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81st Congress

81st United States Congress
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January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
Senate President Vacant
until January 20, 1949
Alben W. Barkley (D)
from January 20, 1949
Senate Pres. pro tem Kenneth McKellar (D)
House Speaker Sam Rayburn (D)
Members 96 Senators
435 Representatives
4 Non-voting members
Senate Majority Democratic
House Majority Democratic
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1949 – October 19, 1949
2nd: January 3, 1950 – January 2, 1951

The Eighty-first 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, 1949 to January 3, 1951, during the fifth and sixth years of Harry S. Truman's presidency.

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

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Senators are ordered first by state, and then by seniority. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1950; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1952; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1954.

(9 Democrats)

(2 Democrats)

(7 Democrats)

(13-10 Republican)

(3-1 Democratic)

(3-3 split)

(1 Republican)

(6 Democrats)

(10 Democrats)

(1-1 split)

(14-12 Republican)

(7-4 Democratic)

(8 Republicans)

(6 Republicans)

(7-2 Democratic)

(8 Democrats)

(3 Republicans)

(4-2 Democratic)

(8-6 Democratic)

(12-5 Republican)

(5-4 Republican)

(7 Democrats)

(12-1 Democratic)

(1-1 split)

(3-1 Republican)

(1 Democrat)

(2 Republicans)

(9-5 Republican)

(2 Democrats)

(24-20 Democratic, 1 American Labor)

(12 Democrats)

(2 Republicans)

(12-11 Democratic)

(8 Democrats)

(4 Republicans)

(17-16 Republican)

(2 Democrats)

(6 Democrats)

(2 Republicans)

(8-2 Democratic)

(21 Democrats)


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