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, composed 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.
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.
Total Membership: 435 Representatives, 2 Delegates, 1 Resident Commissioner
, which indicate the cycle of their election.
(D). George M. Grant
(D). George W. Andrews
(D). Kenneth A. Roberts
(D). Albert Rains
(D). Armistead I. Selden, Jr.
(D). Carl Elliott
(D). Robert E. Jones, Jr.
(D). Laurie C. Battle
(D)
(R). Harold A. Patten (D)
(D). Wilbur D. Mills (D). James William Trimble
(D). Oren Harris
(D). Brooks Hays
(D). William F. Norrell
(D)
(R). Clair Engle
(D). John E. Moss
(D). William S. Mailliard
(R). John F. Shelley (D). Robert Condon
(D). John J. Allen, Jr.
(R). George P. Miller (D). Jesse A. Younger (R). Charles S. Gubser
(R). Justin L. Johnson
(R). Allan O. Hunter
(R). Ernest K. Bramblett
(R). Harlan Hagen
(D). Gordon L. McDonough
(R). Donald L. Jackson
(R). Cecil R. King
(D). Craig Hosmer
(R). Chet Holifield (D). John Carl Hinshaw
(R). Edgar W. Hiestand
(R). Joseph F. Holt
(R). Clyde Doyle
(D). C. Norris Poulson (R), until June 11, 1953
(D). William S. Hill
(R). J. Edgar Chenoweth (R). Wayne N. Aspinall
(D)
(D). Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.
(R). Albert W. Cretella
(R). Albert P. Morano
(R). James T. Patterson
(R)
(R)
(D). Charles Edward Bennett
(D). Robert L. F. Sikes
(D). William C. Lantaff
(D). Albert S. Herlong, Jr.
(D). Dwight L. Rogers
(D), until December 1, 1954. James A. Haley
(D). Donald Ray Matthews
(D)
(D), from February 4, 1953. Tic Forrester
(D). A. Sidney Camp (D), until July 24, 1954
(D). Hamer H. Budge
(R)
(D). Fred E. Busbey
(R). William E. McVey
(R). John C. Kluczynski
(D). Thomas Joseph O'Brien (D). James B. Bowler (D), from July 7, 1953. Thomas S. Gordon
(D). Sidney R. Yates
(D). Richard W. Hoffman
(R). Timothy P. Sheehan
(R). Edgar A. Jonas
(R). Marguerite S. Church
(R). Chauncey W. Reed
(R). Noah M. Mason
(R). Leo E. Allen
(R). Leslie C. Arends (R). Harold H. Velde (R). Robert B. Chiperfield
(R). Sid Simpson
(R). Peter F. Mack, Jr.
(D). William L. Springer
(R). Charles W. Vursell
(R). Melvin Price (D). C. W. Bishop
(R)
(D). Charles A. Halleck
(R). Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr.
(R). E. Ross Adair
(R). John V. Beamer
(R). Cecil M. Harden
(R). William G. Bray
(R). D. Bailey Merrill
(R). Earl Wilson
(R). Ralph Harvey
(R). Charles B. Brownson
(R)
(R). Henry O. Talle
(R). Harold R. Gross
(R). Karl M. LeCompte (R). Paul H. Cunningham (R). James I. Dolliver
(R). Ben F. Jensen
(R). Charles B. Hoeven
(R)
(D). Errett P. Scrivner
(R). Myron V. George
(R). Edward Herbert Rees
(R). Clifford R. Hope
(R). Wint Smith
(R)
(D), until April 30, 1953
(D). Edwin E. Willis
(D). Overton Brooks
(D). Otto E. Passman (D). James H. Morrison
(D). Theo A. Thompson (D). George S. Long
(D)
(R). Charles P. Nelson
(R). Clifford G. McIntire
(R)
(R). James P. Devereux (R). Edward Garmatz
(D). George Hyde Fallon (D). Frank Small, Jr.
(R). DeWitt S. Hyde (R). Samuel Friedel
(D)
(R). Edward Boland
(D). Philip Philbin (D). Harold Donohue
(D). Edith Nourse Rogers
(R). William H. Bates
(R). Thomas J. Lane
(D). Angier L. Goodwin (R). Donald W. Nicholson
(R). Laurence Curtis
(R). Tip O'Neill
(D). John W. McCormack (D). Richard B. Wigglesworth (R). Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)
(D). George Meader
(R). Paul W. Shafer
(R), until August 17, 1954. Clare E. Hoffman (R). Gerald Ford
(R). Kit F. Clardy (R). Jesse P. Wolcott
(R). Alvin M. Bentley (R). Ruth Thompson
(R). Elford Cederberg (R). Victor A. Knox
(R). John B. Bennett
(R). George D. O'Brien
(D). Louis C. Rabaut
(D). John D. Dingell, Sr.
(D). John Lesinski, Jr.
(D). Charles G. Oakman
(R). George A. Dondero (R)
(R).Roy Wier
(DFL).Eugene McCarthy
(DFL).Walter Judd
(R).Fred Marshall
(DFL).H. Carl Andersen (R).John Blatnik
(DFL).Harold Hagen
(R)
(D). Frank E. Smith
(D). John B. Williams (D). W. Arthur Winstead
(D). William M. Colmer
(D)
(D). Thomas B. Curtis
(R). Leonor Sullivan
(D). Jeffrey Paul Hillelson
(R). Richard Bolling (D). William C. Cole
(R). Dewey Short (R). A.S.J. Carnahan (D). Clarence Cannon
(D). Paul C. Jones
(D). Morgan M. Moulder
(D)
(D). Wesley A. D'Ewart
(R)
(R). Arthur L. Miller
(R)
(R)
(R). T. Millet Hand
(R). James C. Auchincloss
(R). Charles R. Howell
(D). Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.
(R). Clifford P. Case
(R), until August 16, 1953
(R). Steven B. Derounian (R). Frank J. Becker
(R). Henry J. Latham
(R). Albert H. Bosch
(R). Lester Holtzman
(D). James J. Delaney (D). Louis B. Heller
(D), until July 21, 1954. Eugene J. Keogh (D). Edna F. Kelly
(D). Emanuel Celler
(D). Francis E. Dorn
(R). Abraham J. Multer
(D). John J. Rooney
(D). John H. Ray
(R). Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
(D). Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. (R). James G. Donovan
(D). Arthur G. Klein (D). Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (D). Jacob K. Javits
(R), until December 31, 1954. Sidney A. Fine
(D). Isidore Dollinger
(D). Charles A. Buckley
(D). Paul A. Fino
(R). Ralph A. Gamble
(R). Ralph W. Gwinn
(R). Katharine St. George
(R). J. Ernest Wharton
(R). Leo W. O'Brien
(D). Dean P. Taylor
(R). Bernard W. Kearney
(R). Clarence E. Kilburn
(R). William R. Williams
(R). R. Walter Riehlman
(R). John Taber
(R). W. Sterling Cole
(R). Kenneth B. Keating (R). Harold C. Ostertag
(R). William E. Miller
(R). Edmund P. Radwan
(R). John R. Pillion
(R). Daniel A. Reed
(R)
(D). Graham A. Barden (D). Harold D. Cooley
(D). Richard T. Chatham (D). Carl T. Durham
(D). F. Ertel Carlyle (D). Charles B. Deane
(D). Hugh Quincy Alexander
(D). Charles R. Jonas
(R). Woodrow W. Jones
(D). George A. Shuford
(D)
(R). Usher L. Burdick
(Nonpartisan Republican)
(R). William E. Hess
(R). Paul F. Schenck
(R). William M. McCulloch (R). Cliff Clevenger
(R). James G. Polk
(D). Clarence J. Brown
(R). Jackson E. Betts (R). Frazier Reams
(I). Thomas A. Jenkins
(R). Oliver P. Bolton
(R). John M. Vorys
(R). Alvin F. Weichel
(R). William H. Ayres (R). Robert T. Secrest
(D), until September 26, 1954. Frank T. Bow
(R). J. Harry McGregor
(R). Wayne L. Hays (D). Michael J. Kirwan
(D). Michael A. Feighan
(D). Robert Crosser
(D). Frances P. Bolton
(R). George H. Bender
(R), until December 15, 1954
(R). Ed Edmondson
(D). Carl Albert
(D). Tom Steed
(D). John Jarman
(D). Victor Wickersham
(D)
(R). Sam Coon
(R). Homer D. Angell
(R). Harris Ellsworth
(R)
(D). William T. Granahan
(D). James A. Byrne
(D). Earl Chudoff
(D). William J. Green, Jr.
(D). Hugh Scott
(R). Benjamin F. James
(R). Karl C. King
(R). Paul B. Dague
(R). Joseph L. Carrigg
(R). Edward J. Bonin
(R). Ivor D. Fenton
(R). Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.
(R). George M. Rhodes
(D). Francis E. Walter
(D). Walter M. Mumma
(R). Alvin Bush
(R). Richard M. Simpson
(R). S. Walter Stauffer
(R). James E. Van Zandt
(R). Augustine B. Kelley
(D). John P. Saylor
(R). Leon H. Gavin
(R). Carroll D. Kearns
(R). Louis E. Graham
(R). Thomas E. Morgan
(D). James G. Fulton
(R). Herman P. Eberharter
(D). Robert J. Corbett
(R). Vera Buchanan
(D)
(D). John E. Fogarty
(D)
(D). John J. Riley
(D). W.J. Bryan Dorn (D). Joseph R. Bryson
(D), until March 10, 1953
(R). Howard Baker, Sr.
(R). James B. Frazier Jr. (D). Joe L. Evins
(D). J. Percy Priest (D). James Patrick Sutton
(D). Tom J. Murray
(D). Jere Cooper
(D). Clifford Davis
(D)
(D). Wright Patman
(D). Jack Brooks
(D). Brady P. Gentry
(D). Sam Rayburn
(D). Joseph Franklin Wilson (D). Olin E. Teague
(D). John V. Dowdy (D). Albert Thomas
(D). Clark W. Thompson
(D). W. Homer Thornberry (D). William R. Poage
(D). Wingate H. Lucas
(D). Frank N. Ikard
(D). John E. Lyle, Jr.
(D). Lloyd M. Bentsen (D). Kenneth M. Regan
(D). Omar Burleson
(D). Walter E. Rogers (D). George H. Mahon
(D). Paul J. Kilday
(D). O. Clark Fisher (D)
(R). William A. Dawson
(R)
(D). Porter Hardy, Jr.
(D). J. Vaughan Gary
(D). Watkins Moorman Abbitt
(D). Thomas Bahnson Stanley
(D), until February 3, 1953
(R). Russell V. Mack
(R). Hal Holmes
(R). Walt Horan
(R). Thor C. Tollefson
(R)
(D). Will E. Neal
(R). Elizabeth Kee
(D). Robert Byrd
(D)
(R). Glenn R. Davis (R). Gardner R. Withrow
(R). Clement J. Zablocki
(D). Charles J. Kersten
(R). William K. Van Pelt (R). Melvin R. Laird
(R). John W. Byrnes
(R). Merlin Hull
(R), until May 17, 1953
(R)
(D). Joseph Rider Farrington
(R), until June 19, 1954
| North Carolina
(2)
| nowrap | Willis Smith
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 25, 1953
| nowrap | Alton Lennon (D)
| July 10, 1953
|-
| New Hampshire
(3)
| nowrap | Charles W. Tobey
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 24, 1953
| nowrap | Robert W. Upton
(R)
| August 14, 1953
|-
| Ohio
(3)
| nowrap | Robert Taft
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 31, 1953.
| nowrap | Thomas A. Burke
(D)
| November 10, 1953
|-
| Nebraska
(2)
| nowrap | Dwight Griswold
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 12, 1954
| nowrap | Eva Bowring
(R)
| April 16, 1954
|-
| North Carolina
(3)
| nowrap | Clyde R. Hoey
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 12, 1954
| nowrap | Sam Ervin
(D)
| June 5, 1954
|-
| Wyoming
(2)
| nowrap | Lester C. Hunt
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 19, 1954.
| nowrap | Edward D. Crippa
(R)
| June 24, 1954
|-
| Nebraska
(1)
| nowrap | Hugh A. Butler
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 1, 1954
| nowrap | Samuel W. Reynolds
(R)
| July 3, 1954
|-
| South Carolina
(2)
| nowrap | Burnet R. Maybank
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 1, 1954.
| nowrap | Charles E. Daniel
(D)
| September 6, 1954
|-
| Nevada
(3)
| nowrap | Pat McCarran
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 28, 1954
| nowrap | Ernest S. Brown
(R)
| October 1, 1954
|-
| Nebraska
(1)
| nowrap | Samuel W. Reynolds
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1954
| nowrap | Roman Hruska
(R)
| November 8, 1954
|-
| Nebraska
(2)
| nowrap | Eva Bowring
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1954
| nowrap | Hazel Abel
(R)
| November 8, 1954
|-
| New Hampshire
(3)
| nowrap | Robert W. Upton
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.
| nowrap | Norris Cotton
(R)
| November 8, 1954
|-
| North Carolina
(2)
| nowrap | Alton Lennon (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 28, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.
| nowrap | W. Kerr Scott
(D)
| November 29, 1954
|-
| Wyoming
(2)
| nowrap | Edward D. Crippa
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 28, 1954.
| nowrap | Joseph C. O'Mahoney
(D)
| November 29, 1954
|-
| Nevada
(3)
| nowrap | Ernest S. Brown
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected December 1, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.
| nowrap | Alan Bible
(D)
| December 2, 1954
|-
| Ohio
(3)
| nowrap | Thomas A. Burke
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected December 2, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.
| nowrap | George H. Bender
(R)
| December 16, 1954
|-
| South Carolina
(2)
| nowrap | Charles E. Daniel
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 23, 1954.
| nowrap | Strom Thurmond
(D)
| December 24, 1954
|-
| Nebraska
(2)
| nowrap | Hazel Abel
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1954
| nowrap | Carl Curtis
(R)
| January 1, 1955
|}
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Edward E. Cox
died during previous congress
| nowrap | J. L. Pilcher
(D)
| February 4, 1953
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Adolph J. Sabath
died during previous congress
| nowrap | James Bowler
(D)
| July 7, 1953
|-
|
| nowrap| Thomas B. Stanley
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | resigned February 3, 1953 to run for Governor of Virginia
| nowrap | William M. Tuck
(D)
| April 14, 1953
|-
|
| nowrap| Joseph R. Bryson
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 10, 1953
| nowrap | Robert T. Ashmore
(D)
| June 2, 1953
|-
|
| nowrap| Garrett L. Withers
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 30, 1953
| nowrap | William H. Natcher
(D)
| August 1, 1953
|-
|
| nowrap| Merlin Hull
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 17, 1953
| nowrap | Lester Johnson
(D)
| October 13, 1953
|-
|
| nowrap| Norris Poulson
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 11, 1953 after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles
| nowrap | Glenard P. Lipscomb
(R)
| November 10, 1953
|-
|
| nowrap| Clifford P. Case
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 16, 1953
| nowrap | Harrison A. Williams
(D)
| November 3, 1953
|-
|
| nowrap| Joseph R. Farrington
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 19, 1954
| nowrap | Elizabeth P. Farrington
(R)
| July 31, 1954
|-
|
| nowrap| Louis B. Heller
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1954 after being appointed judge of the Court of Special Sessions of New York City
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| A. Sidney Camp
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 24, 1954
| nowrap | John J. Flynt, Jr.
(D)
| November 2, 1954
|-
|
| nowrap| Paul W. Shafer
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 17, 1954
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Robert T. Secrest
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 26, 1954
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Norris Cotton
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 7, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Roman Hruska
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 8, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Dwight L. Rogers
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 1, 1954
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| George H. Bender
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 15, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Carl Curtis
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Jacob K. Javits
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1954 after being elected New York Attorney General
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
and the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
. 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
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Dwight Eisenhower.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950
United States Census, 1950
The Seventeenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 150,697,361, an increase of 14.5 percent over the 131,669,275 persons enumerated during the 1940 Census.-Census questions:...
. Both chambers had a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
majority.
Major events
- January 20, 1953: Dwight Eisenhower became President of the United StatesPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
- March 11, 1954: U.S. Capitol shooting incidentU.S. Capitol shooting incident (1954)The United States Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954 by four Puerto Rican nationalists who shot 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols from the Ladies' Gallery of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol.The attackers, Lolita Lebrón, Rafael...
Major legislation
- July 3, 1953: Small Business Act, , ch. 282,
- August 7, 1953: Refugee Relief ActRefugee Relief ActThe Refugee Relief Act of 1953 was an act of legislation passed by the 83rd United States Congress to replace the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, which expired in 1953. It resulted in the admission of 214,000 immigrants to the United States, including 60,000 Italians, 17,000 Greeks, 17,000 Dutch and...
