94th United States Congress

94th United States Congress


93rd ←	→ 95th
United States Capitol (2002)
Duration: January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977

Senate President:	Nelson Rockefeller
Senate Pres. pro tem:	James Eastland
House Speaker:	Carl Albert
Members:	100 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Democratic Party
House Majority:	Democratic Party

Sessions
1st: January 14, 1975 – December 19, 1975 2nd: January 19, 1976 – October 1, 1976

The Ninety-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1977, during the administration of U.S. President Gerald Ford.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Major events 1
Special or select committees 2
Major legislation 3
Party summary 4
- Senate 4.1
- House of Representatives 4.2
Leadership 5
- Senate 5.1
  - Majority (Democratic) leadership 5.1.1
  - Minority (Republican) leadership 5.1.2
- House of Representatives 5.2
  - Majority (Democratic) leadership 5.2.1
  - Minority (Republican) leadership 5.2.2
Members 6
- Senate 6.1
  - Alabama 6.1.1
  - Alaska 6.1.2
  - Arizona 6.1.3
  - Arkansas 6.1.4
  - California 6.1.5
  - Colorado 6.1.6
  - Connecticut 6.1.7
  - Delaware 6.1.8
  - Florida 6.1.9
  - Georgia 6.1.10
  - Hawaii 6.1.11
  - Idaho 6.1.12
  - Illinois 6.1.13
  - Indiana 6.1.14
  - Iowa 6.1.15
  - Kansas 6.1.16
  - Kentucky 6.1.17
  - Louisiana 6.1.18
  - Maine 6.1.19
  - Maryland 6.1.20
  - Massachusetts 6.1.21
  - Michigan 6.1.22
  - Minnesota 6.1.23
  - Mississippi 6.1.24
  - Missouri 6.1.25
  - Montana 6.1.26
  - Nebraska 6.1.27
  - Nevada 6.1.28
  - New Hampshire 6.1.29
  - New Jersey 6.1.30
  - New Mexico 6.1.31
  - New York 6.1.32
  - North Carolina 6.1.33
  - North Dakota 6.1.34
  - Ohio 6.1.35
  - Oklahoma 6.1.36
  - Oregon 6.1.37
  - Pennsylvania 6.1.38
  - Rhode Island 6.1.39
  - South Carolina 6.1.40
  - South Dakota 6.1.41
  - Tennessee 6.1.42
  - Texas 6.1.43
  - Utah 6.1.44
  - Vermont 6.1.45
  - Virginia 6.1.46
  - Washington 6.1.47
  - West Virginia 6.1.48
  - Wisconsin 6.1.49
  - Wyoming 6.1.50
- House of Representatives 6.2
  - Alabama 6.2.1
  - Alaska 6.2.2
  - Arizona 6.2.3
  - Arkansas 6.2.4
  - California 6.2.5
  - Colorado 6.2.6
  - Connecticut 6.2.7
  - Delaware 6.2.8
  - Florida 6.2.9
  - Georgia 6.2.10
  - Hawaii 6.2.11
  - Idaho 6.2.12
  - Illinois 6.2.13
  - Indiana 6.2.14
  - Iowa 6.2.15
  - Kansas 6.2.16
  - Kentucky 6.2.17
  - Louisiana 6.2.18
  - Maine 6.2.19
  - Maryland 6.2.20
  - Massachusetts 6.2.21
  - Michigan 6.2.22
  - Minnesota 6.2.23
  - Mississippi 6.2.24
  - Missouri 6.2.25
  - Montana 6.2.26
  - Nebraska 6.2.27
  - Nevada 6.2.28
  - New Hampshire 6.2.29
  - New Jersey 6.2.30
  - New Mexico 6.2.31
  - New York 6.2.32
  - North Carolina 6.2.33
  - North Dakota 6.2.34
  - Ohio 6.2.35
  - Oklahoma 6.2.36
  - Oregon 6.2.37
  - Pennsylvania 6.2.38
  - Rhode Island 6.2.39
  - South Carolina 6.2.40
  - South Dakota 6.2.41
  - Tennessee 6.2.42
  - Texas 6.2.43
  - Utah 6.2.44
  - Vermont 6.2.45
  - Virginia 6.2.46
  - Washington 6.2.47
  - West Virginia 6.2.48
  - Wisconsin 6.2.49
  - Wyoming 6.2.50
  - Non-voting members 6.2.51
Changes in Membership 7
- Senate 7.1
- House of Representatives 7.2
Officers 8
- Senate 8.1
- House of Representatives 8.2
See also 9
References 10
External links 11

