80th United States Congress explained

Imagedate:1956
Number:80th
Start:January 3, 1947
End:January 3, 1949
Vp:Vacant
Pro Tem:Arthur Vandenberg (R)
Speaker:Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
Senators:96
Reps:435
Delegates:3
S-Majority:Republican
H-Majority:Republican
Sessionnumber1:1st
Sessionstart1:January 3, 1947
Sessionend1:December 19, 1947
Sessionnumber2:Special
Sessionstart2:November 17, 1947
Sessionend2:December 19, 1947
Sessionnumber3:2nd
Sessionstart3:January 6, 1948
Sessionend3:December 31, 1948
Sessionnumber4:Special
Sessionstart4:July 26, 1948
Sessionend4:August 7, 1948
Previous:79th
Next:81st

The 80th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949, during the third and fourth years of 33rd President Harry S. Truman's administration (1945–1952). This congressional term featured the most recent special Senate sessions. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1940 United States census.

The Republicans won the majority in both chambers, marking the first time since the 71st Congress of 1929–1931, that they held full control of Congress, and the first time since the 72nd Congress of 1931–1933, that they held control of either of the two chambers. This also ended a 14-year Democratic overall federal government trifecta period, dating back to the 73rd Congress (1933–1935). This ties with the previous 14-year Republican trifecta from 1897 to 1911 as the longest trifectas of Congress and is the last time, (as of the year 2024), that a trifecta was achieved that lasted longer than a decade.

Although the 80th Congress passed a total of 906 public bills,[1] President Truman nicknamed it during his campaign speeches and remarks as the "Do Nothing Congress" and, during the 1948 elections, campaigned as much against it as against his formal opponent, Thomas E. Dewey of New York. the Republican presidential nominee. The 80th Congress did however pass several significant bills with bipartisan support, most famously the Truman Doctrine (on Greece-Turkey anti-communists aid in developing Cold War with former ally Soviet Union), the Marshall Plan (aid for devastated Europe after World War II), and the Taft–Hartley Act of 1947 on labor relations (over Truman's veto), but it opposed most of Truman's Fair Deal domestic programs bills.

Major events

See also: 1947 in the United States, 1948 in the United States and 1949 in the United States.

Major legislation

Constitutional amendments

Party summary

House of Representatives

From the beginning to the end of this Congress, there was no net change in party power. The Democrats lost one seat, which remained vacant until the next Congress.

AffiliationParty

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

Total
RepublicanDemocraticAmerican LaborProgressiveVacant
nowrap style="font-size:80%" End of previous Congress191236114296
nowrap Begin245187104332
nowrap End24218624305
Final voting share56.7% 43.1% 0.2% 0.0%
nowrap style="font-size:80%" Beginning of the next Congress171262104341

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Caucuses

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1948; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1950; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1952.

Alabama

2. John J. Sparkman (D)

3. J. Lister Hill (D)

Arizona

1. Ernest McFarland (D)

3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

2. John L. McClellan (D)

3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California

1. William Knowland (R)

3. Sheridan Downey (D)

Colorado

2. Edwin C. Johnson (D)

3. Eugene Millikin (R)

Connecticut

1. Raymond E. Baldwin (R)

3. Brien McMahon (D)

Delaware

1. John J. Williams (R)

2. C. Douglass Buck (R)

Florida

1. Spessard Holland (D)

3. Claude Pepper (D)

Georgia

2. Walter F. George (D)

3. Richard Russell Jr. (D)

Idaho

2. Henry Dworshak (R)

3. Glen H. Taylor (D)

Illinois

2. Charles W. Brooks (R)

3. Scott W. Lucas (D)

Indiana

1. William E. Jenner (R)

3. Homer E. Capehart (R)

Iowa

2. George A. Wilson (R)

3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

Kansas

2. Arthur Capper (R)

3. Clyde M. Reed (R)

Kentucky

2. John Sherman Cooper (R)

3. Alben Barkley (D)

Louisiana

2. Allen J. Ellender (D)

3. John H. Overton (D), until May 14, 1948

William C. Feazel (D), May 18, 1948 – December 30, 1948

Russell B. Long (D), from December 31, 1948

Maine

1. Ralph Owen Brewster (R)

2. Wallace H. White Jr. (R)

Maryland

1. Herbert O'Conor (D)

3. Millard Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

1. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)

2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan

1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)

2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)