, - August 7, 1953: Submerged Lands ActSubmerged Lands ActThe Submerged Lands Act of 1953 is a U.S. federal law that grants states title to all submerged navigable lands within their boundaries. This includes navigable water ways, such as rivers, as well as marine waters within the state's boundaries—generally three geographical miles from the coastline....
, ch. 345, - August 14, 1953: Public Law 280Public Law 280Public Law 280 is a federal law of the United States establishing "a method whereby States may assume jurisdiction over reservation Indians," as stated by Arizona Supreme Court Justice Stanley G. Feldman. Public Law 280 is a federal law of the United States establishing "a method whereby States...
, , - May 13, 1954: Saint Lawrence Seaway ActSaint Lawrence SeawayThe Saint Lawrence Seaway , , is the common name for a system of locks, canals and channels that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the North American Great Lakes, as far as Lake Superior. Legally it extends from Montreal to Lake Erie, including the Welland Canal...
, 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 ActFederal Unemployment Tax ActThe Federal Unemployment Tax Act is a United States federal law that imposes a federal employer tax used to help fund state workforce agencies. Employers report this tax by filing an annual Form 940 with the Internal Revenue Service...
, §1(d), - National Firearms ActNational Firearms ActThe National Firearms Act , 73rd Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 757, , enacted on June 26, 1934, currently codified as amended as , is an Act of Congress that, in general, imposes a statutory excise tax on the manufacture and transfer of certain firearms and mandates the registration of those firearms. The...
, §1(d),
- Federal Unemployment Tax Act
- August 24, 1954: Communist Control Act of 1954Communist Control Act of 1954The Communist Control Act was a piece of United States federal legislation, signed into law by Dwight Eisenhower on 24 August 1954, which outlawed the Communist Party of the United States and criminalized membership in, or support for the Party.-Background:...
, ch. 886, - August 30, 1954: Atomic Energy Act of 1954Atomic Energy Act of 1954The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq., is a United States federal law that is, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "the fundamental U.S...
, - 1954: Agricultural Act of 1954Agricultural Act of 1954The Agricultural Act of 1954 is a United States federal law that, among other provisions, authorized a Commodity Credit Corporation reserve for foreign and domestic relief....
- 1954: Water Facilities Act of 1954
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 | |
House of Representatives
| Legislation | Party | Yea | Nay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raising Congressional Salaries | Democrats | 166 | 59 |
| Feb 16, 1955 | Republicans | 117 | 59 |
| Passed | 283 | 118 | |
| Reciprocal Trade Extension | Democrats | 80 | 140 |
| Feb 18, 1955 | Republicans | 119 | 66 |
| Rejected | 199 | 206 | |
| Reciprocal 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 | |
Senate
House of Representatives
221 Republicans, 213 Democrats, 1 IndependentTotal Membership: 435 Representatives, 2 Delegates, 1 Resident Commissioner
Senate
- PresidentVice President of the United StatesThe Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
: Alben W. BarkleyAlben W. BarkleyAlben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman....
(D), until January 20, 1953- Richard M. Nixon (R), from January 20, 1953
- President pro temporePresident pro tempore of the United States SenateThe President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...
: Styles BridgesStyles BridgesHenry Styles Bridges was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as 63rd Governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four year career in the United States Senate.Bridges was born in West Pembroke, Maine. He attended the public...
(R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority LeaderParty leaders of the United States SenateThe Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders serve as the chief Senate spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive...
: Robert TaftRobert TaftRobert Alphonso Taft , of the Taft political family of Cincinnati, was a Republican United States Senator and a prominent conservative statesman...
, until July 31, 1953 (died)- William F. KnowlandWilliam F. KnowlandWilliam Fife Knowland was a United States politician, newspaperman, and Republican Party leader. He was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1945 to 1959. He served as Senate Majority Leader from 1953-1955, and as Minority Leader from 1955-1959. He was defeated in his 1958 run for...
, from August 3, 1953
- William F. Knowland
- Majority WhipAssistant party leaders of the United States SenateThe Assistant Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate are the second-ranking members of the party leadership of the United States Senate....
: Leverett SaltonstallLeverett SaltonstallLeverett A. Saltonstall was an American Republican politician who served as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts and as a United States Senator .-Biography:... - Conference ChairmanRepublican Conference Chairman of the United States SenateThe Republican conference of the United States Senate chooses a conference chairperson. The office was created in the mid-19th century with the founding of the Republican party...
: Eugene Millikin
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority LeaderParty leaders of the United States SenateThe Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders serve as the chief Senate spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive...
and Conference ChairmanDemocratic Conference Chairman of the United States SenateThe Democratic caucus of the United States Senate chooses a conference chairman, or caucus chairman. The office of conference chairman was created in the 19th century, but it was informal until 1903. The office of party floor leader was not created until 1920...
: Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. JohnsonLyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States... - Minority WhipAssistant party leaders of the United States SenateThe Assistant Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate are the second-ranking members of the party leadership of the United States Senate....
: Earle C. ClementsEarle C. ClementsEarle Chester Clements was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and was its 47th Governor, serving from 1947 to 1950...
House of Representatives
- SpeakerSpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
: Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
- Majority LeaderParty leaders of the United States House of RepresentativesParty leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot and are also known as floor leaders. The U.S. House of Representatives does not officially use the term "Minority Leader", although the media frequently does...
: Charles A. HalleckCharles A. HalleckCharles Abraham Halleck was a Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives from the second district of Indiana.... - Majority WhipParty whips of the United States House of RepresentativesA whip in the United States House of Representatives manages his party's legislative program on the House floor. The Whip keeps track of all legislation and ensures that all party members are present when important measures are to be voted upon....
: Leslie C. Arends - Conference ChairmanRepublican Conference Chairman of the United States House of RepresentativesThis is a list of Republican Conference Chairmen of the United States House of Representatives.-References:...
: Clifford R. HopeClifford R. HopeClifford R. Hope was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Birmingham, Iowa, Hope attended public schools and Nebraska Wesleyan University, in Lincoln, Nebraska. He served during the First World War, as a second lieutenant. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives...
Minority (Democratic) leadership
- Minority LeaderParty leaders of the United States House of RepresentativesParty leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot and are also known as floor leaders. The U.S. House of Representatives does not officially use the term "Minority Leader", although the media frequently does...
: Sam RayburnSam RayburnSamuel Taliaferro Rayburn , often called "Mr. Sam," or "Mr. Democrat," was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S. history.- Background :Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tennessee, and... - Minority WhipParty whips of the United States House of RepresentativesA whip in the United States House of Representatives manages his party's legislative program on the House floor. The Whip keeps track of all legislation and ensures that all party members are present when important measures are to be voted upon....
: John William McCormackJohn William McCormackJohn William McCormack was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts.McCormack served as a member of United States House of Representatives from 1928 until he retired from political life in 1971... - Caucus ChairmanDemocratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of RepresentativesThe following is a list of members of the U.S. House of Representatives who have served as chair of the House Democratic Caucus. Chairs are currently limited to two consecutive terms.-Source:*...
: Wilbur MillsWilbur MillsWilbur Daigh Mills , was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas...
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 numbersClasses of United States Senators
The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...
, which indicate the cycle of their election.
Alabama
- 2. John J. Sparkman (D)
- 3. Joseph Lister Hill (D)
Arizona
- 1. Barry GoldwaterBarry GoldwaterBarry Morris Goldwater was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona and the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 1964 election. An articulate and charismatic figure during the first half of the 1960s, he was known as "Mr...
(R) - 3. Carl Hayden (D)
Arkansas
- 3. J. William FulbrightJ. William FulbrightJames William Fulbright was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations and the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
(D) - 2. John Little McClellanJohn Little McClellanJohn Little McClellan was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas. He represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1943 until 1977. He also earlier represented Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:McClellan was born in Sheridan, Grant County, Arkansas...
(D)
California
- 1. William F. KnowlandWilliam F. KnowlandWilliam Fife Knowland was a United States politician, newspaperman, and Republican Party leader. He was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1945 to 1959. He served as Senate Majority Leader from 1953-1955, and as Minority Leader from 1955-1959. He was defeated in his 1958 run for...
(R) - 3. Thomas H. Kuchel (R)
Colorado
- 3. Eugene D. Millikin (R)
- 2. Edwin Carl Johnson (D)
Connecticut
- 3. Prescott BushPrescott BushPrescott Sheldon Bush was a Wall Street executive banker and a United States Senator, representing Connecticut from 1952 until January 1963. He was the father of George H. W. Bush and the grandfather of George W...
(R) - 1. William A. PurtellWilliam A. PurtellWilliam Arthur Purtell was an American politician from Connecticut. He was a veteran of the First World War and an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in 1950...
(R)
Delaware
- 2. J. Allen Frear, Jr. (D)
- 1. John J. WilliamsJohn J. Williams (senator)John James "Whispering Willie" Williams was an American businessman and politician from Millsboro, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served four terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware....
(R)
Florida
- 1. Spessard HollandSpessard HollandSpessard Lindsey Holland was an American lawyer, politician and elected officeholder. He was the 28th Governor of Florida from 1941 until 1945, during World War II. After finishing his term as governor, he was a United States Senator from Florida from 1946 until 1971...
(D) - 3. George SmathersGeorge SmathersGeorge Armistead Smathers was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate for eighteen years, from 1951 until 1969, as a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life:...
(D)
Georgia
- 2. Walter Franklin George (D)
- 3. Richard Brevard Russell (D)
Idaho
- 2. Henry DworshakHenry DworshakHenry Clarence Dworshak was a Republican United States Representative and a United States Senator from Idaho....
(R) - 3. Herman WelkerHerman WelkerHerman Welker was a politician from the state of Idaho. He was a member of the Idaho Republican Party.Welker was born in Cambridge, Idaho. He was the youngest of seven children of John and Zelda Welker, who had moved from North Carolina and started a potato farm. He is the grandson of of North...
(R)
Illinois
- 3. Everett DirksenEverett DirksenEverett McKinley Dirksen was an American politician of the Republican Party. He represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate...
(R) - 2. Paul DouglasPaul DouglasPaul Howard Douglas was an liberal American politician and University of Chicago economist. A war hero, he was elected as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois from in the 1948 landslide, serving until his defeat in 1966...
(D)
Indiana
- 1. William E. JennerWilliam E. JennerWilliam Ezra Jenner was a U.S. Republican Indiana State and U.S. Senator.Jenner was born in Marengo, Crawford County, Indiana. He graduated with a Law degree from Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington in 1930, and set up practice in Paoli, Indiana...
(R) - 3. Homer E. CapehartHomer E. CapehartHomer Earl Capehart , American business innovator and politician, was born in Algiers, Indiana, in Pike County. During the First World War, he served as a Sergeant in the United States Army Supply Corps, but was never sent overseas.-Business career:Capehart attained fame as the father of the...
(R)
Iowa
- 3. Bourke B. HickenlooperBourke B. HickenlooperBourke Blakemore Hickenlooper , was a Republican politician from the US state of Iowa. He was lieutenant governor from 1939 to 1943 and then the 29th Governor of Iowa from 1943 to 1945...
(R) - 2. Guy M. Gillette (D)
Kansas
- 2. Andrew F. Schoeppel (R)
- 3. Frank CarlsonFrank CarlsonFrank Carlson was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of Kansas and United States Representative and United States Senator from Kansas.-Biography:...
(R)
Kentucky
- 3. Earle C. ClementsEarle C. ClementsEarle Chester Clements was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and was its 47th Governor, serving from 1947 to 1950...
(D) - 2. John Sherman Cooper (R)
Louisiana
- 2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D)
- 3. Russell B. LongRussell B. LongRussell Billiu Long was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987.-Early life:...
(D)
Maine
- 1. Frederick G. PayneFrederick G. PayneFrederick George Payne was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Maine. He was born in Lewiston, Maine....
(R) - 2. Margaret Chase SmithMargaret Chase SmithMargaret Chase Smith was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name...
(R)
Maryland
- 1. James Glenn BeallJames Glenn BeallJames Glenn Beall was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1953–1965. He was also a United States Congressman, representing the sixth district of Maryland from 1943–1953.-Biography:...
(R) - 3. John M. Butler (R)
Massachusetts
- 2. Leverett SaltonstallLeverett SaltonstallLeverett A. Saltonstall was an American Republican politician who served as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts and as a United States Senator .-Biography:...
(R) - 1. John F. KennedyJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
(D)
Michigan
- 2. Homer Ferguson (R)
- 1. Charles E. PotterCharles E. PotterCharles Edward Potter was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early Life:...
(R)
Minnesota
- 2. Hubert HumphreyHubert HumphreyHubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and...
(DFL) - 1. Edward John ThyeEdward John ThyeEdward John Thye was an American politician. He was the 26th Governor of Minnesota and a United States Senator from Minnesota.-Background:...
(R)
Mississippi
- 1. John C. StennisJohn C. StennisJohn Cornelius Stennis was a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its most senior member by his retirement.- Early life :...
(D) - 2. James O. Eastland (D)
Missouri
- 3. Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.Thomas Carey Hennings, Jr. was an American political figure from Missouri, and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives , and the United States Senate ....
(D) - 1. Stuart SymingtonStuart SymingtonWilliam Stuart Symington was a businessman and political figure from Missouri. He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1953 to 1976.-Education and business career:...
(D)
Montana
- 2. James Edward MurrayJames Edward MurrayJames Edward Murray was a United States Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961....
(D) - 1. Michael J. Mansfield (D)
Nebraska
- 1. Hugh A. ButlerHugh A. ButlerHugh Alfred Butler was a Nebraska Republican politician.He was born on a farm near Missouri Valley, Iowa on February 28, 1878. He graduated from Doane College at Crete, Nebraska in 1900. he became a construction engineer with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from 1900 to 1908...
(R), until July 1, 1954 - Samuel Williams Reynolds (R), July 3, 1954 - November 7, 1954
- Roman HruskaRoman HruskaRoman Lee Hruska was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the United States Senate during the 1960s and 1970s.-Life and career:...
(R), from November 8, 1954 - 2. Dwight GriswoldDwight GriswoldDwight Palmer Griswold was an American politician who served as the 25th Governor of Nebraska from 1940 to 1946 and U.S. Senator from 1952 to 1954. He was a Republican.-Biography:...
(R), until April 12, 1954 - Eva K. Bowring (R), April 16, 1954 - November 7, 1954
- Hazel AbelHazel AbelHazel Hempel Abel was an American politician and member of the United States Senate. She was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and attended the public schools of Omaha, Nebraska....
(R), November 8, 1954 - December 31, 1954 - Carl CurtisCarl CurtisCarl Thomas Curtis was an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served as a Republican in the House of Representatives and later the Senate ....
(R), from January 1, 1955
Nevada
- 3. Patrick Anthony Mccarran (D), until September 28, 1954
- Ernest S. BrownErnest S. BrownErnest S. Brown served briefly as a United States Senator from Nevada in 1954.Born in Alturas, California, he moved with his family to Reno, Nevada, in 1906 and attended the public schools. He graduated from the University of Nevada at Reno in 1926, and was admitted to the bar in 1927, commencing...
(R), October 1, 1954 - December 1, 1954 - Alan BibleAlan BibleAlan Harvey Bible was a Nevada politician of the Democratic Party who served as a United States Senator from 1954 until 1974.-Biography:...
(D), from December 2, 1954 - 1. George W. MaloneGeorge W. MaloneGeorge Wilson Malone was an American civil engineer and Republican politician.-Biography:Malone was born in Fredonia, Kansas...
(R)
New Hampshire
- 2. Styles BridgesStyles BridgesHenry Styles Bridges was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as 63rd Governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four year career in the United States Senate.Bridges was born in West Pembroke, Maine. He attended the public...
(R) - 3. Charles W. TobeyCharles W. TobeyCharles William Tobey was an American politician, who was a Governor of New Hampshire and a United States senator, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of William Tobey, an accountant, and Ellen Hall Parker Tobey. His father had moved to Massachusetts from Maine in the 1860s. Charles Tobey...
(R), until July 24, 1953 - Robert W. UptonRobert W. UptonRobert William Upton was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools, graduated from Boston University Law School in 1907, was admitted to the Massachusetts and New Hampshire bars in 1907 and commenced practice in Concord, New Hampshire...
(R), August 14, 1953 - November 7, 1954 - Norris CottonNorris CottonNorris H. Cotton was an American Republican politician from the state of New Hampshire.Norris Cotton was born on a farm in Warren, New Hampshire. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and Wesleyan University in Connecticut...
