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SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS JANUARY 3, 1945, TO JANUARY 3, 1947 FIRST SESSION—January 3, 1945, to December 21, 1945 SECOND SESSION—January 14, 1946, 1 to August 2, 1946 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—HENRY A. WALLACE, 2 of Iowa; HARRY S. TRUMAN, 3 of Missouri PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—KENNETH MCKELLAR, 4 of Tennessee SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—EDWIN A. HALSEY, 5 of Virginia; LESLIE L. BIFFLE, 6 of Arkansas SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—WALL DOXEY, of Mississippi SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SAM RAYBURN, 7 of Texas CLERK OF THE HOUSE—SOUTH TRIMBLE, 8 of Kentucky; HARRY NEWLIN MEGILL 9 SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—KENNETH ROMNEY, of Montana DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—RALPH R. ROBERTS, of Indiana POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—FINIS E. SCOTT ALABAMA ARKANSAS John H. Tolan, Oakland SENATORS John Z. Anderson, San Juan Bautista SENATORS Bertrand W. Gearhart, Fresno 10 John L. McClellan, Camden John H. Bankhead II, Jasper Alfred J. Elliott, Tulare 11 J. William Fulbright, Fayetteville George R. Swift, Atmore George E. Outland, Santa Barbara John J. Sparkman, 12 Huntsville REPRESENTATIVES Jerry Voorhis, San Dimas Lister Hill, Montgomery E. C. Gathings, West Memphis Ned R. Healy, Los Angeles REPRESENTATIVES Wilbur D. Mills, Kensett Helen Gahagan Douglas, Los Angeles Frank W. Boykin, Mobile James W. Trimble, Berryville Gordon L. McDonough, Los Angeles George M. Grant, Troy Fadjo Cravens, Fort Smith Ellis E. Patterson, Los Angeles George W. Andrews, Union Springs Brooks Hays, Little Rock Cecil R. King, Los Angeles Sam Hobbs, Selma W. F. Norrell, Monticello Clyde Doyle, Long Beach Albert Rains, Gadsden Oren Harris, El Dorado Chet Holifield, Montebello Carl Hinshaw, Pasadena Pete Jarman, Livingston CALIFORNIA Carter Manasco, Jasper Harry R. Sheppard, Yucaipa John J. Sparkman, 13 Huntsville SENATORS John Phillips, Banning Luther Patrick, Birmingham Hiram W. Johnson, 14 San Francisco Ed. V. Izac, San Diego William F. Knowland, 15 Piedmont ARIZONA Sheridan Downey, Laguna Beach COLORADO REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS SENATORS Clarence F. Lea, Santa Rosa Edwin C. Johnson, Craig Carl Hayden, Phoenix Clair Engle, Red Bluff Eugene D. Millikin, Denver Ernest W. McFarland, Florence J. Leroy Johnson, Stockton REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Franck R. Havenner, San Francisco Dean M. Gillespie, Denver Richard F. Harless, Phoenix Richard J. Welch, San Francisco William S. Hill, Fort Collins John R. Murdock, Tempe George P. Miller, Alameda J. Edgar Chenoweth, Trinidad 1 By joint resolution (Pub. Law 289, 79th Cong., 1st 6 Elected acting secretary January 29, 1945; elected sec- 12 Elected November 5, 1946, to fill vacancy caused by sess.) the date of assembling the second session of the retary February 8, 1945. death of John H. Bankhead II, and began service Novem- Seventy-ninth Congress was fixed for January 14, 1946. 7 Reelected January 3, 1945. ber 6, 1946. 2 Term expired at noon on January 20, 1945. 8 Reelected January 3, 1945; died November 23, 1946. 13 Resigned November 5, 1946, having been elected Sen- 3 Term began at noon on January 20, 1945; became 9 Harry Newlin Megill, Assistant to the Clerk, acted as ator. President upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, April Clerk during the interim. 14 Died August 6, 1945. 