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Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox". Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.
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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.
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.
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 .
March 12, 1956: 96 Congressmen signed the Southern Manifesto , a protest against the 1954 Supreme Court ruling (Brown v. Board of Education
November 6, 1956: United States elections, 1956 :
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January 29, 1955: Formosa Resolution
March 31, 1955: Career Incentive Act
June 28, 1955: Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act , Pub. L. 84–99 , 69 Stat. 194
July 11, 1955: To provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription "In God We Trust ", Pub. L. 84–140 , 69 Stat. 290 , 31 U.S.C. § 5114(b)
July 14, 1955: Air Pollution Control Act , Pub. L. 84–159 , ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322
July 23, 1955: Multiple Surface Use Mining Act , Pub. L. 94–167 , ch. 730, 68 Stat. 708
August 9, 1955: Reserve Forces Act , Pub. L. 84–305 , 69 Stat. 598
August 11, 1955: National Housing Act ("Capehart Act "), Pub. L. 84–345 , 69 Stat. 646
August 12, 1955: Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act , Pub. L. 84–377 , ch. 863, 69 Stat. 704
April 11, 1956: Colorado River Storage Project Act , Pub. L. 84–485
June 29, 1956: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 , (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act), Pub. L. 84–627
July 30, 1956: Health Research Facilities Act , Pub. L. 84–835 , ch. 779, 70 Stat. 717
August 8, 1956: Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 , ch. 1036, 70 Stat. 1119 , 16 U.S.C. § 742a 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.
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Leadership Senate File:VP-Nixon.png Senate PresidentRichard Nixon (R) File:Walter George (D-GA).jpg Senate President pro temporeWalter F. George (D) Majority (Democratic) leadership Minority (Republican) leadership House of Representatives File:Sam Rayburn.jpg Speaker of the HouseSam Rayburn (D) Majority (Democratic) leadership Minority (Republican) leadership Caucuses 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.
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Template:Party stripe 2. John J. Sparkman (D)Template:Party stripe 3. J. Lister Hill (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Barry Goldwater (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Carl Hayden (D)Template:Party stripe 2. John L. McClellan (D)Template:Party stripe 3. J. William Fulbright (D)Template:Party stripe 1. William Knowland (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Thomas Kuchel (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Gordon Allott (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Eugene Millikin (R)Template:Party stripe 1. William A. Purtell (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Prescott Bush (R)Template:Party stripe 1. John J. Williams (R)Template:Party stripe 2. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Spessard Holland (D)Template:Party stripe 3. George Smathers (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Walter F. George (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Henry Dworshak (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Herman Welker (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Paul Douglas (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Everett M. Dirksen (R)Template:Party stripe 1. William E. Jenner (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Homer E. Capehart (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Thomas E. Martin (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Frank Carlson (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Alben Barkley (D), until April 30, 1956
Template:Party stripe Robert Humphreys (D), June 21, 1956 – November 6, 1956Template:Party stripe John Sherman Cooper (R), from November 7, 1956Template:Party stripe 3. Earle Clements (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Allen J. Ellender (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Russell B. Long (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Frederick G. Payne (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)Template:Party stripe 1. James Glenn Beall (R)Template:Party stripe 3. John Marshall Butler (R)Template:Party stripe 1. John F. Kennedy (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Charles E. Potter (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Patrick V. McNamara (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Edward John Thye (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe 1. John C. Stennis (D)Template:Party stripe 2. James Eastland (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Stuart Symington (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Mike Mansfield (D)Template:Party stripe 2. James E. Murray (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Roman Hruska (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Carl Curtis (R)
Template:Party stripe 1. George W. Malone (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Alan Bible (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Styles Bridges (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Norris Cotton (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Howard Alexander Smith (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Clifford P. Case (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Dennis Chávez (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Irving Ives (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Herbert H. Lehman (D)Template:Party stripe 2. W. Kerr Scott (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Sam Ervin (D)Template:Party stripe 1. William Langer (R-NPL)Template:Party stripe 3. Milton Young (R)Template:Party stripe 1. John W. Bricker (R)Template:Party stripe 3. George H. Bender (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Robert S. Kerr (D)Template:Party stripe 3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Richard L. Neuberger (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Party stripe 3. Wayne Morse (I), changed to (D) April 30, 1955Template:Party stripe 1. Edward Martin (R)Template:Party stripe 3. James H. Duff (R)Template:Party stripe 1. John Pastore (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Theodore F. Green (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Strom Thurmond (D), until April 4, 1956
Template:Party stripe Thomas A. Wofford (D), April 5, 1956 – November 6, 1956Template:Party stripe Strom Thurmond (D), from November 7, 1956Template:Party stripe 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Karl E. Mundt (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Francis Case (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Albert Gore Sr. (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Estes Kefauver (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Price Daniel (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Ralph Flanders (R)Template:Party stripe 3. George Aiken (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Harry F. Byrd (D)Template:Party stripe 2. A. Willis Robertson (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Henry M. Jackson (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Harley M. Kilgore (D), until February 28, 1956
Template:Party stripe William Laird III (D), March 13, 1956 – November 6, 1956Template:Party stripe Chapman Revercomb (R), from November 7, 1956Template:Party stripe 2. Matthew M. Neely (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Joseph McCarthy (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Alexander Wiley (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Frank A. Barrett (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)
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House of Representatives The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
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Norrell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hubert B. Scudder (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clair Engle (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John E. Moss (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William S. Mailliard (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John F. Shelley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John F. Baldwin Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John J. Allen Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George P. Miller (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Arthur Younger (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Gubser (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Leroy Johnson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . B. F. Sisk (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles M. Teague (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harlan Hagen (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gordon L. McDonough (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Donald L. Jackson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Cecil R. King (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Craig Hosmer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Chester E. Holifield (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Carl Hinshaw (R), until August 5, 1956Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edgar W. Hiestand (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph F. Holt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clyde Doyle (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Patrick J. Hillings (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James Roosevelt (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harry R. Sheppard (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James B. Utt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John R. Phillips (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bob Wilson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Byron G. Rogers (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William S. Hill (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Chenoweth (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas J. Dodd (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Albert W. Cretella (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Albert P. Morano (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James T. Patterson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Antoni Sadlak (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harris McDowell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William C. Cramer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles E. Bennett (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert L. F. Sikes (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dante Fascell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Syd Herlong (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul Rogers (D), from January 11, 1955Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. Haley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Donald Ray Matthews (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. L. Pilcher (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tic Forrester (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Flynt (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James C. Davis (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Carl Vinson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Iris Faircloth Blitch (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Phillip M. Landrum (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul Brown (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gracie Pfost (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hamer H. Budge (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William L. Dawson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Barratt O'Hara (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James C. Murray (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William E. McVey (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John C. Kluczynski (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas J. O'Brien (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James Bowler (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas S. Gordon (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sidney R. Yates (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard W. Hoffman (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Timothy P. Sheehan (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles A. Boyle (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Marguerite S. Church (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Chauncey W. Reed (R), until February 9, 1956Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Noah M. Mason (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Leo E. Allen (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Leslie C. Arends (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harold H. Velde (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert B. Chiperfield (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sid Simpson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Peter F. Mack Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William L. Springer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles W. Vursell (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Melvin Price (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Kenneth J. Gray (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ray Madden (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles A. Halleck (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . E. Ross Adair (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John V. Beamer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Cecil M. Harden (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William G. Bray (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Winfield K. Denton (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Earl Wilson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ralph Harvey (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles B. Brownson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Fred Schwengel (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry O. Talle (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . H. R. Gross (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Karl M. LeCompte (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul H. Cunningham (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James I. Dolliver (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ben F. Jensen (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles B. Hoeven (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William H. Avery (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Errett P. Scrivner (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Myron V. George (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward Herbert Rees (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clifford R. Hope (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wint Smith (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Noble J. Gregory (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Natcher (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John M. Robsion Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank Chelf (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Brent Spence (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John C. Watts (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Carl D. Perkins (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Eugene Siler (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . F. Edward Hébert (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hale Boggs (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edwin E. Willis (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Overton Brooks (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Otto Passman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James H. Morrison (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . T. Ashton Thompson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George S. Long (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Hale (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles P. Nelson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clifford McIntire (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward Tylor Miller (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James Devereux (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward Garmatz (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George Hyde Fallon (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Lankford (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . DeWitt Hyde (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel Friedel (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John W. Heselton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward Boland (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Philip J. Philbin (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harold Donohue (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edith Nourse Rogers (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William H. Bates (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas J. Lane (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Torbert Macdonald (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Donald W. Nicholson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Laurence Curtis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tip O'Neill (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John W. McCormack (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George Meader (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . August E. Johansen (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clare Hoffman (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gerald Ford (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Donald Hayworth (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jesse P. Wolcott (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alvin Morell Bentley (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ruth Thompson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Elford Albin Cederberg (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Victor A. Knox (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John B. Bennett (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Diggs (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Louis C. Rabaut (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John D. Dingell Sr. (D), until September 19, 1955
Template:Party stripe John D. Dingell Jr. (D), from December 13, 1955Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Lesinski Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Martha Griffiths (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George A. Dondero (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . August H. Andresen (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph P. O'Hara (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Roy Wier (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Eugene McCarthy (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter Judd (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Fred Marshall (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Herman Carl Andersen (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Blatnik (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Coya Knutson (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas Abernethy (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jamie L. Whitten (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank Ellis Smith (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Bell Williams (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . W. Arthur Winstead (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William M. Colmer (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank M. Karsten (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas B. Curtis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Leonor Sullivan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George H. Christopher (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Walker Bolling (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dewey Short (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . A. S. J. Carnahan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clarence Cannon (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul C. Jones (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Morgan M. Moulder (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lee