87th United States Congress

87th United States Congress
86th ← → 88th
United States Capitol (1962)
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
Members	100 senators 437 representatives
Senate majority	Democratic
Senate President	Richard Nixon (R) until January 20, 1961 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) from January 20, 1961
House majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Sam Rayburn (D) John W. McCormack (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1961 – September 27, 1961 2nd: January 10, 1962 – October 13, 1962

The Eighty-seventh 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, D.C. from January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1963, during the final weeks of the administration of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the first two years of the administration of U.S. President John Kennedy. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950, along with 2 seats temporarily added in 1959 (one member each from recently admitted states of Alaska and Hawaii). Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

Main articles: 1961 in the United States, 1962 in the United States, and 1963 in the United States

• January 3, 1961: President Eisenhower severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
• January 20, 1961: Inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.
• April 17, 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba began; it fails by April 19.
• May 4, 1961: Freedom Riders began interstate bus rides to test the new U.S. Supreme Court integration decision.
• May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard became the first American in space aboard Mercury-Redstone 3.
• May 25, 1961: President Kennedy announced his goal to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade
• November 20: 1961: Funeral of Speaker Sam Rayburn, who died on November 16
• February 3, 1962: Embargo against Cuba was announced
• February 20, 1962: John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
• March 26, 1962: Supreme Court ruled that federal courts could order state legislatures to reapportion seats (Baker v. Carr)
• October 1, 1962: James Meredith registered as the first black student at the University of Mississippi, escorted by Federal Marshals.
• October 14, 1962 - October 28, 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis

Major legislation

Senate President Lyndon Johnson (L) and House Speaker Sam Rayburn seated behind President John Kennedy who is announcing the Apollo program, May 25, 1961

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

• May 1, 1961: Area Redevelopment Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–27, 75 Stat. 47
• August 30, 1961 : Oil Pollution Act of 1961, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–167, 75 Stat. 402
• September 4, 1961: The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–195, 75 Stat. 424
• September 13, 1961: Interstate Wire Act of 1961, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–216, 75 Stat. 491
• September 21, 1961: Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–256, 75 Stat. 527
• September 22, 1961: Peace Corps Act of 1961, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–293, 75 Stat. 612
• September 26, 1961: Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–297, 75 Stat. 631
• October 15, 1961: Community Health Services and Facilities Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–395, 75 Stat. 824
• March 15, 1962: Manpower Development and Training Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–415, 76 Stat. 23
• June 28, 1962: Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–510, 76 Stat. 121
• August 13, 1962: Communications Satellite Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–624, 76 Stat. 419
• October 11, 1962: Trade Expansion Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–794, 76 Stat. 872
• October 23, 1962: Bribery Act, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–849, 76 Stat. 1119
• October 23, 1962: Vaccination Assistance Act of 1962, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–868, 76 Stat. 1155
• October 23, 1962: River and Harbor Act of 1962, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–874, 76 Stat. 1173

Constitutional amendments

The official Joint Resolution of Congress proposing what became the 24th Amendment as contained in the National Archives

• March 29, 1961: Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, extending the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state, was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 38) to become part of the Constitution
• August 27, 1962: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
  • Amendment was later ratified on January 23, 1964, becoming the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Party summary

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)		Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	65	35	100	0
Begin	65	35	100	0
End	62	37	99	1
Final voting share	62.6%	37.4%
Beginning of next congress	64	34	98	2

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)	Independent (I)
End of previous congress	283	153	1	437	0
Begin	264	173	0	437	0
End	261			434	3
Final voting share	60.1%	39.9%	0.0%
Beginning of next congress	258	176	1	435	0

Senate President

Richard Nixon (R)
Until January 20, 1961

Lyndon Johnson (D)
From January 20, 1961

House Speaker

Sam Rayburn (D)
Until November 16, 1961
(1st session)

John McCormack (D)
From January 10, 1962
(2nd session)

Leadership

Senate

• President: Richard Nixon (R), until January 20, 1961
  • Lyndon Johnson (D), from January 20, 1961
• President pro tempore: Carl Hayden (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

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

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Everett Dirksen
• Minority Whip: Thomas Kuchel
• Republican Conference Chairman: Leverett Saltonstall
• Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: Barry Goldwater
• Policy Committee Chairman: Styles Bridges (until November 26, 1961)
  • Bourke B. Hickenlooper (from January 3, 1962)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Sam Rayburn (D), until November 16, 1961
  • John W. McCormack (D), from January 10, 1962

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: John William McCormack until January 10, 1962
  • Carl Albert, from January 10, 1962
• Majority Whip: Carl Albert
  • Hale Boggs, from January 10, 1962
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Francis E. Walter
• Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Charles A. Halleck
• Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
• Conference Chair: Charles B. Hoeven
• Policy Committee Chairman: John W. Byrnes

Caucuses

• House Democratic Caucus
• Senate Democratic Caucus

Members

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 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1962; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1964; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1966.

Alabama

• 2. John J. Sparkman (D)
• 3. Joseph Lister Hill (D)

Alaska

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

Arizona

• 1. Barry Goldwater (R)
• 3. Carl Hayden (D)

Arkansas

• 2. John Little McClellan (D)
• 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California

• 1. Clair Engle (D)
• 3. Thomas H. Kuchel (R)

Colorado

• 2. Gordon L. Allott (R)
• 3. John A. Carroll (D)

Connecticut

• 1. Thomas J. Dodd (D)
• 3. Prescott Bush (R)

Delaware

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

Florida

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

Georgia

• 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D)
• 3. Herman Talmadge (D)

Hawaii

• 1. Hiram Fong (R)
• 2. Oren E. Long (D)

Idaho

• 2. Henry Dworshak (R), until July 23, 1962
  • Leonard B. Jordan (R), from August 6, 1962
• 3. Frank F. Church (D)

Illinois

• 2. Paul Douglas (D)
• 3. Everett Dirksen (R)

Indiana

• 1. Vance Hartke (D)
• 3. Homer E. Capehart (R)

Iowa

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

Kansas

• 2. Andrew F. Schoeppel (R), until January 21, 1962
  • James B. Pearson (R), from January 31, 1962
• 3. Frank Carlson (R)

Kentucky

• 2. John Sherman Cooper (R)
• 3. Thruston B. Morton (R)

Louisiana

• 2. Allen Joseph Ellender (D)
• 3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

• 1. James Glenn Beall (R)
• 3. John M. Butler (R)

Massachusetts

• 1. Benjamin A. Smith II (D), until November 6, 1962
  • Ted Kennedy (D), from November 7, 1962
• 2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)

Michigan

• 1. Philip A. Hart (D)
• 2. Patrick V. McNamara (D)

Minnesota

• 1. Eugene McCarthy (DFL)
• 2. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

Mississippi

• 1. John C. Stennis (D)
• 2. James O. Eastland (D)

Missouri

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

Montana

• 1. Michael J. Mansfield (D)
• 2. Lee Metcalf (D)

Nebraska

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

Nevada

• 1. Howard W. Cannon (D)
• 3. Alan Bible (D)

New Hampshire

• 2. Styles Bridges (R), until November 26, 1961
  • Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (R), from January 10, 1962 - November 6, 1962
  • Thomas J. McIntyre (D), from November 7, 1962
• 3. Norris Cotton (R)

New Jersey

• 2. Clifford P. Case (R)
• 1. Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D)

New Mexico

• 1. Dennis Wyatt Chavez (D), until November 18, 1962
  • Edwin L. Mechem (R), from November 30, 1962
• 2. Clinton Presba Anderson (D)

New York

• 1. Kenneth Keating (R)
• 3. Jacob K. Javits (R)

North Carolina

• 2. B. Everett Jordan (D)
• 3. Sam Ervin (D)

North Dakota

• 1. Quentin N. Burdick (D)
• 3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

• 1. Stephen M. Young (D)
• 3. Frank J. Lausche (D)

Oklahoma

• 2. Robert S. Kerr (D), until January 1, 1963
• 3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

Oregon

• 2. Maurine Brown Neuberger (D)
• 3. Wayne L. Morse (D)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Hugh D. Scott, Jr. (R)
• 3. Joseph S. Clark (D)

Rhode Island

• 1. John O. Pastore (D)
• 2. Claiborne Pell (D)

South Carolina

• 2. Strom Thurmond (D)
• 3. Olin D. Johnston (D)

South Dakota

• 2. Karl E. Mundt (R)
• 3. Francis H. Case (R), until June 23, 1962
  • Joseph H. Bottum (R), from July 9, 1962

