1st: January 7, 1959 – September 15, 1959 2nd: January 6, 1960 – September 1, 1960
The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950 until Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as states in 1959. Then, the membership of the House temporarily increased to 437 (seating one member from each of those newly admitted states and leaving the apportionment of the other 435 seats unchanged); it would remain at 437 until reapportionment resulting from the 1960 census.
The Democrats maintained full control of Congress, with greatly increased majorities in both chambers.
Total members: 437. The increase over the usual 435 members was due to the admission of Alaska and Hawaii, whose seats were temporary until reapportionment following the 1960 Census.
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 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1960; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1962; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1964.
Senate composition by party at the beginning of the 86th Congress (Alaska was admitted as a state on the same day this Congress started). Senators from Hawaii did not take office until later in 1959.
2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Resigned December 31, 1960, after being elected judge of Court of Queens County
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. 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.
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Official Congressional Directory for the 86th Congress, 1st Session.
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The 86th 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 1959 to January 3 1961 during the last two years of the presidency of Dwight D Eisenhower 86th United States Congress85th 87thUnited States Capitol 1956 January 3 1959 1959 01 03 January 3 1961 1961 01 03 Members96 100 senators436 437 representativesSenate MajorityDemocraticSenate PresidentRichard Nixon R House MajorityDemocraticHouse SpeakerSam Rayburn D Sessions1st January 7 1959 September 15 19592nd January 6 1960 September 1 1960The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950 until Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as states in 1959 Then the membership of the House temporarily increased to 437 seating one member from each of those newly admitted states and leaving the apportionment of the other 435 seats unchanged it would remain at 437 until reapportionment resulting from the 1960 census The Democrats maintained full control of Congress with greatly increased majorities in both chambers Contents 1 Major events 2 Major legislation 3 Constitutional amendments 4 Treaties 5 States admitted 6 Party summary 6 1 Senate 6 2 House of Representatives 7 Leadership 7 1 Senate 7 1 1 Majority Democratic leadership 7 1 2 Minority Republican leadership 7 2 House of Representatives 7 2 1 Majority Democratic leadership 7 2 2 Minority Republican leadership 8 Caucuses 9 Members 9 1 Senate 9 1 1 Alabama 9 1 2 Alaska 9 1 3 Arizona 9 1 4 Arkansas 9 1 5 California 9 1 6 Colorado 9 1 7 Connecticut 9 1 8 Delaware 9 1 9 Florida 9 1 10 Georgia 9 1 11 Hawaii 9 1 12 Idaho 9 1 13 Illinois 9 1 14 Indiana 9 1 15 Iowa 9 1 16 Kansas 9 1 17 Kentucky 9 1 18 Louisiana 9 1 19 Maine 9 1 20 Maryland 9 1 21 Massachusetts 9 1 22 Michigan 9 1 23 Minnesota 9 1 24 Mississippi 9 1 25 Missouri 9 1 26 Montana 9 1 27 Nebraska 9 1 28 Nevada 9 1 29 New Hampshire 9 1 30 New Jersey 9 1 31 New Mexico 9 1 32 New York 9 1 33 North Carolina 9 1 34 North Dakota 9 1 35 Ohio 9 1 36 Oklahoma 9 1 37 Oregon 9 1 38 Pennsylvania 9 1 39 Rhode Island 9 1 40 South Carolina 9 1 41 South Dakota 9 1 42 Tennessee 9 1 43 Texas 9 