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The 93rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...
and the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. It met in
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from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1975, during the last 18 months of Richard Nixon's presidency, and the first 6 months of Gerald Ford's. This Congress was the first (and, to date, only) Congress with more than two Senate Presidents (the
Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice ...
), in this case, three. After the resignation of
Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 â€“ September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second vice president to resign the position, the other being John ...
, Gerald Ford was appointed under the authority of the newly ratified
25th Amendment The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution deals with presidential succession and disability. It clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, a ...
. Ford became president the next year and Nelson Rockefeller was appointed in his place. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970. Both chambers had a Democratic majority. This is the earliest Congress to feature a member of the current 117th Congress, Representative Don Young (R-AK), who served until he died in 2022.


Major events

* January 20, 1973: President
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 ...
began his second term. * January 22, 1973: Supreme Court issued abortion decision, ''
Roe v. Wade ''Roe v. Wade'', 410 U.S. 113 (1973),. was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to have an abortion. The decision struck down many federal and s ...
'' * January 27, 1973: Paris Peace Accords signed * October 10, 1973: Vice President
Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 â€“ September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second vice president to resign the position, the other being John ...
resigned * October 20, 1973:
Saturday Night Massacre The Saturday Night Massacre was a series of events that took place in the United States on the evening of Saturday, October 20, 1973, during the Watergate scandal. President of the United States, U.S. President Richard Nixon ordered United State ...
* October 30, 1973:
Impeachment process against Richard Nixon The impeachment process against Richard Nixon began in the United States House of Representatives on October 30, 1973, following the series of high-level resignations and firings widely called the " Saturday Night Massacre" during the course ...
initiated * December 6, 1973: Vice President Gerald Ford confirmed and inaugurated * August 9, 1974: President
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 ...
resigned. Vice President Gerald Ford became
President of the United States 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 ...
. * November 5, 1974: United States midterm elections: Democrats increased their majorities in both houses * December 19, 1974: Vice President Nelson Rockefeller confirmed and inaugurated


Major legislation

* July 1, 1973:
Case–Church Amendment The Case–Church Amendment was legislation attached to a bill funding the U.S. State Department. it was approved by the U.S. Congress in June 1973 that prohibited further U.S. military activity in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia unless the preside ...
, , title I, * August 13, 1973:
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–87; 87 Stat. 250) is legislation enacted by the United States Congress and signed into law on August 13, 1973, which provided funding for existing interstate and new urban and rural primary and ...
, , title I, * September 26, 1973:
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 () is a United States federal law, codified at et seq. The principal sponsor of the bill was Rep. John Brademas (D-IN-3). The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 replaces preexisting laws (collectively referred to as the V ...
, , * October 1, 1973: Domestic Volunteer Services Act of 1973 (
VISTA Vista usually refers to a distant view. Vista may also refer to: Software *Windows Vista, the line of Microsoft Windows client operating systems released in 2006 and 2007 * VistA, (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) ...
), , * October 4, 1973: Oil Pollution Act of 1973, , * November 3, 1973: Amtrak Improvement Act, , * November 7, 1973:
War Powers Resolution The War Powers Resolution (also known as the War Powers Resolution of 1973 or the War Powers Act) () is a federal law intended to check the U.S. president's power to commit the United States to a ...
, , * December 28, 1973:
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA, ) was a United States federal law enacted by the Congress, and signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973 to train workers and provide them with jobs in the public service. ...
, * December 28, 1973: Endangered Species Act, , * December 29, 1973:
Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 (Pub. L. 93-222 codified as 42 U.S.C. §300e) is a United States statute enacted on December 29, 1973. The Health Maintenance Organization Act, informally known as the federal HMO Act, is a federal l ...
, * March 7, 1974:
Water Resources Development Act of 1974 The Water Resource Development Act of 1974, is part of enacted on March 7, 1974, enacted by Congress, which also included the Streambank Erosion Control Evaluation and Demonstration Act and the River Basin Monetary Authorization Act. WRDA 1974 WRD ...
, , * May 22, 1974:
Disaster Relief Act of 1974 The Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-288) was passed into law by the then President Richard Nixon as a United States federal law that established the process of presidential disaster declarations. The bill was introduced by Senator Quen ...
, , * July 12, 1974:
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (, , ) is a United States federal law that governs the role of the Congress in the United States budget process. The Congressional budget process Titles I through IX of the law are als ...
, , * July 25, 1974: Legal Services Corporation Act, , * August 21, 1974:
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA or the Buckley Amendment) is a United States federal law that governs the access to educational information and records by public entities such as potential employers, publicly funded e ...
, , title V, §513, * September 2, 1974:
Employee Retirement Income Security Act The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (, codified in part at ) is a U.S. federal tax and labor law that establishes minimum standards for pension plans in private industry. It contains rules on the federal income tax e ...
(ERISA), , * September 7, 1974: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, , * October 15, 1974: Federal Election Campaign Act, , * October 28, 1974:
Equal Credit Opportunity Act The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) is a United States law (codified at et seq.), enacted 28 October 1974, that makes it unlawful for any creditor to discriminate against any applicant, with respect to any aspect of a credit transaction, on ...
, , * October 29, 1974:
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 was created in response to the 1973 National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control report, ''America Burning''. The report's authors estimated fires caused 12,000 deaths, 300,000 serious inj ...
, , * November 26, 1974:
National Mass Transportation Assistance Act The National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 is a United States federal law that extended the Urban Mass Transportation Act to cover operating costs as well as construction costs. This act was the culmination of a major lobbying effort b ...
, , * December 3, 1974:
Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (or VEVRAA, ) is an Act of Congress originally about Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans, and any other veterans who served active duty time in a war event that qualifies for a camp ...
, , * December 16, 1974:
Safe Drinking Water Act The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the principal federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. Pursuant to the act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to set standards for drinking wa ...
, , * December 31, 1974:
Privacy Act of 1974 The Privacy Act of 1974 (, ), a United States federal law, establishes a Code of Fair Information Practice that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information about individuals that is maintaine ...
, , * January 2, 1975: An Act to Establish Rules of Evidence for Certain Courts and Proceedings, , * January 3, 1975:
Trade Act of 1974 The Trade Act of 1974 (, codified at ) was passed to help industry in the United States become more competitive or phase workers into other industries or occupations. Fast track authority The Trade Act of 1974 created fast track authority for ...
, , * January 3, 1975: Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, , title I, * January 4, 1975:
Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act The Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act (P.L. 93-637) is a United States federal law ( ''et seq.''). Enacted in 1975, the federal statute governs warranties on consumer products. The law does not require any product to have a warranty (it may be sold "a ...
, , * January 4, 1975:
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (Public Law 93-638) authorized the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and some other government agencies to enter into contracts with, ...
, , * January 4, 1975: National Health Planning and Resources Development Act, ,


Hearings

* May 17, 1973: Watergate hearings began ( Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities) * May 9, 1974: Hearings on the impeachment of President Nixon began ( House Judiciary Committee)


Party summary


Senate


House of Representatives


Leadership


Senate

*
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 ...
:
Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 â€“ September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second vice president to resign the position, the other being John ...
(R) until October 10, 1973 ** Gerald Ford (R) December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974 *** Nelson Rockefeller (R) from December 19, 1974 * President pro tempore: James Eastland (D) * Permanent acting president pro tempore:
Lee Metcalf Lee Warren Metcalf (January 28, 1911 – January 12, 1978) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1953–1961) and a U.S. Senator (1961–1978) from Montana. He was th ...
(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 Democrat, he served as a U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. senator (1953–1977) from Montana. He was the longest-serving Sen ...
*
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 ...
:
Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
* Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Frank Moss Frank Edward "Ted" Moss (September 23, 1911 – January 29, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1959 to 1977. Early life and education Frank Moss was born in Holladay ...


Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:
Hugh Scott Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate, from 195 ...
*
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 holdin ...
:
Robert P. Griffin Robert Paul Griffin (November 6, 1923 – April 16, 2015) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the M ...
*
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 ...
:
Norris Cotton Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was ...
* Republican Conference Secretary: Wallace F. Bennett * National Senatorial Committee Chair:
Bill Brock William Emerson Brock III (November 23, 1930 – March 25, 2021) was an American Republican politician who served in both chambers of the United States Congress from 1963 to 1977 and later in the United States Cabinet from 1981 to 1987. He was ...
* Policy Committee Chairman:
John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician, serving as a Republican United States Senator from Texas from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican Senator elected from Texas since Reconstruction. Tower ...


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 ...
:
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 ...
(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.
:
Tip O'Neill Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, representing northern Boston, Massachusetts, as ...
*
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 ...
: John J. McFall * Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Olin E. Teague Olin Earl "Tiger" Teague (April 6, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was a World War II veteran and congressional representative for Texas's 6th congressional district for 32 years, from 1946 to 1978. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Bi ...
* 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:
Wayne Hays Wayne Levere Hays (May 13, 1911 – February 10, 1989) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative of Ohio, in the Democratic Party, from 1949 to 1976. He resigned from Congress after a much-publicized sex scandal. Early yea ...


Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader: Gerald Ford until December 6, 1973 ** John Jacob Rhodes from December 7, 1973 *
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 holdin ...
:
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 ...
*
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 ...
: John B. Anderson * Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Samuel L. Devine * Republican Conference Secretary: Jack Edwards * Policy Committee Chairman:
Barber Conable Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (November 2, 1922 – November 30, 2003) was a U.S. Congressman from New York and former President of the World Bank Group. Biography Conable was born in Warsaw, New York on November 2, 1922. Conable was an Eagle Scou ...
* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Robert H. Michel Robert Henry Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional distric ...


Caucuses

*
Congressional Black Caucus The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is a caucus made up of most African-American members of the United States Congress. Representative Karen Bass from California chaired the caucus from 2019 to 2021; she was succeeded by Representative Joyce B ...
*
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

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by
class Class or The Class may refer to: Common uses not otherwise categorized * Class (biology), a taxonomic rank * Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects * Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used differentl ...
, and representatives are listed by district. : Skip down to House of Representatives


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 1 means their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1976; Class 2 means their term began with this Congress, facing re-election in 1978; and Class 3 means their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1974.


