84th United States Congress

84th United States Congress
84th United States Congress
83rd ← → 85th
	United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957
Members	96 senators; 435 representatives; 3 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
Senate President	Richard Nixon (R)
House Majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D)
Sessions
	1st: January 5, 1955 – August 2, 1955; 2nd: January 3, 1956 – July 27, 1956

The 84th 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, 1955, to January 3, 1957, during the third and fourth years of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950.

The Democratic Party won back majorities in both the House and Senate, thus giving them full control of Congress.

Major events[]

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[]

January 29, 1955: Formosa Resolution
March 31, 1955:
June 28, 1955: , Pub.L. 84–99, 69 Stat. 194
July 11, 1955: To provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription "In God We Trust", Pub.L. 84–140, 69 Stat. 290, 31 U.S.C. § 5114(b)
July 14, 1955: Air Pollution Control Act, Pub.L. 84–159, ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322
July 23, 1955: , Pub.L. 94–167, ch. 730, 68 Stat. 708
August 9, 1955: , Pub.L. 84–305, 69 Stat. 598
August 11, 1955: ("Capehart Act"), Pub.L. 84–345, 69 Stat. 646
August 12, 1955: , Pub.L. 84–377, ch. 863, 69 Stat. 704
April 11, 1956: Colorado River Storage Project Act, Pub.L. 84–485
June 29, 1956: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act), Pub.L. 84–627
July 30, 1956: , Pub.L. 84–835, ch. 779, 70 Stat. 717
August 8, 1956: Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, ch. 1036, 70 Stat. 1119, 16 U.S.C. § 742a

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.

Senate[]

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Independent (I)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	47	1	48	96	0

Begin	48	1	47	96	0
End	47	0	49	96	0
Final voting share	49.0%	0.0%	51.0%

Beginning of next congress	49	0	46	95	1

House of Representatives[]

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Independent (I)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	212	1	213	426	9

Begin	231	0	203	434	1
End	228	0	200	428	7
Final voting share	53.3%	0.0%	46.7%

Beginning of next congress	233	0	200	433	2

Leadership[]

Senate[]

Senate President
Richard Nixon (R)

Senate President pro tempore
Walter F. George (D)

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 of the House
Sam Rayburn (D)

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[]

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.

Alabama[]

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

Arizona[]

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

Arkansas[]

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

California[]

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

Colorado[]

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

Connecticut[]

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

Delaware[]

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

Florida[]

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

Georgia[]

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

Idaho[]

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

Illinois[]

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

Indiana[]

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

Iowa[]

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

Kansas[]

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

Kentucky[]

2. Alben W. 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)

Louisiana[]

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

Maine[]

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

Maryland[]

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

Massachusetts[]

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

Michigan[]

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

Minnesota[]

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

Mississippi[]

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

Missouri[]

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

Montana[]

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

Nebraska[]

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

Nevada[]

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

New Hampshire[]

2. Styles Bridges (R)
3. Norris Cotton (R)

New Jersey[]

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

New Mexico[]

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

New York[]

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

North Carolina[]

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

North Dakota[]

1. William Langer (R)
3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio[]

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

Oklahoma[]

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

Oregon[]

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

Pennsylvania[]

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

Rhode Island[]

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

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)

South Dakota[]

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

Tennessee[]

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

Texas[]

1. Price Daniel (D)
2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

Utah[]

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

Vermont[]

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

Virginia[]

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

Washington[]

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

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)

Wisconsin[]

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

Wyoming[]

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

Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 84th Congress in January 1955

2 Democrats

1 Democrat and 1 Republican

2 Republicans

1 Independent and 1 Democrat

Senate majority leadership

Democratic leader
Lyndon B. Johnson

Democratic whip
Earle Clements

Senate minority leadership

Republican leader
William Knowland

Republican whip
Leverett Saltonstall

House of Representatives[]

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama[]

1. Frank W. Boykin (D)
2. George M. Grant (D)
3. George W. Andrews (D)
4. Kenneth A. Roberts (D)
5. Albert Rains (D)
6. Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D)
7. Carl Elliott (D)
8. Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)
9. George Huddleston Jr. (D)

