93rd United States Congress

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93rd United States Congress
92nd ←
→ 94th
United States Capitol
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
Members100 senators
435 representatives
Senate majorityDemocratic Party
Senate PresidentSpiro Agnew (until Oct 10, 1973)
Vacant (Oct 10–Dec 6, 1973)
Gerald Ford (Dec 6, 1973 to Aug 9, 1974)
Vacant (Aug 9–Dec 19, 1974)
Nelson Rockefeller (from Dec 19, 1974)
House majorityDemocratic Party
House SpeakerCarl Albert
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1973 – December 22, 1973
2nd: January 21, 1974 – December 20, 1974

The Ninety-third 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, 1973 to January 3, 1975, during the end of Richard Nixon's presidency, and the beginning of Gerald Ford's. This Congress was the first (and, to date, only) Congress with more than two Senate Presidents (the Vice President of the United States), in this case, three. After the resignation of Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford was appointed under the authority of the newly ratified 25th Amendment. Ford became President the next year and Nelson Rockefeller was appointed in his place. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

Senate President
Spiro Agnew
Spiro Agnew (R)
(until October 10, 1973)
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford (R)
(December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974)
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller (R)
(from December 19, 1974)
Main articles: 1973 in the United States, 1974 in the United States, and 1975 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 93rd United States Congress

Hearings

Party summary

Makeup of the U.S. Senate at the start of this Congress, color-coded by party. Note: The orange stripes in New York and the gray stripes in Virginia denote Conservative James Buckley and Independent Harry Byrd, respectively.

Senate

Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Conservative (New York) Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" |
Democratic Republican Conservative Independent Vacant
End of the previous Congress 54 44 1 1 100 0
Begin 56 42 1 1 100 0
End 57 40 1 99 1
Final voting share 57.6% 40.4% 1.0% 1.0%
Beginning of the next Congress 60 37 1 1 99 1

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
  over 80% Democratic
  over 80% Republican
  60+% to 80% Democratic
  60+% to 80% Republican
  up to 60% Democratic
  up to 60% Republican
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" |
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress 252 178 430 5
Begin 241 192 433 2
End 235 182 420 18
Final voting share 56.4% 45.6%
Beginning of next Congress 291 144 435 0

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 means their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1976; Class 2 means their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1978; and Class 3 means their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1974.

See also: United States Senate elections, 1972

House of Representatives

Template:Congress TOC states The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 1972

Changes in membership

Senate

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate |- | Ohio
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William B. Saxbe (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 3, 1974 to become Attorney General | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Howard Metzenbaum (D) | January 4, 1974 |- | Nevada
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alan Bible (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 17, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Paul Laxalt (R) | December 18, 1974 |- | Utah
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Wallace F. Bennett (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 20, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jake Garn (R) | December 21, 1974 |- | Ohio
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Howard Metzenbaum (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 23, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Glenn (D) | December 24, 1974 |- | Kentucky
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Marlow Cook (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 27, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Wendell H. Ford (D) | December 28, 1974 |- | New Hampshire
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Norris Cotton (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Louis C. Wyman (R) | December 31, 1974 |- | Florida
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Edward J. Gurney (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974, in an influence peddling scandal | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Richard Stone (D) | December 31, 1974 |- | Arkansas
(3) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | J. William Fulbright (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |}

House of Representatives

There were three deaths before this Congress began.


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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | Illinois 7th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. George W. Collins (D), died during previous congress | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Cardiss Collins (D) | June 5, 1973 |- | Alaska At-large | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Nick Begich (D) and Hale Boggs (D) were lost in a plane crash, and the estate of Rep. Begich was issued a presumptive death certificate from the State of Alaska during previous congress. Both were also declared dead pursuant to H. R. Res. 1 issued January 3, 1973. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Don Young (R) | nowrap | March 6, 1973 |- | Louisiana 2nd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Hale Boggs (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Nick Begich (D) and Hale Boggs (D) were lost in a plane crash during previous congress. Both were declared dead pursuant to H. R. Res. 1 issued January 3, 1973. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Lindy Boggs (D) | March 20, 1973 |- | Michigan 7th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Switched party affiliation | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D) | February 27, 1973 |- | Maryland 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| William Mills (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Committed suicide May 24, 1973 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Robert Bauman (R) | August 21, 1973 |- | nowrap | Pennsylvania 12th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John Saylor (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 28, 1973 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Murtha (D) | nowrap | February 5, 1974 |- | Michigan 5th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Gerald Ford (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 6, 1973 to become Vice President | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Richard VanderVeen (D) | February 18, 1974 |- | California 13th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Charles Teague (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 1, 1974 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Robert Lagomarsino (R) | 1974-03-05 |- | Ohio 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William Keating (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 3, 1974 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Tom Luken (D) | March 5, 1974 |- | Michigan 8th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James Harvey (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 31, 1974 after being appointed as a judge of the US District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Bob Traxler (D) | 1974-04-23 |- | California 6th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William Mailliard (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 5, 1974 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Burton (D) | 1974-06-04 |- | California 10th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles S. Gubser (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | California 19th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Chester E. Holifield (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | California 32nd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Craig Hosmer (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | California 34th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Richard T. Hanna (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Illinois 24th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Kenneth J. Gray (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Kentucky 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Frank Stubblefield (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Massachusetts 3rd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Harold Donohue (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Michigan 6th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles E. Chamberlain (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Michigan 17th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Martha Griffiths (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Minnesota 2nd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ancher Nelsen (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Minnesota 8th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Blatnik (DFL) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Nebraska 3rd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | David T. Martin (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | New Hampshire 1st | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Louis C. Wyman (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 after being appointed to the US Senate | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | New Jersey 7th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William B. Widnall (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | New York 14th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John J. Rooney (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | New York 15th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Hugh L. Carey (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | New York 29th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Carleton J. King (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | New York 37th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thaddeus J. Dulski (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Ohio 23rd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William Minshall (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Oregon 3rd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Edith S. Green (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Pennsylvania 25th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Frank M. Clark (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | South Carolina 3rd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | W.J. Bryan Dorn (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | South Carolina 5th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas S. Gettys (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Texas 21st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | O. C. Fisher (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Virginia 10th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joel Broyhill (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 after being defeated for re-election | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Washington 3rd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Julia B. Hansen (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Wisconsin 3rd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Vernon W. Thomson (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Wisconsin 9th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Glenn R. Davis (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 | colspan=2 | Remained vacant until next Congress |}

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Elections

References

  1. ^ Joe Moakley (D-MA) was elected as "Independent Conservative," based on official report of Congress by Benjamin Guthrie. “Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972.” But he was sworn in as a Democrat at the beginning of the Congress, January 3, 1973. [1]
  • 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

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