OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyJanuary 2, 1959
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
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U.S. Representative
Charles Coles Diggs Jr.
Michigan · District 13
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U.S. Representative
John D. Dingell
Michigan · District 15
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U.S. Senator
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Illinois
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U.S. Representative
Henry Aldous Dixon
Utah · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Isidore Dollinger
New York · District 23
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U.S. Representative
Harold Daniel Donohue
Massachusetts · District 4
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U.S. Representative
Edwin Benedict Dooley
New York · District 26
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U.S. Representative
Francis Edwin Dorn
New York · District 12
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U.S. Representative
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
South Carolina · District 3
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U.S. Senator
Paul Howard Douglas
Illinois
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Associate Justice
William Orville Douglas
Supreme Court of the United States
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U.S. Representative
John Vernard Dowdy
Texas · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Clyde Gilman Doyle
California · District 23
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U.S. Representative
Carl Thomas Durham
North Carolina · District 6
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U.S. Senator
Henry Clarence Dworshak
Idaho
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U.S. Representative
Florence Price Dwyer
New Jersey · District 6
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U.S. Senator
James Oliver Eastland
Mississippi
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U.S. Representative
Herman Peter Eberharter
Pennsylvania · District 28
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U.S. Representative
Edmond Augustus Edmondson
Oklahoma · District 2
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President
Dwight David Eisenhower
United States
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U.S. Senator
Allen Joseph Ellender
Louisiana
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U.S. Representative
Carl Atwood Elliott
Alabama · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Clair Engle
California · District 2
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U.S. Senator
Samuel James Ervin Jr.
North Carolina
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Checked Sep 7, 2026