (D), August 24, 1949 - December 18, 1950
 * John Pastore (D), from December 19, 1950
 * 2. Theodore F. Green (D)

South Carolina

 * 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D)
 * 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

South Dakota

 * 2. Karl E. Mundt (R)
 * 3. John Chandler Gurney (R)

Tennessee

 * 1. Kenneth McKellar (D)
 * 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

Texas

 * 1. Tom T. Connally (D)
 * 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

Utah

 * 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R)
 * 3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

Vermont

 * 1. Ralph Flanders (R)
 * 3. George Aiken (R)

Virginia

 * 1. Harry F. Byrd (D)
 * 2. A. Willis Robertson (D)

Washington

 * 1. Harry P. Cain (R)
 * 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

 * 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D)
 * 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin

 * 1. Joseph McCarthy (R)
 * 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

Wyoming

 * 1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)
 * 2. Lester C. Hunt (D)



Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Frank W. Boykin (D)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. George M. Grant (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. George W. Andrews (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Sam Hobbs (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Albert Rains (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. Edward deGraffenried (D)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. Carl Elliott (D)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district. Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)
 * Alabama's 9th congressional district. Laurie C. Battle (D)

Arizona

 * Arizona's 1st congressional district. John R. Murdock (D)
 * Arizona's 2nd congressional district. Harold Patten (D)

Arkansas

 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. Wilbur Mills (D)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. James William Trimble (D)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Boyd Anderson Tackett (D)
 * Arkansas's 5th congressional district. Brooks Hays (D)
 * Arkansas's 6th congressional district. William F. Norrell (D)
 * Arkansas's 7th congressional district. Oren Harris (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. Hubert B. Scudder (R)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Clair Engle (D)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. J. Leroy Johnson (R)
 * California's 4th congressional district. Franck R. Havenner (D)
 * California's 5th congressional district. Richard J. Welch (R), until September 10, 1949
 * John F. Shelley (D), from November 8, 1949
 * California's 6th congressional district. George P. Miller (D)
 * California's 7th congressional district. John J. Allen Jr. (R)
 * California's 8th congressional district. Jack Z. Anderson (R)
 * California's 9th congressional district. Cecil F. White (D)
 * California's 10th congressional district. Thomas H. Werdel (R)
 * California's 11th congressional district. Ernest K. Bramblett (R)
 * California's 12th congressional district. Richard Nixon (R), until November 30, 1950
 * California's 13th congressional district. Norris Poulson (R)
 * California's 14th congressional district. Helen Gahagan Douglas (D)
 * California's 15th congressional district. Gordon L. McDonough (R)
 * California's 16th congressional district. Donald L. Jackson (R)
 * California's 17th congressional district. Cecil R. King (D)
 * California's 18th congressional district. Clyde Doyle (D)
 * California's 19th congressional district. Chester E. Holifield (D)
 * California's 20th congressional district. John Carl Hinshaw (R)
 * California's 21st congressional district. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
 * California's 22nd congressional district. John R. Phillips (R)
 * California's 23rd congressional district. Clinton D. McKinnon (D)

Colorado

 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. John A. Carroll (D)
 * Colorado's 2nd congressional district. William S. Hill (R)
 * Colorado's 3rd congressional district. John H. Marsalis (D)
 * Colorado's 4th congressional district. Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. Abraham Ribicoff (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Chase G. Woodhouse (D)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. John A. McGuire (D)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. John Davis Lodge (R)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district. James T. Patterson (R)
 * At-large. Antoni Sadlak (R)

Delaware

 * At-large. J. Caleb Boggs (R)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. J. Hardin Peterson (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Charles E. Bennett (D)
 * Florida's 3rd congressional district. Robert L. F. Sikes (D)
 * Florida's 4th congressional district. George Smathers (D)
 * Florida's 5th congressional district. Syd Herlong (D)
 * Florida's 6th congressional district. Dwight L. Rogers (D)

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Edward E. Cox (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Stephen Pace (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Albert Sidney Camp (D)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. James C. Davis (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. Carl Vinson (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. William McDonald Wheeler (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. John S. Wood (D)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. Paul Brown (D)

Idaho

 * Idaho's 1st congressional district. Compton I. White (D)
 * Idaho's 2nd congressional district. John C. Sanborn (R)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. William L. Dawson (D)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. Barratt O'Hara (D)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Neil J. Linehan (D)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. James V. Buckley (D)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. Martin Gorski (D), until December 4, 1949
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Thomas J. O'Brien (D)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Thomas S. Gordon (D)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Sidney R. Yates (D)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. Richard W. Hoffman (R)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. Chester A. Chesney (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. Edgar A. Jonas (R)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Ralph E. Church (R), until March 21, 1950
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. Chauncey W. Reed (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. Noah M. Mason (R)
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district. Leo E. Allen (R)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. Leslie C. Arends (R)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. Harold H. Velde (R)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district. Sid Simpson (R)
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district. Peter F. Mack Jr. (D)
 * Illinois's 22nd congressional district. Rolla C. McMillen (R)
 * Illinois's 23rd congressional district. Edward H. Jenison (R)
 * Illinois's 24th congressional district. Charles W. Vursell (R)
 * Illinois's 25th congressional district. Melvin Price (D)
 * Illinois's 26th congressional district. C. W. Bishop (R)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Ray Madden (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Charles A. Halleck (R)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Thurman C. Crook (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. Edward H. Kruse (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. John R. Walsh (D)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Cecil M. Harden (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. James Ellsworth Noland (D)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. Winfield K. Denton (D)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Earl Wilson (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Ralph Harvey (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. Andrew Jacobs (D)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Thomas E. Martin (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Henry O. Talle (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. H. R. Gross (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Karl M. LeCompte (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Paul H. Cunningham (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. James I. Dolliver (R)
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district. Ben F. Jensen (R)
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district. Charles B. Hoeven (R)

Kansas

 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. Albert M. Cole (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Errett P. Scrivner (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Herbert Alton Meyer (R), until October 2, 1950
 * Myron V. George (R), from November 7, 1950
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. Edward Herbert Rees (R)
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district. Clifford R. Hope (R)
 * Kansas's 6th congressional district. Wint Smith (R)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Noble J. Gregory (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. John A. Whitaker (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Thruston Ballard Morton (R)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Frank Chelf (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Brent Spence (D)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Thomas R. Underwood (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Carl D. Perkins (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. Joe B. Bates (D)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. James S. Golden (R)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. F. Edward Hébert (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Hale Boggs (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Edwin E. Willis (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Overton Brooks (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Otto Passman (D)
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. James H. Morrison (D)
 * Louisiana's 7th congressional district. Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D)
 * Louisiana's 8th congressional district. A. Leonard Allen (D)

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Robert Hale (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Charles P. Nelson (R)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Frank Fellows (R)

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Edward Tylor Miller (R)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. William P. Bolton (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Edward Garmatz (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. George Hyde Fallon (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Lansdale G. Sasscer (D)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. James Glenn Beall (R)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. John W. Heselton (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Foster Furcolo (D)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Philip J. Philbin (D)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Harold Donohue (D)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. George J. Bates (R), until November 1, 1949
 * William H. Bates (R), from February 14, 1950
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Thomas J. Lane (D)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Angier Goodwin (R)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Donald W. Nicholson (R)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Christian Herter (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. John F. Kennedy (D)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. John W. McCormack (D)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
 * Massachusetts's 14th congressional district. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. George G. Sadowski (D)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. Earl C. Michener (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Paul W. Shafer (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. Clare E. Hoffman (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Gerald Ford (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. William W. Blackney (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Fred L. Crawford (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Albert J. Engel (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Roy O. Woodruff (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. Charles E. Potter (R)
 * Michigan's 12th congressional district. John B. Bennett (R)
 * Michigan's 13th congressional district. George D. O'Brien (D)
 * Michigan's 14th congressional district. Louis C. Rabaut (D)
 * Michigan's 15th congressional district. John D. Dingell Sr. (D)
 * Michigan's 16th congressional district. John Lesinski Sr. (D), until May 27, 1950
 * Michigan's 17th congressional district. George A. Dondero (R)

Minnesota

 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. August H. Andresen (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. Joseph P. O'Hara (R)
 * Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. Roy Wier (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 4th congressional district. Eugene McCarthy (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Walter Judd (R)
 * Minnesota's 6th congressional district. Fred Marshall (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Herman Carl Andersen (R)
 * Minnesota's 8th congressional district. John Blatnik (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 9th congressional district. Harold Hagen (R)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. John E. Rankin (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. William M. Whittington (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. Thomas Abernethy (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. W. Arthur Winstead (D)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district. William M. Colmer (D)
 * Mississippi's 7th congressional district. John Bell Williams (D)

