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.

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Label Occurrences
85th United States Congress canonical 13
Eighty-fifth United States Congress 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 ⓘ
85th United States Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 United States government ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 amendments

Civil Rights Act of 1957 ⓘ
Civil Rights Commission authorization ⓘ
Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 ⓘ
surface form: Defense Reorganization Act of 1958

Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 ⓘ
surface form: 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 (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

86th United States Congress → precededBy → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1957 → enactedBy → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
National Aeronautics and Space Act → enactedBy → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
84th United States Congress → followedBy → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 → enactedBy → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
85th United States Congress → hasSession → 85th United States Congress self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second session of the 85th United States Congress
Public Law 85-568 → congressNumber → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
National Defense Education Act → enactedBy → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
LXXXIV → followedBy → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: LXXXIV United States Congress
this entity surface form: Eighty-fifth United States Congress
Public Law 85-726 → enactedBy → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
CA-13 → representedIn → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
NDEA → enactedBy → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 85-864 → enactedBy → 85th United States Congress ⓘ
William A. Blakley → legislativeTerm → 85th United States Congress ⓘ