The 81st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It
United States Capitol (1956)
Civil libertarians and radical political activists considered the McCarran Act to be a dangerous and unconstitutional infringement of political liberty, as exemplified in this 1961 poster.
Mobster Frank Costello testifying before the Kefauver Committee.
The 82nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It
81st United States Congress
…81st United States Congress 80th ← → 82nd United States Capitol (1956) January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 Members 96 senators 435 representatives 3 non-voting delegates Senate majority Democratic…
Members of the Japanese delegation signing the Treaty of San Francisco.