The 85th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the

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federal government, composed of the

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and the

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. It met in

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from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1959, during the fifth and sixth years of Dwight Eisenhower's

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. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950. Both chambers had a

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majority. To date, this is the earliest Congress with a member still living.

Major events

* January 5, 1957: President Eisenhower announced the

Eisenhower Doctrine The Eisenhower Doctrine was a policy enunciated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 5, 1957, within a "Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East". Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a Middle Eastern country could request Ame ...

in a special message to Congress * January 20, 1957: Inauguration of President

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

for a second term * August 21, 1957: President Eisenhower announced a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing * August 28, 1957: Senator

Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Caro ...

set a record for the longest

filibuster A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent decision. It is sometimes referred to as "talking a bill to death" or "talking out ...

with his 24-hour, 18-minute speech against the

Civil Rights Act of 1957 The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and signed into law by President Dw ...

*September 24, 1957:

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: President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Arkansas to provide safe passage into Central High School for the

Little Rock Nine The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from enterin ...

. * October 4, 1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth * October 21, 1957: The U.S. military sustained its first combat fatality in Vietnam * November 7, 1957:

Gaither Report ''Deterrence & Survival in the Nuclear Age'', commonly referred to as the Gaither report, is a report submitted in November 1957 to the United States National Security Council and the U.S. president concerning strategy to prepare against the perc ...

called for more American missiles and fallout shelters * November 25, 1957: President Eisenhower suffers from a stroke * January 31, 1958: U.S. launched its first satellite, ''

Explorer 1 Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States in 1958 and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The mission followed the first two satellites the previous year; the Soviet Union's ...

'' * July 15, 1958: U.S intervenes in the

Lebanon Crisis The 1958 Lebanon crisis (also known as the Lebanese Civil War of 1958) was a political crisis in Lebanon caused by political and religious tensions in the country that included a United States military intervention. The intervention lasted for aro ...

, the first major application of the Eisenhower Doctorine. * October 1, 1958:

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeedi ...

started operations

Major legislation

* August 14, 1957:

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, , * September 2, 1957: Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act, , * September 9, 1957:

, , * July 29, 1958:

National Aeronautics and Space Act The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 () is the United States federal statute that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Act, which followed close on the heels of the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik ...

, , * 1958:

Transportation Act of 1958 The Transportation Act of 1958 () attempted to reinvigorate the commercial railroads of the United States by granting the Interstate Commerce Commission The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States creat ...

, * August 23, 1958:

Federal Aviation Act of 1958 The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 was an act of the United States Congress, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, that created the Federal Aviation Agency (later the Federal Aviation Administration or the FAA) and abolished its predecessor, t ...

, , * August 28, 1958:

EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958 EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958 is a United States statute which created a cooperative program between the European Atomic Energy Community and the United States. In pursuant of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the cooperative program was an intern ...

, , * August 28, 1958: Military Construction Appropriation Act (

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), , * September 2, 1958:

National Defense Education Act The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) was signed into law on September 2, 1958, providing funding to United States education institutions at all levels.Schwegler 1 NDEA was among many science initiatives implemented by President Dwight D. E ...

, , * 1958: Department of Defense Reorganization Act, * 1958: Pasatore-Walter Immigration Act

States admitted

* January 3, 1959:

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was admitted as the 49th state.

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was t ...

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President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being" ...

Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...

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Majority (Democratic) leadership

Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.

and Conference Chairman:

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...

Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...

Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. senator (1953–1977) from Montana. He was the longest-serving Senate ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary:

Thomas C. Hennings Jr. Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. (June 25, 1903September 13, 1960) was an American political figure from Missouri. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives (from 1935 until 1940) and the United States Senate (from 1951 ...

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

William Knowland William Fife Knowland (June 26, 1908 – February 23, 1974) was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from California from 1945 to 1959. He was Senate Majority Lea ...

Minority Whip The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding ...

Everett Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 u ...

Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informi ...

Leverett Saltonstall Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the List of Governors of Massachusetts, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twent ...

Republican Conference Secretary Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

Milton Young Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in t ...

* National Senatorial Committee Chair:

* Policy Committee Chairman:

Styles Bridges Henry Styles Bridges (September 9, 1898November 26, 1961) was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as the 63rd governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four-year career i ...

House of Representatives

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Sam Rayburn Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961) was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker, former House majority leader, two-time ...

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Majority (Democratic) leadership

Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.

