89th United States Congress

89th United States Congress


88th ←	→ 90th
United States Capitol (1956)
Duration: January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967

Senate President:	Vacant (until Jan 20, 1965) Hubert Humphrey (from Jan 20, 1965)
Senate Pres. pro tem:	Carl Hayden
House Speaker:	John W. McCormack
Members:	100 Senators 435 Representatives
Senate Majority:	Democratic Party
House Majority:	Democratic Party

Sessions
1st: January 4, 1965 – October 23, 1965 2nd: January 10, 1966 – October 22, 1966

The Eighty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1967, during the third and fourth years of Lyndon Johnson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighteenth Census of the United States in 1960. Both chambers had a Democratic supermajority. It is regarded as "arguably the most productive in American history".^[1] Some of its landmark legislation includes the creation of Medicare and Medicaid, the Voting Rights Act, Higher Education Act, and Freedom of Information Act.

Major events 1
Major legislation 2
Approved Constitutional amendments 3
Party summary 4
- Senate 4.1
- House of Representatives 4.2
Leadership 5
- Senate 5.1
  - Majority (Democratic) leadership 5.1.1
  - Minority (Republican) leadership 5.1.2
- House of Representatives 5.2
  - Majority (Democratic) leadership 5.2.1
  - Minority (Republican) leadership 5.2.2
Members 6
- Senate 6.1
  - Alabama 6.1.1
  - Alaska 6.1.2
  - Arizona 6.1.3
  - Arkansas 6.1.4
  - California 6.1.5
  - Colorado 6.1.6
  - Connecticut 6.1.7
  - Delaware 6.1.8
  - Florida 6.1.9
  - Georgia 6.1.10
  - Hawaii 6.1.11
  - Idaho 6.1.12
  - Illinois 6.1.13
  - Indiana 6.1.14
  - Iowa 6.1.15
  - Kansas 6.1.16
  - Kentucky 6.1.17
  - Louisiana 6.1.18
  - Maine 6.1.19
  - Maryland 6.1.20
  - Massachusetts 6.1.21
  - Michigan 6.1.22
  - Minnesota 6.1.23
  - Mississippi 6.1.24
  - Missouri 6.1.25
  - Montana 6.1.26
  - Nebraska 6.1.27
  - Nevada 6.1.28
  - New Hampshire 6.1.29
  - New Jersey 6.1.30
  - New Mexico 6.1.31
  - New York 6.1.32
  - North Carolina 6.1.33
  - North Dakota 6.1.34
  - Ohio 6.1.35
  - Oklahoma 6.1.36
  - Oregon 6.1.37
  - Pennsylvania 6.1.38
  - Rhode Island 6.1.39
  - South Carolina 6.1.40
  - South Dakota 6.1.41
  - Tennessee 6.1.42
  - Texas 6.1.43
  - Utah 6.1.44
  - Vermont 6.1.45
  - Virginia 6.1.46
  - Washington 6.1.47
  - West Virginia 6.1.48
  - Wisconsin 6.1.49
  - Wyoming 6.1.50
- House of Representatives 6.2
  - Alabama 6.2.1
  - Alaska 6.2.2
  - Arizona 6.2.3
  - Arkansas 6.2.4
  - California 6.2.5
  - Colorado 6.2.6
  - Connecticut 6.2.7
  - Delaware 6.2.8
  - Florida 6.2.9
  - Georgia 6.2.10
  - Hawaii 6.2.11
  - Idaho 6.2.12
  - Illinois 6.2.13
  - Indiana 6.2.14
  - Iowa 6.2.15
  - Kansas 6.2.16
  - Kentucky 6.2.17
  - Louisiana 6.2.18
  - Maine 6.2.19
  - Maryland 6.2.20
  - Massachusetts 6.2.21
  - Michigan 6.2.22
  - Minnesota 6.2.23
  - Mississippi 6.2.24
  - Missouri 6.2.25
  - Montana 6.2.26
  - Nebraska 6.2.27
  - Nevada 6.2.28
  - New Hampshire 6.2.29
  - New Jersey 6.2.30
  - New Mexico 6.2.31
  - New York 6.2.32
  - North Carolina 6.2.33
  - North Dakota 6.2.34
  - Ohio 6.2.35
  - Oklahoma 6.2.36
  - Oregon 6.2.37
  - Pennsylvania 6.2.38
  - Rhode Island 6.2.39
  - South Carolina 6.2.40
  - South Dakota 6.2.41
  - Tennessee 6.2.42
  - Texas 6.2.43
  - Utah 6.2.44
  - Vermont 6.2.45
  - Virginia 6.2.46
  - Washington 6.2.47
  - West Virginia 6.2.48
  - Wisconsin 6.2.49
  - Wyoming 6.2.50
  - Non-voting member 6.2.51
Changes in membership 7
- Senate 7.1
- House of Representatives 7.2
Employees 8
- Senate 8.1
- House of Representatives 8.2
See also 9
References 10
External links 11

Major events

January 4, 1965: President Johnson proclaimed his "Great Society" during his State of the Union Address.
January 20, 1965: Inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as President (for a full term) and Hubert Humphrey as Vice President.
November 8, 1966: United States elections, 1966, including:
- United States Senate elections, 1966
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1966

Major legislation

October 3, 1965: President Johnson visited the Statue of Liberty to sign the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.

The first page of the Voting Rights Act.

April 11, 1965: Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Pub.L. 89–10
July 27, 1965: Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, Pub.L. 89–92
July 30, 1965: Social Security Act of 1965, Pub.L. 89–97 (including Medicaid and Medicare)
August 6, 1965: Voting Rights Act, Pub.L. 89–110
August 10, 1965: Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, Pub.L. 89–117
August 26, 1965: Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, Pub.L. 89–136
September 29, 1965: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, Pub.L. 89–209
October 3, 1965: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, (Hart-Celler Act, INS Act) Pub.L. 89–236
October 6, 1965: Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Amendments, Pub.L. 89–239
October 20, 1965: Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act, Pub.L. 89–272 (including Solid Waste Disposal Act)
October 22, 1965: Highway Beautification Act, Pub.L. 89–285
November 8, 1965: Higher Education Act, Pub.L. 89–329
November 8, 1965: Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments Pub.L. 89–333
April 13, 1966: Uniform Time Act, Pub.L. 89–387
July 13, 1966: Cotton Research and Promotion Act, Pub.L. 89–502
September 6, 1966: Pub.L. 89–554, which (among other things) enacted what is now called the Freedom of Information Act
September 9, 1966: National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, Pub.L. 89–563
October 15, 1966: National Historic Preservation Act, Pub.L. 89–665
October 15, 1966: National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, Pub.L. 89–669, §4-5
October 15, 1966: Department of Transportation Act, Pub.L. 89–670
November 2, 1966: Cuban Adjustment Act, Pub.L. 89–732
November 3, 1966: Comprehensive Health, Planning and Service Act, Pub.L. 89–749

Approved Constitutional amendments

July 6, 1965: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified February 10, 1967)

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

	Party (Shading shows control)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	65	35	100	0

Begin	68	32	100	0
End	67	33	100	0
Final voting share	7001670000000000000♠67.0%	7001330000000000000♠33.0%

Beginning of the next congress	64	35	99	1

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80.1-100% Republican	80.1-100% Democratic
60.1-80% Republican	60.1-80% Democratic
≤ 60% Republican	≤ 60% Democratic

	Party (Shading shows control)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	255	177	432	3

Begin	295	140	435	0
End	289	136	425	10
Final voting share	7001680000000000000♠68.0%	7001320000000000000♠32.0%

Beginning of the next congress	247	187	434	0

Leadership

House Republicans showing their approval for newly elected House Minority Leader Representative Gerald R. Ford as Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen raises his hand.

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. 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 in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1970; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1966; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1968.

Alabama

3. J. Lister Hill (D)
2. John Sparkman (D)

Alaska

2. Bob Bartlett (D)
3. Ernest Gruening (D)

Arizona

3. Carl Hayden (D)
1. Paul Fannin (R)

Arkansas

2. John Little McClellan (D)
3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California

3. Thomas Kuchel (R)
1. George Murphy (R)

Colorado

2. Gordon L. Allott (R)
3. Peter H. Dominick (R)

Connecticut

1. Thomas J. Dodd (D)
3. Abraham A. Ribicoff (D)

Delaware

1. John J. Williams (R)
2. J. Caleb Boggs (R)

Florida

1. Spessard Holland (D)
3. George Smathers (D)

Georgia

2. Richard Russell, Jr. (D)
3. Herman Talmadge (D)

Hawaii

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

Idaho

3. Frank Church (D)
2. Leonard B. Jordan (R)

Illinois

2. Paul Douglas (D)
3. Everett Dirksen (R)

Indiana

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

Iowa

3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R)
2. Jack Miller (R)

