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and the

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. It met in

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, from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1971, during the final weeks of the presidency of

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and the first two years of the first presidency of

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...

. The apportionment of seats in this

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was based on the

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. Both chambers had a Democratic majority - albeit with losing their

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status in the Senate. With

being sworn in as

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 ...

on January 20, 1969, this ended the Democrats' overall federal government

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that they had held since the 87th Congress.

Major events

*January 20, 1969:

Richard M. Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 36th vice president under P ...

became 37th President of the United States. *July 20, 1969:

Space Race The Space Race (, ) was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between t ...

Apollo 11 Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted from July 16 to 24, 1969, by the United States and launched by NASA. It marked the first time that humans Moon landing, landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin l ...

lands on the Moon's surface, the first human landing on Moon. *November 15, 1969:

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...

: In

, 250,000–500,000 protesters stage a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death". *December 1, 1969:

: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II. *November 30, 1970: The 1969–1970 recession ends.

Major legislation

* June 17, 1969:

Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act is a 1970 federal law in the United States designed to limit the practice of tobacco smoking. As approved by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Richard Nixon, the act required a str ...

, * December 30, 1969:

Tax Reform Act of 1969 The Tax Reform Act of 1969 () was a United States federal tax law signed by President Richard Nixon oDecember 30, 1969 Its largest impact was creating the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was intended to tax high-income earners who had previously a ...

, * December 30, 1969:

Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, U.S. Public Law 91-173, generally referred to as the Coal Act, was passed by the 91st United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 37th President of the United States Richar ...

, * January 1, 1970:

National Environmental Policy Act The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a United States environmental law designed to promote the enhancement of the environment. It created new laws requiring U.S. federal government agencies to evaluate the environmental impacts of ...

, * April 3, 1970:

Environmental Quality Improvement Act The Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970 is a United States environmental law which was passed to work in conjunction with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). One of the two major purposes of the Act was to authorize t ...

, * May 21, 1970:

Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 The Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 ( Pub.L. 91-258) was a United States federal law passed during the 91st Congress, and signed into law by President Richard Nixon in conjunction with the Airport and Airway Revenue Act on May 21, 197 ...

, , title I * August 12, 1970:

Postal Reorganization Act The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 was a law passed by the United States Congress that abolished the then U.S. Post Office Department, which was a part of the Cabinet, and created the U.S. Postal Service, a corporation-like independent agen ...

(

United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the executive branch of the federal governmen ...

), * August 15, 1970:

Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 The Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 (Title II of , formerly codified a12 U.S.C. § 1904 was a United States law that authorized the President to stabilize prices, rents, wages, salaries, interest rates, dividends and similar transfers as par ...

, Title II of * September 22, 1970:

District of Columbia Delegate Act A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

, * October 15, 1970: Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, (including the

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. RICO was e ...

("RICO") * October 15, 1970: Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970, * October 26, 1970:

Bank Secrecy Act The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 (BSA), also known as the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, is a U.S. law requiring financial institutions in the United States to assist U.S. government agencies in detecting and preventing money laun ...

, * October 26, 1970:

Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 () was an act of the United States Congress to "improve the operation of the legislative branch of the Federal Government, and for other purposes." The act focused mainly on the rules that governed congre ...

* October 27, 1970:

Controlled Substances Act The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) is the statute establishing federal government of the United States, federal drug policy of the United States, U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use, and distribution of ...

, * October 30, 1970:

Rail Passenger Service Act The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (; ), is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates intercity rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinc ...

(

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), * December 24, 1970:

Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970 Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as m ...

, * December 24, 1970:

Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970 The Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970 (PVPA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 2321-2582, is an intellectual property statute in the United States. The PVPA gives breeders up to 25 years of exclusive control over new, distinct, uniform, and stable sexually repro ...

, * December 29, 1970:

Occupational Safety and Health Act The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is a US labor law governing the federal law of occupational health and safety in the private sector and federal government in the United States. It was enacted by Congress in 1970 and was signed b ...

(OSHA), * December 31, 1970: Clean Air Act Extension, * December 31, 1970:

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 Title VII, otherwise known as the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 or New Communities Assistance Program was established to guarantee bonds, debentures, and other financing of private and public new community developers and to provide oth ...

, , including title VII,

National Urban Policy and New Community Development Act of 1970 National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* January 12, 1971: Foreign Military Sales Act of 1971, * January 13, 1971: Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act,

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), until January 20, 1969 **

Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew (; November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second of two vice presidents to resign, the first being John C. ...

(R), from January 20, 1969 * President pro tempore:

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) * 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:

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 ...

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 ...

* Caucus Secretary:

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 ...

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 ...

, until September 7, 1969 **

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 ...

, from September 24, 1969 *

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 ...

, until September 24, 1969 ** Robert P. Griffin, from September 24, 1969 *

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 ...

