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85th United States Congress
1957–1959 U.S. Congress
1957–1959 U.S. Congress
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| number | 85th |
| image | USCapitol1956.jpg |
| imagename | United States Capitol |
| imagedate | 1956 |
| start | January 3, 1957 |
| end | January 3, 1959 |
| vp | Richard Nixon (R) |
| pro tem | Carl Hayden (D) |
| speaker | Sam Rayburn (D) |
| senators | 96 |
| reps | 435 |
| s-majority | Democratic |
| h-majority | Democratic |
| sessionnumber1 | 1st |
| sessionstart1 | January 3, 1957 |
| sessionend1 | August 30, 1957 |
| sessionnumber2 | 2nd |
| sessionstart2 | January 7, 1958 |
| sessionend2 | August 24, 1958 |
| previous | 84th |
| next | 86th |
|s-majority =Democratic |h-majority =Democratic The 85th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1959, during the fifth and sixth years of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1950 United States census.
Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Major events
- January 5, 1957: President Eisenhower announced the Eisenhower Doctrine in a special message to Congress
- January 20, 1957: Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower for a second term
- August 21, 1957: President Eisenhower announced a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing
- August 28, 1957: Senator Strom Thurmond set a record for the longest filibuster with his 24-hour, 18-minute speech against the Civil Rights Act of 1957
- September 24, 1957: Little Rock Crisis: President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Arkansas to provide safe passage into Central High School for the Little Rock Nine.
- October 4, 1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth
- October 21, 1957: The U.S. military sustained its first combat fatality in Vietnam
- November 7, 1957: Gaither Report 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
- July 15, 1958: U.S intervenes in the Lebanon Crisis, the first major application of the Eisenhower Doctrine.
- October 1, 1958: NASA started operations
Major legislation
Main article: List of United States federal legislation#85th United States Congress
- August 14, 1957: Airways Modernization Act, ,
- September 2, 1957: Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act, ,
- September 9, 1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957, ,
- July 29, 1958: National Aeronautics and Space Act, ,
- 1958: Transportation Act of 1958,
- August 23, 1958: Federal Aviation Act of 1958, ,
- August 28, 1958: EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, ,
- August 28, 1958: Military Construction Appropriation Act (Advanced Research Projects Agency), ,
- September 2, 1958: National Defense Education Act, ,
- 1958: Department of Defense Reorganization Act,
- 1958: Pasatore-Walter Immigration Act
States admitted
- January 3, 1959: Alaska was admitted as the 49th state.
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
- President: Richard Nixon (R)
- President pro tempore: Carl Hayden (D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader and Conference Chairman: Lyndon B. Johnson
- Majority Whip: Mike Mansfield
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Thomas C. Hennings Jr.
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: William Knowland
- Minority Whip: Everett Dirksen
- Republican Conference Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall
- Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
- National Senatorial Committee Chair: Everett Dirksen
- 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: Melvin Price
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
- Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
- Republican Conference Chairman: Charles B. Hoeven
- Policy Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
- Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Richard M. Simpson
Caucuses
- House Democratic Caucus
- Senate Democratic Caucus
Members
Senate
Main article: List of United States senators in the 85th 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. 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.
[[List of United States senators from Alabama|Alabama]]
: 3. J. Lister Hill (D) : 2. John Sparkman (D)
[[List of United States senators from Arizona|Arizona]]
: 3. Carl Hayden (D) : 1. Barry Goldwater (R)
[[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), until January 2, 1959 : 3. Thomas Kuchel (R)
[[List of United States senators from Colorado|Colorado]]
: 2. Gordon Allott (R) : 3. John A. Carroll (D)
[[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. Herman Talmadge (D)
[[List of United States senators from Idaho|Idaho]]
: 2. Henry Dworshak (R) : 3. Frank Church (D)
[[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. John Sherman Cooper (R) : 3. Thruston Ballard Morton (R)
[[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 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. Milton Young (R)
[[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. A. S. 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 (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]]
: 2. Strom Thurmond (D) : 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), until January 14, 1957 :: William A. Blakley (D), January 15, 1957 – April 28, 1957 :: Ralph Yarborough (D), from April 29, 1957 : 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. 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)
]] Lyndon B. Johnson Mike Mansfield William Knowland Everett Dirksen
House of Representatives
Main article: List of United States representatives in the 85th Congress
[[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 (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 (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]]
: . Edwin H. May Jr. (R) : . 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]]
: . Harry G. Haskell Jr. (R)
[[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) : . 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 (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) : . Emmet Byrne (R) : . William E. McVey (R), until August 10, 1958 : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . 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) : . Leslie C. Arends (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) : . Melvin Price (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 (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 (R) : . Merwin Coad (D) : . 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) : . James Floyd Breeding (D) : . 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), until March 22, 1958
