| 88th United States Congress | |
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87th ← → 89th | |
United States Capitol (1962)
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January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |
| Members | 100 senators 435 representatives |
| Senate majority | Democratic |
| Senate President | Lyndon B. Johnson (D)[a] (until November 22, 1963) Vacant (from November 22, 1963) |
| House majority | Democratic |
| House Speaker | John McCormack (D) |
| Sessions | |
| 1st: January 9, 1963 – December 30, 1963 2nd: January 7, 1964 – October 3, 1964 | |
The 88th 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, 1963, to January 3, 1965, during the final months of the presidencyofJohn F. Kennedy, and the first years of the presidency of his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census, and the number of members was again 435 (it had temporarily been 437 in order to seat one member each from recently admitted states of Alaska and Hawaii).
Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority - including a filibuster-proof supermajority in the Senate - and with President Kennedy, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta.
| Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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| Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | |||
| End of previous congress | 62 | 37 | 99 | 1 |
| Begin | 65 | 33 | 98 | 2 |
| End | 66 | 34 | 100 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 66.0% | 34.0% | ||
| Beginning of next congress | 68 | 32 | 100 | 0 |
| Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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| Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | |||
| End of previous congress | 260 | 174 | 434 | 3 |
| Begin | 258 | 176 | 434 | 1 |
| End | 253 | 177 | 430 | 5 |
| Final voting share | 58.8% | 41.2% | ||
| Beginning of next congress | 295 | 140 | 435 | 0 |
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Senators are ordered first by state, and then by class. 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 reelection in 1964; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1966; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1968.
| State (class) |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[b] |
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| Oklahoma (2) |
Vacant | Sen. Robert S. Kerr died in previous congress. Successor appointed to continue the term. |
J. Howard Edmondson (D) | January 7, 1963 |
| Wisconsin (3) |
Vacant | Delayed taking oath of office in order to finish term as Governor of Wisconsin | Gaylord Nelson (D) | January 8, 1963 |
| Tennessee (2) |
Estes Kefauver (D) | Died August 10, 1963. Successor appointed August 20, 1963, to continue the term. |
Herbert S. Walters (D) | August 20, 1963 |
| California (1) |
Clair Engle (D) | Died July 30, 1964. Successor appointed August 4, 1964. |
Pierre Salinger (D) | August 4, 1964 |
| South Carolina (2) |
Strom Thurmond (D) | Changed political parties. | Strom Thurmond (R) | September 16, 1964 |
| New Mexico (1) |
Edwin L. Mechem (R) | Lost special election. Successor elected November 3, 1964. |
Joseph Montoya (D) | November 4, 1964 |
| Oklahoma (2) |
J. Howard Edmondson (D) | Successor elected November 3, 1964. | Fred R. Harris (D) | November 4, 1964 |
| Tennessee (2) |
Herbert S. Walters (D) | Successor elected November 3, 1964. | Ross Bass (D) | November 4, 1964 |
| Minnesota (2) |
Hubert Humphrey (DFL) | Resigned December 29, 1964, after being elected Vice President of the United States. Successor appointed December 30, 1964, to finish the term. |
Walter Mondale (DFL) | December 30, 1964 |
| California (1) |
Pierre Salinger (D) | Resigned December 31, 1964, to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed January 1, 1965. |
George Murphy (R) | January 1, 1965 |
| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[b] |
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| California 1st | Vacant | Rep. Clement Woodnutt Miller died during previous congress | Donald H. Clausen (R) | January 22, 1963 |
| California 23rd | Clyde Doyle (D) | Died March 14, 1963 | Del M. Clawson (R) | June 11, 1963 |
| Pennsylvania 15th | Francis E. Walter (D) | Died May 31, 1963 | Fred B. Rooney (D) | July 30, 1963 |
| North Dakota 1st | Hjalmar Carl Nygaard (R) | Died July 18, 1963 | Mark Andrews (R) | October 22, 1963 |
| Pennsylvania 23rd | Leon H. Gavin (R) | Died September 15, 1963 | Albert W. Johnson (R) | November 3, 1963 |
| Texas 10th | Homer Thornberry (D) | Resigned December 20, 1963, after being appointed as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas | J. J. Pickle (D) | December 21, 1963 |
| Pennsylvania 5th | William J. Green Jr. (D) | Died December 21, 1963 | William J. Green III (D) | April 28, 1964 |
| California 5th | John F. Shelley (D) | Resigned January 7, 1964, after being elected Mayor of San Francisco | Phillip Burton (D) | February 18, 1964 |
| Tennessee 2nd | Howard Baker Sr. (R) | Died January 7, 1964 | Irene Baker (R) | March 10, 1964 |
| Illinois 6th | Thomas J. O'Brien (D) | Died April 14, 1964 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| South Carolina 5th | Robert W. Hemphill (D) | Resigned May 1, 1964, after being appointed judge of the US District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of SC | Thomas S. Gettys (D) | November 3, 1964 |
| Missouri 9th | Clarence Cannon (D) | Died May 12, 1964 | William L. Hungate (D) | November 3, 1964 |
| Michigan 12th | John B. Bennett (R) | Died August 9, 1964 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| Oregon 1st | A. Walter Norblad (R) | Died September 20, 1964 | Wendell Wyatt (R) | November 3, 1964 |
| New Mexico at-large | Joseph Montoya (D) | Resigned November 3, 1964, after being elected to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| Tennessee 6th | Ross Bass (D) | Resigned November 3, 1964, after being elected to the US Senate | ||
| Illinois 9th | Edward Rowan Finnegan (D) | Resigned December 6, 1964, after being appointed judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County |
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. 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.
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