102nd United States Congress

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102nd United States Congress
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January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate MajorityDemocratic
Senate PresidentDan Quayle (R)
House MajorityDemocratic
House SpeakerTom Foley (D)
Sessions
1st: January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1992
2nd: January 3, 1992 – October 9, 1992

The 102nd 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, 1991, to January 3, 1993, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President George H. W. Bush.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1980 United States Census. Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority.

Notable events[]

  • January 17, 1991 – February 28, 1991: Persian Gulf War
  • May 16, 1991: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress
  • October 15, 1991: Confirmation of Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination at the Senate
  • November 3, 1992: Election of Bill Clinton as President of the United States

Major legislation[]

Constitutional amendments[]

Party summary[]

Senate[]

Party standings on the opening day of the 102nd Congress
  56 Democratic Senators
  44 Republican Senators
Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 55 45 100 0
Begin 56 44 100 0
End 58 42
Final voting share 58.0% 42.0%
Beginning of next congress 57 43 100 0

House of Representatives[]

Affiliation Members Voting
share
Democratic Party 267 61.4%
Republican Party 167 38.4%
Independent 1 0.2%
Total 435 100%

Leadership[]

Senate President
Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle (R)
Senate President pro Tempore
Robert Byrd
Robert Byrd (D)

Senate[]

  • President: Dan Quayle (R)
  • President pro tempore: Robert Byrd (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership[]

  • Majority Leader: George Mitchell
  • Majority Whip: Wendell Ford
  • Policy Committee Co-Chair: Harry Reid
  • Democratic Caucus Secretary: David Pryor
  • Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Chuck Robb
  • Chief Deputy Whip: Alan J. Dixon

Minority (Republican) leadership[]

  • Minority Leader: Bob Dole
  • Minority Whip: Alan Simpson
  • Republican Conference Chairman: Thad Cochran
  • Republican Conference Secretary: Bob Kasten
  • National Senatorial Committee Chair: Phil Gramm
  • Policy Committee Chairman: Don Nickles

House of Representatives[]

Speaker of the House
Tom Foley
Tom Foley (D)
  • Speaker: Tom Foley (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership[]

  • Majority Leader: Dick Gephardt
  • Majority Whip: William H. Gray III, until September 11, 1991
    • David Bonior, from September 11, 1991
  • Chief Deputy Majority Whips: Barbara Kennelly, Butler Derrick, & John Lewis
  • Democratic Caucus Chairman: Steny Hoyer
  • Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman: Vic Fazio

Minority (Republican) leadership[]

  • Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel
  • Minority Whip: Newt Gingrich
  • Chief Deputy Whip: Robert Smith Walker
  • Republican Conference Chairman: Jerry Lewis
  • Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Bill McCollum
  • Republican Conference Secretary: Vin Weber
  • Policy Committee Chairman: Mickey Edwards
  • Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Guy Vander Jagt

Caucuses[]

Members[]

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, 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 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1992; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1994; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1996.

House of Representatives[]

Changes in membership[]

Senate[]

State
(class)
Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[a]
California
(1)
Pete Wilson (R) Resigned January 7, 1991, after being elected Governor of California.
As Governor, he appointed his successor.
John Seymour (R) January 10, 1991
Pennsylvania
(1)
John Heinz (R) Died April 4, 1991.
His successor was appointed May 9, 1991, and subsequently won a special election on November 5, 1991, to finish the term.
Harris Wofford (D) May 9, 1991
North Dakota
(1)
Quentin Burdick (D) Died.
His wife was appointed September 8, 1992, to succeed him.
Jocelyn Burdick (D) September 12, 1992
California
(1)
John Seymour (R) Interim appointee lost the special election November 3, 1992, to finish the term. Dianne Feinstein (D) November 10, 1992
North Dakota
(1)
Jocelyn Burdick (D) Interim appointee retired December 14, 1992.
Her successor was chosen at a special election December 4, 1992, to finish the term.
Kent Conrad (D) December 14, 1992
North Dakota
(3)
Kent Conrad (D) Resigned December 14, 1992, to assume vacant Class 1 seat to which he was elected.
His successor was appointed to assume the seat early, having already won election to the next term.
Byron Dorgan (D) December 15, 1992
Tennessee
(2)
Al Gore (D) Resigned January 2, 1993, to become Vice President of the United States.
His successor was appointed.
Harlan Mathews (D) January 2, 1993

House of Representatives[]

