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The 94th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
and the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
. It met in
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...
, from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1977, during the last two years of
Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...
's
presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...
. This is the most recent Congress with a Republican senator from
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 ...
, Hiram Fong, and Democratic senators from
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 ...
and
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 ...
, Frank Moss and Gale W. McGee. Fong retired and the other two lost re-election at the end of the 94th Congress. The apportionment of seats in this
House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...
was based on the
1970 United States census The 1970 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 203,392,031, an increase of 13.4 percent over the 179,323,175 persons enumerated during the 1960 census. This was t ...
. The Democrats not only maintained their majorities in the House and Senate, but would increase their numbers to
supermajority A supermajority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority rules in a democracy can help to prevent a majority from eroding fun ...
status in both chambers.


Major events

* January 15, 1975: 1975 State of the Union Address * April 30, 1975:
Fall of Saigon The fall of Saigon, known in Vietnam as Reunification Day (), was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. As part of the 1975 spring offensive, this decisive event led to the collapse of the So ...
* June 10, 1975: The Rockefeller Commission issued its report on CIA abuses, recommending a joint congressional oversight committee on intelligence. * September 5, 1975: Failed assassination attempt against President Ford by Lynette Fromme * September 22, 1975: Another failed assassination attempt against President Ford by Sara Jane Moore * July 4, 1976:
United States Bicentennial The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to historical events leading up to the creation of the United States as an independent republic. It was a central event in the memo ...
* November 2, 1976: **
1976 United States House of Representatives elections The 1976 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives on November 2, 1976, to elect members to serve in the 95th United States Congress. They coincided with Jimmy Carter's electio ...
and
1976 United States Senate elections The 1976 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. Held on November 2, the 33 seats of Classes of United States senators, Class 1 were contested in regular elections. They coincided with Democratic Party (United ...
: Democrats retain congress **
1976 United States presidential election United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1976. The Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ticket of former Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia Governor of Georgia, governor Jimmy ...
:
Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924December 29, 2024) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party ...
(D) elected President * December 12, 1976: Congressional Hispanic Caucus formed


Major legislation

*March 29, 1975:
Tax Reduction Act of 1975 The United States Tax Reduction Act of 1975 provided a 10-percent rebate on 1974 tax liability ($200 cap). It created a temporary $30 general tax credit for each taxpayer and dependent. It started the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which, at ...
, , *May 23, 1975: Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, , *November 29, 1975:
Education for All Handicapped Children Act The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (sometimes referred to using the acronyms EAHCA or EHA, or Public Law (PL) 94-142) was enacted by the United States Congress in 1975. This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to ...
, , *December 22, 1975:
Energy Policy and Conservation Act The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA) () is a United States Act of Congress that responded to the 1973 oil crisis by creating a comprehensive approach to federal energy policy. The primary goals of EPCA are to increase energy p ...
, , *December 23, 1975:
Metric Conversion Act The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 is an Act of Congress that was signed into law by U.S. President Gerald Ford on December 23, 1975. It declared the metric system "the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerc ...
, *December 23, 1975: Revenue Adjustment Act (
Earned Income Tax Credit The United States federal earned income tax credit or earned income credit (EITC or EIC) is a refundable tax credit for low- to moderate-income working individuals and couples, particularly those with children. The amount of EITC benefit depend ...
), , *December 31, 1975: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, , *February 5, 1976: Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, , *April 13, 1976: Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, , *May 11, 1976:
Federal Election Campaign Act The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA, , ''et seq.'') is the primary United States federal law regulating political campaign fundraising and spending. The law originally focused on creating limits for campaign spending on communicati ...
, , *June 30, 1976: Arms Export Control Act, , *September 13, 1976: Government in the Sunshine Act, , *September 14, 1976:
National Emergencies Act The National Emergencies Act (NEA) (, codified at –1651) is a United States federal law enacted to end all previous national emergencies and to formalize the emergency powers of the president. The Act empowers the president to activate spe ...
, , *September 30, 1976: Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, , *October 11, 1976: Toxic Substances Control Act, , *October 12, 1976: Overhaul of
vocational education Vocational education is education that prepares people for a skilled craft. Vocational education can also be seen as that type of education given to an individual to prepare that individual to be gainfully employed or self employed with req ...
programs , *October 19, 1976:
Copyright Act of 1976 The Copyright Act of 1976 is a United States copyright law and remains the primary basis of copyright law in the United States, as amended by several later enacted copyright provisions. The Act spells out the basic rights of copyright holders, ...
, , *October 21, 1976: Federal Land Policy and Management Act, , *October 21, 1976:
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976, is the primary federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste.United States. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. , , ''et seq., ...
, , *October 21, 1976: Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, , *October 22, 1976: National Forest Management Act, ,


Party summary


Senate


House of Representatives


Leadership


Senate

*
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
:
Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich "Rocky" Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was the 41st vice president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. He was also the 49th governor of New York, serving from 1959 to 197 ...
(R) * President pro tempore: James Eastland (D) * Permanent Acting President pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (D)


Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader:
Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 t ...
* Majority Whip:
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 ...
* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Frank Moss * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: J. Bennett Johnston


Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader: Hugh Scott *
Minority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature. Whips ...
: Robert P. Griffin * Republican Conference Chairman: Carl Curtis * Republican Conference Secretary: Robert Stafford * National Senatorial Committee Chair:
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
* Policy Committee Chairman:
John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas si ...


House of Representatives

* Speaker: Carl Albert (D)


Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader: Tip O'Neill * Majority Whip: John J. McFall * Chief Deputy Majority Whip: John Brademas * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Phillip Burton * Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Patsy Mink Patsy Matsu Mink ( Takemoto; , December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years as a member of the Democratic ...
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Wayne Hays, until June 18, 1976 ** James C. Corman, from June 18, 1976


Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:
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 ...
*
Minority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature. Whips ...
: Robert H. Michel * Republican Conference Chairman: John B. Anderson * Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Samuel L. Devine * Republican Conference Secretary: Jack Edwards * Policy Committee Chairman: Barber Conable * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
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 ...


Caucuses

* Congressional Black Caucus * Congressional Hispanic Caucus *
House Democratic Caucus The House Democratic Caucus is a congressional caucus composed of all Democratic representatives in the United States House of Representatives, voting and non-voting, and is responsible for nominating and electing the Democratic Party leadersh ...
*
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 119th Co ...


Members


Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1976; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1978; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1980.


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. James Allen (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.
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
(R) : 3. Mike Gravel (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. Paul Fannin (R) : 3.
Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Re ...
(R)


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. Dale Bumpers (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. John V. Tunney (D) until January 1, 1977 :: S. I. Hayakawa (R) from January 2, 1977 : 3.
Alan Cranston Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the Citizens for Global S ...
(D)


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. Floyd Haskell (D) : 3. Gary Hart (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. ...

: 1. Lowell Weicker (R) : 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.
William Roth William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republi ...
(R) : 2.
Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...
(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 ...

: 1. Lawton Chiles (D) : 3.
Richard Stone Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone (30 August 1913 – 6 December 1991) was an eminent British economist. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College and King's College at the University of Cambridge. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Memori ...
(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. Sam Nunn (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) : 3.
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. James A. McClure (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. Charles H. Percy (R) : 3. Adlai Stevenson III (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 ...

: 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.
Dick Clark Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted ''American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 1989. He also hosted five incarnations of the Pyramid (game show), ...
(D) : 3. John Culver (D)


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.
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)


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.
Walter Dee Huddleston Walter Darlington "Dee" Huddleston (April 15, 1926 – October 16, 2018) was an American commercial broadcaster and politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served two terms as a member of the United States Senate from 1973 ...
(D) : 3. Wendell Ford (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 ...

