100th United States Congress

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100th United States Congress
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January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate MajorityDemocratic
Senate PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush (R)
House MajorityDemocratic
House SpeakerJim Wright (D)
Sessions
1st: January 6, 1987 – December 22, 1987
2nd: January 25, 1988 – October 22, 1988

The 100th 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, D.C. from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 1989, during the last two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twentieth Census of the United States in 1980.

Both chambers had a Democratic majority, with the Democrats increasing their lead in the House, and regaining the Senate for the first time since the 96th Congress in 1979.

Major events[]

President Ronald Reagan with Vice President George Bush and House Speaker Jim Wright during the 1988 State of the Union Address, January 25, 1988
  • October 19, 1987: Black Monday: Stocks fell sharply on Wall Street and around the world
  • October 23, 1987: The Senate rejected the nomination of Robert H. Bork to the United States Supreme Court on a vote of 42-58
  • November 18, 1987: Iran–Contra affair: Senate and House panels released reports charging President Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair
  • January 25, 1988: 1988 State of the Union Address
  • November 8, 1988: 1988 United States presidential election: George Bush was elected over Michael Dukakis; United States Senate elections, 1988 & United States House of Representatives elections, 1988: Democrats retained control of Congress

Major legislation[]

President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law, August 10, 1988.

Treaties ratified[]

  • May 27, 1988: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

Hearings[]

  • May 6, 1987: Iran–Contra affair hearings began
  • October 23, 1987: Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination: Senate rejected Robert Bork's nomination 42–58 to the Supreme Court of the United States
  • February 3, 1988: Senate approved Anthony Kennedy's nomination 97–0 to the Supreme Court of the United States

Party summary[]

Senate[]

Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 100th Congress in January 1987
  2 Democrats
  1 Democrat and 1 Republican
  2 Republicans
Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 48 52 100 0
Begin 55 45 100 0
End 54 46
Final voting share 54.0% 46.0%
Beginning of next congress 55 45 100 0

House of Representatives[]

House representation by state
Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 251 180 431 4
Begin 258 177 435 0
End 255 178 4332
Final voting share 58.9% 41.1%
Non-voting members 4 1 5
Beginning of next congress 259 174 433 2

Leadership[]

Senate[]

Senate President
VP George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush (R)
Senate President pro Tempore
John C. Stennis
John C. Stennis (D)
George J. Mitchell
George J. Mitchell (D)
(Deputy)
  • President: George Bush (R)
  • President pro tempore: John Stennis (D)
  • Deputy President pro tempore: George J. Mitchell (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership[]

  • Majority Leader, Democratic Conference Chairman, and Democratic Policy Committee Chairman: Robert Byrd
  • Majority Whip: Alan Cranston
  • Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: John Kerry
  • Democratic Caucus Secretary: Daniel Inouye

Minority (Republican) leadership[]

  • Minority Leader: Bob Dole
  • Minority Whip: Alan Simpson
  • Republican Conference Chairman: John Chafee
  • Republican Conference Secretary: Thad Cochran
  • Policy Committee Chairman: William L. Armstrong
  • Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Rudy Boschwitz

House of Representatives[]

House Speaker
Jim Wright
Jim Wright (D)
  • Speaker: Jim Wright (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership[]

  • Majority Leader: Tom Foley
  • Majority Whip: Tony Coelho
  • Chief Deputy Majority Whip: David Bonior
  • Democratic Caucus Chairman: Dick Gephardt
  • Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman: Mary Rose Oakar
  • Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Beryl Anthony Jr.

Minority leadership[]

  • Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel
  • Minority Whip: Trent Lott
  • Chief Deputy Whip: Edward Rell Madigan
  • Republican Conference Chairman: Dick Cheney
  • Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Lynn Morley Martin
  • Republican Conference Secretary: Robert J. Lagomarsino
  • Policy Committee Chairman: Jerry Lewis
  • Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Guy Vander Jagt

Caucuses[]

Members[]

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, 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, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1988; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1990; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1992.

