The Green Papers
The Green Papers
Political Party Breakdown of the
103rd Congress of the United States, 1993-1995

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
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ClintonDemocrat103rd 1993-199557CP43  258CP1761

103RD CONGRESS- UNITED STATES SENATE

General Election of 3 November 1992 elected 34 Class 3 Senate seats
[term: noon, 3 January 1993 to noon, 3 January 1999]

  • 23 incumbent Senators re-elected:
    • 13 Democrats: Shelby[AL]; Bumpers[AR]; Dodd[CT]; Graham[FL]; Inouye[HI]; Ford[KY]; Breaux[LA]; Mikulski[MD]; Reid[NV]; Glenn[OH]; Hollings[SC]; Daschle[SD]; Leahy[VT].
    • 10 Republicans: Murkowski[AK]; McCain[AZ]; Coats[IN]; Grassley[IA]; Dole[KS]; Bond[MO]; D'Amato[NY]; Nickles[OK]; Packwood[OR]; Specter[PA].
  • 11 freshman Senators elected:
    • 6 Democrats: Barbara Boxer[CALIFORNIA]; Ben Nighthorse Campbell[COLORADO]; Carol Moseley-Braun[ILLINOIS]; Byron Dorgan[NORTH DAKOTA]; Patty Murray[WASHINGTON]; Russ Feingold[WISCONSIN].
    • 5 Republicans: Paul Coverdell[GEORGIA]; Dirk Kempthorne[IDAHO]; Judd Gregg[NEW HAMPSHIRE]; Lauch Faircloth[NORTH CAROLINA]; Robert Bennett[UTAH].

Special Election to a seat other than a Class 3
on or after the date of the 1992 General Election
but before the start of the 103rd Congress [3 January 1993]:

  • Class 1 (term ending noon, 3 January 1995)-
    • [elected on 3 November 1992]
      Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of CALIFORNIA
      [re: resignation of Senator Paul Wilson, 7 January 1991, having been elected Governor of California]
    • [elected on 4 December 1992]
      Kent Conrad, Democrat of NORTH DAKOTA
      [re: death of Senator Quentin N. Burdick, 8 September 1992]

Special Election to the SENATE of the 103rd Congress during the course of that Congress:

  • Class 1 (term ending noon, 3 January 1995)-
    • [elected on 5 June 1993]
      Kay Bailey Hutchison, Republican of TEXAS
      [re: resignation of Senator Lloyd Bentsen, 20 January 1993, having been appointed Secretary of the Treasury]

Party switches in the SENATE of the 103rd Congress:

  • 9 November 1994: Senator Richard Shelby of ALABAMA
    from Democrat to REPUBLICAN

103RD CONGRESS- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The HOUSE in the 103rd Congress included 1 Congressman from other than the two Major Parties elected by the People of his District in the General Election of 3 November 1992, as follows:

  • 1 Independent-
    • Congressman Bernard Sanders of VERMONT (At-Large)
TOTAL Membership:
STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN
STATE Democrat Republican OTHER

ALABAMA 4 3
ALASKA -- 1
ARIZONA 3 3
ARKANSAS 2 2
CALIFORNIA 30 22

COLORADO 2 4
CONNECTICUT 3 3
DELAWARE -- 1
FLORIDA 10 13
GEORGIA 7 4

HAWAII 2 --
IDAHO 1 1
ILLINOIS 12 8
INDIANA 7 3
IOWA 1 4

KANSAS 2 2
KENTUCKY 4 2
LOUISIANA 4 3
MAINE 1 1
MARYLAND 4 4

MASSACHUSETTS 8 2
MICHIGAN 10 6
MINNESOTA 6 2
MISSISSIPPI 5 --
MISSOURI 6 3

MONTANA 1 --
NEBRASKA 1 2
NEVADA 1 1
NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 1

Modified .