The 90th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the

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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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Lyndon B. Johnson. 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

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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, , * November 7, 1967: Public Broadcasting Act, , * 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 consti ...

, , * December 15, 1967: Age Discrimination in Employment Act, , * December 18, 1967: National Park Foundation Act, , * 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 Control ...

, , * April 11, 1968:

Civil Rights Act of 1968 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 app ...

, , , 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 app ...

, * 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 Ad ...

, , * July 21, 1968:

Aircraft Noise Abatement Act An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engine ...

, , * 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, , * October 15, 1968:

Health Services and Facilities Amendments of 1968 The Public Health Service Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1944. The full act is codified in Title 42 of the United States Code (The Public Health and Welfare), Chapter 6A ( Public Health Service). Contents The act clearly establ ...

, , , including Title III:

Alcoholic and Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Amendments of 1968 The Public Health Service Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1944. The full act is codified in Title 42 of the United States Code (The Public Health and Welfare), Chapter 6A ( Public Health Service). Contents The act clearly establ ...

* 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 statut ...

, , * October 22, 1968: Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968, , * October 22, 1968:

Gun Control Act of 1968 The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68) is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership. Due to constitutional limitations, the Act is primarily based on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by general ...

, ,

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

President Johnson with members of congress 1967

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 f ...

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 M ...

(D) *

President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being" ...

: Carl Hayden (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 the ...

(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 Sena ...

* Majority Whip: 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. ...

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 un ...

* Minority Whip: Thomas Kuchel *

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 informi ...

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 th ...

* 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: John W. McCormack (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:

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 ...

* Democratic Caucus Chairman: Dan Rostenkowski * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...

* Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends *

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 Pres ...

* Republican Conference Secretary: Richard H. Poff * Policy Committee Chairman:

John Jacob Rhodes John Jacob Rhodes Jr. (September 18, 1916 – August 24, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Rhodes was elected as a U.S. Representative from Arizona. He was the Minority Leader in the House 1973� ...

* 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 it ...

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

Alaska

: 2. Bob Bartlett (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 ...

(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. E ...

(R) : 3. Carl Hayden (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 cha ...

(D)

California

: 1.

(R) : 3. Thomas Kuchel (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 (D)

Georgia

: 2. Richard Russell Jr. (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 ti ...

(D)

Hawaii

: 1.

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

(R) : 3.

Daniel Inouye Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative f ...

(D)

Idaho

: 2. Leonard B. Jordan (R) : 3.

Frank Church Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Idaho from 1957 until his defeat in 1981. As of 2022, he is the lo ...

(D)

Illinois

: 2. Charles H. Percy (R) : 3.

(R)

Indiana

: 1. Vance Hartke (D) : 3.

Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 – 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 Indi ...

(D)

Iowa

: 2. Jack Miller (R) : 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)

Kansas

: 2. James B. Pearson (R) : 3. Frank Carlson (R)

Kentucky

: 2.

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

(R) : 3. Thruston Ballard Morton (R), until December 16, 1968 :: Marlow Cook (R), from December 17, 1968

Louisiana

: 2.

Allen J. Ellender Allen Joseph Ellender (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was an American politician and lawyer who was a U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1937 until his death. He was a Democrat who was originally allied with Huey Long. As Senator he co ...

(D) : 3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine

: 1.

Edmund Muskie Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter, a List of United States Senators from Maine, United States S ...

(D) : 2.

(R)

Maryland

: 1. Joseph Tydings (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 Democrati ...

(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 ...

(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 a ...

(D) : 2. Robert P. Griffin (R)

Minnesota

: 1.

Eugene McCarthy Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. ...

(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 Minneso ...

(DFL)

Mississippi

: 1.

John C. Stennis John Cornelius Stennis (August 3, 1901April 23, 1995) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its most senior member for hi ...

(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 M ...

(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. He ...

(D), from December 28, 1968

Montana

: 1.

(D) : 2.

(D)

Nebraska

: 1. Roman Hruska (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 (R)

New Jersey

: 1. Harrison A. Williams (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 Clinton Presba Anderson (October 23, 1895 – November 11, 1975) was an American politician who represented New Mexico in the United States Senate from 1949 until 1973. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as United Sta ...

(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, a ...

(D), until June 6, 1968 :: Charles Goodell (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 ...

(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.S ...

(D-NPL) : 3.

(R)

Ohio

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

Oklahoma

: 2. Fred R. Harris (D) : 3. Mike Monroney (D)

Oregon

: 2.

Mark Hatfield Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States senator from Oregon, and also as chairman of the Senate Approp ...

(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 (R) : 3. Joseph S. Clark Jr. (D)

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

: 2.

Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Caro ...

(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 George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 pr ...

(D)

Tennessee

: 1.

Albert Gore Sr. Albert Arnold Gore (December 26, 1907 – December 5, 1998) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. Representative ...

(D) : 2.

Howard Baker Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 June 26, 2014) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then ...

(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 ...

(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. Towe ...

(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. (D) : 2. William Spong Jr. (D)

Washington

: 1. Henry M. Jackson (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 ...

(D)

West Virginia

: 1.

(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 ...

(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-servi ...

(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 lau ...

(D)

Wyoming

: 1. Gale W. McGee (D) : 2. Clifford Hansen (R) 90th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the

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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 t ...

(R) : . George W. Andrews (D) : . Bill Nichols (D) : .

Armistead I. Selden Jr. Armistead Inge Selden Jr. (February 20, 1921 – November 14, 1985) was a segregationist U.S. Representative from Alabama. Early life and military service Born in Greensboro, Alabama, Selden attended the public schools. He graduated from G ...

(D) : . John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R) : .

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 1 ...

(D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)

Alaska

: . Howard Wallace Pollock (R)

Arizona

: .

(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 Democra ...

(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 ...

(R)

Arkansas

: .

Ezekiel C. Gathings Ezekiel Candler "Took" Gathings (November 10, 1903 – May 2, 1979) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas, representing Arkansas' First Congressional District from 1939 to 1969. A segregationist conse ...

(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 fro ...

(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 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 Edward ...

(D) : . Charles Gubser (R) : . J. Arthur Younger (R), until June 20, 1967 ::

Pete McCloskey Paul Norton McCloskey Jr. (born September 29, 1927) is an American politician who represented San Mateo County, California as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983. Born in Loma Linda, California, McCloskey pursued ...

(R), from December 12, 1967 : .

Burt Talcott Burt Lacklen Talcott (February 22, 1920 – July 29, 2016) was an American World War II veteran and politician who served seven terms as a member of the United States Congress from the State of California from 1963 to 1977. Military career Born i ...

(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 Harry Allen Wolfgang Smith (December 19, 1907—February 24, 1976) was an American journalist, humorist, and writer whose books were popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Family and early career Smith was born in McLeansboro, Illinois, where he li ...

(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 (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 (D) : . Syd Herlong (D) : .

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 ...

(R) : . Sam Gibbons (D) : . James A. Haley (D) : . William C. Cramer (R) : . 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 John James Walker Flynt Jr. (November 8, 1914 – June 24, 2007) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for two congressional districts in Georgia from 1954 to 1979. Upon his r ...

(D) : . 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

: .

Spark Matsunaga Spark Masayuki Matsunaga ( ja, 松永正幸, October 8, 1916April 15, 1990) was an American politician and attorney who served as United States Senator for Hawaii from 1977 until his death in 1990. Matsunaga also represented Hawaii in the U.S. ...

(D) : .

Patsy Mink Patsy Matsu Mink (née Takemoto; December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a third-generation Japanese American, having been born and raised on the island of Maui. ...

(D)

Idaho

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

Illinois

: . William L. Dawson (D) : .

Barratt O'Hara Barratt O'Hara (April 28, 1882 – August 11, 1969) of Chicago was an American Democratic politician serving as a U.S. Congressman from Illinois and lieutenant governor of Illinois. He was the last Spanish–American War veteran to serv ...

(D) : . William T. Murphy (D) : . Ed Derwinski (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Daniel J. Ronan (D) : . Frank Annunzio (D) : . Dan Rostenkowski (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Harold R. Collier (R) : . Roman Pucinski (D) : . Robert McClory (R) : .

Donald Rumsfeld Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, government official and businessman who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under president Gerald Ford, and again from 2001 to 2006 under Presid ...

(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 Paul Augustus Findley (June 23, 1921 – August 9, 2019) was an American writer and politician. He served as United States Representative from Illinois, representing its 20th District. A Republican, he was first elected in 1960. A moderate Re ...

(R) : . Kenneth J. Gray (D) : .