Minnesota

1. Edward John Thye (R)

2. Joseph H. Ball (R)

Mississippi

1. Theodore G. Bilbo (D), until August 21, 1947

John C. Stennis (D), from November 17, 1947

2. James Eastland (D)

Missouri

1. James P. Kem (R)

3. Forrest C. Donnell (R)

Montana

1. Zales Ecton (R)

2. James E. Murray (D)

Nebraska

1. Hugh A. Butler (R)

2. Kenneth S. Wherry (R)

Nevada

1. George W. Malone (R)

3. Patrick A. McCarran (D)

New Hampshire

2. Styles Bridges (R)

3. Charles W. Tobey (R)

New Jersey

1. Howard Alexander Smith (R)

2. Albert W. Hawkes (R)

New Mexico

1. Dennis Chávez (D)

2. Carl Hatch (D)

New York

1. Irving Ives (R)

3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

North Carolina

2. William B. Umstead (D), until December 30, 1948

J. Melville Broughton (D), from December 31, 1948

3. Clyde R. Hoey (D)

North Dakota

1. William Langer (R-NPL)

3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

1. John W. Bricker (R)

3. Robert A. Taft (R)

Oklahoma

2. Edward H. Moore (R)

3. Elmer Thomas (D)

Oregon

2. Guy Cordon (R)

3. Wayne Morse (R)

Pennsylvania

1. Edward Martin (R)

3. Francis J. Myers (D)

Rhode Island

1. J. Howard McGrath (D)

2. Theodore F. Green (D)

South Carolina

2. Burnet R. Maybank (D)

3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

South Dakota

2. Harlan J. Bushfield (R), until September 27, 1948

Vera C. Bushfield (R), October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948

Karl E. Mundt (R), from December 31, 1948

3. John Chandler Gurney (R)

Tennessee

1. Kenneth McKellar (D)

2. Tom Stewart (D)

Texas

1. Tom T. Connally (D)

2. W. Lee O'Daniel (D)

Utah

1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R)

3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

Vermont

1. Ralph Flanders (R)

3. George Aiken (R)

Virginia

1. Harry F. Byrd (D)

2. A. Willis Robertson (D)

Washington

1. Harry P. Cain (R)

3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

1. Harley M. Kilgore (D)

2. Chapman Revercomb (R)

Wisconsin

1. Joseph McCarthy (R)

3. Alexander Wiley (R)

Wyoming

1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)

2. Edward V. Robertson (R)

House of Representatives

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

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

. Frank W. Boykin (D)

. George M. Grant (D)

. George W. Andrews (D)

. Sam Hobbs (D)

. Albert Rains (D)

. Pete Jarman (D)

. Carter Manasco (D)

. Robert E. Jones Jr. (D), from January 28, 1947

. Laurie C. Battle (D)

. John R. Murdock (D)

. Richard F. Harless (D)

. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)

. Wilbur Mills (D)

. James William Trimble (D)

. William Fadjo Cravens (D)

. Brooks Hays (D)

. William F. Norrell (D)

. Oren Harris (D)

. Clarence F. Lea (D)

. Clair Engle (D)

. J. Leroy Johnson (R)

. Franck R. Havenner (D)

. Richard J. Welch (R)

. George P. Miller (D)

. John J. Allen Jr. (R)

. Jack Z. Anderson (R)

. Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)

. Alfred J. Elliott (D)

. Ernest K. Bramblett (R)

. Richard Nixon (R)

. Norris Poulson (R)

. Helen Gahagan Douglas (D)

. Gordon L. McDonough (R)

. Donald L. Jackson (R)

. Cecil R. King (D)

. Willis W. Bradley (R)

. Chester E. Holifield (D)

. John Carl Hinshaw (R)

. Harry R. Sheppard (D)

. John R. Phillips (R)

. Charles K. Fletcher (R)

. John A. Carroll (D)

. William S. Hill (R)

. John Chenoweth (R)

. Robert F. Rockwell (R)

. William J. Miller (R)

. Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R)

. Ellsworth Foote (R)

. John Davis Lodge (R)

. James T. Patterson (R)

. Antoni Sadlak (R)

. J. Caleb Boggs (R)

. J. Hardin Peterson (D)

. Emory H. Price (D)

. Robert L. F. Sikes (D)

. George Smathers (D)

. Joe Hendricks (D)

. Dwight L. Rogers (D)

. Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D)

. Edward E. Cox (D)

. Stephen Pace (D)

. Albert Sidney Camp (D)

. James C. Davis (D)

. Carl Vinson (D)

. Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D)

. William McDonald Wheeler (D)

. John S. Wood (D)

. Paul Brown (D)

. Abe Goff (R)

. John C. Sanborn (R)

. William L. Dawson (D)

. Richard B. Vail (R)

. Fred E. Busbey (R)

. Martin Gorski (D)

. Adolph J. Sabath (D)

. Thomas J. O'Brien (D)

. Thomas L. Owens (R), until June 7, 1948, vacant thereafter

. Thomas S. Gordon (D)

. Robert Twyman (R)

. Ralph E. Church (R)

. Chauncey W. Reed (R)

. Noah M. Mason (R)

. Leo E. Allen (R)

. Anton J. Johnson (R)

. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)

. Everett M. Dirksen (R)

. Leslie C. Arends (R)

. Edward H. Jenison (R)

. Rolla C. McMillen (R)

. Sid Simpson (R)

. George Evan Howell (R), until October 5, 1947, vacant thereafter

. Melvin Price (D)

. Charles W. Vursell (R)

. Roy Clippinger (R)

. C. W. Bishop (R)

. William Stratton (R)

. Ray Madden (D)

. Charles A. Halleck (R)

. Robert A. Grant (R)

. George W. Gillie (R)

. Forest Harness (R)

. Noble J. Johnson (R), until July 1, 1948, vacant for remainder of term

. Gerald W. Landis (R)

. E. A. Mitchell (R)

. Earl Wilson (R)

. Raymond S. Springer (R), until August 28, 1947

Ralph Harvey (R), from November 4, 1947

. Louis Ludlow (D)

. Thomas E. Martin (R)

. Henry O. Talle (R)

. John W. Gwynne (R)

. Karl M. LeCompte (R)

. Paul H. Cunningham (R)

. James I. Dolliver (R)

. Ben F. Jensen (R)

. Charles B. Hoeven (R)

. Albert M. Cole (R)

. Errett P. Scrivner (R)

. Herbert Alton Meyer (R)

. Edward Herbert Rees (R)

. Clifford R. Hope (R)

. Wint Smith (R)

. Noble J. Gregory (D)

. Earle C. Clements (D), until January 6, 1948

John A. Whitaker (D), from April 17, 1948

. Thruston Ballard Morton (R)

. Frank Chelf (D)

. Brent Spence (D)

. Virgil Chapman (D)

. Wendell H. Meade (R)

. Joe B. Bates (D)

. John M. Robsion (R), until February 17, 1948

William Lewis (R), from April 24, 1948

. F. Edward Hébert (D)

. Hale Boggs (D)

. James R. Domengeaux (D)

. Overton Brooks (D)

. Otto Passman (D)

. James H. Morrison (D)

. Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D)

. A. Leonard Allen (D)

. Robert Hale (R)

. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

. Frank Fellows (R)

. Edward Tylor Miller (R)

. Hugh Meade (D)

. Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D), until May 16, 1947

. Edward Garmatz (D), from July 15, 1947

. George Hyde Fallon (D)

. Lansdale G. Sasscer (D)

. James Glenn Beall (R)

. John W. Heselton (R)

. Charles Clason (R)

. Philip J. Philbin (D)

. Harold Donohue (D)

. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)

. George J. Bates (R)

. Thomas J. Lane (D)

. Angier Goodwin (R)

. Charles L. Gifford (R), until August 23, 1947

. Donald W. Nicholson (R), from November 18, 1947

. Christian Herter (R)

. John F. Kennedy (D)

. John W. McCormack (D)

. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)

. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

. George G. Sadowski (D)

. Earl C. Michener (R)

. Paul W. Shafer (R)

. Clare E. Hoffman (R)

. Bartel J. Jonkman (R)

. William W. Blackney (R)

. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)

. Fred L. Crawford (R)

. Albert J. Engel (R)

. Roy O. Woodruff (R)

. Fred Bradley (R), until May 24, 1947

Charles E. Potter (R), from August 26, 1947

. John B. Bennett (R)

. Howard A. Coffin (R)

. Harold F. Youngblood (R)

. John Dingell Sr. (D)

. John Lesinski Sr. (D)

. George Anthony Dondero (R)

. August H. Andresen (R)

. Joseph P. O'Hara (R)

. George MacKinnon (R)

. Edward Devitt (R)

. Walter Judd (R)

. Harold Knutson (R)

. Herman Carl Andersen (R)

. John Blatnik (DFL), until August 13, 1946

. Harold Hagen (R)

. John E. Rankin (D)

. Jamie L. Whitten (D)

