Key Federal Education Policymakers, 1957-1960, Eisenhower Administration

1957 - 1960 Eisenhower Administration

President:

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 1957 - 1960

Secretary of H.E.W.:

Marion B. Folsom
Arthur S. Flemming (1958)

Commissioner of Education:

Lawrence G. Derthick

Major education actions:

1957 - LOC to Purchase Books and Sound Reproductions for the Blind (P.L. 85-308)
1958 - National Defense Education Act (NDEA; P.L. 85-864) [Note 1]
1958 - Education of Mentally Retarded Children Act of 1958 (P.L. 85-926)

85th Congress (1957-1958)

SENATE: 49-Dem, 47-Rep.
- 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: 234-Dem, 201-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)

86th Congress (1959-1960)

SENATE: 65-Dem, 35-Rep.
- Vice-President: Richard M. Nixon (R)
- Majority Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)
- Minority Leader: Everett M. Dirksen (R-IL)
- Committee: Labor and Public Welfare
  - Chair: Lister Hill (D-AL)
  - Ranking Minority Member: Barry M. Goldwater (R-AZ)

HOUSE: 283-Dem, 153-Rep, 1-Other
- Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D-TX)
- Majority Leader: John W. McCormack (D-MA)
- Minority Leader: Charles A. Halleck (R-IN)
- Committee: Committee on Education and Labor
  - Chair: Graham A. Barden (D-NC)
  - Ranking Minority Member: Carroll D. Kearns (R-PA)