102nd United States Congress Totally Explained

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102nd United States Congress
United States Capitol (2002)
Session:	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
President of the Senate:	Dan Quayle
President pro tempore of the Senate:	Robert Byrd
Speaker of the House:	Tom Foley
Members:	435 Representatives 100 Senators 5 Territorial Representatives
House Majority:	Democratic
Senate Majority:	Democratic

The One Hundred Second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3 1991 to January 3 1993, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Twentieth Census of the United States in 1980. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993

First session: January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1992
Second session: January 3, 1992 – October 9, 1992 Previous congress: 101st Congress
Next congress: 103rd Congress

Notable events

January 1991: First Gulf War

November 1992: Election of president Bill Clinton

Major Legislation

November 21, 1991 — Civil Rights Act of 1991,,

December 9, 1991 — High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991,

October 9 1992 — Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992,,

October 23, 1992 — Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act, (div. A, title XV),

October 28, 1992 — Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act,,

October 28, 1992 — Land Remote Sensing Policy Act,,

Party summary

Senate

Total		100
Affiliation		Members	Democratic Party	56 --> 57	Republican Party	44 --> 43

House of Representatives

Total		435
Affiliation		Members	Voting share	Democratic Party	270	62.1%
Republican Party	164	37.7%
Independent	1	0.2%

Officers

Senate

Office		Officer	Party	State	President of the Senate	Dan Quayle	Republican	Indiana	President pro tempore	Robert Byrd	Democratic	West Virginia

Majority leadership

Office		Officer	Party	State	Majority Leader	George Mitchell	Democratic	Maine	Majority Whip	Wendell Ford	Democratic	Kentucky

Minority leadership

Office		Officer	Party	State	Minority Leader	Bob Dole	Republican	Kansas	Minority Whip	Alan Simpson	Republican	Wyoming

House of Representatives

Office		Officer	Party	State	Speaker	Tom Foley	Democratic	Washington

Majority leadership

Minority 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

Howell T. Heflin (D)

Richard C. Shelby (D) � Alaska

Theodore F. Stevens (R)

Frank H. Murkowski (R) � Arizona

Dennis DeConcini (D)

John S. McCain III (R) � Arkansas

Dale Bumpers (D)

David Pryor (D) � California

Alan Cranston (D)

John F. Seymour (R) � Colorado

Tim Wirth (D)

Hank Brown (R) � Connecticut

Christopher J. Dodd (D)

Joseph I. Lieberman (D) � Delaware

William V. Roth, Jr. (R)

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) � Florida

Bob Graham (D)

Connie Mack (R) � Georgia

Sam Nunn (D)

Wyche Fowler, Jr. (D) � Hawaii

Daniel K. Inouye (D)

Daniel K. Akaka (D) � Idaho

Steve Symms (R)

Larry Craig (R) � Illinois

Alan J. Dixon (D)

Paul Simon (D) � Indiana

Richard G. Lugar (R)

Daniel R. Coats (R) � Iowa

Chuck Grassley (R)

Tom Harkin (D) � Kansas

Bob Dole (R)

Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R) � Kentucky

Wendell H. Ford (D)

Mitch McConnell (R) � Louisiana

J. Bennett Johnston (D)

John B. Breaux (D) � Maine

William S. Cohen (R)

George J. Mitchell (D) � Maryland

Paul S. Sarbanes (D)

Barbara A. Mikulski (D) � Massachusetts

Edward M. Kennedy (D)

John F. Kerry (D) � Michigan

Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (D)

Carl Levin (D) � Minnesota

David Durenberger (R)

Paul Wellstone (DFL) � Mississippi

W. Thad Cochran (R)

C. Trent Lott Jr. (R) � Missouri

John C. Danforth (R)

Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (R)

� Montana

Max Baucus (D)

Conrad Burns (R) � Nebraska

Jim Exon (D)

J. Robert Kerrey (D) � Nevada

Harry Reid (D)

Richard H. Bryan (D) � New Hampshire

Warren B. Rudman (R)

Bob Smith (R) � New Jersey

Bill Bradley (D)

Frank R. Lautenberg (D) � New Mexico

Peter V. Domenici (R)

Jesse F. "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (D) � New York

Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D)

Alfonse M. D'Amato (R) � North Carolina

Jesse Helms (R)

Terry Sanford (D) � North Dakota

Quentin N. Burdick (D), died September 8, 1992 � Jocelyn Burdick (D), appointed to fill vacancy

:Kent Conrad (D), elected to fill vacancy, installed December 14, 1992

Kent Conrad (D), wasn't a candidate for reelection, but resigned to assume Burdick's vacant seat to which he was elected December 14, 1992 � :Byron Dorgan (D), installed December 15, 1992 having won regular election to the 103rd Congress

� Ohio

John H. Glenn Jr. (D)

Howard M. Metzenbaum (D) � Oklahoma

David L. Boren (D)

Don Nickles (R) � Oregon

Mark O. Hatfield (R)

Bob Packwood (R) � Pennsylvania

Arlen Specter (R)

John Heinz (R), died April 4, 1991 � *Harris Wofford (D), appointed to fill vacancy May 9, 1991

� Rhode Island

Claiborne Pell (D)

John H. Chafee (R) � South Carolina

Strom Thurmond (R)

Ernest F. Hollings (D) � South Dakota

Larry Pressler (R)

Thomas A. Daschle (D) � Tennessee

Jim Sasser (D)

Al Gore (D) � Texas

Lloyd Bentsen (D)

Phil Gramm (R) � Utah

Jake Garn (R)

Orrin G. Hatch (R) � Vermont

Patrick Leahy (D)

James Jeffords (R) � Virginia

John W. Warner (R)

Charles S. Robb (D) � Washington

Brock Adams (D)

Slade Gorton (R) � West Virginia

Robert C. Byrd (D)

John D. Rockefeller IV (D) � Wisconsin

Herb Kohl (D)

Bob Kasten (R) � Wyoming

Malcolm Wallop (R)

Alan K. Simpson (R)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide at-large, are preceded by an "At-Large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

� Alabama

Sonny Callahan (R)

Bill Dickinson (R)

Glen Browder (D)

Tom Bevill (D)

Robert E. Cramer (D)

Ben Erdreich (D)

Claude Harris (D) � Alaska

Don Young (R) � Arizona

John J. Rhodes III (R)