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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