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and the
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. It met in
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, from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1969, during the last two years of the second
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of
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. The apportionment of seats in this
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was based on the Eighteenth Census of the United States in 1960. Both chambers had a Democratic majority - maintaining a supermajority in the Senate, but losing seats in the House, costing them supermajority status in that chamber. Along with President Johnson, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government
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.


Major events


Major legislation

* April 4, 1967:
Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act An appropriation, also known as supply bill or spending bill, is a proposed law that authorizes the expenditure of government funds. It is a bill that sets money aside for specific spending. In some democracies, approval of the legislature is ne ...
, , * November 7, 1967:
Public Broadcasting Act The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 () issued the congressional corporate charter for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private nonprofit corporation funded by taxpayers to disburse grants to public broadcasters in the United S ...
, , * December 14, 1967:
Uniform Congressional District Act The Uniform Congressional District Act is a redistricting bill that requires that all members of the United States House of Representatives in the 91st United States Congress and every subsequent Congress be elected from a single member constit ...
, , * December 15, 1967:
Age Discrimination in Employment Act The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA; to ) is a United States labor law that forbids employment discrimination against anyone, at least 40 years of age, in the United States (see ). In 1967, the bill was signed into law by Pr ...
, , * December 18, 1967:
National Park Foundation Act The National Park Service (NPS) is an List of federal agencies in the United States, agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government within the United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of ...
, , * January 2, 1968: Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1967, , including Title VII: Bilingual Education Act, * March 1, 1968:
Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968 Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968 was a declaration for a panoptic fire research and safety program advocated by President Lyndon Johnson on February 16, 1967. The Act of Congress established a National Commission on Fire Prevention and Contro ...
, , * April 11, 1968: Civil Rights Act of 1968, , , including Title II:
Indian Civil Rights Act The Civil Rights Act of 1968 () is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the King assassination riots. Titles II through VII comprise the Indian Civil Rights Act, which applie ...
, * May 29, 1968:
Truth in Lending Act The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) of 1968 is a United States federal law designed to promote the informed use of consumer credit, by requiring disclosures about its terms and cost to standardize the manner in which costs associated with borrowing ...
, * June 19, 1968:
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (, codified at ''et seq.'') was legislation passed by the Congress of the United States and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson that established the Law Enforcement Assistance Admi ...
, , * July 21, 1968: Aircraft Noise Abatement Act, , * October 2, 1968:
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free- ...
, , * October 2, 1968:
National Trails System Act The National Trails System is a series of trails in the United States designated "to promote the preservation of, public access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the open-air, outdoor areas and historic resources of the Nati ...
, , * October 15, 1968: Health Services and Facilities Amendments of 1968, , , including Title III: Alcoholic and Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Amendments of 1968 * October 18, 1968:
Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 was an amendment to the Public Health Service Act mandating performance standards for electronic products suspectible of electromagnetic radiation or radiation emissions. The United States statu ...
, , * October 22, 1968:
Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968 The Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968, , was supplemental legislation to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The Act discloses the United States commitment and sustainment to a world free from the ...
, , * October 22, 1968: Gun Control Act of 1968, ,


Constitutional amendments

* February 10, 1967:
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution 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 ...
was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 38) to become part of the Constitution


Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.


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 ...
:
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 ...
(D) * President pro tempore:
Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
(D) * Permanent Acting President pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (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 ...
: Russell B. Long * Democratic Caucus Secretary:
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 ...


Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:
Everett Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 u ...
*
Minority Whip The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holdin ...
:
Thomas Kuchel Thomas Henry Kuchel ( ; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was an American politician. A moderate Republican, he served as a US Senator from California from 1953 to 1969 and was the minority whip in the Senate, where he was the co-ma ...
* Republican Conference Chairman:
Margaret Chase Smith Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...
* Republican Conference Secretary:
Milton Young Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in the ...
* National Senatorial Committee Chair:
George Murphy George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American dancer, actor, and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild fro ...
* Policy Committee Chairman: Bourke B. Hickenlooper


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


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.
:
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 ...
*
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 ...
:
Hale Boggs Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House ma ...
* Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Dan Rostenkowski Daniel David Rostenkowski (January 2, 1928 – August 11, 2010) was a United States Representative from Chicago, serving for 36 years, from 1959 to 1995. He became one of the most powerful legislators in Congress, especially in matters of ta ...
* Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Leonor Sullivan Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (August 21, 1902 – September 1, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. She was a Democrat and the first woman in Congress from Missouri. Biography Born Leonor Kretzer in St. Lou ...
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Michael J. Kirwan Michael Joseph Kirwan (December 2, 1886 – July 27, 1970) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Ohio who served as a United States House of Representatives, Representative to the United States Congress ...


Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader: Gerald Ford *
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 * Republican Conference Chairman:
Melvin Laird Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under Presi ...
* Republican Conference Secretary: Richard H. Poff * Policy Committee Chairman: John Jacob Rhodes * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Bob Wilson


Caucuses

*
House Democratic Caucus The House Democratic Caucus is a congressional caucus composed of all Democratic Representatives in the United States House of Representatives and is responsible for nominating and electing the Democratic Party leadership in the chamber. In its ...
*
Senate Democratic Caucus The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate, sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference, is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. For the makeup of the 117th Cong ...


Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by their classes, and representatives are listed by district.


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 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re- election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re- election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re- election in 1968.


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. J. Lister Hill (D)


Alaska

: 2.
Bob Bartlett Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett (April 20, 1904 – December 11, 1968), was an Alaska politician and a member of the Democratic Party. A key fighter for Alaska statehood, Bartlett served as the Secretary of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1945, ...
(D), until December 11, 1968 ::
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), from December 24, 1968 : 3.
Ernest Gruening Ernest Henry Gruening ( ; February 6, 1887 – June 26, 1974) was an American journalist and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Gruening was the governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953, and a United States Senator from A ...
(D)


Arizona

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


Arkansas

: 2. John L. McClellan (D) : 3.
J. William Fulbright James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest serving chair ...
(D)


California

: 1.
George Murphy George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American dancer, actor, and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild fro ...
(R) : 3.
Thomas Kuchel Thomas Henry Kuchel ( ; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was an American politician. A moderate Republican, he served as a US Senator from California from 1953 to 1969 and was the minority whip in the Senate, where he was the co-ma ...
(R)


Colorado

: 2. Gordon Allott (R) : 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. Thomas J. Dodd (D) : 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. John J. Williams (R) : 2.
J. Caleb Boggs James Caleb Boggs (May 15, 1909 – March 26, 1993) was an American lawyer and politician from Claymont in New Castle County, Delaware. A member of the Republican Party, he was commonly known by his middle name, Caleb, frequently shortened ...
(R)


Florida

: 1.
Spessard Holland Spessard Lindsey Holland (July 10, 1892 – November 6, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 28th Governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945, and later as a US senator for Florida from 1946 to 1971. He would be the first pers ...
(D) : 3.
George Smathers George Armistead Smathers (November 14, 1913 – January 20, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate from 1951 until 1969 and in the United States House from 1947 to 1951, as ...
(D)


Georgia

: 2.
Richard Russell Jr. Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for alm ...
(D) : 3.
Herman Talmadge Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002) was an American politician who served as governor of Georgia in 1947 and from 1948 to 1955 and as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1957 to 1981. Talmadge, a Democrat, served during a t ...
(D)


Hawaii

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


Idaho

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


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.
Jack Miller Jack Miller may refer to: Military * Jack Miller (USMC officer) (1920–1942), American marine soldier * Jack Duppa-Miller (1903–1994), British recipient of the George Cross in World War II, originally called Jack Miller * USS ''Jack Miller'', ...
(R) : 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)


Kansas

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


Kentucky

: 2.
John Sherman Cooper John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 â€“ February 21, 1991) was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elect ...
(R) : 3.
Thruston Ballard Morton Thruston Ballard Morton (August 19, 1907 – August 14, 1982) was an American politician. A Republican, Morton represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Early life Morton was born on August 19, 1907, ...
(R), until December 16, 1968 ::
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), from December 17, 1968


Louisiana

: 2. Allen J. Ellender (D) : 3. Russell B. Long (D)


Maine

: 1. Edmund Muskie (D) : 2.
Margaret Chase Smith Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...
(R)


Maryland

: 1.
Joseph Tydings Joseph Davies Tydings (né Cheesborough; May 4, 1928 – October 8, 2018) was an American lawyer and politician. He was most notable for his service as a Democratic member of the United States Senate representing Maryland from 1965 to 1971. Bo ...
(D) : 3. Daniel Brewster (D)


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 (R)


Minnesota

: 1. Eugene McCarthy (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. Edward V. Long (D), until December 27, 1968 ::
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), from December 28, 1968


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 (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)


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)


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. Clinton Anderson (D)


New York

: 1.
Robert F. Kennedy Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, ...
(D), until June 6, 1968 ::
Charles Goodell Charles Ellsworth Goodell Jr. (March 16, 1926January 21, 1987) was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1968 and the United States Senate from 1968 to 1971. In both cases ...
(R), from September 10, 1968 : 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. B. Everett Jordan (D) : 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)


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. Stephen M. Young (D) : 3.
Frank Lausche Frank John Lausche (; November 14, 1895 – April 21, 1990) was an American Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th mayor of Cleveland and the 55th and 57th governor of Ohio, and also served as a United States Senator from Ohio ...
(D)


Oklahoma

: 2.
Fred R. Harris Fred Roy Harris (born November 13, 1930) is an American academic, author, and former politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Oklahoma. Born in Walters, Oklahoma, Harris was elected to the Oklahoma Senate ...
(D) : 3.
Mike Monroney Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney (March 2, 1902February 13, 1980) was an American politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Oklahoma from 1951 to 1969, and previously as the United States House of Representatives, ...
(D)


Oregon

: 2. Mark Hatfield (R), from January 10, 1967 : 3.
Wayne Morse Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon. Morse is well known for opposing his party's leadership and for his opposition to the Vietnam War on constitutional grounds. ...
(D)


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.
Joseph S. Clark Jr. Joseph Sill Clark Jr. (October 21, 1901January 12, 1990) was an American writer, lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 90th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956 and as a United States Senator from Pennsylvan ...
(D)


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. Karl Mundt (R) : 3. George McGovern (D)


Tennessee

: 1. Albert Gore Sr. (D) : 2. Howard Baker (R)


Texas

: 1.
Ralph Yarborough Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing of his p ...
(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 (D) : 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)


Vermont

: 1. Winston L. Prouty (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 ...
(D) : 2. William Spong Jr. (D)


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 (R)


House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, 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) : .
George W. Andrews George William Andrews (December 12, 1906 – December 25, 1971) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama, and the husband of Elizabeth B. Andrews. Andrews is known for objecting ...
(D) : . Bill Nichols (D) : . Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D) : . John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R) : . Tom Bevill (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)


Alaska

: . Howard Wallace Pollock (R)


Arizona

: . John Jacob Rhodes (R) : . Mo Udall (D) : . Sam Steiger (R)


Arkansas

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : . John Paul Hammerschmidt (R) : . David Pryor (D)


