79th United States Congress explained

Number:79th
Imagedate:1956
Start:January 3, 1945
End:January 3, 1947
Vp:Henry A. Wallace (D)
(until January 20, 1945)
Harry S. Truman (D)
(Jan 20–Apr 12, 1945)
Vacant
(from April 12, 1945)
Pro Tem:Kenneth McKellar (D)
Speaker:Sam Rayburn (D)
Senators:96
Reps:435
Delegates:4
S-Majority:Democratic
H-Majority:Democratic
Sessionnumber1:1st
Sessionstart1:January 3, 1945
Sessionend1:December 21, 1945
Sessionnumber2:2nd
Sessionstart2:January 14, 1946
Sessionend2:August 2, 1946
Previous:78th
Next:80th

The 79th 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, 1945, to January 3, 1947, during the last months of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, and the first two years of Harry Truman's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1940 United States census.

Both chambers had a Democratic majority (including increasing their edge in the House). With the reelection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a record fourth term, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta.[1]

Major events

See also: 1945 in the United States, 1946 in the United States and 1947 in the United States.

Major legislation

Treaties ratified

Party summary

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

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 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1946; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1948; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1950.

2. John H. Bankhead II (D), until June 12, 1946

George R. Swift (D), June 15, 1946 – November 5, 1946

John J. Sparkman (D), from November 6, 1946

3. J. Lister Hill (D)

1. Ernest McFarland (D)

3. Carl Hayden (D)

2. John L. McClellan (D)

3. J. William Fulbright (D)

1. Hiram W. Johnson (R), until August 6, 1945

William Knowland (R), from August 26, 1945

3. Sheridan Downey (D)

2. Edwin C. Johnson (D)

3. Eugene Millikin (R)

1. Francis T. Maloney (D), until January 16, 1945

Thomas C. Hart (R), February 15, 1945 – November 5, 1946

Raymond E. Baldwin (R), from December 27, 1946

3. Brien McMahon (D)

1. James M. Tunnell (D)

2. C. Douglass Buck (R)

1. Charles O. Andrews (D), until September 18, 1946

Spessard Holland (D), from September 25, 1946

3. Claude Pepper (D)

2. Richard Russell Jr. (D)

3. Walter F. George (D)

2. John Thomas (R), until November 10, 1945

Charles C. Gossett (D), November 17, 1945 – November 6, 1946

Henry Dworshak (R), from November 6, 1946

3. Glen H. Taylor (D)

2. Charles W. Brooks (R)

3. Scott W. Lucas (D)

1. Raymond E. Willis (R)

3. Homer E. Capehart (R)

2. George A. Wilson (R)

3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

2. Arthur Capper (R)

3. Clyde M. Reed (R)

2. Happy Chandler (D), until November 1, 1945

William A. Stanfill (R), November 19, 1945 – November 5, 1946

John Sherman Cooper (R), from November 6, 1946

3. Alben Barkley (D)

2. Allen J. Ellender (D)

3. John H. Overton (D)

1. Ralph Owen Brewster (R)

2. Wallace H. White Jr. (R)

1. George L. P. Radcliffe (D)

3. Millard Tydings (D)

1. David I. Walsh (D)

2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

1. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R)