Tennessee

• 2. C. Estes Kefauver (D)
• 1. Albert A. Gore Sr. (D)

Texas

• 1. Ralph Yarborough (D)
• 2. William A. Blakley (D), until June 14, 1961
  • John Tower (R), from June 15, 1961

Utah

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

• 1. Harry Flood Byrd (D)
• 2. Absalom Willis Robertson (D)

Washington

• 1. Henry M. Jackson (D)
• 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

• 2. Jennings Randolph (D)
• 1. Robert Byrd (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. William Proxmire (D)
• 3. Alexander Wiley (R)

Wyoming

• 1. Gale W. McGee (D)
• 2. John J. Hickey (D), until November 6, 1962
  • Milward L. Simpson (R), from November 6, 1962

Senate President pro tempore
Carl Hayden (D)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

• 1. Frank W. Boykin (D)
• 2. George M. Grant (D)
• 3. George W. Andrews (D)
• 4. Kenneth A. Roberts (D)
• 5. Albert Rains (D)
• 6. Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (D)
• 7. Carl Elliott (D)
• 8. Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D)
• 9. George Huddleston, Jr. (D)

Alaska

• At-Large. Ralph Julian Rivers (D)

Arizona

• 1. John Jacob Rhodes (R)
• 2. Stewart Lee Udall (D), until January 18, 1961
  • Mo Udall (D), from May 2, 1961

Arkansas

• 1. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
• 2. Wilbur D. Mills (D)
• 3. James William Trimble (D)
• 4. Oren Harris (D)
• 5. Dale Alford (D)
• 6. William F. Norrell (D), until February 15, 1961
  • Catherine Dorris Norrell (D), from April 18, 1961

California

• 1. Clement Woodnutt Miller (D), until October 7, 1962
• 2. Harold T. Johnson (D)
• 3. John E. Moss (D)
• 4. William S. Mailliard (R)
• 5. John F. Shelley (D)
• 6. John F. Baldwin, Jr. (R)
• 7. Jeffery Cohelan (D)
• 8. George P. Miller (D)
• 9. Jesse A. Younger (R)
• 10. Charles S. Gubser (R)
• 11. John J. McFall (D)
• 12. Bernice F. Sisk (D)
• 13. Charles M. Teague (R)
• 14. Harlan Hagen (D)
• 15. Gordon L. McDonough (R)
• 16. Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R)
• 17. Cecil R. King (D)
• 18. Craig Hosmer (R)
• 19. Chet Holifield (D)
• 20. H. Allen Smith (R)
• 21. Edgar W. Hiestand (R)
• 22. James C. Corman (D)
• 23. Clyde Doyle (D)
• 24. Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)
• 25. John H. Rousselot (R)
• 26. James Roosevelt (D)
• 27. Harry R. Sheppard (D)
• 28. James B. Utt (R)
• 29. Dalip Singh Saund (D)
• 30. Bob Wilson (R)

Colorado

• 1. Byron G. Rogers (D)
• 2. Peter H. Dominick (R)
• 3. J. Edgar Chenoweth (R)
• 4. Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

Connecticut

• 1. Emilio Q. Daddario (D)
• 2. Horace Seely-Brown, Jr. (R)
• 3. Robert N. Giaimo (D)
• 4. Abner W. Sibal (R)
• 5. John S. Monagan (D)
• At-Large. Frank Kowalski (D)

Delaware

• At-Large. Harris McDowell (D)

Florida

• 1. William C. Cramer (R)
• 2. Charles Edward Bennett (D)
• 3. Bob Sikes (D)
• 4. Dante Fascell (D)
• 5. Syd Herlong (D)
• 6. Paul Rogers (D)
• 7. James A. Haley (D)
• 8. Donald Ray Matthews (D)

Georgia

• 1. G. Elliott Hagan (D)
• 2. J. L. Pilcher (D)
• 3. Tic Forrester (D)
• 4. John J. Flynt, Jr. (D)
• 5. James C. Davis (D)
• 6. Carl Vinson (D)
• 7. John W. Davis (D)
• 8. Iris Blitch (D)
• 9. Phillip M. Landrum (D)
• 10. Robert G. Stephens, Jr. (D)

Hawaii

• At-Large. Daniel Inouye (D)