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 ...

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:

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 ...

* Policy Committee Chairman: Gordon Allott

House of Representatives

* Speaker: 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 ...

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:

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 ...

* 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 A. Feighan

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 ...

: Leslie C. Arends *

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 ...

: Richard H. Poff * Policy Committee Chairman:

John Jacob Rhodes John Jacob Rhodes Jr. (September 18, 1916 – August 24, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Rhodes 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 by class, and Members of the House 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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1974.

Alabama

: 2. John J. Sparkman (D) : 3. James Allen (D)

Alaska

: 2.

Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...

(R) : 3.

Mike Gravel Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel ( ; May 13, 1930 – June 26, 2021) was an American politician and writer who represented Alaska in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party. He ran for president twice: in 200 ...

(D)

Arizona

: 1.

Paul Fannin Paul Jones Fannin (January 29, 1907January 13, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1965 to 1977. He previously served as the 11th governor of Arizona from 1959 to 1965. Ea ...

(R) : 3.

Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Re ...

(R)

Arkansas

: 2. John L. McClellan (D) : 3.

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

(D)

California

: 1.

George Murphy George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American 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), until January 2, 1971 ::

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 ...

(D), from January 2, 1971 : 3.

Alan Cranston Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the Citizens for Global S ...

(D)

Colorado

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

Connecticut

: 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

: 1. John J. Williams (R), until December 30, 1970 ::

William Roth William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republi ...

(R), from January 1, 1971 : 2. J. Caleb Boggs (R)

Florida

: 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. Edward Gurney (R)

Georgia

: 2.

(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

: 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

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

Frank Church Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American politician and lawyer. A 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

: 2.

Charles H. Percy Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011), also known as Chuck Percy, was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. sen ...

(R) : 3.

(R), until September 7, 1969 :: Ralph Tyler Smith (R), September 17, 1969 - November 3, 1970 ::

Adlai Stevenson III Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (October 10, 1930 – September 6, 2021) was an American attorney and politician from Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1970 to 1981. A member of the prom ...

(D), from November 17, 1970

Indiana

: 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

: 2. Jack Miller (R) : 3.

Harold Hughes Harold Everett Hughes (February 10, 1922 – October 23, 1996) was an American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969, and a United States senator from Iowa from 1969 until 1975. He began his political career as ...

(D)

Kansas

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

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

(R)

Kentucky

: 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. Marlow Cook (R)

Louisiana

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

Maine

: 1.

Edmund Muskie Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1 ...

(D) : 2.

(R)

Maryland

: 1.

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.

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

(R)

Massachusetts

: 1.

(D) : 2.

Edward Brooke Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. He was the first African American elected to t ...

(R)

Michigan

: 1.

Philip Hart Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as ...

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

Minnesota

: 1.

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

(DFL) : 2.

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

(DFL)

Mississippi

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

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 ...

(D)

Missouri

: 1.

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

(D) : 3.

Thomas Eagleton Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972. H ...

(D)

Montana

: 1.

(D) : 2.

(D)

Nebraska

: 1. Roman Hruska (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 ...

(R)

Nevada

: 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 ...

(D)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New Mexico

: 1.

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

(D) : 2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

New York

: 1. Charles Goodell (R) : 3.

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 ...

(R)

North Carolina

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

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

(D)

North Dakota

: 1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL) : 3.

(R)

Ohio

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

William B. Saxbe William Bart Saxbe ( ; June 24, 1916 – August 24, 2010) was an American diplomat and politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator for Ohio, and was the Attorney General for Presidents Richard M. Nixon and ...

(R)

Oklahoma

: 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.

Henry Bellmon Henry Louis Bellmon (September 3, 1921 – September 29, 2009) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Oklahoma. A member of the Oklahoma Legislature, he went on to become both the 18th and 23rd governor of Oklahoma, mai ...

(R)

Oregon

: 2.

Mark Hatfield Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Moderates, moderate Republican Party (United States), Republican, he se ...

(R) : 3.

Bob Packwood Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995. He resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 ...

(R)

Pennsylvania

: 1.

(R) : 3.

Richard Schweiker Richard Schultz Schweiker (June 1, 1926 – July 31, 2015) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of health and human services under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1983. A member of the R ...

(R)

Rhode Island

: 1.

John Pastore John Orlando Pastore (March 17, 1907July 15, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1950 to 1976 and as the 61st governor of Rhode Island from ...

(D) : 2.

Claiborne Pell Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...

(D)

South Carolina

: 2.

Strom Thurmond 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.

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)

South Dakota

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

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

(D)

Tennessee

: 1. Albert Gore Sr. (D) : 2.

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

(R)

Texas

: 1.

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

(D) : 2.

(R)

Utah

: 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

: 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 ...

(R)

Virginia

: 1. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D) : 2. William B. Spong Jr. (D)

Washington

: 1.

