86th United States Congress

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The Eighty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1959 to January 3, 1961, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

1 Dates of sessions
2 Major events
3 Major legislation
4 Party summaries
- 4.1 Senate
- 4.2 House of Representatives
5 Leadership
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Members
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives
7 References

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

[edit] Dates of sessions

January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961

First session: January 7, 1959 – September 15, 1959
Second session: January 6, 1960 – September 1, 1960

Previous: 85th Congress • Next: 87th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main articles: 1959#Events and 1960#Events

August 21, 1959 – Hawaii was admitted as a state into the Union.
Cuban revolution

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#86th United States Congress

Civil Rights Act of 1960

[edit] Party summaries

[edit] Senate

Democratic (D): 65 (majority)
Republican (R): 35

TOTAL members: 100

[edit] House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 437^[1]

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

President of the Senate: Richard M. Nixon

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Senate composition by party at the beginning of the 86th Congress

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.

See also: Category: United States Senators

See also: Category: United States Congressional Delegations by state

1. Benjamin A. Smith II (Dem.), appointed to fill vacancy

[edit] Michigan

2. Patrick V. McNamara (Dem.)
1. Philip A. Hart (Dem.)

[edit] Minnesota

2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)
1. Eugene McCarthy (DFL)

[edit] Mississippi

1. John C. Stennis (Dem.)
2. James O. Eastland (Dem.)

[edit] Missouri

3. Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (Dem.), died September 13, 1960

3. Edward V. Long (Dem.), appointed to fill vacancy

1. Stuart Symington (Dem.)

[edit] Montana

2. James Edward Murray (Dem.)
1. Michael J. Mansfield (Dem.)

[edit] Nebraska

1. Roman Hruska (Rep.)
2. Carl Curtis (Rep.)

[edit] Nevada

3. Alan Bible (Dem.)
1. Howard W. Cannon (Dem.)

[edit] New Hampshire

2. Styles Bridges (Rep.)
3. Norris Cotton (Rep.)

[edit] New Jersey

1. Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (Dem.)
2. Clifford P. Case (Rep.)

[edit] New Mexico

1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (Dem.)
2. Clinton Presba Anderson (Dem.)

[edit] New York

1. Kenneth Keating (Rep.)
3. Jacob K. Javits (Rep.)

[edit] North Carolina

2. B. Everett Jordan (Dem.)
3. Sam Ervin (Dem.)

[edit] North Dakota

1. William Langer (Rep.), died November 8, 1959

1. Clarence Norman Brunsdale (Rep.), appointed to fill vacancy

1. Quentin N. Burdick (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy

3. Milton Young (Rep.)

[edit] Ohio

3. Frank J. Lausche (Dem.)
1. Stephen M. Young (Dem.)

[edit] Oklahoma

2. Robert S. Kerr (Dem.)
3. A. S. Mike Monroney (Dem.)

[edit] Oregon

3. Wayne L. Morse (Dem.)
2. Richard L. Neuberger (Dem.), died March 9, 1960

2. Hall S. Lusk (Dem.), appointed to fill vacancy

2. Maurine Brown Neuberger (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy

[edit] Pennsylvania

3. Joseph S. Clark (Dem.)
1. Hugh D. Scott, Jr. (Rep.)

[edit] Rhode Island

1. John O. Pastore (Dem.)
2. Theodore Francis Green (Dem.)

[edit] South Carolina

2. Strom Thurmond (Dem.)
3. Olin D. Johnston (Dem.)

[edit] South Dakota

2. Karl E. Mundt (Rep.)
3. Francis H. Case (Rep.)

[edit] Tennessee

1. Albert A. Gore Sr. (Dem.)
2. C. Estes Kefauver (Dem.)

[edit] Texas

1. Ralph Yarborough (Dem.)
2. Lyndon Johnson (Dem.)

[edit] Utah

1. Frank Moss (Dem.)
3. Wallace F. Bennett (Rep.)

[edit] Vermont

1. Winston L. Prouty (Rep.)
3. George Aiken (Rep.)

[edit] Virginia

1. Harry Flood Byrd (Dem.)
2. Absalom Willis Robertson (Dem.)

[edit] Washington

3. Warren G. Magnuson (Dem.)
1. Henry M. Jackson (Dem.)

[edit] West Virginia

1. Robert Byrd (Dem.)
2. Jennings Randolph (Dem.)

[edit] Wisconsin

3. Alexander Wiley (Rep.)
1. William Proxmire (Dem.)

[edit] Wyoming

1. Gale W. McGee (Dem.)
2. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Dem.)

[edit] House of Representatives

80.1-100% Republican	80.1-100% Democratic
60.1-80% Republican	60.1-80% Democratic

House seats by party holding plurality in state

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

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

See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

[edit] Alabama

[edit] Alaska

At Large. Ralph Julian Rivers (Dem.)