Alabama

: 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. James Allen (D)


Alaska

: 2.
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
(R) : 3.
Mike Gravel Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel ( ; May 13, 1930 – June 26, 2021) was an American politician and writer who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party, and who later in life twice ran for ...
(D)


Arizona

: 1.
Paul Fannin Paul Jones Fannin (January 29, 1907January 13, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1965 to 1977. He previously served as the 11th governor of Arizona from 1959 to 1965. Ea ...
(R) : 3. Barry Goldwater (R)


Arkansas

: 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), until December 31, 1974


California

: 1. John V. Tunney (D) : 3. Alan Cranston (D)


Colorado

: 2.
Floyd Haskell Floyd Kirk Haskell (February 7, 1916August 25, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1973 to 1979. Early life and career Floyd Haskell was born in Morris ...
(D) : 3.
Peter H. Dominick Peter Hoyt Dominick (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was an American diplomat, politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, wa ...
(R)


Connecticut

: 1.
Lowell Weicker Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (; born May 16, 1931) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 1980. He was ...
(R) : 3.
Abraham Ribicoff Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 â€“ February 22, 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and was the 80th ...
(D)


Delaware

: 1.
William Roth William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party. He served from 1967 to 1970 as the lone U.S ...
(R) : 2. Joe Biden (D)


Florida

: 1.
Lawton Chiles Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (April 3, 1930 â€“ December 12, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 41st governor of Florida from 1991 until his death in 1998. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United State ...
(D) : 3.
Edward Gurney Edward John Gurney Jr. (January 12, 1914 – May 14, 1996) was an attorney and an American politician based in Florida, where he served as a Representative and a United States Senator. Born and reared in Portland, Maine, Gurney moved to Flo ...
(R), until December 31, 1974 ::
Richard Stone Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone (30 August 1913 – 6 December 1991) was an eminent British economist, educated at Westminster School and Gonville and Caius College and King's College at the University of Cambridge. In 1984, he was awarded ...
(D), from January 1, 1975


Georgia

: 2.
Sam Nunn Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party. After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initia ...
(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

: 1. Hiram Fong (R) : 3. Daniel Inouye (D)


Idaho

: 2. James A. McClure (R) : 3. Frank Church (D)


Illinois

: 2.
Charles H. Percy Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011) was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 ...
(R) : 3. Adlai Stevenson III (D)


Indiana

: 1. Vance Hartke (D) : 3.
Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 â€“ March 14, 2019) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected to office in 1954, when he won election to the India ...
(D)


Iowa

: 2.
Dick Clark Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting '' American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 19 ...
(D) : 3.
Harold Hughes Harold Everett Hughes (February 10, 1922 – October 23, 1996) was the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969, and a United States senator from Iowa from 1969 until 1975. He began his political career as a Republican but changed his affil ...
(D)


Kansas

: 2.
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) : 3. Bob Dole (R)


Kentucky

: 2. Walter "Dee" Huddleston (D) : 3.
Marlow Cook Marlow Webster Cook (July 27, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American politician who served Kentucky in the United States Senate from his appointment in December 1968 to his resignation in December 1974. He was a moderate Republican. He ...
(R), until December 27, 1974 ::
Wendell Ford Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be ...
(D), from December 28, 1974


Louisiana

: 2. J. Bennett Johnston (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

: 1. Edmund Muskie (D) : 2.
William Hathaway William Dodd Hathaway (February 21, 1924June 24, 2013) was an American politician and lawyer from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator for Maine from 1973 to 1979, as the U.S. representative for Maine's ...
(D)


Maryland

: 1.
J. Glenn Beall Jr. James Glenn Beall Jr. (June 19, 1927March 24, 2006) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and businessman from the U.S. state, state of Maryland who served in the United States House of Representatives, represent ...
(R) : 3.
Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 â€“ January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney. A Republican, he served as a member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1969 to 1987. He was also a member of ...
(R)


Massachusetts

: 1.
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
(D) : 2.
Edward Brooke Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American politician of the Republican Party, who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 until 1979. Prior to serving in the Senate, he served as th ...
(R)


Michigan

: 1.
Philip Hart Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as ...
(D) : 2.
Robert P. Griffin Robert Paul Griffin (November 6, 1923 – April 16, 2015) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the M ...
(R)


Minnesota

: 1.
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 ...
(DFL) : 2.
Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota ...
(DFL)


Mississippi

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


Missouri

: 1.
Stuart Symington William Stuart Symington III (; June 26, 1901 – December 14, 1988) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Missouri. He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a United States Senator from ...
(D) : 3.
Thomas Eagleton Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer serving as a United States senator from Missouri, from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972. H ...
(D)


Montana

: 1.
Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. senator (1953–1977) from Montana. He was the longest-serving Sen ...
(D) : 2.
Lee Metcalf Lee Warren Metcalf (January 28, 1911 – January 12, 1978) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1953–1961) and a U.S. Senator (1961–1978) from Montana. He was th ...
(D)


Nebraska

: 1.
Roman Hruska Roman Lee Hruska () (August 16, 1904April 25, 1999) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican U.S. senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the Senate during the 1960 ...
(R) : 2. Carl Curtis (R)


Nevada

: 1. Howard Cannon (D) : 3.
Alan Bible Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General ...
(D), until December 17, 1974 ::
Paul Laxalt Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
(R), from December 18, 1974


New Hampshire

: 2. Thomas J. McIntyre (D) : 3.
Norris Cotton Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was ...
(R), until December 31, 1974 ::
Louis C. Wyman Louis Crosby Wyman (March 16, 1917 – May 5, 2002) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Representative and, for three days, a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. This was one of the shortest tenures in Senate history. He was a memb ...
(R), from December 31, 1974


New Jersey

: 1.
Harrison A. Williams Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams Jr. (December 10, 1919November 17, 2001) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1953–1957) and the United States Sena ...
(D) : 2. Clifford P. Case (R)


New Mexico

: 1.
Joseph Montoya Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957†...
(D) : 2.
Pete Domenici Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (May 7, 1932 â€“ September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the S ...
(R)


New York

: 1. James L. Buckley ( C) : 3.
Jacob Javits Jacob Koppel Javits ( ; May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician. During his time in politics, he represented the state of New York in both houses of the United States Congress. A member of the Republican Party, he al ...
(R)


North Carolina

: 2. Jesse Helms (R) : 3.
Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often ...
(D), until December 31, 1974


North Dakota

: 1.
Quentin Burdick Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
(D-NPL) : 3.
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 ...
(R)


Ohio

: 1.
Robert Taft Jr. Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (February 26, 1917 – December 7, 1993) was an American politician. He was a member of the Taft political family who served as a Republican Congressman from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971 ...
(R) : 3.
William B. Saxbe William Bart Saxbe ( ; June 24, 1916 – August 24, 2010) was an American diplomat and politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator for Ohio, and was the Attorney General for Presidents Richard M. Nixon an ...
(R), until January 3, 1974 ::
Howard Metzenbaum Howard Morton Metzenbaum (June 4, 1917March 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio (1974, 1976–1995). He also served in the Ohio Hous ...
(D), January 4, 1974 – December 23, 1974 :: John Glenn (D), from December 24, 1974


Oklahoma

: 2.
Dewey F. Bartlett Dewey Follett Bartlett Sr. (March 28, 1919 â€“ March 1, 1979) was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971, following his fellow Republican, Henry Bellmon. In 1966, he became the first Roman Ca ...
(R) : 3.
Henry Bellmon Henry Louis Bellmon (September 3, 1921 – September 29, 2009) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Oklahoma. A member of the Oklahoma Legislature, he went on to become both the 18th and 23rd governor of Oklahoma, mai ...
(R)


Oregon

: 2. Mark Hatfield (R) : 3.
Bob Packwood Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from the United States Senate, under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of ...
(R)


Pennsylvania

: 1.
Hugh Scott Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate, from 195 ...
(R) : 3.
Richard Schweiker Richard Schultz Schweiker (June 1, 1926 â€“ July 31, 2015) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 14th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan from 198 ...
(R)


Rhode Island

: 1.
John Pastore John Orlando Pastore (March 17, 1907July 15, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1950 to 1976 and as the 61st governor of Rhode Island from 19 ...
(D) : 2.
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
(D)


South Carolina

: 2. Strom Thurmond (R) : 3.
Fritz Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the 106th governor of South Carolina, ...
(D)


South Dakota

: 2.
James Abourezk James George Abourezk (born February 24, 1931) is an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a United States senator and United States representative from South Dakota. He did not seek re-election to the US Senate in 1978. He w ...
(D) : 3. George McGovern (D)


Tennessee

: 1.
Bill Brock William Emerson Brock III (November 23, 1930 – March 25, 2021) was an American Republican politician who served in both chambers of the United States Congress from 1963 to 1977 and later in the United States Cabinet from 1981 to 1987. He was ...
(R) : 2. Howard Baker (R)


Texas

: 1. Lloyd Bentsen (D) : 2.
John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician, serving as a Republican United States Senator from Texas from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican Senator elected from Texas since Reconstruction. Tower ...
(R)


Utah

: 1.
Frank Moss Frank Edward "Ted" Moss (September 23, 1911 – January 29, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1959 to 1977. Early life and education Frank Moss was born in Holladay ...
(D) : 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R), until December 20, 1974 ::
Jake Garn Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in sp ...
(R), from December 21, 1974


Vermont

: 1.
Robert Stafford Robert Theodore Stafford (August 8, 1913 – December 23, 2006) was an American politician from Vermont. In his lengthy political career, he served as the 71st governor of Vermont, a United States representative, and a U.S. Senator. A Republi ...
(R) : 3.
George Aiken George David Aiken (August 20, 1892November 19, 1984) was an American politician and horticulturist. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 64th governor of Vermont (1937–1941) before serving in the United States Senate for 34 years, ...
(R)


Virginia

: 1.
Harry F. Byrd Jr. Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was an American orchardist, newspaper publisher and politician. He served in the Senate of Virginia and then represented Virginia in the United States Senate, succeeding his father, Harr ...
( I) : 2.
William L. Scott William Lloyd Scott (July 1, 1915February 14, 1997) was an American Republican politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate. He was the first Republican elec ...
(R)


