The 87th United States Congress was a meeting of the

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, composed of the

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and the

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. It met in

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from January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1963, during the final weeks of the

administration Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal ** Administrative assistant, Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an admini ...

U.S. President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

and the first two years of the

John Kennedy. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950, along with 2 seats temporarily added in 1959 (one member each from recently admitted states of Alaska and Hawaii). Both chambers had a Democratic majority (albeit reduced in the House). With

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination ...

being sworn in on January 20, 1961, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government

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for the first time since the 81st Congress in 1949.

Major events

* January 3, 1961: President Eisenhower severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba. * January 20, 1961: Inauguration of President

. * April 17, 1961:

Bay of Pigs Invasion The Bay of Pigs Invasion (, sometimes called ''Invasión de Playa Girón'' or ''Batalla de Playa Girón'' after the Playa Girón) was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles, covertly fina ...

of Cuba began; it fails by April 19. * May 4, 1961: Freedom Riders began interstate bus rides to test the new U.S. Supreme Court integration decision. * May 5, 1961:

Alan Shepard Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he beca ...

became the first American in space aboard Mercury-Redstone 3. * May 25, 1961: President Kennedy announced his goal to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade * November 20: 1961: Funeral of Speaker Sam Rayburn, who died on November 16 * February 3, 1962: Embargo against Cuba was announced * February 20, 1962: John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth * March 26, 1962: Supreme Court ruled that federal courts could order state legislatures to reapportion seats (

Baker v. Carr ''Baker v. Carr'', 369 U.S. 186 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that redistricting qualifies as a justiciable question under the Fourteenth Amendment, thus enabling federal courts to hear Fourteen ...

) * October 1, 1962:

James Meredith James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Missi ...

registered as the first black student at the

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

, escorted by Federal Marshals. * October 14, 1962 - October 28, 1962:

Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (of 1962) ( es, Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, the Caribbean Crisis () in Russia, or the Missile Scare, was a 35-day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United S ...

Major legislation

Kennedy Giving Historic Speech to Congress - GPN-2000-001658

* August 30, 1961 :

Oil Pollution Act of 1961 Oil Pollution Act of 1961, 33 U.S.C. Chapter 20 §§ 1001-1011, established judicial definitions and coastal prohibitions for the United States maritime industry. The Act invoked the accords of the International Convention for the Prevention of the ...

, , * September 4, 1961: The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, , * September 13, 1961:

Interstate Wire Act of 1961 The Interstate Wire Act of 1961, often called the Federal Wire Act, is a United States federal law prohibiting the operation of certain types of betting businesses in the United States. It begins with the text: Several legal opinions and rulings ...

, , * September 21, 1961: Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, , * September 22, 1961: Peace Corps Act of 1961, , * September 26, 1961: Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961, , * October 15, 1961: Community Health Services and Facilities Act, , * March 15, 1962:

Manpower Development and Training Act The term ''New Frontier'' was used by Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the ...

, , * June 28, 1962:

Migration and Refugee Assistance Act The Migration and Refugee Assistance Act was passed in 1962 to deal with unexpected and urgent needs of refugees, displaced persons, conflict victims, and other persons at risk around the globe. The Act was brought into force during the Clinton a ...

, , * August 31, 1962: Communications Satellite Act, , * October 11, 1962:

Trade Expansion Act The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (, codified at ) is an American trade law. Section 232 of the Act permits the President to impose tariffs based on a recommendation by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce if "an article is being imported into the Unite ...

, ,

Constitutional amendments

* March 29, 1961: Twenty-third Amendment ratified, extending the right to vote in the

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to citizens residing in the

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by granting the

District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

. * August 27, 1962: Twenty-fourth Amendment approved by Congress and sent to the states for consideration. It would prohibit both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was later ratified on January 23, 1964.

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

(R), until January 20, 1961 **

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...

(D), from January 20, 1961 * President pro tempore:

Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...

(D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.

Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a ...

Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...

Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Mi ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary:

George Smathers George Armistead Smathers (November 14, 1913 – January 20, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate from 1951 until 1969 and in the United States House from 1947 to 1951, as ...

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

Everett Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 u ...

Minority Whip The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...

Thomas Kuchel Thomas Henry Kuchel ( ; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was an American politician. A moderate Republican, he served as a US Senator from California from 1953 to 1969 and was the minority whip in the Senate, where he was the co-ma ...

Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informin ...

Leverett Saltonstall Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senator ...

* Republican Conference Secretary:

Milton Young Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in the ...

* National Senatorial Committee Chair: Barry Goldwater * Policy Committee Chairman: Styles Bridges (until November 26, 1961) ** Bourke B. Hickenlooper (from January 3, 1962)

House of Representatives

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ...

: Sam Rayburn (D), until November 16, 1961 **

John W. McCormack John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both th ...

(D), from January 10, 1962

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.

until January 10, 1962 **

Carl Albert Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a ...

, from January 10, 1962 *

, until January 10, 1962 **

Hale Boggs Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House ma ...

, from January 10, 1962 * Democratic Caucus Chairman:

Francis E. Walter Francis Eugene Walter (May 26, 1894 – May 31, 1963) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Walter was a prominent member of the House Un-American Activities Committee ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary:

Leonor Sullivan Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (August 21, 1902 – September 1, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. She was a Democrat and the first woman in Congress from Missouri. Biography Born Leonor Kretzer in St. Lou ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:

Michael J. Kirwan Michael Joseph Kirwan (December 2, 1886 – July 27, 1970) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Ohio who served as a United States House of Representatives, Representative to the United States Congress ...

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader: Charles A. Halleck *

Leslie C. Arends Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1935 until 1974. A native and lifelong resident of Melvin, Illinois, Arends attend ...

Charles B. Hoeven Charles Bernard Hoeven (March 30, 1895 – November 9, 1980) was an American politician. Elected to represent districts in northern Iowa for eleven terms, from the 78th United States Congress, Seventy-eighth to 88th United States Congress, Ei ...

* Policy Committee Chairman: John W. Byrnes * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Bob Wilson

Caucuses

House Democratic Caucus The House Democratic Caucus is a congressional caucus composed of all Democratic Representatives in the United States House of Representatives and is responsible for nominating and electing the Democratic Party leadership in the chamber. In its ...

Senate Democratic Caucus The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate, sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference, is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. For the makeup of the 117th Cong ...

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, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1962; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1964; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1966. Currently, this is the last Congressional session in which the Democratic Party commanded all Senate seats from the

Deep South The Deep South or the Lower South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States. The term was first used to describe the states most dependent on plantations and slavery prior to the American Civil War. Following the war ...

, a unity broken when a

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

defeated Defeated may refer to: * "Defeated" (Breaking Benjamin song) * "Defeated" (Anastacia song) *"Defeated", a song by Snoop Dogg from the album ''Bible of Love'' *Defeated, Tennessee, an unincorporated community *''The Defeated ''The Defeated'', al ...

the appointed successor to Lyndon Johnson’s seat in a 1961 Senate special election.

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

: 2.

John Sparkman John Jackson Sparkman (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was an American jurist and politician from the state of Alabama. A Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1946 and the United St ...

(D) : 3. J. Lister Hill (D)

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

: 2.

Bob Bartlett Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett (April 20, 1904 – December 11, 1968), was an Alaska politician and a member of the Democratic Party. A key fighter for Alaska statehood, Bartlett served as the Secretary of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1945, ...

(D) : 3.

Ernest Gruening Ernest Henry Gruening ( ; February 6, 1887 – June 26, 1974) was an American journalist and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Gruening was the governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953, and a United States Senator from A ...

(D)

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

: 1. Barry Goldwater (R) : 3.

(D)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

: 2.

John L. McClellan John Little McClellan (February 25, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American lawyer and a segregationist politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1935–1939) and a U.S. Senator (1943–1977) fro ...

(D) : 3.

J. William Fulbright James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest serving chair ...

(D)

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

: 1.

Clair Engle Clair Engle (September 21, 1911July 30, 1964) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1959 until his death in 1964. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for participating in the v ...

(D) : 3.

(R)

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

: 2.

Gordon Allott Gordon Llewellyn Allott (January 2, 1907January 17, 1989) was a Republican American politician. Allott was born in Pueblo, Colorado to Bertha (née Llewellyn) and Leonard J. Allott; his maternal grandparents were Welsh and his paternal grandpar ...

(R) : 3. John A. Carroll (D)

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

: 1.

Thomas J. Dodd Thomas Joseph Dodd (May 15, 1907 – May 24, 1971) was an American attorney and diplomat who served as a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut. He is the father of former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd and Thomas J. Dodd Jr., ...

