Ninety-first_United_States_Congress

91st United States Congress

91st United States Congress

1969–1971 U.S. Congress

The 91st 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, 1969, to January 3, 1971, during the final weeks of the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and the first two years of the first presidency of Richard Nixon.

Quick Facts January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971, Members ...

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census.

Both chambers had a Democratic majority - albeit with losing their supermajority status in the Senate. With Richard Nixon being sworn in as president on January 20, 1969, this ended the Democrats' overall federal government trifecta that they had held since the 87th Congress.

Major events

Main articles: 1969 in the United States, 1970 in the United States, and 1971 in the United States

Major legislation

President Richard Nixon paying his last tributes to Sen. Everett Dirksen, who died September 7, 1969.
Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001 § 91st United States Congress

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 standings on the opening day of the 91st Congress
  57 Democratic Senators
  43 Republican Senators
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House of Representatives

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Leadership

Senate President
Hubert Humphrey
Senate President
Spiro Agnew

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 by class, and Members of the House 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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1974.

House of Representatives

Some members of the House of Representatives were elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, and others were elected from districts, as listed here as the districts existed at this time.

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Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress

Senate

  • Replacements: 3
  • Deaths: 1
  • Resignations: 2
  • Total seats with changes: 3
See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate
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House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 14
  • Deaths: 10
  • Resignations: 8
  • Total seats with changes: 18
See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
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Committees

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.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey's term as President of the Senate ended at noon January 20, 1969, when Spiro Agnew's term began.
  2. Conservative Party of New York, Independent
  3. When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when 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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