How did the United States change between Aug 9, 1974 and Jan 19, 1977?

Pick two dates. See the laws, the executive orders, the courts, Congress, federal agencies, the Constitution and the budget, as a diff.

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$ civicdiff 1974-08-09..1977-01-19 # 2.4 years json
Laws enacted
+866
49 notable
Executive orders
—
records start in 1994
Final rules
—
records start in 1994
Supreme Court
1 of 9
seats changed hands
Agencies
+21 −2
departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$145B
$475B → $620B

The presidency passed from Richard Milhous Nixon to Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.. Congress enacted 866 public laws. 28 senators and 167 representatives took seats that they did not hold before. 1 new justice joined the Supreme Court. Inflation-adjusted federal spending changed +7.4% (FY1975 → FY1977).

Executive

executive/presidentThe presidency
Richard Milhous Nixon R
37th president
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R
38th president · took office Aug 9, 1974
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller R
took office Dec 19, 1974
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+12−10Wikidata ↗
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor · 2 people took this office in between
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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White House Chief of Staff · 2 people took this office in between
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Ambassador to the United Nations · 3 people took this office in between
Director of Central Intelligence
U.S. Trade Representative
office did not exist
Other senior officials (1 changed)
National Security Advisor
9 offices unchanged
Secretary of State: Henry Kissinger R
Secretary of the Treasury: William E. Simon R
Secretary of the Navy: J. William Middendorf II R
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Russell E. Train R
Secretary of the Navy: J. William Middendorf II R
Chair of the Federal Reserve: Arthur Frank Burns R
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: George Scratchley Brown
Director of the FBI: Clarence M. Kelley R
Solicitor General: Robert Bork R
executive/ordersExecutive orders
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
253 → 273 tracked organizations · 12 → 12 executive departments
Energy Research and Development Administration
established Oct 11, 1974 · predecessor to the United States Department of Energy
Federal Election Commission
established Oct 15, 1974 · United States independent regulatory agency that regulates federal elections
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
established Dec 22, 1974 · US government independent agency
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
established Jan 19, 1975 · government agency of the United States
United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission
established Apr 15, 1975 · government agency
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
established Jan 1, 1976 · independent agency of the United States government
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
established Jan 1, 1977 · independent Federal government agency in the USA
Office of Science and Technology Policy
established Jan 1, 1976 · department of the United States government, part of the Executive Office of the President
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
established Aug 30, 1974 · component of the United States Office of Management and Budget
Employment and Training Administration
established Jan 1, 1975 · of the United States Department of Labor
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Office of Child Support Services
established Jun 10, 1975 · office of the Administration for Children and Families
Bureau of Counterterrorism
established Jan 1, 1976 · bureau of the United States Department of State
Copyright Royalty Tribunal
established Oct 19, 1976
Energy Information Administration
established Jan 1, 1977 · government agency
Food Safety and Inspection Service
established Jan 1, 1977 · U.S. federal government agency
National Laboratory of the Rockies
established Jan 1, 1977 · United States national renewable energy laboratory
Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
established Jan 1, 1977 · government organization in Washington D.C., United States
Office of Science
established Jan 1, 1977 · office within the US Department of Energy
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
established Jan 1, 1977 · part of the United States Department of the Interior
United States Army Counterintelligence Command
established Jan 1, 1977 · component of United States Army which conducts counterintelligence activities
Western Area Power Administration
established Jan 1, 1977 · United States Federal Government Administration within the Department of Energy
Commodity Exchange Authority
abolished Jan 1, 1975 · replaced by United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission
United States Atomic Energy Commission
abolished Jan 19, 1975 · former agency of the United States federal government · replaced by Nuclear Regulatory Commission,Energy Research and Development Administration
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.

Military

military/conflictsArmed conflicts
U.S. in 0 armed conflicts → 0
The U.S. was not a party to any armed conflict in this window.
An armed conflict here means at least 25 battle deaths in a year, with U.S. forces as a party or fighting for a government (UCDP's definition). Air strikes, raids, and advisory missions below that threshold aren't included. UN peacekeeping missions are excluded.

