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82nd United States Congress

The 82nd 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 President Harry S. Truman's second term in office.

82nd United States Congress

96 senators
435 representatives
3 non-voting delegates

Democratic

Alben W. Barkley (D)

Democratic

Sam Rayburn (D)

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1940 United States census.


Both chambers had a Democratic majority (albeit reduced from the 81st Congress), and with President Truman, maintained an overall federal government trifecta.

March 29, 1951: were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. On April 5 they were sentenced to receive the death penalty.

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

April 11, 1951: President Truman relieved of his Far Eastern commands.

General Douglas MacArthur

April 13, 1951: Congress passed a large defense budget 372 votes for the budget and 44 votes against the budget. The budget was intended to help the combat communism.[1]

United States

August 31, 1951: The passes the Mutual Security Act by a vote of 61 votes in favor and 5 votes against. The act provided $7.5 billion for foreign military assistance and food aid to America's allies, primarily the United Kingdom.[2][3] The vote was condemned by the government of the Soviet Union and praised by the government of the United Kingdom.[4]

United States Senate

September 5, 1951: : In San Francisco, California, 48 nations signed a peace treaty with Japan to formally end the Pacific War.

Treaty of San Francisco

October 24, 1951: President Truman declared an official end to war with .

Germany

November 10, 1951: Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service began in the United States.

December 31, 1951: The expired after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.

Marshall Plan

March 29, 1952: President Truman announced that he will not seek reelection.

June 19, 1952: The created.

Special Forces

July 25, 1952: became a Commonwealth of the United States, an unincorporated organized territory, with the ratification of its constitution.

Puerto Rico

November 4, 1952: : Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson

1952 United States presidential election

November 4, 1952: founded.

National Security Agency

October 10, 1951: , ch. 479, 65 Stat. 373

Mutual Security Act

June 27, 1952: (McCarran-Walter Act), Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 82–414

Immigration and Nationality Act

July 14, 1952: , Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 82–542, 15 U.S.C. § 42(a)

McGuire Act

July 16, 1952: , Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 82–550

Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act

July 16, 1952: , Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 82–552

Federal Coal Mine Safety Act of 1952

July 16, 1952: , Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 82–555

Wire Fraud Act of 1952

February 27, 1951: , setting a term limit for election and overall time of service to the office of President of the United States, was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution[5]

Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution

March 20, 1952: ratified

Treaty of San Francisco

: Alben W. Barkley (D)

President

: Kenneth McKellar (D)

President pro tempore

House Democratic Caucus

Senate Democratic Caucus

Members[edit]

Senate[edit]

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 1952; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1954; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1956.