Metcalf (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Orvin B. Fjare (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Phillip Hart Weaver (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jackson B. Chase (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Arthur L. Miller (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clarence Clifton Young (R)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Chester Earl Merrow (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Perkins Bass (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles A. Wolverton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . T. Millet Hand (R), until December 26, 1956Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James C. Auchincloss (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank Thompson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harrison A. Williams (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William B. Widnall (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gordon Canfield (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Peter W. Rodino (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Kean (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alfred Dennis Sieminski (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . T. James Tumulty (D)Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Antonio M. Fernández (D), until November 7, 1956Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John J. Dempsey (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Stuyvesant Wainwright (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Steven Derounian (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank J. Becker (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry J. Latham (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Albert H. Bosch (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lester Holtzman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James J. Delaney (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Victor Anfuso (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Eugene James Keogh (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edna F. Kelly (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Emanuel Celler (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Francis E. Dorn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Abraham J. Multer (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John J. Rooney (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John H. Ray (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frederic René Coudert Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James G. Donovan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Arthur George Klein (D), until December 31, 1956Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Irwin D. Davidson (D-L ), until December 31, 1956Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Herbert Zelenko (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sidney A. Fine (D), until January 2, 1956
Template:Party stripe James C. Healey (D), from February 7, 1956Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Isidore Dollinger (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles A. Buckley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul A. Fino (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ralph A. Gamble (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ralph W. Gwinn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Katharine St. George (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Ernest Wharton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Leo W. O'Brien (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dean P. Taylor (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bernard W. Kearney (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clarence E. Kilburn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William R. Williams (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . R. Walter Riehlman (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Taber (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . W. Sterling Cole (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Kenneth Keating (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harold C. Ostertag (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William E. Miller (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edmund P. Radwan (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John R. Pillion (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Daniel A. Reed (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Herbert Covington Bonner (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lawrence H. Fountain (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Graham A. Barden (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harold D. Cooley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Thurmond Chatham (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Carl T. Durham (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank Ertel Carlyle (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles B. Deane (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hugh Quincy Alexander (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles R. Jonas (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Woodrow W. Jones (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George A. Shuford (D)Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Otto Krueger (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gordon H. Scherer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William E. Hess (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul F. Schenck (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Moore McCulloch (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Cliff Clevenger (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James G. Polk (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clarence J. Brown (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jackson Edward Betts (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas L. Ashley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas A. Jenkins (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Oliver P. Bolton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John M. Vorys (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Albert David Baumhart Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Hanes Ayres (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John E. Henderson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank T. Bow (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Harry McGregor (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wayne Hays (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Michael J. Kirwan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Michael A. Feighan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Vanik (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frances P. Bolton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Page Belcher (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ed Edmondson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Carl Albert (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tom Steed (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Jarman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Victor Wickersham (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . A. Walter Norblad (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sam Coon (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edith Green (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harris Ellsworth (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William A. Barrett (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William T. Granahan (D), until May 25, 1956
Template:Party stripe Kathryn E. Granahan (D), from November 6, 1956Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. Byrne (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Earl Chudoff (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William J. Green Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hugh Scott (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Benjamin F. James (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Karl C. King (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul B. Dague (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph L. Carrigg (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dan Flood (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ivor D. Fenton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George M. Rhodes (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Francis E. Walter (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter M. Mumma (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alvin Bush (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard M. Simpson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James M. Quigley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James E. Van Zandt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Augustine B. Kelley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John P. Saylor (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Leon H. Gavin (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Carroll D. Kearns (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank M. Clark (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas E. Morgan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James G. Fulton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Herman P. Eberharter (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert J. Corbett (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Vera Buchanan (D), until November 26, 1955
