96th United States Congress

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 the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

96th United States Congress
95th ←
→ 97th
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
Senate PresidentWalter Mondale (D)
Senate President pro temWarren Magnuson (D)
except December 5, 1980
Milton Young (R)
December 5, 1980
House SpeakerTip O'Neill (D)
Members100 senators
435 members of the House
5 non-voting delegates
Senate MajorityDemocratic
House MajorityDemocratic
Sessions
1st: January 15, 1979 – January 3, 1980
2nd: January 3, 1980 – December 16, 1980

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

Major events
Main articles: 1979 in the United States, 1980 in the United States, and 1981 in the United States

Major legislation
Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001 § 96th United States Congress

Party summary

Senate
Party standings on the opening day of the 96th Congress
  57 Democratic Senators
  1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats
  42 Republican Senators
Party
(shading shows control)		 Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)		 Independent
(I)		Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 58 1 41 100 0
Begin 58 1 41 100 0
End 55 44
Final voting share 55.0% 1.0% 44.0%
Beginning of next congress 46 1 53 100 0

House of Representatives
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
Party
(shading shows control)		 Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)		 Republican
(R)		Conservative
(C)
End of previous congress 275 141 0 416 19
Begin 276 156 1 433 2
End 272 158 4314
Final voting share 63.1% 36.7% 0.2%
Beginning of next congress 243 191 1 435 0

Leadership

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 in order of seniority, 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, 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.

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives 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
See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate
  • replacements: 4
  • deaths:
  • resignations: 4
  • vacancy:
  • Total seats with changes: 4
State
(class)		 Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[lower-alpha 2]
Maine
(Class 1)		 Edmund Muskie
(D)		 Resigned May 7, 1980 to become United States Secretary of State.
Successor appointed to finish the term.		 George J. Mitchell
(D)		 May 19, 1980
New Hampshire
(Class 3)		 John A. Durkin
(D)		 Resigned December 29, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed to finish the term.		 Warren Rudman
(R)		 December 29, 1980
Florida
(Class 3)		 Richard Stone
(D)		 Resigned December 30, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed to finish the term.		 Paula Hawkins
(R)		 January 1, 1981
Alabama
(Class 3)		 Donald Stewart
(D)		 Resigned January 2, 1981 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed to finish the term.		 Jeremiah Denton
(R)		 January 2, 1981

House of Representatives
See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
  • replacements: 7
  • deaths: 1
  • resignations: 4
  • expulsion: 1
  • contested election:
  • Total seats with changes: 10
District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[lower-alpha 2]
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

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
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See also

Notes
  1. Elected as a Conservative but sat with the Republicans.
  2. 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.
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