94th United States Congress

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 94th 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, 1975, to January 3, 1977, during the last two years of Gerald Ford's presidency.

This is the most recent Congress with a Republican senator from Hawaii, Hiram Fong, and Democratic senators from Utah and Wyoming, Frank Moss and Gale W. McGee. Fong retired and the other two lost re-election at the end of the 94th Congress. Template:Hide until

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1970 United States census. The Democrats not only maintained their majorities in the House and Senate, but would increase their numbers to supermajority status in both chambers.

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Major events

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President Gerald Ford with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and House Speaker Carl Albert during the 1975 State of the Union Address, January 15, 1975

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Major legislation

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Party summary

Senate

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Final Senate membership
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Party
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Total
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Democratic Independent Conservative Republican Vacant
End of previous Congress style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 56 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 1 1 40 98 2
Begin (January 3, 1975) rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 60 rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 1 1 37 99 1
August 8, 1975Template:Efn 38 100 0
September 18, 1975Template:Efn style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 61 37 100 0
January 2, 1977Template:Efn style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 60 38 100 0
Final voting share colspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 61% 39%
Beginning of the next Congress style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 61 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 1 0 38 100 0

House of Representatives

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" | 232 174 406 29
Begin style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 291 144 435 0
End style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 287 146 433 2
Final voting share style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 66% 34%
Beginning of the next Congress style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 292 143 435 0

Leadership

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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.

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Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Caucuses

Members

Senate

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
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  80+% to 100% Republican
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  80+% to 100% Democratic
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  60+% to 80% Republican
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  60+% to 80% Democratic
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  Up to 60% Republican
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  Up to 60% Democratic

House of Representatives

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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: 9
  • Deaths: 1
  • Resignations: 6
  • Vacancy: 0

Total seats with changes: 8 Template:Ordinal US Congress change

|- | nowrap | New Hampshire
(3) | Vacant | Disputed election.
Interim senator appointed August 8, 1975. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Norris Cotton
(R) | August 8, 1975

|- | nowrap | New Hampshire
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Norris Cotton
(R) | Interim appointee resigned.
Successor elected September 16, 1975. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John A. Durkin
(D) | September 18, 1975

|- | nowrap | Michigan
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Philip Hart
(D) | Died December 26, 1976, having already planned to retire before the end of the term.
Successor appointed December 30, 1976, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Donald Riegle
(D) | December 30, 1976

|- | nowrap | Missouri
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Stuart Symington
(D) | Resigned December 27, 1976, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 27, 1976, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John Danforth
(R) | December 27, 1976

|- | nowrap | Nebraska
(1) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Roman Hruska
(R) | Resigned December 27, 1976, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 28, 1976, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Edward Zorinsky
(D) | December 28, 1976

|- | nowrap | Ohio
(1) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Robert Taft Jr.
(R) | Resigned December 28, 1976, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 28, 1976, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Howard Metzenbaum
(D) | December 29, 1976

|- | nowrap | Rhode Island
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John Pastore
(D) | Resigned December 28, 1976, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed December 29, 1976, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John Chafee
(R) | December 29, 1976

|- | nowrap | Minnesota
(2) | Template:Party shading/DFL nowrap | Walter Mondale
(DFL) | Resigned December 30, 1976, after being elected Vice-President of the United States.
Interim Senator appointed December 30, 1976. | Template:Party shading/DFL nowrap | Wendell R. Anderson
(DFL) | December 30, 1976

|- | nowrap | California
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John V. Tunney
(D) | Resigned January 1, 1977, to give successor preferential seniority.
Successor appointed January 2, 1977, to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | S. I. Hayakawa
(R) | January 2, 1977

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House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 3
  • Deaths: 2
  • Resignations: 2
  • Contested election: 0
  • Total seats with changes: 4

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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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