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The 89th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the
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, composed of the
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and the
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. It met in
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, from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1967, during the second and third years of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the
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was based on the
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. Both chambers had a Democratic
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, and with the election of
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 ...
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served a ...
to his own term in office, maintaining an overall federal government
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. This is the last time Democrats or any party had a 2/3rd supermajority in the Senate. The 89th Congress is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history". Some of its landmark legislation includes
Social Security Amendments of 1965 The Social Security Amendments of 1965, , was legislation in the United States whose most important provisions resulted in creation of two programs: Medicare and Medicaid. The legislation initially provided federal health insurance for the elde ...
(the creation of Medicare and
Medicaid Medicaid is a government program in the United States that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by U.S. state, state governments, which also h ...
), the
Voting Rights Act The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movem ...
, Higher Education Act,
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, was a federal law passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The ...
,
Elementary and Secondary Education Act The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty", the act has been one of the most far-rea ...
and the
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.


Major events

* January 4, 1965: President Johnson proclaimed his "Great Society" during his
State of the Union Address The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of most calendar years on the current condit ...
. * January 20, 1965: Inauguration of President
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served a ...
for a full term. * November 8, 1966:
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, including: **
United States Senate elections, 1966 The 1966 United States Senate elections were elections on November 8, 1966, for the United States Senate which occurred midway through the second (and only full) term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The 33 seats of Classes of United States senato ...
**
United States House of Representatives elections, 1966 The 1966 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 8, 1966, to elect members to serve in the 90th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President ...


Major legislation

* April 11, 1965:
Elementary and Secondary Education Act The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty", the act has been one of the most far-rea ...
, * July 27, 1965: Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, * July 30, 1965:
Social Security Act of 1965 The Social Security Amendments of 1965, , was legislation in the United States whose most important provisions resulted in creation of two programs: Medicare and Medicaid. The legislation initially provided federal health insurance for the elde ...
, (including
Medicaid Medicaid is a government program in the United States that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by U.S. state, state governments, which also h ...
and Medicare) * August 6, 1965:
Voting Rights Act The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movem ...
, * August 10, 1965:
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (, ) is a major revision to federal housing policy in the United States which instituted several major expansions in federal housing programs. The United States Congress passed and President Lyndon B. ...
, * August 26, 1965:
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 The Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (Pub.L. 89−136, 79 Stat. 552) established the Economic Development Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) is an executive depart ...
, * September 9, 1965
Department of Housing and Urban Development The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. It is headed by the secretary of housing and u ...
Act, , * September 29, 1965: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, * October 3, 1965:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, was a federal law passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The ...
, (Hart-Celler Act, INS Act) * October 6, 1965: Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Amendments, * October 20, 1965: Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act, (including
Solid Waste Disposal 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 22, 1965:
Highway Beautification Act In the United States, highway beautification is the subject of the Highway Beautification Act (HBA), passed in the Senate on September 16, 1965 and in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 8, 1965, and signed by the President Lyndon B. J ...
, * November 8, 1965: Higher Education Act, * November 8, 1965: Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments * August 26, 1966: Laboratory Animal Welfare Act Now called the Animal Welfare Act * April 13, 1966:
Uniform Time Act The Uniform Time Act of 1966, , was a Law of the United States to "promote the adoption and observance of uniform time within the standard time zones" prescribed by the Standard Time Act of 1918. Its intended effect was to simplify the officia ...
, * July 13, 1966: Cotton Research and Promotion Act, * September 6, 1966: , which (among other things) enacted what is now called the
Freedom of Information Act Freedom of Information Act may refer to the following legislations in different jurisdictions which mandate the national government to disclose certain data to the general public upon request: * Freedom of Information Act (United States) of 1966 * F ...
* September 9, 1966:
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was enacted in the United States in 1966 to empower the federal government to set and administer new safety standards for motor vehicles and road traffic safety. The Act was the first mandatory fed ...
, * September 9, 1966:
Highway Safety Act The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was enacted in the United States in 1966 to empower the federal government to set and administer new safety standards for motor vehicles and road traffic safety. The Act was the first mandatory fed ...
, * October 15, 1966:
National Historic Preservation Act The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA, , ) is legislation intended to preserve historic and archaeological sites in the United States of America. The act created the National Register of Historic Places, the list of National Historic Landm ...
, * October 15, 1966: National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, * October 15, 1966: Department of Transportation Act, * November 2, 1966:
Cuban Adjustment Act The Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA) (), Public Law 89-732, is a United States federal law enacted on November 2, 1966. Passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed by President Lyndon Johnson, the legislation applies to citizens of Cuba admit ...
, * November 3, 1966: Comprehensive Health, Planning and Service Act,


Constitutional amendments

* July 6, 1965: Approved an amendment to the
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addressing succession to the
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and establishing procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the
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, and for responding to presidential disabilities, and submitted it to the state legislatures for
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** Amendment was later ratified on February 10, 1967, becoming the
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution addresses issues related to presidential succession and disability. It clarifies that the Vice President of the United States, vice president becomes President of th ...


Party summary

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


Senate


House of Representatives


Leadership


Senate

*
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
:
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 ...
(D), starting January 20, 1965 * President pro tempore:
Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
(D) * Permanent Acting President pro tempore:
Lee Metcalf Lee Warren Metcalf (January 28, 1911 – January 12, 1978) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1953–1961) and a U.S. Senator (1961–1978) from Montana. He was the ...
(D)


Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman:
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 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 a ...
: Russell B. Long * Caucus Secretary:
George Smathers George Armistead Smathers (November 14, 1913 – January 20, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Florida who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, the United States House of Representatives from 1947 t ...


Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:
Everett Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As P ...
*
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 ...
:
Thomas Kuchel Thomas Henry Kuchel ( ; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was an American politician. A moderate Republican, he served as a US Senator from California from 1953 to 1969 and was the minority whip in the Senate, where he was the co-mana ...
*
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opin ...
:
Leverett Saltonstall Leverett Atholville Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the List of Governors of Massachusetts, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more th ...
*
Republican Conference Secretary Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
:
Milton Young Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in ...
* National Senatorial Committee Chair:
Thruston Ballard Morton Thruston Ballard Morton (August 19, 1907 – August 14, 1982) was an American politician. A Republican, Morton represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Early life Morton was born on August 19, 1907, in L ...
* Policy Committee Chairman: Bourke B. Hickenlooper


House of Representatives

*
Speaker Speaker most commonly refers to: * Speaker, a person who produces speech * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers Speaker, Speakers, or The Speaker may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Speaker" (song), by David ...
: John W. McCormack (D)


Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader:
Carl Albert Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a ...
*
Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature. Whips a ...
:
Hale Boggs Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic Party politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the H ...
* Democratic Caucus Chairman: Eugene James Keogh * Democratic Caucus Secretary:
Leonor Sullivan Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (August 21, 1902 – September 1, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. She was a Democrat and the first woman in Congress from Missouri. Biography Born Leonor Kretzer in St. Lo ...
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan


Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:
Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was 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 ...
*
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 ...
: Leslie C. Arends *
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opin ...
:
Melvin Laird Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under Pres ...
* Policy Committee Chairman:
John Jacob Rhodes John Jacob Rhodes Jr. (September 18, 1916 – August 24, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Rhodes served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona for thirty years from 1953 to 1983. He was the mino ...
* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Bob Wilson Bob Wilson may refer to: Association footballers *Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1867) (1867–?), Irish international footballer of the 1880s *Bob Wilson (footballer, born September 1898) 1920s, Scottish footballer with Third Lanark and Fall Ri ...


Caucuses

*
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

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.


Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1970; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1966; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1968.


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

: 2. John J. Sparkman (D) : 3.
J. Lister Hill Joseph Lister Hill (December 27, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who represented Alabama in the United States House of Representatives from 1923 to 1938 and the United States Senate from 1938 ...
(D)


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

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


Arizona 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 Paul Jones Fannin (January 29, 1907January 13, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1965 to 1977. He previously served as the 11th governor of Arizona from 1959 to 1965. Ea ...
(R) : 3.
Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
(D)


Arkansas 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 John Little McClellan (February 25, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American lawyer and segregationist politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1935–1939) and a U.S. Senator (1943–1977) from ...
(D) : 3.
J. William Fulbright James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest-serving chair ...
(D)


California 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.
George Murphy George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American actor and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to ...
(R) : 3.
Thomas Kuchel Thomas Henry Kuchel ( ; August 15, 1910 – November 21, 1994) was an American politician. A moderate Republican, he served as a US Senator from California from 1953 to 1969 and was the minority whip in the Senate, where he was the co-mana ...
(R)


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

: 2. Gordon Allott (R) : 3.
Peter H. Dominick Peter Hoyt Dominick (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was an American diplomat, politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, ...
(R)


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

: 1. Thomas J. Dodd (D) : 3.
Abraham Ribicoff Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 – February 22, 1998) was an American politician from the state of Connecticut. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate ...
(D)


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

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


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

: 1.
Spessard Holland Spessard Lindsey Holland (July 10, 1892 – November 6, 1971) was an American lawyer and politician. A Southern Democrat, he served as the 28th List of Governors of Florida, governor of Florida from 1941 to 1945, and as a US senator, U.S. senato ...
(D) : 3.
George Smathers George Armistead Smathers (November 14, 1913 – January 20, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Florida who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, the United States House of Representatives from 1947 t ...
(D)


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

: 2.
Richard Russell Jr. Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A Southern Democrat, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almost 40 years, f ...
(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 Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a Cantonese immigrant sugar plantation worker, Fong was one of the first two senators for Hawai ...
(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.
Leonard B. Jordan Leonard Beck Jordan (May 15, 1899June 30, 1983) was an American politician who served as the 23rd governor of Idaho and a United States Senator for over ten years. Early life and education Born in Mount Pleasant, Utah, Jordan's father was a cou ...
(R) : 3.
Frank Church Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American politician and lawyer. A Democrat, from 1957 to 1981 he served as a U.S. Senator from Idaho, and is currently the last Democrat to do so. He was the longest serving De ...
(D)


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

: 2.
Paul Douglas Paul Douglas may refer to: * Paul Douglas (Illinois politician) (1892–1976), American economist and US senator * Paul Douglas (actor) (1907–1959), American film actor * Paul P. Douglas Jr. (1919–2002), United States Air Force officer * Paul L. ...
(D) : 3.
Everett M. Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 u ...
(R)


Indiana 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 Rupert Vance Hartke (May 31, 1919July 27, 2003) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. Hartke was elected to the Senate after serving as the mayor of Evansville, Indiana. In ...
(D) : 3.
Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 – March 14, 2019) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a member of United States Senate from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected t ...
(D)


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

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


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

: 2.
James B. Pearson James Blackwood Pearson (May 7, 1920January 13, 2009) was an American politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to 1978. Biography James Pearson was born in 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of a Me ...
(R) : 3.
Frank Carlson Frank Carlson (January 23, 1893May 30, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to ...
(R)


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

: 2.
John Sherman Cooper John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the United States. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elected to two fu ...
(R) : 3.
Thruston Ballard Morton Thruston Ballard Morton (August 19, 1907 – August 14, 1982) was an American politician. A Republican, Morton represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Early life Morton was born on August 19, 1907, in L ...
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Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

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


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

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

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


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

: 1.
Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...
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Leverett Saltonstall Leverett Atholville Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the List of Governors of Massachusetts, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more th ...
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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 Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as ...
(D) : 2. Patrick V. McNamara (D), until April 30, 1966 :: Robert P. Griffin (R), from May 11, 1966


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

: 1.
Eugene McCarthy Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. ...
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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. ...
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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 ...

: 1.
John C. Stennis John Cornelius Stennis (August 3, 1901 – April 23, 1995) was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its most senior member f ...
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James Eastland James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 February 19, 1986) was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation in late ...
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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 ...

: 1.
Stuart Symington William Stuart Symington III ( ; June 26, 1901 – December 14, 1988) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Missouri. He served as the first secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a United States senator from ...
(D) : 3. Edward V. Long (D)


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 ...
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Lee Metcalf Lee Warren Metcalf (January 28, 1911 – January 12, 1978) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1953–1961) and a U.S. Senator (1961–1978) from Montana. He was the ...
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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 Roman Lee Hruska () (August 16, 1904April 25, 1999) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican U.S. senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the Senate during the 196 ...
(R) : 2.
Carl Curtis Carl Thomas Curtis (March 15, 1905 – January 24, 2000) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives (1939–1954) and later the United States Se ...
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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.
Alan Bible Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney Genera ...
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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 Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was b ...
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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 Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams Jr. (December 10, 1919November 17, 2001) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1953–1957) and the United States Se ...
(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. Clinton P. Anderson (D)


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

: 1.
Robert F. Kennedy Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also known as RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 64th United States attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New Yo ...
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Jacob Javits Jacob Koppel Javits ( ; May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. During his time in politics, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representa ...
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North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

: 2. B. Everett Jordan (D) : 3.
Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A Southern Democrat, he liked to call himself a " country lawyer", and often told humorous ...
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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 Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S ...
(D-NPL) : 3.
Milton Young Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in ...
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Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

: 1. Stephen M. Young (D) : 3.
Frank Lausche Frank John Lausche (; November 14, 1895 – April 21, 1990) was an American Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 47th mayor of Cleveland and the 55th and 57th governor of Ohio, and also served as a United States Senator from Ohi ...
(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.
Fred R. Harris Fred Roy Harris (November 13, 1930 – November 23, 2024) was an American politician from Oklahoma who served from 1957 to 1964 as a member of the Oklahoma Senate and from 1964 to 1973 as a member of the United States Senate. Harris was electe ...
(D) : 3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)


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

: 2.
Maurine Neuberger Maurine Neuberger-Solomon, best known as Maurine Neuberger (née Brown; January 9, 1907February 22, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator for the State of Oregon from November 1960 to January 1967. She was the s ...
(D) : 3.
Wayne Morse Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon. Morse is well known for opposing the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party’s leadership and for his opposition t ...
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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 Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1941 to 1945 and from 1947 to 1959 and in the ...
(R) : 3.
Joseph S. Clark Jr. Joseph Sill Clark Jr. (October 21, 1901January 12, 1990) was an American writer, lawyer and politician. A member of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party, he served as the 90th List of mayors of Philadelphia, Mayor of Philadelphia ...
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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 John Orlando Pastore (March 17, 1907July 15, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1950 to 1976 and as the 61st governor of Rhode Island from ...
(D) : 2.
Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
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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 ...

: 2.
Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 49 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South ...
(R) : 3. Olin D. Johnston (D), until April 18, 1965 :: Donald S. Russell (D), from April 22, 1965 – November 8, 1966 ::
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 ...
(D), from November 9, 1966


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

: 2. Karl E. Mundt (R) : 3.
George McGovern George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician, diplomat, and historian who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator from South Dakota, and the Democratic Party (United States), Democ ...
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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. Albert Gore Sr. (D) : 2. Ross Bass (D), until January 2, 1967


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

: 1.
Ralph Yarborough Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing of his p ...
(D) : 2.
John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician 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 Frank Edward "Ted" Moss (September 23, 1911 – January 29, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, from 1959 to 1977 he served as a United States Senator from Utah, and is currently the last Democrat to do so. Early life a ...
(D) : 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)


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

: 1. Winston L. Prouty (R) : 3.
George Aiken George David Aiken (August 20, 1892 – November 19, 1984) was an American politician and horticulturist. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 64th governor of Vermont (1937–1941) before serving in the United States Senate for 34 ye ...
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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 (D), until November 10, 1965 :: Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D), from November 12, 1965 : 2.
A. Willis Robertson Absalom Willis Robertson (May 27, 1887 – November 1, 1971) was an American politician from Virginia who served in public office for over 50 years. A member of the Democratic Party and lukewarm ally of the Byrd Organization led by fellow U.S. Se ...
(D), until December 30, 1966 :: William B. Spong Jr. (D), from December 31, 1966


Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...

: 1.
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington (state), Washington. A Cold W ...
(D) : 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)


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

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


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

: 1.
William Proxmire Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 ...
(D) : 3.
Gaylord Nelson 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 Gale William McGee (March 17, 1915April 9, 1992) was an American politician, diplomat and historian who was a United States Senate, United States senator from Wyoming from 1959 to 1977, and List of ambassadors of the United States to the Organiz ...
(D) : 2.
Milward Simpson Milward Lee Simpson (November 12, 1897June 11, 1993) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and as the 23rd Governor of Wyoming, the first born in the state. In 1985, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the Nat ...
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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) : .
George W. Andrews George William Andrews (December 12, 1906 – December 25, 1971) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Alabama, and the husband of Elizabeth B. Andrews. Andrews is known for objecting to the Supreme Court decisions banning ...
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Glenn Andrews Arthur Glenn Andrews (January 15, 1909 – September 25, 2008) was an American politician and a United States representative from Alabama. Biography Andrews was born in Anniston in Calhoun County in North Alabama, a son of Roger Lee Andrews ...
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Armistead I. Selden Jr. Armistead Inge Selden Jr. (February 20, 1921 – November 14, 1985) was a segregationist U.S. Representative from Alabama. Originally a Democrat, he switched parties in 1979 to become a Republican. Early life and military service Born in ...
(D) : . John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R) : . James D. Martin (R) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)


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

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Ralph Julian Rivers Ralph Julian Rivers (May 23, 1903 – August 13, 1976) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the first United States Representative from Alaska, serving from statehood in 1959 to his resignation in 1966 following his def ...
(D), until December 30, 1966


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 ...
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Mo Udall Morris King Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democratic pr ...
(D) : . George F. Senner Jr. (D)


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

: . Ezekiel C. Gathings (D) : .
Wilbur Mills Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909 – May 2, 1992) was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Co ...
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James William Trimble James William Trimble (February 3, 1894 – March 10, 1972) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas, having served from 1945 to 1967. He was the first Democrat in Arkansas since Reconstruction to lo ...
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Oren Harris Oren Harris (December 20, 1903 – February 5, 1997) was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court ...
(D), until February 3, 1966 ::
David Pryor David Hampton Pryor (August 29, 1934 – April 20, 2024) was an American politician who served as a representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1966 until 1973 and as a senator from Arkansas from 1979 until 1997. A member of t ...
(D), from November 8, 1966


