94th United States Congress

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Contents 1 Dates of sessions 2 Major events 3 Major legislation 3.1 House of Representatives 4 Leadership 4.1 Senate 4.1.1 Majority leadership 4.1.2 Minority leadership 4.2 House of Representatives 4.2.1 Majority leadership 4.2.2 Minority leadership 5 Members of the Senate 6 Members of the House of Representatives 7 Changes in Membership 7.1 Senate 7.2 House of Representatives 8 Officers 8.1 Senate 8.2 House of Representatives 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

The Ninety-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1977, during the administration of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

January 3, 1975 - January 3, 1977

• First session: January 14, 1975 - December 19, 1975
• Second session: January 19, 1976 - October 1, 1976

Previous congress: 93rd Congress
Next congress: 95th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1975; Events of 1976

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 94th Congress

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

President of the Senate: Nelson A. Rockefeller
President pro tempore:

[edit] Majority leadership

Leader: Mike Mansfield, Montana

Whip: Robert Byrd, West Virginia

[edit] Minority leadership

Leader: Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania

Whip: Robert P. Griffin, Michigan

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Majority leadership

Speaker: Carl Albert, Oklahoma

Leader: Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts

Whip: John J. McFall, California

[edit] Minority leadership

Leader: John Rhodes, Arizona

Whip: Robert H. Michel, Illinois

[edit] Members of the Senate

Alabama

John J. Sparkman, (Dem.)

James B. Allen, (Dem.)

Alaska

Ted Stevens, (Rep.)

Mike Gravel, (Dem.)

Arizona

Paul J. Fannin, (Rep.)

Barry Goldwater, (Rep.)

Arkansas

John L. McClellan, (Dem.)

Dale L. Bumpers, (Dem.)

California

Alan MacGregor Cranston, (Dem.)

John V. Tunney, (Dem.)

Colorado

Floyd K. Haskell, (Dem.)

Gary Hart, (Dem.)

Connecticut

Abraham A. Ribicoff, (Dem.)

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., (Rep.)

Delaware

William V. Roth, Jr., (Rep.)

Joseph R. Biden, Jr., (Dem.)

Florida

Lawton Chiles, (Dem.)

Richard Stone, (Dem.)

Georgia

Herman E. Talmadge, (Dem.)

Sam Nunn, (Dem.)

Hawaii

Hiram L. Fong, (Rep.)

Daniel K. Inouye, (Dem.)

Idaho

Frank Church, (Dem.)

James A. McClure, (Rep.)

Illinois

Charles H. Percy, (Rep.)

Adlai Stevenson III, (Dem.)

Indiana

Vance Hartke, (Dem.)

Birch E. Bayh II, (Dem.)

Iowa

Richard C. Clark, (Dem.)

John C. Culver, (Dem.)

Kansas

James B. Pearson, (Rep.)

Bob Dole, (Rep.)

Kentucky

Walter D. Huddleston, (Dem.)

Wendell H. Ford, (Dem.)

Louisiana

Russell B. Long, (Dem.)

J. Bennett Johnston, (Dem.)

Maine

Edmund S. Muskie, (Dem.)

William D. Hathaway, (Dem.)

Maryland

Charles Mathias, Jr., (Rep.)

John Glenn Beall, Jr., (Rep.)

Massachusetts

Edward Kennedy, (Dem.)

Edward Brooke, (Rep.)

Michigan

Philip A. Hart, (Dem.)

Robert P. Griffin, (Rep.)

Minnesota

Walter Mondale, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Hubert Humphrey, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Mississippi

James O. Eastland, (Dem.)

John C. Stennis, (Dem.)

Missouri

Stuart Symington, (Dem.)

Thomas F. Eagleton, (Dem.)

Montana

Mike Mansfield, (Dem.)

Lee Metcalf, (Dem.)

Nebraska

Roman L. Hruska, (Rep.)

Carl T. Curtis, (Rep.)

Nevada

Howard W. Cannon, (Dem.)

Paul Laxalt, (Rep.)

New Hampshire

Thomas J. McIntyre, (Dem.)

John A. Durkin, (Dem.) (Starting in September 1975)

New Jersey

Clifford P. Case, (Rep.)

Harrison A. Williams, (Dem.)

New Mexico

Joseph Montoya, (Dem.)

Pete V. Domenici, (Rep.)

New York

Jacob K. Javits, (Rep.)

James L. Buckley, Conservative (Republican caucus)

North Carolina

Jesse Helms, (Rep.)

Robert B. Morgan, (Dem.)

North Dakota

Milton R. Young, (Rep.)

Quentin N. Burdick, (Dem.)

Ohio

Robert Taft, Jr., (Rep.)

