| 88th United States Congress | |||
United States Capitol (1956) |
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| Duration: January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
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| Senate President: | Lyndon B. Johnson (until November 22, 1963) | ||
| Senate Pres. pro tem: | Carl Hayden | ||
| House Speaker: | John W. McCormack | ||
| Members: | 100 Senators 435 Representatives |
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| Senate Majority: | Democratic Party | ||
| House Majority: | Democratic Party | ||
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| 1st: January 9, 1963 – December 30, 1963 2nd: January 7, 1964 – October 3, 1964 |
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The Eighty-eighth 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, 1963 to January 3, 1965, during the last year of the administration of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and the first administration of his successor, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighteenth Census of the United States in 1960, and the number of members was again 435 (had temporarily been 437 in order to seat 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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| Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) |
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| End of the previous congress | 63 | 37 | 100 | 0 |
| Begin | 65 | 34 | 99 | 1 |
| End | 35 | 100 | 0 | |
| Final voting share | 65.0% | 35.0% | ||
| Beginning of the next congress | 68 | 32 | 100 | 0 |
| Party (Shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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Republican (R) |
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| End of the previous congress | 262 | 172 | 434 | 3 |
| Begin | 258 | 176 | 434 | 1 |
| End | 255 | 177 | 432 | 3 |
| Final voting share | 59.0% | 41.0% | ||
| Beginning of the next congress | 295 | 140 | 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.
| State (class) |
Former senator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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| Oklahoma (2) |
Vacant | Appointed to fill vacancy due to death of Sen. Robert S. Kerr in previous congress | J. Howard Edmondson (D) | January 7, 1963 |
| Wisconsin (3) |
Vacant | Delayed taking oath of office in order to finish term as Governor of Wisconsin | Gaylord Nelson (D) | January 8, 1963 |
| Tennessee (2) |
Estes Kefauver (D) | Died August 10, 1963 | Herbert S. Walters (D) | August 20, 1963 |
| California (1) |
Clair Engle (D) | Died July 30, 1964 | Pierre Salinger (D) | August 4, 1964 |
| South Carolina (2) |
Strom Thurmond (D) | Changed political parties | Strom Thurmond (R) | September 16, 1964 |
| New Mexico (1) |
Edwin L. Mechem (R) | Resigned November 3, 1964 | Joseph Montoya (D) | November 4, 1964 |
| Oklahoma (2) |
J. Howard Edmondson (D) | Successor elected November 3, 1964 | Fred R. Harris (D) | November 4, 1964 |
| Tennessee (2) |
Herbert S. Walters (D) | Successor elected November 3, 1964 | Ross Bass (D) | November 4, 1964 |
| Minnesota (2) |
Hubert Humphrey (DFL) | Resigned December 29, 1964 after being elected Vice President of the United States | Walter Mondale (DFL) | December 30, 1964 |
| California (1) |
Pierre Salinger (D) | Successor elected. Resigned December 31, 1964 | George Murphy (R) | January 1, 1965 |
| District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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| California 1st | Vacant | Rep. Clement W. Miller died during previous congress | Donald H. Clausen (R) | January 22, 1963 |
| California 23rd | Clyde Doyle (D) | Died March 14, 1963 | Del M. Clawson (R) | June 11, 1963 |
| Pennsylvania 15th | Francis E. Walter (D) | Died May 31, 1963 | Fred B. Rooney (D) | July 30, 1963 |
| North Dakota 1st | Hjalmar C. Nygaard (R) | Died July 18, 1963 | Mark Andrews (R) | October 22, 1963 |
| Pennsylvania 23rd | Leon H. Gavin (R) | Died September 15, 1963 | Albert W. Johnson (R) | November 3, 1963 |
| Texas 10th | Homer Thornberry (D) | Resigned December 20, 1963 after being appointed as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas | J. J. Pickle (D) | December 21, 1963 |
| Pennsylvania 5th | William J. Green, Jr. (D) | Died December 21, 1963 | William J. Green, III (D) | April 28, 1964 |
| California 5th | John Shelley (D) | Resigned January 7, 1964 after being elected Mayor of San Francisco | Phillip Burton (D) | February 18, 1964 |
| Tennessee 2nd | Howard Baker, Sr. (R) | Died January 7, 1964 | Irene Baker (R) | March 10, 1964 |
| Illinois 6th | Thomas J. O'Brien (D) | Died April 14, 1964 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| South Carolina 5th | Robert W. Hemphill (D) | Resigned May 1, 1964 after being appointed judge of the US District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of SC | Thomas S. Gettys (D) | November 3, 1964 |
| Missouri 9th | Clarence Cannon (D) | Died May 12, 1964 | William L. Hungate (D) | November 3, 1964 |
| Michigan 12th | John B. Bennett (R) | Died August 9, 1964 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| Oregon 1st | A. Walter Norblad (R) | Died September 20, 1964 | Wendell Wyatt (R) | November 3, 1964 |
| New Mexico At-large | Joseph Montoya (D) | Resigned November 3, 1964 after being elected to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| Tennessee 6th | Ross Bass (D) | Resigned November 3, 1964 after being elected to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| Illinois 9th | Edward R. Finnegan (D) | Resigned December 6, 1964 after being appointed judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County | Vacant | Not filled this term |
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