The 3rd German Bundestag, the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany , was elected on 15 September 1957 ,[2] [3] [4] and existed[ clarification needed ] from 15 October 1957 to 15 October 1961. It held a total of 168 parliamentary sittings; the last sitting was on 22 August 1961.
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On 22 October 1957 the Bundestag elected Konrad Adenauer as federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on the fourth ballot, with 274 (+8)[lower-alpha 1] yes votes, 193 (+13)[lower-alpha 1] no votes and nine abstentions.[5]
Marie-Elisabeth Lüders (FDP ) served as Alterspräsidentin (Mother of the House ), after Konrad Adenauer (CDU ) who should have had this role, had rejected it, because he considered it inappropriate for the incumbent federal chancellor to serve as Alterspräsident. She presided over the first session of the 3rd Bundestag until Eugen Gerstenmaier was elected President of the Bundestag .[6]
Carlo Schmid (SPD),[7] Richard Jeager (CSU) and Max Becker (FDP) were elected as vice presidents of the Bundestag . They were elected almost unanimously, with only two abstentions.[6]
Eugen Gerstenmaier was elected President of the Bundestag on the first ballot with 437 votes in favor, 54 abstentions and 3 invalid votes.[8] [6]
The CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic Union of Germany /Christian Social Union in Bavaria ) party gained the first — and to date, only — absolute majority for a single German parliamentary group in a free election. However the CDU/CDU still formed a coalition with the German Party (DP) until 1960 when nine of their 17 Bundestag members left the DP and joined the CDU .[9] After that, the DP left the governing coalition . (Hans-Joachim von Merkatz , the Federal Minister of the Bundesrat and State Affairs, and Hans-Christoph Seebohm , the Federal Ministry for Transport , the DP members in the governing cabinet, had left in July 1960 and joined the CDU in September 1960.)[10] [11] The SPD won new seats as well. The FDP was the only party in the election that lost seats.
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Changes in the numbers of the four caucuses (CDU /CSU , SPD , FDP , German Party )
Date
Reason for change
CDU/CSU
SPD
FDP
DP
Others
Total number
1961
First meeting
277
181
43
17
1
519
9 October 1957
Karl Hübner becomes a guest member[ clarification needed ] of the CDU/CSU caucus
278
3 June 1958
Otto Eisenmann leaves the DP caucus and joins the FDP caucus
44
16
20 June 1958
Alexander Elbrächter leaves the DP caucus and becomes unaffiliated
15
1
24 June 1958
Alexander Elbrächter joins the CDU/CSU caucus
279
1 July 1960
Georg Ripken , Heinrich Schild , Hans-Christoph Seebohm , Willy Steinmetz , Margot Kalinke , Hans-Joachim von Merkatz , Ludwig Preiß , Victor-Emanuel Preusker , Wilhelm Probst leave the DP caucus and become unaffiliated
6
9
20 September 1960
The same nine former DP members join the CDU/CSU caucus
