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Elections for the 104th United States Congress were held on November 8 1994. The Republican Party won control of the United States Congress by winning a majority of the seats in both chambers. By taking control, the Republicans ended 40 years in which the Democrats had control of either the House of Representatives or the Senate or both.

The Republicans won 230 seats in the House, an increase of 54 seats from the prior Congress, and they won 52 seats in the Senate, an increase of 9 seats. Newt Gingrich was elected Speaker of the House for his role in leading the Republican effort to take control of Congress. Robert J. Dole was elected Senate Majority leader. Dole resigned in 1996 to campaign for President, and Trent Lott was elected to replace him.

The election was held in the middle of democrat Bill Clinton's first 4-year term of office as President. Therefore, during this Congress, power in the United States government was divided between the two major parties.

[edit] Dates of sessions

1995-1996

[edit] Major events

  • January 1995 - Republicans take the majority in both houses for the first time since the 1950's.
  • November 1996 - Re-election of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

Affiliation Members Note
Republican Party 52 shifted to 53, then 54, then 53
Democratic Party 48 shifted to 47, then 46, then 47
Total 100

[edit] House of Representatives

Affiliation Members Voting
share 		Delegates and
Resident
Commissioner 		Note
Republican Party 230 52.9% 1
Democratic Party 204 46.9% 4
Independent 1 0.2% - Caucuses with the Democrats
Vacant 0 0.0% -
Total 435 5

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

Office Senator / Vice-President Party State Notes
President of the Senate Al Gore Democratic Tennessee
President pro tempore Strom Thurmond Republican South Carolina
Majority Leader Bob Dole Republican Kansas resigned from the Senate June 11, 1996
Trent Lott Mississippi
Minority Leader Tom Daschle Democratic South Dakota
Majority Whip Trent Lott Republican Mississippi assumed Majority Leader post June 12, 1996
Don Nickles Oklahoma
Minority Whip Wendell Hampton Ford Democratic Kentucky

[edit] House of Representatives

Office Representative Party State
Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich Republican Georgia
Majority Leader Dick Armey Republican Texas
Minority Leader Dick Gephardt Democratic Missouri
Majority Whip Tom DeLay Republican Texas
Minority Whip David Bonior Democratic Michigan

