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, composed 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 Republican majorities.

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

• 1995-01-03 ? Republicans controlled both houses for the first time since the 1950s.
• 1995-01-31 ? President Clinton invoked emergency powers to extend a $20 billion loan to help Mexico avert financial collapse.
• 1995-05-23 ? Oklahoma City bombing
• 1995-08-30 ? NATO begins Operation Deliberate Force against Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• November 14 ? November 19, 1995: U.S. government shutdown
• 1995-12-16 ? 1996-01-06: U.S. government shutdown
• 1996-11-05 ? Re-election of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore; Democrats gained 8 seats in House; Republicans gained 2 seats in Senate.

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

Membership changed with one resignation.

House of Representatives

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
Total		435	! 5	|} 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 Senators' party membership by state. Members Senate 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 111996; defeated in election and replaced November 61996 Sam Brownback Republican Topeka from November 61996 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 Senator Party State ? Hometown Class First took office House of Representatives Percent of members of the House of Representatives from each party by state. 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) . John B. Shadegg (R) . Jim Kolbe (R) . J.D. Hayworth (R) Arkansas . Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D) . Ray Thornton (D) . Tim Hutchinson (R) . Jay Dickey (R) California . Frank Riggs (R) . Wally Herger (R) . Vic Fazio (D) . John T. Doolittle (R) . Robert T. Matsui (D) . Lynn C. Woolsey (D) . George Miller (D) . Nancy Pelosi (D) . Ronald V. Dellums (D) . Bill Baker (R) . Richard W. Pombo (R) . Tom Lantos (D) . Fortney Pete Stark (D) . Anna G. Eshoo (D) . Norman Y. Mineta (D) . Zoe Lofgren (D) . Sam Farr (D) . Gary A. Condit (D) . George Radanovich (R) . Calvin M. Dooley (D) . William M. Thomas (R) . Andrea Seastrand (R) . Elton Gallegly (R) . Anthony C. Beilenson (D) . Howard P. (Buck) McKeon (R) . Howard L. Berman (D) . Carlos J. Moorhead (R) . David Dreier (R) . Henry A. Waxman (D) . Xavier Becerra (D) . Matthew G. Martinez (D) . Julian C. Dixon (D) . Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) . Esteban Edward Torres (D) . Maxine Waters (D) . Jane Harman (D) . Walter R. Tucker III (D) . Stephen Horn (R) . Edward R. Royce (R) . Jerry Lewis (R) . Jay Kim (R) . George Brown, Jr. (D) . Ken Calvert (R) . Sonny Bono (R) . Dana Rohrabacher (R) . Robert K. Dornan (R) . Chris Cox (R) . Ron Packard (R) . Brian Bilbray (R) . Bob Filner (D) . Randy (Duke) Cunningham (R) . Duncan Hunter (R) Colorado . Patricia Schroeder (D) . David E. Skaggs (D) . Scott McInnis (R) . Wayne Allard (R) . Joel Hefley (R) . Dan Schaefer (R) Connecticut . Barbara B. Kennelly (D) . Sam Gejdenson (D) . Rosa L. DeLauro (D) . Christopher Shays (R) . Gary A. Franks (R) . Nancy L. Johnson (R) Delaware Michael N. Castle (R) Florida . Joe Scarborough (R) . Pete Peterson (D) . Corrine Brown (D) . Tillie K. Fowler (R) . Karen Thurman (D) . Cliff Stearns (R) . John L. Mica (R) . Bill McCollum (R) . Michael Bilirakis (R) . C.W. Bill Young (R) . Sam M. Gibbons (D) . Charles T. Canady (R) . Dan Miller (R) . Porter J. Goss (R) . Dave Weldon (R) . Mark Foley (R) . Carrie P. Meek (D) . Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) . Harry A. Johnston (D) . Peter Deutsch (D) . Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) . E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (R) . Alcee L. Hastings (D) Georgia . Jack Kingston (R) . Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D) . Mac Collins (R) . John Linder (R) . John Lewis (D) . Newt Gingrich (R) . Bob Barr (R) . Saxby Chambliss (R) . Nathan Deal (R) . Charlie Norwood (R) . Cynthia A. McKinney (D) Hawaii . Neil Abercrombie (D) . Patsy T. Mink (D) Idaho . Helen Chenoweth (R) . Michael D. Crapo (R) Illinois . Bobby Rush (D) . Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D) . William O. Lipinski (D) . Luis V. Gutierrez (D) . Michael Patrick Flanagan (R) . Henry J. Hyde (R) . Cardiss Collins (D) . Philip M. Crane (R) . Sidney R. Yates (D) . John Edward Porter (R) . Jerry Weller (R) . Jerry F. Costello (D) . Harris W. Fawell (R) . J. Dennis Hastert (R) . Thomas W. Ewing (R) . Donald A. Manzullo (R) . Lane Evans (D) . Ray LaHood (R) . Glenn Poshard (D) . Richard J. Durbin (D) Indiana . Peter J. Visclosky (D) . David M. McIntosh (R) . Tim Roemer (D) . Mark E. Souder (R) . Steve Buyer (R) . Dan Burton (R) . John T. Myers (R) . John N. Hostettler (R) . Lee H. Hamilton (D) . Andrew Jacobs, Jr. (D) Iowa . James A. Leach (R) . Jim Nussle (R) . Jim Ross Lightfoot (R) . Greg Ganske (R) . Tom Latham (R) Kansas . Pat Roberts (R) . Sam Brownback (R) . Jan Meyers (R) . Todd Tiahrt (R) Kentucky . Ed Whitfield (R) . Ron Lewis (R) . Mike Ward (D) . Jim Bunning (R) . Hal Rogers (R) . Scotty Baesler (D) Louisiana . Bob Livingston (R) . William J. Jefferson (D) . W.J. Billy Tauzin (R) . Cleo Fields (D) . Jim McCrery (R) . Richard H. Baker (R) . Jimmy Hayes (R) Maine . James B. Longley, Jr. (R) . John Baldacci (D) Maryland . Wayne T. Gilchrest (R) . Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (R) . Benjamin L. Cardin (D) . Albert Russell Wynn (D) . Steny H. Hoyer (D) . Roscoe G. Bartlett (R) . Kweisi Mfume (D) . Constance A. Morella (R) Massachusetts . John W. Olver (D) . Richard E. Neal (D) . Peter I. Blute (R) . Barney Frank (D) . Martin T. Meehan (D) . Peter G. Torkildsen (R) . Edward J. Markey (D) . Joseph P. Kennedy II (D) . John Joseph Moakley (D) . Gerry E. Studds (D) Michigan . Bart Stupak (D) . Peter Hoekstra (R) . Vernon J. Ehlers (R) . Dave Camp (R) . James A. Barcia (D) . Fred Upton (R) . Nick Smith (R) . Dick Chrysler (R) . Dale E. Kildee (D) . David E. Bonior (D) . Joe Knollenberg (R) . Sander M. Levin (D) . Lynn N. Rivers (D) . John Conyers, Jr. (D) . Barbara-Rose Collins (D) . John D. Dingell (D) Minnesota . Gil Gutknecht (R) . David Minge (DFL) . Jim Ramstad (R) . Bruce F. Vento (DFL) . Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) . Bill Luther (DFL) . Collin C. Peterson (DFL) . James L. Oberstar (DFL) Mississippi . Roger F. Wicker (R) . Bennie G. Thompson (D) . G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery (D) . Mike Parker (R) . Gene Taylor (D) Missouri . William L. Clay (D) . James M. Talent (R) . Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt (D) . Ike Skelton (D) . Karen McCarthy (D) . Pat Danner (D) . Mel Hancock (R) . Bill Emerson (R) . Harold L. Volkmer (D) Montana John Patrick Williams (D) Nebraska . Doug Bereuter (R) . Jon L. Christensen (R) . Bill Barrett (R) Nevada . John Ensign (R) . Barbara F. Vucanovich (R) New Hampshire . Bill Zeliff (R) . Charles F. Bass (R) New Jersey . Rob Andrews (D) . Frank LoBiondo (R) . Jim Saxton (R) . Chris Smith (R) . Marge Roukema (R) . Frank Pallone (D) . Bob Franks (R) . Bill Martini (R) . Robert Torricelli (D) . Don Payne (D) . Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) . Dick Zimmer (R) . Bob Menendez (D) New Mexico