John W. McCormack John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, a ...

Carl Albert Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a ...

* Democratic Caucus Chairman:

Melvin Price Charles Melvin Price (January 1, 1905 – April 22, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for over 40 years, from 1945 to his death. He represented Metro East, the Illinois portion of the St. Louis metropolitan are ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:

Michael J. Kirwan Michael Joseph Kirwan (December 2, 1886 – July 27, 1970) was an American Democratic politician from Ohio who served as a Representative to the United States Congress for the 19th electoral district of Ohio from 1937 until his death in ...

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

Joseph W. Martin Jr. Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American Republican politician who served as the 44th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955. He represented a House district ...

Leslie C. Arends Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1935 until 1974. A native and lifelong resident of Melvin, Illinois, Arends attend ...

Charles B. Hoeven Charles Bernard Hoeven (March 30, 1895 – November 9, 1980) was an American politician. Elected to represent districts in northern Iowa for eleven terms, from the Seventy-eighth to Eighty-eighth Congresses, in all he held elective office ...

* Policy Committee Chairman:

* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:

Richard M. Simpson Richard Murray Simpson (August 30, 1900 – January 7, 1960) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Richard Simpson was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, the son of Warren Brown and Sue Simpson. His fa ...

Caucuses

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Senate Democratic Caucus The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate, sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference, is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the United States Senate. ...

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. Senators in each state are listed by class. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1958; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1960; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1962.

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J. Lister Hill Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress for more than forty-five years, as both a U.S. Representative (1923–1938) a ...

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John Sparkman John Jackson Sparkman (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was an American jurist and politician from the state of Alabama. A Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1946 and the United S ...

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Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ...

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Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the United States Republican Party, Republ ...

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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...

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John L. McClellan John Little McClellan (February 25, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American lawyer and a segregationist politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1935–1939) and a U.S. Senator (1943–1977) f ...

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J. William Fulbright James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest serving chair ...

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California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

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Thomas Kuchel Thomas Henry Kuchel ( ; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was an American politician. A moderate Republican, he served as a US Senator from California from 1953 to 1969 and was the minority whip in the Senate, where he was the co-mana ...

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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

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Gordon Allott Gordon Llewellyn Allott (January 2, 1907January 17, 1989) was a Republican American politician. Allott was born in Pueblo, Colorado to Bertha (née Llewellyn) and Leonard J. Allott; his maternal grandparents were Welsh and his paternal grandpare ...

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John A. Carroll John Albert Carroll (July 30, 1901 – August 31, 1983) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from Colorado. He also served as a special assistant to President Harry Truman. ...

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Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

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William A. Purtell William Arthur Purtell (May 6, 1897 – May 31, 1978) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he represented Connecticut in the United States Senate in 1952 and from 1953 ...

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Prescott Bush Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker as a Wall Street executive investment banker, he represented Connecticut in the from 1952 of the Bush family, he was the father of former Vice President and ...

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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacen ...

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J. Allen Frear Jr. Joseph Allen Frear Jr. (March 7, 1903 – January 15, 1993) was an American businessman and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Delaware from 1949 to 1961. He was defeated for a third term by Republican politician ...

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Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...

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Spessard Holland Spessard Lindsey Holland (July 10, 1892 – November 6, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 28th Governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945, and later as a US senator for Florida from 1946 to 1971. He would be the first pers ...

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George Smathers George Armistead Smathers (November 14, 1913 – January 20, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate from 1951 until 1969 and in the United States House from 1947 to 1951, as ...

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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...

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Richard Russell Jr. Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almos ...

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Herman Talmadge Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002) was an American politician who served as governor of Georgia in 1947 and from 1948 to 1955 and as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1957 to 1981. Talmadge, a Democrat, served during a ti ...

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Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and W ...

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Henry Dworshak Henry Clarence Dworshak Jr. (August 29, 1894July 23, 1962) was a United States Senator and Congressman A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically ...

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Frank Church Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Idaho from 1957 until his defeat in 1981. As of 2022, he is the longe ...

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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...

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Paul Douglas Paul Howard Douglas (March 26, 1892 – September 24, 1976) was an American politician and Georgist economist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967. During his Senate ...

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Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...

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William E. Jenner William Ezra Jenner (July 21, 1908 – March 9, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Indiana. A Republican, Jenner was an Indiana state senator from 1934 to 1942, and a U.S. Senator from 1944 to 1945 and again from 19 ...