Idaho

• 1. Gracie Pfost (D)
• 2. Ralph R. Harding (D)

Illinois

• 1. William L. Dawson (D)
• 2. Barratt O'Hara (D)
• 3. William T. Murphy (D)
• 4. Edward J. Derwinski (R)
• 5. John C. Kluczynski (D)
• 6. Thomas Joseph O'Brien (D)
• 7. Roland V. Libonati (D)
• 8. Dan Rostenkowski (D)
• 9. Sidney R. Yates (D)
• 10. Harold R. Collier (R)
• 11. Roman C. Pucinski (D)
• 12. Edward R. Finnegan (D)
• 13. Marguerite S. Church (R)
• 14. Elmer J. Hoffman (R)
• 15. Noah M. Mason (R)
• 16. John B. Anderson (R)
• 17. Leslie C. Arends (R)
• 18. Robert H. Michel (R)
• 19. Robert B. Chiperfield (R)
• 20. Paul Findley (R)
• 21. Peter F. Mack, Jr. (D)
• 22. William L. Springer (R)
• 23. George E. Shipley (D)
• 24. Melvin Price (D)
• 25. Kenneth J. Gray (D)

Indiana

• 1. Ray J. Madden (D)
• 2. Charles A. Halleck (R)
• 3. John Brademas (D)
• 4. E. Ross Adair (R)
• 5. J. Edward Roush (D)
• 6. Richard L. Roudebush (R)
• 7. William G. Bray (R)
• 8. Winfield K. Denton (D)
• 9. Earl Wilson (R)
• 10. Ralph Harvey (R)
• 11. Donald C. Bruce (R)

Iowa

• 1. Fred Schwengel (R)
• 2. James E. Bromwell (R)
• 3. Harold R. Gross (R)
• 4. John Kyl (R)
• 5. Neal Smith (D)
• 6. Merwin Coad (D)
• 7. Ben F. Jensen (R)
• 8. Charles B. Hoeven (R)

Kansas

• 1. William Henry Avery (R)
• 2. Robert Fred Ellsworth (R)
• 3. Walter Lewis McVey, Jr. (R)
• 4. Garner E. Shriver (R)
• 5. James Floyd Breeding (D)
• 6. Bob Dole (R)

Kentucky

• 1. Frank A. Stubblefield (D)
• 2. William Huston Natcher (D)
• 3. Frank W. Burke (D)
• 4. Frank Chelf (D)
• 5. Brent Spence (D)
• 6. John C. Watts (D)
• 7. Carl D. Perkins (D)
• 8. Eugene Siler (R)

Louisiana

• 1. F. Edward Hébert (D)
• 2. Hale Boggs (D)
• 3. Edwin E. Willis (D)
• 4. Overton Brooks (D), until September 16, 1961
  • Joe Waggonner (D), from December 19, 1961
• 5. Otto E. Passman (D)
• 6. James H. Morrison (D)
• 7. Theo A. Thompson (D)
• 8. Harold B. McSween (D)

Maine

• 1. Peter A. Garland (R)
• 2. Stanley R. Tupper (R)
• 3. Clifford G. McIntire (R)

Maryland

• 1. Thomas F. Johnson (D)
• 2. Daniel B. Brewster (D)
• 3. Edward Garmatz (D)
• 4. George Hyde Fallon (D)
• 5. Richard Lankford (D)
• 6. Charles Mathias, Jr. (R)
• 7. Samuel Friedel (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. Silvio Conte (R)
• 2. Edward Boland (D)
• 3. Philip Philbin (D)
• 4. Harold Donohue (D)
• 5. F. Bradford Morse (R)
• 6. William H. Bates (R)
• 7. Thomas J. Lane (D)
• 8. Torbert H. Macdonald (D)
• 9. Hastings Keith (R)
• 10. Laurence Curtis (R)
• 11. Tip O'Neill (D)
• 12. John W. McCormack (D)
• 13. James A. Burke (D)
• 14. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R)

