106th United States Congress

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The One Hundred Sixth 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, 1999 to January 3, 2001, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President William J. (Bill) Clinton.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

January 3, 1999 - January 3, 2001

Previous congress: 105th Congress
Next congress: 107th Congress

[edit] Major events

[edit] Major Legislation

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

Affiliation January 3, 1999
to October 24, 1999
October 25, 1999
to November 1, 1999
November 2, 1999
to July 18, 2000
July 19, 2000
to July 24, 2000
July 25, 2000
to January 3, 2001
Republican 55 54 55 54 54
Democratic 45 45 45 45 46
Vacant - 1 - 1 -
Total 100 99 100 99 100
Note John Chafee (R) died Lincoln Chafee (R) was appointed to replace John Chaffee Paul Coverdell (R) died Zell Miller (D) was appointed to replace Coverdell

[edit] House of Representatives

Affiliation Members Voting
share
Delegates and
Resident
Commissioner
Note
Republican 223 51.3% 1
Democratic 211 48.6% 4
Independent 1 0.2% - Caucuses with the Democrats
Vacant 0 0.0% -
Total 435 5

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

Office Senator / Vice-President Party State
President of the Senate Al Gore Democratic Tennessee
President pro tempore Strom Thurmond Republican South Carolina
Majority Leader Trent Lott Republican Mississippi
Minority Leader Tom Daschle Democratic South Dakota
Majority Whip Don Nickles Republican Oklahoma
Minority Whip Harry Reid Democratic Nevada

[edit] House of Representatives

Office Representative Party State
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert Republican Illinois
Majority Leader Dick Armey Republican Texas
Minority Leader Dick Gephardt Democratic Missouri
Majority Whip Tom DeLay Republican Texas
Minority Whip David Bonior Democratic Michigan
Senators' party membership by state.
Senators' party membership by state.

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate


Senator Party State ↑ Hometown Class First took
office
Richard Shelby Republican Alabama Tuscaloosa 3 1987
Jeff Sessions Republican Mobile 2 1997
Ted Stevens Republican Alaska Girdwood 2 1969
Frank Murkowski Republican Fairbanks 3 1981
John McCain Republican Arizona Phoenix 3 1987
Jon Kyl Republican Phoenix 1 1995
Tim Hutchinson Republican Arkansas Bentonville 2 1997
Blanche Lincoln Democrat Helena 3 1999
Dianne Feinstein Democrat California San Francisco 1 1992
Barbara Boxer Democrat Greenbrae 3 1993
Ben Nighthorse Campbell Republican Colorado Ignacio 3 1993
Wayne Allard Republican Loveland 2 1997
Christopher Dodd Democrat Connecticut East Haddam 3 1981
Joseph Lieberman Democrat New Haven 1 1989
William Roth Republican Delaware Wilmington 1 1971
Joe Biden Democrat Wilmington 2 1973
Bob Graham Democrat Florida Miami Lakes 3 1987
Connie Mack Republican Cape Coral 1 1989
Max Cleland Democrat Georgia Lithonia 2 1997
Paul Coverdell Republican Atlanta 3 1993 (died July 18, 2000)
Zell Miller Democrat Young Harris from July 24, 2000
Daniel Inouye Democrat Hawaii Honolulu 3 1963
Daniel Akaka Democrat Honolulu 1 1991
Larry Craig Republican Idaho Eagle 2 1991
Mike Crapo Republican Idaho Falls 3 1999
Richard Durbin Democrat Illinois Springfield 2 1997
Peter Fitzgerald Republican Inverness 3 1999
Richard Lugar Republican Indiana Indianapolis 1 1977
Evan Bayh Democrat Indianapolis 3 1999
Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa New Hartford 3 1981
Tom Harkin Democrat Cumming 2 1985
Sam Brownback Republican Kansas Topeka 3 1996
Pat Roberts Republican Dodge City 2 1997
Mitch McConnell Republican Kentucky Louisville 2 1985
Jim Bunning Republican Southgate 3 1999
John Breaux Democrat Louisiana Crowley 3 1987
Mary Landrieu Democrat New Orleans 2 1997
Olympia Snowe Republican Maine Auburn 1 1995
Susan Collins Republican Bangor 2 1997
Paul Sarbanes Democrat Maryland Baltimore 1 1977
Barbara Mikulski Democrat Baltimore 3 1987
Edward Kennedy Democrat Massachusetts Hyannis Port 1 1962
John Kerry Democrat Boston 2 1985
Carl Levin Democrat Michigan Detroit 2 1979
Spencer Abraham Republican Auburn Hills 1 1995
Paul Wellstone Democrat Minnesota Northfield 2 1991
Rod Grams Republican Ramsey 1 1995
Thad Cochran Republican Mississippi Jackson 2 1979
Trent Lott Republican Pascagoula 1 1989
Kit Bond Republican Missouri Mexico 3 1987
John Ashcroft Republican Willard 1 1995
Max Baucus Democrat Montana Helena 2 1979
Conrad Burns Republican Billings 1 1989
Bob Kerrey Democrat Nebraska Omaha 1 1989
Chuck Hagel Republican Omaha 2 1997
Harry Reid Democrat Nevada Searchlight 3 1987
Richard Bryan Democrat Las Vegas 1 1989
Bob Smith Republican New Hampshire Tuftonboro 2 1990
Judd Gregg Republican Greenfield 3 1993
Frank Lautenberg Democrat New Jersey Cliffside Park 1 1982
Robert Torricelli Democrat Englewood 2 1997
Pete Domenici Republican New Mexico Albuquerque 2 1973
Jeff Bingaman Democrat Santa Fe 1 1983
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Democrat New York Oneonta 1 1977
Charles Schumer Democrat Brooklyn 3 1999
Jesse Helms Republican North Carolina Raleigh 2 1973
John Edwards Democrat Raleigh 3 1999
Kent Conrad Democrat North Dakota Bismarck 1 1987
Byron Dorgan Democrat Bismarck 3 1993
Mike DeWine Republican Ohio Cedarville 1 1995
George Voinovich Republican Cleveland 3 1999
Don Nickles Republican Oklahoma Ponca City 3 1981
James Inhofe Republican Tulsa 2 1995
Ron Wyden Democrat Oregon Portland 3 1997
Gordon Smith Republican Pendleton 2 1997
Arlen Specter Republican Pennsylvania Philadelphia 3 1981
Rick Santorum Republican Penn Hills 1 1995
Jack Reed Democrat Rhode Island Cranston 2 1997
John Chafee Republican Warwick 1 1977 (died October 24, 1999)
Lincoln Chafee Republican Warwick since November 1999
Strom Thurmond Republican South Carolina Edgefield 2 1954
Ernest Hollings Democrat Charleston 3 1966
Tom Daschle Democrat South Dakota Aberdeen 3 1987
Tim Johnson Democrat Vermillion 2 1997
Fred Thompson Republican Tennessee Nashville 2 1994
Bill Frist Republican Nashville 1 1995
Phil Gramm Republican Texas College Station 2 1985
Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Dallas 1 1993
Orrin Hatch Republican Utah Salt Lake City 1 1977
Robert Bennett Republican Salt Lake City 3 1993
Patrick Leahy Democrat Vermont Middlesex 3 1975
James Jeffords Republican Shrewsbury 1 1989
John Warner Republican Virginia Alexandria 2 1979
Chuck Robb Democrat McLean 1 1989
Slade Gorton Republican Washington Seattle 1 1989
(previously served
1981-1987)
Patty Murray Democrat Seattle 3 1993
Robert Byrd Democrat West Virginia Sophia 1 1959
Jay Rockefeller Democrat Charleston 2 1985
Herbert Kohl Democrat Wisconsin Milwaukee 1 1989
Russ Feingold Democrat Middleton 3 1993
Craig Thomas Republican Wyoming Casper 1 1995
Michael Enzi Republican Gillette 2 1997