(R), from November 8, 1954
New Jersey
- 1. H. Alexander Smith (R)
- 2. Robert C. HendricksonRobert C. HendricksonRobert Clymer Hendrickson was a United States Senator from New Jersey.-Biography:Born in Woodbury, New Jersey, he attended public schools and during the First World War enlisted in the United States Army in 1918 and served overseas...
(R)
New Mexico
- 1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (D)
- 2. Clinton Presba AndersonClinton Presba AndersonClinton Presba Anderson was an American Democratic Party politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from New Mexico , as the United States Secretary of Agriculture , and as a U.S. Senator from New Mexico .-Early life and career:Anderson was born in Centerville, South Dakota, on October 23, 1895...
(D)
New York
- 1. Irving M. Ives (R)
- 3. Herbert H. LehmanHerbert H. LehmanHerbert Henry Lehman was a Democratic Party politician from New York. He was the 45th Governor of New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957.-Lehman Brothers:...
(D)
North Carolina
- 2. Willis SmithWillis SmithWillis Smith was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1950 and 1953.-Early life and education:Born in Virginia, he moved to North Carolina before age 2...
(D), until June 26, 1953 - Alton Asa LennonAlton Asa LennonAlton Asa Lennon of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1953 and 1954, and later, a member of the U.S...
(D), July 10, 1953 - November 28, 1954 - W. Kerr ScottW. Kerr ScottWilliam Kerr Scott was a Democratic Party politician from North Carolina. He was the 62nd Governor of North Carolina from 1949 until 1953 and a United States Senator from 1954 until 1958.-Biography:...
(D), from November 29, 1954 - 3. Clyde Roark Hoey (D), until May 12, 1954
- Sam ErvinSam ErvinSamuel James "Sam" Ervin Jr. was a Democratic Senator from North Carolina from 1954 until 1974. A native of Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often told humorous stories in his Southern drawl...
(D), from June 5, 1954
North Dakota
- 1. William LangerWilliam LangerWilliam "Wild Bill" Langer was a prominent US politician from North Dakota. Langer is one of the most colorful characters in North Dakota history, most famously bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor's office and into prison. He served as the 17th and 21st Governor of...
(R) - 3. Milton YoungMilton YoungMilton Ruben Young was a United States politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in the Senate....
(R)
Ohio
- 3. Robert TaftRobert TaftRobert Alphonso Taft , of the Taft political family of Cincinnati, was a Republican United States Senator and a prominent conservative statesman...
(R), until July 31, 1953 - Thomas A. BurkeThomas A. BurkeThomas Aloysius Burke was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He served as the 48th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and in the United States Senate from November 10, 1953 until December 2, 1954. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is named after him.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burke served in the U.S...
(D), November 10, 1953 - December 2, 1954 - George H. BenderGeorge H. BenderGeorge Harrison Bender was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1947 and 1951 to 1954, and also in the U.S. Senate from 1954 to 1957.-Early life:...
(R), from December 16, 1954 - 1. John W. BrickerJohn W. BrickerJohn William Bricker was a United States Senator and the 54th Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he was the Republican nominee for Vice President in 1944.-Early life:...
(R)
Oklahoma
- 2. Robert S. KerrRobert S. KerrRobert Samuel Kerr was an American businessman from Oklahoma. Kerr formed a petroleum company before turning to politics. He served as the 12th Governor of Oklahoma and was elected three times to the United States Senate...
(D) - 3. A. S. Mike MonroneyA. S. Mike MonroneyAlmer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney was a Democratic Party politician from Oklahoma.He represented Oklahoma's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until 1951 and represented Oklahoma in the United States Senate from 1951 until 1969.Monroney graduated from...
(D)
Oregon
- 3. Wayne L. Morse (Independent)
- 2. Guy CordonGuy CordonGuy F. Cordon was a U.S. politician and lawyer from the state of Oregon. A native of Texas, he served in the Army during World War I and later was the district attorney of Douglas County in Southern Oregon...
(R)
Pennsylvania
- 3. James H. DuffJames H. DuffJames Henderson Duff was an American lawyer and politician in the mid-20th century. He served as the 34th Governor of Pennsylvania and U.S...
(R) - 1. Edward Martin (R)
Rhode Island
- 1. John O. PastoreJohn O. PastoreJohn Orlando Pastore was a Rhode Island Democratic Party politician who was a United States Senator from Rhode Island and the 61st Governor of Rhode Island , and was the first Italian American to hold either position.-Early life and career:Born in Providence on March 17, 1907, he attended...
(D) - 2. Theodore Francis Green (D)
South Carolina
- 2. Burnet R. MaybankBurnet R. MaybankBurnet Rhett Maybank was a U.S. Senator, the 99th Governor of South Carolina, and Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. Maybank was the direct descendant of six former South Carolinian governors. He was the first governor from Charleston since the Civil War...
(D), until September 1, 1954 - Charles E. DanielCharles E. DanielCharles Ezra Daniel was a United States Senator from South Carolina and founder of Daniel International Corporation. Born in Elberton, Georgia, he moved with his family to Anderson, South Carolina in 1898...
(D), September 6, 1954 - December 23, 1954 - Strom ThurmondStrom ThurmondJames Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes...
(D), from December 24, 1954 - 3. Olin D. JohnstonOlin D. JohnstonOlin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston was a Democratic Party politician from the US state of South Carolina. He served as the 98th Governor of South Carolina, 1935–1939 and 1943–1945, and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1945 until his death in 1965.-Early Life, Military Involvement,...
(D)
South Dakota
- 2. Karl E. Mundt (R)
- 3. Francis H. CaseFrancis H. CaseFrancis Higbee Case was an American journalist and politician who served for 25 years as a member of the United States Congress from South Dakota. He was a Republican.-Biography:...
(R)
Tennessee
- 1. Albert A. Gore Sr. (D)
- 2. C. Estes Kefauver (D)
Texas
- 1. Price DanielPrice DanielMarion Price Daniel, Sr. , was a Democratic U.S. Senator and the 38th Governor of the state of Texas. He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to be a member of the National Security Council, Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, and Assistant to the President for Federal-State...
(D) - 2. Lyndon Johnson (D)
Utah
- 1. Arthur V. Watkins (R)
- 3. Wallace F. BennettWallace F. BennettWallace Foster Bennett was a Republican Senator representing the U.S. state of Utah .-Life and career:...
(R)
Vermont
- 1. Ralph E. Flanders (R)
- 3. George AikenGeorge AikenGeorge David Aiken was an American politician from Vermont. A Republican, he served as the 64th Governor of Vermont from 1937 to 1941 and as a U.S. Senator from 1941 to 1975...
(R)
Virginia
- 1. Harry Flood Byrd (D)
- 2. Absalom Willis RobertsonAbsalom Willis RobertsonAbsalom Willis Robertson was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Lexington, Virginia. Also known as A. Willis Robertson, he represented Virginia in both the U.S...
(D)
Washington
- 3. Warren G. MagnusonWarren G. MagnusonWarren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson was a United States Senator of the Democratic Party from Washington from 1944 until 1981. Upon leaving the Senate, he was the most senior member of the body...
(D) - 1. Henry M. JacksonHenry M. JacksonHenry Martin "Scoop" Jackson was a U.S. Congressman and Senator from the state of Washington from 1941 until his death...
(D)
West Virginia
- 1. Harley M. KilgoreHarley M. KilgoreHarley Martin Kilgore was a United States Senator from West Virginia.Born in Brown, West Virginia, he attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of West Virginia University at Morgantown in 1914 and was admitted to the bar the same year.He taught school in Hancock, West...
(D) - 2. Matthew M. NeelyMatthew M. NeelyMatthew Mansfield Neely was a Democratic politician from West Virginia. He is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the Governor of West Virginia...
(D)
Wisconsin
- 3. Alexander WileyAlexander WileyAlexander Wiley was a member of the Republican Party who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member.-Biography:...
(R) - 1. Joseph McCarthyJoseph McCarthyJoseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957...
(R)
Wyoming
- 1. Frank A. BarrettFrank A. BarrettFrank Aloysius Barrett was an American soldier, lawyer and politician. He is best known as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and as the 21st Governor of Wyoming....
(R) - 2. Lester C. HuntLester C. HuntLester Callaway Hunt was a Democratic politician and dentist from the state of Wyoming. He served as the 19th Governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June 19, 1954....
(D), until June 19, 1954 - Edward D. CrippaEdward D. CrippaEdward David Crippa was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.Crippa was born in Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. During World War I, Crippa served as a private in the United States Army....
(R), June 24, 1954 - November 28, 1954 - Joseph C. O'MahoneyJoseph C. O'MahoneyJoseph Christopher O'Mahoney was a Democratic United States Senator from Wyoming.O'Mahoney was born in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, November 5, 1884. He attended the parochial and public schools and Columbia University, New York City...
(D), from November 29, 1954
Alabama
. Frank W. BoykinFrank W. Boykin
Frank William Boykin, Sr. served as a Democratic Congressman in Alabama's 1st congressional district from 1935-1963....
(D). George M. Grant
George M. Grant
George McInvale Grant was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Alabama.Grant was born in Louisville, Alabama. He obtained a law degree from University of Alabama in 1922...
(D). George W. Andrews
George W. Andrews
For the Canadian politician see George William Andrews George William Andrews was a U.S...
(D). Kenneth A. Roberts
Kenneth A. Roberts
Kenneth Allison Roberts was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Piedmont, Alabama, Roberts attended the public schools and Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama. He was graduated from the University of Alabama Law School in 1935 and admitted to the bar in 1936...
(D). Albert Rains
Albert Rains
Albert McKinley Rains was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Grove Oak, Alabama, Rains attended the public schools, Snead Seminary, Boaz, Alabama, State Teachers College , Jacksonville, Alabama, and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1928 and...
(D). Armistead I. Selden, Jr.
Armistead I. Selden, Jr.
Armistead Inge Selden, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Early life and military service:Born in Greensboro, Alabama, Selden attended the public schools. He graduated from Greensboro High School in 1938 and from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1942...
(D). Carl Elliott
Carl Elliott
Carl Atwood Elliott was a U.S. Congressman from the state of Alabama. He was elected to eight consecutive terms in office, serving from January 1949 to January 1965....
(D). Robert E. Jones, Jr.
Robert E. Jones, Jr.
Robert E. Jones, Jr. was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the 8th district of Alabama. He was the last to represent that district before it was removed as a result of the 1970 United States Census. Presently there are seven U.S. House districts in Alabama.-Early...
(D). Laurie C. Battle
Laurie C. Battle
Laurie Calvin Battle was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Wilsonville, Alabama, Battle graduated from Deshler High School in Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1930....
(D)
Arizona
. John Jacob RhodesJohn Jacob Rhodes
John Jacob Rhodes, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Rhodes was elected as a U.S. Representative from the state of Arizona. He was preceded in office by Democrat John Murdock, and succeeded by fellow Republican John McCain...
(R). Harold A. Patten (D)
Arkansas
. Ezekiel C. GathingsEzekiel C. Gathings
Ezekiel Candler Gathings was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Prairie, Mississippi, Gathings attended the public schools and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1929...
(D). Wilbur D. Mills (D). James William Trimble
James William Trimble
James William Trimble was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas, having served from 1945-1967. He was the first Democrat in Arkansas since Reconstruction to lose a congressional race to a Republican...
(D). Oren Harris
Oren Harris
Oren Harris was a U.S. Representative and United States District Court Judge from Arkansas.-Background:Born in Belton, Arkansas, Harris attended public schools in Prescott, Arkansas....
(D). Brooks Hays
Brooks Hays
Lawrence Brooks Hays was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Arkansas....
(D). William F. Norrell
William F. Norrell
William Frank Norrell was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, husband of Catherine Dorris Norrell.Born in Milo, Arkansas, Norrell attended the public schools, the Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College of Monticello, the College of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas, and law school at the...
(D)
California
. Hubert B. ScudderHubert B. Scudder
Hubert Baxter Scudder was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Sebastopol, California, Scudder graduated from the public schools....
(R). Clair Engle
Clair Engle
Clair Engle was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from California.- Early years :Engle was born in Bakersfield...
(D). John E. Moss
John E. Moss
John Emerson Moss was an American politician of the Democratic party, noted for his championing of the federal Freedom of Information Act through multiple sessions of the United States House of Representatives where he served from 1953 to 1978.Moss was born in Hiawatha, Carbon County, Utah, in...
(D). William S. Mailliard
William S. Mailliard
William S. Mailliard was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California. He was born in Belvedere, California; attended elementary and secondary schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut, 1933–1935...
(R). John F. Shelley (D). Robert Condon
Robert Condon
Robert Likens Condon was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Berkeley, California, Condon attended the public schools. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1934 and from the law college of the same university in 1938...
(D). John J. Allen, Jr.
John J. Allen, Jr.
John Joseph Allen, Jr. was the US Representative from California's 7th district from 1947 to 1959. He served as Undersecretary of Commerce for Transportation under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1959 to 1961, helping to lay the groundwork for the future Department of Transportation...
(R). George P. Miller (D). Jesse A. Younger (R). Charles S. Gubser
Charles S. Gubser
Charles Samuel Gubser was a Republican U.S. Representative from California.Born in Gilroy, California, Gubser attended public schools. He graduated from San Jose State Junior College in 1934, the University of California in 1937, and then did two years of graduate work. He taught at Gilroy Union...
(R). Justin L. Johnson
Justin L. Johnson
Justin Leroy Johnson was a Republican United States Congressman from California.-Biography:Born in Wausau, Wisconsin, Johnson graduated from the local high school and from University of Wisconsin–Madison; Johnson served in World War I. He then went to and graduated from University of...
(R). Allan O. Hunter
Allan O. Hunter
Allan Oakley Hunter was an American lawyer and politician. Hunter, a Republican, served as the United States Representative for California's 9th congressional district from 1951 to 1953 and for California's 12th congressional district from 1953 to 1955...
(R). Ernest K. Bramblett
Ernest K. Bramblett
Ernest King Bramblett was a Republican United States Congressman from California. He was elected to the U.S. House in the 1946 Republican landslide when he ousted Democratic incumbent Rep. George Outland.-Biography:...
(R). Harlan Hagen
Harlan Hagen
Harlan Francis Hagen was a United States Representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1953 to 1967, representing the 14th District of California....
(D). Gordon L. McDonough
Gordon L. McDonough
Gordon Leo McDonough was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Buffalo, New York, McDonough moved with his parents to Emporium, Pennsylvania, in 1898.He attended the public schools....
(R). Donald L. Jackson
Donald L. Jackson
Donald Lester Jackson was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Ipswich, Edmunds County, South Dakota, Jackson attended the public schools of South Dakota and California....
(R). Cecil R. King
Cecil R. King
Cecil Rhodes King was an American businessman and politician. King, a Democrat, served as the first member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 17th congressional district for fourteen terms, serving from August 1942 to January 1969...
(D). Craig Hosmer
Craig Hosmer
Chester Craig Hosmer was a United States Representative from California.Hosmer was born in Brea, California, in Orange County. He attended the public schools, graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School...
(R). Chet Holifield (D). John Carl Hinshaw
John Carl Hinshaw
John Carl Hinshaw was a United States Representative from California. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, son of William Wade and Anna Williams Hinshaw. He attended the public schools and Valparaiso University...
(R). Edgar W. Hiestand
Edgar W. Hiestand
Edgar Willard Hiestand was a staunch Anti-Communist who served ten years in the United States Congress.Hiestand was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 3, 1888. A Republican and member of the John Birch Society, he represented California's 21st Congressional District from 1953 until 1963, when...
(R). Joseph F. Holt
Joseph F. Holt
Joseph Franklin Holt, III was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Holt moved to Los Angeles, California, with his parents when one year of age.He attended the public schools....
(R). Clyde Doyle
Clyde Doyle
Clyde Gilman Doyle was a United States Representative from California. He was born in Oakland, Alameda County, California. He attended public schools in Oakland, Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. He graduated from the College of Law of the University of Southern...
(D). C. Norris Poulson (R), until June 11, 1953
- Glenard P. LipscombGlenard P. LipscombGlenard Paul Lipscomb was a United States Congressman from the state of California.Born in Jackson County, Michigan, Lipscomb moved to California with his parents in 1920, where the family settled in Los Angeles. He was educated in the Los Angeles public schools, including Belmont High School...
(R), from November 10, 1953. Patrick J. HillingsPatrick J. HillingsPatrick Jerome Hillings was a Republican U.S. Representative from California who succeeded Richard M. Nixon in Congress...
