Template:Short description
Template:Use American English
Template:Use mdy dates
Template:Infobox United States Congress
The 92nd 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, 1971, to January 3, 1973, during the third and fourth years of Richard Nixon's presidency .
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1960 census . Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority.
<templatestyles src="Template:TOC limit/styles.css" />
Major events Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". President Richard Nixon had it listed on his list of top policies to cover for the year. Nixon signed the bill into law at Independence Hall in Philadelphia . The law gained support from many state and local officials including: San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto whose city received $27 million in revenue-sharing money in the first year. Alioto said that many projects that would not have been possible could now be done, "That will effectively enable us to meet those programs which up to now because of very tough budgeting we've had to trench."[ 1]
Major legislation Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".
December 18, 1971: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 85 Stat. 688
December 23, 1971: National Cancer Act , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 85 Stat. 778
February 7, 1972: Federal Election Campaign Act , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 86 Stat. 3
March 24, 1972: Equal Employment Opportunity Act , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 86 Stat. 103
June 23, 1972: Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 86 Stat. 235
October 6, 1972: Federal Advisory Committee Act , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 86 Stat. 770
October 18, 1972: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972 , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 86 Stat. 816
October 21, 1972: Marine Mammal Protection Act , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 86 Stat. 1027
October 27, 1972: Consumer Product Safety Act , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 86 Stat. 1207
October 27, 1972: Noise Control Act , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 86 Stat. 1234
October 27, 1972: Coastal Zone Management Act , Pub. L. Template:Trim /Template:Trim Template:Trim –Template:Trim , 86 Stat. 1280 Constitutional amendments Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".
March 23, 1971: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
March 22, 1972: Approved an amendment to the Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women , and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
This amendment, commonly known as the Equal Rights Amendment , was later rendered inoperative, as it was not ratified within the seven–year time frame set by Congress (nor the later time extension granted) 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 File:092senate.svg Party standings on the opening day of the 92nd Congress <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Template:USCongress Party summary
House of Representatives Template:USCongress Party summary
Leadership 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 class, and representatives are listed by district.
Senate Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Senate class numbers , which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1976; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1974.
<templatestyles src="Col-begin/styles.css"/>
Template:Party stripe 2. John J. Sparkman (D)Template:Party stripe 3. James Allen (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Ted Stevens (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Mike Gravel (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Paul Fannin (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Barry Goldwater (R)Template:Party stripe 2. John L. McClellan (D)Template:Party stripe 3. J. William Fulbright (D)Template:Party stripe 1. John V. Tunney (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Alan Cranston (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Gordon Allott (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Peter H. Dominick (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Lowell Weicker (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Abraham Ribicoff (D)Template:Party stripe 1. William Roth (R)Template:Party stripe 2. J. Caleb Boggs (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Lawton Chiles (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Edward Gurney (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D), until January 21, 1971
Template:Party stripe David H. Gambrell (D), February 1, 1971 – November 7, 1972Template:Party stripe Sam Nunn (D), from November 7, 1972Template:Party stripe 3. Herman Talmadge (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Hiram Fong (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Daniel Inouye (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Leonard B. Jordan (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Frank Church (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Charles H. Percy (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Adlai Stevenson III (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Vance Hartke (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Birch Bayh (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Jack Miller (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Harold Hughes (D)Template:Party stripe 2. James B. Pearson (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Bob Dole (R)Template:Party stripe 2. John Sherman Cooper (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Marlow Cook (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Allen J. Ellender (D), until July 27, 1972
Template:Party stripe Elaine Edwards (D), August 1, 1972 – November 13, 1972Template:Party stripe J. Bennett Johnston (D), from November 14, 1972Template:Party stripe 3. Russell B. Long (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Edmund Muskie (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)Template:Party stripe 1. J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Charles Mathias (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Ted Kennedy (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Edward Brooke (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Philip Hart (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Robert P. Griffin (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe 2. Walter Mondale (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe 1. John C. Stennis (D)Template:Party stripe 2. James Eastland (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Stuart Symington (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Thomas Eagleton (D)
Template:Party stripe 1. Mike Mansfield (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Lee Metcalf (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Roman Hruska (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Carl Curtis (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Howard Cannon (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Alan Bible (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Thomas J. McIntyre (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Norris Cotton (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Harrison A. Williams (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Clifford P. Case (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Joseph Montoya (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)Template:Party stripe 1. James L. Buckley (C )Template:Party stripe 3. Jacob Javits (R)Template:Party stripe 2. B. Everett Jordan (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Sam Ervin (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe 3. Milton Young (R)Template:Party stripe 3. William B. Saxbe (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Robert Taft Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Fred R. Harris (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Henry Bellmon (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Mark Hatfield (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Bob Packwood (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Hugh Scott (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Richard Schweiker (R)Template:Party stripe 1. John Pastore (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Claiborne Pell (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Strom Thurmond (R)Template:Party stripe 3. Fritz Hollings (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Karl E. Mundt (R)Template:Party stripe 3. George McGovern (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Bill Brock (R)Template:Party stripe 2. Howard Baker (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Lloyd Bentsen (D)Template:Party stripe 2. John Tower (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Frank Moss (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Winston L. Prouty (R), until September 10, 1971
Template:Party stripe Robert Stafford (R), from September 16, 1971Template:Party stripe 3. George Aiken (R)Template:Party stripe 1. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (ID)Template:Party stripe 2. William B. Spong Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Henry M. Jackson (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Robert Byrd (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Jennings Randolph (D)Template:Party stripe 1. William Proxmire (D)Template:Party stripe 3. Gaylord Nelson (D)Template:Party stripe 1. Gale W. McGee (D)Template:Party stripe 2. Clifford Hansen (R)
File:92nd United States Congress Senators.svg 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. Script error: No such module "Multiple image". Script error: No such module "Multiple image".
House of Representatives Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". single-member districts , by congressional statute. The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
<templatestyles src="Col-begin/styles.css"/>
