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44 unusual facts about 82nd United States Congress


Albert P. Morano

Morano was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1959).

Alvin Bush

Bush was elected as a Republican to the 82nd United States Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1951, until his death in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Byron G. Rogers

Rogers was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1971).

Charles A. Buckley

He was chairman of the House Committee on Pensions in the 78th Congress and 79th Congress and chairman of the Committee on Public Works in the 82nd Congress and from the 84th Congress through the 88th Congress.

Charles B. Brownson

Brownson was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959) representing Indiana's 11th Congressional District.

Chester A. Chesney

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress.

Chester B. McMullen

He served only a single term, from January 3, 1951 to January 3, 1953, during the 82nd Congress; he did not seek reelection in 1952.

Christopher C. McGrath

McGrath was elected as a Democrat to the 8st and 82nd United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1953.

Craig Hosmer

Hosmer was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress.

E. Ross Adair

Adair was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1971).

Edward E. Cox

In the Eighty-second Congress (his final term), Cox was chairman of the United States House Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations.

Edward H. Kruse

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-second Congress in 1950.

Edward L. Sittler, Jr.

In 1950, he was elected as a Republican to the 82nd United States Congress in the Pennsylvania 23rd district, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman Anthony Cavalcante, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 when re-districting forced him into an election against incumbent Democratic Congressman Thomas E. Morgan in the 26th district.

Elizabeth Kee

After her husband's death, she was elected as a Democrat in a special election to succeed her husband in the United States House of Representatives serving the Fifth Congressional District of West Virginia in the 82nd through the 88th U.S. Congress.

Fred L. Crawford

Crawford was the ranking minority member on the Committee on Public Lands in the 81st and 82nd Congresses (1950–1952).

George Meader

In 1950, after Michener retired, Meader won both the Republican primary and the general election to be elected from Michigan's 2nd congressional district to the 82nd United States Congress.

Harry P. O'Neill

O'Neill was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses, but he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952, when redistricting forced him into an election with fellow incumbent Congressman Joseph L. Carrigg.

James Kee

He was elected as a Democrat to four terms in the United States House of Representatives serving the Fifth Congressional District of West Virginia in the 89th through the 92nd U.S. Congress from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1973.

James P. Richards

During the Eighty-second and Eighty-fourth Congresses he served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

James William Trimble

Trimble was the chairman of the Special Committee on Chamber Improvements (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses).

John A. Whitaker

He was reelected to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses and served from April 17, 1948, until his death in Russellville, Kentucky, December 15, 1951.

John C. Watts

Watts was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress, by special election, April 14, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas R. Underwood.

John H. Kerr Dam

The 82nd United States Congress renamed the project the John H. Kerr Dam later in 1951.

John H. Marsalis

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress and for election in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress.

John Lesinski, Jr.

Lesinski was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 16th congressional district to the 82nd United States Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1951 to January 3, 1965.

John M. Coffee

Coffee would also run losing races in 1950 for the Eighty-second Congress and in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress.

John Stephens Wood

Ten years later, in 1944, Wood was elected to the 79th United States Congress serving until the 82nd Congress (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953).

John V. Beamer

Beamer was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959).

Kenneth A. Roberts

Roberts was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1965).

Laurence F. Arnold

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress and for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress.

Myron V. George

George was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first Congress, November 7, 1950, in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Herbert A. Meyer and at the same time was elected to the Eighty-second Congress.

Patrick J. Hillings

Hillings was elected to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1959) from a seat vacated by Richard Nixon when he ran successfully for the U.S. Senate in 1950.

Richard M. Russell

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress, for election in 1950 to fill a vacancy in the Eighty-first Congress, and for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress.

Ruth Thompson

In 1950, Thompson was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 9th congressional district to the 82nd Congress and subsequently re-elected to the two succeeding Congresses serving from January 3, 1951 to January 3, 1957 in the U.S. House.

Thaddeus M. Machrowicz

In 1950, Machrowicz defeated incumbent Democrat George G. Sadowski in the Democratic Party primary election and went on to be elected to represent Michigan's 1st congressional district in the 82nd United States Congress.

Thomas B. Fugate

Thomas Bacon Fugate (April 10, 1899 near Tazewell, Tennessee - September 22, 1980) was a United States Representative from Virginia who served in the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses.

Thomas H. Werdel

Werdel was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953).

Tic Forrester

Forrester was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1965).

Vera Buchanan

She was the wife of Representative Frank Buchanan and was elected as a Democrat to the 82nd United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband.

William D. McFarlane

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1951 to fill the vacancy in the Eighty-second Congress.

William G. Bray

Bray was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1975).

William L. Springer

Springer was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1973).

William R. Williams

He was elected as a Republican to the 82nd, 83rd, 84th and 85th United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1959.

William Van Pelt

Pelt was elected to serve Wisconsin's 6th District in the 82nd United States Congress and was reelected to the six succeeding congresses as well serving from January 3, 1951 till January 3, 1965.