Eighty-first United States Congress

81st Congress (1949–1951)

Congressional Profile

Total Membership: 435 Representatives, 2 Delegates, 1 Resident Commissioner
Party Divisions: 263 Democrats, 171 Republicans, 1 American-Labor

Leadership & Officers

Speaker of the House:
Sam Rayburn (D-Texas)

Majority Leader:
John W. McCormack (D-Massachusetts)

Minority Leader:
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-Massachusetts)

Democratic Whip:
J. Percy Priest(D-Tennessee)

Republican Whip:
Leslie C. Arends (R-Illinois)

Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania)

Republican Conference Chairman:
Roy O. Woodruff (R-Michigan)

Clerk of the House:
Ralph R. Roberts

Doorkeeper:
William M. Miller Elected January 3, 1949

Postmaster:
Finis E. Scott

Sergeant at Arms:
Joseph H. Callahan Elected January 3, 1949.

Chaplain of the House:
Rev. James Shera Montgomery – Methodist
Rev. Bernard Braskamp – Presbyterian