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 1950 United States census.

Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

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 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 suffers from 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 Doctrine.

• October 1, 1958: NASA started operations

Major legislation

• August 14, 1957: Airways Modernization Act, ,

• September 2, 1957: Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act, ,

• September 9, 1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957, ,

• July 29, 1958: National Aeronautics and Space Act, ,

• 1958: Transportation Act of 1958,

• August 23, 1958: Federal Aviation Act of 1958, ,

• August 28, 1958: EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, ,

• August 28, 1958: Military Construction Appropriation Act (Advanced Research Projects Agency), ,

• September 2, 1958: National Defense Education Act, ,

• 1958: Department of Defense Reorganization Act,

• 1958: Pasatore-Walter Immigration Act

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

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

• Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

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.

List of United States senators from AlabamaAlabama

1. 3. J. Lister Hill (D)

2. 2. John Sparkman (D)

List of United States senators from ArizonaArizona

1. 3. Carl Hayden (D)

2. 1. Barry Goldwater (R)

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), until January 2, 1959

2. 3. Thomas Kuchel (R)

List of United States senators from ColoradoColorado

1. 2. Gordon Allott (R)

2. 3. John A. Carroll (D)

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. Herman Talmadge (D)

List of United States senators from IdahoIdaho

1. 2. Henry Dworshak (R)

2. 3. Frank Church (D)

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. John Sherman Cooper (R)

2. 3. Thruston Ballard Morton (R)

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 Anderson (D)

List of United States senators from New YorkNew York

1. 1. Irving Ives (R)

2. 3. Jacob Javits (R), from January 9, 1957

List of United States senators from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

1. 2. W. Kerr Scott (D), until April 16, 1958

   1. B. Everett Jordan (D), from April 19, 1958

   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. Frank Lausche (D)

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 (D)

List of United States senators from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

1. 1. Edward Martin (R)

2. 3. Joseph S. Clark Jr. (D)

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)

2. 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), until January 14, 1957

   1. William A. Blakley (D), January 15, 1957 – April 28, 1957

   2. Ralph Yarborough (D), from April 29, 1957

   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. Chapman Revercomb (R)

2. 2. Matthew M. Neely (D), until January 18, 1958

   1. John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R), January 25, 1958 – November 4, 1958

   2. Jennings Randolph (D), from November 4, 1958

List of United States senators from WisconsinWisconsin

1. 1. Joseph McCarthy (R), until May 2, 1957

   1. William Proxmire (D), from August 28, 1957

   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

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 I. Selden Jr. (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. . 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)

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. . 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)

6. . Antoni Sadlak (R)

List of United States representatives from DelawareDelaware

1. . Harry G. Haskell Jr. (R)

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)

7. . James A. Haley (D)

8. . Donald Ray Matthews (D)

List of United States representatives from GeorgiaGeorgia

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

   1. Harlan Erwin Mitchell (D), from January 8, 1958

   . Iris Faircloth Blitch (D)

8. . Phillip M. Landrum (D)

9. . 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. . 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

   1. Roland V. Libonati (D), from December 31, 1957

   . Thomas S. Gordon (D)

8. . Sidney R. Yates (D)

9. . Harold R. Collier (R)

10. . Timothy P. Sheehan (R)

11. . Charles A. Boyle (D)

12. . Marguerite S. Church (R)

13. . Russell W. Keeney (R), until January 11, 1958

14. . Noah M. Mason (R)

15. . Leo E. Allen (R)

16. . Leslie C. Arends (R)

17. . Robert H. Michel (R)

18. . Robert B. Chiperfield (R)

19. . Sid Simpson (R), until October 26, 1958

20. . Peter F. Mack Jr. (D)

21. . William L. Springer (R)

22. . Charles W. Vursell (R)

23. . Melvin Price (D)

24. . Kenneth J. Gray (D)

List of United States representatives from IndianaIndiana

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)

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 Cunningham (R)

6. . Merwin Coad (D)

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. . James Floyd Breeding (D)

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), until March 22, 1958

List of United States representatives from MaineMaine

1. . Robert Hale (R)

2. . Frank M. Coffin (D)

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), until November 13, 1958

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 E. 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 D. Dingell Jr. (D)

16. . John Lesinski Jr. (D)

17. . Martha Griffiths (D)

18. . William Broomfield (R)

List of United States representatives from MinnesotaMinnesota

1. . August H. Andresen (R), until January 14, 1958

   1. Al Quie (R), from February 18, 1958

   .Joseph P. O'Hara (R)

2. .Roy Wier (DFL)

3. .Eugene McCarthy (DFL)

4. .Walter Judd (R)

5. .Fred Marshall (DFL)

6. .Herman Carl Andersen (R)

7. .John Blatnik (DFL)

8. .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. . Charles Harrison Brown (D)

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. . LeRoy H. Anderson (D)

List of United States representatives from NebraskaNebraska

1. . Phillip Hart Weaver (R)

2. . Glenn Cunningham (R)

3. . Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)

4. . Arthur L. Miller (R)

List of United States representatives from NevadaNevada

1. . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)

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. . 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

List of United States representatives from New MexicoNew Mexico

1. . John J. Dempsey (D), until March 11, 1958

2. . Joseph Montoya (D), from April 9, 1957

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), until December 31, 1958

5. . Albert H. Bosch (R)

6. . Lester Holtzman (D)

7. . James J. Delaney (D)

8. . Victor Anfuso (D)

9. . Eugene J. 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

    1. Howard W. Robison (R), from January 14, 1958

    . 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. . 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)

List of United States representatives from North DakotaNorth Dakota

1. . Otto Krueger (R)

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

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. . 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 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. . Toby Morris (D)

List of United States representatives from OregonOregon

1. . A. Walter Norblad (R)

2. . Al Ullman (D)

3. . Edith Green (D)

4. . Charles O. Porter (D)

List of United States representatives from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

1. . William A. Barrett (D)

2. . Kathryn E. Granahan (D)

3. . James A. Byrne (D)

4. . Earl Chudoff (D), until January 5, 1958

   1. Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D), from May 20, 1958

   . William J. Green Jr. (D)

5. . Hugh Scott (R)

6. . Benjamin F. James (R)

7. . Willard S. Curtin (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), until September 1, 1957

    1. John A. Lafore Jr. (R), from November 5, 1957

    . George M. Rhodes (D)

13. . Francis E. Walter (D)

14. . Walter M. Mumma (R)

15. . Alvin Bush (R)

16. . Richard M. Simpson (R)

17. . S. Walter Stauffer (R)

18. . James E. Van Zandt (R)

19. . Augustine B. Kelley (D), until November 20, 1957

    1. John Herman Dent (D), from January 21, 1958

    . John P. Saylor (R)

20. . Leon H. Gavin (R)

21. . Carroll D. Kearns (R)

22. . Frank M. Clark (D)

23. . Thomas E. Morgan (D)

24. . James G. Fulton (R)

25. . Herman P. Eberharter (D), until September 9, 1958

26. . Robert J. Corbett (R)

27. . Elmer J. Holland (D)

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. . Robert W. Hemphill (D)

6. . John L. McMillan (D)

List of United States representatives from South DakotaSouth Dakota

1. . George McGovern (D)

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. . Joseph Carlton Loser (D)

6. . Ross Bass (D)

7. . Tom J. Murray (D)

8. . Jere Cooper (D), until December 18, 1957

   1. Fats Everett (D), from February 1, 1958

   . Clifford Davis (D)

List of United States representatives from TexasTexas

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. . 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. . 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)

List of United States representatives from WisconsinWisconsin

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)

List of United States representatives from WyomingWyoming

1. . Edwin Keith Thomson (R)

Non-voting members

1. . Bob Bartlett (D)

2. . John A. Burns (D)

3. . Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)

Changes in membership

Senate

|- | New York(3) | Vacant | Senator-elect chose to take seat late to prevent Governor from appointing a rival to be his successor as New York Attorney General. | nowrap | Jacob Javits (R) | January 9, 1957

|- | Texas(1) | nowrap | Price Daniel (D) | Resigned January 14, 1957, after being elected Governor of Texas.Successor appointed January 15, 1957. | nowrap | William A. Blakley (D) | January 15, 1957

|- | Texas(1) | nowrap | William A. Blakley (D) | Interim appointee retired when successor elected.Successor elected April 28, 1957. | nowrap | Ralph Yarborough (D) | April 29, 1957

