84th United States Congress Totally Explained

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The Eighty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3 1955 to January 3 1957, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventeeth Census of the United States in 1950. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

January 3 1955 – January 3 1957

First session: January 5 1955 – August 2 1955
Second session: January 3 1956 – July 27 1956 Previous: 83rd Congress • Next: 85th Congress

Major events

Major legislation

1955-08-12 — Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act,, ch. 863,

1954-08-13 — Multiple Surface Use Mining Act ch. 730,

1955 — National Housing Act

1956 — Health Research Facilities Act,

1956 — Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act),

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

Democratic (D): 47 (majority)

Republican (R): 47

Independent Democratic (ID): 1

Independent (I): 1 TOTAL: 96

House of Representatives

Democratic (D): 232 (majority)

Republican (R): 203 TOTAL: 435

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate: Richard Nixon, Republican of California

President pro tempore: Walter F. George, Democratic of Georgia

Majority Leader: Lyndon Johnson of Texas

Minority Leader: William F. Knowland of California

Democratic Whip: Earle C. Clements of Kentucky

Republican Whip: Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts

House of Representatives

Speaker: Sam Rayburn, Democratic of Texas

Majority Leader: John W. McCormack of Massachusetts

Minority Leader: John W. Martin of Massachusetts

Democratic Whip: Carl Albert of Oklahoma

Republican Whip: Leslie C. Arends of Illinois

Democratic Caucus Chairman: John J. Rooney of New York

Republican Conference Chairman: Clifford R. Hope of Kansas

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

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, requiring reelection in 1958; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1960; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1956.

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress. � See also:

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