85th United States Congress
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The 85th 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)
Carl Hayden (D)
Sam Rayburn (D)
Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson
John W. McCormack
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John William McCormack was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts who served as the 45th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1962 until his retirement in 1971. McCorm
McCormack in 1955
McCormack as a state senator in 1923
McCormack with Boston Mayor John F. Collins (1960–1968) during a St. Patrick's Day parade in South Boston.
McCormack with President John F. Kennedy in 1962