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 1950 United States census.

The Democratic Party won back majorities in both the House and Senate, thus giving them full control of Congress, although Republican Party briefly won the Senate after the last congressional session. The Democratic Party would continue to hold onto its house majority until the 104th 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.

• March 12, 1956: 101 Congressmen signed the Southern Manifesto, a protest against the 1954 Supreme Court ruling (Brown v. Board of Education) desegregating public education.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

Major legislation

• January 29, 1955: Formosa Resolution

• March 31, 1955: Career Incentive Act

• June 28, 1955: Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act, ,

• July 11, 1955: To provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription "In God We Trust", , ,

• July 14, 1955: Air Pollution Control Act, , ch. 360,

• July 23, 1955: Multiple Surface Use Mining Act, , ch. 730,

• August 9, 1955: Reserve Forces Act, ,

• August 11, 1955: National Housing Act ("Capehart Act"), ,

• August 12, 1955: Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act, , ch. 863,

• April 11, 1956: Colorado River Storage Project Act,

• June 29, 1956: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act),

• July 30, 1956: Health Research Facilities Act, , ch. 779,

• August 8, 1956: Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, ch. 1036, ,

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.

The independent Wayne Morse, who caucused with Republicans in the second session of the previous Congress, began caucusing with the Democrats at the start of this Congress before ultimately becoming a Democrat himself.

Democrats would briefly lose control of the Senate after the last congressional session.

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• 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: 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.

List of United States senators from AlabamaAlabama

1. 2. John J. Sparkman (D)

2. 3. J. Lister Hill (D)

List of United States senators from ArizonaArizona

1. 1. Barry Goldwater (R)

2. 3. Carl Hayden (D)

List of United States senators from ArkansasArkansas

1. 2. John L. McClellan (D)

2. 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

List of United States senators from CaliforniaCalifornia

1. 1. William Knowland (R)

2. 3. Thomas Kuchel (R)

List of United States senators from ColoradoColorado

1. 2. Gordon Allott (R)

2. 3. Eugene Millikin (R)

List of United States senators from ConnecticutConnecticut

1. 1. William A. Purtell (R)

2. 3. Prescott Bush (R)

List of United States senators from DelawareDelaware

1. 1. John J. Williams (R)

2. 2. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)

List of United States senators from FloridaFlorida

1. 1. Spessard Holland (D)

2. 3. George Smathers (D)

List of United States senators from GeorgiaGeorgia

1. 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D)

2. 3. Walter F. George (D)

List of United States senators from IdahoIdaho

1. 2. Henry Dworshak (R)

2. 3. Herman Welker (R)

List of United States senators from IllinoisIllinois

1. 2. Paul Douglas (D)

2. 3. Everett M. Dirksen (R)

List of United States senators from IndianaIndiana

1. 1. William E. Jenner (R)

2. 3. Homer E. Capehart (R)

List of United States senators from IowaIowa

1. 2. Thomas E. Martin (R)

2. 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

List of United States senators from KansasKansas

1. 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)

2. 3. Frank Carlson (R)

List of United States senators from KentuckyKentucky

1. 2. Alben Barkley (D), until April 30, 1956

   1. Robert Humphreys (D), June 21, 1956 – November 6, 1956

   2. John Sherman Cooper (R), from November 7, 1956

   3. Earle Clements (D)

List of United States senators from LouisianaLouisiana

1. 2. Allen J. Ellender (D)

2. 3. Russell B. Long (D)

List of United States senators from MaineMaine

1. 1. Frederick G. Payne (R)

2. 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

List of United States senators from MarylandMaryland

1. 1. James Glenn Beall (R)

2. 3. John Marshall Butler (R)

List of United States senators from MassachusettsMassachusetts

1. 1. John F. Kennedy (D)

2. 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

List of United States senators from MichiganMichigan

1. 1. Charles E. Potter (R)

2. 2. Patrick V. McNamara (D)

List of United States senators from MinnesotaMinnesota

1. 1. Edward John Thye (R)

2. 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

List of United States senators from MississippiMississippi

1. 1. John C. Stennis (D)

2. 2. James Eastland (D)

List of United States senators from MissouriMissouri

1. 1. Stuart Symington (D)

2. 3. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D)

List of United States senators from MontanaMontana

1. 1. Mike Mansfield (D)

2. 2. James E. Murray (D)

List of United States senators from NebraskaNebraska

1. 1. Roman Hruska (R)

2. 2. Carl Curtis (R)

List of United States senators from NevadaNevada

1. 1. George W. Malone (R)

2. 3. Alan Bible (D)

List of United States senators from New HampshireNew Hampshire

1. 2. Styles Bridges (R)

2. 3. Norris Cotton (R)

List of United States senators from New JerseyNew Jersey

1. 1. Howard Alexander Smith (R)

2. 2. Clifford P. Case (R)

List of United States senators from New MexicoNew Mexico

1. 1. Dennis Chávez (D)

2. 2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

List of United States senators from New YorkNew York

1. 1. Irving Ives (R)

2. 3. Herbert H. Lehman (D)

List of United States senators from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

1. 2. W. Kerr Scott (D)

2. 3. Sam Ervin (D)

List of United States senators from North DakotaNorth Dakota

1. 1. William Langer (R-NPL)

2. 3. Milton Young (R)

List of United States senators from OhioOhio

1. 1. John W. Bricker (R)

2. 3. George H. Bender (R)

List of United States senators from OklahomaOklahoma

1. 2. Robert S. Kerr (D)

2. 3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

List of United States senators from OregonOregon

1. 2. Richard L. Neuberger (D)

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

List of United States senators from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

1. 1. Edward Martin (R)

2. 3. James H. Duff (R)

List of United States senators from Rhode IslandRhode Island

1. 1. John Pastore (D)

2. 2. Theodore F. Green (D)

List of United States senators from South CarolinaSouth Carolina

1. 2. Strom Thurmond (D), until April 4, 1956

   1. Thomas A. Wofford (D), April 5, 1956 – November 6, 1956

   2. Strom Thurmond (D), from November 7, 1956

   3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

List of United States senators from South DakotaSouth Dakota

1. 2. Karl E. Mundt (R)

2. 3. Francis Case (R)

List of United States senators from TennesseeTennessee

1. 1. Albert Gore Sr. (D)

2. 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

List of United States senators from TexasTexas

1. 1. Price Daniel (D)

2. 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

List of United States senators from UtahUtah

1. 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R)

2. 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

List of United States senators from VermontVermont

1. 1. Ralph Flanders (R)

2. 3. George Aiken (R)

List of United States senators from VirginiaVirginia

1. 1. Harry F. Byrd (D)

2. 2. A. Willis Robertson (D)

List of United States senators from WashingtonWashington

1. 1. Henry M. Jackson (D)

2. 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

List of United States senators from West VirginiaWest Virginia

1. 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D), until February 28, 1956

   1. William Laird III (D), March 13, 1956 – November 6, 1956

   2. Chapman Revercomb (R), from November 7, 1956

   2. Matthew M. Neely (D)

List of United States senators from WisconsinWisconsin

1. 1. Joseph McCarthy (R)

2. 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

List of United States senators from WyomingWyoming

1. 1. Frank A. Barrett (R)

2. 2. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)

House of Representatives

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

List of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama

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 Selden (D)

7. . Carl Elliott (D)

8. . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)

9. . George Huddleston Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from ArizonaArizona

1. . John Jacob Rhodes (R)

2. . Stewart Udall (D)

List of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas

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)

List of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia

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)

List of United States representatives from ColoradoColorado

1. . Byron G. Rogers (D)

2. . William S. Hill (R)

3. . John Chenoweth (R)

4. . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

List of United States representatives from ConnecticutConnecticut

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)

