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EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS JANUARY 3, 1955, TO JANUARY 3, 1957

FIRST SESSION—January 5, 1955, 1 to August 2, 1955 SECOND SESSION—January 3, 1956, to July 27, 1956

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —RICHARD M. NIXON, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—WALTER F. GEORGE, 2 of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—FELTON MCLELLAN JOHNSTON, 2 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—JOSEPH C. DUKE, 2 of Arizona

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—, 2 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—RALPH R. ROBERTS, 2 of Indiana SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—ZEAKE W. JOHNSON, JR., 2 of DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—WILLIAM M. MILLER, 2 of Mississippi POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—H. H. MORRIS, 2 of

ALABAMA Wilbur D. Mills, Kensett Carl Hinshaw, 3 Pasadena SENATORS James W. Trimble, Berryville Edgar W. Hiestand, Altadena , El Dorado Lister Hill, Montgomery Joe Holt, Van Nuys John J. Sparkman, Huntsville , Little Rock , South Gate W. F. Norrell, Monticello Glenard P. Lipscomb, Los Angeles REPRESENTATIVES Patrick J. Hillings, Arcadia Frank W. Boykin, Mobile CALIFORNIA James Roosevelt, Los Angeles George M. Grant, Troy SENATORS Harry R. Sheppard, Yucaipa George W. Andrews, Union Springs William F. Knowland, Piedmont James B. Utt, Santa Ana Kenneth A. Roberts, Anniston Thomas H. Kuchel, Anaheim John Phillips, Banning , Gadsden REPRESENTATIVES Bob Wilson, Chula Vista Armistead I. Selden, Jr., Greensboro Hubert B. Scudder, Sebastopol Carl Elliott, Jasper COLORADO Robert E. Jones, Scottsboro Clair Engle, Red Bluff SENATORS George Huddleston, Jr., Birmingham John E. Moss, Sacramento William S. Mailliard, San Francisco Eugene D. Millikin, Denver ARIZONA John F. Shelley, San Francisco Gordon L. Allott, Lamar SENATORS John F. Baldwin, Jr., Martinez REPRESENTATIVES Carl Hayden, Phoenix John J. Allen, Jr., Oakland Byron G. Rogers, Denver Barry M. Goldwater, Phoenix George P. Miller, Alameda William S. Hill, Fort Collins J. Arthur Younger, San Mateo REPRESENTATIVES J. Edgar Chenoweth, Trinidad Charles S. Gubser, Gilroy Wayne N. Aspinall, Palisade John J. Rhodes, Mesa Leroy Johnson, Stockton Stewart L. Udall, Tucson B. F. Sisk, Fresno CONNECTICUT Charles M. Teague, Ojai SENATORS Harlan Hagen, Hanford SENATORS Gordon L. McDonough, Los Angeles Prescott S. Bush, Greenwich John L. McClellan, Camden Donald L. Jackson, Pacific Palisades William A. Purtell, West Hartford J. William Fulbright, Fayetteville Cecil R. King, Los Angeles REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Craig Hosmer, Long Beach Thomas J. Dodd, West Hartford E. C. Gathings, West Memphis Chet Holifield, Montebello Horace Seely-Brown, Jr., Pomfret Center

1 By joint resolution (Pub. Law 700, 83d Cong., 2d sess.) 2 Elected January 5, 1955. the date of assembling the first session of the Eighty- 3 Died August 5, 1956; vacancy throughout remainder fourth Congress was fixed for January 5, 1955. of the Congress.