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

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

West Virginia

: 1.

(D) : 2.

Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph (March 8, 1902May 8, 1998) was an American politician from West Virginia. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1947 and the United States Senate from 1958 to ...

(D)

Wisconsin

: 1.

William Proxmire Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party (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 ...

(D)

Wyoming

: 1. Gale W. McGee (D) : 2. Clifford Hansen (R) 91st United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

Some members of the House of Representatives were elected statewide on the

general ticket The general ticket or party block voting (PBV), is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party or a team of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner and receives 100% of the seats for this multi-member distric ...

or otherwise ''at-large,'' and others were elected from districts, as listed here as the districts existed at this time.

Alabama

: . Jack Edwards (R) : . William Louis Dickinson (R) : . George W. Andrews (D) : .

Bill Nichols William or Bill Nichols may refer to: * William Nichols (English priest), Dean of Chester, 1644–1657 *William Nichols, secretary of John Fell, 17th century clergyman * William Nichols (mariner) (fl. 1758–1780), English sea captain * William Nic ...

(D) : .

Walter Flowers Walter Winkler Flowers, Jr. (April 12, 1933 – April 12, 1984) was an American Democratic politician who represented Alabama's 5th congressional district and Alabama's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representati ...

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

Tom Bevill Tom Donald Fike Bevill (March 27, 1921 – March 28, 2005) was an American attorney, politician, and United States Democratic Party, Democratic fifteen-term United States House of Representatives, U.S. congressman who represented Alabama's 4th Co ...

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

Alaska

: .

Howard Wallace Pollock Howard Wallace Pollock (April 11, 1920 – January 9, 2011) was an American politician and Republican Representative from Alaska. Biography Pollock was born in Chicago to Olga (née Deblanc) and Oscar Tobias Pollock, and grew up in New Orleans. ...

(R)

Arizona

: .

(R) : .

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) : .

Sam Steiger Samuel Steiger (March 10, 1929September 26, 2012) was an American politician, journalist, political pundit. He served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Pr ...

(R)

Arkansas

: . William Vollie Alexander Jr. (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 ...

(D) : .

John Paul Hammerschmidt John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...

(R) : .

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)

California

: .

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 (R) : .

Pete McCloskey Paul Norton "Pete" McCloskey Jr. (September 29, 1927 – May 8, 2024) was an American politician who represented San Mateo County, California, as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983. Born in Loma Linda, Californi ...

(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) : .

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) : . John J. McFall (D) : . B. F. Sisk (D) : . Glenn M. Anderson (D) : .

Bob Mathias Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, politician, and actor. Representing the United States, he won two Olympic gold medals in the Decathlon, at the 1948 and the 1952 Summer Games. As a Re ...

(R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : .

H. Allen Smith Harry Allen Wolfgang Smith
''Time (magazine), Time''. Nove ...

(R) : .

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 ...

(D) : .

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. ...

(D) : .

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), until February 1, 1970 ::

John H. Rousselot John Harbin Rousselot (November 1, 1927 – May 11, 2003) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from southern California. Although the territory he represented was generally the same, in eastern Los Angeles County ...

(R), from June 30, 1970 : .

Charles E. Wiggins Charles Edward Wiggins (December 3, 1927 – March 2, 2000) was a United States representative from California, and later a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was initially elected to Cali ...

(R) : .

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) : . Edwin Reinecke (R), until January 21, 1969 :: Barry Goldwater Jr. (R), from April 29, 1969 : . 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 ...

(D) : . Charles H. Wilson (D) : . Craig Hosmer (R) : . Jerry Pettis (R) : .

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 ...

(D) : . James B. Utt (R), until March 1, 1970 :: John G. Schmitz (R), from June 30, 1970 : .

(R) : . Lionel Van Deerlin (D) : .

(D), until January 2, 1971

Colorado

: .

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 ...

(D) : .

Donald G. Brotzman Donald Glenn Brotzman (June 28, 1922 – September 15, 2004) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado. As of 2025, he remains the last republican to have represented Colorado's 2nd district in the House of Representatives. History Brotzman was bo ...

(R) : . Frank Evans (D) : .

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 ...

(D)

Connecticut

: . Emilio Q. Daddario (D) : . William St. Onge (D), until May 1, 1970 ::

Robert H. Steele Robert Hampton Steele (born November 3, 1938) is a retired American politician and author from the state of Connecticut. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, Steele served in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Re ...

(R), from November 3, 1970 : . Robert Giaimo (D) : .

Lowell Weicker Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (; May 16, 1931 – June 28, 2023) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut. Weicker unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for presi ...

(R) : . John S. Monagan (D) : .

Thomas Meskill Thomas Joseph Meskill Jr. (January 30, 1928 – October 29, 2007) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He previously served as the 82nd governor of Connecticut, as a United States rep ...

(R)

Delaware

: .

(R), until December 31, 1970

Florida

: . Robert L. F. Sikes (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 ...

(D) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Bill Chappell (D) : . Louis Frey Jr. (R) : . Sam Gibbons (D) : . James A. Haley (D) : . William C. Cramer (R) : . Paul Rogers (D) : .

J. Herbert Burke J. Herbert Burke (January 14, 1913 – June 16, 1993) was a Republican U.S. Representative from Florida who served from 1967 to 1979. History He was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he attended the public schools, the defunct Central YMCA ...

(R) : .

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 ...

(D) : . Dante Fascell (D)

Georgia

: . George Elliott Hagan (D) : . Maston E. O'Neal Jr. (D) : . Jack Brinkley (D) : . Benjamin B. Blackburn (R) : . Fletcher Thompson (R) : . John Flynt (D) : . John William Davis (D) : . W. S. Stuckey Jr. (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (D)

Hawaii

Both members were elected statewide on a

. : .

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

(D) : .

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 ...

(D)

Idaho

: . James A. McClure (R) : . Orval H. Hansen (R)

Illinois

: . William L. Dawson (D), until November 9, 1970 : . Abner J. Mikva (D) : . William T. Murphy (D) : . Ed Derwinski (R) : .

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 ...

(D) : . Daniel J. Ronan (D), until August 13, 1969 :: George W. Collins (D), from November 3, 1970 : .

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 ...

(D) : .

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 ...

(D) : . Harold R. Collier (R) : .

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 ...

(D) : . Robert McClory (R) : .

Donald Rumsfeld Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, businessman, and naval officer who served as United States Secretary of Defense, secretary of defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and again ...

(R), until May 25, 1969 ::

Phil Crane Philip Miller Crane (November 3, 1930 – November 8, 2014) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern s ...

(R), from November 25, 1969 : .

John N. Erlenborn John Neal Erlenborn (February 8, 1927 – October 30, 2005) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. Congressional Delegations from Illinois, representing the 14th (then after United States Cong ...

(R) : . Charlotte Thompson Reid (R) : .

(R) : . Leslie C. Arends (R) : .

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 ...

(R) : .

Tom Railsback Thomas Fisher Railsback (January 22, 1932 – January 20, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer who served eight terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983 for . A member of the Republican Party, he sat on the Hou ...

(R) : . Paul Findley (R) : . Kenneth J. Gray (D) : . William L. Springer (R) : . George E. Shipley (D) : . Melvin Price (D)

Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : .

Earl Landgrebe Earl Fredrick Landgrebe (January 21, 1916 – June 29, 1986) was an American politician and businessman who served as a Republican senator in the Indiana Senate and member of the United States House of Representatives. During the Watergate sca ...

(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) : . Richard L. Roudebush (R) : . William G. Bray (R) : . John T. Myers (R) : . Roger H. Zion (R) : .

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 ...

(D) : . David W. Dennis (R) : . Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)

Iowa

: .

Fred Schwengel Frederick Delbert Schwengel (May 28, 1906April 1, 1993) was a Republican U.S. Representative from southeastern Iowa. Personal background Born on a farm near Sheffield, Iowa, to German immigrants, Schwengel attended the rural schools in West For ...

(R) : .

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 ...

(D) : . H. R. Gross (R) : .

John Henry Kyl John Henry Kyl (May 9, 1919 – December 23, 2002) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 4th congressional district from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973. ...

(R) : .

Neal 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) : .

Wiley Mayne Wiley Mayne (January 19, 1917 – May 27, 2007) was an American attorney who served as a four-term United States Republican Party, Republican United States House of Representatives, United States Congressman from Iowa's Iowa's 6th congression ...

(R) : . William J. Scherle (R)

Kansas

: .

Keith Sebelius Keith George Sebelius (September 10, 1916 – August 5, 1982) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican. He became active in politics following World War II and was later appointed to ...

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

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

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

Joe Skubitz 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 ...

(R)

Kentucky

: . Frank Stubblefield (D) : .

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 ...

(D) : . William Cowger (R) : .

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

(R) : .

Tim Lee Carter 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 ...

(R) : . John C. Watts (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D)

Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : .

(D) : . Patrick T. Caffery (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 ...

(D) : .

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

(D) : .

Edwin Edwards Edwin Washington Edwards (August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021) was an American politician 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) : .

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 ...

(D)

Maine

: . Peter Kyros (D) : .

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 ...

(D)

Maryland

: .

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

(R) : . Clarence Long (D) : .

Edward Garmatz 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 ...

(D) : . George Hyde Fallon (D) : .

Lawrence Hogan Lawrence Joseph Hogan Sr. (September 30, 1928 – April 20, 2017) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative for the 5th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1975. In 1974, he w ...

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

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 ...

(D) : .

Gilbert Gude Gilbert Gude (March 9, 1923 – June 7, 2007) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 1967 to 1977. He was a member of the Republican Party. Early life and career Gude was ...

(R)

Massachusetts

: . Silvio O. Conte (R) : .

Edward Boland Edward Patrick Boland (October 1, 1911 – November 4, 2001) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Early life and education Bola ...

(D) : .

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 ...

(D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . F. Bradford Morse (R) : . William H. Bates (R), until June 22, 1969 :: Michael J. Harrington (D), from September 30, 1969 : . Torbert Macdonald (D) : .

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) : .

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

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

Michigan

: .

John Conyers John James Conyers Jr. (May 16, 1929October 27, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1965 to 2017. Conyers was the sixth-longest serving member of Congress and the lo ...

(D) : .

Marvin L. Esch Marvin Leonel Esch (August 4, 1927 – June 19, 2010) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and a member of the Republican Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1977 before unsuccessfully seeking ...

(R) : .

Garry E. Brown Garry Eldridge Brown (August 12, 1923 – August 27, 1998) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1979. Biography Brown was born in Schoolcraft, Mich ...

(R) : .

J. Edward Hutchinson J. Edward Hutchinson (October 13, 1914 – July 22, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state, state of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he represented Michigan's 4th congressio ...

(R) : .

(R) : . Charles E. Chamberlain (R) : .

Donald Riegle Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. ( ; born February 4, 1938) is an American politician, author, and businessman from Michigan. He served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator in the U.S. Congress. Early life and family Donal ...

(R) : . R. James Harvey (R) : .

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

(R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : .

Philip Ruppe Philip Edward Ruppe (born September 29, 1926) is an American retired politician from Michigan who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for six terms from 1967 to 1979 before running, unsuccessfully for the United Stat ...

(R) : .

James G. O'Hara James Grant O'Hara (November 8, 1925 – March 13, 1989) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1977. Early life O'Hara was born in Washington, D.C. He moved with his parents to ...

(D) : .

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

(D) : .

Lucien Nedzi Lucien Norbert Nedzi (May 28, 1925 – June 9, 2025) was an American attorney and politician from Michigan who served as public administrator of Wayne County, Michigan, from 1955 to 1961 and a member of the United States House of Representatives ...

(D) : . William D. Ford (D) : . John D. Dingell Jr. (D) : . Martha Griffiths (D) : .

William Broomfield William S. Broomfield, (April 28, 1922 – February 20, 2019) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Broomfield, the son of Scevillian C. and Fern Broomfield was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. His father was a ...

(R) : . Jack H. McDonald (R)

Minnesota

: .

Al Quie Albert Harold "Al" Quie ( ; September 18, 1923 – August 18, 2023) was an American politician and farmer. Quie served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1958 to 1979 and as Governor of Minnesota from 1979 to 1983. Re ...

(R) : . Ancher Nelsen (R) : . Clark MacGregor (R) : . Joseph Karth (DFL) : .

Donald M. Fraser Donald MacKay Fraser (February 20, 1924 – June 2, 2019) was an American politician from Minnesota who served as U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district from 1963 to 1979 and as mayor of Minneapolis from 1980 to 1994. Ea ...

(DFL) : .

John M. Zwach John Matthew Zwach Sr. (February 8, 1907 – November 11, 1990) was an American farmer, rural school teacher, and politician. Zwach was most notably a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, serving four t ...

(R) : . Odin Langen (R) : .

John Blatnik John Anton Blatnik (August 17, 1911 – December 17, 1991) was a United States Congressman from Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), which is affiliated with the Democratic Party. Early life Blat ...

(DFL)

Mississippi

: . Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie L. Whitten (D) : . Charles H. Griffin (D) : .

Sonny Montgomery Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery (August 5, 1920 – May 12, 2006) was an American soldier and politician from Mississippi who served in the Mississippi Senate and U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1997. He was also a retired major gener ...

(D) : . William M. Colmer (D)

Missouri

: .

Bill Clay William Lacy "Bill" Clay Sr. (born April 30, 1931) is an American politician from Missouri who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st congressional district representing portions of St. Louis for 3 ...

(D) : . James W. Symington (D) : .

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

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

(D) : . William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D) : . Durward Gorham Hall (R) : . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D) : . William L. Hungate (D) : . Bill Burlison (D)

Montana

: .

Arnold Olsen Arnold Olsen (December 17, 1916 – October 9, 1990) was a U.S. Democratic politician who served as the Attorney General of Montana from 1949 to 1957, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana's 1st congressiona ...

(D) : . James F. Battin (R), until February 27, 1969 ::

John Melcher John David Melcher (September 6, 1924 – April 12, 2018) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Montana for four terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and as a United Sta ...

