Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
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                 POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE U.S. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1855 (34th CONGRESS) TO 1997 (105th CONGRESS)                 

                             [All Figures Reflect Immediate Result of Elections. Figures supplied by the Clerk of the House]                            
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             Congress                  Years      No. of              Repub-   Other                   No. of                 Repub-   Other            
                                                 Senators  Democrats  licans  parties  Vacancies  Representatives  Democrats  licans  parties  Vacancies
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 34th.............................    1855-1857       62         42       15        5  .........            234          83      108       43  .........
 35th.............................    1857-1859       64         39       20        5  .........            237         131       92       14  .........
 36th.............................    1859-1861       66         38       26        2  .........            237         101      113       23  .........
 37th.............................    1861-1863       50         11       31        7         1             178          42      106       28         2 
 38th.............................    1863-1865       51         12       39  .......  .........            183          80      103  .......  .........
 39th.............................    1865-1867       52         10       42  .......  .........            191          46      145  .......  .........
 40th.............................    1867-1869       53         11       42  .......  .........            193          49      143  .......         1 
 41st.............................    1869-1871       74         11       61  .......         2             243          73      170  .......  .........
 42d..............................    1871-1873       74         17       57  .......  .........            243         104      139  .......  .........
 43d..............................    1873-1875       74         19       54  .......         1             293          88      203  .......         2 
 44th.............................    1875-1877       76         29       46  .......         1             293         181      107        3         2 
 45th.............................    1877-1879       76         36       39        1  .........            293         156      137  .......  .........
 46th.............................    1879-1881       76         43       33  .......  .........            293         150      128       14         1 
 47th.............................    1881-1883       76         37       37        2  .........            293         130      152       11  .........
 48th.............................    1883-1885       76         36       40  .......  .........            325         200      119        6  .........
 49th.............................    1885-1887       76         34       41  .......         1             325         182      140        2         1 
 50th.............................    1887-1889       76         37       39  .......  .........            325         170      151        4  .........
 51st.............................    1889-1891       84         37       47  .......  .........            330         156      173        1  .........
 52d..............................    1891-1893       88         39       47        2  .........            333         231       88       14  .........
 53d..............................    1893-1895       88         44       38        3         3             356         220      126       10  .........
 54th.............................    1895-1897       88         39       44        5  .........            357         104      246        7  .........
 55th.............................    1897-1899       90         34       46       10  .........            357         134      206       16         1 
 56th.............................    1899-1901       90         26       53       11  .........            357         163      185        9  .........
 57th.............................    1901-1903       90         29       56        3         2             357         153      198        5         1 
 58th.............................    1903-1905       90         32       58  .......  .........            386         178      207  .......         1 
 59th.............................    1905-1907       90         32       58  .......  .........            386         136      250  .......  .........
 60th.............................    1907-1909       92         29       61  .......         2             386         164      222  .......  .........
 61st.............................    1909-1911       92         32       59  .......         1             391         172      219  .......  .........
 62d..............................    1911-1913       92         42       49  .......         1             391         228      162        1  .........
 63d..............................    1913-1915       96         51       44        1  .........            435         290      127       18  .........
 64th.............................    1915-1917       96         56       39        1  .........            435         231      193        8         3 
 65th.............................    1917-1919       96         53       42        1  .........            435     \1\ 210      216        9  .........
 66th.............................    1919-1921       96         47       48        1  .........            435         191      237        7  .........
 67th.............................    1921-1923       96         37       59  .......  .........            435         132      300        1         2 
 68th.............................    1923-1925       96         43       51        2  .........            435         207      225        3  .........
 69th.............................    1925-1927       96         40       54        1         1             435         183      247        5  .........
 70th.............................    1927-1929       96         47       48        1  .........            435         195      237        3  .........
 71st.............................    1929-1931       96         39       56        1  .........            435         163      267        1         4 
 72d..............................    1931-1933       96         47       48        1  .........            435     \2\ 216      218        1  .........
 73d..............................    1933-1935       96         59       36        1  .........            435         313      117        5  .........
 74th.............................    1935-1937       96         69       25        2  .........            435         322      103       10  .........
 75th.............................    1937-1939       96         75       17        4  .........            435         333       89       13  .........
 76th.............................    1939-1941       96         69       23        4  .........            435         262      169        4  .........
 77th.............................    1941-1943       96         66       28        2  .........            435         267      162        6  .........
 78th.............................    1943-1945       96         57       38        1  .........            435         222      209        4  .........
 79th.............................    1945-1947       96         57       38        1  .........            435         243      190        2  .........
 80th.............................    1947-1949       96         45       51  .......  .........            435         188      246        1  .........
 81st.............................    1949-1951       96         54       42  .......  .........            435         263      171        1  .........
 82d..............................    1951-1953       96         48       47        1  .........            435         234      199        2  .........
 83d..............................    1953-1955       96         46       48        2  .........            435         213      221        1  .........
 84th.............................    1955-1957       96         48       47        1  .........            435         232      203  .......  .........
 85th.............................    1957-1959       96         49       47  .......  .........            435         234      201  .......  .........
 86th.............................    1959-1961       98         64       34  .......  .........        \3\ 436         283      153  .......  .........
 87th.............................    1961-1963      100         64       36  .......  .........        \4\ 437         262      175  .......  .........
 88th.............................    1963-1965      100         67       33  .......  .........            435         258      176  .......         1 
 89th.............................    1965-1967      100         68       32  .......  .........            435         295      140  .......  .........
 90th.............................    1967-1969      100         64       36  .......  .........            435         248      187  .......  .........
 91st.............................    1969-1971      100         58       42  .......  .........            435         243      192  .......  .........
 92d..............................    1971-1973      100         54       44        2  .........            435         255      180  .......  .........
 93d..............................    1973-1975      100         56       42        2  .........            435         242      192        1  .........
 94th.............................    1975-1977      100         60       37        2  .........            435         291      144        1  .........
 95th.............................    1977-1979      100         61       38        1  .........            435         292      143  .......  .........
 96th.............................    1979-1981      100         58       41        1  .........            435         277      158  .......  .........
 97th.............................    1981-1983      100         46       53        1  .........            435         242      192        1  .........
 98th.............................    1983-1985      100         46       54  .......  .........            435         269      166  .......  .........
 99th.............................    1985-1987      100         47       53  .......  .........            435         253      182  .......  .........
100th.............................    1987-1989      100         55       45  .......  .........            435         258      177  .......  .........
101st.............................    1989-1991      100         55       45  .......  .........            435         260      175  .......  .........
102d..............................    1991-1993      100         56       44  .......  .........            435         267      167        1  .........
103d..............................    1993-1995      100         57       43  .......  .........            435         258      176        1  .........
104th.............................    1995-1997      100         48       52  .......  .........            435         204      230        1  .........
105th.............................    1997-1999      100         45       55  .......  .........            435         207      226        2  .........
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\1\ Democrats organized House with help of other parties.                                                                                               
\2\ Democrats organized House due to Republican deaths.                                                                                                 
\3\ Proclamation declaring Alaska a State issued January 3, 1959.                                                                                       
\4\ Proclamation declaring Hawaii a State issued August 21, 1959.                                                                                       


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