John H. Glenn Jr., (Dem.)

Oklahoma

Henry Bellmon, (Rep.)

Dewey F. Bartlett, (Rep.)

Oregon

Mark O. Hatfield, (Rep.)

Robert W. Packwood, (Rep.)

Pennsylvania

Hugh Scott, (Rep.)

Richard S. Schweiker, (Rep.)

Rhode Island

John O. Pastore, (Dem.)

Claiborne Pell, (Dem.)

South Carolina

Strom Thurmond, (Rep.)

Ernest F. Hollings, (Dem.)

South Dakota

George S. McGovern, (Dem.)

James Abourezk, (Dem.)

Tennessee

Howard Baker, (Rep.)

William E. Brock III, (Rep.)

Texas

John Tower, (Rep.)

Lloyd Bentsen, (Dem.)

Utah

Frank E. Moss, (Dem.)

Jake Garn, (Rep.)

Vermont

Robert T. Stafford, (Rep.)

Patrick Leahy, (Dem.)

Virginia

Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Independent (Democratic caucus)

William L. Scott, (Rep.)

Washington

Warren G. Magnuson, (Dem.)

Henry M. Jackson, (Dem.)

West Virginia

Jennings Randolph, (Dem.)

Robert Byrd, (Dem.)

Wisconsin

William Proxmire, (Dem.)

Gaylord A. Nelson, (Dem.)

Wyoming

Gale W. McGee, (Dem.)

Clifford P. Hansen, (Rep.)

[edit] Members of the House of Representatives

Alabama-4 D, 3 R

1. Jack Edwards, (Rep.)

2. William L. Dickinson, (Rep.)

3. Bill Nichols, (Dem.)

4. Tom Bevill, (Dem.)

5. Robert E. Jones, Jr., (Dem.)

6. John H. Buchanan, Jr., (Rep.)

7. Walter Flowers, (Dem.)

Alaska-1 R

AL. Don Young, (Rep.)

Arizona-3 R, 1 D

1. John Jacob Rhodes, (Rep.)

2. Mo Udall, (Dem.)

3. Sam Steiger, (Rep.)

4. John Bertrand Conlan, (Rep.)

Arkansas-3 D, 1 R

1. Bill Alexander, Jr., (Dem.)

2. Wilbur Mills, (Dem.)

3. John Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep.)

4. Ray Thornton, (Dem.)

California-27 D, 15 R

1. Harold T. Johnson, (Dem.)

2. Donald H. Clausen, (Rep.)

3. John E. Moss, (Dem.)

4. Robert L. Leggett, (Dem.)

5. John L. Burton, (Dem.)

6. Phillip Burton, (Dem.)

7. George Miller , (Dem.)

8. Ronald V. Dellums, (Dem.)

9. Pete Stark, (Dem.)

10. Don Edwards, (Dem.)

11. Leo Ryan, (Dem.)

12. Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. , (Rep.)

13. Norman Mineta, (Dem.)

14. John J. McFall, (Dem.)

15. B. F. Sisk, (Dem.)

16. Burt L. Talcott, (Rep.)

17. John Hans Krebs, (Dem.)

18. William M. Ketchum, (Rep.)

19. Robert J. Lagomarsino, (Rep.)

20. Barry Goldwater, Jr., (Rep.)

21. James C. Corman, (Dem.)

22. Carlos J. Moorhead, (Rep.)

23. Thomas M. Rees, (Dem.)

24. Henry Waxman, (Dem.)

25. Edward R. Roybal, (Dem.)

26. John H. Rousselot, (Rep.)

27. Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr, (Rep.)

28. Yvonne B. Burke, (Dem.)

29. Augustus F. Hawkins, (Dem.)

30. George E. Danielson, (Dem.)

31. Charles H. Wilson, (Dem.)

32. Glenn M. Anderson, (Dem.)

33. Del M. Clawson, (Rep.)

34. Mark W. Hannaford, (Dem.)

35. James F. Lloyd, (Dem.)

36. George Brown, Jr, (Dem.)

37. Jerry Lyle Pettis, (Rep.)

38. Jerry M. Patterson, (Dem.)

39. Charles E. Wiggins, (Rep.)

40. Andrew J. Hinshaw, (Rep.)

41. Bob Wilson, (Rep.)

42. Lionel Van Deerlin, (Dem.)

43. Clair W. Burgener, (Rep.)

Colorado-3 D, 2 R

1. Patricia Scott Schroeder, (Dem.)

2. Tim Wirth, (Dem.)

3. Frank Edward Evans, (Dem.)

4. James Paul Johnson, (Rep.)

5. William L. Armstrong, (Rep.)

Connecticut-4 D, 2 R

1. William Ross Cotter, (Dem.)

2. Christopher John Dodd, Democractic

3. Robert Nicholas Giaimo, (Dem.)

4. Anthony John (Toby) Moffet Jr., (Dem.)

5. Stewart Brett McKinney, (Rep.)

6. Ronald Arthur Sarasin, (Rep.)

Delaware-1 R

AL. Pierre S. du Pont, IV, (Rep.)

Florida-10 D, 5 R

1. Robert L.F. Sikes, (Dem.)

2. Don Fuqua, (Dem.)

3. Charles E. Bennett, (Dem.)

4. William V. Chappell, Jr., (Dem.)

5. Richard Kelly, (Rep.)

6. Bill Young, (Rep.)

7. Sam M. Gibbons, (Dem.)

8. James A. Haley, (Dem.)

9. Louis Frey, Jr., (Rep.)

10. Louis A. Bafalis, (Rep.)

11. Paul G. Rogers, (Dem.)

12. J. Herbert Burke, (Rep.)

13. William Lehman, (Dem.)

14. Claude Pepper, (Dem.)

15. Dante B. Fascell, (Dem.)

Georgia-10 D

1. Ronald B. Ginn, (Dem.)

2. Dawson Mathis, (Dem.)

3. Jack T. Brinkley, (Dem.)

4. Elliott H. Levitas, (Dem.)

5. Andrew Young, (Dem.)

6. John J. Flynt, Jr., (Dem.)

7. Lawrence P. McDonald, (Dem.)

8. Williamson S. Stuckey, Jr., (Dem.)

9. Phillip M. Landrum, (Dem.)

10. Robert G. Stephens, Jr., (Dem.)

Hawaii-2 D

1. Patsy Mink, (Dem.)

2. Spark Masayuki Matsunaga , (Dem.)

Idaho-2 R

1. Steve Symms, (Rep.)

2. George V. Hansen, (Rep.)

Minnesota-5 D, 3 R

1. Al Quie, (Rep.)

2. Tom Hagedorn, (Rep.)

3. Bill Frenzel, (Rep.)

4. Joseph Karth, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

5. Donald M. Fraser, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

6. Richard Nolan, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

7. Robert Bergland, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

8. Jim Oberstar, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

[edit] Changes in Membership

[edit] Senate

summary counts, list graphically in detail in other article

[edit] House of Representatives

summary counts, list graphically in detail in other article

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] See also

• Watergate Babies

[edit] 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. 

[edit] External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [1]
• Public Laws of the 94th Congress [2]
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [3]
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [4]

	United States Congress Senate • Senators • Senate Leaders • Senate Committees • Senate Elections House • Representatives • House Leaders • House Committees • House Elections • House Districts

Congresses
1 (1789) 2 (1791) 3 (1793) 4 (1795) 5 (1797) 6 (1799) 7 (1801) 8 (1803) 9 (1805) 10 (1807)	11 (1809) 12 (1811) 13 (1813) 14 (1815) 15 (1817) 16 (1819) 17 (1821) 18 (1823) 19 (1825) 20 (1827)	21 (1829) 22 (1831) 23 (1833) 24 (1835) 25 (1837) 26 (1839) 27 (1841) 28 (1843) 29 (1845) 30 (1847)	31 (1849) 32 (1851) 33 (1853) 34 (1855) 35 (1857) 36 (1859) 37 (1861) 38 (1863) 39 (1865) 40 (1867)	41 (1869) 42 (1871) 43 (1873) 44 (1875) 45 (1877) 46 (1879) 47 (1881) 48 (1883) 49 (1885) 50 (1887)	51 (1889) 52 (1891) 53 (1893) 54 (1895) 55 (1897) 56 (1899) 57 (1901) 58 (1903) 59 (1905) 60 (1907)	61 (1909) 62 (1911) 63 (1913) 64 (1915) 65 (1917) 66 (1919) 67 (1921) 68 (1923) 69 (1925) 70 (1927)	71 (1929) 72 (1931) 73 (1933) 74 (1935) 75 (1937) 76 (1939) 77 (1941) 78 (1943) 79 (1945) 80 (1947)	81 (1949) 82 (1951) 83 (1953) 84 (1955) 85 (1957) 86 (1959) 87 (1961) 88 (1963) 89 (1965) 90 (1967)	91 (1969) 92 (1971) 93 (1973) 94 (1975) 95 (1977) 96 (1979) 97 (1981) 98 (1983) 99 (1985) 100 (1987)	101 (1989) 102 (1991) 103 (1993) 104 (1995) 105 (1997) 106 (1999) 107 (2001) 108 (2003) 109 (2005) 110 (2007)