1957–1959 U.S. Congress
85th United States Congress United States Capitol (1956)
Members 96 senators 435 representatives Senate Majority Democratic Senate President Richard Nixon (R)House Majority Democratic House Speaker Sam Rayburn (D)1st : January 3, 1957 – August 30, 19572nd : January 7, 1958 – August 24, 1958
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 Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950 .
Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
To date, this is the earliest Congress with members still living.
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 the 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 had 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 Doctorine .
October 1, 1958: NASA started operations
Major legislation [ ]
Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 85th United States Congress
August 14, 1957: , Pub.L. 85–133 , 71 Stat. 349
September 2, 1957: Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act , Pub.L. 85–256 , 71 Stat. 576
September 9, 1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957 , Pub.L. 85–315 , 71 Stat. 634
July 29, 1958: National Aeronautics and Space Act , Pub.L. 85–568 , 72 Stat. 426
1958: Transportation Act of 1958 , Pub.L. 85–625
August 23, 1958: Federal Aviation Act of 1958 , Pub.L. 85–726 , 72 Stat. 731
August 28, 1958: EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958 , Pub.L. 85–846 , 72 Stat. 1084
August 28, 1958: Military Construction Appropriation Act (Advanced Research Projects Agency ), Pub.L. 85–852 , 72 Stat. 1096
September 2, 1958: National Defense Education Act , Pub.L. 85–864 , 72 Stat. 1580
1958: Department of Defense Reorganization Act , Pub.L. 85��899
1958:
States admitted [ ]
January 3, 1959: Alaska was admitted as the 49th state.
Party summary [ ]
Senate [ ]
Party(shading shows control)
Total
Vacant
Democratic (D)
Republican (R)
End of previous congress
47
49
96
0
Begin
49
47
96
0
End 50 45 95 1
Final voting share 52.6% 47.4%
Beginning of next congress
64
34
98
0
House of Representatives [ ]
Party(shading shows control)
Total
Vacant
Democratic (D)
Republican (R)
End of previous congress
228
200
428
7
Begin
233
200
433
2
End 232 193 425 10
Final voting share 54.6% 45.4%
Beginning of next congress
282
153
435
0
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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.
Alabama [ ]
3. J. Lister Hill (D)
2. John Sparkman (D)
Arizona [ ]
3. Carl Hayden (D)
1. Barry Goldwater (R)
Arkansas [ ]
2. John L. McClellan (D)
3. J. William Fulbright (D)
California [ ]
1. William Knowland (R), until January 2, 1959
3. Thomas Kuchel (R)
Colorado [ ]
2. Gordon Allott (R)
3. John A. Carroll (D)
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. Herman Talmadge (D)
Idaho [ ]
2. Henry Dworshak (R)
3. Frank Church (D)
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. John Sherman Cooper (R)
3. Thruston Ballard Morton (R)
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 [ ]
New York [ ]
1. Irving Ives (R)
3. Jacob Javits (R), from January 9, 1957
North Carolina [ ]
2. W. Kerr Scott (D), until April 16, 1958
B. Everett Jordan (D), from April 19, 1958
3. Sam Ervin (D)
North Dakota [ ]
1. William Langer (R)
3. Milton Young (R)
Ohio [ ]
1. John W. Bricker (R)
3. Frank Lausche (D)
Oklahoma [ ]
2. Robert S. Kerr (D)
3. Mike Monroney (D)
Oregon [ ]
2. Richard L. Neuberger (D)
3. Wayne Morse (D)
Pennsylvania [ ]
1. Edward Martin (R)
3. Joseph S. Clark Jr. (D)
Rhode Island [ ]
1. John Pastore (D)
2. Theodore F. Green (D)
South Carolina [ ]
2. Strom Thurmond (D)
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), 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)
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. 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
Wisconsin [ ]
1. Joseph McCarthy (R), until May 2, 1957
William Proxmire (D), from August 28, 1957
3. Alexander Wiley (R)
Wyoming [ ]
