108th_United_States_Congress

108th United States Congress

108th United States Congress

United States Capitol (2002)
Session: January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2005
President of the Senate: Dick Cheney
President pro tempore of the Senate: Ted Stevens
Speaker of the House: Dennis Hastert
Members: 435 Representatives
100 Senators
5 Territorial Representatives
House Majority: Republican
Senate Majority: Republican
The 108th United States Congress was the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2005, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.

House members were elected in the 2002 general election on November 5, 2002. Senators were elected in three classes in the 1998 general election on November 3, 1998, 2000 general election on November 7, 2000, or 2002 general election on November 5, 2002. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-second Census of the United States in 2000. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Dates of sessions

January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005

  • First session: January 7, 2003 – December 8, 2003
  • Second session: January 20, 2004 – December 8, 2004

Previous: 107th Congress • Next: 109th Congress

Major events

Major legislation

Enacted

Proposed, but not enacted

Party summary

Senate

The party summary for the Senate remained the same during the entire 108th Congress.

Affiliation       Total

Republican Democratic Independent
Members
(shading indicates
majority caucus)
51 48 1 100
Voting share 51% 49%

Notes Caucused with
the Democrats

House of Representatives

Due to resignations and special elections, Republicans lost a net of two seats to the Democrats. All seats were filled though special elections. (See Changes in membership, below.)

Affiliation Party
(shading indicates majority caucus)
Total

       

