Home ❯ Political Party Breakdown ❯ 101st Congress, 1989-1991
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 |
| Democrat | Republican | other | vacancies | Democrat | Republican | other |
Bush, G.H.W. | Republican | 101st 1989-1991 | 55C | 45P | | | 260C | 175P | |
101ST CONGRESS- UNITED STATES SENATE
General Election of 8 November 1988 elected 33 Class 1 Senate seats [term: noon, 3 January 1989 to noon, 3 January 1995]
- 23 incumbent Senators re-elected:
- 14 Democrats: DeConcini[AZ]; Matsunaga[HI]; Mitchell[ME]; Sarbanes[MD]; Kennedy[MA]; Riegle[MI]; Lautenberg[NJ]; Bingaman[NM]; Moynihan[NY]; Burdick[ND]; Metzenbaum[OH]; Sasser[TN]; Bentsen[TX]; Byrd[WV].
- 9 Republicans: Wilson[CA]; Roth[DE]; Lugar[IN]; Durenberger[MN]; Danforth[MO]; Heinz[PA]; Chafee[RI]; Hatch[UT]; Wallop[WY].
- 1 Senator returning after an absence from the Senate:
- Slade Gorton, Republican of WASHINGTON
- 9 freshman Senators elected:
- 5 Democrats: Joseph Lieberman[CONNECTICUT]; Robert Kerrey[NEBRASKA]; Richard Bryan[NEVADA]; Charles Robb[VIRGINIA]; Herbert Kohl[WISCONSIN].
- 4 Republicans: Connie Mack[FLORIDA]; Trent Lott[MISSISSIPPI]; Conrad Burns[MONTANA]; James Jeffords[VERMONT].
101ST CONGRESS- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TOTAL Membership: |
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STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN |
STATE |
Democrat |
Republican |
OTHER |
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ALABAMA |
5 |
2 |
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ALASKA |
-- |
1 |
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ARIZONA |
1 |
4 |
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ARKANSAS |
3 |
1 |
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CALIFORNIA |
27 |
18 |
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COLORADO |
3 |
3 |
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CONNECTICUT |
3 |
3 |
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DELAWARE |
1 |
-- |
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FLORIDA |
10 |
9 |
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GEORGIA |
9 |
1 |
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HAWAII |
1 |
1 |
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IDAHO |
1 |
1 |
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Modified .