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 85th Congress in January 1957
2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic whip Mike Mansfield
Republican leader William Knowland
Republican whip Everett Dirksen
House of Representatives [ ]
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 . John J. McFall (D)
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 . H. Allen Smith (R)
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 . Dalip Singh Saund (D)
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 . Edwin H. May Jr. (R)
2 . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R)
3 . Albert W. Cretella (R)
4 . Albert P. Morano (R)
5 . James T. Patterson (R)
Delaware [ ]
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)
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), until November 10, 1957
* Harlan Erwin Mitchell (D), from January 8, 1958
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 . Emmet Byrne (R)
4 . William E. McVey (R), until August 10, 1958
5 . John C. Kluczynski (D)
6 . Thomas J. O'Brien (D)
7 . James Bowler (D), until July 18, 1957
* Roland V. Libonati (D), from December 31, 1957
8 . Thomas S. Gordon (D)
9 . Sidney R. Yates (D)
10 . Harold R. Collier (R)
11 . Timothy P. Sheehan (R)
12 . Charles A. Boyle (D)
13 . Marguerite S. Church (R)
14 . Russell W. Keeney (R), until January 11, 1958
15 . Noah M. Mason (R)
16 . Leo E. Allen (R)
17 . Leslie C. Arends (R)
18 . Robert H. Michel (R)
19 . Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
20 . Sid Simpson (R), until October 26, 1958
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 . F. Jay Nimtz (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 . Merwin Coad (D)
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 . James Floyd Breeding (D)
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), until March 22, 1958
Maine [ ]
1 . Robert Hale (R)
2 . Frank M. Coffin (D)
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), until November 13, 1958
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 . Charles E. Chamberlain (R)
7 . Robert J. McIntosh (R)
8 . Alvin Morell Bentley (R)
9 . Robert P. Griffin (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 (D)
16 . John Lesinski Jr. (D)
17 . Martha Griffiths (D)
18 . William Broomfield (R)
Minnesota [ ]
1 . August H. Andresen (R), until January 14, 1958
* Al Quie (R), from February 18, 1958
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 . Charles Harrison Brown (D)
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 . LeRoy H. Anderson (D)
Nebraska [ ]
1 . Phillip Hart Weaver (R)
2 . Glenn Cunningham (R)
3 . Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)
4 . Arthur L. Miller (R)
Nevada [ ]
New Hampshire [ ]
1 . Chester Earl Merrow (R)
2 . Perkins Bass (R)
New Jersey [ ]
1 . Charles A. Wolverton (R)
2 . Milton W. Glenn (R), from November 5, 1957
3 . James C. Auchincloss (R)
4 . Frank Thompson (D)
5 . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R)
6 . Florence P. Dwyer (R)
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 . Vincent J. Dellay (R) to (D), sometime in 1958
New Mexico [ ]
At-large . John J. Dempsey (D), until March 11, 1958
At-large . Joseph Montoya (D), from April 9, 1957
New York [ ]
1 . Stuyvesant Wainwright (R)
2 . Steven Derounian (R)
3 . Frank J. Becker (R)
4 . Henry J. Latham (R), until December 31, 1958
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 . Alfred E. Santangelo (D)
19 . Leonard Farbstein (D)
20 . Ludwig Teller (D)
21 . Herbert Zelenko (D)
22 . James C. Healey (D)
23 . Isidore Dollinger (D)
24 . Charles A. Buckley (D)
25 . Paul A. Fino (R)
26 . Edwin B. Dooley (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), until December 1, 1957
* Howard W. Robison (R), from January 14, 1958
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 . Ralph James Scott (D)
6 . Carl T. Durham (D)
7 . Alton Lennon (D)
8 . Alvin Paul Kitchin (D)
9 . Hugh Quincy Alexander (D)
10 . Charles R. Jonas (R)
