88th United States Congress

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United States Congress bicameral legislature

The 88th United States Congress was the federal legislative body in session from 1963 to 1965 that passed landmark Great Society legislation, including major civil rights and anti-poverty laws.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
adjournedDuringPresidencyOf Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
apportionedBy 1960 United States census ⓘ
convenedBy John F. Kennedy ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1965-01-03 ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1963-12-30 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1963-01-09 ⓘ
followedBy 89th United States Congress ⓘ
hasMembershipType elected representatives ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
legislativeSessionCount 2 ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 88 ⓘ
legislatureNumber 88 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
majorityPartyInHouse Democratic Party ⓘ
majorityPartyInSenate Democratic Party ⓘ
meetsDuring American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Movement

Cold War ⓘ
meetsIn United States Capitol ⓘ
minorityPartyInHouse Republican Party ⓘ
minorityPartyInSenate Republican Party ⓘ
notableFor anti-poverty legislation ⓘ
landmark civil rights legislation ⓘ
partOfEra Great Society ⓘ
passed Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ
Public Law 88-352 ⓘ
Public Law 88-452 ⓘ
Revenue Act of 1964 ⓘ
Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 ⓘ
Wilderness Act of 1964 ⓘ
surface form: Wilderness Act
precededBy 87th United States Congress ⓘ
presidentDuringTerm John F. Kennedy ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
presidentProTemporeOfSenate Carl Hayden ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 1964-10-03 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1964-01-07 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse John W. McCormack ⓘ
startTime 1963-01-03 ⓘ
vicePresidentDuringTerm Hubert H. Humphrey ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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CRA 1964 → congressNumber → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964 → enactedBy → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
Criminal Justice Act of 1964 → enactedBy → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 → enactedBy → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
Equal Pay Act of 1963 → enactedBy → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
Food Stamp Act of 1964 → enactedBy → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 88-38 → enactedBy → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
Title IV – Desegregation of Public Education → enactedBy → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
Wilderness Act of 1964 → enactedBy → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
87th United States Congress → followedBy → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
Kennedy administration → legislativePartner → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
89th United States Congress → precededBy → 88th United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 88th United States Congress ⓘ