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. Clare Magee (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Morgan M. Moulder (D)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Phil J. Welch (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. Leonard Irving (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Richard Walker Bolling (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. George H. Christopher (D)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Dewey Short (R)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. A. S. J. Carnahan (D)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. Clarence Cannon (D)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Paul C. Jones (D)
 * Missouri's 11th congressional district. John B. Sullivan (D)
 * Missouri's 12th congressional district. Raymond W. Karst (D)
 * Missouri's 13th congressional district. Frank M. Karsten (D)

Montana

 * Montana's 1st congressional district. Mike Mansfield (D)
 * Montana's 2nd congressional district. Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Carl Curtis (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Eugene D. O'Sullivan (D)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Karl Stefan (R)
 * Nebraska's 4th congressional district. Arthur L. Miller (R)

Nevada

 * At-large. Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Chester Earl Merrow (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Norris Cotton (R)

New Jersey

 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. T. Millet Hand (R)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. James C. Auchincloss (R)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Charles R. Howell (D)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. Charles A. Eaton (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Clifford P. Case (R)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. J. Parnell Thomas (R), until January 2, 1950
 * William B. Widnall (R), from February 6, 1950
 * New Jersey's 8th congressional district. Gordon Canfield (R)
 * New Jersey's 9th congressional district. Harry L. Towe (R)
 * New Jersey's 10th congressional district. Peter W. Rodino (D)
 * New Jersey's 11th congressional district. Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D)
 * New Jersey's 12th congressional district. Robert Kean (R)
 * New Jersey's 13th congressional district. Mary T. Norton (D)
 * New Jersey's 14th congressional district. Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico

 * At-large. John E. Miles (D)
 * At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. W. Kingsland Macy (R)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Leonard W. Hall (R)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Henry J. Latham (R)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. L. Gary Clemente (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. T. Vincent Quinn (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. James J. Delaney (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Louis B. Heller (D), from February 15, 1949
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Eugene J. Keogh (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Andrew L. Somers (D), until April 6, 1949
 * Edna F. Kelly (D), from November 8, 1949
 * New York's 11th congressional district. James J. Heffernan (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. John J. Rooney (D)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Donald L. O'Toole (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Abraham J. Multer (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Emanuel Celler (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. James J. Murphy (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Vito Marcantonio (AL)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Arthur George Klein (D)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Sol Bloom (D), until March 7, 1949
 * Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (Lib.), from May 17, 1949
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Jacob Javits (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Walter A. Lynch (D)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Isidore Dollinger (D)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Charles A. Buckley (D)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Christopher C. McGrath (D)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Ralph W. Gwinn (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Ralph A. Gamble (R)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. Katharine St. George (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Jay Le Fevre (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Bernard W. Kearney (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. William T. Byrne (D)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Dean P. Taylor (R)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
 * New York's 35th congressional district. John C. Davies II (D)
 * New York's 36th congressional district. R. Walter Riehlman (R)
 * New York's 37th congressional district. Edwin Arthur Hall (R)
 * New York's 38th congressional district. John Taber (R)
 * New York's 39th congressional district. W. Sterling Cole (R)
 * New York's 40th congressional district. Kenneth Keating (R)
 * New York's 41st congressional district. James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)
 * New York's 42nd congressional district. William L. Pfeiffer (R)
 * New York's 43rd congressional district. Anthony F. Tauriello (D)
 * New York's 44th congressional district. Chester C. Gorski (D)
 * New York's 45th congressional district. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Herbert Covington Bonner (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. John H. Kerr (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Graham A. Barden (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Harold D. Cooley (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Richard Thurmond Chatham (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Carl T. Durham (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Frank Ertel Carlyle (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Charles B. Deane (D)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Robert L. Doughton (D)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Hamilton C. Jones (D)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D), until August 31, 1950
 * Woodrow W. Jones (D), from November 7, 1950
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. Monroe Minor Redden (D)