288
8 November 1960
Peter Nellen leaves the CDU/CSU caucus and joins the SPD caucus
287
182
24 February 1961
Arno Behrisch leaves the SPD caucus and becomes unaffiliated
181
1
25 April 1961
Fritz Logemann leaves the DP caucus and joins the FDP caucus
45
5
3 May 1961
Herbert Schneider , Helmuth Schranz , Heinz Matthes leave the DP caucus and become unaffiliated
2
4
3 May 1961
Peter Tobaben , Ludwig Schneider leave the DP caucus and join the CDU/CSU caucus
289
18 August 1961
Georg Richard Kinat leaves the SPD caucus and becomes unaffiliated
180
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This is a list of members of the 3rd Bundestag , whose members were in office from 1957 until 1961:
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Ernst Achenbach , FDP
Annemarie Ackermann , CDU
Raban Adelmann , CDU
Konrad Adenauer , CDU
Heinrich Aigner , CSU
Luise Albertz , SPD
Lisa Albrecht , SPD (until 16 May 1958)
Jakob Altmaier , SPD
Wilhelm Altvater , SPD (from 22 September 1960)
Josef Arndgen , CDU
Adolf Arndt , SPD
Karl Arnold , CDU (until 29 June 1958)
Karl Atzenroth , FDP
Heinrich Auge , SPD
B
Fritz Baade , SPD
Robert Bach , SPD (from 27 October 1959)
Harri Bading , SPD
Fritz Baier , CDU
Albert Baldauf , CDU
Siegfried Balke , CSU
Bernhard Balkenhol , CDU
Hans Bals , SPD
Siegfried Bärsch , SPD
Wolfgang Bartels , CDU
Rainer Barzel , CDU
Hannsheinz Bauer , SPD
Josef Bauer , CSU
Friedrich Bauereisen , CSU
Bernhard Bauknecht , CDU
Rudolf Bäumer , SPD
Valentin Baur , SPD
Paul Bausch , CDU
Hans Bay , SPD (from 20 December 1960)
Helmut Bazille , SPD
Karl Bechert , SPD
Max Becker , FDP (until 29 July 1960)
Curt Becker , CDU
Josef Becker , CDU
Walter Behrendt , SPD
Arno Behrisch , Other
Ernst Benda , CDU
Franziska Bennemann , SPD
August Berberich , CDU
Fritz Berendsen , CDU (until 15 September 1959)
Urich Berger , CDU
Margarete Berger-Heise , SPD
Karl Bergmann , SPD
Bernhard Bergmeyer , CDU
Karl-Wilhelm Berkhan , SPD
August Berlin , SPD
Anton Besold , CSU
Emil Bettgenhäuser , SPD
Lucie Beyer , SPD
Willi Birkelbach , SPD
Kurt Birrenbach , CDU
Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck , CDU
Peter Blachstein , SPD
Theodor Blank , CDU
Paul Bleiß , SPD
Hildegard Bleyler , CDU
Hans Blöcker , CDU
Irma Blohm , CDU
Franz Blücher , DP (until 28 February 1958)
Ernst von Bodelschwingh , CDU
Franz Böhm , CDU
Holger Börner , SPD
Peter Wilhelm Brand , CDU
Aenne Brauksiepe , CDU
Julyus Brecht , SPD
Heinrich von Brentano , CDU
Wilhelm Brese , CDU
Else Brökelschen , CDU
Josef Brönner , CDU (until 21 January 1958)
Valentin Brück , CDU
Johannes Brüns , CDU (from 26 October 1959 until 28 November 1960)
August Bruse , SPD
Gerd Bucerius , CDU
Ewald Bucher , FDP
Karl August Bühler , CDU
Fritz Burgbacher , CDU
Alfred Burgemeister , CDU
Fritz Büttner , SPD
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Rolf Dahlgrün , FDP
Thomas Dehler , FDP
Heinrich Deist , SPD
Hans Demmelmeier , CSU
Arved Deringer , CDU
Georg Dewald , SPD
