83rd United States Congress

The 83rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1953, until January 3, 1955, during the last two weeks of the Truman administration, with the remainder spanning the first two years of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. It was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The apportionment of seats in the House was based on the 1950 U.S. census.

The Republicans gained the majority in both chambers, winning back full control of Congress for the first time since the 80th Congress in 1947, and with Dwight Eisenhower being sworn in as president on January 20, 1953, this gave the Republicans an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 71st Congress in 1929, and the last time until they briefly did so during the 107th Congress in 2001.

Major events

 * January 20, 1953: Dwight Eisenhower is sworn in as President of the United States in his first inauguration
 * March 1, 1954: U.S. Capitol shooting incident
 * December 2, 1954: Joseph McCarthy is censured by the U.S. Senate

Major legislation



 * July 3, 1953: Small Business Act,, ch. 282,
 * August 7, 1953: Refugee Relief Act,
 * August 7, 1953: Submerged Lands Act, ch. 345,
 * August 14, 1953: Public Law 280, ,
 * May 13, 1954: Saint Lawrence Seaway Act, ch. 201,
 * August 12, 1954: Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, ch. 649, title II, §201,
 * August 13, 1954: Multiple Mineral Development Act, ch. 730,
 * August 16, 1954: Internal Revenue Code of 1954,, ch. 736,
 * Federal Unemployment Tax Act, §1(d),
 * National Firearms Act, §1(d),
 * August 24, 1954: Communist Control Act of 1954, ch. 886,
 * August 30, 1954: Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
 * 1954: Agricultural Act of 1954
 * 1954: Water Facilities Act of 1954

Senate

 * President: Alben W. Barkley (D), until January 20, 1953
 * Richard Nixon (R), from January 20, 1953
 * President pro tempore: Styles Bridges (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Robert A. Taft, until July 31, 1953 (died)
 * William Knowland, from August 3, 1953
 * Majority Whip: Leverett Saltonstall
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Eugene Millikin
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
 * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Everett Dirksen
 * Policy Committee Chairman: Homer S. Ferguson

Minority (Democratic) leadership

 * Minority Leader and Conference Chairman: Lyndon B. Johnson
 * Minority Whip: Earle Clements
 * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Thomas C. Hennings Jr.

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Charles A. Halleck
 * Majority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Clifford R. Hope
 * Policy Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
 * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Richard M. Simpson

Minority (Democratic) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Sam Rayburn
 * Minority Whip: John W. McCormack
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Wilbur Mills
 * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Edna F. Kelly
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Caucuses

 * House Democratic Caucus
 * Senate Democratic Caucus

Senate
Senators are popularly elected statewide every six years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Within each state, senators are listed in order of seniority. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1954; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1956; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1958.

Alabama

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

Arizona

 * 1. Barry Goldwater (R)
 * 3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

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

California

 * 1. William Knowland (R)
 * 3. Thomas Kuchel (R)

Colorado

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

Connecticut

 * 1. William A. Purtell (R)
 * 3. Prescott Bush (R)

Delaware

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

Florida

 * 1. Spessard Holland (D)
 * 3. George Smathers (D)

Georgia

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

Idaho

 * 2. Henry Dworshak (R)
 * 3. Herman Welker (R)

Illinois

 * 2. Paul Douglas (D)
 * 3. Everett M. Dirksen (R)

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. Frank Carlson (R)

Kentucky

 * 2. John Sherman Cooper (R)
 * 3. Earle Clements (D)

Louisiana

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

Maine

 * 1. Frederick G. Payne (R)
 * 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

Maryland

 * 1. James Glenn Beall (R)
 * 3. John Marshall Butler (R)

Massachusetts

 * 1. John F. Kennedy (D)
 * 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan

 * 1. Charles E. Potter (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. Stuart Symington (D)
 * 3. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D)

Montana

 * 1. Mike Mansfield (D)
 * 2. James E. Murray (D)

Nebraska

 * 1. Hugh A. Butler (R), until July 1, 1954
 * Samuel W. Reynolds (R), July 3, 1954 – November 7, 1954
 * Roman Hruska (R), from November 8, 1954
 * 2. Dwight Griswold (R), until April 12, 1954
 * Eva Bowring (R), April 16, 1954 – November 7, 1954
 * Hazel Abel (R), November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1954
 * Carl Curtis (R), from January 1, 1955

