Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000), October 2000.
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                 POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE U.S. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1855 (34th CONGRESS) TO 1999 (106th 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  .........
106th.........................    1999-2001      100         45         55  .......  .........            435         211        223        1  .........
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\1\ Democrats organized House with help of other parties.      \2\ Democrats organized House because of Republican deaths.
\3\ Proclamation declaring Alaska a State issued January 3, 1959.
\4\ Proclamation declaring Hawaii a State issued August 21, 1959.