[edit] Arizona

1. John Jacob Rhodes (Rep.)
2. Stewart Lee Udall (Dem.)

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Delaware

At Large. Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Dem.)

[edit] Florida

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Hawaii

At-large. John Anthony Burns (Dem.), Delegate representing Hawaii Territory
At-large. Daniel Inouye (Dem.), took office when Hawaii became a state

[edit] Idaho

1. Gracie Pfost (Dem.)
2. Hamer H. Budge (Rep.)

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Maine

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

1. Frank M. Karsten (Dem.)
2. Thomas B. Curtis (Rep.)
3. Leonor Sullivan (Dem.)
4. George H. Christopher (Dem.), died January 23, 1959

4. William J. Randall (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy

[edit] Montana

1. Lee Metcalf (Dem.)
2. LeRoy H. Anderson (Dem.)

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] Nevada

At-large. — Walter S. Baring, Jr. (Dem.)

[edit] New Hampshire

1. Charles Earl Merrow (Rep.)
2. Perkins Bass (Rep.)

[edit] New Jersey

[edit] New Mexico

At-large. Thomas G. Morris (Dem.)
At-large. Joseph Montoya (Dem.)

[edit] New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] North Dakota

At-large. Don L. Short (Rep.)
At-large. Quentin N. Burdick (NPL), resigned August 8, 1960 upon being elected to fill Senate vacancy

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

1. William A. Barrett (Dem.)
2. Kathryn E. Granahan (Dem.)
3. James A. Byrne (Dem.)
4. Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (Dem.)
5. William J. Green, Jr. (Dem.)
6. Herman Toll (Dem.)
7. William H. Milliken, Jr. (Rep.)
8. Willard S. Curtin (Rep.)
9. Paul B. Dague (Rep.)
10. Stanley A. Prokop (Dem.)
11. Daniel J. Flood (Dem.)
12. Ivor D. Fenton (Rep.)
13. John A. Lafore, Jr. (Rep.)
14. George M. Rhodes (Dem.)
15. Francis E. Walter (Dem.)
16. Walter M. Mumma (Rep.)
17. Alvin Bush (Rep.), died November 5, 1959

Vacant November 6, 1959 - April 25, 1960

Herman T. Schneebeli (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy, installed April 26, 1960

18. Richard M. Simpson (Rep.), died January 7, 1960

Vacant January 8, 1960 - April 25, 1960

Douglas H. Elliott (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy April 26, 1960, died June 19, 1960

Vacant June 20, 1960 - November 7, 1960

J. Irving Whalley (Rep.), elected to fill vacancy, installed November 8, 1960

[edit] Rhode Island

1. Aime Forand (Dem.)
2. John E. Fogarty (Dem.)

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] South Dakota

1. George McGovern (Dem.)
2. E. Y. Berry (Rep.)

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Texas

[edit] Utah

1. Henry Aldous Dixon (Rep.)
2. David S. King (Dem.)

[edit] Vermont

At-large. William H. Meyer (Dem.)

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Washington

1. Thomas Minor Pelly (Rep.)
2. Alfred Westland (Rep.)
3. Russell V. Mack (Rep.), died March 28, 1960

3. Julia Butler Hansen (Dem.), elected to fill vacancy

[edit] West Virginia

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] Wyoming

At-large. Edwin Keith Thomson (Rep.), died December 9, 1960

[edit] Non-voting members

At-large. Antonio Fernós Isern, PPD

[edit] References

^ 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.

Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. 0-465-02778-4.
Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 0-06-088434-7.
U.S. Congress (2005). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
U.S. House of Representatives (2006). Congressional History. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
U.S. Senate (2006). Statistics and Lists. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.