84th United States Congress

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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.

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Generate an image of the 84th United States Congress (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.)

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84th United States Congress canonical 14
84th Congress 2

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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 (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
hasMajorityPartyInSenate Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
hasMinorityPartyInHouse Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
hasMinorityPartyInSenate Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasPresidentOfTheSenate Richard Nixon ⓘ
hasSpeaker Sam Rayburn ⓘ
legislativeBody 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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

Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 → enactedBy → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 84-851 → enactedBy → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 84-851 → congressNumber → 84th Congress ⓘ
linked to: 84th United States Congress
Public Law 84-627 → legislativeBody → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
85th United States Congress → follows → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
83rd United States Congress → followedBy → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
84-851 → enactedBy → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
California's 11th congressional district → representedIn → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
LXXXIV United States Congress → shortName → 84th Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: LXXXIV
linked to: 84th United States Congress
CA-13 → representedIn → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
Social Security Amendments of 1956 → enactedBy → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
Frank T. Bow → servedInCongress → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
Formosa Resolution → passedDuring → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. → servedIn → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
Dennis Chávez → servedIn → 84th United States Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: Dionisio Chávez