84th United States Congress

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The Eighty-fourth 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, DC from January 3, 1955 to January 3, 1957, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

Contents

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

Dates of sessions

January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957

  • First session: January 5, 1955 – August 2, 1955
  • Second session: January 3, 1956 – July 27, 1956

Previous: 83rd Congress • Next: 85th Congress

Major events

Main articles: 1955#Events and 1956#Events

Major legislation

  • March 31, 1955 -- Career Incentive Act
  • August 12, 1955 — Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act, Pub.L. 84-377, ch. 863, 69 Stat. 704
  • August 13, 1955 — Multiple Surface Use Mining Act ch. 730, 68 Stat. 708
  • 1955 — National Housing Act
  • 1955 -- Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1955
  • 1955 — Formosa Resolution
  • 1956 — Health Research Facilities Act, Pub.L. 84-835
  • 1956 — Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act), Pub.L. 84-627
  • 1956 -- Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

TOTAL: 96

House of Representatives

TOTAL: 435

Leadership

President of the Senate Richard Nixon

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

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

See also: 84th United States Congress - Political Parties
See also: 84th United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House election, 1954

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1958; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1960; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1956.

President pro tempore Walter F. George
Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson
Minority Leader William F. Knowland
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See also: :Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Robert Humphreys (D)
John Sherman Cooper (R)

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Thomas A. Wofford (D)
James Strom Thurmond (D)

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

William R. Laird, III (D)
W. Chapman Revercomb (R)

Wisconsin

Wyoming

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Speaker of the House
Sam Rayburn
See also: U.S. Representatives
See also: U.S. Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

John Dingell (D)

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska