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1973–1975 U.S. Congress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| 93rd United States Congress | |
|---|---|
92nd ← → 94th | |
United States Capitol (c. 1970) | |
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |
| Members | 100 senators 435 representatives |
| Senate majority | Democratic |
| Senate President | Spiro Agnew (R)[lower-alpha 1] (until October 10, 1973) Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (Oct 10–Dec 6, 1973) Gerald Ford (R)[lower-alpha 3] (Dec 6, 1973 – Aug 9, 1974) Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (Aug 9–Dec 19, 1974) Nelson Rockefeller (R) (from December 19, 1974) |
| House majority | Democratic |
| House Speaker | Carl Albert (D) |
| Sessions | |
| 1st: January 3, 1973 – December 22, 1973 2nd: January 21, 1974 – December 20, 1974 | |
| Party (shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | Conservative | Independent | Vacant | ||
| End of the previous Congress | 54 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 |
| Begin | 56 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 |
| End | 56 | 40 | 98 | 2 | ||
| Final voting share | 57.6% | 40.4% | 1.0% | 1.0% | ||
| Beginning of the next Congress | 60 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 1 |
| House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
|---|---|
over 80% Democratic |
over 80% Republican |
60+% to 80% Democratic |
60+% to 80% Republican |
up to 60% Democratic |
up to 60% Republican |
| Party (shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Congress | 252 | 178 | 430 | 5 |
| Begin | 241 | 192 | 433 | 2 |
| End | 232 | 174 | 406 | 29 |
| Final voting share | 57.1% | 42.9% | ||
| Beginning of next Congress | 291 | 144 | 435 | 0 |
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This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
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.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
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Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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Senate majority leadership Senate minority leadership
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The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
| State (class) |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio (3) |
William B. Saxbe (R) | Resigned January 3, 1974, to become Attorney General. Successor appointed January 4, 1974 to finish the term. |
Howard Metzenbaum (D) | January 4, 1974 |
| Nevada (3) |
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. |
Paul Laxalt (R) | December 18, 1974 |
| Utah (3) |
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. |
Jake Garn (R) | December 21, 1974 |
| Ohio (3) |
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. |
John Glenn (D) | December 24, 1974 |
| Kentucky (3) |
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. |
Wendell Ford (D) | December 28, 1974 |
| New Hampshire (3) |
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. |
Louis C. Wyman (R) | December 31, 1974 |
| Florida (3) |
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. |
Richard Stone (D) | January 1, 1975 |
| Arkansas (3) |
J. William Fulbright (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. Successor began next term. |
Vacant | Not filled this Congress |
| North Carolina (3) |
Sam Ervin (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. Successor began next term. |
Vacant | Not filled this Congress |
There were three deaths before this Congress began.
| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois 7th | Vacant | Rep. George W. Collins (D) died during previous congress. | Cardiss Collins (D) | June 5, 1973 |
| Alaska at-large | Vacant | 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. | Don Young (R) | March 6, 1973 |
| Louisiana 2nd | Hale Boggs (D) | 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. | Lindy Boggs (D) | March 20, 1973 |
| Michigan 7th | Donald Riegle (R) | Switched party affiliation. | Donald Riegle (D) | February 27, 1973 |
| Maryland 1st | William Oswald Mills (R) | Committed suicide May 24, 1973. | Robert Bauman (R) | August 21, 1973 |
| Pennsylvania 12th | John P. Saylor (R) | Died October 28, 1973. | John Murtha (D) | February 5, 1974 |
| Michigan 5th | Gerald Ford (R) | Resigned December 6, 1973, to become vice president. | Richard Vander Veen (D) | February 18, 1974 |
| California 13th | Charles M. Teague (R) | Died January 1, 1974. | Robert J. Lagomarsino (R) | March 5, 1974 |
| Ohio 1st | William J. Keating (R) | Resigned January 3, 1974. | Tom Luken (D) | March 5, 1974 |
| Michigan 8th | R. James Harvey (R) | Resigned January 31, 1974, after being appointed as a judge of the US District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan. | J. Bob Traxler (D) | April 23, 1974 |
| California 6th | William S. Mailliard (R) | Resigned March 5, 1974. | John Burton (D) | June 4, 1974 |
| California 10th | Charles Gubser (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | Remained vacant until next Congress | |
| California 19th | Chester E. Holifield (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| California 32nd | Craig Hosmer (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| California 34th | Richard T. Hanna (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Illinois 15th | Leslie C. Arends (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Illinois 24th | Kenneth J. Gray (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Kentucky 1st | Frank Stubblefield (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Massachusetts 3rd | Harold Donohue (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Michigan 6th | Charles E. Chamberlain (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Michigan 17th | Martha Griffiths (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Minnesota 2nd | Ancher Nelsen (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Minnesota 8th | John Blatnik (DFL) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Nebraska 3rd | David Martin (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| New Hampshire 1st | Louis C. Wyman (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate. | ||
| New Jersey 7th | William B. Widnall (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| New York 14th | John J. Rooney (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| New York 15th | Hugh Carey (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| New York 29th | Carleton J. King (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| New York 37th | Thaddeus J. Dulski (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Ohio 23rd | William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Oregon 3rd | Edith Green (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Pennsylvania 25th | Frank M. Clark (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| South Carolina 3rd | William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| South Carolina 5th | Thomas S. Gettys (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Texas 21st | O. C. Fisher (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Virginia 10th | Joel Broyhill (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974, after being defeated for re-election. | ||
| Washington 3rd | Julia Butler Hansen (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Wisconsin 3rd | Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974. | ||
| Wisconsin 9th | Glenn Robert Davis (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974 . | ||
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
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