11 . Basil Lee Whitener (D)
12 . George A. Shuford (D)
North Dakota [ ]
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 . David S. Dennison (R)
12 . John M. 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), until October 7, 1958; vacant thereafter
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 E. 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 . Toby Morris (D)
Oregon [ ]
1 . A. Walter Norblad (R)
2 . Al Ullman (D)
3 . Edith Green (D)
4 . Charles O. Porter (D)
Pennsylvania [ ]
1 . William A. Barrett (D)
2 . Kathryn E. Granahan (D)
3 . James A. Byrne (D)
4 . Earl Chudoff (D), until January 5, 1958
: Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D), from May 20, 1958
5 . William J. Green Jr. (D)
6 . Hugh Scott (R)
7 . Benjamin F. James (R)
8 . Willard S. Curtin (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), until September 1, 1957
:John A. Lafore Jr. (R), from November 5, 1957
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 . S. Walter Stauffer (R)
20 . James E. Van Zandt (R)
21 . Augustine B. Kelley (D), until November 20, 1957
: John Herman Dent (D), from January 21, 1958
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), until September 9, 1958
29 . Robert J. Corbett (R)
30 . Elmer J. Holland (D)
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 . Robert W. Hemphill (D)
6 . John L. McMillan (D)
South Dakota [ ]
1 . George McGovern (D)
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 . J. Carlton Loser (D)
6 . Ross Bass (D)
7 . Tom J. Murray (D)
8 . Jere Cooper (D), until December 18, 1957
: Fats Everett (D), from February 1, 1958
9 . Clifford Davis (D)
Texas [ ]
At-large . Martin Dies Jr. (D)
1 . Wright Patman (D)
2 . Jack Brooks (D)
3 . Lindley Beckworth (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 Andrew Young (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 [ ]
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 . Arch A. Moore Jr. (R)
2 . Harley Orrin Staggers (D)
3 . Cleveland M. Bailey (D)
4 . Will E. Neal (R)
5 . Elizabeth Kee (D)
6 . Robert Byrd (D)
Wisconsin [ ]
1 . Lawrence H. Smith (R), until January 22, 1958
2 . Donald Edgar Tewes (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 [ ]
Non-voting members [ ]
House seats by party holding plurality in state 80+% Democratic
80+% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic
60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic
Up to 60% Republican
Changes in membership [ ]
Senate [ ]
New York (3)
Vacant
Retired. Successor elected in 1956, but took seat late to prevent Governor from appointing a rival to be his successor as N.Y. Attorney General
Jacob Javits (R)
January 9, 1957
Texas (1)
Price Daniel (D)
Resigned January 14, 1957, after being elected Governor of Texas . Successor appointed January 15, 1957.
William A. Blakley (D)
January 15, 1957
Texas (1)
William A. Blakley (D)
Interim appointee retired when successor elected. Successor elected April 28, 1957.
Ralph Yarborough (D)
April 29, 1957
Wisconsin (1)
Joseph McCarthy (R)
Died May 2, 1957. Successor elected August 27, 1957.
William Proxmire (D)
August 28, 1957
West Virginia (2)
Matthew M. Neely (D)
Died January 18, 1958. Successor appointed January 25, 1958.
John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R)
January 25, 1958
North Carolina (2)
W. Kerr Scott (D)
Died April 16, 1958. Successor appointed April 19, 1958, and then elected November 4, 1958.
B. Everett Jordan (D)
April 19, 1958
West Virginia (2)
John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R)
Interim appointee lost special election. Successor elected November 4, 1958.
Jennings Randolph (D)
November 5, 1958
California (1)
William F. Knowland (R)
Resigned early January 2, 1959.
Vacant
Not filled this term
House of Representatives [ ]
New Mexico at-large
Vacant
Rep. Antonio M. Fernández died during previous congress.
Joseph Montoya (D)
April 9, 1957
New Jersey 2
Vacant
Rep. T. Millet Hand died during previous congress.
