The 88th 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, 1963, to January 3, 1965, during the final months of the

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of John F. Kennedy, and the first years of the

of his successor,

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. The apportionment of seats in this

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was based on the

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, and the number of members was again 435 (it had temporarily been 437 in order to seat one member each from recently admitted states of Alaska and Hawaii). Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority - including a filibuster-proof

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in the Senate - and with President Kennedy, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government

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Major events

* November 22, 1963: Vice President

became

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on the death of President John F. Kennedy. * March 30 – June 10, 1964: The longest filibuster in the history of the Senate was waged against the

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, with 57 days of debate over a 73-day period. It ended when the Senate voted 71–29 to invoke cloture, with the filibuster carried out by southern members of the Democratic Party, the first successful cloture motion on a civil rights bill. *August 2–4, 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Incident *November 3, 1964: President Lyndon Johnson is elected to a full term in the

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, defeating Republican nominee

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Major legislation

* June 10, 1963: Equal Pay Act, * October 17, 1963: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, * October 31, 1963: Community Mental Health Centers Act, , title II, including Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act * December 17, 1963: Clean Air Act, * July 2, 1964:

, * July 9, 1964: Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (Federal Transit Act), * August 7, 1964: Tonkin Gulf Resolution, * August 20, 1964: Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, * August 31, 1964: Food Stamp Act of 1964, * September 3, 1964:

Wilderness Act The Wilderness Act of 1964 () is a federal land management statute meant to protect U.S. Wilderness Area, federal wilderness and to create a formal mechanism for designating wilderness. It was written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Socie ...

, * September 4, 1964: Nurse Training Act, * 1964: Library Services and Construction Act

Constitutional amendments

* January 23, 1964:

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, prohibiting both Congress and the

states State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a

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or other types of tax, was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 38) to become part of the Constitution

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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(D), until November 22, 1963; thereafter vacant * President pro tempore: Carl Hayden (D) * Permanent Acting President pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (D), from June 15, 1963

Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield * Majority Whip: Hubert Humphrey * Caucus Secretary: George Smathers

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

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: Thomas Kuchel * Republican Conference Chairman:

Leverett Saltonstall Leverett Atholville Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the List of Governors of Massachusetts, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more th ...

* Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Thruston Ballard Morton * Policy Committee Chairman: Bourke B. Hickenlooper

House of Representatives

* Speaker: John W. McCormack (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader: Carl Albert * Majority Whip: Hale Boggs * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Francis E. Walter, until May 31, 1963 ** Albert Thomas, from January 21, 1964 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader: Charles A. Halleck *

: Leslie C. Arends * Republican Conference Chairman:

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

Caucuses

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Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Senators are ordered first by state, and then by class. 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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1964; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1966; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1968.

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: 2. John J. Sparkman (D) : 3. J. Lister Hill (D)

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

: 2. Bob Bartlett (D) : 3. Ernest Gruening (D)

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

: 1.

(R) : 3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: 2. John L. McClellan (D) : 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: 1. Clair Engle (D), until July 30, 1964 ::

Pierre Salinger Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 – October 16, 2004) was an American journalist, author and politician. He served as the ninth White House Press Secretary, press secretary for United States presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon ...

(D), August 4, 1964 – December 31, 1964 ::

George Murphy George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American 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 from 1944 to ...

(R), from January 1, 1965 : 3. Thomas Kuchel (R)

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

: 2. Gordon Allott (R) : 3. Peter H. Dominick (R)

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: 1. Thomas J. Dodd (D) : 3. Abraham Ribicoff (D)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

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

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: 1. Spessard Holland (D) : 3. George Smathers (D)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D) : 3.

Herman Talmadge Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002) was a U.S. 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. A Democrat, Talmadge served during a time o ...

(D)

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

: 1. Hiram Fong (R) : 2.

Daniel Inouye Daniel Ken Inouye ( , , September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. A Medal of Honor recipi ...

(D)

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

: 2. Leonard B. Jordan (R) : 3. Frank Church (D)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: 2. Paul Douglas (D) : 3. Everett M. Dirksen (R)

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

: 1. Vance Hartke (D) : 3.

Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 – March 14, 2019) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a member of United States Senate from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected t ...

(D)

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

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

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

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

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: 2. John Sherman Cooper (R) : 3. Thruston Ballard Morton (R)

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

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

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

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

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: 1. James Glenn Beall (R) : 3. Daniel Brewster (D)

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

: 1.

Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...

(D) : 2.

(R)

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

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

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

: 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. Hubert Humphrey (DFL), until December 29, 1964 ::

Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928April 19, 2021) was the 42nd vice president of the United States serving from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976. ...

(DFL), from December 30, 1964

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

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

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

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

Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

: 1. Mike Mansfield (D) : 2. Lee Metcalf (D)

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

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

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

: 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 Genera ...

(D)

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

: 2. Thomas J. McIntyre (D) : 3. Norris Cotton (R)

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

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

New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

: 1. Edwin L. Mechem (R), until November 3, 1964 ::

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), from November 4, 1964 : 2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

New York

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

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

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

Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A Southern Democrat, he liked to call himself a " country lawyer", and often told humorous ...

(D)

North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...

: 1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL) : 3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

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

Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

: 2. J. Howard Edmondson (D), January 7, 1963 – November 3, 1964 :: Fred R. Harris (D), from November 4, 1964 : 3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

: 2. Maurine Neuberger (D) : 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 the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party’s leadership and for his opposition t ...

(D)

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: 1. Hugh Scott (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 United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party, he served as the 90th List of mayors of Philadelphia, Mayor of Philadelphia ...

(D)

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

: 1. John Pastore (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 South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

: 2.

Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 49 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South ...

(D) until September 16, 1964, then (R) : 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

: 2. Karl E. Mundt (R) : 3.

George McGovern George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician, diplomat, and historian who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator from South Dakota, and the Democratic Party (United States), Democ ...

(D)

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: 1. Albert Gore Sr. (D) : 2. Estes Kefauver (D), until August 10, 1963 :: Herbert S. Walters (D), August 20, 1963 – November 3, 1964 :: Ross Bass (D), from November 4, 1964

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

: 1. Ralph Yarborough (D) : 2. John Tower (R)

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

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

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

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

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

: 1. Harry F. Byrd (D) : 2. A. Willis Robertson (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 (state), Washington. A Cold W ...

(D) : 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

: 1.

Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democratic Pa ...

(D) : 2. Jennings Randolph (D)

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

: 1.

William Proxmire Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 ...

(D) : 3. Gaylord Nelson (D), from January 8, 1963

Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

: 1. Gale W. McGee (D) : 2. Milward Simpson (R) 88th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: . George Huddleston Jr. (D) : . George M. Grant (D) : . George W. Andrews (D) : .

Kenneth A. Roberts Kenneth Allison Roberts (November 1, 1912 – May 9, 1989) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran and politician who served seven terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama from 1951 to 1965. Biogr ...

(D) : . Albert Rains (D) : . Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D) : . Carl Elliott (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

: . Ralph Julian Rivers (D)

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

: .

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 served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona for thirty years from 1953 to 1983. He was the mino ...

(R) : . Mo Udall (D) : . George F. Senner Jr. (D)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : . James William Trimble (D) : . Oren Harris (D)

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: . Donald H. Clausen (R), from January 22, 1963 : . Harold T. Johnson (D) : . John E. Moss (D) : . Robert L. Leggett (D) : . John F. Shelley (D), until January 7, 1964 :: Phillip Burton (D), from February 18, 1964 : . William S. Mailliard (R) : . Jeffery Cohelan (D) : . George P. Miller (D) : . Don Edwards (D) : . Charles Gubser (R) : . J. Arthur Younger (R) : . Burt Talcott (R) : . Charles M. Teague (R) : . John F. Baldwin Jr. (R) : . John J. McFall (D) : . B. F. Sisk (D) : . Cecil R. King (D) : . Harlan Hagen (D) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : .

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(R) : . Augustus Hawkins (D) : . James C. Corman (D) : . Clyde Doyle (D), until March 14, 1963 :: Del M. Clawson (R), from June 11, 1963 : . Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) : . Ronald B. Cameron (D) : .

James Roosevelt James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine officer, activist, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor R ...

(D) : . Everett G. Burkhalter (D) : . Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (R) : .

George Brown Jr. George Edward Brown Jr. (March 6, 1920 – July 15, 1999) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from California. He represented suburban portions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County in the United ...

(D) : . Edward R. Roybal (D) : . Charles H. Wilson (D) : . Craig Hosmer (R) : . Harry R. Sheppard (D) : . Richard T. Hanna (D) : . James B. Utt (R) : . Bob Wilson (R) : . Lionel Van Deerlin (D) : . Patrick M. Martin (R)

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

: . Byron G. Rogers (D) : . Donald G. Brotzman (R) : . John Chenoweth (R) : . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: . Emilio Q. Daddario (D) : . William St. Onge (D) : . Robert Giaimo (D) : . Abner W. Sibal (R) : . John S. Monagan (D) : . Bernard F. Grabowski (D)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: . Harris McDowell (D)

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: . Robert L. F. Sikes (D) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Claude Pepper (D) : . Dante Fascell (D) : . Syd Herlong (D) : . Paul Rogers (D) : . James A. Haley (D) : . Donald Ray Matthews (D) : . Don Fuqua (D) : . Sam Gibbons (D) : . Edward Gurney (R) : . William C. Cramer (R)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: . George Elliott Hagan (D) : . J. L. Pilcher (D) : . Tic Forrester (D) : . John Flynt (D) : . Charles L. Weltner (D) : .

Carl Vinson Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Democrati ...

(D) : . John William Davis (D) : . J. Russell Tuten (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (D)

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

: . Thomas Gill (D) : .

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

(D)

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

: . Compton I. White Jr. (D) : . Ralph R. Harding (D)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: . William L. Dawson (D) : . Barratt O'Hara (D) : . William T. Murphy (D) : . Ed Derwinski (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Thomas J. O'Brien (D), until April 14, 1964 : . Roland V. Libonati (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 t ...

(D) : . Edward Rowan Finnegan (D), until December 6, 1964 : . 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, businessman, and naval officer who served as United States Secretary of Defense, secretary of defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and again ...

(R) : . Elmer J. Hoffman (R) : . Charlotte Thompson Reid (R) : . John B. Anderson (R) : . Leslie C. Arends (R) : . Robert H. Michel (R) : . Robert T. McLoskey (R) : . Paul Findley (R) : . Kenneth J. Gray (D) : . William L. Springer (R) : . George E. Shipley (D) : . Melvin Price (D)

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

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

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

: . Fred Schwengel (R) : . James E. Bromwell (R) : . H. R. Gross (R) : . John Henry Kyl (R) : .

Neal Edward Smith Neal Edward Smith (March 23, 1920 – November 2, 2021) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995, the long ...

(D) : . Charles B. Hoeven (R) : . Ben F. Jensen (R)

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

: .

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 Party leaders of the United States Senate, Republican Leader of th ...

(R) : . William H. Avery (R) : . Robert Ellsworth (R) : . Garner E. Shriver (R) : . Joe Skubitz (R)

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: . Frank Stubblefield (D) : . William Natcher (D) : . Gene Snyder (R) : . Frank Chelf (D) : . Eugene Siler (R) : . John C. Watts (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D)

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : . Hale Boggs (D) : . Edwin E. Willis (D) : . Joe Waggonner (D) : . Otto Passman (D) : . James H. Morrison (D) : . T. Ashton Thompson (D) : . Gillis William Long (D)

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: . Stanley R. Tupper (R) : . Clifford McIntire (R)

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: .

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) : . Richard Lankford (D) : .

Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 – January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Maryland. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the Unit ...

(R) : . Samuel Friedel (D) : . Carlton R. Sickles (D)

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

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

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . Lucien Nedzi (D) : . George Meader (R) : . August E. Johansen (R) : . J. Edward Hutchinson (R) : .

(R) : . Charles E. Chamberlain (R) : . James G. O'Hara (D) : . R. James Harvey (R) : . Robert P. Griffin (R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Victor A. Knox (R) : . John B. Bennett (R), until August 9, 1964 : . Charles Diggs (D) : . Harold M. Ryan (D) : . John D. Dingell Jr. (D) : . John Lesinski Jr. (D) : . Martha Griffiths (D) : . William Broomfield (R) : . Neil Staebler (D)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

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

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Thomas Abernethy (politician), Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie Whitten (D) : . John Bell Williams (D) : . W. Arthur Winstead (D) : . William M. Colmer (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Frank M. Karsten (D) : . Thomas B. Curtis (R) : . Leonor Sullivan (D) : . William J. Randall (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D) : . Durward Gorham Hall (R) : . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D) : . Clarence Cannon (D), until May 12, 1964 :: William L. Hungate (D), from November 3, 1964 : . Paul C. Jones (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

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

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

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

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Louis C. Wyman (R) : . James Colgate Cleveland (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

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

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . Thomas G. Morris (D) : .

(D), until November 3, 1964

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Otis G. Pike (D) : . James R. Grover Jr. (R) : . Steven Derounian (R) : . John W. Wydler (R) : . Frank J. Becker (R) : . Seymour Halpern (R) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Eugene J. Keogh (D) : . Edna F. Kelly (D) : . Abraham J. Multer (D) : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) : . Hugh Carey (D) : . John M. Murphy (New York politician), John M. Murphy (D) : . John Lindsay (R) : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Leonard Farbstein (D) : . William Fitts Ryan (D) : . James C. Healey (D) : . Jacob H. Gilbert (D) : . Charles A. Buckley (D) : . Paul A. Fino (R) : . Robert R. Barry (R) : . Ogden Reid (R) : . Katharine St. George (R) : . J. Ernest Wharton (R) : . Leo W. O'Brien (D) : . Carleton J. King (R) : . Clarence E. Kilburn (R) : . Alexander Pirnie (R) : . Howard W. Robison (R) : . R. Walter Riehlman (R) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton (R) : . Harold C. Ostertag (R) : . Charles Goodell (R) : . John R. Pillion (R) : . William E. Miller (R) : . Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

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

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Hjalmar Carl Nygaard (R), until July 18, 1963 :: Mark Andrews (politician), Mark Andrews (R), from October 22, 1963 : . Don L. Short (R)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Carl West Rich (R) : . Donald D. Clancy (R) : . Paul F. Schenck (R) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . Clarence J. Brown (R) : . Jackson Edward Betts (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : . Pete Abele (R) : . Oliver P. Bolton (R) : . Samuel L. Devine (R) : . Charles Adams Mosher (R) : . William Hanes Ayres (R) : . Robert T. Secrest (D) : . 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) : . Robert Taft Jr. (R)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . Page Belcher (R) : . Ed Edmondson (politician), Ed Edmondson (D) : . Carl Albert (D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . Victor Wickersham (D)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . A. Walter Norblad (R), until September 20, 1964 :: Wendell Wyatt (R), from November 3, 1964 : . Al Ullman (D) : . Edith Green (D) : . Robert B. Duncan (D)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D) : . James A. Byrne (D) : . Herman Toll (D) : . William J. Green Jr. (D), until December 21, 1963 :: William J. Green III (D), from April 28, 1964 : . George M. Rhodes (D) : . William H. Milliken Jr. (R) : . Willard S. Curtin (R) : . Paul B. Dague (R) : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Dan Flood (D) : . J. Irving Whalley (R) : . Richard Schweiker (R) : . William S. Moorhead (D) : . Francis E. Walter (D), until May 31, 1963 :: Fred B. Rooney (D), from July 30, 1963 : . John C. Kunkel (R) : . Herman T. Schneebeli (R) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . George Atlee Goodling (R) : . Elmer J. Holland (D) : . John Herman Dent (D) : . John P. Saylor (R) : . Leon H. Gavin (R), until September 15, 1963 :: Albert W. Johnson (R), from November 5, 1963 : . James D. Weaver (R) : . Frank M. Clark (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . James G. Fulton (R)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

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

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D) : . Albert Watson (South Carolina politician), Albert Watson (D) : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) : . Robert T. Ashmore (D) : . Robert W. Hemphill (D), until May 1, 1964 :: Thomas S. Gettys (D), from November 3, 1964 : . John L. McMillan (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

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

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Jimmy Quillen (R) : . Howard Baker Sr. (R), until January 7, 1964 :: Irene Baker (R), from March 10, 1964 : . Bill Brock (R) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Richard Fulton (D) : . Ross Bass (D), until November 3, 1964 : . Tom J. Murray (D) : . Fats Everett (D) : . Clifford Davis (politician), Clifford Davis (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D) : . Lindley Beckworth (D) : . Ray Roberts (politician), Ray Roberts (D) : . Bruce Alger (R) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . John Dowdy (D) : . Albert Thomas (D) : . Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D) : . Homer Thornberry (D), until December 20, 1963 :: J. J. Pickle (D), from December 21, 1963 : . William R. Poage (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D) : . John Andrew Young (D) : . Joe M. Kilgore (D) : . Ed Foreman (R) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Walter E. Rogers (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Henry B. González (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D) : . Robert R. Casey (D) : . Joe R. Pool (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

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

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Robert Stafford (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

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

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Thomas Pelly (R) : . Jack Westland (R) : . Julia Butler Hansen (D) : . Catherine Dean May (R) : . Walt Horan (R) : . Thor C. Tollefson (R) : . K. William Stinson (R)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

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

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . William Henry Harrison III (R)

Non-voting members

: . Antonio Fernós-Isern (Resident Commissioner) (PPD) 88 us house membership

Changes in membership

Senate

, - ,

Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

(2) , Vacant , Sen. Robert S. Kerr died in previous congress.
Successor appointed to continue the term. , nowrap , J. Howard Edmondson (D) , January 7, 1963 , - ,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

(3) , Vacant , Delayed taking oath of office in order to finish term as Governor of Wisconsin , nowrap , Gaylord Nelson (D) , January 8, 1963 , - ,

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

(2) , nowrap , Estes Kefauver (D) , Died August 10, 1963.
Successor appointed August 20, 1963, to continue the term. , nowrap , Herbert S. Walters (D) , August 20, 1963 , - ,

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

(1) , nowrap , Clair Engle (D) , Died July 30, 1964.
Successor appointed August 4, 1964. , nowrap ,

(D) , August 4, 1964 , - ,

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

(2) , nowrap ,

(D) , Changed political parties. , nowrap ,

(R) , September 16, 1964 , - ,

New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

(1) , nowrap , Edwin L. Mechem (R) , Lost special election.
Successor elected November 3, 1964. , nowrap ,

(D) , November 4, 1964 , - ,

(2) , nowrap , J. Howard Edmondson (D) , Successor elected November 3, 1964. , nowrap , Fred R. Harris (D) , November 4, 1964 , - ,

(2) , nowrap , Herbert S. Walters (D) , Successor elected November 3, 1964. , nowrap , Ross Bass (D) , November 4, 1964 , - ,

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

(2) , nowrap , Hubert Humphrey (DFL) , Resigned December 29, 1964, after being elected Vice President of the United States.
Successor appointed December 30, 1964, to finish the term. , nowrap ,

(DFL) , December 30, 1964 , - ,

(1) , nowrap ,

(D) , Resigned December 31, 1964, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed January 1, 1965. , nowrap ,

(R) , January 1, 1965

House of Representatives

, - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep. Clement Woodnutt Miller died during previous congress , nowrap , Donald H. Clausen (R) , January 22, 1963 , - , , nowrap, Clyde Doyle (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 14, 1963 , nowrap , Del M. Clawson (R) , June 11, 1963 , - , , nowrap, Francis E. Walter (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 31, 1963 , nowrap , Fred B. Rooney (D) , July 30, 1963 , - , , nowrap, Hjalmar Carl Nygaard (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 18, 1963 , nowrap , Mark Andrews (politician), Mark Andrews (R) , October 22, 1963 , - , , nowrap, Leon H. Gavin (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 15, 1963 , nowrap , Albert W. Johnson (R) , November 3, 1963 , - , , nowrap, Homer Thornberry (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 20, 1963, after being appointed as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas , nowrap , J. J. Pickle (D) , December 21, 1963 , - , , nowrap, William J. Green Jr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 21, 1963 , nowrap , William J. Green III (D) , April 28, 1964 , - , , nowrap, John F. Shelley (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 7, 1964, after being elected Mayor of San Francisco , nowrap , Phillip Burton (D) , February 18, 1964 , - , , nowrap, Howard Baker Sr. (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 7, 1964 , nowrap , Irene Baker (R) , March 10, 1964 , - , , nowrap, Thomas J. O'Brien (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 14, 1964 , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap, Robert W. Hemphill (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 1, 1964, after being appointed judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, US District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of SC , nowrap , Thomas S. Gettys (D) , November 3, 1964 , - , , nowrap, Clarence Cannon (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 12, 1964 , nowrap , William L. Hungate (D) , November 3, 1964 , - , , nowrap, John B. Bennett (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 9, 1964 , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap, A. Walter Norblad (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 20, 1964 , nowrap , Wendell Wyatt (R) , November 3, 1964 , - , , nowrap,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 3, 1964, after being elected to the US Senate , rowspan=3 , Vacant , rowspan=3 , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap, Ross Bass (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 3, 1964, after being elected to the US Senate , - , , nowrap, Edward Rowan Finnegan (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 6, 1964, after being appointed judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chairman: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member: Margaret Chase Smith) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: A. Willis Robertson; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Harry F. Byrd; Ranking Member: John J. Williams) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: Bourke B. Hickenlooper) * United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt) * United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Thomas H. Kuchel) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman: J. Lister Hill; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Olin D. Johnston; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: Patrick V. McNamara, Pat McNamara; Ranking Member: John Sherman Cooper) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chairman: B. Everett Jordan; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman) * United States Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct, Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chairman: ) * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: Charles B. Hoeven) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Clarence Cannon; Ranking Member: Ben F. Jensen) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Leslie C. Arends) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Kilburn) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Joel T. Broyhill) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Adam Clayton Powell; Ranking Member: Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., Peter Frelinghuysen) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: Frances P. Bolton) * United States House Select Committee on Government Research, Government Research (Select) (Chair: Carl Elliott) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: R. Walter Riehlman) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Paul F. Schenck) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman: Wayne N. Aspinall; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: Oren Harris; Ranking Member: John B. Bennett) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Herbert C. Bonner; Ranking Member: Thor C. Tollefson) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Robert J. Corbett) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: Charles A. Buckley; Ranking Member: James C. Auchincloss) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Howard W. Smith; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown) * United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Science and Astronautics (Chairman: George Paul Miller; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Martin Jr.) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Joe L. Evins) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Un-American Activities, Un-American Activities (Chairman: Francis E. Walter; Ranking Member: August E. Johansen) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: William H. Ayres) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: 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 (Chairman: Sen. John O. Pastore; Vice Chairman: Rep. Chester E. Holifield) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian, Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian * United States Congress Joint Committee on Defense Production, Defense Production (Chairman: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chairman: Sen. A. Willis Robertson) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chairman: Sen. Paul H. Douglas; Vice Chairman: Rep. Richard Walker Bolling) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy, Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Vacant) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, Legislative Budget * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Sen. B. Everett Jordan) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration, Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Sen. Harry F. Byrd; Vice Chairman: Rep. Clarence Cannon) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chairman: Sen. Harry Flood Byrd, Harry F. Byrd)

Employees

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

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

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris, Methodism, Methodist * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Charles L. Watkins, Charles Watkins, until 1964 ** Floyd Riddick, from 1964 * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Richard D. Hupman * Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Robert G. Baker, until 1963 ** Francis R. Valeo, from 1963 * Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: J. Mark Trice * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

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

Notes

References

External links

U.S. Senate history

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