Washington

: 1.
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and a ...
(D) : 3.
Warren Magnuson Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson (April 12, 1905May 20, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Washington in Congress for 44 years, first as a Representative from 1937 to 1944, and then as a senator from 1944 to 1 ...
(D)


West Virginia

: 1.
Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
(D) : 2.
Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph (March 8, 1902May 8, 1998) was an American politician from West Virginia. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1947 and the United States Senate from 1958 to ...
(D)


Wisconsin

: 1.
William Proxmire Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. He holds the record for being the longest-serv ...
(D) : 3.
Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916July 3, 2005) was an American politician and environmentalist from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the founder of Earth Day, which launch ...
(D)


Wyoming

: 1. Gale W. McGee (D) : 2.
Clifford Hansen Clifford Peter Hansen (October 16, 1912October 20, 2009) was an American politician from the state of Wyoming. A Republican, he served as the 26th Governor of Wyoming (January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967) and subsequently as a United States sen ...
(R)


House of Representatives

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


Alabama

: . Jack Edwards (R) : .
William Louis Dickinson William Louis "Bill" Dickinson (June 5, 1925 – March 31, 2008), was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Dickinson served in the United States House of Representatives for Alabama's 2nd congressional district from 1965 to ...
(R) : . Bill Nichols (D) : .
Tom Bevill Tom Donald Fike Bevill (March 27, 1921 – March 28, 2005) was an American attorney, politician, and Democratic fifteen-term U.S. congressman who represented Alabama's 4th Congressional District and Alabama's 7th congressional district from 19 ...
(D) : .
Robert E. Jones Jr. Robert Emmett Jones Jr. (June 12, 1912 – June 4, 1997) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the Alabama's 8th congressional district, 8th district of Alabama. He was the last to represent that district before it was r ...
(D) : . John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R) : .
Walter Flowers Walter Winkler Flowers, Jr. (April 12, 1933 – April 12, 1984) was an American Democratic politician who represented Alabama's 5th congressional district and Alabama's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representativ ...
(D)


Alaska

: . Don Young (R), from March 6, 1973


Arizona

: . John Jacob Rhodes (R) : .
Mo Udall Morris King "Mo" Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democ ...
(D) : .
Sam Steiger Samuel Steiger (March 10, 1929September 26, 2012) was an American politician, journalist, political pundit. He served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Pre ...
(R) : .
John Bertrand Conlan John Bertrand Conlan (September 17, 1930 – June 18, 2021) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served as a State Senator from 1965 to 1972 and as a United States representative from Arizona from 1973 to 1977. Early life and ...
(R)


Arkansas

: . William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D) : .
Wilbur Mills Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909 – May 2, 1992) was an American Democratic politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from ...
(D) : .
John Paul Hammerschmidt John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
(R) : .
Ray Thornton Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. (July 16, 1928 – April 13, 2016)Arkansas CourtsA Self-Guided Tour of Justice Building Portraits(2016), p. 11. was an American attorney and politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th ...
(D)


California

: .
Donald H. Clausen Donald Holst "Don" Clausen (April 27, 1923 – February 7, 2015) was an American businessman, World War II veteran, and politician who served ten terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1983. Biography Born in Ferndale, Cali ...
(R) : . Harold T. Johnson (D) : . John E. Moss (D) : .
Robert L. Leggett Robert Louis Leggett (July 26, 1926 – August 13, 1997) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1979. Early life Born in Richmond, California, Leggett attended the pu ...
(D) : .
Phillip Burton Phillip Burton (June 1, 1926 – April 10, 1983) was an American politician and attorney who served as a United States representative from California from 1964 until his death in 1983. A Democrat, he was instrumental in creating the Golden Gate ...
(D) : . William S. Mailliard (R), until March 5, 1974 :: John Burton (D), from June 4, 1974 : . Ron Dellums (D) : . Pete Stark (D) : .
Don Edwards William Donlon Edwards (January 6, 1915 – October 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California for 32 years in the late 20th century. Early life Edwar ...
(D) : . Charles Gubser (R), until December 31, 1974 : .
Leo Ryan Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassina ...
(D) : . Burt Talcott (R) : . Charles M. Teague (R), until January 1, 1974 :: Robert J. Lagomarsino (R), from March 5, 1974 : . Jerome Waldie (D) : . John J. McFall (D) : . B. F. Sisk (D) : . Pete McCloskey (R) : . Bob Mathias (R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Carlos Moorhead (R) : . Augustus Hawkins (D) : . James C. Corman (D) : . Del M. Clawson (R) : . John H. Rousselot (R) : . Charles E. Wiggins (R) : . Thomas M. Rees (D) : . Barry Goldwater Jr. (R) : . Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (R) : . George E. Danielson (D) : . Edward R. Roybal (D) : . Charles H. Wilson (D) : . Craig Hosmer (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Jerry Pettis (R) : . Richard T. Hanna (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Glenn M. Anderson (D) : . William M. Ketchum (R) : . Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D) : . George Brown Jr. (D) : . Andrew J. Hinshaw (R) : . Bob Wilson (politician), Bob Wilson (R) : . Lionel Van Deerlin (D) : . Clair Burgener (R) : . Victor Veysey (R)


Colorado

: . Pat Schroeder (D) : . Donald G. Brotzman (R) : . Frank Evans (politician), Frank Evans (D) : . James Paul Johnson (R) : . William L. Armstrong (R)


Connecticut

: . William R. Cotter (politician), William R. Cotter (D) : . Robert H. Steele (R) : . Robert Giaimo (D) : . Stewart McKinney (politician), Stewart McKinney (R) : . Ronald A. Sarasin (R) : . Ella Grasso (D)


Delaware

: . Pete du Pont (R)


Florida

: . Bob Sikes (D) : . Don Fuqua (D) : . Charles E. Bennett (politician), Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Bill Chappell (D) : . Bill Gunter (D) : . Bill Young (R) : . Sam Gibbons (D) : . James A. Haley (D) : . Louis Frey Jr. (R) : . Skip Bafalis (R) : . Paul Rogers (politician), Paul Rogers (D) : . J. Herbert Burke (R) : . William Lehman (Florida politician), William Lehman (D) : . Claude Pepper (D) : . Dante Fascell (D)


Georgia

: . Ronald 'Bo' Ginn (D) : . Dawson Mathis (D) : . Jack Brinkley (D) : . Benjamin B. Blackburn (R) : . Andrew Young (D) : . John Flynt (D) : . John William Davis (Georgia politician), John William Davis (D) : . W. S. Stuckey Jr. (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (D)


Hawaii

: . Spark Matsunaga (D) : . Patsy Mink (D)


Idaho

: . Steve Symms (R) : . Orval H. Hansen (R)


Illinois

: . Ralph Metcalfe (D) : . Morgan F. Murphy (D) : . Robert P. Hanrahan (R) : . Ed Derwinski (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Harold R. Collier (R) : . Cardiss Collins (D), from June 5, 1973 : . Dan Rostenkowski (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Samuel H. Young (R) : . Frank Annunzio (D) : . Phil Crane (R) : . Robert McClory (R) : . John N. Erlenborn (R) : .
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 ...
(R), until December 31, 1974 : . John B. Anderson (R) : . George M. O'Brien (R) : .
Robert H. Michel Robert Henry Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional distric ...
(R) : . Tom Railsback (R) : . Paul Findley (R) : . Edward Rell Madigan (R) : . George E. Shipley (D) : . Melvin Price (D) : . Kenneth J. Gray (D), until December 31, 1974


Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Earl Landgrebe (R) : . John Brademas (D) : . J. Edward Roush (D) : . Elwood Hillis (R) : . William G. Bray (R) : . John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers (R) : . Roger H. Zion (R) : . Lee H. Hamilton (D) : . David W. Dennis (R) : . William H. Hudnut III (R)


Iowa

: . Edward Mezvinsky (D) : . John Culver (D) : . H. R. Gross (R) : . Neal Edward Smith (D) : . William J. Scherle (R) : . Wiley Mayne (R)


Kansas

: . Keith Sebelius (R) : . William R. Roy (D) : . Larry Winn (R) : . Garner E. Shriver (R) : . Joe Skubitz (R)


Kentucky

: . Frank Stubblefield (D), until December 31, 1974 : . William Natcher (D) : . Romano Mazzoli (D) : . Gene Snyder (R) : . Tim Lee Carter (R) : . John B. Breckinridge (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D)


Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : . Hale Boggs (D), until January 3, 1973 :: Lindy Boggs (D), from March 20, 1973 : . Dave Treen (R) : . Joe Waggonner (D) : . Otto Passman (D) : . John Rarick (D) : . John Breaux (D) : . Gillis William Long (D)


Maine

: . Peter Kyros (D) : . William Cohen (R)


Maryland

: . William Oswald Mills (R), until May 24, 1973 :: Robert Bauman (R), from August 21, 1973 : . Clarence Long (D) : . Paul Sarbanes (D) : . Marjorie Holt (R) : . Lawrence Hogan (R) : . Goodloe Byron (D) : . Parren Mitchell (D) : . Gilbert Gude (R)


Massachusetts

: . Silvio O. Conte (R) : . Edward Boland (D) : . Harold Donohue (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Robert Drinan (D) : . Paul W. Cronin (R) : . Michael J. Harrington (D) : . Torbert Macdonald (D) : .
Tip O'Neill Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, representing northern Boston, Massachusetts, as ...
(D) : . Joe Moakley (D)Joe Moakley (D–MA) was elected as "Independent Conservative," based on official report of Congress by Benjamin Guthrie. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972." But he was sworn in as a Democrat at the beginning of the Congress, January 3, 1973

/ref> : . Margaret Heckler (R) : . James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician), James A. Burke (D) : . Gerry Studds (D)