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Homer E. Capehart Homer Earl Capehart (June 6, 1897 – September 3, 1979) was an American businessman and politician from Indiana. After serving in the United States Army during World War I, he became involved in the manufacture of record players and other pro ...

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Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

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Thomas E. Martin Thomas Ellsworth Martin (January 18, 1893June 27, 1971) was a United States representative and Senator from Iowa. Martin, a Republican, served in Congress for 22 consecutive years, from January 1939 to January 1961. Born in Melrose, Iowa, he a ...

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Bourke B. Hickenlooper Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper (July 21, 1896 – September 4, 1971), was an American politician and member of the Republican Party, first elected to statewide office in Iowa as lieutenant governor, serving from 1939 to 1943 and then as the 29 ...

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Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to ...

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Andrew Frank Schoeppel Andrew Frank Schoeppel (November 23, 1894 – January 21, 1962) was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was the 29th governor of Kansas from 1943 to 1947 and a U.S. Senator from 1949 until his death. He was born in 18 ...

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Frank Carlson Frank Carlson (January 23, 1893May 30, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to ...

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Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...

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John Sherman Cooper John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elect ...

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Thruston Ballard Morton Thruston Ballard Morton (August 19, 1907 – August 14, 1982) was an American politician. A Republican, Morton represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Early life Morton was born on August 19, 1907 ...

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Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...

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Allen J. Ellender Allen Joseph Ellender (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was an American politician and lawyer who was a U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1937 until his death. He was a Democrat who was originally allied with Huey Long. As Senator he co ...

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Russell B. Long Russell Billiu Long (November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987. Because of his seniority, he advanced to chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, servi ...

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Maine Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...

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Frederick G. Payne Frederick George Payne (July 24, 1904 – June 15, 1978) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Maine from 1953 to 1959. He previously served as the 60th Governor of Ma ...

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Margaret Chase Smith Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...

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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; ...

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James Glenn Beall James Glenn Beall (June 5, 1894 – January 14, 1971) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. Senator (1953–1965) from Maryland. Early ...

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John Marshall Butler John Marshall Butler (July 21, 1897March 14, 1978) was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1951 to 1963. Early life and career Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to John Harvey and ...

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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

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John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination ...

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Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

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Charles E. Potter Charles Edward Potter (October 30, 1916November 23, 1979) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life Potter was born in Lapeer, Michigan and attended the public schools there. He received an AB degr ...

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Patrick V. McNamara Patrick Vincent McNamara (October 4, 1894 – April 30, 1966) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1955 until his death from a stroke in Bethesda, Maryland in 1966. Early life ...

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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...

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Edward John Thye Edward John Thye (April 26, 1896August 28, 1969) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 26th governor of Minnesota from 1943 to 1947 and a United States Senator from 1947 to 1959. Early life and education Edwar ...

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Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing M ...

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Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mis ...

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John C. Stennis John Cornelius Stennis (August 3, 1901April 23, 1995) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its most senior member for hi ...

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James Eastland James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 February 19, 1986) was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation on Dece ...

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Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

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James E. Murray James Edward Murray (May 3, 1876March 23, 1961) was an American politician and United States Senator from Montana, and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961. Background Born on a fa ...

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Roman Hruska Roman Lee Hruska () (August 16, 1904April 25, 1999) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican U.S. senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the Senate during the 19 ...

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Carl Curtis Carl Thomas Curtis (March 15, 1905 – January 24, 2000) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives (1939–1954) and later the United States S ...

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List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada

: 1. George W. Malone (R) : 3. Alan Bible (D)

List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

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(R) : 3. Norris Cotton (R)

List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey

: 1. Howard Alexander Smith (R) : 2. Clifford P. Case (R)

List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico

: 1. Dennis Chávez (D) : 2. Clinton Anderson (D)

List of United States senators from New York, New York

: 1. Irving Ives (R) : 3. Jacob Javits (R), from January 9, 1957

List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. W. Kerr Scott (D), until April 16, 1958 :: B. Everett Jordan (D), from April 19, 1958 : 3. Sam Ervin (D)

List of United States senators from North Dakota, North Dakota

: 1. William Langer (R-NPL) : 3.

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List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio

: 1. John W. Bricker (R) : 3. Frank Lausche (D)

List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: 2. Robert S. Kerr (D) : 3. Mike Monroney (D)

List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon

: 2. Richard L. Neuberger (D) : 3. Wayne Morse (D)

List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: 1. Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician), Edward Martin (R) : 3. Joseph S. Clark Jr. (D)

List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. John Pastore (D) : 2. Theodore F. Green (D)

List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina

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(D) : 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota

: 2. Karl E. Mundt (R) : 3. Francis H. Case (R)

List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Albert Gore Sr. (D) : 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Price Daniel (D), until January 14, 1957 :: William A. Blakley (D), January 15, 1957 – April 28, 1957 :: Ralph Yarborough (D), from April 29, 1957 : 2.

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List of United States senators from Utah, Utah

: 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R) : 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

List of United States senators from Vermont, Vermont

: 1. Ralph Flanders (R) : 3. George Aiken (R)

List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. Harry F. Byrd (D) : 2. Absalom Willis Robertson (D)

List of United States senators from Washington, Washington

: 1. Henry M. Jackson (D) : 3. Warren Magnuson (D)

List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. Chapman Revercomb (R) : 2. Matthew M. Neely (D), until January 18, 1958 :: John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R), January 25, 1958 – November 4, 1958 :: Jennings Randolph (D), from November 4, 1958

List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: 1. Joseph McCarthy (R), until May 2, 1957 :: William Proxmire (D), from August 28, 1957 : 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming

: 1. Frank A. Barrett (R) : 2. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) 85th United States Congress Senators

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List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . Frank W. Boykin (D) : . George M. Grant (D) : . George W. Andrews (D) : . Kenneth A. Roberts (D) : . Albert Rains (D) : . Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D) : . Carl Elliott (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D) : . George Huddleston Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona

: . John Jacob Rhodes (R) : . Stewart Udall (D)

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : . James William Trimble (D) : . Oren Harris (D) : . Brooks Hays (D) : . William F. Norrell (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . Hubert B. Scudder (R) : . Clair Engle (D) : . John E. Moss (D) : . William S. Mailliard (R) : . John F. Shelley (D) : . John F. Baldwin Jr. (R) : . John J. Allen Jr. (R) : . George P. Miller (D) : . J. Arthur Younger (R) : . Charles Gubser (R) : . John J. McFall (D) : . B. F. Sisk (D) : . Charles M. Teague (R) : . Harlan Hagen (D) : . Gordon L. McDonough (R) : . Donald L. Jackson (R) : . Cecil R. King (D) : . Craig Hosmer (R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : . H. Allen Smith (California politician), H. Allen Smith (R) : . Edgar W. Hiestand (R) : . Joseph F. Holt (R) : . Clyde Doyle (D) : . Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) : . Patrick J. Hillings (R) : . James Roosevelt (D) : . Harry R. Sheppard (D) : . James B. Utt (R) : . Dalip Singh Saund (D) : . Bob Wilson (politician), Bob Wilson (R)

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . Byron G. Rogers (D) : . William S. Hill (R) : . John Chenoweth (Colorado politician), John Chenoweth (R) : . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . Antoni Sadlak (R) : . Edwin H. May Jr. (R) : . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R) : . Albert W. Cretella (R) : . Albert P. Morano (R) : . James T. Patterson (politician), James T. Patterson (R)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . Harry G. Haskell Jr. (R)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . William C. Cramer (R) : . Charles E. Bennett (politician), Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Bob Sikes (D) : . Dante Fascell (D) : . Syd Herlong (D) : . Paul Rogers (politician), Paul Rogers (D) : . James A. Haley (D) : . Donald Ray Matthews (D)

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D) : . J. L. Pilcher (D) : . Tic Forrester (D) : . John Flynt (D) : . James C. Davis (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D), until November 10, 1957 : : Harlan Erwin Mitchell (D), from January 8, 1958 : . Iris Faircloth Blitch (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . Paul Brown (Georgia politician), Paul Brown (D)

List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: . Gracie Pfost (D) : . Hamer H. Budge (R)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson (D) : . Barratt O'Hara (D) : . Emmet Byrne (R) : . William E. McVey (R), until August 10, 1958 : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois), Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . James Bowler (D), until July 18, 1957 :: Roland V. Libonati (D), from December 31, 1957 : . Thomas S. Gordon (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Harold R. Collier (R) : . Timothy P. Sheehan (R) : . Charles A. Boyle (D) : . Marguerite S. Church (R) : . Russell W. Keeney (R), until January 11, 1958 : . Noah M. Mason (R) : . Leo E. Allen (R) : .

