Majority (Democratic) leadership Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield Majority Whip: Russell B. Long Democratic Caucus Secretary: Robert Byrd Minority (Republican) leadership Minority Leader: Everett Dirksen Minority Whip: Thomas Kuchel Republican Conference Chairman: Margaret Chase Smith Republican Conference Secretary: Milton Young National Senatorial Committee Chair: George Murphy Policy Committee Chairman: Bourke B. Hickenlooper House of Representatives Speaker: John W. McCormack (D) Majority (Democratic) leadership Majority Leader: Carl Albert Majority Whip: Hale Boggs Democratic Caucus Chairman: Dan Rostenkowski Democratic Caucus Secretary: Leonor Sullivan Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Michael J. Kirwan Minority (Republican) leadership Minority Leader: Gerald Ford Minority Whip: Leslie C. Arends Republican Conference Chairman: Melvin Laird Republican Conference Secretary: Richard H. Poff Policy Committee Chairman: John Jacob Rhodes Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Bob Wilson Caucuses House Democratic Caucus Senate Democratic Caucus Members This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by their classes, and representatives are listed by district. Senate Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1970; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1968. Alabama 2. John Sparkman (D) 3. J. Lister Hill (D) Alaska 2. Bob Bartlett (D), until December 11, 1968 Ted Stevens (R), from December 24, 1968 3. Ernest Gruening (D) Arizona 1. Paul Fannin (R) 3. Carl Hayden (D) Arkansas 2. John L. McClellan (D) 3. J. William Fulbright (D) California 1. George Murphy (R) 3. Thomas Kuchel (R) Colorado 2. Gordon Allott (R) 3. Peter H. Dominick (R) Connecticut 1. Thomas J. Dodd (D) 3. Abraham Ribicoff (D) Delaware 1. John J. Williams (R) 2. J. Caleb Boggs (R) Florida 1. Spessard Holland (D) 3. George Smathers (D) Georgia 2. Richard Russell Jr. (D) 3. Herman Talmadge (D) Hawaii 1. Hiram Fong (R) 3. Daniel Inouye (D) Idaho 2. Leonard B. Jordan (R) 3. Frank Church (D) Illinois 2. Charles H. Percy (R) 3. Everett Dirksen (R) Indiana 1. Vance Hartke (D) 3. Birch Bayh (D) Iowa 2. Jack Miller (R) 3. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) Kansas 2. James B. Pearson (R) 3. Frank Carlson (R) Kentucky 2.