2. Homer S. Ferguson (R)

1. Henrik Shipstead (R)

2. Joseph H. Ball (R)

1. Theodore G. Bilbo (D)

2. James Eastland (D)

1. Harry S. Truman (D), until January 17, 1945

Frank P. Briggs (D), from January 18, 1945

3. Forrest C. Donnell (R)

1. Burton K. Wheeler (D)

2. James E. Murray (D)

1. Hugh A. Butler (R)

2. Kenneth S. Wherry (R)

1. James G. Scrugham (D), until June 23, 1945

Edward P. Carville (D), from July 25, 1945

3. Patrick A. McCarran (D)

2. Styles Bridges (R)

3. Charles W. Tobey (R)

1. Howard Alexander Smith (R)

2. Albert W. Hawkes (R)

1. Dennis Chávez (D)

2. Carl Hatch (D)

1. James M. Mead (D)

3. Robert F. Wagner (D)

2. Josiah William Bailey (D), until December 15, 1946

William B. Umstead (D), from December 18, 1946

3. Clyde R. Hoey (D)

1. William Langer (R-NPL)

3. John Moses (D), until March 3, 1945

Milton Young (R), from March 12, 1945

1. Harold Hitz Burton (R), until September 30, 1945

James W. Huffman (D), October 8, 1945 – November 5, 1946

Kingsley A. Taft (R), from November 6, 1946

3. Robert A. Taft (R)

2. Edward H. Moore (R)

3. Elmer Thomas (D)

2. Guy Cordon (R)

3. Wayne Morse (R)

1. Joseph F. Guffey (D)

3. Francis J. Myers (D)

1. Peter G. Gerry (D)

2. Theodore F. Green (D)

2. Burnet R. Maybank (D)

3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

2. Harlan J. Bushfield (R)

3. John Chandler Gurney (R)

1. Kenneth McKellar (D)

2. Tom Stewart (D)

1. Tom T. Connally (D)

2. W. Lee O'Daniel (D)

1. Abe Murdock (D)

3. Elbert D. Thomas (D)

1. Warren Austin (R), until August 2, 1946

Ralph Flanders (R), from November 1, 1946

3. George Aiken (R)

1. Harry F. Byrd (D)

2. Carter Glass (D), until May 28, 1946

Thomas G. Burch (D), May 31, 1946 – November 5, 1946

A. Willis Robertson (D), from November 6, 1946

1. Monrad Wallgren (D), until January 9, 1945

Hugh Mitchell (D), January 10, 1945 – December 25, 1946

Harry P. Cain (R), from December 26, 1946

3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

1. Harley M. Kilgore (D)

2. Chapman Revercomb (R)

1. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (P)

3. Alexander Wiley (R)

1. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)

2. Edward V. Robertson (R)

House of Representatives

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

. Frank W. Boykin (D)

. George M. Grant (D)

. George W. Andrews (D)

. Sam Hobbs (D)

. Albert Rains (D)

. Pete Jarman (D)

. Carter Manasco (D)

. John J. Sparkman (D), until November 6, 1946, vacant thereafter

. Luther Patrick (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 H. Tolan (D)

. Jack Z. Anderson (R)

. Bertrand W. Gearhart (R)

. Alfred J. Elliott (D)

. George E. Outland (D)

. Jerry Voorhis (D)

. Ned R. Healy (D)

. Helen Gahagan Douglas (D)

. Gordon L. McDonough (R)

. Ellis E. Patterson (D)

. Cecil R. King (D)

. Clyde Doyle (D)

. Chester E. Holifield (D)

. John Carl Hinshaw (R)

. Harry R. Sheppard (D)

. John R. Phillips (R)

. Edouard V. M. Izac (D)

. Dean M. Gillespie (R)

. William S. Hill (R)

. John Chenoweth (R)

. Robert F. Rockwell (R)

. Herman P. Kopplemann (D)

. Chase G. Woodhouse (D)

. James P. Geelan (D)

. Clare Boothe Luce (R)

. Joseph E. Talbot (R)

. Joseph F. Ryter (D)

. Philip A. Traynor (D)

. J. Hardin Peterson (D)

. Emory H. Price (D)

. Robert L. F. Sikes (D)

. Pat Cannon (D)

. Joe Hendricks (D)

. Dwight L. Rogers (D)

. Hugh Peterson (D)

. Edward E. Cox (D)

. Stephen Pace (D)

. Albert Sidney Camp (D)

. Robert Ramspeck (D), until December 31, 1945

Helen D. Mankin (D), from February 12, 1946

. Carl Vinson (D)

. Malcolm C. Tarver (D)

. John S. Gibson (D)

. John S. Wood (D)

. Paul Brown (D)

. Compton I. White (D)

. Henry Dworshak (R), until November 5, 1946, vacant thereafter

. William L. Dawson (D)

. William A. Rowan (D)

. Edward A. Kelly (D)

. Martin Gorski (D)

. Adolph J. Sabath (D)

. Thomas J. O'Brien (D)

. William W. Link (D)

. Thomas S. Gordon (D)

. Alexander J. Resa (D)

. 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)

. Jessie Sumner (R)

. Rolla C. McMillen (R)

. Sid Simpson (R)

. George Evan Howell (R)

. Melvin Price (D)

. Charles W. Vursell (R)

. James V. Heidinger (R), until March 22, 1945

Roy Clippinger (R), from November 6, 1945

. C. W. Bishop (R)

. Emily T. Douglas (D)

. Ray Madden (D)

