Education Policy: Research: Policymakers:

1953 - 1956 Eisenhower Administration

President:	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 1953 - 1956
Secretary of the Interior:	Douglas McKay
Secretary of H.E.W.:	Oveta Culp Hobby
	Marion B. Folsom (7/20/1955)
Commissioner of Education:	Lee M. Thurston
	Samuel M. Brownell

Major education actions:

• 1953 - Reorganization Plan I (creating the Department of Health, Education and Welfare)
• 1956 - (P.L. 84-825)
• 1956 - Social Security Amendments of 1956 (P.L. 88-880)
• 1956 - (P.L. 84-922)

83rd Congress (1953-1954)

• SENATE:   48-Rep, 47-Dem, 1-Other   
  • Vice-President:   Richard M. Nixon (R)
  • Majority Leader:   Robert A. Taft (R-OH), died 7/31/1953

            William F. Knowland (R-CA),  elected 8/4/1953.

  • Minority Leader:   Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)
  • Committee:   Labor and Public Welfare
  • Chair: H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ)
  • Ranking Minority Member: James E. Murray (D-MT)

• HOUSE:   221-Rep, 213-Dem, 1-Other
  • Speaker:    Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA)
  • Majority Leader:   Charles A. Halleck (R-IN)
  • Minority Leader:   Sam Rayburn (D-TX)
  • Committee:   Committee on Education and Labor
    • Chair: Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (R-PA)
    • Ranking Minority Member: Graham A. Barden (D-NC)

84th Congress (1955-1956)

• SENATE:    48-Dem, 47-Rep, 1-Other   
  • Vice-President:   Richard M. Nixon (R)
  • Majority Leader:   Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)
  • Minority Leader:   William F. Knowland (R-CA)
  • Committee:   Labor and Public Welfare
    • Chair: Lister Hill (D-AL)
    • Ranking Minority Member: H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ)

  

• HOUSE:   232-Dem, 203-Rep.
  • Speaker:   Sam Rayburn (D-TX)
  • Majority Leader:   John W. McCormack (D-MA)
  • Minority Leader:   Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA)
  • Committee:   Committee on Education and Labor
    • Chair: Graham A. Barden (D-NC)
    • Ranking Minority Member: Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (R-PA)

 

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