: 2. J. Bennett Johnston (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 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 from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1 ...
(D) : 2. William Hathaway (D)


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. J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R) : 3.
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)


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.
Edward Brooke Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. He was the first African American elected to t ...
(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), until December 26, 1976 :: Donald Riegle (D), from December 30, 1976 : 2. Robert P. Griffin (R)


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.
Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 19 ...
(DFL) : 2.
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), until December 30, 1976 :: Wendell R. Anderson (DFL), from December 30, 1976


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), until December 27, 1976 ::
John Danforth John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the Attorney General of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States Senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of the ...
(R), from December 27, 1976 : 3. Thomas Eagleton (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 Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 t ...
(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), until December 27, 1976 :: Edward Zorinsky (D), from December 28, 1976 : 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 Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
(D) : 3. Paul Laxalt (R)


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), from August 8, 1975, until September 18, 1975 :: John A. Durkin (D), from September 18, 1975


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.
Joseph Montoya Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957 ...
(D) : 2. Pete Domenici (R)


New York

: 1. James L. Buckley ( C) : 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.
Jesse Helms Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the Conservatism in the United States, conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the ...
(R) : 3. Robert Burren Morgan (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. Robert Taft Jr. (R), until December 28, 1976 :: Howard Metzenbaum (D), from December 29, 1976 : 3.
John Glenn John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1 ...
(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. Dewey F. Bartlett (R) : 3. Henry Bellmon (R)


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.
Mark Hatfield Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Moderates, moderate Republican Party (United States), Republican, he se ...
(R) : 3.
Bob Packwood Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995. He resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 ...
(R)


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. Richard Schweiker (R)


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), until December 28, 1976 ::
John Chafee John Lester Hubbard Chafee ( ; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 66th Governor o ...
(R), from December 29, 1976 : 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 ...
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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 ...

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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 ...
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Fritz Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a member of the South Carolina Ho ...
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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. James Abourezk (D) : 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 ...
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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. Bill Brock (R) : 2.
Howard Baker Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 June 26, 2014) was an American politician, diplomat and photographer who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Le ...
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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 ...

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Lloyd Bentsen Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 69th United States secretary of the treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. He served as a United States senator from ...
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John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas si ...
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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.
Jake Garn Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Utah. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1993. Garn ...
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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. Robert Stafford (R) : 3.
Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph Leahy ( ; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who represented Vermont in the United States Senate from 1975 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he also was the pr ...
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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 Jr. (ID) : 2. William L. Scott (R)


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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 ...
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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...
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Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916July 3, 2005) was an American politician 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 launched a new wave of en ...
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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. Clifford Hansen (R)


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Many of the congressional districts are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.


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 ...

: . Jack Edwards (R) : . William Louis Dickinson (R) : . Bill Nichols (D) : .
Tom Bevill Tom Donald Fike Bevill (March 27, 1921 – March 28, 2005) was an American attorney, politician, and United States Democratic Party, Democratic fifteen-term United States House of Representatives, U.S. congressman who represented Alabama's 4th Co ...
(D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D) : . John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R) : .
Walter Flowers Walter Winkler Flowers, Jr. (April 12, 1933 – April 12, 1984) was an American Democratic politician who represented Alabama's 5th congressional district and Alabama's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representati ...
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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 ...

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Don Young Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from Alaska. He is the List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service, longest-serving Republican Party (United States), Republican in House ...
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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 ...

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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) : . Sam Steiger (R) : . John Bertrand Conlan (R)


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 ...

: . William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : .
John Paul Hammerschmidt John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
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Ray Thornton Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. (July 16, 1928 – April 13, 2016)Arkansas CourtsA Self-Guided Tour of Justice Building Portraits(2016), p. 11. was an American attorney and politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th c ...
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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 ...

: . Harold T. Johnson (D) : . Donald H. Clausen (R) : . John E. Moss (D) : . Robert L. Leggett (D) : . John Burton (D) : . Phillip Burton (D) : . George Miller (D) : . Ron Dellums (D) : . Pete Stark (D) : . Don Edwards (D) : . Leo Ryan (D) : . Pete McCloskey (R) : .
Norman Mineta Norman Yoshio Mineta (, November 12, 1931 – May 3, 2022) was an American politician from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Mineta served in the cabinet of the United States for US Presidents Bill Clinton, a Democrat, and George W. ...
(D) : . John J. McFall (D) : . B. F. Sisk (D) : . Burt Talcott (R) : . John Hans Krebs (D) : . William M. Ketchum (R) : . Robert J. Lagomarsino (R) : . Barry Goldwater Jr. (R) : . James C. Corman (D) : . Carlos Moorhead (R) : .
Thomas M. Rees Thomas Mankell "Tom" Rees (March 26, 1925 – December 9, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from California from 1965 to 1977. Early life and car ...
(D) : . Henry Waxman (D) : . Edward R. Roybal (D) : .
John H. Rousselot John Harbin Rousselot (November 1, 1927 – May 11, 2003) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from southern California. Although the territory he represented was generally the same, in eastern Los Angeles County ...
(R) : . Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (R) : . Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D) : . Augustus Hawkins (D) : . George E. Danielson (D) : . Charles H. Wilson (D) : . Glenn M. Anderson (D) : . Del M. Clawson (R) : . Mark W. Hannaford (D) : . James F. Lloyd (D) : .
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) : . Jerry Pettis (R), until February 14, 1975 :: Shirley Neil Pettis (R), from April 29, 1975 : . Jerry M. Patterson (D) : .
Charles E. Wiggins Charles Edward Wiggins (December 3, 1927 – March 2, 2000) was a United States representative from California, and later a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was initially elected to Cali ...
(R) : . Andrew J. Hinshaw (R) : . Bob Wilson (R) : . Lionel Van Deerlin (D) : . Clair Burgener (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 ...

: . Pat Schroeder (D) : . Tim Wirth (D) : . Frank Evans (D) : . James Paul Johnson (R) : . William L. Armstrong (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. ...

: . William R. Cotter (D) : .
Chris Dodd Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the List of United Sta ...
(D) : . Robert Giaimo (D) : . Stewart McKinney (R) : . Ronald A. Sarasin (R) : . Toby Moffett (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 ...

: . Pete duPont (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 ...

: . Robert L. F. Sikes (D) : . Don Fuqua (D) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Bill Chappell (D) : . Richard Kelly (R) : .
Bill Young William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambe ...
(R) : . Sam Gibbons (D) : . James A. Haley (D) : . Louis Frey Jr. (R) : . Skip Bafalis (R) : . Paul Rogers (D) : . J. Herbert Burke (R) : . William Lehman (D) : . Claude Pepper (D) : . Dante Fascell (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 ...

: . Bo Ginn (D) : . Dawson Mathis (D) : . Jack Brinkley (D) : . Elliott H. Levitas (D) : .
Andrew Young Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christia ...
(D) : . John Flynt (D) : . Larry McDonald (D) : . W. S. Stuckey Jr. (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 ...

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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 ...
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Patsy Mink Patsy Matsu Mink ( Takemoto; , December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years as a member of the Democratic ...
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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), ...

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Steve Symms Steven Douglas Symms (April 23, 1938 – August 8, 2024) was an American politician and lobbyist who served as a four-term congressman (1973–1981) and two-term U.S. Senator (1981–1993), representing Idaho. He later became a partner at Parr ...
(R) : . George V. Hansen (R)


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 ...

: . Ralph Metcalfe (D) : . Morgan F. Murphy (D) : . Marty Russo (D) : . Ed Derwinski (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D), until January 26, 1975 :: John G. Fary (D), from July 8, 1975 : . Henry Hyde (R) : . Cardiss Collins (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) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Abner J. Mikva (D) : . Frank Annunzio (D) : . Phil Crane (R) : . Robert McClory (R) : .
John N. Erlenborn John Neal Erlenborn (February 8, 1927 – October 30, 2005) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. Congressional Delegations from Illinois, representing the 14th (then after United States Cong ...
(R) : . Tim Lee Hall (D) : . John B. Anderson (R) : . George M. O'Brien (R) : . Robert H. Michel (R) : . Tom Railsback (R) : . Paul Findley (R) : .
Edward Rell Madigan Edward Rell "Ed" Madigan (January 13, 1936 – December 7, 1994) was a businessman and a Republican Party politician from Lincoln, Illinois. He served almost twenty years in the United States House of Representatives and was U.S. secretary ...
(R) : . George E. Shipley (D) : . Melvin Price (D) : .
Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel. He and Garfunkel, whom he met in elementary school in 1953, came to prominence in the 1960s as Sim ...
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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) : . Floyd Fithian (D) : . John Brademas (D) : . J. Edward Roush (D) : . Elwood Hillis (R) : . David W. Evans (D) : . John T. Myers (R) : . Philip H. Hayes (D) : . Lee H. Hamilton (D) : . Philip Sharp (D) : . Andrew Jacobs Jr. (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 ...

: . Edward Mezvinsky (D) : . Mike Blouin (D) : .
Chuck Grassley Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2025, a role he also held from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Re ...
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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 ...
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Tom Harkin Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Pa ...
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Berkley Bedell Berkley Warren Bedell (March 5, 1921 – December 7, 2019) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician and businessman who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Iowa's 6th ...
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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 ...

: . Keith Sebelius (R) : .
Martha Keys Martha Elizabeth Keys (; August 10, 1930 – December 19, 2024) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas from 1975 to 1979. Early life and education Keys was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughte ...
(D) : . Larry Winn (R) : . Garner E. Shriver (R) : .
Joe Skubitz Joe Skubitz (May 6, 1906 – September 11, 2000) was an American politician and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kansas. Early life Skubitz was born in Frontenac, Kansas, Frontenac, Crawford County, Kansa ...
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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 ...

: . Carroll Hubbard (D) : . William Natcher (D) : . Romano Mazzoli (D) : . Gene Snyder (R) : . Tim Lee Carter (R) : . John B. Breckinridge (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) : .
Lindy Boggs Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Cong ...
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Dave Treen David Conner Treen Sr. (July 16, 1928 – October 29, 2009) was an American politician and attorney at law (United States), attorney from Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Treen served as United State ...
(R) : . Joe Waggonner (D) : . Otto Passman (D) : . Henson Moore (R) : .
John Breaux John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician from Louisiana. He served in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987 and as a United State ...
(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 ...

: . David F. Emery (R) : . William Cohen (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 ...

: . Robert Bauman (R) : . Clarence Long (D) : .
Paul Sarbanes Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congr ...
(D) : . Marjorie Holt (R) : . Gladys Spellman (D) : . Goodloe Byron (D) : . Parren Mitchell (D) : . Gilbert Gude (R)


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 Edward Patrick Boland (October 1, 1911 – November 4, 2001) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Early life and education Bola ...
(D) : . Joseph D. Early (D) : . Robert Drinan (D) : .
Paul Tsongas Paul Efthemios Tsongas ( ; February 14, 1941 – January 18, 1997) was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1979 until 1985 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 until 1 ...
(D) : . Michael J. Harrington (D) : . Torbert Macdonald (D), until May 21, 1976 ::
Ed Markey Edward John Markey (born July 11, 1946) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from the state of Massachusetts, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of ...
(D), from November 2, 1976 : . Tip O'Neill (D) : .
Joe Moakley John Joseph Moakley (April 27, 1927 – May 28, 2001) was an American politician who served as the United States representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district from 1973 until his death in 2001. Moakley won the seat from incumbent ...
(D) : . Margaret Heckler (R) : . James A. Burke (D) : . Gerry Studds (D)


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, ...

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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. Conyers was the sixth-longest serving member of Congress and the lo ...
(D) : . Marvin L. Esch (R) : . Garry E. Brown (R) : .
J. Edward Hutchinson J. Edward Hutchinson (October 13, 1914 – July 22, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state, state of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he represented Michigan's 4th congressio ...
(R) : . Richard Vander Veen (D) : . Milton Robert Carr (D) : . Donald Riegle (D), until December 30, 1976 : . J. Bob Traxler (D) : .
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 (D) : . Lucien Nedzi (D) : . William D. Ford (D) : . John D. Dingell Jr. (D) : . William M. Brodhead (D) : .
James Blanchard James Johnston Blanchard (born August 8, 1942) is an American attorney, diplomat, and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Blanchard previo ...
(D) : . William Broomfield (R)


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 ...

: . Al Quie (R)/(I-R) : . Tom Hagedorn (R)/(I-R) : . Bill Frenzel (R)/(I-R) : . Joseph Karth (DFL) : . Donald M. Fraser (DFL) : . Rick Nolan (DFL) : . Robert Bergland (DFL) : .
Jim Oberstar James Louis Oberstar (September 10, 1934 – May 3, 2014) was an American politician and Congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011. Hailing from Minnesota and a member of the state's local Minnes ...
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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 ...

: . Jamie L. Whitten (D) : . David R. Bowen (D) : . Sonny Montgomery (D) : . Thad Cochran (R) : .
Trent Lott Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, author, and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to 2007. ...
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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 ...

: . Bill Clay (D) : . James W. Symington (D) : . Leonor Sullivan (D) : . William J. Randall (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . Jerry Litton (D), until August 3, 1976 :: Tom Coleman (R), from November 2, 1976 : . Gene Taylor (R) : . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D) : . William L. Hungate (D) : . Bill Burlison (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 ...

: . Max Baucus (D) : . John Melcher (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 ...

: . Charles Thone (R) : . John Y. McCollister (R) : . Virginia D. Smith (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 ...

: . James David Santini (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 ...

: . Norman D'Amours (D) : . James Colgate Cleveland (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 ...

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James Florio James Joseph Florio (August 29, 1937 – September 25, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. He was previously the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional dist ...
(D) : . William J. Hughes (D) : .
James J. Howard James John Howard (July 24, 1927 – March 25, 1988) was an American educator and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 until his death from a h ...
(D) : . Frank Thompson (D) : . Millicent Fenwick (R) : . Edwin B. Forsythe (R) : . Andrew Maguire (D) : . Robert A. Roe (D) : . Henry Helstoski (D) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Joseph Minish (D) : . Matthew John Rinaldo (R) : . Helen Stevenson Meyner (D) : . Dominick V. Daniels (D) : . Edward J. Patten (D)


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 ...

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


New York

: . Otis G. Pike (D) : . Thomas Downey (D) : . Jerome Ambro (D) : . Norman F. Lent (R) : . John W. Wydler (R) : . Lester L. Wolff (D) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Mario Biaggi (D) : . James H. Scheuer (D) : .
Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita Chisholm ( ; ; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional dist ...
(D) : . Stephen Solarz (D) : . Fred Richmond (D) : . Leo C. Zeferetti (D) : . Elizabeth Holtzman (D) : . John M. Murphy (D) : .
Ed Koch Edward Irving Koch ( ; December 12, 1924February 1, 2013) was an American politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Koch was a lifelong Democrat who ...
(D) : .
Charles Rangel Charles Bernard Rangel ( ; June 11, 1930 – May 26, 2025) was an American politician who served as United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for districts in New York City for 46 years. A member of the Democratic Party (Unite ...
(D) : . Bella Abzug (D) : . Herman Badillo (D) : . Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) : . Peter A. Peyser (R) : . Richard Ottinger (D) : . Hamilton Fish IV (R) : . Benjamin Gilman (R) : . Matthew F. McHugh (D) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Edward W. Pattison (D) : . Robert C. McEwen (R) : . Donald J. Mitchell (R) : . James M. Hanley (D) : . William F. Walsh (R) : . Frank Horton (R) : . Barber Conable (R) : . John J. LaFalce (D) : . Henry J. Nowak (D) : .
Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician, professional Gridiron football, football player, and U.S. Army veteran. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party from New York, he served a ...
(R) : . James F. Hastings (R), until January 20, 1976 :: Stan Lundine (D), from March 2, 1976


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 ...

: . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . David N. Henderson (D) : . Ike Franklin Andrews (D) : . Stephen L. Neal (D) : . L. Richardson Preyer (D) : .
Charlie Rose Charles Peete Rose Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American journalist and talk show host. From 1991 to 2017, he was the host and executive producer of the talk show ''Charlie Rose (talk show), Charlie Rose'' on PBS and Bloomberg L.P., Bloombe ...
(D) : . Bill Hefner (D) : . James G. Martin (R) : . Jim Broyhill (R) : . Roy A. Taylor (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 ...

: . Mark Andrews (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 ...

: . Bill Gradison (R) : . Donald D. Clancy (R) : . Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R) : . Tennyson Guyer (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . Bud Brown (R) : . Tom Kindness (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : .
Clarence E. Miller Clarence Ellsworth Miller, Jr. (November 1, 1917 – August 2, 2011) was a United States Republican Party, Republican United States House of Representatives, Congressman from Ohio, serving January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1993. Early life and ...
(R) : . J. William Stanton (R) : . Samuel L. Devine (R) : . Charles Adams Mosher (R) : . John F. Seiberling (D) : . Chalmers Wylie (R) : . Ralph Regula (R) : . John M. Ashbrook (R) : . Wayne Hays (D), until September 1, 1976 : . Charles J. Carney (D) : . James V. Stanton (D) : . Louis Stokes (D) : . Charles Vanik (D) : . Ronald M. Mottl (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 ...

: . James R. Jones (D) : . Ted Risenhoover (D) : . Carl Albert (D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) to (R), January 23, 1975 : . Glenn English (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 ...

: . Les AuCoin (D) : . Al Ullman (D) : . Robert B. Duncan (D) : . Jim Weaver (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 ...

: . William A. Barrett (D), until April 12, 1976 :: Michael Myers (D), from November 2, 1976 : . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D) : . William J. Green III (D) : . Joshua Eilberg (D) : . Richard T. Schulze (R) : . Gus Yatron (D) : . Robert W. Edgar (D) : . Edward G. Biester Jr. (R) : .
Bud Shuster Elmer Greinert "Bud" Shuster ( ; January 23, 1932 – April 19, 2023) was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1973 to 2001. He was ...
(R) : .
Joseph M. McDade Joseph Michael McDade (September 29, 1931 – September 24, 2017) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Early life and care ...
(R) : . Dan Flood (D) : . John Murtha (D) : . Lawrence Coughlin (R) : . William S. Moorhead (D) : . Fred B. Rooney (D) : . Edwin Duing Eshleman (R) : . Herman T. Schneebeli (R) : .
John Heinz Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 – April 4, 1991) was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1977 until Merion air disaster, his death in 1991. An he ...
(R) : . William F. Goodling (R) : .
Joseph M. Gaydos Joseph Matthew Gaydos (July 3, 1926 – February 7, 2015) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving 8 terms from 1968 to 1 ...
(D) : . John Herman Dent (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . Albert W. Johnson (R) : . Joseph P. Vigorito (D) : . Gary A. Myers (R)


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 ...

: . Fernand St Germain (D) : . Edward Beard (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 ...

: . Mendel Jackson Davis (D) : . Floyd Spence (R) : . Butler Derrick (D) : . James Mann (D) : . Kenneth Lamar Holland (D) : . John Jenrette (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 ...

: . Larry Pressler (R) : . James Abdnor (R)


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 ...

: . Jimmy Quillen (R) : . John Duncan Sr. (R) : . Marilyn Lloyd (D) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Richard Fulton (D), until August 14, 1975 ::
Clifford Allen Clifford Robertson Allen (January 6, 1912 – June 18, 1978) was an American attorney and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician who was a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1949 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959. He was el ...
(D), from November 25, 1975 : . Robin Beard (R) : . Ed Jones (D) : . Harold Ford Sr. (D)


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 ...

: .
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), until March 7, 1976 :: Sam B. Hall Jr. (D), from June 19, 1976 : . Charlie Wilson (D) : .
James M. Collins James Mitchell Collins (April 29, 1916 – July 21, 1989) was an American businessman and a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented the Third Congressional District of Texas from 1968 to 1983. The district was ba ...
(R) : . Ray Roberts (D) : . Alan Steelman (R) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . Bill Archer (R) : .
Robert C. Eckhardt Robert Christian Eckhardt (July 16, 1913 – November 13, 2001) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States Representative representing the Texas's 8th congressional district, 8th District of Texas from 1967 to 1981, and lawy ...
(D) : . Jack Brooks (D) : . J. J. Pickle (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Jack Hightower (D) : . John Andrew Young (D) : . Kika de la Garza (D) : .
Richard Crawford White Richard Crawford White (April 29, 1923February 18, 1998) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and Democratic politician from El Paso, Texas, who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1955 to 1959 and in the U.S. House of Re ...
(D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Barbara Jordan (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Henry B. González (D) : . Bob Krueger (D) : . Robert R. Casey (D), until January 22, 1976 ::
Ron Paul Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977, and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas' ...
(R), from April 3, 1976 : . Abraham Kazen (D) : . Dale Milford (D)


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 ...

: . K. Gunn McKay (D) : . Allan Turner Howe (D)


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 ...

: . Jim Jeffords (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 ...

: . Thomas N. Downing (D) : . G. William Whitehurst (R) : . David E. Satterfield III (D) : .
Robert Daniel Robert Williams Daniel, Jr. (March 17, 1936 – February 4, 2012) was an American farmer, businessman, teacher, and politician from Virginia who served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican Party (United States), Re ...
(R) : . Dan Daniel (D) : . M. Caldwell Butler (R) : . J. Kenneth Robinson (R) : . Herbert Harris (D) : . William C. Wampler (R) : . Joseph L. Fisher (D)


Washington

: . Joel Pritchard (R) : . Lloyd Meeds (D) : .
Don Bonker Donald Leroy Bonker (March 7, 1937 – May 30, 2023) was an American politician from the state of Washington. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as county auditor of Clark County, Washington from 1966 to 1974 and a member of the Unit ...
(D) : . Mike McCormack (D) : . Tom Foley (D) : . Floyd Hicks (D) : . Brock Adams (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 ...

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

: .
Les Aspin Leslie Aspin Jr. (July 21, 1938 – May 21, 1995) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician and economist who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 1st co ...
(D) : . Robert Kastenmeier (D) : . Alvin Baldus (D) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Henry S. Reuss (D) : . William A. Steiger (R) : . Dave Obey (D) : . Robert John Cornell (D) : .
Bob Kasten Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993. Background Kasten was born ...
(R)


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 ...

: . Teno Roncalio (D)


Non-voting members

:
District of Columbia Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...
. Walter Fauntroy (D) :
Guam Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most ...
. Antonio Borja Won Pat (D) :
Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands () are an archipelago between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and northeastern Caribbean Sea, geographically forming part of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, Caribbean islands or West Indie ...
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Ron de Lugo Ronald de Lugo (August 2, 1930 – July 14, 2020) was an American politician. He was the first Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives. Ron de Lugo's parents were Puerto Ricans. His grandfathe ...
(D) : . Jaime Benítez Rexach ( PPD)


Changes in membership

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


Senate

* Replacements: 9 ** Democratic: no net change ** Republican: 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 1 * Resignations: 6 * Vacancy: 0 Total seats with changes: 8 , - , nowrap ,
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 ...

(3) , Vacant , Disputed
election An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative d ...
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Interim senator appointed August 8, 1975. , nowrap , Norris Cotton
(R) , August 8, 1975 , - , nowrap ,
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 ...

(3) , nowrap , Norris Cotton
(R) , Interim appointee resigned.
Successor elected September 16, 1975. , nowrap , John A. Durkin
(D) , September 18, 1975 , - , nowrap ,
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) , nowrap , Philip Hart
(D) , Died December 26, 1976, having already planned to retire before the end of the term.
Successor appointed December 30, 1976, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. , nowrap , Donald Riegle
(D) , December 30, 1976 , - , nowrap ,
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) , nowrap , Stuart Symington
(D) , Resigned December 27, 1976, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 27, 1976, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. , nowrap ,
John Danforth John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the Attorney General of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States Senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of the ...

(R) , December 27, 1976 , - , nowrap ,
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) , nowrap , Roman Hruska
(R) , Resigned December 27, 1976, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 28, 1976, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. , nowrap , Edward Zorinsky
(D) , December 28, 1976 , - , nowrap ,
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) , nowrap , Robert Taft Jr.
(R) , Resigned December 28, 1976, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 28, 1976, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. , nowrap , Howard Metzenbaum
(D) , December 29, 1976 , - , nowrap ,
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) , nowrap , John Pastore
(D) , Resigned December 28, 1976, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 29, 1976, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. , nowrap ,
John Chafee John Lester Hubbard Chafee ( ; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 66th Governor o ...

(R) , December 29, 1976 , - , nowrap ,
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 ,
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) , Resigned December 30, 1976, after being elected
Vice-President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest ranking office in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. Th ...
.
Interim Senator appointed December 30, 1976. , nowrap , Wendell R. Anderson
(DFL) , December 30, 1976 , - , nowrap ,
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 , John V. Tunney
(D) , Resigned January 1, 1977, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed January 2, 1977, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. , nowrap , S. I. Hayakawa
(R) , January 2, 1977


House of Representatives

*Replacements: 3 ** Democratic: 3 seat net loss ** Republican: 2 seat net gain *Deaths: 2 *Resignations: 2 *Contested election: 0 *Total seats with changes: 4 , - , , nowrap , John Jarman (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Changed parties. , nowrap , John Jarman (R) , January 23, 1975 , - , , nowrap , John C. Kluczynski (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 26, 1975. , nowrap , John G. Fary (D) , July 8, 1975 , - , , nowrap , Jerry Pettis (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died February 14, 1975. , nowrap , Shirley Neil Pettis (R) , April 29, 1975 , - , , nowrap , Richard Fulton (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned August 14, 1975, after being elected Mayor of Nashville. , nowrap ,
Clifford Allen Clifford Robertson Allen (January 6, 1912 – June 18, 1978) was an American attorney and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician who was a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1949 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959. He was el ...
(D) , November 25, 1975 , - , , nowrap , James F. Hastings (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 20, 1976. , nowrap , Stan Lundine (D) , March 2, 1976 , - , , nowrap , Robert R. Casey (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 22, 1976, after being appointed a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission. , nowrap ,
Ron Paul Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977, and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas' ...
(R) , April 3, 1976 , - , , nowrap ,
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) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 7, 1976. , nowrap , Sam B. Hall Jr. (D) , June 19, 1976 , - , , nowrap , William A. Barrett (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 12, 1976. , nowrap , Michael Myers (D) , November 2, 1976 , - , , nowrap , Torbert Macdonald (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 21, 1976. , nowrap ,
Ed Markey Edward John Markey (born July 11, 1946) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from the state of Massachusetts, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of ...
(D) , November 2, 1976 , - , , nowrap , Jerry Litton (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 3, 1976. , nowrap , Tom Coleman (R) , November 2, 1976 , - , , nowrap , Wayne Hays (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 1, 1976, due to the Elizabeth Ray sex scandal. , rowspan=2 , Vacant , rowspan=2 , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , Donald Riegle (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1976, after being appointed to the
United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
.


Committees


Special or select

*
Church Committee The Church Committee (formally the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities) was a US Senate select committee in 1975 that investigated abuses by the Central Intelligence ...
(Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities): July 27, 1975 – May 19, 1976; replaced by
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (sometimes referred to as the Intelligence Committee or SSCI) is dedicated to overseeing the United States Intelligence Community—the agencies and bureaus of the federal government of ...
* Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Bicentennial: September 5, 1975 – October 1, 1976


Senate

* Aging (Special) (Chair: Frank Church) * Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair: Frank Moss; Ranking Member:
Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Re ...
) * Agriculture and Forestry (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** Environment, Soil Conservation and Forestry (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member:
Jesse Helms Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the Conservatism in the United States, conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the ...
) ** Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) ** Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Walter "Dee" Huddleston; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young) ** Rural Development (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) ** Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair:
Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 19 ...
; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Milton Young) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Related Agencies, Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Edward W. Brooke) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies, HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Interior (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Education and Welfare, Labor, Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Warren Magnuson; Ranking Member:
Edward Brooke Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. He was the first African American elected to t ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (Chair:
Fritz Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a member of the South Carolina Ho ...
; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair:
Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 t ...
; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member:
Mark Hatfield Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Moderates, moderate Republican Party (United States), Republican, he se ...
) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Justice, Commerce and the Judiciary, State, Justice, Commerce and the Judiciary (Chair: John Pastore; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair:
Joseph Montoya Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957 ...
; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** Intelligence (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member:
Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Re ...
) ** Preparedness Investigating (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** National Stockfile and Naval Petroleum Reserves (Chair:
Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
; Ranking Member: William L. Scott) ** Military Construction Authorization (Chair: Stuart Symington; Ranking Member:
John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas si ...
) ** Arms Control (Chair:
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington (state), Washington. A Cold W ...
; Ranking Member:
Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Re ...
) ** Tactical Air Power (Chair:
Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
; Ranking Member:
Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Re ...
) ** Research and Development (Chair: Thomas J. McIntyre; Ranking Member: Robert Taft Jr.) ** General Legislation (Chair: Harry F. Byrd Jr.; Ranking Member: Dewey F. Bartlett) ** Manpower and Personnel (Chair: Sam Nunn; Ranking Member: William L. Scott) * United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: John G. Tower) ** Oversight (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: John G. Tower) ** Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: John Sparkman; Ranking Member: Edward W. Brooke) ** Financial Institutions (Chair: Thomas J. McIntyre; Ranking Member: John G. Tower) ** Securities (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Edward W. Brooke) ** International Finance (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III; Ranking Member:
Bob Packwood Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995. He resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 ...
) ** Production and Stabilization (Chair:
Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...
; Ranking Member:
Jesse Helms Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the Conservatism in the United States, conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the ...
) ** Consumer Affairs (Chair:
Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...
; Ranking Member:
Jake Garn Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Utah. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1993. Garn ...
) ** Small Business (Chair: Robert Burren Morgan; Ranking Member:
Jake Garn Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Utah. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1993. Garn ...
) * United States Senate Committee on the Budget, Budget (Chair:
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 from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1 ...
; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chair: Warren Magnuson; Ranking Member: James B. Pearson) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Chair:
Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
; Ranking Member: James B. Pearson) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Communications (Chair: John Pastore; Ranking Member: Robert P. Griffin) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer, Consumer (Chair: Frank Moss; Ranking Member: James L. Buckley) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Environment (Chair: Philip Hart; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Foreign Commerce and Tourism, Foreign Commerce and Tourism (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: James L. Buckley) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall Jr.) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans and Atmosphere, Oceans and Atmosphere (Chair:
Fritz Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a member of the South Carolina Ho ...
; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Commerce, Science, Technology and Commerce (Chair: John V. Tunney; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall Jr.) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oil and Natural Gas Production and Distribution, Oil and Natural Gas Production and Distribution (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on To Study Textile Industry, To Study Textile Industry (Chair: John Pastore; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker) ** United States Senate Subcommittee on Transportation on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway (Chair: Philip Hart; Ranking Member: Robert P. Griffin) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Transportation on the Freight Car Shortage, Freight Car Shortage (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: James B. Pearson) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Health, Health (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Foundations, Foundations (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, International Trade (Chair: Abraham Ribicoff; Ranking Member: Paul J. Fannin) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on International Finance and Resources, International Finance and Resources (Chair: Harry F. Byrd Jr.; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Private Pension Plans, Private Pension Plans (Chair:
Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916July 3, 2005) was an American politician 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 launched a new wave of en ...
; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Social Security Financing, Social Security Financing (Chair:
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. ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Energy (Chair: Mike Gravel; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Financial Markets, Financial Markets (Chair:
Lloyd Bentsen Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 69th United States secretary of the treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. He served as a United States senator from ...
; Ranking Member: Bill Brock) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Revenue Markets, Revenue Markets (Chair: William Hathaway; Ranking Member:
Bob Packwood Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995. He resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 ...
) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Administration of the Internal Revenue Code, Administration of the Internal Revenue Code (Chair: Floyd Haskell; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Supplemental Security Income, Supplemental Security Income (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: Paul Fannin) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chair: John Sparkman; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, European Affairs (Chair: John Sparkman; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Far Eastern Affairs, Far Eastern Affairs (Chair:
Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 t ...
; Ranking Member: Hugh Scott) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations, Multinational Corporations (Chair: Frank Church; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Arms Control and Security Agreements, Arms Control and Security Agreements (Chair: Stuart Symington; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Oceans and International Environment, Oceans and International Environment (Chair:
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member: Robert P. Griffin) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: Howard H. Baker Jr.) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance and Economic Policy, Foreign Assistance and Economic Policy (Chair:
Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 19 ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, African Affairs (Chair:
Dick Clark Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted ''American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 1989. He also hosted five incarnations of the Pyramid (game show), ...
; Ranking Member: James B. Pearson) * United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: Abraham Ribicoff; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair:
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington (state), Washington. A Cold W ...
; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, Intergovernmental Relations (Chair:
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 from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1 ...
; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Reports, Accounting and Management, Reports, Accounting and Management (Chair: Lee Metcalf; Ranking Member: Bill Brock) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Overnight Procedures, Overnight Procedures (Chair: Sam Nunn; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Government Operations Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices, Efficiency and Open Government, Federal Spending Practices, Efficiency and Open Government (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker) * United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair:
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington (state), Washington. A Cold W ...
; Ranking Member: Paul J. Fannin) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Energy Research and Water Resources, Energy Research and Water Resources (Chair: Frank Church; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Environment and Land Resources, Environment and Land Resources (Chair: Floyd Haskell; Ranking Member: James A. McClure) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chair: James Abourezk; Ranking Member: Dewey F. Bartlett) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Minerals, Materials and Fuels, Minerals, Materials and Fuels (Chair: Lee Metcalf; Ranking Member: Paul Fannin) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation, Parks and Recreation (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight, Legislative Oversight (Chair:
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington (state), Washington. A Cold W ...
; Ranking Member: Paul Fannin) ** United States Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Integrated Oil Operations, Integrated Oil Operations (Special) (Chair: Floyd Haskell) * United States Senate Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, Administrative Practice and Procedure (Chair:
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician 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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, Antitrust and Monopoly (Chair: Philip Hart; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Constitutional Amendments (Chair:
Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 – 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 ...
; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Constitutional Rights (Chair: John V. Tunney; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures, Criminal Laws and Procedures (Chair: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on FBI Oversight, FBI Oversight (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Roman Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Charters, Holidays and Celebrations, Federal Charters, Holidays and Celebrations (Chair: Roman Hruska; Ranking Member: John L. McClellan) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery, Improvements in Judicial Machinery (Chair: Quentin Burdick; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Internal Security, Internal Security (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Hugh Scott) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Delinquency (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (Chair: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Hugh Scott) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Penitentiaries, Penitentiaries (Chair: Quentin Burdick; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Rufugees and Escapees, Rufugees and Escapees (Chair:
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician 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 ...
; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Revision of Codification, Revision of Codification (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Hugh Scott) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, Separation of Powers (Chair: James Abourezk; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Labor, Labor (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on the Handicapped, The Handicapped (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Education, Education (Chair:
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall Jr.) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Health, Health (Chair:
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician 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 ...
; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty and Migratory Lands, Employment, Poverty and Migratory Lands (Chair:
Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916July 3, 2005) was an American politician 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 launched a new wave of en ...
; Ranking Member: Robert Taft Jr.) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Children and Youth, Children and Youth (Chair:
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. ...
; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Aging, Aging (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall Jr.) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics, Alcoholism and Narcotics (Chair: William Hathaway; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities (Chair:
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation (Chair:
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician 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 ...
; Ranking Member: Paul Laxalt) ** United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair:
Alan Cranston Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the Citizens for Global S ...
; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall Jr.) * United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) ** United States Senate Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Ex-Officio Members of Postal Appropriations, Ex-Officio Members of Postal Appropriations (Chair: Gale W. McGee) ** United States Senate Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Civil Service Policies and Practices, Civil Service Policies and Practices (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) ** United States Senate Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Compensation and Employment Benefits, Compensation and Employment Benefits (Chair: Quentin Burdick; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon) ** United States Senate Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Operations, Postal Operations (Chair: Ernest F. Hollings; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Special Committee on National Emergencies and Delegated Emergency Powers, National Emergencies and Delegated Emergency Powers (Special) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Howard H. Baker Jr.) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution (Chair:
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 from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1 ...
; Ranking Member: James L. Buckley) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Panel on Environmental Science and Technology, Panel on Environmental Science and Technology (Chair: John Culver; Ranking Member: James L. Buckley) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Economic Development, Economic Development (Chair:
Joseph Montoya Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957 ...
; Ranking Member: James A. McClure) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Water Resources, Water Resources (Chair: Mike Gravel; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair:
Lloyd Bentsen Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 69th United States secretary of the treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. He served as a United States senator from ...
; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief (Chair: Quentin Burdick; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici) ** United States Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Buildings and Grounds, Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Robert Burren Morgan; Ranking Member: James L. Buckley) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chair:
Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Standing Rules of the Senate, Standing Rules of the Senate (Chair:
Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democratic Pa ...
; Ranking Member: Robert P. Griffin) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chair:
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member: Robert P. Griffin) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Printing, Printing (Chair:
Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
; Ranking Member: Hugh Scott) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Library, Library (Chair:
Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution (Chair:
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member: Hugh Scott) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Restaurant, Restaurant (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) ** United States Senate Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Computer Services, Computer Services (Chair:
Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) * United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities, Intelligence Activities (Select) (Chair:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Special Committee on the Senate Committee System, Senate Committee System (Special) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chair:
Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916July 3, 2005) was an American politician 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 launched a new wave of en ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct, Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair:
Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
; Ranking Member: Vacant) * United States Senate Select Committee on To Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities (Select), To Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Special Committee on the Termination of the National Emergency, Termination of the National Emergency (Special) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) ** United States Senate Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Compensation and Pensions, Compensation and Pensions (Chair:
Herman Talmadge Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002) was 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 ...
; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen) ** United States Senate Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health and Hospitals, Health and Hospitals (Chair:
Alan Cranston Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the Citizens for Global S ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States Senate Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Housing and Insurance (Chair:
Richard Stone Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone (30 August 1913 – 6 December 1991) was an eminent British economist. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College and King's College at the University of Cambridge. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Memori ...
; Ranking Member: William L. Scott) ** United States Senate Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Readjustment, Education and Employment, Readjustment, Education and Employment (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) * Committee of the whole, Whole


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* United States House Select Committee on Aging, Aging (Select) (Chair: William J. Randall) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Grains, Livestock and Grains (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Keith G. Sebelius) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Tobacco, Tobacco (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Cotton, Cotton (Chair: David R. Bowen; Ranking Member: W. Henson Moore) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Dairy and Poultry, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Family Farms and Rural Development, Family Farms and Rural Development (Chair:
Charlie Rose Charles Peete Rose Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American journalist and talk show host. From 1991 to 2017, he was the host and executive producer of the talk show ''Charlie Rose (talk show), Charlie Rose'' on PBS and Bloomberg L.P., Bloombe ...
; Ranking Member: Peter A. Peyser) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Elford Cederberg) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Related Agencies, Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Mark Andrews) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Jack Edwards) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: William Natcher; Ranking Member:
Bill Young William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambe ...
) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (Chair: Otto Passman; Ranking Member: Garner E. Shriver) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies, HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair:
Edward Boland Edward Patrick Boland (October 1, 1911 – November 4, 2001) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Early life and education Bola ...
; Ranking Member: Burt Talcott) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Interior (Chair: Sidney R. Yates; Ranking Member:
Joseph M. McDade Joseph Michael McDade (September 29, 1931 – September 24, 2017) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Early life and care ...
) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health, Education and Welfare, Labor-Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Dan Flood; Ranking Member: Robert H. Michel) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (Chair: Robert R. Casey; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair: Bob Sikes; Ranking Member: Robert C. McEwen) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair: Joe L. Evins; Ranking Member: John T. Myers) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary, State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: John M. Slack Jr.; Ranking Member: Elford Cederberg) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair: John J. McFall; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Tom Steed; Ranking Member:
Clarence E. Miller Clarence Ellsworth Miller, Jr. (November 1, 1917 – August 2, 2011) was a United States Republican Party, Republican United States House of Representatives, Congressman from Ohio, serving January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1993. Early life and ...
) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Research and Development, Research and Development (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials, Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Compensation, Military Compensation (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: George M. O'Brien) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Richard Howard Ichord Jr.; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Military Personnel (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: Bob Wilson) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: F. Edward Hébert; Ranking Member: Albert W. Johnson) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: Bob Wilson) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chair: Henry S. Reuss; Ranking Member: Albert W. Johnson) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: John B. Conlan) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Housing and Community and Development, Housing and Community and Development (Chair: William A. Barrett; Ranking Member: Garry E. Brown) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization, Economic Stabilization (Chair: Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Consumer Affairs (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance, International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Henry B. González; Ranking Member: Albert W. Johnson) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance, Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St Germain; Ranking Member:
John H. Rousselot John Harbin Rousselot (November 1, 1927 – May 11, 2003) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from southern California. Although the territory he represented was generally the same, in eastern Los Angeles County ...
) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy, International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy (Chair:
Thomas M. Rees Thomas Mankell "Tom" Rees (March 26, 1925 – December 9, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from California from 1965 to 1977. Early life and car ...
; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on General Oversight and Renegotiation, General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Joseph Minish; Ranking Member: Richard T. Schulze) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage, Historic Preservation and Coinage (Chair: Robert Grier Stephens Jr.; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen) * United States House Committee on the Budget, Budget (Chair: Brock Adams; Ranking Member: Del Latta) * United States House Select Committee on Crime, Crime (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: Charles Diggs; Ranking Member: Gilbert Gude) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Commerce, Housing and Transportation, Commerce, Housing and Transportation (Chair: W. S. Stuckey Jr.; Ranking Member: Gilbert Gude) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Education, Labor and Social Services, Education, Labor and Social Services (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Edward G. Biester) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Charles W. Whalen Jr.) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: James Mann; Ranking Member: Tom Railsback) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs, Fiscal Affairs (Chair: Romano Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Stewart McKinney) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on The Bicentennial, The Environment and the International Community, The Bicentennial, The Environment and the International Community (Chair: Herbert Harris; Ranking Member: Robert W. Daniel Jr.) * United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Al Quie) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Al Quie) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Frank Thompson; Ranking Member:
John N. Erlenborn John Neal Erlenborn (February 8, 1927 – October 30, 2005) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. Congressional Delegations from Illinois, representing the 14th (then after United States Cong ...
) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Labor Standards (Chair: John Herman Dent; Ranking Member:
John N. Erlenborn John Neal Erlenborn (February 8, 1927 – October 30, 2005) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. Congressional Delegations from Illinois, representing the 14th (then after United States Cong ...
) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Manpower, Compensation, Health and Safety, Manpower, Compensation, Health and Safety (Chair: Dominick V. Daniels; Ranking Member: Marvin L. Esch) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Select Education, Select Education (Chair: John Brademas; Ranking Member: Alphonso Bell) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education (Chair: James G. O'Hara; Ranking Member: Edwin D. Eshleman) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Equal Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Chair: Augustus Hawkins; Ranking Member: John Buchanan (American politician), John Buchanan) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Agricultural Labor, Agricultural Labor (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Ronald A. Sarasin) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, Legislation and National Security (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources, Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources (Chair: Lawrence H. Fountain; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources, Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: William S. Moorhead; Ranking Member: Gilbert Gude) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation, Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: William J. Randall; Ranking Member: Charles Thone) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs, Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal; Ranking Member: Garry E. Brown) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Manpower and Housing, Manpower and Housing (Chair: Floyd Hicks; Ranking Member: Alan Steelman) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights, Government Information and Individual Rights (Chair: Bella Abzug; Ranking Member: Sam Steiger) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chair: Wayne Hays, then Frank Thompson; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Accounts, Accounts (Chair: Frank Thompson; Ranking Member: Sam Steiger) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Elections, Elections (Chair: John Herman Dent, John H. Dent; Ranking Member: M. Caldwell Butler) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Library and Memorials, Library and Memorials (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Printing, Printing (Chair: John Brademas; Ranking Member: J. Herbert Burke) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Electrical and Mechanical Office Equipment, Electrical and Mechanical Office Equipment (Chair: Augustus Hawkins; Ranking Member: J. Herbert Burke) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Personnel and Police, Personnel and Police (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Contracts, Contracts (Chair:
Joseph M. Gaydos Joseph Matthew Gaydos (July 3, 1926 – February 7, 2015) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving 8 terms from 1968 to 1 ...
; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Parking, Parking (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Paper Conservation, Paper Conservation (Chair: Bob Mollohan; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Computer, Computer (Ad Hoc) (Chair:
Charlie Rose Charles Peete Rose Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American journalist and talk show host. From 1991 to 2017, he was the host and executive producer of the talk show ''Charlie Rose (talk show), Charlie Rose'' on PBS and Bloomberg L.P., Bloombe ...
; Ranking Member: Marjorie Holt) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Restaurant, Restaurant (Ad Hoc) (Chair: Dawson Mathis; Ranking Member: J. Herbert Burke) * United States House Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop, House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Margaret Heckler; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Select Committee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Lucien Nedzi, then Otis G. Pike; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chair: James A. Haley; Ranking Member:
Joe Skubitz Joe Skubitz (May 6, 1906 – September 11, 2000) was an American politician and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kansas. Early life Skubitz was born in Frontenac, Kansas, Frontenac, Crawford County, Kansa ...
) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation, National Parks and Recreation (Chair: Roy A. Taylor; Ranking Member: Keith G. Sebelius) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, Water and Power Resources (Chair: Harold T. Johnson; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, Energy and the Environment (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Alan Steelman) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs, Territorial and Insular Affairs (Chair: Phillip Burton; Ranking Member: William M. Ketchum) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chair:
Patsy Mink Patsy Matsu Mink ( Takemoto; , December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years as a member of the Democratic ...
; Ranking Member: Philip Ruppe) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chair: Lloyd Meeds; Ranking Member:
Don Young Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from Alaska. He is the List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service, longest-serving Republican Party (United States), Republican in House ...
) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chair: John Melcher; Ranking Member: Sam Steiger) * United States House Committee on International Relations, International Relations (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley Orrin Staggers; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Communications (Chair: Torbert Macdonald; Ranking Member: Louis Frey Jr.) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: John E. Moss; Ranking Member:
James M. Collins James Mitchell Collins (April 29, 1916 – July 21, 1989) was an American businessman and a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented the Third Congressional District of Texas from 1968 to 1983. The district was ba ...
) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Energy and Power (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Health and the Environment (Chair: Paul Rogers; Ranking Member: Tim Lee Carter) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance, Consumer Protection and Finance (Chair: Lionel Van Deerlin; Ranking Member: John Y. McCollister) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce, Transportation and Commerce (Chair: Fred B. Rooney; Ranking Member:
Joe Skubitz Joe Skubitz (May 6, 1906 – September 11, 2000) was an American politician and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kansas. Early life Skubitz was born in Frontenac, Kansas, Frontenac, Crawford County, Kansa ...
) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: J. Edward Hutchinson, Edward Hutchinson) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and International Law, Immigration, Citizenship and International Law (Chair: Joshua Eilberg; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice, Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (Chair: Robert Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Railsback) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law, Monopolies and Commercial Law (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: J. Edward Hutchinson, Edward Hutchinson) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations, Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (Chair:
Walter Flowers Walter Winkler Flowers, Jr. (April 12, 1933 – April 12, 1984) was an American Democratic politician who represented Alabama's 5th congressional district and Alabama's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representati ...
; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, Civil and Constitutional Rights (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: M. Caldwell Butler) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Crime (Chair:
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. Conyers was the sixth-longest serving member of Congress and the lo ...
; Ranking Member: Robert McClory) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice (Chair: William L. Hungate; Ranking Member:
Charles E. Wiggins Charles Edward Wiggins (December 3, 1927 – March 2, 2000) was a United States representative from California, and later a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was initially elected to Cali ...
) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Leonor Sullivan; Ranking Member: Philip E. Ruppe) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (Chair: Thomas N. Downing; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: Robert L. Leggett; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: Pete du Pont, Pierre du Pont IV) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oceangraphy, Oceangraphy (Chair: John M. Murphy; Ranking Member: Charles A. Mosher) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Panama Canal, Panama Canal (Chair: Ralph Metcalfe; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder) * United States House Select Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia, Missing Persons in Southeast Asia (Select) (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Special Committee on Modernization of House Gallery Facilities, Modernization of House Gallery Facilities (Special) (Chair: Joe D. Waggoner Jr.; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Select Committee on Outer Continental Shelf, Outer Continental Shelf (Ad Hoc/Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: David N. Henderson; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Manpower and Civil Service, Manpower and Civil Service (Chair: James M. Hanley; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Service, Postal Service (Chair: James M. Hanley; Ranking Member: Albert W. Johnson) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Facilities, Mail and Labor Management, Postal Facilities, Mail and Labor Management (Chair: Charles H. Wilson; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Hinshaw) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Retirement and Employee Benefits, Retirement and Employee Benefits (Chair:
Richard Crawford White Richard Crawford White (April 29, 1923February 18, 1998) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and Democratic politician from El Paso, Texas, who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1955 to 1959 and in the U.S. House of Re ...
; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Employee Political Rights and Intergovernmental Programs, Employee Political Rights and Intergovernmental Programs (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member:
James M. Collins James Mitchell Collins (April 29, 1916 – July 21, 1989) was an American businessman and a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented the Third Congressional District of Texas from 1968 to 1983. The district was ba ...
) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Census and Population, Census and Population (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member:
James M. Collins James Mitchell Collins (April 29, 1916 – July 21, 1989) was an American businessman and a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented the Third Congressional District of Texas from 1968 to 1983. The district was ba ...
) * United States House Select Committee on Professional Sports, Professional Sports (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Public Works and Transportation (Chair: Robert E. Jones Jr.; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Economic Development (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member:
John Paul Hammerschmidt John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Investigations and Review, Investigations and Review (Chair: Jim Wright; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Teno Roncalio; Ranking Member: William F. Walsh) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Chair:
James J. Howard James John Howard (July 24, 1927 – March 25, 1988) was an American educator and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 until his death from a h ...
; Ranking Member:
Bud Shuster Elmer Greinert "Bud" Shuster ( ; January 23, 1932 – April 19, 2023) was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1973 to 2001. He was ...
) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources, Water Resources (Chair: Ray Roberts; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen) * United States House Select Committee to Regulate Parking, Regulate Parking (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chair: Ray Madden; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen) * United States House Committee on Science and Technology, Science and Technology (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Charles A. Mosher) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development and Demonstration (Fossil Fuels), Energy Research, Development and Demonstration (Fossil Fuels) (Chair: Ken Hechler; Ranking Member: Alphonso Bell) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Space Science and Applications (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology, Science, Research and Technology (Chair: James W. Symington; Ranking Member: Charles A. Mosher) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Domestic and International Scientific Planning and Analysis, Domestic and International Scientific Planning and Analysis (Chair:
Ray Thornton Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. (July 16, 1928 – April 13, 2016)Arkansas CourtsA Self-Guided Tour of Justice Building Portraits(2016), p. 11. was an American attorney and politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th c ...
; Ranking Member: John B. Conlan) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development and Demonstration, Energy Research, Development and Demonstration (Chair: Mike McCormack; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Environment and the Atmosphere, Environment and the Atmosphere (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Marvin L. Esch) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Aviation and Transportation R&D, Aviation and Transportation R&D (Chair: Dale Milford; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler) * United States House Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Chair: Dale Milford; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Energy and Environment (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Government Procurement and International Trade, Government Procurement and International Trade (Chair: James C. Corman; Ranking Member:
Joseph M. McDade Joseph Michael McDade (September 29, 1931 – September 24, 2017) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Early life and care ...
) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Activities of Regulatory Agencies, Activities of Regulatory Agencies (Chair: William L. Hungate; Ranking Member: John Y. McCollister) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Legislation, SBA and SBIC Legislation (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on SBA Oversight and Minority Enterprise, SBA Oversight and Minority Enterprise (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: Tim Lee Carter) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Commodities and Services, Commodities and Services (Chair: Charles J. Carney; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Antitrust, the Robinson-Patman Act and Related Matters, Antitrust, the Robinson-Patman Act and Related Matters (Ad Hoc) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: John Flynt; Ranking Member: Floyd D. Spence) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Ray Roberts; Ranking Member:
John Paul Hammerschmidt John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance, Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Sonny Montgomery; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Education and Training, Education and Training (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Hospitals, Hospitals (Chair: David E. Satterfield III; Ranking Member:
John Paul Hammerschmidt John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Housing (Chair: Charles J. Carney; Ranking Member: James Abdnor) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Cemeteries and Burial Benefits, Cemeteries and Burial Benefits (Chair: George E. Danielson; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chair: Al Ullman; Ranking Member: Herman T. Schneebeli) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Social Security (Chair: James A. Burke; Ranking Member: Bill Archer) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Health (Chair:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: John J. Duncan Sr.) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Unemployment Compensation, Unemployment Compensation (Chair: James C. Corman; Ranking Member: William A. Steiger) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, Trade (Chair: William J. Green III; Ranking Member: Barber B. Conable Jr.) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Public Assistance, Public Assistance (Chair: Richard Fulton; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Oversight (Chair: Charles Vanik; Ranking Member: Donald D. Clancy) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole


Joint committees

* Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the United States of America, Arrangements for the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the United States of America (Chair: N/A; Vice Chair: N/A) * Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chair: Sen. John Pastore; Vice Chair: Rep. Charles Melvin Price) * Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, Congressional Operations (Chair: Rep. Jack Brooks; Vice Chair: Sen. Lee Metcalf) * Joint Committee on Defense Productions, Defense Productions (Chair: Rep.
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 ...
; Vice Chair: Sen.
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 ...
) * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chair: Sen.
Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 19 ...
; Vice Chair: Rep.
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 ...
) * Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, Internal Revenue Taxation (Chair: Rep. Al Ullman; Vice Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long) * Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chair: Rep. Lucien Nedzi; Vice Chair: Sen.
Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
) * Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chair: Sen.
Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...
; Vice Chair: Rep. Wayne L. Hays)


Employees


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

* Architect of the Capitol: George Malcolm White * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary * Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats * Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice M. Rivlin, from February 24, 1975 * Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin, from November 12, 1975 * Public Printer of the United States: Thomas F. McCormick


Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian) * Curator of the United States Senate, Curator: James R. Ketchum * Historian of the United States Senate, Historian: Richard A. Baker (historian), Richard A. Baker, from 1975 * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Murray Zweben * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Francis R. Valeo * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Roger K. Haley * Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Joseph Stanley Kimmitt, J. Stanley Kimmitt * Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: William Hildenbrand, W. F. Hildenbrand * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: William H. Wannall, until December 18, 1975 ** Frank "Nordy" Hoffman, from December 18, 1975


House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodist) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: W. Pat Jennings, until November 15, 1975 ** Edmund L. Henshaw Jr., from November 15, 1975 * Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown, William H. Brown * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Bob Berry (R), Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D) * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Robert V. Rota * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth R. Harding


See also

* 1974 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1974 United States Senate elections ** 1974 United States House of Representatives elections * 1976 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) **
1976 United States presidential election United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1976. The Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ticket of former Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia Governor of Georgia, governor Jimmy ...
**
1976 United States Senate elections The 1976 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. Held on November 2, the 33 seats of Classes of United States senators, Class 1 were contested in regular elections. They coincided with Democratic Party (United ...
**
1976 United States House of Representatives elections The 1976 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives on November 2, 1976, to elect members to serve in the 95th United States Congress. They coincided with Jimmy Carter's electio ...
* Watergate Babies


Notes


References

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External links


Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

Public Laws of the 94th Congress


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