House of Representatives[]

Changes in membership[]

Senate[]

State
(class)
Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[a]
Nebraska
(1)
Edward Zorinsky (D) Died March 6, 1987.
Successor was appointed to finish the term.
David Karnes (R) March 11, 1987

House of Representatives[]

District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[a]
California's 5th Sala Burton (D) Died February 1, 1987 Nancy Pelosi (D) June 2, 1987
Connecticut's 4th Stewart McKinney (R) Died May 7, 1987 Chris Shays (R) August 18, 1987
Tennessee's 5th Bill Boner (D) Resigned October 5, 1987 Bob Clement (D) January 19, 1988
Virginia's 5th Dan Daniel (D) Died January 23, 1988 Lewis F. Payne, Jr. (D) June 14, 1988
Louisiana's 4th Buddy Roemer (D) Resigned March 14, 1988, after being elected Governor of Louisiana Jim McCrery (R) April 16, 1988
New Jersey's 3rd James J. Howard (D) Died March 25, 1988 Frank Pallone (D) November 8, 1988
Illinois's 21st Melvin Price (D) Died April 22, 1988 Jerry Costello (D) August 9, 1988
Tennessee's 2nd John Duncan, Sr. (R) Died June 21, 1988 Jimmy Duncan (R) November 8, 1988
New York's 19th Mario Biaggi (D) Resigned August 5, 1988 Vacant to the end of this Congress
American Samoa's at-large Fofó I. F. Sunia (D) Resigned September 6, 1988
Alabama's 3rd William F. Nichols (D) Died December 13, 1988

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 (1 link), 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[]

  • Aging (Special) (Chair: John Melcher)
  • Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Patrick Leahy; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar)
    • (Chair: David L. Boren; Ranking Member: Rudy Boschwitz)
    • (Chair: John Melcher; Ranking Member: Jesse Helms)
    • (Chair: Kent Conrad; Ranking Member: Pete Wilson)
    • (Chair: David Pryor; Ranking Member: Thad Cochran)
    • (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
    • (Chair: Howell Heflin; Ranking Member: Mitch McConnell)
  • Appropriations (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
    • Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Quentin N. Burdick; Ranking Member: Thad Cochran)
    • (Chair: Ernest Hollings; Ranking Member: Warren Rudman)
    • Defense (Chair: John Stennis; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
    • District of Columbia (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Don Nickles)
    • Energy and Water Development (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
    • Foreign Operations (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: Bob Kasten)
    • (Chair: William Proxmire; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
    • Interior and Related Agencies (Chair: Robert C. Byrd; Ranking Member: James A. McClure)
    • (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker)
    • Legislative Branch (Chair: Dale Bumpers; Ranking Member: Chuck Grassley)
    • (Chair: Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: Arlen Specter)
    • (Chair: Frank Lautenberg; Ranking Member: Al D'Amato)
    • (Chair: Dennis DeConcini; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici)
  • Armed Services (Chair: Sam Nunn; Ranking Member: John W. Warner)
    • (Chair: Carl Levin; Ranking Member: Dan Quayle)
    • (Chair: Jeff Bingaman; Ranking Member: Phil Gramm)
    • (Chair: John Glenn; Ranking Member: Pete Wilson)
    • (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
    • (Chair: Alan Dixon; Ranking Member: Gordon J. Humphrey)
    • (Chair: J. James Exon; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
  • Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: William Proxmire; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
    • (Chair: Chris Dodd; Ranking Member: Phil Gramm)
    • (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Al D'Amato)
    • (Chair: Paul Sarbanes; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
    • (Chair: Donald W. Riegle; Ranking Member: William L. Armstrong)
  • Budget (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici)
  • Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Ernest Hollings; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
    • (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member: Nancy Kassebaum)
    • (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: Bob Packwood)
    • (Chair: Al Gore; Ranking Member: John McCain)
    • (Chair: Jay Rockefeller; Ranking Member: Paul S. Trible, Jr.)
    • (Chair: John Breaux; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
    • (Chair: Donald W. Riegle; Ranking Member: Larry Pressler)
    • (Chair: J. James Exon; Ranking Member: Bob Kasten)
    • (Chair: Ernest Hollings; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
  • Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: James A. McClure)
    • (Chair: Howard M. Metzenbaum; Ranking Member: Don Nickles)
    • (Chair: John Melcher; Ranking Member: Chic Hecht)
    • (Chair: Dale Bumpers; Ranking Member: Malcolm Wallop)
    • (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici)
    • Water and Power (Chair: Bill Bradley; Ranking Member: Daniel J. Evans)
  • Environment and Public Works (Chair: Quentin N. Burdick; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
    • (Chair: George J. Mitchell; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
    • (Chair: Max Baucus; Ranking Member: David Durenberger)
    • (Chair: John Breaux; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson)
    • (Chair: Frank Lautenberg; Ranking Member: John W. Warner)
    • (Chair: Daniel Moynihan; Ranking Member: Steve Symms)
  • Ethics (Select) (Chair: Howell Heflin; Vice Chair: Warren Rudman)
  • Finance (Chair: Lloyd Bentsen; Ranking Member: Bob Packwood)
    • (Chair: David L. Boren; Ranking Member: Malcolm Wallop)
    • (Chair: George J. Mitchell; Ranking Member: David Durenberger)
    • (Chair: Bill Bradley; Ranking Member: William V. Roth, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Spark Matsunaga; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
    • (Chair: David Pryor; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
    • (Chair: Daniel Moynihan; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
    • (Chair: Max Baucus; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
  • Foreign Relations (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Jesse Helms)
    • African Affairs (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: Nancy Kassebaum)
    • East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Frank H. Murkowski)
    • European Affairs (Chair: Joe Biden; Ranking Member: Daniel J. Evans)
    • (Chair: John Kerry; Ranking Member: Rudy Boschwitz)
    • (Chair: Paul Sarbanes; Ranking Member: Rudy Boschwitz)
    • (Chair: Brock Adams; Ranking Member: Mitch McConnell)
    • (Chair: Chris Dodd; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar)
  • Governmental Affairs (Chair: John Glenn; Ranking Member: William V. Roth, Jr.)
    • (Chair: David Pryor; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
    • (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member: Warren Rudman)
    • (Chair: Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: N/A)
    • (Chair: Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
    • (Chair: Carl Levin; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
    • (Chair: Carl Levin; Ranking Member: N/A)
  • Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: Daniel Inouye)
  • Judiciary (Chair: Joe Biden; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
    • (Chair: Howard M. Metzenbaum; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
    • Constitution (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: Arlen Specter)
    • (Chair: Howell Heflin; Ranking Member: Chuck Grassley)
    • (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson)
    • (Chair: Dennis DeConcini; Ranking Member: Orrin Hatch)
    • (Chair: Patrick Leahy; Ranking Member: Gordon J. Humphrey)
  • Intelligence (Select) (Chair: David L. Boren; Vice Chair: William S. Cohen)
  • Labor and Human Resources (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: Orrin Hatch)
    • (Chair: Spark Matsunaga; Ranking Member: Thad Cochran)
    • (Chair: Chris Dodd; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
    • (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
    • (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: Gordon J. Humphrey)
    • (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker)
    • (Chair: Howard M. Metzenbaum; Ranking Member: Dan Quayle)
  • Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair:[data unknown/missing])
  • Rules and Administration (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
  • Small Business (Chair: Dale Bumpers; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker)
    • (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Malcolm Wallop)
    • (Chair: Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: Rudy Boschwitz)
    • (Chair: Alan Dixon; Ranking Member: Bob Kasten)
    • (Chair: Carl Levin; Ranking Member: Warren B. Rudman)
    • (Chair: Jim Sasser)
    • (Chair: Max Baucus; Ranking Member: Al D'Amato)
    • (Chair: John Kerry; Ranking Member: Kit Bond)
  • (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Vice Chair: Warren Rudman)
  • Veterans' Affairs (Chairman: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Frank H. Murkowski)
  • Whole

House of Representatives[]

