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63 unusual facts about 80th United States Congress|


Alexander J. Resa

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.

Alvin F. Weichel

He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries during the Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses.

Antoni Sadlak

Sadlak was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1959).

Calvin D. Johnson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress and for election in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.

Carter Manasco

He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from June 24, 1941, to January 3, 1949.

Clare Hoffman

He was chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Eightieth Congress) and the Committee on Government Operations (Eighty-third 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).

Clarence J. Brown

While in Congress, he was chairman of the Select Committee on Newsprint in the Eightieth Congress; he was very close to Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas.

Claude I. Bakewell

Bakewell was elected as a Republican to the 80th United States Congress in 1946.

David M. Potts

He was counsel to the New York Senate Committee on Affairs of the City of New York during the 1945 session, and was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress, holding office from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1949.

Dean M. Gillespie

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.

Donald L. Jackson

Jackson was a congressional adviser at the ninth conference of American States at Bogotá, Colombia in 1948 and was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1961).

E. Wallace Chadwick

He was elected as a Republican to the 80th United States Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948.

Earl C. Michener

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

Edward deGraffenried

He was unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.

Edward Herbert Rees

He served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Civil Service (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses).

Forest Harness

In Congress, he served as chairman of the Select Committee on the Federal Communications Commission (Eightieth Congress).

Frank Sundstrom

He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses, serving in office from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1949.

Fred A. Hartley, Jr.

With his party in the majority, Hartley served as the Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor in the 80th United States Congress.

Fred B. Norman

Norman was elected in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress and served from January 3, 1947, until his death in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 1947.

Frederick Van Ness Bradley

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

George Anthony Dondero

He was chairman of the Committee on Public Works in the 80th and 81st Congresses.

George B. Schwabe

From January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1949, he served in the 79th and 80th United States Congress, losing to Dixie Gilmer in 1948.

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 Donohue

He was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 - December 31, 1974).

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.

Herbert Alton Meyer

Meyer was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congresses and had won renomination for a third term.

J. Harry McGregor

He served as chairman of the United States House Special Committee on Chamber Improvements during the Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses.

James Ellsworth Noland

He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the Eightieth Congress from Indiana in 1946.

James Lindsay Almond, Jr.

He was then elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th congressional district, serving in the 79th and 80th Congresses.

James P. Scoblick

Scoblick was elected as a Republican to the 79th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John W. Murphy and at the same time was elected to the 80th United States Congress.

James T. Patterson

Patterson was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959).

Jesse P. Wolcott

He was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency in the 80th and 83rd Congresses, and of the Joint Committee on Economic Report in the 83rd Congress.

John A. Whitaker

Whitaker was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Earle C. Clements.

John B. Bennett

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

John H. Hoeppel

He was an unsuccessful Prohibition candidate for election in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress, losing to future U.S. President Richard Nixon.

John H. Tolan

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.

John Hamlin Folger

He was re-elected three more times, serving in the 77th, 78th, 79th, and 80th United States Congresses.

John M. Coffee

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress when he was defeated by Republican Thor Tollefson.

Karl M. Le Compte

He served as chairman of the Committee on House Administration in the Eightieth Congress (from 1947 to 1948) and in the Eighty-third Congress (from 1953 to 1955).

Knute Hill

He was an unsuccessful Independent Progressive candidate for election in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress.

Laurie C. Battle

Battle was elected as a Democrat to the 80th and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1955.

Martin Gorski

Gorski was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death on December 4, 1949.

Paul B. Dague

He was elected in 1946 as a Republican to the 80th United States Congress and served until his resignation on December 30, 1966.

Pehr G. Holmes

Holmes was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the 80th United States Congress.

Philippine Veterans Affairs Office

Formerly known as the Veterans Memorial Hospital, the Veterans Memorial Medical Center by virtue of the 80th U.S. Congress and through various amendments and programs introduced is tasked to provide the best quality of hospitalization, medical care and treatment to veterans and their dependents and to a limited number of civilian and Philhealth patients.

Prince Hulon Preston, Jr.

He was then elected as a judge for the Statesboro city courts; however, he also won election to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat to served in the 80th United States Congress and never took the bench.

Ralph A. Gamble

He was chairman of the United States Congress Joint Committee on Housing during the 80th United States Congress.

Ralph Harvey

Harvey was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Raymond S. Springer.

Robert F. Rockwell

He was reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from December 9, 1941, to January 3, 1949.

Rolla C. McMillen

He was reelected to the Seventy-ninth, Eightieth, and Eighty-first Congresses, and served from June 13, 1944, to January 3, 1951.

Roy Clippinger

He was reelected in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress and served from November 6, 1945, to January 3, 1949.

Thomas L. Owens

Owens was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress and served from January 3, 1947, until his death in Bethesda, Maryland, June 7, 1948.

Toby Morris

Elected as a Democrat to the 80th and to the two succeeding Congresses, Morris served from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1953.

Turnip Day Session

By doing this, Taft amplified Truman's case against the "Do-nothing Eightieth Congress" and arguably contributed to his November victory.

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).

War Claims Act of 1948

The War Claims Act of 1948, or Public Law 80-896 (62 Stat. 1240; 50 U.S.C.) is a United States federal law passed by the 80th United States Congress on July 3, 1948.

William J. Crow

Crow was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948.

William M. Wheeler

Wheeler was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1955).

William Moore McCulloch

McCulloch was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress, by special election, November 4, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Franklin Jones.

Wingate H. Lucas

Lucas was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1955).

Wint Smith

Smith was elected as a Republican to the 80th United States Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1961).