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97th United States Congress
96th ←
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United States Capitol
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentWalter Mondale (D)
until January 20, 1981
George H. W. Bush (R)
from January 20, 1981
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerTip O'Neill (D)
Sessions
1st: January 5, 1981 – December 16, 1981
2nd: January 25, 1982 – December 23, 1982

The 97th 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, 1981, to January 3, 1983, during the final weeks of Jimmy Carter's presidency and the first two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970. The House of Representatives had a Democratic majority. The Republicans gained control of the Senate, the first time that Republicans gained control of any chamber of Congress since 1953.

Major events

Main articles: 1981 in the United States, 1982 in the United States, and 1983 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 97th United States Congress

Special or select committees

Party summary

Senate

Party standings on the opening day of the 97th Congress
  46 Democratic Senators
  1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats
  53 Republican Senators
Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic
(D) 		Independent
(I)		Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 55 1 44 100 0
Begin 46 1 53 100 0
End
Final voting share 46.0% 1.0% 53.0%
Beginning of next congress 46 0 54 100 0

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80+% Democratic
  80+% Republican
  60+% to 80% Democratic
  60+% to 80% Republican
  50+% to 60% Democratic
  50+% to 60% Republican
  (Striped): even split
Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic
(D) 		Republican
(R)		Conservative
(C)
End of previous congress 272 158 1 431 4
Begin 243 191 1 435 0
End 242 4341
Final voting share 55.8% 44.0% 0.2%
Beginning of next congress 269 164 1 434 1

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 two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1982; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1984; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1986.

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives are listed by their district numbers.

Changes in membership

Senate

There were 2 resignations.

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

|- | nowrap | New Jersey
(Class 1) | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Harrison A. Williams
(D) | Incumbent resigned March 11, 1982, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation.
A successor was appointed April 12, 1982, to finish the term. | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Nicholas F. Brady
(R) | April 27, 1982

|- | nowrap | New Jersey
(Class 1) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Nicholas F. Brady
(R) | Incumbent resigned December 27, 1982, so his elected successor could be appointed for preferential seniority.
A successor was appointed December 27, 1982, to finish the term. | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Frank Lautenberg
(D) | December 27, 1982

|}

House of Representatives

There were 4 deaths, 4 resignations, one declared vacancy, and one party change.

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- | Michigan 4th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | David Stockman (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 27, 1981, after being appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Mark D. Siljander (R) | April 21, 1981 |- | Maryland 5th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Gladys Spellman (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Incapacitated since last Congress and seat declared vacant February 24, 1981 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Steny Hoyer (D) | May 19, 1981 |- | Ohio 4th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Tennyson Guyer (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 12, 1981 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Mike Oxley (R) | June 25, 1981 |- | Mississippi 4th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Jon Hinson (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 13, 1981 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Wayne Dowdy (D) | July 7, 1981 |- | Pennsylvania 3rd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Raymond Lederer (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned April 29, 1981, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Joseph F. Smith (D) | July 21, 1981 |- | Connecticut 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | William R. Cotter (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 8, 1981 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Barbara B. Kennelly (D) | January 12, 1982 |- | Pennsylvania 25th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Eugene Atkinson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Changed parties October 14, 1981 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Eugene Atkinson (R) | October 14, 1981 |- | California 30th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | George E. Danielson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 9, 1982, after being appointed associate justice of the California Courts of Appeal | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Matthew G. Martínez (D) | July 13, 1982 |- | Ohio 17th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John M. Ashbrook (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 24, 1982 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R) | June 29, 1982 |- | New York 14th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Fred Richmond (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned August 25, 1982 | colspan=2 | Vacant until end of Congress |- | Indiana 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Adam Benjamin Jr. (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1982 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Katie Hall (D) | November 2, 1982 |}

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

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Caucused with the Republicans.

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

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