Arizona[]

1. John Jacob Rhodes (R)
2. Stewart Udall (D)

Arkansas[]

1. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
2. Wilbur Mills (D)
3. James William Trimble (D)
4. Oren Harris (D)
5. Brooks Hays (D)
6. William F. Norrell (D)

California[]

1. Hubert B. Scudder (R)
2. Clair Engle (D)
3. John E. Moss (D)
4. William S. Mailliard (R)
5. John F. Shelley (D)
6. John F. Baldwin Jr. (R)
7. John J. Allen Jr. (R)
8. George P. Miller (D)
9. J. Arthur Younger (R)
10. Charles Gubser (R)
11. J. Leroy Johnson (R)
12. B. F. Sisk (D)
13. Charles M. Teague (R)
14. Harlan Hagen (D)
15. Gordon L. McDonough (R)
16. Donald L. Jackson (R)
17. Cecil R. King (D)
18. Craig Hosmer (R)
19. Chester E. Holifield (D)
20. John Carl Hinshaw (R), until August 5, 1956
21. Edgar W. Hiestand (R)
22. Joseph F. Holt (R)
23. Clyde Doyle (D)
24. Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)
25. Patrick J. Hillings (R)
26. James Roosevelt (D)
27. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
28. James B. Utt (R)
29. John R. Phillips (R)
30. Bob Wilson (R)

Colorado[]

1. Byron G. Rogers (D)
2. William S. Hill (R)
3. John Chenoweth (R)
4. Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

Connecticut[]

At-large. Antoni Sadlak (R)
1. Thomas J. Dodd (D)
2. Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R)
3. Albert W. Cretella (R)
4. Albert P. Morano (R)
5. James T. Patterson (R)

Delaware[]

At-large. Harris McDowell (D)

Florida[]

1. William C. Cramer (R)
2. Charles E. Bennett (D)
3. Bob Sikes (D)
4. Dante Fascell (D)
5. Syd Herlong (D)
6. Paul Rogers (D), from January 11, 1955
7. James A. Haley (D)
8. Donald Ray Matthews (D)

Georgia[]

1. Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D)
2. J. L. Pilcher (D)
3. Tic Forrester (D)
4. John Flynt (D)
5. James C. Davis (D)
6. Carl Vinson (D)
7. Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D)
8. Iris Faircloth Blitch (D)
9. Phillip M. Landrum (D)
10. Paul Brown (D)

Idaho[]

1. Gracie Pfost (D)
2. Hamer H. Budge (R)

Illinois[]

1. William L. Dawson (D)
2. Barratt O'Hara (D)
3. James C. Murray (D)
4. William E. McVey (R)
5. John C. Kluczynski (D)
6. Thomas J. O'Brien (D)
7. James B. Bowler (D)
8. Thomas S. Gordon (D)
9. Sidney R. Yates (D)
10. Richard W. Hoffman (R)
11. Timothy P. Sheehan (R)
12. Charles A. Boyle (D)
13. Marguerite S. Church (R)
14. Chauncey W. Reed (R), until February 9, 1956
15. Noah M. Mason (R)
16. Leo E. Allen (R)
17. Leslie C. Arends (R)
18. Harold H. Velde (R)
19. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
20. Sid Simpson (R)
21. Peter F. Mack Jr. (D)
22. William L. Springer (R)
23. Charles W. Vursell (R)
24. Melvin Price (D)
25. Kenneth J. Gray (D)

Indiana[]

1. Ray Madden (D)
2. Charles A. Halleck (R)
3. Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (R)
4. E. Ross Adair (R)
5. John V. Beamer (R)
6. Cecil M. Harden (R)
7. William G. Bray (R)
8. Winfield K. Denton (D)
9. Earl Wilson (R)
10. Ralph Harvey (R)
11. Charles B. Brownson (R)

Iowa[]

1. Fred Schwengel (R)
2. Henry O. Talle (R)
3. H. R. Gross (R)
4. Karl M. LeCompte (R)
5. Paul Cunningham (R)
6. James I. Dolliver (R)
7. Ben F. Jensen (R)
8. Charles B. Hoeven (R)