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

: .
Donald H. Clausen Donald Holst Clausen (April 27, 1923 – February 7, 2015) was an American businessman, World War II veteran, and politician who served ten terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1983. ...
(R) : . Harold T. Johnson (D) : . John E. Moss (D) : .
Robert L. Leggett Robert Louis Leggett (July 26, 1926 – August 13, 1997) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1979. Early life Born in Richmond, California, Leggett attended the pu ...
(D) : .
Phillip Burton Phillip Burton (June 1, 1926 – April 10, 1983) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from California from 1964 until his death in 1983. He was a member of the Democratic Party and represented Cali ...
(D) : . William S. Mailliard (R) : . Jeffery Cohelan (D) : . George P. Miller (D) : .
Don Edwards William Donlon Edwards (January 6, 1915 – October 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California for 32 years in the late 20th century. Early life Edwar ...
(D) : .
Charles Gubser Charles Samuel Gubser (February 1, 1916 – August 20, 2011) was an American educator, farmer and politician who served 11 terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1953 to 1974. Early life and educati ...
(R) : . J. Arthur Younger (R) : .
Burt Talcott Burt Lacklen Talcott (February 22, 1920 – July 29, 2016) was an American World War II veteran and politician who served seven terms as a member of the United States Congress from the State of California from 1963 to 1977. Military career Born i ...
(R) : . Charles M. Teague (R) : .
John F. Baldwin Jr. John Finley Baldwin Jr. (June 28, 1915 – March 9, 1966) was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California from 1955 to 1966. Early life Born in Oakland, California, in 1915 to John F ...
(R), until March 9, 1966 ::
Jerome Waldie Jerome Russell Waldie (February 15, 1925 – April 3, 2009) was an American politician. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from California from 1966 to 1975. Early life Born in Antioch, California on February ...
(D), from June 7, 1966 : .
John J. McFall John Joseph McFall (February 20, 1918 – March 7, 2006) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the state of California, rising to the position of House Majority Whip. Early life and career McFall was ...
(D) : . B. F. Sisk (D) : .
Cecil R. King Cecil Rhodes King (January 13, 1898 – March 17, 1974) was an American businessman and politician. King, a Democrat, served as the first member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 17th congressional district fo ...
(D) : .
Harlan Hagen Harlan Francis Hagen (October 8, 1914 – November 25, 1990) was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served as a United States representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Repre ...
(D) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : .
H. Allen Smith Harry Allen Wolfgang Smith
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Augustus Hawkins Augustus Freeman Hawkins (August 31, 1907 – November 10, 2007) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the California State Assembly from 1935 to 1963 and the U.S. House Of Representatives from 1963 to 1991. Over the c ...
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James C. Corman James Charles Corman (October 20, 1920 – December 30, 2000) was an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1957 to 1961 and as a member of the United States House of Representatives between 1961 and 1981. ...
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Del M. Clawson Delwin Morgan Clawson (January 11, 1914 – May 5, 1992) was an American politician. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He also served as mayor of Compton, California. Biography Clawson was born in Thatcher, Arizona, and a ...
(R) : . Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) : . Ronald B. Cameron (D) : .
James Roosevelt James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine officer, activist, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor R ...
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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), from December 15, 1965 : .
Edwin Reinecke Howard Edwin "Ed" Reinecke (January 7, 1924 – December 24, 2016) was an American politician from California. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives. He was the 39th lieutenant governor of California from 1969 unt ...
(R) : . Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (R) : .
George Brown Jr. George Edward Brown Jr. (March 6, 1920 – July 15, 1999) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from California. He represented suburban portions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County in the United ...
(D) : .
Edward R. Roybal Edward Ross Roybal (February 10, 1916 – October 24, 2005) was a Mexican-American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Latino American to be elected to the Los Angeles City Council, serving from 1949 to 1962. He la ...
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Charles H. Wilson Charles Herbert Wilson (February 15, 1917 – July 21, 1984) was a 20th-century American banker, businessman and California Democratic politician from the Los Angeles area. For nine terms he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives fro ...
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Richard T. Hanna Richard Thomas Hanna (June 9, 1914 – June 9, 2001) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1974. He became involved in a scandal dubbed Koreagate by accepting bribes fro ...
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Bob Wilson Bob Wilson may refer to: Association footballers *Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1867) (1867–?), Irish international footballer of the 1880s *Bob Wilson (footballer, born September 1898) 1920s, Scottish footballer with Third Lanark and Fall Ri ...
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Lionel Van Deerlin Lionel Van Deerlin (July 25, 1914 – May 17, 2008) was an American journalist and politician who served nine terms as a Democratic United States Representative from California from 1963 to 1981, representing a San Diego area district. Biograph ...
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John V. Tunney John Varick Tunney (June 26, 1934 – January 12, 2018) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator and Representative from the state of California in the 1960s and 1970s. A Democrat, Tunney was known for his focus on a ...
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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 ...

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Byron G. Rogers Byron Giles Rogers (August 1, 1900 – December 31, 1983) was an American lawyer, politician, and World War I veteran from Colorado. From 1951 to 1971, he served ten consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Early life Rogers was ...
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Wayne N. Aspinall Wayne Norviel Aspinall (April 3, 1896 – October 9, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician from Colorado. He is largely known for his tenure in the United States House of Representatives, serving twelve terms as a Democrat from 1949 to ...
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Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: . Emilio Q. Daddario (D) : . William St. Onge (D) : .
Robert Giaimo Robert Nicholas Giaimo (October 15, 1919 – May 24, 2006) was a Democratic US Representative from Connecticut. He co-sponsored the legislation creating the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He help ...
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Bernard F. Grabowski Bernard Francis Grabowski (June 11, 1923 – August 30, 2019) was an American politician who served as a two-term U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Biography Grabowski was born in New Haven, Connecticut, attended St. Stanislaus Parochial S ...
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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 ...

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Harris McDowell Harris Brown McDowell Jr. (February 10, 1906 – November 24, 1988) was an American farmer and politician from Middletown in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and ...
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Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: . Robert L. F. Sikes (D) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : .
Claude Pepper Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives ...
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Syd Herlong Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. (February 14, 1909 – December 27, 1995) was an American lawyer and politician from Florida who served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969. He was a member of the Democratic Pa ...
(D) : . Paul Rogers (D) : . James A. Haley (D) : . Donald Ray Matthews (D) : .
Don Fuqua John Donald Fuqua (born August 20, 1933) is a former U.S. Democratic politician from Florida. He represented Florida in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1987. Early years and education Fuqua was born in Jacksonville, Duv ...
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Sam Gibbons Samuel Melville Gibbons (January 20, 1920 – October 10, 2012) was an American politician from the state of Florida, who served in the Florida State House of Representatives, Florida State Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. He repre ...
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Edward Gurney Edward John Gurney Jr. (January 12, 1914 – May 14, 1996) was an American politician, attorney, and U.S. Army officer who represented the state of Florida in the United States Congress, first in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1 ...
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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: . George Elliott Hagan (D) : . Maston E. O'Neal Jr. (D) : .
Bo Callaway Howard Hollis "Bo" Callaway (April 2, 1927 – March 15, 2014) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967 an ...
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Charles L. Weltner Charles Longstreet Weltner (December 17, 1927 – August 31, 1992) was an American jurist and politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. From 1963 to 1967, he served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Early years and education Welt ...
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John Flynt John James Flynt Jr. (November 8, 1914 – June 24, 2007) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for two congressional districts in Georgia from 1954 to 1979. Upon his retiremen ...
(D) : . John William Davis (D) : . J. Russell Tuten (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (D)


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

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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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Compton I. White Jr. Compton Ignatius White Jr. (December 19, 1920 – October 19, 1998) was a two-term congressman from northern Idaho. A Democrat, he was elected to the open seat in the first district in 1962 and re-elected in 1964. White left office in January 1 ...
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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: . William L. Dawson (D) : .
Barratt O'Hara Barratt O'Hara (April 28, 1882 – August 11, 1969) of Chicago was an American Democratic politician serving as a U.S. Congressman from Illinois and lieutenant governor of Illinois. He was the last Spanish–American War veteran to serve i ...
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William T. Murphy William Thomas Murphy (August 7, 1899 – January 29, 1978) of Chicago was a U.S. Representative from the 3rd congressional district of Illinois During his time in office, from 1959 to 1971, Murphy's district saw cultural and economic shifts wi ...
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Ed Derwinski Edward Joseph Derwinski (September 15, 1926 – January 15, 2012) was an American politician who served as the first Cabinet-level United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving under President George H. W. Bush from March 15, 1989 to Septe ...
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John C. Kluczynski John Carl Kluczynski (February 15, 1896 – January 26, 1975) was an American World War I veteran who served 13 terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois, representing the Illinois's 5th congression ...
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Frank Annunzio Frank Annunzio (January 12, 1915 – April 8, 2001) was an American politician from Chicago, Illinois. Annunzio, an Italian-American, was born in Chicago, where he remained for his entire childhood and much of his adult life. He attended Cra ...
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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 ...
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Sidney R. Yates Sidney Richard Yates (August 27, 1909 – October 5, 2000) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who represented the state of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-four terms from 1949 to 1963 a ...
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Roman Pucinski Roman Conrad Pucinski (May 13, 1919 – September 25, 2002) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Chicago, Illinois. He was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1973 ...
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Robert McClory Robert McClory (January 31, 1908 – July 24, 1988) was an American politician and United States House of Representatives, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. Born in Riverside, Illinois, McClory attended the public sch ...
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Donald Rumsfeld Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, businessman, and naval officer who served as United States Secretary of Defense, secretary of defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and again ...
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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 ...
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John B. Anderson John Bayard Anderson (February 15, 1922 – December 3, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 16th congressional district from 1961 to 1981. A member of ...
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Robert H. Michel Robert Henry Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional distric ...
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Paul Findley Paul Augustus Findley (June 23, 1921 – August 9, 2019) was an American writer and politician. He served as United States Representative from Illinois, representing its 20th District. A Republican, he was first elected in 1960. A moderate Repu ...
(R) : . Kenneth J. Gray (D) : . William L. Springer (R) : .
George E. Shipley George Edward Shipley (April 21, 1927 – June 28, 2003) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Richland County, near Olney, Illinois, Shipley attended East Richland High School in Olney, Illinois. He graduated from Olney High School ...
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Melvin Price Charles Melvin Price (January 1, 1905 – April 22, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for over 40 years, from 1945 to his death. He represented Metro East, the Illinois portion of the St. Louis metropolitan a ...
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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) : . Charles A. Halleck (R) : .
John Brademas Stephen John Brademas Jr. (March 2, 1927 – July 11, 2016) was an American politician and educator originally from Indiana. He served as Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1981 a ...
(D) : . E. Ross Adair (R) : . J. Edward Roush (D) : . Richard L. Roudebush (R) : .
William G. Bray William Gilmer Bray (June 17, 1903 – June 4, 1979) was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served twelve terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana from 1951 to 1975. Early life W ...
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Lee H. Hamilton Lee Herbert Hamilton (born April 20, 1931) is an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and a former member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of th ...
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Ralph Harvey Ralph Harvey (August 9, 1901 – November 7, 1991) was an American politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1947 to 1959, then again for three more terms from 1961 to 1966. Biography Born on a farm near Mount ...
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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 ...

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John Culver John Chester Culver (August 8, 1932 – December 26, 2018) was an American politician, writer, and lawyer who was elected to both the United States House of Representatives (1965–1975) and United States Senate (1975–1981) from Iowa. He w ...
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H. R. Gross Harold Royce Gross (June 30, 1899 – September 22, 1987) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district for thirteen terms. The role he played on the House floor, objecting t ...
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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 ...
(D) : . Stanley L. Greigg (D) : . John R. Hansen (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 ...

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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 ...
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Chester L. Mize Chester Louis Mize (December 25, 1917 – January 11, 1994) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas. Mize was a native of Atchison, Kansas, and attended the University of Kansas School of Business. H ...
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Garner E. Shriver Garner Edward Shriver (July 6, 1912 – March 1, 1998) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Biography Born in Towanda, Kansas, Shriver attended the public schools of Towanda and Wichita. He moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1925. He was in the Univ ...
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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 ...

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Frank Stubblefield Frank Albert Stubblefield (April 5, 1907 – October 14, 1977), a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives. Stubblefield was born and schooled in Kentucky and attended the University of Arizona for one yea ...
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William Natcher William Huston Natcher (September 11, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was a Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 until his death from heart failure in Bethesda, Maryland in 1994. He is the second lo ...
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Tim Lee Carter Tim Lee Carter (September 2, 1910 – March 27, 1987) was an American politician serving as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth o ...
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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 ...

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Hale Boggs Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic Party politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the H ...
(D) : . Edwin E. Willis (D) : . Joe Waggonner (D) : .
Otto Passman Otto Ernest Passman (June 27, 1900 – August 13, 1988) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district from 1947 until 1977. As a congressman, Passman chaired the Ho ...
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Edwin Edwards Edwin Washington Edwards (August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988, and 1992–1996 ...
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Speedy Long Speedy Oteria Long (June 16, 1928 – October 5, 2006) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 8th congressional district from January 3, 1965, until January 3, 1973. He was a member of ...
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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 ...

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

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Rogers Morton Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (September 19, 1914 – April 19, 1979) was an American politician who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce during the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, ...
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Clarence Long Clarence Dickinson "Doc" Long Jr. (December 11, 1908 – September 18, 1994) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman who represented the 2nd congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1985. Long was born in South Bend, ...
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Edward Garmatz Edward Alexander Garmatz (February 7, 1903 – July 22, 1986), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 3rd congressional district of Maryland from 1947 to 1973. Early life and career Born in Baltimore, Maryland; his father and ...
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Hervey Machen Hervey Gilbert Machen (October 14, 1916 – November 29, 1994) represented the fifth district of the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1965 to 1969. Early life and education Machen was born in ...
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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 ...
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Samuel Friedel Samuel Nathaniel Friedel (April 18, 1898 – March 21, 1979), a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman who represented the United States House of Representatives, Maryland Distri ...
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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 ...

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Silvio O. Conte Silvio Ottavio Conte (November 9, 1921 – February 8, 1991) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for 16 terms, representing the 1st Congressional District of Massachuset ...
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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 ...
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Philip J. Philbin Philip Joseph Philbin (May 29, 1898 – June 14, 1972) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, where he attended the public and high schools. From 1917 until 1919, during the First World ...
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William H. Bates William Henry Bates (April 26, 1917 – June 22, 1969) was a member of the United States House of Representatives notable for his staunch support of the United States Navy. Life and career Bates was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Nor ...
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Tip O'Neill Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, the third-l ...
(D) : . John W. McCormack (D) : . Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R) : . James A. Burke (D) : .
Hastings Keith Hastings Keith (November 22, 1915 – July 19, 2005) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Keith was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on November 22, 1915. He graduated from Brockton High School, Deerfield Academy, and the Unive ...
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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, ...

: . John Conyers (D) : . Weston E. Vivian (D) : . Paul H. Todd Jr. (D) : . J. Edward Hutchinson (R) : .
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 ...
(R) : . Charles E. Chamberlain (R) : . John C. Mackie (D) : . R. James Harvey (R) : . Robert P. Griffin (R), until May 10, 1966 :: Guy Vander Jagt (R), from November 8, 1966 : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Raymond F. Clevenger (D) : . James G. O'Hara (D) : . Charles Diggs (D) : . Lucien Nedzi (D) : . William D. Ford (D) : . John D. Dingell Jr. (D) : . Martha Griffiths (D) : . William Broomfield (R) : . Billie S. Farnum (D)


List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

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


List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Thomas Abernethy (politician), Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie L. Whitten (D) : . John Bell Williams (D) : . Prentiss Walker (R) : . William M. Colmer (D)


List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Frank M. Karsten (D) : . Thomas B. Curtis (R) : .
Leonor Sullivan Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (August 21, 1902 – September 1, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. She was a Democrat and the first woman in Congress from Missouri. Biography Born Leonor Kretzer in St. Lo ...
(D) : . William J. Randall (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D) : . Durward Gorham Hall (R) : . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D) : . William L. Hungate (D) : . Paul C. Jones (D)


List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

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


List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Clair Armstrong Callan (D) : . Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska politician), Glenn Cunningham (R) : . David Martin (Nebraska politician), David Martin (R)


List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)


List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Joseph Oliva Huot (D) : . James Colgate Cleveland (R)


List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . William T. Cahill (R) : . Thomas C. McGrath Jr. (D) : . James J. Howard (D) : . Frank Thompson (D) : . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R) : . Florence P. Dwyer (R) : . William B. Widnall (R) : . Charles Samuel Joelson (D) : . Henry Helstoski (D) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Joseph Minish (D) : . Paul J. Krebs (D) : . Cornelius Gallagher (American politician), Cornelius Gallagher (D) : . Dominick V. Daniels (D) : . Edward J. Patten (D)


List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

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


List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Otis G. Pike (D) : . James R. Grover Jr. (R) : . Lester L. Wolff (D) : . John W. Wydler (R) : . Herbert Tenzer (D) : . Seymour Halpern (R) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Eugene J. Keogh (D) : . Edna F. Kelly (D) : . Abraham J. Multer (D) : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) : . Hugh Carey (D) : . John M. Murphy (New York politician), John M. Murphy (D) : . John Lindsay (R), until December 31, 1965 :: Theodore R. Kupferman (R), from February 8, 1966 : . Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) : . Leonard Farbstein (D) : . William Fitts Ryan (D) : . James H. Scheuer (D) : . Jacob H. Gilbert (D) : . Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) : . Paul A. Fino (R) : . Richard Ottinger (D) : . Ogden Reid (R) : . John G. Dow (D) : . Joseph Y. Resnick (D) : . Leo W. O'Brien (D), until December 30, 1966 : . Carleton J. King (R) : . Robert C. McEwen (R) : . Alexander Pirnie (R) : . Howard W. Robison (R) : . James M. Hanley (D) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton (R) : . Barber Conable (R) : . Charles Goodell (R) : . Richard D. McCarthy (D) : . Henry P. Smith III (R) : . Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)


List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Herbert Covington Bonner (D), until November 7, 1965 :: Walter B. Jones Sr. (D), from February 5, 1966 : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . David N. Henderson (D) : . Harold D. Cooley (D), until December 30, 1966 : . Ralph James Scott (D) : . Horace R. Kornegay (D) : . Alton Lennon (D) : . Charles R. Jonas (R) : . Jim Broyhill (R) : . Basil Lee Whitener (D) : . Roy A. Taylor (D)


List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Mark Andrews (politician), Mark Andrews (R) : . Rolland W. Redlin (D-NPL)


List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . John J. Gilligan (D) : . Donald D. Clancy (R) : . Rodney M. Love (D) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . Clarence J. Brown (R), until August 23, 1965 :: Bud Brown (politician), Bud Brown (R) from November 2, 1965 : . Jackson Edward Betts (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : . Walter H. Moeller (D) : . J. William Stanton (R) : . Samuel L. Devine (R) : . Charles Adams Mosher (R) : . William Hanes Ayres (R) : . Robert T. Secrest (D), until December 30, 1966 : . Frank T. Bow (R) : . John M. Ashbrook (R) : . Wayne Hays (D) : . Michael J. Kirwan (D) : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : . Charles Vanik (D) : . Frances P. Bolton (R) : . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R) : . Robert E. Sweeney (D)