Michigan

: . John Conyers (D) : . Marvin L. Esch (R) : . Garry E. Brown (R) : . J. Edward Hutchinson (R) : . Gerald Ford (R), until December 6, 1973 :: Richard Vander Veen (D), from February 18, 1974 : . Charles E. Chamberlain (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Donald Riegle (R), then (D) : . R. James Harvey (R), until January 31, 1974 :: J. Bob Traxler (D), from April 23, 1974 : . Guy Vander Jagt (R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Philip Ruppe (R) : . James G. O'Hara (D) : . Charles Diggs (D) : . Lucien Nedzi (D) : . William D. Ford (D) : . John Dingell (D) : . Martha Griffiths (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Robert J. Huber (R) : . William Broomfield (R)


Minnesota

: . Al Quie (R) : . Ancher Nelsen (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Bill Frenzel (R) : . Joseph Karth (DFL) : . Donald M. Fraser (DFL) : . John M. Zwach (R) : . Robert Bergland (DFL) : . John Blatnik (DFL), until December 31, 1974


Mississippi

: . Jamie Whitten (D) : . David R. Bowen (D) : . Sonny Montgomery (D) : . Thad Cochran (R) : . Trent Lott (R)


Missouri

: . Bill Clay (D) : . James W. Symington (D) : .
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 ...
(D) : . William J. Randall (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . Jerry Litton (D) : . Gene Taylor (Missouri politician), Gene Taylor (R) : . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D) : . William L. Hungate (D) : . Bill Burlison (D)


Montana

: . Richard G. Shoup (R) : . John Melcher (D)


Nebraska

: . Charles Thone (R) : . John Y. McCollister (R) : . David Martin (Nebraska politician), David Martin (R), until December 31, 1974


Nevada

: . David Towell (R)


New Hampshire

: .
Louis C. Wyman Louis Crosby Wyman (March 16, 1917 – May 5, 2002) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Representative and, for three days, a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. This was one of the shortest tenures in Senate history. He was a memb ...
(R), until December 31, 1974 : . James Colgate Cleveland (R)


New Jersey

: . John E. Hunt (R) : . Charles W. Sandman Jr. (R) : . James J. Howard (D) : . Frank Thompson (D) : . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R) : . Edwin B. Forsythe (R) : . William B. Widnall (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Robert A. Roe (D) : . Henry Helstoski (D) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Joseph Minish (D) : . Matthew John Rinaldo (R) : . Joseph J. Maraziti (R) : . Dominick V. Daniels (D) : . Edward J. Patten (D)


New Mexico

: . Manuel Lujan Jr. (R) : . Harold L. Runnels (D)


New York

: . Otis G. Pike (D) : . James R. Grover Jr. (R) : . Angelo D. Roncallo (R) : . Norman F. Lent (R) : . John W. Wydler (R) : . Lester L. Wolff (D) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Mario Biaggi (D) : . Frank J. Brasco (D) : . Shirley Chisholm (D) : . Bertram L. Podell (D) : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Hugh Carey (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Elizabeth Holtzman (D) : . John M. Murphy (D) : . Ed Koch (D) : . Charles Rangel (D) : . Bella Abzug (D) : . Herman Badillo (D) : . Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) : . Peter A. Peyser (R) : . Ogden Reid (D) : . Hamilton Fish IV (R) : . Benjamin Gilman (R) : . Howard W. Robison (R) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Carleton J. King (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Robert C. McEwen (R) : . Donald J. Mitchell (R) : . James M. Hanley (D) : . William F. Walsh (R) : . Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton (R) : .
Barber Conable Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (November 2, 1922 – November 30, 2003) was a U.S. Congressman from New York and former President of the World Bank Group. Biography Conable was born in Warsaw, New York on November 2, 1922. Conable was an Eagle Scou ...
(R) : . Henry P. Smith III (R) : . Thaddeus J. Dulski (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Jack Kemp (R) : . James F. Hastings (R)


North Carolina

: . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . David N. Henderson (D) : . Ike Franklin Andrews (D) : . Wilmer Mizell (R) : . L. Richardson Preyer (D) : . Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose (D) : . Earl B. Ruth (R) : . James G. Martin (R) : . Jim Broyhill (R) : . Roy A. Taylor (D)


North Dakota

: . Mark Andrews (politician), Mark Andrews (R)


Ohio

: . William J. Keating (R), until January 3, 1974 :: Tom Luken (D), from March 5, 1974 : . Donald D. Clancy (R) : . Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R) : . Tennyson Guyer (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . Bud Brown (politician), Bud Brown (R) : . Walter E. Powell (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : . Clarence E. Miller (R) : . J. William Stanton (R) : . Samuel L. Devine (R) : . Charles Adams Mosher (R) : . John F. Seiberling (D) : . Chalmers Wylie (R) : . Ralph Regula (R) : . John M. Ashbrook (R) : .
Wayne Hays Wayne Levere Hays (May 13, 1911 – February 10, 1989) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative of Ohio, in the Democratic Party, from 1949 to 1976. He resigned from Congress after a much-publicized sex scandal. Early yea ...
(D) : . Charles J. Carney (D) : . James V. Stanton (D) : . Louis Stokes (D) : . Charles Vanik (D) : . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R), until December 31, 1974


Oklahoma

: . James R. Jones (D) : . Clem McSpadden (D) : .
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 ...
(D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . John Newbold Camp (R)


Oregon

: . Wendell Wyatt (R) : . Al Ullman (D) : . Edith Green (D), until December 31, 1974 : . John R. Dellenback (R)


Pennsylvania

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D) : . William J. Green III (D) : . Joshua Eilberg (D) : . John H. Ware III (R) : . Gus Yatron (D) : . Lawrence G. Williams (R) : . Edward G. Biester Jr. (R) : . Bud Shuster (R) : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Dan Flood (D) : . John P. Saylor (R), until October 28, 1973 :: John Murtha (D), from February 5, 1974 : . Lawrence Coughlin (R) : . William S. Moorhead (D) : . Fred B. Rooney (D) : . Edwin Duing Eshleman (R) : . Herman T. Schneebeli (R) : . John Heinz (R) : . George Atlee Goodling (R) : . Joseph M. Gaydos (D) : . John Herman Dent (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . Albert W. Johnson (R) : . Joseph P. Vigorito (D) : . Frank M. Clark (D), until December 31, 1974


Rhode Island

: . Fernand St. Germain (D) : . Robert Tiernan (D)


South Carolina

: . Mendel Jackson Davis (D) : . Floyd Spence (R) : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D), until December 31, 1974 : . James Mann (South Carolina politician), James Mann (D) : . Thomas S. Gettys (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Edward Lunn Young (R)


South Dakota

: . Frank E. Denholm (D) : . James Abdnor (R)


Tennessee

: . Jimmy Quillen (R) : . John Duncan Sr. (R) : . LaMar Baker (R) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Richard Fulton (D) : . Robin Beard (R) : . Ed Jones (Tennessee politician), Ed Jones (D) : . Dan Kuykendall (R)


Texas

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Charlie Wilson (Texas politician), Charlie Wilson (D) : . James M. Collins (R) : . Ray Roberts (D) : . Alan Steelman (R) : .
Olin E. Teague Olin Earl "Tiger" Teague (April 6, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was a World War II veteran and congressional representative for Texas's 6th congressional district for 32 years, from 1946 to 1978. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Bi ...
(D) : . Bill Archer (R) : . Robert C. Eckhardt (D) : . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D) : . J. J. Pickle (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Bob Price (Texas politician), Bob Price (R) : . John Andrew Young (D) : . Kika de la Garza (D) : . Richard Crawford White (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Barbara Jordan (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Henry B. González (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Robert R. Casey (D) : . Abraham Kazen (D) : . Dale Milford (D)


Utah

: . K. Gunn McKay (D) : . Wayne Owens (D)


Vermont

: . Richard W. Mallary (R)


Virginia

: . Thomas N. Downing (D) : . G. William Whitehurst (R) : . David E. Satterfield III (D) : . Robert Daniel (R) : . Dan Daniel (politician), Dan Daniel (D) : . M. Caldwell Butler (R) : . J. Kenneth Robinson (R) : . Stanford Parris (R) : . William C. Wampler (R) : . Joel Broyhill (R), until December 31, 1974


Washington

: . Joel Pritchard (R) : . Lloyd Meeds (D) : . Julia Butler Hansen (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Mike McCormack (politician), Mike McCormack (D) : . Tom Foley (D) : . Floyd Hicks (D) : . Brock Adams (D)


West Virginia

: . Bob Mollohan (D) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . John M. Slack (D) : . Ken Hechler (D)


Wisconsin

: . Les Aspin (D) : . Robert Kastenmeier (D) : . Vernon Wallace Thomson (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Henry S. Reuss (D) : . William A. Steiger (R) : . Dave Obey (D) : . Harold Vernon Froehlich (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (R), until December 31, 1974


Wyoming

: . Teno Roncalio (D)


Non-voting members

: . Walter Fauntroy (D) : . Antonio Borja Won Pat (D) : . Jaime Benítez Rexach (Resident Commissioner) (Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, PPD) : . Ron de Lugo (D)


