96th United States Congress

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96th United States Congress
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United States Capitol
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majority Democratic
Senate President Walter Mondale (D)
House majority Democratic
House Speaker Tip O'Neill (D)
Sessions
1st: January 15, 1979 – January 3, 1980
2nd: January 3, 1980 – December 16, 1980

The 96th 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, 1979, to January 3, 1981, during the last two years of Jimmy Carter's presidency.

Contents

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1970 census.

Both chambers retained a Democratic majority (though downgraded from the supermajority status in the previous Congress), and with President Carter, maintained an overall federal government trifecta. This is the last Congress in which the Democrats retained a trifecta for more than one term.

This is the most recent Congress to feature a Democratic senator from Idaho, Frank Church, who lost re-election in 1980.

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

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Party standings on the opening day of the 96th Congress
  57 Democratic Senators
  1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats
  42 Republican Senators
Party
(shading shows control)		TotalVacant
Democratic
(D)		 Independent
(I)		 Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 58 1 411000
Begin 58 1 41 100 0
End 55 44
Final voting share55.0% 1.0% 44.0%
Beginning of next congress 46 1 531000

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state 80+% to 100% Republican 80+% to 100% Democratic 60+% to 80% Republican 60+% to 80% Democratic 50+% to 60% Republican 50+% to 60% Democratic striped: 50-50 split 96 us house membership.png
House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80+% to 100% Republican
  80+% to 100% Democratic
  60+% to 80% Republican
  60+% to 80% Democratic
  50+% to 60% Republican
  50+% to 60% Democratic
  striped: 50–50 split
Party
(shading shows control)		TotalVacant
Democratic
(D)		 Republican
(R)		 Conservative
(C)
End of previous congress 275 141 041619
Begin 276 156 1 433 2
End 272 158 4314
Final voting share63.1% 36.7% 0.2%
Beginning of next congress 243 191 14350

Leadership

Senate President
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Walter Mondale (D)
Senate President pro tempore
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Warren Magnuson (D)
House Speaker
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Tip O'Neill (D)

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 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, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1980; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1982; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1984.

House of Representatives

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

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

Senate changes
State
(class)		Vacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [lower-alpha 2]
Maine
(Class 1)		 Edmund Muskie
(D)		Resigned May 7, 1980 to become United States Secretary of State.
Successor appointed to finish the term.		 George J. Mitchell
(D)		May 19, 1980
New Hampshire
(Class 3)		 John A. Durkin
(D)		Resigned December 29, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.		 Warren Rudman
(R)		December 29, 1980
Florida
(Class 3)		 Richard Stone
(D)		Resigned December 30, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.		 Paula Hawkins
(R)		January 1, 1981
Alabama
(Class 3)		 Donald Stewart
(D)		Resigned January 2, 1981 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.		 Jeremiah Denton
(R)		January 2, 1981

House of Representatives

House changes
DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [lower-alpha 2]
California 11th VacantRep. Leo Ryan died during previous congress William Royer (R)April 3, 1979
Wisconsin 6th VacantRep. William A. Steiger died during previous congress Tom Petri (R)April 3, 1979
Illinois 10th Abner Mikva (D)Resigned September 26, 1979, after being appointed judge of U.S. Court of Appeals John Porter (R)January 22, 1980
Pennsylvania 11th Dan Flood (D)Resigned January 31, 1980 Ray Musto (D)April 9, 1980
Louisiana 3rd Dave Treen (R)Resigned March 10, 1980, after being elected Governor of Louisiana Billy Tauzin (D)May 22, 1980
West Virginia 3rd John M. Slack Jr. (D)Died March 17, 1980 John G. Hutchinson (D)June 30, 1980
Michigan 13th Charles Diggs (D)Resigned June 3, 1980 George Crockett Jr. (D)November 4, 1980
New Mexico 2nd Harold L. Runnels (D)Died August 5, 1980VacantNot filled this term
Pennsylvania 1st Michael Myers (D)Expelled October 2, 1980
South Carolina 6th John Jenrette (D)Resigned December 10, 1980
New Jersey 4th Frank Thompson (D)Resigned December 29, 1980, after being censured by the House of Representatives

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. ↑ Elected as a Conservative but sat with the Republicans.
  2. 1 2 When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

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