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93rd United States Congress
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<p>The 93rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Senate/VyzXHE01">United States Senate</a> and the <a href="/facts/United_States_House_of_Representatives/cdBPb9pY">United States House of Representatives</a>. It met in <a href="/facts/Washington,_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>, from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1975, during the last 18 months of <a href="/facts/Presidency_of_Richard_Nixon/HQzepo9f">Richard Nixon's presidency</a>, and the first 6 months of <a href="/facts/Presidency_of_Gerald_Ford/Mz5bFWJg">Gerald Ford</a>'s. This Congress was the first (and, to date, only) Congress with more than two <a href="/facts/Vice_President_of_the_United_States/tYWUGv0A">Senate presidents</a> (in this case, three). After the resignation of <a href="/facts/Spiro_Agnew/xCWTD1UH">Spiro Agnew</a>, <a href="/facts/Gerald_Ford/AdMS7jGW">Gerald Ford</a> was appointed under the authority of the newly ratified <a href="/facts/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution/mWD4zf81">Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution</a>. Ford became president the next year and <a href="/facts/Nelson_Rockefeller/z8PypI6c">Nelson Rockefeller</a> was appointed in his place. The apportionment of seats in the <a href="/facts/United_States_House_of_Representatives/cdBPb9pY">House of Representatives</a> was based on the <a href="/facts/1970_United_States_census/r1LsT35a">1970 United States census</a>. Both chambers had a <a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a> majority. </p>