89th United States Congress

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The Voting Rights Act was enacted during the 89th Congress.

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 first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson.

Contents

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 supermajority.

Dates of sessions

January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967

  • First session: January 4, 1965 – October 23, 1965
  • Second session: January 10, 1966 – October 22, 1966

Previous: 88th Congress • Next: 90th Congress

Major events

Main articles: 1965#Events and 1966#Events

Major legislation

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

TOTAL members: 100

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

President of the Senate
Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey
     80.1-100% Republican      80.1-100% Democratic
     60.1-80% Republican      60.1-80% Democratic
           
House seats by party holding plurality in state

Senate

House of Representatives

Party Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

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

See also: 89th United States Congress - Political Parties
See also: 89th United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States Senate elections, 1964
See also: United States House elections, 1964

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.

President pro tempore Carl Hayden
Majority Leader Mike Mansfield
Minority Leader Everett Dirksen
See also: :Category:United States Senators
See also: :Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Robert P. Griffin (R)

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Donald S. Russell (D)
Ernest F. Hollings (D)

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D)
William B. Spong, Jr. (D)

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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 "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers 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.

Majority Leader Carl Albert
Minority Leader Gerald Ford
See also: :Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Representatives
See also: :Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

David H. Pryor (D)

California

Jerome R. Waldie (D)
Thomas M. Rees (D)

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Edwin W. Edwards (D)

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan