1st: January 3, 1961 – September 27, 1961 2nd: January 10, 1962 – October 13, 1962
Both chambers had a Democratic majority (albeit reduced in the House). With President Kennedy being sworn in on January 20, 1961, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 81st Congress in 1949.
Senate President Lyndon Johnson (L) and House Speaker Sam Rayburn seated behind President John Kennedy during his first State of the Union address on January 30, 1961.
August 27, 1962: Twenty-fourth Amendment approved by Congress and sent to the states for consideration. It would prohibit both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was later ratified on January 23, 1964.
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 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1962; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1964; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1966.
Currently, this is the last Congressional session in which the Democratic Party commanded all Senate seats from the Deep South, a unity broken when a Republicandefeated the appointed successor to Lyndon Johnson's seat in a 1961 Senate special election.
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.
^U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon's term as President of the Senate ended at noon January 20, 1961, when Lyndon B. Johnson's term began.
^In Wyoming, Senator-elect Edwin Keith Thomson (R) died December 9, 1960, before the term started.
^ ab When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
Referencesedit
^"Proceedings and debates of the 87th Congress, first session" (PDF). Congressional Record. U.S. Government Publishing Office. January 3, 1961. p. 7.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
External linksedit
U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
Official Congressional Directory for the 87th Congress, 1st Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 87th Congress, 2nd Session.
Pocket Congressional Directory for the 87th Congress.
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The 87th 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 1961 to January 3 1963 during the final weeks of Dwight D Eisenhower s presidency and the first two years of John Kennedy s presidency The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1950 United States census along with two seats temporarily added in 1959 one member each from recently admitted states of Alaska and Hawaii 87th United States Congress86th 88thUnited States Capitol 1962 January 3 1961 January 3 1963Members100 senators437 representativesSenate majorityDemocraticSenate PresidentRichard Nixon R a until January 20 1961 Lyndon B Johnson D from January 20 1961 House majorityDemocraticHouse SpeakerSam Rayburn D John W McCormack D Sessions1st January 3 1961 September 27 19612nd January 10 1962 October 13 1962Both chambers had a Democratic majority albeit reduced in the House With President Kennedy being sworn in on January 20 1961 this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 81st Congress in 1949 Contents 1 Major events 2 Major legislation 3 Constitutional amendments 4 Party summary 4 1 Senate 4 2 House of Representatives 5 Leadership 5 1 Senate 5 1 1 Majority Democratic leadership 5 1 2 Minority Republican leadership 5 2 House of Representatives 5 2 1 Majority Democratic leadership 5 2 2 Minority Republican leadership 6 Caucuses 7 Members 7 1 Senate 7 1 1 Alabama 7 1 2 Alaska 7 1 3 Arizona 7 1 4 Arkansas 7 1 5 California 7 1 6 Colorado 7 1 7 Connecticut 7 1 8 Delaware 7 1 9 Florida 7 1 10 Georgia 7 1 11 Hawaii 7 1 12 Idaho 7 1 13 Illinois 7 1 14 Indiana 7 1 15 Iowa 7 1 16 Kansas 7 1 17 Kentucky 7 1 18 Louisiana 7 1 19 Maine 7 1 20 Maryland 7 1 21 Massachusetts 7 1 22 Michigan 7 1 23 Minnesota 7 1 24 Mississippi 7 1 25 Missouri 7 1 26 Montana 7 1 27 Nebraska 7 1 28 Nevada 7 1 29 New Hampshire 7 1 30 New Jersey 7 1 31 New Mexico 7 1 32 New York 7 1 33 North Carolina 7 1 34 North Dakota 7 1 35 Ohio 7 1 36 Oklahoma 7 1 37 Oregon 7 1 38 Pennsylvania 7 1 39 Rhode Island 7 1 40 South Carolina 7 1 41 South Dakota 7 1 42 Tennessee 7 1 43 Texas 7 1 44 Utah 7 1 45 Vermont 7 1 46 Virginia 7 1 47 Washington 7 1 48 West Virginia 7 1 49 Wisconsin 7 1 50 Wyoming 7 2 House of Representatives 7 2 1 Alabama 7 2 2 Alaska 7 2 3 Arizona 7 2 4 Arkansas 7 2 5 California 7 2 6 Colorado 7 2 7 Connecticut 7 2 8 Delaware 7 2 9 Florida 7 2 10 Georgia 