97th United States Congress

97th United States Congress

96th ← → 98th United States Capitol (2002) Duration: January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 Senate President: Walter Mondale (D) until Jan. 20, 1981 George Bush (R) from Jan. 20, 1981 Senate Pres. pro tem: Strom Thurmond (R) House Speaker: Tip O'Neill (D) Members: 100 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members Senate Majority: Republican House Majority: Democratic Sessions 1st: January 5, 1981 – December 16, 1981 2nd: January 25, 1982 – December 23, 1982

The Ninety-seventh 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, 1981 to January 3, 1983, during the final weeks of Jimmy Carter's presidency and the first two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970. The House of Representatives had a Democratic majority. The Republicans gained control of the Senate, the first time that Republicans gained control of any chamber of Congress since 1953.

Major events

• Early 1980s recession
• January 20, 1981 – Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush
• January 20, 1981 – Iran hostage crisis ended
• March 30, 1981 – Reagan assassination attempt
• April 12, 1981 – First space shuttle launched
• June 5, 1981 – First recognized case of AIDS
• August 5, 1981 – President Reagan fired the air traffic controllers
• September 21, 1981 – Senate confirmed the first female United States Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor
• November 2, 1982 – United States general elections: Republicans retained Senate; Democrats increased control in House

Major legislation

• August 13, 1981 – Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA or Kemp-Roth Tax Cut), Pub.L. 97–34, 95 Stat. 172
• August 13, 1981 – Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Pub.L. 97–35, 95 Stat. 357
• September 3, 1982 – Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, Pub.L. 97–248, 96 Stat. 324
• September 8, 1982 - Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act USFSPA, Pub.L. 97–252, 96 Stat. 730
• September 20, 1982 – Bus Regulatory Reform Act, Pub.L. 97–261, 96 Stat. 1102
• October 13, 1982 – Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, Pub.L. 97–300, 96 Stat. 1322
• October 15, 1982 – Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act, Pub.L. 97–320, 96 Stat. 1469
• January 6, 1983 – Surface Transportation Assistance Act, Pub.L. 97–424, 96 Stat. 2140
• January 7, 1983 – Nuclear Waste Policy Act, Pub.L. 97–425, 96 Stat. 2201

Constitutional amendments

• June 30, 1982 – Potential ratification of Equal Rights Amendment expired

Special or select committees

• Senate Select Committee on Small Business — Became a standing committee on March 25, 1981
• Senate Select Committee on Law Enforcement Undercover Activities of the Justice Department — March 24, 1982 - December 15, 1982

Party summary

Senate

Party standings on the opening day of the 97th Congress

  46 Democratic Senators

  1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats

  53 Republican Senators

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	53
	Democratic Party	46
	Independent	1
Total		100

House of Representatives

Affiliation		Members	Voting share
	Democratic Party	244	56.1%
	Republican Party	191	43.9%
Total		435

Leadership

Senate

• President of the Senate: Walter Mondale (D), until January 20, 1981
  • George Bush (R), from January 20, 1981
• President pro tempore: Strom Thurmond (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Howard Baker
• Majority Whip: Ted Stevens

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: Robert Byrd
• Minority Whip: Alan Cranston

House seats by party holding plurality in state
>80% Republican	>80% Democratic
>60% Republican	>60% Democratic
>50% Republican	>50% Democratic
(Striped): even split

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Tip O'Neill (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

• Majority Leader: Jim Wright
• Majority Whip: Tom Foley

Minority (Republican) leadership

• Minority Leader: Robert H. Michel
• Minority Whip: Trent Lott

Caucuses

• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
• Congresswomen's Caucus
• House Democratic Caucus

