92nd United States Congress

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox 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. Template:TOC limit

Major events

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} 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."<ref>"1972 congress"</ref>

Major legislation

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December 18, 1971: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
December 23, 1971: National Cancer Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
February 7, 1972: Federal Election Campaign Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
March 24, 1972: Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
June 23, 1972: Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
October 6, 1972: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
October 18, 1972: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
October 21, 1972: Marine Mammal Protection Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
October 27, 1972: Consumer Product Safety Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
October 27, 1972: Noise Control Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
October 27, 1972: Coastal Zone Management Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat

Constitutional amendments

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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

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House of Representatives

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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

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker: Carl Albert (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Caucuses

Members

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

Senate

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} 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.

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Template:Party stripe David H. Gambrell (D), February 1, 1971 – November 7, 1972

Template:Party stripe Sam Nunn (D), from November 7, 1972

Template:Party stripe3. Herman Talmadge (D)

Hawaii

Template:Party stripe1. Hiram Fong (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Daniel Inouye (D)

Idaho

Template:Party stripe2. Leonard B. Jordan (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Frank Church (D)

Illinois

Template:Party stripe2. Charles H. Percy (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Adlai Stevenson III (D)

Indiana

Template:Party stripe1. Vance Hartke (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Birch Bayh (D)

Iowa

Template:Party stripe2. Jack Miller (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Harold Hughes (D)

Kansas

Template:Party stripe2. James B. Pearson (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Bob Dole (R)

Kentucky

Template:Party stripe2. John Sherman Cooper (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Marlow Cook (R)

Louisiana

Template:Party stripe2. Allen J. Ellender (D), until July 27, 1972

Template:Party stripe Elaine Edwards (D), August 1, 1972 – November 13, 1972

Template:Party stripe J. Bennett Johnston (D), from November 14, 1972

Template:Party stripe3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine

Template:Party stripe1. Edmund Muskie (D)

Template:Party stripe2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

Maryland

Template:Party stripe1. J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Charles Mathias (R)

Massachusetts

Template:Party stripe1. Ted Kennedy (D)

Template:Party stripe2. Edward Brooke (R)

Michigan

Template:Party stripe1. Philip Hart (D)

Template:Party stripe2. Robert P. Griffin (R)

Minnesota

Template:Party stripe1. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)Template:Efn

Template:Party stripe2. Walter Mondale (DFL)Template:Efn

Mississippi

Template:Party stripe1. John C. Stennis (D)

Template:Party stripe2. James Eastland (D)

Missouri

Template:Party stripe1. Stuart Symington (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Thomas Eagleton (D)

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Montana

Template:Party stripe1. Mike Mansfield (D)

Template:Party stripe2. Lee Metcalf (D)

Nebraska

Template:Party stripe1. Roman Hruska (R)

Template:Party stripe2. Carl Curtis (R)

Nevada

Template:Party stripe1. Howard Cannon (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Alan Bible (D)

New Hampshire

Template:Party stripe2. Thomas J. McIntyre (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Norris Cotton (R)

New Jersey

Template:Party stripe1. Harrison A. Williams (D)

Template:Party stripe2. Clifford P. Case (R)

New Mexico

Template:Party stripe1. Joseph Montoya (D)

Template:Party stripe2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

New York

Template:Party stripe1. James L. Buckley (C)

Template:Party stripe3. Jacob Javits (R)

North Carolina

Template:Party stripe2. B. Everett Jordan (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Sam Ervin (D)

North Dakota

Template:Party stripe1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL)Template:Efn

Template:Party stripe3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

Template:Party stripe3. William B. Saxbe (R)

Template:Party stripe1. Robert Taft Jr. (R)

Oklahoma

Template:Party stripe2. Fred R. Harris (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Henry Bellmon (R)

Oregon

Template:Party stripe2. Mark Hatfield (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Bob Packwood (R)

Pennsylvania

Template:Party stripe1. Hugh Scott (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Richard Schweiker (R)

Rhode Island

Template:Party stripe1. John Pastore (D)

Template:Party stripe2. Claiborne Pell (D)

South Carolina

Template:Party stripe2. Strom Thurmond (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Fritz Hollings (D)

South Dakota

Template:Party stripe2. Karl E. Mundt (R)

Template:Party stripe3. George McGovern (D)

Tennessee

Template:Party stripe1. Bill Brock (R)

Template:Party stripe2. Howard Baker (R)

Texas

Template:Party stripe1. Lloyd Bentsen (D)

Template:Party stripe2. John Tower (R)

Utah

Template:Party stripe1. Frank Moss (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

Vermont

Template:Party stripe1. Winston L. Prouty (R), until September 10, 1971

Template:Party stripe Robert Stafford (R), from September 16, 1971

Template:Party stripe3. George Aiken (R)

Virginia

Template:Party stripe1. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (ID)

Template:Party stripe2. William B. Spong Jr. (D)

Washington

Template:Party stripe1. Henry M. Jackson (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

Template:Party stripe1. Robert Byrd (D)

Template:Party stripe2. Jennings Randolph (D)

Wisconsin

Template:Party stripe1. William Proxmire (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Gaylord Nelson (D)

Wyoming

Template:Party stripe1. Gale W. McGee (D)

Template:Party stripe2. Clifford Hansen (R)

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House of Representatives

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The 92nd Congress was the first whose members were all required to be elected from single-member districts, by congressional statute. The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2