Hermann Diebäcker , CDU
Bruno Diekmann , SPD
Anton Diel , SPD (until 6 April 1959)
Jakob Diel , CDU
Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus , FDP
Stefan Dittrich , CSU
Clara Döhring , SPD
Werner Dollinger , CSU
Wilhelm Dopatka , SPD
Wolfgang Döring , FDP
Otto Dowidat , FDP
Hans Drachsler , CSU
Heinrich Draeger , CDU
August Dresbach , CDU
Wilhelm Dröscher , SPD
Hermann Dürr , FDP
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Anton Eberhard , FDP (from 4 November 1959)
Walter Eckhardt , CSU (from 27 December 1957)
Hermann Ehren , CDU
Ernst Theodor Eichelbaum , CDU
Elfriede Eilers , SPD
Jan Eilers , FDP
Otto Eisenmann , FDP
Alexander Elbrächter , CDU
Ernst Engelbrecht-Greve , CDU
Margarete Engländer , CDU
Arthur Enk , CDU
Hermann A. Eplée , CDU (from 8 September 1958)
Ludwig Erhard , CDU
Fritz Erler , SPD
Fritz Eschmann , SPD
Franz Etzel , CDU
Peter Etzenbach , CDU
August-Martin Euler , DP (until 10 September 1958)
Bert Even , CDU
Johannes Even , CDU
F
Walter Faller , SPD
Josef Felder , SPD
Otto Freiherr von Feury , CSU (until 10 December 1957)
Hermann Finckh , CDU
Erwin Folger , SPD (from 19 May 1958)
Egon Franke , SPD
Ludwig Franz , CSU
Jakob Franzen , CDU
Günter Frede , SPD
Heinz Frehsee , SPD
Alfred Frenzel , SPD (until 4 November 1960)
Martin Frey , CDU
Ferdinand Friedensburg , CDU
Lotte Friese-Korn , FDP
Gerhard Fritz , CDU
Friedrich Fritz , CDU
Gustav Fuchs , CSU
Friedrich Funk , CSU
Hans Furler , CDU
G
Mathilde Gantenberg , CDU
Walter Gaßmann , CDU
Gustav-Adolf Gedat , CDU
Albrecht Gehring , CDU
Hans Geiger , SPD
Hugo Geiger , CSU
Ingeborg Geisendörfer , CSU
Robert Geritzmann , SPD
Heinrich Gerns , CDU
Eugen Gerstenmaier , CDU
Heinrich Gewandt , CDU
Paul Gibbert , CDU
Christian Giencke , CDU
Fritz Glahn , FDP (until 2 November 1959)
Alfred Gleisner , SPD (until 17 March 1959)
Franz Gleissner , CSU
Hermann Glüsing , CDU
Josef Gockeln , CDU (until 6 December 1958)
Wilhelm Goldhagen , CDU
Wilhelm Gontrum , CDU
Hermann Mathias Görgen , CSU
Karl Gossel , CDU
Leo Gottesleben , CDU
Hermann Götz , CDU
Carlo Graaff , FDP (until 8 May 1959)
Johann Baptist Gradl , CDU
Otto Heinrich Greve , SPD
Wilhelm Gülich , SPD (until 15 April 1960)
Bernhard Günther , CDU
Karl Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg , CSU
H
Hermann Haage , SPD
Karl Hackethal , CDU
Karl Hahn , CDU
Dietrich Hahne , CDU (from 7 December 1959)
Heinrich Hamacher , SPD
Fritz von Haniel-Niethammer , CSU
Hermann Hansing , SPD
Walter Harm , SPD (until 22 September 1961)
Johann Harnischfeger , CDU
Herbert Hauffe , SPD
Hugo Hauser , CDU (from 11 March 1960)
Erwin Häussler , CDU
Bruno Heck , CDU
Johann Karl Heide , SPD
Rudolf-Ernst Heiland , SPD
Gustav Heinemann , SPD
Fritz Heinrich , SPD (until 7 March 1959)
Martin Heix , CDU
Josef Hellenbrock , SPD
Fritz Hellwig , CDU (until 30 November 1959)
Georg Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck , CSU (from 5 September 1959)
Luise Herklotz , SPD
Hans Hermsdorf , SPD
Karl Herold , SPD
Carl Hesberg , CDU
Clemens Hesemann , CDU
Hellmuth Heye , CDU
Anton Hilbert , CDU
Hermann Höcherl , CSU
Wilhelm Höck , CDU
Heinrich Höcker , SPD
Heinrich Höfler , CDU
Egon Höhmann , SPD
Franz Höhne , SPD
Ernst Holla , CDU
Matthias Hoogen , CDU
Fritz Wilhelm Hörauf , SPD
Peter Horn , CDU
Viktor Hoven , FDP
Elinor Hubert , SPD
Karl Hübner , FDV (Gast der CDU/CSU-Fraktion, ab 1 January 1959 CDU)
Josef Hufnagel , SPD
Eugen Huth , CDU
Lambert Huys , CDU
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Joseph Illerhaus , CDU
Wolfgang Imle , FDP (from 29 June 1960)
Hans Iven , SPD
J
Werner Jacobi , SPD
Peter Jacobs , SPD
Richard Jaeger , CSU
Hans Jahn , SPD (until 10 July 1960)
Artur Jahn , CDU
Gerhard Jahn , SPD
Wenzel Jaksch , SPD
Pascual Jordan , CDU
Johann Peter Josten , CDU
Hans-Jürgen Junghans , SPD
Hubert Jungherz , SPD (from 19 January 1960)
Nikolaus Jürgensen , SPD
K
Hellmut Kalbitzer , SPD
Margot Kalinke , CDU
Karl Kanka , CDU
Hans Katzer , CDU
Irma Keilhack , SPD
Ernst Keller , FDP
Emil Kemmer , CSU
Friedrich Kempfler , CSU
Alma Kettig , SPD
Dietrich Keuning , SPD
Kurt Georg Kiesinger , CDU (until 19 February 1959)
Arthur Killat , SPD (from 19 March 1959)
Georg Richard Kinat , Other
Liesel Kipp-Kaule , SPD
Peterheinrich Kirchhoff , CDU
Gerhard Kisters , CDU (from 21 September 1959)
Wolfgang Klausner , CSU (until 17 April 1958)
Elfriede Klemmert , CDU
Georg Kliesing , CDU
Ludwig Knobloch , CDU
Friedrich Knorr , CSU
Hermann Koch [ de ] , CDU
Jakob Koenen , SPD
Otto Köhler , FDP (until 27 June 1960)
Oswald Adolph Kohut , FDP
Willy Könen , SPD
Wilhelm Königswarter , SPD
Hermann Kopf , CDU
Lisa Korspeter , SPD
Waldemar Kraft , CDU
Angelo Kramel , CSU
Karl Krammig , CDU
Edith Krappe , SPD
Friedrich Kraus , SPD
Reinhold Kreitmeyer , FDP
Gerhard Kreyssig , SPD
Herbert Kriedemann , SPD
Ludwig Kroll , CDU
Heinrich Krone , CDU
Georg Krug , CSU
Caspar Krüger , CDU (from 15 December 1958)
Hans Krüger , CDU
Edeltraud Kuchtner , CSU
Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm , FDP (from 8 August 1960)
Walter Kühlthau , CDU
Heinz Kühn , SPD
Walther Kühn , FDP
August Kunst , CDU
Ernst Kuntscher , CDU
Johannes Kunze , CDU (until 11 October 1959)
Georg Kurlbaum , SPD
L
Georg Lang , CSU
Erwin Lange , SPD
Wilhelm Lantermann , SPD
Hans Lautenschlager , SPD (from 9 November 1960)
Georg Leber , SPD
Albert Leicht , CDU
Walter Leiske , CDU
Ernst Lemmer , CDU
Aloys Lenz , CDU
Hans Lenz , FDP
Franz Lenze , CDU
Gottfried Leonhard , CDU
Josef Lermer , CSU
Edmund Leukert , CSU (from 21 April 1958)
Paul Leverkuehn , CDU (until 1 March 1960)
Hanns-Gero von Lindeiner , CDU (from 8 September 1959)
Heinrich Lindenberg , CDU
Hermann Lindrath , CDU (until 27 February 1960)
Fritz Logemann , FDP
Ulrich Lohmar , SPD
Walter Löhr , CDU
Heinrich Lübke , CDU (until 2 September 1959)
Johannes Lücke , SPD
Paul Lücke , CDU
Hans August Lücker , CSU
Marie-Elisabeth Lüders , FDP
Adolf Ludwig , SPD
Wilhelm Adam Lulay , CDU (from 23 February 1959)
