Eighty-Third Congress Pocket Congressional Dictionary. Compiled by James L. Harrison, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. Printed by GPO (Washington 1953). 196 p. The directory consists of photographs of the President and Vice-President, and officers and members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; followed by lists of state delegations, and an alphabetical list of Senators and Representatives. Description is of 1953 edition. Set includes editions from 1953-2021. The format has remained the same. With the 90th Congress (Jan. 1967) the title changed to the Congressional pictorial directory. Starting with the 110th Congress (2007), the photographs were in color. From the 109th Congress, the dictionary is accompanied by a shorter New Member Directory, with photographs and directory information about incoming members.
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