List of joint sessions of the United States Congress
1950s

List of joint sessions of the United States Congress

Section Title: 1950s
Table Section Text: None

Congress	Date	Type	Occasion	Dignitary speaking

81st	January 4, 1950	Joint session	State of the Union address	Harry S. Truman, President of the United States

81st	May 31, 1950	Joint meeting	Address	Dean Acheson, Secretary of State

82nd	January 8, 1951	Joint session	State of the Union address	Harry S. Truman, President of the United States

82nd	February 1, 1951	Joint meeting	NATO	Dwight D. Eisenhower, General of the Army

82nd	April 2, 1951	Joint meeting	Address	Vincent Auriol, President of France

82nd	April 19, 1951	Joint meeting	Address	Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army

82nd	June 21, 1951	Joint meeting	Address	Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador

82nd	September 24, 1951	Joint meeting	Address	Alcide de Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy

82nd	January 9, 1952	Joint session	State of the Union address	Harry S. Truman, President of the United States

82nd	January 17, 1952	Joint meeting	Address	Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

82nd	April 3, 1952	Joint meeting	Address	Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands

82nd	May 22, 1952	Joint meeting	Korean War	Matthew Ridgway, General

82nd	June 10, 1952	Joint session	Steel industry dispute	Harry S. Truman, President of the United States

83rd	January 6, 1953	Joint session	Counting electoral votes for the 1952 presidential election	None

83rd	January 20, 1953	Joint session	Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower	Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States Richard Nixon, Vice President of the United States

83rd	February 2, 1953	Joint session	State of the Union address	Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States

83rd	January 7, 1954	Joint session	State of the Union address	Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States

83rd	January 29, 1954	Joint meeting	Address	Celal Bayar, President of Turkey

83rd	May 4, 1954	Joint meeting	Address	Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada

83rd	May 28, 1954	Joint meeting	Address	Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia

83rd	July 28, 1954	Joint meeting	Address	Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea

84th	January 6, 1955	Joint session	State of the Union address	Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States

84th	January 27, 1955	Joint meeting	Address	Paul Magloire, President of Haiti

84th	February 29, 1956	Joint meeting	Address	Giovanni Gronchi, President of the Italian Republic

84th	May 17, 1956	Joint meeting	Address	Sukarno, President of Indonesia

85th	January 5, 1957	Joint session	Middle East message	Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States

85th	January 7, 1957	Joint session	Counting electoral votes for the 1956 presidential election	None

85th	January 10, 1957	Joint session	State of the Union address	Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States

85th	January 21, 1957	Joint session	Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower	Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States Richard Nixon, Vice President of the United States

85th	May 9, 1957	Joint meeting	Address	Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam

85th	January 9, 1958	Joint session	State of the Union address	Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States

85th	June 5, 1958	Joint meeting	Address	Theodor Heuss, President of West Germany

85th	June 18, 1958	Joint meeting	Address	Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines

86th	January 9, 1959	Joint session	State of the Union address	Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States

86th	January 21, 1959	Joint meeting	Address	Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina

86th	February 12, 1959	Joint session	Sesquicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday	Fredric March, Actor Carl Sandburg, Poet

86th	March 11, 1959	Joint meeting	Address	José María Lemus, President of El Salvador

86th	March 18, 1959	Joint meeting	Address	Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland

86th	May 12, 1959	Joint meeting	Address	Baudouin, King of the Belgians

Sentence(s)

On February 12, 1959, March appeared before a joint session of the 86th United States Congress, as part of Abraham Lincoln's birthday.

final_sentence: On February 12, 1959, March appeared before a joint session of the 86th United States Congress, as part of Abraham Lincoln's birthday.