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99th United States Congress

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99th United States Congress
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January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush (R)
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerTip O'Neill (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1985 – December 20, 1985
2nd: January 21, 1986 – October 18, 1986

The Ninety-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, D.C. from January 3, 1985, to January 3, 1987, during the fifth and sixth years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twentieth Census of the United States in 1980. The Republicans maintained control of the Senate, while the Democrats maintained control of the House of Representatives.

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

Party standings on the opening day of the 99th Congress
  47 Democratic Senators
  53 Republican Senators
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Affiliation Members
Democratic Party 47
Republican Party 53
Total 100

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding majority in state
  80–100% Republican
  80–100% Democratic
  60–80% Republican
  60–80% Democratic
  50–60% Republican
  50–60% Democratic
  striped: evenly split
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Affiliation Members Voting
share
Democratic Party 253 58.2%
Republican Party 182 41.8%
Total 435

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Caucuses

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every six years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1986; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1988; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1990.

House of Representatives

Changes in membership

Senate

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

|- | West Virginia
(2) | Vacant | Senator-elect chose to wait until finishing term as Governor of West Virginia. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jay Rockefeller (D) | January 15, 1985

|- | North Carolina
(3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John Porter East (R) | Died June 29, 1986.
Successor appointed to continue the term. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jim Broyhill (R) | July 14, 1986

|- | North Carolina
(3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jim Broyhill (R) | Interim appointee lost special election.
Successor elected to finish the term. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Terry Sanford (D) | November 5, 1986

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House of Representatives

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|- | Indiana's 8th | Disputed | House declared McCloskey the winner after auditors from the US General Accounting Office conducted a recount and Republican floor votes were rejected. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Frank McCloskey (D) | May 1, 1985

|- | Louisiana's 8th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Gillis W. Long (D) | Died January 20, 1985. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Catherine S. Long (D) | March 30, 1985

|- | Texas's 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Sam B. Hall (D) | Resigned May 27, 1985 to become judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jim Chapman (D) | August 3, 1985

|- | New York's 6th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joseph P. Addabbo (D) | Died April 10, 1986. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alton R. Waldon Jr. (D) | June 10, 1986

|- | Hawaii's 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Cecil Heftel (D) | Resigned July 11, 1986. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Neil Abercrombie (D) | September 20, 1986

|- | North Carolina's 10th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jim Broyhill (R) | Resigned July 14, 1986 to become U.S. Senator. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Cass Ballenger (R) | November 4, 1986

|- | Illinois's 4th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George M. O'Brien (R) | Died July 17, 1986. | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | Illinois's 14th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John E. Grotberg (R) | Died November 15, 1986. | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | North Carolina's 3rd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles O. Whitley (D) | Resigned December 31, 1986. | 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 (1 link), 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

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees and legislative agency directors

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

See also

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