82nd United States Congress

82nd United States Congress


81st ←	→ 83rd
United States Capitol (1956)
Duration: January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953

Senate President:	Alben W. Barkley (D)
Senate Pres. pro tem:	Kenneth McKellar (D)
House Speaker:	Sam Rayburn (D)
Members:	96 Senators 435 Representatives 3 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Democratic
House Majority:	Democratic

Sessions
1st: January 3, 1951 – October 20, 1951 2nd: January 8, 1952 – July 7, 1952

The Eighty-second 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, 1951 to January 3, 1953, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events 1
Major legislation 2
Treaties 3
Party summary 4
- Senate 4.1
- House of Representatives 4.2
Leadership 5
- Senate 5.1
  - Majority (Democratic) party 5.1.1
  - Minority (Republican) party 5.1.2
- House of Representatives 5.2
  - Majority (Democratic) party 5.2.1
  - Minority (Republican) party 5.2.2
Members 6
- Senate 6.1
  - Alabama 6.1.1
  - Arizona 6.1.2
  - Arkansas 6.1.3
  - California 6.1.4
  - Colorado 6.1.5
  - Connecticut 6.1.6
  - Delaware 6.1.7
  - Florida 6.1.8
  - Georgia 6.1.9
  - Idaho 6.1.10
  - Illinois 6.1.11
  - Indiana 6.1.12
  - Iowa 6.1.13
  - Kansas 6.1.14
  - Kentucky 6.1.15
  - Louisiana 6.1.16
  - Maine 6.1.17
  - Maryland 6.1.18
  - Massachusetts 6.1.19
  - Michigan 6.1.20
  - Minnesota 6.1.21
  - Mississippi 6.1.22
  - Missouri 6.1.23
  - Montana 6.1.24
  - Nebraska 6.1.25
  - Nevada 6.1.26
  - New Hampshire 6.1.27
  - New Jersey 6.1.28
  - New Mexico 6.1.29
  - New York 6.1.30
  - North Carolina 6.1.31
  - North Dakota 6.1.32
  - Ohio 6.1.33
  - Oklahoma 6.1.34
  - Oregon 6.1.35
  - Pennsylvania 6.1.36
  - Rhode Island 6.1.37
  - South Carolina 6.1.38
  - South Dakota 6.1.39
  - Tennessee 6.1.40
  - Texas 6.1.41
  - Utah 6.1.42
  - Vermont 6.1.43
  - Virginia 6.1.44
  - Washington 6.1.45
  - West Virginia 6.1.46
  - Wisconsin 6.1.47
  - Wyoming 6.1.48
- House of Representatives 6.2
  - Alabama 6.2.1
  - Arizona 6.2.2
  - Arkansas 6.2.3
  - California 6.2.4
  - Colorado 6.2.5
  - Connecticut 6.2.6
  - Delaware 6.2.7
  - Florida 6.2.8
  - Georgia 6.2.9
  - Idaho 6.2.10
  - Illinois 6.2.11
  - Indiana 6.2.12
  - Iowa 6.2.13
  - Kansas 6.2.14
  - Kentucky 6.2.15
  - Louisiana 6.2.16
  - Maine 6.2.17
  - Maryland 6.2.18
  - Massachusetts 6.2.19
  - Michigan 6.2.20
  - Minnesota 6.2.21
  - Mississippi 6.2.22
  - Missouri 6.2.23
  - Montana 6.2.24
  - Nebraska 6.2.25
  - Nevada 6.2.26
  - New Hampshire 6.2.27
  - New Jersey 6.2.28
  - New Mexico 6.2.29
  - New York 6.2.30
  - North Carolina 6.2.31
  - North Dakota 6.2.32
  - Ohio 6.2.33
  - Oklahoma 6.2.34
  - Oregon 6.2.35
  - Pennsylvania 6.2.36
  - Rhode Island 6.2.37
  - South Carolina 6.2.38
  - South Dakota 6.2.39
  - Tennessee 6.2.40
  - Texas 6.2.41
  - Utah 6.2.42
  - Vermont 6.2.43
  - Virginia 6.2.44
  - Washington 6.2.45
  - West Virginia 6.2.46
  - Wisconsin 6.2.47
  - Wyoming 6.2.48
  - Non-voting members 6.2.49
Changes in membership 7
- Senate 7.1
- House of Representatives 7.2
Employees 8
- Senate 8.1
- House of Representatives 8.2
See also 9
References 10

Major events

March 29, 1951: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. On April 5 they are sentenced to receive the death penalty.
April 11, 1951: U.S. President Harry S Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his Far Eastern commands.
September 5, 1951: Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan to formally end the Pacific War.
October 24, 1951: U.S. President Harry Truman declares an official end to war with Germany.
November 10, 1951: Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
December 31, 1951: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
March 29, 1952: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces that he will not seek reelection.
June 19, 1952: The Special Forces are created.
July 25, 1952: Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth of the United States, an unincorporated organized territory, with the ratification of its constitution.
November 4, 1952: United States presidential election, 1952: Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democrat Adlai Stevenson, and the National Security Agency is founded.

Major legislation

October 10, 1951: Mutual Security Act, ch. 479, 65 Stat. 373
June 27, 1952: Immigration and Nationality Act (McCarran-Walter Act), Pub.L. 82–414
July 14, 1952: McGuire Act, Pub.L. 82–542, 15 U.S.C. § 42(a)
July 16, 1952: Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act, Pub.L. 82–550
July 16, 1952: Federal Coal Mine Safety Act Amendments of 1952, Pub.L. 82–552
July 16, 1952: Wire Fraud Act of 1952, Pub.L. 82–555

Treaties

Members of the Japanese delegation signing the Treaty of San Francisco.

March 20, 1952: Treaty of San Francisco ratified

Party summary

Senate

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic	Independent	Republican
End of previous Congress	53	0	43	96	0

Begin	47	0	49	96	0
March 8, 1951	46			95	1
March 19, 1951	47			96	0
April 18, 1951	47		48	95	1
April 23, 1951	48		48	96	0
November 29, 1951	48		47	95	1
December 10, 1951	48		48	96	0
July 28, 1952	47		48	95	1
August 29, 1952	47		49	96	0
November 5, 1952	45		51	96	0
December 31, 1952	45		50	95	1
Latest voting share	700147000000000000047%	50000000000000000000%	700153000000000000053%

Beginning of the next Congress	47	1	48	96	0

House of Representatives

Democratic: 235 (majority)
Republican: 199
Independent: 1

TOTAL: 435

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate: Alben W. Barkley (D)
President pro tempore: Kenneth McKellar (D)

Majority (Democratic) party

Minority (Republican) party

Minority leader: Kenneth S. Wherry, until January 8, 1952
- Styles Bridges, from January 8, 1952
Minority whip: Leverett Saltonstall

House of Representatives

Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) party

Minority (Republican) party

Minority leader: Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
Minority whip: Leslie C. Arends
Republican Conference Chairman: Clifford R. Hope

Members

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.

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