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P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 M a j o r e v e n t s
2 M a j o r l e g i s l a t i o n
3 P a r t y s u m m a r y
T o g g l e P a r t y s u m m a r y s u b s e c t i o n
3 . 1 S e n a t e
3 . 2 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
4 L e a d e r s h i p
T o g g l e L e a d e r s h i p s u b s e c t i o n
4 . 1 S e n a t e
4 . 1 . 1 M a j o r i t y ( D e m o c r a t i c ) l e a d e r s h i p
4 . 1 . 2 M i n o r i t y ( R e p u b l i c a n ) l e a d e r s h i p
4 . 2 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
4 . 2 . 1 M a j o r i t y ( D e m o c r a t i c ) l e a d e r s h i p
4 . 2 . 2 M i n o r i t y ( R e p u b l i c a n ) l e a d e r s h i p
5 C a u c u s e s
6 M e m b e r s
T o g g l e M e m b e r s s u b s e c t i o n
6 . 1 S e n a t e
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6 . 1 . 2 A l a s k a
6 . 1 . 3 A r i z o n a
6 . 1 . 4 A r k a n s a s
6 . 1 . 5 C a l i f o r n i a
6 . 1 . 6 C o l o r a d o
6 . 1 . 7 C o n n e c t i c u t
6 . 1 . 8 D e l a w a r e
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6 . 1 . 1 7 K e n t u c k y
6 . 1 . 1 8 L o u i s i a n a
6 . 1 . 1 9 M a i n e
6 . 1 . 2 0 M a r y l a n d
6 . 1 . 2 1 M a s s a c h u s e t t s
6 . 1 . 2 2 M i c h i g a n
6 . 1 . 2 3 M i n n e s o t a
6 . 1 . 2 4 M i s s i s s i p p i
6 . 1 . 2 5 M i s s o u r i
6 . 1 . 2 6 M o n t a n a
6 . 1 . 2 7 N e b r a s k a
6 . 1 . 2 8 N e v a d a
6 . 1 . 2 9 N e w H a m p s h i r e
6 . 1 . 3 0 N e w J e r s e y
6 . 1 . 3 1 N e w M e x i c o
6 . 1 . 3 2 N e w Y o r k
6 . 1 . 3 3 N o r t h C a r o l i n a
6 . 1 . 3 4 N o r t h D a k o t a
6 . 1 . 3 5 O h i o
6 . 1 . 3 6 O k l a h o m a
6 . 1 . 3 7 O r e g o n
6 . 1 . 3 8 P e n n s y l v a n i a
6 . 1 . 3 9 R h o d e I s l a n d
6 . 1 . 4 0 S o u t h C a r o l i n a
6 . 1 . 4 1 S o u t h D a k o t a
6 . 1 . 4 2 T e n n e s s e e
6 . 1 . 4 3 T e x a s
6 . 1 . 4 4 U t a h
6 . 1 . 4 5 V e r m o n t
6 . 1 . 4 6 V i r g i n i a
6 . 1 . 4 7 W a s h i n g t o n
6 . 1 . 4 8 W e s t V i r g i n i a
6 . 1 . 4 9 W i s c o n s i n
6 . 1 . 5 0 W y o m i n g
6 . 2 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
6 . 2 . 1 A l a b a m a
6 . 2 . 2 A l a s k a
6 . 2 . 3 A r i z o n a
6 . 2 . 4 A r k a n s a s
6 . 2 . 5 C a l i f o r n i a
6 . 2 . 6 C o l o r a d o
6 . 2 . 7 C o n n e c t i c u t
6 . 2 . 8 D e l a w a r e
6 . 2 . 9 F l o r i d a
6 . 2 . 1 0 G e o r g i a
6 . 2 . 1 1 H a w a i i
6 . 2 . 1 2 I d a h o
6 . 2 . 1 3 I l l i n o i s
6 . 2 . 1 4 I n d i a n a
6 . 2 . 1 5 I o w a
6 . 2 . 1 6 K a n s a s
6 . 2 . 1 7 K e n t u c k y
6 . 2 . 1 8 L o u i s i a n a
6 . 2 . 1 9 M a i n e
6 . 2 . 2 0 M a r y l a n d
6 . 2 . 2 1 M a s s a c h u s e t t s
6 . 2 . 2 2 M i c h i g a n
6 . 2 . 2 3 M i n n e s o t a
6 . 2 . 2 4 M i s s i s s i p p i
6 . 2 . 2 5 M i s s o u r i
6 . 2 . 2 6 M o n t a n a
6 . 2 . 2 7 N e b r a s k a
6 . 2 . 2 8 N e v a d a
6 . 2 . 2 9 N e w H a m p s h i r e
6 . 2 . 3 0 N e w J e r s e y
6 . 2 . 3 1 N e w M e x i c o
6 . 2 . 3 2 N e w Y o r k
6 . 2 . 3 3 N o r t h C a r o l i n a
6 . 2 . 3 4 N o r t h D a k o t a
6 . 2 . 3 5 O h i o
6 . 2 . 3 6 O k l a h o m a
6 . 2 . 3 7 O r e g o n
6 . 2 . 3 8 P e n n s y l v a n i a
6 . 2 . 3 9 R h o d e I s l a n d
6 . 2 . 4 0 S o u t h C a r o l i n a
6 . 2 . 4 1 S o u t h D a k o t a
6 . 2 . 4 2 T e n n e s s e e
6 . 2 . 4 3 T e x a s
6 . 2 . 4 4 U t a h
6 . 2 . 4 5 V e r m o n t
6 . 2 . 4 6 V i r g i n i a
6 . 2 . 4 7 W a s h i n g t o n
6 . 2 . 4 8 W e s t V i r g i n i a
6 . 2 . 4 9 W i s c o n s i n
6 . 2 . 5 0 W y o m i n g
6 . 2 . 5 1 N o n - v o t i n g m e m b e r s
7 C h a n g e s i n m e m b e r s h i p
T o g g l e C h a n g e s i n m e m b e r s h i p s u b s e c t i o n
7 . 1 S e n a t e
7 . 2 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
8 C o m m i t t e e s
T o g g l e C o m m i t t e e s s u b s e c t i o n
8 . 1 S e n a t e
8 . 2 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
8 . 3 J o i n t c o m m i t t e e s
9 E m p l o y e e s
T o g g l e E m p l o y e e s s u b s e c t i o n
9 . 1 L e g i s l a t i v e b r a n c h a g e n c y d i r e c t o r s
9 . 2 S e n a t e
9 . 3 H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
10 S e e a l s o
11 N o t e s
12 R e f e r e n c e s
13 E x t e r n a l l i n k s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
9 6 t h U n i t e d S t a t e s C o n g r e s s
5 l a n g u a g e s
● D e u t s c h ● B a h a s a I n d o n e s i a ● I t a l i a n o ● م ص ر ى ● Р у с с к и й
E d i t l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
I n o t h e r p r o j e c t s
● W i k i m e d i a C o m m o n s
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
The 96th 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, 1979, to January 3, 1981, during the last two years of Jimmy Carter 's presidency .
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1970 census .
Both chambers retained a Democratic majority (though downgraded from the supermajority status in the previous Congress), and with President Carter, maintained an overall federal government trifecta . This is the last Congress in which the Democrats retained a trifecta for more than one term.
This is the most recent Congress to feature a Democratic senator from Idaho, Frank Church , who lost re-election in 1980.
Major events [ edit ]
Major legislation [ edit ]
April 10, 1979: Taiwan Relations Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–8
September 9, 1979: Panama Canal Act of 1979, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–70 , 93 Stat. 452
October 17, 1979: Department of Education Organization Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–88 , 93 Stat. 668
March 17, 1980: Refugee Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–212 , 94 Stat. 102
September 19, 1980: Regulatory Flexibility Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–354 , 94 Stat. 1164
September 29, 1980: Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–366 , 94 Stat. 1322
October 14, 1980: Staggers Rail Act of 1980 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–448 , 94 Stat. 1895
October 15, 1980: Classified Information Procedures Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–456 , 94 Stat. 2025
December 2, 1980: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–487 , 94 Stat. 2371
December 11, 1980: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund ), Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–510 , 94 Stat. 2767
December 11, 1980: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–511 , 94 Stat. 2812
December 12, 1980: Defense Officer Personnel Management Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–513
December 12, 1980: Bayh–Dole Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–517 , 94 Stat. 3018
December 22, 1980: Nuclear Safety, Research, Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–567 , 94 Stat. 3329
Party summary [ edit ]
Party standings on the opening day of the 96th Congress
House of Representatives [ edit ]
House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Republican
80+% to 100% Democratic
60+% to 80% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic
50+% to 60% Republican
50+% to 60% Democratic
striped: 50–50 split
Leadership [ edit ]
Majority (Democratic) leadership [ edit ]
Minority (Republican) leadership [ edit ]
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Majority (Democratic) leadership [ edit ]
Minority (Republican) leadership [ edit ]
Caucuses [ edit ]
Members [ edit ]
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1980; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1982; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1984.
▌ 2. Howell Heflin (D )
▌ 3. Donald Stewart (D ), until January 2, 1981
▌ Jeremiah Denton (R ), from January 2, 1981
▌ 2. Ted Stevens (R )
▌ 3. Mike Gravel (D )
▌ 1. Dennis DeConcini (D )
▌ 3. Barry Goldwater (R )
▌ 2. David Pryor (D )
▌ 3. Dale Bumpers (D )
▌ 1. S. I. Hayakawa (R )
▌ 3. Alan Cranston (D )
▌ 2. William L. Armstrong (R )
▌ 3. Gary Hart (D )
▌ 1. Lowell Weicker (R )
▌ 3. Abraham Ribicoff (D )
▌ 1. William Roth (R )
▌ 2. Joe Biden (D )
▌ 1. Lawton Chiles (D )
▌ 3. Richard Stone (D ), until December 30, 1980
▌ Paula Hawkins (R ), from January 1, 1981
▌ 2. Sam Nunn (D )
▌ 3. Herman Talmadge (D )
▌ 1. Spark Matsunaga (D )
▌ 3. Daniel Inouye (D )
▌ 2. James A. McClure (R )
▌ 3. Frank Church (D )
▌ 2. Charles H. Percy (R )
▌ 3. Adlai Stevenson III (D )
▌ 1. Richard Lugar (R )
▌ 3. Birch Bayh (D )
▌ 2. Roger Jepsen (R )
▌ 3. John Culver (D )
▌ 2. Nancy Kassebaum (R )
▌ 3. Bob Dole (R )
▌ 2. Walter Dee Huddleston (D )
▌ 3. Wendell Ford (D )
▌ 2. J. Bennett Johnston (D )
▌ 3. Russell B. Long (D )
▌ 1. Edmund Muskie (D ), until May 7, 1980
▌ George J. Mitchell (D ), from May 19, 1980
▌ 2. William Cohen (R )
▌ 1. Paul Sarbanes (D )
▌ 3. Charles Mathias (R )
▌ 1. Ted Kennedy (D )
▌ 2. Paul Tsongas (D )
▌ 1. Donald Riegle (D )
▌ 2. Carl Levin (D )
▌ 1. David Durenberger (R )
▌ 2. Rudy Boschwitz (R )
▌ 1. John C. Stennis (D )
▌ 2. Thad Cochran (R )
▌ 1. John Danforth (R )
▌ 3. Thomas Eagleton (D )
▌ 1. John Melcher (D )
▌ 2. Max Baucus (D )
▌ 1. Edward Zorinsky (D )
▌ 2. J. James Exon (D )
▌ 1. Howard Cannon (D )
▌ 3. Paul Laxalt (R )
▌ 2. Gordon J. Humphrey (R )
▌ 3. John A. Durkin (D ), until December 29, 1980
▌ Warren Rudman (R ), from December 29, 1980
▌ 1. Harrison A. Williams (D )
▌ 2. Bill Bradley (D )
▌ 1. Harrison Schmitt (R )
▌ 2. Pete Domenici (R )
▌ 1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D )
▌ 3. Jacob Javits (R )
▌ 2. Jesse Helms (R )
▌ 3. Robert Burren Morgan (D )
▌ 1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL)
▌ 3. Milton Young (R )
▌ 1. Howard Metzenbaum (D )
▌ 3. John Glenn (D )
▌ 2. David Boren (D )
▌ 3. Henry Bellmon (R )
▌ 2. Mark Hatfield (R )
▌ 3. Bob Packwood (R )
▌ 1. John Heinz (R )
▌ 3. Richard Schweiker (R )
▌ 1. John Chafee (R )
▌ 2. Claiborne Pell (D )
▌ 2. Strom Thurmond (R )
▌ 3. Fritz Hollings (D )
▌ 2. Larry Pressler (R )
▌ 3. George McGovern (D )
▌ 1. Jim Sasser (D )
▌ 2. Howard Baker (R )
▌ 1. Lloyd Bentsen (D )
▌ 2. John Tower (R )
▌ 1. Orrin Hatch (R )
▌ 3. Jake Garn (R )
▌ 1. Robert Stafford (R )
▌ 3. Patrick Leahy (D )
▌ 1. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (I )
▌ 2. John Warner (R )
▌ 1. Henry M. Jackson (D )
▌ 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D )
▌ 1. Robert Byrd (D )
▌ 2. Jennings Randolph (D )
▌ 1. William Proxmire (D )
▌ 3. Gaylord Nelson (D )
▌ 1. Malcolm Wallop (R )
▌ 2. Alan Simpson (R )
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 96th Congress in January 1979
2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
House of Representatives [ edit ]
