97th United States Congress

97th United States Congress
97th United States Congress
96th ← → 98th
	United States Capitol (2002)
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
Members	100 senators; 435 representatives; 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
Senate President	Walter Mondale (D); (until January 20, 1981); George H. W. Bush (R); (from January 20, 1981)
House Majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Tip O'Neill (D)
Sessions
	1st: January 5, 1981 – December 16, 1981; 2nd: January 25, 1982 – December 23, 1982

The 97th 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, 1981, to January 3, 1983, during the final weeks of Jimmy Carter's presidency and the first two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970.

While the House of Representatives retained a Democratic majority (albeit reduced from the 96th Congress). The Republicans gained control of the Senate, marking the first time that they had control of either chamber of Congress since the 83rd Congress in 1953.

Major events[]

Early 1980s recession
January 20, 1981: Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan
January 20, 1981: Iran hostage crisis ended
March 30, 1981: Reagan assassination attempt
April 12, 1981: First space shuttle launched
June 5, 1981: First recognized case of AIDS
August 5, 1981: President Reagan fired the air traffic controllers
September 21, 1981: Senate confirmed the first female United States Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor
April 21, 1982: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands addressed a joint meeting of Congress.
November 2, 1982: United States general elections; Republicans retained Senate and Democrats increased control in House.

Major legislation[]

August 13, 1981: Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA or Kemp-Roth Tax Cut), Pub.L. 97–34, 95 Stat. 172
August 13, 1981: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Pub.L. 97–35, 95 Stat. 357
September 3, 1982: Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, Pub.L. 97–248, 96 Stat. 324
September 8, 1982: Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA), Pub.L. 97–252, 96 Stat. 718
September 13, 1982: Codification of Title 31 of the United States Code, "Money and Finance", Pub.L. 97–258, 96 Stat. 877
September 20, 1982: Bus Regulatory Reform Act, Pub.L. 97–261, 96 Stat. 1102
October 13, 1982: Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, Pub.L. 97–300, 96 Stat. 1322
October 15, 1982: Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act, Pub.L. 97–320, 96 Stat. 1469
January 6, 1983: Surface Transportation Assistance Act, Pub.L. 97–424, 96 Stat. 2140
January 7, 1983: Nuclear Waste Policy Act, Pub.L. 97–425, 96 Stat. 2201

Special or select committees[]

Senate Select Committee on Small Business — Became a standing committee on March 25, 1981
United States Senate Select Committee on Law Enforcement Undercover Activities of the Justice Department — March 24, 1982 – December 15, 1982

Party summary[]

Senate[]

Party standings on the opening day of the 97th Congress

46 Democratic Senators

1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats

53 Republican Senators

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Independent (I)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	55	1	44	100	0

Begin	46	1	53	100	0
End	46	1	53	100	0
Final voting share	46.0%	1.0%	53.0%

Beginning of next congress	46	0	54	100	0

House of Representatives[]

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% Democratic	80+% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
50+% to 60% Democratic	50+% to 60% Republican
(Striped): even split

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)	Conservative (C)
End of previous congress	272	158	1	431	4

Begin	243	191	1	435	0
End	242	191	1	434	1
Final voting share	55.8%	44.0%	0.2%

Beginning of next congress	269	164	1	434	1

Leadership[]

Senate[]

Senate President

Walter Mondale (D),
until January 20, 1981

George H. W. Bush (R),
from January 20, 1981

President: Walter Mondale (D), until January 20, 1981
- George H. W. Bush (R), from January 20, 1981
President pro tempore: Strom Thurmond (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership[]

Majority Leader: Howard Baker
Majority Whip: Ted Stevens
Republican Conference Chairman: James A. McClure
Republican Conference Secretary: Jake Garn
National Senatorial Committee Chair: Bob Packwood
Policy Committee Chairman: John Tower

Minority (Democratic) leadership[]

Minority Leader: Robert Byrd
Minority Whip: Alan Cranston
Democratic Caucus Secretary: Daniel Inouye
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Wendell Ford

House of Representatives[]

House Speaker

Tip O'Neill (D)

Speaker: Tip O'Neill (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership[]

Majority Leader: Jim Wright
Majority Whip: Tom Foley
Chief Deputy Majority Whip: William Vollie Alexander Jr.
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Gillis William Long
Democratic Caucus Secretary: Geraldine Ferraro
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Tony Coelho

Minority (Republican) leadership[]

Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel
Minority Whip: Trent Lott
Chief Deputy Whip: David F. Emery
Republican Conference Chairman: Jack Kemp
Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Jack Edwards
Republican Conference Secretary: Clair Burgener
Policy Committee Chairman: Dick Cheney
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Guy Vander Jagt

Caucuses[]

Congressional Arts Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
Congresswomen's Caucus
House Democratic Caucus
Senate Democratic Caucus

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, requiring reelection in 1982; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1984; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1986.