Major events

President Gerald Ford with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and House Speaker Carl Albert during the 1975 State of the Union Address, January 15, 1975

January 15, 1975: 1975 State of the Union Address
April 30, 1975: Fall of Saigon
June 10, 1975: The Rockefeller Commission issued its report on CIA abuses, recommending a joint congressional oversight committee on intelligence.
September 5, 1975: Failed assassination attempt against President Ford by Lynette Fromme
September 22, 1975: Failed assassination attempt against President Ford by Sara Jane Moore
July 4, 1976: United States Bicentennial
November 2, 1976:
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1976 and United States Senate elections, 1976: Democrats retain congress
- United States presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter (D) elected President
December 12, 1976: Congressional Hispanic Caucus formed

Special or select committees

Church Committee — July 27, 1975 – May 19, 1976; Replaced by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Bicentennial — September 5, 1975 - October 1, 1976

Major legislation

December 23, 1975: Metric Conversion Act, Pub.L. 94–168
December 23, 1975: Revenue Adjustment Act (Earned Income Tax Credit), Pub.L. 94–164, 89 Stat. 970
November 29, 1975: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Pub.L. 94–142, 89 Stat. 773
February 5, 1976: Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, Pub.L. 94–210, 90 Stat. 31
September 13, 1976: Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub.L. 94–409, 90 Stat. 1241
September 30, 1976: Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, Pub.L. 94–435, 90 Stat. 1383
October 11, 1976: Toxic Substances Control Act, Pub.L. 94–469, 90 Stat. 2003
October 12, 1976: Overhaul of vocational education programs Pub.L. 94–482, 90 Stat. 2169
October 19, 1976: Copyright Act of 1976, Pub.L. 94–553, 90 Stat. 2541
October 21, 1976: Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Pub.L. 94–579, 90 Stat. 2744
October 21, 1976: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Pub.L. 94–580, 90 Stat. 2795
October 22, 1976: National Forest Management Act, Pub.L. 94–588, 90 Stat. 2949

Party summary

Senate

Party standings on the opening day of the 94th Congress

60 Democratic Senators

1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats

1 Conservative Senator, caucusing with Republicans

37 Republican Senators

Vacant: 1 seat

Membership changed with two resignations and a disputed election.

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total

	Democratic	Independent	Conservative	Republican		Vacant
End of previous Congress	57	1	1	40	100	0

Begin	60	1	1	37	99	1
End	61	1	1	37	100	0
Final voting share	62%		38%

Beginning of the next Congress	61	1	0	41	100	0

House of Representatives

Democratic: 291 (majority)
Republican: 144

Total: 435

Leadership

Makeup of the U.S. Senate at the start of the 94th Congress, color-coded by party. Note: The orange stripes in New York and the gray stripes in Virginia denote Conservative Sen. James L. Buckley and Independent Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr., respectively.

Senate

President of the Senate: Nelson Rockefeller (R)
President pro tempore: James Eastland (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker: Carl Albert (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Members

Senate

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

California

3. Alan MacGregor Cranston (D)
1. John V. Tunney (D) until January 1, 1977
- S. I. Hayakawa (R) from January 2, 1977

Colorado

2. Floyd K. Haskell (D)
3. Gary Hart (D)

Connecticut

3. Abraham A. Ribicoff (D)
1. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R)

Delaware

1. William V. Roth, Jr. (R)
2. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D)

Florida

1. Lawton Chiles (D)
3. Richard Stone (D)

Georgia

3. Herman E. Talmadge (D)
2. Sam Nunn (D)

Hawaii

1. Hiram L. Fong (R)
3. Daniel K. Inouye (D)

Idaho

3. Frank Church (D)
2. James A. McClure (R)

Illinois

2. Charles H. Percy (R)
3. Adlai Stevenson III (D)

Indiana

1. Vance Hartke (D)
3. Birch E. Bayh II (D)

Iowa

2. Richard C. Clark (D)
3. John C. Culver (D)

Kansas

2. James B. Pearson (R)
3. Bob Dole (R)

Kentucky

2. Walter D. Huddleston (D)
3. Wendell H. Ford (D)

Louisiana

3. Russell B. Long (D)
2. J. Bennett Johnston (D)

Maine

1. Edmund S. Muskie (D)
2. William D. Hathaway (D)

Maryland

3. Charles Mathias, Jr. (R)
1. John Glenn Beall, Jr. (R)

Massachusetts

1. Ted Kennedy (D)
2. Edward Brooke (R)

Michigan

1. Philip A. Hart (D), until December 26, 1976
- Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D), from December 27, 1976
2. Robert P. Griffin (R)

Minnesota

2. Walter Mondale (DFL), until December 30, 1976
- Wendell Anderson (DFL), from December 30, 1976
1. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)

Mississippi

2. James O. Eastland (D)
1. John C. Stennis (D)

Missouri

1. Stuart Symington (D), until December 27, 1976
- John Danforth (R), from December 27, 1976
3. Thomas F. Eagleton (D)

Montana

1. Mike Mansfield (D)
2. Lee Metcalf (D)

Nebraska

1. Roman L. Hruska (R), until December 27, 1976
- Edward Zorinsky (D), from December 28, 1976
2. Carl T. Curtis (R)

Nevada

1. Howard W. Cannon (D)
3. Paul Laxalt (R)

New Hampshire

2. Thomas J. McIntyre (D)
3. Norris Cotton (R), from August 8, 1975 until September 18, 1975
- John A. Durkin (D), from September 18, 1975

New Jersey

2. Clifford P. Case (R)
1. Harrison A. Williams (D)

New Mexico

1. Joseph Montoya (D)
2. Pete V. Domenici (R)

New York

3. Jacob K. Javits (R)
1. James L. Buckley, (Conservative)

North Carolina

2. Jesse Helms (R)
3. Robert B. Morgan (D)

North Dakota

3. Milton R. Young (R)
1. Quentin N. Burdick (D)

Ohio

1. Robert Taft, Jr. (R), until December 28, 1976
- Howard Metzenbaum (D), from December 29, 1976
3. John H. Glenn Jr. (D)

Oklahoma

3. Henry Bellmon (R)
2. Dewey F. Bartlett (R)

Oregon

2. Mark O. Hatfield (R)
3. Robert W. Packwood (R)

Pennsylvania

1. Hugh Scott (R)
3. Richard S. Schweiker (R)

Rhode Island

1. John O. Pastore (D), until December 28, 1976
- John Chafee (R), from December 29, 1976
2. Claiborne Pell (D)

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

3. George S. McGovern (D)
2. James Abourezk (D)

Tennessee

2. Howard Baker (R)
1. William E. Brock III (R)

Texas

2. John Tower (R)
1. Lloyd Bentsen (D)

Utah

1. Frank E. Moss (D)
3. Jake Garn (R)

Vermont

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

Virginia

1. Harry F. Byrd, Jr., (I)
2. William L. Scott (R)

Washington

3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)
1. Henry M. Jackson (D)

West Virginia

2. Jennings Randolph (D)
1. Robert Byrd (D)

Wisconsin

1. William Proxmire (D)
3. Gaylord A. Nelson (D)

Wyoming

1. Gale W. McGee (D)
2. Clifford P. Hansen (R)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% – 100% Republican	80+% – 100% Democratic
60+% – 80% Republican	60+% – 80% Democratic
< 60% Republican	< 60% Democratic

House of Representatives

Many of the congressional districts 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.

Alabama

Alaska

At-large. Don Young (R)

Arizona

Arkansas

California

1. Harold T. Johnson (D)
2. Donald H. Clausen (R)
3. John E. Moss (D)
4. Robert L. Leggett (D)
5. John L. Burton (D)
6. Phillip Burton (D)
George Miller (D)
8. Ronald V. Dellums (D)
9. Pete Stark (D)
10. Don Edwards (D)
11. Leo Ryan (D)
12. Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. (R)
13. Norman Mineta (D)
14. John J. McFall (D)
15. B. F. Sisk (D)
16. Burt L. Talcott (R)
17. John Hans Krebs (D)
18. William M. Ketchum (R)
19. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R)
20. Barry Goldwater, Jr. (R)
21. James C. Corman (D)
22. Carlos J. Moorhead (R)
23. Thomas M. Rees (D)
24. Henry Waxman (D)
25. Edward R. Roybal (D)
26. John H. Rousselot (R)
27. Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. (R)
28. Yvonne B. Burke (D)
29. Augustus F. Hawkins (D)
George E. Danielson (D)
31. Charles H. Wilson (D)
32. Glenn M. Anderson (D)
33. Del M. Clawson (R)
34. Mark W. Hannaford (D)
35. James F. Lloyd (D)
George Brown, Jr. (D)
37. Jerry Lyle Pettis (R), until February 14, 1975
- Shirley Neil Pettis (R), from April 29, 1975
38. Jerry M. Patterson (D)
39. Charles E. Wiggins (R)
40. Andrew J. Hinshaw (R)
41. Bob Wilson (R)
42. Lionel Van Deerlin (D)
43. Clair W. Burgener (R)

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. Pete duPont (R)

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

1. Spark Matsunaga (D)
2. Patsy Mink (D)

Idaho

1. Steve Symms (R)
George V. Hansen (R)

Illinois

1. Ralph Metcalfe (D)
Morgan F. Murphy (D)
3. Marty Russo (D)
4. Ed Derwinski (R)
5. John C. Kluczynski (D), until January 26, 1975

John G. Fary (D), from July 8, 1975
6. Henry J. Hyde (R)
7. Cardiss Collins (D)
8. Dan Rostenkowski (D)
9. Sidney R. Yates (D)
10. Abner J. Mikva (D)
11. Frank Annunzio (D)
12. Philip M. Crane (R)
13. Robert McClory (R)
14. John N. Erlenborn (R)
15. Tim Lee Hall (D)
16. John B. Anderson (R)
18. Robert H. Michel (R)
19. Tom Railsback (R)
20. Paul Findley (R)
21. Edward Rell Madigan (R)
George E. Shipley (D)
23. Melvin Price (D)
24. Paul Simon (D)

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

1. David F. Emery (R)
2. William Cohen (R)

Maryland

Massachusetts

1. Silvio O. Conte (R)
2. Edward Boland (D)
3. Joseph Early (D)
4. Robert Drinan (D)
5. Paul Tsongas (D)
6. Michael J. Harrington (D)
7. Torbert Macdonald (D), until May 21, 1976
- Edward Markey (D), from November 2, 1976
8. Tip O'Neill (D)
9. Joe Moakley (D)
10. Margaret Heckler (R)
11. James A. Burke (D)
12. Gerry Studds (D)

Michigan

1. John Conyers (D)
2. Marvin L. Esch (R)
3. Garry E. Brown (R)
4. Edward Hutchinson (R)
5. Richard Vander Veen (D)
6. Bob Carr (D)
7. Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D), until December 30, 1976
8. Bob Traxler (D)
9. Guy Vander Jagt (R)
10. Elford A. Cederberg (R)
11. Philip E. Ruppe (R)
12. James G. O'Hara (D)
13. Charles Diggs (D)
14. Lucien N. Nedzi (D)
15. William D. Ford (D)
16. John Dingell (D)
17. William M. Brodhead (D)
18. James J. Blanchard (D)
19. William S. Broomfield (R)

Minnesota

1. Al Quie (R)
2. Tom Hagedorn (R)
3. Bill Frenzel (R)
4. Joseph Karth, (DFL)
5. Donald M. Fraser, (DFL)
6. Richard Nolan, (DFL)
7. Robert Bergland, (DFL)
8. Jim Oberstar, (DFL)

Mississippi

Missouri

1. William L. Clay, Sr. (D)
2. James W. Symington (D)
3. Leonor Sullivan (D)
4. William J. Randall (D)
5. Richard W. Bolling (D)
6. Jerry Litton (D), until August 3, 1976
- Tom Coleman (R), from November 2, 1976
7. Gene Taylor (R)
8. Richard H. Ichord II (D)
9. William L. Hungate (D)
10. William Dean Burlison (D)

Montana

1. Max Baucus (D)
2. John Melcher (D)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. James David Santini (D)

New Hampshire

1. Norman D'Amours (D)
2. James C. Cleveland (R)

New Jersey

New Mexico

1. Manuel Lujan, Jr. (R)
2. Harold L. Runnels (D)

New York

1. Otis G. Pike (D)
2. Thomas J. Downey (D)
3. Jerome A. Ambro, Jr. (D)
4. Norman F. Lent (R)
5. John W. Wydler (R)
6. Lester L. Wolff (D)
7. Joseph P. Addabbo (D)
8. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D)
9. James Delaney (D)
10. Mario Biaggi (D)
11. James H. Scheuer (D)
12. Shirley Chisholm (D)
13. Stephen J. Solarz (D)
14. Frederick W. Richmond (D)
15. Leo C. Zeferetti (D)
16. Elizabeth Holtzman (D)
17. John M. Murphy (D)
18. Edward I. Koch (D)
19. Charles B. Rangel (D)
20. Bella Abzug (D)
21. Herman Badillo (D-L)
22. Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D)
23. Peter A. Peyser (R)
24. Richard Ottinger (D)
25. Hamilton Fish IV (R)
26. Benjamin A. Gilman (R)
27. Matthew F. McHugh (D)
28. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
29. Edward W. Pattison (D)
30. Robert C. McEwen (R)
31. Donald J. Mitchell (R)
32. James M. Hanley (D)
33. William F. Walsh (R)
34. Frank Horton (R)
35. Barber B. Conable, Jr. (R)
36. John J. LaFalce (D)
37. Henry J. Nowak (D)
38. Jack Kemp (R)
39. James F. Hastings (R), until January 20, 1976
- Stanley N. Lundine (D), from March 2, 1976

North Carolina

North Dakota

At-large. Mark Andrews (R)

Ohio

1. Willis D. Gradison Jr. (R)
2. Donald D. Clancy (R)
3. Charles W. Whalen, Jr. (R)
4. Tennyson Guyer (R)
5. Del Latta (R)
6. Bill Harsha (R)
7. Bud Brown (R)
8. Thomas N. Kindness (R)
9. Thomas W. L. Ashley (D)
10. Clarence E. Miller (R)
11. J. William Stanton (R)
12. Samuel L. Devine (R)
13. Charles A. Mosher (R)
14. John F. Seiberling (D)
15. Chalmers Wylie (R)
16. Ralph S. Regula (R)
17. John M. Ashbrook (R)
18. Wayne Hays (D), until September 1, 1976
19. Charles J. Carney (D)
20. James V. Stanton (D)
21. Louis Stokes (D)
22. Charles A. Vanik (D)
23. Ronald M. Mottl (D)

Oklahoma

1. James Robert Jones (D)
2. Ted Risenhoover (D)
3. Carl Albert (D)
4. Tom Steed (D)
5. John Jarman (D to R, January 23, 1975)
6. Glenn English (D)

Oregon

Pennsylvania

1. William A. Barrett (D), until April 12, 1976
- Ozzie Myers (D), from November 2, 1976
2. Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (D)
3. William J. Green, III (D)
4. Joshua Eilberg (D)
5. Richard T. Schulze (R)
6. Gus Yatron (D)
7. Robert W. Edgar (D)
8. Edward G. Biester, Jr. (R)
9. Bud Shuster (R)
10. Joseph M. McDade (R)
11. Daniel J. Flood (D)
12. John P. Murtha (D)
13. R. Lawrence Coughlin (R)
14. William S. Moorhead (D)
15. Fred B. Rooney (D)
16. Edwin D. Eshleman (R)
17. Herman T. Schneebeli (R)
18. H. John Heinz III (R)
19. William F. Goodling (R)
20. Joseph M. Gaydos (D)
21. John H. Dent (D)
Thomas E. Morgan (D)
23. Albert W. Johnson (R)
24. Joseph P. Vigorito (D)
25. Gary A. Myers (R)

Rhode Island

1. Edward Beard (D)
2. Fernand St. Germain (D)

South Carolina

South Dakota

1. Larry Pressler (R)
2. James Abdnor (R)

Tennessee

1. Jimmy Quillen (R)
2. John Duncan, Sr. (R)
3. Marilyn Lloyd (D)
4. Joe L. Evins (D)
5. Richard Fulton (D), until August 14, 1975
- Clifford Allen (D), from November 25, 1975
6. Robin L. Beard, Jr. (R)
7. Ed Jones (D)
8. Harold Ford, Sr. (D)

Texas

1. Wright Patman (D), until March 7, 1976
- Sam B. Hall (D), from June 19, 1976
2. Charlie Wilson (D)
3. James M. Collins (R)
4. Ray Roberts (D)
5. Alan Steelman (R)
6. Olin E. Teague (D)
7. William Reynolds Archer, Jr. (R)
8. Robert C. Eckhardt (D)
9. Jack Brooks (D)
10. J. J. Pickle (D)
11. William R. Poage (D)
12. Jim Wright (D)
13. Jack Hightower (D)
14. John A. Young (D)
15. Kika de la Garza (D)
16. Richard C. White (D)
17. Omar T. Burleson (D)
18. Barbara Jordan (D)
George H. Mahon (D)
20. Henry B. González (D)
21. Robert Krueger (D)
22. Robert R. Casey (D), until January 22, 1976
- Ron Paul (R), from April 3, 1976
23. Abraham Kazen (D)
24. Dale Milford (D)

Utah

1. K. Gunn McKay (D)
2. Allan Turner Howe (D)

Vermont

At-large. Jim Jeffords (R)

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

At-large. Teno Roncalio (D)

Non-voting members

District of Columbia. Walter E. Fauntroy (D)
Guam. Antonio Borja Won Pat (D)
Virgin Islands. Ron de Lugo (D)
Puerto Rico. Jaime Benitez (PPD)

Changes in Membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

Replacements: 8
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: 1 seat net gain
Deaths: 1
Resignations: 6
Vacancy: 0

Total seats with changes: 8

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
New Hampshire (3)	Vacant	Disputed election. Norris Cotton appointed to seat until special election resolved dispute.	Norris Cotton (R)	August 8, 1975
New Hampshire (3)	Norris Cotton (R)	Successor elected September 18, 1975	John A. Durkin (D)	September 18, 1975
Michigan (1)	Philip Hart (D)	Died December 26, 1976	Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D)	December 27, 1976
Missouri (1)	Stuart Symington (D)	Resigned December 27, 1976	John Danforth (R)	December 27, 1976
Nebraska (1)	Roman Hruska (R)	Resigned December 27, 1976	Edward Zorinsky (D)	December 28, 1976
Ohio (1)	Robert Taft, Jr. (R)	Resigned December 28, 1976	Howard Metzenbaum (D)	December 29, 1976
Rhode Island (1)	John O. Pastore (D)	Resigned December 28, 1976	John Chafee (R)	December 29, 1976
Minnesota (2)	Walter Mondale (DFL)	Resigned December 30, 1976 after being elected Vice-President of the United States.	Wendell Anderson (DFL)	December 30, 1976
California (1)	John V. Tunney (D)	Resigned January 1, 1977	S. I. Hayakawa (R)	January 2, 1977

House of Representatives

replacements: 3
- Democratic: 3 seat net loss
- Republican: 2 seat net gain
deaths: 2
resignations: 2
contested election:
Total seats with changes: 4

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
Oklahoma 5th	John Jarman (D)	Changed parties	John Jarman (R)	January 23, 1975
Illinois 5th	John C. Kluczynski (D)	Died January 26, 1975	John G. Fary (D)	July 8, 1975
California 37th	Jerry Pettis (R)	Died February 14, 1975	Shirley N. Pettis (R)	April 29, 1975
Tennessee 5th	Richard Fulton (D)	Resigned August 14, 1975 after being elected Mayor of Nashville	Clifford Allen (D)	November 25, 1975
New York 39th	James F. Hastings (D)	Resigned January 20, 1976	Stan Lundine (R)	March 2, 1976
Texas 22nd	Robert R. Casey (D)	Resigned January 22, 1976 after being appointed a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission	Ron Paul (R)	April 3, 1976
Texas 1st	Wright Patman (D)	Died March 7, 1976	Sam B. Hall (D)	June 19, 1976
Pennsylvania 1st	William A. Barrett (D)	Died April 12, 1976	Ozzie Myers (D)	November 2, 1976
Massachusetts 7th	Torbert Macdonald (D)	Died May 21, 1976	Ed Markey (D)	November 2, 1976
Missouri 6th	Jerry Litton (D)	Died August 3, 1976	Tom Coleman (R)	November 2, 1976
Ohio 18th	Wayne Hays (D)	Resigned September 1, 1976 due to the Elizabeth Ray sex scandal	Vacant	Not filled this term
Michigan 7th	Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D)	Resigned December 30, 1976 after being appointed to the US Senate	Vacant	Not filled this term

Officers

Senate

House of Representatives

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.