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Contents 1 Dates of Sessions 2 Party summary 2.1 Senate 2.2 House of Representatives 3 Officers 3.1 Senate 3.2 House of Representatives 4 Major Legislation 4.1 Key Votes 4.1.1 Senate 5 Members 5.1 Senate 5.2 House of Representatives 6 Employees 6.1 Senate 6.2 House of Representatives

[edit] Dates of Sessions

1955-1956

• The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from January 5, 1955 to August 2, 1955.
• The second session took place in Washington, DC from January 3, 1956 to July 27, 1956.

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

Total Membership 435 Representatives, 2 Delegates, 1 Resident Commissioner
Party Divisions 232 Democrats, 203 Republicans

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

President of the Senate:
Richard M. Nixon (R-California)

[edit] House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Sam Rayburn (D-Texas)

Majority Leader
John W. McCormack (D-Massachusetts)

Minority Leader
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-Massachusetts)

Democratic Whip
Carl Albert(D-Oklahoma)

Republican Whip
Leslie C. Arends (R-Illinois)

Democratic Caucus Chairman
John J. Rooney (D-New York)

Republican Conference Chairman
Clifford R. Hope (R-Kansas)

[edit] Major Legislation

[edit] Key Votes

[edit] Senate

Legislation	Party	Yea	Nay
Taxation	Democrats	43	5
Mar 15, 1955	Republicans	1	45
(rejected)		44	50
John M. Harlan Supreme Crt Nomination	Democrats	32	9
Mar 16, 1955	Republicans	32	2
(confirmed)		71	11

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Employees

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

Clerk of the House
Ralph R. Roberts

Doorkeeper
William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller - Elected January 5, 1955

Postmaster
H. H. Morris

Sergeant at Arms
Zeake W. Johnson, Jr. - Elected January 5, 1955

Chaplain of the House
Rev. Bernard Braskamp - Presbyterian

List of United States Congresses (and years begun)

1 (1789) • 2 (1791) • 3 (1793) • 4 (1795) • 5 (1797) • 6 (1799) • 7 (1801) • 8 (1803) • 9 (1805) • 10 (1807) 11 (1809) • 12 (1811) • 13 (1813) • 14 (1815) • 15 (1817) • 16 (1819) • 17 (1821) • 18 (1823) • 19 (1825) • 20 (1827) 21 (1829) • 22 (1831) • 23 (1833) • 24 (1835) • 25 (1837) • 26 (1839) • 27 (1841) • 28 (1843) • 29 (1845) • 30 (1847) 31 (1849) • 32 (1851) • 33 (1853) • 34 (1855) • 35 (1857) • 36 (1859) • 37 (1861) • 38 (1863) • 39 (1865) • 40 (1867) 41 (1869) • 42 (1871) • 43 (1873) • 44 (1875) • 45 (1877) • 46 (1879) • 47 (1881) • 48 (1883) • 49 (1885) • 50 (1887) 51 (1889) • 52 (1891) • 53 (1893) • 54 (1895) • 55 (1897) • 56 (1899) • 57 (1901) • 58 (1903) • 59 (1905) • 60 (1907) 61 (1909) • 62 (1911) • 63 (1913) • 64 (1915) • 65 (1917) • 66 (1919) • 67 (1921) • 68 (1923) • 69 (1925) • 70 (1927) 71 (1929) • 72 (1931) • 73 (1933) • 74 (1935) • 75 (1937) • 76 (1939) • 77 (1941) • 78 (1943) • 79 (1945) • 80 (1947) 81 (1949) • 82 (1951) • 83 (1953) • 84 (1955) • 85 (1957) • 86 (1959) • 87 (1961) • 88 (1963) • 89 (1965) • 90 (1967) 91 (1969) • 92 (1971) • 93 (1973) • 94 (1975) • 95 (1977) • 96 (1979) • 97 (1981) • 98 (1983) • 99 (1985) • 100 (1987) 101 (1989) • 102 (1991) • 103 (1993) • 104 (1995) • 105 (1997) • 106 (1999) • 107 (2001) • 108 (2003) • 109 (2005) • 110 (2007) 111 (2009) • 112 (2011) • 113 (2013)