(D) : 3. Prescott Bush (R)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

: 1. John J. Williams (R) : 2.

J. Caleb Boggs James Caleb Boggs (May 15, 1909 – March 26, 1993) was an American lawyer and politician from Claymont in New Castle County, Delaware. A member of the Republican Party, he was commonly known by his middle name, Caleb, frequently shortened ...

(R)

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

: 1.

Spessard Holland Spessard Lindsey Holland (July 10, 1892 – November 6, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 28th Governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945, and later as a US senator for Florida from 1946 to 1971. He would be the first pers ...

(D) : 3.

(D)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

: 2.

Richard Russell Jr. Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for alm ...

(D) : 3.

Herman Talmadge Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002) was an American politician who served as governor of Georgia in 1947 and from 1948 to 1955 and as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1957 to 1981. Talmadge, a Democrat, served during a t ...

(D)

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

: 1.

Hiram Fong Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a sugar plantation Cantonese immigrant worker, Fong became the first Chinese-American and first ...

(R) : 2. Oren E. Long (D)

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...

: 2.

Henry Dworshak Henry Clarence Dworshak Jr. (August 29, 1894July 23, 1962) was a United States Senator and Congressman from Idaho. Originally from Minnesota, he was a Republican from Burley, and served over 22 years in the House and Senate. Early years Born in ...

(R), until July 23, 1962 :: Leonard B. Jordan (R), from August 6, 1962 : 3. Frank Church (D)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

: 2.

Paul Douglas Paul Howard Douglas (March 26, 1892 – September 24, 1976) was an American politician and Georgist economist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois for eighteen years, from 1949 to 1967. During his Senat ...

(D) : 3.

(R)

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

: 1. Vance Hartke (D) : 3.

Homer E. Capehart Homer Earl Capehart (June 6, 1897 – September 3, 1979) was an American businessman and politician from Indiana. After serving in the United States Army during World War I, he became involved in the manufacture of record players and other produc ...

(R)

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

: 2.

Jack Miller Jack Miller may refer to: Military * Jack Miller (USMC officer) (1920–1942), American marine soldier * Jack Duppa-Miller (1903–1994), British recipient of the George Cross in World War II, originally called Jack Miller * USS ''Jack Miller'', ...

(R) : 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

: 2.

Andrew Frank Schoeppel Andrew Frank Schoeppel (November 23, 1894 – January 21, 1962) was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was the 29th governor of Kansas from 1943 to 1947 and a U.S. Senator from 1949 until his death. He was born in 18 ...

(R), until January 21, 1962 ::

James B. Pearson James Blackwood Pearson (May 7, 1920January 13, 2009) was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1962 to 1978. Biography James Pearson was born in 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of a Methodist minister. With his parents, he moved to Vi ...

(R), from January 31, 1962 : 3.

Frank Carlson Frank Carlson (January 23, 1893May 30, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to ...

(R)

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

: 2.

John Sherman Cooper John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elect ...

(R) : 3.

Thruston Ballard Morton Thruston Ballard Morton (August 19, 1907 – August 14, 1982) was an American politician. A Republican, Morton represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Early life Morton was born on August 19, 1907, ...

(R)

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

: 2.

Allen J. Ellender Allen Joseph Ellender (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was an American politician and lawyer who was a U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1937 until his death. He was a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat who was originally allied ...

(D) : 3.

Russell B. Long Russell Billiu Long (November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987. Because of his seniority, he advanced to chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, servin ...

(D)

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

: 1. Edmund Muskie (D) : 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

List of United States senators from Maryland, Maryland

: 1. James Glenn Beall (R) : 3. John Marshall Butler (R)

List of United States senators from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: 1. Benjamin A. Smith II (D), until November 6, 1962 :: Ted Kennedy (D), from November 7, 1962 : 2.

(R)

List of United States senators from Michigan, Michigan

: 1. Philip Hart (D) : 2. Patrick V. McNamara (D)

List of United States senators from Minnesota, Minnesota

: 1. Eugene McCarthy (DFL) : 2.

(DFL)

List of United States senators from Mississippi, Mississippi

: 1. John C. Stennis (D) : 2. James Eastland (D)

List of United States senators from Missouri, Missouri

: 1. Stuart Symington (D) : 3. Edward V. Long (D)

List of United States senators from Montana, Montana

: 1.

