Education Policy: Research: Policymakers:

1945 - 1948 Roosevelt/Truman Administration

President:	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 1945 - 1945 (died 4/12/1945)
	Harry S. Truman (D) 1945 - 1948
Secretary of the Interior:	Harold LeClair Ickes
	Julius Albert Krug, 3/18/1946
Commissioner of Education:	John Ward Studebaker

Major education actions:

• 1946 - George-Barden Act/Vocational Education Act (P.L. 79-586) [Note 1]
• 1946 - Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (P.L. 79-396) [Note 6]

79th Congress (1945-1946)

• SENATE:   57-Dem, 38-Rep, 1-Other   
  • Vice-President:    Harry S. Truman (D), until 4/12/1945, then vacant
  • Majority Leader:   Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)
  • Minority Leader:   Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME)
  • Committee:    Education and Labor
  • Chair: James E. Murray (D-MT)
  • Ranking Minority Member: Robert A. Taft (R-OH)

• HOUSE:    242-Dem, 191-Rep, 2-Other
  • Speaker:    Sam Rayburn (D-TX)
  • Majority Leader:   John W. McCormack (D-MA)
  • Minority Leader:   Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA)
  • Committee:   Committee on Education
  • Chair: Graham A. Barden (D-NC)
  • Ranking Minority Member: George A. Dondero (R-MI)

80th Congress (1947-1948)

• SENATE:    51-Rep, 45-Dem.   
  • Vice-President:   (vacant)
  • Majority Leader:   Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-ME)
  • Minority Leader:   Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)
  • Committee:   Labor and Public Welfare
    • Chair: Robert A. Taft (R-OH)
    • Ranking Minority Member: Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)

  

• HOUSE:   246-Rep, 188-Dem, 1-Other
  • Speaker:    Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA)
  • Majority Leader:   Charles A. Halleck (R-IN)
  • Minority Leader:   Sam Rayburn (D-TX)
  • Committee:    Committee on Education and Labor
    • Chair: Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R-NJ)
    • Ranking Minority Member: John Lesinski (D-MI)

 

Notes and Sources

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