. Charles A. Halleck (R)

. Robert A. Grant (R)

. George W. Gillie (R)

. Forest Harness (R)

. Noble J. Johnson (R)

. Gerald W. Landis (R)

. Charles M. La Follette (R)

. Earl Wilson (R)

. Raymond S. Springer (R)

. 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)

. Thomas Daniel Winter (R)

. Edward Herbert Rees (R)

. Clifford R. Hope (R)

. Frank Carlson (R)

. Noble J. Gregory (D)

. Earle C. Clements (D)

. Emmet O'Neal (D)

. Frank Chelf (D)

. Brent Spence (D)

. Virgil Chapman (D)

. Andrew J. May (D)

. Joe B. Bates (D)

. John M. Robsion (R)

. F. Edward Hébert (D)

. Paul H. Maloney (D)

. James R. Domengeaux (D)

. Overton Brooks (D)

. Charles E. McKenzie (D)

. James H. Morrison (D)

. Henry D. Larcade Jr. (D)

. A. Leonard Allen (D)

. Robert Hale (R)

. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

. Frank Fellows (R)

. Dudley Roe (D)

. Harry Streett Baldwin (D)

. Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (D)

. George Hyde Fallon (D)

. Lansdale G. Sasscer (D)

. James Glenn Beall (R)

. John W. Heselton (R)

. Charles Clason (R)

. Philip J. Philbin (D)

. Pehr G. Holmes (R)

. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)

. George J. Bates (R)

. Thomas J. Lane (D)

. Angier Goodwin (R)

. Charles L. Gifford (R)

. Christian Herter (R)

. James Michael Curley (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)

. Frank Hook (D)

. George D. O'Brien (D)

. Louis C. Rabaut (D)

. John D. Dingell Sr. (D)

. John Lesinski Sr. (D)

. George A. Dondero (R)

. August H. Andresen (R)

. Joseph P. O'Hara (R)

. William Gallagher (DFL), until August 13, 1946

. Frank Starkey (DFL)

. Walter Judd (R)

. Harold Knutson (R)

. Herman Carl Andersen (R)

. William Pittenger (R)

. 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)

. Dan R. McGehee (D)

. Samuel W. Arnold (R)

. Max Schwabe (R)

. William Clay Cole (R)

. C. Jasper Bell (D)

. Roger C. Slaughter (D)

. Marion T. Bennett (R)

. Dewey Short (R)

. A. S. J. Carnahan (D)

. Clarence Cannon (D)

. Orville Zimmerman (D)

. John B. Sullivan (D)

. Walter C. Ploeser (R)

. John J. Cochran (D)

. Mike Mansfield (D)

. James F. O'Connor (D), until January 15, 1945

Wesley A. D'Ewart (R), from June 5, 1945

. Carl Curtis (R)

. Howard Buffett (R)

. Karl Stefan (R)

. Arthur L. Miller (R)

. Berkeley L. Bunker (D)

. Chester Earl Merrow (R)

. Sherman Adams (R)

. Charles A. Wolverton (R)

. T. Millet Hand (R)

. James C. Auchincloss (R)

. D. Lane Powers (R), until August 30, 1945

Frank A. Mathews Jr. (R), from November 6, 1945

. 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)

. Clinton P. Anderson (D), until June 30, 1945, vacant thereafter

. Antonio M. Fernández (D)

. Edgar A. Sharp (R)

. Leonard W. Hall (R)

. Henry J. Latham (R)

. William B. Barry (D), until October 20, 1946, vacant thereafter

. James A. Roe (D)

. James J. Delaney (D)

. John J. Delaney (D)

. 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)

. Emanuel Celler (D)

. Ellsworth B. Buck (R)

. Joseph C. Baldwin (R)

. Vito Marcantonio (AL)

. Samuel Dickstein (D), until December 30, 1945

Arthur George Klein (D), from February 19, 1946

. Sol Bloom (D)

. James H. Torrens (D)

. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D)

. Walter A. Lynch (D)

. Benjamin J. Rabin (D)

. Charles A. Buckley (D)

. Peter A. Quinn (D)

. Ralph W. Gwinn (R)

. Ralph A. Gamble (R)

. Augustus W. Bennet (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)

. Clarence E. Hancock (R)

. Edwin Arthur Hall (R)

. John Taber (R)

. W. Sterling Cole (R)

. George F. Rogers (D)