Members

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

Alabama 2. Howell T. Heflin (D) 3. Jeremiah Denton (R) Alaska 2. Ted Stevens (R) 3. Frank H. Murkowski (R) Arizona 3. Barry Goldwater (R) 1. Dennis DeConcini (D) Arkansas 3. Dale Bumpers (D) 2. David Pryor (D) California 3. Alan Cranston (D) 1. S.I. Hayakawa (R) Colorado 3. Gary Hart (D) 2. William L. Armstrong (R) Connecticut 1. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R) 3. Christopher J. Dodd (D) Delaware 1. William Roth (R) 2. Joe Biden (D) Florida 1. Lawton Chiles (D) 3. Paula Hawkins (R) Georgia 2. Sam Nunn (D) 3. Mack Mattingly (R) Hawaii 3. Daniel K. Inouye (D) 1. Spark M. Matsunaga (D) Idaho 2. James A. McClure (R) 3. Steve Symms (R) Illinois 2. Charles H. Percy (R) 3. Alan J. Dixon (D) Indiana 1. Richard Lugar (R) 3. Dan Quayle (R) Iowa 2. Roger Jepsen (R) 3. Chuck Grassley (R) Kansas 3. Bob Dole (R) 2. Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R) Kentucky 2. Walter D. Huddleston (D) 3. Wendell H. Ford (D) Louisiana 3. Russell B. Long (D) 2. J. Bennett Johnston (D) Maine 2. William S. Cohen (R) 1. George J. Mitchell (D) Maryland 3. Charles Mathias, Jr. (R) 1. Paul S. Sarbanes (D) Massachusetts 1. Ted Kennedy (D) 2. Paul Tsongas (D) Michigan 1. Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D) 2. Carl Levin (D) Minnesota 2. Rudy Boschwitz (R) 1. David Durenberger (R) Mississippi 1. John C. Stennis (D) 2. Thad Cochran (R) Missouri 3. Thomas F. Eagleton (D) 1. John C. Danforth (R)

Montana 1. John Melcher (D) 2. Max Baucus (D) Nebraska 1. Edward Zorinsky (D) 2. Jim Exon (D) Nevada 1. Howard W. Cannon (D) 3. Paul Laxalt (R) New Hampshire 2. Gordon J. Humphrey (R) 3. Warren B. Rudman (R) New Jersey 1. Harrison A. Williams (D), until March 11, 1982 Nicholas F. Brady (R), from April 27, 1982 until December 27, 1982 Frank Lautenberg (D), from December 27, 1982 2. Bill Bradley (D) New Mexico 2. Pete V. Domenici (R) 1. Harrison Schmitt (R) New York 1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) 3. Al D'Amato (R) North Carolina 2. Jesse Helms (R) 3. John P. East (R) North Dakota 1. Quentin N. Burdick (D) 3. Mark Andrews (R) Ohio 3. John Glenn (D) 1. Howard Metzenbaum (D) Oklahoma 2. David L. Boren (D) 3. Don Nickles (R) Oregon 2. Mark O. Hatfield (R) 3. Bob Packwood (R) Pennsylvania 1. John Heinz (R) 3. Arlen Specter (R) Rhode Island 2. Claiborne Pell (D) 1. John H. Chafee (R) South Carolina 2. Strom Thurmond (R) 3. Ernest F. Hollings (D) South Dakota 2. Larry Pressler (R) 3. James Abdnor (R) Tennessee 2. Howard Baker (R) 1. Jim Sasser (D) Texas 2. John G. Tower (R) 1. Lloyd Bentsen (D) Utah 3. Jake Garn (R) 1. Orrin G. Hatch (R) Vermont 1. Robert T. Stafford (R) 3. Patrick Leahy (D) Virginia 1. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I) 2. John W. Warner (R) Washington 1. Henry M. Jackson (D) 3. Slade Gorton (R) West Virginia 2. Jennings Randolph (D) 1. Robert C. Byrd (D) Wisconsin 1. William Proxmire (D) 3. Bob Kasten (R) Wyoming 1. Malcolm Wallop (R) 2. Alan K. Simpson (R)

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives are listed by their district numbers.

