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105th United States Congress

105th United States Congress
United States Capitol (2002)
Session:	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999
President of the Senate:	Al Gore
President pro tempore of the Senate:	Strom Thurmond
Speaker of the House:	Newt Gingrich
Members:	435 Representatives 100 Senators 5 Territorial Representatives
House Majority:	Republican
Senate Majority:	Republican

The One Hundred Fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3 1997 to January 3 1999, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Dates of sessions

January 3 1997 – January 3 1999

First session: January 7 1997 – November 13 1997
Second session: January 27 1998 – December 19 1998

Previous congress: 104th Congress • Next congress: 106th Congress

Major events

1998-05-18 - United States v. Microsoft decision
1998-08-07 - 1998 U.S. embassy bombings
1998-12-19 - House of Representatives impeached President Clinton,

Major legislation

August 5, 1997 — Balanced Budget Act of 1997, ,
August 5, 1997 — Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, ,
June 9, 1998 — Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, ,
July 22, 1998 — Taxpayer Bill of Rights III, , title III,
August 7, 1998 — Workforce Investment Act, ,
October 21, 1998 — Child Online Privacy Protection Act, , div. C, title XIV,
October 27, 1998 — Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, , title I,
October 28, 1998 — Digital Millennium Copyright Act (including the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act), ,
October 31, 1998 — Iraq Liberation Act, ,

Party summary

Senate

Total		100
Affiliation		Members	Note	Republican Party	55	shifted to 54 twice	Democratic Party	45	shifted to 46 twice

House of Representatives

Total		435		5
Affiliation		Members	Voting share	Delegates and Resident Commissioner	Note	Republican Party	228	52.4%	1		Democratic Party	206	47.4%	4		Independent	1	0.2%	-	Caucuses with the Democrats
	Vacant	0	0.0%	-

Officers

Senate

Office		Senator / Vice-President	Party	State	President of the Senate	Al Gore	Democratic	Tennessee	President pro tempore	Strom Thurmond	Republican	South Carolina	Majority Leader	Trent Lott	Republican	Mississippi	Minority Leader	Tom Daschle	Democratic	South Dakota	Majority Whip	Don Nickles	Republican	Oklahoma	Minority Whip	Wendell Hampton Ford	Democratic	Kentucky

House of Representatives

Office		Representative	Party	State	Speaker of the House	Newt Gingrich	Republican	Georgia	Majority Leader	Dick Armey	Republican	Texas	Minority Leader	Dick Gephardt	Democratic	Missouri	Majority Whip	Tom DeLay	Republican	Texas	Minority Whip	David Bonior	Democratic	Michigan

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	Frank Murkowski	Republican	Fairbanks	3	1981	John McCain	Republican	Arizona	Phoenix	3	1987	Jon Kyl	Republican	Phoenix	1	1995	Dale Bumpers	Democratic	Arkansas	Charleston	3	1975	Tim Hutchinson	Republican	Bentonville	2	1997	Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	California	San Francisco	1	1992	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	Greenbrae	3	1993	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Republican	Colorado	Ignacio	3	1993	Wayne Allard	Republican	Loveland	2	1997	Christopher Dodd	Democratic	Connecticut	East Haddam	3	1981	Joseph Lieberman	Democratic	New Haven	1	1989	William Roth	Republican	Delaware	Wilmington	1	1971	Joe Biden	Democratic	Wilmington	2	1973	Bob Graham	Democratic	Florida	Miami Lakes	3	1987	Connie Mack	Republican	Cape Coral	1	1989	Paul Coverdell	Republican	Georgia	Atlanta	3	1993	Max Cleland	Democratic	Lithonia	2	1997	Daniel Inouye	Democratic	Hawaii	Honolulu	3	1963	Daniel Akaka	Democratic	Honolulu	1	1991	Larry Craig	Republican	Idaho	Payette	2	1991	Dirk Kempthorne	Republican	Boise	3	1993	Carol Moseley-Braun	Democratic	Illinois	Chicago	3	1993	Richard Durbin	Democratic	Springfield	2	1997	Richard Lugar	Republican	Indiana	Indianapolis	1	1977	Dan Coats	Republican	Fort Wayne	3	1989	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	Cedar Falls	3	1981	Tom Harkin	Democratic	Cumming	2	1985	Sam Brownback	Republican	Kansas	Topeka	3	1996	Pat Roberts	Republican	Dodge City	2	1997	Wendell Hampton Ford	Democratic	Kentucky	Owensboro	3	1974	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Louisville	2	1985	John Breaux	Democratic	Louisiana	Crowley	3	1987	Mary Landrieu	Democratic	New Orleans	2	1997	Olympia Snowe	Republican	Maine	Auburn	1	1995	Susan Collins	Republican	Bangor	2	1997	Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	Maryland	Baltimore	1	1977	Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	Baltimore	3	1987	Edward Kennedy	Democratic	Massachusetts	Hyannis Port	1	1962	John Kerry	Democratic	Boston	2	1985	Carl Levin	Democratic	Michigan	Detroit	2	1979	Spencer Abraham	Republican	Auburn Hills	1	1995	Paul Wellstone	Democratic	Minnesota	Northfield	2	1991	Rod Grams	Republican	Ramsey	1	1995	Thad Cochran	Republican	Mississippi	Jackson	2	1979	Trent Lott	Republican	Pascagoula	1	1989	Kit Bond	Republican	Missouri	Mexico	3	1987	John Ashcroft	Republican	Willard	1	1995	Max Baucus	Democratic	Montana	Helena	2	1979	Conrad Burns	Republican	Billings	1	1989	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	Nebraska	Omaha	1	1989	Chuck Hagel	Republican	Omaha	2	1997	Harry Reid	Democratic	Nevada	Searchlight	3	1987	Richard Bryan	Democratic	Las Vegas	1	1989	Bob Smith	Republican	New Hampshire	Tuftonboro	2	1990	Judd Gregg	Republican	Greenfield	3	1993	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	New Jersey	Cliffside Park	1	1982	Robert Torricelli	Democratic	Englewood	2	1997	Pete Domenici	Republican	New Mexico	Albuquerque	2	1973	Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	Santa Fe	1	1983	Daniel Patrick Moynihan	Democratic	New York	Oneonta	1	1977	Al D'Amato	Republican	Island Park	3	1981	Jesse Helms	Republican	North Carolina	Raleigh	2	1973	Lauch Faircloth	Republican	Clinton	3	1993	Kent Conrad	Democratic	North Dakota	Bismarck	1	1987	Byron Dorgan	Democratic	Bismarck	3	1993	John Glenn	Democratic	Ohio	Columbus	3	1974	Mike DeWine	Republican	Yellowsprings	1	1995	Don Nickles	Republican	Oklahoma	Ponca City	3	1981	James Inhofe	Republican	Tulsa	2	1995	Ron Wyden	Democratic	Oregon	Portland	3	1997	Gordon Smith	Republican	Pendleton	2	1997	Arlen Specter	Republican	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3	1981	Rick Santorum	Republican	Mount Lebanon	1	1995	John Chafee	Republican	Rhode Island	Warwick	1	1977	Jack Reed	Democratic	Cranston	2	1997	Strom Thurmond	Republican	South Carolina	Aiken	2	1954	Ernest Hollings	Democratic	Charleston	3	1966	Tom Daschle	Democratic	South Dakota	Aberdeen	3	1987	Tim Johnson	Democratic	Vermillion	2	1997	Fred Thompson	Republican	Tennessee	Nashville	2	1994	Bill Frist	Republican	Nashville	1	1995	Phil Gramm	Republican	Texas	College Station	2	1985	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Dallas	1	1993	Orrin Hatch	Republican	Utah	Salt Lake City	1	1977	Robert Bennett	Republican	Salt Lake City	3	1993	Patrick Leahy	Democratic	Vermont	Burlington	3	1975	James Jeffords	Republican	Shrewsbury	1	1989	John Warner	Republican	Virginia	Alexandria	2	1979	Chuck Robb	Democratic	McLean	1	1989	Slade Gorton	Republican	Washington	Seattle	1	1989 (previously served 1981-1987)	Patty Murray	Democratic	Seattle	3	1993	Robert Byrd	Democratic	West Virginia	Sophia	1	1959	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	Charleston	2	1985	Herbert Kohl	Democratic	Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1	1989	Russ Feingold	Democratic	Middleton	3	1993	Craig Thomas	Republican	Wyoming	Casper	1	1995	Michael Enzi	Republican	Gillette	2	1997

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.

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