| | nowrap| Paul W. Shafer (R) | Died August 17, 1954 | rowspan=8 |Vacant | rowspan=8 |Not filled this term |- | | nowrap| Robert T. Secrest (D) | Resigned September 26, 1954 |- | | nowrap| Norris Cotton (R) | Resigned November 7, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate |- | | nowrap| Roman Hruska (R) | Resigned November 8, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate |- | | nowrap| Dwight L. Rogers (D) | Died December 1, 1954 |- | | nowrap| George H. Bender (R) | Resigned December 15, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate |- | | nowrap| Carl Curtis (R) | Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected to the U.S. Senate |- | | nowrap| Jacob Javits (R) | Resigned December 31, 1954, after being elected New York attorney General |} Committees Senate Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: George D. Aiken; Ranking Member: Allen J. Ellender) Appropriations (Chairman: Styles Bridges; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden) Armed Services (Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall; Ranking Member: Richard B. Russell) Banking and Currency (Chairman: Homer E. Capehart; Ranking Member: Burnet R. Maybank) Censure Charges against Senator McCarthy (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: ) Compensation of Members of Congress (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: ) District of Columbia (Chairman: Francis Case; Ranking Member: Matthew M. Neely) Finance (Chairman: Eugene D. Millikin; Ranking Member: Walter F. George) Foreign Relations (Chairman: Alexander Wiley; Ranking Member: Walter F. George) Government Operations (Chairman: Joseph R. McCarthy; Ranking Member: James E. Murray) Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Hugh Butler; Ranking Member: John L. McClellan) Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Charles W. Tobey; Ranking Member: Edwin C. Johnson) Judiciary (Chairman: William Langer; Ranking Member: Pat McCarran) Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: H. Alexander Smith; Ranking Member: James E. Murray) Mail Cover on Senators (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: ) Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Frank Carlson; Ranking Member: Olin D. Johnston) Public Works (Chairman: Edward Martin; Ranking Member: Dennis Chavez) Rules and Administration (Chairman: William E. Jenner; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden) Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Edward J. Thye) Whole House of Representatives Agriculture (Chairman: Clifford R. Hope; Ranking Member: Carl Vinson) Appropriations (Chairman: John Taber; Ranking Member: Brent Spence) Armed Services (Chairman: Dewey Jackson Short; Ranking Member: John L. McMillan) Banking and Currency (Chairman: Jesse P. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Brent Spence) Communist Aggression (Select) (Chairman: Charles J. Kersten) Benefits for