|- | Wisconsin(1) | nowrap | Joseph McCarthy (R) | Died May 2, 1957.Successor elected August 27, 1957. | nowrap | William Proxmire (D) | August 28, 1957

|- | West Virginia(2) | nowrap | Matthew M. Neely (D) | Died January 18, 1958.Successor appointed January 25, 1958. | nowrap | John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R) | January 25, 1958

|- | North Carolina(2) | nowrap | W. Kerr Scott (D) | Died April 16, 1958.Successor appointed April 19, 1958, and then elected November 4, 1958. | nowrap | B. Everett Jordan (D) | April 19, 1958

|- | West Virginia(2) | nowrap | John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R) | Interim appointee lost special election.Successor elected November 4, 1958. | nowrap | Jennings Randolph (D) | November 5, 1958

|- | California(1) | nowrap | William F. Knowland (R) | Resigned early January 2, 1959. | Vacant | Not filled this term

|}

House of Representatives

|- | | Vacant | Rep. Antonio M. Fernández died during previous congress. | | Joseph Montoya (D) | April 9, 1957

|- | | Vacant | Rep. T. Millet Hand died during previous congress. | | Milton W. Glenn (R) | November 5, 1957

|- | | | James Bowler (D) | Died July 18, 1957. | | Roland V. Libonati (D) | December 31, 1957

|- | | | 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

|- | | | Henderson L. Lanham (D) | Died November 10, 1957. | | Harlan E. Mitchell (D) | January 8, 1958

|- | | | Augustine B. Kelley (D) | Died November 20, 1957. | | John H. Dent (D) | January 21, 1958

|- | | | 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

|- | | | Jere Cooper (D) | Died December 18, 1957. | | Fats Everett (D) | February 1, 1958

|- | | | 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

|- | | | Vincent J. Dellay (R) | Changed political affiliation some time in 1958. | | Vincent J. Dellay (D) | ????, 1958

|- | | | Russell W. Keeney (R) | Died January 11, 1958. | Vacant | Not filled this term.

|- | | | August H. Andresen (R) | Died January 14, 1958. | | Al Quie (R) | February 18, 1958

|- | | | Lawrence H. Smith (R) | Died January 22, 1958. | colspan=2 | Not filled this term.

|- | | | John J. Dempsey (D) | Died March 11, 1958. | colspan=2 | Not filled this term.

|- | | | George S. Long (D) | Died March 22, 1958. | colspan=2 | Not filled this term.

|- | | | William E. McVey (R) | Died August 10, 1958. | colspan=2 | Not filled this term.

|- | | | Herman P. Eberharter (D) | Died September 9, 1958. | colspan=2 | Not filled this term.

|- | | | J. Harry McGregor (R) | Died October 7, 1958. | colspan=2 | Not filled this term.

|- | | | Sid Simpson (R) | Died October 26, 1958. | colspan=2 | Not filled this term.

|- | | | Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) | Resigned November 13, 1958. | colspan=2 | Not filled this term.

|- | | | Henry J. Latham (R) | Resigned December 31, 1958, after becoming a judge of the New York Supreme Court. | colspan=2 | Not filled this term.

|}

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: 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)

• Foreign Aid Program (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )

• 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)

• Labor-Management Relations (Select)

• Political Activities, Lobbying and Campaign Contributions (Special)

• Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson)

• Preserve Historical Records of the Senate (Special)

• Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Edward Martin)

• Rules and Administration (Chairman: Thomas C. Hennings Jr.; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)

• Senate Reception Room (Special)

• Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman)

• Space and Aeronautics (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)

• Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select)

• Defense Production

• 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)

• Small Business (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)

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

• Defense Production (Chairman: Sen. A. Willis Robertson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Paul Brown)

• Disposition of Executive Papers

• Economic (Chairman: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chairman: Sen. John J. Sparkman)

• Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Vacant)

• Legislative Budget

• The Library (Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Sen. 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. Clarence Cannon)

• Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Jere Cooper; Vice Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd)

• Washington (DC) Metropolitan Problems

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

• Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller

• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler

• Postmaster: H. H. Morris

• Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) (until 1957) then Joe Bartlett (R) (starting 1957)

• Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.

• Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)

See also

1956 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)

• 1956 United States presidential election

• 1956 United States Senate elections

• 1956 United States House of Representatives elections

1958 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

• 1958 United States Senate elections

• 1958 United States House of Representatives elections

Notes

References