1 44 Utah 9 1 45 Vermont 9 1 46 Virginia 9 1 47 Washington 9 1 48 West Virginia 9 1 49 Wisconsin 9 1 50 Wyoming 9 2 House of Representatives 9 2 1 Alabama 9 2 2 Alaska 9 2 3 Arizona 9 2 4 Arkansas 9 2 5 California 9 2 6 Colorado 9 2 7 Connecticut 9 2 8 Delaware 9 2 9 Florida 9 2 10 Georgia 9 2 11 Hawaii 9 2 12 Idaho 9 2 13 Illinois 9 2 14 Indiana 9 2 15 Iowa 9 2 16 Kansas 9 2 17 Kentucky 9 2 18 Louisiana 9 2 19 Maine 9 2 20 Maryland 9 2 21 Massachusetts 9 2 22 Michigan 9 2 23 Minnesota 9 2 24 Mississippi 9 2 25 Missouri 9 2 26 Montana 9 2 27 Nebraska 9 2 28 Nevada 9 2 29 New Hampshire 9 2 30 New Jersey 9 2 31 New Mexico 9 2 32 New York 9 2 33 North Carolina 9 2 34 North Dakota 9 2 35 Ohio 9 2 36 Oklahoma 9 2 37 Oregon 9 2 38 Pennsylvania 9 2 39 Rhode Island 9 2 40 South Carolina 9 2 41 South Dakota 9 2 42 Tennessee 9 2 43 Texas 9 2 44 Utah 9 2 45 Vermont 9 2 46 Virginia 9 2 47 Washington 9 2 48 West Virginia 9 2 49 Wisconsin 9 2 50 Wyoming 9 2 51 Non voting members 10 Changes in membership 10 1 Senate 10 2 House of Representatives 11 Committees 11 1 Senate 11 2 House of Representatives 11 3 Joint committees 12 Employees 12 1 Legislative branch agency directors 12 2 Senate 12 3 House of Representatives 13 See also 14 Notes 15 ReferencesMajor events EditSee also 1959 in the United States 1960 in the United States and 1961 in the United States January 7 1959 The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro February 12 1959 In commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln s birth Congress met in joint session to hear actor Fredric March give a dramatic reading of the Gettysburg Address followed with an address by writer Carl Sandburg 1 February 1 1960 Greensboro sit ins begin May 1 1960 U 2 incident June 29 1960 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress November 8 1960 1960 United States presidential election John F Kennedy electedMajor legislation EditMain article List of United States federal legislation 1901 2001 86th United States Congress 1959 Airport Construction Act Pub L 86 72 September 14 1959 Landrum Griffin Act Pub L 86 257 73 Stat 519 April 22 1960 Narcotics Manufacturing Act of 1960 Pub L 86 429 74 Stat 55 May 6 1960 Civil Rights Act of 1960 Pub L 86 449 74 Stat 86 June 12 1960 Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act of 1960 Pub L 86 517 74 Stat 215 July 14 1960 Flood Control Act of 1960 Pub L 86 845 74 Stat 488 September 13 1960 Social Security Amendments Kerr Mill aid Pub L 86 778 74 Stat 976Constitutional amendments Edit The official Joint Resolution of Congress proposing what became the 23rd Amendment as contained in the National Archives June 16 1960 Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution extending the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College as if it were a state and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification Amendment was later ratified on March 29 1961 becoming the Twenty third Amendment to the United States ConstitutionTreaties Edit Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan December 1 1959 Antarctic Treaty signed January 19 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan signedStates admitted EditJanuary 3 1959 Alaska was admitted as the 49th state August 21 1959 Hawaii was admitted as the 50th stateParty summary EditSenate Edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R End of previous congress50 45 95 1Begin64 34 98 0End66100Final voting share66 0 34 0 Beginning of next congress65 35 100 0House of Representatives Edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R End of previous congress232 193 425 10Begin282 153 435 0End2811514325Final voting share65 0 35 0 Beginning of