Legislative

legislative/controlControl of Congress
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublican
93rd Congress → 95th Congress · 2 new Congresses elected
0 changes of chamber control along the way
House: Democrat majority on both dates
241 D · 193 R → 291 D · 144 R
Senate: Democrat majority on both dates
58 D · 41 R → 62 D · 38 R
legislative/senateSenate
Aug 9, 1974 · 57 D · 41 R · 1 C · 1 I
Maurice Robert Gravel (Democrat, AK)James Browning Allen (Democrat, AL)John Jackson Sparkman (Democrat, AL)James William Fulbright (Democrat, AR)John Little McClellan (Democrat, AR)Alan Cranston (Democrat, CA)John Varick Tunney (Democrat, CA)Floyd Kirk Haskell (Democrat, CO)Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (Democrat, CT)Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Democrat, DE)Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (Democrat, FL)Herman Eugene Talmadge (Democrat, GA)Samuel Augustus Nunn (Democrat, GA)Daniel K. Inouye (Democrat, HI)Harold Everett Hughes (Democrat, IA)Richard Clarence Clark (Democrat, IA)Frank Forrester Church (Democrat, ID)Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (Democrat, IL)Birch Evans Bayh (Democrat, IN)Rupert Vance Hartke (Democrat, IN)Walter Darlington Huddleston (Democrat, KY)Russell Billiu Long (Democrat, LA)John Bennett Johnston Jr. (Democrat, LA)Edward M. Kennedy (Democrat, MA)Edmund Sixtus Muskie (Democrat, ME)William Dodd Hathaway (Democrat, ME)Philip Aloysius Hart (Democrat, MI)Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (Democrat, MN)Walter Frederick Mondale (Democrat, MN)Thomas Francis Eagleton (Democrat, MO)William Stuart Symington (Democrat, MO)John Cornelius Stennis (Democrat, MS)James Oliver Eastland (Democrat, MS)Michael Joseph Mansfield (Democrat, MT)Lee Warren Metcalf (Democrat, MT)Samuel James Ervin Jr. (Democrat, NC)Quentin Northrup Burdick (Democrat, ND)Thomas James McIntyre (Democrat, NH)Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. (Democrat, NJ)Joseph Manuel Montoya (Democrat, NM)Alan Harvey Bible (Democrat, NV)Howard Walter Cannon (Democrat, NV)Howard Morton Metzenbaum (Democrat, OH)John Orlando Pastore (Democrat, RI)Claiborne de Borda Pell (Democrat, RI)Ernest F. Hollings (Democrat, SC)George Stanley McGovern (Democrat, SD)James George Abourezk (Democrat, SD)Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (Democrat, TX)Frank Edward Moss (Democrat, UT)Warren Grant Magnuson (Democrat, WA)Henry Martin Jackson (Democrat, WA)Gaylord Anton Nelson (Democrat, WI)William Proxmire (Democrat, WI)Robert C. Byrd (Democrat, WV)Jennings Randolph (Democrat, WV)Gale William McGee (Democrat, WY)Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (Independent, VA)James Lane Buckley (Conservative, NY)Ted F. Stevens (Republican, AK)Barry Morris Goldwater (Republican, AZ)Paul Jones Fannin (Republican, AZ)Peter Hoyt Dominick (Republican, CO)Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (Republican, CT)William V. Roth Jr. (Republican, DE)Edward John Gurney (Republican, FL)Hiram Leong Fong (Republican, HI)James Albertus McClure (Republican, ID)Charles Harting Percy (Republican, IL)Robert Joseph Dole (Republican, KS)James Blackwood Pearson (Republican, KS)Marlow Webster Cook (Republican, KY)Edward William Brooke III (Republican, MA)Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (Republican, MD)John Glenn Beall Jr. (Republican, MD)Robert Paul Griffin (Republican, MI)Jesse Helms (Republican, NC)Milton Ruben Young (Republican, ND)Roman Lee Hruska (Republican, NE)Carl Thomas Curtis (Republican, NE)Norris H. Cotton (Republican, NH)Clifford Philip Case (Republican, NJ)Pete V. Domenici (Republican, NM)Jacob Koppel Javits (Republican, NY)Robert Taft Jr. (Republican, OH)Henry Louis Bellmon (Republican, OK)Dewey Follett Bartlett (Republican, OK)Robert William Packwood (Republican, OR)Mark Odom Hatfield (Republican, OR)Richard Schultz Schweiker (Republican, PA)Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (Republican, PA)J. Strom Thurmond (Republican, SC)William Emerson Brock III (Republican, TN)Howard Henry Baker Jr. (Republican, TN)John Goodwin Tower (Republican, TX)Wallace Foster Bennett (Republican, UT)William Lloyd Scott (Republican, VA)George David Aiken (Republican, VT)Robert Theodore Stafford (Republican, VT)Clifford Peter Hansen (Republican, WY)
Jan 19, 1977 · 61 D · 38 R · 1 I
Maurice Robert Gravel (Democrat, AK)John Jackson Sparkman (Democrat, AL)James Browning Allen (Democrat, AL)John Little McClellan (Democrat, AR)Dale Bumpers (Democrat, AR)Dennis Webster DeConcini (Democrat, AZ)Alan Cranston (Democrat, CA)Floyd Kirk Haskell (Democrat, CO)Gary Warren Hart (Democrat, CO)Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (Democrat, CT)Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Democrat, DE)Richard Bernard Stone (Democrat, FL)Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (Democrat, FL)Samuel Augustus Nunn (Democrat, GA)Herman Eugene Talmadge (Democrat, GA)Daniel K. Inouye (Democrat, HI)Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (Democrat, HI)Richard Clarence Clark (Democrat, IA)John Chester Culver (Democrat, IA)Frank Forrester Church (Democrat, ID)Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (Democrat, IL)Birch Evans Bayh (Democrat, IN)Walter Darlington Huddleston (Democrat, KY)Wendell Hampton Ford (Democrat, KY)John Bennett Johnston Jr. (Democrat, LA)Russell Billiu Long (Democrat, LA)Edward M. Kennedy (Democrat, MA)Paul S. Sarbanes (Democrat, MD)William Dodd Hathaway (Democrat, ME)Edmund Sixtus Muskie (Democrat, ME)Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. (Democrat, MI)Wendell Richard Anderson (Democrat, MN)Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (Democrat, MN)Thomas Francis Eagleton (Democrat, MO)James Oliver Eastland (Democrat, MS)John Cornelius Stennis (Democrat, MS)Lee Warren Metcalf (Democrat, MT)John Melcher (Democrat, MT)Robert Burren Morgan (Democrat, NC)Quentin Northrup Burdick (Democrat, ND)Edward Zorinsky (Democrat, NE)Thomas James McIntyre (Democrat, NH)John Anthony Durkin (Democrat, NH)Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. (Democrat, NJ)Howard Walter Cannon (Democrat, NV)Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Democrat, NY)John Herschel Glenn Jr. (Democrat, OH)Howard Morton Metzenbaum (Democrat, OH)Claiborne de Borda Pell (Democrat, RI)Ernest F. Hollings (Democrat, SC)James George Abourezk (Democrat, SD)George Stanley McGovern (Democrat, SD)James Ralph Sasser (Democrat, TN)Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (Democrat, TX)Patrick J. Leahy (Democrat, VT)Warren Grant Magnuson (Democrat, WA)Henry Martin Jackson (Democrat, WA)Gaylord Anton Nelson (Democrat, WI)William Proxmire (Democrat, WI)Jennings Randolph (Democrat, WV)Robert C. Byrd (Democrat, WV)Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (Independent, VA)Ted F. Stevens (Republican, AK)Barry Morris Goldwater (Republican, AZ)Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (Republican, CA)Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (Republican, CT)William V. Roth Jr. (Republican, DE)James Albertus McClure (Republican, ID)Charles Harting Percy (Republican, IL)Richard G. Lugar (Republican, IN)James Blackwood Pearson (Republican, KS)Robert Joseph Dole (Republican, KS)Edward William Brooke III (Republican, MA)Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (Republican, MD)Robert Paul Griffin (Republican, MI)John Claggett Danforth (Republican, MO)Jesse Helms (Republican, NC)Milton Ruben Young (Republican, ND)Carl Thomas Curtis (Republican, NE)Clifford Philip Case (Republican, NJ)Pete V. Domenici (Republican, NM)Harrison Hagan Schmitt (Republican, NM)Paul Dominque Laxalt (Republican, NV)Jacob Koppel Javits (Republican, NY)Dewey Follett Bartlett (Republican, OK)Henry Louis Bellmon (Republican, OK)Mark Odom Hatfield (Republican, OR)Robert William Packwood (Republican, OR)Richard Schultz Schweiker (Republican, PA)Henry John Heinz III (Republican, PA)John Hubbard Chafee (Republican, RI)J. Strom Thurmond (Republican, SC)Howard Henry Baker Jr. (Republican, TN)John Goodwin Tower (Republican, TX)Edwin Jacob Garn (Republican, UT)Orrin G. Hatch (Republican, UT)William Lloyd Scott (Republican, VA)Robert Theodore Stafford (Republican, VT)Clifford Peter Hansen (Republican, WY)Malcolm Wallop (Republican, WY)
28 new members · 28 departed · 72 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 57 → 55
20 seats changed party
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Norris H. Cotton R
New Hampshire
John Anthony Durkin D
New Hampshire
John Varick Tunney D
California
Edward Zorinsky D
Nebraska
John Orlando Pastore D
Rhode Island
John Hubbard Chafee R
Rhode Island
Who joined and who left (28 in · 28 out)
Dale Bumpers D