Changes in membership


Senate

, - , List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio
(3) , ,
William B. Saxbe William Bart Saxbe ( ; June 24, 1916 – August 24, 2010) was an American diplomat and politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator for Ohio, and was the Attorney General for Presidents Richard M. Nixon an ...
(R) , Resigned January 3, 1974, to become United States Attorney General, Attorney General.
Successor appointed January 4, 1974 to finish the term. , ,
Howard Metzenbaum Howard Morton Metzenbaum (June 4, 1917March 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio (1974, 1976–1995). He also served in the Ohio Hous ...
(D) , January 4, 1974 , - , List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada
(3) , ,
Alan Bible Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General ...
(D) , Resigned December 17, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 18, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. , ,
Paul Laxalt Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
(R) , December 18, 1974 , - , List of United States senators from Utah, Utah
(3) , , Wallace F. Bennett (R) , Resigned December 20, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 21, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. , ,
Jake Garn Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in sp ...
(R) , December 21, 1974 , - , List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio
(3) , ,
Howard Metzenbaum Howard Morton Metzenbaum (June 4, 1917March 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio (1974, 1976–1995). He also served in the Ohio Hous ...
(D) , Resigned December 23, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 24, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. , , John Glenn (D) , December 24, 1974 , - , List of United States senators from Kentucky, Kentucky
(3) , ,
Marlow Cook Marlow Webster Cook (July 27, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American politician who served Kentucky in the United States Senate from his appointment in December 1968 to his resignation in December 1974. He was a moderate Republican. He ...
(R) , Resigned December 27, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 28, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. , ,
Wendell Ford Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be ...
(D) , December 28, 1974 , - , List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
(3) , ,
Norris Cotton Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was ...
(R) , Resigned December 31, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 31, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. , ,
Louis C. Wyman Louis Crosby Wyman (March 16, 1917 – May 5, 2002) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Representative and, for three days, a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. This was one of the shortest tenures in Senate history. He was a memb ...
(R) , December 31, 1974 , - , List of United States senators from Florida, Florida
(3) , ,
Edward Gurney Edward John Gurney Jr. (January 12, 1914 – May 14, 1996) was an attorney and an American politician based in Florida, where he served as a Representative and a United States Senator. Born and reared in Portland, Maine, Gurney moved to Flo ...
(R) , Resigned December 31, 1974, in an influence peddling scandal.
Successor appointed January 1, 1975, having already been elected to the next term. , ,
Richard Stone Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone (30 August 1913 – 6 December 1991) was an eminent British economist, educated at Westminster School and Gonville and Caius College and King's College at the University of Cambridge. In 1984, he was awarded ...
(D) , January 1, 1975 , - , List of United States senators from Arkansas, Arkansas
(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) , Resigned December 31, 1974.
Successor began next term. , Vacant , Not filled this Congress , - , List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina
(3) , ,
Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often ...
(D) , Resigned December 31, 1974.
Successor began next term. , Vacant , Not filled this Congress


House of Representatives

There were three deaths before this Congress began. , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep. George W. Collins (D) died during previous congress. , , Cardiss Collins (D) , June 5, 1973 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Nick Begich (D) and Hale Boggs (D) were lost in a plane crash, and the estate of Rep. Begich was issued a presumptive death certificate from the State of Alaska during previous congress. Both were also declared dead pursuant to H. R. Res. 1 issued January 3, 1973. , , Don Young (R) , nowrap , March 6, 1973 , - , , , Hale Boggs (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Nick Begich (D) and Hale Boggs (D) were lost in a plane crash during previous congress. Both were declared dead pursuant to H. R. Res. 1 issued January 3, 1973. , , Lindy Boggs (D) , March 20, 1973 , - , , , Donald Riegle (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Switched party affiliation. , , Donald Riegle (D) , February 27, 1973 , - , , nowrap, William Oswald Mills (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Committed suicide May 24, 1973. , nowrap , Robert Bauman (R) , August 21, 1973 , - , nowrap , , , John P. Saylor (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 28, 1973. , , John Murtha (D) , nowrap , February 5, 1974 , - , , , Gerald Ford (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 6, 1973, to become vice president. , , Richard Vander Veen (D) , February 18, 1974 , - , , nowrap , Charles M. Teague (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 1, 1974. , nowrap , Robert J. Lagomarsino (R) , March 5, 1974 , - , , , William J. Keating (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 3, 1974. , , Tom Luken (D) , March 5, 1974 , - , , , R. James Harvey (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 31, 1974, after being appointed as a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, US District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan. , , J. Bob Traxler (D) , April 23, 1974 , - , , , William S. Mailliard (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 5, 1974. , , John Burton (D) , June 4, 1974 , - , , , Charles Gubser (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , colspan=2 rowspan=28, Remained vacant until next Congress , - , , , Chester E. Holifield (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Craig Hosmer (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Richard T. Hanna (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , ,
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 ...
(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Kenneth J. Gray (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Frank Stubblefield (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Harold Donohue (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Charles E. Chamberlain (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Martha Griffiths (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Ancher Nelsen (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , John Blatnik (DFL) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , David Martin (Nebraska politician), David Martin (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , ,
Louis C. Wyman Louis Crosby Wyman (March 16, 1917 – May 5, 2002) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Representative and, for three days, a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. This was one of the shortest tenures in Senate history. He was a memb ...
(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate. , - , , , William B. Widnall (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Hugh Carey (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Carleton J. King (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Thaddeus J. Dulski (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Edith Green (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Frank M. Clark (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Thomas S. Gettys (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , O. C. Fisher (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Joel Broyhill (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974, after being defeated for re-election. , - , , , Julia Butler Hansen (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974. , - , , , Glenn Robert Davis (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1974 .


