Who Won Congress in 1948

Truman was elected to a full term, defeating Republican nominee New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and two erstwhile Democrats. The Republicans, who had just won both the House and the Senate two years earlier, ceded control of both chambers of Congress to the Democrats.

Who controlled the Senate in 1949?

81st United States CongressSenate MajorityDemocraticSenate PresidentVacant (until January 20, 1949) Alben W. Barkley (D) (from January 20, 1949)House MajorityDemocraticHouse SpeakerSam Rayburn (D)

Who controlled Congress in 1947?

Republicans won congressional majorities for the first time in 15 years after the 1946 elections. The 80th Congress (1947–1949) quickly sent to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment limiting Presidents to two terms, and it reined in trade unions with the Taft-Hartley Labor-Management Relations Act.