- Source: 92nd United States Congress
The 92nd 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, 1971, to January 3, 1973, during the third and fourth years of Richard Nixon's presidency.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1960 census. Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority.
Major events
Passing legislation on revenue-sharing was a key event of the congress. President Richard Nixon had it listed on his list of top policies to cover for the year. Nixon signed the bill into law at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The law gained support from many state and local officials including: San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto whose city received $27 million in revenue-sharing money in the first year. Alioto said that many projects that would not have been possible could now be done, "That will effectively enable us to meet those programs which up to now because of very tough budgeting we've had to trench."
Major legislation
December 18, 1971: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Pub. L. 92–203, 85 Stat. 688
December 23, 1971: National Cancer Act, Pub. L. 92–218, 85 Stat. 778
February 7, 1972: Federal Election Campaign Act, Pub. L. 92–225, 86 Stat. 3
March 24, 1972: Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Pub. L. 92–261, 86 Stat. 103
June 23, 1972: Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act, Pub. L. 92–318, 86 Stat. 235
October 6, 1972: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770
October 18, 1972: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, Pub. L. 92–500, 86 Stat. 816
October 21, 1972: Marine Mammal Protection Act, Pub. L. 92–522, 86 Stat. 1027
October 27, 1972: Consumer Product Safety Act, Pub. L. 92–573, 86 Stat. 1207
October 27, 1972: Noise Control Act, Pub. L. 92–574, 86 Stat. 1234
October 27, 1972: Coastal Zone Management Act, Pub. L. 92–583, 86 Stat. 1280
Constitutional amendments
March 23, 1971: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
July 1, 1971: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (38) to become part of the Constitution
March 22, 1972: Approved an amendment to the Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
This amendment, commonly known as the Equal Rights Amendment, was later rendered inoperative, as it was not ratified within the seven–year time frame set by Congress (nor the later time extension granted)
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
== House of Representatives
=Leadership
= Senate
=President: Spiro Agnew (R)
President pro tempore:
Richard Russell Jr. (D), until January 21, 1971
Allen J. Ellender (D), January 22, 1971 – July 27, 1972
James Eastland (D), from July 28, 1972
Permanent Acting President pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield
Majority Whip: Robert Byrd
Caucus Secretary: Frank Moss
Minority (Republican) leadership
Minority Leader: Hugh Scott
Minority Whip: Robert P. Griffin
Republican Conference Chairman: Margaret Chase Smith
Republican Conference Secretary: Norris Cotton
National Senatorial Committee Chair: Peter H. Dominick
Policy Committee Chairman: Gordon Allott
= House of Representatives
=Speaker: Carl Albert (D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
Majority Leader: Hale Boggs
Majority Whip: Tip O'Neill
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Olin E. Teague
Democratic Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Tip O'Neill
Minority (Republican) leadership
Minority Leader: Gerald Ford
Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
Republican Conference Chairman: John B. Anderson
Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Robert Stafford then Samuel L. Devine
Republican Conference Secretary: Richard H. Poff then Jack Edwards
Policy Committee Chairman: John Jacob Rhodes
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Bob Wilson
Caucuses
Congressional Black Caucus
House Democratic Caucus
Senate Democratic Caucus
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of class, and representatives are listed by district.
= Senate
=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.
= House of Representatives
=The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
= Senate
=Replacements: 5
Democratic: no net change
Republican: no net change
Deaths: 3
Resignations: 0
Total seats with changes: 3
= House of Representatives
=Replacements: 10
Democratic: no net loss
Republican: no net gain
Deaths: 8
Resignations: 6
Total seats with changes: 16
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
=Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
Agriculture and Forestry (Chair: Herman E. Talmadge; Ranking Member: Jack Miller)
Appropriations (Chair: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young)
Armed Services (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Margaret Chase Smith)
Banking, Housing and Currency (Chair: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: John G. Tower)
Commerce (Chair: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton)
District of Columbia (Chair: Thomas F. Eagleton; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
Equal Educational Opportunity (Select) (Chair: Walter Mondale)
Finance (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett)
Foreign Relations (Chair: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
Government Operations (Chair: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt)
Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Gordon Allott)
Judiciary (Chair: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska)
Labor and Public Welfare (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: George McGovern)
Post Office and Civil Services (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong)
Public Works (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: John Sherman Cooper)
Rules and Administration (Chair: B. Everett Jordan; Ranking Member: Winston L. Prouty)
Secret and Confidential Government Documents (Special) (Chair: [data missing]; Ranking Member: [data missing])
Small Business (Select) (Chair: Alan Bible)
Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair: John C. Stennis; Vice Chair: Wallace F. Bennett)
Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
Whole
= House of Representatives
=Agriculture (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Page Belcher)
Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Frank T. Bow)
Armed Services (Chair: F. Edward Hebert; Ranking Member: Leslie C. Arends)
Banking and Currency (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall)
Crime (Select) (Chair: Claude Pepper)
District of Columbia (Chair: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen)
Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Al Quie)
Foreign Affairs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard)
Government Operations (Chair: Chet Holifield; Ranking Member: Florence P. Dwyer)
House Administration (Chair: Wayne L. Hays; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Martha W. Griffiths)
House Restaurant (Select) (Chair: John C. Kluczynski)
Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Wayne N. Aspinall; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor)
Internal Security (Chair: Richard H. Ichord; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member: William L. Springer)
Judiciary (Chair: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Pelly)
Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Edward A. Garmatz; Ranking Member: Robert J. Corbett)
Public Works (Chair: John A. Blatnik; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha)
Regulate Parking (Select) (Chair: B.F. Sisk)
Rules (Chair: William M. Colmer; Ranking Member: H. Allen Smith)
Science and Astronautics (Chair: George P. Miller; Ranking Member: James G. Fulton)
Small Business (Select) (Chair: Joe L. Evins)
Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Jackson E. Betts)
Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Charles M. Teague)
Ways and Means (Chair: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member: John W. Byrnes)
Whole
= Joint committees
=Atomic Energy (Chair: Sen. John O. Pastore; Vice Chair: Rep. Charles Melvin Price)
Congressional Operations (Chair: Rep. Jack Brooks; Vice Chair: Sen. Lee Metcalf)
Defense Production (Chair: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chair: Sen. John J. Sparkman)
Economic (Chair: Sen. William Proxmire; Vice Chair: Rep. Wright Patman)
The Library (Chair: Rep. Wayne L. Hays; Vice Chair: Sen. B. Everett Jordan)
Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
Printing (Chair: N/A)
Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chair: Rep. George H. Mahon)
Taxation (Chair: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long)
Employees
= Legislative branch agency directors
=Architect of the Capitol: George M. White, appointed January 27, 1971
Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Rufus Pearson
Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats
Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
Public Printer of the United States: Adolphus N. Spence, until 1972
= Senate
=Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian)
Curator: James R. Ketchum
Parliamentarian: Floyd Riddick
Secretary: Francis R. Valeo
Librarian: Richard D. Hupman
Democratic Party Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt
Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice
Sergeant at Arms: Robert G. Dunphy, until June 30, 1972 (resigned)
William H. Wannall, from July 1, 1972
= House of Representatives
=Clerk: W. Pat Jennings
Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr., January 21, 1971 – September 30, 1972 (resigned)
Kenneth R. Harding, from October 1, 1972
Doorkeeper: William M. Miller
Postmaster: H. H. Morris, January 21, 1971 – June 30, 1972 (resigned)
Robert V. Rota, from July 1, 1972
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Reading Clerks:
Joe Bartlett (until 1971) (R), Bob Berry (starting 1971) (R)
Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D)
Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodist)
Footnotes
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
See also
1970 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
1970 United States Senate elections
1970 United States House of Representatives elections
1972 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
1972 United States presidential election
1972 United States Senate elections
1972 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
References
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
External links
House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 92nd Congress (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 92nd Congress.
Official Congressional Directory for the 92nd Congress, 1st Session.
Official Congressional Directory for the 92nd Congress, 2nd Session.
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