97th Congress

97th United States Congress
96th ← → 98th
United States Capitol (2002)
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
Senate President	Walter Mondale (D) until January 20, 1981 George Bush (R) from January 20, 1981
Senate Pres. pro tem	Strom Thurmond (R)
House Speaker	Tip O'Neill (D)
Members	100 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members
Senate Majority	Republican
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
1st: January 5, 1981 – December 16, 1981 2nd: January 25, 1982 – December 23, 1982

The Ninety-seventh 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, 1981 to January 3, 1983, during the final weeks of Jimmy Carter's presidency and the first two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970. The House of Representatives had a Democratic majority. The Republicans gained control of the Senate, the first time that Republicans gained control of any chamber of Congress since 1953.

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1982; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1984; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1986.

Members of the House of Representatives are listed by their district numbers.

There were 2 resignations.

There were 4 deaths, 4 resignations, one declared vacancy, and one party change.

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (1 link), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

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