| 87th United States Congress | |||
United States Capitol (1962) |
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| Duration: January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
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| Senate President: | Richard Nixon, until January 20, 1961 Lyndon Johnson, from January 20, 1961 |
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| Senate Pres. pro tem: | Carl Hayden | ||
| House Speaker: | Samuel T. Rayburn John W. McCormack |
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| Members: | 100 Senators 437 Representatives |
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| Senate Majority: | Democratic Party | ||
| House Majority: | Democratic Party | ||
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| 1st: January 3, 1961 – September 27, 1961 2nd: January 10, 1962 – October 13, 1962 |
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The Eighty-seventh 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, DC from January 3, 1961 to January 3, 1963, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventeenth Census of the United States in 1950, along with 2 seats temporarily added in 1959 (one member each from recently-admitted states of Alaska and Hawaii). Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
| Party (Shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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Republican (R) |
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| End of the previous congress | 65 | 35 | 100 | 0 |
| Begin | 65 | 35 | 100 | 0 |
| End | 62 | 37 | 99 | 1 |
| Final voting share | 62.6% | 37.4% | ||
| Beginning of the next congress | 65 | 34 | 99 | 1 |
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Total | Vacant | |||
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| Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) |
Independent (I) |
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| End of the previous congress | 283 | 153 | 1 | 437 | 0 |
| Begin | 264 | 173 | 0 | 437 | 0 |
| End | 261 | 434 | 3 | ||
| Final voting share | 60.1% | 39.9% | 0.0% | ||
| Beginning of the next congress | 258 | 176 | 1 | 435 | 0 |
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.
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
| State (class) |
Former senator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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| Texas (2) |
William A. Blakley (D) | Successor elected June 14, 1961. Lost special election to fill the seat | John Tower (R) | June 15, 1961 |
| New Hampshire (2) |
Styles Bridges (R) | Died November 26, 1961 | Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (R) | January 10, 1962 |
| Kansas (2) |
Andrew F. Schoeppel (R) | Died January 21, 1962 | James B. Pearson (R) | January 31, 1962 |
| South Dakota (3) |
Francis H. Case (R) | Died June 23, 1962 | Joseph H. Bottum (R) | July 9, 1962 |
| Idaho (2) |
Henry Dworshak (R) | Died July 23, 1962 | Leonard B. Jordan (R) | August 6, 1962 |
| Wyoming (2) |
John J. Hickey (D) | Successor elected November 6, 1962. Lost special election to fill the seat | Milward L. Simpson (R) | November 6, 1962 |
| Massachusetts (1) |
Benjamin A. Smith II (D) | Successor elected November 6, 1962 | Ted Kennedy (D) | November 7, 1962 |
| New Hampshire (2) |
Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (R) | Successor elected November 6, 1962. Lost special election to fill the seat. | Thomas J. McIntyre (D) | November 7, 1962 |
| New Mexico (1) |
Dennis Chavez (D) | Died November 18, 1962 | Edwin L. Mechem (R) | November 30, 1962 |
| Oklahoma (2) |
Robert S. Kerr (D) | Died January 1, 1963 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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| Arizona 2nd | Stewart Udall (D) | Resigned January 18, 1961 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior | Mo Udall (D) | May 2, 1961 |
| Arkansas 6th | William F. Norrell (D) | Died February 15, 1961 | Catherine Dorris Norrell (D) | April 18, 1961 |
| Pennsylvania 16th | Walter M. Mumma (R) | Died February 25, 1961 | John C. Kunkel (R) | May 16, 1961 |
| Tennessee 1st | B. Carroll Reece (R) | Died March 19, 1961 | Louise Goff Reece (R) | May 16, 1961 |
| Louisiana 4th | Overton Brooks (D) | Died September 16, 1961 | Joe Waggonner (D) | October 19, 1961 |
| Michigan 1st | Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (D) | Resigned September 18, 1961 after being appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Lucien N. Nedzi (D) | November 7, 1961 |
| Texas 20th | Paul J. Kilday (D) | Resigned September 24, 1961 after being appointed judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | Henry B. Gonzalez (D) | November 4, 1961 |
| Michigan 14th | Louis C. Rabaut (D) | Died November 12, 1961 | Harold M. Ryan (D) | February 13, 1962 |
| Texas 4th | Sam Rayburn (D) | Died November 16, 1961 | Ray Roberts (D) | January 30, 1962 |
| Texas 13th | Frank N. Ikard (D) | Resigned December 15, 1961 | Graham B. Purcell, Jr. (D) | January 27, 1962 |
| New York 6th | Lester Holtzman (D) | Resigned December 31, 1961 after being appointed judge of the New York Supreme Court | Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D) | February 20, 1962 |
| South Carolina 2nd | John J. Riley (D) | Died January 1, 1962 | Corinne Boyd Riley (D) | April 10, 1962 |
| New Jersey 11th | Hugh J. Addonizio (D) | Resigned June 30, 1962 after being elected Mayor of Newark | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| California 1st | Clement W. Miller (D) | Died October 7, 1962 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| Mississippi 3rd | Frank E. Smith (D) | Resigned November 14, 1962 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
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