Michigan

• 1. Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D), until September 18, 1961
  • Lucien N. Nedzi (D), from November 7, 1961
• 2. George Meader (R)
• 3. August E. Johansen (R)
• 4. Clare E. Hoffman (R)
• 5. Gerald Ford (R)
• 6. Charles Chamberlain (R)
• 7. James G. O'Hara (D)
• 8. R. James Harvey (R)
• 9. Robert P. Griffin (R)
• 10. Elford Cederberg (R)
• 11. Victor A. Knox (R)
• 12. John B. Bennett (R)
• 13. Charles C. Diggs, Jr. (D)
• 14. Louis C. Rabaut (D), until November 12, 1961
  • Harold M. Ryan (D), from February 13, 1962
• 15. John Dingell (D)
• 16. John Lesinski, Jr. (D)
• 17. Martha W. Griffiths (D)
• 18. William S. Broomfield (R)

Minnesota

• 1. Al Quie (R)
• 2. Ancher Nelsen (R)
• 3. Clark MacGregor (R)
• 4. Joseph Karth (DFL)
• 5. Walter Judd (R)
• 6. Fred Marshall (DFL)
• 7. H. Carl Andersen (R)
• 8. John Blatnik (DFL)
• 9. Odin Langen (R)

Mississippi

• 1. Thomas G. Abernethy (D)
• 2. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
• 3. Frank E. Smith (D), until November 14, 1962
• 4. John B. Williams (D)
• 5. W. Arthur Winstead (D)
• 6. William M. Colmer (D)

Missouri

• 1. Frank M. Karsten (D)
• 2. Thomas B. Curtis (R)
• 3. Leonor Sullivan (D)
• 4. William J. Randall (D)
• 5. Richard Bolling (D)
• 6. William Raleigh Hull, Jr. (D)
• 7. Durward Gorham Hall (R)
• 8. Richard H. Ichord II (D)
• 9. Clarence Cannon (D)
• 10. Paul C. Jones (D)
• 11. Morgan M. Moulder (D)

Montana

• 1. Arnold Olsen (D)
• 2. James Franklin Battin (R)

Nebraska

• 1. Phillip Hart Weaver (R)
• 2. Glenn Cunningham (R)
• 3. Ralph F. Beermann (R)
• 4. David T. Martin (R)

Nevada

• At-Large. Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D)

New Hampshire

• 1. Chester Earl Merrow (R)
• 2. Perkins Bass (R)

New Jersey

• 1. William T. Cahill (R)
• 2. Milton W. Glenn (R)
• 3. James C. Auchincloss (R)
• 4. Frank Thompson, Jr. (D)
• 5. Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (R)
• 6. Florence P. Dwyer (R)
• 7. William B. Widnall (R)
• 8. Charles S. Joelson (D)
• 9. Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (R)
• 10. Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D)
• 11. Hugh J. Addonizio (D), until June 30, 1962
• 12. George M. Wallhauser (R)
• 13. Cornelius E. Gallagher (D)
• 14. Dominick V. Daniels (D)

New Mexico

• At-Large. Thomas G. Morris (D)
• At-Large. Joseph Montoya (D)

New York

• 1. Otis G. Pike (D)
• 2. Steven B. Derounian (R)
• 3. Frank J. Becker (R)
• 4. Seymour Halpern (R)
• 5. Joseph P. Addabbo (D)
• 6. Lester Holtzman (D), until December 31, 1961
  • Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D), from February 20, 1962
• 7. James J. Delaney (D)
• 8. Victor L. Anfuso (D)
• 9. Eugene J. Keogh (D)
• 10. Edna F. Kelly (D)
• 11. Emanuel Celler (D)
• 12. Hugh L. Carey (D)
• 13. Abraham J. Multer (D)
• 14. John J. Rooney (D)
• 15. John H. Ray (R)
• 16. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D)
• 17. John V. Lindsay (R)
• 18. Alfred E. Santangelo (D)
• 19. Leonard Farbstein (D)
• 20. William Fitts Ryan (D)
• 21. Herbert Zelenko (D)
• 22. James C. Healey (D)
• 23. Jacob H. Gilbert (D)
• 24. Charles A. Buckley (D)
• 25. Paul A. Fino (R)
• 26. Edwin B. Dooley (R)
• 27. Robert R. Barry (R)
• 28. Katharine St. George (R)
• 29. J. Ernest Wharton (R)
• 30. Leo W. O'Brien (D)
• 31. Carleton J. King (R)
• 32. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
• 33. Clarence E. Kilburn (R)
• 34. Alexander Pirnie (R)
• 35. R. Walter Riehlman (R)
• 36. John Taber (R)
• 37. Howard W. Robison (R)
• 38. Jessica M. Weis (R)
• 39. Harold C. Ostertag (R)
• 40. William E. Miller (R)
• 41. Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)
• 42. John R. Pillion (R)
• 43. Charles E. Goodell (R)

