92nd United States Congress Totally Explained

Everything about 92nd United States Congress totally explained

The Ninety-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3 1971 to January 3 1973, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighteenth Census of the United States in 1960. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

January 3 1971 – January 3 1973

First session: January 21 1971 – December 17 1971
Second session: January 18 1972 – October 18 1972 Previous congress: 91st Congress
Next congress: 93rd Congress

Major events

Major legislation

1971 December 18 — Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act,,, et seq.

1971 December 23 — National Cancer Act,,

1972 February 7 — Federal Election Campaign Act,,, et seq.

1972 March 24 — Equal Employment Opportunity Act,,,

1972 June 23 — Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act,,,

1972 October 6 — Federal Advisory Committee Act,,,

1972 October 21 — Marine Mammal Protection Act,,, et seq.

1972 October 27 — Consumer Product Safety Act,,, et seq.

1972 October 27 — Noise Control Act,,, et seq

1972 October 27 — Coastal Zone Management Act,,, et seq.

Party summary

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.

Senate

Democratic: 54 (majority)

Republican: 44

Conservative: 1

Independent: 1 TOTAL members: 100

House of Representatives

Democratic: 255 (majority)

Republican: 180 TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

Officers

Senate

President of the Senate: Spiro T. Agnew, Republican of Maryland, term began January 20 1969

President pro tempore:

Richard B. Russell, Democrat of Georgia, died January 21 1971
Allen J. Ellender, Democrat of Louisiana, elected January 22 1971, died July 27 1972
James O. Eastland, Democrat of Mississippi, elected July 28 1972

House of Representatives

Speaker: Carl B. Albert, Democrat of Oklahoma, elected January 21 1971

Party Leadership

Senate

Majority Leader: Michael J. Mansfield, Democrat of Montana

Minority Leader: Hugh D. Scott, Jr., Republican of Pennsylvania

Majority Whip: Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia

Minority Whip: Robert P. Griffin, Republican of Michigan House of Representatives

Majority Leader: T. Hale Boggs, Democrat of Louisiana, presumed dead October 16 1972

Minority Leader: Gerald R. Ford, Jr., Republican of Michigan

Majority Whip: Thomas P. (Tip) O’Neill, Jr., Democrat of Massachusetts

Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends, Republican of Illinois

Democratic Caucus Chairman: Olin Teague, Democrat of Texas

Republican Conference Chairman: John B. Anderson, Republican of Illinois

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

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 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.

Alabama

2. John J. Sparkman (D)

3. James B. Allen (D) Alaska

2. Theodore F. Stevens (R)

3. Mike Gravel (D) Arizona

1. Paul J. Fannin (R)

3. Barry Goldwater (R) Arkansas

2. John L. McClellan (D)

3. J. William Fulbright (D) California

3. Alan Cranston (D)

1. John V. Tunney (D) Colorado

2. Gordon L. Allott (R)

3. Peter H. Dominick (R) Connecticut

3. Abraham A. Ribicoff (D)

1. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R) Delaware

2. J. Caleb Boggs (R)

1. William V. Roth, Jr. (R) Florida

1. Lawton Chiles (D)

3. Edward J. Gurney (R) Georgia

2. Richard B. Russell, Jr. (D), died January 21, 1971 � David H. Gambrell (D), appointed to fill vacancy

Sam Nunn (D), elected to fill vacancy

3. Herman E. Talmadge (D) Hawaii

1. Hiram L. Fong (R)

3. Daniel K. Inouye (D) Idaho

3. Frank F. Church (D)

2. Leonard B. Jordan (R) Illinois

2. Charles H. Percy (R)

3. Adlai Stevenson III (D) Indiana

1. R. Vance Hartke (D)

3. Birch E. Bayh (D) Iowa

2. Jack R. Miller (R)

3. Harold E. Hughes (D) Kansas

2. James B. Pearson (R)

3. Robert J. Dole (R) Kentucky

2. John Sherman Cooper (R)

3. Marlow W. Cook (R) Louisiana

2. Allen J. Ellender (D), died July 27, 1972 � Elaine S. Edwards (D), appointed to fill vacancy

Bennett Johnston Jr. (D), elected to fill vacancy

3. Russell B. Long (D) Maine

2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

1. Edmund S. Muskie (D) Maryland

3. Charles Mathias, Jr. (R)

1. John Glenn Beall, Jr. (R) Massachusetts

1. Edward M. Kennedy (D)

2. Edward W. Brooke, III (R) Michigan

1. Philip A. Hart (D)

2. Robert P. Griffin (R) Minnesota

2. Walter F. Mondale (DFL)

1. Hubert Humphrey (DFL) Mississippi

2. James O. Eastland (D)

1. John C. Stennis (D) Missouri

1. W. Stuart Symington (D)

3. Thomas F. Eagleton (D)

Montana

1. Michael J. Mansfield (D)

2. Lee W. Metcalf (D) Nebraska

1. Roman L. Hruska (R)

2. Carl T. Curtis (R) Nevada

3. Alan H. Bible (D)

1. Howard W. Cannon (D) New Hampshire

3. Norris H. Cotton (R)

2. Thomas J. McIntyre (D) New Jersey

2. Clifford P. Case (R)

1. Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D) New Mexico

2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

1. Joseph M. Montoya (D) New York

3. Jacob K. Javits (R)

1. James L. Buckley (C) North Carolina

3. Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. (D)

2. B. Everett Jordan (D) North Dakota

3. Milton R. Young (R)

1. Quentin N. Burdick (D) Ohio

3. William B. Saxbe (R)

1. Robert Taft, Jr. (R) Oklahoma

2. Fred R. Harris (D)

3. Henry Bellmon (R) Oregon

2. Mark O. Hatfield (R)

3. Bob Packwood (R) Pennsylvania

1. Hugh D. Scott, Jr. (R)

3. Richard S. Schweiker (R) Rhode Island

1. John O. Pastore (D)

2. Claiborne D. Pell (D) South Carolina

2. James Strom Thurmond (R)

3. Ernest F. Hollings (D) South Dakota

2. Karl E. Mundt (R)

3. George S. McGovern (D) Tennessee

1. Howard H. Baker, Jr. (R)

2. William E. Brock III (R) Texas

2. John G. Tower (R)

1. Lloyd Bentsen (D) Utah

3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

1. Frank E. (Ted) Moss (D) Vermont

3. George D. Aiken (R)

1. Winston L. Prouty (R), died September 10, 1971 � Robert Stafford (R), appointed to fill vacancy

Virginia

1. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (Independent|I)

2. William B. Spong, Jr. (D) Washington

3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

1. Henry M. (Scoop) Jackson (D) West Virginia

2. Jennings Randolph (D)

1. Robert C. Byrd (D) Wisconsin

1. William Proxmire (D)

3. Gaylord A. Nelson (D) Wyoming

1. Gale W. McGee (D)

2. Clifford P. Hansen (R)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an A/L, and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Alabama

. W. Jackson Edwards (R)

. William L. Dickinson (R)