84th United States Congress

E21194

United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 84th United States Congress was the federal legislative body in session from 1955 to 1957 that, among other actions, played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century U.S. domestic and infrastructure policy.

Aliases (1)

84th Congress ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States federal law →
convenesUnder	United States Constitution →
country	United States of America →
endTime	1957-01-03 →
firstSessionEndDate	1955-08-02 →
firstSessionStartDate	1955-01-05 →
followedBy	85th United States Congress →
hasKeyFigure	Lyndon B. Johnson → William F. Knowland →
hasMajorityPartyInHouse	Democratic Party → surface form: "Democratic Party (United States)"
hasMajorityPartyInSenate	Democratic Party → surface form: "Democratic Party (United States)"
hasMinorityPartyInHouse	Republican Party → surface form: "Republican Party (United States)"
hasMinorityPartyInSenate	Republican Party → surface form: "Republican Party (United States)"
hasPart	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
hasPresidentOfTheSenate	Richard Nixon →
hasSpeaker	Sam Rayburn →
legislativeBody	United States government → surface form: "federal government of the United States"
legislativeContext	Cold War era → post–World War II economic expansion →
legislativeFocus	infrastructure policy → interstate highway system development → mid-20th-century U.S. domestic policy →
legislativeSessionDuring	presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower →
legislativeTermOf	United States Congress →
legislatureNumber	LXXXIV →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. →
Lyndon B. Johnson role	Senate Majority Leader →
meetsIn	United States Capitol →
numberOfSenators	96 →
numberOfVotingRepresentatives	435 →
ordinalNumber	84 →
passed	Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 → Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 → Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 → surface form: "Highway Revenue Act of 1956" National Defense Education Act precursor measures →
precededBy	83rd United States Congress →
Richard Nixon role	President of the Senate →
Sam Rayburn role	Speaker of the House →
secondSessionEndDate	1956-07-27 →
secondSessionStartDate	1956-01-05 →
startTime	1955-01-03 →
typeOfGovernmentBody	federal legislature →
William F. Knowland role	Senate Minority Leader →

Referenced by (8)

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

Public Law 84-851 → congressNumber → 84th United States Congress →

this entity surface form: "84th Congress"

84-851 → enactedBy → 84th United States Congress →

Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 → enactedBy → 84th United States Congress →

Public Law 84-851 → enactedBy → 84th United States Congress →

83rd United States Congress → followedBy → 84th United States Congress →

85th United States Congress → follows → 84th United States Congress →

Public Law 84-627 → legislativeBody → 84th United States Congress →

California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 84th United States Congress →