[edit] House of Representatives

        80.1-100% Republican      80.1-100% Democratic        60.1-80% Republican      60.1-80% Democratic                          House seats by party holding plurality in state
     80.1-100% Republican      80.1-100% Democratic
     60.1-80% Republican      60.1-80% Democratic
           
     
House seats by party holding plurality in state
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 - 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
American Samoa - District of Columbia - Guam - Puerto Rico - Virgin Islands

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Vacant, July 16, 1999 - November 17, 1999
George Brown, Jr. (D)

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Vacant, March 2, 1999 - June 7, 1999
Bob Livingston (R)

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Vacant, until next Congress

Mississippi

Missouri

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


American Samoa

District of Columbia

Guam

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

[edit] Changes in Membership

[edit] Senate

Incumbent State Reason for vacancy ↑ Successor Date of Successor's Installation
John Chafee (R) Rhode Island Died October 24, 1999. Governor Lincoln Almond appointed Chafee's son, Warwick mayor Lincoln Chafee to fill the vacancy. Lincoln Chafee (R) November, 1999
Paul Coverdell (R) Georgia Died July 18, 2000. Governor Roy Barnes appointed Zell Miller to fill the seat. Zell Miller (D) July 24, 2000

[edit] House of Representatives

Incumbent District Reason for vacancy ↑ Successor Date of election
Newt Gingrich (R) Georgia 6th Resigned January 3, 1999 Johnny Isakson (R) February 23, 1999
Bob Livingston (R) Louisiana 1st Resigned March 1, 1999 David Vitter (R) May 29, 1999
George Brown, Jr. (D) California 42nd Died July 15, 1999 Joe Baca (D) November 16, 1999
Herbert Bateman (R) Virginia 1st Died September 11, 2000 Seat vacant until next Congress
Bruce Vento (D) Minnesota 4th Died October 10, 2000 Seat vacant until next Congress
See also: Special elections to the United States House of Representatives

[edit] Employees

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] External links

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

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