Arkansas
John Melcher D
Montana
Robert Burren Morgan D
North Carolina
Edward Zorinsky D
Nebraska
John Anthony Durkin D
New Hampshire
Henry John Heinz III R
Pennsylvania
John Hubbard Chafee R
Rhode Island
John Varick Tunney D
California
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D
North Carolina
Norris H. Cotton R
New Hampshire
John Orlando Pastore D
Rhode Island
legislative/houseHouse
Aug 9, 1974 · 241 D · 193 R · 1 ID
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. (Democrat, AL-5)Walter Flowers (Democrat, AL-7)William Flynt Nichols (Democrat, AL-3)Tom Bevill (Democrat, AL-4)Wilbur Daigh Mills (Democrat, AR-2)William Vollie Alexander Jr. (Democrat, AR-1)Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. (Democrat, AR-4)Morris King Udall (Democrat, AZ-2)Richard Thomas Hanna (Democrat, CA-34)Chester Earl Holifield (Democrat, CA-19)Jerome Russell Waldie (Democrat, CA-14)Thomas Mankell Rees (Democrat, CA-26)Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Democrat, CA-37)Robert Louis Leggett (Democrat, CA-4)John Joseph McFall (Democrat, CA-15)John Emerson Moss (Democrat, CA-3)Leo Joseph Ryan (Democrat, CA-11)Bernice Frederic Sisk (Democrat, CA-16)James Charles Corman (Democrat, CA-22)Harold Terry Johnson (Democrat, CA-2)Lionel Van Deerlin (Democrat, CA-41)Charles Herbert Wilson (Democrat, CA-31)George Elmore Danielson (Democrat, CA-29)Phillip Burton (Democrat, CA-5)Augustus Freeman Hawkins (Democrat, CA-21)Glenn Malcolm Anderson (Democrat, CA-35)Edward Ross Roybal (Democrat, CA-30)William Donlon Edwards (Democrat, CA-9)Ronald Vernie Dellums (Democrat, CA-7)George E. Brown Jr. (Democrat, CA-38)Fortney Pete Stark (Democrat, CA-8)Frank Edward Evans (Democrat, CO-3)Patricia Scott Schroeder (Democrat, CO-1)Ella Tambussi Grasso (Democrat, CT-6)Robert Nicholas Giaimo (Democrat, CT-3)William Ross Cotter (Democrat, CT-1)William Dawson Gunter Jr. (Democrat, FL-5)James Andrew Haley (Democrat, FL-8)Paul Grant Rogers (Democrat, FL-11)Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (Democrat, FL-1)Don Fuqua (Democrat, FL-2)William Venroe Chappell Jr. (Democrat, FL-4)Claude Denson Pepper (Democrat, FL-14)Charles Edward Bennett (Democrat, FL-3)Dante Bruno Fascell (Democrat, FL-15)William Lehman (Democrat, FL-13)Sam Melville Gibbons (Democrat, FL-7)John William Davis (Democrat, GA-7)Phillip Mitchell Landrum (Democrat, GA-9)Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (Democrat, GA-10)Williamson Sylvester Stuckey Jr. (Democrat, GA-8)John James Flynt Jr. (Democrat, GA-6)Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (Democrat, GA-5)Marvin Dawson Mathis (Democrat, GA-2)Jack Thomas Brinkley (Democrat, GA-3)Ronald Bryan Ginn (Democrat, GA-1)Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (Democrat, HI-1)Patsy Takemoto Mink (Democrat, HI-2)John Chester Culver (Democrat, IA-2)Edward Maurice Mezvinsky (Democrat, IA-1)Neal Edward Smith (Democrat, IA-4)John Carl Kluczynski (Democrat, IL-5)Ralph Harold Metcalfe (Democrat, IL-1)George Edward Shipley (Democrat, IL-22)Morgan Francis Murphy (Democrat, IL-2)Kenneth James Gray (Democrat, IL-24)Charles Melvin Price (Democrat, IL-23)Frank Annunzio (Democrat, IL-11)Daniel David Rostenkowski (Democrat, IL-8)Sidney Richard Yates (Democrat, IL-9)Cardiss Collins (Democrat, IL-7)Ray John Madden (Democrat, IN-1)John Edward Roush (Democrat, IN-4)John Brademas (Democrat, IN-3)Lee Herbert Hamilton (Democrat, IN-9)William Robert Roy (Democrat, KS-2)Frank Albert Stubblefield (Democrat, KY-1)John Bayne Breckinridge (Democrat, KY-6)Carl Dewey Perkins (Democrat, KY-7)Romano Louis Mazzoli (Democrat, KY-3)William Huston Natcher (Democrat, KY-2)John Richard Rarick (Democrat, LA-6)Felix Edward Hébert (Democrat, LA-1)Otto Ernest Passman (Democrat, LA-5)Joseph David Waggonner Jr. (Democrat, LA-4)Gillis William Long (Democrat, LA-8)Corinne Claiborne Boggs (Democrat, LA-2)John B. Breaux (Democrat, LA-7)Harold Daniel Donohue (Democrat, MA-3)Torbert Hart Macdonald (Democrat, MA-7)James Anthony Burke (Democrat, MA-11)Michael Joseph Harrington (Democrat, MA-6)Robert Frederick Drinan (Democrat, MA-4)Thomas Phillip O’Neill Jr. (Democrat, MA-8)Edward Patrick Boland (Democrat, MA-2)Gerry Eastman Studds (Democrat, MA-12)Goodloe Edgar Byron (Democrat, MD-6)Clarence Dickinson Long (Democrat, MD-2)Parren James Mitchell (Democrat, MD-7)Paul S. Sarbanes (Democrat, MD-3)Peter Nicholas Kyros (Democrat, ME-1)Martha Wright Griffiths (Democrat, MI-17)James Grant O’Hara (Democrat, MI-12)Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (Democrat, MI-13)Lucien Norbert Nedzi (Democrat, MI-14)William David Ford (Democrat, MI-15)John D. Dingell (Democrat, MI-16)John Conyers, Jr. (Democrat, MI-1)John Anton Blatnik (Democrat, MN-8)Joseph Edward Karth (Democrat, MN-4)Robert Selmer Bergland (Democrat, MN-7)Donald MacKay Fraser (Democrat, MN-5)William Leonard Hungate (Democrat, MO-9)Jerry Lon Litton (Democrat, MO-6)William Joseph Randall (Democrat, MO-4)Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (Democrat, MO-3)James Wadsworth Symington (Democrat, MO-2)William Dean Burlison (Democrat, MO-10)Richard Howard Ichord II (Democrat, MO-8)Richard Walker Bolling (Democrat, MO-5)William Lacy Clay Sr. (Democrat, MO-1)David Reece Bowen (Democrat, MS-2)Jamie Lloyd Whitten (Democrat, MS-1)Gillespie V. Montgomery (Democrat, MS-3)John Melcher (Democrat, MT-2)David Newton Henderson (Democrat, NC-3)Roy Arthur Taylor (Democrat, NC-11)Lunsford Richardson Preyer (Democrat, NC-6)Lawrence H. Fountain (Democrat, NC-2)Ike Franklin Andrews (Democrat, NC-4)Walter Beaman Jones Sr. (Democrat, NC-1)Charles Grandison Rose III (Democrat, NC-7)Dominick Vincent Daniels (Democrat, NJ-14)Henry Helstoski (Democrat, NJ-9)Edward James Patten (Democrat, NJ-15)Frank Thompson Jr. (Democrat, NJ-4)Joseph George Minish (Democrat, NJ-11)James John Howard (Democrat, NJ-3)Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. (Democrat, NJ-10)Robert A. Roe (Democrat, NJ-8)Harold Lowell Runnels (Democrat, NM-2)Frank James Brasco (Democrat, NY-11)Hugh Leo Carey (Democrat, NY-15)Thaddeus Joseph Dulski (Democrat, NY-37)Bertram L. Podell (Democrat, NY-13)Ogden Rogers Reid (Democrat, NY-24)John James Rooney (Democrat, NY-14)Bella Savitzky Abzug (Democrat, NY-20)Herman Badillo (Democrat, NY-21)James Joseph Delaney (Democrat, NY-9)Edward Irving Koch (Democrat, NY-18)Otis Grey Pike (Democrat, NY-1)James Michael Hanley (Democrat, NY-32)Elizabeth Holtzman (Democrat, NY-16)John Michael Murphy (Democrat, NY-17)Lester Lionel Wolff (Democrat, NY-6)Jonathan Brewster Bingham (Democrat, NY-22)Shirley Anita Chisholm (Democrat, NY-12)Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (Democrat, NY-8)Joseph Patrick Addabbo (Democrat, NY-7)Mario Biaggi (Democrat, NY-10)Samuel Studdiford Stratton (Democrat, NY-28)Charles B. Rangel (Democrat, NY-19)Wayne Levere Hays (Democrat, OH-18)James Vincent Stanton (Democrat, OH-20)Charles Joseph Carney (Democrat, OH-19)Thomas Ludlow Ashley (Democrat, OH-9)Charles Albert Vanik (Democrat, OH-22)John Frederick Seiberling (Democrat, OH-14)Louis Stokes (Democrat, OH-21)Clem Rogers McSpadden (Democrat, OK-2)Carl Bert Albert (Democrat, OK-3)John Jarman (Democrat, OK-5)Thomas Jefferson Steed (Democrat, OK-4)James Robert Jones (Democrat, OK-1)Edith Starrett Green (Democrat, OR-3)Albert Conrad Ullman (Democrat, OR-2)Frank Monroe Clark (Democrat, PA-25)William Aloysius Barrett (Democrat, PA-1)William Joseph Green (Democrat, PA-3)Thomas Ellsworth Morgan (Democrat, PA-22)Joseph Phillip Vigorito (Democrat, PA-24)John Herman Dent (Democrat, PA-21)Joshua Eilberg (Democrat, PA-4)Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. (Democrat, PA-2)Frederick Bernard Rooney (Democrat, PA-15)Daniel John Flood (Democrat, PA-11)William Singer Moorhead (Democrat, PA-14)Joseph Matthew Gaydos (Democrat, PA-20)Gus Yatron (Democrat, PA-6)Robert Owens Tiernan (Democrat, RI-2)Fernand Joseph St. Germain (Democrat, RI-1)William Jennings Bryan Dorn (Democrat, SC-3)Thomas Smithwick Gettys (Democrat, SC-5)James Robert Mann (Democrat, SC-4)Mendel Jackson Davis (Democrat, SC-1)Frank Edward Denholm (Democrat, SD-1)Joseph Landon Evins (Democrat, TN-4)Richard Harmon Fulton (Democrat, TN-5)Ed Jones (Democrat, TN-7)Ovie Clark Fisher (Democrat, TX-21)Robert Randolph Casey (Democrat, TX-22)John William Wright Patman (Democrat, TX-1)Omar Truman Burleson (Democrat, TX-17)Barbara Charline Jordan (Democrat, TX-18)George Herman Mahon (Democrat, TX-19)Dale Milford (Democrat, TX-24)William Robert Poage (Democrat, TX-11)Olin Earl Teague (Democrat, TX-6)John Andrew Young (Democrat, TX-14)Robert Christian Eckhardt (Democrat, TX-8)Herbert Ray Roberts (Democrat, TX-4)Richard Crawford White (Democrat, TX-16)Abraham Kazen Jr. (Democrat, TX-23)James Claude Wright Jr. (Democrat, TX-12)Jack