. 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)

. William O. Burgin (D), until April 11, 1946

Eliza Jane Pratt (D), from May 25, 1946

. Robert L. Doughton (D)

. Joseph Wilson Ervin (D), until December 25, 1945

Sam Ervin (D), from January 22, 1946

. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D)

. Zebulon Weaver (D)

. William Lemke (R-NPL)

. Charles R. Robertson (R)

. Charles H. Elston (R)

. William E. Hess (R)

. Edward J. Gardner (D)

. Robert Franklin Jones (R)

. Cliff Clevenger (R)

. Edward O. 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)

. William R. Thom (D)

. 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)

. Paul Stewart (D)

. Lyle Boren (D)

. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

. Jed J. Johnson (D)

. Victor Wickersham (D)

. Ross Rizley (R)

. James W. Mott (R), until November 12, 1945

A. Walter Norblad (R), from January 18, 1946

. Lowell Stockman (R)

. Homer D. Angell (R)

. Harris Ellsworth (R)

. William A. Barrett (D)

. William T. Granahan (D)

. Michael J. Bradley (D)

. John E. Sheridan (D)

. William J. Green Jr. (D)

. Herbert J. McGlinchey (D)

. James Wolfenden (R)

. Charles L. Gerlach (R)

. J. Roland Kinzer (R)

. John W. Murphy (D), until July 17, 1946

James P. Scoblick (R), from November 5, 1946

. Dan Flood (D)

. Ivor D. Fenton (R)

. Daniel K. Hoch (D)

. 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)

. D. Emmert Brumbaugh (R)

. J. Buell Snyder (D), until February 24, 1946

Carl Henry Hoffman (R), from May 21, 1946

. Thomas E. Morgan (D)

. Louis E. Graham (R)

. Harve Tibbott (R)

. Augustine B. Kelley (D)

. Robert L. Rodgers (R)

. Howard E. Campbell (R)

. Robert J. Corbett (R)

. James G. Fulton (R)

. Herman P. Eberharter (D)

. Samuel A. Weiss (D), until January 7, 1946

Frank Buchanan (D), from May 21, 1946

. Aime Forand (D)

. John E. Fogarty (D), from February 7, 1945

. L. Mendel Rivers (D)

. John J. Riley (D)

. Butler B. Hare (D)

. Joseph R. Bryson (D)

. James P. Richards (D)

. John L. McMillan (D)

. Karl E. Mundt (R)

. Francis Case (R)

. B. Carroll Reece (R)

. John Jennings Jr. (R)

. Estes Kefauver (D)

. Albert Gore Sr. (D)

. Harold Earthman (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)

. Hatton W. Sumners (D)

. Luther Alexander Johnson (D), until July 17, 1946

Olin E. Teague (D), from August 24, 1946

. Tom Pickett (D)

. Albert Thomas (D)

. Joseph J. Mansfield (D)

. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

. William R. Poage (D)

. Fritz G. Lanham (D)

. Ed Gossett (D)

. John E. Lyle Jr. (D)

. Milton H. West (D)

. R. Ewing Thomason (D)

. Sam M. Russell (D)

. Eugene Worley (D)

. George H. Mahon (D)

. Paul J. Kilday (D)

. O. C. Fisher (D)

. Walter K. Granger (D)

. J. W. Robinson (D)

. Charles A. Plumley (R)

. S. Otis Bland (D)

. Ralph Hunter Daughton (D)

. Dave E. Satterfield Jr. (D), until February 15, 1945

J. Vaughan Gary (D), from March 6, 1945

. Patrick H. Drewry (D)

. Thomas G. Burch (D), until May 31, 1946

Thomas B. Stanley (D), from November 5, 1946

. Clifton A. Woodrum (D), until December 31, 1945

J. Lindsay Almond (D), from January 22, 1946

. A. Willis Robertson (D), until November 5, 1946

Burr Harrison (D), from November 5, 1946

. Howard W. Smith (D)

. John W. Flannagan Jr. (D)

. Hugh De Lacy (D)

. Henry M. Jackson (D)

. Charles R. Savage (D)

. Hal Holmes (R)

. Walt Horan (R)

. John M. Coffee (D)

. Matthew M. Neely (D)

. Jennings Randolph (D)

. Cleveland M. Bailey (D)

. Hubert S. Ellis (R)

. John Kee (D)