Kansas[]

1. William H. Avery (R)
2. Errett P. Scrivner (R)
3. Myron V. George (R)
4. Edward Herbert Rees (R)
5. Clifford R. Hope (R)
6. Wint Smith (R)

Kentucky[]

1. Noble Jones Gregory (D)
2. William Natcher (D)
3. John M. Robsion Jr. (R)
4. Frank Chelf (D)
5. Brent Spence (D)
6. John C. Watts (D)
7. Carl D. Perkins (D)
8. Eugene Siler (R)

Louisiana[]

1. F. Edward Hébert (D)
2. Hale Boggs (D)
3. Edwin E. Willis (D)
4. Overton Brooks (D)
5. Otto Passman (D)
6. James H. Morrison (D)
7. T. Ashton Thompson (D)
8. George S. Long (D)

Maine[]

1. Robert Hale (R)
2. Charles P. Nelson (R)
3. Clifford McIntire (R)

Maryland[]

1. Edward Tylor Miller (R)
2. James Devereux (R)
3. Edward Garmatz (D)
4. George Hyde Fallon (D)
5. Richard Lankford (D)
6. DeWitt Hyde (R)
7. Samuel Friedel (D)

Massachusetts[]

1. John W. Heselton (R)
2. Edward Boland (D)
3. Philip J. Philbin (D)
4. Harold Donohue (D)
5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6. William H. Bates (R)
7. Thomas J. Lane (D)
8. Torbert Macdonald (D)
9. Donald W. Nicholson (R)
10. Laurence Curtis (R)
11. Tip O'Neill (D)
12. John W. McCormack (D)
13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
14. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

Michigan[]

1. Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D)
2. George Meader (R)
3. August E. Johansen (R)
4. Clare Hoffman (R)
5. Gerald Ford (R)
6. Donald Hayworth (D)
7. Jesse P. Wolcott (R)
8. Alvin Morell Bentley (R)
9. Ruth Thompson (R)
10. Elford Albin Cederberg (R)
11. Victor A. Knox (R)
12. John B. Bennett (R)
13. Charles Diggs (D)
14. Louis C. Rabaut (D)
15. John Dingell Sr. (D), until September 19, 1955
- John Dingell (D), from December 13, 1955
16. John Lesinski Jr. (D)
17. Martha Griffiths (D)
18. George Anthony Dondero (R)

Minnesota[]

1. August H. Andresen (R)
2. Joseph P. O'Hara (R)
3. Roy Wier (DFL)
4. Eugene McCarthy (DFL)
5. Walter Judd (R)
6. Fred Marshall (DFL)
7. Herman Carl Andersen (R)
8. John Blatnik (DFL)
9. Coya Knutson (DFL)

Mississippi[]

1. Thomas Abernethy (D)
2. Jamie Whitten (D)
3. Frank Ellis Smith (D)
4. John Bell Williams (D)
5. W. Arthur Winstead (D)
6. William M. Colmer (D)

Missouri[]

1. Frank M. Karsten (D)
2. Thomas B. Curtis (R)
3. Leonor Sullivan (D)
4. George H. Christopher (D)
5. Richard Walker Bolling (D)
6. William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D)
7. Dewey Jackson Short (R)
8. A. S. J. Carnahan (D)
9. Clarence Cannon (D)
10. Paul C. Jones (D)
11. Morgan M. Moulder (D)

Montana[]

1. Lee Metcalf (D)
2. Orvin B. Fjare (R)

Nebraska[]

1. Phillip Hart Weaver (R)
2. Jackson B. Chase (R)
3. Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)
4. Arthur L. Miller (R)

Nevada[]

At-large. Clarence Clifton Young (R)

New Hampshire[]

1. Chester Earl Merrow (R)
2. Perkins Bass (R)

New Jersey[]

1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
2. T. Millet Hand (R), until December 26, 1956
3. James C. Auchincloss (R)
4. Frank Thompson (D)
5. Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R)
6. Harrison A. Williams (D)
7. William B. Widnall (R)
8. Gordon Canfield (R)
9. Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R)
10. Peter W. Rodino (D)
11. Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D)
12. Robert Kean (R)
13. Alfred Dennis Sieminski (D)
14. T. James Tumulty (D)

New Mexico[]

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

At-large. Antonio M. Fernández (D), until November 7, 1956
At-large. John J. Dempsey (D)

New York[]

1. Stuyvesant Wainwright (R)
2. Steven Derounian (R)
3. Frank J. Becker (R)
4. Henry J. Latham (R)
5. Albert H. Bosch (R)
6. Lester Holtzman (D)
7. James J. Delaney (D)
8. Victor Anfuso (D)
9. Eugene James Keogh (D)
10. Edna F. Kelly (D)
11. Emanuel Celler (D)
12. Francis E. Dorn (R)
13. Abraham J. Multer (D)
14. John J. Rooney (D)
15. John H. Ray (R)
16. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D)
17. Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R)
18. James G. Donovan (D)
19. Arthur George Klein (D), until December 31, 1956
20. Irwin D. Davidson (DL), until December 31, 1956
21. Herbert Zelenko (D)
22. Sidney A. Fine (D), until January 2, 1956
- James C. Healey (D), from February 7, 1956
23. Isidore Dollinger (D)
24. Charles A. Buckley (D)
25. Paul A. Fino (R)
26. Ralph A. Gamble (R)
27. Ralph W. Gwinn (R)
28. Katharine St. George (R)
29. J. Ernest Wharton (R)
30. Leo W. O'Brien (D)
31. Dean P. Taylor (R)
32. Bernard W. Kearney (R)
33. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
34. William R. Williams (R)
35. R. Walter Riehlman (R)
36. John Taber (R)
37. W. Sterling Cole (R)
38. Kenneth Keating (R)
39. Harold C. Ostertag (R)
40. William E. Miller (R)
41. Edmund P. Radwan (R)
42. John R. Pillion (R)
43. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina[]

1. Herbert Covington Bonner (D)
2. Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
3. Graham Arthur Barden (D)
4. Harold D. Cooley (D)
5. Richard Thurmond Chatham (D)
6. Carl T. Durham (D)
7. Frank Ertel Carlyle (D)
8. Charles B. Deane (D)
9. Hugh Quincy Alexander (D)
10. Charles R. Jonas (R)
11. Woodrow W. Jones (D)
12. George A. Shuford (D)

North Dakota[]

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

At-large. Usher L. Burdick (R)
At-large. Otto Krueger (R)

Ohio[]

1. Gordon H. Scherer (R)
2. William E. Hess (R)
3. Paul F. Schenck (R)
4. William Moore McCulloch (R)
5. Cliff Clevenger (R)
6. James G. Polk (D)
7. Clarence J. Brown (R)
8. Jackson Edward Betts (R)
9. Thomas L. Ashley (D)
10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
11. Oliver P. Bolton (R)
12. John Martin Vorys (R)
13. Albert David Baumhart Jr. (R)
14. William Hanes Ayres (R)
15. John E. Henderson (R)
16. Frank T. Bow (R)
17. J. Harry McGregor (R)
18. Wayne Hays (D)
19. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
20. Michael A. Feighan (D)
21. Charles Vanik (D)
22. Frances P. Bolton (R)
23. William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R)

Oklahoma[]

1. Page Belcher (R)
2. Ed Edmondson (D)
3. Carl Albert (D)
4. Tom Steed (D)
5. John Jarman (D)
6. Victor Wickersham (D)

Oregon[]

1. A. Walter Norblad (R)
2. Sam Coon (R)
3. Edith Green (D)
4. Harris Ellsworth (R)

Pennsylvania[]

