91st United States Congress

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91st United States Congress
90th ←
→ 92nd
United States Capitol
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
Members100 senators
435 representatives
Senate majorityDemocratic
Senate PresidentHubert Humphrey (D)
until January 20, 1969
Spiro Agnew (R)
from January 20, 1969
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerJohn W. McCormack (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1969 – December 23, 1969
2nd: January 19, 1970 – January 2, 1971

The Ninety-first 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, 1969, to January 3, 1971, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon.

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

Main articles: 1969 in the United States, 1970 in the United States, and 1971 in the United States

Major legislation

President Richard Nixon paying his last tributes to Sen. Everett Dirksen, who died September 7, 1969.
Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001 § 91st United States Congress

Party summary

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 standings on the opening day of the 91st Congress
  57 Democratic Senators
  43 Republican Senators
Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic
(D) 		Republican
(R)		Other
(O)
End of previous congress 62 38 0 100 0
Begin 57 43 0 100 0
End 59 41
Final voting share 59.0% 41.0% 0.0%
Beginning of next congress 54 44 2[a] 100 0

House of Representatives

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic
(D) 		Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 247 186 433 2
Begin 243 192 435 0
End 242 189 4314
Final voting share 56.1% 43.9%
Beginning of next congress 254 180 434 1

Leadership

Senate President Spiro Agnew

Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) 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 Members of the House 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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1974.

House of Representatives

Some members of the House of Representatives were elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, and others were elected from districts, as listed here as the districts existed at this time.

Changes in membership

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

Senate

  • replacements: 3
  • deaths: 1
  • resignations: 2
  • Total seats with changes: 3


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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate

|- | Illinois
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Everett Dirksen (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1969 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | September 17, 1969 |- | Illinois
(3) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 3, 1970 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Adlai Stevenson III (D) | November 17, 1970 |- | Delaware
(1) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John J. Williams (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1970 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William Roth (R) | January 1, 1971 |- | California
(1) | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George Murphy (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 2, 1971 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John V. Tunney (D) | January 2, 1971 |}

House of Representatives

  • replacements: 14
  • deaths: 10
  • resignations: 8
  • Total seats with changes: 18


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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep

|- | California 27th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Edwin Reinecke (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 21, 1969, after becoming Lieutenant Governor of California | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Barry Goldwater Jr. (R) | April 29, 1969 |- | Wisconsin 7th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Melvin Laird (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 21, 1969, after being appointed United States Secretary of Defense | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Dave Obey (D) | April 1, 1969 |- | Tennessee 8th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Fats Everett (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 26, 1969 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Ed Jones (D) | March 25, 1969 |- | Montana 2nd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| James Franklin Battin (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 27, 1969, after being appointed judge for the US District Court for the District of Montana | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John Melcher (D) | June 24, 1969 |- | Illinois 13th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Donald Rumsfeld (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 25, 1969, after being appointed Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Phil Crane (R) | November 25, 1969 |- | Massachusetts 6th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| William H. Bates (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 22, 1969 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Michael J. Harrington (D) | September 30, 1969 |- | Illinois 6th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Daniel J. Ronan (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 13, 1969 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | George W. Collins (D) | November 3, 1970 |- | New Jersey 8th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Charles Samuel Joelson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 4, 1969, after becoming judge of Superior Court of New Jersey | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Robert A. Roe (D) | November 4, 1969 |- | New Jersey 6th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| William T. Cahill (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 19, 1970, after becoming Governor of New Jersey | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Edwin B. Forsythe (R) | November 3, 1970 |- | California 24th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 1, 1970 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John H. Rousselot (R) | June 30, 1970 |- | California 35th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| James B. Utt (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 1, 1970 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John G. Schmitz (R) | June 30, 1970 |- | Connecticut 2nd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| William St. Onge (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 1, 1970 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Robert H. Steele (R) | November 3, 1970 |- | Ohio 19th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| Michael J. Kirwan (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 27, 1970 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Charles J. Carney (D) | November 3, 1970 |- | Pennsylvania 9th | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| George Watkins (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 7, 1970 | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John H. Ware III (R) | November 3, 1970 |- | Illinois 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| William L. Dawson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 9, 1970 | rowspan=4 |Vacant | rowspan=4 |Not filled this term |- | South Carolina 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| L. Mendel Rivers (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 28, 1970 |- | Delaware At-large | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap| William Roth (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1970, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate |- | California 38th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap| John V. Tunney (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 2, 1971, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate |}

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 (2 links), 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. ^ Conservative Party of New York, Independent

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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