93rd United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1973 in the United States, 1974 in the United States, 1975 in the United States

• January 20, 1973: President Richard Nixon began his second term.
• January 22, 1973: Supreme Court issued abortion decision, Roe v. Wade
• January 27, 1973: Paris Peace Accords signed
• October 10, 1973: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned
• October 20, 1973: Saturday Night Massacre
• October 30, 1973: Impeachment proceedings against President Nixon initiated
• December 6, 1973: Vice President Gerald Ford confirmed and inaugurated
• August 9, 1974: President Richard Nixon resigned, Vice President Gerald Ford became president
• November 5, 1974: United States midterm elections: Democrats increased their majorities in both houses
• December 19, 1974: Vice President Nelson Rockefeller confirmed and inaugurated
  • First television broadcast from the Senate chamber, as Nelson Rockefeller was sworn into office

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#93rd United States Congress

• July 1, 1973: Case–Church Amendment, , title I,
• August 13, 1973: Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973, , title I,
• September 26, 1973: Rehabilitation Act of 1973, ,
• October 1, 1973: Domestic Volunteer Services Act of 1973 (VISTA), ,
• October 4, 1973: Oil Pollution Act of 1973, ,
• November 3, 1973: Amtrak Improvement Act, ,
• November 7, 1973: War Powers Resolution, ,
• December 28, 1973: Comprehensive Employment and Training Act,
• December 28, 1973: Endangered Species Act, ,
• December 29, 1973: Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973,
• March 7, 1974: Water Resources Development Act of 1974, ,
• May 22, 1974: Disaster Relief Act of 1974, ,
• July 12, 1974: Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, ,
• July 25, 1974: Legal Services Corporation Act, ,
• August 21, 1974: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, , title V, §513,
• September 2, 1974: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), ,
• September 7, 1974: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, ,
• October 15, 1974: Federal Election Campaign Act, ,
• October 28, 1974: Equal Credit Opportunity Act, ,
• October 29, 1974: Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, ,
• November 26, 1974: National Mass Transportation Assistance Act, ,
• December 3, 1974: Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act, ,
• December 16, 1974: Safe Drinking Water Act, ,
• December 31, 1974: Privacy Act of 1974, ,
• January 2, 1975: An Act to Establish Rules of Evidence for Certain Courts and Proceedings, ,
• January 3, 1975: Trade Act of 1974, ,
• January 3, 1975: Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, , title I,
• January 4, 1975: Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act, ,
• January 4, 1975: Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, ,
• January 4, 1975: National Health Planning and Resources Development Act, ,

Hearings

• May 17, 1973: Watergate hearings began (Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities)
• May 9, 1974: Hearings on the impeachment of President Nixon began (House Judiciary Committee)

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

(until October 10, 1973)

(December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974)

(from December 19, 1974)

Senate

• President: Spiro Agnew (R) until October 10, 1973
  • Gerald Ford (R) December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974
    • Nelson Rockefeller (R) from December 19, 1974
• President pro tempore: James Eastland (D)
• Permanent acting president pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield
• Majority Whip: Robert Byrd
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Frank Moss

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Hugh Scott
• Minority Whip: Robert P. Griffin
• Republican Conference Chairman: Norris Cotton
• Republican Conference Secretary: Wallace F. Bennett
• National Senatorial Committee Chair: Bill Brock
• Policy Committee Chairman: John Tower

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Carl Albert (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Tip O'Neill
• Majority Whip: John J. McFall
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Olin E. Teague
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Wayne Hays

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Gerald Ford until December 6, 1973
  • John Jacob Rhodes from December 7, 1973
• Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
• Republican Conference Chairman: John B. Anderson
• Republican Conference Vice-chairman: Samuel L. Devine
• Republican Conference Secretary: Jack Edwards
• Policy Committee Chairman: Barber Conable
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Robert H. Michel

Caucuses

• Congressional Black Caucus
• House Democratic Caucus
• Senate Democratic Caucus

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district. : Skip down to House of Representatives

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 93rd Congress

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 means their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1976; Class 2 means their term began with this Congress, facing re-election in 1978; and Class 3 means their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1974.

[[List of United States senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

: 2. John Sparkman (D) : 3. James Allen (D)

[[List of United States senators from Alaska|Alaska]]

: 2. Ted Stevens (R) : 3. Mike Gravel (D)

[[List of United States senators from Arizona|Arizona]]

: 1. Paul Fannin (R) : 3. Barry Goldwater (R)

[[List of United States senators from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: 2. John L. McClellan (D) : 3. J. William Fulbright (D), until December 31, 1974

[[List of United States senators from California|California]]

: 1. John V. Tunney (D) : 3. Alan Cranston (D)

[[List of United States senators from Colorado|Colorado]]

: 2. Floyd Haskell (D) : 3. Peter H. Dominick (R)

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: 1. Lowell Weicker (R) : 3. Abraham Ribicoff (D)

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

: 1. William Roth (R) : 2. Joe Biden (D)

[[List of United States senators from Florida|Florida]]

: 1. Lawton Chiles (D) : 3. Edward Gurney (R), until December 31, 1974 :: Richard Stone (D), from January 1, 1975

[[List of United States senators from Georgia|Georgia]]

: 2. Sam Nunn (D) : 3. Herman Talmadge (D)

[[List of United States senators from Hawaii|Hawaii]]

: 1. Hiram Fong (R) : 3. Daniel Inouye (D)

[[List of United States senators from Idaho|Idaho]]

: 2. James A. McClure (R) : 3. Frank Church (D)

[[List of United States senators from Illinois|Illinois]]

: 2. Charles H. Percy (R) : 3. Adlai Stevenson III (D)

[[List of United States senators from Indiana|Indiana]]

: 1. Vance Hartke (D) : 3. Birch Bayh (D)

[[List of United States senators from Iowa|Iowa]]

: 2. Dick Clark (D) : 3. Harold Hughes (D)

[[List of United States senators from Kansas|Kansas]]

: 2. James B. Pearson (R) : 3. Bob Dole (R)

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: 2. Walter Dee Huddleston (D) : 3. Marlow Cook (R), until December 27, 1974 :: Wendell Ford (D), from December 28, 1974

[[List of United States senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: 2. J. Bennett Johnston (D) : 3. Russell B. Long (D)

[[List of United States senators from Maine|Maine]]

: 1. Edmund Muskie (D) : 2. William Hathaway (D)

[[List of United States senators from Maryland|Maryland]]

: 1. J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R) : 3. Charles Mathias (R)

[[List of United States senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: 1. Ted Kennedy (D) : 2. Edward Brooke (R)

[[List of United States senators from Michigan|Michigan]]

: 1. Philip Hart (D) : 2. Robert P. Griffin (R)

[[List of United States senators from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: 1. Hubert Humphrey (DFL) : 2. Walter Mondale (DFL)

[[List of United States senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: 1. John C. Stennis (D) : 2. James Eastland (D)

[[List of United States senators from Missouri|Missouri]]

: 1. Stuart Symington (D) : 3. Thomas Eagleton (D)

[[List of United States senators from Montana|Montana]]

: 1. Mike Mansfield (D) : 2. Lee Metcalf (D)

[[List of United States senators from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

: 1. Roman Hruska (R) : 2. Carl Curtis (R)

[[List of United States senators from Nevada|Nevada]]

: 1. Howard Cannon (D) : 3. Alan Bible (D), until December 17, 1974 :: Paul Laxalt (R), from December 18, 1974

[[List of United States senators from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: 2. Thomas J. McIntyre (D) : 3. Norris Cotton (R), until December 31, 1974 :: Louis C. Wyman (R), from December 31, 1974

[[List of United States senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: 1. Harrison A. Williams (D) : 2. Clifford P. Case (R)

[[List of United States senators from New Mexico|New Mexico]]

: 1. Joseph Montoya (D) : 2. Pete Domenici (R)

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

: 1. James L. Buckley (C) : 3. Jacob Javits (R)

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: 2. Jesse Helms (R) : 3. Sam Ervin (D), until December 31, 1974

[[List of United States senators from North Dakota|North Dakota]]

: 1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL) : 3. Milton Young (R)

[[List of United States senators from Ohio|Ohio]]

: 1. Robert Taft Jr. (R) : 3. William B. Saxbe (R), until January 3, 1974 :: Howard Metzenbaum (D), January 4, 1974 – December 23, 1974 :: John Glenn (D), from December 24, 1974

[[List of United States senators from Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

: 2. Dewey F. Bartlett (R) : 3. Henry Bellmon (R)

[[List of United States senators from Oregon|Oregon]]

: 2. Mark Hatfield (R) : 3. Bob Packwood (R)

[[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: 1. Hugh Scott (R) : 3. Richard Schweiker (R)

[[List of United States senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: 1. John Pastore (D) : 2. Claiborne Pell (D)

[[List of United States senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: 2. Strom Thurmond (R) : 3. Fritz Hollings (D)

[[List of United States senators from South Dakota|South Dakota]]

: 2. James Abourezk (D) : 3. George McGovern (D)

[[List of United States senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: 1. Bill Brock (R) : 2. Howard Baker (R)

[[List of United States senators from Texas|Texas]]

: 1. Lloyd Bentsen (D) : 2. John Tower (R)

[[List of United States senators from Utah|Utah]]

: 1. Frank Moss (D) : 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R), until December 20, 1974 :: Jake Garn (R), from December 21, 1974

[[List of United States senators from Vermont|Vermont]]

: 1. Robert Stafford (R) : 3. George Aiken (R)

[[List of United States senators from Virginia|Virginia]]

: 1. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (ID) : 2. William L. Scott (R)

[[List of United States senators from Washington|Washington]]

: 1. Henry M. Jackson (D) : 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

[[List of United States senators from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: 1. Robert Byrd (D) : 2. Jennings Randolph (D)

[[List of United States senators from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: 1. William Proxmire (D) : 3. Gaylord Nelson (D)

[[List of United States senators from Wyoming|Wyoming]]

: 1. Gale W. McGee (D) : 2. Clifford Hansen (R) Mike Mansfield Robert Byrd Hugh Scott Robert P. Griffin

House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 93rd Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

: . Jack Edwards (R) : . William Louis Dickinson (R) : . Bill Nichols (D) : . Tom Bevill (D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D) : . John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R) : . Walter Flowers (D)

Alaska

: . Don Young (R), from March 6, 1973

Arizona

: . John Jacob Rhodes (R) : . Mo Udall (D) : . Sam Steiger (R) : . John Bertrand Conlan (R)

Arkansas

: . William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D) : . Wilbur Mills (D) : . John Paul Hammerschmidt (R) : . Ray Thornton (D)

California

: . Donald H. Clausen (R) : . Harold T. Johnson (D) : . John E. Moss (D) : . Robert L. Leggett (D) : . Phillip Burton (D) : . William S. Mailliard (R), until March 5, 1974 :: John Burton (D), from June 4, 1974 : . Ron Dellums (D) : . Pete Stark (D) : . Don Edwards (D) : . Charles Gubser (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Leo Ryan (D) : . Burt Talcott (R) : . Charles M. Teague (R), until January 1, 1974 :: Robert J. Lagomarsino (R), from March 5, 1974 : . Jerome Waldie (D) : . John J. McFall (D) : . B. F. Sisk (D) : . Pete McCloskey (R) : . Bob Mathias (R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Carlos Moorhead (R) : . Augustus Hawkins (D) : . James C. Corman (D) : . Del M. Clawson (R) : . John H. Rousselot (R) : . Charles E. Wiggins (R) : . Thomas M. Rees (D) : . Barry Goldwater Jr. (R) : . Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (R) : . George E. Danielson (D) : . Edward R. Roybal (D) : . Charles H. Wilson (D) : . Craig Hosmer (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Jerry Pettis (R) : . Richard T. Hanna (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Glenn M. Anderson (D) : . William M. Ketchum (R) : . Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D) : . George Brown Jr. (D) : . Andrew J. Hinshaw (R) : . Bob Wilson (R) : . Lionel Van Deerlin (D) : . Clair Burgener (R) : . Victor Veysey (R)

Colorado

: . Pat Schroeder (D) : . Donald G. Brotzman (R) : . Frank Evans (D) : . James Paul Johnson (R) : . William L. Armstrong (R)

Connecticut

: . William R. Cotter (D) : . Robert H. Steele (R) : . Robert Giaimo (D) : . Stewart McKinney (R) : . Ronald A. Sarasin (R) : . Ella Grasso (D)

Delaware

: . Pete du Pont (R)

Florida

: . Robert L. F. Sikes (D) : . Don Fuqua (D) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : . Bill Chappell (D) : . Bill Gunter (D) : . Bill Young (R) : . Sam Gibbons (D) : . James A. Haley (D) : . Louis Frey Jr. (R) : . Skip Bafalis (R) : . Paul Rogers (D) : . J. Herbert Burke (R) : . William Lehman (D) : . Claude Pepper (D) : . Dante Fascell (D)

Georgia

: . Bo Ginn (D) : . Dawson Mathis (D) : . Jack Brinkley (D) : . Benjamin B. Blackburn (R) : . Andrew Young (D) : . John Flynt (D) : . John William Davis (D) : . W. S. Stuckey Jr. (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (D)

Hawaii

: . Spark Matsunaga (D) : . Patsy Mink (D)

Idaho

: . Steve Symms (R) : . Orval H. Hansen (R)

Illinois

: . Ralph Metcalfe (D) : . Morgan F. Murphy (D) : . Robert P. Hanrahan (R) : . Ed Derwinski (R) : . John C. Kluczynski (D) : . Harold R. Collier (R) : . Cardiss Collins (D), from June 5, 1973 : . Dan Rostenkowski (D) : . Sidney R. Yates (D) : . Samuel H. Young (R) : . Frank Annunzio (D) : . Phil Crane (R) : . Robert McClory (R) : . John N. Erlenborn (R) : . Leslie C. Arends (R), until December 31, 1974 : . John B. Anderson (R) : . George M. O'Brien (R) : . Robert H. Michel (R) : . Tom Railsback (R) : . Paul Findley (R) : . Edward Rell Madigan (R) : . George E. Shipley (D) : . Melvin Price (D) : . Kenneth J. Gray (D), until December 31, 1974

Indiana

: . Ray Madden (D) : . Earl Landgrebe (R) : . John Brademas (D) : . J. Edward Roush (D) : . Elwood Hillis (R) : . William G. Bray (R) : . John T. Myers (R) : . Roger H. Zion (R) : . Lee H. Hamilton (D) : . David W. Dennis (R) : . William H. Hudnut III (R)

Iowa

: . Edward Mezvinsky (D) : . John Culver (D) : . H. R. Gross (R) : . Neal Edward Smith (D) : . William J. Scherle (R) : . Wiley Mayne (R)

Kansas

: . Keith Sebelius (R) : . William R. Roy (D) : . Larry Winn (R) : . Garner E. Shriver (R) : . Joe Skubitz (R)

Kentucky

: . Frank Stubblefield (D), until December 31, 1974 : . William Natcher (D) : . Romano Mazzoli (D) : . Gene Snyder (R) : . Tim Lee Carter (R) : . John B. Breckinridge (D) : . Carl D. Perkins (D)

Louisiana

: . F. Edward Hébert (D) : . Lindy Boggs (D), from March 20, 1973 : . Dave Treen (R) : . Joe Waggonner (D) : . Otto Passman (D) : . John Rarick (D) : . John Breaux (D) : . Gillis William Long (D)

Maine

: . Peter Kyros (D) : . William Cohen (R)

Maryland

: . William Oswald Mills (R), until May 24, 1973 :: Robert Bauman (R), from August 21, 1973 : . Clarence Long (D) : . Paul Sarbanes (D) : . Marjorie Holt (R) : . Lawrence Hogan (R) : . Goodloe Byron (D) : . Parren Mitchell (D) : . Gilbert Gude (R)

Massachusetts

: . Silvio O. Conte (R) : . Edward Boland (D) : . Harold Donohue (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Robert Drinan (D) : . Paul W. Cronin (R) : . Michael J. Harrington (D) : . Torbert Macdonald (D) : . Tip O'Neill (D) : . Joe Moakley (D) : . Margaret Heckler (R) : . James A. Burke (D) : . Gerry Studds (D)

Michigan

: . John Conyers (D) : . Marvin L. Esch (R) : . Garry E. Brown (R) : . J. Edward Hutchinson (R) : . Gerald Ford (R), until December 6, 1973 :: Richard Vander Veen (D), from February 18, 1974 : . Charles E. Chamberlain (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Donald Riegle (R), then (D) : . R. James Harvey (R), until January 31, 1974 :: J. Bob Traxler (D), from April 23, 1974 : . Guy Vander Jagt (R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Philip Ruppe (R) : . James G. O'Hara (D) : . Charles Diggs (D) : . Lucien Nedzi (D) : . William D. Ford (D) : . John D. Dingell Jr. (D) : . Martha Griffiths (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Robert J. Huber (R) : . William Broomfield (R)

Minnesota

: . Al Quie (R) : . Ancher Nelsen (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Bill Frenzel (R) : . Joseph Karth (DFL) : . Donald M. Fraser (DFL) : . John M. Zwach (R) : . Robert Bergland (DFL) : . John Blatnik (DFL), until December 31, 1974

Mississippi

: . Jamie L. Whitten (D) : . David R. Bowen (D) : . Sonny Montgomery (D) : . Thad Cochran (R) : . Trent Lott (R)

Missouri

: . Bill Clay (D) : . James W. Symington (D) : . Leonor Sullivan (D) : . William J. Randall (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . Jerry Litton (D) : . Gene Taylor (R) : . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D) : . William L. Hungate (D) : . Bill Burlison (D)

Montana

: . Richard G. Shoup (R) : . John Melcher (D)

Nebraska

: . Charles Thone (R) : . John Y. McCollister (R) : . David Martin (R), until December 31, 1974

Nevada

: . David Towell (R)

New Hampshire

: . Louis C. Wyman (R), until December 31, 1974 : . James Colgate Cleveland (R)

New Jersey

: . John E. Hunt (R) : . Charles W. Sandman Jr. (R) : . James J. Howard (D) : . Frank Thompson (D) : . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R) : . Edwin B. Forsythe (R) : . William B. Widnall (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Robert A. Roe (D) : . Henry Helstoski (D) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Joseph Minish (D) : . Matthew John Rinaldo (R) : . Joseph J. Maraziti (R) : . Dominick V. Daniels (D) : . Edward J. Patten (D)