North Carolina

• 1. Herbert C. Bonner (D)
• 2. Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
• 3. David N. Henderson (D)
• 4. Harold D. Cooley (D)
• 5. Ralph James Scott (D)
• 6. Horace R. Kornegay (D)
• 7. Alton Asa Lennon (D)
• 8. A. Paul Kitchin (D)
• 9. Hugh Quincy Alexander (D)
• 10. Charles R. Jonas (R)
• 11. Basil L. Whitener (D)
• 12. Roy A. Taylor (D)

North Dakota

• At-Large. Don L. Short (R)
• At-Large. Hjalmar Carl Nygaard (R)

Ohio

• 1. Gordon H. Scherer (R)
• 2. Donald D. Clancy (R)
• 3. Paul F. Schenck (R)
• 4. William M. McCulloch (R)
• 5. Delbert Latta (R)
• 6. William H. Harsha (R)
• 7. Clarence J. Brown (R)
• 8. Jackson E. Betts (R)
• 9. Thomas L. Ashley (D)
• 10. Walter H. Moeller (D)
• 11. Robert E. Cook (D)
• 12. Samuel L. Devine (R)
• 13. Charles A. Mosher (R)
• 14. William H. Ayres (R)
• 15. Tom Van Horn Moorehead (R)
• 16. Frank T. Bow (R)
• 17. John M. Ashbrook (R)
• 18. Wayne L. Hays (D)
• 19. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
• 20. Michael A. Feighan (D)
• 21. Charles A. Vanik (D)
• 22. Frances P. Bolton (R)
• 23. William E. Minshall, Jr. (R)

Oklahoma

• 1. Page Belcher (R)
• 2. Ed Edmondson (D)
• 3. Carl Albert (D)
• 4. Tom Steed (D)
• 5. John Jarman (D)
• 6. Victor Wickersham (D)

Oregon

• 1. A. Walter Norblad (R)
• 2. Al Ullman (D)
• 3. Edith Green (D)
• 4. Edwin Russell Durno (R)

Pennsylvania

• 1. William A. Barrett (D)
• 2. Kathryn E. Granahan (D)
• 3. James A. Byrne (D)
• 4. Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (D)
• 5. William J. Green, Jr. (D)
• 6. Herman Toll (D)
• 7. William H. Milliken, Jr. (R)
• 8. Willard S. Curtin (R)
• 9. Paul B. Dague (R)
• 10. William Scranton (R)
• 11. Daniel J. Flood (D)
• 12. Ivor D. Fenton (R)
• 13. Richard S. Schweiker (R)
• 14. George M. Rhodes (D)
• 15. Francis E. Walter (D)
• 16. Walter M. Mumma (R), until February 25, 1961
  • John C. Kunkel (R), from May 16, 1961
• 17. Herman T. Schneebeli (R)
• 18. J. Irving Whalley (R)
• 19. George Atlee Goodling (R)
• 20. James E. Van Zandt (R)
• 21. John H. Dent (D)
• 22. John P. Saylor (R)
• 23. Leon H. Gavin (R)
• 24. Carroll D. Kearns (R)
• 25. Frank M. Clark (D)
• 26. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
• 27. James G. Fulton (R)
• 28. William S. Moorhead (D)
• 29. Robert J. Corbett (R)
• 30. Elmer J. Holland (D)

Rhode Island

• 1. Fernand St. Germain (D)
• 2. John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina

• 1. L. Mendel Rivers (D)
• 2. John J. Riley (D), until January 1, 1962
  • Corinne Boyd Riley (D), from April 10, 1962
• 3. W.J. Bryan Dorn (D)
• 4. Robert T. Ashmore (D)
• 5. Robert W. Hemphill (D)
• 6. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota

• 1. Ben Reifel (R)
• 2. E. Y. Berry (R)

