86th United States Congress

The 86th 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, 1959, to January 3, 1961, during the last two years of the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1950 United States census until Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as states in 1959. Then, the membership of the House temporarily increased to 437 (seating one member from each of those newly admitted states and leaving the apportionment of the other 435 seats unchanged); it would remain at 437 until reapportionment resulting from the 1960 census.

The Democrats maintained full control of Congress, with greatly increased majorities in both chambers.

Major events

 * January 7, 1959: The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro
 * February 12, 1959: In commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Congress met in joint session to hear actor Fredric March give a dramatic reading of the Gettysburg Address, followed with an address by writer Carl Sandburg
 * February 1, 1960: Greensboro sit-ins begin
 * May 1, 1960: U-2 incident
 * June 29, 1960: King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress
 * November 8, 1960: 1960 United States presidential election: John F. Kennedy elected

Major legislation

 * 1959: Airport Construction Act,
 * September 14, 1959: Landrum–Griffin Act, ,
 * April 22, 1960: Narcotics Manufacturing Act of 1960, ,
 * May 6, 1960: Civil Rights Act of 1960, ,
 * June 12, 1960: Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960, ,
 * July 14, 1960: Flood Control Act of 1960, ,
 * September 13, 1960: Social Security Amendments (Kerr-Mill aid), ,

Constitutional amendments

 * June 16, 1960: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution extending the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
 * Amendment was later ratified on March 29, 1961, becoming the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution

Treaties

 * December 1, 1959: Antarctic Treaty signed
 * January 19, 1960: Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan signed

States admitted

 * January 3, 1959: Alaska was admitted as the 49th state
 * August 21, 1959: Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state

House of Representatives
Total members: 437. The increase over the usual 435 members was due to the admission of Alaska and Hawaii, whose seats were temporary until reapportionment following the 1960 Census.

Senate

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

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson
 * Majority Whip: Mike Mansfield
 * Caucus Secretary: Thomas C. Hennings Jr., until September 13, 1960
 * George Smathers, afterwards

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Everett Dirksen
 * Minority Whip: Thomas Kuchel
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
 * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Andrew Frank Schoeppel
 * 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 Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Charles A. Halleck
 * Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Charles B. Hoeven
 * Policy Committee Chairman: John W. Byrnes
 * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Richard M. Simpson, until 1960
 * William E. Miller, from 1960

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, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1960; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1962; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1964.

Alabama

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

Alaska

 * 2. Bob Bartlett (D)
 * 3. Ernest Gruening (D)

Arizona

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

Arkansas

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

California

 * 1. Clair Engle (D)
 * 3. Thomas Kuchel (R)

Colorado

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

Connecticut

 * 1. Thomas J. Dodd (D)
 * 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)

Hawaii

 * 1. Hiram Fong (R), from August 21, 1959 (newly admitted state)
 * 3. Oren E. Long (D), from August 21, 1959 (newly admitted state)

Idaho

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

Illinois

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

Indiana

 * 1. Vance Hartke (D)
 * 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. Edmund Muskie (D)
 * 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

 * 1. John F. Kennedy (D), until December 22, 1960
 * Benjamin A. Smith II (D), from December 27, 1960
 * 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan

 * 1. Philip Hart (D)
 * 2. Patrick V. McNamara (D)

Minnesota

 * 1. Eugene McCarthy (DFL)
 * 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), until September 13, 1960
 * Edward V. Long (D), from September 23, 1960

Montana

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

 * 1. Howard Cannon (D)
 * 3. Alan Bible (D)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

 * 1. Harrison A. Williams (D)
 * 2. Clifford P. Case (R)

New Mexico

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

New York

 * 1. Kenneth Keating (R)
 * 3. Jacob Javits (R)

North Carolina

 * 2. B. Everett Jordan (D)
 * 3. Sam Ervin (D)

North Dakota

 * 1. William Langer (R-NPL), until November 8, 1959
 * Norman Brunsdale (R), November 19, 1959 – August 7, 1960
 * Quentin Burdick (D-NPL), from August 8, 1960
 * 3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

 * 1. Stephen M. Young (D)
 * 3. Frank Lausche (D)

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

 * 2. Richard L. Neuberger (D), until March 9, 1960
 * Hall S. Lusk (D), March 16, 1960 – November 8, 1960
 * Maurine Neuberger (D), from November 9, 1960
 * 3. Wayne Morse (D)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Hugh Scott (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 Mundt (R)
 * 3. Francis Case (R)

Tennessee

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

Texas

 * 1. Ralph Yarborough (D)
 * 2. Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

