the 87th United States Congress

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/the_87th_United_States_Congress

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:the_86th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:committee	gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:election_year	gptkb:1960_United_States_presidential_election John F. Kennedy elected
gptkbp:governed_by	January 3, 1961
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	the 87th United States Congress
gptkbp:independence	gptkb:musical
gptkbp:key_event	gptkb:Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy gptkb:political_movement gptkb:Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion gptkb:rocket Vietnam War escalation
gptkbp:legislation	gptkb:Medicare_Act gptkb:Food_Stamp_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Economic_Opportunity_Act gptkb:Higher_Education_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States_Capitol
gptkbp:members	535
gptkbp:notable_members	gptkb:Jacob_Javits gptkb:Sam_Rayburn gptkb:John_C._Stennis gptkb:Carl_Vinson gptkb:Edwin_Meese gptkb:William_F._Knowland gptkb:Carl_Hayden gptkb:John_Sparkman gptkb:George_Smathers gptkb:Wayne_Morse gptkb:John_Stennis gptkb:Henry_Nixon gptkb:John_F._Kennedy gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy gptkb:Daniel_Inouye gptkb:Margaret_Chase_Smith gptkb:Robert_Byrd gptkb:Clifford_P._Case gptkb:Edward_M._Kennedy gptkb:Hugh_Scott gptkb:Sam_Ervin gptkb:Strom_Thurmond gptkb:George_Aiken gptkb:Richard_Russell_Jr. gptkb:Hiram_Johnson gptkb:George_Mc_Govern gptkb:William_Fulbright gptkb:John_L._Mc_Clellan gptkb:Richard_B._Russell_Jr. gptkb:Everett_Dirksen gptkb:John_Mc_Cormack
gptkbp:notable_performers	gptkb:John_A._Mc_Cormack
gptkbp:opened	January 3, 1963
gptkbp:political_party	gptkb:Democratic_Party gptkb:Republican_Party 175 263
gptkbp:preceded_by	gptkb:86th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:session	2 October 14, 1961 January 3, 1961 January 30, 1962 January 3, 1963
gptkbp:succeeded_by	gptkb:88th_United_States_Congress