7 2 11 Hawaii 7 2 12 Idaho 7 2 13 Illinois 7 2 14 Indiana 7 2 15 Iowa 7 2 16 Kansas 7 2 17 Kentucky 7 2 18 Louisiana 7 2 19 Maine 7 2 20 Maryland 7 2 21 Massachusetts 7 2 22 Michigan 7 2 23 Minnesota 7 2 24 Mississippi 7 2 25 Missouri 7 2 26 Montana 7 2 27 Nebraska 7 2 28 Nevada 7 2 29 New Hampshire 7 2 30 New Jersey 7 2 31 New Mexico 7 2 32 New York 7 2 33 North Carolina 7 2 34 North Dakota 7 2 35 Ohio 7 2 36 Oklahoma 7 2 37 Oregon 7 2 38 Pennsylvania 7 2 39 Rhode Island 7 2 40 South Carolina 7 2 41 South Dakota 7 2 42 Tennessee 7 2 43 Texas 7 2 44 Utah 7 2 45 Vermont 7 2 46 Virginia 7 2 47 Washington 7 2 48 West Virginia 7 2 49 Wisconsin 7 2 50 Wyoming 7 2 51 Non voting members 8 Changes in membership 8 1 Senate 8 2 House of Representatives 9 Committees 9 1 Senate 9 2 House of Representatives 9 3 Joint committees 10 Employees 10 1 Legislative branch agency directors 10 2 Senate 10 3 House of Representatives 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External linksMajor events editMain articles 1961 in the United States 1962 in the United States and 1963 in the United States January 3 1961 President Eisenhower severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba January 20 1961 Inauguration of President John F Kennedy April 17 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba began it fails by April 19 May 4 1961 Freedom Riders began interstate bus rides to test the new U S Supreme Court integration decision May 5 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space aboard Mercury Redstone 3 May 25 1961 President Kennedy announced his goal to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade November 20 1961 Funeral of Speaker Sam Rayburn who died on November 16 February 3 1962 Embargo against Cuba was announced February 20 1962 John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth March 26 1962 Supreme Court ruled that federal courts could order state legislatures to reapportion seats Baker v Carr October 1 1962 James Meredith registered as the first black student at the University of Mississippi escorted by Federal Marshals October 14 1962 October 28 1962 Cuban Missile CrisisMajor legislation edit nbsp Senate President Lyndon Johnson L and House Speaker Sam Rayburn seated behind President John Kennedy during his first State of the Union address on January 30 1961 Main article List of United States federal legislation August 30 1961 Oil Pollution Act of 1961 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 167 75 Stat 402 September 4 1961 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 195 75 Stat 424 September 13 1961 Interstate Wire Act of 1961 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 216 75 Stat 491 September 21 1961 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 256 75 Stat 527 September 22 1961 Peace Corps Act of 1961 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 293 75 Stat 612 September 26 1961 Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 297 75 Stat 631 October 15 1961 Community Health Services and Facilities Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 395 75 Stat 824 March 15 1962 Manpower Development and Training Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 415 76 Stat 23 June 28 1962 Migration and Refugee Assistance Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 510 76 Stat 121 August 31 1962 Communications Satellite Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 624 76 Stat 419 October 11 1962 Trade Expansion Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 87 794 76 Stat 872Constitutional amendments edit nbsp The official Joint Resolution of Congress proposing what became the 24th Amendment as contained in the National ArchivesMarch 29 1961 Twenty third Amendment ratified extending the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College as if it were a state August 27 1962 Twenty fourth Amendment approved by Congress and sent to the states for consideration It would prohibit both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax The amendment was later ratified on January 23 1964 Party summary editSenate edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R End of previous congress66 34 100 0Begin65 35 100 0End6237991Final voting share62 6 37 4 Beginning of next congress65 33 98 2House of Representatives edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R End of previous congress281 151 432 