92nd United States Congress

92nd United States Congress


91st ←	→ 93rd
United States Capitol (2002)
Duration: January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973

Senate President:	Spiro Agnew
Senate Pres. pro tem:	Richard Russell (D) to Jan. 21, 1971 Allen J. Ellender (D) Jan. 22, 1971 – July 27, 1972 James Eastland (D) from July 28, 1972
House Speaker:	Carl Albert (D)
Members:	100 Senators 435 Representatives
Senate Majority:	Democratic Party
House Majority:	Democratic Party

Sessions
1st: January 21, 1971 – December 17, 1971 2nd: January 18, 1972 – October 18, 1972

The Ninety-second 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, 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 had a Democratic majority.

Major events 1
Major legislation 2
Approved Constitutional amendments 3
Party summary 4
- Senate 4.1
- House of Representatives 4.2
Leadership 5
- Senate 5.1
  - Majority (Democratic) leadership 5.1.1
  - Minority (Republican) leadership 5.1.2
- House of Representatives 5.2
  - Majority (Democratic) leadership 5.2.1
  - Minority (Republican) leadership 5.2.2
Members 6
- Senate 6.1
  - Alabama 6.1.1
  - Alaska 6.1.2
  - Arizona 6.1.3
  - Arkansas 6.1.4
  - California 6.1.5
  - Colorado 6.1.6
  - Connecticut 6.1.7
  - Delaware 6.1.8
  - Florida 6.1.9
  - Georgia 6.1.10
  - Hawaii 6.1.11
  - Idaho 6.1.12
  - Illinois 6.1.13
  - Indiana 6.1.14
  - Iowa 6.1.15
  - Kansas 6.1.16
  - Kentucky 6.1.17
  - Louisiana 6.1.18
  - Maine 6.1.19
  - Maryland 6.1.20
  - Massachusetts 6.1.21
  - Michigan 6.1.22
  - Minnesota 6.1.23
  - Mississippi 6.1.24
  - Missouri 6.1.25
  - Montana 6.1.26
  - Nebraska 6.1.27
  - Nevada 6.1.28
  - New Hampshire 6.1.29
  - New Jersey 6.1.30
  - New Mexico 6.1.31
  - New York 6.1.32
  - North Carolina 6.1.33
  - North Dakota 6.1.34
  - Ohio 6.1.35
  - Oklahoma 6.1.36
  - Oregon 6.1.37
  - Pennsylvania 6.1.38
  - Rhode Island 6.1.39
  - South Carolina 6.1.40
  - South Dakota 6.1.41
  - Tennessee 6.1.42
  - Texas 6.1.43
  - Utah 6.1.44
  - Vermont 6.1.45
  - Virginia 6.1.46
  - Washington 6.1.47
  - West Virginia 6.1.48
  - Wisconsin 6.1.49
  - Wyoming 6.1.50
- House of Representatives 6.2
  - Alabama 6.2.1
  - Alaska 6.2.2
  - Arizona 6.2.3
  - Arkansas 6.2.4
  - California 6.2.5
  - Colorado 6.2.6
  - Connecticut 6.2.7
  - Delaware 6.2.8
  - Florida 6.2.9
  - Georgia 6.2.10
  - Hawaii 6.2.11
  - Idaho 6.2.12
  - Illinois 6.2.13
  - Indiana 6.2.14
  - Iowa 6.2.15
  - Kansas 6.2.16
  - Kentucky 6.2.17
  - Louisiana 6.2.18
  - Maine 6.2.19
  - Maryland 6.2.20
  - Massachusetts 6.2.21
  - Michigan 6.2.22
  - Minnesota 6.2.23
  - Mississippi 6.2.24
  - Missouri 6.2.25
  - Montana 6.2.26
  - Nebraska 6.2.27
  - Nevada 6.2.28
  - New Hampshire 6.2.29
  - New Jersey 6.2.30
  - New Mexico 6.2.31
  - New York 6.2.32
  - North Carolina 6.2.33
  - North Dakota 6.2.34
  - Ohio 6.2.35
  - Oklahoma 6.2.36
  - Oregon 6.2.37
  - Pennsylvania 6.2.38
  - Rhode Island 6.2.39
  - South Carolina 6.2.40
  - South Dakota 6.2.41
  - Tennessee 6.2.42
  - Texas 6.2.43
  - Utah 6.2.44
  - Vermont 6.2.45
  - Virginia 6.2.46
  - Washington 6.2.47
  - West Virginia 6.2.48
  - Wisconsin 6.2.49
  - Wyoming 6.2.50
  - Non-voting members 6.2.51
Changes in membership 7
- Senate 7.1
- House of Representatives 7.2
Employees 8
- Senate 8.1
- House of Representatives 8.2
References 9
External links 10