next congress263 174 437 0Total members 437 The increase over the usual 435 members was due to the admission of Alaska and Hawaii whose seats were temporary until reapportionment following the 1960 Census Leadership EditSenate President Richard Nixon R Senate President pro tempore Carl Hayden D House Speaker Sam Rayburn D Senate Edit President Richard Nixon R President pro tempore Carl Hayden D Majority Democratic leadership Edit Majority Leader Lyndon B Johnson Majority Whip Mike Mansfield Caucus Secretary Thomas C Hennings Jr until September 13 1960 George Smathers afterwardsMinority Republican leadership Edit Minority Leader Everett Dirksen Minority Whip Thomas Kuchel Republican Conference Chairman Leverett Saltonstall Republican Conference Secretary Milton Young National Senatorial Committee Chair Andrew Frank Schoeppel Policy Committee Chairman Styles BridgesHouse of Representatives Edit Speaker Sam Rayburn D Majority Democratic leadership Edit Majority Leader John W McCormack Majority Whip Carl Albert Democratic Caucus Chairman Melvin Price Democratic Caucus Secretary Leonor Sullivan Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Michael J KirwanMinority Republican leadership Edit Minority Leader Charles A Halleck Minority Whip Leslie C Arends Republican Conference Chairman Charles B Hoeven Policy Committee Chairman John W Byrnes Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Richard M Simpson until 1960 William E Miller from 1960Caucuses EditHouse Democratic Caucus Senate Democratic CaucusMembers EditSenate Edit 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 2 meant their term ended with this Congress requiring reelection in 1960 Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress requiring reelection in 1962 and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress requiring reelection in 1964 Alabama Edit 2 John Sparkman D 3 J Lister Hill D Alaska Edit 2 Bob Bartlett D 3 Ernest Gruening D Arizona Edit 1 Barry Goldwater R 3 Carl Hayden D Arkansas Edit 2 John L McClellan D 3 J William Fulbright D California Edit 1 Clair Engle D 3 Thomas Kuchel R Colorado Edit 2 Gordon Allott R 3 John A Carroll D Connecticut Edit 1 Thomas J Dodd D 3 Prescott Bush R Delaware Edit 1 John J Williams R 2 J Allen Frear Jr D Florida Edit 1 Spessard Holland D 3 George Smathers D Georgia Edit 2 Richard Russell Jr D 3 Herman Talmadge D Hawaii Edit 1 Hiram Fong R from August 21 1959 newly admitted state 3 Oren E Long D from August 21 1959 newly admitted state Idaho Edit 2 Henry Dworshak R 3 Frank Church D Illinois Edit 2 Paul Douglas D 3 Everett Dirksen R Indiana Edit 1 Vance Hartke D 3 Homer E Capehart R Iowa Edit 2 Thomas E Martin R 3 Bourke B Hickenlooper R Kansas Edit 2 Andrew Frank Schoeppel R 3 Frank Carlson R Kentucky Edit 2 John Sherman Cooper R 3 Thruston Ballard Morton R Louisiana Edit 2 Allen J Ellender D 3 Russell B Long D Maine Edit 1 Edmund Muskie D 2 Margaret Chase Smith R Maryland Edit 1 James Glenn Beall R 3 John Marshall Butler R Massachusetts Edit 1 John F Kennedy D until December 22 1960 Benjamin A Smith II D from December 27 1960 dd 2 Leverett Saltonstall R Michigan Edit 1 Philip Hart D 2 Patrick V McNamara D Minnesota Edit 1 Eugene McCarthy DFL 2 Hubert Humphrey DFL Mississippi Edit 1 John C Stennis D 2 James Eastland D Missouri Edit 1 Stuart Symington D 3 Thomas C Hennings Jr D until September 13 1960 Edward V Long D from September 23 1960 dd Montana Edit 1 Mike Mansfield D 2 James E Murray D Nebraska Edit 1 Roman Hruska R 2 Carl Curtis R Nevada Edit 1 Howard Cannon D 3 Alan Bible D New Hampshire Edit 2 Styles Bridges R 3 Norris Cotton R New Jersey Edit 1 Harrison A Williams D 2 Clifford P Case R New Mexico Edit 1 Dennis Chavez D 2 Clinton Anderson D New York Edit 1 Kenneth Keating R 3 Jacob Javits R North Carolina Edit 2 B Everett Jordan D 3 Sam Ervin D North Dakota Edit 1 William Langer R NPL until November 8 1959 Norman Brunsdale R November 19 1959 August 7 1960 Quentin Burdick D NPL from August 8 1960 dd 3 Milton Young R Ohio Edit 1 Stephen M Young D 3 Frank Lausche D Oklahoma Edit 2 Robert S Kerr D 3 Mike Monroney D Oregon Edit 2 Richard L Neuberger D until March 9 1960 Hall S Lusk D March 16 1960 November 8 1960 Maurine Neuberger D from November 9 1960 dd 3 Wayne Morse D Pennsylvania Edit 1 Hugh Scott R 3 Joseph S Clark Jr D Rhode Island Edit 1 John Pastore D 2 Theodore F Green D South Carolina Edit 2 Strom Thurmond D 3 Olin D Johnston D South Dakota Edit 2 Karl E Mundt R 3 Francis H Case R Tennessee Edit 1 Albert Gore Sr D 2 Estes Kefauver D Texas Edit 1 Ralph Yarborough D 2 Lyndon B Johnson D Utah Edit 1 Frank Moss D 3 Wallace F Bennett R Vermont Edit 1 Winston L Prouty R 3 George Aiken R Virginia Edit 1 Harry F Byrd D 2 Absalom Willis Robertson D Washington Edit 1 Henry M Jackson D 3 Warren Magnuson D West Virginia Edit 1 Robert Byrd D 2 Jennings Randolph D Wisconsin Edit 1 William Proxmire D 3 Alexander Wiley R Wyoming Edit 1 Gale W McGee D 2 Joseph C O Mahoney D Senate majority leaders Democratic LeaderLyndon B Johnson Democratic WhipMike Mansfield Senate minority leaders Republican LeaderEverett Dirksen Republican WhipThomas Kuchel Senate composition by party at the beginning of the 86th Congress Alaska was admitted as a state on the same day this Congress started Senators from Hawaii did not take office until later in 1959 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans House of Representatives Edit The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers Alabama Edit 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 Alaska Edit At large Ralph Julian Rivers D Arizona Edit 1 John Jacob Rhodes R 2 Stewart Udall D Arkansas Edit 1 Ezekiel C Gathings D 2 Wilbur Mills D 3 James William Trimble D 4 Oren Harris D 5 Dale Alford D 6 William F Norrell D California Edit 1 Clement Woodnutt Miller D 2 Harold T Johnson D 3 John E Moss D 4 William S Mailliard R 5 John F Shelley D 6 John F Baldwin Jr R 7 Jeffery Cohelan D 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 George A Kasem D 26 James Roosevelt D 27 Harry R Sheppard D 28 James B Utt R 29 Dalip Singh Saund D 30 Bob Wilson R Colorado Edit 1 Byron G Rogers D 2 Byron L Johnson D 3 John Chenoweth R 4 Wayne N Aspinall D Connecticut Edit 1 Emilio Q Daddario D 2 Chester Bowles D 3 Robert Giaimo D 4 Donald J Irwin D 5 John S Monagan D At large Frank Kowalski D Delaware Edit At large Harris McDowell D Florida Edit 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 Edit 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 Harlan Erwin Mitchell D 8 Iris Faircloth Blitch D 9 Phillip M Landrum D 10 Paul Brown D Hawaii Edit At large Daniel Inouye D from August 21 1959 newly admitted state Idaho Edit 1 Gracie Pfost D 2 Hamer H Budge R Illinois Edit 1 William L Dawson D 2 Barratt O Hara D 3 William T Murphy D 4 Ed Derwinski R 5 John C Kluczynski D 6 Thomas J O Brien D 7 Roland V Libonati D 8 Dan Rostenkowski D 9 Sidney R Yates D 10 Harold R Collier R 11 Roman Pucinski D 12 Charles A Boyle D until November 4 1959 13 Marguerite S Church R 14 Elmer J Hoffman R 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 Edna O Simpson R 21 Peter F Mack Jr D 22 William L Springer R 23 George E Shipley D 24 Melvin Price D 25 Kenneth J Gray D Indiana Edit 1 Ray Madden D 2 Charles A Halleck R 3 John Brademas D 4 E Ross Adair R 5 J Edward Roush D 6 Fred Wampler D 7 William G Bray R 8 Winfield K Denton D 9 Earl Hogan D 10 Randall S Harmon D 11 Joseph W Barr D Iowa Edit 1 Fred Schwengel R 2 Leonard G Wolf D 3 H R Gross R 4 Steven V Carter D until November 4 1959 John Henry Kyl R from December 15 1959 dd 5 Neal Edward Smith D 6 Merwin Coad D 7 Ben F Jensen R 8 Charles B Hoeven R Kansas Edit 1 William H Avery R 2 Newell A George D 3 Denver David Hargis D 4 Edward Herbert Rees R 5 James Floyd Breeding D 6 Wint Smith R Kentucky Edit 1 Frank Stubblefield D 2 William Natcher D 3 Frank W Burke D 4 Frank Chelf D 5 Brent Spence D 6 John C Watts D 7 Carl D Perkins D 8 Eugene Siler R Louisiana Edit 1 F Edward Hebert 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 Harold B McSween D Maine Edit 1 James C Oliver D 2 Frank M Coffin D 3 Clifford McIntire R Maryland Edit 1 Thomas F Johnson D 2 Daniel Brewster D 3 Edward Garmatz D 4 George Hyde Fallon D 5 Richard Lankford D 6 John R Foley D 7 Samuel Friedel D Massachusetts Edit 1 Silvio O Conte R 2 Edward Boland D 3 Philip J Philbin D 4 Harold Donohue D 5 Edith Nourse Rogers R until September 10 1960 6 William H Bates R 7 Thomas J Lane D 8 Torbert Macdonald D 9 Hastings Keith R 10 Laurence Curtis R 11 Tip O Neill D 12 John W McCormack D 13 James A Burke D 14 Joseph W Martin Jr R Michigan Edit 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 James G O Hara D 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 Edit 1 Al Quie R 2 Ancher Nelsen R 3 Roy Wier DFL 4 Joseph Karth DFL 5 Walter Judd R 6 Fred Marshall DFL 7 Herman Carl Andersen R 8 John Blatnik DFL 9 Odin Langen R Mississippi Edit 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 Edit 1 Frank M Karsten D 2 Thomas B Curtis R 3 Leonor Sullivan D 4 George H Christopher D until January 23 1959 William J Randall D from March 3 1959 dd 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 Edit 1 Lee Metcalf D 2 LeRoy H Anderson D Nebraska Edit 1 Phillip Hart Weaver R 2 Glenn Cunningham R 3 Lawrence Brock D 4 Donald McGinley D Nevada Edit At large Walter S Baring Jr D New Hampshire Edit 1 Chester Earl Merrow R 2 Perkins Bass R New Jersey Edit 1 William T Cahill R 2 Milton W Glenn R 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 George M Wallhauser R 13 Cornelius Gallagher D 14 Dominick V Daniels D New Mexico Edit At large Thomas G Morris D At large Joseph Montoya D New York Edit 1 Stuyvesant Wainwright R 2 Steven Derounian R 3 Frank J Becker R 4 Seymour Halpern R 5 Albert H Bosch R until December 31 1960 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 John Lindsay 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 until December 31 1959 Jacob H Gilbert D from March 8 1960 dd 24 Charles A Buckley D 25 Paul A Fino R 26 Edwin B Dooley R 27 Robert R Barry R 28 Katharine St George R 29 J Ernest Wharton R 30 Leo W O Brien D 31 Dean P Taylor R 32 Samuel S Stratton D 33 Clarence E Kilburn R 34 Alexander Pirnie R 35 R Walter Riehlman R 36 John Taber R 37 Howard W Robison R 38 Jessica M Weis R 39 Harold C Ostertag R 40 William E Miller R 41 Thaddeus J Dulski D 42 John R Pillion R 43 Daniel A Reed R until February 19 1959 Charles Goodell R from May 26 1959 dd North Carolina Edit 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 David McKee Hall D until January 29 1960 Roy A Taylor D from June 25 1960 dd North Dakota Edit At large Quentin Burdick D NPL until August 8 1960 At large Don L Short R Ohio Edit 1 Gordon H Scherer R 2 William E Hess R 3 Paul F Schenck R 4 William Moore McCulloch R 5 Del Latta R 6 James G Polk D until April 28 1959 Ward Miller R from November 8 1960 dd 7 Clarence J Brown R 8 Jackson Edward Betts R 9 Thomas L Ashley D 10 Walter H Moeller D 11 Robert E Cook D 12 Samuel L Devine R 13 Albert David Baumhart Jr