Word: 86th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sharp rise of Democratic working majorities in both the Senate (up from 2 to 28) and in the House (up from 235 to 281). So Democrat Johnson, 48 hours after the count, stepped forth with a program for liberal expansion of federal spending and power by the 86th Congress. " Lyndon doesn't lean with the wind," cracked an admiring Senate colleague. "He leans ahead...
Such was the Democratic Senate victory that it will be virtually impossible for Republicans to recapture control of the Senate in 1960; not enough Democrats will be up for re-election in non-Southern states to permit the G.O.P. to make up its 1958 deficit. When the 86th Congress convenes in January, a Republican President will be confronted by the heaviest opposition-party majority in this century...
...Democratic surge to lopsided control of the 86th Congress began with the night's first returns. The sun had barely set in the Pacific when Democrats got the news of a stunning party sweep in Connecticut. Then came word that Vermont had sent its first Democrat to Congress in 106 years. The Democratic bandwagon came to a screeching halt in New York, where Republican Nelson Rockefeller, after a remarkable personal campaign, carried the G.O.P. ticket to a vital win. But the Democrats regained their momentum moving westward, and climaxed their victory with the overwhelming defeat of Republican William Knowland...
Close to 50 million voters will go to the polls tomorrow in a midterm election that will decide the makeup of the 86th Congress and have a strong effect on the 1960 Presidential race...
...sometime tonight, or early tomorrow morning, the nation's voters will have chosen 33 Senators and 432 Representatives for the 86th Congress, as well as 32 Governors. The CRIMSON will provide up-to-the-minute coverage of all contests. The number to call is KIrkland...