Alabama (4-3 Democratic) 1. Jack Edwards (R) 2. Bill Dickinson (R) 3. Bill Nichols (D) 4. Tom Bevill (D) 5. Ronnie G. Flippo (D) 6. Albert L. Smith, Jr. (R) 7. Richard Shelby (D) Alaska (1 Republican) At-large. Don Young (R) Arizona (2-2 split) 1. John J. Rhodes (R) 2. Morris K. Udall (D) 3. Bob Stump (D) 4. Eldon Rudd (R) Arkansas (2-2 split) 1. Bill Alexander (D) 2. Ed Bethune (R) 3. John Paul Hammerschmidt (R) 4. Beryl Anthony, Jr. (D) California (22-21 Democratic) 1. Eugene A. Chappie (R) 2. Don H. Clausen (R) 3. Robert T. Matsui (D) 4. Vic Fazio (D) 5. John L. Burton (D) 6. Phillip Burton (D) 7. George Miller (D) 8. Ronald V. Dellums (D) 9. Pete Stark (D) 10. Don Edwards (D) 11. Tom Lantos (D) 12. Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. (R) 13. Norman Y. Mineta (D) 14. Norman D. Shumway (R) 15. Tony Coelho (D) 16. Leon Panetta (D) 17. Chip Pashayan (R) 18. William M. Thomas (R) 19. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R) 20. Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. (R) 21. Bobbi Fiedler (R) 22. Carlos J. Moorhead (R) 23. Anthony C. Beilenson (D) 24. Henry A. Waxman (D) 25. Edward R. Roybal (D) 26. John H. Rousselot (R) 27. Bob Dornan (R) 28. Julian C. Dixon (D) 29. Augustus F. Hawkins (D) 30. George E. Danielson (D), until March 9, 1982 Matthew G. Martínez (D), from July 13, 1982 31. Mervyn M. Dymally (D) 32. Glenn M. Anderson (D) 33. Wayne R. Grisham (R) 34. Daniel E. Lungren (R) 35. David Dreier (R) 36. George Brown, Jr. (D) 37. Jerry Lewis (R) 38. Jerry M. Patterson (D) 39. William E. Dannemeyer (R) 40. Robert E. Badham (R) 41. Bill Lowery (R) 42. Duncan Hunter (R) 43. Clair Burgener (R) Colorado (3-2 Democratic) 1. Patricia Schroeder (D) 2. Timothy E. Wirth (D) 3. Raymond P. Kogovsek (D) 4. Hank Brown (R) 5. Ken Kramer (R) Connecticut (4-2 Democratic) 1. William R. Cotter (D), until September 8, 1981 Barbara B. Kennelly (D), from January 12, 1982 2. Sam Gejdenson (D) 3. Lawrence Joseph DeNardis (R) 4. Stewart B. McKinney (R) 5. William R. Ratchford (D) 6. Toby Moffett (D) Delaware (1 Republican) At-large. Thomas B. Evans, Jr. (R) Florida (11-4 Democratic) 1. Earl Hutto (D) 2. Don Fuqua (D) 3. Charles Edward Bennett (D) 4. William V. Chappell, Jr. (D) 5. Bill McCollum (R) 6. Bill Young (R) 7. Sam M. Gibbons (D) 8. Andy Ireland (D) 9. Bill Nelson (D) 10. Louis A. Bafalis (R) 11. Daniel A. Mica (D) 12. E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (R) 13. William Lehman (D) 14. Claude Pepper (D) 15. Dante B. Fascell (D) Georgia (9-1 Democratic) 1. Ronald Bryan Ginn (D) 2. Charles Floyd Hatcher (D) 3. Jack T. Brinkley (D) 4. Elliott H. Levitas (D) 5. Wyche Fowler, Jr. (D) 6. Newt Gingrich (R) 7. Larry McDonald (D) 8. Billy Lee Evans (D) 9. Ed Jenkins (D) 10. Doug Barnard, Jr. (D) Hawaii (2 Democrats) 1. Cecil Heftel (D) 2. Daniel K. Akaka (D) Idaho (2 Republicans) 1. Larry E. Craig (R) 2. George V. Hansen (R) Illinois (14-10 Republican) 1. Harold Washington (D) 2. Gus Savage (D) 3. Marty Russo (D) 4. Edward J. Derwinski (R) 5. John G. Fary (D) 6. Henry J. Hyde (R) 7. Cardiss Collins (D) 8. Dan Rostenkowski (D) 9. Sidney R. Yates (D) 10. John Edward Porter (R) 11. Frank Annunzio (D) 12. Philip M. Crane (R) 