(R). Samuel W. Yorty (D). Harry R. SheppardHarry R. SheppardHarry Richard Sheppard was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Mobile, Alabama, Sheppard attended the public schools.He studied law.He was employed in transportation department of the Santa Fe Railroad....
(D). James B. UttJames B. UttJames Boyd Utt was a conservative Republican Congressman from populous Orange County, California, from 1953 to 1970.-Biography:...
(R). John J. PhillipsJohn J. PhillipsJohn Phillips was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California.John Philips was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He moved to St. David, Pennsylvania, in 1891. He graduated from Haverford College in 1910. During the First World War, he served in the Adjutant General’s Office...
(R). Bob WilsonBob Wilson (US politician)Robert Carlton "Bob" Wilson was an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was a member of the Republican Party.-Biography:...
(R)
Colorado
. Byron G. RogersByron G. Rogers
Byron Giles Rogers was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.-Early life:Born in Greenville, Texas, Rogers moved with his parents to Oklahoma in April 1902....
(D). William S. Hill
William S. Hill
William Silas Hill was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born in Kelly, Kansas, Hill attended the public schools, Kansas State Normal at Emporia, and Colorado State College of Agriculture at Fort Collins....
(R). J. Edgar Chenoweth (R). Wayne N. Aspinall
Wayne N. Aspinall
Wayne Norviel Aspinall was a lawyer and politician from Colorado. He is largely known for his tenure in the United States House of Representatives, serving as a Democrat from 1949-1973 from Colorado’s Fourth District. Aspinall became known for his direction of the House Interior and Insular...
(D)
Connecticut
. Antoni N. Sadlak (R). Thomas J. DoddThomas J. Dodd
Thomas Joseph Dodd was a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut, He was the first Senator censured by the US Senate since Joseph McCarthy in 1954, and was one of only six people censured by the Senate in the 20th century. He is the father of former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd...
(D). Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. was a US Representative from Connecticut.Seely-Brown was born in Kensington, Maryland. He attended the public schools of Hoosick, New York and graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in 1929. He was a student at Yale University in 1929 and 1930...
(R). Albert W. Cretella
Albert W. Cretella
Albert William Cretella was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.- Early life :Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Cretella attended the public schools of New Haven. He graduated from Yale University in 1917...
(R). Albert P. Morano
Albert P. Morano
Albert Paul Morano was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Morano moved to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1912 and attended the public schools there. He served as member of Greenwich Board of Tax Review 1933-1935, and as chairman of the Chickahominy Town Meeting...
(R). James T. Patterson
James T. Patterson
James Thomas Patterson was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Patterson attended the public schools....
(R)
Delaware
. Herbert B. WarburtonHerbert B. Warburton
Herbert Birchby Warburton was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware and Frankford, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware.-Early life and...
(R)
Florida
. Courtney W. CampbellCourtney W. Campbell
Courtney Warren Campbell was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Chillicothe, Missouri, Campbell was educated in Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, and the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri....
(D). Charles Edward Bennett
Charles Edward Bennett
Charles Edward Bennett was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1949 to 1993. He was a Democrat who resided in Jacksonville, Florida.-Early years:...
(D). Robert L. F. Sikes
Robert L. F. Sikes
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Isabella, near Sylvester, Georgia, Sikes attended the public schools....
(D). William C. Lantaff
William C. Lantaff
William Courtland Lantaff—also known as Bill Lantaff— was a Democratic politician from Florida. He served as State court judge in Florida, 1939; member of Florida House of Representatives, 1947–50; U.S. Representative from Florida 4th District, 1951-55...
(D). Albert S. Herlong, Jr.
Albert S. Herlong, Jr.
Albert Sydney Herlong, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Herlong was born in the small community of Manistee, Alabama in 1909, and moved with his parents to Marion County, Florida in 1912. He attended the public schools of Sumter and Lake counties and graduated from Leesburg High School...
(D). Dwight L. Rogers
Dwight L. Rogers
Dwight Laing Rogers was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born near Reidsville, Georgia, Rogers attended the public schools and Locust Grove Institute at Locust Grove, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1909 and from the law department of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia...
(D), until December 1, 1954. James A. Haley
James A. Haley
James Andrew Haley was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the University of Alabama. During World War I, Haley enlisted in Troop A, Second Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas. He was an accountant in Sarasota, Florida from...
(D). Donald Ray Matthews
Donald Ray Matthews
Donald Ray "Billy" Matthews was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Micanopy, Florida, Matthews attended the public schools of Hawthorne, Florida....
(D)
Georgia
. Prince H. Preston, Jr. (D). J. L. PilcherJ. L. Pilcher
John Leonard Pilcher was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born on a farm near Meigs, Georgia, Pilcher attended public schools in the area....
(D), from February 4, 1953. Tic Forrester
Tic Forrester
Elijah Lewis Forrester was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born on a farm near Leesburg, Georgia, Forrester attended the Leesburg public schools.He studied law and passed the State bar examination in 1917....
(D). A. Sidney Camp (D), until July 24, 1954
- John J. Flynt, Jr. (D), from November 2, 1954. James C. DavisJames C. DavisJames Curran Davis was a politician from the state of Georgia.Davis was born in Franklin, Georgia. He attended Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia and Emory College in Oxford, Georgia. During World War I, Davis served in the United States Marine Corps...
(D). Carl VinsonCarl VinsonCarl Vinson was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was a Democrat and the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the United States House of Representatives...
(D). Henderson L. Lanham (D). William M. WheelerWilliam M. WheelerWilliam McDonald Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born near Alma, Georgia, Wheeler attended the public schools and South Georgia College at Douglas, Middle Georgia College at Cochran, Georgia Teachers College at Statesboro, Georgia.LL.B, Atlanta Law School, 1966.Farmer.He was a...
(D). Phillip M. LandrumPhillip M. LandrumPhillip Mitchell Landrum was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Martin, Georgia, Landrum attended the public schools and Mercer University, in Macon, Georgia....
(D). Paul BrownPaul Brown (Georgia politician)Paul Brown was an American politician and lawyer.Brown was born in Hartwell, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1901. He was admitted to the state bar in that year and began practicing law in Lexington, Georgia...
(D)
Idaho
. Gracie PfostGracie Pfost
Gracie Bowers Pfost was the first woman to represent Idaho in the United States Congress, serving five terms as a Democrat in the House of Representatives. Pfost represented the state's First Congressional District.-Biography:Pfost moved with her parents to a farm near Boise, Idaho, in 1911...
(D). Hamer H. Budge
Hamer H. Budge
Hamer Harold Budge was a politician of the United States.-Biography:Budge grew up in Boise, Idaho, USA and graduated from Stanford University in 1933. He graduated from University of Idaho College of Law in 1936 and was in private practice. He was a member of the Idaho House of Representatives...
(R)
Illinois
. William L. Dawson (D). Barratt O'HaraBarratt O'Hara
Barratt O'Hara of Chicago was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois from 1913 to 1917 and a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1949 to 1951 and from 1953 to 1969.-External links: Retrieved on 2008-02-09...
(D). Fred E. Busbey
Fred E. Busbey
Fred Ernst Busbey was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born in Tuscola, Illinois, Busbey attended the public schools, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, and Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois...
(R). William E. McVey
William E. McVey
William Estus McVey, was a Republican member of the U.S...
(R). John C. Kluczynski
John C. Kluczynski
John Carl Kluczynski was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, representing the 5th district.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kluczynski attended public and parochial schools, and during the First World War served overseas as a corporal with the Eighth Field Artillery in 1918 and 1919.He worked in the...
(D). Thomas Joseph O'Brien (D). James B. Bowler (D), from July 7, 1953. Thomas S. Gordon
Thomas S. Gordon
Thomas Sylvy Gordon was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Gordon attended the parochial schools and was graduated from St...
(D). Sidney R. Yates
Sidney R. Yates
Sidney Richard Yates was a politician from the state of Illinois.Yates was born in Chicago, Illinois and he graduated from the University of Chicago. He served in the United States Navy during World War II....
(D). Richard W. Hoffman
Richard W. Hoffman
Richard William Hoffman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Chicago, Illinois, HoffmanVeteran of the First World War.He engaged in the printing and publishing business....
(R). Timothy P. Sheehan
Timothy P. Sheehan
Timothy Patrick Sheehan of Chicago was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1951 to 1959. He was a candidate for mayor of Chicago in 1959....
(R). Edgar A. Jonas
Edgar A. Jonas
Edgar Allan Jonas was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Mishicot, Wisconsin, Jonas attended the public schools and graduated from the Manitowoc County Normal School....
(R). Marguerite S. Church
Marguerite S. Church
Marguerite Stitt Church was a psychologist by profession who was elected to her husband Ralph E. Church's congressional seat to complete his term, following his death in office. She continued to represent Illinois' 13th congressional district as a Republican from 1951 to 1963...
(R). Chauncey W. Reed
Chauncey W. Reed
Chauncey William Reed was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Chauncey Reed was born in West Chicago, Illinois to William Thomas Reed and Margaret Reed...
(R). Noah M. Mason
Noah M. Mason
Noah Morgan Mason was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Mason was a representative conservative Republican in Congress who represented a rural downstate district...
(R). Leo E. Allen
Leo E. Allen
Leo Elwood Allen , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for fourteen terms, 1933–1961, representing the 13th District of Illinois 1933–1949, and the 16th District of Illinois 1949–1961. He was born in Elizabeth, Illinois and...
(R). Leslie C. Arends (R). Harold H. Velde (R). Robert B. Chiperfield
Robert B. Chiperfield
Robert Bruce Chiperfield was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, son of Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield.Born in Canton, Illinois, Chiperfield was educated in the public schools of Canton, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.He served as a private during...
(R). Sid Simpson
Sid Simpson
Sidney Elmer Simpson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, husband of Edna Oakes Simpson.Born in Carrollton, Illinois, Simpson attended the public schools and was graduated from Carrollton High School....
(R). Peter F. Mack, Jr.
Peter F. Mack, Jr.
Peter Francis Mack, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Carlinville, Illinois, Mack attended the public schools and Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, and St. Louis University....
(D). William L. Springer
William L. Springer
William Lee Springer was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Sullivan, Indiana, Springer attended the public schools and Sullivan and Culver Military Academy at Culver, Indiana....
(R). Charles W. Vursell
Charles W. Vursell
Charles Wesley Vursell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, cousin of Carl Bert Albert.Born in Salem, Illinois, Vursell attended the public schools of Marion County, Illinois.Hardware merchant in 1904....
(R). Melvin Price (D). C. W. Bishop
C. W. Bishop
Cecil William Bishop was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.Bishop was born on a farm near West Vienna, Illinois. After attending the public schools, and Union Academy in Anna, Illinois, he entered the profession of tailoring. Bishop was engaged in the cleaning...
(R)
Indiana
. Ray J. MaddenRay J. Madden
Ray John Madden was a United States Representative from Indiana. He was born in Waseca, Minnesota. He attended the public schools and Sacred Heart Academy in his native city. He graduated from the law department of Creighton University with an LL.B...
(D). Charles A. Halleck
Charles A. Halleck
Charles Abraham Halleck was a Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives from the second district of Indiana....
(R). Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr.
Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr.
Shepard J. Crumpacker, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, cousin of Edgar Dean Crumpacker and Maurice Edgar Crumpacker....
(R). E. Ross Adair
E. Ross Adair
Edwin Ross Adair was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Albion, Indiana, Adair attended grade and high schools in that city...
(R). John V. Beamer
John V. Beamer
John Valentine Beamer was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born on a farm in Wabash County, Indiana, Beamer attended the public schools of Roann, Indiana...
(R). Cecil M. Harden
Cecil M. Harden
Cecil Murray Harden was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Covington, Indiana, Harden graduated from the public schools of Covington in 1912. She attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and became a teacher. She served as Republican National committeewoman from Indiana from...
(R). William G. Bray
William G. Bray
William Gilmer Bray was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana.Born on a farm near Mooresville, Indiana, Bray attended the public schools of Mooresville, Indiana....
(R). D. Bailey Merrill
D. Bailey Merrill
D. Bailey Merrill was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Hymera, Indiana, Merrill graduated from Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1933....
(R). Earl Wilson
Earl Wilson (politician)
Earl Wilson was a United States Representative from Indiana. He was born on a farm near Huron, Indiana and attended public schools there. He attended Purdue University and received degrees from Coyne Electrical School of Chicago, Illinois in 1928 and Indiana University of Bloomington, Indiana in...
(R). Ralph Harvey
Ralph Harvey
Ralph Harvey was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born on a farm near Mount Summit, Indiana, Harvey attended the public schools.He graduated from Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1923.Agricultural instructor....
(R). Charles B. Brownson
Charles B. Brownson
Charles Bruce Brownson was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Jackson, Michigan, Brownson moved with his parents to Flint, Michigan, in 1916.He attended the public schools....
(R)
Iowa
. Thomas E. MartinThomas E. Martin
Thomas Ellsworth Martin was a United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. Martin, a Republican, served in Congress for 22 consecutive years, from January 1939 to January 1961....
(R). Henry O. Talle
Henry O. Talle
Henry Oscar Talle was an economics professor and a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa. He served in the United States Congress for twenty years from 1938 until 1958.-Background:...
(R). Harold R. Gross
Harold R. Gross
Harold Royce Gross was a Republican United States Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district for thirteen terms...
(R). Karl M. LeCompte (R). Paul H. Cunningham (R). James I. Dolliver
James I. Dolliver
James Isaac Dolliver served six terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district, beginning in 1944. He was the nephew of U.S. Senator Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver of Iowa....
(R). Ben F. Jensen
Ben F. Jensen
Benton Franklin Jensen served thirteen consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district in the southwestern corner of the state. While on the floor of the U.S...
(R). Charles B. Hoeven
Charles B. Hoeven
Charles Bernard Hoeven held elective office for forty consecutive years. He was elected or re-elected eleven times to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent districts in northern Iowa...
(R)
Kansas
. Howard Shultz MillerHoward Shultz Miller
Howard Shultz Miller was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Miller moved with his family in 1882 to Morrill, Kansas. He attended the public schools of Brown County, and Sabetha High School. He taught school 1894-1899.He graduated from the University of...
(D). Errett P. Scrivner
Errett P. Scrivner
Errett Power Scrivner was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Newton, Kansas, Scrivner attended the grade schools and was graduated from Manual Training High School, Kansas City, Missouri....
(R). Myron V. George
Myron V. George
Myron Virgil George was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Erie, Kansas, George attended the grade schools and graduated from Labette County High School at Altamont, Kansas....
(R). Edward Herbert Rees
Edward Herbert Rees
Edward Herbert Rees was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born on a farm near Emporia, Kansas, Rees attended the public schools and the Kansas State Teachers' College at Emporia...
(R). Clifford R. Hope
Clifford R. Hope
Clifford R. Hope was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Birmingham, Iowa, Hope attended public schools and Nebraska Wesleyan University, in Lincoln, Nebraska. He served during the First World War, as a second lieutenant. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives...
(R). Wint Smith
Wint Smith
Wint Smith was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Mankato, Kansas, Smith attended the public schools and was graduated from the Mankato High School....
(R)
Kentucky
. Noble J. Gregory (D). Garrett L. WithersGarrett L. Withers
Garrett Lee Withers , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives....
(D), until April 30, 1953
- William H. NatcherWilliam Huston NatcherWilliam Huston Natcher was a Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1994.-Early life:...
(D), from August 1, 1953. John M. Robsion, Jr.John M. Robsion, Jr.John Marshall Robsion, Jr. , a Republican, was a United States Representative from Kentucky from 1953 to 1959 and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1959.Robsion was born in Barbourville...
(R). Frank ChelfFrank ChelfFrank Leslie Chelf was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born on a farm near Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He attended the public schools as well as Centre College at Danville, Kentucky and St. Mary’s College...
(D). Brent SpenceBrent Spenceright|300px|thumb|Group of legislators leaves [[White House]] after asking [[Franklin Roosevelt]] for $80,000,000 for flood control in [[Ohio Valley]], March 7, 1938. front: l-r [[Joseph A. Dixon]], [[James G. Polk]], [[Eugene B. Crowe]], [[George William Johnson |G W Johnson]], [[Lawrence E....
(D). John C. WattsJohn C. WattsJohn Clarence Watts was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Watts attended the public schools.He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1925 and from its law school in 1927....
(D). Carl D. PerkinsCarl D. PerkinsCarl Dewey Perkins , a Democrat, was a politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Kentucky.-Early years:Perkins was born in Hindman, Kentucky...
(D). James S. GoldenJames S. GoldenJames Stephen Golden was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Barbourville, Kentucky, Golden attended grade school in Barbourville and high school at Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky....