6. . Antoni Sadlak (R)

List of United States representatives from DelawareDelaware

1. . Harris McDowell (D)

List of United States representatives from FloridaFlorida

1. . William C. Cramer (R)

2. . Charles E. Bennett (D)

3. . Robert L. F. 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)

List of United States representatives from GeorgiaGeorgia

1. . Prince Preston (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. . Phil Landrum (D)

10. . Paul Brown (D)

List of United States representatives from IdahoIdaho

1. . Gracie Pfost (D)

2. . Hamer H. Budge (R)

List of United States representatives from IllinoisIllinois

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 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)

List of United States representatives from IndianaIndiana

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)

List of United States representatives from IowaIowa

1. . Fred Schwengel (R)

2. . Henry O. Talle (R)

3. . H. R. Gross (R)

4. . Karl M. LeCompte (R)

5. . Paul H. Cunningham (R)

6. . James I. Dolliver (R)

7. . Ben F. Jensen (R)

8. . Charles B. Hoeven (R)

List of United States representatives from KansasKansas

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)

List of United States representatives from KentuckyKentucky

1. . Noble J. 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)

List of United States representatives from LouisianaLouisiana

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)

List of United States representatives from MaineMaine

1. . Robert Hale (R)

2. . Charles P. Nelson (R)

3. . Clifford McIntire (R)

List of United States representatives from MarylandMaryland

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)

List of United States representatives from MassachusettsMassachusetts

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)

List of United States representatives from MichiganMichigan

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 D. Dingell Sr. (D), until September 19, 1955

    1. John D. Dingell Jr. (D), from December 13, 1955

    . John Lesinski Jr. (D)

16. . Martha Griffiths (D)

17. . George A. Dondero (R)

List of United States representatives from MinnesotaMinnesota

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)

List of United States representatives from MississippiMississippi

1. . Thomas Abernethy (D)

2. . Jamie L. Whitten (D)

3. . Frank Ellis Smith (D)

4. . John Bell Williams (D)

5. . W. Arthur Winstead (D)

6. . William M. Colmer (D)

List of United States representatives from MissouriMissouri

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 Short (R)

8. . A. S. J. Carnahan (D)

9. . Clarence Cannon (D)

10. . Paul C. Jones (D)

11. . Morgan M. Moulder (D)

List of United States representatives from MontanaMontana

1. . Lee Metcalf (D)

2. . Orvin B. Fjare (R)

List of United States representatives from NebraskaNebraska

1. . Phillip Hart Weaver (R)

2. . Jackson B. Chase (R)

3. . Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)

4. . Arthur L. Miller (R)

List of United States representatives from NevadaNevada

1. . Clarence Clifton Young (R)

List of United States representatives from New HampshireNew Hampshire

1. . Chester Earl Merrow (R)

2. . Perkins Bass (R)

List of United States representatives from New JerseyNew 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)

List of United States representatives from New MexicoNew Mexico

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

1. . Antonio M. Fernández (D), until November 7, 1956

2. . John J. Dempsey (D)

List of United States representatives from New YorkNew 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 (D-L), until December 31, 1956

21. . Herbert Zelenko (D)

22. . Sidney A. Fine (D), until January 2, 1956

    1. James C. Healey (D), from February 7, 1956

    . Isidore Dollinger (D)

23. . Charles A. Buckley (D)

24. . Paul A. Fino (R)

25. . Ralph A. Gamble (R)

26. . Ralph W. Gwinn (R)

27. . Katharine St. George (R)

28. . J. Ernest Wharton (R)

29. . Leo W. O'Brien (D)

30. . Dean P. Taylor (R)

31. . Bernard W. Kearney (R)

32. . Clarence E. Kilburn (R)

33. . William R. Williams (R)

34. . R. Walter Riehlman (R)

35. . John Taber (R)

36. . W. Sterling Cole (R)

37. . Kenneth Keating (R)

38. . Harold C. Ostertag (R)

