90th United States Congress

90th United States Congress
89th ← → 91st
United States Capitol (1962)
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969
Senate President	Hubert Humphrey (D)
Senate Pres. pro tem	Carl Hayden (D)
House Speaker	John W. McCormack (D)
Members	100 Senators 435 Representatives
Senate Majority	Democratic
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
1st: January 10, 1967 – December 15, 1967 2nd: January 15, 1968 – October 14, 1968

The ninetieth 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, 1967, to January 3, 1969, during the last two years of the second administration of 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. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events

Major legislation

President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1968

April 4, 1967: Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act, Pub.L. 90–8, 81 Stat. 8
November 7, 1967: Public Broadcasting Act, Pub.L. 90–129, 81 Stat. 365
December 15, 1967: Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Pub.L. 90–202, 81 Stat. 602
December 18, 1967: National Park Foundation Act, Pub.L. 90–209, 81 Stat. 656
January 2, 1968: Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1967, Pub.L. 90–247, including Title VII: Bilingual Education Act, 81 Stat. 816
March 1, 1968: Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–259, 82 Stat. 34
April 11, 1968: Civil Rights Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, including Title II: Indian Civil Rights Act, 82 Stat. 77
May 29, 1968: Truth in Lending Act, Pub.L. 90–321
June 19, 1968: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–351, 82 Stat. 197
July 21, 1968: Aircraft Noise Abatement Act, Pub.L. 90–411
October 2, 1968: Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Pub.L. 90–542, 82 Stat. 906
October 2, 1968: National Trails System Act, Pub.L. 90–543, 82 Stat. 919
October 15, 1968: Health Services and Facilities Amendments of 1968, Pub.L. 90–574, 82 Stat. 1006, including Title III: Alcoholic and Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Amendments of 1968
October 18, 1968: Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–602, 82 Stat. 1173
October 22, 1968: Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–629, 82 Stat. 1320-2
October 22, 1968: Gun Control Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–618, 82 Stat. 1213

Constitutional Amendments

February 10, 1967: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 38) to become part of the Constitution

Party summary

Party standings on the opening day of the 90th Congress

64 Democratic Senators

36 Republican Senators

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

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.

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	67	33	100	0

Begin	64	35	99	1
End	62	38	100	0
Final voting share	7001620000000000000♠62.0%	7001380000000000000♠38.0%

Beginning of the next congress	57	43	100	0

House of Representatives

Democratic: 247 (majority)
Republican: 187
Vacant: 1 ^[1]

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

President Johnson with NFL owners and Republican Congressional leaders, June 7, 1967.
L-R: Edward Bennett Williams (President of the Washington Redskins), Senator Everett Dirksen, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Rep. Gerald Ford, unidentified (probably Rep. John W. Byrnes)

Senate President
Hubert Humphrey

Senate President pro tempore
Carl Hayden

Senate

President: Hubert Humphrey (D)
President pro tempore: Carl Hayden (D)
Permanent Acting President pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

House Speaker
John William McCormack

Speaker: John William McCormack (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Caucuses

House Democratic Caucus

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by their classes, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

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 began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1968.

Alabama

2. John Sparkman (D)
3. J. Lister Hill (D)

Alaska

2. Bob Bartlett (D), until December 11, 1968
- Ted Stevens (R), from December 24, 1968
3. Ernest Gruening (D)

Kentucky

2. John Sherman Cooper (R)
3. Thruston B. Morton (R), until December 16, 1968
- Marlow Cook (R), from December 17, 1968

Louisiana

2. Allen J. Ellender (D)
3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine

1. Edmund Muskie (D)
2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

Maryland

1. Joseph Tydings (D)
3. Daniel Brewster (D)

Massachusetts

1. Ted Kennedy (D)
2. Edward Brooke (R)

Michigan

1. Philip Hart (D)
2. Robert P. Griffin (R)

Minnesota

1. Eugene McCarthy (DFL)
2. Walter Mondale (DFL)

Mississippi

1. John C. Stennis (D)
2. James Eastland (D)

Missouri

1. Stuart Symington (D)
3. Edward V. Long (D), until December 27, 1968
- Thomas Eagleton (D), from December 28, 1968

Montana

1. Mike Mansfield (D)
2. Lee Metcalf (D)

Nebraska

1. Roman Hruska (R)
2. Carl Curtis (R)

Nevada

1. Howard Cannon (D)
3. Alan Bible (D)

New Hampshire

2. Thomas J. McIntyre (D)
3. Norris Cotton (R)

New Jersey

1. Harrison A. Williams (D)
2. Clifford P. Case (R)

New Mexico

1. Joseph Montoya (D)
2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

New York

1. Robert F. Kennedy (D), until June 6, 1968
- Charles Goodell (R), from September 10, 1968
3. Jacob K. Javits (R)

North Carolina

2. B. Everett Jordan (D)
3. Sam Ervin (D)

North Dakota

1. Quentin N. Burdick (D)
3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

1. Stephen M. Young (D)
3. Frank J. Lausche (D)

Oklahoma

2. Fred R. Harris (D)
3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)

Oregon

2. Mark Hatfield (R), from January 10, 1967
3. Wayne Morse (D)

Pennsylvania

1. Hugh Scott (R)
3. Joseph S. Clark (D)

Rhode Island

1. John O. Pastore (D)
2. Claiborne Pell (D)

South Carolina

2. Strom Thurmond (R)
3. Ernest Hollings (D)

South Dakota

2. Karl E. Mundt (R)
3. George McGovern (D)

Tennessee

1. Albert Gore, Sr. (D)
2. Howard Baker (R)

Texas

1. Ralph Yarborough (D)
2. John Tower (R)

Utah

1. Frank Moss (D)
3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

Vermont

1. Winston L. Prouty (R)
3. George Aiken (R)

Virginia

1. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D)
2. William B. Spong, Jr. (D)

Washington

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

West Virginia

1. Robert Byrd (D)
2. Jennings Randolph (D)

Wisconsin

1. William Proxmire (D)
3. Gaylord Nelson (D)

Wyoming

1. Gale W. McGee (D)
2. Clifford Hansen (R)

Senate Majority leader
Mike Mansfield

Senate Minority leader
Everett Dirksen

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

Alaska

At-large. Howard W. Pollock (R)

Arizona

Arkansas

California

1. Donald H. Clausen (R)
2. Harold T. Johnson (D)
3. John E. Moss (D)
4. Robert L. Leggett (D)
5. Phillip Burton (D)
6. William S. Mailliard (R)
7. Jeffery Cohelan (D)
8. George P. Miller (D)
9. Don Edwards (D)
10. Charles S. Gubser (R)
11. J. Arthur Younger (R), until June 20, 1967
- Pete McCloskey (R), from December 12, 1967
12. Burt L. Talcott (R)
13. Charles M. Teague (R)
14. Jerome R. Waldie (D)
15. John J. McFall (D)
16. Bernice F. Sisk (D)
17. Cecil R. King (D)
18. Bob Mathias (R)
19. Chester E. Holifield (D)
20. H. Allen Smith (R)
21. Augustus F. Hawkins (D)
22. James C. Corman (D)
23. Del M. Clawson (R)
24. Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)
25. Charles E. Wiggins (R)
26. Thomas M. Rees (D)
27. Edwin Reinecke (R)
28. Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R)
29. George Brown, Jr. (D)
30. Edward R. Roybal (D)
31. Charles H. Wilson (D)
32. Craig Hosmer (R)
33. Jerry Pettis (R)
34. Richard T. Hanna (D)
35. James B. Utt (R)
36. Bob Wilson (R)
37. Lionel Van Deerlin (D)
38. John V. Tunney (D)

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. William V. Roth, Jr. (R)

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
(2 Democrats)

At-large. Spark Matsunaga (D)
At-large. Patsy Mink (D)

Idaho

1. James A. McClure (R)
2. George V. Hansen (R)

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

1. Peter N. Kyros (D)
2. William Hathaway (D)

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

1. Thomas Abernethy (D)
2. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
3. John Bell Williams (D), until January 16, 1968
- Charles H. Griffin (D), from March 12, 1968
4. Gillespie V. Montgomery (D)
5. William M. Colmer (D)

Missouri

Montana

1. Arnold Olsen (D)
2. James Franklin Battin (R)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D)

New Hampshire

1. Louis C. Wyman (R)
2. James C. Cleveland (R)

New Jersey

New Mexico

At-large. Thomas G. Morris (D)
At-large. E. S. Johnny Walker (D)

New York

1. Otis G. Pike (D)
2. James R. Grover, Jr. (R)
3. Lester L. Wolff (D)
4. John W. Wydler (R)
5. Herbert Tenzer (D)
6. Seymour Halpern (R)
7. Joseph P. Addabbo (D)
8. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D)
9. James Delaney (D)
10. Emanuel Celler (D)
11. Frank J. Brasco (D)
12. Edna F. Kelly (D)
13. Abraham J. Multer (D), until December 31, 1967
- Bertram L. Podell (D), from February 20, 1968
14. John J. Rooney (D)
15. Hugh Carey (D)
16. John M. Murphy (D)
17. Theodore R. Kupferman (R)
18. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D), until February 28, 1967, and from April 11, 1967
19. Leonard Farbstein (D)
20. William Fitts Ryan (D)
21. James H. Scheuer (D-L)
22. Jacob H. Gilbert (D)
23. Jonathan B. Bingham (D)
24. Paul A. Fino (R), until December 31, 1968
25. Richard Ottinger (D)
26. Ogden R. Reid (R)
27. John G. Dow (D)
28. Joseph Y. Resnick (D)
29. Daniel E. Button (R)
30. Carleton J. King (R)
31. Robert C. McEwen (R)
32. Alexander Pirnie (R)
33. Howard W. Robison (R)
34. James M. Hanley (D)
35. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
36. Frank Horton (R)
37. Barber Conable (R)
38. Charles Goodell (R), until September 9, 1968
39. Richard D. McCarthy (D)
40. Henry P. Smith III (R)
41. Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)

North Carolina

North Dakota

1. Mark Andrews (R)
2. Thomas S. Kleppe (R)

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

1. William A. Barrett (D)
2. Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (D)
3. James A. Byrne (D)
4. Joshua Eilberg (D)
5. William J. Green, III (D)
6. George M. Rhodes (D)
7. Lawrence G. Williams (R)
8. Edward G. Biester, Jr. (R)
9. George Watkins (R)
10. Joseph M. McDade (R)
11. Daniel J. Flood (D)
12. J. Irving Whalley (R)
13. Richard Schweiker (R)
14. William S. Moorhead (D)
15. Fred B. Rooney (D)
16. Edwin D. Eshleman (R)
17. Herman T. Schneebeli (R)
18. Robert J. Corbett (R)
19. George A. Goodling (R)
20. Elmer J. Holland (D), until August 9, 1968
- Joseph M. Gaydos (D), from November 5, 1968
21. John H. Dent (D)
22. John P. Saylor (R)
23. Albert W. Johnson (R)
24. Joseph P. Vigorito (D)
25. Frank M. Clark (D)
26. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
27. James G. Fulton (R)

Rhode Island

1. Fernand St. Germain (D)
2. John E. Fogarty (D), until January 10, 1967
- Robert Tiernan (D), from March 28, 1967

South Carolina

South Dakota

1. Ben Reifel (R)
2. Ellis Yarnal Berry (R)

Tennessee

Texas

1. Wright Patman (D)
2. John Dowdy (D)
3. Joe R. Pool (D), until July 14, 1968
- James M. Collins (R), from August 24, 1968
4. Ray Roberts (D)
5. Earle Cabell (D)
6. Olin E. Teague (D)
7. George H. W. Bush (R)
8. Robert C. Eckhardt (D)
9. Jack Brooks (D)
10. J. J. Pickle (D)
11. William R. Poage (D)
12. Jim Wright (D)
13. Graham B. Purcell, Jr. (D)
14. John A. Young (D)
15. Kika de la Garza (D)
16. Richard C. White (D)
17. Omar T. Burleson (D)
18. Bob Price (R)
19. George H. Mahon (D)
20. Henry B. Gonzalez (D)
21. O. C. Fisher (D)
22. Robert R. Casey (D)
23. Abraham Kazen (D)