. E. H. Hedrick (D)

. Lawrence H. Smith (R)

. Robert K. Henry (R), until November 20, 1946, vacant thereafter

. William H. Stevenson (R)

. Thaddeus Wasielewski (D)

. Andrew J. Biemiller (D)

. Frank Bateman Keefe (R)

. Reid F. Murray (R)

. John W. Byrnes (R)

. Merlin Hull (P)

. Alvin O'Konski (R)

. Frank A. Barrett (R)

Non-voting members

: Bob Bartlett (D)

: Joseph Rider Farrington (R)

: Carlos Peña Romulo (Lib.), until July 4, 1946

: Jesús T. Piñero Jiménez (PPD), until September 2, 1946

Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD), from September 11, 1946

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate. |-| Washington
(1)| nowrap | Monrad Wallgren (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 9, 1945, after being elected Governor of Washington.
Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.| nowrap | Hugh Mitchell (D)| January 10, 1945|-| Connecticut
(1)| nowrap | Francis T. Maloney (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 16, 1945.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.| nowrap | Thomas C. Hart (R)| February 15, 1945|-| Missouri
(1)| nowrap | Harry S. Truman (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 17, 1945, after being elected Vice President of the United States.
Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.| nowrap | Frank P. Briggs (D)| January 18, 1945|-| North Dakota
(3)| nowrap | John Moses (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 3, 1945.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently won.| nowrap | Milton Young (R)| March 12, 1945|-| Nevada
(1)| nowrap | James G. Scrugham (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 23, 1945.
Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.| nowrap | Edward P. Carville (D)| July 25, 1945|-| California
(1)| nowrap | Hiram Johnson (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 6, 1945.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently won.| nowrap | William F. Knowland (R)| August 26, 1945|-| Ohio
(1)| nowrap | Harold H. Burton (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 30, 1945, after being appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.| nowrap | James W. Huffman (D)| October 8, 1945|-| Kentucky
(2)| nowrap | Happy Chandler (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 1, 1945, after becoming Commissioner of Major League Baseball.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.| nowrap | William A. Stanfill (R)| November 19, 1945|-| Idaho
(2)| nowrap | John Thomas (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 10, 1945.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently lost.| nowrap | Charles C. Gossett (D)| November 17, 1945|-| Virginia
(2)| nowrap | Carter Glass (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 28, 1946.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.| nowrap | Thomas G. Burch (D)| May 31, 1946|-| Alabama
(2)| nowrap | John H. Bankhead II (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 12, 1946.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election.| nowrap | George R. Swift (D)| June 15, 1946|-| Vermont
(1)| nowrap | Warren Austin (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 2, 1946, after being appointed United States representative on the United Nations Security Council.
Successor was appointed to serve until the next election.| nowrap | Ralph Flanders (R)| November 1, 1946|-| Florida
(1)| nowrap | Charles O. Andrews (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 18, 1946.
Successor was elected to finish term.| nowrap | Spessard Holland (D)| September 25, 1946|-| Alabama
(2)| nowrap | George R. Swift (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 5, 1946.
Successor was elected to finish term.| nowrap | John Sparkman (D)| November 6, 1946|-| Connecticut
(1)| nowrap | Thomas C. Hart (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 5, 1946.
Successor was elected to finish term.| nowrap | Raymond E. Baldwin (R)| December 27, 1946|-| Kentucky
(2)| nowrap | William A. Stanfill (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 5, 1946. Successor was elected to finish term| nowrap | John S. Cooper (R)| November 6, 1946|-| Ohio
(1)| nowrap | James W. Huffman (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 5, 1946. Successor was elected to finish term.| nowrap | Kingsley A. Taft (R)| November 6, 1946|-| Virginia
(2)| nowrap | Thomas G. Burch (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 5, 1946.
Successor was elected to finish term.| nowrap | Absalom W. Robertson (D)| November 6, 1946|-| Idaho
(2)| nowrap | Charles C. Gossett (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 6, 1946.
Successor was elected to finish term.| nowrap | Henry Dworshak (R)| November 6, 1946|-| North Carolina
(2)| nowrap | Josiah Bailey (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 15, 1946.
Successor was appointed to serve until a special election, which he subsequently lost.| nowrap | William B. Umstead (D)| December 18, 1946|-| Washington
(1)| nowrap | Hugh Mitchell (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 25, 1946. Successor was appointed to finish the term already having to be elected the next term.| nowrap | Harry P. Cain (R)| December 26, 1946|}

