84th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1955 in the United States, 1956 in the United States, 1957 in the United States

• January 28, 1955: Congress authorized the president to use force to protect Taiwan from the People's Republic of China
• February 10, 1955: The United States Navy helped the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
• February 12, 1955: President Eisenhower sent the first U.S. advisers to South Vietnam.
• July 2, 1955: Senator Lyndon Johnson, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, suffered a major heart attack.
• September 24, 1955: President Eisenhower suffered a coronary thrombosis.
• November 5, 1955: Racial segregation was forbidden on trains and buses in U.S. interstate commerce.
• December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person.
• December 5, 1955: The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to become the AFL–CIO.
• March 12, 1956: 96 Congressmen signed the Southern Manifesto, a protest against the 1954 Supreme Court ruling (Brown v. Board of Education) desegregating public education.
• November 6, 1956: United States elections, 1956:
  • 1956 United States presidential election: Republican incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democratic challenger Adlai E. Stevenson in a rematch of their contest four years earlier.
  • United States Senate elections, 1956: The party balance of the chamber remained unchanged as Republican and Democratic gains cancelled each other.
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1956: Republicans lost a net of two seats to the majority Democrats.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001#84th United States Congress

• January 29, 1955: Formosa Resolution
• March 31, 1955: Career Incentive Act
• June 28, 1955: Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act, ,
• July 11, 1955: To provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription "In God We Trust", , ,
• July 14, 1955: Air Pollution Control Act, , ch. 360,
• July 23, 1955: Multiple Surface Use Mining Act, , ch. 730,
• August 9, 1955: Reserve Forces Act, ,
• August 11, 1955: National Housing Act ("Capehart Act"), ,
• August 12, 1955: Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act, , ch. 863,
• April 11, 1956: Colorado River Storage Project Act,
• June 29, 1956: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act),
• July 30, 1956: Health Research Facilities Act, , ch. 779,
• August 8, 1956: Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, ch. 1036, ,

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

The independent Wayne Morse, who caucused with Republicans in the second session of the previous Congress, began caucusing with the Democrats at the start of this Congress before ultimately becoming a Democrat himself.

Democrats would briefly lose control of the Senate after the last congressional session.

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

thumb|175px|Senate President [[Richard Nixon]] (R)

• President: Richard Nixon (R)
• President pro tempore: Walter F. George (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader and Democratic Conference chairman: Lyndon B. Johnson
• Majority Whip: Earle Clements
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Thomas C. Hennings Jr.

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: William Knowland
• Minority Whip: Leverett Saltonstall
• Republican Conference chairman: Eugene Millikin
• Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: Barry Goldwater
• Policy Committee Chairman: Styles Bridges

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: John W. McCormack
• Majority Whip: Carl Albert
• Democratic Caucus chairman: John J. Rooney
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Edna F. Kelly
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
• Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
• Republican Conference chairman: Clifford R. Hope
• Policy Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Richard M. Simpson

Caucuses

• House Democratic Caucus
• Senate Democratic Caucus

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state.

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 84th Congress

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. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1958; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, facing re-election in 1960; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1956.

[[List of United States senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

: 2. John J. Sparkman (D) : 3. J. Lister Hill (D)

[[List of United States senators from Arizona|Arizona]]

: 1. Barry Goldwater (R) : 3. Carl Hayden (D)

[[List of United States senators from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: 2. John L. McClellan (D) : 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

[[List of United States senators from California|California]]

: 1. William Knowland (R) : 3. Thomas Kuchel (R)

[[List of United States senators from Colorado|Colorado]]

: 2. Gordon Allott (R) : 3. Eugene Millikin (R)

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: 1. William A. Purtell (R) : 3. Prescott Bush (R)

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

: 1. John J. Williams (R) : 2. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)

[[List of United States senators from Florida|Florida]]

: 1. Spessard Holland (D) : 3. George Smathers (D)

[[List of United States senators from Georgia|Georgia]]

: 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D) : 3. Walter F. George (D)

[[List of United States senators from Idaho|Idaho]]

: 2. Henry Dworshak (R) : 3. Herman Welker (R)

[[List of United States senators from Illinois|Illinois]]

: 2. Paul Douglas (D) : 3. Everett M. Dirksen (R)

[[List of United States senators from Indiana|Indiana]]

: 1. William E. Jenner (R) : 3. Homer E. Capehart (R)

[[List of United States senators from Iowa|Iowa]]

: 2. Thomas E. Martin (R) : 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

[[List of United States senators from Kansas|Kansas]]

: 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) : 3. Frank Carlson (R)

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: 2. Alben Barkley (D), until April 30, 1956 :: Robert Humphreys (D), June 21, 1956 – November 6, 1956 :: John Sherman Cooper (R), from November 7, 1956 : 3. Earle Clements (D)

