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85th United States Congress
85th United States Congress
84th ← → 86th
	United States Capitol (1956)
January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
Members	96 senators; 435 representatives
Senate majority	Democratic
Senate President	Richard Nixon (R)
House majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D)
Sessions
	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.

Major events

January 5, 1957: President Eisenhower announced the Eisenhower Doctrine in a special message to Congress
January 20, 1957: Inauguration of President Dwight Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon for a second term
August 21, 1957: President Eisenhower announced a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing
August 28, 1957: Senator Strom Thurmond set a record for the longest filibuster with his 24-hour, 18-minute speech against the Civil Rights Act of 1957
September 24, 1957: Little Rock Crisis: President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Arkansas to provide safe passage into Central High School for the Little Rock Nine.
October 4, 1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth
October 21, 1957: The U.S. military sustained its first combat fatality in Vietnam
November 7, 1957: Gaither Report called for more American missiles and fallout shelters
November 25, 1957: President Eisenhower had a stroke
January 31, 1958: U.S. launched its first satellite, Explorer 1
October 1, 1958: NASA started operations

Major legislation

August 14, 1957: Airways Modernization Act, Pub. L. 85–133, 71 Stat. 349
September 2, 1957: Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act, Pub. L. 85–256, 71 Stat. 576
September 9, 1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957, Pub. L. 85–315, 71 Stat. 634
July 29, 1958: National Aeronautics and Space Act, Pub. L. 85–568, 72 Stat. 426
1958: Transportation Act of 1958, Pub. L. 85–625
August 23, 1958: Federal Aviation Act of 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731
August 28, 1958: EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, Pub. L. 85–846, 72 Stat. 1084
August 28, 1958: Military Construction Appropriation Act (Advanced Research Projects Agency), Pub. L. 85–852, 72 Stat. 1096
September 2, 1958: National Defense Education Act, Pub. L. 85–864, 72 Stat. 1580
1958: Department of Defense Reorganization Act, Pub. L. 85–899

States admitted

January 3, 1959: Alaska was admitted as the 49th state.

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Independent (I)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	46	1	49	96	0

Begin	49	0	46	95	1
End	50	0	45	95	1
Final voting share	52.6%	0.0%	47.4%

Beginning of next congress	64	0	34	98	0

House of Representatives

Democratic (D): 234 (majority)
Republican (R): 201

TOTAL: 435

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate: Richard Nixon (R)
President pro tempore: Carl Hayden (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Caucuses

House Democratic Caucus

Members

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. Senators in each state are listed in order of seniority, except for replacements, who appear below the senator they replace.

California

1. William F. Knowland (R), until January 2, 1959
3. Thomas Kuchel (R)

Colorado

2. Gordon L. Allott (R)
3. John A. Carroll (D)

Connecticut

3. Prescott Bush (R)
1. William A. Purtell (R)

Delaware

1. John J. Williams (R)
2. J. Allen Frear, Jr. (D)

Florida

1. Spessard Holland (D)
3. George Smathers (D)

Georgia

3. Richard Russell, Jr. (D)
2. Herman Talmadge (D)

Idaho

2. Henry Dworshak (R)
3. Frank Church (D)

Illinois

2. Paul Douglas (D)
3. Everett Dirksen (R)

Indiana

3. Homer E. Capehart (R)
1. William E. Jenner (R)

Iowa

3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)
2. Thomas E. Martin (R)

Kansas

2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)
3. Frank Carlson (R)

Kentucky

2. John Sherman Cooper (R)
3. Thruston Ballard Morton (R)

Louisiana

2. Allen J. Ellender (D)
3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine

2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)
1. Frederick G. Payne (R)

Maryland

3. John Marshall Butler (R)
1. James Glenn Beall (R)

Massachusetts

2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)
1. John F. Kennedy (D)

Michigan

1. Charles E. Potter (R)
2. Patrick V. McNamara (D)

Minnesota

1. Edward John Thye (R)
2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

Mississippi

2. James Eastland (D)
1. John C. Stennis (D)

Missouri

3. Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (D)
1. Stuart Symington (D)

Montana

2. James E. Murray (D)
1. Mike Mansfield (D)

Nebraska

1. Roman Hruska (R)
2. Carl Curtis (R)

Nevada

1. George W. Malone (R)
3. Alan Bible (D)

New Hampshire

2. Styles Bridges (R)
3. Norris Cotton (R)

New Jersey

1. Howard Alexander Smith (R)
2. Clifford P. Case (R)

New Mexico

1. Dennis Chávez (D)
2. Clinton Presba Anderson (D)

New York

1. Irving Ives (R)
3. Jacob K. Javits (R), from January 9, 1957

North Carolina

2. W. Kerr Scott (D), until April 16, 1958
B. Everett Jordan (D), from April 19, 1958
3. Sam Ervin (D)

North Dakota

1. William Langer (R)
3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

1. John W. Bricker (R)
3. Frank Lausche (D)

Oklahoma

2. Robert S. Kerr (D)
3. Mike Monroney (D)

Oregon

3. Wayne Morse (D)
2. Richard L. Neuberger (D)

Pennsylvania

1. Edward Martin (R)
3. Joseph S. Clark, Jr. (D)

Rhode Island

2. Theodore F. Green (D)
1. John O. Pastore (D)

South Carolina

3. Olin D. Johnston (D)
2. Strom Thurmond (D)

South Dakota

2. Karl E. Mundt (R)
3. Francis H. Case (R)

Tennessee

2. Estes Kefauver (D)
1. Albert Gore, Sr. (D)

Texas

2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1. Price Daniel (D), until January 14, 1957

William A. Blakley (D), January 15, 1957 – April 28, 1957
Ralph Yarborough (D), from April 29, 1957

Utah

1. Arthur Vivian Watkins (R)
3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

Vermont

3. George Aiken (R)
1. Ralph Flanders (R)

Virginia

1. Harry F. Byrd (D)
2. Absalom Willis Robertson (D)

Washington

3. Warren Magnuson (D)
1. Henry M. Jackson (D)

West Virginia

2. Matthew M. Neely (D), until January 18, 1958

John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R), January 25, 1958 – November 4, 1958
Jennings Randolph (D), from November 4, 1958

1. W. Chapman Revercomb (R)

Wisconsin

3. Alexander Wiley (R)
1. Joseph McCarthy (R), until May 2, 1957

William Proxmire (D), from August 28, 1957

Wyoming

1. Frank A. Barrett (R)
2. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)

House of Representatives

Alabama

(9 Democrats)

Arizona

(1-1 split)

1. John Jacob Rhodes (R)
2. Stewart Lee Udall (D)

Arkansas

(6 Democrats)

California

(17-13 Republican)

Colorado

(2-2 split)

Connecticut

(6 Republicans)

Delaware

(1 Republican)

At-large. Harry G. Haskell, Jr. (R)

Florida

(7-1 Democratic)

Georgia

(10 Democrats)

1. Prince H. Preston, Jr. (D)
2. J. L. Pilcher (D)
3. Tic Forrester (D)
4. John J. Flynt, Jr. (D)
5. James C. Davis (D)
6. Carl Vinson (D)
7. Henderson L. Lanham (D), until November 10, 1957
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell (D), from January 8, 1958
8. Iris Blitch (D)
9. Phillip M. Landrum (D)
10. Paul Brown (D)

Idaho

(1-1 split)

1. Gracie Pfost (D)
2. Hamer H. Budge (R)

Illinois

(14-11 Republican)

1. William L. Dawson (D)
2. Barratt O'Hara (D)
3. Emmet F. Byrne (R)
4. William E. McVey (R), until August 10, 1958
5. John C. Kluczynski (D)
6. Thomas Joseph O'Brien (D)
7. James B. Bowler (D), until July 18, 1957
- Roland V. Libonati (D), from December 31, 1957
8. Thomas S. Gordon (D)
9. Sidney R. Yates (D)
10. Harold R. Collier (R)
11. Timothy P. Sheehan (R)
12. Charles A. Boyle (D)
13. Marguerite S. Church (R)
14. Russell W. Keeney (R), until January 11, 1958
15. Noah M. Mason (R)
16. Leo E. Allen (R)
17. Leslie C. Arends (R)
18. Robert H. Michel (R)
19. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
20. Sid Simpson (R), until October 26, 1958
21. Peter F. Mack, Jr. (D)
22. William L. Springer (R)
23. Charles W. Vursell (R)
24. Melvin Price (D)
25. Kenneth J. Gray (D)

Indiana

(9-2 Republican)