1. William A. Barrett (D)
2. William T. Granahan (D), until May 25, 1956
- Kathryn E. Granahan (D), from November 6, 1956
3. James A. Byrne (D)
4. Earl Chudoff (D)
5. William J. Green Jr. (D)
6. Hugh Scott (R)
7. Benjamin F. James (R)
8. Karl C. King (R)
9. Paul B. Dague (R)
10. Joseph L. Carrigg (R)
11. Dan Flood (D)
12. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
13. Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R)
14. George M. Rhodes (D)
15. Francis E. Walter (D)
16. Walter M. Mumma (R)
17. Alvin Bush (R)
18. Richard M. Simpson (R)
19. James M. Quigley (D)
20. James E. Van Zandt (R)
21. Augustine B. Kelley (D)
22. John P. Saylor (R)
23. Leon H. Gavin (R)
24. Carroll D. Kearns (R)
25. Frank M. Clark (D)
26. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
27. James G. Fulton (R)
28. Herman P. Eberharter (D)
29. Robert J. Corbett (R)
30. Vera Buchanan (D), until November 26, 1955
- Elmer J. Holland (D), from January 24, 1956

Rhode Island[]

1. Aime Forand (D)
2. John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina[]

1. L. Mendel Rivers (D)
2. John J. Riley (D)
3. William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D)
4. Robert T. Ashmore (D)
5. James P. Richards (D)
6. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota[]

1. Harold Lovre (R)
2. Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

Tennessee[]

1. B. Carroll Reece (R)
2. Howard Baker Sr. (R)
3. James B. Frazier Jr. (D)
4. Joe L. Evins (D)
5. Percy Priest (D), until October 12, 1956
6. Ross Bass (D)
7. Tom J. Murray (D)
8. Jere Cooper (D)
9. Clifford Davis (D)

Texas[]

At-large. Martin Dies Jr. (D)
1. Wright Patman (D)
2. Jack Brooks (D)
3. Brady P. Gentry (D)
4. Sam Rayburn (D)
5. Bruce Alger (R)
6. Olin E. Teague (D)
7. John Dowdy (D)
8. Albert Richard Thomas (D)
9. Clark W. Thompson (D)
10. Homer Thornberry (D)
11. William R. Poage (D)
12. Jim Wright (D)
13. Frank N. Ikard (D)
14. John J. Bell (D)
15. Joe M. Kilgore (D)
16. J. T. Rutherford (D)
17. Omar Burleson (D)
18. Walter E. Rogers (D)
19. George H. Mahon (D)
20. Paul J. Kilday (D)
21. O. C. Fisher (D)

Utah[]

1. Henry Aldous Dixon (R)
2. William A. Dawson (R)

Vermont[]

At-large. Winston L. Prouty (R)

Virginia[]

1. Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D)
2. Porter Hardy Jr. (D)
3. J. Vaughan Gary (D)
4. Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)
5. William M. Tuck (D)
6. Richard Harding Poff (R)
7. Burr Harrison (D)
8. Howard W. Smith (D)
9. W. Pat Jennings (D)
10. Joel Broyhill (R)

Washington[]

At-large. Donald H. Magnuson (D)
1. Thomas Pelly (R)
2. Jack Westland (R)
3. Russell V. Mack (R)
4. Hal Holmes (R)
5. Walt Horan (R)
6. Thor C. Tollefson (R)

West Virginia[]

1. Bob Mollohan (D)
2. Harley Orrin Staggers (D)
3. Cleveland M. Bailey (D)
4. Maurice G. Burnside (D)
5. Elizabeth Kee (D)
6. Robert Byrd (D)

Wisconsin[]

1. Lawrence H. Smith (R)
2. Glenn Robert Davis (R)
3. Gardner R. Withrow (R)
4. Clement J. Zablocki (D)
5. Henry S. Reuss (D)
6. William Van Pelt (R)
7. Melvin Laird (R)
8. John W. Byrnes (R)
9. Lester Johnson (D)
10. Alvin O'Konski (R)

Wyoming[]

At-large. Edwin Keith Thomson (R)

Non-voting members[]

Alaska Territory. Bob Bartlett (D)
Hawaii Territory. Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R)
Puerto Rico. Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

House Majority Leader
John W. McCormack (D)

House Majority Whip
Leverett Saltonstall (D)