(R)
Louisiana
. F. Edward Hébert (D). Hale BoggsHale Boggs
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. , was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana...
(D). Edwin E. Willis
Edwin E. Willis
Edwin Edward Willis was an American politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Louisiana who was affiliated with the Long political faction. A Democrat, he served in the Louisiana State Senate during 1948 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969.-Early life:Willis...
(D). Overton Brooks
Overton Brooks
Thomas Overton Brooks was a Democratic U.S. representative from the Shreveport-based Fourth Congressional District of northwest Louisiana, having served for a quarter century beginning on January 3, 1937. Brooks was a nephew of U.S. Senator John Holmes Overton as well as a great-grandson of Walter...
(D). Otto E. Passman (D). James H. Morrison
James H. Morrison
James Hobson "Jimmy" Morrison, Sr. , was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the Sixth Congressional District of Louisiana, who served from 1943 to 1967...
(D). Theo A. Thompson (D). George S. Long
George S. Long
George Shannon "Doc" Long was a member of the powerful Long political dynasty in Louisiana and a Democratic U.S. representative from the defunct Eighth Congressional District from 1953-1958. The late Speedy O. Long of La Salle Parish, another member of the family, once jokingly compared George...
(D)
Maine
. Robert HaleRobert Hale (Maine)
Robert S. Hale was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and first cousin of U.S. Senator Frederick Hale, also of Maine....
(R). Charles P. Nelson
Charles P. Nelson (congressman)
Charles P. "Charlie" Nelson was a member of the US House of Representatives from Maine. He was born in Waterville, Maine, in 1907. He graduated from Cony High School in Augusta, Maine and from Colby College in Waterville. Later, he attended Harvard Law School, earning his Juris Doctor, and...
(R). Clifford G. McIntire
Clifford G. McIntire
Clifford Guy McIntire was a member of the US House of Representatives from Maine. He was born in Perham, Maine on May 4, 1908. After attending public schools, he was graduated from the University of Maine's College of Agriculture at Orono. in 1930....
(R)
Maryland
. Edward T. MillerEdward T. Miller
Edward Tylor Miller , a republican, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the Maryland's 1st congressional district from 1947 to 1959....
(R). James P. Devereux (R). Edward Garmatz
Edward Garmatz
Edward Alexander Garmatz , a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 3rd congressional district of Maryland from 1947 to 1973....
(D). George Hyde Fallon (D). Frank Small, Jr.
Frank Small, Jr.
Frank Small, Jr. represented the fifth district of the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1953 to 1955....
(R). DeWitt S. Hyde (R). Samuel Friedel
Samuel Friedel
Samuel Nathaniel Friedel , a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 7th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1971....
(D)
Massachusetts
. John W. HeseltonJohn W. Heselton
John Walter Heselton was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1945 until January 3, 1959. Heselton represented Massachusetts' first congressional district for seven consecutive terms.Heselton was born in Gardiner, Maine...
(R). Edward Boland
Edward Boland
Edward Patrick Boland was a politician from the state of Massachusetts. A Democrat, he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district....
(D). Philip Philbin (D). Harold Donohue
Harold Donohue
Harold Daniel Donohue was an American politician. He represented the third district and fourth district of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from 1947-1974....
(D). Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Nourse Rogers was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who was one of the first women to serve in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to congress from Massachusetts...
(R). William H. Bates
William H. Bates
For William Horatio Bates, the alternative eye therapist, see William Bates . For the United States Navy submarine, see .William Henry Bates was a member of the United States House of Representatives notable for his staunch support of the United States Navy.Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he...
(R). Thomas J. Lane
Thomas J. Lane
Thomas Joseph Lane was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1941 to 1963, notable for having been re-elected after serving time in federal prison....
(D). Angier L. Goodwin (R). Donald W. Nicholson
Donald W. Nicholson
Donald William Nicholson was a 20th century American politician from the state of Massachusetts. Born in Wareham, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools and took college extension courses. He first worked as a salesman, then during the First World War served overseas in the United States...
(R). Laurence Curtis
Laurence Curtis
Laurence Curtis was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston. He graduated from Groton School in 1912 and from Harvard University in 1916. He served in the Foreign Diplomatic Service...
(R). Tip O'Neill
Tip O'Neill
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. was an American politician. O'Neill was an outspoken liberal Democrat and influential member of the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives for 34 years and representing two congressional districts in Massachusetts...
(D). John W. McCormack (D). Richard B. Wigglesworth (R). Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)
Michigan
. Thaddeus M. MachrowiczThaddeus M. Machrowicz
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Machrowicz was born in Gostyń, Poland and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1902. They settled in Chicago, Illinois, but later moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he attended parochial school...
(D). George Meader
George Meader
George Meader was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Meader was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan and attended the public schools of various cities in Michigan. He was a student at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1923 to 1925 and graduated from the University of Michigan, A.B. in 1927 and...
(R). Paul W. Shafer
Paul W. Shafer
Paul Werntz Shafer was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Shafer was born in Elkhart, Indiana and moved with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Shafer, to Three Rivers, Michigan, where he attended public schools...
(R), until August 17, 1954. Clare E. Hoffman (R). Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
(R). Kit F. Clardy (R). Jesse P. Wolcott
Jesse P. Wolcott
Jesse Paine Wolcott was a politician and soldier from the U.S. state of Michigan.Wolcott was born to William Bradford Wolcott and Lillie Betsy Wolcott in Gardner, Massachusetts and attended the common and high schools there...
(R). Alvin M. Bentley (R). Ruth Thompson
Ruth Thompson
Ruth Thompson was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Thompson was born in Whitehall, Michigan and attended the public schools. She graduated from Muskegon Business College of nearby Muskegon in 1905, and became a lawyer with a private practice...
(R). Elford Cederberg (R). Victor A. Knox
Victor A. Knox
Victor Alfred Knox was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Knox was born on a farm in Chippewa County, Michigan, near Sault Ste. Marie. He attended the public schools and engaged in farming until 1943. He was the treasurer of Soo Township in 1923 and 1924, and Chippewa County supervisor,...
(R). John B. Bennett
John B. Bennett
John Bonifas Bennett was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Bennett was born in Garden, Michigan, attended the public schools there and graduated from Watersmeet High School...
(R). George D. O'Brien
George D. O'Brien
George Donoghue O’Brien was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives....
(D). Louis C. Rabaut
Louis C. Rabaut
Louis Charles Rabaut was politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was a Democratic congressman representing Michigan's 14th congressional district from 1935 to 1947, and from 1949 to 1961...
(D). John D. Dingell, Sr.
John D. Dingell, Sr.
John David Dingell, Sr. was an American politician who represented Michigan's 15th congressional district from 1933 to 1955.-Life and career:Dingell was born in Detroit...
(D). John Lesinski, Jr.
John Lesinski, Jr.
John Lesinski, Jr. was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was the son of John Lesinski, Sr....
(D). Charles G. Oakman
Charles G. Oakman
Charles Gibb Oakman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Oakman was born in Detroit, Michigan; attended the public schools and Wayne State University. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1926 and engaged in the real estate and transportation business 1927-1940...
(R). George A. Dondero (R)
Minnesota
. August H. Andresen (R).Joseph P. O'HaraJoseph P. O'Hara
Joseph Patrick O'Hara was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.-Early life:O'Hara was born in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, on January 23, 1895. He attended the public schools and graduated from Spirit Lake, Iowa, High School...
(R).Roy Wier
Roy Wier
Roy William Wier was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota; moved with his parents in 1896 to Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; attended the public schools and North High School; learned the telephone and electrical trade, later going into...
(DFL).Eugene McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy
Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy was an American politician, poet, and a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971.In the 1968 presidential election, McCarthy was the first...
(DFL).Walter Judd
Walter Judd
Walter Henry Judd was an American politician best known for his battle in Congress to define the conservative position on China as all-out support for the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-sheck and opposition to the Communists under Mao...
(R).Fred Marshall
Fred Marshall
Fred Marshall, , was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Minnesota....
(DFL).H. Carl Andersen (R).John Blatnik
John Blatnik
John Anton Blatnik was a United States Congressman from Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , which is affiliated with the Democratic Party....
(DFL).Harold Hagen
Harold Hagen
Harold Christian Hagen was a Minnesota politician. He was a Farmer-Laborite and then a Republican, serving the ninth district from 1943 to 1955....
(R)
Mississippi
. Thomas G. Abernethy (D). Jamie L. WhittenJamie L. Whitten
Jamie Lloyd Whitten was a United States Representative from Mississippi, who was of English and Swedish descent. He is the second-longest serving U.S. Representative ever and the fourth longest serving U.S. member of Congress ever.-Early life:Jamie Whitten was born in Cascilla, Mississippi...
(D). Frank E. Smith
Frank E. Smith
Frank Ellis Smith was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Sidon, Mississippi, Smith attended the public schools of Sidon and Greenwood, Mississippi....
(D). John B. Williams (D). W. Arthur Winstead
W. Arthur Winstead
William Arthur Winstead was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Philadelphia, Mississippi, Winstead attended the public schools Clarke Memorial College, in Newton, Mississippi, and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.He graduated from Mississippi Southern College at Hattiesburg in...
(D). William M. Colmer
William M. Colmer
William Meyers Colmer was a Mississippi politician.Colmer was born in Moss Point, Mississippi, and attended Millsaps College...
(D)
Missouri
. Frank M. KarstenFrank M. Karsten
Frank Melvin Karsten was a Democratic United States Representative from Missouri.Born in San Antonio, Texas, Karsten graduated from Beaumont High School, St...
(D). Thomas B. Curtis
Thomas B. Curtis
Thomas Bradford Curtis was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Curtis attended the public schools of Webster Groves, Missouri. He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, earning an A.B. in 1932. He was admitted to the bar in 1934 and commenced the...
(R). Leonor Sullivan
Leonor Sullivan
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. She was a Democrat and the first woman in Congress from Missouri....
(D). Jeffrey Paul Hillelson
Jeffrey Paul Hillelson
Jeffrey Paul Hillelson was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Early Life and Education:Born in Springfield, Ohio, Hillelson attended the public schools.He graduated from the University of Missouri–Kansas City 1947....
(R). Richard Bolling (D). William C. Cole
William Clay Cole
William Clay Cole was a Republican representative from Missouri's 3rd congressional district from 1943 to 1949 and from the Missouri's 6th congressional district 1953 to 1955....
(R). Dewey Short (R). A.S.J. Carnahan (D). Clarence Cannon
Clarence Cannon
Clarence Andrew Cannon was a Democratic Congressmember from Missouri. He was a notable parliamentarian and chaired the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.-Biography:...
(D). Paul C. Jones
Paul C. Jones
Paul Caruthers Jones was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Kennett, Missouri, Jones attended the Kennett public schools. He was graduated from the University of Missouri with a B.J. degree in 1923. He served as a member of the Kennett city council from 1931 to 1933 and as mayor of...
(D). Morgan M. Moulder
Morgan M. Moulder
Morgan Moore Moulder was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Linn Creek, Missouri, Moulder attended the public schools of Linn Creek and Lebanon, Missouri, and the University of Missouri....
(D)
Montana
. Lee MetcalfLee Metcalf
Lee Warren Metcalf was an American politician of the Democratic Party and was a United States Representative, and a United States Senator from Montana....
(D). Wesley A. D'Ewart
Wesley A. D'Ewart
Wesley Abner D'Ewart was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts as the son of William John D'Ewart and Mary Elizabeth Barnard. In a special election due to the death of James F...
(R)
Nebraska
. Carl T. Curtis (R), until December 31, 1954. Roman L. Hruska (R), until November 8, 1954. Robert Dinsmore HarrisonRobert Dinsmore Harrison
Robert Dinsmore Harrison was a Nebraska Republican politician.Born on a farm near Panama, Nebraska on January 26, 1897, he graduated from Peru State College in 1926. He also graduated from University of California in 1928 and University of Nebraska in 1934. In 1918 to 1919, during World War I, he...
(R). Arthur L. Miller
Arthur L. Miller
Arthur Lewis Miller was a Nebraska Republican politician.Born on a farm near Plainview, Nebraska, he graduated from the Plainview High School in 1911 and from Loyola Medical School in Chicago in 1918. He then taught rural school in Plainview from 1911 to 1913. He was a member of the United...
(R)
Nevada
. Clarence Clifton YoungClarence Clifton Young
Clarence Clifton Young was a United States congressman from Nevada.A Republican, Young was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the state's at-large district in 1952 and reeelected in 1954...
(R)
New Hampshire
. Charles Earl Merrow (R). Norris H. Cotton (R), resigned November 7, 1954New Jersey
. Charles A. WolvertonCharles A. Wolverton
Charles Anderson Wolverton was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for nearly 32 years, from 1927 to 1959.After receiving a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1900, Wolverton practiced...
(R). T. Millet Hand
T. Millet Hand
Thomas Millet Hand was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1945-1957.-Biography:Hand was born in Cape May, New Jersey on July 7, 1902, and attended the local public schools...
(R). James C. Auchincloss
James C. Auchincloss
James Coats Auchincloss was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1943–1965....
(R). Charles R. Howell
Charles R. Howell
Charles Robert Howell was an American Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1955....
(D). Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.
Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen II represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1953 to 1975.-Biography:...
(R). Clifford P. Case
Clifford P. Case
Clifford Philip Case was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives and the State of New Jersey in the United States Senate .-Biography:Clifford P. Case was born in Franklin Park in Somerset County, New Jersey...
(R), until August 16, 1953
- Harrison Williams, Jr.Harrison A. WilliamsHarrison Arlington "Pete" Williams, Jr. was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate . Williams was convicted on May 1, 1981 for taking bribes in the Abscam sting operation, and resigned from the U.S. Senate in 1982...
(D), from November 3, 1953. William B. WidnallWilliam B. WidnallWilliam Beck Widnall was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 24 years representing the 7th district of New Jersey as a Republican....
(R). Gordon CanfieldGordon CanfieldGordon Canfield was an American lawyer and politician. Canfield, a Republican, was first a secretary under the United States Representative for New Jersey's 8th District, George N...
(R). Frank C. Osmers, Jr.Frank C. Osmers, Jr.Frank C. Osmers, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939–1943 and again from 1951-1965.Born in Leonia, New Jersey on December 30, 1907, Osmers attended the local public schools...
(R). Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D)'. Hugh J. Addonizio (D). Robert W. Kean (R). Alfred D. SieminskiAlfred D. SieminskiAlfred Dennis Sieminski was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1951-1959.-Biography:...
(D). Edward J. HartEdward J. HartEdward Joseph Hart was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1935-1955.-Early years and education:Hart was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on March 25, 1893, where he...
(D)
New Mexico
- At-large: John J. DempseyJohn J. DempseyJohn Joseph Dempsey was a United States Representative from New Mexico who also served as the 13th Governor of New Mexico. He was born in White Haven, Pennsylvania where he attended grade school. Employed as a telegrapher, he held various positions with the Brooklyn Union Elevator Company...
(D) - At-large: Antonio M. FernándezAntonio M. FernándezAntonio Manuel Fernández was a United States Representative from New Mexico. He was born in Springer, New Mexico where he attended the public schools, and Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico...
(D)
New York
. Stuyvesant WainwrightStuyvesant Wainwright
Stuyvesant Wainwright II was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Wainwright was born in New York City. He moved to East Hampton, New York in 1927. He served in the United States Army from January 30, 1942 until December 13, 1945 during World War II. He...
(R). Steven B. Derounian (R). Frank J. Becker
Frank J. Becker
Frank John Becker was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Becker was born in Brooklyn. During World War I, he enlisted in the United States Army on July 22, 1918 and served until September 22, 1919. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from...
(R). Henry J. Latham
Henry J. Latham
Henry Jepson Latham was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Latham was born in Brooklyn. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1931. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1941 until 1942. He served in the United States Navy from 1942...
(R). Albert H. Bosch
Albert H. Bosch
Albert Henry Bosch was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). Lester Holtzman
Lester Holtzman
Lester Holtzman was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Holtzman was born in New York City. He graduated from St. John's University School of Law in 1935. He was elected to Congress in 1952 and served from January 3, 1953 until his resignation on...
(D). James J. Delaney (D). Louis B. Heller
Louis B. Heller
Louis Benjamin Heller was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(D), until July 21, 1954. Eugene J. Keogh (D). Edna F. Kelly
Edna F. Kelly
Edna Flannery Kelly was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Kelly was born in East Hampton, New York. She graduated from Hunter College in 1928...
(D). Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He was a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life:...
(D). Francis E. Dorn
Francis E. Dorn
Francis Edwin Dorn was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.He was born in Brooklyn. He attended St. Augustine and Bishop Loughlin Memorial High Schools. Dorn graduated from Fordham University in 1932 and Fordham University School of Law in 1935. He also studied at...
