82nd United States Congress

82nd United States Congress
81st ←
→ 83rd

January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
Members96 senators
435 representatives
3 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic
Senate PresidentAlben W. Barkley (D)
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerSam Rayburn (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1951 – October 20, 1951
2nd: January 8, 1952 – July 7, 1952

The 82nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1953, during the last two years of President Harry S. Truman's second term in office.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1940 United States census.

Both chambers had a Democratic majority (albeit reduced from the 81st Congress), and with President Truman, maintained an overall federal government trifecta.