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Senator Party State ↑ Hometown Class First took office
Howell Heflin Democrat Alabama Tuscumbia 2 1979
Richard Shelby Republican Tuscaloosa 3 1987
Ted Stevens Republican Alaska Girdwood 2 1969
Frank Murkowski Republican Fairbanks 3 1981
John McCain Republican Arizona Phoenix 3 1987
Jon Kyl Republican Phoenix 1 1995
Dale Bumpers Democrat Arkansas Charleston 3 1975
David Pryor Democrat Little Rock 2 1979
Dianne Feinstein Democrat California San Francisco 1 1992
Barbara Boxer Democrat Greenbrae 3 1993
Hank Brown Republican Colorado Greeley 2 1991
Ben Nighthorse Campbell Republican Ignacio 3 1993
Christopher Dodd Democrat Connecticut East Haddam 3 1981
Joseph Lieberman Democrat New Haven 1 1989
William Roth Republican Delaware Wilmington 1 1971
Joe Biden Democrat Wilmington 2 1973
Bob Graham Democrat Florida Miami Lakes 3 1987
Connie Mack Republican Cape Coral 1 1989
Sam Nunn Democrat Georgia Perry 2 1972
Paul Coverdell Republican Atlanta 3 1993
Daniel Inouye Democrat Hawaii Honolulu 3 1963
Daniel Akaka Democrat Honolulu 1 1991
Larry Craig Republican Idaho Payette 2 1991
Dirk Kempthorne Republican Boise 3 1993
Paul Simon Democrat Illinois Makanda 2 1997
Carol Moseley-Braun Democrat Chicago 3 1993
Richard Lugar Republican Indiana Indianapolis 1 1977
Dan Coats Republican Fort Wayne 3 1989
Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa New Hartford 3 1981
Tom Harkin Democrat Cumming 2 1985
Bob Dole Republican Kansas Russell 3 1969 (resigned June 11, 1996)
Sheila Frahm Republican Colby appointed June 111996;
defeated in election and replaced November 61996
Sam Brownback Republican Topeka from November 61996
Nancy Kassebaum Republican Wichita 2 1978
Wendell Hampton Ford Democrat Kentucky Owensboro 3 1974
Mitch McConnell Republican Louisville 2 1985
Bennett Johnston, Jr. Democrat Louisiana Shreveport 2 1973
John Breaux Democrat Crowley 3 1987
William Cohen Republican Maine Bangor 2 1979
Olympia Snowe Republican Auburn 1 1995
Paul Sarbanes Democrat Maryland Baltimore 1 1977
Barbara Mikulski Democrat Baltimore 3 1987
Edward Kennedy Democrat Massachusetts Hyannis Port 1 1962
John Kerry Democrat Boston 2 1985
Carl Levin Democrat Michigan Detroit 2 1979
Spencer Abraham Republican Auburn Hills 1 1995
Paul Wellstone Democrat Minnesota Northfield 2 1991
Rod Grams Republican Ramsey 1 1995
Thad Cochran Republican Mississippi Jackson 2 1979
Trent Lott Republican Pascagoula 1 1989
Kit Bond Republican Missouri Mexico 3 1987
John Ashcroft Republican Ballwin 1 1995
Max Baucus Democrat Montana Missoula 2 1979
Conrad Burns Republican Billings 1 1989
Jim Exon Democrat Nebraska Lincoln 2 1979
Bob Kerrey Democrat Omaha 1 1989
Harry Reid Democrat Nevada Searchlight 3 1987
Richard Bryan Democrat Las Vegas 1 1989
Bob Smith Republican New Hampshire Tuftonboro 2 1990
Judd Gregg Republican Greenfield 3 1993
Bill Bradley Democrat New Jersey Montclair 2 1997
Frank Lautenberg Democrat Cliffside Park 1 1982
Pete Domenici Republican New Mexico Albuquerque 2 1973
Jeff Bingaman Democrat Santa Fe 1 1983
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Democrat New York Oneonta 1 1977
Al D'Amato Republican Island Park 3 1981
Jesse Helms Republican North Carolina Raleigh 2 1973
Lauch Faircloth Republican Clinton 3 1993
Kent Conrad Democrat North Dakota Bismarck 1 1987
Byron Dorgan Democrat Bismarck 3 1993
John Glenn Democrat Ohio Columbus 3 1974
Mike DeWine Republican Yellowsprings 1 1995
Don Nickles Republican Oklahoma Ponca City 3 1981
James Inhofe Republican Tulsa 2 1995
Mark Hatfield Republican Oregon Salem 2 1967
Bob Packwood Republican Portland 3 1969 (resigned October 5, 1995)
Ron Wyden Democrat Portland from February 6, 1996
Arlen Specter Republican Pennsylvania Philadelphia 3 1981
Rick Santorum Republican Mount Lebanon 1 1995
Claiborne Pell Democrat Rhode Island Newport 2 1961
John Chafee Republican Warwick 1 1977
Strom Thurmond Republican South Carolina Aiken 2 1954
Ernest Hollings Democrat Charleston 3 1966
Larry Pressler Republican South Dakota Humboldt 2 1979
Tom Daschle Democrat Aberdeen 3 1987
Fred Thompson Republican Tennessee Nashville 2 1994
Bill Frist Republican Nashville 1 1995
Phil Gramm Republican Texas College Station 2 1985
Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Dallas 1 1993
Orrin Hatch Republican Utah Salt Lake City 1 1977
Robert Bennett Republican Salt Lake City 3 1993
Patrick Leahy Democrat Vermont Burlington 3 1975
James Jeffords Republican Shrewsbury 1 1989
John Warner Republican Virginia Alexandria 2 1979
Chuck Robb Democrat McLean 1 1989
Slade Gorton Republican Washington Seattle 1 1989 (previously served 1981-1987)
Patty Murray Democrat Seattle 3 1993
Robert Byrd Democrat West Virginia Sophia 1 1959
Jay Rockefeller Democrat Charleston 2 1985
Herbert Kohl Democrat Wisconsin Milwaukee 1 1989
Russ Feingold Democrat Middleton 3 1993
Alan K. Simpson Republican Wyoming Cody 2 1979
Craig Thomas Republican Casper 1 1995
Senator Party State ↑ Hometown Class First took office

[edit] House of Representatives

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[edit] Alabama

[edit] Alaska

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Delaware

[edit] Florida

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[edit] Hawaii

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Maine

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

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[edit] Nebraska

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[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] New Jersey

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[edit] New York

[edit] North Carolina

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[edit] Ohio

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] South Dakota

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Texas

[edit] Utah

[edit] Vermont

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Washington

[edit] West Virginia

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] Wyoming

[edit] American Samoa

[edit] District of Columbia

[edit] Guam

[edit] Puerto Rico

[edit] Virgin Islands

[edit] Employees

[edit] Senate

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List of United States Congresses (and years begun)
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71 (1929) • 72 (1931) • 73 (1933) • 74 (1935) • 75 (1937) • 76 (1939) • 77 (1941) • 78 (1943) • 79 (1945) • 80 (1947)
81 (1949) • 82 (1951) • 83 (1953) • 84 (1955) • 85 (1957) • 86 (1959) • 87 (1961) • 88 (1963) • 89 (1965) • 90 (1967)
91 (1969) • 92 (1971) • 93 (1973) • 94 (1975) • 95 (1977) • 96 (1979) • 97 (1981) • 98 (1983) • 99 (1985) • 100 (1987)
101 (1989) • 102 (1991) • 103 (1993) • 104 (1995) • 105 (1997) • 106 (1999) • 107 (2001) • 108 (2003) • 109 (2005) • 110 (2007)
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