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90th United States Congress

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90th United States Congress
89th ←
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January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969
Members100 senators
435 representatives
Senate majorityDemocratic Party
Senate PresidentHubert Humphrey
House majorityDemocratic Party
House SpeakerJohn W. McCormack
Sessions
1st: January 10, 1967 – December 15, 1967
2nd: January 15, 1968 – October 14, 1968

The ninetieth 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, 1967 to January 3, 1969, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson.

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 Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1968

Party summary

House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80.1-100% Democratic
  80.1-100% Republican
  60.1-80% Democratic
  60.1-80% Republican
  Up to 60% Democratic
  Up to 60% Republican

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 67 33 100 0
Begin 64 35 99 1
End 62 38 1000
Final voting share 62.0% 38.0%
Beginning of next congress 57 43 100 0

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

President Johnson with members of Congress, June 7, 1967
Senate President
Hubert Humphrey
Senate President pro tempore
Carl Hayden

Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

House Speaker
John William McCormack

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 began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1968.

House of Representatives

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.

Changes in membership

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

Senate

  • Replacements: 4
  • Deaths: 2
  • Resignations: 2
  • Total seats with changes: 5

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate |- | Oregon
(2) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Hatfield delayed taking seat to finish term as Governor of Oregon | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Mark Hatfield (R) | January 10, 1967 |- | New York
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Robert F. Kennedy (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Assassinated June 6, 1968 while campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
Successor was appointed to continue the term. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles Goodell (R) | September 10, 1968 |- | Alaska
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Bob Bartlett (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 11, 1968
Successor was appointed to continue the term. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ted Stevens (R) | December 24, 1968 |- | Kentucky
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Thruston B. Morton (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired, then resigned December 16, 1968 to give successor preferential seniority
Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Marlow Cook (R) | December 17, 1968 |- | Missouri
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Edward V. Long (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 27, 1968, having lost renomination to the next term.
Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas Eagleton (D) | December 28, 1968 |}

House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 6
  • Deaths: 4
  • Resignations: 4
  • Expulsion: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 9

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | Rhode Island 2nd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| John E. Fogarty (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 10, 1967 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Robert Tiernan (D) | March 28, 1967 |- | New York 18th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Excluded from House February 28, 1967 pursuant to H. Res. 278 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D) | April 11, 1967 |- | California 11th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| J. Arthur Younger (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 20, 1967 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Pete McCloskey (R) | December 12, 1967 |- | New York 13th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Abraham J. Multer (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1967 after being elected as judge of New York Supreme Court | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Bertram L. Podell (D) | February 20, 1968 |- | Mississippi 3rd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| John B. Williams (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 16, 1968 after being elected Governor of Mississippi | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Charles H. Griffin (D) | March 12, 1968 |- | Texas 3rd | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Joe R. Pool (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 14, 1968 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | James M. Collins (R) | August 24, 1968 |- | Pennsylvania 20th | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Elmer J. Holland (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 9, 1968 | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Joseph M. Gaydos (D) | November 5, 1968 |- | New York 38th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Charles Goodell (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 9, 1968 after becoming US Senator | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | New York 24th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Paul A. Fino (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1968 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

References

  1. ^ Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was excluded from membership in this Congress.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)