Home ❯ Political Party Breakdown ❯ 105th Congress, 1997-1999
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 | 105th 1997-1999 | 45P | 55C | | | 207P | 226C | 2 |
105TH CONGRESS- UNITED STATES SENATE
General Election of 5 November 1996 elected 33 Class 2 Senate seats
[term: noon, 3 January 1997 to noon, 3 January 2003]
- 19 incumbent Senators re-elected:
- 7 Democrats: Biden[DE]; Harkin[IA]; Kerry[MA]; Levin[MI]; Wellstone[MN]; Baucus[MT]; Rockefeller[WV].
- 12 Republicans: Stevens[AK]; Craig[ID]; McConnell[KY]; Cochran[MS]; Smith[NH]; Domenici[NM]; Helms[NC]; Inhofe[OK]; Thurmond[SC]; Thompson[TN]; Gramm[TX]; Warner[VA].
- 14 freshman Senators elected:
- 6 Democrats: Max Cleland[GEORGIA]; Richard Durbin[ILLINOIS]; Mary Landrieu[LOUISIANA]; Robert Torricelli[NEW JERSEY]; Jack Reed [RHODE ISLAND]; Tim Johnson[SOUTH DAKOTA].
- 8 Republicans: Jeff Sessions[ALABAMA]; Tim Hutchinson[ARKANSAS]; Wayne Allard[COLORADO]; Pat Roberts[KANSAS]; Susan Collins[MAINE]; Chuck Hagel[NEBRASKA]; Gordon Smith[OREGON]; Mike Enzi[WYOMING].
Special Election to a seat other than a Class 2
on or after the date of the 1996 General Election
but before the start of the 105th Congress [3 January 1997]:
- Class 3 (term ending noon, 3 January 1999)
[elected on 5 November 1996]-
- Sam Brownback, Republican of KANSAS
[re: resignation of Senator Robert J. Dole, 11 June 1996]
105TH CONGRESS- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The HOUSE in the 105th Congress included 2 Congressman from other than
the two Major Parties elected by the People of his or her District in the
General Election of 5 November 1996, as follows:
- 2 Independent-
- Congresswoman JoAnn Emerson of MISSOURI (8th Dist.)
[NOTE: after her election, announced her intention to act as a REPUBLICAN during the 105th Congress]
- 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 |
2 |
5 |
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| ALASKA |
-- |
1 |
|
| ARIZONA |
1 |
5 |
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| ARKANSAS |
2 |
2 |
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| CALIFORNIA |
29 |
23 |
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| COLORADO |
2 |
4 |
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| CONNECTICUT |
4 |
2 |
|
| DELAWARE |
-- |
1 |
|
| FLORIDA |
8 |
15 |
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| GEORGIA |
3 |
8 |
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| HAWAII |
2 |
-- |
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| IDAHO |
-- |
2 |
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| ILLINOIS |
10 |
10 |
|
| INDIANA |
4 |
6 |
|
| IOWA |
1 |
4 |
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| KANSAS |
-- |
4 |
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| KENTUCKY |
1 |
5 |
|
| LOUISIANA |
2 |
5 |
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| MAINE |
2 |
-- |
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| MARYLAND |
4 |
4 |
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| MASSACHUSETTS |
10 |
-- |
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| MICHIGAN |
10 |
6 |
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| MINNESOTA |
6 |
2 |
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| MISSISSIPPI |
2 |
3 |
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| MISSOURI |
5 |
3 |
[1 Independent] |
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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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