13. Robert McClory (R) 14. John N. Erlenborn (R) 15. Tom Corcoran (R) 16. Lynn Morley Martin (R) 17. George M. O'Brien (R) 18. Robert H. Michel (R) 19. Tom Railsback (R) 20. Paul Findley (R) 21. Edward R. Madigan (R) 22. Daniel Crane (R) 23. Melvin Price (D) 24. Paul Simon (D) Indiana (6-5 Democratic) 1. Adam Benjamin, Jr. (D), until September 7, 1982 Katie B. Hall (D), from November 2, 1982 2. Floyd Fithian (D) 3. John P. Hiler (R) 4. Dan Coats (R) 5. Elwood Hillis (R) 6. David W. Evans (D) 7. John Myers (R) 8. H. Joel Deckard (R) 9. Lee H. Hamilton (D) 10. Philip R. Sharp (D) 11. Andrew Jacobs, Jr. (D) Iowa (3-3 split) 1. James A. Leach (R) 2. Tom Tauke (R) 3. T. Cooper Evans (R) 4. Neal Smith (D) 5. Tom Harkin (D) 6. Berkley Bedell (D) Kansas (4-1 Republican) 1. Pat Roberts (R) 2. James Edmund Jeffries (R) 3. Larry Winn, Jr. (R) 4. Dan Glickman (D) 5. Bob Whittaker (R) Kentucky (4-3 Democratic) 1. Carroll Hubbard, Jr. (D) 2. William H. Natcher (D) 3. Romano L. Mazzoli (D) 4. Gene Snyder (R) 5. Hal Rogers (R) 6. Larry J. Hopkins (R) 7. Carl D. Perkins (D) Louisiana (6-2 Democratic) 1. Bob Livingston (R) 2. Lindy Boggs (D) 3. Billy Tauzin (D) 4. Buddy Roemer (D) 5. Jerry Huckaby (D) 6. W. Henson Moore III (R) 7. John Breaux (D) 8. Gillis William Long (D) Maine (2 Republicans) 1. David F. Emery (R) 2. Olympia J. Snowe (R) Maryland (7-2 Democratic) 1. Roy Dyson (D) 2. Clarence D. Long (D) 3. Barbara A. Mikulski (D) 4. Marjorie S. Holt (R) 5. Gladys Spellman (D), until February 24, 1981 Steny H. Hoyer (D), from May 19, 1981 6. Beverly B. Byron (D) 7. Parren J. Mitchell (D) 8. Michael D. Barnes (D) Massachusetts (10-2 Democratic) 1. Silvio O. Conte (R) 2. Edward P. Boland (D) 3. Joseph D. Early (D) 4. Barney Frank (D) 5. James Michael Shannon (D) 6. Nicholas Mavroules (D) 7. Edward J. Markey (D) 8. Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. (D) 9. John Joseph Moakley (D) 10. Margaret M. Heckler (R) 11. Brian J. Donnelly (D) 12. Gerry E. Studds (D) Michigan (13-7 Democratic) 1. John Conyers, Jr. (D) 2. Carl D. Pursell (R) 3. Howard Wolpe (D) 4. David Stockman (R), until January 27, 1981 Mark D. Siljander (R), from April 21, 1981 5. Harold S. Sawyer (R) 6. Jim Dunn (R) 7. Dale E. Kildee (D) 8. Bob Traxler (D) 9. Guy Vander Jagt (R) 10. Donald J. Albosta (D) 11. Robert William Davis (R) 12. David E. Bonior (D) 13. George W. Crockett, Jr. (D) 14. Dennis M. Hertel (D) 15. William D. Ford (D) 16. John D. Dingell (D) 17. William M. Brodhead (D) 18. James J. Blanchard (D) 19. William S. Broomfield (R) Minnesota (5-3 Republican) 1. Arlen Erdahl (R) 2. Tom Hagedorn (R) 3. Bill Frenzel (R) 4. Bruce F. Vento (DFL) 5. Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) 6. Vin Weber (R) 7. Arlan Stangeland (R) 8. James L. Oberstar (DFL) Mississippi (3-2 Democratic) 1. Jamie L. Whitten (D) 2. David R. Bowen (D) 3. G.V. Montgomery (D) 4. Jon Hinson (R), until April 13, 1981 Wayne Dowdy (D), from July 7, 1981 5. Trent Lott (R) Missouri (6-4 Democratic) 1. William L. Clay (D) 2. Robert A. Young (D) 3. Richard A. Gephardt (D) 4. Ike Skelton (D) 5. Richard Bolling (D) 6. Tom Coleman (R) 7. Gene Taylor (R) 8. R. Wendell Bailey (R) 9. Harold L. Volkmer (D) 10. Bill Emerson (R)

Montana (1-1 split) 1. John Patrick Williams (D) 2. Ron Marlenee (R) Nebraska (3 Republicans) 1. Doug Bereuter (R) 2. Hal Daub (R) 3. Virginia Smith (R) Nevada (1 Democrat) At-large. James David Santini (D) New Hampshire (1-1 split) 1. Norman E. D'Amours (D) 2. Judd Gregg (R) New Jersey (8-7 Democratic) 1. James J. Florio (D) 2. William J. Hughes (D) 3. James J. Howard (D) 4. Chris Smith (R) 5. Millicent Fenwick (R) 6. Edwin B. Forsythe (R) 7. Marge Roukema (R) 8. Robert A. Roe (D) 9. Harold C. Hollenbeck (R) 10. Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D) 11. Joseph George Minish (D) 12. Matthew J. Rinaldo (R) 13. Jim Courter (R) 14. Frank J. Guarini (D) 15. Bernard J. Dwyer (D) New Mexico (2 Republicans) 1. Manuel Lujan, Jr. (R) 2. Joe Skeen (R) New York (22-17 Democratic) 1. William Carney (R) 2. Thomas J. Downey (D) 3. Gregory Wright Carman (R) 4. Norman F. Lent (R) 5. Raymond J. McGrath (R) 6. John LeBoutillier (R) 7. Joseph Patrick Addabbo (D) 8. Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) 9. Geraldine Ferraro (D) 10. Mario Biaggi (D) 11. James H. Scheuer (D) 12. Shirley Chisholm (D) 13. Stephen J. Solarz (D) 14. Frederick W. Richmond (D) 15. Leo C. Zeferetti (D) 16. Charles E. Schumer (D) 17. Guy V. Molinari (R) 18. S. William Green (R) 19. Charles B. Rangel (D) 20. Ted Weiss (D) 21. Robert Garcia (D) 22. Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) 23. Peter A. Peyser (D) 24. Richard Ottinger (D) 25. Hamilton Fish IV (R) 26. Benjamin A. Gilman (R) 27. Matthew F. McHugh (D) 28. Samuel S. Stratton (D) 29. Gerald B.H. Solomon (R) 30. David O'B. Martin (R) 31. Donald Jerome Mitchell (R) 32. George C. Wortley (R) 33. Gary Alcide Lee (R) 34. Frank Horton (R) 35. Barber B. Conable, Jr. (R) 36. John J. LaFalce (D) 37. Henry J. Nowak (D) 38. Jack Kemp (R) 39. Stan Lundine (D) North Carolina (7-4 Democratic) 1. Walter B. Jones, Sr. (D) 2. Lawrence H. Fountain (D) 3. Charles Whitley (D) 4. Ike F. Andrews (D) 5. Stephen L. Neal (D) 6. Walter Eugene Johnston III (R) 7. Charlie Rose (D) 8. Bill Hefner (D) 9. James G. Martin (R) 10. James T. Broyhill (R) 11. Bill Hendon (R) North Dakota (1 Democrat) At-large. Byron Dorgan (D) Ohio 1. Bill Gradison (R) 2. Tom Luken (D) 3. Tony P. Hall (D) 4. Tennyson Guyer (R), until April 12, 1981 Mike Oxley (R), from June 25, 1981 5. Del Latta (R) 6. Bob McEwen (R) 7. Bud Brown (R) 8. Tom Kindness (R) 9. Ed Weber (R) 10. Clarence E. Miller (R) 11. J. William Stanton (R) 12. Bob Shamansky (D) 13. Don Pease (D) 14. John F. Seiberling (D) 15. Chalmers Wylie (R) 16. Ralph Regula (R) 17. John M. Ashbrook (R), until April 24, 1982 Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R), from June 29, 1982 18. Douglas Applegate (D) 19. Lyle Williams (R) 20. Mary Rose Oakar (D) 21. Louis Stokes (D) 22. Dennis E. Eckart (D) 23. Ronald M. Mottl (D) Oklahoma (5-1 Democratic) 1. James R. Jones (D) 2. Mike Synar (D) 3. Wes Watkins (D) 4. Dave McCurdy (D) 5. Mickey Edwards (R) 6. Glenn English (D) Oregon (3-1 Democratic) 1. Les AuCoin (D) 2. Denny Smith (R) 3. Ron Wyden (D) 4. James Weaver (D) Pennsylvania (13-12 Democratic) 1. Thomas M. Foglietta (D) 2. William H. Gray (D) 3. Raymond F. Lederer (D), until April 29, 1981 Joseph F. Smith (D), from July 21, 1981 4. Charles F. Dougherty (R) 5. Dick Schulze (R) 6. Gus Yatron (D) 7. Robert W. Edgar (D) 8. James Kitchenman Coyne III (R) 9. Bud Shuster (R) 10. Joseph M. McDade (R) 11. James Leo Nelligan (R) 12. John P. Murtha (D) 13. Lawrence Coughlin (R) 14. William J. Coyne (D) 15. Donald L. Ritter (R) 16. Robert Smith Walker (R) 17. Allen Edward Ertel (D) 18. Doug Walgren (D) 19. William F. Goodling (R) 20. Joseph M. Gaydos (D) 21. Donald Allen Bailey (D) 22. Austin J. Murphy (D) 23. William F. Clinger (R) 24. Marc Lincoln Marks (R) 25. Eugene Atkinson (D), changed to (R) October 14, 1981 Rhode Island (1-1 split) 1. Fernand St. Germain (D) 2. Claudine Schneider (R) South Carolina (4-2 Democratic) 1. Thomas F. Hartnett (R) 2. Floyd Spence (R) 3. Butler Derrick (D) 4. Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. (R) 5. Kenneth Lamar Holland (D) 6. John Light Napier (R) South Dakota (1-1 split) 1. Thomas Daschle (D) 2. Clint Roberts (R) Tennessee (5-3 Democratic) 1. James H. Quillen (R) 2. John J. Duncan, Sr. (R) 3. Marilyn Lloyd (D) 4. Al Gore (D) 5. Bill Boner (D) 6. Robin L. Beard (R) 7. Ed Jones (D) 8. Harold E. Ford, Sr. (D) Texas (19-5 Democratic) 1. Sam B. Hall, Jr. (D) 2. Charles Wilson (D) 3. James M. Collins (R) 4. Ralph M. Hall (D) 5. Jim Mattox (D) 6. Phil Gramm (D) 7. William Reynolds Archer, Jr. (R) 8. Jack Fields (R) 9. Jack Brooks (D) 10. J. J. Pickle (D) 11. Marvin Leath (D) 12. Jim Wright (D) 13. Jack Hightower (D) 14. William Neff Patman (D) 15. Kika de la Garza (D) 16. Richard C. White (D) 17. Charles W. Stenholm (D) 18. Mickey Leland (D) 19. Kent Hance (D) 20. Henry B. Gonzalez (D) 21. Tom Loeffler (R) 22. Ron Paul (R) 23. Abraham Kazen (D) 24. Martin Frost (D) Utah (2 Republicans) 1. James V. Hansen (R) 2. Dan Marriott (R) Vermont (1 Republican) At-large. James M. Jeffords (R) Virginia (9-1 Republican) 1. Paul S. Trible, Jr. (R) 2. G. William Whitehurst (R) 3. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (R) 4. Robert Williams Daniel, Jr. (R) 5. Dan Daniel (D) 6. M. Caldwell Butler (R) 7. J. Kenneth Robinson (R) 8. Stan Parris (R) 9. William Creed Wampler (R) 10. Frank R. Wolf (R) Washington (5-2 Republican) 1. Joel Pritchard (R) 2. Al Swift (D) 3. Don Bonker (D) 4. Sid Morrison (R) 5. Thomas S. Foley (D) 6. Norman D. Dicks (D) 7. Mike Lowry (D) West Virginia (2-2 split) 1. Robert H. Mollohan (D) 2. Cleve Benedict (R) 3. Mick Staton (R) 4. Nick J. Rahall II (D) Wisconsin (5-4 Democratic) 1. Les Aspin (D) 2. Robert W. Kastenmeier (D) 3. Steve Gunderson (R) 4. Clement J. Zablocki (D) 5. Henry S. Reuss (D) 6. Thomas E. Petri (R) 7. David R. Obey (D) 8. Toby Roth (R) 9. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R) Wyoming (1 Republican) At-large. Dick Cheney (R) Non-voting members (4-1 Democratic) American Samoa. Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D) District of Columbia. Walter E. Fauntroy (D) Guam. Antonio Borja Won Pat (D) Virgin Islands. Ron de Lugo (D) Puerto Rico. Baltasar Corrada del Rio (PNP)

