93rd_United_States_Congress

93rd United States Congress

93rd United States Congress

1973–1975 U.S. Congress

The 93rd 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, 1973, to January 3, 1975, during the last 18 months of Richard Nixon's presidency, and the first 6 months of Gerald Ford's. This Congress was the first (and, to date, only) Congress with more than two Senate presidents (in this case, three). After the resignation of Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford was appointed under the authority of the newly ratified 25th Amendment. Ford became president the next year and Nelson Rockefeller was appointed in his place. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1970 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

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Major events

Main articles: 1973 in the United States, 1974 in the United States, and 1975 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 93rd United States Congress

Hearings

Party summary

Makeup of the U.S. Senate at the start of this Congress, color-coded by party. Note: The orange stripes in New York and the green stripes in Virginia denote Conservative James Buckley and Independent Harry F. Byrd Jr., respectively.

Senate

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House of Representatives

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Leadership

Senate President
Spiro Agnew (R)
(until October 10, 1973)
Gerald Ford (R)
(December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974)
Nelson Rockefeller (R)
(from December 19, 1974)

Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Caucuses

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

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Senate

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 means their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1976; Class 2 means their term began with this Congress, facing re-election in 1978; and Class 3 means their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1974.

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Changes in membership

Senate

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate
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House of Representatives

There were three deaths before this Congress began.

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
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Committees

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.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  1. U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew's term as President of the Senate resigned on October 10, 1973.
  2. President pro tempore James Eastland acted his duties as the President of the Senate during the period.
  3. U.S. Vice President Gerald Ford's term as President of the Senate ended at noon on August 9, 1974 when he ascended to the presidency.
  4. When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Joe Moakley (D–MA) was elected as "Independent Conservative", based on official report of Congress by Benjamin Guthrie. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972." But he was sworn in as a Democrat at the beginning of the Congress, January 3, 1973.
  • 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.

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