89th United States Congress

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 89th 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, 1965, to January 3, 1967, during the second and third years of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census.

Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority, and with the election of President Lyndon B. Johnson to his own term in office, maintaining an overall federal government trifecta. This is the last time Democrats or any party had a 2/3rd supermajority in the Senate.

The 89th Congress is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history".[1] Some of its landmark legislation includes Social Security Amendments of 1965 (the creation of Medicare and Medicaid), the Voting Rights Act, Higher Education Act, Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Template:TOClimit

Major events

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Major legislation

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October 3, 1965: President Johnson visited the Statue of Liberty to sign the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
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The first page of the Voting Rights Act.

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Constitutional amendments

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Party summary

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

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House of Representatives

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
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  80+% Democratic
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  80+% Republican
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  60+% to 80% Democratic
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  60+% to 80% Republican
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  Up to 60% Democratic
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  Up to 60% Republican

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Leadership

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House Republicans showing their approval for newly elected House Minority Leader Representative Gerald R. Ford as Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen raises his hand.

Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

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. 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 this Congress, requiring reelection in 1970; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1966; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1968.

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House of Representatives

Names of members are preceded by their district numbers.

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Changes in membership

Senate

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(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Olin D. Johnston (D) | Died April 18, 1965.
Successor appointed April 22, 1965 to continue the term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Donald S. Russell (D) | April 22, 1965

|- | Virginia
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harry F. Byrd (D) | Resigned November 10, 1965.
Successor appointed November 12, 1965 to continue his father's term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D) | November 12, 1965

|- | Michigan
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Patrick V. McNamara (D) | Died April 30, 1966.
Successor appointed May 11, 1966 to finish the term. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert P. Griffin (R) | May 11, 1966

|- | South Carolina
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Donald S. Russell (D) | Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term.
Successor elected November 8, 1966. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Fritz Hollings (D) | November 9, 1966

|- | Virginia
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Absalom Willis Robertson (D) | Resigned December 30, 1966, having lost renomination.
Successor appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William B. Spong Jr. (D) | December 31, 1966

|- | Tennessee
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ross Bass (D) | Resigned January 2, 1967, having lost renomination.
Seat remained vacant until the end of the term (the next day). | Vacant | Not filled this term

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House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 9
  • Deaths: 5
  • Resignations: 15
  • Total seats with changes: 20

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Ashton Thompson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 1, 1965 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Edwin Edwards (D) | October 2, 1965 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Clarence J. Brown (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 23, 1965 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Bud Brown (R) | November 2, 1965 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| James Roosevelt (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 30, 1965, to become the US Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Thomas M. Rees (D) | December 15, 1965 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Herbert Covington Bonner (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 7, 1965 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) | February 5, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| John Lindsay (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1965, after being elected Mayor of New York City | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Theodore R. Kupferman (R) | February 8, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Oren Harris (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 3, 1966, to become judge of the US Court of the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | David Pryor (D) | November 8, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Albert Thomas (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 15, 1966 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Lera Millard Thomas (D) | March 26, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| John F. Baldwin Jr. (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 9, 1966 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Jerome Waldie (D) | June 7, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Robert P. Griffin (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 10, 1966, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Guy Vander Jagt (R) | November 8, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Ralph Julian Rivers (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 | rowspan=10 |Vacant | rowspan=10 |Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Winfield K. Denton (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Ralph Harvey (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Leo W. O'Brien (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Harold D. Cooley (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Robert T. Secrest (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Paul B. Dague (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| John C. Kunkel (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Tom J. Murray (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Clark W. Thompson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1966 |}

Committees

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Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

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House of Representatives

Footnotes

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See also

Notes

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References

External links

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