North Dakota

 * At-large. William Lemke (R), until May 30, 1950
 * At-large. Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Charles H. Elston (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Earl T. Wagner (D)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Edward G. Breen (D)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. William Moore McCulloch (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Cliff Clevenger (R)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. James G. Polk (D)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Clarence J. Brown (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Frederick Cleveland Smith (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Thomas H. Burke (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Walter E. Brehm (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. John M. Vorys (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Alvin F. Weichel (R)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. Walter B. Huber (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Robert T. Secrest (D)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. John McSweeney (D)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. J. Harry McGregor (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Wayne Hays (D)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. Michael A. Feighan (D)
 * Ohio's 21st congressional district. Robert Crosser (D)
 * Ohio's 22nd congressional district. Frances P. Bolton (R)
 * At-large. Stephen M. Young (D)

Oklahoma

 * Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. Dixie Gilmer (D)
 * Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district. William G. Stigler (D)
 * Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district. Carl Albert (D)
 * Oklahoma's 4th congressional district. Tom Steed (D)
 * Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
 * Oklahoma's 6th congressional district. Toby Morris (D)
 * Oklahoma's 7th congressional district. Victor Wickersham (D)
 * Oklahoma's 8th congressional district. George H. Wilson (D)

Oregon

 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. A. Walter Norblad (R)
 * Oregon's 2nd congressional district. Lowell Stockman (R)
 * Oregon's 3rd congressional district. Homer D. Angell (R)
 * Oregon's 4th congressional district. Harris Ellsworth (R)

Pennsylvania

 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. William A. Barrett (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. William T. Granahan (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Hardie Scott (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Earl Chudoff (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. William J. Green Jr. (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Hugh Scott (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Benjamin F. James (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Paul B. Dague (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Harry P. O'Neill (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Dan Flood (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. George M. Rhodes (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Wilson D. Gillette (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Robert F. Rich (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Richard M. Simpson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. John C. Kunkel (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. Leon H. Gavin (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Francis E. Walter (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. James F. Lind (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. James E. Van Zandt (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. Anthony Cavalcante (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Louis E. Graham (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. Robert L. Coffey (D), until April 20, 1949
 * John P. Saylor (R), from September 13, 1949
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. Augustine B. Kelley (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district. Carroll D. Kearns (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district. Harry J. Davenport (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district. Robert J. Corbett (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 31st congressional district. James G. Fulton (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 32nd congressional district. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 33rd congressional district. Frank Buchanan (D)

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Aime Forand (D)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. L. Mendel Rivers (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Hugo S. Sims Jr. (D)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. James Butler Hare (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. Joseph R. Bryson (D)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. James P. Richards (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota

 * South Dakota's 1st congressional district. Harold Lovre (R)
 * South Dakota's 2nd congressional district. Francis Case (R)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Dayton E. Phillips (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. John Jennings Jr. (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. James B. Frazier Jr. (D)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Albert Gore Sr. (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Joe L. Evins (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Percy Priest (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. James Patrick Sutton (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Tom J. Murray (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Jere Cooper (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district. Clifford Davis (D)

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Wright Patman (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. Jesse M. Combs (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. Lindley Beckworth (D)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. Sam Rayburn (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. Joseph Franklin Wilson (D)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Olin E. Teague (D)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. Tom Pickett (D)
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. Albert Thomas (D)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. Clark W. Thompson (D)
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. Homer Thornberry (D)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. William R. Poage (D)
 * Texas's 12th congressional district. Wingate H. Lucas (D)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. Ed Gossett (D)
 * Texas's 14th congressional district. John E. Lyle Jr. (D)
 * Texas's 15th congressional district. Lloyd Bentsen (D)
 * Texas's 16th congressional district. Kenneth M. Regan (D)
 * Texas's 17th congressional district. Omar Burleson (D)
 * Texas's 18th congressional district. Eugene Worley (D), until April 3, 1950
 * Ben H. Guill (R), from May 6, 1950
 * Texas's 19th congressional district. George H. Mahon (D)
 * Texas's 20th congressional district. Paul J. Kilday (D)
 * Texas's 21st congressional district. O. C. Fisher (D)

Utah

 * Utah's 1st congressional district. Walter K. Granger (D)
 * Utah's 2nd congressional district. Reva Beck Bosone (D)