Committees


Senate

* United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging (Special) (Chair: Frank Church) * United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair:
Frank Moss Frank Edward "Ted" Moss (September 23, 1911 – January 29, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1959 to 1977. Early life and education Frank Moss was born in Holladay ...
; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Agriculture and Forestry (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) ** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Environment, Soil Conservation and Forestry, Environment, Soil Conservation and Forestry (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Jesse Helms) ** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Agriculture Credit and Rural Electrification, Agriculture Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair: George McGovern; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) ** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices, Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Walter "Dee" Huddleston; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young) ** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Agricultural Research and General Legislation, Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: Bob Dole) ** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Rural Development (Chair:
Dick Clark Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting '' American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 19 ...
; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) ** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Foreign Agricultural Policy, Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry Bellmon Henry Louis Bellmon (September 3, 1921 – September 29, 2009) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Oklahoma. A member of the Oklahoma Legislature, he went on to become both the 18th and 23rd governor of Oklahoma, mai ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environmental and Consumer Protection, Agriculture, Environmental and Consumer Protection (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Intelligence Operations, Intelligence Operations (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair:
Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 â€“ March 14, 2019) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected to office in 1954, when he won election to the India ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 â€“ January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney. A Republican, he served as a member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1969 to 1987. He was also a member of ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: Edward W. Brooke) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Development, Space, Science and Veterans, Housing and Urban Development, Space, Science and Veterans (Chair:
William Proxmire Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. He holds the record for being the longest-serv ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 â€“ January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney. A Republican, he served as a member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1969 to 1987. He was also a member of ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Interior (Chair:
Alan Bible Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General ...
; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Education and Welfare, Labor, Health, Education and Welfare (Chair:
Warren Magnuson Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson (April 12, 1905May 20, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Washington in Congress for 44 years, first as a Representative from 1937 to 1944, and then as a senator from 1944 to 1 ...
; Ranking Member:
Norris Cotton Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (Chair:
Fritz Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the 106th governor of South Carolina, ...
; Ranking Member:
Norris Cotton Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair:
Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. senator (1953–1977) from Montana. He was the longest-serving Sen ...
; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Works, AEC, Public Works, AEC (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Justice, Commerce and the Judiciary, State, Justice, Commerce and the Judiciary (Chair:
John Pastore John Orlando Pastore (March 17, 1907July 15, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1950 to 1976 and as the 61st governor of Rhode Island from 19 ...
; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair:
Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, U.S. Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, U.S. Postal Service and General Government (Chair:
Joseph Montoya Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957†...
; Ranking Member:
Henry Bellmon Henry Louis Bellmon (September 3, 1921 – September 29, 2009) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Oklahoma. A member of the Oklahoma Legislature, he went on to become both the 18th and 23rd governor of Oklahoma, mai ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Central Intelligence, Central Intelligence (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member:
Peter H. Dominick Peter Hoyt Dominick (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was an American diplomat, politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, wa ...
) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Preparedness Investigating, Preparedness Investigating (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on National Stockfile and Naval Petroleum Reserves, National Stockfile and Naval Petroleum Reserves (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member:
William L. Scott William Lloyd Scott (July 1, 1915February 14, 1997) was an American Republican politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate. He was the first Republican elec ...
) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Status of Forces, Status of Forces (Chair:
Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often ...
; Ranking Member:
William L. Scott William Lloyd Scott (July 1, 1915February 14, 1997) was an American Republican politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate. He was the first Republican elec ...
) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Construction Authorization, Military Construction Authorization (Chair:
Stuart Symington William Stuart Symington III (; June 26, 1901 – December 14, 1988) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Missouri. He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a United States Senator from ...
; Ranking Member:
John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician, serving as a Republican United States Senator from Texas from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican Senator elected from Texas since Reconstruction. Tower ...
) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Arms Control, Arms Control (Chair:
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and a ...
; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Safeguards, Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Safeguards (Chair:
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and a ...
; Ranking Member:
William B. Saxbe William Bart Saxbe ( ; June 24, 1916 – August 24, 2010) was an American diplomat and politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator for Ohio, and was the Attorney General for Presidents Richard M. Nixon an ...
) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air Power, Tactical Air Power (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Research and Development, Research and Development (Chair: Thomas J. McIntyre; Ranking Member:
Peter H. Dominick Peter Hoyt Dominick (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was an American diplomat, politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, wa ...
) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on General Legislation, General Legislation (Chair:
Harry F. Byrd Jr. Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was an American orchardist, newspaper publisher and politician. He served in the Senate of Virginia and then represented Virginia in the United States Senate, succeeding his father, Harr ...
; Ranking Member:
William B. Saxbe William Bart Saxbe ( ; June 24, 1916 – August 24, 2010) was an American diplomat and politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator for Ohio, and was the Attorney General for Presidents Richard M. Nixon an ...
) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Reprograming of Funds, Reprograming of Funds (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: John G. Tower) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Drug Abuse in the Military, Drug Abuse in the Military (Chair:
Harold Hughes Harold Everett Hughes (February 10, 1922 – October 23, 1996) was the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969, and a United States senator from Iowa from 1969 until 1975. He began his political career as a Republican but changed his affil ...
; Ranking Member:
Peter H. Dominick Peter Hoyt Dominick (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was an American diplomat, politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, wa ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: John G. Tower) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Consumer Credit, Consumer Credit (Chair:
William Proxmire Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. He holds the record for being the longest-serv ...
; Ranking Member:
Bill Brock William Emerson Brock III (November 23, 1930 – March 25, 2021) was an American Republican politician who served in both chambers of the United States Congress from 1963 to 1977 and later in the United States Cabinet from 1981 to 1987. He was ...
) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, Financial Institutions (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Housing (Chair: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: John G. Tower) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on International Finance, International Finance (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III; Ranking Member:
Bob Packwood Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from the United States Senate, under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of ...
) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Production and Stabilization, Production and Stabilization (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member:
Robert Taft Jr. Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (February 26, 1917 – December 7, 1993) was an American politician. He was a member of the Taft political family who served as a Republican Congressman from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971 ...
) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Securities (Chair:
Harrison A. Williams Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams Jr. (December 10, 1919November 17, 2001) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1953–1957) and the United States Sena ...
; Ranking Member: Edward W. Brooke) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Small Business, Small Business (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chair:
Warren Magnuson Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson (April 12, 1905May 20, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Washington in Congress for 44 years, first as a Representative from 1937 to 1944, and then as a senator from 1944 to 1 ...
; Ranking Member:
Norris Cotton Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was ...
) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member:
Norris Cotton Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was ...
) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Communications (Chair:
Frank Moss Frank Edward "Ted" Moss (September 23, 1911 – January 29, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1959 to 1977. Early life and education Frank Moss was born in Holladay ...
; Ranking Member: Howard H. Baker Jr.) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer, Consumer (Chair:
Frank Moss Frank Edward "Ted" Moss (September 23, 1911 – January 29, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1959 to 1977. Early life and education Frank Moss was born in Holladay ...
; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Environment (Chair:
Philip Hart Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as ...
; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Foreign Commerce and Tourism, Foreign Commerce and Tourism (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member:
Robert P. Griffin Robert Paul Griffin (November 6, 1923 – April 16, 2015) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the M ...
) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
J. Glenn Beall Jr. James Glenn Beall Jr. (June 19, 1927March 24, 2006) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and businessman from the U.S. state, state of Maryland who served in the United States House of Representatives, represent ...
) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans and Atmosphere, Oceans and Atmosphere (Chair:
Fritz Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the 106th governor of South Carolina, ...
; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface and Transportation, Surface and Transportation (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair:
Thomas Eagleton Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer serving as a United States senator from Missouri, from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972. H ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 â€“ January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney. A Republican, he served as a member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1969 to 1987. He was also a member of ...
) ** United States Senate District of Columbia Subcommittee on Business, Commerce and Judiciary, Business, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III; Ranking Member: Pete V. Domenici) ** United States Senate District of Columbia Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs, Fiscal Affairs (Chair:
Thomas Eagleton Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer serving as a United States senator from Missouri, from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972. H ...
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Dewey F. Bartlett Dewey Follett Bartlett Sr. (March 28, 1919 â€“ March 1, 1979) was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971, following his fellow Republican, Henry Bellmon. In 1966, he became the first Roman Ca ...
) ** United States Senate District of Columbia Subcommittee on Public Health, Education, Welfare and Safety, Public Health, Education, Welfare and Safety (Chair: John V. Tunney; Ranking Member:
Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 â€“ January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney. A Republican, he served as a member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1969 to 1987. He was also a member of ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chair:
Abraham Ribicoff Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 â€“ February 22, 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and was the 80th ...
; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, International Trade (Chair:
Abraham Ribicoff Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 â€“ February 22, 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and was the 80th ...
; Ranking Member:
Paul Fannin Paul Jones Fannin (January 29, 1907January 13, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1965 to 1977. He previously served as the 11th governor of Arizona from 1959 to 1965. Ea ...
) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health, Health (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Private Pension Plans, Private Pension Plans (Chair:
Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916July 3, 2005) was an American politician and environmentalist from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the founder of Earth Day, which launch ...
; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on State Taxation of Interstate Commerce, State Taxation of Interstate Commerce (Chair:
Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Foundations, Foundations (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Finance and Resource, International Finance and Resource (Chair:
Harry F. Byrd Jr. Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was an American orchardist, newspaper publisher and politician. He served in the Senate of Virginia and then represented Virginia in the United States Senate, succeeding his father, Harr ...
; Ranking Member: Bob Dole) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern Affairs, Near Eastern Affairs (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, European Affairs (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Far Eastern Affairs, Far Eastern Affairs (Chair:
Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. senator (1953–1977) from Montana. He was the longest-serving Sen ...
; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Oceans and International Environment, Oceans and International Environment (Chair:
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Law and Organization, Arms Control, International Law and Organization (Chair: Edmund Muskie; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on South Asian Affairs, South Asian Affairs (Chair: George McGovern; Ranking Member:
Charles H. Percy Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011) was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 ...
) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, African Affairs (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements and Commitments Aboard, U.S. Security Agreements and Commitments Aboard (Chair:
Stuart Symington William Stuart Symington III (; June 26, 1901 – December 14, 1988) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Missouri. He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a United States Senator from ...
; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations, Multinational Corporations (Chair: Frank Church; Ranking Member: Frank Church) * United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair:
Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles H. Percy Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011) was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 ...
) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, Permanent Investigations (Chair:
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and a ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles H. Percy Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011) was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 ...
) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: Edmund Muskie; Ranking Member: Edward J. Gurney) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Reorganization, Research and International Organizations, Reorganization, Research and International Organizations (Chair:
Abraham Ribicoff Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 â€“ February 22, 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and was the 80th ...
; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Budgeting, Management and Expenditures, Budgeting, Management and Expenditures (Chair:
Lee Metcalf Lee Warren Metcalf (January 28, 1911 – January 12, 1978) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1953–1961) and a U.S. Senator (1961–1978) from Montana. He was th ...
; Ranking Member:
William B. Saxbe William Bart Saxbe ( ; June 24, 1916 – August 24, 2010) was an American diplomat and politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator for Ohio, and was the Attorney General for Presidents Richard M. Nixon an ...
) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Surplus Property, Surplus Property (Ad Hoc) (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: Edward J. Gurney) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Inpoundment of Funds, Inpoundment of Funds (Ad Hoc) (Chair:
Lawton Chiles Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (April 3, 1930 â€“ December 12, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 41st governor of Florida from 1991 until his death in 1998. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United State ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles H. Percy Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011) was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 ...
) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Procurement, Procurement (Ad Hoc) (Chair:
Lawton Chiles Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (April 3, 1930 â€“ December 12, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 41st governor of Florida from 1991 until his death in 1998. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United State ...
; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair:
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and a ...
; Ranking Member: Paul J. Fannin) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chair:
James Abourezk James George Abourezk (born February 24, 1931) is an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a United States senator and United States representative from South Dakota. He did not seek re-election to the US Senate in 1978. He w ...
; Ranking Member:
Dewey F. Bartlett Dewey Follett Bartlett Sr. (March 28, 1919 â€“ March 1, 1979) was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971, following his fellow Republican, Henry Bellmon. In 1966, he became the first Roman Ca ...
) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Minerals, Materials and Fuels, Minerals, Materials and Fuels (Chair:
Lee Metcalf Lee Warren Metcalf (January 28, 1911 – January 12, 1978) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1953–1961) and a U.S. Senator (1961–1978) from Montana. He was th ...
; Ranking Member: James L. Buckley) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation, Parks and Recreation (Chair:
Alan Bible Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chair:
Floyd Haskell Floyd Kirk Haskell (February 7, 1916August 25, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1973 to 1979. Early life and career Floyd Haskell was born in Morris ...
; Ranking Member: James A. McClure) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Territories and Insular Affairs, Territories and Insular Affairs (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Paul J. Fannin) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, Water and Power Resources (Chair: Frank Church; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) * United States Senate Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, Administrative Practice and Procedure (Chair:
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust Monopoly, Antitrust Monopoly (Chair:
Philip Hart Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as ...
; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Constitutional Amendments (Chair:
Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 â€“ March 14, 2019) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected to office in 1954, when he won election to the India ...
; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Constitutional Rights (Chair:
Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often ...
; Ranking Member: Edward J. Gurney) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures, Criminal Laws and Procedures (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on FBI Oversight, FBI Oversight (Chair: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Charters, Holidays and Celebrations, Federal Charters, Holidays and Celebrations (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery, Improvements in Judicial Machinery (Chair:
Quentin Burdick Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
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Roman Hruska Roman Lee Hruska () (August 16, 1904April 25, 1999) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican U.S. senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the Senate during the 1960 ...
) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Internal Security, Internal Security (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member:
Hugh Scott Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate, from 195 ...
) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Delinquency (Chair:
Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 â€“ March 14, 2019) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected to office in 1954, when he won election to the India ...
; Ranking Member:
Marlow Cook Marlow Webster Cook (July 27, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American politician who served Kentucky in the United States Senate from his appointment in December 1968 to his resignation in December 1974. He was a moderate Republican. He ...
) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Hugh Scott Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate, from 195 ...
) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Penitentiaries, Penitentiaries (Chair:
Quentin Burdick Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Rufugees and Escapees, Rufugees and Escapees (Chair:
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Revision and Codification, Revision and Codification (Chair:
Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often ...
; Ranking Member:
Hugh Scott Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate, from 195 ...
) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, Separation of Powers (Chair:
Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 â€“ January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney. A Republican, he served as a member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1969 to 1987. He was also a member of ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chair:
Harrison A. Williams Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams Jr. (December 10, 1919November 17, 2001) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1953–1957) and the United States Sena ...
; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Labor, Labor (Chair:
Harrison A. Williams Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams Jr. (December 10, 1919November 17, 2001) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1953–1957) and the United States Sena ...
; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Handicapped Workers, Handicapped Workers (Chair:
Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph (March 8, 1902May 8, 1998) was an American politician from West Virginia. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1947 and the United States Senate from 1958 to ...
; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Education, Education (Chair:
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member:
Peter H. Dominick Peter Hoyt Dominick (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was an American diplomat, politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, wa ...
) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Health, Health (Chair:
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty and Migratory Labor, Employment, Poverty and Migratory Labor (Chair:
Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916July 3, 2005) was an American politician and environmentalist from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the founder of Earth Day, which launch ...
; Ranking Member:
Robert Taft Jr. Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (February 26, 1917 – December 7, 1993) was an American politician. He was a member of the Taft political family who served as a Republican Congressman from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971 ...
) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Children and Youth, Children and Youth (Chair:
Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota ...
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Robert Taft Jr. Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (February 26, 1917 – December 7, 1993) was an American politician. He was a member of the Taft political family who served as a Republican Congressman from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971 ...
) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Aging, Aging (Chair:
Thomas Eagleton Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer serving as a United States senator from Missouri, from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972. H ...
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J. Glenn Beall Jr. James Glenn Beall Jr. (June 19, 1927March 24, 2006) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and businessman from the U.S. state, state of Maryland who served in the United States House of Representatives, represent ...
) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Railroad Retirement, Railroad Retirement (Chair:
William Hathaway William Dodd Hathaway (February 21, 1924June 24, 2013) was an American politician and lawyer from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator for Maine from 1973 to 1979, as the U.S. representative for Maine's ...
; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics, Alcoholism and Narcotics (Chair:
Harold Hughes Harold Everett Hughes (February 10, 1922 – October 23, 1996) was the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969, and a United States senator from Iowa from 1969 until 1975. He began his political career as a Republican but changed his affil ...
; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities (Chair:
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation (Chair:
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
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Peter H. Dominick Peter Hoyt Dominick (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was an American diplomat, politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, wa ...
) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member:
J. Glenn Beall Jr. James Glenn Beall Jr. (June 19, 1927March 24, 2006) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and businessman from the U.S. state, state of Maryland who served in the United States House of Representatives, represent ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: George McGovern) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) ** United States Senate Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Civil Service Policies and Practices, Civil Service Policies and Practices (Chair:
Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph (March 8, 1902May 8, 1998) was an American politician from West Virginia. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1947 and the United States Senate from 1958 to ...
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Henry Bellmon Henry Louis Bellmon (September 3, 1921 – September 29, 2009) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Oklahoma. A member of the Oklahoma Legislature, he went on to become both the 18th and 23rd governor of Oklahoma, mai ...
) ** United States Senate Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Compensation and Employment Benefits, Compensation and Employment Benefits (Chair:
Quentin Burdick Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
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Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
) ** United States Senate Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Operations, Postal Operations (Chair:
Fritz Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the 106th governor of South Carolina, ...
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William B. Saxbe William Bart Saxbe ( ; June 24, 1916 – August 24, 2010) was an American diplomat and politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator for Ohio, and was the Attorney General for Presidents Richard M. Nixon an ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, Presidential Campaign Activities (Select) (Chair: Sam J. Ervin Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair:
Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph (March 8, 1902May 8, 1998) was an American politician from West Virginia. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1947 and the United States Senate from 1958 to ...
; Ranking Member: Howard H. Baker Jr.) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution, Air and Water Pollution (Chair: Edmund Muskie; Ranking Member: James L. Buckley) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Economic Development, Economic Development (Chair:
Joseph Montoya Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957†...
; Ranking Member: James A. McClure) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Water Resources, Water Resources (Chair:
Mike Gravel Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel ( ; May 13, 1930 – June 26, 2021) was an American politician and writer who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party, and who later in life twice ran for ...
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William L. Scott William Lloyd Scott (July 1, 1915February 14, 1997) was an American Republican politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate. He was the first Republican elec ...
) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Roads, Roads (Chair: Lloyd Bentsen; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief (Chair:
Quentin Burdick Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
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Pete Domenici Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (May 7, 1932 â€“ September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the S ...
) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Buildings and Grounds, Buildings and Grounds (Chair:
Dick Clark Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting '' American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 19 ...
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William L. Scott William Lloyd Scott (July 1, 1915February 14, 1997) was an American Republican politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate. He was the first Republican elec ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Standing Rules of the Senate, Standing Rules of the Senate (Chair:
Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
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Robert P. Griffin Robert Paul Griffin (November 6, 1923 – April 16, 2015) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the M ...
) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chair:
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Printing, Printing (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member:
Hugh Scott Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate, from 195 ...
) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Library, Library (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Restaurant, Restaurant (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Computer Services, Computer Services (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) * United States Senate Special Committee on Secret and Confidential Government Documents, Secret and Confidential Government Documents (Special) (Chair: ) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chair:
Alan Bible Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct, Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair: Frank Church) * United States Senate Special Committee on the Termination of the National Emergency, Termination of the National Emergency (Special) (Chair: Frank Church) * United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) ** United States Senate Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Housing and Insurance (Chair:
Harold Hughes Harold Everett Hughes (February 10, 1922 – October 23, 1996) was the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969, and a United States senator from Iowa from 1969 until 1975. He began his political career as a Republican but changed his affil ...
; Ranking Member: James A. McClure) ** United States Senate Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Readjustment, Education and Employment, Readjustment, Education and Employment (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) ** United States Senate Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health and Hospitals, Health and Hospitals (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond) ** United States Senate Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Compensation and Pensions, Compensation and Pensions (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) * Committee of the whole, Whole


