103rd United States Congress

103rd United States Congress
103rd United States Congress
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Duration: January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995

Senate President: Dan Quayle (R), until Jan. 20, 1993
Al Gore (D),after Jan. 20, 1993
Senate Pres. pro tem: Robert Byrd (D)
House Speaker: Tom Foley (D)
Members: 100 Senators
435 Representatives
5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority: Democratic Party
House Majority: Democratic Party

Sessions
1st: January 5, 1993 – November 26, 1993
2nd: January 25, 1994 – December 1, 1994
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The One Hundred Third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1993 to January 3, 1995, during the first two years of Bill Clinton's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Contents

Major events

  • January 20, 1993: Bill Clinton succeeds George H.W. Bush as the 42nd President of the United States.
  • February 26, 1993: World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000.
  • February 28-April 19, 1993: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and 5 Davidians die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins, and ends with a fire that kills 76 people, including Koresh. South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes in Iowa.
  • July 19, 1993: President Bill Clinton announces his Don't ask, don't tell policy regarding gays in the American military.
  • October 3, 1993: The U.S. Army conducts Operation Gothic Serpent in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia using Task Force Ranger. Two UH-60 Blackhawks are shot down and the operation leaves over 1000 Somalians dead and over 73 Americans WIA, 19 KIA, and 1 captured.
  • January 17, 1994: The 1994 Northridge earthquake, magnitude 6.7, hits the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles at 4:31 a.m., killing 72 and leaving 26,029 homeless.
  • February 22, 1994: Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged with spying for the Soviet Union by the United States Department of Justice. Ames is later convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment; his wife receives 5 years in prison.
  • February 28, 1994: 4 United States F-16s shoot down 4 Serbian J-21s over Bosnia and Herzegovina for violation of the Operation Deny Flight and its no-fly zone.
  • September 13, 1994: President Bill Clinton signs the Assault Weapons Ban, which bans the manufacture of new weapons with certain features for a period of 10 years.
  • September 19, 1994: American troops stage a bloodless invasion of Haiti in order to restore the legitimate elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to power.
  • October 1, 1994: Palau achieved independence and became an associated state under the Compact of Free Association.
  • November 8, 1994: Georgia Representative Newt Gingrich leads the Republican Party in taking control of both the House and the Senate in midterm congressional elections, the first time in 40 years the Republicans secure control of both houses of Congress.

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

Senate party standings on the opening day of Congress
  57 Democratic Senators
  43 Republican Senators
Party
(Shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Republican
(R)
End of the previous congress 57 43 100 0
Begin 57 43 100 0
End 53 47
Final voting share 53.0% 47.0%
Beginning of the next congress 47 53 100 0

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80.1–100% Democratic
  80.1–100% Republican
  60.1–80% Democratic
  60.1–80% Republican
  50.1–60% Democratic
  50.1–60% Republican
  striped: 50–50 split
  1 independent
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Independent Republican Vacant
End of the previous Congress 270 1 164 435 0
Begin 258 1 176 435 0
End 256 177 434 1
Final voting share 59.2% 40.8%
Non-voting members 4 0 0 5 0
Beginning of the next Congress 204 1 230 435 0


Leadership

Senators' party membership by state, until June 14, 1993.

Senate

Majority (Democratic) leadership

  • Majority Leader: George Mitchell
  • Majority Whip: Wendell Ford

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

  • 3. Christopher J. Dodd (D)
  • 1. Joseph I. Lieberman (D)

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

  • 3. Daniel K. Inouye (D)
  • 1. Daniel K. Akaka (D)

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

  • 2. J. Bennett Johnston (D)
  • 3. John B. Breaux (D)

Maine

Maryland

  • 1. Paul S. Sarbanes (D)
  • 3. Barbara A. Mikulski (D)

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

  • 1. John C. Danforth (R)
  • 3. Kit Bond (R)

Montana

Nebraska

  • 2. Jim Exon (D)
  • 1. J. Robert Kerrey (D)

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

  • James Inhofe (R), from November 17, 1994 – End

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

  • 2. John W. Warner (R)
  • 1. Charles S. Robb (D)

Washington

West Virginia

  • 1. Robert C. Byrd (D)
  • 2. John D. Rockefeller IV (D)

Wisconsin

Wyoming

House of Representatives

Section contents: Alabama — Alaska — Arizona —Arkansas — California — Colorado — Connecticut — Delaware — Florida — Georgia — Hawaii — Idaho — Illinois — Indiana — Iowa — Kansas — Kentucky — Louisiana — Maine — Maryland — Massachusetts — Michigan — Minnesota — Mississippi — Missouri — Montana — Nebraska — Nevada — New Hampshire — New Jersey — New Mexico — New York — North Carolina — North Dakota — Ohio — Oklahoma — Oregon — Pennsylvania — Rhode Island — South Carolina — South Dakota — Tennessee — Texas — Utah — Vermont — Virginia — Washington — West Virginia — Wisconsin — Wyoming — Non-voting members

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

  • 1. Wayne T. Gilchrest (R)
  • 2. Helen Delich Bentley (R)
  • 3. Benjamin L. Cardin (D)
  • 4. Albert Russell Wynn (D)
  • 5. Steny H. Hoyer (D)
  • 6. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R)
  • 7. Kweisi Mfume (D)
  • 8. Constance A. Morella (R)

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

  • 1. Steven H. Schiff (R)
  • 2. Joe Skeen (R)
  • 3. Bill Richardson (D)

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Non-voting members

Changes in membership

Senate

State
(class)
Former senator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
installation


Texas
(1)
Lloyd Bentsen (D) Resigned January 20, 1993 to become United States Secretary of the Treasury.
His successor was appointed.
Bob Krueger (D) January 21, 1993
Texas
(1)
Bob Krueger (D) Interim appointee lost special election June 6, 1993.
His successor was elected to finish the term.
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) June 14, 1993
Alabama
(3)
Richard Shelby (D) Changed party November 9, 1994 Richard Shelby (R) November 9, 1994
Oklahoma
(2)
David L. Boren (D) Resigned November 15, 1994 to become President of the University of Oklahoma.
His successor was elected in a special election to finish the term.
Jim Inhofe (R) November 17, 1994
Tennessee
(2)
Harlan Mathews (D) Interim appointee did not seek election.
His successor was elected in a special election November 8, 1994 to finish the term.
Fred Thompson (R) December 2, 1994

House of Representatives

District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
installation
Wisconsin's 1st Les Aspin (D) Resigned to January 20, 1993 become United States Secretary of Defense Peter W. Barca (D) May 4, 1993
Mississippi's 2nd Mike Espy (D) Resigned January 22, 1993 to become United States Secretary of Agriculture Bennie Thompson (D) April 13, 1993
California's 17th Leon Panetta (D) Resigned January 23, 1993 to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget Sam Farr (D) June 8, 1993
Ohio 2nd Bill Gradison (R) Resigned January 31, 1993 to become president of the Health Insurance Association of America Rob Portman (R) May 4, 1993
Michigan 3rd Paul B. Henry (R) Died July 31, 1993 Vern Ehlers (R) December 7, 1993
Oklahoma's 6th Glenn English (D) Resigned January 7, 1994 to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Frank Lucas (R) May 10, 1994
Kentucky's 2nd William H. Natcher (D) Died March 29, 1994 Ron Lewis (R) May 24, 1994
New Jersey 11th Dean Gallo (R) Died November 6, 1994 Vacant for remainder of term
Oklahoma's 1st Jim Inhofe (R) Resigned November 15, 1994 when elected to the U.S. Senate Steve Largent (R) November 29, 1994

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