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1967–1969 U.S. Congress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 90th 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, 1967, to January 3, 1969, during the last two years of President Lyndon B. Johnson's second term in office.
90th United States Congress | |
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89th ← → 91st | |
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |
Members | 100 senators 435 representatives |
Senate majority | Democratic |
Senate President | Hubert Humphrey (D) |
House majority | Democratic |
House Speaker | John W. McCormack (D) |
Sessions | |
1st: January 10, 1967 – December 15, 1967 2nd: January 15, 1968 – October 14, 1968 |
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census.
Both chambers had a Democratic majority; however, the Democrats lost seats in both the Senate and the House, which cost them both their 2/3rds supermajority in the Senate and their supermajority status in the House. Along with President Johnson, the Democrats maintained an overall federal government trifecta.
House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
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80.1-100% Democratic |
80.1-100% Republican |
60.1-80% Democratic |
60.1-80% Republican |
Up to 60% Democratic |
Up to 60% Republican |
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.
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | |||
End of previous congress | 66 | 33 | 99 | 1 |
Begin | 64 | 35 | 99 | 1 |
End | 62 | 38 | 100 | 0 |
Final voting share | 62.0% | 38.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 57 | 43 | 100 | 0 |
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | |||
End of previous congress | 288 | 137 | 425 | 10 |
Begin | 248 | 187 | 435 | 0 |
End | 247 | 186 | 433 | 2 |
Final voting share | 57.0% | 43.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 243 | 192 | 435 | 0 |
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by their classes, 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 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1968.
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
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Montana
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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The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
State (class) |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 2] |
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Oregon (2) |
Vacant | Delayed taking seat to finish term as Governor of Oregon. | Mark Hatfield (R) | January 10, 1967 |
New York (1) |
Robert F. Kennedy (D) | Assassinated June 6, 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination. Successor was appointed to continue the term. |
Charles Goodell (R) | September 10, 1968 |
Alaska (2) |
Bob Bartlett (D) | Died December 11, 1968 Successor was appointed to continue the term. |
Ted Stevens (R) | December 24, 1968 |
Kentucky (3) |
Thruston Ballard Morton (R) | Resigned December 16, 1968, to give successor preferential seniority, having already retired. Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. |
Marlow Cook (R) | December 17, 1968 |
Missouri (3) |
Edward V. Long (D) | Resigned December 27, 1968, having lost renomination to the next term. Successor was appointed to finish the term, having already been elected to the next term. |
Thomas Eagleton (D) | December 28, 1968 |
District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 2] |
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Rhode Island 2nd | John E. Fogarty (D) | Died January 10, 1967 | Robert Tiernan (D) | March 28, 1967 |
New York 18th | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) | Excluded from House February 28, 1967, pursuant to H. Res. 278 | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D) | April 11, 1967 |
California 11th | J. Arthur Younger (R) | Died June 20, 1967 | Pete McCloskey (R) | December 12, 1967 |
New York 13th | Abraham J. Multer (D) | Resigned December 31, 1967, after being elected as judge of New York Supreme Court | Bertram L. Podell (D) | February 20, 1968 |
Mississippi 3rd | John Bell Williams (D) | Resigned January 16, 1968, after being elected Governor of Mississippi | Charles H. Griffin (D) | March 12, 1968 |
Texas 3rd | Joe R. Pool (D) | Died July 14, 1968 | James M. Collins (R) | August 24, 1968 |
Pennsylvania 20th | Elmer J. Holland (D) | Died August 9, 1968 | Joseph M. Gaydos (D) | November 5, 1968 |
New York 38th | Charles Goodell (R) | Resigned September 9, 1968, after becoming U.S. Senator | Vacant | Not filled this term |
New York 24th | Paul A. Fino (R) | Resigned December 31, 1968 |
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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