86th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 86th United States Congress was the federal legislature in session from 1959 to 1961 during the Eisenhower administration, enacting significant Cold War–era and domestic legislation.

Aliases (1)

86th United States Congress, 2nd session ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Congress → bicameral legislature →
adjournedSineDieOn	1960-09-01 →
chamber1	United States Senate →
chamber2	United States House of Representatives →
controlledByInHouse	Democratic Party (United States) →
controlledByInSenate	Democratic Party (United States) →
convenedOn	1959-01-07 →
country	United States of America →
endTime	1961-01-03 →
firstSessionEnd	1959-09-15 →
firstSessionStart	1959-01-07 →
followedBy	87th United States Congress →
hasPart	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
headOfGovernmentDuringTerm	Dwight D. Eisenhower →
jurisdiction	federal law of the United States →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legislativeBody	United States Congress →
legislativeFocus	Cold War foreign policy → civil rights enforcement → domestic economic policy → education and science funding →
legislativePeriod	1959–1961 →
legislativeTermOf	United States Congress →
legislatureNumber	86 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. →
majorityLeaderOfTheHouse	John W. McCormack →
majorityLeaderOfTheSenate	Lyndon B. Johnson →
meetingPlace	United States Capitol →
meetsDuring	Dwight D. Eisenhower administration →
minorityLeaderOfTheHouse	Charles A. Halleck →
minorityLeaderOfTheSenate	Everett Dirksen →
numberOfSenators	100 →
numberOfVotingRepresentatives	437 →
ordinalNumber	86 →
passedLegislation	Bank Merger Act of 1960 → Civil Rights Act of 1960 → Defense appropriations for early Vietnam-era buildup → Federal Aviation Act amendments expanding FAA authority → Food Stamp Act of 1959 (pilot authorization) → Mutual Security Act extensions → National Defense Education Act amendments →
politicalContext	Civil Rights Era → Cold War →
precededBy	85th United States Congress →
presidentOfTheSenate	Richard Nixon →
presidentProTemporeOfTheSenate	Carl Hayden →
secondSessionEnd	1960-09-01 →
secondSessionStart	1960-01-06 →
sessionCount	2 →
speakerOfTheHouse	Sam Rayburn →
startTime	1959-01-03 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Civil Rights Act of 1960 → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 → Landrum–Griffin Act → Public Law 86-209 → Public Law 86-257 → Public Law 86-449 →	enactedBy
Civil Rights Act of 1960 →	congressNumber
Public Law 86-449 ("86th United States Congress, 2nd session") →	congressSession
85th United States Congress →	followedBy
87th United States Congress →	precededBy
California's 11th congressional district →	representedIn