5Begin263 174 437 0End2604343Final voting share59 9 40 1 Beginning of next congress258 176 434 1Leadership editSenate President nbsp Richard Nixon R Until January 20 1961 nbsp Lyndon B Johnson D From January 20 1961 Senate President pro tempore nbsp Carl Hayden D Senate edit President Richard Nixon R until January 20 1961 Lyndon B Johnson D from January 20 1961 President pro tempore Carl Hayden D Majority Democratic leadership edit Majority Leader Mike Mansfield Majority Whip Hubert Humphrey Democratic Caucus Secretary George SmathersMinority Republican leadership edit Minority Leader Everett Dirksen Minority Whip Thomas Kuchel Republican Conference Chairman Leverett Saltonstall Republican Conference Secretary Milton Young National Senatorial Committee Chair Barry Goldwater Policy Committee Chairman Styles Bridges until November 26 1961 Bourke B Hickenlooper from January 3 1962 House of Representatives edit House Speaker nbsp Sam Rayburn D Until November 16 1961 1st session nbsp John W McCormack D From January 10 1962 2nd session Speaker Sam Rayburn D until November 16 1961 John W McCormack D from January 10 1962Majority Democratic leadership edit Majority Leader John W McCormack until January 10 1962 Carl Albert from January 10 1962 Majority Whip Carl Albert until January 10 1962 Hale Boggs from January 10 1962 Democratic Caucus Chairman Francis E Walter Democratic Caucus Secretary Leonor Sullivan Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Michael J KirwanMinority Republican leadership edit Minority Leader Charles A Halleck Minority Whip Leslie C Arends Republican Conference Chairman Charles B Hoeven Policy Committee Chairman John W Byrnes Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Bob WilsonCaucuses editHouse Democratic Caucus Senate Democratic CaucusMembers editSenate edit 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 3 meant their term ended with this Congress requiring re election in 1962 Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress requiring re election in 1964 and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress requiring re election in 1966 Currently this is the last Congressional session in which the Democratic Party commanded all Senate seats from the Deep South a unity broken when a Republican defeated the appointed successor to Lyndon Johnson s seat in a 1961 Senate special election Alabama edit 2 John J Sparkman D 3 J Lister Hill D Alaska edit 2 Bob Bartlett D 3 Ernest Gruening D Arizona edit 1 Barry Goldwater R 3 Carl Hayden D Arkansas edit 2 John L McClellan D 3 J William Fulbright D California edit 1 Clair Engle D 3 Thomas Kuchel R Colorado edit 2 Gordon Allott R 3 John A Carroll D Connecticut edit 1 Thomas J Dodd D 3 Prescott Bush R Delaware edit 1 John J Williams R 2 J Caleb Boggs R Florida edit 1 Spessard Holland D 3 George Smathers D Georgia edit 2 Richard Russell Jr D 3 Herman Talmadge D Hawaii edit 1 Hiram Fong R 2 Oren E Long D Idaho edit 2 Henry Dworshak R until July 23 1962 Leonard B Jordan R from August 6 1962 dd 3 Frank Church D Illinois edit 2 Paul Douglas D 3 Everett M Dirksen R Indiana edit 1 Vance Hartke D 3 Homer E Capehart R Iowa edit 2 Jack Miller R 3 Bourke B Hickenlooper R Kansas edit 2 Andrew Frank Schoeppel R until January 21 1962 James B Pearson R from January 31 1962 dd 3 Frank Carlson R Kentucky edit 2 John Sherman Cooper R 3 Thruston Ballard Morton R Louisiana edit 2 Allen J Ellender D 3 Russell B Long D Maine edit 1 Edmund Muskie D 2 Margaret Chase Smith R Maryland edit 1 James Glenn Beall R 3 John Marshall Butler R Massachusetts edit 1 Benjamin A Smith II D until November 6 1962 Ted Kennedy D from November 7 1962 dd 2 Leverett Saltonstall R Michigan edit 1 Philip Hart D 2 Patrick V McNamara D Minnesota edit 1 Eugene McCarthy DFL 2 Hubert Humphrey DFL Mississippi edit 1 John C Stennis D 2 James Eastland D Missouri edit 1 Stuart Symington D 3 Edward V Long D Montana edit 1 Mike Mansfield D 2 Lee Metcalf D Nebraska edit 1 Roman Hruska R 2 Carl Curtis R Nevada edit 1 Howard Cannon D 3 Alan Bible D New Hampshire edit 2 Styles Bridges R until November 26 1961 Maurice J Murphy Jr R from January 10 1962 November 6 1962 Thomas J McIntyre D from November 7 1962 dd 3 Norris Cotton R New Jersey edit 2 Clifford P Case R 1 Harrison A Williams D New Mexico edit 1 Dennis Chavez D until November 18 1962 Edwin L Mechem R from November 30 1962 dd 2 Clinton P Anderson D New