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1971–1973 U.S. Congress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| 92nd United States Congress | |
|---|---|
91st ← → 93rd | |
United States Capitol (c. 1970) | |
January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |
| Members | 100 senators 435 representatives |
| Senate majority | Democratic |
| Senate President | Spiro Agnew (R) |
| House majority | Democratic |
| House Speaker | Carl Albert (D) |
| Sessions | |
| 1st: January 21, 1971 – December 17, 1971 2nd: January 18, 1972 – October 18, 1972 | |
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1960 census. Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority.
Passing legislation on revenue-sharing was a key event of the congress. 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]
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | Other (O) | |||
| End of previous congress | 59 | 41 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Begin | 54 | 44 | 2 | 100 | 0 |
| End | |||||
| Final voting share | 54.0% | 44.0% | 2.0% | ||
| Beginning of next congress | 56 | 42 | 2[a] | 100 | 0 |
| Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | |||
| End of previous congress | 242 | 189 | 431 | 4 |
| Begin | 254 | 180 | 434 | 1 |
| End | 252 | 178 | 430 | 5 |
| Final voting share | 58.6% | 41.4% | ||
| Beginning of next congress | 241 | 192 | 433 | 2 |
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of 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 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.
The names of members of the House of Representatives 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[c] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia (2) |
Richard Russell Jr. (D) | Died January 21, 1971 | David H. Gambrell (D) | February 1, 1971 |
| Vermont (1) |
Winston L. Prouty (R) | Died September 10, 1971 | Robert Stafford (R) | September 16, 1971 |
| Louisiana (2) |
Allen J. Ellender (D) | Died July 27, 1972 | Elaine S. Edwards (D) | August 1, 1972 |
| Georgia (2) |
David H. Gambrell (D) | Successor elected November 7, 1972 | Sam Nunn (D) | November 8, 1972 |
| Louisiana (2) |
Elaine S. Edwards (D) | Successor elected November 13, 1972 | J. Bennett Johnston (D) | November 14, 1972 |
| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[c] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia at-large | Vacant | District elected first delegate since the seat was re-established during previous congress | Walter Fauntroy (D) | March 23, 1971 |
| South Carolina 1st | Vacant | Rep. L. Mendel Rivers died during previous congress | Mendel Jackson Davis (D) | April 27, 1971 |
| Maryland 1st | Rogers Morton (R) | Resigned January 29, 1971, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior | William Oswald Mills (R) | May 25, 1971 |
| Pennsylvania 18th | Robert J. Corbett (R) | Died April 25, 1971 | John Heinz (R) | November 2, 1971 |
| Vermont at-large | Robert Stafford (R) | Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate September 16, 1971 | Richard W. Mallary (R) | January 7, 1972 |
| Kentucky 6th | John C. Watts (D) | Died September 24, 1971 | William P. Curlin Jr. (D) | December 4, 1971 |
| Pennsylvania 27th | James G. Fulton (R) | Died October 6, 1971 | William Sheldrick Conover (R) | April 25, 1972 |
| Illinois 15th | Charlotte Thompson Reid (R) | Resigned October 7, 1971, after being appointed to the Federal Communications Commission | Cliffard D. Carlson (R) | April 4, 1972 |
| Alabama 3rd | George W. Andrews (D) | Died December 25, 1971 | Elizabeth B. Andrews (D) | April 4, 1972 |
| Massachusetts 5th | F. Bradford Morse (R) | Resigned May 1, 1972, after being appointed Undersecretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations | Vacant | Not filled this congress |
| Louisiana 7th | Edwin Edwards (D) | Resigned after being elected Governor of Louisiana May 9, 1972 | John Breaux (D) | September 30, 1972 |
| Virginia 6th | Richard Harding Poff (R) | Resigned after being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia | M. Caldwell Butler (R) | November 7, 1972 |
| New York 20th | William Fitts Ryan (D) | Died September 17, 1972. | Vacant | Not filled this congress |
| Ohio 16th | Frank T. Bow (R) | Died November 13, 1972. | ||
| Illinois 6th | George W. Collins (D) | Died in a plane crash December 8, 1972. | ||
| Alaska at-large | Nick Begich (D) | He and Hale Boggs were lost in a plane crash October 16, 1972. Presumptive death certificate for Rep. Begich was issued December 29, 1972. |
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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