85th Congress
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United States Capitol (1956)
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| January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |
| Senate President | Richard Nixon (R) |
| Senate Pres. pro tem | Carl Hayden (D) |
| House Speaker | Sam Rayburn (D) |
| Members | 96 Senators 435 Representatives |
| Senate Majority | Democratic |
| House Majority | Democratic |
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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, D.C. 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: 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, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1958; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1960; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1962.
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, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
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