York edit 1 Kenneth Keating R 3 Jacob Javits R North Carolina edit 2 B Everett Jordan D 3 Sam Ervin D North Dakota edit 1 Quentin Burdick D NPL 3 Milton Young R Ohio edit 1 Stephen M Young D 3 Frank Lausche D Oklahoma edit 2 Robert S Kerr D until January 1 1963 vacant thereafter 3 A S Mike Monroney D Oregon edit 2 Maurine Neuberger D 3 Wayne Morse D Pennsylvania edit 1 Hugh Scott R 3 Joseph S Clark Jr D Rhode Island edit 1 John Pastore D 2 Claiborne Pell D South Carolina edit 2 Strom Thurmond D 3 Olin D Johnston D South Dakota edit 2 Karl E Mundt R 3 Francis Case R until June 23 1962 Joseph H Bottum R from July 9 1962 dd Tennessee edit 1 Albert Gore Sr D 2 Estes Kefauver D Texas edit 1 Ralph Yarborough D 2 Lyndon B Johnson D until January 3 1961 1 William A Blakley D until June 14 1961 John Tower R from June 15 1961 dd Utah edit 1 Frank Moss D 3 Wallace F Bennett R Vermont edit 1 Winston L Prouty R 3 George Aiken R Virginia edit 1 Harry F Byrd D 2 A Willis Robertson D Washington edit 1 Henry M Jackson D 3 Warren G Magnuson D West Virginia edit 1 Robert Byrd D 2 Jennings Randolph D Wisconsin edit 1 William Proxmire D 3 Alexander Wiley R Wyoming edit 1 Gale W McGee D 2 John J Hickey D b until November 6 1962 Milward Simpson R from November 6 1962 dd nbsp Senators party membership by state at the opening of the 87th Congress in January 1961 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans House of Representatives edit The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers Alabama edit 1 Frank W Boykin D 2 George M Grant D 3 George W Andrews D 4 Kenneth A Roberts D 5 Albert Rains D 6 Armistead I Selden Jr D 7 Carl Elliott D 8 Robert E Jones Jr D 9 George Huddleston Jr D Alaska edit At large Ralph Julian Rivers D Arizona edit 1 John Jacob Rhodes R 2 Stewart Udall D until January 18 1961 Mo Udall D from May 2 1961 dd Arkansas edit 1 Ezekiel C Gathings D 2 Wilbur Mills D 3 James William Trimble D 4 Oren Harris D 5 Dale Alford D 6 William F Norrell D until February 15 1961 Catherine Dorris Norrell D from April 18 1961 dd California edit 1 Clement Woodnutt Miller D until October 7 1962 2 Harold T Johnson D 3 John E Moss D 4 William S Mailliard R 5 John F Shelley D 6 John F Baldwin Jr R 7 Jeffery Cohelan D 8 George P Miller D 9 J Arthur Younger R 10 Charles Gubser R 11 John J McFall D 12 B F Sisk D 13 Charles M Teague R 14 Harlan Hagen D 15 Gordon L McDonough R 16 Alphonzo E Bell Jr R 17 Cecil R King D 18 Craig Hosmer R 19 Chet Holifield D 20 H Allen Smith R 21 Edgar W Hiestand R 22 James C Corman D 23 Clyde Doyle D 24 Glenard P Lipscomb R 25 John H Rousselot R 26 James Roosevelt D 27 Harry R Sheppard D 28 James B Utt R 29 Dalip Singh Saund D 30 Bob Wilson R Colorado edit 1 Byron G Rogers D 2 Peter H Dominick R 3 John Chenoweth R 4 Wayne N Aspinall D Connecticut edit 1 Emilio Q Daddario D 2 Horace Seely Brown Jr R 3 Robert Giaimo D 4 Abner W Sibal R 5 John S Monagan D At large Frank Kowalski D Delaware edit At large Harris McDowell D Florida edit 1 William C Cramer R 2 Charles E Bennett D 3 Robert L F Sikes D 4 Dante Fascell D 5 Syd Herlong D 6 Paul Rogers D 7 James A Haley D 8 Donald Ray Matthews D Georgia edit 1 George Elliott Hagan D 2 J L Pilcher D 3 Tic Forrester D 4 John Flynt D 5 James C Davis D 6 Carl Vinson D 7 John William Davis D 8 Iris Faircloth Blitch D 9 Phillip M Landrum D 10 Robert Grier Stephens Jr D Hawaii edit At large Daniel Inouye D Idaho edit 1 Gracie Pfost D 2 Ralph R Harding D Illinois edit 1 William L Dawson D 2 Barratt O Hara D 3 William T Murphy D 4 Ed Derwinski R 5 John C Kluczynski D 6 Thomas J O Brien D 7 Roland V Libonati D 8 Dan Rostenkowski D 9 Sidney R Yates D 10 Harold R Collier R 11 Roman Pucinski D 12 Edward Rowan Finnegan D 13 Marguerite S Church R 14 Elmer J Hoffman R 15 Noah M Mason R 16 John B Anderson R 17 Leslie C Arends R 18 Robert H Michel R 19 Robert B Chiperfield R 20 Paul Findley R 21 Peter F Mack Jr D 22 William L Springer R 23 George E Shipley D 24 Melvin Price D 25 Kenneth J Gray D Indiana edit 1 Ray Madden D 2 Charles A Halleck R 3 John Brademas D 4 E Ross Adair R 5 J Edward Roush D 6 Richard L Roudebush R 7 William G Bray R 8 Winfield K Denton D 9 Earl Wilson R 10 Ralph Harvey R 11 Donald C Bruce R Iowa edit 1 Fred Schwengel R 2 James E Bromwell R 3 H R Gross R 4 John Henry Kyl R 5 Neal Edward Smith D 6 Merwin Coad D 7 Ben F Jensen R 8 Charles B Hoeven R Kansas edit 1 William H Avery R 2 Robert