. William M. Whittington (D)

. Thomas Abernethy (D)

. W. Arthur Winstead (D)

. William M. Colmer (D)

. John Bell Williams (D)

. Samuel W. Arnold (R)

. Max Schwabe (R)

. William Clay Cole (R)

. C. Jasper Bell (D)

. Albert L. Reeves Jr. (R)

. Marion T. Bennett (R)

. Dewey Short (R)

. Parke M. Banta (R)

. Clarence Cannon (D)

. Orville Zimmerman (D), until April 7, 1948

Paul C. Jones (D), from November 2, 1948

. Claude I. Bakewell (R)

. Walter C. Ploeser (R)

. Frank M. Karsten (D)

. Mike Mansfield (D)

. Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)

. Carl Curtis (R)

. Howard Buffett (R)

. Karl Stefan (R)

. Arthur L. Miller (R)

. Charles H. Russell (R)

. Chester Earl Merrow (R)

. Norris Cotton (R)

. Charles A. Wolverton (R)

. T. Millet Hand (R)

. James C. Auchincloss (R)

. Frank A. Mathews Jr. (R)

. Charles A. Eaton (R)

. Clifford P. Case (R)

. J. Parnell Thomas (R)

. Gordon Canfield (R)

. Harry L. Towe (R)

. Fred A. Hartley Jr. (R)

. Frank Sundstrom (R)

. Robert Kean (R)

. Mary T. Norton (D)

. Edward J. Hart (D)

. Georgia Lee Lusk (D)

. Antonio M. Fernández (D)

. W. Kingsland Macy (R)

. Leonard W. Hall (R)

. Henry J. Latham (R)

. Gregory McMahon (R)

. Robert Tripp Ross (R)

. Robert Nodar Jr. (R)

. John J. Delaney (D), until November 18, 1948

Vacant thereafter

. Joseph L. Pfeifer (D)

. Eugene J. Keogh (D)

. Andrew L. Somers (D)

. James J. Heffernan (D)

. John J. Rooney (D)

. Donald L. O'Toole (D)

. Leo F. Rayfiel (D), until September 13, 1947

Abraham J. Multer (D), from November 4, 1947

. Emanuel Celler (D)

. Ellsworth B. Buck (R)

. Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R)

. Vito Marcantonio (AL)

. Arthur George Klein (D)

. Sol Bloom (D)

. Jacob Javits (R)

. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D)

. Walter A. Lynch (D)

. Benjamin J. Rabin (D), until December 31, 1947

Leo Isacson (AL), from February 17, 1948

. Charles A. Buckley (D)

. David M. Potts (R)

. Ralph W. Gwinn (R)

. Ralph A. Gamble (R)

. Katharine St. George (R)

. Jay Le Fevre (R)

. Bernard W. Kearney (R)

. William T. Byrne (D)

. Dean P. Taylor (R)

. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)

. Hadwen C. Fuller (R)

. R. Walter Riehlman (R)

. Edwin Arthur Hall (R)

. John Taber (R)

. W. Sterling Cole (R)

. Kenneth Keating (R)

. James W. Wadsworth Jr. (R)

. Walter G. Andrews (R)

. Edward J. Elsaesser (R)

. John Cornelius Butler (R)

. Daniel A. Reed (R)

. Herbert Covington Bonner (D)

. John H. Kerr (D)

. Graham A. Barden (D)

. Harold D. Cooley (D)

. John Hamlin Folger (D)

. Carl T. Durham (D)

. J. Bayard Clark (D)

. Charles B. Deane (D)

. Robert L. Doughton (D)

. Hamilton C. Jones (D)

. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)

. Monroe Minor Redden (D)

. William Lemke (R-NPL)

. Charles R. Robertson (R)

. Charles H. Elston (R)

. William E. Hess (R)

. Raymond H. Burke (R)

. Robert Franklin Jones (R), until September 2, 1947

William Moore McCulloch (R), from November 4, 1947

. Cliff Clevenger (R)

. Edward Oscar McCowen (R)

. Clarence J. Brown (R)

. Frederick Cleveland Smith (R)

. Homer A. Ramey (R)

. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)

. Walter E. Brehm (R)

. John M. Vorys (R)

. Alvin F. Weichel (R)

. Walter B. Huber (D)

. Percy W. Griffiths (R)

. Henderson H. Carson (R)

. J. Harry McGregor (R)

. Earl R. Lewis (R)

. Michael J. Kirwan (D)

. Michael A. Feighan (D)

