Education Policy: Research: Policymakers:

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)

 

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