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Albert W. Cretella, North Haven William E. McVey, Harvey Myron V. George, Altamont Albert P. Morano, Greenwich John C. Kluczynski, Edward H. Rees, Emporia James T. Patterson, Watertown Thomas J. O’Brien, Chicago Clifford R. Hope, Garden City At Large–Antoni N. Sadlak, Rockville James B. Bowler, Chicago , Mankato Thomas S. Gordon, Chicago DELAWARE Sidney R. Yates, Chicago KENTUCKY SENATORS Richard W. Hoffman, Riverside SENATORS John J. Williams, Millsboro Timothy P. Sheehan, Chicago Earle C. Clements, Morganfield J. Allen Frear, Jr., Dover Charles A. Boyle, Chicago Alben W. Barkley, 6 Paducah Marguerite Stitt Church, Evanston 7 REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Robert Humphreys, Frankfort Chauncey W. Reed, 5 West Chicago , 8 Somerset Harris B. McDowell, Jr., Middletown Noah M. Mason, Oglesby REPRESENTATIVES Leo E. Allen, Galena FLORIDA Leslie C. Arends, Melvin Noble J. Gregory, Mayfield SENATORS Harold H. Velde, Pekin William H. Natcher, Bowling Green John M. Robsion, Jr., Louisville Spessard L. Holland, Bartow Robert B. Chiperfield, Canton , Lebanon George A. Smathers, Miami Sid Simpson, Carrollton , Fort Thomas REPRESENTATIVES Peter F. Mack, Jr., Carlinville William L. Springer, Champaign John C. Watts, Nicholasville William C. Cramer, St. Petersburg Charles W. Vursell, Salem Carl D. Perkins, Hindman Charles E. Bennett, Jacksonville Melvin Price, East St. Louis , Williamsburg Robert L. F. Sikes, Crestview Kenneth J. Gray, West Frankfort Dante B. Fascell, Miami A. S. Herlong, Jr., Leesburg INDIANA SENATORS Paul G. Rogers, 4 West Palm Beach SENATORS Allen J. Ellender, Houma James A. Haley, Sarasota Russell B. Long, Baton Rouge D. R. (Billy) Matthews, Gainesville Homer E. Capehart, William E. Jenner, Bedford REPRESENTATIVES GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVES F. Edward He´bert, , New Orleans SENATORS Ray J. Madden, Gary Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer Edwin E. Willis, St. Martinville Walter F. George, Vienna Overton Brooks, Shreveport Richard B. Russell, Winder Shepard J. Crumpacker, South Bend E. Ross Adair, Fort Wayne Otto E. Passman, Monroe REPRESENTATIVES John V. Beamer, Wabash James H. Morrison, Hammond Prince H. Preston, Statesboro Cecil M. Harden, Covington T. Ashton Thompson, Ville Platte John L. Pilcher, Meigs William G. Bray, Martinsville George S. Long, Pineville E. L. Forrester, Leesburg Winfield K. Denton, Evansville John James Flynt, Jr., Griffin Earl Wilson, Bedford MAINE James C. Davis, Stone Mountain Ralph Harvey, Mount Summit SENATORS , Milledgeville Charles B. Brownson, Indianapolis , Skowhegan Henderson Lanham, Rome Frederick G. Payne, Waldoboro Iris F. Blitch, Homerville IOWA REPRESENTATIVES Phil M. Landrum, Jasper SENATORS Paul Brown, Elberton Robert Hale, Portland Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Cedar Rapids Charles P. Nelson, Waterville IDAHO Thomas E. Martin, Iowa City Clifford G. McIntire, Perham REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Fred Schwengel, Davenport Henry C. Dworshak, Burley Henry O. Talle, Decorah SENATORS Herman Welker, Payette H. R. Gross, Waterloo John Marshall Butler, REPRESENTATIVES Karl M. LeCompte, Corydon J. Glenn Beall, Frostburg Gracie Pfost, Nampa Paul Cunningham, Des Moines REPRESENTATIVES Hamer H. Budge, Boise James I. Dolliver, Fort Dodge Edward T. Miller, Easton Ben F. Jensen, Exira James P. S. Devereux, Stevenson Charles B. Hoeven, Alton Edward A. Garmatz, Baltimore SENATORS George H. Fallon, Baltimore Paul H. Douglas, Chicago Richard E. Lankford, Annapolis Everett M. Dirksen, Pekin SENATORS DeWitt S. Hyde, Bethesda REPRESENTATIVES Andrew F. Schoeppel, Wichita Samuel N. Friedel, Baltimore William L. Dawson, Chicago , Concordia Barratt O’Hara, Chicago REPRESENTATIVES James C. Murray, Chicago William H. Avery, Wakefield SENATORS Errett P. Scrivner, Kansas City Leverett Saltonstall, Dover