William L. Springer William Lee Springer (April 12, 1909 – September 20, 1992) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Sullivan, Indiana, Springer attended the public schools and Sullivan and Culver Military Academy at Culver, Indiana. DePauw Universi ...

(R) : . George E. Shipley (D) : . Melvin Price (D)

Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : .

Charles A. Halleck Charles Abraham Halleck (August 22, 1900 – March 3, 1986) was an American politician. He was the Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives from the second district of Indiana. Early life and education Halleck was born ne ...

(R) : . John Brademas (D) : . E. Ross Adair (R) : . J. Edward Roush (D) : . William G. Bray (R) : . 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 John Henry Kyl (May 9, 1919 – December 23, 2002) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 4th congressional district from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973. ...

(R) : . Neal Smith (D) : . Wiley Mayne (R) : . William J. Scherle (R)

Kansas

: .

Bob Dole Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his ...

(R) : . Chester L. Mize (R) : .

Larry Winn Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (August 22, 1919 – December 31, 2017) was an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Kansas's 3rd district from 1967 to 1985. He was a member of the Republican Party. Born in ...

(R) : . Garner E. Shriver (R) : . Joe Skubitz (R)

Kentucky

: . Frank Stubblefield (D) : . William Natcher (D) : . William Cowger (R) : .

Gene Snyder Marion Eugene Snyder (January 26, 1928 – February 16, 2007) was an American politician elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from two different districts in his native Kentucky. Background Snyder was born ...

(R) : . Tim Lee Carter (R) : . John C. Watts (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D)

Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : .

(D) : . Edwin E. Willis (D) : .

Joe Waggonner Joseph David Waggonner Jr. (September 7, 1918 – October 7, 2007) was a Democratic U.S. Representative for the 4th congressional district in northwest Louisiana from December 1961 to January 1979. He was also a confidant of Republican Presid ...

(D) : . Otto Passman (D) : .

John Rarick John Richard Rarick (January 29, 1924 - September 14, 2009) was an American lawyer, jurist, and World War II veteran who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Louisiana's 6th congressional district from 1967 to 1975. ...

(D) : .

Edwin Edwards Edwin Washington Edwards (August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. representative for from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1 ...

(D) : . Speedy O. Long (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

: .

Rogers Morton Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (September 19, 1914 – April 19, 1979) was an American politician who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce during the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford ...

(R) : . Clarence Long (D) : . Edward Garmatz (D) : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : . Hervey Machen (D) : .

Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 – 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) : . 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 (D) : .

Margaret Heckler Margaret Mary Heckler (née O'Shaughnessy; June 21, 1931 – August 6, 2018) was an American politician and diplomat who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 until 1983. A member of the Republican Party, she a ...

(R) : . James A. Burke (D) : . Hastings Keith (R)

Michigan

: .

John Conyers John James Conyers Jr. (May 16, 1929October 27, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1965 to 2017. The districts he represented always included part of western Detroit ...

(D) : . Marvin L. Esch (R) : . Garry E. Brown (R) : . J. Edward Hutchinson (R) : .

(R) : . Charles E. Chamberlain (R) : . Donald Riegle (R) : . R. James Harvey (R) : .

Guy Vander Jagt Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007) was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Vander Jagt was desc ...

(R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Philip Ruppe (R) : . James G. O'Hara (D) : .

Charles Diggs Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (December 2, 1922 – August 24, 1998) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served in the state senate and U.S. House of Representatives. He was the first African American elected to Congre ...

(D) : . Lucien Nedzi (D) : . William D. Ford (D) : .

John Dingell John David Dingell Jr. (July 8, 1926 – February 7, 2019) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 until 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he holds the record for longes ...

(D) : . Martha Griffiths (D) : . William Broomfield (R) : . Jack H. McDonald (R)

Minnesota

: . Al Quie (R) : . Ancher Nelsen (R) : . Clark MacGregor (R) : .

Joseph Karth Joseph Edward Karth (August 26, 1922 – May 29, 2005) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Born in New Brighton, Ramsey County, Minnesota; all four of his grandparents were German immigrants. He ...

(DFL) : . Donald M. Fraser (DFL) : . John M. Zwach (R) : . Odin Langen (R) : . John Blatnik (DFL)

Mississippi

: . Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie Whitten (D) : .

John Bell Williams John Bell Williams (December 4, 1918 – March 25, 1983) was an American Democratic politician who represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1968 and served as Governor of Mississippi from 1968 to 1972. He was ...

