The ninetieth 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, 1967 to January 3, 1969, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighteenth Census of the United States in 1960. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
April 4, 1967: Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act, Pub.L. 90–8, 81 Stat. 8
November 7, 1967: Public Broadcasting Act, Pub.L. 90–129, 81 Stat. 365
December 15, 1967: Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Pub.L. 90–202, 81 Stat. 602
December 18, 1967: National Park Foundation Act, Pub.L. 90–209, 81 Stat. 656
1968: Bilingual Education Act, Pub.L. 90–247
March 1, 1968: Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–259, 82 Stat. 34
April 11, 1968: Civil Rights Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, including Title II: Indian Civil Rights Act, 82 Stat. 77
May 29, 1968: Truth in Lending Act, Pub.L. 90–321
June 19, 1968: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–351, 82 Stat. 197
July 21, 1968: Aircraft Noise Abatement Act, Pub.L. 90–411
October 2, 1968: Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Pub.L. 90–542, 82 Stat. 906
October 2, 1968: National Trails System Act, Pub.L. 90–543, 82 Stat. 919
October 15, 1968: Health Services and Facilities Amendments of 1968, Pub.L. 90–574, 82 Stat. 1006, including Title III: Alcoholic and Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Amendments of 1968
October 18, 1968: Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–602, 82 Stat. 1173
October 22, 1968: Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–629, 82 Stat. 1320-2
October 22, 1968: Gun Control Act of 1968, Pub.L. 90–618, 82 Stat. 1213
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Democratic: 247 (majority)
Republican: 187
Vacant: 1
TOTAL members: 435
President: Hubert Humphrey (D)
President pro tempore: Carl Hayden (D)
Permanent Acting President pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (D)
Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield
Majority Whip: Russell B. Long
Caucus Secretary: Robert Byrd
Minority Leader: Everett Dirksen
Minority Whip: Thomas Kuchel
Republican Conference Chairman: Margaret Chase Smith
Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young
National Senatorial Committee Chair: George Murphy
Policy Committee Chairman: Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Speaker: John William McCormack (D)
Majority Leader: Carl Albert
Majority Whip: Hale Boggs
Democratic Caucus Chairman: Dan Rostenkowski
Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan
Minority Leader: Gerald Ford
Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
Conference Chair: Melvin Laird
Policy Committee Chairman: John Jacob Rhodes
House Democratic Caucus
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by their classes, and Representatives are listed by district.
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1968.
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Replacements: 4
Democratic: 2 seat net loss
Republican: 2 seat net gain
Deaths: 2
Resignations: 2
Total seats with changes: 5
Replacements: 6
Democratic: 1 seat net loss
Republican: 1 seat net gain
Deaths: 4
Resignations: 4
Expulsion: 1
Total seats with changes: 9
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
Banking and Currency
Commerce
District of Columbia
Finance
Foreign Relations
Government Operations
Interior and Insular Affairs
Judiciary
Nutrition and Human Needs (Select)
Organization of Congress (Select)
Post Office and Civil Service
Public Works
Small Business (Select)
Standards and Conduct (Select)
Subcommittee on Internal Security
Whole
Agriculture
Appropriations
Banking and Currency
District of Columbia
Education and Labor
Foreign Affairs
Government Operations
House Administration
Interior and Insular Affairs
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Post Office and Civil Service
Public Works
Rules
Science and Astronautics
Small Business (Select)
Standards of Official Conduct
Un-American Activities
Veterans' Affairs
Ways and Means
Whole
Atomic Energy
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Defense Production
Disposition of Executive Papers
Economic
Immigration and Nationality Policy
Legislative Budget
The Library
Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
Printing
Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
Taxation
Architect of the Capitol: J. George Stewart
Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Rufus Pearson
Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats
Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
Public Printer of the United States: James L. Harrison
Chaplain: Frederick Brown Harris (Methodist)
Secretary: Francis R. Valeo
Democratic Party Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt
Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice
Sergeant at Arms: Robert G. Dunphy
Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodist)
Clerk: W. Pat Jennings
Doorkeeper: William M. Miller
Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
Postmaster: H. H. Morris
Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson
