90th United States Congress
The 90th 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, 1967, to January 3, 1969, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighteenth Census of the United States in 1960. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Major events
Major legislation
- April 4, 1967: Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act,,
- November 7, 1967: Public Broadcasting Act,,
- December 15, 1967: Age Discrimination in Employment Act,,
- December 18, 1967: National Park Foundation Act,,
- January 2, 1968: Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1967,, including Title VII: Bilingual Education Act,
- March 1, 1968: Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968,,
- April 11, 1968: Civil Rights Act of 1968,,, including Title II: Indian Civil Rights Act,
- May 29, 1968: Truth in Lending Act,
- June 19, 1968: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968,,
- July 21, 1968: Aircraft Noise Abatement Act,,
- October 2, 1968: Wild and Scenic Rivers Act,,
- October 2, 1968: National Trails System Act,,
- October 15, 1968: Health Services and Facilities Amendments of 1968,,, including Title III: Alcoholic and Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Amendments of 1968
- October 18, 1968: Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968,,
- October 22, 1968: Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968,,
- October 22, 1968: Gun Control Act of 1968,,
Constitutional Amendments
- February 10, 1967: Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states to become part of the Constitution
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
- President: Hubert Humphrey
- President pro tempore: Carl Hayden
- Permanent Acting President pro tempore: Lee Metcalf
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield
- Majority Whip: Russell B. Long
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Robert Byrd
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Everett Dirksen
- Minority Whip: Thomas Kuchel
- Republican Conference Chairman: Margaret Chase Smith
- Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
- National Senatorial Committee Chair: George Murphy
- Policy Committee Chairman: Bourke B. Hickenlooper
House of Representatives
- Speaker: John W. McCormack
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Carl Albert
- Majority Whip: Hale Boggs
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Dan Rostenkowski
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Gerald Ford
- Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
- Republican Conference Chairman: Melvin Laird
- Republican Conference Secretary: Richard H. Poff
- Policy Committee Chairman: John Jacob Rhodes
- Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Bob Wilson
Caucuses
- House Democratic Caucus
- Senate Democratic Caucus
Members
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 the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1968.Alabama
- 2. John Sparkman
- 3. J. Lister Hill
Alaska
- 2. Bob Bartlett, until December 11, 1968
- * Ted Stevens, from December 24, 1968
- 3. Ernest Gruening
Arizona
- 1. Paul Fannin
- 3. Carl Hayden
Arkansas
- 2. John L. McClellan
- 3. J. William Fulbright
California
- 1. George Murphy
- 3. Thomas Kuchel
Colorado
- 2. Gordon Allott
- 3. Peter H. Dominick
Connecticut
- 1. Thomas J. Dodd
- 3. Abraham Ribicoff
Delaware
- 1. John J. Williams
- 2. J. Caleb Boggs
Florida
- 1. Spessard Holland
- 3. George Smathers
Georgia
- 2. Richard Russell Jr.
- 3. Herman Talmadge
Hawaii
- 1. Hiram Fong
- 3. Daniel Inouye
Idaho
- 2. Leonard B. Jordan
- 3. Frank Church
Illinois
- 2. Charles H. Percy
- 3. Everett Dirksen
Indiana
- 1. Vance Hartke
- 3. Birch Bayh
Iowa
- 2. Jack Miller
- 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Kansas
- 2. James B. Pearson
- 3. Frank Carlson
Kentucky
- 2. John Sherman Cooper
- 3. Thruston Ballard Morton, until December 16, 1968
- * Marlow Cook, from December 17, 1968
Louisiana
- 2. Allen J. Ellender
- 3. Russell B. Long
Maine
- 1. Edmund Muskie
- 2. Margaret Chase Smith
Maryland
- 1. Joseph Tydings
- 3. Daniel Brewster
Massachusetts
- 1. Ted Kennedy
- 2. Edward Brooke
Michigan
- 1. Philip Hart
- 2. Robert P. Griffin
Minnesota
- 1. Eugene McCarthy
- 2. Walter Mondale
Mississippi
- 1. John C. Stennis
- 2. James Eastland
Missouri
- 1. Stuart Symington
- 3. Edward V. Long, until December 27, 1968
- * Thomas Eagleton, from December 28, 1968
Montana
- 1. Mike Mansfield
- 2. Lee Metcalf
Nebraska
- 1. Roman Hruska
- 2. Carl Curtis
Nevada
- 1. Howard Cannon
- 3. Alan Bible
New Hampshire
- 2. Thomas J. McIntyre
- 3. Norris Cotton
New Jersey
- 1. Harrison A. Williams
- 2. Clifford P. Case
New Mexico
- 1. Joseph Montoya
- 2. Clinton Anderson
New York
- 1. Robert F. Kennedy, until June 6, 1968
- * Charles Goodell, from September 10, 1968
- 3. Jacob Javits
North Carolina
- 2. B. Everett Jordan
- 3. Sam Ervin
North Dakota
- 1. Quentin Burdick
- 3. Milton Young
Ohio
- 1. Stephen M. Young
- 3. Frank Lausche
Oklahoma
- 2. Fred R. Harris
- 3. Mike Monroney
Oregon
- 2. Mark Hatfield, from January 10, 1967
- 3. Wayne Morse
Pennsylvania
- 1. Hugh Scott
- 3. Joseph S. Clark Jr.