(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 (D) : . William J. Randall (D) : .

Richard Walker Bolling Richard Walker Bolling (May 17, 1916 – April 21, 1991) was a prominent American Democratic Congressman from Kansas City, Missouri, and Missouri's 5th congressional district from 1949 to 1983. He retired after serving for four years as the ch ...

(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 (R) : . 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 Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. (June 7, 1909 – May 7, 2005) was an American Democratic politician. He represented parts of Newark, New Jersey and surrounding Essex and Hudson counties for twenty terms from 1949 to 1989. He was the longest-servin ...

(D) : . Joseph Minish (D) : .

Florence P. Dwyer Florence Price Dwyer (July 4, 1902 – February 29, 1976) was an American Republican Party politician who represented much of Essex County, New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1957 to 1973. From 1967 to 1973, she also ...

(R) : . 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 Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888 – January 15, 1981) was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He served as the dean of the United States ...

(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 (D) : .

Hugh Carey Hugh Leo Carey (April 11, 1919 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and attorney. He was a seven-term U.S. representative from 1961 to 1974 and the 51st governor of New York from 1975 to 1982. He was a member of the Democratic Party. ...

(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 Ogden Rogers Reid (June 24, 1925 – March 2, 2019) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and a six-term United States Representative from Westchester County, New York. Early life Reid was born in New Y ...

(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 Howard Winfield Robison (October 30, 1915 – September 26, 1987) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Robison was born in Owego, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1937 and rec ...

(R) : . James M. Hanley (D) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . 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 Sco ...

(R) : . Charles Goodell (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 (R) : . 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 (R) : . Thomas S. Kleppe (R)

Ohio

: .

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 19 ...

(R) : . Donald D. Clancy (R) : . Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . 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 (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 (D) : .

(D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . James V. Smith (R)

Oregon

: .

Wendell Wyatt Wendell Wyatt (June 15, 1917 – January 28, 2009) was an American attorney and Republican United States Representative from Oregon's 1st congressional district who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1964 until 1975 ...

(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 (R) : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Daniel Flood (D) : . J. Irving Whalley (R) : .

Richard Schweiker Richard Schultz Schweiker (June 1, 1926 – 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 19 ...

(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 Lucius Mendel Rivers (September 28, 1905 – December 28, 1970) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from South Carolina, representing the Charleston-based 1st congressional district for nearly 30 years. He was chairman of the House Armed Se ...

(D) : . Albert Watson (R) : .

William Jennings Bryan Dorn William Jennings Bryan Dorn (April 14, 1916 – August 13, 2005) was a United States politician from South Carolina who represented the western part of the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and from 1951 to ...

(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 James Henry Quillen (January 11, 1916Selective Service System and U.S. Navy official records both list Quillen's date of birth as January 11, 1915. – November 2, 2003) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United ...

(R) : . John Duncan Sr. (R) : . Bill Brock (R) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Richard Fulton (D) : . William Anderson (D) : . Ray Blanton (D) : . Fats Everett (D) : .

Dan Kuykendall Dan Heflin Kuykendall (July 9, 1924 – June 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman who served as a United States Representative from Tennessee's 8th and 9th congressional districts from 1967 until 1975. A member of the Repu ...

(R)

Texas

: .

Wright Patman John William Wright Patman (August 6, 1893 – March 7, 1976) was an American politician. First elected in 1928, Patman served 24 consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 1st congressional district from 1929 to ...

(D) : .

John Dowdy John Vernard Dowdy (February 11, 1912 – April 12, 1995) was an American politician. Dowdy was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives from the 7th District of Texas from 1952 to 1967 and then served as a congressman from the 2nd D ...

(D) : . Joe R. Pool (D), until July 14, 1968 :: James M. Collins (R), from August 24, 1968 : .

Ray Roberts Herbert Ray Roberts (March 28, 1913 – April 13, 1992) represented Texas's 4th congressional district from 1962 to 1981. He was a Democrat. Early life and education Roberts was born in rural Collin County, Texas in 1913. He grew up in the ...

(D) : . Earle Cabell (D) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : .

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; p ...

(R) : . Robert C. Eckhardt (D) : . Jack Brooks (D) : . J. J. Pickle (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : .

Jim Wright James Claude Wright Jr. (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas's 12th congressional district as a ...

(D) : . Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D) : .

John Andrew Young John Andrew Young (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2002) was a Democratic politician from Texas who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1957 to 1979. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Young attended Incarnate Word Academy and Corp ...

(D) : .

Kika de la Garza Eligio "Kika" de la Garza II (September 22, 1927March 13, 2017) was an American politician who served as the Democratic representative for the 15th congressional district of Texas from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1997. Biography De la Garza ...

(D) : . Richard Crawford White (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . 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 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)

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. John Otho Marsh Jr. (August 7, 1926 – February 4, 2019) was an American politician and an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law. Early life Marsh was born in Winchester, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia. He graduated from ...

(D) : . William L. Scott (R) : .

William C. Wampler William Creed Wampler Sr. (April 21, 1926 – May 23, 2012) was an American businessman and Republican politician who served multiple terms in the United States House of Representatives. Early and family life Born in Pennington Gap near the c ...

(R) : .

Joel Broyhill Joel Thomas Broyhill (November 4, 1919 – September 24, 2006) was an American politician aligned with the Republican Party who served as a Congressman from Virginia for 11 terms, from 1953 to 1974. He represented Virginia's 10th congressio ...

(R)

Washington

: . Thomas Pelly (R) : . Lloyd Meeds (D) : . Julia Butler Hansen (D) : . Catherine Dean May (R) : .

Tom Foley Thomas Stephen Foley (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represen ...

(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 Kenneth William Hechler (September 20, 1914 – December 10, 2016) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented West Virginia's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1977 ...

(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) : .

(R) : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (R) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)

Wyoming

: .

William Henry Harrison III William Henry Harrison III (August 10, 1896October 8, 1990) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and in the state legislatures of Indiana and Wyoming. Harrison grew up in Indiana, and was educat ...

(R)

Non-voting member

: . Santiago Polanco-Abreu (Resident Commissioner) (PPD) Speaker Albert - portrait

Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped)

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: 2 seat net gain * Deaths: 2 * Resignations: 2 * Total seats with changes: 5 , - ,

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

(2) , Vacant , Delayed taking seat to finish term as

Governor of Oregon The governor of Oregon is the head of government of Oregon and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The title of governor was also applied to the office of Oregon's chief executive during the provisional and U.S. te ...

. , ,

(R) , January 10, 1967 , - ,

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * ...

(1) , ,

(D) , Assassinated June 6, 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Successor was appointed to continue the term. , , Charles Goodell (R) , September 10, 1968 , - ,

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

(2) , , Bob Bartlett (D) , Died December 11, 1968
Successor was appointed to continue the term. , ,

(R) , December 24, 1968 , - ,

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

(3) , , Thruston Ballard Morton (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 (R) , December 17, 1968 , - ,

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to ...

(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. , ,

(D) , December 28, 1968

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 6 ** Democratic: 1 seat net loss ** 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 ,

(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 The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System. (Its Appellate Division is also the highest intermediate appellate court.) It is vested with unlimited ci ...

, nowrap , Bertram L. Podell (D) , February 20, 1968 , - , , nowrap,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 16, 1968, after being elected

Governor of Mississippi A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

, 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 (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 9, 1968, after becoming

U.S. Senator 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 po ...

, rowspan=2 , Vacant , rowspan=2 , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap, Paul A. Fino (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1968

Committees

Senate

* Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member:

) * Agriculture and Forestry (Chair:

; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) * Appropriations (Chair: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young) *

Armed Services A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

(Chair: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member:

) * Banking and Currency (Chair: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett) *

Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...

(Chair: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton) *

District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, N ...

(Chair:

; Ranking Member: Winston L. Prouty) *

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of ...

(Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: John J. Williams) *

Foreign Relations A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through ...

(Chair:

; Ranking Member: Bourke B. Hickenlooper) * Government Operations (Chair: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt) * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Thomas H. Kuchel) *

Judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

(Chair: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member:

) * Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: George S. McGovern; Ranking Member: ) * Organization of Congress (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Mike Monroney; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson) *

Public Works Public works are a broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and constructed by the government, for recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community. They include public buildings ( municipal buildings, ...

(Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) * Rules and Administration (Chair: B. Everett Jordan; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) *

Small Business Small businesses are types of corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships which have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation. Businesses are defined as "small" in terms of being able to ...

