1st: January 4, 1965 – October 23, 1965 2nd: January 10, 1966 – October 22, 1966
Both chambers had a Democraticsupermajority, and with the election of PresidentLyndon B. Johnson to his own term in office, maintaining an overall federal government trifecta. This is the last time Democrats or any party had a 2/3rd supermajority in the Senate.
September 6, 1966: Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 89–554, which (among other things) enacted what is now called the Freedom of Information Act
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.
House Republicans showing their approval for newly elected House Minority Leader Representative Gerald R. Ford as Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen raises his hand.
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
Senateedit
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 this Congress, requiring reelection in 1970; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1966; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1968.
House Speaker John W. McCormackHouse Speaker John W. McCormack (standing), speaking at a Department of Defense luncheon, February 1966.House Majority leader Carl Albert with President JohnsonHouse Majority whip Hale Boggs with President Johnson
Resigned February 1, 1965, after being stripped of seniority by the House Democratic Caucus for supporting Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. Was re-elected as a Republican in a special election to replace himself.
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.
^Karen Tumulty (April 9, 2014). "LBJ's presidency gets another look as civil rights law marks its 50th anniversary". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
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.
^ ab When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
Referencesedit
U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
External linksedit
(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
Official Congressional Directory for the 89th Congress, 1st Session.
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Pocket Congressional Directory for the 89th Congress.
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The 89th 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 1965 to January 3 1967 during the second and third years of Lyndon B Johnson s presidency The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1960 United States census 89th United States Congress88th 90thUnited States Capitol 1962 January 3 1965 January 3 1967Members100 senators435 representativesSenate majorityDemocraticSenate PresidentVacant until January 20 1965 Hubert Humphrey D from January 20 1965 House majorityDemocraticHouse SpeakerJohn W McCormack D Sessions1st January 4 1965 October 23 19652nd January 10 1966 October 22 1966Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority and with the election of President Lyndon B Johnson to his own term in office maintaining an overall federal government trifecta This is the last time Democrats or any party had a 2 3rd supermajority in the Senate The 89th Congress is regarded as arguably the most productive in American history 1 Some of its landmark legislation includes Social Security Amendments of 1965 the creation of Medicare and Medicaid the Voting Rights Act Higher Education Act Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Freedom of Information Act 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 member 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 Footnotes 12 See also 13 Notes 14 References 15 External linksMajor events editMain articles 1965 in the United States 1966 in the United States and 1967 in the United States January 4 1965 President Johnson proclaimed his Great Society during his State of the Union Address January 20 1965 Inauguration of President Lyndon B Johnson for a full term November 8 1966 United States elections 1966 including United States Senate elections 1966 United States House of Representatives elections 1966Major legislation edit nbsp October 3 1965 President Johnson visited the Statue of Liberty to sign the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 nbsp The first page of the Voting Rights Act Main article List of United States federal legislation 89th United States Congress April 11 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 10 July 27 1965 Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 92 July 30 1965 Social Security Act of 1965 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 97 including Medicaid and Medicare August 6 1965 Voting Rights Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 110 August 10 1965 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 117 August 26 1965 Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 136 September 9 1965 Department of Housing and Urban Development Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 174 79 Stat 667 September 29 1965 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 209 October 3 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Hart Celler Act INS Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 236 October 6 1965 Heart Disease Cancer and Stroke Amendments Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 239 October 20 1965 Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 272 including Solid Waste Disposal Act October 22 1965 Highway Beautification Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 285 November 8 1965 Higher Education Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 329 November 8 1965 Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 333 August 26 1966 Laboratory Animal Welfare Act Now called the Animal Welfare Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 544 April 13 1966 Uniform Time Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 387 July 13 1966 Cotton Research and Promotion Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 502 September 6 1966 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 554 which among other things enacted what is now called the Freedom of Information Act September 9 1966 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 563 September 9 1966 Highway Safety Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 564 October 15 1966 National Historic Preservation Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 665 October 15 1966 National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 669 October 15 1966 Department of Transportation Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 670 November 2 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 732 November 3 1966 Comprehensive Health Planning and Service Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 749Constitutional amendments editSee also List of amendments to the United States Constitution July 6 1965 Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution addressing succession to the presidency and establishing procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president and for responding to presidential disabilities and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification Amendment was later ratified on February 10 1967 becoming the 25th Amendment to the United States ConstitutionParty summary editThe 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 Senate edit Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R End of previous congress66 34 100 0Begin68 32 100 0End6633991Final voting share66 7 33 3 Beginning of next congress64 35 99 1House of Representatives edit 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 RepublicanParty shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R End of previous congress253 177 430 5Begin295 140 435 0End28813742510Final voting share67 8 32 2 Beginning of next congress248 187 435 0Leadership edit nbsp House Republicans showing their approval for newly elected House Minority Leader Representative Gerald R Ford as Senate Minority Leader Everett M Dirksen raises his hand Senate edit President Hubert Humphrey D starting January 20 1965 President pro