Tennessee

• 1. B. Carroll Reece (R), until March 19, 1961
  • Louise G. Reece (R), from May 16, 1961
• 2. Howard Baker, Sr. (R)
• 3. James B. Frazier Jr. (D)
• 4. Joe L. Evins (D)
• 5. J. Carlton Loser (D)
• 6. Ross Bass (D)
• 7. Tom J. Murray (D)
• 8. Fats Everett (D)
• 9. Clifford Davis (D)

Texas

• 1. Wright Patman (D)
• 2. Jack Brooks (D)
• 3. Lindley Beckworth (D)
• 4. Sam Rayburn (D), until November 16, 1961
  • Ray Roberts (D), from January 30, 1962
• 5. Bruce R. Alger (R)
• 6. Olin E. Teague (D)
• 7. John V. Dowdy (D)
• 8. Albert Thomas (D)
• 9. Clark W. Thompson (D)
• 10. W. Homer Thornberry (D)
• 11. William R. Poage (D)
• 12. James C. Wright, Jr. (D)
• 13. Frank N. Ikard (D), until December 15, 1961
  • Graham B. Purcell, Jr. (D), from January 27, 1962
• 14. John Andrew Young (D)
• 15. Joe M. Kilgore (D)
• 16. J. T. Rutherford (D)
• 17. Omar Burleson (D)
• 18. Walter E. Rogers (D)
• 19. George H. Mahon (D)
• 20. Paul J. Kilday (D), until September 24, 1961
  • Henry B. González (D), from November 4, 1961
• 21. O. Clark Fisher (D)
• 22. Robert R. Casey (D)

Utah

• 1. M. Blaine Peterson (D)
• 2. David S. King (D)

Vermont

• At-Large. Robert T. Stafford (R)

Virginia

• 1. Thomas N. Downing (D)
• 2. Porter Hardy, Jr. (D)
• 3. J. Vaughan Gary (D)
• 4. Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)
• 5. William M. Tuck (D)
• 6. Richard Harding Poff (R)
• 7. Burr Harrison (D)
• 8. Howard W. Smith (D)
• 9. William Pat Jennings (D)
• 10. Joel T. Broyhill (R)

Washington

• 1. Thomas Minor Pelly (R)
• 2. Alfred Westland (R)
• 3. Julia Butler Hansen (D)
• 4. Catherine Dean Barnes May (R)
• 5. Walt Horan (R)
• 6. Thor C. Tollefson (R)
• 7. Donald Hammer Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

• 1. Arch A. Moore, Jr. (R)
• 2. Harley O. Staggers (D)
• 3. Cleveland M. Bailey (D)
• 4. Ken Hechler (D)
• 5. Elizabeth Kee (D)
• 6. John M. Slack, Jr. (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. Henry C. Schadeberg (R)
• 2. Robert Kastenmeier (D)
• 3. Vernon Wallace Thomson (R)
• 4. Clement J. Zablocki (D)
• 5. Henry S. Reuss (D)
• 6. William K. Van Pelt (R)
• 7. Melvin R. Laird (R)
• 8. John W. Byrnes (R)
• 9. Lester Johnson (D)
• 10. Alvin E. O'Konski (R)

Wyoming

• At-Large. William Henry Harrison (R)

Non-voting members

• Puerto Rico. Antonio Fernós Isern (Resident Commissioner) (PPD)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Changes in membership

Senate

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

|- | Texas
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | William A. Blakley (D) | Lost special election.
Successor elected June 14, 1961. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John Tower (R) | June 15, 1961

|- | New Hampshire
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Styles Bridges (R) | Died November 26, 1961.
Successor appointed January 10, 1962. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (R) | January 10, 1962

|- | Kansas
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Andrew F. Schoeppel (R) | Died January 21, 1962.
Successor appointed January 31, 1962, and then elected November 6, 1962. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James B. Pearson (R) | January 31, 1962

|- | South Dakota
(3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Francis H. Case (R) | Died June 23, 1962.
Successor appointed July 9, 1962 to finish the term. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph H. Bottum (R) | July 9, 1962

|- | Idaho
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Henry Dworshak (R) | Died July 23, 1962.
Successor appointed August 6, 1962, and then elected November 6, 1962. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Leonard B. Jordan (R) | August 6, 1962

|- | Wyoming
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John J. Hickey (D) | Lost special election.
Successor elected November 6, 1962. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Milward L. Simpson (R) | November 6, 1962

|- | Massachusetts
(1) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Benjamin A. Smith II (D) | Successor elected November 6, 1962. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Ted Kennedy (D) | November 7, 1962

|- | New Hampshire
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (R) | Lost special election.
Successor elected November 6, 1962. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas J. McIntyre (D) | November 7, 1962

|- | New Mexico
(1) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Dennis Chavez (D) | Died November 18, 1962.
Successor appointed November 30, 1962 to continue the term. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Edwin L. Mechem (R) | November 30, 1962

|- | Oklahoma
(2) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Robert S. Kerr (D) | Died January 1, 1963. | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

