Education Policy: Research: Policymakers:

1961 - 1964 Kennedy/Johnson Administration

President:

John F. Kennedy (D) 1961 - 1963 (died 11/22/1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 1963 - 1964

Secretary of H.E.W.:

Abraham A. Ribicoff
Anthony J. Celebrezze (1962)

Commissioner of Education:  

Sterling M. McMurrin (1961-1962)
Francis Keppel (1963-1964)

Major education actions:

• 1961 - Juvenile Deliquency and Youth Offences Control Act (P.L. 87-274)
• 1962 - Manpower Development and Training Act (P.L. 87-415)
• 1962 - Educational Television Act (P.L. 87-477)
• 1963 - Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Act (P.L. 88-156)
• 1963 - Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Construction Act (P.L. 88-164)
• 1963 - Higher Education Facilities Act (P.L. 88-204) [Note 3]
• 1963 - Vocational Education Act (P.L. 88-210)
• 1964 - Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (P.L. 88-352) [Note 1]
• 1964 - Economic Opportunity Act (including Adult Basic Education; P.L. 88-452)
• 1964 - National Defense Education Act Amendments (P.L. 88-665)

87th Congress (1961-1962)

• SENATE: 64-Dem, 36-Rep.   
  • Vice-President: Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
  • Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
  • 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: 263-Dem, 174-Rep.
  • Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D-TX) (died 11/16/1961)
  • Speaker: John W. McCormack (D-MA) (1/10/1962)
• Majority Leader: John W. McCormack (D-MA) (became Speaker 1/10/1962)
• Majority Leader: Carl B. Albert (D-OK) (1/10/196)
• Minority Leader: Charles A. Halleck (R-IN)
• Committee: Committee on Education and Labor
  • Chair: Adam C. Powell (D-NY)
  • Ranking Minority Member: Carroll D. Kearns (R-PA)

88th Congress (1963-1964)

• SENATE: 66-Dem, 34-Rep.   
  • Vice-President: Lyndon B. Johnson (D) (until 11/22/63, then vacant)
  • Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
  • 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: 259-Dem, 176-Rep.
  • Speaker:  John W. McCormack (D-MA)
  • Majority Leader: Carl B. Albert (D-OK)
  • Minority Leader: Charles A. Halleck (R-IN)
  • Committee: Committee on Education and Labor
    • Chair: Adam C. Powell (D-NY)
    • Ranking Minority Member: Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, Jr. (R-NJ)

Notes and Sources

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