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
(4–3 Democratic)
▌ 1 Jack Edwards (R )
▌ 2 William Louis Dickinson (R )
▌ 3 Bill Nichols (D )
▌ 4 Tom Bevill (D )
▌ 5 Ronnie Flippo (D )
▌ 6 John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R )
▌ 7 Richard Shelby (D )
(1 Republican)
▌ At-large Don Young (R )
(2–2 split)
▌ 1 John Jacob Rhodes (R )
▌ 2 Mo Udall (D )
▌ 3 Bob Stump (D )
▌ 4 Eldon Rudd (R )
(2–2 split)
▌ 1 William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D )
▌ 2 Ed Bethune (R )
▌ 3 John Paul Hammerschmidt (R )
▌ 4 Beryl Anthony Jr. (D )
(25–18 Democratic)
▌ 1 Harold T. Johnson (D )
▌ 2 Donald H. Clausen (R )
▌ 3 Bob Matsui (D )
▌ 4 Vic Fazio (D )
▌ 5 John Burton (D )
▌ 6 Phillip Burton (D )
▌ 7 George Miller (D )
▌ 8 Ron Dellums (D )
▌ 9 Pete Stark (D )
▌ 10 Don Edwards (D )
▌ 11 William Royer (R ), from April 3, 1979
▌ 12 Pete McCloskey (R )
▌ 13 Norman Mineta (D )
▌ 14 Norman D. Shumway (R )
▌ 15 Tony Coelho (D )
▌ 16 Leon Panetta (D )
▌ 17 Chip Pashayan (R )
▌ 18 Bill Thomas (R )
▌ 19 Robert J. Lagomarsino (R )
▌ 20 Barry Goldwater Jr. (R )
▌ 21 James C. Corman (D )
▌ 22 Carlos Moorhead (R )
▌ 23 Anthony Beilenson (D )
▌ 24 Henry Waxman (D )
▌ 25 Edward R. Roybal (D )
▌ 26 John H. Rousselot (R )
▌ 27 Bob Dornan (R )
▌ 28 Julian Dixon (D )
▌ 29 Augustus Hawkins (D )
▌ 30 George E. Danielson (D )
▌ 31 Charles H. Wilson (D )
▌ 32 Glenn M. Anderson (D )
▌ 33 Wayne R. Grisham (R )
▌ 34 Dan Lungren (R )
▌ 35 James F. Lloyd (D )
▌ 36 George Brown Jr. (D )
▌ 37 Jerry Lewis (R )
▌ 38 Jerry M. Patterson (D )
▌ 39 William E. Dannemeyer (R )
▌ 40 Robert Badham (R )
▌ 41 Bob Wilson (R )
▌ 42 Lionel Van Deerlin (D )
▌ 43 Clair Burgener (R )
(3–2 Democratic)
▌ 1 Pat Schroeder (D )
▌ 2 Tim Wirth (D )
▌ 3 Ray Kogovsek (D )
▌ 4 James Paul Johnson (R )
▌ 5 Ken Kramer (R )
(5–1 Democratic)
▌ 1 William R. Cotter (D )
▌ 2 Chris Dodd (D )
▌ 3 Robert Giaimo (D )
▌ 4 Stewart McKinney (R )
▌ 5 William R. Ratchford (D )
▌ 6 Toby Moffett (D )
(1 Republican)
▌ At-large Thomas B. Evans Jr. (R )
(12–3 Democratic)
▌ 1 Earl Hutto (D )
▌ 2 Don Fuqua (D )
▌ 3 Charles E. Bennett (D )
▌ 4 Bill Chappell (D )
▌ 5 Richard Kelly (R )
▌ 6 Bill Young (R )
▌ 7 Sam Gibbons (D )
▌ 8 Andy Ireland (D )
▌ 9 Bill Nelson (D )
▌ 10 Skip Bafalis (R )
▌ 11 Dan Mica (D )
▌ 12 Edward J. Stack (D )
▌ 13 William Lehman (D )
▌ 14 Claude Pepper (D )
▌ 15 Dante Fascell (D )
(9–1 Democratic)
▌ 1 Bo Ginn (D )
▌ 2 Dawson Mathis (D )
▌ 3 Jack Brinkley (D )
▌ 4 Elliott H. Levitas (D )
▌ 5 Wyche Fowler (D )
▌ 6 Newt Gingrich (R )
▌ 7 Larry McDonald (D )
▌ 8 Billy Lee Evans (D )
▌ 9 Ed Jenkins (D )
▌ 10 Doug Barnard Jr. (D )
(2 Democrats)
▌ 1 Cecil Heftel (D )
▌ 2 Daniel Akaka (D )
(2 Republicans)
▌ 1 Steve Symms (R )
▌ 2 George V. Hansen (R )
(13–11 Republican)
▌ 1 Bennett Stewart (D )
▌ 2 Morgan F. Murphy (D )
▌ 3 Marty Russo (D )
▌ 4 Ed Derwinski (R )
▌ 5 John G. Fary (D )
▌ 6 Henry Hyde (R )
▌ 7 Cardiss Collins (D )
▌ 8 Dan Rostenkowski (D )
▌ 9 Sidney R. Yates (D )
▌ 10 Abner J. Mikva (D ), until September 26, 1979
▌ John Porter (R ), from January 22, 1980
▌ 11 Frank Annunzio (D )
▌ 12 Phil Crane (R )
▌ 13 Robert McClory (R )
▌ 14 John N. Erlenborn (R )
▌ 15 Tom Corcoran (R )
▌ 16 John B. Anderson (R )
▌ 17 George M. O'Brien (R )
▌ 18 Robert H. Michel (R )
▌ 19 Tom Railsback (R )
▌ 20 Paul Findley (R )
▌ 21 Edward Rell Madigan (R )
▌ 22 Dan Crane (R )
▌ 23 Melvin Price (D )
▌ 24 Paul Simon (D )
(7–4 Democratic)
▌ 1 Adam Benjamin Jr. (D )
▌ 2 Floyd Fithian (D )
▌ 3 John Brademas (D )
▌ 4 Dan Quayle (R )
▌ 5 Elwood Hillis (R )
▌ 6 David W. Evans (D )
▌ 7 John T. Myers (R )
▌ 8 H. Joel Deckard (R )
▌ 9 Lee H. Hamilton (D )
▌ 10 Philip Sharp (D )
▌ 11 Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D )
(3–3 split)
▌ 1 Jim Leach (R )
▌ 2 Tom Tauke (R )
▌ 3 Chuck Grassley (R )
▌ 4 Neal Edward Smith (D )
▌ 5 Tom Harkin (D )
▌ 6 Berkley Bedell (D )
(4-1 Republican)
▌ 1 Keith Sebelius (R )
▌ 2 James Edmund Jeffries (R )
▌ 3 Larry Winn (R )
▌ 4 Dan Glickman (D )
▌ 5 Bob Whittaker (R )
(4–3 Democratic)
▌ 1 Carroll Hubbard (D )
▌ 2 William Natcher (D )
▌ 3 Romano Mazzoli (D )
▌ 4 Gene Snyder (R )
▌ 5 Tim Lee Carter (R )
▌ 6 Larry J. Hopkins (R )
▌ 7 Carl D. Perkins (D )
(5–3 Democratic)
▌ 1 Bob Livingston (R )
▌ 2 Lindy Boggs (D )
▌ 3 Dave Treen (R ), until March 10, 1980
▌ Billy Tauzin (D ), from May 22, 1980
▌ 4 Buddy Leach (D )
▌ 5 Jerry Huckaby (D )
▌ 6 Henson Moore (R )
▌ 7 John Breaux (D )
▌ 8 Gillis William Long (D )
(2 Republicans)
▌ 1 David F. Emery (R )
▌ 2 Olympia Snowe (R )
(6–2 Democratic)
▌ 1 Robert Bauman (R )
▌ 2 Clarence Long (D )
▌ 3 Barbara Mikulski (D )
▌ 4 Marjorie Holt (R )
▌ 5 Gladys Spellman (D )
▌ 6 Beverly Byron (D )
▌ 7 Parren Mitchell (D )
▌ 8 Michael D. Barnes (D )
(10–2 Democratic)
▌ 1 Silvio O. Conte (R )
▌ 2 Edward Boland (D )
▌ 3 Joseph D. Early (D )
▌ 4 Robert Drinan (D )
▌ 5 James Shannon (D )
▌ 6 Nicholas Mavroules (D )
▌ 7 Ed Markey (D )
▌ 8 Tip O'Neill (D )
▌ 9 Joe Moakley (D )
▌ 10 Margaret Heckler (R )
▌ 11 Brian J. Donnelly (D )
▌ 12 Gerry Studds (D )
(13–6 Democratic)
▌ 1 John Conyers (D )
▌ 2 Carl Pursell (R )
▌ 3 Howard Wolpe (D )
▌ 4 David Stockman (R )
▌ 5 Harold S. Sawyer (R )
▌ 6 Milton Robert Carr (D )
▌ 7 Dale Kildee (D )
▌ 8 J. Bob Traxler (D )
▌ 9 Guy Vander Jagt (R )
▌ 10 Donald J. Albosta (D )
▌ 11 Robert William Davis (R )
▌ 12 David Bonior (D )
▌ 13 Charles Diggs (D ), until June 3, 1980
▌ George Crockett Jr. (D ), from November 4, 1980
▌ 14 Lucien Nedzi (D )
▌ 15 William D. Ford (D )
▌ 16 John D. Dingell Jr. (D )
▌ 17 William M. Brodhead (D )
▌ 18 James Blanchard (D )
▌ 19 William Broomfield (R )
(4–4 split)
▌ 1 Arlen Erdahl (R )
▌ 2 Tom Hagedorn (R )
▌ 3 Bill Frenzel (R )
▌ 4 Bruce Vento (DFL)
▌ 5 Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)
▌ 6 Rick Nolan (DFL)
▌ 7 Arlan Stangeland (R )
▌ 8 Jim Oberstar (DFL)
(3–2 Democratic)
▌ 1 Jamie L. Whitten (D )
▌ 2 David R. Bowen (D )
▌ 3 Sonny Montgomery (D )
▌ 4 Jon Hinson (R )
▌ 5 Trent Lott (R )
(8–2 Democratic)
▌ 1 Bill Clay (D )
▌ 2 Robert A. Young (D )
▌ 3 Dick Gephardt (D )