[[List of United States senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: 2. Allen J. Ellender (D) : 3. Russell B. Long (D)

[[List of United States senators from Maine|Maine]]

: 1. Frederick G. Payne (R) : 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

[[List of United States senators from Maryland|Maryland]]

: 1. James Glenn Beall (R) : 3. John Marshall Butler (R)

[[List of United States senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: 1. John F. Kennedy (D) : 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

[[List of United States senators from Michigan|Michigan]]

: 1. Charles E. Potter (R) : 2. Patrick V. McNamara (D)

[[List of United States senators from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: 1. Edward John Thye (R) : 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

[[List of United States senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: 1. John C. Stennis (D) : 2. James Eastland (D)

[[List of United States senators from Missouri|Missouri]]

: 1. Stuart Symington (D) : 3. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D)

[[List of United States senators from Montana|Montana]]

: 1. Mike Mansfield (D) : 2. James E. Murray (D)

[[List of United States senators from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

: 1. Roman Hruska (R) : 2. Carl Curtis (R)

[[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]]

: 2. Styles Bridges (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 P. Anderson (D)

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

: 1. Irving Ives (R) : 3. Herbert H. Lehman (D)

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: 2. W. Kerr Scott (D) : 3. Sam Ervin (D)

[[List of United States senators from North Dakota|North Dakota]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Ohio|Ohio]]

: 1. John W. Bricker (R) : 3. George H. Bender (R)

[[List of United States senators from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Oregon|Oregon]]

: 2. Richard L. Neuberger (D) : 3. Wayne Morse (I), changed to (D) April 30, 1955

[[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: 1. Edward Martin (R) : 3. James H. Duff (R)

[[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]]

: 2. Strom Thurmond (D), until April 4, 1956 :: Thomas A. Wofford (D), April 5, 1956 – November 6, 1956 :: Strom Thurmond (D), from November 7, 1956 : 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

[[List of United States senators from South Dakota|South Dakota]]

: 2. Karl E. Mundt (R) : 3. Francis 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) : 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

[[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. A. Willis Robertson (D)

[[List of United States senators from Washington|Washington]]

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

[[List of United States senators from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D), until February 28, 1956 :: William Laird III (D), March 13, 1956 – November 6, 1956 :: Chapman Revercomb (R), from November 7, 1956 : 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

[[List of United States senators from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: 1. Joseph McCarthy (R) : 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

[[List of United States senators from Wyoming|Wyoming]]

: 1. Frank A. Barrett (R) : 2. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)

]] Lyndon B. Johnson Earle Clements William Knowland Leverett Saltonstall

House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 84th Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

[[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) : . J. Leroy Johnson (R) : . 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) : . John Carl Hinshaw (R), until August 5, 1956 : . 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) : . John R. Phillips (R) : . Bob Wilson (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Colorado|Colorado]]

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

[[List of United States representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: . Thomas J. Dodd (D) : . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R) : . Albert W. Cretella (R) : . Albert P. Morano (R) : . James T. Patterson (R) : . Antoni Sadlak (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Delaware|Delaware]]

: . Harris McDowell (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Florida|Florida]]

: . William C. Cramer (R) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Robert L. F. Sikes (D) : . Dante Fascell (D) : . Syd Herlong (D) : . Paul Rogers (D), from January 11, 1955 : . 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) : . Iris Faircloth Blitch (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . 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 (D) : . Barratt O'Hara (D) : . James C. Murray (D) : . William E. McVey (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . James Bowler (D) : . Thomas S. Gordon (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Richard W. Hoffman (R) : . Timothy P. Sheehan (R) : . Charles A. Boyle (D) : . Marguerite S. Church (R) : . Chauncey W. Reed (R), until February 9, 1956 : . Noah M. Mason (R) : . Leo E. Allen (R) : . Leslie C. Arends (R) : . Harold H. Velde (R) : . Robert B. Chiperfield (R) : . Sid Simpson (R) : . Peter F. Mack Jr. (D) : . William L. Springer (R) : . Charles W. Vursell (R) : . Melvin Price (D) : . Kenneth J. Gray (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Indiana|Indiana]]

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Charles A. Halleck (R) : . Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (R) : . E. Ross Adair (R) : . John V. Beamer (R) : . Cecil M. Harden (R) : . William G. Bray (R) : . Winfield K. Denton (D) : . 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 H. Cunningham (R) : . James I. Dolliver (R) : . Ben F. Jensen (R) : . Charles B. Hoeven (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Kansas|Kansas]]

: . William H. Avery (R) : . Errett P. Scrivner (R) : . Myron V. George (R) : . Edward Herbert Rees (R) : . Clifford R. Hope (R) : . Wint Smith (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: . Noble J. 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)

[[List of United States representatives from Maine|Maine]]

: . Robert Hale (R) : . Charles P. Nelson (R) : . 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) : . John W. McCormack (D) : . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) : . Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