(Select) (Chair: George A. Smathers) * Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair:

) * Whole

House of Representatives

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

(Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Page Belcher) * Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Frank T. Bow) *

(Chair:

; Ranking Member: William H. Bates) * Banking and Currency (Chair:

; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall) *

(Chair: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen) * Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: William H. Ayres) *

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy ...

(Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: Frances P. Bolton) * Government Operations (Chair: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member:

) * House Administration (Chair: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Glenard P. Lipscomb) * House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Martha W. Griffiths) * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Wayne N. Aspinall; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor) * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member:

) *

(Chair:

; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch) * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Edward A. Garmatz; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard) * Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Thaddeus J. Dulski; Ranking Member: Robert J. Corbett) *

(Chair: George Hyde Fallon; Ranking Member: William C. Cramer) *

Rules Rule or ruling may refer to: Education * Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia Human activity * The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule per ...

(Chair: William M. Colmer; Ranking Member:

) * Science and Astronautics (Chair: George Paul Miller; Ranking Member: James G. Fulton) *

(Select) (Chair: Joe L. Evins) * Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Charles Melvin Price) * Un-American Activities (Chair: Edwin E. Willis; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) * Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: E. Ross Adair) * Ways and Means (Chair: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member: John W. Byrnes) * Whole

Joint committees

Atomic Energy Atomic energy or energy of atoms is energy carried by atoms. The term originated in 1903 when Ernest Rutherford began to speak of the possibility of atomic energy.Isaac Asimov, ''Atom: Journey Across the Sub-Atomic Cosmos'', New York:1992 Plume, ...

(Chair: Sen. John O. Pastore; Vice Chair: Rep. Chet Holifield) * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) (Chair: ; Vice Chair: ) * Defense Production (Chair: Rep.

; Vice Chair: Sen. John J. Sparkman) * Disposition of Executive Papers *

Economic An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with t ...

(Chair: Sen.

; Vice Chair: Rep.

) * Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chair: Rep. Michael A. Feighan) * Legislative Budget * The Library (Chair: Sen. B. Everett Jordan; Vice Chair: Rep. Omar Burleson) * Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration *

Printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...

(Chair: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chair: Rep. Omar Burleson) * Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chair: Rep. George H. Mahon) *

Taxation A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, o ...

(Chair: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex. It is an agency of the legislative branch of the federal government and i ...

: J. George Stewart *

Attending Physician of the United States Congress The Attending Physician of the United States Congress is the physician responsible for the medical welfare of the members of the United States Congress (the 435 representatives, five delegates, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, and 100 se ...

: Rufus Pearson *

Comptroller General of the United States The Comptroller General of the United States is the director of the Government Accountability Office (GAO, formerly known as the General Accounting Office), a legislative-branch agency established by Congress in 1921 to ensure the fiscal and ma ...

Elmer B. Staats Elmer Boyd Staats (June 6, 1914 – July 23, 2011) was an American public servant whose career from the late 1930s to the early 1980s was primarily associated with the Bureau of the Budget (BOB) (now the Office of Management and Budget MB and ...

Librarian of Congress The Librarian of Congress is the head of the Library of Congress, appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, for a term of ten years. In addition to overseeing the library, the Li ...

Lawrence Quincy Mumford Lawrence Quincy Mumford (11 December 1903 – 15 August 1982) was an American librarian. He was the eleventh Librarian of the United States Congress from 1954 to 1974. Biography Mumford was born in Hanrahan, North Carolina to Jacob Edward Mum ...

Public Printer of the United States The Public Printer of the United States was the head of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO). Pursuant to , this officer was nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the United States Senate. In December 2014, ...

: James L. Harrison

Senate

Chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intellige ...

: Frederick Brown Harris (

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...

) *

Curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...

: Joseph Dougherty, until 1968 ** Richard A. Baker (acting), from 1968 * Parliamentarian: Floyd Riddick *

Secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a w ...

: Francis R. Valeo *

Librarian A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over time, ...

: Richard D. Hupman *

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: * Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa * Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea * Gabonese Democratic Party * ...

Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt * Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice * Sergeant at Arms: Robert G. Dunphy

House of Representatives

: Edward G. Latch (

) *

Clerk A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service ...

: W. Pat Jennings * Doorkeeper: William M. Miller * Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler *

Postmaster A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...

: H. H. Morris * Reading Clerks: Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D) and Joe Bartlett (R) * Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr.