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.