Iowa

(7-1 Republican)

Kansas

(6-2 Democratic)

Kentucky

(8 Democrats)

Louisiana

(8 Democrats)

1. F. Edward Hébert (D)
2. Hale Boggs (D)
3. Edwin E. Willis (D)
4. Overton Brooks (D)
5. Otto E. Passman (D)
6. James H. Morrison (D)
7. Theo A. Thompson (D)
8. George S. Long (D), until March 22, 1958

Maine

(2-1 Republican)

Maryland

(4-3 Democratic)

Massachusetts

(7-7 split)

1. John W. Heselton (R)
2. Edward Boland (D)
3. Philip Philbin (D)
4. Harold Donohue (D)
5. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
6. William H. Bates (R)
7. Thomas J. Lane (D)
8. Torbert H. Macdonald (D)
9. Donald W. Nicholson (R)
10. Laurence Curtis (R)
11. Tip O'Neill (D)
12. John W. McCormack (D)
13. Richard B. Wigglesworth (R), resigned November 13, 1958
14. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)

Michigan

(12-6 Republican)

Minnesota

(5-4 Democratic)

1. August H. Andresen (R), until January 14, 1958
- Al Quie (R), from February 18, 1958
2.Joseph P. O'Hara (R)
3.Roy Wier (DFL)
4.Eugene McCarthy (DFL)
5.Walter Judd (R)
6.Fred Marshall (DFL)
7.H. Carl Andersen (R)
8.John Blatnik (DFL)
9.Coya Knutson (DFL)

Mississippi

(6 Democrats)

Missouri

(10-1 Democratic)

Montana

(2 Democrats)

1. Lee Metcalf (D)
2. LeRoy H. Anderson (D)

Nebraska

(4 Republicans)

Nevada

(1 Democrat)

At-large. Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D)

New Hampshire

(2 Republicans)

1. Charles Earl Merrow (R)
2. Perkins Bass (R)

New Jersey

(10-4 Republican)

1. Charles A. Wolverton (R)
2. Milton W. Glenn (R), from November 5, 1957
3. James C. Auchincloss (R)
4. Frank Thompson, Jr. (D)
5. Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (R)
6. Florence P. Dwyer (R)
7. William B. Widnall (R)
8. Gordon Canfield (R)
9. Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (R)
10. Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D)
11. Hugh J. Addonizio (D)
12. Robert W. Kean (R)
13. Alfred D. Sieminski (D)
14. Vincent J. Dellay (R) to (D), sometime in 1958

New Mexico

(2 Democrats)

At-large. John J. Dempsey (D), until March 11, 1958
At-large. Joseph Montoya (D), from April 9, 1957

New York

(26-17 Republican)

1. Stuyvesant Wainwright (R)
2. Steven B. Derounian (R)
3. Frank J. Becker (R)
4. Henry J. Latham (R), resigned December 31, 1958
5. Albert H. Bosch (R)
6. Lester Holtzman (D)
7. James J. Delaney (D)
8. Victor L. Anfuso (D)
9. Eugene J. Keogh (D)
10. Edna F. Kelly (D)
11. Emanuel Celler (D)
12. Francis E. Dorn (R)
13. Abraham J. Multer (D)
14. John J. Rooney (D)
15. John H. Ray (R)
16. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D)
17. Frederic R. Coudert, Jr. (R)
18. Alfred E. Santangelo (D)
19. Leonard Farbstein (D)
20. Ludwig Teller (D)
21. Herbert Zelenko (D)
22. James C. Healey (D)
23. Isidore Dollinger (D)
24. Charles A. Buckley (D)
25. Paul A. Fino (R)
26. Edwin B. Dooley (R)
27. Ralph W. Gwinn (R)
28. Katharine St. George (R)
29. J. Ernest Wharton (R)
30. Leo W. O'Brien (D)
31. Dean P. Taylor (R)
32. Bernard W. Kearney (R)
33. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
34. William R. Williams (R)
35. R. Walter Riehlman (R)
36. John Taber (R)
37. W. Sterling Cole (R), until December 1, 1957
- Howard W. Robison (R), from January 14, 1958
38. Kenneth B. Keating (R)
39. Harold C. Ostertag (R)
40. William E. Miller (R)
41. Edmund P. Radwan (R)
42. John R. Pillion (R)
43. Daniel A. Reed (R)