R 14 William Hanes Ayres R 15 John E Henderson R 16 Frank T Bow R 17 Robert W Levering D 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 Edit 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 Edit 1 A Walter Norblad R 2 Al Ullman D 3 Edith Green D 4 Charles O Porter D Pennsylvania Edit 1 William A Barrett D 2 Kathryn E Granahan D 3 James A Byrne D 4 Robert N C Nix Sr D 5 William J Green Jr D 6 Herman Toll D 7 William H Milliken Jr R 8 Willard S Curtin R 9 Paul B Dague R 10 Stanley A Prokop D 11 Dan Flood D 12 Ivor D Fenton R 13 John A Lafore Jr R 14 George M Rhodes D 15 Francis E Walter D 16 Walter M Mumma R 17 Alvin Bush R until November 5 1959 Herman T Schneebeli R from April 26 1960 dd 18 Richard M Simpson R until January 7 1960 Douglas Hemphill Elliott R April 26 1960 June 19 1960 J Irving Whalley R from November 8 1960 dd 19 James M Quigley D 20 James E Van Zandt R 21 John Herman Dent 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 William S Moorhead D 29 Robert J Corbett R 30 Elmer J Holland D Rhode Island Edit 1 Aime Forand D 2 John E Fogarty D South Carolina Edit 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 Edit 1 George McGovern D 2 Ellis Yarnal Berry R Tennessee Edit 1 B Carroll Reece R 2 Howard Baker Sr R 3 James B Frazier Jr D 4 Joe L Evins D 5 Joseph Carlton Loser D 6 Ross Bass D 7 Tom J Murray D 8 Fats Everett D 9 Clifford Davis D Texas Edit 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 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 22 Robert R Casey D Utah Edit 1 Henry Aldous Dixon R 2 David S King D Vermont Edit At large William H Meyer D Virginia Edit 1 Thomas N Downing 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 P Harrison D 8 Howard W Smith D 9 W Pat Jennings D 10 Joel Broyhill R Washington Edit 1 Thomas Pelly R 2 Jack Westland R 3 Russell V Mack R until March 28 1960 Julia Butler Hansen D from November 8 1960 dd 4 Catherine Dean May R 5 Walt Horan R 6 Thor C Tollefson R 7 Donald H Magnuson D West Virginia Edit 1 Arch A Moore Jr R 2 Harley Orrin Staggers D 3 Cleveland M Bailey D 4 Ken Hechler D 5 Elizabeth Kee D 6 John M Slack Jr D Wisconsin Edit 1 Gerald T Flynn D 2 Robert Kastenmeier D 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 Edit At large Edwin Keith Thomson R until December 9 1960Non voting members Edit Hawaii Territory John A Burns D until August 21 1959 Puerto Rico Antonio Fernos Isern PPD House majority leaders Democratic LeaderJohn W McCormack Democratic WhipCarl Albert House minority leaders Republican LeaderCharles A Halleck Republican WhipLeslie C Arends House seats by party holding plurality in state 80 Republican 80 Democratic 60 to 80 Republican 60 to 80 Democratic up to 60 Republican up to 60 DemocraticChanges in membership EditSenate Edit See also List of special elections to the United States Senate Senate changes State class Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor sformal installation a Hawaii 1 New seats Hawaii achieved statehood August 21 1959 Hiram Fong R August 21 1959Hawaii 3 Oren E Long D North Dakota 1 William Langer R Died November 8 1959 Norman Brunsdale R November 19 1959Oregon 2 Richard L Neuberger D Died March 9 1960 Hall S Lusk D March 16 1960North Dakota 1 Norman Brunsdale R Successor elected June 28 1960 Successor qualified August 8 1960 Quentin Burdick D August 8 1960Missouri 3 Thomas C Hennings Jr D Died September 13 1960 Edward V Long D September 23 1960Oregon 2 Hall S Lusk D Successor elected November 8 1960 Maurine Neuberger D November 9 1960Massachusetts 1 John F Kennedy D Resigned December 22 1960 after being elected President of the United States Benjamin A Smith II D December 27 1960House of Representatives