Eighty-second United States Congress
| 82nd United States Congress | |
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81st ←
→ 83rd
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(1956)
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| January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |
| Senate President | Alben W. Barkley (D) |
| Senate Pres. pro tem | Kenneth McKellar (D) |
| House Speaker | Sam Rayburn (D) |
| Members | 96 Senators 435 Representatives 3 Non-voting members |
| Senate Majority | Democratic |
| House Majority | Democratic |
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1st: January 3, 1951 – October 20, 1951 2nd: January 8, 1952 – July 7, 1952 |
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The Eighty-second 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, 1951 to January 3, 1953, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
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.
TOTAL: 435
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.
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
(9 Democrats)
(2 Democrats)
(7 Democrats)
(13-10 Republican)
(2-2 split)
(4-2 Republican)
(1 Republican)
(6 Democrats)
(10 Democrats)
(2 Republicans)
(18-8 Republican)
(9-2 Republican)
(8 Republicans)
(6 Republicans)
(7-2 Democrat)
(8 Democrats)
(3 Republicans)
(3-3 split)
(8-6 Republican)
(12-5 Republican)
(5-4 Republican)
(7 Democrats)
(10-3 Democratic)
(1-1 split)
(4 Republicans)
(1 Democrat)
(2 Republicans)
(9-5 Republican)
(2 Democrats)
(23-22 Democratic)
(12 Democrats)
(2 Republicans)
(15 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 Independent)
(6-2 Democratic)
(4 Republicans)
(20-13 Republican)
(2 Democrats)
(6 Democrats)
(2 Republicans)
(8-2 Democratic)
(21 Democrats)
(2 Democrats)
(1 Republican)
(9 Democrats)
(4-2 Republican)
(6 Democrats)
(9-1 Republican)
(1 Republican)
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