Changes in membership

Senate

There were 2 resignations.

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
New Jersey (Class 1)	Harrison A. Williams (D)	Resigned March 11, 1982 before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation. His successor was appointed to complete the term.	Nicholas F. Brady (R)	April 27, 1982
New Jersey (Class 1)	Nicholas F. Brady (R)	Resigned December 27, 1982 so his elected successor could be appointed for preferential seniority.	Frank Lautenberg (D)	December 27, 1982

House of Representatives

There were 4 deaths, 4 resignations, one declared vacancy, and one party change.

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
Michigan 4th	David Stockman (R)	Resigned January 27, 1981 after being appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Mark D. Siljander (R)	April 21, 1981
Maryland 5th	Gladys Spellman (D)	Incapacitated since last Congress and seat declared vacant February 24, 1981	Steny H. Hoyer (D)	May 19, 1981
Ohio 4th	Tennyson Guyer (R)	Died April 12, 1981	Mike Oxley (R)	June 25, 1981
Mississippi 4th	Jon Hinson (R)	Resigned April 13, 1981	Wayne Dowdy (D)	July 7, 1981
Pennsylvania 3rd	Raymond F. Lederer (D)	Resigned April 29, 1981, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation	Joseph F. Smith (D)	July 21, 1981
Connecticut 1st	William R. Cotter (D)	Died September 7, 1981	Barbara B. Kennelly (D)	January 12, 1982
Pennsylvania 25th	Eugene Atkinson (D)	Changed parties October 14, 1981	Eugene Atkinson (R)	October 14, 1981
California 30th	George E. Danielson (D)	Resigned March 9, 1982 after being appointed associate justice of the California Courts of Appeal	Matthew G. Martínez (D)	July 13, 1982
Ohio 17th	John M. Ashbrook (R)	Died April 24, 1982	Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R)	June 29, 1982
Indiana 1st	Adam Benjamin, Jr. (D)	Died September 7, 1982	Katie B. Hall (D)	November 2, 1982

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Aging (Special)
• Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
  • Soil and Water Conservation
  • Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification
  • Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices
  • Agricultural Research and General Legislation
  • Rural Development, Oversight and Investigations
  • Foreign Agricultural Policy
  • Nutrition
  • Foreign, Water Resources and Environment
• Appropriations
  • Agriculture and Related Agencies
  • Defense
  • District of Columbia
  • Energy and Water Development
  • Foreign Operations
  • HUD-Independent Agencies
  • Interior
  • Labor-Health, Education and Welfare
  • Legislative
  • Military Construction
  • State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary
  • Transportation
  • Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
• Armed Services
  • Military Construction
  • Tactical Warfare
  • Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces
  • Preparedness
  • Sea Power and Force Projection
  • Manpower and Personnel
• Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
  • Housing and Urban Affairs
  • Financial Institutions
  • International Finance and Monetary Policy
  • Economic Policy
  • Securities
  • Rural Housing and Development
  • Consumer Affairs
• Budget
• Commerce, Science and Transportation
  • Aviation
  • Business, Trade and Tourism
  • Communications
  • Consumer
  • Merchant Marine
  • Science, Technology and Space
  • Surface Transportation
• Energy and Natural Resources
  • Energy Conservation and Supply
  • Energy Regulation
  • Energy Research and Development
  • Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Water and Power
  • Public Lands and Reserved Water
• Environment and Public Works
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Nuclear Regulation
  • Water Resources
  • Transportation
  • Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight
  • Regional and Community Development
• Ethics (Select)
• Finance
  • Taxation and Debt Management
  • International Trade
  • Savings, Pensions and Investment Policy
  • Economic Growth, Employment and Revenue
  • Energy and Foundations
  • Private Pension Plans and Employee Fringe Benefits
  • Tourism and Sugar
  • Public Assistance
  • Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service
  • Unemployment and Related Programs
  • Revenue Sharing, Ingovernmental Revenue Impact and Economic Problems
• Foreign Relations
  • International Economic Policy
  • Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment
  • Western Hemisphere Affairs
  • East Asian and Pacific Affairs
  • European Affairs
  • International Economic Policy
  • African Affairs
  • Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment
• Governmental Affairs
  • Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
  • Intergovernmental Relations
  • Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia
  • Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services
  • Federal Expenditures, Research and Rules
  • Civil Service, Post Office and General Services
  • Oversight of Government Management
  • Congressional Operations and Oversight
• Indian Affairs (Select)
• Judiciary
  • Criminal Law
  • Regulatory Reform
  • Constitution
  • Courts
  • Immigration and Refugee Policy
  • Separation of Powers
  • Agency Administration
  • Security and Terrorism
  • Juvenile Justice
• Intelligence (Select)
• Labor and Human Resources
  • Labor
  • Education, Arts and Humanities
  • Employment and Productivity
  • Handicapped
  • Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
