93rd United States Congress
State ( class ) Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor 's formal installation
Ohio ( 3 ) William B. Saxbe ( R ) Resigned January 3 , 1974 , to become Attorney General . Successor appointed January 4 , 1974 to finish the term Howard Metzenbaum ( D ) January 4 , 1974
Nevada ( 3 ) Alan Bible ( D ) Resigned December 17 , 1974 , to give successor preferential seniority . Successor appointed December 18 , 1974 , having already been elected to the next term Paul Laxalt ( R ) December 18 , 1974
Utah ( 3 ) Wallace F. Bennett ( R ) Resigned December 20 , 1974 , to give successor preferential seniority . Successor appointed December 21 , 1974 , having already been elected to the next term Jake Garn ( R ) December 21 , 1974
Ohio ( 3 ) Howard Metzenbaum ( D ) Resigned December 23 , 1974 , to give successor preferential seniority . Successor appointed December 24 , 1974 , having already been elected to the next term John Glenn ( D ) December 24 , 1974
Kentucky ( 3 ) Marlow Cook ( R ) Resigned December 27 , 1974 , to give successor preferential seniority . Successor appointed December 28 , 1974 , having already been elected to the next term Wendell H. Ford ( D ) December 28 , 1974
New Hampshire ( 3 ) Norris Cotton ( R ) Resigned December 31 , 1974 , to give successor preferential seniority . Successor appointed December 31 , 1974 , having already been elected to the next term Louis C. Wyman ( R ) December 31 , 1974
Florida ( 3 ) Edward Gurney ( R ) Resigned December 31 , 1974 , in an influence peddling scandal . Successor appointed January 1 , 1975 , having already been elected to the next term Richard Stone ( D ) December 31 , 1974
Arkansas ( 3 ) J. William Fulbright ( D ) Resigned December 31 , 1974 . Successor began next term Vacant Not filled this Congress
North Carolina ( 3 ) Sam Ervin ( D ) Resigned December 31 , 1974 . Successor began next term Vacant Not filled this Congress
Changes in membership -- Senate
See also : List of special elections to the United States Senate
The Ninety-third 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, 1973, to January 3, 1975, during the end of Richard Nixon's presidency, and the beginning of Gerald Ford's. This Congress was the first (and, to date, only) Congress with more than two Senate Presidents (the Vice President of the United States), in this case, three. After the resignation of Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford was appointed under the authority of the newly ratified 25th Amendment. Ford became President the next year and Nelson Rockefeller was appointed in his place. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Nineteenth Census of the United States in 1970. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.