Milton W. Glenn (R)
November 5, 1957
Illinois 7
James Bowler (D)
Died July 18, 1957.
Roland V. Libonati (D)
December 31, 1957
Pennsylvania 13
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
Georgia 7
Henderson L. Lanham (D)
Died November 10, 1957.
Harlan E. Mitchell (D)
January 8, 1958
Pennsylvania 21
Augustine B. Kelley (D)
Died November 20, 1957.
John H. Dent (D)
January 21, 1958
New York 37
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
Tennessee 8
Jere Cooper (D)
Died December 18, 1957.
Fats Everett (D)
February 1, 1958
Pennsylvania 4
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
New Jersey 14
Vincent J. Dellay (R)
Changed political affiliation some time in 1958.
Vincent J. Dellay (D)
????, 1958
Illinois 14
Russell W. Keeney (R)
Died January 11, 1958.
Vacant
Not filled this term.
Minnesota 1
August H. Andresen (R)
Died January 14, 1958.
Al Quie (R)
February 18, 1958
Wisconsin 1
Lawrence H. Smith (R)
Died January 22, 1958.
Not filled this term.
New Mexico at-large
John J. Dempsey (D)
Died March 11, 1958.
Not filled this term.
Louisiana 8
George S. Long (D)
Died March 22, 1958.
Not filled this term.
Illinois 4
William E. McVey (R)
Died August 10, 1958.
Not filled this term.
Pennsylvania 28
Herman P. Eberharter (D)
Died September 9, 1958.
Not filled this term.
Ohio 17
J. Harry McGregor (R)
Died October 7, 1958.
Not filled this term.
Illinois 20
Sid Simpson (R)
Died October 26, 1958.
Not filled this term.
Massachusetts 13
Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
Resigned November 13, 1958.
Not filled this term.
New York 4
Henry J. Latham (R)
Resigned December 31, 1958, after becoming a judge of the New York Supreme Court .
Not filled this term.
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: 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 )
(Special) (Chairman:[data unknown/missing ] ; Ranking Member:[data unknown/missing ] )
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 )
(Select)
(Special)
Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston ; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson )
(Special)
Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez ; Ranking Member: Edward Martin )
Rules and Administration (Chairman: Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. ; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis )
(Special)
Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman )
(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 )
(Select)
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 )
(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)
(Chairman: Sen. A. Willis Robertson ; Vice Chairman: Rep. Paul Brown )
Economic (Chairman: Rep. Wright Patman ; Vice Chairman: Sen. John J. Sparkman )
(Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Vacant)
The Library (Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson ; Vice Chairman: Sen. Theodore F. Green )
Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden ; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson )
(Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd ; Vice Chairman: Rep. Clarence Cannon )
Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Jere Cooper ; Vice Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd )
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 [ ]
House of Representatives [ ]
Clerk : Ralph R. Roberts
Doorkeeper : William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller
Parliamentarian : Lewis Deschler
Postmaster :
Reading Clerks : (D) and (R) (until 1957) then (R) (starting 1957)
Sergeant at Arms :
Chaplain : Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian )
See also [ ]
United States elections, 1956 (elections leading to this Congress)
1956 United States presidential election
United States Senate elections, 1956
United States House of Representatives elections, 1956
United States elections, 1958 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
United States Senate elections, 1958
United States House of Representatives elections, 1958
Notes [ ]
^ Jump up to: a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
References [ ]
Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club . Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4 .
Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House . New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7 .
"Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress" . U.S. Congress. 2005. Archived from the original on June 1, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006 .
"Congressional History" . U.S. House of Representatives. 2006. Archived from the original on June 1, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006 .
"Statistics and Lists" . U.S. Senate. 2006. Archived from the original on June 1, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006 .
House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 85th Congress (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016 .
Official Congressional Directory for the 85th Congress, 1st Session .
Official Congressional Directory for the 85th Congress, 2nd Session .
Pocket Congressional Directory for the 85th Congress .
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