New Mexico

: . Manuel Lujan Jr. (R) : . Harold L. Runnels (D)

New York

: . Otis G. Pike (D) : . James R. Grover Jr. (R) : . Angelo D. Roncallo (R) : . Norman F. Lent (R) : . John W. Wydler (R) : . Lester L. Wolff (D) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Mario Biaggi (D) : . Frank J. Brasco (D) : . Shirley Chisholm (D) : . Bertram L. Podell (D) : . John J. Rooney (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Hugh Carey (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Elizabeth Holtzman (D) : . John M. Murphy (D) : . Ed Koch (D) : . Charles Rangel (D) : . Bella Abzug (D) : . Herman Badillo (D) : . Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) : . Peter A. Peyser (R) : . Ogden Reid (D) : . Hamilton Fish IV (R) : . Benjamin Gilman (R) : . Howard W. Robison (R) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Carleton J. King (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Robert C. McEwen (R) : . Donald J. Mitchell (R) : . James M. Hanley (D) : . William F. Walsh (R) : . Frank Horton (R) : . Barber Conable (R) : . Henry P. Smith III (R) : . Thaddeus J. Dulski (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Jack Kemp (R) : . James F. Hastings (R)

North Carolina

: . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . David N. Henderson (D) : . Ike Franklin Andrews (D) : . Wilmer Mizell (R) : . L. Richardson Preyer (D) : . Charlie Rose (D) : . Earl B. Ruth (R) : . James G. Martin (R) : . Jim Broyhill (R) : . Roy A. Taylor (D)

North Dakota

: . Mark Andrews (R)

Ohio

: . William J. Keating (R), until January 3, 1974 :: Tom Luken (D), from March 5, 1974 : . Donald D. Clancy (R) : . Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R) : . Tennyson Guyer (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . Bud Brown (R) : . Walter E. Powell (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : . Clarence E. Miller (R) : . J. William Stanton (R) : . Samuel L. Devine (R) : . Charles Adams Mosher (R) : . John F. Seiberling (D) : . Chalmers Wylie (R) : . Ralph Regula (R) : . John M. Ashbrook (R) : . Wayne Hays (D) : . Charles J. Carney (D) : . James V. Stanton (D) : . Louis Stokes (D) : . Charles Vanik (D) : . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R), until December 31, 1974

Oklahoma

: . James R. Jones (D) : . Clem McSpadden (D) : . Carl Albert (D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . John Newbold Camp (R)

Oregon

: . Wendell Wyatt (R) : . Al Ullman (D) : . Edith Green (D), until December 31, 1974 : . John R. Dellenback (R)

Pennsylvania

: . William A. Barrett (D) : . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D) : . William J. Green III (D) : . Joshua Eilberg (D) : . John H. Ware III (R) : . Gus Yatron (D) : . Lawrence G. Williams (R) : . Edward G. Biester Jr. (R) : . Bud Shuster (R) : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Dan Flood (D) : . John P. Saylor (R), until October 28, 1973 :: John Murtha (D), from February 5, 1974 : . Lawrence Coughlin (R) : . William S. Moorhead (D) : . Fred B. Rooney (D) : . Edwin Duing Eshleman (R) : . Herman T. Schneebeli (R) : . John Heinz (R) : . George Atlee Goodling (R) : . Joseph M. Gaydos (D) : . John Herman Dent (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . Albert W. Johnson (R) : . Joseph P. Vigorito (D) : . Frank M. Clark (D), until December 31, 1974

Rhode Island

: . Fernand St Germain (D) : . Robert Tiernan (D)

South Carolina

: . Mendel Jackson Davis (D) : . Floyd Spence (R) : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D), until December 31, 1974 : . James Mann (D) : . Thomas S. Gettys (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Edward Lunn Young (R)

South Dakota

: . Frank E. Denholm (D) : . James Abdnor (R)

Tennessee

: . Jimmy Quillen (R) : . John Duncan Sr. (R) : . LaMar Baker (R) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Richard Fulton (D) : . Robin Beard (R) : . Ed Jones (D) : . Dan Kuykendall (R)

Texas

: . Wright Patman (D) : . Charlie Wilson (D) : . James M. Collins (R) : . Ray Roberts (D) : . Alan Steelman (R) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . Bill Archer (R) : . Robert C. Eckhardt (D) : . Jack Brooks (D) : . J. J. Pickle (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Bob Price (R) : . John Andrew Young (D) : . Kika de la Garza (D) : . Richard Crawford White (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Barbara Jordan (D) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Henry B. González (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Robert R. Casey (D) : . Abraham Kazen (D) : . Dale Milford (D)

Utah

: . K. Gunn McKay (D) : . Wayne Owens (D)

Vermont

: . Richard W. Mallary (R)

Virginia

: . Thomas N. Downing (D) : . G. William Whitehurst (R) : . David E. Satterfield III (D) : . Robert Daniel (R) : . Dan Daniel (D) : . M. Caldwell Butler (R) : . J. Kenneth Robinson (R) : . Stanford Parris (R) : . William C. Wampler (R) : . Joel Broyhill (R), until December 31, 1974

Washington

: . Joel Pritchard (R) : . Lloyd Meeds (D) : . Julia Butler Hansen (D), until December 31, 1974 : . Mike McCormack (D) : . Tom Foley (D) : . Floyd Hicks (D) : . Brock Adams (D)

West Virginia

: . Bob Mollohan (D) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . John M. Slack Jr. (D) : . Ken Hechler (D)

Wisconsin

: . Les Aspin (D) : . Robert Kastenmeier (D) : . Vernon Wallace Thomson (R), until December 31, 1974 : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Henry S. Reuss (D) : . William A. Steiger (R) : . Dave Obey (D) : . Harold Vernon Froehlich (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (R), until December 31, 1974

Wyoming

: . Teno Roncalio (D)

Non-voting members

: . Walter Fauntroy (D) : . Antonio Borja Won Pat (D) : . Jaime Benítez Rexach (Resident Commissioner) (PPD) : . Ron de Lugo (D) Tip O'Neill John J. McFall Gerald Ford John Jacob Rhodes Leslie C. Arends

