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84th United States Congress
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, DC 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.
Major events
- January 28, 1955 – Congress authorized the President to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China
- February 10, 1955 – The United States Navy helped the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
- February 12, 1955 – President Eisenhower sent the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam.
- September 24, 1955 – President Eisenhower suffered a coronary thrombosis.
- November 5, 1955 – Racial segregation was forbidden on trains and buses in U.S. interstate commerce.
- December 1, 1955 – Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person.
- December 5, 1955 – The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to become the AFL-CIO.
- March 12, 1956 – 96 Congressmen signed the Southern Manifesto, a protest against the 1954 Supreme Court ruling (Brown v. Board of Education) desegregating public education.
- November 6, 1956 – 1956 presidential election: Republican incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democratic challenger Adlai E. Stevenson in a rematch of their contest 4 years earlier.
Major legislation
- March 31, 1955: Career Incentive Act
- August 12, 1955: Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act, , ch. 863,
- August 13, 1955: Multiple Surface Use Mining Act ch. 730,
- 1955: National Housing Act
- 1955: Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1955
- 1955: Formosa Resolution
- 1956: Health Research Facilities Act,
- 1956: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act),
- 1956: Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956
Party summary
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.
Senate
TOTAL: 96
House of Representatives
TOTAL: 435
Leadership
Senate
House of Representatives
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
Senate
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.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
- Robert Humphreys (D)
- John Sherman Cooper (R)
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
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Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- Thomas A. Wofford (D)
- Strom Thurmond (D)
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
- William R. Laird, III (D)
- W. Chapman Revercomb (R)
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
- John Dingell (D)
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
New York
- James C. Healey (D)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Kathryn E. Granahan (D), installed November 6, 1956
- Elmer J. Holland (D), installed January 24, 1956
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Non-voting members
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 3
- Deaths: 2
- Resignations: 1
- Interim appointments: 3
- Total seats with changes: 3
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 5
- Deaths: 9
- Resignations: 3
- Total seats with changes: 12
Employees
Senate
House of Representatives
References
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