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* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Charles M. Teague) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Cotton, Cotton (Chair: B. F. Sisk; Ranking Member: Robert B. Mathias) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Dairy and Poultry, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Ed Jones (Tennessee politician), Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forests, Forests (Chair: John Rarick; Ranking Member: George A. Goodling) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Grains, Livestock and Grains (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Wiley Mayne) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Oilseeds and Rice, Oilseeds and Rice (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Tobacco, Tobacco (Chair: Frank Stubblefield; Ranking Member: Wilmer Mizell) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Credit, Conservation and Credit (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: John M. Zwach) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing and Consumer Relations, Domestic Marketing and Consumer Relations (Chair: Joseph P. Vigorito; Ranking Member: George A. Goodling) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Department Operations (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: Bob Price (Texas politician), Bob Price) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Family Farms and Rural Development, Family Farms and Rural Development (Chair: William Vollie Alexander Jr.; Ranking Member: Keith G. Sebelius) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Elford A. Cederberg) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environmental and Consumer Protection, Agriculture, Environmental and Consumer Protection (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Mark Andrews (politician), Mark Andrews) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: William E. Minshall) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: William Natcher; Ranking Member: John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (Chair: Otto Passman; Ranking Member: Garner E. Shriver) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Development/Space, Science and Veterans, Housing and Urban Development/Space, Science and Veterans (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: Burt L. Talcott) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Interior (Chair: Julia Butler Hansen; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Education and Welfare, Labor, Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Dan Flood; Ranking Member:
Robert H. Michel Robert Henry Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional distric ...
) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (Chair: Robert R. Casey; Ranking Member:
Louis C. Wyman Louis Crosby Wyman (March 16, 1917 – May 5, 2002) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Representative and, for three days, a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. This was one of the shortest tenures in Senate history. He was a memb ...
) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair: Bob Sikes; Ranking Member: Robert C. McEwen) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair: Joe L. Evins; Ranking Member: Glenn Robert Davis) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary, State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney; Ranking Member: Elford A. Cederberg) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair: John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Tom Steed; Ranking Member: Howard W. Robison) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: F. Edward Hébert; Ranking Member: William G. Bray) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee No.#1, Subcommittee No.#1 (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Charles S. Gubser) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee No.#2, Subcommittee No.#2 (Chair: O. C. Fisher; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee No.#3, Subcommittee No.#3 (Chair: Charles E. Bennett (politician), Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Bob Wilson (politician), Bob Wilson) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee No.#4, Subcommittee No.#4 (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: John E. Hunt) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee No.#5, Subcommittee No.#5 (Chair: Otis G. Pike; Ranking Member: Carleton J. King) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: William G. Bray) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Human Relations, Human Relations (Chair: Floyd Hicks; Ranking Member: John E. Hunt) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Armed Services Investigation, Armed Services Investigation (Chair: F. Edward Hébert; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Domestic Finance, Domestic Finance (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: Phil Crane) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Housing (Chair: William A. Barrett; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Consumer Affairs (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on International Trade, International Trade (Chair: Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: Benjamin B. Blackburn) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Small Business, Small Business (Chair: Robert Grier Stephens Jr.; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Bank Supervision and Insurance, Bank Supervision and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: John H. Rousselot) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on International Finance, International Finance (Chair: Henry B. González; Ranking Member: Albert W. Johnson) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Urban Mass Transit, Urban Mass Transit (Chair: Joseph Minish; Ranking Member: Garry E. Brown) * United States House Select Committee on Crime, Crime (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: Charles Diggs; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Business, Commerce and Taxation, Business, Commerce and Taxation (Chair: W. S. Stuckey Jr.; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Education, Education (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: Brock Adams; Ranking Member: Earl F. Landgrebe) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: Walter Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Henry P. Smith III) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Labor, Social Services and the International Community, Labor, Social Services and the International Community (Chair: Romano Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Gilbert Gude) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Revenue and Financial Services, Revenue and Financial Services (Chair: Thomas M. Rees; Ranking Member: Joel T. Broyhill) * United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Al Quie) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Education, Education (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Alphonso Bell) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor, Labor (Chair: Frank Thompson; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments, National Security Policy and Scientific Developments (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: Marvin L. Esch) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Foreign Operations, State Department Organization and Foreign Operations (Chair:
Wayne Hays Wayne Levere Hays (May 13, 1911 – February 10, 1989) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative of Ohio, in the Democratic Party, from 1949 to 1976. He resigned from Congress after a much-publicized sex scandal. Early yea ...
; Ranking Member: Edwin D. Eshleman) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs, Inter-American Affairs (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: Vernon W. Thomson) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Africa (Chair: Charles Diggs; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Robert N. C. Nix Sr.; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements, International Organizations and Movements (Chair: Donald M. Fraser; Ranking Member: H. R. Gross) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Europe (Chair: Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal; Ranking Member: Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., Peter Frelinghuysen) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy, Foreign Economic Policy (Chair: John Culver; Ranking Member: J. Herbert Burke) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Near East and South Asia, Near East and South Asia (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: John H. Buchanan Jr.) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Review of Foreign Aid Programs, Foreign Aid Programs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: Chester E. Holifield; Ranking Member: Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Conservation and Natural Resources, Conservation and Natural Resources (Chair: Henry S. Reuss; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Government Information, Foreign Operations and Government Information (Chair: William S. Moorhead; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Activities, Government Activities (Chair: Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: John H. Buchanan Jr.) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: Lawrence H. Fountain; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legal and Monetary Affairs, Legal and Monetary Affairs (Chair: William J. Randall; Ranking Member:
Sam Steiger Samuel Steiger (March 10, 1929September 26, 2012) was an American politician, journalist, political pundit. He served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Pre ...
) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and Military Operations, Legislation and Military Operations (Chair: Chester E. Holifield; Ranking Member: Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Special Studies, Special Studies (Chair: Floyd Hicks; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chair:
Wayne Hays Wayne Levere Hays (May 13, 1911 – February 10, 1989) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative of Ohio, in the Democratic Party, from 1949 to 1976. He resigned from Congress after a much-publicized sex scandal. Early yea ...
; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Accounts, Accounts (Chair: Frank Thompson; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Elections, Elections (Chair: John Herman Dent; Ranking Member: R. James Harvey) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Library and Memorials, Library and Memorials (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Printing, Printing (Chair: John Brademas; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Electrical and Mechanical Office Equipment, Electrical and Mechanical Office Equipment (Chair: Augustus Hawkins; Ranking Member: R. James Harvey) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Contracts, Contracts (Chair: Thomas S. Gettys; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Police, Police (Chair: Kenneth J. Gray; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Personnel, Personnel (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Phil Crane) * United States House Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop, House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Martha W. Griffiths) * United States House Select Committee on the House Restaurant, House Restaurant (Select) (Chair: John C. Kluczynski) * United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: James A. Haley; Ranking Member: Craig Hosmer) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Environment, Environment (Chair:
Mo Udall Morris King "Mo" Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democ ...
; Ranking Member: Philip E. Ruppe) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation, National Parks and Recreation (Chair: Roy A. Taylor; Ranking Member: Joe Skubitz) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, Water and Power Resources (Chair: Harold T. Johnson; Ranking Member: Craig Hosmer) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs, Territorial and Insular Affairs (Chair:
Phillip Burton Phillip Burton (June 1, 1926 – April 10, 1983) was an American politician and attorney who served as a United States representative from California from 1964 until his death in 1983. A Democrat, he was instrumental in creating the Golden Gate ...
; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chair: Lloyd Meeds; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chair: Patsy Mink; Ranking Member: John Newbold Camp) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chair: John Melcher; Ranking Member:
Sam Steiger Samuel Steiger (March 10, 1929September 26, 2012) was an American politician, journalist, political pundit. He served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Pre ...
) * United States House Committee on Internal Security, Internal Security (Chair: Richard Howard Ichord Jr.; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley Orrin Staggers; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance, Commerce and Finance (Chair: John E. Moss; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Power, Communications and Power (Chair: Torbert Macdonald; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment, Public Health and Environment (Chair: Paul Rogers (politician), Paul Rogers; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Transportation and Aeronautics, Transportation and Aeronautics (Chair: John Jarman; Ranking Member: R. James Harvey) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: Harley Orrin Staggers; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: J. Edward Hutchinson, Edward Hutchinson) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights, Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights (Chair:
Don Edwards William Donlon Edwards (January 6, 1915 – October 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California for 32 years in the late 20th century. Early life Edwar ...
; Ranking Member: Charles E. Wiggins) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Claims and Governmental Relations, Claims and Governmental Relations (Chair: Harold Donohue; Ranking Member: M. Caldwell Butler) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice, Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: M. Caldwell Butler) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Crime (Chair: John Conyers Jr.) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice (Chair: William L. Hungate; Ranking Member: Henry P. Smith III) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and International Law, Immigration, Citizenship and International Law (Chair: Joshua Eilberg; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law, Monopolies and Commercial Law (Chair: Peter W. Rodino Jr.; Ranking Member: J. Edward Hutchinson, Edward Hutchinson) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: James R. Grover Jr.) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (Chair: Frank M. Clark; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: George A. Goodling) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: John M. Murphy; Ranking Member: Philip E. Ruppe) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oceangraphy, Oceangraphy (Chair: Thomas N. Downing; Ranking Member: Charles A. Mosher) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Panama Canal, Panama Canal (Chair:
Robert L. Leggett Robert Louis Leggett (July 26, 1926 – August 13, 1997) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1979. Early life Born in Richmond, California, Leggett attended the pu ...
; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Thaddeus J. Dulski; Ranking Member: H.R. Gross) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: Thaddeus J. Dulski; Ranking Member: Walter E. Powell) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Service, Postal Service (Chair: James M. Hanley; Ranking Member: Albert W. Johnson) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Retirement and Employee Benefits, Retirement and Employee Benefits (Chair: Jerome Waldie; Ranking Member: Lawrence J. Hogan) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Manpower and Civil Service, Manpower and Civil Service (Chair: David N. Henderson; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Facilities, Mail and Labor Management, Postal Facilities, Mail and Labor Management (Chair: Charlie Wilson (Texas politician), Charlie Wilson; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Census and Statistics, Census and Statistics (Chair: Richard Crawford White; Ranking Member: John H. Rousselot) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair: John Blatnik; Ranking Member: John H. Rousselot) ** United States House Public Works Subcommittee on Water Resources, Water Resources (Chair: Ray Roberts; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha) ** United States House Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair: John C. Kluczynski; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen) ** United States House Public Works Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Kenneth J. Gray; Ranking Member: James R. Grover Jr.) ** United States House Public Works Subcommittee on Economic Development, Economic Development (Chair:
Robert E. Jones Jr. Robert Emmett Jones Jr. (June 12, 1912 – June 4, 1997) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the Alabama's 8th congressional district, 8th district of Alabama. He was the last to represent that district before it was r ...
; Ranking Member:
John Paul Hammerschmidt John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
) ** United States House Public Works Subcommittee on Investigations and Review, Investigations and Review (Chair: Jim Wright; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** United States House Public Works Subcommittee on Energy, Energy (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder) * United States House Select Committee to Regulate Parking, Regulate Parking (Select) (Chair: B. F. Sisk) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chair: Ray Madden; Ranking Member: David T. Martin) * United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Science and Astronautics (Chair:
Olin E. Teague Olin Earl "Tiger" Teague (April 6, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was a World War II veteran and congressional representative for Texas's 6th congressional district for 32 years, from 1946 to 1978. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Bi ...
; Ranking Member: Charles A. Mosher) ** United States House Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on Aeronautics and Space Technology, Aeronautics and Space Technology (Chair: Ray Madden; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler) ** United States House Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on Science, Research and Development, Science, Research and Development (Chair: John William Davis (Georgia politician), John William Davis; Ranking Member: Alphonso Bell) ** United States House Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight, Manned Space Flight (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.) ** United States House Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Space Science and Applications (Chair: James W. Symington; Ranking Member: Marvin L. Esch) ** United States House Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on International Cooperation in Science and Space, International Cooperation in Science and Space (Chair: Richard T. Hanna; Ranking Member: Louis Frey) ** United States House Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on Energy, Energy (Chair: Mike McCormack (politician), Mike McCormack; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chair: Joe L. Evins) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: William Jennings Bryan Dorn; Ranking Member:
John Paul Hammerschmidt John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Compensation and Pension, Compensation and Pension (Chair:
Olin E. Teague Olin Earl "Tiger" Teague (April 6, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was a World War II veteran and congressional representative for Texas's 6th congressional district for 32 years, from 1946 to 1978. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Bi ...
; Ranking Member:
John Paul Hammerschmidt John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Education and Training, Education and Training (Chair: Henry Helstoski; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Hospitals, Hospitals (Chair: David E. Satterfield III) ** United States House Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on Housing, Housing (Chair: Charles J. Carney; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Insurance, Insurance (Chair: Sonny Montgomery; Ranking Member: John M. Zwach) ** United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chair:
Wilbur Mills Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909 – May 2, 1992) was an American Democratic politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from ...
; Ranking Member: Herman T. Schneebeli) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole


Joint committees

* Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chair: Rep. Charles Melvin Price; Vice Chair: Sen. John O. Pastore) * Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, Congressional Operations (Chair: Sen.
Lee Metcalf Lee Warren Metcalf (January 28, 1911 – January 12, 1978) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1953–1961) and a U.S. Senator (1961–1978) from Montana. He was th ...
; Vice Chair: Rep. Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks) * Joint Committee on Defense Productions, Defense Productions (Chair: Sen. John J. Sparkman; Vice Chair: Rep. Wright Patman) * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chair: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chair: Sen.
William Proxmire Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. He holds the record for being the longest-serv ...
) * Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, Internal Revenue Taxation (Chair: Sen.
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills) * Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chair: Sen. Howard Cannon; Vice Chair: Rep. Lucien N. Nedzi) * Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chair: Rep. Wayne L. Hays; Vice Chair: Sen. Howard Cannon) * Joint Committee on Reduction of Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Federal Expenditures (Chair: Rep. George H. Mahon) * Joint Study Committee on Budget Control, Budget Control (Chair: Rep. Al Ullman)


Employees


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

* Architect of the Capitol: George M. White * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Rufus Pearson, until 1974 ** Freeman H. Cary, starting 1974 * Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats * Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford, until 1974 * Public Printer of the United States: Thomas F. McCormick, starting 1973


Senate

* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Francis R. Valeo * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Roger K. Haley * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Floyd Riddick, until 1974 ** Murray Zweben, starting 1974 * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: William H. Wannall * Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian) * Curator of the United States Senate, Curator: James R. Ketchum * Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party Secretary: Joseph Stanley Kimmitt, J. Stanley Kimmitt * Republican Party (United States), Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice, until 1974 ** William Hildenbrand, starting 1974


House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodism, Methodist) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: W. Pat Jennings * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Fishbait Miller, William M. Miller, until December 31, 1974 ** James T. Molloy, ''interim'' * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler, until June 27, 1974 ** William Holmes Brown, appointed June 27, 1974 * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Robert V. Rota * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerk: ** Bob Berry (R) ** Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth R. Harding


See also

* United States elections, 1972 (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1972 United States presidential election ** United States Senate elections, 1972 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1972 * United States elections, 1974 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** United States Senate elections, 1974 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1974


Notes


Footnotes

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References


Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress




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