83rd United States Congress

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The 'Eighty-third United States Congress' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1955, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

1 Dates of sessions
2 Major events
3 Major legislation
- 3.1 Key Votes
  - 3.1.1 Senate
  - 3.1.2 House of Representatives
4 Party summary
- 4.1 Senate
- 4.2 House of Representatives
5 Officers
- 5.1 Senate
  - 5.1.1 Majority (Republican) leadership
  - 5.1.2 Minority (Democratic) leadership
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Members
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 Employees
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955

First session: January 3, 1953 – August 3, 1953
Second session: January 6, 1954 – December 2, 1954

Previous: 82nd Congress • Next: 84th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main articles: 1953#Events and 1954#Events

January 20, 1953 Dwight Eisenhower became President of the United States

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#83rd United States Congress

1953-07-03 — Small Business Act, Pub.L. 83-163, ch. 282, 67 Stat. 232
1953 — Refugee Relief Act, Pub.L. 83-203
1953 — Public Law 280, Pub.L. 83-280, 18 U.S.C. § 1162
1953-08-07 — Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462
1954-05-13 — Saint Lawrence Seaway Act, ch. 201, 68 Stat. 92
1954-08-02 — Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, ch. 649, title II, §201, 68 Stat. 612
1954-08-13 — Multiple Mineral Development Act, ch. 730, 68 Stat. 708
1954-08-16 — Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Pub.L. 83-591, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 3
- Federal Unemployment Tax Act, §1(d), 68A Stat. 439
- National Firearms Act, §1(d), 68A Stat. 721
1954-08-24 — Communist Control Act of 1954, ch. 886, 68 Stat. 775

[edit] Key Votes

[edit] Senate

Legislation	Party	Yea	Nay
Formosa Policy	Democrats	12	32
Jan 28, 1955	Republicans	1	42
(rejected)		13	74
China Mutual Defense Treaty	Democrats	9	33
Feb 9, 1955	Republicans	1	27
(rejected)		10	60
Raising Congressional Salaries	Democrats	30	13
Feb 23, 1955	Republicans	32	11
(passed)		62	24

[edit] House of Representatives

Legislation	Party	Yea	Nay
Raising Congressional Salaries	Democrats	166	59
Feb 16, 1955	Republicans	117	59
(passed)		283	118
Reciprical Trade Extension	Democrats	80	140
Feb 18, 1955	Republicans	119	66
(rejected)		199	206
Reciprical Trade Extension	Democrats	186	35
Feb 18, 1955	Republicans	109	75
(passed)		295	110
Taxation	Democrats	16	205
Feb 25, 1955	Republicans	189	5
(rejected)		205	210

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

48 Republicans, 47 Democrats, 1 Independent

^{This short section requires expansion.}

[edit] House of Representatives

221 Republicans, 213 Democrats, 1 Independent

Total Membership: 435 Representatives, 2 Delegates, 1 Resident Commissioner

[edit] Officers

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

See also: Category: United States Senators

See also: Category: United States Congressional Delegations by state

[edit] Alabama

2. John J. Sparkman (Dem.)
3. Joseph Lister Hill (Dem.)

[edit] Arizona

1. Barry Goldwater (Rep.)
3. Carl Hayden (Dem.)

[edit] Arkansas

3. J. William Fulbright (Dem.)
2. John Little McClellan (Dem.)

[edit] California

1. William F. Knowland (Rep.)
3. Thomas H. Kuchel (Rep.)

[edit] Colorado

3. Eugene D. Millikin (Rep.)
2. Edwin Carl Johnson (Dem.)

[edit] Connecticut

3. Prescott Bush (Rep.)
1. William A. Purtell (Rep.)

[edit] Delaware

2. J. Allen Frear, Jr. (Dem.)
1. John J. Williams (Rep.)

[edit] Florida

1. Spessard Holland (Dem.)
3. George Smathers (Dem.)

[edit] Georgia

2. Walter Franklin George (Dem.)
3. Richard Brevard Russell (Dem.)

[edit] Idaho

2. Henry Dworshak (Rep.)
3. Herman Welker (Rep.)

[edit] Illinois

3. Everett Dirksen (Rep.)
2. Paul Douglas (Dem.)

[edit] Indiana

1. William E. Jenner (Rep.)
3. Homer E. Capehart (Rep.)

[edit] Iowa

3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Rep.)
2. Guy M. Gillette (Dem.)

