83rd United States Congress

83rd United States Congress
82nd ← → 84th
United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
Members	96 senators 435 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Alben W. Barkley (D)[a] (until January 20, 1953) Richard Nixon (R) (from January 20, 1953)
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1953 – August 3, 1953 2nd: January 6, 1954 – December 2, 1954

The 83rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1953, until January 3, 1955, during the last two weeks of the Truman administration, with the remainder spanning the first two years of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. It was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The apportionment of seats in the House was based on the 1950 U.S. census.

The Republicans gained the majority in both chambers, winning back full control of Congress for the first time since the 80th Congress in 1947, and with Dwight Eisenhower being sworn in as president on January 20, 1953, this gave the Republicans an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 71st Congress in 1929, and the last time until they briefly did so during the 107th Congress in 2001.

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