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19 unusual facts about 93rd United States Congress


Chester Earl Merrow

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress and in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress.

Durward Gorham Hall

Dr. Hall decided to retire from elected politics and was not a candidate for reelection to the 93rd United States Congress in 1972.

Endangered Species Act

President Richard Nixon declared current species conservation efforts to be inadequate and called on the 93rd United States Congress to pass comprehensive endangered species legislation.

Harold Vernon Froehlich

He was elected in 1972 to the 93rd United States Congress replacing the retired John W. Byrnes.

James A. Haley

He served as chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses).

James Paul Johnson

Johnson was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1981).

National Research Act

The National Research Act was enacted by the 93rd United States Congress.

Office of the Law Revision Counsel

The Office was created in 1974 when the provisions of Title II, sec. 205, of H. Res. 988, 93rd United States Congress, were enacted by Public Law 93-554, 88 Stat.

Public Law 93-408

It was established in 1974 by the 93rd United States Congress and President Gerald Ford as Public Law 93-408, an act to amend the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970.

Richard G. Shoup

Shoup was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses (January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975).

Richard Vander Veen

After Gerald Ford resigned his House seat in 1973 to become Vice President of the United States, Vander Veen was elected in a special election on February 18, 1974, to fill Ford's seat in the 93rd Congress.

Richard W. Mallary

In between his service as Vermont Secretary of Administration, Mallary was elected as a Republican, by special election, to the Ninety-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Robert T. Stafford, and reelected to the Ninety-third Congress, serving from January 7, 1972-January 3, 1975.

Ronald 'Bo' Ginn

He successfully ran against Hagan as a Democrat to win the 1st District congressional seat in 1972 to the 93rd United States Congress.

Ronald A. Sarasin

Sarasin was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979).

Sherman P. Lloyd

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress.

Whip inflation now

The campaign began in earnest with the establishment by the 93rd Congress, of the National Commission on Inflation, which Ford closed with an address to the American people, asking them to send him a list of ten inflation-reducing ideas.

William H. Meyer

He was the unsuccessful candidate for election in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress.

William L. Springer

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress.

William P. Curlin, Jr.

Curlin was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972 and after serving in Congress he returned to the private practice of law.