North Carolina

(11-1 Democratic)

North Dakota

(2 Republicans)

At-large. Otto Krueger (R)
At-large. Usher L. Burdick (Nonpartisan Republican)

Ohio

(17-6 Republican)

1. Gordon H. Scherer (R)
2. William E. Hess (R)
3. Paul F. Schenck (R)
4. William M. McCulloch (R)
5. Cliff Clevenger (R)
6. James G. Polk (D)
7. Clarence J. Brown (R)
8. Jackson E. Betts (R)
9. Thomas L. Ashley (D)
10. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
11. David S. Dennison (R)
12. John M. Vorys (R)
13. A. David Baumhart Jr. (R)
14. William H. Ayres (R)
15. John E. Henderson (R)
16. Frank T. Bow (R)
17. J. Harry McGregor (R), until October 7, 1958; vacant thereafter
18. Wayne L. Hays (D)
19. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
20. Michael A. Feighan (D)
21. Charles A. Vanik (D)
22. Frances P. Bolton (R)
23. William E. Minshall, Jr. (R)

Oklahoma

(5-1 Democratic)

Oregon

(3-1 Democratic)

Pennsylvania

(17-13 Democratic)

1. William A. Barrett (D)
2. Kathryn E. Granahan (D)
3. James A. Byrne (D)
4. Earl Chudoff (D), until January 5, 1958
Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (D), from May 20, 1958
5. William J. Green, Jr. (D)
6. Hugh Scott (R)
7. Benjamin F. James (R)
8. Willard S. Curtin (R)
9. Paul B. Dague (R)
10. Joseph L. Carrigg (R)
11. Daniel J. Flood (D)
12. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
13. Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (R), until September 1, 1957
John A. Lafore, Jr. (R), from November 5, 1957
14. George M. Rhodes (D)
15. Francis E. Walter (D)
16. Walter M. Mumma (R)
17. Alvin Bush (R)
18. Richard M. Simpson (R)
19. S. Walter Stauffer (R)
20. James E. Van Zandt (R)
21. Augustine B. Kelley (D), until November 20, 1957
John H. Dent (D), from January 21, 1958
22. John P. Saylor (R)
23. Leon H. Gavin (R)
24. Carroll D. Kearns (R)
25. Frank M. Clark (D)
26. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
27. James G. Fulton (R)
28. Herman P. Eberharter (D), until September 9, 1958
29. Robert J. Corbett (R)
30. Elmer J. Holland (D)

Rhode Island

(2 Democrats)

1. Aime Forand (D)
2. John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina

(6 Democrats)

South Dakota

(1-1 split)

1. George McGovern (D)
2. E. Y. Berry (R)

Tennessee

(7-2 Democratic)

1. B. Carroll Reece (R)
2. Howard Baker, Sr. (R)
3. James B. Frazier Jr. (D)
4. Joe L. Evins (D)
5. J. Carlton Loser (D)
6. Ross Bass (D)
7. Tom J. Murray (D)
8. Jere Cooper (D), until December 18, 1957
Fats Everett (D), from February 1, 1958
9. Clifford Davis (D)

Texas

(21-1 Democratic)

Utah

(2 Republicans)

1. Henry Aldous Dixon (R)
2. William A. Dawson (R)

Vermont

(1 Republican)

At-large. Winston L. Prouty (R)

Virginia

(8-2 Democratic)

Washington

(6-1 Republican)

West Virginia

(4-2 Democratic)

Wisconsin

(7-3 Republican)

1. Lawrence H. Smith (R), until January 22, 1958
2. Donald Edgar Tewes (R)
3. Gardner R. Withrow (R)
4. Clement J. Zablocki (D)
5. Henry S. Reuss (D)
6. William K. Van Pelt (R)
7. Melvin R. Laird (R)
8. John W. Byrnes (R)
9. Lester Johnson (D)
10. Alvin E. O'Konski (R)

Wyoming

(1 Republican)

At-large. Edwin Keith Thomson (R)

Non-voting members

(2-1 Democratic)

Alaska Territory. Bob Bartlett (D)
Hawaii Territory. John Anthony Burns (D)
Puerto Rico. Antonio Fernós Isern (Resident Commissioner) (PPD)

