85th United States Congress

The 85th 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 1950 United States census.

Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

To date, this is the earliest Congress with a member still living, Merwin Coad.

Major events

 * January 5, 1957: President Eisenhower announced the Eisenhower Doctrine in a special message to Congress
 * January 20, 1957: Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower 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 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 suffers from a stroke
 * January 31, 1958: U.S. launched its first satellite, Explorer 1
 * July 15, 1958: U.S intervenes in the Lebanon Crisis, the first major application of the Eisenhower Doctorine.
 * October 1, 1958: NASA started operations

Major legislation

 * August 14, 1957: Airways Modernization Act, ,
 * September 2, 1957: Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act, ,
 * September 9, 1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957, ,
 * July 29, 1958: National Aeronautics and Space Act, ,
 * 1958: Transportation Act of 1958,
 * August 23, 1958: Federal Aviation Act of 1958, ,
 * August 28, 1958: EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, ,
 * August 28, 1958: Military Construction Appropriation Act (Advanced Research Projects Agency), ,
 * September 2, 1958: National Defense Education Act, ,
 * 1958: Department of Defense Reorganization Act,
 * 1958: Pasatore-Walter Immigration Act

States admitted

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

Senate

 * President: Richard Nixon (R)
 * President pro tempore: Carl Hayden (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader and Conference Chairman: Lyndon B. Johnson
 * Majority Whip: Mike Mansfield
 * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Thomas C. Hennings Jr.

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: William Knowland
 * Minority Whip: Everett Dirksen
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
 * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Everett Dirksen
 * Policy Committee Chairman: Styles Bridges

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: John W. McCormack
 * Majority Whip: Carl Albert
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Melvin Price
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
 * Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Charles B. Hoeven
 * Policy Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr.
 * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Richard M. Simpson

Caucuses

 * House Democratic Caucus
 * Senate Democratic Caucus

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 by class. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1958; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1960; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1962.

Alabama

 * 3. J. Lister Hill (D)
 * 2. John Sparkman (D)

Arizona

 * 3. Carl Hayden (D)
 * 1. Barry Goldwater (R)

Arkansas

 * 2. John L. McClellan (D)
 * 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California

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

Colorado

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

Connecticut

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

Delaware

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

Florida

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

Georgia

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

Idaho

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

Illinois

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

Indiana

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

Iowa

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

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

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

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

Missouri

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

Montana

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

New York

 * 1. Irving Ives (R)
 * 3. Jacob 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-NPL)
 * 3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

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

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

 * 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
 * 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

Utah

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

 * 1. Harry F. Byrd (D)
 * 2. A. Willis Robertson (D)

Washington

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

West Virginia

 * 1. Chapman Revercomb (R)
 * 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

Wisconsin

 * 1. Joseph McCarthy (R), until May 2, 1957
 * William Proxmire (D), from August 28, 1957
 * 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

Wyoming

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



Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Frank W. Boykin (D)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. George M. Grant (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. George W. Andrews (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Kenneth A. Roberts (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Albert Rains (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. Carl Elliott (D)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district. Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)
 * Alabama's 9th congressional district. George Huddleston Jr. (D)

Arizona

 * Arizona's 1st congressional district. John Jacob Rhodes (R)
 * Arizona's 2nd congressional district. Stewart Udall (D)

Arkansas

 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. Wilbur Mills (D)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. James William Trimble (D)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Oren Harris (D)
 * Arkansas's 5th congressional district. Brooks Hays (D)
 * Arkansas's 6th congressional district. William F. Norrell (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. Hubert B. Scudder (R)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Clair Engle (D)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. John E. Moss (D)
 * California's 4th congressional district. William S. Mailliard (R)
 * California's 5th congressional district. John F. Shelley (D)
 * California's 6th congressional district. John F. Baldwin Jr. (R)
 * California's 7th congressional district. John J. Allen Jr. (R)
 * California's 8th congressional district. George P. Miller (D)
 * California's 9th congressional district. J. Arthur Younger (R)
 * California's 10th congressional district. Charles Gubser (R)
 * California's 11th congressional district. John J. McFall (D)
 * California's 12th congressional district. B. F. Sisk (D)
 * California's 13th congressional district. Charles M. Teague (R)
 * California's 14th congressional district. Harlan Hagen (D)
 * California's 15th congressional district. Gordon L. McDonough (R)
 * California's 16th congressional district. Donald L. Jackson (R)
 * California's 17th congressional district. Cecil R. King (D)
 * California's 18th congressional district. Craig Hosmer (R)
 * California's 19th congressional district. Chester E. Holifield (D)
 * California's 20th congressional district. H. Allen Smith (R)
 * California's 21st congressional district. Edgar W. Hiestand (R)
 * California's 22nd congressional district. Joseph F. Holt (R)
 * California's 23rd congressional district. Clyde Doyle (D)
 * California's 24th congressional district. Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)
 * California's 25th congressional district. Patrick J. Hillings (R)
 * California's 26th congressional district. James Roosevelt (D)
 * California's 27th congressional district. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
 * California's 28th congressional district. James B. Utt (R)
 * California's 29th congressional district. Dalip Singh Saund (D)
 * California's 30th congressional district. Bob Wilson (R)

Colorado

 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. Byron G. Rogers (D)
 * Colorado's 2nd congressional district. William S. Hill (R)
 * Colorado's 3rd congressional district. John Chenoweth (R)
 * Colorado's 4th congressional district. Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. Edwin H. May Jr. (R)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Albert W. Cretella (R)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Albert P. Morano (R)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district. James T. Patterson (R)
 * At-large. Antoni Sadlak (R)

Delaware

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

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. William C. Cramer (R)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Charles E. Bennett (D)
 * Florida's 3rd congressional district. Robert L. F. Sikes (D)
 * Florida's 4th congressional district. Dante Fascell (D)
 * Florida's 5th congressional district. Syd Herlong (D)
 * Florida's 6th congressional district. Paul Rogers (D)
 * Florida's 7th congressional district. James A. Haley (D)
 * Florida's 8th congressional district. Donald Ray Matthews (D)

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. J. L. Pilcher (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Tic Forrester (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. John Flynt (D)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. James C. Davis (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. Carl Vinson (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. Henderson Lovelace Lanham (D), until November 10, 1957
 * Harlan Erwin Mitchell (D), from January 8, 1958
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. Iris Faircloth Blitch (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. Phillip M. Landrum (D)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. Paul Brown (D)

Idaho

 * Idaho's 1st congressional district. Gracie Pfost (D)
 * Idaho's 2nd congressional district. Hamer H. Budge (R)

Illinois

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

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Ray Madden (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Charles A. Halleck (R)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. F. Jay Nimtz (R)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. E. Ross Adair (R)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. John V. Beamer (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Cecil M. Harden (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. William G. Bray (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. Winfield K. Denton (D)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Earl Wilson (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Ralph Harvey (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. Charles B. Brownson (R)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Fred Schwengel (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Henry O. Talle (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. H. R. Gross (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Karl M. LeCompte (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Paul Cunningham (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. Merwin Coad (D)
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district. Ben F. Jensen (R)
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district. Charles B. Hoeven (R)

Kansas

 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. William H. Avery (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Errett P. Scrivner (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Myron V. George (R)
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. Edward Herbert Rees (R)
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district. James Floyd Breeding (D)
 * Kansas's 6th congressional district. Wint Smith (R)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Noble J. Gregory (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. William Natcher (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. John M. Robsion Jr. (R)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Frank Chelf (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Brent Spence (D)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. John C. Watts (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Carl D. Perkins (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. Eugene Siler (R)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. F. Edward Hébert (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Hale Boggs (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Edwin E. Willis (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Overton Brooks (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Otto Passman (D)
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. James H. Morrison (D)
 * Louisiana's 7th congressional district. T. Ashton Thompson (D)
 * Louisiana's 8th congressional district. George S. Long (D), until March 22, 1958

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Robert Hale (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Frank M. Coffin (D)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Clifford McIntire (R)

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Edward Tylor Miller (R)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. James Devereux (R)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Edward Garmatz (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. George Hyde Fallon (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Richard Lankford (D)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. DeWitt Hyde (R)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Samuel Friedel (D)

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. George Meader (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. August E. Johansen (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. Clare E. Hoffman (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Gerald Ford (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Charles E. Chamberlain (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Robert J. McIntosh (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Alvin Morell Bentley (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Robert P. Griffin (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Elford Albin Cederberg (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. Victor A. Knox (R)
 * Michigan's 12th congressional district. John B. Bennett (R)
 * Michigan's 13th congressional district. Charles Diggs (D)
 * Michigan's 14th congressional district. Louis C. Rabaut (D)
 * Michigan's 15th congressional district. John D. Dingell Jr. (D)
 * Michigan's 16th congressional district. John Lesinski Jr. (D)
 * Michigan's 17th congressional district. Martha Griffiths (D)
 * Michigan's 18th congressional district. William Broomfield (R)

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. Thomas Abernethy (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Frank Ellis Smith (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. John Bell Williams (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. W. Arthur Winstead (D)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district. William M. Colmer (D)

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. Frank M. Karsten (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Thomas B. Curtis (R)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Leonor Sullivan (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. George H. Christopher (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Richard Walker Bolling (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Charles Harrison Brown (D)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. A. S. J. Carnahan (D)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. Clarence Cannon (D)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Paul C. Jones (D)
 * Missouri's 11th congressional district. Morgan M. Moulder (D)

Montana

 * Montana's 1st congressional district. Lee Metcalf (D)
 * Montana's 2nd congressional district. LeRoy H. Anderson (D)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Phillip Hart Weaver (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Glenn Cunningham (R)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)
 * Nebraska's 4th congressional district. Arthur L. Miller (R)

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Chester Earl Merrow (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Perkins Bass (R)

New Jersey

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

New Mexico

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

New York

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

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Herbert Covington Bonner (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Graham A. Barden (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Harold D. Cooley (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Ralph James Scott (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Carl T. Durham (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Alton Lennon (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Alvin Paul Kitchin (D)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Hugh Quincy Alexander (D)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Charles R. Jonas (R)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Basil Lee Whitener (D)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. George A. Shuford (D)

North Dakota

 * At-large. Otto Krueger (R)
 * At-large. Usher L. Burdick (R-NPL)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Gordon H. Scherer (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. William E. Hess (R)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Paul F. Schenck (R)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. William Moore McCulloch (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Cliff Clevenger (R)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. James G. Polk (D)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Clarence J. Brown (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Jackson Edward Betts (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Thomas L. Ashley (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Thomas A. Jenkins (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. David S. Dennison (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. John M. Vorys (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Albert David Baumhart Jr. (R)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. William Hanes Ayres (R)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. John E. Henderson (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. Frank T. Bow (R)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. J. Harry McGregor (R), until October 7, 1958; vacant thereafter
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Wayne Hays (D)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. Michael A. Feighan (D)
 * Ohio's 21st congressional district. Charles Vanik (D)
 * Ohio's 22nd congressional district. Frances P. Bolton (R)
 * Ohio's 23rd congressional district. William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R)

Oklahoma

 * Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. Page Belcher (R)
 * Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district. Ed Edmondson (D)
 * Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district. Carl Albert (D)
 * Oklahoma's 4th congressional district. Tom Steed (D)
 * Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. John Jarman (D)
 * Oklahoma's 6th congressional district. Toby Morris (D)

Oregon

 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. A. Walter Norblad (R)
 * Oregon's 2nd congressional district. Al Ullman (D)
 * Oregon's 3rd congressional district. Edith Green (D)
 * Oregon's 4th congressional district. Charles O. Porter (D)

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Aime Forand (D)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. L. Mendel Rivers (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. John J. Riley (D)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. Robert T. Ashmore (D)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Robert W. Hemphill (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota

 * South Dakota's 1st congressional district. George McGovern (D)
 * South Dakota's 2nd congressional district. Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

Tennessee

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

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Wright Patman (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. Jack Brooks (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. Lindley Beckworth (D)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. Sam Rayburn (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. Bruce Alger (R)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Olin E. Teague (D)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. John Dowdy (D)
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. Albert Thomas (D)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. Clark W. Thompson (D)
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. Homer Thornberry (D)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. William R. Poage (D)
 * Texas's 12th congressional district. Jim Wright (D)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. Frank N. Ikard (D)
 * Texas's 14th congressional district. John Andrew Young (D)
 * Texas's 15th congressional district. Joe M. Kilgore (D)
 * Texas's 16th congressional district. J. T. Rutherford (D)
 * Texas's 17th congressional district. Omar Burleson (D)
 * Texas's 18th congressional district. Walter E. Rogers (D)
 * Texas's 19th congressional district. George H. Mahon (D)
 * Texas's 20th congressional district. Paul J. Kilday (D)
 * Texas's 21st congressional district. O. C. Fisher (D)
 * At-large. Martin Dies Jr. (D)

Utah

 * Utah's 1st congressional district. Henry Aldous Dixon (R)
 * Utah's 2nd congressional district. William A. Dawson (R)

Vermont

 * At-large. Winston L. Prouty (R)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Edward J. Robeson Jr. (D)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Porter Hardy Jr. (D)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. J. Vaughan Gary (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. William M. Tuck (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Richard Harding Poff (R)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Burr Harrison (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Howard W. Smith (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. W. Pat Jennings (D)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Joel Broyhill (R)

Washington

 * Washington's 1st congressional district. Thomas Pelly (R)
 * Washington's 2nd congressional district. Jack Westland (R)
 * Washington's 3rd congressional district. Russell V. Mack (R)
 * Washington's 4th congressional district. Hal Holmes (R)
 * Washington's 5th congressional district. Walt Horan (R)
 * Washington's 6th congressional district. Thor C. Tollefson (R)
 * At-large. Donald H. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Arch A. Moore Jr. (R)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Harley Orrin Staggers (D)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Cleveland M. Bailey (D)
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. Will E. Neal (R)
 * West Virginia's 5th congressional district. Elizabeth Kee (D)
 * West Virginia's 6th congressional district. Robert Byrd (D)

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

 * At-large. Edwin Keith Thomson (R)

Non-voting members

 * Alaska Territory's at-large congressional district. Bob Bartlett (D)
 * Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district. John A. Burns (D)
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)

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Senate

 * New York (3)
 * Vacant
 * Retired. Successor elected in 1956, but took seat late to prevent Governor from appointing a rival to be his successor as N.Y. Attorney General
 * nowrap | Jacob Javits (R)
 * January 9, 1957
 * January 9, 1957


 * Texas (1)
 * nowrap | Price Daniel (D)
 * Resigned January 14, 1957, after being elected Governor of Texas. Successor appointed January 15, 1957.
 * nowrap | William A. Blakley (D)
 * January 15, 1957
 * January 15, 1957


 * Texas (1)
 * nowrap | William A. Blakley (D)
 * Interim appointee retired when successor elected. Successor elected April 28, 1957.
 * nowrap | Ralph Yarborough (D)
 * April 29, 1957
 * April 29, 1957


 * Wisconsin (1)
 * nowrap | Joseph McCarthy (R)
 * Died May 2, 1957. Successor elected August 27, 1957.
 * nowrap | William Proxmire (D)
 * August 28, 1957
 * August 28, 1957


 * West Virginia (2)
 * nowrap | Matthew M. Neely (D)
 * Died January 18, 1958. Successor appointed January 25, 1958.
 * nowrap | John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R)
 * January 25, 1958
 * January 25, 1958


 * North Carolina (2)
 * nowrap | W. Kerr Scott (D)
 * Died April 16, 1958. Successor appointed April 19, 1958, and then elected November 4, 1958.
 * nowrap | B. Everett Jordan (D)
 * April 19, 1958
 * April 19, 1958


 * West Virginia (2)
 * nowrap | John D. Hoblitzell Jr. (R)
 * Interim appointee lost special election. Successor elected November 4, 1958.
 * nowrap | Jennings Randolph (D)
 * November 5, 1958
 * November 5, 1958


 * California (1)
 * nowrap | William F. Knowland (R)
 * Resigned early January 2, 1959.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * Not filled this term


 * }

House of Representatives

 * New Mexico At-large
 * Vacant
 * Rep. Antonio M. Fernández died during previous congress.
 * | Joseph Montoya (D)
 * April 9, 1957
 * April 9, 1957


 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Rep. T. Millet Hand died during previous congress.
 * | Milton W. Glenn (R)
 * November 5, 1957
 * November 5, 1957


 * Illinois's 7th congressional district
 * | James Bowler (D)
 * Died July 18, 1957.
 * | Roland V. Libonati (D)
 * December 31, 1957
 * December 31, 1957


 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
 * | Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (R)
 * Resigned September 1, 1957, after becoming Executive Director of the United Cerebral Palsy Associations
 * | John A. Lafore Jr. (R)
 * November 5, 1957
 * November 5, 1957


 * Georgia's 7th congressional district
 * | Henderson L. Lanham (D)
 * Died November 10, 1957.
 * | Harlan E. Mitchell (D)
 * January 8, 1958
 * January 8, 1958


 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district
 * | Augustine B. Kelley (D)
 * Died November 20, 1957.
 * | John H. Dent (D)
 * January 21, 1958
 * January 21, 1958


 * New York's 37th congressional district
 * | W. Sterling Cole (R)
 * Resigned December 1, 1957, after becoming Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
 * | Howard W. Robison (R)
 * January 14, 1958
 * January 14, 1958


 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district
 * | Jere Cooper (D)
 * Died December 18, 1957.
 * | Fats Everett (D)
 * February 1, 1958
 * February 1, 1958


 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
 * | Earl Chudoff (D)
 * Resigned January 5, 1958, after being elected judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas No. 1.
 * | Robert N.C. Nix Sr. (D)
 * May 20, 1958
 * May 20, 1958


 * New Jersey's 14th congressional district
 * | Vincent J. Dellay (R)
 * Changed political affiliation some time in 1958.
 * | Vincent J. Dellay (D)
 * ????, 1958
 * ????, 1958


 * Illinois's 14th congressional district
 * | Russell W. Keeney (R)
 * Died January 11, 1958.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term.
 * Not filled this term.


 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district
 * | August H. Andresen (R)
 * Died January 14, 1958.
 * | Al Quie (R)
 * February 18, 1958
 * February 18, 1958


 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
 * | Lawrence H. Smith (R)
 * Died January 22, 1958.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.


 * New Mexico At-large
 * | John J. Dempsey (D)
 * Died March 11, 1958.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.


 * Louisiana's 8th congressional district
 * | George S. Long (D)
 * Died March 22, 1958.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.


 * Illinois's 4th congressional district
 * | William E. McVey (R)
 * Died August 10, 1958.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.


 * Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district
 * | Herman P. Eberharter (D)
 * Died September 9, 1958.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.


 * Ohio's 17th congressional district
 * | J. Harry McGregor (R)
 * Died October 7, 1958.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.


 * Illinois's 20th congressional district
 * | Sid Simpson (R)
 * Died October 26, 1958.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.


 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district
 * | Richard B. Wigglesworth (R)
 * Resigned November 13, 1958.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.


 * New York's 4th congressional district
 * | Henry J. Latham (R)
 * Resigned December 31, 1958, after becoming a judge of the New York Supreme Court.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.
 * colspan=2 | Not filled this term.


 * }

Senate

 * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
 * Armed Services (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Leverett Saltonstall)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: Homer Capehart)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Matthew M. Neely; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall)
 * Finance (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: Edward Martin)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Theodore F. Green; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
 * Foreign Aid Program (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Government Operations (Chairman: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Joseph McCarthy then Karl E. Mundt)
 * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: James E. Murray; Ranking Member: George W. Malone)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: John W. Bricker)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
 * Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member: H. Alexander Smith)
 * Labor-Management Relations (Select)
 * Political Activities, Lobbying and Campaign Contributions (Special)
 * Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson)
 * Preserve Historical Records of the Senate (Special)
 * Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Edward Martin)
 * Rules and Administration (Chairman: Thomas C. Hennings Jr.; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
 * Senate Reception Room (Special)
 * Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman)
 * Space and Aeronautics (Special)
 * Subcommittee on Internal Security
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: August H. Andresen then William S. Hill)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: John Taber)
 * Armed Services (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: Leslie C. Arends)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: Henry O. Talle)
 * Benefits for Dependents of Armed Services Veterans (Select)
 * Defense Production
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Sid Simpson then Joseph P. O'Hara)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; Ranking Member: Samuel K. McConnell then Ralph W. Gwinn)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas S. Gordon; Ranking Member: Robert B. Chiperfield)
 * Government Operations (Chairman: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)
 * House Administration (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Karl M. LeCompte)
 * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Clair Engle; Ranking Member: A.L. Miller)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Oren Harris; Ranking Member: Charles A. Wolverton)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: Kenneth B. Keating)
 * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Oren Harris; Ranking Member: Thor C. Tollefson)
 * Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rees)
 * Public Works (Chairman: Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member: J. Harry McGregor then James C. Auchincloss)
 * Rules (Chairman: Howard W. Smith; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen)
 * Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman)
 * Un-American Activities (Chairman: Francis E. Walter; Ranking Member: Bernard W. Kearney)
 * Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: Jere Cooper; Ranking Member: Daniel A. Reed)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Atomic Energy (Chairman: Rep. Carl T. Durham; Vice Chairman: Sen. Clinton P. Anderson)
 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian
 * Defense Production (Chairman: Sen. A. Willis Robertson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Paul Brown)
 * Disposition of Executive Papers
 * Economic (Chairman: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chairman: Sen. John J. Sparkman)
 * Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Vacant)
 * Legislative Budget
 * The Library (Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Sen. Theodore F. Green)
 * Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
 * Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson)
 * Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Clarence Cannon)
 * Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Jere Cooper; Vice Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd)
 * Washington (DC) Metropolitan Problems

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

 * Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris, Methodist
 * Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
 * Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston
 * Librarian: Richard D. Hupman
 * Secretary for the Majority: Robert G. Baker
 * Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice
 * Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

 * Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts
 * Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller
 * Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
 * Postmaster: H. H. Morris
 * Reading Clerks: George J. Maurer (D) and Alney E. Chaffee (R) (until 1957) then Joe Bartlett (R) (starting 1957)
 * Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.
 * Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)