(D) : 2. Lee Metcalf (D)

List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska

: 1. Roman Hruska (R) : 2. Carl Curtis (R)

List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada

: 1. Howard Cannon (D) : 3. Alan Bible (D)

List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: 2. Styles Bridges (R), until November 26, 1961 :: Maurice J. Murphy Jr. (R), from January 10, 1962 - November 6, 1962 :: Thomas J. McIntyre (D), from November 7, 1962 : 3. Norris Cotton (R)

List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey

: 2. Clifford P. Case (R) : 1. Harrison A. Williams (D)

List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico

: 1. Dennis Chávez (D), until November 18, 1962 :: Edwin L. Mechem (R), from November 30, 1962 : 2. Clinton Anderson (D)

List of United States senators from New York, New York

: 1. Kenneth Keating (R) : 3. Jacob Javits (R)

List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. B. Everett Jordan (D) : 3. Sam Ervin (D)

List of United States senators from North Dakota, North Dakota

: 1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL) : 3.

(R)

List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio

: 1. Stephen M. Young (D) : 3. Frank Lausche (D)

List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: 2. Robert S. Kerr (D), until January 1, 1963, vacant thereafter : 3. Mike Monroney (D)

List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon

: 2. Maurine Neuberger (D) : 3. Wayne Morse (D)

List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: 1. Hugh Scott (R) : 3. Joseph S. Clark Jr. (D)

List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. John Pastore (D) : 2. Claiborne Pell (D)

List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina

: 2. Strom Thurmond (D) : 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota

: 2. Karl E. Mundt (R) : 3. Francis H. Case (R), until June 23, 1962 :: Joseph H. Bottum (R), from July 9, 1962

List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Albert Gore Sr. (D) : 2. Estes Kefauver (D)

List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Ralph Yarborough (D) : 2.

(D), until January 3, 1961 :: William A. Blakley (D), until June 14, 1961 :: John Tower (R), from June 15, 1961

List of United States senators from Utah, Utah

: 1. Frank Moss (politician), Frank Moss (D) : 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

List of United States senators from Vermont, Vermont

: 1. Winston L. Prouty (R) : 3. George Aiken (R)

List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. Harry F. Byrd (D) : 2. Absalom Willis Robertson (D)

List of United States senators from Washington, Washington

: 1. Henry M. Jackson (D) : 3. Warren Magnuson (D)

List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. Robert Byrd (D) : 2. Jennings Randolph (D)

List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: 1. William Proxmire (D) : 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming

: 1. Gale W. McGee (D) : 2. John J. Hickey (D), until November 6, 1962 :: Milward Simpson (R), from November 6, 1962 87th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . Frank W. Boykin (D) : . George M. Grant (D) : . George W. Andrews (D) : . Kenneth A. Roberts (D) : . Albert Rains (D) : . Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D) : . Carl Elliott (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D) : . George Huddleston Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from Alaska, Alaska

: . Ralph Julian Rivers (D)

List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona

: . John Jacob Rhodes (R) : . Stewart Udall (D), until January 18, 1961 :: Mo Udall (D), from May 2, 1961

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : . James William Trimble (D) : . Oren Harris (D) : . Dale Alford (D) : . William F. Norrell (D), until February 15, 1961 :: Catherine Dorris Norrell (D), from April 18, 1961

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . Clement Woodnutt Miller (D), until October 7, 1962 : . Harold T. Johnson (D) : . John E. Moss (D) : . William S. Mailliard (R) : . John F. Shelley (D) : . John F. Baldwin Jr. (R) : . Jeffery Cohelan (D) : . George P. Miller (D) : . J. Arthur Younger (R) : . Charles Gubser (R) : . John J. McFall (D) : . B. F. Sisk (D) : . Charles M. Teague (R) : . Harlan Hagen (D) : . Gordon L. McDonough (R) : . Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (R) : . Cecil R. King (D) : . Craig Hosmer (R) : . Chet Holifield (D) : . H. Allen Smith (California politician), H. Allen Smith (R) : . Edgar W. Hiestand (R) : . James C. Corman (D) : . Clyde Doyle (D) : . Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) : . John H. Rousselot (R) : . James Roosevelt (D) : . Harry R. Sheppard (D) : . James B. Utt (R) : . Dalip Singh Saund (D) : . Bob Wilson (R)

