the 79th Congress

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/the_79th_Congress
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:governed_by January 3, 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the 79th Congress
gptkbp:key_issues gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Economic_recovery
Labor relations
Post-World War II reconstruction
Civil rights legislation
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:John_A._Mc_Cormack
gptkb:Joseph_W._Martin_Jr.
gptkb:Alben_W._Barkley
gptkb:Arthur_H._Vandenberg
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Public_Housing_Act_of_1949
gptkb:Servicemen’s_Readjustment_Act_of_1944
gptkb:National_School_Lunch_Act
gptkbp:members 535
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Sam_Rayburn
gptkb:Hubert_Humphrey
gptkb:Carl_Hayden
gptkb:Wayne_Morse
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:John_A._Mc_Cormack
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Robert_Taft
gptkb:Margaret_Chase_Smith
gptkb:Strom_Thurmond
gptkb:George_Aiken
gptkb:Harry_F._Byrd
gptkb:Richard_Russell_Jr.
gptkb:Joseph_W._Martin_Jr.
gptkb:Alben_W._Barkley
gptkb:Arthur_H._Vandenberg
gptkb:Joseph_Mc_Carthy
gptkb:Everett_Dirksen
gptkbp:notable_performers gptkb:Sam_Rayburn
gptkbp:opened January 3, 1947
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:78th_Congress
gptkbp:president gptkb:Carl_Hayden
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:session 2
January 3, 1945
January 3, 1947
August 1, 1945
January 3, 1946
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:80th_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:the_Administrative_Procedure_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4