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.

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Label Occurrences
86th United States Congress canonical 13
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 ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
controlledByInSenate Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: 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 Eisenhower administration ⓘ
surface form: 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 (14)

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

Public Law 86-209 → enactedBy → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 → enactedBy → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1960 → congressNumber → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
87th United States Congress → precededBy → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
85th United States Congress → followedBy → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
Landrum–Griffin Act → enactedBy → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 86-257 → enactedBy → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 86-449 → enactedBy → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 86-449 → congressSession → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: 86th United States Congress, 2nd session
An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States → enactedBy → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1960
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
CA-13 → representedIn → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
1959 State of the Union Address → legislativeSession → 86th United States Congress ⓘ
Hawaii Admission Act → enactedBy → 86th United States Congress ⓘ