Template:Party stripe Elmer J. Holland (D), from January 24, 1956Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Aime Forand (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John E. Fogarty (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . L. Mendel Rivers (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John J. Riley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert T. Ashmore (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James P. Richards (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John L. McMillan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harold Lovre (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . B. Carroll Reece (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Howard Baker Sr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James B. Frazier Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joe L. Evins (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Percy Priest (D), until October 12, 1956Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ross Bass (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tom J. Murray (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jere Cooper (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clifford Davis (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wright Patman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jack Brooks (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Brady P. Gentry (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sam Rayburn (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bruce Alger (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Olin E. Teague (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Dowdy (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Albert Thomas (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clark W. Thompson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Homer Thornberry (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William R. Poage (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jim Wright (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank N. Ikard (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John J. Bell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joe M. Kilgore (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. T. Rutherford (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Omar Burleson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter E. Rogers (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George H. Mahon (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul J. Kilday (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . O. C. Fisher (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Martin Dies Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry Aldous Dixon (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William A. Dawson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Winston L. Prouty (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Porter Hardy Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Vaughan Gary (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William M. Tuck (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Harding Poff (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Burr Harrison (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Howard W. Smith (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . W. Pat Jennings (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joel Broyhill (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas Pelly (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jack Westland (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Russell V. Mack (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hal Holmes (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walt Horan (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thor C. Tollefson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Donald H. Magnuson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bob Mollohan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harley Orrin Staggers (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Cleveland M. Bailey (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Maurice G. Burnside (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Elizabeth Kee (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Byrd (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lawrence H. Smith (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Glenn Robert Davis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gardner R. Withrow (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clement J. Zablocki (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry S. Reuss (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Van Pelt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Melvin Laird (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John W. Byrnes (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lester Johnson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alvin O'Konski (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edwin Keith Thomson (R)Non-voting members Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bob Bartlett (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)
File:84 us house membership.png House seats by party holding plurality in state <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 80+% to 100% Democratic
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 80+% to 100% Republican
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 60+% to 80% Democratic
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 60+% to 80% Republican
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Up to 60% Democratic
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Up to 60% Republican
File:Speaker John McCormack.jpg House Majority LeaderJohn W. McCormack (D) File:LeverettSaltonstall.jpg House Majority WhipLeverett Saltonstall (D) File:SPEAKER JWMartin.jpg House Minority LeaderJoseph W. Martin Jr. (R) File:Leslie Arends.jpg House Minority WhipLeslie C. Arends (R)
Changes in membership The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
Senate Replacements: 3
Deaths: 2
Resignations: 1
Interim appointments: 3
Total seats with changes: 3 Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Ordinal US Congress change
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| Oregon Template:Party shading/Independent (United States) | Wayne Morse (I)
| style="front-size:80%" | Changed Political Parties February 17, 1955
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Wayne Morse (D)
| February 17, 1955
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| West Virginia Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Harley M. Kilgore (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 28, 1956
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | William Laird III (D)
| March 13, 1956
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| South Carolina Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Strom Thurmond (ID)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 4, 1956, to trigger a contested primary as promised to voters
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Thomas A. Wofford (D)
| April 5, 1956
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| Kentucky Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Alben W. Barkley (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 30, 1956
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Robert Humphreys (D)
| June 21, 1956
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| Kentucky Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Robert Humphreys (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 6, 1956
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " | John Sherman Cooper (R)
| November 7, 1956
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| South Carolina Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Thomas A. Wofford (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 6, 1956
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Strom Thurmond (D)
| November 7, 1956
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| West Virginia Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | William Laird III (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 6, 1956
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " | Chapman Revercomb (R)
| November 7, 1956
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House of Representatives Replacements: 5
Deaths: 9
Resignations: 3
Total seats with changes: 12 Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Ordinal US Congress change
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| Template:Ushr
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| Rep. Dwight L. Rogers died during the previous congress after having been re-elected.elected January 11, 1955 .
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Paul Rogers (D)
| January 11, 1955
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| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| John Dingell Sr. (D)
| Died September 19, 1955.elected December 13, 1955 .
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | John Dingell (D)
| December 13, 1955
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| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Vera Buchanan (D)
| Died November 26, 1955.elected January 24, 1956 .
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Elmer J. Holland (D)
| January 24, 1956
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| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Sidney A. Fine (D)
| Resigned January 2, 1956.elected February 7, 1956 .
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | James C. Healey (D)
| February 7, 1956
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| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Chauncey W. Reed (R)
| Died February 9, 1956Vacant
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| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| William T. Granahan (D)
| Died May 25, 1956.elected November 6, 1956 .
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Kathryn E. Granahan (D)
| November 6, 1956
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| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| John Carl Hinshaw (R)
| Died August 5, 1956.Vacant
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| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Percy Priest (D)
| Died October 12, 1956.Vacant
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| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Antonio M. Fernández (D)
| Died November 7, 1956.Vacant
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| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| T. Millet Hand (R)
| Died December 26, 1956.Vacant
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| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Arthur George Klein (D)
| Resigned December 31, 1956 after being elected to the New York Supreme Court .Vacant
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| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Irwin D. Davidson (DL)
| Resigned December 31, 1956.Vacant
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