85th United States Congress | |||
United States Capitol (1956) |
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Duration: January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
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Senate President: | Richard Nixon | ||
Senate Pres. pro tem: | Carl Hayden | ||
House Speaker: | Sam Rayburn | ||
Members: | 96 Senators 435 Representatives |
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Senate Majority: | Democratic Party | ||
House Majority: | Democratic Party | ||
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1st: January 3, 1957 – August 30, 1957 2nd: January 7, 1958 – August 24, 1958 |
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The Eighty-fifth 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, 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 Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
TOTAL: 96
TOTAL: 435
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 in order of seniority, except for replacements, who appear below the senator they replace.
State (class) |
Former senator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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New York (3) |
Vacant | Javitz delayed taking seat to allow for the recently inaugurated Republican majority legislature of New York to appoint his successor as New York Attorney General | Jacob K. Javits (R) | January 9, 1957 |
Texas (1) |
Price Daniel (D) | Resigned January 14, 1957 after being elected Governor of Texas | William A. Blakley (D) | January 15, 1957 |
Texas (1) |
William A. Blakley (D) | Successor elected April 28, 1957 | Ralph Yarborough (D) | April 29, 1957 |
Wisconsin (1) |
Joseph McCarthy (R) | Died May 2, 1957. | William Proxmire (D) | August 28, 1957 |
West Virginia (2) |
Matthew M. Neely (D) | Died January 18, 1958 | John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R) | January 25, 1958 |
North Carolina (2) |
W. Kerr Scott (D) | Died April 16, 1958 | B. Everett Jordan (D) | April 19, 1958 |
West Virginia (2) |
John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R) | Successor elected November 4, 1958. Lost special election to fill the seat. | Jennings Randolph (D) | November 4, 1958 |
California (1) |
William F. Knowland (R) | Resigned January 2, 1959. | Vacant | Not filled this term |
District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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New Mexico At-large | Vacant | Rep. Antonio M. Fernández died during previous congress | Joseph Montoya (D) | April 9, 1957 |
New Jersey 2nd | Vacant | Rep. T. Millet Hand died during previous congress | Milton W. Glenn (R) | November 5, 1957 |
Illinois 7th | James Bowler (D) | Died July 18, 1957 | Roland V. Libonati (D) | December 31, 1957 |
Pennsylvania 13th | 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 |
Georgia 7th | Henderson L. Lanham (D) | Died November 10, 1957 | Harlan E. Mitchell (D) | January 8, 1958 |
Pennsylvania 21st | Augustine B. Kelley (D) | Died November 20, 1957 | John H. Dent (D) | January 21, 1958 |
New York 37th | 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 |
Tennessee 8th | Jere Cooper (D) | Died December 18, 1957 | Robert "Fats" Everett (D) | February 1, 1958 |
Pennsylvania 4th | 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 |
New Jersey 14th | Vincent J. Dellay (R) | Changed political affiliation some time in 1958 | Vincent J. Dellay (D) | ????, 1958 |
Illinois 14th | Russell W. Keeney (R) | Died January 11, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
Minnesota 1st | August H. Andresen (R) | Died January 14, 1958 | Al Quie (R) | February 18, 1958 |
Wisconsin 1st | Lawrence H. Smith (R) | Died January 22, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
New Mexico At-large | John J. Dempsey (D) | Died March 11, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
Louisiana 8th | George S. Long (D) | Died March 22, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
Illinois 4th | William E. McVey (R) | Died August 10, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
Pennsylvania 28th | Herman P. Eberharter (D) | Died September 9, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
Illinois 20th | Sid Simpson (R) | Died October 26, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
Massachusetts 13th | Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) | Resigned November 13, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
New York 4th | Henry J. Latham (R) | Resigned December 31, 1958 after becoming a judge of the New York Supreme Court | Vacant | Not filled this term |
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