83rd Congress (1953-1955)
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-KS)
House Majority Party: Republican
House Majority Seats: 221 out of 435
House Speaker: Rep. Joseph Martin (R-MA)
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)
Senate Majority Party: Republican
Senate Majority Seats: 48 out of 96
Senate Majority Floor Leader: Sen. Robert Taft (R-OH) / Sen. William F. Knowland (R-CA)
Above: Speaker of the House, Rep. Joseph Martin (R-MA).
Enactments:
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Submerged Lands Act
Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1953
Small Business Administration Act
Legislative - Judiciary Appropriation Act of 1953
Refugee Relief Act of 1953
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
St. Lawrence Seaway Act of 1954
Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1954
Legislative - Judiciary Appropriation Act of 1954
Enactments (cont):
Agricultural Trade and Development
Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands
Housing Act of 1954
Internal Revenue Code of 1954
Communist Control Act of 1954
Atomic Energy Act of 1954
Social Security Act Amendments
Custom Simplification Act of 1954