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19 unusual facts about 95th United States Congress


1978 State of the Union Address

The 1978 State of the Union address was given by President Jimmy Carter to a joint session of the 95th United States Congress on January 19, 1978.

Andrew Maguire

Maguire was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses, serving in office from January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981.

Bob Stump

He was first elected to the 95th Congress on November 2, 1976, originally as a Democrat from the 3rd Congressional District.

Carl Pursell

He served in the 95th Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1977 until his retiring from Congress on January 3, 1993.

Charles Orville Whitley

In 1976 Whitley ran for Congress himself and was elected as a Democrat to the 95th United States Congress.

David Daniel Marriott

Marriott was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses, from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1985.

David L. Cornwell

Although an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress, Cornwell was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth Congress, representing Indiana's 8th congressional district.

Garner E. Shriver

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress.

Gilbert Gude

Gude was elected as a Republican to the 90th Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1967, until January 3, 1977, but was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the 95th Congress.

Harold S. Sawyer

Sawyer was elected to the Ninety-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1985.

J. Edward Roush

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976.

Muriel Humphrey Brown

Humphrey was appointed as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party by Rudy Perpich, the governor of Minnesota, to the Senate vacancy caused by the death of her husband, and served from January 25, 1978 to November 7, 1978 in the 95th Congress.

Peter F. Mack, Jr.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1974 and in 1976 to the Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses.

Samuel H. Young

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976.

Shirley Chisholm

From 1977 to 1981, during the 95th Congress and 96th Congress, Chisholm was elected to a position in the House Democratic leadership, as Secretary of the House Democratic Caucus.

Shirley Neil Pettis

She won his seat by special election and she was subsequently reelected to the Ninety-fifth Congress (April 29, 1975-January 3, 1979).

Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977

The Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977 was passed by the 95th United States Congress and signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on May 23, 1977.

Tim Lee Hall

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976 when he was defeated by Republican Tom Corcoran.

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution

On August 22, 1978, Congress adopted the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment and sent it to the states for ratification.