12, 1945; Vice Presidency remained vacant until March 10 Died June 12, 1946. 15 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Hiram 4, 1949. 11 4 Elected January 6, 1945. Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of John W. Johnson, and took his seat September 5, 1945. 5 Died January 29, 1945. H. Bankhead II, and took his seat June 20, 1946. [ 379 ] 380 Biographical Directory COLORADO—Continued IDAHO Earl Wilson, Huron Raymond S. Springer, Connersville REPRESENTATIVES—Continued SENATORS Louis Ludlow, Indianapolis Robert F. Rockwell, Paonia John Thomas, 23 Gooding Charles C. Gossett, 24 Nampa IOWA CONNECTICUT Henry C. Dworshak, 25 Burley Glen H. Taylor, Pocatello SENATORS SENATORS George A. Wilson, Des Moines REPRESENTATIVES Francis T. Maloney, 16 Meriden Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Cedar Rapids Compton I. White, Clark Fork Thomas C. Hart, 17 Sharon REPRESENTATIVES Henry C. Dworshak, 26 Burley Raymond E. Baldwin, 18 Stratford Thomas E. Martin, Iowa City Brien McMahon, Norwalk ILLINOIS Henry O. Talle, Decorah REPRESENTATIVES John W. Gwynne, Waterloo SENATORS Herman P. Kopplemann, Hartford Karl M. LeCompte, Corydon Scott W. Lucas, Havana Chase Going Woodhouse, New London Paul Cunningham, Des Moines C. Wayland Brooks, Chicago James P. Geelan, New Haven James I. Dolliver, Fort Dodge Clare Boothe Luce, Greenwich REPRESENTATIVES Ben F. Jensen, Exira Joseph E. Talbot, Naugatuck William L. Dawson, Chicago Charles B. Hoeven, Alton At Large–Joseph F. Ryter, Hartford William A. Rowan, Chicago Edward A. Kelly, Chicago KANSAS DELAWARE Martin Gorski, Chicago SENATORS SENATORS Adolph J. Sabath, Chicago Arthur Capper, Topeka Thomas J. O’Brien, Chicago James M. Tunnell, Georgetown Clyde M. Reed, Parsons William W. Link, Chicago REPRESENTATIVES C. Douglass Buck, Wilmington Thomas S. Gordon, Chicago Albert M. Cole, Holton REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Alexander J. Resa, Chicago Errett P. Scrivner, Kansas City Philip A. Traynor, Wilmington Ralph E. Church, Evanston Thomas D. Winter, Girard Chauncey W. Reed, West Chicago Edward H. Rees, Emporia Noah M. Mason, Oglesby FLORIDA Clifford R. Hope, Garden City Leo E. Allen, Galena SENATORS Frank Carlson, Concordia Anton J. Johnson, Macomb Charles O. Andrews, 19 Orlando Robert B. Chiperfield, Canton Spessard L. Holland, 20 Bartow KENTUCKY Everett M. Dirksen, Pekin Claude Pepper, Tallahassee Leslie C. Arends, Melvin SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Jessie Sumner, Milford Alben W. Barkley, Paducah J. Hardin Peterson, Lakeland Rolla C. McMillen, Decatur Albert B. Chandler, 29 Versailles Emory H. Price, Jacksonville Sid Simpson, Carrollton William A. Stanfill, 30 Hazard Robert L. F. Sikes, Crestview Evan Howell, Springfield John Sherman Cooper, 31 Somerset Pat Cannon, Miami Melvin Price, East St. Louis REPRESENTATIVES Joe Hendricks, De Land Charles W. Vursell, Salem Noble J. Gregory, Mayfield Dwight L. Rogers, Fort Lauderdale James V. Heidinger, 27 Fairfield Earle C. Clements, Morganfield Roy Clippinger, 28 Carmi Emmet O’Neal, Louisville GEORGIA C. W. (Runt) Bishop, Carterville Frank L. Chelf, Lebanon SENATORS At Large–Emily Taft Douglas, Chicago Brent Spence, Fort Thomas Walter F. George, Vienna Virgil Chapman, Paris Richard B. Russell, Winder INDIANA Andrew J. May, Prestonsburg SENATORS Joe B. Bates, Greenup REPRESENTATIVES John M. Robsion, Barbourville Hugh Peterson, Ailey Raymond E. Willis, Angola Homer E. Capehart, Washington E. E. Cox, Camilla LOUISIANA Stephen Pace, Americus REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS A. Sidney Camp, Newnan Ray J. Madden, Gary Robert Ramspeck, 21 Atlanta Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer John H. Overton, Alexandria Helen Douglas Mankin, 22 Atlanta Robert A. Grant, South Bend Allen J. Ellender, Houma Carl Vinson, Milledgeville George W. Gillie, Fort Wayne REPRESENTATIVES Malcolm C. Tarver, Dalton Forest A. Harness, Kokomo F. Edward He´bert, New Orleans John S. Gibson, Douglas Noble J. Johnson, Terre Haute Paul H. Maloney, New Orleans John S. Wood, Canton Gerald W. Landis, Linton James Domengeaux, Lafayette Paul Brown, Elberton Charles M. La Follette, Evansville Overton Brooks, Shreveport 16 Died January 16, 1945. 22 Elected February 12, 1946, to fill vacancy caused by 27 Died March 22, 1945. 17 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Francis resignation of Robert Ramspeck, and became a member 28 Elected November 6, 1945, to fill vacancy caused by T. Maloney, and took his seat February 15, 1945. of the House on February 25, 1946. death of James V. Heidinger, and became a member of 18 Elected November 5, 1946, to fill vacancy caused by 23 Died November 10, 1945. the House on November 26, 1945. death of Francis T. Maloney, and began service on Decem- 24 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of John 29 Resigned November 1, 1945. ber 27, 1946. Thomas, and took his seat November 29, 1945. 30 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Al- 19 Died September 18, 1946. 25 Elected November 5, 1946, to fill vacancy caused by 20 bert B. Chandler, and took his seat November 23, 1945. Appointed September 25, 1946, to fill vacancy caused death of John Thomas, and began service November 6, 31 Elected November 5, 1946, to fill vacancy caused by by death of Charles O. Andrews, and began service on 1946. September 25, 1946. 26 Resigned November 5, 1946, having been elected Sen- resignation of Albert B. Chandler, and began service No- 21 Resigned December 31, 1945. ator; vacancy throughout remainder of the Congress. vember 6, 1946. SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS 381 Charles E. McKenzie, Monroe Fred L. Crawford, Saginaw MONTANA James H. Morrison, Hammond Albert J. Engel, Muskegon SENATORS Henry D. Larcade, Jr., Opelousas Roy O. Woodruff, Bay City Burton K. Wheeler, Butte A. Leonard Allen, Winnfield Fred. Bradley, Rogers City James E. Murray, Butte Frank E. Hook, Ironwood REPRESENTATIVES MAINE George D. O’Brien, Detroit Mike Mansfield, Missoula SENATORS Louis C. Rabaut, Detroit 37 John D. Dingell, Detroit James F. O’Connor, Livingston Wallace H. White, Jr., Auburn Wesley A. D’Ewart, 38 Wilsall Ralph O. Brewster, Dexter John Lesinski, Dearborn George A. Dondero, 33 Royal Oak REPRESENTATIVES NEBRASKA Robert Hale, Portland MINNESOTA SENATORS Margaret Chase Smith, Skowhegan Hugh A. Butler, Omaha Frank Fellows, Bangor SENATORS Kenneth S. Wherry, Pawnee City Henrik Shipstead, Carlos, R.F.D. REPRESENTATIVES Joseph H. Ball, St. Paul MARYLAND Carl T. Curtis, Minden SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Howard H. Buffett, Omaha Millard E. Tydings, Havre de Grace August H. Andresen, Red Wing Karl Stefan, Norfolk George L. Radcliffe, Baltimore Joseph P. O’Hara, Glencoe A. L. Miller, Kimball REPRESENTATIVES William J. Gallagher, 34 Minneapolis Dudley G. Roe, Sudlersville Frank T. Starkey, St. Paul NEVADA H. Streett Baldwin, Hydes Walter H. Judd, Minneapolis SENATORS Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr., Baltimore Harold Knutson, St. Cloud Patrick A. McCarran, Reno George H. Fallon, Baltimore H. Carl Andersen, Tyler James G.