Claim: In 1981, a total of ten successions took place in the United States Congress.
Evidence: Mark D. Siljander (R) Steny Hoyer (D) Mike Oxley (R) Wayne Dowdy (D) Joseph F. Smith (D) Barbara B. Kennelly (D) Eugene Atkinson (R) Changed parties October 14, 1981 Died September 8, 1981 Resigned April 29, 1981, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation Resigned April 13, 1981 Died April 12, 1981 Incapacitated since last Congress and seat declared vacant February 24, 1981 Resigned January 27, 1981, after being appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget 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 97th 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.