. Robert Crosser (D)

. Frances P. Bolton (R)

. George H. Bender (R)

. George B. Schwabe (R)

. William G. Stigler (D)

. Carl Albert (D)

. Glen D. Johnson (D)

. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

. Toby Morris (D)

. Preston E. Peden (D)

. Ross Rizley (R)

. A. Walter Norblad (R)

. Lowell Stockman (R)

. Homer D. Angell (R)

. Harris Ellsworth (R)

. James A. Gallagher (R)

. Robert N. McGarvey (R)

. Hardie Scott (R)

. Franklin J. Maloney (R)

. George W. Sarbacher Jr. (R)

. Hugh Scott (R)

. E. Wallace Chadwick (R)

. Charles L. Gerlach (R), until May 5, 1947

Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R), from September 9, 1947

. Paul B. Dague (R)

. James P. Scoblick (R)

. Mitchell Jenkins (R)

. Ivor D. Fenton (R)

. Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (R)

. Wilson D. Gillette (R)

. Robert F. Rich (R)

. Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R)

. Richard M. Simpson (R)

. John C. Kunkel (R)

. Leon H. Gavin (R)

. Francis E. Walter (D)

. Chester H. Gross (R)

. James E. Van Zandt (R)

. William J. Crow (R)

. Thomas E. Morgan (D)

. Louis E. Graham (R)

. Harve Tibbott (R)

. Augustine B. Kelley (D)

. Carroll D. Kearns (R)

. John McDowell (R)

. Robert J. Corbett (R)

. James G. Fulton (R)

. Herman P. Eberharter (D)

. Frank Buchanan (D)

. Aime Forand (D)

. John E. Fogarty (D)

. L. Mendel Rivers (D)

. John J. Riley (D)

. William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D)

. Joseph R. Bryson (D)

. James P. Richards (D)

. John L. McMillan (D)

. Karl E. Mundt (R), until December 30, 1948, vacant thereafter

. Francis H. Case (R)

. Dayton E. Phillips (R)

. John Jennings Jr. (R)

. Estes Kefauver (D)

. Albert Gore Sr. (D)

. Joe L. Evins (D)

. Percy Priest (D)

. W. Wirt Courtney (D)

. Tom J. Murray (D)

. Jere Cooper (D)

. Clifford Davis (D)

. Wright Patman (D)

. Jesse M. Combs (D)

. Lindley Beckworth (D)

. Sam Rayburn (D)

. Joseph Franklin Wilson (D)

. Olin E. Teague (D)

. Tom Pickett (D)

. Albert Thomas (D)

. Joseph J. Mansfield (D), until July 12, 1947

Clark W. Thompson (D), from August 23, 1947

. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

. William R. Poage (D)

. Wingate H. Lucas (D)

. Ed Gossett (D)

. John E. Lyle Jr. (D)

. Milton H. West (D), until October 28, 1948

Lloyd Bentsen (D), from December 4, 1948

. R. Ewing Thomason (D), until July 31, 1947

Kenneth M. Regan (D), from August 23, 1947

. Omar Burleson (D)

. Eugene Worley (D)

. George H. Mahon (D)

. Paul J. Kilday (D)

. O. C. Fisher (D)

. Walter K. Granger (D)

. William A. Dawson (R)

. Charles A. Plumley (R)

. S. Otis Bland (D)

. Porter Hardy Jr. (D)

. J. Vaughan Gary (D)

. Patrick H. Drewry (D), until December 21, 1947

Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D), from February 17, 1948

. Thomas B. Stanley (D)

. J. Lindsay Almond (D), until April 17, 1948

Clarence G. Burton (D), from November 2, 1948

. Burr Harrison (D)

. Howard W. Smith (D)

. John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)

. Homer Jones (R)

. Henry M. Jackson (D)

. Fred B. Norman (R), until April 18, 1947

Russell V. Mack (R), from June 7, 1947

. Hal Holmes (R)

. Walt Horan (R)

. Thor C. Tollefson (R)

. Francis J. Love (R)

. Melvin C. Snyder (R)

. Edward G. Rohrbough (R)

. Hubert S. Ellis (R)

. John Kee (D)

. E. H. Hedrick (D)

. Lawrence H. Smith (R)

. Glenn Robert Davis (R), from April 22, 1947

. William H. Stevenson (R)

. John C. Brophy (R)

. Charles J. Kersten (R)

. Frank Bateman Keefe (R)

. Reid F. Murray (R)

. John W. Byrnes (R)

. Merlin Hull (R)

. Alvin O'Konski (R)

. Frank A. Barrett (R)

Non-voting members

. Bob Bartlett (D)

. Joseph Rider Farrington (R)

. Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD/D)

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress

Senate

There were three deaths, two resignations, and one lost mid-term election.

