page_title: 94th United States Congress
section_title: Leadership
hierarchical_section_title: 94th United States Congress / Leadership
caption_attribution_description: English: The electoral makeup of the Senate in the 94th United States Congress.
context_page_description: The 94th 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, 1975, to January 3, 1977, during the administration of U.S. President Gerald Ford.
  This is the first congress for the currently longest serving senator, Patrick Leahy of Vermont.
  The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
caption: Makeup of the U.S. Senate at the start of the 94th Congress, color-coded by party. Note: The orange stripes in New York and the gray stripes in Virginia denote Conservative Sen. James L. Buckley and Independent Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr., respectively.
exif: {}