  • Aging, Family and Human Services
  • Investigations and General Oversight
• Nutrition and Human Needs (Select)
• Rules and Administration
• Small Business
• Veterans' Affairs
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Aging (Select)
• Agriculture
  • Cotton, Rice and Sugar
  • Livestock, Dairy and Poultry
  • Tobacco and Peanuts
  • Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains
  • Conservation Credit and Rural Development
  • Department Operations Research and Foreign Agriculture
  • Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition
  • Forests, Family Farms and Energy
• Appropriations
  • Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies
  • Defense
  • District of Columbia
  • Energy and Power
  • Foreign Operations
  • HUD-Independent Agencies
  • Interior
  • Labor-Health and Human Services
  • Legislative
  • Military Construction
  • Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary
  • Transportation
  • Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
• Armed Services
  • Research and Development
  • Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials
  • Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems
  • Investigations
  • Military Personnel and Compensation
  • Military Installations and Facilities
  • Readiness
• Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
  • Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance
  • Housing and Community Development
  • General Oversight and Renegotiation
  • Consumer Affairs and Coinage
  • International Development Institutions and Finance
  • Domestic Monetary Policy
  • International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy
  • Economic Stabilization
• Budget
• District of Columbia
  • Fiscal Affairs and Health
  • Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs
  • Judiciary and Education
• Education and Labor
  • Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education
  • Employment Opportunities
  • Labor-Management Relations
  • Health and Safety
  • Human Resources
  • Postsecondary Education
  • Labor Standards
  • Select Education
• Energy and Commerce
  • Oversight and Investigations
  • Energy Conservation and Power
  • Health and the Environment
  • Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance
  • Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
  • Commerce, Transportation and Tourism
• Foreign Affairs
  • International Security and Scientific Affairs
  • International Operations
  • Europe and the Middle East
  • Asian and Pacific Affairs
  • International Economic Policy and Trade
  • Human Rights and International Organizations
  • Africa
  • Inter-American Affairs
• Government Operations
  • Legislation and National Security
  • Ingovernmental Relations and Human Resources
  • Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs
  • Manpower and Housing
  • Government Activities and Transportation
  • Government Information and Individual Rights
  • Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
• House Administration
  • Accounts
  • Contracts and Printing
  • Services
  • Office Systems
  • Personnel and Police
  • Policy Group on Information and Computers
• Insular Affairs
  • Energy and the Environment
  • Water and Power Resources
  • Public Lands and National Lands
  • Insular Affairs
  • Mines and Mining
  • Oversight and Investigations
• Judiciary
  • Immigration, Refugees and International Law
  • Administrative Law and Governmental Relations
  • Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice
  • Civil and Constitutional Rights
  • Monopolies and Commercial Law
  • Crime
  • Criminal Justice
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries
  • Merchant Marine
  • Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
  • Coast Guard and Navigation
  • Oceangraphy
  • Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff
• Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select)
• Post Office and Civil Service
  • Investigations
  • Postal Operations and Services
  • Civil Service
  • Compensation and Employee Benefits
  • Census and Population
  • Postal Personnel and Modernization
  • Human Resources
• Public Works and Transportation
  • Aviation
  • Economic Development
  • Investigations and Oversight
  • Public Buildings and Grounds
  • Surface Transportation
  • Water Resources
• Rules
  • The Legislative Process
  • Rules of the House
• Science and Technology
  • Energy Development and Applications
  • Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment
  • Energy Research and Production
  • Science, Research and Technology
  • Space Science and Applications
  • Transportation, Aviation and Materials
  • Investigations and Oversight
• Small Business
  • SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise and General Small Business Problems
  • General Oversight
  • Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Business
  • Energy, Environment and Safety Issues affecting Small Business
  • Tax, Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities
  • Export Opportunities and Special Small Business Problems
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Veterans' Affairs
  • Oversight and Investigations
  • Medical Facilities and Benefits
  • Education, Training and Employment
  • Compensation, Pension and Insurance
  • Housing and Memorial Affairs
• Ways and Means
  • Trade
  • Social Security
  • Oversight
  • Select Revenue Measures
  • Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation
  • Health
• Whole

Joint committees

• Economic
• Taxation
• Library
• Printing

Employees and legislative agency directors

Legislative branch agency directors

• Architect of the Capitol: George M. White
• Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary
• Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats (until March 3), Charles A. Bowsher (starting date unknown in 1981)
• Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice M. Rivlin
• Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
• Public Printer of the United States: Danford L. Sawyer, Jr.

Senate

• Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (until February 9, 1981), Richard C. Halverson (starting February 9, 1981)
• Historian: Richard A. Baker
• Parliamentarian: Robert Dove
• Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt (until January 4, 1981), W.F. Hildenbrand (starting January 4, 1981)
• Sergeant at Arms: Frank Hoffmann (until January 4, 1981), Howard S. Liebengood (starting January 4, 1981)
• Secretary for the Majority: Howard O. Greene, Jr.
• Secretary for the Minority: Walter J. Stewart

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: James D. Ford
• Clerk: Edmund L. Henshaw, Jr.
• Doorkeeper: James T. Malloy
• Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown
• Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
• Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives: Meg Goetz
• Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin J. Guthrie

See also

• United States elections, 1980 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1980
  • United States Senate elections, 1980
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1980
• United States elections, 1982 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1982
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1982

References

• 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.

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
• House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 97th Congress (PDF).
• Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 97th Congress.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 97th Congress.