Changes in membership

Senate

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate |- | New York
(3) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Javitz delayed taking seat to allow for the recently inaugurated Republican majority legislature of New York to appoint his successor as New York Attorney General | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jacob K. Javits (R) | January 9, 1957 |- | Texas
(1) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Price Daniel (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 14, 1957 after being elected Governor of Texas | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William A. Blakley (D) | January 15, 1957 |- | Texas
(1) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William A. Blakley (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected April 28, 1957 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Ralph Yarborough (D) | April 29, 1957 |- | Wisconsin
(1) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph McCarthy (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 2, 1957. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William Proxmire (D) | August 28, 1957 |- | West Virginia
(2) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Matthew M. Neely (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 18, 1958 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R) | January 25, 1958 |- | North Carolina
(2) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | W. Kerr Scott (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 16, 1958 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | B. Everett Jordan (D) | April 19, 1958 |- | West Virginia
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 4, 1958. Lost special election to fill the seat. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jennings Randolph (D) | November 4, 1958 |- | California
(1) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William F. Knowland (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 2, 1959. | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

House of Representatives

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | New Mexico At-large | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Antonio M. Fernández died during previous congress | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Joseph Montoya (D) | April 9, 1957 |- | New Jersey 2nd | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. T. Millet Hand died during previous congress | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Milton W. Glenn (R) | November 5, 1957 |- | Illinois 7th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| James Bowler (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 18, 1957 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Roland V. Libonati (D) | December 31, 1957 |- | Pennsylvania 13th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 1, 1957 after becoming Executive Director of the United Cerebral Palsy Associations | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John A. Lafore, Jr. (R) | November 5, 1957 |- | Georgia 7th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Henderson L. Lanham (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 10, 1957 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Harlan E. Mitchell (D) | January 8, 1958 |- | Pennsylvania 21st | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Augustine B. Kelley (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 20, 1957 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John H. Dent (D) | January 21, 1958 |- | New York 37th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| W. Sterling Cole (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 1, 1957 after becoming Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Howard W. Robison (R) | January 14, 1958 |- | Tennessee 8th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Jere Cooper (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 18, 1957 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Robert "Fats" Everett (D) | February 1, 1958 |- | Pennsylvania 4th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Earl Chudoff (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1958 after being elected judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas No. 1 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (D) | May 20, 1958 |- | New Jersey 14th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Vincent J. Dellay (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Changed political affiliation some time in 1958 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Vincent J. Dellay (D) | ????, 1958 |- | Illinois 14th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Russell W. Keeney (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 11, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Minnesota 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| August H. Andresen (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 14, 1958 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Al Quie (R) | February 18, 1958 |- | Wisconsin 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Lawrence H. Smith (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 22, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | New Mexico At-large | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| John J. Dempsey (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 11, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Louisiana 8th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| George S. Long (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 22, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Illinois 4th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| William E. McVey (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 10, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Pennsylvania 28th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Herman P. Eberharter (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 9, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Ohio 17th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| J. Harry McGregor (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 7, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Illinois 20th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Sid Simpson (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 26, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Massachusetts 13th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 13, 1958 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | New York 4th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Henry J. Latham (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1958 after becoming a judge of the New York Supreme Court | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Agriculture and Forestry
Banking and Currency
District of Columbia
Foreign Aid Program (Special)
Government Operations
Interior and Insular Affairs
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Labor and Public Welfare
Labor-Management Relations (Select)
Political Activities, Lobbying and Campaign Contributions (Special)
Post Office and Civil Service
Preserve Historical Records of the Senate (Special)
Public Works
Senate Reception Room (Special)
Small Business (Select)
Space and Aeronautics (Special)
Subcommittee on Internal Security
Whole

House of Representatives

Joint appointments

Employees and legislative agency directors

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart
Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
Comptroller General of the United States: Joseph Campbell
Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
Public Printer of the United States: Raymond Blattenberger

Senate

House of Representatives

Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts
Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Postmaster: H. H. Morris
Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson, Jr., elected January 3, 1957
Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)

References

Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4.
Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
"Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress". U.S. Congress. 2005. Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
"Congressional History". U.S. House of Representatives. 2006. Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
"Statistics and Lists". U.S. Senate. 2006. Archived from the original on 1 June 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-01. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 85th Congress (PDF).
Official Congressional Directory for the 85th Congress, 1st Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 85th Congress, 2nd Session.
Pocket Congressional Directory for the 85th Congress.

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