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . Byron G. Rogers (D) : . Peter H. Dominick (R) : . John Chenoweth (Colorado politician), John Chenoweth (R) : . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . Emilio Q. Daddario (D) : . Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (R) : . Robert Giaimo (D) : . Abner W. Sibal (R) : . John S. Monagan (D) : . Frank Kowalski (D)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . Harris McDowell (D)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . William C. Cramer (R) : . Charles E. Bennett (politician), Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Bob Sikes (D) : . Dante Fascell (D) : . Syd Herlong (D) : . Paul Rogers (politician), Paul Rogers (D) : . James A. Haley (D) : . Donald Ray Matthews (D)

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . George Elliott Hagan (D) : . J. L. Pilcher (D) : . Tic Forrester (D) : . John Flynt (D) : . James C. Davis (D) : . Carl Vinson (D) : . John William Davis (Georgia politician), John William Davis (D) : . Iris Faircloth Blitch (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from Hawaii, Hawaii

: . Daniel Inouye (D)

List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: . Gracie Pfost (D) : . Ralph R. Harding (D)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson (D) : . Barratt O'Hara (D) : . William T. Murphy (D) : . Ed Derwinski (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (Illinois), Thomas J. O'Brien (D) : . Roland V. Libonati (D) : . Dan Rostenkowski (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Harold R. Collier (R) : . Roman Pucinski (D) : . Edward Rowan Finnegan (D) : . Marguerite S. Church (R) : . Elmer J. Hoffman (R) : . Noah M. Mason (R) : . John B. Anderson (R) : .

(R) : . Robert H. Michel (R) : . Robert B. Chiperfield (R) : . Paul Findley (R) : . Peter F. Mack Jr. (D) : . William L. Springer (R) : . George E. Shipley (D) : . Melvin Price (D) : . Kenneth J. Gray (D)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Charles A. Halleck (R) : . John Brademas (D) : . E. Ross Adair (R) : . J. Edward Roush (D) : . Richard L. Roudebush (R) : . William G. Bray (R) : . Winfield K. Denton (D) : . Earl Wilson (politician), Earl Wilson (R) : . Ralph Harvey (R) : . Donald C. Bruce (R)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Fred Schwengel (R) : . James E. Bromwell (R) : . H. R. Gross (R) : . John Henry Kyl (R) : . Neal Edward Smith (D) : . Merwin Coad (D) : . Ben F. Jensen (R) : .

(R)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . William H. Avery (politician), William H. Avery (R) : . Robert Ellsworth (R) : . Walter Lewis McVey Jr. (R) : . Garner E. Shriver (R) : . James Floyd Breeding (D) : . Bob Dole (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Frank Stubblefield (D) : . William Natcher (D) : . Frank W. Burke (D) : . Frank Chelf (D) : . Brent Spence (D) : . John C. Watts (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D) : . Eugene Siler (R)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : .

(D) : . Edwin E. Willis (D) : . Overton Brooks (D), until September 16, 1961 :: Joe Waggonner (D), from December 19, 1961 : . Otto Passman (D) : . James H. Morrison (D) : . T. Ashton Thompson (D) : . Harold B. McSween (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Peter A. Garland (R) : . Stanley R. Tupper (R) : . Clifford McIntire (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Thomas Francis Johnson (D) : . Daniel Brewster (D) : . Edward Garmatz (D) : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : . Richard Lankford (D) : . Charles Mathias (R) : . Samuel Friedel (D)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . Silvio O. Conte (R) : . Edward Boland (D) : . Philip J. Philbin (D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . F. Bradford Morse (R) : . William H. Bates (R) : . Thomas J. Lane (D) : . Torbert Macdonald (D) : . Hastings Keith (R) : . Laurence Curtis (R) : . Tip O'Neill (D) : .

(D) : . James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician), James A. Burke (D) : . Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D), until September 18, 1961 :: Lucien Nedzi (D), from November 7, 1961 : . George Meader (R) : . August E. Johansen (R) : . Clare Hoffman (R) : . Gerald Ford (R) : . Charles E. Chamberlain (R) : . James G. O'Hara (D) : . R. James Harvey (R) : . Robert P. Griffin (R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Victor A. Knox (R) : . John B. Bennett (R) : . Charles Diggs (D) : . Louis C. Rabaut (D), until November 12, 1961 :: Harold M. Ryan (D), from February 13, 1962 : . John Dingell (D) : . John Lesinski Jr. (D) : . Martha Griffiths (D) : . William Broomfield (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . Al Quie (R) : . Ancher Nelsen (R) : . Clark MacGregor (R) : . Joseph Karth (DFL) : . Walter Judd (politician), Walter Judd (R) : . Fred Marshall (American politician), Fred Marshall (DFL) : . Herman Carl Andersen (R) : . John Blatnik (DFL) : . Odin Langen (R)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Thomas Abernethy (politician), Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie Whitten (D) : . Frank Ellis Smith (D), until November 14, 1962 : . John Bell Williams (D) : . W. Arthur Winstead (D) : . William M. Colmer (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Frank M. Karsten (D) : . Thomas B. Curtis (R) : .

(D) : . William J. Randall (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D) : . Durward Gorham Hall (R) : . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D) : . Paul C. Jones (D) : . Morgan M. Moulder (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . Arnold Olsen (D) : . James F. Battin (R)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Phillip Hart Weaver (R) : . Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska politician), Glenn Cunningham (R) : . Ralph F. Beermann (R) : . David Martin (Nebraska politician), David Martin (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Chester Earl Merrow (R) : . Perkins Bass (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . William T. Cahill (R) : . Milton W. Glenn (R) : . James C. Auchincloss (R) : . Frank Thompson (D) : . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R) : . Florence P. Dwyer (R) : . William B. Widnall (R) : . Charles Samuel Joelson (D) : . Frank C. Osmers Jr. (R) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D), until June 30, 1962 : . George M. Wallhauser (R) : . Cornelius Gallagher (American politician), Cornelius Gallagher (D) : . Dominick V. Daniels (D)

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . Thomas G. Morris (D) : . Joseph Montoya (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Otis G. Pike (D) : . Steven Derounian (R) : . Frank J. Becker (R) : . Seymour Halpern (R) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Lester Holtzman (D), until December 31, 1961 :: Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D), from February 20, 1962 : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Victor Anfuso (D) : . Eugene James Keogh (D) : . Edna F. Kelly (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Hugh Carey (D) : . Abraham J. Multer (D) : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) : . John H. Ray (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . John Lindsay (R) : . Alfred E. Santangelo (D) : . Leonard Farbstein (D) : . William Fitts Ryan (D) : . Herbert Zelenko (D) : . James C. Healey (D) : . Jacob H. Gilbert (D) : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . Paul A. Fino (R) : . Edwin B. Dooley (R) : . Robert R. Barry (R) : . Katharine St. George (R) : . J. Ernest Wharton (R) : . Leo W. O'Brien (D) : . Carleton J. King (R) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Clarence E. Kilburn (R) : . Alexander Pirnie (R) : . R. Walter Riehlman (R) : . John Taber (R) : . Howard W. Robison (R) : . Jessica M. Weis (R) : . Harold C. Ostertag (R) : . William E. Miller (R) : . Thaddeus J. Dulski (D) : . John R. Pillion (R) : . Charles Goodell (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . David N. Henderson (D) : . Harold D. Cooley (D) : . Ralph James Scott (D) : . Horace R. Kornegay (D) : . Alton Lennon (D) : . Alvin Paul Kitchin (D) : . Hugh Quincy Alexander (D) : . Charles R. Jonas (R) : . Basil Lee Whitener (D) : . Roy A. Taylor (D)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Don L. Short (R) : . Hjalmar Carl Nygaard (R)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Gordon H. Scherer (R) : . Donald D. Clancy (R) : . Paul F. Schenck (R) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Jackson Edward Betts (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : . Walter H. Moeller (D) : . Robert E. Cook (D) : . Samuel L. Devine (R) : . Charles Adams Mosher (R) : . William Hanes Ayres (R) : . Tom Van Horn Moorehead (R) : . Frank T. Bow (R) : . John M. Ashbrook (R) : . Wayne Hays (D) : .

(D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Charles Vanik (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R) : . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . Page Belcher (R) : . Ed Edmondson (politician), Ed Edmondson (D) : .

(D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . Victor Wickersham (D)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . A. Walter Norblad (R) : . Al Ullman (D) : . Edith Green (D) : . Edwin Durno (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . Kathryn E. Granahan (D) : . James A. Byrne (D) : . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D) : . William J. Green Jr. (D) : . Herman Toll (D) : . William H. Milliken Jr. (R) : . Willard S. Curtin (R) : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . William Scranton (R) : . Dan Flood (D) : . Ivor D. Fenton (R) : . Richard Schweiker (R) : . George M. Rhodes (D) : .

