105th United States Congress

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105th United States Congress
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United States Capitol (1997)
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majority Republican
Senate President Al Gore (D)
House majority Republican
House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R)
Sessions
1st: January 7, 1997 – November 13, 1997
2nd: January 27, 1998 – December 19, 1998

The 105th 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, DC from January 3, 1997, to January 3, 1999, during the fifth and sixth years of Bill Clinton's presidency. Apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1990 United States census.

Contents

This is the most recent Congress with a Republican senator from New York, Al D'Amato, who lost re-election in 1998, and a Democratic senator from Kentucky, Wendell Ford, who retired at the end of the Congress.

Both chambers retained a Republican majority. President Clinton was impeached by the US House of Representatives of the 105th Congress.

Major events

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Tickets dated January 14 and 15, 1999, for President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial
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Opponents of Clinton's impeachment demonstrating outside the Capitol in December 1998

Major legislation

Major resolutions

Party summary

Senate

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Party standings in the 105th Congress
  45 Democratic Senators
  55 Republican Senators

There was no change in the parties during this Congress.

Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican Democratic Vacant
End of previous Congress 53471000
105th Congress55451000
Final voting share55%45%
Beginning of the next Congress 55451000

House of Representatives

Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican Democratic IndependentVacant
End of previous Congress 23419814332
Begin (January 3, 1997)22620724350
January 8, 1997 [note 1] 2271
January 30, 19972064341
February 13, 19972054332
April 12, 19972064341
May 20, 19972284350
August 2, 19972274341
October 28, 19972054332
November 5, 19972284341
November 11, 19972044332
November 17, 19972034323
January 5, 19982274314
February 5, 19982044323
February 6, 19982034314
March 17, 19982044323
March 25, 19982264314
April 21, 19982272054332
May 21, 19982064341
June 25, 19982284350
Final voting share52.4%47.4%0.2%
Non-voting members 14050
Beginning of the next Congress 22321114350

Leadership

Senate

Senate President
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Al Gore (D)
Senate President pro Tempore
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Strom Thurmond (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
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Newt Gingrich (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Caucuses

Members

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Senate

In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1998; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 2000; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 2002.

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives are listed by districts.

Changes in membership

Senate

There were no changes in Senate membership during this Congress.

House of Representatives

Four members of the House of Representatives died, and four resigned.

House changes
DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation [a]
Texas's 28th Frank Tejeda (D)Died January 30, 1997 Ciro Rodriguez (D)April 12, 1997
New Mexico 3rd Bill Richardson (D)Resigned February 13, 1997, to become Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Redmond (R)May 20, 1997
New York 13th Susan Molinari (R)Resigned August 2, 1997, to become a television journalist for CBS Vito Fossella (R)November 5, 1997
California 22nd Walter Capps (D)Died October 28, 1997 Lois Capps (D)March 17, 1998
Pennsylvania 1st Thomas M. Foglietta (D)Resigned November 11, 1997, to become Ambassador to Italy Bob Brady (D)May 21, 1998
New York 6th Floyd Flake (D)Resigned November 17, 1997, to return full-time to his duties as pastor of Allen A.M.E. Church Gregory Meeks (D)February 5, 1998
California 44th Sonny Bono (R)Died January 5, 1998 Mary Bono (R)April 21, 1998
California 9th Ron Dellums (D)Resigned February 6, 1998 Barbara Lee (D)April 21, 1998
New Mexico 1st Steven Schiff (R)Died March 25, 1998 Heather Wilson (R)June 25, 1998

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. ↑ Rep. Bill Emerson (R- Missouri's 8th district ) died during previous Congress. Jo Ann Emerson (R) was later elected to the seat as an Independent and switched to Republican.
  1. ↑ When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

References

  1. ↑ "CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS ON ARMENIAN ISSUES". Armenian Assembly of America. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  2. ↑ "About the CBRC". Coalition for the Life Sciences. Archived from the original on August 12, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Conference". U.S. House of Representatives: History, Art, and Archives. Archived from the original on February 21, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
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