House Minority Leader
Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

House Minority Whip
Leslie C. Arends (R)

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

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation^[a]
Oregon (3)	Wayne Morse (I)	Changed Political Parties April 30, 1955	Wayne Morse (D)	April 30, 1955
West Virginia (1)	Harley M. Kilgore (D)	Died February 28, 1956	William Laird III (D)	March 13, 1956
South Carolina (2)	Strom Thurmond (ID)	Resigned April 4, 1956, to trigger a contested primary as promised to voters	Thomas A. Wofford (D)	April 5, 1956
Kentucky (2)	Alben W. Barkley (D)	Died April 30, 1956	Robert Humphreys (D)	June 21, 1956
Kentucky (2)	Robert Humphreys (D)	Successor elected November 6, 1956	John Sherman Cooper (R)	November 7, 1956
South Carolina (2)	Thomas A. Wofford (D)	Successor elected November 6, 1956	Strom Thurmond (D)	November 7, 1956
West Virginia (1)	William Laird III (D)	Successor elected November 6, 1956	Chapman Revercomb (R)	November 7, 1956

House of Representatives[]

Replacements: 5
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
Deaths: 9
Resignations: 3
Total seats with changes: 12

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation^[a]
Florida 6th	Vacant	Rep. Dwight L. Rogers died during the previous congress after having been re-elected. Successor elected January 11, 1955.	Paul Rogers (D)	January 11, 1955
Michigan 15th	John Dingell Sr. (D)	Died September 19, 1955. Successor elected December 13, 1955.	John Dingell (D)	December 13, 1955
Pennsylvania 30th	Vera Buchanan (D)	Died November 26, 1955. Successor elected January 24, 1956.	Elmer J. Holland (D)	January 24, 1956
New York 22nd	Sidney A. Fine (D)	Resigned January 2, 1956. Successor elected February 7, 1956.	James C. Healey (D)	February 7, 1956
Illinois 14th	Chauncey W. Reed (R)	Died February 9, 1956 Seat remained unfilled until next term.	Vacant
Pennsylvania 2nd	William T. Granahan (D)	Died May 25, 1956. Successor elected November 6, 1956.	Kathryn E. Granahan (D)	November 6, 1956
California 20th	John Carl Hinshaw (R)	Died August 5, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.	Vacant
Tennessee 5th	Percy Priest (D)	Died October 12, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.	Vacant
New Mexico at-large	Antonio M. Fernández (D)	Died November 7, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.	Vacant
New Jersey 2nd	T. Millet Hand (R)	Died December 26, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.	Vacant
New York 19th	Arthur George Klein (D)	Resigned December 31, 1956 after being elected to the New York Supreme Court. Seat remained unfilled until next term.	Vacant
New York 20th	Irwin D. Davidson (DL)	Resigned December 31, 1956. Seat remained unfilled until next term.	Vacant

Committees[]

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (2 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

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)
(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)
(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)
(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)
(Special) (Chairman:[data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/missing])
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)
(Select) (Chairman: Porter Hardy, Jr.)
(Chairman:[data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/missing])
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:[data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/missing])
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)
(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)
Economic
(Chairman: Sen. Arthur V. Watkins)
The Library (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Theodore F. Green)
Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson)
(Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Daniel A. Reed)
Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Jere Cooper; Vice Chairman: Sen. Paul H. Douglas)

Employees[]

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:
Secretary:
Librarian:
: Robert G. Baker
:
Sergeant at Arms:

House of Representatives[]

Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts
Sergeant at Arms:
Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller
Postmaster:
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Reading Clerks: (D) and (R)
Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)

Notes[]

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References[]

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links[]

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 84th Congress (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
Official Congressional Directory for the 84th Congress, 1st Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 84th Congress, 2nd Session.
Pocket Congressional Directory for the 84th Congress.

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84th United States Congress
83rd ← → 85th
United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957
Members	96 senators 435 representatives 3 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Democratic
Senate President	Richard Nixon (R)
House Majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D)
Sessions
1st: January 5, 1955 – August 2, 1955 2nd: January 3, 1956 – July 27, 1956