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 (died in office, 1953)
Samuel M. Brownell (10/16/1953)

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)
  • Majority Leader: 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)

Notes and Sources

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