(D), from June 24, 1969

James J. Howard James John Howard (July 24, 1927 – March 25, 1988) was an American educator and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 until his death from a h ...

(D) : .

Frank Thompson Frank Thompson Jr. (July 26, 1918 – July 22, 1989) was an American politician. He represented in the United States House of Representatives as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat from 1955 to 1980, and was chairman of the United Sta ...

(D) : . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R) : . William T. Cahill (R), until January 19, 1970 :: Edwin B. Forsythe (R), from November 3, 1970 : . William B. Widnall (R) : .

Charles Samuel Joelson Charles Samuel Joelson (January 27, 1916 – August 17, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician. Joelson, a Democrat, succeeded Gordon Canfield as the Representative for New Jersey's 8th District for eight years, lasting from 1961 un ...

(D), until September 4, 1969 :: Robert A. Roe (D), from November 4, 1969 : .

Henry Helstoski Henry Helstoski (March 21, 1925 – December 16, 1999) was an American politician and veteran of World War II. Helstoski, a Democrat, represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives for twelve years, lasting from 1965 until ...

(D) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Joseph Minish (D) : .

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

(R) : . Cornelius Gallagher (D) : . Dominick V. Daniels (D) : . Edward J. Patten (D)

New Mexico

: .

Manuel Lujan Jr. Manuel Archibald Lujan Jr. (May 12, 1928 – April 25, 2019) was an American politician from New Mexico who sat in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from 1969 to 1989 and was the United States secretary of the interior from 19 ...

(R) : . Ed Foreman (R)

New York

: . Otis G. Pike (D) : . James R. Grover Jr. (R) : .

Lester L. Wolff Lester Lionel Wolff (January 4, 1919 – May 11, 2021) was an American politician who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Long Island, New York. He also served as pr ...

(D) : . John W. Wydler (R) : . Allard K. Lowenstein (D) : . Seymour Halpern (R) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : .

Emanuel Celler Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888 – January 15, 1981) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from New York (state), New York who represented parts of the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in the United Stat ...

(D) : . Frank J. Brasco (D) : .

Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita Chisholm ( ; ; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional dist ...

(D) : . Bertram L. Podell (D) : . John J. Rooney (D) : .

Hugh Carey Hugh Leo Carey (April 11, 1919 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and attorney of the Democratic Party who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1961 to 1974 and as the 51st governor of New York from 1975 to 1982. Early ...

(D) : . John M. Murphy (D) : .

Ed Koch Edward Irving Koch ( ; December 12, 1924February 1, 2013) was an American politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and was mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Koch was a lifelong Democrat who ...

(D) : .

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971. He was t ...

(D) : . Leonard Farbstein (D) : .

William Fitts Ryan William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is ...

(D) : . James H. Scheuer (D) : . Jacob H. Gilbert (D) : . Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) : .

Mario Biaggi Mario Biaggi (October 26, 1917 – June 24, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, and police officer. He served ten terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1969 to 1988. Prior to his political car ...

(D) : .

Richard Ottinger Richard Lawrence Ottinger (born January 27, 1929) is an American retired lawyer, politician, and legal educator from New York. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives for eight terms, from 1965 to 1971 and from 1975 to ...

(D) : .

Ogden Reid Ogden Rogers Reid (June 24, 1925 – March 2, 2019) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and a six-term United States Representative from Westchester County, New York, serving from 1963 to 1975. Early ...

(R) : . Martin B. McKneally (R) : .

Hamilton Fish IV Hamilton Fish IV or Hamilton Fish Jr. (June 3, 1926 – July 23, 1996) was an American Republican politician who represented parts of New York's Hudson Valley region in the United States House of Representatives for thirteen terms from 1969 to ...

(R) : .

Daniel E. Button Daniel Evan Button (November 1, 1917 – March 7, 2009) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state), New York from 1967 to 1971. A native of Dunkirk, New York, ...

(R) : . Carleton J. King (R) : . Robert C. McEwen (R) : . Alexander Pirnie (R) : . Howard W. Robison (R) : . James M. Hanley (D) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Frank Horton (R) : .

Barber Conable Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (November 2, 1922 – November 30, 2003) was a U.S. Congressman from New York and former president of the World Bank Group. Biography Conable was born in Warsaw, New York on November 2, 1922. Conable was an Eagle Scou ...

(R) : . James F. Hastings (R) : .

Richard D. McCarthy Richard Dean “Max” McCarthy (September 24, 1927 – May 5, 1995) was an American newspaperman and politician who served three terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1965 to 1971. H ...

(D) : . Henry P. Smith III (R) : . Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)

North Carolina

: . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : .

David N. Henderson David Newton Henderson (April 16, 1921 – January 13, 2004) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1961 to 1977. Born on a farm near Hubert, North Carolina, Hend ...