House of Representatives

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

|- | | Vacant| style="font-size:80%" | John E. Fogarty resigned during the previous Congress.| nowrap | John E. Fogarty (D)| February 7, 1945|- | | nowrap| James F. O'Connor (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 15, 1945 | nowrap | Wesley A. D'Ewart (R)| June 5, 1945|- | | nowrap| Dave E. Satterfield Jr. (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 15, 1945, to become general counsel and executive director of the Life Insurance Association of America| nowrap | J. Vaughan Gary (D)| March 6, 1945|- | | nowrap| James V. Heidinger (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 22, 1945| nowrap | Roy Clippinger (R)| November 6, 1945|- | | nowrap| Clinton P. Anderson (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 30, 1945, after being appointed Secretary of Agriculture| Vacant| Not filled this term|- | | nowrap| D. Lane Powers (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 30, 1945, to become a member of the Public Utilities Commission of New Jersey| nowrap | Frank A. Mathews Jr. (R)| November 6, 1945|- | | nowrap| James W. Mott (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 12, 1945| nowrap | A. Walter Norblad (R)| January 18, 1946|- | | nowrap| Joseph W. Ervin (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 25, 1945| nowrap | Sam Ervin (D)| January 22, 1946|- | | nowrap| Samuel Dickstein (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1945| nowrap | Arthur G. Klein (D)| February 19, 1946|- | | nowrap| Clifton A. Woodrum (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1945, to become president of the American Plant Food Council, Inc.| nowrap | J. Lindsay Almond (D)| January 22, 1946|- | | nowrap| Robert Ramspeck (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1945, to become executive vice-president of the Air Transport Association| nowrap | Helen D. Mankin (D)| February 12, 1946|- | | nowrap| Samuel A. Weiss (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 7, 1946, after being elected judge of Common Pleas in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania| nowrap | Frank Buchanan (D)| May 21, 1946|- | | nowrap| J. Buell Snyder (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 24, 1946| nowrap | Carl H. Hoffman (R)| May 21, 1946|- | | nowrap| William O. Burgin (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 11, 1946| nowrap | Eliza Jane Pratt (D)| May 25, 1946|- | | nowrap| Thomas G. Burch (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 31, 1946, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate| nowrap | Thomas B. Stanley (D)| November 5, 1946|- | | nowrap| Luther A. Johnson (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 17, 1946, after becoming judge of the United States Tax Court| nowrap | Olin E. Teague (D)| August 24, 1946|- | | nowrap| John W. Murphy (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 17, 1946, to become judge of the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania| nowrap | James P. Scoblick (R)| November 5, 1946|- | | nowrap| William Gallagher (DFL)| style="font-size:80%" | Died August 13, 1946| Vacant| Not filled this term|- | | Jesús T. Piñero (PPD)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 2, 1946, after being appointed Governor of Puerto Rico| Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)| September 11, 1946|- | | nowrap| William B. Barry (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 20, 1946| Vacant| Not filled this term|- | | nowrap| John Sparkman (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 6, 1946, after being elected to the U.S. Senate| Vacant| Not filled this term|- | | nowrap| Henry Dworshak (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 5, 1946, after being elected to the U.S. Senate| Vacant| Not filled this term|- | | nowrap| Absalom W. Robertson (D)| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 5, 1946, after being elected to the U.S. Senate| nowrap | Burr Harrison (D)| November 5, 1946|- | | nowrap| Robert K. Henry (R)| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 20, 1946| Vacant| Not filled this term|}

Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

External links

References

Notes and References

  1. Riddick. Floyd M.. 1946. The First Session of the Seventy-Ninth Congress. American Political Science Review. en. 40. 2. 256–271. 10.2307/1950680. 0003-0554.
  2. Web site: Senate archive on the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. October 18, 2015.
  3. Carroll, Mitchell B. “Further Action on United Nations Charter.” American Bar Association Journal, vol. 31, no. 9, 1945, pp. 457–58. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25715332. Accessed 4 July 2024.
  4. Gillette, Guy M., et al. “UNITED NATIONS CHARTER REVIEW.” Proceedings of the American Society of International Law at Its Annual Meeting (1921-1969), vol. 48, 1954, pp. 191–211. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25657319. Accessed 4 July 2024.

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