The Green Papers
The Green Papers
Political Party Breakdown of the
100th Congress of the United States, 1987-1989

Boldface (with superscript C) numbers indicate the majority Party in each house. Red (with superscript P) numbers (boldface or not) indicate the Party of the President in any event.

President Party Congress United States Senate House of Representatives
 DemocratRepublicanothervacanciesDemocratRepublicanother
ReaganRepublican100th 1987-198955C45P  258C177P 

100TH CONGRESS- UNITED STATES SENATE

General Election of 4 November 1986 elected 34 Class 3 Senate seats
[term: noon, 3 January 1987 to noon, 3 January 1993]

  • 21 incumbent Senators re-elected:
    • 9 Democrats: Bumpers[AR]; Cranston[CA]; Dodd[CT]; Inouye[HI]; Dixon[IL]; Ford[KY]; Glenn[OH]; Hollings[SC]; Leahy[VT].
    • 12 Republicans: Murkowski[AK]; Symms[ID]; Quayle[IN]; Grassley[IA]; Dole[KS]; Rudman[NH]; D'Amato[NY]; Nickles[OK]; Packwood[OR]; Specter[PA]; Garn[UT]; Kasten[WI].
  • 13 freshman Senators elected:
    • 11 Democrats: Richard Shelby[ALABAMA]; Timothy Wirth[COLORADO]; Bob Graham[FLORIDA]; Wyche Fowler[GEORGIA]; John Breaux[LOUISIANA]; Barbara Mikulski[MARYLAND]; Harry Reid[NEVADA]; Terry Sanford[NORTH CAROLINA]; Kent Conrad[NORTH DAKOTA]; Thomas Daschle[SOUTH DAKOTA]; Brock Adams[WASHINGTON].
    • 2 Republicans: John McCain[ARIZONA]; Kit Bond[MISSOURI].

100TH CONGRESS- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

TOTAL Membership:
STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN
STATE Democrat Republican OTHER

ALABAMA 5 2
ALASKA -- 1
ARIZONA 1 4
ARKANSAS 3 1
CALIFORNIA 27 18

COLORADO 3 3
CONNECTICUT 3 3
DELAWARE 1 --
FLORIDA 12 7
GEORGIA 8 2

HAWAII 1 1
IDAHO 1 1

Modified .