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 (12/1/1949)
Commissioner of Education:	Earl James McGrath

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)
      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)

 

Notes and Sources

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