(5–3 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jack Edwards (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Louis Dickinson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George W. Andrews (D), until December 25, 1971
Template:Party stripe Elizabeth B. Andrews (D), from April 4, 1972Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bill Nichols (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter Flowers (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tom Bevill (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)(1 Democrat)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Nick Begich (D), until December 29, 1972(2–1 Republican)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Jacob Rhodes (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Mo Udall (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sam Steiger (R)(3–1 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wilbur Mills (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Paul Hammerschmidt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David Pryor (D)(20–18 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Donald H. Clausen (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harold T. Johnson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John E. Moss (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert L. Leggett (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Phillip Burton (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William S. Mailliard (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ron Dellums (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George P. Miller (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Don Edwards (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Gubser (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Pete McCloskey (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Burt Talcott (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles M. Teague (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jerome Waldie (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John J. McFall (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . B. F. Sisk (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Glenn M. Anderson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bob Mathias (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Chester E. Holifield (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . H. Allen Smith (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Augustus Hawkins (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James C. Corman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Del M. Clawson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John H. Rousselot (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles E. Wiggins (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas M. Rees (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Barry Goldwater Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George E. Danielson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward R. Roybal (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles H. Wilson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Craig Hosmer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jerry Pettis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard T. Hanna (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John G. Schmitz (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bob Wilson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lionel Van Deerlin (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Victor Veysey (R)(2–2 split)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Mike McKevitt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Donald G. Brotzman (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank Evans (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wayne N. Aspinall (D)(4–2 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William R. Cotter (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert H. Steele (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Giaimo (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Stewart McKinney (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John S. Monagan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ella Grasso (D)(1 Republican)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Pete du Pont (R)(9–3 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert L. F. Sikes (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Don Fuqua (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles E. Bennett (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bill Chappell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Louis Frey Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sam Gibbons (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. Haley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bill Young (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul Rogers (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Herbert Burke (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Claude Pepper (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dante Fascell (D)(8–2 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George Elliott Hagan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dawson Mathis (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jack Brinkley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Benjamin B. Blackburn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Fletcher Thompson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Flynt (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John William Davis (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . W. S. Stuckey Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Phillip M. Landrum (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (D)(2 Democrats)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Spark Matsunaga (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Patsy Mink (D)(2 Republicans)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. McClure (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Orval H. Hansen (R)(12–12 split)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ralph Metcalfe (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Abner J. Mikva (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Morgan F. Murphy (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ed Derwinski (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John C. Kluczynski (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George W. Collins (D), until December 8, 1972Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank Annunzio (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dan Rostenkowski (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sidney R. Yates (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harold R. Collier (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Roman Pucinski (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert McClory (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Phil Crane (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John N. Erlenborn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charlotte Thompson Reid (R), until October 7, 1971
Template:Party stripe Cliffard D. Carlson (R), from April 4, 1972Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John B. Anderson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Leslie C. Arends (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert H. Michel (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tom Railsback (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul Findley (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Kenneth J. Gray (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William L. Springer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George E. Shipley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Melvin Price (D)(6–5 Republican)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ray Madden (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Earl Landgrebe (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Brademas (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Edward Roush (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Elwood Hillis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William G. Bray (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John T. Myers (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Roger H. Zion (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lee H. Hamilton (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David W. Dennis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)(5–2 Republican)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Fred Schwengel (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Culver (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . H. R. Gross (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Henry Kyl (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Neal Edward Smith (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wiley Mayne (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William J. Scherle (R)(4–1 Republican)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Keith Sebelius (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William R. Roy (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Larry Winn (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Garner E. Shriver (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joe Skubitz (R)(5–2 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank Stubblefield (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Natcher (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Romano Mazzoli (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gene Snyder (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tim Lee Carter (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John C. Watts (D), until September 24, 1971
Template:Party stripe William P. Curlin Jr. (D), from December 4, 1971Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Carl D. Perkins (D)(8 Democrats)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . F. Edward Hébert (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hale Boggs (D), until December 29, 1972Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Patrick T. Caffery (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joe Waggonner (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Otto Passman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Rarick (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edwin Edwards (D), until May 9, 1972
Template:Party stripe John Breaux (D), from September 30, 1972Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Speedy Long (D)(2 Democrats)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Peter Kyros (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Hathaway (D)(5–3 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Rogers Morton (R), until January 29, 1971
Template:Party stripe William Oswald Mills (R), from May 25, 1971Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clarence Long (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward Garmatz (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Paul Sarbanes (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lawrence Hogan (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Goodloe Byron (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Parren Mitchell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gilbert Gude (R)(8–4 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Silvio O. Conte (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward Boland (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Drinan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harold Donohue (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . F. Bradford Morse (R), until May 1, 1972Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Michael J. Harrington (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Torbert Macdonald (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tip O'Neill (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Louise Day Hicks (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Margaret Heckler (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. Burke (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hastings Keith (R)(12–7 Republican)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Conyers (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Marvin L. Esch (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Garry E. Brown (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Edward Hutchinson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gerald Ford (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles E. Chamberlain (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Donald Riegle (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . R. James Harvey (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Guy Vander Jagt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Elford Albin Cederberg (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Philip Ruppe (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James G. O'Hara (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Diggs (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lucien Nedzi (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William D. Ford (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John D. Dingell Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Martha Griffiths (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Broomfield (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jack H. McDonald (R)(4–4 split)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Al Quie (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ancher Nelsen (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bill Frenzel (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph Karth (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Donald M. Fraser (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John M. Zwach (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Bergland (DFL)Template:Efn Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Blatnik (DFL)Template:Efn (5 Democrats)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas Abernethy (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jamie L. Whitten (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles H. Griffin (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sonny Montgomery (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William M. Colmer (D)(9–1 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bill Clay (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James W. Symington (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Leonor Sullivan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William J. Randall (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Walker Bolling (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Durward Gorham Hall (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William L. Hungate (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bill Burlison (D)(1–1 split)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard G. Shoup (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Melcher (D)
(3 Republicans)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Thone (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Y. McCollister (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David Martin (R)(1 Democrat)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)(2 Republicans)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Louis C. Wyman (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James Colgate Cleveland (R)(9–6 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John E. Hunt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles W. Sandman Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James J. Howard (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank Thompson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edwin B. Forsythe (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William B. Widnall (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert A. Roe (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry Helstoski (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Peter W. Rodino (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph Minish (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Florence P. Dwyer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Cornelius Gallagher (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dominick V. Daniels (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward J. Patten (D)(1–1 split)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harold L. Runnels (D)(24–17 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Otis G. Pike (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James R. Grover Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lester L. Wolff (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John W. Wydler (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Norman F. Lent (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Seymour Halpern (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph P. Addabbo (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James J. Delaney (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Emanuel Celler (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank J. Brasco (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Shirley Chisholm (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bertram L. Podell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John J. Rooney (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hugh Carey (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John M. Murphy (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ed Koch (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Rangel (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bella Abzug (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Fitts Ryan (D), until September 17, 1972Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James H. Scheuer (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Herman Badillo (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Mario Biaggi (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Peter A. Peyser (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ogden Reid (R) to (D), March 22, 1972Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John G. Dow (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Hamilton Fish IV (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel S. Stratton (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Carleton J. King (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert C. McEwen (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alexander Pirnie (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Howard W. Robison (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John H. Terry (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James M. Hanley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank Horton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Barber Conable (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James F. Hastings (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jack Kemp (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry P. Smith III (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)(7–4 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lawrence H. Fountain (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David N. Henderson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Nick Galifianakis (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wilmer Mizell (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . L. Richardson Preyer (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alton Lennon (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Earl B. Ruth (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles R. Jonas (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jim Broyhill (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Roy A. Taylor (D)(1–1 split)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Mark Andrews (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Arthur A. Link (D-NPL)Template:Efn (17–7 Republican)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William J. Keating (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Donald D. Clancy (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Moore McCulloch (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Del Latta (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bill Harsha (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bud Brown (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jackson Edward Betts (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas L. Ashley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clarence E. Miller (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. William Stanton (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Samuel L. Devine (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Adams Mosher (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John F. Seiberling (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Chalmers Wylie (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank T. Bow (R), until November 13, 1972Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John M. Ashbrook (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wayne Hays (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles J. Carney (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James V. Stanton (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Louis Stokes (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Charles Vanik (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter E. Powell (R)(4–2 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Page Belcher (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ed Edmondson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Carl Albert (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tom Steed (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Jarman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Newbold Camp (R)(2–2 split)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wendell Wyatt (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Al Ullman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edith Green (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John R. Dellenback (R)(14–13 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William A. Barrett (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James A. Byrne (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joshua Eilberg (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William J. Green III (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Gus Yatron (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lawrence G. Williams (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edward G. Biester Jr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John H. Ware III (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph M. McDade (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dan Flood (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Irving Whalley (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lawrence Coughlin (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William S. Moorhead (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Fred B. Rooney (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Edwin Duing Eshleman (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Herman T. Schneebeli (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert J. Corbett (R), until April 25, 1971
Template:Party stripe John Heinz (R), from November 2, 1971Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George Atlee Goodling (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph M. Gaydos (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Herman Dent (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John P. Saylor (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Albert W. Johnson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joseph P. Vigorito (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank M. Clark (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas E. Morgan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James G. Fulton (R), until October 6, 1971
Template:Party stripe William Sheldrick Conover (R), from April 25, 1972(2 Democrats)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Fernand St Germain (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Tiernan (D)(5–1 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Mendel Jackson Davis (D), from April 27, 1971Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Floyd Spence (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James Mann (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas S. Gettys (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John L. McMillan (D)(2 Democrats)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Frank E. Denholm (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James Abourezk (D)(5–4 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jimmy Quillen (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Duncan Sr. (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . LaMar Baker (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joe L. Evins (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Fulton (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William Anderson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ray Blanton (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ed Jones (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dan Kuykendall (R)(20–3 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Wright Patman (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Dowdy (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James M. Collins (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ray Roberts (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Earle Cabell (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Olin E. Teague (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bill Archer (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert C. Eckhardt (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jack Brooks (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. J. Pickle (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William R. Poage (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jim Wright (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John Andrew Young (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Kika de la Garza (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Crawford White (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Omar Burleson (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bob Price (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . George H. Mahon (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry B. González (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . O. C. Fisher (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert R. Casey (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Abraham Kazen (D)(1–1 split)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . K. Gunn McKay (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Sherman P. Lloyd (R)(1 Republican)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Stafford (R), until September 16, 1971
Template:Party stripe Richard W. Mallary (R), from January 7, 1972(6–4 Republican)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas N. Downing (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . G. William Whitehurst (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . David E. Satterfield III (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dan Daniel (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Richard Harding Poff (R), until August 29, 1972
Template:Party stripe M. Caldwell Butler (R), from November 7, 1972Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . J. Kenneth Robinson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William L. Scott (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William C. Wampler (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Joel Broyhill (R)(6–1 Democratic)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Thomas Pelly (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Lloyd Meeds (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Julia Butler Hansen (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Mike McCormack (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Tom Foley (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Floyd Hicks (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Brock Adams (D)(5 Democrats)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Bob Mollohan (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Harley Orrin Staggers (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John M. Slack Jr. (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Ken Hechler (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . James Kee (D)(5–5 split)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Les Aspin (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Robert Kastenmeier (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Vernon Wallace Thomson (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Clement J. Zablocki (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Henry S. Reuss (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . William A. Steiger (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Dave Obey (D)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . John W. Byrnes (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Glenn Robert Davis (R)Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Alvin O'Konski (R)(1 Democrat)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Teno Roncalio (D)Non-voting members (2 Democrats)
Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Walter Fauntroy (D), from March 23, 1971Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr . Jorge Luis Córdova (Resident Commissioner) (PNP)
Script error: No such module "Multiple image". Script error: No such module "Multiple image".
Changes in membership The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate Replacements: 5
Deaths: 3
Resignations: 0
Total seats with changes: 3 Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Ordinal US Congress change
|-
| Georgia Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Richard Russell Jr. (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 21, 1971
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | David H. Gambrell (D)
| February 1, 1971
|-
| Vermont Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " | Winston L. Prouty (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 10, 1971
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " | Robert Stafford (R)
| September 16, 1971
|-
| Louisiana Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Allen J. Ellender (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 27, 1972
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Elaine S. Edwards (D)
| August 1, 1972
|-
| Georgia Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | David H. Gambrell (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1972
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Sam Nunn (D)
| November 8, 1972
|-
| Louisiana Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Elaine S. Edwards (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 13, 1972
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | J. Bennett Johnston (D)
| November 14, 1972
|}
House of Representatives Replacements: 10
Deaths: 8
Resignations: 6
Total seats with changes: 16 Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Ordinal US Congress change
|-
| nowrap | Template:Ushr
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | District elected first delegate since the seat was re-established during previous congress
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Walter Fauntroy (D)
| March 23, 1971
|-
| nowrap | Template:Ushr
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. L. Mendel Rivers died during previous congress
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Mendel Jackson Davis (D)
| April 27, 1971
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Rogers Morton (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 29, 1971, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | William Oswald Mills (R)
| May 25, 1971
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Robert J. Corbett (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 25, 1971
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | John Heinz (R)
| November 2, 1971
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Robert Stafford (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate September 16, 1971
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Richard W. Mallary (R)
| January 7, 1972
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | John C. Watts (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 24, 1971
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | William P. Curlin Jr. (D)
| December 4, 1971
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| James G. Fulton (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 6, 1971
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | William Sheldrick Conover (R)
| April 25, 1972
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap| Charlotte Thompson Reid (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 7, 1971, after being appointed to the Federal Communications Commission
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " nowrap | Cliffard D. Carlson (R)
| April 4, 1972
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | George W. Andrews (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 25, 1971
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Elizabeth B. Andrews (D)
| April 4, 1972
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " | F. Bradford Morse (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1972, after being appointed Undersecretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Edwin Edwards (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being elected Governor of Louisiana May 9, 1972
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | John Breaux (D)
| September 30, 1972
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " | Richard Harding Poff (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " | M. Caldwell Butler (R)
| November 7, 1972
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | William Fitts Ryan (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 17, 1972.
| rowspan=4 |Vacant
| rowspan=4 |Not filled this congress
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading " | Frank T. Bow (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 13, 1972.
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | George W. Collins (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died in a plane crash December 8, 1972.
|-
| Template:Ushr
| style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading " | Nick Begich (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | He and Hale Boggs were lost in a plane crash October 16, 1972. Presumptive death certificate for Rep. Begich was issued December 29, 1972.
|}
Committees Template:List of Congressional Committees instructions
Senate House of Representatives Joint committees Employees Senate House of Representatives
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". See also Notes Template:Notelist
References External links Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Template:USCongresses
