94th United States Congress


The 94th 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, 1975, to January 3, 1977, during the last two years of Gerald Ford's presidency.
This is the most recent Congress with a Republican senator from Hawaii, Hiram Fong, and Democratic senators from Utah and Wyoming, Frank Moss and Gale W. McGee. Fong retired and the other two lost re-election at the end of the 94th Congress.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1970 [United States census]. The Democrats not only maintained their majorities in the House and Senate, but would increase their numbers to supermajority status in both chambers.

Major events

Image:1975 State of the Union Address.jpg|thumb|275px|President Gerald Ford with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and House Speaker Carl Albert during the 1975 [State of the Union Address], January 15, 1975

Major legislation

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Caucuses

Members

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1976; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1978; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1980.

Delaware">List of United States senators from Delaware">Delaware


Kansas">List of United States senators from Kansas">Kansas


Mississippi">List of United States senators from Mississippi">Mississippi


New York">List of United States senators from New York">New York


South Carolina">List of United States senators from South Carolina">South Carolina


West Virginia">List of United States senators from West Virginia">West Virginia


House of Representatives

Many of the congressional districts 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.

Delaware">List of United States representatives from Delaware">Delaware


Kansas">List of United States representatives from Kansas">Kansas


Mississippi">List of United States representatives from Mississippi">Mississippi


New York">List of United States representatives from New York">New York


South Carolina">List of United States representatives from South Carolina">South Carolina


West Virginia">List of United States representatives from West Virginia">West Virginia


Changes in membership

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

Senate

  • Replacements: 9
  • * Democratic: no net change
  • * Republican: 1 seat net gain
  • Deaths: 1
  • Resignations: 6
  • Vacancy: 0
'''Total seats with changes: 8'''

House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 3
  • * Democratic: 3 seat net loss
  • * Republican: 2 seat net gain
  • Deaths: 2
  • Resignations: 2
  • Contested election: 0
  • '''Total seats with changes: 4'''

Committees

Special or select

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

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Senate

House of Representatives