95th United States Congress
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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 95th 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, 1977, to January 3, 1979, during the final weeks of Gerald Ford's presidency and the first two years of Jimmy Carter's presidency.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1970 United States census. Both chambers maintained a Democratic supermajority, and with Jimmy Carter being sworn in as president on January 20, 1977, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 90th Congress ending in 1969.
Template:As of, this was the most recent Congress to approve an amendment (the unratified District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment) to the Constitution. This is the last time the Democratic Party or any political party held a 2/3 supermajority in the House.
This is the last congress to at any point have no female senators (from its beginning, January 3, 1977, until the swearing-in of Muriel Humphrey (D-MN) on January 25, 1978; and again from the departure of both Humphrey and Maryon Allen (D-AL) on November 7, 1978, to the early swearing-in of Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) on December 23, 1978).[1] Template:TOClimit
Major events
- 1977 was the last year to have men serving as all 100 U.S senators
- January 20, 1977: Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter
- July 13, 1977: New York City blackout of 1977
- January 1, 1978: The Northern Mariana Islands left the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to become a Commonwealth of the United States, making it unincorporated and organized.
- February 8, 1978: Senate proceedings are broadcast on radio for the first time.
- August 7, 1978: Love Canal Disaster
- September 17, 1978: Camp David Accords
- November 18, 1978: Representative Leo Ryan is shot and killed by members of the Peoples Temple in Guyana, shortly before the Jonestown massacre.
Hearings
- Project MKULTRA – (Church Committee, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Human Resources subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research)
Major legislation
- August 3, 1977: Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- August 4, 1977: Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 7, 1977: Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 12, 1977: Community Reinvestment Act, Template:USPL, title VIII, Template:USStat
- November 23, 1977: Saccharin Study and Labeling Act of 1977, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- December 27, 1977: Clean Water Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- December 28, 1977: International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Template:USPL, title II, Template:USStat
- March 10, 1978: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 10, 1978: Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Act of 1979, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 12, 1978: Inspector General Act of 1978, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 13, 1978: Civil Service Reform Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 24, 1978: Airline Deregulation Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 25, 1978: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 26, 1978: Ethics in Government Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 27, 1978: Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- October 31, 1978: Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- November 1, 1978: Contract Disputes Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- November 4, 1978: Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1978, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- November 6, 1978: Bankruptcy Act of 1978, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- November 8, 1978: Indian Child Welfare Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- November 8, 1978: Amateur Sports Act of 1978 Template:USPL, Template:USStat
- November 9, 1978: National Energy Conservation Policy Act, Template:USPL, Template:USStat
Constitutional amendments
- August 22, 1978: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution granting the District of Columbia full representation in the United States Congress, full representation in the Electoral College system, and full participation in the process by which the Constitution is amended, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
- This amendment, commonly known as the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment, was later rendered inoperative, as it was not ratified within the seven–year time frame set by Congress.
Treaties ratified
- March 16, 1978: First of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties (Panama Canal) treaty: "The Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal", commonly known as the "Neutrality Treaty"
- April 19, 1978: Second of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties treaty, commonly known as "The Panama Canal Treaty"
Party summary
Senate
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House of Representatives
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Leadership
Senate
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- President: Nelson Rockefeller (R), until January 20, 1977
- Walter Mondale (D), from January 20, 1977
- President pro tempore: James Eastland (D)
- Permanent Acting President pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (D), until January 12, 1978
- Deputy President pro tempore: Hubert Humphrey (D), until January 13, 1978
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Robert Byrd
- Majority Whip: Alan Cranston
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Daniel Inouye
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Wendell Ford
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: Howard Baker
- Minority Whip: Ted Stevens
- Republican Conference Chairman: Carl Curtis
- Republican Conference Secretary: Clifford Hansen
- National Senatorial Committee Chair: Bob Packwood
- Policy Committee Chairman: John Tower
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Tip O'Neill (D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority Leader: Jim Wright
- Majority Whip: John Brademas
- Chief Deputy Majority Whip: Dan Rostenkowski
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: Tom Foley
- Democratic Caucus Secretary: Shirley Chisholm
- Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James C. Corman
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority Leader: John Jacob Rhodes
- Minority Whip: Robert H. Michel
- Republican Conference Chairman: John B. Anderson
- Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Samuel L. Devine
- Republican Conference Secretary: Jack Edwards
- Policy Committee Chairman: Del M. Clawson
- Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Guy Vander Jagt
Caucuses
- Congressional Black Caucus
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus
- Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
- House Democratic Caucus
- Senate Democratic Caucus
Members
Senate
Template:Main In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1978; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1980; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1982. Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2
- Template:Party stripe2. John J. Sparkman (D)
- Template:Party stripe3. James Allen (D), until June 1, 1978
- Template:Party stripeMaryon Pittman Allen (D), from June 8, 1978, until November 7, 1978
- Template:Party stripeDonald Stewart (D), from November 7, 1978
- Template:Party stripe2. John L. McClellan (D), until November 28, 1977
- Template:Party stripeKaneaster Hodges Jr. (D), from December 10, 1977
- Template:Party stripe3. Dale Bumpers (D)
- Template:Party stripe2. James B. Pearson (R), until December 23, 1978
- Template:Party stripeNancy Kassebaum (R), from December 23, 1978
- Template:Party stripe3. Bob Dole (R)
- Template:Party stripe1. Hubert Humphrey, (DFL)Template:Efn, until January 13, 1978
- Template:Party stripeMuriel Humphrey, (DFL)Template:Efn, from January 25, 1978, until November 7, 1978
- Template:Party stripeDavid Durenberger (I-R)Template:Efn, from November 8, 1978
- Template:Party stripe2. Wendell R. Anderson, (DFL)Template:Efn, until December 29, 1978
- Template:Party stripe1. John C. Stennis (D)
- Template:Party stripe2. James Eastland (D), until December 27, 1978
- Template:Party stripeThad Cochran (R), from December 27, 1978
- Template:Party stripe1. John Melcher (D)
- Template:Party stripe2. Lee Metcalf (D), until January 12, 1978
- Template:Party stripePaul G. Hatfield (D), from January 22, 1978, until December 12, 1978
- Template:Party stripeMax Baucus (D), from December 15, 1978
- Template:Party stripe1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripe3. Milton Young (R)
- Template:Party stripe1. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (ID)
- Template:Party stripe2. William L. Scott (R), until January 1, 1979
- Template:Party stripeJohn Warner (R), from January 2, 1979
- Template:Party stripe1. Malcolm Wallop (R)
- Template:Party stripe2. Clifford Hansen (R), until December 31, 1978
- Template:Party stripeAlan Simpson (R), from January 1, 1979
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House of Representatives
Template:Main Representatives elected statewide at-large, are preceded by "At-large", and the names of those elected from districts, 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. Template:TOC US states Template:Col-begin Template:Col-1-of-2
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jack Edwards (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Louis Dickinson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Nichols (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Bevill (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ronnie Flippo (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Walter Flowers (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Jacob Rhodes (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mo Udall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Stump (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Eldon Rudd (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Guy Tucker (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Paul Hammerschmidt (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ray Thornton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harold T. Johnson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Donald H. Clausen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John E. Moss (D), until December 31, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert L. Leggett (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Burton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Phillip Burton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Miller (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ron Dellums (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Pete Stark (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Don Edwards (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Leo Ryan (D), until November 18, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Pete McCloskey (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Norman Mineta (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John J. McFall (D), until December 31, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. B. F. Sisk (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Leon Panetta (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Hans Krebs (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William M. Ketchum (R), until June 24, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barry Goldwater Jr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James C. Corman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Carlos Moorhead (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Anthony Beilenson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Waxman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward R. Roybal (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John H. Rousselot (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Dornan (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Augustus Hawkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George E. Danielson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles H. Wilson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Glenn M. Anderson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Del M. Clawson (R), until December 31, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mark W. Hannaford (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James F. Lloyd (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George Brown Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Shirley Neil Pettis (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jerry M. Patterson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles E. Wiggins (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Badham (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Wilson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lionel Van Deerlin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Clair Burgener (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Pat Schroeder (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tim Wirth (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank Evans (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Paul Johnson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William L. Armstrong (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William R. Cotter (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chris Dodd (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Giaimo (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stewart McKinney (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ronald A. Sarasin (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Toby Moffett (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert L. F. Sikes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Don Fuqua (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles E. Bennett (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Chappell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Kelly (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Young (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sam Gibbons (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andy Ireland (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Louis Frey Jr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Skip Bafalis (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Paul Rogers (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. Herbert Burke (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Lehman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Claude Pepper (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dante Fascell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bo Ginn (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dawson Mathis (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jack Brinkley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elliott H. Levitas (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Young (D), until January 29, 1977
- Template:Party stripeWyche Fowler (D), from April 6, 1977
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Flynt (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Larry McDonald (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Billy Lee Evans (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ed Jenkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Doug Barnard Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cecil Heftel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Daniel Akaka (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Steve Symms (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George V. Hansen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ralph Metcalfe (D), until October 10, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Morgan F. Murphy (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marty Russo (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ed Derwinski (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John G. Fary (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry Hyde (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Cardiss Collins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Rostenkowski (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sidney R. Yates (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abner J. Mikva (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank Annunzio (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Phil Crane (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert McClory (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John N. Erlenborn (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Corcoran (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John B. Anderson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George M. O'Brien (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert H. Michel (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Railsback (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Paul Findley (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Rell Madigan (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George E. Shipley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Melvin Price (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Paul Simon (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Adam Benjamin Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Floyd Fithian (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Brademas (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Quayle (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elwood Hillis (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David W. Evans (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John T. Myers (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David L. Cornwell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lee H. Hamilton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Philip Sharp (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Leach (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mike Blouin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chuck Grassley (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Neal Edward Smith (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Harkin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Berkley Bedell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Keith Sebelius (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Martha Keys (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Larry Winn (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Glickman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joe Skubitz (R), until December 31, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Carroll Hubbard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Natcher (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Romano Mazzoli (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gene Snyder (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tim Lee Carter (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John B. Breckinridge (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Carl D. Perkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Alvin Tonry (D), until May 4, 1977
- Template:Party stripeBob Livingston (R), from August 27, 1977
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lindy Boggs (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dave Treen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joe Waggonner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jerry Huckaby (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henson Moore (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Breaux (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gillis William Long (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David F. Emery (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Cohen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Bauman (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Clarence Long (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barbara Mikulski (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marjorie Holt (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gladys Spellman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Goodloe Byron (D), until October 11, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Parren Mitchell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Newton Steers (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Silvio O. Conte (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Boland (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph D. Early (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Drinan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Paul Tsongas (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Michael J. Harrington (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ed Markey (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tip O'Neill (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joe Moakley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Margaret Heckler (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James A. Burke (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gerry Studds (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Conyers (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Carl Pursell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Garry E. Brown (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Stockman (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harold S. Sawyer (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Milton Robert Carr (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dale Kildee (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. Bob Traxler (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Guy Vander Jagt (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elford Albin Cederberg (R), until December 31, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Philip Ruppe (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Bonior (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Diggs (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lucien Nedzi (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William D. Ford (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John D. Dingell Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William M. Brodhead (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Blanchard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William Broomfield (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Al Quie (I-R)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Hagedorn (I-R)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Frenzel (I-R)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bruce Vento (DFL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Donald M. Fraser (DFL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Rick Nolan (DFL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Bergland (DFL)Template:Efn, until January 22, 1977
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Oberstar, (DFL)Template:Efn
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David R. Bowen (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sonny Montgomery (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thad Cochran (R), until December 26, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Trent Lott (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Clay (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert A. Young (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dick Gephardt (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ike Skelton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Walker Bolling (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Coleman (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gene Taylor (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harold Volkmer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Burlison (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Max Baucus (D), until December 14, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ron Marlenee (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Thone (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Joseph Cavanaugh III (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Virginia D. Smith (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Norman D'Amours (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Colgate Cleveland (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Florio (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William J. Hughes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James J. Howard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank Thompson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Millicent Fenwick (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edwin B. Forsythe (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Andrew Maguire (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert A. Roe (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harold C. Hollenbeck (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peter W. Rodino (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph Minish (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Matthew John Rinaldo (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Helen Stevenson Meyner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph A. LeFante (D), until December 14, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward J. Patten (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harold L. Runnels (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Otis G. Pike (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas Downey (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jerome Ambro (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Norman F. Lent (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John W. Wydler (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lester L. Wolff (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph P. Addabbo (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James J. Delaney (D), until December 31, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mario Biaggi (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James H. Scheuer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Shirley Chisholm (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stephen Solarz (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Fred Richmond (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Leo C. Zeferetti (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Elizabeth Holtzman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John M. Murphy (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ed Koch (D), until December 31, 1977
- Template:Party stripeBill Green (R), from February 14, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Rangel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Theodore S. Weiss (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Herman Badillo (D), until December 31, 1977
- Template:Party stripeRobert Garcia (D), from February 21, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bruce F. Caputo (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Ottinger (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Hamilton Fish IV (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Benjamin Gilman (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Matthew F. McHugh (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward W. Pattison (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert C. McEwen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Donald J. Mitchell (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James M. Hanley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William F. Walsh (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Frank Horton (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barber Conable (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John J. LaFalce (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry J. Nowak (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jack Kemp (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stan Lundine (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Walter B. Jones Sr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Orville Whitley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ike Franklin Andrews (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Stephen L. Neal (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. L. Richardson Preyer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charlie Rose (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Hefner (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James G. Martin (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Broyhill (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. V. Lamar Gudger (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Gradison (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Luken (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tennyson Guyer (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Del Latta (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Harsha (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bud Brown (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Kindness (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Thomas L. Ashley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Clarence E. Miller (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. William Stanton (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Samuel L. Devine (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Donald J. Pease (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John F. Seiberling (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Chalmers Wylie (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ralph Regula (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John M. Ashbrook (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Douglas Applegate (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles J. Carney (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mary Rose Oakar (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Louis Stokes (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charles Vanik (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ronald M. Mottl (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James R. Jones (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ted Risenhoover (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Wes Watkins (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Steed (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mickey Edwards (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Glenn English (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Les AuCoin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Al Ullman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert B. Duncan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Weaver (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Michael Myers (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Raymond Lederer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joshua Eilberg (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard T. Schulze (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gus Yatron (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert W. Edgar (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Peter H. Kostmayer (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bud Shuster (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph M. McDade (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Flood (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Murtha (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lawrence Coughlin (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William S. Moorhead (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Fred B. Rooney (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Smith Walker (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Allen E. Ertel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Doug Walgren (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William F. Goodling (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph M. Gaydos (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Herman Dent (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Austin Murphy (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph S. Ammerman (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marc L. Marks (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Gary A. Myers (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Fernand St Germain (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Edward Beard (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mendel Jackson Davis (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Floyd Spence (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Butler Derrick (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Mann (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Kenneth Lamar Holland (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Jenrette (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Larry Pressler (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James Abdnor (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jimmy Quillen (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Duncan Sr. (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Marilyn Lloyd (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Albert Gore Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Clifford Allen (D), until June 18, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robin Beard (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ed Jones (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harold Ford Sr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Sam B. Hall Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Charlie Wilson (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. James M. Collins (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ray Roberts (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Mattox (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Olin E. Teague (D), until December 31, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bill Archer (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert C. Eckhardt (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jack Brooks (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. J. Pickle (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William R. Poage (D), until December 31, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jim Wright (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Jack Hightower (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John Andrew Young (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Kika de la Garza (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Richard Crawford White (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Omar Burleson (D), until December 31, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Barbara Jordan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. George H. Mahon (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry B. González (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Krueger (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Gammage (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Abraham Kazen (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dale Milford (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. K. Gunn McKay (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David Daniel Marriott (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Paul Trible (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. G. William Whitehurst (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. David E. Satterfield III (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Daniel (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dan Daniel (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. M. Caldwell Butler (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. J. Kenneth Robinson (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Herbert Harris (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William C. Wampler (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joseph L. Fisher (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Joel Pritchard (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Lloyd Meeds (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Don Bonker (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Mike McCormack (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Tom Foley (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Norm Dicks (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Brock Adams (D), until January 22, 1977
- Template:Party stripeJohn E. Cunningham (R) from May 17, 1977
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Mollohan (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Harley Orrin Staggers (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. John M. Slack Jr. (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Nick Rahall (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Les Aspin (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert Kastenmeier (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Alvin Baldus (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Clement J. Zablocki (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Henry S. Reuss (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. William A. Steiger (R), until December 4, 1978
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Dave Obey (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Robert John Cornell (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Bob Kasten (R)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Teno Roncalio (D), until December 30, 1978
Non-voting members
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Walter Fauntroy (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Antonio Borja Won Pat (D)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Baltasar Corrada del Río (PNP)
- Template:Party stripeTemplate:Ushr. Ron de Lugo (D)
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 11
- Democratic: 3 seat net loss
- Republican: 3 seat net gain
- Deaths: 4
- Resignations: 5
- Vacancy: 0
- Total seats with changes: 9
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| nowrap | Arkansas
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | John L. McClellan
(D)
| Died November 28, 1977.
Successor appointed to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Kaneaster Hodges Jr.
(D)
| December 10, 1977
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| nowrap | Montana
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Lee Metcalf
(D)
| Died January 12, 1978.
Successor appointed to finish the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Paul G. Hatfield
(D)
| January 22, 1978
|-
| nowrap | Minnesota
(1)
| Template:Party shading/DFL nowrap | Hubert Humphrey
(DFL)
| Died January 13, 1978.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
| Template:Party shading/DFL nowrap | Muriel Humphrey
(DFL)
| January 25, 1978
|-
| nowrap | Alabama
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | James Allen
(D)
| Died June 1, 1978.
Successor appointed to continue the term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Maryon Pittman Allen
(D)
| June 8, 1978
|-
| nowrap | Alabama
(3)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Maryon Pittman Allen
(D)
| Appointee lost special election.
Successor elected November 7, 1978.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Donald Stewart
(D)
| November 8, 1978
|-
| nowrap | Minnesota
(1)
| Template:Party shading/DFL nowrap | Muriel Humphrey
(DFL)
| Appointee retired when successor qualified.
Successor elected November 7, 1978.
| Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | David Durenberger
(I-R)
| November 8, 1978
|-
| nowrap | Montana
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Paul G. Hatfield
(D)
| Lost nomination to the next term.
Resigned early December 12, 1978.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Max Baucus
(D)
| December 15, 1978
|-
| nowrap | Kansas
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | James B. Pearson
(R)
| Resigned December 23, 1978.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.
| Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Nancy Kassebaum
(R)
| December 23, 1978
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| nowrap | Mississippi
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | James Eastland
(D)
| Resigned December 27, 1978.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.
| Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Thad Cochran
(R)
| December 27, 1978
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| nowrap | Minnesota
(2)
| Template:Party shading/DFL nowrap | Wendell R. Anderson
(DFL)
| Resigned December 29, 1978.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.
| Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Rudy Boschwitz
(I-R)
| December 30, 1978
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| nowrap | Wyoming
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Clifford Hansen
(R)
| Resigned December 31, 1978.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.
| Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Alan Simpson
(R)
| January 1, 1979
|-
| nowrap | Virginia
(2)
| Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | William L. Scott
(R)
| Resigned January 1, 1979.
Successor appointed, having already been elected to the next term.
| Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | John Warner
(R)
| January 2, 1979
|}
House of Representatives
- Replacements: 6
- Democratic: 4 seat net loss
- Republican: 4 seat net gain
- Deaths: 6
- Resignations: 21
- Contested election: 0
- Total seats with changes: 25
Template:See also Template:Ordinal US Congress change |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Robert Bergland (DFL) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 22, 1977, after being appointed United States Secretary of Agriculture | Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Arlan Stangeland (R) | February 22, 1977 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Brock Adams (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 22, 1977, after being appointed United States Secretary of Transportation | Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | John E. Cunningham (R) | May 17, 1977 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Andrew Young (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 29, 1977, after being appointed United States Ambassador to the United Nations | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Wyche Fowler (D) | April 6, 1977 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Richard Alvin Tonry (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Forced to resign May 4, 1977 | Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Bob Livingston (R) | August 27, 1977 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Ed Koch (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1977, after being elected Mayor of New York City | Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Bill Green (R) | February 14, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Herman Badillo (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1977, after becoming Deputy Mayor of New York City. Elected on the Republican and Liberal tickets on February 14, but officially took office as a Democrat after being accepted by the caucus on February 21. | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Robert Garcia (D) | February 21, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Clifford Allen (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 18, 1978 | rowspan=19 |Vacant | rowspan=19 |Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | William M. Ketchum (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 24, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Ralph Metcalfe (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 10, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Goodloe Byron (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 11, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Leo Ryan (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Murdered by members of the Peoples Temple at the Guyana Airport November 18, 1978, shortly before the Jonestown Massacre |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | William A. Steiger (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 4, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Max Baucus (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 14, 1978, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected. |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Thad Cochran (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 26, 1978, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate having already been elected. |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Teno Roncalio (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | John E. Moss (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | John J. McFall (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Del M. Clawson (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Joe Skubitz (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Republican nowrap | Elford Albin Cederberg (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Joseph A. LeFante (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | James J. Delaney (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Olin E. Teague (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | William R. Poage (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1978 |- | Template:Ushr | Template:Party shading/Democratic nowrap | Omar Burleson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 31, 1978 |}
Committees
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Senate
- Aging (Special) (Chair: Frank Church)
- Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Herman Talmadge; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
- Environment, Soil Conservation and Forestry (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Jesse Helms)
- Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair: James Allen; Ranking Member: S.I. Hayakawa)
- Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Patrick Leahy; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young)
- Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: Patrick Leahy; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
- Rural Development (Chair: Dick Clark; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
- Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair: Hubert Humphrey; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon)
- Nutrition (Chair: George McGovern; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
- Appropriations (Chair: Warren Magnuson; Ranking Member: Milton Young)
- Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon)
- Defense (Chair: John L. McClellan; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young)
- District of Columbia (Chair: Patrick Leahy; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
- Foreign Operations (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
- HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: William Proxmire; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
- Interior (Chair: Robert Byrd; Ranking Member: Edward W. Brooke)
- Labor, Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Warren Magnuson; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
- Legislative (Chair: Walter "Dee" Huddleston; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
- Military Construction (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
- Public Works (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
- State, Justice, Commerce and the Judiciary (Chair: Fritz Hollings; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker)
- Transportation (Chair: Birch Bayh; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case)
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker)
- Armed Services (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: John Tower)
- Intelligence (Chair: Harry F. Byrd Jr.; Ranking Member: Barry Goldwater)
- General Procurement (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: John Tower)
- Military Construction and Stockfiles (Chair: Gary Hart; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
- Arms Control (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Jesse Helms)
- Tactical Aircraft (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Dewey F. Bartlett)
- Research and Development (Chair: Thomas J. McIntyre; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
- General Legislation (Chair: John Culver; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
- Manpower and Personnel (Chair: Sam Nunn; Ranking Member: William L. Scott)
- Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: William Proxmire; Ranking Member: Edward L. Brooke)
- Federal Credit Programs (Chair: Paul Sarbanes; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar)
- Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: John Sparkman; Ranking Member: Edward W. Brooke)
- Financial Institutions (Chair: Thomas J. McIntyre; Ranking Member: John G. Tower)
- Securities (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Edward W. Brooke)
- International Finance (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
- Production and Stabilization (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Alan Cranston)
- Consumer Affairs (Chair: Donald Riegle; Ranking Member: Harrison H. Schmitt)
- Rural Housing (Chair: Robert Burren Morgan; Ranking Member: Jake Garn)
- Budget (Chair: Edmund Muskie; Ranking Member: Henry Bellmon)
- Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: James B. Pearson)
- Aviation (Chair: Howard Cannon; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
- Communications (Chair: Fritz Hollings; Ranking Member: Robert P. Griffin)
- Consumer (Chair: Wendell Ford; Ranking Member: Bob Packwood)
- Merchant Marine and Tourism (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: Harrison H. Schmitt)
- Science, Technology and Space (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
- Surface Transportation (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen)
- Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen)
- Public Lands and Resources (Chair: Lee Metcalf; Ranking Member: James A. McClure)
- Parks and Recreation (Chair: James Abourezk; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen)
- Energy Production and Supply (Chair: Floyd Haskell; Ranking Member: Dewey F. Bartlett)
- Energy Conservation and Regulation (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.)
- Energy R&D (Chair: Frank Church; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
- Environment and Public Works (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
- Environmental Pollution (Chair: Edmund Muskie; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
- Water Resources (Chair: Mike Gravel; Ranking Member: Pete Domenici)
- Transportation (Chair: Lloyd Bentsen; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
- Regional and Community Development (Chair: Quentin Burdick; Ranking Member: Howard H. Baker Jr.)
- Nuclear Regulation (Chair: John Culver; Ranking Member: Malcolm Wallop)
- Ethics (Select) (Chair: Adlai Stevenson III)
- Finance (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
- Health (Chair: Herman Talmadge; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
- International Trade (Chair: Abraham Ribicoff; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
- Taxation and Debt Management Generally (Chair: Harry F. Byrd Jr.; Ranking Member: Paul Laxalt)
- Social Security (Chair: Gaylord Nelson; Ranking Member: Paul Laxalt)
- Energy and Foundations (Chair: Mike Gravel; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen)
- Private Pension Plans and Employee Fringe Benefits (Chair: Lloyd Bentsen; Ranking Member: Bob Packwood)
- Unemployment Compensation, Revenue Sharing and Economic Problems (Chair: William Hathaway; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
- Administration of the Internal Revenue Code (Chair: Floyd Haskell; Ranking Member: Bob Dole)
- Tourism and Sugar (Chair: Spark Matsunaga; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
- Public Assistance (Chair: Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
- Foreign Relations (Chair: John Sparkman; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case)
- European Affairs (Chair: Joe Biden; Ranking Member: Robert P. Griffin)
- East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: John Glenn; Ranking Member: James B. Pearson)
- International Operations (Chair: George McGovern; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
- Foreign Economic Policy (Chair: Frank Church; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
- Arms Control, Oceans and International Environment (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
- Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Paul Sarbanes; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
- Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair: Richard Stone; Ranking Member: Howard H. Baker Jr.)
- Foreign Assistance (Chair: Hubert Humphrey; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Case)
- African Affairs (Chair: Dick Clark; Ranking Member: Dick Clark)
- Governmental Affairs (Chair: Abraham Ribicoff; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
- Investigations (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Charles H. Percy)
- Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: Edmund Muskie; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
- Reports, Accounting and Management (Chair: Lee Metcalf; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
- Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
- Federal Spending Practices and Open Government (Chair: Lawton Chiles; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
- Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services (Chair: John Glenn; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
- Civil Service and General Services (Chair: Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: Ted Stevens)
- Human Resources (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
- Labor (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
- Handicapped (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
- Education, Arts and Humanities (Chair: Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
- Employment, Poverty and Migratory Labor (Chair: Gaylord Nelson; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
- Health and Scientific Research (Chair: Ted Kennedy; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker)
- Aging (Chair: Thomas Eagleton; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
- Child and Human Development (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: S.I. Hayakawa)
- Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (Chair: William Hathaway; Ranking Member: Orrin G. Hatch)
- Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: James Abourezk)
- Judiciary (Chair: James Eastland; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
- Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member: Mark Hatfield)
- Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: George McGovern)
- Rules and Administration (Chair: Howard Cannon, then Claiborne Pell; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
- Senate Committee System (Special)
- Small Business (Select) (Chair: Gaylord Nelson)
- Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
- Compensation and Pensions (Chair: Herman Talmadge; Ranking Member: Clifford P. Hansen)
- Health and Readjustment (Chair: Alan Cranston; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
- Housing, Insurance and Cemeteries (Chair: Richard Stone; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford)
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Aging (Select) (Chair: Claude Pepper)
- Agriculture (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
- Livestock and Grains (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Keith G. Sebelius)
- Cotton (Chair: David R. Bowen; Ranking Member: W. Henson Moore)
- Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
- Family Farms and Rural Development (Chair: Rick Nolan; Ranking Member: Chuck Grassley)
- Oilseeds and Rice (Chair: Dawson Mathis; Ranking Member: Paul Findley)
- Tobacco (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler)
- Conservation and Credit (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
- Department, Investigations, Oversight and Research (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Charles Thone)
- Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Steve Symms)
- Family Farms, Rural Development and Special Studies (Chair: Rick Nolan; Ranking Member: Chuck Grassley)
- Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Elford Cederberg)
- Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Mark Andrews)
- Defense (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Jack Edwards)
- District of Columbia (Chair: William Natcher; Ranking Member: Clair W. Burgener)
- Foreign Operations (Chair: Clarence Long; Ranking Member: Bill Young)
- HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
- Interior (Chair: Sidney R. Yates; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
- Labor-Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: Dan Flood; Ranking Member: Robert H. Michel)
- Legislative (Chair: George E. Shipley; Ranking Member: William L. Armstrong)
- Military Construction (Chair: K. Gunn McKay; Ranking Member: Robert C. McEwen)
- Public Works (Chair: Tom Bevill; Ranking Member: John T. Myers)
- State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: John M. Slack Jr.; Ranking Member: Elford Ceberberg)
- Transportation (Chair: John J. McFall; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Tom Steed; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Miller)
- Armed Services (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Bob Wilson)
- Intelligence and Military Application of Nuclear Energy (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Bob Wilson)
- Research and Development (Chair: Richard Howard Ichord Jr.; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
- Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
- Investigations (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: Robin Beard)
- Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst)
- Military Personnel (Chair: Richard Crawford White; Ranking Member: David C. Treen)
- Military Compensation (Chair: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Donald J. Mitchell)
- Assassinations (Select) (Chair: Louis Stokes)
- Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Henry S. Reuss; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
- The City (Chair: Henry S. Reuss; Ranking Member: Richard Kelly)
- Housing and Community and Development (Chair: Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: Garry E. Brown)
- Economic Stabilization (Chair: William S. Moorhead; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
- Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: John H. Rousselot)
- International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Henry B. González; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde)
- General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Joseph Minish; Ranking Member: Chuck Grassley)
- Consumer Affairs (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
- Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen)
- Historic Preservation and Coinage (Chair: Walter Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
- International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
- Budget (Chair: Robert Giaimo; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
- Budget Process (Chair: Butler Derrick; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
- Economic Policy (Chair: Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: Barber B. Conable Jr.)
- Tax Expenditures, Government Organization and Regulation (Chair: Paul Simon; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
- Distributive Impacts of Budget and Economic Policies (Chair: Donald M. Fraser; Ranking Member: John H. Rousselot)
- National Security (Chair: Robert L. Leggett; Ranking Member: Del Latta)
- Human Resources (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Clair W. Burgener)
- Community and Physical Resources (Chair: Louis Stokes; Ranking Member: Clair W. Burgener)
- State and Local Government (Chair: Elizabeth Holtzman; Ranking Member: John J. Duncan Sr.)
- Crime (Select) (Chair: Template:Data missing; Ranking Member: Template:Data missing)
- District of Columbia (Chair: Charles Diggs; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney)
- Fiscal and Government Affairs (Chair: Stewart B. McKinney; Ranking Member: )
- Judiciary (Chair: Romano Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Robert W. Daniel Jr.)
- Economic Development (Chair: Herbert Harris; Ranking Member: Charles W. Whalen Jr.)
- Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Charles W. Whalen Jr.)
- Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Al Quie)
- Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Frank Thompson; Ranking Member: Al Quie)
- Labor Standards (Chair: John Herman Dent; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn)
- Select Education (Chair: John Brademas; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords)
- Employment Opportunities (Chair: Augustus Hawkins; Ranking Member: Ronald A. Sarasin)
- Postsecondary Education (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: John Buchanan)
- Compensation, Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Ronald A. Sarasin)
- Economic Opportunity (Chair: Ike Franklin Andrews; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
- Ethics (Select) (Chair: H. Richardson Preyer)
- Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
- Legislation and National Security (Chair: Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton)
- Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources (Chair: Lawrence H. Fountain; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler)
- Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal; Ranking Member: Garry E. Brown)
- Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Leo Ryan; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness)
- Manpower and Housing (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Bob Kasten)
- Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: John Burton; Ranking Member: Charles Thone)
- Government Information and Individual Rights (Chair: L. Richardson Preyer; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.))
- House Administration (Chair: Frank Thompson; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
- Accounts (Chair: John Herman Dent; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
- Libraries and Memorials (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
- Printing (Chair: Augustus Hawkins; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland)
- Personnel and Police (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
- Contracts (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland)
- Services (Chair: Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William L. Dickinson)
- Office Systems (Chair: Bob Mollohan; Ranking Member: J. Herbert Burke)
- House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Margaret Heckler; Ranking Member: )
- Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: )
- Insular Affairs (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Joe Skubitz)
- Energy and the Environment (Chair: Mo Udall; Ranking Member: Robert E. Bauman)
- General Oversight and Alaska Lands (Chair: John F. Seiberling; Ranking Member: Don Young)
- Mines and Mining (Chair: Abraham Kazen); Ranking Member: Philip Ruppe
- National Parks and Insular Affairs (Chair: Phillip Burton; Ranking Member: Keith G. Sebelius)
- Indian Affairs and Public Lands (Chair: Teno Roncalio; Ranking Member: James P. Johnson)
- Special Investigations (Chair: Harold L. Runnels; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
- Water and Power Resources (Chair: Lloyd Meeds; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
- International Relations (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
- International Security and Scientific Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
- International Operations (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: John Buchanan)
- Africa (Chair: Charles Diggs; Ranking Member: Charles W. Whalen Jr.)
- International Organizations (Chair: Donald M. Fraser); Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
- Europe and the Middle East (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Paul Findley)
- Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Lester L. Wolff; Ranking Member: J. Herbert Burke)
- International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair: Jonathan Brewster Bingham; Ranking Member: Charles W. Whalen Jr.)
- International Development (Chair: Michael Harrington; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.)
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley Orrin Staggers; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
- Oversight and Investigations (Chair: John E. Moss; Ranking Member: James M. Collins)
- Energy and Power (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown)
- Health and the Environment (Chair: Paul Rogers; Ranking Member: Tim Lee Carter)
- Communications (Chair: Lionel Van Deerlin; Ranking Member: Louis Frey Jr.)
- Transportation and Commerce (Chair: Fred B. Rooney; Ranking Member: Joe Skubitz)
- Consumer Protection and Finance (Chair: Robert C. Eckhardt; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill)
- Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory)
- Immigration, Citizenship and International Law (Chair: Joshua Eilberg; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
- Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (Chair: George E. Danielson; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
- Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (Chair: Robert Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Railsback)
- Civil and Constitutional Rights (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: M. Caldwell Butler)
- Monopolies and Commercial Law (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory)
- Crime (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
- Criminal Justice (Chair: James Mann; Ranking Member: Charles E. Wiggins)
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: John M. Murphy; Ranking Member: Philip E. Ruppe)
- Merchant Marine (Chair: John M. Murphy; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.)
- Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: Robert L. Leggett; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe)
- Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: David C. Treen)
- Oceangraphy (Chair: John Breaux; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard)
- Panama Canal (Chair: Ralph Metcalfe; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
- Maritime Education and Training (Ad Hoc) (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member: Don Young)
- Modernization of House Gallery Facilities (Special) (Chair: Joe D. Waggoner Jr.; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
- Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (Chair: Lester L. Wolff)
- Outer Continental Shelf (Ad Hoc/Select) (Chair: John M. Murphy)
- Population (Select) (Chair: Template:Data missing; Ranking Member: Template:Data missing)
- Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Robert N. C. Nix Sr.; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
- Employee Ethics and Utilization (Chair: Pat Schroeder; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
- Civil Service (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Trent Lott)
- Investigations (Chair: Robert N. C. Nix Sr.; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski)
- Compensations and Employee Benefits (Chair: Gladys Spellman; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
- Postal Operations and Services (Chair: James M. Hanley; Ranking Member: James M. Collins)
- Census and Population (Chair: William Lehman; Ranking Member: John H. Rousselot)
- Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Charlie Wilson; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor)
- Public Works and Transportation (Chair: Harold T. Johnson; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha)
- Aviation (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder)
- Economic Development (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
- Investigations and Review (Chair: Ronald 'Bo' Ginn; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Norman Mineta; Ranking Member: William F. Walsh)
- Surface Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
- Water Resources (Chair: Ray Roberts; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
- Rules (Chair: James J. Delaney; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen)
- Science and Technology (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler)
- Space Science and Applications (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.)
- Fossil and Energy Research, Development and Demonstration (Chair: Walter Flowers; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.)
- Advanced Energy Technologies, Energy Conservation, Development and Demonstration (Chair: Mike McCormack; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater Jr.)
- Environment and the Atmosphere (Chair: George Brown Jr.; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.)
- Transportation, Aviation and Weather (Chair: Dale Milford; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler)
- Science, Research and Technology (Chair: Ray Thornton; Ranking Member: Harold C. Hollenbeck)
- Domestic and International Scientific Planning, Analysis and Cooperation (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- Small Business (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- SBA and SBIC Authority and General Small Business (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
- Minority Enterprise and General Oversight (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
- Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities Affecting Small Business (Chair: John B. Breckinridge; Ranking Member: Tim Lee Carter)
- Energy, Environment, Safety and Research (Chair: Alvin Baldus; Ranking Member: Tim Lee Carter)
- Capital Investment and Business Opportunities (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton)
- Special Small Business Problems (Chair: Marty Russo; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
- Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: L. Richardson Preyer; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
- Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Ray Roberts; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
- Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Sonny Montgomery; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
- Education and Training (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler)
- Medical Facilities and Benefits (Chair: David E. Satterfield III; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
- Housing (Chair: Jack Brinkley; Ranking Member: James Abdnor)
- Cemeteries and Burial Benefits (Chair: Charles J. Carney; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis)
- Ways and Means (Chair: Al Ullman; Ranking Member: Barber Conable Jr.)
- Social Security (Chair: James A. Burke; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
- Health (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: John Duncan Sr.)
- Trade (Chair: Charles Vanik; Ranking Member: William A. Steiger)
- Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (Chair: James C. Corman; Ranking Member: Guy Vander Jagt)
- Oversight (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
- Miscellaneous Revenue Measures (Chair: Joe D. Waggoner Jr.; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Atomic Energy (Chair: Vacant; Vice Chair: Sen. Henry M. Jackson)
- Congressional Operations (Chair: Sen. Lee Metcalf; Vice Chair: Rep. Jack Brooks)
- Defense Productions (Chair: Sen. William Proxmire; Vice Chair: Rep. Parren Mitchell)
- Economic (Chair: Rep. Richard Walker Bolling; Vice Chair: Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey)
- Taxation (Chair: Rep. Al Ullman; Vice Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long)
- The Library (Chair: Rep. Lucien Nedzi; Vice Chair: Sen. Howard Cannon)
- Printing (Chair: Sen. Howard Cannon; Vice Chair: Rep. Frank Thompson Jr.)
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: George Malcolm White
- Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary
- Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats
- Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice M. Rivlin
- Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
- Public Printer of the United States: Thomas F. McCormick, until 1977
- John J. Boyle, from 1977
Senate
- Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian)
- Curator: James R. Ketchum
- Historian: Richard A. Baker
- Parliamentarian: Murray Zweben
- Secretary: Francis R. Valeo, until March 31, 1977
- J. Stanley Kimmitt, from March 31, 1977
- Librarian: Roger K. Haley
- Sergeant at Arms: Frank "Nordy" Hoffman
- Secretary for the Majority: J. Stanley Kimmitt, until March 31, 1977
- James H. Duffy, from March 31, 1977
- Secretary for the Minority: William Hildenbrand
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodist)
- Clerk: Edmund L. Henshaw Jr.
- Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
- Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown
- Reading Clerks: Joe Bartlett (R) (until 1978)/Bob Berry (R) (from 1978), Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D)
- Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
- Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth R. Harding
See also
- List of new members of the 95th United States Congress
- 1976 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1978 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)