▌ 4 Ike Skelton (D )
▌ 5 Richard Walker Bolling (D )
▌ 6 Tom Coleman (R )
▌ 7 Gene Taylor (R )
▌ 8 Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D )
▌ 9 Harold Volkmer (D )
▌ 10 Bill Burlison (D )
(1–1 split)
▌ 1 Pat Williams (D )
▌ 2 Ron Marlenee (R )
(2–1 Republican)
▌ 1 Doug Bereuter (R )
▌ 2 John Joseph Cavanaugh III (D )
▌ 3 Virginia D. Smith (R )
(1 Democrat)
▌ At-large James David Santini (D )
(1–1 split)
▌ 1 Norman D'Amours (D )
▌ 2 James Colgate Cleveland (R )
(10–5 Democratic)
▌ 1 James Florio (D )
▌ 2 William J. Hughes (D )
▌ 3 James J. Howard (D )
▌ 4 Frank Thompson (D ), until December 29, 1980
▌ 5 Millicent Fenwick (R )
▌ 6 Edwin B. Forsythe (R )
▌ 7 Andrew Maguire (D )
▌ 8 Robert A. Roe (D )
▌ 9 Harold C. Hollenbeck (R )
▌ 10 Peter W. Rodino (D )
▌ 11 Joseph Minish (D )
▌ 12 Matthew John Rinaldo (R )
▌ 13 Jim Courter (R )
▌ 14 Frank Joseph Guarini (D )
▌ 15 Edward J. Patten (D )
(1–1 split)
▌ 1 Manuel Lujan Jr. (R )
▌ 2 Harold L. Runnels (D ), until August 5, 1980
(26–13 Democratic)
▌ 1 William Carney (C )[a]
▌ 2 Thomas Downey (D )
▌ 3 Jerome Ambro (D )
▌ 4 Norman F. Lent (R )
▌ 5 John W. Wydler (R )
▌ 6 Lester L. Wolff (D )
▌ 7 Joseph P. Addabbo (D )
▌ 8 Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D )
▌ 9 Geraldine Ferraro (D )
▌ 10 Mario Biaggi (D )
▌ 11 James H. Scheuer (D )
▌ 12 Shirley Chisholm (D )
▌ 13 Stephen Solarz (D )
▌ 14 Fred Richmond (D )
▌ 15 Leo C. Zeferetti (D )
▌ 16 Elizabeth Holtzman (D )
▌ 17 John M. Murphy (D )
▌ 18 Bill Green (R )
▌ 19 Charles Rangel (D )
▌ 20 Theodore S. Weiss (D )
▌ 21 Robert Garcia (D )
▌ 22 Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D )
▌ 23 Peter A. Peyser (D )
▌ 24 Richard Ottinger (D )
▌ 25 Hamilton Fish IV (R )
▌ 26 Benjamin Gilman (R )
▌ 27 Matthew F. McHugh (D )
▌ 28 Samuel S. Stratton (D )
▌ 29 Gerald Solomon (R )
▌ 30 Robert C. McEwen (R )
▌ 31 Donald J. Mitchell (R )
▌ 32 James M. Hanley (D )
▌ 33 Gary A. Lee (R )
▌ 34 Frank Horton (R )
▌ 35 Barber Conable (R )
▌ 36 John J. LaFalce (D )
▌ 37 Henry J. Nowak (D )
▌ 38 Jack Kemp (R )
▌ 39 Stan Lundine (D )
(9–2 Democratic)
▌ 1 Walter B. Jones Sr. (D )
▌ 2 Lawrence H. Fountain (D )
▌ 3 Charles Orville Whitley (D )
▌ 4 Ike Franklin Andrews (D )
▌ 5 Stephen L. Neal (D )
▌ 6 L. Richardson Preyer (D )
▌ 7 Charlie Rose (D )
▌ 8 Bill Hefner (D )
▌ 9 James G. Martin (R )
▌ 10 Jim Broyhill (R )
▌ 11 V. Lamar Gudger (D )
(1 Republican)
▌ At-large Mark Andrews (R )
(13–10 Republican)
▌ 1 Bill Gradison (R )
▌ 2 Tom Luken (D )
▌ 3 Tony P. Hall (D )
▌ 4 Tennyson Guyer (R )
▌ 5 Del Latta (R )
▌ 6 Bill Harsha (R )
▌ 7 Bud Brown (R )
▌ 8 Tom Kindness (R )
▌ 9 Thomas L. Ashley (D )
▌ 10 Clarence E. Miller (R )
▌ 11 J. William Stanton (R )
▌ 12 Samuel L. Devine (R )
▌ 13 Donald J. Pease (D )
▌ 14 John F. Seiberling (D )
▌ 15 Chalmers Wylie (R )
▌ 16 Ralph Regula (R )
▌ 17 John M. Ashbrook (R )
▌ 18 Douglas Applegate (D )
▌ 19 Lyle Williams (R )
▌ 20 Mary Rose Oakar (D )
▌ 21 Louis Stokes (D )
▌ 22 Charles Vanik (D )
▌ 23 Ronald M. Mottl (D )