Bascom Brooks (Democrat, TX-9)James Jarrell Pickle (Democrat, TX-10)Charles Wilson (Democrat, TX-2)Eligio II de la Garza (Democrat, TX-15)Henry Barbosa González (Democrat, TX-20)Koln Gunn McKay (Democrat, UT-1)Douglas Wayne Owens (Democrat, UT-2)Thomas Nelms Downing (Democrat, VA-1)David Edward Satterfield III (Democrat, VA-3)Wilbur Clarence Daniel (Democrat, VA-5)Julia Butler Hansen (Democrat, WA-3)Floyd Verne Hicks (Democrat, WA-6)Lloyd Meeds (Democrat, WA-2)Mike McCormack (Democrat, WA-4)Brockman Adams (Democrat, WA-7)Thomas Stephen Foley (Democrat, WA-5)Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (Democrat, WI-5)Clement John Zablocki (Democrat, WI-4)Robert William Kastenmeier (Democrat, WI-2)Leslie Aspin (Democrat, WI-1)David Ross Obey (Democrat, WI-7)Kenneth William Hechler (Democrat, WV-4)John Mark Slack Jr. (Democrat, WV-3)Harley Orrin Staggers (Democrat, WV-2)Robert Homer Mollohan (Democrat, WV-1)Teno Roncalio (Democrat, WY-AL)John Joseph Moakley (Ind. Democrat, MA-9)Don Young (Republican, AK-AL)John Hall Buchanan Jr. (Republican, AL-6)William Jackson Edwards (Republican, AL-1)William Louis Dickinson (Republican, AL-2)John Paul Hammerschmidt (Republican, AR-3)John Bertrand Conlan (Republican, AZ-4)Sam Steiger (Republican, AZ-3)John Jacob Rhodes (Republican, AZ-1)Charles Samuel Gubser (Republican, CA-10)Craig Hosmer (Republican, CA-32)William Somers Mailliard (Republican, CA-6)Robert Bruce Mathias (Republican, CA-18)Charles McKevett Teague (Republican, CA-13)Victor Vincent Veysey (Republican, CA-43)Alphonzo Bell (Republican, CA-28)Andrew Jackson Hinshaw (Republican, CA-39)Jerry Lyle Pettis (Republican, CA-33)Burt Lacklen Talcott (Republican, CA-12)Delwin Morgan Clawson (Republican, CA-23)William Matthew Ketchum (Republican, CA-36)Charles Edward Wiggins (Republican, CA-25)Robert Carlton Wilson (Republican, CA-40)Clair Walter Burgener (Republican, CA-42)Donald Holst Clausen (Republican, CA-1)Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. (Republican, CA-27)Paul Norton McCloskey Jr. (Republican, CA-17)John Harbin Rousselot (Republican, CA-24)Carlos John Moorhead (Republican, CA-20)Donald Glenn Brotzman (Republican, CO-2)James Paul Johnson (Republican, CO-4)William Lester Armstrong (Republican, CO-5)Robert Hampton Steele (Republican, CT-2)Ronald Arthur Sarasin (Republican, CT-5)Stewart Brett McKinney (Republican, CT-4)Pierre Samuel, IV du Pont (Republican, DE-AL)J. Herbert Burke (Republican, FL-12)Louis Frey Jr. (Republican, FL-9)Louis Arthur Bafalis (Republican, FL-10)C. W. Bill Young (Republican, FL-6)Benjamin Bentley Blackburn (Republican, GA-4)Harold Royce Gross (Republican, IA-3)Wiley Mayne (Republican, IA-6)William Joseph Scherle (Republican, IA-5)Orval Howard Hansen (Republican, ID-2)Steven Douglas Symms (Republican, ID-1)Leslie Cornelius Arends (Republican, IL-15)Harold Reginald Collier (Republican, IL-6)Robert Paul Hanrahan (Republican, IL-3)Samuel Hollingsworth Young (Republican, IL-10)John Bayard Anderson (Republican, IL-16)Edward Joseph Derwinski (Republican, IL-4)Paul Findley (Republican, IL-20)Robert McClory (Republican, IL-13)Thomas Fisher Railsback (Republican, IL-19)John Neal Erlenborn (Republican, IL-14)George Miller O’Brien (Republican, IL-17)Edward Rell Madigan (Republican, IL-21)Robert Henry Michel (Republican, IL-18)Philip M. Crane (Republican, IL-12)William Gilmer Bray (Republican, IN-6)David Worth Dennis (Republican, IN-10)William Herbert Hudnut III (Republican, IN-11)Earl Fredrick Landgrebe (Republican, IN-2)Roger Herschel Zion (Republican, IN-8)Elwood Haynes Hillis (Republican, IN-5)John Thomas Myers (Republican, IN-7)Garner E. Shriver (Republican, KS-4)Joe Skubitz (Republican, KS-5)Keith George Sebelius (Republican, KS-1)Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Republican, KS-3)Tim Lee Carter (Republican, KY-5)Marion Gene Snyder (Republican, KY-4)David Conner Treen (Republican, LA-3)Paul William Cronin (Republican, MA-5)Margaret M. Heckler (Republican, MA-10)Silvio Ottavio Conte (Republican, MA-1)Lawrence Joseph Hogan (Republican, MD-5)William Oswald Mills (Republican, MD-1)Gilbert Gude (Republican, MD-8)Marjorie Sewell Holt (Republican, MD-4)William Sebastian Cohen (Republican, ME-2)Charles Ernest Chamberlain (Republican, MI-6)James Harvey (Republican, MI-8)Robert James Huber (Republican, MI-18)Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (Republican, MI-5)Marvin Leonel Esch (Republican, MI-2)J. Edward Hutchinson (Republican, MI-4)Garry Eldridge Brown (Republican, MI-3)Elford Albin Cederberg (Republican, MI-10)Philip Edward Ruppe (Republican, MI-11)Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. (Republican, MI-7)William S. Broomfield (Republican, MI-19)Guy Adrian Vander Jagt (Republican, MI-9)Ancher Nelsen (Republican, MN-2)John Matthew Zwach (Republican, MN-6)Albert Harold Quie (Republican, MN-1)William Eldridge Frenzel (Republican, MN-3)Gene Taylor (Republican, MO-7)Trent Lott (Republican, MS-5)Thad Cochran (Republican, MS-4)Richard Gardner Shoup (Republican, MT-1)Wilmer David Mizell (Republican, NC-5)Earl Baker Ruth (Republican, NC-8)James Grubbs Martin (Republican, NC-9)James Thomas Broyhill (Republican, NC-10)Mark Andrews (Republican, ND-AL)David Thomas Martin (Republican, NE-3)John Yetter McCollister (Republican, NE-2)Charles Thone (Republican, NE-1)Louis Crosby Wyman (Republican, NH-1)James Colgate Cleveland (Republican, NH-2)Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. (Republican, NJ-5)John Edmund Hunt (Republican, NJ-1)Joseph James Maraziti (Republican, NJ-13)Charles William Sandman Jr. (Republican, NJ-2)William Beck Widnall (Republican, NJ-7)Edwin Bell Forsythe (Republican, NJ-6)Matthew John Rinaldo (Republican, NJ-12)Manuel Luján Jr. (Republican, NM-1)David Gilmer Towell (Republican, NV-AL)James Russell Grover Jr. (Republican, NY-2)Carleton James King (Republican, NY-29)Howard Winfield Robison (Republican, NY-27)Angelo Dominick Roncallo (Republican, NY-3)Henry P. Smith III (Republican, NY-36)James Fred Hastings (Republican, NY-39)William Francis Walsh (Republican, NY-33)Robert Cameron McEwen (Republican, NY-30)John Waldemar Wydler (Republican, NY-5)Donald Jerome Mitchell (Republican, NY-31)Peter A. Peyser (Republican, NY-23)Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (Republican, NY-35)Jack French Kemp (Republican, NY-38)Frank Jefferson Horton (Republican, NY-34)Norman Frederick Lent (Republican, NY-4)Hamilton Fish Jr. (Republican, NY-25)Benjamin Gilman (Republican, NY-26)William John Keating (Republican, OH-1)William Edwin Minshall Jr. (Republican, OH-23)Walter Eugene Powell (Republican, OH-8)Donald Daniel Clancy (Republican, OH-2)Charles Adams Mosher (Republican, OH-13)Charles William Whalen Jr. (Republican, OH-3)Samuel Leeper Devine (Republican, OH-12)William Howard Harsha (Republican, OH-6)John Milan Ashbrook (Republican, OH-17)Clarence J. Brown Jr. (Republican, OH-7)Tennyson Guyer (Republican, OH-4)John William Stanton (Republican, OH-11)Delbert Leroy Latta (Republican, OH-5)Clarence E. Miller (Republican, OH-10)Chalmers Pangburn Wylie (Republican, OH-15)Ralph Regula (Republican, OH-16)John Newbold Happy Camp (Republican, OK-6)John Richard Dellenback (Republican, OR-4)Wendell Wyatt (Republican, OR-1)George Atlee Goodling (Republican, PA-19)John Phillips Saylor (Republican, PA-12)John Haines Ware III (Republican, PA-5)Lawrence Gordon Williams (Republican, PA-7)Edward George Biester Jr. (Republican, PA-8)Edwin Duing Eshleman (Republican, PA-16)Albert Walter Johnson (Republican, PA-23)Herman Theodore Schneebeli (Republican, PA-17)Henry John Heinz III (Republican, PA-18)Robert Lawrence Coughlin (Republican, PA-13)Joseph Michael McDade (Republican, PA-10)Elmer Greinert Shuster (Republican, PA-9)Edward Lunn Young (Republican, SC-6)Floyd Spence (Republican, SC-2)James Abdnor (Republican, SD-2)LaMar Baker (Republican, TN-3)Dan Heflin Kuykendall (Republican, TN-8)Robin Leo Beard Jr. (Republican, TN-6)John James Duncan (Republican, TN-2)James Henry Quillen (Republican, TN-1)Robert Dale Price (Republican, TX-13)Alan Watson Steelman (Republican, TX-5)James Mitchell Collins (Republican, TX-3)Bill Archer (Republican, TX-7)Joel Thomas Broyhill (Republican, VA-10)Manley Caldwell Butler (Republican, VA-6)Robert Williams Daniel Jr. (Republican, VA-4)William Creed Wampler (Republican, VA-9)James Kenneth Robinson (Republican, VA-7)George William Whitehurst (Republican, VA-2)Stanford E. Parris (Republican, VA-8)Richard Walker Mallary (Republican, VT-AL)Joel McFee Pritchard (Republican, WA-1)Glenn Robert Davis (Republican, WI-9)Harold Vernon Froehlich (Republican, WI-8)Vernon Wallace Thomson (Republican, WI-3)William Albert Steiger (Republican, WI-6)
Jan 19, 1977 · 291 D · 144 R
Walter Flowers (Democrat, AL-7)William Flynt Nichols (Democrat, AL-3)Ronnie Gene Flippo (Democrat, AL-5)Tom Bevill (Democrat, AL-4)James (Jim) Guy Tucker Jr. (Democrat, AR-2)William Vollie Alexander Jr. (Democrat, AR-1)Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. (Democrat, AR-4)Morris King Udall (Democrat, AZ-2)Robert Stump (Democrat, AZ-3)Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Democrat, CA-28)Mark Warren Hannaford (Democrat, CA-34)John Hans Krebs (Democrat, CA-17)Robert Louis Leggett (Democrat, CA-4)John Joseph McFall (Democrat, CA-14)John Emerson Moss (Democrat, CA-3)Leo Joseph Ryan (Democrat, CA-11)Bernice Frederic Sisk (Democrat, CA-15)James Charles Corman (Democrat, CA-21)Harold Terry Johnson (Democrat, CA-1)James Fredrick Lloyd (Democrat, CA-35)Lionel Van Deerlin (Democrat, CA-42)Charles Herbert Wilson (Democrat, CA-31)John Lowell Burton (Democrat, CA-5)George Elmore Danielson (Democrat, CA-30)Phillip Burton (Democrat, CA-6)Jerry Mumford Patterson (Democrat, CA-38)Augustus Freeman Hawkins (Democrat, CA-29)Glenn Malcolm Anderson (Democrat, CA-32)Edward Ross Roybal (Democrat, CA-25)William Donlon Edwards (Democrat, CA-10)Leon Edward Panetta (Democrat, CA-16)Anthony Charles Beilenson (Democrat, CA-23)Norman Yoshio Mineta (Democrat, CA-13)Ronald Vernie Dellums (Democrat, CA-8)George E. Brown Jr. (Democrat, CA-36)Fortney Pete Stark (Democrat, CA-9)George Miller (Democrat, CA-7)Henry A. Waxman (Democrat, CA-24)Frank Edward Evans (Democrat, CO-3)Timothy E. Wirth (Democrat, CO-2)Patricia Scott Schroeder (Democrat, CO-1)Robert Nicholas Giaimo (Democrat, CT-3)William Ross Cotter (Democrat, CT-1)Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Democrat, CT-6)Christopher J. Dodd (Democrat, CT-2)Paul Grant Rogers (Democrat, FL-11)Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (Democrat, FL-1)Don Fuqua (Democrat, FL-2)William Venroe Chappell Jr. (Democrat, FL-4)Claude Denson Pepper (Democrat, FL-14)Charles Edward Bennett (Democrat, FL-3)Dante Bruno Fascell (Democrat, FL-15)Andrew Poysell Ireland (Democrat, FL-8)William Lehman (Democrat, FL-13)Sam Melville Gibbons (Democrat, FL-7)John James Flynt Jr. (Democrat, GA-6)Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (Democrat, GA-5)Marvin Dawson Mathis (Democrat, GA-2)Jack Thomas Brinkley (Democrat, GA-3)Billy Lee Evans (Democrat, GA-8)Ronald Bryan Ginn (Democrat, GA-1)Elliott Harris Levitas (Democrat, GA-4)Lawrence Patton McDonald (Democrat, GA-7)Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. (Democrat, GA-10)Edgar Lanier Jenkins (Democrat, GA-9)Cecil Landau Heftel (Democrat, HI-1)Daniel K. Akaka (Democrat, HI-2)Michael Thomas Blouin (Democrat, IA-2)Berkley Warren Bedell (Democrat, IA-6)Neal Edward Smith (Democrat, IA-4)Tom Harkin (Democrat, IA-5)Ralph Harold Metcalfe (Democrat, IL-1)George Edward Shipley (Democrat, IL-22)Abner Joseph Mikva (Democrat, IL-10)Morgan Francis Murphy (Democrat, IL-2)John G. Fary (Democrat, IL-5)Charles Melvin Price (Democrat, IL-23)Frank Annunzio (Democrat, IL-11)Martin Anthony Russo (Democrat, IL-3)Paul Martin Simon (Democrat, IL-24)Daniel David Rostenkowski (Democrat, IL-8)Cardiss Collins (Democrat, IL-7)Sidney Richard Yates (Democrat, IL-9)David Lance Cornwell (Democrat, IN-8)John Brademas (Democrat, IN-3)Adam Benjamin Jr. (Democrat, IN-1)David Walter Evans (Democrat, IN-6)Floyd James Fithian (Democrat, IN-2)Philip Riley Sharp (Democrat, IN-10)Andrew Jacobs Jr. (Democrat, IN-11)Lee Herbert Hamilton (Democrat, IN-9)Martha Elizabeth Keys (Democrat, KS-2)Daniel Robert Glickman (Democrat, KS-4)John Bayne Breckinridge (Democrat, KY-6)Carl Dewey Perkins (Democrat, KY-7)Carroll Hubbard Jr. (Democrat, KY-1)Romano Louis Mazzoli (Democrat, KY-3)William Huston Natcher (Democrat, KY-2)Richard Alvin Tonry (Democrat, LA-1)Joseph David Waggonner Jr. (Democrat, LA-4)Gillis William Long (Democrat, LA-8)Corinne Claiborne Boggs (Democrat, LA-2)Thomas Jerald Huckaby (Democrat, LA-5)John B. Breaux (Democrat, LA-7)James Anthony Burke (Democrat, MA-11)Michael Joseph Harrington (Democrat, MA-6)Robert Frederick Drinan (Democrat, MA-4)Paul Efthemios Tsongas (Democrat, MA-5)Thomas Phillip O’Neill Jr. (Democrat, MA-8)Edward Patrick Boland (Democrat, MA-2)Joseph Daniel Early (Democrat, MA-3)Gerry Eastman Studds (Democrat, MA-12)John Joseph Moakley (Democrat, MA-9)Edward J. Markey (Democrat, MA-7)Goodloe Edgar Byron (Democrat, MD-6)Gladys Noon Spellman (Democrat, MD-5)Clarence Dickinson Long (Democrat, MD-2)Parren James Mitchell (Democrat, MD-7)Barbara A. Mikulski (Democrat, MD-3)Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (Democrat, MI-13)Lucien Norbert Nedzi (Democrat, MI-14)James Johnston Blanchard (Democrat, MI-18)William McNulty Brodhead (Democrat, MI-17)Jerome Bob Traxler (Democrat, MI-8)Milton Robert Carr (Democrat, MI-6)William David Ford (Democrat, MI-15)David E. Bonior (Democrat, MI-12)Dale E. Kildee (Democrat, MI-7)John D. Dingell (Democrat, MI-16)John Conyers, Jr. (Democrat, MI-1)Robert Selmer Bergland (Democrat, MN-7)Donald MacKay Fraser (Democrat, MN-5)Bruce F. Vento (Democrat, MN-4)James L. Oberstar (Democrat, MN-8)Richard M. Nolan (Democrat, MN-6)William Dean Burlison (Democrat, MO-10)Richard Howard Ichord II (Democrat, MO-8)Richard Walker Bolling (Democrat, MO-5)Robert Anton Young III (Democrat, MO-2)Harold Lee Volkmer (Democrat, MO-9)William Lacy Clay Sr. (Democrat, MO-1)Richard Andrew Gephardt (Democrat, MO-3)Ike Skelton (Democrat, MO-4)David Reece Bowen (Democrat, MS-2)Jamie Lloyd Whitten (Democrat, MS-1)Gillespie V. Montgomery (Democrat, MS-3)Max Baucus (Democrat, MT-1)Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. (Democrat, NC-11)Lunsford Richardson Preyer (Democrat, NC-6)Lawrence H. Fountain (Democrat, NC-2)Ike Franklin Andrews (Democrat, NC-4)Charles Orville Whitley (Democrat, NC-3)Walter Beaman Jones Sr. (Democrat, NC-1)Stephen Lybrook Neal (Democrat, NC-5)Charles Grandison Rose III (Democrat, NC-7)Willie Gathrel Hefner (Democrat, NC-8)John Joseph Cavanaugh (Democrat, NE-2)Norman Edward D’Amours (Democrat, NH-1)Joseph Anthony LeFante (Democrat, NJ-14)Helen Stevenson Meyner (Democrat, NJ-13)Gene Andrew Maguire (Democrat, NJ-7)Edward James Patten (Democrat, NJ-15)Frank Thompson Jr. (Democrat, NJ-4)Joseph George Minish (Democrat, NJ-11)James John Howard (Democrat, NJ-3)Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. (Democrat, NJ-10)James Joseph Florio (Democrat, NJ-1)Robert A. Roe (Democrat, NJ-8)William John Hughes (Democrat, NJ-2)Harold Lowell Runnels (Democrat, NM-2)James David Santini (Democrat, NV-AL)Herman Badillo (Democrat, NY-21)James Joseph Delaney (Democrat, NY-9)Edward Irving Koch (Democrat, NY-18)Edward Worthington Pattison (Democrat, NY-29)Otis Grey Pike (Democrat, NY-1)Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. (Democrat, NY-3)James Michael Hanley (Democrat, NY-32)Elizabeth Holtzman (Democrat, NY-16)John Michael Murphy (Democrat, NY-17)Lester Lionel Wolff (Democrat, NY-6)Jonathan Brewster Bingham (Democrat, NY-22)Shirley Anita Chisholm (Democrat, NY-12)Frederick William Richmond (Democrat, NY-14)Leo C. Zeferetti (Democrat, NY-15)Richard Lawrence Ottinger (Democrat, NY-24)Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (Democrat, NY-8)Joseph Patrick Addabbo (Democrat, NY-7)Stanley Nelson Lundine (Democrat, NY-39)Mario Biaggi (Democrat, NY-10)Samuel Studdiford Stratton (Democrat, NY-28)Thomas Joseph Downey (Democrat, NY-2)Matthew Francis McHugh (Democrat, NY-27)Henry James Nowak (Democrat, NY-37)James Haas Scheuer (Democrat, NY-11)Stephen Joshua Solarz (Democrat, NY-13)Theodore S. Weiss (Democrat, NY-20)John J. LaFalce (Democrat, NY-36)Charles B. Rangel (Democrat, NY-19)Charles Joseph Carney (Democrat, OH-19)Thomas Ludlow Ashley (Democrat, OH-9)Charles Albert Vanik (Democrat, OH-22)Ronald Milton Mottl (Democrat, OH-23)John Frederick Seiberling (Democrat, OH-14)Thomas Andrew Luken (Democrat, OH-2)Mary Rose Oakar (Democrat, OH-20)Donald James Pease (Democrat, OH-13)Douglas Earl Applegate (Democrat, OH-18)Louis Stokes (Democrat, OH-21)Theodore Marshall Risenhoover (Democrat, OK-2)Thomas Jefferson Steed (Democrat, OK-4)James Robert Jones (Democrat, OK-1)Glenn Lee English Jr. (Democrat, OK-6)Wes Watkins (Democrat, OK-3)Robert Blackford Duncan (Democrat, OR-3)Albert Conrad Ullman (Democrat, OR-2)James Howard Weaver (Democrat, OR-4)Les AuCoin (Democrat, OR-1)Joseph Scofield Ammerman (Democrat, PA-23)John Herman Dent (Democrat, PA-21)Joshua Eilberg (Democrat, PA-4)Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. (Democrat, PA-2)Frederick Bernard Rooney (Democrat, PA-15)Daniel John Flood (Democrat, PA-11)William Singer Moorhead (Democrat, PA-14)Michael Joseph Myers (Democrat, PA-1)Allen Edward Ertel (Democrat, PA-17)Raymond Francis Lederer (Democrat, PA-3)Robert William Edgar (Democrat, PA-7)Douglas Walgren (Democrat, PA-18)Joseph