96th United States Congress

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96th United States Congress
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United States Capitol (1980)
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
Members100 senators
435 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityDemocratic
Senate PresidentWalter Mondale (D)
House majorityDemocratic
House SpeakerTip 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.

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.

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Major events

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Major legislation

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Party summary

Senate

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  57 Democratic senators
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  1 independent senator, caucusing with Democrats
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  42 Republican senators
Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
[[Democratic Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(D) 		[[Independent Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(I)		[[Republican Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(R)
End of [[Script error: No such module "Ordinal". United States Congress|previous congress]] 58 1 41 100 0
Begin 58 1 41 100 0
End 55 44
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Beginning of [[Script error: No such module "Ordinal". United States Congress|next congress]] 46 1 53 100 0

House of Representatives

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
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  80+% to 100% Republican
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  80+% to 100% Democratic
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  60+% to 80% Republican
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  60+% to 80% Democratic
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  50+% to 60% Republican
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  50+% to 60% Democratic
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  striped: 50–50 split
Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
[[Democratic Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(D) 		[[Republican Party (United States)|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(R)		[[Conservative Party of New York State|Template:US Congress party summary/LBT]]
(C)
End of [[Script error: No such module "Ordinal". United States Congress|previous congress]] 275 141 0 416 19
Begin 276 156 1 433 2
End 272 158 4314
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Beginning of [[Script error: No such module "Ordinal". United States Congress|next congress]] 243 191 1 435 0

Leaders

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Senate President
Walter Mondale
Walter Mondale (D)

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Senate President pro tempore
Warren Magnuson
Warren Magnuson (D)

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House Speaker
Tip O'Neill
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

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House of Representatives

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Changes in membership

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

Senate

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  • Replacements: 4
  • Deaths: 0
  • Resignations: 4
  • Vacancy: 0
  • Total seats with changes: 4

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|- | nowrap | Maine
(Class 1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Edmund Muskie
(D) | Resigned May 7, 1980 to become United States Secretary of State.
Successor appointed to finish the term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | George J. Mitchell
(D) | May 19, 1980

|- | nowrap | New Hampshire
(Class 3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John A. Durkin
(D) | Resigned December 29, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Warren Rudman
(R) | December 29, 1980

|- | nowrap | Florida
(Class 3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Richard Stone
(D) | Resigned December 30, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Paula Hawkins
(R) | January 1, 1981

|- | nowrap | Alabama
(Class 3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Donald Stewart
(D) | Resigned January 2, 1981 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term. | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Jeremiah Denton
(R) | January 2, 1981

|}

House of Representatives

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  • Replacements: 7
  • Deaths: 1
  • Resignations: 4
  • Expulsion: 1
  • Contested election:
  • Total seats with changes: 10

Template:Ordinal US Congress change |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Leo Ryan died during previous congress | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | William Royer (R) | April 3, 1979 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. William A. Steiger died during previous congress | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Tom Petri (R) | April 3, 1979 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Abner Mikva (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 26, 1979, after being appointed judge of U.S. Court of Appeals | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John Porter (R) | January 22, 1980 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Dan Flood (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 31, 1980 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Ray Musto (D) | April 9, 1980 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Dave Treen (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 10, 1980, after being elected Governor of Louisiana | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Billy Tauzin (D) | May 22, 1980 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John M. Slack Jr. (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 17, 1980 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John G. Hutchinson (D) | June 30, 1980 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Charles Diggs (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 3, 1980 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | George Crockett Jr. (D) | November 4, 1980 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Harold L. Runnels (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 5, 1980 | rowspan=4 |Vacant | rowspan=4 |Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Michael Myers (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Expelled October 2, 1980 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | John Jenrette (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 10, 1980 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" nowrap | Frank Thompson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 29, 1980, after being censured by the House of Representatives |}

Committees

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Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f The Republican Party of Minnesota was officially known as the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota from November 15, 1975, until September 23, 1995, and are counted as Republicans.
  2. ^ a b c d e The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) and the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party (D-NPL) are the Minnesota and North Dakota affiliates of the U.S. Democratic Party and are counted as Democrats.
  3. ^ Elected as a [[Conservative Party of New York State|Template:Party shortname]] but sat with the Republicans.

References

  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

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