Nevada

 * 1. George W. Malone (R)
 * 3. Patrick A. McCarran (D), until September 28, 1954
 * Ernest S. Brown (R), October 1, 1954 – December 1, 1954
 * Alan Bible (D), from December 2, 1954

New Hampshire

 * 2. Styles Bridges (R)
 * 3. Charles W. Tobey (R), until July 24, 1953
 * Robert W. Upton (R), August 14, 1953 – November 7, 1954
 * Norris Cotton (R), from November 8, 1954

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. Herbert H. Lehman (D)

North Carolina

 * 2. Willis Smith (D), until June 26, 1953
 * Alton Lennon (D), July 10, 1953 – November 28, 1954
 * W. Kerr Scott (D), from November 29, 1954
 * 3. Clyde R. Hoey (D), until May 12, 1954
 * Sam Ervin (D), from June 5, 1954

North Dakota

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

Ohio

 * 1. John W. Bricker (R)
 * 3. Robert A. Taft (R), until July 31, 1953
 * Thomas A. Burke (D), November 10, 1953 – December 2, 1954
 * George H. Bender (R), from December 16, 1954

Oklahoma

 * 2. Robert S. Kerr (D)
 * 3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Edward Martin (R)
 * 3. James H. Duff (R)

Rhode Island

 * 1. John Pastore (D)
 * 2. Theodore F. Green (D)

South Carolina

 * 2. Burnet R. Maybank (D), until September 1, 1954
 * Charles E. Daniel (D), September 6, 1954 – December 23, 1954
 * Strom Thurmond (D), from December 24, 1954
 * 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

South Dakota

 * 2. Karl E. Mundt (R)
 * 3. Francis Case (R)

Tennessee

 * 1. Albert Gore Sr. (D)
 * 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

Texas

 * 1. Price Daniel (D)
 * 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

Utah

 * 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R)
 * 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

Vermont

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

Virginia

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

Washington

 * 1. Henry M. Jackson (D)
 * 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. Frank A. Barrett (R)
 * 2. Lester C. Hunt (D), until June 19, 1954
 * Edward D. Crippa (R), June 24, 1954 – November 28, 1954
 * Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D), from November 29, 1954



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. Kenneth A. Roberts (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Albert Rains (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. Armistead I. Selden Jr. (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 Jacob Rhodes (R)
 * 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. Oren Harris (D)
 * Arkansas's 5th congressional district. Brooks Hays (D)
 * Arkansas's 6th congressional district. William F. Norrell (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. Hubert B. Scudder (R)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Clair Engle (D)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. John E. Moss (D)
 * California's 4th congressional district. William S. Mailliard (R)
 * California's 5th congressional district. John F. Shelley (D)
 * California's 6th congressional district. Robert Condon (D)
 * California's 7th congressional district. John J. Allen Jr. (R)
 * California's 8th congressional district. George P. Miller (D)
 * California's 9th congressional district. J. Arthur Younger (R)
 * California's 10th congressional district. Charles Gubser (R)
 * California's 11th congressional district. J. Leroy Johnson (R)
 * California's 12th congressional district. Allan O. Hunter (R)
 * California's 13th congressional district. Ernest K. Bramblett (R)
 * California's 14th congressional district. Harlan Hagen (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. Craig Hosmer (R)
 * California's 19th congressional district. Chester E. Holifield (D)
 * California's 20th congressional district. John Carl Hinshaw (R)
 * California's 21st congressional district. Edgar W. Hiestand (R)
 * California's 22nd congressional district. Joseph F. Holt (R)
 * California's 23rd congressional district. Clyde Doyle (D)
 * California's 24th congressional district. Norris Poulson (R), until June 11, 1953
 * Glenard P. Lipscomb (R), from November 10, 1953
 * California's 25th congressional district. Patrick J. Hillings (R)
 * California's 26th congressional district. Sam Yorty (D)
 * California's 27th congressional district. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
 * California's 28th congressional district. James B. Utt (R)
 * California's 29th congressional district. John R. Phillips (R)
 * California's 30th congressional district. Bob Wilson (R)