Matthew Gaydos (Democrat, PA-20)Peter Houston Kostmayer (Democrat, PA-8)Gus Yatron (Democrat, PA-6)Austin John Murphy (Democrat, PA-22)John P. Murtha (Democrat, PA-12)Edward Peter Beard (Democrat, RI-2)Fernand Joseph St. Germain (Democrat, RI-1)James Robert Mann (Democrat, SC-4)Mendel Jackson Davis (Democrat, SC-1)John Wilson Jenrette Jr. (Democrat, SC-6)Kenneth Lamar Holland (Democrat, SC-5)Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (Democrat, SC-3)Clifford Robertson Allen (Democrat, TN-5)Ed Jones (Democrat, TN-7)Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (Democrat, TN-4)Marilyn Laird Lloyd (Democrat, TN-3)Harold Eugene Ford (Democrat, TN-8)Omar Truman Burleson (Democrat, TX-17)Robert Alton Gammage (Democrat, TX-22)Barbara Charline Jordan (Democrat, TX-18)George Herman Mahon (Democrat, TX-19)Dale Milford (Democrat, TX-24)William Robert Poage (Democrat, TX-11)Olin Earl Teague (Democrat, TX-6)John Andrew Young (Democrat, TX-14)Robert Christian Eckhardt (Democrat, TX-8)Herbert Ray Roberts (Democrat, TX-4)James Albon Mattox (Democrat, TX-5)Richard Crawford White (Democrat, TX-16)Jack English Hightower (Democrat, TX-13)Abraham Kazen Jr. (Democrat, TX-23)Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. (Democrat, TX-1)James Claude Wright Jr. (Democrat, TX-12)Jack Bascom Brooks (Democrat, TX-9)Robert Charles Krueger (Democrat, TX-21)James Jarrell Pickle (Democrat, TX-10)Charles Wilson (Democrat, TX-2)Eligio II de la Garza (Democrat, TX-15)Henry Barbosa González (Democrat, TX-20)Koln Gunn McKay (Democrat, UT-1)Joseph Lyman Fisher (Democrat, VA-10)Herbert Eugene Harris II (Democrat, VA-8)David Edward Satterfield III (Democrat, VA-3)Wilbur Clarence Daniel (Democrat, VA-5)Lloyd Meeds (Democrat, WA-2)Mike McCormack (Democrat, WA-4)Don Leroy Bonker (Democrat, WA-3)Thomas Stephen Foley (Democrat, WA-5)Norman D. Dicks (Democrat, WA-6)Robert John Cornell (Democrat, WI-8)Alvin James Baldus (Democrat, WI-3)Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (Democrat, WI-5)Clement John Zablocki (Democrat, WI-4)Robert William Kastenmeier (Democrat, WI-2)Leslie Aspin (Democrat, WI-1)David Ross Obey (Democrat, WI-7)John Mark Slack Jr. (Democrat, WV-3)Harley Orrin Staggers (Democrat, WV-2)Robert Homer Mollohan (Democrat, WV-1)Nick J. Rahall II (Democrat, WV-4)Teno Roncalio (Democrat, WY-AL)Don Young (Republican, AK-AL)John Hall Buchanan Jr. (Republican, AL-6)William Jackson Edwards (Republican, AL-1)William Louis Dickinson (Republican, AL-2)John Paul Hammerschmidt (Republican, AR-3)John Jacob Rhodes (Republican, AZ-1)Eldon Dean Rudd (Republican, AZ-4)Delwin Morgan Clawson (Republican, CA-33)William Matthew Ketchum (Republican, CA-18)Shirley Neil Pettis (Republican, CA-37)Charles Edward Wiggins (Republican, CA-39)Robert Carlton Wilson (Republican, CA-41)Clair Walter Burgener (Republican, CA-43)Donald Holst Clausen (Republican, CA-2)Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. (Republican, CA-20)Paul Norton McCloskey Jr. (Republican, CA-12)John Harbin Rousselot (Republican, CA-26)Robert Edward Badham (Republican, CA-40)Robert John Lagomarsino (Republican, CA-19)Robert Kenneth Dornan (Republican, CA-27)Carlos John Moorhead (Republican, CA-22)James Paul Johnson (Republican, CO-4)William Lester Armstrong (Republican, CO-5)Ronald Arthur Sarasin (Republican, CT-5)Stewart Brett McKinney (Republican, CT-4)Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. (Republican, DE-AL)J. Herbert Burke (Republican, FL-12)Louis Frey Jr. (Republican, FL-9)Richard Kelly (Republican, FL-5)Louis Arthur Bafalis (Republican, FL-10)C. W. Bill Young (Republican, FL-6)James A. Leach (Republican, IA-1)Chuck Grassley (Republican, IA-3)George Vernon Hansen (Republican, ID-2)Steven Douglas Symms (Republican, ID-1)John Bayard Anderson (Republican, IL-16)Edward Joseph Derwinski (Republican, IL-4)Paul Findley (Republican, IL-20)Robert McClory (Republican, IL-13)Thomas Fisher Railsback (Republican, IL-19)Thomas Joseph Corcoran (Republican, IL-15)John Neal Erlenborn (Republican, IL-14)George Miller O’Brien (Republican, IL-17)Edward Rell Madigan (Republican, IL-21)Robert Henry Michel (Republican, IL-18)Philip M. Crane (Republican, IL-12)Henry John Hyde (Republican, IL-6)Elwood Haynes Hillis (Republican, IN-5)James Danforth Quayle (Republican, IN-4)John Thomas Myers (Republican, IN-7)Joe Skubitz (Republican, KS-5)Keith George Sebelius (Republican, KS-1)Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Republican, KS-3)Tim Lee Carter (Republican, KY-5)Marion Gene Snyder (Republican, KY-4)David Conner Treen (Republican, LA-3)William Henson Moore III (Republican, LA-6)Margaret M. Heckler (Republican, MA-10)Silvio Ottavio Conte (Republican, MA-1)Newton Ivan Steers Jr. (Republican, MD-8)Robert Edmund Bauman (Republican, MD-1)Marjorie Sewell Holt (Republican, MD-4)David Farnham Emery (Republican, ME-1)William Sebastian Cohen (Republican, ME-2)Garry Eldridge Brown (Republican, MI-3)Elford Albin Cederberg (Republican, MI-10)Philip Edward Ruppe (Republican, MI-11)David Alan Stockman (Republican, MI-4)Harold Samuel Sawyer (Republican, MI-5)William S. Broomfield (Republican, MI-19)Carl Duane Pursell (Republican, MI-2)Guy Adrian Vander Jagt (Republican, MI-9)Albert Harold Quie (Republican, MN-1)Thomas Michael Hagedorn (Republican, MN-2)William Eldridge Frenzel (Republican, MN-3)Gene Taylor (Republican, MO-7)Earl Thomas Coleman (Republican, MO-6)Trent Lott (Republican, MS-5)Thad Cochran (Republican, MS-4)Ronald Charles Marlenee (Republican, MT-2)James Grubbs Martin (Republican, NC-9)James Thomas Broyhill (Republican, NC-10)Mark Andrews (Republican, ND-AL)Charles Thone (Republican, NE-1)Virginia Dodd Smith (Republican, NE-3)James Colgate Cleveland (Republican, NH-2)Millicent Hammond Fenwick (Republican, NJ-5)Harold Capistran Hollenbeck (Republican, NJ-9)Edwin Bell Forsythe (Republican, NJ-6)Matthew John Rinaldo (Republican, NJ-12)Manuel Luján Jr. (Republican, NM-1)Bruce Faulkner Caputo (Republican, NY-23)William Francis Walsh (Republican, NY-33)Robert Cameron McEwen (Republican, NY-30)John Waldemar Wydler (Republican, NY-5)Donald Jerome Mitchell (Republican, NY-31)Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (Republican, NY-35)Jack French Kemp (Republican, NY-38)Frank Jefferson Horton (Republican, NY-34)Norman Frederick Lent (Republican, NY-4)Hamilton Fish Jr. (Republican, NY-25)Benjamin Gilman (Republican, NY-26)Charles William Whalen Jr. (Republican, OH-3)Samuel Leeper Devine (Republican, OH-12)William Howard Harsha (Republican, OH-6)John Milan Ashbrook (Republican, OH-17)Clarence J. Brown Jr. (Republican, OH-7)Tennyson Guyer (Republican, OH-4)John William Stanton (Republican, OH-11)Thomas Norman Kindness (Republican, OH-8)Delbert Leroy Latta (Republican, OH-5)Clarence E. Miller (Republican, OH-10)Chalmers Pangburn Wylie (Republican, OH-15)Willis David Gradison Jr. (Republican, OH-1)Ralph Regula (Republican, OH-16)Marvin Henry Edwards (Republican, OK-5)Gary Arthur Myers (Republican, PA-25)Marc Lincoln Marks (Republican, PA-24)Robert Lawrence Coughlin (Republican, PA-13)Richard Taylor Schulze (Republican, PA-5)Robert Smith Walker (Republican, PA-16)Joseph Michael McDade (Republican, PA-10)William F. Goodling (Republican, PA-19)Elmer Greinert Shuster (Republican, PA-9)Floyd Spence (Republican, SC-2)James Abdnor (Republican, SD-2)Larry Lee Pressler (Republican, SD-1)Robin Leo Beard Jr. (Republican, TN-6)John James Duncan (Republican, TN-2)James Henry Quillen (Republican, TN-1)James Mitchell Collins (Republican, TX-3)Bill Archer (Republican, TX-7)David Daniel Marriott (Republican, UT-2)Manley Caldwell Butler (Republican, VA-6)Robert Williams Daniel Jr. (Republican, VA-4)William Creed Wampler (Republican, VA-9)James Kenneth Robinson (Republican, VA-7)Paul Seward Trible Jr. (Republican, VA-1)George William Whitehurst (Republican, VA-2)James M. Jeffords (Republican, VT-AL)John Edward Cunningham III (Republican, WA-7)Joel McFee Pritchard (Republican, WA-1)William Albert Steiger (Republican, WI-6)Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (Republican, WI-9)
167 new members · 167 departed · 268 served on both dates · women 16 → 18 · median age 53 → 50
34 state delegations changed
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Arizona 1 D · 3 R
Arizona 2 D · 2 R
California 23 D · 20 R
California 29 D · 14 R
Colorado 2 D · 3 R
Colorado 3 D · 2 R
Connecticut 3 D · 3 R
Connecticut 4 D · 2 R
Florida 11 D · 4 R
Florida 10 D · 5 R
Georgia 9 D · 1 R
Georgia 10 D · 0 R
Iowa 3 D · 3 R
Iowa 4 D · 2 R
Illinois 10 D · 14 R
Illinois 12 D · 12 R
Indiana 4 D · 7 R
Indiana 8 D · 3 R
Kansas 1 D · 4 R
Kansas 2 D · 3 R
Louisiana 7 D · 1 R
Louisiana 6 D · 2 R
Massachusetts 8 D · 3 R · 1 other
Massachusetts 10 D · 2 R
Maryland 4 D · 4 R
Maryland 5 D · 3 R
