| 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 |
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.
Previous: 107th Congress • Next: 109th Congress
| Affiliation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Democratic | Independent | ||
| Members (shading indicates
majority caucus) | 51 | 48 | 1 | 100 |
| Voting share | 51% | 49% | ||
| Notes | Caucused with the Democrats | |||
| 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 |
† Previously served 1983–2001.
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.
| 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 | ||||||||||
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: Jeff Trandahl