Changes in membership

Senate

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

|- | Ohio (3) | | William B. Saxbe (R) | Resigned January 3, 1974, to become Attorney General. Successor appointed January 4, 1974 to finish the term. | | Howard Metzenbaum (D) | January 4, 1974

|- | Nevada (3) | | Alan Bible (D) | Resigned December 17, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed December 18, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. | | Paul Laxalt (R) | December 18, 1974

|- | Utah (3) | | Wallace F. Bennett (R) | Resigned December 20, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed December 21, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. | | Jake Garn (R) | December 21, 1974

|- | Ohio (3) | | Howard Metzenbaum (D) | Resigned December 23, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed December 24, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. | | John Glenn (D) | December 24, 1974

|- | Kentucky (3) | | Marlow Cook (R) | Resigned December 27, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed December 28, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. | | Wendell Ford (D) | December 28, 1974

|- | New Hampshire (3) | | Norris Cotton (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974, to give successor preferential seniority. Successor appointed December 31, 1974, having already been elected to the next term. | | Louis C. Wyman (R) | December 31, 1974

|- | Florida (3) | | Edward Gurney (R) | Resigned December 31, 1974, in an influence peddling scandal. Successor appointed January 1, 1975, having already been elected to the next term. | | Richard Stone (D) | January 1, 1975

|- | Arkansas (3) | | J. William Fulbright (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. Successor began next term. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | North Carolina (3) | | Sam Ervin (D) | Resigned December 31, 1974. Successor began next term. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

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House of Representatives

There were three deaths before this Congress began.

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

|- | | Vacant | | Cardiss Collins (D)

| | Vacant | | Don Young (R) | nowrap | March 6, 1973 |- | | | Hale Boggs (D) | | Lindy Boggs (D)

| | | Donald Riegle (R) | | Donald Riegle (D)

| | nowrap| William Oswald Mills (R) | nowrap | Robert Bauman (R)

| | | Gerald Ford (R) | | Richard Vander Veen (D)

| | nowrap | Charles M. Teague (R) | nowrap | Robert J. Lagomarsino (R)

| | | William J. Keating (R) | | Tom Luken (D)

| | | R. James Harvey (R) | | J. Bob Traxler (D)

| | | William S. Mailliard (R) | | John Burton (D)

| | | Charles Gubser (R) |- | | | Chester E. Holifield (D) |- | | | Craig Hosmer (R) |- | | | Richard T. Hanna (D) |- | | | Leslie C. Arends (R) |- | | | Kenneth J. Gray (D) |- | | | Frank Stubblefield (D) |- | | | Harold Donohue (D) |- | | | Charles E. Chamberlain (R) |- | | | Martha Griffiths (D) |- | | | Ancher Nelsen (R) |- | | | John Blatnik (DFL) |- | | | David Martin (R) |- | | | Louis C. Wyman (R) |- | | | William B. Widnall (R) |- | | | John J. Rooney (D) |- | | | Hugh Carey (D) |- | | | Carleton J. King (R) |- | | | Thaddeus J. Dulski (D) |- | | | William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R) |- | | | Edith Green (D) |- | | | Frank M. Clark (D) |- | | | William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) |- | | | Thomas S. Gettys (D) |- | | | O. C. Fisher (D) |- | | | Joel Broyhill (R) |- | | | Julia Butler Hansen (D) |- | | | Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) |- | | | Glenn Robert Davis (R) |}

Committees

Senate

• Aging (Special) (Chair: Frank Church)
• Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair: Frank Moss; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chair: Herman Talmadge; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
  • Environment, Soil Conservation and Forestry (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Jesse Helms)
  • Agriculture Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair: George McGovern; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
  • Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Walter "Dee" Huddleston; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young)
  • Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
  • Rural Development (Chair: Dick Clark; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
  • Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair: Hubert Humphrey; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon)
• Appropriations (Chair: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Milton Young)
  • Agriculture, Environmental and Consumer Protection (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong)
  • Defense (Chair: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young)
  • Intelligence Operations (Chair: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young)
  • District of Columbia (Chair: Birch Bayh; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
  • Foreign Operations (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: Edward W. Brooke)
  • Housing and Urban Development, Space, Science and Veterans (Chair: William Proxmire; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
  • Interior (Chair: Alan Bible; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
  • Labor, Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Warren Magnuson; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton)
  • Legislative (Chair: Fritz Hollings; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton)
  • Military Construction (Chair: Mike Mansfield; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
  • Public Works, AEC (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
  • State, Justice, Commerce and the Judiciary (Chair: John Pastore; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska)
  • Transportation (Chair: Robert Byrd; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case)
  • Treasury, U.S. Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Joseph Montoya; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon)
• Armed Services (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
  • Central Intelligence (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Peter H. Dominick)
  • Preparedness Investigating (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
  • National Stockfile and Naval Petroleum Reserves (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: William L. Scott)
  • Status of Forces (Chair: Sam Ervin; Ranking Member: William L. Scott)
  • Military Construction Authorization (Chair: Stuart Symington; Ranking Member: John Tower)
  • Arms Control (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater)
  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Safeguards (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: William B. Saxbe)
  • Tactical Air Power (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater)
  • Research and Development (Chair: Thomas J. McIntyre; Ranking Member: Peter H. Dominick)
  • General Legislation (Chair: Harry F. Byrd Jr.; Ranking Member: William B. Saxbe)
  • Reprograming of Funds (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: John G. Tower)
  • Drug Abuse in the Military (Chair: Harold Hughes; Ranking Member: Peter H. Dominick)
• Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: John Sparkman; Ranking Member: John G. Tower)
  • Consumer Credit (Chair: William Proxmire; Ranking Member: Bill Brock)
  • Financial Institutions (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett)
  • Housing (Chair: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: John G. Tower)
  • International Finance (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III; Ranking Member: Bob Packwood)
  • Production and Stabilization (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Robert Taft Jr.)
  • Securities (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Edward W. Brooke)
  • Small Business (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker)
• Commerce (Chair: Warren Magnuson; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton)
  • Aviation (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton)
  • Communications (Chair: Frank Moss; Ranking Member: Howard H. Baker Jr.)
  • Consumer (Chair: Frank Moss; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook)
  • Environment (Chair: Philip Hart; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook)
  • Foreign Commerce and Tourism (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: Robert P. Griffin)
  • Merchant Marine (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall Jr.)
  • Oceans and Atmosphere (Chair: Fritz Hollings; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
  • Surface and Transportation (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: James B. Pearson)
• District of Columbia (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
  • Business, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III; Ranking Member: Pete V. Domenici)
  • Fiscal Affairs (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: Dewey F. Bartlett)
  • Public Health, Education, Welfare and Safety (Chair: John V. Tunney; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
• Finance (Chair: Abraham Ribicoff; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett)
  • International Trade (Chair: Abraham Ribicoff; Ranking Member: Paul Fannin)
  • Health (Chair: Herman Talmadge; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen)
  • Private Pension Plans (Chair: Gaylord Nelson; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
  • State Taxation of Interstate Commerce (Chair: Walter Mondale; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen)
  • Foundations (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
  • International Finance and Resource (Chair: Harry F. Byrd Jr.; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
• Foreign Relations (Chair: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
  • Near Eastern Affairs (Chair: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
  • European Affairs (Chair: John Sparkman; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case)
  • Far Eastern Affairs (Chair: Mike Mansfield; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
  • Oceans and International Environment (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case)
  • Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
  • Arms Control, International Law and Organization (Chair: Edmund Muskie; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case)
  • South Asian Affairs (Chair: George McGovern; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
  • African Affairs (Chair: Hubert Humphrey; Ranking Member: James B. Pearson)
  • U.S. Security Agreements and Commitments Aboard (Chair: Stuart Symington; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
  • Multinational Corporations (Chair: Frank Church; Ranking Member: Frank Church)
• Government Operations (Chair: Sam Ervin; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
  • Permanent Investigations (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
  • Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: Edmund Muskie; Ranking Member: Edward J. Gurney)
  • Reorganization, Research and International Organizations (Chair: Abraham Ribicoff; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
  • Budgeting, Management and Expenditures (Chair: Lee Metcalf; Ranking Member: William B. Saxbe)
  • Surplus Property (Ad Hoc) (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: Edward J. Gurney)
  • Inpoundment of Funds (Ad Hoc) (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
  • Procurement (Ad Hoc) (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
• Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Paul J. Fannin)
  • Indian Affairs (Chair: James Abourezk; Ranking Member: Dewey F. Bartlett)
  • Minerals, Materials and Fuels (Chair: Lee Metcalf; Ranking Member: James L. Buckley)
  • Parks and Recreation (Chair: Alan Bible; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen)
  • Public Lands (Chair: Floyd Haskell; Ranking Member: James A. McClure)
  • Territories and Insular Affairs (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Paul J. Fannin)
  • Water and Power Resources (Chair: Frank Church; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
• Judiciary (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska)
  • Administrative Practice and Procedure (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
  • Antitrust Monopoly (Chair: Philip Hart; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska)
  • Constitutional Amendments (Chair: Birch Bayh; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook)
  • Constitutional Rights (Chair: Sam Ervin; Ranking Member: Edward J. Gurney)
  • Criminal Laws and Procedures (Chair: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska)
  • FBI Oversight (Chair: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska)
  • Federal Charters, Holidays and Celebrations (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: John L. McClellan)
  • Immigration and Naturalization (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong)
  • Improvements in Judicial Machinery (Chair: Quentin Burdick; Ranking Member: Roman Hruska)
  • Internal Security (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Hugh Scott)
  • Juvenile Delinquency (Chair: Birch Bayh; Ranking Member: Marlow Cook)
  • Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (Chair: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Hugh Scott)
  • Penitentiaries (Chair: Quentin Burdick; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook)
  • Rufugees and Escapees (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong)
  • Revision and Codification (Chair: Sam Ervin; Ranking Member: Hugh Scott)
  • Separation of Powers (Chair: Sam Ervin; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
• Labor and Public Welfare (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
  • Labor (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
  • Handicapped Workers (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
  • Education (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Peter H. Dominick)
  • Health (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
  • Employment, Poverty and Migratory Labor (Chair: Gaylord Nelson; Ranking Member: Robert Taft Jr.)
  • Children and Youth (Chair: Walter Mondale; Ranking Member: Robert Taft Jr.)
  • Aging (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall Jr.)
  • Railroad Retirement (Chair: William Hathaway; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
  • Alcoholism and Narcotics (Chair: Harold Hughes; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
  • Arts and Humanities (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
  • National Science Foundation (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: Peter H. Dominick)
  • Human Resources (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: J. Glenn Beall Jr.)
• Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: George McGovern)
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong)
  • Civil Service Policies and Practices (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon)
  • Compensation and Employment Benefits (Chair: Quentin Burdick; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
  • Postal Operations (Chair: Fritz Hollings; Ranking Member: William B. Saxbe)
• Presidential Campaign Activities (Select) (Chair: Sam J. Ervin Jr.)
• Public Works (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Howard H. Baker Jr.)
  • Air and Water Pollution (Chair: Edmund Muskie; Ranking Member: James L. Buckley)
  • Economic Development (Chair: Joseph Montoya; Ranking Member: James A. McClure)
  • Water Resources (Chair: Mike Gravel; Ranking Member: William L. Scott)
  • Roads (Chair: Lloyd Bentsen; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
  • Disaster Relief (Chair: Quentin Burdick; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici)
  • Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Dick Clark; Ranking Member: William L. Scott)
• Rules and Administration (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook)
  • Standing Rules of the Senate (Chair: Robert Byrd; Ranking Member: Robert P. Griffin)
  • Privileges and Elections (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
  • Printing (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Hugh Scott)
  • Library (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
  • Smithsonian Institution (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook)
  • Restaurant (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: Marlow W. Cook)
  • Computer Services (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
• Secret and Confidential Government Documents (Special) (Chair: )
• Small Business (Select) (Chair: Alan Bible)
• Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair: Frank Church)
• Termination of the National Emergency (Special) (Chair: Frank Church)
• Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen)
  • Housing and Insurance (Chair: Harold Hughes; Ranking Member: James A. McClure)
  • Readjustment, Education and Employment (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
  • Health and Hospitals (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
  • Compensation and Pensions (Chair: Herman Talmadge; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Agriculture (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Charles M. Teague)
  • Cotton (Chair: B. F. Sisk; Ranking Member: Robert B. Mathias)
  • Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
  • Forests (Chair: John Rarick; Ranking Member: George A. Goodling)
  • Livestock and Grains (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Wiley Mayne)
  • Oilseeds and Rice (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
  • Tobacco (Chair: Frank Stubblefield; Ranking Member: Wilmer Mizell)
  • Conservation and Credit (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: John M. Zwach)
  • Domestic Marketing and Consumer Relations (Chair: Joseph P. Vigorito; Ranking Member: George A. Goodling)
  • Department Operations (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: Bob Price)
  • Family Farms and Rural Development (Chair: William Vollie Alexander Jr.; Ranking Member: Keith G. Sebelius)
• Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Elford A. Cederberg)
  • Agriculture, Environmental and Consumer Protection (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Mark Andrews)
  • Defense (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: William E. Minshall)
  • District of Columbia (Chair: William Natcher; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
  • Foreign Operations (Chair: Otto Passman; Ranking Member: Garner E. Shriver)
  • Housing and Urban Development/Space, Science and Veterans (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: Burt L. Talcott)
  • Interior (Chair: Julia Butler Hansen; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
  • Labor, Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Dan Flood; Ranking Member: Robert H. Michel)
  • Legislative (Chair: Robert R. Casey; Ranking Member: Louis C. Wyman)
  • Military Construction (Chair: Bob Sikes; Ranking Member: Robert C. McEwen)
  • Public Works (Chair: Joe L. Evins; Ranking Member: Glenn Robert Davis)
  • State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: John J. Rooney; Ranking Member: Elford A. Cederberg)
  • Transportation (Chair: John J. Rooney; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
  • Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Tom Steed; Ranking Member: Howard W. Robison)
• Armed Services (Chair: F. Edward Hébert; Ranking Member: William G. Bray)
  • Subcommittee No.#1 (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Charles S. Gubser)
  • Subcommittee No.#2 (Chair: O. C. Fisher; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
  • Subcommittee No.#3 (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Bob Wilson)
  • Subcommittee No.#4 (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: John E. Hunt)
  • Subcommittee No.#5 (Chair: Otis G. Pike; Ranking Member: Carleton J. King)
  • Intelligence (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: William G. Bray)
  • Human Relations (Chair: Floyd Hicks; Ranking Member: John E. Hunt)
  • Armed Services Investigation (Chair: F. Edward Hébert; Ranking Member: Leslie C. Arends)
• Banking and Currency (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall)
  • Domestic Finance (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
  • Housing (Chair: William A. Barrett; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall)
  • Consumer Affairs (Chair: Leonor Sullivan; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
  • International Trade (Chair: Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: Benjamin B. Blackburn)
  • Small Business (Chair: Robert Grier Stephens Jr.; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
  • Bank Supervision and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: John H. Rousselot)
  • International Finance (Chair: Henry B. González; Ranking Member: Albert W. Johnson)
  • Urban Mass Transit (Chair: Joseph Minish; Ranking Member: Garry E. Brown)
• Crime (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
• District of Columbia (Chair: Charles Diggs; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen)
  • Business, Commerce and Taxation (Chair: W. S. Stuckey Jr.; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha)
  • Education (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
  • Government Operations (Chair: Brock Adams; Ranking Member: Earl F. Landgrebe)
  • Judiciary (Chair: Walter Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Henry P. Smith III)
  • Labor, Social Services and the International Community (Chair: Romano Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Gilbert Gude)
  • Revenue and Financial Services (Chair: Thomas M. Rees; Ranking Member: Joel T. Broyhill)
• Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Al Quie)
  • Education (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Alphonso Bell)
  • Labor (Chair: Frank Thompson; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
• Foreign Affairs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn)
  • National Security Policy and Scientific Developments (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: Marvin L. Esch)
  • State Department Organization and Foreign Operations (Chair: Wayne Hays; Ranking Member: Edwin D. Eshleman)
  • Inter-American Affairs (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: Vernon W. Thomson)
  • Africa (Chair: Charles Diggs; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
  • Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Robert N. C. Nix Sr.; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
  • International Organizations and Movements (Chair: Donald M. Fraser; Ranking Member: H. R. Gross)
  • Europe (Chair: Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal; Ranking Member: Peter Frelinghuysen)
  • Foreign Economic Policy (Chair: John Culver; Ranking Member: J. Herbert Burke)
  • Near East and South Asia (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: John H. Buchanan Jr.)
  • Foreign Aid Programs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard)
• Government Operations (Chair: Chester E. Holifield; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
  • Conservation and Natural Resources (Chair: Henry S. Reuss; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt)
  • Foreign Operations and Government Information (Chair: William S. Moorhead; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn)
  • Government Activities (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: John H. Buchanan Jr.)
  • Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: Lawrence H. Fountain; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown)
  • Legal and Monetary Affairs (Chair: William J. Randall; Ranking Member: Sam Steiger)
  • Legislation and Military Operations (Chair: Chester E. Holifield; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
  • Special Studies (Chair: Floyd Hicks; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler)
• House Administration (Chair: Wayne Hays; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
  • Accounts (Chair: Frank Thompson; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
  • Elections (Chair: John Herman Dent; Ranking Member: R. James Harvey)
  • Library and Memorials (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland)
  • Printing (Chair: John Brademas; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland)
  • Electrical and Mechanical Office Equipment (Chair: Augustus Hawkins; Ranking Member: R. James Harvey)
  • Contracts (Chair: Thomas S. Gettys; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland)
  • Police (Chair: Kenneth J. Gray; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
  • Personnel (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
• House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Martha W. Griffiths)
• House Restaurant (Select) (Chair: John C. Kluczynski)
• Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: James A. Haley; Ranking Member: Craig Hosmer)
  • Environment (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Philip E. Ruppe)
  • National Parks and Recreation (Chair: Roy A. Taylor; Ranking Member: Joe Skubitz)
  • Water and Power Resources (Chair: Harold T. Johnson; Ranking Member: Craig Hosmer)
  • Territorial and Insular Affairs (Chair: Phillip Burton; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
  • Indian Affairs (Chair: Lloyd Meeds; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
  • Mines and Mining (Chair: Patsy Mink; Ranking Member: John Newbold Camp)
  • Public Lands (Chair: John Melcher; Ranking Member: Sam Steiger)
• Internal Security (Chair: Richard Howard Ichord Jr.; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley Orrin Staggers; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
  • Commerce and Finance (Chair: John E. Moss; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
  • Communications and Power (Chair: Torbert Macdonald; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown)
  • Public Health and Environment (Chair: Paul Rogers; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen)
  • Transportation and Aeronautics (Chair: John Jarman; Ranking Member: R. James Harvey)
  • Investigations (Chair: Harley Orrin Staggers; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
• Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Edward Hutchinson)
  • Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: Charles E. Wiggins)
  • Claims and Governmental Relations (Chair: Harold Donohue; Ranking Member: M. Caldwell Butler)
  • Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: M. Caldwell Butler)
  • Crime (Chair: John Conyers Jr.)
  • Criminal Justice (Chair: William L. Hungate; Ranking Member: Henry P. Smith III)
  • Immigration, Citizenship and International Law (Chair: Joshua Eilberg; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
  • Monopolies and Commercial Law (Chair: Peter W. Rodino Jr.; Ranking Member: Edward Hutchinson)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Leonor Sullivan; Ranking Member: James R. Grover Jr.)
  • Merchant Marine (Chair: Frank M. Clark; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard)
  • Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: George A. Goodling)
  • Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: John M. Murphy; Ranking Member: Philip E. Ruppe)
  • Oceangraphy (Chair: Thomas N. Downing; Ranking Member: Charles A. Mosher)
  • Panama Canal (Chair: Robert L. Leggett; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
• Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Thaddeus J. Dulski; Ranking Member: H.R. Gross)
  • Investigations (Chair: Thaddeus J. Dulski; Ranking Member: Walter E. Powell)
  • Postal Service (Chair: James M. Hanley; Ranking Member: Albert W. Johnson)
  • Retirement and Employee Benefits (Chair: Jerome Waldie; Ranking Member: Lawrence J. Hogan)
  • Manpower and Civil Service (Chair: David N. Henderson; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
  • Postal Facilities, Mail and Labor Management (Chair: Charlie Wilson; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
  • Census and Statistics (Chair: Richard Crawford White; Ranking Member: John H. Rousselot)
• Public Works (Chair: John Blatnik; Ranking Member: John H. Rousselot)
  • Water Resources (Chair: Ray Roberts; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha)
  • Transportation (Chair: John C. Kluczynski; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
  • Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Kenneth J. Gray; Ranking Member: James R. Grover Jr.)
  • Economic Development (Chair: Robert E. Jones Jr.; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
  • Investigations and Review (Chair: Jim Wright; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland)
  • Energy (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
• Regulate Parking (Select) (Chair: B. F. Sisk)
• Rules (Chair: Ray Madden; Ranking Member: David T. Martin)
• Science and Astronautics (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Charles A. Mosher)
  • Aeronautics and Space Technology (Chair: Ray Madden; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler)
  • Science, Research and Development (Chair: John William Davis; Ranking Member: Alphonso Bell)
  • Manned Space Flight (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.)
  • Space Science and Applications (Chair: James W. Symington; Ranking Member: Marvin L. Esch)
  • International Cooperation in Science and Space (Chair: Richard T. Hanna; Ranking Member: Louis Frey)
  • Energy (Chair: Mike McCormack; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater)
• Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
• Small Business (Select) (Chair: Joe L. Evins)
• Veterans' Affairs (Chair: William Jennings Bryan Dorn; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
  • Compensation and Pension (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
  • Education and Training (Chair: Henry Helstoski; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler)
  • Hospitals (Chair: David E. Satterfield III)
  • Housing (Chair: Charles J. Carney; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
  • Insurance (Chair: Sonny Montgomery; Ranking Member: John M. Zwach)
  • Ways and Means (Chair: Wilbur Mills; Ranking Member: Herman T. Schneebeli)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Atomic Energy (Chair: Rep. Charles Melvin Price; Vice Chair: Sen. John O. Pastore)
• Congressional Operations (Chair: Sen. Lee Metcalf; Vice Chair: Rep. Jack Brooks)
• Defense Productions (Chair: Sen. John J. Sparkman; Vice Chair: Rep. Wright Patman)
• Economic (Chair: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chair: Sen. William Proxmire)
• Internal Revenue Taxation (Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills)
• The Library (Chair: Sen. Howard Cannon; Vice Chair: Rep. Lucien N. Nedzi)
• Printing (Chair: Rep. Wayne L. Hays; Vice Chair: Sen. Howard Cannon)
• Reduction of Federal Expenditures (Chair: Rep. George H. Mahon)
• Budget Control (Chair: Rep. Al Ullman)