(D) : . Nick Galifianakis (D) : . Wilmer Mizell (R) : . L. Richardson Preyer (D) : . Alton Lennon (D) : . Earl B. Ruth (R) : . Charles R. Jonas (R) : . Jim Broyhill (R) : . Roy A. Taylor (D)

North Dakota

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

Ohio

: . Robert Taft Jr. (R) : . Donald D. Clancy (R) : . Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . Bud Brown (R) : . Jackson Edward Betts (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : .

Clarence E. Miller Clarence Ellsworth Miller, Jr. (November 1, 1917 – August 2, 2011) was a United States Republican Party, Republican United States House of Representatives, Congressman from Ohio, serving January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1993. Early life and ...

(R) : . J. William Stanton (R) : . Samuel L. Devine (R) : . Charles Adams Mosher (R) : . William Hanes Ayres (R) : . Chalmers Wylie (R) : . Frank T. Bow (R) : .

John M. Ashbrook John Milan Ashbrook (September 21, 1928 – April 24, 1982) was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1961 until his death.

(R) : . Wayne Hays (D) : . Michael J. Kirwan (D), until July 27, 1970 :: Charles J. Carney (D), from November 3, 1970 : . Michael A. Feighan (D) : .

Louis Stokes Louis Stokes (February 23, 1925 – August 18, 2015) was an American attorney, civil rights pioneer and politician. He served 15 terms in the United States House of Representatives – representing the east side of Cleveland – and was the firs ...

(D) : .

Charles Vanik Charles Albert Vanik (April 7, 1913 – August 30, 2007) was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1981. Early life Vanik was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Stella (née ...

(D) : . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R) : . Buz Lukens (R)

Oklahoma

: .

Page Belcher Page Henry Belcher (April 21, 1899 – August 2, 1980) was an American Republican politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. Biography Belcher was born in Jefferson in northern Oklahoma to George Harvey Belcher and Jessie Ray. He wa ...

(R) : . Ed Edmondson (D) : .

(D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . John Newbold Camp (R)

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D) : . James A. Byrne (D) : . Joshua Eilberg (D) : . William J. Green III (D) : . Gus Yatron (D) : . Lawrence G. Williams (R) : . Edward G. Biester Jr. (R) : . George Watkins (politician), George Watkins (R), until August 7, 1970 :: John H. Ware III (R), from November 3, 1970 : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Dan Flood (D) : . J. Irving Whalley (R) : . Lawrence Coughlin (R) : . William S. Moorhead (D) : . Fred B. Rooney (D) : . Edwin Duing Eshleman (R) : . Herman T. Schneebeli (R) : . Robert J. Corbett (R) : . George Atlee Goodling (R) : . Joseph M. Gaydos (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)

Rhode Island

: . Fernand St Germain (D) : . Robert Tiernan (D)

South Carolina

: . L. Mendel Rivers (D), until December 28, 1970 : . Albert Watson (South Carolina politician), Albert Watson (R) : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) : . James Mann (South Carolina politician), James Mann (D) : . Thomas S. Gettys (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

: . Jimmy Quillen (R) : . John Duncan Sr. (R) : . Bill Brock (R) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Richard Fulton (D) : . William Anderson (naval officer), William Anderson (D) : . Ray Blanton (D) : . Fats Everett (D), until January 26, 1969 :: Ed Jones (Tennessee politician), Ed Jones (D), from March 25, 1969 : . Dan Kuykendall (R)

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

: . Robert Stafford (R)

Virginia

: . Thomas N. Downing (D) : . G. William Whitehurst (R) : . David E. Satterfield III (D) : . Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D) : . Dan Daniel (politician), Dan Daniel (D) : . Richard Harding Poff (R) : . John Otho Marsh Jr. (D) : . William L. Scott (R) : . William C. Wampler (R) : . Joel Broyhill (R)

Washington

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

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

: . Henry C. Schadeberg (R) : . Robert Kastenmeier (D) : . Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Henry S. Reuss (D) : . William A. Steiger (R) : . Melvin Laird (R), until January 21, 1969 :: Dave Obey (D), from April 1, 1969 : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (R) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)

Wyoming

: . John S. Wold (R)

Delegates

: . Jorge Luis Córdova (Resident Commissioner) (PNP/D) 91 us house membership

Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 3 ** Democratic: 2 seat net gain ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 2 seat net loss * Deaths: 1 * Resignations: 2 *Total seats with changes: 3 , - , List of United States senators from Illinois, Illinois
(3) , ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 7, 1969 , , Ralph Tyler Smith (R) , September 17, 1969 , - , List of United States senators from Illinois, Illinois
(3) , , Ralph Tyler Smith (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Successor elected November 3, 1970 , ,

(D) , November 17, 1970 , - , List of United States senators from Delaware, Delaware
(1) , , John J. Williams (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 30, 1970 , ,

