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Pictorial Directory of the 84th Congress

Front cover of "Know Your Congressman," Second Session Edition of the Pictorial Directory of the 84th Congress, with a photo of the Capitol dome./tiles/collection/4/42892.xml
Back cover with photographs and caption, "Striking View of the Washington Monument, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Lincoln Memorial and Jefferson Memorial.”/tiles/collection/4/42893.xml
Page spread with the table of contents (Index to State Delegations), publication information, and a photo of the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower./tiles/collection/4/42888.xml
Page spread of Delaware and Florida Member photos, and lists of Members on the Senate Armed Services, Senate Agricture and Forestry, and Senate Appropriations Committees./tiles/collection/4/42889.xml
Page spread of Missouri and Montana Member photos, and lists of Members on the House Ways and Means and House Rules Committees./tiles/collection/4/42890.xml
Page spread with Illinois Member photos./tiles/collection/4/42906.xml
Page spread of Maine and Maryland Member photos, and a list of Members on the House Bank and Currency Committee./tiles/collection/4/42891.xml
Front cover of "Know Your Congressman," Second Session Edition of the Pictorial Directory of the 84th Congress, with a photo of the Capitol dome.
Back cover with photographs and caption, "Striking View of the Washington Monument, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Lincoln Memorial and Jefferson Memorial.”
Page spread with the table of contents (Index to State Delegations), publication information, and a photo of the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Page spread of Delaware and Florida Member photos, and lists of Members on the Senate Armed Services, Senate Agricture and Forestry, and Senate Appropriations Committees.
Page spread of Missouri and Montana Member photos, and lists of Members on the House Ways and Means and House Rules Committees.
Page spread with Illinois Member photos.
Page spread of Maine and Maryland Member photos, and a list of Members on the House Bank and Currency Committee.
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Date

1956

Dimensions

11 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (29.2 × 21.6 cm)

Accession Number

2009.138.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

The 84th Congress, 2nd session, edition of the Pictorial Directory, subtitled “Know Your Congressman,” pictures, among the hundreds of other Members, Representative William L. Dawson of Illinois on page 20. The first Black Member of Congress to chair a standing House committee, Dawson wielded the gavel of the Expenditures in the Executive Departments Committee—later renamed the Government Operations Committee—for 10 nonconsecutive terms between 1949 and 1970.

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