United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Members of Congress
485
No. 792. Members o f Congress—Incumbents Re-elected: 1956 to 1980
PRESIDENTIAL-YEAR ELECTIONS
MIDTERM ELECTIONS
1 9 5 6 1 9 6 0 1 9 6 4 1 9 6 8 1 9 7 2 1 9 7 6 1 9 8 0 1 9 5 8 1 9 6 2 1 9 6 6 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 4 1 9 7 8
R e p re s e n ta tiv e s :
In cum b ent c a n d id a te s .......................... 411 4 0 5 3 9 7 4 0 9 3 9 0 3 8 4 3 9 8 3 6 6 4 0 2 4 11 4 01 39 1 3 6 2
R e -e le c te d .............................................. 3 8 9 3 7 5 3 4 4 3 9 6 3 6 5 3 6 8 3 61 3 5 6 3 6 6 3 6 2 3 7 9 3 4 3 3 5 8
P e rc e n t o f c a n d id a te s ................ 9 4 .6 9 2 .6 8 6 .6 9 6 .8 9 3 .6 9 5 .8 9 0 .7 8 9 ,9 9 1 .5 8 8 .1 9 4 .5 8 7 .7 9 3 .7
D e fe a te d : In p rim a rie s ..................... 6 ' 5 6 4 1 2 3 6 3 1 2 8 1 0 8 5
In g e n e ra l e le c tio n s ..................... 1 6 2 5 4 5 9 1 3 1 3 31 3 7 2 2 41 1 2 4 0 1 9
S e n a to rs :
In cu m b en t c a n d id a te s .......................... 2 9 2 9 3 3 2 8 2 7 2 5 2 9 2 8 3 5 2 5
3 2 31 2 7
R e -e le c te d .............................................. 2 5 2 8 2 8 2 0 2 0 1 6 16 1 8 2 9 2 8 2 4 2 3 1 5
P e rc e n t o f c a n d id a te s ................ 8 6 .2 9 6 .6 8 4 .8 7 1 .4 74.1 6 4 .0 5 6 .2 6 4 .3 8 2 .9 7 7 .4 8 5 .2 6 0 .0
8 7 .5
D e fe a te d : In p rim a rie s..................... 1 4 2 4
1 3 1 2 3
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In g e n e ra l e le c tio n s ..................... 4 1 4 4 5 9 9 1 0 5 1 6 2 7
- R e p re s e n ts zero , ‘ E x c lu d e s o n e R e p re s e n ta tiv e d e fe a te d In p rim a ry w h o w a s s u b s e q u e n tly th e p a rly ’s n o m in e e a fte r
prim ary victo r’s d eath .
S ource: C o n g ressio n al Q u a rte rly , In c., W a s h in g to n , D .C ., Congressional Q uarterly Weekly Report, vo l. 3 8 , N o . 1 4 , A p ril 5, 1 9 8 0
(copyright) a n d u n published d a ta .
No. 793. Members o f Congress—Selected Characteristics: 1971 to 1982
[A s o f b eginning o f first s e s s io n o f e a c h C o n g re s s , 1 9 8 2 a s o f s e c o n d s e s s io n . F ig u re s fo r R e p re s e n ta tiv e s e x c lu d e v a c a n c ie s ]
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
AND YEAR
M a le
F e ­
m a le
RACE
W h ite B la c k O th e r
M a r-
ried
N o t
m a r­
ried 1
U n d e r
4 0
4 0 -
4 9
a g e (In y e a rs )
5 0 - 0 0 - 7 0 -
5 9 6 9 7 9
8 0
a n d o v e r
REPRESENTATIVES
9 2 d C on g ., 1 9 7 1 ........................... 4 2 1 1 2 4 1 9 12 2 4 0 7 2 6 4 0 1 3 3 1 5 2 8 6 1 9 3
9 3 d C on g ., 1 9 7 3 ........................... 4 1 9 1 4 4 1 6 1 5 2 3 9 9 3 4 4 5 1 3 2 1 5 4 8 0 2 0 2
9 4 th Cong., 1 9 7 5 ......................... 4 1 6 1 9 4 1 7 1 5 3 38 1 5 4 6 9 1 3 8 1 3 7 7 5 1 4 2
9 5 th C ong., 1 9 7 7 ......................... 4 1 7 1 8 4 1 7 16 2 3 7 9 5 6 81 121 1 4 7 71 1 5 _
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Ofith C on g ., 1 9 7 9 ......................... 4 1 7 1 6 4 1 4 1 6 3 3 6 4 6 9 6 6 1 2 5 1 4 5 6 3 1 4
97 th C on g ., 1 9 8 1 ......................... 4 1 6 1 9 4 1 5 1 7 3 3 4 9 8 6 9 4 1 4 2 1 3 2 5 4 1 2 1
97 th C on g ., 1 9 8 2 ......................... 4 1 6 1 9 4 1 5 1 7 3 3 5 0 8 5 9 6 1 4 2 1 31 5 3 1 2 1
8ENATORS
9 2 d C o n g ., 1 9 7 1 ........................... 9 9 1 9 7 1 2 9 7 3 4 2 4 3 2 2 3 1 6 1
9 3 d C o n g ., 1 8 7 3 ........................... 1 0 0 9 7 1 2 9 6 4 3 2 5 3 7 2 3 11 1
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9 4 th C o n g ., 1 9 7 5 1...................... 1 0 0 9 7 1 2 9 4 6 5 21 3 5 2 4 1 5 _ -
9 5 th C o n g ., 1 9 7 7 ......................... 1 0 0 - 9 6 1 3 91 9 6 2 6 3 5 21 1 0 2
9 6 th C o n g ., 1 9 7 9 ......................... 9 9 1 9 7 3 9 5 5 1 0 31 3 3 1 7 8 1
-
9 7 th C o n g ., 1 9 8 1 ......................... 9 6 2 9 7 3 9 3 7 9 3 5 3 6 1 4 6 _
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9 7 th C on g ., 1 9 8 2 .......................... 9 8 2 9 7 - 3 9 3 7 9 3 5 3 6 1 4 6 -
- R e p re s e n ts zero . 'S in g le , w id o w e d , o r d iv o rc e d . ’ In c lu d e s S e n . D u rk in , N .H ., s e a te d S e p t. 1 9 7 5 .
No. 794. Members of Congress—Seniority and Occupation: 1975 to 1982
[A s o f b eginning o f first s e s s io n , e x c e p t 9 7 th C o n g re s s , 1 9 8 2 , b e g in n in g o f s e c o n d s e s s io n . D e m .= D e m o c r a t ic : R e p .= R e p u b lic a n ]
R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
S E N A T O R S
SENIORITY A N D O C C U P A T I O N
9 4 th
C o n g .,
1 9 7 5
9 5 th
C o n g .,
1 9 7 7
9 6 th
C o n g .,
1 9 7 9
9 7 th C o n g ., 1 9 8 2 9 4 th 9 5 th 9 6 th 9 7 th C o n g ., 1 9 8 2
C o n g ., C o n g ., C o n g .,
T o ta l D e m . R e p . 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 7 1 9 7 9 T o ta l D e m . R e p .
T n tn l 4 3 5 4 3 5 '4 3 5 4 3 5 2 4 4 1 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 6 5 3
Seniority:
L e s s th an 2 y e a r s ........................... 9 6 71 8 0 8 3 2 8 5 5 11 1 8 2 0 1 9 3 1 6
2 - 9 yea rs .... 1 6 2 2 0 7 2 0 6 2 2 6 141 8 5 4 1 41 41 51 2 6 2 5
1 0 -1 9 y e a rs 1 2 5 1 1 6 1 0 5 9 5 5 2 4 3 3 4 2 4 2 3
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7 9
2 0 - 2 9 y e a rs 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 5 8 1 0 1 2 1 2 11 6 3
3 0 y e a rs o r m o re .............................. 1 0 8 1 0 8 8 - 4 5 4 2 2 -
O c c u p a tio n :3
A g ric u ltu re ........................................... 31 1 6 1 9 2 8 11 1 7 1 0 9 6 9 2 7
B u sin ess o r bankin g 1 4 0 1 1 8 1 2 7 1 3 4 5 7 7 7 2 4 2 9 2 8 1 3 1 5
2 2
E d u catio n............................................. . 6 4 7 0 5 7 5 8 3 8 2 0 1 0 7 1 0 5 5
8
J o u rn a lis m ................. 2 4 2 7 11 21 9 1 2 5 6 7 4 3
2
L a w ................................ 2 21 2 2 2 2 0 5 1 9 7 1 1 0 81 6 7 6 6 5 9 3 3 2 6
6 5
Public s e rv io e /p o lltlc s ' ................. 3 4 6 6 0 41 4 8 2 9 1 9 9 4 1 7 1 2 13 6 7
- R e p re s e n ts zero . ‘ in c lu d e s 2 v a c a n c ie s . ’ In c lu d e s 1 In d e p e n d e n t. 3 N o t all o c c u p a tio n s re p o rte d a re lis te d .
S ource: C o n g ressio n al Q u a rte rly , In c ., W a s h in g to n , D .C ., Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, v o l. 3 9 , N o . 4 , J a n . 2 4 , 1 9 8 1 , a n d
previous issu es (copyright), a n a u n p u b lis h e d d a ta . M e m b e rs o f C o n g re s s m a y s ta te m o re th a n 1 o c c u p a tio n ; th e re fo re , s u m m a y
b e g re a te r th a n total. 'B e g in n in g 9 5 th C o n g re s s , d a ta n o t c o m p a ra b le w ith 9 4 th C o n g re s s b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e In c rite ria .
S o u rc e o f ta b le s 7 9 3 a n d 7 9 4 : E x c e p t a s n o te d , c o m p ile d b y U .S . B u re a u o f th e C e n s u s fro m U .S . C o n g re s s , J o in t C o m m itte e
on Printing, Congressional Directory, a n n u al; b e g in n in g 1 9 7 7 , bien n ial.