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate.

|-| Mississippi
(1)| | Theodore G. Bilbo (D)| Died August 21, 1947.
Successor was elected November 17, 1947.| | John C. Stennis (D)| November 17, 1947

|-| Louisiana
(3)| | John H. Overton (D)| Died May 14, 1948.
Successor was appointed to continue the term.| | William C. Feazel (D)| May 18, 1948

|-| South Dakota
(2)| | Harlan J. Bushfield (R)| Died September 27, 1948.
Successor was appointed to finish the term.| | Vera C. Bushfield (R)| October 6, 1948

|-| South Dakota
(2)| | Vera C. Bushfield (R)| Interim appointee resigned December 26, 1948.
Successor was appointed to finish the term.| | Karl E. Mundt (R)| December 31, 1948

|-| Louisiana
(3)| | William C. Feazel (D)| Interim appointee retired when successor elected.
Successor was elected December 31, 1948.| | Russell B. Long (D)| December 31, 1948

|-| North Carolina
(2)| | William B. Umstead (D)| Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor was elected December 31, 1948.| | J. Melville Broughton (D)| December 31, 1948

|}

House of Representatives

There were nine deaths and seven resignations.

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives.

|-| | Vacant| style="font-size:80%" | John Sparkman resigned in previous Congress after being elected to the US Senate having been re-elected as well.| | Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)| Seated January 28, 1947|-| | Vacant| style="font-size:80%" | Representative Robert Kirkland Henry died during previous Congress having been previously re-elected.| | Glenn Robert Davis (R)| Seated April 22, 1947|-| | | Fred B. Norman (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 18, 1947| | Russell V. Mack (R)| Seated June 7, 1947|-| | | Charles L. Gerlach (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 5, 1947| | Franklin H. Lichtenwalter (R)| Seated September 9, 1947|-| | | Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 16, 1947, after being elected Mayor of Baltimore| | Edward Garmatz (D)| Seated July 15, 1947|-| | | Frederick Van Ness Bradley (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 24, 1947| | Charles E. Potter (R)| Seated August 26, 1947|-| | | Joseph J. Mansfield (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 12, 1947| | Clark W. Thompson (D)| Seated August 23, 1947|-| | | R. Ewing Thomason (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 31, 1947, after being appointed as a judge of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas| | Kenneth M. Regan (D)| Seated August 23, 1947|-| | | Charles L. Gifford (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 23, 1947| | Donald W. Nicholson (R)| Seated November 18, 1947|-| | | Raymond S. Springer (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 28, 1947| | Ralph Harvey (R)| Seated November 4, 1947|-| | | Robert Franklin Jones (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 2, 1947, to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission| | William Moore McCulloch (R)| Seated November 4, 1947|-| | | Leo F. Rayfiel (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 13, 1947, having been appointed a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York| | Abraham J. Multer (D)| Seated November 4, 1947|-| | | George Evan Howell (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 5, 1947, after being appointed judge of the US Court of Claims| colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress|-| | | Patrick H. Drewry (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 21, 1947| | Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)| Seated February 17, 1948|-| | | Benjamin J. Rabin (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1947| | Leo Isacson (AL)| Seated February 17, 1948|-| | | Earle Clements (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 6, 1948, to become Governor of Kentucky| | John A. Whitaker (D)| Seated April 17, 1948|-| | | John M. Robsion (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 17, 1948| | William Lewis (R)| Seated April 24, 1948|-| | | Orville Zimmerman (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 7, 1948| | Paul C. Jones (D)| Seated November 2, 1948|-| | | J. Lindsay Almond (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 17, 1948, having been elected attorney General of Virginia| | Clarence G. Burton (D)| Seated November 2, 1948|-| | | Thomas L. Owens (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 7, 1948| colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress|-| | | Noble J. Johnson (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 1, 1948, after being appointed as judge of US Court of Customs & Patent Appeals| colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress|-| | | Milton H. West (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 28, 1948| | Lloyd Bentsen (D)| Seated December 4, 1948|-| | | John J. Delaney (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 18, 1948| colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress|-| | | Karl E. Mundt (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1948, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected.| colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress|}

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Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Résumé of Congressional Activity Eightieth Congress . United States Senate.

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