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89th United States Congress
88th ←
→ 90th
United States Capitol (1962)
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
Members100 senators
435 representatives
Senate majorityDemocratic Party
Senate PresidentVacant (until Jan 20, 1965)
Hubert Humphrey (from Jan 20, 1965)
House majorityDemocratic Party
House SpeakerJohn W. McCormack
Sessions
1st: January 4, 1965 – October 23, 1965
2nd: January 10, 1966 – October 22, 1966

The Eighty-ninth 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, 1965 to January 3, 1967, during the third and fourth years of Lyndon Johnson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighteenth Census of the United States in 1960. Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority. It is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history".[1] Some of its landmark legislation includes the creation of Medicare and Medicaid, the Voting Rights Act, Higher Education Act, and Freedom of Information Act.

Major events

Main articles: 1965 in the United States, 1966 in the United States, and 1967 in the United States

Major legislation

October 3, 1965: President Johnson visited the Statue of Liberty to sign the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
The first page of the Voting Rights Act.
Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 89th United States Congress

Approved Constitutional amendments

See also: List of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution

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
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic
(D) 		Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 65 35 100 0
Begin 68 32 100 0
End 67 33
Final voting share 67.0% 33.0%
Beginning of next congress 64 35 99 1

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80.1-100% Republican
  80.1-100% Democratic
  60.1-80% Republican
  60.1-80% Democratic
   ≤ 60% Republican
   ≤ 60% Democratic
Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic
(D) 		Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 255 177 432 3
Begin 295 140 435 0
End 289 136 42510
Final voting share 68.0% 32.0%
Beginning of next congress 247 187 434 0

Leadership

House Republicans showing their approval for newly elected House Minority Leader Representative Gerald R. Ford as Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen raises his hand.

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

See also: United States Senate elections, 1964

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

House of Representatives

Names of members are preceded by their district numbers.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 1964

Changes in membership

Senate


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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate |- | South Carolina
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Olin D. Johnston (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 18, 1965 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Donald S. Russell (D) | April 22, 1965 |- | South Carolina
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Donald S. Russell (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 8, 1965 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Ernest Hollings (D) | November 9, 1965 |- | Virginia
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Harry F. Byrd (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 10, 1965 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D) | November 12, 1965 |- | Michigan
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Patrick V. McNamara (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 30, 1966 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert P. Griffin (R) | May 11, 1966 |- | Virginia
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | A. Willis Robertson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William B. Spong, Jr. (D) | December 31, 1966 |- | Tennessee
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Ross Bass (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 2, 1967 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 9
  • Deaths: 5
  • Resignations: 15
  • Total seats with changes: 20


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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | South Carolina 2nd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Albert Watson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 1, 1965 after being stripped of seniority by the House Democratic Caucus for supporting Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. Was re-elected as a Republican in a special election to replace himself. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Albert Watson (R) | June 15, 1965 |- | Louisiana 7th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| T. Ashton Thompson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 1, 1965 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Edwin Edwards (D) | October 2, 1965 |- | Ohio 7th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Clarence J. Brown (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 23, 1965 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Bud Brown (R) | November 2, 1965 |- | California 26th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| James Roosevelt (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 30, 1965 to become the US Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Thomas M. Rees (D) | December 15, 1965 |- | North Carolina 1st | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Herbert C. Bonner (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 7, 1965 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Walter B. Jones, Sr. (D) | February 5, 1966 |- | New York 17th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| John Lindsay (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1965 after being elected Mayor of New York City | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Theodore R. Kupferman (R) | February 8, 1966 |- | Arkansas 4th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Oren Harris (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 2, 1966 to become judge of the US Court of the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | David Pryor (D) | November 8, 1966 |- | Texas 8th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Albert R. Thomas (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 15, 1966 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Lera M. Thomas (D) | March 26, 1966 |- | California 14th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| John F. Baldwin, Jr. (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 9, 1966 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Jerome R. Waldie (D) | June 7, 1966 |- | Michigan 9th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Robert P. Griffin (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 10, 1966 after being appointed to the US Senate | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Guy Vander Jagt (R) | November 8, 1966 |- | Alaska At-large | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Ralph J. Rivers (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Indiana 8th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Winfield K. Denton (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Indiana 10th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Ralph Harvey (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | New York 29th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Leo W. O'Brien (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | North Carolina 4th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Harold D. Cooley (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Ohio 15th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Robert T. Secrest (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Pennsylvania 9th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Paul B. Dague (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Pennsylvania 16th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| John C. Kunkel (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Tennessee 7th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Tom J. Murray (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Texas 9th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Clark W. Thompson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

  1. ^ Karen Tumulty (April 9, 2014). "LBJ's presidency gets another look as civil rights law marks its 50th anniversary". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  • 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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