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23 unusual facts about 85th United States Congress


Antonio M. Fernández

He died after he had been reelected to the 85th congress in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 7, 1956 and was buried in Rosario Catholic Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Basil Lee Whitener

Whitener was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1969); he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress and an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress.

Brady P. Gentry

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress.

D. Bailey Merrill

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress and for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress.

Denver David Hargis

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress.

Dewey Jackson Short

Short was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress.

George A. Shuford

Shuford was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959).

Harlan Erwin Mitchell

Upon the 1957 death of U.S. Representative Henderson Lovelace Lanham from the Georgia's 7th congressional district, Mitchell ran as a Democrat and won the special election to fill Lanham's term in the 85th United States Congress.

James Bowler

He was reelected to the Eighty-fourth and Eighty-fifth Congresses and served from July 7, 1953, until his death.

James Floyd Breeding

Breeding was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1963).

John Herman Dent

He was elected in 1958 as a Democrat to the 85th United States Congress, by special election, January 21, 1958, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Augustine Kelley, and was reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses.

Oren Harris

In the 1960s, Harris was the chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Eighty-fifth through Eighty-ninth Congresses).

Orvin B. Fjare

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress.

Richard W. Hoffman

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress.

Robert J. McIntosh

In 1956, McIntosh was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 7th congressional district to the 85th United States Congress, serving from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1959.

Russell W. Keeney

Keeney was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress and served from January 3, 1957, until his death in Bethesda, Maryland, January 11, 1958.

Ruth Thompson

She was an unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination to the 85th Congress in 1956, being defeated by fellow Republican Robert P. Griffin and returned to her home in Whitehall.

T. Millet Hand

Hand was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses and had been reelected on November 6, 1956, to the Eighty-fifth Congress.

Thomas S. Gordon

He served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (Eighty-fifth Congress).

Vincent J. Dellay

He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress, serving in office from January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959, and changed political affiliation from Republican to Democrat during the Eighty-fifth Congress.

William Broomfield

In 1956, Broomfield was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 18th District to the United States House of Representatives for the 85th and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1993.

William C. Wampler

Wampler was again an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1956 to the 85th Congress, and served as vice president and general manager of Wampler Brothers Furniture Company in Bristol, Virginia from 1957 to 1960 and the vice president and general manager of Wampler Carpet Company from 1961 to 1966.

William R. Williams

He was elected as a Republican to the 82nd, 83rd, 84th and 85th United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1959.