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104th United States Congress
United States Capitol (2002)
Session:	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
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 Fourth 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 1995 to January 3 1997, during the last two years of the first term 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, 1995 – January 3, 1997

First session: January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1996
Second session: January 3, 1996 – October 4, 1996 Previous: 103rd Congress • Next: 105th Congress

Major events

January 3 1995 — Republicans controlled both houses for the first time since the 1950s.

November 14 — November 19, 1995: U.S. government shutdown

December 16, 1995 — January 6, 1996: U.S. government shutdown

November 1996 — Re-election of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore

Major legislation

1995 November 28 — National Highway Designation Act,,

1995 December 19 — Lobbying Disclosure Act,,,

1995 December 22 — Private Securities Litigation Reform Act,,

1996 February 8 — Telecommunications Act of 1996 (including the Communications Decency Act),,,

1996 March 12 — Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (Helms-Burton Act),,,

1996 April 9 — Line Item Veto Act,,

1996 April 24 — Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act,,

1996 July 30 — Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2,,

1996 August 3 — National Gambling Impact Study Commission Act,,

1996 August 3 — Food Quality Protection Act of 1996,,,

1996 August 20 — Small Business Job Protection Act,,

1996 August 21 — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA),,

1996 August 22 — Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (Welfare Reform Act),,

1996 September 21 — Defense of Marriage Act,,,

1996 September 30 — Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban,,

Party summary

Senate

Affiliation	Members
Affiliation	January 3, 1995 to October 5, 1995	October 6, 1995 to February 5, 1996	February 6, 1996 to January 3, 1997	Republican Party	54	53	53	Democratic Party	46	46	47
Vacant		1
Total	100	99	100
Control	Republicans (54:46)	Republicans (53:46)	Republicans (53:47)
Note	Bob Packwood (R) resigned on October 5 1995 and Ron Wyden (D) replaced him on February 6 1996.

House of Representatives

Total		435		5
Affiliation		Members	Voting share	Delegates and Resident Commissioner	Note	Republican Party	230	52.9%	1		Democratic Party	204	46.9%	4		Independent	1	0.2%	-	Caucused with the Democrats

Officers

Senate

Office		Officer	Party	State	President of the Senate	Al Gore	Democratic	Tennessee

Majority

Office		Officer	Party	State	Notes	President pro tempore	Strom Thurmond	Republican	South Carolina		Majority Leader	Bob Dole	Kansas	Resigned June 11, 1996	Trent Lott	Mississippi	June 12, 1996–end	Majority Whip	Trent Lott	Mississippi	Until June 11, 1996	Don Nickles	Oklahoma	June 12, 1996–end

Minority

Office		Officer	Party	State	Notes	Minority Leader	Tom Daschle	Democratic	South Dakota		Minority Whip	Wendell Ford	Kentucky

House of Representatives

Majority

Office		Officer	Party	State	Speaker	Newt Gingrich	Republican	Georgia	Majority Leader	Dick Armey	Texas	Majority Whip	Tom DeLay	Texas

Minority

Office		Officer	Party	State	Minority Leader	Dick Gephardt	Democratic	Missouri	Minority Whip	David Bonior	Michigan

Members

Senate

Senator		Party	State ↑	Hometown	Class	First took office			Alabama											Alaska											Arizona											Arkansas											California											Colorado											Connecticut											Delaware											Florida											Georgia											Hawaii											Idaho											Illinois											Indiana											Iowa																														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																		3								Pennsylvania											Rhode Island											South Carolina											South Dakota											Tennessee											Texas											Utah											Vermont											Virginia											Washington											West Virginia											Wisconsin											Wyoming
Senator		Party	State ↑	Hometown	Class	First took office	Howell Heflin	Democratic	Alabama	Tuscumbia	2	1979	Richard Shelby	Republican	Tuscaloosa	3	1987	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	David Pryor	Democratic	Little Rock	2	1979	Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	California	San Francisco	1	1992	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	Greenbrae	3	1993	Hank Brown	Republican	Colorado	Greeley	2	1991	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Republican	Ignacio	3	1993	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	Sam Nunn	Democratic	Georgia	Perry	2	1972	Paul Coverdell	Republican	Atlanta	3	1993	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	Paul Simon	Democratic	Illinois	Makanda	2	1985	Carol Moseley-Braun	Democratic	Chicago	3	1993	Richard Lugar	Republican	Indiana	Indianapolis	1	1977	Dan Coats	Republican	Fort Wayne	3	1989	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	New Hartford	3	1981	Tom Harkin	Democratic	Cumming	2	1985	Bob Dole	Republican	Kansas	Russell	3	1969 (resigned June 11, 1996)	Sheila Frahm	Republican	Colby	appointed June 11 1996; defeated in election and replaced November 6 1996	Sam Brownback	Republican	Topeka	from November 6 1996	Nancy Kassebaum	Republican	Wichita	2	1978	Wendell Hampton Ford	Democratic	Kentucky	Owensboro	3	1974	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Louisville	2	1985	Bennett Johnston, Jr.	Democratic	Louisiana	Shreveport	2	1973	John Breaux	Democratic	Crowley	3	1987	William Cohen	Republican	Maine	Bangor	2	1979	Olympia Snowe	Republican	Auburn	1	1995	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	Ballwin	1	1995	Max Baucus	Democratic	Montana	Missoula	2	1979	Conrad Burns	Republican	Billings	1	1989	Jim Exon	Democratic	Nebraska	Lincoln	2	1979	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	Omaha	1	1989	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	Bill Bradley	Democratic	New Jersey	Montclair	2	1979	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	Cliffside Park	1	1982	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	Mark Hatfield	Republican	Oregon	Salem	2	1967	Bob Packwood	Republican	Portland	3	1969 (resigned October 5, 1995)	Ron Wyden	Democratic	Portland	from February 6, 1996	Arlen Specter	Republican	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3	1981	Rick Santorum	Republican	Mount Lebanon	1	1995	Claiborne Pell	Democratic	Rhode Island	Newport	2	1961	John Chafee	Republican	Warwick	1	1977	Strom Thurmond	Republican	South Carolina	Aiken	2	1954	Ernest Hollings	Democratic	Charleston	3	1966	Larry Pressler	Republican	South Dakota	Humboldt	2	1979	Tom Daschle	Democratic	Aberdeen	3	1987	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	Alan K. Simpson	Republican	Wyoming	Cody	2	1979	Craig Thomas	Republican	Casper	1	1995

House of Representatives

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 American Samoa — District of Columbia — Guam — Puerto Rico — Virgin Islands

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)

. Terry Everett (R)

. Glen Browder (D)

. Tom Bevill (D)

. Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr. (D)

. Spencer Bachus (R)

. Earl F. Hilliard (D) Alaska

Don Young (R) Arizona

. Matt Salmon (R)

. Ed Pastor (D)

. Bob Stump (R)