List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . Page Belcher (R) : . Ed Edmondson (politician), Ed Edmondson (D) : .
Carl Albert Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a ...
(D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . Jed Johnson Jr. (D)


List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Wendell Wyatt (R) : . Al Ullman (D) : . Edith Green (D) : . Robert B. Duncan (D)


List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D) : . James A. Byrne (D) : . Herman Toll (D) : . William J. Green III (D) : . George M. Rhodes (D) : . George Watkins (politician), George Watkins (R) : . Willard S. Curtin (R) : . Paul B. Dague (R), until December 30, 1966 : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Dan Flood (D) : . J. Irving Whalley (R) : . Richard Schweiker (R) : . William S. Moorhead (D) : . Fred B. Rooney (D) : . John C. Kunkel (R), until December 30, 1966 : . Herman T. Schneebeli (R) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . Nathaniel N. Craley Jr. (D) : . Elmer J. Holland (D) : . John Herman Dent (D) : . John P. Saylor (R) : . Albert W. Johnson (R) : . Joseph P. Vigorito (D) : . Frank M. Clark (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . James G. Fulton (R)


List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

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


List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D) : . Albert Watson (South Carolina politician), Albert Watson (D), until February 1, 1965 :: Albert Watson (South Carolina politician), Albert Watson (R), from June 15, 1965 : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) : . Robert T. Ashmore (D) : . Thomas S. Gettys (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)


List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

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


List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Jimmy Quillen (R) : . John Duncan Sr. (R) : . Bill Brock (R) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Richard Fulton (D) : . William Anderson (naval officer), William Anderson (D) : . Tom J. Murray (D), until December 30, 1966 : . Fats Everett (D) : . George W. Grider (D)


List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D) : . Lindley Beckworth (D) : . Ray Roberts (politician), Ray Roberts (D) : . Earle Cabell (D) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . John Dowdy (D) : . Albert Thomas (American politician), Albert Thomas (D), until February 15, 1966 :: Lera Millard Thomas (D), from March 26, 1966 : . Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D), until December 30, 1966 : . J. J. Pickle (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D) : . John Andrew Young (D) : . Kika de la Garza (D) : . Richard Crawford White (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Walter E. Rogers (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Henry B. González (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D) : . Robert R. Casey (D) : . Joe R. Pool (D)


List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Laurence J. Burton (R) : . David S. King (D)


List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Robert Stafford (R)


List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

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


List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

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


List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

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


List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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


List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Teno Roncalio (D)


Non-voting member

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


Changes in membership


Senate

* Replacements: 5 ** Democratic: 1-seat net loss ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 1-seat net gain * Deaths: 2 * Resignations: 2 , - ,
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 ...

(3) , , Olin D. Johnston (D) , Died April 18, 1965.
Successor appointed April 22, 1965 to continue the term. , , Donald S. Russell (D) , April 22, 1965 , - ,
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

(1) , , Harry F. Byrd (D) , Resigned November 10, 1965.
Successor appointed November 12, 1965 to continue his father's term. , , Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D) , November 12, 1965 , - ,
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, ...

(2) , , Patrick V. McNamara (D) , Died April 30, 1966.
Successor appointed May 11, 1966 to finish the term. , , Robert P. Griffin (R) , May 11, 1966 , - ,
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 ...

(3) , , Donald S. Russell (D) , Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.
Successor elected November 8, 1966. , ,
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 ...
(D) , November 9, 1966 , - ,
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 ...

(2) , , Absalom Willis Robertson (D) , Resigned December 30, 1966, having lost renomination.
Successor appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. , , William B. Spong Jr. (D) , December 31, 1966 , - ,
Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

(2) , , Ross Bass (D) , Resigned January 2, 1967, having lost renomination.
Seat remained vacant until the end of the term (the next day). , Vacant , Not filled this term


House of Representatives

* Replacements: 9 ** Democratic: no net change ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: no net change * Deaths: 5 * Resignations: 15 * Total seats with changes: 20 , - , , nowrap, Albert Watson (South Carolina politician), Albert Watson (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 1, 1965, after being stripped of seniority by the Democratic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives, House Democratic Caucus for supporting Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. Was re-elected as a Republican in a special election to replace himself. , nowrap , Albert Watson (South Carolina politician), Albert Watson (R) , June 15, 1965 , - , , nowrap, T. Ashton Thompson (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 1, 1965 , nowrap ,
Edwin Edwards Edwin Washington Edwards (August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988, and 1992–1996 ...
(D) , October 2, 1965 , - , , nowrap, Clarence J. Brown (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 23, 1965 , nowrap , Bud Brown (politician), Bud Brown (R) , November 2, 1965 , - , , nowrap,
James Roosevelt James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine officer, activist, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor R ...
(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 30, 1965, to become the US Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council , nowrap ,
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) , December 15, 1965 , - , , nowrap, Herbert Covington Bonner (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died November 7, 1965 , nowrap , Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) , February 5, 1966 , - , , nowrap, John Lindsay (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1965, after being elected Mayor of New York City , nowrap , Theodore R. Kupferman (R) , February 8, 1966 , - , , nowrap,
Oren Harris Oren Harris (December 20, 1903 – February 5, 1997) was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court ...
(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 3, 1966, to become judge of the US Court of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Eastern and United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Western Districts of Arkansas , nowrap ,
David Pryor David Hampton Pryor (August 29, 1934 – April 20, 2024) was an American politician who served as a representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1966 until 1973 and as a senator from Arkansas from 1979 until 1997. A member of t ...
(D) , November 8, 1966 , - , , nowrap, Albert Thomas (American politician), Albert Thomas (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died February 15, 1966 , nowrap , Lera Millard Thomas (D) , March 26, 1966 , - , , nowrap,
John F. Baldwin Jr. John Finley Baldwin Jr. (June 28, 1915 – March 9, 1966) was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California from 1955 to 1966. Early life Born in Oakland, California, in 1915 to John F ...
(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 9, 1966 , nowrap ,
Jerome Waldie Jerome Russell Waldie (February 15, 1925 – April 3, 2009) was an American politician. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from California from 1966 to 1975. Early life Born in Antioch, California on February ...
(D) , June 7, 1966 , - , , nowrap, Robert P. Griffin (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 10, 1966, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate , nowrap , Guy Vander Jagt (R) , November 8, 1966 , - , , nowrap,
Ralph Julian Rivers Ralph Julian Rivers (May 23, 1903 – August 13, 1976) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the first United States Representative from Alaska, serving from statehood in 1959 to his resignation in 1966 following his def ...
(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1966 , rowspan=10 , Vacant , rowspan=10 , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap, Winfield K. Denton (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1966 , - , , nowrap,
Ralph Harvey Ralph Harvey (August 9, 1901 – November 7, 1991) was an American politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1947 to 1959, then again for three more terms from 1961 to 1966. Biography Born on a farm near Mount ...
(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1966 , - , , nowrap, Leo W. O'Brien (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1966 , - , , nowrap, Harold D. Cooley (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1966 , - , , nowrap, Robert T. Secrest (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1966 , - , , nowrap, Paul B. Dague (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1966 , - , , nowrap, John C. Kunkel (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1966 , - , , nowrap, Tom J. Murray (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1966 , - , , nowrap, Clark W. Thompson (Texas politician), Clark W. Thompson (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1966


