100th United States Congress

100th United States Congress


99th ←	→ 101st
United States Capitol (2002)
Duration: January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989

Senate President:	George Bush (R)
Senate Pres. pro tem:	John C. Stennis (D)
House Speaker:	Jim Wright (D)
Members:	100 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Democratic Party
House Majority:	Democratic Party

Sessions
1st: January 6, 1987 – December 22, 1987 2nd: January 25, 1988 – October 22, 1988

The One Hundredth 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, 1987, to January 3, 1989, during the last two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twentieth Census of the United States in 1980. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

1 Major events
2 Major legislation
3 Treaties ratified
4 Hearings
5 Party summary
- 5.1 Senate
- 5.2 House of Representatives
6 Leadership
- 6.1 Senate
  - 6.1.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 6.1.2 Minority (Republican) leadership
- 6.2 House of Representatives
  - 6.2.1 Majority (Democratic) leadership
  - 6.2.2 Minority leadership
7 Members
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
8 Changes in membership
- 8.1 Senate
- 8.2 House of Representatives
9 Employees
- 9.1 Senate
- 9.2 House of Representatives
10 References
11 External links

Major events

President Jim Wright during the 1988 State of the Union Address, January 25, 1988

October 19, 1987: Black Monday: Stock market levels fell sharply on Wall Street and around the world
November 18, 1987: Iran-Contra affair: Senate and House panels released reports charging President Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair
January 25, 1988: 1988 State of the Union Address
November 8, 1988: Michael Dukakis; United States Senate elections, 1988 & United States House of Representatives elections, 1988: Democrats retained control of Congress

Major legislation

President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law, August 10, 1988.

April 2, 1987 — Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, Pub.L. 100–17, 101 Stat. 132
July 22, 1987 — McKinney-Vento Act, Pub.L. 100–77, 101 Stat. 482
August 20, 1987 — Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987, Pub.L. 100–107, 101 Stat. 724
September 29, 1987 — Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act), Pub.L. 100–119, title I
January 7, 1987 — Computer Security Act of 1987, Pub.L. 100–235, 101 Stat. 1724
March 22, 1988 - Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 Pub.L. 100–259
June 27, 1988 — Supreme Court Case Selections Act of 1988, Pub.L. 100–352, 102 Stat. 662
July 1, 1988 — Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, Pub.L. 100–360, 102 Stat. 683
August 4, 1988 — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, Pub.L. 100–379, 102 Stat. 890
August 10, 1988 — Civil Liberties Act of 1988, Pub.L. 100–383, title I, 101 Stat. 904
October 13, 1988 — Family Support Act, Pub.L. 100–485, 102 Stat. 2343
October 17, 1988 — Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Pub.L. 100–497, 102 Stat. 2467
October 24, 1988 — Stat. 2578
October 25, 1988 — Department of Veterans Affairs Act, Pub.L. 100–527, 102 Stat. 2635
November 4, 1988 - AIDS amendments of 1988, Pub.L. 100–607, 102 Stat. 3048
November 17, 1988 — Water Resources Development Act of 1988, Pub.L. 100–676
November 18, 1988 — Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, Pub.L. 100–690, including Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act and Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act

Treaties ratified

May 27, 1988: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

Hearings

May 6, 1987: Iran-Contra affair hearings began
October 23, 1987: Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination: Senate rejected Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States
February 3, 1988: Senate approved Anthony Kennedy's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States

Party summary

Senate

Senate representation by state

	Party (Shading shows control)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	47	53	100	0

Begin	55	45	100	0
End	54	45	99	1
Final voting share	700154500000000000054.5%	700145500000000000045.5%

Beginning of the next congress	55	45	100	0

House of Representatives

House representation by state

	Party (Shading shows control)		Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	252	180	432	3

Begin	258	177	435	0
End	254	178	432	3
Final voting share	700158800000000000058.8%	700141200000000000041.2%
Non-voting members	4	1	5

Beginning of the next congress	251	183	434	1

Leadership

Senate

George Bush (R)
President pro tempore: John Stennis (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker: Jim Wright (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority leadership

Members

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

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress.

Nebraska

1. Edward Zorinsky (D), until March 6, 1987
- David Karnes (R), from March 11, 1987 until November 8, 1988
2. Jim Exon (D)

Nevada

1. Chic Hecht (R)
3. Harry Reid (D)

New Hampshire

2. Gordon J. Humphrey (R)
3. Warren B. Rudman (R)

New Jersey

2. Bill Bradley (D)
1. Frank R. Lautenberg (D)

New Mexico

2. Pete V. Domenici (R)
1. Jeff Bingaman (D)

New York

1. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D)
3. Al D'Amato (R)

North Carolina

2. Jesse Helms (R)
3. Terry Sanford (D)

North Dakota

1. Quentin N. Burdick (D)
3. Kent Conrad (D)

Ohio

3. John Glenn (D)
1. Howard Metzenbaum (D)

Oklahoma

2. David L. Boren (D)
3. Don Nickles (R)

Oregon

2. Mark O. Hatfield (R)
3. Bob Packwood (R)

Pennsylvania

1. John Heinz (R)
3. Arlen Specter (R)

Rhode Island

2. Claiborne Pell (D)
1. John H. Chafee (R)

South Carolina

2. Strom Thurmond (R)
3. Ernest F. Hollings (D)

South Dakota

2. Larry Pressler (R)
3. Thomas A. Daschle (D)

Tennessee

1. Jim Sasser (D)
2. Al Gore (D)

Texas

1. Lloyd Bentsen (D)
2. Phil Gramm (R)

Utah

3. Jake Garn (R)
1. Orrin G. Hatch (R)

Vermont

1. Robert T. Stafford (R)
3. Patrick Leahy (D)

Virginia

2. John W. Warner (R)
1. Paul S. Trible Jr. (R)

Washington

1. Daniel J. Evans (R)
3. Brock Adams (D)

West Virginia

1. Robert C. Byrd (D)
2. John D. Rockefeller IV (D)

Wisconsin

1. William Proxmire (D)
3. Bob Kasten (R)

Wyoming

1. Malcolm Wallop (R)
2. Alan K. Simpson (R)

House of Representatives

Alabama

1. Sonny Callahan (R)
2. Bill Dickinson (R)
3. William Flynt Nichols (D), until December 13, 1988
4. Tom Bevill (D)
5. Ronnie G. Flippo (D)
6. Ben Erdreich (D)
7. Claude Harris (D)

Alaska

At-large. Don Young (R)

Arizona

1. John J. Rhodes III (R)
2. Mo Udall (D)
3. Bob Stump (R)
4. Jon Kyl (R)
5. Jim Kolbe (R)

Arkansas

California

1. Douglas H. Bosco (D)
2. Wally Herger (R)
3. Robert T. Matsui (D)
4. Vic Fazio (D)
5. Sala Burton (D), until February 1, 1987
Nancy Pelosi (D), from June 2, 1987
6. Barbara Boxer (D)
George Miller (D)
8. Ronald V. Dellums (D)
9. Pete Stark (D)
10. Don Edwards (D)
11. Tom Lantos (D)
12. Ernie Konnyu (R)
13. Norman Y. Mineta (D)
14. Norman D. Shumway (R)
15. Tony Coelho (D)
16. Leon Panetta (D)
17. Chip Pashayan (R)
18. Richard H. Lehman (D)
19. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R)
20. Bill Thomas (R)
21. Elton Gallegly (R)
22. Carlos J. Moorhead (R)
23. Anthony C. Beilenson (D)
24. Henry A. Waxman (D)
25. Edward R. Roybal (D)
26. Howard L. Berman (D)
27. Mel Levine (D)
28. Julian C. Dixon (D)
29. Augustus F. Hawkins (D)
30. Matthew G. Martinez (D)
31. Mervyn M. Dymally (D)
32. Glenn M. Anderson (D)
33. David Dreier (R)
34. Esteban E. Torres (D)
35. Jerry Lewis (R)
George Brown, Jr. (D)
37. Al McCandless (R)
38. Bob Dornan (R)
39. William E. Dannemeyer (R)
40. Robert E. Badham (R)
41. Bill Lowery (R)
42. Dan Lungren (R)
43. Ron Packard (R)
44. Jim Bates (D)
45. Duncan Hunter (R)

Colorado

Connecticut

1. Barbara B. Kennelly (D)
2. Sam Gejdenson (D)
3. Bruce A. Morrison (D)
4. Stewart McKinney (R), until May 7, 1987

4. Christopher Shays (R), from August 18, 1987

5. John G. Rowland (R)
6. Nancy L. Johnson (R)

Delaware

At-large. Thomas R. Carper (D)

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

1. Patricia Saiki (R)
2. Daniel K. Akaka (D)

Idaho

1. Larry Craig (R)
2. Richard H. Stallings (D)

Illinois

1. Charles A. Hayes (D)
2. Gus Savage (D)
3. Marty Russo (D)
4. Jack Davis (R)
5. William O. Lipinski (D)
6. Henry J. Hyde (R)
7. Cardiss Collins (D)
8. Dan Rostenkowski (D)
9. Sidney R. Yates (D)
10. John Edward Porter (R)
11. Frank Annunzio (D)
12. Philip M. Crane (R)
13. Harris W. Fawell (R)
14. Dennis Hastert (R)
15. Edward Madigan (R)
16. Lynn Morley Martin (R)
17. Lane Evans (D)
18. Robert H. Michel (R)
19. Terry L. Bruce (D)
20. Richard J. Durbin (D)
21. Melvin Price (D), until April 22, 1988
Jerry Costello (D), from August 9, 1988
22. Kenneth J. Gray (D)

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

1. Bob Livingston (R)
2. Corinne Claiborne Lindy Boggs (D)
3. Billy Tauzin (D)
4. Buddy Roemer (D), until March 14, 1988

4. Jim McCrery (R), from April 16, 1988

Maine

1. Joseph E. Brennan (D)
2. Olympia J. Snowe (R)

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

1. Pat Williams (D)
2. Ron Marlenee (R)

Nebraska

Nevada

1. James Bilbray (D)
2. Barbara F. Vucanovich (R)

New Hampshire

1. Bob Smith (R)
2. Judd Gregg (R)

New Jersey

1. James J. Florio (D)
2. William J. Hughes (D)
3. James J. Howard (D), until March 25, 1988
Frank Pallone (D), from November 8, 1988
4. Chris Smith (R)
5. Marge Roukema (R)
6. Bernard J. Dwyer (D)
7. Matthew J. Rinaldo (R)
8. Robert A. Roe (D)
9. Robert G. Torricelli (D)
10. Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (D)
11. Dean A. Gallo (R)
12. Jim Courter (R)
13. H. James Saxton (R)
14. Frank J. Guarini (D)

New Mexico

New York

George J. Hochbrueckner (D)
2. Thomas J. Downey (D)
3. Robert J. Mrazek (D)
4. Norman F. Lent (R)
5. Raymond J. McGrath (R)
6. Floyd H. Flake (D)
7. Gary L. Ackerman (D)
8. James H. Scheuer (D)
9. Thomas J. Manton (D)
10. Charles E. Schumer (D)
11. Edolphus Towns (D)
12. Major R. Owens (D)
13. Stephen J. Solarz (D)
14. Guy V. Molinari (R)
15. S. William Green (R)
16. Charles B. Rangel (D)
17. Ted Weiss (D)
18. Robert Garcia (D)
19. Mario Biaggi (D), until August 5, 1988
20. Joseph J. DioGuardi (R)
21. Hamilton Fish, Jr. (R)
22. Benjamin A. Gilman (R)
23. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
24. Gerald B.H. Solomon (R)
25. Sherwood Boehlert (R)
26. David O'Brien Martin (R)
George C. Wortley (R)
28. Matthew F. McHugh (D)
29. Frank Horton (R)
30. Louise Slaughter (D)
31. Jack Kemp (R)
32. John J. LaFalce (D)
33. Henry J. Nowak (D)
34. Amo Houghton (R)

North Carolina

North Dakota

Byron Dorgan (D)

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

1. Fernand St. Germain (D)
2. Claudine Schneider (R)

South Carolina

South Dakota

At-large. Tim Johnson (D)

Tennessee

1. James H. Quillen (R)
2. John J. Duncan, Sr. (R), until June 21, 1988

2. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R), from November 8, 1988

3. Marilyn Lloyd (D)
4. Jim Cooper (D)
5. Bill Boner (D), until October 5, 1987

5. Bob Clement (D), from January 19, 1988

Texas

Utah

Vermont

At-large. James M. Jeffords (R)

Virginia

1. Herbert H. Bateman (R)
2. Owen B. Pickett (D)
3. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (R)
4. Norman Sisisky (D)
5. Dan Daniel (D), until January 23, 1988
Lewis F. Payne, Jr. (D), from June 14, 1988
6. Jim Olin (D)
7. D. French Slaughter, Jr. (R)
8. Stan Parris (R)
9. Rick Boucher (D)
10. Frank R. Wolf (R)

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

At-large. Dick Cheney (R)

Non-voting members

American Samoa. Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D), until September 6, 1988
District of Columbia. Walter E. Fauntroy (D)
Guam. Ben Blaz (R)
Puerto Rico. Jaime B. Fuster (PD)
Virgin Islands. Ron de Lugo (D)

Changes in membership

Senate

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Nebraska (1)	Edward Zorinsky (D)	Died March 6, 1987	David Karnes (R)	March 11, 1987
Nebraska (1)	David Karnes (R)	Resigned November 8, 1988 after losing election	Vacant to the end of this Congress

House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
California's 5th	Sala Burton (D)	Died February 1, 1987	Nancy Pelosi (D)	June 2, 1987
Connecticut's 4th	Stewart McKinney (R)	Died May 7, 1987	Chris Shays (R)	August 18, 1987
Tennessee's 5th	Bill Boner (D)	Resigned October 5, 1987	Bob Clement (D)	January 19, 1988
Virginia's 5th	Dan Daniel (D)	Died January 23, 1988	Lewis F. Payne, Jr. (D)	June 14, 1988
Louisiana's 4th	Buddy Roemer (D)	Resigned March 14, 1988 after being elected Governor of Louisiana	Jim McCrery (R)	April 16, 1988
New Jersey's 3rd	James J. Howard (D)	Died March 25, 1988	Frank Pallone (D)	November 8, 1988
Illinois's 21st	Melvin Price (D)	Died April 22, 1988	Jerry Costello (D)	August 9, 1988
Tennessee's 2nd	John Duncan, Sr. (R)	Died June 21, 1988	Jimmy Duncan (R)	November 8, 1988
New York's 19th	Mario Biaggi (D)	Resigned August 5, 1988	Vacant to the end of this Congress
American Samoa's At-large	Fofó I. F. Sunia (D)	Resigned September 6, 1988	Vacant to the end of this Congress
Alabama's 3rd	William F. Nichols (D)	Died December 13, 1988	Vacant to the end of this Congress

Employees

Architect of the Capitol:

Senate

House of Representatives

Clerk [2]: Donnald K. Anderson
Sergeant at Arms: Jack Russ
Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown
Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
Reading Clerks:
Historian:
Chaplain: James D. Ford
See also: Rules of the House: "Other officers and officials"

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.