(R) : . Robert H. Michel (R) : . Robert B. Chiperfield (R) : . Sid Simpson (R), until October 26, 1958 : . Peter F. Mack Jr. (D) : . William L. Springer (R) : . Charles W. Vursell (R) : .

(D) : . Kenneth J. Gray (D)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Charles A. Halleck (R) : . F. Jay Nimtz (R) : . E. Ross Adair (R) : . John V. Beamer (R) : . Cecil M. Harden (R) : . William G. Bray (R) : . Winfield K. Denton (D) : . Earl Wilson (politician), Earl Wilson (R) : . Ralph Harvey (R) : . Charles B. Brownson (R)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Fred Schwengel (R) : . Henry O. Talle (R) : . H. R. Gross (R) : . Karl M. LeCompte (R) : . Paul Cunningham (politician), Paul Cunningham (R) : . Merwin Coad (D) : . Ben F. Jensen (R) : .

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List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . William H. Avery (politician), William H. Avery (R) : . Errett P. Scrivner (R) : . Myron V. George (R) : . Edward Herbert Rees (R) : . James Floyd Breeding (D) : . Wint Smith (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Noble Jones Gregory (D) : . William Natcher (D) : . John M. Robsion Jr. (R) : . Frank Chelf (D) : . Brent Spence (D) : . John C. Watts (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D) : . Eugene Siler (R)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : . Hale Boggs (D) : . Edwin E. Willis (D) : . Overton Brooks (D) : . Otto Passman (D) : . James H. Morrison (D) : . T. Ashton Thompson (D) : . George S. Long (D), until March 22, 1958

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Robert Hale (Maine), Robert Hale (R) : . Frank M. Coffin (D) : . Clifford McIntire (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Edward Tylor Miller (R) : . James Devereux (R) : . Edward Garmatz (D) : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : . Richard Lankford (D) : . DeWitt Hyde (R) : . Samuel Friedel (D)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . John W. Heselton (R) : . Edward Boland (D) : . Philip J. Philbin (D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . Edith Nourse Rogers (R) : . William H. Bates (R) : . Thomas J. Lane (D) : . Torbert Macdonald (D) : . Donald W. Nicholson (R) : . Laurence Curtis (R) : . Tip O'Neill (D) : .

(D) : . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R), until November 13, 1958 : .

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List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D) : . George Meader (R) : . August E. Johansen (R) : . Clare Hoffman (R) : . Gerald Ford (R) : . Charles E. Chamberlain (R) : . Robert J. McIntosh (R) : . Alvin Morell Bentley (R) : . Robert P. Griffin (R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Victor A. Knox (R) : . John B. Bennett (R) : . Charles Diggs (D) : . Louis C. Rabaut (D) : . John Dingell (D) : . John Lesinski Jr. (D) : . Martha Griffiths (D) : . William Broomfield (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . August H. Andresen (R), until January 14, 1958 :: Al Quie (R), from February 18, 1958 : .Joseph P. O'Hara (R) : .Roy Wier (DFL) : .Eugene McCarthy (DFL) : .Walter Judd (politician), Walter Judd (R) : .Fred Marshall (American politician), Fred Marshall (DFL) : .Herman Carl Andersen (R) : .John Blatnik (DFL) : .Coya Knutson (DFL)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Thomas Abernethy (politician), Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie Whitten (D) : . Frank Ellis Smith (D) : . John Bell Williams (D) : . W. Arthur Winstead (D) : . William M. Colmer (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Frank M. Karsten (D) : . Thomas B. Curtis (R) : . Leonor Sullivan (D) : . George H. Christopher (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D) : . Charles Harrison Brown (D) : . A. S. J. Carnahan (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Paul C. Jones (D) : . Morgan M. Moulder (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . Lee Metcalf (D) : . LeRoy H. Anderson (D)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Phillip Hart Weaver (R) : . Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska politician), Glenn Cunningham (R) : . Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R) : . Arthur L. Miller (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Chester Earl Merrow (R) : . Perkins Bass (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Charles A. Wolverton (R) : . Milton W. Glenn (R), from November 5, 1957 : . James C. Auchincloss (R) : . Frank Thompson (D) : . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R) : . Florence P. Dwyer (R) : . William B. Widnall (R) : . Gordon Canfield (R) : . Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D) : . Robert Kean (R) : . Alfred Dennis Sieminski (D) : . Vincent J. Dellay (R) to (D), sometime in 1958

