86th United States Congress
| 86th United States Congress | |
|---|---|
|
85th ←
→ 87th
|
|
United States Capitol (1956)
|
|
| January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |
| Senate President | Richard Nixon (R) |
| Senate Pres. pro tem: | Carl Hayden (D) |
| House Speaker: | Sam Rayburn (D) |
| Members: | 96 (then increasing to 100) Senators 435 (then temporarily increasing to 437) Representatives |
| Senate Majority: | Democratic |
| House Majority: | Democratic |
| 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, D.C. from January 3, 1959 to January 3, 1961, during the last two years of the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. 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); it would remain at 437 until reapportionment resulting from the 1960 census.
TOTAL members: 98, then 100
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.
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.
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
...
Wikipedia