Karl-Heinz Lünenstraß , SPD
M
Ernst Majonica , CDU
Georg Baron Manteuffel-Szoege , CSU
Robert Margulies , FDP
Berthold Martin , CDU
Franz Marx , SPD
Heinz Matthes , Other (GDP)
Kurt Mattick , SPD
Oskar Matzner , SPD
Eugen Maucher , CDU (from 30 January 1958)
Adolf Mauk , FDP
Agnes Katharina Maxsein , CDU
Reinhold Mayer , FDP (until 30 September 1959)
Friedrich Mayer , SPD (until 14 December 1960)
Josef Mayer , CDU
Hans Meis , CDU (from 2 July 1958)
Karl Meitmann , SPD
Wilhelm Mellies , SPD (until 19 May 1958)
Linus Memmel , CSU
Erich Mende , FDP
Theodor Mengelkamp , CDU
Josef Menke , CDU
Fritz Mensing , CDU
Walter Menzel , SPD
Hans-Joachim von Merkatz , CDU
Hans Merten , SPD
Rudolf Metter , SPD
Ludwig Metzger , SPD
Erich Meyer , SPD
Ernst Wilhelm Meyer , SPD
Philipp Meyer , CSU
Emmy Meyer-Laule , SPD
Franz Meyers , CDU (until 4 September 1958)
Josef Mick , CDU
Herwart Miessner , FDP (from 21 May 1959)
Wolfgang Mischnick , FDP
Karl Mommer , SPD
Richard Muckermann , CDU
Klaus Freiherr von Mühlen , FDP (from 6 October 1959)
Franz Mühlenberg , CDU
Hans Müller , SPD
Karl Müller , SPD
Willy Müller , SPD
Ernst Müller-Hermann , CDU
Oskar Munzinger , SPD (from 20 April 1959 until 1 October 1959)
Leonhard Murr , FDP
Franzjosef Müser , CDU
P
Maria Pannhoff , CDU
Ernst Paul , SPD
Georg Pelster , CDU
Ernst Pernoll , CDU (until 15 July 1959)
Georg Peters , SPD
Robert Pferdmenges , CDU
Walter Pflaumbaum , CDU
Gerhard Philipp , CDU
Carl Pietscher , CDU
Elisabeth Pitz-Savelsberg , CDU
Kurt Pohle , SPD
Heinz Pöhler , SPD
Ludwig Preiß , CDU
Carl Prennel , SPD
Victor-Emanuel Preusker , CDU
Moritz-Ernst Priebe , SPD
Wilhelm Probst , CDU
Maria Probst , CSU
Werner Pusch , SPD
Severin Fritz Pütz , SPD
R
Willy Max Rademacher , FDP
Egon Wilhelm Ramms , FDP
Hugo Rasch , SPD (until 15 September 1960)
Will Rasner , CDU
Ludwig Ratzel , SPD (until 21 June 1960)
Rudolf Recktenwald , SPD (from 11 August 1959 until 20 October 1959)
Karl Regling , SPD
Luise Rehling , CDU
Reinhold Rehs , SPD
Carl Reinhard , CDU
Eckhard Reith , CDU
Wilhelm Reitz , SPD
Richard Reitzner , SPD
Annemarie Renger , SPD
Hans Richarts , CDU
Clemens Riedel , CDU
Hugo Rimmelspacher , SPD (from 27 June 1960)
Georg Ripken , CDU (from 10 March 1958)
Heinrich Georg Ritzel , SPD
Ernst Rodiek , SPD (from 15 July 1960)
Helmut Rohde , SPD
Dietrich Rollmann , CDU (from 7 March 1960)
Josef Rommerskirchen , CDU (from 12 December 1960)
Julie Rösch , CDU
Josef Rösing , CDU
Hans-Carl Rüdel , CDU
Margarete Rudoll , SPD
Thomas Ruf , CDU
Heinrich-Wilhelm Ruhnke , SPD
Franz Ruland , CSU
Wolfgang Rutschke , FDP
S
Heinrich Sander , FDP
Friedrich Schäfer , SPD
Fritz Schäffer , CSU
Marta Schanzenbach , SPD
Hugo Scharnberg , CDU
Ernst Scharnowski , SPD
Walter Scheel , FDP
Ernst Schellenberg , SPD
Heinrich Scheppmann , CDU
Josef Scheuren , SPD (from 20 March 1959)
Heinrich Schild , CDU
Albrecht Schlee , CSU
Josef Schlick , CDU
Alfred Schliestedt , SPD (from 29 September 1961)
Carlo Schmid , SPD