Colorado

 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. Byron G. Rogers (D)
 * Colorado's 2nd congressional district. William S. Hill (R)
 * Colorado's 3rd congressional district. John Chenoweth (R)
 * Colorado's 4th congressional district. Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. Thomas J. Dodd (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Albert W. Cretella (R)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Albert P. Morano (R)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district. James T. Patterson (R)
 * At-large. Antoni Sadlak (R)

Delaware

 * At-large. Herbert Warburton (R)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Courtney W. Campbell (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. Bill Lantaff (D)
 * Florida's 5th congressional district. Syd Herlong (D)
 * Florida's 6th congressional district. Dwight L. Rogers (D), until December 1, 1954
 * Florida's 7th congressional district. James A. Haley (D)
 * Florida's 8th congressional district. Donald Ray Matthews (D)

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. J. L. Pilcher (D), from February 4, 1953
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Tic Forrester (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Albert Sidney Camp (D), until July 24, 1954
 * John Flynt (D), from November 2, 1954
 * 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. Phillip M. Landrum (D)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. Paul Brown (D)

Idaho

 * Idaho's 1st congressional district. Gracie Pfost (D)
 * Idaho's 2nd congressional district. Hamer H. Budge (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. Fred E. Busbey (R)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. William E. McVey (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. John C. Kluczynski (D)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Thomas J. O'Brien (D)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. James Bowler (D), from July 7, 1953
 * 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. Timothy P. Sheehan (R)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. Edgar A. Jonas (R)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Marguerite S. Church (R)
 * 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. William L. Springer (R)
 * Illinois's 23rd congressional district. Charles W. Vursell (R)
 * Illinois's 24th congressional district. Melvin Price (D)
 * Illinois's 25th 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. Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (R)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. E. Ross Adair (R)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. John V. Beamer (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Cecil M. Harden (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. William G. Bray (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. D. Bailey Merrill (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Earl Wilson (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Ralph Harvey (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. Charles B. Brownson (R)

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. Howard Shultz Miller (D)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Errett P. Scrivner (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Myron V. George (R)
 * 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. Garrett Withers (D), until April 30, 1953
 * William Natcher (D), from August 1, 1953
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. John M. Robsion Jr. (R)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Frank Chelf (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Brent Spence (D)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. John C. Watts (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Carl D. Perkins (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th 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. T. Ashton Thompson (D)
 * Louisiana's 8th congressional district. George S. Long (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Edward Tylor Miller (R)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. James Devereux (R)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Edward Garmatz (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. George Hyde Fallon (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Frank Small Jr. (R)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. DeWitt Hyde (R)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Samuel Friedel (D)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. John W. Heselton (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Edward Boland (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. William H. Bates (R)
 * 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. Laurence Curtis (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. Tip O'Neill (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. Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. George Meader (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Paul W. Shafer (R), until August 17, 1954
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. Clare E. Hoffman (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Gerald Ford (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Kit Clardy (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Alvin Morell Bentley (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Ruth Thompson (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Elford Albin Cederberg (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. Victor A. Knox (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 Jr. (D)
 * Michigan's 17th congressional district. Charles G. Oakman (R)
 * Michigan's 18th 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. Thomas Abernethy (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Frank Ellis Smith (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. John Bell Williams (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. W. Arthur Winstead (D)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district. William M. Colmer (D)

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. Frank M. Karsten (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Thomas B. Curtis (R)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Leonor Sullivan (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. Jeffrey Paul Hillelson (R)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Richard Walker Bolling (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. William Clay Cole (R)
 * 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. Morgan M. Moulder (D)

Montana

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

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Carl Curtis (R), until December 31, 1954
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Roman Hruska (R), until November 8, 1954
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)
 * Nebraska's 4th congressional district. Arthur L. Miller (R)

Nevada

 * At-large. Clarence Clifton Young (R)

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Chester Earl Merrow (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Norris Cotton (R), until November 7, 1954

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. Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Clifford P. Case (R), until August 16, 1953
 * Harrison A. Williams (D), from November 3, 1953
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. William B. Widnall (R)
 * New Jersey's 8th congressional district. Gordon Canfield (R)
 * New Jersey's 9th congressional district. Frank C. Osmers Jr. (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. Alfred Dennis Sieminski (D)
 * New Jersey's 14th congressional district. Edward J. Hart (D)

