87th United States Congress

87th United States Congress
86th ← → 88th
United States Capitol (1962)
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
Senate President	Richard Nixon (R) until January 20, 1961 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) from January 20, 1961
Senate Pres. pro tem	Carl Hayden (D)
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D) John W. McCormack (D)
Members	100 Senators 437 Representatives
Senate Majority	Democratic
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1961 – September 27, 1961 2nd: January 10, 1962 – October 13, 1962

The Eighty-seventh 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, 1961 to January 3, 1963, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President John Kennedy. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950, along with 2 seats temporarily added in 1959 (one member each from recently admitted states of Alaska and Hawaii). Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

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.

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