91st United States Congress

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The 91st 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, 1969, to January 3, 1971, during the final weeks of the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and the first two years of the first presidency of Richard Nixon.

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

Both chambers had a Democratic majority - albeit with losing their supermajority status in the Senate. With Richard Nixon being sworn in as president on January 20, 1969, this ended the Democrats' overall federal government trifecta that they had held since the 87th Congress.

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Major events

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Major legislation

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President Richard Nixon paying his last tributes to Sen. Everett Dirksen, who died September 7, 1969.

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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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  57 Democratic Senators
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  43 Republican Senators

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House of Representatives

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Leadership

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Senate President
Hubert Humphrey
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Senate President
Spiro Agnew
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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 by class, and Members of the House 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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1974.

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House of Representatives

Some members of the House of Representatives were elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, and others were elected from districts, as listed here as the districts existed at this time.

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Changes in membership

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

Senate

  • Replacements: 3
  • Deaths: 1
  • Resignations: 2
  • Total seats with changes: 3

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|- | Illinois
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Everett Dirksen (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 7, 1969 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | September 17, 1969 |- | Illinois
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ralph Tyler Smith (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 3, 1970 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Adlai Stevenson III (D) | November 17, 1970 |- | Delaware
(1) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. Williams (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1970 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Roth (R) | January 1, 1971 |- | California
(1) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | George Murphy (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 2, 1971 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John V. Tunney (D) | January 2, 1971 |}

House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 14
  • Deaths: 10
  • Resignations: 8
  • Total seats with changes: 18

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|- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Edwin Reinecke (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 21, 1969, after becoming Lieutenant Governor of California | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Barry Goldwater Jr. (R) | April 29, 1969 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Melvin Laird (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 21, 1969, after being appointed United States Secretary of Defense | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Dave Obey (D) | April 1, 1969 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Fats Everett (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 26, 1969 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Ed Jones (D) | March 25, 1969 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| James F. Battin (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 27, 1969, after being appointed judge for the US District Court for the District of Montana | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John Melcher (D) | June 24, 1969 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Donald Rumsfeld (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 25, 1969, after being appointed Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Phil Crane (R) | November 25, 1969 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| William H. Bates (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 22, 1969 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Michael J. Harrington (D) | September 30, 1969 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Daniel J. Ronan (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 13, 1969 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | George W. Collins (D) | November 3, 1970 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Charles Samuel Joelson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 4, 1969, after becoming judge of Superior Court of New Jersey | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Robert A. Roe (D) | November 4, 1969 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| William T. Cahill (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 19, 1970, after becoming Governor of New Jersey | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Edwin B. Forsythe (R) | November 3, 1970 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Glenard P. Lipscomb (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 1, 1970 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John H. Rousselot (R) | June 30, 1970 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| James B. Utt (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 1, 1970 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John G. Schmitz (R) | June 30, 1970 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| William St. Onge (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 1, 1970 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Robert H. Steele (R) | November 3, 1970 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| Michael J. Kirwan (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 27, 1970 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Charles J. Carney (D) | November 3, 1970 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| George Watkins (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 7, 1970 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John H. Ware III (R) | November 3, 1970 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| William L. Dawson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died November 9, 1970 | rowspan=4 |Vacant | rowspan=4 |Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| L. Mendel Rivers (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 28, 1970 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| William Roth (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1970, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| John V. Tunney (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 2, 1971, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate |}

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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