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 |
|
| ILLINOIS |
10 |
10 |
|
| INDIANA |
4 |
6 |
|
| IOWA |
-- |
5 |
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| KANSAS |
-- |
4 |
|
| KENTUCKY |
2 |
4 |
|
| 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 .