Ellsworth R 3 Walter Lewis McVey Jr R 4 Garner E Shriver R 5 James Floyd Breeding D 6 Bob Dole R Kentucky edit 1 Frank Stubblefield D 2 William Natcher D 3 Frank W Burke D 4 Frank Chelf D 5 Brent Spence D 6 John C Watts D 7 Carl D Perkins D 8 Eugene Siler R Louisiana edit 1 F Edward Hebert D 2 Hale Boggs D 3 Edwin E Willis D 4 Overton Brooks D until September 16 1961 Joe Waggonner D from December 19 1961 dd 5 Otto Passman D 6 James H Morrison D 7 T Ashton Thompson D 8 Harold B McSween D Maine edit 1 Peter A Garland R 2 Stanley R Tupper R 3 Clifford McIntire R Maryland edit 1 Thomas F Johnson D 2 Daniel Brewster D 3 Edward Garmatz D 4 George Hyde Fallon D 5 Richard Lankford D 6 Charles Mathias R 7 Samuel Friedel D Massachusetts edit 1 Silvio O Conte R 2 Edward Boland D 3 Philip J Philbin D 4 Harold Donohue D 5 F Bradford Morse R 6 William H Bates R 7 Thomas J Lane D 8 Torbert Macdonald D 9 Hastings Keith R 10 Laurence Curtis R 11 Tip O Neill D 12 John W McCormack D 13 James A Burke D 14 Joseph W Martin Jr R Michigan edit 1 Thaddeus M Machrowicz D until September 18 1961 Lucien Nedzi D from November 7 1961 dd 2 George Meader R 3 August E Johansen R 4 Clare E Hoffman R 5 Gerald Ford R 6 Charles E Chamberlain R 7 James G O Hara D 8 R James Harvey R 9 Robert P Griffin R 10 Elford Albin Cederberg R 11 Victor A Knox R 12 John B Bennett R 13 Charles Diggs D 14 Louis C Rabaut D until November 12 1961 Harold M Ryan D from February 13 1962 dd 15 John D Dingell Jr D 16 John Lesinski Jr D 17 Martha Griffiths D 18 William Broomfield R Minnesota edit 1 Al Quie R 2 Ancher Nelsen R 3 Clark MacGregor R 4 Joseph Karth DFL 5 Walter Judd R 6 Fred Marshall DFL 7 Herman Carl Andersen R 8 John Blatnik DFL 9 Odin Langen R Mississippi edit 1 Thomas Abernethy D 2 Jamie L Whitten D 3 Frank Ellis Smith D until November 14 1962 4 John Bell Williams D 5 W Arthur Winstead D 6 William M Colmer D Missouri edit 1 Frank M Karsten D 2 Thomas B Curtis R 3 Leonor Sullivan D 4 William J Randall D 5 Richard Walker Bolling D 6 William Raleigh Hull Jr D 7 Durward Gorham Hall R 8 Richard Howard Ichord Jr D 9 Clarence Cannon D 10 Paul C Jones D 11 Morgan M Moulder D Montana edit 1 Arnold Olsen D 2 James F Battin R Nebraska edit 1 Phillip Hart Weaver R 2 Glenn Cunningham R 3 Ralph F Beermann R 4 David Martin R Nevada edit At large Walter S Baring Jr D New Hampshire edit 1 Chester Earl Merrow R 2 Perkins Bass R New Jersey edit 1 William T Cahill R 2 Milton W Glenn R 3 James C Auchincloss R 4 Frank Thompson D 5 Peter Frelinghuysen Jr R 6 Florence P Dwyer R 7 William B Widnall R 8 Charles Samuel Joelson D 9 Frank C Osmers Jr R 10 Peter W Rodino D 11 Hugh Joseph Addonizio D until June 30 1962 12 George M Wallhauser R 13 Cornelius Gallagher D 14 Dominick V Daniels D New Mexico edit At large Thomas G Morris D At large Joseph Montoya D New York edit 1 Otis G Pike D 2 Steven Derounian R 3 Frank J Becker R 4 Seymour Halpern R 5 Joseph P Addabbo D 6 Lester Holtzman D until December 31 1961 Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D from February 20 1962 dd 7 James J Delaney D 8 Victor Anfuso D 9 Eugene J Keogh D 10 Edna F Kelly D 11 Emanuel Celler D 12 Hugh Carey D 13 Abraham J Multer D 14 John J Rooney D 15 John H Ray R 16 Adam Clayton Powell Jr D 17 John Lindsay R 18 Alfred E Santangelo D 19 Leonard Farbstein D 20 William Fitts Ryan D 21 Herbert Zelenko D 22 James C Healey D 23 Jacob H Gilbert D 24 Charles A Buckley D 25 Paul A Fino R 26 Edwin B Dooley R 27 Robert R Barry R 28 Katharine St George R 29 J Ernest Wharton R 30 Leo W O Brien D 31 Carleton J King R 32 Samuel S Stratton D 33 Clarence E Kilburn R 34 Alexander Pirnie R 35 R Walter Riehlman R 36 John Taber R 37 Howard W Robison R 38 Jessica M Weis R 39 Harold C Ostertag R 40 William E Miller R 41 Thaddeus J Dulski D 42 John R Pillion R 43 Charles Goodell R North Carolina edit 1 Herbert Covington Bonner D 2 Lawrence H Fountain D 3 David N Henderson D 4 Harold D Cooley D 5 Ralph James Scott D 6 Horace R Kornegay D 7 Alton Lennon D 8 Alvin Paul Kitchin D 9 Hugh Quincy Alexander D 10 Charles R Jonas R 11 Basil Lee Whitener D 12 Roy A Taylor D North Dakota edit At large Don L Short R At large Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R Ohio edit 1 Gordon H Scherer R 2 Donald D Clancy R 3 Paul F Schenck R 4 William Moore McCulloch R 5 Del Latta R 6 Bill Harsha R 7 Clarence J Brown R 8 Jackson Edward Betts R 9 Thomas L Ashley D 10 Walter H Moeller D 11 Robert E Cook D 12 Samuel L Devine R 13 Charles Adams Mosher R 14 William Hanes Ayres R 15 Tom Van Horn Moorehead R 16 Frank T Bow R 17 John M Ashbrook R 18 Wayne Hays D 19 Michael J Kirwan D 20 Michael A Feighan D 21 Charles Vanik D 22 Frances P Bolton R 23 William Edwin Minshall Jr R Oklahoma edit 1 Page Belcher R 2 Ed Edmondson D 3 Carl Albert D 4 Tom Steed D 5 John Jarman D 6 Victor Wickersham D Oregon edit 1 A Walter Norblad R 2 Al Ullman D 3 Edith Green D 4 Edwin Durno R Pennsylvania edit 1 William A Barrett D 2 Kathryn E Granahan D 3 James A Byrne D 4 Robert N C Nix Sr D 5 William J Green Jr D 6 Herman Toll D 7 William H Milliken Jr R 8 Willard S Curtin R 9 Paul B Dague R 10 William Scranton R 11 Dan Flood D 12 Ivor D Fenton R 13 Richard Schweiker R 14 George M Rhodes D 15 Francis E Walter D 16 Walter M Mumma R until February 25 1961 John C Kunkel R from May 16 1961 dd 17 Herman T Schneebeli R 18 J Irving Whalley R 19 George Atlee Goodling R 20 James E Van Zandt R 21 John Herman Dent D 22 John P Saylor R 23 Leon H Gavin R 24 Carroll D Kearns R 25 Frank M Clark D 26 Thomas E Morgan D 27 James G Fulton R 28 William S Moorhead D 29 Robert J Corbett R 30 Elmer J Holland D Rhode Island edit 1 Fernand St Germain D 2 John E Fogarty D South Carolina edit 1 L Mendel Rivers D 2 John J Riley D until January 1 1962 Corinne Boyd Riley D from April 10 1962 dd 3 William Jennings Bryan Dorn D 4 Robert T Ashmore D 5 Robert W Hemphill D 6 John L McMillan D South Dakota edit 1 Ben Reifel R 2 Ellis Yarnal Berry R Tennessee edit 1 B Carroll Reece R until March 19 1961 Louise Goff Reece R from May 16 1961 dd 2 Howard Baker Sr R 3 James B Frazier Jr D 4 Joe L Evins D 5 Joseph Carlton Loser D 6 Ross Bass D 7 Tom J Murray D 8 Fats Everett D 9 Clifford Davis D Texas edit 1 Wright Patman D 2 Jack Brooks D 3 Lindley Beckworth D 4 Sam Rayburn D until November 16 1961 Ray Roberts D from January 30 1962 dd 5 Bruce Alger R 6 Olin E Teague D 7 John Dowdy D 8 Albert Thomas D 9 Clark W Thompson D 10 Homer Thornberry D 11 William R Poage D 12 Jim Wright D 13 Frank N Ikard D until December 15 1961 Graham B Purcell Jr D from January 27 1962 dd 14 John Andrew Young D 15 Joe M Kilgore D 16 J T Rutherford D 17 Omar Burleson D 18 Walter E Rogers D 19 George H Mahon D 20 Paul J Kilday D until September 24 1961 Henry B Gonzalez D from November 4 1961 dd 21 O C Fisher D 22 Robert R Casey D Utah edit 1 M Blaine Peterson D 2 David S King D Vermont edit At large Robert Stafford R Virginia edit 1 Thomas N Downing D 2 Porter Hardy Jr D 3 J Vaughan Gary D 4 Watkins Moorman Abbitt D 5 William M Tuck D 6 Richard Harding Poff R 7 Burr Harrison D 8 Howard W Smith D 9 W Pat Jennings D 10 Joel Broyhill R Washington edit 1 Thomas Pelly R 2 Jack Westland R 3 Julia Butler Hansen D 4 Catherine Dean May R 5 Walt Horan R 6 Thor C Tollefson R 7 Donald H Magnuson D West Virginia edit 1 Arch A Moore Jr R 2 Harley Orrin Staggers D 3 Cleveland M Bailey D 4 Ken Hechler D 5 Elizabeth Kee D 6 John M Slack Jr D Wisconsin edit 1 Henry C Schadeberg R 2 Robert Kastenmeier D 3 Vernon Wallace Thomson R 4 Clement J Zablocki D 5 Henry S Reuss D 6 William Van Pelt R 7 Melvin Laird R 8 John W Byrnes R 9 Lester Johnson D 10 Alvin O Konski R Wyoming edit At large William Henry Harrison III R Non voting members edit Puerto Rico Antonio Fernos Isern Resident Commissioner PPD nbsp House seats by party holding plurality in state 80 Democratic 80 Republican 60 to 80 Democratic 60 to 80 Republican Up to 60 Democratic Up to 60 RepublicanChanges in membership editSenate edit See also List of special elections to the United States Senate Senate changes State class Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation c Texas 2 William A Blakley D Lost special election Successor elected June 14 1961 John Tower R June 15 1961New Hampshire 2 Styles Bridges R Died November 26 1961 Successor appointed December 7 1961 Maurice J Murphy Jr R December 7 1961Kansas 2 Andrew Frank Schoeppel R Died January 21 1962 Successor appointed January 31 1962 and then elected November 6 1962 James B Pearson R January 31 1962South Dakota 3 Francis H Case R Died June 23 1962 Successor appointed July 9 1962 to finish the term Joseph H Bottum R July 9 1962Idaho 2 Henry Dworshak R Died July 23 1962 Successor appointed August 6 1962 and then elected November 6 1962 Leonard B Jordan R August 6 1962Wyoming 2 John J Hickey D Lost special election Successor elected November 6 1962 Milward Simpson R November 6 1962Massachusetts 1 Benjamin A Smith II D Successor elected November 6 1962 Ted Kennedy D November 7 1962New Hampshire 2 Maurice J Murphy Jr R Lost special election Successor elected November 6 1962 Thomas J McIntyre D November 7 1962New Mexico 1 Dennis Chavez D Died November 18 1962 Successor appointed November 30 1962 to continue the term Edwin L Mechem R November 30 1962Oklahoma 2 Robert S Kerr D Died January 1 1963 Vacant Not filled this termHouse of Representatives edit See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation c Arizona 2nd Stewart Udall D Resigned January 18 1961 to become United States Secretary of the Interior Mo Udall D May 2 1961Arkansas 6th William F Norrell D Died February 15 1961 Catherine Dorris Norrell D April 18 1961Pennsylvania 16th Walter M Mumma R Died February 25 1961 John C Kunkel R May 16 1961Tennessee 1st B Carroll Reece R Died March 19 1961 Louise Goff Reece R May 16 1961Louisiana 4th Overton Brooks D Died September 16 1961 Joe Waggonner D December 19 1961Michigan 1st Thaddeus M Machrowicz D Resigned September 18 1961 to become judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Lucien Nedzi D November 7 1961Texas 20th Paul J Kilday D Resigned September 24 1961 to become judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Henry B Gonzalez D November 4 1961Michigan 14th Louis C Rabaut D Died November 12 1961 Harold M Ryan D February 13 1962Texas 4th Sam Rayburn D Died November 16 1961 Ray Roberts D January 30 1962Texas 13th Frank N Ikard D Resigned December 15 1961 Graham B Purcell Jr D January 27 1962New York 6th Lester Holtzman D Resigned December 31 1961 to become judge of the New York Supreme Court Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D February 20 1962South Carolina 2nd John J Riley D Died January 1 1962 Corinne Boyd Riley D April 10 1962New Jersey 11th Hugh Joseph Addonizio D Resigned June 30 1962 to become Mayor of Newark New Jersey Vacant Not filled this termCalifornia 1st Clement Woodnutt Miller D Died October 7 1962 Mississippi 3rd Frank Ellis Smith D Resigned November 14 1962 Committees editLists 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 Senate edit Aging Chairman Pat McNamara Ranking Member Aeronautical and Space Sciences Chairman Robert S Kerr Ranking Member Styles Bridges then Margaret Chase Smith Agriculture and Forestry Chairman Allen J Ellender Ranking Member George Aiken Appropriations Chairman Carl Hayden Ranking Member Styles Bridges then Leverett Saltonstall Armed Services Chairman Richard B Russell Ranking Member Leverett Saltonstall Banking and Currency Chairman A Willis Robertson Ranking Member Homer E Capehart District of Columbia Chairman Alan Bible Ranking Member J Glenn Beall Finance Chairman Harry F Byrd Ranking Member John J Williams Foreign Relations Chairman J William Fulbright Ranking Member Alexander Wiley Government Operations Chairman John L McClellan Ranking Member Karl Mundt Interior and Insular Affairs Chairman Clinton P Anderson Ranking Member Henry Dworshak then Thomas Kuchel Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman Warren G Magnuson Ranking Member Andrew Frank Schoeppel then Norris Cotton Judiciary Chairman James O Eastland Ranking Member Alexander Wiley Labor and Public Welfare Chairman J Lister Hill Ranking Member Barry Goldwater National Fuels Study Special National Water Resources Select Post Office and Civil Service Chairman Olin D Johnston Ranking Member Frank Carlson Public Works Chairman Dennis Chavez Ranking Member Francis Case then John Sherman Cooper Rules and Administration Chairman Mike Mansfield Ranking Member Carl Curtis Small Business Select Chairman John J Sparkman Ranking Member Subcommittee on Internal Security WholeHouse of Representatives edit Agriculture Chairman Harold D Cooley Ranking Member Charles B Hoeven Appropriations Chairman Clarence Cannon Ranking Member John Taber Armed Services Chairman Carl Vinson Ranking Member Leslie C Arends Banking and Currency Chairman Brent Spence Ranking Member Clarence E Kilburn District of Columbia Chairman John L McMillan Ranking Member James C Auchincloss Education and Labor Chairman Adam Clayton Powell Ranking Member Carroll D Kearns Export Control Select Chairman N A Ranking Member N A Foreign Affairs Chairman Thomas E Morgan Ranking Member Robert B Chiperfield Government Operations Chairman William L Dawson Ranking Member Clare Hoffman House Administration Chairman Omar Burleson Ranking Member Paul F Schenck Interior and Insular Affairs Chairman Wayne N Aspinall Ranking Member John P Saylor Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman Oren Harris Ranking Member John B Bennett Judiciary Chairman Emanuel Celler Ranking Member William Moore McCulloch Merchant Marine and Fisheries Chairman Herbert C Bonner Ranking Member Thor C Tollefson Post Office and Civil Service Chairman Tom J Murray Ranking Member Robert J Corbett Public Works Chairman Charles A Buckley Ranking Member James C Auchincloss Rules Chairman Howard W Smith Ranking Member Clarence J Brown Science and Astronautics Chairman Overton Brooks then George P Miller Ranking Member Joseph W Martin Jr Small Business Select Chairman Wright Patman Ranking Member Standards of Official Conduct Un American Activities Chairman Francis E Walter Ranking Member Gordon H Scherer Veterans Affairs Chairman Olin E Teague Vice Chairman William Hanes Ayres Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur D Mills Vice Chairman Noah M Mason WholeJoint committees edit Atomic Energy Chairman Rep Chet Holifield Vice Chairman Sen Conditions of Indian Tribes Special Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian Defense Production Chairman Sen A Willis Robertson Vice Chairman Rep Economic Chairman Rep Wright Patman Vice Chairman Sen Immigration and Nationality Policy Chairman Vacant Vice Chairman Vacant Legislative Budget The Library Chairman Rep Omar Burleson Vice Chairman Sen Navajo Hopi Indian Administration Printing Chairman Rep Carl Hayden Vice Chairman Sen Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures Chairman Sen Harry F Byrd Vice Chairman Rep Taxation Chairman Rep Wilbur D Mills Vice Chairman Sen Employees editLegislative branch agency directors edit Architect of the Capitol J George Stewart Attending Physician of the United States Congress George Calver Comptroller General of the United States Joseph Campbell Librarian of Congress Lawrence Quincy Mumford Public Printer of the United States Raymond Blattenberger until 1961 James L Harrison from 1961Senate edit Chaplain Frederick Brown Harris Methodist Parliamentarian Charles Watkins Secretary Felton McLellan Johnston Librarian Richard D Hupman Secretary for the Majority Robert G Baker Secretary for the Minority J Mark Trice Sergeant at Arms Joseph C DukeHouse of Representatives edit Chaplain Bernard Braskamp Presbyterian Clerk Ralph R Roberts Doorkeeper William Mosley Fishbait Miller Parliamentarian Lewis Deschler Postmaster H H Morris Reading Clerk George J Maurer D and Joe Bartlett R Sergeant at Arms Zeake W Johnson Jr See also edit1960 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1960 United States presidential election 1960 United States Senate elections 1960 United States House of Representatives elections 1962 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1962 United States Senate elections 1962 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes edit U S Vice President Richard Nixon s term as President of the Senate ended at noon January 20 1961 when Lyndon B Johnson s term began In Wyoming Senator elect Edwin Keith Thomson R died December 9 1960 before the term started a b When seated or oath administered not necessarily when service began References edit Proceedings and debates of the 87th Congress first session PDF Congressional Record U S Government Publishing Office January 3 1961 p 7 Martis Kenneth C 1989 The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress New York Macmillan Publishing Company Martis Kenneth C 1982 The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts New York Macmillan Publishing Company External links editBiographical Directory of the U S Congress U S House of Representatives Congressional History U S Senate Statistics and Lists House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 87th Congress PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 20 2018 Retrieved June 6 2016 Official Congressional Directory for the 87th Congress 1st Session Official Congressional Directory for the 87th Congress 2nd Session Pocket Congressional Directory for the 87th Congress Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 87th United States Congress amp oldid 1196611246, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