Republican Democratic Independent Vacant
Begin (2003-01-03) 229 205 1 435 0

2003-05-31 228 434 1

2003-06-05 229 435 0

2003-12-09 228 434 1

2004-01-20 227 433 2

2004-02-17 206 434 1

2004-06-01 207 435 0

2004-06-09 206 434 1

2004-07-20 207 435 0

2004-08-31 226 434 1

2004-09-23 225 433 2

Latest voting share 52% 48%
Notes Caucused with
the Democrats

Non-voting members 1 4 0 5 0

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

Senate

Senator Party State Hometown Class First took
office
Richard Shelby Republican Alabama Tuscaloosa 3 1987 Jeff Sessions Republican Mobile 2 1997 Ted Stevens Republican Alaska Girdwood 2 1969 Lisa Murkowski Republican Anchorage 3 2002 John McCain Republican Arizona Phoenix 3 1987 Jon Kyl Republican Phoenix 1 1995 Blanche Lincoln Democrat Arkansas Helena 3 1999 Mark Pryor Democrat Fayetteville 2 2003 Dianne Feinstein Democrat California San Francisco 1 1992 Barbara Boxer Democrat Greenbrae 3 1993 Ben Nighthorse Campbell Republican Colorado Ignacio 3 1993 Wayne Allard Republican Loveland 2 1997 Christopher Dodd Democrat Connecticut East Haddam 3 1981 Joseph Lieberman Democrat New Haven 1 1989 Joe Biden Democrat Delaware Wilmington 2 1973 Thomas Carper Democrat Wilmington 1 2001 Bob Graham Democrat Florida Miami Lakes 3 1987 Bill Nelson Democrat Orlando 1 2001 Zell Miller Democrat Georgia Young Harris 3 2000 Saxby Chambliss Republican Moultrie 2 2003 Daniel Inouye Democrat Hawaii Honolulu 3 1963 Daniel Akaka Democrat Honolulu 1 1991 Larry Craig Republican Idaho Eagle 2 1991 Mike Crapo Republican Idaho Falls 3 1999 Richard Durbin Democrat Illinois Springfield 2 1997 Peter Fitzgerald Republican Inverness 3 1999 Richard Lugar Republican Indiana Indianapolis 1 1977 Evan Bayh Democrat Indianapolis 3 1999 Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa New Hartford 3 1981 Tom Harkin Democrat Cumming 2 1985 Sam Brownback Republican Kansas Topeka 3 1996 Pat Roberts Republican Dodge City 2 1997 Mitch McConnell Republican Kentucky Louisville 2 1985 Jim Bunning Republican Southgate 3 1999 John Breaux Democrat Louisiana Crowley 3 1987 Mary Landrieu Democrat New Orleans 2 1997 Olympia Snowe Republican Maine Auburn 1 1995 Susan Collins Republican Bangor 2 1997 Paul Sarbanes Democrat Maryland Baltimore 1 1977 Barbara Mikulski Democrat Baltimore 3 1987 Edward Kennedy Democrat Massachusetts Hyannis Port 1 1962 John Kerry Democrat Boston 2 1985 Carl Levin Democrat Michigan Detroit 2 1979 Debbie Stabenow Democrat Lansing 1 2001 Mark Dayton Democrat Minnesota Minneapolis 1 2001 Norm Coleman Republican Saint Paul 2 2003 Thad Cochran Republican Mississippi Jackson 2 1979 Trent Lott Republican Pascagoula 1 1989 Kit Bond Republican Missouri Mexico 3 1987 James Talent Republican Chesterfield 1 2002 Max Baucus Democrat Montana Helena 2 1979 Conrad Burns Republican Billings 1 1989 Chuck Hagel Republican Nebraska Omaha 2 1997 Ben Nelson Democrat Omaha 1 2001 Harry Reid Democrat Nevada Searchlight 3 1987 John Ensign Republican Las Vegas 1 2001 Judd Gregg Republican New Hampshire Rye 3 1993 John E. Sununu Republican Waterville Valley 2 2003 Jon Corzine Democrat New Jersey Hoboken 1 2001 Frank Lautenberg Democrat Cliffside Park 2 2003 Pete Domenici Republican New Mexico Albuquerque 2 1973 Jeff Bingaman Democrat Santa Fe 1 1983 Charles Schumer Democrat New York Brooklyn 3 1999 Hillary Clinton Democrat Chappaqua 1 2001 John Edwards Democrat North Carolina Raleigh 3 1999 Elizabeth Dole Republican Salisbury 2 2003 Kent Conrad Democrat North Dakota Bismarck 1 1987 Byron Dorgan Democrat Bismarck 3 1993 Mike DeWine Republican Ohio Cedarville 1 1995 George Voinovich Republican Cleveland 3 1999 Don Nickles Republican Oklahoma Ponca City 3 1981 James Inhofe Republican Tulsa 2 1995 Ron Wyden Democrat Oregon Portland 3 1997 Gordon Smith Republican Pendleton 2 1997 Arlen Specter Republican Pennsylvania Philadelphia 3 1981 Rick Santorum Republican Penn Hills 1 1995 Jack Reed Democrat Rhode Island Cranston 2 1997 Lincoln Chafee Republican Warwick 1 1999 Ernest Hollings Democrat South Carolina Charleston 3 1966 Lindsey Graham Republican Seneca 2 2003 Tom Daschle Democrat South Dakota Aberdeen 3 1987 Tim Johnson Democrat Vermillion 2 1997 Bill Frist Republican Tennessee Nashville 1 1995 Lamar Alexander Republican Maryville 2 2003 Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Texas Dallas 1 1993 John Cornyn Republican San Antonio 2 2003 Orrin Hatch Republican Utah Salt Lake City 1 1977 Robert Bennett Republican Salt Lake City 3 1993 Patrick Leahy Democrat Vermont Middlesex 3 1975 James Jeffords Independent Shrewsbury 1 1989 John Warner Republican Virginia Alexandria 2 1979 George Allen Republican Mount Vernon 1 2001 Patty Murray Democrat Washington Seattle 3 1993 Maria Cantwell Democrat Edmonds 1 2001 Robert Byrd Democrat West Virginia Sophia 1 1959 Jay Rockefeller Democrat Charleston 2 1985 Herbert Kohl Democrat Wisconsin Milwaukee 1 1989 Russ Feingold Democrat Middleton 3 1993 Craig Thomas Republican Wyoming Casper 1 1995 Michael Enzi Republican Gillette 2 1997

† Previously served 1983–2001.

House of Representatives

See also: List of United States Congressional districts, for maps of congressional districts.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide At-large, are preceded by "At-large" and the names of those elected from districts are preceded by the district number.

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

Changes in membership

Senate

No changes occurred.

House of Representatives

Representative District Reason for Vacancy Successor Date of Election of Successor Larry Combest Texas-19 Resigned May 31, 2003 for personal reasons Randy Neugebauer June 5, 2003 Ernie Fletcher Kentucky-6 Resigned December 9, 2003 to become Governor of Kentucky. Ben Chandler February 17, 2004 Bill Janklow South Dakota-At-large Resigned January 20, 2004 because of a December 2003 felony conviction in relation to a traffic accident. Stephanie Herseth June 1, 2004 Frank Ballance North Carolina-1 Resigned June 9, 2004 as a result of health problems. G. K. Butterfield July 20, 2004 Doug Bereuter Nebraska-1 Resigned August 31, 2004 to head the Asia Foundation. Vacant until next Congress Porter Goss Florida-14 Resigned September 23, 2004 to head the CIA. Vacant until next Congress

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

External links

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