Utah

1. Laurence J. Burton (R)
2. Sherman P. Lloyd (R)

Vermont

At-large. Robert Stafford (R)

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

At-large. William H. Harrison (R)

Non-voting member

Puerto Rico. Santiago Polanco Abreu (Resident Commissioner) (PPD)

House Majority Leader
Carl Albert

House Minority Leader
Gerald Ford

Changes in membership

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

Senate

Replacements: 4
- Democratic: 2 seat net loss
- Republican: 2 seat net gain
Deaths: 2
Resignations: 2
Total seats with changes: 5

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Oregon (2)	Vacant	Hatfield delayed taking seat to finish term as Governor of Oregon	Mark Hatfield (R)	January 10, 1967
New York (1)	Robert F. Kennedy (D)	Assassinated June 6, 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Successor was appointed to continue the term.	Charles Goodell (R)	September 10, 1968
Alaska (2)	Bob Bartlett (D)	Died December 11, 1968 Successor was appointed to continue the term.	Ted Stevens (R)	December 24, 1968
Kentucky (3)	Thruston B. Morton (R)	Retired, then resigned December 16, 1968, to give successor preferential seniority Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.	Marlow Cook (R)	December 17, 1968
Missouri (3)	Edward V. Long (D)	Resigned December 27, 1968, having lost renomination to the next term. Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term.	Thomas Eagleton (D)	December 28, 1968

House of Representatives

Replacements: 6
- Democratic: 1 seat net loss
- Republican: 1 seat net gain
Deaths: 4
Resignations: 4
Expulsion: 1
Total seats with changes: 9

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
Rhode Island 2nd	John E. Fogarty (D)	Died January 10, 1967	Robert Tiernan (D)	March 28, 1967
New York 18th	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D)	Excluded from House February 28, 1967, pursuant to H. Res. 278	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D)	April 11, 1967
California 11th	J. Arthur Younger (R)	Died June 20, 1967	Pete McCloskey (R)	December 12, 1967
New York 13th	Abraham J. Multer (D)	Resigned December 31, 1967, after being elected as judge of New York Supreme Court	Bertram L. Podell (D)	February 20, 1968
Mississippi 3rd	John B. Williams (D)	Resigned January 16, 1968, after being elected Governor of Mississippi	Charles H. Griffin (D)	March 12, 1968
Texas 3rd	Joe R. Pool (D)	Died July 14, 1968	James M. Collins (R)	August 24, 1968
Pennsylvania 20th	Elmer J. Holland (D)	Died August 9, 1968	Joseph M. Gaydos (D)	November 5, 1968
New York 38th	Charles Goodell (R)	Resigned September 9, 1968, after becoming U.S. Senator	Vacant	Not filled this term
New York 24th	Paul A. Fino (R)	Resigned December 31, 1968	Vacant	Not filled this term

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (2 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Atomic Energy
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Defense Production
Disposition of Executive Papers
Economic
Immigration and Nationality Policy
Legislative Budget
The Library
Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
Printing
Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
Taxation

Employees and legislative agency directors

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart
Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Rufus Pearson
Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats
Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
Public Printer of the United States: James L. Harrison

Senate

Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
Secretary: Francis R. Valeo
- Democratic Party Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt
- Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice
Sergeant at Arms: Robert G. Dunphy

House of Representatives

Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodist)
Clerk: W. Pat Jennings
Doorkeeper: William M. Miller
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Postmaster: H. H. Morris
Reading Clerks: Joe Bartlett (R) and N/A (D)
Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson

References

↑ Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was excluded from membership in this Congress.

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.

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