Utah

 * 1. Frank Moss (D)
 * 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

Vermont

 * 1. Winston L. Prouty (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. Robert Byrd (D)
 * 2. Jennings Randolph (D)

Wisconsin

 * 1. William Proxmire (D)
 * 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

Wyoming

 * 1. Gale W. McGee (D)
 * 2. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D)



House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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)

Alaska

 * At-large. Ralph Rivers (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. Dale Alford (D)
 * Arkansas's 6th congressional district. William F. Norrell (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. Clem Miller (D)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Bizz Johnson (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. Jeffery Cohelan (D)
 * 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. Chet 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. George A. Kasem (D)
 * 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. Byron L. Johnson (D)
 * Colorado's 3rd congressional district. John Chenoweth (R)
 * Colorado's 4th congressional district. Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. Emilio Q. Daddario (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Chester Bowles (D)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Robert Giaimo (D)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Donald J. Irwin (D)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district. John S. Monagan (D)
 * At-large. Frank Kowalski (D)

Delaware

 * At-large. Harris McDowell (D)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. William C. Cramer (R)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Charles E. Bennett (D)
 * Florida's 3rd congressional district. Bob 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. D. R. 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. Harlan Mitchell (D)
 * 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)

Hawaii

 * At-large. Daniel Inouye (D), from August 21, 1959 (newly admitted state)

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. William T. Murphy (D)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. Ed Derwinski (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. John C. Kluczynski (D)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Thomas J. O'Brien (D)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. Roland V. Libonati (D)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Dan Rostenkowski (D)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Sidney R. Yates (D)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. Harold R. Collier (R)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. Roman Pucinski (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. Charles A. Boyle (D), until November 4, 1959
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Marguerite Stitt Church (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. Elmer J. Hoffman (R)
 * 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. Edna O. Simpson (R)
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district. Peter F. Mack Jr. (D)
 * Illinois's 22nd congressional district. William L. Springer (R)
 * Illinois's 23rd congressional district. George E. Shipley (D)
 * 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. John Brademas (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. E. Ross Adair (R)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. J. Edward Roush (D)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Fred Wampler (D)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. William G. Bray (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. Winfield K. Denton (D)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Earl Hogan (D)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Randall S. Harmon (D)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. Joseph W. Barr (D)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Fred Schwengel (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Leonard G. Wolf (D)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. H. R. Gross (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Steven V. Carter (D), until November 4, 1959
 * John Henry Kyl (R), from December 15, 1959
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Neal Smith (D)
 * 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. Newell A. George (D)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Denver D. Hargis (D)
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. Edward H. Rees (R)
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district. J. Floyd Breeding (D)
 * Kansas's 6th congressional district. Wint Smith (R)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Frank Stubblefield (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. William Natcher (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Frank W. Burke (D)
 * 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. Harold B. McSween (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Thomas Francis Johnson (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Daniel Brewster (D)
 * 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. John R. Foley (D)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Samuel Friedel (D)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Silvio O. Conte (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), until September 10, 1960
 * 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. Hastings Keith (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. James A. Burke (D)
 * 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. James G. O'Hara (D)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Alvin Morell Bentley (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Robert P. Griffin (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Al 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. Al Quie (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. Ancher Nelsen (R)
 * Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. Roy Wier (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 4th congressional district. Joseph Karth (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Walter Judd (R)
 * Minnesota's 6th congressional district. Fred Marshall (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 7th congressional district. H. Carl Andersen (R)
 * Minnesota's 8th congressional district. John Blatnik (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 9th congressional district. Odin Langen (R)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. Thomas Abernethy (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Jamie 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), until January 23, 1959
 * William J. Randall (D), from March 3, 1959
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Richard W. Bolling (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. William R. 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. Phil Weaver (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Glenn Cunningham (R)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Lawrence Brock (D)
 * Nebraska's 4th congressional district. Donald McGinley (D)

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. William T. Cahill (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. Milton W. Glenn (R)
 * 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. George M. Wallhauser (R)
 * New Jersey's 13th congressional district. Cornelius Gallagher (D)
 * New Jersey's 14th congressional district. Dominick V. Daniels (D)

New Mexico

 * At-large. Thomas G. Morris (D)
 * At-large. Joseph Montoya (D)

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. Seymour Halpern (R)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Albert H. Bosch (R), until December 31, 1960
 * 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. John Lindsay (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), until December 31, 1959
 * Jacob H. Gilbert (D), from March 8, 1960
 * 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. Robert R. Barry (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. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. Alexander Pirnie (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. Howard W. Robison (R)
 * New York's 38th congressional district. Jessica M. Weis (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. Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)
 * New York's 42nd congressional district. John R. Pillion (R)
 * New York's 43rd congressional district. Daniel A. Reed (R), until February 19, 1959
 * Charles Goodell (R), from May 26, 1959

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. David McKee Hall (D), until January 29, 1960
 * Roy A. Taylor (D), from June 25, 1960

North Dakota

 * At-large. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL), until August 8, 1960
 * At-large. Don L. Short (R)

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. Del Latta (R)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. James G. Polk (D), until April 28, 1959
 * Ward Miller (R), from November 8, 1960
 * 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. Walter H. Moeller (D)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Robert E. Cook (D)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Samuel L. Devine (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. Robert W. Levering (D)
 * 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. Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. William J. Green Jr. (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Herman Toll (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. William H. Milliken Jr. (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Willard S. Curtin (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Paul B. Dague (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Stanley A. Prokop (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Dan Flood (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. John A. Lafore Jr. (R)
 * 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), until November 5, 1959
 * Herman T. Schneebeli (R), from April 26, 1960
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Richard M. Simpson (R), until January 7, 1960
 * Douglas Hemphill Elliott (R), April 26, 1960 – June 19, 1960
 * J. Irving Whalley (R), from November 8, 1960
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. James M. Quigley (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. James E. Van Zandt (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. John Herman Dent (D)
 * 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. William S. Moorhead (D)
 * 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. E. Y. 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. J. 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. Fats Everett (D)
 * 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)
 * Texas's 22nd congressional district. Robert R. Casey (D)

Utah

 * Utah's 1st congressional district. Henry Aldous Dixon (R)
 * Utah's 2nd congressional district. David S. King (D)

Vermont

 * At-large. William H. Meyer (D)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Thomas N. Downing (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 Abbitt (D)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. William M. Tuck (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Richard H. 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), until March 28, 1960
 * Julia Butler Hansen (D), from November 8, 1960
 * Washington's 4th congressional district. Catherine Dean May (R)
 * Washington's 5th congressional district. Walt Horan (R)
 * Washington's 6th congressional district. Thor C. Tollefson (R)
 * Washington's 7th congressional district. Don 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. Ken Hechler (D)
 * West Virginia's 5th congressional district. Elizabeth Kee (D)
 * West Virginia's 6th congressional district. John M. Slack Jr. (D)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Gerald T. Flynn (D)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Robert Kastenmeier (D)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Gardner R. Withrow (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. Clement 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. Keith Thomson (R), until December 9, 1960

Non-voting members

 * Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district. John A. Burns (D), until August 21, 1959
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD)

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Senate

 * Hawaii (1)
 * rowspan=2 | New seats
 * rowspan=2 | Hawaii achieved statehood August 21, 1959.
 * nowrap | Hiram Fong (R)
 * rowspan=2 | August 21, 1959
 * rowspan=2 | August 21, 1959


 * Hawaii (3)
 * nowrap | Oren E. Long (D)
 * nowrap | Oren E. Long (D)


 * North Dakota (1)
 * nowrap | William Langer (R)
 * Died November 8, 1959.
 * nowrap | Norman Brunsdale (R)
 * November 19, 1959
 * November 19, 1959


 * Oregon (2)
 * nowrap | Richard L. Neuberger (D)
 * Died March 9, 1960
 * nowrap | Hall S. Lusk (D)
 * March 16, 1960
 * March 16, 1960


 * North Dakota (1)
 * nowrap | Norman Brunsdale (R)
 * Successor elected June 28, 1960. Successor qualified August 8, 1960.
 * nowrap | Quentin Burdick (D)
 * August 8, 1960
 * August 8, 1960


 * Missouri (3)
 * nowrap | Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D)
 * Died September 13, 1960
 * nowrap | Edward V. Long (D)
 * September 23, 1960
 * September 23, 1960


 * Oregon (2)
 * nowrap | Hall S. Lusk (D)
 * Successor elected November 8, 1960
 * nowrap | Maurine Neuberger (D)
 * November 9, 1960
 * November 9, 1960


 * Massachusetts (1)
 * nowrap | John F. Kennedy (D)
 * Resigned December 22, 1960, after being elected President of the United States
 * nowrap | Benjamin A. Smith II (D)
 * December 27, 1960
 * }
 * }