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . John J. Dempsey (D), until March 11, 1958 : . Joseph Montoya (D), from April 9, 1957

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Stuyvesant Wainwright (R) : . Steven Derounian (R) : . Frank J. Becker (R) : . Henry J. Latham (R), until December 31, 1958 : . Albert H. Bosch (R) : . Lester Holtzman (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Victor Anfuso (D) : . Eugene James Keogh (D) : . Edna F. Kelly (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Francis E. Dorn (R) : . Abraham J. Multer (D) : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) : . John H. Ray (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R) : . Alfred E. Santangelo (D) : . Leonard Farbstein (D) : . Ludwig Teller (D) : . Herbert Zelenko (D) : . James C. Healey (D) : . Isidore Dollinger (D) : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . Paul A. Fino (R) : . Edwin B. Dooley (R) : . Ralph W. Gwinn (R) : . Katharine St. George (R) : . J. Ernest Wharton (R) : . Leo W. O'Brien (D) : . Dean P. Taylor (R) : . Bernard W. Kearney (R) : . Clarence E. Kilburn (R) : . William R. Williams (R) : . R. Walter Riehlman (R) : . John Taber (R) : . W. Sterling Cole (R), until December 1, 1957 :: Howard W. Robison (R), from January 14, 1958 : . Kenneth Keating (R) : . Harold C. Ostertag (R) : . William E. Miller (R) : . Edmund P. Radwan (R) : . John R. Pillion (R) : . Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . Graham Arthur Barden (D) : . Harold D. Cooley (D) : . Ralph James Scott (D) : . Carl T. Durham (D) : . Alton Lennon (D) : . Alvin Paul Kitchin (D) : . Hugh Quincy Alexander (D) : . Charles R. Jonas (R) : . Basil Lee Whitener (D) : . George A. Shuford (D)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Otto Krueger (politician), Otto Krueger (R) : . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Gordon H. Scherer (R) : . William E. Hess (R) : . Paul F. Schenck (R) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Cliff Clevenger (R) : . James G. Polk (D) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Jackson Edward Betts (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : . Thomas A. Jenkins (R) : . David S. Dennison (R) : . John M. Vorys (R) : . Albert David Baumhart Jr. (R) : . William Hanes Ayres (R) : . John E. Henderson (R) : . Frank T. Bow (R) : . J. Harry McGregor (R), until October 7, 1958; vacant thereafter : . Wayne Hays (D) : .

(D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Charles Vanik (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R) : . William E. Minshall Jr. (R)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . Page Belcher (R) : . Ed Edmondson (politician), Ed Edmondson (D) : .

(D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . Toby Morris (politician), Toby Morris (D)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . A. Walter Norblad (R) : . Al Ullman (D) : . Edith Green (D) : . Charles O. Porter (D)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . Kathryn E. Granahan (D) : . James A. Byrne (D) : . Earl Chudoff (D), until January 5, 1958 :: Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D), from May 20, 1958 : . William J. Green Jr. (D) : . Hugh Scott (R) : . Benjamin F. James (R) : . Willard S. Curtin (R) : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . Joseph L. Carrigg (R) : . Dan Flood (D) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R), until September 1, 1957 :: John A. Lafore Jr. (R), from November 5, 1957 : . George M. Rhodes (D) : . Francis E. Walter (D) : . Walter M. Mumma (R) : . Alvin Bush (R) : .

(R) : . S. Walter Stauffer (R) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . Augustine B. Kelley (D), until November 20, 1957 :: John Herman Dent (D), from January 21, 1958 : . John P. Saylor (R) : . Leon H. Gavin (R) : . Carroll D. Kearns (R) : . Frank M. Clark (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . James G. Fulton (R) : . Herman P. Eberharter (D), until September 9, 1958 : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . Elmer J. Holland (D)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Aime Forand (D) : . John E. Fogarty (D)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D) : . John J. Riley (D) : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) : . Robert T. Ashmore (D) : . Robert W. Hemphill (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . George McGovern (D) : . Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . B. Carroll Reece (R) : . Howard Baker Sr. (R) : . James B. Frazier Jr. (D) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . J. Carlton Loser (D) : . Ross Bass (D) : . Tom J. Murray (D) : . Jere Cooper (D), until December 18, 1957 :: Fats Everett (D), from February 1, 1958 : . Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Martin Dies Jr. (D) : . Wright Patman (D) : . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D) : . Lindley Beckworth (D) : .

(D) : . Bruce Alger (R) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . John Dowdy (D) : . Albert Thomas (American politician), Albert Thomas (D) : . Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D) : . Homer Thornberry (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Frank N. Ikard (D) : . John Andrew Young (D) : . Joe M. Kilgore (D) : . J. T. Rutherford (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Walter E. Rogers (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Paul J. Kilday (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Henry Aldous Dixon (R) : . William A. Dawson (R)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Winston L. Prouty (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D) : . Porter Hardy Jr. (D) : . J. Vaughan Gary (D) : . Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D) : . William M. Tuck (D) : . Richard Harding Poff (R) : . Burr Harrison (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . W. Pat Jennings (D) : . Joel Broyhill (R)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Donald H. Magnuson (D) : . Thomas Pelly (R) : . Jack Westland (R) : . Russell V. Mack (R) : . Hal Holmes (R) : . Walt Horan (R) : . Thor C. Tollefson (R)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . Cleveland M. Bailey (D) : . Will E. Neal (R) : . Elizabeth Kee (D) : . Robert Byrd (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Lawrence H. Smith (R), until January 22, 1958 : . Donald Edgar Tewes (R) : . Gardner R. Withrow (R) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Henry S. Reuss (D) : . William Van Pelt (R) : . Melvin Laird (R) : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Lester Johnson (politician), Lester Johnson (D) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Edwin Keith Thomson (R)

Non-voting members

: . Bob Bartlett (D) : . John A. Burns (D) : . Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD) 85 us house membership

Changes in membership

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(3) , Vacant , Retired.
Successor elected in 1956, but took seat late to prevent Governor from appointing a rival to be his successor as N.Y. Attorney General , nowrap , Jacob Javits (R) , January 9, 1957 , - , List of United States senators from Texas, Texas
(1) , nowrap , Price Daniel (D) , Resigned January 14, 1957, after being elected Governor of Texas.
Successor appointed January 15, 1957. , nowrap , William A. Blakley (D) , January 15, 1957 , - , List of United States senators from Texas, Texas
(1) , nowrap , William A. Blakley (D) , Interim appointee retired when successor elected.
Successor elected April 28, 1957. , nowrap , Ralph Yarborough (D) , April 29, 1957 , - , List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
(1) , nowrap , Joseph McCarthy (R) , Died May 2, 1957.
Successor elected August 27, 1957. , nowrap , William Proxmire (D) , August 28, 1957 , - , List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia
(2) , nowrap , Matthew M. Neely (D) , Died January 18, 1958.
Successor appointed January 25, 1958. , nowrap , John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R) , January 25, 1958 , - , List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
(2) , nowrap , W. Kerr Scott (D) , Died April 16, 1958.
Successor appointed April 19, 1958, and then elected November 4, 1958. , nowrap , B. Everett Jordan (D) , April 19, 1958 , - , List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia
(2) , nowrap , John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R) , Interim appointee lost special election.
Successor elected November 4, 1958. , nowrap , Jennings Randolph (D) , November 5, 1958 , - ,

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(1) , nowrap , William F. Knowland (R) , Resigned early January 2, 1959. , Vacant , Not filled this term

House of Representatives

, - , , Vacant , Rep. Antonio M. Fernández died during previous congress. , , Joseph Montoya (D) , April 9, 1957 , - , , Vacant , Rep. T. Millet Hand died during previous congress. , , Milton W. Glenn (R) , November 5, 1957 , - , , , James Bowler (D) , Died July 18, 1957. , , Roland V. Libonati (D) , December 31, 1957 , - , , , Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R) , Resigned September 1, 1957, after becoming Executive Director of the United Cerebral Palsy Associations , , John A. Lafore Jr. (R) , November 5, 1957 , - , , , Henderson Lovelace Lanham, Henderson L. Lanham (D) , Died November 10, 1957. , , Harlan Erwin Mitchell, Harlan E. Mitchell (D) , January 8, 1958 , - , , , Augustine B. Kelley (D) , Died November 20, 1957. , , John Herman Dent, John H. Dent (D) , January 21, 1958 , - , , , W. Sterling Cole (R) , Resigned December 1, 1957, after becoming Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. , , Howard W. Robison (R) , January 14, 1958 , - , , , Jere Cooper (D) , Died December 18, 1957. , , Fats Everett (D) , February 1, 1958 , - , , , Earl Chudoff (D) , Resigned January 5, 1958, after being elected judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas No. 1. , , Robert N.C. Nix Sr. (D) , May 20, 1958 , - , , , Vincent J. Dellay (R) , Changed political affiliation some time in 1958. , , Vincent J. Dellay (D) , ????, 1958 , - , , , Russell W. Keeney (R) , Died January 11, 1958. , Vacant , Not filled this term. , - , , , August H. Andresen (R) , Died January 14, 1958. , , Al Quie (R) , February 18, 1958 , - , , , Lawrence H. Smith (R) , Died January 22, 1958. , colspan=2 , Not filled this term. , - , , , John J. Dempsey (D) , Died March 11, 1958. , colspan=2 , Not filled this term. , - , , , George S. Long (D) , Died March 22, 1958. , colspan=2 , Not filled this term. , - , , , William E. McVey (R) , Died August 10, 1958. , colspan=2 , Not filled this term. , - , , , Herman P. Eberharter (D) , Died September 9, 1958. , colspan=2 , Not filled this term. , - , , , J. Harry McGregor (R) , Died October 7, 1958. , colspan=2 , Not filled this term. , - , , , Sid Simpson (R) , Died October 26, 1958. , colspan=2 , Not filled this term. , - , , , Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) , Resigned November 13, 1958. , colspan=2 , Not filled this term. , - , , , Henry J. Latham (R) , Resigned December 31, 1958, after becoming a judge of the New York Supreme Court. , colspan=2 , Not filled this term.

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Homer Capehart) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician), Edward Martin) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Theodore F. Green; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley) * United States Senate Special Committee on the Foreign Aid Program, Foreign Aid Program (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Joseph McCarthy then Karl E. Mundt) * United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George W. Malone) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: John W. Bricker) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: H. Alexander Smith) * United States Senate Select Committee on Labor-Management Relations, Labor-Management Relations (Select) * United States Senate Special Committee on Political Activities, Lobbying and Campaign Contributions, Political Activities, Lobbying and Campaign Contributions (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Special Committee on Preserve Historical Records of the Senate, Preserve Historical Records of the Senate (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician), Edward Martin) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) * United States Senate Special Committee on the Senate Reception Room, Senate Reception Room (Special) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman) * United States Senate Special Committee on Space and Aeronautics, Space and Aeronautics (Special) * United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security, Subcommittee on Internal Security * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: August H. Andresen then William S. Hill) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Henry O. Talle) * United States House Select Committee on the Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans, Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Defense Production, Defense Production * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Sid Simpson then Joseph P. O'Hara) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; Ranking Member: Samuel K. McConnell then Ralph W. Gwinn) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Gordon; Ranking Member: Robert B. Chiperfield) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman: William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Karl M. LeCompte) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Clair Engle; Ranking Member: Arthur L. Miller, A.L. Miller) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Oren Harris; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: Kenneth B. Keating) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Oren Harris; Ranking Member: Thor C. Tollefson) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rees) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member: J. Harry McGregor then James C. Auchincloss) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Howard W. Smith; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman) * United States House Committee on Un-American Activities, Un-American Activities (Chairman: Francis E. Walter; Ranking Member: Bernard W. Kearney) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Jere Cooper; Ranking Member: Daniel A. Reed (politician), Daniel A. Reed) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chairman: Rep. Carl T. Durham; Vice Chairman: Sen. Clinton P. Anderson) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian, Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian * United States Congress Joint Committee on Defense Production, Defense Production (Chairman: Sen. A. Willis Robertson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Paul Brown (Georgia politician), Paul Brown) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chairman: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chairman: Sen. John J. Sparkman) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy, Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Vacant) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, Legislative Budget * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Sen. Theodore F. Green) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration, Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen.

; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Clarence Cannon) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Jere Cooper; Vice Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Washington (DC) Metropolitan Problems, Washington (DC) Metropolitan Problems

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver * Comptroller General of the United States: Joseph Campbell (accountant), Joseph Campbell * Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford * Public Printer of the United States: Raymond Blattenberger

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris, Methodism, Methodist * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins (Senate Parliamentarian), Charles Watkins * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Richard D. Hupman * Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Robert G. Baker * Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts (politician), Ralph R. Roberts * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: H. H. Morris * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) (until 1957) then Joe Bartlett (R) (starting 1957) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr. * Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)

Notes

References

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