New Mexico

 * At-large. John J. Dempsey (D)
 * At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. Stuyvesant Wainwright (R)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Steven Derounian (R)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Frank J. Becker (R)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Henry J. Latham (R)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Albert H. Bosch (R)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Lester Holtzman (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. James J. Delaney (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Louis B. Heller (D), until July 21, 1954
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Eugene J. Keogh (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Edna F. Kelly (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Emanuel Celler (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Francis E. Dorn (R)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Abraham J. Multer (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. John J. Rooney (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. John H. Ray (R)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. James G. Donovan (D)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Arthur George Klein (D)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (D)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Jacob Javits (R), until December 31, 1954
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Sidney A. Fine (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Isidore Dollinger (D)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Charles A. Buckley (D)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Paul A. Fino (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Ralph A. Gamble (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Ralph W. Gwinn (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Katharine St. George (R)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. J. Ernest Wharton (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Leo W. O'Brien (D)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Dean P. Taylor (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. Bernard W. Kearney (R)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. William R. Williams (R)
 * New York's 35th congressional district. R. Walter Riehlman (R)
 * New York's 36th congressional district. John Taber (R)
 * New York's 37th congressional district. W. Sterling Cole (R)
 * New York's 38th congressional district. Kenneth Keating (R)
 * New York's 39th congressional district. Harold C. Ostertag (R)
 * New York's 40th congressional district. William E. Miller (R)
 * New York's 41st congressional district. Edmund P. Radwan (R)
 * New York's 42nd congressional district. John R. Pillion (R)
 * New York's 43rd congressional district. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Herbert Covington Bonner (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Lawrence H. Fountain (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. Hugh Quincy Alexander (D)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Charles R. Jonas (R)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Woodrow W. Jones (D)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. George A. Shuford (D)

North Dakota

 * At-large. Otto Krueger (R)
 * At-large. Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Gordon H. Scherer (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. William E. Hess (R)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Paul F. Schenck (R)
 * 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. Jackson Edward Betts (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Frazier Reams (I)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Oliver P. Bolton (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. John M. Vorys (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Alvin F. Weichel (R)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. William Hanes Ayres (R)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Robert T. Secrest (D), until September 26, 1954
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. Frank T. Bow (R)
 * 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)
 * Ohio's 23rd congressional district. George H. Bender (R), until December 15, 1954

Oklahoma

 * Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. Page Belcher (R)
 * Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district. Ed Edmondson (D)
 * Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district. Carl Albert (D)
 * Oklahoma's 4th congressional district. Tom Steed (D)
 * Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. John Jarman (D)
 * Oklahoma's 6th congressional district. Victor Wickersham (D)

Oregon

 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. A. Walter Norblad (R)
 * Oregon's 2nd congressional district. Sam Coon (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. James A. Byrne (D)
 * 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. Karl C. King (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Paul B. Dague (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Joseph L. Carrigg (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Edward Bonin (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. George M. Rhodes (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Francis E. Walter (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Walter M. Mumma (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Alvin Bush (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Richard M. Simpson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. S. Walter Stauffer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. James E. Van Zandt (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Augustine B. Kelley (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. John P. Saylor (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. Leon H. Gavin (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. Carroll D. Kearns (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Louis E. Graham (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. James G. Fulton (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district. Robert J. Corbett (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district. Vera 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. John J. Riley (D)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. Joseph R. Bryson (D), until March 10, 1953
 * Robert T. Ashmore (D), from June 2, 1953
 * 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. Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. B. Carroll Reece (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. Howard Baker Sr. (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. James B. Frazier Jr. (D)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Joe L. Evins (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Percy Priest (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. James Patrick Sutton (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Tom J. Murray (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Jere Cooper (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Clifford Davis (D)

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Wright Patman (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. Jack Brooks (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. Brady P. Gentry (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. John Dowdy (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. Frank N. Ikard (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. Walter E. Rogers (D)
 * 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)
 * At-large. Martin Dies Jr. (D)

Utah

 * Utah's 1st congressional district. Douglas R. Stringfellow (R)
 * Utah's 2nd congressional district. William A. Dawson (R)

Vermont

 * At-large. Winston L. Prouty (R)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D)
 * 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), until February 3, 1953
 * William M. Tuck (D), from April 14, 1953
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Richard Harding Poff (R)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Burr Harrison (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Howard W. Smith (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. William C. Wampler (R)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Joel Broyhill (R)

