93rd United States Congress

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 93rd 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, 1973, to January 3, 1975, during the last 18 months of Richard Nixon's presidency, and the first 6 months of Gerald Ford's. This Congress was the first (and, to date, only) Congress with more than two Senate presidents (in this case, three). After the resignation of Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford was appointed under the authority of the newly ratified Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Ford became president the next year and Nelson Rockefeller was appointed in his place. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1970 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority. Template:TOCLimit

Major events

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Major legislation

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Hearings

Party summary

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Makeup of the U.S. Senate at the start of this Congress, color-coded by party. Note: The orange stripes in New York and the green stripes in Virginia denote Conservative James Buckley and Independent Harry F. Byrd Jr., respectively.

Senate

Party
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Total
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Democratic Republican Conservative Independent Vacant
End of the previous Congress style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 54 44 1 1 100 0
Begin style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 56 42 1 1 100 0
End style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 56 40 98 2
Final voting share style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 57.6% 40.4% 1.0% 1.0%
Beginning of the next Congress style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 60 37 1 1 99 1

House of Representatives

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
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  over 80% Democratic
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  over 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
Party
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Total
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Democratic Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 252 178 430 5
Begin style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 241 192 433 2
End style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 232 174 406 29
Final voting share style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 57.1% 42.9%
Beginning of next Congress style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 291 144 435 0

Leadership

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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 representatives are listed by district.

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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 means their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1976; Class 2 means their term began with this Congress, facing re-election in 1978; and Class 3 means their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1974.

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House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers. Template:TOC top

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Changes in membership

Senate

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|- | Ohio
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William B. Saxbe (R) | Resigned January 3, 1974, to become Attorney General.
Successor appointed January 4, 1974 to finish the term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Howard Metzenbaum (D) | January 4, 1974

|- | Nevada
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alan Bible (D) | Resigned December 17, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 18, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Paul Laxalt (R) | December 18, 1974

|- | Utah
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Wallace F. Bennett (R) | Resigned December 20, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 21, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jake Garn (R) | December 21, 1974

|- | Ohio
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Howard Metzenbaum (D) | Resigned December 23, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 24, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Glenn (D) | December 24, 1974

|- | Kentucky
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Marlow Cook (R) | Resigned December 27, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 28, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Wendell Ford (D) | December 28, 1974

|- | New Hampshire
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Norris Cotton (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 31, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Louis C. Wyman (R) | December 31, 1974

|- | Florida
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Edward Gurney (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974, in an influence peddling scandal.
Successor appointed January 1, 1975, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Richard Stone (D) | January 1, 1975

|- | Arkansas
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | J. William Fulbright (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974.
Successor began next term. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | North Carolina
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Sam Ervin (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974.
Successor began next term. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

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House of Representatives

There were three deaths before this Congress began.

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Ordinal US Congress change |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. George W. Collins (D) died during previous congress. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Cardiss Collins (D) | June 5, 1973 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Nick Begich (D) and Hale Boggs (D) were lost in a plane crash, and the estate of Rep. Begich was issued a presumptive death certificate from the State of Alaska during previous congress. Both were also declared dead pursuant to H. R. Res. 1 issued January 3, 1973. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Don Young (R) | nowrap | March 6, 1973 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Hale Boggs (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Nick Begich (D) and Hale Boggs (D) were lost in a plane crash during previous congress. Both were declared dead pursuant to H. R. Res. 1 issued January 3, 1973. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lindy Boggs (D) | March 20, 1973 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Donald Riegle (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Switched party affiliation. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Donald Riegle (D) | February 27, 1973 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap| William Oswald Mills (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Committed suicide May 24, 1973. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Robert Bauman (R) | August 21, 1973 |- | nowrap | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John P. Saylor (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 28, 1973. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Murtha (D) | nowrap | February 5, 1974 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Gerald Ford (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 6, 1973, to become vice president. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Richard Vander Veen (D) | February 18, 1974 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Charles M. Teague (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 1, 1974. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Robert J. Lagomarsino (R) | March 5, 1974 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William J. Keating (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 3, 1974. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tom Luken (D) | March 5, 1974 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R. James Harvey (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 31, 1974, after being appointed as a judge of the US District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | J. Bob Traxler (D) | April 23, 1974 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William S. Mailliard (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 5, 1974. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Burton (D) | June 4, 1974 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles Gubser (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. | colspan=2 rowspan=28| Remained vacant until next Congress |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Chester E. Holifield (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Craig Hosmer (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Richard T. Hanna (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Leslie C. Arends (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Kenneth J. Gray (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Frank Stubblefield (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harold Donohue (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles E. Chamberlain (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Martha Griffiths (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ancher Nelsen (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Blatnik (DFL) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | David Martin (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Louis C. Wyman (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William B. Widnall (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. Rooney (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Hugh Carey (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Carleton J. King (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thaddeus J. Dulski (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Edith Green (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Frank M. Clark (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas S. Gettys (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | O. C. Fisher (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joel Broyhill (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974, after being defeated for re-election. |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Julia Butler Hansen (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974. |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Glenn Robert Davis (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1974 . |}

Committees

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Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

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House of Representatives

See also

Notes

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Footnotes

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References

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  1. Joe Moakley (D–MA) was elected as "Independent Conservative", based on official report of Congress by Benjamin Guthrie. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972." But he was sworn in as a Democrat at the beginning of the Congress, January 3, 1973. [1]