California

: . Donald H. Clausen (R) : . Harold T. Johnson (D) : . John E. Moss (D) : . Robert Leggett (D) : . Phillip Burton (D) : . William S. Mailliard (R) : . Jeffery Cohelan (D) : . George P. Miller (D) : . Don Edwards (D) : . Charles Gubser (R) : . J. Arthur Younger (R), until June 20, 1967 :: Pete McCloskey (R), from December 12, 1967 : . Burt Talcott (R) : . Charles M. Teague (R) : . Jerome Waldie (D) : . John J. McFall (D) : . B. F. Sisk (D) : . Cecil R. King (D) : . Bob Mathias (R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : . H. Allen Smith (California politician), H. Allen Smith (R) : . Augustus Hawkins (D) : . James C. Corman (D) : . Del M. Clawson (R) : . Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) : . Charles E. Wiggins (R) : . Thomas M. Rees (D) : . Edwin Reinecke (R) : . Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (R) : . George Brown Jr. (D) : . Edward R. Roybal (D) : . Charles H. Wilson (D) : . Craig Hosmer (R) : . Jerry Pettis (R) : . Richard T. Hanna (D) : . James B. Utt (R) : . Bob Wilson (R) : . Lionel Van Deerlin (D) : . John V. Tunney (D)


Colorado

: . Byron G. Rogers (D) : . Donald G. Brotzman (R) : . Frank Evans (politician), Frank Evans (D) : . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)


Connecticut

: . Emilio Q. Daddario (D) : . William St. Onge (D) : . Robert Giaimo (D) : . Donald J. Irwin (D) : . John S. Monagan (D) : . Thomas Meskill (R)


Delaware

: . William Roth (R)


Florida

: . Bob Sikes (D) : . Don Fuqua (D) : . Charles E. Bennett (politician), Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Syd Herlong (D) : . Edward Gurney (R) : . Sam Gibbons (D) : . James A. Haley (D) : . William C. Cramer (R) : . Paul Rogers (politician), Paul Rogers (D) : . J. Herbert Burke (R) : . Claude Pepper (D) : . Dante Fascell (D)


Georgia

: . George Elliott Hagan (D) : . Maston E. O'Neal Jr. (D) : . Jack Brinkley (D) : . Benjamin B. Blackburn (R) : . Fletcher Thompson (R) : . 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

Both representatives were elected at-large statewide on a general ticket : . Spark Matsunaga (D) : . Patsy Mink (D)


Idaho

: . James A. McClure (R) : . George V. Hansen (R)


Illinois

: . William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson (D) : . Barratt O'Hara (D) : . William T. Murphy (D) : . Ed Derwinski (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Daniel J. Ronan (D) : . Frank Annunzio (D) : .
Dan Rostenkowski Daniel David Rostenkowski (January 2, 1928 – August 11, 2010) was a United States Representative from Chicago, serving for 36 years, from 1959 to 1995. He became one of the most powerful legislators in Congress, especially in matters of ta ...
(D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Harold R. Collier (R) : . Roman Pucinski (D) : . Robert McClory (R) : . Donald Rumsfeld (R) : . John N. Erlenborn (R) : . Charlotte Thompson Reid (R) : . John B. Anderson (R) : . Leslie C. Arends (R) : . Robert H. Michel (R) : . Tom Railsback (R) : . Paul Findley (R) : . Kenneth J. Gray (D) : . William L. Springer (R) : . George E. Shipley (D) : . Melvin Price (D)


Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Charles A. Halleck (R) : . John Brademas (D) : . E. Ross Adair (R) : . J. Edward Roush (D) : . William G. Bray (R) : . John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers (R) : . Roger H. Zion (R) : . Lee Hamilton (D) : . Richard L. Roudebush (R) : . Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)


Iowa

: . Fred Schwengel (R) : . John Culver (D) : . H. R. Gross (R) : . John Henry Kyl (R) : . Neal Smith (politician), Neal Smith (D) : . Wiley Mayne (R) : . William J. Scherle (R)


Kansas

: . Bob Dole (R) : . Chester L. Mize (R) : . Larry Winn (R) : . Garner E. Shriver (R) : . Joe Skubitz (R)


Kentucky

: . Frank Stubblefield (D) : . William Natcher (D) : . William Cowger (R) : . Gene Snyder (R) : . Tim Lee Carter (R) : . John C. Watts (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D)


Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : .
Hale Boggs Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House ma ...
(D) : . Edwin E. Willis (D) : . Joe Waggonner (D) : . Otto Passman (D) : . John Rarick (D) : . Edwin Edwards (D) : . Speedy O. Long (D)


Maine

: . Peter Kyros (D) : . William Hathaway (D)


Maryland

: . Rogers Morton (R) : . Clarence Long (D) : . Edward Garmatz (D) : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : . Hervey Machen (D) : . Charles Mathias (R) : . Samuel Friedel (D) : . Gilbert Gude (R)


Massachusetts

: . Silvio O. Conte (R) : . Edward Boland (D) : . Philip J. Philbin (D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . F. Bradford Morse (R) : . William H. Bates (R) : . Torbert Macdonald (D) : . Tip O'Neill (D) : .
John W. McCormack John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both th ...
(D) : . Margaret Heckler (R) : . James A. Burke (Massachusetts politician), James A. Burke (D) : . Hastings Keith (R)


Michigan

: . John Conyers (D) : . Marvin L. Esch (R) : . Garry E. Brown (R) : . J. Edward Hutchinson (R) : . Gerald Ford (R) : . Charles E. Chamberlain (R) : . Donald Riegle (R) : . R. James Harvey (R) : . 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) : . William Broomfield (R) : . Jack H. McDonald (R)


Minnesota

: . Al Quie (R) : . Ancher Nelsen (R) : . Clark MacGregor (R) : . Joseph Karth (DFL) : . Donald M. Fraser (DFL) : . John M. Zwach (R) : . Odin Langen (R) : . John Blatnik (DFL)


Mississippi

: . Thomas Abernethy (politician), Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie Whitten (D) : . John Bell Williams (D), until January 16, 1968 :: Charles H. Griffin (D), from March 12, 1968 : . Sonny Montgomery (D) : . William M. Colmer (D)


Missouri

: . Frank M. Karsten (D) : . Thomas B. Curtis (R) : .
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) : . William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D) : . Durward Gorham Hall (R) : . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D) : . William L. Hungate (D) : . Paul C. Jones (D)


Montana

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


Nebraska

: . Robert Vernon Denney (R) : . Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska politician), Glenn Cunningham (R) : . David Martin (Nebraska politician), David Martin (R)


Nevada

: . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)


New Hampshire

: . Louis C. Wyman (R) : . 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) : . William T. Cahill (R) : . William B. Widnall (R) : . Charles Samuel Joelson (D) : . Henry Helstoski (D) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Joseph Minish (D) : . Florence P. Dwyer (R) : . Cornelius Gallagher (American politician), Cornelius Gallagher (D) : . Dominick V. Daniels (D) : . Edward J. Patten (D)


New Mexico

: . Thomas G. Morris (D) : . E. S. Johnny Walker (D)


New York

: . Otis G. Pike (D) : . James R. Grover Jr. (R) : . Lester L. Wolff (D) : . John W. Wydler (R) : . Herbert Tenzer (D) : . Seymour Halpern (R) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Frank J. Brasco (D) : . Edna F. Kelly (D) : . Abraham J. Multer (D), until December 31, 1967 :: Bertram L. Podell (D), from February 20, 1968 : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) : . Hugh Carey (D) : . John M. Murphy (D) : . Theodore R. Kupferman (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D), until February 28, 1967, and from April 11, 1967 : . Leonard Farbstein (D) : . William Fitts Ryan (D) : . James H. Scheuer (D) : . Jacob H. Gilbert (D) : . Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) : . Paul A. Fino (R), until December 31, 1968 : . Richard Ottinger (D) : . Ogden Reid (R) : . John G. Dow (D) : . Joseph Y. Resnick (D) : . Daniel E. Button (R) : . Carleton J. King (R) : . Robert C. McEwen (R) : . Alexander Pirnie (R) : . Howard W. Robison (R) : . James M. Hanley (D) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton (R) : . Barber Conable (R) : .
Charles Goodell Charles Ellsworth Goodell Jr. (March 16, 1926January 21, 1987) was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1968 and the United States Senate from 1968 to 1971. In both cases ...
(R), until September 9, 1968 : . Richard D. McCarthy (D) : . Henry P. Smith III (R) : . Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)


