Education Policy: Research: Policymakers:
1949 - 1952 Truman Administration
President:
Harry S. Truman (D) 1949 - 1952
Secretary of the Interior:
Julius Albert Krug
Oscar Littleton Chapman (appointed 12/1/1949)
Commissioner of Education:
Major education actions:
- 1949 - President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities [Note 4]
- 1949 - Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (P.L. 81-852; Sections 202 & 203) [Note 4]
- 1950 - Impact Aid Laws (P.L. 81-815 & P.L. 81-874) [Note 1]
81st Congress (1949-1950)
- SENATE: 54-Dem, 42-Rep.
- Vice-President: Alben W. Barkley (D)
- Majority Leader: Scott W. Lucas (D-IL)
- Minority Leader: Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE)
- Committee: Labor and Public Welfare
- Chair: Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT)
- Ranking Minority Member: Robert A. Taft (R-OH)
- HOUSE: 263-Dem, 171-Rep, 1-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 and
Labor
- Chair: John Lesinski, 1949-1950 (D-MI)
- Chair: Graham A. Barden, 1950 (D-NC)
- Ranking Minority Member: Samuel K. McConnell (R-PA)
82nd Congress (1951-1952)
- SENATE: 49-Dem, 47-Rep.
- Vice-President: Alben W. Barkley (D)
- Majority Leader: Ernest W. McFarland (D-AZ)
- Minority Leader: Kenneth S. Wherry (R-NE)
- Committee: Labor and Public Welfare
- Chair: James E. Murray (D-MT)
- Ranking Minority Member: Robert A. Taft (R-OH)
- HOUSE: 235-Dem, 199-Rep, 1-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 and
Labor
- Chair: Graham A. Barden (D-NC)
- Ranking Minority Member: Samuel K. McConnell (R-PA)
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