[[List of United States representatives from Maine|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) : . John W. McCormack (D) : . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R), until November 13, 1958 : . 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 E. 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 D. Dingell Jr. (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 (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) : . 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 (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 J. 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) : . 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 (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) : . 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 (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) : . 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) : . 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) : . Richard M. Simpson (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) : . Joseph 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 (D)
[[List of United States representatives from Texas|Texas]]
: . Wright Patman (D) : . Jack Brooks (D) : . Lindley Beckworth (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 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) : . 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]]
: . 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 (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)

| House seats by party holding plurality in state |
|---|
Changes in membership
Senate
SORT by the date the seat became vacant
|- | New York (3) | Vacant | Senator-elect chose to take seat late to prevent Governor from appointing a rival to be his successor as New York Attorney General. | nowrap | Jacob Javits (R) | January 9, 1957
|- | 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
|- | 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
|- | Wisconsin (1) | nowrap | Joseph McCarthy (R) | Died May 2, 1957. Successor elected August 27, 1957. | nowrap | William Proxmire (D) | August 28, 1957
|- | 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
|- | 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
|- | 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
|- | California (1) | nowrap | William F. Knowland (R) | Resigned early January 2, 1959. | Vacant | Not filled this term
|}
House of Representatives
Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy
|- | | 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 L. Lanham (D) | Died November 10, 1957. | | Harlan E. Mitchell (D) | January 8, 1958
|- | | | Augustine B. Kelley (D) | Died November 20, 1957. | | 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.
|- | | | John J. Dempsey (D) | Died March 11, 1958.
|- | | | George S. Long (D) | Died March 22, 1958.
|- | | | William E. McVey (R) | Died August 10, 1958.
|- | | | Herman P. Eberharter (D) | Died September 9, 1958.
|- | | | J. Harry McGregor (R) | Died October 7, 1958.
|- | | | Sid Simpson (R) | Died October 26, 1958.
|- | | | Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) | Resigned November 13, 1958.
|- | | | Henry J. Latham (R) | Resigned December 31, 1958, after becoming a judge of the New York Supreme Court.
|}
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: Leverett Saltonstall)
- Banking and Currency (Chairman: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: Homer Capehart)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall)
- Finance (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: Edward Martin)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: Theodore F. Green; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
- Foreign Aid Program (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
- Government Operations (Chairman: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Joseph McCarthy then Karl E. Mundt)
- Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: James E. Murray; Ranking Member: George W. Malone)
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: John W. Bricker)
- Judiciary (Chairman: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
- Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member: H. Alexander Smith)
- Labor-Management Relations (Select)
- Political Activities, Lobbying and Campaign Contributions (Special)
- Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson)
- Preserve Historical Records of the Senate (Special)
- Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Edward Martin)
- Rules and Administration (Chairman: Thomas C. Hennings Jr.; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
- Senate Reception Room (Special)
- Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman)
- Space and Aeronautics (Special)
- Subcommittee on Internal Security
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: August H. Andresen then William S. Hill)
- Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber)
- Armed Services (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Leslie C. Arends)
- Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Henry O. Talle)
- Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select)
- Defense Production
- District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Sid Simpson then Joseph P. O'Hara)
- Education and Labor (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; Ranking Member: Samuel K. McConnell then Ralph W. Gwinn)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Gordon; 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)
- Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Clair Engle; Ranking Member: A.L. Miller)
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Oren Harris; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: Kenneth B. Keating)
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Oren Harris; 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: J. Harry McGregor then James C. Auchincloss)
- Rules (Chairman: Howard W. Smith; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen)
- Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman)
- Un-American Activities (Chairman: Francis E. Walter; Ranking Member: Bernard W. Kearney)
- Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: Jere Cooper; Ranking Member: Daniel A. Reed)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Atomic Energy (Chairman: Rep. Carl T. Durham; Vice Chairman: Sen. Clinton P. Anderson)
- Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
- Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian
- Defense Production (Chairman: Sen. A. Willis Robertson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Paul Brown)
- Disposition of Executive Papers
- Economic (Chairman: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chairman: Sen. John J. Sparkman)
- Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Vacant)
- Legislative Budget
- The Library (Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Sen. 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. Clarence Cannon)
- Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Jere Cooper; Vice Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd)
- Washington (DC) Metropolitan Problems
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
- Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller
- Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
- Postmaster: H. H. Morris
- Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) (until 1957) then Joe Bartlett (R) (starting 1957)
- Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.
- Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)
Notes
References
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