tempore Carl Hayden D Permanent Acting President pro tempore Lee Metcalf D Majority Democratic leadership edit Majority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman Mike Mansfield Majority Whip Russell B Long 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 Thruston Ballard Morton Policy Committee Chairman Bourke B HickenlooperHouse of Representatives edit Speaker John W McCormack D Majority Democratic leadership edit Majority Leader Carl Albert Majority Whip Hale Boggs Democratic Caucus Chairman Eugene James Keogh Democratic Caucus Secretary Leonor Sullivan Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Michael J KirwanMinority Republican leadership edit Minority Leader Gerald Ford Minority Whip Leslie C Arends Republican Conference Chairman Melvin Laird Policy Committee Chairman John Jacob Rhodes Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Bob WilsonCaucuses editHouse Democratic Caucus Senate Democratic CaucusMembers editThis list is arranged by chamber then by state Senators are listed in order of seniority and representatives are listed by district Senate 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 1 meant their term began in this Congress requiring reelection in 1970 Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress requiring reelection in 1966 and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress requiring reelection in 1968 Alabama edit 3 J Lister Hill D 2 John J Sparkman D Alaska edit 2 Bob Bartlett D 3 Ernest Gruening D Arizona edit 3 Carl Hayden D 1 Paul Fannin R Arkansas edit 2 John L McClellan D 3 J William Fulbright D California edit 3 Thomas Kuchel R 1 George Murphy R Colorado edit 2 Gordon Allott R 3 Peter H Dominick R Connecticut edit 1 Thomas J Dodd D 3 Abraham Ribicoff D 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 3 Daniel Inouye D Idaho edit 3 Frank Church D 2 Leonard B Jordan R Illinois edit 2 Paul Douglas D 3 Everett M Dirksen R Indiana edit 1 Vance Hartke D 3 Birch Bayh D Iowa edit 3 Bourke B Hickenlooper R 2 Jack Miller R Kansas edit 3 Frank Carlson R 2 James B Pearson 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 2 Margaret Chase Smith R 1 Edmund Muskie D Maryland edit 3 Daniel Brewster D 1 Joseph Tydings D Massachusetts edit 2 Leverett Saltonstall R 1 Ted Kennedy D Michigan edit 2 Patrick V McNamara D until April 30 1966 Robert P Griffin R from May 11 1966 dd 1 Philip Hart D Minnesota edit 1 Eugene McCarthy DFL 2 Walter Mondale DFL Mississippi edit 2 James Eastland D 1 John C Stennis 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 3 Alan Bible D 1 Howard Cannon D New Hampshire edit 3 Norris Cotton R 2 Thomas J McIntyre D New Jersey edit 2 Clifford P Case R 1 Harrison A Williams D New Mexico edit 2 Clinton P Anderson D 1 Joseph Montoya D New York edit 3 Jacob Javits R 1 Robert F Kennedy D North Carolina edit 3 Sam Ervin D 2 B Everett Jordan D North Dakota edit 3 Milton Young R 1 Quentin Burdick D NPL Ohio edit 3 Frank Lausche D 1 Stephen M Young D Oklahoma edit 3 A S Mike Monroney D 2 Fred R Harris D Oregon edit 3 Wayne Morse D 2 Maurine Neuberger D Pennsylvania edit 3 Joseph S Clark Jr D 1 Hugh Scott R Rhode Island edit 1 John Pastore D 2 Claiborne Pell D South Carolina edit 3 Olin D Johnston D until April 18 1965 Donald S Russell D from April 22 1965 November 8 1966 Fritz Hollings D from November 9 1966 dd 2 Strom Thurmond R South Dakota edit 2 Karl E Mundt R 3 George McGovern D Tennessee edit 1 Albert Gore Sr D 2 Ross Bass D until January 2 1967Texas edit 1 Ralph Yarborough D 2 John Tower R Utah edit 3 Wallace F Bennett R 1 Frank Moss D Vermont edit 3 George Aiken R 1 Winston L Prouty R Virginia edit 1 Harry F Byrd D until November 10 1965 Harry F Byrd Jr D from November 12 1965 dd 2 A Willis Robertson D until December 30 1966 William B Spong Jr D from December 31 1966 dd Washington edit 3 Warren G Magnuson D 1 Henry M Jackson D West Virginia edit 2 Jennings Randolph D 1 Robert Byrd D Wisconsin edit 1 William Proxmire D 3 Gaylord Nelson D Wyoming edit 1 Gale W McGee D 2 Milward Simpson R nbsp Senators party membership by state at the opening of the 89th Congress in January 1965 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans nbsp Senate President Hubert Humphrey nbsp Senate President pro tempore Carl Hayden nbsp Senate Majority leader Mike Mansfield nbsp Senate Minority leader Everett Dirksen House of Representatives edit Names of members are preceded by their district numbers Alabama edit 1 Jack Edwards R 2 William Louis Dickinson R 3 George W Andrews D 4 Glenn Andrews R 5 Armistead I Selden Jr D 6 John Hall Buchanan Jr R 7 James D Martin R 8 Robert E Jones Jr D Alaska edit At large Ralph Julian Rivers D until December 30 1966Arizona edit 1 John Jacob Rhodes R 2 Mo Udall D 3 George F Senner Jr D Arkansas edit 1 Ezekiel C Gathings D 2 Wilbur Mills D 3 James William Trimble D 4 Oren Harris D until February 3 1966 David Pryor D from November 8 1966 dd California edit 1 Donald H Clausen R 2 Harold T Johnson D 3 John E Moss D 4 Robert L Leggett D 5 Phillip Burton D 6 William S Mailliard R 7 Jeffery Cohelan D 8 George P Miller D 9 Don Edwards D 10 Charles Gubser R 11 J Arthur Younger R 12 Burt Talcott R 13 Charles M Teague R 14 John F Baldwin Jr R until March 9 1966 Jerome Waldie D from June 7 1966 dd 15 John J McFall D 16 B F Sisk D 17 Cecil R King D 18 Harlan Hagen D 19 Chester E Holifield D 20 H Allen Smith R 21 Augustus Hawkins D 22 James C Corman D 23 Del M Clawson R 24 Glenard P Lipscomb R 25 Ronald B Cameron D 26 James Roosevelt D until September 30 1965 Thomas M Rees D from December 15 1965 dd 27 Edwin Reinecke R 28 Alphonzo E Bell Jr R 29 George Brown Jr D 30 Edward R Roybal D 31 Charles H Wilson D 32 Craig Hosmer R 33 Kenneth W Dyal D 34 Richard T Hanna D 35 James B Utt R 36 Bob Wilson R 37 Lionel Van Deerlin D 38 John V Tunney D Colorado edit 1 Byron G Rogers D 2 Roy H McVicker D 3 Frank Evans D 4 Wayne N Aspinall D Connecticut edit 1 Emilio Q Daddario D 2 William St Onge D 3 Robert Giaimo D 4 Donald J Irwin D 5 John S Monagan D 6 Bernard F Grabowski D Delaware edit At large Harris McDowell D Florida edit 1 Robert L F Sikes D 2 Charles E Bennett D 3 Claude Pepper D 4 Dante Fascell D 5 Syd Herlong D 6 Paul Rogers D 7 James A Haley D 8 Donald Ray Matthews D 9 Don Fuqua D 10 Sam Gibbons D 11 Edward Gurney R 12 William C Cramer R Georgia edit 1 George Elliott Hagan D 2 Maston E O Neal Jr D 3 Bo Callaway R 4 James MacKay D 5 Charles L Weltner D 6 John Flynt D 7 John William Davis D 8 J Russell Tuten D 9 Phillip M Landrum D 10 Robert Grier Stephens Jr D Hawaii edit At large Spark Matsunaga D At large Patsy Mink D Idaho edit 1 Compton I White Jr D 2 George V Hansen R 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 Daniel J Ronan D 7 Frank Annunzio D 8 Dan Rostenkowski D 9 Sidney R Yates D 10 Harold R Collier R 11 Roman Pucinski D 12 Robert McClory R 13 Donald Rumsfeld R 14 John N Erlenborn R 15 Charlotte Thompson Reid R 16 John B Anderson R 17 Leslie C Arends R 18 Robert H Michel R 19 Gale Schisler D 20 Paul Findley R 21 Kenneth J Gray D 22 William L Springer R 23 George E Shipley D 24 Melvin Price 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 until December 30 1966 9 Lee H Hamilton D 10 Ralph Harvey R until December 30 1966 11 Andrew Jacobs Jr D Iowa edit 1 John R Schmidhauser D 2 John Culver D 3 H R Gross R 4 Bert Bandstra D 5 Neal Edward Smith D 6 Stanley L Greigg D 7 John R Hansen D Kansas edit 1 Bob Dole R 2 Chester L Mize R 3 Robert Ellsworth R 4 Garner E Shriver R 5 Joe Skubitz R Kentucky edit 1 Frank Stubblefield D 2 William Natcher D 3 Charles R Farnsley D 4 Frank Chelf D 5 Tim Lee Carter R 6 John C Watts D 7 Carl D Perkins D Louisiana edit 1 F Edward Hebert D 2 Hale Boggs D 3 Edwin E Willis D 4 Joe Waggonner D 5 Otto Passman D 6 James H Morrison D 7 T Ashton Thompson D until July 1 1965 Edwin Edwards D from October 2 1965 dd 8 Speedy Long D Maine edit 1 Stanley R Tupper R 2 William Hathaway D Maryland edit 1 Rogers Morton R 2 Clarence Long D 3 Edward Garmatz D 4 George Hyde Fallon D 5 Hervey Machen D 6 Charles Mathias R 7 Samuel Friedel D At large Carlton R Sickles 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 Torbert Macdonald D 8 Tip O Neill D 9 John W McCormack D 10 Joseph W Martin Jr R 11 James A Burke D 12 Hastings Keith R Michigan edit 1 John Conyers D 2 Weston E Vivian D 3 Paul H Todd Jr D 4 J Edward Hutchinson R 5 Gerald Ford R 6 Charles E Chamberlain R 7 John C Mackie D 8 R James Harvey R 9 Robert P Griffin R until May 10 1966 Guy Vander Jagt R from November 8 1966 dd 10 Elford Albin Cederberg R 11 Raymond F Clevenger D 12 James G O Hara D 13 Charles Diggs D 14 Lucien Nedzi D 15 William D Ford D 16 John D Dingell Jr D 17 Martha Griffiths D 18 William Broomfield R 19 Billie S Farnum D Minnesota edit 1 Al Quie R 2 Ancher Nelsen R 3 Clark MacGregor R 4 Joseph Karth DFL 5 Donald M Fraser DFL 6 Alec G Olson DFL 7 Odin Langen R 8 John Blatnik DFL Mississippi edit 1 Thomas Abernethy D 2 Jamie L Whitten D 3 John Bell Williams D 4 Prentiss Walker R 5 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 William L Hungate D 10 Paul C Jones D Montana edit 1 Arnold Olsen D 2 James F Battin R Nebraska edit 1 Clair Armstrong Callan D 2 Glenn Cunningham R 3 David Martin R Nevada edit At large Walter S Baring Jr D New Hampshire edit 1 Joseph Oliva Huot D 2 James Colgate Cleveland R New Jersey edit 1 William T Cahill R 2 Thomas C McGrath Jr D 3 James J Howard D 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 Henry Helstoski D 10 Peter W Rodino D 11 Joseph Minish D 12 Paul J Krebs D 13 Cornelius Gallagher D 14 Dominick V Daniels D 15 Edward J Patten D New Mexico edit At large Thomas G Morris D At large E S Johnny Walker D New York edit 1 Otis G Pike D 2 James R Grover Jr R 3 Lester L Wolff D 4 John W Wydler R 5 Herbert Tenzer D 6 Seymour Halpern R 7 Joseph P Addabbo D 8 Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D 9 James J Delaney D 10 Emanuel Celler D 11 Eugene J Keogh D 12 Edna F Kelly D 13 Abraham J Multer D 14 John J Rooney D 15 Hugh Carey D 16 John M Murphy D 17 John Lindsay R until December 31 1965 Theodore R Kupferman R from February 8 1966 dd 18 Adam Clayton Powell Jr D 19 Leonard Farbstein D 20 William Fitts Ryan D 21 James H Scheuer D 22 Jacob H Gilbert D 23 Jonathan Brewster Bingham D 24 Paul A Fino R 25 Richard Ottinger D 26 Ogden Reid R 27 John G Dow D 28 Joseph Y Resnick D 29 Leo W O Brien D until December 30 1966 30 Carleton J King R 31 Robert C McEwen R 32 Alexander Pirnie R 33 Howard W Robison R 34 James M Hanley D 35 Samuel S Stratton D 36 Frank Horton R 37 Barber Conable R 38 Charles Goodell R 39 Richard D McCarthy D 40 Henry P Smith III R 41 Thaddeus J Dulski D North Carolina edit 1 Herbert Covington Bonner D until November 7 1965 Walter B Jones Sr D from February 5 1966 dd 2 Lawrence H Fountain D 3 David N Henderson D 4 Harold D Cooley D until December 30 1966 5 Ralph James Scott D 6 Horace R Kornegay D 7 Alton Lennon D 8 Charles R Jonas R 9 Jim Broyhill R 10 Basil Lee Whitener D 11 Roy A Taylor D North Dakota edit 1 Mark Andrews R 2 Rolland W Redlin D NPL Ohio edit 1 John J Gilligan D 2 Donald D Clancy R 3 Rodney M Love D 4 William Moore McCulloch R 5 Del Latta R 6 Bill Harsha R 7 Clarence J Brown R until August 23 1965 Bud Brown R from November 2 1965 dd 8 Jackson Edward Betts R 9 Thomas L Ashley D 10 Walter H Moeller D 11 J William Stanton R 12 Samuel L Devine R 13 Charles Adams Mosher R 14 William Hanes Ayres R 15 Robert T Secrest D until December 30 1966 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 At large Robert E Sweeney D Oklahoma edit 1 Page Belcher R 2 Ed Edmondson D 3 Carl Albert D 4 Tom Steed D 5 John Jarman D 6 Jed Johnson Jr D Oregon edit 1 Wendell Wyatt R 2 Al Ullman D 3 Edith Green D 4 Robert B Duncan D Pennsylvania edit 1 William A Barrett D 2 Robert N C Nix Sr D 3 James A Byrne D 4 Herman Toll D 5 William J Green III D 6 George M Rhodes D 7 George Watkins R 8 Willard S Curtin R 9 Paul B Dague R until December 30 1966 10 Joseph M McDade R 11 Dan Flood D 12 J Irving Whalley R 13 Richard Schweiker R 14 William S Moorhead D 15 Fred B Rooney D 16 John C Kunkel R until December 30 1966 17 Herman T Schneebeli R 18 Robert J Corbett R 19 Nathaniel N Craley Jr D 20 Elmer J Holland D 21 John Herman Dent D 22 John P Saylor R 23 Albert W Johnson R 24 Joseph P Vigorito D 25 Frank M Clark D 26 Thomas E Morgan D 27 James G Fulton R Rhode Island edit 2 Fernand St Germain D 1 John E Fogarty D South Carolina edit 1 L Mendel Rivers D 2 Albert Watson D until February 1 1965 Albert Watson R from June 15 1965 dd 3 William Jennings Bryan Dorn D 4 Robert T Ashmore D 5 Thomas S Gettys D 6 John L McMillan D South Dakota edit 1 Ben Reifel R 2 Ellis Yarnal Berry R Tennessee edit 1 Jimmy Quillen R 2 John Duncan Sr R 3 Bill Brock R 4 Joe L Evins D 5 Richard Fulton D 6 William Anderson D 7 Tom J Murray D until December 30 1966 8 Fats Everett D 9 George W Grider D Texas edit 1 Wright Patman D 2 Jack Brooks D 3 Lindley Beckworth D 4 Ray Roberts D 5 Earle Cabell D 6 Olin E Teague D 7 John Dowdy D 8 Albert Thomas D until February 15 1966 Lera Millard Thomas D from March 26 1966 dd 9 Clark W Thompson D until December 30 1966 10 J J Pickle D 11 William R Poage D 12 Jim Wright D 13 Graham B Purcell Jr D 14 John Andrew Young D 15 Kika de la Garza D 16 Richard Crawford White D 17 Omar Burleson D 18 Walter E Rogers D 19 George H Mahon D 20 Henry B Gonzalez D 21 O C Fisher D 22 Robert R Casey D At large Joe R Pool D Utah edit 1 Laurence J Burton R 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 David E Satterfield III D 4 Watkins Moorman Abbitt D 5 William M Tuck D 6 Richard Harding Poff R 7 John Otho Marsh Jr D 8 Howard W Smith D 9 W Pat Jennings D 10 Joel Broyhill R Washington edit 1 Thomas Pelly R 2 Lloyd Meeds D 3 Julia Butler Hansen D 4 Catherine Dean May R 5 Tom Foley D 6 Floyd Hicks D 7 Brock Adams D West Virginia edit 1 Arch A Moore Jr R 2 Harley Orrin Staggers D 3 John M Slack Jr D 4 Ken Hechler D 5 James Kee D Wisconsin edit 1 Lynn E Stalbaum D 2 Robert Kastenmeier D 3 Vernon Wallace Thomson R 4 Clement J Zablocki D 5 Henry S Reuss D 6 John Abner Race D 7 Melvin Laird R 8 John W Byrnes R 9 Glenn Robert Davis R 10 Alvin O Konski R Wyoming edit At large Teno Roncalio D Non voting member edit Puerto Rico Santiago Polanco Abreu Resident Commissioner PPD nbsp House Speaker John W McCormack nbsp House Speaker John W McCormack standing speaking at a Department of Defense luncheon February 1966 nbsp House Majority leader Carl Albert with President Johnson nbsp House Majority whip Hale Boggs with President JohnsonChanges in membership editSenate edit Replacements 5 Democratic 1 seat net loss Republican 1 seat net gain Deaths 2 Resignations 2See 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 a South Carolina 3 Olin D Johnston D Died April 18 1965 Successor appointed April 22 1965 to continue the term Donald S Russell D April 22 1965Virginia 1 Harry F Byrd D Resigned November 10 1965 Successor appointed November 12 1965 to continue his father s term Harry F Byrd Jr D November 12 1965Michigan 2 Patrick V McNamara D Died April 30 1966 Successor appointed May 11 1966 to finish the term Robert P Griffin R May 11 1966South Carolina 3 Donald S Russell D Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term Successor elected November 8 1966 Fritz Hollings D November 9 1966Virginia 2 Absalom Willis Robertson D Resigned December 30 1966 having lost renomination Successor appointed to finish the term having already been elected to the next term William B Spong Jr D December 31 1966Tennessee 2 Ross Bass D Resigned January 2 1967 having lost renomination Seat remained vacant until the end of the term the next day Vacant Not filled this termHouse of Representatives edit Replacements 9 Democratic no net change Republican no net change Deaths 5 Resignations 15 Total seats with changes 20See 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 a South Carolina 2nd Albert Watson D Resigned February 1 1965 after being stripped of seniority by the House Democratic Caucus for supporting Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater Was re elected as a Republican in a special election to replace himself Albert Watson R June 15 1965Louisiana 7th T Ashton Thompson D Died July 1 1965 Edwin Edwards D October 2 1965Ohio 7th Clarence J Brown R Died August 23 1965 Bud Brown R November 2 1965California 26th James Roosevelt D Resigned September 30 1965 to become the US Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council Thomas M Rees D December 15 1965North Carolina 1st Herbert Covington Bonner D Died November 7 1965 Walter B Jones Sr D February 5 1966New York 17th John Lindsay R Resigned December 31 1965 after being elected Mayor of New York City Theodore R Kupferman R February 8 1966Arkansas 4th Oren Harris D Resigned February 3 1966 to become judge of the US Court of the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas David Pryor D November 8 1966Texas 8th Albert Thomas D Died February 15 1966 Lera Millard Thomas D March 26 1966California 14th John F Baldwin Jr R Died March 9 1966 Jerome Waldie D June 7 1966Michigan 9th Robert P Griffin R Resigned May 10 1966 after being appointed to the U S Senate Guy Vander Jagt R November 8 1966Alaska at large Ralph Julian Rivers D Resigned December 30 1966 Vacant Not filled this termIndiana 8th Winfield K Denton D Resigned December 30 1966Indiana 10th Ralph Harvey R Resigned December 30 1966New York 29th Leo W O Brien D Resigned December 30 1966North Carolina 4th Harold D Cooley D Resigned December 30 1966Ohio 15th Robert T Secrest D Resigned December 30 1966Pennsylvania 9th Paul B Dague R Resigned December 30 1966Pennsylvania 16th John C Kunkel R Resigned December 30 1966Tennessee 7th Tom J Murray D Resigned December 30 1966Texas 9th Clark W Thompson D Resigned December 30 1966Committees 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 Aeronautical and Space Sciences Chairman Clinton P Anderson Ranking Member Margaret Chase Smith Agriculture and Forestry Chairman Allen J Ellender Ranking Member George D Aiken Appropriations Chairman Carl Hayden Ranking Member Leverett Saltonstall Armed Services Chairman Richard B Russell Ranking Member Leverett Saltonstall Banking and Currency Chairman A Willis Robertson Ranking Member Wallace F Bennett Commerce Chairman Warren G Magnuson Ranking Member Norris Cotton District of Columbia Chairman Alan Bible Ranking Member Winston L Prouty Finance Chairman Russell B Long Ranking Member John J Williams Foreign Relations Chairman J William Fulbright Ranking Member Bourke B Hickenlooper Government Operations Chairman John Little McClellan Ranking Member Karl E Mundt Interior and Insular Affairs Chairman Henry M Jackson Ranking Member Thomas H Kuchel Judiciary Chairman James O Eastland Ranking Member Everett Dirksen Labor and Public Welfare Chairman J Lister Hill Ranking Member Jacob K Javits Organization of Congress Select Chairman data missing Post Office and Civil Service Chairman A S Mike Monroney Ranking Member Frank Carlson Public Works Chairman Pat McNamara Ranking Member John Sherman Cooper Rules and Administration Chairman B Everett Jordan Ranking Member Carl T Curtis Small Business Select Chairman John J Sparkman Standards and Conduct Select Chairman data missing Ranking Member data missing WholeHouse of Representatives edit Agriculture Chairman Harold D Cooley Ranking Member Paul B Dague Appropriations Chairman George H Mahon Ranking Member Frank T Bow Armed Services Chairman L Mendel Rivers Ranking Member William H Bates Banking and Currency Chairman Wright Patman Ranking Member William B Widnall District of Columbia Chairman John L McMillan Ranking Member Ancher Nelsen Education and Labor Chairman Adam Clayton Powell Ranking Member William H Ayres Foreign Affairs Chairman Thomas E Morgan Ranking Member Frances P Bolton Government Operations Chairman William L Dawson Ranking Member Clarence J Brown House Administration Chairman Omar Burleson Ranking Member Glenard P Lipscomb Interior and Insular Affairs Chairman Wayne N Aspinall Ranking Member John P Saylor Interstate and Foreign Commerce Chairman Oren Harris Ranking Member William L Springer Judiciary Chairman Emanuel Celler Ranking Member William M McCulloch Merchant Marine and Fisheries Chairman Edward A Garmatz Ranking Member William S Mailliard Post Office and Civil Service Chairman Tom J Murray Ranking Member Robert J Corbett Public Works Chairman George Hyde Fallon Ranking Member William C Cramer Rules Chairman Howard W Smith Ranking Member Clarence J Brown Science and Astronautics Chairman George Paul Miller Ranking Member Joseph W Martin Jr Small Business Select Chairman Joe L Evins Standards of Official Conduct Chairman data missing Un American Activities Chairman Edwin E Willis Ranking Member John M Ashbrook Veterans Affairs Chairman Olin E Teague Ranking Member E Ross Adair Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur D Mills Ranking Member John W Byrnes WholeJoint committees edit Atomic Energy Chairman Rep Chet Holifield Vice Chairman Sen John O Pastore 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 Wright Patman Disposition of Executive Papers Economic Chairman Rep Wright Patman Vice Chairman Sen Paul H Douglas Immigration and Nationality Policy Chairman Rep Michael A Feighan Legislative Budget The Library Chairman Rep Omar Burleson Vice Chairman Sen B Everett Jordan Navajo Hopi Indian Administration Organization of Congress Printing Chairman Sen Carl Hayden Vice Chairman Rep Omar Burleson Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures Chairman Vacant Vice Chairman Vacant Taxation Chairman Rep Wilbur D Mills Vice Chairman Sen Harry F Byrd Employees editLegislative branch agency directors edit Architect of the Capitol J George Stewart Attending Physician of the United States Congress George Calver until 1966 Rufus Pearson from 1966 Comptroller General of the United States Joseph Campbell until July 31 1965 vacant thereafter vacant July 31 1965 March 8 1966 Elmer B Staats from March 8 1966 Librarian of Congress Lawrence Quincy Mumford Public Printer of the United States James L HarrisonSenate edit Chaplain Frederick Brown Harris Methodist Parliamentarian Floyd Riddick Secretary Felton McLellan Johnston until December 30 1965 Emery L Frazier January 1 1966 September 30 1966 Francis R Valeo from October 1 1966 Librarian Richard D Hupman Democratic Party Secretary Francis R Valeo until 1966 J Stanley Kimmitt from 1966 Republican Party Secretary J Mark Trice Sergeant at Arms Joseph C Duke until December 30 1965 Robert G Dunphy from January 14 1966House of Representatives edit Chaplain Bernard Braskamp Presbyterian Clerk Ralph R Roberts Doorkeeper William M Miller Postmaster H H Morris Parliamentarian Lewis Deschler Reading Clerks Charles W Hackney Jr D and Joe Bartlett R Sergeant at Arms Zeake W JohnsonFootnotes edit Karen Tumulty April 9 2014 LBJ s presidency gets another look as civil rights law marks its 50th anniversary The Washington Post Retrieved April 9 2014 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 See also edit1964 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1964 United States presidential election 1964 United States Senate elections 1964 United States House of Representatives elections 1966 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1966 United States Senate elections 1966 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes edit a b When seated or oath administered not necessarily when service began References editBiographical Directory of the U S Congress U S House of Representatives Congressional History U S Senate Statistics and ListsExternal links editHouse of Representatives Session Calendar for the 89th Congress PDF Archived from the original PDF on September 20 2018 Retrieved June 6 2016 Official Congressional Directory for the 89th Congress 1st Session Official Congressional Directory for the 89th Congress 2nd Session Pocket Congressional Directory for the 89th Congress Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 89th United States Congress amp oldid 1196611445, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