Employees

[[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|Legislative branch agency]] directors

• Architect of the Capitol: George Malcolm White
• Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Rufus Pearson, until 1974
  • Freeman H. Cary, starting 1974
• Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats
• Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford, until 1974
• Public Printer of the United States: Thomas F. McCormick, starting 1973

Senate

• Secretary: Francis R. Valeo
• Librarian: Roger K. Haley
• Parliamentarian: Floyd Riddick, until 1974
  • Murray Zweben, starting 1974
• Sergeant at Arms: William H. Wannall
• Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian)
• Curator: James R. Ketchum
• Democratic Party Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt
• Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice, until 1974
  • William Hildenbrand, starting 1974

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodist)
• Clerk: W. Pat Jennings
• Doorkeeper: William M. Miller, until December 31, 1974
  • James T. Molloy, interim
• Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler, until June 27, 1974
  • William Holmes Brown, appointed June 27, 1974
• Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
• Reading Clerk:
  • Joe Bartlett (R)
  • Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D)
• Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth R. Harding

Notes

Footnotes

References

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists

References

1. [[Joe Moakley]] (D–MA) was elected as "Independent Conservative", based on official report of Congress by Benjamin Guthrie. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972." But he was sworn in as a Democrat at the beginning of the Congress, January 3, 1973. [https://archive.org/stream/19911992official014340mbp#page/n175/mode/2up]