4 Elected January 4, 1955, to fill vacancy caused by 5 Died February 9, 1956; vacancy throughout remainder 7 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Alben death of his father Representative-elect Dwight L. Rogers of the Congress. W. Barkley, and took his seat June 25, 1956. in the preceding Congress, and became a member of the 6 Died April 30, 1956. 8 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Alben W. House on January 13, 1955. Barkley, and took his seat January 3, 1957. 408 Biographical Directory

MASSACHUSETTS—Continued John C. Stennis, De Kalb Perkins Bass, Peterborough SENATORS—Continued REPRESENTATIVES Thomas G. Abernethy, Okolona John F. Kennedy, Jamie L. Whitten, Charleston SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Frank E. Smith, Greenwood H. Alexander Smith, Princeton John W. Heselton, Deerfield John Bell Williams, Raymond Clifford P. Case, Rahway Edward P. Boland, Springfield Arthur Winstead, REPRESENTATIVES Philip J. Philbin, Clinton William M. Colmer, Pascagoula Harold D. Donohue, Worcester Charles A. Wolverton, Merchantville Edith Nourse Rogers, Lowell MISSOURI T. Millet Hand, 11 Cape May City William H. Bates, Salem James C. Auchincloss, Rumson Thomas J. Lane, Lawrence SENATORS , Jr., Trenton Torbert H. Macdonald, Malden Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., St. Louis Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., Morristown Donald W. Nicholson, Wareham Stuart Symington, Creve Coeur Harrison A. Williams, Jr., Plainfield , Boston REPRESENTATIVES William B. Widnall, Saddle River Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr., Cambridge Frank M. Karsten, St. Louis Gordon Canfield, Paterson John W. McCormack, Dorchester Thomas B. Curtis, Webster Groves Frank C. Osmers, Jr., Tenafly Richard B. Wigglesworth, Milton Peter W. Rodino, Jr., Newark Joseph W. Martin, Jr., North Attleboro Leonor Kretzer (Mrs. John B.) Sullivan, St. Louis Hugh J. Addonizio, Newark MICHIGAN George H. Christopher, Butler Robert W. Kean, Livingston Alfred D. Sieminski, Jersey City SENATORS Richard Bolling, Kansas City W. R. Hull, Jr., Weston T. James Tumulty, Jersey City Charles E. Potter, Cheboygan Patrick V. McNamara, Detroit Dewey Short, Galena A. S. J. Carnahan, Ellsinore REPRESENTATIVES , Elsberry SENATORS Thaddeus M. Machrowicz, Hamtramck Paul C. Jones, Kennett Dennis Chavez, Albuquerque George Meader, Ann Arbor Morgan M. Moulder, Camdenton August E. Johansen, Battle Creek Clinton P. Anderson, Albuquerque Clare E. Hoffman, Allegan MONTANA REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Gerald R. Ford, Jr., Grand Rapids 12 SENATORS Antonio M. Fernandez, Santa Fe Don Hayworth, East Lansing John J. Dempsey, Santa Fe Jesse P. Wolcott, Port Huron James E. Murray, Butte Alvin M. Bentley, Owosso , Missoula Ruth Thompson, Whitehall REPRESENTATIVES Elford A. Cederberg, Bay City SENATORS Lee Metcalf, Helena Victor A. Knox, Sault Ste. Marie Irving M. Ives, Norwich Orvin B. Fjare, Big Timber John B. Bennett, Ontonagon Herbert H. Lehman, Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Detroit REPRESENTATIVES Louis C. Rabaut, Grosse Pointe Park NEBRASKA John D. Dingell, 9 Detroit SENATORS , Wainscott John D. Dingell, 10 Detroit Roman L. Hruska, Omaha Steven B. Derounian, Roslyn John Lesinski, Dearborn Carl T. Curtis, Minden Frank J. Becker, Lynbrook Henry J. Latham, Village Martha W. Griffiths, Detroit REPRESENTATIVES George A. Dondero, Royal Oak Albert H. Bosch, Richmond Hill Phillip Weaver, Falls City , Rego Park Jackson B. Chase, Omaha James J. Delaney, City SENATORS Robert D. Harrison, Norfolk Victor L. Anfuso, Brooklyn A. L. Miller, Kimball Edward J. Thye, Northfield Eugene J. Keogh, Brooklyn Edna F. Kelly, Brooklyn Hubert H. Humphrey, Minneapolis NEVADA REPRESENTATIVES , Brooklyn SENATORS August H. Andresen, Red Wing Francis E. Dorn, Brooklyn Joseph P. O’Hara, Glencoe George W. Malone, Reno Abraham J. Multer, Brooklyn Roy W. Wier, Minneapolis Alan H. Bible, Reno John J. Rooney, Brooklyn Eugene J. McCarthy, St. Paul REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John H. Ray, Staten Island Walter H. Judd, Minneapolis Clifton Young, Reno Adam C. Powell, Jr., New York City Fred Marshall, Grove City Frederic R. Coudert, Jr., New York H. Carl Andersen, Tyler NEW HAMPSHIRE City John A. Blatnik, Chisholm James G. Donovan, New York City SENATORS Coya Knutson, Oklee Arthur G. Klein, 13 New York City H. Styles Bridges, Concord Irwin D. Davidson, 13 New York City MISSISSIPPI Norris Cotton, Lebanon , New York City SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Sidney A. Fine, 14 New York City James O. Eastland, Doddsville Chester E. Merrow, Center Ossipee James C. Healey, 15 New York City

