Mansfield Democratic Caucus Secretary: Thomas C. Hennings Jr. Minority (Republican) leadership Minority Leader: William Knowland Minority Whip: Everett Dirksen Republican Conference Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young National Senatorial Committee Chair: Everett Dirksen Policy Committee Chairman: Styles Bridges House of Representatives Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D) Majority (Democratic) leadership Majority Leader: John W. McCormack Majority Whip: Carl Albert Democratic Caucus Chairman: Melvin Price Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan Minority (Republican) leadership Minority Leader: Joseph W. Martin Jr. Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends Republican Conference Chairman: Charles B. Hoeven Policy Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Martin Jr. Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Richard M. Simpson Caucuses House Democratic Caucus Senate Democratic Caucus Members Senate Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. Senators in each state are listed by class. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1958; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1960; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1962. Alabama 3. J. Lister Hill (D) 2. John Sparkman (D) Arizona 3. Carl Hayden (D) 1. Barry Goldwater (R) Arkansas 2. John L. McClellan (D) 3. J. William Fulbright (D) California 1. William Knowland (R), until January 2, 1959 3. Thomas Kuchel (R) Colorado 2. Gordon Allott (R) 3. John A. Carroll (D) Connecticut 1. William A. Purtell (R) 3. Prescott Bush (R) Delaware 1. John J. Williams (R) 2. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D) Florida 1. Spessard Holland (D) 3. George Smathers (D) Georgia 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D) 3. Herman Talmadge (D) Idaho 2. Henry Dworshak (R) 3. Frank Church (D) Illinois 2. Paul Douglas (D) 3. Everett Dirksen (R) Indiana 1. William E. Jenner (R) 3. Homer E. Capehart (R) Iowa 2. Thomas E. Martin (R) 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) Kansas 2. Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) 3. Frank Carlson (R) Kentucky 2. John Sherman Cooper (R) 3. Thruston Ballard Morton (R) Louisiana 2. Allen J. Ellender (D) 3. Russell B. Long (D) Maine 1. Frederick G. Payne (R) 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R) Maryland 1. James Glenn Beall (R) 3. John Marshall Butler (R) Massachusetts 1. John F. Kennedy (D) 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R) Michigan