[[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) : . Donald Hayworth (D) : . Jesse P. Wolcott (R) : . Alvin Morell Bentley (R) : . Ruth Thompson (R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Victor A. Knox (R) : . John B. Bennett (R) : . Charles Diggs (D) : . Louis C. Rabaut (D) : . John D. Dingell Sr. (D), until September 19, 1955 :: John D. Dingell Jr. (D), from December 13, 1955 : . John Lesinski Jr. (D) : . Martha Griffiths (D) : . George A. Dondero (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: . August H. Andresen (R) : . Joseph P. O'Hara (R) : . Roy Wier (DFL) : . Eugene McCarthy (DFL) : . Walter Judd (R) : . Fred Marshall (DFL) : . Herman Carl Andersen (R) : . John Blatnik (DFL) : . Coya Knutson (DFL)

[[List of United States representatives from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: . Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie L. 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) : . Dewey Short (R) : . 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) : . Orvin B. Fjare (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

: . Phillip Hart Weaver (R) : . Jackson B. Chase (R) : . Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R) : . Arthur L. Miller (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nevada|Nevada]]

: . Clarence Clifton Young (R)

[[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) : . T. Millet Hand (R), until December 26, 1956 : . James C. Auchincloss (R) : . Frank Thompson (D) : . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R) : . Harrison A. Williams (D) : . 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) : . T. James Tumulty (D)

[[List of United States representatives from New Mexico|New Mexico]]

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Antonio M. Fernández (D), until November 7, 1956 : . John J. Dempsey (D)

[[List of United States representatives from New York|New York]]

: . Stuyvesant Wainwright (R) : . Steven Derounian (R) : . Frank J. Becker (R) : . Henry J. Latham (R) : . 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 (D) : . John H. Ray (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R) : . James G. Donovan (D) : . Arthur George Klein (D), until December 31, 1956 : . Irwin D. Davidson (D-L), until December 31, 1956 : . Herbert Zelenko (D) : . Sidney A. Fine (D), until January 2, 1956 :: James C. Healey (D), from February 7, 1956 : . Isidore Dollinger (D) : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . Paul A. Fino (R) : . Ralph A. Gamble (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) : . Kenneth Keating (R) : . Harold C. Ostertag (R) : . William E. Miller (R) : . Edmund P. Radwan (R) : . John R. Pillion (R) : . Daniel A. Reed (R)

[[List of United States representatives from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . Graham A. Barden (D) : . Harold D. Cooley (D) : . Richard Thurmond Chatham (D) : . Carl T. Durham (D) : . Frank Ertel Carlyle (D) : . Charles B. Deane (D) : . Hugh Quincy Alexander (D) : . Charles R. Jonas (R) : . Woodrow W. Jones (D) : . George A. Shuford (D)

[[List of United States representatives from North Dakota|North Dakota]]

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL) : . Otto Krueger (R)

[[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) : . Oliver P. Bolton (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) : . Wayne Hays (D) : . Michael J. Kirwan (D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Charles Vanik (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R) : . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

: . Page Belcher (R) : . Ed Edmondson (D) : . Carl Albert (D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . Victor Wickersham (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Oregon|Oregon]]

: . A. Walter Norblad (R) : . Sam Coon (R) : . Edith Green (D) : . Harris Ellsworth (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . William T. Granahan (D), until May 25, 1956 :: Kathryn E. Granahan (D), from November 6, 1956 : . James A. Byrne (D) : . Earl Chudoff (D) : . William J. Green Jr. (D) : . Hugh Scott (R) : . Benjamin F. James (R) : . Karl C. King (R) : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . Joseph L. Carrigg (R) : . Dan Flood (D) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R) : . George M. Rhodes (D) : . Francis E. Walter (D) : . Walter M. Mumma (R) : . Alvin Bush (R) : . Richard M. Simpson (R) : . James M. Quigley (D) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . Augustine B. Kelley (D) : . 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) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . Vera Buchanan (D), until November 26, 1955 :: Elmer J. Holland (D), from January 24, 1956

[[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) : . James P. Richards (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)

[[List of United States representatives from South Dakota|South Dakota]]

: . Harold Lovre (R) : . 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) : . Percy Priest (D), until October 12, 1956 : . Ross Bass (D) : . Tom J. Murray (D) : . Jere Cooper (D) : . Clifford Davis (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Texas|Texas]]

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Jack Brooks (D) : . Brady P. Gentry (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D) : . Bruce Alger (R) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . John Dowdy (D) : . Albert Thomas (D) : . Clark W. Thompson (D) : . Homer Thornberry (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Frank N. Ikard (D) : . John J. Bell (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) : . Martin Dies Jr. (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]]

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

[[List of United States representatives from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: . Bob Mollohan (D) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . Cleveland M. Bailey (D) : . Maurice G. Burnside (D) : . Elizabeth Kee (D) : . Robert Byrd (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: . Lawrence H. Smith (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (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 (D) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Wyoming|Wyoming]]

: . Edwin Keith Thomson (R)

Non-voting members

: . Bob Bartlett (D) : . Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R) : . Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate

• Replacements: 3
  • Democratic: 1 net loss
  • Independent Democratic: 1 net loss
  • Republican: 2 net gain
• Deaths: 2
• Resignations: 1
• Interim appointments: 3
• Total seats with changes: 3

SORT by the date the seat became vacant

|- | Oregon (3) | nowrap | Wayne Morse (I) | nowrap | Wayne Morse (D)

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 5
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
• Deaths: 9
• Resignations: 3
• Total seats with changes: 12 Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy --

|- | | Vacant | Rep. Dwight L. Rogers died during the previous congress after having been re-elected. Successor elected January 11, 1955. | nowrap | Paul Rogers (D) | January 11, 1955

|- | | nowrap| John Dingell Sr. (D) | Died September 19, 1955. Successor elected December 13, 1955. | nowrap | John Dingell (D) | December 13, 1955

|- | | nowrap| Vera Buchanan (D) | Died November 26, 1955. Successor elected January 24, 1956. | nowrap | Elmer J. Holland (D) | January 24, 1956

|- | | nowrap| Sidney A. Fine (D) | Resigned January 2, 1956. Successor elected February 7, 1956. | nowrap | James C. Healey (D) | February 7, 1956

|- | | nowrap| Chauncey W. Reed (R) | Died February 9, 1956 Seat remained unfilled until next term.

|- | | nowrap| William T. Granahan (D) | Died May 25, 1956. Successor elected November 6, 1956. | nowrap | Kathryn E. Granahan (D) | November 6, 1956

|- | | nowrap| John Carl Hinshaw (R) | Died August 5, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.

|- | | nowrap| Percy Priest (D) | Died October 12, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.

|- | | nowrap| Antonio M. Fernández (D) | Died November 7, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.

|- | | nowrap| T. Millet Hand (R) | Died December 26, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.

|- | | nowrap| Arthur George Klein (D) | Resigned December 31, 1956 after being elected to the New York Supreme Court. Seat remained unfilled until next term.

|- | | nowrap| Irwin D. Davidson (DL) | Resigned December 31, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.

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Committees

Senate

• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
• Armed Services (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: Homer Capehart)
• Contribution Investigation (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall)
• Finance (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: Eugene D. Millikin)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Walter F. George; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
• Foreign Aid Program (Special)
• Government Operations (Chairman: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Joseph McCarthy)
• Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: James E. Murray; Ranking Member: Eugene D. Millikin)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: John W. Bricker)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Harley M. Kilgore; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
• Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member: H. Alexander Smith)
• Political Activities, Lobbying and Campaign Contributions (Special)
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson)
• Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Edward Martin)
• Rules and Administration (Chairman: Theodore F. Green; Ranking Member: William E. Jenner)
• Senate Reception Room (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
• Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: Clifford R. Hope)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber)
• Armed Services (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Dewey J. Short)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Jesse P. Wolcott)
• Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select) (Chairman: Porter Hardy Jr.)
• Defense Production (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Sid Simpson)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; Ranking Member: Samuel K. McConnell Jr.)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James P. Richards; Ranking Member: Robert B. Chiperfield)
• Government Operations (Chairman: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)
• House Administration (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Karl M. LeCompte)
• Investigate the Incorporation of the Baltic States into the U.S.S.R. (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
• Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Clair Engle; Ranking Member: A.L. Miller)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: J. Percy Priest; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: Chauncey W. Reed then Kenneth B. Keating)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Herbert C. Bonner; Ranking Member: Thor C. Tollefson)
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rees)
• Public Works (Chairman: Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member: George A. Dondero)
• Rules (Chairman: Howard W. Smith; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen)
• Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Un-American Activities (Chairman: Francis E. Walter; Ranking Member: Harold H. Velde)
• Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Jere Cooper; Ranking Member: Daniel A. Reed)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Atomic Energy (Chairman: Sen. Clinton P. Anderson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Carl T. Durham)
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian
• Defense Production
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• Economic
• Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Sen. Arthur V. Watkins)
• Legislative Budget
• The Library (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Theodore F. Green)
• Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
• Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson)
• Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Daniel A. Reed)
• Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Jere Cooper; Vice Chairman: Sen. Paul H. Douglas)

Employees

[[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|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
• Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
• Public Printer of the United States: Raymond Blattenberger

Senate

• Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris, Methodist
• Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
• Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston
• Librarian: Richard D. Hupman
• Secretary for the Majority: Robert G. Baker
• Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts
• Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.
• Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller
• Postmaster: H. H. Morris
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
• Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)
• Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)

Notes

References