Vermont

 * At-large. Charles A. Plumley (R)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. S. Otis Bland (D), until February 16, 1950
 * Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D), from May 2, 1950
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Porter Hardy Jr. (D)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. J. Vaughan Gary (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Thomas B. Stanley (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Clarence G. Burton (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Burr Harrison (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Howard W. Smith (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. Thomas B. Fugate (D)

Washington

 * Washington's 1st congressional district. Hugh Mitchell (D)
 * Washington's 2nd congressional district. Henry M. Jackson (D)
 * Washington's 3rd congressional district. Russell V. Mack (R)
 * Washington's 4th congressional district. Hal Holmes (R)
 * Washington's 5th congressional district. Walt Horan (R)
 * Washington's 6th congressional district. Thor C. Tollefson (R)

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Robert L. Ramsay (D)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Harley Orrin Staggers (D)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Cleveland M. Bailey (D)
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. Maurice G. Burnside (D)
 * West Virginia's 5th congressional district. John Kee (D)
 * West Virginia's 6th congressional district. E. H. Hedrick (D)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Lawrence H. Smith (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Glenn Robert Davis (R)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Gardner R. Withrow (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. Clement J. Zablocki (D)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. Andrew J. Biemiller (D)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. Frank Bateman Keefe (R)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. Reid F. Murray (R)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. John W. Byrnes (R)
 * Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. Merlin Hull (R)
 * Wisconsin's 10th congressional district. Alvin O'Konski (R)

Wyoming

 * At-large. Frank A. Barrett (R), until December 31, 1950

Non-voting members

 * Alaska Territory's at-large congressional district. Bob Bartlett (D)
 * Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district. Joseph Rider Farrington (R)
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)

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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * December 19, 1950


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House of Representatives

 * New York's 7th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Rep. John J. Delaney died during previous congress
 * nowrap | Louis B. Heller (D)
 * February 15, 1949
 * February 15, 1949


 * New York's 20th congressional district
 * nowrap | Sol Bloom (D)
 * Died March 7, 1949.
 * | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (Lib)
 * May 17, 1949
 * May 17, 1949


 * New York's 10th congressional district
 * nowrap | Andrew Lawrence Somers (D)
 * Died April 6, 1949.
 * nowrap | Edna F. Kelly (D)
 * November 8, 1949
 * November 8, 1949


 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district
 * nowrap | Robert L. Coffey (D)
 * Died April 20, 1949.
 * nowrap | John P. Saylor (R)
 * September 13, 1949
 * September 13, 1949


 * California's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Richard J. Welch (R)
 * Died September 10, 1949.
 * nowrap | John F. Shelley (D)
 * November 8, 1949
 * November 8, 1949


 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap | George J. Bates (R)
 * Died November 1, 1949.
 * nowrap | William H. Bates (R)
 * February 14, 1950
 * February 14, 1950


 * Illinois's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Martin Gorski (D)
 * Died December 4, 1949.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled for the remainder of this term
 * Not filled for the remainder of this term


 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | J. Parnell Thomas (R)
 * Resigned January 2, 1950, following conviction on charges of salary fraud.
 * nowrap | William B. Widnall (R)
 * February 6, 1950
 * February 6, 1950


 * Virginia's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | S. Otis Bland (D)
 * Died February 16, 1950.
 * nowrap | Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D)
 * May 2, 1950
 * May 2, 1950


 * Illinois's 13th congressional district
 * nowrap | Ralph E. Church (R)
 * Died March 21, 1950.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled for the remainder of this term
 * Not filled for the remainder of this term


 * Texas's 18th congressional district
 * 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
 * May 6, 1950


 * Michigan's 16th congressional district
 * nowrap | John Lesinski Sr. (D)
 * Died May 27, 1950.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled for the remainder of this term
 * Not filled for the remainder of this term


 * North Dakota's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap | William Lemke (R)
 * Died May 30, 1950.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled for the remainder of this term
 * Not filled for the remainder of this term


 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district
 * nowrap | Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)
 * Died August 31, 1950.
 * nowrap | Woodrow W. Jones (D)
 * November 7, 1950
 * November 7, 1950


 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Herbert Alton Meyer (R)
 * Died October 2, 1950.
 * nowrap | Myron V. George (R)
 * November 7, 1950
 * November 7, 1950


 * California's 12th congressional district
 * 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
 * Not filled for the remainder of this term


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


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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)

Legislative 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