(R). Abraham J. Multer
Abraham J. Multer
Abraham Jacob Multer was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Born in New York City, he graduated from City College of New York in 1921 and Brooklyn Law School in 1922. He served in the United States Coast Guard from 1943 until 1945...
(D). John J. Rooney
John J. Rooney
John James Rooney was a Democratic politician from New York.Rooney was born in Brooklyn in 1903. In 1925, he graduated with a law degree from Fordham University and practiced law following his admission to the bar the next year...
(D). John H. Ray
John H. Ray
John Henry Ray was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Ray was born in Mankato, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1908 and Harvard Law School in 1911. He was an assistant to special representative of Secretary of War Newton D....
(R). Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was an American politician and pastor who represented Harlem, New York City, in the United States House of Representatives . He was the first person of African-American descent elected to Congress from New York and became a powerful national politician...
(D). Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. (R). James G. Donovan
James G. Donovan
James George Donovan was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Donovan was born in Clinton, Massachusetts. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1916 until 1917. He served in the United States Navy during World War I. He attended...
(D). Arthur G. Klein (D). Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (D). Jacob K. Javits
Jacob K. Javits
Jacob Koppel "Jack" Javits was a politician who served as United States Senator from New York from 1957 to 1981. A liberal Republican, he was originally allied with Governor Nelson Rockefeller, fellow U.S...
(R), until December 31, 1954. Sidney A. Fine
Sidney A. Fine
Sidney Asher Fine was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Fine was born in New York City. He graduated from City College of New York in 1923 and Columbia University Law School in 1926. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1945 until 1946...
(D). Isidore Dollinger
Isidore Dollinger
Isidore Dollinger was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from New York between 1949 and 1959.Dollinger was born in New York City. He graduated from New York University in 1925 and from New York Law School in 1928. He was admitted to the New York state bar in 1929...
(D). Charles A. Buckley
Charles A. Buckley
Charles Anthony Buckley was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(D). Paul A. Fino
Paul A. Fino
Paul Albert Fino was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). Ralph A. Gamble
Ralph A. Gamble
Ralph Abernethy Gamble was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Gamble was born in Yankton, South Dakota. He graduated from Princeton University in 1909, George Washington University Law School in 1911 and from Columbia Law School in 1912. He was a member...
(R). Ralph W. Gwinn
Ralph W. Gwinn
Ralph Waldo Gwinn was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Gwinn was born in Noblesville, Indiana. He graduated from DePauw University in 1905 and Columbia University Law School in 1908. He served as a special representative of the Secretary of War in the...
(R). Katharine St. George
Katharine St. George
Katharine Price Collier St. George was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, and a cousin of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.-Early life and family:...
(R). J. Ernest Wharton
J. Ernest Wharton
James Ernest Wharton was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Biography:...
(R). Leo W. O'Brien
Leo W. O'Brien
Leo William O'Brien was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.O'Brien was born in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Niagara University in 1922. He was elected to Congress in 1952 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William T...
(D). Dean P. Taylor
Dean P. Taylor
Dean Park Taylor served as a United States Congressman from New York for nearly 20 years and came from a family long involved in public service to New York. Taylor was born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., on January 1, 1902, and attended the Troy public schools, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y...
(R). Bernard W. Kearney
Bernard W. Kearney
Bernard William Kearney was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Biography:...
(R). Clarence E. Kilburn
Clarence E. Kilburn
Clarence Evans Kilburn was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Kilburn was born in Malone, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1916. He served in the Twenty-Sixth Infantry, First Division during World War I. He was elected to Congress in...
(R). William R. Williams
William R. Williams
William Robert Williams was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Williams was born in Brookfield, New York. He moved to Cassville, New York in 1891. He was a salesman with Standard Oil from 1907 until 1910. He was a member of the New York State Assembly...
(R). R. Walter Riehlman
R. Walter Riehlman
Roy Walter Riehlman was an American congressman.He was born in Otisco, New York, USA on August 26, 1899. He was a member of the board of supervisors of Onondaga County from 1938 to 1943 and county clerk for Onondaga County from 1943 to 1946. He represented New York in theHouse of Representatives...
(R). John Taber
John Taber
John Taber was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). W. Sterling Cole
W. Sterling Cole
William Sterling Cole was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Cole was born in Painted Post, New York. He graduated from Colgate University in 1925 and Albany Law School in 1929. He was elected to Congress in 1934 and served from January 3, 1935 until...
(R). Kenneth B. Keating (R). Harold C. Ostertag
Harold C. Ostertag
Harold Charles Ostertag was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Ostertag was born in Attica, New York. He graduated from the Chamberlain Military Institute in 1915 and served in France during World War I. He worked for the New York Central Railroad from...
(R). William E. Miller
William E. Miller
William Edward "Bill" Miller was a New York politician. He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 1964 election...
(R). Edmund P. Radwan
Edmund P. Radwan
Edmund Patrick Radwanwas an American congressman who represented the state of New York.He was born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA on September 22, 1911 and attended the local public schools. He graduated from the University of Buffalo Law School in 1934...
(R). John R. Pillion
John R. Pillion
John Raymond Pillion was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). Daniel A. Reed
Daniel A. Reed
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(R)
North Carolina
. Herbert C. Bonner (D). Lawrence H. FountainLawrence H. Fountain
Lawrence H. Fountain , generally known as L.H. Fountain, was a Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina from 1953 to 1983.-Early life:...
(D). Graham A. Barden (D). Harold D. Cooley
Harold D. Cooley
Harold Dunbar Cooley was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina from 1934 - 1967...
(D). Richard T. Chatham (D). Carl T. Durham
Carl T. Durham
Carl Thomas Durham was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Bingham Township, Orange County, at White Cross, North Carolina, Durham attended the public schools of Orange County, Mandale Private School, Saxapahaw, North Carolina, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
(D). F. Ertel Carlyle (D). Charles B. Deane
Charles B. Deane
Charles Bennett Deane was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.-Career:Deane was born in Ansonville Township, Anson County, North Carolina on 1 November 1898. He attended Pee Dee Academy in Rockingham, North Carolina, and Trinity Park School, Durham, N.C.,...
(D). Hugh Quincy Alexander
Hugh Quincy Alexander
Hugh Quincy Alexander was a Democratic U.S. Representative from North Carolina between 1953 and 1963.Born on a farm near Glendon, North Carolina in Moore County in 1911, Alexander attended local public schools and then Duke University, graduating in 1932...
(D). Charles R. Jonas
Charles R. Jonas
Charles Raper Jonas was a U.S. representative from North Carolina for ten terms . At the time of his election in 1952, he became the first Republican to represent his state in either house of the U.S. Congress since his own father, Charles A. Jonas, and George M...
(R). Woodrow W. Jones
Woodrow W. Jones
Woodrow Wilson Jones was a United States Representative and a federal judge from North Carolina. He was born in Green Hill Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and attended the public schools of Rutherford County...
(D). George A. Shuford
George A. Shuford
George Adams Shuford was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Shuford attended the public schools and the University of North Carolina 1913-1915....
(D)
North Dakota
. Otto KruegerOtto Krueger
Otto G. Krueger was a North Dakota politician who served as the North Dakota State Treasurer and the North Dakota Insurance Commissioner at different periods during the 1940s. He later served as a U.S. Representative from his state in the 1950s.-Biography:Krueger was born of German parents in the...
(R). Usher L. Burdick
Usher L. Burdick
Usher Lloyd Burdick was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Dakota. He was the father of Quentin N. Burdick.-Early life and career:...
(Nonpartisan Republican)
Ohio
. Gordon H. SchererGordon H. Scherer
Gordon Harry Scherer was an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1953 to 1963. Scherer earned a law degree in 1929 from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law and practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio...
(R). William E. Hess
William E. Hess
William Emil Hess was a Republican and a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 13, 1898; attended the public schools, the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Cincinnati Law School; during the First World War served in the United States Army as a private; was...
(R). Paul F. Schenck
Paul F. Schenck
Paul Fornshell Schenck was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Miamisburg, Ohio, his family moved to Dayton, Ohio in 1908 where he graduated from Steele High School in 1917. He received two years of college training, a student teacher at Steele from 1917 to 1919. He then worked in the...
(R). William M. McCulloch (R). Cliff Clevenger
Cliff Clevenger
Cliff Clevenger was a United States Representative from Ohio. He was born on a ranch near Long Pine, Brown County, Nebraska. He moved in 1895 with his parents to Lacona, Warren County, Iowa, where he attended the public schools. He engaged in the mercantile business at Marengo, Iowa, 1901-1903...
(R). James G. Polk
James G. Polk
James Gould Polk was a prominent U.S. politician of the Democratic Party during the middle of the 20th century....
(D). Clarence J. Brown
Clarence J. Brown
Clarence J. Brown, Sr. was an American newspaper publisher who represented Ohio as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1965.-Life and career:...
(R). Jackson E. Betts (R). Frazier Reams
Frazier Reams
Henry Frazier Reams Sr., generally known as Frazier Reams, was an American politician of the United States Democratic Party from Toledo, Ohio. Reams served as a U.S. Congressman from Ohio from 1951 to 1955....
(I). Thomas A. Jenkins
Thomas A. Jenkins
Thomas Albert Jenkins of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio was a member of the Ohio state senate and a long-serving U.S. Representative from Ohio's 10th District...
(R). Oliver P. Bolton
Oliver P. Bolton
Oliver Payne Bolton was an American politician of the Republican party who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1953–1957 and from 1963-1965. He was the son of long-serving Representative Frances P...
(R). John M. Vorys
John M. Vorys
John Martin Vorys was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Early life:Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Vorys attended the public schools in Lancaster and Columbus, Ohio. During the First World War served overseas as a pilot in the famous "Yale Unit" of the United States Naval Air Service, retiring to...
(R). Alvin F. Weichel
Alvin F. Weichel
Alvin F. Weichel was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.-Biography:Alvin F. Weichel was born in Sandusky, Ohio...
(R). William H. Ayres (R). Robert T. Secrest
Robert T. Secrest
Robert Thompson Secrest was an American Democratic representative to the United States Congress from the state of Ohio. He served in Congress three separate times: 1933 to 1942, 1949 to 1954, and 1963 to 1966, resigning each time prior to the end of his term.-External links:*...
(D), until September 26, 1954. Frank T. Bow
Frank T. Bow
Frank Townsend Bow was a noted Ohio jurist and politician who served as a Republican Congressman in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1951 until his death on November 13, 1972....
(R). J. Harry McGregor
J. Harry McGregor
J. Harry McGregor was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.J. Harry McGregor was born on a farm near Unionport, Ohio. He attended the public schools, West Lafayette College, and Oberlin College...
(R). Wayne L. Hays (D). Michael J. Kirwan
Michael J. Kirwan
Michael Joseph Kirwan was a United States Democrat from Ohio who served as a Representative to the United States Congress from 1937 to 1970 elected in the 19th electoral district of Ohio...
(D). Michael A. Feighan
Michael A. Feighan
Michael A. Feighan was an American politician from Lakewood, Ohio, near Cleveland. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and as a Democratic Party U.S. Representative from 1943 to 1971, serving Ohio's 20th congressional district.Originally, he was recruited by national...
(D). Robert Crosser
Robert Crosser
Robert Crosser was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Crosser emigrated to the United States in 1881 with his parents and settled in Cleveland, Ohio....
(D). Frances P. Bolton
Frances P. Bolton
Frances Payne Bolton , born Frances P. Bingham, was a Republican politician from Ohio. She served in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Ohio. She was also the oldest woman to date to serve in the House of Representatives.Born in Cleveland,...
(R). George H. Bender
George H. Bender
George Harrison Bender was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1947 and 1951 to 1954, and also in the U.S. Senate from 1954 to 1957.-Early life:...
(R), until December 15, 1954
Oklahoma
. Page BelcherPage Belcher
Page Henry Belcher was a Republican politician and a U.S. representative from Oklahoma.-Biography: Belcher was born in Jefferson in northern Oklahoma to George Harvey Belcher and Jessie Ray. He was educated at public schools in Jefferson, and Medford, Oklahoma...
(R). Ed Edmondson
Ed Edmondson (U.S. politician)
Edmond "Ed" Augustus Edmondson was a U.S. politician from Oklahoma.-Early life:He was born and raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he attended public school before going on to attend Muskogee Junior College. Upon graduation from the University of Oklahoma in 1940, he joined the Federal Bureau of...
(D). Carl Albert
Carl Albert
Carl Bert Albert was a lawyer and a Democratic American politician from Oklahoma.Albert represented the southeastern portion of Oklahoma as a Democrat for 30 years, starting in 1947. He is best known for his service as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977...
(D). Tom Steed
Tom Steed
Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Steed was a military veteran, newspaper editor and Democratic politician and a retired U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma. He often stated that his experience in journalism, the military and in the U.S...
(D). John Jarman
John Jarman
John Jarman was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma for 26 years from January, 1951 to January, 1977.-Early life and career:...
(D). Victor Wickersham
Victor Wickersham
Victor Eugene Wickersham was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.-Early life and education:Born on a farm near Lone Rock, Arkansas, Victor Wickersham moved to Mangum, Oklahoma, with his parents in 1915...
(D)
Oregon
. A. Walter NorbladA. Walter Norblad
Albin Walter Norblad, Jr., was an American attorney and Republican politician in Oregon. He represented the U.S. state of Oregon's First District from January 18, 1946 until his death in the United States House of Representatives. His father was A. W. Norblad, Sr., a one-time Governor of...
(R). Sam Coon
Sam Coon
Samuel Harrison "Sam" Coon was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented the 2nd Congressional District of Oregon from 1953 to 1957.-Background:...
(R). Homer D. Angell
Homer D. Angell
Homer Daniel Angell was a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon.Angell was born on a farm near The Dalles, Oregon in 1875...
(R). Harris Ellsworth
Harris Ellsworth
Mathew Harris Ellsworth was a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon.-Early life:Born in Hoquiam, Washington, Ellsworth moved together with his parents to Eugene, Oregon and later to nearby Wendling, where he attended public schools. In 1922, he graduated with a journalism degree from the...
(R)
Pennsylvania
. William A. BarrettWilliam A. Barrett
William Aloysius Barrett was an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party.He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia. He worked for a number of years in real estate before running for office.He was first elected to the U.S....
(D). William T. Granahan
William T. Granahan
William T. Granahan was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, most prominently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1945–47 and 1949-56.-Biography:...
(D). James A. Byrne
James A. Byrne
James Aloysius Byrne was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jim Byrne was born in Philadelphia, PA. He attended St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia. He was engaged in business as a mortician from 1937 to 1950. He was the county registrar for the Bureau...
(D). Earl Chudoff
Earl Chudoff
Earl Chudoff was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Earl Chudoff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in economics in 1929 and from the University of Pittsburgh School of...
(D). William J. Green, Jr.
William J. Green, Jr.
William Joseph Green, Jr. was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William J. Green was born in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, and attended St. Joseph’s College, Philadelphia, PA. He was engaged in business as an...
(D). Hugh Scott
Hugh Scott
Hugh Doggett Scott, Jr. was a politician from Pennsylvania who served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and who also served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee.- Early life :He was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on November 11, 1900...
(R). Benjamin F. James
Benjamin F. James
Benjamin Franklin James was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). Karl C. King
Karl C. King
Karl Clarence King was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Karl C. King was born in Plevna, Kansas. He attended the Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia, Kansas, Columbia University in New York City, and the Wharton School of Business.During the First...
(R). Paul B. Dague
Paul B. Dague
Paul Bartram Dague was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). Joseph L. Carrigg
Joseph L. Carrigg
Joseph Leonard Carrigg was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Edward J. Bonin
Edward J. Bonin
Edward John Bonin was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward Bonin was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Navy from 1922 to 1926...
(R). Ivor D. Fenton
Ivor D. Fenton
Doctor Ivor David Fenton was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.- Early life :...
(R). Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.
Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.
Samuel Kerns McConnell, Jr. was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). George M. Rhodes
George M. Rhodes
George M. Rhodes was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George M. Rhodes was born in Reading, PA. During the First World War he served in the United States Army. He worked as a printer for the Reading Eagle Co. from 1913 to 1927, and business manager for...
(D). Francis E. Walter
Francis E. Walter
Francis Eugene Walter was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(D). Walter M. Mumma
Walter M. Mumma
Walter Mann Mumma was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Mumma was born in Steelton. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State Forestry Academy in Mont Alto in 1911...