North Carolina

: . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . David N. Henderson (D) : . Jim Gardner (politician), Jim Gardner (R) : . Nick Galifianakis (politician), Nick Galifianakis (D) : . Horace R. Kornegay (D) : . Alton Lennon (D) : . Charles R. Jonas (R) : . Jim Broyhill (R) : . Basil Lee Whitener (D) : . Roy A. Taylor (D)


North Dakota

: . Mark Andrews (politician), Mark Andrews (R) : . Thomas S. Kleppe (R)


Ohio

: . Robert Taft Jr. (R) : . Donald D. Clancy (R) : . Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . Bud Brown (politician), Bud Brown (R) : . Jackson Edward Betts (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : . Clarence E. Miller (R) : . J. William Stanton (R) : . Samuel L. Devine (R) : . Charles Adams Mosher (R) : . William Hanes Ayres (R) : . Chalmers Wylie (R) : . Frank T. Bow (R) : . John M. Ashbrook (R) : . Wayne Hays (D) : .
Michael J. Kirwan Michael Joseph Kirwan (December 2, 1886 – July 27, 1970) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Ohio who served as a United States House of Representatives, Representative to the United States Congress ...
(D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Charles Vanik (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R) : . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R) : . Donald "Buz" Lukens (R)


Oklahoma

: . Page Belcher (R) : . Ed Edmondson (politician), Ed Edmondson (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) : . James V. Smith (R)


Oregon

: . Wendell Wyatt (R) : . Al Ullman (D) : . Edith Green (D) : . John R. Dellenback (R)


Pennsylvania

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D) : . James A. Byrne (D) : . Joshua Eilberg (D) : . William J. Green III (D) : . George M. Rhodes (D) : . Lawrence G. Williams (R) : . Edward G. Biester Jr. (R) : . George Watkins (politician), George Watkins (R) : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Daniel Flood (D) : . J. Irving Whalley (R) : . Richard Schweiker (R) : . William S. Moorhead (D) : . Fred B. Rooney (D) : . Edwin Duing Eshleman (R) : . Herman T. Schneebeli (R) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . George Atlee Goodling (R) : . Elmer J. Holland (D), until August 9, 1968 :: Joseph M. Gaydos (D), from November 5, 1968 : . John Herman Dent (D) : . John P. Saylor (R) : . Albert W. Johnson (R) : . Joseph P. Vigorito (D) : . Frank M. Clark (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . James G. Fulton (R)


Rhode Island

: . Fernand St. Germain (D) : . John E. Fogarty (D), until January 10, 1967 :: Robert Tiernan (D), from March 28, 1967


South Carolina

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D) : . Albert Watson (South Carolina politician), Albert Watson (R) : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) : . Robert T. Ashmore (D) : . Thomas S. Gettys (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)


South Dakota

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


Tennessee

: . Jimmy Quillen (R) : . John Duncan Sr. (R) : . Bill Brock (R) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Richard Fulton (D) : . William Anderson (naval officer), William Anderson (D) : . Ray Blanton (D) : . Fats Everett (D) : . Dan Kuykendall (R)


Texas

: . Wright Patman (D) : . John Dowdy (D) : . Joe R. Pool (D), until July 14, 1968 :: James M. Collins (R), from August 24, 1968 : . Ray Roberts (D) : . Earle Cabell (D) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . George H. W. Bush (R) : . Robert C. Eckhardt (D) : . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D) : . J. J. Pickle (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D) : . John Andrew Young (D) : . Kika de la Garza (D) : . Richard Crawford White (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Bob Price (Texas politician), Bob Price (R) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Henry B. González (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D) : . Robert R. Casey (D) : . Abraham Kazen (D)


Utah

: . Laurence J. Burton (R) : . Sherman P. Lloyd (R)


Vermont

: . Robert Stafford (R)


Virginia

: . Thomas N. Downing (D) : . Porter Hardy Jr. (D) : . David E. Satterfield III (D) : . Watkins Abbitt (D) : . William M. Tuck (D) : . Richard Harding Poff (R) : . John Otho Marsh Jr. (D) : . William L. Scott (R) : . William C. Wampler (R) : . Joel Broyhill (R)


Washington

: . Thomas Pelly (R) : . Lloyd Meeds (D) : . Julia Butler Hansen (D) : . Catherine Dean May (R) : . Tom Foley (D) : . Floyd Hicks (D) : . Brock Adams (D)


West Virginia

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


Wisconsin

: . Henry C. Schadeberg (R) : . Robert Kastenmeier (D) : . Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Henry S. Reuss (D) : . William A. Steiger (R) : .
Melvin Laird Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under Presi ...
(R) : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (R) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)


Wyoming

: . William Henry Harrison III (R)


Non-voting member

: . Santiago Polanco-Abreu (Resident Commissioner) (PPD)


Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.


Senate

* Replacements: 4 ** Democratic: 2 seat net loss ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 2 seat net gain * Deaths: 2 * Resignations: 2 * Total seats with changes: 5 , - , List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon
(2) , Vacant , Delayed taking seat to finish term as Governor of Oregon. , , Mark Hatfield (R) , January 10, 1967 , - , List of United States senators from New York, New York
(1) , ,
Robert F. Kennedy Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, ...
(D) , Assassinated June 6, 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Successor was appointed to continue the term. , ,
Charles Goodell Charles Ellsworth Goodell Jr. (March 16, 1926January 21, 1987) was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1968 and the United States Senate from 1968 to 1971. In both cases ...
(R) , September 10, 1968 , - , List of United States senators from Alaska, Alaska
(2) , ,
Bob Bartlett Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett (April 20, 1904 – December 11, 1968), was an Alaska politician and a member of the Democratic Party. A key fighter for Alaska statehood, Bartlett served as the Secretary of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1945, ...
(D) , Died December 11, 1968
Successor was appointed to continue the term. , ,
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) , December 24, 1968 , - , List of United States senators from Kentucky, Kentucky
(3) , ,
Thruston Ballard Morton Thruston Ballard Morton (August 19, 1907 – August 14, 1982) was an American politician. A Republican, Morton represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Early life Morton was born on August 19, 1907, ...
(R) , Resigned December 16, 1968, to give successor preferential seniority, having already retired.
Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. , ,
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) , December 17, 1968 , - , List of United States senators from Missouri, Missouri
(3) , , Edward V. Long (D) , Resigned December 27, 1968, having lost renomination to the next term.
Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. , ,
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) , December 28, 1968


House of Representatives

* Replacements: 6 ** Democratic: 1 seat net loss ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 4 * Resignations: 4 * Expulsion: 1 * Total seats with changes: 9 , - , , nowrap, John E. Fogarty (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 10, 1967 , nowrap , Robert Tiernan (D) , March 28, 1967 , - , , nowrap, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Excluded from House February 28, 1967, pursuant to H. Res. 278 , nowrap , Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) , April 11, 1967 , - , , nowrap, J. Arthur Younger (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 20, 1967 , nowrap , Pete McCloskey (R) , December 12, 1967 , - , , nowrap, Abraham J. Multer (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1967, after being elected as judge of New York Supreme Court , nowrap , Bertram L. Podell (D) , February 20, 1968 , - , , nowrap, John Bell Williams (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 16, 1968, after being elected Governor of Mississippi , nowrap , Charles H. Griffin (D) , March 12, 1968 , - , , nowrap, Joe R. Pool (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 14, 1968 , nowrap , James M. Collins (R) , August 24, 1968 , - , , nowrap, Elmer J. Holland (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 9, 1968 , nowrap , Joseph M. Gaydos (D) , November 5, 1968 , - , , nowrap,
Charles Goodell Charles Ellsworth Goodell Jr. (March 16, 1926January 21, 1987) was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1968 and the United States Senate from 1968 to 1971. In both cases ...
(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 9, 1968, after becoming U.S. Senator , rowspan=2 , Vacant , rowspan=2 , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap, Paul A. Fino (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1968