Maine 1 D · 1 R
Maine 0 D · 2 R
Michigan 7 D · 12 R
Michigan 11 D · 8 R
Minnesota 4 D · 4 R
Minnesota 5 D · 3 R
Missouri 9 D · 1 R
Missouri 8 D · 2 R
North Carolina 7 D · 4 R
North Carolina 9 D · 2 R
Nebraska 0 D · 3 R
Nebraska 1 D · 2 R
New Hampshire 0 D · 2 R
New Hampshire 1 D · 1 R
New Jersey 8 D · 7 R
New Jersey 11 D · 4 R
Nevada 0 D · 1 R
Nevada 1 D · 0 R
New York 22 D · 17 R
New York 28 D · 11 R
Ohio 7 D · 16 R
Ohio 10 D · 13 R
Oregon 2 D · 2 R
Oregon 4 D · 0 R
Pennsylvania 13 D · 12 R
Pennsylvania 17 D · 8 R
South Carolina 4 D · 2 R
South Carolina 5 D · 1 R
South Dakota 1 D · 1 R
South Dakota 0 D · 2 R
Tennessee 3 D · 5 R
Tennessee 5 D · 3 R
Texas 20 D · 4 R
Texas 22 D · 2 R
Utah 2 D · 0 R
Utah 1 D · 1 R
Virginia 3 D · 7 R
Virginia 4 D · 6 R
Washington 6 D · 1 R
Washington 5 D · 2 R
Wisconsin 5 D · 4 R
Wisconsin 7 D · 2 R
Who joined and who left (167 in · 167 out)
Eldon Dean Rudd R
Arizona-4
Robert Stump D
Arizona-3
Mark Warren Hannaford D
California-34
John Hans Krebs D
California-17
Shirley Neil Pettis R
California-37
James Fredrick Lloyd D
California-35
John Lowell Burton D
California-5
Robert Edward Badham R
California-40
Leon Edward Panetta D
California-16
Robert Kenneth Dornan R
California-27
Norman Yoshio Mineta D
California-13
George Miller D
California-7
Henry A. Waxman D
California-24
Timothy E. Wirth D
Colorado-2
Christopher J. Dodd D
Connecticut-2
Richard Kelly R
Florida-5
Billy Lee Evans D
Georgia-8
Daniel K. Akaka D
Hawaii-2
Tom Harkin D
Iowa-5
Abner Joseph Mikva D
Illinois-10
John G. Fary D
Illinois-5
Paul Martin Simon D
Illinois-24
Henry John Hyde R
Illinois-6
Philip Riley Sharp D
Indiana-10
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D
Indiana-11
Richard Alvin Tonry D
Louisiana-1
Paul Efthemios Tsongas D
Massachusetts-5
Joseph Daniel Early D
Massachusetts-3
Edward J. Markey D
Massachusetts-7
Carl Duane Pursell R
Michigan-2
Jerome Bob Traxler D
Michigan-8
Milton Robert Carr D
Michigan-6
David E. Bonior D
Michigan-12
Dale E. Kildee D
Michigan-7
Bruce F. Vento D
Minnesota-4
James L. Oberstar D
Minnesota-8
Richard M. Nolan D
Minnesota-6
Harold Lee Volkmer D
Missouri-9
Ike Skelton D
Missouri-4
Max Baucus D
Montana-1
Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. D
North Carolina-11
Charles Orville Whitley D
North Carolina-3
Stephen Lybrook Neal D
North Carolina-5
Willie Gathrel Hefner D
North Carolina-8
Norman Edward D’Amours D
New Hampshire-1
Joseph Anthony LeFante D
New Jersey-14
Helen Stevenson Meyner D
New Jersey-13
Gene Andrew Maguire D
New Jersey-7
James Joseph Florio D
New Jersey-1
William John Hughes D
New Jersey-2
Leo C. Zeferetti D
New York-15
Henry James Nowak D
New York-37
James Haas Scheuer D
New York-11
Theodore S. Weiss D
New York-20
John J. LaFalce D
New York-36
Wes Watkins D
Oklahoma-3
Les AuCoin D
Oregon-1
Joseph Scofield Ammerman D
Pennsylvania-23
Gary Arthur Myers R
Pennsylvania-25
Michael Joseph Myers D
Pennsylvania-1
Allen Edward Ertel D
Pennsylvania-17
Raymond Francis Lederer D
Pennsylvania-3
Marc Lincoln Marks R
Pennsylvania-24
Robert William Edgar D
Pennsylvania-7
Douglas Walgren D
Pennsylvania-18
Peter Houston Kostmayer D
Pennsylvania-8
Richard Taylor Schulze R
Pennsylvania-5
Austin John Murphy D
Pennsylvania-22
Robert Smith Walker R
Pennsylvania-16
William F. Goodling R
Pennsylvania-19
John P. Murtha D
Pennsylvania-12
Edward Peter Beard D
Rhode Island-2
John Wilson Jenrette Jr. D
South Carolina-6
Kenneth Lamar Holland D
South Carolina-5
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D
South Carolina-3
Larry Lee Pressler R
South Dakota-1
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D
Tennessee-3
Harold Eugene Ford D
Tennessee-8
Joseph Lyman Fisher D
Virginia-10
James M. Jeffords R
Vermont-AL
Don Leroy Bonker D
Washington-3
Norman D. Dicks D
Washington-6
Robert John Cornell D
Wisconsin-8
Alvin James Baldus D
Wisconsin-3
Nick J. Rahall II D
West Virginia-4
Wilbur Daigh Mills D
Arkansas-2
Sam Steiger R
Arizona-3
Charles Samuel Gubser R
California-10
Richard Thomas Hanna D
California-34
Chester Earl Holifield D
California-19
Craig Hosmer R
California-32
Robert Bruce Mathias R
California-18
Victor Vincent Veysey R
California-43
Jerome Russell Waldie D
California-14
Alphonzo Bell R
California-28
Andrew Jackson Hinshaw R
California-39
Jerry Lyle Pettis R
California-33
Thomas Mankell Rees D
California-26
Burt Lacklen Talcott R
California-12
Ella Tambussi Grasso D
Connecticut-6
Robert Hampton Steele R
Connecticut-2
Wiley Mayne R
Iowa-6
Kenneth James Gray D
Illinois-24
David Worth Dennis R
Indiana-10
Ray John Madden D
Indiana-1
John Richard Rarick D
Louisiana-6
Otto Ernest Passman D
Louisiana-5
Paul William Cronin R
Massachusetts-5
Harold Daniel Donohue D
Massachusetts-3
Torbert Hart Macdonald D
Massachusetts-7
Gilbert Gude R
Maryland-8
Paul S. Sarbanes D
Maryland-3
James Harvey R
Michigan-8
Robert James Huber R
Michigan-18
Marvin Leonel Esch R
Michigan-2
John Anton Blatnik D
Minnesota-8
Ancher Nelsen R
Minnesota-2
John Matthew Zwach R
Minnesota-6
Joseph Edward Karth D
Minnesota-4
Jerry Lon Litton D
Missouri-6
John Melcher D
Montana-2
Wilmer David Mizell R
North Carolina-5
Earl Baker Ruth R
North Carolina-8
David Newton Henderson D
North Carolina-3
Roy Arthur Taylor D
North Carolina-11
Louis Crosby Wyman R
New Hampshire-1
John Edmund Hunt R
New Jersey-1
Joseph James Maraziti R
New Jersey-13
William Beck Widnall R
New Jersey-7
Henry Helstoski D
New Jersey-9
Frank James Brasco D
New York-11
Hugh Leo Carey D
New York-15
Carleton James King R
New York-29
Bertram L. Podell D
New York-13
Ogden Rogers Reid D
New York-24
John James Rooney D
New York-14
Henry P. Smith III R
New York-36
James Fred Hastings R
New York-39
Peter A. Peyser R
New York-23
Carl Bert Albert D
Oklahoma-3
John Jarman D
Oklahoma-5
Wendell Wyatt R
Oregon-1
Frank Monroe Clark D
Pennsylvania-25
George Atlee Goodling R
Pennsylvania-19
John Phillips Saylor R
Pennsylvania-12
John Haines Ware III R
Pennsylvania-5
Lawrence Gordon Williams R
Pennsylvania-7
William Aloysius Barrett D
Pennsylvania-1
Edwin Duing Eshleman R
Pennsylvania-16
William Joseph Green D
Pennsylvania-3
Albert Walter Johnson R
Pennsylvania-23
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D
Pennsylvania-22
Joseph Phillip Vigorito D
Pennsylvania-24
Henry John Heinz III R
Pennsylvania-18
Robert Owens Tiernan D
Rhode Island-2
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D
South Carolina-3
Thomas Smithwick Gettys D
South Carolina-5
Edward Lunn Young R
South Carolina-6
Frank Edward Denholm D
South Dakota-1
LaMar Baker R
Tennessee-3
Joseph Landon Evins D
Tennessee-4
Stanford E. Parris R
Virginia-8
Julia Butler Hansen D
Washington-3
Floyd Verne Hicks D
Washington-6
Brockman Adams D
Washington-7
Glenn Robert Davis R
Wisconsin-9
Kenneth William Hechler D
West Virginia-4
legislative/lawsLaws enacted
866 public laws enacted · 0 landmark · 49 notable · 790 routine · 27 ceremonial
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Pub. L. 93-380 · Aug 21, 1974
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93-383 · Aug 22, 1974
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93-438 · Oct 11, 1974
Federal Election Campaign Act
Pub. L. 93-443 · Oct 15, 1974
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Pub. L. 93-495 · Oct 28, 1974
National Mass Transportation Assistance Act
Pub. L. 93-503 · Nov 26, 1974
Show 30 more notable laws
Safe Drinking Water Act
Pub. L. 93-523 · Dec 16, 1974
Foreign Assistance Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93-559 · Dec 30, 1974
Privacy Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93-579 · Dec 31, 1974
Trade Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93-618 · Jan 3, 1975
Eastern Wilderness Areas Act
Pub. L. 93-622 · Jan 3, 1975
Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93-629 · Jan 3, 1975
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
Pub. L. 93-633 · Jan 3, 1975
Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act
Pub. L. 93-637 · Jan 4, 1975
Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974
Pub. L. 93-643 · Jan 4, 1975
Tax Reduction Act of 1975
Pub. L. 94-12 · Mar 29, 1975
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975
Pub. L. 94-29 · Jun 4, 1975
Japan-United States Friendship Act of 1975
Pub. L. 94-118 · Oct 20, 1975
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Pub. L. 94-142 · Nov 29, 1975
Energy Policy and Conservation Act
Pub. L. 94-163 · Dec 22, 1975
Metric Conversion Act
Pub. L. 94-168 · Dec 23, 1975
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Pub. L. 94-200 · Dec 31, 1975
Federal Election Campaign Act
Pub. L. 94-283 · May 11, 1976
Arms Export Control Act
Pub. L. 94-329 · Jun 30, 1976
Government in the Sunshine Act
Pub. L. 94-409 · Sep 13, 1976
National Emergencies Act
Pub. L. 94-412 · Sep 14, 1976

