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Revision as of 00:11, 19 November 2009
| 86th United States Congress | |
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85th ← → 87th | |
 United States Capitol (1956) | |
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |
| Members | 100 senators 437 (temp) representatives |
| Senate majority | Democratic |
| Senate President | Richard M. Nixon |
| House majority | Democratic |
| House Speaker | Samuel T. Rayburn |
| Sessions | |
| 1st: January 7, 1959 – September 15, 1959 2nd: January 6, 1960 – September 1, 1960 | |
The Eighty-sixth 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, 1959 to January 3, 1961, during the last two years of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950. Both chambers had a Democratic majority. When Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as states in 1959, 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).
Major events
Major legislation
- September 14, 1959 — Landrum-Griffin Act
- May 6, 1960 — Civil Rights Act of 1960
- 1960 — Kerr-Mills Act of 1960
- 1960 — Sustained Yield Act of 1960
States admitted
- August 21, 1959: Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state.
Party summaries
Senate
- Democratic: 65 (majority)
- Republican: 35
TOTAL members: 100
House of Representatives
- Democratic: 283 (majority)
- Republican: 153
- Independent: 1
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.
Leadership
Senate
- President: Richard M. Nixon
- President pro tempore: [data missing]
- Majority leader: [data missing]
- Minority leader: [data missing]
- Majority whip: [data missing]
- Minority whip: [data missing]
House of Representatives
- Speaker: [data missing]
- Majority leader: [data missing]
- Minority leader: [data missing]
- Majority whip: [data missing]
- Minority whip: [data missing]
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.
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.
References
- Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - U.S. Congress (2005). "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress". Retrieved 2006-06-01.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - U.S. House of Representatives (2006). "Congressional History". Retrieved 2006-06-01.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists". Retrieved 2006-06-01.
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