39. . William E. Miller (R)

40. . Edmund P. Radwan (R)

41. . John R. Pillion (R)

42. . Daniel A. Reed (R)

List of United States representatives from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

1. . Herbert Covington Bonner (D)

2. . Lawrence H. Fountain (D)

3. . Graham A. 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)

List of United States representatives from North DakotaNorth Dakota

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

1. . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

2. . Otto Krueger (R)

List of United States representatives from OhioOhio

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 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)

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)

List of United States representatives from OklahomaOklahoma

1. . Page Belcher (R)

2. . Ed Edmondson (D)

3. . Carl Albert (D)

4. . Tom Steed (D)

5. . John Jarman (D)

6. . Victor Wickersham (D)

List of United States representatives from OregonOregon

1. . A. Walter Norblad (R)

2. . Sam Coon (R)

3. . Edith Green (D)

4. . Harris Ellsworth (R)

List of United States representatives from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

1. . William A. Barrett (D)

2. . William T. Granahan (D), until May 25, 1956

   1. Kathryn E. Granahan (D), from November 6, 1956

   . James A. Byrne (D)

3. . Earl Chudoff (D)

4. . William J. Green Jr. (D)

5. . Hugh Scott (R)

6. . Benjamin F. James (R)

7. . Karl C. King (R)

8. . Paul B. Dague (R)

9. . Joseph L. Carrigg (R)

10. . Dan Flood (D)

11. . Ivor D. Fenton (R)

12. . Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R)

13. . George M. Rhodes (D)

14. . Francis E. Walter (D)

15. . Walter M. Mumma (R)

16. . Alvin Bush (R)

17. . Richard M. Simpson (R)

18. . James M. Quigley (D)

19. . James E. Van Zandt (R)

20. . Augustine B. Kelley (D)

21. . John P. Saylor (R)

22. . Leon H. Gavin (R)

23. . Carroll D. Kearns (R)

24. . Frank M. Clark (D)

25. . Thomas E. Morgan (D)

26. . James G. Fulton (R)

27. . Herman P. Eberharter (D)

28. . Robert J. Corbett (R)

29. . Vera Buchanan (D), until November 26, 1955

    1. Elmer J. Holland (D), from January 24, 1956

List of United States representatives from Rhode IslandRhode Island

1. . Aime Forand (D)

2. . John E. Fogarty (D)

List of United States representatives from South CarolinaSouth 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)

List of United States representatives from South DakotaSouth Dakota

1. . Harold Lovre (R)

2. . Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

List of United States representatives from TennesseeTennessee

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)

List of United States representatives from TexasTexas

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 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)

22. . Martin Dies Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from UtahUtah

1. . Henry Aldous Dixon (R)

2. . William A. Dawson (R)

List of United States representatives from VermontVermont

1. . Winston L. Prouty (R)

List of United States representatives from VirginiaVirginia

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)

List of United States representatives from WashingtonWashington

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)

7. . Donald H. Magnuson (D)

List of United States representatives from West VirginiaWest 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)

List of United States representatives from WisconsinWisconsin

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)

List of United States representatives from WyomingWyoming

1. . Edwin Keith Thomson (R)

Non-voting members

1. . Bob Bartlett (D)

2. . Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R)

3. . Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)

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

|- | Oregon(3) | nowrap | Wayne Morse (I) | style="front-size:80%" | Changed Political Parties February 17, 1955 | nowrap | Wayne Morse (D) | February 17, 1955 |- | West Virginia(1) | nowrap | Harley M. Kilgore (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 28, 1956 | nowrap | William Laird III (D) | March 13, 1956 |- | South Carolina(2) | nowrap | Strom Thurmond (ID) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 4, 1956, to trigger a contested primary as promised to voters | nowrap | Thomas A. Wofford (D) | April 5, 1956 |- | Kentucky(2) | nowrap | Alben W. Barkley (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 30, 1956 | nowrap | Robert Humphreys (D) | June 21, 1956 |- | Kentucky(2) | nowrap | Robert Humphreys (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 6, 1956 | nowrap | John Sherman Cooper (R) | November 7, 1956 |- | South Carolina(2) | nowrap | Thomas A. Wofford (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 6, 1956 | nowrap | Strom Thurmond (D) | November 7, 1956 |- | West Virginia(1) | nowrap | William Laird III (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 6, 1956 | nowrap | 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