House of Representatives

 * Missouri's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap| George H. Christopher (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died January 23, 1959
 * nowrap | William J. Randall (D)
 * March 3, 1959
 * New York's 43rd congressional district
 * nowrap| Daniel A. Reed (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died February 19, 1959
 * nowrap | Charles Goodell (R)
 * May 26, 1959
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap| James G. Polk (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died April 28, 1959
 * nowrap | Ward Miller (R)
 * November 8, 1960
 * Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap| John A. Burns (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Hawaii achieved statehood.
 * colspan=2 | Seat eliminated August 21, 1959
 * Hawaii's at-large congressional district
 * New seat
 * style="font-size:80%" | Hawaii achieved statehood August 21, 1959
 * nowrap | Daniel Inouye (D)
 * August 21, 1959
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district
 * nowrap| Charles A. Boyle (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died November 4, 1959
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap| Steven V. Carter (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died November 4, 1959
 * nowrap | John Henry Kyl (R)
 * December 15, 1959
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
 * nowrap| Alvin Bush (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died November 5, 1959
 * nowrap | Herman T. Schneebeli (R)
 * April 26, 1960
 * New York's 23rd congressional district
 * nowrap| Isidore Dollinger (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1959
 * nowrap | Jacob H. Gilbert (D)
 * March 8, 1960
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
 * nowrap| Richard M. Simpson (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died January 7, 1960
 * nowrap | Douglas Hemphill Elliott (R)
 * April 26, 1960
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district
 * nowrap| David McKee Hall (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died January 29, 1960
 * nowrap | Roy A. Taylor (D)
 * June 25, 1960
 * Washington's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap| Russell V. Mack (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died March 28, 1960
 * nowrap | Julia Butler Hansen (D)
 * November 8, 1960
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
 * nowrap| Douglas Hemphill Elliott (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died June 19, 1960
 * nowrap | J. Irving Whalley (R)
 * November 8, 1960
 * North Dakota's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap| Quentin Burdick (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 8, 1960, after becoming U.S. Senator
 * rowspan=4 |Vacant
 * rowspan=4 |Not filled this term
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap| Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 10, 1960
 * Wyoming's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap| Edwin Keith Thomson (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died December 9, 1960
 * New York's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap| Albert H. Bosch (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1960, after being elected judge of Court of Queens County
 * }
 * nowrap| Quentin Burdick (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 8, 1960, after becoming U.S. Senator
 * rowspan=4 |Vacant
 * rowspan=4 |Not filled this term
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap| Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 10, 1960
 * Wyoming's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap| Edwin Keith Thomson (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died December 9, 1960
 * New York's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap| Albert H. Bosch (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1960, after being elected judge of Court of Queens County
 * }
 * nowrap| Albert H. Bosch (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1960, after being elected judge of Court of Queens County
 * }

Senate

 * Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chairman: Lyndon B. Johnson; Ranking Member: Styles Bridges)
 * 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: A. Willis Robertson; Ranking Member: Homer Capehart)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Alan Bible; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall)
 * Finance (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: John J. Williams)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
 * Government Operations (Chairman: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt)
 * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: James E. Murray; Ranking Member: Henry Dworshak)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: Andrew F. Schoeppel)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: Alexander Wiley)
 * Labor-Management Relations (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater)
 * National Water Resources (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Preserve Historical Records of the Senate (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson)
 * Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: Francis Case)
 * Rules and Administration (Chairman: Thomas C. Hennings; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
 * Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman)
 * Space and Aeronautics (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Unemployment Problems (Special) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: Charles B. Hoeven)
 * 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: Clarence E. Kilburn)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: James C. Auchincloss)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: Graham A. Barden; Ranking Member: Carroll D. Kearns)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: Robert B. Chiperfield)
 * Government Operations (Chairman: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Clare E. Hoffman)
 * House Administration (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Paul F. Schenck)
 * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Wayne N. Aspinall; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Oren Harris; Ranking Member: John B. Bennett)
 * Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch)
 * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Herbert C. Bonner; 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: James C. Auchincloss)
 * Rules (Chairman: Howard W. Smith; Ranking Member: Leo E. Allen)
 * Science and Astronautics (Chairman: Overton Brooks; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Martin Jr.)
 * Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Un-American Activities (Chairman: Francis E. Walter; Ranking Member: Donald L. Jackson)
 * Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Edith Nourse Rogers)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member: Richard M. Simpson)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Atomic Energy (Chairman: Sen. Clinton P. Anderson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Carl T. Durham)
 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian
 * Defense Production (Chairman: Rep. Paul Brown; Vice Chairman: Sen. Homer Capehart)
 * Disposition of Executive Papers
 * Economic
 * Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Vacant)
 * Legislative Budget
 * The Library (Chairman: Sen. Theodore F. Green; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson)
 * 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. Wilbur D. Mills; 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 Joe Bartlett (R)
 * Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.
 * Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp - Presbyterian