(D) : . Walter M. Mumma (R), until February 25, 1961 :: John C. Kunkel (R), from May 16, 1961 : . Herman T. Schneebeli (R) : . J. Irving Whalley (R) : . George Atlee Goodling (R) : . James E. Van Zandt (R) : . John Herman Dent (D) : . John P. Saylor (R) : . Leon H. Gavin (R) : . Carroll D. Kearns (R) : . Frank M. Clark (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . James G. Fulton (R) : . William S. Moorhead (D) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . Elmer J. Holland (D)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Fernand St. Germain (D) : . John E. Fogarty (D)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D) : . John J. Riley (D), until January 1, 1962 :: Corinne Boyd Riley (D), from April 10, 1962 : . W.J. Bryan Dorn (D) : . Robert T. Ashmore (D) : . Robert W. Hemphill (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Ben Reifel (R) : . Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . B. Carroll Reece (R), until March 19, 1961 :: Louise Goff Reece (R), from May 16, 1961 : . Howard Baker Sr. (R) : . James B. Frazier Jr. (D) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Joseph Carlton Loser (D) : . Ross Bass (D) : . Tom J. Murray (D) : . Fats Everett (D) : . Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D) : . Lindley Beckworth (D) : . Sam Rayburn (D), until November 16, 1961 :: Ray Roberts (D), from January 30, 1962 : . Bruce Alger (R) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . John Dowdy (D) : . Albert Thomas (American politician), Albert Thomas (D) : . Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D) : . Homer Thornberry (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Frank N. Ikard (D), until December 15, 1961 :: Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D), from January 27, 1962 : . John Andrew Young (D) : . Joe M. Kilgore (D) : . J. T. Rutherford (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Walter E. Rogers (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Paul J. Kilday (D), until September 24, 1961 :: Henry B. González (D), from November 4, 1961 : . O. C. Fisher (D) : . Robert R. Casey (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . M. Blaine Peterson (D) : . David S. King (D)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Robert Stafford (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . Thomas N. Downing (D) : . Porter Hardy Jr. (D) : . J. Vaughan Gary (D) : . Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D) : . William M. Tuck (D) : . Richard Harding Poff (R) : . Burr Harrison (D) : . Howard W. Smith (D) : . W. Pat Jennings (D) : . Joel Broyhill (R)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Thomas Pelly (R) : . Jack Westland (R) : . Julia Butler Hansen (D) : . Catherine Dean May (R) : . Walt Horan (R) : . Thor C. Tollefson (R) : . Donald H. Magnuson (D)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . Cleveland M. Bailey (D) : . Ken Hechler (D) : . Elizabeth Kee (D) : . John M. Slack Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Henry C. Schadeberg (R) : . Robert Kastenmeier (D) : . Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Henry S. Reuss (D) : . William Van Pelt (R) : . Melvin Laird (R) : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Lester Johnson (politician), Lester Johnson (D) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . William Henry Harrison III (R)

Non-voting members

: . Antonio Fernós-Isern (Resident Commissioner) (PPD) 87 us house membership

Changes in membership

Senate

, - , List of United States senators from Texas, Texas
(2) , , William A. Blakley (D) , Lost special election.
Successor elected June 14, 1961. , , John Tower (R) , June 15, 1961 , - , List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
(2) , , Styles Bridges (R) , Died November 26, 1961.
Successor appointed December 7, 1961. , , Maurice J. Murphy Jr. (R) , December 7, 1961 , - ,

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(2) , ,

(R) , Died January 21, 1962.
Successor appointed January 31, 1962, and then elected November 6, 1962. , ,

(R) , January 31, 1962 , - , List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota
(3) , , Francis H. Case (R) , Died June 23, 1962.
Successor appointed July 9, 1962 to finish the term. , , Joseph H. Bottum (R) , July 9, 1962 , - ,

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(R) , Died July 23, 1962.
Successor appointed August 6, 1962, and then elected November 6, 1962. , , Leonard B. Jordan (R) , August 6, 1962 , - , List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming
(2) , , John J. Hickey (D) , Lost special election.
Successor elected November 6, 1962. , , Milward Simpson (R) , November 6, 1962 , - , List of United States senators from Massachusetts, Massachusetts
(1) , , Benjamin A. Smith II (D) , Successor elected November 6, 1962. , , Ted Kennedy (D) , November 7, 1962 , - , List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
(2) , , Maurice J. Murphy Jr. (R) , Lost special election.
Successor elected November 6, 1962. , , Thomas J. McIntyre (D) , November 7, 1962 , - , List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico
(1) , , Dennis Chávez (D) , Died November 18, 1962.
Successor appointed November 30, 1962 to continue the term. , , Edwin L. Mechem (R) , November 30, 1962 , - , List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma
(2) , , Robert S. Kerr (D) , Died January 1, 1963. , Vacant , Not filled this term

House of Representatives

, - , , nowrap, Stewart Udall (D) , Resigned January 18, 1961 to become United States Secretary of the Interior. , , Mo Udall (D) , May 2, 1961 , - , , nowrap, William F. Norrell (D) , Died February 15, 1961. , , Catherine Dorris Norrell (D) , April 18, 1961 , - , , nowrap, Walter M. Mumma (R) , Died February 25, 1961. , , John C. Kunkel (R) , May 16, 1961 , - , , nowrap, B. Carroll Reece (R) , Died March 19, 1961. , , Louise Goff Reece (R) , May 16, 1961 , - , , nowrap, Overton Brooks (D) , Died September 16, 1961. , , Joe Waggonner (D) , December 19, 1961 , - , , nowrap, Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D) , Resigned September 18, 1961 to become judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. , , Lucien Nedzi (D) , November 7, 1961 , - , , nowrap, Paul J. Kilday (D) , Resigned September 24, 1961 to become judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. , , Henry B. González (D) , November 4, 1961 , - , , nowrap, Louis C. Rabaut (D) , Died November 12, 1961. , , Harold M. Ryan (D) , February 13, 1962 , - , , nowrap, Sam Rayburn (D) , Died November 16, 1961. , , Ray Roberts (D) , January 30, 1962 , - , , nowrap, Frank N. Ikard (D) , Resigned December 15, 1961. , , Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D) , January 27, 1962 , - , , nowrap, Lester Holtzman (D) , Resigned December 31, 1961 to become judge of the New York Supreme Court. , , Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) , February 20, 1962 , - , , nowrap, John J. Riley (D) , Died January 1, 1962. , , Corinne Boyd Riley (D) , April 10, 1962 , - , , nowrap, Hugh Joseph Addonizio (D) , Resigned June 30, 1962 to become Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. , rowspan=3 , Vacant , rowspan=3 , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap, Clement Woodnutt Miller (D) , Died October 7, 1962. , - , , nowrap, Frank Ellis Smith (D) , Resigned November 14, 1962.

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging: (Chairman: Patrick V. McNamara, Pat McNamara; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chairman: Robert S. Kerr; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Alan Bible; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Special Committee on National Fuels Study, National Fuels Study (Special) * United States Senate Select Committee on National Water Resources, National Water Resources (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: Dennis Chavez; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security, Subcommittee on Internal Security * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Carl Vinson; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Brent Spence; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Adam Clayton Powell; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Select Committee on Export Control, Export Control (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman: William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Wayne N. Aspinall; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Oren Harris; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Herbert C. Bonner; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Howard W. Smith; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Science and Astronautics (Chairman: Overton Brooks then George Paul Miller, George P. Miller; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Un-American Activities, Un-American Activities (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Olin E. Teague; Vice Chairman: Rep. ) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chairman: Rep. ) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chairman: Rep. Chet Holifield; Vice Chairman: Sen. ) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian, Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian * United States Congress Joint Committee on Defense Production, Defense Production (Chairman: Sen. A. Willis Robertson; Vice Chairman: Rep. ) * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chairman: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chairman: Sen. ) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy, Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Vacant) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, Legislative Budget * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Sen. ) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration, Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Rep.

; Vice Chairman: Sen. ) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry Flood Byrd, Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. ) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chairman: Sen. )

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver * Comptroller General of the United States: Joseph Campbell (accountant), Joseph Campbell * Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford * Public Printer of the United States: Raymond Blattenberger, until 1961 ** James L. Harrison, from 1961

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodism, Methodist) * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins (Senate Parliamentarian), Charles Watkins * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Richard D. Hupman * Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Robert G. Baker * Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts (politician), Ralph R. Roberts * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: H. H. Morris * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerk: George J. Maurer (D) and Joe Bartlett (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.

Notes

References

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External links

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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