Alabama[]

2. Howell Heflin (D)
3. Jeremiah Denton (R)

Alaska[]

2. Ted Stevens (R)
3. Frank Murkowski (R)

Arizona[]

1. Dennis DeConcini (D)
3. Barry Goldwater (R)

Arkansas[]

2. David Pryor (D)
3. Dale Bumpers (D)

California[]

1. S. I. Hayakawa (R)
3. Alan Cranston (D)

Colorado[]

2. William L. Armstrong (R)
3. Gary Hart (D)

Connecticut[]

1. Lowell Weicker (R)
3. Chris Dodd (D)

Delaware[]

1. William Roth (R)
2. Joe Biden (D)

Florida[]

1. Lawton Chiles (D)
3. Paula Hawkins (R)

Georgia[]

2. Sam Nunn (D)
3. Mack Mattingly (R)

Hawaii[]

1. Spark Matsunaga (D)
3. Daniel Inouye (D)

Idaho[]

2. James A. McClure (R)
3. Steve Symms (R)

Illinois[]

2. Charles H. Percy (R)
3. Alan J. Dixon (D)

Indiana[]

1. Richard Lugar (R)
3. Dan Quayle (R)

Iowa[]

2. Roger Jepsen (R)
3. Chuck Grassley (R)

Kansas[]

2. Nancy Kassebaum (R)
3. Bob Dole (R)

Kentucky[]

2. Walter "Dee" Huddleston (D)
3. Wendell Ford (D)

Louisiana[]

2. J. Bennett Johnston (D)
3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine[]

1. George J. Mitchell (D)
2. William Cohen (R)

Maryland[]

1. Paul Sarbanes (D)
3. Charles Mathias (R)

Massachusetts[]

1. Ted Kennedy (D)
2. Paul Tsongas (D)

Michigan[]

1. Donald Riegle (D)
2. Carl Levin (D)

Minnesota[]

1. David Durenberger (R)
2. Rudy Boschwitz (R)

Mississippi[]

1. John C. Stennis (D)
2. Thad Cochran (R)

Missouri[]

1. John Danforth (R)
3. Thomas Eagleton (D)

Montana[]

1. John Melcher (D)
2. Max Baucus (D)

Nebraska[]

1. Edward Zorinsky (D)
2. J. James Exon (D)

Nevada[]

1. Howard Cannon (D)
3. Paul Laxalt (R)

New Hampshire[]

2. Gordon J. Humphrey (R)
3. Warren Rudman (R)

New Jersey[]

1. Harrison A. Williams (D), until March 11, 1982
- Nicholas F. Brady (R), from April 27, 1982, until December 27, 1982
- Frank Lautenberg (D), from December 27, 1982
2. Bill Bradley (D)

New Mexico[]

1. Harrison Schmitt (R)
2. Pete Domenici (R)

New York[]

1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D)
3. Al D'Amato (R)

North Carolina[]

2. Jesse Helms (R)
3. John Porter East (R)

North Dakota[]

1. Quentin Burdick (D)
3. Mark Andrews (R)

Ohio[]

1. Howard Metzenbaum (D)
3. John Glenn (D)

Oklahoma[]

2. David Boren (D)
3. Don Nickles (R)

Oregon[]

2. Mark Hatfield (R)
3. Bob Packwood (R)

Pennsylvania[]

1. John Heinz (R)
3. Arlen Specter (R)

Rhode Island[]

1. John Chafee (R)
2. Claiborne Pell (D)

South Carolina[]

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

South Dakota[]

2. Larry Pressler (R)
3. James Abdnor (R)

Tennessee[]

1. Jim Sasser (D)
2. Howard Baker (R)

Texas[]

1. Lloyd Bentsen (D)
2. John Tower (R)

Utah[]

1. Orrin Hatch (R)
3. Jake Garn (R)

Vermont[]

1. Robert Stafford (R)
3. Patrick Leahy (D)

Virginia[]

1. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (I)
2. John Warner (R)

Washington[]

1. Henry M. Jackson (D)
3. Slade Gorton (R)

West Virginia[]

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

Wisconsin[]

1. William Proxmire (D)
3. Bob Kasten (R)

Wyoming[]

1. Malcolm Wallop (R)
2. Alan Simpson (R)

Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 97th Congress in January 1981

2 Democrats

1 Democrat and 1 Republican

2 Republicans

1 Independent and 1 Republican

Senate majority leadership

Republican leader
Howard Baker

Republican whip
Ted Stevens

Senate minority leadership

Democratic leader
Robert Byrd

Democratic whip
Alan Cranston

House of Representatives[]

Members of the House of Representatives are listed by their district numbers.

Alabama[]

1. Jack Edwards (R)
2. William Louis Dickinson (R)
3. Bill Nichols (D)
4. Tom Bevill (D)
5. Ronnie Flippo (D)
6. Albert L. Smith Jr. (R)
7. Richard Shelby (D)

Alaska[]

At-large. Don Young (R)

Arizona[]

1. John Jacob Rhodes (R)
2. Mo Udall (D)
3. Bob Stump (D)
4. Eldon Rudd (R)

Arkansas[]

1. William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D)
2. Ed Bethune (R)
3. John Paul Hammerschmidt (R)
4. Beryl Anthony Jr. (D)

California[]

1. Eugene A. Chappie (R)
2. Donald H. Clausen (R)
3. Bob Matsui (D)
4. Vic Fazio (D)
5. John Burton (D)
6. Phillip Burton (D)
7. George Miller (D)
8. Ron Dellums (D)
9. Pete Stark (D)
10. Don Edwards (D)
11. Tom Lantos (D)
12. Pete McCloskey (R)
13. Norman Mineta (D)
14. Norman D. Shumway (R)
15. Tony Coelho (D)
16. Leon Panetta (D)
17. Chip Pashayan (R)
18. Bill Thomas (R)
19. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R)
20. Barry Goldwater Jr. (R)
21. Bobbi Fiedler (R)
22. Carlos Moorhead (R)
23. Anthony Beilenson (D)
24. Henry Waxman (D)
25. Edward R. Roybal (D)
26. John H. Rousselot (R)
27. Bob Dornan (R)
28. Julian Dixon (D)
29. Augustus Hawkins (D)
30. George E. Danielson (D), until March 9, 1982
- Matthew G. Martínez (D), from July 13, 1982
31. Mervyn Dymally (D)
32. Glenn M. Anderson (D)
33. Wayne R. Grisham (R)
34. Dan Lungren (R)
35. David Dreier (R)
36. George Brown Jr. (D)
37. Jerry Lewis (R)
38. Jerry M. Patterson (D)
39. William E. Dannemeyer (R)
40. Robert Badham (R)
41. Bill Lowery (R)
42. Duncan L. Hunter (R)
43. Clair Burgener (R)

Colorado[]

1. Pat Schroeder (D)
2. Tim Wirth (D)
3. Ray Kogovsek (D)
4. Hank Brown (R)
5. Ken Kramer (R)

Connecticut[]

1. William R. Cotter (D), until September 8, 1981
- Barbara B. Kennelly (D), from January 12, 1982
2. Sam Gejdenson (D)
3. Lawrence J. DeNardis (R)
4. Stewart McKinney (R)
5. William R. Ratchford (D)
6. Toby Moffett (D)

Delaware[]

At-large. Thomas B. Evans Jr. (R)

Florida[]

1. Earl Hutto (D)
2. Don Fuqua (D)
3. Charles E. Bennett (D)
4. Bill Chappell (D)
5. Bill McCollum (R)
6. Bill Young (R)
7. Sam Gibbons (D)
8. Andy Ireland (D)
9. Bill Nelson (D)
10. Skip Bafalis (R)
11. Dan Mica (D)
12. Clay Shaw (R)
13. William Lehman (D)
14. Claude Pepper (D)
15. Dante Fascell (D)

Georgia[]

1. Ronald 'Bo' Ginn (D)
2. Charles Floyd Hatcher (D)
3. Jack Brinkley (D)
4. Elliott H. Levitas (D)
5. Wyche Fowler (D)
6. Newt Gingrich (R)
7. Larry McDonald (D)
8. Billy Lee Evans (D)
9. Ed Jenkins (D)
10. Doug Barnard Jr. (D)

Hawaii[]

1. Cecil Heftel (D)
2. Daniel Akaka (D)

Idaho[]

1. Larry Craig (R)
2. George V. Hansen (R)

Illinois[]

1. Harold Washington (D)
2. Gus Savage (D)
3. Marty Russo (D)
4. Ed Derwinski (R)
5. John G. Fary (D)
6. Henry Hyde (R)
7. Cardiss Collins (D)
8. Dan Rostenkowski (D)
9. Sidney R. Yates (D)
10. John Porter (R)
11. Frank Annunzio (D)
12. Phil Crane (R)
13. Robert McClory (R)
14. John N. Erlenborn (R)
15. Tom Corcoran (R)
16. Lynn Morley Martin (R)
17. George M. O'Brien (R)
18. Robert H. Michel (R)
19. Tom Railsback (R)
20. Paul Findley (R)
21. Edward Rell Madigan (R)
22. Dan Crane (R)
23. Melvin Price (D)
24. Paul Simon (D)

Indiana[]

1. Adam Benjamin Jr. (D), until September 7, 1982
- Katie Hall (D), from November 2, 1982
2. Floyd Fithian (D)
3. John P. Hiler (R)
4. Dan Coats (R)
5. Elwood Hillis (R)
6. David W. Evans (D)
7. John Myers (R)
8. H. Joel Deckard (R)
9. Lee H. Hamilton (D)
10. Philip Sharp (D)
11. Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)

Iowa[]

1. Jim Leach (R)
2. Tom Tauke (R)
3. T. Cooper Evans (R)
4. Neal Edward Smith (D)
5. Tom Harkin (D)
6. Berkley Bedell (D)

Kansas[]

1. Pat Roberts (R)
2. James Edmund Jeffries (R)
3. Larry Winn (R)
4. Dan Glickman (D)
5. Bob Whittaker (R)

Kentucky[]

1. Carroll Hubbard (D)
2. William Natcher (D)
3. Romano Mazzoli (D)
4. Gene Snyder (R)
5. Hal Rogers (R)
6. Larry J. Hopkins (R)
7. Carl D. Perkins (D)

Louisiana[]

1. Bob Livingston (R)
2. Lindy Boggs (D)
3. Billy Tauzin (D)
4. Buddy Roemer (D)
5. Jerry Huckaby (D)
6. Henson Moore (R)
7. John Breaux (D)
8. Gillis William Long (D)

Maine[]

1. David F. Emery (R)
2. Olympia Snowe (R)

Maryland[]

1. Roy Dyson (D)
2. Clarence Long (D)
3. Barbara Mikulski (D)
4. Marjorie Holt (R)
5. Gladys Spellman (D), until February 24, 1981
- Steny Hoyer (D), from May 19, 1981
6. Beverly Byron (D)
7. Parren Mitchell (D)
8. Michael D. Barnes (D)

Massachusetts[]

1. Silvio O. Conte (R)
2. Edward Boland (D)
3. Joseph D. Early (D)
4. Barney Frank (D)
5. James Shannon (D)
6. Nicholas Mavroules (D)
7. Ed Markey (D)
8. Tip O'Neill (D)
9. Joe Moakley (D)
10. Margaret Heckler (R)
11. Brian J. Donnelly (D)
12. Gerry Studds (D)

Michigan[]

1. John Conyers (D)
2. Carl Pursell (R)
3. Howard Wolpe (D)
4. David Stockman (R), until January 27, 1981
- Mark D. Siljander (R), from April 21, 1981
5. Harold S. Sawyer (R)
6. James Whitney Dunn (R)
7. Dale Kildee (D)
8. J. Bob Traxler (D)
9. Guy Vander Jagt (R)
10. Donald J. Albosta (D)
11. Robert William Davis (R)
12. David Bonior (D)
13. George Crockett Jr. (D)
14. Dennis Hertel (D)
15. William D. Ford (D)
16. John Dingell (D)
17. William M. Brodhead (D)
18. James Blanchard (D)
19. William Broomfield (R)

Minnesota[]

1. Arlen Erdahl (R)
2. Tom Hagedorn (R)
3. Bill Frenzel (R)
4. Bruce Vento (DFL)
5. Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)
6. Vin Weber (R)
7. Arlan Stangeland (R)
8. Jim Oberstar (DFL)

Mississippi[]

1. Jamie Whitten (D)
2. David R. Bowen (D)
3. Sonny Montgomery (D)
4. Jon Hinson (R), until April 13, 1981
- Wayne Dowdy (D), from July 7, 1981
5. Trent Lott (R)

Missouri[]

1. Bill Clay (D)
2. Robert A. Young (D)
3. Dick Gephardt (D)
4. Ike Skelton (D)
5. Richard Walker Bolling (D)
6. Tom Coleman (R)
7. Gene Taylor (R)
8. Wendell Bailey (R)
9. Harold Volkmer (D)
10. Bill Emerson (R)

Montana[]

1. Pat Williams (D)
2. Ron Marlenee (R)

Nebraska[]

1. Doug Bereuter (R)
2. Hal Daub (R)
3. Virginia D. Smith (R)

Nevada[]

At-large. James David Santini (D)

New Hampshire[]

1. Norman D'Amours (D)
2. Judd Gregg (R)

New Jersey[]

1. James Florio (D)
2. William J. Hughes (D)
3. James J. Howard (D)
4. Chris Smith (R)
5. Millicent Fenwick (R)
6. Edwin B. Forsythe (R)
7. Marge Roukema (R)
8. Robert A. Roe (D)
9. Harold C. Hollenbeck (R)
10. Peter W. Rodino (D)
11. Joseph Minish (D)
12. Matthew John Rinaldo (R)
13. Jim Courter (R)
14. Frank Joseph Guarini (D)
15. Bernard J. Dwyer (D)

New Mexico[]

1. Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)
2. Joe Skeen (R)

New York[]

1. William Carney (C)^[a]
2. Thomas Downey (D)
3. Gregory W. Carman (R)
4. Norman F. Lent (R)
5. Raymond J. McGrath (R)
6. John LeBoutillier (R)
7. Joseph P. Addabbo (D)
8. Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D)
9. Geraldine Ferraro (D)
10. Mario Biaggi (D)
11. James H. Scheuer (D)
12. Shirley Chisholm (D)
13. Stephen Solarz (D)
14. Fred Richmond (D), until August 25, 1982
15. Leo C. Zeferetti (D)
16. Chuck Schumer (D)
17. Guy Molinari (R)
18. Bill Green (R)
19. Charles Rangel (D)
20. Theodore S. Weiss (D)
21. Robert Garcia (D)
22. Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D)
23. Peter A. Peyser (D)
24. Richard Ottinger (D)
25. Hamilton Fish IV (R)
26. Benjamin Gilman (R)
27. Matthew F. McHugh (D)
28. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
29. Gerald Solomon (R)
30. David O'Brien Martin (R)
31. Donald J. Mitchell (R)
32. George C. Wortley (R)
33. Gary A. Lee (R)
34. Frank Horton (R)
35. Barber Conable (R)
36. John J. LaFalce (D)
37. Henry J. Nowak (D)
38. Jack Kemp (R)
39. Stan Lundine (D)

North Carolina[]

1. Walter B. Jones Sr. (D)
2. Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
3. Charles Orville Whitley (D)
4. Ike Franklin Andrews (D)
5. Stephen L. Neal (D)
6. Walter E. Johnston III (R)
7. Charlie Rose (D)
8. Bill Hefner (D)
9. James G. Martin (R)
10. Jim Broyhill (R)
11. Bill Hendon (R)

North Dakota[]

At-large. Byron Dorgan (D)

Ohio[]

1. Bill Gradison (R)
2. Tom Luken (D)
3. Tony P. Hall (D)
4. Tennyson Guyer (R), until April 12, 1981
- Mike Oxley (R), from June 25, 1981
5. Del Latta (R)
6. Bob McEwen (R)
7. Bud Brown (R)
8. Tom Kindness (R)
9. Ed Weber (R)
10. Clarence E. Miller (R)
11. J. William Stanton (R)
12. Bob Shamansky (D)
13. Donald J. Pease (D)
14. John F. Seiberling (D)
15. Chalmers Wylie (R)
16. Ralph Regula (R)
17. John M. Ashbrook (R), until April 24, 1982
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R), from June 29, 1982
18. Douglas Applegate (D)
19. Lyle Williams (R)
20. Mary Rose Oakar (D)
21. Louis Stokes (D)
22. Dennis E. Eckart (D)
23. Ronald M. Mottl (D)

Oklahoma[]

1. James R. Jones (D)
2. Mike Synar (D)
3. Wes Watkins (D)
4. Dave McCurdy (D)
5. Mickey Edwards (R)
6. Glenn English (D)

Oregon[]

1. Les AuCoin (D)
2. Denny Smith (R)
3. Ron Wyden (D)
4. Jim Weaver (D)

Pennsylvania[]

1. Thomas M. Foglietta (D)
2. William H. Gray III (D)
3. Raymond Lederer (D), until April 29, 1981
- Joseph F. Smith (D), from July 21, 1981
4. Charles F. Dougherty (R)
5. Richard T. Schulze (R)
6. Gus Yatron (D)
7. Robert W. Edgar (D)
8. James K. Coyne III (R)
9. Bud Shuster (R)
10. Joseph M. McDade (R)
11. James Nelligan (R)
12. John Murtha (D)
13. Lawrence Coughlin (R)
14. William J. Coyne (D)
15. Donald L. Ritter (R)
16. Robert Smith Walker (R)
17. Allen E. Ertel (D)
18. Doug Walgren (D)
19. William F. Goodling (R)
20. Joseph M. Gaydos (D)
21. Donald A. Bailey (D)
22. Austin Murphy (D)
23. William F. Clinger Jr. (R)
24. Marc L. Marks (R)
25. Eugene Atkinson (D), changed to (R) October 14, 1981

Rhode Island[]

1. Fernand St. Germain (D)
2. Claudine Schneider (R)

South Carolina[]

1. Thomas F. Hartnett (R)
2. Floyd Spence (R)
3. Butler Derrick (D)
4. Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R)
5. Kenneth Lamar Holland (D)
6. John Light Napier (R)

South Dakota[]

1. Tom Daschle (D)
2. Clint Roberts (R)

Tennessee[]

1. Jimmy Quillen (R)
2. John Duncan Sr. (R)
3. Marilyn Lloyd (D)
4. Al Gore (D)
5. Bill Boner (D)
6. Robin Beard (R)
7. Ed Jones (D)
8. Harold Ford Sr. (D)

Texas[]

1. Sam B. Hall Jr. (D)
2. Charlie Wilson (D)
3. James M. Collins (R)
4. Ralph Hall (D)
5. Jim Mattox (D)
6. Phil Gramm (D)
7. Bill Archer (R)
8. Jack Fields (R)
9. Jack Brooks (D)
10. J. J. Pickle (D)
11. Marvin Leath (D)
12. Jim Wright (D)
13. Jack Hightower (D)
14. William Neff Patman (D)
15. Kika de la Garza (D)
16. Richard Crawford White (D)
17. Charles Stenholm (D)
18. Mickey Leland (D)
19. Kent Hance (D)
20. Henry B. González (D)
21. Tom Loeffler (R)
22. Ron Paul (R)
23. Abraham Kazen (D)
24. Martin Frost (D)

Utah[]

1. James V. Hansen (R)
2. David Daniel Marriott (R)

Vermont[]

At-large. Jim Jeffords (R)

Virginia[]

1. Paul Trible (R)
2. G. William Whitehurst (R)
3. Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R)
4. Robert Daniel (R)
5. Dan Daniel (D)
6. M. Caldwell Butler (R)
7. J. Kenneth Robinson (R)
8. Stanford Parris (R)
9. William C. Wampler (R)
10. Frank Wolf (R)

Washington[]

1. Joel Pritchard (R)
2. Al Swift (D)
3. Don Bonker (D)
4. Sid Morrison (R)
5. Tom Foley (D)
6. Norm Dicks (D)
7. Mike Lowry (D)

West Virginia[]

1. Bob Mollohan (D)
2. Cleve Benedict (R)
3. Mick Staton (R)
4. Nick Rahall (D)

Wisconsin[]

1. Les Aspin (D)
2. Robert Kastenmeier (D)
3. Steve Gunderson (R)
4. Clement J. Zablocki (D)
5. Henry S. Reuss (D)
6. Tom Petri (R)
7. Dave Obey (D)
8. Toby Roth (R)
9. Jim Sensenbrenner (R)

Wyoming[]

At-large. Dick Cheney (R)

Non-voting members[]

American Samoa. Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D)
District of Columbia. Walter Fauntroy (D)
Guam. Antonio Borja Won Pat (D)
Virgin Islands. Ron de Lugo (D)
Puerto Rico. Baltasar Corrada del Rio (PNP)

Changes in membership[]

Senate[]

There were 2 resignations.

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation^[b]
New Jersey (Class 1)	Harrison A. Williams (D)	Incumbent resigned March 11, 1982, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation. A successor was appointed April 12, 1982, to finish the term.	Nicholas F. Brady (R)	April 12, 1982
New Jersey (Class 1)	Nicholas F. Brady (R)	Incumbent resigned December 27, 1982, so his elected successor could be appointed for preferential seniority. A successor was appointed December 27, 1982, to finish the term.	Frank Lautenberg (D)	December 27, 1982

House of Representatives[]

There were 4 deaths, 4 resignations, one declared vacancy, and one party change.

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation^[b]
Michigan 4th	David Stockman (R)	Resigned January 27, 1981, after being appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Mark D. Siljander (R)	April 21, 1981
Maryland 5th	Gladys Spellman (D)	Incapacitated since last Congress and seat declared vacant February 24, 1981	Steny Hoyer (D)	May 19, 1981
Ohio 4th	Tennyson Guyer (R)	Died April 12, 1981	Mike Oxley (R)	June 25, 1981
Mississippi 4th	Jon Hinson (R)	Resigned April 13, 1981	Wayne Dowdy (D)	July 7, 1981
Pennsylvania 3rd	Raymond Lederer (D)	Resigned April 29, 1981, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation	Joseph F. Smith (D)	July 21, 1981
Connecticut 1st	William R. Cotter (D)	Died September 8, 1981	Barbara B. Kennelly (D)	January 12, 1982
Pennsylvania 25th	Eugene Atkinson (D)	Changed parties October 14, 1981	Eugene Atkinson (R)	October 14, 1981
California 30th	George E. Danielson (D)	Resigned March 9, 1982, after being appointed associate justice of the California Courts of Appeal	Matthew G. Martínez (D)	July 13, 1982
Ohio 17th	John M. Ashbrook (R)	Died April 24, 1982	Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R)	June 29, 1982
New York 14th	Fred Richmond (D)	Resigned August 25, 1982	Vacant until end of Congress
Indiana 1st	Adam Benjamin Jr. (D)	Died September 7, 1982	Katie Hall (D)	November 2, 1982

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: H. John Heinz III)
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
- Soil and Water Conservation (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
- Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
- Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
- Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
- Rural Development, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
- Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
- Nutrition (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
- Foreign, Water Resources and Environment (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
Appropriations (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
- Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
- Defense (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis)
- District of Columbia (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
- Energy and Water Development (Chair: Mark Hatfield; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
- Foreign Operations (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye)
- HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
- Interior (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: Robert C. Byrd)
- Labor-Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Harrison Schmitt; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
- Legislative (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
- Military Construction (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
- State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
- Transportation (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Dennis DeConcini)
Armed Services (Chair: John Tower; Ranking Member: Gary Hart)
- (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Howard Cannon)
- (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
- (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
- (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
- (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Harry F. Byrd, Jr.)
- (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Jake Garn; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams, Jr.)
- (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams, Jr.)
- Financial Institutions (Chair: John Tower; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
- (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: William Proxmire)
- Economic Policy (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle, Jr.)
- Securities (Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
- Rural Housing and Development (Chair: Harrison Schmitt; Ranking Member: Alan Dixon)
- Consumer Affairs (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
Budget (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Howard Cannon)
- Aviation (Chair: Nancy L. Kassebaum; Ranking Member: Howard Cannon)
- Business, Trade and Tourism (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: J. James Exon)
- Communications (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings)
- Consumer (Chair: Bob Kasten; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
- Merchant Marine (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye)
- Science, Technology and Space (Chair: Harrison Schmitt; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle, Jr.)
- Surface Transportation (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long)
Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: Henry M. Jackson)
- (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
- (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston)
- (Chair: Pete Domenici; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
- (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member: Spark M. Matsunaga)
- (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member: John Melcher)
- (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
Environment and Public Works (Chair: Robert Stafford; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
- (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
- (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
- (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member: Gary Hart)
- (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
- (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
- (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member: Quentin N. Burdick)
Ethics (Select) (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Vice Chairman: Howell Heflin)
Finance (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Harry F. Byrd, Jr.)
- (Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Lloyd Bentsen)
- (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
- (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Spark Matsunaga)
- (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member: George J. Mitchell)
- (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member: Bill Bradley)
- (Chair: Steve Symms; Ranking Member: David L. Boren)
- (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
Foreign Relations (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
- (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
- (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
- (Chair: Jesse Helms; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky)
- East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
- European Affairs (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
- (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Chris Dodd)
- African Affairs (Chair: Nancy Kassebaum; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
- (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes)
- (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
Governmental Affairs (Chair: Bill Roth; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
- Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair: William V. Roth; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
- Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
- Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
- Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Member: John Glenn)
- Federal Expenditures, Research and Rules (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Lawton Chiles)
- Civil Service, Post Office and General Services (Chair: Ted Stevens; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
- Oversight of Government Management (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
- Congressional Operations and Oversight (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: David Pryor)
Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: William Cohen)
Judiciary (Chair: Strom Thurmond; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
- (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Joe Biden)
- (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy)
- Constitution (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Dennis DeConcini)
- (Chair: Bob Dole; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin)
- (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
- (Chair: John P. East; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
- (Chair: Chuck Grassley; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
- (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
- (Chair: Arlen Specter; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Barry Goldwater; Vice Chairman: Daniel Moynihan)
Labor and Human Resources (Chair: Orrin Hatch; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
- (Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams)
- (Chair: Robert Stafford; Ranking Member: Claiborne Pell)
- (Chair: Dan Quayle; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum)
- (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph)
- (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle, Jr.)
- (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton)
- (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy)
Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair:[data unknown/missing]; Ranking Member:[data unknown/missing])
Rules and Administration (Chair: Charles Mathias; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford)
Small Business (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
(Chair: Bob Packwood; Ranking Member: Sam Nunn)
(Chair: Orrin G. Hatch; Ranking Member: Dale Bumpers)
(Chair: Al D'Amato; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon)
(Chair: Don Nickles; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser)
(Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Max Baucus)
(Chair: Warren Rudman; Ranking Member: Carl Levin)
(Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston)
(Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member: Paul Tsongas)
Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
Whole

House of Representatives[]

Aging (Select) (Chair: Claude Pepper)
Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
- Cotton, Rice and Sugar (Chair: David R. Bowen; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
- Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Tom Hagedorn)
- Tobacco and Peanuts (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
- Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Paul Findley)
- Conservation Credit and Rural Development (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
- Department Operations Research and Foreign Agriculture (Chair: George E. Brown, Jr.; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
- Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: Frederick W. Richmond; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
- Forests, Family Farms and Energy (Chair: Jim Weaver; Ranking Member: Jim Weaver)
Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Virginia Smith)
- Defense (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: Jack Edwards)
- (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
- (Chair: Tom Bevill; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
- (Chair: Clarence D. Long; Ranking Member: Jack F. Kemp)
- (Chair: Edward P. Boland; Ranking Member: Bill Green)
- (Chair: Sidney R. Yates; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
- (Chair: William Huston Natcher; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- (Chair: Vic Fazio; Ranking Member: Clair W. Burgener)
- (Chair: Bo Ginn; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
- (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: George M. O'Brien)
- (Chair: Adam Benjamin, Jr.; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
- (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Miller)
Armed Services (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
- (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
- (Chair: Charles Edward Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
- (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt)
- (Chair: Richard Crawford White; Ranking Member: Robin Beard)
- (Chair: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Donald J. Mitchell)
- (Chair: Jack Brinkley; Ranking Member: Paul S. Trible)
- Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst)
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
- Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
- Housing and Community Development (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
- General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Ron Paul)
- Consumer Affairs and Coinage (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Evans, Jr.)
- International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Jerry M. Patterson; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde)
- Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen)
- International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
- Economic Stabilization (Chair: James J. Blanchard; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
Budget (Chair: James R. Jones; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
(Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
- (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
- (Chair: William H. Gray III; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
- (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.)
Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
- (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
- (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
- (Chair: Phillip Burton; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
- (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Ken Kramer)
- (Chair: Ike Andrews; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
- (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
- (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
- (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Arlen Erdahl)
Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
- (Chair: John D. Dingell; Ranking Member: Marc L. Marks)
- (Chair: Richard L. Ottinger; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
- (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: Edward R. Madigan)
- (Chair: Timothy E. Wirth; Ranking Member: James M. Collins)
- (Chair: Philip R. Sharp; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown)
- (Chair: James J. Florio; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
Foreign Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
- (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
- (Chair: Dante B. Fascell; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
- (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Paul Findley)
- (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: N/A)
- (Chair: Jonathan B. Bingham; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
- (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
- (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
- (Chair: Michael D. Barnes; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
- (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
- (Chair: Lawrence H. Fountain; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown)
- (Chair: Benjamin S. Rosenthal; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
- (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.)
- (Chair: John L. Burton; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
- (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
- (Chair: Toby Moffett; Ranking Member: H. Joel Deckard)
House Administration (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
- (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Robert E. Badham)
- (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Newt Gingrich)
- (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
- (Chair: Bob Mollohan; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
- (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Gary Lee)
- (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: James K. Coyne)
Insular Affairs (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan, Jr.)
- (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan, Jr.)
- (Chair: Abraham Kazen, Jr.; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
- (Chair: John Seiberling; Ranking Member: Don Young)
- (Chair: Antonio B. Won Pat; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
- (Chair: Jim Santini; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott)
- (Chair: Edward J. Markey; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory)
- (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
- (Chair: George E. Danielson; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
- (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Thomas Railsback)
- (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde)
- (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory)
- (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
- (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
- (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.)
- (Chair: John B. Breaux; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
- (Chair: Gerry E. Studds; Ranking Member: Don Young)
- (Chair: Norman D'Amours; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard)
- (Chair: Carroll Hubbard, Jr.; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
(Chair: Leo C. Zeferetti)
Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
- (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
- (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
- (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan)
- (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: William E. Dannemeyer)
- (Chair: Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: Jim Courter)
- (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
- (Chair: Geraldine A. Ferraro; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran)
Public Works and Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
- (Chair: Norman Y. Mineta; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
- (Chair: Jim Oberstar; Ranking Member: Tom Hagedorn)
- (Chair: Elliott H. Levitas; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater)
- (Chair: John G. Fary; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
- (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
- (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
Rules (Chair: Richard Walker Bolling; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
- (Chair: Gillis W. Long; Ranking Member: Trent Lott)
- (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
Science and Technology (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Larry Winn, Jr.)
- (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
- (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: William Carney)
- (Chair: Marilyn Lloyd; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan, Jr.)
- (Chair: Doug Walgren; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler)
- (Chair: Ronnie G. Flippo; Ranking Member: Harold C. Hollenbeck)
- (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater)
- (Chair: Al Gore; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
Small Business (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
- (Chair: Parren J. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
- (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
- (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams)
- (Chair: Berkley Bedell; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott)
- (Chair: Andy Ireland; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Louis Stokes; Ranking Member: Floyd D. Spence)
Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
- Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
- (Chair: Ronald M. Mottl; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
- (Chair: Bob Edgar; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler)
- (Chair: Sam B. Hall; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
- (Chair: Marvin Leath; Ranking Member: N/A)
Ways and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: Barber B. Conable)
- Trade (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt)
- Social Security (Chair: J.J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
- Oversight (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
- Select Revenue Measures (Chair: William Cotter; Ranking Member: John Duncan Sr.)
- (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Skip Bafalis)
- Health (Chair: Andrew Jacobs, Jr.; Ranking Member: Bill Gradison)
Whole

Joint committees[]

Economic (Chair: Rep. Henry S. Reuss; Vice Chair: Sen. Roger W. Jepsen)
Taxation (Chair: Rep. Dan Rostenkowski; Vice Chair: Sen. Bob Dole)
The Library (Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins; Vice Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias)
Printing (Chair: Sen. Charles Mathias; Vice Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins)

Employees[]

Legislative branch agency directors[]

Architect of the Capitol: George M. White
Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary
Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats, until March 3, 1981
- Charles A. Bowsher, starting date unknown in 1981
Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice M. Rivlin
Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
Public Printer of the United States: Danford L. Sawyer Jr.

Senate[]

Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian), until February 9, 1981
- Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian), from February 9, 1981
Curator: James R. Ketchum
Historian: Richard A. Baker
Parliamentarian: Robert Dove
Secretary: William Hildenbrand
Librarian:
Sergeant at Arms: Howard S. Liebengood
:
: , until September 1, 1981
- , from September 1, 1981

House of Representatives[]

Chaplain: (Lutheran)
Clerk:
Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown
Postmaster:
Reading Clerks: Meg Goetz (D) and Bob Berry (R)
Sergeant at Arms:

Notes[]

^ Caucused with the Republicans.
^ 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[]

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
"Videos of House of Representatives Sessions for the 97th Congress from www.C-SPAN.org".
"Videos of Committees from the House and Senate for the 97th Congress from www.C-SPAN.org".
House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 97th Congress (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 97th Congress.
Congress, United States (1981). Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 97th Congress (Revised).
Official Congressional Directory for the 97th Congress.

[1] Caucused with the Republicans.

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97th United States Congress
96th ← → 98th
United States Capitol (2002)
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
Members	100 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
Senate President	Walter Mondale (D) (until January 20, 1981) George H. W. Bush (R) (from January 20, 1981)
House Majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Tip O'Neill (D)
Sessions
1st: January 5, 1981 – December 16, 1981 2nd: January 25, 1982 – December 23, 1982