Rhode Island
- 1. John Pastore
- 2. Claiborne Pell
South Carolina
- 2. Strom Thurmond
- 3. Fritz Hollings
South Dakota
- 2. Karl E. Mundt
- 3. George McGovern
Tennessee
- 1. Albert Gore Sr.
- 2. Howard Baker
Texas
- 1. Ralph Yarborough
- 2. John Tower
Utah
- 1. Frank Moss
- 3. Wallace F. Bennett
Vermont
- 1. Winston L. Prouty
- 3. George Aiken
Virginia
- 1. Harry F. Byrd Jr.
- 2. William B. Spong Jr.
Washington
- 1. Henry M. Jackson
- 3. Warren Magnuson
West Virginia
- 1. Robert Byrd
- 2. Jennings Randolph
Wisconsin
- 1. William Proxmire
- 3. Gaylord Nelson
Wyoming
- 1. Gale W. McGee
- 2. Clifford Hansen
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.Alabama
- . Jack Edwards
- . William Louis Dickinson
- . George W. Andrews
- . Bill Nichols
- . Armistead I. Selden Jr.
- . John Hall Buchanan Jr.
- . Tom Bevill
- . Robert E. Jones Jr.
Alaska
- . Howard Wallace Pollock
Arizona
- . John Jacob Rhodes
- . Mo Udall
- . Sam Steiger
Arkansas
- . Ezekiel C. Gathings
- . Wilbur Mills
- . John Paul Hammerschmidt
- . David Pryor
California
- . Donald H. Clausen
- . Harold T. Johnson
- . John E. Moss
- . Robert L. Leggett
- . Phillip Burton
- . William S. Mailliard
- . Jeffery Cohelan
- . George P. Miller
- . Don Edwards
- . Charles Gubser
- . J. Arthur Younger, until June 20, 1967
- * Pete McCloskey, from December 12, 1967
- . Burt Talcott
- . Charles M. Teague
- . Jerome Waldie
- . John J. McFall
- . B. F. Sisk
- . Cecil R. King
- . Bob Mathias
- . Chester E. Holifield
- . H. Allen Smith
- . Augustus Hawkins
- . James C. Corman
- . Del M. Clawson
- . Glenard P. Lipscomb
- . Charles E. Wiggins
- . Thomas M. Rees
- . Edwin Reinecke
- . Alphonzo E. Bell Jr.
- . George Brown Jr.
- . Edward R. Roybal
- . Charles H. Wilson
- . Craig Hosmer
- . Jerry Pettis
- . Richard T. Hanna
- . James B. Utt
- . Bob Wilson
- . Lionel Van Deerlin
- . John V. Tunney
Colorado
- . Byron G. Rogers
- . Donald G. Brotzman
- . Frank Evans
- . Wayne N. Aspinall
Connecticut
- . Emilio Q. Daddario
- . William St. Onge
- . Robert Giaimo
- . Donald J. Irwin
- . John S. Monagan
- . Thomas Meskill
Delaware
- . William Roth
Florida
- . Bob Sikes
- . Don Fuqua
- . Charles E. Bennett
- . Syd Herlong
- . Edward Gurney
- . Sam Gibbons
- . James A. Haley
- . William C. Cramer
- . Paul Rogers
- . J. Herbert Burke
- . Claude Pepper
- . Dante Fascell
Georgia
- . George Elliott Hagan
- . Maston E. O'Neal Jr.
- . Jack Brinkley
- . Benjamin B. Blackburn
- . Fletcher Thompson
- . John Flynt
- . John William Davis
- . W. S. Stuckey Jr.
- . Phillip M. Landrum
- . Robert Grier Stephens Jr.
Hawaii
- . Spark Matsunaga
- . Patsy Mink
Idaho
- . James A. McClure
- . George V. Hansen
Illinois
- . William L. Dawson
- . Barratt O'Hara
- . William T. Murphy
- . Ed Derwinski
- . John C. Kluczynski
- . Daniel J. Ronan
- . Frank Annunzio
- . Dan Rostenkowski
- . Sidney R. Yates
- . Harold R. Collier
- . Roman Pucinski
- . Robert McClory
- . Donald Rumsfeld
- . John N. Erlenborn
- . Charlotte Thompson Reid
- . John B. Anderson
- . Leslie C. Arends
- . Robert H. Michel
- . Tom Railsback
- . Paul Findley
- . Kenneth J. Gray
- . William L. Springer
- . George E. Shipley
- . Melvin Price
Indiana
- . Ray Madden
- . Charles A. Halleck
- . John Brademas
- . E. Ross Adair
- . J. Edward Roush
- . William G. Bray
- . John T. Myers
- . Roger H. Zion
- . Lee H. Hamilton
- . Richard L. Roudebush
- . Andrew Jacobs Jr.
Iowa
- . Fred Schwengel
- . John Culver
- . Harold R. Gross
- . John Henry Kyl
- . Neal Edward Smith
- . Wiley Mayne
- . William J. Scherle
Kansas
- . Bob Dole
- . Chester L. Mize
- . Larry Winn
- . Garner E. Shriver
- . Joe Skubitz
Kentucky
- . Frank Stubblefield
- . William Natcher
- . William Cowger
- . Gene Snyder
- . Tim Lee Carter
- . John C. Watts
- . Carl D. Perkins
Louisiana
- . F. Edward Hébert
- . Hale Boggs
- . Edwin E. Willis
- . Joe Waggonner
- . Otto Passman
- . John Rarick
- . Edwin Edwards
- . Speedy O. Long
Maine
- . Peter Kyros
- . William Hathaway
Maryland
- . Rogers Morton
- . Clarence Long
- . Edward Garmatz
- . George Hyde Fallon
- . Hervey Machen
- . Charles Mathias
- . Samuel Friedel
- . Gilbert Gude
Massachusetts
- . Silvio O. Conte
- . Edward Boland
- . Philip J. Philbin
- . Harold Donohue
- . F. Bradford Morse
- . William H. Bates
- . Torbert Macdonald
- . Tip O'Neill
- . John W. McCormack
- . Margaret Heckler
- . James A. Burke
- . Hastings Keith
Michigan
- . John Conyers
- . Marvin L. Esch
- . Garry E. Brown
- . J. Edward Hutchinson
- . Gerald Ford
- . Charles E. Chamberlain
- . Donald Riegle
- . R. James Harvey
- . Guy Vander Jagt
- . Elford Albin Cederberg
- . Philip Ruppe
- . James G. O'Hara
- . Charles Diggs
- . Lucien Nedzi
- . William D. Ford
- . John Dingell
- . Martha Griffiths
- . William Broomfield
- . Jack H. McDonald
Minnesota
- . Al Quie
- . Ancher Nelsen
- . Clark MacGregor
- . Joseph Karth
- . Donald M. Fraser
- . John M. Zwach
- . Odin Langen
- . John Blatnik
Mississippi
- . Thomas Abernethy
- . Jamie Whitten
- . John Bell Williams, until January 16, 1968
- * Charles H. Griffin, from March 12, 1968
- . Sonny Montgomery
- . William M. Colmer
Missouri
- . Frank M. Karsten
- . Thomas B. Curtis
- . Leonor Sullivan
- . William J. Randall
- . Richard Walker Bolling
- . William Raleigh Hull Jr.
- . Durward Gorham Hall
- . Richard Howard Ichord Jr.
- . William L. Hungate
- . Paul C. Jones
Montana
- . Arnold Olsen
- . James Franklin Battin
Nebraska
- . Robert Vernon Denney
- . Glenn Cunningham
- . David Martin
Nevada
- . Walter S. Baring, Jr.
New Hampshire
- . Louis C. Wyman
- . James Colgate Cleveland
New Jersey
- . John E. Hunt
- . Charles W. Sandman Jr.
- . James J. Howard
- . Frank Thompson
- . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr.
- . William T. Cahill
- . William B. Widnall
- . Charles Samuel Joelson
- . Henry Helstoski
- . Peter W. Rodino
- . Joseph Minish
- . Florence P. Dwyer
- . Cornelius Gallagher
- . Dominick V. Daniels
- . Edward J. Patten
New Mexico
- . Thomas G. Morris
- . E. S. Johnny Walker
New York
- . Otis G. Pike
- . James R. Grover Jr.
- . Lester L. Wolff
- . John W. Wydler
- . Herbert Tenzer
- . Seymour Halpern
- . Joseph P. Addabbo
- . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal
- . James J. Delaney
- . Emanuel Celler
- . Frank J. Brasco
- . Edna F. Kelly
- . Abraham J. Multer, until December 31, 1967
- * Bertram L. Podell, from February 20, 1968
- . John J. Rooney
- . Hugh Carey
- . John M. Murphy
- . Theodore R. Kupferman
- . Adam Clayton Powell Jr., until February 28, 1967, and from April 11, 1967
- . Leonard Farbstein
- . William Fitts Ryan
- . James H. Scheuer
- . Jacob H. Gilbert
- . Jonathan Brewster Bingham
- . Paul A. Fino, until December 31, 1968
- . Richard Ottinger
- . Ogden Reid
- . John G. Dow
- . Joseph Y. Resnick
- . Daniel E. Button
- . Carleton J. King
- . Robert C. McEwen
- . Alexander Pirnie
- . Howard W. Robison
- . James M. Hanley
- . Samuel S. Stratton
- . Frank Horton
- . Barber Conable
- . Charles Goodell, until September 9, 1968
- . Richard D. McCarthy
- . Henry P. Smith III
- . Thaddeus J. Dulski
North Carolina
- . Walter B. Jones Sr.
- . Lawrence H. Fountain
- . David N. Henderson
- . Jim Gardner
- . Nick Galifianakis
- . Horace R. Kornegay
- . Alton Lennon
- . Charles R. Jonas
- . Jim Broyhill
- . Basil Lee Whitener
- . Roy A. Taylor
North Dakota
- . Mark Andrews
- . Thomas S. Kleppe
Ohio
- . Robert Taft Jr.
- . Donald D. Clancy
- . Charles W. Whalen Jr.
- . William Moore McCulloch
- . Del Latta
- . Bill Harsha
- . Bud Brown
- . Jackson Edward Betts
- . Thomas L. Ashley
- . Clarence E. Miller
- . J. William Stanton
- . Samuel L. Devine
- . Charles Adams Mosher
- . William Hanes Ayres
- . Chalmers Wylie
- . Frank T. Bow
- . John M. Ashbrook
- . Wayne Hays
- . Michael J. Kirwan
- . Michael A. Feighan
- . Charles Vanik
- . Frances P. Bolton
- . William Edwin Minshall Jr.
- . Donald "Buz" Lukens
Oklahoma
- . Page Belcher
- . Ed Edmondson
- . Carl Albert
- . Tom Steed
- . John Jarman
- . James V. Smith
Oregon
- . Wendell Wyatt
- . Al Ullman
- . Edith Green
- . John R. Dellenback
Pennsylvania
- . William A. Barrett
- . Robert N. C. Nix Sr.
- . James A. Byrne
- . Joshua Eilberg
- . William J. Green III
- . George M. Rhodes
- . Lawrence G. Williams
- . Edward G. Biester Jr.
- . George Watkins
- . Joseph M. McDade
- . Dan Flood
- . J. Irving Whalley
- . Richard Schweiker
- . William S. Moorhead
- . Fred B. Rooney
- . Edwin Duing Eshleman
- . Herman T. Schneebeli
- . Robert J. Corbett
- . George Atlee Goodling
- . Elmer J. Holland, until August 9, 1968
- * Joseph M. Gaydos, from November 5, 1968
- . John Herman Dent
- . John P. Saylor
- . Albert W. Johnson
- . Joseph P. Vigorito
- . Frank M. Clark
- . Thomas E. Morgan
- . James G. Fulton
Rhode Island
- . Fernand St. Germain
- . John E. Fogarty, until January 10, 1967
- * Robert Tiernan, from March 28, 1967
South Carolina
- . L. Mendel Rivers
- . Albert Watson
- . William Jennings Bryan Dorn
- . Robert T. Ashmore
- . Thomas S. Gettys
- . John L. McMillan
South Dakota
- . Ben Reifel
- . Ellis Yarnal Berry
Tennessee
- . Jimmy Quillen
- . John Duncan Sr.
- . Bill Brock
- . Joe L. Evins
- . Richard Fulton
- . William Anderson
- . Ray Blanton
- . Fats Everett
- . Dan Kuykendall
Texas
- . Wright Patman
- . John Dowdy
- . Joe R. Pool, until July 14, 1968
- * James M. Collins, from August 24, 1968
- . Ray Roberts
- . Earle Cabell
- . Olin E. Teague
- . George H. W. Bush
- . Robert C. Eckhardt
- . Jack Brooks
- . J. J. Pickle
- . William R. Poage
- . Jim Wright
- . Graham B. Purcell Jr.
- . John Andrew Young
- . Kika de la Garza
- . Richard Crawford White
- . Omar Burleson
- . Bob Price
- . George H. Mahon
- . Henry B. González
- . O. C. Fisher
- . Robert R. Casey
- . Abraham Kazen
Utah
- . Laurence J. Burton
- . Sherman P. Lloyd
Vermont
- . Robert Stafford
Virginia
- . Thomas N. Downing
- . Porter Hardy Jr.
- . David E. Satterfield III
- . Watkins Moorman Abbitt
- . William M. Tuck
- . Richard Harding Poff
- . John Otho Marsh Jr.
- . William L. Scott
- . William C. Wampler
- . Joel Broyhill
Washington
- . Thomas Pelly
- . Lloyd Meeds
- . Julia Butler Hansen
- . Catherine Dean May
- . Tom Foley
- . Floyd Hicks
- . Brock Adams
West Virginia
- . Arch A. Moore Jr.
- . Harley Orrin Staggers
- . John M. Slack Jr.
- . Ken Hechler
- . James Kee
Wisconsin
- . Henry C. Schadeberg
- . Robert Kastenmeier
- . Vernon Wallace Thomson
- . Clement J. Zablocki
- . Henry S. Reuss
- . William A. Steiger
- . Melvin Laird
- . John W. Byrnes
- . Glenn Robert Davis
- . Alvin O'Konski
Wyoming
- . William Henry Harrison III
Non-voting member
- . Santiago Polanco-Abreu
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.Senate
- Replacements: 4
- * Democratic: 2 seat net loss
- * Republican: 2 seat net gain
- Deaths: 2
- Resignations: 2
- Total seats with changes: 5
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 6
- * Democratic: 1 seat net loss
- * Republican: 1 seat net gain
- Deaths: 4
- Resignations: 4
- Expulsion: 1
- Total seats with changes: 9
Committees
Senate
- Aeronautical and Space Sciences
- Agriculture and Forestry
- Appropriations
- Armed Services
- Banking and Currency
- Commerce
- District of Columbia
- Finance
- Foreign Relations
- Government Operations
- Interior and Insular Affairs
- Judiciary
- Nutrition and Human Needs
- Organization of Congress
- Post Office and Civil Service
- Public Works
- Rules and Administration
- Small Business
- Standards and Conduct
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Agriculture
- Appropriations
- Armed Services
- Banking and Currency
- District of Columbia
- Education and Labor
- Foreign Affairs
- Government Operations
- House Administration
- House Beauty Shop
- Interior and Insular Affairs
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce
- Judiciary
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries
- Post Office and Civil Service
- Public Works
- Rules
- Science and Astronautics
- Small Business
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Un-American Activities
- Veterans' Affairs
- Ways and Means
- Whole
Joint committees
- Atomic Energy
- Conditions of Indian Tribes
- Defense Production
- Disposition of Executive Papers
- Economic
- Immigration and Nationality Policy
- Legislative Budget
- The Library
- Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
- Printing
- Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
- Taxation
Employees
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- Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart
- 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: James L. Harrison
Senate
- Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris
- Curator: Joseph Dougherty, until 1968
- * Richard A. Baker, from 1968
- 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
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: Edward G. Latch
- Clerk: W. Pat Jennings
- Doorkeeper: William M. Miller
- Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
- Postmaster: H. H. Morris
- Reading Clerks: Charles W. Hackney, Jr. and Joe Bartlett
- Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson, Jr.