(R). Alvin Bush
Alvin Bush
Alvin Ray Bush was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Alvin Bush was born on a farm in Boggs Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. At the age of thirteen started work as a laborer in Pennsylvania coal mines and later was an apprentice in a...
(R). Richard M. Simpson
Richard M. Simpson
Richard Murray Simpson was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Richard Simpson was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, in 1923 and from Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C., in 1942...
(R). S. Walter Stauffer
S. Walter Stauffer
Simon Walter Stauffer was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania.S. Walter Stauffer was born in Walkersville, Maryland. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1912. He moved to York, Pennsylvania in 1915. He was engaged in the manufacture of lime, crushed...
(R). James E. Van Zandt
James E. Van Zandt
James Edward Van Zandt was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). Augustine B. Kelley
Augustine B. Kelley
Augustine Bernard Kelley was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania.Augustine B. Kelley was born in New Baltimore, Pennsylvania. He attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1904 and 1905. He studied mining engineering with the International Correspondence...
(D). John P. Saylor
John P. Saylor
John Phillips Saylor was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Saylor was born in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1929, and Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle,...
(R). Leon H. Gavin
Leon H. Gavin
Leon Harry Gavin was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Carroll D. Kearns
Carroll D. Kearns
Carroll Dudley Kearns was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Carroll D. Kearns was born in Youngstown, PA, and moved with his parents to New Castle, PA, in 1901. He was a student in the Army Training Corps at the University of Pittsburgh in 1918, at the...
(R). Louis E. Graham
Louis E. Graham
Louis Edward Graham was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Thomas E. Morgan
Thomas E. Morgan
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas E. Morgan was born in Ellsworth, PA. He graduated from Waynesburg College in 1930, the Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery in 1933, and Wayne University in Detroit, MI, in 1934...
(D). James G. Fulton
James G. Fulton
James Grove Fulton was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:James G. Fulton was born in Dormont, Pennsylvania...
(R). Herman P. Eberharter
Herman P. Eberharter
Herman Peter Eberharter was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(D). Robert J. Corbett
Robert J. Corbett
Robert James Corbett was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). Vera Buchanan
Vera Buchanan
Vera Daerr Buchanan was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.- Biography :...
(D)
Rhode Island
. Aime ForandAime Forand
Aime Joseph Forand was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island in 1936 and served from January 3, 1937 to January 3, 1939, having lost his re-election campaign in 1938...
(D). John E. Fogarty
John E. Fogarty
John Edward Fogarty was a Congressman from Rhode Island for 26 years.Congressman John E. Fogarty was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1940 and served until his death on January 10, 1967 as he was being sworn in for his fourteenth consecutive term...
(D)
South Carolina
. L. Mendel RiversL. Mendel Rivers
Lucius Mendel Rivers was a Democratic U.S. Representative from South Carolina, representing the Charleston based 1st congressional district for nearly thirty years...
(D). John J. Riley
John J. Riley
John Jacob Riley was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, husband of Corinne Boyd Riley.Born on a farm near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Riley attended the public schools in Orangeburg County....
(D). W.J. Bryan Dorn (D). Joseph R. Bryson
Joseph R. Bryson
Joseph Raleigh Bryson was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Brevard, North Carolina, Bryson moved, with his parents, to Greenville, South Carolina, in 1900.He attended the public schools....
(D), until March 10, 1953
- Robert T. AshmoreRobert T. AshmoreRobert Thomas Ashmore was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, cousin of John D. Ashmore.Born on a farm near Greenville, South Carolina, Ashmore attended the public schools of Greenville. He graduated from Furman University Law School, Greenville, South Carolina, in 1927...
(D), from June 2, 1953. James P. RichardsJames P. RichardsJames Prioleau "Dick" Richards was a lawyer, judge, and Democrat U.S. Representative from South Carolina between 1933 and 1957. He later served as a special ambassador under Republican President Eisenhower....
(D). John L. McMillanJohn L. McMillanJohn Lanneau McMillan was a United States Representative from South Carolina. Born on a farm near Mullins, he was educated at Mullins High School, the University of North Carolina, as well as the University of South Carolina Law School and National Law School in Washington, D.C...
(D)
South Dakota
. Harold O. Lovre (R). E. Y. Berry (R)Tennessee
. B. Carroll ReeceB. Carroll Reece
Brazilla Carroll Reece was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.-Early life and career:Reece was born on a farm near Butler, Tennessee, one of thirteen children of John Isaac and Sarah Maples Reece...
(R). Howard Baker, Sr.
Howard Baker, Sr.
Howard Henry Baker, Sr. was a United States Representative from Tennessee. He was a member of the Republican Party.-Biography:Baker was born in Somerset, Kentucky in 1902 to James F...
(R). James B. Frazier Jr. (D). Joe L. Evins
Joe L. Evins
Joseph Landon Evins was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1947 to 1977.Evins was a native of the Blend Community of DeKalb County, Tennessee, the son of James Edgar Evins and Myrtie Goodson Evins. His father was a Tennessee state senator and a successful local businessman.Joe L...
(D). J. Percy Priest (D). James Patrick Sutton
James Patrick Sutton
James Patrick Sutton was an American politician and a member of the United States Congress from Tennessee. He was born on October 31, 1915. He attended the public schools of Wartrace, Tennessee, and Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State College in...
(D). Tom J. Murray
Tom J. Murray
Thomas Jefferson Murray , usually known as Tom J. Murray, was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1943 to 1966.-Early life:...
(D). Jere Cooper
Jere Cooper
Jere Cooper was a Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee.-Biography:Cooper was born on a farm near Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee...
(D). Clifford Davis
Clifford Davis
Clifford Davis was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1940 to 1965.-Early life:Davis was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, moving to Memphis with his parents at age 14. There he completed the high school curriculum of the public schools, and in 1917 he completed law school at the...
(D)
Texas
. Martin Dies, Jr.Martin Dies, Jr.
Martin Dies, Jr. was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. His father, Martin Dies, was also a member of the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...
(D). Wright Patman
Wright Patman
John William Wright Patman was a U.S. Congressman from Texas in Texas's 1st congressional district and chair of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency .-Early life:...
(D). Jack Brooks
Jack Brooks (politician)
Jack Bascom Brooks is a retired Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas, who served for more than 40 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was defeated for reelection in the 1994 election...
(D). Brady P. Gentry
Brady P. Gentry
Brady Preston Gentry was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Colfax, Texas, Gentry attended the public schools and East Texas State College, Commerce, Texas. He graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Tyler,...
(D). Sam Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn , often called "Mr. Sam," or "Mr. Democrat," was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S. history.- Background :Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tennessee, and...
(D). Joseph Franklin Wilson (D). Olin E. Teague
Olin E. Teague
Olin Earl "Tiger" Teague was a notable World War II veteran and Congressional representative for Texas's 6th congressional district for 32 years, from 1946 to 1978...
(D). John V. Dowdy (D). Albert Thomas
Albert Richard Thomas
This article is about the US Congressman. For the article on the French Socialist and First Director of the International Labour Organisation see Albert Thomas ....
(D). Clark W. Thompson
Clark W. Thompson
Clark Wallace Thompson was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin on August 6, 1896 and moved to Oregon in 1901 with his parents, who settled in Cascade Locks. Thompson attended the common schools and the University of Oregon at Eugene. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during the First World...
(D). W. Homer Thornberry (D). William R. Poage
William R. Poage
William Robert Poage was a Texas politician.Poage was born in Waco, Texas and served in the United States Navy during World War I. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1925 to 1929, and in the Texas Senate from 1931 to 1937.In 1936, Poage was elected to the House of Representatives...
(D). Wingate H. Lucas
Wingate H. Lucas
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Grapevine, Texas, Lucas attended the public schools, the North Texas Teachers College at Denton, the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College at Stillwater, and the Texas University at Austin. He studied law...
(D). Frank N. Ikard
Frank N. Ikard
Frank Neville Ikard was a United States Representative from Texas. He was born in Henrietta, Clay County, Texas and attended the public schools and the Schriener Institute, in Kerrville. He earned an A.B. at the University of Texas where he was a member of the Texas Cowboys, in 1936 as well as a...
(D). John E. Lyle, Jr.
John E. Lyle, Jr.
John Emmett Lyle, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Texas.-Early life:Born in Boyd, Texas, Lyle graduated from Wichita Falls High School, Wichita Falls, Texas....
(D). Lloyd M. Bentsen (D). Kenneth M. Regan
Kenneth M. Regan
Kenneth Mills Regan was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Mount Morris, Illinois, Regan attended the public schools and Vincennes University....
(D). Omar Burleson
Omar Burleson
Omar Truman Burleson was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Anson, the seat of Jones County, north of Abilene, Texas, Burleson attended the public schools and Abilene Christian College and Hardin-Simmons University, both in Abilene.Burleson graduated in 1929 from Cumberland University in...
(D). Walter E. Rogers (D). George H. Mahon
George H. Mahon
George Herman Mahon was a Texas politician who served twenty-two consecutive terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the Lubbock-based 19th congressional district....
(D). Paul J. Kilday
Paul J. Kilday
Paul Joseph Kilday was a U.S. Representative from Texas.-Early life and education:Born in Sabinal, Kilday was the sixth child of Patrick Kilday, an immigrant from Ireland who was established as a merchant, and his Texas-born wife, Mary Tallant Kilday. Kilday moved with his parents and siblings to...
(D). O. Clark Fisher (D)
Utah
. Douglas R. StringfellowDouglas R. Stringfellow
Douglas R. Stringfellow was a one-term congressman in the United States House of Representatives and is remembered as a fraud.- Biographical background :...
(R). William A. Dawson
William A. Dawson
William Adams Dawson was a U.S. Representative from Utah.Born in Layton, Utah, Dawson attended the public schools.He graduated from the law department of the University of Utah in 1926....
(R)
Virginia
. Edward J. Robeson, Jr.Edward J. Robeson, Jr.
Edward John Robeson, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Waynesville, North Carolina, Robeson moved from Wythe County, Virginia, with his parents to Cartersville, Georgia, in 1891....
(D). Porter Hardy, Jr.
Porter Hardy, Jr.
Porter Hardy, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Bon Air, Virginia, Hardy attended the public schools and Randolph-Macon Academy, Bedford, Virginia....
(D). J. Vaughan Gary
J. Vaughan Gary
Julian Vaughan Gary was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.-Biography:Born in Richmond, Virginia, Gary was a graduate of the University of Richmond . He was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in Richmond, Virginia...
(D). Watkins Moorman Abbitt
Watkins Moorman Abbitt
Watkins Moorman Abbitt was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and graduated from Appomattox Agricultural High School in Appomattox, Virginia in 1925. He earned an LL.B. from the University of Richmond in 1931 and began the practice of law in Appomattox. He...
(D). Thomas Bahnson Stanley
Thomas Bahnson Stanley
Thomas Bahnson Stanley was an American politician, manufacturer and Holstein cattle breeder.-Early life:...
(D), until February 3, 1953
- William M. TuckWilliam M. TuckWilliam Munford Tuck served as the 55th Governor of Virginia from 1946 to 1950 as a Democrat.He was the youngest son of Halifax County, Virginia tobacco warehouseman Robert James Tuck and Virginia Susan Fritts. Tuck graduated from the College of William and Mary, earning a teacher's certificate....
(D), from April 14, 1953. Richard Harding PoffRichard Harding PoffRichard Harding Poff was an American politician and judge. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952, representing Virginia's Sixth District...
(R). Burr HarrisonBurr HarrisonBurr Powell Harrison was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, son of Thomas W. Harrison.Born in Winchester, Virginia, Harrison attended the public schools, Woodberry Forest School, Virginia Military Institute, Hampden-Sydney College, and the University of Virginia.He was graduated from Georgetown...
(D). Howard W. SmithHoward W. SmithHoward Worth Smith , Democratic U.S. Representative from Virginia, was a leader of the conservative coalition who supported both racial segregation and women's rights.-Early life and education:...
(D). William Creed Wampler (R). Joel T. Broyhill (R)
Washington
. Donald Hammer Magnuson (D). Thomas Minor Pelly (R). Alfred WestlandAlfred Westland
Alfred John "Jack" Westland was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1965. He represented the Second Congressional District of Washington as a Republican. He was also an accomplished amateur golfer.Westland was born in Everett,...
(R). Russell V. Mack
Russell V. Mack
Russell Vernon Mack born on July 13, 1891 in Hillman, Michigan, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Washington State's 3rd District from 1947 to 1960. Mack moved to Aberdeen, Washington in 1895. Mack was educated at Stanford University in California, and...
(R). Hal Holmes
Hal Holmes
Otis Halbert Holmes was a U.S. Representative from Washington, and grandson of Dudley Chase Haskell.Born in Cresco, Iowa, Holmes moved in 1915 to Walla Walla, Washington, where he attended the public schools....
(R). Walt Horan
Walt Horan
Walter Franklin Horan , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for ten terms from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1965, representing the Fifth Congressional District of Washington....
(R). Thor C. Tollefson
Thor C. Tollefson
Thor Carl Tollefson was a U.S. Representative from Washington.-Background:Born in Perley, Minnesota, Tollefson moved to Tacoma, Washington during 1912. He attended public schools, graduating from Lincoln High School in 1924...
(R)
West Virginia
. Robert H. Mollohan (D). Harley O. Staggers (D). Cleveland M. BaileyCleveland M. Bailey
Cleveland Monroe Bailey was a U.S. Representative from West Virginia.Born on a farm near St. Marys, Pleasants County, W.Virginia, Bailey attended the public schools, and West Liberty State College, West Liberty, W.Virginia....
(D). Will E. Neal
Will E. Neal
William Elmer Neal was a physician and U.S. Representative from West Virginia.Born on a farm near Proctorville, Ohio, Neal attended the public schools.He graduated from Proctorville High School in 1894....
(R). Elizabeth Kee
Elizabeth Kee
Maude Elizabeth Kee , known more generally as Elizabeth Kee, was a U.S. Democratic politician. She was the first woman elected to Congress from West Virginia.-Biography:...
(D). Robert Byrd
Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd was a United States Senator from West Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959 and as a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 2010...
(D)
Wisconsin
. Lawrence H. SmithLawrence H. Smith
Lawrence Henry Smith was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Smith attended the public schools and Milwaukee State Teachers College. He graduated from the Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1923...
(R). Glenn R. Davis (R). Gardner R. Withrow
Gardner R. Withrow
Gardner Robert Withrow was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1931–1939 and again from 1949–1961, when he did not seek reelection. Withrow was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and worked for the railroad and was involved in the labor union. He was a member of the Wisconsin...
(R). Clement J. Zablocki
Clement J. Zablocki
Clement John Zablocki was an American politician from the state of Wisconsin.-Career:Zablocki was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and he graduated from Marquette University. Zablocki was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1942. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1948 as a Democrat...
(D). Charles J. Kersten
Charles J. Kersten
Charles Joseph Kersten was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin .Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kersten graduated from Marquette University College of Law, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1925 and was admitted to the bar the same year.He commenced the practice of law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1928, serving...
(R). William K. Van Pelt (R). Melvin R. Laird
Melvin R. Laird
Melvin Robert Laird is an American politician and writer. Laird was a Republican congressman who also served as Richard Nixon's Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973. Laird urged Nixon to maintain a policy of withdrawing US soldiers from Vietnam...
(R). John W. Byrnes
John W. Byrnes
John William Byrnes was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1945 until 1973, when he did not seek reelection. He also served in the Wisconsin State Senate.-External links:...
(R). Merlin Hull
Merlin Hull
Merlin Hull was a Wisconsin lawyer, a newspaper publisher, and a member of the United States House of Representatives....
(R), until May 17, 1953
- Lester JohnsonLester JohnsonLester Roland Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.-Biography:Born in Brandon, Wisconsin, Johnson attended the public schools and Lawrence University from 1919 to 1921....
(D), from October 13, 1953. Alvin E. O'Konski (R)
Wyoming
. William Henry HarrisonWilliam H. Harrison (Wyoming Congressman)
William Henry Harrison was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative from Wyoming.-Political career:...
(R)
Non-voting members
. Bob BartlettBob Bartlett
Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett was an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party.Bartlett was born in Seattle, Washington. After graduating from the University of Alaska in 1925, Bartlett began his career in politics...
(D). Joseph Rider Farrington
Joseph Rider Farrington
Joseph Rider Farrington was an American newspaper editor and statesman who served in the United States Congress as delegate for the Territory of Hawai'i.-Education and military career:...
