84th United States Congress
| 84th United States Congress | |
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83rd ←
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(1956)
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| January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |
| Senate President | Richard Nixon (R) |
| Senate Pres. pro tem | Walter F. George (D) |
| House Speaker | Sam Rayburn (D) |
| Members | 96 Senators 435 Representatives 3 Non-voting members |
| Senate Majority | Democratic |
| House Majority | Democratic |
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1st: January 5, 1955 – August 2, 1955 2nd: January 3, 1956 – July 27, 1956 |
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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, D.C. from January 3, 1955 to January 3, 1957, during the third and fourth 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. It is the earliest Congress with a surviving member, former Michigan Representative John Dingell. Members of the first eighty-three Congresses are all deceased.
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.
TOTAL: 435
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state.
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.
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (2 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory.
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