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| 108th United States Congress | |||
 United States Capitol (2002) |
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| Duration: January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
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| President of the Senate: | Dick Cheney | ||
| President pro tempore: | Ted Stevens | ||
| Speaker of the House: | Dennis Hastert | ||
| Members: | 100 Senators 435 Representatives 5 Non-voting members |
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| Senate Majority: | Republican Party | ||
| House Majority: | Republican Party | ||
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January 7, 2003 – December 8, 2003 2nd: January 20, 2004 – December 9, 2004 |
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The One Hundred Eighth United States Congress was the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2005, during the third and fourth years of George W. Bush's presidency.
House members were elected in the 2002 general election on November 5, 2002. Senators were elected in three classes in the 1998 general election on November 3, 1998, 2000 general election on November 7, 2000, or 2002 general election on November 5, 2002. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-second Census of the United States in 2000. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
The party summary for the Senate remained the same during the entire 108th Congress.
| Affiliation | Party
(Shading indicates majority
caucus)
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Total | ||||
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| Republican | Democratic | Independent | Independence (MN) | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Congress | 50 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 |
| Begin | 51 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 51% | 49% | ||||
| Beginning of the next Congress | 55 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Due to resignations and special elections, Republicans lost a net of two seats to the Democrats. All seats were filled though special elections. (See Changes in membership, below.)
| Affiliation | Party
(Shading indicates majority
caucus)
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Total | |||
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| Republican | Independent | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| End of previous Congress | 222 | 1 | 209 | 433 | 2 |
| Begin | 229 | 1 | 205 | 435 | 0 |
| May 31, 2003 | 228 | 434 | 1 | ||
| June 5, 2003 | 229 | 435 | 0 | ||
| December 9, 2003 | 228 | 434 | 1 | ||
| January 20, 2004 | 227 | 433 | 2 | ||
| February 17, 2004 | 206 | 434 | 1 | ||
| June 1, 2004 | 207 | 435 | 0 | ||
| June 9, 2004 | 206 | 434 | 1 | ||
| July 20, 2004 | 207 | 435 | 0 | ||
| August 31, 2004 | 226 | 434 | 1 | ||
| September 23, 2004 | 225 | 433 | 2 | ||
| Final voting share | 52.0% | 48.0% | |||
| Non-voting members | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Beginning of next Congress | 232 | 1 | 201 | 434 | 1 |
Contents: Senate: Majority (R), Minority (D) • House: Majority (R), Minority (D)
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by the district number.
Members who came and left during this Congress.
No changes occurred.
| District | Vacator | Reason for Vacancy | Successor | Date of Successor's Installation |
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| Hawaii 2nd | Vacant | Patsy Mink had been elected to this seat posthumously. Ed Case had already won Mink's seat in the 107th Congress. | Ed Case (D) | January 4, 2003 |
| Texas 19th | Larry Combest (R) | Resigned May 31, 2003 for personal reasons | Randy Neugebauer (R) | June 5, 2003 |
| Kentucky 6th | Ernie Fletcher (R) | Resigned December 9, 2003 to become Governor of Kentucky. | Ben Chandler (D) | February 17, 2004 |
| South Dakota At-large | Bill Janklow (R) | Resigned January 20, 2004 because of a December 2003 felony conviction in relation to a traffic accident. | Stephanie Herseth (D) | June 1, 2004 |
| North Carolina 1st | Frank Ballance (D) | Resigned June 9, 2004 as a result of health problems. | G. K. Butterfield (D) | July 20, 2004 |
| Louisiana 5th | Rodney Alexander (D) | Switched parties August 9, 2004 | Rodney Alexander (R) | August 9, 2004 |
| Nebraska 1st | Doug Bereuter (R) | Resigned August 31, 2004 to head the Asia Foundation. | Remained vacant until the next Congress. | |
| Florida 14th | Porter Goss (R) | Resigned September 23, 2004 to head the CIA. | Remained vacant until the next Congress. | |
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   | "Thomas" Project - THOMAS (Library of Congress) |
| | U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists - U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Statistics & Lists |
| | Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Congressional Documents: H. Doc. 108-222, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-2005 |
| | U.S. Senate official page - U.S. Senate |
| | U.S. House of Representatives official page - United States House of Representatives, 111th Congress, 1st Session |
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