90th United States Congress
The 90th 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, 1967, to January 3, 1969, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
90th United States Congress | |
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89th ← → 91st | |
United States Capitol (1962) | |
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |
Senate President | Hubert Humphrey (D) |
Senate President pro tem | Carl Hayden (D) |
House Speaker | John W. McCormack (D) |
Members | 100 senators 435 members of the House |
Senate Majority | Democratic |
House Majority | Democratic |
Sessions | |
1st: January 10, 1967 – December 15, 1967 2nd: January 15, 1968 – October 14, 1968 |
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
Major legislation
- April 4, 1967: Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act, Pub.L. 90–8, 81 Stat. 8
- November 7, 1967: Public Broadcasting Act, Pub.L. 90–129, 81 Stat. 365
- December 15, 1967: Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Pub.L. 90–202, 81 Stat. 602
- December 18, 1967: National Park Foundation Act, Pub.L. 90–209, 81 Stat. 656
- January 2, 1968: Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1967, Pub.L. 90–247, including Title VII: Bilingual Education Act, 81 Stat. 816
- March 1, 1968: Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–259, 82 Stat. 34
- April 11, 1968: Civil Rights Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, including Title II: Indian Civil Rights Act, 82 Stat. 77
- May 29, 1968: Truth in Lending Act, Pub.L. 90–321
- June 19, 1968: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–351, 82 Stat. 197
- July 21, 1968: Aircraft Noise Abatement Act, Pub.L. 90–411, 82 Stat. 395
- October 2, 1968: Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Pub.L. 90–542, 82 Stat. 906
- October 2, 1968: National Trails System Act, Pub.L. 90–543, 82 Stat. 919
- October 15, 1968: Health Services and Facilities Amendments of 1968, Pub.L. 90–574, 82 Stat. 1006, including Title III: Alcoholic and Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Amendments of 1968
- October 18, 1968: Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–602, 82 Stat. 1173
- October 22, 1968: Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–629, 82 Stat. 1320-2
- October 22, 1968: Gun Control Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–618, 82 Stat. 1213
Constitutional Amendments
- February 10, 1967: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 38) to become part of the Constitution
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 (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | |||
End of previous congress | 66 | 33 | 99 | 1 |
Begin | 64 | 35 | 99 | 1 |
End | 62 | 38 | 100 | 0 |
Final voting share | 62.0% | 38.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 57 | 43 | 100 | 0 |
House of Representatives
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | |||
End of previous congress | 288 | 137 | 425 | 10 |
Begin | 248 | 187 | 435 | 0 |
End | 247 | 186 | 433 | 2 |
Final voting share | 57.0% | 43.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 243 | 192 | 435 | 0 |
Leadership
Senate
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield
- Majority Whip: Russell B. Long
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Robert Byrd
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Everett Dirksen
- Minority Whip: Thomas Kuchel
- Republican Conference Chairman: Margaret Chase Smith
- Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
- National Senatorial Committee Chair: George Murphy
- Policy Committee Chairman: Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Carl Albert
- Majority Whip: Hale Boggs
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Dan Rostenkowski
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Gerald Ford
- Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
- Republican Conference Chairman: Melvin Laird
- Republican Conference Secretary: Richard H. Poff
- Policy Committee Chairman: John Jacob Rhodes
- Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Bob Wilson
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by their classes, 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. 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 began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1968.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
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Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 4
- Democratic: 2 seat net loss
- Republican: 2 seat net gain
- Deaths: 2
- Resignations: 2
- Total seats with changes: 5
State (class) |
Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 1] |
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Oregon (2) |
Vacant | Delayed taking seat to finish term as Governor of Oregon. | Mark Hatfield (R) | January 10, 1967 |
New York (1) |
Robert F. Kennedy (D) | Assassinated June 6, 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Successor was appointed to continue the term. |
Charles Goodell (R) | September 10, 1968 |
Alaska (2) |
Bob Bartlett (D) | Died December 11, 1968 Successor was appointed to continue the term. |
Ted Stevens (R) | December 24, 1968 |
Kentucky (3) |
Thruston Ballard Morton (R) | Resigned December 16, 1968, to give successor preferential seniority, having already retired. Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. |
Marlow Cook (R) | December 17, 1968 |
Missouri (3) |
Edward V. Long (D) | Resigned December 27, 1968, having lost renomination to the next term. Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. |
Thomas Eagleton (D) | December 28, 1968 |
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 6
- Democratic: 1 seat net loss
- Republican: 1 seat net gain
- Deaths: 4
- Resignations: 4
- Expulsion: 1
- Total seats with changes: 9
District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 1] |
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Rhode Island 2nd | John E. Fogarty (D) | Died January 10, 1967 | Robert Tiernan (D) | March 28, 1967 |
New York 18th | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) | Excluded from House February 28, 1967, pursuant to H. Res. 278 | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) | April 11, 1967 |
California 11th | J. Arthur Younger (R) | Died June 20, 1967 | Pete McCloskey (R) | December 12, 1967 |
New York 13th | Abraham J. Multer (D) | Resigned December 31, 1967, after being elected as judge of New York Supreme Court | Bertram L. Podell (D) | February 20, 1968 |
Mississippi 3rd | John Bell Williams (D) | Resigned January 16, 1968, after being elected Governor of Mississippi | Charles H. Griffin (D) | March 12, 1968 |
Texas 3rd | Joe R. Pool (D) | Died July 14, 1968 | James M. Collins (R) | August 24, 1968 |
Pennsylvania 20th | Elmer J. Holland (D) | Died August 9, 1968 | Joseph M. Gaydos (D) | November 5, 1968 |
New York 38th | Charles Goodell (R) | Resigned September 9, 1968, after becoming U.S. Senator | Vacant | Not filled this term |
New York 24th | Paul A. Fino (R) | Resigned December 31, 1968 |
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
- Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member: Margaret Chase Smith)
- Agriculture and Forestry (Chair: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
- Appropriations (Chair: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young)
- Armed Services (Chair: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Margaret Chase Smith)
- Banking and Currency (Chair: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett)
- Commerce (Chair: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton)
- District of Columbia (Chair: Alan Bible; Ranking Member: Winston L. Prouty)
- Finance (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: John J. Williams)
- Foreign Relations (Chair: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: Bourke B. Hickenlooper)
- Government Operations (Chair: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt)
- Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Thomas H. Kuchel)
- Judiciary (Chair: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Everett Dirksen)
- Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: George S. McGovern; Ranking Member: )
- Organization of Congress (Select) (Chair: [data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member: [data unknown/missing])
- Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Mike Monroney; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson)
- Public Works (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: John Sherman Cooper)
- Rules and Administration (Chair: B. Everett Jordan; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
- Small Business (Select) (Chair: George A. Smathers)
- Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair: John C. Stennis)
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Agriculture (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Page Belcher)
- Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Frank T. Bow)
- Armed Services (Chair: L. Mendel Rivers; Ranking Member: William H. Bates)
- Banking and Currency (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall)
- District of Columbia (Chair: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen)
- Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: William H. Ayres)
- Foreign Affairs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: Frances P. Bolton)
- Government Operations (Chair: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Florence P. Dwyer)
- House Administration (Chair: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Glenard P. Lipscomb)
- House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Martha W. Griffiths)
- Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Wayne N. Aspinall; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor)
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member: William L. Springer)
- Judiciary (Chair: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch)
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Edward A. Garmatz; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard)
- Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Thaddeus J. Dulski; Ranking Member: Robert J. Corbett)
- Public Works (Chair: George Hyde Fallon; Ranking Member: William C. Cramer)
- Rules (Chair: William M. Colmer; Ranking Member: H. Allen Smith)
- Science and Astronautics (Chair: George Paul Miller; Ranking Member: James G. Fulton)
- Small Business (Select) (Chair: Joe L. Evins)
- Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Charles Melvin Price)
- Un-American Activities (Chair: Edwin E. Willis; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
- Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: E. Ross Adair)
- Ways and Means (Chair: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member: John W. Byrnes)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Atomic Energy (Chair: Sen. John O. Pastore; Vice Chair: Rep. Chet Holifield)
- Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) (Chair: [data unknown/missing]; Vice Chair: [data unknown/missing])
- Defense Production (Chair: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chair: Sen. John J. Sparkman)
- Disposition of Executive Papers
- Economic (Chair: Sen. William Proxmire; Vice Chair: Rep. Wright Patman)
- Immigration and Nationality Policy (Chair: Rep. Michael A. Feighan)
- Legislative Budget
- The Library (Chair: Sen. B. Everett Jordan; Vice Chair: Rep. Omar Burleson)
- Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
- Printing (Chair: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chair: Rep. Omar Burleson)
- Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chair: Rep. George H. Mahon)
- Taxation (Chair: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long)
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
Senate
- Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
- Curator: Joseph Dougherty, until 1968
- Richard A. Baker (acting), from 1968
- Parliamentarian: Floyd Riddick
- Secretary: Francis R. Valeo
- Librarian: Richard D. Hupman
- Democratic Party Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt
- Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice
- Sergeant at Arms: Robert G. Dunphy
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodist)
- Clerk: W. Pat Jennings
- Doorkeeper: William M. Miller
- Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
- Postmaster: H. H. Morris
- Reading Clerks: Charles W. Hackney, Jr. (D) and Joe Bartlett (R)
- Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson, Jr.
See also
- United States elections, 1966 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States Senate elections, 1966
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1966
- United States elections, 1968 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
- 1968 United States presidential election
- United States Senate elections, 1968
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1968
Notes
- This is the date the member was seated or an oath administered, not necessarily the same date her/his service began.
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
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
- House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 90th Congress (PDF).
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 90th Congress.
- Official Congressional Directory for the 90th Congress, 1st Session.
- Official Congressional Directory for the 90th Congress, 2nd Session.