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  1. <text id=93AC0100>
  2. <title>
  3. Composition of Congress, by Party:1961-94
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics         
  7.  Elections                                           
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Almanac</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Composition of Congress, by Political Party: 1961 - 1994
  13. </hdr>
  14. <body>
  15. <p>[Data for beginning of first session of each Congress. Excludes vacancies at beginning of session.]
  16. </p>
  17. <table>
  18. <tblhdr><cell>Year<cell>Party<cell>President<cell>Congress<cell>HOUSE: Majority Party<cell>Minority Party<cell>Other<cell>SENATE: Majority Party<cell>Minority Party<cell>Other
  19. <row><cell>1961<cell type=a>Democrat<cell>Kennedy<cell type=a>87th<cell type=a>D-263<cell type=a>R-174<cell type=i>--<cell type=a>D-65<cell type=a>R-35<cell type=i>--
  20. <row><cell>1963<cell>Democrat<cell>Kennedy<cell>88th<cell>D-258<cell>R-177<cell>--<cell>D-67<cell>R-33<cell>--
  21. <row><cell>1965<cell>Democrat<cell>Johnson<cell>89th<cell>D-295<cell>R-140<cell>--<cell>D-68<cell>R-32<cell>--
  22. <row><cell>1967<cell>Democrat<cell>Johnson<cell>90th<cell>D-247<cell>R-187<cell>--<cell>D-64<cell>R-36<cell>--
  23. <row><cell>1969<cell>Republican<cell>Nixon<cell>91st<cell>D-243<cell>R-192<cell>--<cell>D-57<cell>R-43<cell>--
  24. <row><cell>1971(1)<cell>Republican<cell>Nixon<cell>92d<cell>D-254<cell>R-180<cell>--<cell>D-54<cell>R-44<cell>2
  25. <row><cell>1973(1,2)<cell>Republican<cell>Nixon<cell>93d<cell>D-239<cell>R-192<cell>1<cell>D-56<cell>R-42<cell>2
  26. <row><cell>1975(3)<cell>Republican<cell>Ford<cell>94th<cell>D-291<cell>R-144<cell>--<cell>D-60<cell>R-37<cell>2
  27. <row><cell>1977(4)<cell>Democrat<cell>Carter<cell>95th<cell>D-292<cell>R-143<cell>--<cell>D-61<cell>R-38<cell>1
  28. <row><cell>1979(4)<cell>Democrat<cell>Carter<cell>96th<cell>D-276<cell>R-157<cell>--<cell>D-58<cell>R-41<cell>1
  29. <row><cell>1981(4)<cell>Republican<cell>Reagan<cell>97th<cell>D-243<cell>R-192<cell>--<cell>R-53<cell>D-46<cell>1
  30. <row><cell>1983<cell>Republican<cell>Reagan<cell>98th<cell>D-269<cell>R-165<cell>--<cell>R-54<cell>D-46<cell>--
  31. <row><cell>1985<cell>Republican<cell>Reagan<cell>99th<cell>D-252<cell>R-182<cell>--<cell>R-53<cell>D-47<cell>--
  32. <row><cell>1987<cell>Republican<cell>Reagan<cell>100th<cell>D-258<cell>R-177<cell>--<cell>D-55<cell>R-45<cell>--
  33. <row><cell>1989<cell>Republican<cell>Bush<cell>101st<cell>D-260<cell>R-175<cell>--<cell>D-55<cell>R-45<cell>--
  34. <row><cell>1991<cell>Republican<cell>Bush<cell>102nd<cell>D-267<cell>R-167<cell>1<cell>D-56<cell>R-43<cell>--
  35. <row><cell>1993(5)<cell>Democrat<cell>Clinton<cell>103rd<cell>D-258<cell>R-176<cell>1<cell>D-57<cell>R-43<cell>--
  36. <row><cell>1994(5)(6)<cell>Democrat<cell>Clinton<cell>103rd<cell>D-257<cell>R-176<cell>1<cell>D-56<cell>R-44<cell>--
  37. </table>
  38. <list style=hang>
  39. <item>-- represents zero.
  40. <item>1. Senate had one Independent and one Conservative-Republican.
  41. <item>2. House had one Independent-Democrat.
  42. <item>3. Senate had one Independent, one Conservative-Republican, and one undecided (New Hampshire).
  43. <item>4. Senate had one Independent.
  44. <item>5. House had one Independent-Socialist.
  45. <item>6. As of beginning of second session (January 25, 1994)
  46. </list>
  47. <p>Source: U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on Printing.
  48. </p>
  49. </body>
  50. </article>
  51. </text>
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