Kansas

3. Frank Carlson (R)
2. James B. Pearson (R)

Kentucky

2. John Sherman Cooper (R)
3. Thruston B. Morton (R)

Louisiana

2. Allen J. Ellender (D)
3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine

2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)
1. Edmund Muskie (D)

Maryland

3. Daniel Brewster (D)
1. Joseph Tydings (D)

Massachusetts

2. Leverett Saltonstall (R)
1. Ted Kennedy (D)

Michigan

2. Patrick V. McNamara (D), until April 30, 1966
- Robert P. Griffin (R), from May 11, 1966
1. Philip Hart (D)

Minnesota

1. Eugene McCarthy (DFL)
2. Walter Mondale (DFL)

Mississippi

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

Missouri

1. Stuart Symington (D)
3. Edward V. Long (D)

Montana

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

3. Alan Bible (D)
1. Howard Cannon (D)

New Hampshire

3. Norris Cotton (R)
2. Thomas J. McIntyre (D)

New Jersey

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

New Mexico

2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)
1. Joseph Montoya (D)

New York

3. Jacob K. Javits (R)
1. Robert F. Kennedy (D)

North Carolina

3. Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. (D)
2. B. Everett Jordan (D)

North Dakota

3. Milton Young (R)
1. Quentin N. Burdick (D)

Ohio

3. Frank J. Lausche (D)
1. Stephen M. Young (D)

Oklahoma

3. A. S. Mike Monroney (D)
2. Fred R. Harris (D)

Oregon

3. Wayne Morse (D)
2. Maurine B. Neuberger (D)

Pennsylvania

3. Joseph S. Clark (D)
1. Hugh D. Scott, Jr. (R)

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

3. Olin D. Johnston (D), until April 18, 1965
- Donald S. Russell (D), from April 22, 1965 - November 8, 1966
- Ernest Hollings (D), from November 9, 1966
2. Strom Thurmond (R)

South Dakota

2. Karl E. Mundt (R)
3. George McGovern (D)

Tennessee

1. Albert Gore, Sr. (D)
2. Ross Bass (D), until January 2, 1967

Texas

1. Ralph Yarborough (D)
2. John Tower (R)

Utah

3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)
1. Frank Moss (D)

Vermont

3. George Aiken (R)
1. Winston L. Prouty (R)

Virginia

1. Harry F. Byrd (D), until November 10, 1965
- Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D), from November 12, 1965
2. A. Willis Robertson (D), until December 30, 1966
- William B. Spong, Jr. (D), from December 31, 1966

Washington

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

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

1. Gale W. McGee (D)
2. Milward L. Simpson (R)

Senate President Hubert Humphrey

Senate President pro tempore Carl Hayden

Senate Majority leader Mike Mansfield

Senate Minority leader Everett Dirksen

House of Representatives

Names of members are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

Alaska

At-large. Ralph J. Rivers (D), until December 30, 1966

Arizona

1. John J. Rhodes (R)
2. Mo Udall (D)
George F. Senner, Jr. (D)

Arkansas

1. Ezekiel C. Gathings (D)
2. Wilbur Mills (D)
3. James William Trimble (D)
4. Oren Harris (D), until February 2, 1966
- David Pryor (D), from November 8, 1966

California

1. Donald H. Clausen (R)
2. Harold T. Johnson (D)
3. John E. Moss (D)
4. Robert L. Leggett (D)
5. Phillip Burton (D)
6. William S. Mailliard (R)
7. Jeffery Cohelan (D)
George P. Miller (D)
9. W. Donlon Edwards (D)
10. Charles S. Gubser (R)
11. J. Arthur Younger (R)
12. Burt L. Talcott (R)
13. Charles M. Teague (R)
14. John F. Baldwin, Jr. (R), until March 9, 1966
- Jerome R. Waldie (D), from June 7, 1966
15. John J. McFall (D)
16. Bernice F. Sisk (D)
17. Cecil R. King (D)
18. Harlan Hagen (D)
19. Chester E. Holifield (D)
20. H. Allen Smith (R)
21. Augustus F. Hawkins (D)
22. James C. Corman (D)
23. Del M. Clawson (R)
24. Glenard P. Lipscomb (R)
25. Ronald B. Cameron (D)
26. James Roosevelt (D), until September 30, 1965
- Thomas M. Rees (D), from December 15, 1965
27. Edwin Reinecke (R)
28. Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R)
George Brown, Jr. (D)
30. Edward R. Roybal (D)
31. Charles H. Wilson (D)
32. Craig Hosmer (R)
33. Kenneth W. Dyal (D)
34. Richard T. Hanna (D)
35. James B. Utt (R)
36. Bob Wilson (R)
37. Lionel Van Deerlin (D)
38. John V. Tunney (D)