Washington

 * Washington's 1st congressional district. Thomas Pelly (R)
 * Washington's 2nd congressional district. Jack Westland (R)
 * 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)
 * At-large. Donald H. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Bob Mollohan (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. Will E. Neal (R)
 * West Virginia's 5th congressional district. Elizabeth Kee (D)
 * West Virginia's 6th congressional district. Robert Byrd (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. Charles J. Kersten (R)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. William Van Pelt (R)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. Melvin Laird (R)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. John W. Byrnes (R)
 * Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. Merlin Hull (R), until May 17, 1953
 * Lester Johnson (D), from October 13, 1953
 * Wisconsin's 10th congressional district. Alvin O'Konski (R)

Wyoming

 * At-large. William Henry Harrison III (R)

Non-voting members

 * Alaska Territory's at-large congressional district. Bob Bartlett (D)
 * Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district. Joseph Rider Farrington (R), until June 19, 1954
 * Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R), from July 31, 1954
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)

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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate

 * North Carolina (2)
 * nowrap | Willis Smith (D)
 * Died June 26, 1953. Successor appointed July 10, 1953.
 * nowrap | Alton Lennon (D)
 * July 10, 1953
 * July 10, 1953


 * New Hampshire (3)
 * nowrap | Charles W. Tobey (R)
 * Died July 24, 1953. Successor appointed August 14, 1953.
 * nowrap | Robert W. Upton (R)
 * August 14, 1953
 * August 14, 1953


 * Ohio (3)
 * nowrap | Robert A. Taft (R)
 * Died July 31, 1953. Successor appointed November 10, 1953.
 * nowrap | Thomas A. Burke (D)
 * November 10, 1953
 * November 10, 1953


 * Nebraska (2)
 * nowrap | Dwight Griswold (R)
 * Died April 12, 1954. Successor appointed April 16, 1954.
 * nowrap | Eva Bowring (R)
 * April 16, 1954
 * April 16, 1954


 * North Carolina (3)
 * nowrap | Clyde R. Hoey (D)
 * Died May 12, 1954. Successor appointed May 12, 1954 and then elected November 2, 1954.
 * nowrap | Sam Ervin (D)
 * June 5, 1954
 * June 5, 1954


 * Wyoming (2)
 * nowrap | Lester C. Hunt (D)
 * Died June 19, 1954. Successor appointed June 24, 1954.
 * nowrap | Edward D. Crippa (R)
 * June 24, 1954
 * June 24, 1954


 * Nebraska (1)
 * nowrap | Hugh A. Butler (R)
 * Died July 1, 1954. Successor appointed July 3, 1954.
 * nowrap | Samuel W. Reynolds (R)
 * July 3, 1954
 * July 3, 1954


 * South Carolina (2)
 * nowrap | Burnet R. Maybank (D)
 * Died September 1, 1954. Successor appointed September 6, 1954.
 * nowrap | Charles E. Daniel (D)
 * September 6, 1954
 * September 6, 1954


 * Nevada (3)
 * nowrap | Pat McCarran (D)
 * Died September 28, 1954. Successor appointed October 1, 1954.
 * nowrap | Ernest S. Brown (R)
 * October 1, 1954
 * October 1, 1954


 * Nebraska (1)
 * nowrap | Samuel W. Reynolds (R)
 * Did not run in the special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.
 * nowrap | Roman Hruska (R)
 * November 8, 1954
 * November 8, 1954


 * Nebraska (2)
 * nowrap | Eva Bowring (R)
 * Did not run in the special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.
 * nowrap | Hazel Abel (R)
 * November 8, 1954
 * November 8, 1954


 * New Hampshire (3)
 * nowrap | Robert W. Upton (R)
 * Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.
 * nowrap | Norris Cotton (R)
 * November 8, 1954
 * November 8, 1954


 * North Carolina (2)
 * nowrap | Alton Lennon (D)
 * Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.
 * nowrap | W. Kerr Scott (D)
 * November 29, 1954
 * November 29, 1954


 * Wyoming (2)
 * nowrap | Edward D. Crippa (R)
 * Did not run in the special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.
 * nowrap | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)
 * November 29, 1954
 * November 29, 1954


 * Nevada (3)
 * nowrap | Ernest S. Brown (R)
 * Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.
 * nowrap | Alan Bible (D)
 * December 2, 1954
 * December 2, 1954


 * Ohio (3)
 * nowrap | Thomas A. Burke (D)
 * Lost special election to fill seat. Successor elected November 2, 1954.
 * nowrap | George H. Bender (R)
 * December 16, 1954
 * December 16, 1954


 * South Carolina (2)
 * nowrap | Charles E. Daniel (D)
 * Resigned December 23, 1954. Successor appointed December 24, 1954.
 * nowrap | Strom Thurmond (D)
 * December 24, 1954
 * December 24, 1954


 * Nebraska (2)
 * nowrap | Hazel Abel (R)
 * Resigned December 31, 1954. Successor was appointed January 1, 1955.
 * nowrap | Carl Curtis (R)
 * January 1, 1955
 * January 1, 1955


 * }

House of Representatives

 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Rep. Edward E. Cox died during previous congress
 * nowrap | J. L. Pilcher (D)
 * February 4, 1953
 * February 4, 1953


 * Illinois's 7th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Rep. Adolph J. Sabath died during previous congress
 * nowrap | James Bowler (D)
 * July 7, 1953
 * July 7, 1953


 * Virginia's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap| Thomas B. Stanley (D)
 * Resigned February 3, 1953, to run for Governor of Virginia
 * nowrap | William M. Tuck (D)
 * April 14, 1953
 * April 14, 1953


 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap| Joseph R. Bryson (D)
 * Died March 10, 1953
 * nowrap | Robert T. Ashmore (D)
 * June 2, 1953
 * June 2, 1953


 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap| Garrett Withers (D)
 * Died April 30, 1953
 * nowrap | William Natcher (D)
 * August 1, 1953
 * August 1, 1953


 * Wisconsin's 9th congressional district
 * nowrap| Merlin Hull (R)
 * Died May 17, 1953
 * nowrap | Lester Johnson (D)
 * October 13, 1953
 * October 13, 1953


 * California's 24th congressional district
 * nowrap| Norris Poulson (R)
 * Resigned June 11, 1953, after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles
 * nowrap | Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)
 * November 10, 1953
 * November 10, 1953


 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap| Clifford P. Case (R)
 * Resigned August 16, 1953
 * nowrap | Harrison A. Williams (D)
 * November 3, 1953
 * November 3, 1953


 * Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap| Joseph Rider Farrington (R)
 * Died June 19, 1954
 * nowrap | Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R)
 * August 4, 1954
 * August 4, 1954


 * New York's 8th congressional district
 * nowrap| Louis B. Heller (D)
 * Resigned July 21, 1954, after being appointed judge of the Court of Special Sessions of New York City
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * Not filled this term


 * Georgia's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap| Albert Sidney Camp (D)
 * Died July 24, 1954
 * nowrap | John Flynt (D)
 * November 2, 1954
 * November 2, 1954


 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap| Paul W. Shafer (R)
 * Died August 17, 1954
 * rowspan=8 |Vacant
 * rowspan=8 |Not filled this term
 * rowspan=8 |Not filled this term


 * Ohio's 15th congressional district
 * nowrap| Robert T. Secrest (D)
 * Resigned September 26, 1954
 * Resigned September 26, 1954


 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap| Norris Cotton (R)
 * Resigned November 7, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
 * Resigned November 7, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate


 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap| Roman Hruska (R)
 * Resigned November 8, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
 * Resigned November 8, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate


 * Florida's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap| Dwight L. Rogers (D)
 * Died December 1, 1954
 * Died December 1, 1954


 * Ohio's 15th congressional district
 * nowrap| George H. Bender (R)
 * Resigned December 15, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
 * Resigned December 15, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate


 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap| Carl Curtis (R)
 * Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
 * Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate


 * New York's 21st congressional district
 * nowrap| Jacob Javits (R)
 * Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected New York attorney General
 * Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected New York attorney General


 * }

Senate

 * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: George D. Aiken; Ranking Member: Allen J. Ellender)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Styles Bridges; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
 * Armed Services (Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall; Ranking Member: Richard B. Russell)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Homer E. Capehart; Ranking Member: Burnet R. Maybank)
 * Censure Charges against Senator McCarthy (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Compensation of Members of Congress (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Francis Case; Ranking Member: Matthew M. Neely)
 * Finance (Chairman: Eugene D. Millikin; Ranking Member: Walter F. George)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Alexander Wiley; Ranking Member: Walter F. George)
 * Government Operations (Chairman: Joseph R. McCarthy; Ranking Member: James E. Murray)
 * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Hugh Butler; Ranking Member: John L. McClellan)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Charles W. Tobey; Ranking Member: Edwin C. Johnson)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: William Langer; Ranking Member: Pat McCarran)
 * Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: H. Alexander Smith; Ranking Member: James E. Murray)
 * Mail Cover on Senators (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Frank Carlson; Ranking Member: Olin D. Johnston)
 * Public Works (Chairman: Edward Martin; Ranking Member: Dennis Chavez)
 * Rules and Administration (Chairman: William E. Jenner; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden)
 * Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Edward J. Thye)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Agriculture (Chairman: Clifford R. Hope; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: John Taber; Ranking Member: Brent Spence)
 * Armed Services (Chairman: Dewey Jackson Short; Ranking Member: John L. McMillan)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Jesse P. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Brent Spence)
 * Communist Aggression (Select) (Chairman: Charles J. Kersten)
 * Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select) (Chairman: )
 * Defense Production
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Sid Simpson; Ranking Member: John L. McMillan)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: Samuel K. McConnell Jr.; Ranking Member: Graham A. Barden)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert B. Chiperfield; Ranking Member: James P. Richards)
 * House Administration (Chairman: Karl M. LeCompte; Ranking Member: Omar Burleson)
 * Investigate the Incorporation of the Baltic States into the U.S.S.R. (Select) (Chairman: Charles J. Kersten; Ranking Member: )
 * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Arthur L. Miller; Ranking Member: Clair Engle)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Charles A. Wolverton; Ranking Member: Robert Crosser)
 * Government Operations (Chairman: Clare E. Hoffman; Ranking Member: William L. Dawson)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Chauncey W. Reed; Ranking Member: Emanuel Celler)
 * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Alvin F. Weichel; Ranking Member: Edward J. Hart)
 * Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Edward H. Rees; Ranking Member: Tom J. Murray)
 * Public Works (Chairman: George Anthony Dondero; Ranking Member: Charles A. Buckley)
 * Rules (Chairman: Leo E. Allen; Ranking Member: Howard W. Smith)
 * Small Business (Select) (Chairman: William S. Hill)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Survival Benefits (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Un-American Activities (Chairman: Harold H. Velde; Ranking Member: Francis E. Walter)
 * Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Edith Nourse Rogers; Ranking Member: Olin E. Teague)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: Daniel A. Reed; Ranking Member: Jere Cooper)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Atomic Energy
 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Disposition of Executive Papers
 * Economic (Chairman: Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott; Vice Chairman: Sen. Ralph Flanders)
 * Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Sen. Arthur V. Watkins; Vice Chairman: Rep. Louis E. Graham)
 * Legislative Budget
 * The Library
 * Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
 * Printing (Chairman: Sen. William E. Jenner; Vice Chairman: Rep. Karl M. LeCompte)
 * Railroad Retirement Legislation
 * Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Daniel A. Reed)
 * Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Daniel A. Reed; Vice Chairman: Sen. Eugene D. Millikin)

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: David Lynn (January 3, 1953 – September 30, 1954); J. George Stewart (September 30, 1954 – January 3, 1955)
 * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
 * Comptroller General of the United States: Lindsay C. Warren, until April 30, 1954
 * Joseph Campbell, from December 14, 1954
 * Librarian of Congress: Luther H. Evans, until 1953
 * Lawrence Quincy Mumford, from 1954
 * Public Printer of the United States: John J. Deviny, until 1953
 * Raymond Blattenberger, from 1953

Senate

 * Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
 * Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
 * Secretary: J. Mark Trice
 * Librarian: Sterling Dean, until 1954
 * Gus J. Miller (acting), from 1954
 * Secretary for the Majority: William T. Reed
 * Secretary for the Minority: Felton McLellan Johnston
 * Sergeant at Arms: Forest A. Harness

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)
 * Clerk: Lyle O. Snader
 * Doorkeeper: Tom Kennamer
 * Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
 * Postmaster: Beecher Hess
 * Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
 * Sergeant at Arms: William F. Russell, died July 7, 1953
 * Lyle O. Snader, July 8, 1953 – September 15, 1953
 * William R. Bonsell, starting September 15, 1953