| 90th United States Congress | |
|---|---|
| 89th ←→ 91st | |
 United States Capitol (1962) | |
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |
| Members | 100 senators 435 representatives |
| Senate majority | Democratic |
| Senate President | Hubert Humphrey (D) |
| House majority | Democratic |
| House Speaker | John W. McCormack (D) |
| Sessions | |
| 1st: January 10, 1967 – December 15, 1967 2nd: January 15, 1968 – October 14, 1968 | |
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 President Lyndon B. Johnson's second term in office.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census.
Both chambers had a Democratic majority; however, the Democrats lost seats in both the Senate and the House, which cost them both their 2/3rds supermajority in the Senate and their supermajority status in the House. Along with President Johnson, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta.
Major events
Main articles: 1967 in the United States, 1968 in the United States, and 1969 in the United StatesMajor 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 14, 1967: Uniform Congressional District Act, Pub. L. 90–196, 81 Stat. 581
- 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
| House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
|---|---|
| 80.1-100% Democratic | 80.1-100% Republican |
| 60.1-80% Democratic | 60.1-80% Republican |
| Up to 60% Democratic | Up to 60% Republican |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
L-R: Edward Bennett Williams (President of the Washington Redskins), Senator Everett Dirksen, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Rep. Gerald Ford, unidentified (probably Rep. John W. Byrnes)
Senate President Hubert Humphrey
Senate President pro tempore Carl Hayden
Senate
- President: Hubert Humphrey (D)
- President pro tempore: Carl Hayden (D)
- Permanent Acting President pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (D)
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
House of Representatives
John W. McCormack
- Speaker: John W. McCormack (D)
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
Caucuses
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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 Mike Mansfield  Everett Dirksen
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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.
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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
- Democratic: 2 seat net loss
- Republican: 2 seat net gain
- Deaths: 2
- Resignations: 2
- Total seats with changes: 5
| State (class) |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
See also: List of special elections to the United States 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 | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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
- 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 missing]; Ranking Member: [data 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 missing]; Vice Chair: [data 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
- Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart
- Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Rufus Pearson
- Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats
- Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
- Public Printer of the United States: James L. Harrison
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
- 1966 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1968 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
Notes
- ^ The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) and the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party (D-NPL) are the Minnesota and North Dakota affiliates of the U.S. Democratic Party and are counted as Democrats.
- ^ 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.
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). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- 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. Washington, U.S. G.P.O. May 8, 1968.
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