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1987–1989 U.S. Congress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 100th 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, 1987, to January 3, 1989, during the last two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1980 United States census.
100th United States Congress | |
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99th ← → 101st | |
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |
Members | 100 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates |
Senate majority | Democratic |
Senate President | George H. W. Bush (R) |
House majority | Democratic |
House Speaker | Jim Wright (D) |
Sessions | |
1st: January 6, 1987 – December 22, 1987 2nd: January 25, 1988 – October 22, 1988 |
This is the most recent Congress with a Democratic senator from the state of Mississippi, John C. Stennis, who retired at the end of Congress, and a Republican senator from the state of Connecticut, Lowell Weicker, who lost re-election in 1988.
Both chambers had a Democratic majority, with the Democrats increasing their lead in the House, and regaining the Senate for the first time since the 96th Congress from 1979 to 1981.
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | |||
End of previous congress | 48 | 52 | 100 | 0 |
Begin | 55 | 45 | 100 | 0 |
End | 54 | 46 | ||
Final voting share | 54.0% | 46.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 55 | 45 | 100 | 0 |
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | |||
End of previous congress | 251 | 180 | 431 | 4 |
Begin | 258 | 177 | 435 | 0 |
End | 255 | 178 | 433 | 2 |
Final voting share | 58.9% | 41.1% | ||
Non-voting members | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Beginning of next congress | 259 | 174 | 433 | 2 |
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, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1988; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1990; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1992.
State (class) |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[c] |
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Nebraska (1) |
Edward Zorinsky (D) | Died March 6, 1987. Successor was appointed to finish the term. |
David Karnes (R) | March 11, 1987 |
District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's formal installation[c] |
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California's 5th | Sala Burton (D) | Died February 1, 1987 | Nancy Pelosi (D) | June 2, 1987 |
Connecticut's 4th | Stewart McKinney (R) | Died May 7, 1987 | Chris Shays (R) | August 18, 1987 |
Tennessee's 5th | Bill Boner (D) | Resigned October 5, 1987 | Bob Clement (D) | January 19, 1988 |
Virginia's 5th | Dan Daniel (D) | Died January 23, 1988 | Lewis F. Payne Jr. (D) | June 14, 1988 |
Louisiana's 4th | Buddy Roemer (D) | Resigned March 14, 1988, after being elected Governor of Louisiana | Jim McCrery (R) | April 16, 1988 |
New Jersey's 3rd | James J. Howard (D) | Died March 25, 1988 | Frank Pallone (D) | November 8, 1988 |
Illinois's 21st | Melvin Price (D) | Died April 22, 1988 | Jerry Costello (D) | August 9, 1988 |
Tennessee's 2nd | John Duncan Sr. (R) | Died June 21, 1988 | Jimmy Duncan (R) | November 8, 1988 |
New York's 19th | Mario Biaggi (D) | Resigned August 5, 1988 | Vacant to the end of this Congress | |
American Samoa's at-large | Fofó I. F. Sunia (D) | Resigned September 6, 1988 | ||
Alabama's 3rd | Bill Nichols (D) | Died December 13, 1988 |
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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