90th United States Congress

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90th United States Congress
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United States Capitol (1962)
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969
Members100 senators
435 representatives
Senate MajorityDemocratic
Senate PresidentHubert Humphrey (D)
House MajorityDemocratic
House SpeakerJohn W. McCormack (D)
Sessions
1st: January 10, 1967 – December 15, 1967
2nd: January 15, 1968 – October 14, 1968

The 90th 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, 1967, to January 3, 1969, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Lyndon B. 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 - maintaining a supermajority in the Senate, but losing seats in the House, costing them supermajority status in that chamber. Along with President Johnson, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta.

Major events[]

Main articles: 1967 in the United States, 1968 in the United States, and 1969 in the United States

Major legislation[]

President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1968
Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 90th United States Congress
  • 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 14, 1967: An Act For the relief of Doctor Ricardo Yallejo Saniala and to provide for congressional redistricting, Pub.L. 90–196, 81 Stat. 581
  • 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, 82 Stat. 395
  • 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 previous congress 66 33 99 1
Begin 64 35 99 1
End 62 38 1000
Final voting share 62.0% 38.0%
Beginning of next congress 57 43 100 0

House of Representatives[]

Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic
(D) 		Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 288 137 425 10
Begin 248 187 435 0
End 247 186 4332
Final voting share 57.0% 43.0%
Beginning of next congress 243 192 435 0

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[]

  • Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield
  • Majority Whip: Russell B. Long
  • Democratic Caucus Secretary: Robert Byrd

Minority (Republican) leadership[]

  • Minority Leader: Everett Dirksen
  • Minority Whip: Thomas Kuchel
  • Republican Conference Chairman: Margaret Chase Smith
  • Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
  • National Senatorial Committee Chair: George Murphy
  • Policy Committee Chairman: Bourke B. Hickenlooper

House of Representatives[]

House Speaker
John W. McCormack
  • Speaker: John W. McCormack (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership[]

  • Majority Leader: Carl Albert
  • Majority Whip: Hale Boggs
  • Democratic Caucus Chairman: Dan Rostenkowski
  • Democratic Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan
  • Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan

Minority (Republican) leadership[]

  • Minority Leader: Gerald Ford
  • Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
  • Republican Conference Chairman: Melvin Laird
  • Republican Conference Secretary: Richard H. Poff
  • Policy Committee Chairman: John Jacob Rhodes
  • Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Bob Wilson

Caucuses[]

  • House Democratic Caucus
  • Senate 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.

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.

Changes in membership[]

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

Senate[]

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate
  • Replacements: 4
    • Democratic: 2 seat net loss
    • Republican: 2 seat net gain
  • Deaths: 2
  • Resignations: 2
  • Total seats with changes: 5
State
(class) 		Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[a]
Oregon
(2) 		Vacant 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 Ballard Morton (R) Resigned December 16, 1968, to give successor preferential seniority, having already retired.
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[]

See also: List of special elections to the United States 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 Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation[a]
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 Bell 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

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[]

  • Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member: Margaret Chase Smith)
  • Agriculture and Forestry (Chair: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
  • Appropriations (Chair: Carl Hayden; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young)
  • Armed Services (Chair: Richard B. Russell; Ranking Member: Margaret Chase Smith)
  • Banking and Currency (Chair: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett)
  • Commerce (Chair: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton)
  • District of Columbia (Chair: Alan Bible; Ranking Member: Winston L. Prouty)
  • Finance (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: John J. Williams)
  • Foreign Relations (Chair: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: Bourke B. Hickenlooper)
  • Government Operations (Chair: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt)
  • Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Thomas H. Kuchel)
  • Judiciary (Chair: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Everett Dirksen)
  • Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: George S. McGovern; Ranking Member: )
  • (Select) (Chair:[data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/missing])
  • Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Mike Monroney; Ranking Member: Frank Carlson)
  • Public Works (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: John Sherman Cooper)
  • Rules and Administration (Chair: B. Everett Jordan; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
  • Small Business (Select) (Chair: George A. Smathers)
  • Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair: John C. Stennis)
  • Whole

House of Representatives[]

  • Agriculture (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Page Belcher)
  • Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Frank T. Bow)
  • Armed Services (Chair: L. Mendel Rivers; Ranking Member: William H. Bates)
  • Banking and Currency (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall)
  • District of Columbia (Chair: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen)
  • Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: William H. Ayres)
  • Foreign Affairs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: Frances P. Bolton)
  • Government Operations (Chair: William L. Dawson; Ranking Member: Florence P. Dwyer)
  • House Administration (Chair: Omar Burleson; Ranking Member: Glenard P. Lipscomb)
  • House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Martha W. Griffiths)
  • Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Wayne N. Aspinall; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor)
  • Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member: William L. Springer)
  • Judiciary (Chair: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch)
  • Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Edward A. Garmatz; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard)
  • Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Thaddeus J. Dulski; Ranking Member: Robert J. Corbett)
  • Public Works (Chair: George Hyde Fallon; Ranking Member: William C. Cramer)
  • Rules (Chair: William M. Colmer; Ranking Member: H. Allen Smith)
  • Science and Astronautics (Chair: George Paul Miller; Ranking Member: James G. Fulton)
  • (Select) (Chair: Joe L. Evins)
  • Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Charles Melvin Price)
  • Un-American Activities (Chair: Edwin E. Willis; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
  • Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: E. Ross Adair)
  • Ways and Means (Chair: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member: John W. Byrnes)
  • Whole

Joint committees[]

  • Atomic Energy (Chair: Sen. John O. Pastore; Vice Chair: Rep. Chet Holifield)
  • Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) (Chair:[data unknown/missing]; Vice Chair:[data unknown/missing])
  • (Chair: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chair: Sen. John J. Sparkman)
  • Economic (Chair: Sen. William Proxmire; Vice Chair: Rep. Wright Patman)
  • (Chair: Rep. Michael A. Feighan)
  • The Library (Chair: Sen. B. Everett Jordan; Vice Chair: Rep. Omar Burleson)
  • Printing (Chair: Sen. Carl Hayden; Vice Chair: Rep. Omar Burleson)
  • (Chair: Rep. George H. Mahon)
  • Taxation (Chair: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long)

Employees[]

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[]

House of Representatives[]

  • Chaplain: (Methodist)
  • Clerk: W. Pat Jennings
  • Doorkeeper: William M. Miller
  • Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
  • Postmaster:
  • Reading Clerks: (D) and (R)
  • Sergeant at Arms:

See also[]

  • United States elections, 1966 (elections leading to this Congress)
    • United States Senate elections, 1966
    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1966
  • United States elections, 1968 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
    • 1968 United States presidential election
    • United States Senate elections, 1968
    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1968

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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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