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.

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Label Occurrences
82nd United States Congress canonical 8
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 President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: 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 United States House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: 82nd United States House of Representatives

82nd United States Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 82nd United States Senate
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
houseMinorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf United States government ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Cold War era
precededByElection 1950 United States elections ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
secondSessionEnd 1952-07-03 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1952-01-08 ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
senateMinorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
senatePresident Alben W. Barkley ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Sam Rayburn ⓘ
startTime 1951-01-03 ⓘ
succeededByElection 1952 United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: 1952 United States elections
timePeriod early 1950s ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

81st United States Congress → followedBy → 82nd United States Congress ⓘ
83rd United States Congress → precededBy → 82nd United States Congress ⓘ
82nd United States Congress → hasMemberChamber → 82nd United States Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 82nd United States Senate
Pub.L. 82–414 → enactedBy → 82nd United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 82nd United States Congress ⓘ
1951 State of the Union Address → legislativeSession → 82nd United States Congress ⓘ
CA-13 → representedIn → 82nd United States Congress ⓘ
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 → enactedDuring → 82nd United States Congress ⓘ
McCarran–Walter Act → historicalEra → 82nd United States Congress ⓘ