  • Aging (Select) (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
  • Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
    • (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
    • (Chair: Jerry Huckaby; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
    • (Chair: George E. Brown, Jr.; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
    • (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
    • (Chair: Harold Volkmer; Ranking Member: Sid Morrison)
    • Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Charles Stenholm; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
    • (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
    • (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
  • Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
    • (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Hal Rogers)
    • Defense (Chair: William V. Chappell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
    • (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
    • Energy and Water Development (Chair: Tom Bevill)
    • (Chair: David Obey; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
    • (Chair: Edward P. Boland; Ranking Member: Mickey Edwards)
    • (Chair: Sidney Yates; Ranking Member: Bill Green)
    • (Chair: William H. Natcher; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
    • (Chair: Victor Fazio; Ranking Member: )
    • (Chair: Bill Hefner; Ranking Member: Bill Lowery)
    • (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Virginia Smith)
    • (Chair: William Lehman; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
    • (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Joe Skeen)
  • Armed Services (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
    • (Chair: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
    • (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: David O'B. Martin)
    • (Chair: Beverly Byron; Ranking Member: Herbert H. Bateman)
    • (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: Robert E. Badham)
    • Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: John R. Kasich)
    • (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
    • (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
    • (Chair: Nicholas Mavroules; Ranking Member: Jim Courter)
    • (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
  • Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
    • (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: John P. Hiler)
    • (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: Bill McCollum)
    • (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: Norman D. Shumway)
    • (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
    • (Chair: Carroll Hubbard; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
    • (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
    • (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
    • (Chair: Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
  • Budget (Chair: William H. Gray; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
    • (Chair: Butler Derrick; Ranking Member: Willis D. Gradison, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Mickey Edwards)
    • (Chair: Vic Fazio; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
    • (Chair: Mike Lowry; Ranking Member: Beau Boulter)
    • (Chair: Martin Frost; Ranking Member: Nancy Johnson)
    • (Chair: Pat Williams; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
    • (Chair: Marty Russo; Ranking Member: Connie Mack III)
    • (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: Denny Smith)
  • Children, Youth and Families (Select) (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: Dan Coats)
  • (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
    • (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
    • (Chair: Alan Wheat; Ranking Member: Larry Combest)
    • (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.)
  • Education and Labor (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
    • (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
    • (Chair: Matthew G. Martinez; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
    • (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Paul B. Henry)
    • (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
    • (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
    • (Chair: Dale Kildee; Ranking Member: Tom Tauke)
    • (Chair: Pat Williams; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
    • (Chair: Major R. Owens; Ranking Member: Steve Bartlett)
  • Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
    • (Chair: James J. Florio; Ranking Member: William E. Dannemeyer)
    • (Chair: Phil Sharp; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
    • (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: Edward R. Madigan)
    • (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
    • (Chair: Ed Markey; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
    • (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Bob Whittaker)
  • Foreign Affairs (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
    • (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
    • (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
    • (Chair: Stephen Solarz; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
    • (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
    • (Chair: Gus Yatron; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
    • (Chair: Don Bonker; Ranking Member: Toby Roth)
    • (Chair: Dan Mica; Ranking Member: Olympia Snowe)
    • (Chair: George W. Crockett; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
  • Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
    • (Chair: Doug Barnard; Ranking Member: Larry E. Craig)
    • (Chair: Tom Lantos; Ranking Member: Joseph J. DioGuardi)
    • (Chair: Mike Synar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Howard C. Nielson)
    • (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: Al McCandless)
    • (Chair: Ted Weiss; Ranking Member: Jim Ross Lightfoot)
    • (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
  • House Administration (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
    • (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Robert E. Badham)
    • Elections (Chair: Al Swift; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
    • (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: Newt Gingrich)
    • (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
    • (Chair: Leon E. Panetta; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
    • (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: Newt Gingrich)
    • (Chair: Jim Bates; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
  • (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
  • Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Don Young)
    • (Chair: Morris K. Udall; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Sam Gejdenson; Ranking Member: Denny Smith)
    • (Chair: Ron de Lugo; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
    • (Chair: Nick Rahall; Ranking Member: Larry E. Craig)
    • (Chair: Bruce Vento; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
    • (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan, Jr.)
  • (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Dick Cheney)
  • Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
    • (Chair: Barney Frank; Ranking Member: E. Clay Shaw, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
    • (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
    • (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member: Bill McCollum)
    • (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: George W. Gekas)
    • (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Pat Swindall)
    • (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
  • Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Robert W. Davis)
    • (Chair: Earl Hutto; Ranking Member: Robert W. Davis)
    • (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member: Don Young)
    • (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
    • (Chair: Mike Lowry; Ranking Member: Norman D. Shumway)
    • (Chair: Walter B. Jones, Sr.; Ranking Member: Claudine Schneider)
    • (Chair: Billy Tauzin; Ranking Member: Jack Fields)
  • (Chair: Charles B. Rangel; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
  • Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
    • (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Connie Morella)
    • (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan)
    • (Chair: Gary Ackerman; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
    • (Chair: Gerry Sikorski; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
    • (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
    • (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
    • (Chair: Frank McCloskey; Ranking Member: Don Young)
  • Public Works and Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard, then Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
    • (Chair: Norman Y. Mineta; Ranking Member: Newt Gingrich)
    • (Chair: Gus Savage; Ranking Member: E. Clay Shaw, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Jim Oberstar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Fofo I.F. Sunia; Ranking Member: Guy Molinari)
    • (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
    • (Chair: Henry J. Nowak; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
  • Rules (Chair: Claude Pepper; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
    • (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
    • (Chair: Butler Derrick; Ranking Member: Trent Lott)
  • Science and Technology (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Marilyn Lloyd; Ranking Member: Sid Morrison)
    • (Chair: Ralph M. Hall; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
    • (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: Don Ritter)
    • (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Claudine Schneider)
    • (Chair: Doug Walgren; Ranking Member: Sherwood Boehlert)
    • (Chair: Bill Nelson; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
    • (Chair: Dave McCurdy; Ranking Member: Tom Luken)
  • Small Business (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
    • (Chair: Dennis E. Eckart; Ranking Member: John Hiler)
    • (Chair: Charles Hatcher; Ranking Member: David Dreier)
    • (Chair: Ike Skelton; Ranking Member: Andy Ireland)
    • (Chair: Nicholas Mavroules; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
    • (Chair: Ron Wyden; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
    • (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
  • Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
  • Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
    • (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
    • (Chair: Douglas Applegate; Ranking Member: Bill McCollum)
    • (Chair: Wayne Dowdy; Ranking Member: Chris Smith)
    • Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Lane Evans; Ranking Member: Bob Stump)
    • (Chair: Marcy Kaptur; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
  • Ways and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: John J. Duncan)
    • Health (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Willis D. Gradison, Jr.)
    • Oversight (Chair: J.J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Richard T. Schulze)
    • (Chair: Thomas J. Downey; Ranking Member: Hank Brown)
    • Select Revenue Measures (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt)
    • Social Security (Chair: Andrew Jacobs, Jr.; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
    • Trade (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
  • Whole

Joint committees[]

  • Economic (Chair: Sen. Paul Sarbanes; Vice Chair: Rep. Lee H. Hamilton)
  • Taxation (Chair: Rep. Dan Rostenkowski; Vice Chair: Sen. Lloyd Bentsen)
  • The Library (Chair: Sen. Claiborne Pell; Vice Chair: Rep. Frank Annunzio)
  • Printing (Chair: Rep. Frank Annunzio; Vice Chair: Sen. Wendell Ford)

Employees[]

Legislative branch agency directors[]

  • Architect of the Capitol: George M. White
  • Attending Physician of the United States Congress: William Narva
  • Comptroller General of the United States: Charles A. Bowsher
  • Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Rudolph G. Penner, until April 28, 1987
    • Edward Gramlich, April 28, 1987–December 1987
    • James L. Blum, Jr. (acting), starting December 1987
  • Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin, until September 12, 1987
    • James H. Billington, from September 14, 1987
  • Public Printer of the United States: Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr., until 1988
    • Joseph E. Jenifer, from 1988

Senate[]

  • Secretary:
  • Librarian:
  • :
  • :
  • Sergeant at Arms: Henry K. Giugni
  • Parliamentarian: Alan Frumin
  • Curator: James R. Ketchum
  • Historian [1]: Richard A. Baker
  • Chaplain: Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian)

House of Representatives[]

See also[]

  • United States elections, 1986 (elections leading to this Congress)
    • United States Senate elections, 1986
    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1986
  • United States elections, 1988 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
    • 1988 United States presidential election
    • United States Senate elections, 1988
    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1988

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

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.

External links[]

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