(R) , January 1, 1971 , - , List of United States senators from California, California
(1) , ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 2, 1971 , ,

(D) , January 2, 1971

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 14 ** Democratic: 2 seat net gain ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 2 seat net loss * Deaths: 10 * Resignations: 8 *Total seats with changes: 18 , - , , nowrap, Edwin Reinecke (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 21, 1969, after becoming Lieutenant Governor of California , nowrap , Barry Goldwater Jr. (R) , April 29, 1969 , - , , nowrap, Melvin Laird (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 21, 1969, after being appointed United States Secretary of Defense , nowrap , Dave Obey (D) , April 1, 1969 , - , , nowrap, Fats Everett (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 26, 1969 , nowrap , Ed Jones (Tennessee politician), Ed Jones (D) , March 25, 1969 , - , , nowrap, James F. Battin (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 27, 1969, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of Montana, US District Court for the District of Montana , nowrap ,

(D) , June 24, 1969 , - , , nowrap,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 25, 1969, after being appointed Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity , nowrap ,

(R) , November 25, 1969 , - , , nowrap, William H. Bates (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 22, 1969 , nowrap , Michael J. Harrington (D) , September 30, 1969 , - , , nowrap, Daniel J. Ronan (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 13, 1969 , nowrap , George W. Collins (D) , November 3, 1970 , - , , nowrap,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 4, 1969, after becoming judge of Superior Court of New Jersey , nowrap , Robert A. Roe (D) , November 4, 1969 , - , , nowrap, William T. Cahill (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 19, 1970, after becoming Governor of New Jersey , nowrap , Edwin B. Forsythe (R) , November 3, 1970 , - , , nowrap, Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died February 1, 1970 , nowrap ,

(R) , June 30, 1970 , - , , nowrap, James B. Utt (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 1, 1970 , nowrap , John G. Schmitz (R) , June 30, 1970 , - , , nowrap, William St. Onge (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 1, 1970 , nowrap ,

(R) , November 3, 1970 , - , , nowrap, Michael J. Kirwan (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 27, 1970 , nowrap , Charles J. Carney (D) , November 3, 1970 , - , , nowrap, George Watkins (politician), George Watkins (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 7, 1970 , nowrap , John H. Ware III (R) , November 3, 1970 , - , , nowrap, William L. Dawson (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died November 9, 1970 , rowspan=4 , Vacant , rowspan=4 , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap, L. Mendel Rivers (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 28, 1970 , - , , nowrap,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 31, 1970, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate , - , , nowrap,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 2, 1971, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chair: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chair: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chair: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: Joseph D. Tydings; Ranking Member: Winston L. Prouty) * United States Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, Equal Educational Opportunity (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: John J. Williams) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chair:

; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) * United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt) * United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Gordon Allott) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Everett M. Dirksen, then Roman Hruska) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chair: Ralph W. Yarborough; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) * United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: George S. McGovern) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chair: B. Everett Jordan; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chair:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct, Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair: John C. Stennis; Vice Chairman: Wallace F. Bennett) * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Frank T. Bow) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: L. Mendel Rivers; Ranking Member: William H. Bates) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: William H. Ayres) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: E. Ross Adair) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chair: Samuel N. Friedel; Ranking Member: Glenard P. Lipscomb) * United States House Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop, House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Martha W. Griffiths) * United States House Select Committee on the House Restaurant, House Restaurant (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor) * United States House Committee on Internal Security, Internal Security (Chair: Richard H. Ichord; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member: William L. Springer) * United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair:

; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Edward A. Garmatz; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard) * United States House Select Committee on Parking, Parking (Select) (Chair: Bernice F. Sisk) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Thaddeus J. Dulski; Ranking Member: Robert J. Corbett) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair: George Hyde Fallon; Ranking Member: William C. Cramer) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chair: William M. Colmer; Ranking Member: H. Allen Smith) * United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Science and Astronautics (Chair: George P. Miller; Ranking Member: James G. Fulton) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chair: Joe L. Evins) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Leslie C. Arends) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Charles M. Teague) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chair: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member: John W. Byrnes) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chair: Rep. Chet Holifield; Vice Chair: Sen. John O. Pastore) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, Congressional Operations * United States Congress Joint Committee on Defense Productions, Defense Productions (Chair: Sen. John J. Sparkman; Vice Chair: Rep. Wright Patman) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chair: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chair: Sen.

) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy, Immigration and Nationality Policy * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Legislative Budget, Legislative Budget (Chair: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chair: Rep. Samuel N. Friedel; Vice Chair: Sen. B. Everett Jordan) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration, Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chair: Sen. B. Everett Jordan; Vice Chair: Rep. Samuel N. Friedel) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chair: Rep. George H. Mahon) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chair: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long)

Employees

Notes

References

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External links

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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