[edit] Kansas

2. Andrew F. Schoeppel (Rep.)
3. Frank Carlson (Rep.)

[edit] Kentucky

3. Earle C. Clements (Dem.)
2. John Sherman Cooper (Rep.)

[edit] Louisiana

2. Allen Joseph Ellender (Dem.)
3. Russell B. Long (Dem.)

[edit] Maine

1. Frederick G. Payne (Rep.)
2. Margaret Chase Smith (Rep.)

[edit] Maryland

1. James Glenn Beall (Rep.)
3. John M. Butler (Rep.)

[edit] Massachusetts

2. Leverett Saltonstall (Rep.)
1. John F. Kennedy (Dem.)

[edit] Michigan

2. Homer Ferguson (Rep.)
1. Charles E. Potter (Rep.)

[edit] Minnesota

2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)
1. Edward John Thye (Rep.)

[edit] Mississippi

1. John C. Stennis (Dem.)
2. James O. Eastland (Dem.)

[edit] Missouri

3. Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (Dem.)
1. Stuart Symington (Dem.)

[edit] Montana

2. James Edward Murray (Dem.)
1. Michael J. Mansfield (Dem.)

[edit] Nebraska

1. Hugh A. Butler (Rep.), died July 1, 1954

Samuel Williams Reynolds (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy

Roman Hruska (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

2. Dwight Griswold (Rep.), died April 12, 1954

Eva K. Bowring (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy

Hazel Abel (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy, subsequently resigned

Carl Curtis (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy

[edit] Nevada

3. Patrick Anthony Mccarran (Dem.), died September 28, 1954

Ernest S. Brown (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy

Alan Bible (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy

1. George W. Malone (Rep.)

[edit] New Hampshire

2. Styles Bridges (Rep.)
3. Charles W. Tobey (Rep.), died July 24, 1953

Robert W. Upton (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy

Norris Cotton (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

[edit] New Jersey

1. H. Alexander Smith (Rep.)
2. Robert C. Hendrickson (Rep.)

[edit] New Mexico

1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (Dem.)
2. Clinton Presba Anderson (Dem.)

[edit] New York

1. Irving M. Ives (Rep.)
3. Herbert H. Lehman (Dem.)

[edit] North Carolina

2. Willis Smith (Dem.), died June 26, 1953

Alton Asa Lennon (Dem.), appointed to fill vacancy

W. Kerr Scott (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy

3. Clyde Roark Hoey (Dem.), died May 12, 1954

Sam Ervin (Dem.), appointed to fill vacancy

[edit] North Dakota

1. William Langer (Rep.)
3. Milton Young (Rep.)

[edit] Ohio

3. Robert Taft (Rep.), died July 31, 1953

Thomas A. Burke (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy

George H. Bender (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy

1. John W. Bricker (Rep.)

[edit] Oklahoma

2. Robert S. Kerr (Dem.)
3. A. S. Mike Monroney (Dem.)

[edit] Oregon

3. Wayne L. Morse (Independent)
2. Guy Cordon (Rep.)

[edit] Pennsylvania

3. James H. Duff (Rep.)
1. Edward Martin (Rep.)

[edit] Rhode Island

1. John O. Pastore (Dem.)
2. Theodore Francis Green (Dem.)

[edit] South Carolina

2. Burnet R. Maybank (Dem.), died September 1, 1954

Charles E. Daniel (Dem.), appointed to fill vacancy

Strom Thurmond (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy

3. Olin D. Johnston (Dem.)

[edit] South Dakota

2. Karl E. Mundt (Rep.)
3. Francis H. Case (Rep.)

[edit] Tennessee

1. Albert A. Gore Sr. (Dem.)
2. C. Estes Kefauver (Dem.)

[edit] Texas

1. Price Daniel (Dem.)
2. Lyndon Johnson (Dem.)

[edit] Utah

1. Arthur V. Watkins (Rep.)
3. Wallace F. Bennett (Rep.)

[edit] Vermont

1. Ralph E. Flanders (Rep.)
3. George Aiken (Rep.)

[edit] Virginia

1. Harry Flood Byrd (Dem.)
2. Absalom Willis Robertson (Dem.)

[edit] Washington

3. Warren G. Magnuson (Dem.)
1. Henry M. Jackson (Dem.)

[edit] West Virginia

1. Harley M. Kilgore (Dem.)
2. Matthew M. Neely (Dem.)

[edit] Wisconsin

3. Alexander Wiley (Rep.)
1. Joseph McCarthy (Rep.)

[edit] Wyoming

1. Frank A. Barrett (Rep.)
2. Lester C. Hunt (Dem.), died June 19, 1954

Edward D. Crippa (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy

Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy

[edit] House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state