85th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 85th United States Congress was the federal legislature of the U.S. that met from 1957 to 1959 during the Eisenhower administration, enacting key civil rights and Cold War-era legislation.

Aliases (1)

Second session of the 85th United States Congress ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature →
adjournsOn	1959-01-03 →
convenesOn	1957-01-03 →
country	United States of America →
firstSessionEnd	1957-11-07 →
firstSessionStart	1957-01-03 →
followedBy	86th United States Congress →
follows	84th United States Congress →
hasComponent	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
hasSession	First session of the 85th United States Congress → Second session of the 85th United States Congress →
HouseMajorityLeader	John W. McCormack →
HouseMinorityLeader	Joseph W. Martin Jr. →
legislativeFocus	Cold War policy → civil rights legislation → defense reorganization → education and science funding → highway and infrastructure funding →
legislativeTermEnd	1959-01-03 →
legislativeTermStart	1957-01-03 →
legislatureFor	federal government of the United States →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. →
meetsAfter	1956 United States elections →
meetsDuringPresidencyOf	Dwight D. Eisenhower →
meetsIn	United States Capitol →
numberOfSenators	96 →
numberOfVotingRepresentatives	435 →
ordinalNumber	85 →
partyControlHouse	Democratic Party →
partyControlSenate	Democratic Party →
passes	Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 amendments → Civil Rights Act of 1957 → Civil Rights Commission authorization → Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 → Federal-Aid Highway Act amendments → Housing Act of 1957 → Mutual Security Act authorizations → National Defense Education Act → Small Business Act of 1958 →
PresidentOfSenate	Richard Nixon →
secondSessionEnd	1958-08-24 →
secondSessionStart	1958-01-07 →
SenateMajorityLeader	Lyndon B. Johnson →
SenateMinorityLeader	William F. Knowland →
SpeakerOfTheHouse	Sam Rayburn →
timePeriod	1957–1959 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Civil Rights Act of 1957 → Federal Aviation Act of 1958 → National Aeronautics and Space Act → National Defense Education Act →	enactedBy
Public Law 85-568 →	congressNumber
84th United States Congress →	followedBy
85th United States Congress ("Second session of the 85th United States Congress") →	hasSession
86th United States Congress →	precededBy
California's 11th congressional district →	representedIn