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| Duration: January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
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| Senate President: | Hubert Humphrey to Jan. 20, 1969 Spiro Agnew |
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| Senate Pres. pro tem: | Richard Russell, Jr. | ||
| 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 3, 1969 – December 23, 1969 2nd: January 19, 1970 – January 2, 1971 |
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The Ninety-first 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, 1969 to January 3, 1971, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighteenth Census of the United States in 1960. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
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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.
TOTAL members: 100
TOTAL members: 435
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1974.
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers 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.
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress
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Former senator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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| Illinois (3) |
Everett Dirksen (R) | Died September 7, 1969 | Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | September 17, 1969 |
| Illinois (3) |
Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | Successor elected November 3, 1970 | Adlai Stevenson III (D) | November 17, 1970 |
| Delaware (1) |
John J. Williams (R) | Resigned December 30, 1970 | William V. Roth, Jr. (R) | January 1, 1971 |
| California (1) |
George Murphy (R) | Resigned January 2, 1971 | John V. Tunney (D) | January 2, 1971 |
| District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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| California 27th | Edwin Reinecke (R) | Resigned January 21, 1969 after becoming Lieutenant Governor of California | Barry Goldwater, Jr. (R) | April 29, 1969 |
| Wisconsin 7th | Melvin R. Laird (R) | Resigned January 21, 1969 after being appointed United States Secretary of Defense | Dave Obey (D) | April 1, 1969 |
| Tennessee 8th | Robert A. Everett (D) | Died January 26, 1969 | Ed Jones (D) | March 25, 1969 |
| Montana 2nd | James F. Battin (R) | Resigned February 27, 1969 after being appointed judge for the US District Court for the District of Montana | John Melcher (D) | June 24, 1969 |
| Illinois 13th | Donald Rumsfeld (R) | Resigned May 25, 1969 after being appointed Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity | Phil Crane (R) | November 25, 1969 |
| Massachusetts 6th | William H. Bates (R) | Died June 22, 1969 | Michael J. Harrington (D) | September 30, 1969 |
| Illinois 6th | Daniel J. Ronan (D) | Died August 13, 1969 | George W. Collins (D) | November 3, 1970 |
| New Jersey 8th | Charles S. Joelson (D) | Resigned September 4, 1969 after becoming judge of Superior Court of New Jersey | Robert A. Roe (D) | November 4, 1969 |
| New Jersey 6th | William T. Cahill (R) | Resigned January 19, 1970 after becoming Governor of New Jersey | Edwin B. Forsythe (R) | November 3, 1970 |
| California 24th | Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) | Died February 1, 1970 | John H. Rousselot (R) | June 30, 1970 |
| California 35th | James B. Utt (R) | Died March 1, 1970 | John G. Schmitz (R) | June 30, 1970 |
| Connecticut 2nd | William St. Onge (D) | Died May 1, 1970 | Robert H. Steele (R) | November 3, 1970 |
| Ohio 19th | Michael J. Kirwan (D) | Died July 27, 1970 | Charles J. Carney (D) | November 3, 1970 |
| Pennsylvania 9th | George Watkins (R) | Died August 7, 1970 | John H. Ware III (R) | November 3, 1970 |
| Illinois 1st | William L. Dawson (D) | Died November 9, 1970 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| South Carolina 1st | L. Mendel Rivers (D) | Died December 28, 1970 | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| Delaware At-large | William V. Roth, Jr. (R) | Resigned December 31, 1970 after being appointed to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |
| California 38th | John V. Tunney (D) | Resigned January 2, 1971 after being appointed to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |
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