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unusual facts about 80th Congress



Clarence Hiskey

US House of Representatives, 80th Congress, Special Session, Committee on Un-American Activities, Report on Soviet Espionage Activities in Connection with the Atom Bomb, September 28, 1948 (US Gov. Printing Office).

Earl C. Michener

He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary in the 80th Congress.

Frederick Van Ness Bradley

He was also chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries in the 80th Congress.

George MacKinnon

MacKinnon was elected as a Republican to serve as a United States Representative for the Third District of Minnesota to the 80th congress (January 3, 1947–January 3, 1949), but was defeated when he sought re-election.

Harold F. Youngblood

In 1947, Youngblood unseated Rabaut, and was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 14th congressional district to the 80th Congress, serving from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1949 in the U.S. House.

John B. Bennett

In 1944, Bennett lost the election to Hook, but defeated Hook again in 1946 for election to the 80th Congress.

Robert Kirkland Henry

He was elected in 1944 and re-elected in 1946 to the 80th Congress, but died before being able to serve.

United States House Committee on Public Works

The committee existed from the 80th Congress to the 90th Congress, when it was dissolved in 1968 and superseded by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Wallace H. White, Jr.

In Congress, White served as chairman of the House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (66th Congress), the House Committee on Woman Suffrage (67th through 69th Congresses), the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (70th and 71st Congresses), and the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (80th Congress).


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