Committees


Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member:
Margaret Chase Smith Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chair: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair:
Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member:
Margaret Chase Smith Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chair: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chair: Warren G. Magnuson; 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 Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (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: Winston L. Prouty) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: John J. Williams) * 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: Bourke B. Hickenlooper) * United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt) * 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: Thomas H. Kuchel) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member:
Everett Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 u ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: George S. McGovern; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Organization of Congress, Organization of Congress (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair:
Mike Monroney Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney (March 2, 1902February 13, 1980) was an American politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Oklahoma from 1951 to 1969, and previously as the United States House of Representatives, ...
; Ranking Member:
Frank Carlson Frank Carlson (January 23, 1893May 30, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to ...
) * 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:
John Sherman Cooper John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 â€“ February 21, 1991) was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elect ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chair: B. Everett Jordan; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chair: George A. Smathers) * United States Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct, Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair: John C. Stennis) * Committee of the whole, Whole


House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Page Belcher) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Frank T. Bow) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: L. Mendel Rivers; Ranking Member: William H. Bates) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: William H. Ayres) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: Frances P. Bolton) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: William L. Dawson (politician), William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Florence P. Dwyer) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chair: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Glenard P. Lipscomb) * United States House Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop, House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Martha W. Griffiths) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Wayne N. Aspinall; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member: William L. Springer) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Edward A. Garmatz; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Thaddeus J. Dulski; Ranking Member: Robert J. Corbett) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair: George Hyde Fallon; Ranking Member: William C. Cramer) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chair: William M. Colmer; Ranking Member: H. Allen Smith) * United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Science and Astronautics (Chair: George Paul Miller; Ranking Member: James G. Fulton) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chair: Joe L. Evins) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Charles Melvin Price) * United States House Committee on Un-American Activities, Un-American Activities (Chair: Edwin E. Willis; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: E. Ross Adair) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chair: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member: John W. Byrnes) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole


Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chair: Sen. John O. Pastore; Vice Chair: Rep. Chet Holifield) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) (Chair: ; Vice Chair: ) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Defense Production, Defense Production (Chair: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chair: Sen. John J. Sparkman) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (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 ...
; Vice Chair: Rep. Wright Patman) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy, Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chair: Rep. Michael A. Feighan) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, Legislative Budget * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chair: Sen. B. Everett Jordan; Vice Chair: Rep. Omar Burleson) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration, Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chair: Sen.
Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
; Vice Chair: Rep. Omar Burleson) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chair: Rep. George H. Mahon) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chair: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long)


Employees


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

* Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Rufus Pearson * Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats * Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford * Public Printer of the United States: James L. Harrison


Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist) * Curator of the United States Senate, Curator: Joseph Dougherty, until 1968 ** Richard A. Baker (historian), Richard A. Baker (acting), from 1968 * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Floyd Riddick * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Francis R. Valeo * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Richard D. Hupman * Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party Secretary: Joseph Stanley Kimmitt, J. Stanley Kimmitt * Republican Party (United States), Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Robert G. Dunphy


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 * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: H. H. Morris * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D) and Joe Bartlett (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.


See also

* United States elections, 1966 (elections leading to this Congress) ** United States Senate elections, 1966 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1966 * United States elections, 1968 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1968 United States presidential election ** United States Senate elections, 1968 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1968


Notes


References

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External links


Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress




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