House of Representatives

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | Arizona 2nd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Stewart Udall (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 18, 1961, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Mo Udall (D) | May 2, 1961 |- | Arkansas 6th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| William F. Norrell (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 15, 1961 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Catherine Dorris Norrell (D) | April 18, 1961 |- | Pennsylvania 16th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Walter M. Mumma (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 25, 1961 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John C. Kunkel (R) | May 16, 1961 |- | Tennessee 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| B. Carroll Reece (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 19, 1961 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Louise Goff Reece (R) | May 16, 1961 |- | Louisiana 4th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Overton Brooks (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 16, 1961 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Joe Waggonner (D) | December 19, 1961 |- | Michigan 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 18, 1961, after being appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Lucien N. Nedzi (D) | November 7, 1961 |- | Texas 20th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Paul J. Kilday (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 24, 1961, after being appointed judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Henry B. Gonzalez (D) | November 4, 1961 |- | Michigan 14th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Louis C. Rabaut (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 12, 1961 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Harold M. Ryan (D) | February 13, 1962 |- | Texas 4th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Sam Rayburn (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 16, 1961 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Ray Roberts (D) | January 30, 1962 |- | Texas 13th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Frank N. Ikard (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 15, 1961 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Graham B. Purcell, Jr. (D) | January 27, 1962 |- | New York 6th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Lester Holtzman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1961, after being appointed judge of the New York Supreme Court | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D) | February 20, 1962 |- | South Carolina 2nd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| John J. Riley (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 1, 1962 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Corinne Boyd Riley (D) | April 10, 1962 |- | New Jersey 11th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Hugh J. Addonizio (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 30, 1962, after being elected Mayor of Newark | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | California 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Clement W. Miller (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 7, 1962 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Mississippi 3rd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Frank E. Smith (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 14, 1962 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (2 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

• Aeronautical and Space Sciences
• Agriculture and Forestry
• Appropriations
• Banking and Currency
• Commerce
• District of Columbia
• Finance
• Foreign Relations
• Government Operations
• Interior and Insular Affairs
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce
• Judiciary
• Labor and Public Welfare
• National Fuels Study (Special)
• National Water Resources (Select)
• Post Office and Civil Service
• Public Works
• Small Business (Select)
• Subcommittee on Internal Security
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Agriculture
• Appropriations
• Banking and Currency
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
• Foreign Affairs
• Government Operations
• House Administration
• Interior and Insular Affairs
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries
• Post Office and Civil Service
• Public Works
• Rules
• Science and Astronautics
• Small Business (Select)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Un-American Activities
• Veterans' Affairs
• Ways and Means
• Whole

Joint committees

• Atomic Energy
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian
• Defense Production
• Economic
• Immigration and Nationality Policy
• Legislative Budget
• The Library
• Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
• Printing
• Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
• Taxation

Employees and legislative agency directors

Legislative branch agency directors

• Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart
• Attending Physician of the United States Congress: George Calver
• Comptroller General of the United States: Joseph Campbell
• Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
• Public Printer of the United States: Raymond Blattenberger (until 1961), James L. Harrison (starting 1961)

Senate

• Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
• Parliamentarian: Charles Watkins
• Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston
• Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Bernard Braskamp (Presbyterian)
• Clerk: Ralph R. Roberts
• Doorkeeper: William Mosley "Fishbait" Miller
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
• Postmaster: H. H. Morris
• Reading Clerk: Joe Bartlett (R) and N/A (D)
• Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson, Jr.

See also

• United States elections, 1960 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1960
  • United States Senate elections, 1960
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1960
• United States elections, 1962 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1962
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1962

References

• 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.

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
• House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 87th Congress (PDF).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 87th Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 87th Congress, 2nd Session.
• Pocket Congressional Directory for the 87th Congress.