92nd United States Congress

The 92nd 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, D.C., from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1973, during the third and fourth years of Richard Nixon's presidency.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1960 census. Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority.

Major events
Passing legislation on revenue-sharing was a key event of the congress. President Richard Nixon had it listed on his list of top policies to cover for the year. Nixon signed the bill into law at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The law gained support from many state and local officials including: San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto whose city received $27 million in revenue-sharing money in the first year. Alioto said that many projects that would not have been possible could now be done, "That will effectively enable us to meet those programs which up to now because of very tough budgeting we've had to trench."

Major legislation

 * December 18, 1971: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, ,
 * December 23, 1971: National Cancer Act, ,
 * February 7, 1972: Federal Election Campaign Act, ,
 * March 24, 1972: Equal Employment Opportunity Act, ,
 * June 23, 1972: Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act, ,
 * October 6, 1972: Federal Advisory Committee Act, ,
 * October 18, 1972: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, ,
 * October 21, 1972: Marine Mammal Protection Act, ,
 * October 27, 1972: Consumer Product Safety Act, ,
 * October 27, 1972: Noise Control Act, ,
 * October 27, 1972: Coastal Zone Management Act, ,

Constitutional amendments

 * March 23, 1971: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
 * July 1, 1971: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states (38) to become part of the Constitution
 * March 22, 1972: Approved an amendment to the Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
 * This amendment, commonly known as the Equal Rights Amendment, was later rendered inoperative, as it was not ratified within the seven–year time frame set by Congress (nor the later time extension granted)

Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the Changes in membership section.

Senate

 * President: Spiro Agnew (R)
 * President pro tempore:
 * Richard Russell Jr. (D), until January 21, 1971
 * Allen J. Ellender (D), January 22, 1971 – July 27, 1972
 * James Eastland (D), from July 28, 1972
 * Permanent Acting President pro tempore: Lee Metcalf (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield
 * Majority Whip: Robert Byrd
 * Caucus Secretary: Frank Moss

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Hugh Scott
 * Minority Whip: Robert P. Griffin
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Margaret Chase Smith
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Norris Cotton
 * National Senatorial Committee Chair: Peter H. Dominick
 * Policy Committee Chairman: Gordon Allott

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Carl Albert (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Hale Boggs
 * Majority Whip: Tip O'Neill
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Olin E. Teague
 * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Tip O'Neill

Minority (Republican) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Gerald Ford
 * Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends
 * Republican Conference Chairman: John B. Anderson
 * Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Robert Stafford then Samuel L. Devine
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Richard H. Poff then Jack Edwards
 * Policy Committee Chairman: John Jacob Rhodes
 * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Bob Wilson

Caucuses

 * Congressional Black Caucus
 * House Democratic Caucus
 * Senate Democratic Caucus

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of class, 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. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1976; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1974.

Alabama

 * 2. John J. Sparkman (D)
 * 3. James Allen (D)

Alaska

 * 2. Ted Stevens (R)
 * 3. Mike Gravel (D)

Arizona

 * 1. Paul Fannin (R)
 * 3. Barry Goldwater (R)

Arkansas

 * 2. John L. McClellan (D)
 * 3. J. William Fulbright (D)

California

 * 1. John V. Tunney (D)
 * 3. Alan Cranston (D)

Colorado

 * 2. Gordon Allott (R)
 * 3. Peter H. Dominick (R)

Connecticut

 * 1. Lowell Weicker (R)
 * 3. Abraham Ribicoff (D)

Delaware

 * 1. William Roth (R)
 * 2. J. Caleb Boggs (R)

Florida

 * 1. Lawton Chiles (D)
 * 3. Edward Gurney (R)

Georgia

 * 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D), until January 21, 1971
 * David H. Gambrell (D), February 1, 1971 – November 7, 1972
 * Sam Nunn (D), from November 7, 1972
 * 3. Herman Talmadge (D)

Hawaii

 * 1. Hiram Fong (R)
 * 3. Daniel Inouye (D)

Idaho

 * 2. Leonard B. Jordan (R)
 * 3. Frank Church (D)

Illinois

 * 2. Charles H. Percy (R)
 * 3. Adlai Stevenson III (D)

Indiana

 * 1. Vance Hartke (D)
 * 3. Birch Bayh (D)

Iowa

 * 2. Jack Miller (R)
 * 3. Harold Hughes (D)

Kansas

 * 2. James B. Pearson (R)
 * 3. Bob Dole (R)

Kentucky

 * 2. John Sherman Cooper (R)
 * 3. Marlow Cook (R)

Louisiana

 * 2. Allen J. Ellender (D), until July 27, 1972
 * Elaine Edwards (D), August 1, 1972 – November 13, 1972
 * J. Bennett Johnston (D), from November 14, 1972
 * 3. Russell B. Long (D)

Maine

 * 1. Edmund Muskie (D)
 * 2. Margaret Chase Smith (R)

Maryland

 * 1. J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R)
 * 3. Charles Mathias (R)

Massachusetts

 * 1. Ted Kennedy (D)
 * 2. Edward Brooke (R)

Michigan

 * 1. Philip Hart (D)
 * 2. Robert P. Griffin (R)

Minnesota

 * 1. Hubert Humphrey (DFL)
 * 2. Walter Mondale (DFL)

Mississippi

 * 1. John C. Stennis (D)
 * 2. James Eastland (D)

Missouri

 * 1. Stuart Symington (D)
 * 3. Thomas Eagleton (D)

Montana

 * 1. Mike Mansfield (D)
 * 2. Lee Metcalf (D)

Nebraska

 * 1. Roman Hruska (R)
 * 2. Carl Curtis (R)

Nevada

 * 1. Howard Cannon (D)
 * 3. Alan Bible (D)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Thomas J. McIntyre (D)
 * 3. Norris Cotton (R)

New Jersey

 * 1. Harrison A. Williams (D)
 * 2. Clifford P. Case (R)

New Mexico

 * 1. Joseph Montoya (D)
 * 2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

New York

 * 1. James L. Buckley (C)
 * 3. Jacob Javits (R)

North Carolina

 * 2. B. Everett Jordan (D)
 * 3. Sam Ervin (D)

North Dakota

 * 1. Quentin Burdick (D-NPL)
 * 3. Milton Young (R)

Ohio

 * 3. William B. Saxbe (R)
 * 1. Robert Taft Jr. (R)

Oklahoma

 * 2. Fred R. Harris (D)
 * 3. Henry Bellmon (R)

Oregon

 * 2. Mark Hatfield (R)
 * 3. Bob Packwood (R)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Hugh Scott (R)
 * 3. Richard Schweiker (R)

Rhode Island

 * 1. John Pastore (D)
 * 2. Claiborne Pell (D)

South Carolina

 * 2. Strom Thurmond (R)
 * 3. Fritz Hollings (D)

South Dakota

 * 2. Karl E. Mundt (R)
 * 3. George McGovern (D)

Tennessee

 * 1. Bill Brock (R)
 * 2. Howard Baker (R)

Texas

 * 1. Lloyd Bentsen (D)
 * 2. John Tower (R)

Utah

 * 1. Frank Moss (D)
 * 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

Vermont

 * 1. Winston L. Prouty (R), until September 10, 1971
 * Robert Stafford (R), from September 16, 1971
 * 3. George Aiken (R)

Virginia

 * 1. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (I)
 * 2. William B. Spong Jr. (D)

Washington

 * 1. Henry M. Jackson (D)
 * 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia

 * 1. Robert Byrd (D)
 * 2. Jennings Randolph (D)

Wisconsin

 * 1. William Proxmire (D)
 * 3. Gaylord Nelson (D)

Wyoming

 * 1. Gale W. McGee (D)
 * 2. Clifford Hansen (R)



House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama
(5–3 Democratic)
 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Jack Edwards (R)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. William Louis Dickinson (R)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. George W. Andrews (D), until December 25, 1971
 * Elizabeth B. Andrews (D), from April 4, 1972
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Bill Nichols (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Walter Flowers (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. John Hall Buchanan Jr. (R)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. Tom Bevill (D)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district. Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)

Alaska
(1 Democrat)
 * Alaska's at-large congressional district. Nick Begich (D), until December 29, 1972

Arizona
(2–1 Republican)
 * Arizona's 1st congressional district. John Jacob Rhodes (R)
 * Arizona's 2nd congressional district. Mo Udall (D)
 * Arizona's 3rd congressional district. Sam Steiger (R)

Arkansas
(3–1 Democratic)
 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. Wilbur Mills (D)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. John Paul Hammerschmidt (R)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. David Pryor (D)

California
(20–18 Democratic)
 * California's 1st congressional district. Donald H. Clausen (R)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Harold T. Johnson (D)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. John E. Moss (D)
 * California's 4th congressional district. Robert L. Leggett (D)
 * California's 5th congressional district. Phillip Burton (D)
 * California's 6th congressional district. William S. Mailliard (R)
 * California's 7th congressional district. Ron Dellums (D)
 * California's 8th congressional district. George P. Miller (D)
 * California's 9th congressional district. Don Edwards (D)
 * California's 10th congressional district. Charles Gubser (R)
 * California's 11th congressional district. Pete McCloskey (R)
 * California's 12th congressional district. Burt Talcott (R)
 * California's 13th congressional district. Charles M. Teague (R)
 * California's 14th congressional district. Jerome Waldie (D)
 * California's 15th congressional district. John J. McFall (D)
 * California's 16th congressional district. B. F. Sisk (D)
 * California's 17th congressional district. Glenn M. Anderson (D)
 * California's 18th congressional district. Bob Mathias (R)
 * California's 19th congressional district. Chester E. Holifield (D)
 * California's 20th congressional district. H. Allen Smith (R)
 * California's 21st congressional district. Augustus Hawkins (D)
 * California's 22nd congressional district. James C. Corman (D)
 * California's 23rd congressional district. Del M. Clawson (R)
 * California's 24th congressional district. John H. Rousselot (R)
 * California's 25th congressional district. Charles E. Wiggins (R)
 * California's 26th congressional district. Thomas M. Rees (D)
 * California's 27th congressional district. Barry Goldwater Jr. (R)
 * California's 28th congressional district. Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (R)
 * California's 29th congressional district. George E. Danielson (D)
 * California's 30th congressional district. Edward R. Roybal (D)
 * California's 31st congressional district. Charles H. Wilson (D)
 * California's 32nd congressional district. Craig Hosmer (R)
 * California's 33rd congressional district. Jerry Pettis (R)
 * California's 34th congressional district. Richard T. Hanna (D)
 * California's 35th congressional district. John G. Schmitz (R)
 * California's 36th congressional district. Bob Wilson (R)
 * California's 37th congressional district. Lionel Van Deerlin (D)
 * California's 38th congressional district. Victor Veysey (R)

Colorado
(2–2 split)
 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. Mike McKevitt (R)
 * Colorado's 2nd congressional district. Donald G. Brotzman (R)
 * Colorado's 3rd congressional district. Frank Evans (D)
 * Colorado's 4th congressional district. Wayne N. Aspinall (D)

Connecticut
(4–2 Democratic)
 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. William R. Cotter (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Robert H. Steele (R)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Robert Giaimo (D)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Stewart McKinney (R)
 * Connecticut's 5th congressional district. John S. Monagan (D)
 * Connecticut's 6th congressional district. Ella Grasso (D)

Delaware
(1 Republican)
 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. Pete du Pont (R)

Florida
(9–3 Democratic)
 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Robert L. F. Sikes (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Don Fuqua (D)
 * Florida's 3rd congressional district. Charles E. Bennett (D)
 * Florida's 4th congressional district. Bill Chappell (D)
 * Florida's 5th congressional district. Louis Frey Jr. (R)
 * Florida's 6th congressional district. Sam Gibbons (D)
 * Florida's 7th congressional district. James A. Haley (D)
 * Florida's 8th congressional district. Bill Young (R)
 * Florida's 9th congressional district. Paul Rogers (D)
 * Florida's 10th congressional district. J. Herbert Burke (R)
 * Florida's 11th congressional district. Claude Pepper (D)
 * Florida's 12th congressional district. Dante Fascell (D)

Georgia
(8–2 Democratic)
 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. George Elliott Hagan (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Dawson Mathis (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Jack Brinkley (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Benjamin B. Blackburn (R)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. Fletcher Thompson (R)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. John Flynt (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. John William Davis (D)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. W. S. Stuckey Jr. (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. Phillip M. Landrum (D)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (D)

Hawaii
(2 Democrats)
 * Hawaii's 1st congressional district. Spark Matsunaga (D)
 * Hawaii's 2nd congressional district. Patsy Mink (D)

Idaho
(2 Republicans)
 * Idaho's 1st congressional district. James A. McClure (R)
 * Idaho's 2nd congressional district. Orval H. Hansen (R)

Illinois
(12–12 split)
 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. Ralph Metcalfe (D)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. Abner J. Mikva (D)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Morgan F. Murphy (D)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. Ed Derwinski (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. John C. Kluczynski (D)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. George W. Collins (D), until December 8, 1972
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. Frank Annunzio (D)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Dan Rostenkowski (D)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Sidney R. Yates (D)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. Harold R. Collier (R)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. Roman Pucinski (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. Robert McClory (R)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Phil Crane (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. John N. Erlenborn (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. Charlotte Thompson Reid (R), until October 7, 1971
 * Cliffard D. Carlson (R), from April 4, 1972
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district. John B. Anderson (R)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. Leslie C. Arends (R)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. Robert H. Michel (R)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. Tom Railsback (R)
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district. Paul Findley (R)
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district. Kenneth J. Gray (D)
 * Illinois's 22nd congressional district. William L. Springer (R)
 * Illinois's 23rd congressional district. George E. Shipley (D)
 * Illinois's 24th congressional district. Melvin Price (D)

Indiana
(6–5 Republican)
 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. Ray Madden (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Earl Landgrebe (R)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. John Brademas (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. J. Edward Roush (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. Elwood Hillis (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. William G. Bray (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. John T. Myers (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. Roger H. Zion (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Lee H. Hamilton (D)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. David W. Dennis (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)

Iowa
(5–2 Republican)
 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Fred Schwengel (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. John Culver (D)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. H. R. Gross (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. John Henry Kyl (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Neal Edward Smith (D)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. Wiley Mayne (R)
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district. William J. Scherle (R)

Kansas
(4–1 Republican)
 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. Keith Sebelius (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. William R. Roy (D)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Larry Winn (R)
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. Garner E. Shriver (R)
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district. Joe Skubitz (R)

Kentucky
(5–2 Democratic)
 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Frank Stubblefield (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. William Natcher (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Romano Mazzoli (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Gene Snyder (R)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Tim Lee Carter (R)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. John C. Watts (D), until September 24, 1971
 * William P. Curlin Jr. (D), from December 4, 1971
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Carl D. Perkins (D)

Louisiana
(8 Democrats)
 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. F. Edward Hébert (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Hale Boggs (D), until December 29, 1972
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Patrick T. Caffery (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Joe Waggonner (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Otto Passman (D)
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. John Rarick (D)
 * Louisiana's 7th congressional district. Edwin Edwards (D), until May 9, 1972
 * John Breaux (D), from September 30, 1972
 * Louisiana's 8th congressional district. Speedy Long (D)

Maine
(2 Democrats)
 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Peter Kyros (D)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. William Hathaway (D)

Maryland
(5–3 Democratic)
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Rogers Morton (R), until January 29, 1971
 * William Oswald Mills (R), from May 25, 1971
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Clarence Long (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Edward Garmatz (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Paul Sarbanes (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Lawrence Hogan (R)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. Goodloe Byron (D)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Parren Mitchell (D)
 * Maryland's 8th congressional district. Gilbert Gude (R)

Massachusetts
(8–4 Democratic)
 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Silvio O. Conte (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Edward Boland (D)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Robert Drinan (D)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Harold Donohue (D)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. F. Bradford Morse (R), until May 1, 1972
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Michael J. Harrington (D)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Torbert Macdonald (D)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Tip O'Neill (D)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Louise Day Hicks (D)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Margaret Heckler (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. James A. Burke (D)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. Hastings Keith (R)

Michigan
(12–7 Republican)
 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. John Conyers (D)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. Marvin L. Esch (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Garry E. Brown (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. J. Edward Hutchinson (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Gerald Ford (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Charles E. Chamberlain (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Donald Riegle (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. R. James Harvey (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Guy Vander Jagt (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Elford Albin Cederberg (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. Philip Ruppe (R)
 * Michigan's 12th congressional district. James G. O'Hara (D)
 * Michigan's 13th congressional district. Charles Diggs (D)
 * Michigan's 14th congressional district. Lucien Nedzi (D)
 * Michigan's 15th congressional district. William D. Ford (D)
 * Michigan's 16th congressional district. John D. Dingell Jr. (D)
 * Michigan's 17th congressional district. Martha Griffiths (D)
 * Michigan's 18th congressional district. William Broomfield (R)
 * Michigan's 19th congressional district. Jack H. McDonald (R)

Minnesota
(4–4 split)
 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Al Quie (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. Ancher Nelsen (R)
 * Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. Bill Frenzel (R)
 * Minnesota's 4th congressional district. Joseph Karth (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Donald M. Fraser (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 6th congressional district. John M. Zwach (R)
 * Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Robert Bergland (DFL)
 * Minnesota's 8th congressional district. John Blatnik (DFL)

Mississippi
(5 Democrats)
 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. Thomas Abernethy (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Jamie L. Whitten (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Charles H. Griffin (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. Sonny Montgomery (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. William M. Colmer (D)

Missouri
(9–1 Democratic)
 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. Bill Clay (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. James W. Symington (D)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Leonor Sullivan (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. William J. Randall (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Richard Walker Bolling (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Durward Gorham Hall (R)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. William L. Hungate (D)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Bill Burlison (D)

Montana
(1–1 split)
 * Montana's 1st congressional district. Richard G. Shoup (R)
 * Montana's 2nd congressional district. John Melcher (D)

Nebraska
(3 Republicans)
 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Charles Thone (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. John Y. McCollister (R)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. David Martin (R)

Nevada
(1 Democrat)
 * Nevada's at-large congressional district. Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)

New Hampshire
(2 Republicans)
 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Louis C. Wyman (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. James Colgate Cleveland (R)

New Jersey
(9–6 Democratic)
 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. John E. Hunt (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. Charles W. Sandman Jr. (R)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. James J. Howard (D)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Frank Thompson (D)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Edwin B. Forsythe (R)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. William B. Widnall (R)
 * New Jersey's 8th congressional district. Robert A. Roe (D)
 * New Jersey's 9th congressional district. Henry Helstoski (D)
 * New Jersey's 10th congressional district. Peter W. Rodino (D)
 * New Jersey's 11th congressional district. Joseph Minish (D)
 * New Jersey's 12th congressional district. Florence P. Dwyer (R)
 * New Jersey's 13th congressional district. Cornelius Gallagher (D)
 * New Jersey's 14th congressional district. Dominick V. Daniels (D)
 * New Jersey's 15th congressional district. Edward J. Patten (D)

New Mexico
(1–1 split)
 * New Mexico's 1st congressional district. Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)
 * New Mexico's 2nd congressional district. Harold L. Runnels (D)

New York
(24–17 Democratic)
 * New York's 1st congressional district. Otis G. Pike (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. James R. Grover Jr. (R)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Lester L. Wolff (D)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. John W. Wydler (R)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Norman F. Lent (R)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Seymour Halpern (R)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Joseph P. Addabbo (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. James J. Delaney (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Emanuel Celler (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Frank J. Brasco (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Shirley Chisholm (D)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Bertram L. Podell (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. John J. Rooney (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Hugh Carey (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. John M. Murphy (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Ed Koch (D)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Charles Rangel (D)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Bella Abzug (D)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. William Fitts Ryan (D), until September 17, 1972
 * New York's 21st congressional district. James H. Scheuer (D)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Herman Badillo (D)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Mario Biaggi (D)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Peter A. Peyser (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Ogden Reid (R) to (D), March 22, 1972
 * New York's 27th congressional district. John G. Dow (D)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Hamilton Fish IV (R)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. Samuel S. Stratton (D)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Carleton J. King (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Robert C. McEwen (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. Alexander Pirnie (R)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Howard W. Robison (R)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. John H. Terry (R)
 * New York's 35th congressional district. James M. Hanley (D)
 * New York's 36th congressional district. Frank Horton (R)
 * New York's 37th congressional district. Barber Conable (R)
 * New York's 38th congressional district. James F. Hastings (R)
 * New York's 39th congressional district. Jack Kemp (R)
 * New York's 40th congressional district. Henry P. Smith III (R)
 * New York's 41st congressional district. Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)

North Carolina
(7–4 Democratic)
 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Walter B. Jones Sr. (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Lawrence H. Fountain (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. David N. Henderson (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Nick Galifianakis (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Wilmer Mizell (R)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. L. Richardson Preyer (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Alton Lennon (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Earl B. Ruth (R)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Charles R. Jonas (R)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Jim Broyhill (R)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Roy A. Taylor (D)

North Dakota
(1–1 split)
 * North Dakota's 1st congressional district. Mark Andrews (R)
 * North Dakota's 2nd congressional district. Arthur A. Link (D-NPL)

Ohio
(17–7 Republican)
 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. William J. Keating (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Donald D. Clancy (R)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. William Moore McCulloch (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Del Latta (R)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. Bill Harsha (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Bud Brown (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Jackson Edward Betts (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Thomas L. Ashley (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Clarence E. Miller (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. J. William Stanton (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Samuel L. Devine (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Charles Adams Mosher (R)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. John F. Seiberling (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Chalmers Wylie (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. Frank T. Bow (R), until November 13, 1972
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. John M. Ashbrook (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Wayne Hays (D)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Charles J. Carney (D)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. James V. Stanton (D)
 * Ohio's 21st congressional district. Louis Stokes (D)
 * Ohio's 22nd congressional district. Charles Vanik (D)
 * Ohio's 23rd congressional district. William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R)
 * Ohio's 24th congressional district. Walter E. Powell (R)

Oklahoma
(4–2 Democratic)
 * Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. Page Belcher (R)
 * Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district. Ed Edmondson (D)
 * Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district. Carl Albert (D)
 * Oklahoma's 4th congressional district. Tom Steed (D)
 * Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. John Jarman (D)
 * Oklahoma's 6th congressional district. John Newbold Camp (R)

Oregon
(2–2 split)
 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. Wendell Wyatt (R)
 * Oregon's 2nd congressional district. Al Ullman (D)
 * Oregon's 3rd congressional district. Edith Green (D)
 * Oregon's 4th congressional district. John R. Dellenback (R)

Pennsylvania
(14–13 Democratic)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. William A. Barrett (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. James A. Byrne (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Joshua Eilberg (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. William J. Green III (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Gus Yatron (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Lawrence G. Williams (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Edward G. Biester Jr. (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. John H. Ware III (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Joseph M. McDade (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Dan Flood (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. J. Irving Whalley (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Lawrence Coughlin (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. William S. Moorhead (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Fred B. Rooney (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Edwin Duing Eshleman (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Herman T. Schneebeli (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Robert J. Corbett (R), until April 25, 1971
 * John Heinz (R), from November 2, 1971
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. George Atlee Goodling (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Joseph M. Gaydos (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. John Herman Dent (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. John P. Saylor (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. Albert W. Johnson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. Joseph P. Vigorito (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Frank M. Clark (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. Thomas E. Morgan (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. James G. Fulton (R), until October 6, 1971
 * William Sheldrick Conover (R), from April 25, 1972

Rhode Island
(2 Democrats)
 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Fernand St Germain (D)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Robert Tiernan (D)

South Carolina
(5–1 Democratic)
 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Mendel Jackson Davis (D), from April 27, 1971
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Floyd Spence (R)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. James Mann (D)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Thomas S. Gettys (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota
(2 Democrats)
 * South Dakota's 1st congressional district. Frank E. Denholm (D)
 * South Dakota's 2nd congressional district. James Abourezk (D)

Tennessee
(5–4 Democratic)
 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Jimmy Quillen (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. John Duncan Sr. (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. LaMar Baker (R)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Joe L. Evins (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Richard Fulton (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. William Anderson (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Ray Blanton (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Ed Jones (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Dan Kuykendall (R)

Texas
(20–3 Democratic)
 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Wright Patman (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. John Dowdy (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. James M. Collins (R)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. Ray Roberts (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. Earle Cabell (D)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Olin E. Teague (D)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. Bill Archer (R)
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. Robert C. Eckhardt (D)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. Jack Brooks (D)
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. J. J. Pickle (D)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. William R. Poage (D)
 * Texas's 12th congressional district. Jim Wright (D)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D)
 * Texas's 14th congressional district. John Andrew Young (D)
 * Texas's 15th congressional district. Kika de la Garza (D)
 * Texas's 16th congressional district. Richard Crawford White (D)
 * Texas's 17th congressional district. Omar Burleson (D)
 * Texas's 18th congressional district. Bob Price (R)
 * Texas's 19th congressional district. George H. Mahon (D)
 * Texas's 20th congressional district. Henry B. González (D)
 * Texas's 21st congressional district. O. C. Fisher (D)
 * Texas's 22nd congressional district. Robert R. Casey (D)
 * Texas's 23rd congressional district. Abraham Kazen (D)

Utah
(1–1 split)
 * Utah's 1st congressional district. K. Gunn McKay (D)
 * Utah's 2nd congressional district. Sherman P. Lloyd (R)

Vermont
(1 Republican)
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district. Robert Stafford (R), until September 16, 1971
 * Richard W. Mallary (R), from January 7, 1972

Virginia
(6–4 Republican)
 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Thomas N. Downing (D)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. G. William Whitehurst (R)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. David E. Satterfield III (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Dan Daniel (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Richard Harding Poff (R), until August 29, 1972
 * M. Caldwell Butler (R), from November 7, 1972
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. J. Kenneth Robinson (R)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. William L. Scott (R)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. William C. Wampler (R)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Joel Broyhill (R)

Washington
(6–1 Democratic)
 * Washington's 1st congressional district. Thomas Pelly (R)
 * Washington's 2nd congressional district. Lloyd Meeds (D)
 * Washington's 3rd congressional district. Julia Butler Hansen (D)
 * Washington's 4th congressional district. Mike McCormack (D)
 * Washington's 5th congressional district. Tom Foley (D)
 * Washington's 6th congressional district. Floyd Hicks (D)
 * Washington's 7th congressional district. Brock Adams (D)

West Virginia
(5 Democrats)
 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Bob Mollohan (D)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Harley Orrin Staggers (D)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John M. Slack Jr. (D)
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. Ken Hechler (D)
 * West Virginia's 5th congressional district. James Kee (D)

Wisconsin
(5–5 split)
 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Les Aspin (D)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Robert Kastenmeier (D)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Vernon Wallace Thomson (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. Clement J. Zablocki (D)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. Henry S. Reuss (D)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. William A. Steiger (R)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. Dave Obey (D)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. John W. Byrnes (R)
 * Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. Glenn Robert Davis (R)
 * Wisconsin's 10th congressional district. Alvin O'Konski (R)

Wyoming
(1 Democrat)
 * Wyoming's at-large congressional district. Teno Roncalio (D)

Non-voting members
(2 Democrats)
 * District of Columbia's at-large congressional district. Walter Fauntroy (D), from March 23, 1971
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Jorge Luis Córdova (Resident Commissioner) (PNP)

Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

 * Replacements: 5
 * Democratic: no net change
 * Republican: no net change
 * Deaths: 3
 * Resignations: 0
 * Total seats with changes: 3


 * Georgia (2)
 * | Richard Russell Jr. (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died January 21, 1971
 * | David H. Gambrell (D)
 * February 1, 1971
 * Vermont (1)
 * | Winston L. Prouty (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 10, 1971
 * | Robert Stafford (R)
 * September 16, 1971
 * Louisiana (2)
 * | Allen J. Ellender (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died July 27, 1972
 * | Elaine S. Edwards (D)
 * August 1, 1972
 * Georgia (2)
 * | David H. Gambrell (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1972
 * | Sam Nunn (D)
 * November 8, 1972
 * Louisiana (2)
 * | Elaine S. Edwards (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 13, 1972
 * | J. Bennett Johnston (D)
 * November 14, 1972
 * }
 * | Elaine S. Edwards (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 13, 1972
 * | J. Bennett Johnston (D)
 * November 14, 1972
 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 10
 * Democratic: no net loss
 * Republican: no net gain
 * Deaths: 8
 * Resignations: 6
 * Total seats with changes: 16


 * nowrap | District of Columbia's at-large congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | District elected first delegate since the seat was re-established during previous congress
 * | Walter Fauntroy (D)
 * March 23, 1971
 * nowrap | South Carolina's 1st congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Rep. L. Mendel Rivers died during previous congress
 * | Mendel Jackson Davis (D)
 * April 27, 1971
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap| Rogers Morton (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 29, 1971, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior
 * nowrap | William Oswald Mills (R)
 * May 25, 1971
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
 * nowrap| Robert J. Corbett (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died April 25, 1971
 * nowrap | John Heinz (R)
 * November 2, 1971
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap| Robert Stafford (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate September 16, 1971
 * nowrap | Richard W. Mallary (R)
 * January 7, 1972
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district
 * | John C. Watts (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 24, 1971
 * | William P. Curlin Jr. (D)
 * December 4, 1971
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district
 * nowrap| James G. Fulton (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died October 6, 1971
 * nowrap | William Sheldrick Conover (R)
 * April 25, 1972
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district
 * nowrap| Charlotte Thompson Reid (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 7, 1971, after being appointed to the Federal Communications Commission
 * nowrap | Cliffard D. Carlson (R)
 * April 4, 1972
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district
 * | George W. Andrews (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died December 25, 1971
 * | Elizabeth B. Andrews (D)
 * April 4, 1972
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
 * | F. Bradford Morse (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1972, after being appointed Undersecretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this congress
 * Louisiana's 7th congressional district
 * | Edwin Edwards (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being elected Governor of Louisiana May 9, 1972
 * | John Breaux (D)
 * September 30, 1972
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district
 * | Richard Harding Poff (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia
 * | M. Caldwell Butler (R)
 * November 7, 1972
 * New York's 20th congressional district
 * | William Fitts Ryan (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 17, 1972.
 * rowspan=4 |Vacant
 * rowspan=4 |Not filled this congress
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district
 * | Frank T. Bow (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died November 13, 1972.
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district
 * | George W. Collins (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died in a plane crash December 8, 1972.
 * Alaska's at-large congressional district
 * | Nick Begich (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | He and Hale Boggs were lost in a plane crash October 16, 1972. Presumptive death certificate for Rep. Begich was issued December 29, 1972.
 * }
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 17, 1972.
 * rowspan=4 |Vacant
 * rowspan=4 |Not filled this congress
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district
 * | Frank T. Bow (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died November 13, 1972.
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district
 * | George W. Collins (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died in a plane crash December 8, 1972.
 * Alaska's at-large congressional district
 * | Nick Begich (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | He and Hale Boggs were lost in a plane crash October 16, 1972. Presumptive death certificate for Rep. Begich was issued December 29, 1972.
 * }
 * | Nick Begich (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | He and Hale Boggs were lost in a plane crash October 16, 1972. Presumptive death certificate for Rep. Begich was issued December 29, 1972.
 * }

Senate

 * Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis)
 * Agriculture and Forestry (Chair: Herman E. Talmadge; Ranking Member: Jack Miller)
 * Appropriations (Chair: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young)
 * Armed Services (Chair: John C. Stennis; Ranking Member: Margaret Chase Smith)
 * Banking, Housing and Currency (Chair: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: John G. Tower)
 * Commerce (Chair: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member: Norris Cotton)
 * District of Columbia (Chair: Thomas F. Eagleton; Ranking Member: Charles Mathias)
 * Equal Educational Opportunity (Select) (Chair: Walter Mondale)
 * Finance (Chair: Russell B. Long; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett)
 * Foreign Relations (Chair: J. William Fulbright; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken)
 * Government Operations (Chair: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt)
 * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Henry M. Jackson; Ranking Member: Gordon Allott)
 * Judiciary (Chair: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska)
 * Labor and Public Welfare (Chair: Harrison A. Williams; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits)
 * Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: George McGovern)
 * Post Office and Civil Services (Chair: Gale W. McGee; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong)
 * Public Works (Chair: Jennings Randolph; Ranking Member: John Sherman Cooper)
 * Rules and Administration (Chair: B. Everett Jordan; Ranking Member: Winston L. Prouty)
 * Secret and Confidential Government Documents (Special) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
 * Small Business (Select) (Chair: Alan Bible)
 * Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair: John C. Stennis; Vice Chair: Wallace F. Bennett)
 * Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Vance Hartke; Ranking Member: Strom Thurmond)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Agriculture (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Page Belcher)
 * Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Frank T. Bow)
 * Armed Services (Chair: F. Edward Hebert; Ranking Member: Leslie C. Arends)
 * Banking and Currency (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall)
 * Crime (Select) (Chair: Claude Pepper)
 * District of Columbia (Chair: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen)
 * Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Al Quie)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard)
 * Government Operations (Chair: Chet Holifield; Ranking Member: Florence P. Dwyer)
 * House Administration (Chair: Wayne L. Hays; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine)
 * House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Martha W. Griffiths)
 * House Restaurant (Select) (Chair: John C. Kluczynski)
 * Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: Wayne N. Aspinall; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor)
 * Internal Security (Chair: Richard H. Ichord; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member: William L. Springer)
 * Judiciary (Chair: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch)
 * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Pelly)
 * Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Edward A. Garmatz; Ranking Member: Robert J. Corbett)
 * Public Works (Chair: John A. Blatnik; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha)
 * Regulate Parking (Select) (Chair: B.F. Sisk)
 * Rules (Chair: William M. Colmer; Ranking Member: H. Allen Smith)
 * Science and Astronautics (Chair: George P. Miller; Ranking Member: James G. Fulton)
 * Small Business (Select) (Chair: Joe L. Evins)
 * Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Jackson E. Betts)
 * Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Charles M. Teague)
 * Ways and Means (Chair: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member: John W. Byrnes)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Atomic Energy (Chair: Sen. John O. Pastore; Vice Chair: Rep. Charles Melvin Price)
 * Congressional Operations (Chair: Rep. Jack Brooks; Vice Chair: Sen. Lee Metcalf)
 * Defense Production (Chair: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chair: Sen. John J. Sparkman)
 * Economic (Chair: Sen. William Proxmire; Vice Chair: Rep. Wright Patman)
 * The Library (Chair: Rep. Wayne L. Hays; Vice Chair: Sen. B. Everett Jordan)
 * Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration
 * Printing (Chair: N/A)
 * Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chair: Rep. George H. Mahon)
 * Taxation (Chair: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chair: Sen. Russell B. Long)

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: George M. White, appointed January 27, 1971
 * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Rufus Pearson
 * Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats
 * Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford
 * Public Printer of the United States: Adolphus N. Spence, until 1972

Senate

 * Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian)
 * Curator: James R. Ketchum
 * Parliamentarian: Floyd Riddick
 * Secretary: Francis R. Valeo
 * Librarian: Richard D. Hupman
 * Democratic Party Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt
 * Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice
 * Sergeant at Arms: Robert G. Dunphy, until June 30, 1972 (resigned)
 * William H. Wannall, from July 1, 1972

House of Representatives

 * Clerk: W. Pat Jennings
 * Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr., January 21, 1971 – September 30, 1972 (resigned)
 * Kenneth R. Harding, from October 1, 1972
 * Doorkeeper: William M. Miller
 * Postmaster: H. H. Morris, January 21, 1971 – June 30, 1972 (resigned)
 * Robert V. Rota, from July 1, 1972
 * Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler
 * Reading Clerks:
 * Joe Bartlett (until 1971) (R), Bob Berry (starting 1971) (R)
 * Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D)
 * Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodist)