Home ❯ Political Party Breakdown ❯ 104th Congress, 1995-1997
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 |
Clinton | Democrat | 104th 1995-1997 | 47P | 53C | | | 204P | 230C | 1 |
104TH CONGRESS- UNITED STATES SENATE
General Election of 8 November 1994 elected 33 Class 1 Senate seats [term: noon, 3 January 1995 to noon, 3 January 2001]
- 24 incumbent Senators re-elected:
- 14 Democrats: Feinstein[CA]; Lieberman[CT]; Akaka[HI]; Sarbanes[MD]; Kennedy[MA]; Kerrey[NE]; Bryan[NV]; Lautenberg[NJ]; Bingaman[NM]; Moynihan[NY]; Conrad[ND]; Robb[VA]; Byrd[WV]; Kohl[WI].
- 10 Republicans: Roth[DE]; Mack[FL]; Lugar[IN]; Lott[MS]; Burns[MT]; Chafee[RI]; Hutchison[TX]; Hatch[UT]; Jeffords[VT]; Gorton[WA].
- 9 freshman Senators elected:
- 0 Democrats.
- 9 Republicans: Jon Kyl[ARIZONA]; Olympia Snowe[MAINE]; Spencer Abraham[MICHIGAN]; Rod Grams[MINNESOTA]; John Ashcroft[MISSOURI]; Mike DeWine[OHIO]; Rick Santorum[PENNSYLVANIA]; Bill Frist[TENNESSEE]; Craig Thomas[WYOMING].
Special Election to a seat other than a Class 1 on or after the date of the 1994 General Election but before the start of the 104th Congress [3 January 1995]:
- Class 2 (term ending noon, 3 January 1997)
[elected on 8 November 1994]-
- James Inhofe, Republican of OKLAHOMA
[re: resignation of Senator David Boren, effective 15 November 1994]
- Fred Thompson, Republican of TENNESSEE
[re: resignation of Senator Albert Gore, 2 January 1993, having been elected Vice President of the United States]
Special Election to the SENATE of the 104th Congress during the course of that Congress:
- Class 3 (term ending noon, 3 January 1999)-
- [elected on 30 January 1996]
Ron Wyden, Democrat of OREGON
[re: resignation of Senator Robert Packwood, 1 October 1995]
Party switches in the SENATE of the 104th Congress:
- 3 March 1995: Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of COLORADO
from Democrat to REPUBLICAN
104TH CONGRESS- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The HOUSE in the 104th Congress included 1 Congressman from other than
the two Major Parties elected by the People of his District in the
General Election of 8 November 1994, as follows:
- 1 Independent-
- Congressman Bernard Sanders of VERMONT (At-Large)
TOTAL Membership: |
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STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN |
STATE |
Democrat |
Republican |
OTHER |
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ALABAMA |
4 |
3 |
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ALASKA |
-- |
1 |
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ARIZONA |
1 |
5 |
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ARKANSAS |
2 |
2 |
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CALIFORNIA |
27 |
25 |
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COLORADO |
2 |
4 |
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CONNECTICUT |
3 |
3 |
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DELAWARE |
-- |
1 |
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FLORIDA |
8 |
15 |
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GEORGIA |
4 |
7 |
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HAWAII |
2 |
-- |
|
IDAHO |
-- |
2 |
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ILLINOIS |
10 |
10 |
|
INDIANA |
4 |
6 |
|
IOWA |
-- |
5 |
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KANSAS |
-- |
4 |
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KENTUCKY |
2 |
4 |
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LOUISIANA |
4 |
3 |
|
MAINE |
1 |
1 |
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MARYLAND |
4 |
4 |
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MASSACHUSETTS |
8 |
2 |
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MICHIGAN |
9 |
7 |
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MINNESOTA |
6 |
2 |
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MISSISSIPPI |
4 |
1 |
|
MISSOURI |
6 |
3 |
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MONTANA |
1 |
-- |
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NEBRASKA |
-- |
3 |
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NEVADA |
-- |
2 |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE |
-- |
2 |
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Modified .