84th United States Congress

The 84th 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, 1955, to January 3, 1957, during the third and fourth years of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1950 United States census.

The Democratic Party won back majorities in both the House and Senate, thus giving them full control of Congress, although Republican Party won the Senate in the last Congress.

Major events

 * January 28, 1955: Congress authorized the President to use force to protect Taiwan from the People's Republic of China
 * February 10, 1955: The United States Navy helped the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
 * February 12, 1955: President Eisenhower sent the first U.S. advisers to South Vietnam.
 * July 2, 1955: Senator Lyndon Johnson, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, suffered a major heart attack.
 * September 24, 1955: President Eisenhower suffered a coronary thrombosis.
 * November 5, 1955: Racial segregation was forbidden on trains and buses in U.S. interstate commerce.
 * December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person.
 * December 5, 1955: The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to become the AFL–CIO.
 * March 12, 1956: 96 Congressmen signed the Southern Manifesto, a protest against the 1954 Supreme Court ruling (Brown v. Board of Education) desegregating public education.
 * November 6, 1956: United States elections, 1956:
 * 1956 United States presidential election: Republican incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democratic challenger Adlai E. Stevenson in a rematch of their contest four years earlier.
 * United States Senate elections, 1956: The party balance of the chamber remained unchanged as Republican and Democratic gains cancelled each other.
 * United States House of Representatives elections, 1956: Republicans lost a net of two seats to the majority Democrats.

Major legislation

 * January 29, 1955: Formosa Resolution
 * March 31, 1955: Career Incentive Act
 * June 28, 1955: Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act, ,
 * July 11, 1955: To provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription "In God We Trust",, ,
 * July 14, 1955: Air Pollution Control Act,, ch. 360,
 * July 23, 1955: Multiple Surface Use Mining Act,, ch. 730,
 * August 9, 1955: Reserve Forces Act, ,
 * August 11, 1955: National Housing Act ("Capehart Act"), ,
 * August 12, 1955: Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act,, ch. 863,
 * April 11, 1956: Colorado River Storage Project Act,
 * June 29, 1956: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act),
 * July 30, 1956: Health Research Facilities Act,, ch. 779,
 * August 8, 1956: Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, ch. 1036, ,

Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

 * President: Richard Nixon (R)
 * President pro tempore: Walter F. George (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

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

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: William Knowland
 * Minority Whip: Leverett Saltonstall
 * Republican Conference chairman: Eugene Millikin
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
 * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Barry Goldwater
 * Policy Committee Chairman: Styles Bridges

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: John W. McCormack
 * Majority Whip: Carl Albert
 * Democratic Caucus chairman: John J. Rooney
 * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Edna F. Kelly
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership

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

Caucuses

 * House Democratic Caucus
 * Senate Democratic Caucus

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state.

Senate
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1958; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, facing re-election in 1960; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1956.

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. Gordon Allott (R)
 * 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. Thomas E. Martin (R)
 * 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

Kansas

 * 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)
 * 3. Frank Carlson (R)

Kentucky

 * 2. Alben Barkley (D), until April 30, 1956
 * Robert Humphreys (D), June 21, 1956 – November 6, 1956
 * John Sherman Cooper (R), from November 7, 1956
 * 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. Patrick V. McNamara (D)

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. Roman Hruska (R)
 * 2. Carl Curtis (R)

Nevada

 * 1. George W. Malone (R)
 * 3. Alan Bible (D)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Styles Bridges (R)
 * 3. Norris Cotton (R)

New Jersey

 * 1. Howard Alexander Smith (R)
 * 2. Clifford P. Case (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. W. Kerr Scott (D)
 * 3. Sam Ervin (D)

North Dakota

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

Ohio

 * 1. John W. Bricker (R)
 * 3. George H. Bender (R)

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

 * 2. Richard L. Neuberger (D)
 * 3. Wayne Morse (I), changed to (D) April 30, 1955

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

 * 2. Strom Thurmond (D), until April 4, 1956
 * Thomas A. Wofford (D), April 5, 1956 – November 6, 1956
 * Strom Thurmond (D), from November 7, 1956
 * 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), until February 28, 1956
 * William Laird III (D), March 13, 1956 – November 6, 1956
 * Chapman Revercomb (R), from November 7, 1956
 * 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

 * 1. Frank A. Barrett (R)
 * 2. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)



House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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. George Huddleston Jr. (D)

Arizona

 * Arizona's 1st congressional district. John Jacob Rhodes (R)
 * Arizona's 2nd congressional district. Stewart Udall (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. John F. Baldwin Jr. (R)
 * 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. B. F. Sisk (D)
 * California's 13th congressional district. Charles M. Teague (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), until August 5, 1956
 * 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. Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)
 * California's 25th congressional district. Patrick J. Hillings (R)
 * California's 26th congressional district. James Roosevelt (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. Harris McDowell (D)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. William C. Cramer (R)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Charles E. Bennett (D)
 * Florida's 3rd congressional district. Robert L. F. Sikes (D)
 * Florida's 4th congressional district. Dante Fascell (D)
 * Florida's 5th congressional district. Syd Herlong (D)
 * Florida's 6th congressional district. Paul Rogers (D), from January 11, 1955
 * 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)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Tic Forrester (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. John Flynt (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. Iris Faircloth Blitch (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. James C. Murray (D)
 * 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)
 * 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. Charles A. Boyle (D)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Marguerite S. Church (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. Chauncey W. Reed (R), until February 9, 1956
 * 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. Kenneth J. Gray (D)

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. 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. Charles B. Brownson (R)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Fred Schwengel (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. William H. Avery (R)
 * 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. William Natcher (D)
 * 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. Eugene Siler (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. Richard Lankford (D)
 * 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. Torbert Macdonald (D)
 * 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. August E. Johansen (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. Clare Hoffman (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Gerald Ford (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Donald Hayworth (D)
 * 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. Charles Diggs (D)
 * Michigan's 14th congressional district. Louis C. Rabaut (D)
 * Michigan's 15th congressional district. John D. Dingell Sr. (D), until September 19, 1955
 * John D. Dingell Jr. (D), from December 13, 1955
 * Michigan's 16th congressional district. John Lesinski Jr. (D)
 * Michigan's 17th congressional district. Martha Griffiths (D)
 * 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. Coya Knutson (DFL)

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. George H. Christopher (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Richard Walker Bolling (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. William Raleigh Hull Jr. (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. Morgan M. Moulder (D)

Montana

 * Montana's 1st congressional district. Lee Metcalf (D)
 * Montana's 2nd congressional district. Orvin B. Fjare (R)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Phillip Hart Weaver (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Jackson B. Chase (R)
 * 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. Perkins Bass (R)

New Jersey

 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. T. Millet Hand (R), until December 26, 1956
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. James C. Auchincloss (R)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Frank Thompson (D)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Harrison A. Williams (D)
 * 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. T. James Tumulty (D)

New Mexico
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D), until November 7, 1956
 * At-large. John J. Dempsey (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. Victor Anfuso (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Eugene James 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), until December 31, 1956
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Irwin D. Davidson (D-L), until December 31, 1956
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Herbert Zelenko (D)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Sidney A. Fine (D), until January 2, 1956
 * James C. Healey (D), from February 7, 1956
 * 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
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * At-large. Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)
 * At-large. Otto Krueger (R)

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. Thomas L. Ashley (D)
 * 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. Albert David Baumhart Jr. (R)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. William Hanes Ayres (R)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. John E. Henderson (R)
 * 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. Charles Vanik (D)
 * Ohio's 22nd congressional district. Frances P. Bolton (R)
 * Ohio's 23rd congressional district. William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R)

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. Edith Green (D)
 * 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), until May 25, 1956
 * Kathryn E. Granahan (D), from November 6, 1956
 * 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. Dan Flood (D)
 * 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. James M. Quigley (D)
 * 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. Frank M. Clark (D)
 * 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), until November 26, 1955
 * Elmer J. Holland (D), from January 24, 1956

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. Robert T. Ashmore (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. 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), until October 12, 1956
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Ross Bass (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. Bruce Alger (R)
 * 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. Jim Wright (D)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. Frank N. Ikard (D)
 * Texas's 14th congressional district. John J. Bell (D)
 * Texas's 15th congressional district. Joe M. Kilgore (D)
 * Texas's 16th congressional district. J. T. Rutherford (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. Henry Aldous Dixon (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. William M. Tuck (D)
 * 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. W. Pat Jennings (D)
 * 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. Maurice G. Burnside (D)
 * 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. Henry S. Reuss (D)
 * 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. Lester Johnson (D)
 * Wisconsin's 10th congressional district. Alvin O'Konski (R)

Wyoming

 * At-large. Edwin Keith Thomson (R)

Non-voting members

 * Alaska's at-large congressional district. Bob Bartlett (D)
 * Hawaii's at-large congressional district. Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R)
 * 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

 * Replacements: 3
 * Democratic: 1 net loss
 * Independent Democratic: 1 net loss
 * Republican: 2 net gain
 * Deaths: 2
 * Resignations: 1
 * Interim appointments: 3
 * Total seats with changes: 3


 * Oregon (3)
 * nowrap | Wayne Morse (I)
 * style="front-size:80%" | Changed Political Parties February 17, 1955
 * nowrap | Wayne Morse (D)
 * February 17, 1955
 * West Virginia (1)
 * nowrap | Harley M. Kilgore (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died February 28, 1956
 * nowrap | William Laird III (D)
 * March 13, 1956
 * South Carolina (2)
 * nowrap | Strom Thurmond (ID)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 4, 1956, to trigger a contested primary as promised to voters
 * nowrap | Thomas A. Wofford (D)
 * April 5, 1956
 * Kentucky (2)
 * nowrap | Alben W. Barkley (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died April 30, 1956
 * nowrap | Robert Humphreys (D)
 * June 21, 1956
 * Kentucky (2)
 * nowrap | Robert Humphreys (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 6, 1956
 * nowrap | John Sherman Cooper (R)
 * November 7, 1956
 * South Carolina (2)
 * nowrap | Thomas A. Wofford (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 6, 1956
 * nowrap | Strom Thurmond (D)
 * November 7, 1956
 * West Virginia (1)
 * nowrap | William Laird III (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 6, 1956
 * nowrap | Chapman Revercomb (R)
 * November 7, 1956
 * }
 * West Virginia (1)
 * nowrap | William Laird III (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 6, 1956
 * nowrap | Chapman Revercomb (R)
 * November 7, 1956
 * }
 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 5
 * Democratic: no net change
 * Republican: no net change
 * Deaths: 9
 * Resignations: 3
 * Total seats with changes: 12


 * Florida's 6th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Rep. Dwight L. Rogers died during the previous congress after having been re-elected. Successor elected January 11, 1955.
 * nowrap | Paul Rogers (D)
 * January 11, 1955
 * January 11, 1955


 * Michigan's 15th congressional district
 * nowrap| John Dingell Sr. (D)
 * Died September 19, 1955. Successor elected December 13, 1955.
 * nowrap | John Dingell (D)
 * December 13, 1955
 * December 13, 1955


 * Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district
 * nowrap| Vera Buchanan (D)
 * Died November 26, 1955. Successor elected January 24, 1956.
 * nowrap | Elmer J. Holland (D)
 * January 24, 1956
 * January 24, 1956


 * New York's 22nd congressional district
 * nowrap| Sidney A. Fine (D)
 * Resigned January 2, 1956. Successor elected February 7, 1956.
 * nowrap | James C. Healey (D)
 * February 7, 1956
 * February 7, 1956


 * Illinois's 14th congressional district
 * nowrap| Chauncey W. Reed (R)
 * Died February 9, 1956 Seat remained unfilled until next term.
 * colspan=2 | Vacant
 * colspan=2 | Vacant


 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap| William T. Granahan (D)
 * Died May 25, 1956. Successor elected November 6, 1956.
 * nowrap | Kathryn E. Granahan (D)
 * November 6, 1956
 * November 6, 1956


 * California's 20th congressional district
 * nowrap| John Carl Hinshaw (R)
 * Died August 5, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.
 * colspan=2 | Vacant
 * colspan=2 | Vacant


 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap| Percy Priest (D)
 * Died October 12, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.
 * colspan=2 | Vacant
 * colspan=2 | Vacant


 * New Mexico's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap| Antonio M. Fernández (D)
 * Died November 7, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.
 * colspan=2 | Vacant
 * colspan=2 | Vacant


 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap| T. Millet Hand (R)
 * Died December 26, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.
 * colspan=2 | Vacant
 * colspan=2 | Vacant


 * New York's 19th congressional district
 * nowrap| Arthur George Klein (D)
 * Resigned December 31, 1956 after being elected to the New York Supreme Court. Seat remained unfilled until next term.
 * colspan=2 | Vacant
 * colspan=2 | Vacant


 * New York's 20th congressional district
 * nowrap| Irwin D. Davidson (DL)
 * Resigned December 31, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.
 * colspan=2 | Vacant
 * colspan=2 | Vacant


 * }

Senate

 * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
 * Armed Services (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: Homer Capehart)
 * Contribution Investigation (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall)
 * Finance (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: Eugene D. Millikin)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
 * Foreign Aid Program (Special)
 * Government Operations (Chairman: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Joseph McCarthy)
 * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: James E. Murray; Ranking Member: Eugene D. Millikin)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: John W. Bricker)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Harley M. Kilgore; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
 * Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member: H. Alexander Smith)
 * Political Activities, Lobbying and Campaign Contributions (Special)
 * Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson)
 * Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Edward Martin)
 * Rules and Administration (Chairman: Theodore F. Green; Ranking Member: William E. Jenner)
 * Senate Reception Room (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman)
 * 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 J. Short)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
 * Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select) (Chairman: Porter Hardy Jr.)
 * Defense Production (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Sid Simpson)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; Ranking Member: Samuel K. McConnell Jr.)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James P. Richards; Ranking Member: Robert B. Chiperfield)
 * Government Operations (Chairman: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)
 * House Administration (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Karl M. LeCompte)
 * Investigate the Incorporation of the Baltic States into the U.S.S.R. (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Clair Engle; Ranking Member: A.L. Miller)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: J. Percy Priest; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: Chauncey W. Reed then Kenneth B. Keating)
 * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Herbert C. Bonner; Ranking Member: Thor C. Tollefson)
 * Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rees)
 * Public Works (Chairman: Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member: George A. Dondero)
 * Rules (Chairman: Howard W. Smith; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen)
 * Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Un-American Activities (Chairman: Francis E. Walter; Ranking Member: Harold H. Velde)
 * Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: Jere Cooper; Ranking Member: Daniel A. Reed)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Atomic Energy (Chairman: Sen. Clinton P. Anderson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Carl T. Durham)
 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian
 * Defense Production
 * Disposition of Executive Papers
 * Economic
 * Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Sen. Arthur V. Watkins)
 * Legislative Budget
 * The Library (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Theodore F. Green)
 * Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
 * Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson)
 * Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Daniel A. Reed)
 * Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Jere Cooper; Vice Chairman: Sen. Paul H. Douglas)

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart
 * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
 * Comptroller General of the United States: Joseph Campbell
 * Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
 * Public Printer of the United States: Raymond Blattenberger

Senate

 * Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris, Methodist
 * Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
 * Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston
 * Librarian: Richard D. Hupman
 * Secretary for the Majority: Robert G. Baker
 * Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice
 * Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

 * Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts
 * Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.
 * Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller
 * Postmaster: H. H. Morris
 * Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
 * Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
 * Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)