92nd United States Congress

The Ninety-second 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, 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 1960 Census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Party summary
4 Leadership
- 4.1 Senate
  - 4.1.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 4.1.2 Minority (Republican) leadership
- 4.2 House of Representatives
  - 4.2.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 4.2.2 Minority (Republican) leadership
5 Members
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
  - 5.2.1 Non-voting members
6 Changes in membership
7 Officers
8 References
9 External links

Major events

Main articles: 1971#Events and 1972#Events

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#92nd United States Congress

1971 December 18 — Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Pub.L. 92-203, 85 Stat. 688, 43 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq.
1971 December 23 — National Cancer Act, Pub.L. 92-218, 85 Stat. 778
1972 February 7 — Federal Election Campaign Act, Pub.L. 92-225, 86 Stat. 3, 2 U.S.C. § 431 et seq.
1972 March 24 — Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Pub.L. 92-261, 86 Stat. 103, 42 U.S.C. § 2000a
1972 June 23 — Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act, Pub.L. 92-318, 86 Stat. 235, 20 U.S.C. § 1001
1972 October 6 — Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, 5A U.S.C. § 1
1972 October 18 — Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, Pub.L. 92-500, 86 Stat. 816, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
1972 October 21 — Marine Mammal Protection Act, Pub.L. 92-522, 86 Stat. 1027, 16 U.S.C. § 1361 et seq.
1972 October 27 — Consumer Product Safety Act, Pub.L. 92-573, 86 Stat. 1207, 15 U.S.C. § 2051 et seq.
1972 October 27 — Noise Control Act, Pub.L. 92-574, 86 Stat. 1234, 42 U.S.C. § 4901 et seq
1972 October 27 — Coastal Zone Management Act, Pub.L. 92-583, 86 Stat. 1280, 16 U.S.C. § 1451 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

Speaker of the House
Carl Albert

Senate

President of the Senate: Spiro Agnew (R)
President pro tempore:
- Richard B. Russell to January 21, 1971
- Allen J. Ellender January 22, 1971 to July 27, 1972
- James O. Eastland from July 28, 1972

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker: Carl Albert

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Majority Leader: T. Hale Boggs, Democrat of Louisiana, presumed dead October 16, 1972
Majority Whip: Tip O'Neill

Minority (Republican) leadership

Members

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

See also: United States House election, 1970

Senate

Senate Majority Leader
Mike Mansfield

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.

See also: :Category:United States Senators

See also: :Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

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.

See also: :Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: :Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

1. W. Jackson Edwards (R)
2. William Louis Dickinson (R)
3. George W. Andrews (D), died December 25, 1971

Elizabeth B. Andrews (D), elected to fill vacancy

Alaska

A/L. Nick Begich (D), died December 29, 1972

Don Young (R), elected to fill vacancy

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

A/L. Pierre S. du Pont, IV (R)

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii ¹

A/L. Spark Matsunaga (D)
A/L. Patsy Mink (D)

Idaho

1. James A. McClure (R)
2. Orval H. Hansen (R)

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

1. F. Edward Hébert (D)
2. Hale Boggs (D), presumed to have died October 16, 1972
3. Patrick T. Caffery (D)
4. Joseph D. Waggonner, Jr. (D)
5. Otto Passman (D)
6. John Rarick (D)
7. Edwin Edwards (D)
8. Speedy O. Long (D)

Maine

1. Peter N. Kyros (D)
2. William Hathaway (D)

Maryland

Massachusetts

1. Silvio O. Conte (R)
2. Edward Boland (D)
3. Robert Drinan (D)
4. Harold Donohue (D)
5. F. Bradford Morse (R), resigned May 1, 1972, vacant to end
6. Michael J. Harrington (D)
7. Torbert Macdonald (D)
8. Tip O'Neill (D)
9. Louise Day Hicks (D)
10. Margaret Heckler (R)
11. James A. Burke (D)
12. Hastings Keith (R)

Michigan

Contents

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Members

Senate

House of Representatives