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. Alito 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."^[1]

Major legislation

December 18, 1971: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Pub.L. 92–203, 85 Stat. 688
December 23, 1971: National Cancer Act, Pub.L. 92–218, 85 Stat. 778
February 7, 1972: Federal Election Campaign Act, Pub.L. 92–225, 86 Stat. 3
March 24, 1972: Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Pub.L. 92–261, 86 Stat. 103
June 23, 1972: Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act, Pub.L. 92–318, 86 Stat. 235
October 6, 1972: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770
October 18, 1972: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, Pub.L. 92–500, 86 Stat. 816
October 21, 1972: Marine Mammal Protection Act, Pub.L. 92–522, 86 Stat. 1027
October 27, 1972: Consumer Product Safety Act, Pub.L. 92–573, 86 Stat. 1207
October 27, 1972: Noise Control Act, Pub.L. 92–574, 86 Stat. 1234
October 27, 1972: Coastal Zone Management Act, Pub.L. 92–583, 86 Stat. 1280

Approved Constitutional amendments

March 23, 1971: Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified July 1, 1971)
March 22, 1972: District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment (unratified; ratification period expired in 1979 or 1982)

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

Party standings on the opening day of the 92nd Congress

54 Democratic Senators

1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats

44 Republican Senators

1 Conservative Senator, caucusing with Republicans

Democratic: 54 (majority)
Republican: 44
Conservative: 1
Independent: 1

TOTAL members: 100

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80% Democratic	80%+ Republican
60%+ to 80% Democratic	60%+ to 80% Republican
up to 60% Democratic	up to 60% Republican

Democratic: 255 (58.6%)(majority)
Republican: 180 (41.4%)

TOTAL members: 435

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate: 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

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Speaker: Carl Albert (D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Minority (Republican) leadership

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, 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.

Georgia

2. Richard B. 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 E. Talmadge (D)

Hawaii

1. Hiram L. Fong (R)
3. Daniel K. Inouye (D)

Idaho

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

Illinois

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

Indiana

1. R. Vance Hartke (D)
3. Birch E. Bayh (D)

Iowa

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

Kansas

2. James B. Pearson (R)
3. Robert J. Dole (R)

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

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

Maine

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

Maryland

3. Charles Mathias, Jr. (R)
1. John Glenn Beall, Jr. (R)

Massachusetts

1. Edward M. Kennedy (D)
2. Edward W. Brooke, III (R)

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

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

Missouri

1. W. Stuart Symington (D)
3. Thomas F. Eagleton (D)

Montana

1. Michael J. Mansfield (D)
2. Lee W. Metcalf (D)

Nebraska

1. Roman L. Hruska (R)
2. Carl T. Curtis (R)

Nevada

3. Alan H. Bible (D)
1. Howard W. Cannon (D)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New Mexico

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

New York

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

North Carolina

3. Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. (D)
2. B. Everett Jordan (D)

North Dakota

3. Milton R. Young (R)
1. Quentin N. Burdick (D)

Ohio

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

Oklahoma

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

1. Hugh D. Scott, Jr. (R)
3. Richard S. Schweiker (R)

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

2. James Strom Thurmond (R)
3. Ernest F. Hollings (D)

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

2. Howard H. Baker, Jr. (R)
1. William E. Brock III (R)

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

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

Washington

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

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

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

Senate Majority Leader
Mike Mansfield

House of Representatives

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

Alabama

1. W. Jackson Edwards (R)
2. William Louis Dickinson (R)
George W. Andrews (D), until December 25, 1971
- Elizabeth B. Andrews (D), from April 4, 1972
4. William F. Nichols (D)
5. Walter Flowers (D)
6. John Hall Buchanan, Jr. (R)
7. Tom Bevill (D)
8. Robert E. Jones, Jr. (D)

Alaska

At-large. Nick Begich (D), until October 16, 1972

At-large. Pierre S. du Pont, IV (R)

Florida

Georgia

G. Elliott Hagan (D)
2. Dawson Mathis (D)
3. Jack Thomas Brinkley (D)
4. Benjamin B. Blackburn (R)
5. Fletcher Thompson (R)
6. John James Flynt, Jr. (D)
John W. Davis (D)
8. Williamson S. Stuckey, Jr. (D)
9. Phillip M. Landrum (D)
10. Robert G. Stephens, Jr. (D)

Hawaii

1. Spark Matsunaga (D)
2. Patsy Mink (D)

Idaho

1. James A. McClure (R)
2. Orval H. Hansen (R)

Illinois

1. Ralph Metcalfe (D)
2. Abner J. Mikva (D)
Morgan F. Murphy (D)
4. Ed Derwinski (R)
5. John C. Kluczynski (D)
George W. Collins (D), until December 8, 1972
7. Frank Annunzio (D)
8. Dan Rostenkowski (D)
9. Sidney R. Yates (D)
10. Harold R. Collier (R)
11. Roman C. Pucinski (D)
12. Robert McClory (R)
13. Philip M. Crane (R)
14. John N. Erlenborn (R)
15. Charlotte T. Reid (R), until October 7, 1971
- Cliffard D. Carlson (R), from April 4, 1972
16. John B. Anderson (R)
17. Leslie C. Arends (R)
18. Robert H. Michel (R)
19. Thomas F. Railsback (R)
20. Paul Findley (R)
21. Kenneth J. Gray (D)
22. William L. Springer (R)
George E. Shipley (D)
24. Charles Melvin Price (D)

1. Frank Stubblefield (D)
2. William H. Natcher (D)
3. Romano L. Mazzoli (D)
4. Gene Snyder (R)
5. Tim Lee Carter (R)
6. John C. Watts (D), until September 24, 1971
- William P. Curlin, Jr. (D), from December 4, 1971
7. Carl D. Perkins (D)

Louisiana

1. F. Edward Hébert (D)
2. Hale Boggs (D)
3. Patrick T. Caffery (D)
4. Joseph D. Waggonner, Jr. (D)
5. Otto Passman (D)
6. John Rarick (D)
7. Edwin Edwards (D), until May 9, 1972
- John Breaux (D), from September 30, 1972
8. Speedy O. Long (D)

Maine

1. Peter N. Kyros (D)
2. William Hathaway (D)

Maryland

1. Rogers Morton (R), until January 29, 1971
- William O. Mills (R), from May 25, 1971
2. Clarence Long (D)
3. Edward Garmatz (D)
4. Paul Sarbanes (D)
5. Lawrence Hogan (R)
6. Goodloe Byron (D)
7. Parren Mitchell (D)
8. Gilbert Gude (R)

Massachusetts

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

1. Richard G. Shoup (R)
2. John Melcher (D)

Nebraska

Nevada

At-large. Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D)

New Hampshire

1. Louis C. Wyman (R)
2. James C. Cleveland (R)

New Jersey

New Mexico

1. Manuel Lujan, Jr. (R)
2. Harold L. Runnels (D)

New York

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

North Carolina

North Dakota

1. Mark Andrews (R)
2. Arthur A. Link (DNPL)

Ohio

1. William J. Keating (R)
2. Donald D. Clancy (R)
3. Charles W. Whalen, Jr. (R)
4. William M. McCulloch (R)
5. Del Latta (R)
6. Bill Harsha (R)
7. Clarence J. Brown, Jr. (R)
8. Jackson E. Betts (R)
9. Thomas W. L. Ashley (D)
10. Clarence E. Miller (R)
11. J. William Stanton (R)
12. Samuel L. Devine (R)
13. Charles A. Mosher (R)
14. John F. Seiberling (D)
15. Chalmers Wylie (R)
16. Frank T. Bow (R), until November 13, 1972
17. John M. Ashbrook (R)
18. Wayne Hays (D)
19. Charles J. Carney (D)
20. James V. Stanton (D)
21. Louis Stokes (D)
22. Charles A. Vanik (D)
23. William E. Minshall, Jr. (R)
24. Walter E. Powell (R)

1. William A. Barrett (D)
2. Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. (D)
3. James A. Byrne (D)
4. Joshua Eilberg (D)
5. William J. Green, III (D)
6. Gus Yatron (D)
7. Lawrence G. Williams (R)
8. Edward G. Biester, Jr. (R)
9. John H. Ware III (R)
10. Joseph M. McDade (R)
11. Daniel J. Flood (D)
12. J. Irving Whalley (R)
13. R. Lawrence Coughlin (R)
14. William S. Moorhead (D)
15. Fred B. Rooney (D)
16. Edwin D. Eshleman (R)
17. Herman T. Schneebeli (R)
18. Robert J. Corbett (R), until April 25, 1971
- H. John Heinz III (R), from November 2, 1971
George A. Goodling (R)
20. Joseph M. Gaydos (D)
21. John H. Dent (D)
22. John P. Saylor (R)
23. Albert W. Johnson (R)
24. Joseph P. Vigorito (D)
25. Frank M. Clark (D)
Thomas E. Morgan (D)
27. James G. Fulton (R), until October 6, 1971
- William S. Conover (R), from April 25, 1972

Rhode Island

2. Fernand St. Germain (D)
1. Robert Tiernan (D)

South Carolina

1. Mendel J. Davis (D), from April 27, 1971
2. Floyd Spence (R)
3. W. J. Bryan Dorn (D)
4. James R. Mann (D)
5. Thomas S. Gettys (D)
6. John L. McMillan (D)

South Dakota

1. Frank E. Denholm (D)
2. James Abourezk (D)

1. K. Gunn McKay (D)
2. Sherman P. Lloyd (R)

Vermont

At-large. Robert Stafford (R), until September 16, 1971
- Richard W. Mallary (R), from January 7, 1972

Virginia

1. Thomas N. Downing (D)
2. G. William Whitehurst (R)
3. David E. Satterfield III (D)
4. Watkins M. Abbitt (D)
5. Dan Daniel (D)
6. Richard H. Poff (R), until August 29, 1972
- M. Caldwell Butler (R), from November 7, 1972
7. James Kenneth Robinson (R)
8. William L. Scott (R)
9. William C. Wampler (R)
10. Joel Broyhill (R)

At-large. Teno Roncalio (D)

Non-voting members

District of Columbia. Walter E. Fauntroy (D), from March 23, 1971
Jorge Luis Cordova (PNP)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

replacements: 3
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
deaths: 3
resignations:
Total seats with changes: 3

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Georgia (2)	Richard Russell, Jr. (D)	Died January 21, 1971	David H. Gambrell (D)	February 1, 1971
Vermont (1)	Winston L. Prouty (R)	Died September 10, 1971	Robert Stafford (R)	September 16, 1971
Louisiana (2)	Allen J. Ellender (D)	Died July 27, 1972	Elaine S. Edwards (D)	August 1, 1972
Georgia (2)	David H. Gambrell (D)	Successor elected November 7, 1972	Sam Nunn (D)	November 7, 1972
Louisiana (2)	Elaine S. Edwards (D)	Successor elected November 13, 1972	Bennett Johnston, Jr. (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

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
District of Columbia At-large	Vacant	District elected first delegate since the seat was re-established during previous congress	Walter E. Fauntroy (D)	March 23, 1971
South Carolina 1st	Vacant	Rep. L. Mendel Rivers died during previous congress	Mendel J. Davis (D)	April 27, 1971
Maryland 1st	Rogers Morton (R)	Resigned January 29, 1971 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior	William O. Mills (R)	May 25, 1971
Pennsylvania 18th	Robert J. Corbett (R)	Died April 25, 1971	H. John Heinz III (R)	November 2, 1971
Vermont At-large	Robert Stafford (R)	Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate September 16, 1971	Richard W. Mallary (R)	January 7, 1972
Kentucky 6th	John C. Watts (D)	Died September 24, 1971	William P. Curlin, Jr. (D)	December 4, 1971
Pennsylvania 27th	James G. Fulton (R)	Died October 6, 1971	William S. Conover (R)	April 25, 1972
Illinois 15th	Charlotte T. Reid (R)	Resigned October 7, 1971 after being appointed to the Federal Communication Commission	Cliffard D. Carlson (R)	April 4, 1972
Alabama 3rd	George W. Andrews (D)	Died December 25, 1971	Elizabeth B. Andrews (D)	April 4, 1972
Massachusetts 5th	Frank B. Morse (R)	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 7th	Edwin Edwards (D)	Resigned after being elected Governor of Louisiana May 9, 1972	John Breaux (D)	September 30, 1972
Virginia 6th	Richard H. Poff (R)	Resigned after being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia	M. Caldwell Butler (R)	November 7, 1972
New York 20th	William Fitts Ryan (D)	Died September 17, 1972.	Vacant	Not filled this congress
Ohio 16th	Frank T. Bow (R)	Died November 13, 1972.	Vacant	Not filled this congress
Illinois 6th	George W. Collins (D)	Died in a plane crash December 8, 1972.	Vacant	Not filled this congress
Alaska At-large	Nick Begich (D)	He and Hale Boggs were lost in a plane crash October 16, 1972. Presumptive death dertificate for Rep. Begich was issued December 29, 1972.	Vacant	Not filled this congress

Employees

Architect of the Capitol: George M. White, appointed January 27, 1971

Senate

Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian), elected January 9, 1969
Secretary: Francis R. Valeo
Democratic Party Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt
Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice
Sergeant at Arms:
- Robert G. Dunphy of Rhode Island, until June 30, 1972 (resigned)
- William H. Wannall of Maryland, elected July 1, 1972

House of Representatives

Clerk: W. Pat Jennings
Sergeant at Arms:
- Zeake W. Johnson of Tennessee, January 21, 1971 – September 30, 1972 (resigned)
- Kenneth R. Harding of New York, October 1, 1972 – September 30, 1972 (resigned)
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
Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodist), elected January 10, 1967

References

^ "1972 congress"

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.