94th United States Congress

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The Ninety-fourth 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, 1975 to January 3, 1977, during the administration of U.S. President Gerald Ford.

1 Dates of sessions
2 Major events
3 Special or select committees
4 Major legislation
5 Party summary
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Leadership
- 6.1 Senate
  - 6.1.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 6.1.2 Minority (Republican) leadership
- 6.2 House of Representatives
  - 6.2.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 6.2.2 Minority (Republican) leadership
7 Members
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
8 Changes in Membership
9 Officers
- 9.1 Senate
- 9.2 House of Representatives
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

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

[edit] Dates of sessions

January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977

First session: January 14, 1975 – December 19, 1975
Second session: January 19, 1976 – October 1, 1976

Previous: 93rd Congress • Next: 95th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main articles: 1975 and 1976

1975-04-30 — Fall of Saigon
1975-09-05 — Failed assassination attempt against President Ford by Lynette Fromme
1975-09-22 — Failed assassination attempt against President Ford by Sara Jane Moore
1976-07-04 — United States Bicentennial
1976-11-02 — United States general elections; Democrats retain congress; Jimmy Carter elected President
1976-12-08 — Congressional Hispanic Caucus formed

[edit] Special or select committees

Church Committee — 1975-07-27 – 1976-05-19; Replaced by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Bicentennial — 1975-09-05 - 1976-10-01

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#94th United States Congress

1975-12-23 — Metric Conversion Act, Pub.L. 94-168
1975-12-23 — Revenue Adjustment Act (Earned Income Tax Credit), Pub.L. 94-164, 89 Stat. 970
1975-11-29 — Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Pub.L. 94-142, 89 Stat. 773
1976-02-05 — Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, Pub.L. 94-210, 90 Stat. 31
1976-09-13 — Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub.L. 94-409, 90 Stat. 1241
1976-09-30 — Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, Pub.L. 94-435, 90 Stat. 1383
1976-10-11 — Toxic Substances Control Act, Pub.L. 94-469, 90 Stat. 2003
1976-10-12 — Overhaul of vocational education programs Pub.L. 94-482, 90 Stat. 2169
1976-10-19 — Copyright Act of 1976, Pub.L. 94-553, 90 Stat. 2541
1976-10-21 — Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Pub.L. 94-579, 90 Stat. 2744
1976-10-21 — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Pub.L. 94-580, 90 Stat. 2795
1976-10-22 — National Forest Management Act, Pub.L. 94-588, 90 Stat. 2949

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

Membership changed with two resignations and a disputed election.

Affiliation		Democratic	Independent	Conservative	Republican	Total	Vacant	Notes
Affiliation						Total		Notes
Members (shading indicates majority caucus)	Begin (1975-01-04)	60	1	1	37	99	1	New Hampshire election disputed
	1975-08-18	60			38	100	0	Norris Cotton (R) took New Hampshire's seat
	1975-09-18	61			37	100	0	John A. Durkin (D) took Cotton's seat
	1975-12-27	61			36	99	1	Roman L. Hruska (R) resigned
	1975-12-28	62				100	0	Edward Zorinsky (D) took Hruska's seat
	1975-12-30	62				100	0	Walter Mondale (DFL) resigned and Wendell Anderson (DFL) took his seat
Final voting share		63%		37%
Notes			Caucused with the Democrats	Caucused with the Republicans

[edit] House of Representatives

Democratic: 291 (majority)
Republican: 144

Total: 435

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

[edit] Majority (Democratic) leadership

[edit] Minority (Republican) leadership

[edit] House of Representatives

Speaker: Carl Albert

[edit] Majority (Democratic) leadership

[edit] Minority (Republican) leadership

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

See also: Category:United States Senators

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

[edit] Virginia

Harry F. Byrd, Jr., (Independent, Democratic caucus)
William L. Scott (R)

[edit] Washington

Warren G. Magnuson (D)
Henry M. Jackson (D)

[edit] Wisconsin

William Proxmire (D)
Gaylord A. Nelson (D)

[edit] Wyoming

Gale W. McGee (D)
Clifford P. Hansen (R)

80.1 - 100% Republican	80.1 - 100% Democratic
60.1 - 80% Republican	60.1 - 80% Democratic
< 60% Republican	< 60% Democratic
House seats by party holding plurality in state

[edit] House of Representatives

Many of the congressional districts are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Section contents: 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 — Non-voting members

[edit] Alabama

[edit] Alaska

A/L. Don Young (R)

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] California

1. Harold T. Johnson (D)
2. Donald H. Clausen (R)
3. John E. Moss (D)
4. Robert L. Leggett (D)
5. John L. Burton (D)
6. Phillip Burton (D)
7. George Miller (D)
8. Ronald V. Dellums (D)
9. Pete Stark (D)
10. Don Edwards (D)
11. Leo Ryan (D)
12. Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. (R)
13. Norman Mineta (D)
14. John J. McFall (D)
15. B. F. Sisk (D)
16. Burt L. Talcott (R)
17. John Hans Krebs (D)
18. William M. Ketchum (R)
19. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R)
20. Barry Goldwater, Jr. (R)
21. James C. Corman (D)
22. Carlos J. Moorhead (R)
23. Thomas M. Rees (D)
24. Henry Waxman (D)
25. Edward R. Roybal (D)
26. John H. Rousselot (R)
27. Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R)
28. Yvonne B. Burke (D)
29. Augustus F. Hawkins (D)
30. George E. Danielson (D)
31. Charles H. Wilson (D)
32. Glenn M. Anderson (D)
33. Del M. Clawson (R)
34. Mark W. Hannaford (D)
35. James F. Lloyd (D)
36. George Brown, Jr. (D)
37. Jerry Lyle Pettis (R), until February 14, 1975
- Shirley Neil Pettis (R), 1975-04-29-End
38. Jerry M. Patterson (D)
39. Charles E. Wiggins (R)
40. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R)
41. Bob Wilson (R)
42. Lionel Van Deerlin (D)
43. Clair W. Burgener (R)

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Delaware

A/L. Pierre S. du Pont, IV (R)

[edit] Florida

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Hawaii

1. Patsy Mink (D)
2. Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (D)

[edit] Idaho

1. Steve Symms (R)
2. George V. Hansen (R)

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Maine

1. David F. Emery (R)
2. William Cohen (R)

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

1. Silvio O. Conte (R)
2. Edward Boland (D)
3. Joseph Early (D)
4. Robert Drinan (D)
5. Paul Tsongas (D)
6. Michael J. Harrington (D)
7. Torbert Macdonald (D), until May 21, 1976
- Edward Markey (D), 1976-11-02–End
8. Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill, Jr. (D)
9. Joe Moakley (D)
10. Margaret Heckler (R)
11. James A. Burke (D)
12. Gerry Studds (D)

[edit] Michigan

1. John Conyers (D)
2. Marvin L. Esch (R)
3. Garry Brown (R)
4. Edward Hutchinson (R)
5. Richard Vander Veen (D)
6. Bob Carr (D)
7. Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D), until December 30, 1976
- Vacant, 1976-12-31-End
8. Bob Traxler (D)
9. Guy Vander Jagt (R)
10. Elford A. Cederberg (R)
11. Philip E. Ruppe (R)
12. James G. O'Hara (D)
13. Charles Diggs (D)
14. Lucien N. Nedzi (D)
15. William D. Ford (D)
16. John Dingell (D)
17. William M. Brodhead (D)
18. James J. Blanchard (D)
19. William S. Broomfield (R)

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

1. William L. Clay, Sr. (D)
2. James W. Symington (D)
3. Leonor Sullivan (D)
4. William J. Randall (D)
5. Richard W. Bolling (D)
6. Jerry Litton (D), until August 3, 1976
- Tom Coleman (R), 1976-11-02-End
7. Gene Taylor (R)
8. Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D)
9. William L. Hungate (D)
10. William Dean Burlison (D)

[edit] Montana

1. Max Baucus (D)
2. John Melcher (D)

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] Nevada

A/L. James David Santini (D)

[edit] New Hampshire

1. Norman D'Amours (D)
2. James C. Cleveland (R)

[edit] New Jersey

[edit] New Mexico

1. Manuel Lujan, Jr. (R)
2. Harold L. Runnels (D)

[edit] New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] North Dakota

A/L. Mark Andrews (R)

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Oklahoma

1. James Robert Jones (D)
2. Theodore Marshall Risenhoover (D)
3. Carl Albert (D)
4. Tom Steed (D)
5. John Jarman (D; switched to R, January 23, 1975)
6. Glenn English (D)

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

1. William A. Barrett (D), until April 12, 1976
- Ozzie Myers (D), November 2, 1976–End
2. Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (D)
3. William J. Green, III (D)
4. Joshua Eilberg (D)
5. Richard T. Schulze (R)
6. Gus Yatron (D)
7. Robert W. Edgar (D)
8. Edward G. Biester, Jr. (R)
9. Bud Shuster (R)
10. Joseph M. McDade (R)
11. Daniel J. Flood (D)
12. John P. Murtha (D)
13. R. Lawrence Coughlin (R)
14. William S. Moorhead (D)
15. Fred B. Rooney (D)
16. Edwin D. Eshleman (R)
17. Herman T. Schneebeli (R)
18. H. John Heinz III (R)
19. William F. Goodling (R)
20. Joseph M. Gaydos (D)
21. John H. Dent (D)
22. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
23. Albert W. Johnson (R)
24. Joseph P. Vigorito (D)
25. Gary A. Myers (R)

[edit] Rhode Island

1. Edward Beard (D)
2. Fernand St. Germain (D)

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] South Dakota

1. Larry Pressler (R)
2. James Abdnor (R)

[edit] Tennessee

1. Jimmy Quillen (R)
2. John Duncan, Sr. (R)
3. Marilyn Lloyd (D)
4. Joe L. Evins (D)
5. Richard Fulton (D), until August 14, 1975
- Clifford Allen (D), 1975-11-25-End
6. Robin L. Beard, Jr. (R)
7. Ed Jones (D)
8. Harold Ford, Sr. (D)

[edit] Texas

[edit] Utah

1. K. Gunn McKay (D)
2. Allan Turner Howe (D)

[edit] Vermont

A/L. Jim Jeffords (R)

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Washington

[edit] West Virginia

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] Wyoming

A/L. Teno Roncalio (D)

[edit] Non-voting members

District of Columbia. Walter E. Fauntroy (D)
Guam. Antonio Borja Won Pat (D)
Virgin Islands. Ron de Lugo (D)
Puerto Rico. Jaime Benitez (PPD)

[edit] Changes in Membership

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

Senate

replacements: 1
- Democratic: 0 seat net gain
- Republican: 0 seat net loss
deaths:
resignations: 1
vacancy:
Total seats with changes: 1

House of Representatives

replacements: 3
- Democratic: 3 seat net loss
- Republican: 2 seat net gain
deaths: 2
resignations: 2
contested election:
Total seats with changes: 4

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] See also

Watergate Babies

[edit] 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.