Helmut Schmidt , SPD
Martin Schmidt , SPD
Otto Schmidt , CDU
Cläre Schmitt , CDU
Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen , SPD
Kurt Schmücker , CDU
Ludwig Schneider , CDU (from 10 September 1958)
Herbert Schneider , Other (GDP)
Georg Schneider [ de ] , CDU
Heinrich Schneider , FDP
Erwin Schoettle , SPD
Helmuth Schranz , Other (GDP)
Nikolaus Schreiner , SPD (until 31 August 1958)
Gerhard Schröder , CDU
Kurt Schröder , SPD
Richard Schröter , SPD
Fritz-Rudolf Schultz , FDP
Hubert Schulze-Pellengahr , CDU
Josef Schüttler , CDU
Hans Schütz , CSU
Klaus Schütz , SPD
Werner Schwarz , CDU
Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt , CDU
Hermann Schwörer , CDU (from 21 October 1958)
Hans-Christoph Seebohm , CDU
Roland Seffrin , CDU
Max Seidel , SPD
Franz Seidl , CSU
Max Seither , SPD
Elfriede Seppi , SPD (from 13 October 1959)
Günther Serres , CDU
Walter Seuffert , SPD
Franz Seume , SPD
Theodor Siebel , CDU
J Hermann Siemer , CDU
Karl Simpfendörfer , CDU
Emil Solke , CDU
August Spies , CDU
Josef Spies , CSU
Kurt Spitzmüller , FDP
Willy Stahl , FDP
Wolfgang Stammberger , FDP
Heinz Starke , FDP
Robert Stauch , CDU
Josef Stecker , CDU
Viktoria Steinbiß , CDU
Willy Steinmetz , CDU
Carl Stenger , SPD
Georg Stierle , SPD
Georg Stiller , CSU
Josef Stingl , CDU
Gerhard Stoltenberg , CDU
Anton Storch , CDU
Friedrich-Karl Storm , CDU
Leo Storm , CDU
Heinrich Sträter , SPD
Franz Josef Strauß , CSU
Otto Striebeck , SPD (from 27 May 1958)
Käte Strobel , SPD
Detlef Struve , CDU
Richard Stücklen , CSU
Gustav Sühler , CSU
T
Richard Tamblé , SPD (from 25 April 1960)
Theodor Teriete , CDU
Emil Theil , SPD (from 6 March 1960)
Hanns Theis , SPD
Peter Tobaben , CDU
Hans Toussaint , CDU
V
Franz Varelmann , CDU
Max Vehar , CDU
Elisabeth Vietje , CDU (from 6 May 1960)
Rudolf Vogel , CDU
Karl-Heinz Vogt , CSU
W
Gerhard Wacher , CSU
Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner , SPD
Eduard Wahl , CDU
Otto Walpert , SPD (until 12 January 1960)
Fritz Walter , FDP
Fritz Weber , FDP
Helene Weber , CDU
Karl Weber , CDU
Heinz Wegener , SPD
Heinrich Wehking , CDU
Herbert Wehner , SPD
Philipp Wehr , SPD (until 20 February 1960)
August Weimer , CDU
Otto Weinkamm , CSU
Erwin Welke , SPD
Heinrich Welslau , SPD
Emmi Welter , CDU
Ernst Weltner , SPD
Helmut Wendelborn , CDU
Friedrich Werber , CDU
Rudolf Werner , CDU (from 24 July 1959)
Helene Wessel , SPD
Karl Wienand , SPD
Karl Wieninger , CSU
Werner Wilhelm , SPD (from 5 September 1958)
Hans Wilhelmi , CDU
Rudolf Will , FDP
Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke , CDU
Heinrich Windelen , CDU
Bernhard Winkelheide , CDU
Friedrich Winter , CSU
Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski , SPD
Franz Wittmann , CSU
Kurt Wittmer-Eigenbrodt , CDU
Karl Wittrock , SPD
Herbert Wolff , CDU (until 15 October 1958)
Jeanette Wolff , SPD
Josef Worms , CDU
Franz-Josef Wuermeling , CDU
Heinrich Wullenhaupt , CDU
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