Judicial

judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 6 R · 3 D → 7 R · 2 D
William Orville Douglas D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1939
John Paul Stevens R
appointed by Gerald Ford · 1975
8 justices served on both dates
William Joseph Brennan, Jr. R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1957
Potter Stewart R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1959
Byron Raymond White D
appointed by John F. Kennedy · 1962
Thurgood Marshall D
appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · 1967
Warren Earl Burger R
appointed by Richard M. Nixon · 1969
Harry Andrew Blackmun R
appointed by Richard M. Nixon · 1970
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. R
appointed by Richard M. Nixon · 1971
William Hubbs Rehnquist R
appointed by Richard M. Nixon · 1971
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): 47 D · 47 R → 52 R · 39 D
District courts (active judges): 190 R · 186 D · 14 N( · 1 N( → 224 R · 149 D · 11 N( · 1 N(
Richard M. Nixon R appointed 4 judges
1 appeals · 3 district
Gerald Ford R appointed 67 judges
1 Supreme Court · 11 appeals · 55 district
3 circuits flipped majority
First Circuit 2 D · 1 R (D majority)
First Circuit 1 D · 1 R (tie majority)
Fifth Circuit 10 D · 5 R (D majority)
Fifth Circuit 6 D · 7 R (R majority)
Eighth Circuit 5 D · 3 R (D majority)
Eighth Circuit 4 D · 4 R (tie majority)
D and R describe the party of the appointing president, not the judge. Active service ends when a judge takes senior status.
judicial/rulingsSupreme Court decisions
314 argued decisions · 14 landmark
Taylor v. Louisiana
419 U.S. 522 · Jan 21, 1975 · Decided 8–1 · Civil Rights · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent · Struck down state law
Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld
420 U.S. 636 · Mar 19, 1975 · Decided 8–0 · Civil Rights · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., Inc.
421 U.S. 397 · May 19, 1975 · Decided 9–0 · Economic Activity · Vacated and remanded · Overruled precedent
Michelin Tire Corp. v. Wages
423 U.S. 276 · Jan 14, 1976 · Decided 8–0 · Economic Activity · Affirmed · Overruled precedent
Buckley v. Valeo
424 U.S. 1 · Jan 30, 1976 · Decided 7–1 · First Amendment · Affirmed in part, reversed in part · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board
424 U.S. 507 · Mar 3, 1976 · Decided 6–2 · First Amendment · Vacated and remanded · Overruled precedent
Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.
425 U.S. 748 · May 24, 1976 · Decided 7–1 · First Amendment · Affirmed · Overruled precedent · Struck down state law
Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong
426 U.S. 88 · Jun 1, 1976 · Decided 5–4 · Civil Rights · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
National League of Cities v. Usery
426 U.S. 833 · Jun 24, 1976 · Decided 5–4 · Unions · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Lodge 76 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
427 U.S. 132 · Jun 25, 1976 · Decided 6–3 · Federalism · Reversed · Overruled precedent
Show 4 more
City of New Orleans v. Dukes
Jun 25, 1976 · Decided 8–0 · Economic Activity · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent
Gregg v. Georgia
Jul 2, 1976 · Decided 7–2 · Criminal Procedure · Affirmed · Overruled precedent
Craig v. Boren
Dec 20, 1976 · Decided 7–2 · Civil Rights · Reversed · Overruled precedent · Struck down state law
Oregon ex rel. State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co.
Jan 12, 1977 · Decided 6–3 · Federalism · Vacated and remanded · Overruled precedent
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.

Fiscal

fiscal/budgetThe federal budget
+7.4% real spendingOMB Historical Tables ↗
Fiscal year 1975 → fiscal year 1977 · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
Spending $332B
FY1975
Spending $409B
FY1977 · +23% nominal · +7.4% after inflation
Revenue $279B
FY1975
Revenue $356B
FY1977 · +27% nominal · +11% after inflation
Surplus / deficit −$53.2B
FY1975
Surplus / deficit −$53.7B
FY1977 · −$417M
Spending, % of GDP 20.7%
FY1975
Spending, % of GDP 20.2%
FY1977 · −0.5 pts
Debt held by the public, % of GDP 24.6%
FY1975
Debt held by the public, % of GDP 27.1%
FY1977 · +2.5 pts
Spending by function · real change
National Defense
$86.5B → $97.2B · −2.0%
Social Security
$64.7B → $85.1B · +15%
Income Security
$50.2B → $61.0B · +6.1%
Net interest
$23.2B → $29.9B · +12%
Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
$16.0B → $21.1B · +15%
Medicare
$12.9B → $19.3B · +31%
Veterans Benefits and Services
$16.6B → $18.0B · −5.3%
Health
$12.9B → $17.3B · +17%
Transportation
$10.9B → $14.8B · +18%
General Government
$10.4B → $12.8B · +7.5%
Natural Resources and Environment
$7.3B → $10.0B · +19%
Community and Regional Development
$4.3B → $7.0B · +42%
Agriculture
$3.0B → $6.7B · +96%
International Affairs
$7.1B → $6.4B · −22%
Energy
$2.9B → $5.8B · +73%
General Science, Space, and Technology
$4.0B → $4.7B · +3.5%
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding
$475B
as of Jun 30, 1974
$620B
as of Jun 30, 1976

Constitution & Union

constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
26 → 26 amendments in force · 50 → 50 states
No amendments ratified and no states admitted. The last amendment was the 27th, in 1992.

Log

logEverything in between
73 events
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. takes office · 1974-08-09Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act · 1974-08-21Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 · 1974-08-22Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) · 1974-09-02Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act · 1974-09-07Energy Research and Development Administration · 1974-10-11Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 · 1974-10-11Federal Election Commission · 1974-10-15Federal Election Campaign Act · 1974-10-15Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 · 1974-10-23Equal Credit Opportunity Act · 1974-10-28Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 · 1974-10-29National Mass Transportation Assistance Act · 1974-11-26Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act · 1974-12-03Safe Drinking Water Act · 1974-12-16Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act · 1974-12-19Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation · 1974-12-22Foreign Assistance Act of 1974 · 1974-12-30Privacy Act of 1974 · 1974-12-31An Act to Establish Rules of Evidence for Certain Courts and Proceedings · 1975-01-02Trade Act of 1974 · 1975-01-03Eastern Wilderness Areas Act · 1975-01-03Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 · 1975-01-03Hazardous Materials Transportation Act · 1975-01-03Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act · 1975-01-04Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 · 1975-01-04National Health Planning and Resources Development Act · 1975-01-04Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 · 1975-01-04Nuclear Regulatory Commission · 1975-01-19Taylor v. Louisiana · 1975-01-21Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld · 1975-03-19Tax Reduction Act of 1975 · 1975-03-29United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission · 1975-04-15United States v. Reliable Transfer Co., Inc. · 1975-05-19Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act · 1975-05-23Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 · 1975-06-04Japan-United States Friendship Act of 1975 · 1975-10-20Education for All Handicapped Children Act · 1975-11-29John Paul Stevens — Associate Justice · 1975-12-17Energy Policy and Conservation Act · 1975-12-22Revenue Adjustment Act (Earned Income Tax Credit) · 1975-12-23Metric Conversion Act · 1975-12-23Home Mortgage Disclosure Act · 1975-12-31Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe · 1976-01-01Office of Science and Technology Policy · 1976-01-01Michelin Tire Corp. v. Wages · 1976-01-14Buckley v. Valeo · 1976-01-30Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act · 1976-02-05Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board · 1976-03-03Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act · 1976-04-13Federal Election Campaign Act · 1976-05-11Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 1976-05-24Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong · 1976-06-01National League of Cities v. Usery · 1976-06-24Lodge 76 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission · 1976-06-25City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 1976-06-25Arms Export Control Act · 1976-06-30Gregg v. Georgia · 1976-07-02Government in the Sunshine Act · 1976-09-13National Emergencies Act · 1976-09-14Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act · 1976-09-30Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1976 · 1976-10-08Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 · 1976-10-11Overhaul of vocational education programs · 1976-10-12Copyright Act of 1976 · 1976-10-19Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 · 1976-10-21Resource Conservation and Recovery Act · 1976-10-21Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act · 1976-10-21Water Resources Development Act of 1976 · 1976-10-22National Forest Management Act of 1976 · 1976-10-22Craig v. Boren · 1976-12-20Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission · 1977-01-01Oregon ex rel. State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co. · 1977-01-12197519761977
  1. presidentGerald Rudolph Ford Jr. takes office
  2. lawFamily Educational Rights and Privacy Act
  3. lawHousing and Community Development Act of 1974
  4. lawEmployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
  5. lawJuvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
  6. agency+Energy Research and Development Administration
  7. lawEnergy Reorganization Act of 1974
  8. agency+Federal Election Commission
  9. lawFederal Election Campaign Act
  10. lawCommodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974
  11. lawEqual Credit Opportunity Act
  12. lawFederal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974
  13. lawNational Mass Transportation Assistance Act
  14. lawVietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act
  15. lawSafe Drinking Water Act
  16. lawPresidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act
  17. agency+Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
  18. lawForeign Assistance Act of 1974
  19. lawPrivacy Act of 1974
  20. lawAn Act to Establish Rules of Evidence for Certain Courts and Proceedings
  21. lawTrade Act of 1974
  22. lawEastern Wilderness Areas Act
  23. lawFederal Noxious Weed Act of 1974
  24. lawHazardous Materials Transportation Act
  25. lawMagnuson–Moss Warranty Act
  26. lawIndian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975
  27. lawNational Health Planning and Resources Development Act
  28. lawFederal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974
  29. agency+Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  30. rulingTaylor v. Louisiana
  31. rulingWeinberger v. Wiesenfeld
  32. lawTax Reduction Act of 1975
  33. agency+United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  34. rulingUnited States v. Reliable Transfer Co., Inc.
  35. lawIndochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
  36. lawSecurities Acts Amendments of 1975
  37. lawJapan-United States Friendship Act of 1975
  38. lawEducation for All Handicapped Children Act
  39. justiceJohn Paul Stevens — Associate Justice
  40. lawEnergy Policy and Conservation Act
  41. lawRevenue Adjustment Act (Earned Income Tax Credit)
  42. lawMetric Conversion Act
  43. lawHome Mortgage Disclosure Act
  44. agency+Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
  45. agency+Office of Science and Technology Policy
  46. rulingMichelin Tire Corp. v. Wages
  47. rulingBuckley v. Valeo
  48. lawRailroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
  49. rulingHudgens v. National Labor Relations Board
  50. lawMagnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
  51. lawFederal Election Campaign Act
  52. rulingVirginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.
  53. rulingHampton v. Mow Sun Wong
  54. rulingNational League of Cities v. Usery
  55. rulingLodge 76 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
  56. rulingCity of New Orleans v. Dukes
  57. lawArms Export Control Act
  58. rulingGregg v. Georgia
  59. lawGovernment in the Sunshine Act
  60. lawNational Emergencies Act
  61. lawHart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
  62. lawHealth Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1976
  63. lawToxic Substances Control Act of 1976
  64. lawOverhaul of vocational education programs
  65. lawCopyright Act of 1976
  66. lawFederal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
  67. lawResource Conservation and Recovery Act
  68. lawForeign Sovereign Immunities Act
  69. lawWater Resources Development Act of 1976
  70. lawNational Forest Management Act of 1976
  71. rulingCraig v. Boren
  72. agency+Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
  73. rulingOregon ex rel. State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co.