Edit See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor sformal installation a Missouri 4th George H Christopher D Died January 23 1959 William J Randall D March 3 1959New York 43rd Daniel A Reed R Died February 19 1959 Charles Goodell R May 26 1959Ohio 6th James G Polk D Died April 28 1959 Ward Miller R November 8 1960Hawaii Territory at large John A Burns D Hawaii achieved statehood Seat eliminated August 21 1959Hawaii at large New seat Hawaii achieved statehood August 21 1959 Daniel Inouye D August 21 1959Illinois 12th Charles A Boyle D Died November 4 1959 Vacant Not filled this termIowa 4th Steven V Carter D Died November 4 1959 John Henry Kyl R December 15 1959Pennsylvania 17th Alvin Bush R Died November 5 1959 Herman T Schneebeli R April 26 1960New York 23rd Isidore Dollinger D Resigned December 31 1959 Jacob H Gilbert D March 8 1960Pennsylvania 18th Richard M Simpson R Died January 7 1960 Douglas Hemphill Elliott R April 26 1960North Carolina 12th David McKee Hall D Died January 29 1960 Roy A Taylor D June 25 1960Washington 3rd Russell V Mack R Died March 28 1960 Julia Butler Hansen D November 8 1960Pennsylvania 18th Douglas Hemphill Elliott R Died June 19 1960 J Irving Whalley R November 8 1960North Dakota at large Quentin Burdick D Resigned August 8 1960 after becoming U S Senator Vacant Not filled this termMassachusetts 5th Edith Nourse Rogers R Died September 10 1960Wyoming at large Edwin Keith Thomson R Died December 9 1960New York 5th Albert H Bosch R Resigned December 31 1960 after being elected judge of Court of Queens CountyCommittees EditLists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate House Standing with Subcommittees Select and Special and Joint and after that House Senate committee assignments 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 Edit Aeronautical and Space Sciences Chairman Lyndon B Johnson Ranking Member Styles Bridges 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 A Willis Robertson Ranking Member Homer Capehart District of Columbia Chairman Alan Bible Ranking Member J Glenn Beall Finance Chairman Harry F Byrd Ranking Member John J Williams Foreign Relations Chairman J William Fulbright Ranking Member Alexander Wiley Government Operations Chairman John Little McClellan Ranking Member Karl E Mundt Interior and Insular Affairs Chairman James E Murray Ranking Member Henry Dworshak Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman Warren G Magnuson Ranking Member Andrew F Schoeppel Judiciary Chairman Warren G Magnuson Ranking Member Alexander Wiley Labor Management Relations Select Chairman data unknown missing Ranking Member data unknown missing Ranking Member data unknown missing Labor and Public Welfare Chairman J Lister Hill Ranking Member Barry Goldwater National Water Resources Select Chairman data unknown missing Ranking Member data unknown missing Preserve Historical Records of the Senate Special Chairman data unknown missing Ranking Member data unknown missing Post Office and Civil Service Chairman Olin D Johnston Ranking Member Frank Carlson Public Works Chairman Dennis Chavez Ranking Member Francis Case Rules and Administration Chairman Thomas C Hennings Ranking Member Carl T Curtis Small Business Select Chairman John J Sparkman Space and Aeronautics Special Chairman data unknown missing Ranking Member data unknown missing Unemployment Problems Special Chairman data unknown missing Ranking Member data unknown missing WholeHouse of Representatives Edit Agriculture Chairman Harold D Cooley Ranking Member Charles B Hoeven 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 Clarence E Kilburn District of Columbia Chairman John L McMillan Ranking Member James C Auchincloss Education and Labor Chairman Graham A Barden Ranking Member Carroll D Kearns Foreign Affairs Chairman Thomas E Morgan Ranking Member Robert B Chiperfield Government Operations Chairman William L Dawson Ranking Member Clare E Hoffman House Administration Chairman Omar Burleson Ranking Member Paul F Schenck Interior and Insular Affairs Chairman Wayne N Aspinall Ranking Member John P Saylor Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman Oren Harris Ranking Member John B Bennett Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight Judiciary Chairman Emanuel Celler Ranking Member William M McCulloch 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 James C Auchincloss Rules Chairman Howard W Smith Ranking Member Leo E Allen Science and Astronautics Chairman Overton Brooks Ranking Member Joseph W Martin Jr Small Business Select Chairman Wright Patman Standards of Official Conduct Un American Activities Chairman Francis E Walter Ranking Member Donald L Jackson Veterans Affairs Chairman Olin E Teague Ranking Member Edith Nourse Rogers Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur D Mills Ranking Member Richard M Simpson WholeJoint committees Edit Atomic Energy Chairman Sen Clinton P Anderson Vice Chairman Rep Carl T Durham Conditions of Indian Tribes Special Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian Defense Production Chairman Rep Paul Brown Vice Chairman Sen Homer Capehart Disposition of Executive Papers Economic Immigration and Nationality Policy Chairman Vacant Vice Chairman Vacant Legislative Budget The Library Chairman Sen Theodore F Green Vice Chairman Rep Omar Burleson 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 Wilbur D Mills Vice Chairman Sen Harry F Byrd Washington DC Metropolitan ProblemsEmployees EditLegislative branch agency directors Edit 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 BlattenbergerSenate Edit 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 DukeHouse of Representatives Edit Clerk Ralph R Roberts Doorkeeper William Mosley Fishbait Miller Parliamentarian Lewis Deschler Postmaster H H Morris Reading Clerks George J Maurer D and Joe Bartlett R Sergeant at Arms Zeake W Johnson Jr Chaplain Bernard Braskamp PresbyterianSee also Edit1958 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1958 United States Senate elections 1958 United States House of Representatives elections 1960 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1960 United States presidential election 1960 United States Senate elections 1960 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes Edit a b When seated or oath administered not necessarily when service began References EditThis article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Specific citations Nation Honor Lincoln On Sesquicentennial PDF Yonkers Herald Statesman Northern Illinois University Libraries Associated Press February 11 1959 Archived from the original PDF on November 1 2013 Retrieved April 25 2013 Congress gets into the act tomorrow when a joint session will be held Carl Sandburg famed Lincoln biographer will give and address and actor Fredric March will read the Gettysburg Address General referencesGould 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 86th Congress PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 20 2018 Retrieved June 6 2016 Official Congressional Directory for the 86th Congress 1st Session Official Congressional Directory for the 86th Congress 2nd Session Pocket Congressional Directory for the 86th Congress Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 86th United States Congress amp oldid 1123593242, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
