82nd United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 82nd United States Congress was the federal legislature of the U.S. that met from 1951 to 1953 during the early years of the Cold War and the presidency of Harry S. Truman.

Aliases (1)

82nd United States Senate ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America →
considered	Cold War defense appropriations → foreign aid and containment policy measures → legislation related to the Korean War →
convenedBy	Harry S. Truman →
convenedDuring	Korean War →
country	United States of America →
endTime	1953-01-03 →
federalCongressNumber	82 →
firstSessionEnd	1951-10-20 →
firstSessionStart	1951-01-03 →
followed	81st United States Congress →
followedBy	83rd United States Congress →
hasMemberChamber	82nd United States House of Representatives → 82nd United States Senate →
hasPart	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
houseMajorityParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
houseMinorityParty	Republican Party (United States) →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
legislativeBranchOf	Federal government of the United States →
legislativeSessionCount	2 →
legislativeTermOf	United States Congress →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. →
meetsIn	United States Capitol →
meetsUnderConstitution	United States Constitution →
numberOfSenators	96 →
numberOfVotingRepresentatives	435 →
ordinalNumber	82 →
partOf	Cold War era →
precededByElection	1950 United States elections →
presidentDuringTerm	Harry S. Truman →
secondSessionEnd	1952-07-03 →
secondSessionStart	1952-01-08 →
senateMajorityParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
senateMinorityParty	Republican Party (United States) →
senatePresident	Alben W. Barkley →
speakerOfTheHouse	Sam Rayburn →
startTime	1951-01-03 →
succeededByElection	1952 United States elections →
timePeriod	early 1950s →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pub.L. 82–414 →	enactedBy
81st United States Congress →	followedBy
82nd United States Congress ("82nd United States Senate") →	hasMemberChamber
83rd United States Congress →	precededBy
California's 11th congressional district →	representedIn