At-large. Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (D)

Florida

Georgia

G. Elliott Hagan (D)
2. Maston E. O'Neal, Jr. (D)
3. Howard H. (Bo) Callaway (R)
4. James MacKay (D)
5. Charles Weltner (D)
6. John James Flynt, Jr. (D)
John W. Davis (D)
8. J. Russell Tuten (D)
9. Phillip M. Landrum (D)
10. Robert G. Stephens, Jr. (D)

Hawaii

At-large. Spark Matsunaga (D)
At-large. Patsy Mink (D)

Idaho

1. Compton I. White, Jr. (D)
George V. Hansen (R)

Illinois

Indiana

1. Ray J. Madden (D)
2. Charles A. Halleck (R)
3. John Brademas (D)
4. E. Ross Adair (R)
5. J. Edward Roush (D)
6. Richard L. Roudebush (R)
7. William G. Bray (R)
8. Winfield K. Denton (D), until December 30, 1966
9. Lee H. Hamilton (D)
10. Ralph Harvey (R), until December 30, 1966
11. Andrew Jacobs, Jr. (D)

1. F. Edward Hébert (D)
2. T. Hale Boggs, Sr. (D)
3. Edwin E. Willis (D)
4. Joseph D. Waggonner, Jr. (D)
5. Otto Passman (D)
6. James H. Morrison (D)
7. T. Ashton Thompson (D), until July 1, 1965
- Edwin Edwards (D), from October 2, 1965
8. Speedy O. Long (D)

Maine

1. Stanley R. Tupper (R)
2. William Hathaway (D)

1. John Conyers, Jr. (D)
2. Weston E. Vivian (D)
3. Paul H. Todd, Jr. (D)
4. Edward Hutchinson (R)
5. Gerald Ford (R)
6. Charles E. Chamberlain (R)
7. John C. Mackie (D)
8. R. James Harvey (R)
9. Robert P. Griffin (R), until May 10, 1966
- Guy A. Vander Jagt (R), from November 8, 1966
10. Elford Albin Cederberg (R)
11. Raymond F. Clevenger (D)
12. James G. O'Hara (D)
13. Charles C. Diggs, Jr. (D)
14. Lucien N. Nedzi (D)
15. William D. Ford (D)
16. John Dingell (D)
17. Martha Griffiths (D)
18. William Broomfield (R)
19. Billie S. Farnum (D)

1. Arnold Olsen (D)
2. James Franklin Battin (R)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D)

New Hampshire

1. Joseph Oliva Huot (D)
2. James C. Cleveland (R)

New Jersey

New Mexico

1. Thomas G. Morris (D)
2. E. S. (Johnny) Walker (D)

New York

1. Otis G. Pike (D)
2. James R. Grover, Jr. (R)
3. Lester L. Wolff (D)
4. John W. Wydler (R)
5. Herbert Tenzer (D)
6. Seymour Halpern (R)
7. Joseph P. Addabbo (D)
8. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D)
9. James Delaney (D)
10. Emanuel Celler (D)
11. Eugene J. Keogh (D)
12. Edna F. Kelly (D)
13. Abraham J. Multer (D)
14. John J. Rooney (D)
15. Hugh Carey (D)
16. John M. Murphy (D)
17. John Lindsay (R), until December 31, 1965
- Theodore R. Kupferman (R), from February 8, 1966
18. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D)
19. Leonard Farbstein (D)
20. William Fitts Ryan (D)
21. James H. Scheuer (D-L)
22. Jacob H. Gilbert (D)
23. Jonathan B. Bingham (D)
24. Paul A. Fino (R)
25. Richard Ottinger (D)
26. Ogden R. Reid (R)
27. John G. Dow (D)
28. Joseph Y. Resnick (D)
29. Leo W. O'Brien (D), until December 30, 1966
30. Carleton J. King (R)
31. Robert C. McEwen (R)
32. Alexander Pirnie (R)
33. Howard W. Robison (R)
34. James M. Hanley (D)
35. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
36. Frank Horton (R)
37. Barber Conable (R)
38. Charles Goodell (R)
39. Richard D. McCarthy (D)
40. Henry P. Smith III (R)
41. Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)

North Carolina

1. Herbert C. Bonner (D), until November 7, 1965
- Walter B. Jones, Sr. (D), from February 5, 1966
2. Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
3. David N. Henderson (D)
4. Harold D. Cooley (D), until December 30, 1966
5. Ralph J. Scott (D)
6. Horace R. Kornegay (D)
7. Alton A. Lennon (D)
8. Charles R. Jonas (R)
9. Jim Broyhill (R)
10. Basil L. Whitener (D)
11. Roy A. Taylor (D)

North Dakota

1. Mark Andrews (R)
2. Rolland W. Redlin (D)

Ohio

1. John J. Gilligan (D)
2. Donald D. Clancy (R)
3. Rodney M. Love (D)
4. William M. McCulloch (R)
5. Del Latta (R)
6. Bill Harsha (R)
7. Clarence J. Brown (R), until August 23, 1965
- "Bud" Brown (R) from November 2, 1965
8. Jackson E. Betts (R)
9. Thomas W. L. Ashley (D)
10. Walter H. Moeller (D)
11. J. William Stanton (R)
12. Samuel L. Devine (R)
13. Charles A. Mosher (R)
14. William H. Ayres (R)
15. Robert T. Secrest (D), until December 30, 1966
16. Frank T. Bow (R)
17. John M. Ashbrook (R)
18. Wayne Hays (D)
19. Michael J. Kirwan (D)
20. Michael A. Feighan (D)
21. Charles Vanik (D)
22. Frances P. Bolton (R)
23. William E. Minshall, Jr. (R)
At-large Robert E. Sweeney (D)

1. William A. Barrett (D)
2. Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (D)
3. James A. Byrne (D)
4. Herman Toll (D)
5. William J. Green, III (D)
George M. Rhodes (D)
G. Robert Watkins (R)
8. Willard S. Curtin (R)
9. Paul B. Dague (R), until December 30, 1966
10. Joseph M. McDade (R)
11. Daniel J. Flood (D)
12. J. Irving Whalley (R)
13. Richard Schweiker (R)
14. William S. Moorhead (D)
15. Fred B. Rooney (D)
16. John C. Kunkel (R), until December 30, 1966
17. Herman T. Schneebeli (R)
18. Robert J. Corbett (R)
19. N. Neiman Craley, Jr. (D)
20. Elmer J. Holland (D)
21. John H. Dent (D)
22. John P. Saylor (R)
23. Albert W. Johnson (R)
24. Joseph P. Vigorito (D)
25. Frank M. Clark (D)
Thomas E. Morgan (D)
27. James G. Fulton (R)

Rhode Island

2. Fernand St. Germain (D)
1. John E. Fogarty (D)

South Carolina

1. L. Mendel Rivers (D)
2. Albert Watson (D), until February 1, 1965
- Albert Watson (R), from June 15, 1965
3. W. J. Bryan Dorn (D)
4. Robert T. Ashmore (D)
5. Thomas S. Gettys (D)
6. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota

1. Benjamin Reifel (R)
2. Ellis Y. Berry (R)

Tennessee

1. Jimmy Quillen (R)
2. John J. Duncan, Sr. (R)
3. William E. Brock, III (R)
4. Joe L. Evins (D)
5. Richard Fulton (D)
6. William R. Anderson (D)
7. Tom J. Murray (D), until December 30, 1966
8. Fats Everett (D)
George W. Grider (D)

Texas

1. J. Wright Patman (D)
2. Jack Brooks (D)
3. Lindley G. Beckworth, Sr. (D)
4. H. Ray Roberts (D)
5. Earle Cabell (D)
6. Olin E. Teague (D)
7. John Dowdy (D)
8. Albert Thomas (D), until February 15, 1966
- Lera M. Thomas (D), from March 26, 1966
9. Clark W. Thompson (D), until December 30, 1966
10. James J. (Jake) Pickle (D)
11. William R. Poage (D)
12. James C. Wright, Jr. (D)
13. Graham B. Purcell, Jr. (D)
14. John A. Young (D)
15. Eligio (Kika) de la Garza, II (D)
16. Richard C. White (D)
17. Omar T. Burleson (D)
18. Walter E. Rogers (D)
George H. Mahon (D)
20. Henry B. González (D)
21. O. Clark Fisher (D)
22. Robert R. Casey (D)
At-large. Joe R. Pool (D)

Utah

1. Laurence J. Burton (R)
2. David S. King (D)

Vermont

At-large. Robert Stafford (R)

At-large. Teno Roncalio (D)

Non-voting member

Puerto Rico. Antonio Fernós Isern (PPD)

House Speaker John McCormack

House Speaker John McCormack (standing), speaking at a Department of Defense luncheon, February 1966.

House Majority leader Carl Albert with President Johnson

House Majority whip Hale Boggs with President Johnson

Changes in membership

Senate

Replacements: 5
- Democratic: 1-seat net loss
- Republican: 1-seat net gain
Deaths: 2
Resignations: 2

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
South Carolina (3)	Olin D. Johnston (D)	Died April 18, 1965	Donald S. Russell (D)	April 22, 1965
South Carolina (3)	Donald S. Russell (D)	Successor elected November 8, 1965	Ernest Hollings (D)	November 9, 1965
Virginia (1)	Harry F. Byrd (D)	Resigned November 10, 1965	Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D)	November 12, 1965
Michigan (2)	Patrick V. McNamara (D)	Died April 30, 1966	Robert P. Griffin (R)	May 11, 1966
Virginia (2)	A. Willis Robertson (D)	Resigned December 30, 1966	William B. Spong, Jr. (D)	December 31, 1966
Tennessee (2)	Ross Bass (D)	Resigned January 2, 1967	Vacant	Not filled this term

House of Representatives

Replacements: 9
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
Deaths: 5
Resignations: 15
Total seats with changes: 20

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
South Carolina 2nd	Albert Watson (D)	Resigned February 1, 1965 after being stripped of seniority by the House Democratic Caucus for supporting Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. Was re-elected as a Republican in a special election to replace himself.	Albert Watson (R)	June 15, 1965
Louisiana 7th	T. Ashton Thompson (D)	Died July 1, 1965	Edwin Edwards (D)	October 2, 1965
Ohio 7th	Clarence J. Brown (R)	Died August 23, 1965	Bud Brown (R)	November 2, 1965
California 26th	James Roosevelt (D)	Resigned September 30, 1965 to become the US Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council	Thomas M. Rees (D)	December 15, 1965
North Carolina 1st	Herbert C. Bonner (D)	Died November 7, 1965	Walter B. Jones, Sr. (D)	February 5, 1966
New York 17th	John Lindsay (R)	Resigned December 31, 1965 after being elected Mayor of New York City	Theodore R. Kupferman (R)	February 8, 1966
Arkansas 4th	Oren Harris (D)	Resigned February 2, 1966 to become judge of the US Court of the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas	David Pryor (D)	November 8, 1966
Texas 8th	Albert R. Thomas (D)	Died February 15, 1966	Lera M. Thomas (D)	March 26, 1966
California 14th	John F. Baldwin, Jr. (R)	Died March 9, 1966	Jerome R. Waldie (D)	June 7, 1966
Michigan 9th	Robert P. Griffin (R)	Resigned May 10, 1966 after being appointed to the US Senate	Guy Vander Jagt (R)	November 8, 1966
Alaska At-large	Ralph J. Rivers (D)	Resigned December 30, 1966	Vacant	Not filled this term
Indiana 8th	Winfield K. Denton (D)	Resigned December 30, 1966	Vacant	Not filled this term
Indiana 10th	Ralph Harvey (R)	Resigned December 30, 1966	Vacant	Not filled this term
New York 29th	Leo W. O'Brien (D)	Resigned December 30, 1966	Vacant	Not filled this term
North Carolina 4th	Harold D. Cooley (D)	Resigned December 30, 1966	Vacant	Not filled this term
Ohio 15th	Robert T. Secrest (D)	Resigned December 30, 1966	Vacant	Not filled this term
Pennsylvania 9th	Paul B. Dague (R)	Resigned December 30, 1966	Vacant	Not filled this term
Pennsylvania 16th	John C. Kunkel (R)	Resigned December 30, 1966	Vacant	Not filled this term
Tennessee 7th	Tom J. Murray (D)	Resigned December 30, 1966	Vacant	Not filled this term
Texas 9th	Clark W. Thompson (D)	Resigned December 30, 1966	Vacant	Not filled this term

Employees

J. George Stewart

Senate

Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
Secretary: Felton McLellan Johnston, until December 30, 1965 (resigned)
- Emery L. Frazier, January 1, 1966 – September 30, 1966
- Francis R. Valeo, from October 1, 1966
Democratic Party Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt
Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice
Sergeant at Arms: Joseph C. Duke, until December 30, 1965 (resigned)
- Robert G. Dunphy, from January 14, 1966

House of Representatives

References

^ Karen Tumulty (April 9, 2014). "LBJ’s presidency gets another look as civil rights law marks its 50th anniversary". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

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.