District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[a]
Massachusetts's 1st Silvio O. Conte (R) Died February 11, 1991 John Olver (D) June 18, 1991
Illinois's 15th Edward Rell Madigan (R) Resigned March 8, 1991, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas W. Ewing (R) July 2, 1991
Texas's 3rd Steve Bartlett (R) Resigned March 11, 1991, after being elected Mayor of Dallas Sam Johnson (R) May 8, 1991
Arizona's 2nd Mo Udall (D) Resigned May 4, 1991 due to worsening Parkinson's disease Ed Pastor (D) October 3, 1991
Pennsylvania's 2nd William H. Gray III (D) Resigned September 11, 1991 to become President of the Negro College Fund Lucien Blackwell (D) November 5, 1991
Virginia's 7th D. French Slaughter Jr. (R) Resigned November 5, 1991 following a series of strokes George Allen (D) November 5, 1991
Puerto Rico's at-large Jaime Fuster (PD) Resigned March 4, 1992 Antonio Colorado (PD) March 4, 1992
New York's 17th Theodore S. Weiss (D) Died September 14, 1992 Jerry Nadler (D) November 3, 1992
North Carolina's 1st Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) Died September 15, 1992 Eva Clayton (D) November 3, 1992
North Dakota's at-large Byron Dorgan (D) Resigned December 14, 1992, after being appointed US Senator 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 (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: David Pryor; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
  • Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Patrick Leahy; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar)
    • (Chair: Kent Conrad; Ranking Member: Chuck Grassley)
    • (Chair: David Pryor; Ranking Member: Jesse Helms)
    • (Chair: Tom Daschle; Ranking Member: John Seymour)
    • (Chair: Wyche Fowler; Ranking Member: Larry E. Craig)
    • (Chair: David L. Boren; Ranking Member: Thad Cochran)
    • (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Mitch McConnell)
    • (Chair: Howell T. Heflin; Ranking Member: Thad Cochran)
  • Appropriations (Chair: Robert Byrd; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
    • Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Quentin N. Burdick; Ranking Member: Thad Cochran)
    • (Chair: Ernest F. Hollings; Ranking Member: Warren Rudman)
    • Defense (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
    • District of Columbia (Chair: Brock Adams; Ranking Member: Kit Bond)
    • Energy and Water Development (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
    • Foreign Operations (Chair: Patrick Leahy; Ranking Member: Bob Kasten)
    • (Chair: Barbara A. Mikulski; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
    • Interior and Related Agencies (Chair: Robert C. Byrd; Ranking Member: Don Nickles)
    • (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Arlen Specter)
    • Legislative Branch (Chair: Harry Reid; Ranking Member: Slade Gorton)
    • (Chair: Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: Phil Gramm)
    • (Chair: Frank Lautenberg; Ranking Member: Al D'Amato)
    • (Chair: Dennis DeConcini; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici)
  • Armed Services (Chair: Sam Nunn; Ranking Member: John Warner)
    • (Chair: J. James Exon; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
    • (Chair: Carl Levin; Ranking Member: Malcolm Wallop)
    • (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: William Cohen)
    • (Chair: Jeff Bingaman; Ranking Member: Dan Coats)
    • (Chair: Alan J. Dixon; Ranking Member: Trent Lott)
    • (Chair: John Glenn; Ranking Member: John McCain)
  • Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Donald W. Riegle Jr.; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
    • (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Al D'Amato)
    • (Chair: Paul Sarbanes; Ranking Member: Phil Gramm)
    • (Chair: Chris Dodd; Ranking Member: Nancy Kassebaum)
    • (Chair: Alan J. Dixon; Ranking Member: Kit Bond)
  • Budget (Chair: Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici)
  • Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Ernest Hollings; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
    • (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member: Bob Packwood)
    • (Chair: Daniel K. Inouye; Ranking Member: Bob Packwood)
    • (Chair: Richard Bryan; Ranking Member: Slade Gorton)
    • (Chair: Jay Rockefeller; Ranking Member: Conrad Burns)
    • (Chair: John Breaux; Ranking Member: Trent Lott)
    • (Chair: Albert Gore; Ranking Member: Larry Pressler)
    • (Chair: J. James Exon; Ranking Member: Bob Kasten)
    • (Chair: Ernest F. Hollings; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
  • Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Malcolm Wallop)
    • (Chair: Tim Wirth; Ranking Member: Don Nickles)
    • (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici)
    • (Chair: Jeff Bingaman; Ranking Member: Larry E. Craig)
    • (Chair: Dale Bumpers; Ranking Member: Frank H. Murkowski)
    • Water and Power (Chair: Bill Bradley; Ranking Member: Conrad Burns)
  • Environment and Public Works (Chair: Quentin N. Burdick, then Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
    • (Chair: Max Baucus; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
    • (Chair: Bob Graham; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson)
    • (Chair: Frank Lautenberg; Ranking Member: David Durenberger)
    • (Chair: Harry Reid; Ranking Member: John W. Warner)
    • (Chair: Daniel Moynihan; Ranking Member: Steve Symms)
  • Ethics (Select) (Chair: Howell Heflin, then Terry Sanford; Ranking Member: Warren B. Rudman)
  • Finance (Chair: Lloyd Bentsen; Ranking Member: Bob Packwood)
    • (Chair: Bill Bradley; Ranking Member: Chuck Grassley)
    • (Chair: Tom Daschle; Ranking Member: Steve Symms)
    • (Chair: Donald W. Riegle; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
    • (Chair: Max Baucus; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
    • (Chair: Jay Rockefeller; Ranking Member: David Durenberger)
    • (Chair: David Pryor; Ranking Member: Chuck Grassley)
    • (Chair: Daniel Moynihan; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
    • (Chair: David L. Boren; Ranking Member: William V. Roth, Jr.)
  • Foreign Relations (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Jesse Helms)
    • European Affairs (Chair: Joe Biden; Ranking Member: Larry Pressler)
    • (Chair: Paul Sarbanes; Ranking Member: Mitch McConnell)
    • East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Frank H. Murkowski)
    • (Chair: Chris Dodd; Ranking Member: Richard Lugar)
    • (Chair: John Kerry; Ranking Member: Hank Brown)
    • African Affairs (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: Nancy Kassebaum)
    • (Chair: Terry Sanford; Ranking Member: Orrin Hatch)
  • Governmental Affairs (Chair: John Glenn; Ranking Member: William V. Roth, Jr.)
    • (Chair: David Pryor; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
    • (Chair: Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: John Seymour)
    • (Chair: Herb Kohl; Ranking Member: Warren Rudman)
    • (Chair: Carl Levin; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
    • (Chair: Sam Nunn; Ranking Member: William V. Roth, Jr.)
  • Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: John McCain)
  • Judiciary (Chair: Joe Biden; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
    • (Chair: Howard Metzenbaum; Ranking Member: Arlen Specter)
    • Constitution (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: Arlen Specter)
    • (Chair: Howell T. 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: Hank Brown)
    • (Chair: Herb Kohl; Ranking Member: Hank Brown)
  • Intelligence (Select) (Chair: David L. Boren; Ranking Member: Frank H. Murkowski)
  • Labor and Human Resources (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: Orrin Hatch)
    • (Chair: Brock Adams; Ranking Member: Thad Cochran)
    • (Chair: Chris Dodd; Ranking Member: Dan Coats)
    • (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Nancy Kassebaum)
    • (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
    • (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: David Durenberger)
    • (Chair: Howard M. Metzenbaum; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
  • POW/MIA Affairs (Select) (Chair: John Kerry; Ranking Member: )
  • Rules and Administration (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
  • Small Business (Chair: Dale Bumpers; Ranking Member: Bob Kasten)
    • (Chair: Joe Lieberman; Ranking Member: Connie Mack III)
    • (Chair: Barbara Mikulski; Ranking Member: Larry Pressler)
    • (Chair: Alan J. Dixon; Ranking Member: Kit Bond)
    • (Chair: Carl Levin; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
    • (Chair: Max Baucus; Ranking Member: Bob Kasten)
    • (Chair: John Kerry; Ranking Member: Conrad Burns)
  • Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Arlen Specter)

House of Representatives[]

  • Aging (Select) (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
  • Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
    • (Chair: Jerry Huckaby; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
    • Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Charles W. Stenholm; Ranking Member: Steve Gunderson)
    • (Chair: Charles Hatcher; Ranking Member: Larry Hopkins)
    • (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
    • (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
    • (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
    • (Chair: Robin Tallon; Ranking Member: Tom Lewis)
    • (Chair: Harold Volkmer; Ranking Member: Sid Morrison)
  • Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
    • (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Hal Rogers)
    • Defense (Chair: John Murtha; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
    • (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Dean Gallo)
    • Energy and Water Development (Chair: Tom Bevill; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
    • Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs (Chair: Dave Obey; Ranking Member: Mickey Edwards)
    • (Chair: Sidney Yates; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
    • (Chair: William Natcher; Ranking Member: Carl D. Pursell)
    • (Chair: Vic Fazio; Ranking Member: Jerry Lewis)
    • (Chair: Bill Hefner; Ranking Member: Bill Lowery)
    • (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Joe Skeen)
    • (Chair: William Lehman; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
    • (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Frank R. Wolf)
    • (Chair: J. Bob Traxler; Ranking Member: Bill Green)
  • Armed Services (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
    • (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
    • (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
    • (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Robert W. Davis)
    • (Chair: Patricia Schroder; Ranking Member: David O'B. Martin)
    • (Chair: Beverly Byron; Ranking Member: Herbert H. Bateman)
    • (Chair: Nicholas Mavroules; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
    • Readiness (Chair: Earl Hutto; Ranking Member: John R. Kasich)
  • Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
    • (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
    • (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
    • (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: Toby Roth)
    • (Chair: Carroll Hubbard; Ranking Member: Bill McCollum)
    • (Chair: Carroll Hubbard; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
    • (Chair: Ben Erdreich; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
    • (Chair: Thomas R. Carper; Ranking Member: Tom Ridge)
    • (Chair: Esteban Edward Torres; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
  • Budget (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Willis D. Gradison, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Anthony Beilenson)
    • (Chair: Mike Espy)
    • (Chair: Richard J. Durbin)
    • (Chair: Frank Guarini)
    • (Chair: Jim Oberstar)
    • (Chair: Dale Kildee)
  • Children, Youth and Families (Select) (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Frank R. Wolf)
  • (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Dana Rohrabacher)
    • (Chair: Alan Wheat; Ranking Member: Larry Combest)
    • (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Bill Lowery)
  • Education and Labor (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
    • (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
    • (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Paul B. Henry)
    • (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
    • (Chair: Dale Kildee; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
    • (Chair: Pat Williams; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
    • (Chair: Matthew G. Martinez; Ranking Member: Harris W. Fawell)
    • (Chair: Major R. Owens; Ranking Member: Cass Ballenger)
    • (Chair: Carl C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Steve Gunderson)
  • Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
    • (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley)
    • (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: William E. Dannemeyer)
    • (Chair: Phil Sharp; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
    • (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: J. Alex McMillan)
    • (Chair: Ed Markey; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
    • (Chair: Al Swift; Ranking Member: Don Ritter)
  • Foreign Affairs (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
    • (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
    • (Chair: Lee Hamilton; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
    • (Chair: Gus Yatron; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
    • (Chair: Stephen Solarz; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
    • (Chair: Sam Gejdenson; Ranking Member: Toby Roth)
    • (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
    • (Chair: Robert Torricelli; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
    • (Chair: Howard Berman; Ranking Member: Olympia J. Snowe)
  • Government Operations (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
    • (Chair: John Conyers; Frank Horton)
    • (Chair: Theodore Weiss; Ranking Member: Craig L. Thomas)
    • (Chair: Mike Synar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger, Jr.)
    • (Chair: Doug Barnard; Ranking Member: Dennis Hastert)
    • (Chair: Tom Lantos; Ranking Member: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen)
    • (Chair: Bob Wise; Ranking Member: Al McCandless)
    • (Chair: Barbara Boxer; Ranking Member: Christopher Cox)
  • House Administration (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
    • (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Mickey Edwards)
    • (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Paul E. Gillmor)
    • Elections (Chair: Al Swift; Ranking Member: Bob Livingston)
    • (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
    • (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Bill Barrett)
    • (Chair: Sam Gejdenson; Ranking Member: James T. Walsh)
    • (Chair: Sam Gejdenson; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
  • (Chair: Tony P. Hall; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
  • Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: Don Young)
    • (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: James V. Hansen)
    • (Chair: Nick Rahall; Ranking Member: Barbara F. Vucanovich)
    • (Chair: Bruce Vento; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
    • (Chair: Ron de Lugo; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
    • (Chair: Peter H. Kostmayer; Ranking Member: John J. Rhodes III)
    • (Chair: Richard H. Lehman; Ranking Member: Ben Blaz)
  • Judiciary (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
    • (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
    • (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: Henry Hyde)
    • (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Bill McCollum)
    • (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
    • (Chair: Barney Frank; Ranking Member: George W. Gekas)
    • (Chair: Chuck Schumer; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
  • Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Robert W. Davis)
    • (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
    • (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member: Don Young)
    • (Chair: Billy Tauzin; Ranking Member: Jack Fields)
    • (Chair: Dennis Hertel; Ranking Member: Herbert H. Bateman)
    • (Chair: Bill Lipinski; Ranking Member: Jim Saxton)
  • (Chair: Charles B. Rangel; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
  • Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
    • (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Rod Chandler)
    • (Chair: Gerry Sikorski; Ranking Member: Connie Morella)
    • (Chair: Frank McCloskey; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
    • (Chair: Gary L. Ackerman; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
    • (Chair: Thomas C. Sawyer; Ranking Member: Tom Ridge)
    • (Chair: Paul E. Kanjorski; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
    • (Chair: Charles A. Hayes; Ranking Member: Don Young)
  • Public Works and Transportation (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
    • (Chair: Jim Oberstar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger)
    • (Chair: Joe Kolter; Ranking Member: Helen Delich Bentley)
    • (Chair: Robert Borski; Ranking Member: Ron Packard)
    • (Chair: Gus Savage; Ranking Member: Jim Inhofe)
    • (Chair: Norman Mineta; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
    • (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
  • Rules (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: Gerald B. H. Solomon)
    • (Chair: Anthony C. Beilenson; Ranking Member: David Dreier)
    • (Chair: Butler Derrick; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
  • Science, Space and Technology (Chair: George Brown Jr.; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
    • (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Don Ritter)
    • (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Sid Morrison)
    • (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Sherwood Boehlert)
    • (Chair: Ralph M. Hall; Ranking Member: F. James Sensenbrenner)
    • (Chair: Tim Valentine; Ranking Member: Tom Lewis)
    • (Chair: Rick Boucher; Ranking Member: Ron Packard)
  • Small Business (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Andy Ireland)
    • (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Andy Ireland)
    • (Chair: Ike Skelton; Ranking Member: D. French Slaughter)
    • (Chair: Ron Wyden; Ranking Member: Jan Meyers)
    • (Chair: Dennis E. Eckart; Ranking Member: Joel Hefley)
    • (Chair: Norman Sisisky; Ranking Member: Larry Combest)
    • (Chair: Jim Olin; Ranking Member: Richard H. Baker)
  • Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Louis Stokes; Ranking Member: James V. Hansen)
  • Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: Bob Stump)
    • (Chair: Sonny Montgomery; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
    • (Chair: Douglas Applegate; Ranking Member: Bob Stump)
    • Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Lane Evans; Ranking Member: Michael Bilirakis)
    • (Chair: Tim Penny; Ranking Member: Chris Smith)
    • (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
  • Ways and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
    • Trade (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
    • Oversight (Chair: J.J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Richard T. Schulze)
    • Select Revenue Measures (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt)
    • Health (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Willis D. Gradison, Jr.)
    • Social Security (Chair: Andrew Jacobs, Jr.; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
    • Human Resources (Chair: Harold Ford, Sr.; Ranking Member: Richard T. Schulze)
  • 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. Charlie Rose)
  • (Chair: N/A; Vice Chair: N/A)
  • Printing (Chair: Rep. Charlie Rose; Vice Chair: Sen. Wendell H. Ford)

Employees[]

Legislative branch agency directors[]

  • Architect of the Capitol: George M. White
  • Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Robert Krasner
  • Comptroller General of the United States: Charles A. Bowsher
  • Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Robert D. Reischauer
  • Librarian of Congress: James H. Billington
  • Public Printer of the United States: Robert Houk

Senate[]

House of Representatives[]

  • Chaplain: (Lutheran)
  • Clerk: Donnald K. Anderson
  • Director of Non-Legislative and Financial Services: Leonard P. Wishart III, from October 1992
  • Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
  • Historian: Ray Smock
  • Parliamentarian: William H. Brown
  • Postmaster: , until March 19, 1992
    • , from March 31, 1992
  • Reading Clerks:
  • Sergeant at Arms: , until March 12, 1992
    • , from March 12, 1992

See also[]

  • United States elections, 1990 (elections leading to this Congress)
    • United States Senate elections, 1990
    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1990
  • United States elections, 1992 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
    • 1992 United States presidential election
    • United States Senate elections, 1992
    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1992

Notes[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Dean, John W. (September 27, 2002). "The Telling Tale of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment". FindLaw. Retrieved July 9, 2013.

External links[]

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