91st United States Congress

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91st United States Congress
90th ←
→ 92nd

January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
Members100 senators
435 representatives
Senate majorityDemocratic Party
Senate PresidentHubert Humphrey (until Jan 20, 1969)
Spiro Agnew (from Jan 20, 1969)
House majorityDemocratic Party
House SpeakerJohn W. McCormack
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1969 – December 23, 1969
2nd: January 19, 1970 – January 2, 1971

The Ninety-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1969 to January 3, 1971, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighteenth Census of the United States in 1960. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

Major legislation

President Richard Nixon paying his last tributes to Sen. Everett Dirksen, who died September 7, 1969.

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

Party standings on the opening day of the 91st Congress
  57 Democratic Senators
  43 Republican Senators

TOTAL members: 100

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

Senate President Spiro Agnew

Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1974.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

House of Representatives

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The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

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

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii[1]

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Delegates

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Changes in membership

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

Senate

  • replacements: 3
  • deaths: 1
  • resignations: 2
  • Total seats with changes: 3


Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

|- | Illinois
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Everett Dirksen (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1969 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | September 17, 1969 |- | Illinois
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 3, 1970 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Adlai Stevenson III (D) | November 17, 1970 |- | Delaware
(1) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John J. Williams (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1970 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William V. Roth, Jr. (R) | January 1, 1971 |- | California
(1) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George Murphy (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 2, 1971 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John V. Tunney (D) | January 2, 1971 |}

House of Representatives

  • replacements: 14
  • deaths: 10
  • resignations: 8
  • Total seats with changes: 18


Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- | California 27th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Edwin Reinecke (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 21, 1969 after becoming Lieutenant Governor of California | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (R) | April 29, 1969 |- | Wisconsin 7th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Melvin R. Laird (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 21, 1969 after being appointed United States Secretary of Defense | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Dave Obey (D) | April 1, 1969 |- | Tennessee 8th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Robert A. Everett (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 26, 1969 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Ed Jones (D) | March 25, 1969 |- | Montana 2nd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| James F. Battin (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 27, 1969 after being appointed judge for the US District Court for the District of Montana | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John Melcher (D) | June 24, 1969 |- | Illinois 13th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Donald Rumsfeld (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 25, 1969 after being appointed Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Phil Crane (R) | November 25, 1969 |- | Massachusetts 6th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| William H. Bates (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 22, 1969 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Michael J. Harrington (D) | September 30, 1969 |- | Illinois 6th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Daniel J. Ronan (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 13, 1969 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | George W. Collins (D) | November 3, 1970 |- | New Jersey 8th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Charles S. Joelson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 4, 1969 after becoming judge of Superior Court of New Jersey | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Robert A. Roe (D) | November 4, 1969 |- | New Jersey 6th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| William T. Cahill (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 19, 1970 after becoming Governor of New Jersey | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Edwin B. Forsythe (R) | November 3, 1970 |- | California 24th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 1, 1970 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John H. Rousselot (R) | June 30, 1970 |- | California 35th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| James B. Utt (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 1, 1970 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John G. Schmitz (R) | June 30, 1970 |- | Connecticut 2nd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| William St. Onge (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 1, 1970 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Robert H. Steele (R) | November 3, 1970 |- | Ohio 19th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Michael J. Kirwan (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 27, 1970 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Charles J. Carney (D) | November 3, 1970 |- | Pennsylvania 9th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| George Watkins (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 7, 1970 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John H. Ware III (R) | November 3, 1970 |- | Illinois 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| William L. Dawson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 9, 1970 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | South Carolina 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| L. Mendel Rivers (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 28, 1970 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Delaware At-large | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| William V. Roth, Jr. (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1970 after being appointed to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | California 38th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| John V. Tunney (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 2, 1971 after being appointed to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

References

  1. ^ both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

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