94th United States Congress

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94th United States Congress
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January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic Party
Senate PresidentNelson Rockefeller
House majorityDemocratic Party
House SpeakerCarl Albert
Sessions
1st: January 14, 1975 – December 19, 1975
2nd: January 19, 1976 – October 1, 1976

The Ninety-fourth 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, 1975 to January 3, 1977, during the administration of U.S. President Gerald Ford.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

President Gerald Ford with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and House Speaker Carl Albert during the 1975 State of the Union Address, January 15, 1975

Special or select committees

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

Party standings on the opening day of the 94th Congress
  60 Democratic Senators
  1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats
  1 Conservative Senator, caucusing with Republicans
  37 Republican Senators
  Vacant: 1 seat

Membership changed with two resignations and a disputed election.

Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Independent Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" |
Democratic Independent Conservative Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress 57 1 1 40 100 0
Begin 60 1 1 37 99 1
End 61 100 0
Final voting share 62% 38%
Beginning of the next Congress 61 1 0 38 100 0

House of Representatives

Total: 435

Leadership

Makeup of the U.S. Senate at the start of the 94th Congress, color-coded by party. Note: The orange stripes in New York and the gray stripes in Virginia denote Conservative Sen. James L. Buckley and Independent Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr., respectively.

Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress.

House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80+% – 100% Republican
  80+% – 100% Democratic
  60+% – 80% Republican
  60+% – 80% Democratic
  < 60% Republican
  < 60% Democratic

House of Representatives

Many of the congressional districts 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.

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Changes in Membership

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

Senate

  • Replacements: 8
  • Deaths: 1
  • Resignations: 6
  • Vacancy: 0

Total seats with changes: 8 Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate |- | nowrap | New Hampshire
(3) | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Disputed election. Norris Cotton appointed to seat until special election resolved dispute. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Norris Cotton
(R) | August 8, 1975 |- | nowrap | New Hampshire
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Norris Cotton
(R) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected September 18, 1975 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John A. Durkin
(D) | September 18, 1975 |- | nowrap | Michigan
(1) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Philip Hart
(D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 26, 1976 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
(D) | December 27, 1976 |- | nowrap | Missouri
(1) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Stuart Symington
(D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 27, 1976 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John Danforth
(R) | December 27, 1976 |- | nowrap | Nebraska
(1) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Roman Hruska
(R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 27, 1976 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Edward Zorinsky
(D) | December 28, 1976 |- | nowrap | Ohio
(1) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Robert Taft, Jr.
(R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 28, 1976 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Howard Metzenbaum
(D) | December 29, 1976 |- | nowrap | Rhode Island
(1) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John O. Pastore
(D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 28, 1976 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John Chafee
(R) | December 29, 1976 |- | nowrap | Minnesota
(2) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Walter Mondale
(DFL) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1976 after being elected Vice-President of the United States. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Wendell Anderson
(DFL) | December 30, 1976 |- | nowrap | California
(1) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John V. Tunney
(D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 1, 1977 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | S. I. Hayakawa
(R) | January 2, 1977 |}

House of Representatives

  • replacements: 3
  • deaths: 2
  • resignations: 2
  • contested election:
  • Total seats with changes: 4


Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | Oklahoma 5th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John Jarman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Changed parties | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John Jarman (R) | January 23, 1975 |- | Illinois 5th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John C. Kluczynski (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 26, 1975 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John G. Fary (D) | July 8, 1975 |- | California 37th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Jerry Pettis (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 14, 1975 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Shirley N. Pettis (R) | April 29, 1975 |- | Tennessee 5th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Richard Fulton (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 14, 1975 after being elected Mayor of Nashville | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Clifford Allen (D) | November 25, 1975 |- | New York 39th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | James F. Hastings (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 20, 1976 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Stan Lundine (R) | March 2, 1976 |- | Texas 22nd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Robert R. Casey (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 22, 1976 after being appointed a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Ron Paul (R) | April 3, 1976 |- | Texas 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Wright Patman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 7, 1976 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Sam B. Hall (D) | June 19, 1976 |- | Pennsylvania 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | William A. Barrett (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 12, 1976 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Ozzie Myers (D) | November 2, 1976 |- | Massachusetts 7th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Torbert Macdonald (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 21, 1976 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Ed Markey (D) | November 2, 1976 |- | Missouri 6th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Jerry Litton (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 3, 1976 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Tom Coleman (R) | November 2, 1976 |- | Ohio 18th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Wayne Hays (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 1, 1976 due to the Elizabeth Ray sex scandal | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Michigan 7th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1976 after being appointed to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Officers

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

  • 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)

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