(5–1 Democratic)
▌ 1 James R. Jones (D )
▌ 2 Mike Synar (D )
▌ 3 Wes Watkins (D )
▌ 4 Tom Steed (D )
▌ 5 Mickey Edwards (R )
▌ 6 Glenn English (D )
(4 Democrats)
▌ 1 Les AuCoin (D )
▌ 2 Al Ullman (D )
▌ 3 Robert B. Duncan (D )
▌ 4 Jim Weaver (D )
(15–10 Democratic)
▌ 1 Michael Myers (D ), until October 2, 1980
▌ 2 William H. Gray III (D )
▌ 3 Raymond Lederer (D )
▌ 4 Charles F. Dougherty (R )
▌ 5 Richard T. Schulze (R )
▌ 6 Gus Yatron (D )
▌ 7 Robert W. Edgar (D )
▌ 8 Peter H. Kostmayer (D )
▌ 9 Bud Shuster (R )
▌ 10 Joseph M. McDade (R )
▌ 11 Dan Flood (D ), until January 31, 1980
▌ Ray Musto (D ), from April 9, 1980
▌ 12 John Murtha (D )
▌ 13 Lawrence Coughlin (R )
▌ 14 William S. Moorhead (D )
▌ 15 Donald L. Ritter (R )
▌ 16 Robert Smith Walker (R )
▌ 17 Allen E. Ertel (D )
▌ 18 Doug Walgren (D )
▌ 19 William F. Goodling (R )
▌ 20 Joseph M. Gaydos (D )
▌ 21 Donald A. Bailey (D )
▌ 22 Austin Murphy (D )
▌ 23 William F. Clinger Jr. (R )
▌ 24 Marc L. Marks (R )
▌ 25 Eugene Atkinson (D )
(2 Democrats)
▌ 1 Fernand St Germain (D )
▌ 2 Edward Beard (D )
(4–2 Democratic)
▌ 1 Mendel Jackson Davis (D )
▌ 2 Floyd Spence (R )
▌ 3 Butler Derrick (D )
▌ 4 Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R )
▌ 5 Kenneth Lamar Holland (D )
▌ 6 John Jenrette (D ), until December 10, 1980
(1–1 split)
▌ 1 Tom Daschle (D )
▌ 2 James Abdnor (R )
(5–3 Democratic)
▌ 1 Jimmy Quillen (R )
▌ 2 John Duncan Sr. (R )
▌ 3 Marilyn Lloyd (D )
▌ 4 Albert Gore Jr. (D )
▌ 5 Bill Boner (D )
▌ 6 Robin Beard (R )
▌ 7 Ed Jones (D )
▌ 8 Harold Ford Sr. (D )
(20–4 Democratic)
▌ 1 Sam B. Hall Jr. (D )
▌ 2 Charlie Wilson (D )
▌ 3 James M. Collins (R )
▌ 4 Ray Roberts (D )
▌ 5 Jim Mattox (D )
▌ 6 Phil Gramm (D )
▌ 7 Bill Archer (R )
▌ 8 Robert C. Eckhardt (D )
▌ 9 Jack Brooks (D )
▌ 10 J. J. Pickle (D )
▌ 11 Marvin Leath (D )
▌ 12 Jim Wright (D )
▌ 13 Jack Hightower (D )
▌ 14 Joseph P. Wyatt Jr. (D )
▌ 15 Kika de la Garza (D )
▌ 16 Richard Crawford White (D )
▌ 17 Charles Stenholm (D )
▌ 18 Mickey Leland (D )
▌ 19 Kent Hance (D )
▌ 20 Henry B. González (D )
▌ 21 Tom Loeffler (R )
▌ 22 Ron Paul (R )
▌ 23 Abraham Kazen (D )
▌ 24 Martin Frost (D )
(1–1 split)
▌ 1 K. Gunn McKay (D )
▌ 2 David Daniel Marriott (R )
(1 Republican)
▌ At-large Jim Jeffords (R )
(6–4 Republican)
▌ 1 Paul Trible (R )
▌ 2 G. William Whitehurst (R )
▌ 3 David E. Satterfield III (D )
▌ 4 Robert Daniel (R )
▌ 5 Dan Daniel (D )
▌ 6 M. Caldwell Butler (R )
▌ 7 J. Kenneth Robinson (R )
▌ 8 Herbert Harris (D )
▌ 9 William C. Wampler (R )
▌ 10 Joseph L. Fisher (D )
(6–1 Democratic)
▌ 1 Joel Pritchard (R )
▌ 2 Al Swift (D )
▌ 3 Don Bonker (D )
▌ 4 Mike McCormack (D )
▌ 5 Tom Foley (D )
▌ 6 Norm Dicks (D )
▌ 7 Mike Lowry (D )
(4 Democrats)
▌ 1 Bob Mollohan (D )
▌ 2 Harley Orrin Staggers (D )
▌ 3 John M. Slack Jr. (D ), until March 17, 1980
▌ John G. Hutchinson (D ), from June 30, 1980
▌ 4 Nick Rahall (D )
(6–2 Democratic)
▌ 1 Les Aspin (D )
▌ 2 Robert Kastenmeier (D )
▌ 3 Alvin Baldus (D )
▌ 4 Clement J. Zablocki (D )
▌ 5 Henry S. Reuss (D )
▌ 6 Tom Petri (R ), from April 3, 1979
▌ 7 Dave Obey (D )
▌ 8 Toby Roth (R )
▌ 9 Jim Sensenbrenner (R )
(1 Republican)
▌ At-large Dick Cheney (R )
Non-voting members [ edit ]
(4–1 Democratic)
▌ District of Columbia Walter Fauntroy (D )
▌ Guam Antonio Borja Won Pat (D )
▌ Puerto Rico Baltasar Corrada del Rio (PNP)
▌ Virgin Islands Melvin H. Evans (R )
Changes in membership [ edit ]
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Replacements: 4
Deaths: 0
Resignations: 4
Vacancy: 0
Total seats with changes: 4
Senate changes
State
Vacated by
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's formal installation[b]
Maine Edmund Muskie D )
Resigned May 7, 1980 to become United States Secretary of State .
George J. Mitchell D )
May 19, 1980
New Hampshire John A. Durkin D )
Resigned December 29, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority.elected to the next term.
Warren Rudman R )
December 29, 1980
Florida Richard Stone D )
Resigned December 30, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority.elected to the next term.
Paula Hawkins R )
January 1, 1981
Alabama Donald Stewart D )
Resigned January 2, 1981 to give successor priority in seniority.elected to the next term.
Jeremiah Denton R )
January 2, 1981
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Replacements: 7
Deaths: 1
Resignations: 4
Expulsion: 1
Contested election:
Total seats with changes: 10
House changes
District
Vacated by
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's formal installation[b]
California 11th Vacant
Rep. Leo Ryan died during previous congress
William Royer (R )
April 3, 1979
Wisconsin 6th Vacant
Rep. William A. Steiger died during previous congress
Tom Petri (R )
April 3, 1979
Illinois 10th Abner Mikva (D )
Resigned September 26, 1979, after being appointed judge of U.S. Court of Appeals
John Porter (R )
January 22, 1980
Pennsylvania 11th Dan Flood (D )
Resigned January 31, 1980
Ray Musto (D )
April 9, 1980
Louisiana 3rd Dave Treen (R )
Resigned March 10, 1980, after being elected Governor of Louisiana
Billy Tauzin (D )
May 22, 1980
West Virginia 3rd John M. Slack Jr. (D )
Died March 17, 1980
John G. Hutchinson (D )
June 30, 1980
Michigan 13th Charles Diggs (D )
Resigned June 3, 1980
George Crockett Jr. (D )
November 4, 1980
New Mexico 2nd Harold L. Runnels (D )
Died August 5, 1980
Vacant
Not filled this term
Pennsylvania 1st Michael Myers (D )
Expelled October 2, 1980
South Carolina 6th John Jenrette (D )
Resigned December 10, 1980
New Jersey 4th Frank Thompson (D )
Resigned December 29, 1980, after being censured by the House of Representatives
Committees [ edit ]
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.
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Joint committees [ edit ]
Employees [ edit ]
House of Representatives [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
^ a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
References [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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