87th United States Congress

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/87th_United_States_Congress
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Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1963-01-03
gptkbp:followedBy 88th United States Congress
gptkbp:houseMajorityLeader gptkb:Carl_Albert
gptkbp:houseMinorityLeader Charles A. Halleck
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 87th United States Congress
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States_Capitol
gptkbp:majorityPartyHouse gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:majorityPartySenate gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:minorityPartyHouse gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:minorityPartySenate gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Equal_Pay_Act_of_1963
gptkb:Communications_Satellite_Act_of_1962
gptkb:Trade_Expansion_Act_of_1962
gptkb:Manpower_Development_and_Training_Act_of_1962
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis
Kennedy's New Frontier programs
gptkbp:numberOfMPs 435
gptkbp:numberOfSenators 100
gptkbp:ordinalNumber 87
gptkbp:precededBy 86th United States Congress
gptkbp:presidentDuringTerm gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkbp:senateMajorityParty gptkb:Mike_Mansfield
gptkbp:senateMinorityLeader gptkb:Everett_Dirksen
gptkbp:speakerOfTheHouse gptkb:John_W._McCormack
gptkbp:startDate 1961-01-03
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mississippi's_6th_congressional_district
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7