9 Died September 19, 1955. 11 Died December 26, 1956, before the commencement 13 Resigned December 31, 1956; vacancy throughout re- 10 Elected December 13, 1955, to fill vacancy caused by of the Eighty-fifth Congress, to which he had been re- mainder of the Congress. death of his father John D. Dingell, and became a member elected; vacancy throughout remainder of the Congress. 14 Resigned January 2, 1956. of the House on January 3, 1956. 12 Died November 7, 1956, before the commencement of 15 Elected February 7, 1956, to fill vacancy caused by the Eighty-fifth Congress, to which he had been reelected; resignation of Sidney A. Fine, and became a member of vacancy throughout remainder of the Congress. the House on February 20, 1956. EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS 409

Isidore Dollinger, New York City Jackson E. Betts, Findlay Francis E. Walter, Easton Charles A. Buckley, New York City Thomas L. Ashley, Toledo Walter M. Mumma, Harrisburg Paul A. Fino, New York City Thomas A. Jenkins, Ironton Alvin R. Bush, Muncy Ralph A. Gamble, Larchmont Oliver P. Bolton, Mentor Richard M. Simpson, Huntingdon Ralph W. Gwinn, Bronxville John M. Vorys, Columbus James M. Quigley, Highland Park Katharine St. George, Tuxedo Park A. D. Baumhart, Jr., Vermilion James E. Van Zandt, Altoona J. Ernest Wharton, Richmondville William H. Ayres, Akron Augustine B. Kelley, Greensburg Leo W. O’Brien, Albany John E. Henderson, Cambridge John P. Saylor, Johnstown Dean P. Taylor, Troy Frank T. Bow, Canton Leon H. Gavin, Oil City Bernard W. (Pat) Kearney, Gloversville J. Harry McGregor, West Lafayette Carroll D. Kearns, Farrell Clarence E. Kilburn, Malone Wayne L. Hays, Flushing Frank M. Clark, Bessemer William R. Williams, Cassville Michael J. Kirwan, Youngstown Thomas E. Morgan, Fredericktown R. Walter Riehlman, Tully Michael A. Feighan, Cleveland James G. Fulton, Pittsburgh , Auburn Charles A. Vanik, Cleveland Herman P. Eberharter, Pittsburgh W. Sterling Cole, Bath Frances P. Bolton, Lyndhurst Robert J. Corbett, Pittsburgh Kenneth B. Keating, Rochester William E. Minshall, Rocky River Vera Buchanan, 18 McKeesport Harold C. Ostertag, Attica Elmer J. Holland, 19 Pittsburgh William E. Miller, Lockport Edmund P. Radwan, Buffalo SENATORS RHODE ISLAND John R. Pillion, Lackawanna Robert S. Kerr, SENATORS Daniel A. Reed, Dunkirk A. S. , Oklahoma City Theodore F. Green, Providence REPRESENTATIVES John O. Pastore, Providence , Enid REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Ed Edmondson, Muskogee Samuel J. Ervin, Jr., Morganton Aime J. Forand, Cumberland , McAlester John E. Fogarty, Harmony W. Kerr Scott, Haw River , Shawnee REPRESENTATIVES , Oklahoma City SOUTH CAROLINA Herbert C. Bonner, Washington , Mangum L. H. Fountain, Tarboro SENATORS Graham A. Barden, New Bern Olin D. Johnston, Spartanburg Harold D. Cooley, Nashville SENATORS James Strom Thurmond, 20 Aiken 21 Thurmond Chatham, Winston-Salem Wayne L. Morse, Eugene Thomas A. Wofford, Greenville 22 Carl T. Durham, Chapel Hill Richard L. Neuberger, Portland James Strom Thurmond, Aiken F. Ertel Carlyle, Lumberton REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Charles B. Deane, Rockingham Walter Norblad, Stayton L. Mendel Rivers, Charleston Hugh Q. Alexander, Kannapolis Sam Coon, Baker John J. Riley, Sumter Charles Raper Jonas, Lincolnton , Portland W. J. Bryan Dorn, Greenwood Woodrow W. Jones, Rutherfordton Harris Ellsworth, Roseburg Robert T. Ashmore, Greenville George A. Shuford, Asheville James P. Richards, Lancaster John L. McMillan, Florence SENATORS SENATORS Edward Martin, Washington SOUTH DAKOTA William Langer, Wheatland James H. Duff, Carnegie SENATORS Milton R. Young, La Moure REPRESENTATIVES Karl E. Mundt, Madison REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE William A. Barrett, Philadelphia Francis H. Case, Custer Usher L. Burdick, Williston William T. Granahan, 16 Philadelphia REPRESENTATIVES Otto Krueger, Fessenden Kathryn E. Granahan (Mrs. William Harold O. Lovre, Watertown OHIO T.), 17 Philadelphia E. Y. Berry, McLaughlin James A. Byrne, Philadelphia SENATORS Earl Chudoff, Philadelphia TENNESSEE John W. Bricker, Columbus William J. Green, Jr., Philadelphia SENATORS George H. Bender, Chagrin Falls , Philadelphia REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin F. James, Rosemont Estas Kefauver, Chattanooga Gordon H. Scherer, Cincinnati Karl C. King, Morrisville Albert A. Gore, Carthage William E. Hess, Cincinnati Paul B. Dague, Downingtown REPRESENTATIVES Paul F. Schenck, Dayton Joseph L. Carrigg, Susquehanna B. Carroll Reece, Johnson City William M. McCulloch, Piqua Daniel J. Flood, Wilkes-Barre Howard H. Baker, Huntsville Cliff Clevenger, Bryan Ivor D. Fenton, Mahanoy City James B. Frazier, Jr., Chattanooga James G. Polk, Highland Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., Wynnewood Joe L. Evins, Smithville Clarence J. Brown, Blanchester George M. Rhodes, Reading J. , 23 Nashville

16 Died May 25, 1956. 19 Elected January 24, 1956, to fill vacancy caused by 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by his own resignation, 17 Elected November 6, 1956, to fill vacancy caused by death of Vera Buchanan, and became a member of the and took his seat January 3, 1957. death of her husband William T. Granahan, but was un- House on February 8, 1956. 23 Died October 12, 1956; vacancy throughout remainder able to be sworn in as Congress was not in session. 20 Resigned April 4, 1956. of the Congress. 18 Died November 26, 1955. 21 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James Strom Thurmond, and took his seat April 9, 1956. 410 Biographical Directory

TENNESSEE—Continued Ralph E. Flanders, Springfield M. G. Burnside, Huntington , Bluefield REPRESENTATIVES—Continued REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Winston L. Prouty, Newport Robert C. Byrd, Beckley , Pulaski Tom Murray, Jackson , Dyersburg VIRGINIA WISCONSIN Clifford Davis, Memphis SENATORS SENATORS Harry Flood Byrd, Berryville Alexander Wiley, Chippewa Falls TEXAS A. Willis Robertson, Lexington Joseph R. McCarthy, Appleton SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Lyndon B. Johnson, Johnson City Edward J. Robeson, Jr., Warwick Marion Price Daniel, Liberty Porter Hardy, Jr., Churchland Lawrence H. Smith, Racine REPRESENTATIVES J. Vaughan Gary, Richmond Glenn R. Davis, Waukesha , Texarkana Watkins M. Abbitt, Appomattox Gardner R. Withrow, La Crosse Jack B. Brooks, Beaumont William M. Tuck, South Boston Clement J. Zablocki, Milwaukee Brady Gentry, Tyler Richard H. Poff, Radford Henry S. Reuss, Milwaukee Sam Rayburn, Bonham William K. Van Pelt, Fond du Lac Bruce Alger, Dallas Burr P. Harrison, Winchester Howard W. Smith, Broad Run Melvin R. Laird, Marshfield Olin E. Teague, College Station John W. Byrnes, Green Bay John Dowdy, Athens W. Pat Jennings, Marion Joel T. Broyhill, Arlington Lester R. Johnson, Black River Falls Albert Thomas, Alvin E. O’Konski, Mercer Clark W. Thompson, Galveston Homer Thornberry, Austin WASHINGTON W. R. Poage, Waco SENATORS WYOMING James C. Wright, Jr., Weatherford Warren G. Magnuson, Seattle SENATORS Frank Ikard, Wichita Falls Henry M. Jackson, Everett John J. Bell, Cuero Frank A. Barrett, Lusk Joe M. Kilgore, McAllen REPRESENTATIVES Joseph C. O’Mahoney, Cheyenne J. T. Rutherford, Odessa Thomas M. Pelly, Seattle REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE , Anson Jack Westland, Everett Walter Rogers, Pampa Russell V. Mack, Hoquiam E. Keith Thomson, Cheyenne George H. Mahon, Lubbock Hal Holmes, Ellensburg Paul J. Kilday, San Antonio Walt Horan, Wenatchee TERRITORY OF O. C. Fisher, San Angelo Thor C. Tollefson, Tacoma DELEGATE At Large–Martin Dies, Lufkin At Large–Don Magnuson, Seattle E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, Juneau UTAH SENATORS SENATORS TERRITORY OF Arthur V. Watkins, Orem Wallace F. Bennett, Salt Lake City Harley M. Kilgore, 24 Beckley DELEGATE 25 REPRESENTATIVES William R. Laird III, Fayetteville Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington, Honolulu 26 Henry Aldous Dixon, Ogden , Charleston William A. Dawson, Salt Lake City Matthew M. Neely, Fairmont COMMONWEALTH OF REPRESENTATIVES PUERTO RICO VERMONT Robert H. Mollohan, Fairmont SENATORS Harley O. Staggers, Keyser RESIDENT COMMISSIONER George D. Aiken, Putney Cleveland M. Bailey, Clarksburg A. Ferno´s-Isern, Santurce

24 Died February 28, 1956. 25 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Harley 26 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Harley M. M. Kilgore, and took his seat March 15, 1956. Kilgore, and took his seat January 3, 1957.