Committees


Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chairman: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member:
Margaret Chase Smith Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was th ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
; Ranking Member:
Leverett Saltonstall Leverett Atholville Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the List of Governors of Massachusetts, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more th ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member:
Leverett Saltonstall Leverett Atholville Saltonstall (September 1, 1892June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the List of Governors of Massachusetts, 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more th ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
A. Willis Robertson Absalom Willis Robertson (May 27, 1887 – November 1, 1971) was an American politician from Virginia who served in public office for over 50 years. A member of the Democratic Party and lukewarm ally of the Byrd Organization led by fellow U.S. Se ...
; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member:
Norris Cotton Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was b ...
) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Alan Bible Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney Genera ...
; Ranking Member: Winston L. Prouty) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: John J. Williams) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman:
J. William Fulbright James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest-serving chair ...
; Ranking Member: Bourke B. Hickenlooper) * United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt) * United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman:
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: Thomas H. Kuchel) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member:
Everett Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As P ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chairman:
J. Lister Hill Joseph Lister Hill (December 27, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who represented Alabama in the United States House of Representatives from 1923 to 1938 and the United States Senate from 1938 ...
; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Organization of Congress, Organization of Congress (Select) (Chairman: ) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: A.S. Mike Monroney; Ranking Member:
Frank Carlson Frank Carlson (January 23, 1893May 30, 1987) was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: Patrick V. McNamara, Pat McNamara; Ranking Member:
John Sherman Cooper John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the United States. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elected to two fu ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chairman: B. Everett Jordan; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: John J. Sparkman) * United States Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct, Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chairman: ; Ranking Member: ) * Committee of the whole, Whole


House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Harold D. Cooley; Ranking Member: Paul B. Dague) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Frank T. Bow) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chairman: L. Mendel Rivers; Ranking Member:
William H. Bates William Henry Bates (April 26, 1917 – June 22, 1969) was a member of the United States House of Representatives notable for his staunch support of the United States Navy. Life and career Bates was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Nor ...
) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Adam Clayton Powell; Ranking Member: William H. Ayres) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: Frances P. Bolton) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chairman: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chairman: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Glenard P. Lipscomb) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chairman:
Wayne N. Aspinall Wayne Norviel Aspinall (April 3, 1896 – October 9, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician from Colorado. He is largely known for his tenure in the United States House of Representatives, serving twelve terms as a Democrat from 1949 to ...
; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
Oren Harris Oren Harris (December 20, 1903 – February 5, 1997) was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court ...
; Ranking Member: William L. Springer) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Edward A. Garmatz; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chairman: Tom J. Murray; Ranking Member: Robert J. Corbett) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chairman: George Hyde Fallon; Ranking Member: William C. Cramer) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Howard W. Smith; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown) * United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Science and Astronautics (Chairman: George Paul Miller; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Martin Jr.) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chairman: Joe L. Evins) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Chairman: ) * United States House Committee on Un-American Activities, Un-American Activities (Chairman: Edwin E. Willis; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: E. Ross Adair) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member: John W. Byrnes) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole


Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chairman: Rep. Chet Holifield; Vice Chairman: Sen. John O. Pastore) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian, Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian * United States Congress Joint Committee on Defense Production, Defense Production (Chairman: Sen.
A. Willis Robertson Absalom Willis Robertson (May 27, 1887 – November 1, 1971) was an American politician from Virginia who served in public office for over 50 years. A member of the Democratic Party and lukewarm ally of the Byrd Organization led by fellow U.S. Se ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep. Wright Patman) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chairman: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chairman: Sen. Paul H. Douglas) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy, Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chairman: Rep. Michael A. Feighan) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, Legislative Budget * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson; Vice Chairman: Sen. B. Everett Jordan) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration, Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration * United States Congress Joint Committee on Organization of Congress, Organization of Congress * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen.
Carl Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. Representing Arizona in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1969, he was the first U.S. Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as the state's first Represe ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep. Omar Burleson) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chairman: Vacant; Vice Chairman: Vacant) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chairman: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chairman: Sen. Harry Flood Byrd, Harry F. Byrd)


Employees


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

* Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver, until 1966 ** Rufus Pearson, from 1966 * Comptroller General of the United States: Joseph Campbell (accountant), Joseph Campbell, until July 31, 1965, vacant thereafter ** vacant, July 31, 1965 – March 8, 1966 ** Elmer B. Staats, from March 8, 1966 * Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford * Public Printer of the United States: James L. Harrison


Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodism, ''Methodist'') * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Floyd Riddick * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston, until December 30, 1965 ** Emery L. Frazier, January 1, 1966 – September 30, 1966 ** Francis R. Valeo, from October 1, 1966 * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Richard D. Hupman * Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party Secretary: Francis R. Valeo, until 1966 ** Joseph Stanley Kimmitt, J. Stanley Kimmitt, from 1966 * Republican Party (United States), Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke, until December 30, 1965 ** Robert G. Dunphy, from January 14, 1966


House of Representatives

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


Footnotes

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See also

* 1964 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1964 United States presidential election ** 1964 United States Senate elections ** 1964 United States House of Representatives elections * 1966 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1966 United States Senate elections ** 1966 United States House of Representatives elections


Notes


References


Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress





External links

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