82nd United States Congress

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82nd United States Congress
81st ← → 83rd
United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
Members	96 senators 435 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Democratic
Senate President	Alben W. Barkley (D)
House majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1951 – October 20, 1951 2nd: January 8, 1952 – July 7, 1952

The 82nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1953, during the last two years of President Harry S. Truman's second term in office.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1940 United States census.

Both chambers had a Democratic majority (albeit reduced from the 81st Congress), and with President Truman, maintained an overall federal government trifecta.