(R), until June 19, 1954
- Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R), from July 31, 1954. Antonio Fernós Isern, (PPD)
Senate
|-| North Carolina
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| nowrap | Willis Smith
Willis Smith
Willis Smith was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1950 and 1953.-Early life and education:Born in Virginia, he moved to North Carolina before age 2...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 25, 1953
| nowrap | Alton Lennon (D)
| July 10, 1953
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| New Hampshire
(3)
| nowrap | Charles W. Tobey
Charles W. Tobey
Charles William Tobey was an American politician, who was a Governor of New Hampshire and a United States senator, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of William Tobey, an accountant, and Ellen Hall Parker Tobey. His father had moved to Massachusetts from Maine in the 1860s. Charles Tobey...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 24, 1953
| nowrap | Robert W. Upton
Robert W. Upton
Robert William Upton was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools, graduated from Boston University Law School in 1907, was admitted to the Massachusetts and New Hampshire bars in 1907 and commenced practice in Concord, New Hampshire...
(R)
| August 14, 1953
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| Ohio
(3)
| nowrap | Robert Taft
Robert Taft
Robert Alphonso Taft , of the Taft political family of Cincinnati, was a Republican United States Senator and a prominent conservative statesman...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 31, 1953.
| nowrap | Thomas A. Burke
Thomas A. Burke
Thomas Aloysius Burke was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He served as the 48th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and in the United States Senate from November 10, 1953 until December 2, 1954. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is named after him.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burke served in the U.S...
(D)
| November 10, 1953
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| Nebraska
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| nowrap | Dwight Griswold
Dwight Griswold
Dwight Palmer Griswold was an American politician who served as the 25th Governor of Nebraska from 1940 to 1946 and U.S. Senator from 1952 to 1954. He was a Republican.-Biography:...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 12, 1954
| nowrap | Eva Bowring
Eva Bowring
Eva Kelly Bowring was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Bowring was born in Nevada, Missouri. In 1928, she married Arthur Bowring. They made their home at the Bowring Ranch near Merriman in Cherry County, Nebraska....
(R)
| April 16, 1954
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| North Carolina
(3)
| nowrap | Clyde R. Hoey
Clyde R. Hoey
Clyde Roark Hoey was a Democratic politician from North Carolina. He served in both houses of the state legislature and served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1919 to 1921. He was North Carolina's governor from 1937 to 1941. He entered the U.S...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 12, 1954
| nowrap | Sam Ervin
Sam Ervin
Samuel James "Sam" Ervin Jr. was a Democratic Senator from North Carolina from 1954 until 1974. A native of Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often told humorous stories in his Southern drawl...
(D)
| June 5, 1954
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| Wyoming
(2)
| nowrap | Lester C. Hunt
Lester C. Hunt
Lester Callaway Hunt was a Democratic politician and dentist from the state of Wyoming. He served as the 19th Governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June 19, 1954....
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 19, 1954.
| nowrap | Edward D. Crippa
Edward D. Crippa
Edward David Crippa was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.Crippa was born in Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. During World War I, Crippa served as a private in the United States Army....
(R)
| June 24, 1954
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| Nebraska
(1)
| nowrap | Hugh A. Butler
Hugh A. Butler
Hugh Alfred Butler was a Nebraska Republican politician.He was born on a farm near Missouri Valley, Iowa on February 28, 1878. He graduated from Doane College at Crete, Nebraska in 1900. he became a construction engineer with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from 1900 to 1908...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 1, 1954
| nowrap | Samuel W. Reynolds
Samuel W. Reynolds
Samuel Williams Reynolds was a Republican United States Senator from Nebraska.Reynolds was born in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1908, he engaged in the Omaha wholesale coal business....
(R)
| July 3, 1954
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| South Carolina
(2)
| nowrap | Burnet R. Maybank
Burnet R. Maybank
Burnet Rhett Maybank was a U.S. Senator, the 99th Governor of South Carolina, and Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. Maybank was the direct descendant of six former South Carolinian governors. He was the first governor from Charleston since the Civil War...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 1, 1954.
| nowrap | Charles E. Daniel
Charles E. Daniel
Charles Ezra Daniel was a United States Senator from South Carolina and founder of Daniel International Corporation. Born in Elberton, Georgia, he moved with his family to Anderson, South Carolina in 1898...
(D)
| September 6, 1954
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| Nevada
(3)
| nowrap | Pat McCarran
Pat McCarran
Patrick Anthony McCarran was a Democratic United States Senator from Nevada from 1933 until 1954, and was noted for his strong anti-Communist stance.-Early life and career:...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 28, 1954
| nowrap | Ernest S. Brown
Ernest S. Brown
Ernest S. Brown served briefly as a United States Senator from Nevada in 1954.Born in Alturas, California, he moved with his family to Reno, Nevada, in 1906 and attended the public schools. He graduated from the University of Nevada at Reno in 1926, and was admitted to the bar in 1927, commencing...
(R)
| October 1, 1954
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| Nebraska
(1)
| nowrap | Samuel W. Reynolds
Samuel W. Reynolds
Samuel Williams Reynolds was a Republican United States Senator from Nebraska.Reynolds was born in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1908, he engaged in the Omaha wholesale coal business....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1954
| nowrap | Roman Hruska
Roman Hruska
Roman Lee Hruska was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the United States Senate during the 1960s and 1970s.-Life and career:...
(R)
| November 8, 1954
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| Nebraska
(2)
| nowrap | Eva Bowring
Eva Bowring
Eva Kelly Bowring was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Bowring was born in Nevada, Missouri. In 1928, she married Arthur Bowring. They made their home at the Bowring Ranch near Merriman in Cherry County, Nebraska....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1954
| nowrap | Hazel Abel
Hazel Abel
Hazel Hempel Abel was an American politician and member of the United States Senate. She was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and attended the public schools of Omaha, Nebraska....
(R)
| November 8, 1954
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| New Hampshire
(3)
| nowrap | Robert W. Upton
Robert W. Upton
Robert William Upton was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools, graduated from Boston University Law School in 1907, was admitted to the Massachusetts and New Hampshire bars in 1907 and commenced practice in Concord, New Hampshire...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.
| nowrap | Norris Cotton
Norris Cotton
Norris H. Cotton was an American Republican politician from the state of New Hampshire.Norris Cotton was born on a farm in Warren, New Hampshire. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and Wesleyan University in Connecticut...
(R)
| November 8, 1954
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| North Carolina
(2)
| nowrap | Alton Lennon (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 28, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.
| nowrap | W. Kerr Scott
W. Kerr Scott
William Kerr Scott was a Democratic Party politician from North Carolina. He was the 62nd Governor of North Carolina from 1949 until 1953 and a United States Senator from 1954 until 1958.-Biography:...
(D)
| November 29, 1954
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| Wyoming
(2)
| nowrap | Edward D. Crippa
Edward D. Crippa
Edward David Crippa was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.Crippa was born in Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. During World War I, Crippa served as a private in the United States Army....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 28, 1954.
| nowrap | Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney was a Democratic United States Senator from Wyoming.O'Mahoney was born in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, November 5, 1884. He attended the parochial and public schools and Columbia University, New York City...
(D)
| November 29, 1954
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| Nevada
(3)
| nowrap | Ernest S. Brown
Ernest S. Brown
Ernest S. Brown served briefly as a United States Senator from Nevada in 1954.Born in Alturas, California, he moved with his family to Reno, Nevada, in 1906 and attended the public schools. He graduated from the University of Nevada at Reno in 1926, and was admitted to the bar in 1927, commencing...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected December 1, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.
| nowrap | Alan Bible
Alan Bible
Alan Harvey Bible was a Nevada politician of the Democratic Party who served as a United States Senator from 1954 until 1974.-Biography:...
(D)
| December 2, 1954
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| Ohio
(3)
| nowrap | Thomas A. Burke
Thomas A. Burke
Thomas Aloysius Burke was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He served as the 48th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and in the United States Senate from November 10, 1953 until December 2, 1954. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is named after him.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burke served in the U.S...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected December 2, 1954. Lost special election to fill seat.
| nowrap | George H. Bender
George H. Bender
George Harrison Bender was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1947 and 1951 to 1954, and also in the U.S. Senate from 1954 to 1957.-Early life:...
(R)
| December 16, 1954
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| South Carolina
(2)
| nowrap | Charles E. Daniel
Charles E. Daniel
Charles Ezra Daniel was a United States Senator from South Carolina and founder of Daniel International Corporation. Born in Elberton, Georgia, he moved with his family to Anderson, South Carolina in 1898...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 23, 1954.
| nowrap | Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes...
(D)
| December 24, 1954
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| Nebraska
(2)
| nowrap | Hazel Abel
Hazel Abel
Hazel Hempel Abel was an American politician and member of the United States Senate. She was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and attended the public schools of Omaha, Nebraska....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1954
| nowrap | Carl Curtis
Carl Curtis
Carl Thomas Curtis was an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served as a Republican in the House of Representatives and later the Senate ....
(R)
| January 1, 1955
|}
House of Representatives
|-|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Edward E. Cox
Edward E. Cox
Edward Eugene "Eugene" or "Goober" Cox served as a U.S. Representative from Georgia for nearly twenty-eight years. A conservative Democrat who supported segregation and opposed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "New Deal," Cox became the most senior Democrat on the House Committee on Rules...
died during previous congress
| nowrap | J. L. Pilcher
J. L. Pilcher
John Leonard Pilcher was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born on a farm near Meigs, Georgia, Pilcher attended public schools in the area....
(D)
| February 4, 1953
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|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph J. Sabath
Adolph Joachim Sabath was an American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death.He immigrated to America at age 15, became active in real estate, and received his LL.B...
died during previous congress
| nowrap | James Bowler
James Bowler
James Bernard Bowler was a political figure from Chicago, Illinois . He served three terms as a United States Representative for Illinois....
(D)
| July 7, 1953
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|
| nowrap| Thomas B. Stanley
Thomas Bahnson Stanley
Thomas Bahnson Stanley was an American politician, manufacturer and Holstein cattle breeder.-Early life:...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | resigned February 3, 1953 to run for Governor of Virginia
Governor of Virginia
The governor of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term. The position is currently held by Republican Bob McDonnell, who was inaugurated on January 16, 2010, as the 71st governor of Virginia....
| nowrap | William M. Tuck
William M. Tuck
William Munford Tuck served as the 55th Governor of Virginia from 1946 to 1950 as a Democrat.He was the youngest son of Halifax County, Virginia tobacco warehouseman Robert James Tuck and Virginia Susan Fritts. Tuck graduated from the College of William and Mary, earning a teacher's certificate....
(D)
| April 14, 1953
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|
| nowrap| Joseph R. Bryson
Joseph R. Bryson
Joseph Raleigh Bryson was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Brevard, North Carolina, Bryson moved, with his parents, to Greenville, South Carolina, in 1900.He attended the public schools....
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 10, 1953
| nowrap | Robert T. Ashmore
Robert T. Ashmore
Robert Thomas Ashmore was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, cousin of John D. Ashmore.Born on a farm near Greenville, South Carolina, Ashmore attended the public schools of Greenville. He graduated from Furman University Law School, Greenville, South Carolina, in 1927...
(D)
| June 2, 1953
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|
| nowrap| Garrett L. Withers
Garrett L. Withers
Garrett Lee Withers , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives....
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 30, 1953
| nowrap | William H. Natcher
William Huston Natcher
William Huston Natcher was a Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1994.-Early life:...
(D)
| August 1, 1953
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|
| nowrap| Merlin Hull
Merlin Hull
Merlin Hull was a Wisconsin lawyer, a newspaper publisher, and a member of the United States House of Representatives....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 17, 1953
| nowrap | Lester Johnson
Lester Johnson
Lester Roland Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.-Biography:Born in Brandon, Wisconsin, Johnson attended the public schools and Lawrence University from 1919 to 1921....
(D)
| October 13, 1953
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|
| nowrap| Norris Poulson
Norris Poulson
C. Norris Poulson served as the 36th Mayor of Los Angeles, California from 1953 to 1961, after having been a California State Assemblyman and then a member of the United States Congress for eight years...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 11, 1953 after being elected Mayor of Los Angeles
| nowrap | Glenard P. Lipscomb
Glenard P. Lipscomb
Glenard Paul Lipscomb was a United States Congressman from the state of California.Born in Jackson County, Michigan, Lipscomb moved to California with his parents in 1920, where the family settled in Los Angeles. He was educated in the Los Angeles public schools, including Belmont High School...
(R)
| November 10, 1953
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|
| nowrap| Clifford P. Case
Clifford P. Case
Clifford Philip Case was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives and the State of New Jersey in the United States Senate .-Biography:Clifford P. Case was born in Franklin Park in Somerset County, New Jersey...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 16, 1953
| nowrap | Harrison A. Williams
Harrison A. Williams
Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams, Jr. was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate . Williams was convicted on May 1, 1981 for taking bribes in the Abscam sting operation, and resigned from the U.S. Senate in 1982...
(D)
| November 3, 1953
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|
| nowrap| Joseph R. Farrington
Joseph Rider Farrington
Joseph Rider Farrington was an American newspaper editor and statesman who served in the United States Congress as delegate for the Territory of Hawai'i.-Education and military career:...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 19, 1954
| nowrap | Elizabeth P. Farrington
Elizabeth P. Farrington
Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington , usually called Elizabeth P. Farrington, was publisher of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and an American statesman who served as delegate to the United States Congress for the Territory of Hawai'i. She was the wife to Joseph Rider Farrington, whom she had succeeded in...
(R)
| July 31, 1954
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|
| nowrap| Louis B. Heller
Louis B. Heller
Louis Benjamin Heller was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 21, 1954 after being appointed judge of the Court of Special Sessions of New York City
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| A. Sidney Camp
Albert Sidney Camp
Albert Sidney Camp was an American politician, educator and lawyer.-Biography:Camp was born in Moreland, Georgia. The Camp family was a colonial family with ancestors arriving in the American colonies during the seventeenth century...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 24, 1954
| nowrap | John J. Flynt, Jr.
John James Flynt, Jr.
John James Flynt, Jr. was a United States Representative from Georgia.Born in Griffin, Georgia, Flynt attended the public schools and Georgia Military Academy . He later attended the University of Georgia at Athens where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society and received an A.B. in 1936...
(D)
| November 2, 1954
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|
| nowrap| Paul W. Shafer
Paul W. Shafer
Paul Werntz Shafer was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Shafer was born in Elkhart, Indiana and moved with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Shafer, to Three Rivers, Michigan, where he attended public schools...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 17, 1954
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Robert T. Secrest
Robert T. Secrest
Robert Thompson Secrest was an American Democratic representative to the United States Congress from the state of Ohio. He served in Congress three separate times: 1933 to 1942, 1949 to 1954, and 1963 to 1966, resigning each time prior to the end of his term.-External links:*...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 26, 1954
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Norris Cotton
Norris Cotton
Norris H. Cotton was an American Republican politician from the state of New Hampshire.Norris Cotton was born on a farm in Warren, New Hampshire. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and Wesleyan University in Connecticut...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 7, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Roman Hruska
Roman Hruska
Roman Lee Hruska was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the United States Senate during the 1960s and 1970s.-Life and career:...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 8, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Dwight L. Rogers
Dwight L. Rogers
Dwight Laing Rogers was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born near Reidsville, Georgia, Rogers attended the public schools and Locust Grove Institute at Locust Grove, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1909 and from the law department of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 1, 1954
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| George H. Bender
George H. Bender
George Harrison Bender was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1947 and 1951 to 1954, and also in the U.S. Senate from 1954 to 1957.-Early life:...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 15, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Carl Curtis
Carl Curtis
Carl Thomas Curtis was an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served as a Republican in the House of Representatives and later the Senate ....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1954 after being elected to the US Senate
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
|
| nowrap| Jacob K. Javits
Jacob K. Javits
Jacob Koppel "Jack" Javits was a politician who served as United States Senator from New York from 1957 to 1981. A liberal Republican, he was originally allied with Governor Nelson Rockefeller, fellow U.S...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1954 after being elected New York Attorney General
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}
House of Representatives
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States House of RepresentativesThe election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...
: Bernard BraskampBernard BraskampBernard Braskamp was a Presbyterian minister who served as the 56th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, from 1950-1967.-Life and works:... - ClerkClerk of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....
: Lyle O. Snader - DoorkeeperDoorkeeper of the United States House of RepresentativesAn appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...
: Tom Kennamer - ParliamentarianParliamentarian of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S...
: Lewis DeschlerLewis DeschlerLewis Deschler was the first, and longest serving, Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives. He started his term on February 1, 1927 during the 70th United States Congress following the retirement of Lehr Fess... - PostmasterPostmaster of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...
: Beecher Hess - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...
: William F. Russell, died July 7, 1953- Lyle O. Snader, July 8, 1953 – September 15, 1953
- William R. Bonnell, form September 15, 1953