|- | | Vacant | Rep. Dwight L. Rogers died during the previous congress after having been re-elected.Successor elected January 11, 1955. | nowrap | Paul Rogers (D) | January 11, 1955

|- | | nowrap| John Dingell Sr. (D) | Died September 19, 1955.Successor elected December 13, 1955. | nowrap | John Dingell (D) | December 13, 1955

|- | | nowrap| Vera Buchanan (D) | Died November 26, 1955.Successor elected January 24, 1956. | nowrap | Elmer J. Holland (D) | January 24, 1956

|- | | nowrap| Sidney A. Fine (D) | Resigned January 2, 1956.Successor elected February 7, 1956. | nowrap | James C. Healey (D) | February 7, 1956

|- | | nowrap| Chauncey W. Reed (R) | Died February 9, 1956Seat remained unfilled until next term. | colspan=2 | Vacant

|- | | nowrap| William T. Granahan (D) | Died May 25, 1956.Successor elected November 6, 1956. | nowrap | Kathryn E. Granahan (D) | November 6, 1956

|- | | nowrap| John Carl Hinshaw (R) | Died August 5, 1956.Seat remained unfilled until next term. | colspan=2 | Vacant

|- | | nowrap| Percy Priest (D) | Died October 12, 1956.Seat remained unfilled until next term. | colspan=2 | Vacant

|- | | nowrap| Antonio M. Fernández (D) | Died November 7, 1956.Seat remained unfilled until next term. | colspan=2 | Vacant

|- | | nowrap| T. Millet Hand (R) | Died December 26, 1956.Seat remained unfilled until next term. | colspan=2 | Vacant

|- | | nowrap| Arthur George Klein (D) | Resigned December 31, 1956 after being elected to the New York Supreme Court.Seat remained unfilled until next term. | colspan=2 | Vacant

|- | | nowrap| Irwin D. Davidson (DL) | Resigned December 31, 1956.Seat remained unfilled until next term. | colspan=2 | Vacant

|}

Committees

Senate

• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)

• Appropriations (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)

• Armed Services (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)

• Banking and Currency (Chairman: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: Homer Capehart)

• Contribution Investigation (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)

• Foreign Aid Program (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)

• Political Activities, Lobbying and Campaign Contributions (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)

• Senate Reception Room (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )

• 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)

• Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select) (Chairman: Porter Hardy Jr.)

• Defense Production (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )

• 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: ; Ranking Member: )

• 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)

• Small Business (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)

• Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian

• Defense Production

• Disposition of Executive Papers

• Economic

• Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Sen. Arthur V. Watkins)

• Legislative Budget

• The Library (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Theodore F. Green)

• Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration

• Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson)

• Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Daniel A. Reed)

• Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Jere Cooper; Vice Chairman: Sen. Paul H. Douglas)

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#United States CongressLegislative branch agency directors

• Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart

• Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver

• Comptroller General of the United States: Joseph Campbell

• Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford

• Public Printer of the United States: Raymond Blattenberger

Senate

• Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris, Methodist

• Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins

• Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston

• Librarian: Richard D. Hupman

• Secretary for the Majority: Robert G. Baker

• Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice

• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts

• Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.

• Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller

• Postmaster: H. H. Morris

• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler

• Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R)

• Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)

See also

1954 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)

• 1954 United States Senate elections

• 1954 United States House of Representatives elections

1956 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

• 1956 United States presidential election

• 1956 United States Senate elections

• 1956 United States House of Representatives elections

Notes

References

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History

• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists