90th United States Congress

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress 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 President Lyndon B. Johnson's second term in office.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census.

Both chambers had a Democratic majority; however, the Democrats lost seats in both the Senate and the House, which cost them both their 2/3rds supermajority in the Senate and their supermajority status in the House. Along with President Johnson, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta.

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Major events

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Major legislation

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President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1968

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Constitutional amendments

Party summary

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  64 Democratic Senators
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  36 Republican Senators
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House seats by party holding plurality in state
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  80.1-100% Democratic
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  80.1-100% Republican
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  60.1-80% Democratic
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  60.1-80% Republican
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  Up to 60% Democratic
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  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

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House of Representatives

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Leadership

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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)

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Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

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House Speaker
John W. McCormack

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Caucuses

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.

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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.

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Changes in membership

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

Senate

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  • Replacements: 4
  • Deaths: 2
  • Resignations: 2
  • Total seats with changes: 5

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(2) | Vacant | Delayed taking seat to finish term as Governor of Oregon. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mark Hatfield (R) | January 10, 1967

|- | New York
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert F. Kennedy (D) | Assassinated June 6, 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Successor was appointed to continue the term. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles Goodell (R) | September 10, 1968

|- | Alaska
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bob Bartlett (D) | Died December 11, 1968
Successor was appointed to continue the term. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ted Stevens (R) | December 24, 1968

|- | Kentucky
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 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. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Marlow Cook (R) | December 17, 1968

|- | Missouri
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 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. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas Eagleton (D) | December 28, 1968

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House of Representatives

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  • Replacements: 6
  • Deaths: 4
  • Resignations: 4
  • Expulsion: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 9

Template:Ordinal US Congress change |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| John E. Fogarty (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 10, 1967 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Robert Tiernan (D) | March 28, 1967 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Excluded from House February 28, 1967, pursuant to H. Res. 278 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) | April 11, 1967 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| J. Arthur Younger (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 20, 1967 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Pete McCloskey (R) | December 12, 1967 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Abraham J. Multer (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1967, after being elected as judge of New York Supreme Court | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Bertram L. Podell (D) | February 20, 1968 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| John Bell Williams (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 16, 1968, after being elected Governor of Mississippi | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Charles H. Griffin (D) | March 12, 1968 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Joe R. Pool (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 14, 1968 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | James M. Collins (R) | August 24, 1968 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Elmer J. Holland (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 9, 1968 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Joseph M. Gaydos (D) | November 5, 1968 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Charles Goodell (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 9, 1968, after becoming U.S. Senator | rowspan=2 |Vacant | rowspan=2 |Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Paul A. Fino (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1968 |}

Committees

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Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

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House of Representatives

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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